Durham 2008 Official Visitors Guide - Where Good Things Happen - (Page 14) Mallarmé Chamber Players 120 Morris St, Downtown Durham, 560-2788, www.mallarmemusic.org Nationally acclaimed, Durham-based ensemble of 25 professional musicians, performing in small ensembles of three to seven. Duke University Center for Lesbian, Gay, F Bisexual and Transgender Life North Carolina Central University Jazz Ensemble 02 West Union Bldg, Bryan Center, Duke University West Campus, 684-6607, lgbt.studentaffairs.duke.edu Lesbian, gay, bisexual and gender identity exhibits with a focus on exploring the intersections of sexuality and transgender people with race or religion/spirituality. THINGS TO SEE & DO 1801 Fayetteville St, NCCU, 490-1121, www.nccu.edu/campus/jzzensmb/index.html Award-winning jazz ensemble directed by Ira Wiggins, whose members have performed at the White House and with numerous celebrity musicians. Duke University Touchable Art Gallery F 2351 Erwin Rd, Duke Eye Center, 684-0401, (800) 422-1575, www.dukeeye.org/about/touchable_art.html Gallery designed for a hands-on experience of art for the visually impaired and blind. The Ciompi Quartet 684-2534 or 660-3000, www.duke.edu/music/people/ciompi.html Duke-based quartet tours nationally and internationally while continuously enriching the local cultural scene. Founded by Italian violinist Giorgio Ciompi. DCVB Durham Art Guild F 120 Morris St, Downtown Durham, 560-2713, www.durhamartguild.org One of the 18 local arts organizations in the Durham Arts Council, the Art Guild stages six-week exhibitions of original North Carolina artistry at the council’s CCB Gallery. VISUAL ARTS Branch Gallery F 401-C Foster St, Downtown Durham, 918-1116, www.branchgallery.com Artist-run space committed to promoting the work of local and national contemporary emerging artists. Member of the New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA). Open W-Sa, 12pm-6pm and by appointment. Durham’s Sister Cities Arusha, Tanzania www.tanzania-web.com/ towns/home.htm Durham, England (UK) www.durham.gov.uk Kostroma, Russia www.kostroma.net/eng Toyama, Japan www3.city.toyama. toyama.jp/english Sister Cities of Durham, Inc. www.sistercities-durham.org Durham Arts Council, Inc. F 14 Bull City Art & Frame Company F (Opening April 2008) 120 Morris St, Downtown Durham, 560-2787, www.durhamarts.org Private non-profit supporting the arts through classes, exhibits, festivals, and grants. Housed in a 100-year old historic building in Downtown with classrooms, studios, and rehearsal spaces, two theatres, and three galleries including the CCB Gallery managed by the Durham Arts Guild. Open M-Sa, 9am-9pm; Su, 1pm-6pm. Golden Belt Artist Studios (Opening June 2008) F 807 E Main St, 967-7700, www.goldenbeltarts.com 35 artist studios open to visitors in the Golden Belt campus blending potters, jewelry-makers, painters, mixed-media artists, photographers, and more in a collaborative, sky-lit space that spills into an artist-run gallery, also open to the public. Studios open daily. 905 W Main St, Downtown Durham 2000-sq.-ft. gallery featuring local artists. Offers green framing, photo restoration, canvas transfer, needlework, and shadowboxes. Call for hours. Center for Documentary Studies at F Duke University 1317 W Pettigrew St, 660-3663, www-cds.aas.duke.edu Independent non-profit organization dedicated to a new vision of documentary arts and process to education and community life. The center supports documentary work through courses, exhibitions, publishing, fieldwork, community programs, and awards. Hayti Heritage Center ��F 804 Old Fayetteville St, 683-1709, www.hayti.org Houses a community room, two classrooms/artists’ studio, dance studio, the two-level Lyda Moore Merrick Gallery, Rhythm & Blues Gallery, and the 450-seat St. Joseph’s Performance Hall in the former St. Joseph’s AME Church sanctuary (a National Register site, circa 1891). Open MTu,Th-F, 10am-5pm; W, 10am-9pm; Sa, 10am-12pm. Durham – Where Great Healthcare Happens In 1906, Durham pharmacists Germain Bernard and Commodore Council developed BC Headache Powder, an innovative remedy marking the community’s emergence as a center for healthcare. Today, healthcare is Durham’s largest employment cluster, and “City of Medicine” is one of its legacy brands. Nearly one in three people in Durham works in a health-related field, and more than 300 medical and health-related companies, medical practices, weight management centers, and pharmaceutical research organizations are located here with a combined payroll exceeding $1.2 billion. Durham has: • Physician-to-population ratio almost 4.5 times the national average. • Over 3,000 licensed physicians and interns. • Nearly 1,700 hospital beds, with a bed-to-population ratio almost twice the national average. • More than $600 million spent annually on medical and health-related research. • 50% of the biotech firms based in North Carolina and 60% of the clinical research organizations, including the world's largest. Also, more than 62,300 people receive hospitalized care and 1.28 million outpatients are seen annually. At the heart of Durham’s reputation are six modern hospitals—Duke University Hospital & Medical Center, Duke Children’s Hospital & McGovernDavison Health Center, Durham Regional Hospital, Durham Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center, Lenox Baker Children’s Hospital, and North Carolina Specialty Hospital. Research Triangle Park, the largest research park of its kind in the world, is based in Durham County and encompassed on three sides by the City of Durham. Durham Chamber of Commerce, 2008 www.durham-nc.com Patrick Giovina zzo/DCVB http://www.mallarmemusic.org http://lgbt.studentaffairs.duke.edu http://web.nccu.edu/campus/jzzensmb/index.html http://www.dukeeye.org/about/touchable_art.html http://www.duke.edu/music/people/ciompi.html http://www.durhamartguild.org http://www.durhamarts.org http://www.branchgallery.com http://www.tanzania-web.com/towns/home.htm http://www.tanzania-web.com/towns/home.htm http://www.durham.gov.uk http://www.goldenbeltarts.com http://www.kostroma.net/eng http://toyama.jp/english http://www-cds.aas.duke.edu http://www.hayti.org http://www.sistercities-durham.org http://www.durham-nc.com
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