Durham 2008 Official Visitors Guide - Where Good Things Happen - (Page 11) Mechanics & Farmers Bank Building F 116 W Parrish St, Downtown Durham, www.mfbonline.com The Parrish Street branch of M&F Bank a National Historic Landmark. Neo-Classical Revival building symbolizes what once was called “Black Wall Street.” showcase their work. Call for ticket information. Open (Summer) M-F, 9am-5pm; (Fall) Tu-F, 9am5pm; Su, 2-5pm. FUNEREAL ART Beechwood Cemetery F 3400 Fayetteville St, 560-4156, www.cemeterycensus.com/nc/durh/cem251a.htm Contains the graves of many of Durham’s early African-American business and community leaders: John Merrick, founder of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance, C.C. Spaulding, general manager & president of N.C. Mutual, and Dr. James E. Shepard, founder and president of what is now North Carolina Central University. Located next to White Rock Baptist Church. Open 7am-5pm in winter, 7am-7pm in summer. Mount Bethel United Methodist Church F 1605 Bahama Rd Built around 1750 as a non-denominational meeting house and transformed into a Methodist church since 1808. El Greco to Velázquez: Art during the Reign of Philip III Tickets on sale June 1 THINGS TO SEE & DO Old Bull Building F 201 W Pettigrew St, Downtown Durham Built in 1874 at the height of popularity of the W.T. Blackwell and Company’s world-renowned “Bull Durham” brand. Now space for upscale residences. A National Historic Landmark. August 21 – November 9, 2008 Old Durham County Courthouse F 200 E Main St, Downtown Durham, www.preservationdurham.org/places/hist_districts.html Renovated 1916 Neo-Classical Revival building of Indiana limestone. Facade of fluted stone pilasters with Corinthian capitals, solid bronze doors, and stone balconies. Geer Cemetery F Camden at Colonial and McGill Sts, apdew.com/FOGC First cemetery for African-Americans in Durham. Margaret Faucette, founder of White Rock Baptist Church, and Edian Markham, founder of St. Joseph’s AME Church and organizer of Hayti neighborhood, lie there. 11 Quail Roost Farms 418 Quail Roost Farm Rd (off Roxboro Rd), 477-3009 or 477-8932, quailroostfarm.com Organized as a hunt club in 1875, it became one of the nation’s leading stables and dairy farms. Riding lessons available. Maplewood Cemetery F 1621 Duke University Rd, 560-4156, apdew.com/cemetery/durh/cem058a.htm Over 100 acres of history, dating to 1869. Civil War veterans and soldiers, tobacco magnates, and community leaders rest here. Many gravesites marked with Victorian funereal art. Six Italian marble figures surround Carr family plot, while the Duke Mausoleum sits on cemetery’s highest knoll. White Rock Baptist Church F 3400 Fayetteville St, 688-8136, www.whiterockbaptistchurch.org Founded in 1866, this congregation was served for many years by Dr. Augustus Shepard, father of North Carolina Central University founder Dr. James E. Shepard. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed its congregation with a history-making civil rights speech following the famous 1960 Woolworth lunch counter sit-in in Durham. nasher.duke.edu | 919-684-0700 The exhibition is sponsored by: El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos), St. James (Santiago el Mayor) (detail), 1610-14. Oil on canvas. Image courtesy of Museo del Greco, Toledo. PERFORMING ARTS American Tobacco Campus Amphitheatre F 324 Blackwell St, Downtown Durham, 433-1560, www.americantobaccocampus.com Outdoor venue on the American Tobacco Campus, seating more than 2,000 in front of a stage positioned directly beneath the Lucky Strike Water Tower. Live performances, events, and receptions. ARTS VISUAL & PERFORMING ART MUSEUMS Hugh Mangum Museum of Photography F 5101 N Roxboro Rd, West Point on the Eno City Park, 471-1623, www.durhamnc.gov/departments/parks Displays of photography and early 20th-century photography equipment located in West Point on the Eno City Park. Contemporary exhibits featured on rotating basis. Call for ticket information. Open Sa-Su, 1-5pm. B.N. Duke Auditorium 1801 Fayetteville St, North Carolina Central University, 530-7071 Historic 900-seat auditorium that hosts concerts, festivals, lectures, and performances. Call for ticket information. Baldwin Auditorium Markham Ave, Duke University East Campus, 684-4444, events.duke.edu/facility/baldwin_auditorium.html Seats 840 for lectures and concerts. Located on Duke University’s East Campus. For ticket information, call (919) 684-4444 or go to www.tickets.duke.edu. Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University 2001 Campus Dr, Duke University Central Campus, 684-5135, www.nasher.duke.edu Featuring classical to contemporary works of art and, opening August 2008, the groundbreaking El Greco to Velázquez exhibition, one of only two showings in the U.S. Call for special ticket prices. General admission free for members, children under 16, those currently affiliated with Duke, and Durham residents. Tu-W,F-Sa 10am-5pm; Th, 10am-9pm; Su, 12pm-5pm. See ad page 11. Bryan Center Reynolds Theater Bryan Center, Duke University West Campus, 684-4444, events.duke.edu/facility/reynolds.html 570-seat theater in the Bryan Center on Duke’s West Campus. Hosts mostly university events, music concerts, and dance recitals, as well as lectures and readings. For ticket information, call 684-4444 or go to www.tickets.duke.edu. •CONCERTS •DANCE •COMEDY •DRAMA •FAMILY SHOWS •ART-HOUSE CINEMA •FILM FESTIVALS •BALLROOMS •MEETING FACILITIES www.durham-nc.com North Carolina Central University Art Museum 1801 Fayetteville St, 530-6211, ariel.acc.nccu.edu/artmuseum Collections and temporary exhibitions of 19thand 20th-century African-American art. Located on NCCU’s campus. Local artists and students also Carolina Theatre 309 W Morgan St, Downtown Durham, 560-3040, www.carolinatheatre.org The renovated 1926 Beaux Arts building includes magnificent Fletcher Hall for live performances and two adjacent cinemas, showing art films. 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