American Tobacco Reschedules Two Concerts Cancelled Due to Weather

American Tobacco Reschedules Two Concerts Cancelled Due to Weather The Lizzy Ross Band and John Howie & The Rosewood Bluff Get Another Shot at the Water Tower Stage The weather put a damper on two of American Tobacco’s On the Lawn concerts earlier this summer, but we didn’t want you to miss out on their […]

Old Time Music This Friday on the Lawn at American Tobacco

American Tobacco’s FREE summer concert series open this Friday, August 17th, with Bob & Libby Hicks. The duo has been playing old time music together since the early 1980s. Bill is a founding member of the Red Clay Ramblers. Bill & Libby were members of “Unknown Tongues,” the Gloucester, NC based cajun-zydeco band, for some […]

Cows to Crash American Tobacco

Catcher Cow, designed by Morganton’s Michael Berley, sports a Durham Bulls jersey and Crash Davis’ #8. Catcher Cow will be on display at American Tobacco in CowParade North Carolina 2012 beginning August 19th. American Tobacco will soon be hosting a herd of cows.  But don’t worry, the lawn will be safe.   Eleven painted cows […]

Photojournalism Art Exhibit on Display at American Tobacco

Photojournalism Art Exhibit on Display at American Tobacco Beyond the Deadlines American Tobacco recently unveiled a new art exhibit in the Crowe Building lobby, a collection of photojournalism at its best.   “Beyond the Deadlines” features the work of two photographers for The Independent Weekly, D.L. “Derek” Anderson and Jeremy M. Lange. David Fellerath says […]

FREE Music Continues On the Lawn at American Tobacco

FREE Music Continues On the Lawn at American Tobacco John Howie Plays Friday, August 10th ***CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER*** RESCHEDULED for August 30th American Tobacco’s FREE summer concert series continues this Friday, August 10th, with John Howie Jr. and The Rosewood Bluff. Howie has one of the most infectious voices in contemporary acoustic music today. […]

Baseball Blood Battle: The Challenge Off the Diamond

Baseball Blood Battle: The Challenge Off the Diamond Durham Bulls & Charlotte Knights Compete to Collect the Most Units of Blood For The American Red Cross The American Red Cross invites Triangle-area baseball fans to join the Durham Bulls and roll up their sleeves and in their first-ever blood battle with the Charlotte Knights!   […]

Music and Movies Collide in Next Movies on the Lawn at American Tobacco

The music goes Motown on the big screen in the next FREE event in American Tobacco’s summer series. On the Lawn Presented by University Ford & Kia and Bull City Bucks features the next Movie on the Lawn of 2012 with “Standing in the Shadows of Motown” on Friday, August 3rd. The film is the […]

Durham’s American Underground Hires Chief Strategist to Lead Growth

Matthew Coppedge (left) and Adam Klein Adam Klein, one of the leading drivers behind entrepreneurship efforts in Durham while a staffer at the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce, is taking on a new role as chief strategist at the American Underground. “At times it feels like our region’s entrepreneurial strategies are equivalent to trying to […]

American Tobacco & Durham Bulls Join Forces for Blood Drive Challenge

American Tobacco & the Durham Bulls are joining forces to help you help others.  Come and give blood on Tuesday, August 14, 2012, in the Challenge of the Diamond. Everyone who shows up to donate blood at Bay 7 that day will receive a buy one get one free terrace reserved seat voucher to see […]

Justin Robinson To Close Out July Concerts at ATC

Another month of summer is almost gone, but the FREE music continues at American Tobacco. Justin Robinson and the Mary Annettes finish the July slate of On the Lawn events with a concert on Friday, July 27th. Lead by one of the founding members of the Grammy Award winning Carolina Chocolate Drops, Justin Robinson and […]