by Laura 5.) Michelle Obama; I got to hear her speak at Anacostia’s high school graduation. Unfortunately the video is too fuzzy to post, but trust me – we totally got a First Lady upgrade this time around. Laura Bush, in contrast, actually killed a classmate. I mean, it was an accidental car crash, but [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Music & Events’
June 20, 2010
Truckin’ Along
by Laura On our way out of Durham, we couldn’t resist stopping by a food truck meet-up, glamorously headquartered in the parking lot of Sam’s Quik Shop. We’d already tried the best known local lunch-on-the-go after tracking down OnlyBurger on Twitter. But, Food Truckapalooza promised not just burgers, but baked goods from a WaDuke’s pastry [...]
June 1, 2010
Containment Area for Relocated Yankees
By Harold I’ve spent the past week covering the NCAA Division II baseball championship tournament, which showed off the best and worst parts of being a sportswriter. The good — there was a storybook ending. Southern Indiana’s No. 1 and No. 3 pitchers had been suspended for four games for hitting batters after being warned [...]
May 21, 2010
Summer concert series
By Harold One of the best things about living in the Triangle is all the free outdoor concerts over the summer. On top of a parking garage, behind condos, in front of hotels,another parking lot, and this being Durham, outside a renovated tobacco factory — really anywhere with 50 yards of flat space. The biggest [...]
May 16, 2010
Raleigh Rocks
by Laura Since Raleigh’s about 30 minutes away, we spend less time there than other, closer areas of the Triangle. But, last night we had tickets to see the Pat McGee Band, which (OMG!) is a group that used to play at Duke quite often, and one of the first times Harold and I hung [...]
April 29, 2010
In Praise of Noble Trees
By Harold I can honestly say that I have never thought about the thousands of trees that dot UNC’s campus (or any other trees, for that matter). But it was a beautiful day and I wanted to learn more about UNC’s campus, so I decided to take a walking tour called “In Praise of UNC’s [...]
April 26, 2010
Road Trip: Washington D.C.
By Harold The Daily Triangle took a road trip to visit friends and family in Washington D.C. this weekend, and a trip to the most powerful city in the world wouldn’t be complete without a big rally. Sunday was Earth Day 2010, which meant a concert on the National Mall featuring The Roots, John Legend, [...]
April 19, 2010
Weekend Recap Part 2 – The Slideshow Edition
by Laura It was a perfectly sunny (but not too hot) weekend to wander around downtown Durham and enjoy an Art Walk designed to showcase its revitalization. I was dragged to a few too many craft fairs as a child, and unfortunately I now tend to think that most local arts vendors kind of…aren’t super [...]
April 19, 2010
Durham, Manhattan-style
By Harold A common New York-style weekend would include a park with live classical music and hamburgers from a celebrated semi-structure, Sunday brunch and a walk through the art gallery district. In Manhattan, that meant the New York Philharmonic in Central Park, the Shake Shack in Madison Square Park, your choice of hundreds of restaurants [...]
April 14, 2010
Your English professor may have been misguided
By Harold If you’ve ever heard a critic or professor draw a conclusion that seemed like a real stretch, you would have liked what Jonathan Safran Foer had to say at Duke on Monday night. He recounted the story of a book critic at the 92nd Street Y who said that Foer was a genius for [...]
April 12, 2010
“Funniest Writer in America” turns serious
By Harold According to the program, P.J. O’Rourke has been labeled “the funniest writer in America” by both Time and The Wall Street Journal. His talk was titled “The Government vs. The Citizenry: Which is Worse?” which is definitely a set-up for some funny jokes. So I was excited to hear him speak at the [...]
April 12, 2010
The Countdown Begins!
by Laura Only a few more weeks until my first year as a doctoral student ends and I head to DC and internship-land for the summer. Before I take off, here’s what I’m attempting to squeeze into my calendar: Checking out the newly updated North Carolina Museum of Art, which has a grand reopening on [...]
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