“We think poetry is good for people. It’s a way to get in touch with the things that are going on inside of you,” says Stephanie Berger. Belief in the power of verse is what led Berger and Nicholas Adamski,…
The construction boom in downtown Raleigh isn’t restricted to the warehouse district. Over on Bloodworth Street, two blocks to the east of Moore Square and just south of Oakwood, 19 row houses have been rising steadily on the site of…
A stroll through downtown after dark this month might lead you to a bright, amorphous shower of light projected onto the side of the building at 14 E. Hargett St. “Particle Falls transforms an urban setting into a rainforest waterfall that…
by Liza Roberts photographs by Jillian Clark A burst of creative energy shook up professor Justin LeBlanc’s class at N.C. State School of Design one recent morning: New York designer Zang Toi stopped by. A whirl of beaming smiles, charming…
by Liza Roberts photographs by Catherine Nguyen Lyn and Chip Andrews have loved Raleigh for a long time. Chip graduated from N.C. State in 1966, they raised their children here, and today the couple is deeply involved in the cultural…
by P. Gaye Tapp This month, Rizzoli will publish How They Decorated by P. Gaye Tapp, a North Carolina-based interior designer, blogger, and Walter contributor. The book begins with a foreword by celebrated designer Charlotte Moss and showcases the memorable…
by Settle Monroe A group of students and teachers from downtown Raleigh’s The Exploris School recently set out on a simple mission – to be the change they wanted to see in the world. They kept their focus local, and…
by Mimi Montgomery Storytelling is a prolific vocation in the South; honestly, I’m surprised it doesn’t come with a W-9 form around here. People will pull you aside and basically tell you everything about anything. I think it’s the reason…
by James White When I walk down the streets of Raleigh, it is as if I can hear Charles Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities running through my mind. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times,…
“It’s totally a labor of love,” says paper artist Sara Joyce. The thousands of holiday decorations she makes in her North Raleigh home every year out of fine paper – Easter eggs, Easter bunnies, Christmas trees, and stars – are…
by Jessie Ammons There’s a new kid on the block downtown: Read With Me, a children’s bookstore and art shop, is set to open early next month. The store is the brainchild of owner Christine Brenner, who says her “aha” moment…
by Jessie Ammons It’s hard to miss the Dixie Deer Classic: One of the State Fairgrounds’ largest annual events brings more than 20,000 folks to town the first weekend of March. This year’s show March 3 – 5 marks the 50th…
by Christopher Edmonston photograph by Robert Willett Here in Raleigh, the statue of Zebulon Vance on the old State Capitol grounds sounds a timely admonition from the 19th century: “The subjection of every passion and prejudice to the cooler sway of judgment…
