Q&A with Amy Sedaris
with Billy Warden and Greg Behr Oh sure, it’s easy to love Amy Sedaris…now. Who doesn’t want to cozy up to a movie star (two Shreks and an Elf), bestselling author and cult leader (TV Guide ranked Strangers with Candy,…
Category: Arts & Culture
Q&A: Matt Goulding of Eat This, Not That
with Billy Warden and Greg Behr As co-author of the hugely popular Eat This, Not That book series, Matt Goulding, 31, is well-equipped to offer some “do this, not that” advice on making the most of the capital city’s dynamic…
Givers: Mary Susan Fulghum
In 1954, when she was 9, Mary Susan Fulghum was unconscious for a week and nearly died from polio. The experience simply reinforced her existing fascination with medicine. Even before her illness, Fulghum, 67, now a leading Raleigh doctor and…
Raleigh’s new techies: Entrepreneurs find a home in the center city
by Scott Huler photographs by Travis Dove Old Raleigh met New Raleigh, tech division, on Oct. 29, 2012. On that date The News & Observer ran a story about a successful local technology company, Deja Mi, in the process of hitting it…
Musical maverick: N.C. Opera’s Timothy Myers marches to his own beat
by Samantha Thompson Hatem photographs by Juli Leonard Don’t even attempt to think you know what Timothy Myers is going to be like before you meet him. You’ll be wrong on most counts. Myers, the principal conductor and artistic director…
Living with art: Young collectors Brooke and Will McDaniel
by Marjorie Hodges photographs by Missy McLamb Art is personal. Some prefer contemporary art or traditional art, while others favor an eclectic mix. Some develop a passion for a particular medium or artist and collect in great depth. Brooke and…
Ashley Christensen: A cultivated palate, a life of purpose
by Liza Roberts photographs by Lissa Gotwals Raleigh’s hottest chef has no back burner. Take one week in late July: Ashley Christensen’s cross-country commitments had her outside and up all night in Sonoma, Calif., cooking a pig for a…
My town: NOFO’s Jean Martin knows Five Points
photograph by Hide Tarada map by Jeff Poe When Jean Poe Martin, 70, talks about the Raleigh she knows, start listening. It’s a place steeped in yesteryear, yet vital today; it’s a place with a familiar landscape, old and friendly…
Hellebores: A rose is a rose, except when it’s a lenten rose
by Tony Avent illustration by Ippy Patterson Most folks don’t typically think of winter as a great garden season, especially if they migrated here from the northern gardening hinterlands. In Raleigh, however, winter is usually filled with windows of good…
Tradition with a twist: N.C. State’s new chancellor’s residence embraces past and future
by Liza Roberts photographs by Dustin Peck and Mark Petko When he set out to design a new home for the chancellor of N.C. State University, Marvin Malecha knew the house had to serve many masters. It had to be…
The artful life of Eliza Kraft Olander
by Liza Roberts photographs by Jimmy Williams Her friends joke that they should have their passports stamped when they enter Eliza Kraft Olander’s universe. It’s not hard to see why. She lives in a world of another kind. It’s a…
At first sight
by Tim McBride “As G force increases, the visual field constricts” -USAF Aviator’s Medical Manual No Cupid’s bow, no darling buds of May, no weakening of the tendons in my knees, no earth unsteadying, no trumpet blasts or violins,…
Verse: Reading the News and Thinking of the T’ang Poets
by John Balaban illustration by Ippy Patterson When Li Po tried to climb T’ai-hang, he found its passes choked with snow. Thwarted, he turned back to lowlands, to streams sliding through bare willows where he sat and fished and…
At the table: The porch light supper club shines
by Mary E. Miller photographs by Lissa Gotwals The storming of the French Bastille was a hot affair of high ideals, fueled by the restless hungering of many souls. Not, in other words, unlike the Porch Light French Garden Party…