Country Crooners: Celebrating Female Country Musicians
A new exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of History on loan from the Grammy Museum highlights the trailblazing women of country music.
Category: Current Issue
Leaning into Purpose: On Art and Aging with Scott Avett
Best-known as a frontman for the Avett Brothers, the musician and painter finds inspiration in the North Carolina town where he was raised.
Sacred Figures: Cristina Cordova’s Evocative Sculpture
This longtime Penland-based artist with Puerto Rican roots sculpts soulful, fantastical people from clay and other media.
Life, Collected: Megan O’Connor at Home
This Raleigh painter and collage artist fills her WWII-era apartment in The Village District with personal, curated finds.
Sowing Seeds: Gardening and Community in Wake Forest
Karen Stratton-Guy and her husband David Guy nurture their own yard and their neighborhood garden, too, with a unique seed share library.
Sound Scenes: Fortnite Composer Jason Graves
Jason Graves creates musical tracks for video games like Tomb Raider, Fortnite, Moss and Dead Space out of his home in Benson.
The Pumpkin Spider: the Marbled Orb Weaver
These harmless but festive-looking arachnids are most often spotted around North Carolina in the weeks leading up to Halloween.
Simple Life: Coach & The Bull
Before he even realized he had the talent, two perceptive educators nurtured this writer’s budding career as an author.
A Stitch in Time: Textile Artist Precious Lovell
The inaugural Brightwork Fellow at Anchorlight in Raleigh, this reframes fabric, sewing and history through her provocative pieces.
Character Builders: A Cary Home with Airy, Travel-Infused Design
When they moved back to the Triangle, this couple updated their Tudor to reflect their travels, family and taste.
Inside the September 2032 Issue
In honor of WALTER’s 10-year anniversary, here’s a look at the headlines we just might see in the magazine a decade from now…
New Heights: Disability Advocate Ali Ingersoll
The recently-named Ms. Wheelchair America shares her journey from a hard-partying lifestyle to becoming a candid voice for people with disabilities.
Bear Country: Sightings in our Coastal Plain Wildlife Refuges
While most consider the mountains the place to find black bears, our nature writer has had remarkable encounters with them along the coast.
Cultivating Corners: The Ashley Christensen Effect
Ashley Christensen put down roots in Raleigh — and spread them wide. We take a look at the people who’ve risen up the ranks under her mentorship.