Spotlight: Groove in the garden
by Jessie Ammons On August 13, the Raleigh Rose Garden is the place to get your groove on. “We’re not just trying to go with what we think will be the hottest band, but what we think fits the area and…
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Spotlight: A thousand words
by Jessie Ammons photography by Tim Lytvinenko Dave Wofford invites you to get lost in the magic of a book. “I make books for readers, not book collectors,” says the designer and letterpress printer behind Durham-based Horse & Buggy Press. His work…
Spotlight: Everything is copy
by Mimi Montgomery As the wise writer Nora Ephron once said: “Everything is copy.” Dr. Lucy Daniels clearly agrees. A prolific writer and psychoanalytic psychologist, she frequently draws on mental struggles and life’s obstacles as the inspiration for her work. In…
Spotlight: Politics as usual
by Jessie Ammons As state and national politics get ready to fully take over our airwaves, the Ackland Art Museum has taken on the interesting task of exploring how artists negotiate that thorny world. Politics as Usual, a three-part installation tucked…
Lewis Lovell
“It’s always been important to me to have the opportunity to help other people. That’s a big reason for doing what we do, and I think it’s the most important. ” –Lewis Lovell, Station 1 firefighter by Mimi Montgomery photograph by Christer…
The Volley Lamas
“We’re a pretty fun team to play; we don’t take ourselves too seriously.” –Anna Prorock, member of The Volley Lamas beach volleyball team by Mimi Montgomery photograph by Travis Long If you drive past landlocked Jaycee Park this summer, you may catch…
Counter Culture Coffee
“This is about relationships. It’s not about how much coffee we can put out there in the world.” – Lem Butler, Counter Culture Coffee employee and national barista champion by Jessie Ammons photograph by Christer Berg It’s not every day you meet…
Bit & Grain
“In August, seasons are changing and new produce is coming in. It’s a refresh and a restart. We’re excited to celebrate the new produce at Downtown Raleigh Restaurant Week.” –Baxter Miller, co-founder of Bit & Grain by Jessie Ammons photograph by Lissa…
Crawfish connoisseur
by Liza Roberts photographs by Catherine Nguyen If your cookout requires 240 pounds of live Louisiana crawfish, it’s important to plan ahead. Raleighite Duc Tran, a Vietnamese immigrant by way of Biloxi, Miss., knows the drill. Twice a year, he has four…
Above it all: Roofs with a view
by Jesma Reynolds photographs by Tim Lytvinenko It’s a vertical world we live in, and Raleigh is going up. Young professionals and empty nesters are migrating downtown to live, work, and play, fueling demand for stylish residential projects that are reshaping…
Babylonian oasis
by Tina Haver Currin photographs by Keith Isaacs The zigzag of Capital Boulevard as it wends its way into downtown is often crowded, sometimes bumpy, and never particularly pleasant. But if you exit to the right just as Capital becomes Dawson Street,…
Sweetly Southern
by Leslie Maxwell photographs by Eric Waters Before 2015, Angie Tucker, 36, and Christin Kubasko, 28, spent their days as Wake County high school guidance counselors. Evenings, they baked. Using Tucker’s home oven and a standard KitchenAid mixer she’d received as a…
The air is sweet at Butterfields
by Mimi Montgomery photographs by Keith Isaacs When you walk into the Butterfields candy factory in Nashville, N.C., the first thing that hits you is the smell. Sweet and delicious, it’s like you just stepped into a big bag of the peach-and-coconut-flavored…
Greek to me
by Mimi Montgomery photographs by Eric Waters If you’re walking on Hillsborough Street toward downtown, Taverna Agora is likely to call your name. The open-air seating on the roof is often packed-to-the-brim, as is the front patio, and live Greek music (and…