As Rebecca Newton prepares to end her short tenure leading the Carolina Theatre of Durham, she is satisfied with what she accomplished for the downtown…
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By Cameron Oglesby and Kathleen Hobson Ask random people to compare tap water from Durham and Chapel Hill and expect results as clear as mud.…
A familiar sign on the gallery that helped ignite downtown Durham’s arts scene is gone. What was once Pleiades Gallery is now 5 Points Gallery.…
Growing up, I always believed it was disrespectful to walk across graves. At Geer Cemetery, it’s impossible to avoid. Geer is one of Durham’s oldest…
If you’re a yuppie, or soon-to-be yuppie, on Facebook in Durham, it’s hard to escape the somewhat mysterious advertisements for something called Union Member House.…
During a recent visit to Cocoa Cinnamon’s Geer Street cafe for my customary rose petal-garnished latte, a woman came in, got in line, and after…
“How in the hell does anyone believe a story like this?” C.P. Ellis asks in “An Unlikely Friendship,” Diane Bloom’s 2003 documentary in which he…
Hidden on a quiet suburban road in north Durham is a white brick house with bright blue shutters. The open garage reveals a matching blue…
Just southeast of Duke University winds Chapel Hill Road, a street lined with sprawling Maplewood Cemetery, many faded pastel homes and one single-story house that…
A new film that celebrates a pivotal event in Durham’s history has an important asterisk: It wasn’t filmed in Durham. Set to hit theaters nationwide…