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Cat's Cradle to open back bar

Billy Ball — Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:45:00 -0400

Carrboro is growing; so shall the Cat's Cradle.

Cradle owner Frank Heath has begun work on a small back bar for the longtime Carrboro venue that will serve Cradle overflow and non-concertgoers.…

Pinhook improvements Kickstarted; anniversary celebrations begin tonight

Jordan Lawrence — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:41:00 -0400

It might not seem like it now, but The Pinhook was quite the risky endeavor when it opened its doors just in time for the 2009 Troika Music Festival. At the time, Durham's only other semi-consistent rock clubs were the student-booked Duke Coffeehouse, a multipurpose space on the university's campus, and Broad Street Café, a venue still trying to figure out its musical mix.…

Cat's Cradle gets a facelift; major alterations completed by Wednesday (updated)

Jordan Lawrence — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:30:00 -0400

Update (Aug. 29, 2011): The free, all-ages show celebrating the completion of the renovations will be Thursday, Sept. 1, with The Old Ceremony and The Tomahawks. Doors are at 8 p.m.; show begins at 9.…

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Broad Street Cafe gets its permit, gets to keep the rock

Rebekah L. Cowell — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:43:17 -0500

In a packed Durham City Hall Committee Room early this morning, the Durham County Board of Adjustment voted unanimously in favor of issuing a special-use permit to The Broad Street Cafe.

For the past four years, Broad Street has operated as a nightclub in a district that is zoned so that such a special-use permit is necessary to host music after 10 p.m.…
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Broad Street Cafe fights for volume

Rebekah L. Cowell — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:13:55 -0500

If it’s too loud, shut it down: Durham’s The Broad Street Cafe is collecting petition signatures in preparation for a hearing before the Durham Board of Adjustment Wednesday, Dec. 9, that could limit the venue’s late-night music.

Acting on complaints about noise coming from the venue first filed in March, the City investigated the cafe, which is open until 2 a.m. on Friday and Saturday nights, and determined it was in violation of its commercial zoning district.…
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Rumor: Mansion 462 closing?

Grayson Currin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:58:14 -0400

While reporting this week’s story on the conversion of Chapel Hill dance hall Players to a part-time rock club, we heard whispers from a few folks that Mansion 462—the West Franklin Street room that opened last January between Chapel Hill anchors Local 506 and The Cave—was closing. Apparently, several bands had been emailing other area clubs to reschedule dates dropped from Mansion 462’s calendar.…
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