With one major project apparently up in smoke, the debate over data centers, how to regulate them, and the role of community input burns on.
The biblical serpent is also a running motif at the bar, turning up as small gold purse hooks beneath the counter and on the cocktail menu as a smoky mezcal margarita called the Serpentine.
“The works made me think about the limits of mass reproduction—simulating an image or style for the sake of simulation, as artificial technologies do now—and how that falls short, not only because the results lack imagination but also because they lack effort. “
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Newly reelected Rep. Valerie Foushee reflects on a competitive and expensive primary and diving into her third term in Congress.
County officials are hoping to negotiate a lower price for their preferred site, which is privately-owned but ideally located just a few minutes’ walk from the existing library.
The schedule for the annual documentary film festival, which runs April 16-19 in downtown Durham, is now live.
In her later years, Silvia Heyden took walks along the Eno every day, drawing inspiration from river currents, light fractals, and cloud abstractions.
I wrote about the Nasher’s affecting new exhibit on her weaving practice for @indyweek.bsky.social 🧶
Eve, a new downtown Durham bar themed around a reclaimed, feminist Garden of Eden, has something of a creation mythology of its own.
"Wyatt was murdered for his audacity. But to be inspired by Wyatt is to be inspired by his courage. It would be up to me to find that courage. And so we set course, Belle and I, to tell the story of this community together."
Brenntag Mid-South continues to amass serious environmental violations related to its chemical repackaging plant in East Durham, where state inspectors cited the company in November for failing to clean up leaking barrels on the property.
A day after Allam conceded the race, we spoke to Foushee about her reflections on the campaign, the $1.6 million that AI company Anthropic spent to support her reelection, and what residents should do now with all their political energy.
The Council family didn’t live on a farm, but that hardly mattered: neighbors grew gardens, local farmers drove up to the restaurant door with seasonal produce, and kids foraged as a matter of course.
BOOM Club, a music space for “freaky, semi-disreputable but open-hearted” people, will open at 600 Foster Street on March 6.
Meyer, who represents Orange, Caswell, and Person counties, is leaving the General Assembly to serve as director of the North Carolina Justice Center.
Concerns around data centers aren’t unique to Western Wake; nearby Chatham County recently voted to put a temporary hold “on the permitting of data centers, data processing facilities, cryptocurrency mining operations, and any other associated uses.”
'Seeds,' the documentary that won the Grand Jury Prize at Durham’s own Full Frame festival last year, brings some regional resonance.
Director Brittany Shyne’s acclaimed film follows generational Black farmers in the South, digging deep into themes of family, ecology, and inequity.
County officials are hoping to negotiate a lower price for their preferred site, which is privately-owned but ideally located just a few minutes’ walk from the existing library.
“This is, in my opinion, the biggest threat to the revenue stream in this county that I could ever imagine,” Wake County’s tax administrator said.
Meyers and others hold hope that a nonprofit or a regional art institution might preserve Jones’ house, turning it into a living museum dedicated not just to folk art but to the kind of community that made a phenomenon like Clyde’s Critter Crossing possible in the first place.
Brenntag Mid-South continues to amass serious environmental violations related to its chemical repackaging plant in East Durham, where state inspectors cited the company in November for failing to clean up leaking barrels on the property.
'Seeds,' the documentary that won the Grand Jury Prize at Durham’s own Full Frame festival last year, brings some regional resonance.
Director Brittany Shyne’s acclaimed film follows generational Black farmers in the South, digging deep into themes of family, ecology, and inequity.
“This is, in my opinion, the biggest threat to the revenue stream in this county that I could ever imagine,” Wake County’s tax administrator said.
BREAKING: After months of discussion, developers have withdrawn applications for the proposed data center near Apex.
BREAKING: Nida Allam has conceded the North Carolina 4th District congressional race to incumbent Rep. Valerie Foushee. #ncpol
Wiley Nickel won the DA race, candidates for Raleigh City Council, Wake Board of Commissioners, and N.C. House District 37 advanced to the general election.
Wiley Nickel won the DA race, candidates for Raleigh City Council, Wake Board of Commissioners, and N.C. House District 37 advanced to the general election.
"Durham has changed. Is changing. There’s tension between honoring legacy and welcoming new neighbors. Arts and culture are our bridge. We’re not going to shrink ourselves to make room. But we are going to invite you in. It’s not just about what’s on the screen—it’s who you’re sitting beside."
Winn Decker won the three-way Democratic Primary with 50% of the vote. Next, he’ll take on incumbent Republican Erin Paré in a bid to flip the state House district.
