Solar Eclipse
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….
Category: Arts & Culture
Triangle Now Spotlight: Georgia O’Keeffe at the Reynolda House
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…
Best Local Pools
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…
STORY OF A HOUSE: No Place Like Om
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
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…
TRIANGLE NOW SPOTLIGHT: American Dance Festival
MOVE IT American Dance Festival by Jessie Ammons Durham will be moving and shaking this month when the American Dance Festival returns June 3 – July 29. The festival’s 84th season marks its 40th anniversary in Durham, and to celebrate,…
RALEIGH NOW SPOTLIGHT: Raleigh Red Cross
A CENTURY OF SERVICE Raleigh’s Red Cross chapter celebrates its centennial by Jessie Ammons In the spring of 1917, as World War I raged overseas, a group of 28 Raleigh women sought to make a difference at home. They…
RALEIGH NOW SPOTLIGHT: Y’all at Dix Park
Y’ALL AT DIX PARK by Jessie Ammons I’ve always loved the idea of grass under my feet when I listen to music. It’s something that goes along with a really cool vibe, created by trees and grass and shade. ……
RALEIGH NOW SPOTLIGHT: Blackberry Festival
THE SWEETER THE JUICE Blackberry Festival by Jessie Ammons You can celebrate summer this month at Well Fed Community Garden’s first-ever blackberry festival June 24. The one-and-a-half-acre plot in west Raleigh, managed by Irregardless Cafe, has been growing organic seasonal…
RALEIGH NOW SPOTLIGHT: Betting on Filmmaking
BETTING ON FILMMAKING Raleigh’s Burke Koonce savors success of first film by Liza Roberts When the documentary Betting on Zero hits Netflix next month, Raleigh’s Burke Koonce, an executive producer of the film, will be celebrating. With its 100-million-plus subscribers, Netflix…
GIVERS: A Lotta Love
Lotta Sjoelin Bringing beauty and dignity to kids in crisis by Liza Roberts photographs by Missy McLamb When a child arrives at Wrenn House, the Triangle’s only homeless, runaway, and crisis intervention shelter for kids ages 10 – 17, it…
Time Capsule: The Cardinal Theatre
BACK TO THE FUTURE A Hollywood film director recalls his movie-loving Raleigh roots by Peyton Reed As a young boy, I would stare at the bronze plaque cemented in the sidewalk at North Hills. At the top,…
Say a Little Prayer: Dalai Lama
Say a Little Prayer by Jessie Ammons Photos courtesy of Vansana Nolintha The hopes and dreams of Raleighites who would like the Dalai Lama to visit our capital city made their way to Dharamsala, India last month via Mayor Nancy MacFarlane….
A Carolina Summer
A CAROLINA SUMMER by Mimi Montgomery photograph by Greg Montgomery “We really are spoiled,” one of my North Carolina friends says. “The ancient curves of the Blue Ridge to the west, the blue-green rise and fall of the Atlantic to the…