April 2019
Greensboro by Train
Raleigh’s new Union Station yields the perfect excuse to take an Amtrak day trip to a nearby city, no car required. With stops in Cary, Durham, Greensboro, High Point and Charlotte, there are plenty of […]
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April 2019
MerleFest: Grass Roots
For the uninitiated, MerleFest wasn’t named for Merle Haggard, although the country legend has performed at the top-rated Americana roots festival over the years. MerleFest, now synonymous with its mix of traditional, roots-oriented music from […]
April 2019
Brews & Baseball
The Carolina Mudcats are brewing up something exciting for the team’s 2019 baseball season, a change that will include spiffy new uniforms inscribed with a different name and colors—but for four night games only. The […]
April 2019
The Day Raleigh (Almost) Burned Down
April of 1865 was a dangerous month for Raleigh. The end of the Civil War was at hand but armies of the North and South were slowly approaching the capital city, bringing destruction with them. […]
March 2019
Blue is the New Black
This season’s cobalt and navy-hued blues mean you can add a sense of pomp to your standard wardrobe of basic blacks without being too over the top. Bright tops keep it professional at work but […]
March 2019
Top 5 to check out this March
Cotton House Craft Brewers Cary This new taproom located in downtown Cary in the old Pasmore House—a circa-1900 National Historic Site building—boasts comfy seating areas, antique light fixtures and original hardwood floors more than a […]
March 2019
Land of the Pines
No matter where you go in Pinehurst, a village in Moore county near the town of Southern Pines, the namesake trees are always in view. They elevate the North Carolina Sandhills’ natural beauty, dotting the […]
March 2019
All Aboard
Sunshine warms members of the Neuse River Valley Model Railroad Club as they migrate from breakfast in City Market to their almost-downtown clubhouse for a couple hours of building. The club is roughly 2,000 square […]
March 2019
March 2019
KoreaFest Comes to Town
The cultural phenomenon known as the Korean Wave began in the ‘90s with the rise of K-pop and Korean TV dramas. In the years since, the world has become enamored with exported South Korean entertainment, […]