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Cabana Haven
It may be January but there is no reason for Lance and Lynn to go inside this winter. Their Masonboro Sound-area home’s outdoor living spaces allow them to entertain in a cabana that was made for all seasons. “We just had a backyard tailgate party ” Lance says. “We watch football out here.” A casual…
Read MoreTabling New Year’s Traditions with a Modern Twist
Start with delicious ingredients stir in some traditions and symbolism from around the world and the result is dishes to welcome in the New Year.
Read MoreStonemason: Stone Craft
Two stone bridges sit tranquilly amid the vast fairways at Wilmington Municipal Golf Course. The stone design complements and stands out in the greens and creek that surround it adding character to the landscape. Golf carts quietly drive across the solid structures with no hint of disturbance. Everything seems simple and relaxing here except for…
Read MoreInteractive Exhibition: Hands-on Art
A floor that changes when it feels footsteps. Orbs that light up and play music when touched. Sculptures that are really instruments. All are part of “Response is the Medium ” an interactive exhibit on display at the Cameron Art Museum through January 10 2016. This is art intended for eyes — but also for…
Read MoreA Colonial Christmas
Tryon palace New Bern’s colonial aristocratic showcase and reconstructed royal governor’s mansion transforms itself annually during Thanksgiving week as volunteers general staff and the site’s regular costumed history interpreters band together in a flurry of holiday trimming. The team creates lavish wreaths and centerpieces. They move furniture and decorate trees. They set tables drape fabric…
Read MorePalette to Palate
Art Becomes Food and Food Becomes Art.
Read MoreThe King of Instruments
The art of playing the pipe organ is kept alive and well by talented musicians.
Read MoreA Home for the Holidays
After falling in love with their completely renovated Wrightsville Beach vacation home the Harrises will celebrate Christmas there..
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Art Therapy: Marines find healing through painting Craig Bone was serving with the Rhodesian Light Infantry fighting in a civil war in modern Zimbabwe in the late 1970s when he was severely injured by a mortar attack. Everything changed in that instant. He couldn’t fight anymore. Or compete on sports fields. “I was in the…
Read MoreHome Thrown
Whatever their background clay artists in Seagrove are keeping the North Carolina pottery tradition alive.
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