1 Walk or bike the American Tobacco Trail.
2 Have breakfast at Elmo’s Diner and/or Rick’s Diner.
3 Buy a bottle of wine from Wine Authorities, Hope Valley Bottle Shop, Total Wineand/or Cave Taureau.
4 Go to a Broadway show at the Durham Performing Arts Center.
5 See a concert, stand-up comedy or even just a movie at The Carolina Theatre.
6 Meet local artisans and find beautifully crafted pottery, jewelry, illustrations, woodwork and more at the weekly Durham Craft Market and monthly Durham Patchwork Market.
7 Take your rambunctious youngsters to Durham’s most central playground: Mount Merrill.
Photo by Emily Toth.
8 Spend a morning volunteering with the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina.
9 Have lunch and a pastry at Mad Hatter’s Cafe and Bakeshop.
10 Go on a shopping spree to Fifi’s, Magpie, Jo’s Boutique, Exotique, Jack, Smitten,Bano, Indio, Cotton Creek and Vert & Vogue.
11 See a play at Manbites Dog Theater.
12 Purchase fine art and crafts during one of the two Durham Art Walks held each year.
13 Tour the early home, factories and farm where Washington Duke first grew and processed tobacco at Duke Homestead.
14 Go on a gourmet culinary tour led by Taste Carolina.
15 Rock out at The Pinhook and/or Motorco Music Hall.
16 Visit the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
17 Head to one of two Durham Farmers’ Markets on a Saturday morning.
18 Sample more than 250 beers from closte to 100 different breweries at the World Beer Festival.
19 Meet a favorite author at The Regulator Bookshop.
20 Check out the art museum at N.C. Central University.
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