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Love her or hate her, there’s no politician in Raleigh like MARY-ANN BALDWIN. In an exclusive interview, she says she’s

RUNNING FOR MAYOR

to lead the city into a bold progressive future. by Jeffrey C. Billman and Leigh Tauss PAGE 10

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VINDICATE THIS, P. 9

WU-TANG’S WONDER TWINS, P. 18

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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK DURHAM • CHAPEL HILL 6 Downtown Durham does not have a single protected bike lane. 8 RDU says it will make $24 million off a lease to a mining company. Opponents say it’s more like $8.5 million. 9 In Donald Trump’s best-case scenario, he’s a knave surrounded by charlatans.

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DEPARTMENTS 5 News 14 Food 15 Page 16 Music

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10 Mary-Ann Baldwin pitches her mayoral bid in characteristically no-bullshit terms: Raleigh’s city council is broken. She wants to fix it.

24 What to Do This Week

14 Good luck getting your hands on East Durham Bake Shop’s scones, because our writer is hoarding them in her freezer.

29 Arts & Culture Calendar

26 Music Calendar

16 Durham punks The Muslims are here to take down white supremacy and have a good time doing it. 19 Because of insatiable cultural nostalgia and the proliferation of digital media, retro film screenings are part of the future of movies. 20 Hugh Mangum ran a portrait studio in the Jim Crow South, then left the fascinating results to decay in a Durham barn. On the cover PHOTO BY HUGH MANGUM, COURTESY OF THE NASHER

An exhibit of Hugh Mangum’s portraits runs at The Nasher through May 19. PHOTOS BY HUGH MANGUM, COURTESY OF THE NASHER

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Last week’s Soapboxer argued that Raleigh was too large and complex a city to have a part-time mayor—and suggested that Mayor Nancy McFarlane was stepping aside because she had tired of divisive politics, including a recent assault allegation lodged against her husband by city council member Kay Crowder. Several readers argued that editor Jeffrey C. Billman did not give that allegation the gravity it deserved. “It was shocking to read you downplay the physical and verbal attack by Mayor McFarlane’s husband against Councilor Kay Crowder,” wrote Richard Johnson. “How can you condone violence against women in 2019? And then to compound it by saying, ‘If this is how her opponents were going to play the game …’ What game are you talking about? A man attacked a woman and you think it’s part of a game? What kind of 1950s logic is that? The INDY used to be a progressive voice in the Triangle. Now it seems to be captive to a moneyed group of downtowners, developers, and brewers. Sure hope you’ll get back to your roots and stand up for what’s right, and certainly against violence against women.” “Why does the INDY blame Kay Crowder for the mayor not running?” echoes commenter Donna. “It was the mayor’s husband who assaulted a woman councilor! Why is that Councilor Crowder’s fault?” “The current state of politics is ugly, especially when people say they are ‘assaulted,’” counters Larry. “Kay got a dose of reality for the type of person she is, but she wasn’t assaulted. If she was, why didn’t she press charges? She wanted to create a stir, and she accomplished that. Hopefully, she will be voted out.” As to the larger argument—about the mayor’s pay matching his or her responsibilities—Nelson Eric Boyce says he agrees “100 percent. And the same for General Assembly. How are these not full-time jobs? And, as mentioned, in both cases, it ensures that only an independently wealthy person can serve.” Same goes for Annie Britton Nice: “Raleigh absolutely needs a full-time mayor with a proper wage incentive. Nancy did a great job, though. She definitely made her mark and worked hard.”

“The answer is not more government, you fools.” Alex Bird doesn’t think that will help: “Still waiting to hear what government does correctly without over-bloated budgets and corruption/graft. The answer is not more government, you fools.” Enough of Raleigh politics. Let’s go back a few weeks, to our most recent, bread-centric edition of Dish, in which Adam Sobsey wrote about Durham’s Ninth Street Bakery. Fabian Heitsch responds: “I very much enjoyed reading Sobsey’s piece for three reasons. First, I recognized myself in that group of people who never had heard about the bakery until a year ago. Second, the bakery reminds me of my childhood. Whenever I walk by there, I notice that scent of yeast and cinnamon, evoking memories (and the promise!) of cinnamon buns, which actually taste exactly like those from my childhood. And finally, Alex’s dark rye bread, the Danish rugbrod, is exactly what I’ve been looking for for years! The bread is dense and heavy, and, I agree with Adam, a food item by itself, not to be relegated to a side dish.” In a more recent special issue—last week’s wedding guide—Leigh Tauss wrote about local Methodist churches pushing back against the national denomination’s anti-LGBTQ crackdown. “You don’t need the church, religion, or a god to be a good person,” writes Jon Boisvert. “You can find your sense of community in many other places. Cast off the shackles of the past.” “LGBT folks (and those in support), please consider the United Church of Christ,” implores Mark Ellis. “They’re not just tolerant, they’re welcoming.” To which Melissa Balk Bumgarner responds: “As are Episcopalians.” And Jared Vaughan Davis: “As are atheists.” Want to see your name in bold? Email us at backtalk@indyweek.com, comment on indyweek.com or our Facebook page, or hit us up on Twitter: @indyweek.

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Riding the Beat

DOES DURHAM NEED SEVENTY-TWO MORE COPS? BY SARAH WILLETS

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urham police chief C.J. Davis wants to add seventy-two new officers to her department over the next three years. The proposal is preliminary—city manager Tom Bonfield says budget analysts are still evaluating it—but it’s already getting pushback from residents who say more police doesn’t equal safer streets. The request comes at a time when the city already spends $105 million on public safety, when crime is down in Durham, and when the department often highlights improved community relations. So why does the Durham Police Department need seventy-two more cops? Right now, Davis told the city council at a budget retreat earlier this month, the DPD’s staffing level doesn’t meet the demand. And that means not only that officers aren’t available for training, but the city has to shell out nearly $900,000 a year in overtime while asking its cops to work an “unreasonable schedule.” Overall, the DPD has the equivalent of 547 full-time sworn officers—an increase of 47, or nearly 10 percent, over 2006. In the same period of time, Durham’s population grew by 27 percent and calls for service to the department grew 25 percent, although highpriority calls have fallen recently. Davis told the council the department loses about fifty officers per year through attrition. Right now, 172 patrol officers are assigned to thirty-five beats throughout the city. The proposal would increase that number to 244 by the 2021–22 fiscal year, at an additional cost of about $2 million per year. These “front-line call takers,” Davis told the council, are distributed equally across the city’s districts (though the smaller downtown District 5 has fewer officers than the other four) and throughout the day. “At present, we have sort of a one-hatfits-all schedule,” she said. “… We hit our peaks citywide between noon and eight p.m. However, the distribution of officers is the same no matter the time of day. So when call

volume is up, officers leave their assigned beats and have to be moved or travel to other areas of the city to support call volume.” Currently, officers are paid overtime to fill staffing shortages. Davis said this has cost about $894,000 per year over the last three years. That money comes from vacant positions that would be filled by this proposal, meaning the department wouldn’t save money by using less overtime. Still, Davis told the council, “we should not have to get successful numbers by using overtime.” “What I’m talking about today is a plan to continue to reduce crime,” she said. “Three years from now, if we have the same amount of officers, we’re going to use the same amount of overtime, if not more, because there are new demands.” The proposal—which stems from a recommendation by the International Association of Police Chiefs—would allow the department to overhaul its patrol schedule to allow for shorter, overlapping shifts based on when the most calls come in. In its first year, the proposal would add twenty-five new officers. Eighteen of them would be assigned to a pilot patrol schedule in District 4, in which officers work 10.5-hour shifts for four days, then take four days off. Five would staff a new Community Engagement Unit—modeled after one in McDougald Terrace that Davis says has reduced crime and improved relationships there. Another two would expand the department’s training capabilities. Asked why the agency needs more officers when crime is down, Davis says she wants to give officers more time to patrol their beats, rather than just rush from call to call. “In the community, people expect to see officers patrolling,” she told the council. “… Even in my community, I don’t see Durham police officers just riding the beat. It’s nice to be able to see someone riding up and down the street when there’s not a call.” Several of Durham’s Partners Against Crime programs, resident groups that promote collaboration with police, are

backing Davis’s proposal. District 4 PAC co-facilitator Rebecca Redd-Jolly says that the North Durham district hasn’t seen a major increase in crime, but police staffing there hasn’t kept up with population growth. And recent incidents, such as a gang-related shooting on North Roxboro Road, have alarmed them. “We see the seventy-two officers over the next three years as a way of trying to deter crime,” says Redd-Jolly. The opposite is true for other Bull City residents. “The success at McDougald Terrace is measurable,” council member Jillian Johnson told Davis at the retreat. “However, I don’t want to continue without saying that seeing a cop rolling up and down the street isn’t nice for everyone.” On the 2018 Durham resident survey, 50 percent of black respondents said they were either “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with the relationship between police and their community, compared with 67 percent of white respondents. Similarly, 65 percent of respondents who earned more than $60,000 per year rated law enforcement positively, compared to 50 percent of people with incomes lower than $60,000.

Council member Charlie Reece told Davis that, while her proposal has merit, it’s “going to be an incredibly difficult lift” to convince many Durham residents that patrol staffing should be increased by 42 percent. The Durham County Sheriff ’s Office is also looking to increase its ranks in the coming year, requesting twenty-nine additional detention officers and seven patrol officers. During a public hearing last week, fifteen people—representing groups such as Southerners on New Ground and Demilitarize Durham2Palestine—spoke against Davis’s proposal. They suggested the $1.7 million needed to fund the first twenty-five positions would be better spent on things like affordable housing, re-entry services for offenders, youth activities, job training, transit, and hiring people already in the community to serve as medics, counselors, and mediators in their neighborhoods. “We continue to support police despite all evidence that they do not keep us safe,” activist Danielle Purifoy told the council. “There’s not an actual nexus between the police and the issues that plague our communities.” swillets@indyweek.com INDYweek.com | 3.27.19 | 5

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SCOOTERS ARE COMING. IS DURHAM’S INFRASTRUCTURE READY? BY LEAH ABRAMS

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odging the potholes and construction patches on West Chapel Hill Street is hard enough in a car. On two wheels, tight bicycle lanes make the commute even more difficult. Now imagine making the trip standing on a thin piece of metal going fifteen miles per hour. Durham is moving forward with plans to bring shared electric scooter systems to the Bull City. But transit advocates, including the advocacy group Bike Durham, worry that the city’s infrastructure isn’t prepared to absorb these new devices. Because a city ordinance restricts users from operating e-scooters on sidewalks, they’ll be relegated to loosely connected bike lanes, says Bike Durham spokeswoman Allison Shauger. But most of Durham’s bike lanes are in wealthier, predominantly white neighborhoods. “The result is a piecemeal smattering of lanes that don’t form a strategic, accessible connected network,” Shauger says. Bike Durham is lobbying for a “lowstress” transit system: safe and accessible infrastructure that allows pedestrians, bikers, and scooter riders to easily get from origin to destination. Durham bike lanes, where they exist, aren’t always connected to a citywide network. They’re also generally not protected by a barrier, which can make biking on a major road precarious for amateur bikers, not to mention scooter riders. In fact, Durham does not yet have a single protected bike lane downtown. “How this plays with scooters is anyone’s guess,” says Aaron Lubeck, chairman of the advocacy organization Durham Bicycle Boulevards. “When it comes down to it, people are gonna go where they feel safe. If their only option is an unsafe street or a sidewalk, they’ll go with the sidewalk. That’s more of a comment on insufficient infrastructure.” Durham Bicycle Boulevards’ map of bicycle priority streets—also known as neighborhood greenways—marks fifteen miles of low car-traffic roads that will create a network for bike and scooter users 6 | 3.27.19 | INDYweek.com

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throughout the urban core. Instead of designated bike lanes, these streets will use signage, speed management, and pavement markings to encourage bike use over trips in cars. The city adopted the plan in late 2017, and Lubeck says that the priority streets should be marked by the end of the year. “Our bike network should cover the entire urban tier,” Lubeck says. “That’d be a huge start to where safety should be less of an issue when people are trying to get from place to place on scooters.” Both to prepare for the coming onslaught of scooters and because residents want it,

Durham Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator Dale McKeel says the city is trying to expand its bicycle network. In 2017, the city surveyed 1,040 Durham residents on how to encourage greater bicycle use. Nearly 40 percent of respondents ranked either “better connections between bike paths” or “more bike lanes” as their top priority. Nearly all of the respondents said that they would feel either “very uncomfortable” or “uncomfortable” biking on a major road with no bike facilities. According to McKeel, Durham currently has 46.5 miles of bike lanes and an

additional 39 miles of greenway paths. The city expects to open another mile soon on East Carver Street and aims to add another eight to ten miles later in the year. These projects make a real difference, bike advocates say. “Until Durham has better network connectivity for low-stress travel, the majority of bikeshare and scooter users will either be confident riders or those without any safer option,” Shauger says. The city began accepting applications from electric scooter companies after the city council amended its shared

transportation ordinance in October. Under the ordinance, companies could seek permits for scooters, electric bikes, and traditional bikes, with each device incurring fees of $100, $50, and $25, respectively. The city received applications from five companies that want a piece of the scooter action: Lime, Spin, Gotcha, Lyft, and Bird. “We initially thought that there would be a maximum of six hundred scooters and twelve hundred bicycles,” McKeel says. “But based on the number of companies that applied, we are willing to consider increasing the number of scooters.” None of those companies, however, sought permits for bikes. Even Lime and Spin, which previously operated bikeshare programs in the city, decided to phase them out and invest in scooter fleets. This presents a challenge for the city. Scooters are supposed to be used on roads and to adhere to applicable traffic rules, but without protected bike lanes, safety could be an issue. Since the implementation of its scooter program in July 2018, Raleigh has seen at least twenty-five scooter-related accidents resulting in hospital visits. Durham city staffers are also concerned about finding places to park the devices. Given the restrictions on the use of dockless scooters on sidewalks, it’s unclear where people will leave them after finishing a trip. “We’re looking at innovative ways to address parking and looking at some designated parking locations,” McKeel says. “That’s something else that we want to have a game plan for before we launch.” In addition to the sidewalk and greenway trail prohibitions, the city’s ordinance includes other regulations meant to encourage safety and accessibility on shared transit devices. These regulations require that scooter users be at least sixteen years of age and that they wear helmets. The city is trying to encourage scooter companies to provide their users with helmets—and figure out how to get Durham riders to wear them. It’s unclear, though, to what extent the police will enforce these regulations. In October, the Durham Police Department told the city council that it plans to “address violations of the law that present an obvious and immediate risk to public safety” but “does not anticipate being the

primary agent for the regulation of these devices.” Asked for details, a spokesperson told the INDY that the police will “enforce this city ordinance as [they] enforce other city ordinances.” Forthcoming state rules may further complicate the matter. The state House is considering a bill that would not only provide a definition for “Electric Standup Scooters” but would also strike down municipal policies that conflict with its definition. The bill would prohibit municipalities from banning scooters while giving them specific regulatory powers. Fred Lamar, Durham’s senior assistant city attorney, says the bill, currently in committee, could lead to some changes in city policy. “I am certain we will need to modify our ordinance once the final bill is made law,” Lamar says. “The question is how much will it need to change.” In the meantime, city officials are trying to improve existing infrastructure before permits are issued. Though current bike lane networks are concentrated in wealthy neighborhoods, bike advocates say these devices need to be accessible to low-income residents and communities of color. “I can tell you that in the five years that we’ve been advocating, almost every conversation starts with equity,” Lubeck says. “A lot of the bike lanes scheduled for the next few years are spread more evenly throughout the city.” The city’s ordinance includes several provisions to encourage accessibility. It requires operating companies to provide at least 20 percent of their devices in lowand moderate-income neighborhoods and mandates that they allow for means of payment that don’t require a credit card or smartphone. McKeel says the city has yet to issue permits to the five companies, though he expects that to happen soon. Right now, the city is trying to address its concerns and convince at least one operator to provide a bikeshare program. Bike advocates like Shauger remain cautiously optimistic. “The most promising possibility of new mobility options, namely scooters, is their potential to attract new users that wouldn’t necessarily ride bikes but have, until now, preferred to drive,” she says. backtalk@indyweek.com

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RDU SAYS THE FINANCIAL REWARDS FROM A QUARRY LEASE ARE WORTH THE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK. CONSERVATIONISTS SAY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS MIGHT BE THEIR BEST SHOT AT STOPPING IT. BY LEIGH TAUSS Randal and Tamara Dunn

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henever there’s a big blast at the Wake Stone quarry, the windows of Tamara Dunn’s Old Reedy Creek home rattle. She can feel the vibrations. Outside, her six two-hundred-pound Irish wolfhounds begin to bark frantically. The quarry is a mile away. Soon, there could be another quarry even closer. “I can feel it in the floor,” Dunn says. “I have no idea what that is going to be like when they are right next door.” Dunn’s home is adjacent to what’s known as the Odd Fellows tract, a densely wooded area outside Umstead State Park that the airport owns. On March 1, the RDU Airport Authority Board of Directors voted to lease the land to Wake Stone Co. to build a second quarry in exchange for up to $24 million in royalties. The following Monday, construction crews arrived outside of Dunn’s yard to build a winding road to the site so the company could begin exploratory drilling to look for granite, the primary stone used in local building and road construction. The Dunn family, along with the Umstead Coalition and Triangle Off-Road Cyclists, went to court, seeking an injunction against the authority and Wake Stone to halt tree cutting or construction on the land. The conservation groups believe the quarry will destroy the land and eliminate its potential for recreational uses, including a trail sys8 | 3.27.19 | INDYweek.com

tem for hikers and mountain bikers. A judge granted a temporary injunction last week pending a hearing. But that won’t stop the exploratory drilling, says Jean Spooner of the Umstead Coalition. A central question is whether the four local governments that co-own the airport authority—Raleigh, Durham, and Wake and Durham Counties—have to sign off for the project to move forward. The RDU authority says they don’t. The project’s critics hope they do, as that may be their best chance to stop the quarry from moving forward. On Monday, the Federal Aviation Administration told the INDY it was “reviewing the matter and [hasn’t] made a determination if any action is required.” Raleigh, which also requested clarification on its role in the lease agreement, hasn’t received any answers either, according to city attorney Robin Tatum Currin. RDU officials could not be reached for comment. Several members of the Raleigh City Council have attempted to halt the lease, with David Cox and Stef Mendell urging the council to send a letter asking the airport authority to reconsider its decision. But the board deadlocked—with Mayor Nancy McFarlane and council members Nicole Stewart, Corey Branch, and Dickie Thompson siding with the city attorney’s

view that the council does not have jurisdiction over the matter—and the motion died. Thompson, who is on the RDU board, says he supports the project because it would give much-needed revenue to RDU, which is struggling to keep up with growth. Ridership at RDU has increased 42 percent since 2010, with nearly thirteen million passengers passing through its gates in 2018. The money from the quarry deal, Thompson says, is necessary to build a new runway. And it’s a good deal, he says—$24 million is on the low end of revenue projections. The project’s critics point out that Thompson has received $4,000 in campaign donations from RDU executives—Thompson notes that he’s also received donations from Spooner—and that his construction company, JM Thompson, regularly purchases material from Wake Stone. Thompson denies that the company cuts him any deals. “If you wanted to buy the stone, you’d get the same price I’d get,” he says. In an email, an RDU spokeswoman says that “being a customer of an entity would not constitute a conflict of interest.” Earlier this month, at a council meeting during which dozens in the crowd held up signs asking to “Save RDU Forest” and “Stop RDU Quarry,” Thompson said the quarry’s opposition was built on misinformation.

“This hundred-and-five-acre tract of land in the lease to Wake Stone Company has never been parkland,” he said. “RDU is an airport, not a park. Some people may think it’s a park because they have chosen to use RDU land for recreational purposes illegally. Save RDU Forest—this is purely a fictitious name. There is not an RDU Forest on any legislative map.” The issue has turned into a political football as Raleigh’s campaign season heats up. (Thompson hasn’t announced whether he’ll seek reelection.) After the council’s vote, David Cox tagged Nicole Stewart’s employer, North Carolina Conservation Network, in a series of tweets denouncing the council’s inaction. Stewart says the tweets felt like “a direct attack.” “He is threatening my employment or trying to directly threaten my employment,” Stewart says. “If it wasn't already clear that this was just political, I think a tweet going after my employer shows just how political it was.“ Cox says he didn’t know who her employer was. The Wake County Board of Commissioners has yet to weigh in. Commissioner Sig Hutchinson says he supports the project as a way to secure funding for recreation in the area. Under the deal, Wake Stone will pay $3.6 million toward a potential mountain biking lease on a site known as the 286 parcel, on the other side of Old Reedy Creek from the Odd Fellows tract, and another $3 million to reclaim the quarry site for recreation after it finishes mining. But Commissioner Jessica Holmes, who chairs the board, says that if the FAA determines that the county has jurisdiction, she’ll oppose the deal. Conservationists say there are other options to fund infrastructure improvements at the airport. The Conservation Fund offered to purchase the Odd Fellows tract for $6.5 million in 2017, they point out, but was turned down. Spooner argues the lease agreement with Wake Stone only ensures that the airport will receive $8.5 million. No one disputes that quarries are less than ideal. But for RDU, the calculation is clear: The money justifies the environmental sin. The lease’s critics, however, say the risk far outweighs the reward. “It’s a one-time use,” Dunn says. “I think it’s kind of a quick and easy fix. If you put a big hole there, you permanently damage that property. You can never do anything else with it.” ltauss@indyweek.com

Is This Vindication?

TRUMP, SURROUNDED BY SMOKE, INSISTS THERE’S NEVER BEEN FIRE BY JEFFREY C. BILLMAN

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$300 million Trump Tower Moscow, about which Trump and his allies repeatedly lied, and whether they’d influenced his calls to end sanctions against Russia. As national security journalist and Mueller obsessive Marcy Wheeler argued in The New Republic, this focus misses the point: “The hack-and-leak is not the crime Trump may have committed. It is, instead, a quid pro quo deal by which Russia would help Trump win and Trump would relieve Russia of the sanctions imposed for engaging in human rights violations, annexing Crimea, and hacking the election to help Trump win.” On its own terms, Barr’s summary isn’t as definitive as it seems. While Barr says Mueller “did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinate with Russia,” that’s not quite what Mueller’s report said. The special counsel actually wrote (emphasis mine): “The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian Government in its election interference activities.” Small tweaks, but important ones. “Did not establish” means he couldn’t prove a crime, not that no coordination happened. “Members of the Trump campaign” is notably specific, since court filings indicate that Trump ally Roger Stone tried to coordinate the release of Hillary Clinton’s hacked emails with WikiLeaks with the encouragement of a “senior Trump Campaign official.” The same goes for “with the Russian Government,” as we know that Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort gave polling data to an oligarch linked to Russian intelligence and Don Jr. took a meeting with a Kremlin-connected lawyer peddling dirt on Hillary Clinton. A bigger problem is Barr’s unique justification for absolving Trump of obstruction. Mueller, Barr wrote, had not reached a “legal conclusion” about charging Trump. Instead, Mueller laid out the pros and cons. And Barr decided there wasn’t a case. Of course he did. Last summer, months before he became AG, Barr wrote the

administration an unsolicited memo claiming that the president couldn’t obstruct justice by interfering with an investigation, a theory that helped him get the gig. In his summary, he argues that since Trump wasn’t charged with conspiracy, he couldn’t have obstructed an investigation into that conspiracy. As David Lurie writes in Slate, “If Barr’s view was widely adopted by federal prosecutors, it would provide a truly perverse incentive …. If wrongdoers knew they were unlikely to be charged with obstruction if prosecutors are unable to obtain sufficient evidence of an underlying crime, they would have every reason to engage in obstruction and witness tampering.” Mueller’s decision to punt might seem odd. But Department of Justice policy prevents a president from being indicted anyway. So if Mueller believed Trump committed a crime, he would likely have done exactly what he did: lay out the facts as a roadmap for Congress to consider impeachment. Barr inserted his own opinion and gave Trump the headlines he wanted. Maybe that’s what happened. Maybe not. But it underscores the need to see the whole report. And it underscores the need to view the investigation in context—and to remember that the “witch-hunt” netted a whole lot of witches: Mueller indicted about three-dozen people. So far, those indictments have led to seven convictions or guilty pleas and four prison sentences (two people have yet to be sentenced), including Trump’s campaign manager, longtime personal attorney, and national security adviser. In addition, the president was all but named as an unindicted co-conspirator in an ongoing case. There are more investigations to come— into the Trump Organization, into Trump’s inaugural committee, into all sorts of things. In his best-case scenario, Trump is a knave surrounded by charlatans, a man surrounded by smoke shouting that there’s never been fire. That doesn’t sound like vindication to me. jbillman@indyweek.com

Almanac

wo years of drama ended in a Friday night news dump, a brief note from Attorney General William Barr to Congress. The Mueller report was in, he wrote. No more indictments. The MAGA crowd gloated: President Donald Trump was in the clear. So were Donald Trump Jr. and Jared Kushner. Liberal fantasies of the Trump administration ending in a frog march had evaporated. Two days later, Barr elaborated with a four-page summary of Mueller’s findings. “The Special Counsel’s investigation did not find that the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it conspired or coordinated with Russia in its efforts to influence the 2016 U.S. presidential election,” Barr wrote. Also, he and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had “concluded that the evidence … is not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-ofjustice offense.” Trump declared victory. A rash of “no conspiracy” headlines backed him up. “Special Counsel’s Conclusions Lift a Cloud Over Trump Presidency,” declared The New York Times. The Washington Post called Mueller’s report an “unmistakable political victory for Trump.” Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley told the Post: “Trump actually kind of has inoculation now against other charges against him because he was able to prove his innocence here.” If that becomes the conventional wisdom, America is truly fucked. Trump did not, in fact, prove his innocence. And, importantly, none of the people declaring that the report vindicates Trump have read the report; they’re instead responding to a carefully worded summary prepared by a Trump appointee. Assuming Barr’s letter accurately reflects Mueller’s findings, the special counsel’s report was confined to determining whether Trump’s team conspired with Russia to subvert the 2016 election. But that’s only one piece of the puzzle; it ignores, for example, Trump’s business dealings in Russia, including the planned

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here’s no politician in Raleigh quite like Mary-Ann Baldwin. She’s loved, or she’s hated. She’s a creative, forwardthinking innovator, or she’s a pawn of developers bent on selling out Raleigh’s quality of life to the highest bidder. She’s a champion of affordable housing, or she’s a would-be destroyer of neighborhoods. She’s outspoken and tenacious, or she’s polarizing and abrasive. There’s no in-between. No one else in Raleigh politics generates this kind of visceral response. And that’s why this year’s mayoral election is going to be all about the Notorious MAB. In an exclusive interview with the INDY Friday—embargoed until Wednesday— the sixty-two-year-old former city council member, who stepped down in 2017, announced that she was running for mayor. Baldwin cast her candidacy in characteristically no-bullshit terms: The council is broken. She wants to fix it. “Seeing what’s happened in the past year and a half has really been disturbing to me,” she said. “I think we’re moving backward as a city instead of forward. Issues like affordable housing, simple things like the sharing economy—we can’t make decisions, or we’re making bad decisions. I stepped away because I said we needed new leadership, and now I’m stepping back in because I think we need new leadership.” During her ten years in office, from 2007–17, Baldwin was instrumental in bringing Citrix to the Warehouse District, which helped turn the once-desolate area into a downtown hub that now includes Raleigh Union Station. She co-founded Innovate Raleigh in 2011, a nonprofit that

spurs entrepreneurship throughout the Triangle, and championed downtown businesses. She pushed for better transit and more affordable housing—including more housing choices and increased density. But as a marketing executive for engineering and development companies— including Holt Brothers, where she’s currently vice president—Baldwin was criticized for being too close to developers and accused of prioritizing businesses over neighborhoods. During the battle over a controversial 2015 sidewalk-patio ordinance, she was attacked—via the infamous “DrunkTown” ad—for her support of downtown nightlife. Her feuds with other council members, including Russ Stephenson, rubbed detractors the wrong way, too. Baldwin grew up in Rhode Island, the daughter of a local gadfly who volunteered for George McGovern’s presidential campaign when she was fifteen. After graduating from the University of Rhode Island, she became a cops-and-government reporter for a newspaper outside of New York City before moving to Raleigh three decades ago. She got into city politics on the heels of a sanitation workers’ strike, when she thought officials needed to communicate better. She’s reentering the fray with the city council as divided as ever, governed by a majority of neighborhood preservationists who, Baldwin would argue, vote more often to protect the Raleigh of yesterday than to prepare for the Raleigh of tomorrow. Baldwin says she’s done watching from the sidelines. She won’t be the only candidate vying to replace the outgoing Nancy McFarlane, who announced March 13 that she won’t seek a fifth term as mayor: Former Wake County Commissioner Carolina Sullivan, a friend of Baldwin’s who has McFarlane’s backing, announced her bid Monday. Charles Francis, who lost to McFarlane in 2017, is running again, too. More will likely jump in. But Baldwin argues that she has the experience and resolve to push Raleigh into a bold progressive future. The conversation that follows has been edited for space and clarity. You can listen to the entire interview—which runs about ninety minutes and delves deeper into Baldwin’s background, her relationships with council members, and her perspectives on policy issues—on INDYcast, the INDY’s podcast, which you can subscribe to on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher, or listen to at soundcloud.com/indyweek. JEFFREY C. BILLMAN: When I moved here in 2015, people described you as a polarizing figure, both beloved and despised. Do you see yourself that way?

“Nobody calls David Cox or Russ Stephenson polarizing or blunt or abrasive. I find it interesting that a woman can be labeled as such. I stand up for what I believe in, and if that makes me abrasive or polarizing, so be it.” MARY-ANN BALDWIN: It’s funny to me, because nobody calls David Cox polarizing or Russ Stephenson polarizing or blunt or abrasive. I find it interesting that a woman can be labeled as such. I see myself as someone who has spoken her mind. I stand up for what I believe in, and if that makes me abrasive or polarizing, so be it. I mean, I’m not gonna back down from that. On the other hand, I think I’m probably loyal to a fault and extremely compassionate and empathetic. I know who I am, and I know what I’ve worked for. JCB: One of the criticisms you’ve faced is that you’re too closely tied to the development world, that you work for development companies. None of which is true, but that’s OK … JCB: Well, you’re VP of Holt Brothers, which does construction … We have construction, and I worked at Stewart, which is an engineering company. But when I think about that, I have to chuckle because the kinds of work we do—like, when I was at Stewart, we did the new terminal at RDU, we did the Hunt Library, we built and designed the Neuse River Greenway project. These aren’t [condo developments]. We were involved with the new apartments that were built in Cameron Village. But I believe that’s smart urban infill, and we made a conscious decision as a company to do smart urban infill and not do these sprawling subdivisions because we wanted to be good stewards of the environment. One of the things I love about Holt Brothers is that we care about what we build. Right now, we’re working on the Southeast Raleigh YMCA and new [elementary] school. There’s going to be affordable housing there. It’s all about lifting people out of poverty and giving them exposure to recreation and education and housing security and stability.

LEIGH TAUSS: You’ve been criticized for being too pro-development, but the council’s majority is very pro-neighborhoods. Where do you see yourself in that dynamic? How can we promote affordable housing while still protecting neighborhoods? I don’t know what “protecting neighborhoods” means. Because, my question is, what are we protecting them from? We have to ask ourselves, as a community, do we want to be inclusive of people, all people, all different kinds of people, or are we going to be exclusive? And I’m leaning more toward the inclusive camp. Because I really believe that housing choices and diversity are what make our neighborhoods interesting. JCB: Every city is dealing with some version of an affordable housing crisis. What cities do you look at and say, “They’re handling this really well”? The entire city council went to Seattle [in 2018] on a Chamber of Commerce intercity visit. And what I would say about Seattle is that they are starting to handle things well, but what they said to us was, “Do not do what we have done. Treat this with urgency, and do it now.” And when we came back from that trip, nothing. There was no sense of urgency. I felt the sense of urgency. What [Seattle has] done, they now encourage ADUs. I think that’s a step in the right direction. Seattle also decided to move forward on inclusionary zoning. And that’s what most [Raleigh] city councilors gravitated toward. The fact is that we can’t do that here [because of state law]. After the recession, there are still a lot of people out there struggling, who can’t afford a home. There are people who own a home, who can’t afford to move up because what they can afford is now beyond their reach. One of the things we can do is build our transit corridors denser. And when I think about that, we had an opportunity

on Hillsborough Street, which is one of the most transit-friendly streets in Raleigh. We limited height there to three stories. That doesn’t make any sense to me. If I had my druthers, first off, the ADU ordinance [the council passed earlier this year] wouldn’t be the way it is. We would allow people to build [ADUs] by right. We would just put some good rules in place to make sure people weren’t abusing it, or that they were building appropriately. The reality is that [ADUs are] not going to solve our housing crisis. But it’s one of many things that we can do, and it’s not going to overpopulate our city or ruin neighborhoods. LT: Could Raleigh emulate Durham and do a $95 million housing bond? It’s all of the above. It’s changing our zoning laws and policies. Some on the council will argue, “Well, the zoning allows that.” Well, yeah, the zoning might, but our policies don’t. So if you have parking minimums, if you have minimum lot sizes—minimum lot sizes actually encourage people to build McMansions, which is what some of our councilors have said is their biggest issue. So we have policies in place that are actually encouraging what we don’t want. LT: How do you think you’re going to be able to pull the council together and move the city forward? I think if we knew, we’d be doing it. Quite frankly, I think there needs to be some changes on the council. LT: Why wasn’t McFarlane able to do it? You know, that’s a really good question, because these were her friends. One of the saddest days that I’ve seen was that first council meeting [of the latest council, in December 2017], where her friends basically, through a show of force, said, “We’re going to have our way,” and overruled her committee assignments. Nancy was a champion for Kay [Crowder]. She and her husband gave her a considerable amount of money—I think it was over $13,000 during her first campaign. She named her mayor pro tem. They sat next to each other; they were close. And she and Russ [Stephenson], over the course of Russ’s tenure on council, she contributed over $14,000 to his campaign. And Nancy got Dickie [Thompson] on the council. She was the one who really talked him into running and campaigned with him, and it was her old district. They were good friends; she’s good friends with his wife. She also was instrumental in getting Corey [Branch] elected. So to me, there’s really no explanation. And I don’t get it—I mean, I don’t get it. INDYweek.com | 3.27.19 | 11

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LT: Another big issue is diversity on the council. Just talking to the younger millennial slate that’s gearing up to run, a lot of them don’t feel represented. The diversity piece is really important. We need to do a better job of cultivating young people, appointing them to boards and commissions, getting them involved in the process, encouraging them to be involved in nonprofits, just helping them get in leadership roles. I think that part of it is, as leaders, our role is to bring up new leadership. But the other part of that is most people cannot afford to run for city council. Most employers don’t want their people to run for city council, because it does get nasty and you do get dragged through the mud. When I was working at Stewart, it was like, “She’s pro-development and blah blah blah.” The company takes some of that hit, so people don’t want their employees running. That is why you have people who are retired, wealthy, they own their own business—those are the people who can run for office. I’ve been fortunate in that the two employers I’ve had did encourage me to do this, but that's not usually the case. And then, you know, the salary. That’s one reason why we don’t have the diversity we need. Because the system isn’t set up for that. When I first ran for office, I was fifty, and that’s because I was now an emptynester. When I was in my forties and thirties, and times when I was a single parent, well, now, you’re not thinking about that. JCB: In 2017, Charles Francis did well with younger progressives who thought McFarlane had been too timid on big cultural issues compared with Durham. How do you reach out to them? Durham’s got it going on. Every time I go to Durham, I’m like, wow, this is happening. And that is leadership, plain and simple. [Durham Mayor] Steve Schewel has thrown down the gauntlet, and he has got people supporting him and supporting moving forward on some very bold ideas, and that’s what I think leadership is. That’s what a mayor should be doing. You have a bully pulpit. You can have that voice—you can have that strong voice—and you can bring forward ideas. That’s what I think the role of the mayor should be. JCB: Raleigh has been considering a civilian police oversight board, though there’s not a lot something like it could do under state law. As mayor, do you think an oversight board would be helpful? What other steps do you think the city should take to facilitate better relations between the police and the African-American community?

After the shooting of Akiel Denkins [in 2016], we did something called “community conversations,” where we went out to different areas of the community, and it was a listening session, really. When we do these types of things, people want to see what you did to respond to them. And that’s part of the missing piece. OK, we listened, but what did we learn and what did we do? We have an African-American woman who has strong relationships in the community who’s our police chief [Cassandra Deck-Brown]. We should be listening to her. What should we be doing to improve these relationships? The other thing is, you get kids busted for a little bit of marijuana, where we’re sending people to jail for something that is legal in other parts of the country. Is that really how we should be policing? Are there ways that we can help kids, help young people, instead of just busting them? What are we doing to facilitate conversations in the community between the police? We have a great police department. At the same time, I know that there’s opportunity for improvement. Maybe the role of that civilian board really is as a facilitator.

JCB: I was going to say that it got ugly by Raleigh standards. It was ugly, you’re right. It was ugly by Raleigh standards. One of the things I love about Raleigh—I moved here from New York. Moving down here, one of the things I love about it is people are nice. It’s almost like you move here and you become nicer. It’s a different kind of feel to the city, and that divisiveness of the last campaign really left a lot of people shaken. I think people want people to be nice and work together. That’s what people are looking for. Now, it’s just name-calling. The fact is, when I first ran for city council, there wasn’t social media, but that didn’t stop people from saying whatever they thought. There was this anonymous blog called Below the Beltline, and I was just eviscerated there by anonymous attackers who had a lot to say but obviously wouldn’t say it to my face, and they were supporters of [the late council member] Thomas Crowder and Russ Stephenson. I often said that if had known it was gonna be like that, I don’t know that I would have run. But now I’ve had ten years to get used to it. I’ve taken the slings and the arrows—and the Drunktown ads.

JCB: So would you ask the police not to arrest people for possession? That’s where I would need feedback from the police chief. How could we do this in a way that’s sensitive and isn’t …

JCB: What do you think of the way the city is being run? How do you think city manager Ruffin Hall is doing managing relationships between the council and staff? I don’t think it’s going well. And I don’t think it’s the city manager’s fault. I am going to say it’s the city council’s fault, because they have interfered in staff work. We passed a code of conduct specifically to deal with these issues to ensure that the city council stayed in their lane and that the city council and the city manager ran the city with staff, but we have situations now where council members call staff directly, and they intimidate them. They basically threaten them.

JCB: Illegal? Illegal. I’m trying to find that balance there. I’m not saying I have all the answers, but I can certainly raise the questions. LT: The mayoral race of 2017, it got pretty ugly. How are you prepared to deal with that if this race gets really heated? I’m hoping that we don’t go there.

I really feel that a majority of the city council has really overstepped their boundaries. They’ve gone over that line. And the only way to curb that is to actually put some teeth in the code of conduct or to actually call someone out for violations of the code of conduct. LT: Why do you think some councilors are so interested in micromanaging staff? They’re retired. They have nothing else to do. JCB: Two or four years from now, if you’re elected, what does success look like? Upward mobility in Southeast Raleigh and other neighborhoods that have been left out. If we can grow LaunchRALEIGH [a program to support entrepreneurs in Southeast Raleigh], and if we can grow [the Raleigh Pathways Center, a workforce-development program launched in 2017], if we can do that type of thing in workforce development and encouraging entrepreneurship, getting kids in coding school, teaching them these skills, exposing them to the possibilities—if we can do that, I will consider that a success. If we can see progress with housing affordability and choices—and there are thirty-four hundred kids in Wake County who don’t have a stable place to sleep at night, and there are a thousand homeless people. How can you study and be successful in school if you don’t have a place to sleep? If you don’t have food? So the housing piece, having at least a plan in place where we are moving with urgency— if we can do that, I would consider that a success. And I want to see some protected bike lanes. JCB: Last question. In 2017, you gave a TEDx Talk in which you said that the advice you give people you mentor is essentially to ask for what you want. So, Mary-Ann Baldwin, what do you want? Now I have to follow my own advice! You know, the reason I’m running is I want to make a difference. That’s what I want. I want to move our city forward, and I want the voters to have faith in me that I can do that and that I share a vision for a progressive city, an innovating city, and my favorite word is a compassionate city, because Raleigh is a compassionate city, and I don’t want to see us lose that. I want to be the mayor for all the right reasons, and that’s to make a difference. That’s what I want. backtalk@indyweek.com Listen to this entire conversation on INDYcast, available now on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or at soundcloud.com/indyweek. INDYweek.com | 3.27.19 | 13

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our reading events for new books by authors from across the Triangle—representing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction—demonstrate language’s ability to capture a broad range of sociopolitical and emotional experiences. The Durham-based poet Jonathan Farmer, for instance, explores the idea that poetry is fundamentally social in his new book, That Peculiar Affirmative: On the Social Lives of Poems (Stephen F. Austin University Press), which counters the bad rap that poetry can get—the cliché of a person reading Ginsberg alone at the bar. The idea gains momentum as Farmer, a high school English teacher, fleshes out how social values—kindness, humor, and so on— operate in the works and practices of a broad range of poets, from Claudia Rankine and Gabrielle Calvocoressi to his former college professor, UNC-Chapel Hill’s Alan Shapiro. By exploring how a deceptively solitary act is interwoven with the rest of our lives, Farmer makes a thoughtful case for close reading as a way to be together, not a way to be alone. Farmer reads with Shapiro on April 2 at Flyleaf Books. Shapiro reads from Against Translation, his latest poetry collection, which, like Farmer’s book, brushes against the scope of language: specifically, its poignant inability to truly capture loss. After detouring through memoir with The Art of Waiting, Belle Boggs returns to fiction in The Gulf (Graywolf Press), her new novel about a Brooklyn writer and atheist who begins teaching at a Christian writing residency in Florida. It’s a perfect-storm kind of situation, capped by an actual perfect storm—a hurricane—bearing down on the retreat. Boggs is a funny, observant writer, and The Gulf is smart, timely, and welldrawn. Boggs launches the novel on April 2 at The Regulator Bookshop. Both Boggs and Shapiro are contributors to Mothers and Strangers: Essays on Motherhood from the New South, a new UNC Press anthology edited by Samia Serageldin

Belle Boggs PHOTO BY BARBARA TYROLER and Lee Smith, which will be celebrated on April 1 at Quail Ridge Books. Recent years have brought a spate of motherhood literature, with writers like Maggie Nelson and Jacqueline Rose revisiting what it means to take motherhood and pregnancy seriously. Mothers and Strangers takes a slightly different approach, focusing more on having a mother—especially in eras with different social mores than

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be funny! Because we’re funny people. We’re funny, foolish, sweet, tender people, and it is beautiful to be able to come with that level of rage and be funny.

People seem to finally be talking about structural white supremacy and how itIn the class shapes every aspect of our culture. You dealSupreme, is with these themes head-on in your music.ture of not How do you hope this album contributes tomad-white that conversation? something QADR: I hope that people who are not famil- The cov iar with the idea of white supremacy, orand Abu S haven’t heard the term POC or anything,a twelve-tr but love punk—people who are just not hav-selves as h ing conversations about how white peopleversations move through the world differently—I hopegoing to fe that they hear it and then they have this deep,intends to existential, depressive-ass crisis: “Wow, ohsocial stru There’s my god, bro, is this true?” I hope that it starts for humor something for folks because they like thesponsible g music so much—like, “Damn, this is reallyalistic phra tight, I really enjoyed it, but these people areBut then “S also kind of dragging me from track one toanyone co track twelve! And I’m kind of wrestling withthe kind of

YOU! what that means.” Even in my political work separately, we get stuck kind of just living day to day. We don’t pay attention to this overarching way that our existence and our societies are structured and how it affects you differently based on your identity. So, I hope it kicks up some good shit for people. FARAH BAHBAH: I hope that other black and brown punks hear this music and are like, “Fuck yes, I feel so vindicated. I feel like this was made for me.” Your Bandcamp page says, “The Muslims rage for the beginning of a new future and narrative.” What does the new future and narrative that we should all be working toward look like to you? QADR: That new future is one where supremacy has been thoroughly eradicated and destroyed, based on so many people taking different types of effort. It will require organizing, it will require new people in office, it’s going to require people

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reclaiming land, reclaiming their indigenous or cultural practices. It’s going to require music and art really helping to contribute to this narrative. At least for me, it looks like a world where a black child can actually be a child. Where they can go to a store and not have to worry about somebody profiling them. Where they can walk home to their dad’s house and not have to worry about some random-ass racist citizen shooting them and killing them because they’re black, and then claiming that they felt threatened, and then that motherfucker gets off. It looks like a world where white supremacy is actually fucking named, and people are attacking it for being the cultural and societal cancer that it is. Where Palestinians can actually be fucking free, and Israel is actually named as a country that upholds white supremacy. That’s what the fuck we’re raging about with the beginning of a new future and narrative. music@indyweek.com

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Don’t Panic Records & Distro; Apr. 1 In the classic punk tradition, The Muslims hold nothing back. The Durham trio’s new album, Mayo Supreme, is an in-your-face wrestling match with the white supremacy embedded in the structure of not just America, but of the world. Punk doesn’t always feel relatable to me, especially the mad-white-boy variety, but The Muslims’ timely lyrics, paired with radical queer sentiment, offer something fresh and palatable. The cover of Mayo Supreme sports a hilarious depiction of band members FaraH BaHbaH, QADR, and Abu Shea posing in an ironic nod to all-American-family portraits. The album itself is essentially a twelve-track takedown of people who are complacent in white supremacy and don’t see themselves as having a mandate to help break it down. If you find yourself shying away from difficult conversations about identity politics or political work surrounding marginalized groups, you’re probably going to feel actively attacked by this album—and that’s the point. Like all good punk, Mayo Supreme intends to wake people up from apathy toward radical ideas about the human condition and the social structures of the world. There’s an absolute, necessary rage flowing through almost every track, though the record allows for humor and tenderness as well. The title track speaks to the idea of who actually gets to be a responsible gun owner in the public consciousness, while “America the Great” infuses familiar nationalistic phrases with the sordid, horrific history of race relations, slavery, and colonialism in America. But then “Stew” is a love song that vocalist QADR wrote for their partner. For fans of punk—and anyone concerned about the foundational values America supposedly stands for—Mayo Supreme is the kind of self-interrogation we could all use these days. —James Michael Nichols

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GHOSTFACE & RAEKWON Thursday, Mar. 28, 8 p.m., $28 The Ritz, Raleigh www.ritzraleigh.com

The Five Ghost and Rae Joints You Meet in Shaolin

TWENTY-FIVE YEARS OF STARK, ELEGANT STORYTELLING FROM WU-TANG CLAN’S INSEPARABLE DART EXPERTS BY ERIC TULLIS

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s a part of Wu-Tang Clan, dart experts Raekwon and Ghostface Killah aren’t discussed as a duo as often as Outkast, Mobb Deep, EPMD, or UGK. But Ghostface discredited that technicality on “Mighty Healthy,” when he loosely proclaimed, “The world can’t touch Ghost’s purple tape / Rae co-host,” in reference to Raekwon’s classic 1995 solo debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx..., where the two began a tradition of shared narrator duties in Shaolin street cinema. A year later, Ghostface debuted with Ironman, returning the favor to Raekwon by featuring him on twelve of the album’s sixteen cuts. The pair’s ensuing meetings would produce some of the most elegant storytelling since Donald Goines, and their alchemy ultimately became one of the shining linchpins of Wu-Tang’s legacy. Ghost and Rae head for The Ritz on Thursday, as Wu-Tang celebrates its twentyfifth anniversary. Here’s some of their most phenomenal tag-team work outside of OB4CL, because that would just be too easy.

to set a dark stage for Ghostface’s tale, the preamble of his capability as an extravagant griot.

“Motherless Child” (Ironman, Ghostface and Raekwon ILLUSTRATION BY STEVE OLIVA 1996) This O.V. Wright– “The Hilton” (Bulletproof Wallets, 2001) sampling classic gained extra steam As if in a John Woo film, Ghostface immefrom being featured on the Sunset Park diately jumps in this Carlos “Six July” soundtrack. It tells the story of a kid with Broady–produced saga with a vivid action a heroin-addicted mother and failed hoop scene—a hotel-room-service situation dreams whose fate was sealed one day gone awry. While Raekwon is in the showin Brooklyn’s Albee Square Mall, when er, a bellhop tries to assassinate Ghostface, a few guys took homicidal revenge on only to be shot when “Rae ran hysterically him from a previous run-in. Who would / slipped on soap / landed on his back with have thought that someone could take his gat, now that’s dope!” The heist was this material and make it even bleaker? orchestrated by a woman from Chicago, Raekwon only makes a brief appearance 18 | 3.27.19 | INDYweek.com

but, in the end, the hitman was taken out by a hired corrections officer while he was incarcerated. Why none of these stories

Corn Pops. It’s an indelible, direct attack on the period’s dominant rap voices— mainly DMX and Jay-Z—and Raekwon wastes no time instigating his disgruntled partner’s beef. While the outburst didn’t exactly spark any real intrastate battles, it was a chance for the Wallabee champ to ventilate mainstream radio for suppressing Wu-Tang’s swarm. “R.A.G.U.” (Fishscale, 2006) In a case of mistaken identity, Raekwon arrives on the scene of a bloody brawl to talk some sense into someone whom he assumed was related to Ghostface. In a weird twist, Raekwon ends up slapping the poor guy in the face and injuring his writing hand. This is all for naught, though, because the dude is merely one of Ghostface’s random fall guys, who used to steal his Polo rugbies and once shot himself in the balls. Finally, Ghostface knocks out his teeth, and now, he wears dentures. The end.

were ever turned into real movie scripts is anyone’s guess, but there’s more than enough material here for a Netflix series. “The Watch” (No Pork on My Fork Vol. 1, 2004) In his bid for mayor of New York hip-hop, Ghost (in his Tony Starks persona) takes the metaphorical, reflective route of taunting his wristwatch, teasing it about how it’s the most slept-on jewel and how it almost drowned in a bowl of

“Gihad” (Only Built 4 Cuban Linx ... Pt. II, 2009) In which Raekwon brags about buying a crib next to Bill Clinton’s mother because, apparently, she “fucks with the Chinese.” In Wu-Tang-speak, this just means that Connie Chung once interviewed her, and it’s meant to point out how Rae and his crime buddies can be both aristocratic and semi-automatic. Then Ghostface butts in, “but on the other side of town, it’s Tony,” proceeding to detail the most pornographic scene since his own “Wildflower” and threatening to put bologna on your face. music@indyweek.com

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here’s no getting around the fact that this winter was manifestly awful—cold, soggy, gray, miserable. Very little snow—or snow days—just a perpetual morass of drizzling rain and gross mud and the kind of general ugliness that makes you want to stay inside, binge Netflix, eat too much, drink too much, and hide yourself away from the world.

It’s not just that the weather is gorgeous and that the world seems, you know, 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 that. What about music? More than you could possibly keep up with. Food truck rodeos and other celebrations of gluttony? For sure. Want to buy some art or do some The good news: It’s spring now. As I write this, it’s 60 civic good? Got you covered there, too. degrees and the sun is shining bright in the sky. It’s been that way for a couple of days now. And I’ve become If you can think of it (and it doesn’t involve snow), something closer to my normal self, out hiking and chances are it will happen somewhere around here getting some semblance of vitamin D and color back in sometime in the next few months. We’re here to help my face and making contact with human society and you keep track of it all. The listings that follow have tons of information on festivals and events both in the actually looking for stuff to do. Triangle and throughout North Carolina all the way That’s because spring in North Carolina rules. So does through January, so you can start marking your calendar fall. (Summer, not so much, but let’s leave that be.) now. —Jeffrey C. Billman 3.27.19 • INDY WEEK’S FESTIVAL & EVENTS DIRECTORY • SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTION • 1

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MARCH

MARCH 1–31 Hunt for the Golden Bulls Downtown Durham bullcityburgerandbrewery.com

MARCH 30 Neighborhoods Hike

Durham 150, Durham durham150.org

Wilmington VegFest

Hosted by Triangle VegFest, Wilmington universe.com/events/wilmingtonvegfest-2019-tickets-wilmington7ZQJDR

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MARCH 30–31 Marchtoberfest

Clouds Brewing Taproom, Raleigh eventbrite.com/e/cloudsbrewing-marchtoberfesttickets-57108544193

MARCH 31 Food Truck Rodeo on Rosemary

MOOGFEST APRIL 25-28 PHOTO BY ALEX BOERNER

Your week. Every Wednesday.

Hosted by the Town of Chapel Hill Downtown Chapel Hill townofchapelhill.org

APRIL

APRIL 1–30 Exotic Meat Month

Bull City Burger and Brewery, Durham bullcityburgerandbrewery.com

APRIL 5–6 Firefest at STARworks

Star starworksnc.org

Surry Old Time Fiddlers Convention

Dobson surryoldtime.com

APRIL 6 17th Annual Chatham Arts Council ClydeFEST

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Dreamville Festival

Hosted by J. Cole Dorothea Dix Park, Raleigh dreamvillefest.com

Spring Green Day

Morrisville Town Hall, Morrisville townofmorrisville.org

APRIL 6–13 Hope Floats Kayak Trip and ACA Fundraiser

Raleigh to Oriental hopefloatsnc.com

APRIL 7 Carrboro Open Streets Carrboro carrbororec.org

APRIL 11 LIVE @ Lake Raleigh: The Fritz Hosted by NC State LIVE Raleigh liveatlakeraleigh.com

APRIL 12–13 Basketball Analytics Summit

Durham basketballanalyticssummit.com

PirateFest

Spring Fling & Adult Egg Hunt

Flowers Field at Dorothea Dix Park, Raleigh dixpark.org

SummerStage Block Party

Golden Belt Campus, Durham facebook.com/goldenbeltcampus

APRIL 13–14 The 8th Annual Festival of Legends

Hosted by Glitter-Free Productions Optimist Farm Apex festivaloflegends.com

Loch Norman Highland Games Hosted by Historic Rural Hill Huntersville lochnorman.com

One Tribe Fest

NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh onetribeexpo.com

APRIL 25 LIVE @ Lake Raleigh: Into the Fog Hosted by NC State LIVE Raleigh liveatlakeraleigh.com

Hosted by Pepsi and Minges Bottling Group Greenville piratefestnc.com

APRIL 25–28 MerleFest

APRIL 13 Durham 150 Opening Celebration

Moogfest

Durham durham150.org

Funk Down on the Farm: Beverage + Food Festival

Hosted by Botanist and Barrel and Cedar Grove Blueberry Farm, Cedar Grove shop.botanistandbarrel.com/events

NC Pickle Festival

Hosted by the Mount Olive Area Chamber of Commerce Mount Olive ncpicklefest.org

Wilkesboro merlefest.org

Durham moogfest.com

APRIL 26–27 Brewgaloo Craft Beer Festival

Hosted by Shop Local Raleigh Downtown Raleigh shoplocalraleigh.org/brewgaloo

APRIL 27 Art in the Garden 2019

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Art in the Heart of Hillsborough Art Fair

TVF Pop-Up Market & Piedmont Farm Animal Refuge Bake Sale

Hosted by the Hillsborough Arts Coucil Hillsborough hillsboroughartscouncil.org

Hosted by Triangle VegFest Raleigh facebook.com/pg/trianglevegfest/ events

Drag Me to Church

MAY

Greening Up the Mountains

Pittsboro shakorihillsgrassroots.org

Calvary UMC, Durham calvarync.org

Sylva greeningupthemountains.com

Write Now! 2019 Writing Conference

Hosted by Triangle Association of Freelancers N.C. State University, Raleigh tafnc.com/writenow

APRIL 28 Near & Far, a Local Celebration of Global Cultures

Hosted by the Town of Chapel Hill Downtown Chapel Hill nearandfarchapelhill.com

Spring Jazz Brunch

Flowers Field at Dorothea Dix Park, Raleigh dixpark.org

MAY 2–5 Shakori Hills

MAY 4 Fest in the West

Hosted by the Cary Citizen and the Town of Cary USA Baseball National Training Complex, Cary festinthewest.com

Haw River Festival

Hosted by The Haw River Assembly Saxapahaw hawriver.org/events

OUT! Raleigh

Hosted by LGBT Center of Raleigh Downtown Raleigh outraleigh.org

Parks Expo!

The Big Field at Dorothea Dix Park, Raleigh dixpark.org

SHAKORI HILLS MAY 2-5 PHOTO BY DL ANDERSON

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Jousting • Sword Fighting • Locally made Mead, Cider, and Beer Children’s Area • Artist’s Markets Children 12 and under admitted FREE!

Discounts at gate for military, law enforcement, teachers, and emergency services

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MAY 5 Born at Duke Homestead Durham 150 Duke Homestead, Durham dukehomestead.org

Carrboro Day

Carrboro carrboroday.com

MAY 9 LIVE @ Lake Raleigh: Sidecar Social Club| Hosted by NC State LIVE Raleigh liveatlakeraleigh.com

MAY 9–11 Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver’s Bluegrass Festival

Hosted by Denton Farmpark Denton dentonfarmpark.com

MAY 9–12 LEAF Festival

Eat & Drink Almanac The INDY’s Ultimate Guide to food and drink in the Triangle

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AUGUST 2ND & 3RD, 2019 ELKIN, NC LINEUP COMING SOON! TICKETS AND INFO: reevestock.com

Black Mountain theleaf.org/the-festival

MAY 10–11 Longleaf Film Festival

N.C. Museum of History, Raleigh ncmuseumofhistory.org/events/ longleaf-film-festival-2019

North Carolina Bluebird Society Annual Conference

Haw River State Park, Tarrboro ncbluebirdannualconference.org

North Carolina Brewers and Music Festival

Hosted by Historic Rural Hill Huntersville ncbrewsmusic.com

MAY 11 Minduro: Adventure Bicyle Fest

Hosted by Originovel LLC Raleigh manduro.rocks/minduro.php

Nash Dash Soap Box Derby Nash Street, Hillsborough nashdash2019.wordpress.com

April 5 & 6, 2019 at STARworks 100 Russell Drive, Star, NC 27356 A celebration of art created with fire! Fiery finales, demonstrations, iron pour, hands-on activities, live music, food trucks, beer garden and more. $5 daily pass Children 12 & younger admitted free

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MAY 17–18 Beaufort Music Festival Beaufort beaufortmusicfestival.com

MAY 17–19 Got2beNC Festival NC State Fairgrounds gottobencfestival.com

NC Potato Festival

Downtown Elizabeth City ncpotatofestival.com

MAY 18 Durham Blues and Brews Festival

Hosted by the Exchange Club of Greater Durham Durham Central Park, Durham durhambluesandbrewsfestival.com

SpringFest

Morrisville Town Hall, Morrisville townofmorrisville.org

Summer Fest at The Glass Jug

Durham facebook.com/pg/glassjugbeerlab/ events

MAY 18–19 Mustang Spring Jam

Hosted by Mike Dianna’s Grill Room Corolla mustangmusicfestival.com

MAY 19 Bloomfest

Hosted by the Town of Chapel Hill Downtown Chapel Hill sites.google.com/view/bloomfest

MAY 21 Make Music Day Durham Durham Central Park, Durham makemusicday.org/durham

MAY 23 LIVE @ Lake Raleigh: Old Habits

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JUNE 1 MAY 23–25 Lil’ John’s Mountain Music Freigh Conce Festival

Hosted by Cane Creek Campground & RV Park Snow Camp littlejohnsmountainmusic.com

Southern States Regional Morgan Horse Show NC State Fairgrounds, Raleigh southernstatesmorgan.com

MAY 24 & 31 Freight Train Blues Concert Series

Hosted b Carrboro freighttr

JUNE 1 INDY W Triang

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Hosted by the Town of Carrboro Carrboro freighttrainblues.com

JUNE 1 Lambr

JUNE

JUNE 1 The Fi

JUNE 1 Beaver Queen Pageant

Hosted by the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association Duke Park, Durham beaverqueen.swell.gives

Pompier pompier

The Car thecaryt

JUNE 2 Durham

The Bull City Benefit Gala

Durham durhamr

The Carolina WingFest

JUNE 2 2019 G Experi

Durham 150, Durham durham150.org

Knightdale thecarolinawingfest.com

Destination Dix 2.0

Durham Durham durham1

The Big Field at Dorothea Dix Park, JUNE 2 Raleigh dixpark.org Taste 2 Durham JUNE 7 tastethe

Freight Train Blues Concert Series

Hosted by the Town of Carrboro Carrboro freighttrainblues.com

JULY

JUNE 8 Raleigh International Food Festival

Morrisvi Morrisvi townofm

Hosted by NC Vibes Raleigh facebook.com/pg/ raleighsinternationalfoodfestival/ events/

JULY 3 Firewo

JULY 4 July 4

Carrboro carrboro

JUNE 14 Freight Train Blues Concert Series

Hosted by the Town of Carrboro Carrboro freighttrainblues.com

JUNE 15 INDY Week’s Best of the Triangle Party

Hosted by INDY Week, Hi-wire Brewing Company & Golden Belt Campus Durham indyweek.com

JUNE 18–22 Lambruscofest

Pompieri Pizza, Durham pompieripizza.com

JUNE 19–23 The Film festival

The Cary Theater, Cary thecarytheater.com

JUNE 23 Durham Refugee Day

Durham Central Park, Durham durhamrefugeeday.com

JUNE 26 2019 Grand Taste Experience & Beer Garden Durham 150 Durham Armory, Durham durham150.org

JUNE 26–30 Taste 2019

Durham 150, Durham tastetheevent.com

JULY

JULY 3 Fireworks

JULY 4 & JULY 6 Festival for the Eno

Hosted by the Eno River Association enoriver.org/festival

JULY 6 Christmas in July

West Jefferson christmasinjulyinfo.ipage.com

JULY 14 5th Annual Pick-a-Ton FUNraiser for TABLENC

Hosted by Botanist and Barrel Cedar Gove Blueberry Farm facebook.com/pg/botanistandbarrel/ event

JULY 20 One Giant Leap Festival

N.C. Museum of History, Raleigh ncmuseumofhistory.org/ one-giant-leap-festival

JULY 21 Vegan Mac-n-Cheese Cook Off

Hosted by Triangle VegFest Durham Armory, Durham universe.com/events/vegan-macand-cheese-cook-off-ticketsdurham-F4JGH2

AUGUST

AUGUST 2–3 LEAF Downtown AVL

Hosted by LEAF community Arts Black Mountain theleaf.org/downtown

Manduro: A Grueling Bicycle Adventure

Hosted by Originovel LLC Raleigh manduro.rocks

AUGUST 4 SlushFest

Morrisville Community Park, Morrisville townofmorrisville.org

Botanist & Barrel, Cedar Grove botanistandbarrel.com

JULY 4 July 4th Celebration

AUGUST 10 Hops and Blues Festival

Carrboro carrborojuly4th.com

The Glass Jug, Durham glass-jug.com/events

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AUGUST 17 Triangle VegFest

SEPTEMBER 21 Octoberfest

Durham Armory, Durham facebook.com/pg/trianglevegfest/ events/

Bull City Burger and Brewery, Durham bullcityburgerandbrewery.com

AUGUST 24 Harvest and Hornworm Festival

SPARKconQuest: One-Day Treasure Hunt Event for Adults

Packapalooza

Worship Under the Heavens

Durham 150 Duke Homestead, Durham dukehomestead.org

Hosted by N.C. State University Raleigh packapalooza.ncsu.edu

AUGUST 25–26 Lazy Daze Arts and Crafts Festival

Cary Town Hall Campus, Cary townofcary.org

AUGUST 31–SEPTEMBER 1 African American Cultural Festival of Raleigh & Wake County

Raleigh aacfestival.org

The John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival

Oak Hollow State Park, High Point coltranejazzfest.com

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER 5–7 Hopscotch Music Festival Raleigh hopscotchmusicfest.com

SEPTEMBER 12–13 Hoppin’ John Old-Time and Bluegrass Fiddlers’ Convention

Silk Hope hoppinjohn.org

SEPTEMBER 14 City of Oaks Pirate Fest

N.C. Museum of History, Raleigh ncmuseumofhistory.org

Hosted by Originovel LLC Raleigh sparkconquest2019.eventbrite.com

Durham 150, Durham discoverdurham.com/events/

SEPTEMBER 21–22 CenterFest

Hosted by the Durham Arts Council Durham centerfest.durhamarts.org

SEPTEMBER 27–28 Art of Cool Festival Durham 150, Durham aocfestival.com

OCTOBER

OCTOBER 3–5 VrroomVIP JazzFEST

Durham Arts Council, Durham vrroomvipjazzfest.com

OCTOBER 4 Infinite Scholar Free Scholarship Fair Emily K Center, Durham infinitescholar.org

OCTOBER 4–6 Ol’ Front Porch Music Festival

Pamlico County Arts Council, Oriental olfrontporchmusicfestival.org

OCTOBER 5 3rd Annual Free Pancake Brunch + Pop Up Craft & Artisan Market

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11th Annual Indoor John W. Coltrane Music “Edu-tainment” Festival Hamlet

Phoenix Fest

Durham 150, Durham phoenixfestdurham.com

OCTOBER 6 TROSA’s 5th Annual Foodie Fundraiser

Durham trosainc.org/trosa-event

OCTOBER 9–13 Film Fest 919 Chapel Hill filmfest919.com

OCTOBER 12 The Young Entrepreneurs’ Expo 2019 Durham 150, Durham discoverdurham.com/events/

OCTOBER 13 Zine Machine Printed Matter Festival

Presented by Supergraphic Print Lab Durham Armory, Durham zinemachinefest.com

OCTOBER 16–19 West End Poetry Festival

Carrboro westendpoetryfestival.org

OCTOBER 17–20 LEAF Festival

The Vailtree Event and Conference Center, Haw River alamanceartisans.com/extravaganza

NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER 1-3 Carolina Artisan Craft Market

Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild Raleigh Convention Center, Raleigh carolinaartisancraft.com

NOVEMBER 2 Durham 150 Closing Ceremony Durham 150, Durham

NOVEMBER 16–17 Carrboro Film Festival

Carrboro thecarrborofilmfestival.com

NOVEMBER 23 24th Annual American Indian Heritage Celebration N.C. Museum of History, Raleigh ncmuseumofhistory.org

N.C. State University Crafts Center Annual Crafts Fair

Raleigh crafts.arts.ncsu.edu/events-andexhibitions/crafts-fair/

Raleigh Christmas Parade

Black Mountain theleaf.org/the-festival

Raleigh visitraleigh.com/event/75th-annualraleigh-christmas-parade/63465/

OCTOBER 17–27 NC State Fair

DECEMBER

Raleigh ncstatefair.org

OCTOBER 19 The Gathering of the Fork

DECEMBER 3 GIVING Tree OrnaCANments: #GivingTuesday

Raleigh gatheringofthefork.com

Hosted by Originovel LLC Raleigh originovel.com/thegivingtreecan

OCTOBER 26 Trick or Treat the Trail

DECEMBER 6 Annual Tree Lighting

Morrisville Community Park, Morrisville townofmorrisville.org

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OCTOBER 26–27 Alamance Artisans Guild Art Extravaganza 2019

Morrisville Town Hall, Morrisville townofmorrisville.org

HOPSCOTCH MUSIC FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 5–7 PHOTO BY JUSTIN COOK

DECEMBER 21 Vegan Holiday Market

Hosted by Triangle VegFest Durham Armory, Durham facebook.com/pg/trianglevegfest/ events

DECEMBER 31 New Year’s Eve Dinner

Bull City Burger and Brewery. Durham bullcityburgerandbrewery.com

New Year’s Eve Dinner

Pompieri Pizza, Durham pompieripizza.com

JANUARY 2020

JANUARY 19–20 Carrboro Django Reinhardt Festival

Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro facebook.com/

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indyscreen Old Glory

THE CAROLINA THEATRE’S RETRO OFFERINGS ARE BOOMING, THANKS TO THE DEATH OF FILM AND THE NOSTALGIA EPIDEMIC BY GEORGE JENNE

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he path to Jim Carl’s office is a sharp descent into the bowels of Durham’s Carolina Theatre. A poster for the film Death Ship hangs behind his desk, where you’d expect to see a window, and his vast personal movie collection masks an old boiler-room wall. There are hundreds of videos, bookended by rolls of 35mm film trailers. Carl, an indelible movie fan, is senior director of film programming at The Carolina. He’s been working to track down and secure screening rights for dozens of titles in the Retro Film Series, which has been bringing decades-old movies back to the big screen for twenty-one years. At a glance, it might seem like stubborn resistance to changing times. But in fact, the series thrives, tapping into both our reverence for the past and the proliferation of digital content. “It’s amazing how well-versed people are,” Carl says, fanning through a fistful of suggestion slips. “True Stories—that’s a good one.” Then he shakes his head. “Speed—never been converted. You’d think they would rush to put that out. But they’ll rush to create a new DCP of The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, and I’m thinking, ‘Who makes these decisions?’” Carl is referring to a Digital Cinema Package, a movie on an encrypted hard drive rather than a delicate photochemical print. A revolution in theatrical distribution began in 2014, when Paramount Pictures stopped offering film prints in the U.S. Soon, other major studios followed suit, forcing theaters to buy digital projectors or face obsolescence. In 2016, The Carolina begrudgingly made the switch, though it still has one 35mm projector that sees occasional action. “I preached the church of thirty-five millimeter,” Carl says, lamenting the Retro

series’s scrappier times. “Those were the days when everything was on thirty-five, and you were scouring private archives, and people were going out to their garages to try to find a print. But going digital has opened up a whole hell of a lot more titles.”

RETROFANTASMA: THE DEAD ZONE & MISERY Friday, Mar. 29, 7 p.m., $10 The Carolina Theatre, Durham www.carolinatheatre.org

What started as RetroFantasma in 1998, with a single screening of a worn print of Friday the 13th Part 2, has grown into a web of offshoots under the Retro moniker.

“When we were starting, we were really just trying to find films that we loved and wanted to get back on the big screen,” Carl says. The series focused on horror and science fiction. Screenings were sporadic, advertised by stuffing college dorms with Xeroxed flyers. Regulars were lured through a first-generation Listserv. Now, a glossy catalog is available in the lobby, unfurling six months’ worth of weekly double features in all manner of genres. Carl’s gumshoe tenacity in tracking down movies that his audience wants to see, paired with the broader availability of digital titles, has pushed Retro ticket sales to four times what they were five years ago, Carl says. This Friday evening brings a double feature of The Dead Zone and Misery, two adaptations of Stephen King novels. Part of the value of watching old movies is registering how cultural norms have changed, and both films have scenes that were notoriously violent thirty years ago but seem almost quaint now. “We watched a man’s anus get washed for thirty-five seconds on the big screen in Fletcher Hall, last September, with Holy Mountain, and no one batted an eye,” Carl says. Old genre films tend to develop a patina of hilarity when exposed to the current day, but they also take us back to what we or others loved about them in times that, having passed, inevitably seem simpler than ours. “I can go through an entire laundry list of films that I personally love that I know are just worthless,” Carl says with a grin. “It has nothing to do with the quality of the film itself. It’s about the experience you had, whatever it was that was happening to you, the first time you saw it. It’s nostalgia.” arts@indyweek.com

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WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HUGH MANGUM, 1897–1922 Through Sunday, May 19 Nasher Museum of Art, Durham www.nasher.duke.edu

Living Memory

TIME WORKS ITS MAGIC ON HUGH MANGUM’S INCLUSIVE PORTRAITS OF THE JIM CROW SOUTH BY SARAH EDWARDS

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ugh Mangum’s portrait subjects don’t seem afraid of his camera. Some gaze out with naked directness; others smile, laugh, and vogue, peering coyly from behind hats or newspapers. Walking around the Nasher exhibit, I found it difficult to look away. Mangum’s photographs, taken between 1897 and 1922, compose a broad yet intimate survey of society at the time, cutting across race, class, and gender lines. They feel startlingly alive and contemporary, as if a wall between past and present had splintered. At a time when photography had a reputation for being a stiff, solemn medium governed by strict social codes, Mangum’s unorthodox eye and practice captured a remarkable, seldom-seen side of life in the Jim Crow South. When he died in 1922, Mangum was relatively unknown. A lanky white man with a wild, sloping mustache, he ran a portraiture operation as rakish as his grooming. He traveled between towns reachable by rail from Durham, setting up cheap portrait studios that he advertised with the slogan “All Kinds of Pictures.” A prolific photographer, he saved many of his glass-plate negatives, but he rarely dated or labeled them. At the time of his death, his box of negatives—almost one thousand in total—were left in his family’s tobacco barn in Durham, where he had maintained a small darkroom. The pictures would remain there for almost fifty years, buried beneath junk, dirt, and chicken shit. Developers bought the homestead in the 1970s with the intention of building condominiums; the bulldozers were already on the property when conservation efforts championed by the activist Margaret Nygard saved the property, and the pictures on it, from being destroyed. Many of the pictures were moved to the Duke Special Collections Library, where they were scanned and made digitally available; now, they are gaining a wider audience, thanks to Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897–1922, an exhibit of Mangum’s photographs on view at the 20 | 3.27.19 | INDYweek.com

Nasher through May 19, and two new books celebrating them. Where We Find Ourselves, an accompanying catalog by Margaret Sartor and Alex Harris, who also curated the Nasher exhibit, was released in February; Photos Day or Night: The Archive of Hugh Mangum, by Sarah Stacke, was released in January. The oldest of five children, Mangum was born in 1877, less than a decade after Durham was incorporated. Farming and factory work were the most obvious career routes, but, from an early age, Mangum preferred the visual arts. After studying art at Salem College in Winston-Salem, he taught himself photography and set up a studio in downtown Durham. Soon, however, he grew restless and took to traveling by rail through North Carolina and Virginia, setting up makeshift studios. While he would often return to Durham to visit his family, who lived along the Eno River in the McCown House (now preserved as part of the West Point on the Eno), his travels brought him into close proximity with a broad, diverse range of clientele. His massive traveling trunk, which now resides in a museum in the barn where his negatives were discovered, catalogs, in faint, unruly pencil, the many small towns he passed through. While on the road, Mangum used a Penny Picture camera, which could take multiple exposures and allowed him to efficiently record between six and twenty-four images on a single glass plate negative. These negatives form a fascinating side-by-side record of everyone who walked into his studio, suggesting that it was not segregated, as other businesses of the time would have been. (Mangum took his first Penny Picture only a year before the Wilmington Race Riots, an incident that ushered in a violent new era of segregation and affirmed the grip of white supremacy on the state.) Many of Mangum’s subjects would have been born prior to emancipation. In researching the archive, one of the portraits that struck Sartor the most was a steely, guarded Cornelia Smith Fitzgerald, the grandmother of activist Pauli Murray, who was born in slavery.

Untitled Hugh Mangum photos from Where We Find Ourselves PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE NASHER

While some public figures can be identified—Washington Duke, for instance—the majority of the pictures are of unidentified working-class people who would have saved up for a photograph, and for whom being photographed was a significant occasion. The contemporary challenge is how to be seen among countless pictures, but historical portraiture faced a steeper one: that of accurately representing a subject’s humanity in a rare—sometimes even once-in-a-lifetime— portrait. It is telling that, in the 1900 U.S. Census, rather than listing his occupation as a photographer, Mangum put down “artist.” “He was a genuinely very serious, very talented artist. Making a portrait is really hard,” Sartor says. “He wasn’t working in a studio setting where the light was always something he could define the way he wanted to. He’s working a new situation every time he sets up his camera.”

The pictures at the Nasher are disarming for many reasons, but their candid quality is one of the strongest—the group shots, in particular, have the spontaneous quality of a photo booth at a bar. Girls clasp each other joyfully, clowning and intimate; one woman poses on a bike, a man poses with a guitar. Animals are included in many of the portraits, and in one strip, wedged between single shots of solemn looking men, a golden retriever poses, its tongue lolling patiently. Time and serendipity have also played a radical hand in this archive. Because the pictures were stored in less-than-ideal conditions—a moldering tobacco barn by a river—they crack and speckle with emulsion, ghostly effects that somehow seem to reinforce the historical pathos of the images rather than mar it. These scars are preserved in the exhibit, and to see them blown up underscores the magic of these pictures’ survival. In some of the negatives, the panels have fused, giving the effect of subjects creeping from frame to frame. “It appears almost as if people are sitting together, when in fact, he’s photographed them separately,” Harris says. “In his work, these worlds merge in a beautiful way.” Some pictures are double exposed; in one of the most compelling portraits, a young white woman and a young black woman are overlaid, their gazes direct and uncompromising. A trained hypnotist, Mangum seemed to have a hypnotic gift for making his subjects feel both candid and seen, and his archive has just as hypnotic a grip on the present. In one picture, a baby stares out warily from her bassinet as a hand reaches into the frame to steady her. This is indicative of Mangum’s general approach to photography, letting life intervene, with results that are by turns lively, emotional, a little mysterious, and deeply humane. “We could have done an edit where, in every picture, Mangum has made people comfortable, they’re laughing or responding to him,” Harris says, “[But] we found ourselves drawn to pictures where it’s not about Mangum’s presence. It’s about an atmosphere that’s created where the person kind of goes inside. You have some kind of sense of this interior light, interior thought. We were haunted by these.” arts@indyweek.com INDYweek.com | 3.27.19 | 21

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Leap of Faith

AN AGNOSTIC THREADS THE NEEDLE BETWEEN ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY IN ZARA BY BYRON WOODS

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hen he admits to being agnostic, Andrew Aghapour is up-front that it’s no fun at all. “On the dinner menu of religious beliefs, agnosticism is the baked tilapia,” he says. “No one’s excited to order it; it’s just there in case you’re allergic to everything else.” Noting that his sister was fine being raised in a house with two religions—Islam from his father, who was forced to flee Iran after the fall of the Shah in the 1970s, and Christianity from his British mom—Aghapour describes his difficulties growing up with that mix: “Game of Thrones is too complicated for me, and the Bible has even more characters,” he says. All jokes aside, Zara—his new one-person show, with direction and production by Mettlesome’s Ashley Melzer and The Monti’s Jeff Polish—is a canny, candid, and funny first-person account of Aghapour’s childhood and coming of age, caught between ethnic, racial, religious, and cultural worlds as a first-generation American growing up in the South during the nineties. Aghapour’s adroit threading of these disparate influences led UNC’s American Studies project to fund a residency and performances through the Humanities for the Public Good Initiative. After opening at Durham’s PSI Theatre on Thursday, the show has two free performances, one at UNC’s Moeser Auditorium on April 2 and the other at the Chapel Hill Public Library on the first of May. “Religion scholar” and “comedian” rarely show up on the same résumé. But in Zara, Aghapour utilizes both the understanding that earned him a Ph.D. in religious studies and the comic chops that have placed him on stages with pros like Maria Bamford and Emo Philips. “There are two ways to deal with an overabundance of truth,” Aghapour says of dealing with conflicting cultures and faiths. “One is to try to collapse it and make it more simple. We often do that with labeling, with our identities, and the way we collapse the complexity of other people. We do that with our politics; we simplify in ways that can make

ANDREW AGHAPOUR: ZARA Thursday, March 28, 7 p.m., $15 PSI Theatre, Durham www.zarashow.live

Andrew Aghapour PHOTO COURTESY OF METTLESOME our lives easier but also make the world a worse place.” The other path, which Aghapour discovered during adolescence and explores in Zara, involves recognizing and embracing multiplicity and nuance. “It’s the path of recognizing that all of us, are many, many things,” he says. “All of us exist within multiverses. All of us step between the different worlds of home, life, and community and find ourselves tasked with making sense of ourselves as we exist in these many, many spaces.” Aghapour says that it took time to become comfortable with being biracial and identifying as culturally Muslim, but not religiously so. “When I was younger, I thought that I should somehow collapse myself into just one category,” he says. “Zara is about the process of discovering that I had the freedom, if not the responsibility, to create myself beyond those boundaries.” Aghapour’s broad-ranging narratives recall the work of Spalding Gray, in comic

and cautionary accounts of the vicissitudes of grade school gym class, his dalliances as a stoner, and his relationship with a homeless person in Charleston. Throughout it all, there’s the evolving awareness and compassion of a compulsive overthinker growing up in a strange land. Aghapour credits Melzer, his director, for helping the work take shape over the last year. “I brought the marble, she brought the chisel,” he says. Their ultimate goal was to tell an authentic story, avoiding the temptation to oversimplify that can arise when making narratives on walking between different worlds. “Zara is about the struggle, but ultimately, the joy that comes with discovering who you are,” Aghapour says. “Even though it’s about growing up as an anxious, asthmatic brown kid in the American South, it’s also about loving life so much that you’d choose even the hard parts. You’d relive them again and again.” arts@indyweek.com

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Through Sunday, Apr. 7 The Fruit, Durham www.bulldogdurham.org

Bared Cupboard

A COMPARTMENTALIZED WORLD OF MEMORY AND GRIEF IN BULLDOG THEATER'S GUT-WRENCHING IN A WORD BY KATY KOOP

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Tristan’s face, piled under layers of indeulldog Ensemble Theater’s produccipherable clues. Each piece we get of that tion of In a Word, by Lauren Yee, fateful day’s complicated events brings Fiona is undoubtedly minimalist: It feaand Guy’s deep loss into sharper focus. tures just three actors, runs eighty minutes, Jenni Becker’s lighting conjures ghostly and uses a realistic set for stark symboltrees and camera flashes, combining with ic purposes. Yet the strength of playwright Lauren Yee’s artistic vision—and the powerful, at times tear-jerking, performances of Bulldog Ensemble Theater’s actors—creates a decidedly maximalist experience. We meet Fiona (Amber Wood) two years after the disappearance of her son, when she finally agrees to go out to eat with her husband, Guy (Thaddaeus Edwards), so they can heal at last. Instead, they pick up their conversa- In a Word PHOTO BY ALEX MANESS tion from twentyChrista Giammattei’s haunting atmospheric four months ago, flowing through memories sound and Jane Caradale’s authentic cosuntil they land at the painful truth of that day. tuming to entrench the audience in Fiona’s Amid the industrial walls of The Fruit, pain, no matter where they sit. set designer Sonya Drum manifests a comLoss is inexplicably large, and it defies partmentalized world of grief, like a series explanation, but this production manages of activity stations from Fiona’s elementary to capture the immensity of the emotion school lesson plan. Under Jules Odendahland the complexities of the circumstances James’s direction, the actors flow through it that produce it. It’s a poignant reminder in the round, with gut-wrenching intensity. that, when something truly horrible hapThey take us back to a fraught second-grade pens, the way we cope is often messy and picture day in front of a swirling Lifetouch ill-advised—often “brown and sticky,” as backdrop. We see the lost child, Tristan, Yee’s script repeats. It’s not the story we tell played by the many-charactered Matthew newspapers, social media feeds, or even, Hager, crouching above an overhead proalways, our friends and family. By bringing jector, surrounded by glowing Mason jars guilt and pain into focus, In a Word proves filled with swear words and memories. In its own necessity. a police office filled with oppressive filing arts@indyweek.com cabinets and lamps, another projector beams INDYweek.com | 3.27.19 | 23

WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK 3.27–4.3

FRIDAY, MARCH 29– SUNDAY, APRIL 14

EMILIE: LA MARQUISE DU CHÂTELET DEFENDS HER LIFE TONIGHT

Because history still all too often begins— and ends—with “his,” playwright Lauren Gunderson has repeatedly lifted the stories of remarkable women out of obscurity. Last fall, local audiences marveled when The Revolutionists gave political assassin Charlotte Corday and eighteenth-century feminist and abolitionist playwright Olympe de Gouges the last word on France’s Reign of Terror; other works have celebrated the world-changing contributions of Caterina di Meo Lippi, Henrietta Swan Leavitt, and Ada Lovelace. In metaphysical drama Emilie, time is running out as the title character, a brilliant eighteenth-century mathematician who championed and extended Newtonian physics, struggles to finish the equation that will articulate, for the first time, energy’s relationship to velocity and mass. But there are obstacles: French culture’s views on women’s education, four pregnancies, a dull husband, and a collaboration (and dangerous romantic entanglement) with Voltaire. Egla Hassan directs Sonorous Road owner and artistic director Michelle Murray Wells in a cast that also includes A.C. Donohue, Sterling Hurst, Justin Johnson, and Samantha Matthews. —Byron Woods SONOROUS ROAD THEATRE, RALEIGH Various times, $14+, sonorousroadrep.org

THURSDAY, MARCH 28– SUNDAY, MARCH 31

Maggie Rogers

PHOTO BY OLIVIA BEE

AUTO DA FÉ SUNDAY, MARCH 31

MAGGIE ROGERS

Maggie Rogers shot to stardom while still in college, thanks to a viral moment in which she played an early version of “Alaska” for visiting lecturer Pharell Williams, who was famously left speechless. Her debut LP, Heard It in a Past Life, proves that Rogers has the goods to follow the lightning bolt of inspiration that led her to write that breakthrough single, which began as homework for class, in only fifteen minutes. Trading banjo beginnings for burbling synthesizers, Rogers’s intimate new songs are now largely shorn of folksy trappings, and her plaintive vocals—often accompanied by gently lilting harmonies—are set to softly pulsing beats that explode in cathartic, electro-charged choruses. Opener Melanie Faye also received a social-media boost when a selfie-style video of her bluesy guitar playing was shared by SZA. Faye’s successive work, which includes “Eternally 12,” a smooth, smoky collaboration with Mac DeMarco, demonstrates that she’s a potential neo-soul star in the making. —Spencer Griffith THE RITZ, RALEIGH | 8 p.m., sold out, www.ritzraleigh.com

WHAT ELSE SHOULD I DO?

BATSHEVA DANCE COMPANY AT UNC’S MEMORIAL HALL (P. 31), BELLE BOGGS AT QUAIL RIDGE BOOKS (P. 15), BOULEVARDS AND KOOLEY HIGH AT LINCOLN THEATRE (P. 26), CHRIS MUSINA AT ONEONEONE (P. 29), GHOSTFACE AND RAEKWON AT THE RITZ (P. 18), IN A WORD AT THE FRUIT (P. 23), MOTHERS AND STRANGERS AT QUAIL RIDGE BOOKS (P. 15), THE MUSLIMS AT THE PINHOOK (P. 16), SARAH PINSKER AT THE CAVE (P. 30), RETROFANTASMA AT THE CAROLINA THEATRE (P. 19), ALAN SHAPIRO AND JONATHAN FARMER AT FLYLEAF BOOKS (P. 15), TO THE STARS BY HARD WAYS AT NIGHTLIGHT (P. 32), WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF HUGH MANGUM AT THE NASHER (P. 20), ZARA AT PSI THEATRE (P. 22) 24 | 3.27.19 | INDYweek.com

Though “auto-da-fé” is a Portuguese phrase for “act of faith,” since the Middle Ages, it’s been associated with the public penance the Inquisition imposed on its victims: burning at the stake. The frail mother and adult son in Tennessee Williams’s 1941 one-act are religious zealots of a sort, arguing over the precipitous decline of their Vieux Carré neighborhood in New Orleans. But who’s getting burned? And who’s going to light the match? Monkey Paw/Monkey Claw artistic director Nancy Merlin chose the half-hour drama for her company’s first production because of the look it offers into a toxic codependent relationship. “It also shows how shame both represses and propels our deepest, most intimate desires,” she says. “The negotiation of what’s forbidden with what we crave, and how these characters choose to act, is what makes them interesting.” Madeleine Pabis and Howard Wood star, with guest appearances from artists including Michelle Staggers and Jeff Alguire. —Byron Woods GIBSON GIRL VINTAGE, DURHAM Various times, $5–$10, gibsongirlvintage.com

FRIDAY, MARCH 29

JAZZMEIA HORN

With a name like Jazzmeia, it was fated that this twenty-seven-year-old Texas native was going to become a jazz singer. Her star has risen quickly, to say the least. Since moving to New York in 2009 to attend the New School, she has won some major accolade almost every year, including the Thelonious Monk International Vocal Jazz Competition in 2015 and the 2018 Downbeat Rising Star Female Vocalist award. Her Grammy-nominated debut album, 2017’s A Social Call, features a mix of jazz and soul standards performed with clear assurance. Her scatting and vocalise travel far afield, just as playful and colorful as the richly patterned dresses she likes to wear onstage. Reviewers have rushed to compare her to Cécile McLorin Salvant and Gregory Porter, and for good reason. It’s hard to make a mark in the world of straight-ahead jazz vocals, but Horn seems positioned to do just that. —Dan Ruccia NCSU’S STEWART THEATRE, RALEIGH 8 p.m., $28–$33, www.live.arts.ncsu.edu

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An institution in Americana for close to three decades, Patty Griffin released her tenth fulllength album this past month. It’s self-titled, perhaps as a symbolic reassertion of her identity following the tumult Griffin has weathered over the last few years. After a breast cancer diagnosis, she worried that the physical impact of illness and treatment would mean that she would not be able to return to performing. But this new release has a palpable fortitude. On one song, Griffin strums tentatively over tender strings, her voice soaring throughout her range, as she tells the story of a woman as strong and powerful as a river. She executes this concept with a skill that allows the metaphor to feel timeless rather than trite. It’s the kind of genre mastery that makes Griffin worth catching live. —Josephine McRobbie HAW RIVER BALLROOM, SAXAPAHAW 8 p.m., $35, www.hawriverballroom.com

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Years before Boulevards became Raleigh’s chic de facto funk minister, he was the prepubescent Jamil Rashad who hung out at his great-uncle Joe Frazier’s gym in North Philadelphia, occasionally stepping in between training matches to play-fight in the ring. It was not boxing but a love of music, though, which was passed down through the DNA: During the 1970s, the heavyweight icon took a weird foray into music as the frontman of the 1970s soul band Joe Frazier and The Knockouts. And while Frazier’s musical limitations mostly found him bludgeoning songs on stage, the same can’t be said for his great-nephew. Boulevard’s new single (and nod to his great-uncle), “K.M.O.,” finds Boulevards back from his previous LP, the mushy Hurtown, USA, as a roving, rocking Romeo willing to take a lusty plunge down a rabbit hole of indecision, jabbing flirty adlibs at you all the way down. Smokin’ Joe would be proud. With Kooley High and Zack Mexico. —Eric Tullis

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WED, MAR 27 CAT’S CRADLE BACK ROOM: Imani Pressley, RYXOG, Calli Wood, Kae Soul, Aja Marie, DJ K-Vass; $5-$7. 8 p.m. THE CAVE: Almost Sober, Greenwich, Trike; $5 suggested. 9 p.m. DUKE’S RUBENSTEIN LIBRARY: Ciompi Quartet; free. noon. KINGS: Tiny Moving Parts, Free Throw, World’s Greatest Dad; $16-$19. 7 p.m. LINCOLN THEATRE: Shallou, Slow Magic; $18. 8 p.m. LOCAL 506: Cherry Pools, tiLLie; $12-$15. 7:30 p.m. MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL: Raleigh Fine Arts: Choral Concert; 7 p.m. MOTORCO: Black Atlantic: Noura Mint Seymali; $25. 8 p.m. 26 | 3.27.19 | INDYweek.com

NIGHTLIGHT: 919Noise Showcase: Konbanwa, Liten Sky, Robert Shanks, Bill McConnaghy; $7. 8 p.m. THE PINHOOK:

Kyle Hamlett Uno [$8, 8 P.M.]

The longtime frontman of the Nashville-based, experimental chamber-folk band Lylas, Hamlett is also a singersongwriter of individual merit. In 2017, he released Nowhere Far, his first solo album; this week, he rolls through Durham to perform his weirdly catchy—and sometimes just plain weird— style of art-pop. Whisperer and Nathan Golub open. —Howard Hardee

SLIM’S: Gash, Cocordion, Le Weekend; $5. 9 p.m. UNC’S MEMORIAL HALL: Mitsuko Uchida and Mahler Chamber Orchestra; $82+. 7 p.m.

THU, MAR 28 THE ARTSCENTER:

William Fitzsimmons [$20, 8 P.M.]

Fitzsimmons’ sad, gentle croon might make you think of Iron & Wine, or perhaps Bon Iver, but his stories are all his own. Especially the close-to-the-bone tales that occupy his most recent record, Mission Bell, which begins as a breakup album—

and also ends as a breakup album—but puts down some harrowing heartbreak mileage in between. —Jim Allen CAT’S CRADLE BACK ROOM: Max Frost; $15-$17. 8 p.m. THE CAVE: Jeremy Blair’s Dance Party; $5 suggested. 10 p.m. KINGS:

Atomic Buzz Album Release Show [$8, 9 P.M.]

2017’s The Manimals EP demonstrated a knack for psychedelic detouring and big dynamics between bursts of skate-punk energy. But if the title track from the band’s new album, Gods of Odd, is

MOTORCO: Black Atlantic: Daymé Arocena; $10. 8 p.m. THE PEOPLE’S IMPROV THEATER: State of Uncertainty; $10. 9:30 p.m. POUR HOUSE: Local Band Local Beer: The Pearl Snap Prophets, Be The Moon, Whiskey Foxtrot; $5. 9 p.m. THE RITZ: Ghostface & Raekwon; 8 p.m.

FRI, MAR 29 ARCANA: Acisse Jay, Brian D.; 9 p.m. THE ARTSCENTER: La Patronal; $28. 8 p.m. BLUE NOTE GRILL: Willie Painter Band; $12. 9 p.m. THE BULLPEN: Dr Bacon; free. 4:30 and 11 p.m. CAT’S CRADLE: SlugWife Takeover, Broken Note, Kursa, Seppa, CHEE, Houman; $20-$25. 9 p.m. CAT’S CRADLE BACK ROOM:

Parker Millsap [SOLD OUT, 8 P.M.]

Millsap started making records while he was still in his teens, so even though he’s only in his mid-twenties now, he’s achieved more artistic evolution than some songwriters manage in a lifetime. On his latest album, Other Arrangements, he uses more loud guitars and rock and roll grooves than ever. It’ll be interesting to see how he interprets those tracks in a one-man-show setting, like the Cradle’s intimate backroom. —Jim Allen

quartet’s 2017 demo eschews drippy reverb and tremolo runs for breezy and lo-fi indie-pop that merges the classicist bent of bands like The Explorer’s Club of The Donkeys, with the shaggy, affable tunes of indie icons Sebadoh or Pavement. Seeking Madras and Rosemary round out the bill. —Bryan C. Reed DUKE’S BALDWIN AUDITORIUM: Black Atlantic: Dafnis Prieto Big Band; $25. 8 p.m. DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER:

Widespread Panic [$97+, 7:30 P.M.]

For three nights, this legendary rock band from Athens, Georgia will grace the DPAC with its jammy blend of Southern-rock, blues, and funk. Formed in 1986, Widespread Panic first got noticed by the national press in the early nineties and subsequently became an enduring touring act in the same vein as the Grateful Dead and Phish. In the decades since, the band has released dozens of live albums displaying the band’s affinity for extra noodly, hours-long jam-outs. —Howard Hardee KINGS: The Old Sioux Summer Album Release Show with Propersleep, Goodbye, Titan; $10. 9 p.m. LINCOLN THEATRE: Reckless Kelly, Paul Thorn; $22-$35. 8 p.m. LOCAL 506:

Thelma & the Sleaze and Bangzz [$10–$12, 9 P.M.]

THE CAVE:

Nashville’s Thelma & The Sleaze mixes the wild and trashy tendencies of Southern Culture on the Skids with a catalog that careens from hulking, headbanging riffs riding atop menacing stoner metal grooves, to sweetsounding sixties garage ditties. Incendiary Durham duo Bangzz blasts through ferocious, feminist punk with furious howls while Codeine Haze swirls bits of surf and psych into its grimy rock. —Spencer Griffith

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THE MAYWOOD: MechaBull, Icarus Airline, Cubozoa; $10. 9 p.m.

Given the name and the coastal hometown, it’s tempting to imagine Wilmington’s Reef Blower as a surf band. But the

MOTORCO: Black Atlantic: The Campbell Brothers; $25. 8 p.m. NCSU’S STEWART THEATRE: Jazzmeia Horn; $28-$33. 8 p.m.

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NIGHTLIGHT: Cosmic New Year: Karina, RyanG, Honda; 10 p.m.

CAT’S CRADLE BACK ROOM: Spiral Stairs, Hamish Kilgour; $12. 8 p.m.

PNC ARENA: The Millennium Tour: B2K, Mario, Pretty Ricky, Lloyd, Ying Yang Twins, Chingy, Bobby V; 8 p.m.

THE CAVE: Ruse de Guerre, Spider Bitch; 9 p.m. CHURCH OF RECONCILIATION: Raleigh Flute Choir; donations. 7 p.m. DUKE’S BALDWIN AUDITORIUM: Ciompi Quartet; $25. 8 p.m. DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: Widespread Panic; 7:30 p.m.

POUR HOUSE: The Bleeding Hearts, The Girls, Karbuncle, Will St Creek; $5-$10. 9 p.m. THE RITZ: Stardust to Ashes; 8 p.m. SHARP NINE GALLERY: Brandon Mitchell Quartet; $20. 8 p.m. SLIM’S: Matt Southern & Lost Gold, jphono1 and the Chevrons; $5. 9 p.m. THE STATION: Love & Valor; free. 8 p.m.

SAT, MAR 30 ARCANA: Lynn Grissett Trio; 9:30 p.m. BLUE NOTE GRILL: Carolina Harp Fest: Buddy Greene, Johnny Sansone, Todd Parrott, Paul Messinger, Chris Turner, Jerry Fierro, Tom Dikon, Bill Newton; $15. 6 p.m. THE BULLPEN: Psylo Joe, Purple Schoolbus; free. 4:30 and 11 p.m. CAT’S CRADLE: Carbon Leaf; $20$25. 8 p.m.

KINGS: Dirty Logic: A Steely Dan Tribute; $12-$15. 9 p.m. THE KRAKEN: Old Ceremony; free. 8 p.m. LOCAL 506: Shelles, Dove Legs, Flash Car; $8. 9 p.m. THE MAYWOOD: Driver, The Williams Family Band; free. 9 p.m. MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL: N.C. Symphony: Carnival of the Animals; 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. MOTORCO: Black Atlantic: Danilo Brito; $25. 8 p.m. NIGHTLIGHT: Body Politic: Ayao, Rahl, Aldo Gibran, Lady Fingers; $7. 10 p.m.

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Lilly Hiatt has a natural gift for songwriting—likely inherited, at least in part, from her troubadour father, John—that she showcased splendidly on 2017’s Trinity Lane, where she paired mournful, melodic roots rock tunes with her heartfelt, drawling vocals. Blue Cactus breaks from recording its sophomore LP to deliver a set of classic honky-tonk weepers and cosmic twang evocative of Neil Young, both buoyed by radiant harmonies. —Spencer Griffith THE RITZ: Gilberto Santa Rosa; 8 p.m. SCHOOLKIDS RECORDS: Emo Raleigh N.C. Showcase; free. 6 p.m. SHARP NINE GALLERY: Brian Horton Quartet; $20. 8 p.m. SLIM’S: Charles Latham and The Borrowed Band; $5. 9 p.m. THE STATION: DJ Aviation Parkway; free. 10 p.m.

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POUR HOUSE: Los Colognes, Raptor Taxi; $10-$12. 9 p.m.

BLUE NOTE GRILL: Atomic Rhythm All-Stars; 5 p.m.

THE RITZ: Maggie Rogers; 8 p.m.

THE BULLPEN: Barefoot Manner; free. 4:30 p.m. CAT’S CRADLE: The Midnight; $20-$22. 8 p.m. DUKE’S NELSON MUSIC ROOM: Duke Chinese Music Ensemble; free. 5 p.m. DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER: Widespread Panic; 7:30 p.m. HAW RIVER BALLROOM: Patty Griffin, Scott Miller; $35. 8 p.m. MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL: N.C. Master Chorale: Haydn’s The Creation; 3 p.m.

RUBY DELUXE: Tescon Pol, Nite Beast, Streak of Tigers; 8 p.m.

MON, APR 1 KINGS: Vacation Manor, Briston Maroney; $10-$12. 8 p.m. LINCOLN THEATRE: Buckethead; $22. 8 p.m. ST. MICHAEL’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH: The Choir of Clare College; $25. 7 p.m.

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NIGHTLIGHT: Pedestrian Deposit, CFVS III, Governance, Housefire; $7. 9 p.m.

Under the nom de guerre Old Sea Brigade, Nashvillevia-Atlanta songwriter Ben Cramer endeavors to gird the textural leanings of The

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National to the plaintive, plainspoken folk of Iron and Wine. But the ambient whirs and whooshes often wipe out Cramer’s spare instrumentals and undercut his sharp knack for melancholy. Played straight, these songs could be gut punches. —Patrick Wall THE CAVE:

Calvin Arsenia [$5 SUGGESTED, 9 P.M.]

The word “harpist” conjures up images of a certain type of performance: a concert hall, a formally-dressed musician, a gentle glissando. Calvin Arsenia is not that kind of harpist. In some songs, the harp is a bright, delicate strand running through textured, tightly woven pop. In other songs, it’s punctuation for a soulful riff. But the real star is his voice, which can go from plaintive

to soaring in the span of a single verse. —Elizabeth Szypulski DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER

Gary Clark Jr. [SOLD OUT, 8 P.M.]

Clark’s latest outing, This Land, is probably his biggest statement to date, both musically and lyrically. He freely tosses together stinging blues licks, raw rock and roll momentum, hiphop touches, R&B grooves, and more, all the while taking dead aim at the ills of the current sociopolitical landscape. The days of people defining him only as a blues artist are seemingly over, but his rep for fiery live performances lives on. —Jim Allen LOCAL 506: DBUK (Slim Cessna’s Auto Club), Norman Westberg (Swans); $12-$14. 8 p.m.

SHARP NINE GALLERY: Triangle Jazz Orchestra; 7 p.m. SLIM’S: Plant, Harrison Ford Mustang; $5. 9 p.m. THE STATION: Peter Holsapple Combo Residency; 8 p.m.

WED, APR 3 FLETCHER OPERA THEATER: Graham Nash; $58-$96. 7 p.m. ARCANA: Calvin Arsenia; 8 p.m. CAT’S CRADLE BACK ROOM: Aaron Lee Tasjan, Rorey Carroll; $15. 8 p.m. THE CAVE: Palehorse; 9 p.m. NEPTUNES:

Mike Mains & the Branches [$10, 9 P.M.]

Philosophically, the Japanese art of Kintsugi treats the breakage and repair of a piece of pottery as part of its history; its scars aren’t something to

disguise, but to celebrate. The emotive, eighties-indebted pop rock of Mike Mains takes the same tack. Consider “Breathing Underwater,” from last year’s We Were in Love. A song about Mains’s crumbling marriage—to the keyboardist of his backing band, Branches, no less—features those scars prominently, giving character to an otherwise nondescript face. —Patrick Wall NIGHTLIGHT: Ironing, Liquid Asset, Ancestor Piratas, DJ Karl Raymar; $7. 9 p.m. POUR HOUSE: UN!TY, Tanajah; $8-$10. 9 p.m. SLIM’S: Yuckmouf., Wormtooth, Shadows; $7. 9 p.m.

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CHRIS MUSINA: PARADISE Sometimes it seems like artist statements are supposed to take hundreds of words to say not much of anything, but apparently, nobody told UNC art MFA program alumnus Chris Musina, who gets it done in five words: “I’m tired of the Anthropocene.” Paradise, his new exhibit at Oneoneone, bears this out. The animal-loving artist has started including humans in his new oil paintings, but with their backs turned to us, making them anonymous billboards for the vivid swordfish swimming on their T-shirts or the dolphins leaping in their tattoos. Other times, people stay out of the frame entirely—but is “Alligator in a Swimming Pool” implying a sort of funny Florida story about a ‘gator getting into a pool, or a post-apocalyptic vision of a world where the animals have taken over? Well, which do you want it to be? Musina’s exhibit runs through May after this opening reception. —Brian Howe

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OPENING Best of North Carolina 2019: Various artists and media. Mar 30-May 14. Reception: Mar 31, 1-4 p.m. Gallery C, Raleigh. galleryc.net. Tai Kulenic: reclamation: Mixed media. Mar 29-31. The Carrack Modern Art, Durham. thecarrack.org. Christian Marclay: Surround Sounds: Synchronized silent video installation. Mar 28-Sep 3. Nasher Museum of Art, Durham. nasher.duke.edu. Small Treasures: Juried exhibit. Mar 29-Apr 19. Cary Gallery of Artists, Cary. carygalleryofartists.org.

ONGOING Abstract Matters: Juried art show winners. Thru Mar 31. 311 Gallery & Studios, Raleigh. All the Pop: Thru Jun 2. Nasher Museum of Art, Durham. nasher.duke.edu. Amanda Barr: Group Hoarder Face Time: Performance art. Thru Apr 27. Lump, Raleigh. lumpprojects.org.

The Beautiful Brain: The Drawings of Santiago Ramón y Cajal: Thru Apr 7. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill. ackland.org. Jasmine Best: Screened In: Sculptural elements constructed with textiles, fabric, and sewing notions. Thru May 12. CAM Raleigh, Raleigh. camraleigh.org. Beyond Despair: An Environmental Call for Art: Work from 33 artists about, including, and referencing the environment. Thru Jun 22. National Humanities Center, Durham.vaeraleigh.org. Jenny Blazing: Worlds in Process: Various media. Thru Apr 1. Pleiades Gallery, Durham. pleiadesartsdurham.com. Sophie Chunn: HagerSmith: Reception: Apr 5, 6-9 p.m. Thru Apr 30. VAE Raleigh, Raleigh. vaeraleigh.org. Color and Light: Susan Filley, Sasha Bakaric, Sudie Rakusin, and Peg Bachenheimer. Thru Apr 6. FRANK Gallery, Chapel Hill. frankisart.com. Dust of the Zulu: Sound, photography, and video. Thru

Apr 15. Rubenstein Arts Center at Duke University, Durham. artscenter.duke.edu.

Brett Morris: Monoliths: Thru Mar 30. Artspace, Raleigh. artspacenc.org.

Thru Jan 2020. 21c Museum Hotel, Durham. 21cmuseumhotels.com.

Thru Jul. 21c Museum Hotel, Durham. 21cmuseumhotels. com/durham.

Carrie Fonder: Mixed media. Thru Apr 6. VAE Raleigh, Raleigh. vaeraleigh.org.

National Print Invitational: Curated by Bill Fick and Judy Jones. Thru Apr 6. Artspace, Raleigh.

reNautilus: Thru Jul. 21c Museum Hotel, Durham. 21cmuseumhotels.com.

Cheryl Thurber: Documenting Gravel Springs, Mississippi, in the 1970s: Photos. Thru May. UNC Campus: Wilson Special Collections Library, Chapel Hill.

Stephen Hayes: Legacy, Legacy, Legacy: Mixed media. Thru May 19. CAM Raleigh, Raleigh. I AM A MAN: Civil Rights Photographs, 1960-1970: Thru May 31. Center for the Study of the American South, Chapel Hill. south.unc.edu. John James Audubon: The Birds of America: Ornithological engravings. Thru Dec 2020. NC Museum of Art, Raleigh. ncartmuseum.org. Judy Keene: Numinous: Paintings. Thru May 4. Craven Allen Gallery, Durham. Left-Handed Liberty: Multiple artists. Thu Jun 23. Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh. gregg.arts.ncsu.edu. Sean Livingstone & Erica Gimson: From Here to Their: Paintings and cyanotype prints. Thru May 4. Horse & Buggy Press and Friends, Durham. mailchi.mp.

N.C. Artists Exhibition: Juried group show. Thru Jun 9. CAM Raleigh, Raleigh. ralfinearts.org. Susan Harbage Page: Borderlands: Documentary photos and found objects from the US-Mexico border. Thru Jul 28. Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh. gregg.arts.ncsu.edu. Paintings from the Estate of Wladimir de (Wlodzimierz) Terlikowski: Thru Mar 27. Gallery C, Raleigh. galleryc.net. Pop América, 1965-1975: Latin American pop art. Thru Jul 21. Discussion with Esther Gabara: Mar 22, noon. Nasher Museum of Art, Durham. nasher.duke.edu.

Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris: Their World Is Not Our World: Video installation. Thru Jul 7. NC Museum of Art, Raleigh. ncartmuseum.org. The Secret Ingredient: Thru Mar 31. Pleiades Gallery, Durham. Susie Silver: Paintings. Thru Apr 15. Aloft Hotel, Chapel Hill. vaeraleigh.org. Mariam Stephan: In the Arches, We Cave: Paintings. Thru Apr 6. Artspace, Raleigh. Tilden Stone: Southern Surreal: Furniture. Thru Sep 8. Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh. gregg.arts.ncsu.edu. SuperGraphic Print Lab: Thru Apr 6. Artspace, Raleigh. artspacenc.org.

Portraits of Durham: 64 local artists. Thru May 2. Durham Arts Council, Durham.

Ashley Swindoll: Embodiment: Mixed media. Thru Apr 14. The Scrap Exchange, Durham. scrapexchange.org.

Portraying Power and Identity: A Global Perspective:

William Paul Thomas: Disrupting Homogeny: Portraits.

Under The Rug: UNC MFA Thesis Art Exhibition: Group show. Thru Apr 6. Durham Fruit Company, Durham. Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897-1922: Thru May 19. Nasher Museum of Art, Durham. nasher.duke.edu. Whispers & Echoes: Eduardo Lapetina, Arianna Bara, and Michael Salemi. Thru Apr 21. Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, Hillsborough. hillsboroughgallery.com. Tom Willis: Journey: Paintings. Thru Apr 12. Durham Convention Center, Durham. durhamarts.org. Within the Frame: Photos. Thru Jul 7. NC Museum of Art, Raleigh. ncartmuseum.org. INDYweek.com | 3.27.19 | 29

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SARAH PINSKER: SOONER OR LATER EVERYTHING FALLS INTO THE SEA Having already crisscrossed the states for two decades promoting her indie label singer-songwriter and rock releases—with the van repair bills to prove it—Baltimorebased author Sarah Pinsker may need to get more used to packing books than guitars and amps. With a new collection, Sooner or Later Everything Falls Into the Sea: Stories, just out from Small Beer Press collecting the best of her award-winning short speculative fiction to date, and her debut science fiction novel, A Song For A New Day, due this September from Penguin Random House literary fiction imprint Berkley, Pinsker’s off-beat, smart writing star is on the rise, even as she sets to work on a fourth album. For now, though, we get both the books and the music in one of the more unique shows on the calendar. —Samuel Montgomery-Blinn

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Philip Gerard, The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina 2pm Samia Serageldin and Lee Smith, Mothers and Strangers: 4.1 Essays on Motherhood from the New South 7pm Ann Ross, Miss Julia Takes the Wheel 3pm 4.3 Ruth Reichl, Save Me the Plums 7pm www.quailridgebooks.com • 919.828.1588 • North Hills 4209-100 Lassiter Mill Road, Raleigh, NC 27609 CHECK OUT OUR PODCAST: BOOKIN’ w/Jason Jefferies

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Crank Arm Brewing Co, Raleigh. crankarmbrewing.com.

Belle Boggs: The Gulf: A Novel. Tue, Apr 2, 7 p.m. Regulator Bookshop, Durham. regulatorbookshop.com.

N.C. Poetry Society Reading: Doug Stuber, Priscilla WebsterWilliams, and Earl Huband. Sun, Mar 31, 2 p.m. McIntyre’s Books Pittsboro mcintyresbooks.com

Philip Gerard: Civil War history The Last Battleground. Sun, Mar 31, 2 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh. quailridgebooks.com.

Ruth Reichl: Memoir Save Me the Plums. Wed, Apr 3, 7 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh. quailridgebooks.com.

Alice Bingham Gorman: Novel Valeria Vose. With author Lee Smith. Wed, Mar 27, 6 p.m. Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill. flyleafbooks.com.

Ann Ross: Novel Miss Julia Takes the Wheel. Wed, Apr 3, 3 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh. quailridgebooks.com.

Jeremy Holden: Halo of Power: A Mal Thomas Mystery. Thu, Mar 28, 5 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh. quailridgebooks.com. Gillian McDunn: Debut children’s novel Caterpillar Summer. Sat, Mar 30, 2 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh. quailridgebooks.com. Roger McNamee: Zucked: Waking Up to the Facebook Catastrophe. Thu, Mar 28, 7 p.m.

Samia Serageldin & Lee Smith: Personal essay collection Mothers and Strangers. Readings from other contributing authors, including Jill McCorkle, Steven Petrow, Hal Crowther and Elaine Orr. Mon, Apr 1, 7 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh. quailridgebooks.com. Alan Shapiro & Jonathan Farmer: Authors in conversation. Tue, Apr 2, 7 p.m. Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill. flyleafbooks.com.

William Sturkey: Southern history Hattiesburg. Thu, Mar 28, 7 p.m. Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill. flyleafbooks.com. Frank Van Riper: Photo memoir Recovered Memory. Mon, Apr 1, 7 p.m. Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill. flyleafbooks.com.

LECTURES ETC. Rahill Jamilifard & Lenny Lynch: Habibi band members in conversation with Duke’s Negar Mottahedeh. Refreshments. Wed, Apr 3, noon. The Pinhook, Durham. thepinhook.com. Samuel R. Delany: An Evening of Science Fiction and Conversation: Wed, Apr 3, 7 p.m. Regulator Bookshop, Durham. regulatorbookshop. com. The Value of Education: More Than Just Test Scores: Dr. Helen Ladd, co-author of Educational Goods: Values, Evidence, and Decision Making. Thu, Mar 28, 7 p.m. CAM Raleigh, Raleigh. camraleigh.org.

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stage OPENING Best of NC Comedy Showcase: Tank Smith, Tori Chaffee, Will Purpura, Brian Piccolo, Mike Mello, and host Austin Howard. Mar 31-Apr 1. Motorco, Durham. motorcomusic.com. Best of the City Roundup: Comedy. Wed, Mar 27, 8 p.m. Goodnights, Raleigh. goodnightscomedy.com. Boston Marriage: Meredith Ensemble Theatre. Play. Apr 3-7. Meredith College’s Studio Theatre, Raleigh. meredith.edu. Comedy in a Cave: With Michelle Maclay. Thu, Mar 28, 7 p.m. The Cave, Chapel Hill. caverntavern.com. Emilie: Mar 29-Apr 14. Sonorous Road Theatre, Raleigh. sonorousroad.com.

Outfluenced: An Evening of Queer Storytelling: $8. Thu, Mar 28, 8 p.m. The People’s Improv Theater, Chapel Hill. thepit-chapelhill.com.

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Gary Owen: Comedy. Mar 28-31. Goodnights, Raleigh. goodnightscomedy.com. Raleigh Dance Theatre: Spring Repertoire: Sat, Mar 30, Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh. dukeenergycenterraleigh.com.

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Fools and Follies Cabaret: Two-Way Street Theatre. $15. Mar 31-Apr 1. Sonorous Road Theatre, Raleigh. sonorousroad.com.

A Sight to See: Variety show. Mike Mello, QMEDIAN, The Verdict Podcast, and more. $20+. Wed, Apr 3, 8 p.m. Kings, Raleigh. kingsraleigh.com.

How I Learned to Drive: Play. $15+. Apr 3-21. UNC’s Paul Green Theatre, Chapel Hill. playmakersrep.org.

Starpower National Talent Competition: Mar 28-31. Memorial Auditorium, Raleigh. starpowertalent.com.

Fabulous Fakes Las Vegas Review: Tribute performers. $15-$25. Thru Mar 30 Legends, Raleigh. legends-club.com.

Mike Mello: Comedy. $10. Sat, Mar 30, 8 p.m. Goodnights, Raleigh. goodnightscomedy.com.

The Mikado: The Durham Savoyards. $22-$32. Mar 28-31. Carolina Theatre, Durham. carolinatheatre.org.

In A Word: Bulldog Ensemble Theater. $10-$20. Thru Apr 7. Durham Fruit Company, Durham. bulldogdurham.org.

One Who Says Yes: UNC Opera. $10. Mar 30-31. UNC’s Hill Hall, Chapel Hill. music.unc.edu.

Wiesenthal: Musical. Tue, Apr 2, 7 p.m. Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh. dukeenergycenterraleigh.com.

Where Words Once Were: Thru Apr 7. Kennedy Theatre, Raleigh. dukeenergycenterraleigh.com.

Bonnie and Clyde: The Mar 31. North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre, Raleigh. nract.org.

It’s all about the context. Maybe that’s the point Israeli choreographer Ohad Naharin is trying to make with his full-length work Venezuela, coming to UNC’s Memorial Hall this week. The show features a forty-minute piece set largely to Gregorian chants and featuring the idiosyncratic, all-in, intensely personal style that Naharin and his Batsheva Dance Company are famous for. And then, as soon as the piece ends, it begins again, this time with the same choreography but different dancers and music—and a very different vibe. Does the partnering seem more sensual when it’s backed by “Ae Ajnabi,” by Indian musicians Mahalakshmi Iyer and Udit Narayan, rather than droning male voices? Is there an explicitly political tone with Rage Against the Machine as the accompaniment? But don’t worry, it’s not a test. It’s an experiment, one Naharin had reportedly been itching to try for decades: What does movement mean when the backdrop changes? —Amanda Abrams

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screen SPECIAL SHOWINGS Animation Show of Shows: Foreign short films. Showtimes online. $3-$5. Thru Mar 29. The Cary Theater, Cary. thecarytheater.com. Bellingcat: Truth in a PostTruth World: Documentary. Discussion with Aric Toler (Bellingcat) to follow. Wed, Apr 3, 7 p.m. UNC’s Nelson Mandela Auditorium, FedEx Global Education Center, Chapel Hill. cseees.unc.edu. Death Race 2000: Mon, Apr 1, 7 p.m. Schoolkids Records, Raleigh. schoolkidsrecords.com. Duke MFA in Experimental and Documentary Arts Thesis Exhibition: Full schedule of events online. Thru Apr 14. Power Plant Gallery, Durham. MFAEDA2019.org.

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Eco Film Series: Documentaries. Full schedule online. Apr 3-5. Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh. gregg.arts.ncsu.edu. Fast Five: Mon, Apr 1, 7 p.m. Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh. drafthouse.com. Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice: Cine-East: East Asian Cinema series. Mon, Apr 1, 7 p.m. Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater, Durham. ami.duke.edu. Hale County This Morning, This Evening: Wed, Apr 3, 7 p.m. Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater, Durham. ami.duke.edu. Hits of 1999 Video Dance Party: Fri, Mar 29, 8 p.m. Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh. drafthouse.com. Supa Modo: Sun, Mar 31, 2 p.m. Rubenstein Arts Center Film Theater, Durham. ami.duke.edu.

GENDER IN COFFEE The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot: Sat, Mar 30, 5 p.m. Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh. drafthouse.com/ raleigh. This Magnificent Cake!: Animation. $8-$10. Thu, Mar 28, noon. Carolina Theatre, Durham. carolinatheatre.org.

OPENING Dumbo—Disney and Tim Burton team up to transform beloved childhood memories into live-action nightmare fuel. You’re welcome? Rated PG.

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 The Favourite—Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster) infuses this lurid period melodrama with his unmistakable sensibility of cruelty and absurdity. Rated R. ½ Glass—In the conclusion of Shyamalan’s sort-of superhero trilogy, the big reveal is that there was never much to reveal at all. Rated PG-13. ½ The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part—Though there’s a live-action subplot, the little plastic people and their incessant pop-culture references remain the heart and soul of the franchise. Rated PG.

The Dead Zone & Misery: $10. Fri, Mar 29, 7 p.m. Carolina Theatre, Durham. carolinatheatre.org.

½ Aquaman—This ludicrous DC Comics film runs on seawater and flop sweat. Rated PG-13.

½ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse—Not only is it a good Spider-Man story, this animated film introduces welcome diversity to the tale of Peter Parker. Rated PG.

The Headless Woman: Ackland Film Forum. $7. Tue, Apr 2, 7 p.m. Varsity Theatre, Chapel Hill. varsityonfranklin.com.

 Captain Marvel— Brie Larson plays Vers, an intergalactic fighter who begins questioning who she is. Rated PG-13.

 Us—Jordan Peele’s Get Out follow-up pairs a haunting atmosphere with humor and a chilling call to action. Rated R.

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According to a study released by the International Coffee Organization in 2018, up to 30 percent of coffee farms are operated by women, and up to 70 percent of coffee-production labor is done by women. Still, they have lower access than men to resources such as land, credit, and information, resulting in a gap in economic rewards. Gender in Coffee, a documentary by Xavier Hamon and Hannah Stapleton, traces coffee’s path from a family farm in Chiapas, Mexico, to roasters and cafes, examining the roles of women along the way. For Women’s History Month, Carrboro Coffee Roasters is hosting a free-with-RSVP screening at Open Eye Cafe to support the Partnership for Gender Equity’s Equal Origins program. “The Equal Origins program is a perfect fit with the mission statement and actions of our company,” says Open Eye and Carrboro Coffee Roasters’ Scott Conary. “Working with this program will allow us to broaden our impact for true sustainability through equal access and support.” The cafe will serve pour-over coffees from some of the women-owned farms it works with. —Brian Howe

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food & drink Beer & Empanadas: Beer, food, and live music. Sat, Mar 30, 4 p.m. Durty Bull Brewing Company, Durham. durtybull.com. Farmhouse Cider & Wine Tasting: Saturdays, Sundays, 2-6 p.m. Botanist & Barrel, Cedar Grove. botanistandbarrel.com.

Food Truck Rodeo: Fourteen area food trucks. Sun, Mar 31, 1 p.m. Downtown Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill. townofchapelhill.org. Four Saints Beer Dinner: Beer sampling, four-course dinner, and beer pairing. $120. Thu, Mar 28, 5 p.m. Fearrington Village, Pittsboro. fearrington.com.

Literary Luncheon with Ruth Reichl: Ticketed luncheon with food writer and restaurant critic Ruth Reichl to mark the release of her memoir, Save Me the Plums. $90. Wed, Apr 3, noon. Fearrington Barn, Pittsboro. fearrington.com.

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