“When I think about being Piedmont Laureate, I picture the amazing kids and adults I see every day around the Triangle,” Starling Lyons says.
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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A Short Chat With Local Betty White Scholar Wesley Hyatt
The Durham writer recently released a biography of the Golden Girl icon, who turns 99 this week.
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Will This Be The Winter of Drive-In Movies?
Carraway Village’s new women-owned drive-in movie series is keeping the romance of the silver screen alive. BYO(Blankets).
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A Few of The Local Releases We’re Looking Forward to in 2021
With a long winter ahead, here are some releases from local presses to bookmark.
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Triangle First: Feel Like Hell Is Other People? So Does BANGZZ.
The garage punk duo’s new video single is noodled-out catharsis.
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Allan Gurganus’s New Short Story Collection Is Filled With Snakes, Sex, and a Prophetic Look Forward
Some elements of fiction can be taught in a classroom. But Allan Gurganus’s subtle ability to bend the space-time continuum can’t.
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Country Star Rissi Palmer On Supporting the Next Generation of Black Country Music Artists
Palmer’s new fund will help up-and-coming artists of color make records, shoot music videos, and realize their dreams.
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Duke Performances Unrolls Its Spring 2021 Virtual Season Lineup
For the next few months, the show must go on online.
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A New Mini-Doc Is a Moving Testament to the Fight for Decarceration in North Carolina
“Decarcerate NC Now: Let Our People Go” follows a recent 58-day vigil held outside the Governor’s Mansion in Raleigh.
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Governor Roy Cooper Names D. Reid Wilson New Secretary of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
Wilson was promoted from his role as chief deputy secretary. The new gig starts today.