This week, managing editor of arts and culture Brian Howe walks you through the Indies Arts Awards. How do we come up with this list of movers and shakers in the world of arts and culture? And who are this year’s winners? Later, staff writer Sarah Willets gives you the latest update on the UNC-Chapel Hill Silent Sam Saga.
Check it out—and subscribe to INDYcast on Apple Podcasts—and let us know what you think! We’d love to know what you want to hear in future episodes.
Essential reading:
- Performer, Creator, Organizer, Consultant—Monét Noelle Marshall’s Many Roles All Uplift Black Art
- Stand-Up Comedy Has Long Been a Boys’ Club. With Eyes Up Here, Erin Terry Is Changing That
- With Black Ops and the Bull City Black Theatre Festival, JaMeeka Holloway-Burrell Is Remaking the Local Stage
- As Our State’s New Poet Laureate, Jaki Shelton Green Amplifies Her Life’s Work of Literary Empowerment
- Runaway Is Ending After This Season. But Its Seven Years in “Durm” Will Leave a Lasting Legacy.
- Over a Quarter of a Century, NCMA Director Larry Wheeler Put a Regional Museum on the World Stage
- UNC Doesn’t Want Silent Sam, But It Can’t Figure Out How to Get Rid of Him
