15 Minutes Archives - INDY Week https://indyweek.com/category/firstperson/15-minutes/ Wed, 22 May 2024 22:13:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://indyweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/cropped-2023-INDYlogo-whiteonblack-sml-sq-32x32.png 15 Minutes Archives - INDY Week https://indyweek.com/category/firstperson/15-minutes/ 32 32 214226721 15 Minutes: Serena Kaylor, Author and Physician’s Assistant https://indyweek.com/news/15-minutes-serena-kaylor-author-and-physicians-assistant/ Thu, 16 May 2024 14:44:16 +0000 https://indyweek.com/?p=261621 Originally from southeastern North Carolina, Kaylor's new book, "The Calculation of You and Me," will be released on June 18. ]]>

Originally from southeastern North Carolina, Kaylor's new book, "The Calculation of You and Me," will be released on June 18.

]]> 261621 15 Minutes: Artist Nyssa Collins https://indyweek.com/news/15-minutes-artist-nyssa-collins/ Sun, 21 Apr 2024 07:00:00 +0000 https://indyweek.com/?p=257929 In March, Collins unveiled Rubbish the Raccoon, a seven-foot-tall sculpture at West Franklin Street Plaza commissioned by the Town of Chapel Hill for Earth Day]]>

In March, Collins unveiled Rubbish the Raccoon, a seven-foot-tall sculpture at West Franklin Street Plaza commissioned by the Town of Chapel Hill for Earth Day

]]> 257929 Brood XIX Cicadas Are Preparing to Make the Ascent of a Lifetime https://indyweek.com/news/brood-19-cicadas-are-preparing-to-make-the-ascent-of-a-lifetime/ Wed, 17 Apr 2024 09:30:00 +0000 https://indyweek.com/?p=257611 Ahead of the upcoming emergence, the INDY spoke with NC State professor of entomology Clyde Sorenson to learn more.]]>

Ahead of the upcoming emergence, the INDY spoke with NC State professor of entomology Clyde Sorenson to learn more.

]]> 257611 15 Minutes: Elena Paces-Wiles, 2024 NC High School Journalist of the Year https://indyweek.com/news/15-minutes-elena-paces-wiles-2024-nc-high-school-journalist-of-the-year/ Wed, 20 Mar 2024 10:00:00 +0000 https://indyweek.com/?p=256355 Elena Paces-Wiles is a senior and coeditor of the Riverside High School student newspaper, The Pirates’ Hook. ]]>

Elena Paces-Wiles is a senior and coeditor of the Riverside High School student newspaper, The Pirates’ Hook.

]]> 256355 15 Minutes: Kevin “Rowdy” Rowsey II, Executive Director of Blackspace in Durham https://indyweek.com/firstperson/15-minutes/15-minutes-kevin-rowdy-rowsey-ii-executive-director-of-blackspace-in-durham/ Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:17:14 +0000 https://indyweek.com/?p=242479 Blackspace will hold a family-oriented Black History Month event at the Duke Nasher Museum of Art this Sunday, February 11, from 1 to 3 p.m.]]>

Blackspace will hold a family-oriented Black History Month event at the Duke Nasher Museum of Art this Sunday, February 11, from 1 to 3 p.m.

]]> 242479 15 Minutes: Khalisa Rae https://indyweek.com/news/15-minutes-khalisa-rae/ Sat, 04 Nov 2023 14:15:00 +0000 https://indyweek.com/?p=236619 Khalisa Rae, co-founder of the Griot & Grey Owl Black Southern Writer's Conference.]]>

Khalisa Rae, co-founder of the Griot & Grey Owl Black Southern Writer's Conference.

]]> 236619 15 Minutes: Aaron Azcona, 14 https://indyweek.com/news/15-minutes-aaron-azcona-14/ Wed, 18 Oct 2023 10:10:00 +0000 https://indyweek.com/?p=235939 Apex student who received the Outstanding Dominican Students Abroad award from the government of the Dominican Republic]]>

Apex student who received the Outstanding Dominican Students Abroad award from the government of the Dominican Republic

]]> 235939 15 Minutes: Marcella Thompson, 68 https://indyweek.com/news/15-minutes-marcella-thompson-68/ Wed, 04 Oct 2023 10:10:00 +0000 https://indyweek.com/?p=235673 Vaccination clinic organizer and founder of the Mustard Seed Project. ]]>

Vaccination clinic organizer and founder of the Mustard Seed Project.

]]> 235673 15 Minutes: Rebecca Feinglos https://indyweek.com/news/15-minutes-rebecca-feinglos/ Wed, 20 Sep 2023 09:10:00 +0000 https://indyweek.com/?p=235336 Former NC government worker, certified grief support specialist, and founder of Grieve Leave, a grief support group for millennials and Gen Z]]>

Former NC government worker, certified grief support specialist, and founder of Grieve Leave, a grief support group for millennials and Gen Z

]]> 235336 15 Minutes: Leo Egger https://indyweek.com/news/15-minutes-leo-egger/ Wed, 06 Sep 2023 09:10:00 +0000 https://indyweek.com/?p=235088 Founding artistic director of the Eno River Players who directed and orchestrated a tour of "Dead Souls" this summer]]>

Founding artistic director of the Eno River Players who directed and orchestrated a tour of "Dead Souls" this summer

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