Heart Stone Films
Love is on the air by Laura White Chris and Toni Wheaton have made a life out of love stories. Their own—one company, ten years, and zero nights apart—is just one of them. For a decade, the two have told…
Category: People
Scott Crawford‘s menu, inspired by his new restaurant Jolie
Scott Crawford prepares a Thanksgiving dinner with a French twist inspired by his new bistro Jolie.
David Crabtree
by The Rev. Greg Jones photography by Smith Hardy He grew up in a blue-collar family outside of Nashville, Tennessee. He started playing the drums when he was ten because he couldn’t afford to take up the sax. Hewgley’s, the…
Ghost Guild of Raleigh
“We try to make paranormal approachable, not a scary thing.” —Nelson Nauss, executive director and co-founder, The Ghost Guild The Ghost Guild is out to investigate Raleigh’s paranormal activity in some of the city’s oldest locations. The group began in…
Stacy Shannon of GoKart Kids
“You really get to know these kids. They respond well in that environment, even the hesitant ones.” —Stacy Shannon, founder of GoKart Kids It was one of those lightbulb moments for Stacy Shannon. A single mother at the time, she was…
Shane Dittmar
by Samantha Gratton
photography by Eamon Queeney
My Girl Friday
“If we’re supported in our professions, we tend to be happier in them.” —Margaret ‘Austin’ Macfarlane, founder and CEO, My Girl Friday Margaret ‘Austin’ Macfarlane was a seasoned nanny when she founded My Girl Friday. Her business is a…
Profile: Anthony Blackman
by Will Lingo
photography by Smith Hardy
Poker Face Girls
by Katherine Poole
photography by Eamon Queeney
Locally made: Peppertrain Jewelry
Kaitlin Ryan’s polymer clay creations make for spunky statement jewelry
The Circus is in Town
Raleigh’s Imagine Circus
Nick Neptune
by Catherine Currin
photographs by Eamon Queeney
Barbara Brown
Since 1983, Barbara Brown has been “loving on the babies,” as she says, in the early childhood program at Edenton Street United Methodist Church. That is 35 years of holding fussy babies, rocking them to sleep, feeding them everything from…
Brave Enough Author Kati Gardner
“Growing up, I read all of the books about kids with cancer and everybody died. It was frustrating … because I lived. And I knew a lot of kids who lived.” Kati Gardner was diagnosed with Ewing’s sarcoma, a rare and…