When Chas Pippitt started what is now Baseball Rebellion – a multi-faceted baseball training company that is about to open a 13,000-square-foot facility on Bennett Memorial Road in August – it was just “me, a bucket of balls and a prayer,” he says of his days giving lessons out of barns and backyard batting cages […]
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Recently, Duke University President Richard Brodhead wrote in a column for The News & Observer about the university’s intentional relationship with Durham. “Duke and Durham chose each other, and our destinies are still entwined,” he wrote. Over the last several years, Duke and Durham have continued to join forces on exciting projects that will shape
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Every now and then – usually as she dangles from a rock face or climbing wall – 27-year-old Tatiana Birgisson stops thinking about how she’s going to take MATI, the energy drink company she founded, to the next level. These moments are fleeting. For someone whose company motto is “Do More. Be Better.”, Tatiana relentlessly
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Jennifer Covington and Austin Emory both grew up in Durham; Jenny graduated from Durham School of the Arts and Austin, Riverside High. They recall attending the same summer camp, Ventures, but don’t remember meeting until mutual friends brought them together during college (Jenny was at St. Mary’s College of Maryland while Austin attended Western Carolina
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Before she opened her downtown boutique, before she practiced psychiatry for 10 years in Durham, and before she studied medicine at UNC, Dr. Rebecca Kuhns, 35, was an international studies major at Yale. As an undergrad with an earnest interest in fashion, she was deeply moved when she learned of the social injustices in the
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In August 1994, kindergarten teacher Paula Green was gearing up to welcome a new group of children into her classroom at Mangum Primary School in Bahama. She was busy sorting art supplies, arranging furniture and organizing paperwork when she was called into the principal’s office. “The principal started telling me about a little boy who
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Mardi Gras Kickoff Party – Thursday 5pm – Stop by The Glass Jug for beer, blues and beads! If you’re hungry, hit up the Baton Rouge Cuisine food truck parked outside. Jen Delos Reyes: ‘The Lovers, The Dreamers and Me’ – Thursday, 6pm – Enjoy a live lecture and performance in collaboration with local artists and musicians
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Since its founding 13 seasons ago, the Durham Children’s Choir has instructed hundreds of area singers and performs sacred and secular songs annually at events like Durham Community Martin Luther King Jr. Steering Committee’s Unity March and Rally at First Presbyterian Church as well as Duke Chapel’s Blessing of the Animals and Christmas Eve services.
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Bicycle Boulevards, a Durham nonprofit advocating for a safe, affordable and equitable bicycle network, launched its Kickstarter campaign at the end of January in an effort to raise $7,500 to help Durham streets become more accessible for cyclists and pedestrians. “We are trying to create an inexpensive infrastructural change to existing residential streets to make
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‘Together’ Art Exhibit – Through Sunday – Visit Pleiades Gallery for the last weekend of “Together,” an exhibit about our affinity for one another. Local artists are paired together to share common interests in art. Jesse Tyson – Thursday, 10:40am – As the CEO and president of the National Black MBA Association and former executive
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