2019 is a big year for Durham - specifically the month of April because this is the month when we’ll be marking our city’s 150thanniversary. In this new CityLife episode, Host Beverly B. Thompson sits down with Shelly Green, President and CEO of Discover Durham and Gineen Cargo, Durham 150 Project Manager to find out how the City is marking the milestone and how everyone can get involved.


About CityLife
CityLife, a talk show that features information on current City issues and upcoming events, airs daily on Durham Television Network (Spectrum ch. 8 and AT&T U-verse ch. 99) and on YouTube. For more information about the City of Durham, call (919) 560-4123, like on Facebook, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Nextdoor. City Life is now an audio podcast! Find it on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast.

March is National Women’s History Month, and this year, communities throughout the country – including here in Durham – are honoring visionary women who are champions of peace and nonviolence. In this new CityLife episode, Host Beverly B. Thompson sits down with Diane Jones, Chapter Leader of Parents of Murdered Children and Human Relations Manager for the City of Durham, Phillip Jordan to find out how we all can learn from those who are leading the way in rejecting violence and embracing peace as a way to resolve conflicts.


About CityLife
CityLife, a talk show that features information on current City issues and upcoming events, airs daily on Durham Television Network (Spectrum ch. 8 and AT&T U-verse ch. 99) and on YouTube. For more information about the City of Durham, call (919) 560-4123, like on Facebook, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Nextdoor. City Life is now an audio podcast! Find it on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast.

Uncovering innovative solutions to address some of our community’s most challenging issues is what Durham is all about. In this new CityLife episode, Host Beverly B. Thompson sits down with Transportation Planner Maureen Devlin and Mariel Beasley with the Center for Advanced Hindsight at Duke Universityto find out how the City is using $1 million from theBloomberg Philanthropies U-S Mayor’s Challenge to figure out how to help best move people and not cars.

About CityLife
CityLife, a talk show that features information on current City issues and upcoming events, airs daily on Durham Television Network (Spectrum ch. 8 and AT&T U-verse ch. 99) and on YouTube. For more information about the City of Durham, call (919) 560-4123, like on Facebook, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Nextdoor. City Life is now an audio podcast! Find it on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast.

If the cost of Broadway show tickets at the Durham Performing Arts Center has been holding you back from attending shows there, then the DPAC For All Program is for you. In this new CityLife episode, Host Beverly B. Thompson sits down with DPAC’s Senior Director of Marketing Rachel Traversari to find out how $20 tickets are available to all Durham residents.

Gangs in Durham. How big of a problem are they, and what’s being done about them? In this new CityLife episode, Host Beverly B. Thompson sits down with City Manager Tom Bonfield and County Manager Wendell Davis to take an in-depth look at this important issue.

The City is working to make sure that Durham’s growing Hispanic and Latino populations are heard and involved in the decisions that impact them and the lives of all residents. In this new CityLife episode, Host Beverly B. Thompson sits down with the City’s Bilingual Human Relations Specialist Lenin Martinez-Gallo and Chair of the Mayor’s Hispanic/Latino Committee Anabel Roasa to find out what’s being done to foster this involvement and to support these communities.

About CityLife
CityLife, a talk show that features information on current City issues and upcoming events, airs daily on Durham Television Network (Spectrum ch. 8 and AT&T U-verse ch. 99) and on YouTube. For more information about the City of Durham, call (919) 560-4123, like on Facebook, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Nextdoor. City Life is now an audio podcast! Find it on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast.

The City is working to increase economic opportunities for residents who have been involved with the Justice System. In this new CityLife episode, Host Beverly B. Thompson sits down with Bloomberg Philanthropies Innovation Team Project Manager Ryan Smith and the I-team’s Outreach Coordinator Chuck Manning, Sr. to talk about two of the specific ways they’re accomplishing this lofty goal.

About CityLife
CityLife, a talk show that features information on current City issues and upcoming events, airs daily on Durham Television Network (Spectrum ch. 8 and AT&T U-verse ch. 99) and on YouTube. For more information about the City of Durham, call (919) 560-4123, like on Facebook, and follow on Twitter, Instagram, and Nextdoor. City Life is now an audio podcast! Find it on iTunes or wherever you get your podcast.