2019 has been an incredible year for song covers. This is good news for broken brains.
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.
Pitmaster Matthew Register Shares His Delta Tamales Recipe
To kick off the December holidays, Matthew Register will stop by High Horse on December 3 for a pop-up tamale and cocktail bar.
Born on NPR, Reared at The Regulator, Allan Gurganus’s “A Fool for Christmas” Finally Sees Print
Durham letterpress printer Horse & Buggy Press and Duke University partnered to produce a book of Gurganus’s nativity story, committing an oral tradition to print at long last.
Rhiannon Giddens Delivers a Powerful Remembrance of the Wilmington Massacre of 1898
The musical performance is the latest in Come Hear NC’s intimate live recording sessions series, “In the Water.”
Jacob Tobia’s Memoir “Sissy” to Be Adapted by Showtime
The series, tentatively titled “Sissy,” will follow Tobi Gibran, a non-binary student who leaves North Carolina to pursue their dreams in New York City.
Where to Eat and Drink This Week
The best culinary events for the week of Nov. 27–Dec. 3.
Let’s All Go to the Movies, Nov. 22 Edition
It’s your Friday cinema rundown, with starred reviews and blurbs on movies to see (or avoid) in Triangle theaters this weekend.
J. Cole, Rhiannon Giddens, and Iron & Wine Represent North Carolina in This Year’s Grammy Nominations
The 62nd Annual Acadamy Awards will air on CBS on January 26.
Durham Pitmaster Wyatt Dickson Announces Plans to Open a Second Barbecue Joint in Raleigh
Dickson, who opened Picnic in 2016, is set to open his solo venture in Raleigh in the fall of 2020.

