In what is an unfortunate annual tradition, the Triangle has once again shut down due to a misery-making layer of ice, sleet and snow. The roads are dangerous, especially at night, which means a bunch of evening activities scheduled for this weekend are being canceled. Here’s our running list of cancellations. If you’ve got one […]
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Instrumentalist: How an eight-string guitar became the backbone of The Hot at Nights
LOCATION: The basement practice space of Chris Boerner’s home of nearly a decade in Raleigh HEAR AND SEE: The band releases its excellent Cool It at The Pour House in Raleigh Friday, Jan. 22, at 9 p.m. Tickets are $10-$12. For more information, see www.the-pour-house.com. BACKSTORY: The Hot at Nights began with a guitar. In […]
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Missing Major Tom: Triangle tributes to David Bowie
On Monday morning, we all learned that David Bowie—the brilliant artist who changed the landscapes of rock and pop music, just for starters—passed away at the age of 69 after an extended battle with cancer. Fans have been mourning the immense loss all week, sharing stories, memories and favorite songs in honor of a musician […]
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Be on the lookout: Ashley Christensen’s cherished, charity-contributing cooker stolen from Raleigh lot
This morning, Raleigh chef Ashley Christensen learned that one of her prized cooking possessions was missing from the gated-and-locked lot of Aux, her Raleigh restaurant group’s commissary kitchen near Capital Boulevard. The cooker was a gift from Nick Pihakis, the Birmingham, Alabama-based barbecue master, in celebration of Christensen’s James Beard Award win in 2014. Its […]
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Good news: Girls Rock NC’s nonprofit status has been restored
Girls Rock NC is off to a good start in 2016: The organization—which promotes empowerment of girls and young women through music—has received notification that its nonprofit status has been restored. The organization learned of the initial revocation from the IRS in October 2014, just a few weeks before the INDY celebrated Girls Rock NC […]
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The Triangle’s newest record store, Durham’s Carolina Soul, wants you to find albums you didn’t know you needed
Carolina Soul Grand Opening Dance Party Friday, Jan. 8, 9 p.m., free The Pinhook 117 W. Main St., Durham 919-667-1100 www.thepinhook.com As the final few hours of 2015 tick away, Jason Perlmutter sits at his desk in Durham, intermittently bidding the employees of Carolina Soul “Happy New Year” as they leave. The handful of people […]
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Listen to a new track from Shirlette Ammons, “Dear Nora”
It’s been a while since we’ve gotten a full new release from Durham rapper, singer and impresario Shirlette Ammons—her last “official” output was the 2011 EP she issued with the Dyanmite Brothers. But she’s got a new LP on deck, Language Barrier, due in early February. Yesterday, Afropunk premiered another new song from the album, […]
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The Hive quits buzzing to make way for the Belgian beer-focused Mash & Lauter
Only a few weeks after opening the second, expanded location of Trophy Brewing Company, Chris Powers and his business partners David Meeker and Woody Lockwood are already feeling restless. Over the weekend, they announced that The Hive, upstairs from the group’s Busy Bee Café in downtown Raleigh, would close. (Contrary to a Triangle Business Journal […]
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On the road again: Hitting the hard circus road with the North Carolina Symphony for the holidays
A little before 6 p.m. on a Sunday evening, I’m in the back seat of a car driven by Joe Newberry, the director of communications for the North Carolina Symphony. His front seat passenger is David Marschall, the Assistant Principal Violist of the North Carolina Symphony. As I join the pair on a jaunt to […]
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Durham, prepare your wallets: Carolina Soul’s storefront now open on Main Street
Earlier this fall, Carolina Soul—a Durham-based online record retailer—announced it hoped to open a downtown storefront by the end of December. The institution has followed through: As of Monday, Carolina Soul is open for business at 117 E. Main St., hawking a huge selection of mostly used vinyl. The shop is technically still in a […]
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