Out & About
Meals on Wheels of Durham supporters celebrated double achievements at Sunday’s open house: the program’s 40th anniversary in Durham County, and a newly empty waiting list. Despite the threat of rain, about 80 people turned out at the bright blue and yellow Ross Road location. Executive Director Gale Singer Adland […]
Nancy Spencer didn’t grow up here, but she spent every summer of her young life in North Carolina visiting family – “my mother’s older sister and my grandmother and my uncle and my Aunt Gladys” – and she remembers that for all of the hubub and fun that comes with […]
Jehanne Gheith and Dr. Laura Hanson — Thursday, 7pm — The second in a series of “Community Conversations” will feature a discussion of Atul Gawande’s thought-provoking, compassionate best-seller, “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End.” Dr. Hanson, Professor of Geriatric Medicine and co-director of UNC’s Palliative Care Program, […]
Durham native Chris Rosati was no different than most of us – intending to do good in the world, but getting constantly sidetracked by his career and family obligations. Outside of his day job in marketing, he constantly dabbled in his own side businesses. “I was a serial failed entrepreneur,” […]
People have been talking about living downtown forever it seems, but in reality it’s been more of a pioneering initiative with notable – though few in number – converted renovations of existing buildings. But that’s finally changing now, isn’t it? Yes, in the past 14 months, four multi-family projects – […]
The first Shop for a Purpose Fashion Truck Rodeo at Durham Central Park provided a place for vendors to connect with local fashion lovers, all while supporting a good cause. Shop for a Purpose – benefiting Welcome Baby, a nonprofit that provides parenting education and support for families with young children […]
Black Wall Street Homecoming – Thursday and Friday – Panels, lectures and networking opportunities for professionals, students, start-ups, venture capitalists, local business owners/investors and more. Coinciding with North Carolina Central University’s 2015 Homecoming, this event series is a commemoration of Durham’s historic Black Wall Street and a celebration of the entrepreneurial […]
The Durham Symphony Orchestra opened its 40th season at Northgate Mall’s Music on the Plaza fall series. The more than 65-member orchestra, led by Maestro William Henry Curry, performed works by Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa, Edvard Grieg, Duke Ellington, as well as a special tribute to Louis Armstrong, at […]
Fashion for a Cause, hosted by Iris Oliver, Samantha Huntley and Kumasi Stallings at the Marriott Hotel in RTP, featured couture and emerging designers in a production that brought artistic communities together for a night of fashion, talent and fun. Designers RaSoul Amir and Juanica Thomas-Lashae kicked off the evening, […]
Ian Millhiser – Thursday, 7pm – In Injustices: The Supreme Court’s History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted, the author explores how the Supreme Court has hurt everyday people and argues that the Supreme Court usurped power for itself that rightfully belongs to elected representatives, steering American history away from […]
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