Durham Residents Weigh In on Proposed Redevelopment of Lakewood Shopping Center
Developer BrodyCo, which owns a portion of the shopping center, has proposed updating the retail store fronts, redesigning the parking lot, and, controversially, adding self-storage units.
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Backtalk: “When you abstain from voting, or misuse your duty as a citizen to cast a protest vote, you are wounding your fellow citizens”
And other things our readers told us this week.
Super Empty’s Song of the Week: “Other Side,” Kooley High
The Raleigh quintet leans away from Earthly matters like sales and streams, and into mortality and eternal life.
Super Empty’s Song Of The Week: “7 Minute Drill,” J. Cole
The Dreamville leader’s attempt at fiery, pre-festival fireworks pulls punches and leaves numerous opportunities on the table.
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
Teenage Dreams: Speaking With the Directors of “Girls State”
“Girls State,” a documentary about what it would look like if teen girls from Missouri ran things for a week, strikes a tone between an election night broadcast and Bo Burnham’s coming-of-age tearjerker “Eighth Grade.”
Incoming! Fever Dreams, Aging Assassins, and Canine-Android Dynamics
In Triangle theaters this month: “Problemista,” “Knox Goes Away,” “Robot Dreams,” and more.
Hayti Heritage Film Festival Returns With Full Slate of In-Person Programming
This year’s program, themed around “Homecoming,” will feature 32 films over three days.
