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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Artists, film lovers and community members gathered at the 23rd annual Hayti Heritage Film Festival for a three-day-long showcase of films made by and for people of African-American descent. The diverse list of speakers, including Durham’s own Senator Floyd B. McKissick Jr., and schedule of films covering topics ranging from Blaxploitation to Afrofuturism allowed for
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Hillside High School senior Desmond Jackson started competing in track and field at age 8 with the Carolina Cruisers in Charlotte. “Most of my teammates were wheelchair users, and I joined as the first amputee,” says Desmond, whose leg was amputated above the knee due to a birth defect before he was a year old.
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The Regulator Bookshop hosted its fifth annual Great Pun Championship at Motorco Music Hall, in which 24 contestants competed for this year’s “Punster” title. The Regulator’s Tom Campbell served as the night’s host, with Professor Emeritus of the Practice of Rhetoric at Duke University‘s George Gopen acting as judge in his Harvard robes and cowboy hat.
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David Baron and Ryan Cocca have been pursuing a passion for the past four years: the Nugget, a foam couch composed of four pieces that can be stacked and manipulated into any shape one can imagine. What started as a mission to find a replacement for a dorm futon has evolved, as the utility of
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