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 “Life in Durham”
The Union soldiers had come down Old Oxford Road, chasing Confederate soldiers out of Stagville Plantation. They arrived at Stagville’s Horton Grove, which at the…
The Greensboro sit-in of 1960 is famous, celebrated in museums and history books. Yet three years earlier, a group of seven young activists sparked the…
After narrowly escaping demolition, a building that played an important role in Durham’s African-American history is getting a new lease on life. The red-brick structure…
Sherron Road. Doc Nichols Road. Baptist Road. Olive Branch Road. These roads run through southeast Durham, connecting small townships and farms, overhung by pine branches.…
With its skating rink, go-karts, mini-golf and a snack bar, Wheels Family Fun Park was once among Durham’s most popular venues for parties and community-building…
The world can be a bleak place (see politics). Even Cosmic Cantina — home of what is truly “The Best Mexican Food On The Planet”…
The day was hot, sunny and humid, but that didn’t stop hundreds of people from attending the 52nd Bimbé Cultural Arts Festival in Durham last Saturday,…
There’s a mini-fridge in a front yard on Shepherd Street. At first glance, it looks like the Whirlpool has lost its life to the vicious…
I’ve long believed that browsing through someone’s bedside pile of books — the stack that they are “going to get to” — is more revealing…