Raleigh Now Spotlight: Share the Pie
A Piece of the Pie A sweet way to support the community by Katherine Poole photograph courtesy of Share the Pie This month, Step Up Ministry and Alliance Medical Ministry want to put a pie in your face. With a…
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November Holiday Fun
MERRY + BRIGHT Mixed and a-mingled holiday fun by Katherine Poole Jill Knight/News and Observer Yes, it’s November, but make no mistake about it, the countdown to Christmas has begun. So with apologies to the humbuggers and a full acknowledgement…
Shorty’s Famous Hot Dogs
Dog Gone Good Shorty’s Famous Hot Dogs by Jessie Ammons photograph courtesy Wake Forest Historical Museum Walking into Shorty’s Famous Hot Dogs in downtown Wake Forest is like stepping back in time, and that’s why people love it. The no-frills…
Arts Access: The Nasher Museum
ARTS ACCESS The Nasher caters to visitors with memory loss by Jessie Ammons J Caldwell for Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness month, a cause the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University serves…
Downtown Raleigh Alliance safety ambassador
“I meet new people every day. You never know who you’ll meet on the streets of downtown Raleigh.” -Frank James, Downtown Raleigh Alliance safety ambassador by Jessie Ammons photograph by Madeline Gray Every weekday morning at 6 a.m., Frank James…
Raleigh Now Spotlight: Marbles Kids Museum
GROWING UP Marbles Kids Museum plans its next decade by Jessie Ammons photograph courtesy Marbles Kids Museum Marbles Kids Museum celebrated its tenth anniversary this fall by planning for its next decade, purchasing a 16,000-square-foot building next door on Hargett…
North Hills’ Parking Deck Art Gallery
ART HERE, TOO by Liza Roberts photograph courtesy North Hills The next time you park your car in the deck at North Hills near Target or J.C. Penney, take a moment to look around and be inspired, because that parking…
Raleigh Now Spotlight: The Gray House
HOUSE GUESTS Colorful coziness at The Gray House by Jessie Ammons photograph by Kat Dela Cruz There’s no place like home for Sheri Outlaw. “There’s a lot going on here,” she says of the 1920s house near N.C. State that…
Ruggero Piano
“I’m tuning the pianos for grandkids of some of my first customers. You do become part of their families, which is a privilege.” -Richard Ruggero by Jessie Ammons photograph by Madeline Gray Home is at the heart of 60-year-old Ruggero…
Raleigh Now Spotlight: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
MYSTERY DATE Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? The United Arts Council plays matchmaker by Katherine Poole art courtesy United Arts Council For three special evenings Nov. 2, – 4, hundreds of guests will gather in some of Raleigh’s most…
Raleigh’s Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild
Raleigh’s Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild host it’s 48th annual artisan craft market by Jessie Ammons Theresa Kwong jewelry/courtesy Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild “Fine craftsmen are caretakers of the skills passed on to them. … North Carolina has a rich tradition…
Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve
“Bill used to say it was our castle and there was a moat that went all the way around us.” –Merrie Hedrick, The Dr. Bill and Merrie Hedrick Homestead at Horseshoe Farm Nature Preserve by Jessie Ammons photograph by Madeline…
Tactile Workshop
Sense of Place Tactile’s hands-on design approach by Jessie Ammons photographs by Geoff Wood “There’s nothing sitting in here that’s finished,” says Courtney Evans, co-founder and director of design at Tactile Workshop, a design and fabrication shop in Raleigh. That’s…
Little City Brewery
BEYOND BEER Little City Brewery has cocktails, too by Jessie Ammons photographs by Elizabeth Galecke Jon Seelbinder knows the local craft beer market is crowded, and he considers it a plus. “To have that demand is exciting,” says the owner…