INC NEWS - Activities for Cooling Off and Other Summertime Ideas in Durham

[Laura Drey]

If you would like additional suggestions for the rest of the Triangle,
throughout North Carolina and southern Virginia let me know.

Laura Drey

Places to go in Durham

Exercising (including lap swimming and water exercise classes in indoor
Olympic size swimming pools.  Weight room)
 
Durham Parks & Recreation Department
 
Edison Johnson 560-4265
600 W. Murray (next door to the Museum of Life and Science between Duke St
and Roxboro Rd) 
Has lap swimming, water exercise classes and water recreation year round.
Swim lessons during the summer.

Campus Hills at I.R. Holms Recreation Center 560-4444
2000 S. Alston Ave  Campus Hills (close to North Carolina Central¹s Law
School)  
Has racket and basketball courts and a weight room. Has lap swimming, water
exercise classes and water recreation year round.  Has a masters swim
program.

Boat Rentals 

Lake Michie   477-3906
Directions: Off Roxboro Rd/Hwy 501 (Bahama)
John boats with electric motors and canoes.
Friday ­ Sunday  6:30 a.m. ­ 6 p.m. thru November 12, 2006

Little River Lake  477-7889 (D)
Johnboats with electric motors.
Friday ­ Sunday  6:30 a.m. ­ 6 p.m. thru November 12, 2006

Activities for Children and the Young at Heart
 
Museum of Life and Science   220-5429  Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas and
New Years Day. 
433 Murray Ave (between Duke St and Roxboro Rd) (D)
Farmyard, drumming and train rides.  Butterfly Houses (year round and
Piedmont North Carolina butterflies seasonal;)
hands-on science exhibits, and changing exhibits.
Durham County residents free for entire museum Wednesdays from 1 to 5.  Fee
other times for Durham residents. Butterfly house and train ride cost extra.
Fee for non-Durham residents daily.
www.ncmls.org <http://www.ncmls.org>
 
Durham Parks and Recreation¹s Edison Johnson Water Playground   560-4270
600 W Murray Ave
Open until dusk during the summer.

Gardens
 
Duke Gardens   684-3698
Anderson St. (between Erwin Rd. and Campus Dr) (D)
Native, oriental and water plants. Camellias and roses.  Plants in the
formal garden change. Workshops.
  
Hiking Trails  
 
Eno River State Park   383-1686
(Durham and Orange Counties)
ils.unc.edu/parkproject/visit/enri/home.html
<ils.unc.edu/parkproject/visit/enri/home.html>
 
West Point on the Eno   471-1623
Roxboro Rd 4 miles N Hwy 85 (across from Riverview Shopping Center) (D)
http://www.enoriver.org/eno/parks/WestPoint/westpoint.html
10 minutes from Northgate Shopping Center (D)
 
Triangle Nature Conservancy   833-3662
(Durham, Orange, Wake, Chatham and other counties)
Trials and guided hikes.
www.tlc-nc.org/ <http://www.tlc-nc.org/>
 
Duke Forest  613-8013
(Durham and Orange Counties)
http://www.env.duke.edu/forest/
 
Bird Viewing Observation Platform
(Hunting permitted in some sections.  Massive amount of trees marked for
cutting Summer 2006.)
Directions: Off Hwy 751, heading towards Apex) (D)

Nature Observations
 
Duke Primate Center   489-3364  Tours by appointment only.
Directions off Old Erwin Rd near 751 (D)
Lemurs 
 
Historical Places
 
Patterson¹s Mill Country Store  493-8149
5109 Farrington Rd (D)
Old time pharmacy, tobacco products and antique farm equipment.
 
West Point on the Eno   471-1623
Roxboro Rd  (4 miles N Hwy 85 across from Riverview Shopping Center) (D)
Working gristmill, anthropological exhibits and photography museum with art
gallery. 
Weekends 1 ­ 5 thur December 10, 2006
  
Duke Homestead State Historic Site   477-5498
2828 Duke Homestead (between Guess Rd and Duke St) (D)
Tobacco Museum and furnished homestead.
Tuesday ­ Saturday 10 ­ 4
www.dukehomestead.nchistoircsites.org
<http://www.dukehomestead.nchistoircsites.org>
 
Bennett Place State Historic Site  383-4345
4409 Bennett Memorial Rd (off Hillsborough Rd) (D)
Civil War site and museum.
Museum open Tuesday ­ Saturday 10 ­ 4.  Closed state holidays.
 
Stagville State Historic Site  620-0120
5825 Old Oxford Hwy (D) 7 miles north of intersection with Roxboro Rd
Slave cabin and renovated homestead.
Museum open Tuesday ­ Saturday 10 ­ 4.  Closed state holidays.

Art Galleries, Art Related and Music Stores
 
Center for Documentary Studies   660-3663
1317 Pettigrew St. (Off Swift Ave., across from Duke University¹s East
Campus. at Main St. Broad becomes Swift. Hwy 147 take Swift Rd. exit) (D)
Photography exhibits rotate.
www.cds.aas.duke edu/
 
Cedar Creek Craft Gallery   528-1041   Open 7 days per week.
1150 Fleming Rd. (Creedmoor)
Directions: Hwy 85 N, follow signs: cross over lake, exit, turn right, right
at convenience store, 1st left.
Award winning gallery with pottery, jewelry, glass and wood and small live
plants. Has pottery museum.  Spring and fall studio days with glass and
pottery throwing demonstrations.
www.cedarcreekgallery.com/ <http://www.cedarcreekgallery.com/>
 
Hayti Heritage Center  683-1709
804 Old Fayetteville St   (D)
Art gallery, performances & movies.
www.hayti.org/exhibits/index.asp <http://www.hayti.org/exhibits/index.asp>

 
Durham Arts Council  560-2726
120 Morris St (D)
Art galleries, performances & classes.
www.durhamarts.org <http://www.durhamarts.org>
 
Craven Allen Gallery/House of Frames 286-4837
1106 1/2 Broad St (D)
³Gallery featuring local artists with rotating exhibits.²
www.CravenAllenGallery.com <http://www.CravenAllenGallery.com>
  
Zola Craft Gallery  286-5112
628 ­ B Ninth St (R)
Unique, eclectic gifts for the home and garden with jewelry, ceramics ³plus
wonderful offbeat creations.²
 
Through This Lens   687-0250
303 E. Chapel Hill St   (Beside Speedy Que Printing) (D)
Photography gallery, gifts, cards and does ³high quality photography
printing² (ink jet color and black and white prints) and digital editing of
photography.

Claymakers   530-8355
705 Foster St (D)
Pottery, pottery equipment and supplies.

Scrap Exchange   688-6960
548 Foster St (D)
³Has a shop/reuse center for industrial discards.  Also offers classes.  Art
gallery, warehouse and workshop/birthday party room.²
www.scrapexchange.org <http://www.scrapexchange.org>
 
CCI Photographics/Perry Street Gallery 286-4686
1916 Perry St (new location)
Gallery with rotating exhibits.

Bookstores Independent  (Ask about membership benefits. See museums.)

Regulator Bookshop   286-2700
720 - 9th St (D)
³Durham¹s full service neighborhood book shop since 1976 with books, cards,
magazines, author readings, special orders welcome.²
www.regulatorbookshop.com <http://www.regulatorbookshop.com>

Book Exchange  682-4662
107 W Chapel St (D)
³Everything from new to used.  Everything from romance to medical.  Is the
biggest law bookstore on the East Coast.  Set up for undergrads, 3 nursing
schools, 3 graduate schools & 7 law schools.²  With a good travel section.
www.bookexchange.nc.com <http://www.bookexchange.nc.com>

Know Bookstore & Restaurant  682-7223
2520 Fayetteville St (D)
³African American fiction and non-fiction books (new and used,) cards,
videos, incense and oils, posters and more.²
www.knowbookstore.com <http://www.knowbookstore.com>
  
Independently Owned, Unique Stores  (See museums)
 
One World Market  286-2457
811 ­ 9th St. (across from E.K. Powe Elementary School) (D)
A non-profit retail fair trade store that sells crafts, jewelry, home
furnishings and other items. One World Market has helped improve the lives
of thousands of hard-working families in the world's poorest countries.
http://oneworld.home.mindspring.com/
 
Vaguely Reminiscent   286-3911
728 ­ Ninth St (D)
³Great clothes and shoes, picture frames, gifts, jewelry, purses and more.²
 
Cozy, Inc   286-3400
770 Ninth St (D)
³Household gifts, yarns, women¹s clothing, jewelry, and accessories.²
 
Offbeat Music, Ltd.   688-7022
905 W. Main St. (Brightleaf Square building closer to Main St) (D)
CD store. ³Everything that¹s popular. Everything that¹s off kilter.
Everything that Œs hard to find.²
 
Patterson¹s Mill Country Store   493-8149
5109 Farrington Rd (D)
Crafts and gifts (including doll house furnishings.) Pharmacy and farm
equipment museum.
 
 
Laura Drey
June 2006
 
 

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