Meals on Wheels is a nonprofit organization, which provides home-delivered meals to elderly, disabled, blind, convalescing or malnourished adults. Started in 1975, the Durham chapter has served more than 1 million meals since its inception. On Saturday, Sept. 14, the organization will hold The Centerfield Festival, a benefit concert and picnic. The event will feature […]
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In CD release parties
Last year’s How I Learned to Stop Worrying, the debut from The Bigger Lovers (pictured above), had savvy music fans thinking of two other pop outfits before cracking open the jewel box: The album’s title was used in 1997 by Midwesterners The Beatifics (who in turn, no doubt, borrowed it from the subtitle of Stanley […]
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Trotline
Coastal Money Management If you want a quick case study of what’s wrong with the way government works in North Carolina these days, or more correctly who government works for, all you need to do is look into the hist or a vote Sept. 4 on the House floor. It is House Bill 1540. The […]
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In Sept. 11 tributes
September 11 Remembered, sponsored by the Durham Art Guild, brings together the work of 13 area artists to commemorate the events of Sept. 11, 2001. Three photographers (Dawn Dreyer, Robin Gallant and Independent contributor Jenny Warburg–one of Warburg’s photos is pictured above) and 10 artists (Javier Alarcon, Marcia Di Martino, Claudia Fulshaw, Ellen Kong, Jim […]
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Primary Endorsements 2002
If the air has begun feeling crisp and the leaves are turning a bright yellow to match the schoolbuses rolling beneath them, it must be time for the… spring primaries? Well, it’s been that kind of year again in North Carolina. A Republican challenge to the legislature’s redistricting plan took most of the summer to […]
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What does homeland security mean to you?
The Bush administration and Attorney General John Ashcroft have defined homeland security to mean neighbors spying on neighbors and fences around reservoirs and nuclear power plants. But we think real homeland security means a lot more than that–good jobs, clean air and water, health care for everyone, and government in the public rather than the […]
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In string bands
PineCone brings one of the state’s top old-time string bands to the Museum of History in downtown Raleigh for a free concert Sunday afternoon. Formed in 1996, The Hushpuppies consist of respected veterans Jon Nowlin, Amy Davis, Molly Stouten and Steve Terrill, who were playing roots music long before the O Brother phenomenon. Superior vocals […]
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In band showcases
DADA, the Durham Association for Downtown Arts, is putting on its first free outdoor Durham Band Showcase (DSB) at the downtown Durham Central Park this Saturday. With the private sector getting involved in redeveloping the park both as a recreation area and a site for community arts events, DADA, also a nonprofit organization, is hoping […]
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In tours
For all the brothas who swear their gonna marry “Free” and all the sistahs who say the same for “AJ,” you will soon have your own personal opportunity to get your full mack on (well, maybe) when BET’s Black Star Power Tour comes to town. In addition to the hit show 106 & Park (the […]
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What does homeland security mean to you?
The Bush administration and Attorney General John Ashcroft have defined homeland security to mean neighbors spying on neighbors and fences around reservoirs and nuclear power plants. But we think real homeland security means a lot more than that–good jobs, clean air and water, health care for everyone, and government in the public rather than the […]
