Off Kilter with Artist Jen Matthews
The design director and painter takes an upbeat approach to the concept of finding the beauty in chaos with her vibrant floral pieces.
Category: Arts & Culture
Anything but Easy: Lonnie Walker’s Next Chapter
After a decade-long hiatus, the Raleigh rock band has a new album. Frontman Brian Corum shares its origins and what happened in the meantime.
Out of Darkness: Jack The Radio Finds the Light
In its sixth album, the longtime Raleigh roots-rock band fronted by George Hage explores a slick, optimistic sound.
In a Groove: A New Album from Boulevards
Musician Jamil Rashad releases Carolina Funk: Barn Burner on Tobacco Road, a catchy record filled with gratitude and live-performance energy.
All the Buzz: Susan Reynold’s Unique Use of Cicadas
This Oakwood artist collects the specimen’s intricate wings as the focal point of her vintage-style earrings and necklaces.
Wild Clay: Takuro and Hitomi Shibata
Originally from Japan, the husband and wife potters behind Studio Touya in Seagrove have found home in a North Carolina community of creators.
Cut & Shave: Barbershops Through the Lens
Rob Hammer loved going to the barbershop with his dad as a kid. Since then, he’s visited more than 1,000 shops in all 50 states.
InterDisciplinary: Isabel Lu’s Expressive Paintings
This artist’s work explores aspects of their cultural and queer identity.
Keeping the Blues Alive: The Music Maker Foundation
This nonprofit helmed by producer Tim Duffy works to keep North Carolina’s rich musical history alive, while supporting its artists.
The Late Drive Home
Songwriter David Childers, a Mount Holly native and former lawyer, opens up about life on the road as a musician — and returning home.
Negative Space: The Avett Brothers’ New Album
A self-titled album from this Concord, NC roots band sounds a lot like Scott and Seth Avett’s early days as a trio with Bob Crawford.
Native Roots: The Dix Park Inter-Tribal Pow Wow
This annual cultural celebration recognizes the deep ancestral connection that Native American have to the downtown Raleigh park.
Painting with Purpose: Meet Georgia Tardy
The artist has become known in the community for her contemporary Art Nouveau-style graphics, paintings and murals.
Sketching Stories: Artist Kristen Solecki’s Visual Narratives
This Durham-based illustrator combines art and storytelling in her work, which has graced book covers and magazine spreads.