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UNC-CH Students Could Open N.C.’s First New Credit Union in Two Decades
If the state approves it, organizers say Carolina Students’ Credit Union would be the country’s only student-run credit union at a public university.
Op-Ed: Durham Parks Are Literally the Worst
Durham’s parks ranked dead last in the national 2026 ParkScore index. Durham officials owe residents a plan to get out of last place.
As Durham Housing Authority Redevelops Some Properties, Maintenance Issues at Others Persist
DHA officials updated the Durham City Council this week on efforts to turn its properties into mixed-income housing and move tenants from aging public housing to Section 8 vouchers.
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What About ‘Bob?’ Rescued from the Rubble, a Lost Contemporary Painting Finds a New Home at the Nasher
Saved from the demolition site of the Elion-Hitchings Building in 2020, Elizabeth Murray’s 1977 painting is now restored and on view at Durham’s Nasher Museum of Art.
Where to Seek Out Art in the Triangle This Fall
University galleries, Dix Park, the sprawling Click! Photography Festival, a pop-up bookstore—here are all the places we’re taking in art this fall.
What It Takes to Keep History from Fading, Shriveling, or Molding
Talking with Meg Brown, Exhibits Coordinator at Duke Library, about the three Declaration of Independence copies on display in Durham this fall.
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Epiphany on a Plane
How an oncologist’s sci-fi-inspired insight, layoffs at a pharma giant, and the unique culture of Research Triangle Park birthed a major cancer innovation.
Adam O’Fallon Price’s Compelling Stories of Characters at Rock Bottom
If you’re someone who reads for a happy ending, you might want to sit “Objects of Desire” out. For everyone else who likes dark literary fiction with stripes of Denis Johnson and Ottessa Moshfegh: Welcome!
The Day the Priestess and the Poet Met in Asheville
Langston Hughes first met Nina Simone in 1949, when he visited her high school chapter of the NAACP. Their decades-long friendship would become a cultural cornerstone of the Black Power era.
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Incoming! Surprise Documentaries, Conflicted Killers, and Murderous Crows
First up, the documentary film that everyone is talking about.
Boots Riley on Labor Organizing, His North Carolina Family Roots, and “I Love Boosters”
The filmmaker makes stops in Durham and Winston-Salem this week as part of a tour for his new anti-capitalist caper.
New Documentary Fest To Launch in Durham With All-Local Slate
Southern Doc Fest makes it debut at the Durham Arts Council on Oct 10 with two feature-length films and four shorts.
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