Live From The Burrow: the Chatham Rabbits
Roots duo and North Carolina natives Austin and Sarah McCombie open a new music venue on their farm in Siler City
Category: Arts & Culture
5 Questions with… Courtney Napier, founder of Black Oak Society
This writer and antiracism coach started an outlet for Black creatives in the Triangle — here’s how it came about.
Poem of the Month: Haiku Sequence
From All the Songs We Sing: Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the Carolina African American Writers’ Collective, this poem explores how someone you love can breathe life into you, just as spring breathes life back into our world each year….
Found Magic: Shannon Whitworth’s North Carolina Muse
In her music and painting alike, the muse lives and breathes in the mountains of Brevard
Stories as Song: A Literary Opera from Andrea Edith Moore
With her new album Family Secrets: Kith & Kin, a North Carolina musician turns writings from local authors into a song cycle.
Raleigh Through her Eyes
A mother of seven, Mary Ann Hanson nourished a passion for art — and introduced her children to local culture.
Street Genie: How Freddy Greene Honed his Craft
This saxophonist has played the Apollo — but feels most connected to his listeners when he plays on Raleigh sidewalks.
Inspiration in Stillness: Artist Andie Freeman Finds
In her vibrant oil paintings, North Carolina artist Andie Freeman finds deeper meaning in the everyday and stillness.
10 North Carolina Poets Who Show the Beauty in the World
From long-acclaimed literary figures to rising stars in the field, here are 10 North Carolina poets who offer new perspectives on our world and everyday life.
Live Music is BACK! Here’s Who to See this Spring
From jazz in the pines to country at the dragway, we’re thrilled to present this list of in-person, pandemic-style shows in and around Raleigh this spring and early summer.
The Art of Renewal
A thank-you to the arts leaders who navigated us through tough times — and a charge for the next era.by Larry Wheeler Spring! How sweet the sound, as the warmer weather begins to soften the cacophony of disruption, disillusion, and…
Every Moment is a Window for Artist Richard Wilson
Through his art, this Greenville, NC artist bridges the gap between then and now.
Talent, Taste & Joy
A television fixture for decades, Paul Montgomery, known as “Uncle Paul,” was more than a children’s entertainer.by David Menconi Generations of kids growing up in Raleigh between the early 1960s and early 1980s knew the late Paul Montgomery as Uncle…
Dream Weaver: Artist Patrick Dougherty
Sculptor Patrick Dougherty of Chapel Hill creates inviting, massive sculptures out of tree saplings.