Active Imagination gathers local musicians and dancers for a festival where experimentation, intuition, and intimacy drive new work.
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INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
A performance by harpist Brandee Younger, Secret Monkey Band at Cat’s Cradle, and more events around the Triangle we recommend this month.
‘Archives Are Participatory’: Talking With North Carolina’s New State Archivist
Kelly Policelli on advocating for the value of public history, what kinds of records people can find in the archives, and how her office is preparing for the United States semiquincentennial.
Requiem for a Hoop Dream
A writer remembers his late father through a shared love of basketball, from the scuffed courts of Durham YMCAs to the hallowed stands of the Dean Dome.
INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
A tintype demonstration, a solstice walk, a mid-century modern home tour, and more events around the Triangle we recommend this week.
INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
A holiday market, an evening of Christmas covers, and more events across the Triangle we recommend this week.
INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle this Week
A holiday sketch show, a play about the Red Scare, a dance party goodbye to PS37, and more events we recommend across the Triangle this week.
INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
Three nights of “Next-Gen Hip Hop,” the 2025 Sundance Indigenous Shorts Tour, and more events around the Triangle we recommend this week.
INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
Two nights of Watchhouse, a Townes Van Zandt tribute show, the 9th Annual Liberty Arts Pour, and more events around the Triangle we recommend this week.
The Archive Tells the Story
On October 26, the Durham artist Allan Troxler died at age 78. A trailblazer in the fight for gay rights, the legacy he leaves behind is imaginative and indelible.

