After Local Drag Queen and Business Owner Banned From Instagram, More Questions Than Answers
Club ERA owner Naomi Dix says that her accounts were shut down this week, in the middle of Pride Month, for purportedly violating community standards. The incident highlights the vulnerability of small businesses and creators who rely on Instagram for visibility.
Character Study: Mama Cookie, Champion for Labor Rights
Durham organizer Bertha Bradley, better known as Mama Cookie, has been front-and-center in the fight for better working conditions across the South.
Neighborhood Newsletters: Filling a Gap Left by Local Newspapers’ Decline
In Durham, volunteer-run neighborhood print publications help residents get to know their community better.
Character Studies: Josh Morin, the Guy Who Runs While Punching a Ball
Morin and his unconventional workout routine have become a fixture in Durham, where he takes therapeutic daily runs.
Character Studies: Champ, the Durham Bulls’ Bat Dog
Despite all the game day distractions, the highly trained Durham Bulls bat fetcher never fails to delight fans and demonstrate that he is indeed a very good boy.
INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
A cookbook talk, a screening of “Aftersun,” an experimental retelling of American history, and more events around the Triangle we recommend this week.
INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week
Two Valentine’s shows, The Black Royalty Loveraiser Concert, and more events around the Triangle we recommend this week.
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Thinking With the Body
Active Imagination gathers local musicians and dancers for a festival where experimentation, intuition, and intimacy drive new work.
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.
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