CompostNow
“You get to do all of this amazing work with your banana peel, just by setting it in a bin.” –Justin Senkbeil, co-founder, CompostNow Three young entrepreneurs are making composting convenient. “Forty percent of the food we grow in the…
Monthly Archives: April 2018
Let There be Light
NCMA opens its largest special exhibition to date NCMA’s special exhibition space that is usually home to five shows has been taken over by one. Beginning April 7, you can experience You Are Here: Light, Color, and Sound Experiences, an…
Triangle Now Spotlight: Small Minded
Pink Hill hosts a major celebration for minor dwellings Head 18 miles south of Kinston along N.C. Highway 11, just past Deep Run, and you’ll find yourself in Pink Hill, the epitome of small-town with a population hovering around…
Margaret Bowland at CAM
Portraitist Margaret Bowland on her debut at CAM “Iwas born in Burlington, North Carolina and then I went to UNC-Chapel Hill. At that point in time, the figure was sort of forbidden in formal art education. It broke my heart….
Flask & Beaker
by Catherine Currin
photographs by Keith Isaacs
WINi 2018: Kaitlin Ryan
Kaitlin Ryan is the founder, designer, and maker of Peppertrain Jewelry, a line featuring handmade clay beads in dynamic, statement combinations. The Meredith College alumna earned a degree in fashion merchandising and design before working as a visual merchandiser. She…
WINi 2018: Christmas Abbott
Christmas Abbott is not your average fitness enthusiast. The CrossFit Games competitor, NASCAR Pit Crew member, and competitive weight lifter appeared in season 19 of the CBS reality TV show Big Brother. She lives in Raleigh and works as a…
WINi 2018: Charlotta “Lotta” Sjoelin
Charlotta “Lotta” Sjoelin has a business degree and has worked in marketing and sales in the pharmaceutical industry, as a lobbyist, and as a design business owner. The native of Sweden traveled the world before she and her husband settled…
WINi 2018: Molly Paul
Molly Paul is a sophomore and Chancellor’s Science Scholar at UNC-Chapel Hill. Before college, the St. Mary’s School alumna founded a STEM leadership summer camp, which she still continues, and a nonprofit that fundraises for habitat preservation and conservation education,…
Afield: Prairie Ridge Ecostation
A day at Prairie Ridge Ecostation by Addie Ladner Finally, we’re out of the house. I’ve packed up my 3-year-old-daughter for a day out – outside and out of our routine. Our destination is Prairie Ridge Ecostation. The Ecostation opens…
WINi 2018: Lara O’Brien Muñoz
Lara O’Brien Muñoz is a principal dancer with Carolina Ballet, where she has been for 17 years, and owner of the ballet schools Tutu School Raleigh and Tutu School Cary. She is also a wife and the mother of 1-year-old…
Boulevards: Raleigh native Jamil Rashad combines energy, bold sound and funk
by James Hatfield
photographs by Gus Samarco
Thinking Big
Enloe hosts student-run TEDx Two ambitious teens want to foster positive dialogue at their high school. Enloe Magnet High School hosts its own TEDx conference this month featuring 13 speakers, a mix of students and community leaders, who will share…
Michael’s English Muffins
Annabelle Comisar’s English muffin operation by Dean McCord photography by Geoff Wood English muffin might make you think of a dry, mass-produced bread product with “nooks and crannies.” It is rarely the star of the show, subordinated to a second-tier…