Gratitude
by Chelsea Jones Every summer, I spend the month of July with my family in the Northern Michigan town where I grew up. It’s an amazing place, never too hot, always cool enough for a campfire at night, with clear,…
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Freeze frame: Three responses to art
text and photograph by John Rosenthal Jackson Pollock When I was 16 I took my girlfriend, Amy, to the Museum of Modern Art in New York. I didn’t know much about modern art, though I knew I liked Picasso’s…
Story of a house: Classic charm with a twist
by P. Gaye Tapp photographs by Tony Pearce There is a decided American sturdiness to this 1930s Tudor nestled in an old Raleigh neighborhood. Like the family who owns it, the house exudes a classic charm while embracing the practical…
Magnolia queen Erin Weston
by Liza Roberts photographs by Lissa Gotwals When magnolia farmer and luxury wreath-maker Erin Weston inherited 30 acres in Garner from her uncle a decade ago, she was busy pursuing a publishing career in New York. Becoming a farmer had…
Larry Wheeler’s letter from the art world
by Larry Wheeler director, North Carolina Museum of Art At the North Carolina Museum of Art’s annual art auction, Marion Church of Raleigh won a weekend in New York with me. So the long-anticipated adventure – a three-day weekend of…
Raleighites: Mike Phillips and the Men at Work
by Liza Roberts photographs by Travis Dove Mike Phillips speaks at a decibel all his own. He booms and hollers and even shrieks, but with such visceral, upbeat enthusiasm – even joy – that you find yourself raising your own…
Hunting as Heritage
by Charles Upchurch photographs by Shawn Rocco You’re a tundra swan. Tonight, you will leave your summer nesting grounds in subarctic Canada and begin the southern migration to your winter home. By ancient imprint, guided by moon and stars…
Our Mission
WALTER welcomes the native and newcomer alike with Southern hospitality, humor, zest, and sophistication. An intelligent reflection of the dynamic place we’re proud to call home, WALTER is the life of the party and the soul of the city. WALTER’s…
Hissing cockroach cyborgs: All in a day’s work for Alper Bozkurt
by Ann Brooke Raynal photographs by Missy McLamb Dr. Alper Bozkurt is so earnest, eager to share, and gentle in his manner that one wouldn’t necessarily peg him as the star of an international media frenzy. But CNN, El Mundo,…
At the Table: peppermint wishes
by Liza Roberts photographs by Leslie Baker Charles Winston Jr. is a self-described ice cream nut. The owner of North Raleigh’s Winston’s Grille, he loves it so much he took himself to ice cream school at Penn State a few…
Dog Heart
by Noel Crook He lies still, breath clouding the slate tiles between his paws. Only the occasional twitch of an ear mars his perfect vigil. He has grown old following the girl, his only lamb; has watched her …
Drink: Champagne cocktail
by Charles Upchurch photograph by Juli Leonard The Paris Ritz is closing. The Hemingway Bar has been shuttered since April. I read these dreadful words recently and was plunged into a near panic. I had never been. The old haunt…
Reflections: Let’s call this place home
by Doug Glanville illustration by Laura Frankstone When my wife and I moved from Philadelphia to Chicago in the winter of 2005, we also had Charlotte, Asheville, and Raleigh on the tips of our tongues. Without children at the time,…
Hear: Grant Llewellyn on big band and jazz
photograph by Michael Zirkle North Carolina Symphony music director Grant Llewellyn, who divides his time between his North Hills apartment, his 600-year-old Welsh farmhouse, and gigs across the globe, is famous for sophisticated, imaginative interpretations of classical scores and accomplished…