by Liza Roberts photographs by Jimmy Williams When Carolina Ballet artistic director Robert Weiss found a seat in Raleigh’s intimate Fletcher Opera Theater one recent afternoon, he and the rest of the audience settled in for an event that has…
by Charles Upchurch photographs by Lissa Gotwals Chris Hoina is ready to go ballistic. He has trained for this. To be explosive. To fly. He wears only a skin-tight speed suit, spiked shoes, and an alpine racing helmet that will…
by Todd Cohen photograph courtesy of Jill Staton Bullard As executive director of the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, which she co-founded in 1989, Jill Staton Bullard heads a nonprofit that last year collected more than 7.1 million pounds of food…
In a world where the customer is king, where the answer to most consumer requests is a resounding “Yes,” Raleigh’s hole-in-the-wall hot dog spot, the Roast Grill, prides itself on “No.” No ketchup. No cheese. No mayo, no relish, no…