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The latest from INDY (2023 August 16th):
NC DEQ Must Grant Wake Stone’s Mining Permit, Pay Attorneys’ Fees 08/15/2023 14:42 The ruling comes down in a scolding opinion from former NC DEQ secretary Donald van der Vaart, who is now a judge. Court documents show intense...
Durham Closes Playground at Northgate Park After Further Analysis Showed Lead in Soil Sample 08/14/2023 11:06 Hotspots were found in wooded area of Lyon Park and additional areas in Walltown and East Durham. The post Durham Closes Playground at Northgate...
Stadium 10, Northgate Mall’s Cinematic Holdout, Closes for Good 08/09/2023 14:23 The Durham movie theater bustled in the late aughts and kept life quietly thrumming in the shopping center, long after the retail outlets around it...
Lead Paint Blew Into Durham Neighborhood Following Controlled Burn 08/09/2023 12:54 The Durham Fire Department says the training exercise that burned the crumbling mansion once owned by a Duke tobacco heiress complied with state and...
INDY40: A Photo Retrospective 08/09/2023 06:40 Four decades of photojournalism from the INDY archives The post INDY40: A Photo Retrospective appeared first on INDY Week.
Ahead of Municipal Elections This Fall, Durham Grapples With What’s Next for a Scandal-Plagued City Council 08/09/2023 06:30 Following two years marked by chaos and scandal, the INDY is launching a four-part investigation into what brought Durham to this point, how it’s...
Op-Ed: The Glorification of “Gang Life” 08/09/2023 06:20 In Durham, well-meaning residents and leaders are caught up in a narrative that doesn’t fit reality. The post Op-Ed: The Glorification of...
15 Minutes: Chef Julius West 08/09/2023 06:10 Former food truck owner and founder of Sarge's Shrimp and Grits Sauce The post 15 Minutes: Chef Julius West appeared first on INDY Week.
Backtalk: Plopping garbage buildings all over the Triangle 08/09/2023 06:00 And other things our readers told us this week. The post Backtalk: Plopping garbage buildings all over the Triangle appeared first on INDY Week.
Orange County Has Been Swept Up in the Nationwide Cultural Clashes in Education 08/08/2023 06:53 Superintendent Monique Felder is the latest casualty. The post Orange County Has Been Swept Up in the Nationwide Cultural Clashes in Education...
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The latest from INDY (2023 August 2nd):
“Theater Camp” Is Cheerfully Audacious 07/31/2023 15:16 Rickety, funny, and dizzy with affection, the indie comedy is an ode to that most noble of high school cliques: The theater kids. The post...
In Durham, Participatory Budgeting Brings Power to the People 07/31/2023 08:12 Participatory budgeting began in Brazil in 1989. Since then, it’s been adopted by thousands of cities, school boards, and other institutions striving...
New UNC-Chapel Hill Policy All But Bans Asking Applicants About Racial Experiences 07/28/2023 06:54 The university “shall not establish through application essays or other means” any proxies “premised upon race-based preferences in hiring or...
Nominations Open for Orange/Chatham Counties’ Best of the Triangle 07/26/2023 13:28 The most recognized award throughout the Triangle is back for 2023—next up are Orange/Chatham Counties! The post Nominations Open for Orange/Chatham...
Updated: Durham Officials Directed City Attorney to Try to Unmask Anonymous Wikipedia Editors 07/26/2023 12:00 The Mayor and two city council members pushed the city attorney to take formal action this summer to identify several Wikipedia users who were...
Winners Announced in the INDY’s 2023 Readers’ Poll for Durham County 07/26/2023 10:49 The readers have spoken. Winners move on to compete for the crown of "Best of the Triangle" later this year. The post Winners Announced in the...
“Goner,” Jenny Besetzt’s First Album in Seven Years, Injects a Sharp Tug From the Passage of Time 07/26/2023 05:33 It’s 2023, but, in one way or several, we’re all picking up where we left off at the close of the previous decade. So perhaps it’s the perfect time...
Will Fresh Momentum Find Room for Compromise Over a Greenway Running Through Bolin Forest? 07/26/2023 05:30 Talks of constructing a paved greenway next to Bolin Creek have started and stalled repeatedly in the past decade. Could the project come to...
Entrez Vous’s Debut Album Deftly Threads Pop Immediacy With Experimental Breadth 07/26/2023 05:22 Even on a quick impression, the band’s concept and styling are striking, and quick impressions are what Entrez Vous is all about. Most of the songs...
15 Minutes: James Barnes (He/Him), 18 07/26/2023 05:20 Submitted an essay into a contest about being queer and religious. The post 15 Minutes: James Barnes (He/Him), 18 appeared first on INDY Week.
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The latest from INDY (2023 July 26):
Winners Announced in the INDY’s 2023 Readers’ Poll for Durham County 07/26/2023 10:49 The readers have spoken. Winners move on to compete for the crown of "Best of the Triangle" later this year. The post Winners Announced in the...
“Goner,” Jenny Besetzt’s First Album in Seven Years, Injects a Sharp Tug From the Passage of Time 07/26/2023 05:33 It’s 2023, but, in one way or several, we’re all picking up where we left off at the close of the previous decade. So perhaps it’s the perfect time...
Will Fresh Momentum Find Room for Compromise Over a Greenway Running Through Bolin Forest? 07/26/2023 05:30 Talks of constructing a paved greenway next to Bolin Creek have started and stalled repeatedly in the past decade. Could the project come to...
Entre Vous’s Debut Album Deftly Threads Pop Immediacy With Experimental Breadth 07/26/2023 05:22 Even on a quick impression, the band’s concept and styling are striking, and quick impressions are what Entrez Vous is all about. Most of the songs...
15 Minutes: James Barnes (He/Him), 18 07/26/2023 05:20 Submitted an essay into a contest about being queer and religious. The post 15 Minutes: James Barnes (He/Him), 18 appeared first on INDY Week.
“Charlietape” Is a Time Machine to Hip-Hop’s Golden Era 07/26/2023 05:11 Out from Kooley High's Charlie Smarts and DJ Ill Digitz, the album is a fitting tribute to this year’s 50th anniversary of hip hop. The post...
A New Federal Law Makes It More Difficult for Employers to Discriminate Against Pregnant Workers 07/26/2023 05:10 The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) went into effect in June. The PWFA requires most employers to afford a wide breadth of pregnancy...
I’m Out, Yo 07/26/2023 05:00 A farewell from INDY staff writer Thomasi McDonald. The post I’m Out, Yo appeared first on INDY Week.
Pipe Returns With a Scorching New Album and a Lament for Affordable Living 07/25/2023 23:52 Twenty-six years and several zip codes away from where they left off, local rock heroes Pipe come home with a scorching new album and a lament for...
Durham Officials Directed City Attorney to Try to Unmask Anonymous Wikipedia Editors 07/24/2023 17:45 The Mayor and two city council members pushed the city attorney to take formal action this summer to identify several Wikipedia users who were...
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The latest from INDY (2023 July 19th):
The Living Legacy of Piedmont Blues 07/19/2023 09:26 The music that grew out of Durham’s tobacco manufacturing plants influenced some of the most widely recorded musicians of the last 65 years—and still...
Duke University Scientists Alerted Durham Parks About High Lead Levels in November. No One Told the Public. 07/17/2023 15:05 More sampling at five parks scheduled to begin this week. The post Duke University Scientists Alerted Durham Parks About High Lead Levels in...
On Storms and Stories 07/14/2023 15:34 What draws us to write about hurricanes? The post On Storms and Stories appeared first on INDY Week.
Tucked Inside an Apex Gas Station, Akami Sushi Bar Makes Tuna Sing 07/14/2023 12:30 When a Subway inside a Han-Dee Hugo’s closed, Bird Owattragool jumped on the space. The chef's firm, velvety cuts of king salmon, Japanese...
Backtalk: On Legacies and Eno Fest’s Lack of Klezmer 07/13/2023 23:30 And other things our readers told us. The post Backtalk: On Legacies and Eno Fest’s Lack of Klezmer appeared first on INDY Week.
A New Book Reexamines the Mythos Around America’s Working Class—And Recognizes the Long Struggle of the Black Community for Fair Working Conditions 07/12/2023 09:34 Public historian Blair LM Kelley—the incoming director of UNC-Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South—published the book on June...
A New Fund Aims to Preserve Affordable Housing in Wake County, But Even Mission-Based Landlords Struggle to Keep Rents Low 07/12/2023 05:50 Even if developers build or buy below-market-rate housing, low-income renters may struggle to personally afford it. The post A New Fund Aims to...
How Will Durham Leaders Address the Mental Health Impacts on Children Living With Gun Violence? 07/12/2023 05:40 One year ago this month, the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation reported that firearms are now the number one cause of death for children and teens...
Tenants Living on Durham’s Open Air Camp Road Organized to Avoid Eviction and Secured Their Forever Homes 07/12/2023 05:30 The Eno River Association rescinded eviction notices and entered into a legal agreement that will preserve the homes as affordable in perpetuity....
Poet Ross White Finds Beauty By Looking at Things a Little Bit Sideways 07/12/2023 05:25 When Durham poet, teacher, and small press executive director Ross White looked Michelangelo’s David in the eyes—virtually, at least—a poem broke...
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The latest from INDY:
A New Book Reexamines the Mythos Around America’s Working Class—And Recognizes the Long Struggle of the Black Community for Fair Working Conditions 07/12/2023 09:34 Public historian Blair LM Kelley—the incoming director of UNC-Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South—published the book on June...
A New Fund Aims to Preserve Affordable Housing in Wake County, But Even Mission-Based Landlords Struggle to Keep Rents Low 07/12/2023 05:50 Even if developers build or buy below-market-rate housing, low-income renters may struggle to personally afford it. The post A New Fund Aims to...
How Will Durham Leaders Address the Mental Health Impacts on Children Living With Gun Violence? 07/12/2023 05:40 One year ago this month, the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation reported that firearms are now the number one cause of death for children and teens...
Tenants Living on Durham’s Open Air Camp Road Organized to Avoid Eviction and Secured Their Forever Homes 07/12/2023 05:30 The Eno River Association rescinded eviction notices and entered into a legal agreement that will preserve the homes as affordable in perpetuity....
Poet Ross White Finds Beauty By Looking at Things a Little Bit Sideways 07/12/2023 05:25 When Durham poet, teacher, and small press executive director Ross White looked Michelangelo’s David in the eyes—virtually, at least—a poem broke...
15 Minutes: Emma Livingston and Rese Milkereit 07/12/2023 05:20 Founders of the Durham Community Art Project The post 15 Minutes: Emma Livingston and Rese Milkereit appeared first on INDY Week.
Glitter, Glamour, and Stepping Out Onto Raleigh Burlesque’s Pink Carpet As Conservatives Aggressively Roll Back Rights 07/12/2023 05:20 “As soon as you’re done, you’re like: 'I just did that' You know what I’m saying? And then all you want to do is to keep doing it.” The post...
Tucked Inside an Apex Gas Station, Akami Sushi Bar Makes Tuna Sing 07/11/2023 15:51 When a Subway inside a Han-Dee Hugo’s closed, Bird Owattragool jumped on the space. The chef's firm, velvety cuts of king salmon, Japanese...
As UNC-Chapel Hill Announces Free Tuition, Political Appointees Raise Question, Push Back 07/11/2023 06:36 The UNC-Chapel Hill Board of Trustees “has not taken this up in any form or fashion,” said board chairman David Boliek. The post As UNC-Chapel Hill...
Legal Aid NC Expands Housing Justice Services in Raleigh and Eastern North Carolina 07/11/2023 06:00 With a $450,000 grant from the Wells Fargo Foundation, Legal Aid NC plans to assist with heir property cases and eviction defense. The post Legal...
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Here's the latest from INDY Week (2023 July 05)
Durham Bulls Search for a New Wool E. Bull 07/05/2023 06:19 The previous mascot for the Durham Bulls, Eric Topolewski, is moving on after a year-and-a-half...
UNC Leaders, Faculty, and Political Leaders React to Affirmative Action Ruling 07/03/2023 07:06 “The majority opinion does say it’s permissible for universities to consider applicants...
Faced With a Violent Killing, a Durham Family Chooses Forgiveness Over Prison 06/30/2023 16:19 Donald Fields Jr faced a life sentence after he was charged with his father’s murder. Instead, his...
Letter: Durham Council Member Jillian Johnson on Her Decision Not to Run for Reelection 06/30/2023 07:01 "I deeply believe that the collaborative governance model is the right one, and it’s worth doing...
In UNC Case, U.S. Supreme Court Strikes Down Use of Affirmative Action in College Admissions 06/29/2023 14:52 In a 6-3 decision, the court ruled that the admissions processes at Harvard University and the...
15 Minutes: Joe Romeo, Musician 06/28/2023 17:10 Joe Romeo is a Carrboro musician who is leaving the area after two decades on the music scene....
On Compilation Album “Every Day Like the Last,” Wye Oak Leaves Rock Music Behind 06/28/2023 06:00 But the question remains (at least for those of us whose 20th-century music brains will never fully...
Phil Venable’s “Bringing the Light” Follows the Star of Protean Saxophonist Pharoah Sanders 06/28/2023 05:45 The three-track EP of spiritual jazz released on June 16. The post Phil Venable’s...
Raleigh’s Purchase of the Old DMV Building Provides a Unique Opportunity, But Can Residents Trust City Leaders to Get It Right? 06/28/2023 05:40 The city’s purchase of the land means it can control what to do with it instead of leaving it to...
On Django Haskin’s “Lost World,” Earnest Exercises Tug at Thoughts That Haunt Life’s Quiet Moments 06/28/2023 05:35 The first piano-led collection from the Old Ceremony songwriter draws on the roughly 120 songs (and...
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Here's the latest from INDY Week (2022 November 2nd)
Jess Williamson on Guardian Angels, Performing as a Duo, and Falling Back in Love with Country Music 11/02/2022 Plains, Williamson's country-music duo with Katie Crutchfield, performs at the Haw River Ballroom on November 7.
Durham-Based Quartet Dreamroot Embraces the Possibilities of Studio Production on ‘Leaf’ 11/02/2022 Everything is built in layers, something that Lynn Grissett in particular takes full advantage of.
A Preview of The Garbologists’ and a Review of Theatre Raleigh’s Dazzling ‘Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812′ 11/02/2022 See them before they close.
How New Local Producer Collective The Genius Party Brings People Together 11/02/2022 ""We’ve always had an issue with uniting the music scene here, which doesn’t really make it much of a music scene at all."
With 'George & Tammy,' Chatham County Line goes to Hollywood 11/02/2022 "I’m a guitar player and barely know how to play piano, but I was playing the role of one of the world’s greatest country piano players, who was also blind, so I had a challenge."
What Durham Will Get By Saying 'Yes' to New Bonds 11/02/2022 Durham voters will be asked to approve $550.24 million in new funding in this year’s bond referenda.
Quickbait: Tracking the Vote 11/02/2022 Early voting turnout has so far favored Democrats.
Backtalk: That choice is vital to a healthy and vibrant democracy 11/02/2022 And other thing our readers told us this week.
Swing Districts in Wake County Could Hand Republicans Veto-Proof Power 11/02/2022 Four seats in Wake County could determine whether Republicans will recapture a supermajority in the General Assembly.
High Court, High Stakes: The Battle for Control of the NC Supreme Court 11/02/2022 North Carolina’s two supreme court races could shape outcomes for abortion access, public education funding, redistricting, and the future of free and fair elections.
'Every Seat Counts:' A Q&A with Duke Professor Asher Hildebrand 11/02/2022 On North Carolina’s new congressional swing district, MAGA candidates, the short lives of the state’s new maps, and the significance of the upcoming election.
Why You Should Care About the Appellate Court Races 11/02/2022 The Court of Appeals races are low profile, but the court—often the final stop for significant cases—plays an important role in the state’s judiciary.
Op-Ed: North Carolina's Judicial Elections Matter as Much as the Fight for the Statehouse 11/02/2022 "This year our courts have shown just what can be done to protect our democracy."
Durham's DA Featured in New Book About Reform-Minded Prosecutors 11/01/2022 Satana Deberry, who is running unopposed for a second term in this month’s general elections, is one of 13 reform-minded prosecutors across the country who are profiled in "Change from Within: Reimagining the 21st Century Prosecutor."
Treee City’s Full Length Debut, ’Good Job, Has a Vivid Emotional Center 11/01/2022 The album's title is literal and too modest: Treee has been putting in work.
Voting Advocates Continue to Spread Word on Re-Enfranchisement of Those on Probation or Parole 10/31/2022 Statewide efforts are underway to inform those on felony supervision that they have the right to vote this Election Day.
National Government Groups and Legal Scholars Want SCOTUS to Reject NC Republicans' Election Theory 10/31/2022 The state is holding congressional elections this year using a plan for districts that a trial court adopted. Republican legislators claim state courts should not dictate the look of congressional districts.
Triangle First: Rongorongo’s “Caveman” Is a Hidden Gem of North Carolina Psych Music Past 10/31/2022 Formed in 2007 as an outgrowth of a larger avant-garde music and film collective, the band consisted of childhood friends and then roommates Ellis Anderson, Morgan Friedman, Sidney Martin, and Nathan Toben.
Candidate Questionnaire: Allen Baddour, Superior Court Judge, 15 B, Seat 2 10/28/2022 Name as it appears on the ballot: Allen Baddour
First Coffee, Then Beer: A New Main Street Bar Aims to Be Durham's "Daily Spot" 10/28/2022 Branded as an “all-day cafe,” The Daily Beer Bar will operate threefold as a bar, coffeeshop, and casual eatery, offering a morning menu of local pastries and coffee drinks and an afternoon and evening spread of sandwiches, salads, snacks, sodas, juice, wine, and beer.
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