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Silent senses
For some the long-haul COVID-19 loss of taste and smell is more than an inconvenience—it’s a loss of livelihood.
By Molly Schemper | Apr 16, 2021
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Mercury Theater rises from the dead
The Southport corridor venue gets new life and new leadership.
By Kerry Reid | Apr 15, 2021
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By the numbers
A local nonprofit, Lighthouse Foundation, is surveying some of the city’s largest LGBTQ+ institutions and will be grading them on just how far their diversity and inclusion goes.
By Adam M. Rhodes | Apr 15, 2021
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The last men’s hotel
For those who live there, the Ewing Annex Hotel is a refuge, an artifact, and a last chance. The man who’s been holding it together for more than 20 years is about to retire.
By Katie Prout
Does the punishment fit the cannabis crime?
Tatiana Walk-Morris
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