Third Friday Durham Reception: April 21, 2017, 5-8pm
On view: April 4–May 6, 2017
Join us for a Third Friday Durham celebration at the Power Plant Gallery with MFA|EDA alumni, and soon to be alumni.
On Exhibit – There’s Content
Three Cities Tapping into the U.S. Brewery Boom
“Breweries are clearly having their moment on the American urban scene. In 2016, there were 5,300 breweries, compared with 2,400 only four years earlier. In part, that might be due to the novelty and conviviality of enjoying a unique beverage at a hyper-local establishment. But breweries, it turns out, also have an almost magical ability to revitalize neighborhoods and even entire towns, according to panelists speaking at ULI’s 2017 Carolinas Meeting in March, and tend to be a boon wherever they open, at least in the current cycle.”
Read more in Urban Land Magazine.
Why Durham Is North Carolina’s Hippest City
“Durham is perhaps known first and foremost as the home to Duke University (and its famed basketball team), but it’s becoming a destination for much more than just Blue Devils games. In recent years, a bustling and creative culinary scene has emerged. The Durham Performing Arts Center, American Tobacco Campus, Brightleaf Square, and Durham Bulls games—where you can watch a home run while noshing on empanadas and peach cobbler with ice cream—are also noteworthy attractions.”
Read more in Vogue.
Back Porch Music on the Lawn Lineup Returns to Durham!
Eight Free Concerts Welcome Returning Favorites and New Sensations to AmericanTobacco Campus
(Research Triangle) – March 29 – Pickers, rockers, groovers and all cool cats are invited to the return of American Tobacco’s legendary Back Porch Music on the Lawn concert series, May 11 – September 14. The eight free Thursday evening concerts will once again take place on the historic campus’ interior quad. The popular series is a joint production of the American Tobacco Campus and WUNC-FM 91.5.
Signing on as Music on the Lawn’s co-sponsors are Mercedes-Benz of Durham, GoTriangle, WRAL’s Out & About and Fox 50.
American Tobacco’s beloved restaurants will be open and preparing quick grab items for concertgoers to enjoy picnic style as they take in the shows. This year, fans can sample new neighbors Wedgie’s sandwich shop and The Bullpen, featuring Heavenly Buffaloes wings.
Beer and wine are available for purchase at the concerts. Picnics, coolers and well-behaved dogs are welcome. Please no glass.
The all-star line-up — with each free concert starting at around 6pm — is as follows:
- May 11 – Front Country (Opener: Demolition String Band)
- May 25 – Tellico (Opener: Skylar Gudasz)
- June 15 – Jim Lauderdale (Opener: Fireside Collective)
- June 29 – Alice Gerrard & Melody Makers (Opener: Onyx Club Boys)
- August 3 – Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley (Opener: Acoustic Manner)
- August 17 – Acoustic Syndicate (Two sets)
- August 31 – Seldom Scene (Opener: Cicadia Rhythm)
- September 14 – Billy Strings (Opener: Whiskey Shivers)
About American Tobacco Campus
American Tobacco offers one million square feet of premium office space in a historic factory setting bustling with restaurants and businesses as well as the Durham Performing Arts Center and Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Featured in US News & World Report as the national model for urban revitalization, the campus serves as a bridge from Durham’s past as one of the Tobacco capitals of the world to its present and future as a knowledge, science and medical capital.
ATC owner Capitol Broadcasting Company, Inc. is a diversified communications company which owns and/or operates WRAL-TV, WRAL Digital, WRAZ-TV, WRAZ Digital, WRAL-FM, WRAL-HD2, WCMC-FM, WCMC-HD1, WDNC-AM, WCMC-HD2, WCMC-HD3, WCLY-AM, WCMC-HD4, Microspace, CBC New Media Group and Wolfpack Sports Properties (a joint venture with Learfield Sports) in Raleigh, NC; WILM-TV, WILT-LD and Sunrise Broadcasting in Wilmington, NC; The Durham Bulls Baseball Club in Durham, NC; and real estate interests including the American Tobacco Project and Diamond View office buildings in Durham, NC.
About North Carolina Public Radio WUNC
North Carolina Public Radio WUNC is one of the early tenants of the American Tobacco Campus. The station is one of the most successful public radio stations in the country. It serves listeners from Greensboro to the Outer Banks with NPR News and Information during the week and Back Porch Music on the Weekend.
NC Tech Madness
2017 Triangle Christmas Tree Challenge — Early Elf Special
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New rules for 2017 to inlcude updated texting/online voting categories!
‘Tis the season for Weddings!
American Underground Hires Silicon Valley Connector as Director of Partnerships
Aisha Lewis to Spearhead Growth of the Entrepreneurial Network at Home, Across the Country and Abroad
DURHAM, N.C. (February 20, 2017) – West coast native and Silicon Valley connector Aisha Lewis has been brought aboard to head partnerships for the American Underground. Aisha will begin March 20.
Her role will encompass the management of the American Underground’s portfolio of existing partnerships including Google for Entrepreneurs, Duke University, Coastal Federal, Lincoln Financial, Research Triangle Foundation and Fidelity Labs. She will also be responsible for identifying and pursuing new partnership opportunities designed to support the more than 275 startup companies in the American Underground.
Aisha will expand the post previously held by Jes Averhart, who took over as head of Leadership Triangle in January.
Aisha’s Background
Aisha comes to the American Underground after working most recently on the Residency Program at Code2040 in San Francisco. Prior to that, Aisha worked at LivelyHoods, a startup in Nairobi, Kenya that creates sales jobs for youth in developing urban markets. She also worked for Isidore Electronics Recycling, a Los Angeles based company that provides highly skilled work for previously incarcerated people with an emphasis on environmental responsibility. Aisha earned her degree from the University of Southern California where she graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration.
Our region in the news…The Triangle ranked #7 as on of the BEST places to live!
The Triangle is the seventh best place to live in the United States.
In the U.S. News and World Report’s ranking of the 100 most populous metro areas, the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metro area beat out other cities, like Boston, Colorado Springs and Nashville, Tennessee to claim the seventh slot. The central North Carolina metro also ranked seven spots higher than Charlotte, which came in 14th.
Read more at WRAL.com
Wedgie’s Grand Opening – Wednesday, February 8
Tuesday, February 7 – Closed – Private Event/Training
Wednesday, February 8 – GRAND OPENING
Hours of Operation:
Monday – 11 am – 4 pm
Tuesday – Saturday – 11 am – 8 pm
Sunday – Closed
Featuring fresh made sandwiches, potato salad, broccoli salad, slaw and chocolate chip cookies!
Locaiton at American Tobacco- Diamond View III, 359 Blackwell Street, Suite 120
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