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No Place Like Home

Beauty, Artistry, Tradition

N LATE JUNE, PHOTOGRAPHER BETH MANN AND I DID SOMETHING together that has never been done before for Durham Magazine: We set out on a trip to write about and photograph someplace other than Durham. That’s right. We drove five-and-a-half hours west to Cashiers, N.C., to see what we could discover in a new part of the state (more on what we found on page 29). But at the same time, we saw traces of Durham – a concert series decidedly similar to Music in the Gardens, a lunch stop comparable to Parker & Otis, meandering rivers alongside two-lane highways that reminded us of the Eno – we even ran across two families from the Triangle (we discovered the connection because of the Bull City Running Co. shirt that one of the women was wearing) who were with their kids at a freshly opened brewery in Cashiers that reminded us of our own new parent-and-kid choice hangout, County Fare. They “come to get away from I-40,” one of the parents joked. As we made our way back to Durham along that familiar freeway, I could hardly wait to get back – yes, Jackson County was breathtakingly beautiful, but I was craving a return to my routine: I wanted my usual vanilla latte with skim milk from Cocoa Cinnamon (where you can find paintings by Candy Carver – who we profile on page 54 alongside two other innovative artists). I wanted to coordinate an outing to a Durham Central Park PLAYlist concert with friends (see Beth’s capture of Kamara Thomas opening the show for series headliner Valerie June – part of our photo essay on some of Durham’s key musicians – on page 44). And, ever the Type A personality, I wanted to get a jump on organizing and making plans for the next two months (you can, too, with “Gear Up for Your Best Fall Yet!” on page 58.) After a quick nap, unpacking and some good ol’ porch sitting just as the summer frogs started singing, I sat down to write from the comfort of my sunroom with a Fullsteam Foxfire beside me. It was good to be home.

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DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS 4 8

Letter The Scene PictureDURM helps us showcase images curated by locals

10 Go. See. Do.

August’s hottest events, plus a fall arts preview

What we’ve heard around town …

A Durhamite in Jackson County, N.C.

26 Noted

29 I Wanna Get Away

34 The Incomparables

These six spots make Durham an unparalleled place

36 The Running Kind

Dr. David S. Pisetsky competes in the Durham Senior Games

38 All About the Jazz, Man

Author Carl W. Kenney II on the development of the Art of Cool Festival

40 Palate Pleasers

Bites of Bull City’s Amber Watson shares spots where you can please the palates of foodies and picky eaters alike

42 Adopt a Pet

Help these three fluffy felines find a home

64 What We Love About

Living in Parkwood Initially constructed to house employees at Research Triangle Park, today’s neighborhood fosters a profound sense of community for families of all sizes

44 TAKE THE STAGE

52 CREATIVE VISIONARIES

77 Taste

A few of the key players and venues in Durham’s music scene

A closer look at three innovative artists and their impact on the city

58 GEAR UP FOR YOUR BEST FALL YET!

Ease back into the school year with this handy guide

75 SCHOOL OF THOUGHT

A Q&A with Duke University President Vincent E. Price

Discover our city’s best restaurants

87 Engagement & Wedding

Tying the knot, Bull City-style

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14 Durham Blues & Brews Festival 16 “Senior Night” premiere at Walltown Children’s Theatre

18 Animal Protection Society of

Durham’s Walk for the Animals

20 Fourth of July parades

at Durham Central Park and in Watts-Hillandale

22 RTP’s Picnic in the Park 24 Women of Achievement lunch at the JB Duke Hotel

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C3: A Guaranteed Pathway to NC State Through Durham Tech Durham Tech and NC State University are partnering for a new dual-admission, dualenrollment program this fall. Students in the program are simultaneously admitted into Durham Tech and as non-degree students at NC State. The program also offers students access to an NC State advisor and classes at NC State. The C3 program is looking for highly-motivated students who want to save on tuition at Durham Tech before seamlessly transferring to earn a bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree at NC State. Participants must meet eligibility requirements.

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Bull City Rumble SEPTEM BER 1

The 14th annual vintage motorcycle and scooter rally rides into town Labor Day weekend. Hosted by Durham nonprofit Ton Up NC, a group of enthusiasts who promote the riding, restoration and racing of vintage motorcycles, the event will feature a bike show, music, a charity raffle and more.

Harvest and Hornworm Festival AUGUST 2 5

North Carolina farming history and culture come to life at this year’s event at Duke Homestead, featuring live music, local arts and food, hands-on history, a looping contest, the last tobacco auction in Durham and the famous hornworm race.

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N.C. Gay and Lesbian Film Festival AU G U ST 16- 19

The second largest film festival in the southeast and the largest cultural arts event serving the LGBT community in the Carolinas, the N.C. Gay and Lesbian Film Festival at The Carolina Theatre provides a glimpse of the daily lives of gay, lesbian and transgender individuals everywhere through several days of shorts, documentaries and feature films.

AUGUST’S HOTTEST EVENTS Free Things in Life Festival AU G U ST 26

This interactive, outdoor art fair and music festival features small startup businesses, visual artists and independent musicians from across the U.S. The festival – held at All People’s Grill – aims to create a communal environment for all people by combining the arts with community partnerships.

Chris Isaak SEPTEM BER 6

The musician, known for his signature 1950s rock ‘n’ roll style and crooner sound, performs songs from his 2015 album, “First Comes the Night,” at The Carolina Theatre. 10

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The Book of Mormon AU G U ST 7- 12

The nine-time Tony Award-winning musical returns to the Durham Performing Arts Center. The play presents the misadventures of a pair of missionaries spreading their faith around the world. You won’t want to miss the chance to say “Hello!” to what The New York Times calls “the best musical of this century.”

Habitat Bull Moon Ride and Run AUGUST 4

This family-friendly evening 5K run/walk and 12-mile bike ride through downtown raises money for Habitat for Humanity of Durham. The charity has built, sold and repaired more than 450 homes in Durham since 1985 and has partnered with more than 600 families to help them reach their housing goals. Bull Moon Ride and Run encourages participants to don their best riding costumes and come to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, where the race begins and ends. Stick around for a block party complete with a potluck, beer, music by DJ Highrise and other entertainment.

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Enjoy live music and dance, authentic food and traditional crafts at this event, hosted by Durham Parks and Recreation at Rock Quarry Park. Bring the kids by the Family Fun Zone, presented by Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC, for hands-on activities from Durham School of the Arts and the Museum of Life and Science, plus free face painting and inflatables. Food will be available for purchase from Kona Ice, Bruster’s Real Ice Cream, Pita Delite, Cool Breezes and Myrrona. Make sure you catch some of the soccer tournament, too!

LEFT PAGE: (clockwise from top left) Bull City Rumble photo courtesy of Marcus Rodgers; NCGLFF photo courtesy of The Carolina Theatre; Free Things in Life photo by Raquel Bolling; Chris Isaak photo by Andrew Macpherson; Harvest and Hornworm photo by Durwand Rogers. RIGHT PAGE: (clockwise from top left) The Book of Mormon photo by Julieta Cervantes, courtesy of DPAC; Beats n Bars photo by Kumolu Studios; Anne-Claire Niver photo by Kendall Atwater; Durham Latino Festival photo courtesy of Durham Parks and Recreation.

Beats n Bars AU G U ST 24- 26

The three-day festival at American Tobacco Campus and American Underground @Main features hip-hop artists and emcees as well as the The Fresh Effect Music Conference, a space for attendees to engage with innovators, entrepreneurs, cultural creatives and music makers who work with and within urban culture and music. The lineup showcases the dynamic range of hiphop, featuring Dead Prez, $wank, Pinqy Ring and Young Bull, among others.

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Bring your picnics, family, friends and even your dog out to the Amphitheater at the American Tobacco Campus to hear the rock/country/folk sounds of the Nashville singer-songwriter as she performs tracks from her 2017 album, “Trinity Lane.” North Carolina native Anne-Claire Niver (pictured) opens the show. American Tobacco’s restaurants will be open and preparing quick-grab items for concertgoers, and beer and wine are available for purchase. august 2018

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Across County Lines: Contemporary Photography from the Piedmont

Journey: Paintings & Sculpture by Lisa Creed

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This group exhibition at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University features more than 35 North Carolina artists’ work, combining the photography of both emerging and established photographers. The images date from the 1970s to the present day, and subject matter ranges from portraiture and landscape to the conceptual, abstract and experimental. Several photos from the Nasher Museum’s permanent collection will also be included in the exhibition, including those by Susan Harbage Page and Burk Uzzle.

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Longtime Durham resident Lisa Creed presents a body of work that combines her drawing and painting with constructed assemblages and sculptures at Horse & Buggy Press and Friends. After returning to Sweden this spring – 55 years after living in the country as a child – she says she “rediscovered the root of my love of Scandinavian colors and design and all things medieval and Viking,” which is reflected in this body of work. A reception will take place September 13, with special musical guests on the front porch of the gallery.

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Blues & Roots Celebration SEPTEM BER 7 -8

Blues, jazz and gospel come together at the Hayti Heritage Center during this three-day celebration, complete with vendors and food.

Amir ElSaffar and Hamid El-Saadi

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The month-long event celebrates the cultural influence of photography by engaging the community with exceptional photo-based works and artists. Last year’s event featured more than 35 venues and 80 events, with more expected to be added this year, including exhibit openings, art walks, portfolio reviews, workshops and more.

CLOCKWISE: Across County Lines: Burk Uzzle, White Water Nash, 2010. Chromogenic print on aluminum, 75 × 60 inches (190.5 × 152.4 cm). Collection of the Nasher Museum. Gift of Charles Weinraub and Emily Kass in honor of Peter Lange; Centerfest photo by Michael Zirkle; Amir El-Saffar and Hamid El-Saadi photo courtesy of Duke Performances.

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Centerfest

SEPTEM BE R 15- 16 Centerfest returns to the heart of downtown late this summer. The Durham Arts Council hosts the 44th annual premier art festival, where more than 140 juried visual artists gather to share their work. In addition to ceramics, paintings, jewelry, fiber art, woodwork and more, singers, dance troupes, choirs, bands, jugglers, magicians and many other performers provide continuous entertainment throughout the weekend.

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Duke Performances present maqam masters Amir ElSaffar and Hamid El-Saadi, performing as part of a larger series showcasing the richness and diversity of Muslim culture in our country, Building Bridges: Muslims in America, which also features performances from Sudanese-American MC Oddissee and Persian-inspired Brooklyn rock band Habibi. In addition to the more than 90 arts presentations this year, over a third of which will be shown downtown, Duke Performances has priced tickets to the majority of its shows at just $25.

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Star Wars: A New Hope

The 1977 film Star Wars: A New Hope plays on the big screen as the Symphony performs the John Williams score live.

Holiday Cirque Spectacular

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We’ve Got the Brews P HOTO G RA P H Y B Y A S HL EY A PPL EW HIT E

The Exchange Club of Greater Durham hosted its fourth annual Durham Blues & Brews Festival at Durham Central Park, a new Durham tradition that mixes blues music and North Carolina craft beers. Food, local breweries and sweet sounds created a rockin’ experience for the crowd to enjoy. Colorful Mardi Gras beads, animated photo props and vibrant costumes added to the unique experience. The proceeds from the festival benefit local charities and programs, including the Exchange Family Center, a nonprofit committed to preventing child abuse. Kate Shirah, an Exchange Family board member, says it was “the best turnout we’ve seen in all four years.” More than $120,000 has been raised over the past four years. 14

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1 Kevin, Brendan and Carla Dougherty. 2 Festivalgoer Chauncey Taylor. 3 Blues and Brews volunteers Janet Martinez and Lexi Newman. 4 Chelsea Outen, Kimmy Becher, Kara Frahm and Lindsay Brodsky. 5 Greg Kenenitz, Austin Bello, Tyler O’Brien and Jon Gaegler. 6 Alec Jones and Chris Ryles. 7 Luke Doerning and Megan Cindrich of Bull City Burger and Brewery. 8 Rob Chambers and Benjamin Smallheer.

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Shooting Hoops

P HOTO G RA P H Y B Y A MA NDA MAC L A R EN

Durham filmmaker David Mayer teamed up with Walltown Children’s Theatre (WCT) in May to host the premiere of his documentary “Senior Night,” which captures the emotional intensity of the final basketball game in the career of Anthony Peak, a Riverside High School player in his senior year. The evening began with the performance of an original poem written by Durham-born-and-raised poet Zach Goldberg, followed by an original dance choreographed by Walltown Children’s Theatre Artistic Director Cynthia Penn-Halal. “Senior Night is a movie told entirely from the point of view of an athlete and a coach on one night in a gym in Durham,” Dave says. “The drama never leaves the gym. The plot is governed entirely by the rhythm of a basketball game and by the aesthetic beauty of the loud, raucous gymnasium. For anyone who has done what they love for the last time, it is an opportunity to bear witness to the final moments of Anthony playing basketball in front of his community.”

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1 Riverside High Head Men’s Basketball Coach Brian Strickland with former players Sean Deniton, Will Booth, T.J. Warren (now of the Phoenix Suns) and filmmaker David Mayer. 2 Ann Marie Rasmussen and Jean Obarr. 3 Fritz Mayer and Mary Kay Delaney. 4 Steven Unruhe and Marian Larrabee. 5 Eliza Mathew, Annalee Rigdon and Snigdha Peddireddy.

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Raining Cats and Dogs P HOTO G RA P H Y B Y A MA NDA MAC L A R EN

It was a soggy Walk for the Animals this year, but plenty of volunteers, vendors and walkers came out with their pups – many sporting adorable rain gear – to Duke University’s East Campus for the Animal Protection Society of Durham’s largest fundraiser of the year. Several dogs took home

top prizes in contests for Best Kisser, Best Trick and more, and the Durham Police Department’s K9 team showed off for the crowd as APS adoptable dogs strutted their stuff with hopes of finding permanent homes. The event raised close to $65,000 for the shelter.

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Celebrating the Revolution Snapshots from the Durham Central Park Children’s Independence Day Parade and Watts-Hillandale Fourth of July Parade.

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1 Matt Spirakus and Ashlynd Case with Kellen, 3, Zoey, 4, and Haden, 5. 2 Daquan Hayes, Skyla Hayes, 1, and Tonya Fearrington. 3 Emily Coward and Emil Ginsberg, 3. 4 Some Durham Central Park volunteers. 5 Watts-Hillandale neighbors. 6 Evan, Lauren, Sophie, 1, Clayton and Allison Carlos. 7 Ben, 4, Sam, 2, Joseph Blocher and Marin Levy. 8 Eileen Chambers and Blasian, 5.

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1 Cory Pennington, Lyndee Weaver, John Malik, Anna Tillery and Basil Cahoon. 2 Ben Sloan, of Elevate performance and production company, welcomes guests to Picnic in the Park. 3 Ana Azam and Jessica Alston of Fidelity. 4 Matthew Veal, Dillon Gabbert, Katie Vuocolo and Matt McCoole with Bayer Crop Science. 5 Mary Ann Ottaviano, Stacy Shelp and Preeti Prabhu of the United Way of the Greater Triangle. 6 Rebekah Bau and her pup, Amira, and Austyn Laures, both with IBM.

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Durham Magazine, Chapel Hill Magazine and Chatham Magazine honored the 2018 Women of Achievement at the JB Duke Hotel in June. Guests enjoyed Prosecco and Lexus lemonade before a three-course lunch. Shannon Media Inc.’s Rory Kelly Gillis and Ellen Shannon emceed the program recognizing honorees past and present. Laura Tierney of The Social Institute, Stacey Donoghue of StrongHER TogetHER and Durham County Commissioner Brenda Howerton were the guest speakers, each sharing advice on mentorship and its impact. The event was made possible by Johnson Lexus, the JB Duke Hotel, Aesthetic Solutions, Massage Envy, Trinity Partners and Merrill Lynch. 24

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1 Durham County Commissioner Brenda Howerton and Pashara Black of the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce. 2 PORCH’s Christine Cotton, Carol Reardon of the Durham Fire Department and Mary Long. 3 Kim Lan Grout of The Redefining Disabled Project, her daughter, Kim-An Grout and Durham Magazine COO Rory Kelly Gillis. 4 Kristin Watson, Sheena Cooper and Kelly Adam of the JB Duke Hotel. 5 StrongHER TogetHER’s Stacey Donoghue and her daughter, Avery, 9. 6 Architect Ellen Cassilly, Pamela Osborne and Ann May Woodward and Rebecca Currie, both of The Scrap Exchange. 7 Debbie Hauck and Michelle Old of the Diaper Bank of North Carolina. 8 Chatham County Commissioner Karen Howard and Triangle Community Foundation’s Treat Harvey. 9 Jenna Parks and Donna Parks, mother-daughter team behind Southern Bride & Groom.

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TECH TALK

RTP-based laboratory Advanced Animal

Diagnostics is rolling out a new product to

STAY HEALTHY, DURHAM

their cattle healthy. QScout BLD is an on-site

June at the Durham Convention Center. The summit focused

help farmers and livestock producers keep

The 16th annual Durham Health Summit took place in early

diagnostic test that assesses a cow’s health in

on the state of health in the city, and featured remarks from (left

antibiotics are required.

System president and CEO; Mayor Steve Schewel; Durham

Cleantech firm Xylem chose Durham for a 300-

Harris; and The Insitute of Minority Economic Development

less than a minute and determines whether

to right) Dr. Eugene Washington, Duke University Health

County Department of Public Health Director Gayle B.

job expansion over New York and Bangalore,

President and CEO Farad Ali; pictured here with Duke University

purchasing Raleigh smart meter firm Sensus.

and N.C. Representative MaryAnn Black (center).

India. Xylem previously invested in N.C. by

TeamLogic IT, providing IT support,

cybersecurity services, cloud and data backups, and network and security assessments, opened on Durham-Chapel Hill Boulevard in May.

Health System Associate Vice President for Community Relations

DOING GOOD

The Lincoln Community Health Center

and Board Chair of the Durham-based Emily

patient health services at its sixth annual Legacy

Duke Basketball head coach Mike Krzyzewski Krzyzewski Center announced a three-year, $15 million fundraising campaign for the

BOOKIN’ IT

Former Durham educator and author Cora Darrah published her latest children’s

book “Jerry Barry: Living Healthy” in May in collaboration with her

daughter, illustrator Hannah

Darrah. Available on Amazon and on Cora’s website,

beeafriendbooks.com, the

book educates children on healthy lifestyle choices.

nonprofit – founded by Coach K and named for his mother – which serves as a college access hub for academically-focused, low-income

for a 4,500-square-foot addition. Mike and

wife, Mickie, also announced their personal

commitment toward the campaign, a $3 million gift.

Ungraded Produce, a produce box subscription delivery service that’s been providing fresh

fruit and vegetables in our area since 2016, has rescued more than 40,000 pounds of “ugly”

and Healing Maddie Brees by Duke alum

and surplus produce from going to waste and

and Durham resident Rebecca Brewster

donated 4,700 pounds of that total to food

Stevenson. When the Grand Prize awards were

banks. Founded by 23-year-old Courtney

announced, Healing Maddie Brees received

Bell, Ungraded Produce sources misshapen or

an honorable mention in the general fiction

surplus produce, hand packs it and delivers it to

category, and The Swap was awarded the top

subscribers’ doorsteps at prices 30-50% cheaper

prize in the micro press category.

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School principal Dr. John H. Lucas Sr.

long-term sustainability and provide funds

titles were The Swap by Nancy Boyarsky,

and its honored guest was former Hillside High

educational programs, ensure the organization’s

Hoffer Grand Prize shortlist. The nominated

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Foundation celebrated its 10-year anniversary,

will support Center operations, enhance

had two of its books named to the 2018 Eric

Luncheon at the Washington Duke Inn. The

K-12 students. The Game Changer Campaign

Light Messages Publishing

Foundation raised more than $50,000 for

than at supermarkets.

WHAT AN HONOR

ambassador for poetry and the spoken word,

Choreography

Fame announced in May that it will induct

currently teaches documentary poetry at Duke

of “Catch Me

will be installed as the ninth poet laureate. She

BuildSense Inc.’s Leon Meyers. Leon has

University’s Center for Documentary Studies.

Association of Durham, Orange and

Personal finance website WalletHub named

officially inducted in December.

its 2018 ranking. The rankings were determined

been a member of the Home Builders

Chatham Counties since 1984. He will be

Durham one of the best cities to start a career in through a variety of metrics, including availability of professional opportunities and quality of life. North Carolina Central University’s Baseball

Head Coach Jim Koerner served as technical

advisor to the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team during the 18th USA vs. Chinese Taipei

International Friendship Series in late June and early July.

The North Carolina Public Transportation

Wall Street: Conflict in Tulsa, Compromise in

System of the Year. The bus service transported

School screened their documentary, “Black

Association named GoDurham the urban Transit

Durham,” in Washington, D.C., in June. The

35 passengers an hour in 2017 – nearly 7 million

History Day competition by Angelica Dinh

12 new buses, had a 32% drop in preventable

documentary was produced for the National

passengers throughout the year – rolled out

and Lucy Grossman. It examines two Black

accidents and also installed Wi-Fi on all its buses.

in Durham, and was a finalist at N.C. History

Music festival Moogfest was recognized by

students who went to the National History Day

citing that the festival places an emphasis on

Day. The pair were among 69 North Carolina

Forbes for its promotion of gender equality,

Contest in College Park, Maryland.

female and LGBTQ performers.

Seven local artists have been selected by the

AND THE AWARD GOES TO …

City of Durham to install murals at five parks and to decorate two traffic boxes as part of the Neighborhood Park Mural Project.

The seven artists selected and their mural

locations are: Sarahlaine Calva, East End Park; Cornelio Campos, Solite Park; Dare Coulter, Whippoorwill Park; Will Dove, Sherwood Park; Jermaine Powell, Garrett Road Park;

Bethany Bash, traffic control box found at the intersection of Anderson, Main

Congressman G.K. Butterfield announced in

while Hillside High School won special

recognition in

the Outstanding Choreography

category for its production of “High School Musical.”

Jordan High

students Aidan and Benjamin

Richardson-Piche and Durham School of the

Arts students Dylan Gilbert and Elena Holder were named in the top 20 finalists for Best Actor and Actress.

Flat Tail Fanny won the annual Beaver Queen

Pageant, competing against some of Durham’s finest beaver pageant contestants. The event

raised funds for the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association, a nonprofit that supports the

preservation of Durham’s natural watershed. Dr. Geoffrey Cunningham, who owns Durham Prosthodontics, has been awarded the

late May the names of the students from North

Prosthodontist

he nominated, who received appointments to

Award by The

August Peters was accepted to the U.S. Air Force

of Prosthodontists

Mirage Sachin-Yash Vyas and Jordan High

Cunningham will

Carolina’s First Congressional District, all of whom

Private Practice

U.S. military academies. Riverside High School’s

American College

Academy, while Durham School of the Arts’

(ACP). Dr.

School’s Lyse-Loren Rochleder were accepted

be honored at

and 15th streets; and Candy

to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Carver, traffic control box found at the intersection of Chapel

The Triangle Rising Star Awards

Hill, Morris and Main streets.

poet laureate as of July. Jaki

upgrades, including a play space for children

Student Orchestra, Outstanding PHOTO BY MATT WAEHNER

in Baltimore.

Durham’s Jordan High School categories of Outstanding

African-American and the third

meeting this fall

Durham residents chose Rock Quarry Park

won special recognition in the

Shelton Green, the first

the ACP annual

were presented at the Durham

Performing Arts Center in May.

North Carolina has a new

woman to serve as the state’s

If You Can”

O’Connell

Two students from Research Triangle High

Wall Streets, one in Tulsa, Okla., the other

for its production

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The North Carolina Housing Hall of

Set Design and Outstanding

as the city park project that would receive

and fitness equipment for adults. The park

will receive a $20,000 grant from the National

Recreation and Parks Association and the Walt Disney Company.

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NEW DEVELOPMENTS

ago and recently opened a new cosmetic

of 4102 N. Roxboro Rd. in Durham to

specializing in microblading powder brows

Trinity Partners announced the sale-leaseback

tattooing studio at 714 Ninth St., Ste. 208-D,

nationwide health care real estate company

and lip blusher.

occupied by North Carolina Eye, Ear, Nose and

Certified public accounting firm Bridget A.

Montecito Medical. The two-story building is

Throat, a practice specializing in eye and ear care in North Carolina for more than 100 years.

Ryan, CPA, PLLC opened its doors in January on

West Main Street in Durham. The

firm offers various

Habitat for Humanity of Durham partnered with local builders Garman Homes, Loyd

Builders and Thayer Homes to build three affordable houses in seven days as part of

Habitat for Humanity’s nationwide Home Builders Blitz. Representatives from Habitat for Humanity’s international chapter attended the building kickoff.

Durham cohousing community Bull City

Commons has purchased and begun the

preliminary planning for 22 condominiums at

608 and 610 Trent Drive in Old West Durham. Eighteen percent of the units will be affordable to households making less than 80% of area

median income. The $6 million development will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom

units as well as ample community and outdoor

space. Construction is scheduled to wrap up by October 2020.

Northgate Mall announced a partnership

with the Charlotte-based tenant and landlord

brokerage firm The Chambers Group in May. The firm will work with the mall to match available rental space with suitable tenants.

After spending almost six years in the beauty and fashion industry in New York City,

Natasha Abe moved to Durham three years

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preparing students to work in the field. Durham Tech is launching a new anesthesia program this fall. The program will be one of only 11 approved anesthesia programs around the nation, the only one of its kind in North Carolina, and was designed in partnership with UNC-Chapel Hill, the UNC School of Medicine and UNC Health Care.

services, including

ON THE MOVE

bookkeeping,

1 from the city’s fire department, and will take

planning.

of Charleston’s

Downtown Durham Inc. launched Shop

Daniel has served

program. Twenty-four businesses participated in

Fire Department

program will run till the end of the calendar year.

was named fire

accounting,

Durham Fire Chief Daniel Curia retires Aug.

payroll and tax

over as chief fire department.

Second Saturday, a monthly shop local pilot

with the Durham

the program’s first weekend in late June, and the

for 28 years and

GETTING SCHOOLED

chief in 2013.

The Consulate General of Mexico in Raleigh

The Food Bank of Central & Eastern North

students and students of Mexican descent to

Gilmore is leaving her position after serving the

awarded $16,000 in scholarships for Mexican the Durham Technical Community College

Carolina’s Volunteer Coordinator Brittney

community for the past two years. Jesslyn Hill is

Foundation in May. The grant will cover students’

now stepping into the role.

year, and will be matched dollar-for-dollar by

Duke Lemur Center Director Anne Yoder

tuition, books and fees for the 2019 academic institutional scholarship funds.

The Bank of America Foundation awarded Durham Tech a $23,500 grant to create a

renovation and revitalization construction

program. The program will teach renovation

skills to students while providing low-income households in the community with repairs.

BUSINESS BRIEFS

employment demands for technicians by

Three Art Institute campuses in North Carolina, and 30 total across the country, have stopped

stepped down at the end of June. Anne spent 12 years at the university’s conservation center. During her tenure, the center added two housing facilities, doubled its research and welcomed 285 lemur births. Lemur Center

Director of Operations and Administration Greg Dye will serve as interim director. Artist, educator and advocate

enrolling new students and are expected to close

Saba Taj (who was

Institute of Raleigh-Durham.

the cover of our

Durham Tech received $196,902 from Duke Energy Foundation and Piedmont Natural

Issue) was named

program. The program will help satisfy regional

Carrack in June.

by the end of the calendar year, including the Art

Gas to open a new Electrical Line Technician

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A Durhamite in Jackson County, N.C. BY AMANDA MACLAREN | PHOTOG R A P H Y B Y B E TH M A NN

E TOOK A WEEKEND TRIP TO EXPLORE parts of Cashiers, Sylva and Dillsboro. While it definitely felt like a retreat to the mountains, we couldn’t help but draw comparisons between some of these locales and our beloved Durham. So, here are some tips for your next trip to this remote, idyllic western region.

Swim, boat, fish or watch the sunrise at High Hampton Resort’s private lake.

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IF YOU DRINK BEER AT F U L L S T E A M … Grab a pint at Innovation Brewing in downtown Sylva. Located along the Jackson County Ale Trail, there are more than 30 beers on tap, with 12 year-round staples. Like Fullsteam, they showcase a large number of seasonal and experimental batches – like the Peach-A-Peno Pale Ale, but we also enjoyed the Hoppy Camper IPA if you’re looking for a more traditional style – and also host live music from time to time. We listened to Asheville band The Build as folks enjoyed late-night burgers from the permanent food cart stationed in the beer garden, Cosmic Carry-out.

IF YOU’RE A FA N OF BOTH V I N TA G E HOME SOUTH AND GUGLHUPF … ABOVE Ally Titsworth and her niece, Lily Palmer, 6, with Peaches after the llama race that wrapped up the hike at High Hampton Resort. TOP LEFT A round of summer beers Imagine if they were at Innovation Brewing. LEFT Barista Stephen Clark prepares a latte at Buck’s Coffee Cafe. spliced together – you’d have Buck’s Coffee Café. It’s all the cozy comforts of home, plus some goods by local artisans I F YO U ’ R E AT H O M E O N FA L L S L A K E for sale combined with a quick, grab-and-go coffee, breakfast and OR JORDAN LAKE … lunch counter. The line was out the door by the time we ordered You’re going to want to visit Lake Glenville. At 3,500 feet above our breakfast and iced coffee before heading to Lake Glenville. sea level, it’s one of the highest lakes east of the Mississippi River. Speaking of ... Rent a pontoon boat for your group at Signal Ridge Marina and 30

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explore its 26 miles of shoreline, seven islands and three serene waterfalls – Mill Creek Falls, Norton Falls and Hurricane Falls.

hikes over the weekends with Mark English, who brings his herd of llamas for kids (and kids at heart) to lead on a picturesque hike around the resort and to the base of Rock Mountain.

IF THE KIDS ADORE T H E B A R N YA R D I F YO U E AT LU N C H AT M U S E U M O F L I F E O N PA R K E R & AND SCIENCE … OTIS’ PAT I O T H R E E Consider staying at High TIMES A WEEK … Hampton Resort. A destination Head to Cornucopia, “Cashiers’ for visitors for nearly 100 years Favorite Porch,” for lunch. A local favorite for lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch, Cornucopia is open March–November and celebrates its 40th season this year. (before that, it started as the Folks dining at this outdoor, location of the Hampton family deli-style restaurant have their retreat in the 1830s) complete with a golf course, private lake, tried-and-true favorites – the Arabian Club and “Wade Hampton’s tennis and dining that locals rave about, High Hampton is a special Downfall,” for instance, much like our own signature, the No. 26 place in its own right. But seasonally, the resort also offers llama at P&O. It also has a storied history reminiscent of Parker & Otis’

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building’s iterations as a car dealership, supply company, grocery and more. The land where Cornucopia now sits was purchased for $27 in 1892, and has been a general store, school, post office and tack shop. I F YO U S P E N D YO U R S U M M E R S AT A M E R I C A N T O B A C C O C A M P U S , S A R A H P. D U K E G A R D E N S A N D D U R H A M C E N T R A L PA R K C O N C E R T S … Pack a light picnic and wine and bring your lawn chairs and blankets to Groovin’ On the Green, the Friday night summer concert series at The Village Green Commons in

Young fan Aurora Belue, 1, gets her five minutes of fame during Porch 40’s concert at Groovin’ On the Green.

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I F CO U N TY FA R E I S Y O U R N E W G O -T O F O R MEALS WITH THE KIDS … Whiteside Brewing Co. has ample indoor and outdoor space to gather with little ones, plus a lawn far away from the road where youngsters can run about freely while parents enjoy “Mountain Life in a Glass” from a choice of six regular taps and a seventh seasonal draft created by German-born brewmaster Dieter Kuhn. While there’s no rotation of food trucks, there’s counter service with a large variety of wings, soup, salads, sandwiches, burgers and more. The Italian sandwich was our favorite. IF YOU’VE BEEN DINING AT E L M O ’ S S O LO N G YOU’VE LOST TRACK OF THE YEARS … Definitely try Zookeeper Bistro. They serve traditional hot breakfasts, plus soup, salads and sandwiches, in a small operation where the owner is running around filling up your coffee cup every chance she gets. The kids will adore the

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chocolate chip multigrain pancakes, and the adults can pick from a variety of eggs Benedict, among other classic breakfast choices. I F E LO D I E FA R M S ’ FA R M D I N N E R S ARE YOUR JAM … We’ll be honest: We got lost trying to find The Barn. Probably because it is high, high up on a mountaintop in Cullowhee where you’re lucky if you find even a gravel road. But it is one of those places where you feel like you step outside of the world as it is now, and into a simpler time – like the Biltmore commercials, but more realistic. Kristin Jorgensen works out of the barn that her grandparents restored and lived in for 30 years – she bought the property three years ago and lives there now – where she teaches cooking classes and creative workshops, and hosts intimate gatherings like the farm-fresh dinner she prepared for us, accompanied by The String Breakers playing into the night. IF YOU’RE LOOKING FOR A S L I G H T LY MORE CHALLENGING HIKE THAN ENO RIVER S TAT E PA R K OFFERS … Hike Whiteside Mountain in the Nantahala National Forest. It has the highest vertical cliffs in the eastern United States, but the elevation is pretty gradual. Still, the peaks tower over the valley below at its nearly 5,000-foot crest, making for spectacular views and photo ops. IF YOU JUST WANNA SEE A W AT E R FA L L … Jackson County is full of them. But, Silver Run Falls takes the cake. Just a few minutes from Whiteside Mountain, jump in the cool waters of the swimming hole at the bottom of the 25-foot waterfall after you’ve worked up a sweat on your hike.

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INCOMPARABLES What makes Durham unlike any other place? These 6 institutions are unmatched.

S A R A H P. D U K E G A R D E N S u Ranked as Durham’s No.1 “Thing to Do” on TripAdvisor based on more than 1,880 user

reviews. Among its top reviews, the garden’s diversity of flowers and plants, the walkability of its winding paths and its helpful volunteers are often cited. u Winner of the 2018 Experts’ Choice Award from tripexpert.com, a designation based on professional reviews from 85 travel guides, magazines and newspapers. u Named one of five N.C. must-visit gardens in the spring by Trips to Discover. u Winner of the 2018 Golden Leaf People’s Choice Award for its Piedmont Prairie Classroom in the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants, by architect Ellen Cassilly. The award honors the spaces for their excellence in design, preservation and stewardship of the natural and built environment. u Ranked No. 4 in of USA Today’s 10 Best North Carolina Attractions based on a poll of the state’s travel writers and photographers. PHOTO BY ORLA SWIFT

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DURHAM BULLS

u Captured the 2017 Triple-A National

Championship, a title earned for the second time in the franchise’s history. u Fans set a Guinness World Record when 4,990 attendees wore sweatbands at the themed “Stranger Things Night” on July 13. u Ranked No. 6 among the Top Minor League Ballparks according to Baseball America, which asks broadcasters and scouts across the country to vote on the ballparks they would visit again as fans. u Notable baseball players who played for the team include Chipper Jones, Joe Morgan, Hideki Matsui and Mikie Mahtook. u The first Minor League team in the country to own a brewery, Bull Durham Beer Company, which brews and sells its beer right inside the ballpark. u Also, they have their own somewhat famous movie, “Bull Durham,” starring Kevin Costner, Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins … you may have heard of it.

Durham Performing Arts Center total attendance of 488,900 guests. DPAC sold out 130 performances, the venue’s best ever for a season. u More than 3 million guests since opening in 2008. u No. 3 in attendance among theaters in the U.S. – Pollstar Magazine u Certificate of Excellence for five years straight (2012 - 2017) – TripAdvisor u No. 5 in attendance in the U.S. for 2,001-5,000 capacity venues in 2017 – Venues Today u No. 4 in gross sales in the U.S. for venues up to 5,000 capacity in 2017 – Billboard Magazine

DUKE UNIVERSITY BLUE DEVILS u Earned four ACC team championships in the 2017-18 school year

in men’s fencing, women’s golf, women’s soccer (regular season) and women’s tennis (regular season). u Vice President and Director of Athletics Dr. Kevin White was named chairman of the recently formed Collegiate Advisory Council, an initiative established by the United States Olympic Committee. u Deputy Director of Athletics Nina King was named to the SportsBusiness Journal Forty Under 40 Class of 2018. u Duke was ranked No. 5 in CBS Sports’ 2018 Best in College Sports rankings. u Sixteen NCAA National Championships.

N.C.CENTRAL UNIVERSITY u The nation’s first state-supported liberal arts college for black students. u This year, the Vocal Jazz Ensemble was named Best Choir at

the annual HBCU Awards ceremony presented by HBCU Digest. Additionally, the Vocal Jazz Ensemble appeared in first-round balloting for the Grammy Awards in the category of Best Jazz Vocal Album. u Also earlier this year, NCCU’s basketball team earned its third MEAC Tournament Championship in the past five years, and its second consecutive MEAC Tournament Championship. u No. 9 among Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) based on the 2018 rankings from College Consensus, a new collegeratings website that aggregates publisher rankings and student reviews.

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u In its 10th season of operations, the theater held 219 events with a

DID YOU KNOW? Behind-the-scenes facts about DPAC performers u Each time Lewis Black visits, he takes the entire

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“For when the One Great Scorer comes To mark against your name

He writes – not that you won or lost But how you played the Game.”

THE AUTHO R IS A DUK E P RO F E SSO R

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FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE GREAT Scorer almost 60 years ago. In my case, the words should change so I will be asked not how I played the game but rather how I ran the race. I’ve completed two marathons, several half-marathons, and many 5K and 10K races. I have persistence and endurance but, alas, I am a plodder, a tortoise among hares. My last competition was years ago on a sweltering North Carolina day. It was, charitably, a debacle. I decided that I was through with racing and would be satisfied with long walks around Durham, with the some more vigorous running every so often. An occasional all-out sprint is supposed to have great health benefits and keep the heart zestfully pounding. It was just after such a sprint home that my neighbor – an outstanding senior runner – encouraged me to compete in the North Carolina Senior Games (my little gallop must have impressed her!). I learned the Senior Games

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began in 1983 and is now the largest program of its kind in the country; last year more than 60,000 people participated in running, biking, swimming and other individual and team sports. Statewide, there are more than 50 local competitions that qualify participants for the games. The Senior Games, according to the website, represent a holistic approach to body, mind and spirit. I like holistic — I am a modern physician, after all. While I think that my mind and spirit are fine for someone of the august age of 72, I have my doubts about the body. But I decided to give it a whirl. My first task was to choose a race distance where I could do reasonably well or at least not embarrass myself. I did my research and was amazed. There were people 70+ years of age who were faster than I was when I was a teenager. From the 50- to the 1,500-meter runs, the times for the winners in my 70-74-year-old age group were more than I could dream to achieve. I chose the 200. Only someone who was really fit or was a masochist would try the 200-meter. It is about sprinting, and speed requires strength. It is so grueling that I thought (read, hoped) for fewer competitors and so an easier path to qualify for the state games. Such was my convoluted logic. With anticipation and anxiety, I registered for the Durham Senior Games in the 200-meter dash. At the very last moment, I added the 50-meter dash as a backup. That was an event I knew I could finish and the time difference between first and last is not that wide.

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I then trained in earnest for my quest for the gold. Happily, I located a New York Times article outlining the 30-20-10 routine: Jog for 30 seconds, run at a normal training pace for 20 seconds and sprint for 10 seconds. Immediately repeat this cycle four more times, producing one continuous five-minute repeat. Then do it some more. Since it was winter, I bought a fluorescent yellow vest and acclimated to running in the chill of the evening. I set out a path that included the hills in my neighborhood – Bivins, Ward, Beverly, Homer, Oak, Morehead – and would finish around Hermitage Court, sprinting a distance I approximated as 200 meters. I did not use a stopwatch but rather counted my time. After a very hard training session, as I was bending over to catch my breath, my mouth dry, my heart pulsing behind my eyes, my chest and sides aching, I felt exhilarated. Alas, on a cold misty evening in March, injury struck as I was finishing a 30-20-10 sequence. My pain resulted from a hamstring pull. I am a rheumatologist, and I always ask my patients to describe their pain. Was it sharp or dull, and what did it feel like? In my case, it felt like a Bowie knife going into the back of my leg. With each step, the pain flared, the knife slicing deeper. I hobbled home, distraught about an injury whose symptoms linger. The final month of my training was filled with nightly doses of three 200-milligram Advil tablets, rubbing the back of my leg with Bengay and venturing into the cold. As I trained, my gait shifted, and I added Achilles tendonitis to my litany of woes. Still, I persisted, and my finishing sprint that had once been a 35 count went up to 45 and then 60, and some days I had to split it into two. I walked much of the time, fearful that, if I ran too much, the hamstring would go and I would have to abandon the Durham Senior Games. Fortunately, my condition did not worsen. I was as ready as I was going to be for the April 17 competition at Hillside High School.

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OT CAN BE COOL, and cool can be hot, and each can be both. But hot or cool, man, jazz is jazz,” said the legendary Louis Armstrong while speaking about cool jazz. Cool is an art. There’s a rhythm and a movement that happens when music transforms a room. It’s love for music that led Cicely Mitchell and Al Strong to create the Art of Cool Festival – conceptualized in 2013, the first event took place in April 2014. Art and cool go hand in hand. Cool is both hot and cool. For me, cool is listening to Meshell Ndegeocello play the bass while singing and spitting poetry in a way that separates her from her peers. Cool is daydreaming when Damien Escobar plays the violin and Maxwell reminds me of why I fell in love with his album “Maxwell’s Urban Hang Suite.” Meshell, Damien and Maxwell will perform at this year’s Art of Cool Festival. Call it heaven for people like me. In addition to those three, Anthony Hamilton, Sons of Kemet, Young Bull, Sango and 9th Wonder will perform on Friday. On Saturday, Erykah Badu, Nas, Royce da 5’9”, Iman Omari, Keyon

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Harrold, Dwele, Rahsaan Patterson and Zoocrü will perform. More acts will be announced soon. Already, there are enough Grammy Awardwinners and nominees in this lineup to fill a hall of fame. This is the fifth annual Art of Cool festival. It’s moved from the spring to the weekend of September 28-29. The lineup showcases the organizers’ goal of fusing forward-thinking jazz, alternative soul and hip-hop. “Al had been complaining a bit about not being able to perform live concerts in intimate settings,” Cicely says. “We decided to create a music gallery for young, local artists to play together and create music.” Cicely says one of her biggest challenges has been in striking the balance between bringing mainstream acts that people know and hear on the radio and maintaining a focus on jazz and its artistic intentions. “It was started with Durham in mind,” Cicely says. “We wanted something Durham would be proud of that’s similar to the Essence Festival in New Orleans with the goal of creating a place for emerging and underground talent to showcase their talents.” The Essence Festival is the premier destination for people interested in hearing black musicians. Like New Orleans, Durham is rapidly becoming a hot spot for people who love alternative black music. The Art of Cool Festival shifted from nonprofit to for-profit when Al and Cicely sold the rights to The DOME Group. Sulaiman and Lesleigh Mausi, the owners of The DOME Group, know Durham. Beyond promoting concerts at the Durham Performing Arts Center and The Carolina Theatre, the married couple lived in Durham years ago when Sulaiman attended North Carolina Central University. Al and Cicely remain involved in curating programming for the festival. Innovate Your Cool and StArt of Cool continue to impact Durham’s older and younger musicians alike under the Art of Cool Project nonprofit umbrella. Innovate Your Cool (IYC) celebrates the power of cool ideas and its impact on business and music. StArt of Cool offers a summer camp for youth that builds self-confidence through a musical experience. Cicely says the nonprofit focus of Art of Cool, combined with the festival, makes the project one of the biggest and most significant events in downtown. More than a festival that highlights mainstream artists, Art of Cool features the amazing talent in Durham. You don’t have to travel far to hear some of the best in the business. The Durham Bulls Athletic Park is the festival’s main venue this year. The Carolina Theatre, Durham Armory, Motorco Music Hall and Pinhook are among its other downtown venues for Art of Cool. “My greatest memory of the Art of Cool Festival is sitting on the DPAC lawn seeing Cody ChesnuTT perform,” Cicely says. “All of that programming was free.” More than 10,000 people are expected to fill downtown’s streets that last weekend in September. In the words of George Clinton, the godfather of P-Funk, “If you hear any noise; it’s just me and the boys. Hit me, you gotta hit the band.”

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THE FUN OF BUILD-YOUR-OWN

The fast-casual trend of build-your-own bowl or meal isn’t only great for young professionals and students on the go. It’s also fun for kids who want to control exactly what’s on their plate. Customizable options are also a great solution for groups of friends who may have conflicting preferences. Our family likes creating our own arepas at Guasaca. Picky eaters can go basic with grilled chicken, rice, cheese and sour cream, and then 40

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work their way up to one of my favorite combinations: shredded beef, black-eyed peas, caramelized onions, plantains and mustard sauce (and a side of chips with guasaca dip, of course). If you love sushi, but your kids (or less adventurous adult friends/family) don’t, you can compromise at ZenFish. There’s the option to create a beautiful vegetarian bowl or to get cooked shrimp as the protein. Our 10-year-old prefers the flavorful cooked crawfish paired with fruits and veggies like mangos, carrots and edamame, while we opt for the raw salmon and tuna. We’re all big fans of mixing in the housemade eel sauce to give it a sweet note. And now that there is a kid-sized bowl on the menu for $5, it’s become a favorite stop for all of us. If you have a more adventurous eater, consider Iteawon Grill on Erwin Road: Build-your-own Korean barbecue bowl and add your preferred spice level and toppings. Or check out the Indian lunch buffet nearby at Naan Stop. After digging into her favorites like paneer and aloo (potato) masala during the lunch buffet, we literally need to pry our daughter away from the gulab jamun (fried drops of milk powder dunked in sugar syrup).

PLACES TO EAT & PLAY

Dining outside in Durham is a treat for the whole family. That’s the appeal of spots like Bull McCabes in the Five Points district, which has plenty of picnic tables outside and a fenced-in grassy area to roam. It’s relaxing at the same time as being very social. With pub food that ranges from loaded French fries for little snackers to a tall Reuben sandwich for hungry adults, there’s something for everyone. County Fare offers a similar setup in the Lakewood area. A fenced-in lawn with outdoor games like bocce and cornhole provides space for kids

bites of bull city to run while parents wind down with a cold beer in hand. Meet up with other friends and families – different food trucks are parked on site every day, and you can order various types of meals whenever a craving hits. One of our (almost) weekly traditions is going to the Durham Co-op for $3 meals on Thursday nights. And we’re not the only ones: The tables outside are bustling on nice days, and there’s usually entertainment provided by live musicians. After our meal, we scoot across the street for the $2 frozen yogurt special at Local Yogurt, another great Thursday night deal.

LOOK FOR LOCAL ALTERNATIVES

Many of our foster kids (and kids in general) are accustomed to fast food chain restaurants. Chances are everyone has had visitors who lean towards Bojangles’ and McDonald’s, but Durham is teeming with better, local alternatives … it’s up to us to patronize them. If our kids like burgers and French fries, we take them to King’s Sandwich Shop or Burger Bach (which recently launched a kids’ menu). For kids who crave chicken fingers and fries, we head to Heavenly

Buffaloes and get boneless nuggets with honey barbecue sauce. We get more unique favors for ourselves, like sweet Thai coconut chili. Plus, the waffle fries are an easy crowd-pleaser! And, of course, there’s pizza. Skip Domino’s and head to Pie Pushers instead. Kids can get a giant slice of cheese or pepperoni for $3, and the adults can enjoy one of their more creative custom pies. Don’t be afraid to venture outside of the box either. Think of a basic food your kids enjoy, and then challenge them to try something just a little bit different. We are able to convince most skeptical eaters to try Salvadorian

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Singer/songwriter Kamara Thomas called New York City and Los Angeles home before finding her place here among our artists and performers. This spring, she taught voice lessons and songwriting classes at the Durham Arts Council and this summer, she’ll wrap up recording for her debut album, Tularosa: An American Dreamtime. In June, she opened for Valerie June, another earthy, soulful singer, at Durham Central Park’s PLAYlist concert series.

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LEFT The graduate of a performing arts high

Born into a musical family – their Ashland, Virginia, home was filled with the sounds of jazz standards and Broadway musicals – songstress Skylar Gudasz started creating her own music at a young age. Skylar’s toured around the world for Big Star tribute concerts, but calls Durham home. She released her first full-length solo album, “Oleander,” in February 2016. “I love to play The Pinhook in Durham – there is so much good music in Durham right now,” she told us a couple years back, citing Shirlette Ammons and her sister, Shorlette, and jazz trombone player Jeb Bishop as a few of her favorites. This summer saw her playing the Festival for the Eno and opening for Vaughn Aed’s release party at The Pinhook (pictured).

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school in Atlanta, Yolanda Rabun has made her home on the stage for the last few decades. She’s released several albums, incorporating soul, gospel and traditional jazz into her sound and, as a regular in regional theater, channeled characters such as Nina Simone. Another stage she regularly performs on is the one at jazz club, coffee bar and restaurant, Beyù Caffè.

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Comprised of Pete Kimosh, bass; Stephen Coffman, drums; Eric Hirsh, keyboards; and Pierce Freelon as emcee and vocalist, the indie hip-hop and jazz band The Beast released their album, “Woke,” last summer with a politically charged and socially conscious bent. But as always, it’s music you can dance to. Once a month, catch this crew on The Roof at The Durham Hotel – the remaining dates are August 12, September 9 and October 14. Band member Eric will also drop his own debut jazz album, “Distillation,” August 10. Don’t miss the showcase of local jazz artists, including Eric’s own band in addition to Zen Poets, Shana Tucker and Zoocrü, at Durham Fruit & Produce Co. that day. august 2018

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Four years after their Merge Records debut album, “Frozen Letter,” Spider Bags – here performing at Sarah P. Duke Gardens during a past Duke Performances’ Music in the Gardens concert – returns this month with a new one. “Someday Everything Will Be Fine” took the guys – Daniel McGee, Rock Forbes on drums and Steve Oliva on bass – to Memphis to record at Bunker Audio. The album drops August 3.

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played at The Blue Note Grill almost every Friday from 6-8 p.m. As owner Bill Whittington says, “They brought along a wonderful community of friends and family who soon became our friends and family. It’s a great, fun atmosphere with lots of dancing – kids, parents and couples alike.” He says the regulars have embraced the new folks and made them feel welcome, and he’s loved seeing so many friendships develop from Friday nights. The band members themselves have been a Durham institution for decades and have more than 1,000 country, jazz and rock songs in their repertoire.

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A native of Orange County, John Dee Holeman bought his first guitar, a Sears Silvertone, for $15. He made the Bull City his home in 1954 to take a job with the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company. At night, he’d play blues and “pattin’ juba” and on weekends, he would perform at house parties. It was in 1976, during Durham’s Bicentennial Festival, that John stepped into the spotlight; he would go on to take the stage at the National Folk Festival and Carnegie Hall and was presented with the North Carolina Heritage Award in 1994. At almost 90 years old, John continues to play, including most recently at the 39th annual Festival for the Eno in July.

RIGHT As Diali Cissokho, the leader of West African dance music band Kaira Ba,

said during his May show, Motorco Music Hall is a venue that often brings artists together for collaborations that music audiences have never heard before. This performance was a perfect example, with the mixing of the Mallarmé Chamber Players – “not your grandmother’s chamber music” – Kaira Ba and Shana Tucker, a mashup of African folk/rock music and a classical string quartet. Mallarmé players who performed include Suzanne Rousso, Rosalind Leavell, Elizabeth Phelps and Leah Peroutka. The ensemble kicks off its 35th season in September.

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VISIONARIES A closer look at three innovative artists and their impact on the city BY AARON M AN DEL | PH OTOGRAP HY B Y B E TH MANN

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SALEEM RESHAMWALA

aleem Reshamwala’s bio starts, “I travel the world and make

things with crazy teams of amazing freelancers. Mostly videos.” “North Cack” – a hip-hop video he directed for G Yamazawa – has eclipsed 800,000 views. He was Emmy nominated for “Who, Me? Biased?” while working with The New York Times. But long before that, he was the ethnic kid at Apex High School. When Saleem glossed himself “Kid Ethnic” in the early ’90s, he never thought he’d still be using it decades later. The moniker is his website URL and social media handle. He called himself “Kid Ethnic” because frequently in his high school scene, he was the only mixed-race person. While he was still in high school, Saleem’s father, a chemist, used a business connection to send the budding young soccer player not to the hoped-for summer soccer camp, but rather to Toluca, Distrito Federal, Mexico, to learn Spanish

in an immersion environment, living with a local family just outside Mexico City and interning at a chemical factory. It set the stage for a lifetime of travel. Saleem graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s School of Media and Journalism while double majoring in philosophy. After college, he landed in New York City. He found himself working the typical New York City triple-gig life: at a Blockbuster, for a shipping company in Queens and teaching SAT prep in Manhattan. When an opportunity opened for an art assistant at Seventeen magazine, Saleem leaped, even though it wasn’t his dream job. “It paid way better than Blockbuster,” he says, adding that, when he started, his title could have been “freelance scanner operator.” But he shares that it was an amazing opportunity to work for top-notch professionals in their field.

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He worked under several art directors. He learned how to roll with regime change and work to a high standard. After New York City, Saleem wanted to polish his Japanese so he moved to Japan to live with his grandmother. He taught for the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program for three years. Next he worked on the Peace Boat, a Japanese NGO that spends its days traveling from international port to international port promoting peace, human rights and sustainable development. Saleem circumnavigated the globe twice with Peace Boat. On the first voyage he served as a trilingual language teacher and occasional translator. On the second mission, he was able to use his filmmaking skills as a web reporter. On Easter Island, he spent the entire day filming in a garbage dump. In Colombia, he filmed female victims of the country’s guerilla warfare. It wasn’t long after the second voyage ended that the tsunami roiled Japan. With radiation worries in the air, it seemed like a good time to head back to the States. Soon after arriving in Durham, Saleem was sitting outside a showcase at Casbah when a guy poked his head outside the door and asked if he wanted to see the last act. When he nodded, the fellow said, “Good, it’s me.” Professor Toon was a rapper. Before long they were in contact over social media. With Jason Ho, Saleem filmed his first hip-hop video, Toon’s “Hulk Smash.” It went viral in our hip community. Soon Saleem was shooting Kickstarter videos for the original Cocoa Cinnamon, The Art of Cool, The Parlour and Beyù Caffè. He shot the Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau’s “Welcome to Durham, NC” video, which was named a North American Travel Journalists Association award finalist. When he heard Durham had a Japanese poet-rapper that he hadn’t met, Saleem found G Yamazawa on Twitter. They hit it off and made the video for “Dining Room,” which tells the story of the Yamazawa family’s iconic Japanese restaurant in Woodcroft, Yamazushi. Saleem’s next video with G and Durham’s Joshua Gunn, aka J. Gunn, won a national hip-hop award and garnered almost a million views. Saleem says he enjoys studying things that are outside of the current trends, watching overlooked films, like the “Killer of Sheep” which he recently saw at the Hayti Heritage Center. Saleem confesses that “doing weird experimental work” and exploring film as a way to “sketch out an idea” relieves the tension of making things, where “polish” can make a filmmaker “less fearless.” His most recent hip-hop video, Young Bull’s “We Up,” is a demonstration. Shot forwards in one single, continuous take, outdoors, it is screened backwards to create a vivid, imaginary landscape where things come apart and together in manner that feels like an optical illusion. Blending his journalistic and filmmaking backgrounds, his next big project, with hip-hop star Shirlette Ammons, is “How to be Mayor,” which was shot during Durham’s latest mayoral election. Backed by the Southern Documentary Fund, it is a work in progress that aims to examine policy and process in the Bull City through a hip-hop lens. Keep your eye on Kid Ethnic’s social media for an inkling of what Saleem’s up to next. Just last month he was filming Durham rapper Defacto Thezpian in the middle of the intersection adjacent to Cocoa Cinnamon at 5:30 a.m. Saleem can also frequently be found providing visuals for DJ Rang’s Bollywood/Bhangra dance parties. 54

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CANDY CARVER

or those who complain that too much emphasis is placed on what happens in downtown and not enough on what happens in the “rest” of Durham, artist Candy Carver is a breath of fresh air. Because while her work is all over the center of city – she’s even painted on the streets of the downtown loop right outside Viceroy – Candy lives way out on East Geer Street and Cheek Road. Far enough out that the “Durham City Limits” sign is visible when I pull into her neighborhood. Her home is her studio. She treasures the freedom it offers. Candy tells me when she wanted to paint on the wall of her studio, she just “did.” Her paint-splattered coffee table is covered with scrawled affirmations. She has an artist’s restlessness, and her brush is in motion for nearly the entire two hours that we are together, painting a canvas, a rock, her nails. Candy grew up in Elkhart, Indiana, and spent her summers with her grandmother in Durham’s Walltown. She took numerous art classes as a kid, but then only one in college. As a young black woman at Indiana University South Bend, Candy says she felt like an “oddball” as an artist. “I felt out of place and different,” she says. “Attending college was lonely. I was usually the only black person in my classes and one of few on campus.” She ended up studying education. After moving to Durham for good in 2007, she taught fifth grade for several years at R.N. Harris Elementary. It didn’t work out. After a series of jobs: the Durham Center for Senior Life – which she loved; nannying – which paid better than teaching; and Time Warner Cable sales – which “felt dishonest;” she picked up her brushes again.

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Candy says they insisted, “This is what you are. This is what you are going to do.” And then sent her on her way, to go and be. Candy is conscious of her subject matter. Growing up she saw – and far too often still sees – black and brown subjects depicted as destitute, beat down, shown in defeat, at bus stops, on park benches, slumped, slouched. Candy feels popular art spaces latched on to these motifs. Her work, conversely, is filled with bright colors, proudly displayed curves and joyous postures. “Bodies that look like people I know,” she says. “Colors that feel good.” Candy and her paintings are everywhere. Besides the aforementioned street painting, commissioned by Durham Stormwater Services, she was just selected by the Durham Neighborhood Park Mural Project

for a painting commission on the traffic control box found at the intersection of Chapel Hill, Morris and Main streets. Candy also created the cover for the Durham Convention and Visitors

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At first, Candy didn’t want to show her work to anyone. She said three friends transformed her life. Jason Rhyne wouldn’t let her quit. He kept providing her encouragement, kept telling her that her work was good. Jonathan McDougald, on his own initiative, made her business cards and built her a professional website. Clayton Mack found Candy her first show at Looking Glass Cafe in Carrboro.

Guide. Another of Candy’s storm drain paintings can also be seen outside Lakewood Elementary School on Vesson Avenue. She is teaching adult art classes at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, a summer camp for creatives at American Underground and a week of classes at the North Carolina Museum of Art. For Third Friday in August, Candy will be showcasing her work at the DCVB. You can also catch her solo show at the North Carolina School of Science and Math or see her at CenterFest in September. As our interview ends, Candy points at her heart and says, “Inside of here will tell me the right things to do.” She pauses and adds, “But I realized it first in art, before life. When I let go and trust.” august 2018

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ANNA BARKER

nna Barker is a proud product

of Durham Public Schools. But it almost didn’t turn out that way. Anna was set to attend the brand-new East Chapel Hill High School, much to her disappointment; her friends were districted to attend the older and more established Chapel Hill High School, and the newer high school seemed devoid of character to young Anna, lacking an emphasis on theater and creative outlets. As a performer, she was distraught. Days later, her mother was sitting at the dentist’s office in Durham. The public access channel was on the TV. A public service announcement about Durham School of the Arts (DSA) came across the screen. It described the lottery application process. Anna’s mother, unfamiliar with the school, furiously scratched down the details. “DSA saved my life,” Anna says. Anna is a dance theater artist with tremendous comedic talent. She credits DSA mentors, teachers Carl Martin and Doug Graves, with starting her on that road. “They figured out what I was good at and put me in those roles,” she says. It rarely meant Anna was the lead. Rather, she was cast as the comedic foil or the villain. She played hunchbacks, old men, witches and drunks. Senior year, she was Miss Hannigan in Annie, which is fitting – Carol Burnett and Julia Louis-Dreyfuss are the kind of uberexpressive, facially kinetic, physical

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comedians she evokes now. This also helped Anna develop as a person, because it made her less competitive. “I realized that not getting the lead role didn’t mean failure,” she says. Anna, who had been in dance classes and theater camps since she was a small child, gained confidence

I DON’T WANT DANCE TO BE BEHIND IMPERMEABLE WALLS, TO HAVE A V O C A B U L A R Y T H AT S C A R E S P E O P L E O F F. I WANT TO ALLOW PEOPLE ACCESS TO T H E N A R R AT I V E .

in her comedic talents and physical expressivity while in high school. She also realized she wanted to choreograph and produce shows. This led her to the prestigious dance program at Temple University in Philadelphia, which emphasizes composition and choreography over strictly performance-based fine arts education. Anna produced her own show as her senior thesis. She also double-majored in psychology. People have always fascinated her, she confesses. Today her goal as an artist is “to invite audiences to view everyday life through the lens of modern dance.”

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Pamela Kachurin, PhD From Philadelphia, it was on to New York City. A gifted storyteller with an incredibly expressive face, she told me that shortly after arriving in the Big Apple, she was stuck underground for 45 minutes in a subway car. As she tells it, rather than hostile silence, strangers suddenly broke into conversation. “It really felt like we were all in it together. There was a comradery that I hadn’t experienced before and I really appreciated.” This idea that “we are all in the same space together” underpins Anna’s work. The mission of her dance company, Real. Live. People., is accessibility. Her most recent production, “Again, but this time with feeling” premiered in June at the Living Arts Collective to rave reviews. It was a show about deep, personal, human failure. Yet it was laughout-loud funny. Diving into themes like mansplaining, dating, restaurant work and job searching, Anna admits, “I exposed parts of my psyche.” The comedy in the show is actually far from humorous underneath it all. Her goal is to explore the human condition, our inherent social and interpersonal existence, through idiosyncratic movement and gesture. Engagement with Anna’s work means processing boorishness, awkwardness and the resulting tension. If we can laugh about it, we can learn from it, and move forward. In the fall, Anna and collaborator Leah Wilks will be staging her production, “Feature Presentation,” at Temple. She also has performances and productions on the horizon at Duke University and in New York City in 2019.

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Temps are still high, but autumn is right around the corner! Here’s how to ease back into the regularly scheduled programming of homework, sports and after-school activities.

Mazaliyah Morris (far left), her niece, Eliana, 3, and daughters Madilyn, 7, Maliyah, 9, and Maddy, 13, take a break from roller skating with Jen McGonigle (far right) and her daughters, Cordelia Ramont, 6, and Mattie Ramont, 13.

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WHEELS FUN PARK wheelsfamilyfunpark.com etween the batting cages and mini-golf, go-karts and play gym, and, of course, the roller skating rink, Wheels is the definition of family-friendly fun with options for kids of all ages, and kids at heart. “In a place and time where everything is about how fast we can go, here time just stops,” says Jen McGonigle, mom to Mattie Ramont, 13, and Cordelia Ramont, 6. “It reminds me of the good memories of my childhood.” Plus, parents skate free on Tuesdays, and kids are just $5. (Thanks for the tip, Sarah Gabell!)

ENO RIVER STATE PARK TRAILS

huxfamilyfarm.com/huxfarm/farm_tour.html Join Hux Family Farm in a guided tour of their farm and pastures at 1 p.m. on the first and third Sunday of each month through November. The tour includes an in-depth look into the farm’s routine for sustainability, a visit to see the ducks, geese and horses, quality Durham Parents Weigh In: time with rabbits and feeding ‘What Activities Do You Enjoy with Your Kids?’ time with the animals throughout, plus a play area ideal for photos “We just signed up for a family dance class at Ninth Street with goats, sheep and the Dance! Otherwise we go to Forest Hills Park sprayground, livestock guardian dog. There is a ride bikes, play Twister and Slip ’N Slide bowling! We also like playground area for kids, too! Cost bird walks at Sandy Creek Park.” – Sarah Gabell, is $10 per person, but kids younger @SaraBellum7 than 3 are free. Registration required. “The Duke wall around East Campus! A good mile and a

ncparks.gov/eno-river-state-park/trails Put on the sunscreen and bug spray, pack lots of water and hike the Eno River State Park’s most favorable nature trails. There are 28 miles of trails offering scenic views. For more challenging hikes with older kids, take them to Cox Mountain.

YOGA FOR LITTLES funnygirlfarm.wixsite.com/ funnygirlfarm/events Bring the kids out to Funny Girl Farm for stretches, poses and meditation, plus a fun farm activity (for those energetic ones) during half-hour yoga sessions followed by a half hour of a craft or activity August 25 – “End of Summer Celebration Kids Yoga” – and September 22 – “Camping In the Great Outdoors Kids Yoga” – from 9:30-10:30 a.m. Recommended for children ages 3-8 years old, each session – taught by yoga practitioner and mother of two, Liz Harden – is $20 for one parent and one child (siblings younger than 3 are free) or $25 per family (multiple parents and children participating). Arrive early and enjoy coffee and baked goods from the farmstead!

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half, plus plenty of places to eat real food or treats close by right after!” – @LakelikeWaterr

“Duke Gardens, and pool for father-son swim lessons. Go to a playground (once the sun begins to set) and water guns.” – Patrick Blakely, @BrickFlaair “Recently it’s been sprinklers in the yard. But we often go to local parks and playgrounds and the @lifeandscience. Currently on a mission to do 20 hikes this year with our 2-year-old and infant girls (so many great state parks and preserves close by!).” – Luke Blount, @LukeBlount “A hike along the Eno, or a ride on the American Tobacco Trail.” – Anson Burtch, @aburtch “We like to go to the @lifeandscience and then go right next door to the sprayground at Edison Johnson.” – David Swanson, @davesswanson

bullcityrunning.com/events/ kids-run-durham In this five-week, fun-focused run club for kids ages 4-12, participants learn the fundamentals of running and tackle distances ranging from 100 meters to one mile. Guest speakers address a variety of topics relevant to health, wellness and running such as physical activity, nutrition, sportsmanship and proper running etiquette. Registration opens August 1. Cost for the full term is $45. Participants meet Sundays at 3:30 p.m. at Northgate Park, September 30-October 28.

FA M I LY N I G H T PADDLE froghollowoutdoors.com/familyadventures/family-night-paddle On August 17 at 7:15 p.m., bring the whole family out for a relaxing evening paddle with the staff of Frog Hollow Outdoors. The earlier time makes it easy for younger kids to join in the fun – and if the date doesn’t work for your brood, team up with another family to go together at a time that fits your schedules; private guided night paddles are available for groups with a minimum of eight people. Cost is $30 per paddler and $15 per non-paddling canoe rider.

FA R M T O U R elodiefarms.com/events Join Elodie Farms on a guided tour August 19 and September 16 at 4:30 p.m., including visits to the milking parlor and cheese room and a fun excursion with the herd. Learn about goat behavior and care as you walk, play and cuddle with the goats. The tour ends with a cheese tasting on the front porch. Tour price is $10 for adults and children older than 3. – Ashley Applewhite  august 2018

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Stock Up You’re looking for the perfect pencils, pads and packs for your child to have a great school year. But how do you beat the rush? Skip Staples and check out these local businesses to avoid the lines and find high-quality supplies. Check out Not Just Paper for all your stationery needs. Located on West Main Street near Brightleaf, Not Just Paper is the retail division of Brame, a familyowned business that’s provided the Durham community with office and school supplies, in addition to a wide range of home goods, since 1924. The Scrap Exchange is another affordable locale for your more creative school supplies. Located in Lakewood Shopping Center, The Scrap Exchange features a retail store, an art gallery, a design center and much more. The Scrap Shop features all kinds of goodies for craft projects, from ribbon to pipe cleaners to stickers to construction paper, while you can find office supplies and even some back-toschool clothes for the kiddos at the new Scrap Thrift. Speaking of clothes for your little ones, head to Once Upon a Child on DurhamChapel Hill Boulevard for a variety of gently used and name-brand apparel, plus toys, books, movies and more. DoodleBugs on University Drive is another excellent source for lightly used clothes, and features regular sales. Need baseball bats, basketballs and other sports items, but would rather not pay topdollar for brand-new equipment? Check out Play It Again Sports, located in New Hope Commons. The store offers a variety of new and used sporting equipment regardless of your kids’ sport of choice. A bonus: They’ll buy back equipment that’s still in good condition once your child outgrows it! – Santul Nerkar

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Beat the Back-to-School Blues P r e p a r e y o u r fa m i ly f o r r e t u r n i n g to the academic year routines by Perri Kersh

here’s a feeling I get in the pit of my stomach every August. A mix of sadness that summer is coming to an end (boo-hoo) and an eagerness that kids are returning to school and routine and activities (woo-hoo!). No matter how you’re feeling, there is an inevitable amount of stress each August as families transition from schedule-less summers, sleeping in and snacking at the pool or summer camp to 6:30 a.m. bus routes, school papers and forms and daily lunch packing. Here are a few of my favorite tips to get the kids ready and out the door on time and ease those back to school blues…

✓✓ DO IT THE NIGHT BEFORE: And by “it,” I mean everything you possibly can. Have kids pack their backpacks and place them by the door. Pack lunches and place them in the fridge overnight. Fill water bottles, and find shoes and socks. There is always more time in the evening than there is in the morning. The more you or your child prepares ahead of time, the easier your mornings will be. ✓✓ CREATE A HOMEWORK STATION: Spend a little time before school starts stocking a homework station with necessary supplies (e.g. markers, glue sticks, a ruler, calculator, etc). Use a caddy so tools are portable if your dinner table doubles as a homework station. Avoid late-night runs to the office supply store by checking inventory often. ✓✓ SET UP AN “IMPORTANT PAPER” LANDING PAD: The first few weeks of school usually means paper, paper and more paper. There are forms and permission slips and PTA signups and school photo forms. It just keeps coming. Teach your children from an early age to remove important papers from their backpacks or folders each day and place them in the landing pad (you’ll need to model this for them when they’re young). This will keep important events from slipping through the cracks. ✓✓ SIMPLIFY LUNCH/SNACK PACKING: Use bins in your pantry and refrigerator to stock grab-and-go food for lunch and snacks. You can also set up an after-school snack bin in a reachable spot where kids can re-energize after a long day of hitting the books. Encourage independence by labeling these bins and letting kids help themselves.

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✓✓ CREATE A FAMILY BINDER: While much of our life and our schedules are now online, there is still some goto reference paper we need to keep around. Use a threering binder and clear binder sheets to organize paper you reference on a regular basis throughout the school year, such as classroom lists and contact information, sports schedules, library hours and school calendars. When activities roll over, be sure to remove and recycle the old schedules and replace with new ones. Get ready to sharpen your No. 2’s, enjoy those fresh pages in your composition books and zip up your backpacks. Happy back-to-school season, and keep neat!

Perri Kersh is the neatest, and sometimes freakiest, at Neat Freak Professional Organizing LLC. She works with individuals, families, small business owners and students to help them get and stay organized. Find her monthly posts on durhammag.com.

Weeknight Meal with recipes by Nana’s S c ot t Howell and Wat ts Grocery’s Amy Tornquist photo by James Stefiuk

1 ¼ tsp. salt ana’s might have closed its doors, but you can still make a

Scott Howell recipe at home! We recommend pairing this

Skillet Cornbread with Watts Grocery Chef Amy Tornquist’s Summer Beach Day Chili (page 62) – she says it’s best on rainy beach days with movies and puzzles, but we think it’s perfect for easing back into the swing of the school year, too. “We often set up a bar of condiments,” she says. “Grated cheese, sour cream, chives, avocados, pico de gallo, tortilla chips or Fritos.”

SKILLET CORNBREAD 1 ¼ cups coarse stone-ground yellow cornmeal

¾ cup all-purpose flour

2 Tbsp. sugar

2 tsp. baking powder ¼ tsp. baking soda

2 large eggs, lightly beaten cup milk

cup buttermilk

1 Tbsp. unsalted butter, melted 2 Tbsp. rendered bacon fat

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Heat a 9-inch cast-iron skillet in the oven for 5 minutes. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, whisk the cornmeal with the flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Stir in eggs, milk and buttermilk until blended; then stir in melted butter. Pour bacon fat into the hot skillet and swirl it around until the skillet is evenly greased. Pour the batter into the skillet and bake for 20 minutes, or until the cornbread is golden brown and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Let cool in the skillet for 5 minutes, then turn the cornbread out on a cutting board. Cut into wedges and serve warm.  august 2018

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and November, you have a great opportunity to add mulch or pine straw

S U M M E R B E A C H D A Y C H I L I to your plant beds and flower beds, as this will add a layer of protection

3 lbs. ground beef 3 Tbsp. oil 3 cups onions, chopped 1 ½ cups green peppers, finely chopped 3 Tbsp. garlic, finely chopped 1 35-oz. can chopped tomatoes 1 Tbsp. red wine vinegar 6 Tbsp. chili powder 1 tsp. ground cumin ¾ tsp. pepper 1-2 Tbsp. Cajun Spice Mix (see below) 2 cans red beans Tabasco

during the colder months as well as beautify your property. – Steve Hill, TROSA Lawn Care Manager

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Photo by Jon Twietmeyer, Courtesy Pleasant Green Grass

Brown the meat in oil in a heavy-bottomed pot. Once brown, you can either add the onions and peppers, or, for better results, remove the meat. Then sweat the onions and peppers until translucent – but not brown – and add garlic. Add the tomatoes, vinegar, spices and beans. Cook until vegetables are soft. Then add salt and pepper and more spice as needed. (I always add extra cumin and coriander.) CAJUN SPICE MIX

Mix equal amounts of Kosher salt, cayenne, paprika, garlic powder, black pepper, oregano and onion powder.

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The fall is the most important season for fescue grass and will determine your success the following spring. Here are the key steps to rejuvenate fescue grass:

1. Mow the grass short, down to about 2 inches.

2. Aerate the lawn, going over thin/bare/weedy spots three or four times. 3. Apply organic fertilizer, quality grass seed and any other soil amendments such as humate or compost.

4. Lightly water every day for a few weeks to force germination. Then move toward less frequent, deeper watering for the remainder of the fall season. That will force deep root growth.

5. Mow as soon as the grass needs it, and keep leaves and debris off all winter. Remember to raise the mow blade back up! Keep the new grass between 3 and 4 inches. A successful aeration and seeding in the fall will ensure less weed growth and a beautiful, luscious lawn in the spring.

B o u n t i f u l B a c k ya r d s 1. Perennials are easier on the gardener and better for pollinators, as they learn to return year after year. 2. Fruit trees and berry bushes are easier than you think to plant and maintain. Select varieties are well adapted to the Southeast. Our favorites are rabbiteye and Southern highbush blueberries, figs, Russian pomegranates and Asian persimmons.

3. Start with the soil! A well-balanced organic fertilizer and mineral amendment blend can create the optimal conditions for selfrenewing soil fertility. 4. Don’t be afraid to try new things in the garden! Climate change is making things uncertain for gardeners, but it’s also opening up new possibilities and new plants to try.

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W h at W e Love A b o u t Livin g i n

parkwood Initially constructed to house employees at Research Triangle Park, today’s neighborhood fosters a profound sense of community for families of all sizes B Y A M A NDA M AC LA R EN | PHOTOGR A PHY BY BETH M AN N

built primarily to meet housing needs of ARKWOOD RESIDENT employees at the new Research Triangle George Smart lets me in on Boundaries Extends from N.C. 54 Park – was situated in a pretty rural area a piece of the neighborhood’s on the north end to slightly south at the time, having amenities like plenty history: “If you look at the of Sedwick Road, with Grandale of green space and a neighborhood school maps of 1970s Durham, it says, Drive to the west and along made it a bit more attractive. Northeast Creek on its eastern edge. ‘Parkwood, unincorporated.’ It was going to be its own community. There Population Nearly 3,000 people according to the Parkwood was a grocery store and a gas station and a FA M I LY P L A N N I N G Association. fire department.” Now that many of the homes are more It still feels very much like its own Home Styles Primarily ranches and than 50 years old and modestly sized, the split-levels, with a few craftsman and unique corner of Durham. Across more neighborhood attracts a diverse group newer construction homes. than 100 acres, there’s a lake (George owns of homebuyers and many young families Median Home Sale Price $215,000 a lot that backs up to it), four playgrounds, on a budget. A strict budget, along with trails, a ballfield and pool, a convenience the character of the older homes in the store, an elementary school, several houses neighborhood, was what initially drew of worship, and a Mediterranean grill and grocery. The first homes Tomara Gee and her husband, Spencer, to Parkwood. “We lived were occupied in late 1960, and since Parkwood – which was in a different neighborhood, off Hwy. 55,” Tomara explains. “It was august 2018

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Zadie and neighborhood friend Alexander Nelson Omburo take advantage of the bountiful open green spaces in the neighborhood.

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built in the early 2000s. It had a really nice pool, but I grew up in small-town Ohio, and the whole place felt kind of like city living to me. After we had our daughters, there was an opportunity for us to move in 2015, so we sold our house and we looked in Parkwood, but they were selling pretty quick. We put an offer on one house and lost a bid. ... My husband saw this house was coming soon and right as soon as it opened, the Realtor showed it to us, and I personally just fell in love with it.” A modest three-bedroom, two-bath, 1,200-square-foot home, the unfinished basement doubles that footprint and acts as a play area for the Gees’ daughters now, but the plan is to add an extra bedroom, bathroom and living space, since there is a separate exterior door to the backyard. “As our parents get older, we might be able to use that space for them,” Tomara says. The home was a better fit for their girls, Zadie, 9, and Sophie, 6, in other ways as well. “Our old neighborhood was kind of a transition neighborhood where young people bought their first house and went to med school,” Tomara says. “Here we have five different houses in a two-block radius with kids, and we know all the parents, and often they’ll call and ask to send their kids home. It has that nostalgic feeling of growing up back when you could roam a neighborhood.” The Gees take advantage of Parkwood’s plentiful community events as well, including Summer Fest in the summer and Holiday Fest in the winter, complete with food trucks, beer from local breweries for the parents, games, inflatables, artisan markets and live music. “They’ve been revamping the playgrounds, so the one near us is new,” Tomara says. “It was just the lake before, but now they stocked it with fish, so my neighbors go up and fish and find turtles and other wildlife.” Emily Toth, her husband, Robert, and their kids, Gavin, 8, and Olivia, 5, also enjoy the various festivals, natural spaces and playgrounds, as well as the

general walkability of the Parkwood. “The kids like to walk to the fire station; the people at the fire department are amazing,” Emily says, “and we walk to the Mediterranean Grill a lot for dinner. We really love the location and the feel of the neighborhood, and we adore their school, [Pearsontown Elementary]. Here we have so much privacy: Even though we’re in a subdivision, there’s a whole acre behind the garage that is totally wooded, and to one side there’s a bamboo garden, and we’re so close to everything. I work

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George Smart and Eleanor Stell spend most of their time in the kitchen and living room; the open floor plan allows for maximum use of the space. “The only room in the house that we don’t use every single day is the guest room,” George says.

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in RTP [as a project manager at NetApp], and my husband does handyman work, so he’s close to I-40 and can go anywhere he needs to.” Rob’s construction skills came in handy with their home, which became truly a family project. Emily’s mother – who’s also married to a handyman – bought the home, which had suffered a pretty damaging fire five years earlier, when it was on the brink of foreclosure. They all worked together to take it from a neighborhood eyesore to “a house we can call home,” Emily says. They moved in to the three-bedroom, two-bath, 1,500-square-foot house in 2012. “The best part is the downstairs playroom,” Emily says. “Because it’s giant.” A NEW LOOK George has lived in Parkwood since 1995, first purchasing on Williamsburg Way, just a quarter mile from his current home.

“I liked that Parkwood’s houses had lots of character,” Tomara says. “They have those little touches that other homes, especially new ones, don’t have. Parkwood is where we really wanted to be.”

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Upon discovering a crumbling foundation in the home they’d just bought, George and Eleanor decided to build a new, modern house on the site.

“I was looking for a home that was just kind of interesting,” he says. “It was a one-level, ’70s contemporary, 1,700 square feet.” But, in wanting to be lakeside, he and wife Eleanor Stell decided to purchase another home, but soon discovered major foundation issues that would cost tens of thousands of dollars to fix. So, they decided to build instead. And with George being the founder and executive director of NC Modernist Houses, the style of home they chose really comes as no surprise. “Initially we were concerned that the neighbors would dislike the modern design, but they were mostly concerned about scale,” George says. “They didn’t want a 10,000-square-foot mansion going 70

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What do you consider to be your greatest accomplishments during the past year at Duke? What challenges have you/the university faced? My first year was a period of transition for Duke, and not only with respect to my arrival as president. We brought new leadership on board in a number of key areas, and I’m thrilled to have attracted some of top talent in the country: Kerry Abrams from the University of Virginia to be dean of our law school; Toddi Steelman from the University of Saskatchewan to be the dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment; Judith Kelley, a longtime faculty member at Duke to be the dean of the Sanford School of Public Policy; Dave Kennedy from Stanford to be our vice president for alumni affairs and development; and Duke alumna Stelfanie Williams, the president of Vance-Granville Community College, to be our vice president for Durham affairs. These are all wonderfully experienced leaders in higher education who will add to our already stellar team. The greatest challenges we have faced are not unique to Duke – growing our resources to support the finest educational programs while maintaining our commitments to access and affordability; making sure we stand at the forefront of research while making sure our scholarship helps to address pressing societal challenges, especially in our region; and developing a strong, open and respectful community in the face of widening tensions across political and social divides in our nation. At Duke, we have a real opportunity – and responsibility – to do these things well. Our founder, James B. Duke, called upon the university to uplift our region and the world, which is a mission I take very seriously. What are some exciting projects coming up in the next academic year? Well, in a few weeks I will be visiting the Duke Marine Lab in Beaufort, which is the first stop in a tour that I’m planning of towns and august 2018

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municipalities throughout the state. I want to get a real sense of of downtown, and we continue to find opportunities to partner Duke’s existing impact in the region and try to identify some places on community priorities like K-12 education, employment, health where we could be doing more. care, transportation and public safety throughout the region. We’re also pursuing initiatives to strengthen our programs in At the same time, we recognize that growth can make it harder science and technology; improve the residential living and learning to find affordable housing and drive up cost of living, particularly experience of our students; and strengthen our alumni outreach, for lower-income residents. This is a serious challenge, one that will including improving links between students and alumni. I’m require thoughtful and purposeful collaboration moving forward. particularly excited to be redoubling our efforts to make Duke an My senior leadership is working with city officials and leaders, international leader in the STEM fields – not only through our in both the commercial and nonprofit arenas, to help address students and faculty, but also through partnerships with other this challenge. We need to ensure that the benefits of Durham’s area universities and our commitment to Durham, such as the renewed prosperity are enjoyed by all of its residents. new laboratories and classrooms in the Chesterfield Building. Durham has blossomed as a hub for Is there anything else you want entrepreneurship and innovation, and we’d Durhamites to know about Duke? like to be an even more active player in Duke is more invested than ever before driving its growth and prosperity, to the in our community. Through our Doing widest possible benefit of the community. Good in the Neighborhood fundraising campaign, our employees make financial We’re looking About how many students will attend contributions that are improving lives by forward to deepening Duke in the 2018-19 school year? supporting child development, our local [our] relationship We’ll have roughly 6,500 undergraduates neighborhoods and schools, and area [with the community] and 8,600 graduate and professional nonprofits. Our DukeEngage program over the next few students. sends students, employees and alumni years, and helping out to make a difference through service. Do you have a sense of how many We are a vibrant part of community life to make Durham an students stay in Durham and have through Blue Devil sports and contribute even more vibrant, an impact on our community after to area arts and culture, from our Full healthier and happier they graduate? Frame Documentary Film Festival, to the place to call home. We have 20,000 Duke alumni living and Sarah P. Duke Gardens, to the Nasher We’re Bull City proud! working in the Triangle in every sort of Museum of Art at Duke University. job you could imagine – doctors, teachers, Duke Health is saving and improving engineers, tech entrepreneurs, policymakers the lives of thousands of North Carolinians and restaurateurs. They are your neighbors, your colleagues and every year, and discoveries made here on campus will help us hopefully your friends. More and more Dukies are choosing to confront some of our region’s most intractable problems. We’re stay in Durham after graduation, and many more are returning also actively promoting everyday wellness to help North Carolina years later to work and raise their families. It’s no secret why: This communities thrive, and we’re committed to creating and is a vibrant place, a place where your neighbors are engaged in the sustaining a healthy Durham. community and care deeply about its future. I can say from personal Perhaps our most important connection to Durham is through experience that it’s an exciting place to live! our fabulous employees. The University and Health System employs 40,000 staff and faculty members, many of whom live in In what ways do Duke and city officials work together to Durham. We strive to be the best employer in the state of North make sure town-gown relations stay strong? Carolina, and to provide all of our employees with the resources We know that Duke wouldn’t be Duke without Durham, and we and support that will allow them to thrive. work very closely with local officials to support the success of the We’re looking forward to deepening this relationship over the city we are so proud to call home. Duke has been a key partner, next few years, and helping to make Durham an even more vibrant, along with the government and private investors, in the renaissance healthier and happier place to call home. We’re Bull City proud! 76

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Gocciolina Upscale Italian fare in a cozy atmosphere. This wildly popular restaurant has graced our Best Of list again and again. 3314 Guess Rd.; 919-973-4089; gocciolina.com Hog Heaven Bar-B-Q Homestyle Eastern barbecue, fried chicken & seafood. Enjoy with a giant glass of iced tea. 2419 Guess Rd.; 919-286-7447; hogheavenbarbecue.com Jimmy’s Famous Hot Dogs Old-fashioned burgers, fries and a mean Carolina-style dog. 2728 Guess Rd.; 919-471-0005; jimmysfamoushotdogs.com La Cacerola Cafe & Restaurant Honduran specialties such as pupusas and chorizo asado. 2016 Guess Rd.; 919-294-6578 Thai Spoon All the trappings for a delicious experience: pad thai, drunken noodles and curries. 3808 Guess Rd.; 919-908-7539 HILLSBOROUGH ROAD Bennett Pointe Grill & Bar There’s something to please all palates on the large menu of this multiregional American restaurant. 4625 Hillsborough Rd.; 919-382-9431; bpgrill.com Shanghai Restaurant Established in the 1980s, this Cantonese restaurant offers both Americanized and authentic dishes. 3433 Hillsborough Rd.; 919-383-7581; shanghaidurham.com Wimpy’s Grill Specializing in old-fashioned burgers and hot dogs. Open till 2 p.m. weekdays, cash only. 617 Hicks St.; 919-286-4380; wimpysgrillnc.com

HILLANDALE ROAD Bleu Olive High-quality comfort food incorporating local ingredients and Mediterranean flair. Family operated & chef-driven. 1821 Hillandale Rd.; 919 383-8502; bleuolivebistro. com BR El Corral Mexican Restaurant Authentic Mexican faijitas, tacos, enchiladas and a great chorizo queso dip. 1821 Hillandale Rd., Ste. 8; 919-309-4543; elcorralnc.com

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BROAD STREET Joe Van Gogh Cozy and full of natural light, this local coffee shop sources quality beans for a superior coffee. 1104-B Broad St.; 919-286-4800; joevangogh.com.

Pomodoro Italian Kitchen Homemade sauces on fresh-made pizzas, pastas and other Italian favorites. 1811 Hillandale Rd.; 919-382-2915; pomodoroitaliankitchen.info

The Palace International African cuisine including curry goat, dovi chicken and samosas. 1104-A Broad St.; 919-416-4922; thepalaceinternational.com

NORTH POINTE DRIVE The French Corner Bakery Artisan breads, beautifully crafted tarts and pastries, plus lunch. Baking classes taught by French-trained master baker chef Benjamin Messaoui. 2005 North Pointe Dr., Ste. B.; 919-698-9836

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MORE NORTHERN DURHAM DINING Alpaca Peruvian rotisserie chicken. Need we say more? 302 Davidson Ave.; 919-220-9028; alpacachicken.com Bullock’s Bar-B-Cue A staple in the community since 1952, serving up soul in Eastern-style barbecue, Brunswick stew and fried chicken. 3330 Quebec Dr.; 919-383-3211; bullocks-bbq.com Goodberry’s Frozen Custard All-natural frozen custard with a variety of topping options. 3906 N. Roxboro St.; 919-477-2552; goodberrys.com Picnic Order the pulled pork, of course, but also the fried chicken, mac & cheese and hushpuppies. 1647 Cole Mill Rd.; 919-908-9128; picnicdurham.com BR Silver Spoon Restaurant A large menu of breakfast favorites like strawberry waffles and omelettes, plus sandwiches, pastas, salads and kids plates. 5230 N. Roxboro St.; 919-479-7172; silverspoonnc.com Skrimp Shack Fast casual seafood restaurant serving addictive shrimp, fish and a variety of other fried and grilled seafood. 3600 N. Duke St., Ste. 28B; 919-477-0776; theskrimpshack.com

Wellspring Cafe Salad and hot bar in the Whole Foods Market, plus sandwiches, pizza and sushi. 621 Broad St.; 919-286-2290 ERWIN ROAD Another Broken Egg Cafe Unique breakfast and lunch menu including cinnamon roll french toast and a scrambled skillet. 2608 Erwin Rd., Ste. 120; 919-381-5172; anotherbrokenegg.com BR Black Twig Cider House Cider-and-sausage focused restaurant with more than 80 ciders on draft and in bottles. Try the “Northern Spy” and join in a Txotx! 2812 Erwin Rd., Ste. 104; 919-321-0203; blacktwigciderhouse.com Early Bird Donuts Doughnuts, biscuits, croissant breakfast sandwiches and coffee. Try the cinnamon sugar donut. 2816 Erwin Rd., Ste. 101; 984-888-0417 Itaewon Grill Build-your-own Korean barbecue bowls with a variety of meats and meat substitutes, toppings and sauces. 2608 Erwin Rd., Ste. 132; 919-864-9742; itaewongrillkbbq.com MediTerra Grill Mediterranean and Lebanese cuisine, offering gyros, kabobs and curry. 2608 Erwin Rd., Ste. 136; 919-383-0066; mediterranc.com

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Naan Stop Indian Cuisine Authentic Indian cuisine with dishes like daal makhani, paneer tikka masala and biryani. 2812 Erwin Rd., Ste. 103; 919-891-3488; naanstopduke.com Nosh “Eclectic foodstuffs” like “Mike’s Breakfast Pizza,” “Coach’s Queso”sandwich and the brown derby chopper salad. 2812 Erwin Rd., Ste. 101; 919-3834747; noshfood.com BR Saladelia Cafe Espresso and organic smoothie bar, scratchmade pastries, gourmet sandwiches, salads and soups. Open for dine-in or carry-out. 2424 Erwin Rd.; 919-416-1400; saladelia.com BR

Smashburger Unique burgers smashed on the grill, chicken and salads. 2608 Erwin Rd., Ste. 116; 919-237-1070; smashburger.com Sushi Love Specialty sushi rolls such as the “Honey Love” roll topped with mango and kiwi, as well as other Asian cuisine favorites. 2812 Erwin Rd., Ste. 204; 919-309-2401; sushilove.org Tamale Factory and Tequila Bar Authentic Mexican food and drinks, including tamales made daily, scratch-made salsas and sauces, and margaritas made using fresh ingredients. 2816 Erwin Rd., Ste. 205, 919-237-1116; tamalefactorync.com

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Cocoa Cinnamon Signature hand-brewed coffees and lattes such as the “Dr. Durham” with maca root powder and black lava salt. 2627 Hillsborough Rd.; cocoacinnamon.com

Fairview Dining Room Seasonally inspired contemporary cuisine with selections like coffeerubbed duck breast and seared NC flounder. Located inside the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club. 3001 Cameron Blvd.; 919-493-6699; washingtondukeinn.com

Cosmic Cantina Authentic Mexican cuisine with vegan options. House-made mole and corn tortillas. Pair with a margarita pitcher. 1920 Perry St.; 919-286-1875; cosmiccantina.com

Del Rancho Mexican Grill Authentic Mexican lunch and dinner menu with a full-service bar. 730 Ninth St.

Happy + Hale Healthy salads, bowls, breakfast, smoothies, cocktails and cold-pressed juice. 703B Ninth St.; 984-439-1790; happyandhale.com BR

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Burger Bach Signature New Zealand grass-fed burgers and fresh-cut fries. 737 Ninth St., Ste. 220; 919-973-4416; burgerbach.com

Dales Indian Cuisine Traditional Indian food like garlic naan, chicken tikka masala and matter paneer. 811 Ninth St., Ste. 150; 919-286-1760; dalesindiancuisine.net

Elmo’s Diner Homemade Southern classics with breakfast favorites like cinnamon apple waffles and biscuits and gravy served all day in a casual, family-friendly setting. 776 Ninth St.; 919-4163823; elmosdiner.com BR

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Dain’s Place Pub fare centered around awardwinning “thick and juicy and juicy and thick burgers.” 754 Ninth St.; 919-416-8800

FOND FAREWELLS Modern sushi restaurant Basan closed its doors at the end of June. The restaurant’s proximity to the Durham Performing Arts Center made it a favorite for patrons looking for a bite to eat before the show. Ninth Street dessert and pie shop The Pie Hole closed in early June after eight months in business. After more than 30 years in business, Brightleaf Square restaurant Satisfaction served its last customers on Memorial Day.

Heavenly Buffaloes Chicken wings (bone-in and boneless) as well as vegan wings in more than 25 rubs and sauces, including peri peri and Jamaican jerk. Plus waffle fries! 1807 W. Markham Ave.; 919-237-2358; heavenlybuffaloes.com Juju Asian fusion tapas including selections like steamed barbecue Kurobuta pork belly and chicken fried oysters. Try the crispy Brussels sprouts! 737 Ninth St., Ste. 210; 919-286-3555; jujudurham.com BR Khaja’s Kurry Indian buffet including biryani, curry and daals. 748 Ninth St.; 919-695-9525 Locopops Gourmet frozen pops in a variety of rotating flavors like lavender cream, strawberry lemonade and malted milk ball. 2618 Hillsborough Rd.; 919-2863500; ilovelocopops.com Metro 8 Steakhouse Classic American steakhouse with an Argentinian flair. Pair empanadas with a filet mignon or crab-stuffed shrimp with a churrasco steak. 746 Ninth St.; 919-416-1700; metro8steakhouse.com Monuts Donuts Scratch-made, locally sourced doughnuts, pastries, English muffins, bagels and breakfast sandwiches. Try the bagel and lox. 1002 Ninth St.; 919-286-2642; monutsdonuts.com BR

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Clouds Brewing American favorites with a German flair. Try the “Clouds Burger” with a half bratwurst, half-ground chuck patty or the BBQ pork belly burger. 905 W. Main St.; 919-2518096; cloudsbrewing.com BR

El Rodeo Mexican Restaurant Authentic Mexican cuisine like quesadillas, tacos and huevos con chorizo. 905 W. Main St.; 919-683-2417; elrodeonc.com The Federal Pub fare with bistro panache. Try the “Fed Burger au Poivre.” 914 W. Main St.; 919-680-8611; thefederal.net BR Goorsha Ethiopian restaurant featuring dishes like shiro chickpea stew and tibs (sauteed meat in spices). 910 W. Main St.; 919-588-4660; goorshadurham.com It’s a Southern Thing Kitchen and bar that serves up traditional Southern dishes with a twist, like jalapeno-brined fried chicken; a half-beef, halfbacon meatloaf; and both traditional and vegan barbecue. 605 W. Main St.; 919-294-9632; itsasouthernthingdurham.com BR James Joyce Irish Pub and Restaurant Traditional pub food and snacks like brisket cheese steak and Reuben sandwiches. 912 W. Main St.; 919-683-3022; jamesjoyceirishpub.com BR Kaffeinate Coffee shop featuring locally roasted beans and made-to-order Belgian waffles. 115-A N. Duke St.; 919-237-2856; kaffeinatenc.com BR

Lilly’s Pizza Stone-hearth-baked pizzas with fresh, organic and local ingredients. 810 W. Peabody, St.; 919-797-2554; lillyspizza.com The Little Dipper Fondue, salads and entrees with selections like cheddar ale fondue, seasonal spinach salad and filet mignon with mushrooms. 905 W. Main St.; 919-908-1023; littledipperfondue.com BR Maverick’s Smokehouse and Taproom Range of barbecue and smokehouse fare as well as Chef Brian Stinnett’s signature fried chicken and Memphis barbecue spaghetti. 900 W. Main St.; 919-682-8978; maverickssmokehouse.com Mount Fuji Asian Bistro Sushi & Bar Thai, Japanese, Chinese and sushi. Try the duck wrap. 905 W. Main St.; 919-680-4968; mtfujinc.com Parker and Otis A gift shop, coffee shop and restaurant all in one. First-timers should dedicate a good chunk of time to this delight. Try the No. 26. 112 S. Duke St.; 919-683-3200; parkerandotis.com BR Pine Cone Maple View ice cream, shakes, Joe Van Gogh coffee and baked goods galore. 905 W. Main St., Ste. 20-H; 919-416-6128; pineconenc.com Rose’s Noodles, Dumplings & Sweets Sandwiches, pastries - rhubarb galette, anyone? and daily dinner specials. 121 N. Gregson St.; 919-797-2233; rosesdurham.com BR Saint James Raw bar featuring daily selection of oysters, peel-and-eat shrimp and more; seafood towers, Lobster Newberg, shrimp and grits, and Calabash platters. 806 W. Main St.; 984-219-7900; saintjamesseafood.com Torero’s Mexican Restaurant Authentic Mexican cuisine. Try the ceviche de camaron. 800 W. Main St.; 919-682-4197; torerosmexicanrestaurants.com CENTRAL PARK & WAREHOUSE DISTRICTS The Blue Note Grill Fantastic barbecue, ribs and live music. 709 Washington St.; 919-401-1979; thebluenotegrill.com Cocoa Cinnamon Signature hand-brewed coffees and lattes such as the “Tower of Babel” with honey and date sugar. 420 W. Geer St.; cocoacinnamon.com Cucciolo Osteria Italian fare like pastas with housemade noodles, antipasti and porchetta. 601 W. Main St.; 984-243-8744; cucciolodurham.com Dame’s Chicken & Waffles Chicken, waffles, shmears. ’Nuff said. 530 Foster St.; 919-682-9235; dameschickenwaffles.com BR Foster Street Coffee Coffee house on the ground floor of Liberty Warehouse Apartments that uses carefully curated coffee beans from around the world for its classic concoctions as well as local produce for housemade smoothies. 530 Foster St., Ste. 2; 919-797-9555; fosterstreetcoffee.com

Fullsteam In addition to their well-known “plow-to-pint” beers, Fullsteam now serves bar snacks, sandwiches, small plates and kombucha. Try the Eastern Carolina-Style Pork Meatballs and the Spicy Carolina Dip Chicken with a side of deviled eggs. 726 Rigsbee Ave.; 919-682-2337; fullsteam.ag Geer Street Garden Simple, down-home fare in a cozy atmosphere. They make a mean “Dark and Stormy,” and be sure to order “The Pile” to split with friends! 644 Foster St.; 919-688-2900; geerstreetgarden.com Gonza Tacos y Tequila Columbian-Mexican restaurant with traditional dishes like chilaquiles, enchiladas and sopa in addition to a variety of tacos. 604 Fernway Ave.; 919-907-2656; durham.gonzatacosytequila.com Hutchins Garage Full-service bar serving Grandma-style pizza, salads and sandwiches. 402 W. Geer St. BR Rise Biscuits & Donuts Daily-changing menu of doughnuts and biscuits. For vegetarians, the “Fried Eggplant ‘Bacon’” biscuit is hard to beat. 401 Foster St.; 984-439-2220; risebiscuitsdonuts.com BR Parts & Labor Dishes meeting many dietary needs, including veggie samosas, “Hipster Poutine” and falafel. 723 Rigsbee Ave.; motorcomusic.com/eats BR The Accordion Club Late-night bar serving beer, hot dogs and green chile stew. 316 W. Geer St. The Pit Fried pimiento cheese, whole-hog Eastern barbecue and Lexington-style barbecue. 321 W. Geer St.; 919-282-3748; thepit-durham.com Piedmont Seasonal cooking inspired by local ingredients. Broccoli beignet, pickled shrimp and peach or Mills Farm’s beef coulotte. 401 Foster St.; 919-683-1213; piedmontrestaurant.com BR CITY CENTER DISTRICT Alley Twenty Six Originally a craft cocktail bar, the addition of a kitchen and dining room now offers plates like pan-seared duck breast, cornmeal-crusted fried oysters and pimiento cheese. 320 E. Chapel Hill St.; 984-439-2278; alleytwentysix.com Bagel Bar Homemade bagel varieties, lunch and breakfast sandwiches. 104 City Hall Plaza, Ste. 101; 919-294-6661; bagelbarbagels.com Bar Brunello Featuring 25 wines by the glass and 60 by the bottle, as well as draft beers and ciders, the bar’s food menu includes charcuterie and cheese boards. 117 E. Main St.; 919-294-4825; barbrunello.com Bar Virgile Artfully crafted beverages paired with an ever changing dinner and small plates menu including selections like tandoori chicken, and flat iron steak 105 S. Magnum St.; 919-973-3000; barvirgile.com

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Beyù Caffè Coffee shop, restaurant, bar and live jazz club. Beignets, buffalo wings and mushroom burgers. 341 W. Main St.; 919-683-1058; beyucaffe.com 0BR Bull City Burger & Brewery Local beef burgers with all components from bun to barbecue sauce made in-house. 107 E. Parrish St.; 919-680-2333; bullcityburgerandbrewery.com Bull McCabe’s Irish Pub Pub food and bar snacks like nachos, burgers and wings. 427 W. Main St.; 919-682-3061; bullmccabesirishpub.com COPA Cuban-inspired tapas and cocktails restaurant. Try the Butifaras a lo cubano, Cuban-style sausages and the Paella del verano, “summer rice,” with a mojito or daiquiri. 107 W. Main St. Counting House Upscale restaurant featuring locally sourced entrees, as well as small plates featuring oysters, shellfish, and meats and cheeses. 111 N. Corcoran St.; 919-956-6760; countinghousenc.com BR Dashi Traditional ramen shop and izakaya with sake options. 415 E. Chapel Hill St.; 919-251-9335; dashiramen.com Dos Perros Sophisticated Mexican cuisine; plates include carnitas, flautas veganas and pollo relleno. Don’t skip on the guac! 200 N. Mangum St.; 919-956-2750; dosperrosrestaurant.com Jack Tar and the Colonel’s Daughter Diner fare with a twist. A classic diner menu is served all day long, plus a smaller dinner menu is available in the evening. Brunch is served on Saturday and Sunday mornings. 202 N. Corcoran St.; 919-682-5225; jacktar-durham.com BR

Littler Look for latkes Benedict, pan-roasted striped bass with sungold tomato and elderflower panna cotta at this small restaurant with big tastes. 110 E. Parrish St.; 919-374-1118; littlerdurham.com Loaf Oven breads and pastries. Counter Culture Coffee, pain au chocolat and cumin gruyere loaf. 111 W. Parrish St.; 919-797-1254 Lucky’s Delicatessen Deli crafted by chef Matthew Kelly and headed by chef Drew Brown serves seasonal soups and sandwiches like the garbanzo with chickpea fritters and the super Reuben. 105 W. Chapel Hill St.; 919-864-8841; luckysdelinc.com Luna Rotisserie & Empanadas South American cuisine meets the American South. Wood-fired rotisserie meats, Andean-inspired braises, empanadas. 112 W. Main St.; 984-439-8702; lunarotisserie.com M Kokko Casual chicken entrees including the fried chicken sandwich, ramen and “KFC” wings. 311 Holland St., Ste. B; 919-908-9322 M Sushi Quality sushi from seasonal seafood, daily menu changes and creative rolls like “Unagi Maki” with barbecue eel and fried garlic. 311 Holland St.; 919-908-9266; msushidurham.com

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Mateo Acclaimed menu of tapas and small plates by chef Matthew Kelly. Great for date night or night out with friends. Order a pitcher of “Cheerwine Sangria,” pollo frito, gambas and queso frito y huevo. 109 W. Chapel Hill St.; 919-5308700; mateotapas.com Mothers & Sons Trattoria Italian restaurant by partners Matthew Kelly and chef Josh “Skinny” DeCarolis. Handmade pasta, bruschetta and antipasti dishes. 107 W. Chapel Hill St.; 919-294-8247; mothersandsonsnc.com Ninth Street Bakery Organic breads, pastries and lunch. Grab a “Wheel of Steel” (peanut butter, raisins and oats). 136 E. Chapel Hill St.; 919-6885606; ninthstbakery.com BR The Parlour Handmade ice cream in rotating flavors like cookies and cream, salted butter caramel & sweet potato. 117 Market St.; 919-564-7999; theparlour.co The Patio Unscripted Hotel’s poolside bar featuring a range of cocktails and gourmet bites including sushi cones, salads and burgers. 202 N. Corcoran St.; 984-329-9500; unscriptedhotels.com BR Pizzeria Toro Wood-fired pizza with selections like spicy lamb meatball with kale, fried eggplant ricotta and soft eggs on white pizza. Also, ricotta dumplings! 105 E. Chapel Hill St.; 919-9086936; pizzeriatoro.com Pie Pushers Grab a slice of staples like the cheese or pepperoni, or try out one of the specials, like the Pace Car. 117A W. Main St.; 919-294-8408; piepushers.com BR Pompieri Pizza Neapolitan pizza joint with a family-friendly approach. Try the “Drunken Horse” pizza with beer crust dough and house-made sausage. 102 City Hall Plaza; 919-973-1589; pompieripizza.com

NEWS BITES Another longtime Durham institution, one which helped build our food town reputation, Nana’s closed at the end of June. But Chef Scott Howell has a new venture that may even be open by the time you’re reading this: He’s opening DeeLuxe Chicken, a counter-service fried chicken eatery, with fellow Magnolia Grill alum Rick Robinson in the former Oval Park Grille space at 1116 Broad St. HI-TIME Asheville brewers Chris Frosaker and Adam Charnack will open Hi-Wire Brewing’s third taproom at 800 Taylor St. in the Golden Belt Campus. Currently referred to as the “Durham Fun Zone, ” the nearly 9,000-squarefoot interior and 1,678-squarefoot covered patio and beer garden will feature shuffleboard courts, table tennis and soccer pool tables in addition to 24 taps featuring Hi-Wire’s full lineup of beers. BLAST OFF! Little Rocket Man, a pop-up eatery by Chef Savannah Miller, is open at Ninth Street Bakery Wednesday–Saturday from 5-10pm, serving a rotating menu of craft beers, sandwiches and hot plates. FOOD FIGHT Chef Thomas Card and Pastry Chef Nicole Lourie of Counting House restaurant at 21c Museum Hotel are among the 21 chefs from across the state selected to compete in the final round of the third annual North Carolina Restaurant & Lodging Association Chef Showdown, presented by Got to be NC Agriculture. The main NCRLA Chef Showdown event takes place on Monday, Aug. 27.

Pour Taproom Pay-by-the-ounce beer, wine and cider taps, plus tasting board, sandwich and kids’ options, and specials from Littler and Pizzeria Toro. 202 N. Corcoran St., Ste. 200; 919-251-8985; durham.pourtaproom.com The Restaurant at The Durham Locally sourced Southern cuisine crafted by chef Andrea Reusing. Selections include beef tartare and spring pie with asparagus and mushrooms. The Roof focuses on shared plates. 315 E. Chapel Hill St.; 919-768-8831; thedurham.com/dining

Rue Cler French bistro-style cuisine with lunch, brunch and dinner showcasing fresh ingredients. 401 E. Chapel Hill St.; 919-682-8844; ruecler-durham.com BR

Saltbox Seafood Joint Local seafood that is delivered fresh from the Carolina coast and served griddled or fried in a straightforward manner. 608 N. Mangum St.; 919-908-8970; saltboxseafoodjoint.com Taberna Tapas Paella, flatbreads, bacon-wrapped dates, gambas. 325 W. Main St.; 919-797-1457; tabernatapas. com Table South Kitchen and Bar Breakfast, lunch and dinner, located in the Durham Marriott City Center. 201 Foster St.; 919-768-6000 Thai @Main Street Classic Thai dishes including tom yum soup, curry, pad Thai, drunken noodles and more. 317 W. Main St.; 984-219-7444; thaiatmainstnc.com Toast Italian paninis and soups. The warm goat cheese with honey and peppercorn crostini is our favorite. 345 W. Main St.; 919-683-2183; toast-fivepoints.com Viceroy British-Indian gastropub featuring dishes like jeera wings as well as traditional fish & chips. 335 W. Main St.; 919-797-0413; viceroydurham.com

AMERICAN TOBACCO DISTRICT The Bullpen Bull Durham Beer Co.’s beer garden with live music provided by the Music Maker Relief Foundation plus veggie melts, grain bowl salads and beer-infused chicken chili verde. 359 Blackwell St.; 919-744-3630; thebullpenatc.com Cuban Revolution Restaurant & Bar Cuban tapas served amid ’60s-style decor, plus bolsitas, sandwiches and Havana pork. 318 Blackwell St.; 919-687-4300; thecubanrevolution.com

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The District at 410 Lunch served Thursday and Friday by The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham. 410 Blackwell St.; 919-317-3200; artinstitutes.edu/raleigh-durham/about/restaurant Maybelle’s A barbecue and biscuit restaurant featuring Eastern N.C. pulled pork, ribs, brisket – don’t miss out on the adult milkshakes and Southernstyle pies. 406 Blackwell St.; 984-219-6345; maybellesbbq.com Mellow Mushroom Pizza, hoagies, calzones and salads made using fresh ingredients. 410 Blackwell St.; 919-680-8500; mellowmushroom.com/store /durham NanaSteak Offers various cuts of beef and steaks, plus other meats like salmon and tuna steaks and pastas like beef short rib ravioli. 345 Blackwell St.; 919-282-1183; nanasteak.com BR

specialty food items. 2694 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-489-3944; fostersmarket.com BR Guglhupf Bakery, Cafe and Restaurant Germaninspired cuisine and artisanal bakery. Restaurant dishes include house-cut noodles, weiner schnitzel and pan-roasted duck. 2706 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-401-2600; guglhupf.com BR Kanki Steak, chicken and seafood cooked on hibachi grills, plus an extensive sushi menu. Come for a show! 3504 Mt. Moriah Rd.; 919-401-6908; kanki.com Lily’s Cheesecake Bakery & Cafe Homemade cheesecake, sweet and savory French pastries and Mediterranean sweets. 5504 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd., Ste. 101; 984-219-1226; lilyscheesecake.com Namu Restaurant and Coffee Bar Bulkogi Truck and Bo’s Kitchen food trucks combine to bring casual Korean eats, local beer, wine and specialty coffee. 5420 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-251-9794

OnlyBurger Build-your-own burger options and sides like bacon-wrapped mac and cheese squares. 359 Blackwell St.; 919-237-2431; onlyburger.com Saladelia Cafe Espresso and organic smoothie bar, scratchmade pastries, gourmet sandwiches,salads and soups. Dine-in or carryout. 406 Blackwell St.; 919-687-4600; saladelia.com

The Refectory Cafe Dal, chili, salads and soups. 2726 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-908-6798; therefectorycafe.com BR

Sitar Indian Cuisine Homemade Indian dishes at affordable prices, with daily lunch buffets and a weekend dinner buffet. 3630 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.;919-490-1326; sitar-indiancuisine.com BR

Tyler’s Restaurant &Taproom Hearty fare and huge beer selection. An order of garlic fries is a must! 324 Blackwell St.;919-433-0345; tylerstaproom.com

Souly Vegan Cafe Vegan takes on favorites like mac ‘n’ cheese and jerk chicken, along with sides like candied yams, plantains and lentils and spinach soup. 4125 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 984-219-6050

EAST DURHAM East Durham Bake Shop Handcrafted sweet and savory pies, baked goods, salads,coffee and more – all made with local ingredients. 406 S. Driver St.; 919-957-1090; eastdurhambakeshop.com

Zweli’s Traditional Zimbabwean food and family recipes from owner Zweli herself with a number of options for vegans and vegetarians. 4600 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd., Ste. 26; 984-219-7555; zwelis.com BR

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Duck Donuts Warm, made-to-order doughnuts and coffee. Watch your donut being hand-dipped and topped right in front of you. 5320 McFarland Road, Ste. 140; 919-973 1305; duckdonuts.com

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American Restaurant serving soups, salads, sandwiches, pastas and traditional Italian entrees, plus a full bar. 2501 University Dr.; 919-294-8383; thebootdurham.com

Mi Peru Peruvian fare like ceviche mixto, asado and leche de tigre. 4015 University Dr., Ste. A1; 919-401-6432; miperupci.com NanaTaco Inventive taqueria that features locally produced meats and veggies. Enjoy with margarita in hand. 2512 University Dr.; 919-489-8226; nanataco.com

The Original Q Shack “BBQ tender as a mother’s love,” includes signature chile-rubbed beef brisket and Carolina pork shoulder. 2510 University Dr.; 919-402-4227; theqshackoriginal.com Sake Bomb Asian Bistro Asian bistro and sake bar; specialty rolls like the “Green Monster” with spicy yellow tail and tuna. 4215 University Dr.; 919-401-4488; sakebombdurham.com

Saltbox Seafood Joint A new, second location for the popular local seafood place. Fish delivered fresh from the Carolina coast and served griddled or fried in a straightforward manner. 2637 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd.; 919-908-8970; saltboxseafoodjoint.com

Tobacco Road Sports Cafe American dishes like “Country Frizzled & Drizzled Chicken” made with local ingredients; overlooks the Bulls’ stadium. 280 S. Mangum St.; 919-937-9909; tobaccoroadsportscafe.com

DURHAM-CHAPEL HILL BOULEVARD (15-501) Blaze Pizza Pizzas with made-from-scratch dough and healthful ingredients. 5320 McFarland Dr.; 919-251-6095; blazepizza.com

Capital Seafood Market & Grill Fried catfish, porkchop sandwiches and collard greens. Raw seafood for sale. 1304 University Dr.; 919-402-0777

Saladelia Cafe Delicious,healthy, homemade food with an espresso andorganic smoothie bar,scratchmade pastries,gourmet sandwiches,salads and soups. Open fordine-in or carry-out. 4201 University Dr.; 919-489-5776; saladelia.com BR Tacos Nacos Tacos, pupusas, tortas and horchata. 3411 University Dr.; 919-267-8226 Thai Cafe Authentic Thai cuisine: drunken noodles, curries and stir-fries. Don’t miss the coconut cake for dessert! 2501 University Dr.; 919-493-9794; thaicafenc.com WEST END & LAKEWOOD Cocoa Cinnamon Local coffee shop with signature hand-brewed coffees and lattes, hot chocolate and churros. 2013 Chapel Hill Rd.; cocoacinnamon.com County Fare There’s a food truck rodeo happening every night at this family-friendly restaurant. Inside, a bar stocks beer, cider and wine. Outside, patrons can choose food from a rotating group of food trucks. 1920 Chapel Hill Rd.; 984-219-1875; countyfaredurham.com

GRUB Durham Serves up comfort food favorites with a twist like brioche donuts and beer-battered DURHAM, NC • 919-286-1987 BREAKFAST • LUNCH • DINN mushroom sandwiches. 1200 W. Chapel Hill St.; MADHATTERBAKESHOP.COM SALADELI 919-973-3636; grubdurham.com The Lakewood Phoebe Lawless’s craft cookery featuring local fare like pickled North Carolina top neck clam dip, grilled okra and peach melba sundaes. 2022 Chapel Hill Rd.; 919-402-8059; thelakewooddurham.com BR

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Local Yogurt Frozen yogurt treats. 1114 W. Chapel Hill St.; 919-489-5900; localyogurtdurham.com MORE WEST-CENTRAL DURHAM Bull and Bean Fresh salads, breakfast and sandwiches like pulled pork-loaded hashbrowns and the turkey and Brie sandwich. 3710 Shannon Rd.; 919-237-2398; bullstreetdurham.com BR Hope Valley Diner Diner food and breakfast all day with selections like chicken and dumplings, fried pickle chips, biscuits and gravy. 3710 Shannon Rd.; 919-419-0907; hopevalleydiner.com BR New Tokyo Quick-service Japanese restaurant where everything on the menu – including hibachistyle dishes, sushi, udon and more – comes in under $10. 3822 S. Roxboro St.; 919-224-8811 OnlyBurger The food truck’s brick-and-mortar offers all the same build-your-own burger options and sides. 3710 Shannon Rd., Ste. 118; 919-937-9377; onlyburger.com Pop’s Backdoor South Fresh pizza and Italian cuisine, including calzones with homemade ricotta-mozzarella filling. 3710 Shannon Rd.; 919-493-0169; popsbackdoorsouth.com BR Piper’s Deli Deli sandwiches and burgers like pimiento grilled cheese and French dip sandwich. 3219 Old Chapel Hill Rd.; 919-489-2481; pipersdeli.com Randy’s Pizza Pizzas, garlic knots and stromboli. 1813 Martin Luther King Jr. Pkwy.; 919-490-6850; randys-pizza.com

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Roots Bakery, Bistro and Bar Southern meets Central American at this breakfast, lunch and dinner spot with an expansive menu including “from the sea,” “from the ranch” and “from the garden” options. 4810 Hope Valley Rd.; rootschapelhill.com BR Tonali Restaurant Inventive Mexican cuisine such as chicken con mole, Mexican chocolate torte and adobo pork. 3642 Shannon Rd.; 919-489-8000; tonalirestaurant.com Urel’s Jamaica House Traditional Jamaican dishes like goat curry, jerk chicken, oxtails and ackee and saltfish. 3825 S. Roxboro St., Ste. 123; 919-251-8104

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WOODCROFT SHOPPING CENTER Guacamaya (Chubby’s Tacos) Fresh Mexican favorites like burritos, nachos and salads, as well as the “Chubbychanga.” 4711 Hope Valley Rd.; 919-489-4636 Joe Van Gogh Cozy and full of natural light, this local coffee shop sources quality beans for a superior coffee. 4711-5A Hope Valley Rd.; 919-973-3950; joevangogh.com Pulcinella’s Italian Restaurant Southern Italian dishes. Antipasto classico, baked ziti and tortellini alla panna. 4711 Hope Valley Rd.; 919-490-1172; pulcinellasitalianrestaurant.com

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Randy’s Pizza Pizzas, garlic knots and stromboli. 4810 Hope Valley Rd., Ste. 112; 919-403-6850; randys-pizza.com Smallcakes Twelve signature cupcake flavors, as well as seasonal specials. 4711 Hope Valley Rd.; 919-937-2922; smallcakesnc.com West 94th St. Pub Traditional pub fare: loaded fries, chili cheese tots and fish & chips. 4711 Hope Valley Rd.; 919-403-0025; west94thstpub.com Yamazushi Japanese fine dining, kaiseki-style, with seasonal menu changes and a multi-course menu, as well as sake. 4711 Hope Valley Rd., Ste. 6-A; 919-493-7748; yamazushirestaurant.com SUTTON STATION Bocci Trattoria & Pizzeria Traditional Italian pastas, pizzas, crostinis and salads. 5850 Fayetteville Rd.; 919-206-4067; bocciitalian.com Bua Thai Cuisine Thai classics: Pad Thai, hot and sour soup, curries, Krapow lamb. Get your meal “Thai hot,” if you’re up to it! 5850 Fayetteville Rd., Ste. 101; 984-219-7357; buathaidurham.com Dulce Cafe Espresso, gelato and sandwiches. Smoked salmon bagel, dulce Reuben and the “B-L-A-T.” 5826 Fayetteville Rd.; 919-797-0497; dulcecafedurham.com BR Nantucket Grill & Bar New England-style cuisine known for their desserts like the “Unbirthday” and coconut cake. 5826 Fayetteville Rd.; 919-727-6750; nantucketgrill.com

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LINCOLN PARK WEST Danny’s Bar-B-Que Hickory-smoked barbecue, ribs, fried catfish. 2945 S. Miami Blvd., Ste. 118; 919-806-1965; dannysbarbque.com

Makus Empanadas A variety of meat, veggie and cheese empanadas, with vegetarian and vegan options. 1125 W. N.C. 54, Ste. 304; 919-390-7525; makusempanadas.com

THE STREETS AT SOUTHPOINT AREA American Meltdown Gourmet melts, sides and desserts. Southpoint; 919-473-6358; americanmeltdown.org

Gussy’s Place Greek street food like gyro pita, Greek fries and baklava. 2945 S. Miami Blvd.; 984-439-8455; gussys.com

Treforni Wood-fired pizza and sandwiches including traditional options like Margherita, as well as more inspired options like the prosciutto arugula pizza. 1125 W. N.C. 54; 919-973-0922; treforni.com

Bruster’s Real Ice Cream Hand-crafted ice creams, sorbets & sherbets in ever-changing flavors. 8200 Renaissance Pwy., Ste. 1002; 919-237-3537; brusters.com

Piper’s In The Park Soups, salads, hoagies and burgers with selections like curried couscous and “South of Here” turkey sandwich. 2945 S. Miami Blvd.; 919-572-9767; pipersinthepark.com Spicy Green Gourmet Cafe & Catering Sandwiches, soups, salads with specialities like Cuban flatbread. 2945 S. Miami Blvd., Ste. 126; 919-220-6040; spicygreengourmet.net HOPE VALLEY COMMONS Mattie B’s Public House Housemade burgers, N.Y.style pizza, wings and potato chips. 1125 W. N.C. 54, Ste. 301; 919-401-8600; mattiebs.com Denny’s Diner fare serving breakfast anytime, lunch and dinner. 7021 N.C. 751,Ste. 901; 919-908-1006; dennys.com BR

Porchetta Slow-roasted Italian-style pork sandwiches and sides. Southpoint; 919-607-7419; porchettardu.com

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HOMESTEAD MARKET Bean Traders Coffee Coffee specialties and local pastries. 105 W. N.C. 54, Ste. 249; 919-484-2499; beantraderscoffee.com

Harvest 18 Local, seasonal eats. Try the pimento cheese dip and a Bloody Mary for brunch. 8128 Renaissance Pkwy., Ste. 114; 919-316-1818; 18restaurantgroup.com/harvest-18 BR

The Mad Popper A gourmet popcorn shop with flavors both sweet and savory. 105 W. N.C. 54, Ste. 259; 919-484-7677; themadpopper.com

Rise Biscuits & Donuts Daily-changing menu of doughnuts and biscuits. For vegetarians, the “Fried Eggplant ‘Bacon’” biscuit is hard to beat. 8200 Renaissance Pkwy.; 919-248-2992; risebiscuitsdonuts.com BR

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Wedding Date June 15, 2019 Occupations Deanna works for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina, while Adrian is a manager with UPS. Crossed Paths Adrian followed Deanna on Facebook before he worked up the nerve to send her a message. She was hesitant at first, but their conversations came so naturally that she eventually said yes to a date at Maggiano’s in July 2015. They immediately clicked and decided to date exclusively shortly after. The Proposal Adrian sought the approval of Deanna’s father and her 99-year-old paternal grandfather and designed the ring himself before proposing last Valentine’s Day. With the help of Deanna’s two kids, Aly, 22, and Alex McAlmon, 15, he popped the question in front of the rest of the diners and staff at

Maggiano’s, where they had their first date years earlier. Now, “I Do” The ceremony and reception will take place in Raleigh’s The Cannon Room next year in June with the help of Color It Purple Event Planning. Kristina Woods of Jackie Moore Salon and FBK Makeup Studio will perfect Deanna’s look for the big day, which will also include flowers by Ninth Street Flowers, catering by Ole’ Mills BBQ Co. and desserts by Favor Desserts. Key Players from Durham Deanna’s two children will be in attendance – Aly, an A.J. Fletcher Fellow with Duke University, and Alex, a rising sophomore at Northern High School – as well as hairdresser and friend Kristina Woods as a bridesmaid and Dawn Henry as maid of honor.

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Date October 14, 2017 Occupations Justine, originally from Niagara Falls, New York, is a hairstylist at Tesoro Hair Design in Raleigh while Matt, who’s from Cary, is the proprietor of N.C. Exterior Care, also in Raleigh. Crossed Paths One of Justine’s favorite clients chose her as a stylist simply because her daughter was also named

Justine. Soon enough, Justine was cutting and styling for the whole family, including son, Josh, who had a friend – Matt. One thing led to another, and Justine and Matt dated for a year before Matt popped the question. The Proposal The proposal itself wasn’t a surprise to Justine. However, the custom-designed ring was. Justine’s late grandmother’s diamond was set in the middle of a cluster of newer diamonds. The best part? The jeweler Matt collaborated with is a family friend from Justine’s hometown. The Big Day The wedding and reception were held at The Cookery and accented by flowers from Eclectic Sage and chalkboard artist Marika Wendelken. Guests enjoyed a dinner provided by Durham Catering

Co., followed by organic sweets from Oscar William’s Cotton Candy. The bride’s hair was styled by her Tesoro colleagues and her makeup was done by Raleigh-based Makeup for Your Day. Key Players Justine’s mother, Corrine Giannini, who also planned the wedding, and Matt’s mom, Chris Teator. Memorable Moments “Getting ready to walk down the aisle,” Justine says. For Matt, it was “the first look and knowing that I would get to spend the rest of my life with my best friend.”

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