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The Carolina Theatre celebrated Giving Tuesday at its Star Member Soiree in early December 2024. Attendees enjoyed small bites from Mike Dʼs BBQ, desserts from Little Barbʼs Bakery, and entertainment by Deja Belle, Jo Gore, Alyssa Noble & Company and Poetry Fox, Durham’s 2024 poet laureate. Afterward, guests were invited to continue the fun at Alley Twenty Six with cocktails, specialty drinks and a curated menu. The support from this fundraiser helped the historic theater hit a record-breaking $117,027 raised during its annual appeal, which will be put toward providing educational programming to more than 12,000 students and families; offering retro and first-run cinema to more than 70,000 guests; and bringing more than 160 artists to the Fletcher Hall stage. 4
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1 Laura Ferguson, Kat Combs, Amy Rossi, Michelle Hooper and Jeff Stern. 2 Chris Vitiello, aka the Poetry Fox. 3 Minji Jang and James Carter. 4 Brooke Solomon, Carolina Theatre board member Aniqa Tariq, board chair Tynetta Walker and Lynn Solomon. 5 Carolina Theatre President and CEO Randy McKay, Marta Willson and Lois Bronstein. 6 Margaret Pentrack, Jes Averhart and Christopher Massenburg, also known as Dasan Ahanu. 7 Singer Jo Gore performs.