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We made several mistakes over the last week.

One year after the RDU Airport Authority leased land to Wake Stone for a quarry, activists haven’t given up their quest to stop it. BY LEIGH TAUSS

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Last Monday night, in a story about a Durham County Board of Commissioners meeting, Thomasi McDonald errantly reported that the Durham Association of Educators had withdrawn its endorsement of Commissioner Brenda Howerton over her comments about Commissioner Heidi Carter. In addition, he also muffed a quote from Carter. The story posted late at night; by early Tuesday morning, my phone was blowing up with people demanding a correction. I quickly corrected the story. (Thomasi has since posted a longer apology and explanation, along with some thoughts about divisive racial politics in Durham. It’s worth a read.)

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In last week’s review of Saint James Seafood, we got the date of the downtown Durham gas explosion wrong. It happened in 2019, not 2018. I haven’t stopped kicking myself for missing that.

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In last week’s profile of the Democratic Senate primary, we wrongly characterized the nature of Erica Smith’s state Senate district. She did not defeat an incumbent Republican but rather a Democrat in the primary. In the general election in 2014, she ran unopposed. We also misstated where Cal Cunningham was stationed in the Middle East; it was in Baghdad, not Kuwait.

10 A North Carolina inmate says DPS is preventing her from getting the gender-affirming surgery she needs. BY JAMES MICHAEL NICHOLS FEATURES 11

here’s nothing I hate more than sloppy mistakes, especially when I make them in stories I’m writing or miss them in stories I’m editing. I hate that sloppiness undermines important reporting. And I hate that human fallibility is so often perceived as malice.

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FOOD + DRINK 26 What, pray tell, is the point of a “straight-friendly” gay bar?

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MUSIC 28 Meredith Monk breaks down music to the level of the cell.

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ARTS + CULTURE 35 If Ilana Glazer can't get out the Millennial vote, who can?

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26 Where to Eat and Drink This Week

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Not all of these errors are of equal importance. But I think they all trace back to the same root: I ask our writers to do a lot—to write daily blogs and weekly print stories and long-form features. Meanwhile, we don’t have a staff copy editor or a fact-checker.

Our editors—myself included—do their best, but we (especially me) are an imperfect and hurried lot.

I don’t say that as an excuse. There isn’t one. And the responsibility for whatever errors appear in this paper or on our website ultimately lies with me. I say it, rather, as an explanation. Like much of the industry, our writers are too often stressed, underpaid, and underappreciated. They work tirelessly to produce journalism that makes a difference because they believe in what they do.

And we’ll continue busting our asses to do that, just, hopefully, without screwing up quite as much.

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BACKTALK

By the time this week’s paper hits the streets, you’ll know the results of North Carolina’s primary—barring a recount or some unforeseen craziness.

So instead of digging into our still-full

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catch up on some other stuff we’ve missed.

Two weeks ago, Nick Williams visited Sister Liu’s Kitchen for a short piece on the best dumplings in the Triangle. (We highlighted the story on our Durham cover.) In the comments, KRISTIN RESURRECCION says our privilege was showing: “I picked up a copy of the INDY because I saw that Sister Liu’s was on the cover, and I was glad because I thought they deserved it. But then I read the article and thought, they deserve so much better than this.

“Nothing about this off-hand assessment of Sister Liu’s is rooted in any real knowledge of Chinese food and culture. It’s not a crime to be ignorant of a culture not your own, but the utter lack of humility and self-awareness in this article is pretty off-putting. Is it really that much of a magical mystery that the best food from non-dominant cultures isn’t often found in Downtown, USA? And, I’m sorry, but the secret to Sister Liu’s dumplings is that they’re not over-reliant on MSG? Is this so-called MSG-reliance a thing you look for when assessing all the dishes you review, or do you save that especially for dishes from Asian restaurants?”

Last month, Leigh Tauss wrote about a Raleigh City Council committee considering new regulations for short-term rentals, and a meeting at which former council member STEF MENDELL opposed them.

“Once again, you slant your reporting to promote an agenda,” Mendell writes. “I did not bring up the ‘zombie houses’ issue—council member Patrick Buffkin did but was quickly silenced by the mayor and Saige Martin. There are two very real concerns.

The first is concern about investors buying up properties for short-term rentals, thereby taking them off the market for long-term Raleigh residents and exacerbating our existing housing shortage. The second is about turning residential neighborhoods into quasi-commercial zones (with the proliferation of ‘zombie’ houses). Zoning is about predictability, and for those who bought homes in residential neighborhoods, it is wrong to introduce quasi-hotels into their midst. The previous council had come up with a compromise after years of stagnation on the issue.

But the majority on the current council doesn’t like compromise. It’s their way or the highway.”

The Plot to Control America, Part 1

BY JONATHAN WEILER @jonweiler

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ince the beginning of the 21st century, the GOP has tried, by various means across the country, to winnow the electorate in order to make it harder for certain groups of voters to cast ballots.

The original sin of this two-decade-long effort transpired in 2000, when a firm hired by then-Florida governor Jeb Bush wrongly purged perhaps thousands of eligible voters from the state’s voter rolls on the mistaken grounds that they had been convicted of felonies and were, therefore, ineligible to vote. In a plot twist that we would normally ascribe to a tin-pot dictatorship, that purge of mostly black voters swamped the scant 537-vote margin by which the governor’s brother won Florida that year and thereby secured the presidency.

In 2006, we learned that the Bush administration had engaged in its own purge. In a highly unusual move, it fired seven United States attorneys, ostensibly because they’d taken part in various forms of malfeasance or insubordination. But as subsequent investigations revealed, they were actually sacked for refusing to pursue bogus voter fraud cases.

The Bush administration had begun insisting that voter fraud—especially in-person fraud, in which people who were not eligible to vote showed up to cast ballots anyway—was a serious problem requiring a crackdown.

In fact, every credible study of such fraud—the putative target of the “election security” laws that have passed in recent years—has found the same thing: It’s virtually nonexistent in the United States.

An early omen of what was to come occurred in Ohio in 2004. Republican Secretary of State Ken Blackwell issued a series of rules and directives that made it harder for voters to register and cast provisional ballots. One rule, for example, allowed only voter registration applications that were submitted on 80-pound stock paper; it was scrapped because of the outcry. Others sharply limiting the circumstances in which provisional ballots could be submitted and considered were altered or modified. But the intent was clear: to sow confusion and to discourage voting. The targets of these shenanigans, unsurprisingly, were disproportionately African American.

In 2006, Indiana became the first state in the country to require voters to present a valid form of photo ID.

When Americans are asked whether they support such measures, a clear majority say they do. It seems like a commonsense idea—and most Americans have photo IDs, so what’s the harm?

It turns out that, while most Americans do, between 3 and 10 percent of voters do not, and most of them are African American and Hispanic.

In a complicated split decision in 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Indiana’s law, in part on the grounds that it was not overly burdensome to voters.

And the most careful studies of the impact of photo-based voter ID laws have found that they do not significantly deter turnout. However, as noted, the stated rationale for these laws is fiction. And whatever their impact, no one can reject the possibility that they affect the outcome of close elections.

In any event, the nuisance they introduce into the voting process, one borne disproportionately by people of color, is, quite simply, indefensible.

The Indiana law set an important precedent. After it was upheld by the Supreme Court in 2008, and especially after the Roberts court gutted a key provision of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, a spate of new laws, almost all passed by Republican-controlled legislatures, sought to require photo IDs and otherwise make it more difficult for targeted groups of voters to cast ballots.

Reflecting on this history, the eminent jurist Judge Richard Posner—originally appointed to the federal bench by President Reagan—the author of the appellate opinion upholding the Indiana law, has since reversed himself. In 2013, he acknowledged that the photo-ID requirement is “now widely regarded as a means of voter suppression rather than of fraud prevention” because the real intent of the Indiana law and its progeny is impossible to deny.

Next week, I’ll take a look at the 2013 ruling and the expanding voting rights battleground that has emerged in its wake. 2 Part 2 of this column will appear next week.

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It’s so rewarding to see so many people visit and move to the area, and also to see the neighborhood kids grow up and contribute to this area that is now gaining national recognition. That being said, of course we want to continue to grow, but we need to make sure that everybody who wants an opportunity can get an opportunity and that people don’t get left behind.

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o far in 2020, the new pro-growth Raleigh City Council has considered 22 rezoning requests; of them, all but six of the most recent ones have been approved. Many of these requests accomplish a goal council members laid out during the campaign last year—to make the city denser. Here are five spots that might get quite a bit taller in the near future.

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PARCEL NEAR DAVIE, HARRINGTON, MARTIN, AND WEST STREETS Old zoning: DX-5 (up to 5 stories, 75 feet tall) Approved rezoning: DX-40 (up to 40 stories, at least 500 feet tall)

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This Election Is Finally Over This one’s more for us than you, though your heart might be warmed by the sudden disappearance of the ubiquitous Michael Bloomberg ads on your TV, in your Facebook feed, haunting your dreams at night. We won’t be out of the political spotlight for long. But we will get a much-needed breather. We frantically worked on municipal elections through October (Raleigh) and November (Durham). We didn’t know who was running in the primaries until the middle of December, by which point we’d checked out for the holidays. When we got back, we threw together a million questionnaires and researched a billion candidates. Then we made endorsements. Then we caught shit for our endorsements. It has been, in a word, exhausting.

Pete Buttigieg Stans We are pro-early voting. Eight hundred thousand North Carolinians voted earlier this year, about 250,000 of them last Friday and Saturday alone.

It’s possible that more than half of Democratic primary voters cast their ballots before Election Day. But early voting comes with pitfalls. To wit: A Public Policy Polling survey last week had Pete Buttigieg at 9 percent in North Carolina. On Saturday night—after early votes had been cast—Mayor Pete came to Raleigh and packed the Broughton High gymnasium. And then, the next day, he dropped out. Just like that, all of those Buttigieg (and Amy Klobuchar) early votes are for naught. This is, of course, a better argument for ranked-choice voting than for ending early voting, but it’s unfortunate for Pete stans either way.

The U.S. Immigration System It takes a special kind of cruelty to work for the deportation of Rosa Ortez-Cruz, a Honduran immigrant who’s been in sanctuary in a Chapel Hill church since 2017. Ortez-Cruz fled Honduras 18 years ago after her partner stabbed her and threatened to kill her. But the Board of Immigration Appeals—an arm of the Department of Homeland Security—rejected her petition to stay in the country because she couldn’t prove that her ex-partner still wanted to murder her. Last week, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected that argument, saying the BIA couldn’t simply assume her ex had been rehabilitated and “arbitrarily” discount expert testimony about serial abusers. That means she can stay—unless the DHS figures out some other way to deport her.

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WAKE COUNTY SCHOOLS responded to a report on racial disparities in its gifted classes by promising to make all eligible students opt out of honors classes rather than having them opt in.

The Triangle’s REAL ESTATE MARKET saw record-breaking numbers in January, with showings up 13 percent and sales prices up 6 percent since January 2019, and new listings up 68 percent since December.

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The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals stopped the deportation of ROSA DEL CARMEN ORTEZ-CRUZ, an undocumented woman from Honduras who has taken sanctuary in a Chapel Hill church for nearly three years.

ROY COOPER’S CAMPAIGN announced that the governor would not make an endorsement in the presidential race.

The Raleigh Police Department said it didn’t know how many officers had used a controversial facial recognition app. The RPD stopped using CLEARVIEW AI after WRAL began asking questions about the app, which reportedly scrapes the internet for images.

THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN announced that it would open “heavily branded field offices” in cities across the nation, including Raleigh, “hoping to attract black voters with swag, billboards, and graphics promoting the president’s policies.”

The North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff responded to DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS’ request for a 6 percent rate hike with a recommendation for a 7 percent rate cut. The end result is likely to fall in the middle.

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Jeremiah Pierce, a candidate for Wake County commissioner, filed a complaint with the District Attorney’s Office alleging that his opponent, incumbent SIG HUTCHINSON, had misspent taxpayer money on travel expenses.

The antiracism group SMASH RACISM RALEIGH announced plans to protest a Sons of Confederate Veterans conference at the Embassy Suites Brier Creek.

A Wake County Superior Court judge blocked WAKE STONE from selling any of the stone it mines from the controversial quarry land it has leased from RDU until the summer of 2022 or until legal questions are resolved.

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Wake County District Attorney LORRIN FREEMAN said the evidence didn’t merit opening an investigation into Jeremiah Pierce’s allegations against Sig Hutchinson.

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DUKE UNIVERSITY grad students fighting for a union held a rally on campus calling for better dental insurance and protection from harassment.

Protesters with Smash Racism Raleigh found Raleigh police blocking their access to the Embassy Suites Brier Creek, where the SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS were holding a conference inside.

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Durham County Commissioner BRENDA HOWERTON questioned why her fellow commissioners had gone into a closed session a week earlier to discuss county manager Wendell Davis’s allegation that Commissioner Heidi Carter was racially biased. Both Howerton and Carter were on the ballot Tuesday.

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ELECTION DAY. Everything worked out exactly as it was supposed to. Or maybe it didn’t. Who knows. This paper went to press before we learned the results.

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Stone, Unturned A year after RDU leased land for a quarry, activists are still fighting tooth and nail to stop it

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ean Spooner doesn’t quit.

On March 1, 2019, Spooner watched as members of the Raleigh-Durham Airport Authority filed into their board room for a meeting that lasted exactly four minutes and 17 seconds. An attorney read aloud a brief statement, and John Kane, a local developer who chaired the board, called for a vote. It was unanimous. The deal was done: 105 acres of densely wooded forest outside of Umstead State Park would be leased to Wake Stone.

The trees would be cut, a 400-foot pit would be dug, and 30 years later, Wake Stone would return what was left of the land—all for $24 million in royalties from the sale of the stone it would mine from the ground.

Spooner couldn’t believe it. Some days, she still can’t.

“We thought the right thing to do was for the RDUAA to see the light and do what was better for the community,” Spooner says. “They did not, and here we are today.

They still could. The airport authority and Wake Stone can still do the right thing.”

Spooner’s organization, the Umstead Coalition, filed a lawsuit along with the Triangle Off-Road Cyclists to stop the quarry deal. They argued that the four local governments that control the airport authority—Raleigh, Wake County, Durham, and Durham County—should have a say in the deal. They tried to make the issue a focal point of Raleigh’s city elections, only to see many of the most anti-quarry candidates defeated in October. A few weeks later, Wake County Superior Court Judge Graham Shirley ruled that RDU’s lease with Wake Stone was valid, and the quarry should move forward.

Jean Spooner didn’t quit.

The Umstead Coalition and the Triangle Off-Road Cyclists appealed, and last week, Shirley issued an injunction preventing Wake Stone from selling the stone it mines until the summer of 2022 or until the legal questions are definitively settled. That injunction doesn’t mean much: Wake Stone won’t be ready to sell what it mines until then, anyway. The company is currently applying for mining permits, which it hopes to secure by this fall. After that, it will have to clear trees and start digging.

But Spooner nonetheless took it as a sign of hope.

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Sig Hutchinson looks over maps of Umstead State Park.

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Stone’s lease, and that didn’t happen.

“It is a bad precedent for our public lands,” Spooner says. “The idea of having a private quarry next to Umstead State Park—a 400-foot pit—is super bad for our public lands, for Umstead, and also really bad for the airport.”

During contentious moments last fall, most local politicians, even those who weren’t outspoken about the quarry, usually said they opposed the lease, even if they didn’t think it was local governments’ place to intervene in the airport authority’s decision. Not Sig Hutchinson.

The Wake County commissioner—who was up for reelection Tuesday, though the results weren’t known when the INDY went to press—and self-described environmentalist has championed the Wake Stone deal, though not because he loves quarries. As part of its agreement with RDU, Wake Stone agreed to pay $3.6 million to help the county lease 151 acres of nearby RDU-owned land for mountain biking. Known as the 286 Tract, this parcel, Hutchinson says, is better suited to the average mountain biker than the more hardcore quarry land, though bikers

have (illegally) been using both for years.

Wake Stone had been waiting until the lawsuit was wrapped up to chip in the money, and the county had been waiting on the money to secure the lease. But last month, when Hutchinson learned that the airport authority was considering spending $2 million to construct a fence around the property—the unauthorized bikers pose liability concerns—he unveiled a proposal before the Board of Commissioners’ Growth and Sustainability Committee to lease the land for 40 years.

But even if Wake Stone prevails in court, that $3.6 million will likely only cover a small portion of the county’s lease. Hutchinson says he doesn’t know how much that will be—the county hasn’t started negotiating with RDU yet. Nor is he sure where the money’s going to come from.

In his view, however, the county needs to act now. It can sort out the details later.

“I’m very hopeful,” Hutchinson says. “And the more I talk about it, the more energy there is around finding a solution that works for everybody.” W

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“They are constantly misgendered, they are constantly deadnamed, and that is harmful to them.”

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Cruel and Unusual Kanautica Zayre-Brown says DPS won’t let her get the gender-affirming surgery she needs

BY JAMES MICHAEL NICHOLS backtalk@indyweek.com

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very day, when Kanautica Zayre-Brown walks the halls of Anson Correctional Institution in Polkton, North Carolina, she’s misgendered by her fellow inmates and correctional officers and called by her deadname.

Zayre-Brown, a transgender woman of color who received national media attention in 2019 following protests over her incarceration in a men’s facility, has been housed at Anson since her transfer on August 15, which only came after six months of public pressure from advocacy groups and community leaders.

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denied her the final gender-affirming surgery that would complete a medical transition she was undergoing prior to her incarceration.

“I feel like my mental health is depleting,” Zayre-Brown told the INDY recently.

“I’m around females now and constantly reminded of my situation. It triggers my dysphoria even more.”

Zayre-Brown has asked the DPS to either provide her with vaginoplasty—the final surgery she views as necessary for her gender transition—or create a path where she can use her own resources to finance the procedure. According to Zayre-Brown, both requests have been repeatedly denied, even though they’ve been medically prescribed.

Zayre-Brown says that as a result of the denial, she’s been forced to purchase special undergarments that cost $100 a pair—at least six of them so far.

“Six hundred dollars is enough for me to get a doctor’s appointment at UNC,” Zayre-Brown says.

The state ACLU believes Zayre-Brown is entitled to gender-affirming surgery under the Eighth Amendment, which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment.

“Kanautica is just one example,” says Emily Seawall, the state ACLU’s acting senior staff attorney. “We know that there are other trans folks in the prison system in North Carolina and across the country. They are constantly misgendered, they are constantly deadnamed, and that is harmful to them. It causes them not just emotional harm—the suicide rates among trans folks are particularly high. And we know that trans women of color are targeted at much higher rates

than anyone else in our population. So it’s an issue of safety for her, it’s an issue of personal agency and dignity. And it’s also an issue under the Eighth Amendment that she’s not being treated with cruel and unusual punishment.”

While the ACLU is representing ZayreBrown, it would not comment on potential litigation. However, similar arguments have met with success elsewhere.

In 2019, a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that denying gender-affirming surgery to transgender inmates is prohibited under the U.S. Constitution. In 2014, the Fourth Circuit didn’t go quite so far; while it ruled that the court wasn’t required to provide the surgery to the inmate asking for it, it did say that denying it across the board violated the Eighth Amendment.

DPS spokesman John Bull told the INDY in a statement that state law prohibited the department from discussing ZayreBrown’s case. “What we can tell you is that requests for transgender accommodations, which would include medical procedures, by policy are reviewed by a multi-disciplinary committee. … Each individual’s situation is reviewed, and decisions [are] made on a case-by-case basis.”

Zayre-Brown says the media fervor that surrounded her case last year has died down since her transfer.

“I guess, you know, needing medical care isn’t as fierce as me being transferred from a man’s facility to a female facility,” she says. “And I kind of understand that, but all this stuff is wrong. I understand I’m in prison, and I have to do my time. But they’re making it even harder for me.” W

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EVERYBODY’S WATCHING With its new record label and weekly dance party, Maison Fauna wants to hold down the middle of Durham’s growing but scattered electronic club-music scene BY BRIAN HOWE bhowe@indyweek.com

UNRIVALED GROOVE Friday, March 6, 10 p.m., $10 The Fruit, Durham

DECIDUUS

Friday, March 13, 10 p.m., $10 The Fruit, Durham

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arah Damsky, who deejays and makes electronic music as Kir, deleted her Facebook page several years ago. She prefers to hear about events by word of mouth.

“I sniff out people at coffee shops,” she says, laughing. “Anyone who smells like patchouli, I’m like, ‘What are you doing tonight?’”

This sensibility is reflected in Fauna, an underground dance party that last popped up at The Fruit on February 8. It updates an old-school rave experience—to get in, you have to know the hosts, who’ll text you the location a couple of hours before it starts—with new-school Durham’s distinct art-and-magic vibe.

Today Damsky is gathered with her three

Fauna cofounders at Manufactur, a creative agency on Ramseur Street. It’s a very Durham space, with high windows pouring creamy natural light onto exposed rafters, tall brick walls, and raw concrete floors.

A new decal is affixed next to Manufactur’s on the glass door. It’s the logo of Maison Fauna, the Fauna party founders’ new record label, which they are launching in tandem with DECIDUUS, a new weekly party that will bring national house and techno DJs to The Fruit’s basement every Friday starting on March 13.

Though all four principals stress their hive-minded collaboration, it’s expedient to meet them in pairs.

First, there’s Damsky and Simon Briggs, art-school kids and hardware-heads who moved to Durham together after study-

Left to right: Sarah Damsky, Nick DeNitto, Joe Bell, and Simon Briggs at Maison Fauna PHOTO BY JADE WILSON

ing electronic music at the Art Institute of Chicago, and who deejay together as Kir & Swung. They’re a contrasting couple: She—short, short-haired, with expressive gestures—is Maison Fauna’s de facto mouthpiece, timepiece, art director, and UK garage zealot. He—tall, long-haired, all but silent, with a penetrating gaze—is the technical light-and-sound whiz who holds it down for ambient music.

Then there’s Nick DeNitto and Joe Bell, who bring the deep music-industry background. Though not a couple, they, too, make a contrasting pair, with Bell’s manner as muted as DeNitto’s is extroverted.

Born a day apart, DeNitto favors European techno, while Bell is a former rock musician who doesn’t shy away from booking bigtent trance music. But they share a certain club-kid polish, which you can glimpse in DeNitto’s fitted black T-shirt and thin gold chain, or the elegant way Bell crosses his legs and drapes his hands when he sits.

It almost takes a flowchart to map the relationships of all the enterprises brewing in these bright, unfinished rooms. Manufactur is DeNitto’s thing, an agency he cofounded in Los Angeles, where it’s still headquartered. Ephemeral is Bell’s, a yearold effort to bring music-nerd-famous DJs to The Fruit; he books them through his event-production company, Morning Choir.

But Fauna, Maison Fauna, and DECIDUUS are the group’s thing.

OK, fine: DECIDUUS is technically a co-production of Morning Choir and Maison Fauna, but this is about to break our flow chart, and you get the gist: lots of brave little brands with fluid borders.

What matters is that maison is French for house, which refers to both the music of choice and the ambition to build an ark for Durham’s gentle dance animals. “DECIDUUS” is a Latinization of deciduous, filling in the flora around the fauna to emphasize warmth, beauty, and invitingness in the organizational persona.

To strengthen both their internal commitment and their pitch to partygoers, DeNitto and Bell went in on a world-class sound system, on par with—indeed, designed by the same guy as—those at clubs like DC10 in Ibiza and Fabrik in Madrid.

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Damsky says. “It often gets completely lost.

You want every range to be well-represented, and this system has that. You can have a conversation right in front of it.”

You might think of the group’s parties similarly. Fauna has the bass covered— super underground, with local DJs and producers—while Ephemeral covers the treble with international names like Darude and Paul van Dyk. (Next up: Dom Dolla on March 27.)

Soon, DECIDUUS will fill out the mids that get lost in the mix, bringing in DJs who have rising clout but still play smaller rooms, and who usually have little economic incentive to play here, to mix it up with locals every Friday night.

It’s an all-in attempt to give Durham’s talent-filled yet embryonic club-music scene the only thing it lacks: consistency.

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THE ONLY WEAKNESS OF THE HYDRA IS THAT YOU HAD TO MAKE IT ATTACK ITSELF. AS LONG AS WE’RE NOT FIGHTING AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE THE TRUST, I THINK IT CAN BE A LOVE HYDRA.

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ou’ve got to meet this guy Nick,” Joe Bell remembers the manager of American Underground telling him a few years ago. “He worked with Skrillex.”

After moving here from Salt Lake City, Bell was using his sociology degree to recruit research participants for UNC and doing social media for local venues. But he’d played in a touring rock band in high school and wanted to get back into music, so he struck out on his own. After traveling around the country meeting people in the concert industry—which led to working on electronic music festivals with Insomniac Events—he cofounded a marketing agency, Cult Entertainment, at American Underground.

DeNitto has a similarly career-shifty story. He’s originally from Charleston, where he started throwing parties.

“We were trying to do it like we saw it done in bigger cities,” he says. “We were successful in that we brought electronic music to Charleston, for better or worse.

Some people were happy, but some were not, because it was traditionally an indie rock area, like this.”

DeNitto moved to LA at the urging of high-school friend Aziz Ansari. In 2010, he cofounded Manufactur, which does brands and websites for celebrities, consumer goods, and hospitality services. Five years ago, he found himself burned out on LA and thought about moving into wine. His partner convinced him to stay with the agency but switch cities.

“Moogfest had just moved here, which was a big selling point, and your average wine bar in LA is not as good as Bar Brunello,” DeNitto says.

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The Maison Fauna crew PHOTO BY JADE WILSON

Like DeNitto, Damsky and Briggs were burned out on a big city and felt the tug of Moogfest. After they graduated from art school in Chicago, they thought about moving to Baltimore but decided on Durham after a visit. Their entrée into the local scene came courtesy of Nick Wallhauser of Raund Haus, the Durham-based collective whose instrumental hip-hop core has been expanding into house and techno.

Briggs went to a Raund Haus event where Wallhauser mentioned to him that Quarter Horse had turntables. So Briggs went by the Durham bar and arcade one evening.

The turntables were set up, but no one was playing, and the bartender told him to go get some records.

“Simon texted me while I was working at Gocciolina, ‘I’m DJing at Quarter Horse right now lol,’” Damsky says. “I was like, ‘What?

We don’t do that.”

They were brainy hardware producers, not vinyl DJs. But they got to learn in public every Monday night at Quarter Horse after that, as Kir & Swung. Now they’ve spun at The Fruit, Bowbarr, Arcana, with Raund Haus at Motorco, and many other places.

“Raund Haus is their own collective, but they’re still so open to everyone else, and we want the same thing,” Damsky says.

“We want to work together with everyone to not overbook weekends and to make sure that everyone is successful, that there’s healthy competition but not aggressive competition.”

The first Fauna was an impromptu Moogfest 2019 after-party at Manufactur, thereafter informally dubbed Maison Fauna. There have been three more since.

One had a Wild West theme; another was a masquerade. Exclusivity can hold a certain snobbish appeal, but Fauna parties are $20 for an open bar with craft cocktails, thoughtful environmental and lighting design, and a long night of local heat. So it’s accessible for what it is, and the benefits of exclusivity are safety and community. DECIDUUS will open a similar vibe to a broader audience.

“When we first moved here, there would be weekends where nothing was happening and weekends when everything was happening, and there would be 10 people at every event,” Damsky says. “We should

be throwing events that help foster a community where people show up because they know what to expect.”

Let’s be clear: There’s no shortage of good electronic dance parties in Durham.

On any given Friday night, chances are decent that you’ll find something to move with from Raund Haus or The Floor or Party Illegal or The Conjure or many others. If not, maybe NO VISA or Shallow Cuts or Disco Sweat is popping off at Nightlight in Chapel Hill, or a cool underground-techno producer is visiting The Wicked Witch or Ruby Deluxe in Raleigh.

Maison Fauna’s housekeepers aren’t here to compete with existing efforts. They’re here to bump your Friday-night prospects from decent to definite, and to build momentum for the whole local club culture in the process.

“Just to get more DJs from out of town coming here—this is, in a lot of ways, like virgin snow,” DeNitto says. “We want to bring the best, and they’re going to enjoy it, too, because playing in LA or New York is a nightmare for a lot of these people.”

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n March 6, a week before DECIDUUS debuts, Maison Fauna and Morning Choir are throwing a one-off party at The Fruit called Unrivaled Groove.

It’s a chance for Damsky to flaunt her love of UK garage alongside locals like Murad, Monsieur, and Treee City.

UK garage, a descendent of house and an ancestor of dubstep, is an English subgenre full of shuffling breakbeats, staggering kick drums, and time-and-pitch shifted vocals; it formed the basis of Kir’s hardware mixtape, which was Maison Fauna’s first online release in January.

“As a lover of UKG, I get really frustrated with the amount of music released that’s not at my fingertips,” Damsky says. She describes setting her alarm for 3:55 a.m. in the hopes of paying £35 to get a new single shipped overseas before it sells out.

Maison Fauna’s second release will be out June 20, a date these rather druidic dance heads chose advisedly, as it’s the solstice.

It’s an online compilation mixing locals with producers from LA and elsewhere that will also serve as an aesthetic mission statement. DeNitto says the group is finalizing a distribution deal with Red Eye, though this wasn’t confirmed at press time. Maison Fauna hopes to keep up a steady stream of monthly releases—singles, EPs, albums, live sets—after that.

There are more places for locals to play electronic music than to release it. You might do an online record with Raund Haus if you’re hip-hop-based, or a limited-edition vinyl or tape release with Hot Releases or Tone Log if you’re in the noise-adjacent techno realm, but options are scarce. Maison Fauna is trying to calibrate giving locals more bandwidth with hooking them into national circuits. They view DECIDUUS as

a pipeline for the label, and they have the set-up to release high-quality audio of visiting DJs’ sets.

“The things that we’ve received from people locally have been so inspiring,” Damsky says. “It’s really exciting to hear that Treee City had put together this wild dance track with metal claps that you never heard in his hip-hop music. He actually has a pretty large following in Durham and outside of it, but he’s in that tier where so many more people would be into him if they just knew.”

But if a label that, for now, is only doing online releases is low-overhead, a weekly party shipping DJs from New York, LA, and Chicago is not. The first DECIDUUS features Baltra, followed in subsequent weeks

by Garrett David and Masha. Even if you’re selling out and have the technical chops to produce everything yourself, at $10 a head in The Fruit’s 250-capacity basement, the math is tricky.

“Speaking ex cathedra, the economics of the event don’t make sense,” Bell says. “This is the big reason it hasn’t been done. Initially, they won’t be profitable, but we look at it as a marketing expense for building the series. We’re willing to take on the risk and the work to do the thing we want to see.

Our thing is, how do we maintain authenticity while not losing all of the money that we’re putting into the events, in a way where it’s well-produced and people like Sarah, who doesn’t have a Facebook, can find out about it?”

“I’ve never been a part of something that had four founders,” DeNitto adds. “If you think back to mythology, the only weakness of the Hydra is that you had to make it attack itself. As long as we’re not fighting, and as long as we have the trust, I think it can be a love Hydra.” W

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FESTIVAL F E S T I VA L GU I DE GUIDE G ood news: It’s spring. Well, almost. It was pretty chilly last weekend, and it’s pretty gross outside as I write this, but even so, you can feel it in the air.

And, friends, let me tell you, spring in North Carolina is the absolute best. So is fall. (Summer sucks, but let’s cross that bridge when we come to it.)

It’s not just that the weather is gorgeous and that the world seems alive. It’s also that, because the weather is gorgeous and the world seems alive, there are events upon events upon festivals upon festivals. Looking to drink all the beer? We’ve got you covered. What about music? More than you could keep up with. Food truck rodeos and other celebrations of gluttony? For sure. Want to buy some art or do some civic good? Heck yeah, man.

If you can think of it (and it doesn’t involve snow), chances are it will happen somewhere around here sometime in the next few months. We’re here to help you keep track of it all.

Start marking your calendars. —Jeffrey C. Billman

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Cary

Sites throughout downtown Durham

APRIL

Durham Art Walk Spring Market durhamartwalk.com

MARCH 13, 2020

St. Patrick’s Amusement Ride Armband Night Emerald Isle – NC at the Emerald Plantation

www.facebook.com/officialemeraldislestpatricksfestival

MARCH 14, 2020

St. Patrick’s Festival Emerald Isle - NC at the Emerald Plantation

www.facebook.com/officialemeraldislestpatricksfestival

MARCH 14, 2020

Raleigh St. Patrick’s Day Parade & Festival Downtown Raleigh raleighstpats.org

MARCH 21, 2020

Love Graham Festival Graham

www.iamnorthcarolina.com/lovegraham

MARCH 21, 2020

Children’s Festival at Northgate Mall www.facebook.com/events/2502749580042492

MARCH 22, 2020

Rural Hill presents a Brunch Food Truck Rally Historic Rural Hill – Huntersville www.ruralhill.net MARCH 26-29, 2020

2020 Outer Banks Taste of The Beach From Corolla to Manteo www.obxtasteofthebeach.com MARCH 28, 2020

Feed Durham Festival Durham

www.feeddurham.com MARCH 28, 2020

Plastic-Free Eggstravaganza Chapel Hill

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APRIL 4, 2020

Pride Life Expo, Raleigh’s first LGBTQ+ expo

Raleigh - McKimmon Center at NC State (1101 Gorman St.) www.pridelifeexpo.org

APRIL 4, 2020

Ring in Spring at Gateway Park Salisbury

www.downtownsalisburync.com/events/ring-spring-bell-tower

APRIL 4 & 5, 2020

Tarheel Antiques Festival Efland

www.tarheelantiquesfestival.com

APRIL 11, 2020

Dandelion Day & Defi Wines Release Cedar Grove

shop.botanistandbarrel.com/event-archives/dandelion-daycommunity-foraging-project-w-tastes-and-winemaking

APRIL 17, 2020

Arts NC State Student Art Sale Raleigh

go.ncsu.edu/studentart

APRIL 17-19, 2020

BOOM Charlotte

Charlotte – Plaza-Midwood neighborhood www.BOOMCharlotte.org

APRIL 18, 2020

Craft Cider Tasting Experience Durham

www.facebook.com/events/2396219064042125

APRIL 18, 2020

Children’s Day Festival of Cary Cary

kids.ata-nc.org

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APRIL 18, 2020

Cary Wine & Food Festival Cary

www.uncorkthefun.com

APRIL 18TH & 19TH, 2020

The 9th Annual Festival of Legends: Mystic Circus Apex

www.festivaloflegends.com

APRIL 18 & 19, 2020

27th Annual Loch Norman Highland Games Historic Rural Hill Huntersville

www.lochnorman.com

APRIL 19, 2020

Near & Far Festival Chapel Hill

chapelhillarts.org/nearandfar

APR 19, 2020

Carrboro Open Streets

Carrboro - East and West Weaver Street www.carrbororec.org

APRIL 23, 2020

AMP Music Fest Durham

ampmusicfest.com

APRIL 23-26, 2020

MerleFest Wilkesboro

merlefest.org/purchase

APRIL 24 & 25, 2020

Brewgaloo Craft Beer Festival Downtown Raleigh

shoplocalraleigh.org/brewgaloo

APRIL 25, 2020

The Chatham Arts Council’s 18th annual ClydeFEST Bynum - Bynum Ballfield

www.chathamartscouncil.org/clydefest

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APRIL 25, 2020

MINDURO: a Raleigh adventure bicycle race festival

Raleigh - Crank Arm Brewing www.manduro.rocks/minduro.phpminduro2020. eventbrite.com

APRIL 25, 2020

North Carolina Pickle Festival Mount Olive

www.ncpicklefest.org

APRIL 25, 2020

Spring Daze Arts & Crafts Festival Cary

www.townofcary.org/Springdaze

APRIL 25, 2020

NC Gravity Games & Street Fest Downtown Lenoir

www.ncgravitygames.com

APRIL 25, 2020

BloomFest 2020 Downtown Roseboro www.roseboronc.com/events

www.facebook.com/roseboronc MAY 2, 2020

Spring into the Arts Walk Wendell www.townofwendell.com

MAY 2, 2020

2nd Annual Spring Chicken Festival Downtown Siler City www.silercity.org

MAY 2, 2020

Multicultural Festival Lexington

www.facebook.com/events/631807910980283

MAY 2, 2020

Hops & Blues Festival Durham

www.eventbrite.com/e/hops-blues-festival-2020tickets-85290539299

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MAY 2, 2020

Haw River Festival Saxapahaw

hawriver.org/events/haw-river-festival

MAY 2, 2020

Fest in the West Cary

festinthewest.com

MAY 2, 2020

Write Now! 2020

Raleigh - The McKimmon Center tafnc.com/WriteNow

MAY 2 & 3, 2020

10th Kings Drive Art Walk Charlotte - Little Sugar Creek Greenway on Kings Drive

www.FESTIVALinthePARK.org MAY 3, 2020

Nashville VegFest Nashville, TN

www.nashvillevegfest.com

MAY 3, 2020

Carrboro Day

Carrboro - Carrboro Town Commons www.carrboroday.com

MAY 7-10, 2020

Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival of Music & Dance Pittsboro

shakorihillsgrassroots.org

MAY 8 & 9, 2020

10th Annual NC Brewers & Music Festival Historic Rural Hill – Huntersville www.ruralhill.net MAY 14-17, 2020

Spring LEAF Festival Black Mountain theLEAF.org/music

MAY 15 & 16, 2020

Beaufort Music Festival Beaufort

beaufortmusicfestival.com

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MAY 15, 22, & 29, 2020 JUN 5, 12, & 19, 2020

Freight Train Blues Concert Series Carrboro Town Commons www.freighttrainblues.com

MAY 16, 2020

Hook, Line & Drinker Sylva

www.hooklinedrinkerfest.com/trout-fishing-vendors

MAY 16, 2020

2020 Cheerwine Festival Salisbury

www.downtownsalisburync.com/events/2019-cheerwinefestival

MAY 16, 2020

Durham Blues & Brews Festival

JUNE JUNE 6, 2020

Funk Down on the Farm Cedar Grove

shop.botanistandbarrel.com/event-archives/funk-downon-the-farm-2

JUNE 6, 2020

Pimento Cheese Festival Downtown Cary

www.townofcary.org/recreation-enjoyment/events/ special-events/pimento-cheese-festival JUNE 6, 2020

16th Annual Beaver Queen Pageant Durham - Duke Park www.beaverqueen.org JUNE 6, 2020

MAY 16 & 17, 2020

Raleigh’s International Food Festival sponsored

by NC Vibes

Corolla

www.eventbrite.com/e/raleighs-international-foodfestival-2020-on-fayetteville-st-tickets-88572866829

Durham

www.durhambluesandbrewsfestival.com

Mustang Spring Jam 9 www.mustangmusicfestival.com/mustang-spring-jam-9

MAY 17, 2020

Rodeo on Rosemary Chapel Hill

www.chapelhillarts.org/calendar/rodeo-on-rosemary

MAY 29-31, 2020

Special Olympics North Carolina Summer Games Raleigh and Cary

sonc.net/sports-competitions/summergames/#1463683254026-88f52cf2-d912

MAY 30, 2020

OUT! Raleigh Pride Festival Raleigh

www.outraleighpride.org

Downtown Raleigh

JUNE 11-14, 2020

BEYOND: The Cary Film Festival Cary

www.beyondthefilmfestival.com

JUNE 13, 2020

North Carolina Cigar Box Guitar Festival Greensboro

Northcarolinacigarboxguitarfestival.org

JUNE 14, 2020

Asheville VegFest Asheville

www.asheville.ncvegfests.com

JUNE 18 & 19, 2020

Cherry Bounce Festival Forest City

www.townofforestcity.com/cherry-bounce-festival

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JUNE 18-JULY 25, 2020

JULY 10 & 11, 2020

American Dance Festival’s 2020 Season

NC Blackberry Festival

Durham

www.ncblackberryfestival.com

www.americandancefestival.org

JULY 18, 2020

JUNE 19 & 20, 2020

Cherry Bounce Festival Forest City

TownOfForestCity.org

JUNE 20, 2020

BikeFest 2020 Hillsborough

www.tarwheels.net/wp/bikefest

JUNE 28, 2020

Wilmington VegFest Wilmington

www.wilmingtonvegfest.com

Downtown Lenoir

Pick-A-Ton FUNdraiser Cedar Grove

shop.botanistandbarrel.com/event-archives/6thannual-pick-a-ton-fundraiser JULY 19, 2020

Greenville FunFest Greenville, SC

www.greenvillefunfest.com JULY 23-26, 2020

Love♡Shine♡Play Festival Asheville

www.loveshineplay.com JULY 25, 2020

JULY JULY 3-5, 2020

Ocean City Jazz Festival North Topsail Beach www.oceancityjazzfest.com

JULY 4, 2020

Fourth of July Fireworks Chapel Hill

www.chapelhillarts.org/calendar/fourth-of-july-fireworks

JULY 4, 2020

Christmas in July Festival West Jefferson

www.christmasinjuly.info

JULY 4, 2020

Sylva Fourth of July Celebration Sylva

www.discoverjacksonnc.com/calendar-event/ sylva-fourth-of-july-fireworks

JULY 4, 2020

Carrboro July 4th Celebration

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SPARKconQuest

the one-day adult treasure hunt Raleigh - HQ Raleigh Loft Terrace 311 S. Harrington Street www.originovel.com/sparkconquest.php

JULY 30-AUG 1, 2020

MANDURO: The Triangle’s Truly Unique Grueling Bicycle Adventure Raleigh - HQ Raleigh Warehouse District www.manduro.rocks manduro2020.eventbrite.com

JULY 30-AUG 2, 2020

GalaxyCon Raleigh Raleigh

galaxycon.com/raleigh (beaver@superconventions.com) JULY 31 & AUGUST 1, 2020

Reevestock Music Festival Elkin

www.facebook.com/events/412828862987770/

www.reevestock.com

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AUGUST AUGUST 6-8, 2020

Soulshine Farm Music Festival 7 Green Mountain

AUGUST 22 & 23, 2020

Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival Cary

www.townofcary.org/Lazydaze

www.soulshinefarmfest.com AUGUST 7, 2020

Kickoff Celebration & August 8, 2020 Festival Day Waldensian Festival – Valdese

www.townofvaldese.com/community/what-to-do/ waldensian-festival

AUGUST 7 & 8, 2020

Beer, Bourbon & BBQ Festival Cary

www.cary.beerandbourbon.com

AUGUST 8, 2020

SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 4 & 5, 2020

Earl Scruggs Music Festival Mill Spring - Tryon International Equestrian Center earlscruggsmusicfestival.com SEPTEMBER 11 & 12, 2020

Breakaway Music Festival - Carolina Charlotte

An Evening with Keller Williams at Tap Shack

BreakawayFestival.com

bit.ly/KWOBXSat

Cary

Duck

AUGUST 9, 2020

A Second Evening with Keller Williams at Tap Shack

SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Farmers Fall Festival www.caryfarmersmarket.com/fff-2019

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

Brewbury Fest

Duck

Salisbury

bit.ly/KWOBXSun

www.downtownsalisburync.com/events/first-downtownsalisbury-brewbury-fest

AUGUST 14 & 15, 2020

Hot Nights Cool Rides Car Show Forest City

www.townofforestcity.com/car-show

AUGUST 16, 2020

Triangle VegFest Durham

www.trianglevegfest.com

AUGUST 21 & 22, 2020

NC Art Book Fair

Durham - 21c Museum Hotel ncartbookfair.org

AUGUST 21 & 22, 2020

SeaLeaf Music Festival

SEPTEMBER 19, 2020

The Glass Jug’s Oktoberfest & 6th Anniversary Durham

Not yet posted. Follow The Glass Jug on social media for upcoming details!

SEPTEMBER 19 & 20, 2020

46th Annual CenterFest Arts Festival Downtown Durham centerfest.durhamarts.org

SEPTEMBER 25-27, 2020

56th Festival in the Park Charlotte - Freedom Park www.FESTIVALinthePARK.org

Outer Banks, North Carolina

www.eventbrite.com/e/sealeaf-music-festivaltickets-84737412883

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OCTOBER OCTOBER 2020

Festifall Arts Festival Chapel Hill

www.chapelhillfestifall.com

OCTOBER 2, 2020

Buskers Bash Salisbury

www.downtownsalisburync.com/events/buskers-bash

OCTOBER 2-4, 2020

Ol’ Front Porch Music Festival Oriental

olfrontporchmusicfestival.org

OCTOBER 3, 2020

32nd NASCAR Day Festival/Racin to Randleman Car Show Randleman

www.randlemanchamber.com

OCTOBER 3 & 4, 2020

Autumn Jubilee Salisbury

www.rowancountync.gov/autumnjubilee

OCTOBER 3 & 4, 2020

Carrboro Music Festival

Many different venues in Carrboro

OCTOBER 16 & 17, 2020

Smoking in the Foothills BBQ Competition & Festival Downtown Lenoir

www.smokinginthefoothills.com

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Falling for Local Downtown Raleigh

shoplocalraleigh.org/slr-events/falling-for-local-dix-park

OCTOBER 17 & 18, 2020

Third Annual Mustang Rock & Roast Corolla

www.mustangmusicfestival.com/mustangrockandroast

OCTOBER 22-25, 2020

Fall LEAF Festival Black Mountain

theLEAF.org/festival-info

OCTOBER 28-NOVEMBER 1, 2020

The Clayton Chamber of Commerce 2020 Harvest Festival Clayton

www.claytonharvestfestival.com

OCTOBER 31, 2020

Halloween FunFest Salisbury

www.downtownsalisburync.com/events/halloween-fun-fest

www.carrboromusicfestival.com

OCTOBER 10, 2020

37th Annual Mountain Glory Festival Downtown Historic Marion www.mtngloryfestival.com

OCTOBER 14-18, 2020

Film Fest 919

Chapel Hill - Silverspot Cinema filmfest919.com

OCTOBER 15-17, 2020

West End Poetry Festival Various venues in Carrboro and Chapel Hill www.westendpoetryfestival.org

NOVEMBER NOVEMBER 7 & 8, 2020

NC Whirligig Festival Wilson

www.whirligigfestivalnc.org

NOVEMBER 20-22, 2020

Carrboro Film Festival

Carrboro - Carrboro Arts Center www.carrborofilmfestival.com

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Holiday Fair at Emerson Waldorf School Chapel Hill

www.emersonwaldorf.org

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NOVEMBER 21, 2020

Raleigh Christmas Parade Downtown Raleigh grma.org/christmas-parade

NOVEMBER 21 & 22, 2020

Durham Art Walk Holiday Market

Sites throughout downtown Durham durhamartwalk.com

NOVEMBER 26, 2020 - JANUARY 3, 2021

Hometown Holiday Festivities Forest City

www.townofforestcity.com/forest-city-christmas

NOVEMBER 29, 2020

Hometown Holiday Parade Forest City

www.townofforestcity.com/forest-city-christmas

DECEMBER DECEMBER 1, 2020

CANornaments Food Drive for #GivingTuesday

Raleigh - Raleigh Union Station Plaza www.originovel.com/TheGivingTreeCan.php

DECEMBER 4, 2020

Wendell Wonderland Wendell

www.townofwendell.com

DECEMBER 7, 2020

Christmas with the Embers Randleman Music Series

www.randlemanchamber.com

MUSIC SERIES MAY 22, 29 JUNE 5, 12, 19, 26 JULY 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 AUGUST 7, 14, 21, 28 SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Concerts on the Creek Sylva

www.mountainlovers.com/concerts-on-the-creek

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New Arrivals

WORK. NIGHTCLUB

112 Fayetteville St, Raleigh | 919-650-1738

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Queerish

FRI., MARCH 6, 7 P.M., $30

What’s the point of a “straight-friendly” gay bar?

Arts & Drafts

BY LEIGH TAUSS ltauss@indyweek.com

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ere is how to make a gay bar, according to work.—lowercase, with a period, why not—Raleigh’s new Fayetteville Street nightclub: Step 1: Take a straight bar.

Step 2: Add neon lights and generic dance music.

Step 3: Leather couches. Everywhere.

Step 4: Profit.

In an interview with WRAL, manager Joey Eshleman—he couldn’t be reached for comment—said he likes to think of work. as a “straight-friendly” gay bar, a concept that seems to presume that other gay bars are turning away breeders at the door. (Proof this is wrong: Flex on karaoke nights. Also, The Bar, anytime.)

In reality, work. is more like a facelift for the former Capital City Tavern—it’s owned by the same people—with black leather chaise lounges replacing the tables and gender-neutral signs on the bathrooms.

Across the country, gay (and lesbian) bars have become something of an endangered species over the last decade. As society became more accepting of LGBTQ people, the need for discreet spaces of their own diminished. Hookup apps like Grindr made it easy for LGBTQ people to meet people for sex outside of a gay bar. And since gay bars were historically located in marginalized neighborhoods, rising rents due to gentrification have sometimes made business unsustainable.

And there’s also the fact that gay bars have become less gay, while queer and drag events have moved to nontraditional venues.

The lines have blurred. Gay bars have become havens for straight people, particularly straight women seeking a good time without the hassle of straight men. But where straight women go, straight men inevitably follow. Eventually, a gay bar is just a bar.

So what, then, is the point of the straight-friendly work.? Perhaps Eshleman’s comment was just a throwaway line, but on Saturday night, I set out to explore the question anyway.

Other than the furniture and a new logo, not much has actually changed at work. since the Capital City Tavern days. The patrons I ran into didn’t seem to mind. Some of them didn’t seem to know the difference—or if they did, they didn’t care.

I rolled in just before 11:30 p.m., the dawn of club o’clock, and work. was packed with a diverse crowd almost impossible to define: 21 to 80, frat boys to elder gays, nonbinary folks to middle-age lesbians to a woman in a rhinestone tiara wearing a sash that proclaimed her the “bride.” No one was particularly cool or uncool. It was like if everyone you never wondered about from middle school washed up on a dance floor.

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“I think a lot of people still don’t know it’s not Capital City anymore,” said Caitlyn Daron, whose wavy blond hair cascaded out from a knit beanie. “They’ll figure it out eventually.”

I approached the bar, discovered a surprisingly decent beer selection, and ordered a Crush Cucumber Sour. I asked the bartender if it was always this crowded.

“More,” he said, smiling. “This is a light night.”

Of course it is.

There was nothing risque or challenging here, no discernable sense of culture, nothing to identify it or make it stand out. work. is the Applebee’s of gay bars, a corporate entity that could be picked up and dropped off in any city in America and no one would know the difference. It manages to be neither pretty nor gritty; it simply exists and makes money. It is a shell of brick walls to house sweaty bodies and serve pricey drinks to people trying to have a good time and/or get laid.

It is not fighting the system. It is the system.

There was a goddamn Fast & Furious movie playing on the television.

“This is metropolitan,” a black-polo-clad Jonathan Maynard told me. “This feels like DC. It is the most eclectic crowd I’ve seen. It really is a little bit of everyone.”

“It’s upscale,” said another John, whose last name I didn’t catch.

He had a gray mustache and a black leather trenchcoat. “It’s the martinis bar for the in-crowd, and everyone I saw walk in here has a big penis.”

Um, OK. I curled up on a barstool and nursed my beer as couples gyrated under a disco ball. The bass was too loud (or maybe I’m too old?). The beat seemed to be continuously ascending like I was trapped in the climax of a retro video game.

An employee in a black “work.” shirt nearly grabbed the stool out from under me, mumbling an apology. A remix of “The Macarena” started playing, drawing the Boomers in the crowd to the dance floor.

In the bathroom, I overheard a drunk girl rambling about “heteronormative spaces” and declaring herself an “ally.” I practically ran to the bar and ordered a tequila soda with lime. A Lizzo remix thumped so loudly I couldn’t hear myself think.

When I got home, with my ears still ringing, I reconsidered my initial reaction. Not that I’m wrong to think of work. as corporate and generic. But maybe Raleigh’s LGBTQ community should have something as soulless as Glenwood South’s Cornerstone.

Why do all gay establishments have to be interesting? If people were having fun—and they were—who I am to judge? W

Craftboro is partnering with the Ackland Museum of Art on an “art and draft” event that marries your crafting impulses with your, well, craft beer impulses.

Munch on Coronato pizza while chatting with local art Stacy Lynn Waddell.

Ackland Museum of Art 101 S. Columbia St., Chapel Hill 919-966-5736 | ackland.org FRI., MARCH 6–SUN., MARCH 8, VARIOUS TIMES, $6–$10

34th International Festival of Raleigh This massive annual event isn’t technically a food festival—alongside sidewalk cafes (where you can sample food from around the globe), you’ll encounter dances, games, demonstration booths, and even naturalization ceremonies.

But it is an incredible opportunity to celebrate and honor the 60 different Triangle ethnic communities that are participating this year, and to try some new things along the way.

Jim Graham Building at the State Fairgrounds 4000 Blue Ridge Road, #140, Raleigh BEGINNING SUN., MARCH 8

Drink Café Femenino Coffee at Triangle-wide Cafes In honor of International Women’s Day, Triangle-area restaurants are partnering to serve and spotlight Café Femenino Coffee, the organic coffee program based in Hillsborough that sources exclusively from farms owned and operated by women across the world.

Beginning March 8, drop by Guglhupf, Lantern Restaurant, Garland, and The Root Cellar Cafe (among others) to grab a cup of coffee or bag of beans. Details and a full list of participating restaurants can be found online.

Various locations cafefemeninocoffee.com

BY SARAH EDWARDS

1,000 Words

Still Thriving WORDS + PHOTOGRAPHY BY JADE WILSON

In 2001, when downtown Durham was a ghost town after 5:00 p.m. and on weekends, Tianitia Davis and Sherry Kollick decided to move their hair salon, The Hair Estate, from University Drive to Parrish Street. With support from Self-Help Credit Union, they became—and still are—the only black-owned salon downtown. They’re also the second-oldest black-owned business on Parrish Street today. With all the revitalization taking place around them, they’re proud to still be going strong. W

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Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble

MEREDITH MONK & VOCAL ENSEMBLE: CELLULAR SONGS

Thursday, Mar. 5, 7:30 p.m. | $27 | UNC’s Memorial Hall, Chapel Hill

PHOTO BY JULIETA CERVANTES

Cell Theory The infinite compassion of Meredith Monk’s Cellular Songs

BY JUSTIN TORNOW music@indyweek.com

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eredith Monk is world-renowned for her interdisciplinary explorations of the voice as an expressive, mostly nonverbal instrument. Her six-decade body of work integrates music, movement, and visuals in deeply poignant performances. Cellular Songs, her celebrated concert with her vocal ensemble, explores the activity of the fundamental element—the cell—to present an alternative template for human action and interaction.

In a way, the piece grew out of On Behalf of Nature, which Monk spent some time developing at Duke University. Before Monk brings the concert to Carolina Performing Arts on March 5, we spoke with her about the piece’s genesis and process and how they connect to the foundation of human values that permeate her work.

INDY: On Behalf of Nature is sort of a precursor to Cellular Songs, right? I have heard you draw parallels between cells in music, the human body, and the universe, and it seems like these correlations would provide lots of layers and textures.

MEREDITH MONK: Oh yes, of course. Many of my pieces are inspired by nature, but Cellular Songs is very concerned with the ecological situation of the Earth. Even the way we made the piece, we were thinking from an ecological point of view: For example, if you have all these costumes and then they sit in storage somewhere, how could you make a piece that doesn’t leave a footprint?

Basically, we recycled our own personal clothing, and then Yoshio Yabara, our costume designer, patched together all these pieces to create the costumes. We even did an exhibit in the lobby, where he did drawings of each of our costumes, and we each wrote about what the pieces of clothing had been. This was all very close to the Claude Lévi-Strauss concept of bricolage, about taking something ordinary and repurposing it. I knew that, because my work is largely nonverbal, I wasn’t going to be able to make a piece that says, “Please don’t use plastic” or be specific or overtly political. In a way, On Behalf of Nature was a kind of elegy, suggesting what is at stake if we don’t adjust. I thought it could be helpful to make people look at things or listen to things differently when they were in nature.

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extends that concept deeper into the organism, breaking reality down into the fundamental unit of life, the cell.

When I started working on the piece around 2014—just working at the keyboard, I didn’t know it was “the piece” yet—I was laying these very intricately woven vocal layers. I picked up a book called The Emperor of All Maladies by Siddhartha Mukherjee.

The book is basically on the history of cancer, going all the way back to ancient times.

What struck me was his description of the intelligence of a cell, and how the processes are so complex and interdependent. It’s a very cooperative situation. When you multiply that by billions to make up these miracles—our instruments, our bodies—the cells have got to cooperate.

So I started thinking, “Isn’t this an incredible metaphor for what’s going on in our society?” I think I was already sensing what was coming up in the political realm: the patriarchal energy, a feeling of compression rather than expansion, limitation rather than openness, greed instead of generosity. I felt like it could be really interesting to make an abstract, poetic piece in response to these energies.

Without having to be explicit about it.

Yes, exactly. It’s all in there, though: In Cellular Songs, we’re offering an alternative that’s generous and kind and codependent instead of cruel. We were asking, “What does that look like? Showing kindness instead of cruelty, generosity instead of greed, collaboration rather than competition?” I was determined to have those values be all be part of the process itself. In a weird way, just the way we behave with each other becomes the subtext of the music and the gesture.

How do we make our process itself feel energetically generative for the people who are making it? That’s become more important to me, the more desperate that things feel in the world around us.

Exactly! I think this piece is a template for the possibility of human behavior, but also what you’re talking about in terms of the process. You can’t put your finger on it, it’s not delineated, but you can feel it. It becomes part of the energetic atmosphere of the performance. And you’d never get to those states if that hadn’t been your process. You know what I mean?

Yes! I’m nodding vigorously!

Another thing that started with On Behalf of Nature and really came into focus on Cellular Songs is that, because my music has become so complex, I have to figure out a way to simplify the movement and gestural aspects.

And it scared me, feeling like, “Oh my god, would this be too simple?” Because we live in a very visual culture, and as soon as you put movement to music, the music becomes accompaniment.

So my question was, how do I make it so that the music is actually the continuity and the core, and then any other elements become so transparent that you still can perceive the complexity of the music? The audience in Chapel Hill should know that the foreground of our Cellular Songs concert version is the singing—don’t expect that the movement will be the foreground. But as you’ll see, it’s still very embodied. And there’s humor. Why can’t a piece include tragedy and comedy and everything, all in one? Some of the most brilliant pieces I’ve seen like this are films. Roberto Rossellini’s The Open City is about horrifying times in WWII during the occupation, but there’s such a funny scene in that film. And I think you have to have that kind of release when you’re doing something that deep.

It’s like you get so full with all the tragedy, it’s nice to have the opportunity to drain a little bit so that you have some room to feel deeply again.

Yes, and speaking of these layers, right now I’m making the album of Cellular Songs, and I’m rewriting a little bit. I’m bringing other instruments in so that you can get as full of an experience aurally as you would get seeing it live. You know, since we can’t dance on an album! [laughs] An essay you wrote had a huge impact on me, specifically the kind of language you used around process. You used the word “multi-perceptual.”

Yeah, I like it better than “interdisciplinary.”

Artists should attend to a variety of ways a work can be perceived. I say this to my students at Harvard, especially electronic composers: “How do you want this to be seen? Take into account that we also have eyes!” And with dance students, it’s good to talk about how you want the dance to be heard and the possibilities of perception in terms of the vantage point of the audience.

Does this relate to your idea of cells taking on so many different forms in Celluar Songs?

Definitely. The main thing is that reality is always changing, microscopically or in the universe. So that sense of fluidity is something that I was really going for.

Can you speak to how Buddhism impacts your work?

Stillness, silence, fluidity of time and space, and presence are central in my work. After encounters with Buddhism at Naropa University in the 1970s, I was very struck by the correspondence between

my aspirations as an artist and these Buddhist principles.

In the old days, I never talked about it, because no artist, especially intellectuals, wanted to talk about spirituality. It was like, “ew, gross, new age, yuck.” But now I really don’t care. I’ve made the commitment to do work that is of benefit to sentient beings, and that’s nothing to be ashamed about in this world. If it’s sentimental, it doesn’t mean it’s not intellectually rigorous. There’s a misunderstanding about Buddhism that when you start practicing meditation everything is going to be nice-nice-nice. But it’s actually the opposite. As Chögyam Trungpa

Rinpoche would say, it’s like you’re hunting on the edge of a very sharp knife. You’re going into both darkness and light as you’re getting to know your own mind.

When you’re confronting impermanence, you’re dealing in your suffering deeply. It feels like you’re doing some light psychotherapy on yourself at times.

You could say that Buddha was the greatest psychologist that ever lived, that he cataloged every human neurosis and variation of human twistedness 2,500 years ago. But the difference is that, in the strictly psychological world, a lot of it

is pretty self-centered. They’re healing a person, but what’s missing is that next step of compassion towards the other.

That’s a limitation of the Western tradition of psychology.

In your process writing, the decentering of the ego is always in there. My mentor used to say, “The work is going to tell you where to go.”

Absolutely, that’s it! And the other part of it is the beginner’s mind. Go into each process with no expectations, and that allows you to listen to the work when it’s telling you what it wants. W

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SA 3/7 @CAT’S @CAT’S CRADLE BACK ROOM

Chocolate Lounge & Wine Bar Fri 3/6

Karen Novy with Neville’s Quarter

Sat 3/7

Gnarly Blue with Michael Paris

Fri 3/13

Dead Souls Gothic Lounge 9pm

Sat 3/14

Alice Osborn

Sun 3/15

Triangle Songwriters Competition

TYLER RAMSEY W/ROB NANCE

2pm

Music Performed from 6pm to 10pm Beer & Wine Served Daily Timberlyne Shopping Center, Chapel Hill 1129 Weaver Dairy Rd • specialtreatsnc.com

TH 3/5 @CAT’S @CAT’S CRADLE

MOLLY TUTTLE W/OLIVER HAZARD

CAT'S CRADLE TH 3/5 MOLLY TUTTLE W/OLIVER HAZARD ($20/ $23) WE 3/11 DESTROYER W/NAP EYES ($20/$23)

723 RIGSBEE AVENUE • DURHAM, NC 27701

SA 3/14 RADICAL FACE W/AXEL FLÓVENT ($25/$28)

RECENTLY ANNOUNCED: The Lemon Twigs, The Sounds, Todd Barry

WE 3/18 WHITE REAPER W/YOUNG GUV, BUDDY CRIME ($15/$17) SA 3/21 BEST COAST THE ALWAYS TOMORROW TOUR W/MANNEQUIN PUSSY ($25/$27) TU 3/24 PORCHES W/SASSY 009 ($16/$18) TH 3/26 REBIRTH BRASS BAND ($20/$23)

THU

3/5

LITTLE PEOPLE/ FRAMEWORKS Yppah

FRI

3/6 SAT

3/7

Cat’s Cradle presents

ELLIS DYSON & THE SHAMBLES Downtown Abby and the Echos

Fifth Annual Rock Roulette: A Benefit for Girls Rock

FR 3/27 WUNC MUSIC PRESENTS SOCCER MOMMY W/ TOMBERLIN ($18/$20)

3/13

SUN

3/14

SU 5/3 THE RESIDENTS ($30/$35) OLD5/4 STEREOLAB W/DERADOORIAN SMO ($35/$38) OUT

MON

SA 5/9 POOLSIDE ($20/ $25)

Cat’s Cradle presents

SU 5/10 GREG DULLI W/JOSEPH ARTHUR ($33/$38)

POST ANIMAL

TWEN WKNC presents THU 3/20 AGAINST ME! Stef Chura / Museum Mouth WKNC presents FRI 3/21 ASGEIR Khushi MDOU MOCTAR SAT 3/24 75 Dollar Bill

MO 5/11 BARNS COURTNEY W/WILDERADO, CHAZ CARDIGAN ($22/$25)

SOLD OUT

COMING SOON: Tiny Moving Parts, Laura Marling, Dance With The Dead, Magic Sword, Black Atlantic, Caspian, Deafheaven, Vundabar, Shannon & the Clams, Kevin Morby, Sebadoh, Okilly Dokilly, Harley Poe, Oso Oso, Prince Daddy & The Heyena, CBDB, Napalm Death, Fu Manchu, Neil Hamburger, The Cybertronic Spree, Diet Cig, Stephen Lynch, Risk!, Greer, Nile

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TU 5/12 JOJO GOOD TO KNOW TOUR ($30/$33) WE 5/13 BOB SCHNEIDER (SOLO) ($20/$23) TH 5/14 YOLA WALK THROUGH FIRE WORLD TOUR W/AMYTHYST KIAH ($20/23) FR 5/29 HANK, PATTIE & THE CURRENT W/DIRTY GRASS PLAYERS ($12/$15) FR 6/5 24-7 SPYZ ($15) SA 6/6 BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB W/LIZA ANN ($32/$35) TH 6/11 BAYSIDE W/SENSES FAIL, HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS, CAN'T SWIM ($25/$29)

W/NAP EYES

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RADICAL FACE W/AXEL FLOVENT

FR 3/6 SIR WOMAN (KELSEY WILSON OF WILD CHILD/ GLORIETTA) ($15) SA 3/7 TYLER RAMSEY W/ROB NANCE ($15)

TH 3/12 SONG TRAVELER'S WRITERS NIGHT BARRY GRAY, KARYN OLIVER, WYATT EASTERLING

WE 4/29: 100 GECS (ON SALE 3/6)

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WE 4/8 STEPHEN MALKMUS W/QAIS ESSAR & THE MAGIK CARPET ($20/$23)

SA 5/2 GUIDED BY VOICES ($30/$35)

WE 3/11 @CAT’S CRADLE

SA 11/14 HOODOO GURUS ($25/$28)

WE 3/11 HEART BONES W/COLD CREAM ($10/$12)

TU 5/5 ANDY SHAUF W/ FAYE WEBSTER ($18/$20)

3/18

FR 10/2 SLEAFORD MODS ($23/$26) TU 10/27 THE AIRBORNE TOXIC EVENT $25/$28 (ON SALE MARCH 6)

TU 4/7 ATERCIOPELADOS AND LOS AMIGOS INVISIBLES ($32/$35)

TU 4/28 47 SOUL ($20/$23)

2nd Annual Bull City Lip Sync Battle

BIKINI KILL ($29.50/ $35)

FR 9/21 ADHOC PRESENTS OH SEES W/ MR. ELEVATOR ($25/$28)

TU 3/10 PHANGS W/90’S KIDS, LOWBORN, SEASONS ($12/$14)

MO 4/27 WAVVES KING OF THE BEACH 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY USA TOUR W/SADGIRL ($22/$25)

Durty Dub’s Tribute to Charley Pride (with Phil Cook)

SOLD OUT MO 9/18 ADHOC PRESENTS

FR 4/3 SHOVELS & ROPE W/INDIANOLA ($25/$28)

MO 4/20 REAL ESTATE ($25/$28)

LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS

W/DOWNTOWN ABBY &THE ECHOS

SU 3/8 DAN RODRIGUEZ W/MIKE RAMSEY ($15)

WE 4/22 CRANK IT LOUD PRESENTS: NOTHING, NOWHERE. W/DANGER INCORPORATED, RO RANSOM, BOGUES ($18/$22) SAT

ELLIS DYSON & THE SHAMBLES

SA 3/28 ANTIBALAS ($18/$22)

FR 4/10 BROTHER ALI - OPEN MIKE EAGLE, DJ LAST WORD ($18/$20)

Duke Science & Society presents 3/10 Periodic Tables: Pet Tabbies, Not Tigers TUE

FR 3/6 @MOTORCO @MOTORCO

TU 3/17 POST ANIMAL W/TWEN ($15/$17)

FR 3/13 SONGS FROM THE ROAD BAND W/BIG FAT GAP ($12/$15)

WE 3/25 TINY MOVING PARTS W/BELMONT, CAPSTAN, JETTY BONES ($18/$22)

SA 3/14 VERSUS W/SUNNY SLOPES ($15) SU 3/15 CALL ME KARIZMA W/CYRUS, MXRCUS ALEXIS, STICKY ARROW ($15/$18) MO 3/16 GRADUATING LIFE W/KING OF HECK

TU 4/14 DEAFHEAVEN W/INTER ARMA, GREET DEATH, ALL YOUR SISTERS ( $25/$28) TU 4/14 ALLAN RAYMAN ($22/$25) WE 4/15 BENT KNEE ($15)

TU 3/17 BAMBARA W/BLACK SURFER, GRAY YOUNG ($10/$12)

TH 4/16 INDIGO DE SOUZA W/ TRUTH CLUB ($10/$12)

FR 3/20 THE OLD CEREMONY W/REESE MCHENRY ( $10/$12)

FR 4/17 AN EVENING WITH JILL ANDREWS ($14/$17)

SA 3/21 MELLOW SWELLS ALBUM RELEASE SHOW W/RODES AND POCKET ENVY ($7)

SA 4/18 JOHN CRAIGIE W/HONEYSUCKLE ($12/$15)

TU 3/24 STEVE GUNN, MARY LATTIMORE, & WILLIAM TYLER ($20/$22) TH 3/26 CONSIDER THE SOURCE W/EMMA'S LOUNGE ($10/$12) SA 3/28 LAUREN SANDERSON - MIDWEST KIDS CAN MAKE IT BIG TOUR SU 3/29 THE JACKS W/THE CUCKOOS ($10) MO 3/30 VILRAY ($12) TH 4/2 VAGABON W/ANGELICA GARCIA ($14/$16)

MO 4/19 DYLAN LEBLANC ($14)

SU 4/5 CALEB CAUDLE ALBUM RELEASE TOUR W/WILD PONIES AND DAWN LANDES ( $15/$20) MO 4/6 MIGHTY OAKS ($12/$14) WE 4/8 VETIVER ($15/ $18)

MO 6/15 THE GROWLERS ($30)

TH 4/9 THE NATIONAL PARKS ACOUSTIC SET ($12/$15)

SU 7/26 BUILT TO SPILL ($25/$29)

FR 4/10 MATTIEL ($10/$12)

SA 8/8 WEYES BLOOD W/ANA ROXANNE ($17/$20)

4/12 JACUZZI BOYS W/ THE COWBOYS ($13 / $15)

SOLDMO 4/20 SHARON VAN ETTEN OUT W/JAY SOM ($28/$31)

TU 4/21 KATIE PRUITT W/WILLIAM PRINCE ($10)

FR 4/24 WAXAHATCHEE W/OHMME ($18 ADV/ $20)

SU 4/26 SAMMY RAE & THE FRIENDS ($12/$15)

FR 5/1 TENNIS W/MOLLY BURCH ($18/$20)

FR 5/1 KEVIN KRAUTER W/WHY BONNIE ($10/$12) WE 5/6 MAPACHE SA 5/23 FRANCES QUINLAN ($16/$18)

FR 4/3 HONEY MAGPIE ALBUM RELEASE W/RODES AND ENO RIVER RATS ($8/$10) SA 4/4 CHERRY POOLS W/JET BLACK ALLEY CAT, SMALL TALKS, MOBS ($13/$15)

FR 6/5 DIET CIG W/SAD13 ($15/$17) THE RITZ (RAL) CAT’S CRADLE AND LIVE NATION PRESENT TU 6/16 CAR SEAT HEADREST W/TWIN PEAKS HAW RIVER BALLROOM TU 3/24 JOHN MORELAND W/S.G.GOODMAN ($15/$18)

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W/ NU MANGOS ($35-$60) ARTSCENTER (CARRBORO) TU 3/24 JAMES MCMURTRY W/BONNIE WHITMORE ($22/$25) MOTORCO (DUR) FR 3/6 ELLIS DYSON & THE SHAMBLES W/DOWNTOWN ABBY AND THE ECHOS ($10/$12)

SU 5/3 SNAIL MAIL W/ HOTLINE TNT ($20 / $22) SU 6/21 GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV SOLD W/ CHE APACHE ($36) OUT MO 6/22 GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV W/ CHE APACHE (36) THE CAROLINA THEATER (DURHAM) WE 4/15 ANGEL OLSEN W/MADI DIAZ ($32.50/$35) TH 4/30

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DPAC (DURHAM)

TH 8/27* CODY KO & NOEL MILLER

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*Be on the lookout for these big names coming through the Triangle

The Lumineers play at Walnut Creek Amphitheatre on Tuesday, June 2.

Mar. 12 Billie Eilish PNC Arena, 7:30 p.m., SOLD OUT Mar. 13 Omarion, Bow Wow, Ashanti, Ying Yang Twins, Lloyd, Sammie, Pretty Ricky, Soulja Boy PNC Arena, 8 p.m., $60+ Mar. 20 Michael Bublé PNC Arena, 8 p.m., $65+ Mar. 21 Best Coast Cat’s Cradle, 8 p.m., $25–$27 Mar. 27 Soccer Mommy Cat’s Cradle, 8 p.m., $18–$20 Mar. 30 Mandy Moore DPAC, 8 p.m., $30+ Apr. 2 Vagabon Cat’s Cradle, 8 p.m., $14–$16 Apr. 15 Angel Olsen Carolina Theatre, 8 p.m., $31+

Apr. 18 Jimmy Buffett, The Coral Reefer Band Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, 8 p.m., $82+ Apr. 22 Lake Street Dive DPAC, 7:30 p.m., $35+ May 12 JoJo Cat’s Cradle, 8 p.m., $30+ May 24 Ozuna PNC Arena, 8 p.m., $40+ Jun. 2 Local Natives Red Hat Amphitheatre, 6:30 p.m., $25+ Jun. 2 The Lumineers Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, 7 p.m., $35+ Jun. 19 Nickleback Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, 6:30 p.m., $25+

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Jun. 20 The Doobie Brothers Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, 7:30 p.m., $30+

Aug. 8 Chris Stapleton Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, 7 p.m., $40+

Jun. 23 Alanis Morissette Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, 7 p.m., $55+

Aug. 10 Journey, The Pretenders Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, 7 p.m., $35+

Jul. 4 The Black Crowes Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, 8 p.m., $29+

Aug. 25 Goo Goo Dolls Red Hat Amphitheatre, 6:30 p.m., $25+

Jul. 10 Thomas Rhett Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, 7:30 p.m., $44+ Jul. 11 Tedeschi Trucks Band Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, 6:30 p.m., $45+ Jul. 24 Dave Matthews Band Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, 7:30 p.m. $46+ Aug. 1 Harry Styles PNC Arena, 8 p.m., $36+

Aug. 30 The Black Keys Walnut Creek Amphitheatre, 7 p.m., $61+

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Leyla McCalla: Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever Radio is evanescent, and what it documents can be equally fragile. Radio Haiti-Inter was that country’s first independent station to primarily broadcast in the people’s tongue, Haitian Creole. Its uncompromising coverage of decades of social and political upheaval from the 1970s through early 2000s, and earned repeated death threats—and a total of ten years in exile—for journalist Jean Dominique before his assassination in 2000 and the station’s closure in 2003. Carolina Coffee Drops co-founder Leyla McCalla has spent two years listening to and researching the voices in the station’s archives, probing three generations of her family’s own history of activism in Haiti, and writing songs that examine the intrepid spirit of those who’ve fought political oppression on the island nation. The result—her collaboration with devised theater creator Kiyoko McCrae, choreographer Jeremy Guyton, and projection designer Kyle Sheehan—is a multidisciplinary performance piece that probes what it means to be Haitian. —Byron Woods Von der Heyden Studio Theater, Durham 8 p.m., $25

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

Molly Tuttle A virtuosic flatpicker and two-time winner of the International Bluegrass Music Association’s Guitar Player of the Year award, Molly Tuttle has been honing her skills and developing her own style since she was eight years old. Her percussive clawhammer stylings are the result of her early experiences playing the banjo, while her dreamy Americana songwriting takes inspiration from her adopted hometown of Nashville. Indiefolk trio Oliver Hazard open. —Josephine McRobbie Cat’s Cradle, Chapel Hill 8 p.m., $20–$23

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

The Wailin’ Jennys For close to 20 years, Canadian trio The Wailin’ Jennys have been stalwart vocal harmonizers and touring folkies. Through several planned hiatuses, they’ve always come easefully back together, most recently to interpret songs by artists like Warren Zevon and Paul Simon for their 2017 album Fifteen. As Heather Masse puts it, “I was astonished when we all started singing together (in) that it felt like I was singing with my sisters.” The concert is presented by PineCone, the Piedmont Council of Traditional Music. —Josephine McRobbie Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts, Raleigh 7:30 p.m., $32+ Breaking the Thermometer to Hide the Fever

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Max Gowan Max Gowan cut his teeth as a guitarist in Raleigh, playing in a slew of teenage indie-rock and metal bands, but it was his collegiate time in Washington, D.C. where he truly came into his own as a songwriter. Recorded in homes across both D.C. and Raleigh, 2019’s Bygones serves as an amalgamation of both experiences.

Throughout the album, Gowan coos visceral lyrics in a Elliot Smith hush over arpeggiated guitar plucks, keyboard interludes, and lo-fi soundscapes. Durham’s Blanko Basnet and Raleigh’s LioneR open. —Sam Haw Kings, Raleigh 9 p.m., $10

SATURDAY, MARCH 7

Black Surfer Barely a year old, Raleigh’s Black Surfer already graced the 2019 Hopscotch lineup and now drops RUN IT BYKE—its second EP of eighties influenced post-punk—at this Saturday release show. Soaked in reverb and shoegaze shimmer, the sextet weaves lush textures around anxiety-ridden rhythms, with vocals alternating between a sneer and melancholic croon. At times both dark and dreamy, Raleigh stalwarts Jenny Besetzt are like Black Surfer’s moody older brother, while No One Mind adds bustling psych-pop trips. —Spencer Griffith The Pour House Music Hall, Raleigh 9 p.m., $7–$10

Severed Fingers, Bless Your Heart, C. Albert Blomquist, Mara Thomas The Cave Tavern, 9 p.m. $5 suggested.

Soulfly, Sergio Michel, X-Method, Systemhouse, Suppressive Fire Pour House Music Hall, 7:30 p.m. $25-$30.

Joe Jack Talcum, Coolzey, DJ Halo Local 506, 9 p.m. $10-$12.

Wake County Public Schools: Pieces of Gold Memorial Auditorium, 7 p.m. $17-$37.

The Wailin’ Jennys play at the Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts on Thursday, March 5. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE ARTISTS

Wed. 3/4 The Bailsmen Wake Forest Listening Room, 7 p.m. $10.

The Cowboys Neptunes Parlour, 10 p.m. $10.

Duke Symphony Orchestra, Jeffrey Brown Duke Campus: Baldwin Auditorium, 7:30 p.m.

Leyla McCalla Rubenstein Arts Center - von der Heyden Studio Theater, 8 p.m. $25.

The Minks, Reality Something, Hey Champ!

The Pinhook, 8 p.m. $10-$12.

Lord Nelson, Driscoll Kings, 8:30 p.m. $10.

Postmodern Jukebox Durham Performing Arts Center, 7:30 p.m. $40+.

J Roddy Walston, Palm Palm Cat’s Cradle, 8:30 p.m. $15-$18.

Zac Brown Band PNC Arena, 7 p.m. $36+.

Thu. 3/5 Ancient Ethel, Weird God The Cave Tavern, 9 p.m. $5 suggested.

Big Head Todd And The Monsters, Los Colognes The Ritz, 7:30 p.m. $18-$25.

Don’t miss your favorite band in town.

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Destroyer Destroyer’s music is not particularly precious or relateable, but something about it feels familiar, like graffiti you once saw scrolled somewhere, sometime. Across thirteen albums, his dry, dreamy indie-rock flickers between nonsensical pop anthems and cerebral thirteen-minute tracks that are what I’d feel comfortable calling “disco treats.” He’s a weirdo, sure, but on the heels of his glamorous, inscrutable latest album, Have We Met, the Merge artist reminds us that even when his songs trace the outskirts of comprehension, he still has us in a perfect trance. With Nap Eyes.

—Sarah Edwards Cat’s Cradle, Chapel Hill 8 p.m., $20–$23

Lorrie Morgan Rhythms Live Music Hall, 7:30 p.m. $35.

North Carolina Symphony Pops Series: A Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration Meymandi Concert Hall, 8 p.m. $20+.

O.A.R. Carolina Theatre, 8 p.m. $50-$60.

Sir Woman Cat’s Cradle Back Room, 8 p.m. $15.

Splintered Reality, Hollow Intent, HeadTrip Trauma The Maywood, 9 p.m. $10.

Violent Life Violent Death, Iron Price, Gloves Off, Unitl I Bleed, All Cut Up and Through All This Time Local 506, 7 p.m. $9-$12.

Werk’n Lunch NorthStar Church of the Arts, 12 p.m.

Will McBribe Group The Station, 8:45 p.m.

Gray Young, Youth League The Pinhook, 8 p.m. $8.

Destroyer makes a stop at Cat’s Cradle on Wednesday, March 11.

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Che Apalache, Honey Magpie Kings, 8 p.m. $15.

DJ Slime-A-Rita: K-Pop Deluxe Ruby Deluxe, 8:30 p.m. $10.

Fruit Snack, Shitkid, Huffer Slim’s Downtown, 9 p.m. $10.

Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble UNC Campus: Memorial Hall, 7:30 p.m. $27.

Slick Ride The Kraken, 8 p.m.

The SteelDrivers Carolina Theatre, 8 p.m. $30-$35.

Sat. 3/7 Fri. 3/6 Bill and the Belles Wake Forest Listening Room, 7 p.m.

The Bleeding Hearts, The Girls, Bad Mother Pour House Music Hall, 9 p.m. $5-$10.

Little People, Frameworks, Yppah Motorco Music Hall, 9 p.m. $15-$18.

Texoma, The New Aquarian, Hereaux Pour House Music Hall, 9 p.m. $5.

Leyla McCalla Rubenstein Arts Center - von der Heyden Studio Theater, 8 p.m. $25.

Paul Thorn Blue Note Grill, 7:30 p.m.

Cash Unchained Lincoln Theatre, 8 p.m. $12-$17.

Molly Tuttle, Oliver Hazard Cat’s Cradle, 8 p.m. $20-$23.

Chanticleer Duke Campus: Baldwin Auditorium, 8 p.m. $25.

Marc Broussard, Jamie McLean Band Haw River Ballroom, 8 p.m. $20.

Doug Prescott Band Blue Note Grill, 9 p.m. $8.

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Eight Point Star, Elkhorn, Tallulah Cloos Nightlight, 9 p.m. $10.

Ellis Dyson & The Shambles, Downtown Abbey & The Echos Motorco Music Hall, 9 p.m. $10-$12.

G Herbo The Ritz, 8:30 p.m. $13-$99.

Max Gowan, Blanko Basnet, Lioner Kings, 9 p.m. $10.

The Kinston Trio Sharp Nine Gallery, 8 p.m. $20.

Leyla McCalla Rubenstein Arts Center - von der Heyden Studio Theater, 8 p.m. $25.

Jason Adamo Pour House Music Hall, 5 p.m.

Black Surfer, Jenny Besetzt, No One Mind Pour House Music Hall, 9 p.m. $7-$10.

Cultus Black, Attracting The Fall, Discerner, The Silencing Machine The Maywood, 8:30 p.m. $8.

Florence Dore The Station, 8:30 p.m.

Fifth Annual Rock Roulette: A Fundraiser for Girls Rock NC Motorco Music Hall, 7 p.m.

Donations accepted.

IAMDYNAMITE, Ancient Ethel, Solar Bear Slim’s Downtown, 9 p.m. $5.

International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella South Semifinal Carolina Theatre, 7 p.m. $24-$32.

Charly Lowry Pour House Music Hall, 3 p.m.

Minka, Big Break, The Moon Unit, Blue Frequency The Cave Tavern, 9 p.m. $5 suggested.

North Carolina Symphony Pops Series: A Rodgers and Hammerstein Celebration Meymandi Concert Hall, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m. showtimes. $20+.

Jonathan Parker Wake Forest Listening Room, 7 p.m.

Popa Chubby Blue Note Grill, 8 p.m. $15-$20.

Tyler Ramsey, Rob Nance Cat’s Cradle Back Room, 8 p.m. $15.

Molly Stevens The Cary Theater, 8 p.m. $20-$25.

Through the Tall Woods, The Challenged, Dirty Weekend, Few Good Things Local 506, 8:15 p.m. $8.

The Vegabonds, Night Years Lincoln Theatre, 7 p.m. $20-$50.

Cliff Wheeler Band Pour House Music Hall, 1 p.m.

Tue. 3/10

DJ Glenkoko: XXXMAS Party Ruby Deluxe, 9 p.m.

The Bones of J.R. Jones, Jarrod Dickenson Pour House Music Hall, 9 p.m. $10-$12.

The Hails Pour House Music Hall, 3 p.m.

Joe’s Cousin, Eyeball, Morning Bells, Glass Mansions Tin Roof, 8 p.m.

Dwayne Jordan, Skewed Duo Nightlight, 8:30 p.m. $10.

Crunk Witch, Smoke From All The Friction, Flood District The Night Rider, 7:30 p.m.

Lemon Sparks, Secret Monkey Weekend The Station, 8:30 p.m.

Good Morning Bedlam The Cave Tavern, 9 p.m. $5 suggested.

Lillian Chase & the Deadpan Stringband NC Museum of History, 3 p.m.

Reservation required.

The Guilty Pleasures The Station, 7:45 p.m.

Reese McHenry, The Trousers, Patty Hurst Shifter, Countdown Quartet & Crashomrock Slim’s Downtown, 6 p.m.

Dan Rodriguez Cat’s Cradle Back Room, 8 p.m. $15.

Wed. 3/11

Zephyr Ensemble Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 3 p.m. $20.

Mon. 3/9

Sun. 3/8

In My Life: Beatles Tribute Fletcher Opera Theater, 7:30 p.m. $35-$65.

A Celebration Of Eddie Taylor Kings, 2 p.m.

Donation suggested.

Phangs, 90’s Kids, Lowborn, Seasons Cat’s Cradle Back Room, 8 p.m. $12-$14.

Silver Skates Arcana, 8:30 p.m.

Carinae, Charlie Paso Neptunes Parlour, 8:30 p.m. $10.

Sam Burchfield, Proxima Parada, Little Bird Pour House Music Hall, 8 p.m. $10-$15.

The Nude Party, Boa Kings, 8:30 p.m. $15-$20.

Rare Creatures Pour House Music Hall, 5 p.m.

Koe Wetzel The Ritz, 8 p.m. $20.

430 Steps The Cave Tavern, 9 p.m. $5 suggested.

Cindy Cane, Hnry Flwr The Wicked Witch, 8:30 p.m.

Terror, Kublai Khan, Magnitude, Restraining Order Local 506, 7 p.m. $18-$20.

Cygnus X-2 Pour House Music Hall, 8 p.m. $10.

Destroyer, Nap Eyes Cat’s Cradle, 8 p.m. $20-$23.

DJ Jess K: Lilith Flair Ruby Deluxe, 9 p.m. $5.

Governance, CEVRA, Tescon Pol Neptunes Parlour, 10 p.m. $10.

Heart Bones, Cold Cream Cat’s Cradle Back Room, 8 p.m. $10-$12.

North Carolina Street Heat Pour House Music Hall, 1 p.m.

That 1 Guy, Barefoot Wade Pour House Music Hall, 9 p.m. $15.

Slump, Zaat, Seanmustache, B.L.E.W The Night Rider, 7 p.m.

Donation suggested.

Wizard Apprentice The Cave Tavern, 9 p.m. $5 suggested.

The Veldt, Micah Gaugh Slim’s Downtown, 9 p.m. $5.

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ILANA GLAZER: HORNY 4 THA POLLS

Thursday, Mar. 5, 7–11 p.m. | Sold out | The Pinhook, Durham

Friday, Mar. 6, 7 p.m. | $35+ | Durham Performing Arts Center

Ilana Glazer Feels the Bern The comedian talks Broad City, Instagram canvassing, and the importance of being plugged into local and state politics

BY SARAH EDWARDS sedwards@indyweek.com

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ast year, stoner comedy Broad City came to an end after five pitch-perfect seasons, and fans said goodbye to Abbi and Ilana, the confident, freewheeling—and yeah, super horny—stars of the show. This week, Ilana Glazer is back with Horny 4 Tha Polls, a nine-city comedy show that will make its second stop in Durham.

Horny 4 Tha Polls is a two-parter.

There’s the show at DPAC on March 6, where you can expect a more traditional comedy set, and where Glazer will be joined by the actor John David Washington, whose grandparents are from North Carolina. (This is the only stop on the tour where Glazer will be joined by a celebrity guest.). But first, there’s the more-unorthodox March 5 event, a dance party called Genny Social at the Pinhook, which will be hosted by Generator Collective, the voter-empowerment nonprofit that Glazer cofounded after the 2016 election.

Sure, the framing is undeniably millennial: Glazer says that her mission is to make voting “hot and fun and cool.”

She encourages attendees to take a “hot photo that you’ve been waiting to post and make it swipe to a candidate on your upcoming ballot.” But beyond thirst traps, Glazer is serious about lowering the barrier of entry to political engagement and sending young people to the polls with an informed political toolbox, especially when it comes to legislative politics.

Ahead of her Durham stop, the INDY spoke with Glazer about her post-Broad City career, the loneliness of our electoral system, and why she’s voting for Bernie Sanders.

INDY: I’m curious about Genny Social.

What the moment was when you were like, a dance party and voting—these two things can go together?

GLAZER: My collaborators on Generator,

which are my cofounder Glennis Meagher and founding board member Doug Melville—we had a meeting in August to talk about where Generator had gone the past three years and where we wanted it to go, and I think I just threw it out there. We were talking about needing another part, or what we were missing— something lighter and more participatory, which the Genny Socials are. You know when you try something and it works and you’re like, oh my god?

We were shocked at how powerful it was to pair the right to vote with the joy of dancing. It’s so easy to get informed and share with people—when people are given a cheat sheet and trust someone with voting information, it’s pretty easy. It’s the loneliness that I think we feel and the bullying individuals feel from the system that makes it feel elusive and inaccessible.

The North Carolina primary is March 3, and you’re coming after that, so I’m curious—is the primary a focus at all?

We are more interested in amplifying the message and signal-boosting the legislators. What’s been hard with programming our Genny Socials is that we don’t know who’s gonna be on the ballot yet, but by March 3, we’re gonna know, and what we hope to do is point people to those candidates’ Instagrams. A big part of Genny Social is to online canvass to their Instagram followers. We want people to know that it can be hot and cool to be civically

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engaged. We’re going to be letting people know about the upcoming elections in their state—and the presidential election, of course. But with what we have available to us at Genny Social, with my platform as a comedian, we feel like we have a wider reach with state senators and congresspeople.

this game. Politics aren’t a game. I think there’s a consciousness changing, at least with millennials and Gen Z. This binary thinking is not cool, not effective, not realistic.

Are you endorsing a presidential candidate on this tour?

With Broad City, I was really consumed with the show. It took Abbi and I about 10 or 11 months to make the show. I hadn’t been able to get out on the road and dedicate my time to stand-up—I did a tour and a special, it’s called The Planet is Burning, on Amazon Video—[and] the power of stand-up has really washed over me. There is so much power in going on the road and talking to people face-toface. I love laughing and being silly and free together, but I also have Generator— and I want to apply that freedom with the right to vote. W

We’re talking about endorsing two candidates because me and my cofounder are torn. I am voting for Bernie in the primary.

Elizabeth Warren is my hero; I wish there were ranked-choice voting. I have not been a Bernie head for a long time, but I feel that his messaging and delivery is most strategic for this primary.

But that’s not really what our focus is going to be. It’s more about state legislatures. This binary system in general, two parties, one candidate—it’s like

What has Horny 4 Tha Polls allowed you to access that you didn’t tap into as much with Broad City?

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40TH-ANNIVERSARY VAE GALA

Saturday, Mar. 7, 6:30–11 p.m. | $65–$150 | Dorton Arena, Raleigh

A performer from Imagine Circus in front of Nate Sheaffer’s neon art piece at VAE Raleigh’s 2019 gala PHOTO BY DAN HACKER/COURTESY OF VAE RALEIGH

er than trying to be everything to everyone. We began to focus on socially engaged art, which we see as contributing to positive change in the community. That’s where we are now.

Jumpstarting Art After helping a generation of artists express themselves, VAE Raleigh turns 40 with a sharpened focus on social justice

BY EMILY CATANEO arts@indyweek.com

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n 1980, Raleigh artists Margot Richter, Bob Rankin, Barbara Burnham, and Marriott Little noticed a problem: There were no local resources for nascent creators to get their feet in the door of the art world.

So they started a small group to help aspiring painters and sculptors begin their careers. Four decades later, that idea has grown into a venerable cultural-arts nonprofit on West Martin Street.

VAE Raleigh, which is celebrating its 40th birthday with a fundraising gala at Dorton Arena on March 7, has been many things to many people: an exhibition space for first-time artists, a place to learn professional skills, and a powerful ally of socially engaged art.

It’s been the force behind SparkCon, Raleigh’s annual pan-arts festival; the host of a queer homecoming and many other kinds of gatherings; and an exhibitor of everything from poetry to painting, neon signs to giant spray-foam ducks.

The INDY sat down with executive director Brandon Cordrey to discuss the phases of VAE’s history, its efforts to combat the entrenched discrimination of the art world, and more.

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INDY: What were those original artists trying to achieve? How have you fulfilled that mission?

BRANDON CORDREY: In 1980, there were four private galleries and great museums [in Raleigh] but no other space for artists to get their start. Artsplosure, the cultural-events production studio, was also founded in 1980, but N.C. State’s Art United didn’t exist, and neither did the United Arts Council, the funding wing of the county. Even the culture of hanging art in coffeeshops wasn’t as prominent as it is now. So those artists created an accessible space, flexible enough for new artists to fail and get better until they got the experience needed to rise to the gallery level.

For a significant period, VAE was about accessibility for new artists. Then they hired Sarah Powers as director and began to focus on professional skills. Then came Google, and all that information became accessible on the internet. So around 2015, we began to do more work around socially engaged art. We looked around, and the art community had expanded so much around us. That allowed us the opportunity to curate ourselves, to focus on one particular part of art, rath-

How have issues around equity in the arts evolved since 1980? How has VAE fought for equity in the arts?

The cultural arts have a strong foundation in racial oppression and segregation. The arts community has begun to look that in its face and figure out ways to rectify it, but we don’t see a lot of diversity at the very highest levels of arts organizations. We’re still trying to achieve that real equity. Five years ago, our board was 86 percent white. Now it’s 44 percent white, which is much more reflective of the artists we’re working with and the community we serve.

We’ve also tried to change our physical space. We try to write text on the wall that’s readable and solicits feedback; we believe that your interaction with this work and with us is the only way that the work is fully itself. We often play music so it’s not a quiet white box and paint the gallery so it’s actually not a white box. And we have gallery guides who will ask questions. Like for our current exhibit, The Full Light of Day, which showcases the work of artists with disabilities, we ask, how many people with disabilities do you know? If you’ve used words like “retarded” or “wheelchair-bound,” how do you think the artists in this exhibition would feel about that? How do you feel about that? There’s no wrong answer.

Our space is also fully physically accessible. If someone who’s blind or low-vision comes into a quiet gallery—why would they want to do that? We recently had an audio-described and tactile tour, where we had the Wake Federation for the Blind come through, feel things, and have conversations about the art.

One notable aspect of VAE is how interdisciplinary you all seem to be.

If creating social change is your end goal, then you’re much less likely to focus on your own particular medium, and you’re more likely to focus on what will ultimately get you to your goal. With our current project, there’s a lot of visual art in the space, but there’s also redacted literary work, and there’s an artist who came in to do a performance piece that expanded on their visual art piece, which is all found objects.

What’s the history of your involvement with VAE? I had been hounding them, and they finally broke down and contracted me to help with street painting at SparkCon 2013. I came to help and stayed for the whole weekend and didn’t leave, so I could make them like me. I convinced Sarah to hire me as exhibitions manager, then became director of exhibitions and helped with grants. When Sarah took a job with the city of Raleigh, I sent a note and said, hi, I would like your job.

What’s an exhibit in the past few years that’s stuck with you?

I think our very first Black on Black exhibition, with Mike Williams and Linda Dallas, was a transition point for us. After Eric Garner’s death in 2014, we knew that the arts should be part of the conversation around what was happening.

We were not diverse enough as a staff to have that conversation come from us, and we wanted to support two curators of color curating work by artists of color that depict people of color.

Tell me about the gala.

It’s at Dorton Arena. There will be circus performers. There will be the Poetry Fox. There will probably be 200 works of art that have been donated by local artists. There will be auctions. We’re doing a commission back to artists who donate, so we expect that this will put about $20,000 of funding into their pockets.

Creative attire is encouraged. You’ll see amazing outfits that range from comfy and casual to all-out wacky. It’ll be our biggest celebration of the arts and our biggest celebration of turning 40.

Lastly, what’s on the horizon?

We’re going to need to move eventually, and with the city growing so fast, what does that mean? What’s the smartest investment for us in terms of physical space, which is our biggest resource and biggest expense?

We’re also in a strategic planning process. What we’re doing artistically and programmatically is going really well, but now we need to build structures around it. We’ll continue supporting socially engaged art and operating in an opensource way, but I think the quality of our work will continue to get even better as we build those structures and put them in place. W

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Brahms: The Boy II—Katie Holmes stars in this sequel to The Boy; in this film, a young boy crafts an unsettling friendship with a doll named Brahms. PG-13.

The Call of the Wild— Harrison Ford shares the screen with a CGI Great Bernard, in this adaptation of the classic Jack London adventure novel.

Rated PG.

Still from The Eyes of Summer

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Dolittle—Robert Downey Jr. plays the eccentric veterinarian in this fantasy action reprisal. Rated PG.

THURSDAY, MARCH 5 & FRIDAY, MARCH 6

Cosmic Rays Film Festival The Triangle has become a hotbed for experimental film, in large part thanks to the efforts of people like Bill Brown and Sabine Gruffat. For the last three years, the two filmmakers and UNC-Chapel Hill professors have put on Cosmic Rays Film Festival, screening works ranging from three to fifteen minutes that expand the traditional boundaries of cinema.

This year’s program includes legendary experimental filmmaker Naomi Uman amid a diverse roster of up-and-coming contemporary artists. All screenings are free. —Will Atkinson The Varsity Theatre, Chapel Hill / Nightlight, Chapel Hill Various times, free

Special Showings 2020 World Tour Paddling Film Festival $12. Sat., Mar. 7, 8 p.m. Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw.

Frenzy, Road Games $10. Fri., Mar. 6, 7 p.m. Carolina Theatre, Durham.

The Great Buster $7.

Sun., Mar. 8, 2 p.m. NC Museum of Art, Raleigh.

The AGFA Horror Trailer Show $8. Thu., Mar. 5, 9 p.m. Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

The Great Gatsby $7.

Wed., Mar. 11, 7 p.m.

Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

Chicago $7. Wed., Mar. 4, 7 p.m. Carolina Theatre, Durham.

Lord of the Flies, Carnal Knowledge Fri., Mar. 6, 7 p.m. Lump, Raleigh.

Cosmic Rays Film Festival See full schedule online.

Screenings at Varsity Theater and Nightlight.

Mar. 5-6. Multiple Locations, Chapel Hill.

Love & Basketball $10.

Sun., Mar. 8, 6 p.m. Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

Cry-Baby $7. Wed., Mar. 4, 9 p.m. Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

REEL Israel 2020 See full schedule online. $10.

Mar. 8-12. Chelsea Theater, Chapel Hill.

Mossville Thu., Mar. 5, 7 p.m. Provident1898, Durham.

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Toklomati Tue. & Thu. 2:45 p.m. $10. Mar. 10-12. Chelsea Theater, Chapel Hill.

Emma—Jane Austen’s regency romance Emma has been translated to screen many times—but never before by stylish luminary Autumn de Wilde. Rated PG.

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Vitalina Varela Thu., Mar. 5, 7 p.m. Rubenstein Arts Center - Film Theater, Durham.

Greed—Satirical film about the crumbling empire of a rag-trade billionaire. Rated R.

Young Guns $12. Tue., Mar. 10, 7 p.m. Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

Onward—Pixar’s latest feature film takes on the tale of two elvish teen brothers living in a suburban fantasy. Rated PG

Royal Opera House: The Sleeping Beauty $12.

Mon., Mar. 9, 6 p.m.

Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

The Way Back—Ben Affleck plays a widowed basketball all-star looking for a second chance.

Rated R.

1917—Epic war drama about two soldiers tasked with sending a message that could save 1,600 soldiers. Rated R. Bad Boys for Life—Buddy cop comedy about a midlife crisis. Produced by Will Smith. Rated R. Birds of Prey—Irreverent superhero flick about the supervillain Harley Quinn.

Rated R. Blumhouse’s Fantasy Island—The twisted fantasies offered by a remote tropical resort slowly twist into nightmares—who knew? Lucy Hale stars.

Rated PG-13.

½ Downhill— A bleak comedy from a talented team, Downhill is a real conundrum, with some things done very well and others completely botched. Rated R. Frozen 2— In search of the origins of her powers, Elsa and her sister Anna strike out beyond their frosty homeland.

Rated PG.

 The Gentleman— Guy Ritchie, the undisputed kingpin of the British gangster film, is back with a high-energy action-comedy. Rated PG-13. —Glenn McDonald The Invisible Man—This adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel stars Elisabeth Moss as a woman stalked by an obsessive ex who has figured out how to turn invisible. Rated R. Jojo Rabbit—Black comedy about a German boy who discovers that his mother is hiding a Jewish girl in the attic. Rated PG-13.

Jumanji: The Next Level— This adventure comedy picks up where the 1995 flick left off. Rated PG-13. ½ Just Mercy— Based on the book of the same name, this film tells the story of Bryan Stevenson, a young lawyer defending a client who is unjustly on death row.

Rated PG-13.

 Parasite—This Oscar-winning social satire from filmmaker Bong Joon-Ho is crammed with dark twists and intricate metaphors. Rated R. —Sarah Edwards The Photograph—Issa Rae plays the estranged daughter of a famous photographer whose life is turned upside-down by the emergence of a photograph— and by a handsome journalist, played by LaKeith Stanfield, who wants to tell its story. Rated PG-13.

Sonic the Hedgehog— Sega’s video game mascot hits the silver screen, now with less-scary teeth and legs after fan outcry over its trailer. Rated PG.  Uncut Gems— Loud and brash, with extreme close-ups and a discordant score ratcheting up the unease, this Safdie brothers flick stars Adam Sandler as a jeweler who places a high-stakes bet.

Rated R. —Neil Morris

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REEL Israel Film Festival Reel Israel Documentary Film Festival returns to the Chelsea Theater for a second year. Curator Shai Ginsburg, who is Israeli, acknowledges that there’s no avoiding politics in filmmaking; whose story gets told? is of course a political question. That said, Ginsburg, a professor at Duke, explains that he’s more excited about showcasing contemporary art than pushing a particular agenda: “Israeli cinema is enjoying a golden age; these films all made a splash this past year.”

Each film, he says, has all the ingredients of any great doc: surprise, access, change, and doubt. Some screenings will be followed by panels and viewers of all political stripes will be welcomed. After all, as Ginsburg puts it, “The more you know of a place, the better you can have nuanced arguments or discussions about it.” —Anna Cassell Chelsea Theater, Chapel Hill Various times, Various prices

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Art’s Work in the Age of Biotechnology Other exhibits at NC State Libraries and GES Center. Through Mar. 15.

Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh.

John James Audubon: The Birds of America Ornithological engravings.

Through Dec. 31. NC Museum of Art, Raleigh.

Opening Art in Translation: Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook Video and photography. Mar. 7-Jul. 26. NC Museum of Art, Raleigh.

Artist Talk: Alex Traboulsi Fri., Mar. 6. 6 p.m. The Art of Style, Raleigh.

The Bacchus Conservation Project: The Story of a Sculpture Focus exhibition. Mar. 7-Sep. 27. NC Museum of Art, Raleigh.

Alun Be Solo exhibit.

Mar. 6-Apr. 25. Artspace, Raleigh.

CAM Raleigh First Friday Fri., Mar. 6. 6 p.m. CAM Raleigh, Raleigh.

Common Thread: Pete Sack, Alia El-Bermani Portraits. Mar. 6-Apr. 4. The Mahler Fine Art, Raleigh.

Durham Art Walk Spring Market Mar. 7-8. Durham Arts Council, Durham.

Front Burner: Highlights in Contemporary North Carolina Painting Mar. 7-Jul. 26. NC Museum of Art, Raleigh.

Christopher Holt: Contemporary Frescoes/ Faith and Community Drawings and studies. Mar. 7-Jul. 26. NC Museum of Art, Raleigh.

Carroll Lassiter, Nerys Levy, John Parkinson Group show. Mar. 10-May. 2. FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill.

Many Moons Solo exhibit.

Mar. 6-28. Local Color Gallery, Raleigh.

Chance Murray: Rubber Donkey Party Mixed media. Mar. 6-Apr. 25.

Artspace, Raleigh.

North Carolina Artists Exhibition 2020 Group show. Mar. 8-Jun. 14.

CAM Raleigh, Raleigh.

Opening Reception: Alun Be and Chance Murray Fri., Mar. 6. 6 p.m. Artspace, Raleigh.

Opening Reception: Pigmented Resin Works: Leenie Fri., Mar. 6. 6 p.m.

The Centerpiece, Raleigh.

Radiance of Nature: Grace Li Wang Solo exhibit. Mar 7-Apr. 26. The Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist, Chapel Hill.

Short Stories Mother Nature Taught Me Paintings. Mar. 6-29.

NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh.

John Beerman: The Shape of Light Paintings.

Through Feb. 29. Craven Allen Gallery, Durham.

Megan Bostic, Andy Mauery, Rosemary MezaDesPlas: Hairstory Art made of human hair.

Through Feb. 29.

Artspace, Raleigh.

Cornelio Campos: My Roots Paintings. Through Mar. 12. Durham Arts Council, Durham.

Compose and Materialize Group show. Through Mar. 7. Durham Arts Council, Durham.

Consensual Hallucination: Dara Morgenstern Through Mar. 20. Holy Mountain Printing, Durham.

Wearing o’ the Green Oil paintings. Mar. 6-28. V L Rees Gallery, Raleigh.

Cosmic Rhythm Vibrations Mixed media. Through Mar. 1. Nasher Museum of Art, Durham.

The Wonder Collection: Opening Reception Sat., Mar. 7. 10 a.m. Urban Durham Realty, Durham.

Stephen Costello: Places Sculpture. Through Feb. 29. Craven Allen Gallery, Durham.

You Have To Start A Thing History. Fri., Mar. 6.

NC Museum of History, Raleigh.

A Creative Protest: MLK Comes to Durham Through Apr. 5. Museum of Durham History, Durham.

Ongoing

Cultures of the Sea: Art of the Ancient Americas Mixed media. Through May. 31. Nasher Museum of Art, Durham.

Josef Albers and Homage to the Square Paintings.

Through Aug. 30. NC Museum of Art, Raleigh.

All That Glitters: Spark and Dazzle from the Permanent Collection Costumes. Through May 17. Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh.

All is Possible: Mary Ann Scherr’s Legacy in Metal Jewelry and design.

Through Sep. 6. Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh.

Design By Time Group Show. Through May 17.

Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh.

Domestic Demise: Elizabeth Alexander, Patty Carroll Group show.

Through Apr. 11. Artspace, Raleigh.

Favorite Things Paintings.

Through Feb. 29. V L Rees Gallery, Raleigh.

The Full Light of Day Group show of artists with disabilities. Through Mar. 6. VAE Raleigh, Raleigh

The Future is Female Group show. Through Dec. 31. 21c Museum Hotel, Durham.

Gifts of Earth and Intimacy Copper works.

Through Dec. 31. 21c Museum Hotel, Durham.

Abie Harris: Painting Music Through Mar. 1.

The Community Church of Chapel Hill Unitarian Universalist, Chapel Hill.

Shelly Hehenberger, Luna Lee Ray, R.J.Dobbs Mixed media and sculpture.

Through Mar. 7. FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill.

Mar Hester: Action/ Reaction Photography and origami. Through Feb. 29.

Artspace, Raleigh.

Horse & Buggy and Friends: Satellite Parrish Street Gallery Group show. Through Apr. 1.

Horse & Buggy Press PopUp Shop, Durham.

Instruments of Divination in Africa: Works from the Collection of Rhonda Morgan Wilkerson, Ph.D. Sculpture and objects used in divination.

Through Jun. 7. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill.

Daniel Kariko: Surburban Symbiosis Insectum Domesticus Photography.

Through Mar. 1. Nature Art Gallery, Raleigh.

Jeana Eve Klein & Anne Hill: Meditative Obsessive Mixed media. Through Feb 29. Horse & Buggy Press and Friends, Durham.

Jane Kraike: Serigraphs Prints. Through Mar. 28.

Adam Cave Fine Art, Raleigh.

Yayoi Kusama: Open the Shape Called Love Solo exhibit. Through Apr. 12.

Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill.

Labyrinth Walk Through Mar. 8. Duke Campus: Duke Chapel, Durham.

Law and Justice: The Supreme Court of North Carolina, 1819- 2019 Artifacts, images, texts.

Through May 31. NC Museum of History, Raleigh.

A Moving Grove Paintings.

Through Feb. 29.

Anchorlight, Raleigh.

Eleanor Mills: Wildflowers of Crested Butte, Colorado Photography. Through Apr. 18. Duke Campus: Lilly Library, Durham.

Sarah Jane Tart: The Wonder Collection Paintings. Through Apr. 29. Urban Durham Realty, Durham.

Organized Chaos #1: Geometric Shapes & Patterns Paintings.

Through Mar. 10.

Triangle Cultural Art Gallery, Raleigh.

Think Big!—A Small Works Exhibition Group show. Through Mar. 16. 5 Points Gallery, Durham.

Ali Osborn: Macadam Drawings. Through Apr. 11.

Oneoneone, Chapel Hill.

Past Lives Mixed media.

Through Mar. 14. The Scrap Exchange, Durham.

Ebony G. Patterson: ... while the dew is still on the roses ... Mixed Media.

Through Jul. 12. Nasher Museum of Art, Durham.

Corey Pemberton: creature, comfort Paintings. Solo exhibition.

Through May. 10. CAM Raleigh, Raleigh.

Kenneth Proseus: Reasons to Get out of Bed Paintings. Through Mar. 8. Golden Belt Arts, Durham.

To The East Group show.

Through Feb. 29. The Centerpiece, Raleigh.

Toriawase: A Special Installation of Modern Japanese Art and Ceramics Through Apr. 12. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill.

JP Trostle: Quantum Flux Photography. Through Jul. 14. Durham Convention Center, Durham.

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Joseph Wheelan Bloody Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of World War II 7pm Melody Moezzi The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life 7pm David Plouffe A Citizen’s Guide to Beating Donald Trump 7pm Pam Muñoz Ryan Mañanaland 2pm

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Through Mar. 18. Litmus Gallery, Raleigh.

Louis Watts: Sequoyaland Drawings. Through Mar. 22. Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill.

QuiltSpeak: Uncovering Women’s Voices Through Quilts Through Mar. 8. NC Museum of History, Raleigh.

Michael Weitzman: Natural Beauty Photography. Through Mar. 21. Herbert C Young Community Center, Cary.

Seeing Red Group show of women artists. Through Feb. 29. Local Color Gallery, Raleigh.

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Cheryl Thurber: Documenting Gravel Springs, Mississippi, in the 1970s Photography.

Through Mar. 31. UNC Campus: Wilson Special Collections Library, Chapel Hill.

Quiet Moments Photography. Through Mar. 22. Skylight Gallery, Hillsborough.

The Right Angle, the Meander, & the Star Maps. Through Mar. 16.

Durham Arts Council, Durham.

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Jeff Whetstone: Species Complex Photos. Through Mar. 14. Lump, Raleigh.

William C. Wright: New Works Paintings. Through Mar. 22. Gallery C, Raleigh.

Smoke Sculptures Photography. Sun., Through Mar. 22.

Skylight Gallery, Hillsborough.

Linda Starr: No Lack Of Color Solo exhibit.

Through Mar. 1. Personify, Raleigh.

Sydney Steen: Fault Lines Vignettes. Through Oct. 25. 21c Museum Hotel, Durham.

Billy Strayhorn Solo exhibit. Through Mar. 22.

Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, Hillsborough.

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A Celebration of Female Choreographers Carolina Ballet was well ahead of the curve when it named Lynne TaylorCorbett resident guest choreographer in 2000. Twenty years later, women occupy only 21 percent of those positions in U.S. companies, in an industry where 81 percent of all works last season were choreographed by men.

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Nick Cannon Variety show. $25+. Wed., Mar. 11, 8:30 p.m. PNC Arena, Raleigh.

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Showtimes: Fri. & Sat. 7 p.m. Sun. 6:30 p.m. $20. Thu., Mar. 5, Sat., Mar. 7, Raleigh Improv, Raleigh.

Dvimukhi Dance. $19.

Sun., Mar. 8, 6:30 p.m.

The Cary Theater, Cary.

Jon Dore Comedy.

Showtimes: Thu.: 8 p.m.

Fri. & Sat.: 7:30 p.m. & 10 p.m. $21-29. Mar. 5-7. Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh.

GCA Stand-Up 130 Graduation Showcase Comedy. $10. Wed., Mar. 11, 8 p.m. Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh.

Ilana Glazer Comedy. $35+. Fri., Mar. 6, 7 p.m.

Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham.

Graceful Expressions Dance Company: Mary Poppins 11 a.m., 2 p.m., and 4:30 p.m. showtmes. $10-$20. Sat., Mar. 7, Cary Arts Center, Cary.

I Go Where I Love: Eurythmy Meets Poetry Showtimes: Fri. & Sat.: 8 p.m. Sun.: 3 p.m. $10$25. Mar. 6-8. Durham Fruit Company, Durham.

Les Misérables Musical.

Showtimes: Tue.-Thu.: 7:30 p.m. Fri.: 8 p.m. Sat.: 2 p.m. & 8 p.m. Sun.: 1 p.m. & 7 p.m. $40+. Mar. 10-15.

Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham.

Sebastian Maniscalco Comedy. Showtimes: Sat.: 7 p.m. & 9:30 p.m. Sun.: 5 p.m. & 8 p.m. $45+. Mar. 7-8. Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham.

Monster Jam Monster truck rally. Showtimes: Sat.: 7 p.m. Sun.: 1 p.m. $17+. Mar. 7-8. PNC Arena, Raleigh.

Neptunes Comedy March $5. Sun., Mar. 8, 8 p.m.

Neptunes Parlour, Raleigh.

Paint & Punchlines Comedy. $59. Thu., Mar. 5, 6 p.m. Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh.

Randy Rainbow Comedy. $35+. Thu., Mar. 5, 8 p.m.

Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham.

Talk About Funny Comedy. $10. Wed., Mar. 11, 8 p.m. The People’s Improv Theater (PIT), Chapel Hill.

John Tole Comedy. $10.

Thu., Mar. 5, 7 p.m.

Pittsboro Roadhouse & General Store, Pittsboro.

Liza Treyger Comedy.

Showtimes: Fri. 9:15 p.m.

Sat. 9 p.m. Sun. 7 p.m. $15. Mar. 6-8. Raleigh Improv, Raleigh.

Venus in Fur Play.

Showtimes: Thu.: 7:30 p.m. Fri.: 7:30 p.m. & 10:30 p.m. Sat.: 8 p.m. $15. Mar. 5-14. Moonlight Stage Company, Raleigh.

Ongoing Julius Caesar Play.

Showtimes: Mar. 4-7, 10-13, 17-21: 7:30 p.m.

Mar. 8, 15 and 22: 2 p.m.

Mar. 14: 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. $15-$64. Through Mar. 22, PlayMakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill.

Improv Noir Sat., Mar. 7, 9 p.m. Okay Alright, Durham.

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International Women’s Day Poetry Reading Fri., Mar. 6, 6:30 p.m. Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill.

13th Annual Writers for Readers $40. Sun., Mar. 8, 4 p.m. UNC Campus: Carolina Club, Chapel Hill.

Therese Anne Fowler A Good Neighborhood. Tue., Mar. 10, 7 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh.

Linda Ashman The Nuts & Bolts Guide to Writing Picture Books. Ticketed event. Register by Feb. 10. $1. Fri., Mar. 6, 7 p.m.

McIntyre’s Books, Pittsboro.

Frances Mayes See You in the Piazza: New Places to Discover in Italy. Tue., Mar. 10, 7 p.m. Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill.

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Melody Moezzi The Rumi Prescription: How an Ancient Mystic Poet Changed My Modern Manic Life. Mon., Mar. 9, 7 p.m.

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Paper Bag Princess Day Sat., Mar. 7, 10:30 a.m.

Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh.

Local literati and songwriters come together at this annual Orange County Literacy Council fundraising event, which helps the nonprofit sustain its’ work with adult literacy, ESL classes, and GED and citizenship prep. At this event—the 13th annual—the folklorist Bill Ferris will share the stage with the Grammy-nominated folksinger Tift Merritt and the gospel singer and educator Mary D. Williams in a program titled “Our Universal Language: How Songs Move Us to Read.” Daniel Wallace will emcee the evening, which includes brief performances from the musicians. —Sarah Edwards

David Plouffe A Citizen’s Guide to Beating Donald Trump. Ticketed event. $30.

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George Watts Hill Alumni Center, Chapel Hill 4 p.m., $40

Hanes Visiting Artist Lecture Series: Rachael Rakes Thu., Mar. 5, 5:30 p.m. Varsity Theatre, Chapel Hill.

Liberation Station: Dreaming in Color Sat., Mar. 7, 10:30 a.m. The Durham Hotel, Durham.

Periodic Tables: Pet Tabbies, Not Tigers $5.

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Motorco Music Hall, Durham.

Jennie M. Ratcliffe Nothing Lowly in the Universe. Wed., Mar. 4, 7 p.m. Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill.

Jill Snider Lucean Arthur Headen: The Making of a Black Inventor and Entrepreneur. Thu., Mar. 5, 7 p.m. Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill.

Joseph Wheelan Bloody Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of World War II Wed., Mar. 4, 7 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh.

WhirliKids Book Festival Sat., Mar. 7, 10 a.m.

McIntyre’s Books, Pittsboro.

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His Thoughts To honor and celebrate the talent of the late local poet Keenan Gorham, Black Poetry Theatre developed a script that tells “a story of relationships, hope and triumph.” Gorham, who died in 2012, wrote poetry that bridged traditional forms with spoken word and slam poetry; with the latter form allowing him to play with the boundaries of performance and drama. His Thoughts centers on love and power and encourages audience members to dissect their own perspectives on love. —Kyesha Jennings Hayti Heritage Center, Durham 8 p.m. Fri./7:30 p.m. Sat., $15

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Your initial game board will consist of several numbers that are already placed. Those numbers cannot be changed. Your goal is to fill in the empty squares following the simple rule above.

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