Mountain Man’s Alex Sauser-Monnig changes things up on their sophomore release, a confident electropop album that contends with a world coming apart at the seams.
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New Durham Symphony Orchestra Program Is a Tribute to Grief, Resilience, and the Last Words of the Unarmed
The symphony’s free Valentine’s Day program uplifts the work of Herman Whitfield III, a young Black composer who died in police custody, alongside other compositions that foreground the fight for justice.
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Ellen O’Grady Shares Stories of Grief, Protest, and Hope in Her Comics About Palestine
The Durham artist explains her perception of the world these past few months as a kind of “split screen”: “I’m seeing or hearing what’s happening here,” she says, “and then I’m seeing what’s happening in Gaza.”
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What to See in the Triangle This Season: Visual Arts
Exhibitions at Peel Gallery, The North Carolina Museum of Art, Historic Stagville, Cassilhaus, and more.
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On Rosali’s “Bite Down,” Clean Undertones Belie Emotional Murkiness
“Bite Down” finds Rosali Middleman embodying the joyful predator from the album cover, trying to seize life in her jaws and give it a loving shake.
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In María Magdalena Campos-Pons’ “Behold,” Shared Identity Is a Source of Communal Power
Now on display at the Nasher Museum of Art, the artist’s career-spanning survey includes paintings, photography, and an immersive installation.
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Following the River with Sluice’s Justin Morris
Morris’s songs, rich with memory and close observation, are rooted in North Carolina’s landscape, and in the semirural environs west of Durham where he lives.
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Talking With Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam About His First Visual Arts Exhibition
On view now at Peel Gallery in Carrboro, the exhibit is the latest expression of Beam’s seemingly inexhaustible creative drive.
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The “Total Sincerity” of Durham Comic Artist Jenny Zervakis
Like a DIY version of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, Zervakis’s zines deal with in-between states, uncomfortable transitions, and struggles for self-knowledge.
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2023 Fall Arts Preview: Ten Triangle Exhibitions to See
King Nobuyoshi Godwin, Luis Rey Velasco, inflatable art, and more.