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
Tune in to UNC-TV Thu. Oct. 22 at 9:30pm and Sun. Oct. 25 at 1pm for the newest episode of “A Chef’s Life,” featuring Durham restaurants like Toast, Pizzeria Toro, Watts Grocery, Mateo and Saltbox Seafood Joint. The episode also features Ben’s opening reception at Alizarin Gallery. I was an early adopter of “A Chef’s
Summer Days, Nasher Nights – Thursday, 5-9pm – Enjoy a two-course dinner special at the Nasher Museum Café before the free screening of Resurrect Dead: The Mystery of the Toynbee Tiles, in which one man becomes obsessed with solving hundreds of cryptic tiled messages about the resurrection of the dead that have been appearing in
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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! Big Spoon Roasters Assistant Editor Jessica Stringer (and seemingly the rest of Durham) attended a Food52 meetup at
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On July 13, 12-year-old Glenn Green started his first day as an Art Director “Mtern” – the youngest ever – at McKinney, an advertising agency with offices in Durham and New York. After completing his sixth-grade year at Maureen Joy Charter School, Glenn became a Summer Scholar at Durham’s Emily Krzyzewski Center. Earlier in the
