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☕ In Today’s Edition
1. Raleigh’s Queer Community Finds New Ways to Come Together
2. Ask INDY: Durham City Budget Edition
3. An Old School Vibe at Big Bob’s City Grill
4. Portraits of Pride, from the INDY Archives
Good morning, readers.
Out Raleigh!, the City of Oaks’ annual Pride celebration, is coming up this weekend. And while it’s bigger than ever—100,000 people came out to Fayetteville Street to celebrate last year—queer spaces in Raleigh are experiencing a bit of a shakeup.
Beloved businesses, such as the Green Monkey gift shop, have closed their doors. The iconic nightclub Legends is moving from its longstanding location at the corner of West Hargett and South Harrington streets. The ‘Gayborhood’ in the Warehouse District that was thriving 10 years ago with CC’s Nightclub, the Borough, and other businesses, looks a lot different these days.
But, as it always has, Raleigh’s LGBTQ community is finding new spaces to come together across the city.
As Breniecia Reuben, aka DJ Luxe Posh says, “Spaces come and go, but you can put glitter on the walls anywhere. And with the right team and the right people coming to your event, it can be magical.”
Read Jasmine Gallup’s report below and have a good Tuesday.
—Jane
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FOOD & DRINK
A Big Burger at Big Bob’s
For her latest Lunch Money feature, INDY’s Lena Geller hits up Big Bob’s City Grill in Hillsborough, which had plenty of affordable lunch options.
PRIDE MONTH
Portraits of Pride
From the INDY archives: Reflections from the staff of the LGBTQ Center of Durham on their work, Durham’s queer community, and being unapologetically you (originally published in 2023).
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ICYMI: The Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association, which preserves 500 acres in Durham, quietly voted to dissolve in January, INDY’s Lena Geller reports.
RALEIGH: Wake County commissioners approved a lease deal for 70 acres of Lake Crabtree County Park, ABC11 reports.
DUKE: The Chronicle reports on what Trump’s proposed endowment tax would mean for the university.
STATE: Via WUNC, a federal trial is underway over whether electoral districts North Carolina Republicans drew in 2023 were illegal racial gerrymanders.
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