1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (762+ words) Here's some trivia: The old maxim "Variety is the spice of life" actually comes from 18th-century English poet William Cowper. The exact quote: "Variety's the very spice of life / That gives it all its flavour." Go forth with this knowledge…...

3+ day, 51+ min ago  (17+ words) Laughter Is Medicine: Talking With the Creators of Bear Grease About Reimagining a Hit Musical'INDY Week...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (313+ words) Character Studies: Champ, the Durham Bulls" Bat Dog'INDY Week Your neighborhood"s our neighborhood. Keep up with it. Join 24,000 of your neighbors who read the INDY Daily newsletter. There's an INDY newsletter for you. Find it here. - The Daily (Weekdays)…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (952+ words) For about three hours on the night of January 30, Raleigh Memorial Auditorium transformed into Nagasaki at the dawn of the 20th century. Singing Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Caitlin Gotimer watched the harbor for a certain ship, her hope suspended like…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (404+ words) Spring in the Triangle brings pollen, basketball, and an enticing new flurry of performing arts offerings." Eclipse | Carolina Performing Arts | Joan H. Gillings ArtSpace at CURRENT, Chapel Hill | March 30-31 and April 10-11 In 2021, artists from Saxapahaw-based performing arts collective Culture Mill premiered…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1018+ words) With only three months left to find new homes, residents of Chatham Estates mobile home park in Cary are demanding that companies with plans to redevelop the property contribute $2 million to an ongoing relocation effort." The property, home to more…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (694+ words) After 10 years, and many fits and starts, the Durham City Council has a plan for bringing affordable housing to the site of the former police headquarters in downtown Durham. "I want to note that the requirement for parking is not…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (659+ words) I've almost reached my lunch destination, a steakhouse in Burlington, when I see a strip mall sign'the kind that lists every business in the complex'that reads, at the top: CUM PARK PLAZA. And among the tenants, in faded print: Cum…...

2+ week, 6+ hour ago  (611+ words) Sergio Ramos has never been shy about telling people that his dream is to open a wine bar that spotlights Portuguese and Spanish varieties. Now, after years of talking about it, he's turned his vision into a reality. Pinheiro " Vinho…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (1048+ words) When Zalman Raffael pictures the future of Carolina Ballet, he sees people talking about the technical elements of the pas de deux over a cup of coffee, then stopping by the box office for tickets to the company's next performance....