Spinning your wheels can amount to something this month, as the City of Raleigh celebrates National Bike Month. Bike Raleigh, a collaboration between the city, an advisory commission, and the Office of Transporatation Planning, promotes wheel savvy all year long,…
by Jessie Ammons Rumbley photographs by Madeline Gray Even as downtown Raleigh grows, there are a number of carefully considered spaces meant for lingering. From the enclosed rooftop patio of Gallo Pelón Mezcaleria to Budleigh neighborhood’s shared grassy plot, these…
by Katherine Poole
North Carolina’s celebrated art, across mediums, is often the marriage of tradition and innovation, craft and contemporary. At the Gregg Museum of Art & Design, one current exhibition showcases a compendium of work by two pioneers and anchors of this…
You can visit Oakwood and Mordecai neighborhoods for a progressive art show this month. The 10th annual Front Porch Art Walk pops up May 12. Helen Johnson and Lina Sibert, longtime friends and neighbors, founded the event to share local…
Chefs’ knives become works of art in this Raleigh studio
This month’s first-ever Thrive NC summit is a cornucopia of conversation and cuisine, but its abundance is rooted in a staggering local need. In Raleigh alone, 15.5 percent of the population is food insecure, which means lacking a consistent, reliable…
If you see photographer Shannon Johnstone walking a dog at the North Wake Landfill District Park, chances are that dog isn’t hers: The dog is looking for a home. Since 2012, Johnstone has been working on Landfill Dogs, a collection…
by Addie Ladner
Tour celebrates town and gown Chapel Hill’s college town-dom extends to a garden tour this month. The Chapel Hill Garden Club’s annual fundraiser takes on a “Town & Gown” theme April 27 and 28: The self-guided weekend allows you…
by Jessie Ammons
by Jonathan Ammons
photographs by Nick King
Raleigh woman researches and recovers her family’s stolen art from World War II Raleighite Alexandra Cardarelli didn’t know much about her grandmother’s history, other than the fact that she lived through the Holocaust. After seeing a TV ad about millions…
Little Art Gallery celebrates 50 years Walk into the unassuming Little Art Gallery in Cameron Village, and you’ll be immersed in a world of paint and pottery. The shop is chock-full of artwork and crafts, lining the walls and stacked…