Amanda MacLaren

Amanda MacLaren is the executive editor of Durham Magazine. Born in Mesa, Arizona, she grew up in Charlotte and attended UNC-Chapel Hill, majoring in journalism. She’s lived in Durham for eight years. When she’s not at work, you can usually find her with a beer in hand at Fullsteam, Dain’s Place or Bull City Burger or getting takeout from Guasaca.

Intern with Us!

Durham Magazine and Chapel Hill Magazine are looking for a few spring semester editorial interns based out of our Chapel Hill office. Our interns don’t fetch coffee! An internship here is a relatively independent position and we definitely rely heavily on our interns. Interns work on assignments for both Chapel Hill Magazine and Durham Magazine […]

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Weekend Best Bets: Tricks, Treats and Trucks

Black Wall Street Homecoming – Thursday and Friday – Panels, lectures and networking opportunities for professionals, students, start-ups, venture capitalists, local business owners/investors and more. Coinciding with North Carolina Central University’s 2015 Homecoming, this event series is a commemoration of Durham’s historic Black Wall Street and a celebration of the entrepreneurial spirit that makes Durham great.

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Music at the Mall

The Durham Symphony Orchestra opened its 40th season at Northgate Mall’s Music on the Plaza fall series. The more than 65-member orchestra, led by Maestro William Henry Curry, performed works by Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa, Edvard Grieg, Duke Ellington, as well as a special tribute to Louis Armstrong, at the second annual Halloween Spooktacular

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Project Runway

Fashion for a Cause, hosted by Iris Oliver, Samantha Huntley and Kumasi Stallings at the Marriott Hotel in RTP, featured couture and emerging designers in a production that brought artistic communities together for a night of fashion, talent and fun. Designers RaSoul Amir and Juanica Thomas-Lashae kicked off the evening, followed by celebrity guest Timothy

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Weekend Best Bets: Beauties, Bulls and Beefsteak

Ian Millhiser – Thursday, 7pm – In Injustices: The Supreme Court’s History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted, the author explores how the Supreme Court has hurt everyday people and argues that the Supreme Court usurped power for itself that rightfully belongs to elected representatives, steering American history away from justice. The Regulator Bookshop, 720

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‘A Momentous Day’

The LGBTQ Center of Durham – the city’s first – held an official ribbon-cutting on Wed. Oct. 7 at its new home at 114 Hunt St. Devoted to serving the entire spectrum of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community, the center “has been a community effort that has spanned across the city, the

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Farm to Pub

Since early 1998 the James Joyce, Durham’s original Irish pub, has kept its authentic atmosphere, serving up Guinnesses and burgers and similar pub fare in a setting that’s dim, cozy, with dark hardwoods – a locale the bar’s namesake would probably have frequented. The décor of aged photos and books remains much the same as

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Fashion for Families

The sixth annual Urbaniak-Sanders Fashion Show & Luncheon at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club featured a silent auction and raffle – with items ranging from an ACC basketball autographed by Coach K to Book of Mormon tickets at DPAC to gift certificates for various restaurants – plus a runway show and onsite shopping

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