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Viceroy, owned by BJ Patel, is an Indian-British pub and restaurant in downtown Durham. Viceroy began as an Indian food truck, but recently moved into the building next to Bull McCabe’s Irish Pub. Viceroy’s menu uses a fusion concept to blend international flavors and create modern versions of traditional dishes.
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Indy Week
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 14, April 2017,
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David Holt, a folk musician from Alamance County, North Carolina, plays the banjo, slide guitar, and bones. The bones are the actual rib bones from a cow, and an ancient rhythm instrument. History and context are important to Holt, as his music is a form of storytelling.
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Creek Week is a series of nature-themed events put on by a partnership of Durham city and county organizations that's designed to raise awareness about the role of local streams in the ecosystem. Candy Carver created visual imagery for the street and curb surrounding a West Main Street storm drain to show people how the storm drainage system moves into the creeks.
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Durham’s mayoral race was originally set as Mayor Pro Tem Cora Cole-McFadden, a longtime council member and city employee, versus Steve Schewel, a four-year councilman, former school board member, and an activist. Recently, Cole-McFadden withdrew her mayoral candidacy. Two new mayoral candidates are former councilman Farad Ali and Pierce Freelon, a musician, professor, and entrepreneur.
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Until 2014, North Carolina explicitly denied gay and lesbian couples the right to marry. The topic was a controversial debate and financial advisors argued that accepting same-sex marriage would have a positive economic impact to the state. When same-sex marriage became legal in North Carolina, the local wedding industry skyrocketed.
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Brooks Ann Camper owns a small bridal shop in Hillsborough, where she is known for her custom-made, non-traditional bridal dresses. The dresses are made of natural fibers and can feature a variety of patterns and fabrics. Camper studied theater and costume production, but discovered she preferred the art of customizing an object for a single purpose.
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Weddings in the Triangle are taking on new traditions and informalities. Joe Schwartz and Sara Waters, both writers for INDY, describe their three-day wedding festival at Shakori Hills in Pittsboro. Their wedding featured food trucks, local distilleries, and special shows.
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The Art of Cool Festival, which celebrates is fourth year in Durham, presents and promotes jazz to local audiences as well as helping foster jazz education among young musicians. Despite funding struggles, community support has kept the festival strong. This year the festival will feature prominent speakers on social justice and what citizens can do to fight oppression.
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The Museum of Durham History has a new exhibit, Durham A-Z: J is for Jazz. The exhibit covers Durham’s half-century history of jazz music and musicians, as well as the development of North Carolina Central University’s jazz program.
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George Clinton, North Carolina native and legend of P-Funk music, is a headliner at the Art of Cool Festival in Durham this weekend. Clinton has been a uniting figure for generations, with his music empowering African Americans to fight for social and racial equality. Most of the performers at this year’s festival were strongly influenced by Clinton’s music.
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In 2007, the Durham Housing Authority (DHA) sold twenty-acres to a Philadelphia-based company to develop affordable housing for low-income students at North Carolina Central University. Since then, however, no development has proceeded. Now the DHA is trying to repurchase the property.
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Crossover is the deadline for bills to pass one chamber or the other in order to remain viable for the remainder of the legislative session. The North Carolina legislature’s crossover was April 27, 2017. Eleven bills that beat the deadline have the potential to affect immigrants, minorities, the environment, the free press, and more.
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Arts Access, a Raleigh nonprofit organization, launched a month-long “Series of Fortunate Events,” including theater, music, writing, and film. The showcase celebrates artists with disabilities and highlights their work. Arts Access aims to evoke a sense of pride in and about a life not chosen, and to create an accommodating community among the arts.
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Raleigh Little Theatre is presenting a series of three plays called “Women and War”. The plays are about the experiences of women on the home front, women in the field, and one woman placed by technology in both at once. Taken together, these three works are meant to challenge our ideas about where combat takes place and where it ends.
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According to the Congressional Budget Office, twenty-four million Americans will lose health insurance over the next decade. In North Carolina, individual-market premiums will rise over five-thousand dollars, the second highest increase in the country. Durham County provides a county-level map that compares subsidies and tax credits under the Affordable Care Act and the new American Health Care Act.
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