Does local activism make a difference? Kathryn Pollak, who organizes weekly protests and pens the Engaged Durhamites for Democracy newsletter, says yes.
Amanda Abrams
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Voices: Who Deserves to Die? Not the 136 People Currently on Death Row in Raleigh.
Advocates are urging Gov. Cooper to commute the sentences of those on North Carolina’s death row roster. Most were sentenced to death decades ago; should they still be in line for execution?
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Voices: An Education in Scrolling
Does Durham Public Schools have an overarching policy governing how students use their computers? It doesn’t seem like it.
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Medicaid Expansion Would Be a Boon for Community Health Centers
For North Carolina’s community health centers, Medicaid expansion would make all the difference.
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The Threat of Climate Change Has Made Composting More Popular Than Ever. But the Industry Is Surprisingly Precarious.
If we want to cut down on the amount of trash going to the landfill, the best place to start is with food.
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To Create a Truly Sustainable Food Economy, Small Farms and Government Must Meet in the Middle
Local growers need to sell their produce to big buyers like hospitals, schools, and jails. But the cost of doing so, through GAP certification, is onerous.
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ADF Review: Abby Zbikowski’s Tectonic Erupts from a High-Energy, Low-Stakes Footprints, Ending the ADF Season on a Joyful Note
Footprints ★★★½ Jul. 20 & 21 Reynolds Industries Theater, Durham Every year, I’m reminded why I love the American Dance Festivals’s Footprints show. Usually concluding the season, it features the work of the festival’s commissioned choreographers and stars its students. A few choreographers have the luxury of spending six weeks focused on creating wholly new […]
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ADF Review: Dancer Tamisha Guy Steals the Show in Kyle Abraham’s Almost Unbearably Intimate Dearest Home
Kyle Abraham’s “A.I.M.” ★★★★ Jul. 17–19 Von der Heyden Studio Theater, Durham I’ve heard it said that marriage is ultimately little more than two naked people together in an empty room. That is, you bring to the partnership nothing more than yourself, with all the concomitant baggage. That concept came to mind while I was […]
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ADF Review: L-E-V’s OCD Love Purports to Be About Missed Connections, but We Saw Something Else Entirely
L-E-V: OCD Love ★★★ Tuesday, July 3 Durham Performing Arts Center, Durham Program notes can be a lifesaver. The short text explaining a show’s inspiration or meaning often serves as a map lighting up an otherwise inscrutable performance. Sometimes, though, they lead to a dead end. That’s how I felt watching OCD Love, a work […]
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ADF Review: Anne Plamondon Portrays Her Childhood Experience of Her Father’s Schizophrenia with Skill, Intelligence, and Genuine Vulnerability
Anne Plamondon ★★★★ Saturday, Jun. 30 & Sunday, Jul. 1 Von der Heyden Studio Theater, Durham “I was scared,” Anne Plamondon says during her solo show, The Same Eyes as Yours, about visiting her father in a mental hospital when she was a small child. And that’s all I could think about during the piece: […]