Plans Take Shape for Durham School of the Arts New Location
Durham School of the Arts will open its new campus in North Durham as school system leaders weigh potential new uses for the downtown DSA site.
DPS Bus Driver Veers Off Road in North Durham to Avoid Gunfire
The bus was not damaged by the gunfire and was not a target of the shooting. No injuries are reported.
Durham School of the Arts May Move to Northern Durham
The concept of a new campus for DSA has been under discussion for some time. The county provided design and discovery funds for the project in early 2021.
As a Grammy-Nominated Musician and Former Durham City Councilman, Pierce Freelon is Walking in the Footsteps of His Ancestors
“I was like, wait a minute, you mean we sit on stage and people give us ideas and we make up a show on the spot? Like, that’s crazy. Yeah. That was life-shifting.”
Tenants of Durham’s Braswell Apartments Are Fighting Back After Learning They’ll Need to Vacate Their Homes Just in Time for the Holidays
Last month, the tenants learned they will have to move by New Year’s Eve. With the help of Bull City Tenants United, the tenants wrote up six demands that they are requesting their landlord respond to by Thursday.
Op-Ed: It’s Time For Durham Public Schools to Abolish the Dress Code
For decades, Durham’s public school system has taken positive steps towards achieving gender equality. Its dress code, however, has been left in the dust, and as a concept is sexist and outdated.
A Celebrated High School Drama Teacher Says DPS Forced Him to Work Overtime Without Pay
Hillside High theater program director Wendell Tabb’s lawsuit, which alleges racial discrimination, goes to mediation on August 15.
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Thirteen Screams: Fill Your Nights with Haunts and Frights on the Triangle’s Cursed Culture Scene This Week
GEORGE JENNE: YOU’VE REACHED THE OFFICE OF STUART ULLMAN (Through Nov. 4, Lump, Raleigh, www.lumpprojects.org) Of all the cinematic spaces one might dream of entering, is any more frightening and enticing than The Shining‘s Overlook Hotel? At Lump, you can live the nightmare: the centerpiece of George Jenne’s solo exhibit is a precise re-creation of…
Teachers protest budget cuts, legislation throughout Triangle
Rosa Ramirez, a student at Durham School of the Arts, has long dreamed of being a teacher. But in light of recent changes to the state’s education policy, the ninth-grader is reconsidering. “Thanks for crushing my dream,” she told a crowd of demonstrators on a cold morning outside Weaver Auditorium at Durham School of the…
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,…