SPORTS We are fortunate to have many specialized sports complexes and team leagues to help kids expend some energy and learn leadership and discipline skills along the way. Complexes like Baseball Rebellion (currently based in Hillsborough, but planning to move to Durham soon), Bull City Gymnastics, OC Gymnastics in Hillsborough and Chapel Hill Gymnastics offer […]
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About five years ago, Adam Wenzlik accompanied his children to a birthday party where the kids were all invited to learn some martial arts moves. “I was sitting there watching our kids, and it looked like they were having so much fun,” Adam remembers. “The kids looked excited, but it also seemed like a good
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Eagle Fest Street Festival – Thursday, 3-6pm – Join in on the North Carolina Central University homecoming fun with an afternoon filled with fun contests, inflatables, food, free shirts and a pep rally at Brant Street Plaza as the Eagles gear up to take on the Delaware State Hornets on Saturday. An Evening With the
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A FATHER AND SON AND THEIR VERY DIFFERENT CAREERS IN THE CHESTERFIELD BUILDING Among the thousands of new workers who’ve arrived in Durham in the last decade, with an estimated 20 more joining us every day, Sedrick White appears pretty typical, and in some ways he is. He is college educated, works in a technology
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‘The Little Mermaid’ – Thursday, 1pm and 7:30pm; Friday, 8pm; Saturday, 2pm and 8pm; Sunday, 1pm and 6:30pm – You’ll be transported to a world under the sea at DPAC with this classic tale, now with an extra dose of charm and wit as a family musical. Discover the magic of this timeless love story all
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Where do you eat with your kids?” We posed this question to our staff whose children range in age from young toddlers to college age. “Taking a kid out is always tough!” says Senior VP of Publishing Rory Gillis. “I think my kid is pretty well behaved for a 1-and-a-half-year-old, but she likes to talk
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WILLIAM’S WINTER NAP By Linda Ashman The author, who lives in Chapel Hill with her family, writes a heartwarming tale of a little boy who goes to sleep one winter night only to hear a knock at the door from a chipmunk who needs a place to sleep – the first in a long line
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Toddlers/Preschoolers TODDLER TIME Looking for a way to allow your toddler to release all that raw energy? Your little one can jump around without any interference from older kids at Sky Zone Trampoline Park. Admission $7 for 30 minutes or $10 for 60 minutes. One parent jumps for free. Time Wednesdays and Saturdays from 9
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The Art of H.U.S.T.L.E – Thursday, 2:30-3:45pm – Interested in music? Startups? Maybe even both? Join Rapper Royce da 5’9″, Gabriel Eng-Goetz of Runaway, and Areli Barrera de Grodski of Cocoa Cinnamon to discuss how to survive and thrive in the music, fashion and food and beverage industries. The panel is part of Black Wall
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Committed to literacy, these businesses, nonprofits and libraries go above and beyond to provide exciting programming for our children. Story hours can be found among butterflies and honeybees at outdoor spaces like Chapel Hill’s Honeysuckle Tea House or Durham’s Funny Girl Farm and Sarah P. Duke Gardens. Local bookstores, coffee shops and libraries, of course,
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