Five Things to Watch For in the Durham City Manager’s Budget Proposal
City manager Wanda Page will present her recommendations for the next fiscal year at the city council’s meeting Monday evening.
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Protests, Passion, and Pride Mark Graduation Weekend at UNC-Chapel Hill
Hours before the graduation ceremony, anti-war protesters defaced the South Building with palm prints covered in red paint, and leaving a sign that read “UNC has blood on its hands.”
Democratic Gubernatorial Candidate Josh Stein Kicks Off Teacher Appreciation Week With Stop in Durham
Mo Green, the Democratic candidate for state superintendent, and Durham mayor Leo Williams were on hand to get the crowd excited about supporting public education.
ART
Murals and Mosaics Multiply Through Durham’s Public Art Initiatives
The Wheels Roller Skating Rink project leads a list of upcoming public art projects that will take shape in the next few years.
In María Magdalena Campos-Pons’ “Behold,” Shared Identity Is a Source of Communal Power
Now on display at the Nasher Museum of Art, the artist’s career-spanning survey includes paintings, photography, and an immersive installation.
Scene on Radio’s Sixth Season is a Tale of Two White Supremacist Coups
New season “Echoes of a Coup” hones in on the 1898 Wilmington massacre and its reverberations today.
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Talking With DéLana R. A. Dameron About Her Debut Novel, “Redwood Court”
Dameron, a graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill, has a reading at Flyleaf Bookstore on February 6.
Jill McCorkle Loves the Threat of Fairy Tales
Talking with the Hillsborough writer on the heels of her new short story collection, “Old Crimes: And Other Stories.”
Triangle-Based Illustrator Dare Coulter Wins Coretta Scott King Award
Coulter, who won for her mixed-media illustrations in the children’s book ‘An American Story,’ is one of the youngest people ever to win the award.
SCREEN
Incoming! Imaginary Worlds, Japanese Ecology, and Nasty Mail
Arthouse horror-thriller “I Saw the TV Glow,” British comedy “Wicked Little Letters,” and other movies coming soon to local theaters.
‘Civil War’ Review: A Dystopian War Picture as Shrieking Alarm
Considered in the context of American politics circa 2024, the effect of director Alex Garland’s worldbuilding is an accretion of creeping dread.
Your Guide to This Year’s Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
The 26th annual Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, unspooling April 4–7 in downtown Durham, will screen more than 50 films from 22 countries. Think of it as an abundance of great filmmaking, right in our yard.