Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
Search Results
53 results
for "Howe, Brian"
Record #:
27731
Author(s):
Abstract:
Duke’s Paul Henne gives philosophy to the masses through short animated videos. The Ph.D candidate is the associate director and chief animator of Wireless Philosophy. Henne produces brief recorded lectures on topics from philosophy intended to provide everyone with equal access to analytical tools.
Source:
Subject(s):
Record #:
23189
Author(s):
Abstract:
Full Frame, a documentary film festival, lasts four days and celebrates nonfiction filmmaking and documentarians. Marshall Curry was this year's honoree of the Tribute Program.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
28779
Author(s):
Abstract:
Warren Hicks and Jeff Bell are Chapel Hill artists and producers of the new podcast, Don’t You Lie to Me. The podcast explores personalities from the artist community through unscripted dialogues, and aims to illuminate all levels of the art world.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
27701
Author(s):
Abstract:
Celisa Steele is looking to raise the community profile and diversify the lineup for the 9th annual West End Poetry Festival. Steele is Carrboro’s poet laureate and is looking for new programming and opportunities to get the local public involved in the festival. The festival focuses on poets with North Carolina roots, writing traditional poetry.
Source:
Subject(s):
Record #:
27675
Author(s):
Abstract:
Horse & Buggy Press in Durham combines the oldest and latest printing techniques in unique books. Founder Dave Wofford started the press in 1996 and creates books that are entirely hand-printed, entirely machine-printed or a hybrid of the two. He collaborates closely with authors to create small runs of books that are self-published and allow for more artistic freedom in the printed book through images, the paper, the type, and the layout.
Source:
Subject(s):
Record #:
24422
Author(s):
Abstract:
An incident during the NC Pride Parade in September 2015 brought to light the discrimination of black people who identify as LGBTQ. Laila Nur claims that a Pride affiliate assaulted her while she was speaking during the parade. Nur and others marched in support of the Black Lives Matter movement, but the forcible silencing of Nur reveals fractures in the LGBTQ community.
Source:
Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 32 Issue 43, October 2015,
p22-24, il, por
Periodical Website
Full Text:
Record #:
27178
Author(s):
Abstract:
The Carrack Modern Art gallery moved to the Torus Building, a new space in downtown Durham. Celebrating its fifth anniversary, the Carrack welcomes musicians, filmmakers, poets, and dancers. Their mission is to connect artists, particularly marginalized and emerging ones, with social and financial support.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
28795
Author(s):
Abstract:
The Triangle’s local arts scene experienced a year of controversy, transitions, and new beginnings in 2016. The Durham Artists Movement was awarded for creating a safe space for marginalized artists, and local festivals held shows in light of the presidential election and contentious local legislation.
Source:
Full Text:
Record #:
27202
Author(s):
Abstract:
Culture Mill is a well-established force in the Triangle’s artistic life, whether presenting dance shows at the Carrack in Durham or Trust the Bus in Saxapahaw. They have hosted and collaborated with a number of international independent artists. This weekend, Culture Mill is featuring an Australian dance company performing in the Trust the Bus series.
Source:
Full Text:
Record #:
27244
Author(s):
Abstract:
Adam O’Fallon Price is the former bassist for The Mayflies USA, a power pop band in Chapel Hill that earned national notices in the late nineties. Now Price debuts as a novelist, drawing on his band experience with some authorial sleight of hand. The Grand Tour is a book about a washed-up fiction writer who gets a second wind from a Vietnam War memoir and a fan he meets on his book tour.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
20271
Author(s):
Abstract:
Shawn and Karen Galvin have received a 2013 Indies Arts Award for New Music Raleigh, which promotes living composers and uses modern music as a conduit back to classical.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
24837
Author(s):
Abstract:
Originally from Florida, Brendan and Jeremy Smyth came to Durham in 2013 under the impression that the city had a thriving experimental film community. When they arrived, they realized they were mistaken, but took advantage of the situation and started their microcinema, calling it Unexposed. Their series has changed the local and national state of contemporary experimental film and now the brothers hope to make their art form accessible to all.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
19283
Author(s):
Abstract:
Seventeen acres of deserted farmland outside of Raleigh have been reclaimed in a new entertainment venture. Michael Tiemann is building Manifold Recording Studio, a new, high-tech facility for music and video production. His goal is to attract state and national artists to his Frank Lloyd Wright inspired facility to collaborate, record, and engineer experiences.
Source:
Subject(s):
Full Text:
Record #:
28434
Author(s):
Abstract:
Travis Smith, Mary Hennessy, and Kelly Jones are all winners of the 2015 Indy Poetry Contest. Each authors’ winning poem, an interview with them, and notes on their poems by the contests’ judge, Ross White, are included.
Source:
Record #:
28803
Author(s):
Abstract:
The Durham Artists Movement is a safe space and a strong voice for marginalized artists. Saba Taj and Catherine Edgerton have helped guide the movement through a transformative six-month stay in the former Carrack Modern Art space.
Source:
Full Text: