The People of the Bluegrass Festival
Meet a few of the locals keeping this Southern tradition alive all year round
Category: Arts & Culture
Meet Jacob Tobia
NCMA Director Emeritus Larry Wheeler catches up with a Cary native who’s getting national attention
Merge Records turns 30
Two members of Superchunk paved the way for music in the Triangle
Two superfans share their first Hopscotch experience
by Robb Leandro and Josh Klahre
Hopscotch 2019 Celebrates 10 Years of Independent Music
Two superfans reflect on the unique spirit of Raleigh’s independent music festival—and why they turned it into an annual tradition
Did you Hear? Town of Cary’s 43rd annual Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival
The rain didn’t stop folks from coming to visit the Town of Cary’s 43rd annual Lazy Daze Arts & Crafts Festival this past Saturday.
Meet Gospel Singer Mary Williams
Mary Williams teaches and inspires with her genre-blending performances
Diary from a Typical Hopscotch
As part of our celebration of Hopscotch’s 10th anniversary, two superfans share the joy, pain and logistics of a typical weekend at Raleigh’s independent music festival.
5 Questions with… Artist Michael Klauke
Now through September 8 at CAM, you can view local artist Michael Klauke’s exhibition In So Many Words. His works—which use words and letters to create visuals—are on display in CAM’s Independent Weekly Gallery. Klauke has worked at the NC…
Did You Hear? Kings Celebrates its 20th Anniversary
This past weekend, we celebrated 20 years of King’s with three nights of music, featuring reprisals of some of our favorite acts from The Great Cover Up.
Did You Hear? Pepper Plays Red Hat
This week I saw Pepper opening for Iration during their “Live from Paradise” tour at the Red Hat Amphitheater.
Lisa Simone performs at NCMA to support her mother’s legacy
It’s a new dawn, it’s a new day, it’s a new life… for Nina Simone’s historic birthplace in Tryon, that is. Celebrate efforts to preserve the legendary singer and civil rights activist’s local(ish) roots August 17 with an evening of…
Centerpiece Gallery offers art and workshops to community
Tucked inside a red-brick exterior, The Centerpiece Gallery is sleek and white, blessed with tons of natural light and a roomy, flexible floor plan that lets the art speak for itself. “We wanted our guests to be able to look…
NCT presents Annie
Over 30 orphans will take the stage at Memorial Auditorium this month. Annie, presented by North Carolina Theatre, from July 23 to 28 at Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts, and the theatre’s new artistic director, Eric Woodall, is thrilled…