Indy Week

West End Blues

A look at a number of releases celebrating Louis Armstrong's centennial.

• by Andrew Snee

Answering with questions

At this year's Transmissions Festival, musical enigma John Fahey is bound to keep you guessing.

• by Karen A. Mann

Rhythm jugglers

Durham's Alex Weiss mixes a delicious stew of world beats on his new CD "Nourishment."

• by Joe Vanderford

Collective power

Find out what native South African author Mark Mathabane has to say about black culture in the United States.

• by Cynthia Greenlee-Donnell

Fruits of his labor

A profile of Andre Leon Gray, a rising young artist from Raleigh.

• by Kate Dobbs Ariail

The next life

Twyla Tharp premieres an astonishing work about the afterlife, and Jane Comfort unveils "Asphalt," a rock opera in progress.

• by Maudy Benz

Creative history

"Sunshine" is the sad saga of a Jewish family in Hungary, while "Groove" paints a graceless picture of rave culture.

• by Godfrey Cheshire

Being While Black

Racial profiling is just a new name for a very old American problem.

• by Derek Jennings
• Tags: News Feature, race, racism, racial profiling

Brutal in Blue

Police brutality poses a growing threat to public safety--especially if your skin (or your neighborhood) isn't white. So why don't bad cops get more public scrutiny?

• by Afefe L. Tyehimba
• Tags: News Feature, race, racism, racial profiling

Free to Go

What happens when racial profiling hits home? Ask just about any black man in America.

• by Damien Jackson

Black and blue I

• by Afefe L. Tyehimba

Flashing lights

• by Vicky Jiggetts

Black and blue II

• by Afefe L. Tyehimba

Urban myths

• by Cynthia Greenlee-Donnell

Black and blue III

• by Afefe L. Tyehimba

Rumble Seat

• by Dan Neil

In music

In fiestas

In theater

Shot in the Arm

What's being done about the recent outbreak of rubella among local Latinos?

• by Zach Hoskins

In authors

In exhibits