Goorsha 910 West Main Street, Durham www.goorshadurham.com When cousins Fasil Tesfaye and Zewditu Zewdie fly home to America from their native Ethiopia, they bring back large suitcases packed with spices: berbere, mit’ten shiro, bulla, besso. “I don’t think anybody leaves with anything but spices in their luggage,” says Tesfaye, who immigrated to America when he […]
Katie Jane Fernelius
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Labor Day Protesters Gather Outside a Durham McDonald’s to Demand Better Wages
Early Monday morning, a group of approximately one hundred protesters gathered at the McDonald’s on Guess Road to strike for a $15 wage and a union for fast-food workers. The strike was part of a nationwide effort by the Fight for 15 campaign in honor of Labor Day. In cities across the United States, workers […]
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Upright Citizens Brigade’s James III on Comedy, Code Switching, and Being Friends with Robots
UPRIGHT CITIZENS BRIGADE Friday, August 4, 8 p.m., $24–$33 Carolina Theatre, Durham www.carolinatheatre.org Update: This show has been postponed until Sept. 15 due to weather-related travel issues. James IIIyes, his friends do call him “James the third”is a comedian from Akron, Ohio, whose credits include the Black Men Can’t Jump (in Hollywood) podcast, three dramatic […]
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Batalá Durham’s Central Park Standoff with Liberty Warehouse Residents Is Gentrification in Motion
You can hear Batalá Durham long before you see it. Its tide of layered beats and enthusiastic shouts emanates from Durham Central Park, where the city has permitted the ensemble to rehearse on warm Monday nights since last summer. But some local residents would prefer that Batalá be neither seen nor heard in Durham Central […]