WALTER’s Top 50 Photos of 2020
Our Creative Director picked her top 50 photographs from an unforgettable year.
Author Archives: Addie Ladner
Outside(r) Raleigh: Down Highway 15, a Folk Art Community Thrives
For years, the Fearrington Village Folk Art Show in Pittsboro has attracted a cast of artists from all over the Southeast.
The Winter Woods
Among the bare-branched trees, writes Jim Dodson, nature speaks my favorite language.
The Hard Path: Country Musician Rissi Palmer
Country music star Rissi Palmer has created her own success in a genre that hasn’t always been welcoming to Black performers.by David Menconi / photography by Samantha Everette Rissi Palmer wasn’t actually present for her most recent high-profile exposure. It…
Bottling the Past at Locklear Vineyard and Winery
In Robeson County, where the grapes grow sweet, a Lumbee-owned winery thrives.
In Dialogue: Simone Leigh’s Corrugated at the NCMA
This timely acquisition for the North Carolina Art Museum has a surprising link to local history.
From the Ashes: A Nature-Inspired Escape on Hyco Lake
An abrupt fresh start made way for a Raleigh family to build their dream lake house.
20+ Things to Do in January in Raleigh and beyond
Start your year with a brisk winter hike, a visit to a new art gallery in Cameron Village, local theater and more.
A Swahili Sanctuary at Shiloh Restoration Church
Felix Iyoko and Nicole Bishisha have created a welcoming community for resettled Congolese refugees in North Carolina.
The Art of the Pivot: Caitlin Cary’s Multifaceted Career
Known as both a performer and a visual artist, Caitlin Cary creates scenes of Raleigh and Durham with needle and fabric.
Chef Picks: 19 Spots Where Triangle Foodies Shop
These are the ethnic and specialty shops where culinary pros find the ingredients for innovation — and inspiration.
A.C. Snow’s Rules for 2021
Katherine Snow Smith shares guidance for the future within her father’s wisdom from the past.
UNC’s Short Story Dispensers in Chapel Hill Make Literature Available to Anyone
Around University of North Carolina Chapel Hill’s campus and local coffee shops around town, unique futuristic machines dispense short stories and fiction with just the wave of a finger through the college’s Arts Everywhere program.
10 Virtual Holiday Performances in the Triangle Worth Watching
From televised performances of the Nutcracker to Christmas caroling: most holiday productions are virtual this year but you don’t have to miss out on your favorite shows.