—Arshia Simkin, The Underline Ryan Rakouskas is a junior at Cedar Ridge High School in Hillsborough. His burgeoning sculptures of nature and media-inspired metal works range from spiders; fish, including… Read More →
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North Carolina’s Poet Laureate Jaki Shelton Green moves from poetry to music
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Orange County resident Jaki Shelton Green has been busy the past five years as North Carolina’s Poet Laureate, putting on programs, teaching workshops and reading… Read More →
Anise Vance’s Debut Novel Hush Harbor Grapples with Questions of Race and Sacrifice
—Arshia Simkin, The Underline The blurb for local author Anise Vance’s debut novel, Hush Harbor, asks a provocative question: “What would you sacrifice in the name of justice?” The novel,… Read More →
The Eye-Catching Designs of New South Pattern House
—Arshia Simkin, The Underline Katie Hayes is the founder of New South Pattern House, an art and design studio, based in Hillsborough, NC. Her specialty is block printing, a technique… Read More →
Mipso: Introducing their new album, Book of Fools
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline In the decade since forming as a bluegrass-adjacent folk group at UNC-Chapel Hill, Mipso has become a local institution as well as a reliable quality… Read More →
