When you arrive at 515 W Pettigrew St., you’re greeted by a glass building brought to life by the constant stream of travelers flowing in…
9th Street Journal
While most of my friends spent Halloween at costume parties or trick-or-treating, I was at the Durham County Courthouse listening to the opening statements of…
Traveling north up Guess Road, the darkness of the trees and fleeting houses is broken up suddenly by flashing lights. On the right side of…
To Marcus Hall, the time a client spends in his barber chair is sacred. A haircut is a ritual, a relationship between barber and client.…
The first question for Revenge Tour was easy: Why did they want revenge? “Last year, we suffered incredible heartbreak, and we haven’t forgotten about it,”…
On the last night in November, the smell of mint hot chocolate wafts through downtown Durham, and the distant ringing of bells carries on the…
At 618 Foster Street, around the corner from Motorco Music Hall, stands a brick building whose side is covered with a scene straight out of…
It is a Wednesday afternoon in October in suite 4700—the Durham County Public Defender’s Office. A woman sits in the corridor, Face-timing a friend. Minutes…
Ping! The silver pinball ricochets off a triceratops’s horns. Ping! It bounces back with the flick of a stegosaurus’s tail. Ping! The ball rebounds off…
Kellie Smith wants to spend the holidays with her children. “I missed my kids having their first steps, them crawling for the first time, them…







