North Carolina is a land rich in culture, art and creative diversity. Our State magazine brings you features about the people and places of North Carolina.
The 3,000-year-old woman who once captivated generations of Statesville children — and helped launch the city’s first cultural arts center more than a half-century ago — has returned to claim the cultural spotlight and, in the process, revitalize the downtown museum she calls home.
Just 13 years old, a blues prodigy from Liberty continues a long-standing musical tradition.
Allen and Barry Huffman of Hickory are saving the state’s folk artists from obscurity and finding joy in their discoveries.
North Carolina A&T has a marching band that’s unlike any other, and a tradition that goes back generations, often in the same family.
Brush up on your trivia about North Carolina’s NCAA football teams, and dazzle your fellow tailgaters with your knowledge.
A member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee uses traditional techniques to keep the pottery of his ancestors alive.
At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, football fans wear their own sort of uniform, one that doesn’t always fit everybody. At least not at first.
From Friday nights in Apex to Saturday afternoons in Raleigh, a Wolfpack wide receiver chases his gridiron dream.
Home-field advantage is fine, but the true nature of Appalachian State football emerges when the team and its fans get out of town.
