“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, a national initiative from the Southern Smoke Foundation, launched in North Carolina this summer, offering free counseling to workers in hospitality—an industry that overwhelmingly doesn’t offer healthcare.
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.
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.
More Culture Coverage
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.
A Night Out At Easy Street
For 21 months in the early 90s, a small East Hargett Street club brought life—and an all-star roster of musical talent—to downtown Raleigh.
Suite Dreams
For more than 40 years, North Carolina’s politicians worked, ate, and slept at the Sir Walter hotel in Raleigh.
White Men and White Metal
How a small group of white men engineered the violent 1898 overthrow of Wilmington’s duly elected multiracial government.
Durham Bulls Concessions, Ranked: A Hot Dog Monogamist Plays the Field
Whiskey-glazed pecans, a cartoonishly thin chicken cutlet, the Mezcalito nachos, and more concessions, rated from strikeout to home run.
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