Lena Geller

1 week ago | indyweek.com | Lena Geller

Former Durham Deputy Police Chief Shari Montgomery today filed discrimination charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging she was systematically sidelined and ultimately fired for being Black and raising concerns about her boss. Montgomery, a 25-year veteran of the department who became deputy chief in early 2021, claims in her EEOC filing that her troubles began that year when then-City Manager Wanda Page sought her input on police chief candidates.

1 week ago | indyweek.com | Sarah Edwards |Lena Geller

Musical duo Larry BellorĂn and Joe Troop may have the distinction of being the Triangle’s most unique musical fusion (a distinction that has much competition, by the way): BellorĂn, a master of Venezuelan folk tradition mĂşsica llanera, comes to Raleigh by way of political asylum, while Troop, who grew up in Winston-Salem, grew up learning old-time music and founded GRAMMY-nominated stringband Che Apache.

1 week ago | indyweek.com | Lena Geller

Dozens of protesters lined the sidewalk in front of Bank of America at the corner of Gregson Street and Club Boulevard in Durham Monday evening, waving signs to defend the agency responsible for regulating the institution looming behind them. The demonstration comes amid the Trump administration’s ongoing crusade to dismantle the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), which employs a number of Durham residents, including four federally appointed financial regulators.

1 week ago | theassemblync.com | Lena Geller

When Mark Overbay started making his own nut butters in 2011, he named the company Big Spoon Roasters in honor of his dad, Gary, whose penchant for eating spoonfuls of peanut butter from the jar landed him the sobriquet “Big Spoon.” Two thousand miles west and a decade on, after Lani Chan and her partner, Nathan Bender, caught Bender’s mom digging into a jar of the couple’s homemade chili crisp with—you guessed it—a big spoon, they decided they had a perfect name for their pandemic-born...

1 week ago | asianamericans.einnews.com | Lena Geller

When Mark Overbay started making his own nut butters in 2011, he named the company Big Spoon Roasters in honor of his dad, Gary, whose penchant for eating spoonfuls of peanut butter from the jar landed him the sobriquet “Big Spoon.” Two thousand miles west and a decade on, after Lani Chan and her partner, Nathan Bender, caught Bender’s mom digging into a jar of the couple’s homemade chili crisp with—you guessed it—a big spoon, they decided they had a perfect name for their pandemic-born...