Gretchen Quinn
by Iza Wojciechowska
photographs by Juli Leonard
Category: Arts & Culture
Have a Blue Christmas
A twangy holiday pick by Katherine Poole There will be a down-home holiday hootenanny in Raleigh Dec. 14 – 16. A Bluegrass Christmas music festival returns to the Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown, bringing a weekend of nearly nonstop live music. Organized…
Dix Park Conservancy
by Liza Roberts
Scalawag Magazine
“I’m looking forward to shifting from planning to doing in the new year.”
Peter Lamb and the Wolves
“Peter is such a dynamic player. So kinetic, always in motion like a boxer, weaving and punching.” –Dave Tilley, music producer, about band Peter Lamb & the Wolves by David Menconi photographs by Geoff Wood It’s fitting that Peter Lamb and…
Givers: Camden Street Learning Garden
Growing Out of the Concrete Camden Street Learning Garden nourishes neighbors by Katherine Poole photograph courtesy Camden Street Learning Garden Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? If the answer to this question…
Raleigh Now Spotlight: Vintage Fan Fair
Retro-Fitted Glamping out at the Vintage Fan Fair by Katherine Poole photograph courtesy Vintage Fan Fair Everything Old is New Again is the song everyone will be singing at the N.C. State Fairgrounds November 10 – 11. The Fairgrounds’ first…
Raleigh Now Spotlight: Share the Pie
A Piece of the Pie A sweet way to support the community by Katherine Poole photograph courtesy of Share the Pie This month, Step Up Ministry and Alliance Medical Ministry want to put a pie in your face. With a…
Arts Access: The Nasher Museum
ARTS ACCESS The Nasher caters to visitors with memory loss by Jessie Ammons J Caldwell for Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University November is National Alzheimer’s Awareness month, a cause the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University serves…
Raleigh Now Spotlight: Marbles Kids Museum
GROWING UP Marbles Kids Museum plans its next decade by Jessie Ammons photograph courtesy Marbles Kids Museum Marbles Kids Museum celebrated its tenth anniversary this fall by planning for its next decade, purchasing a 16,000-square-foot building next door on Hargett…
North Hills’ Parking Deck Art Gallery
ART HERE, TOO by Liza Roberts photograph courtesy North Hills The next time you park your car in the deck at North Hills near Target or J.C. Penney, take a moment to look around and be inspired, because that parking…
Raleigh Now Spotlight: The Gray House
HOUSE GUESTS Colorful coziness at The Gray House by Jessie Ammons photograph by Kat Dela Cruz There’s no place like home for Sheri Outlaw. “There’s a lot going on here,” she says of the 1920s house near N.C. State that…
Raleigh Now Spotlight: Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
MYSTERY DATE Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? The United Arts Council plays matchmaker by Katherine Poole art courtesy United Arts Council For three special evenings Nov. 2, – 4, hundreds of guests will gather in some of Raleigh’s most…
Raleigh’s Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild
Raleigh’s Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild host it’s 48th annual artisan craft market by Jessie Ammons Theresa Kwong jewelry/courtesy Carolina Designer Craftsmen Guild “Fine craftsmen are caretakers of the skills passed on to them. … North Carolina has a rich tradition…