Football bowl games: Orange Bowl, Sugar Bowl, Rose Bowl, even the Cheez-It and Duke’s Mayo Bowl.
Nope.
Tupperware bowl, cereal bowl, crystal bowl, mixing bowl.
Nope.
Not even that …
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BY DEBBIE MATTHEWS, The Curious Cook
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4/7/21
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Duke University professor, photographer, folklorist and author Tom Rankin and his wife, novelist and award-winning short-story writer Jill McCorkle, will be featured in Chatham Literacy’s …
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4/7/21
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My boss at the dealership is the sales manager. His name is Andy. He is kind, funny, and very supportive of this complete car-selling neophyte. Every day his patience surprises me.
I get nervous …
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BY DEBBIE MATTHEWS, The Curious Cook
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3/31/21
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Editor’s note: As the worldwide box office for “Raya and the Last Dragon” reached a reported $90.5 million last week, university English lecturer Lei Jiao watched the film in Wuhan, China, with …
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3/31/21
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The 2020 Census count is over, the work of the Chatham County team is mostly done — but the results are still to come, delayed by the pandemic. This week, we speak with Courtney Cooper-Lewter, who …
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3/24/21
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One recent Monday, The Kid joined us for dinner. While I was out in my pursuit of filthy lucre at my new job, Petey cooked. And, it wasn’t canned soup, frozen pizza, or microwave popcorn.
He …
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BY DEBBIE MATTHEWS, The Curious Cook
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3/24/21
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“Nobody” is the “RED” of “John Wicks.” Indeed, this middle-aged pastiche hews so closely to the Keanu Reeves resurrection vehicle that you periodically ponder whether it was meant as a …
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BY NEIL MORRIS, CN+R Film Critic
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3/24/21
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Like so many superhero origin stories, the 2017 “Justice League” was an orphan, left fatherless and later adopted by a foster parent who, while experienced in the role, mistreated his ward and …
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BY NEIL MORRIS, CN+R Film Critic
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3/24/21
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Throughout the pandemic, Chatham Literacy’s staff and volunteer tutors have been working remotely to help residents gain a variety of life skills. This week, we speak with Vicki Newell about the …
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3/18/21
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The aptly named “Crisis” might well describe the public relations effort surrounding the early 2021 release. Shot mostly in 2019, the film has the misfortune of debuting in the wake of a …
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BY NEIL MORRIS, CN+R Film Critic
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3/12/21
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It will take years for the 22,000 homes planned for Chatham Park to be built. But right now, more than 1,000 new apartment units are in the process of development north of Pittsboro — including the …
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3/10/21
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Nearly a year into a pandemic that has turned operations at Chatham County’s public libraries upside down, Rita Van Duinen is part of a team continuing to work to keep the services available and …
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3/2/21
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Retail is a tough job. It’s not just that it’s hard, physical work, and long hours. The folks that staff your favorite store don’t really have Christmas. It’s the busiest time of the year, …
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BY DEBBIE MATTHEWS, The Curious Cook
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3/2/21
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There is a running thread of self-evidence that runs throughout many of the films chronicling American intelligence gathering in the post-9/11 era. Their principle preassumption — that …
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BY NEIL MORRIS, CN+R Film Critic
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2/28/21
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During Black History Month, the News + Record is featuring discussions about issues related to the African American experience in our Chatham Chats. This week, we speak with historian Antonio Austin, …
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2/24/21
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The question? Irrelevant.
There are two absolutes concerning this confection.
Everyone who tastes it asks for the recipe.
And, every time someone makes it for the first time, they panic; …
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BY DEBBIE MATTHEWS, The Curious Cook
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2/17/21
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During Black History Month, the News + Record is featuring discussions about issues related to the African American experience in our Chatham Chats. This week, we speak with W. Robert Pearson about …
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2/17/21
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Lying somewhere between anguish and admiration, “Nomadland” couches itself as a sober tour d’horizon of the contemporary American condition and enduring American …
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BY NEIL MORRIS, CN+R Film Critic
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2/15/21
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I love a thrift store.
It’s like wandering into Aladdin’s cave. Sometimes that cave is empty and smells funny.
But sometimes …
Sometimes.
Sometimes that darn cave is chock-full of …
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BY DEBBIE MATTHEWS, The Curious Cook
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2/10/21
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During Black History Month, the News + Record is featuring discussions about issues related to the African American experience in our Chatham Chats. This week, we speak with Mary Nettles of the …
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2/10/21
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