License Plate Special

A North Carolina artist recycles license plates, builds custom guitars, and sells them to celebrities and Tar Heels alike.
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People

Family Picture Show

Four generations of Creefs have ensured that Manteo has a new movie to see every Friday.
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The Power of Gertrude

She befriended presidents and first ladies, traveled the world, and led the campaign to reconstruct Tryon Palace. She was Gertrude S. Carraway. In 20th-century North Carolina, she created her legacy.
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The Violin Maker

In Raleigh, John Montgomery turns maple and spruce into instruments that sing.
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Pass the Manners, Please

Every summer, 80-year-old Miss Nancy Dawson Rascoe holds camps in her 1812 house in Hertford, hoping to keep traditions alive in the young.
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Doc

As an infant growing up in Watauga County, Arthel Lane Watson lost his sight. As a teenager, he picked up a guitar and created a sound. Now, that sound and that guitar and that blind man are forever linked in one name that will live as long as music is played: Doc.
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Man With a Mission

“Why me, Lord? Why did You choose a farm boy from North Carolina to preach to so many people?” — Billy Graham
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The King

North Carolina made racing. Richard Petty made it cool. And even now, at 75 years old, there’s no slowing The King.
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Oh, Won’t You Stay?

A Charlotte man’s 97-second song sticks in listener’s minds for decades.
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Carolina in My Mind

More than a song and more than a state of mind, James Taylor’s classic speaks to where we’ve been, where we are, and where we always want to be.
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