On a chilly Saturday morning, Djamila Bakour ties together clusters of white, gold, and pale green balloons to adorn the concrete facade of a shopping…
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Eleven years ago, Derek Forrest tasted mead for the first time at a renaissance fair. The alcohol made from honey, which tastes more like wine…
They have known each other for more than 50 years. They grew up together but went their separate ways, only to reconnect a few years…
It is the first Friday of the month at Durham’s Arthur Murray Dance Studio – Salsa Social night – and couples are twirling and prancing…
On Saturday, a handful of volunteers in matching blue tee-shirts hike through winding trails. They arrive in pairs at a five-acre patch of lush green…
At 10:30 a.m. on July 24, the quiet of Westover Park was broken by the sound of bike chains churning. Cyclist after cyclist began to…
Since before he knew what a typewriter was, Chris Vitiello had a way with words. As a child, the poet and communications strategist dictated poems…
On April 22, a cryptic Craigslist advertisement titled “Durham FREE Historic Houses (10) YOU MOVE: Act fast!” rattled Durham Facebook groups and email inboxes. Local…
It’s 97 degrees, and at Forest Hills Park, children sprint up the playground stairs and chase each other down the slides. “Tag, you’re it!” they…
When DJ Rogers was 9, he could not read fluently. Rogers’ ADHD made it nearly impossible to get through long texts, his attention span waning…