INDY Week

With county commissioners set to vote on a budget early next month, the Durham Association of Educators is pushing the board to fund a minimum wage increase. ift.tt/F6W8AZx

Local exhibitions this summer explore flight, work from Black Mountain College, and the West writ large, among other things. ift.tt/KiUfFPX

The rare move comes a year after the board delayed dozens of votes to confer tenure, sparking outcry from faculty. ift.tt/CKIv1AF

Hearing Jazz and Seeing Art the Fred Joiner Way, With a Poetry Debut 50 Years in the Making “The Mirror in Our Music,” a new collection by former Carrboro Poet Laureate Fred Joiner, is rich in references to art, music, and collaboration. indyweek.com/news/culture/f… | @indyweek

Preparing work for her first group show at a major museum, just as her tribe was finally receiving federal recognition, was an incredible moment for artist Karina McMillan. “I had no words,” she said. “We’ve been fighting for this for such a long time.” indyweek.com/news/culture/i…

Hearing Jazz and Seeing Art the Fred Joiner Way, With a Poetry Debut 50 Years in the Making “The Mirror in Our Music,” a new collection by former Carrboro Poet Laureate Fred Joiner, is rich in references to art, music, and collaboration. indyweek.com/news/culture/f… | @indyweek

The Durham City Council is having early discussions about a slate of changes to municipal elections that could save money and reshape Durham politics. ift.tt/ACDpmMR

Made in 2024, “Dancing Queens” includes studio interviews with a dozen town staffers, b-roll from rehearsals, and several clips from Mamma Mia! the movie. This is one of the 12 internal videos about town projects and culture that Cary spent more than $330,000 on to produce.

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"The Mirror in Our Music," a new collection by former Carrboro Poet Laureate Fred Joiner, is rich in references to art, music, and collaboration. ift.tt/wKOY8SX

Including $5K for the rights to a Coldplay song and $10K for a video to be narrated by a PBS host indyweek.com/news/cary-vide…

UNC Health made an offer after learning Atrium had struck a merger deal with its Triangle neighbor. ift.tt/vdF4iX8

At the end of January 2025, there were 8,805 federal workers in Durham, Wake, and Orange counties. About half of them worked for the Veterans Health Administration. By the end of January 2026, that number had dropped 12%, to 7,752. indyweek.com/news/triangle-…

The small project is underway at Central Campus, with room for expansion. Its energy usage could complicate the university’s climate goals. ift.tt/uLZ3W59

How Cary Spent $330,000 on Videos Taxpayers Were Never Meant to See indyweek.com/news/cary-vide…

'Stories Told By Breath: Native American Voices in North Carolina' is on display at the Gregg Museum of Art & Design through September 26. ift.tt/ZYyhA5D

Hundreds of riders took to the streets to raise awareness for traffic safety during the national Ride of Silence as improvements to one of Durham’s most dangerous corridors for cyclists move forward. ift.tt/y86p3gL

For decades, K&W Cafeterias fed the South on familiarity and habit. Their closure marks the loss of more than a restaurant chain—it signals the erosion of a shared, middle-class dining culture. ift.tt/Ldp69iK

Lily King’s “Heart the Lover” commemorates three chums who bonded as students in Chapel Hill. With two of them departed, their friends recall an uncommon alliance that ended too soon. indyweek.com/news/culture/b…

“All of those people were people who had committed their lives to service." A Year After Federal Job Cuts, Workers in the Triangle Are Still Picking Up the Pieces indyweek.com/news/triangle-… by @abe_kenmore @indyweek. @AFGENational #1u