Record #:

3897

Author(s):

McDonald, Thomasi

Abstract:

African-American poetry and poets are alive and well in the Triangle area. Somewhere on any given night, poets are reading and sharing their creations. One of the most popular places to hear poetry is Durham's Poetic Soul Lounge.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 41, Oct 1998, p33, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Poetry; Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee (Raleigh)

Record #:

3898

Author(s):

Ariail, Kate Dobbs

Abstract:

Some of the best mail-order nurseries in the nation are located in the Triangle area. Among them are Niche Gardens, Plant Delights, Camellia Forest Nursery, and Singing Springs Nursery.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 41, Oct 1998, p49,51, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Nurseries (Horticulture)--Research Triangle Metropolitan Area

Record #:

3899

Author(s):

Wills, Carol

Abstract:

When Ruth Little undertook a two-year study of grave markers, her travels took her across the state and into 550 graveyards in thirty-four counties. The result was STICKS AND STONES, which contains her documentation and description along with pictures by Charlotte photographer Tim Buchman.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 42, Oct 1998, p35, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Sepulchral monuments

Record #:

3944

Author(s):

Klinger, Deborah

Abstract:

Two new churches in Durham - Reconciliation United Methodist Church and All Souls Church, Unitarian Universalist - have been set up by their respective denominations. What makes these churches different from others is that they are multiracial and multicultural.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 43, Nov 1998, p15-17, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Churches--Durham; Race relations--Religious aspects

Record #:

3955

Author(s):

Sisk, Taylor

Abstract:

Stricken with polio when she was ten years old, Joy Weeber is now a disability rights activist in Raleigh.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 9, Mar 1999, p20-25, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Political activists; Weeber, Joy; Handicapped--Legal status, laws, etc.

Record #:

3956

Author(s):

Nunns, Stephen

Abstract:

In 1997, five Mecklenburg County commissioners, so incensed that the Charlotte Repertory Company was presenting plays with gay themes, completely cut out the commission's annual $2.5 million contribution to the local Arts and Science Council. In a recent election voters replaced four of the five with art supporters.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 9, Mar 1999, p27,29-31, il, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Arts--Finance; Charlotte Repertory Co. (Charlotte); Arts--Censorship--Charlotte

Record #:

3957

Author(s):

Ariail, Kate Dobbs

Abstract:

Bert Carpenter taught art history to generations of students. He was also a well-known painter and for twenty-five years served as director of the Weatherspoon Art Gallery at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. During that period he put together an outstanding collection of modern art. In March, 1999, the Gallery honored him with a sixty-five year retrospective.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 9, Mar 1999, p33, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Artists--Greensboro; Carpenter, Bert; University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Weatherspoon Art Gallery

Record #:

3985

Author(s):

O'Neill, Patrick

Abstract:

The Ohio-based labor union, Farm Labor Organizing Committee, seeks to organize a farm worker union in the state. Their target is the Mt., Olive Pickle Company, the largest pickle company in the South. The union seeks collective bargaining, higher wages, and better living conditions for workers. Unless the company agrees to talks by March 17, 1999, the union will begin a regional boycott of Mt. Olive products.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 46, Nov 1998, p13, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Trade-unions--Agricultural laborers

Record #:

3987

Author(s):

Ariail, Kate Dobbs

Abstract:

Rick Dove, riverkeeper for the Neuse River, received an INDEPENDENT 1998 Citizen Award for his forceful advocacy of cleaning up the waterway and its tributaries. He became the state's first riverkeeper in 1993

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 46, Nov 1998, p21, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Riverkeeper; Neuse River; Dove, Rick

Record #:

3988

Author(s):

Ariail, Kate Dobbs

Abstract:

After thinking about having a new art museum for years, Duke University will build one. Duke alumnus Raymond Nasher will give $7.5 million of the $15 million cost. The 50,000-square-foot-building will bear his name. the scheduled opening is 2002.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 45, Nov 1998, p25, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Duke University; Art museums--Durham

Record #:

3989

Author(s):

Tyehimba, Afefe L.

Abstract:

There are around 12,600 HIV cases in the state. The AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) combines federal and state moneys to help pay drug therapy for those lacking insurance or who do not qualify for Medicaid. Currently, around 2,200 patients are served. A concern of the recipients is that legislative funding can be reduced as well as increased.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 51, Dec 1998, p11, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

HIV infections; AIDS (Disease)--Patients--Services for

Record #:

3991

Author(s):

Bates, Eric

Abstract:

When a legislative committee approved a bill in 1997 that would allow Blue Cross and Blue Shield to keep over $1 billion in tax breaks when they converted to a for-profit company, the Coalition for Public Trust was organized. So successful was the coalition's opposition that the company abandoned its decision. The INDEPENDENT awarded the coalition a 1998 Citizens Award for their work.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 46, Nov 1998, p18, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina; Coalition for Public Trust

Record #:

3992

Author(s):

Geary, Bob

Abstract:

The INDEPENDENT has awarded a 1998 Citizen Award to Myra Fuller and Rhondette Jones, Raleigh public health employees who created an after-school program for young children. The program operates in a health clinic next to the East Raleigh public housing project of Chavis heights,

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 46, Nov 1998, p19, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

School-age child care--Activity programs--Raleigh

Record #:

3993

Author(s):

Tyehimba, Afefe L.

Abstract:

In 1995, when three residents in the Old West Durham neighborhood began racially intimidating some others, over 50 citizens organized the Old West Durham Neighborhood Association to deal with it. The three are now gone, and the association takes pride in its achievement of diversity, harmony, and community. The INDEPENDENT awarded the group a 1998 Citizen Award.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 16 Issue 46, Nov 1998, p15, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Neighborhood--Durham; Citizens' associations--Durham; Old West Durham Neighborhood Association

Record #:

4030

Author(s):

Broderson, Deborah

Abstract:

The North Carolina Dance Festival, now in its eighth year, was held in January, 1999, at Meredith College in Raleigh. The festival affords the state's dancers and choreographers an opportunity to display their artistic skills and creations.

Source:

Independent Weekly (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 17 Issue 3, Jan 1999, p31, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Choreographers; Dancers; Dance; North Carolina Dance Festival