Watch a Durham Bulls minor-league baseball game. Tickets are $5 and up.
Go watch a Duke men's basketball game if you visit during basketball season. Tickets are hard to get. Your best bet may be between December 15th and January 1st, when students (and some locals) are gone.
See an independent film or a play at the historic Carolina Theatre.
See the largest collection of lemurs outside of Madagascar at the Duke Lemur Center. Tours are by appointment only. Scheduling your tour at least two weeks in advance is recommended, but they can sometimes accommodate last-minute additions.
See world-class art at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, located at the corner of Anderson and Duke University Roads. Don't miss the giant face-mask.
Check out the local art scene during Durham's Third Friday Art Walk, often featuring live music and a myriad of food trucks, in addition to open studios and galleries throughout downtown.
Listen to live music at The Pinhook, Casbah, MotorcoBroad Street Cafe, Historic American Tobacco Campus or other local venues (the Independent Weekly is a good source of local happenings.
Watch a local live theater performance at Common Ground Theatre or Manbites Dog Theater.
For the morbid, explore the site where local author Michael Peterson allegedly murdered his wife: .
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