At the beginning of last year, the way forward for Joe Troop seemed clear. He and his Argentina-based “Latin Grass” band Che Apalache had a Grammy-nominated album out (produced by… Read More →
Artist Profiles
Orange Crush on The Digital Commons Festival
—article by Brian Howe The Commons, the four-weekend local performing-arts festival that just got underway at UNC’s Carolina Performing Arts, is unique in many ways. One is just a social-distance… Read More →
Artist of the Month: Designing for Process with Mike Tambashe
—Article by Emilie Menzel After talking to the wonderfully abstract thinker and local artist Mike Tambashe, one is pushed to think about design as a genre more broadly: design as a… Read More →
Down on Copperline: Musicians and Murals: Scott Nurkin and Libba Cotten
—Article by David Menconi Chapel Hill resident Scott Nurkin has always led something of a double life – rock-band drummer by night, mural painter by day. While he makes most… Read More →
Reclaiming Narratives: Soteria Shepperson, Emily Baxter, and the Our Lens, Our Voice Project
—Article by Emilie Menzel Soteria Shepperson and Emily Baxter understand the transformative power of putting language and visibility into action. They’ve both spent their lives helping others speak up and be… Read More →





