Bikefest Motorcycle fans converge by Katherine Poole photograph courtesy Ray Price Harley Davidson Raleigh is going whole hog for the 13th annual Ray Price Capital City Bikefest. For three days, downtown revs up for the region’s largest motorcycle rally and…
Hop To It Hopscotch Music Festival returns by Jessie Ammons photography by Bryan Regan The chance to hop, skip, or dive into this month’s live music season arrives with Hopscotch Music Festival’s eighth iteration Sept. 7 – 10. The annual…
Making Magic by Jessie Ammons photograph courtesy Lee Capps A stone’s-throw from the Haw River in Saxapahaw sits a cavernous warehouse full of papier-mache masks as large as dining tables, massive fabric-draped figures, and vibrantly painted sewn props. The fantastical…
The Art of the State Leading local artists support pottery auction by Liza Roberts pot by Ben Owen III, photo courtesy Lindsey Lambert Clay is “the most powerful metaphor we have for human life,” says noted botanical artist Ippy Patterson….
TIP ME OVER AND POUR ME OUT The National Teapot Show returns to Creedmoor by Jessie Ammons photograph by Jason Dowdle Teapots have really resonated throughout the artist community,” says Jennifer Dolan, manager of Cedar Creek Gallery in Creedmoor. The…
THROW DOWN Professional ultimate disc teams prepare for playoffs by Jessie Ammons photograph courtesy of Raleigh Flyers Add professional ultimate disc competition to the area’s long list of excellent spectator sports: The Raleigh Flyers are No. 1 in the region…
BREWERY BHAVANA Homegrown abundance by Liza Roberts photographs by Keith Isaacs A first-time visitor to the new Brewery Bhavana on Moore Square might think they’ve entered an unusually atmospheric independent bookstore. Skylit shelves offer titles by local and world-renowned authors…
N.C. STATE OF THE ART Gregg Museum opens August 26 by Liza Roberts photograph courtesy Gregg Museum When Roger Manley cuts the ribbon on the new Gregg Museum of Art and Design at N.C. State Aug. 26, the museum’s director…
IN FULL BLOOM Lakeview Daylily Farm by Jessie Ammons photographs by Geoff Wood Noel Weston knows plants. As the first-ever horticulturalist for the City of Raleigh, he spent three decades managing park blooms, roadside annuals, and the trees and grasses…
I’M SO GLAD YOU’RE HERE Send a Kid to Camp by Hampton Williams Hofer photograph by Missy McLamb Not long ago, Mo Johnson used to drive through the heart of Southeast Raleigh in the summertime and see children outside throwing…
BUILT TO LAST Raleigh’s new Holy Name of Jesus Cathedral by Mimi Montgomery all renderings by O’Brien & Keane Architecture If you’ve driven on Western Boulevard toward downtown recently, you’ve likely noticed a colossal new copper dome emerging through the…
GRADUATION WISDOM Two talks urge curiosity, kindness, and understanding Graduation season can be contagious: The kickoff to summer break! Schedules loosen, days lengthen, spontaneity rules. Even the workaday grind is brightened by early dawns, late dusks, sunlight galore. Graduation can…
SCENE AND HEARD The Seldom Scene by Katherine Poole photo by LeonardsPhotography.net Arguably the most influential bluegrass band of all time, Seldom Scene, plays Aug. 31 at the Back Porch Music on the Lawn series at the American Tobacco Campus…
HEY NOW, YOU’RE AN ALL-STAR Collegiate summer baseball league stars play in Holly Springs by Jessie Ammons photograph courtesy of Coastal Plain League Summer break for a college athlete means keeping up your game. For baseball players, it often…