Durham’s bar scene is a bit like its breakfast scene: sporadic and hidden, when it’s there at all. But the blood is finally pumping in downtown Durham, and progressive initiatives in the area are breathing some much-needed life into the Bull City as old businesses clean up and new businesses start up. My friend, Michael, […]
Dora E. Ragin
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The mainstays
The earth trades its spin for a massive vibration at night in the land of bar-hopping. RTP and university computers and files fade into vodka jiggers and tumblers of tequila. The drudgery of the daily 9-5 is tossed aside along with iron-pressed suits and dresses, in favor of faille and fishnets. If you too are […]
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Foreclosures follow popularity of adjustable-rate mortgages
Jennifer Babin bought her house in Morrisville two years ago with an adjustable rate, subprime mortgage loan. Like most adjustable, subprime loans, it readjusted after two years, and earlier this year, Babin’s monthly payment rose from $795 to $1,095. Facing the possibility of further increases, Babin is now fighting to keep a roof over her […]
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Galumpha at Fiesta Latina
Every month, Andy Horowitz heads to North Carolina for dance practice. He’s the co-founder and current president of Galumpha, a dance trio that has been stunning audiences for five years with seemingly impossible poses. He still lives in Binghamton, N.Y., but both of his partners now live in the Triangle. One of those partners is […]
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Saludos Compay
Good news for those of us still shaking the car with our hips to Buena Vista Social Club: When Saludos Compay formed in 2003, they were looking for a low-key Latin sound, butnow, as a more eclectic bandthey’ve ended up with music that can’t help but make people dance. Erich Leiththe band’s keyboardist, percussionist and […]
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That beaver feeling
Mid-May, beautiful weather, and it’s my second week back in Durham, home from college. It’s amazing how much you changeand forgetin four years. Before a shift of waiting tables, which I swore I wouldn’t do after graduation, I read up on beauty pageants. Dad clicked away in his office, editing pictures of June Cleaver Beaver, […]