Durham Magazine

Northgate Mall hosted its third annual Halloween Spooktacular – the final concert in its fall Music on the Plaza series – with the Durham Symphony Orchestra and Paperhand Puppet Intervention performing for the large crowd of families and people gathered. The Durham Symphony Orchestra played song selections ranging from “The Muppet Show” to Tchaikovsky to […]

So and So: Poetry and Art – Thrusday, 7pm – Poets and fiction writers Lauren Hunter, Odie Lindsey, Joanna Ruocco and Sampson Starkweather give a reading of their work in response to art and issues raised in “Southern Accent: Seeking the American South in Contemporary Art” at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.

Blues & Brews – Thursday, 6pm – In celebration of its third birthday, Local 22 throws a birthday bash including live music from Tad Walters followed by a late night dance with DJ Craig Layabout. Voyager: Photography Installation and Talk – Thursday, 7pm, and Friday, 6-8pm – In conjunction with CLICK! Photography festival, Mercury Studio and The Makery host artist

“I was one of those people who grew up with a book always in my hands,” says Ginger Young, founder and executive director of Book Harvest, a Durham nonprofit. Wanting all local kids to have the same opportunity, no matter what their parents’ income, she started Book Harvest in her Orange County garage in 2011