BREWERY BHAVANA Homegrown abundance by Liza Roberts photographs by Keith Isaacs A first-time visitor to the new Brewery Bhavana on Moore Square might think they’ve entered an unusually atmospheric independent bookstore. Skylit shelves offer titles by local and world-renowned authors…
N.C. STATE OF THE ART Gregg Museum opens August 26 by Liza Roberts photograph courtesy Gregg Museum When Roger Manley cuts the ribbon on the new Gregg Museum of Art and Design at N.C. State Aug. 26, the museum’s director…
MURPHY TROGDON ALAYA’S Rural Landscapes by Liza Roberts photographs by Catherine Nguyen Raleigh landscape artist Murphy Trogdon Ayala, known for her serene paintings of rural Southern landscapes and architecture, is busier than ever with the work that has made her…
B L A C K O U T Solar Eclipse by Liza Roberts If you missed your chance to barbecue on Memorial Day or shoot fireworks on the Fourth, Solar Eclipse 2017 is your chance for a serious summer party….
Tying the Knot An old Raleigh family celebrates a wedding with worldly flair by Liza Roberts photographs by Graham Terhune Wynn and Jim Dorsett were newlyweds in 1985 when they moved to MidOaks, the beautiful Raleigh home that…
Lotta Sjoelin Bringing beauty and dignity to kids in crisis by Liza Roberts photographs by Missy McLamb When a child arrives at Wrenn House, the Triangle’s only homeless, runaway, and crisis intervention shelter for kids ages 10 – 17, it…
BETTING ON FILMMAKING Raleigh’s Burke Koonce savors success of first film by Liza Roberts When the documentary Betting on Zero hits Netflix next month, Raleigh’s Burke Koonce, an executive producer of the film, will be celebrating. With its 100-million-plus subscribers, Netflix…
Welcome to Walter’s fourth annual travel issue! Every year in May, we get out of town, at least in print, for North Carolina adventures of all kinds. We hope to tell you stories that’ll nudge you off your porch (as…
“I find solace in looking at the landscape. I think it’s a human thing. We all do.” –John Beerman by LIZA ROBERTS photographs by LISSA GOTWALS The 34 paintings currently on view at Lee Hansley Gallery in Raleigh – luminous,…
Profile in {NC} Courage by Liza Roberts photographs by Ray Black III It’s a late March afternoon at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, where 25 professional soccer recruits are gutting it out on a secluded practice field behind the stadium….
by Liza Roberts photographs by Keith Isaacs The macarons have their own fan club. Pink and blue and green and red and purple and toffee-hued, half a dozen varieties beckon like jewels from the cabinet at the downtown pastry shop lucettegrace….
by Liza Roberts photographs by Catherine Nguyen Lyn and Chip Andrews have loved Raleigh for a long time. Chip graduated from N.C. State in 1966, they raised their children here, and today the couple is deeply involved in the cultural…
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…
“It’s totally a labor of love,” says paper artist Sara Joyce. The thousands of holiday decorations she makes in her North Raleigh home every year out of fine paper – Easter eggs, Easter bunnies, Christmas trees, and stars – are…