October Is Peak Live Music Month in Durham
Between Good Moon, All Onyx World, and Cattyrompus, multi-venue festivals are back in the Bull City like they never left. Here’s why you should make it out to one—if not all three. INDY Week | News…
Culture
Incoming! Peasant Revolts, Wilderness Survival, and Victorian Psychopaths
Ethan Hawke as a Depresion-era prisoner in “The Weight,” Andrew Garfield as an anonymous ploughman in “The Uprising,” and more films coming to local theaters near you. INDY Week | News…
The Best Sandwich in Durham That I Can’t Tell You About
Pop-ups have become a dominant trend in the restaurant industry, in recent years, bringing buzz and whimsy to the dining fore. A month-long Durham sandwich series is no exception. INDY Week | News…
For Local Conservationists, Hopeful Signs of Payoff With Purple Martin Population
The North Carolina Purple Martin Society has made strides in protecting purple martins locally. Now the group might be able to help the whole species. INDY Week | News…
Hearing Jazz and Seeing Art the Fred Joiner Way, With a Poetry Debut 50 Years in the Making
“The Mirror in Our Music,” a new collection by former Carrboro Poet Laureate Fred Joiner, is rich in references to art, music, and collaboration. INDY Week | News…
“Laughter Is Medicine”: Talking With the Creators of Bear Grease About Reimagining a Hit Musical
Hip hop duo LightningCloud’s grassroots musical, which plays in Durham April 2-3, infuses a familiar story with lively Indigenous touchpoints. INDY Week | News…
Resistance Was at the Heart of This Year’s QuiltCon
At the recent Raleigh event, quilting’s radical history took center stage, with dozens of works that commented on censorship and corruption and called for change. INDY Week | News…
Thinking With the Body
Active Imagination gathers local musicians and dancers for a festival where experimentation, intuition, and intimacy drive new work. INDY Week | News…
A Beloved Durham Lesbian Nightlife Institution Turns Ten
“The terror has calmed down now, at year 10,” laughs Erin Karcher, owner of popular lesbian bar Arcana Bar and Lounge in downtown Durham. “But it felt super risky [to open a bar] at the time, and it was terrifying until we had already been open for a year.” Karcher opened Arcana with former business […] INDY Week | News…