WRAL-TV, American Tobacco & Rocky Mount Mills Help Food Bank Collect 21 Tons for Hurricane Victims
The list of Hurricanes wreaking havoc on the United States and Caribbean islands during the past few weeks has been staggering, as has the devastation and need left in their wakes. To help, WRAL-TV and the Food Bank of Central and Eastern NC got together for a ‘food-raising’ drive for those affected by Hurricanes Harvey […]
“Connections to Folk” Now On Display at American Tobacco’s Reed Building Gallery
American Tobacco recently unveiled a new art exhibit, “Connections to Folk.” The artworks in this collection contain both traditional examples of folk art and contemporary practices directly inspired by folk art from the CBC collection. “Connections to Folk” opened on Tuesday, September 5, 2017, and will be on display through November 10th. The collection can […]
American Tobacco Launches New Holiday Project
American Tobacco is partnering with Habitat for Humanity of Durham to make a difference this holiday season. This brand new holiday endeavor for American Tobacco has a big goal – to fund an actual Habitat home, a tiny home at 504 square feet, by building a 4’ x 5’ x 6’ playhouse. A total of […]
“Because No One Else Would” American Tobacco Campus
During the big war, we’re talking about the Civil War, Union soldiers discovered something the boys in gray already knew; southern tobacco was very good. When the Yankees returned to their northern homes, they yearned to draw-in the aroma of freshly roasted tobacco. They craved the top grade Bright Leaf tobacco, so much that they […]
American Tobacco Goes International
Have you ever wondered what American Tobacco sounds like In Russian? Well, actually, it sounds like saying “American Tobacco” with a Russian accent, but you can listen to an entire video about the campus in Russian in the first Voice of America piece about the downtown Durham destination. American Tobacco’s first Voice of America piece […]
American Tobacco & the Bulls: Making Headlines about Expansion, Cabin Tours & History
Both of CBC’s Durham entities are making headlines this summer. The American Tobacco recently began talking expansion, Burt’s Bees will be giving tours of Burt’s Cabin – on the ATC campus – for two days in June, and WUNC conducted an interview with an author who’s written about the history of the Bulls. Here’s the […]
Indy Week Readers Vote CBC Into 2017 Best List
Indy Week released their Best of the Triangle 2017 winners in the first week of June, and several CBC personalities and entities made the list. Indy Week readers voted to determine the category winners and finalists. “This is, bar none, the most comprehensive guide to the coolest local stuff out there, imitators be damned,” reported […]
American Tobacco Acquires Big Top
Quest for tech talent, crucial to regional success, gets boost from merger, expansion of resources Job seekers and companies in urgent need of talent will now have a one stop shop to find and fill jobs as well as to find out the latest news and trends driving North Carolina’s innovation economy. The American Underground—a […]
Moogfest Posters Now on Display at American Tobacco
In honor of last weekend’s Moogfest, American Tobacco Campus presents its collection of Moogfest art posters from 2010-2016. The posters were created for SYTH: A Group Art Show Inspired by Bob Moog. The posters went on display in the Reed Lobby Art Gallery on Thursday, May 18, 2017, the first day of Moogfest. They will remain hanging […]
It’s Hip to be at ATC
Blogger Kelsey Knoedler recently dedicated some pixels to the American Tobacco Campus. She put together a great overview of the history and renovation at American Tobacco for her website ‘Hipstorical’. Check it out: Hipstorical: American Tobacco Campus