Category: Current Issue

The Art of Renewal

A thank-you to the arts leaders who navigated us through tough times — and a charge for the next era.by Larry Wheeler Spring! How sweet the sound, as the warmer weather begins to soften the cacophony of disruption, disillusion, and…

My Wife’s Secret Life

…and why I’m happily married, blissfully in the dark.by Jim Dodson I recently discovered that my wife, Wendy, enjoys a secret life.Actually, I’ve known about it for years. I just never let her know that I knew about it.  It’s also…

Talent, Taste & Joy

A television fixture for decades, Paul Montgomery, known as “Uncle Paul,” was more than a children’s entertainer.by David Menconi Generations of kids growing up in Raleigh between the early 1960s and early 1980s knew the late Paul Montgomery as Uncle…

Poem of the Month: Beige Wall Telephone, 1960s

Originally published by Asheville-based poet Michael McFee in his 2017 collection We Were Once Here, this is a poignant and hopeful rumination on wonder and nostalgia that feels appropriate to the oncoming spring season.

An Ode to the Deviled Egg

North Carolina food writer Debbie Moose pays homage to the deviled egg, a classic Southern standby that’s all about the details.

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