Raleigh Now Spotlight: Bikefest

Bikefest Motorcycle fans converge by Katherine Poole photograph courtesy Ray Price Harley Davidson Raleigh is going whole hog for the 13th annual Ray Price Capital City Bikefest. For three days, downtown revs up for the region’s largest motorcycle rally and…

Elena Ashburn, principal of Broughton High School

“If you don’t know where you’re going or why you’re doing the work, then you won’t make any sort of transformational change.” –Elena Ashburn, principal, Broughton High School by Jessie Ammons photograph by Travis Long As the Wake County Public…

Raleigh Now Spotlight: Hopscotch Music Festival

Hop To It Hopscotch Music Festival returns by Jessie Ammons photography by Bryan Regan The chance to hop, skip, or dive into this month’s live music season arrives with Hopscotch Music Festival’s eighth iteration Sept. 7 – 10. The annual…

Paperhand Puppet Intervention

Making Magic by Jessie Ammons photograph courtesy Lee Capps A stone’s-throw from the Haw River in Saxapahaw sits a cavernous warehouse full of papier-mache masks as large as dining tables, massive fabric-draped figures, and vibrantly painted sewn props. The fantastical…

Raleighites: Trains

Riding Raleigh’s Rails into the future by Henry Gargan photographs by Chris Seward At Raleigh’s Amtrak station, you can buy a ticket from a man behind a counter. When you round the corner to the luggage bay, the same man…

Raleigh Now Spotlight: N.C. Pottery Center fundraiser

The Art of the State Leading local artists support pottery auction by Liza Roberts pot by Ben Owen III, photo courtesy Lindsey Lambert Clay is “the most powerful metaphor we have for human life,” says noted botanical artist Ippy Patterson….

Triangle Glides

“People experience Raleigh in a different way.” –Baxter Knight, Segway tour guide, Triangle Glides   by Jessie Ammons photograph by Christer Berg Recently retired Mimi Raub spends most of her days soaking up fresh air, meeting new people, and “cruising…

Spotlight: The National Teapot Show

TIP ME OVER AND POUR ME OUT The National Teapot Show returns to Creedmoor by Jessie Ammons photograph by Jason Dowdle Teapots have really resonated throughout the artist community,” says Jennifer Dolan, manager of Cedar Creek Gallery in Creedmoor. The…

Raleigh Now Spotlight: Raleigh Flyers

THROW DOWN Professional ultimate disc teams prepare for playoffs by Jessie Ammons photograph courtesy of Raleigh Flyers Add professional ultimate disc competition to the area’s long list of excellent spectator sports: The Raleigh Flyers are No. 1 in the region…

Brewery Bhavana

BREWERY BHAVANA Homegrown abundance by Liza Roberts photographs by Keith Isaacs A first-time visitor to the new Brewery Bhavana on Moore Square might think they’ve entered an unusually atmospheric independent bookstore. Skylit shelves offer titles by local and world-renowned authors…

Raleigh Now Spotlight: Gregg Museum

N.C. STATE OF THE ART Gregg Museum opens August 26 by Liza Roberts photograph courtesy Gregg Museum When Roger Manley cuts the ribbon on the new Gregg Museum of Art and Design at N.C. State Aug. 26, the museum’s director…

Thomas Sayre’s Hidden House in Downtown

At home with Thomas Sayre by Jesma Reynolds photographs by Keith Isaacs On any given First Friday in Raleigh’s downtown Warehouse District, hundreds of art lovers stroll the corridor of West Martin Street that connects CAM to a string of…

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