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Rooftop igloos among downtown Durham's COVID-conscious dining options

By Meredith Cohen | March 15, 2021

So, after about a semester of trying to determine which restaurants are safe to go to, a new consideration has been added to the list as of late 2020 — Igloos.

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'Bridgerton' fans to host Regency-era ball in Durham next spring

By Yumi Tsuyuki | March 15, 2021

In short, it will be a lavish night to enjoy the sumptuous life of 17th-century elites and feign ignorance of the travails of modern life.

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Small Town Records to continue making music this spring

By Ben Smith | February 1, 2021

Despite the immense challenges posed by the pandemic and the lack of in-person concerts, Small Town Records’s artists, producers and personnel have continued to do what they love and have a variety of projects slated for the spring semester.

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Keeping up with the Nasher: 'RESIST COVID/TAKE 6!' exhibit partners with American Dance Festival

By Jack Rubenstein | February 1, 2021

What the Nasher has been able to do this year with staff working from home and a shuttered museum is incredibly impressive. However, it has not been easy. 

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New Durham eatery Plum serves up southern hospitality and comfort food

By Meredith Cohen | January 26, 2021

Authentic tapas, delicious Italian pasta, delicate French cuisine and hefty American burgers: these foods from around the world can be found not far off Duke’s campus in downtown Durham.

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Don't Tell Mother is Durham's best-kept secret

By Alex Leo-Guerra | January 11, 2021

Finally, my time had come. I had secured a pint from the underground and highly sought after ice cream operation, Don’t Tell Mother.

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Durham Main Season Market: COVID edition

By Meredith Cohen | November 19, 2020

Immediately after I walked into the market, I felt that sense of a larger Durham community that has been so elusive to Duke students this semester.

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Durham-based Wonderpuff is a movement to feed your sugar cravings

By Maddie Menkes | November 9, 2020

Picture the music video for Katy Perry’s 2010 summer hit “California Girls:” screaming neon colors, swirling rainbow lollipops, giant ice cream dripping with strawberry syrup and pink cotton candy clouds.

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Dancing through the darkness: Ninth Street Dance keeps on moving

By Meredith Cohen | November 3, 2020

While I am indeed a Durham native, I never had the privilege of taking a dance class at Ninth Street Dance and becoming a part of this studio — that is, until this past weekend.

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Reconnecting with Bright Black Candles amid pandemic adjustments and major collaborations

By Ben Smith | November 2, 2020

As the pandemic swept through the United States, Bright Black Candles was faced with new challenges, was endorsed by Beyoncé and has collaborated with the likes of Jordan Peele and Michelle Obama. 

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I tried six different PSLs in Durham so you don’t have to

By Maddie Menkes | October 19, 2020

It’s officially fall, and with fall comes one very important and crucial item — a pumpkin spice latte. 

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How to (safely) celebrate fall in the Triangle this year

By Tess Redman | October 13, 2020

With limited options for social engagement, Halloween is looking very different this year.

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From parking lot to pop-up shop: Queen Burger serves up an experience

By Maddie Menkes | October 5, 2020

If you aimlessly drive through downtown Durham you may miss a delicious, vibrant and progressive food joint: Queen Burger. 

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Behind the scenes of The Lodge with TikTok food vlogger and Duke RA Ben Wallace

By Maddie Menkes | September 16, 2020

"NYU students were using TikTok to show how their boxed meals were screwed up. Someone who was supposed to get a caesar salad instead got a box with a packet of balsamic vinaigrette and a bag of chips.That’s not a meal at all."

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Living Arts Collective's Death Café encourages dialogue around mortality

By Tess Redman | September 1, 2020

Nine months into a year characterized by a global pandemic, many of us have been thrust uncomfortably close to the idea of death — much closer than six feet. 

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Pandemic fails to cancel 8th annual "Truth to Power" art exhibit

By Juanita Vargas Ibanez | September 1, 2020

Hosted by Duke’s Power Plant Gallery at the American Tobacco Campus, the exhibition shifted to a virtual format due to guidelines instituted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, including an artist talk held Aug. 22 on Zoom.

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Into the fold: Local crafters find their pandemic niche in mask-making

By Tessa Delgo | August 24, 2020

Marcus Hawley spent the last week of March developing a mask prototype, but he never imagined it would actually see the light of day.