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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.
New Documentary Series “Hoop Portraits” Follows Two North Carolina NBA Prospects
It’s six weeks until the NBA Draft, and North Carolina’s Ty-Shon Alexander and Josh Hall are dribbling intensively, an aura of sweat and nervous friction in the air.
Hayti Heritage Film Festival’s 27th Year Traces the Hero’s Journey
Director Lana Garland says that highlights include drive-in films, a screening of Sam Pollard’s “MLK/FBI,” and a tribute to Cicely Tyson.
Flock of Dimes Announces New Album, “Head of Roses”
The first video single, “Two,” from the album, is out today—and is awash in bright desire for clarity and connection.
Letters Bookshop is Moving to a Two-Story New Home Down the Block
Some rare good downtown Durham news.
Triangle First: Springsteen Meets Christine and the Queens in Anne-Claire’s New Single
The dark, glossy pop of “Jean Jacket” invokes dancefloors and the intoxicating possibility of a night that could go anywhere.
Giorgios Bakatsias Announces Osteria Georgi, a New Neighborhood Italian Eatery
The restaurant is named after Bakatsias’s late friend, beloved Wolfpack soccer coach George Tarantini, and will open this spring.
Triangle First: Azul Wants You to Believe Again
Pent-up emotion bursts from “Magic,” premiering on the INDY website today.
Tennis Superstar Naomi Osaka Joins Ownership of North Carolina Courage
“The women who have invested in me growing up made me who I am today and I cannot think of where my life would be without them,” Osaka said on Twitter.
Carolina Performing Arts’ New Season Includes The Steep Canyon Rangers, Tift Merritt, and the Opportunity to Talk to Some Strangers
CPA picks up the thread of “CPA at Home” with a new season of performances.

