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2025 Candidate Questionnaires: Wake

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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 20h

Candidate questionnaires: Municipal races from Apex to Zebulon.

Municipal races from Apex to Zebulon.

Wake Forest’s Second Annual Pride Fest Celebrates “Camp,” LGBTQ History, and Resilience

INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 20h

The celebration comes a month after the town’s mayor walked back a Pride proclamation and ahead of a municipal election that could usher in new leadership.

Wake Forest's second annual Pride Fest celebrates "camp," LGBTQ history, and the community's resilience

Apex Mayor and Town Council Navigate an Increasingly Strained Relationship

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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 23h

Conflicts over a town board nominee, utilities billing, and other dustups have spilled into public view. With an election looming, town staff are feeling demoralized and the burgeoning area’s future looks unclear.

Conflicts between the Apex mayor and council members over a town board nominee, utilities billing, and other dustups have spilled into public view.

Burning Coal Theatre Produces Powerful Series of "My Name Is Rachel Corrie" Readings Across Ten Months

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Sarah Edwards @eddysarah.bsky.social · 1d

A local theater is producing ten staged readings of “My Name Is Rachel Corrie” across ten months. I wrote about the play, and project, here, for @indyweek.bsky.social.

First produced in 2005, the play draws text directly from the diaries and emails of the young American activist Rachel Corrie.

A Durham City Council Explainer

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With municipal elections underway in Durham, here’s a primer on city council, what power the council has, and places where council power is limited.

With municipal elections underway in Durham, here’s a primer on city council, what power the council has, and places where council power is limited.

2025 Candidate Questionnaires: Orange

INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 1d

Candidate questionnaires for the Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, and Hillsborough races.

Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools and Hillsborough races.

A Multi-Media Exhibit Reflecting on Place and Memory Uses Artifacts from Durham’s Past

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The show includes charcoal sketches, repurposed home decor, and two short-form video loops that “act as poetic portals” and invite viewers to reflect on ideas of home, memory, and the intersection of nature and the constructed world. indyweek.com/culture/a-mu...

Talking to interdisciplinary artist John Felix Arnold III about Descartes, Mary Duke Biddle’s wallpaper, and his new show at 21c.

WRAL-TV Fights to Succeed in a New Media World

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LisaHaganLiterary @lisahaganlit.bsky.social · 12d

WRAL-TV Fights to Succeed in a New Media World #northcarolina #news #television indyweek.com/news/wral-tv...

Television viewership and advertising revenue are down nationally, and locally owned stations are fading. Jimmy Goodmon, the fourth-generation president of Capitol Broadcasting, confronts a precarious...

Wake Forest’s Second Annual Pride Fest Celebrates “Camp,” LGBTQ History, and Resilience

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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 1d

Amanda Cottrill has lived in Wake Forest for 20 years, but it was during the pandemic that she realized that the town’s LGBTQ residents needed ways to come together.

Wake Forest's second annual Pride Fest celebrates "camp," LGBTQ history, and the community's resilience

Circling Swifts, Swooping Hawks and a Skyful of Bird Drama in Durham

INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 2d

The tornado around the chimney split into sporadic, swirling circles as the swifts scattered to avoid the hungry predator. Screams erupted from the crowd on the rooftop in a futile attempt to scare off the hawk.

Early fall is migration season of the chimney swifts, small birds belonging to the swift family that roost inside chimneys.

INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week

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A lecture on Blue Whales, a play about teenage soccer players, and more local things we recommend doing this week.

A lecture on Blue Whales, a play about teenage soccer players, and more local things we recommend doing this week.

Raising a Glass to Downtown

INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 2d

With fewer patrons at downtown restaurants and shops after the pandemic, city leaders across North Carolina say social districts have provided a critical shot in the arm to struggling businesses.

With fewer patrons at downtown restaurants and shops after the pandemic, city leaders across NC say social districts have offered a boost.

INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week

INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 2d

A lecture on Blue Whales, a play about teenage soccer players, and more local things we recommend doing this week.

A lecture on Blue Whales, a play about teenage soccer players, and more local things we recommend doing this week.

Apex Mayor and Town Council Navigate an Increasingly Strained Relationship

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Bryan Anderson @bryanranderson.bsky.social · 2d

There's a crazy amount of drama happening in Apex right now. In partnership with @indyweek.bsky.social and @theassemblync.bsky.social, I do my best to unpack this mess. As one employee describes, "It’s kind of like being a child of parents divorcing." #ncpol
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Conflicts between the Apex mayor and council members over a town board nominee, utilities billing, and other dustups have spilled into public view.

Durham Primary Results: Incumbents Advance, Challengers Take Top Spots in Wards 1 and 2

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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 2d

Durham voters will head back to the polls soon to cast ballots again and decide the ultimate winners in each race. Early voting ahead of the November 4 general election begins on October 16.

While incumbents are moving forward in all four races, challenger Shanetta Burris led by a large margin in Ward 2 and Matt Kopac had a small lead in Ward 1.

A Durham City Council Explainer

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C. Fray @cfrayforcarrboro.bsky.social · 3d

This explainer is very helpful for other NC municipalities too, including Carrboro.

All of this applies to us except we don't have wards (all council members are at-large), do much less annexation in recent years, and aren't as closely aligned to Orange County gov.

INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 3d

With municipal elections underway in Durham, here’s a primer on city council, what power the council has, and places where council power is limited.

With municipal elections underway in Durham, here’s a primer on city council, what power the council has, and places where council power is limited.

A Durham City Council Explainer

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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 3d

With municipal elections underway in Durham, here’s a primer on city council, what power the council has, and places where council power is limited.

With municipal elections underway in Durham, here’s a primer on city council, what power the council has, and places where council power is limited.

LIVE: Durham Voters Head to Polls for Mayoral, City Council Primaries

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Final results are in ⤵️

INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 4d

We’re bringing you election updates and results as voters narrow the field of candidates vying for Durham mayor and city council.

Durham voters are headed to the polls this morning for primary elections for mayor and Ward 1, Ward 2, and Ward 3 city council seats.

Portraits of Pride: Fighting for Our Lives in the Face of Fascism

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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 3d

While we wait for election results to roll in tonight, we have some insights on early voting, a popular option in super blue Durham.

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How queer people are under attack today and what it means to stand in solidarity with them during the Trump presidency. Plus, reflections from the staff of the LGBTQ Center of Durham.

How queer people are under attack today and what it means to stand in solidarity with them during the Trump presidency. Plus, reflections from the staff of the LGBTQ Center of Durham.

Durham Poet Jameela F. Dallis On Grief, Oysters, Art, and the Color Blue

INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 3d

Dallis has written poems for family, friends, and loved ones who have passed away; poems that respond to or engage with dozens of works of visual art and/or writing; and poems that trundle across the ocean floor.

Sometimes, all of these things happen in the same poem.

Talking with Jameela F. Dallis about her debut poetry collection, "Encounters for the Living and the Dead."

LIVE: Durham Voters Head to Polls for Mayoral, City Council Primaries

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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 4d

We’re bringing you election updates and results as voters narrow the field of candidates vying for Durham mayor and city council.

Durham voters are headed to the polls this morning for primary elections for mayor and Ward 1, Ward 2, and Ward 3 city council seats.

Fewer Kids, Stalled Raises: What’s Ahead for Schools in Orange County

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INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 3d

Here are four takeaways about the future of K–12 education in Orange County.

Four takeaways on the future of K–12 education in Orange County from this month’s joint board meeting.

New Dashboard, Report Aim to Move Housing Policy Forward in Durham

INDY Week @indyweek.bsky.social · 4d

The new Durham Housing Dashboard and accompanying report from the Durham Housing Initiative Task Force provide in-depth data and recommendations on one of the Bull City’s top issues.

A new dashboard and accompanying report provide in-depth data and recommendations on one of the Bull City’s top issues.