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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK 6 There are 27,385 DACA recipients in North Carolina. Now their lives are in limbo. 9 Three candidates in the at-large Raleigh City Council race have risen to the top of the heap—at least in fundraising. 10 When he heard the KKK was coming to downtown Durham, Dwayne Dixon grabbed a semiautomatic rifle.

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6 Triangulator 8 News 13 Fall Arts Guide 38 What to Do This Week 41 Music Calendar 45 Arts & Culture Calendar

15 In twenty years, Yep Roc Records has flourished by sticking to a simple philosophy: sign the artists whose music you love. 19 Heather Gordon’s solo show at CAM Raleigh is rooted in her childhood fear of being consumed by the dying sun. 25 Annalee Newitz’s debut novel teams a military agent with a robot to catch a “pharmaceutical Robin Hood,” disseminating cheap but dangerous prescriptions. 32 “Finished” with heirloom tomatoes, celery seed, and peppercorns, Dingo Dog’s American wheat ale flirts with a Bloody Mary.

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NCDOT TO HOLD A PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING THE PROPOSED WIDENING OF I-40 AND THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AT I-40 AND N.C. 42 INTERCHANGE STIP Project Nos: I-5111 & I-4739 The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting regarding two projects to make improvements to Interstate 40 in Wake and Johnston Counties. Project I-5111 proposes to widen I-40 between exit 301 in Raleigh and exit 312 in Johnston County. The purpose of widening I-40 in this area is to improve the level of service throughout the length of the 11-mile project. Project I-4739 proposes to improve the interchange at I-40 and N.C. 42 (exit 312) in Johnston County. The purpose of the work is to improve the function of the interchange and its ability to handle large volumes of traffic in the Cleveland area of Johnston County.

The meeting will take place on Monday, October 2, at the Garner United Methodist Church, located at 201 Methodist Drive from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The public may attend at any time during those hours. NCDOT representatives will be available to answer questions and listen to comments regarding the project. The opportunity to submit written comments will also be provided at the meeting or via phone, email, or mail by October 20, 2017. Comments received will be taken into consideration as the project develops. Please note that no formal presentation will be made. Project information and materials can be viewed as they become available online at http://www.ncdot.gov/projects/publicmeetings. For additional information, contact Robert Deaton, NCDOT Project Development Engineer by mail: 1548 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699 by phone: (919) 707-6017, or via email: rdeaton@ncdot.gov. NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Tamara Makhlouf, Human Environment Section via e-mail at tmakhlouf@ncdot.gov or by phone (919) 707-6072 as early as possible so that arrangements can be made. Persons who speak Spanish and do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800- 481-6494. Aquellas personas que hablan español y no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800- 481-6494.

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backtalk Cracked and Packed Last week, we posed the question of whether Durham’s method of electing ward representatives citywide needs to be reevaluated. Commenter Durham451 doesn’t think so: “There’s a reason the N.C. General Assembly has left Durham alone while it interfered in local elections in other cities. From Wake to Guilford to Buncombe counties, the NCGA has cracked and packed Democratic voters by gerrymandering local voting districts in an attempt to influence local elections for county commission, city council, and even school board. Enacting ward-only voting in Durham would be an invitation for the NCGA to step in and draw those wards, cracking and packing Durham Democrats in an attempt to open the door for the likes of pro-Trump Republicans like John Best to return to the city council. If you want an anythinggoes, pro-development, anti-environment Durham City Council, then a ward system is the way to go. If not, let’s leave our current system alone and keep pushing Durham forward.” Frank Hyman, meanwhile, is perturbed by the Durham People’s Alliance’s decision to endorse John Rooks Jr. over Mark-Anthony Middleton in the Ward 2 race. “The PA meeting was packed by supporters of Rooks,” he writes. “Without that, the organization would have endorsed Middleton, who has won victories for working people by collaborating with PA and Durham CAN for years. This campaign is in danger of becoming a referendum on who claims to care the most. But progressives should support the candidates who can do the most for working families.” Counters Steven Materly: “It is my understanding that there were a total of eight MacDougald Terrace residents who came to that PA endorsement meeting. They had the red badges, which meant they could speak but not vote, and that is exactly what they did. They convinced people to back Rooks and not Pastor Middleton by the power of their arguments. I think Mr. Hyman is just ticked off because these poor black women were able to work the system to their advantage.” This is a good time to remind you that the INDY’s endorsements in the Durham City

Council races—as well as for elections in Raleigh, Cary, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, and for Carrboro-Chapel Hill City Schools—will be released in next week’s issue. Moving on. Andrew Magowan takes issue with our recent story on The Lakeside. “It was great to read the Mendoza and Appolonia families’ perspective on one aspect of the development that is coming to their neighborhood,” he writes. “The unfiltered voices and opinions of lower-income people are seldom heard anywhere in the American media, including in the INDY. “My problem with the article is that it needlessly spotlighted one single business and one single business owner, putting The Lakewood and its owner Phoebe Lawless in the hot seat for the crime of gentrification. Ms. Lawless is a super-talented chef who cares about the community, supports family farms by buying locally grown food, and provides a nice service to Durham in the form of delicious and well-made food. Do she and her new business deserve to be raked over the coals (so to speak) because the food she wishes to serve is more expensive than the Mexican restaurant a few blocks away? “Could Ms. Bouloubasis not have spoken to even one more person in Ms. Lawless’s position? Any restaurateur who has opened a restaurant in Durham in the past ten years would have fit the bill. We all have played our part in gentrification. Even in the Lakewood neighborhood she focuses on, she made apparently no effort to speak with other people who have opened or are planning to open businesses there. Cocoa Cinnamon opened a few weeks ago and has made great efforts at inclusivity and affordability. What about the folks who are opening the Food Hall in the Lakewood Shopping Center? Or just up the street, the Durham Co-Op, which is also too expensive for many of the neighborhood’s residents? “This strikes me as a failure on the part of the INDY’s editors.”

“Let’s leave our current system alone.”

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DACA, BY THE NUMBERS

Last week, in a statement littered with distortions, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the Trump administration would end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in March. DACA, an Obama initiative that provides work permits and protection from deportation to undocumented immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children, began in 2012. Several right-wing state attorneys general threatened

to sue, arguing that President Obama’s executive order amounted to overreach. President Trump, while professing to “have a love” for Dreamers, opted not to fight for them. Trump has called on Congress to pass a bill making DACA law; whether Republicans in Congress will do so remains to be seen. For now, nearly eight hundred thousand young adults, most of whom have known no other home, are in limbo.

787,580

618,342 DACA recipients from Mexico

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228,000

887,000

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23,825

$1.2 b

Amount ending DACA is estimated to cost North Carolina over ten years

Percentage of North Carolina people eligible for DACA who are from Mexico or Central America

DACA recipients as of March 31, 2017

The number of people who have committed a felony, a significant misdemeanor, or three other misdemeanor offenses who are eligible for DACA

Amount ending DACA is estimated to cost the U.S. over ten years

Percentage of people in North Carolina who were eligible for DACA who applied in the program’s first two years

Percentage of the DACA-eligible North Carolina population at or below the poverty line

Number of DACA applications the U.S. had received as of March 2017

DACA recipients’ average age of arrival in the U.S.

Percentage of Americans who believe Dreamers should be eligible for citizenship

Number of people eligible for DACA

Percentage of DACA recipients who have a job or are enrolled in school

Estimated number of North Carolina DACA recipients who have jobs

Percentage of Americans who believe Dreamers should be allowed to stay and become permanent residents

Number of children who will be eligible for DACA upon turning fifteen

Percentage of the DACA-eligible population currently enrolled in college

29,584

Initial applications for DACA in North Carolina

Percentage of the DACA-eligible North Carolina population that earns 200 percent of the federal poverty line or more

27,385

DACA recipients in North Carolina

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PERIPHERAL VISIONS | V.C. ROGERS

+COME TOGETHER Dozens of local businesses are teaming up to provide support to people affected by Hurricane Harvey in Houston, a powerful storm that battered the hurricane-vulnerable city and left an estimated thirty people dead. The effort is spearheaded by Rally + Relief NC, an organization founded by Raleigh resident Jedidiah Gant last year after Hurricane Matthew slammed southeastern North Carolina. Gant, who frantically tried to reach his family in Lumberton after Matthew made landfall, was heartbroken to see the destruction the storm wrought on the town he lived in for two decades. So he banded together with his friend and Capital Club 16 chef Jake Wolf and founded Rally + Relief NC to raise funds. More than thirty other businesses joined in, and they pooled together more than $30,000 for Matthew’s victims. Gant hadn’t expected to have to restart

the campaign this year. In fact, a few weeks ago he was reviewing his social media accounts and deleted the “Rally + Relief ” bookmark. But then Harvey happened. And he was flooded with images and news updates that reminded him of everything North Carolina went through after Matthew. “All the situations and unexpected devastation in Houston hit me, and those emotions came back from last year,” Gant says. “That was me and my family.” Gant fired up the social media account and decided to focus the organization’s fundraising efforts on Houston. He tapped into his Raleigh business networks and got nearly thirty business back on board with the campaign—see the entire list at rallyandreliefnc.com—pledging to donate percentages of their proceeds to the Greater Houston Community Foundation, a taxdeductible foundation. For maximum inclusivity, Gant lets each business choose the percentage of proceeds it will donate—“I would rather them choose the percentage than not do it,” he says—and he’ll collect all the checks when the campaign is over and send them directly to the Greater Houston Community Foundation. The fundraising benefit will kick off this Saturday. “To me, it’s just about a community of businesses coming together to raise money for other people in need,” Gant adds. And after Irma’s wrath last weekend, it’s possible they’ll be hearing from Gant again. triangulator@indyweek.com This week’s report by Jeffrey C. Billman, Thomas Goldsmith, and Erica Hellerstein.

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To focus voters—and the all-Democratic Wake County Board of Commissioners— on how school funding might affect their reelection bids next year, Raleigh pollster Dean Debnam released a survey Monday that says 82 percent of likely Democratic primary voters think commissioners should have fully funded the Wake school board’s budget request, which they did not. Debnam owns the Democratic-leaning Public Policy Polling as well other business interests. He was also the instigator of the infamous “DrunkTown” ad campaign ahead of Raleigh’s 2015 municipal elections. “I think that perhaps with decisions that are still being made at the school board level and the county commission level, more information on what’s on the mind of Democratic primary voters might be useful as they decide how to fund schools,” says PPP spokesman Russ Swindell. “I think that elections are kind of always on the mind of elected officials.” In June, the Board of Commissioners members voted to provide $21 million in new funding for the 160,000-student public schools system, well below what the school board asked for. In funding the system at $430.9 million, commissioners turned down, among other items, an estimated $10 million for counselors for troubled students. “Also 85% of voters think the school board’s request for funding for staff counselors for Wake County school children should have been fully funded,” Debnam says in a statement. The poll also surveyed how well the five commissioners who voted to give the school

system less than it requested would fare against a hypothetical female candidate who would have voted for full funding. Despite the poll’s gender specificity, Debnam says he was not thinking of a specific candidate. “Right now there’s only one woman county commissioner, despite women making up a majority of voters in the county,” Debnam’s statement says. “It seems the best way for the women on the school board to get the schools funded might be to run against the male county commissioners.” The poll showed all the male commissioners who voted against increased school funding running behind the hypothetical woman by more than fifty percentage points.

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Ink and Scalpels

CAN LEARNING TO DRAW HELP MEDICAL STUDENTS BECOME BETTER DOCTORS? BY TARA LYNNE GROTH A scalpel on skin is a rite of medical school. But this fall, medical students at Duke University’s School of Medicine have the option to press pencil to paper. That’s not to say the hands-on cadaver dissections are being phased out. Instead, dead bodies enjoy new life as art subjects in the anatomical sketches of medical students. The act of drawing demands focus. Artists must harness notions of light and shadow, proportion and texture, and translate them to a blank page. For individuals studying to be medical doctors, anatomical drawing fosters new observational skills. These “new” perspectives actually harken back to how anatomical studies were made before modern times. “This is how people learned the human body centuries ago—they drew it,” says student Winston Liu. Liu, starting his third year of medical school at Duke this fall, cocreated the noncredit elective with Emma Fixsen last year. Fixsen, also starting her third year at Duke, earned her undergraduate degree in art from UNC-Chapel Hill. While interviewing at medical schools, she saw that New York University offered an anatomy-drawing class, and the concept stayed with her. Fixsen and Liu worked together at a music therapy program and began talking about creating a class that combined art and medicine. Liu, who laughs when describing his last art training as “finger painting in elementary school,” served as a sounding board for the class details. Considering that most doctors-to-be at Duke lack the art education Fixsen has, and most likely come from a background on par with Liu’s, the two balanced each other in the class’s development. They contacted the Trent Center’s medical humanities director, Ray Barfield, and associate director Nikki Vangsnes with their concept. Duke’s Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities, and History of 8 | 9.13.17 | INDYweek.com

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Medicine is based on the concept that the practice of medicine involves a multidisciplinary approach outside of science. The center helped connect the students with funding for the pilot program. Unlike other classes that meet weekly, the drawing class is limited to a handful of sessions. “The hardest thing was deciding what to include with only four sessions,” Liu says. Each time the students met, they focused on organs, bones, or other parts. Both Fixsen and Liu describe the initial anatomy experience with cadavers as “dehumanizing,” for lack of a warmer term. “Courses such as this one aim to rehumanize the vocation,” says Barfield, adding, “This is part of an overall effort to use medical humanities to help medical students relearn how to see patients.” Drawing the body provides time to pause and reflect on who the person was. “In clinical care, there is a big emphasis

on talking about patient stories,” Liu says. Since the cadavers can’t discuss their stories, their bodies are left to do so. Introducing art to those who lack experience in it is not formulaic. “Instead of something starting from medicine, this is more of an independent exploration,” says Ippy Patterson, a Hillsborough-based artist and graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design. Patterson led the inaugural drawing sessions last year. She credits her class approach to Betty Edwards’s book Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. The book covers how the brain builds new—and revises old—neuronal maps to strengthen skills. Before each session, Patterson and the students met at a campus conference room in a separate building from the lab for conversation and dinner. After talking about drawing methods and challenges, it was time to fill the blank pages, and they

went to the anatomy lab together. Students gathered and worked on drawing boards propped on stools, or their laps, while an organ was placed on a tray in front of them. Patterson had never been in an anatomy lab before. “I couldn’t help but see [the cadavers] as people who are missed,” she says. She included several timed drawing exercises to help increase focus. Time for reflection and observation is vital for this type of introduction to anatomical drawing. Emma Skurnick, a Chatham County artist who will teach the anatomy drawing elective this fall, stresses slowing down whenever she’s giving creative guidance. Skurnick’s bachelor of fine arts is in sculpture, but she was fascinated by medical illustration and later earned a certificate in science illustration. The timing of when to introduce art to medical students is also key. The study of anatomy is naturally held during the first year of medical school, so the class is only open to first-year students. “Medical students in this part of training are in a good place to spend an hour observing the curve of a bone. They’ll know that structure better than anyone who studied it in a textbook,” says Skurnick. Enrollment for this fall’s class begins in late September, and the program expands this year with five more seats for students from the Duke Divinity School. The program could grow annually, as well. “Over time, we will look for outside funding sources to make the program more sustainable,” Fixsen says. Would many time-strapped medical students voluntarily sign up for a noncredit course? According to Liu, fifteen spots were available and approximately fifty students—out of more than a hundred medical school students—requested a seat last year. Students frequently made their way to the anatomy lab outside of class, during whatever “free time” medical students have. backtalk@indyweek.com

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THE LOWDOWN ON RALEIGH’S AT-LARGE COUNCIL RACE BY THOMAS GOLDSMITH

Students The biggest ripples in the October 10 Raleigh ng boards City Council elections have come from a while an candidate who elected to sit this one out. t of them. When five-term at-large member Maryan anato- Ann Baldwin chose not to run again, it meant t see [the that the other at-large incumbent, Russ Stessed,” she phenson, would face a field of six challengers, d drawing with the top two vote-getters prevailing. The vote in the at-large races, as well as rvation is results in a couple of other races, could bring n to ana- about a significant shift on the council. If k, a Cha- Stephenson, generally considered a proteach the neighborhood council member, maintains l, stresses his seat—as insiders expect—and a developiving cre- ment-friendly candidate replaces Baldwin, or of fine the council’s balance would remain more or ascinated less the same. But if Stephenson falters, or earned a another pro-neighborhood candidate replaces Baldwin, the status quo could be upset. uce art to When announcing she’d leave her seat, e study of Baldwin cited lawyer Stacy Miller and g the first environmental fundraiser Nicole Stewart ss is only as examples of candidates who could bring dical stu- new energy to the council. in a good In the crucial fundraising competition, the curve Miller, Stephenson, and Stewart are at the cture bet- top of the heap. But with at-large races in a text- determined by a few thousand votes, the council’s makeup will remain in the air until begins in Election Day. m expands In alphabetical order, here are the 2017 r students at-large candidates for Raleigh City Council: The pro. Shelia Alamin-Khashoggi, a community side fund- organizer, cites her experience of moving more sus- from public assistance to gaining two master’s degrees as an example of how lowerdical stu- income people can move up with help from noncredit the city: “The dynamic right now is changing. Affordable housing is not happening.” were availents—out Robert Axtell, a service manager in the chool stu- multifamily housing industry, says his Students experience will help as the city deals with anatomy affordable housing and public transportaever “free tion: “It really comes down to convincing developers to add affordable housing to their yweek.com portfolios, demonstrating to them that there

is a huge demand for it, and showing them that they will make money.” Zainab Baloch, who’s earning a master’s degree at UNC-Chapel Hill while working for the state government, wants to attract young voters, diverse communities, and people connected with N.C. State, with a focus on more equal opportunities across the city: “First we should remove the stigma surrounding affordable housing; we should take pride in making Raleigh an affordable city.” Stacy Miller, a lawyer who had a brief, appointed stint on the city council in 1997, has used support from the legal community and elsewhere to build a formidable lead in fundraising. Miller says his top priorities are affordable housing, economic development, and transit: “Every time I turn my head, Raleigh’s on somebody’s top-ten list, but everybody’s not on that top-ten list. We can do much better.” Russ Stephenson, an architect and urban planning professional, says he believes his twelve years on council make him uniquely qualified for the job. “I’ve worked for sustainable growth that protects our quality of life for both our neighborhoods and all our existing citizens.” Nicole Stewart, development director for the N.C. Conservation Network, also cites the need for new leadership and says city government should address the needs of people across the city: “As I talk to people across Raleigh, it becomes completely clear that different parts of Raleigh have different needs.” Robert Ward, a commercial real estate broker and former boutique owner, says he knows the effects that local government and taxes can have on small business. “I don’t believe the current city council has been responsible. I hope you will agree that it’s time to bring in new leadership.” tgoldsmith@indyweek.com INDYweek.com | 9.13.17 | 9

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Hashtag Defend Durham

THE RADICALS WHO TOPPLED A CONFEDERATE MONUMENT LAST MONTH HAVE SPARKED A NATIONAL CONVERSATION. BUT WHO ARE THEY? BY SARAH WILLETS

he smell of hushpuppies hangs in the air, and Kendrick Lamar is telling the crowd, “We gon’ be all right.” People sign up for updates from the Workers World Party Durham Branch, grab Marxist literature, and donate to the Durham Solidarity Center’s bond fund. This is a party for the revolution. The Bull City Block Party, hosted Saturday by the Workers World Party Durham Branch outside of the Hayti Heritage Center, was part celebration, part recruiting for the fight to “topple fight supremacy,” as the event’s flier puts it, and to rally support for a group facing felony charges after pulling down a Confederate monument in Durham on August 14. That incident marked the beginning of a week that saw protesters’ homes raided, a mass turn-in at the jail by supporters, and a spontaneous gathering of hundreds of people who jumped into action amid sketchy reports of the Ku Klux Klan coming to town—and more arrests. While the dismantling of the monument, erected in front of the old Durham County courthouse in 1924, is just part of this group’s larger mission, the action has had a ripple effect in the Triangle and beyond. Students who staged a sit-in around UNC’s Confederate monument, Silent Sam, drew inspiration from the group. Governor Roy Cooper, who at first condemned the toppling of the statue, has since called for Confederate monuments statewide to come down. Groups in New York and Baltimore are planning solidarity events this week as the demonstrators, united under the name Defend Durham, prepared for court appearances Tuesday. “Do It Like Durham” has become a rallying cry and a hashtag. The demonstrations in Durham have thrust local activists into the spotlight and animated national debates about Confederate monuments, false equivalencies of right-wing hate groups and antifascist protesters, and a split on the left over what tactics are appropriate. They’ve captured 10 | 9.13.17 | INDYweek.com

Dwayne Dixon brandishes a rifle during the anti-KKK rally. the attention of state and national media, shaped the conversation around upcoming municipal elections, highlighted an ideological divide between the Durham Police Department and the county Sheriff’s Office, and forced conversations in Durham on race, equity, and personal liberty to a more open, informed level. So who are they?

welve people, some affiliated with WWP, have been charged in connection with the August 14 monument toppling. They are students, teachers, workers and parents, their paths as activists informed by their own lived experiences as LGBTQ folks, people of color, and immigrants. Asked what others following their story may not know about them, they reply that they know the law, have jobs, and are by-and-large anticapitalist. They’re also friends outside of their work. Loan Tran, who spoke at the August 14 demonstration and was one of the first to be arrested, started organizing in high school. Tran is a Vietnamese immigrant

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whose father had been incarcerated and the family’s home taken through foreclosure. Raul Jimenez, who turned himself in, also got active as a high school student, an immigrant, and a farmworker in eastern North Carolina, where symbols of the Confederacy were commonplace. Takiyah Thompson, the N.C. Central student who climbed a ladder and looped a rope around the Durham monument, says she has been organizing for about ten years but has been an activist far longer. “If you understand the history of black women’s activism, it’s not always the activism we think of,” Thompson says. “Black women are activists when they survive and strive and bring their communities with them in a world that has every card stacked up against them.” While overcoming systems of white supremacy is the ultimate goal, pulling down a symbol of it was an important first step for Defend Durham. It was a morale boost for the group after Charlottesville, tangible proof that it’s making progress. It created “a safer space,” as Jimenez puts it, in place of a

statue that represented hatred for so many and showed activists elsewhere that they can do the same. It signaled that the continued existence of white supremacy won’t go unchallenged, at least in Durham. “When I see black people in Durham who are extremely proud of what we did, that’s the most important thing to me,” Thompson says. “We have to start by creating a culture in which white supremacy and racism and hate are not OK. The next step is to build on the advances of that and pull up these systems by the roots.” The next front in Durham’s defense against white supremacy? Gentrification, Thompson says. “I see racism and capitalism as going hand in hand,” she says. “They washed up on America’s shores at the exact same time.” For this group, the past month has meant going hoarse from chanting, planning support overnight for people due to appear in court, and receiving death threats. It’s also strengthened relationships between Durham’s activists and given way to more meaningful conversations about how people’s lives are affected by white supremacy—from discriminatory lending practices to the threat of armed white supremacists in our streets. “The first step to changing anything is to have a really hard conversation about what’s wrong, and those conversations are being had,” Jimenez says.

imply put, Defend Durham is about community self-defense, whether that’s empowering students at underfunded public schools, advocating against unlawful searches by police, or picking up a weapon to protect your friends and neighbors. Dwayne Dixon has done all three, but you may know him only for the latter. Dixon is a member of Redneck Revolt, which promotes antiracist organizing among the white working class; the group also encourages armed self-defense. Dixon is a father, a professor at UNC, and a skate-

Supporters of those arrested for toppling a Confederate monument gathered at the Durham County jail on August 17 for a mass turn-in. PHOTO BY SARAH WILLETS boarder. Nine days after hundreds of people gathered in downtown Durham to confront a possible appearance by the KKK, Dixon was arrested and charged with bringing a weapon to the event and going armed to the terror of the public, charges he refutes. For members of Defend Durham, armed self-defense isn’t antithetical to their mission of securing a safer, more just future. It’s an option long deployed by civil rights advocates whose stories have been sanitized by history—a sometimes-necessary tactic in the face of a far-right responsible for more terror attacks in this country than any other group. “My actions weren’t outsized,” Dixon says. “They’re not cartoonish. They may of course seem shocking, but maybe that shock actually should be a rupture to contemplate the world we’re actually living in and hopefully enliven a discussion, a broader historical debate, about the tactics that we’re using and the reality we’re confronting.” With his experiences in Charlottesville fresh on his mind, Dixon came downtown on August 18 at the urging of friends. He carefully chose the semi-automatic weapon he wore slung over his shoulder, pointed toward the ground. While, under state law, he could have carried a concealed weapon, he chose that gun because he was comfortable with it, it would be more accurate and secure than a handgun, and it would be visible to law enforcement officials who may want to know his intentions. He says he realized the presence of his weapon would more likely make him the target of a Klan onslaught than a one-

man army who would save hundreds. Dixon says he did not raise the weapon, nor was he part of any parade or rally where openly carrying a gun would be banned by state law. Those in the crowd, with little information from law enforcement, were still trying to decipher what exactly would transpire, in light of the fact that county offices had been closed and bikers with Confederate flags had just zoomed by. As the crowd grew and began to march, Dixon left. No police officers spoke to him, he says. He waved and smiled to two Durham cops, alerting them to his presence, but they just waved back and moved on. “This isn’t something I’m afraid of,” he says of his October court date. “I want the state to give account of itself, and far better that confrontation than a shooting war. I’m not saying I stifled that, but it’s clear there was a lot of confusion on the part of law enforcement that day, and I apologize also if my presence there caused some consternation. But I think it’s incumbent on us to recognize the state isn’t going to save us.” Major Paul Martin, with the Sheriff ’s Office, told the Herald-Sun that deputies didn’t engage people with weapons at the time because of the crowd around them. The Sheriff’s Office declined to answer the INDY’s questions about the arrest. According to the Herald-Sun story, deputies were responding to a report of shots fired in east Durham when “they checked warrants and arrested Dixon.” But that doesn’t line up with Dixon’s account or calls for service for that day. According to Dixon, he was shooting on a friend’s undeveloped property outside of

city limits on August 27 when two deputies emerged from the woods and said neighbors had complained about gunshots. Dixon handed over his ID and concealed carry permit, and deputies asked to see the serial numbers on the guns to check if they were stolen before heading to a squad car. After a while, the deputies came back, saying they had been delayed by computer issues. They told Dixon they had a warrant for his arrest. “They seemed confused,” he says. “It really does seem like it was accidental.” Dixon was in the back of the patrol car when he heard a report of shots fired off Holloway Street come over the radio. Neither the Sheriff’s Office’s online incident log or an interactive crime map used by both the Sheriff’s Office and the DPD show any noise complaints or shots fired for the area where Dixon was around the time of his arrest. The crime map does list a call for service at Dixon’s friend’s property but contains no details about the call. Although the Sheriff’s Office is listed on that report, it is not reflected in the agency’s online calls for service log. (The owner of the property confirmed to the INDY that Dixon was arrested on his land). As far as shots being fired in east Durham, a weapons violation was logged near Holloway by the DPD thirty minutes after the call to Dixon’s friend’s property.

hile the demonstrators knew there may be consequences for their actions on August 14, they didn’t expect the Sheriff’s Office to go after them with such zeal. But they also say that each felony

charge filed has been like kindling for the fire lighting this fledgling revolution. “I’m excited by the position that we’ve put the sheriff’s department in,” Tran says. “While we cannot expect that the sheriff’s department is able to engage in nuanced discussion, because at its origin it’s a really antipeople institution—that contradiction is the most fruitful. The aim is to be able to show the most people we’re not going to get the kind of response we want from the sheriff’s department because that’s not their function.” They see the agency’s response to their actions as a witch hunt motivated by the fact that the Sheriff’s Office has been the focus of protests over conditions at the Durham County jail and its cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, charges the DCSO has denied. “I think at this point it’s about figuring out, How do we leverage the charges that have been filed to actually turn that around and indict the sheriff ’s department and indict the city of Durham for continuing to allow white supremacist ideology to be a thing that guides our city?” Tran says. “Is it actually criminal to pull down a statue that was erected to terrorize black people, or is it criminal to shoot black and brown folks in the street with impunity?” Scott Holmes, an attorney representing the arrestees, has been representing activists for about twenty years. Typically, protesters are charged on the spot with failing to disperse or some other misdemeanor violation, which is often dismissed, he says. Although the August 14 demonstration was not interrupted, arresting people after a protest and filing felony charges could have a chilling effect on future demonstrations, he says. Holmes argues that if Durham is going to develop guidelines for protests, as Sheriff Mike Andrews has suggested, it’s better for elected officials to craft them. “If there are going to be restrictions on speech, it’s good for the people in power to develop those restrictions rather than police who are developing it on the ground,” he says. “They have unfettered discretion, and that has constitutional problems if the people making arrests are deciding what is considered reasonable behavior.” Demonstrators say the past month has only made them more certain that, while they may be on the wrong side of the law today, they will be on the right side of history. “Nobody wants to go to jail. Nobody wants to get arrested, but if we need to we will,” says Jimenez. He pauses, and then a smile spreads across his face. “Hashtag Defend Durham.” swillets@indyweek.com INDYweek.com | 9.13.17 | 11

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WE 4 THE FLOOZIES W/BOOMBOX TH 5 CHRIS KNIGHT 7P SA 7 HORSESHOES & HAND to just succumb to the madness—and don’t fear the FOMO. The following package will help you navigate the former while avoiding the latter. (And, personally, I’ve developed a useful thing called “faux-mo,” where you express regret for missing something you secretly didn’t want to go to anyway.) Ninety-seven. That’s the total number of events we wound up highlighting in our 2017 Fall Arts Guide— and that’s drawing only from events that are already booked; trust us, many more are coming down the pipeline. Our editors, contributors,

and critics fanned out to learn about as many fall events as we could and then boiled them down to the affairs you absolutely cannot miss, whether you’re a fan of music, food, visual art, theater, dance, comedy, books, or film. We also pumpkin-spiced things up with features that cut across genres, from a roundup of fall festivals and Halloween treats to a rundown on the Triangle’s booming population of escaperoom games. All of these events will touch the stubbleplains with rosy hue from September through December. If you use this guide to master your calendar game, we’ll see you there. —Brian Howe

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Not sure where to start with shows this fall? Here are ten of the biggest ones hitting the Triangle soon. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 LAURYN HILL

From her pioneering work with The Fugees to her legendary turn as a solo artist to her continued presence on the cultural landscape as both an activist and artist, neo-soul legend Lauren Hill casts a long shadow over contemporary music. Hill joined The Fugees while still a teenager, helping the band evolve a new musical vernacular that connected the charged politics of early-nineties hip-hop to the syrupy sound of Stax Records. Her solo masterpiece The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill went further, brilliantly delving into the psychology of the systemically oppressed and giving full voice to her rebel heart. —Timothy Bracy RED HAT AMPHITHEATER, RALEIGH 6 p.m., $71-$431, www.redhatamphitheater.com

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 SYLVAN ESSO & FRIENDS

Instead of hosting a run-of-the-mill release show for its second record, What Now, the Durham electro-pop duo Sylvan Esso is putting on a minifestival throwdown with friends tUnE-yArDs, Wye Oak, and Helado Negro. What Now, released in late April, is an exaggeration in production and lyrical play from Sylvan Esso’s eponymous 2014 debut, and this particular performance is a homecoming for the band before it launches into a long stretch of touring across the globe. Singer Amelia Meath has said the album echoes the personal and political valences of last year, and listening to What Now is like listening to all of the anxieties orbiting around everyday life as they collide into one another. At Shakori, though, those anxieties should evaporate in favor of a very, very good time. —Katie Fernelius SHAKORI HILLS, PITTSBORO 5:30 p.m., $50, www.catscradle.com

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2 KESHA

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After five years and a very public legal battle with her former producer, Kesha has come out the other side with Rainbow, a perfect pop record with country and rock influences that is as triumphant to listen to as it is for the thirty-year-old star. Few people could pull off a fourteen-track album with guests like Eagles of Death Metal, the Dap-Kings Horns, and Dolly Parton, but Kesha has never been the type to back down from an adventurous collaboration. The humor we’ve come to know and love from Kesha is still there on songs like “Godzilla,” but overall this is an intimate record about learning lessons and finding peace in personal devastation. —Annalise Domenighini THE RITZ, RALEIGH 8 p.m., $55, www.ritzraleigh.com

FALLforYOU THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 BRUNO MARS

With the death of Prince and the rise of producer-driven pop radio, it’s tempting to declare the era of the multi-threat pop performer a thing of the past. Then one stops to consider Bruno Mars. The Hawaii-born, Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter, producer, and multiinstrumentalist boasts intimidating chart-dominating capabilities and a seemingly endless capacity to make massive hits. His skills align with the tradition of the Purple One and Michael Jackson, but also with vaudeville, cabaret, Sun Records, and the Rat Pack. Sure enough, he's even an amazing dancer. —Elizabeth Bracy PNC ARENA, RALEIGH 8 p.m., $198-$983, www.thepncarena.com

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19 OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW

Old Crow Medicine Show can credit much of its success to Bob Dylan, whose song fragment frontman Ketch Secor transformed into “Wagon Wheel,” the band’s inescapable breakthrough hit. Last year, the Nashville-based sextet demonstrated its reverence by covering Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde in celebration of the record’s fif-

tieth anniversary, and now takes the show on the road. Secor describes portraying the double album through “the many faces” of Dylan’s career, and while Old Crow’s interpretations often take interesting new directions, they’re just as often influenced by the band’s own proclivities, as when the bluesy “Pledging My Time” transforms into breakneck bluegrass. Outside of the band’s signature tune, expect few originals during this two-set performance. —Spencer Griffith MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, RALEIGH 7:30 p.m., $33–$55, www.dukeenergycenterraleigh.com

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 YEP ROC 20

To commemorate twenty years in the business, Yep Roc will do what comes naturally, which is to say rocking. The Hillsborough-based label began as the project of junior high school buddies Glenn Dicker and Tor Hansen, who went from jamming together to music industry jobs to starting their own label with the seemingly simple strategy of signing the artists whose music they love. Several of Yep Roc’s estimable roster will be on hand for two shows at Cat’s Cradle, including Nick Lowe, Dave and Phil Alvin, Tony Joe White, Dressy

Leaves of ’Grass Friday, Sep. 29–Saturday, Sep. 30 Various venues, Downtown Raleigh www.wideopenbluegrass.com

Since 2013, Raleigh has been home to the annual International Bluegrass Music Association trade conference and music festival. It’s one of the biggest weeks of the year for the musicians, craftspeople, and media in the bluegrass industry, but there’s plenty to enjoy for ordinary fans, too. This year’s two-day ticketed festival features many of the biggest names in bluegrass: Steep Canyon Rangers and Steve Martin, The Infamous Stringdusters, Béla Fleck and Abigail Washburn, Hot Rize, Jerry Douglas and Sam Bush, and the Travelin’ McCourys, to name a few. There’s also a special appearance by Bluegrass 45, a Japanese group that helped popularize bluegrass in its home country.

The festival’s Raleigh-specific component has been the free street festival that’s open to the public, which has proven to be a runaway hit among locals. On Friday and Saturday, you can catch sets from David Holt and Josh Goforth, Joe Newberry and April Verch, Scythian, Town Mountain, and several dozen more. And on Saturday, Chatham County Line closes out the festivities with a special electric set. In addition to the many music sets, several clog esnembles will appear, and there are multiple opportunities for square dancing, contra dancing, and more—so go ahead and get your shoes shined up now. —Allison Hussey

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Tuesday, Oct. 7–Thursday, Oct. 26 Various venues, Durham www.dukeperformances.duke.edu Thelonious Monk was born in Rocky Mount on October 10, 1917. Although he left the state when he was four, Monk is somewhere within the top three jazz musicians to be born in North Carolina, depending on how you feel about John Coltrane and Max Roach. He defined so much of what it meant to play jazz piano in the 1950s and 1960s. His form was deeply rooted in the stride stylings of James P. Johnson and Willie “The Lion” Smith, but his knotty, pointillistic approach to soloing put him at the cutting edge of what jazz could be. On top of that, he composed dozens of inventive tunes—“‘Round Midnight,” “Straight, No Chaser,” “Ruby, My Dear,” and “Epistrophe,” to name a few—that remain at the core of the songbook of jazz standards. For eleven days this October, Duke Performances celebrates Monk’s hundredth birthday with a massively ambitious festival titled Monk@100: A Celebration of Genius. Curated by Duke Performances director Aaron Greenwald and pianist Ethan Iverson (formerly of The Bad Plus), the festival’s eleven performances bring some of the biggest names in jazz to Durham to pay tribute to Monk’s continued influence on jazz and music more broadly. The festival is roughly divided in two halves. The first is built around tenor saxophonist J.D. Allen’s adventurous trio, including guest guitarist Bill Frisell, trumpeter Dave Douglas, and pianist Kris Davis. Anchoring the second half is Iverson’s new trio, who’ll be joined by guests such as saxophonists Ravi Coltrane, Joshua Redman, and Chris Potter. In between is the intriguing pairing of pianist Jason Moran and drummer Tyshawn Sorey, gritty gospel by the Como Mamas, and an all-star piano rundown of Monk’s oevure. The festival’s breadth and depth is almost too much for a mere two weeks. —Dan Ruccia

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Bessy, Chuck Prophet, Josh Rouse, and surprise guests, with Wesley Stace, aka John Wesley Harding, serving as master of ceremonies. —David Klein CAT’S CRADLE, CARRBORO 8 p.m., $50–$155, www.catscradle.com

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 PHAROAHE MONCH

New York’s hip-hop scene was ruled by violence and money in the late nineties, but away from the shiny suits and gun threats was Pharoahe Monch. He carried New York’s signature aggression in his delivery, but was more centered on lyricism with a conscious message. Monch’s music is the exception to the unwritten hiphop rule that you’re either conscious and smooth, or hyper-aggressive with crowd-moving beats. For the past year, Monch has added PitchBlak Brass Band to his stage performance, which is sure to sound thunderous when he performs “Simon Says,” which samples the original score from Godzilla. —Charles Morse DUKE’S REYNOLDS INDUSTRIES THEATER, DURHAM 8 p.m., $10–$38, www.dukeperformances.duke.edu

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9 AN EVENING WITH RANDY NEWMAN

Randy Newman released his selftitled debut on Reprise, Sinatra’s label, in 1968. Newman stood out from the crowd with his croak of a singing voice, songs peopled with American eccentrics, and salient elements of concision, irony, and erudition. Initially he won accolades from critics and his fellow musicians, but Newman found mainstream success and a Top 10 hit with the satirical “Short People.” In time he turned to movie soundtrack work and earned a small fortune. He could have coasted, but Newman’s recent releases, including Dark Matter, out earlier this year, show his lyrical, musical, and imaginative skills have only sharpened over the years. —David Klein CAROLINA THEATRE, DURHAM 8 p.m., $63–$93, www.carolinatheatre.org

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13 & TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14 BON IVER

Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon once called the Triangle home, and he returns to the area for his first “official” show (see: not a guest appearance at Ponysaurus or The Pinhook) here in several years. The Bon Iver of today is markedly different from the intimate, folksy material of 2009’s For Emma, Forever Ago, but the murmured melodies remain. Last year’s 22, A Million leans far heavier on AutoTune and thick electronic landscapes, translating to a densely detailed sound. If you missed out on tickets for the November 13 date, don’t worry: the band added a second show the following night to satisfy demand. —Allison Hussey DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, DURHAM 7:30 p.m., $46–$350, www.dpacnc.com

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 25 ST. VINCENT

More than one element of St Vincent’s 2014 record suggested a transformation: its eponymous title, album art featuring Annie Clark seated squarely upon a throne, and grandiose, theatrical live performances all contrasted with the St. Vincent of yore. Just two years prior, Clark had proclaimed that she “didn’t think of herself as a star,” but rather, “a musician’s musician.” If she wasn’t a star then, she certainly is one now, having worked with David Byrne, fronted Nirvana, and directed a horror film. Following such ventures, St. Vincent returns with a new record, Masseducation, in mid-October. Its massive-sounding singles from the record, titled “New York” and “Los Ageless,” speak to further grandiosities while simultaneously delving into Clark’s personal life. —Noah Rawlings DURHAM PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, DURHAM 8 p.m., $39–$142, www.dpacnc.com

Rain Redux On September 21, Kings hosts a screening of Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai featuring guitarist Mdou Moctar. A Tuareg twist on Prince’s Purple Rain, “Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai” translates to “rain that is blue with red in it.” It adapts the American cult classic into a Nigerien context: Moctar battles not with a physically abusive father but with a strictly religious father who bans music in the house; songs are swapped and shared via cellphones as they are throughout the region, and the rural Sahara replaces the urban Minneapolis as the landscape for our hero’s journey. But certain motifs remain consistent: the purple motorcycle, for one, and the impeccable charm of the main character in his devotion to his music. The film’s director, Portlandbased Christopher Kirkley, runs the Portland record label Sahel Sounds. The label emerged from Kirkley’s ragtag ethnographic project of the same name, which explored the sound and music of northwestern Africa. Since its inception in 2009, Sahel Sounds has quickly established itself as the premier curator of music from the region. It was pivotal in elevating Moctar from regional to international recognition. In Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughai, Moctar proves to be the secret sauce, managing to carry the massive weight of Prince’s legacy while still charting his own territory as a musician and actor. As you walk away from the film, it’s hard not to feel in your bones that Moctar is destined to be a rock star. The September screening is only an appetizer: on October 3, Moctar stops at Kings for a full-band set of his own, part of the group’s first-ever tour of the United States. And you don’t even need to purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka to enjoy it. —Katie Fernelius

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FALL into ART

riangle museums are heating up as the weather cools down, prepping exhibits of post-Abstract Expressionist paintings, history-making high fashion, Japanese ukiyo-e prints, and much more. And who’s up for a road trip?

DISORDERLY CONDUCT: AMERICAN PAINTING AND SCULPTURE, 1960–1990

(Sep. 21–Feb. 25, Nasher Museum of Art) New York City is such an unshakable art capital it’s easy to forget that, well under a century ago, it wasn’t. It was the postWorld War II Abstract Expressionist painters—Pollock, de Kooning, Rothko— who first put America on the global art atlas with the energetic abstractions they unleashed. The next four decades of furious innovation enabled by this palate and palette cleanse is the broad focus of Disorderly Conduct, which ranges through minimalist geometries, Pop Art pranks, Yves Klein’s New Realism, and beyond, into all the posts, neos, and isms of a culture given to increasing proliferation. The artists include Bruce Conner, Philip Guston, Louisa Chase, Barkley L. Hendricks, Joan Snyder, and David Salle.

INSPIRING BEAUTY: 50 YEARS OF EBONY FASHION FAIR

(Oct. 28–Jan. 21, North Carolina Museum of Art) With fashion exhibits on deck at the North Carolina Museum of History (The Shape of Fashion, Sep. 22–May

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6) and CAM Raleigh (details TBA), it’s shaping up to be a stylish season at area museums. Perhaps most smashingly, there’s Inspiring Beauty, a fifty-year survey of the Ebony Fashion Fair, a traveling Ebony magazine production that helped redefine concepts of beauty and glamor for African Americans from 1958 until founder Eunice Walker’s death in 2009. The exhibit features forty ensembles by designers like Christian Lacroix, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, and is accompanied by a robust variety of events, from an embroidery workshop to a runway show.

FLASH OF LIGHT, FOG OF WAR: JAPANESE MILITARY PRINTS, 1894– 1905 (Oct. 6–Jan. 7, Ackland Art Muse-

um) At the turn of the twentieth century, during a period when Japan was at war with China and Russia, the very old technology of ukiyo-e, or woodblock printing, encountered the much newer technologies of long-range ammo, torpedoes, and searchlights. Electric flares in artillery smoke were a new sensory phenomenon that printmakers had to invent new techniques to capture. In Flash of Light, Fog of War, the Ackland displays period prints in which renderings of stark silhouettes and incandescent beams find terrible, spectacular ways to keep up with the speed and brutality they were striving to document.

HEATHER GORDON: AND THEN THE SUN SWALLOWED ME (Oct. 6–Feb. 4,

CAM Raleigh) “I have this terrifying thought from childhood,” Durham artist Heather Gordon writes. “One day, without notice, the sun will become a red giant and, in its death throes, will swell and swallow our planet, and all of us along with it. Alive.” That cheering thought forms the backdrop of Gordon’s solo show at CAM Raleigh—and, perhaps, sheds light on her perennial fascination with turning personal data into geometric, optical-illusion-like abstractions. As everything hurtles toward extinction— while we, unlike the sun, must carry an awareness of this fact—there is an inherent allure and value in the little human things we can transform into beauty and save. (If you can’t wait, Gordon also has a show up at SPECTRE Arts right now.)

OR HOW ABOUT A ROAD TRIP TO NEW ORLEANS? (Nov. 18–Feb. 25, Prospect.4)

It’s a bit far for a Third Friday visit, but note that the Nasher’s chief curator, Trevor Schoonmaker, is serving as the artistic director of Prospect.4: The Lotus in Spite of the Swamp. The fourth edition of Prospect New Orleans’s prestigious international contemporary art triennial, it overlaps with the city’s tercentennial celebration. You can count on some Schoonmaker favorites, like Barkley L. Hendricks, being included. INDYweek.com | 9.13.17 | 19

FALLforYOU interracial strife and hatreds, potentially just as murderous. TJ Swann and Moses T. Alexander Greene star.

HOUSE OF THE FURY (Oct. 26–31, Sonorous Road Theatre) Why do few parents

name their children Tisiphone, Megaera, or Alecto? In Ancient Greece, the mere mention of these names was believed to summon the Furies. In Sonorous Road’s interactive, immersive Halloween offering, the decisions you make in small groups of eight determine what’s going to happen to the twentyodd characters you meet—and, of course, to you—in the darkened rooms ahead. Artistic director Michelle Murray Wells promises this choose-your-own-adventure work is “about a lot more than jump scares and spooky costumes.”

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he recent or impending closures of high-profile theaters like Common Ground and Manbites Dog aren’t slowing down the Triangle’s theater artists this fall, who offer everything from an operatic adaptatation of Charles Frazier to a riff on Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon.

COLD MOUNTAIN (Sep. 28–Oct. 1, N.C.

Opera/Carolina Performing Arts at UNC’s Memorial Hall) Charles Frazier’s best-sell-

ing debut novel is running out of genres to which it can be adapted. Audiobook? Check. Blockbuster with Jude Law and Nicole Kidman? Check. Opera? Here’s a 2015 work by Pulitzer-winning composer Jennifer Higdon in its North Carolina premiere. Higdon, a Tennessee native, reportedly had to help New York librettist Gene Scheer finesse the Southern speech patterns during the opera’s development. Apparently, it worked; the premiere took top honors at the 2016 International Opera Awards.

SCHOOL PROJECT (Oct. 4, Duke Perfor-

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THEATER York City-based investigative theater troupe and Duke Performances artistsin-residence The Civilians were recruiting sources for their current work last fall while staging The Undertaking, their evening-length memento mori. After interviewing students, parents, teachers, lobbyists, and legislators intent on increasing the number of charter schools exponentially across North Carolina, director Steve Cosson and his team, pairing with Obie-winning writer Ethan Lipton, start to reveal their findings in this workshop reading at Motorco.

ALMOST HOME (Oct. 7 & 8, Ward Theatre

Company) Wendy Ward and her students created Almost Home within weeks of Hurricane Ike crushing the island of Galveston in 2008, killing seventeen people. Since then, she’s restaged this tribute in Australia, in the aftermath of a disastrous flood, and twice stateside, for the victims of Hurricane Katrina and for those worldwide. Recent weeks have demanded another revival—a benefit for the survivors of hurricanes Harvey and Irma. If you saw the shipwreck in her harrowing production of

BY BYRON WOODS I Wish You a Boat, you know what waters you’re heading toward.

DARKSIDE (Oct. 12–29, Burning Coal Theatre Company) Tom Stoppard remembers

a friend buying him a copy of Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon in 1973, saying Stoppard had to write a play about it. He finally did when the BBC commissioned a radio play to mark the historic rock album’s fortieth anniversary in 2013. In Darkside, two winsome philosophy students have deep thoughts about time, brain damage, and other themes as the classic album winds along underneath— before the great gig in the sky, of course.

A SOLDIER’S PLAY (Oct. 13–29, Justice Theater Project at Umstead Park UCC)

Before A Soldier’s Story gave Denzel Washington his first major film role, A Soldier’s Play, the off-Broadway stage work it was based on, won the 1982 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. In it, a black Army captain—a rarity in 1944—is sent to investigate the murder of a black sergeant near a segregated base in Louisiana, where the captain uncovers

Theater) The titles are the first indications that Aaron Posner’s adaptations of Chekhov are a little ... looser than most. His version of The Seagull? Stupid Fucking Bird. Manbites Dog opens its thirty-first and final season with this optimistically titled opus, a riff on—what else?—Uncle Vanya. In Posner’s hands, the Russian classic devolves into a series of grudge matches between ex-lovers, embittered in-laws, and lifelong enemies. Come out swinging when you hear the bell. Company cofounder Jeff Storer directs.

PERFECT ARRANGEMENT (Oct. 27–

Nov. 12, Raleigh Little Theatre) Audiences gasped during Angry Fags, Topher Payne’s pitch-black comedy about gay vigilantes, during a staged reading last year. In Payne’s second local sighting, it’s 1950, at the start of McCarthy’s witchhunt for commies, and Bob and Norma have been tasked with rooting out another security risk: sexual subversives at the State Department. The problem? They’re both gay themselves, and they’ve married each other’s partners and acquired adjoining apartments to conceal this little wrinkle. If I Love Lucy had gone LBGTQ, it probably would have looked like this.

PARABLE OF THE SOWER (Nov. 16 & 17,

Carolina Performing Arts at UNC’s Memorial Hall) In MacArthur Fellow Octavia

Butler’s science-fiction novel, Parable of the Sower, a near-future California has devolved into fortified, corrupt com-

munities besieged by scavengers and gangs. In one of them, a young woman who feels every physical pain she witnesses is starting a new religion that could save the people and the planet. Toshi Reagon and her mother, Bernice—cofounder of Sweet Honey in the Rock—have drawn on two centuries of black music in adapting Butler’s work into a powerful political opera.

DOT (Nov. 22–Dec. 10, PlayMakers Repertory Company) Christmas comes to a

declining neighborhood in West Philly, and Shelly, a middle-aged lawyer, is fed up. Her sister, a wannabe actor named Averie, has been hanging out in her basement for too long. Her less-thanuseful gay brother, Donnie, has brought his white husband, Adam, home for the holidays. And her mom, Dot, keeps veering back and forth between lucidity and dementia. Colman Domingo’s dramatic comedy looks at a constellation of social issues with compassion and wit as a black nuclear family teeters on the verge of meltdown.

LAKE PLACID (Nov. 24–Dec. 9, Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern at Durham Fruit & Produce Company) The next

improbable challenge for Little Green Pig artistic director Jaybird O’Berski and a talented nonet, including Germain Choffart, Dana Marks, and Mara Thomas? 1. Create and explore the structure for an improvised play that’s different every night. 2. Set it in the titular city during the 1980 Winter Olympics. 3. Add music by coconspirators Louis Landry and Matt Booth. This is a world premiere.

LITTLE NEMO (Nov. 30–Dec. 16, Manbites Dog Theater) Torry Bend’s “toy

theater” productions have dazzled us in the past. In works including The Paper Hat Game and If My Feet Have Lost the Ground, her characters confront the dilemmas of making and maintaining community. Her audacious innovations convincingly simulate a host of cinematic techniques involving tracking shots, zooms, and changes in point of view. In this workshop production, hosted by Manbites Dog Theater, Bend forays into the dream world of Winsor McCay’s beloved cartoon creation. INDYweek.com | 9.13.17 | 21

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FALLforYOU be sure, the call to resist obscures the fact that many issues we’re struggling with today—racism, sexism, and xenophobia, to name just a few—have always been urgently present in American life. But Triangle-Triad dance veteran Killian Manning’s new dance theater work, Uncle Sam Wants YOU!, is the quintessence of timeliness. Durham Independent Dance Artists, which chose Manning’s work to kick off its fourth season, calls it a combination of “barnstorming patriotism, spine-tingling treason, and plenty of spangly stars in between.”

BIG DANCE THEATER (Nov. 9 & 10, Carolina Performing Arts at UNC’s Memorial Hall) Starting in 2003, web tinkerer Phil

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ummer’s American Dance Festival might get most of the attention, but from local to touring talent, the Triangle’s dance scene stays on point and en pointe year-round. We’re excited about a dance-piano collab, a collision of hip-hop stars, a takedown of Pepys, and more.

PAM TANOWITZ DANCE & SIMONE DINNERSTEIN (Oct. 6–7, Duke Performances

at Reynolds Industries Theater) Choreog-

rapher Pam Tanowitz and pianist Simone Dinnerstein’s New Work for Goldberg Variations is exactly what it sounds like: a dancemusic collaboration anchored by Bach’s 1741 score. In what ways, then, is it “new”? Dinnerstein independently financed her recording of the Goldberg Variations in 2007, which propelled her to international recognition. Tanowitz, who pushes against classical ballet forms, knew Jerome Robbins’s 1971 ballet setting, but wanted to diverge. This Duke Performances-led commission and premiere represents their collaborative venture into historical adaptation—a variation on variations, as it were. The project is an exploration of risk in performance, too: it features seven dancers winding around Dinnerstein, who plays from center stage.

PHILADANCO! & RENNIE HARRIS PUREMOVEMENT (Oct. 18, NC State LIVE

at Stewart Theatre) Philadelphia-bred Rennie Harris’s twenty-plus years of commanding dances—which meld hiphop with street-dance theater—inherently question the distinctions between “social” and “concert” dance. Philadanco!, also known as the Philadelphia Dance Company, was founded in 1970 to create performance opportunities for AfricanAmerican dancers. It remains committed to upholding African-American traditions in modern dance—an outsize lineage in a field whose gatekeepers still skew white. In this one-night meeting of two Philly dance institutions, presented by NC State LIVE, the companies turn their focus onto their hometown in a celebration of their respective repertoires and missions. Straight Outta Philly also includes a new work choreographed by Harris and performed by both companies.

KILLIAN MANNING/ NO FORWARDING ADDRESS (Nov. 1–5, DIDA at the Living Arts Collective) The

phrase “now more than ever” has been ubiquitous since Trump’s election. To

Gyford began a digital experiment, publishing the diary of seventeenth-century civil servant Samuel Pepys in real time and letting ordinary folks annotate and challenge it. The contents are at turns banal and inglorious; Pepys wrote unfiltered diatribes on his infidelities and daily puttering. His material and its twenty-first-century social-media resonances are a perfect match for Big Dance Theater’s interdisciplinary approach. In November, Carolina Performing Arts presents the world premiere of 17c, an ensemble work that incorporates Margaret Cavendish’s seventeenth-century play The Convent of Pleasure and Pepys’s diaries into a feminist deconstruction.

MURIELLE ELIZÉON (Dec. 1–3, DIDA/

Culture Mill at the Living Arts Collective)

Murielle Elizéon is well-known around here for her dynamic coleadership of Culture Mill, the Saxapahaw arts nonprofit; her ensemble work; and her tango lessons. She takes center stage in Brown, her first solo created and presented in the United States after a long career performing in Europe. The title comes from personal subject matter; DIDA describes the work as an investigation of “[Elizéon’s] identity as a French, brown woman.” While creating the solo, Elizéon has collaborated with artists and health workers to devise movement workshops for domestic violence survivors; she also performs this fall with Tommy Noonan in the Rodin-themed Je Suis Belle at NCMA (Nov. 4, 5 and 11).

FALLforYOU edy Central’s Laugh Riots Competition, Davis is what I like to call a working comedian, the kind you always see not only doing stand-up across the country but also working in hit movies, hosting television shows, and appearing on several skits on Kanye West’s albums.

JEN KIRKMAN (Nov. 1, Carolina Theatre) To some, she’s the best history

lecturer they ever had, with her drunk disquisitions on Mary Dyer, Oney Judge, and first lady Edith Wilson on the Comedy Central series Drunk History. To others, she’s the companion they carry with them on the subway as they listen to her lovable podcast, I Seem Fun. In other words, Jen Kirkman is a comedian for all occasions, able to alternate between crude and astute with exceptional ease. She stops in Durham on her “All New Material, Girl” tour.

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he world has seemed pretty short on laughs in recent times, but in the Triangle’s comedy clubs and theaters this season, you can at least find temporary relief with the likes of Jen Kirkman and John Cleese.

a renewed Netflix series, and an infamous ad campaign with Target. Her stand-up at the Carolina is sure to delight and perturb in equal measure. Jackie Kashian, whose comedy has been described as “listening to a really racy episode of All Things Considered,” will open.

MARIA BAMFORD (Sep. 21, Carolina

Theatre) Hailed by Stephen Colbert as his “favorite comedian on planet Earth,” Maria Bamford is a comedian’s comedian: uncomfortably absurd, a little meta, and radiating with a love of the silly and senseless. Bamford has risen from the lean, mean streets of a Star Trek touring group to the glamorous life of an acclaimed comedian with multiple stand-up specials,

DERAY DAVIS (Oct. 26–29, Goodnights Comedy Club) After the closure of DSI

Comedy Theater in downtown Chapel Hill following allegations of sexual assault against its owner, Goodnights in Raleigh became the de facto comedy hub of the Triangle, though it favors stand-up over improv. DeRay Davis is one standout in its incredible fall schedule. An alum of Com-

(Nov. 8, DPAC) For the love of all things goofy, nostalgic, and “ni,” John Cleese comes to DPAC for an evening of storytelling and questions from the audience—“absurd and/or ridiculous questions only, please,” according to the promotional materials. Cleese is as close to British royalty as someone who isn’t actually royal can get: he has an asteroid, a municipal rubbish heap, and a species of lemur named after him. The night will open with a screening of the canonical film of British absurdist humor, 1975’s Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Coconuts optional.

LEWIS BLACK (Nov. 17, DPAC) Just in time for the one-year anniversary of the election of Donald Trump, Lewis Black stops at DPAC on his “The Rant, White & Blue” tour. His belligerent style has made him so famous for being angry that he played “Anger” in Inside Out, but to see his comedy as mere ranting is to ignore its incisive, biting humor. Black is as wry a social commentator as any cable pundit working these days. His performance at DPAC is sure to be cathartic for a sympathetic audience looking for an excuse to laugh not only at the state of our country but also at how we all perform our anger during these times. INDYweek.com | 9.13.17 | 23

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hether you prefer the wildest scifi or the realest human stories, the intimate terrain of the South or the sweep of geopolitics, the Triangle’s independent bookstores, libraries, and points outlying are overflowing with readings and signings for everybody this fall.

ANNALEE NEWITZ (Sep. 22, Flyleaf Books) As the founder of io9 and, later, an editor at Gizmodo and Ars Technica, Annalee Newitz knows tech and sci-fi. In her debut novel, Autonomous, a military agent and a robot form a strange bond while pursuing a “pharmaceutical Robin Hood” whose cheap scrips for the poor are having terrible unintended consequences.

RICK RIORDAN (Oct. 4, N.C. State’s Mc– Kimmon Center) Quail Ridge Books tried

to batten down the hatches for children’s book juggernaut Rick Riordan, author of the mythology-besotted Percy Jackson series, by booking him at this roomier venue. It promptly sold out anyway, but you can still get on the waiting list or have a book signed.

ARMISTEAD MAUPIN (Oct. 6, Quail

Ridge Books) Did you know that before he became a definitive San Francisco author with his Tales of the City novels, Armistead Maupin grew up in Raleigh? You would if

you’d read his new memoir, Logical Family, which chronicles his flight from the South, through the Vietnam War, and into modern history. No less a storyteller than Neil Gaiman calls it “a book for any of us, gay or straight, who have had to find our family.”

JEFFERY BEAM (Oct. 8, Orange County Public Library) The lyrical Hillsborough-

based poet Jeffery Beam is co-editor of Jonathan Williams: The Lord of Orchards, a new critical anthology on the Black Mountain College poet who founded the groundbreaking small press The Jargon Society. The contributors include North Carolinians like Neal Hutcheson, Elizabeth Matheson, and Michael McFee; some will be on hand to help celebrate the release.

TYREE DAYE & BIANCA STONE (Oct. 12, CAM Raleigh) So & So, our most stalwart

curated poetry reading series, fetes the release of N.C. State MFA student Tyree Daye’s River Hymns, which recently won the American Poetry Review’s first-book prize. Day is joined by Vermont’s Bianca Stone, who has published collections with Tin House, Octopus, and Pleiades and contributed gorgeous art to the special edition of Anne Carson’s Antigonick.

WILEY CASH (Oct. 21, McIntyre’s Books) North Carolina native and Wilmington

resident Wiley Cash announced himself as a major new voice in Southern fiction with his New York Times bestselling debut, A Land More Kind Than Home. His new novel, The Last Ballad, is a hymn of worker’s rights and textile mills, set in the Appalachian foothills in 1929.

JOSEPH FINK & JEFFREY CRANOR

(Oct. 25, Flyleaf Books) The creators of the cultish Welcome to Night Vale podcast have a wide audience, in the Triangle as in the nation, especially for such a niche product. Now they return in support of It Devours!, a mystery novel set in the podcast’s inimitable Lynchmeets-Keillor world.

JOHN HODGMAN (Oct. 30, N.C. State’s Hunt Library) American satirist John

Hodgman’s twenty-first-century tall tales have always drawn well on his frequent visits to the Triangle (his Daily Show appearances surely help). Quail Ridge is installing him at Hunt Library on his tour for his book Vacationland: True Stories from Painful Beaches, in conversation with a special guest to be announced.

KHIZR KHAN (Nov. 7, Pullen Memo-

rial Baptist Church) Pakistani-Ameri-

can couple Khizr and Ghazala Khan, who lost their son in the Iraq War, fired a shot across the bow of Donald Trump’s xenophobic, racist platform by brandishing the Constitution during an emotional speech at the 2016 Democratic National Convention. In An American Family: A Memoir of Hope and Sacrifice, Khizr Khan tells the story of the hard-won patriotism behind the couple’s public stand.

NANCY PEARL (Nov. 17, McIntyre’s

Books) As NPR’s books correspondent, Nancy Pearl is known as “America’s librarian.” So it’s high time she added something of her own to the stacks. George & Lizzie, her first novel, asks with empathy and humor whether the imperfections in a marriage between a happy husband and an unfulfilled wife are the result of their joined present or their private pasts.

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BY LUKE HICKS, LAURA JARAMILLO, GLENN MCDONALD, NEIL MORRIS, AND RYAN VU

ou’re either already pumped about Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Blade Runner 2049, Thor: Ragnarok, and Justice League or you’ve read your fill about them—maybe both. Here are twelve fab fall films less liable to inspire déjà vu.

WOODSHOCK (Sep. 22) It’s hard to say

exactly what Woodshock is about beyond its star, Kirsten Dunst, tripping in a cabin by herself. But the beautiful, melancholic atmosphere evoked by the visuals and sound design promise a rich sensory experience, if not a coherent narrative. The directors, fashion stars Kate and Laura Mulleavy (of Rodarte fame), have hovered on the edges of the film world for years, hobnobbing with actors and designing costumes for Black Swan. Fans of visual experimentation will want to see what else they can do. —Ryan Vu

THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Oct. 6) If you’ve seen Tangerine, easily the best film of 2015, you need no other incentive to catch director Sean Baker’s latest. It’s set in a Florida motel called The Magic Inn, tricked out in the garish colors of nearby Disney World and home to a diverse assortment of social outcasts. The focus is a young mother and her daughter, a cute little troublemaker who delights in riling up the motel manager (Willem Dafoe). 28 | 9.13.17 | INDYweek.com

As in Baker’s other films, an almost Old Hollywood-style comedy emerges from the often bleak working-class realism. That interplay makes Baker a vital chronicler of late-stage American life. —RV

UNA (Oct. 6) Una is a portrait of the relationship between a precocious young woman, played alternately by Ruby Stokes and Rooney Mara, and an older neighborhood man (Ben Mendelsohn). Based on Blackbird, the play by David Harrower, this probing character study unsettles easy definitions of desire, consent, and power. The film is buoyed by some of the sharpest acting of Mara’s career in her portrayal of the passionate, slightly unhinged title character. —Laura Jaramillo WONDERSTRUCK (Oct. 20) The year’s

most promising family movie seems like a can’t-miss proposition. Restless indie-film pioneer Todd Haynes (Velvet Goldmine, Carol) adapts the work of Brian Selznick, the author-illustrator behind Hugo, Martin Scorsese’s all-ages masterpiece. Wonderstruck tells two parallel stories, in 1927 and 1977, following two deaf children in New York City. The older tale is told in period style, silent and monochrome. Word is that the film got a five-minute standing ovation at Cannes. —Glenn McDonald

FALLforYOU THE DISASTER ARTIST (Dec. 8) As someone who has seen The Room well over fifteen times and listened to The Disaster Artist audiobook twice, I can comfortably say that no cult-film event could possibly be more anticipated than this adaptation of the book. James Franco enters the bewildering life of Tommy Wiseau, creator of the “greatest bad movie ever made,” as writer Greg Sestero so accurately describes The Room. Despite its oddball subject, the book is surprisingly deft in emotion, eliciting tears of laughter and sorrow. Franco and Seth Rogen, both longtime fanboys, have their work cut out for them. —LH

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(Oct. 27) Greek auteur Yorgos Lanthimos’s psychological thriller is already drawing comparisons with the best of Polanski. It also looks unnerving as hell. Colin Farrell stars as a successful surgeon and family man whose home life is slowly infiltrated by a young man he thinks he’s mentoring. A dark undercurrent has always run through Lanthimos’s films, but this follow-up to 2015’s The Lobster takes a step away from sometimes impenetrable absurdism and toward recognizable genre territory. If shell-shocked festival reviews are to be believed, no compromises were necessary. —RV

SUBURBICON (Oct. 27) For hardcore film nerds, the Coen brothers’ films are mandatory viewing. They don’t always work (Hail, Caesar!), but when they do, they’re transcendent (Miller’s Crossing). This crime comedy reunites the Coens, as screenwriters, with frequent collaborator George Clooney, who directs. Matt Damon takes the lead as a mobbed-up suburban dad, and the trailers suggest the Coens are in their fallback mode of graphic violence played for kicks. That’s my least favorite mode, but hey: the Coen brothers! —GM THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (Nov. 10) British playwright

Martin McDonagh, known for his dark, gut-wrenching comedy and pointed social commentary, returns to the screen for his third film, with a stellar cast (Frances McDormand, Sam Rockwell, Woody Harrelson, and Peter Dinklage)

and a provocative concept: a woman dedicates herself to humiliating the local police force, using three billboards in her town, to hold them publicly accountable for the unsolved murder of her daughter. —Luke Hicks

THE SHAPE OF WATER (Dec. 8) Guill-

ermo del Toro’s latest has already been hailed by early critics as one of his best, most personal films. Set in a Cold Warera government research lab, it tells the story of a janitor who falls in love with an aquatic monster being held captive in the facilities. With gorgeous, surreal special

effects and del Toro’s genius for turning lived experience into political allegory, this movie promises both childlike wonder and sharp political critique. —LJ

DOWNSIZING (Dec. 22) Director Alex-

ander Payne’s most ambitious film yet has a premise seemingly pilfered from the recesses of Charlie Kaufman’s desk drawer. It’s a wicked satire about a notso-distant future in which Norwegian scientists have discovered a way to shrink people and objects to one-twelfth of their original size. As the process sweeps the world, touted as a way to save money and the planet, an average married couple, Paul (Matt Damon) and Audrey (Kristen Wiig), decides to get small and move to a new downsized community, a choice that triggers life-changing adventures. —NM

DARKEST HOUR (Nov. 22) Historical

drama enthusiasts will want to flag this British prestige picture depicting Winston Churchill’s first days in office as he prepares to square off against Hitler and the Nazi menace. That’s Gary Oldman is the lead role, and the film’s run on the festival circuit is already generating Best Actor buzz. We could use a jolt of antifascist heroism right about now, don’t you think? Let’s just hope the limited release includes some Triangle theaters. (Better yet, call them and ask for it.) —GM

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (Nov. 24)

Walter Fasano and James Ivory's screenplay, adapted from André Aciman’s 2007 coming-of-age novel, follows the love affair between a teenage American (Timothée Chalamet) and a twenty-fouryear-old research assistant (Armie Hammer) in northern Italy, beginning with their first summer together in the early 1980s. The film, which enjoyed seismiclevel critical buzz coming out of Sundance, has drawn favorable comparisons with artsy gay romances like Carol and Moonlight, and director Luca Guadagnino’s beguiling work is being mentioned alongside Pedro Almodóvar and François Ozon. —Neil Morris INDYweek.com | 9.13.17 | 29

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f you choose to attend TerraVita Food & Drink Festival—a foodie’s dream with grand buffets and heavy bacchanalia— you may find yourself surprised by how it also feeds your soul in unexpected ways. For one, you feel the ethos behind the event that sole organizer Colleen Minton has uplifted since she started the festival in 2010: a commitment to highlighting local food and sustainability. “Our food system is something that we as a culture need to address,” says Minton. The eighth TerraVita festival takes places October 18-21. It’s a whirlwind of learning, even when you’re mingling with our area’s greatest chefs and devouring their beautiful food. What’s great about TerraVita is that it doesn’t shy away from truths but, in Southern fashion, does so with grace. Take the sustainable classroom portion (a day pass costs eighty dollars). In the case of Southern food, those of us who live here, who are from here, and who value its history and culture aren’t surprised about its sudden revival in high-end culinary spaces. The “curriculum,” so to speak, that Minton puts together every year includes pushing for real conversations about food traditions that elevate the people who have historically made our region so diverse. The zerowaste festival uses food to draw people into a greater understanding of how our food system works—from environmental factors to social implications. “[People] have an opportunity to impact

the bigger picture,” says Minton. “But if they feel they have to compromise on something, they automatically shut it down. This gives people an in. This is their gateway.” Like last year, when three scholars and cooks—Sandra Gutierrez, Malinda Maynor Lowrey, and Toni Tipton Martin—led an entire classroom through a thrilling conversation about race, ethnicity, and gender in the food world over communal platters of three types of cornbread, each representing our diverse indigenous roots. This year’s classroom lineup includes talks (and tastes of ) everything from pie, vegetarianism, soul food, Appalachian cuisine, social justice, and sustainable aquaculture. The dinners range from $75 to $120. The first— Hill Fire: Coastal Roast—offers a fire-themed menu with an array of Southern chefs, including locals Cheetie Kumar (Garland), Scott Crawford (Crawford and Son), Teddy Diggs (Il Palio), Lionel Vatinet (La Farm Bakery), and Gabe Barker (Pizzeria Mercato). The Seasoned in the South dinner pays tribute to Crook’s Corner chef Bill Smith, featuring friends of Smith, like cookbook author and chef Sheri Castle and Vivian Howard of Chef and the Farmer/A Chef’s Life fame. The Grand Tasting on the Green closes the festival with an extravagant buffet of more than forty chefs and eighty food artisans. All events are hosted in Chapel Hill and Carrboro. For more information, visit www. terravitafest.com. food@indyweek.com

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One of Brüeprint's strengths is its consistency. It produces winners regardless of style. This small-batch variation on a traditional Oktoberfest lager upholds that reputation. A chocolate rye malt with a roasted flavor feeds off rye’s natural spice profile. (Brüeprint is having its own Oktoberfest party September 15 from four to eleven p.m. with live music, food trucks, and, of course, lots of beer.)

CAROLINA BREWING OKTOBERFEST LAGER

This amber lager, available in September and October, is in the Marzen style and blends caramel and toffee malt flavors. More bite than you might expect, with 5.6 percent ABV.

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Don't feel bad if you get confused while drinking this and forget that you're having a beer instead of a bloody Mary. It is “finished” with heirloom tomatoes, celery seed, and black peppercorns. Actually, you should feel good: Dingo uses its profits to fund nokill animal rescue groups in North Carolina.

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Fall also brings a plethora of beerrelated events. In addition to Big Boss's Casktoberfest and Brüeprint's Oktobrüefest mentioned above, here are a handful of other festivities: CRANK ARM FOURTH ANNIVERSARY PARTY September 16, with food trucks and a half dozen bands LONERIDER SPECIALTY KEG NIGHT September 20. It happens every two weeks, but this iteration features Hoppy Ki Yay IPA brewed with jalapenos, an especially tasty concoction. BOMBSHELL BREWING OKTOBERFEST, September 23. BULL CITY BURGER AND BREWING OKTOBERFEST VII STREET PARTY September 23. OAK & DAGGER FIRST ANNIVERSARY September 24, featuring the debut of Foedre Aged Anniversary Ale. WHITE STREET OKTOBERFEST October 7, featuring White Street Brewing's gold-medal-winning kolsch plus five German style beers brewed especially for the event. RALEIGH BEER WEEK September 17-24, with events at more than thirty venues.

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BY EMMA LAPERRUQUE AND VICTORIA BOULOUBASIS

all doesn’t start until September 22, but the fields don’t know that. Wander around any of the local farmers’ markets and you’ll see what we mean. Melons make way for muscadines, peaches for apples, and tomatoes for beets. Here are five fall ingredients we’re most excited about—and our favorite ways local chefs are putting them to good use.

MUSCADINES AND SCUPPERNONGS

We’re not here to change your mind about muscadine wine. The grapes’ tea-like sweetness makes it a love-or-hate situation in a glass. But they’re a seasonal favorite for cooking and baking. Durham’s Scratch brings out a muscadine-ricotta crostada (perfect for a sweet breakfast or snack). Nearby Alley Twenty-Six will incorporate a scuppernong-miso glaze on the dinner menu’s slow-roasted pork belly and sweet potato dish (complete with another regional favorite: cracklins). The N.C. State Farmers’ Market in Raleigh has a Grape Day on September 15, when shoppers can sample the grapes and treats made with them. You can stock up and make jelly, or you could get your fix without all the work, say, from Farmer’s Daughter muscadine jelly.

APPLES

At a supermarket, you’ll find Red Delicious, Gala, and Granny Smith varieties, shiny and waxed like a car. At the farmers market, though, add Arkansas Black, Mutsu, Goldrush, and Honey Crisp Ginger Gold to the mix. Each has its own personality—sweet or tart, crisp or starchy. Raleigh’s Lucettegrace uses Golden Delicious for its apple compote served with toasted almond cake, pecan blonde chocolate crunch, and a cheesecake mousse. East Durham Pie Company uses apples with local pears for one pie, and with Bull City Ciderworks cider and homemade caramel for another.

BEETS

The term “superfood” gets tossed around a lot, but beets truly deserve it. They’re full of potassium, magnesium, and vitamin C to boost your immune system, fight inflammation, and even improve your athletic performance. They also taste great when grown and prepared with care. In Raleigh, Death & Taxes serves a Beet Your Maker cocktail with whiskey, cocchi Americano, beet (of course), five-spice, and lemon. Kimbap’s miso-roasted beets are served with crème fraiche, peanuts, and mizuna greens. You can’t go wrong with a lunch of beet sandwiches in Durham. Lucky’s year-round standby includes roasted beets, herbed ricotta, and a delightful pistachio pesto. The Durham smokes beets for a vegetarian Reuben.

PUMPKINS

Beyond the spice lattes, Oreos, and onethousand-plus-pound monster destined for many selfies at the State Fair, there are more subtle ways to celebrate the advent of winter squash. The Durham’s fall menu includes roasted pumpkin with coconut oil, curry leaves, mustard seeds, and preserved tomato. Chef Andrea Reusing, who sources from Transplanting Traditions Community Farm, describes the pumpkin as “an incredible variety with super tender skin and very sweet, dense meat.” Stanbury in Raleigh opts for butternut squash served with sage, pumpkin seed, and whipped ricotta on crostini made with Boulted Bread.

PAWPAW

Pawpaw is a wild fruit native to several states across the Southeast, especially ours. The taste is somewhere between a banana and a mango, but that’s like saying a grapefruit is somewhere between an orange and a lime. You have to try one to really get it. Find creative renditions in Panciuto’s pawpaw shake in Hillsborough and Garland’s pawpaw, pistachio, and saffron kulfi. food@indyweek.com INDYweek.com | 9.13.17 | 33

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TIC TOC ESCAPES (2006 Fairview Road,

Raleigh, www.tictocescapes.com) This family-owned Raleigh game emphasizes joy and simplicity in its presentation and logic in its puzzles (read: no trivia). In the Green Room, you play as a band locked in its green room before a concert, while the Locker Room has you playing an athlete who’s been the victim of a friendly prank.

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AMAZE ROOM ESCAPES (3209 Gresham Lake Road, No. 128, Raleigh, www.amazeroomescapes.com) This one keeps things

Players at Cipher Escape, an escape room game in Morrisville FILE PHOTO BY ALEX BOERNER

grittier with The Mysterious Room, in which you play a group of criminals stealing back jewels you were wrongfully convicted of stealing, while in Prison Break, you’re embroiled in a government rescue mission, escaping from a rebel force’s prison with “your brothers in arms.” (The FAQ doesn’t mention women being barred, so that’s probably just a wording slip.)

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ESCAPE from the FALL BY BRIAN HOWE

f all those blazing orange leaves and heavy autumn skies get too poignant for you, here’s a way to have fun in windowless rooms: the escape-room craze has made it to the Triangle in a big way (except for Chapel Hill—what’s up with that?). If you’re not familiar, it involves being locked in a carefully crafted and themed room with a group of friends, family, or teambuilding coworkers, searching for clues as to how to get out. Basically, imagine that old Nickelodeon show Finders Keepers, but with logic puzzles and brain teasers—the joy of tearing up a room combined with the satisfaction of solving problems.

BULL CITY ESCAPE (711 Iredell Street, Dur-

ham, www.bullcityescape.com) You’ll find

many escape rooms nestled in inconspicuous office parks, and this one is no exception. But behind its modest façade are three games for varying group sizes and with different difficulty levels. One has a

NASA theme, one a fantasy theme, and one is based on a game of Clue.

MISSION X ESCAPE (3400 Westgate Drive, No. 8, Durham, www.missionxescape.com) With horror themes like Vam-

pire Manor and the bloodily styled Butcher Shop, this one skews more adult, though you can still stick the kids over in Candy Playland. Mission X also touts its multiroom scenarios and its unique use of sensing technology.

NC ESCAPE (119 Orange Street, Ste. 101,

Durham, www.ncescape.com) This rela-

tive newcomer in the heart of downtown Durham stands out for its concepts. In one scenario, you’re a secret agent infiltrating a reclusive billionaire’s mansion. In another—very meta—you puzzle over strange machines in “a secret room” discovered during an NC Escape renovation project. And in the third, you scour the studio of a

side Drive, Raleigh, www.raleighroomescapes.com) OK, this one’s a little—make

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that a lot—different. Rather than a traditional escape room, it uses the form for something artistic, much closer to immersive theater, putting you in character with puzzles that are more psychological than just logical. All the rooms are original and locally created, not licensed like many rooms elsewhere, and actual actors flesh out the scenarios.

CIPHER ESCAPE (250 Dominion Drive,

Morrisville, www.cipherescape.com) One of the first escape rooms to come to the Triangle, the reliable Cipher Escape has added a Holmesian room set in the Victorian criminal underground to its tried-and-true lineup of North Carolina themed, local brewery themed, and geekculture themed rooms.

TIME’S UP! ESCAPE ROOMS (216 East

Chatham Street, No. 108, Cary, www.timesupescape.com) This Cary outpost smart-

ly highlights the kinds of skills favored by each of its rooms: a bomb-squad scenario requires “math, logic, and deduction,” but you’ll need more “technical” chops to solve a murder.

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FALL into FESTIVALS BY BRIAN HOWE

f you’re only into music, it might feel like the festival season is winding down after Hopscotch. But if you’re a fan of the arts more generally, you’re just getting started. Here is a small sample of the best autumn gatherings where you can do a lot in one go.

CENTERFEST ARTS FESTIVAL (Sep. 16 & 17, downtown Durham) Standing along-

side SPARKcon (see below) as a gateway to fall, the Durham Arts Council’s free annual street party for art, music, and food is coming up this very weekend. Though it’s a four-decade-plus institution, it’s far from stagnant, growing with Durham’s local art scene. Last year enjoyed record-setting attendance of more than thirty thousand; this year the festival extends its reach, with music drifting into the night at CCB Plaza and Bull McCabe’s Irish Pub. And while CenterFest draws artists, vendors, and artisans from far and wide, this year it also introduces a new Durham Arts Village to spotlight local nonprofits, vendors, and makers.

SPARKCON (Sep. 14–17, downtown Raleigh)

Jugglers, hoopers, magicians, poets, musicians, filmmakers, designers, comedians, chefs—oh my! Dream of anything you can imagine in arts and culture and you’ll find it at SPARKcon, Raleigh’s freewheeling annual “creativity festival.” Whereas the cityrun CenterFest is top-down, SPARKcon is grassroots, filling venues and street sites with artist-created “sparks,” or programming tracks, for four days. Search by spark at the festival’s website or just plunge into the melee and discover something new.

WAKE FOREST DANCE FESTIVAL

(Sep. 30, E. Carroll Joyner Park) This firsttime outing inspires confidence in that it’s directed by a former member of Martha Graham Dance Company and features a couple of performers from that legendary troupe to boot. It’s a free, cityfunded outdoor dance festival featuring professional dancers from the region and the nation as well as top-level local indie talent. Mini-performances spotlighting different kinds of dance take place

CenterFest 2016 PHOTO COURTESY OF MICHAEL ZIRKLE PHOTOGRAPHY throughout Joyner Park all day, leading to a staged performance in the evening. Some of the featured local artists include Renay Aumiller, Manuel Barriga, and Gaspard Louis.

CLICK! 120 (Oct. 4–8, Triangle-wide)

For several years now, the Click! Photography Festival has filled area galleries and museums with photography exhibits each October, with almost too much range and scope for the center to hold. That’s why the addition of Click! 120 this year is wise and welcome: it’s a five-day intensive that serves as a great entry point into what the larger festival has to offer, with keynote speeches, portfolio reviews, workshops, tours, panels, artist talks, and exhibit openings.

NC COMICON: BULL CITY (Nov. 10–12, Durham Convention Center) We can be

heroes, just for three days, as the Triangle’s largest comic book convention returns to the Durham Convention Center (it also has a second annual show in Raleigh in the spring). Want to meet Klaus Janson, who worked with Frank Miller on his deathless Daredevil run, or Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, who branched out into comics post-Run-D.M.C.? You can also just gawk at cosplayers, if you don’t actually collect comics, or put a second mortgage on your house, if you do. (P.S., if you prefer slightly more highbrow reading, consider the West End Poetry Festival, which returns to the Carrboro Century Center Oct. 18–21 and features a wide variety of regional poets, to be announced.)

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Carolina Ballet’s The Legend of Sleepy Hollow PHOTO COURTESY OF CAROLINA BALLET

FALL into HALLOWEEN BY BRIAN HOWE, ALLISON HUSSEY, AND DAVID KLEIN

ny conservative INDY hater worth his or her salt will tell you we’re all a bunch of godless pagans, so of course, our favorite holiday is the one that dares to speak its pagan origins aloud. From haunted houses and races to haunted theater productions, you’re bound to find some of our infernal staffers at any of these events come All Hallows’ Eve. Bring your voodoo doll.

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Bass Mountain Road, Snow Camp) Ghosts,

ghouls, goblins, and gore are such familiar elements of Halloween that they cease to be scary anymore. But at this long-running old-school haunted house—the largest venue of its kind in the state—you’ll feel those authentic chills again, thanks to professional makeup- and effects-artists who create movie-quality carnage you can feel in your viscera. Attractions include a Pirates of the Caribbean stunt show, face painting, and numerous wandering personages of the juggler/sword-fighting/ ninja variety. —David Klein

THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW & OTHER HAUNTED TALES (Oct. 12–29,

Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh) No one

who saw the cartoon version as a child

could ever forget The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Ichabod Crane’s terrifying confrontation with its famed villian, the Headless Horseman. The Washington Irving tale is now the source material for a world premiere by Carolina Ballet choreographer-in-residence Zalman Raffael and artistic director Robert Weiss, rounded out with some other spooky ballet treats for an evening of high-culture, family-friendly scares. —Brian Howe

attracted costumed revelers from all over the state. In more recent years, though, town officials have focused on tempering the seasonal celebration toward a less outrageous, more family-friendly affair, with a 10:30 p.m. end time. Consider it a great opportunity for extra people watching after the kids are done trick-or-treating—or a good pregame if you’re hellbent on partying hard. —Allison Hussey

DAY OF THE DEAD 5K & STREET FESTIVAL (Oct. 28, downtown Raleigh) The

one of his most anticipated theater productions of the fall, Byron Woods picked Sonorous Road Theatre’s immersive theatrical haunted house, House of the Fury (see p. 20). But don’t forget that Durham’s Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern has been doing something similar for years in its annual Halloween fundraisers. Previous outings have transformed places like the Durham Fruit & Produce Company and Ponysaurus Brewing into immersive-theater spookfests, the latter touting “ghosts, ghouls, and circus freakazoids; horrific wounds and sadistic doctors; horror punk and Amy Winehouse (R.I.P.); cannibal children, unholy animals, and the Symbionese Liberation Army.” Details on this year’s outing are still shaping up as LGP prepares an ambitious premiere (see p. 21), but watch their website for more on this Halloween trick/treat. —BH

Day of the Dead is an ancient Mexican holiday that commemorates loved ones who have passed on, but it is also a celebration of life. Now in its seventh year, the Day of the Dead 5K footrace and street festival in downtown Raleigh features altars to leave offerings for missed friends and family, but the focus is on the here and now: a healthy run (through Oakwood Cemetery, naturally), a race for young ones, music, costumes, and a free margarita for old-enough participants from Gallo Pelón. —DK

HOMEGROWN HALLOWEEN (Oct. 31,

Franklin Street, Chapel Hill) It used to be

the case that, on Halloween, Chapel Hill’s Franklin Street transformed into the site of a massive multiblock party that

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WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK 9.13-9.20 Billy Strings PHOTO THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

BILL FRISELL: HARMONY

Bill Frisell is best known for his clean, cool, pure tone as a jazz guitarist, but his music, across thirty years and contributions to more than a hundred records, spans a wonderfully weird range of styles. His 1983 debut record, which featured reverb-laden guitar and upright bass, hinted at ambient music while retaining a jazzy center, but last year’s When You Wish Upon a Star features a zany array of interpretations of pieces from films—he follows “Moon River” with the theme from The Godfather. As of late, Frisell has assembled HARMONY, a quartet featuring bassist Luke Bergman, vocalist Petra Haden, and cellist Hank Roberts, to perform a variety of American music. Their oeuvre ranges folk songs such as “Oh Shenandoah” to renditions of film music. Their performance will in some sense embody the arch of Frisell’s musical career— eclectic, virtuosic, and celebratory. —Noah Rawlings THE ARTSCENTER, CARRBORO 8 p.m., $35, www.artscenterlive.org

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14

BILLY STRINGS

It’s homecoming week at PlayMakers Rep. Playwright Bekah Brunstetter, a UNC grad who’s now a writer and producer for This Is Us, and former associate artistic director Jeffrey Meanza return to Chapel Hill to stage The Cake a month after its premiere in Los Angeles. Brunstetter’s play is based on the 2012 controversy, now before the Supreme Court, in which a Colorado chef refused to bake a gay wedding cake. But Brunstetter moves it to her native North Carolina: Della, a conservative Winston-Salem baker who helped raise her friend’s daughter, now confronts her upcoming marriage to another woman, forcing Della to reexamine her long-held beliefs. The playwright has said she wants her work to humanize conservative values and resist our current tendencies to oversimplify or demonize opposing views. Stage veteran Julia Gibson and newcomer Jenny Latimer star. —Byron Woods

Flatpicked acoustic guitar is one of the main pillars of bluegrass. Not only does the instrument help fill in rhythmic passages in percussion-free ensembles, but the detailed timbre of speed-of-light picking is a defining quality of the genre. Billy Strings, a twenty-fiveyear-old from Nashville, is one of the most skilled young pickers in bluegrass today, which he demonstrates at full tilt on his forthcoming debut record, Turmoil & Tinfoil. His guitar chops are front and center, but his classic and confident baritone voice is remarkably powerful, too. Strings isn’t a complete purist; he sneaks in some jam influences on tracks like the ten-minute “Meet Me at the Creek”—but he pulls back just enough to keep from becoming watered-down jamgrass. Instead, Strings melds the past and present into one blistering sound of his own. You’ll have to see him in person to believe how fast his fingers can move. Whiskey Shivers open. —Allison Hussey

PAUL GREEN THEATRE, CHAPEL HILL Various times, $10–$57, www.playmakersrep.org

AMERICAN TOBACCO THEATER, DURHAM 6 p.m., free, www.americantobaccocampus.com

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CLOSER THAN THEY APPEAR

Though it may seem counterintuitive, an effective new therapy for treating combat-related post-traumatic stress involves submerging soldiers into a virtual reality replay of their time overseas. Applications like the video-game-based “Virtual Iraq” allow veterans to gradually face their traumatic memories until they acclimate to the anxieties they trigger. StreetSigns Center’s artistic director, Joseph Megel, incorporates that technology into the premiere of this wartime drama, which local audiences saw in a developmental form in 2011 under the title You Are Dead. You Are Here. In Christine Evans’s script, an American soldier’s mediated therapy becomes more challenging when the experiences of a young Iraqi woman from Fallujah are increasingly incorporated into his virtual—and physical—reality. When that connection intensifies, exactly what is he being drawn toward? An all-star cast includes Trevor Johnson, Smita Misra, and Elisabeth Lewis Corley. —Byron Woods UNC’S SWAIN HALL, CHAPEL HILL 8 p.m. Weds.–Sat./3 p.m. Sun., $5–$45, www.processseries.unc.edu

“Circular Lament,” an animation by Chris Doyle, in The SuperNatural PHOTO COURTESY OF 21C FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

THE SUPERNATURAL

We’ve long since lost sight of the seams, once considered inviolable, between nature, technology, and commerce—though we sometimes imagine we are crossing a boundary when we take thousand-dollar bikes into deceptively wild woods, guided by our smartphones and clad in moisture wicking socks. The SuperNatural wades into this liminal zone, exploring how we see and shape the contours of our planet as the physical refuse of the industrial age shades into the digital refuse of the present. The show includes a generative digital video by Tabor Robak, a virtual reality installation by Jakob Kudsk Steensen, and photos by Lars Jan, among many others. Brooklyn artist Chris Doyle, who joins curator Alice Gray Stites for a discussion at this opening reception, created “Dreams of Infinite Luster,” a site-specific digital animation, for the museum-hotel’s exterior vitrines. In it, “All the elements are rendered in gold, the color of lucre—the product, engine, and goal of capitalism.” Is a luxury hotel an odd site for post-capitalist critique? Sure. But, as we’ve said, what seams? —Brian Howe 21C MUSEUM HOTEL, DURHAM 6–9 p.m., free, www.21cmuseumhotels.com/durham

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THU, SEP 14 Dragmatic HOOKY Raleigh four-piece ROCK Dragmatic excels at the sort of hook-driven underdog rock that once roared out of every corridor of this fine country, from Tempe’s Gin Blossoms to Buffalo’s Goo Goo Dolls to just about every band from Minneapolis. Romantic, tough-minded, and pitched expertly on the precipice between ramshackle and righteous, tunes like the self-recriminating “This Is Nowhere” and the loping valentine “Home Tonight” make it feel like 1986 again, in the best way possible. Christiane and the Strays and Eric Scholz Band open. —TB [POUR HOUSE, $5/9 P.M.]

Karen & the Sorrows BK With its steady COUNTRY beat, minor keys, and moody twang, Brooklyn’s Karen & the Sorrows’ take on country music more resembles Neil Young circa Old Ways than anything you’d be apt to hear at the pre-seventies Opry. That’s no demerit—frontwoman Karen Pittelman gets standout tunes like “Just a Little Heartbreak” and “Take Me For a Ride” across with accomplished melancholy. Humble Tripe opens. —EB [NIGHTLIGHT, $7/9 P.M.]

9.13 – 9.20 Jess Klein FOLK & Over the course BLUES of a storied career, singer-songwriter Jess Klein has consistently discovered ways to mine novel revelations from the time-honored blues and folk idioms that inspire her. By turns irreverent and fearfully intense, Klein’s 2014 LP, Learning Faith, is a master class in visionary mysticism: political without being didactic, poetic while avoiding pretense. For the evening, Klein is joined by talented Greensboro native and aesthetic fellow traveler David Wimbish. —EB [CAT’S CRADLE BACK ROOM, $10–$12/8 P.M.]

Pete Mancini POWER Butcher’s Blind POP frontman, Pete Mancini, recently released a solo album consisting of a swath of his intelligently rendered originals and a number of aesthetically appropriate covers. With his lived-in vocals and sly way with a turn of phrase, Mancini’s record is a winner, suggesting the hard-won wisdom of John Hiatt and the barely sublimated bitterness of early Graham Parker. Michael VM and Blue Cactus open. —EB [THE CAVE, $5/9 P.M.]

Obituary, Exodus DEATH Almost any band METAL currently thumping the molten, gore-splattered, death metal bible may trace its faith back to Obituary. The Floridabased group is widely credited as the catalyst for the subgenre’s rise to notoriety in the late eighties, setting the scene’s controversial parameters on delicately titled opuses like “Slowly We Rot” and “Back From the Dead.” Obituary’s tenth, self-titled album serves as the backdrop for this stop on “The Battle of the Bays,” the Floridians’

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coheadlining trek with fellow death metal pioneers Exodus (whose ranks briefly included one Kirk Hammett, who went on to play guitar for a little band called Metallica). —ZC [MOTORCO, $25/6 P.M.]

Swervedriver GAZE @ Throughout the SHOES course of nearly a quarter decade and a handful of lineup changes, Swervedriver has been a consistently inventive force in guitar rock, integrating elements of glam and punk into a propulsive, blurry vision and helping to spawn the British shoegaze movement in the mid-nineties. On Swervedriver’s most recent release, 2015’s I Wasn’t Born to Lose You, the band recaptures its swaggering youth while finding a few new pedal-driven rabbit holes along the way. —TB [CAT’S CRADLE, $20/8 P.M.]

Westerlund, Wallace, and Toll COUNTRY The richness of SOUL the Chapel Hill music scene can be seen in the multiplicity of rewarding configurations that local musicians subdivide into. Anchoring this show are percussionist Joe Westerlund, James Wallace, a busy and brilliant keys player, and Casey Toll, who stays busy on bass with Mount Moriah and a number of other local bands. Together they play a deft instrumental mélange of jazz-blues-roots tunes rendered with the intuitive interplay common to old friends and collaborators. —DK [THE STATION, $6/8 P.M.] ALSO ON THURSDAY AMERICAN TOBACCO AMPHITHEATER: Billy Strings, Whiskey Shivers; 6 p.m. See page 38. • THE ARTSCENTER: Bill Frisell ft. Petra Haden, Hank Roberts, Luke Bergman; 8 p.m., $35. See page 38. • DEEP SOUTH: Tears of Silver; 8 p.m., $30.

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DANIEL LEVIN

Not since the days of Abdul Wadud has there been a cellist in the jazz world as interesting as Daniel Levin. Combining the passion of Albert Ayler, the extreme noise side of Jimi Hendrix, and the quiet focus of modern European classical music, Levin is at the top of the game in the creative music world, performing with masters like Anthony Braxton and Joe Morris. Living, his new record on Belgian label Smeraldina-Rima, is the culmination of twelve years of playing solo shows around the world. Levin initially approached solo playing as a way to meet the audience halfway between what he wanted to do and what he thought it was expecting. “I was very much focused on the experience of encountering the audience,” he says. “It was about throwing myself in front of an audience and working with the excitement and fear and adrenaline of needing to create a set of music on the spot, in a live performance setting.” After a few years of exploring his ideas for solo cello, Levin began to wonder what would happen if he removed the audience from the equation: “What would happen if playing solo became a kind of private ritual that was done purely for my own enjoyment and satisfaction, with neither awareness of nor concern about the audience’s experience of it?” he posits.

The answer is Living, which feels like eavesdropping on a stranger’s private, most intimate moments. Some parts feel like the quietest of whispers, a voice delivering a message you can’t quite understand. There are others, though, that feel like the most horrendous of nightmares, the kind that you wake up from too terrified to go back to sleep. Since making Living, Levin says his role as a performer has become even more complex, and he wonders if he’s meeting the audience’s expectations or his own. He continues, “Am I attempting to experience my private ritual of exploration and expression for myself, while somehow providing the audience with a special opportunity to observe me doing this as if I were truly alone, so that their presence would have no influence on my choices and thinking?” The answer to this question, he says, is both. “The tension between these two very different experiences of creating solo improvisation can itself be used to provide structure and meaning in live performance,” Levin says. The cellist’s Tuesday night stop in Raleigh is his first-ever concert in North Carolina, and it seems as though he’ll offer something the Triangle has never experienced before—and, quite possibly, may never witness again. —David Menestres NEPTUNES PARLOUR, RALEIGH 9 p.m., $5–$7, www.kingsraleigh.com INDYweek.com | 9.13.17 | 41

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Continental NO BULL Know first that SHIP Continental is a labor-of-love band of Rick Barton, the founding guitarist of Celtic punk band Dropkick Murphys. Know also that Barton’s side gig doesn’t sound much like his main one; Continental’s straightforward rock splits the difference between the Stones’ swagger and The Replacements’ stumble. As long as I don’t have to hear “I’m Shipping Up to Boston” one more fucking time, it should be fine. —PW [THE MAYWOOD, $10/8:30 P.M.]

El Ten Eleven POST Post-rock ROCK stalwarts El Ten Eleven formed in 2002 and released a self-titled debut in 2005. The Los Angeles duo, consisting of guitarist/ bassist Kristian Dunn and drummer Tim Fogarty, has spent the bulk of its career crafting compelling instrumental gems. The duo’s recent collaborative EP with singer Emile Mosseri (of The Dig), however, brings vocals into the mix, creating an intoxicating swirl that brings to mind Beach House’s most bewitching moments. Sego opens. —CB [KINGS, $12–$15/10:30 P.M.]

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert MOVIE Live scorings of MAGIC films have gained increasing popularity of late, and, this weekend, the first Harry Potter movie gets the treatment in Raleigh. With its John Williams score, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone evokes childlike wonder—and that wonder will only feel more visceral when the North Carolina Symphony steps in. —NR [MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, $60–$95/7:30 P.M.]

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his ground in the mainstream country genre, Rice, now signed to Broken Bow Records after triumphantly leaving a deal at Columbia that atrophied his career, is back and eager to prove himself as more than just another bro-country star. —AD [THE RITZ, $30–$51/8 P.M.]

Violet Bell RINGING Making the best CLEAR possible use of the atmospheric, captivating vocals of Lizzy Ross, Durham folk duo Violet Bell puts an eerie, vaguely avant-garde twist on traditional roots music, suggesting the lovely but slightly askew early John Cale releases. Garnished with beauty but fraught with an underlying menace, tunes like “Dream the Wheel” underscore the interplay between Ross and violinist Oscar Ruiz-Lopez and sound like a beautiful dream turned sudden nightmare. —EB [CAT’S CRADLE BACK ROOM, $10/8 P.M.]

Wovenhand ROOTSY Not long after 16 ROARS Horsepower, his pioneering gothic Americana band, split in 2001, David Eugene Edwards cranked up Wovenhand. Spiritually and thematically, the bands aren’t dissimilar; like its predecessor, Wovenhand bends roots music (particularly Appalachian folk) toward rock ’n’ roll, imbuing it with a darkness similar to Nick Cave. —PW [LOCAL 506, $14–$17/9 P.M.] ALSO ON FRIDAY BEYÙ CAFFÈ: De’Sean Jones; 7 & 9 p.m., $15. • THE CAVE: Citris, Eyeball, I Forgot; 9 p.m., $5. • DEEP SOUTH: Five Mile Radius, Chris Nash and Nash County Line, Over At Ten; 9 p.m., $7. • NIGHTLIGHT: Profligate, Chucha, HANZ, DJ Karl Raymar; 9:30 p.m. • POUR HOUSE: Dr. Bacon + Waker, Unaka Prong; 9 p.m., $10–$12.

SAT, SEP 16 Triangle Blues Society Blues Challenge BLUES How do you get to BATTLES Memphis? Practice, practice, practice.

The first step from Durham to winning the city’s thirty-third International Blues Challenge starts at the Blue Note Grill. Solo, duo, and band entrants are judged on originality and creativity. If and when they get there, locals are rated as typical of a beginning blues band, local weekend band, advanced local band but not yet ready to headline a major blues club, blues artists who headline major clubs, or mainstage festival headliners. —GB [BLUE NOTE GRILL, $8–$10/2 P.M.]

DJ Psycho, Loner.9 DETROIT DJ Psycho and TECHNO Loner.9 are both members of the Detroit Techno Militia, a musical collective dedicated to the preservation and promulgation of Detroit techno. The DNA of original techno is encoded in both artists’ sounds. But like the musical forebears their collective seeks to preserve in cultural memory, DJ Psycho and Loner.9 are not looking to merely preserve a musical tradition but to push it in new directions. DJ Psycho, astutely named, favors a jerky, funkier side of Detroit techno, whereas Loner.9 tends toward more downtempo, mellow tracks. —NR [NIGHTLIGHT, $8–$10/10 P.M.]

Mel Melton and the Wicked Mojos ZYDECO Mel Melton brings BLUES low-down, gritty, back-alley blues and zydeco, and opener John Dee Holeman presents traditional Piedmont blues. Gastonia native Melton adopted Louisiana culture in 1969, moving to Lafayette, hooking up with slide guitarist Sonny Landreth, playing with Clifton Chenier and later starting the band Bayou Rhythm with Sonny and Clifton’s son, C.J., along the way. —GB [BEYÙ CAFFÈ, $16.50/7 & 9 P.M.]

Jason Richardson HEAVY On “Hos Down,” BLEND guitarist Jason Richardson and drummer Luke Holland shuffle through styles: a bit of twangy chicken pickin’ here, a jazzy breakdown there, a prog rock

Durham to hirty-third Challenge SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 16 ote Grill. entrants nality and en they rated as ng blues Since the grand opening of the sumptuously renovated Baldwin Auditorium in 2012, d band, the Duke University Department of Music has hosted an annual gala to showcase d but not the deep, combined talents of its performance faculty. In its first few years, the gala e a major tists who had a wide range of programming, but more recent iterations have focused more on music by Duke composers. Last year’s edition featured a richly colored new work by s, or headliners. Scott Lindroth based on the Richard Powers novel Orfeo, alongside Olivier Messiaen’s mystical “Quartet for the End of Time.” LL,

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solo elsewhere. Mostly, though, the song’s a showcase for the duo’s admirable—if hoary—djent-metal chops. With The Reign of Kindo and Stolas. —PW [CAT’S CRADLE BACK ROOM, $13–$15/6:30 P.M.]

Rockin the Rights! ACLU Benefit RIGHT In the wake of the ON, MAN 2016 election, the marked uptick in benefit concerts on behalf of the ACLU underscores the level of concern people have that their most basic freedoms are no longer secure. The five-band bill ranges royally, from Butcher & the Tin Man’s crunchy alt rock to stirring sacred steel from The Allen Boys, fiery electric blues guitar from the Cyril Lance Band and genial roots tunes from Too Much Fun. The Whiskey Honeys start things off with vintage covers. —DK [CAT’S CRADLE, $10–$15/7 P.M.]

Tricky the Cosmonaut WILM Marc Detlef ROCK Reibold, Dave Bjorkback, and Bob Wall formed Tricky the Cosmonaut in Wilmington in 1994. Since then, its members have gone on to play in a host of other acts, including Torch Marauder and Le Weekend. Tonight, expect loose indie rock with an experimental bent. —CB [THE STATION, $6/8:30 P.M.] ALSO ON SATURDAY DEEP SOUTH: Down By Five, Zigadoo Moneyclips, Six Shots Later; 8 p.m.-midnite, $5. • DUKE’S BALDWIN AUDITORIUM: Songs of a Journey; 8 p.m., free. See box, this page. • LINCOLN THEATRE: Johnny Folsom Four (Johnny Cash Tribute), Pinto; 8:30 p.m., $12–$15. • THE MAYWOOD: Kiss the Curse, Days to Come, Through All This Time, Fear the Indifference; 8:30 p.m., $8. • MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert; 7:30 p.m., $45–$85. • MEYMANDI CONCERT HALL: Collage: Atlantic Crossings; 8 p.m. • POUR HOUSE: The Mantras, Travers Brothership, Henry & The Invisibles; 9 p.m. • SHARP NINE GALLERY: Lois Deloatch Gomes, Ernest Turner Trio; 8 p.m., $25. • SLIM’S: Richard Bacchus & The Luckiest Girls, GSO, The Royal Nites; 9 p.m., $5.

SUN, SEP 17 Caamp NOT TOO Ohio duo Caamp IN-TENTS plays the kind of backwoods-veneer modern roots pop that ends up soundtracking awkwardly quirky independent rom-coms. Sometimes it’s upbeat and uptempo; sometimes it’s unhurried and wistful. It’s always bland and derivative. —PW [CAT’S CRADLE BACK ROOM, $10–$12/8 P.M.]

Dark Rooms HART Since he deSONGS camped from the Triangle, Daniel Hart’s star has risen. He’s earned critical praise making music for films and podcasts, and toured with Broken Social Scene, The Polyphonic Spree, and St. Vincent. Dark Rooms, his current outfit, is about as far removed from The Physics of Meaning as possible, treading in dark, lush electronic pop that bends toward artsy R & B. —PW [THE PINHOOK, $8/8 P.M.]

Hamiltunes SING Whether mention ALONG of the musical Hamilton leaves you impassioned or indifferent, you’ve probably heard someone— your nephew, your friend, someone on TV, yourself— sing or rap a song from it. Either way, talk of its success and adoring fan base has been ubiquitous. Motorco gives Hamilton devotees the chance to indulge their passion for the musical in a sing-along event, in which audience members act, rap, and sing Hamilton numbers from the stage or audience seating. —NR [MOTORCO, $5–$10/5 P.M.]

Male Gaze DUDE A band of four LOOKS men playing guitars aggressively, crooning coolly into a reverb-doused mic doesn’t feel particularly exciting in this cultural moment, especially when that band’s name is Male Gaze. The name is undoubtedly a tongue-in-cheek riff on Laura Mulvey’s theoretical feminist concept, but humor or self-awareness isn’t

enough to absolve, nor to elevate what amounts to fairly mundane musical ideas. With AUTOSPKR. —NR [NEPTUNES PARLOUR, $8–$10/8 P.M.]

The Railsplitters, Fireside Collective YOUNG Two IBMA GRASS Bluegrass Ramble showcase bands represent vastly different takes on the genre. Boulder, Colorado’s Railsplitters mix everything from samba to hip-hop with traditional high and lonesome. Last year’s MerleFest band competition winners, Asheville’s Fireside Collective, play original compositions in traditional styles. —GB [MIDTOWN PARK AMPHITHEATER, FREE/3 P.M.] ALSO ON SUNDAY BLUE NOTE GRILL: All Star Fundraiser for Bright Star Stables; 5 p.m., $10. • THE CAVE: Down By Five, Zigadoo Moneyclips, Six Shots Later; 9 p.m.-midnite, $5. • KINGS: Megacolossus, Youth League, Corvette Summer; 8 p.m., $8. • LOCAL 506: Jake Clemons; 8 p.m., $20–$22. • MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone in Concert; 2 p.m., $45–$85. • POUR HOUSE: Acoustic Something; 9 p.m.

MON, SEP 18 Lindi Ortega CANADA Canadian-born COUNTRY country singer and recent Nashville transplant Lindi Ortega brings a modern twist to Music Row’s familiar femme fatale archetype. She invests tunes with seemingly traditional themes like “The Day You Die” and “Cigarettes & Truckstops” with enough self-awareness to transcend hoary damsel-in-distress dynamics, demonstrating enough grounding in the tradition to sell them as more then satire. Her po-faced Nashville counterpart Andrew Combs is far more earnest and far less fun. —TB [MOTORCO, $12–$15/8 P.M.]

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“Loan Me a Dime,” to 1976’s “Lowdown,” 1977’s “Lido Shuffle” and 1980’s “Look What You’ve Done To Me.” His latest, 2015’s A Fool to Care, features duets with Bonnie Raitt on the rollicking, back porch blues thumper “Hell to Pay,” and Lucinda Williams moaning soulfully on “Whispering Pines.” —GB [MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM, $37–$178, 7:30 P.M.]

Villa*Nova MIXED Villa*Nova brings BAG its blend of loose rock and poppy funk up from Columbia, South Carolina, for an evening that may have you dancing. Or rocking out to the “face-shredding solos” of openers Echo the Aftermath. Or swaying along to the country pop of Raleigh’s Kaylin. Take your pick. —CB [POUR HOUSE. $5–$10/8 P.M.] ALSO ON MONDAY CAT’S CRADLE (BACK ROOM): Bandits on the Run, Magnolia Project, Honey Magpie; 8 p.m., $10. • NEPTUNES PARLOUR: The Atomic Rhythm All Stars September Residency; 8:30 p.m., $5.

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Verité TRUTH Judging from its HURTS cover, VERITE’s 2017 self-titled, self-released debut appears like it may resemble murky R & B or the indie pop of Lykke Li. Instead, it resembles Christina Perri’s formulaic radio pop, which is unfortunate, because singer Kelsey Byrne has a compelling voice. With Tigertown. —CB [LOCAL 506, $12/9 P.M.] ALSO ON WEDNESDAY CAROLINA THEATRE: Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, Devon Gilfillian; 8 p.m., $25. • THE CAVE: Essex//Muro Residency; 9 p.m., $5. • THE MAYWOOD: The Rocketz, The Silver Shine, Motorbilly; 8:30 p.m., $10. • POUR HOUSE: Dada, Sound and Shape; 8 p.m., $15. • RED HAT AMPHITHEATER: Ms. Lauryn Hill, Nas; 6 p.m. See page 14.

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“I have had an accidentally inevitable career,” the Durham-based letterpress printer Brian Allen writes in a statement about his going-away show at Horse & Buggy Press and Friends. After planning to be an academic, Allen fell sideways into calligraphy, typesetting, graphic design, and, ultimately uniting them all, letterpress. After ten years in the Triangle, he is now planning to close his letterpress shop on Mangum Street and head elsewhere for new adventures. This retrospective exhibit, conceived by fellow-handprinters Dave Wofford (Horse & Buggy) and Sarah Almond (Shed Letterpress), covers

OPENING SPECIAL From Isolation to EVENT War: Native veteran story quilts. Sep 15-Oct 31. Reception: Fri, Sep 15, 6-8 p.m. Love House and Hutchins Forum, Chapel Hill. CenterFest Arts Festvial: Showcase of 145 juried visual artists and sixty performing artists. $5 donation. Sat, Sep 16 & Sun, Sep 17. Downtown Durham, Durham. See p. 36. SPECIAL Don’t Quit: The Nello EVENT Teer Sr. Story: History of the Teer family in Durham. Sep 15-Dec 15. Reception: Fri, Sep 15, 6-8:30 p.m. Durham History Hub, Durham. www. museumofdurhamhistory.org.

SPECIAL Gamut: Heather EVENT Gordon. Sep 15-Oct 6. Reception: Fri, Sep 15, 6-9 p.m. SPECTRE Arts, Durham. www.spectrearts.org. SPARKcon 2017: A four-day creativity festival for all things weird, fun, and free. Sep 14-17, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Fayetteville Street, Raleigh. See p. 36. SPECIAL SuperNatural: Still EVENT and moving images of land and cityscapes, taxidermy and fabricated figures. Sep 15-Jul 1. Reception: Fri, Sep 15, 6-8 p.m. 21c Museum Hotel, Durham. 21cmuseumhotels. com/durham. Ticket Release Party for The Muse Masquerade: Costume sale with Little Green Pig Theatrical Concern, art activities

with Happymess Art Studios, classes and supplies, and a minimarket featuring local artisans and vendors. Fri, Sep 15, 6-8:30 p.m. The Carrack Modern Art, Durham. www.thecarrack.org. Where Have I Been All Your Life?: One-night pop-up exhibit of mixed-media paintings by Ian Griffin. Fri, Sep 15, 6-9 p.m. Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau, Durham. www.durhamnc.com. SPECIAL Where We Find EVENT Home: Recent Southern photography by Ben Alper, DL Anderson, Aaron Canipe, Justin Cook, Phyllis Dooney, Matt Eich, Preston Gannaway, Lissa Gotwals, Jeremy M. Lange, Jared Soares, Aaron Turner, and Will Warasila.

more than twenty years of Allen’s hand-printed and calligraphic work utilizing “disruptive technologies of the fifteenth and twenty-first centuries;” much of it is priced to sell. After this opening reception (which features live klezmer music outside), another follows on Sep. 23 from 4–5:30 p.m. while the exhibit runs through Sep. 29. In all, it’s a fine and fitting capstone for an inevitable career. —Brian Howe

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Part of the Click! Photography Festival. Sep 15-Oct 14. Reception: Fri, Sep 15, 6-9 p.m. The Scrap Exchange, Durham. scrapexchange.org.

ONGOING Annual Instructor Exhibit: Featuring drawings, jewelry, and photography. Thru Oct 1. The ArtsCenter, Carrboro. www. artscenterlive.org. LAST Before the War: CHANCE Virtual reality is the next frontier for artists, and Tyler Jackson is scouting it. The abstract storyline in his VR exhibit needed five people to bring it to virtual life: Fabian Marquez, Alisha Hawkins, Doug Kinnison, Derick Childress, and Alex Davis. You don VR goggles,

grip a haptic-feedback wand, and find yourself immersed in a shadowy, seemingly cavernous space, standing before a table. Touching various objects it holds allows you to enter different scenes, adumbrating if not spelling out a story about life and death as seen from some liminal place. When you lean out of a window and see the woods spreading into your peripheral vision, or you look down and see a rope ladder dangling vertiginously into streaming clouds beneath your feet, the sense of having entered another world is profound. Thru Sep 16. Lump, Raleigh. www.teamlump.org. —Brian Howe Beyond the Front Porch 2017: Exhibition of work by twelve senior undergraduates. Thru Nov

12. Duke Campus: Center for Documentary Studies, Durham. www.cdsporch.org. Carefully Cut: Tin-can collage by Thomas Graham. Thru Nov 2. Alexander Dickson House, Hillsborough. www. historichillsborough.org. Clay for the Wall: Sculpture by Shannon Bueker. Thru Oct 1. Joyful Jewel, Pittsboro. www. joyfuljewel.com. Coastscapes: Paintings by Nancy Hughes Miller. Thru Oct 28. Artspace, Raleigh. www. artspacenc.org. Collections: Leah Sobsey. Thru Sep 30. 21c Museum Hotel, Durham. www.21cmuseumhotels.com/ durham. INDYweek.com | 9.13.17 | 45

Hearsay: Various artists. Thru Sep 21. Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh. www. visualartexchange.org.

The Fabric of Raleigh/The Fabric of Durham: “You were just a face in the crowd,” Tom Petty once sang. “Out in the street, walking around.” If Petty captured the alchemy of a face among many turning specific and significant, photographer Christer Berg, who moved to Raleigh from Sweden in 1995, does it dozens of times in his new photo book, The Fabric of Raleigh/The Fabric of Durham. Firefighters and preachers, cobblers and baristas, dancers and construction workers—all leap out of the daily pedestrian flow before Berg’s energetic lens. “I wanted to skip the planning, styling, and scheduling that’s common with portrait projects, instead capturing people in the moment, going about what they do in an unscripted and authentic way,” Berg says, and the result is also captured in a 120-page hardcover from Horse & Buggy Press. Thru Oct 1. Betty Ray McCain Gallery, Raleigh. www. dukeenergycenterraleigh.com. — Brian Howe

Homebound: Brenda Brokke, Leatha Koefler, Amy Friend. Thru Nov 25. Artspace, Raleigh. www.artspacenc.org.

Fabric of Space and Time: Ann Harwell. Thru Sep 24. N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh. naturalsciences.org. Faculty and Staff Art Exhibition: Thru Oct 1. Meredith College: GaddyHamrick Art Center, Raleigh. www.meredith.edu. The Fence: Durham is one of seven cities across the nation— the smallest, compared with the likes of Brooklyn, Boston, and Houston—to host this touring, public photography exhibit, curated from submissions from around the world and based on themes such as “home,” “nature,” and “food.” While Lori Vrba is the only local artist among the fifty included in the touring exhibit, nine area photographers, including Bryce Lankard, Leah Sobsey, Gesche Würfel, and Warren Hicks, are featured in a regional showcase. The exhibit wraps the block around the Chapel Hill Street parking garage in a temporary fence and banner of photos. Thru Nov 30. Chapel Hill Street, Durham. —Brian Howe Fluid: Paintings by MyLoan Dinh. Thru Oct 15. Durham Convention Center, Durham. durhamconventioncenter.com. 46 | 9.13.17 | INDYweek.com

Hyperactive: Found materials by Leigh Suggs and Garry Noland. Thru Oct 27. Artspace, Raleigh. www.artspacenc.org. SPECIAL Image of Ukraine: EVENT Exploring Ukrainian Culture through Embroidery and Painting: Olena Zintchouk. Thru Dec 8. Reception: Thu, Sep 14, 5:30-8 p.m. UNC Campus: FedEx Global Education Center, Chapel Hill. www. global.unc.edu. Dark Humor: Paintings by Peter Williams. Thru Sep 28. UNC Campus: Hanes Art Center, Chapel Hill. art.unc.edu. Juxtaposition: Married couple Donald Martiny and Celia Johnson create a profound visual language in this exhibit. Martiny’s works are nonrepresentational, heavily textured three-dimensional shapes that he creates on the floor. It’s a physically taxing process. He uses brushes, brooms, mops, and his hands to push paint into abstract swoops. The power of pure paint, combined with simple but strong, emotive strokes, is a dazzling convergence that immediately connects with viewers, unbound and unrestricted by the shape of a canvas. And Johnson has long been intrigued by moving around shapes and colors to create puzzles. Her well-organized geometric compositions blend modern sophistication with clarity and economy. Her brightly colored encaustic works reflect the minimalist images of the sixties. Thru Oct 27. Artspace, Raleigh. www.artspacenc.org. —Linda Kramer A Kiss of the Earth: Apt for a work about a season of fecundity, the epochal modernist ballet The Rite of Spring just keeps on giving, more than a century after its legendary premiere. It’s the inspiration for this experiment by UNC-Chapel Hill associate art professor Sabine Gruffat, whose interactive three-channel video projection remixes the story of a pagan tribe’s maiden sacrifice with stochastic elements: real-time weather data from Paris affects the weather in the animation, and

viewers can text to a number on the wall to further alter the proceedings. When you consider the contemporary implications, in a world of virtual warfare, of deciding someone’s fate with a command on a screen, you start to scratch the larger issues Gruffat is probing. Thru Jan 28. N.C. Museum of Art, Raleigh. www. ncartmuseum.org. —Brian Howe Love and Forgiveness: Linwood Hart. Thru Oct 1. Crook’s Corner, Chapel Hill. www.crookscorner.com. LAST Marks of Clarity: CHANCE Drawings and paintings by Kiki Farish and Erin Oliver. Thru Sep 15. Miriam Preston Block Gallery, Raleigh. www.raleighnc.gov/arts. More than One Story | Mas de una historia: Photography. Thru Feb 1. UNC Campus: Davis Library, Chapel Hill. www.lib. unc.edu/davis. LAST A Morir: Video CHANCE installation by Miguel Angel Rios. Thru Sep 17. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill. www.ackland.org. Nevertheless She Persisted: Silkscreen prints by Kelly Bodie. Thru Oct 31. Perch Studios, Carrboro. perchstudios.net. One is a Crowd: Collaborative self portraits by Ursula Gullow. Thru Sep 30. Artspace, Raleigh. www.artspacenc.org. Patterns: Monoprints on paper and fabric by Ely Urbanski. Thru Sep 30. Pittsboro Center for the Arts, Pittsboro. Places: Paintings by Marvin Saltzman. Thru Oct 7. The Mahler Fine Art, Raleigh. www. themahlerfineart.com. Portraits by Vera Reed: Thru Sep 30. The ArtsCenter, Carrboro. artscenterlive.org. SPECIAL Darius Quarles: EVENT Paintings. Thru Oct 2. Reception: Fri, Sep 15, 6-9 p.m. Pleiades Gallery, Durham. www.PleiadesArtDurham.com. Seen Not Heard: Photography by Heather Evans Smith. Thru Sep 24. Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill. www. chapelhillpreservation.com. Small to Large: Delight in the Practice of Painting: Paintings by Margie Stewart. Thru Oct 23. Durham Arts Council, Durham. www.durhamarts.org. Some Assembly Required: Can You Build It?: 3-D paintings and sculpture. Thru Oct 10. Pleiades Gallery, Durham. www. PleiadesArtDurham.com.

Studio and Porch Paintings: Joan Vandermeer. Thru Oct 27. Mad Hatter Bakeshop & Cafe, Durham. www. madhatterbakeshop.com. LAST Thirty Paintings in CHANCE Thirty Days: Paintings by Chieko Murasugi. Thru Sep 18. Durham Arts Council, Durham. www. durhamarts.org. LAST Threading Colors: CHANCE Works by Nora Phillips. Thru Sep 18. Durham Arts Council, Durham. www. durhamarts.org. LAST Three Perspectives: CHANCE Paintings by Lolette Guthrie, photography by Eric Saunders, blown glass by Pringle Teetor. Thru Sep 24. Hillsborough Gallery of Arts. www.hillsboroughgallery.com. Transformation & Contrast: Jewelry by Linda Azar. Thru Sep 24. Melissa Designer Jewelry, Hillsborough. www. melissadesigherjewelry.com Two by Two: Watercolors by Amy Beshgetoorian. Thru Sep 30. Tipping Paint Gallery, Raleigh. www. tippingpaintgallery.com. War Experience: Personal artifacts, medals, uniforms, maps, letters, photographs, and more. Thru Nov 29. Raleigh City Museum, Raleigh. www. cityofraleighmuseum.org. We’ve Met Before: Handwoven cloth has a certain rigor, a requirement for stitches to interact with structural integrity rather than spontaneity. Ink, meanwhile, has a quicksilver impulsiveness, a tendency to slip and run unbounded by the necessities of form. N.C.-raised artist Andrea Donnelly holds this contrast in tension in her new show at NCMA. “Cloth, in its infinite variety and varied significance, is deeply linked to our histories and emotions through the body,” she writes in her artist statement. “Whether it’s woven to hang on the wall or to grace the neck and shoulders, I make cloth that creates connection.” The images on these large textile pieces evoke bodies, Rorschach blots, abstract flora, and, most of all, memory. Dyed, woven, unwoven, and rewoven, the work contains “a literal record of its own making” as well as an open range of interpretive play for viewers. Thru Jan 28. N.C. Museum of Art, Raleigh. www. ncartmuseum.org. —Brian Howe

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LUCKY PLUSH PRODUCTIONS: ROOMING HOUSE A storm comes, a repressive regime or a beloved child goes one step too far, or a lover’s life is threatened. Suddenly, you have to act. But actions have consequences, and you can’t always count the cost ahead of time. That’s the dilemma a group of friends faces when the myth of Eurydice and several modern-day analogs are transposed onto a game of Clue in Lucky Plush’s newest dance theater work. Artistic director Julia Rhoades says Rooming House examines how myths and mythology are a container for the things we hold onto, and how stories form, frame, and change our beliefs of what’s real. What happens when that secret passageway leads to the Underworld instead of the Lounge or the Conservatory? And what happens when you try to return? Answers await in this free staging of the work in progress before its Chicago premiere in October. —Byron Woods

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OPENING The Cake: Play. $15+. Wed, Sep 13-Sun, Oct 1. PlayMakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill. www.playmakersrep.org. See p. 38. California Suite: Neil Simon play by Forest Moon Theater. $13-$18. Fri, Sep 15-Sun, Sep 24. Wake Forest Renaissance Center. www.wakeforestnc/ renaissance-centre.aspx. Lavell Crawford: Stand-up comedy. Thu, Sep 14-Sat, Sep 16. Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh. www. goodnightscomedy.com. Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead: Play (comedy). Sep 15-Oct 1. North Raleigh Arts & Creative Theatre, Raleigh. www.nract.org.

The Dollop: Live podcast. $25$50. Fri, Sep 15, 8 p.m. Motorco Music Hall, Durham. www. motorcomusic.com. Jeff and Larry’s Backyard BBQ with Bob and the Showgram: Stand-up comedy. $50-$60. Sat, Sep 16, 7:30 p.m. Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary. www.boothamphitheatre.com. Garrison Keillor’s A Prarie Home Love and Comedy Tour: With Richard Dworsky & The Road Hounds, Heather Masse, Fred Newman. $45$65. Fri, Sep 15, 7 p.m. Koka Booth Amphitheatre, Cary. www. boothamphitheatre.com. PlaySlam 2017: Plays. $12$15. Sat, Sep 16, 8 p.m. The ArtsCenter, Carrboro. www. artscenterlive.org.

Spark After Dark: Erotic poetry and burlesque. $10. Thu, Sep 14, 9 p.m. Kings, Raleigh. www. kingsraleigh.com. Stand Up For Pits: Standup comedy to fundraise for Stand Up For Pits. $40. Sun, Sep 17, 7:30 p.m. Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh. www. goodnightscomedy.com. Closer Than They Appear: Multi-media theater. $5-$20. Thru Oct 1. UNC Campus: Swain Hall, Chapel Hill. www. piedmontperformancefactory. org. See p. 39. The Ugly Duckling: Ballet. Sep 14-Oct 1. Fletcher Opera Theater, Raleigh. www. dukeenergycenterraleigh.com. Up and Vanished: Live podcast. $30. Sat, Sep 16, 7 p.m. Carolina Theatre, Durham. www. carolinatheatre.org. Upright Citizens Brigade Touring Company: Improv comedy. $25+. Fri, Sep 15, 8 p.m. Carolina Theatre, Durham. www. carolinatheatre.org. ½ Yes to Nothing: Durham playwright Mara Thomas based her fictional Midwestern punk band, The Rags, on first-wave British punks The Slits. We first meet The Rags as teenagers on their first tour in 1982. The four women tune up, tease one another, discuss pubic lice, heckle the sound guy, down beer, and dump on dopey men. In one scene, they trade stories of their earliest unwanted sexual encounters. There’s no “if.” These instances are understood as a hateful rite of passage for all women. The show exposes how double standards persist in cultural expectations regarding

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women’s propriety. Some might bristle at the brash, frank way these teenagers talk and sing about their bodies. But if The Rags were boys, would we think to question, let alone police, their behavior? The younger Rags’ dialogue sometimes drags, but director Caitlin Wells manages temporal transitions well. We see 1982 blur into 2002 as the elder Rags wend through the crowd, brushing shoulders with their younger selves as they set up for a twenty-year reunion concert. The older actors’ lines give a better sense of the characters’ multiplicities. The show reminds us how alarming it is that it’s still so alarming, for some, to see women unapologetically take power. Thu, Sep 7-Sat, Sep 9. Pinhook, Durham. www.thepinhook.com. —Michaela Dwyer

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Anything Goes Late Show: Sat, Sep 16, 10:30 p.m. Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh. www. goodnightscomedy.com. Bad Mothers and Neglectful Wives: Play presented by Summer Sisters. $10-$13. Thru Sep. 16. Manbites Dog Theater, Durham. www. manbitesdogtheater.org. Bulltown Comedy Series: Free. Thu, Sep 14, 9 p.m. Fullsteam, Durham. www.fullsteam.ag. The Chuckle & Chortle Comedy Show: Local stand-up comics. $7. Sat, Sep 15, 8:30 p.m. The ArtsCenter, Carrboro. www. artscenterlive.org. The Dangling Loafer: $5. Fri, Sep 15, 8 p.m. Kings, Raleigh. www.kingsraleigh.com.

15, 7 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh. www.quailridgebooks. com. — Sat, Sep 16, 11 a.m. McIntyre’s Books, Pittsboro. www.mcintyresbooks.com. Bonnie Korta & David Manning: Poetry reading. Sun, Sep 17, 2 p.m. Joyful Jewel, Pittsboro. www.joyfuljewel.com.

Funny Business Live: Pro comedy series. $5-$8. Fri, Sep 15, 9 p.m. The Thrill at Hector’s, Chapel Hill. www. funnybusinesslive.com. The Harry Show: Ages 18+. Improv host leads late-night revelers through potentially risque games with audience participation. $10. Fri, Sep 15 & Sat, Sep 16, 10 p.m. ComedyWorx Theatre, Raleigh. comedyworx.com. King Lear: When do you need an exit strategy? After you’ve reached and then exceeded the zenith of your powers. When your remaining days are much fewer than those already gone. When you’ve destabilized your country. When the only direction left is down. Thus an aging king splits his people, lands, soldiers, and power among those who claim they love him best. Why has it been more than a decade since anyone around here has attempted Shakespeare’s most demanding drama? The title character has long been considered the Everest of roles. Simon Kaplan is among the few local artists capable of making a plausible bid on the monarch of ultimate loss. Noted guest director Jeremy Fiebig will be his guide in this coproduction from Honest Pint Theatre and Fayetteville’s Sweet Tea Shakespeare. $8-$15. Thru Sep 24. William Peace University: Leggett Theatre, Raleigh. theatre. peace.edu. —Byron Woods No Poetry Comedy Deluxe: Stand-up. Thu, Sep 14, 9 p.m. Ruby Deluxe, Raleigh. www.facebook.com/ RubyDeluxeRaleigh.

Sarah Mlynowski: Abby in Wonderland. Sat, Sep 16, 4 p.m. McIntyre’s Books, Pittsboro. www.mcintyresbooks.com. Thomas Mullen: Lightning Men. Sat, Sep 16, 2 p.m. McIntyre’s Books, Pittsboro. www.mcintyresbooks.com.

Sumi Loundon Kim: Mindful Parenting: From Chaos to Calm. Sun, Sep 17, 3 p.m. Regulator Bookshop, Durham. www. regulatorbookshop.com.

Nancy W. Polling: Before It Was Legal: A Black-White Marriage (1945-1987). Thu, Sep 14, 7 p.m. Regulator Bookshop, Durham. www. regulatorbookshop.com.

Mike Lupica: Lone Stars. Sat, Sep 16, 2 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh. www. quailridgebooks.com.

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Ann B. Ross: Miss Julia. Sun, Sep 17, 3 p.m. North Regional Library, Durham. Adam Sobsey: Chrissie Hynde: A Musical Biography. Fri, Sep 15, 7 p.m. Global Breath Studio, Durham. www.globalbreath.org. Gabrielle Zevin: Young Jane Young. Wed, Sep 20, 7 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh. www.quailridgebooks.com.

LECTURES ETC. An Evening of Speculative Fiction & Fantasy: With Becca Gomez Farrell, Mur Lafferty, James Maxey. Tue, Sep 19, 7 p.m. Regulator Bookshop, Durham. www. regulatorbookshop.com.

Los Trompos: Talk by Mexican designer Ignacio Cadena. Thu, Sep 14, 4 p.m. Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill. www.ackland.org. Periodic Tables: Scientific Artist or Artistic Scientist?: Sönke Johnsen describes the path that took him from science to art and back to science. $5. Tue, Sep 19, 7 p.m. Motorco Music Hall, Durham. www. motorcomusic.com. Science Cafe: Spiders! The Scoop on Stunning Spinners: Learn about spiders. Thu, Sep 14, 7 p.m. N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh. www.naturalsciences.org.

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15

CAT’S EYE & CARRIE There’s been a recent resurgence in Stephen King adaptations, notably the new theatrical version of It, and, less notably, The Dark Tower. The Carolina Theatre must have noticed, and booked this double feature of two old King films. Cat’s Eye, filmed and partially set in Wilmington, blends two King tales with a third original story, all linked by a cat that meanders through the action. In short, James Woods discovers an unfortunate way to quit smoking, Robert Hays of Airplane! makes a deadly bet, and Drew Barrymore, who starred in the King-based, Wilmington-filmed Firestarter the previous year, has some troll trouble. It’s not the bestknown King adaptation or even the best one filmed in Wilmington. (That would be the King-directed, cokeaddled Maximum Overdrive, which isn’t technically “good” but is memorable for sheer insanity.) But it has a strong standing among King fanatics, and it’s paired with an unquestioned classic: Brian De Palma’s 1976 adaptation of Carrie, with Sissy Spacek’s unforgettable turn as the oppressed girl with mental powers who has a very bad time at the prom. Remade a couple of times and ripped off many more, Carrie has a raw power and its dark satire still bites—dated hair, split-screens and all. After more than four decades of these adaptations, we’ll skip the obvious “once and future King” joke and just advise you to check these out. —Zack Smith

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MARK BRAY: ANTIFA: THE ANTI-FASCIST HANDBOOK In America, fascism is far better understood than antifascism. After the Charlottesville demonstration, the group known as Antifa is on the minds of Americans but remains an unknown quantity for many people. On the surface, opposing fascism at all costs would be an unassailable good, but to some, the question is not what the Antifa activists oppose but what they’re willing to do in pursuit of their goal. Fighting against oppressive government is a proud American tradition that predates antifascism, which formed in the thirties to oppose Hitler and Mussolini. Yet some legitimately ask what separates black-clad Antifa activists, with their balaclavas and weaponry, from the white nationalist hordes. A new book by Dartmouth historian Mark Bray, a veteran of the Occupy movement who has written about recent permutations of anarchism, attempts to put the movement in perspective: its underlying philosophy, how it thinks and operates, and, hopefully, if it is necessary to say, “by any means necessary.” —David Klein

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ALICE FEST: Animated films by women as part of the month-long #directedbywomen worldwide celebration. Sat, Sep 16, 7 p.m. Shadowbox Studio, Durham. www.shadowboxstudio.org. Border Radio: Presented by Movie Loft. Thu, Sep 14, 7 p.m. Shadowbox Studio, Durham. www. shadowboxstudio.org. What Happened Miss Simone?: Documentary. Mon, Sep 18, 8 p.m. The Pinhook, Durham. www. thepinhook.com.

Endless Poetry—Surrealist Chilean director Alejandro Jodorowsky directs and stars in this seemingly semi-autobiographical film, likely his most accessible. Unrated. Menashe—In this Yiddishlangauge drama, a Hasidic widower fights for custody of his son. Rated PG. Mother!—A couple’s peaceful life is disturbed by a mysterious arrival in this much-anticipated psychological horror film from Darren Aronofsky. Rated R.

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Napping Princess—Magic and technology blur in this anime feature by visionary director Kenji Kamiyama. Unrated.

American Assassin—Black ops, personal revenge, and geopolitics combust in this action thriller. Rated R.

The INDY uses a five-star rating scale. Read reviews of these films at indyweek.com.

Beach Rats—A teenager is torn between his rough home life in Brooklyn, a new girlfriend, and older men in this post-Moonlight drama. Rated R.

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½ Annabelle: Creation—The new Conjuring film is an adequate scary movie if you’re in a theater packed with people yelling advice at the screen, but

genre connoisseurs might be bored. Rated R.  Atomic Blonde— Despite flourishes of ferocity, this Cold War thriller by John Wick codirector David Leitch often seems to coast on its own glib, quirky coolness. Rated R. ½ The Big Sick— Married screenwriters Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon’s autobiographical romcom truthfully portrays the shifting cultural and romantic landscape of the U.S. Rated R. ½ Crown Heights—This true story of wrongful murder conviction solemnly exposes a flawed system but lacks narrative panache. Rated R. ½ Despicable Me 3— This franchise feels just about washed up, but your kids won’t care, because Minions! Rated PG. ½ Dunkirk— Christopher Nolan’s WWII picture is very British and, for better and worse, very

Terrence Malick—epic, meditative, and portentous. Rated PG-13.  It—Blend classic Spielberg with Stranger Things and you get this scary, heartfilled new version of Stephen King’s magnum opus. Rated R. ½ The Mummy— Tom Cruise’s increasing creepiness is the biggest impediment to a serviceable creature feature. Rated PG-13. ½ Patti Cake$—Danielle Macdonald is terrific and likeable, but writer-direcctor Geremy Jasper chooses twee indie quirks over basic authenticity at every turn in his tale of an unlikely aspiring rapper. Rated R.  Spider-Man: Homecoming—Getting back to basics, a fifty-five-yearold superhero feels like a kid again. Rated PG-13.  War for the Planet of the Apes—A conspicuous phrase scrawled on a tunnel wall beneath the Colonel’s compound says it all: “Apepocalypse Now.” Rated PG-13.

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