NCGLFF recognized as top gay summer event worth traveling to

"The law (HB2) will be on the minds of audiences at the North Carolina Gay and Lesbian Film Festival (Aug. 12-20), which takes place at the Carolina Theater of Durham. Joe Student, the theater’s director of live events, said that he anticipated an outpouring of support from filmmakers and the gay community in Durham, a liberal town where Mr. Student said the legislation has little support. “It’s a nonstarter here,” Mr. Student said in an interview."

—"A Guide to Gay Summer Events Worth Traveling To" Erik Piepenburg, New York Times

Durham Discussed in New York Times Winston-Salem Feature

"The idea that universities and government could jointly build a business park framed around technology was born 55 years ago in North Carolina, on farm and forest land eight miles south of downtown Durham."

— "Technology Overtakes Tobacco in Winston-Salem, N.C." Jeremy M. Lange, The New York Times

New York Times Features Triangle Women in Food

"The North Carolina food sisterhood stretches out beyond restaurants, too, into pig farming, flour milling and pickling. Women run the state’s pre-eminent pasture-raised meat and organic produce distribution businesses and preside over its farmers’ markets. They influence food policy and lead the state’s academic food studies. And each fall, the state hosts the nation’s only retreat for women in the meat business."

— "The North Carolina Way," Kim Severson, New York Times

New York Times Covers Kids at Fullsteam Brewery

"Customers at Fullsteam Brewery, a beer hall in Durham, N.C., have complained to managers and bartenders about the abundance of children. To try to address these frustrations, the owner Sean Wilson added a cheeky disclaimer to his website...“We’re trying to help people relax and to explain what this place is,” Mr. Wilson said. He doesn’t think of his establishment as a traditional bar. He calls it a “hall” and a “tavern,” a place for “community and family-friendly celebration.”"

— "Beer for Me, Apple Juice for Her," Jennifer Miller, The New York Times

New York Times visits Durham's Central Park District

"Over the past months, the loudest bangs have been heard in the Central Park District near the corner of Rigsbee Avenue and West Geer Street. The intersection was first settled by Fullsteam Brewery, whose cavernous tavern lured locals (and lots of food trucks) to this previously neglected part of town. Now there’s live music, top-notch barbecue, fair trade coffee, and even valet parking on a block that five years ago was deserted after dark."

— "A Corner of Durham, N.C., Comes to Life," Ingrid K. Williams, The New York Times

New York Times Listens Up to Sylvan Esso

"Is it the kind of coffee that makes you feel like a crazy person?” asks Amelia Meath, one half of the Durham, N.C.-based electronic duo Sylvan Esso."

—"Listen Up | Sylvan Esso’s Quirky, Caffeinated Synth-Pop," Matt Diehl, New York Times Blog

New York Times Profiles Durham Bulls Photography Exhibit

"Hiroshi Watanabe...had never taken a single sports photo until last year, when he was invited to be among a group of photographers to document the 2013 season of the Durham Bulls, the Tampa Bay Rays’ Triple-A affiliate immortalized in the film “Bull Durham.”

"Homage to a Standout in the Minor Leagues,"Andrew Boryga, New York Times

New York Times Admire's Durham's Wine Scene

"Vibrant wine and food cultures thrive these days in all sorts of American cities... Still, one hardly expects to find a Shangri-La for wine lovers blossoming here in the rolling Piedmont hills of central North Carolina...Mr. Sherr and two partners...opened Cave Taureau in downtown Durham last fall, a small shop with a deliciously recondite selection that would be right at home in Brooklyn or San Francisco. 

—"A Vibrant Wine Culture in the Piedmont (No, Not That One)," The New York Times

New York Times Visits the Bull City

"The tobacco and textile industries left their imprint on Durham long ago, but now the historic brick mills and repurposed factories form the backdrop of North Carolina’s re-energized Bull City. Recently, artist studios and upstart galleries have multiplied in the flourishing downtown area, where new bakeries, pizzerias, tapas bars and food trucks — and trailers and buses and even the odd tricycle — seem to surface at every turn. Since Big Tobacco is dead, consider this cool mix of culture and food the new Durham blend."

— 36 Hours in Durham, NC, The New York Times

The New York Times - Locopops

"Without speaking Spanish, Summer Bicknell took her M.B.A. to the Mexican village of Tlazazalca, where she apprenticed in a paletería, learning how to transform fresh seasonal fruit into Mexican ice pops. She opened the first LocoPops near Duke University five years ago..."

- The Scene, The New York Times

The New York Times - Rock Paper Scissors Salon

"This Durham salon-cum-art gallery perfectly captures the Triangle ethos, beyond offering structural haircuts. The gallery is curated by the husband of one of the stylists, who works at Whole Foods and also brews the salon’s delicious Honey Basil beer from hops and herbs grown in his own backyard."

- The Scene, The New York Times

The New York Times - Merge Records

"McCaughan founded Durham-based Merge Records in 1989 with Laura Ballance from his indie-rock band Superchunk."

- The Scene, The New York Times

The New York Times - Only Burger

"But the widely acknowledged leader of this vehicular pack is a Durham-based chuck truck called OnlyBurger. Its ‘‘breakfast’’ special — tiered with fried green tomato, pimento cheese, fresh-ground beef and a gooey griddled egg — is a wonder of patty perfectionism."

- The Scene, The New York Times

New York Times - Durham, NC

"35. Durham, N.C.
A downtown turnaround means food worth a trip.

A decade ago, downtown Durham was a place best avoided after sundown. But as revitalization has transformed abandoned tobacco factories and former textile mills into bustling mixed-use properties, the city has been injected with much-needed life. In the heart of downtown, a crop of standout restaurants and cafes has recently sprouted around West Main Street, where low rents have allowed chefs and other entrepreneurs to pursue an ethos that skews local, seasonal and delicious.

The farmers’ market favorite Scratch Bakery has a brand-new storefront for its seasonal homemade pies that include chestnut cream pie and buttermilk sweet potato pie. At the cafe-cum-grocery Parker and Otis, the menu features sandwiches made with freshly baked bread from nearby Rue Cler and locally roasted java from Durham’s Counter Culture Coffee. And at the sophisticated Revolution, squash tamales, mascarpone gnocchi, and tuna with wasabi caviar rotate through the seasonal menu."
 
- The 41 Places to Go in 2011, The New York Times