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Hi! Happy weekend.
It’s political purgatory weekend, aka four days until the election. As ever: Please vote! And please give our comprehensive election package a read to catch up on the lead-up to November 5. We will also have a live blog up that begins when the polls open on Tuesday.
Also, if you have extra energy you’re looking to expend on Tuesday, Durham Drives is a great way to get people to the polls (so many people just do not have the mobility and capacity) and chat with strangers.
Housekeeping: The Best of the Best Triangle Readers Poll is Live. Winners from each county are going head to head for your vote. Support your favorites now through November 18; the champions of the Triangle will be announced on December 11th. This is a super handy guide for local shopping and picking last-minute holiday gifts.
See you on the other side! Read on for this week’s INDY culture stories.
Rachel Jessen and Phyllis B. Dooney in the PHOTO FARM darkroom. Photo by Angelica Edwards.
elsewhere in the culture section
I got the chance to visit PHOTO FARM, a beautiful new space for creatives that opened in September. It’s not too far outside Chapel Hill, but the drive is rural and the space feels quiet and sacred-feeling, surrounded by trees.
Opened by the photographer Phyllis B. Dooney, PHOTO FARM offers artists studio space, a darkroom, and programming—all assets to help bind a robust but sprawling photography and arts community. Read the story here.
Writing the story gave me an excuse to dig through our archives for past photography features (there’s plenty of material, thanks to the Center for Documentary Studies, CLICK! Festival, and all of our museums). Here are a few: How Vivian Maier’s prints came to the Triangle, Durhamite Hugh Mangum’s vivid portraits of the post-Jim Crow South, Kennedi Carter’s rising star.
Also: Keenan Jenkins, a Chapel Hill musician who performs as XOXOK, just released his debut. Here’s how writer Brian Howe describes it: “There’s something distinctly old-school about the album, and it’s not just the skits. It’s the cover art, complete with the iconic parental advisory label, where Jenkins swoons in a torrent of crimson gauze under a dramatic embossed font, like DMX meets The Sorrows of Young Werther. It’s also the lushness of the music, the leanness of the rhythms, the flowingly braided melisma of the singing, the cover of Erykah Badu’s “Didn’t Cha Know.” The release show is tonight at NorthStar Church of the Arts.
Schooner, another Chapel Hill band, celebrates its 20th anniversary with a re-release of local indie-rock classic You Forget About Your Heart. Brian Howe sat down with him for a chat to mark the release. (From that album, my favorite song is “Long Long Time.”)
Also: The creator of the platform and podcast Black Girl’s Guide to Menopause, Omisade Burney-Scott is still telling stories in a new PBS documentary, The M Factor, which debuted earlier this month. Read more here.
out and about in the triangle
Chuck Wheeler, programmer of OutSouth Film Festival, is on OUT 100’s list of influential storytellers. The North Carolina Museum of Art announced the acquisition of “15 significant works,” including work by Lakea Shepard, Ruth Asawa (!), and Gwendolyn Knight.
RalToday has a list of new and coming-soon restaurants at RDU. The Dean Dome has started selling alcoholic beverages (go heels!). Via Eater Carolina, “7 Kid-Friendly Spots to Grab a Drink Around Raleigh” and via the News & Observer, a look at the revamped Poole’s Diner. Hatch Breakfast Burritos is selling breakfast burritos from Night School Bar on Sundays.
out and about in the world
We’re hearing a lot of vile rhetoric about immigration right now. This piece on Carlos Jaramillo’s photos of naturalization ceremonies is a beautiful counterbalance and honestly, a healthy media reset.
— Sarah Edwards —
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