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  • From: Lisa Drake <ldrake AT pobox.com>
  • To: ch-scene AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: 305 South to close
  • Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 21:16:12 -0400

good luck with that crusade.

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<7e4ed7f90710181017k3490defcj9d1d8785e5290145 AT mail.gmail.com>,
c.rumbley AT duke.edu (christopher rumbley) wrote:

> something can still - should still be down - the community came together to
> pressure the YMCA's corporate heads to not shut down lakewood YMCA - where's
> the community that claims to love and support 305, james&michelle, the
> untidy museum? The city should be pressured to value such small local
> businesses as a vital and historic thread woven through durham's fabric.
> But maybe we are making too much progress right now - letting basketball
> players decide the landscape of this city - to make room for the little guys
> anymore - seems a shame. I don't plan to shut up. Salute to james &
> michelle for:
>
> "durham - love yourself" & "durham rocks"
>
> Durham owes u.
>
>
> On 10/17/07, jim.brantley AT gmail.com <jim.brantley AT gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Drat. This really stinks.
> >
> > Speaking of Kings Mk.II (Kings 2.0?), has anyone heard any talk of
> > plans for a Great Cover Up this year? I hope that it doesn't go away
> > (too). We're still a ways from the usual date, but I get excited about
> > it early.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> > On Oct 17, 10:28 am, gr... AT ibiblio.org (grady) wrote:
> > > The City of Durham's insistence on enough toilets for the theoretical
> > > capacity of the space, and the consequent shutdown of the music-venue
> > > side of the building, has finally killed off 305 South. It's truly a
> > > drag, however you want to look at it. I have no idea what sorts of
> > > discussions went on between James&Michelle & the city, so I can't
> > > comment on how supportive/not the City of Durham is when it comes to
> > > live-music venues. But this is certainly one more deceased Durham venue
> > > in a long & storied lineage of them.
> > >
> > > Still & all, in terms of live-music venues, Durham is still in a better
> > > position now than it generally has been in the past, with each of the
> > > following offering live music at least once or twice a week:
> > >
> > > Bull City HQ
> > > Duke Coffeehouse
> > > Marvell Event Center
> > > Broad Street Cafe
> > >
> > > Add in the occasional shows at Ringside and the James Joyce, and I think
> > > Durham's doing pretty well, compared both to Chapel Hill & Raleigh, and
> > > to various earlier Durham eras. What Durham's still lacking, however, is
> > > the kind of big central rock-dedicated venue/destination space that 305
> > > South was.
> > >
> > > But then so is Raleigh, at least until Kings Mk.II emerges from the
> > > shadows of possibility.
> > >
> > > Ross
> > >
> > > ---------------------------------
> > >
> > > http://www.305southdurham.com/
> > >
> > > OCT. 27th at 10 am - until
> > >
> > > Auction by Cindy Smith
> > >
> > > at 305 South Anti-Mall
> > >
> > > The Auction will be huge and full of
> > >
> > > furniture, displays, Halloween stuff, etc. etc. etc.
> > >
> > > It will be FUN and most likely take ALL DAY!
> > >
> > > Auction by Cindy Smith Auctions
> > > We are having such a hard time making it with out the
> > > music venue that we are just getting
> > > too tired to continue on this path.
> > > We have been in business 9 years in Durham
> > > now starting with the little house so we are sad.
> > > Come Hang out with us at the auction and some friends
> > > have donated special things and art for our cause.
> > > Do not miss the LAST DAYS of 305 South Anti-Mall!!!
> > > -- ch-scene: the list that mirrors alt.music.chapel-hill --
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> >
> >
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> >




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