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Billman, Jeffrey C.; Fine, Kenneth; Hellerstein, Erica; Pitstick, Hannah

Thousands of people gathered in Raleigh, North Carolina to protest the inauguration of President Donald Trump. This issue of Indy Week presents stories about this burgeoning movement, from the inauguration protests to the women’s marches.

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 2, Jan 2017, p15-21, il, por Periodical Website

Social movements; Trump, Donald, 1946-

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Pitstick, Hannah

The Makery and Mercury Studio have long collaborated, with the Makery selling local makers' wares on one side and Mercury providing a homey co-working space on the other. The two businesses merged into The Mothership, aiming to foster more public engagement with the co-working community, and combine their strengths in a volatile development climate.

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 11, March 2017, p19-20, por Periodical Website

Businesses; Businesspeople

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Amos Gaynes experienced an unexpected spiritual awakening in the middle of a field outside Asheville in 1999. At Durham’s Moogfest, Gaynes will speak about musical technology and ritual in twenty-first-century shamanistic practice. As Gaynes explains it, a well-planned dance party can be akin to a shamanistic ritual, with potential benefits to mind, body, and spirit.

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 18, May 2017, p15-16, por Periodical Website

Music festivals--Durham; Spiritualism

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Pitstick, Hannah

In 2016, a new public television series called Reel South will air on UNC-TV and other public channels across the South. The series is a collaboration between UNC-TV, the Southern Documentary Fund, and South Carolina Educational Television and includes documentaries about the American South, not just North Carolina.

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 2, January 2016, p23, por Periodical Website

University of North Carolina Television Network; Public television--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Documentary films; North Carolina--Social conditions

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Pitstick, Hannah

Neil Harbisson is a cyborg activist who had a Wi-Fi enabled antenna osseointegrated into his skull. It allows the colorblind artist to hear the light frequencies of color, from visible to ultraviolet and infrared. Harbisson will speak about this controversial issue in Durham this weekend.

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 20, May 2016, p26-27, por Periodical Website

Biotechnology

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Pitstick, Hannah

Christine Newton Bush of Boone, North Carolina came out as a transgender woman to her family in 2004, and her sister Diana has been documenting the family’s evolution since then. The documentary, The Ties That Bind, covers the family’s tense discourse and growing acceptance of Christine. The documentary premiers at the Cucalorus Film Festival in Wilmington in November.

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 28, July 2016, p27-28, por Periodical Website

Documentary films; Transgender people

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Pitstick, Hannah

Tara Dunsmore was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 and underwent a double mastectomy. After her breast reconstruction, Dunsmore trained in advanced 3-D areola tattooing and founded Pink Ink Tattoo in Raleigh. Now she performs realistic-looking areola tattoos on breast cancer survivors from across the country.

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 32, August 2016, p13-14, il Periodical Website

Tattoo artists; Tattooing; Breast--Cancer

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Pitstick, Hannah

A time capsule from 1966 was opened at The Scrap Exchange, a pioneering creative reuse center located in the former Center Theater building in Durham. The time capsule contained items such as film reels, photos, news articles, and a list of people who buried the time capsule.

Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 33 Issue 49, Dec 2016, p23-25, por Periodical Website

Art centers--North Carolina