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.”
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‘The Commons: Southern Futures’ Festival Draws Community Members Into Conversation
The three-day festival of performances and workshops culminates after a two-week residency at UNC-Chapel Hill’s CURRENT ArtSpace + Studio.
Op-Ed: The DPS School Board Should Adopt a Policy Recognizing Durham Educators’ Rights to Have a Union Voice
The Durham Public Schools Board of Education should recognize educators’ rights to have a collective voice through their union, the Durham Association of Educators.
Backtalk: “This is questionable behavior by an American elected official”
And other things our readers told us.
ART
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.
Talking With Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam About His First Visual Arts Exhibition
On view now at Peel Gallery in Carrboro, the exhibit is the latest expression of Beam’s seemingly inexhaustible creative drive.
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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.