INDY Week

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[Sarah Edwards @eddy_sarah]

Our summer culture intern wrote this profile after chancing upon the class in a park near her home, and ended up attending several dance classes - extremely joyful piece, I loved working with her on it.

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The number of new federal grants has declined noticeably. In 2025, the National Institutes of Health gave out 25% fewer new grants than it did in 2024, and it’s behind that pace for 2026. https://t.co/uB5j89jm7T

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A conversation with Valerie Hillings, whose eight-year tenure as director of the North Carolina Museum of Art drew to a close on August 31. https://t.co/loDhPHh1LV

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The Cary Town Council plans to adopt a new decorum policy clarifying what speakers and audience members can and cannot do during town meetings. https://t.co/f7YiFyJgwb

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State law and the First Amendment allow towns to make their own rules for public comment, with some important caveats. https://t.co/6mA7CXzCPs

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"I very much enjoyed most of Lena Geller’s musings about our local fantastic Cosmic Cantina but leaving out any mention of the wondrously explosive green jalapeño sauce was a bit like writing about the Chelsea Cinema and not mentioning their small screens" https://t.co/EsXr7UL6KT

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A community garden on Swift Avenue has grown hundreds of pounds of fresh food and helped to seed a fragile alliance between Duke and its neighbors. A demolition next door threatened both.
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Gales’ #GetFitWithMeeks class remains a staple at Spring Forest Road Park, amassing crowds of strangers and pedestrians line dancing to soul and hip hop. https://t.co/EiojarLRNY

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“For me, it has always been about trying to balance the whimsy and the fun of learning with things that are heavier and harder to digest and are often more complicated than a zine can really even convey,” Graywill said. https://t.co/A1nxn16nMn

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Local governments across the state have passed temporary bans on new data center construction. Unlike Durham County, home to part of the Research Triangle Park, most don’t have data centers.
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“You can’t really think of bluegrass in its recorded music without thinking of Sugar Hill,” said acclaimed mandolinist Sierra Hull, 34. “It’s been a pivotal, pivotal part of the history.” https://t.co/EmTaqCvvak

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While many universities avoided Trump's biggest cuts to research funding, the pipeline for new grants has shrunk. https://t.co/Qtlti84zcF

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Features on Boardinghouse Arts, the Hayti Heritage Center, and Hyperlocal zines—plus, local exhibits, performances, and festivals to bookmark this fall. https://t.co/gXas8PfGE6

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The DIY booklets encourage readers to engage more deeply with the city around them—offering illustrated guides for how to safely bike, explore local history and ecology, or even find a good spot to cry. https://t.co/g0m8qHbtct

[Sarah Edwards @eddy_sarah]

I wrote about the Hayti Heritage Center, long a cultural and spiritual anchor in Durham, as it looks to a 2029 international event that could have a dramatic effect on the neighborhood (for @indyweek) https://t.co/HOe5rZtRIx

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Local library employees say the entire country faces this issue, but North Carolina’s booming population and the growing number of library patrons in the state make it especially challenging. https://t.co/tzfRLukSBi

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And other things our readers told us.
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También en Español https://t.co/IcPOFOdvlf

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Residents of the former Cary mobile home community largely secured new housing, but some are paying much more in rent, had to move far away, or are dealing with disruptions to work, school, and child care.
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Residentes de la ex comunidad de casas móviles en Cary han en gran parte asegurado nuevas viviendas, pero algunos están pagando mucho más en alquiler, han tenido que mudarse lejos o otros están lidiando con interrupciones en el trabajo, la escuela y el c… https://t.co/d9EMMEj6vn