March /

April 2010
vol 9, no 3

Covering events up
to April 21

“Durham’s community paper”

Rapper King Myers was one of the young star performers

at a neighborhood festival held by Campaign4Change
in the Oxford Manor Community.

(photo by patricia A murray)

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downtown stores, businesses,
recreation centers, and libraries

(5,000 copies per month; 300+ dropoff

points throughout Durham)

… and don’t forget to listen to

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on WNCU / 90.7fm and wncu.org.

For more info and to be a guest on the show,

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Spring el-cheapo handy hints

patricia A murray

Do you have one of those large You can also use baking soda to remove Don’t start out gardening season with
galvanized tins sitting around (the really grease spots and fruit stains from rusty tools. Here are a few remedies:
big ones that serve as ‘bathtubs’ in old counter- and stove tops. Sprinkle baking rub rust off your yard tools with a raw
western movies)? Use it to make a cool soda on the trouble spots and scrub with onion or a mixture of lemon juice and
side table for your deck or porch: Place a warm, wrung-out sponge. Repeat and salt. For serious rust, get some naval
it in a good spot next to your favorite finish by wiping the area down with a jelly from the hardware store or home-
lounge chair on your porch. Then, clean sponge. improvement center and a couple of
fill it almost up to the top with white cheap paintbrushes. Put on protective
landscaping rocks. (Save $$$ by filling Some folks like the frosted-window look gloves and generously apply naval jelly
the tin with dirt or cans and bottles and for more privacy. Here’s an el-cheapo to the rusty tools and let them sit for
topping it off with the white rocks.) Lay do-it-yourself recipe: Pour a can of beer 5 to 10 minutes. Then you should be
some Christmas lights on top (battery- into a bowl and stir in one tablespoon of able to rub off the rust with an old rag
operated lights are ideal because you Epsom salt. Using a paintbrush, apply wrung out with hot water. To keep the
don’t have to worry about the cord). The the solution to your window and let it garden tools from getting rusty again,
white rocks will reflect the lights. If you dry. If you change your mind, you can rub them down with WD-40, vegetable
can get a nice piece of rounded glass to rub off the frost effect with ammonia. oil, or paint them.
place over the tin you’ve got a great side
table for holding your drinks, etc. Make your own brass polish by mixing
If your child’s lunch box has a musty
smell, place a piece of white bread 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 cup white
Times are tough and some desperate (or wheat, if that’s all you have) into vinegar in an old jar (with a lid). Add
people are stealing copper pipes from the lunchbox and soak it with white just enough flour to make a paste. Rub
houses and buildings and selling them. vinegar. Close the lunch box and let it your homemade polish on the brass and
The best way to dissuade the thieves is sit overnight. Then, remove the bread let it sit for about 30 minutes. Buff with
to simply paint your copper pipes black. the next morning and scrub out the a clean cloth and admire the shine.
First, the thieves might not be able to lunch box.
identify the pipes as being copper; and If you have air conditioning, think about
second, who’s going to believe someone getting a programmable thermostat
bringing them black pipes and insisting Now that the weather’s getting warmer,
clean out your dog’s favorite outdoor before the heat of summer sets in.
that they’re copper? Those of you who are away from home
hangout and launder his or her bed.
Shampoo your pet (cats too!) with a the better part of the day are probably
Sometimes adventures in the kitchen good flea shampoo. Place a new flea wasting money if the AC is running
can lead to burnt pans—rescue yours collar around your pet’s neck and rub while you’re gone. If you set the air
by filling it half full with water. Stir in in a topical flea treatment product. conditioning to come on a short while
1/2 cup of baking soda, set the pan on There are concentrated flea-killing yard before you arrive, your electric bill will
the stove, and turn the heat on high. sprays that can be attached to the end of be easier to tolerate.
When the water comes to a boil, the a garden hose. Treat tyour pet’s favorite
burnt particles should start floating to hangouts, and don’t forget to treat the If your microwave looks as if it’s beyond
the top. moist, shaded areas. help, here’s how to give it a good
cleaning: Fill a microwaveable bowl
You might be able to get that grease Keep a chalkboard/blackboard eraser halfway with water and bring it to boil
stain out of your carpet with cornstarch. in your car’s glove compartment. It will (for 2 to 3 minutes). Add lemon juice to
Sprinkle a good amount of cornstarch on come in handy when your windows fog rid the microwave of odors. Don’t open
the grease stain and let it set overnight up and works much better than a cloth the door for another 5 minutes; let the
(or at least for 8 hours). Then vacuum. (or your hand).
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Spring el-cheapo handy hints

(continued from page 3)

steamy water loosen all the splatters and Pour 1 gallon of warm water into and better friendships. If you don’t
gunk. Grab a couple of oven mitts and a bucket and stir in 2 tablespoons have confidence in your letter writing,
carefully remove the bowl. The gunk cornstarch, 1/2 cup household ammo- buy some “thinking of you” greeting
can now be easily removed with a paper nia, and 1/2 cup white vinegar. Make cards and slip in some personal notes
towel or sponge. Make a mental note sure the cornstarch has dissolved (although your letter-writing will
to mop up spills immediately so your before using the solution on your improve with practice).
microwave can look nicer longer. windows.
Give your car a nice spring cleaning—
Sometimes in homes with young chil- Your newly washed windows will look vacuum the seats and rugs and scrub/
dren, crayon marks appear on the really spiffy if you buff them with rinse off the floormats, wash the car and
walls without explanation. They can be balled-up newspapers right after you add a coat of wax, wash the windows,
removed with a bit of baking soda on a clean them. clean out the trunk, and check the
moist sponge or cloth. If your walls have windshield wipers to see if they need
a glossy finish, you might be able to use replacing.
a lubricating-oil spray like WD-40. Test After dusting your light bulbs, add some
it first. of your favorite fragrance to each bulb.
You’ll be rewarded with a nice scent Send us your el-cheapo handy hints!
every time you switch on the light.
Early spring is a good time to clean your
windows, inside and out. Here are some
el-cheapo window-cleanser recipes: If your kid gets a splinter, don’t scare
him or her with a needle or tweezers.
Instead, put some scotch tape over the
Pour 2 cups rubbing alcohol (70% splinter and quickly pull it off. Resort
isopropyl), 1/2 cup ammonia, and 1 to the tweezers if the tape doesn’t work.
teaspoon liquid dish detergent into a Sometimes scraping backwards with a
bucket and add enough water to make credit card pushes the splinter back out
1 gallon. or at least puts it in a better position for The Durham Skywriter is published
monthly (midmonth to midmonth) and
removal with scotch tape. is distributed throughout Durham, North
Pour 2 cups water, 3 tablespoons vine- Carolina. We bring information to our
neighbors while looking at our city’s
gar, and 1/2 teaspoon liquid detergent It’s not too early to start planting positive side. If you have any ideas,
into an empty spray bottle. your edible garden. Certain fruits and comments, suggestions, or want to ad-
vertise with us, please write to us at:
vegetables can be planted now, and with
Pour 1 gallon water into a bucket and protection can withstand the tougher The Durham Skywriter
PO Box 25138
stir in 1/4 cup vinegar and 1 teaspoon spring winds and drops in temperature. Durham, NC 27702
liquid detergent. Here are some vegetables that are meant
to be planted in early spring: Asparagus, Call us at 919-809-YOU2 (9682)
or 919-270-8431
lettuce, peas, rhubarb, and spinach—
Pour 1 gallon water into a bucket and
also fruit trees. Or send us email:
stir in 1/4 cup vinegar, 2 tablespoons [email protected]
lemon juice, and a squirt of liquid
detergent. Start a new family tradition of writing patricia A murray, publisher
freedom clay, columnist
quarterly letters to out-of-town rela- Victor Gordon, contributor
Skywriter logo by John Pinkney
tives. The shock of receiving mail other
Stir 1/2 cup white vinegar into a
than bills might result in the opening Subscribe for $15 per year.
gallon of warm water. ©2010 NCskywriter
of new channels of communication All rights reserved.
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Publisher’s pitch

A few weeks ago, I provided music (as DJ Piddipat) for

Multicultural Night at Club Boulevard Elementary School.
Seeing all of the kids from different backgrounds having fun
together was a wondrous sight for me. Many of us probably
take diversity for granted, but as a native Chicagoan, I have
to say that it’s wonderful and something worth upholding
... which is why I feel so sorry for the folks in Wake County.
They’re moving away from their diversity-centered school
system in favor of a “neighborhood schools” system.

“Neighborhood schools” works for all when everyone is

relatively equal. I grew up on the south side of Chicago, an
extraordinarily segregated city which by default operates un-
der the neighborhood school system. In my case, we had just
moved to Chatham, a new African-American, middle-class
community. Our schools were good, most of us went to col-
lege, and we did OK. As kids we didn’t interact with whites Multicultural Night at Club Boulevard Elementary School
much, but that wasn’t a problem. We had been brought up
with lots of confidence and the belief that we’d be successful
because we were “young, gifted, and black” (to steal a phrase
Park, you’re going to come from a neighborhood made up
from a Nina Simone song that we loved).
of one particular ethnic group. It can be a real shock run-
If you grow up in Chicago and get a job in a large company ning into people who think they know everything about you
downtown, you’re going to experience some culture shock, because of what they’ve seen on TV. That’s all they had to go
no matter what side of town you’re from. In Chicago, unless by—actually, that’s all most of us had to go by because we
you’re from the rare integrated community such as Hyde grew up in segregated neighborhoods.

Without going into too much detail, I can say that much of
what I have seen—the bizarre interactions of people deal-
ing with folks from other races for the first time, the strange
jockeying for position of folks straining to disprove stereo-
types—could have been avoided (or at least minimized) if
people had had the opportunity to encounter diversity before
adulthood.

I sure hope that Durham will continue to champion diver-

sity. And there is a way to do it without losing your identity,
if that’s what some of us are worried about. We were brought
up with a lot of black pride, but at the same time were also
taught that everyone has something wonderful to offer.
Something tells me that down the road, the folks in Wake
County are going to regret this backwards step they’re taking.
Multicultural Night at Club Boulevard Elementary School
— patricia A murray
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WORD … WORD … WORD …

cheese, vegetables, a dozen eggs, desserts, etc. There’s also
R from the American Red Cross–Central North
a Senior/Convenience Box, where you pay $28 for 10
Carolina Chapter, 4737 University Dr, 489-6541,
precooked, heat-and-serve meals, plus desserts. Call the
centralnorthcarolina.redcross.org:
participating church closest to you and ask about next
Now you can take American Red Cross classes online month’s menu, or view it online by checking the website
and learn at your convenience. Each online class has a listed above.
one-day classroom component (listed below), where you
Make your $30 payment (or $28 for the Senior/Conve-
have to demonstrate that you can put your knowledge
nience Box) (cash, check, EBT foodstamp card) by the first
to use. Pay for the classes at the office or online:
week of the month (call the church for the specific day
• Adult CPR/AED—Tuesday, April 6, 5:30–9:30pm
and time). When you pick up your order, you should take a
or Saturday, April 17, 9am–1pm; $45
large box, cooler, or laundry basket to get your groceries
• Adult CPR/AED Review—Thursday, April 29,
home. There are no income restrictions; anyone can take
5:30–7:30pm; $35
part in this program. Here are the local churches; call for
• Babysitter’s Training Class—Wednesday,
more info:
April 7, 9am–3pm; $50
• Church of God of Prophecy, 1727 Ed Cook Rd,
• Babysitter’s Training 3-Day Class—Wednesday–
contact: Sharon Estrada, 812-7177
Friday, April 7–9, 9am–3pm; $115
• Monroe Christian Church, 1701 Sherman Ave (off
• Child CPR/AED and Infant CPR—Thursday,
S Alston), 688-0864
April 15, 5–9:30pm; $50
• Mt Level Missionary Baptist Church, 316 Hebron
• CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer and the
Rd, 477-3893
Healthcare Provider—Saturday, April 10, 8am–
• River of Joy Worship Center, 3324 Wake Forest Hwy
6pm or Tuesday/Thursday, April 20/22, 5:30–
(Holloway St), 598-3305
9:30pm; $80
• Victorious Praise Fellowship, 2116 Page Rd, 957-
• Pet First Aid—Saturday, April 17, 1–5pm; $35
7500
• Review CPR/AED for the Professional Rescuer
and the Healthcare Provider—Tuesday, April 6,
5:30–9:30pm; $45
• Standard First Aid—Thursday, April 15, 5:30– R from Durham Technical Community College/The
9:30pm; $40 Small Business Center, North Carolina Mutual
• Standard First Aid with Adult CPR/AED—Friday, Bldg, 400 W Main St, in the SOUTHBank Bldg,
April 9, 8:30am–3:30pm; $65. 686-3300, durhamtech.edu/html/current/noncredit/
• Standard First Aid with Adult and Child CPR/ sbccseminars.htm
AED and Infant CPR—Saturday, April 24, 8am–
Durham Tech’s Small Business Center offers classes and
6pm; $70.
seminars in their new location to entrepreneurs who are
planning or starting their own businesses. Here are a
few—sign up now. Now that the classes are being
R from Angelfood Ministries, offered free of charge, the seats might be filled faster
angelfoodministries.com/states.asp?st=nc: than before. Additional classes and seminars are listed on
the website:
Several area churches are taking part in the Angel Food
Ministries program, which helps families stretch their • Thinking of Starting a Business?—Mondays,
grocery budgets by providing a variety of fresh and fro- March 22 and April 26, 3–5pm; free; an overview for
zen foods for $30. The Regular Box can feed a family of business startups, with information on resources for
four for a week; you can get a variety of meats (hotdogs, entrepreneurs; call to register for this free seminar.
pork roast, chicken, burritos, etc), soup, macaroni & (at SOUTHBank)
 March / April 2010 — The Durham Skywriter  9

WORD … WORD … WORD …

• Funding Your Business through the SBA—Tues- encouraged to come up with original works, including
day, March 30, 6–9pm; free; learn how you can spoken word, skits, and dance routines based on one or
use the Small Business Administration’s resources to more of the TeenFest themes (anti-substance abuse, anti-
successfully jumpstart or grow your business. Learn violence, pro-abstinence). The prizes are: 1st place—
details about the SBA’s Stimulus Bill funding to $1,000; 2nd place—$500; and 3rd place—$250. Indi-
encourage lending with banks and credit unions. (at vidual and group performers are invited to audition for
SOUTHBank) the TeenFest showcase on Saturday, March 6, 1-4pm at
• How to Get More Done in “Tuff Times”—Thursday, Wakefield High School (2200 Wakefield Pines Dr in
April 8, 6–9pm; free; learn how to work more effec- Raleigh) and Saturday, March 13, 1–4pm at Northern
tively by finding an extra hour a day, how to deal with High School (117 Tom Wilkinson Rd in Durham). There
difficult people, and go home on time. (at the Chapel are no registration fees. Contact Donna-maria Harris at
Hill/Carrboro Chamber of Commerce, 104 S Estes [email protected] with any questions you might have.
Dr in Chapel Hill)
• Basic Bookkeeping for Business Owners—Tuesday, In addition to the showcase on March 27, there will be
April 13, 6–9pm; free; learn accounting terms like workshops where young people (ages 13 to 19) will be
cash versus accrual, debits and credits, depreciation, encouraged to speak their minds and to give and take
assets and liabilities, owner’s equity, liquidity, and get advice on the topic—Real Talk About Teen Dating.
hands-on instruction in preparing a financial state- They’ll talk honestly about substance abuse, violence, dat-
ment and balance sheet. (at SOUTHBank) ing and sexual play, and making thoughtful and healthy
• Raising A Purple Cow—Wednesday, April 14, decisions. Contact Dr Jennifer Rounds-Bryant at drjenn@
11:45am–1:45pm; free; learn how to build or identify verizon.net to reserve your space (there’s only space for
something exceptional about your product or service. 120 participants).
(at the Women’s Business Center, 114 W Parrish St,
4th fl)
• Make Your Green Business Stand Out—Tuesday, R from Welcome Baby, Cooperative Extension
April 20, 6–9pm; free; learn how to use the 4 Es building, 721 Foster St, contacts: Von Brown,
(Environment, Efficiency, Education, and Econom- 560-7340, [email protected] or
ics) to position your green business for success. (at Carmen Cone, 560-7318, [email protected];
SOUTHBank) welcomebaby.org:

Kind, helpful people are sought to act as Volunteer Par-

ent Supporters. They call new parents once a week for
R from the TeenFest Foundation, 630-7227, about 8 weeks to answer questions on newborn care and
TeenFest.org: to offer information on community resources. You’ll be
TeenFest 2K10 will take place on Saturday, March 27, in asked to attend three training sessions starting Wednes-
a new location; it’s gotten so big that it has “graduated” day, April 7, 6–9pm (the two other training dates haven’t
from NCCU’s BN Duke Auditorium and will move to been chosen yet). Register or ask questions by contacting
the Carolina Theater (309 W Morgan St) this year. Teen- either of the people listed above.
Fest is the culmination of a year-round program to steer
young people away from drugs, to think twice about com-
miting acts of violence (including domestic violence), and R Attention, nonprofit organizations and government agen-
to practice abstinence when the time comes for them to cies: Send us information on your programs and initia-
make a choice about beginning sexual activity. tives for inclusion in the next issue of the Durham
Skywriter.
The March 27 event will be a talent showcase where young
people ages 14 to 19 will compete for cash prizes. They’re
10  The Durham Skywriter — March / April 2010

NeighborGoodies
… neighborhood quips & tips …

The City of Durham Public Works paper, small rugs a bit bigger than place- McCormack Baron Salazar is a devel-
Department needs your help in locat- mats. oper whose mission, as stated on their
ing the city’s potholes. Report potholes website, “... is to rebuild urban neighbor-
on your block (or potholes that you spot hoods in central cities across the United
while driving) by calling Durham One States that have deteriorated through
Call at 560-1200. decades of neglect and disinvestment. In
The Walltown Children’s Theatre (WCT)
partnership with communities, we bring
will be putting on the famous ballet,
vision, experience, and commitment to
The Nutcracker, in a way no one has
the challenge of community revitaliza-
ever seen. In partnership with the Com-
Alex Revelle, a senior at Durham School tion.”
munity Design Development Group
of the Arts, has been awarded the Stu-
(CDDG) the Walltown Children’s Theatre
dent Leadership Award in Science, Math- The Durham City Council will hold a pub-
will celebrate its 10th anniversary with
ematics, and Technology Education by lic hearing to consider this amendment
Nutcracker: The Musical. CDDG program
the North Carolina Science, Mathematics, to the existing Durham Comprehensive
designer Wanona Satcher explained that,
and Technology Education Center. Alex Plan during the April 5 City Council Meet-
in addition to the ballet we’d all expect,
is an intern at Shodor, an organization ing at 7pm in City Council Chambers
the Walltown Children’s Theatre produc-
that ramps up students’ math and sci- (2nd floor of City Hall).
tion will also incorporate tapdancing,
ence education through workshops and
hip-hop, and capoeira (Afro-Brazilian
online resources. He worked with Digital Contact Joseph Carley from the Dur-
martial arts)!
Durham to come up with ways to inte- ham City-County Planning Dept at

grate old maps of Durham with modern- 560-4137 or joseph.carley@durhamnc.
Auditions for Nutcracker: The Musical will
day maps, which helps people visually gov for more info.
be held at the Walltown Children’s The-
connect with the past. atre (1225 Berkeley St, off Club Blvd) on
Friday, April 16 at 7pm and Saturday,
Alex is also a member of Post 50, a April 17 at 1pm. Those auditioning for
group of Durham youth that serves as the principal roles must be able to sing Here are a couple of free musical perfor-
the video production team for broad- and act—these are paid roles. Dancers mances that we got wind of at the last
casting the Durham Bulls baseball will be needed who are proficient in bal- minute: On Sunday, April 4, 8 pm, the
games. His $1,000 scholarship award will let, tap, hip-hop, contemporary, and/or Duke Coffeehouse (at Buchanan and
come in handy when he enters North capoeira. Monmouth) will present Mbira Stories, a
Carolina A&T State University this fall. performance by Cosmas Magaya, Zim-
Contact Wanona Satcher at 528-0916 or babwean mbira master, and Paul Ber-
[email protected], or Cynthia Penn, liner, mbira scholar and musician. Call
artistic director of the Walltown Chil- 660-3333 for more info.
You never know what you’ll find when dren’s Theatre, at [email protected].
you step into The Scrap Exchange (548 On Friday, April 16, 8 pm, world-
Foster St, 688-6960). They’re continuous- renowned jazz pianist Monty Alexander
ly on the lookout for picking up donat- will appear in concert at Duke Univer-
ed/unwanted items in bulk from com- sity’s Baldwin Auditorium with the Duke
In an interesting development, Mc-
panies; they then place them in barrels Jazz Ensemble, led by John Brown.
Cormack Baron Salazar will propose
that shoppers can take delight in looking Tickets are only $10, $5 for students and
to change the Future Land Use Map for
through. Here’s what’s new at The Scrap seniors; call 684-4444 for more info.
developing Rolling Hills from ‘Medium-
Exchange: CDs, vending-machine prizes, High Density Residential and Urban Tier’
bottle corks, flipbooks, yellow hospital to ‘Design District and Downtown Tier.‘
gowns, unused bottle caps, safety glass- The failed Rolling Hills development’s
es, bouncy balls, big red rubber bands, boundaries are the south side of E Lake- Send your positive news and announce-
white cotton bathmats, leather coasters wood Ave east of S Roxboro St and west ments to us!
with the ‘Braniff’ logo, and rolls of wall- of Fayetteville St.
 March / April 2010 — The Durham Skywriter  11

saxophone player at The Know Bookstore’s

tribute night

photographer Alex Rivera’s house (on Fayetteville and Lawson Sts)

minutes before it succumbed to the ‘wrecking ball’

enjoying the East Durham Children’s Initiative showcase

at the Holton Career and Resource Center
Bruce Bridges addresses the crowd at
The Know Bookstore’s tribute night

photos by patricia A murray — see more pix at flickr.com/photos/durhamskywriter

12  The Durham Skywriter — March / April 2010

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Zooom!The kids’ page

SEND US JOKES!
SEND US RIDDLES!
SEND US SCIENCE FAIR
IDEAS!
SEND US MONEY!
(just kidding!)

GoLd RuSh at the chance to buy it—That gold

bar was actually worth $3,600!
Funny
Where do you think gold was first Sooner or later John Reed figured jokes
discovered in the USA—California? out his mistake and he and mem-
Texas? No, it was Cabarrus County, bers of his family (plus their slaves)
of the
North Carolina! One day way back started digging for gold on his prop- month
in 1799, a 12-year-old boy named erty. Eventually, John Reed and three
Conrad Reed went fishing with his “business partners” became wealthy Harry: What type of music do
brothers and sisters in Little Meadow men. Now the Reed Gold Mine is a jewelers like?
Creek. He saw a big, yellow, metal- North Carolina State Historic Site, Winston: Hard rock!
lic-looking rock shining in the water, and visitors can take tours of some
and he lugged it home. of the underground tunnels. Tiffany: What stone always wins
swimming contests?
Conrad showed it to his dad, John, Cartier: Aquamarine!
and the rock was used as a door-stop
(to hold a door open) for years. They
had no idea that this 17-pound rock Charles: Why did Rings and
Betcha didn’t Bracelets get tired of
was gold. A few years later, in 1802,
John Reed took the rock with him
know that … Necklaces?
Lewis: Because they were
to Fayetteville on a trip and showed … farmers in the Piedmont who always hanging around!
it to a jeweler. The jeweler immedi- heard about John Reed’s good for-
tune started digging around their
ately knew that this rock was gold
properties and started discovering Try to say these three times fast:
and asked John Reed to leave it so he
gold, too! Gold quickly became big
could see what he could do with it. Unique New York.
business and came in second
The jeweler was able to make a behind farming. North Carolina was Elmer Arnold.
nice-looking gold bar out of the rock #1 in gold production in the USA
and later showed it to John Reed. until lots of gold was discovered in
Then the jeweler offered to buy the California (the famous 1848 Califor-
gold bar and asked John Reed how nia Gold Rush). Read more at We love funny jokes and
much he wanted for it. When Reed nchistoricsites.org/reed/main.htm. riddles! Send us one—if we
use it, you’ll win a prize!
asked for $3.50 the jeweler jumped
 March / April 2010 — The Durham Skywriter  15

Dorothy Parker, who lives in St Joseph’s Place, sent this in for of faith. And let us not forget that we will always be thirsty
the Praise Page. Her neighbor, 89-year-old Marietta Moore, when we drink only regular water, but if we have the water
wrote this: of life—the living water—that He can provide, we will never
be thirsty.
St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, September 1989: My late
husband, Murat, and I sat in our home waiting for the hur- John 6:35
ricane to come. The windows were boarded up, the pantry was Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to
stocked with canned goods, and the refrigerator held a few gal- me will never go hungry, and he who believes in me will never
lons of water. The sky darkened and be thirsty.”
an eerie calm came over the island.
Slowly whistling winds accelerated John 7:37
into the sound of a roaring freight On the last and greatest day of the
train moving through our house that Feast, Jesus stood and said in a loud
lasted for several hours. A category 5 voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come
hurricane was at hand. We lost elec- to me and drink.”
tric power. Once the hurricane came
to an end, weeks passed without elec-
tricity, but we managed with candles
for light, coal pots for cooking. etc.

Imagine an island 13 miles long and
the Jamaat Ibad Ar-Rahman, which is
currently located at 3034 Fayetteville
St, is purchasing the Parkwood strip
three miles wide completely sur-
rounded by water—salt water. Our praise mall (5122 Revere Rd) for their fu-
ture home. Right now, the Parkwood
greatest need became drinking water.
People have survived without food
for weeks or even months, but go
page Library and several retail/service busi-
nesses are operating at that location;
the library will soon close and will be
without for even just one day and the replaced by the South Regional Li-
survivor will be in desperate straits brary on S Alston Ave right off Hwy
indeed. Oh, how we longed for an 54. The Jamaat Ibad Ar-Rahman con-
ice cube and a tall cool glass of water gregation is very diverse, with mem-
in that tropical heat. So much so, we bers from many countries including
formed long lines at hotels that oper- the USA, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Pales-
ated their own generators, desalina- tine, Bosnia, Sudan, Egypt, Moroc-
tion plants and refrigeration to beg co, Jamaica, Jordan, and Syria.
for ice and water.

My desperation for water in the Vir-
gin Islands gives me great empathy
for the people of Haiti. Of course, Haitians are going through The Society of St Andrew–NC will hold a Field Supervi-
the loss of water and so much more. Miraculously, after a week sor Training on Saturday, April 17, 10am–2pm, in down-
and more, Haitians continued to emerge alive from the rubble town Durham for those who want to become leaders in their
of the earthquake. Some emerged praying and/or singing a churches by learning how to coordinate gleanings that will
hymn. As Christians and survivors of disasters such as a hurri- help feed hungry people in their communities. This is a free
cane and an earthquake, we are a testimony of our faith. Jesus training session, and lunch will be provided. Contact Kate
knows our needs. Jesus hears our prayers. Jesus is our refuge, Pattison, the Society of St Andrew’s program coordinator for
strength, and help. He sustains us. Eastern and Central North Carolina, at www.endhunger.org by
the April 9 deadline.
Water cleanses us from which has soiled us. It refreshes us
when we are hot and tired. Without it we could not live. What- Send us announcements from your church, mosque, or synagogue,
ever use we make of water, it can become for us a reminder of and let us know if we can subscribe to your weekly bulletins. These
God’s gift of love and grace in accepting us into the household are free listings.
16  The Durham Skywriter — March / April 2010

SCHOOL TOOLS
Calling all student • an official copy of your child’s birth certifi-
cate.

artists •

proof of residence—to show that you’re living
in the attendance zone for your school. You
All Durham County high school students— can present your lease agreement, mortgage
whether they’re in public, private, or home statement or deed, Durham County prop-
schools—are encouraged to submit their best art- erty tax statement (for your home or vehicle).
work for the 2010 Congressional High School If the residence isn’t in your name, you
Art Competition. Start working on your master- should take a notarized statement from the
pieces now—they’ll be judging paintings, draw- Durham County resident you are living with
ings, collages, mixed media, computer-generated along with a copy of their proof of resi-
art, photography, and prints. dence.
Winners of the competition will have • guardianship documents (if necessary).
their artwork displayed in the US Capitol
Building in Washington DC and in Con- • immunization records showing that your
gressman David Price’s offices in Raleigh and child has been vaccinated for diphtheria,
Washington DC. The Durham Arts Coun- tetanus, and pertussis; has received both doses
cil (120 Morris St, 560-arts (2787)) will start for measles, mumps and rubella; has had at
accepting entries in April; contact Barclay least one dose for Haemophilus influenza
McConnell at 560-2719 or bmcconnell@durham and three Hepatitis B doses; and one Vari-
arts.org for more information. cella dose on or after age 12 months and
before age 19 months.

• Kindergarten Health Assessment Form,

Register for which can be picked up at your neighbor-
hood school or your doctor’s office.
kindergarten Don’t forget that you can consider your
neighborhood school, a year-round school, or a
Kindergarten registration for children who will
magnet school. Call 560-2059 for more informa-
be age 5 on or before August 31, 2010 begins in
tion.
March. You can register at your neighborhood
Durham Public School, and should do so even if
you have entered the school lottery (just in case
your child isn’t chosen). If you’re not sure which
neighborhood school is yours, you can call the CNN Student News
office of student assignment at 560-2059. (You The interactive TV news show for young adults
can also look at the Student Assignment Maps can be viewed online at www.cnn.com/student
online at www.dpsnc.net/schools/school-attendance- news. You can subscribe to the daily student pod-
zones.) cast and you can also participate in the current-
Be sure to take the following items with you news-oriented surveys.
when you register your child for kindergarten:
 March / April 2010 — The Durham Skywriter  17

To your health

Duke/Durham Health Summit

The 9th annual Duke/Durham Health Summit will be held There is no fee to attend this health summit; however,
on Monday, March 29, 8am–4pm, at the Marriott Civic Cen- you must register online by going to http://dcvb.informz.net/
ter (201 Foster St). This year’s theme is Many Minds, Many DCVB/event.asp?eid=970. You’ll be able to sign up for the con-
Hands, One Goal: A Healthy Durham. tinental breakfast and to choose whether you’d prefer a “regu-
lar” or vegetarian lunch. Space is limited and only the first 350
Research has shown that having a top-rated, world-re- people to register can attend.
nowned hospital in town doesn’t automatically mean that ev-
eryone living here is in good health. Durham is on par with
many cities in North Carolina in terms of every health statis-
tic, despite the fact that we have far more doctors and dentists.
More ways have to be found to ensure that Durham’s citizens
benefit from having such a large community of health profes- MADD Victim Impact Panels
sionals.
Classes on how to become certified to join a MADD Victim
This all-day summit will concentrate on several topics, Impact Panel are given on the last Monday of every month,
including: 6:30pm, on the 6th floor of the Durham County Courthouse
(201 E Main St). VIPs give victims and survivors of car crashes
• an update on the Durham Health Innovations Project. caused by drunk driving an opportunity to share their stories
The way this project is designed to work involves iden- with DWI offenders. First- and second-time DWI offenders
tifying a significant cause of death or disability in Durham have to hear from VIPs as part of their probation in many
County. Then, the causes are to be noted (biological vs jurisdictions (including ours).
environmental, etc), a target population is to be identi-
fied, and then a specific model of care to reduce death or VIP members aren’t allowed to berate DWI offend-
disability is to be undertaken. The goal is to significantly ers; rather, they are there to humanize the consequences of
reduce death/causes of diabilities and to have the numbers impaired driving and to drive home the importance of chang-
to show for it. ing DWI offenders’ attitudes and behaviors. The next MADD
Victim Impact Panel class will be held on March 29, followed by
• the State of Durham County Health Report another class on April 26. There is no need to register; be sure
to have on hand the $35 fee (cash or money order only).
• a talk on Research & Community Engagement: Lessons
Learned

• an invitation for attendees to participate in the Commu-

nity Dialogue. The question to be addressed: What would
a healthy Durham look like?
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SENIORSCOPE
Q News from the Council for Senior Citizens, Q News from Durham Parks and Recreation,
Durham Center for Senior Life, 406 Rigsbee Durham Center for Senior Life, 406 Rigsbee
Ave, 688-8247, councilseniorcitizens.org; Ave, 354-2710, councilseniorcitizens.org;
activities are for men and women age 55+: activities are for men and women age 55+:

Enjoy the next Swingin’ Seniors Club’s social and DPR’s Mature Adult Day Trips are fun, afford-
dance party on Friday, March 26, 2–4pm. Dance to able jaunts to nearby attractions. On Friday, March
oldies that you probably haven’t heard to a while— 26, the group will be bussed to the Carolina Theater
Aretha Franklin, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Motown in downtown Durham to see the play The Jackie
hits, plus you can learn line dances like the Electric Robinson Story. You’ll see a dramatization of his life
Slide, Cupid Shuffle, and Mississippi Slide. Skywriter as he struggled to break baseball’s color line and
publisher Pat Murray (aka DJ Piddipat) spins the challenge segregation in American society. Call for
music. fee information and to reserve your seat.

Attend the Senior Health and Wellness Fair on The Durham Senior Games take place April 17
Tuesday, March 30, 10am–1pm, and take advan- through May 1; you can register from March 22 to
tage of the free health screenings. You can also pick April 1. Start planning what area(s) you want to
up information from the exhibitors, including the compete in, and don’t forget that there are sporting
Beltone Hearing Care Center, Prevent Blindness– events and arts events as well. Here’s a list of Senior
NC, the Durham County Health Department, Game areas of competition: Archery, badminton,
Durham Parks & Recreation, Alliance for AIDS Ser- basketball, basketball shooting, basket weaving,
vices, Carolina Spine & Complimentary Medicine, billiards, bocce, bowling, cheerleading, comedy/
Duke Home Care & Hospice, the UNC School of drama,crocheting, croquet, cycling, dance, drawing,
Nursing, and Seasons at Southpoint. essays, football throw, golf, horseshoes, knitting, line
dancing, mixed-media, needlework, painting,
Q News from the Durham County Cooperative photography, poetry, pottery, quilting, sculpting,
Extension, 721 Foster St, 560-0525, short stories, shuffleboard, Silver Striders Fun Walk,
http://durham.ces.ncsu.edu: singing, softball, softball throw, spincasting, standing
long jump, swimming, table tennis, tennis, track
events, weaving, woodcarving, and woodworking.
Grandparents who are raising their grandchildren
You can pick up an application at the Mature Adults
are invited to attend the next Grandparents Support
office in the Durham Center for Senior Life or
Group meeting on Thursday, April 8, 6–7:30pm.
you can download one from www.durhamnc.gov/
Call coordinator Peggy Kernodle at 560-0523 to reg-
departments/parks/pdf/senior_games_app.pdf.
ister and to find out what the topic will be this
month.
 March / April 2010 — The Durham Skywriter  21

and learn what amendments can be added to create the ideal

Carolina Bird Club growing environment. The North Carolina Cooperative Ex-
The Carolina Bird Club has been around since 1937 and is tension Service offers free soil-testing kits through its Durham
open to people who like to learn about and observe the vari- County office (721 Foster St). Most counties are charging for
ous species of birds found in North and South Carolina. Three this service, and we’re fortunate that here in Durham County
meetings are held each year in the winter, spring, and fall, we can have our soils evealuated free of charge.
in different locations in the Carolinas to give members the
Pick up a couple of kits and follow the directions: Col-
opportunity to see a wide variety of birds. They also take hikes
lect soil samples from your yard and make sure to label the
and guided field trips.
package with a code that you can remember (for example,
Members receive The “BackYard Crops,” “Front
Chat, a quarterly journal with LawnShade,” or “BackLawn
scientific information about Sunny”). After you drop
birds and field notes about off your soil samples at the

the
sightings of various species Durham County office, they’ll
of birds. They also receive the be sent to North Carolina
bimonthly CBC Newsletter, State University in Raleigh
which contains birding arti-
cles and information about
field trips, club news, and
garden for evaluation. You’ll get a
report via email.

shed
Call the Master Gardeners
upcoming meetings.
desk at 560-0025 for more
Check the website at information and to make
carolinabirdclub.org for more sure someone’s in the office
information. so you can pick up your kits.

Carolina Butterfly Society Grow better tomatoes

Another club, the Carolina Butterfly Society, is for people who Growing tomatoes in Durham County is not always easy;
like to identify and watch—but not necessarily collect—but- some people have better luck than others, or are better at cre-
terflies. Members take field trips to various spots in North and ating the right conditions for success. One huge problem that
South Carolina, learn how to create butterfly-friendly gardens, many gardeners encounter when growing tomatoes is trying
and trade pointers on photography. Educators are encouraged to figure out what to do about blossom-end rot. Tomatoes
to gather data and the types of information that they can use sometimes develop blemishes on the blossom-side end and
in the classroom. eventually die as the decay grows. Blossom-end rot is caused
by a calcium deficiency, and sometimes insufficient moisture.
The closest chapter is the Triad chapter, which is based in The best way to deal with it is to provide enough calcium from
the Greensboro/High Point /Winston-Salem area. At least one the start. Tomatoes prefer a pH of 6.5 to 7, so you want to fer-
butterfly walk is held every month in June, July, and August, tilize your plants use fertilizers that are lower in nitrogen and
alternating from Saturday mornings to Sunday afternoons. higher in phosphorous. Make sure to keep your tomato plants
Membership is not restricted to residents of the Triad; visit the well watered, and sprinkle crushed eggshells around the plants
website at carolinabutterflysociety.org for more information. (they’ll add calcium to the soil every time they get wet).

Free soil-sample tests Master gardeners

If you’re creating new planting beds—either for flowers/orna- Master gardeners, who volunteer in the NC Cooperative
mentals, edible plants, or for lawns—now is a good time to get Extension/Durham County office, can answer just about any
the soil in your yard or garden evaluated. Did you have prob- gardening- and lawn-related question you can throw at them
lems last year trying to get certain fruits to develop properly or on weekdays from 9am to 5pm. Call 560-0025.
getting flowers to bloom or grass to grow? Get your soil tested
22  The Durham Skywriter — March / April 2010

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24  The Durham Skywriter — March / April 2010

ON THE JOB:
violin exerciser
This month we spoke with 15-year-old lessons?
A I get to go to High Strung on
Frederick Freely Jr, a promising violinist
who’s in the 9th grade at Durham School A Yeah—I transferred to DSA in weekdays if there’s no school. I like to
of the Arts. He has an unusual part-time 8th grade. I started practicing 20 min- watch the luthier who makes violins.
job at High Strung Violins and Guitars utes a day and getting familiar with the That’s fascinating to watch. And on Sat-
on Broad St. violin. Then I started going to concerts urdays I come in for three hours. I play
and started to play a lot—sometimes 3 the 3/4 and regular-size violins. I take
to 4 hours a day. I might be the only one them into the practice room and play

Q Just what is a violin exer- whatever music I want.

ciser?

A I’m paid to play violins! Q What music you like to

I play the 3/4 and full-size vio- play when you’re exercising the
lins at High Strung. The tone violins?
improves when you play them
because the wood expands and A I like to play Viv-
contracts. You bring out the aldi’s “Winter” (1st Move-
wood’s potential when you ment). That’s from a set of
play an instrument—so my four concertos by Antonio
job is to play the violins to Vivaldi called “The Four
make them sound their best Seasons.” I also like to play
when people buy them. “Misty” by Erroll Garner, any-
thing by Bach, and also jazz.

Q How did you become in-

Q What are your plans for
terested in learning how to play
the violin? the future?

A When I was in kinder- A I want to become a

garten at Camelot Academy we were in my class to have classical CDs—my professional violinist, but not neces-
allowed to play an instrument and take favorite violinists are Nathan Milstein, sarily in the United States. I think I’d
care of it for a week. I never really had Itzhak Perlman, Jascha Heifetz, and Ju- like to be based in Venice or France. I
seen one before and I liked it. That was it lia Fischer. When I listen to my CDs, want to give concerts around the world
for a while. Then six years later I started I learn music theory, how the notes and travel around like [famous cellist]
asking if I could have a violin and take should sound, and also technique. Yo-Yo Ma. He gives concerts and makes
lessons. My teacher’s name is Candida CDs with all kinds of musicians—not
Yoshikai. just classical—all over the world. I
Q You’re a high school student so think I’d like to be flexible like him and
experiment with different types of
I know you don’t have the same kind of
Q Wow, so six years passed from the schedule an adult would have. When do
you get to exercise the violins?
music. Maybe even like Nuttin’ But
Strings—they play hip-hop violin!
time you first held a violin and the time
you really got the chance to seriously take
 March / April 2010 — The Durham Skywriter  25

Here in “Durham Dynamos”

we introduce you to interest-
ing young people in our
fair city.
Attention, parents/guardians
and teachers: Do you know an
Durham
Dynamos
outstanding kid (age 16 and
under)? Contact us here at the
Durham Skywriter!

Carol Joyce Thomas is age eight and is ming pool in her backyard. She has
a 1st-grader at Healthy Start Acad- been to the beach once and swam in the
emy. She has four sisters: Nakia, Faith, ocean.
Tameka, and Blessing; and one brother,
Steve. Carol enjoys playing computer games
at school and at home. To her, the best
Carol’s favorite class is Art and she games are shopping and other “girl-
likes to draw and paint. She really en- type” games.
joyed it when the class made puppets
from paper bags. Carol also likes Music Carol has lots of jobs to choose from
“because we get to dance in class!” She when she grows up. Right now she’s
likes to learn dance steps to what she thinking about becoming a veterinar-
calls “groovin’” music. Healthy Start has ian, a doctor, bus driver, teacher, swim-
a piano lab and Carol has a play piano mer, author, and/or a principal. What-
at her house. ever profession she chooses, Carol hopes
to also make regular appearances on TV
Carol likes to go swimming with her as part of her job.
Carol Joyce Thomas friends from church. She has a swim-

Tyriek Townes is 11 years old and is Tyriek likes Science for the explosions
in the 5th grade at Healthy Start Acad- (volcanoes).
emy.
There’s a swimming pool in Tyriek’s
Tyriek couldn’t choose one favorite apartment complex and he loves to swim
class—he likes them all. He did say that there and on the YMCA swim team. He
he really likes Art because “Art helps me spends quiet time reading, and he likes
express my feelings.” He explained that getting into a good science-fiction story
different colors mean different things: or mystery. His grandmother sends him
red lines indicate stress levels, green classic books in the mail.
means happy, blue means relaxed, and
purple means passionate. Tyriek draws Tyriek plans to explore different pro-
cartoons and has won three art contests fessions when he grows up. He’s think-
in a row. ing of becoming an artist, a veterinarian,
a doctor, computer technician, police
Tyriek also enjoys Math, explaining officer, or fireman. Tyriek plans to earn
that math is a gift and that he knew how a PhD before choosing his profession.
Tyriek Townes to add and subtract in kindergarten.
26  The Durham Skywriter — March / April 2010

LEGAL EASE
File your own visitation or custody • Research and purchase/download filters that can block
pop-up ads and questionable/inappropriate materials,
lawsuit including pornography. Some filters are available through
your Internet Service Provider or search engine like

Google. Be sure to read about popular trends; some teens
North Carolina Central University’s Family Law Clinic holds
have learned to get around filters by typing keywords in
monthly File It Yourself Clinics at the Legal Aid of
foreign languages. You might want to consider getting a
North Carolina office (201 W Main St, Suite 400). Attend-
filter that searches for keywords in English plus several
ees will learn some basic family law and how to file their own
other languages.
visitation or custody lawsuits. A mediator can offer free help in
getting you what you want without having to go to court. • Learn to recognize signs of your child becoming addicted
Call 530-7169 to reserve your spot; the cost to attend is $15 to the Internet. It’s fun to explore the world online,
(cash or money order). Visit nccu. but don’t let your child sit
edu/law/clinic/index.html to learn for hours during the day
about NCCU’s various legal and too late into the night.
clinics, and call 530-7169 to sign Break the Internet’s hold on
up for the Friday, April 9 File It your child with outdoor
Yourself Clinic. activities and trips to places
like the library, the park,
and museums.

Kids & computers • You can actually monitor

your child’s activities by
purchasing/dowloading
For years and years, parents have
monitoring (sometimes
been content to place TVs in their
called “spy”) software. It’s
kids’ bedrooms so that everyone
not against the law to check
in the family could watch their
your child’s email every
favorite shows. Doing the same
now and then. If you get
with computers, however, can
password capturing software
lead to trouble. Here are a few
(also called child safety monitoring software), you can find
tips for keeping children safe when they’re on the Internet.
out your child’s email and social-networking website(s)
• Set up your computer in an open area, where you can (MySpace, FaceBook, etc) passwords without having to
see what your child is looking at without making him or ask him or her.
her feel as if you’re spying or snooping. A good spot would
• You can’t force your child’s friends to follow the same rules
be the kitchen, family or living room, where you can place
in their homes that you have in yours, so be sure that your
the computer on a small cart or computer desk. Avoid
child understands that the rules you impose are for his or
placing the computer in an out-of-the-way area like your
her own safety and not just because you’re nosy.
child’s bedroom or the basement.
• Be alert to your child getting phone calls, mail, or gifts
• Teach your child to never share personal information on
from people you don’t know; find out what’s going on
the Internet, such as their name, address, telephone num-
immediately and tell your child not to go anywhere to
ber, age, name of school, or other personal information.
meet someone he or she has met online under any circum-
Discuss the fact that people often lie about who they really
stances.
are, and to let you know immediately if anybody says or
does anything strange or questionable. Don’t let your For more information, subscribe to the CyberTipLine at
child create a FaceBook, MySpace, or Twitter account CyberTipline.com or visit NetSmartz411.org.
without your knowledge.
 March / April 2010 — The Durham Skywriter  27

SPORTIN’ LIFE

Play ball! Now that Grupo Capoeira Brasil has its

It’s time to register boys and girls ages own space, all classes are held at the ter- SPORTS SHORTS
5–12 who want to play Durham Bulls reiro. If you’d like to see what capoeira
Youth Athletic League baseball. Games is all about, drop in on a Saturday and
will be held at Long Meadow Park (917 ask for Linguiça (leen-GWEE-sah) (or • Get some exercise by signing
Liberty St). Participation is free; down- contact him in advance at 768-3090 or up for the Heels in Motion mall-
[email protected]). walking program at the Streets
load a registration form at www.dbyal.
at Southpoint (6910 Fayetteville
webs.com. Contact Herb Sellers at herb Here is the schedule; all classes are held Rd). The doors open at 8am
[email protected] for more information. at the Terreiro de Arte e Cultura: Monday–Saturday and 11am on
Sundays. At 8am on Wednes-
Mondays 6:30–8pm (advanced)
Capoeira Tuesdays 6:30–7:30 pm, (beginners)
days March 24 and April 28,
enjoy a free breakfast at Chick-
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian sport that’s Thursdays 6:30–8pm (advanced) fil-A and listen to a health talk
growing in popularity around the world. Saturdays 1:30–2:30pm (kids) led by a representative from the
Sometimes it can look like a combina- Saturdays 3–4pm (basics) Wellness Center at Meadow-
tion of martial arts and breakdancing; mont.
The Capoeira Kids! classes are free. Ask
two practitioners square off and com-
for fee information when you stop in.
pete with quick, fluid, and acrobatic • If you’re a baseball fan, take the
movements that are really fun to watch. kids to see the game free of
The goal is to mimic serious combat— Bouncing Bulldogs charge! North Carolina Central

but no contact is actually made. Five spring break camps University’s home games are at
the DAP (on Corporation and
hundred years ago, during capoeira’s The national and world-champion rope- Morris), so cheer on the Eagles
development, real contact was made by jumping team will hold a spring break on March 30, 31 (vs Duke);
slaves who used their skills to escape cap- camp for boys and girls age 5 and up April 10, 11, 18; and May 1.
tivity. Capoeira was outlawed for cen- on Monday–Friday, March 29–April 2, Check nccu.edu for times.
turies but is now practiced as a sport by 8am–noon ($200), and another one on
men and women (and kids) of all races. Monday–Wednesday, April 5–7, 8am– • The Carolina RailHawks soccer
noon ($120). season has just begun and you
A local group, Grupo Capoeira Brasil can follow their exploits at their
Sessions will be held at the Bouncing
NC, practices the strong and graceful home games, which are played
Bulldogs Gym in Chapel Hill (1722
art in the Old Five Points community; at WakeMed Soccer Park in
Fordham Rd, in Ram’s Plaza). Cary. The RailHawks will be tak-
their “terreiro” (space) is located at 105
Call Coach Ray Fredrick at 493-7992 ing on Montreal on March 27, St
W Corporation St (enter through a side
for more information; you can down- Louis on April 10, Minnesota on
gate that leads to a space behind the April 16, and the Mexican Olym-
load an application from the website at
storefronts facing Mangum). pic Team on April 25. Visit
www.bouncingbulldogs.org. Also listed
Before it was closed for renovation, the carolinarailhawks.com for more
on the website are the dates for summer
info.
WD Hill Recreation Center was the camps and workshops.
home for some of the capoeira classes.
28  The Durham Skywriter — March / April 2010

Clean Energy Durham is a nonprofit organization that’s heating ducts (and how to seal leaks with foil tape and/or
been in operation since 2002; back then it was called the mastic). You can also learn how to add insulation to attic
Durham Initiative for Renewable Energy Community floors; insulate pull-down attic stairs; seal holes in basement
Taskforce. In 2007 the name was changed to its current walls around pipe entries, windows, and doors by using a
more manageable and easily remembered name. Clean product called Great Stuff; install and use a programmable
Energy Durham grew out of a partnership with the Durham thermostat; insulate electrical plates and switches on outside
County office of the North Carolina walls; how to tell whether wrapping
Cooperative Extension Service and an insulation blanket around your
works to get us to use cleaner, safer, water heater is right for your home;
and cost-effective means of using how to insulate the hot water pipes
energy. Their methods include under your home; and how to install
training neighbors to teach their weather-stripping around your doors
neighbors how to save energy. and caulk around your windows.

One point that Clean Energy Using the neighbor-teaching-

Durham likes to drive home is neighbor model, Clean Energy
the importance of switching from keep track of Durham has been able to hold
“regular,” incandescent lightbulbs
to compact fluorescent lightbulbs your energy workshops and training sessions
in at least a dozen Durham
(CFLs). CFLs (“the curly ones”)
last at least five times longer than bills and keep communities. Neighborhoods
that activity participate in Clean
incandescents but use 75% less
electricity. That alone represents your costs Energy Durham’s programs are
called Energy Communities, and
healthy savings on your electric
bill. They do cost more, however, down you can see if your neighborhood is
involved by contacting Lenora Smith
but the savings make the purchases at lenora@cleanenergydurham. You
worthwhile (plus, due to their are encouraged to talk with your
popularity, prices are coming neighbors to see if they’re interested
down). in becoming an Energy Community.
You and your neighbors can benefit from the training you’ll
A 15-watt compact fluorescent lightbulb (which is equal to a receive if you put on a Green Living Fair or hold training
60-watt incandescent bulb) is the same size or smaller. When sessions on some of the topics listed above.
CFLs first came out, some people found that the higher-
wattage bulbs were too large for their fixtures. Nowadays, While you’re thinking about energy savings, go to Duke
CFLs come in a variety of sizes and can now fit just about Energy’s website, dukepower.com (if you’re a customer), and
any fixture you’ve got. You’ll find that the biggest energy enter your account number. You’ll get a spreadsheet showing
savings will be found in CFLs that have to stay on for longer your electricity use for the past year; you can also get this
periods of time (for example, people who have to leave their yearly data in graph form. If you’re a PSNC Energy customer,
bathroom lights on 24/7 or those who leave their porch you can go to psnc.com and do the same with your gas bill.
lights on all night).
Clean Energy Durham has just moved to their new offices in
Early CFLs had an unappealing yellowish glow and the Snow Building in downtown Durham (335 W Main St).
sometimes it took a few seconds to turn on. Because of these You can reach executive director Judy Kincaid or any of the
reasons people gave up on them prematurely. Today’s CFL other staff members (including Lenora Smith) at 323-3244.
lightbulbs have a brighter white light (look for the words While you’re at it, visit the website at cleanenergydurham.
“warm light” on the box) and have instant-on capabilities. org and get some energy-saving tips while reading about their
neighbor-to-neighbor training programs. If you join their listserv
Clean Energy Durham has lots of information on home (click on “Getting Involved” on the homepage), you be added to
weatherization. You can learn how to check your home’s a list to receive periodic emails with useful information.
 March / April 2010 — The Durham Skywriter  29

Surfing the Internet is fun, but it can cause you to lose track of task list; shopping list; food diary; tip table (for dining out);
time. So, in the interest of science and in saving you precious time, SuDoku; tic tac toe; and emergency information.
I thought I’d tell you about some fun sites I’ve encountered while
gallantly giving up some of my own precious time.
egreetings.com
eGreetings.com presents an alternative to mailing greeting cards.
diynetwork.com You can choose from thousands of cards, many of which are
This website corresponds with the DIY (Do-It-Yourself ) and animated, and send them via email. Many of the categories
HGTV (Home and Garden Television) cable TV shows. The you can choose from include Anniversary, Baby Announce-
homepage creates sensory overload—you’re offered nearly ments, Birthday, Celebrate the Date, Congratulations, Fam-
countless places to click on, including videos of the day, sur- ily, Friendship, Get Well, Good-Bye/
veys, how-to videos from DIY and Good Luck, Graduation, Holidays,
HGTV shows, product reviews, In Remembrance, Inspire & Encour-
etc. One important thing to remem- age, Just Because, Kids, Love & Dat-
ber: If you find something of inter- ing, Moms, Pets, Religious, Sym-
est, or a video or forum you’d like pathy, Thank You, Wedding, and
to return to later, mark that page as Workplace. Some eGreetings cards are
one of your “favorites,” because I in Spanish. And if you’re feeling cre-
promise you, it will be hard to find ative, you can design your own cards
again due to the incredible amount to send out.
of information crammed onto the
homepage. You can literally get lost
in the sea of helpful videos and fo- snopes.com
rums. However, the fact that just Does your email box get flooded
about everything having to do with with messages full of dire warnings
home improvement can be found and dubious information? Some-
somewhere on this website makes

high-tech
times your friends and coworkers
all of the chaos worthwhile. think they’re doing you a favor by
forwarding emails with unconfirmed
pdfescape.org
Don’t you hate having to print out
hijinks information. A good idea is to go to
snopes.com and check to see if said
information is really an urban myth
forms, filling them out by hand, and or hoax. If the original sender of the
then faxing them back (or having to warning/information is unknown to
hand-deliver or mail them)? Now you can open your forms in you, there’s a good chance that you’re getting bad advice. The
PDFescape and fill them out right on your computer. You can folks at snopes.com (actually a married couple, the Mikkelsons)
also design and create your own files in PDFescape and send spend practically all of their waking hours tracking down the
them to others who can fill them out on their computers. sources of urban myths that find their ways onto the Internet
and laying them to rest.

pocketmod.com/v2
This is an old-school statement for people who want to coun- gasbuddy.com
ter those who continually rely on their electronic handheld Gasoline prices always inch up as summer approaches. Go to
organizers and netbooks (mini laptop computers). You can GasBuddy.com, click on “North Carolina,” and then “Durham
create an eight-page organizer, print it out, and then follow Gas Prices” and find the cheapest gas prices at the local gas
the directions for folding it into a tiny document you can fit stations. You can also participate by reporting gas prices that
in your back pocket or wallet/purse. Your pocketmod is cus- you spot while driving around—this can lead to your earning
tomizable—you can choose any configuration of pages includ- points and winning prizes.
ing grids; music staffs (for you on-the-go songwriters); weekly,
monthly, or full-year 2010 calendar; appointment timesheet;
30  The Durham Skywriter — March / April 2010

LET’S GO!
MARCH 19–28 wards) pays for the uniform, citizenship training,
and transportation. Please note: This is not a recruit-
Í You can drop off Household Hazardous Waste

ment effort for the Armed Forces. Call command-
ing officer Rocky Visconti at 544-7538 or check
on Tuesdays and Wednesdays noon to 6pm,
angelfire.com/nc3/ymrdu for more info.
Thursdays and Fridays 7:30am to 3pm, Saturdays
7:30am to 3pm, at 1900 E Club Blvd. They’ll take
paint, used motor oil, pesticides, fertilizers, pool Í English Country Dance sessions are held every
cleaners, strong cleansers, stains, varnishes, and Thursday, 7:30–9:30pm, at the Freedman Center
fluorescent bulbs. If necessary, wrap the contain- of Beth El Synagogue (1004 Watts St). Be sure
ers with newspapers to absorb spills and place to take soft, non-street shoes or dance in socks. $5
them in cardboard boxes for safe transport. suggested donation; beginners are welcome.
For individuals only—commercial users not (Live music on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays.) Call
allowed; call the City of Durham—Environmental 683-9672 for more info.
Resources Dept at 560-4381 or visit durhamnc.


gov/departments/solid/hazardous_waste.cfm
for more info.
Í The Durham Farmers’ Market’s new spring hours
—8am to noon—take effect on Saturday, April
3 at the Pavilion at Durham Central Park (502
Í Overeaters Anonymous meetings are held on

Foster St). You can buy fresh produce, free-
range eggs, cheese, homemade yummies, and
Tuesdays and Fridays, 12:30–1:30pm, at First Pres-
byterian Church (305 E Main St). Call Robin at 683- you can even order antibiotic and hormone-
3013 for more info. Meetings are also held on free meats. Check durhamfarmersmarket.com or
Saturdays, 10–11:30am, at Westminster Presby- call 484-3084 to find out what’s in season.
terian Church (3639 Old Chapel Hill Rd). Call


Harriette at 596-9543 for more info. Sunday
meetings are held at 10:30am at the Structure
Í The Durham Craft Market starts up again on
April 3 and will be open on Saturdays, 8am to
House (3017 Pickett Rd). Call Judith at 929-9891 noon, across the street from the Durham Farmers’
for more info. Market on Foster St). Check out the handcrafted
jewelry, fabric postcards, photographs, pottery,
Í Welcome Baby’s Giving Closet operates out of

woodcrafts, paintings, metal art, and more. Check
durhamcraftmarket.com to learn more about the
their office in the NC Cooperative Extension build-
ing (721 Foster St) on Mondays from 9:30 to artists.
11:10am. Parents can choose and take home


clothing for their infants and toddlers up to age
five. Call 560-7150 or check welcomebaby.org for
Í Flit from venue to venue downtown during Third
Friday on April 19, 6–9pm (depending on
more info. the venue). Enjoy art displays, live and recorded
music, and snacks; participating spaces include
Í The Young Marines of Raleigh/Durham meet

the Durham Arts Council/Durham Art Guild, Bull
City Arts Collaborative, Through This Lens, The
on Tuesdays, 6:30–8:30pm, at Durham Police
Headquarters (505 W Chapel Hill St). Positive Scrap Exchange, Kung-Fu Tattoo, and others.
young men and women ages eight to 17 are You can pick up a map and schedule at any
invited to sit in on the educational meetings venue; check thirdfridaydurham.com for more
that focus on the Dept of Defense drug-awareness info.
program. The membership fee ($60 first month,
which includes insurance, and $20/month after-
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LET’S GO!
Í The next District 1 PAC (Partners Against Í Durham Harley-Davidson (819 N Miami Blvd) will
Crime) meeting will be held at the Holton Career hold its annual Bike Show & Chili Contest on
& Resource Center (410 N Driver St) on Satur- March 20, 9am–4pm. They’ll have a chili cookoff,
day, March 20, 9:30–11:30am. Find out what’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle show, door prizes,
going on in your neighborhood and learn about food and fun. Free admission; call 596-9511 for
City/County services. more info.

Í Learn about the role Durham played in the Í Thinking about making the move from renting an
Civil Rights Movement while taking the Civil apartment or house to becoming a homeowner?
Rights Legacy Walking Tour given by Preser- Attend the next series of Home Buyer Work-
vation Durham on March 20. The 45-minute shops sponsored by the City of Durham—Dept
tour will start at the Durham Farmers Market in of Housing & Community Development (and
Durham Central Park (Foster St) at 11am. It’s free; coordinated by the Durham Affordable Housing
call 682-3036 or visit preservationdurham.org for Coalition). You can learn about first-time home-
more info. buyer assistance programs, how to work with
a lender, the prequalification process, home
Í On Saturday, March 20, the students and staff

inspections, the closing/settlement, and respon-
sibilities involved with being a homeowner. A day-
of the North Carolina School of Science and Math
(1219 Broad St) are going to attempt to break the time workshop series will be offered in the SOUTH
Guinness World Record of holding the largest Bank building (400 W Main St, Suite 408)
24-hour food drive by a noncharitable organiza- Monday–Wednesday, March 22–24, 10am–
tion at a single location. The Food Bank of Cen- 12:30pm, and the evening workshops will be
tral and Eastern North Carolina will benefit from held on the same days from 6 to 8:30pm.
their attempt, and celebrity participants Antoine They’re free; call 683-1185 x41 or 800/735-2962
tdd/tty to register, and check dahc.org for more
Dove (Class of 2004) and his fiancée Alexandra
White, who met as contestants on the popular info.
reality TV show “The Biggest Loser,” will help out.
Send any questions you might have to NCSSM Í The Triangle Gay Men’s Chorus will be holding
[email protected]. open auditions on Tuesday, March 23, 6:45–
9:15pm, at the Durham Arts Council (120 Morris
Í Welcome Baby’s next Car Seat Safety Workshop

St). Previous choral experience and ability to
sight-read are helpful, but not necessary. Send
will be held at the office in the NC Cooperative
Extension building (721 Foster St) on March 20, questions you might have to [email protected].
9–11:30am (noon–2:30pm in Spanish). This free
workshop is for parents who have young chil- Í The next meeting of the Durham InterNeighbor-
dren and who need to learn how to properly hood Council will be held on Tuesday, March
install and use a car seat (they’re definitely 23, 7pm, in St Luke’s Episcopal Church’s Kramer
not all the same). Depending on your income, Room (1737 Hillandale Rd). Visit durhaminc.org
you can buy a car seat for $10, $25, or $45. for more info.
Call Patience at 560-7150 to reserve your spot;
visit welcomebaby.org for more info. Í Hear some really good tales at Alivia’s Durham
Bistro (900 W Main St, 682-8978) as the next
The Monti storytelling session will be held on
32  The Durham Skywriter — March / April 2010

LET’S GO!
Tuesday, March 23, 7:30pm. This month’s theme year. At the morning workshops, which start at
is Traditions; tickets are $10. Visit themonti.org 9am, young people ages 13 to 19 will be encour-
to find out what it takes to compete as a story- aged to speak their minds and to give and take
teller. advice on the topic Real Talk About Teen Dating.
They’ll talk honestly about substance abuse,
Í Enjoy live music as the Jazz at the Mary Lou series

violence, dating and sexual play, and about mak-
ing thoughtful and healthy decisions. Contact Dr
features Duke music students, special guest art-
ists, and bassist John Brown on Wednes- Jennifer Rounds-Bryant at [email protected] to
day, March 24, 9:30pm–midnight at the Mary reserve your space (there’s only space for 120
Lou Williams Center (201 West Union Building, participants).
just off Science Dr on Duke’s west campus).
Free admission; call 684-3814 for more info. The culminating event is the talent showcase,
(Additional sessions will be held on March 31, which is held from 1 to 4pm, where young
April 7, 14, and 21.) people ages 14 to 19 compete for cash prizes by
performing original works, including spoken word,
Í A public hearing about the Proposed East End

skits, and dance routines based on one or more
of the TeenFest themes (anti-substance abuse,
Connector will be held on Thursday, March 25,
7pm, at the Holton Career and Resource Center anti-violence, pro-abstinence). Contact Donna-
(401 N Driver St). You can meet with NC Depart- maria Harris at [email protected] if you want to
ment of Transportation representatives before compete next year.
the meeting from 4:30 to 6:30pm. Call 431-6700
for more info. Í The Scrap Exchange will hold its Warehouse
Fabric Sale on March 27, 10am–1pm, at the Lib-
Í The Volunteer Center’s annual Great Human

erty Warehouse (603 Rigsbee Ave). They’ll have
lots of fabric, from one-of-a-kind designer swat-
Race will step off at the Durham Bulls Athletic
Park on Blackwell St at 8:30am on Saturday, ches to fabric by the bolt, bag, and roll. Call 688-
March 27. This 5k walk and competitive run rais- 6960 for more info.
es money to help fund programs run by local
nonprofit organizations. Registration begins at Í Gospel Fest NC 2010 will be held at the Hayti
8am, with opening ceremonies, featuring the Heritage Center (804 Old Fayetteville St) on March
Durham Chorale, starts at 8:15am. Ongoing enter- 27, 6–8pm. Well-known local and national artists,
tainment at the DBAP includes the Two Brass including B-U, Eternity, Lemoi, Dezrick Dixon,
Square Quartet Jazz Band, TROSA Band, and the Todd Curry & Focus, and Monica Lisa Stevenson
Northern High School Step Team. Kids can play will present an evening of worship and praise.
in the Fun Zone with an inflatable playground, Tickets are $15, $10 in advance; VIP tickets are
facepainting, bubbles, side walk chalk and famous $20. Call 358-0056 for more info.
mascots—Wool E Bull, Ronald McDonald, and the


Chick-fil-a Cow. Visit thevolunteercenter.org or
call 688-8977 to learn how to sign up.
Í See landmark buildings and learn local history
while taking the Architecture and the Urban
Landscape Walking Tour given by Preservation
Í TeenFest 2K10 will take place on March 27, at Durham on Saturday, March 27. The 45-minute
a new location; it’s gotten so big that it has tour will start at the Durham Farmers’ Market
“graduated” from NCCU’s BN Duke Auditorium to in Durham Central Park (502 Foster St) at 11am.
the Carolina Theater (309 W Morgan St) this
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It’s free; call 682-3036 or visit preservation ing 3 on the Golden Belt campus (807 E Main
durham.org for more info. St). This free event is one way to take a tour of the
artists’ studios, and to view and purchase their
MARCH 29–APRIL 4 works away from the Third Friday crowds.

Í Welcome Baby’s next Car Seat Safety Workshop Í The Durham-Orange Genealogy Society will
will be held at the office in the NC Cooperative hold its next meeting on April 7, 7pm, in the
Extension building (721 Foster St) on Saturday, Duke Homestead Tobacco Museum’s visi-
April 3, 9–11:30am (noon–2:30pm in Span- tors center (2828 Duke Homestead Rd, 477-
ish). This free workshop is for parents who have 5498). Visit rootsweb.com/~ncdogs for more info.
young children and who need to learn how to
properly install and use a car seat (they’re Í “Duke University will be the site of the Weaving
definitely not all the same). Depending on your a Net of Accountability conference at the John
income, you can buy a car seat for $10, $25, or Hope Franklin Center (2204 Erwin Rd)
$45. Call Patience at 560-7150 to reserve your Thursday–Saturday, April 8–10, 9am–5pm. Key
spot; visit welcomebaby.org for more info. international, national, and local activists, experts
and journalists will discuss extraordinary rendi-
Í A workshop, Making Fuel from Waste Vegeta-

tion and torture. Scott Horton from Harper’s
magazine, author of the blog “No Comment,” and
ble Oil: Biodiesel Power! will be held on April 3,
10:30am–12:30pm, at the Holton Career and expert on international law and extraordinary
Resource Center (401 N Driver St). It’s free; rendition will be the keynote speaker. Free
call 560-4355 for more info. admission; call 684-2765 for more info.

Í RTP Community Church’s Easter EGGstrava- Í The next District 5 PAC (Partners Against Crime)
ganza will be held on Sunday, April 4, noon, at meeting will be held in City Hall’s 2nd-floor
(1727 Ed Cook Rd). Kids can win prizes by taking Committee Room on April 8, 5:30–7:30pm. Find
part in the 5,000-egg Easter Egg Hunt; they can out what’s going on in your neighborhood
also meet the Easter Bunny and have their photo and learn about City/County services.
taken with EB (for a portrait fee). Free admission;
take $$$ for the concession stand. Call 596-4352 Í The Duke Environment and Society Lecture will
for more info. be given by Al Gore at Duke University’s Page
Auditorium on Science Dr on April 8, 6pm. It’s
APRIL 5–11 free but you’ll need a ticket; call 684-4444 for
more info.

Í Join the Ukulele Jam at High Strung Musical Í The next District 3 PAC (Partners Against
Instruments (1116 Broad St) on Monday, April 5,
7–9pm. All levels, including beginners and NPBs Crime) meeting will be held at Lyon Park (1313
(never-played-befores) are welcome. It’s free; call Halley St) on Saturday, April 10, 10am. Find
286-3801 or check highstrungdurham.com for out what’s going on in your neighborhood
more info. and learn about City/County services.

Í First Wednesday: Artists of Golden Belt will be Í The next District 4 PAC (Partners Against
held on Wednesday, April 7, 11am–4pm, in Build- Crime) meeting will be held at IR Holmes Sr
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Recreation Center at Campus Hills (2000 S Alston APRIL 12–18
Ave) on April 10, 10am.

Í April 10 is Civil War Park Day, a national work- Í The next District 2 PAC (Partners Against
Crime) meeting will be held at the Durham Public
day for volunteers to support their local Civil War Schools’ Resource Center (2107 Hillandale Rd) on
Historic Sites. Volunteers and Civil-War enthu- Monday, April 12, 6–8:30pm. Find out what’s
siasts are needed between 10am and 4pm to help going on in your neighborhood and learn about
with gardening chores, cleaning of park grounds, City/County services.
and clearing of the nature trails at the Bennett


Place State Historic Site (4409 Bennett Memorial
Rd). Call 383-4345 for more info.
Í The Bethesda Ruritan Club (1714 S Miami Blvd)
presents Monday Night Music, an open blue-
grass/oldtime/country jam session with tradi-
Í The Music Explorium (5314 Hwy 55) will hold its tional acoustic instruments on April 12, start-
Family Rhythm Jam on April 10, 10–11am. All ing at 6:30pm. Following the jam session will
abilities are welcome; bring your own instrument be a performance by the Avery County Band.
(percussion, wind, or stringed) or borrow one Free admission; call 271-7594 or visit bethesda
from the store. The Adult & Teen Rhythm Jam ruritanclub.com for more info.
starts at 8pm. The cost is $10/family; call 484-
9090 or visit musicexplorium.com for more info.
Í John Benedetto will lead a new series of story-
telling for adults called Regulator Storytellers
Í Learn some Durham history while taking the on April 12, 7pm, at The Regulator Bookshop
Tobacco Heritage Walking Tour given by (720 Ninth St). Listen to tall tales, fairy tales,
Preservation Durham on April 10. The 75- and all sorts of stories as told by colorful story-
minute tour will start at the Durham Farmers tellers. It’s free; call 286-2700 or check regulator
Market in Durham Central Park (502 Foster St) bookshop.com for more info.
at 10am. It’s free; call 682-3036 or visit
preservationdurham.org for more info.
Í If you like science, check out Periodic Tables,
which are monthly talks about science in an infor-
Í Second Saturday: Artists of Golden Belt will be mal setting (sponsored by the Museum of Life
held on April 10, 11am–4pm, in Building 3 on and Science), at the Broad St Café (1116 Broad
the Golden Belt campus (807 E Main St). This St, 416-9707, thebroadstreetcafe.com). The next
free event is one way to take a tour of the one will be held on Tuesday, April 13, 7pm,
artists’ studios, and to view and purchase their and the topic will be Why Dogs Love Us.
works away from the Third Friday crowds.

Í Water World (135 S Miami Blvd) will hold its Í The NCCU Jazz Festival will be held at BN Duke
Auditorium (Fayetteville and Lawson Sts). The
Spring Party and Pig Pickin’ on April 10, starting headliner on Thursday, April 15, 8pm, will be bass-
at 6pm. Enjoy live music and food with local boat- ist Christian McBride and his band Inside Straight;
ers and divers; take a side dish if you like. It’s free; Friday’s headliner will be vocalist Nnenna Freelon,
call 596-8185 for more info. who will be accompanied by the NCCU Jazz
Ensemble; and Saturday’s headliner will be gui-
tarist Bobby Broom, who is currently a member
of Sonny Rollins’s band. Tickets are $20 for Thurs-
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day, $15 for Friday, and $10 for Saturday; call 530-
6242 for more info. Í NCCU’s Rho Beta Chapter of the Phi Mu Alpha
fraternity, in partnership with Greater Joy Min-
Í Local historian John Schelp will lead a four-mile

istries, will present its 1st annual Car Show on
Saturday, April 17, starting at 9am at the Lake-
Neighborhoods Walking Tour through commu-
wood Shopping Center (2000 Chapel Hill Rd). See
nities surrounding Duke’s East Campus on Fri-
customized cars, trucks, and motorcycles and
day, April 16. He’ll recount interesting stories
enjoy the live entertainment. Call 749-0280 for
about Durham’s famous residents, mill villages,
more info.
and tugs of war between Duke and Durham. It’s
free; meet at the corner of Markham Ave and
Buchanan St at 9am. Í The Arthritis Foundation starts and ends its
Arthritis Walkathon on the Imperial Center &
Í Nine local Durham creative agencies will compete

Walking Trail (4309 Emperor Blvd) on Saturday,
April 17. Registration starts at 9am and the walk
in the Bull City Blowout, which includes fun
steps off at 10am; you can choose to walk either
events including musical chairs, tricycle race, and
one or three miles. Local performers, including
air guitar in Durham Central Park (534 Foster St)
the jumprope-champion Bouncing Bulldogs will
on April 16, 3–5pm. Proceeds will benefit SeeSaw
demonstrate their skills. Call 303-8080 for more
Studios, the teen afterschool entrepreneurial pro-
info.
gram for visual artists. Send email to jude.smith@
ogilvy.com for more info.
Í The Durham Senior Games Opening Ceremo-
Í Flit from venue to venue downtown during Third


nies, featuring a torch lighting ceremony, guest
speakers, food, and the Silver Arts Showcase of
Friday on April 16, 6–9pm (depending on the
visual and performing arts, will be held at the
venue). Enjoy art displays, live and recorded
Hayti Heritage Center (804 Old Fayetteville St) on
music, and snacks; participating spaces include
April 17, 10am–1pm. Free admission; call 560-
the Durham Arts Council/Durham Art Guild, Bull
4355 for more info.
City Arts Collaborative, Through This Lens, The
Scrap Exchange, Kung Fu Tattoo, and others. You
can pick up a map and schedule at any venue; Í The Northern Knights’ Market Place Craft Fair
check thirdfridaydurham.com for more info. will be held in the Northern High School Gymna-
sium, 117 Tom Wilkinson Rd on April 17, 8am–
Í “Historians and authors will participate in a free

4pm. Vendors can set up a table for $25; call 560-
3956 for details.
lecture series, “The Road To Bennett Place,” on
April 16, 7–9pm, at the Bennett Place State
Historic Site (4409 Bennett Memorial Rd), as they Í A huge Spring Community Yard Sale will be
commemorate the 145th anniversary of the end held at the Duke Homestead State Historic Site
of the American Civil War. Call 383-4345 or visit and Tobacco Museum (2828 Duke Homestead
bennettplace.nchistoricsites.org for more info. Rd) on April 17, 8am–noon. You can grab an avail-
able space for selling your secondhand items
Í Sell your gently used children’s items and make for only $15; call 477-5498 for more info.
great deals at Kidcycle’s Kids Spring Consign-
ment Sale at Northgate Mall (1058 W Club Blvd) Í Learn some Durham history while taking the
on April 16. Check kidcyclenc.com for more info. Civil Rights Legacy Walking Tour given by
Preservation Durham on April 17. The 75-
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computers & cell phones

119 Market St Durham 317-7600

(between the Marriott and SunTrust Bank on CCB Plaza)
weekdays 11am–6pm • Saturdays 1–5pm
pageplus® cellular
Unlimited Talk & Text
$39.95/month
• phones starting at $26
• no credit check
• no contract — month-to-month

Coleman’s
Catering
The RED Trailer at Hwy 55 & Riddle Rd Durham
201-8884
Monday–Friday 11am–7pm

Great Food on the Go:

Fish • Chicken • Pork Chops • BBQ

We cover all of your catering needs

Walltown Children’s Theatre

1225 Berkeley St Durham
286-4545
walltownchildren’stheatre.org

Auditions for
Nutcracker: The Musical
Friday, April 16, 7pm &
Saturday, April 17, 1:30pm

Seeking dancers in:

Ballet
Tap
Hip-Hop
Contemporary
Capoeira

Principals must also sing and act—

principal actors are paid

For more information, call 528-0916

or email:
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Jareh Healthcare, Inc

Personal Care Services / IHA / Sitter New Bethel and
Companion • CAP services: adult, child, HIV
Providing compassionate and
dependable in-home care like family 24/7
LW Reid Apartments
Free initial home conference for Seniors age 62 and older
CNA-1 Training No application fee • 1 BR • Laundry room
Interior hallways • Rent based on income
Medicaid • Insurance • Private Pay
Handicap-modified units
Certified by the State of NC / Bonded
Callbox entry system
Call 800-361-3354 for more information
Central heat / air
Allen’s Wrench On busline

606 United Dr (off MLK Pkwy) 2614 Crest St Durham

361-0403 Durham
www.allenswrenchnc.com
286-7896
Monday–Thursday 7am–6pm
Equal Housing Opportunity

tip of the month:

“Spring” into action for preventative
maintenance and tuneups

Clarence Allen, Jr, owner

Capoeira Angola
Afro-Brazilian martial arts & dance

Capoeira Angola is an afro-brazilian dance,

game and martial practice. It has developed as
an art rich in traditional afro brazilian rhythm,
song, movement and community spirit.

This class is intended to increase kinetic

memory retention, flexibility, and introduce
beginners to the fundamentals of
Capoeira Angola.

9th Street Dance Studio
1920 Perry St
Durham
286-6011

Mondays 8:30–9:30pm
Instructor: Santos Flores
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minute tour will start at the Durham Farmers tribute dinner, silent-auction fundraiser, and read-
Market in Durham Central Park (502 Foster St) ings from the book Kpawo—Your Bridge: Finding
at 10am. It’s free; call 682-3036 or visit Your Ancestral Connection in Africa. Tickets are
preservationdurham.org for more info. $50, $25 for young people ages 8 to 12, and
$15 for age 7 and under. Checks and money
Í The 145th Commemoration of the Surrender

orders can be sent to TMOAR, PO Box 14724,
Raleigh, NC 27620; or you can purchase tickets
at Bennett Place will be celebrated at the site of
the end of the American Civil War (Bennett Place online at kpawo.com. Call 828-1906 for more info.
State Historic Site at 4409 Bennett Memorial Rd)
April 17 and 18 (10am–4pm on Saturday and APRIL 19–21
10am–3pm on Sunday). Take a tour of the recon-


structed Bennett Farm and see special presenta-
tions, and living-history programs both days; on
Í Join the Ukulele Jam at High Strung Musical
Instruments (1116 Broad St) on Monday, April 19,
Sunday there will also be a wreath-laying cere- 7–9pm. All levels, including beginners and NPBs
mony. Free admission; donations accepted. Call (never-played-befores) are welcome. It’s free; call
383-4345 for more info. 286-3801 or check highstrungdurham.com for
more info.
Í Enjoy a wealth of visual art during the Durham


Art Walk on April 17 from 10am to 5pm and 1 to
5pm on April 18. Pick up a map at the Durham
Í Preservation Durham’s next Lunch and Learn will
be held at Tosca Ristorante Italiano (604 W Mor-
Arts Council (120 Morris St) and visit local gan St) on Wednesday, April 21, 11:30am. This
galleries throughout downtown (including the month’s topic will be Surprise: All About the 2010
temporary ones). Some venues will provide Home Tour Neighborhood. Tickets are $25, $19 for
refreshments, poetry readings, and music. This is members; call 682-3036 or visit preservation
a rain-or-shine event; free shuttle buses will be durham.org for more info and to reserve your
on hand to whisk art patrons back and forth. It’s place.
free; call 560-2787 for more info.

Í Check out classic cars at the Bull City Cruise-in

Í The 2nd annual SEEDS Pie Social and Skill Share on April 23, 7–9pm, in the parking lot by Chick-Fil-
Auction will be held at 706 Gilbert St on Sunday, A (3912 N Roxboro Rd). Free admission. Call 336-
April 18, 2–6 pm. Enjoy delicious pies from local 364-2649 for more info.
restaurants including Watts Grocery, Joe’s Place,


Mad Hatter, Crooks Corner, Durham Catering,
Scratch Bakery, and more. You can get up to four Í Learn some Durham history while taking the
slices for a $10 donation. At the Skill Share Auc- Architecture and the Urban Landscape Walk-
tion you can learn skills from fire juggling to flying ing Tour given by Preservation Durham on April
a plane. All proceeds will benefit the Durham 24. The 75-minute tour will start at the
Inner-city Gardeners’ Educational Garden. Call Durham Farmers Market in Durham Central Park
683-1197 or visit seedsnc.org for more info. (502 Foster St) at 10am. It’s free; call 682-3036 or
visit preservationdurham.org for more info.
Í The Shabu Family will have an African home-
coming celebration, Takin’ It to the Bridge II, at
CAARE, Inc (214 Broadway St) on April 18, 3–
7pm. Enjoy African drumming and dance, music,
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DURHAM COUNTY LIBRARY
There’s more to the library than books! Join in some of the Í Bragtown Branch, 3200 Dearborn Dr,
activities listed below—they’re all free! Visit the library’s informa- 560-0210
tive website at durhamcountylibrary.org for even more events Hours: Monday–Friday 2–6pm
and info.
• Homework Help (kindergarten–high school)—
Monday–Thursday, 3:30pm.
Í Main Library, 300 N Roxboro St, 560-0130 • Boogie Woogie Storytime (infants–preschool)
(children’s unit 560-0130) —Wednesdays 10:30am; stories, crafts, and
Hours: Monday–Thursday 9am–9pm, Fridays music.
2-6pm, Saturdays 9:30am–6pm, Sundays 2–6pm • Family Fun Friday—Fridays 3:30pm; play board
games, watch a movie and have some popcorn.
• Lapsit Storytime (0–23 months)—Mondays special dates
10:30am; stories, fingerplays, and music. • Twist & Shout Storytime (infants–preschool)—
• Tutoring with Casey Gabriel and Gwen March 29 and April 12, 10:30am.
Burney (kindergarten–elementary)—Saturdays • Celebrate Easter (elementary–high school)—
10am–1pm; by appointment only. March 31, 10:30am.
• Wii! It’s Tuesday (teens)—Tuesdays 3:30pm. • What’s in Your Garden? (age 2–preschool)—
• Saturday Matinee (all ages)—Saturdays 2pm; April 5, 10:30am; talk about the upcoming
March 27: Swan Princess, April 10: Anastasia, April Bragtown Garden of Wonders.
17: Brave Little Toaster; call to register. • Spring Break Craft (elementary–high school)—
• Cartooning with Tom Czaplinski (ages 6–12)— April 8, 2:30pm.
Thursdays 3:30pm. • Gaming @ Bragtown—April 21, 3:30pm.
• Write On! (teens)—Tuesdays 6:30pm; writing • Earth Day (teens)—April 22, 3:30pm; personalize
workshops. a green tote bag.
Special dates
• An Eggs-traordinary Easter Special
(preschool)—April 1, 10:30am. Í East Regional, 211 Lick Creek Ln (off
• Teen Advisory Group (teens)—April 1, 4pm. Holloway/Hwy 98), 560-0203 (children’s unit
• Retro Game Night (all ages)—April 6, 6pm; play 560-0214)
Super Mario Brothers, Pac Man, and Double Hours: Monday–Thursday 9am–9pm, Fridays
Dash. 2-6pm, Saturdays 9:30am–6pm, Sundays 2–6pm
• Wii! It’s Tuesday! (teens)—April 13 and 20,
• Tumbling Toddlers (up to age 2)—Tuesdays
3:30pm.
10:30am; strengthen developmental skills.
• Anime Club (teens)—April 15, 4pm; watch
• “Oh So Cute!” Lapsit Storytime (infants)—
Japanese animation on a giant screen.
Tuesdays 11:30am.
• Celebrate National Library Week (preschool–
• Ballroom Dancing—Tuesdays 7pm.
elementary—April 17, 10:30am; stories, music,
special dates
and crafts; call to register.
• COOL (Creating Outstanding Opportunities for
• The Women Who Ran the Schools: Durham
Life) (boys in elementary–middle school)—
County’s Rural Black Schools, 1915–1930, and
March 29, 6pm; discuss school, socialization,
the Jeanes Teachers—April 18, 3pm.
literacy, and etiquette.
• An Evening with Marilyn Nelson—April 19,
• Teen Movies @ East—March 31, 3pm.
7pm; celebrate National Poetry Month.
• One-Cent Day (preschool–age 12)—April 1,
• Manga Academy (teens)—April 21–May 26,
3:30pm; make penny crafts.
Wednesdays 4pm; drawing workshop.
• Teen Book Club Meeting—April 1 and 15,
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6:30pm. • Animanga Club (teens)—Fridays 2:30pm; watch
• Gaming Frenzy (kindergarten–elementary an animé movie and talk about mangas.
school)—April 7 and 21, 6:30pm; play X-box special dates
360 and Wii games. • Cartooning with Casey (elementary and
• Teen Creative Writing Group—April 8 and 22, middle school)—April 4, 6pm.
6:30pm. • Self-Publishing Workshop: The Joy of Self-
• CUTE (Cherishing and Understanding the Publishing—session 1: April 8 and 15, 6:30pm;
Tweenage Experience) (girls in elementary– session 2: April 22 and 29, 6:30pm.
middle school)—April 12, 6pm; discuss school, • Mystery Book Club—April 12, 7pm.
socialization, literacy, and etiquette. • Candy Sushi (teens)—April 14, 1pm.
• 40 and Over Book Club—April 13, 7pm. • Beginning Ukulele (elementary school)—April
`• Teen Guitar Hero—April 24, 3:30pm. 16 and 23, 6pm.
• Earth Day: Seed-lebration (preschool)—April
Í McDougald Terrace Branch, 22, 11:15am.
• Earth Day (teens)—April 22, 2:30pm.
1101 Lawson St, 560-0240
Hours: Monday–Friday 2–6pm

special dates Í Parkwood Branch, 5122 Revere Rd,
• Poetry for Children (ages 6–12)—April 8, 3pm. 560-0260
• Fun Friday Movie for All Ages (ages 6–12)— Hours: Monday–Thursday 9am–9pm, Fridays
April 9, 16, and 23, 3:30pm. 2-6pm, Saturdays 9:30am–6pm, Sundays 2–6pm
• National Library Week Special (ages 6–12)—
April 12–15, 3pm; storytellers and crafts. • Miss Margaret’s Lapsitters (0–23 months)—
• Girl Talk Workshop (teens)—April 14, 3:30pm. Wednesdays 10:30 and 11:15am.
• Teen Movement and Dance—April 20, 3:30. • Yoga—Mondays 7:30pm; learn basic yoga tech-
niques.
Í North Regional, 221 Milton Rd, 560-0231 • Knitting—Thursdays 7pm; learn how to knit;
you can take a project you’re working on.
(children’s unit 560-0232)
Hours: Monday–Thursday 9am–9pm, Fridays • Teen Crafts/Chess (teens)—Saturdays 10am.
2-6pm, Saturdays 9:30am–6pm, Sundays 2–6pm special dates
• 1st–3rd Bookclub (ages 1–3)—April 7, 4:45pm.
• Drop-In Storytime (preschool and kindergarten) • Poetry for Everyone—April 12, 7pm.
—Tuesdays 10:30am and 11:15; books, songs, • Animé Club (teens)—April 14, 7pm; watch an
and fun. animé movie and talk about mangas.
• Bedtime Tales with Amy (preschool– • FamiWii (all ages)—April 15, 7pm; family, food,
kindergarten) —Tuesdays, 7pm; wear PJs and and Wii games.
bring a teddy bear. • 1337 Frifsters (teens)—April 28, 7pm; play
• Chess Club (all ages)—Saturdays 2pm; all skill videogames.
levels welcome.
•
•
Teen Time—Monday–Friday 2:30pm.
Settlers of Catan Game Group (teens)—Tues-
Í Southwest Branch, 3605 Shannon Rd,
560-0290
days 2:30pm; register to play this popular game. Hours: Monday–Thursday 9am–9pm, Fridays
• Wii Wednesday (teens)—3pm. 2–6pm, Saturdays 9:30am–6pm, Sundays 2–6pm
• Knitting—Thursdays 7pm; take a pair of #8 knit-
ting needles. • The Southwest Branch is closed while it’s being
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renovated and expanded and will reopen as 2pm; entrepreneurial class includes manicuring,
Southwest Regional. For now, you can get books hair braiding, and makeup artistry; free (course
from the Bookmobile, which will be parked in #785).
the Parkway Plaza on University Dr, near Kmart • Resource Center (ages 13–17)—Monday–
on Tuesdays, 4:30–6pm, and the 2nd and 4th Thursday 6–9pm; free (course #759).
Fridays, 11am–12:30pm. You can order books • Take 1 (ages 13–17)—Tuesdays and Thursdays
online (go to durhamcountylibrary.org) and have 6–8pm; free (course #762).
them delivered to any branch library (but not to
the Bookmobile). Í Edison Johnson Recreation
Center, 600 W Murray Ave, 560-4270 (Aquatic
Í Stanford L Warren Branch, Center 560-4265)
1201 Fayetteville St, 560-0270
Hours: Monday–Thursday 9am–9pm, Fridays • The Edison Johnson Recreation Center & Aqua-
2–6pm, Saturdays 9:30am–6pm tics Center is closed for much-needed renova-
tions, which will be funded by the November
• Toddler Storytime (up to kindergarten)— 2005 bond referendum; the facility will be made
Wednesdays 10:30am. ADA compliant for people with disabilities.
special dates Edison Johnson is scheduled to reopen in June
• Saturday Morning Movie (preschool–age 12)— 2010.
March 27 and April 24, 10am.
• Book Discussion: Let’s Talk About It—April 10, Í holton career & resource center,
2pm; discussRalph Ellison’s “Invisible Man.” 401 N Driver St, 354-2750
• What’s All That Jazz About?—A Jazz Apprecia-
tion Workshop—April 13, 7pm; learn how to • Safe Sitter (ages 11–13)—Mondays and
listen to and appreciate jazz. Wednesdays 9am–5pm, Apr 5–7; $25, $20 with
• The Business of Music—April 17, 10am. PlayMore card (course #949).
• Toddler Movietime (preschool–kindergarten)— • African Movement and Relaxation (age 13+)—
April 21, 10:30am. Tuesdays 6–7pm, through May 18; free (course
#952).
• HYPE (Hayti Youth for Progress and Enrich-
DURHAM PARKS & RECREATION ment) (ages 13–17)—Fridays 6–8pm, Jan 8–
These are just a few programs (and not all of the parks are listed). Apr 30; free (course #787).
Pick up a “Play More” newspaper at most parks or call the DPR • Adult Open Gym Basketball (age 18+)—Tues-
office at 560-4355 for more info. Check into buying a PlayMore days 6–8pm, through May 18; $3, $2 with Play
card—you can save money on classes and afterschool programs! More card.
PlayMore card prices: $20/individual, $35/two people, $10/teen. • Sensational Senior Socials (age 55+)—Mon-
days, Wednesdays, and Fridays 9am–noon, and

Í East Durham Neighborhood Tuesdays and Thursdays 2–5pm; games, arts &
crafts, shopping, bowling, movies, etc; free.
Center, 2615 Harvard Ave, 560-4278 special dates
• Sustain! (age 13+)—Saturday, March 6, 10:30am–
• In da Basement (ages 13–17)—Fridays 7–11pm; 12:30pm; learn how to reduce wasteful habits
leadership and computer training; free (course and save money; $1, free with PlayMore card
#766). (course #1047).
• Paper Chase (ages 13–17)—Saturdays noon– • Women’s History Month Celebration—March
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14, 2–5pm; poetry, gospel, and artistic works; • Lifeguard Training Course (age 15+)—April
free. 16–25, Friday 5:30–8:30pm, Saturday/Sunday
• Sunshine Garden Club (age 13+)—Saturday, 9am–6pm; $205, $185 with PlayMore card
March 20, 10:30am–12:30pm, (course #1018); (course #751).
free.
Í (Community Family Life &
Í IR Holmes Sr Recreation Center at Recreation Center at) Lyon Park,
Campus Hills, 2000 S Alston Ave, 560-4444 1309 Halley St, 560-4288
(Aquatic Center 560-4781)
• Bars and Hooks (ages 13–17)—Thursdays
• KidFitness (ages 3–5)—Tuesdays 2:15–3pm, 5–6pm, Jan 7–May 27; compose your own music;
April 20–May 25; $30, $25 with PlayMore card free (course #1015).
(course #915). • Project TEAM (Teach, Empower, Achieve,
• Teen Open Gym Basketball (ages 10–18)— Motivate) (ages13–17)—Monday–Thursday
Mondays and Wednesdays 4–6pm, Sundays 4:30–7pm; academic enrichment, life skills, and
2–4pm, through May 30; free. community service; free (course #1026).
• Adult Open Gym Basketball (age 18+)—Mon- • Adult Open Gym Basketball (age 18+)—
days, Wednesdays, Fridays 8–10am, Sundays Wednesdays 6–9pm, through May 26; $3, $2 with
4–6pm, through May 28; $3, $2 with PlayMore PlayMore card.
card. • Sensational Senior Socials (age 55+)—Monday–
• Table Tennis (age 55+)—Tuesdays 6–9:30pm, Friday 9am–noon; games, arts & crafts, shopping,
through May 25; $3, $2 with PlayMore card. bowling, movies, etc.
• Beginning Computer Class (age 55+)—Mondays
and Wednesdays 9–10:30am, March 1–April 7;
$18, $16 with PlayMore card.
Í Walltown Neighborhood Center,
1300 E Club Blvd, 560-4296
aquatic center
• Recreational Swim—various days and times • The Walltown Neighborhood Center is closed
through May; $4, $3 with PlayMore card. for extensive renovations, which will be funded
• Swim Lessons (parent & tot ages 6 months– by the November 2005 bond referendum; the
3 years)—Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:25–5:55pm, facility will be made ADA compliant for people
March 30–April 29; $46, $42 with PlayMore card with disabilities. Walltown is scheduled to reopen
(course #716). in June 2010. While the new center is being built,
• Swim Lessons Youth Level 1–3 (ages 6–12)— activities are being held at Northside Baptist
Saturdays 12:30–1:15pm, March 30–April 29; $52, Church, 1239 Berkeley St, 560-4296:
$47 with PlayMore card (course #830).
• Guard Start (youth/teens)—April 6–9, 8am– • Skip, Hop, Jump Toddler Program (ages 4–5)—
6pm; $22, $20 with PlayMore card (course #761). Tuesdays and Thursdays 9:30–11:30am, Jan 5–
• Water Aerobics–Shallow Water (age 15+)— May 27; free (course #1105).
Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays 10–10:45am; $5, • Sensational Senior Socials (age 55+)—Monday–
$4 with PlayMore card. Wednesday 9:30–11:30am; games, arts & crafts,
special dates shopping, bowling, movies, etc.
• Youth Alliances (ages 11–18)—March 10,
7–8:30pm; create positive programs for teens; Í WD Hill Recreation Center,
free (course #978). 1308 Fayetteville St, 560-4292

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• The WD Hill Recreation Center is closed for • Historic Gardens Color Walk—April 7 and 21,
much-needed renovations, which will be funded 2–4pm; $5, free for Friends.
by the November 2005 bond referendum; the • Bird Walks—April 10, 8am; free, but call to regis-
facility will be made ADA compliant for people ter.


with disabilities. WD Hill is scheduled to reopen
in June 2010. Í Witherspoon Rose Culture, 3312 Watkins Rd
(off Hwy 15-501), 489-4446 and 490-0623,

Í Weaver Street Recreation Center,

witherspoonrose.com; free gardening workshops
with an emphasis on their specialty, roses—call
3000 Weaver St, 560-4294 to sign up:

• The Weaver Street Recreation Center is closed for • Regular Maintenance Is Good For Roses -
much-needed renovations, which will be funded Learn How and Why—March 27, 10am.
by the November 2005 bond referendum; the • Meeting the Challenges of Climate and
facility will be made ADA compliant for people Weather in Changing Times—April 10,
with disabilities. Weaver Street is scheduled to 10am.
reopen in June 2010.

Í WI Patterson Neighborhood Í Learn about mushrooms during the Weird Wild

Center, 2641 Crest St, 560-4560 World of Fungi class on Saturday, March 27, 10am–
noon, at Leigh Farm Park (370 Leigh Farm Rd).
• Resource Center for Adults (age 18+)—Mon- Discuss old myths and the true dangers surround-
day, Wednesdays, Fridays 1–2pm; computer lab; ing mushrooms while learning how to identify
free (course #1106). and collect them. The cost is $15, $10 each addi-
• Mature Adults Open Lab (age 55+)—Tuesdays tional family member; call 489-0900 to register.
and Thursdays 10–11:30am; computer lab; free
(course #803) Í Take a Wildflower Walk through Leigh Farm Park
(370 Leigh Farm Rd) on Saturday, April 3, 10am–
noon. Stroll through the forests and fields, and
follow the boardwalk through the wetlands while
enjoying early spring blossoms. The cost is $15,
THE GREAT OUTDOORS $10 each additional family member; call 489-0900
to register.
Í Sarah P Duke Gardens, 426 Anderson St, 684-
3698, hr.duke.edu/dukegardens; gardening work-
shops are held in the Doris Duke Center; call
Í Kids ages 10 to 14 are invited to the Lake Michie
Paddle on Tuesday, April 6, 7:30–5:30pm. They’ll
668-1707 or 1708 to reserve your spot: go canoeing and hiking through the Lake Michie
Recreation Area. (Durham Parks and Recreation
• Walk on the Wild Side—April 1, 11am-noon; course #1078; $13, $12 with PlayMore card.) Call
tour the Blomquist Garden of Native Plants; $5, Chris Shepard at 471-1623 and ask about the
free for Friends. other Spring Break Trips—the White Pine Hike
• Spring Flower Walk in the Arboretum—April 9, and the Paddle Upper/Lower Flat River trips.
10am; $5, free for Friends.
• Season-Long Bloom—April 6, 2-4pm; learn how
to design your garden so that something is Í A Spring Ecology Class will be held on Saturday,
blooming throughout the season; $20, $15 for April 10, 10am–noon at Leigh Farm Park (370
Friends. Leigh Farm Rd). Learn about and observe some
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of the lesser-known mysteries of nature that
occur during the transformation from winter to Í The next Alzheimer’s Disease Support Group
spring. The cost is $15, $10 each additional family will be held on Thursday, March 25, 6:30pm,
member; call 489-0900 to register. in Duke Clinic/Duke Hospital South (in the 1st-
floor Medical Center Boardroom in the 1107B
Í The next Morehead Planetarium–sponsored Sky-

Yellow Zone). You can park in Parking Deck I on
Trent Dr; call Edna Ballard at 660-7510 for more
watcher Session will be held on Saturday, April
info.
17, 8–10pm, in Little River Regional Park (301
Little River Park Way), followed by another in
Eno River State Park’s Ebenezer Recreation Area. Í Lions’ Club Eye Screenings will be performed by
If the weather’s just right, you can expect to Duke doctors and offered at Kroger (3420 Wat-
see Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn. However, kins Rd) on Wednesday, April 7, 2–6pm. These
if weather conditions cause you to think that free screenings will include glaucoma tests; just
the session might be cancelled, call 549-6863 to drop in—first come, first served.
check. Call that same number for directions, or
check the website at moreheadplanetarium.org. Í The next Stroke Support Group Meeting will be
held on Monday, April 12, 1–2:30pm, in Durham
Regional Hospital’s Private Dining Room C (3643
N Roxboro Rd). Call 470-7205 to register.
HEALTH

Í The next Chemotherapy Orientation Class will Í A seminar on Medicare Identity Theft: “What’s
in Your Wallet?” will be held on Wednesday,
be held on Tuesday, March 23, 10–11am, in Room April 14, 11am–12:30pm, at the Teer House (4019
2993 (across from Clinic 2C) of the Duke Clinic N Roxboro Rd). Learn ways to protect your Medi-
on Trent Dr, off Erwin Rd. It’s free; call 613- care identities from being stolen. It’s free;
6275 to register. (Additional classes will be held call 416-DUKE to register.
on Tuesdays and Thursdays 10–11am: March 25
and 30, April 1, 6, 8, 13, 15, 20, and 22.)
Í The next Look Good, Feel Better session for
Í The Duke/Durham Health Summit will address

female cancer survivors will be held on Monday,
April 19, 6–7:30pm, at Durham Regional Hospi-
many of the healthcare needs of our community tal (3643 N Roxboro Rd). Get a free cosmetics
on Monday, March 29, 8am–4pm, at the Durham kit and learn beauty techniques as a way to
Convention Center (201 Foster St). This free event enhance your appearance while being treated for
will include a continental breakfast and lunch. cancer. It’s free; call 470-6524 to register.
Send an email message to [email protected].
edu in order to register.
Í The next Crohn’s and Colitis Support Group

Í The next Alzheimer’s Caregiver/Loved One
meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 20, 6pm,
in Café 1 of the Steadman Building on the Center
Support Group meeting will meet on February for Living Campus (3475 Erwin Rd). It’s free; call
23, 10:30am–noon, Grey Stone Baptist Church 489-1950 to register.
(2601 Hillsborough Rd); call the Joseph and


Kathleen Bryan Alzheimer’s Disease Research
Center at 668-2836 for more info. (Another meet-
Í The next Diabetes Support Group Meeting will
be held on April 20, 6–7pm, at the Teer House
ing will be held on March 23.)
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(4019 N Roxboro Rd). It’s free; call 416-DUKE to Allenton & Semans Galleries, and you can see the
register. beautiful quilts on display in the ARTQUILTS-
Illuminations exhibit. Meet the artists at a
Í A Confusion in the Elderly: Help for Caregivers

reception that will be held during Third Friday on
April 16, 5–7pm.
workshop will be given on Monday, April 26,


6:30–8pm, at the Teer House (4019 N Roxboro
Rd). Learn how to recognize elderly dementia and Í Golden Belt, 807 E Main St, 967-7700
delirium and get tips on helpful coping strate- Hours: Monday–Friday 10am–7pm; free
gies. It’s free; call 416-DUKE to register. admission:

Down the Rabbit Hole, a composite-photogra-

phy exhibit by Tama Hochbaum was inspired
by Alice in Wonderland and the Hochbaum’s
MUSEUMS • GALLERIES • daughter, Claire. It was be on display in Building
EXHIBITS 3’s Room 100 Gallery through April 11.

Í American Tobacco Historic District, Progression or Recession?, a new exhibit by Luke

318 Blackwell St, 433-1560, Miller Buchanan, Michael Mills, Jenifer Padilla and
americantobaccohistoricdistrict.com: Jeff Bell, looks at what happens when people
abandon their spaces and objects due to prog-
Dr Martin Luther King Jr‘68: Memphis to Atlanta/ ress or economic hardships. The exhibit is on dis-
The Loss of an American Icon, is an exhibit by play in Building 2’s LabourLove Gallery through
photographer Burk Uzzle, who hit the road imme- May 14.
diately after Dr King’s assassination in order to


document Americans’ reaction to that tragic event.
This exhibit is on display in the Strickland Lobby Í Hayti Heritage Center, 804 Old Fayetteville St,
through April 30. 683-1709, hayti.org
Lyda Merrick Moore Gallery hours: Tuesday–Friday
Í Bull City Arts Collaborative, 401-B Foster St,
10am–5pm and Saturdays 10am–3pm (call for
Sunday hours or to schedule a tour); free admis-
949-4847, bullcityarts.org
sion to gallery:
Gallery hours: Wednesdays 3–5 and Third Fridays
6–9pm; free admission::
The St Joseph’s Historic Foundation will host its
first Hayti Heritage Celebrity Golf Tournament
A new exhibit by Ricky Davis (from Rocky Mount),
on Friday, April 30 at the Falls Village Golf Club (115
“Through One Birder’s Lens,” is on display through
Falls Village Dr, off Holloway St). Amateur golfers
April 30.
will partner with celebrities as they play a round
Í Durham Arts Council, 120 Morris St,

of golf while raising funds to support the program-
ming at the Hayti Heritage Center. They’ll also
durhamarts.org
have fun contests like the Men’s and Ladies’ Longest
Gallery hours: Monday–Saturday 9am–9pm and
Drive, Closest-to-the-Hole, Putting, and Hole-in-
Sundays 1–6pm; free admission:
One. Join the 100+ golfers from 30 corporations by
registering by the April 23 deadline (check the
The 8th annual Professional Art Quilt Alliance– website for online registration).
South’s International Juried Quilt Exhibition &
Annual Quilting Conference is taking place in the
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THEATER • FILM • DANCE •
Í Museum of Life and Science, 433 Murray Ave, RADIO • TELEVISION
220-5429, ncmls.org


Hours: Monday–Saturday 10am–5pm and
Sundays noon–5pm; Admission: $10.85 for adults; Í WNCU/90.7fm, North Carolina Central
$8.85 for seniors (age 65+) and active and retired University; listen online at wncu.org:
military (with proper ID); $7.85 for kids ages 3 to
12; and free for kids age 2 and under. Group rate Be sure to listen to Radio Skywriter every Saturday
is $7 each for 10 or more. Wednesday is free day from 8:30–9am on WNCU. Durham Skywriter
after 1pm: publisher Pat Murray and her guests talk about
community issues and let you know what’s hap-
Take a stroll down the Dinosaur Trail and behold pening in the Bull City (and beyond). Don’t forget
the life-size, realistic dinosaurs—some loom above your pen and paper—we might have just the
the landscape and others can be missed if you’re information you need! If you miss the broadcast,
not paying attention. You can download the you can go to wncu.org from the following Tuesday
15-minute lecture-as-you-walk podcast from the for at least a week and listen to the podcast.
website or you can simply listen to it before you
arrive so you can impress your kids with your Í The 13th annual Full Frame Documentary Film
knowledge. Right off the trail is the Dino Dig area Festival, THE premier documentary film festival
where you can play paleontologist and search for in the United States, will be showing more than
tiny treasures. 100 films April 8–11 at four venues: the Carolina
Theatre, Durham Arts Council Building, Convention
Yona the bear cub and newest resident in the Center (by the downtown Marriott), and the Ameri-
outdoor habitat, is getting used to her new sur- can Tobacco Campus. Documentary fans from
roundings. Found by the side of the road in Tennes- around the world flock here to watch films, many
see, Yona was only four pounds when she was res- of which are making their debut. All of the passes
cued and eventually placed with the Museum. Yona are sold out already, but you can buy individual
recently joined the Museum’s other four bears, Gus, tickets online at fullframefest.org or from the box
Mimi, Virginia, and Ursula and is getting comfort- office. Visit the website for the full schedule; some
able in her new habitat. films will be followed by question-and-answer ses-
sions and/or panel discussions.

Í Through This Lens, 303 E Chapel Hill St, Í Center for Documentary Studies, 1317 W
687-0250, throughthislens.com
Hours: Tuesday–Friday 10:30am–5:30pm, Pettigrew St, 660-3663, cds.aas.duke.edu
Saturdays 10:30am–4pm (Third Fridays until Gallery hours: Monday–Thursday 9am–7pm,
9pm); free admission: Fridays 9am–5pm, Saturdays 11am–4pm, and
Sundays 1–5pm; free admission:

Check out the new exhibit by Chapel Hill photog- An exhibit by students in the Visual Storytelling
rapher John Rosenthal, Looking In, Looking Out. Workshop, Three Hours. West Main and Broad
You’ll see a wide range of photographs, from a visit Streets, explores last year’s Pride Parade and will
at the zoo, a quiet study of the New Orleans’ Ninth be on display through April 17 in the Porch Gal-
Ward, and amusing photographs that incorporate lery.
other artists’ work. Looking In, Looking Out will be
on display through April 17.
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Get help with filing your income-tax return, free of charge, at
the following places: READ ALL
ABOUT IT!
• DPS Staff Development Center (2107 Hillandale Rd), (set Durham/Triangle/Triad–area authors: Send us your latest book
appointment by calling 667-1000 or online at cra-nc.org) and information if you want to be featured in the Skywriter.
Hours: Tuesdays, March 31, April 7 and 14; e-filing available. Prophetess Pamela Y Smith / “Exposure:
Revealing God’s Will to His People”
• Duke Law School (Science Dr and Towerview Rd), 613-8526 (published by The Way Ministry Publishing Services; available
Hours: walk-ins Fridays 11am–4pm and Saturdays 10am–2pm, at The Regulator Bookshop and www.TheWayMinistry.us)
through April 15; call 613-8526 for appointment Monday-
Prophetess Smith has set out to write a controversial book
Thursday; e-filing available; Spanish available.
that challenges the direction that today’s Christian churches
have chosen to go in these modern times. She describes the
• Holy Cross Catholic Church (1400 S Alston Ave), 544-1917 movement of the church to redefine itself as change, some of
Hours: walk-ins Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30–7:30pm, through it subtle, has crept into and altered the messages of the con-
April 9; no e-filing available. temporary church’s teachings to congregations that are taking
on increasingly “worldly” outlooks. In this book, Prophetess
• Immaculate Conception Catholic Church (716A Burch St) Smith asks, “What is different between today’s church and a
Hours: walk-ins Saturdays 10am–2pm Feb 7–April 13; e-filing clubhouse?” She writes that if they’re not careful, some con-
available; W-7s available. gregations will find themselves on the wrong side as they are
taken in by an evil scheme to deceive and fool them to enter
into a new era of confusion.
• Legal Aid of North Carolina (201 W Main St, Suite 400)
Hours: through April 15; call 688-6396 for appointment;
e-filing available; Spanish available.

• Lyon Park Family Center (1313 Halley St) NOW HEAR

Hours: walk-ins Tuesdays 1-3pm, through April 14; e-filing
available.
THIS!
Durham/Triangle/Triad–area artists: Send us your latest CD and
• NCCU School of Law (1512 S Alston Ave, Law School Bldg), information if you want to be featured in the Skywriter.
530-6333 Ed Stephenson / “Ino Live”
Hours: walk-ins Wednesdays 6–8pm and Saturdays 9am–3pm,
(available on iTunes and edstephenson.com)
through April 11; e-filing available.

• Durham Center for Senior Life (406 Rigsbee Ave) Ed Stephenson is a highly sought after guitarist who almost
seems to be everywhere at once. He teaches music at Mer-
Hours: walk-ins Fridays 10am–1pm, through April 11; no
edith College (in Raleigh), is a soloist with a beautiful tone
e-filing available. on the nylon-string guitar, and is also a member of the NC
Guitar Quartet. Ed has played with the NC Symphony, the
• Latino Community Credit Union (100 W Morgan St) National Opera Company, and at the NC Bach Festival. Ino
Hours: through April 15; call 530-8800 for appointment; Live is a nice selection of well-known and original classical-
English and Spanish available; e-filing available. guitar tunes from the Spanish and Chilean traditions with
accompaniment of Craig Hilton on guitar, Sara Romweber
• North Regional Durham Library (221 Milton Rd) on percussion, and Pee Wee Watson on bass. Fans of classical
Hours: walk-ins Mondays 5:30–9pm, through April 14; e-filing guitar should especially enjoy the impassioned renditions
of Danza #5 by Enrique Granados and Asturias by Isaac
available.
Albéniz.
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Guest spotlight
Prepare me to teach your people.
Guide my steps with your skillful hand.

Anoint my lips to speak your laws,

A Teacher’s Prayer

precepts and commandments.

Give me that fresh revelation I pray.

Send a move of your Spirit by your Word.

Let today’s teaching touch
the hearts of your people
where they live.

I pray for acceptability in your sight and

deliverance from self.
Let my epitaph read that
You used me to teach Your Word.
Amen

— Patricia Carrington
Send us your poems, cartoons, commentary, photos, artwork, etc if you’d like to be in our “Guest spotlight.”
Keep it positive, and keep in mind that we can’t return what you send us (so don’t send your only copy).