Epiphany on a Plane
How an oncologist’s sci-fi-inspired insight, layoffs at a pharma giant, and the unique culture of Research Triangle Park birthed a major cancer innovation.
October Is Peak Live Music Month in Durham
Between Good Moon, All Onyx World, and Cattyrompus, multi-venue festivals are back in the Bull City like they never left. Here’s why you should make it out to one—if not all three.
Editor’s Picks October 7-14
A curated list of our culture editor’s top choices of what to do in the Triangle this week.
Incoming! Surprise Documentaries, Conflicted Killers, and Murderous Crows
First up, the documentary film that everyone is talking about.
Woke County Speedway, the Triangle’s Latest Slacker-Country Outfit, Picks Up Speed
Made up of longtime local collaborators, the band keeps up a low profile—but this weekend, they’ll be sharing a stage with MJ Lenderman at Good Moon Festival and releasing a debut album.
The Couple Who Didn’t Sell
A rural Apex road will transform into Veridea’s main street. Almost everyone who once lived there has sold—with the exception of two lifelong Apex residents.
Adam O’Fallon Price’s Compelling Stories of Characters at Rock Bottom
If you’re someone who reads for a happy ending, you might want to sit “Objects of Desire” out. For everyone else who likes dark literary fiction with stripes of Denis Johnson and Ottessa Moshfegh: Welcome!
More Culture Coverage
In “The Courtroom,” Transcripts and Breathwork Help Make the Nightmare of Immigration Bureaucracy Come Alive
The Justice Theater Project’s production of “The Courtroom: A Reenactment of One Woman’s Deportation Proceedings” opens on October 2 and runs through October 18 in Raleigh.
The Incident at Little River
The brutal crime that catalyzed the LGBTQ movement in North Carolina has never been fully chronicled—until now.
Wildfires Forced Him to Flee California. Now Former Mipso Member Jacob Sharp Is Back in North Carolina With New Music and a New Perspective.
“Middle Kid,” Sharp’s debut solo album, is out October 9. Recorded before the fires, the music has since taken on new resonance.
Raleigh, Wide Open to the World
In its second year, the free Raleigh roots music festival features 60 acts that draw on a wide range of multicultural traditions, including gospel, classical Chinese music, Son huasteco, and more.
What It Takes to Keep History from Fading, Shriveling, or Molding
Talking with Meg Brown, Exhibits Coordinator at Duke Library, about the three Declaration of Independence copies on display in Durham this fall.
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