Gotta run: Spring races

If it seems like every weekend brings another local road race at this time of year – that’s about right. April is prime road race season with something for every level, from family-friendly milers to a full marathon through downtown….

Take a seat

Last fall, GoRaleigh kicked off a design competition for city-wide bus shelters. Submissions were narrowed down to three finalists who created prototypes displayed at CAM Raleigh early this year. Albert McDonald led a 6-person team from local firm Clark Nexsen…

Drop a line: The Typewriter Project comes to North Hills

“We think poetry is good for people. It’s a way to get in touch with the things that are going on inside of you,” says Stephanie Berger. Belief in the power of verse is what led Berger and Nicholas Adamski,…

Hargett Place: Designer showcase to benefit Southeast Raleigh YMCA

The construction boom in downtown Raleigh isn’t restricted to the warehouse district. Over on Bloodworth Street, two blocks to the east of Moore Square and just south of Oakwood, 19 row houses have been rising steadily on the site of…

Light up: Science meets public art

A stroll through downtown after dark this month might lead you to a bright, amorphous shower of light projected onto the side of the building at 14 E. Hargett St. “Particle Falls transforms an urban setting into a rainforest waterfall that…

Bee City: Alice Hinman keeps it buzzing

by Hampton Williams Hofer photographs by Peter Hoffman Alice Hinman is a regular at many of Raleigh’s hottest spots: Kings, Centro, Garland, Standard Foods, Big Boss Brewing Company, Stanbury.  She hits them all weekly, but she doesn’t use the door….

The Right Mix: The Cardinal

“We want to do one thing well and that’s it. We’re not trying to be a restaurant or anything,” says Jason Howard, one of the three owner-founders of The Cardinal, a low-key bar on West Street near Glenwood South. But…

Sweet thing: lucettegrace

by Liza Roberts photographs by Keith Isaacs The macarons have their own fan club. Pink and blue and green and red and purple and toffee-hued, half a dozen varieties beckon like jewels from the cabinet at the downtown pastry shop lucettegrace….

Zang Toi

by Liza Roberts photographs by Jillian Clark A burst of creative energy shook up professor Justin LeBlanc’s class at N.C. State School of Design one recent morning: New York designer Zang Toi stopped by. A whirl of beaming smiles, charming…

WALTER’s Book Club with Belle Boggs

“Belle is an extraordinarily talented writer in both fiction and nonfiction. She is nothing short of brilliant.” –Jill McCorkle Belle Boggs welcomes a visitor to her Oakwood home as if she has all the time in the world. She offers…

How They Decorated: An excerpt

by P. Gaye Tapp This month, Rizzoli will publish How They Decorated by P. Gaye Tapp, a North Carolina-based interior designer, blogger, and Walter contributor. The book begins with a foreword by celebrated designer Charlotte Moss and showcases the memorable…

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