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Travel Guides

A Guide to Downtown Durham

Residents of this resilient city have embraced the nickname “Dirty Durham” as a symbol of the grit and determination of its shop owners, restaurateurs, and community advocates.

by Jodi Helmer
Features

Freedom on Wheels

A bicycle maker has turned his childhood sense of adventure into a career that lets him share the gift of pedaling through life’s ups and downs.

by Morgan Sykes
Living in North Carolina

Faith & Fellowship at Rufty’s Chrismon Shop

A shop in Salisbury has everything you need to make the ornaments that grace Christmas trees across the South with representations of Christianity.

by Kris Mueller
Ramblin' Man Columns

Forever Frosty

There must have been some magic in that basement workshop in Raleigh: After more than a decade and countless trips to the craft store, a father’s determination brings his handmade gift to life one day.

by T. Edward Nickens
Travel

O Little Town of Steam Engines

For members of a model railroad club in Hendersonville, a love of toy trains that started with a simple track beneath the Christmas tree now stretches across western North Carolina.

by Jeremy B. Jones
Arts

The Happy Painter in Asheboro

A Randolph County artist brings the joy of the holidays to the classes that she teaches in her cozy paint-and-sip studio near downtown.

by Micki Bare
Features

Lighting the Sky for Solstice in Hillsborough

Colorful lights shine for the community to enjoy during the longest night of the year at this gathering.

by Bridget Booher
Fall 2017 Music Festival Roundup
Arts

Fall 2017 Music Festival Roundup

Mark your calendars and get your dancing shoes ready — there are still a surprising number of music festivals across the state to enjoy as warm summer days fade into fall.

by K McKay
bob trotman studio tour
Arts

Studio Tour with Wood Sculptor Bob Trotman

Far from the corridors and offices of the figures he portrays, a sculptor comments on the dangers of the dollar.

by Susan Stafford Kelly
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