photo by D.L. AndersonVAE moving to CAM’s neighborhood Well, that didn’t take long. No sooner did the new Contemporary Art Museum come to life in the Warehouse District than Flanders Gallery was discovered right next door — great space, nice works — and today the Visual Art Exchange announced that it will move in September […]
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(Updated) Shutdown ahead? Perdue, Republicans are toe to toe on the budget — and far, far apart
photo by Bob GearyGov. Bev Perdue at the One Voice rally sponsored by the NCAE Tuesday (Update — 5/10: Originally, the headline on this said Perdue and the Republicans are toe to toe on the budget, which can only lead to — drumroll — a compromise. But when I raised the subject with Senate President […]
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Help Raleigh’s battered cemeteries, learn to write a best-seller (!)
photo by Bob GearyCity Cemetery, East Hargett Street You know you want to write a best-seller. And with all your worldly experience, how hard can it be? So here’s the deal. You give a few $$$ to the cause, and on May 21 you receive the critical secrets — direct from their best-selling author — […]
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In Yadkin fight, Alcoa loses again: Federal appeals court upholds FERC denial
Another setback for Alcoa in its bid to control most of the Yadkin River — and continue to cash the checks from its four hydropower dams — for another 50 years: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals today denied Alcoa’s bid to cut North Carolina out of the process and allow the company to deal […]
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(Update): Wake Commissioner Stan Norwalk is resigning
[Update: 5/2 — According to the N&O, Wake Commissioner Stan Norwalk just announced that today’s meeting of the Board of Commissioners will be his last. Re-reading this post from five weeks ago, the only other update is that Cary Town Councilor Erv Portman is on the list of those “mentioned” as a possible replacement for […]
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Tata on student assignment, budget: Stay “between the ditches”
Our Tata cover in January Friday mornings at 9, Tony Tata briefs the press about the Wake County school system in a format much like, I imagine, a military press briefing from his olden days in the Army. Topics this morning included Tata’s progress toward a new student assignment plan and his assessment of the […]
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The long road to CAM, and what it means for Raleigh
In the big scheme of things, Raleigh’s Contemporary Art Museum is a small building with an importance many times its size. It isn’t just that the CAM fills a major gap in Raleigh’s cultural scene, though it certainly does that. It offers an architectural template for connecting Raleigh’s history and ambitions, another part of the […]
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(Update) McFarlane jumps in for mayor: Who’s on her team?
courtesy MMI Public RelationsCity Councilor Nancy McFarlane [Update 2, 4/27] City Councilor Nancy McFarlane did announce her candidacy for mayor this morning at City Hall, promising to build on Raleigh’s strengths with “careful planning.” Exactly, she made no stunning policy moves today. The most interesting thing about McFarlane’s announcement was the group that showed up […]
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(Updated) Meeker era to end: Mayor won’t run for a 6th term
Mayor Charles Meeker has a press conference this morning at 10. He’ll announce that five terms as mayor is enough and he won’t seek a sixth. Meeker was first elected in 2001, defeating incumbent Paul Coble and ending a decade of conservative leadership in Raleigh under ex-mayor Tom Fetzer and then, for two years, Coble. […]
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Raleigh’s Jimmy Creech recounts his struggles against anti-gay religious discrimination
Adam’s Gift: A Memoir of a Pastor’s Calling to Defy the Church’s Persecution of Lesbians and Gays By Jimmy Creech Duke University Press; 368 pp. Jimmy Creech reads at the Regulator Bookshop April 25, Internationalist Books April 27 and McIntyre’s Fine Books April 30. “Hero” is an overused word in our vocabulary. When I think […]
