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for Indy Week Vol. 33 Issue 40, Oct 2016
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The Wake County transit plan, which has its primary funding source on the November 8 ballot, promises to bring long-needed upgrades to the current bus system. However, some are wondering what improved transit could mean for Raleigh’s burgeoning gentrification problem.
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The Ceja Bautista family is distributing bowls of pozole stew at a mobile home park in Durham to celebrate Saint Francis of Assisi. The stew is rooted in spiritual traditions and Mexican celebrations that express gratitude with generosity.
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Brunswick stew is a common dish in North Carolina barbecue and often served at church events. Traditionally made with squirrel or possum, today’s versions usually stick to chicken and sometimes pork. Hillsborough BBQ Company adds rabbit to the poultry and pig.
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The North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh has a new exhibit called Rolling Sculpture. The exhibit features fourteen Art Deco cars and three motorcycles from the 1930s and 1940s. Art Nouveau and elements of design are highlighted to tell the history of visionary industrialists.
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A Franklin Graham rally organized outside the Capitol in Raleigh to encourage religious conservatives’ support for Republican Donald Trump as the next President of the United States. While Franklin’s father, the evangelical leader Billy Graham, previously served as a spiritual counsel to Hillary Clinton, followers of Franklin Graham deeply oppose Hillary’s presidential candidacy.
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This year, North Carolina is yet again a battleground state in the presidential election. But in less than three weeks, the tight race between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will come to a close. Votes are also close in elections for the U.S. Senate and state governor.
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Crystal Dreisbach is the founder of Don’t Waste Durham, a community organization which hopes to reduce consumer waste. Dreisbach just launched a reusable takeout container program called GreenBox. With a special app, consumers can sign up to check out and return the containers at participating Durham restaurants.
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October in North Carolina feels incomplete without two classics: N.C. State's Howling Cow ice cream and ham biscuits from the First United Methodist Church Cary, which have been delicious fair staples for decades. Rooted in a spirit of community and agriculture education, these treats also tap into the fair's longer history and traditions.
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Raleigh’s Chatham County Line is a bluegrass quintet that has been playing for thirteen years. In their latest record, Autumn, the band continues to utilize the traditional bluegrass tool kit of acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, and upright bass in service of a more modern sound.