KIN – Through August 15 – A solo show from Durham-based artist Heather Gordon, includes large paintings and a site-specific installation on the floor and walls of the gallery in conjunction with a collaborative performance piece with Justin Tornow & COMPANY on Saturday from 7-9pm. The works represent the culmination of Gordon’s series titled How […]
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Berry season is coming to a close, and one of my favorite berry recipes is going back onto the shelf for another year. This is my mom’s recipe, which came about as most do: “What am I going to do with all of these blueberries?” I am not even sure where the original recipe came
KIN – Through August 15 – A solo show from Durham-based artist Heather Gordon, includes large paintings and a site-specific installation on the floor and walls of the gallery in conjunction with a collaborative performance piece with Justin Tornow & COMPANY. The works represent the culmination of Gordon’s series titled How To Fold My Heart,
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Each week, we share – through pictures – what the folks behind Durham Mag have been doing around town. We’re always out and about, just because we love this place; we hope you’ll comment with what you’ve been doing, too! Elmo’s Diner One of Associate Editor Amanda MacLaren‘s go-to orders at Elmo’s (platinum winner of for Best Breakfast
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Durham has an abundance of local farmers, but incorporating their delicious fruits and vegetables into your diet can be hard when you don’t have time to run out to the farmers’ market every week. In 2007, a Raleigh stay-at-home mom had the same problem. So she started The Produce Box, a service where people sign
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One of my favorite memories as a little girl was helping my grandmother make strawberry jam. I remember going with her to pick strawberries. I remember sitting on her kitchen stool helping her peel peaches for jam. I remember the jars and jars of sweet and sour pickles that would line the counters in her
Each year, we ask our readers to tell us their go-to date night restaurant, where to find the best slice of pizza or cup of coffee, which gift store has the best selection, who they entrust with the health of their pets and children, where they get in shape and get their hair cut, and
Truth to Power lll – Thursday through August 29 – Marking the third annual show about social justice, this exhibit is intentionally broad in scope so that each artist may address issues of personal, local, national and/or international importance. This year, the show will be juried by elin o’Hara slavick, professor of art at UNC-Chapel Hill, international exhibitor
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Each week, we share – through pictures – what the folks behind Durham Mag have been doing around town. We’re always out and about, just because we love this place; we hope you’ll comment with what you’ve been doing, too! National Tequila Day Friday, July 24, was National Tequila Day. What better place to celebrate than Gonza Tacos
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Maya Freelon Asante, Kariamu Welsh and Nnenna Freelon were elated to learn that their local production, The Clothesline Muse, was accepted into the 14th Biennial National Black Theater Festival. “I had to read the [acceptance] letter three times before I could believe it,” says Nnenna, a six-time Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist and Durham resident. In order to put on a revamped production
