From 1918 to 1924, photographs of people and their surroundings were made at State Hospital, Goldsboro, North Carolina’s African American asylum. The Hungry River Collective is a community of care exploring how to care for the people in the pictures. Our work is to raise awareness and advocate for loving outcomes; our hope is that a lasting, loving family and community circle come together around them. Learn more.

Founded by dancer and choreographer Gerri Houlihan, the Big Red Dance Project is a non-profit collective of adults expanding the notion of who can dance through performance and outreach.  Our vision is to create opportunities for mature dancers to share the joy and benefits of modern dance with people of all ages.  With dancers ranging in age from 35-73 and beyond, the group focuses on rediscovering dance at an older age.  Big Red Dance Project presents an annual series of performances in May of each year.  The Community Outreach program includes community workshops and performances.  The Outreach Program was developed to extend Big Red Dance Project's mission beyond professional stage performances, directly interacting within senior community settings.

"What I have discovered since I began the Big Red Dance Project, is that more mature dancers have an enormous amount to contribute, not just to the art form, but to the way older adults are perceived in our society.  Their commitment to our work embodies courage, passion and a determination to remain relevant artists in our field." -- Gerri Houlihan

Sleepy Fest provides a platform for emerging North Carolina-based artists, creates opportunities for our community to connect, and helps raise the funds we rely on to stay in operation. Furthermore, as in the past two years, we intend to use Sleepy Fest to elevate the social justice work that is already happening around us, as well as the kind of thoughtful work we hope to encourage moving forward - including but not limited to racial and environmental justice, anti-colonial/imperialist organizing and discourse, and queer representation/platforming.

Through its Moodboard Series, workshops and Blends with Friends events, Party Illegal supports the artists and art of electronic music in the Triangle.