The Future Of Durham’s Old Ballpark: More Baseball
The Bulls left and now NCCU doesn’t play there anymore. But for the time being, there’s plenty of baseball on the legendary field.
Day by day: A glimpse into Art of Cool 2015
Art of Cool Festival Downtown Durham Friday, April 24-Saturday, April 25 Friday, April 24 In a world far removed from the stages of the 2015 Art of Cool Fest, which began Friday evening inside the Durham Armory, an intellectual beef between two titanic black academics—Michael Eric Dyson and Cornel West—recently reached one of its most…
To have a future, the Bull Durham Blues Festival reconnects with its past
Bull Durham Blues Festival Friday, Sept. 5–Saturday, Sept. 6, 6 p.m. $35–$50, Hayti Performance Hall & Durham Athletic Park 919-683-1709 hayti.org/music The history of the Bull Durham Blues Festival lives not in Durham, but in Cary, in the very crowded house of graphic artist Bruce Couch. If you’ve been to the event during its three…
Hey readers, are these boxers from the old Ringside?
On a recent dingy day, I spotted these boxers plastered to the facade of the building at 715 N. Washington St. It’s just north of the old Durham Athletic Park, and houses the Durham Bike Co-op and The Shadowbox. It seemed like I had seen the boxers before, but I couldn’t place them. It’s a…
Durham Bulls shut out, sweep Syracuse Chiefs: Mothers Day
photo courtesy of Durham Bulls Brian Baker pitched six scoreless innings for the Bulls DBAP/ DURHAM—After the Durham Bulls shut out the Syracuse Chiefs, 4-0, on Sunday, thanks to a two-hitter thrown by Brian Baker and Chris Bootcheck, it occurred to me that some of the wailing and flailing you hear and see from babies…
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Durham Bulls lose to Toledo Mud Hens at Historic Durham Athletic Park: “I feel like I’m in a movie.”
Jeremy M. Lange Heath Phillips throws a pitch in the first inning of last night’s game. DAP/DURHAM—Who knows when I’ll get to use “DAP/DURHAM” again for my dateline? I was prepared, as a book critic, to get very Proustian on you last night. Memory, nostalgia and the accompanying ache were all over this game—especially for…
Football history coming to Durham in just over 48 hours
WALLACE WADE STADIUM/DURHAM Some folks may have been anticipating this one for an old man’s lifetime, and it’s finally going to happen on Saturday night. The “Bull City Gridiron Classic” will put host Duke – which is playing in its homecoming game – and N.C. Central on the football field at the same time for…
Gridiron Classic to bring party time to the Bull City
Befitting the tradition of “Classic” football games, there will be a plethora of activities surrounding the “Bull City Gridiron Classic” this week in Durham. N.C. Central will visit Duke on Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Wallace Wade Stadium in the schools’ historic first meeting in football. At tonight’s City Council meeting, Durham mayor Bill Bell…
The DAP reopens, and its glory days are no longer a distant memory
DURHAM ATHLETIC PARK/DURHAM The old yard may not be back to absolute mint condition, but it sure looks better than it likely has at any point in my lifetime. Durham Athletic Park, where the Bulls played their home games for – in a “conservative” assessment – well over five decades and the site of the…
The DAP is back! Celebration time Saturday afternoon
Durham’s own “field of dreams” is back. Renovations are complete at Durham Athletic Park, where the Bulls played for most of the 20th Century ending in 1994 and which was made world famous in the iconic film “Bull Durham” starring Kevin Costner (pictured) and Susan Sarandon. And a grand re-opening is on Saturday. The event,…
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