
A Conversation With Ibram X. Kendi About “How To Be a (Young) Anti-Racist”
A conversation with Ibram X. Kendi about “How To Be a (Young) Anti-Racist,” co-author Nic Stone’s adaptation of his bestselling manual.

Laurel Nakadate on Grief, Bodily Autonomy, and Stories We Tell Ourselves
The photographer’s work is on display at the Ackland Art Museum through April 2.

Opening Up the Possibilities of “Hamlet”
PlayMaker’s “Hamlet” and a review of Honest Pint’s “A Steady Rain.”

Screen Review: Earning a ‘Living’
The moral of this British period drama is familiar: You can lose your life to bureaucracy and busywork. But it still hits the mark.

Cortland Gilliam Named New Poet Laureate of Chapel Hill
Gilliam will serve in the role from 2023 to 2024 and will be Chapel Hill’s second-ever poet laureate.

New Piedmont Laureate Dasan Ahanu Ushers In a New Literary Era
Ahanu was appointed as the 15th Piedmont Laureate, the second Black poet named to the post.

Tamara Kissane’s Controversial New Play Hits the Stage in Greensboro
The Durham playwright’s “Nice White Parents 2016” opens at Hyers Theatre on January 19.

Mesha Maren’s Expansive Second Novel Explores the Margins
“Perpetual West” takes readers from Appalachia to the southern border.

Triangle Artist Teams Up With Best-Selling Author to Create New Children’s Book About Slavery
Author Kwame Alexander and artist Dare Coulter kick off a nine-city national book tour on Thursday.

The Must-See Winter Performances Coming to the Triangle
From Shakespeare to RENT, here are the performances hitting Triangle stages this winter.

23 Reasons to Love the Triangle
A big list of reasons why living here this year was great—and why next year could be even greater than the last.

Night School Bar Gets a Brick-and-Mortar
The Durham bar will also play host to the program’s night classes, reading groups, and seminars for adults.

Finding the Holiday Spirit Under a Pecan Tree in Hillsborough
I wondered what people thought as they watched a stylishly attired middle-aged man with a blue beret jauntily perched atop his head harvesting pecans during a district court recess.

Eight Things to do in the Triangle on New Year’s Eve
If you don’t plan on tuning in to NBC’s “Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special to watch split-screen footage of the Raleigh acorn and the Times Square ball drops—the balls, nuts, and Dick show, as I like to call it—check out our NYE picks.

Durham Barber Marcus Hall Can Bring His Shop to Your Doorstop
Hall’s shop is a 30-foot-long RV that makes house calls. You may have seen it around Durham—red, white, and blue (like a barber pole) with his shop’s name on the back: “NEED MOBILE BARBER? KLIPPAS MOBILE GROOMING.”

North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church Issues Letter of Apology for Pioneers Church In Durham
After months of deliberation, the conference issued a letter apologizing for “action and inaction related to Pioneers Church.”

Director Rebecca Holderness on Her Burning Coal Theatre Company Production of “Silent Sky”
Auteur director Rebecca Holderness is no stranger to Burning Coal Theatre audiences.

Noah Baumbach’s “White Noise” Is a Carefully Calibrated Blend of Deadpan Humor and Affectionate Satire
“White Noise” doesn’t behave like a traditional feature film of any genre. You don’t know what the next moment will bring. That’s what makes it so thrilling, so absurd, and so weirdly familiar.

In the Triangle’s New Social Districts, You Can Find Hot Toddies, Hot Street Food, and Lots of Hot Takes
But will patrons behave, and will the programs drive foot traffic—and revenue?
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