A Green Party vote in the mid-terms only helps Republicans.
Frank Hyman
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Sweat Equity Won’t Get You a Home in the Triangle Anymore
But there are ways we can address the problem.
Posted inFood & Drink
Behold the berry
I mistakenly created a bit of friction years ago when I wrote a story about an heirloom raspberry I had been enjoying. After all, we gardeners are little more than willing tools in our plants’ evolutionary schemes to spread their offspring over the countryside. My mistake was to suggest that gardeners could pick one up […]
Posted inArt
Developing original theater in Durham’s old industrial spaces
The way Cheryl Chamblee rocks her head and stirs her hands in rehearsal, you might think she’s conducting an orchestra. Instead, her movements follow the rhythm of her actors’ words as they echo and repeat, then rise in chorus and fall back into fertile silence. Chamblee, with a smile that spreads across her entire face, […]
Posted inGuides
Brightleaf at the Park sculpts a niche in the suburbs
Developers are cashing in by building neighborhoods that cater to the Triangle’s influx of educated professionals. Many of these developments, however, are aesthetically challengedthe term McMansion says it all. But Charlotte-based developer Jim Medall aims to change that. “I’m not an engineer. I was an English major,” says Medall. “I don’t think in a linear […]
Posted inArt
The iron is hot
While artists are known for maintaining urban workspaces, many forgo downtown apartments and greenways in favor of the studio outbuildings and green-everythings of the boondocks. Recently, Kevin Eichner, art director at the Moncure Museum of Art and resident of Moncure, opened a door into that workstyle for close to a hundred artists and guests at […]
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Light that fire
When I first moved to Durham 22 years ago, a co-worker told me that the Triangle was the pat of butter on the bowl of grits that is North Carolina. Now the folks at DesignBox and others want to stake a claim for the Triangle as something more: the creative hub of the South. Having […]
Posted inGuides
Treehouse tips
For a treehouse to be memorable, well-used and even loved seems to require some–though not all–of these basic ground rules: 1. Get some ideas from the kids (and adults even) who will use the treehouse. A treehouse should fit a kid like the glass slipper fit Cinderella. But you won’t know the shoe size if […]
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Raising the (green) roof
Anyone building a new home or business–or renovating an older structure–could slash their heating and cooling bills by 25 percent, double the life of their roof, reduce stormwater runoff, help clean the air, create urban wildlife habitat, and make their building look fabulous by changing just one thing. When it comes time to replace ugly […]
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Make your bed: Lawns 101
The first lawn-makers in late Renaissance England wanted to flaunt their wealth by replicating the look of a sheep-shorn pasture in their front yard. Some even went to the extent of incorporating actual sheep. In addition to visual charm, the sheep handled the mowing and fertilizing chores in exchange for room and board. You probably […]