‘The Grand Duke’ – Thursday and Friday, 8pm; Saturday, 7pm; Sunday, 2pm – For 54 seasons, The Durham Savoyards have presented the classics of Gilbert and Sullivan, and now they’ve made it to the pair’s final collaboration, “The Grand Duke,” which follows a troupe of actors attempting to stage a quiet coup to overthrow the […]
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By now you might be clued in to Funny Girl Farm. Owned by the Abrams family, it sits on 180 acres of land off Erwin Road near the Orange County boarder. They’ve got bok choy, swiss chard, herbs, beets, radishes … the list goes on and on. Also, 1,400 shitake mushroom logs and more 600
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Artist Catherine Edgerton showcases seven multimedia stained glass kaleidoscopes at The Carrack in April. Through books, drawings and kaleidoscopes, “Bottled Light: Exploring Mental Health in an Insane Society” is intended to raise awareness of mental health issues in the Durham community. Catherine’s kaleidoscopes were created for the Kaleidoscope Gift Project, a program in which pieces are
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Creek Week – Thursday-Sunday, various times – Learn about creek ecosystems while also helping to keep them clean. At various locations throughout Durham, you’ll have a chance to really get your hands dirty by picking up litter, and you can join in on pub trivia afterwards. MEZCLA – Through Sunday – The Carrack hosts this new
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This month, the Brawny Man – red and black plaid flannel, ax wielding, muscular – is off the paper towel packaging for the first time since his inception in 1974. No, he didn’t tire of the monotony of watching grocery shoppers, or feel trapped in a dead-end job (though we wouldn’t be surprised if he’s using
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‘The Bodyguard’ – Thursday, 7:30pm; Friday, 8pm; Saturday, 2pm & 8pm; Sunday, 1pm & 6:30pm – Catch the-award winning romantic musical at DPAC! The show tells of a former Secret Service Agent turned bodyguard as he falls in love with the superstar he has been assigned to protect, set to the sound of classic songs
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‘Building Worlds’ Exhibit – Through Saturday – Jenny Blazing’s artistic process, which she’s named “Artistic Propagation,” is featured in an exhibit of paintings at the Durham Art Guild’s SunTrust Galleries. ‘Sabungeros (Cockfighters)’ Exhibit – Through Saturday – Your last chance to experience Douglas Vuncannon’s photographs taken in the Philippines between 2014 and 2016 is this
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Chloe Rockow and Xander Madsen adore this city, whether they are grabbing a beer at Motorco, sipping coffee at Cocoa Cinnamon or taking their Corgi, Fionna, to the Piney Wood Dog Park. Yet they’ve spent most of their three-year relationship apart, with Chloe working in politics from Washington, D.C., Minnesota and New Hampshire while Xander
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A crowd of 1,100 hungry participants gathered at the Durham Convention Center for Urban Ministries of Durham‘s 10th annual Empty Bowls event. Many attendees picked out a locally crafted bowl to take home and sampled soups from 15 restaurants, including Bleu Olive, Bull City Burger and Brewery, Dashi, Luna Rostisserie & Empanadas and Mothers and Sons Trattoria. The judges awarded Croasdaile Village the winner, while Mad
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Ella Bess Bumgarner and Durham native George Marshall met through Teach for America while working on Henderson Collegiate Middle School’s fourth grade team in Henderson, N.C. “It was our shared love of teaching that brought us together and continues to play a large role in our lives,” Ella Bess says. In August 2015, on the
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