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Weekend Best Bets: Bimbé, Books and Back Porch Music

By Amanda MacLaren | May 14, 2015

Pippin – Through Sunday, times vary – Broadway’s four-time Tony award-winning musical production takes over the Durham Performing Arts Center’s stage for eight shows over six days. Packed with creative choreography and uplifting songs from the composer of Wicked, this new production – directed by Diane Paulus and featuring the […]

Up in the Air

By Amanda MacLaren | May 13, 2015

Pesto pasta in a gondola in Venice. A pretzel at Oktoberfest. A beer at the Running of the Bulls in Spain. Pizza at the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Doughnuts on the Great Wall of China. To the Niemann sisters, it’s all @foodintheair. The Instagram account founded in summer 2013 by […]

For the Troupe

By Amanda MacLaren | May 13, 2015

The opening night of the Broadway musical Pippin at the Durham Performing Arts Center ended with a cast party at Tyler’s Taproom inside the American Tobacco Campus. The actors mingled with members of DPAC’s President’s Club as well as stagehands and DPAC staff while enjoying light appetizers and drinks. Take […]

The Recyclists

By Durham Magazine | May 12, 2015

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] On a Wednesday evening, just up the hill from the Durham Athletic Park, around the back of a cinder block garage, Benton Henderson stands inside the Durham Bike Co-op and works on a wheel of his bike. “It’s as close as you’ll get to flying,” he insists, and […]

Weekend Best Bets: Bikes, Bears and Bands

By Amanda MacLaren | May 7, 2015

Bike Month Kick-Off – Thursday, 5:30-7pm – Speakers, giveaways and a family-friendly ride down the Tobacco Trail. Sponsored by GoSmart, Bike Durham and Durham BPAC. American Tobacco Campus, 318 Blackwell St.; Free Eric Wilson – Thursday, 7pm – In his new book, part memoir, part cultural analysis, Keep It Fake: […]

Weekend Best Bets: Walking, Reading and Rocking

By Amanda MacLaren | April 30, 2015

The Fairytale Lives of Russian Girls
 – Thursday-Saturday, 8:15pm, and Sunday, 2pm – 
The play by Meg Miroshnik makes its regional premiere under direction of Jules Odendahl-James. The story follows Annie, who is off to visit her mother’s Russian homeland and claim a mysterious birthright and where she must face […]

A Culinary Celebration

By Amanda MacLaren | April 27, 2015

Durham Magazine and Chapel Hill Magazine hosted our second annual Taste festival, a four-day celebration of the area’s best food and drink. This carefully curated lineup of events focuses on bringing culinary and beverage experts together with their devoted diners, creating a space where guests can mingle with their favorite […]

Weekend Best Bets: Taste, Tour, Tails and Tiaras

By Amanda MacLaren | April 23, 2015

The Dawn of Peace: Surrender at Bennett Place, 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War – Through Sunday, 10am – Commemoration of one of the final major events of the American Civil War on the actual site of the Bennett Farm, where Major General William T. Sherman and General Joseph […]

Down to Earth

By Durham Magazine | April 23, 2015

The first EarthShare NC Corporate Challenge kicked off in celebration of Earth Day, with 93 local professionals participating from 10 businesses across the Triangle. Volunteers planted 600 trees, picked up 550 pounds of trash, re-routed a trail to save endangered plants and expanded habitats for tigers, among other volunteer projects. […]

Finish Strong

By Amanda MacLaren | April 20, 2015

Runners and walkers have already raised more than $100,000 for nonprofit organizations following the completion of the Great Human Race in March, but you can still support the organizations that participated – fundraising remains open until May 1. “Many of the nonprofits were hit hard with the February weather that […]

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