Category: Arts & Culture

Spotlight: Everything is copy

by Mimi Montgomery As the wise writer Nora Ephron once said: “Everything is copy.” Dr. Lucy Daniels clearly agrees. A prolific writer and psychoanalytic psychologist, she frequently draws on mental struggles and life’s obstacles as the inspiration for her work. In…

Spotlight: Politics as usual

by Jessie Ammons As state and national politics get ready to fully take over our airwaves, the Ackland Art Museum has taken on the interesting task of exploring how artists negotiate that thorny world. Politics as Usual, a three-part installation tucked…

Bit & Grain

“In August, seasons are changing and new produce is coming in. It’s a refresh and a restart. We’re excited to celebrate the new produce at Downtown Raleigh Restaurant Week.” –Baxter Miller, co-founder of Bit & Grain by Jessie Ammons photograph by Lissa…

Above it all: Roofs with a view

by Jesma Reynolds photographs by Tim Lytvinenko It’s a vertical world we live in, and Raleigh is going up. Young professionals and empty nesters are migrating downtown to live, work, and play, fueling demand for stylish residential projects that are reshaping…

Loving artists

by Larry Wheeler I love artists, always have. It goes way back, long before I had the privilege of directing an art museum. Many of the artists were great characters whose voices resounded beyond the canvas, the Mauds and Claudes, for…

Spotlight: Celebrating Pullen Park carousel

by Liza Roberts photographs by Kelsey Hanrahan When Pullen Park bought a hand-crafted wooden carousel from nearby Bloomsbury Park for $1,425 in 1921, it got a bargain and a beauty. On one of the most beautiful spring days of April this year,…

Spotlight: Next-door neighbor

by Samantha Berlin Durham artist Martha Clippinger spent a month making art at Raleigh’s Artspace in April as PNC’s Pop-In Artist in Residence. The results – colorful patterns and mixed media works on both wood and fiber – will be on…

Spotlight: Alfresco activities

by Mary Powell Boney Warm weather is here, and who can resist playing outside? Add some structure to kids’ time outdoors this summer at city-organized day camps. Both the Nature Adventures and Eco-Explorers sessions offer hands-on learning environments throughout June and…

Spotlight: Yes to the dress

by Mimi Montgomery Marie Cordella, 33, owner and designer at Cordella Bridal, says she’s “always loved aesthetics.” The Silver Spring, Md. native was originally inspired by the trips to the Smithsonian museums in Washington, D.C. she took every weekend with her…

Spotlight: Relay away

by Mimi Montgomery Summer vacation may mean time off for the little ones; but for busy parents, that’s a little harder to come by. Between packing for summer camp, carting kids off to the pool, and arranging trips to the beach,…

Spotlight: Burk Uzzle tribute

by Jessie Ammons One of the country’s most highly regarded photographers began his career at age 17 in his native Raleigh, where he was a staff photographer for the News & Observer. At 23, Burk Uzzle became the youngest photographer ever…

Spotlight: Shall we dance?

American Dance Festival by Mimi Montgomery Movement is alive in the Triangle this summer when the American Dance Festival hosts its 83rd season in Durham June 16 – July 30. Heralded by The New York Times as “one of the nation’s…

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