How a group of artists came together to save and restore the tiny three-room, 660-square-foot house in Tryon, North Carolina, that Nina Simone grew up in.
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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Merge’s Principles Are Timeless. But There’s One Big Way It’s Changing with the Times.
The influential, Durham-based indie label’s storied past is well-trod ground. To celebrate MRG30, its thirtieth-anniversary festival, we spoke with artists who represent its next generation.
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Triangle Music Issue: Scarred but Revivified, a Beloved Indie Band Finds the Love Again
Ten years after debuting its first album, The Love Language is reuniting for a July 12 show at Cat’s Cradle.
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Two Raleigh Writers Want to Break Down Publishing Barriers with a New Kind of Writing School
For writers with a desk-drawer novel and a dream deferred, Arshia Simkin and Emily Cataneo’s Redbud Writing Project offers a new way forward.
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Celebrate World Refugee Day with Dub Addis at Durham Central Park on Sunday
Today is World Refugee Day. This weekend, gather for live performances, speeches, and family-friendly activities in celebration of Durham’s refugee and immigrant population.
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Western Landscapes Concealed And Revealed In New Exhibit Way Out West
The Ackland’s new exhibit consists of more than twenty paintings newly acquired from the collection of Hugh A. McAllister Jr. and almost sixty from the Ackland’s collection.
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M. Grig’s “Mount Carmel” Evokes Sweeping, Open Landscapes
Mount Caramel’s asynchronous electronics pull you, taffy-like, away from the center of something and hold you at a deliberative, transformational distance.
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Hiss Golden Messenger Needs a Teacher (and Your Preorder for His New Album)
New album “Terms of Surrender” will be released in September. “I Need a Teacher,” the first track on the album, dropped this week.
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Wilco’s Fall Tour Includes a Stop in Cary
Ticket’s are now available for Wilco’s North American fall tour.
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Mandolin Orange Kicks Off U.S. Tour in June
On the heels of an international tour for its sixth album, Mandolin Orange kicks off its summer tour June 1 with a special performance alongside Winston-Salem’s Symphony Chamber Orchestra.
