BUILT TO LAST Raleigh’s new Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral by Mimi Montgomery all renderings by O’Brien & Keane Architecture If you’ve driven on Western Boulevard toward downtown recently, you’ve likely noticed a colossal new copper dome emerging through the…
GRADUATION WISDOM Two talks urge curiosity, kindness, and understanding Graduation season can be contagious: The kickoff to summer break! Schedules loosen, days lengthen, spontaneity rules. Even the workaday grind is brightened by early dawns, late dusks, sunlight galore. Graduation can…
SCENE AND HEARD The Seldom Scene by Katherine Poole photo by LeonardsPhotography.net Arguably the most influential bluegrass band of all time, Seldom Scene, plays Aug. 31 at the Back Porch Music on the Lawn series at the American Tobacco Campus…
HEY NOW, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR Collegiate summer baseball league stars play in Holly Springs by Jessie Ammons photograph courtesy of Coastal Plain League Summer break for a college athlete means keeping up your game. For baseball players, it often…
SHALL WE GATHER AT THE RIVER Festival for the Eno by Katherine Poole photo by Harry Lynch/News and Observer Every summer since 1980, thousands of folks have come together on the banks of the Eno River in Durham to…
Raleigh at the beach Atlantic Beach Fourth of July Parade story and photo by Matt Lail Every Fourth of July, as it has for some 40 years, a half-mile stretch of a residential street in Atlantic Beach becomes the site…
MURPHY TROGDON ALAYA’S Rural Landscapes by Liza Roberts photographs by Catherine Nguyen Raleigh landscape artist Murphy Trogdon Ayala, known for her serene paintings of rural Southern landscapes and architecture, is busier than ever with the work that has made her…
HAPPY 4TH! Independence Day Celebrations by Jessie Ammons photograph courtesy News and Observer archive Whether it’s sparklers at the end of the dock at the family getaway or taking in The Works in downtown Raleigh, it’s not America’s birthday without…
MULTIFACETED Photography exhibit showcases “the fabric of Raleigh” by Jessie Ammons photograph by Christer Berg When Raleigh photographer Christer Berg’s work fills the Betty Ray McCain art gallery at the Duke Energy Center for Performing Arts Aug. 10, portraits of…
B L A C K O U T Solar Eclipse by Liza Roberts If you missed your chance to barbecue on Memorial Day or shoot fireworks on the Fourth, Solar Eclipse 2017 is your chance for a serious summer party….
GEORGIA O’KEEFfE COMES TO N.C. “There’s an amazing continuity in Georgia O’Keeffe’s aesthetic. She was never happenstance: how she dressed for the camera and for interviews, and being so selective in what she put into her homes and what she…
By Jessie Ammons photograph by Tim Lytvinenko Whether you’re in search of water aerobics (aquabata, anyone?), a lazy river for a family float, or just a place to refresh and splash around, there are a plethora of options at Raleigh’s local…
No Place Like Om by Jesma Reynolds photographs by Catherine Nguyen When Amanda May and her family moved to the Triangle from Italy three years ago, they had a bit of cultural adjustment to do. They’d left a beloved, tiny farmhouse…
Tying the Knot An old Raleigh family celebrates a wedding with worldly flair by Liza Roberts photographs by Graham Terhune Wynn and Jim Dorsett were newlyweds in 1985 when they moved to MidOaks, the beautiful Raleigh home that…