Cars zip past the small sidewalk, blurs of metal and exhaust. Pedestrians run across streets, and sidewalks appear to be an afterthought. Five lanes of…
9th Street Journal
The summer weather is heating up, and so is development of Durham School of the Arts’ new campus in North Durham. In a June 9…
Sports Illustrated and Rotten Tomatoes (and many film critics) call it the best sports movie of all time. It’s got highly quotable characters, hilarious scenes…
BY Sevana Wenn and Maddie Wray At first glance, an environmental activist, a Native American artisan, and a clogging Spanish professor may not seem to…
Browning banana peels, decaying fishbones, crumbling pizza crusts. These ingredients may not seem appetizing to most, but to seedlings hungry for fertile soil, they’re the…
Oval Drive Park is quiet in the early morning sun on July Fourth. The north half of the park spans the block between West Club…
A cluster of bee-curious adults and children lick luscious drops of golden honey off their knuckles. At a craft table nearby, crowds of young kids—dressed…
Anna Pauline “Pauli” Murray wore many robes. Murray was an activist—a poet-turned-lawyer-turned-priest. She was a Durhamite—a child who grew up wandering the West End. She…
In the 20 years since Archie Smith III took over as Durham County Clerk of the Superior Court, he has seen much change. The Durham…
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…