Zang Toi
by Liza Roberts photographs by Jillian Clark A burst of creative energy shook up professor Justin LeBlanc’s class at N.C. State School of Design one recent morning: New York designer Zang Toi stopped by. A whirl of beaming smiles, charming…
Category: People
ArtCurious
“I’m hoping to give an interesting spin to art history for people that don’t know a lot – or anything – about it.” –Jennifer Dasal, producer and host of the podcast ArtCurious by Jessie Ammons N.C. Museum of Art associate…
RTP180
“We wanted to create a platform for people of all professions to share what they’re working on and the innovations happening in various realms.” –Anna Rhyne, coordinator of monthly RTP180 talks at The Frontier by Jessie Ammons Debate, fashion,…
Adam Dipert
“A lot of people say, ‘Oh, you’re a circus performer and you study physics, those things are so different!’ In my mind they’re not, they’re exactly the same thing.” –Adam Dipert, nuclear physics doctoral candidate and circus artist by Jessie…
Anne Bullard
by Settle Monroe photograph by Elizabeth Galecke Anne Bullard, chairman of the board of directors at Burning Coal Theatre Company, has always been an avid supporter of the performing arts. Although her onstage career was limited to a brief stint of middle…
The Office — coworking spaces take hold in Raleigh
by Jessie Ammons photographs by Keith Isaacs The way we work is changing. “It’s about so much more than the physical space,” says Jason Widen, entrepreneur and co-founder of HQ Raleigh downtown. Widen helped launch HQ in 2012 as a place to…
Spotlight: Tift Merritt on Raleigh
“On a perfectly straightforward level, I write a lot about North Carolina because it’s my home. Any time I’m writing about relationships with home and grounding, I’m writing about North Carolina. I grew up in Raleigh, near downtown – I…
Space and Light — architect Louis Cherry makes his mark
by J. Michael Welton photographs by Lissa Gotwals Talk to anyone who knows architect Louis Cherry’s work, and one adjective inevitably slips into the conversation: Comfortable. It’s a hallmark of his finely tuned interiors, his mastery of scale and proportion, and…
Looking at death, seeing life
by Ippy Patterson At 63, having been preoccupied with death as long as I could remember, squeamish, and having never taught anything in my life, I was asked whether I could help run a drawing group in the Duke University anatomy…
Junior Master Gardeners
“In March we finally start getting more daylight. We’ll be planning our spring planting and getting outside more.” –Jason Botts, coordinator of the Wake County Junior Master Gardeners by Jessie Ammons photograph by Travis Long It’s 6:30 p.m. on a Thursday evening…
Stonewall Sports League
“You go from having teammates to having friends and then you go from having friends to having family.” –Richard Flenory, community outreach director of Stonewall Sports League and avid kickball player by Jessie Ammons photograph by Travis Long Spring conjures a friendly…
Beauty Forged
by Hampton Williams Hofer photographs by Peter Hoffman In the back of a Five Points warehouse, blacksmith Ben Galata produces custom ironwork using tools he’s made himself. On one side of his workshop is a pneumatic power hammer that pummels molten metal…
A+ Introductions
“The people who are single (in the Triangle) are really good quality people. They are smart; they are successful, educated people; they have good jobs. I like to think I’m helping them screen through all the foolishness.” –Angela Kelley, owner,…
Solo Sisters
“It seems only children attract other only children.” -Sally Creech, founder of the Solo Sisters group (in the front row, second from the right) by Liza Roberts photograph by Christer Berg “Sally started it,” says Kay Schoellhorn, laughing as she welcomes…