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Downtown Raleigh West side will get a new tenant late this year or early 2010. Chemistry will be a Cafe and Lounge by day and a dance club by night. The cafe will be called The Lab and looks to be open at 6am and open late, serving coffee, internet and martinis. Chemistry will be the late night portion of the venue opening at 10pm and claiming the dance floor in the Triangle and lowest mixed drink prices in town.
The Warehouse District is destined to become the hub for downtown expansion with all the empty warehouses. Hopefully CAM will usher in more cultural venues (and retail), but until then we are stuck with more bars and restaurants. Is Davie Street the new Glenwood South? With Fubar, White Collar Crime, Mosquito, and Ess Lounge all lined up on the street, another dance club would signal so.
The best part about Chemistry is that The Lab will be open during the day. This area needs much more daytime traffic (other than the hundreds of out of towners who go to The Pit daily). Maybe The Lab will add a bit more of this. And Chemistry is LGBT friendly, which is an odd thing to actually have to point out. Aren all places in downtown Raleigh LGBT friendly or is Raleigh not the progressive place that others think it is?
Chemistry will be located in the old sign building, which is the same building that Humble Pie is in, next to The Pit at the corner of Harrington and Davie. Go check out their flashy disco Simon Says website (with killer font) or their myspace page (where only friends can see photos of the space) for more information (and lots of spelling errors the comments on my spelling and grammar).
A chill, fun, enjoyable place where great people of all sorts mix, dance and have fun without the drama, shade and typical trying to be a club atmosphere. Well trained staff, bathroom attendants, cocktail servers, uniformed bar staff, Guest services staff always on the floor, VIP area and lounge. Multiple DJs every night. The bar has moved its opening date from Spring, to late 2009 and now possibly January 2010.
I had heard that this was supposed to be a gay club. I guess that they are actually trying to expand their target audience by really being friendly. If I owned the business, I guess I wouldn think that there would be enough local gay coffee drinkers in the area to make it work throughout. Then, I wonder what would uk canada goose outlet be the best canada goose clearance sale strategy to get the most business. And, then, I figure that being LGBT friendly would be better than saying goose outlet canada they they were a gay establishment that welcomes straight business.
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JRD, You are correct for the most part. However, most LGBT people will measure the
of a place before they even hold hands. This is something that straight people take for granted. Straight couples hold hands, hug kiss in public, snuggle in restaurant booths, grind on dance floors, etc. anywhere Canada Goose Parka they want without giving it a second thought. Well, LGBT DO give it a second thought. Even in the most LGBT friendly places in the country, there will always be someone who will snicker, disapprove, stare, point, laugh, start canada goose black friday sale a fight, etc. when LGBT people behave likewise.
LGB(minus the T)are probably very welcome anywhere as long as they themselves. Transgender people have a much harder road in life.
Now, all of this is slowly changing as younger generations are more and more open and accepting of diversity of all kinds. But, the fact remains that there are still many people out there that aren So, until full acceptance becomes the having a safe space for LGBT people canada goose outlet store uk will continue to be necessary.
Next time you are out, pay attention to how straight people behave in public. Then, imagine those scenarios with gay couples instead. I canada goose outlet shop think it will canada goose clearance become evident why some establishments will still call themselves LGBT friendly.
Regardless of what some people think other people should or should not do in public, there are tons of small expressions of affection that happen everywhere in public. Most are not lewd or inappropriate if you ask me. And, for the most part, they are expressed by straight people. They are so taken for granted and largely ignored by most that one really has to pay attention to actually notice them. But, the same cannot be said for gay couples. If they do the same things, people notice. Seriously, do a little experiment and buy canada goose jacket cheap really pay attention and note all the little things that straight people do in public and imagine canada goose outlet if gay couples were doing the same in the same quantities. When you imagine how some people will react, it will become clear to you why noted LGBT friendly establishments are necessary. It tells gay people that they be safe and it tells straight people to expect to see gay couples do what others take for granted. It also passively canada goose outlet toronto factory tells those who would disparage gay people to stay away.
Smile when you see people who kiss in their cars at red lights. Be happy when you see couples holding hands walking down the sidewalk. Imagine love when you see coupls sit on the same side of a restaurant booth when they are not joined by anyone else. I don have problems with any of these things. Like Ashe says, we need more affection in our world.
A cultural venue can succeed in one of two ways: either by accommodating an existing cultural niche appropriately, or by sparking a cultural revolution. In the former case, it important to know your audience and focus on their needs. In the latter case, canada goose jacket outlet it important to have a strong understanding of official canada goose outlet an underlying cultural need, and satisfy that need by showing people something they have never seen before (yet something that feels comfortable and familiar). In Raleigh, a place like The Jackpot succeeds by accommodating an existing niche well (albeit perhaps by co evolution). Raleigh Times is the best example of a more revolutionary approach (although the conditions aren quite there to make it really pop, it did the absolute best it could, and is an indicator that we almost there). My impression is that Chemistry will do neither, instead implanting an existing concept (a generic, Hollywood inspired metropolitan dance club with techno, E, and hip shaking wall to wall) in to an up and coming progressive southern city that needs and wants a revolutionary approach. I hope the purveyors of Chemistry take in to consideration that Raleigh is on the verge of having their own unique zeitgeist, and they choose to encourage this, rather than try to reform or impress canada goose outlet sale the populace with something foreign and offensive.
Anyone ever notice how segregated the clubs are in Raleigh? Gay clubs are gay, clubs are mostly black, and everything else is mostly white. I don know where the Hispanics, Asians and Indians hang out, but I do know there quite a few in the Triangle. Seems like Raleigh is a mirror of the high school cafeteria. There are some notable exceptions, such as Five Star, where there is a refreshing amount of racial integration of the groups you mentioned. I don necessarily believe that diversity is important for diversity sake. What does frustrate me though is when a venue is so culturally homogeneous that the social atmosphere is too focused on adhering to the specific rules associated with that It feels very neurotic, especially amongst whites. What I do like about cultural integration is that the break down to the lowest common denominators, making things feel down to earth and human. I like the feeling of big public squares and parks in big cities. I think that Raleigh will feel more diverse when a substantial daytime community forms. Some monumental open public spaces will be a great start. Eventually it will trickle into the nightlife.
We are the owners of Chemistry. Let me set the Canada Goose sale record straight (pardon the pun) WE ARE NOT A GAY BAR!!! That said, we ALWAYS want a mixed crowd, like a NYC style club/lounge. Chemistry encourages all types of folks to come and have a great time. We won tolerate any kind of discrimination from/against our customers. We welcome and invite everyone, regardless of canada goose outlet online their orientation. What we are is a great place for people from all walks of life to mix, mingle and have a great time. Raleigh is full or rumors about us, mostly false ones. We are not a hip hop club,drag show bar, gay bar, country western bar, nor are we a frat bar or sports bar. What we ARE is an amazing nightclub. We aren like anything else here in Raleigh. We spent a fortune on video, lighting and special effects systems for the dance club side. The cafe (which is an internet cafe/cybercafe) boasts a lounge like atmosphere, with amazing coffee based beverages, light grab and go food (salads, wraps and the like) pastries and baked goods, etc. With free WiFi and workstations you can use by the minute day or hour. Of an evening, the cafe serves cocktails and beer, and there is always a DJ spinning (at a greatly reduced volume) interesting and eclectic music. Later (9 10pm) the main room opens, with it own DJ booth, patio and private party room. After bar hours, the cafe re opens for non alcoholic beverages and food. Further, as a member of the community, Chemistry will have several days every week where our net goes towards many different local charities and causes, such as the arts, battered women shelters, HIV/AIDS clinics, United Way, Animal rights and others just to name a few. Once you get to know us, you can understand us a bit better. Of course https://www.outletmoncler.de we are in business to make money business model and other investments allow us to be unique in the sense that we don need to exploit our customers out of every dime in their pockets just don need to. We DO need to be a good neighbor, give back to our community, make this city (at least our part of it) the kind of place WE, the owners want to live and work in. We want Chemistry and the cafe to always be a place where we feel comfortable in jeans and a tee shirt or a suit and tie, and be able to have a great time spending $20 or $200. Check us out when we open and get to know us before passing judgment and believing the rumor mill. We will see you all in December!
We don care in the slightest who you are or what your into long as your fun, nice, friendly, behaved cheap canada goose canada goose outlet (within reason), out to have a good time (and not out to ruin others good time). Leave the attitudes at the door, come in and have a blast. and if you get lucky, regardless with who(m) hold their hand kiss for God sake! (Then rent the club for the ceremony please)
Spread the love, give back to your community, make new friends and talk to strangers, try new things, test your limits, have no shame but also have some class, treat others fairly and honestly and most of all, dance like no one watching (though we might put you up on the video walls if you really break it down) 
Chemistry sounds very Neu Romance. I hope so. We need to mix it up a bit in this town )I am available for DJing, by the way). There almost a million people within an hours drive of downtown Raleigh (that stat amazes me), and these folks represent all walks of life. What a joy it would be for all of us to share a dance floor, and love who we want to love, and kiss who we want to kiss. As a DJ and a lover of dance music (of the club variety) I benefit greatly from the openness and freedom that this thread has mentioned. If you folks at Chemistry haven seen this please check it out. It will show you how great music and atmosphere (and a bitchin sound system) can bring people together, and make a lot of folks happy and you a whole lot of loot. Good luck!
1.) The population isn large enough (a 1 million greater metro is tiny) to attract a niche clientele who consistently enjoys what a dance club has to offer.
2.) On the flip side, overgeneralizing a nightclub to satisfy a broader market makes it bland for everyone which leads to imminent failure.
3.) It is difficult to keep the correct cultural balance, and there is the risk that one culture group claims the club, repelling others.
4.) Without the constantly transient population of a larger city, how do you keep a more static population from getting bored with the routine? In other words, how do you become a community mainstay rather than a passing fad?
I curious to see how these are going to be addressed with this venture.
the rules section outlining the dress code seems to conflict with the idea that chemistry should be a place where we’d feel comfortable in jeans and a tee shirt or a suit and tie sounds canada goose factory outlet a bit like you do care who we are and what we into. i won have someone judge cheap canada goose uk whether or not my shirt is enough to spend money there. i rather go somewhere that welcomes me in my sneakers after standing on my feet at work for 8 hours.