Reading and Roaming
FUN MUSICAL FOR A SUMMER NIGHT Some Like It Hot (DPAC, Durham) This past week the Chief Penguin and I went to our first performance at DPAC (Durham Performing Arts Center) in downtown Durham. We went with a group and transportation was provided to and from. It’s amazing how stress-free this makes the logistics. (Confession: we used to chuckle …
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ABROAD AT HOME Outing to Pinehurst, NC Most people think of golf when they hear Pinehurst as this small town, southwest of Cary, is considered the “Cradle of American Golf.” There are more than a dozen area golf courses. On the outskirts of Pinehurst is the Sandhills Horticultural Gardens, part of Sandhills Community College. A group of us visited the …
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RENEWAL Whether you celebrate Easter or Passover or neither, spring is a time of renewal and hope. Here in North Carolina, we are deep into spring. The azalea bushes are bending under the weight of white, pink, and red blossoms; royal purple, butter yellow, and pale pink irises stand upright in garden beds; and the trees, seemingly …
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This week’s post includes a play about race that is compelling and uncomfortable and a beautiful memoir on delayed grief. The drama is the Pulitzer Prize winner, Fairview, and the book is Memorial Days. CHALLENGING THEATER Fairview (Justice Theater Project) The Justice Theater Project, a small drama company, presents plays about social issues at Umstead United …
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