Wilson, 1952: Happy Feet
The 1950s hit song “Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy” by Red Foley inspired Wilson’s shoeshining competition and Curtis Phillips’s smooth moves.
The 1950s hit song “Chattanooga Shoeshine Boy” by Red Foley inspired Wilson’s shoeshining competition and Curtis Phillips’s smooth moves.
In 1943, Franklin D. Roosevelt sat for a portrait by a young African-American artist from Mooresville. Decades later, historians still want to know whether Selma Burke’s sculpture inspired the image on the dime.
We’ve compiled a gallery of our favorite paintings inspired by the mountains, the coast, and the special places in between — showing them not only as they look, but also as they feel.
The decade blows in with a series of winter storms that threaten to incapacitate the High Country. But residents are resilient — and the rest of the state mobilizes to help.
Pity the poor opossum: Our state marsupial has been vilified for centuries. Now, an advocate makes the case for rethinking its reputation.
In tiny Marshall, a new bright spot has appeared on the Blue Ridge Mountains dining scene: Star Diner. Located in a former gas station, this acclaimed restaurant is one of many local businesses reinventing retro spaces.
Why are vintage gas stations the hot new destination for two-handed burgers, fancy grilled cheeses, and local pints? Think: location, location, location.
Farm-to-fork dining gets a posh polish in a historic bank building in Washington.
At the junction of sweet and savory, East and West, old and new, is the food hall: a local food court reimagined into a deliciously diverse gathering place.
At this Raleigh restaurant, friends and neighbors gather for homey entrées, famous layer cakes, and memories of those who came before.
Matchmaker, matchmaker, make it from scratch: Each of these recipes combines two classic Southern ingredients for one delicious dish.
A new performing arts center inspired a wave of creativity in this Johnston County town.
When Margaret Winslow gutted her century-old Greensboro home, she discovered charming character hidden by layers of history.
Remember your first library card? It was a passport to anywhere. Across the state, local libraries still connect us to the world, and to each other.
Our state’s performance venues bring talent from around the world — and just around the corner — to North Carolina music lovers.