What happens when the board governing a community doesn’t represent a majority of the community’s wishes? That’s the furor overtaking Woodcroft, a leafy neighborhood in south Durham. The argument is ostensibly about gardens, but ultimately it’s more than that: it’s a generational divide, a difference in opinions about what home is, and an illustration of […]
Amanda Abrams
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Boosters Argue That the Proposed East Coast Greenway Could Revitalize Forgotten North Carolina Towns
Someday, boosters hope, the East Coast Greenway will be a bicycle version of the Appalachian Trail: a challenging bucket-list adventure that pulls in participants from all over the world. Its advocates envision a linear park of three thousand miles of protected trail stretching from Calais, Maine, to Key West, the longest bike trail in the […]
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New Third Friday Dance Series Comes to Durham
Stumble upon downtown Durham on a Third Friday evening and you could almost imagine you’re in Europe. Swarms of people rove in and out of galleries and restaurants, clustering in chattering groups on sidewalks and plazas. Third Friday is about to become even more dynamic thanks to Proxemic Media and Empower Dance Studio. They are […]
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Before the Bulldozers Come, the N.C. Native Plant Society Tries to Rescue the Plants
A knot of about eight people is slowly progressing through dense forest, making their way through blackberry and greenbrier vines, over mossy logs, and under loblolly pines and sweetgum trees. Suddenly there’s a shout. “Guess what we found?” yells John Clarke, who’s in charge of today’s group. “Aristolochia!” There’s a sharp intake of breaths, and […]
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ADF Review: Dance Is an Expression of Its Era in the ADF-Commissioned Footprints
Footprints ★★★½ Tuesday, July 25 & Wednesday, July 26, 8 p.m. Reynolds Industries Theater, Durham In many ways, last night’s Footprints program was classic ADF. Packed with an uber-stylish crowd consisting largely of young dancers, Reynolds Theater trilled with excitement when legendary choreographer Bill T. Jones stood up from his seat and gave an artsy […]
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ADF Review: Unmistakably Israeli Movement in Roy Assaf’s The Hill and Ate9 Dance Company’s Exhibit b
Roy Assaf: The Hill and Ate9 Dance Company: Exhibit b ★★★½ Tuesday, July 18 Reynolds Industries Theater If I hadn’t seen the program notes, would I have known that both pieces in the show shared by Roy Assaf and Ate9 Dance Company were about Israel? Probably not. But I might’ve had a sense that both […]
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Justin Tornow and Heather Gordon Reunite With More Multimedia Dance Innovations in No. 19/Modulations
COMPANY: NO. 19/MODULATIONS Wednesday, July 19 & Friday, July 21, 8 p.m., free CCB Plaza, Durham Sunday, July 23 & Monday, July 24, 8 p.m., choose your price 21c Museum Hotel, Durham www.justintornow.com Collaboration is a lauded concept among artists, but it’s a lot trickier to pull off than to talk about. In essence, it […]
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ADF Review: Life in a Perpetual State of War in Yossi Berg and Oded Graf Dance Theatre’s Come Jump with Me
Yossi Berg and Oded Graf Dance Theatre: Come Jump with Me ★★★ Monday, July 10–Wednesday, July 12, 7 p.m. Nasher Museum of Art, Durham By the end of Yossi Berg and Oded Graf’s Come Jump with Me, the performance space at Duke’s Nasher Museum of Art is littered with spent props, giving it the air […]
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Usually Hidden in the Wings, The Musicians Behind American Dance Festival Shows Take Center Stage
ADF: MUSICIANS CONCERT Sunday, July 2, 7 p.m. $10.75 Duke’s Baldwin Auditorium, Durham www.americandancefestival.org Not all of the artists who converge on Duke’s East Campus every summer as part of the American Dance Festival are dancers. Included in the gaggle of out-of-towners are about fifteen professional musicians who accompany ADF’s six weeks of dance classes […]
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Trump’s New USDA Pick Is Making It Harder for N.C. Farmers to Survive
You probably missed it, but one of President Trump’s remaining cabinet members was finally confirmed last month. As of April 24, Sonny Perdue, a businessman and former two-term governor of Georgia, is the country’s new secretary of agriculture. Though he’s anything but a household name, Perdueand the decisions he’ll make over the next four yearswill […]
