Coffee, Secret Coordinates, and $27: One Triangle Social Club’s Key to Help People Keep Showing Up
Rob Deaton, a Raleigh native, founded the members-only Ripple Social Club for people looking to make friends and commit to consistent activities. The group has quickly grown.
How A Durham Playwright Turned Her Time in a Psychiatric Hospital Into a Community Musical
DIY sets, singing beds, and dark comedy: Talking with Carly Campbell about ‘COMMITTED: The Musical,’ which runs August 13-30 at The Fruit.
In Three Years, this “Generational” Global Sports Event Will Descend Upon the Triangle
In 2029, the Triangle and parts of the Triad will play host to the World University Games—the world’s largest event for student-athletes.
Lunch Money: An Existential Crisis at Cosmic Cantina
A visit to a Durham hole-in-the-wall prompts a reckoning with memory and change.
“Creating the Conditions for Care”: Durham Native Andie Morgenlander On Making Her First Feature and Humanizing Film Sets
‘Whistle Down Wind,’ Morgenlander’s debut feature, is deeply rooted in North Carolina. It screens at this year’s OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival.
A New Program Aims to Make Therapy More Accessible to Restaurant Workers. Will It Reach the Back of House?
Behind You offers free counseling to hospitality workers—an industry that overwhelmingly doesn’t provide health care.
In New Documentary, a Moving Tribute to North Carolina’s First Openly Trans Homecoming King
‘What Will I Become?’, which plays August 13-18 at OUTSOUTH Queer Film Festival, shines light on the legacies of Blake Brockington and Kyler Prescott, two trans teenagers who lost their lives to suicide.
More Culture Coverage
Carrboro Author Elisa Faison On Polyamory, Domestic Fiction, and Her Debut Novel ‘Skin Contact’
Released in June, ‘Skin Contact’ has the buzzy premise of a young couple navigating an newly opened marriage. But the novel is as interested in friendship and family as it is romance.
Character Studies: Coke Ariail, Urban Boat Captain
In recent years, downtown Durham passersby may have come across William “Coke” Ariail III—artist, craftsman, and film producer—at work on his sailing dinghies.
Why Are Durham’s Breweries Drying Up?
Long a centerpiece of social and cultural life, breweries are struggling as rents rise and the craft beer industry faces a nationwide decline. In Durham, Durty Bull is the latest business to announce its closure.
Little Raleigh Radio Celebrates 15 Years of Community Reach
The Raleigh nonprofit began in 2011 with the dream of creating a low-power FM station. Unable to land a rare FCC signal, a dedicated group of volunteers has kept the stream alive online.
Curated By Tift Merritt, a Free Concert Series Uplifts the Legacy of Women Musicians
The four-part Duke Arts series at Durham’s American Tobacco Campus kicks off on September 9 with a performance by Patty Griffin.
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