INDY Week

Op-Ed: Changing the Trajectory of Our Nation Begins Now We can shift away from authoritarian control this year, a Raleigh City Council member writes, but voters must show up to the polls en masse for elections.

Op-Ed: Changing the Trajectory of Our Nation Begins Now.

Property Taxes Take Center Stage in Orange County Commissioners Race Residents are voicing concerns about rising and sometimes inequitable property taxes.

Longstanding concerns about high property taxes displacing longtime homeowners have become a hot political issue in North Carolina, from the state legislature to county commissioner races.

Durham's Iconic Weeks Motor Co. Building Reopens as Delancey Tavern Delancey Tavern, a new restaurant from the owners of Hutchins Garage and Bull McCabes, opened this month on Geer Street.

"Run by the same people behind the pizza place next door, Hutchins Garage, the showroom has been refashioned into Delancey Tavern, a modern, upscale twist on the warmth and community of a supper club."

“Pillow Talk”: The Chapel Hill Couple Starring In Macbeth Feel Shakespeare Still Has Plenty to Tell Us About Love Actors Ron Menzel and Vivienne Benesch on playing a power couple, taking care of each other, and how Shakespeare speaks to audiences today.

"Shakespeare doesn’t need us, we need Shakespeare. There will be people on Mars doing Shakespeare. These plays are going to be around for a long time.”

The Democratic Primary for Wake County DA Hinges on Experience—and Perspective A three-way primary will decide who succeeds longtime Wake County District Attorney Lorrin Freeman.

A three-way primary will decide who succeeds longtime District Attorney Lorrin Freeman.

2026 Primary Candidate Questionnaires The March 3 election includes races from local school boards up to Congress. .

The March 3 election includes races from local school boards up to Congress.

Property Taxes Take Center Stage in Orange County Commissioners Race Residents are voicing concerns about rising and sometimes inequitable property taxes.

Longstanding concerns about high property taxes displacing longtime homeowners have become a hot political issue in North Carolina, from the state legislature to county commissioner races.

In New Exhibit, a Nuanced Look at the World of Teenage Boys Talking with photographer Bill Bamberger, whose portaits of Durham students will be on display at the Ackland Art Museum through April 12.

To mark the exhibition’s opening, the INDY spoke with Bamberger about how the series got started and what the students have taught him along the way.

Armed With a Professor’s Critical Audit, Activist Groups Again Push Duke to Stop Cost-Cutting Student, community, and faculty groups are renewing their calls for Duke University to stand up to the Trump administration.

Student, community, and faculty groups say Duke’s finances show it didn’t need to make the cuts it did last summer, and they’re renewing their calls for the university to stand up to the Trump administration.

In N.C. House District 37’s Democratic Primary, Who Can Beat Incumbent Republican Rep. Erin Paré? Three candidates are making the case to take down Erin Paré, one of the only Republicans in Wake County’s state House delegation.

“Typical liberal elite downtown Raleigh swamp creature,” Paré posted on X. “Act like they care about the suburbs during elections, then as they turn and run they can’t even pronounce the town’s name they claim to have conquered.”

Back to the Future With North Carolina's Modernist Design Advocates North Carolina looms large in the history of modernist design. Today, dedicated local preservationists and architects keep the dream alive.

Smart estimates that there are 800 modernist homes in the Triangle today, and as many as 5,000 across the state—the largest concentration outside of California and Florida.

Raleigh’s Highly Anticipated Moore Square Apartments Affordable Housing Development Scrapped The project, which has been in the works since 2022, would have added 160 affordable apartments downtown.

The project, which has been in the works since 2022, would have added 160 affordable apartments downtown.

North Carolina Bands Lead Exit Of Wasserman Agency Over Founder’s Epstein Ties Wednesday and Sylvan Esso have both announced that they are leaving the Wasserman Agency., following new Epstein file revelations.

Sylvano Esso’s Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, who have earned a reputation for taking a strong stance on industry issues, posted that Wasserman’s ties to Maxwell are “so reprehensible that we can no longer allow our work to have any association with him or his name.”

Cary Releases 2016 Police Records Related to Drug Surveillance Operation That Name Former Town Manager Former Cary town manager Sean Stegall was named in Cary police department records released after a public records request.

Former Cary town manager Sean Stegall was named in Cary police department records released after a public records request.

In N.C. House District 37’s Democratic Primary, Who Can Beat Incumbent Republican Rep. Erin Paré? Three candidates are making the case to take down Erin Paré, one of the only Republicans in Wake County’s state House delegation.

“Typical liberal elite downtown Raleigh swamp creature,” Paré posted on X. “Act like they care about the suburbs during elections, then as they turn and run they can’t even pronounce the town’s name they claim to have conquered.”

North Carolina Bands Lead Exit Of Wasserman Agency Over Founder’s Epstein Ties Wednesday and Sylvan Esso have both announced that they are leaving the Wasserman Agency., following new Epstein file revelations.

Sylvano Esso’s Amelia Meath and Nick Sanborn, who have earned a reputation for taking a strong stance on industry issues, posted that Wasserman’s ties to Maxwell are “so reprehensible that we can no longer allow our work to have any association with him or his name.”

“Pillow Talk”: The Chapel Hill Couple Starring In Macbeth Feel Shakespeare Still Has Plenty to Tell Us About Love Actors Ron Menzel and Vivienne Benesch on playing a power couple, taking care of each other, and how Shakespeare speaks to audiences today.

heights of romance to play a bloody Shakespeare power couple, imho - I interviewed the couple in the upcoming PlayMakers production of Macbeth for @indyweek.bsky.social

Armed With a Professor’s Critical Audit, Activist Groups Again Push Duke to Stop Cost-Cutting Student, community, and faculty groups are renewing their calls for Duke University to stand up to the Trump administration.

i've got a bonus @indyweek.bsky.social piece this week about organizing efforts at duke

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Great article - combines so many of my favs: Modernism, Black Mountain, Progressive North Carolina!

A State Senate Primary Pits a Folk Hero Against a First-Term Force Two candidates bring different tactics, backgrounds, and reputations to the race to represent District 22.

Two candidates bring different tactics, backgrounds, and reputations to the race to represent District 22.

Op-Ed: Changing the Trajectory of Our Nation Begins Now We can shift away from authoritarian control this year, a Raleigh City Council member writes, but voters must show up to the polls en masse for elections.

Op-Ed: Changing the Trajectory of Our Nation Begins Now.

INDY Selects: What to Do in the Triangle This Week Two Valentine's concerts, The Black Royalty Loveraiser Concert, and more events around the Triangle we recommend this week.

Two Valentine’s shows, The Black Royalty Loveraiser Concert, and more events around the Triangle we recommend this week.

Lynn Blakey, Angelic Tres Chicas Vocalist and “Everybody’s Cool Older Sister,” Dead at 63 A beloved musician in numerous local bands, Lynn Blakey passed on February 6 from complications of metastatic cancer.

I met Lynn through common friends in this decade, but recently a memory surfaced of taking the train back from NYC to NC in the early 90s, where we happened to be sitting next to each other,and shared wine and cheese. A truly kind person determined to see the joy. XXOO indyweek.com/news/culture...

A State Senate Primary Pits a Folk Hero Against a First-Term Force Two candidates bring different tactics, backgrounds, and reputations to the race to represent District 22.

Two candidates bring different tactics, backgrounds, and reputations to the race to represent District 22.

New Natural Wine Bar Comes to Brightleaf Square Owner Jess Moffitt says she wants Sol House Wines, which opened in November, to feel like "popping over to a friend's house who knows a lot about wine."

Jess Moffitt doesn’t mind if you act like you’re in a friend’s living room when you’re at Sol House Wines, her new natural wine store that recently opened in Brightleaf Square.

Back to the Future With North Carolina's Modernist Design Advocates North Carolina looms large in the history of modernist design. Today, dedicated local preservationists and architects keep the dream alive.

blew all my deadlines and had fun writing about beautiful houses, Black Mountain College, and more reasons to love North Carolina

In New Exhibit, a Nuanced Look at the World of Teenage Boys Talking with photographer Bill Bamberger, whose portaits of Durham students will be on display at the Ackland Museum of Art through April 12.

"I think the best images are complicated. You can look at these images and try to imagine who they are, and maybe not really get there. They’re just like a moment in time."

Durham Will Test Out a Day Shelter with Homelessness Services The one-year pilot program will provide basic needs and job support programs with the hope of moving Durhamites out of homelessness.

The one-year pilot program will provide basic needs and job support programs with the hope of moving Durhamites out of homelessness.

Back to the Future With North Carolina's Modernist Design Advocates North Carolina looms large in the history of modernist design. Today, dedicated local preservationists and architects keep the dream alive.

“You know,” Smart said, standing in his South Durham kitchen with a cup of coffee, “Star Trek is the world we want, and Star Wars is the world we have.”

Lynn Blakey, Angelic Tres Chicas Vocalist and “Everybody’s Cool Older Sister,” Dead at 63 A beloved musician in numerous local bands, Lynn Blakey passed on February 6 from complications of metastatic cancer.

Lynn Blakey, Angelic Tres Chicas Vocalist and “Everybody’s Cool Older Sister,” Dead at 63

A musician in numerous local bands and the inspiration for The Replacements’ 1985 anthem “Left of the Dial,” Blakey passed on February 6 from complications of metastatic cancer.