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Major Julie Whiten and Major Chuck Whiten, area commanders of Lee and Wake Counties, with Muddy at the Salvation Army baseball event.

WALTER’s roundup of gatherings, celebrations, and virtual fun around the Triangle.

90 Baseball & T-ball Opening Ceremony 91 Art-n-Soul Market 92 Spring Thaw 93 OTHELLO 93 Carolina Donor Services Groundbreaking 94 Durham Women’s Panel 94 Words Unspoken

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BASEBALL & T-BALL OPENING CEREMONY On Tuesday, April 6, the Red Shield Club hosted a Baseball & T-ball Opening Ceremony for the Salvation Army. The event included a food truck, games, face painting, and a visit from mascot Muddy. Donations were collected in honor of Coach Hurley Raynor, who has led Salvation Army teams for two generations of players, to help support this season’s baseball and t-ball community.

Hurley Raynor and team

Christina Taylor, Bonnie Stabler

Muddy and guest Face painting Kids line up to play

Throwing a pitch Emma Bailey & Walker with Muddy

Muddy and friends

ART-N-SOUL MARKET On April 11, the Art-n-Soul Market in Preston Village brought together local artisans, farmers, food trucks, and beer for a neighborhood event of shopping and fun. Cary residents were happy for a pretty spring day and a return to something close to normalcy.

Booths along Preston Village Way

Susan Blakesley Hana Moriah

Sherry Lambreth, Jodi Jennings Bond Brothers booth

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SPRING THAW On April 10, residents of Harvey Street in Hayes Barton gathered to celebrate the warmer weather. Caterer Katie Featherstone of White Clover Catering provided a delicious meal to a small family group, then neighbors and friends were invited for a performance by bluegrass band Chatham Rabbits.

Chatham Rabbits perform Tom Brady, Betsy Brady Courtney Grinnell, Ben Grinnell

Ayn-Monique Klahre, Josh Klahre Ruth and Bill with puppy

Base Camp for Grandfather Mountain

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OTHELLO From April 8 - 17, the Women’s Theatre Festival presented a virtual livestream production of a modern verse translation of OTHELLO by Mfoniso Udofia. This world premiere production was presented by director JaMeeka D. Holloway and a team of Black femme artists, including dramaturg Monèt Noelle Marshall, sound designer Aurelia Belfield, production designer/creative technical director Keyanna Alexander, costume and hair designer Aquila Butler, stage manager Didi Fields, assistant stage manager Taylor Murrell, assistant director Terra Hodge, assistant dramaturg Sha-Lamar Davis, and text coach Tia James.

Top row: Zandi Carlson, Elaine Wang. Middle row: Nubia Monks, Jazmyn D. Boone. Bottom row: Danyel Renee Geddie, Marissa Garcia

CAROLINA DONOR SERVICES GROUNDBREAKING On March 23, Carolina Donor Services hosted a socially distant groundbreaking event. The organization is moving from Durham to Chapel Hill, where its new facility will include office and meeting space and clinical space for organ and tissue recoveries. With three office locations in North Carolina, CDS employs nearly 140 clinical and administrative personnel. Its partners include over 100 donor hospitals, four local transplant centers, more than 500 funeral homes, 100 DMV offices, federal and state legislators, and the media.

Mother's Day Brunch

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DURHAM WOMEN’S PANEL On March 24, Discover Durham hosted a panel of female business leaders to celebrate Women’s History Month. Discover Durham staffer Veda Gilbert moderated the panel, which included Areli Barrera de Grodski of Little Waves Coffee Roasters, Monica R. Edwards of Morehead Manor, Melissa Katrincic of Durham Distillery, Claudia Cooper of Guglhupf Bakery, Café & Biergarten, and Tiffany Griffin of Bright Black.

Top row: Areli Barrera de Grodski, Veda Gilbert, Monica R. Edwards

Bottom row: Melissa Katrincic, Claudia Cooper, Tiffany Griffin Alice Hinman, Frank Harmon, Arthur Gordon, Nina Szlosberg-Landis

WORDS UNSPOKEN On April 1, the Garner Performing Arts Center hosted Words Unspoken, a virtual night of poetry. Celeste Hinnant hosted the event, which streamed live on Facebook. Participants included Imani Horton, Lawrence Bullock, J. Dwayne Garnett, and D.S. Will, who passionately delivered their vignettes on life, love, and perseverance with a mix of spoken word, song, and theater.

D.S. Will, Lawrence Bullock, Celeste Hinnant, J. Dwayne Garnett, Imani Horton

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Don’t miss them! (Daffodils at Dorothea Dix Park in March)

@thewildwoltz A field of daffodils is my happy place! @ncmoveswithmonica A sure sign of the promise of spring! I love their emobodiment of hope when they begin peeping through the ground. The camellias right now

@stephenandthebird swoon @southernpicnics love stumbling upon these around down! @preciouspearl326 Beautiful @tinybuffalo_consulting My fave! Postcard from Saxapahaw. What’s your favorite small town near Raleigh? Illustration by @laurafrankstone

@megan.oconnor09 it's a toss-up between Carroboro and Hillsborough! @larice_canopy_white Pittsboro is cool. More postcards please