by Mimi Montgomery As the North Carolina Pottery Center revamps and expands its mission to promote the state’s long pottery tradition, it’s also gearing up for its annual gala and auction. “Going, Going, Gone to Pots!” on Sept. 24 at CAM…
by William Lewis The grass is bluer here in the Triangle. The International Bluegrass Music Association’s annual World of Bluegrass festival returns to Raleigh for the fourth time Sept. 27 – Oct. 1. It’s the who’s-who event in the banjo-pickin’ world,…
by Mimi Montgomery This fall, there’s no need to venture inside to feed your need for culture. The North Carolina Museum of Art recently installed a new piece by Cuban artist Yoan Capote, a sculpture entitled Open Mind (Barricades), providing one…
by Jessie Ammons “I’m a little overwhelmed by Etsy,” says Maria Carroll, who works in administration at Duke University Hospital’s heart center and also has a penchant for locally made art and goods. She and her likeminded colleague-turned-friend, Maggie Meyer, are…
by Jessie Ammons Tucked into a warehouse just north of Durham Central Park, a massive, gleaming window-front copper still distinguishes Durham Distillery. It makes “modern gin,” says owner Melissa Katrincic. “When you think of gin, you might think of your…
Trailblazing shoe designer by Tina Haver Currin photographs by Travis Long Last year at SPARKcon, downtown Raleigh’s annual festival of innovation and creativity, Aly and Beth Khalifa, local designers and entrepreneurs, had to apply to participate. The couple had that…
A passion pursued by Liza Roberts photographs by Nick Pironio When Phyllis York Brookshire rides her American Saddlebred into the ring at the North Carolina State Championship Charity Horse Show this month, she’ll take him through the five gaits that make…
by Hampton Williams Hofer photographs by Christer Berg It’s late on a Friday afternoon at N.C. State University’s James B. Hunt Jr. Library, which doesn’t look much like a library at all. Instead of red bricks and right angles, it’s all…
Legally yours by Settle Monroe photograph by Juli Leonard Raleigh is home to some of the state’s most powerful and prominent lawyers. The names of large law firms spread across many of the city’s tallest buildings, while boutique firms and solo…
by Hannah Ueland illustrations by Jeannine Erasmus My earliest adventures were solving crimes with Nancy Drew and living on a train with the boxcar children. I have rowed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics with the University of Washington’s men’s rowing…
Listen to our August podcast, where we talk about the Raleigh rooftops, Butterfields candy factory, the history of Cameron Village, and everything else we cover in this month’s issue. Plus, Walter editor Liza Roberts sits down with Chef Scott Crawford.
by Mimi Montgomery There’s no World Cup this summer, but that doesn’t mean you have to go without your soccer fix. In fact, you don’t have to go far at all. You already know the Carolina RailHawks play at WakeMed Soccer…
by Liza Roberts Hundreds of art and garden lovers came from all over the Triangle to Frances Alvarino Norwood’s lush North Raleigh gardens for her 21st and final Larkspur Party June 4 and 5. Garden lovers will still have a chance…
by Jessie Ammons Today, Cameron Village is a manicured shopping center near the heart of downtown filled with boutiques and eateries connected by brick sidewalks. Newcomers might not know that it has long played a fond and memorable role in the…