Art of Cool Fest Kick-Off Party – Thursday, 5:30-7:30pm – A pre-festival kick-off party to celebrate the upcoming festival with live music, drinks and fun. AOCFEST 2015 tickets and merchandise will be available onsite. Downtown Durham Marriott, 201 Foster St.; Free, ticket required David Joy – Thursday, 7pm – The N.C. author’s debut novel, Where […]
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Folks gathered in one of the Durham Convention Center‘s ballrooms to taste soups from Durham restaurants, including Bleu Olive Mediterranean Bistro, Saladelia Café, Six Plates Wine Bar, Watts Grocery, Saltbox Seafood Joint, Beyu Caffe, Bull City Burger & Brewery, Foster’s Market, Guglhupf, Mad Hatter’s Cafe & Bakeshop, Pizzeria Toro, Mattie B’s, Toast and Pompieri Pizza during Urban Ministries of Durham‘s annual Empty Bowls fundraiser. The Judges’ Choice award
Hopslam & Sexual Chocolate Draft Release – Thursday, 5-11pm – Sam’s Bottle Shop will be tapping into two beers from two breweries – Sexual Chocolate and Hopslam! Bring friends! Plus, enjoy free samples of Sexual Chocolate Stout cupcakes from Smallcakes! Sam’s Bottle Shop, 1112 W. N.C. Hwy. 54; 919-973-2489 9th Annual Empty Bowls Fundraiser – Thursday, 5:30-7:30pm – Urban
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Phoebe Lawless likes to keep things simple as pie. The owner of the acclaimed Scratch Bakery got her start making sweet treats in her home kitchen and selling them at the Durham Farmers’ Market. Tonight, Phoebe’s back where it all began, the comforts of her Rockwood home. She’s heating up some oil in a vintage
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Pleiades Plus One – Through February 14 –The exhibit will be organic and will offer an eclectic mix of high-caliber art by close to 20 local metal and wood sculptors, painters, ceramicists, neon artists and mixed-media artists. The artwork on display will be new to the Durham art scene and will be the only opportunity to
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Battle Ran-Lew Dairy Whole Cream Top Milk is over. Chef Chelsi Hogue of Ed’s Southern Food & Spirits in Goldsboro will move on to the next round of the Got to Be N.C. Competition Dining Series — a tournament meant to highlight North Carolina food and culinary talent — after defeating Chef Ben Adams of Piedmont Restaurant last night in a very close match. The scores came
Beyù Caffè | 335 W. Main St. | 919-683-1058 | beyucaffe.com Remember those oranges you found in the toe of your stocking on Christmas morning? Beyù Caffè has encapsulated that memory in an adult version of the healthy treat – and one that you can enjoy before and after the holiday! Cozy up with this
Durham’s in for a real treat when The Parlour expands into the former Playworks space next door and adds an additional 1,000 square feet to its current footprint. The addition to the shop, which opened at 117 Market St. in April 2013, will allow the owners to expand the menu, seat almost 60 — up from the 24 guests
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Heavenly Buffaloes | 1807 W. Markham Ave. | 919-237-2358 | heavenlybuffaloes.com Have your moist towelettes at the ready, because Heavenly Buffaloes is serving up some truly addictive wings. For the quintessential game-time dish, head to the Markham Avenue spot owned by Dain Phelan(also of Dain’s Place), his wife, Jenn, and business partner, Mark Dundas. “Somebody
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With a portfolio that includes the funky chic-meets-swanky upstairs dining room of Mateo, it’s no surprise that interior designer Heather Garrett’s own living space is a sight to behold. “The truth is, things change a lot around here. When the kids were little, we would call it Crazy Furniture Change-Around Day,” Heather says of decorating her own home.
