It doesn’t matter if it’s Bach, the Beatles, Brad Paisley, or Bruno Mars. Your favorite music likely triggers a similar type of activity in your brain. That’s one of the things Dr. Jonathan Burdette has found in his research at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. “Music is primal. It affects all of us but in very personal, unique ways,” said [...]
If guns could speak, what a story the Confederate Collection at the Greensboro Historical Museum could tell. The exhibit’s’ official name is the Murphy Confederate Firearms Collection, in honor of Dr. John Murphy and his wife, Isabelle Fournier Murphy who assembled the collection. Among its 140 firearms are some of the rarest and finest examples of Confederate longarms in [...]
About 90 minutes from Raleigh, you’ll find the “home of American golf”...Pinehurst. Abounding with more than 41 golf courses, Pinehurst has surprisingly retained its special small-town atmosphere, which it does and does well. Now the secret is getting out as Pinehurst has been growing although not at the rate of cities like Raleigh or Charlotte. This has enabled the [...]
The pure white clay that made the Wedgwood name synonymous with fine china throughout the world came from the western North Carolina mountains some three centuries ago. How North Carolina became part of Wedgwood’s fame began in 1765 in Staffordshire, England, where a ceramic craftsman named Josiah Wedgwood plied his trade. He was an excellent craftsman and apparently, a shrewd [...]
All-inclusive is the key for savvy travelers who have discovered a group of service-oriented hoteliers who have introduced more amenities in the all-inclusive resort model hotel at a price that many budgets can afford. Like the Ocean Coral and Turquesa on Mexico’s Riviera May which offers all the perks and conveniences at a great price ($471 per night. Air/resort packages [...]
You may have never heard of it, but Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in the United States. Played on a court one-third the size of a tennis court, using a combination of elements from the games of tennis, badminton, and ping pong, Pickleball is a simple and fun sport to play! It captures all ages but especially [...]
The North Carolina Sports Hall of Fame is honored to announce its 2017 induction class. The eight new members, listed alphabetically, are Glenn Bass, Dwight Durante, Mike Fox, Chasity Melvin, Ben Sutton, Caulton Tudor, Steve Vacendak, and Stephanie Wheeler. An afternoon news conference will be held on Thursday, May 4, at 4 p.m. at the N.C. Museum of History, located [...]
Collecting Carolina: 100 Years of Jugtown Pottery N.C. Museum of History in RaleighJanuary 21 - May 29, 2017 Would you believe the concept for Jugtown came after seeing a farmer’s entry of apples displayed in a “dirt dish” at the Davidson County fair in 1915? Jacques and Juliana Busbee, both from Raleigh, had a vision inspired by that “dirt dish” [...]
The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) is thrilled to offer an online course in conjunction with the upcoming exhibition Ansel Adams: Masterworks — the first NCMA online course available to the public. The self-paced course, which begins Saturday, January 21 and has rolling enrollment through May 21, features exclusive content including interviews with local contemporary NC photographers. “The Photography [...]
Glory of Venice: Renaissance Paintings 1470–1520 March 4, 2017 – June 18, 2017 North Carolina Museum of Art East Building, Meymandi Exhibition Gallery; Ticketed Glory of Venice: Renaissance Paintings 1470–1520 features 50 paintings and a significant group of printed books and individual pages that illustrate a crucial period in the history of Venetian art and culture, widely regarded as one [...]
