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Credit: Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art
Artist Roy Nydorf's "Sleeper with Owl" sketch is on display at the Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art.
Roy Nydorf is an artist who is passionately engaged with his world and with the act of making images. That much is immediately evident when walking into the 40-year...
There are several coupon traps that you can fall into that will cost you money in the long run. But avoiding these traps is easy.
Deal of the Day
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David Bare
Summer springs in the garden
Although summer will not officially start until June 20, it's already under way in the garden.
Seeing old shrubs in a new light
Like most everything else in life, plants are subject to the whims of the ages. What's fashionable today is passé tomorrow.
Tim Clodfelter
Doonesbury strips have history of controversy
This is by far not the first time "Doonesbury" creator Garry Trudeau has mixed it up. On www.doonesbury.com, he includes a timeline of the comic strip's "uninterrupted history of inspiring controversy and generating fallout."
Documentary focuses on state's early history
The origins of the Tarheel state are the focus of a new documentary airing at 9 p.m. Monday on UNC-TV.
Phil Dickinson & Ron Morris
You don't have to wing it on bird IDs
May is such a glorious month. The world is awash in the green of new leaves, the sky is Carolina blue and full of birds, some courting mates and building nests, others winging their way north to their breeding grounds.
Church garb inspires bird names
North Carolina's glorious redbird was named the cardinal after the red robes and hats of Roman Catholic prelates. Another bird of stunning beauty also owes its name to church garb. With a bright yellow head and blue wings, it reminded Louisiana residents of the yellow-hooded robes of papal clerks called protonatarii; thus, the prothonotary warbler. For pronunciation, emphasis can be on the second or third syllable.
Lisa O'Donnell
Get Out! - Runner tackles Mountains-to-Sea Trail
Diane Van Deren had never heard of the Mountains-to-Sea Trail, the 930-mile trail that stretches from Clingmans Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains to Jockey's Ridge State Park on the Outer Banks.
Program goes the extra mile to help dogs
With tails wagging and noses sniffing, 12 dogs, from a puggle to a pit bull, recently invaded the trails at Horizons Park, lapping up the same benefits that hikers crave — fresh air, warm sunshine and exercise.
Scene and Heard
No buttered popcorn at this movie night
It was movie night at Temple Emanuel, but buttered popcorn was nowhere in sight. More than 100 people turned out Wednesday for the screening of "Forks Over Knives," and pre-movie appetizers included quinoa, apple-oat squares and vegetable crudités provided by Whole Foods.
Scene & Heard - Ballgoers see red as way to aid heart drive
The lights at the Millennium Center matched the attire of many women attending the American Heart Association's Heart Ball on May 11. Red is the signature color of the Heart Association, and vibrant pops of the evening's most popular hue were everywhere.
Michael Hastings
Capers pack a lot of flavor in a small package
Capers are what I think of as the condiment's condiment.
Local-food potlucks heating up in the area
Food from a farm, eaten on a farm – that's what I was treated to Sunday afternoon.
Tom Patterson
Timberlake looks back at 7 decades of work
If you polled North Carolinians to determine the most popular artist in the state, Bob Timberlake, a Davidson County native, would surely win by a long shot.
Reynolda show unites masters of mid-century Masters
If you haven’t yet seen Reynolda House’s exhibition “Modern Masters from the Smithsonian American Art Museum,” add it to your holiday to-do list.
Closing is another painful blow
Millicent Greason-Spivak's decision to close Urban Artware is easy to understand, but tough to take.
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