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William Forsythe is a choreographer and one of the most influential creators across all of dance. Influenced by mathematics and physics, Forsythe calls his choreographic components algorithms and modalities. One Flat Thing, reproduced with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, is part of an evening of Forsythe’s work at this year’s American Dance Festival in Durham.
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Choreographer Vanessa Voskuil will be at this year’s American Dance Festival in Durham. She will hold auditions for performers to join the Footprints program. Ensemble members will learn one another’s personal and movement backgrounds while figuring out how to function together as a community to compose a manifesto.
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Musicians are organizing shows throughout North Carolina in an effort to repeal the discriminatory House Bill 2. A piece of musical theater called Manifest Pussy premiers at The Pinhook in Durham on June 17. The show’s story is based on its writer’s gender confirmation surgery and the personal history preceding her transition.
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Culture Mill is a well-established force in the Triangle’s artistic life, whether presenting dance shows at the Carrack in Durham or Trust the Bus in Saxapahaw. They have hosted and collaborated with a number of international independent artists. This weekend, Culture Mill is featuring an Australian dance company performing in the Trust the Bus series.
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Scott Wilson started Sunni Sky’s Homemade Ice Cream fourteen years ago in Harnett County. The ice cream shop is named after his two children Sunni and Skylar. Wilson received national media attention for his Cold Sweat ice cream made from a fiery mix of three peppers.
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Chuck’s is Ashley Christensen’s fashionable burger outpost in downtown Raleigh. Chuck’s is known for its alcohol-infused milkshakes. The milkshake uses Howling Cow ice cream, the famed product of North Carolina State University’s Department of Food Science, and various alcohol pairings such as bourbon or spiced rum.
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In February, judges decided that North Carolina had impermissibly racially gerrymandered its congressional districts. The General Assembly postponed the state's congressional primary to June 7 and eliminated runoff elections. Candidates spent a lot of money in the primary, with Republican Patrick McHenry spending the most at about one-hundred dollars per vote.
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Anthony Foxx, U.S. Secretary of Transportation and former mayor of Charlotte, spoke at the Raleigh Convention Center for a forum hosted by WakeUp Wake County. Foxx emphasized that Wake’s transit plan will be crucial to managing growth in the region. He also praised the county for its motto promoting an all-inclusive community.
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The North Carolina Senate proposed a constitutional amendment that would cap the state’s income tax rate at 5.5 percent. If it is approved, the state will have to look for other revenue sources or cut public services whenever it needs money. One revenue stream would be a sales tax increase, which would hit lower-income families the hardest.
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Raleigh has proposed the Penny for Housing tax, a progressive tax that helps people in low-income communities to access affordable housing that they're being priced out of. The city's goal is to prevent further concentrations of minority and low-income people and subsidized housing by collecting additional property taxes.
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27209
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The federal H-2A program enables North Carolina farmers to bring in foreign laborers for seasonal work through the Farm Labor Organization Committee. But migrant workers, such as those working at the Jackson Farming Company in Autryville, face unsafe working and housing conditions, wage theft, discrimination, and sexual abuse. Workers filed a lawsuit against Jackson farm, an unusual step taken by workers in the program.
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Despite downtown Durham’s thriving retail scene, the recent closure of wine shop Cave Taureau highlights underlying anxieties. Business are losing sales as problems with downtown parking escalate.
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Carrboro’s Steel String Brewery recently collaborated with Saxapahaw’s Haw River Farmhouse Ales in 2013 to create a dill-flavored, gose-style beer called Picklemania. Steel String now produces the bulk of it, releasing the beer every few months from its Carrboro taproom. The beer label features a sketch of head brewer Will Isley and his family dog.
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Governor Pat McCrory and Attorney General Roy Cooper faced off in the first North Carolina gubernatorial debate last Friday. Some of the hot topics discussed in the debate were House Bill 2, gun control, and public school teachers.
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On Sunday, the Raleigh-based Sigmon Law Firm filed an amicus brief in the American Civil Liberties Union’s case against North Carolina over House Bill 2. The brief, whose signatories include school administrators from across the country, recounts administrators’ experiences with transgender students and makes the case that North Carolina lawmakers' concerns aren't rooted in reality.
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