The North Durham Mutual Aid group’s fourth-annual Really Really Free Market on Saturday, October 28, is a chance to “share instead of donate.”
Sarah Edwards
Sarah Edwards is culture editor of the INDY, covering cultural institutions and the arts in the Triangle. She joined the staff in 2019 and assumed her current role in 2020.
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Local Classical Music Station Reverses Decision Not to Air Opera With “Adult Themes”
Following national pushback, WCPE announced today that it will air the Metropolitan Opera’s full 2023-24 season.
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“I Don’t Like to Know the End”: Talking With the Writer Rebecca Bengal
In “Strange Hours,” Rebecca Bengal’s capacious new essay collection out from Aperture, time acts as a framing device for 17 pieces about the lives of some of the past century’s most iconic photographers.
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Ella West Gallery Is Carrying On the Legacy of Black Wall Street
“I don’t want people to have to wait to become ancestors to be respectfully compensated,” gallery owner Linda Shropshire says.
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2023 Fall Arts Preview: Ten Triangle Exhibitions to See
King Nobuyoshi Godwin, Luis Rey Velasco, inflatable art, and more.
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Full Frame Documentary Festival to Return to Downtown Durham
News of the festival’s revival comes just a day after Duke leadership announced that Center for Documentary Studies director Opeyemi Olukemi had resigned.
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Glitter, Glamour, and Stepping Out Onto Raleigh Burlesque’s Pink Carpet As Conservatives Aggressively Roll Back Rights
As burlesque has gained a sturdier foothold in the South, more doors have opened and the community has grown. But anti-drag bills threaten the tight-knit community.
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The Last Days of Village Lanes
Since the early 1960s, the East Durham bowling alley—one of the last in the state to still have wooden lanes—has been a beloved community fixture. This month, it closed for good.
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Triangle First: On “No Growth,” Long Relief Gets (Almost) No Relief
Premiering today on the INDY website, “No Growth,” the title track on Long Relief’s forthcoming debut EP, tells a story that matches its name. “I don’t want my life / to change,” lead singer Paul Blest intones, as the rest of the lyrics follow declarative suit: “I’m getting older every day / I don’t want […]
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“Biggest Get Ever”: Hopscotch’s Dynamic Festival Lineup This Year Includes Pavement, Margo Price, Denzel Curry, and TiaCorine
“Sorry, I have a lot of tabs open,” Nathan Price apologizes. It’s two days before Hopscotch Music Festival’s 2023 lineup goes live and, over the phone, the festival director is describing the tenor of the event, as he clicks through spreadsheets of the eighty-something bands finalized—some who have signed on just this week. Hopscotch runs […]
