The sunset is hazy above the downtown skyline, and the heat still beats down on the asphalt street. The humidity isn’t choking, as it usually…
Posts published in “A Durham Moment”
Like any North Carolina barbecue connoisseur, Nelson Lee has a strong opinion on the eastern versus western-style debate. “Eastern,” he says without hesitation, raising his…
Three pounds of white and black fluff rests on Megan’s chest. Her pink nose hides until she turns around, ears raised, and opens her eyes,…
Story by Ana Young, photos by Maddie Wray At Camp Bushy Valley, the word “camp” is an understatement. A Victorian beaver — in a red…
Story by Nicole Kagan, photos by Kulsoom Rizavi Major the Bull, a 10-foot, 2,500-pound, bronze statue who watches over downtown Durham from his brick pedestal,…
January means many things – the start of a new year, the sight of discarded Christmas trees and lists of resolutions about what’s ahead. But…
Wool E. Bull stood in the back of a truck, holding a drum of sorts and waving emphatically as his chariot rounded the corner of…
After worshippers climb stairs to the fourth floor of the Science Drive Garage, they arrange folding chairs six feet apart. Choir members sing “Create a…
On Monday afternoon, in the sweltering heat, hundreds of people — many of them low-wage and frontline workers during the pandemic — gathered in front…
After a week of protests against police killings of black people, Durham activist Skip Gibbs and several other members of the grassroots organization Other America…