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Talking with Meg Brown, Exhibits Coordinator at Duke Library, about the three Declaration of Independence copies on display in Durham this fall. ift.tt/Wxbms18
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An excerpt from "Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood: Nina Simone, Langston Hughes, and the Birth of Black Power." indyweek.com/news/culture/ni…
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A look at Pride: Durham, NC events and the history of Durham Pride. ift.tt/LUugSyk
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Langston Hughes first met Nina Simone in 1949, when he visited her high school chapter of the NAACP. Their decades-long friendship would become a cultural cornerstone of the Black Power era. ift.tt/AYEfKnw
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State law encourages the two major parties to be equally represented among poll workers, a challenge in Durham where most voters are Democrats or unaffiliated. ift.tt/OkmU7ts
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A conversation with Raye Dooley, co-executive director of the LGBTQ Center of Durham. ift.tt/F2fljcR
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Growing pains, schools, and property taxes are hot issues in three Wake County legislative contests.
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Following a summer that saw turnover in key positions in Zebulon’s finance and legal departments, an agency in the state treasurer’s office will monitor the town’s contracts and purchases. ift.tt/oxmBtKs
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Growing pains, schools, and property taxes are hot issues in three Wake County legislative contests. ift.tt/psYB7Do
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When I pulled into Raleigh’s Adventure Landing parking lot on a warm August evening, the nearly four-decade-old entertainment center looked like it had just opened.
But this was not an average day at Adventure Landing. It was its last.
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Community members and volunteers are helping to build a growing library and People’s Archive at the LGBTQ Center of Durham. Both are open for viewing this fall.
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When I pulled into Raleigh’s Adventure Landing parking lot on a warm August evening, the nearly four-decade-old entertainment center looked like it had just opened. The line to buy arcade tickets and game passes stretched into the arcade itself. Families… ift.tt/dOXiZza
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The work of the LGBTQ Center of Durham and the need to "impose beauty on our future." ift.tt/YXwgABc
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For two decades, Triangle residents have relied on our reader poll—and the iconic decals winners receive—to find the best of the best in their communities. ift.tt/hbHe306
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Community members and volunteers are helping to build a growing library and People’s Archive at the LGBTQ Center of Durham. Both are open for viewing this fall.
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From this week last year: Talking with Jameela F. Dallis about her debut poetry collection, “Encounters for the Living and the Dead.”
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There has also been a nationwide ramping up of arrests, with July seeing almost 50,000—the highest monthly total of the second Donald Trump administration. indyweek.com/news/durham-ice…
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Firmly rooted in the type of rambling, fingerpicked folk made famous by John Prine (yes, it’s a legit comparison), Chris Frisina is still his own man. indyweek.com/news/culture/mu…
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After four months of public deliberation and some additional concessions from the state’s largest hospital system, commissioners voted 5-2 for changes that will allow the deal to go through.
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After four months of public deliberation and some additional concessions from the state’s largest hospital system, commissioners voted 5-2 for changes that will allow the deal to go through.
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