Griest, a professor of creative nonfiction at UNC-Chapel Hill, has written a soulful new book that takes a big question across the globe: Is art worth the sacrifice it requires?
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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INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
A Shrek rave, stargazing at The Durham, a pop-up with the BOOM Club, and more events around the Triangle we recommend this week.
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Field Guide: A New Bookshop in South Durham
The latest news and updates from across the Triangle, in your inbox every morning. *|DATE: l, M. j, Y|* View This Email In Your Browser *|IF:MEM_STATUS=Active|*INDY Press Club: ACTIVE*|ELSEIF:MEM_STATUS=Lapsed|*INDY Press Club: LAPSED*|ELSE:|*Support INDY Journalism*|END:IF|* Sponsored by Hi! Happy weekend. In keeping with the current heat index, this week’s culture headlines are all about baking. First […]
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INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
Solstice Fest, Juneteenth events, office hours with Merge Records, and more events across the Triangle we recommend this week.
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Field Guide: A Different Kind of Library
*|DATE: l, M. j, Y|* View This Email In Your Browser *|IF:MEM_STATUS=Active|*INDY Press Club: ACTIVE*|ELSEIF:MEM_STATUS=Lapsed|*INDY Press Club: LAPSED*|ELSE:|*Support INDY Journalism*|END:IF|* Hi! Happy weekend. First up: A different kind of library story. Writer Brian Howe details the ways that the nonprofit Marian Cheek Jackson Center, a “little brick house with white lacework columns on the Rosemary […]
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INDY Selects: What to Do This Week
Dex Fest, ReSISTERS, week one of the American Dance Festival, and more events around the Triangle that the INDY recommends checking out.
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Field Guide: New Spaces That Encourage Logging Off
*|Friday, June 6|* View This Email In Your Browser *|IF:MEM_STATUS=Active|*INDY Press Club: ACTIVE*|ELSEIF:MEM_STATUS=Lapsed|*INDY Press Club: LAPSED*|ELSE:|*Support INDY Journalism*|END:IF|* Hi! Happy weekend. A bit of synchronicity: We published two stories this week about spaces—in Raleigh and Durham, respectively—that focus on unplugging. As a community paper that still churns out an old-school print product, we’re obviously in […]
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INDY Selects: What to Do In the Triangle This Week
June in Bloom, a Hillsborough “Moth Crawl,” a Raleigh Little Theatre production of “The Color Purple,” and more events across the Triangle we recommend this week.
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Field Guide: Adult Recital Season
View This Email In Your Browser Hi! Happy weekend. How’re y’all? I’m tired of the rain, and so is my dog, who has been on a walk strike since the last bout of bad thunderstorms, when her thunder jacket proved insufficient. Sun soon, please! One sunny event, at least, is RECITAL, the subject of this […]
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“Somehow, Fiddles and Banjos Have Become a Genuine Economic Driver”: New Festival Announces Details
Raleigh Wide Open’s debut festival, held downtown October 3-4, will feature 35 free shows across six stages.