Thai Spoon 3808 Guess Road, Durham Thai China Buffet 4900 N.C. Highway 55, Durham (919) 361-8881 In a few decades of experience, the suggestion of local Thai food hasn’t often elicited unfiltered enthusiasm. When someone among a group of friends has suggested it for dinner, the responses have tended to be affirmative but not terribly […]
Danny Hooley
Bio: Danny Hooley lives in Durham, writes about television and music and plays in The Bastages.Email: [email protected]: http://twitter.com/dhoohoo
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The Morning Roundup: Bye-Bye, Millions of Dollars! We’ll Miss You!
Good morning, folks. Tuesday’s news, as usual, is mostly about a declining North Carolina in a post-HB 2 world. 1. Quadruple losses: That’s what the Greater Raleigh Convention and Visitors Bureau reports for Wake County in the last seven days, thanks to guess what. From The News & Observer: The visitors bureau reported April 11 […]
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Cirque du Soleil Cancels Charlotte, Greensboro Shows to Protest HB 2
Pretty soon, North Carolina’s entertainment reporters will need to get the research staff to keep track of these cancellations. Add Cirque du Soleil to the growing list of big-name stage performers that refuse to perform in the same state as reviled local act Pat & His Fearmongering Homophobes. Fourteen N.C. performances by the world-famous high-flying […]
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Durham Wants to Keep Trucks from Crashing into the Can Opener Bridge
The N.C. Department of Transportation wants to starve 11foot8.com of new content, and it’s spending about $110,000 to do it. Durhamites already kind of know what this is all about. So do people from all over the U.S. who read The Wall Street Journal and watch NBC News. The website and its subjectwhat locals call […]
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Durham Bulls Release Official Statement on HB 2
Responding to a query from the INDY on Tuesday afternoon, Durham Bulls director of communications Matt Sutor sent this statement: HB2 is unnecessary, ill-conceived and furthers discrimination. We encourage the full repeal of HB2. The Durham Bulls are proud to be part of this diverse, inclusive community. #DURHAMBULLS
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Breaking: McCrory Issues Exec Order in Effort to Quell HB 2 Outrage
Gov. Pat McCrory tried to look like a boss Tuesday as he blasted lib’rul purveyors of “misinformation, misinterpretation, confusion, a lot of passion and frankly, selective outrage and hypocrisy” for their response to the anti-LGBT, anti-local-government bill he signed into law. But what he really did, pretty much, was admit he screwed up big-time with […]
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The Morning Roundup: It’ll Be All Right, Buffett Fans
Good morning, folks. Sure is rainy out there. The good news is:1.Parrotheads can relax. Rejoice, even. Despite the “stupid law” — HB2, of course — that could have prompted Jimmy Buffet to cancel upcoming shows in Raleigh and Charlotte, the Margaritaville man has announced in a blog post that the shows will go on. From […]
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“Don’t Be Mean to People: A Golden Rule Saison” is the Official Beer Against HB 2
Good friends Keil Jansen and Erik Lars Myers are master brewers—beer nerds, if you’d like, which means every ingredient in their creations has been carefully considered. So when the respective bosses of Durham’s Ponysaurus and Hillsborough’s Mystery Brewing decided to collaborate on a beer to support North Carolina’s LGBTQ community in the fight against HB […]
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Read the Durham City Council Resolution Against HB 2 Here
On Thursday afternoon, The Durham City Council unanimously passed a resolution calling for repeal of the anti-LGBT, authoritarian HB 2 law signed by Gov. Pat McCrory on March 23. By doing so, the council joined the Carrboro Board of Aldermen, The Chapel Hill Town Council, and the City of Greensboro Council. The Durham Public Schools […]
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Durham Police Chief Candidates Discuss Gangs, Profiling and Body Cams at Community Forum
Durham citizens got a chance to hear the two finalists for Durham police chief answer some of their questions on Wednesday night — and agree on pretty much everything. The audience packed Durham’s City Hall to standing-room capacity for Atlanta Deputy Police Chief Cerelyn Davis and Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Major Michael Smathers. Battling an uncooperative PA […]
