Steer wrestling, a practice credited to legendary cowboy and rodeo star Bill Pickett, usually involves leaping onto a steer from the back of a specially trained horse. At the Madison
Put ramekins on a baking sheet. Bake for 25-35 minutes, until puffed and golden. Remove from oven, and let stand for 5 minutes. With a flexible spatula, remove strata to
With nine years of touring the US, Canada, and Europe and six albums under their belt, The Old Ceremony, a Durham/Chapel Hill, NC band, occupies its own darkly lit corner
With nine years of touring the US, Canada, and Europe and six albums under their belt, The Old Ceremony, a Durham/Chapel Hill, NC band, occupies its own darkly lit corner
With nine years of touring the US, Canada, and Europe and six albums under their belt, The Old Ceremony, a Durham/Chapel Hill, NC band, occupies its own darkly lit corner
Songwriter Django Haskins and violinist Gabriel Pelli of The Old Ceremony stopped by the Our State office with instruments in tow for a special performance.
With nine years of touring the US, Canada, and Europe and six albums under their belt, The Old Ceremony, a Durham/Chapel Hill, NC band, occupies its own darkly lit corner of the musical world. It is a corner filled with ominous rumblings and world-weary but hopeful characters. –theoldceremony.com
Our Music in the Library series is bringing some of North Carolina’s best musicians into our offices, instruments in hand, to perform a song or two just for us. We’re filming these live performances and showcasing them on our website. See the performances at music.ourstate.com.
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This tiny city block in downtown Greensboro once had a gigantic reputation. Not so much for its charbroiled beef patties — though they, too, were plentiful — but for its colorful characters and their wild shenanigans.
In the 1950s, as Americans hit freshly paved roads in shiny new cars during the postwar boom, a new kind of restaurant took shape: the drive-in. From those first thin patties to the elaborate gourmet hamburgers of today, North Carolina has spent the past 80 years making burger history.