“There’s one song I learned from a blues artist, “You Can’t Rule Me”—it goes “You can’t take my money and try to rule me too”—it’s a really cool song. I started dedicating it to the United States Supreme Court.”
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.
Posted inMusic
Triangle First: The Death Cab for Cutie-esque Melancholy of &Dear Friends’s “Rotting on the Vine”
The sudden fracture of a decades-plus relationship, one summer night in 2018, propelled John Booker back into the indie rock fray.
Posted inArt
“Abortion Stories USA” at Lump Gallery Is a Powerful Affirmation of Reproductive Rights
Abortion may have broad support in North Carolina, but even in an abundant age of content, representation of those rights feels increasingly fraught.
Posted inCulture
A New Season of Live Performing Arts Returns to the Triangle
Carolina Performing Art’s season kicks off on September 23 with a performance by The Soul Rebels and NC State LIVE celebrates 50 years with a September 18 block party.
Posted inUncategorized
Ongoing Controversy at Pioneers Church Takes a Turn When the Organization Disaffiliates with Its Denomination
Since November, tension around the hybrid church-slash-business run by pastor Sherei Lopez Jackson has mounted.
Posted inArt
Nasher Museum of Art Receives $1 Million Donation
The donation will go toward making admission to the museum free indefinitely.
Posted in15 Minutes
15 Minutes: John Manuel, 72, Author
Manuel is an environmental journalist and the author of several books, including two inspired by local rivers.
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The Eno River Festival Announces Summer 2022 Lineup
And other local summer music festivals you may want to scope.
Posted inFood & Drink
Crook’s Corner Teases Its Revival with an Afternoon of Honeysuckle Sorbets
Reopening rumors were further stoked, earlier this month, when a semi-cryptic sign appeared on its door. It read: “HONEYSUCKLE Is Almost In Bloom. You Know What That Means.”
Posted inArt
Durham Artist Ernie Barnes’s ‘Sugar Shack’ Painting Sells for Record $15.3 Million
“I stole it—I would have paid a lot more,” Bill Perkins told the New York Times after the sale, regarding his ‘Sugar Shack’ purchase. “For certain segments of America, it’s more famous than the ‘Mona Lisa.’”
