Happy to announce the 2026 Saturdays in Saxapahaw lineup!! 🦢 Please help us keep this festival FREE: bit.ly/SaturdaysInS... 18 amazing Saturdays full of music, local farmers and makers, a slipnslide, bubbles, food trucks and happiness!!! It all kicks off on May 2 with Haw River Festival!

Taking it in.

Trump Administration to Music Fans: Just Kidding About Coming to Save You www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/o...

Thank you Amy

Spring

Gaza’s Sick And Wounded Await a Lifeline in Rafah www.nytimes.com/video/world/...

Seeing these signs all over North Carolina as I drive home feels inordinately good…….. #abolishice

We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.

They Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/24/b...

Solstice Sunsets

Here are a few press pieces on the activities. www.motherjones.com/politics/202... truthout.org/articles/sur... insideclimatenews.org/news/1512202...

DC

In DC with 80 inspiring leaders from all over the US who are natural disaster survivors and organizers. Heartbreaking, moving, & powerful stories told today & so much strength, grief, determination, organizing power and energy. The fate of FEMA & disaster survivors is being decided right now in D.C.

Heading to DC this week w/ 80+ climate disaster organizers & survivors from all over the US to speak with our representatives about FEMA, disaster relief, strategic future planning for “natural” disasters & support for those impacted, especially the most vulnerable. indyweek.com/news/culture...

“As three immigrants claim Nobel Prizes in science for the United States this year, experts warn that immigration crackdowns could undo American innovation.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...

Got to see the swearing in of Chelsea Dickey the new mayor of Graham,NC tonight who won in a big way - very inspiring —and I’m very proud as my daughter was her Campaign Manager - what a great win for the future ❤️ we need young people in office - support them!

#Raleigh tonight after a day on safety patrol - follow Siembra NC for information and ways to help keep our neighbors, colleagues, families and friends supported.

‼️Today ICE comes to the NC Triangle To report activity &/or request support, call Siembra NC’s hotline: 📞 336-543-0352 It’s a 1st line of contact for collective fights & resources for our community Please share indyweek.com/news/northca... Siembra NC Hotline: www.siembranc.org/la-migra-hot...

LISTEN to this —> “We Followed the Rules. ICE Jailed Us Anyway.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/o...

Border Patrol Fans Out Across Charlotte, N.C., Arresting 81 People on First Day www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/u...

“If you stand for the truth and for learning and all the virtues of a serious education and an examined life and you believe in the idea of justice, you have to act.” - Leon Botstein, Bard College. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n...

Watching Mamdani's victory speech, I'm struck by his—and his campaign's—unabashed vision of the US as an immigrant society, a culture built from the ground up from diversity. It is a complete rejection and reversal of the search for a white-washed homogeneity that the political right projects.

SO PROUD OF OUR DAUGHTER Hadden who headed up the campaign for Chelsea Dickey for Mayor of Graham -who just WON!!!!!!!!!! Thrilled at all the wins in Alamance tonight and NJ, VA, NYC etc !!!!!! #HOPE !! Congratulations Chelsea and team❗️#proudmama

More from this beautiful music weekend in Saxapahaw at @hawriverballroom.com

For Shame, North Carolina. For Shame. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/o...

Great shows this weekend @hawriverballroom.com @saxapahaw.bsky.social with SG Goodman, Fust and Jensen McRae

How Politics Is Changing the Way History Is Taught www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/u...

No Kings march Durham

Beautiful day at #nokings w/ thousands of people standing together for a country we love & want to believe in - w liberty & justice for all! Thank you @revdrbarber for your inspiring words & thank you to people all over the world for coming together to stand up- vote in those midterms people ❤️

North Carolina’s Gerrymandering Republicans Plan to Redraw our Congressional Map to add a Seat and try to make your vote moot. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/u...

Sleepyfest in Saxapahaw this weekend - such a great time. ❤️

The 2025 Nobel Peace Prize goes to Maria Corina Machado for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela & for her struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy. @nobelprize 📸Adriana Loureiro Fernandez for The New York Times

'When authoritarians seize power, it is crucial to recognize courageous defenders of freedom who rise and resist,' the Norwegian Nobel Committee said as it announced Maria Corina Machado as the winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize

Congratulations to Maria Corina Machado, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize - her incredible optimism has already changed her country. I spoke to her, and wrote about her, at the beginning of this year: www.theatlantic.com/internationa...

What’s amazing about this is that it’s not activists, it’s random people in the street, dudes in trucks. They know who the villain is. I think MAGA has a bigger problem here than they realize

Beautiful day in Saxapahaw .

The @hawriverballroom.com this week

Thank you Women’s Resource Center of Alamance County for incl. me in the Founder’s Awards group amongst strong women pouring their hearts, souls, smarts &kindness into their communities &highlighting the bravery &resilience of women helping others manifest their dreams &support wild creativity!

BREAKING: Just hours before the fiscal year ended, a federal judge in R.I. has ordered the Trump administration to preserve $233 million in FEMA funds it attempted to abruptly steer away from 8 blue states. Without that order, the states would've lost the money at midnight.

Stereolab at @hawriverballroom.com ❤️

Painful to see what is happening today at the UN General Assembly. - the only joy is reading @sominisengupta.bsky.social accuracy retorts in @nytimes.com live coverage re climate change.

Anne Erin Clark aka St. Vincent. Haw River Ballroom. 2014(ish)

Happy Monday What an astounding Stereolab show last night @hawriverballroom.com, the former Dye House in historic Saxapahaw, one of the finest music venues in the US—Lætitia Sadier said it was “a special place” (true!) They drew on their 33-year back catalog Congrats @heatherlagarde.bsky.social

Just finished the 20th season of Saturdays in Saxapahaw ❤️🦢❤️ 18 weeks of free shows each summer for 20 years = 360 bands, 250,000 audience members, 700 food truck visits, a million bubbles and smiles - community time together where all are welcome ❤️ feels good #swaneconomy

Kayaking the Haw River tonight in @saxapahaw.bsky.social

Scientists Denounce Trump Administration’s Climate Report www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/c...