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.
From Fred Chappell’s humorous look at the life of a boy growing up in the 1940s, to Wiley Cash’s harrowing tale of a father who will do anything to keep his children safe and by his side, four novels speak to the importance of family, and the trials of coming of age.
The one type of winter blues we could use more of.
Planted squarely between a river and an ocean, Wilmington’s relative isolation inspired a thriving artistic community.
To understand yourself, you must first know where you come from. You’re raised on family stories, and you come to learn that your features, your ways of doing things, are marked by your heritage. Four books with North Carolina ties are rooted in this legacy.
Appalachian State played its first bowl game in 60 years. We tagged along on a bus ride with some of the Mountaineers’ most hardcore fans to see it for ourselves.
North Carolina Brass Band is the state’s newest professional music ensemble.
The Hurricanes brought North Carolina its first professional men’s sports championship and Raleigh its first professional sports team.
In a show imported from New York to Greensboro, tap shoes and trumpets join Mary at the manger.
In North Carolina, our culinary history is held fast by tradition: A pot of collards, sweet from the first frost. Sorghum syrup, just poured. Four books tell the tales of our Southern palates and preferred plates.
