Ari Berenbaum and 9th Street Bakery
by: Toriano Fredericks I first met Ari Berenbaum at the Durham’s Farmer’s Market at Central Park probably about a year ago. I was heading…
The High Road:
Big Data, Small Humanity
Technological progress is moving at an exponential rate. At times, I think computers are using us more than we use them. Thousands of jobs every…
The Durham Civil Rights Mural is in Full Swing
by: Editor Aaron Mandel It was my great good fortune to run into Brenda Miller working on the new Durham Civil Rights Mural earlier…
Shots: short fiction by Meriel O’Connell
Dear readers, you have known Meriel O’Connell within pages as a terrific young journalist. She has written about the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival,…
Retail Therapy:
Bull City Social Club Debuts
At The Makery
Durham’s steady ascension to the top of national lists is in large part due to two things: the emerging business community, and the widespread culinary market. Each…
From the Editor’s Desk
Messages from a mendicant of the now, our post-post-post-modern era: Pierre Gringoire’s long-lost cousin with a tip of the cap to Mr. Safire… I…
Egg Custard from Grandma’s Kitchen
As my grandmother stood in her small kitchen with one elbow casually leaning on the counter and her left hand gripping an old Sunbeam…
DURM Hip-Hop Summit Prep:
Battle Rap
You know the old phrase… “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me.” Battle rappers would beg to differ….