Dip A Toe Into Summer with This Water-Inspired Playlist
By June in Raleigh, we’re dreaming about pools, rivers and beaches… and so are these North Carolina musicians.
Category: Arts & Culture
It’s A Colorful Life: Bob Rankin’s Talent and Teachings
This longtime Raleigh painter has used his skills and enthusiasm to uplift and expand Raleigh’s creative community.
Here’s How to Make Ed Mitchell’s Eastern-Style BBQ Sauce
“I can still remember the smell of the tangy sauce boiling on our stove..,” recalls NC BBQ legend Ed Mitchell in his new book.
Visual Language: Jennifer Meanley’s Kaleidoscopic Realities
The Greensboro painter creates colorful, layered paintings that riff on techniques she uses in her writing, as well.
Off the Page: Courtney Napier Highlights Black Women Making Raleigh History
A Q&A with the author of the new book, Give Raleigh Her Flowers, which is based off of a 2021 exhibition at Anchorlight Studio.
Hidden Treasures
WALTER goes behind the scenes as PBS’s ANTIQUES ROADSHOW stops at the NCMA in Raleigh to film its 28th season.
The (Afro) Future is Female
The NCMA explores Afrofuturism as well as iconic outfits in film history in a traveling exhibit of Oscar winner Ruth E. Carter’s costumes.
Meet North Carolina’s High School Poet Laureates
A new program developed by Jaki Shelton Green celebrates talented young poets across the state. Meet the first four high school laureates.
Twin Talents: Freddie and Francis Combs at NC State
The Wolfpack baseball and football legends reflect on brotherhood, college and pro athletics and life’s trials along the way.
Tapping the Muse: Skylar Gudasz Finds Inspiration in an Old Blue Guitar
This Durham singer-songwriter often backs up Hiss Golden Messenger, Tift Merritt and Superchunk — and she’s got a new solo album coming.
Music & Movements at the Shakori Hills Grassroots Festival
This weekend showcase of inclusive, family-friendly music and dance in Pittsboro got its start with Donna the Buffalo in the 1990s.
Seeing Art: Marriott Little’s Eight Decades of Painting
The Raleigh native has shown her work all over the state — and her birthday has a unique tie to Mother’s Day, too.
Poetry: Sense of Home by Abigail McPherson
This poem by Columbus Career and College Academy High School Laureate Abigail McPherson considers the beauty of the countryside.
Marsha Gordon on Discovering Ursula Parrott
The NC State University professor talks to WALTER about her new book, which is about a mysterious and prolific female writer.