The week started out with a musical interpretation of a 19th century German play exploring some dramatic examples of the dangers of repression and potential for revolt when you pit puritanical dogma against natural base desires and a little puberty. Who knew Footloose wasn’t the first?  Frank Wedekind wrote it in 1871 and Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater remade it into a rock opera five years ago.   I got to see the Tony award wining production at the Durham Performing arts Center on Tuesday.

http://www.springawakening.com/

http://www.dpacnc.com/

Friday afternoon I got to participate in a Think Tank here at McKinney for Durham’s bid to host Google Fiber.

How often do you get to spend a portion of your working day brainstorming the limitless possibilities, and somewhat daunting philosophical questions, of a web connection that’s a hundred times faster than the one we currently work with?

http://www.google.com/appserve/fiberrfi/

I ended my week in the RTP for TEDx TriangleNC.  This “independently organized TED event” hosted local thinkers, writers, performers who posed questions and big ideas from the simple to the profound for a day of thought, sharing and entertainment on Living to Our Highest Potential.

http://www.tedxtrianglenc.com/

http://www.ted.com/pages/view?id=343   

My point?  Durham kicks ass.

It is weeks like this last one that remind me why I have fallen completely in love with Durham. As I’ve come to embrace it as home my eyes have opened up with a lot of enthusiasm to the great variety of thought provoking opportunities our unique collection of universities, businesses and people has to offer here in Durham.  I can’t wait to see what this next week brings.