Lisa Sorg Update: Tuesday, July 24: Weaver Street officials say the tree expert was hopeful; he painted on some pesticide to stop insects getting in the tree’s wounds. Update, Friday at 4:15 p.m.: A Carr Mill Mall representative is having a tree expert assess the damage. There isn’t a full report yet, but check the […]
Lisa Sorg
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Sterilization Victims Foundation restarts victim verification requests
People who believe they—or someone they know—were involuntarily sterilized as part of the state’s eugenics board can again request that their cases be reviewed. The N.C. Justice For Sterilization Victims Foundation, which verifies the cases, temporarily suspended accepting requests on June 20, after the N.C. Senate eliminated its operational funding—and compensation for the victims—in the […]
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Mi parolas Esperanton: The Universal Language
The Universal Language Tuesday, July 24, 7 p.m. Durham South Regional Library 4505 S. Alston Ave. Free Refreshments will be served and a discussion will follow. Many people erroneously believe Esperanto is the invention of ’60s peaceniks looking for a common mother tongue in the Age of Aquarius. In fact, Esperanto was created by a […]
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Pam Gutlon promotes outsider artists in downtown Durham
You could hear the party from blocks away. On a gorgeous summer evening at Outsiders Art & Collectibles, a blues band played on the porch for several hundred people and a half dozen whirligigs in the front yard. Inside the packed gallery, artists mingled with patrons ranging on the economic scale from a Duke provost […]
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Is there a future for North Carolina hops farming?
At the hops What: Hops presentation and tour of N.C. State research hops yard When: Saturday, July 14, 9 a.m.–noon Where: J. Edward Booth Building for indoor activities, followed by an outdoor tour at the Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory (see map above) What else: Lectures about hop varieties, planting tips, harvesting, drying, pest management […]
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The Alcohol Issue
I had my first sip of beer at age 4. I remember it vividly: On a hot summer night, outside our trailer at a party with my parents and their friends, I took a nip from my dad’s can of Stroh’s. I thought I had been poisoned. It wasand still isthe worst thing I had […]
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What lawmakers could learn from Andy
Tuesday, July 3: Andy Griffith died today, and who the hell could blame him. As Sheriff Andy Taylor, his character was compassionate and fair, ethical and decent, nonviolent and slow to anger. If he had been a North Carolina legislator, he would not have sentenced people to death on the basis of their race. He […]
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Tom Whiteside waited 11 years to play with a full deck of cards
Cards: Almost Two Decks Durham Cinematheque 305 E. Chapel Hill St. (Entrance is in back, off the Armory parking lot.) Wednesday, July 4, 4–8 p.m. and Mondays through July 23, 1–4 p.m. or by appointment The 6 of Hearts was found in Cambodia, shortly before a tour of the ruins of the Angkor Empire. The […]
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What lawmakers could learn from Sheriff Andy Taylor
Tuesday, July 3: Andy Griffith died today and who the hell could blame him. As Sheriff Andy Taylor, his character was compassionate and fair, ethical and decent, nonviolent and slow to anger. If Sheriff Taylor had been a North Carolina legislator, he would not have sentenced people to death on the basis of their race. […]
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Eating invertebrates at the Museum of Life and Science
I ate its coxa. I ate its labrum. I ate its compound eye. But I could not eat its broken little legs. Crunchy and seasoned with chipotle, ancho and chili peppers, Mexican spiced grasshoppers are as addictive as beer nuts. But there was something about the legslegs so powerful they can propel their owner 20 […]