Geeks and Greeks: Chapel Hill Council Approves Longfellow Proposal, Denies Rezoning for Tower Next to Sorority House That Would Replace D&D Bar
At their final meeting before the new mayor and council are sworn in, Chapel Hill town council members said a 12-story tower proposed next to the Phi Mu sorority house, which would replace the Gathering Place gaming bar, was not a good fit.
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Workers Stage Cyber Monday Demonstration at Garner Amazon Facility
Protesters gathered at the facility’s exit, chanting “get up, get down, Raleigh is a union town” and intercepting outgoing delivery drivers.
In Durham, Million-Dollar Home Sales Are No Longer Outliers
In 2010, just one single-family home in all of Durham County sold for more than $1 million. In 2022, 61 homes sold for seven figures.
They Were Go-To Dealers for College Students. Now They’re Headed to Prison.
A trial in federal court last week stemming from the overdose of a 23-year-old Raleigh man exposed the inner workings of a drug-dealing duo and their college-student clients.
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“I Don’t Like to Know the End”: Talking With the Writer Rebecca Bengal
The author will read from her new essay collection, “Strange Hours,” at Letters Bookshop on September 28.
Ella West Gallery Is Carrying On the Legacy of Black Wall Street
“I don’t want people to have to wait to become ancestors to be respectfully compensated,” gallery owner Linda Shropshire says.
2023 Fall Arts Preview: Ten Triangle Exhibitions to See
King Nobuyoshi Godwin, Luis Rey Velasco, inflatable art, and more.
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Scholars Gather at Duke and NCCU to Celebrate the Legacy of John Hope Franklin
The event marks the 75th anniversary of Franklin’s groundbreaking book “From Slavery to Freedom: A History of African Americans.”
“Death by Talons” Makes An Unconvincing Case for the Owl Theory
In a new book, author Tiddy Smith tries to make a serious case to explain the 2001 death of Kathleen Peterson—but it rests on a shaky structure of owl feathers, pine needles, and bits of talons.
Novelist Zelda Lockhart’s Characters Have Deep Generational Wounds. But the Work Doesn’t Stop There.
Lockhart’s new novel, “Trinity” follows three generations of a Black American family, from the late 1920s through today, as they fight to unravel the pain of their past.
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The Return of the Rialto Theater
With a production of “The Rocky Horror Show” and a dose of nostalgia, the iconic Raleigh theater is coming back to life.
“A Haunting in Venice” Is a Halloween Movie for Grownups
Set in postwar Europe, Kenneth Branagh’s latest has no gore, no bloodied teenagers. Instead, we get crumbling Italian palazzos, fleeting apparitions, and some surprisingly sophisticated themes.
Full Frame Documentary Festival to Return to Downtown Durham
News of the festival’s revival comes just a day after Duke leadership announced that Center for Documentary Studies director Opeyemi Olukemi had resigned.
