Category: Arts & Culture

Spotlight: Keeping shop

by Jesma Reynolds With its colorful and informative printed and online maps, Design District Raleigh promotes shopping locally when buying for the home. In addition to its original guide that included retailers in the areas of Cameron Village, Five Points, Seaboard…

Giving thanks

At this time of year, as families gather to give thanks, time is allowed to slow down, and memories of people and seasons past can bring meaning to the present. Here, three locals share some of their favorite Thanksgiving memories….

If you can make it here…

Raleighites on Broadway by Merrill Rose If you can make it here, can you make it on Broadway? For many young people whose dreams of a life in theatre are shaped by their time in Raleigh, the answer is a resounding…

Serious follies

Architectural jewels across the Triangle by J. Michael Welton It happens every day at the 160-acre park on the campus of the North Carolina Museum of Art: Three minimalist structures deliver joy and wonder to hundreds of joggers, bikers, and meanderers…

The write stuff

by Adam W. Jones The temptation was just too great. Fallon Creek ran for a good quarter mile along our walk to and from Myrtle Underwood Elementary, and the gurgling water called to us daily. It turned a 15-minute walk home…

Hoop dreams: Carr McLamb and Henry Neese

by Settle Monroe photographs by Robert Willett Around these parts, basketball is serious business. As November arrives, a charged wave of excitement runs through our state that lasts through March Madness. Tides shift as alliances are formed and enemy lines are drawn….

A rock ‘n’ roll revival

by Billy Warden Not even the makers of Viagra have pitched the restorative powers of their product as insistently as proponents of rock ’n’ roll. From Bruce Springsteen to Joey Ramone to Pink, billions of decibels have gone into claiming for…

Walter Now Podcast: October 2016

Tune into our October Walter Now podcast – we go behind the scenes of our home and garden issue, and editor Liza Roberts sits down for an interview with artist Thomas Sayre.

Spotlight: ‘Scare them little ones’

by Tina Haver Currin Jesse and Sue Jones are well-known in Oakwood. Especially in October. On the neighborhood listserv, residents are required to sign their messages with their full name and home address. But instead of a house number or street, the…

Spotlight: Splash of color

by Jessie Ammons The Alice Aycock Poe Center for Health Education is usually brimming with activity: The nonprofit works to educate children and their families about healthy choices, from nutrition to bullying prevention, with interactive activities and memorable programs. It’s the…

Spotlight: Retrospective

Melissa Brown show opens Lee Hansley’s new gallery by Nora Shepard Before Raleigh native Melissa Brown died in 2001 at the age of 30 from complications of breast cancer, she had become an accomplished artist with a national following. This month…

Spotlight: Home video day

by Kevin Flinn Screening home movies for a room full of strangers might sound counterintuitive. After all, home movies are made to be shown at home. But since 2003, the folks behind Home Movie Day – celebrated worldwide on Oct. 15…

Spotlight: Power to the pig

by Jessie Ammons Eastern-style, Western-style; bar-b-que, barbeque, BBQ. Whatever type you like, and whatever you call it, barbecue is a big deal around here. You can go whole hog on understanding it at the inaugural N.C. Barbecue Revival Oct. 28 –…

Spotlight: Thomas Sayre, White Gold

by Liza Roberts On October 7, acclaimed artist Thomas Sayre will transform CAM Raleigh into a multi-layered, multi-media exploration of cotton: the people, land, industry, beauty, violence, and history behind the lucrative, complicated crop. The museum expects record attendance for the…

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