Held at The Farm, the third annual Raise a Racquet – featuring an adult tennis tournament, silent auction, luncheon and evening kids’ festival – raised money for the UNC Craniofacial Center. Henry Baddour, a sophomore at East Chapel Hill High, spoke about how the center has helped him since birth and through 10 surgeries on […]
Jordie Kerwin had hopes of being in the audience for Ellen DeGeneres’s Mother’s Day show, so she wrote a letter about how much she has wanted to be a mom, how teaching kindergarten at Northside Elementary has fulfilled her desire to be around children and how grateful she is to be expecting a little girl in July with her
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Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt, Christi Fedora, Tina Cunningham, Joan Gillings and many others walked the runway at the High Heels & Hard Hats Fashion Show, held at University Place. Chapel Hill Magazine’s own Andrea Griffith Cash served as emcee. The evening raised more than $30,000 for Habitat for Humanity of Orange County. The models donned looks
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Save Me is a new novel about love, truth and forgiveness – protagonist Daphne is reeling from the news that her husband has fallen in love with someone else. But as we read it, we couldn’t help but focus on the Chapel Hill (and Durham) references. Daphne and her husband live in an Orange County farmhouse.
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By the time Alison Britt had her third child, she was frustrated with the choices – or lack thereof – she had when it came to postpartum nursing wear. Why weren’t flowy tops and dresses being offered, she wondered, instead of utilitarian, unflattering pieces? Alison isn’t a designer. She’s never taken a sewing class. She’s not
Here’s the thing that is so lovely about Chapel Hill. We are a thoughtful community but also one that takes action. Upset about the death of Dean Smith on February 7, muralist Scott Nurkin, owner of The Mural Shop, decided to do something to pay his respects. Call it grief personified. The UNC alumnus had been wanting to create
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Brides-to-be – many with fiancés, friends and family members in tow – filled The Carolina Inn for the 20th annual bridal showcase. Attendees met vendors ranging from photographers and cake creators to florists, officiants and the Chapel Hill Magazine team. Photography by Andrea Griffith Cash
“Singing together is a great leveler,” says Lauren. “You don’t need an instrument.” It was in that spirit that she launched the Community Chorus Project (CCP) in 2011 in collaboration with UNC’s music department. Lauren had been in the music business for decades and was loving television’s Glee and the spotlight it put on young singers.
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In addition to achieving 700 wins at UNC, Sylvia Hatchell is the winningest active coach in women’s basketball (908-321), a Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer and a three-time national coach of the year. Under her direction, the Tar Heels have won a national championship and eight ACC titles and compiled six 30-win seasons. Now entering
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Annie Greer Baggett’s number-one goal when she opened Sunshine Lavender Farm at her home in Hurdle Mills 14 years ago? To get people to eat lavender. You can buy culinary lavender and herbs de Provence through her website. Chef Ashley Christensen gave her some great advice years ago that Annie has repeated constantly over the
