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Pierce Freelon is an American musician, educator, author and politician from Durham, North Carolina. [1] He is a Grammy-nominated [2] family music artist and former Durham City Council Member. [3] Freelon is the founder of Blackspace, [4] an Afrofuturist digital makerspace. He co-founded Beat Making Lab, [5] an Emmy Award winning PBS web-series.
On January 16, 2018, she became the first Latina to be appointed as a member of the Durham City Council to fill the seat of former Councilman Steve Schewel after he was elected as Mayor of Durham. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] In her first public address after being sworn into office, she spoke in both English and Spanish. [ 1 ]
Venue City Capacity Mainland China 2007 National Center for the Performing Arts: Beijing 2,416 (Opera Hall) 2,017 (Music Hall) 1,040 (Theater Hall) September 1959 Great Hall of the People: 10,000 1961 Workers Indoor Arena: 13,000 November 26, 2007 National Indoor Stadium: 18,000 January 11, 2008 Cadillac Arena: 19,000 June 28, 2008 National ...
The Durham Performing Arts Center (often called the DPAC) opened November 30, 2008 as the largest performing arts center in the Carolinas at a cost of $48 million. [1] The DPAC hosts over 200 performances a year including touring Broadway productions, high-profile concert and comedy events, family shows and the American Dance Festival.
[1] [2] Williams and his wife Zweli opened Zweli's in 2018, a Zimbabwean restaurant in Durham. The couple later opened Ekhaya in the American Tobacco Campus in 2022, serving Bantu-inspired tapas. [3] Williams also served as a member of Durham's city council for Ward 3. [4] [5] Williams was sworn in as mayor on December 4, 2023. [6]
When the Durham City Council voted to give themselves a $10,000 pay raise in 2021, Freeman was the only councilmember to vote against the measure. [6] In 2022, she was among the councilmembers who voted in favor of a pilot program with the gunshot detection company ShotSpotter .
[15] [2] In March 2022, she was elected as co-chair of Local Progress, a networking organization for elected officials, and is co-chair of the organization's North Carolina chapter. [1] In March 2023, allegations of extorsion were made against another Durham city council member, Monique Holsey-Hyman. [16]