15+ Outdoor Concerts and Music Festivals to Enjoy This Summer
Take advantage of longer days and perfect North Carolina weather to enjoy these live music opportunities in Raleigh and the Triangle.
Category: Arts & Culture
Dip A Toe Into Summer with This Water-Inspired Playlist
By June in Raleigh, we’re dreaming about pools, rivers and beaches… and so are these North Carolina musicians.
It’s A Colorful Life: Bob Rankin’s Talent and Teachings
This longtime Raleigh painter has used his skills and enthusiasm to uplift and expand Raleigh’s creative community.
Here’s How to Make Ed Mitchell’s Eastern-Style BBQ Sauce
“I can still remember the smell of the tangy sauce boiling on our stove..,” recalls NC BBQ legend Ed Mitchell in his new book.
Visual Language: Jennifer Meanley’s Kaleidoscopic Realities
The Greensboro painter creates colorful, layered paintings that riff on techniques she uses in her writing, as well.
Off the Page: Courtney Napier Highlights Black Women Making Raleigh History
A Q&A with the author of the new book, Give Raleigh Her Flowers, which is based off of a 2021 exhibition at Anchorlight Studio.
Art of the Brick Offers Stunning LEGO Creations
This traveling exhibit features more than 90 sculptures and two-dimensional works by LEGO artist Nathan Sawaya.
Hidden Treasures
WALTER goes behind the scenes as PBS’s ANTIQUES ROADSHOW stops at the NCMA in Raleigh to film its 28th season.
The (Afro) Future is Female
The NCMA explores Afrofuturism as well as iconic outfits in film history in a traveling exhibit of Oscar winner Ruth E. Carter’s costumes.
The Whirl: Big Night for the Arts
The third annual Big Night In for the Arts raised over $170,000 for the Triangle arts community.
The Whirl: Patrick Dougherty Art Installation
North Carolina artist Patrick Dougherty visited L’école-French School of Raleigh on March 2 to build a work of art with students on its grounds.
The Whirl: I ♥ Purim: An Intergalactic Gala
On March 25, the Friends of the Judaic Art Gallery hosted its 11th I ♥ Purim fundraiser, this year themed An Intergalactic Gala.
Meet North Carolina’s High School Poet Laureates
A new program developed by Jaki Shelton Green celebrates talented young poets across the state. Meet the first four high school laureates.
Twin Talents: Freddie and Francis Combs at NC State
The Wolfpack baseball and football legends reflect on brotherhood, college and pro athletics and life’s trials along the way.