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Teachers are leaving the profession in droves. As devas tating as that is, it should come as no surprise. Attacks on educators’ professionalism, massive pay cuts, the lack of basic resources—it’s no wonder teachers are turning to pri vate-sector jobs with more reliable hours, support, and pay.
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“If the developers promised the units they built would be 100% ‘affordable’ housing, I’d be big for it!” wrote commenter TANNER PUNNETT KING “Parking decks are a big problem in NC inner cities, and just about the worse urban land use out there.”
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Last week for the web, Lena Geller reported on a developer’s unsolicited proposal to purchase a city-owned parking deck for $5 million, with plans to build a 32-story apartment tower in its place. Durham City Council members pushed back on the plan, even though the developer offered to contribute $650,000 to the city’s affordable housing fund. Readers on Facebook had a lot of thoughts about this story.
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That conservative strategy may be good enough to get the coveted “Best Place for Business” title for a few years. But the lure of a zero corporate tax rate only goes so far. The total lack of investment in the next generation of workforce labor is coming back to bite us.
“Of all the things Durham doesn’t need that’d be one of the things Durham doesn’t need the most,” wrote commenter ALLEN FREEMAN. “Good on the city council for finally deciding to display a little skepticism.”“Hmmwe need that energy on Raleigh’s city council,” wrote commenter AMANDA ORFITELLI
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That sentiment is well intentioned, but Truitt and other state leaders need to focus first on the strain on the teach er workforce before we can make headway on preparing students to be a part of our state’s economy.
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“There were segregated water fountains at the monument,” he says. “The bowl for white people is still standing. The bowl for Black people is rusted and the faucet is gone. That’s how little they cared about ourIndeed,people.”the UNC library notes that during segregation, the memorial featured a “foun
Enfield, North Carolina
Enfield mayor Mondale Robinson at the site of the toppled Confederate monument in Randolph Park PHOTO BY BRETT VILLENA
normally used at crime scenes to prevent anyone from getting hurt, and then he wentReactionhome.to the toppled monument was immediate.“Lessthan 12 hours later, I was notified that the SBI had launched an investigation that was sparked by the police chief, James Ayers,” Robinson says.
It was a Sunday afternoon on August 21 when Robinson arrived at Randolph Park intending to knock the memorial down. He was armed with a household hammer.
After personally tearing down a Confederate statue in his hometown, the mayor of Enfield called on the governor and state attorney general to intervene amid racist threats allegedly from the KKK.
Robinson also called on the state attorney general’s office to investigate the threats.
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“At first there were racist-ass messages on Facebook,” he says. “Then someone put my personal information on white suprema cist websites. I started getting mail at home and at my office, including ‘a KKK call to action’ to do something to me.”
“I was beating on it, but it was a formi dable opponent,” Robinson says. “I called somebody with a tractor, and we knocked that motherfucker over in 10 seconds.”
A spokesperson for the governor said the secretary of the state’s Department of Pub lic Safety met with Mondale and local offi cials on Monday to “offer assistance and hear their concerns.”
More pointedly, the UNC library’s descrip tion of the memorial notes that “the Con federate flag is carved into the marble on one side of the center column.”
“Two small walls extend bilaterally from the center square column, and one side sup ports a drinking fountain,” according to the UNCRobinsonlibrary. last week told the INDY that the monument rankled him even when he was a child, before he understood what the Confederacy was all about because that part of history wasn’t taught in schools.
Robinson says the SBI is investigating whether he committed an unlawful act, but he says the lawful removal of the memorial was long overdue. In 2020, after the police murder of George Floyd, the town’s Board of Commissioners “passed a resolution to get rid of the monument.”
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The memorial, according to the UNC library, was constructed with Georgia mar ble and features bronze tablets.
threats of Robinson’sviolence.”startling requests came in the aftermath of his decision weeks earlier to knock down a 10-foot-tall monument that was a gift to the town from the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1928.
“He gave two weeks’ notice and said it was for political reasons and me dividing, not uni fying, the community,” Mondale continues. “But the town at large was super excited.”
The INDY could not reach Ayers for comment.Robinson says the death threats were immediate, too.
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The monument stood in Randolph Park and was originally dedicated to Confeder ate soldiers and veterans of World War I, according to the UNC-Chapel Hill Librar ies’ Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina collection.
his month, a fiery newly elected Black mayor called on North Carolina gover nor Roy Cooper to declare a state of emer gency in his overwhelmingly Black town of less than 3,000 residents in the eastern part of the state.
Robinson says he cordoned off the top pled statue with the yellow caution tape
Then, Ayers resigned.
“We need our governor to lock arms with this community, ensuring that our sol emn way of life isn’t interrupted by white supremacy,” Robinson, who was elected mayor four months ago, said during a Sep tember 6 press conference.
“The Governor’s Office, along with the Attorney General’s Office in consultation with the district attorney, requested the State Bureau of Investigation look into the allegations,” said Mary Scott Winstead, the governor’s deputy communications director. “The governor condemns hate crimes and
Enfield mayor Mondale Robinson says he was targeted with death threats from the Ku Klux Klan soon after he knocked down a Confederate memorial that had stood in a public park for over 90 years.
But somehow, he adds, “the minutes from
Robinson told the INDY last week he received an email from the KKK warning him to “watch your back.”
“Our small police force does not have the resources,” Robinson explained. “The police force has the needed resources for their day-to-day interaction with the community. But the added need to prevent racialized violence is beyond our capacity and must be addressed by our state.”
Just beneath the Confederate flag, inscribed upon a bronze plaque are the Civil War dates 1861–1865 and the following:
tain with two drinking spouts, one for whites and one for non-whites. The foun tain for non-whites has been removed, but its pedestal and spigot hole remain.”
that meeting mysteriously disappeared.”
Robinson recalls that Holmes objected to the memorial being torn down because there were white Enfield residents who did not know the historical significance of the thing.
Robinson graduated from high school and enrolled in the U.S. Marines in 1997. He was discharged in 1999 and enrolled at Catawba Valley Community College. He transferred to Livingstone College, where he earned an undergraduate degree in 2009. He then enrolled in graduate school at Alabama A&M in 2011, where he stud ied political science. Then he enrolled at the Wake Forest University School of Divinity in 2012 and then was accepted at the Univer sity of Arkansas law school in 2013. The same day that Robinson was set to begin law classes, he received word that one of his brothers had been murdered in Greenville.
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Robinson says his daddy was convicted of a felony at age 17 after beating up a white man and then leaving town after the sher iff warned him that some of the townsfolk wanted to lynch him.
Robinson was the seventh of 13 children, born to a mother who stopped school in the sixth grade and went on to earn her gener al education diploma and a father with a third-grade education.
“School took to the back burner for sure,” he Robinsonsays.says he returned to Enfield last year but adds that he never really left. Rob inson says he had no intention of running for mayor, but the incumbent “was ushering in “Onegentrification.”guycame here and bought 40 properties,” Robinson explains. “He’s pay ing a maximum of $5,000 for each proper ty. They started tearing down the old hous es and putting up houses that are sell ing for $200,000. The poverty rate here is 40 percent. The unemployment rate is more than 30 percent. I’m seeing cars with Pennsylvania and New Jersey tags, and they are pushing Black people from the resources in town out into the coun try. I decided that I needed to step up and run for Robinsonmayor.”scoffs at the assertion that Confederate memorials, like the Confed erate flag, are about Southern heritage and pride of place and one’s ancestors fighting for a noble cause rather than being traitors who seceded from the Unit ed States for the ignoble cause of owning other human beings.
“You can’t show me a memorial in any other country that honors the enemy,” Rob inson says. “Where is the memorial that honors the Japanese at Pearl Harbor? Show me the memorial that honors the Nazis in Germany. [The Civil War] was not about states’ rights. The Southern states seceded because the North refused to uphold the Fugitive Slave Act, or the idea that Black people were ordained by God to be nothing but workers and animals.”
The financial instability meant the Robin son family frequently moved from one home to “Weanother.struggled a lot,” he says. “I used to laugh and joke with people. I would tell them that I lived in every house in Enfield. Holes in the floor were so common, my friends didn’t blink when they came over. Some of my friends had to put a blanket up for a front door.”
If he had been born generations before, Robinson would have been known as a “race man”—someone cut in the mold of William Monroe Trotter or Ida B. Wells, who both devoted their lives working for the better ment of Black people.
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“I told him you don’t get to determine what history is,” Robinson says. “You can’t rewrite what history means.”
“When he returned they gave him a fel ony conviction,” Robinson says. “He did whatever he could to take care of us—pav ing driveways, fixing roofs, fixing cars—but we barely had enough to eat.”
INDY also reached out to town commis sioners Tracey Joyner, Bud A. Whitaker, Bobby Whitaker, and Kenneth Ward via emails and phone calls. None were available for comment.
The Enfield board approved removing the memorial by a four-to-one vote. The lone dissenting vote was cast by Kent Holmes.
Robinson was born and raised in Enfield, a tiny hamlet in Halifax County of about 2,348 people that’s about 95 miles east of Durham. Black Americans account for more than 85 percent of the population, with whites comprising nearly 13 percent and Native Americans at 2 percent. During its heyday Enfield was one of the world’s lead ing producers of raw peanuts. Today, more than 33 percent of its residents live below the poverty line and the median household income is a little under $22,000 a year.
“I told them we got work to do,” he said of his fellow board members. “When I came in, I put [the monument removal] on the August 15 agenda. I talked about the histo ry of racism in this country, and how trauma can be passed down, and that we needed to get rid of it.”
Robinson easily beat incumbent Wayne Anderson with more than 70 percent of the vote in May and was sworn in the fol lowing month.
“We struggled, borrowed, and suffered,” Robinson says. “I don’t know how in the fuck my parents pulled that magic off.”
“We’re finding people who are wanted in other states and other counties,” Harrison was quoted as saying in 2008 in the Popular Gov ernment article. “We’re getting criminals off the street that need to be gotten off the street.”
Former Wake County sheriff Donnie Harrison in 2008 PHOTO BY DEREK L. ANDERSON
The program let officers with North Car olina police agencies act as agents of Immi gration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) if an agreement was signed between the two. Police officers were empowered to start the process of deporting people after ICE training.Harrison was one of the first sheriffs in North Carolina to sign up for the program in The2007.287(g) program “was the closest thing I had then to see who was here and was wanted,” Harrison says.
Though no federal or state probes were ever opened on Harrison, in stick ing with the program and in the eyes of critics, he found himself in the same class as much-maligned anti-immigrant hardlin ers like Sheriff Terry Johnson of Alamance County and Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Marico pa County, Arizona, who was found to be detaining people without charges for ICE to pick up. A federal judge sentenced Arpaio to prison for not stopping baseless arrests.
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burden of proof is on the detainee to ver ify his or her identity. It is one of the rare times in U.S. law when the burden of proof is on the Immigrantaccused.”advocates rallied against the program, saying it was breaking up families for minor offenses, like traffic violations, and that it actually worsened crime by scar ing immigrants from calling police for fear of their status being checked. The program destroyed lives so sheriffs could pander for votes with anti-immigrant politics, critics said. They also lambasted local and county police for doing the work of federal agents instead of protecting local communities.
The article said Harrison “takes satisfac tion in knowing that he’s ‘not letting a child molester or murderer back on the street.’”
Since ICE keeps records of every person who has immigration documents, being screened but not showing up in the ICE database “flags the inmate as a possible illegal alien,” according to a 2009 arti cle on North Carolina sheriffs’ perspec tives on 287(g) in Popular Government, a magazine published by the UNC School of Government.TheHenderson County sheriff at the time, Rick Davis, described a system susceptible to “Theabuse.287(g) program establishes a record on 100 percent of the people who come into our facility,” Davis said in the Popular Government article. “They either have fin gerprints on file, or they don’t. In the case where ICE doesn’t have prints on file, the
At a 2016 forum attended by mostly Cen tral American immigrants and reported on by The News & Observer, a 13-year-old talked about 287(g) in terms that distilled it down to what critics really thought and, possibly,
If a person was arrested and suspected of being from another country, a 287(g)-au thorized officer inside a jail could screen the immigration status of the person by asking a series of questions, including what coun try they were from, and checking their fin gerprints in ICE databases. Those databas es would tell whether a person was wanted by ICE for something like an expired visa or green card. If a 287(g) officer suspected a person was an immigrant, the officer had virtually no barriers to screening them.
to 2013, according to the American Immi gration Council.
uring Donnie Harrison’s tenure as Wake County sheriff from 2002 to 2018, he embraced the 287(g) program, a controver sial initiative that allowed his deputies to enforce certain federal immigration laws.
But studies and a federal investigation found the program wasn’t netting hardened criminals and confirmed what the immi grant advocates claimed. A 2010 UNC study on the program’s effects in the state found that 287(g) had a chilling effect on Hispanic community members report ing crime and talking to police. The pro gram wasn’t incarcerating violent offend ers but mostly people charged with traf fic violations, the study found. A U.S. Jus tice Department investigation concluded in 2012 that the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, which used 287(g), had engaged in a pattern of discrimination against Latino residents. The Justice Department sued the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office for racial discrimination and settled the suit under agreements that changes would be made. Federal authorities ended the 287(g) agree ment in Alamance County.
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From the time Harrison adopted the pro gram up until his interview with INDY Week this month, he spoke of the program as a way to remove criminals from Wake County.
Former Wake sheriff Donnie Harrison no longer supports 287(g); immigrant groups say it’s too little, too late.
The new attitude toward the program for the Republican candidate may seem surpris ing, since as recently as April he supported 287(g), Bolts magazine reported. It’s not a change of heart or regrets that are altering his stance, Harrison and a spokesperson say. Instead, Harrison says, new technolo gy and protocols used by the jail-booking agency in Wake County are “just a better system.”Inastatement, Harrison called 287(g) “obsolete.”Withapromise from President Joe Biden to end the program, the protocols of the City-County Bureau of Identification, which is not under the sheriff’s purview, are the way of the future for Harrison.
While the specter of 287(g), which the Wake sheriff’s department hasn’t used since 2018, seems to be fading in the county and Harrison says he has no plans to bring it back if reelected, immigrant advocates and activist groups say Harrison’s new position is too little, too late.
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The 287(g) program was enacted as part of federal immigration law in 1996 but was ramped up in the post-9/11 years. The pro gram hit its peak federal funding from 2010
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In the first six months of the program, the Wake sheriff’s office sent more than 900 people who were arrested to ICE for hearings on their immigration status, according to the article.
Now, as a candidate looking to be sher iff once again, he says he won’t reinstate the“Thisprogram.isabout me looking around and say ing, ‘How can I make the streets of Wake County safer?’” Harrison says in an inter view with INDY Week
In 2016 and 2017, ICE deported almost 500 people from Wake County through the program, Bolts reported, citing research by Appalachian State University sociologist Felicia Arriaga.
A day after WRAL reported on August 29 that Harrison no longer supported 287(g), immigrant advocates and social justice groups responded.
Despite the studies and lawsuit, the pro gram saw a resurgence in North Carolina in 2020 after ICE created a new kind of agree ment for state police officers to execute ICE warrants following executive orders by former president Donald Trump that enact ed his anti-immigrant policies by expanding the program. In 2019 and 2020, 15 state agencies, including the Alamance County Sheriff’s Office, signed new agreements to implement the 287(g) program.
“The stigma”
Willie Rowe, the Democratic contender for Wake County sheriff, told INDY Week that the 287(g) program wasn’t cost effec tive and did “more harm than good.” He wouldn’t reinstate it, he says.
Beyond the money the program sucks up, it also hinders building trust in communi ties and building a law enforcement agency that’s reflective of the county, Rowe says.
Harrison says he won’t hold arrested peo ple that ICE wants detained unless presented with a federal warrant. The days of ICE calling, asking for the sheriff’s office to hold someone, and the office obliging won’t be coming back if Harrison is elected, Crone says. But if ICE or other federal agencies present a warrant, Harrison will hold a person.
La Fuerza NC, the ACLU of North Carolina, Advance Carolina, and Emancipate Votes put out a joint statement that says, “Harrison’s reversal on the sheriff’s role in deporting immi grants from Wake County comes too late.”
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In 2018, current Democratic sheriff Gerald Baker campaigned on ending the Wake sheriff’s office 287(g) agreement and defeated Harrison by nearly 10 per cent. Biden won Wake County by nearly 30 percent over Trump two years later.
The fact that Harrison says he will honor an ICE warrant if someone who comes into the county jail has such a warrant isn’t acceptable in the eyes of the coalition leaders.
“How many Germans, how many French were deported under 287(g)?” Crone asks.
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The City-County Bureau books people into jail who are arrested in Wake County. Staff with the bureau photograph, finger print, and identify people. Their fingerprint ing system is tapped into state and feder al databases that can show if a person is wanted on other criminal warrants.
The 287(g) program has a “stigma of racial profiling,” Harrison’s campaign con sultant Brad Crone says.
The political winds in Wake that saw Har rison to four terms as sheriff have changed, but he says it’s not politics that are causing him to distance himself from 287(g)—it’s new background-checking technology with the City-County Bureau of Identification.
If elected, “we’re going to come up with a system, and will everybody agree with it? No,” Harrison says. “I could care less what people think as long as I know I’m doing the right thing to keep people safe.”
“While this position change is a step in the right direction, we cannot forget the harm caused by policies he implemented when previously in office,” the statement reads.
“Agreements under 287(g) are just one way that sheriffs collaborate with ICE, and in fact, a sheriff can help ICE deport people even without a formal contract,” the coalition’s statement reads. “Our organizations maintain our unwavering support for our communities and staunch opposition to ICE collaboration of any kind by sheriffs in North Carolina.”
The program is an albatross hanging on Harrison’s neck.
what they thought of Harrison. The 13-yearold called 287(g) “a racist program.”
Biden has yet to take action to signifi cantly reduce or end the Trump-era 287(g) program expansion though he promised to do so while campaigning, leaving open the possibility of more North Carolina police agencies signing up.
The new technology “is exactly what I need ed,” Harrison says. “At least I know that I won’t be letting people back out on the streets that are wanted. That’s the key right there.”
Unlike sheriff’s offices with 287(g) have done, the bureau doesn’t fingerprint for minor traffic violations, according to its procedures manual.
Critics and opponents
The fiscal cost of the program has been cited as a reason why some counties did away with or never adopted the program. The 2010 UNC study estimated that annu ally 287(g) cost Mecklenburg County nearly $5.3 million and Alamance County nearly $4.8 million. Those costs considered train ing and salaries for 287(g) officers as well as the costs of detaining people. Detain ing people was by far the highest expense, amounting to about 90 percent of the entire cost in both counties.
That possibility makes Harrison’s move ment away from the program all the more significant. Or maybe he’s recognizing polit ical realities in Wake County.
The bureau’s process is “universal,” Har rison says. “Everybody is screened …. It doesn’t matter, race, age, sex, or nationality.”
Workers at a Durham Planet Fitness location protested working conditions at the store on Labor Day.
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So on September 1, with the temperature in the gym pushing 84 degrees and no end to the harassment in sight, Evans decided to do something that would get the atten tion of corporate leadership.
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Has management taken any action in response to your demands?
Do you have any worries about returning to work after all of this?
al manager, regional district manager, and corporate office, and on Labor Day, he led a protest outside Planet Fitness, rallying for employees’ demands and bearing a sign that read “WORKERS RUN THIS PLANET.”
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I assumed that it would feel daunting to demand action from a giant corporation
evine Evans didn’t intentionally syn chronize his strike with Labor Day, but when the holiday came four days after he walked out of his workplace, he celebrated in the only way that made sense: standing in his employer’s parking lot and exercising his right to organize.
What advice would you give to other people who are facing issues in their workplace and want to take action?
The air conditioner has not been turned back on, and like I said, the employee that has seven accusations of sexual harass ment has been promoted. But I have con fidence that [our demands] will be met, because I’m a person that doesn’t give up. Someone from corporate let us know that we’ll be receiving back pay for the days that we’ve missed, so we’re definitely seeing the change already.
To help paint a picture for other work ers who are looking to organize, the INDY spoke with Evans about his efforts in stand ing up to a massive corporation.
I’ve been to other people’s rallies and pro tests, but to actually be leading it at my store for my fellow workers—it felt exhila rating. It felt amazing. It felt like something that I was born to do. We hit four different stores in one day: Planet Fitness, McDon ald’s, Zaxby’s, and Wendy’s. These are issues that workers at all corporations deal with.
[When we sent in our strike notice], Plan et Fitness took us off the schedule, which is illegal. So that turned into one of our biggest demands: you have to respect our right to organize. I went to my fellow coworkers, and my fellow workers in general, and said, “Hey, you may work at McDonald’s, you may work at Wendy’s, but your fellow workers are going on strike. Can you come and support us here at Planet Fitness? Can you stand in solidar ity with us to help get this big corporation’s attention, for better work conditions?” And they did, on Labor Day.
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I talked to several of my coworkers to see if they were interested in joining the fight, and one of my coworkers ended up walking out with me, hand by hand and foot by foot, because I let her know the power and the rights she has as a worker. We made our list of demands and we also made a petition to show corporate that people are really standing up and that things need to be changed.
like Planet Fitness, but from the way you’re putting it, it sounds like the size of the company makes your efforts feel more empowering because there are more people that you can help. Is that accurate?
When Evans vocalized his concerns, man agement told him that his issues were “a problem for corporate” and took no further action, Evans says.
Several days ago, after about a week on strike, Evans decided to return to work. Though none of the workers’ demands have been met, Evans says that it will be most productive to continue the fight within the walls of the workplace.
He and one other worker walked out in the middle of their shifts and staged a small protest, then teamed up with labor rights organization Fight for $15 to craft a strike notice with a list of demands: func tional air conditioning, an end to all sexual harassment, higher wages, and respect for their right to organize.
Evans, a 22-year-old Durham native, has worked as a team member at Planet Fitness on Durham’s Martin Luther King Jr. Parkway since July. The job has been “pretty copacet ic,” he says, except for a few glaring issues: the air conditioning breaks every few days, putting workers—and customers—at risk of overheating, and one employee, who Evans says has received seven accusations of sex ual harassment, has yet to be disciplined or fired. In fact, Evans says, the alleged harass er was recently promoted to a shift leader position. (Planet Fitness did not respond to the INDY’s request for comment.)
How did it feel to be outside protesting?
No, not at all. One thing about me, I’m not afraid. I’m very brave, I’m very bold. I know my rights and I’m going to walk into work with my head held high, like I always do. Once I start something, I don’t leave until I feel like I’ve made a difference.
INDY WEEK: What was your approach to organizing?EVANS:
Definitely. The demands are for the company at large. That’s why I want to dig deeper; I want to go to different Planet Fitness locations and talk to my fellow workers and see what some of the issues are that they’re facing, so we can make sure that the demands [represent] all of us.
Well, I was put back on the schedule, so I was allowed to return to work. But I real ly just want to get back in there and keep organizing with my coworkers. I want to keep fighting for these demands.
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Once filled out, seal your ballot, and nothing else, inside the return envelope provided.
You can also take it to your board of elections office on Election Day, but you must do so by five p.m.
Paper requests can be mailed or submitted in person at your county’s board of elections.
Here are the details for the mail-in voting process in North Carolina.
How do I request an absentee ballot?
You can also return your absentee ballot in person to your county’s board of elections office or to an early voting site during the early voting period.
your date of birth and either your driver’s license number, your official NC Department of Motor Vehicles identifi cation card number, or the last four digits of your Social Security number to verify your identity.
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Once you fill out your vote on the mail-in ballot, you must either have two people or one notary public witness you marking your ballot. The witnesses do not need to see how you vote.
An absentee ballot must be postmarked by Election Day, which is on November 8 this year, and received no later than five p.m. on November 14.
Before you can request a mail-in ballot, you have to register to vote.
You cannot submit your absentee ballot at a voting site on Election Day.
The deadline for registration in North Carolina is Octo ber 14. If you’re not registered by then, your only option is same-day registration during the early voting period from October 20 to November 5.
If you received assistance due to a disability, the assistant must also sign and print their name along with their address.
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Requests must be made by November 1, a week before Election Day on November 8.
If you make a mistake on your absentee ballot, you can contact your local board of elections to request a new one. You can track your mail-in ballot online through BallotTrax.
How do I fill out my mail-in ballot?
But if those don’t work for you, voting by mail is anAnyoption.registered voter in North Carolina, for any reason, can request an absentee ballot to complete and mail to that voter’s local board of elections by Election Day.
The NCSBE recommends that voters mail their ballots well before Election Day.
If you need assistance with your ballot, typically only a near relative or a verified legal guardian can assist you.
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If a voter is unable to read or write, and a relative or guardian can’t assist, another person can help the voter with the ballot. That assistant, however, must fill out the assistance section on the absentee ballot request form.
he midterm elections are coming, and there are a few ways to vote in North Carolina, from early voting to casting your ballot on Election Day.
Any registered voter in North Carolina can vote by absentee ballot through the mail.
Then sign your name on the back of the envelope. Your witnesses will then sign and print their name, along with theirAnyoneaddresses.18years
Once you’re registered, you can request an absentee ballot either online or on paper, available in English and Spanish. When requesting an absentee ballot, you must provide
When should I mail by absentee ballot?
If the patient does not have a disability, it is illegal “for any owner, manager, director or employee of the facility other than the voter’s near relative, verifiable legal guard ian or member of a MAT to request an absentee ballot on behalf of a voter,” according to the NC State Board of Elections (NCSBE).
If you have a disability, however, anyone that you choose can assist you in filling out the request form.
or older can be a witness unless that person is a candidate. Exceptions include if the candidate is a near relative or guardian or if the voter is a patient with a disability at a hospital, nursing home, or some other medical facility requesting help from the candidate due to the disability.
Patients in a hospital, nursing home, or some other med ical facility can request a multipartisan assistance team (MAT) from the county’s board of elections to assist them with the mail-in voting process.
The request must be signed by the voter, the voter’s near relative, or a legal guardian.
If a relative or guardian isn’t available or a MAT is unable to assist within a week of a request, anyone not affiliated with the facility or a political party can assist the patient with the voting process.
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Who can help if I need assistance?
Every ballot that is properly filled out, returned, and postmarked by Election Day on November 8 will be counted.
Voters must be registered to request a mail-in ballot. They must provide their driver’s license number and the last four digits of their Social Security number whenBallotsrequesting.mustbe marked in the presence of two witnesses or one notary public. The voter or a relative or legal guardian are the only ones who can submit the mailin ballot. The only exception is if the voter has a Oncedisability.aballot is accepted, the voter is marked in the system and will not be able to vote in person if an attempt to do so is Themade.NCSBE also has an investigations division that investigates “credible allega tions of elections fraud and refers cases to prosecutors when warranted by the evi dence,” according to the NCSBE.
If an absentee ballot is rejected for some reason, your local board of elections will contact you.
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Your ballot can also be tracked online at BallotTrax.InallNorth Carolina counties, results from all ballots, those cast by mail and in person, are tabulated and reported on Election Day.
Is mail-in voting secure?
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Only you, a near relative, or a legal guard ian can mail or submit your ballot in person. If you have a disability, however, anyone of your choosing can deliver the absen tee ballot as long as they sign the voter assistant certification on the back of the sealed envelope.
This story was originally published online by Carolina Public Press.
How do I know my ballot will count?
Following the 2020 general election, during which there was a spike in mail-in voting due to the ongoing COVID-19 pan demic, misinformation spread about mailin voting, particularly from former presi dent Donald Trump, who lost the 2020 election to current president Joe Biden. But there are many safeguards in place to ensure the security of mail-in voting in North Carolina, according to the NCSBE.
From the Piedmont to Atlanta, up Mississippi’s hill country and downriver in New Orleans, Music Maker founder Timothy [Tim] Duffy, acclaimed journalist Chuck Reece, and guitarist Earle Pughe dig deep into the lives of Etta Baker, Guitar Gabriel, Beverly Watkins, and Little Freddie King, along with hidden Triangle heroes like John Dee Holeman and Preston Fulp.
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with both Reece and Duffy about the new project. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity from two conversations.
TD: Exactly. If you’re a music head, when you read what Earle writes about how John Dee Holeman raises the flat seventh, it puts his genius into musicological terms. Dizzy Gillespie often said jazz is America’s classical music and
efore the internet, learning a song took real effort. You had to sound out a tune by ear, find someone to teach you, or study a songbook. For mere mortals without perfect pitch or readily available mentors, getting your hands on sheet music or guitar tablature was like striking gold, opening a whole new vein of musical possibilities— long before detailed YouTube lessons and note-by-note instructional apps.
Featured Music Maker artists Taj Mahal, Neal Pattman, and Cootie Stark in Pinnacle, North Carolina PHOTO BY TIM DUFFY
TD: How authentic and truthful they are. Their musicality— the catchiness of their melodies. It’s deceptively simple. Everyone wants to play all the notes up and down the neck
DEEP IN THE SOUTH: A MUSIC MAKER SONGBOOK BY TIMOTHY DUFFY, CHUCK REECE, AND EARLE PUGHE [Music Maker Foundation; out Tuesday, Sep. 20]
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Chuck, what drew you to the project?
TIM DUFFY: My friend Earle Pughe is a guitar player and teacher in Boston. He wanted to transcribe some of Music Maker’s songs so he could teach them in lessons. He had the idea and the vision—it just took me four years to figure out how to do it.
Deep in the South: A Music Maker Songbook taps into the aquifer of America.
TD: I love that we put Benjamin in the book. Europeans are very important for the blues. There’s a thought in America that maybe the blues are gone. But that’s only because it isn’t in plain view of white people—right in your face. That’s why we do this kind of systematic work, finding interesting musicians and recording them so they can be seen by people outside of their microcommunities.
Artists from all over the South are featured here. What ties them all together?
TD: If you look at a lot of country-blues books, they always include the same people: Mississippi John Hurt, Son House, Robert Johnson. It’s the same collection of songs. That’s great—you have to keep these songs alive. But no one was broadening it. Etta Baker’s songs in Deep in the South are not well known. But they’re beautiful and intricate pieces. So Earle had the transcriptions, then we brought in Chuck Reece, who founded The Bitter Southerner and recently started Salvation South, to edit the book. He tells the stories of the artists. When you look at each chapter, you get a vibe of who they are, along with a curation of my photographs, many of which were shot here in North Carolina.
And sophisticated insight on the musicality of these artists.
The finest classic songbooks—Carl Sandburg’s The American Songbag, jazz’s coveted The Real Book, or the vocals-focused Rise Up Singing—also imparted folk wisdom and historical context alongside piano notations and vocal melodies. That all-encompassing spirit is captured by Deep in the South: A Music Maker Songbook. Out September 20, the 89-page book showcases 27 different songs, combining guitar tablature and lyrics with riveting biographies, musicological footnotes, and evocative photos.
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What makes Deep in the South stand out?
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INDY WEEK: Tim, how did the original idea for this book come about?
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In the line with the mission of the Music Maker Foundation—the nonprofit cultural organization based in Hillsborough—the 18 artists showcased in Deep in the South are lesser-known blues, folk, and gospel innovators whose expertise deserves extra attention.
The journey furthers Southern folklore—and adds another vital entry into the pantheon of great American songbooks. Ahead of the book’s release, INDY Week spoke
CHUCK REECE: It was really rewarding to dive into such a big swath of the musical landscape. Music Maker exists to search out the unsung heroes of American music. They go deep. And to understand the South, you have to go deep into what has built our culture. Richard Murff describes it as a gumbo: “Its father was a West African stew, its mother a French bouillabaisse.” Southern culture is this mixture of the culture of enslaved people—and the culture of the people who enslaved them. So many great things have arisen from that intersection. You can see that in the variety of artists in this book, including a guy like Benjamin Tehoval, who is French. When you hear him play the blues, it sounds like he came from down here.
the blues is America’s folk music. There are these secret chords—these little tiny notes—that are ancient sounds. Now they’re transcribed so other people can learn them.
TD: This isn’t a $60 book like Blue Muse, so I hope lots of people buy it [laughs]. But it’s really about realizing this music is present. It sounds archaic, but it’s not antique. It’s constantly evolving and changing. It’s a deep well that Music Maker’s artists are tapping into. It’s the aquifer of America. And anyone can find it! It’s not some technical, mystical, or hard thing. The blues are right there for you. Just don’t get lost in the technique. If you can play with an authentic feeling and make people happy and feel human, that’s success. That’s universal. W
TD: That’s true. You do have to go live the blues. It’s a lifestyle that requires dedication. But this book is the gateway— hopefully a glimpse that helps you learn the necessary pieces.
The book also feels utilitarian—affordable, spiral-bound, easy to flip through.
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What defines success for you, Tim?
of the guitar. That’s actually easier than playing three to four notes that someone will remember. When you listen to Etta Baker or Precious Bryant, their music is so serene and beautiful. There’s a warmth to it. It’s not hypertechnical. Robert “Wolfman” Belfour plays one riff over and over again. John Dee Holeman played like Lightnin’ Hopkins. Lightnin’ saw John Dee in Durham a few years before he died and said, “You got it.” That’s how good these artists are.
In the intro to Deep in the South, Guitar Gabriel says, “You won’t find the blues in notes or on paper.”
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CR: It’s a book made for guitar players first and foremost. Our dream is that Deep in the South will be propped up on a music stand or laid down on a coffee table, wherever you happen to be picking at the time. That’s where it belongs. If it withstands the test of time, gets dog-eared and stained, and has notes written in it 20 years from now, then it’s a success.
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Saturday, Sep. 24 | Coastal Credit Union Music Park, Raleigh
Fandango de Durham
Saturday, Oct. 1 & Sunday, Oct. 2 | The Pour House Music Hall, Raleigh North Carolina–based collective Kooley High has built a repertoire around sonic throwbacks to the golden ages of soul and hip-hop, and now, after more than a decade in the industry, the outfit is so established that it’s throwing it back to itself. The two-day anniversary show will commemorate the group’s 2011 album, David Thompson, with songs like “Dear Raleigh” that are sure to pull on the heartstrings of local listeners. Nance, Jalisa, and Luckyuno will complete the lineup.
Farm Aid festivals, which are held annually to support American farmers, have a legendary past: the first event was organized in 1985 by Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, and Neil Young and featured Bob Dylan, B.B. King, and Billy Joel as performers. Decades later, the festival is landing back in Raleigh (the last time it was held in the Triangle was in 2014), and Nelson and Mellencamp will perform alongside Margo Price, Sheryl Crow, Brittney Spencer, and numerous other musicians who straddle country, rock, and blues genres.
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Father John Misty
Plains—the brunette alt-country duo composed of musicians Katie Crutchfield (Waxahatchee) and Jess Williamson—has only released two songs ahead of its multicity fall tour, but the strength of those two songs, and the tacit strength of both musicians’ soulful country rock prowess, has been enough to pave the way for a packed tour. Plains’s stop in the Triangle also has a bit of a hometown feel: Waxahatchee is signed to Durham label Merge, and Durham’s Brad Cook produced the duo’s debut album, I Walked With You a Ways, which drops October 14. W
Farm Aid Festival
This lively two-day, free-to-the-public event, with support from the North Carolina Arts Council, celebrates the son jarocho community-based folk music tradition from Veracruz, Mexico. Wednesday night will feature a performance of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music by Larry & Joe (Larry Bellorín and Joe Troop, whose collaboration was a recent INDY Week cover story) and music by Wendy and Tacho Utrera (part of the Los Utrera family band); Thursday, community members can learn the basics of son jarocho in a workshop.
Watchhouse with Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves
Saturday, Oct. 1 | North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Josh Tillman, who performs as Father John Misty, is known for giving charismatic performances charged with unexpected moments (at one performanceI attended, he swaggered onstage with a bottle of alcohol and proceeded to read from an engaging, if unfinished, manuscript for 20 minutes; legend also has it that he once wandered off the street and into the INDY Week offices while in Durham for a concert). Luckily, that seems to be what audiences like most about him; for this tour, he returns with new album Chloë and the Next 20th Century, his first new material in four years. Anything could happen!
Kooley High Anniversary Show
Saturday, Oct. 8 | Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham
Wednesday, Oct. 26 | Motorco Music Hall, Durham
Wednesday, Sep. 21 & Thursday, Sep. 22 | The Fruit / Durham Bottling Co., Durham
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Watching Watchhouse (formerly known as Mandolin Orange) outdoors at NCMA has taken on the feel of an annual rite of passage as summer turns to fall. North Carolina’s favorite folk duo is joined this year by traditional banjo and fiddle musicians Allison de Groot and Tatiana Hargreaves (who was profiled in a recent INDY Week issue). With a recent sort-of-kind-of-fall chill now in the air, it only feels right to pack a blanket and bottle of wine and plan an evening on the museum lawn.
Ibibio Sound Machine
With songs that blend funk, disco, electronica, Afropunk, and about a dozen other styles of music, Ibibio Sound Machine has rejected genre limitations in favor of a sound defined primarily by movement. The band, fronted by London-born Nigerian singer Eno Williams, traverses decades of music with its boundless beats and existential refrains, serving up a sonic cocktail that will have folks of all ages breaking it down on the dance floor. Ibibio Sound Machine’s fall tour will feature songs from its latest album, Electricity, released this year on Durham-based label Merge Records. Pop duo Terror Jr opens at Motorco.
Monday, Nov. 7 | Haw River Ballroom, Saxapahaw
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How can you keep friendships when one of you is rich and the other is broke?
LR: Poboy, let me begin by saying my dad is a successful lawyer, my parents gave me a down payment for the house where I live, and I make approximately $35,000/year. I’m sure you’ve noticed that rich people tend to think it’s rude to talk about money. I think it’s something about an implied connection, either positive or inverse, between wealth and virtue. If we believe that profit is the stolen surplus value of labor (and gosh, I hope we do), then there’s certainly something wrong with having a lot of money.
snuggling into bed with the same person every night. But guess what else is boring: desperately searching every corner of existence for a half-baked idea you have about freedom until anxiety is riding you like a hot oppressive cowboy! Have you ever read Annie Dillard’s Pilgrim at Tinker Creek? Sure, one could call it boring to spend three pages talking about how a grasshopper’s left leg lifts off a sourwood leaf, but maybe she’s on to something. There are mysteries and treasures to be found in knowing a person or a lifestyle, or a place, deeply. Settling down is cringe because cringe is something you have to stay running away from every second of your life. But I don’t think that sounds fun.
SKYLAR GUDASZ: Squirmy wormy, recently I heard a beautiful woman on the subway tell her Hinge date that her goal was to be a housewife, and honestly? She seemed like she had some things figured out.
I guess there is something aesthetically boring about
hi i’ve never been in love but i’ve heard about it and i am interested in subscribing there is a person with a green thumb and one
LIBBY RODENBOUGH: Cringe has had its useful applications, no doubt, but I’ve been wondering if we’re outgrowing it. What does cringe tell us about our value system? Where does it lead us? If it’s to a future where we stand on top of our cold lonely towers and look down at all the blissful losers below, I’m not sure I want to sign up. On the other hand, I like how cringe has made us question bandwagon ideology and boring aesthetics.
AMA tour members (L to R): Skylar Gudasz, Kate Rhudy, and Libby Rodenbough PHOTO BY CHRIS FRISINA
SG: Have you tried summoning them closer by creating a playlist and dancing naked to it under the full moon? Bless this Mess.
KATE RHUDY: I think accepting good love, in general, can feel embarrassing. Predictability can be just as much of a thrill.
LR: Thick mess, I can only say that, in my own life, the impulse to give away my heart/firefly/garlic bouquet has been rare enough to be worth following. I take it from your love caginess that you may feel some ambivalence about the whole idea. How could you not, in the era of TikTok polycules and love-bombing discourse and, not least of all, climate catastrophe? If it sparks your curiosity at all, though, I encourage you to seek love as an antidote—a minor act of resistance (stay with me; shake off that cringe reflex). Think of your feelings for this person as a metaphysical territory Mark Zuckerberg has no dominion over. Think of your garlic bouquet as a value Elon Musk can’t manipulate. However it goes with green thumb, I suspect you’ll be proud of yourself for managing to suspend your disbelief in a world that gives you so little to believe in.
Why is settling down cringe? — squirmy wormy
KR: Thick mess—I say go for it. Rarely do we get to experience gestures of bouquets of anything, much less fresh garlic. If I were green thumb in this story line, I’d be honored to be presented with the offerings of a love tunnel. If it doesn’t work out, what’s the worst thing that could happen? You made someone feel cherished?
So I say get that friend to unburden themself and treat you to things. And maybe just talk about money more? I don’t know, but I wonder if we can demystify wealth a little if we cheapen it with conversation. I certainly think people who have had financial help in their lives should talk about it publicly because as hard as it is for me to believe, there really still is a healthy myth about hard work leading to financial well-being. What a joke! Laugh at it together. W
Ahead of a four-stop tour, three Triangle musicians moonlight as advice columnists for matters of the heart.
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n an age of information and ceaseless hot takes, the power of some old-fashioned advice is, somehow, stronger than ever. (See tried and true advice columns like Heather Havrilesky’s Ask Polly or Cheryl Strayed’s Dear Sugar.) In their Ask Me Anything tour—which stops in Raleigh this week—kindred Triangle musicians and frequent collaborators Skylar Gudasz, Kate Rhudy, and Libby Rodenbough put the format to good use with performances that are interspersed with answers to audience-submitted questions, in a style equally mystical and grounded. These answers have been lightly edited for length and clarity, and you can find more answers in a longer version of this piece online.
Ask Them Anything
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ASK ME ANYTHING: SKYLAR GUDASZ, KATE RHUDY, AND LIBBY RODENBOUGH
dog named after a flower i am interested in spending more time but we accidentally live very far away anyhap. how do i tell this person that i want to bring them a firefly, a bouquet of garlic, a tunnel that undoes our distance? do i? dare i? am i swerving out of my lane? bless u, thick mess in the midwest
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In the description of the book, there’s a mention of subverting the elegy form. Is that something that was on your mind while writing it?
he Raleigh poet Jayme Ringleb’s new collection, So Tall It Ends in Heaven, begins with the conditional: “Maybe you want a good man / to keep—a man, it happens, with a troublesome neighbor / a neighbor with a dog. A good dog.” The conditional winds its way through the 28 poems in Ringleb’s impressive debut, as its queer Southern speaker investigates loss and devotion with haunting inquisitorial spirit. Ringleb, an assistant professor at Meredith College, has an assurance and emotional fluency that makes these poems propulsive page-turners, with piercing, beautiful lines nestled throughout (“We sleep / in a snarl, like lovers found in snow”), like just-smoothed shards of sea glass. The collection which has received praise from Carl Phillips, Natalie Shapero, and Kaveh Akbar, among others, launches on September 20 at Quail Ridge Books. This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
One thing that stuck out to me was that throughout the poems, Greek myths and Bible stories are referenced simultaneously—almost like they’re part of the same narrative universe.
This might be a bit spoiler-y, but the book doesn’t end with narrative resolution. It’s more about the speaker being able to see himself as possible and the possibility of his love as a thing that exists.
That was an initiating point for the book as a whole. I wanted to investigate the complications of queer healing; what it means for queer people to heal, or to be consoled, and what that means, particularly within the parameters of the narratives that many of us face when it comes to alienation from our birth families.
Who are some of the poets you’re reading right now?
I’m at the very start of my second semester, so I’m new. I’m teaching queer lit this term, which is the first queer lit course ever taught at Meredith. I also teach creative writing and composition. It’s going really well. I really like the community and engagement of the students—it gives me a lot to think about. W
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It gave me the permission to look at them from different angles by inserting narrative details or, you know, different mythologies or impossibilities that could inform how I was looking at my own stuff. It was a weird experience for me, in the sense that, on the one hand, it created distance, and on the other hand, it created anxiety. Like, if my speaker gets healing, do I? It was a strange experience and I’m still kind of figuring that out.
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INDY WEEK: Can you tell us a little bit about the project and how you found your way into this first book?
What was that decision like, choosing to have just one speaker for all the poems—what kind of creative distance did it give you?
Oh my goodness. I’m really excited by some of the queer writers that have been published recently. Luther Hughes, Natalie Diaz, Paul Tran. I’m really, really obsessed with Jos Charles’s feeld and have been revisiting it a lot. I love Paige Lewis. That’s just to name a few.
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How is teaching at Meredith?
Yeah. And a lot of what I hoped to do was borrow [from], in addition to subvert, those traditions. Even as a kid, reading the canon, who is in a love poem, or who is elegized, was always a question for me.
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JAYME RINGLEB: Whenever I describe the book, I tend to describe it in terms of a narrative about a queer Southern speaker who, after the end of a marriage, goes on this kind of journey to mend a relationship with his father. His father is international and overseas, and they have been alienated because his father rejected him when he came out.
For this speaker, I wanted to use those different registers and blend them also with the speaker’s own kind of mythologies, alongside his own made-up nonsense—like at a certain point, there’s just like, a goat with feathers. The idea is to be able to use a narrative that the speaker understands to be literally true to his life as a means of processing whatever psychological pressure he’s going through, his relationship to Christian religions or to Greek and Roman mythology—these are lenses for him that can be collapsed into his way of understanding grief and trauma or the abandonment or loss of love in some way. These are all the different kinds of stories that he’s inherited, and he can remake them, as well.
Poet Jayme Ringleb’s elegant debut explores queer Southern love and loss.
Yeah, and I mean a lot of this, too, is me writing this character—he’s kind of mythological to me. There’s an idea of that kind of collapsing in there, too.
“Collapse” is a good word for it.
And the speaker is on a path, this journey, to heal their relationship to love and to devotion—I wanted the trajectory of the book to be less about the speaker’s relationship to other people and more to his own healing.
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Black Folk Could Fly by Randall Kenan (out now)
Set at a 1920 speakeasy and following a hard-on-their-luck family dealing with changing politics and gangsters, The Swill promises to be a thrilling and entertaining page-turner. Its author, Michael Keenan Gutierrez, lives in Chapel Hill and teaches at UNC. The author will be speaking about the novel at Flyleaf Books on Sep. 22.
A powerful and extremely timely look at the lives of refugees arriving in the United States from around the world, Diya Abdo’s American Refuge will be a major conversation starter. Abdo is the daughter of Palestinian refugees and founded the organization Every Campus a Refuge to provide temporary shelter to refugee families using college resources. She’s based in Greensboro, where she teaches at Guilford College. The author will be speaking about the novel at Flyleaf Books on Sep. 6.
Lizzie Blake’s Best Mistake by Mazey Eddings (Sep. 6)
f you’ve fallen behind on your reading goals for the year, now’s the perfect time to catch up. Not only are there plenty of highly anticipated books coming out in September and October, ranging from novels to memoirs and biographies, but an exciting number of them are by authors based in or around the Triangle.
This unique, entertaining book features a mix of essays and interviews with novelists, musicians, and music writers that discuss the complex relationship between music and the literary world. Editor Florence Dore, both a writer and musician herself, teaches at UNC-Chapel Hill. The author will be speaking about the novel at Flyleaf Books on Oct. 27.
History buffs won’t want to miss out on this one. In his newest work, UNC-Chapel Hill professor, bestselling author, and history podcaster Mike Duncan dives into the fascinating life and career of the Marquis de Lafayette. Learn all about the legendary figure’s journey during and after the American Revolution through Duncan’s compelling read. The author will be speaking about the novel at Flyleaf Books on Sep. 21.
Award-winning children’s author Sheila Turnage was inspired by her childhood growing up in eastern North Carolina, where she explored the shipwrecks of Hatteras Island, to write her newest novel, the story of 12-year-old Stick Lawson. It’s a middle-grade spy mystery set during World War II, with enough intrigue to captivate even the most reluctant tween reader.
Ten North Carolina Titles to Look Out for this Fall
The fact that the North Carolina region is home to such creative talent shouldn’t come as a surprise; after all, with its strong literary scene and acclaimed writing programs, the Triangle has much to offer for both writers and readers. Some of the country’s most acclaimed authors across genres, like David Sedaris , Pauli Murray, and Charles Frazier, grew up or now live in the area—and plenty of new writers are following in their footsteps. Below, we’ve rounded up some of our must-read fall books written by local authors, from moving historical romances to thrilling sci-fi mysteries. W
The Ink in the Grooves: Conversations on Literature and Rock ‘n’ Roll Edited by Florence Dore (Oct. 15)
Nita Tyndall, a North Carolina–based writer and translator, is the force behind this highly original queer historical romance for teens set in Germany the summer before World War II. No matter your age, this book promises a story you won’t be able to set down. The author will be speaking about the novel at Flyleaf Books on Oct. 18.
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Station Eternity (The Midsolar Murders) by Mur La erty (Oct. 4)
In his fascinating and timely new book, North Carolina–based politics writer and professor Ed Burmila explores the recent actions (or inactions—the subtitle of the book is “How the Democrats Lost Their Soul in the Center”) of the Democratic Party through President Biden’s election, the pandemic, and more.
Love genre-bending reads? Then you’ll definitely want to pick up Durham author Mur Lafferty’s latest work, which combines a traditional detective mystery with space-set sci-fi. From murder to aliens, this novel truly has it all, and the Hugo Award–nominated Lafferty will hold your attention from beginning to end. The author will be speaking about the novel at Flyleaf Books on Oct. 4.
The author will be speaking about the novel at Flyleaf Books on Oct. 13.
Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution by Mike Duncan (out now)
The Swill by Michael Keenan Gutierrez (Sep. 27)
Nothing Sung and Nothing Spoken by Nita Tyndall (Oct. 18)
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The author will be speaking about the novel at Quail Ridge Books on Sep. 19.
Although this powerful collection of essays by the late acclaimed writer Randall Kenan came out in August, we’re including it in our roundup as it deserves even more attention than it’s already gotten (including a recent illustration of Kenan on the cover of The New York Times Book Review). The Hillsborough-based Kenan, who passed away on August 28, 2020, was a dazzling talent, and this work demonstrates his unique Southern voice and literary force.
Island of Spies by Sheila Turnage (Sep. 20)
Chaotic Neutral by Ed Burmila (Sep. 20)
American Refuge by Diya Abdo (Sep. 6)
Rom-com fans, this one’s for you. North Carolina–based author Mazey Eddings’s new novel follows the love story of an unlikely pair as they tackle an unexpected pregnancy. Eddings’s previous book, A Brush with Love, earned strong praise for its fast pace, witty humor, and sweet romance, and this new work should be no different. The author will be speaking about the novel at Quail Ridge Books on Sep. 10.
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Five new groups join Switchyard Theatre Company— giving the Durham theater scene a groundswell of new growth.
Burning Coal Theatre, Raleigh Oct. 20-28
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Durham Bottling Company, Durham Nov. 11-19
JULIUS CAESAR SCRAP PAPER SHAKESPEARE
Before the pandemic, Kraut was an education professor at Duke. Then COVID-19 hit and—boom—she was homeschooling kids. She recalls the shocking headlines, during the lockdown, about how hard the pandemic was hitting mothers.
TRIFLES AND HELLO, OUT THERE!
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“We found a way to keep it small and scrappy, and safe and effective,” Szuba recalls. “And audiences really responded to it!”
Then Kraut started making songs with her bass guitar. Then she started recording them.
Firebox Theatre Company founders Cora Hemphill and Tim Artz
REDBIRD THEATER COMPANY
After a decade-long sojourn at a small-town theater in Texas, Wake Forest native Cora Hemphill returned determined to start a company in her hometown where actors are paid to do professional-level work. Firebox Theatre, which she started with director Tim Artz, bows this week with two one-acts that take audiences from a cold Iowa farmhouse in 1910 to a small Texas jail cell, several decades later. “I have seen how a theater can enrich a community, and I want so much for this town to experience that richness,” Hemphill says.
ADVANCED MATERNAL RAGE
Thus was born the idea of Scrap Paper Shakespeare, an ongoing experiment we’ll see in a late September produc-
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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST LGB PRODUCTIONS
Event Gallery, The Cotton Company, Wake Forest Sep. 15-25
The Durham theater scene has been scattered since Manbites Dog Theater’s 2018 transition from a company that produced and hosted artists at its space on Foster Street to a grants organization devoted to funding new works. “Everybody’s sort of been jumping around from space to space, whatever they can find,” Berberian
tion of Julius Caesar. “It’s going to be small and simple. The beauty of Shakespeare is in the words.”
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hy do people start theater groups? For Beth Brody, it was the largely ignored fact that institutional mental health care has worsened significantly in the United States since the 1960s. For David Berberian, it was noticing that independent theater had no steady home in Durham in recent years, and Naomi Kraut just needed something—anything—to help her cope with being a mom homeschooling her kids in a pandemic.
says. RedBird Theater, the company he cofounded with Derrick Ivey and Jeri Lynn Schulke, plants its flag with a September 29 launch party and subsequent first season of works at the Durham Bottling Company. The move is intended to help “bring back that sense of community that Manbites embodied. Part of that means having your own space, where people know you’re going to be.”
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“But that’s always been a part of America, all the time,” Kraut says. “Just as a way to survive, I started writing down things that they were saying and I was thinking at the time.”
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“I think the mental health crisis in America is hugely overlooked,” Brody says about her current revival of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest for LGB Productions. She cites statistics showing the number of psychiatric hospital beds in the United States has plummeted by 97 percent since the 1960s, with half of the remaining ones reserved for the criminal justice system. “Sixty years later, we’re still flying over the cuckoo’s nest,” she says.
These and other artists are all part of a groundswell in regional theater, dance, and live arts communities this fall, as five new groups join Switchyard Theatre Company in mounting productions running through November.
During the pandemic, then student director Emma Szuba stumbled upon a realization when necessity forced her to stage The Two Gentlemen of Verona with six actors in 60 minutes, with minimal props and costumes.
FUDDY MEERS
The puppets came next: characters who perform the songs. After that, the music videos, like “Covid Test” and “Zoom School Is the Worst,” on YouTube. Almost before she knew it, Kraut had made a puppet musical: The Very Worst Puppet Musical, to be exact. A live performance is in theHerworks.latest addition to the musical, releasing this week, deals with aging. “When you’re a new mom, society showers you, and you have the glow. Then, you just turn into the annoying butt of all jokes,” Kraut wryly notes. “It’s always open season, and it’s just getting worse.”
SWITCHYARD THEATRE COMPANY
A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2
Back to One Studios, Raleigh Sep. 30–Oct. 2
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After the Crash of ’29, the party was over; the Dirty Thirties largely put an end to the Harlem Renaissance. In Blues for an Alabama Sky, central character Angel, a singer and dancer at the Cotton Club, has been dismissed after a midshow meltdown and gotten her gay best friend Guy, the costume designer, fired too. In their apartment building, Delia is trying to open a controversial family planning clinic under activist Margaret Sanger, with help from her friend, a gynecologist named Sam, and a pastor at a local church. In their midst, Leland, an Alabamian stranger, turns Angel’s head with the promise of marriage. But his looks are more appealing than the intolerant mind-set he has brought with him to New York. And as he increasingly acts upon his prejudices, friendships and futures are threatened.
A Great Big Woolly Mammoth Thawing from the Ice Burning Coal Theatre, Raleigh (Sep. 29–Oct. 16)
Award-winning British playwright Tatty Hennessy’s pensive A Hundred Words for Snow touched the few who saw it in Burning Coal’s courageous early-pandemic production in October 2020. There are parallels in the world premiere of this work, which Burning Coal subsequently commissioned based on news reports about the titled animal. Once more, a young woman mourning the death of her father heads north, to understand what fueled his environmental activism. In an Alaskan bar, she meets an oil driller and a charismatic Silicon Valley technocrat, whose new technology could help oil companies extract more oil from beneath the not-so-permafrost. Their airborne odyssey onto the ice poses pointed questions about their survival, and ours.
In Boccaccio’s The Decameron, 10 people tell 100 stories while seeking shelter from the plague. After studying it, playwright Andrea Stolowitz and her team interviewed people across varying social strata about their experiences during the first parts of the pandemic. As I began to read the script, I was disturbed at how much I’d already forgotten about the particulars: how alien and remote the isolation of that time already seemed. Reason enough to be reminded, in a work whose disarmingly direct address—from witnesses, ranging from an astronaut and a funeral director to a “mermaid” at a tourist trap—reminds me of The Laramie Project
Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 Theatre Raleigh, Raleigh (Oct. 26–Nov. 6)
Untitled Elegy Play The Process Series, Swain Hall at UNC-Chapel Hill (Oct. 12-13)
With this production, Theatre Raleigh punches above its weight once again. Who else in the region would have the guts to take on a raucous, nimble, and immersive Broadway musical theater adaptation … of a 70-page section from Tolstoy’s War and Peace?
What happens when the dancers, actors, and musicians show up— but their audience never does? In this musical, choreographic, theatrical, and film metaphor that explores artists’ lives during the extended (and potentially permanent) intermission of a pandemic, the masks fall away, only for other masks to appear. When they go, do we, or they, really want to see what’s underneath?
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Bobbi Jene Smith: Broken Theater Carolina Performing Arts, Memorial Hall at UNCChapel Hill (Nov. 11)
Ntozake Shange coined the word “choreopoem” to describe the famous staged fusion of dance, music, poetry, and theater in her theater piece for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf, some 45 years before the show’s revival this year on Broadway. In her new stage adaptation of Durham poet Destiny Hemphill’s stunning forthcoming poetry collection, The Motherworld Devotions, auteur-director Monet Noelle Marshall and her performers craft a choreographic, musical, and spoken ritual, deeply grounded in earth and water, in old and even older faith ways and religions, and in Hemphill’s luminous language. Witness the invocation. W
Monet Noelle Marshall: motherworld: a choreopoetic experience, NorthStar Church of the Arts, Durham (Nov. 11–20, various times)
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Blues for an Alabama Sky PlayMakers Repertory Company, Chapel Hill (Through Sep. 25)
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Roy Lichtenstein: History in the Making, 1948–1960
North Carolinians have a second chance to see art from European masters this fall when paintings from the world-renowned Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, travel to Raleigh. More than 50 paintings from Degas, van Gogh, Manet, Monet, Picasso, and Cézanne will be on display at the NC Museum of Art. This is an exhibit for those curious about one of the most iconic times in art history—the age of impressionism—as well as what followed.
James Cameron: Challenging the Deep Opens Saturday, Oct. 15 | North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences, Raleigh
This photography exhibit documents a little-known cultural practice, the art of “threshold drawings,” also known as kolam or rangoli. Martha Strawn documents beautiful, intricate, and temporary works of art from India that are created by sprinkling colored rice flour on the ground, often during traditional Indian festivities. Techniques for these drawings are passed down through generations, from mother to daughter. Two other notable exhibitions are on view through this fall at the Gregg: Eric Serritella’s Trompe l’Oeil Ceramics (through Dec. 3) and Egyptian Tent (through Dec. 23).
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Across the Threshold of India: Photographs by Martha Strawn
This exhibition of sketches and drawings from the 17th century is a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see early work from the Dutch masters, including Rembrandt and his students. After a four-month exhibition in Chapel Hill, the drawings will be on their way back to Europe, where exhibits include the cost of a $1,000 airline ticket. It’s not often that North Carolina museums get to display exceptional Dutch art, but this is one of those times.
Six Museum Shows On View This Fall
Drawn to Life: Master Drawings from the Age of Rembrandt in the Peck Collection
Opens Friday, Nov. 4 | North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
After 10 years, the NC Museum of Art has finished reorganizing its biggest collection, shared across its old and new buildings. Remember those field trips to the art museum in fifth grade? Here’s your chance to see the museum through fresh eyes, with all-new exhibits, loans from overseas, and freshly commissioned artwork.
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Light Shaft, in a passageway in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, 1986.
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Opens Friday, Sep. 23 | Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill
Ever wonder what inspired the otherworldly scenes in Avatar? Step into filmmaker James Cameron’s shoes with this exhibit tracing his exploration of the deep blue sea. This eight-month exhibit lets visitors step onto the ocean floor with cinema-scale projections, artifacts, and specimens from Cameron’s expeditions. Visitors will also see original props and costumes from Titanic and learn about underwater recording technologies pioneered by Cameron that are used in the upcoming Avatar sequel.
Through Jan. 8, 2023 | Nasher Museum of Art, Durham
Opens Saturday, Oct. 8 | North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Most people know American artist Roy Lichtenstein for his distinctive, comics-inspired pop art, which elevated him to fame in the 1960s alongside Andy Warhol. This exhibit, however (reviewed by Brian Howe in a recent INDY Week issue), explores Lichtenstein’s early work, a complex combination of abstract, modernist, and historical paintings, drawings, and prints. See how Lichtenstein was inspired by fairy tales, caricature, and folk art, and how his work evolved into what we know today. W
A Modern Vision: European Masterworks from the Phillips Collection
Through Saturday, Nov. 12 | Gregg Museum of Art and Design, Raleigh
Reimagining the People’s Collection
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Clutch $33. Sun, Sept. 18, 6 p.m. The Ritz, Raleigh.
The Joy of Latinx Music 2022 Sun, Sept. 18, 3 p.m. NCMA, Raleigh.
Cults $21. Sat, Sept. 17, 9 p.m. Motorco Music Hall, Durham.
Singers of New and Ancient Music: 10th ConcertAnniversary Sat, Sept. 17, 4 p.m. Durham.PresbyterianFirstChurch,
The Pinhook, Durham.
Taylor Tuke 6 Glassp.m.Jug Downtown, Durham.
Blue Note Grill, Durham.
Beats Working! Sat, Sept. 17, 7 p.m. Down Yonder Farm, Hillsborough.
The Floor DJ Collective Fri, 10 p.m.
The Robert Cray Band $38+. Tues, Sept. 20, 8 p.m. The Carolina Theatre, Durham.
$36+. Thurs, Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m. Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh.
Jazz Brunch Sunday with Al Strong Sun, Sept. 18, 12 p.m. Alley Twenty Six, Durham.
Rubies on Five Points, Durham.
Vacant Company / Weird God $18. 7:30 p.m. The Pinhook, Durham.
Avi Kaplan: Floating on a Dream Tour $20. Sat, Sept. 17, 8:30 p.m. Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh.
Illiterate Light $15. Wed, Sept. 14, 8 p.m. Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro.
Boots & Bangs $5+. Wed, Sept. 14, 5:45 p.m. Koka Amphitheatre,BoothCary.
Live Jazz with Danny Grewen & Griffanzo Mon, Sept. 19, 6 p.m. Imbibe, Chapel Hill.
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Frontside / Zoocrü $10. Thurs, Sept. 15, 9 p.m. PS37, Durham.
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Queer Country Night Wed, Sept. 14, 8 p.m. The Pinhook, Durham.
Katie Basden $18. 7 p.m. Blue Note Grill, Durham.
Susan Werner $27. Fri, Sept. 16, 7:30 p.m. Cary Arts Center, Cary.
Jooselord / Imani Pressley $25. 8 Motorcop.m.Music Hall, Durham.
Joe Purdy $25. Wed, Sept. 14, 8 p.m. The ArtsCenter, Carrboro.
Dameron / Waking April / Jaguardini / Fuchsia City $10. Sat, Sept. 17, 8 p.m. Local 506, Chapel Hill.
Eric Hirsh Quartet $25. Sat, Sept. 17, 8 p.m. Sharp Nine Gallery, Durham.
DJ Fifi Hi-fi 10 Rubiesp.m.on Five Points, Durham.
The Connells $25. Sat, Sept. 17, 8 p.m. Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro.
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A Charity Show at a Punk Venue Wed, Sept. 14, 8 p.m. The Night Rider, Raleigh.
ShowAlbumEdmunds:Release $10. Fri, Sept. 16, 8 p.m. Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro.
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DJ Bagaceiro’s Carnaval Constante 10 Rubiesp.m.on Five Points, Durham.
Magnolia Boulevard $18. 7 p.m.
Bull City Summit Music Showcase $5+. Sept. 15-16, var ious times. Motorco Music Hall, The Pinhook, Blue Note Grill, and Rubies on Five Points, Durham.
Matt Nathanson $47+. Sat, Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m. The Carolina Theatre, Durham.
$30+. Sat, Sept. 17, 8 p.m. Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh.
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Live Jazz with Marc Puricelli and Friends Wed, Sept. 14, 7 p.m. Imbibe, Chapel Hill.
The Deer $14. Thurs, Sept. 15, 8 p.m. Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro.
Night Night / Zephyranthes / Venray $18. 7:30 p.m.
Alec Benjamin: Tour(Un)CommentaryThe $30. Fri, Sept. 16, 7 p.m. The Ritz, Raleigh. DB
Shoaldiggers $10. Sat, Sept. 17, 8 p.m. Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro.
An Evening with Brian Culbertson $47+. Mon, Sept. 19, 8 p.m. The Carolina Theatre, Durham.
Jamie McLean Band $18. 7 p.m.
Zachary Hobin Sun, Sept. 18, 3 p.m. Baldwin Durham.Auditorium,
Mellow Swells Thurs, Sept. 15, 7:30 p.m. Imbibe, Chapel Hill.
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$202+. Wed, Sept. 14, 7:30 p.m. Red Hat Raleigh.Amphitheater,
Brian Horton Trio Tues, Sept. 20, 9 p.m. Kingfisher, Durham.
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Cults performs at Motorco Music Hall on Saturday, September 17.
Blue Note Grill, Durham.
Shwayze / 3amsound / Tommie Sunshine $25. 8 Motorcop.m.Music Hall, Durham.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15
Please check with local venues for their health and safety protocols.
The TourQueerantine $15. Sun, Sept. 18, 8 p.m. Local 506, Chapel Hill.
Nas / Wu-Tang Clan $17+. Sat, Sept. 17, 8 p.m. Coastal Credit Union Music Park, Raleigh.
The King Khan & BBQ Show $20. Sun, Sept. 18, 8 p.m. Cat’s Cradle Back Room, Carrboro.
Geese $15. Sun, Sept. 18, 8 p.m. The Pinhook, Durham.
The Grass is Dead $15. Thurs, Sept. 15, 8 p.m. Lincoln Theatre, Raleigh.
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Please check with local venues for their health and safety protocols.
Semans Lecture: Jody Patterson Thurs, Sept. 15, 6 p.m. The Nasher, Durham.
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Trifles and Hello, Out There! $20. Sept. 16-18, various times. The Cotton Company, Wake Forest.
Jayme Ringleb: So Tall It Ends in Heaven Tues, Sept. 20, 7 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh.
Sidewalk Stories screens at the Varsity Theatre on Tuesday, September 20. IMAGE COURTESY OF THE ACKLAND ART MUSEUM.
CoComelon Live! JJ’s Journey $30+. Sat, Sept. 17, 6 p.m. Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts, Raleigh.
DarkDrawingExperimentalinthe Sun, Sept. 18, 2 p.m. The Nasher, Durham.
a-ha: True North $15. Thurs, Sept. 15, 7 p.m. The Carolina Theatre, Durham.
Blues for an Alabama Sky $20+. Sept. 7-25, various times. ChapelRepertoryPlayMakersCompany,Hill.
Tues, Sept. 20, 6 p.m. Hanes Art Center, Chapel Hill.
Sue Sneddon: A Life of Seeing Sept. 17–Oct. 29, various times. Craven Allen Gallery, Durham.
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BEYOND: The Cary Film Festival $6+. Sept. 15-18, various times. The Cary Theater, Cary.
Kerry L. Malawista: Meet the Moon Thurs, Sept. 14, 5:30 p.m. Flyleaf Books, Chapel Hill.
CenterFest Sept. 17-18, various times. Durham Arts Council, Durham.
Fri, Sept. 16, 6 p.m. 5 Points Durham.Gallery,
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Storytime on the Roof Wed, Sept. 14, 10:30 a.m. The Durham Durham.Hotel,
Lonnie Poole: Forks in the Road Wed, Sept. 14, 3 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh.
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Jason Mott: Hell of a Book Wed, Sept. 14, 7 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh.
Soapdish $8. Wed, Sept. 14, 7 p.m. The Carolina Theatre, Durham.
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James Campion: Take a Sad Song Sat, Sept. 17, 2 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh.
Ackland Film Forum: Sidewalk Stories Tues, Sept. 20, 7:30 p.m. Varsity Theatre, Chapel Hill.
A.G. Riddle: Lost in Time Sun, Sept. 18, 2 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh.
Thresholds Art Show Fri, Sept. 16, 6 p.m. Golden Belt Campus, Durham.
Judith Yamamoto:Turner-Loving the Dead and Gone Thurs, Sept. 14, 7 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh.
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An Evening Inside The Room with Greg Sestero $15. Fri, Sept. 16, 7 p.m. The Carolina Theatre, Durham.
The Play That Goes Wrong $30+. Sept. 14-25, various times. Theatre Raleigh, Raleigh.
Frozen $29+. Sept. 14–Oct. 2, various times. Durham.DPAC,
Sheila Turnage: Island of Spies Mon, Sept. 19, 7 p.m. Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh.
Paperhand InterventionPuppet $20. Aug. 12–Sept. 18, various times. The Forest ChapelTheatre,Hill.
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Software Engineer III
Software Engineer III, F/T at Truist (Raleigh, NC) Deliver highly complex solutions w/ significant system linkages, dependencies, associated risk. Lead & perform dvlpmt efforts such as analysis, dsgn, coding/creating, & testing. Oversee & participate in testing, implmtn, maintenance, & escalated support of Truist’s most complex solutions. Dvlpmt incl but is not limited to customized coding, s/ ware integration, analysis, configuring solutions, or the use of tools pertinent to the area, project, or system to configure or generate a solution. Must have Bach’s deg in Comp Sci, Comp Engg, MIS, or related tech’l field. Must have 6 yrs of progressive exp in s/ware engg or IT Consulting positions performing the following: applying in-depth knowl in info systems & understanding of key business processes & competitive strategies related to the IT function to identify, apply, & implmt IT best practices; applying broad functional knowl in reqmt gathering, analy sis, dsgn, dvlpmt, testing, implmtn, & deployment of appli cations; planning & managing projects & solving complex problems by applying best practice; providing direction & mentoring less exp’d teammates; & utilizing exp w/: Micro Services architecture; AWS; SOAP & REST API; Eclipse, SOAPUI, Postman; ALM; Visio; Shell Scripting; Open API & service architectures; GIT; Windows SQL server; Java, Spring & Struts; Oracle, RedShift; JMeter, SOAP Sonar; Docker, AWS ECS technology; Splunk; & DevOps CICD Pipeline. Email resume w/ cvr ltr to: Paige.Whitesell@ Truist.com (Ref. Job No. R0065439)
Corporate Counsel insightsoftware (Raleigh, NC) to be resp. for serving as Lead Corporate Counsel for all M&A activity, incl. rvwng non-disclosure agrmnts/confidentiality agrmnts, compiling materials for disclosure schedules, rvwng SPA drafts, & rvwng diligence materials. Leading Co. legal intgrtn upon close of acqstns. Serving as Lead Corporate Counsel w/ legal entity rationalization, incl. estblshng processes, & drafting, rvwng, & compiling legal dcmnts. Mngng the Co’s intlctl property portfolio, incl. all patents & trade marks, & mngng external counsel’s activity for intlctl property renewals. Mngng the Co’s insurance program, incl. COI requests, policy questions, & renewals of policies. J.D. degree & be admitted to practice law in any state. Must know (through academic training or work experi ence) rvwng contracts to identify provisions of interest, changes in contracts, incorrect terms, & missing dcmnts, & applying contract mngmnt tools to manage & edit Co. contracts, non-disclosure agrmnts, & data processing agrmnts, incl. ensuring cmplnc w/domestic & intrntnl regs such as the EU GDPR. May work from home. Send resume via U.S. mail to Office of General Counsel, insightsoftware. com, 8529 Six Forks Road #400, Raleigh, NC 27615
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