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Lung cancer run and walk Saturday
The annual Free to Breathe 5K Run/Walk and Rally for lung cancer will be held 9 a.m. Nov. 8 at N.C. State University's Centennial Campus. The fundraising event, sponsored by Duke Cancer Center Raleigh, will support lung cancer research and awareness.
A volunteer for the N.C. Lung Cancer Partnership, Taylor Bell, will participate in the event.
Bell, 22, a lifelong nonsmoker and a former member of the varsity soccer team at East Carolina University, was diagnosed with lung cancer last year. She underwent surgery to remove most of her left lung. The partnership is a state chapter of the National Lung Cancer Partnership.
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Special events will fill up Duke roads, parking lots
The public is encouraged to allow extra time traveling around the Duke University campus today through Thursday during several special events, including Durham Public Schools graduation ceremonies and a celebration to honor the late John Hope Franklin and his wife, Aurelia Whittington Franklin.
Visitors, students, faculty and staff are encouraged to use buses. Limited parking will be available on West Campus and in the Bryan Center parking garage. Duke staff, faculty and students with parking permits for West Campus lots and garages will still be able to park, but spaces will be severely limited.
Beginning today, DPS graduation rehearsals will be held from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Cameron Indoor Stadium; ceremonies follow at 8 a.m., noon and 4 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday.
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Music to aid Jordan Lake
The Jordan Lake Music Festival, two days of music, food and children's activities on a Chatham County farm, will raise money to help protect the lake.
The festival will take place the weekend of May 2 and 3 at Jordan Lake Farm, 1226 Marthas Chapel Road, between Farrington Road and N.C. 751. Performers include No Strings Attached, Cool John Ferguson and BlueGrass Experience with Tommy Edwards.
Tickets are $10 in advance; $15 at the door. Children under 13 are free. Tickets are available at Etix.com or at two Specs eyeglasses stores in Durham, on Ninth Street and at Streets at Southpoint mall. For information, go to www.jordanlakeartsandmusic.org .
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City chickens on display
Raleigh's city chicken owners invite the public into their backyards for a first-hand look at keeping chickens in an urban environment during the annual Tour d'Coop on Saturday.
Twenty-four coop owners are participating in neighborhoods inside the Beltline. The tour takes place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. rain or shine. Admission is a nonperishable food or cash donation to Urban Ministries of Wake County.
Tickets are available only on the day of the tour at these sites:
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Blues fest may change locations
For 19 years, the Bull Durham Blues Festival has been held, fittingly, at the old Durham Bulls ballpark downtown.
That may change this year. St. Joseph's Historic Foundation Inc., which runs the festival, is negotiating with the county to hold the event at Durham County Memorial Stadium.
The stadium, off Duke Street north of downtown next to Durham Regional Hospital, would be a larger venue than the old ballpark, which is owned by the city and slated for renovations.
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