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DDI’S DOWNTOWN DREAM, P. 28

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WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK RALEIGH

VOL. 35, NO. 33

6 Jose Chicas has been stuck in a religious facility for more than a year.

If he leaves, ICE will deport him.

8 Those first few weeks of college can feel overwhelming. Relax, kid.

You’ve got this.

25 Since July, Zweli’s Piri Piri Kitchen has been a hidden homegrown gem in the chain-dominated Oak Creek Village Shopping Center.

26 “There’s an allure of freedom and independence in creating outsider art, and it’s an important outlet, especially in challenging arcane ideas and oppression.”

DEPARTMENTS 6 News 8 Campus Guide 25 Food 26 Music 28 Arts & Culture 30 What to Do This Week 33 Music Calendar 36 Arts & Culture Calendar

28 An old-Durham nonprofit embraces new Durham with audacity in the Public Space Project.

29 It takes eight puppeteers to animate the breathtaking, two-story-tall, fire-breathing dragon in Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s In the Heart of the Fire.

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Rehearsal for Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s In the Heart of the Fire, at NCMA from September 7–9 (p. 29) PHOTO COURTESY OF PAPERHAND

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PUPPET INTERVENTION

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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING AUGUST 23 FOR PROPOSED INTERSECTION IMPROVEMENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF U.S. 501 (N. ROXBORO ROAD) WITH LATTA ROAD (S.R. 1448) AND INFINITY ROAD (S.R. 1639) DURHAM COUNTY TIP No. U-5516 The N. C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting in August regarding the proposed project to widen N. Roxboro Road and add dedicated right turn lanes in both directions on Latta Road (S.R. 1448) and Infinity Road (S.R. 1639). Sidewalks will be added on the north and south sides of both Latta and Infinity Road from the intersection at N. Roxboro Road.

The meeting will take place on Thursday, August 23 at Mount Sylvan United Methodist Church located at 5731 N. Roxboro Road, in Durham from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Interested citizens may attend at any time during the meeting hours. NCDOT representatives will be available to answer questions and listen to comments regarding the project. Please note that no formal presentation will be made. Citizens will also have the opportunity to submit comments and questions in writing. Comments received will be taken into consideration as the project develops.

The public can view maps displaying the location and design of the project as they become available online at http://www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings.

Anyone desiring additional information may contact Mr. Mark Reep, PE at (919) 900-1635 or by email at Mark.Reep@hdrinc.com. All comments must be received no later than Thursday, September 6, 2018.

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 Ms. Diane Wilson via e-mail at pdwilson1@ncdot.gov or by phone (919) 707-6073 as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

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Property and Propriety

In last week’s paper, Sarah Willets wrote about Shepherd’s House, a congregation in Old East Durham that is fighting to retain control of its property, which the United Methodist Church is considering selling to the N.C. Council of Churches.

Commenter vivdis writes that the denomination’s plans are “obscene”: “I went to this church growing up. It is true that [the former congregation that utilized the building] was a ‘white church.’ As the racial makeup of the area changed over the years, the congregation was not as successful in reaching out to their new neighbors as they might have been. As a result, it was clear even in the nineties that it was a dying church. It was by far for the best that a new congregation took over this beautiful building. For the United Methodist Church to sell this building out from under them would be an injustice. It would be a clear example of placing real estate over worship.

“It should be known that the United Methodist Church did not build or pay for this church. The original congregation did.

They later joined the United Methodist Church and at the point signed over the property to them. It’s frankly obscene that the United Methodist Church would now seek to make a profit at the cost of the current congregation.”

Adds ct: “Seems clear that the people who founded the church were Methodist from the outset. Who paid for the building isn’t relevant; the rules for property ownership in the Methodist church (and most other churches with similar polity) go back over one hundred years. Each local church has title to its property and pays to erect and maintain buildings, but the local church holds the property and buildings in trust for the denomination whose rules govern what can be done with the property.

When a local church dissolves, the denomination is in charge of what happens next.

As to why the N.C. conference of the United Methodist Church—the equivalent of a diocese—has not been able to work something out with Shepherd’s House, I don’t understand.”

Nancy Jo Smith counters, “As a lifelong member of the United Methodist Church, I understand the position of the leaders/ trustees of the denomination. A church

“ Why the United Methodist Church has not been able to work something out with Shepherd’s House, I don’t understand.” building does not belong to an individual congregation; it is owned by the conference. From what I have read, it appears that the powers that be still want to serve the local community.”

Timothy Oswald writes that the church’s complaint that turning over the building to a white-led organization could add to the neighborhood’s gentrification amounts to “blatant racism and racial division propaganda”: “I fear the mainstreaming and acceptance of racism toward one particular group of people based solely on the color of their skin. What type of world will our children inherit if this continues?

“What is wrong with the median income rising in the community? As is admitted in the article, the decline in the percentage of African Americans in the community is due to mostly Hispanic migration from Central and South America. But the Hispanic community isn’t demonized in this article. Ever thought that the Hispanic community might be responsible for the rise in average wages and home ownership?

Or can Hispanic people not work hard and achieve in America?”

Finally, from the INDY’s Department of Corrections: A story in the Durham edition of last week’s paper about Durham city workers who had been exposed to arsenic misstated the workers’ arsenic concentration levels and the method of testing they underwent to determine those levels.

The worker with the highest concentration tested at more than six times the level that is considered safe a month after the exposure.

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A Year in Sanctuary WHAT THIRTEEN MONTHS HIDING FROM ICE INSIDE A DURHAM CHURCH HAS TAUGHT JOSE CHICAS

BY MACON ATKINSON

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or Jose and Sandra Chicas, a year in sanctuary has provided a frontrow seat to President Trump’s strict immigration policies. But it’s also taught them that a sense of security comes from more than just a locked door.

When Jose Chicas first sought sanctuary from deportation in June 2017 at the School for Conversion, a religious education center in Durham, he was so afraid that Immigration and Customs Enforcement was going to come for him that he could barely celebrate at a birthday party for the school director’s son. He couldn’t even taste the cake, he says.

Jose came from El Salvador in 1985 and crossed into the U.S. through the TexasMexico border. After being detained by ICE and released on bond, he says, he was given bad legal advice and skipped his court date. As a result, he was issued a deportation order. During the 1990s, he struggled with alcoholism and was convicted of driving under the influence and domestic abuse. After converting to Christianity in 2002, he reconciled with Sandra and was ordained as a pastor at Iglesia Evangelica in Raleigh.

Despite the denial of his asylum application in 2008, he was able to stay in the U.S. through stays of removal and work permits.

He received a social security number and driver’s license, and he paid taxes. He visited the Charlotte ICE office for routine check-ins.

During the Obama administration, Jose still lived under a deportation order, but authorities never acted on it. When Trump took office, however, that all changed. By spring 2017, just months after the inauguration, the Chicases were told that Jose had to leave the country. Sandra, who says she has a work permit, would be allowed to stay with her four children, three of whom are citizens. (The other is a Dreamer.)

Jose says he was shocked to learn that he would be deported.

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“I thought that when they told us that they were going to deport criminals, I never thought that I would be on that list,” he says.

“Because to me, criminals qualify as people who go robbing, people who are drunk driving, people who are benefiting from crime.

For a situation with one deportation order from 1985, this doesn’t make sense.”

“When I see the stuff, for example, the children, how they treat the children, I’ve never seen that before,” Sandra adds. “I say, ‘Is this the United States?’”

“The spirit, the hatred of racism, it exploded,” Jose says. “It went outside what’s normal. ICE is crossing boundaries that they don’t have to cross; they’re separating families and searching people out. Trump has given them the green light and unleashed them.”

As Jose settled into his new home at the school, he expected to be in sanctuary for only a short time. Thirteen months later, he’s still there. Because ICE designates medical facilities, public demonstrations, and places of worship “sensitive locations” at which it typically avoids immigration enforcement, Jose is safe there—so long as he doesn’t leave the property.

As the months have passed, he’s found ways to occupy his time. He runs a carwashing business where people can set up a time to bring their cars by the school. He receives visitors in an open-house time during the week; some come seeking advice, others religious perspective. He’s learning guitar and taking English lessons with a tutor. He gives interviews and leads Bible study and prayer sessions through Facebook Live and the radio, some broadcast as far as Argentina and his native El Salvador.

Asked if he’s afraid, Jose responds confidently: “No, I am not afraid. I know they don’t have the authority yet to enter my sanctuary. I feel confident, not like the first days here, because I didn’t know that.”

As Jose has adapted to his new environs, Sandra has also adjusted to her new

Jose Chicas

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normal. Now the primary wage earner in their household, she continues to work as a housekeeper at N.C. State, where she’s had a job for the past eighteen years. She now preaches at their church, sometimes working with Jose to prepare sermons. (She says about twenty people left their very traditional congregation when she, a woman, began delivering sermons.) She also deals with immigration attorneys, politicians, and advocacy groups almost daily, working tirelessly on her husband’s behalf.

In her efforts to help Jose, she’s not always met with open doors; sometimes they get slammed in her face. After a town

hall with U.S. Representative David Price, whom she knows personally, she asked Price to seek a so-called private bill for Jose—a legal last resort that grants permanent residency to an individual via a bill that passes through Congress and is signed by the president. Price told her that there was no way it would pass, she says.

In spite of the challenges, she says she’s going to try to keep Jose in the country.

“Who will talk for my husband?” Sandra says. “I don’t think about stopping. I’m going to keep saying it, because it’s not fair.

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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO U.S. 401 FROM SOUTH OF OLD STAGE ROAD (S.R. 1006) TO SOUTH OF MECHANICAL BOULEVARD (S.R. 2538) IN WAKE COUNTY TIP PROJECT NO. U-5302 The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting regarding the proposed improvements to U.S. 401 from south of Old Stage Road (S.R. 1006) to south of Mechanical Boulevard (S.R. 2538) in Wake County.

The meeting will be held on Thursday, August 16 at the Ernest Myatt Presbyterian Church located at 4926 Fayetteville Road in Raleigh from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The public may attend at any time during the meeting hours.

Please note there will be no formal presentation.

At the meeting there will be maps of the proposed plans as well as project team members who will be available to answer your questions and receive feedback.

All comments will be taken into consideration as the project progresses. The opportunity to submit written comments will be provided at the meeting or can be done via phone, email, or mail no later than August 31, 2018.

As information becomes available, it may be viewed at the NCDOT Public Meeting Webpage: https://www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings/.

For additional information please contact NCDOT Project Manager, John Braxton, by phone at (919)707-6219 or by email at jwbraxton@ncdot.gov or Consultant Project Manager Cyndy Yu Robinson, by phone at (919)239-7142 or by email at cyndy.yu.robinson@aecom.com.

Your week.

Every Wednesday.

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 Lauren Putnam via email at lnputnam1@ncdot.gov or by phone at (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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his fall marks twenty-one years since I packed my few worldly possessions into a 1990 Toyota Camry and, after lying that I would abstain from any illicit substances, left my parents’ abode for the first time. I was off to explore the world on my own. (Sort of: It’s not like I was paying my own bills.) My adulthood is now old enough to legally drink.

The world has changed since then. The year I graduated—when this year’s crop of freshmen were toddlers; God, I’m old—terrorists flew planes into the Twin Towers, and the U.S. has been at war in the Middle East ever since. The housing market ballooned, then crashed, then ballooned again. We’ve elected a smart black president and then a dumb orange one. My cohorts and I are drowning under a tsunami of student debt that is, in turn, stifling middle-class prosperity, such that politicians are now tossing around ideas like student-loan forgiveness and free college that two decades ago would have been unthinkable. And perhaps most important, the internet, which was then frustratingly slow and complicated, has revolutionized how we learn and work and communicate with each other.

College, too, has changed, in ways both obvious and subtle. Life moves faster; connection is omnipresent; access to knowledge is immediate. Students are more socially engaged and, dare I say, responsible. But some things remain the same: College is and will always be a time for self-exploration and self-definition, to discover who you are and who you want to be.

The INDY’s Campus Guide is designed to assist the mass of students (and their parents) who will descend on the Triangle over the next few days for movein weekend navigate their brave new world. And because it’s been some time since our staffers could relate to the target demo, we’ve largely delegated this package to an ambitious team of summer interns—Elizabeth Chen, who served as project manager; Macon Atkinson; Absaroka Mann-Wood; and Cole Villena— who, drawing on their own experiences, dish out advice on living cheaply, pulling all-nighters, getting around without a car, finding events you shouldn’t miss, and all sorts of other things newcomers need to know.

We hope you enjoy it. More important, we hope it’s of use. Those first weeks of college may feel overwhelming and intimidating—at least, they did for me—but you’ll get through it. We’re here to help.

TRIANGLE TRIVIA

The Triangle comprises Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, and got its name from the creation of Research Triangle Park—home to dozens of tech and research companies—in the 1950s.

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Got questions about college? We’ve got answers.

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imes have changed since our parents went to college, and their “back in my day” stories can get old fast. So what’s it actually like being on campus in the twenty-first century? Because nothing beats advice from fellow millennials who’ve been there, we asked seven current or recent students for the 411 on doing college in 2018. Sorry, Mom and Dad, but these collegians know best. —Elizabeth Chen

Allie Kvasnicka

Meredith College ’20 How do you deal with living with a roommate?

Communication is vital. As a previous resident assistant to first-year students, I noticed that the majority of roommate conflicts arise due to a lack of communication. Establish and talk about boundaries before the school year starts to avoid future conflicts. Consider discussing things like items that are OK or not OK to share, visitors, study habits, sleeping habits, cleaning routines, etc. Also, if something is bothering you, talk to your roommate about it because, chances are, they had no idea you were uncomfortable in the first place. If you are having a hard time talking to your roommate, or if an issue is unable to be resolved, reach out to your RA or other on-campus resources.

Shayna Wolery Duke ’19

What’s been your most meaningful on-campus experience?

Project WILD [Wilderness Initiatives for Learning at Duke, in which students go on outdoor adventures such as hiking through Pisgah National Forest] has been my most meaningful on-campus experience by far. I was first introduced to the group when my brother participated in the backpacking trip two years before me. He then became a staff member and convinced me to sign up, making Project WILD my first Duke-related experience. From there, I became a staff member and eventually became one of the program directors. I also took a course offered by the organization during my sophomore year that allowed me to learn how to create a welcoming and safe environment for incoming freshmen. I would not have become involved with Project WILD if my older brother had not come home from his backpacking trip with so many wonderful stories.

Jayda Bernard

William Peace University ’21 What has been your most meaningful on-campus experience?

One of the organizations I’ve been involved with is the Division of Student Life. I am an orientation leader. It’s been the most fun I’ve had on campus. I’ve been able to interact with so many different people with different backgrounds, and I've gotten to know other student leaders and staff. I got involved by reaching out to student leaders and asking them questions.

Some advice I would give is to always check your email, because there will be emails coming left and right about things to do. Getting to know the campus as a student leader really put a positive outlook on my college life.

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Bailey Wilson

Did you play any intramural or club sports?

I played club hockey, and I did intramural flag football and intramural street hockey for a little while. You have to have a team ready to play intramurals, so they’re not the best way to get involved.

However, I made some of my best friends on the UNC club hockey team, and I found that it was a really great way to start a social circle. I would suggest that everyone get involved in one thing—it doesn’t have to be an athletic activity, but everyone should join a club or something to get face time with new people.

What was your favorite on-campus event?

My favorite on-campus events were probably the live concerts or campus fairs where you look for new potential jobs after graduating. The fairs were nice because they made us feel like our school was looking out for our futures. At the job fairs, if you found a booth you were interested in, you would get all the information about the job and pursue it. I also found out about a lot of volunteering events, and I ended up meeting some great friends.

TRIANGLE TRIVIA When Duke

and UNC’s basketball teams tipped off for the first time last season, each school had won fifty of the last one hundred games played between them, and the Blue Devils had outscored the Tar Heels by two points: 7,767–7,765.

Mackenzie Roberts

Taylor Gurganus

Did you have any particularly great relationships with professors?

I developed a strong relationship with a favorite professor who teaches in my major mostly by following up with her outside of class on interesting things that we had discussed during class. She taught the introductory class for my major during my freshman year, and I would occasionally send her news articles that I happened to see that were related to the class material. I eventually began asking her for advice on which other classes to take, and we kept up a relationship until I could take another smaller seminar class with her junior year.

She’s since been a really helpful adviser and good source of guidance.

What’s been your most meaningful on-campus experience?

The most meaningful on-campus experience I’ve had has been getting to know my sisters in my sorority. They were there for me when no one else was, and they have helped me through the worst semester of my college experience. I got involved through sorority recruitment and didn’t expect to find my best friends and future bridesmaids, but I did. Greek life has made my college experience everything I’d hoped it would be and more.

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Ten unexpected things you need in your dorm room

BY ELIZABETH CHEN

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EXTRA PENCILS AND PENS

WEEKEND BAG

Seems obvious, right? Perhaps, but I can’t count the number of times I’ve forgotten to bring a pen to class. Always keep extras in your backpack; your classmates will thank you.

Weekend trips are fun.

READING LIGHT

STAIN REMOVER PEN

NOISE-CANCELING HEADPHONES A nice pair of headphones or earbuds are probably the most important item you’ll need. You’ll use them walking to class, on the bus, while studying, in your dorm room (especially if your roommate is annoying, which is definitely a possibility), everywhere.

FIRST AID KIT You’re clumsier than you think.

SPONGE AND DISH SOAP Do the environment (and your wallet) a favor and forgo plastic or paper plates and utensils. Invest in reusable plates and utensils and wash them with a sponge and dish soap. Don’t be lazy.

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Tacky? Yeah. But I promise you’ll go to a Hawaiian-themed party. When in Rome …

Spill coffee on your favorite T-shirt in a two-hundred-person lecture hall? No problem. Tide-to-go or any other stain remover pen will save you a trip to the laundry room. You should still do laundry at least every two weeks, though.

EAR PLUGS AND EYE MASK The former, in case you have a loud roommate. The latter, if you like to sleep in.

COLD MEDICATION Unless you have the immune system of Deadpool, you’re going to get the flu and/ or a bad cold nearly every year. If you’re too tired/sick/vomit-y to walk to the campus health center, a couple sips or tablets of Dayquil (or whatever you prefer) can take the edge off. (Disclaimer: I’m not a doctor; read the bottle before using.) That being said, you should definitely try to get to a doctor as soon as flu-like symptoms arise: Tamiflu can literally be a lifesaver.

IL LUST R AT

If you’re an avid night reader or just a night owl, get a reading light; it will keep the peace between you and your early-tobed roommate.

W IL LI A M S

oving into a dorm is terrifying in and of itself: You’re cramming all your stuff into a tiny room with another person whom you’ve likely never met. On top of it all, you’ve probably never been on your own before. How can you prepare for the next four years of your life if you don’t have everything you need? Don’t worry. We’ve been there and know all of the overlooked things you should consider putting in your suitcase.

TRIANGLE TRIVIA

Durham’s nickname, the Bull City, comes from Bull Durham Tobacco, the first national tobacco brand manufactured in Durham. By 1957, Bull Durham Tobacco was the largest tobacco company in the world.

An ESPN poll in 2000 ranked the Duke/UNC basketball rivalry as the third greatest North American sports rivalry, and Sports Illustrated named it the "hottest rivalry" in U.S. college basketball.

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BY MACON ATKINSON

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e’ve all been there: the lab report left until the last minute, the paper due at 8:00 a.m., the exam that seemed so far away on the calendar but then suddenly is tomorrow.

While a little planning goes a long way, all-nighters are inevitable. Don’t fret; here are five tips for doing ’em right.

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REST UP Get some sleep beforehand if you can.

Go to bed early the night before; take a nap before you hit the library—the more rested you are, the better.

Sometimes even taking a quick nap during your study session can help. According to a NASA study, a forty-minute nap improves performance by 34 percent and alertness by 100 percent.

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FUEL UP Whenever I think of all-nighters, I immediately think of bottomless coffee.

But drinking too much caffeine too fast can actually be counterproductive. Anything more than four cups of coffee, or four hundred milligrams of caffeine, can make you jittery and unfocused.

The key is to avoid chugging that latte. Instead, spread out your caffeine intake throughout the night. Keep snacks on hand, too: Granola bars and fresh fruit are quick, healthy options.

CHOOSE A GOOD SPOT Studying in your bed isn’t a setup for success. You want a place where you feel alert and awake, somewhere that has plenty of light and minimal noise. And stay away from your damn phone: I usually put mine in my backpack—out of sight, out of mind.

TAKE BREAKS Use the fifty-ten rule: After every fifty minutes of studying, take ten minutes to do some kind of activity—walk, stretch, talk to a friend. Studying is a marathon, not a sprint.

GET BACK TO NORMAL So you finished. Now what? Take it easy and get back to your normal sleep schedule as soon as possible. Don’t overcompensate with caffeine, and don’t go to sleep before sunset. Go to bed a little earlier than normal and try to wake up naturally the next morning.

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Unless your parents are loaded, in which case, whatever

BY ELIZABETH CHEN

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iguring out your financial situation in college can be tricky. Tuition, books, supplies, food—it all adds up, and you might not have time to get a job. So how can you do college and not be perpetually broke?

Start by asking yourself: Do I really need this? Will I actually use it?

If you answered no to either of these questions, maybe reconsider the purchase. To ease your monetary anxiety, we compiled these tips to help you keep your finances in check.

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Walk to class, take the free campus bus, bike, etc. instead of driving and paying for parking.

Undergraduate student parking permits cost up to $444.65 for the academic year at UNC, $414 at Duke, and $200 per semester at N.C. State.

If you live off campus, pack your lunch instead of buying food on campus. The classic PB&J with an apple and a bag of chips is an easy, quick, and packable meal. However, if your taste buds are more refined or if you can’t be bothered to BYO food, many campuses have cafés or gas-station-esque shops for a cheap bite.

Ask upperclassmen who’ve previously taken your courses if the textbook is really necessary, or wait until you know you won’t drop the class before you buy it. I can’t count the number of times I’ve purchased textbooks and (a) learned that the class barely used them or (b) ended up dropping the class anyway. If you must, buy used textbooks or rent them. (Amazon is the devil, sure, but its prices are usually better than the student bookstore’s.)

Use apps like Hooked or Pocket Points to get restaurant and shopping discounts. Sign up for UNiDAYS with your student email address to unlock discounts for more than three hundred fashion, health, beauty, lifestyle, tech, and food brands that can be used online or in store.

Always carry a reusable water bottle to fill up instead of paying for bottled water.

Take advantage of free stuff at your college’s first-week-of-school festival (FallFest at UNC, Packapalooza at State, and so on) and club meetings (there’s usually free pizza or cookies).

Usually, booths at first-week-of-class festivals allow you to stock up, but supplies are always limited!

Invest in a legit coffee maker—not a Keurig. Not only is it better for the environment, it’s cheaper to buy coffee grounds than it is to buy Keurig cups. If you don’t have time to make coffee or would rather stop by the student café, bring a reusable coffee tumbler—most places offer a discount for doing so.

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High Point— out in the Triad, about an hour’s drive west of the Triangle—is the selfproclaimed furniture capital of the world.

The best cheap eats in the Triangle

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hile most of your meals will come in dining halls, there are plenty of ways to switch things up without breaking the bank. Here are some of our favorite places to eat on a budget.

TIME-OUT

201 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill timeout247.com Franklin Street is probably the perfect location for a 24/7 restaurant, and that’s what’s made Time-Out not just a post-basketball-game hang but a yearround favorite. Whether you’re in the mood for a pulled pork sandwich or a platter of pancakes, nothing on the menu will set you back more than $10.

THE DANKERY

Durham instagram.com/ shrimpandpastasdankery Operating out of a food truck, The Dankery offers the dankest late-night food on a budget. While it’s only open from 9:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m., The Dankery will hook you up with trays of chicken or vegan tenders, wings, or a shrimp burger with home-style fries. There are twenty different flavor offerings, and most trays cost $7. You can DM the Instagram account (@shrimpandpastasdankery) to order, pay through Paypal, and they’ll deliver your food to Durham and the surrounding areas.

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COOK OUT

Multiple locations in Raleigh and Durham cookout.com

THE ROAST GRILL

In between Raleigh, Chapel Hill, and Durham, Backyard BBQ Pit is easy to get to from anywhere in the Triangle.

They offer sandwiches for $4, and you can get a half pound of any side for only $2.50. Located right near RTP, it’s twenty minutes from Duke’s and N.C. State’s campuses, fifteen minutes from UNC, and just ten minutes or so from N.C. Central. Buy yourself a pint of pork for $9 while you’re there, and you’ll be set for the week.

Cook Out is cheap and unhealthy and will feed your soul while making your body hate you just a little. They’re most famous for their “fancy milkshakes,” which have a calorie count of at least five hundred but will only set you back $2.79. If you’re looking for something more substantial, get one of their legendary trays. For only $4.99, you get a main, two sides, and a drink. The real hack? Get a main of quesadillas with two sides of quesadillas—four quesadillas for $4.99.

The Roast Grill in Raleigh has been serving classic hot dogs at low prices for more than seventy years. Their menu is short and to the point: hot dogs.

They serve one type of hot dog that you can top with mustard, onions, slaw, or chili. But don’t even think about asking for ketchup—or cheese or kraut or pickles or relish or mayonnaise. For $2.50, you can get a hot dog and a glass bottle of Coke, but make sure you bring cash. They don’t accept cards.

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CHUBBY’S TACOS

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5122 N.C. Highway 55, Durham sweetribs.com

1920 Perry Street, Durham; 128 East Franklin Street, Chapel Hill With locations in both Durham and Chapel Hill, Cosmic is the place to go when the party’s over, but no one wants to go home. You can get a burrito for $5, a taco for $3, and a margarita pitcher for $12.

In 1903, the Wright Brothers made their first successful man-powered flight at Kill Devil Hills near Kitty Hawk, although Ohio foolishly tries to steal North Carolina’s thunder for this accomplishment merely because the Wright Brothers were born, raised, lived, and drew up plans for their airplane in Dayton, Ohio.

7 South West Street, Raleigh roastgrill.com

2444 Wycliff Road, Raleigh Although the Durham location closed in the last year, State students can still gorge on chips and salsa at Chubby’s Raleigh spot. Only five minutes from campus, you can get tacos for $2.69 or Chubbychangas for $5.69. Free chips come with every order, and a fan favorite is the salsa bar—a range of salsas of various heats, all for no extra charge.

There’s also a sushi bar, pizza place, and deli all in the same strip mall.

“Tobacco Road” refers to four rival universities that play in the Atlantic Coast Conference, referencing the area’s history as a major tobacco producer. The Tobacco Road teams are the UNC Tar Heels, the Duke Blue Devils, the N.C. State Wolfpack, and the Wake Forest Demon Deacons.

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What aspect of college are you most worried about?

Classes

Getting around

Money

Being social

Do you want good professors?

Are you planning to walk to class or take the bus?

Do you want to save money?

How do you feel about people?

Don't care

Of course!

Walk

Bus

Don't care

Duh

They are generally terrible and I hate being around them

I love everyone!

Have a car?

Does that mean you can afford the good weed?

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Do you take notes online?

Yes

NEXTBUS

UNIDAYS

No

Do you like eating out?

Nah. Dorm food is fine.

Of course

I prefer to waste paper and watch the world burn

Do you need an easier way to schedule things?

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WHATSAPP • LINE

You should work on that.

Broadening your cultural horizons is an integral part of the collegiate experience.

Doesn’t everyone?

AMAZON • CHEGG BOOKSHELF

I keep everything in my head, thanks

Good luck

No

I don't care

That's stupid

Are some of your friends international students?

Yes

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I'd rather not

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NETFLIX • HULU HBO NOW

Sure

Well, how do you feel about paying full price for textbooks?

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GROUPME

COURSICLE

POCKET POINTS

Do you want to earn rewards for going to class?

Not really

Yeah, cool

We don’t get you

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Here’s how to navigate the world of public transportation.

BY COLE VILLENA

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aybe you’re an N.C. Central student with a friend at State you want to visit. Maybe you’re a UNC student who hates walking from your dorm to class on the other side of campus.

Maybe you’re at Meredith and just need a change of scenery. Chances are, you don’t have a car on campus, especially if you’re a freshman. Even so, you have plenty of options for public transportation at Triangle schools.

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GoTriangle (gotriangle.org) is the Triangle’s regional bus authority, with GoRaleigh and GoDurham providing transit in their respective cities. There are a ton of routes available, but the most important ones for getting from campus to campus are the 400 (Chapel Hill-Durham), DRX (DurhamRaleigh Express), and CRX (Chapel Hill-Raleigh Express). Express routes are all $3 a ride (regional routes like the 400 or the 800 are $2.25), and a regional day pass is only $4.50. Before you buy a one-way pass, check with your school’s transportation department to see if your student ID qualifies you for an annual GoPass for unlimited rides on routes to and from campus.

Every Triangle school provides these passes in some capacity—students at N.C. Central get them for free.

TRAINS Raleigh’s Union Station just opened in July, making train travel to and from the capital city a lot more convenient.

A trip from Raleigh to Durham (or vice versa) will set you back $7.50, and Amtrak’s Piedmont train is a decent option for trips to places further west like Greensboro or Charlotte. See ncbytrain.org for more details.

FREE CAMPUS SERVICES TO AND FROM CHAPEL HILL Most UNC students don’t qualify for a GoPass, but they don’t have it so bad when it comes to free transit. Thanks to a joint program between N.C. State’s and UNC’s biomedical engineering programs, there’s a free shuttle that runs between State’s Centennial Campus and UNC’s School of Medicine (not exactly the center of either campus, but hey, it’s free). All you need is a sticker on your State or UNC student ID from your school’s BME department (you don’t have to be a student in the department to get it). Getting to Duke is even easier. GoTriangle operates a UNC-Duke shuttle, the Robertson Express, which is free for anyone with a Duke or UNC ID.

GETTING TO THE AIRPORT Before and after breaks, campus transit systems offer shuttles to and from RDU International Airport. Check your email as Thanksgiving, spring break, and winter break approach.

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Bull Durham, the baseball movie starring Kevin Costner, was filmed in Durham and made $50.8 million in North America.

The Triangle’s largest campuses have extensive on-campus transit options.

There are dozens of routes operated by on-campus transit authorities to get you around, but here are some routes you need to know as a first-year.

Weekday routes loop around campus and will get you from your dorm to classes and back. Routes with an “R” run similarly to their normal counterparts, but in reverse.

Weekend routes are similar to weekday routes but have limited service.

After-hours transit at UNC and Duke is useful for when you’re coming back from a long night. (Sorry, Wolfpack.)

Duke Weekdays: Duke Transit C1, C2 Weekends: Duke Transit CCX After-hours: Duke vans (on-demand shuttles, 5:00 p.m. to 6:45 a.m.)

UNC-Chapel Hill Weekdays: Chapel Hill Transit U/RU Weekends: Chapel Hill Transit U After-hours: P2P Express (similar route to U, 7 p.m. to 4 a.m.)

N.C. State Weekdays: Wolfine #7 Wolflink Shuttle/#7R Weekends: Wolfine #7 Wolflink Shuttle N.C. Central Weekdays: Maroon shuttle (8:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.), Gray shuttle (7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.)

A guide to local festivals you don’t want to miss

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ou’ll find a thousand events to go to on campus throughout your first year: basketball games, on-campus concerts, club events, and so on. You’re missing out, though, if you don’t get off campus and see what the rest of the Triangle has to offer. Here are some festivals to get you started.

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BEATS N BARS

August 24-26, Durham, beatsnbarsfestival.com

DREAMVILLE FESTIVAL

Take a break from the stress of moving in by heading to North Carolina’s largest hip-hop festival. You can catch performances from artists like Dead Prez, Dumbfoundead, and Ace Henderson, but check out the panel discussions for refreshingly interesting lectures before your actual classes get rolling.

September 15, Raleigh, dreamvillefest.com

Hosted by Fayetteville native J. Cole, this one-day festival will be the first big concert at Raleigh’s new Dorothea Dix Park. That’s pretty much all we can tell you about it, as the lineup has yet to be released.

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HOPSCOTCH

September 28–29, Durham, aocfestival.com

September 6–8, Raleigh, hopscotchmusicfest.com It’s early September, the novelty of college life is just starting to wear off, and you need something exciting to do for a weekend. Look no further than Hopscotch. Arguably the area’s signature music festival, Hopscotch has seen everyone from Solange to Gary Clark Jr. to Pusha T grace its stages. This year’s headliners include The Flaming Lips, Miguel, Grizzly Bear, MC50, Mipso, and Liz Phair.

A self-billed “collision of jazz, R&B, hip-hop, & soul,” The Art of Cool Festival has been spearheaded by trumpeter/music professor Al Strong and business partner Cicely Mitchell since it began five years ago. It’s relatively affordable insofar as big-time festivals go, and this year, it’s bringing Maxwell, Erykah Badu, and Nas to town.

IBMA WIDE OPEN BLUEGRASS September 28–29, Raleigh, worldofbluegrass.org/ wide-open-bluegrass

So you don’t think bluegrass is your thing, do you? Well, maybe you haven’t given it a proper shot. You’ll have no better chance to do that than at IBMA’s annual Wide Open Bluegrass festival, this year featuring performances by Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder with Patty Loveless, Gillian Welch, Rhiannon Giddens, Chatham County Line, and a ton of others.

Andrew Bird at Hopscotch

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September 29, Durham, prideindurham.org

The Triangle celebrates Pride in September, not June. Starting this year, the annual festival will be helmed by the LGBTQ Center of Durham. It will feature a parade, live music, and a queer prom, all in one of the state’s most progressive and inclusive municipalities.

INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF RALEIGH October 26-28, Raleigh, internationalfocus.org

The International Festival has a lot of things going for it, including live performances, exhibits, and the opportunity to meet people from all over the world. But the best part is the food. Try anything and everything—you’ve got the world at your fingertips, after all.

NC COMICON

November 9-11, Durham, nccomicon.com There are a few places where you can geek out in the Triangle (check out Raleigh Supercon in the summer and Animazement in the spring), but we highlighted NC Comicon because it takes place in the fall. Who wants to cosplay in the blazing Southern sun?

THE FULL FRAME DOCUMENTARY FILM FESTIVAL April 4-7, Durham, fullframefest.org

There aren’t many documentary festivals better than Full Frame. The fourday event features about one hundred documentaries and is held within a reasonably small (and walkable) area of downtown Durham.

MOOGFEST

April 25-28, Durham, moogfest.com Tickets aren’t cheap, but attendees can expect to see innovative programming and technology as well as musical performances from top-tier acts.

Moogfest typically releases the first details about its lineup in the winter, but expect the likes of Flying Lotus, Animal Collective, and Reggie Watts.

ARTSPLOSURE

May, Raleigh, raleighartsfestival.com Otherwise known as the Raleigh Arts Festival, Artsplosure is a two-day festival held in downtown Raleigh just as spring starts to kick into gear. It’s a good place to see artists from around the Triangle and the country, obviously, but wandering around the sprawling downtown festival will lead you to everything from food trucks to live music and dance. Monthly First Friday events offer a sort of scaled-down Artsplosure experience for people who head back home for the summer.

TRIA TRIV NGLE IA St. Augustine’s University was founded in 1867, making it one of the oldest historically black universities in the United States.

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CAMPUS GUIDE How to look out for yourself (and others) on campus

2016 North carolina college crime statistics* 1,173: reported criminal offenses

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art of college—and part of being on your own for the first time—is learning how to take care of yourself. But for those of us who’ve never even done a load of laundry on our own, keeping yourself safe in a big, scary world can seem, well, scary. Relax, kid. You got this. Some simple rules: Trust your gut, use the resources your school offers, and look out for yourself and your peers.

There are lots of everyday things you can do to stay safe. First: Always lock your doors when you leave, whether you’re off campus or in a dorm. Charles Corr, administrative lieutenant at Wake Tech, also recommends keeping your car doors locked and not leaving valuables where someone can easily get to them.

“The majority of the break-ins are actually people that are just going around pulling handles,” he says. “Sometimes someone will just walk through the parking lots and pull handles, and then when they get a door that opens up, they look through the car.”

If you’re out late, stick with friends or let people know where you’re going and when you should be back. Lots of colleges have safety apps, like Duke’s LiveSafe, which offers a SafeWalk feature that allows users to track each other on a map while they’re walking to a destination. The app also allows students to submit anonymous tips. Other apps, such as Circle of 6 U, let you share your location with friends and access campus-specific emergency response systems.

If you feel unsafe on campus, utilize resources like police escort services, safe ride systems, and call boxes.

And sorry if we sound like your mom, but if you plan on boozing, make sure you have a designated driver or a ride-share app handy. Also, watch your drink to make sure no one slips something in your cup. And if some creep is trying to make you do something you don’t want to do, tell them to piss off: Your health and safety come first (see p. 21 for more on sexual health and safety).

Mental health is also important in college, which can and likely will be one of the most anxiety-ridden periods of your life. If you or a friend are struggling, contact your campus counseling center. If it’s an emergency, call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at (800) 273-8255.

Most important, trust your instincts and stay aware of your surroundings.

“Everybody has that sense—you can feel something is wrong and, you know, trust it,” Corr says. “If you see something you don’t like, turn around and walk the other way.”

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In spite of its name, Wake Forest University is located in WinstonSalem. It moved from Wake Forest to Winston Salem in 1956.

The Carolina Hurricanes won the Stanley Cup in 2006.

The captain of that cupwinning team is now the coach. The team is now terrible.

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Life is too short for bad sex

BY ABSAROKA MANN-WOOD

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et’s not beat around the bush: Sex is everywhere on college campuses. This is true whether you’re indulging liberally or abstaining altogether—and, to be clear, there’s nothing wrong with either. No matter what, you’re going to confront situations where a working knowledge of the ins and outs of sex will be useful. This article won’t cover everything, but it will hopefully be a start.

First things first: Being sexually active is a choice, and everyone should respect the choice you make.

If you are sexually active, the first priority is safety. Unfortunately, college isn’t known for fostering a safe and supportive environment, especially for women. In 2015, the AAU Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct found that 23 percent of undergraduate women experienced sexual assault at some point during their college career. That’s not meant to scare you, but it is a reality. So before engaging in any sort of sexual activity, it’s a good idea to make sure you and your partner are aware of your boundaries and establish consent. Consent is an enthusiastic and freely given agreement to sexual activity—not “no means no,” but “yes means yes.”

After that, make sure that you’re protecting yourself. Birth control, obviously, doesn’t prevent disease. Condoms are the best way to guard against STDs, regardless of what gender your sexual partner is—female condoms and dental dams exist to keep women safe.

But safe sex isn’t just about your decisions; it’s the responsibility of the entire community. Learning the signs of sexual assault, along with effective and safe ways to intervene, can make a difference in someone else’s life.

Be aware of your friends and the people around you, especially in situations where people might be drinking. Have they had too much? Are they being led away from the crowd? Do they look uncomfortable?

If you decide to intervene, make sure that you’re keeping yourself safe as well.

Direct confrontation can often lead to more problems. Instead of approaching a potential assaulter, address the potential victim. Offer a way out: “Hey! Do you wanna come dance with us?” Bring a couple of friends with you.

While safety is priority one, good sex is clearly about more than that. It’s also about pleasure, so make sure you’re talking with your partner about what you like and what you’d like to try. In the wise words of I Saw This On The Internet, life is too short for bad sex.

Many colleges offer bystander intervention programs with comprehensive training on sexual assault prevention. See PACT training at Duke (contact Krystal George for more information: krystal.george@duke.edu) and OneAct training at UNC (contact oneact@unc.edu). At N.C. State (919-515-2012) and N.C. Central (919-530-6811), contact the Women’s Center for more information about sexual assault prevention initiatives on campus.

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UNC: After a tough football year in 1924, head cheerleader Vic Huggins decided the team needed a mascot. She decided on Rameses the Ram, based on star fullback Jack Merritt, who was nicknamed the “Battering Ram.” N.C. State: In 1921, an angry anonymous alum complained that the football players were “as unruly as a pack of wolves.” Within weeks, the N.C. State Alumni News and the student newspaper were referring to the football team as “The Wolfpack.”

Duke: In World War I, the French infantry fighting in the Alps was nicknamed les diables bleu, or “the blue devils.” For some unclear reason, Duke (then Trinity College) took this moniker and made it its mascot. Around the same time, the school lifted its the ban on football, and by 1922 the team was widely known as the Blue Devils.

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UNC claims to be the oldest public university in the U.S.—which is true, more or less. The University of Georgia was chartered first, but UNC began admitting students six years before UGA did. And the College of William and Mary predates both of them by nearly a century, but it was a private institution until 1906, so we’re not going to count that.

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Chapel Hill fire trucks are Carolina blue.

Babe Ruth hit his first home run in Fayetteville, and Jackie Robinson played for the Durham Bulls.

Krispy Kreme was founded in Winston-Salem.

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A LIMBO-LAND STRIP MALL GAINS LOCAL FLAVOR AND SOUL COURTESY OF ZWELI’S ZIMBABWEAN FARE

BY LAYLA KHOURY-HANOLD

Piri piri chicken with curried cabbage, chakalaka, and collards PHOTO BY CAITLIN PENNA

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fter spending years building a successful catering business, chef Zwelibanzi Williams (she goes by Zweli) has finally opened her first brick-andmortar restaurant. Zweli’s Piri Piri Kitchen, which Williams opened in July with her husband, Leonardo, is a hidden gem in the chainrestaurant-dominated Oak Creek Village Shopping Center (save for El Chapin, a Guatemalan spot a few doors down). Williams’s restaurant is personal not just by name: She’s gone all in on the dishes she grew up eating in her native Zimbabwe. Though piri piri chicken dominates the menu—piri piri refers to the namesake pepper and marinade—diners gain a deeper appreciation for Zimbabwe’s culinary flavors and influences in the scenestealing sides, such as chakalaka, a South African dish of stewed beans and vegetables.

Vibe: The dining room has an eclectic recroom feel, with red painted walls hung with local artwork, African beats on the speakers,

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and hand-hewn Zimbabwean bowls adorning the tables. The open floor plan’s seating options include large, wooden block tables, banquet-style six- to eight-tops, windowadjacent high-tops, and stools lining the partially open kitchen, where you can post up while you wait for a to-go order. The warm service and homey vibes are echoed by the word of the month on the chalkboard menu: Mauya, for example, means “we welcome you” in Shona, Zimbabwe’s main language, or siyambonga, which means “we thank you” in Ndebele, Williams’s native language.

Menu: The piri piri menu is divided into “for one”, which includes either a quarteror half-chicken, skewers, breast, or wings, served either solo or with a choice of one or two sides, and “platters” for sharing. The ‘full,’ which includes a whole chicken with two large sides or ‘wing,’ twenty-four flamegrilled wings, each feed two or three people, while the ‘jumbo,’ which includes two whole

chickens with two extra-large sides, serves four to six. Non-meat eaters dine well here, too. Most sides are vegetarian or vegan, and you can build a satisfying platter of three; or you can get the grilled piri piri tofu for a taste of Zweli’s signature peppery sauce. Sandwiches, salads, a kids’ menu, and weekly specials round out the mix.

What to order: If you eat meat, opt for the grilled piri piri chicken, which melds peppery spice and a vinegar twang with a subtle flame-licked smokiness. A quarter chicken (choose dark or light meat) and two sides combo is filling, but if you’re hungry it’s easy to put away a third side (plus, it’s hard to pick just two). There’s the chakalaka, tender beans simmered with peppers, tomatoes, and shredded carrots for a touch of sweetness, cooked until they collapse into a creamy consistency. You’ll also want the collards, which are cooked with dovi, or peanut butter; in Zimbabwe, dovi is traditionally used in a chicken stew, but here, it lends a creamy foil to the braised greens’ pleasing bitterness.

And don’t miss the sleeper hit of fried curry cabbage, which boasts a meaty texture and umami-rich flavor.

If you’re craving starch, opt for jollof rice, a West African tomato-based rice dish (which has become popular in Zimbabwe) whose texture and hue land somewhere between yellow rice and paella; it has a pleasant, thrumming heat. Tuesday’s oxtail special is destined for repeat status on carnivores’ fallwinter hit list, featuring a curried stew of braised oxtail, potatoes, and carrots, served with sadza, a Zimbabwean staple of cooked cornmeal.

Price point: A quarter chicken and two sides is $10.99; a la carte sides are $4.50. Platters are $12 for sides, $29.39 for wings, $31.99 for full, $55.69 for jumbo. The oxtail special is $18.99.

Day Drinker is a recurring feature in which INDY staffers graciously accept samples of new and seasonal offerings from local breweries and tell you what we think of them. If you’d like your beer or cider to be considered, email food editor Layla KhouryHanold at laylakh@indyweek.com.

WHITEWALL WHEAT CRANK ARM BREWING COMPANY An American-Belgo-style wit, this witbier is brewed with wheat malt and Belgian yeast. It’s standard and easy-drinking, with a subtle hoppy aftertaste and grapefruit undertones. If you like beer you can talk about, this isn’t for you, because there’s not much to say about it. If you like beer to lubricate conversation about other things, this will do nicely.

BATALAGER FULLSTEAM BREWERY Brewed for samba-reggae band Batalá Durham’s upcoming Brazilian Day, this beer blends Brazilian açaí berries and N.C. blueberries. The fruity mix is a beautiful hibiscus-tea color, but it doesn’t taste as fruity as it smells. Though it might have a vitamin-y whiff of berry-flavored EmergenC, it’s also got a pleasant, light, lambic-style effervescence. Extra points for the can’s striking label bearing the band’s logo.

O’MALLEY’S KILT THE GLASS JUG BEER LAB This light Scottish ale, our staff’s favorite this week, is crisp, with a lightly syrupy mouthfeel that doesn’t weigh it down. It has a nutty aftertaste with notes of burnt caramel and a honeyed finish. Our resident dark-beer loving staffer liked it and noted that her IPA-drinking husband would be happy to sip it, too. Our resident dark-beer hater found it unusually palatable as well.

Perfect for: Group lunch; family feast; weeknight dinner takeout; game day wings laylakh@indyweek.com

ZWELI’S PIRI PIRI KITCHEN 4600 Durham Chapel Hill Blvd, Ste. 26, Durham www.zwelis.com, 984-219-7555

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es, Raleigh is growing. As with most mid-size cities in 2018, the amount of new investors attempting to house and feed creative-class millennials and thirty-something techies is in overdrive.

Across the street from the Contemporary Art Museum on Martin Street, an Urban Outfitters and a grip of other hip-by-the-numbers storefronts are set to open in the fall.

Restaurants with startup-esque names arrive and vanish, seemingly by the month.

A new $111-million Amtrak station that opened last month looms in the background, ready to shuttle people into the heart of downtown. As always though, it begs that same old gentrification question. What are these young, hip, presumably art-forward people supposed to do once they get here?

Forget apartment buildings—where is the actual culture?

Christina Cucurullo, a member of the Triangle’s small yet dedicated experimental music community who makes music under the name Spookstina, is part of a group of people working to sustain a meaningful underground freak scene in the city, regardless of fly-by-night outside investors. All Data Lost, the Raleigh experimental festival she’s co-curated with Charlotte’s Charles Ovett, is her next endeavor. Roping together over twenty-five acts into a single day of madness, the aim of All Data Lost is to provide a showcase of outsider performance art and music, including noise, mutant techno, weirdo pop, psych, performance art, and a number of other permutations that can’t be easily categorized.

Intimate DIY festivals are a crucial community-building staple of underground experimental music, as festivals like Miami’s International Noise Conference and Chapel Hill’s Savage Weekend have proven. So it feels at once serendipitous and par for the course that Cucurullo and Ovett, a Charlotte musician who plays in the project Joules, first met at a festival. The setting was a minifest called Staycation, in a house out in Burlington, North Carolina.

Marselle, at All Data Lost on Saturday

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“Joules’s set there was incredible; it wasn’t until we were friends that I even learned about [Ovett’s] long history as a jazz drummer before he started doing noise,” Cucurullo says.

Since then, the two have played a number of shows and festivals together in several states.

They have also worked hard back home in North Carolina, learning how to promote art that essentially resists promotion. Ovett organized several “Southern Women’s Showcases” highlighting non-male experimental artists, as well as “Noise for Tots,” an annual holiday benefit to collect toys and funds for the Hemby Children’s Hospital in Charlotte.

Cucurullo organized last year’s experimental show at Greenville’s Spazz Fest, which consisted of twenty-two artists performing over a period of eight hours. Booking All Data Lost was the next logical step.

As it goes, finding a venue in Raleigh for this sort of event isn’t always a sure thing.

Fortunately, due to a variety of local figures that have done solid legwork, Raleigh is enjoying a good moment for venues booking small, offbeat events. All Data Lost is being held at The Wicked Witch, a 225-capacity outpost on West South Street in the constellation of music venues scattered around downtown Raleigh. Run by the staff

of Ruby Deluxe, the relatively new venue has specialized in booking a number of arty touring rock and electronic acts, including L.A.’s Odwalla1221, Washington, D.C.’s Flasher, and NYC’s Guerilla Toss.

“The staff at The Wicked Witch and Ruby Deluxe have been extremely open and supportive of outsider art,” Cucurullo says. “In the past, they have provided a space for events like Experimental Tuesday, and they generally book shows that are along the boundary-pushing side of both music and performance art.”

Casual enthusiasts and ardent fans alike will find a lot to dive into and discover on this lineup, which was booked largely according to the two curators’ own tastes and includes acts from all around North Carolina and the East Coast. A quick sampling might include the ambient astral pop of Knives of Spain, the masterful soundscape sampling of Raleigh’s Gar-Ud, the shoegazer drift of Winston-Salem’s 1970s Film Stock, the pummeling and spasmodic sounds of Bryce Eiman (founder of the longtime collective 919Noise), or indecipherable freakout great Reflex Arc. Cucurullo says she’s most excited for Tavishi, a scientist and conceptual musician from Richmond, Virginia, who creates compositions through combining elements of her own transposed cancer research data, noise, and Indian music to create pieces that raise awareness about social issues. She gushes about South Carolina performance artist Rant Kissy, an unpredictable artist who

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has been known to destroy laptops or wrap the entire audience in a web of yarn.

Another of Cucurullo’s favorites is North Carolina’s Clang Quartet, the venerated Christian noise artist who performs with various eye-popping props, including face masks and a giant industrial cross. Cucurullo met many of the All Data Lost performers through her own work as Spookstina, and her enthusiasm about her peers is palpable. She says she honestly can’t get enough.

“Something I’ve noticed here in the Triangle over the last couple of years is more of an openness and curiosity about what fringe artists are doing, and maybe that’s with the increase in more creative minds moving to the Triangle,” she says, adding, “There’s an allure of freedom and independence in creating outsider art, and it’s an important outlet, especially in challenging arcane ideas and oppression. It’s not about money or playing big shows. It’s about the experience of playing new places and being exposed to new ways of doing things.”

New trends in city development skewed toward “authenticity” carry the hope that Raleigh’s various investors will facilitate new spaces that might benefit small pockets of arts culture like these. Sure, the city lacks Durham or Carrboro’s regional cachet as a post-grad artistic enclave. For now, it makes the work that Raleigh promoters and spaces willing to gamble on fringe art like this feel particularly important to keep the dream alive. music@indyweek.com

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SOUND AND SECURE You may not recognize his name or face, but if you’ve been to Cat’s Cradle in the last decade, odds are you’ve heard the work of Andy Young. Cutting his teeth in the early eighties with his brother Darrell’s beach band, Andy has spent virtually his entire adult life as a sound engineer.

He was touring with the Squirrel Nut Zippers when he began doing sound at the Cradle in 2007, going full-time when he retired from the road in 2010. He became the venue’s technical director soon after. But earlier this year, the celebrated sound engineer was sidelined by a serious injury.

This weekend, a bevy of local bands are stepping in to help him out.

“I remember being terrified of that stage and Andy being so patient and kind when I was an insufferable kid that had no idea what I was doing,” recalls Rachel Hirsh of BRUXES. “He worked at the first Girls Rock NC showcase this summer and still had that same patience and kindness, even with about eighty little campers running around and yelling.”

Boone’s Rainbow Kitten Surprise convinced Young to get back on the road with them last year, and he did eighty dates with the band before breaking his hip in Minneapolis in April.

“I was shadow-dancing with Prince when he made a couple really good moves, and I couldn’t keep up,” he jokes. The resulting hip replacement surgery left him with six figures worth of medical bills and kept him from work partway into June. Though he now plans on staying off the road for good, he’s kept a positive outlook on the experience.

Beginning at 3 p.m. on Sunday, seventeen acts are split between the main room—which Young will be mixing—and the back room, including BRUXES, The Old Ceremony, Happy Abandon, John Howie Jr., Jon Shain with FJ Ventre, and Loamlands’ Kym Register. Admission is free, with donations to Young’s medical bills encouraged. —Spencer Griffith

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Friday, August 17, 6–9 p.m., free Five Points Plaza and Alley, Durham www.downtowndurham.com

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DDI’S PUBLIC SPACE PROJECT IS AN AUDACIOUS, INCLUSIVE NEW-DURHAM TURN FOR A VENERABLE OLD-DURHAM NONPROFIT

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n February, the Durham band Beauty World played a free show in Five Points Plaza. This was the brainchild of Rachel Wexler, the new special projects coordinator of the nonprofit Downtown Durham Inc., which contracts with the city and county to drive development: “Helping entrepreneurs get in spaces downtown and helping local businesses stay there,” as Wexler puts it.

The performance’s point was twofold, which homes in on the nexus of art and place where Wexler’s vocation resides. For one, it showed off her first major DDI project, the installation of string lights on poles with standing-height tables to make Five Points Plaza more inviting. It was also a test run for DDI’s ability to produce urban pop-ups more elaborate than the street performers it contracts through Sonic Pie Productions during Third Friday art walks.

Now that experiment has generated a pilot program, the Public Space Project, that will augment the next three Third Fridays with notably daring, imaginative outdoor events.

They’re rich with blurred genres and mediums, site-specific perambulations, audience interaction and social immersion, and other things local artists love. The series represents an old-Durham institution embracing a new-Durham model—not just aesthetically, but also structurally, with a process designed to include diverse artists, perspectives, audiences, and communities.

When it was founded, DDI’s mission was to “serve as a catalyst for downtown revitalization.” Twenty-five years later, you need only to look around to see that development now needs checks and balances more than it needs catalysis, and the creation of Wexler’s position last year seems to acknowledge this shift.

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California in 2015 to earn a master’s degree in city and regional planning at UNC-Chapel Hill, focusing on social justice issues at the intersection of art and economic development. She started at DDI last September.

Placemaking, a city-planning term of art, is central to Wexler’s work.

“That could be street furniture, façade treatments, landscape architecture, murals, sculptures, lighting installations, temporary pop-up performances—anything that affects pedestrians’ experience,” she says.

“And that is connected to economic development through upholding the identity and vibrancy of the city.”

For her pilot program, Wexler found inspiration in a Chicago Loop Alliance project called “ACTIVATE,” which helped local artists create pop-ups in neglected downtown nooks. The next step was to tailor it to Durham, mainly by handing as much power as possible to artists. Working independently in wildly diverse mediums, they still came up with a unifying theme of wellness and healing that speaks to the temper of our times, locally and nationally.

This Friday, from 6:00–9:00 p.m., the project debuts in two distinct, simultaneous parts. In Five Points Plaza, Marcella Camara—the curator of Young, Gifted, & Broke, a pop-up gallery focused on artists of color, wellness, and justice—presents Amethyst, Psalms & Florida Water, a visionary outpouring of creativity and wellness involving live artmaking, mental health counselors, art therapists, body workers, aromatherapy, spiritual offerings, and more, amounting to an altar that will remain for three days.

Meanwhile, in Five Points Alley (next to Vert & Vogue), Wendy Spitzer and Douglas Vuncannon will create Portraits in Common, a social performance in which passing strangers will be asked to figure out “the most unusual thing they have in common” and be photographed together

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with it written on a placard. Eventually, the project will result in a video featuring music composed by Spitzer, an indie musician who records and performs as Felix Obelix.

These deeply personal and Durham-centric projects reflect the openness and care Wexler wanted to bring to the institutional structures they harness.

“We built it out by talking with Durham artists at every stage of the process, from the concept to the application and review,” Wexler says. “We tried to reach artists who might be historically marginalized. We didn’t require résumés or experience in public art. Artists were coached on their budgets to make sure they’re paying themselves and people they’re working with, because this is also about recirculating wealth to the folks who make Durham what it is.”

September 21 will bring sculptor Ashley Swindoll and master puppeteer Tarish Pipkins, aka Jeghetto, to the Holland Street alley between the Google Fiber office and The Durham Hotel. The pair are collaborating on large-scale kinetic sculptures, transforming old musical instruments into fantastical abstract insects.

“The performance is around mental health awareness, recovering from trauma,” Wexler says, adding that the puppets might remain in the alley as an art installation for a short time after the performance.

“The committee tried to select projects that would have an impact on the community that was timely or would leave remnants or have a documentation component, and that were accessible to multiple communities in Durham.”

October 19 features musician and songwriter Kamara Thomas, whose immersive multimedia performance SOAPBOX might be the most audacious of all.

“She is putting together an ensemble of between twenty and thirty people processing between various public spaces

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ven the smallest amount of fire has more power than many of us know; the light from a single candle can be seen from more than a mile and a half away. In the Heart of the Fire, Paperhand Puppet Intervention’s nineteenth annual large-scale summer pageant of puppetry and music, is a broad-ranging view of different aspects of this elemental engine of transformation. The sequences scripted by cofounders Donovan Zimmerman and Jan Burger include a socially conscious examination of flame’s fundamental dichotomy of creation and destruction, and a colorful, choreographed congress of supernatural fire-based creatures that fill the stage—and then, the audience—at Chapel Hill’s Forest Theatre.

In that section, dance maker Tommy Noonan builds from an initial quartet of small, dancing flames wearing Ginger Lipscomb’s vivid yellow, orange, and red costumes, each bedecked with what seems like a pineapple of fire at the top. As the eightpiece band sets the pace, they are joined by two smiling fire demons (one of which bears a passing resemblance to actor Christian Slater) that animate the space, flinging sparks from fingers tipped with yellow tendrils of flame. These are joined by a firebird, fire monkeys from Chinese astrology, and the eight puppeteers required to animate a breathtaking, two-story-tall, fire-breathing dragon, which leers down upon the front rows before venturing into them during its serpentine dance.

In the opening section, performers representing the individual sense organs—including oversize puppets for each eye and ear, plus the nose and mouth (complete with tongue)—engage in comical, graceful interchanges before a critique of consumerism depicts how modern advertising overloads our senses. A cherry-red heart puppet and another depicting the human brain help sort everything into accord.

A section titled “Trolls on the Move” reframes the tales and identities of the

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The heart puppet from In the Heart of the Fire PHOTO COURTESY OF PAPERHAND legendary mountain creatures, who find themselves relocated time and again by a growing human population. Burger and Zimmerman’s imaginative designs bring out the humanity and pathos in a greatgrandmother puppet, a mountain threatened by bulldozers.

The eighty-five-minute evening closes with “The Bringers of Fire,” a benediction overseen by Grandmother Spider, a Native American spirit. Retelling the origins of fire

in myths from Ghana, Greece, and North America, this kindly, fantastical creature gently chides us to remember and guard our own stories—our own fires of curiosity and creation.

“I have kept this spark for you,” she says.

“Take it now, and pass it on to everyone you see.” In the stirring ending, it’s left to us to pass the torch through the audience, like stories handed from the past to the future. arts@indyweek.com

The big-budget romantic comedy Crazy Rich Asians is an interesting specimen. As the first major studio film in twenty-five years to feature an all-Asian cast, it’s an important milestone in terms of cultural representation. The film manages to be a significant cinematic event, and maybe even an Important Film, without actually being a particularly good movie.

Constance Wu headlines the ensemble cast as Rachel Chu, a young NYU economics professor from a modest immigrant family.

Rachel’s boyfriend is Singaporean Nick Young (Henry Golding), and the adventure starts when Nick invites Rachel back home for his best friend’s wedding. Nick wants Rachel to meet his family, a big step in any courtship. But Nick’s parents aren’t just rich, they’re—yes, that's right—crazy rich.

What follows is a guided tour of the .001 percent lifestyle in Singapore. Director John M. Chu films slick montages of opulent parties and luxury sports cars. In between, he tells a very familiar story of true love overcoming obstacles of family tradition.

Nick’s imperious mother (Michelle Yeoh) does not trust Rachel—or assimilated AsianAmericans in general. The subtle performances by Yeoh and Wu anchor this central conflict in emotional authenticity, and I loved learning about the cultural specifics and odd prejudices of Singaporean high society.

(Rachel is called a banana: yellow on the outside, white on the inside.) But the core story is dead tired and adds nothing new to the ancient rom-com template. I’ve seen this movie a million times, and so have you.

But it’s usually full of white people, and who could begrudge Asian Americans a standard rom-com to call their own?

Still, there’s this: The film's relentless glorification of extravagant wealth and conspicuous consumption left me literally queasy, like I’d eaten too much sugar.

All I could think of, watching yet another goddamn crane shot of a celebrity deejay rocking a thousand blinged-out rich kids, is global wealth imbalance, which is truly crazy.

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WHAT TO DO THIS WEEK FRIDAY, AUGUST 17 & WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22

NORTH CAROLINA GAY & LESBIAN FILM FESTIVAL: TRANSMILITARY

The U.S. military is the largest employer of transgender people in the country, with more than fifteen thousand of them currently on active duty—this, despite the fact that it’s only been two years since the Pentagon lifted a ban on them serving openly, which the Trump administration has been flailing to undo. We meet four of these tenacious heroes in Fiona Dawson and Gabriel Silverman’s timely documentary TransMilitary, which won the Audience Award at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. The film profiles four transgender military members during the hopeful days before HB 2 and Trump, and the dire ones afterward, as they navigate dress and conduct codes, treading the thin line between service and activism in increasingly welcoming armed forces that are nevertheless still beset by reactionary outside forces. The film screens two times as a part of the venerable North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, which returns to the Carolina Theatre August 16–19 and features dozens of films. —Brian Howe CAROLINA THEATRE, DURHAM 7 p.m. Fri./9 p.m. Wed., $10, www.carolinatheatre.org

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IT’S ONLY A PLAY

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THEATRE IN THE PARK, RALEIGH Various times, $16–$24, www.theatreinthepark.com

THE PINHOOK, DURHAM 9 p.m., $8, www.thepinhook.com

Ask anyone who’s ever worked tech in a theater production: Sometimes, the real drama is totally unscripted and takes place just out of the audience’s sight. Technical gaffes, costuming flubs, and ego-driven meltdowns happen often enough that they’ve inspired their own theatrical subgenre, filled with backstage farces like Noises Off and Moon over Buffalo. But a few hardy playwrights have taken us even deeper into the bowels of ill-starred shows. Moss Hart’s Light Up the Sky is the most famous, a savagely funny exercise in blame-gaming when bad reviews start trickling into a Broadway cast party on opening night. Terrence McNally grinds different theatrical axes when he visits the same circumstance in It’s Only a Play. McNally rewrote the show for its 2014 Broadway debut some twenty-two years after its initial off-off-Broadway bow. Jesse Gephart directs this regional premiere from Theatre in the Park. —Byron Woods

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Joseph O’Connell’s latest album, Genericana, is a beautiful study in texture and pacing, with subtle musical flourishes and less-than-subtle bursts of studio interventions. The album’s gentle flow masks layers of concentric lyrical and musical structures, structures that become even more astounding when you realize that O’Connell has been playing with most of these songs for years. “Life B,” a slow, sizzling lament, began its existence as the spritelier tune “Still Life Blues” from 2010, and much of the rest of the album’s material recalls the lyrical devices of 2011’s “If I Were a Surfer.” But Genericana somehow feels more definitive, wringing out just the right balance of emotional and musical complexity. Some of that power comes simply from the act of slowing things down, giving each sonic rivulet the right amount of space to twist and flow freely. Molly Sarlé and Northgate Syndicate open. —Dan Ruccia

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2ND WIND: Yeaux Katz; 7-9 p.m., free.

BLUE NOTE GRILL: The Herded Cats; 8 p.m.

DUKE’S KIRBY HORTON HALL: Ciompi Quartet: Kettő, Drei, Quatre; 7:30 p.m., $10–$25.

HUMBLE PIE: Peter Lamb & the Wolves; 8:30 p.m.

THE KRAKEN: Shake Sugaree Americana Residency with Jonathan Byrd & Friends; 7-10 p.m., free.

POUR HOUSE: NC SPIRIT ‘18 Music & Arts Community Festival; 8 p.m., $12.

THU, AUG 16 2ND WIND: 2 fer; 7:30-9 p.m.

4020 LOUNGE: African Rhythms; 10 p.m., $5.

BLUE NOTE GRILL: Carolina Lightnin’; 7-9 p.m., free.

THE CARRACK: MGL & The Rev!; 7:30 p.m., free.

CAT’S CRADLE (BACK ROOM): Vacationer, Sego, Dirty Art Club; 8 p.m., $15–$17.

LINCOLN THEATRE:

Sister Hazel [$20–$30/8 P.M.]

Who’d have thought that twenty years after their hit “All For You,” Gainesville, Florida’s Sister Hazel would still be a going concern? The band’s single never got higher than a No. 11 spot on Billboard, but it’s endured as a representative slice of mid-nineties rock earworms. But in more recent years, the band has taken a hard turn toward country.

“Roll on Bye,” from the band’s February EP, Water, is a twangy little tune that’s as earnest as it is unremarkable. Tom Mackell opens.

—Allison Hussey

NIGHTLIGHT:

Zorn

[$8/9:30 P.M.] No, this isn’t the freak-rock legend John Zorn—this is the gnarled “occult punk” band from Philly. Fans of John Z and his label will, however, find a lot to like in Zorn’s squalling guitar tones and gasping, shredded throat vocals.

The same goes for Philly’s Technomaya, who open, as well as local punks Crete and Scarecrow. —David Ford Smith POUR HOUSE: Local Band Local Beer: The Kids Downtown, D.Shawn & Soul, Tha Materials; 8 p.m., $3–$5.

THE RITZ:

Playboi Carti [$30+/8 P.M.]

Atlanta’s latest phenom, Playboi Carti, brings everything to the table that’s expected from the city’s contemporaries—simple repetitive schemes and melodic trills laced with 808s, all laid over bouncy trap beats often from Pi’erre Bourne. However, his latest album, Die Lit, is surprisingly likable. Carti executes his flow with new levels of swagger and danceability, undeniably influenced by his close work with A$AP Rocky, who has been mentoring him for the past three years.

—Charles Morse SLIM’S:

Earther [$5/9 P.M.]

Raleigh trio Earther headlines this hometown gig on the eve of releasing their debut EP, The House Always Wins, through Raleigh-based Revival Recordings (founded by members of fellow Oak City outfit Alesana). Lead single

“Wanted” embraces all the loud-quiet-loud dynamics of Earther’s emo forebears, where “The Lake” shows a more drifting, post-rock informed angle on the sound.

—Bryan C. Reed

FRI, AUG 17 2ND WIND: Skinny Bag of Sugar.

618 BISTRO: Randy Reed; 7-9:30 p.m.

BEYÙ CAFFÈ: Willie Bradley; 7 & 9 p.m., $14.

BLUE NOTE GRILL: Duke Street Dogs; 6-8 p.m., free.

THE BULLPEN: Al Strong’s 99 Brass Band; 8:30 p.m., free.

CAT’S CRADLE: Abbey Road Live; 9 p.m., $12–$15.

CAT’S CRADLE (BACK ROOM): Flash Car, Lilac Shadows, Salt Palace; 9 p.m., $7.

THE CAVE: Tomatoband, Nostagiaphile, Drozy; 9 p.m., $5 Suggested donation.

IMURJ: LiveLifeLIVE Launch Party: The Shakedown, Retro Candy, Autumn Nicholas; 8 p.m., free with proof of app download.

THE PINHOOK: Pressure/Release: GRRL, Thien, Queen Plz; 10 p.m., $8.

POUR HOUSE: The Bar Exam; 8 p.m., $15.

POYNER PLACE: Redline; 6 p.m., free.

THE RITZ:

Band of Horses [$40/8 P.M.]

After their two releases on Sub Pop, Band of Horses were truly on top of the indie-rock heap, carving out an ardent fan base with their earnest, vaguely twangy balladry with the reverb cranked up to eleven.

Their starry-eyed approach to songwriting (see favorites “The Funeral” and “Is There a

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Ghost,” for starters) struck an emotional chord with many listeners, and subsequent forays into grandiose Southern rock (2010’s Infinite Arms) and sticky-sweet Americana (2012’s Mirage Rock) proved inconsistent but still netted some gems. The band’s latest studio effort, 2016’s Why Are You OK?, isn’t a return to form, but shows they haven’t totally exhausted their supply of wonder. —Howard Hardee SHARP NINE GALLERY: Victor Provost Quartet; 8 p.m., $10–$20.

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A panopticon of alt-rock fringes, tonight’s showcase unites four North Carolina acts, all with a different angle on approachable melodic rock. Raid the Quarry merges modern-rock and pop-punk in hook-heavy songs that evoke anything from Fall Out Boy to Autopilot Off. Obsidian Darling, meanwhile, brings a more brooding and atmospheric approach that feels a bit like a goth-tinged Garbage. Charlotte’s Falling Through April borrow big

vamps and emotive vocals from Paramore, while Raleigh’s The Federales favor a bluesy throwback. —Bryan C. Reed

Jason Aldean [$121+/7:30 P.M.]

SAT, AUG 18 BEYÙ CAFFÈ: Persona Bell; 7 & 9 p.m., $13.

BLUE NOTE GRILL:

Billy Price Charm City Band [$10–$15/8 P.M.]

Soul man Billy Price got his start in the seventies singing with blues guitar legend Roy Buchanan, but formed his own band soon after, becoming the pride of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the process.

He’s retained that status ever since, but he’s also spread a soulful spirit all around the country, racking up blues awards along the way. With the sax, guitar, and organ of the Charm City crew grinding behind him, Price delivers groove, grit, and good times.

—Jim Allen THE BULLPEN: Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen; 8:30 p.m., free.

THE CAVE: Sneaker’s Award, Basement Life, PROMM; 9 p.m., $5 Suggested donation.

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You’ve got to hand it to Jason Aldean—he doesn’t miss a trick. Power ballads, bro-country tailgate party tunes, hip-hop-informed beats, classic-rock riffs: He fits it all into his workmanlike, multi-platinum brand of arena country. And if he draws the guys who compare biceps midsong (don’t scoff, I’ve seen it happen), his more romantic tunes give their girlfriends something to do besides roll their eyes at their guys’ hijinks.

Luke Combs and Lauren Alaina open. —Jim Allen DURTY BULL BREWING COMPANY: Kevin Drive; 4 p.m.

FLETCHER OPERA THEATER:

John Hiatt & The Goners [$44+/8 P.M.]

Though 1987’s Bring the Family earned critical raves, 1988’s Slow Turning really helped put roots-rock hero John Hiatt on the mainstream map. For the thirtieth anniversary of that classic record’s release, he’s gathered together the members

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Band of Horses headline The Ritz in Raleigh Friday night. of his backing band, The Goners, who played on it, including guitar phenom Sonny Landreth, in order to present the record in its entirety. If you were choosing a Hiatt tour to catch, you could do a lot worse than honing in on this one. —Jim Allen KOKA BOOTH AMPHITHEATRE:

Black Violin

[$25–$45/7:30 P.M.] The world of classical crossover is capacious, a space often reserved for the lightest, fluffiest shows of flashiness, as if to say, “I’ve heard of this Beethoven guy; now I want to hear it with a dance beat!” It’s also a world that’s about as white as it comes. Black Violin tries something different, using their classical training to spin lines like a freestyling rapper over hip-hop beats.

—Dan Ruccia THE MAYWOOD: Dirty Remnantz, The Fifth, Knightmare; 9 p.m., $10.

POUR HOUSE: Sidewalk Slam IV: A Mini Music Fest at Pour House, Kings & Slims; 8 p.m., $10.

SAXAPAHAW RIVER AMPHITHEATER: Saturdays in Saxapahaw: Curtis Eller; 6 p.m., donations.

STEEL STRING BREWERY: Hal Engler Quartet; 5 p.m.

SUN, AUG 19 CAT’S CRADLE: Forever Young: A Benefit for Andy; 3 p.m., $10.

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THE CAVE: Treadles, Jupiter Styles; 9 p.m., $5 Suggested donation.

Tongues of Fire Self-proclaimed “post-punk indie warriors” Tongues of Fire venture from Asheville to headline tonight’s fourband fracas. On last year’s self-titled EP, Tongues of Fire fuse late-career Ramones punk-pop to pensive grunge to strong effect. Their dynamics and distortion offer a counterpoint to the crisper tones and more meandering dynamics of their counterparts in Charlotte’s Bergenline, Carrboro’s Cosmic Punk, and Greensboro’s The Stayhomes. —Bryan C. Reed DEEP SOUTH: Live & Loud Weekly; 9 p.m., $3.

KINGS:

Walden [$8/9 P.M.]

Walden is an up-and-coming band made up of four dudes from Athens, Georgia that debuted with 2015 EP, Painting Planets. They’re a world away from cigarettes-and-leatherjackets rock ‘n’ roll. Vocalist Richard Becker sings in a soulful soft-rock style similar to of Cold War Kids’ Nathan Willett (see 2016’s “Fool’s Gold” from the band’s selftitled album), and the group has cultivated something of a nice-guy image rather than shooting for a grunge or altrock aesthetic.

—Howard Hardee

Striking Matches Striking Matches really, really want you to believe that they are super-duper tough and serious. The Nashville duo’s country-tinged rock songs swing for the fences with meaty riffs and over-delivered vocals, but none of their efforts really stick. In the video for their trying-to-be-tough tune “Hanging on a Lie,” the band delivers enough intense glares and perplexing lunges to make you think they’re maybe doing some sort of odd Crossfit-with-guitars workout.

What are they trying to prove?

Maybe you can find out at Motorco. —Allison Hussey

WED, AUG 22 2ND WIND: Yeaux Katz; 7-9 p.m., free.

BLUE NOTE GRILL: Blue Wednesday; 8 p.m.

heartbreak and self-loathing, offset by horror imagery and the levity of puns. The album’s lead singles, the title track and “Blackbird,” both feel as if they could have been culled from any time in the band’s twenty-year career, but there’s a virtue in knowing what you do well and sticking with it. — Bryan C. Reed

CAT’S CRADLE:

THE CAVE: Lady Queen Paradise, Bella; 9 p.m., $5 Suggested donation.

[$29/9 P.M.]

HUMBLE PIE: Sidecar Social Club; 8:30 p.m., free.

Alkaline Trio With their ninth album, Is This Thing Cursed?, Alkaline Trio sticks to their strengths, darkening the corners of hook-driven pop-punk with songs obsessed with

THE KRAKEN: Shake Sugaree Americana Residency with Jonathan Byrd & Friends; 7-10 p.m., free.

POUR HOUSE: Dopethrone, WitchTit, Old Codger; 8 p.m., $15.

RED HAT AMPHITHEATER:

Needtobreathe [$25–$65/6:30 P.M.]

Though grounded in soulful Southern rock swagger and spiritual lyricism, Needtobreathe has spent much of its career dabbling to varying degrees in a diverse array of mainstream influences like Kings of Leon, Coldplay, and Mumford and Sons.

The arena-sized results are best when the band sticks closest to its Carolina roots.

Johnnyswim opens with tender, dramatic folk-pop tunes centered around gently soaring harmonies.

—Spencer Griffith

POUR HOUSE: John Pagano Band; 1 p.m., $5.

WEST END WINE BARDURHAM: Eric Meyer, Noah Sager & Friends; 4-6 p.m., free.

MON, AUG 20 THE DURHAM HOTEL: Ally J; 7 p.m., free.

IMBIBE: Grewen and Griffin; 7-10 p.m., free.

MOTORCO: Flash Chorus; 7 p.m., $7–$10.

THE PINHOOK: Mama Played Mondays; 7 p.m., free.

PITTSBORO ROADHOUSE: Big Band Night with the Triangle Jazz Orchestra; 7 p.m., $10.

RUBY DELUXE: DJ Lord Redbyrd; 10 p.m.

Needtobreathe stop in Raleigh on August 22.

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OPENING Amethysts, Psalms + Florida Water: Pop-up art show and wellness center. Fri, Aug 17 (6-9 p.m.), Sat, Aug 18 (1-5 p.m) & Sun, Aug 19 (1-5 p.m.) Five Points Plaza, Durham.

SPECIAL Artspace Summer EVENT Celebration: Work of young artists from the Summer Arts Program. Aug 16-18. Reception: Sat, Aug 18, 12:30-3 p.m. Artspace, Raleigh. www.artspacenc.org.

Reflections of Elegance: Kenneth Paul Block & the Masters of Fashion Illustration: Originals by fashion illustrator Kenneth Paul Block. Aug 16-Oct 20. Alamance Arts Council, Graham. www.artsalamance.com.

ONGOING

August Summer: Acrylic works

by Margo White. Thru Aug 31.

Local Color Gallery, Raleigh. www.localcoloraleigh.com.

Beyond The Stars: Paintings by Renzo Ortega. Thru Aug 31. The ArtsCenter, Carrboro. www.artscenterlive.org.

By the Sea: Seascapes and shore living. Thru Sep 1. V L Rees Gallery, Raleigh. vlrees.com.

“No Harvesters: Bruegel’s Missing Painting” by Jenny Blazing PHOTO COURTESY OF PLEIADES

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17

TRUTH TO POWER 6 Attending Pleiades annual social-justice-themed exhibit has almost become a civic responsibility, as much to acknowledge and support the spirit of protest inherent in the arts as to see the actual work on the walls. Truth to Power always provides a reliable core sample of the local political ethos—the left side, anyway—and the gallery becomes a safe space to share emotional reactions to the moment. Now that we’re mired out in the middle of the pit of despair that is the Trump presidency, we should be flocking to share this space with our like-minded neighbors. The work can be a bit colorful and literal for my taste, but critique is better set aside to listen to the messages of these artists (including Mary Kramerer, Alex Clark, Jenny Blazing, and others), which are sincere. Juried by Nasher’s director, Sarah Schroth, the show runs through September 9 after this Third Friday reception. —Chris Vitiello

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Cameron Village Underground Photography Exhibit: This is going to sound crazy, but did you know there used to be an underground mall under Cameron Village, and that it housed nightclubs that both incubated local rock and hosted legendary touring acts as diverse as R.E.M., Barry Manilow, Jimmy Buffet, and Chuck Mangione? In the late seventies and early eighties, before it was shut down because of concerns about safety, The Village Subway—aka the Raleigh Underground— roiled with nightclubs such as The Frog and Nightgown and

The Pier, where Sonic Youth recorded the cover of “I Wanna Be Your Dog” that appears on Confusion Is Sex. This rich history, mostly lost beyond some hazily remembered blogs, is the subject of a new exhibit at The City of Raleigh Museum, which runs through January after a sold-out, wait-listed reception with photographer Chris Seward. His dynamic black-and-white photos from the scene capture now-famous names and local, protoindie-rock bands such as The Fabulous Knobs and Arrogance in their primes. More than two hundred photos are featured in the exhibit, along with flyers, videos, and other artifacts. Thru Jan 31. Raleigh City Museum, Raleigh. cityofraleighmuseum.org.

—Brian Howe Common Ground: Paintings

by Linda Carmel and Michele Yellin, jewelry by Nell Chandler, and pottery by Evelyn Ward.

Thru Aug 26. Hillsborough Gallery of Arts, Hillsborough. www.hillsboroughgallery.com.

Existential Distress: Drawings

by Jessica Burke. Thru Sep 16.

Durham Arts Council, Durham. www.durhamarts.org.

Expressions of Life: Jenny Jones B, Amy Gardner Dean, and Hello Pottery. Thru Sep 20.

Litmus Gallery, Raleigh. www.litmusgallery.com.

Dana Lynn Harper: Summer artist-in-residence exhibition.

Thru Aug 25. Artspace, Raleigh. www.artspacenc.org.

Hotel Theory: Around the time he stepped away from his twenty-year tenure as founding director of Raleigh gallery Lump, Bill Thelen struck out for an artist residency in a hotel in Oaxaca.

He brought two books with him, Huysmans’s decadent Against Nature and Wayne Koestenbaum’s Hotel Theory, an experimental philosophy of hotel life. The result is Thelen’s

own Hotel Theory. Consisting of drawings, collages, wall paintings, and a new fiber piece, the exhibit tracks an artist “immersed in the colors and textures of the Oaxacan landscape and facing middle age” as he observes the lines of history, place, and personal identity from a rented room, a space (like middle age) that, in its nowhere-ness, offers fresh vantages. Thru Sep 21.

21c Museum Hotel, Durham. www.21cmuseumhotels.com/ durham. —Brian Howe Jeana Eve Klein: PNC Pop-In Artist in Residence. Thru Sep 1.

Artspace, Raleigh. www.artspacenc.org.

Louisiana Trail Riders: Jeremiah Ariaz’s photographs of AfricanAmerican trail-riding clubs in Louisiana. Thru Sep 22.

Duke Campus: Center for Documentary Studies, Durham. www.cdsporch.org.

M.E.: Mixed media by Susie Silver. Thru Sep 16. Durham Arts Council, Durham. www.durhamarts.org..

Painting the Camino de Santiago: Oil paintings by Sonia Kane. Thru Aug 26.

Cary Town Hall, Cary. www.townofcary.org.

Paintings from Haiti: Thru Aug 31. Gallery C, Raleigh. www.galleryc.net.

Ronan Peterson, Peg Bachenheimer, and Paul Hrusosvsky: Though it’s full of abstract forms, what could be more concrete than nature?

This quiet paradox beats at the heart of the new triple show at Durham’s Craven Allen Gallery, which runs through September 8 after this opening reception.

But the three formally diverse exhibits become one in the resonances of their titles and themes. In Layered, FRANK Gallery member artist Peg Bachenheimer shows her imaginative landscapes and

abstractions in encaustic wax.

In Fecundity, Ronan Kyle Peterson displays wheelthrown red earthenware that embraces a “comicbook interpretation of ... the perpetual organic comedy of growth and decay.” And in Embellished, former Craven Allen director Paul Hrusovsky comes home with a clutch of new paintings, complicated with stencils and silk screens, which portray organic shapes in what the artist calls “a cacophony of excessive adornment.” Thru Sep 8. Craven Allen Gallery, Durham. www.cravenallengallery.com.

—Brian Howe Searching for Serenity: Photography by j.j. raia and silver jewelry Monica R. Hunter.

Thru Aug 28. Cary Gallery of Artists, Cary. www.carygalleryofartists.org.

Solidifying Roots: When we lose family members, we have to figure out what to do with the things they leave behind— emotional and actual. When artist Dale Niles inherited boxes of family images and objects after the death of her mother, she found a way to both keep and combine

the figurative and the literal, all in one fell swoop. She made photographs of the memorabilia with the family members she associated the objects with, a way of simultaneously grieving and aesthetically archiving a family history for herself and her children. The resulting exhibit won a Moscow International Foto Gold Award. Thru Aug 19. Horace Williams House, Chapel Hill. chapelhillpreservation.com.

—Brian Howe Step Right Up: Sculpture by Patrick Dougherty. Thru Aug 31.

Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill. www.ackland.org.

LAST The SuperNatural: CHANCE We’ve lost sight of the seams, once considered inviolable, between nature, technology, and commerce. The SuperNatural explores 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 created “Dreams of Infinite Luster,” a digital animation. 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 postcapitalist critique? Sure. But, as we’ve said, what seams? Thru Aug 18. 21c Museum Hotel, Durham.www.21cmuseumhotels. com/durham. —Brian Howe Visualizing Micro Environments: Paintings by Orr Ambrose inspired by cosmology, physics, and microbiology.

Thru Oct 11. Durham Convention Center, Durham. durhamconventioncenter.com.

SPECIAL Waxing Poetic: EVENT Encaustic paintings

by Marcia Streithorst.

Thru Sep 1. Reception: Fri, Aug 17, 6-8 p.m. Bull City Art & Frame Co, Durham. bullcityartandframecompany. com.

SPECIAL The World Around EVENT Us in Watercolor: MAC (Marie Anne Crock).

Reception: Fri, Aug 17, 2-4 p.m. Thru Aug 31. Jerry M. Passmore Center, Hillsborough. www.orangecountync.gov/ departments/aging.

food & drink Adult Nights: Natural Selections: Local beer, handson beer science, games, live music. $30-$65. Fri, Aug 17, 7-10 p.m. NC Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh. naturalsciences.org.

Creative Workshops & Food Truck Fridays: A different food truck and craft workshop every Friday. 3-7 p.m. Thru Aug 31.

Inspirations Home Decor and More, Raleigh.

Family Recipes with the Leighs: Sample more than 165 years of Leigh family recipes. Bring family recipes to exchange with the community or samples to share. Ages 13 and up. Sun, Aug 19, 2-4 p.m.

Leigh Farm Park, Durham. piedmontwildlifecenter.org.

Feel Good Food Truck Rodeo: Benefiting Durham Public Schools. Sun, Aug 19, noon5 p.m. Millennium Hotel Durham, Durham. www. millenniumhotels.com/durham.

Fork & Bottle Dinner: Dinner series by executive chef Thomas Card with guest beverage experts. Featuring Social House Vodka. Partly benefits the APS of Durham. $85. Thu, Aug 16, 6 p.m. Counting House, Durham.

A Kid’s Life: The Daily Grind and Flour Power: Learn to mill and sample bread. Ages 5-12.

Sat, Aug 18, 10 a.m.-noon.

West Point on the Eno, Durham. www.enoriver.org.

Triangle Vegfest: Panels, lectures, and food, clothing, and vegan and animal welfare vendors from around the country. $5 suggested donation.

Sat, Aug 18, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. & Sun, Aug 19, 11 a.m.-5 p.m.

Durham Armory, Durham.

Raleigh Night Market: More than thirty Triangle area artisans, food vendors, beer, wine, and cocktails.

Thu, Aug 16, 6-11 p.m. City Market Raleigh, Raleigh. www.raleighnightmarket.com.

Someday: A Brunchy Party for Everyone: Weekly summer brunch series with various guests and activities. Sundays, noon Thru Sep 2. The Durham Hotel, Durham. thedurham.com.

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ONGOING 100% Comedy: Local comedians. $5. Third Fridays, 8 p.m. The Cotton Company, Wake Forest. www.thecottoncompany.net.

Anything Goes Late Show: Saturdays, 10:30 p.m.

Goodnights Comedy Club, Raleigh. goodnightscomedy.com.

Bulltown Comedy Series: Third Tuesdays, 9 p.m.

Fullsteam, Durham. www.fullsteam.ag.

OPENING Giselle la Trent the Gazellephant: Children’s theater presented by Aggregate Theatre Company. $10-$12. Wed, Aug 22, 11 a.m. Church on Morgan, Raleigh. churchonmorgan.com.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 17–SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9

SISTER ACT

Hollywood’s been trying to convince the Catholic church it needs to up its production values for decades. Almost half a century before the 1992 blockbuster film Sister Act—in which Whoopi Goldberg, as a lounge singer in witness protection in a convent, irked the Mother Superior by putting “Salve Regina” on the good foot—Bing Crosby similarly flabbergasted Barry Fitzgerald with newfangled songs in the sentimental chestnut Going My Way. Cheri and Bill Steinkellner’s 2006 musical theater adaptation moves the setting from San Francisco to mid-seventies Philadelphia. Songwriter Alan Menken (Little Shop of Horrors, Beauty and the Beast) jettisons the film’s instantly recognizable girl-group send-ups for an all-original score that turns central character Delores Van Cartier (Tyanna West) into a disco diva who isn’t exactly keeping the lowest profile while mobster goons are on her trail. Nancy Rich directs stage veteran Alison Lawrence as the Mother Superior in this Raleigh Little Theatre production.

—Byron Woods

RALEIGH LITTLE THEATRE, RALEIGH 8 p.m. Thu.–Sat./3 p.m. Sun., $15–$28, www.raleighlittletheatre.org

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Godspell: Musical. $12. Fri, Aug 17-Sun, Aug 19. Arts Center, Carrboro.

The Imagination Show: Children’s theater presented

by Aggregate. $10-$12. Wed, Aug 15-Sat, Aug 18. Church on Morgan, Raleigh.

Heather Land: Comedy.

Fri, Aug 17, 7 p.m. Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh. dukeenergycenterraleigh. com.

A Night of Stand-up Comedy: Hosted by Michelle Maclay. $5 suggested. Wed, Aug 15, 9 p.m. The Cave Tavern, Chapel Hill. www.caverntavern.com.

½ Burn This: “We don’t like to hear the word ‘vampire’ around here,” William S. Burroughs groused about the downtown New York art scene in 1986.

“Trying to change our public image.” The quote came to mind early in Sonorous Road’s repertory production of Lanford Wilson’s drama, set among a largely unsympathetic quartet representative of the era’s first-generation loft-dwellers. At the center is a sparkless power couple: Anna (newcomer Danielle Koppel) is a dancer whose bulletproof façade never slips as she world-wearily recounts the funeral of her closest friend and dance partner, Robbie. Then Anna’s warm-milk boyfriend, Burton (an earnest Jonathan King), a trust-fund sci-fi screenwriter, kisses her—well, on the forehead, at least. Anna and Burton are obsessed with authenticity, passion, and other human traits they seem unable to convincingly feel or reproduce. There’s also aging gay adman Larry and Robbie’s homophobic, macho brother, Pale. Can these perplexing characters possibly construct meaningful relationships?

And how many are any closer, by the end, to tolerating direct sunlight?

We’re still solving both riddles at the end of this challenging work. $16-$20.

Thru Aug 19. Sonorous Road Theatre, Raleigh.

—Byron Woods

The Dangling Loafer: Stand-up comedy. $5. Fri, Aug 17, 8 p.m.

Kings, Raleigh. www.kingsraleigh.com.

The Harry Show: Ages 18+. Potentially risque games improv games with audience volunteers. $10.

Fridays & Saturdays, 10 p.m.

ComedyWorx, Raleigh. www.comedyworx.com.  In the Heart of the Fire: Reviewed on p. 29. $8-$15. Thru Sep 23. UNC Campus: Forest Theatre, Chapel Hill. ncbg.unc.edu.

Improv at the Varsity: Stand-up, sketch, and improv comedy. $6. Saturdays, 9:30 p.m. Varsity Theatre, Chapel Hill. improvatthevarsity.com.

It’s Only a Play: Comedic play. $18-$24. Thru Aug 26. Theatre In The Park, Raleigh. www.theatreinthepark.com.

Master Class: It’s 1971, and you’re a promising young soprano studying at Juilliard.

Already you can see ahead of

you the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera, and La Scala, all beckoning after graduation.

But first, you have a public appointment with Maria Callas. Not everyone survives the experience. In playwright Terrence McNally’s visceral homage to the operatic legend once dubbed La Divina, Callas’s voice has been ravaged after decades of abuse, and she’s been reduced from iconic roles on the world’s great stages to a master class in New York City. There, one of history’s most mercurial divas exacts her tribute, cat-and-mousing with a carefully chosen group of pre-professionals, transforming a student recital rite of passage into a harrowing gantlet that can make—or break—a budding young star. PlayMakers stalwart Ray Dooley directs New York actor Judy McLane in a suspenseful Theatre Raleigh production. $30-$32. Various times. Kennedy Theater, Raleigh. dukeenergycenterraleigh.com.

—Byron Woods

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THE GRANDILOQUENT ADULT SPELLING BEE At least until I hit puberty and got … distracted, I used to be a rotten little overachiever, and one of the greatest indignities I remember suffering in those days was losing my fifth-grade spelling bee. Adding insult to injury, the kid who beat me was named Brian Hauser. I was one syllable away from victory! (In retaliation, I led a protest march in front of his homeroom; I don’t know why I was allowed to do this, because he won fair and square.) The Grandiloquent Adult Spelling Bee at Motorco is a chance to close this dark chapter from my childhood. If you brush up on your Greek and Latin roots, your homonyms and homophones, and your prefixes and suffixes, you could take home the $250 prize, and proceeds from the door go to local education organizations such as Book Harvest. Brian Hauser, if you’re reading this and still in the area, I’m calling you out for a rematch. (And I’m sorry about the whole protest thing.) —Brian Howe

MOTORCO MUSIC HALL, DURHAM Noon, $7–$10, www.motorcomusic.com

READINGS & SIGNINGS David Joy: Novel The Line that Held Us. Wed, Aug 15, 7 p.m.

Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh. www.quailridgebooks.com.

Double Header: David Joy and Delia Owens: Novels The Line that Held Us and Where the Crawdads Sing. Sat, Aug 18, 11 a.m. McIntyre’s Books, Pittsboro. www.mcintyresbooks.com.

William Powers: Memoir Dispatches from the Sweet Life.

Mon, Aug 20, 7 p.m. Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill. www.flyleafbooks.com.

Refugees: The Neighbors Next Door: Madeline Uraneck and Tenzin Kalsang with How to Make a Life: A Tibetan Refugee Family & the Midwestern Woman They Adopted. Wed, Aug 22, 7 p.m. Pullen Memorial Baptist Church, Raleigh. www.pullen.org.

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SPECIAL SHOWINGS

Braveheart: $6.

Wed, Aug 15, 7:15 p.m.

Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

Field of Dreams: $9.

Thu, Aug 16, 6:15 p.m.

Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

Fist City: Hard Target: $5.

Mon, Aug 20, 8:30 p.m.

Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

Get Sad Y’All Presents: Perks of Being a Wallflower: Emo movie night. $5.

Tue, Aug 21, 7:30 p.m.

Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

Kids Camp: Despicable Me: $1-$5. Mon, Aug 20, 11 a.m. & Tue, Aug 21, 11 a.m.

Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

Kids Camp: Paddington 2: $1-$5. Aug 15-16, 11 a.m.

Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

Movie Loft Presents: The Hired Hand feat. Nathan Bowles: Film screening preceded by live music from Nathan Bowles.

Thu, Aug 16, 7 p.m. Shadowbox Studio, Durham. www.shadowboxstudio.org.

Movie Party: Wet Hot American Summer: $13.

Sat, Aug 18, 2 p.m.

Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

Space Jam Cereal Party: Screening and cereal. $9.

Sat, Aug 18, 11 a.m.

Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

Terror Tuesday: The Gate: $5.

Tue, Aug 21, 7:15 p.m.

Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

Weird Wednesday: Troll 2: $5.

Wed, Aug 15, 7:30 p.m.

Alamo Drafthouse, Raleigh.

OPENING Alpha—The Paleolithic-era dawn of the human-canine bond is dramatized in this historical adventure.

Rated PG-13.  Crazy Rich Asians— Reviewed on p. 29.

Rated PG-13.

Far from the Tree—This doc based on Andrew Solomon’s book is about children who turn out very different from their parents. Unrated.

Mile 22—Mark Wahlberg plays a CIA operative transporting intelligence through twenty-two miles of hostile territory. Rated R. 40 | 8.15.18 | INDYweek.com

N OW P L AY I N G The INDY uses a five-star rating scale. Read reviews of these films at indyweek.com.  Ant-Man and the Wasp—Marvel takes a goofy, low-stakes break from existential threats. The tone is so agreeable you hardly notice the rickety script.

Rated PG-13. ½ Christopher Robin— After you get used to them being 3-D plush toys, Winnie the Pooh and friends charm, but Christopher Robin is the least interesting thing in this movie. Rated PG.  Deadpool 2—If the first Deadpool movie was a halfhearted R-rated SpiderMan, the sequel is a controlled detonation of the superheromovie template: filthy, funny, and cheerfully ultraviolent.

Rated R. ½ Eighth Grade—A brilliant first act and a more staid second split the difference in internet star Bo Burnham’s film about young life online. Rated R. ½ Incredibles 2—Dialing up socially progressive themes fourteen years after the original, Pixar’s sequel is fun, funny, and timely but not quite transcendent. Rated PG. ½ Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom—Murky morals, jump scares, and diminishing returns of digital dinos weigh on this once-mighty franchise. Rated PG-13. ½ Mission: Impossible – Fallout—This Tom Cruise vehicle isn’t a good action film; it’s a great one, rivaling genre exemplars and drawing upon the previous entries in franchise.

Rated PG-13. ½ Solo: A Star Wars Story—If Rogue One was a war picture set in the Star Wars universe, then Solo is a space western, and a pretty good one, too. Rated PG-13.

Adam Driver and John David Washington in BlacKkKlansman FRIDAY, AUGUST 17

BLACKKKLANSMAN WITH RON STALLWORTH If you have trouble believing that Spike Lee’s latest joint is based on a true story, then get ready for proof that truth is stranger than fiction.

Ron Stallworth, whose memoir, Black Klansman: Race, Hate, and the Undercover Investigation of a Lifetime, inspired the film, will be in attendance for a Q and A and book signing at this Alamo Drafthouse screening. Whatever cinematic flourishes Lee brings to the story, the facts remain: Forty years ago, Stallworth, the first black detective in the Colorado Springs Police Department, responded to a Ku Klux Klan classified ad and wound up successfully impersonating a white racist over the phone, kicking off an infiltration that ultimately prevented multiple acts of violence and led to Stallworth repeatedly talking to David Duke on the phone. Duke reportedly has some objections to Lee’s film, claiming it makes him look foolish—that might be another selling point for you. The only thing greater than an absurd chapter of history being brought to light is hearing from the people who lived it, so take the opportunity to not only check out what’s shaping up to be one of the year’s most acclaimed films, but get confirmation that, yes, the KKK was truly gulled by this real American hero. —Zack Smith

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