The crowd gathered around the circle of canvases, quieting as the countdown began. “Five!” the host shouted. An older gentleman dressed in a frog onesie…
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There are vanishingly few places today with a dress code that requires, rather than prohibits, an exorbitant amount of sparkle. During last Friday’s premiere of…
It’s Tuesday evening at the Velvet Hippo’s rooftop bar. From the wooded deck, a few dozen hipster bargoers admire a picture-perfect view of downtown Durham:…
At the edge of Duke Park, families unfold their lawn chairs as a warm June sun steams off the morning rain. Local singer Juliana Finch…
Every Tuesday night, up a creaky, sticker-covered staircase surrounded by black walls, you’ll find a dive bar lit by red-bulb chandeliers, the cartoon “Adventure Time”…
On a recent Tuesday night, on the center patio of Ponysaurus, a woman in a magenta tennis outfit juggles a pilsner in one hand and…
Rodney Medley stood framed by three tables stacked with jars of honey, amber and prismatic like a honeycomb. “They call me the ‘Halchemist’,” he said,…
On a Saturday night in early May, a grown man, known as “Pink Pony Clubber,” descends into the basement of Common Market, brushes past the…
Jax, a stately Italian shepherd, pranced down the Chapel Hill Street sidewalk past Pizzeria Toro. A sign hung off his harness, contrasting against his ivory…
Charlie Armitage, 23, pulled her car up on Wannamaker Drive at Duke University on a breezy Tuesday night. A pale pink, green and blue rosary…