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On Wednesday, the Carolina Theatre of Durham was honored to be named “Best Theater to See an Indie Film in the Triangle” in INDY Week’s 2020 Best of the Triangle. Each year, INDY readers vote online for everything from the “Best Trivia Night in Durham County” to the “Best Juice Bar in the Triangle” and, […]

Folks, we hope all of you are staying safe and making it through this difficult time. Just by opening this post, you’ve shown an interest in supporting your neighbors in the arts and service industries, so we want to thank you — your love for this community is what makes the Triangle great. Our nonprofit, […]

Folks, we hope all of you are staying safe and making it through this difficult time. Just by opening this post, you’ve shown an interest in supporting your neighbors in the arts and service industries, so we want to thank you — your love for this community is what makes the Triangle great. Our nonprofit, […]

The Carolina Theatre of Durham sadly announces the passing of Pepper Fluke, 87, an extraordinary woman whose tireless work and steadfast support helped both save and sustain our historic building for more than 40 years. Without Pepper’s direction, energy and generosity, the Carolina Theatre would simply not exist as it does today. In the mid-1970s, […]

Carolina Theatre Stages Comeback Durham Nonprofit Has Fully Emerged from Accumulated Net Deficit of $1.7 Million Eighteen months after a financial crisis threatened to force closure of the Carolina Theatre, the nonprofit that operates the venue has entirely erased an estimated $1.7 million net deficit. Carolina Theatre of Durham, Inc. reported an accumulated net surplus […]

The Carolina Theatre of Durham welcomed 16,099 students, including 9,842 from Durham Public Schools (DPS), to 20 entertaining and enriching Arts Discovery Educational Series (ADES) shows during the 2016-17 school year. The attendance was a 79 percent increase from the 2015-16 school year. Attendance among DPS students increased fivefold in 2016-17. The theatre partnered with the school […]

Durham-based Ponysaurus Brewing Co. will debut a delicious new beer exclusively at the Carolina Theatre this Thursday (April 13) during the venue’s planned Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers show. Carolina Theatre concessionaires will pour the new Ponysaurus Extra Pale Ale alongside some of the brewery’s other craft beers at a stand in the venue branded with […]

Singer, songwriter, author and Durham resident John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats is one of the world’s most creative and respected living artists. When he’s not writing and recording critically acclaimed music, he’s busy penning novels like Wolf in White Van – a best-selling, National Book Award-nominated novel. Much to our delight, Darnielle absolutely loves his hometown and its […]

Becky Cascio and her husband, Mike Hacker, are the co-owners of renowned Durham food truck Pie Pushers. Their pizza-focused truck’s busy schedule sometimes keeps Becky and Mike from seeing family and friends as often as they wish. Becky rarely is able to see her godfather, Joe Turano. The California resident has his own busy schedule as […]

With more than 140,000 annual visitors coming to its historic building in Durham’s ever-blossoming downtown, the Carolina Theatre made a total economic impact of more than $14 million to the city in the 2012-13 fiscal year, according to a recent report from the Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau (DCVB). “We’re extremely proud to be not […]