Culture
Emily Mason and Ron Stewart’s story started in an Orangetheory Fitness class in Meadowmont near her salon, Caju. After getting to know each other between exercise classes where Ron was the instructor and Emily a participant, they progressed from workout chats to seeing each other outside of the gym and […]
FASHION FADS & FANTASIES: THREE DECADES OF OUTRAGEOUS DRESSING Written and illustrated by Lorraine Geiger What happens when you mix a T-shirt dress with red cowboy boots? According to Lorraine Geiger, “This one goes against all rules of dress ever before considered.” However, she concedes, when one is young (or […]
SPORTS We are fortunate to have many specialized sports complexes and team leagues to help kids expend some energy and learn leadership and discipline skills along the way. Complexes like Baseball Rebellion (currently based in Hillsborough, but planning to move to Durham soon), Bull City Gymnastics, OC Gymnastics in Hillsborough […]
Chapel Hill native Christopher Rubish met Brooke Johnson of Emporia, Virginia, through mutual friends five years ago when Brooke was attending North Carolina State University. A couple months later, the couple went fishing on their first date, one of their many shared hobbies, with Brooke besting Chris. They began to […]
Growing up, Jennifer Halperin never could have predicted that her future fiancé was living 5,700 miles from the southern part of heaven. Jennifer studied at East Chapel Hill High School before attending the University of Georgia for fashion merchandising. Meanwhile, Vladimir Khosid emigrated from Russia, settled in California and went […]
“Hidden Hillsborough: Historic Dependencies and Landscapes in a Small Southern Town” By Preservation Fund of Hillsborough Photos by Elizabeth Matheson • Maps by Stewart E. Dunaway A project of the Preservation Fund of Hillsborough, “Hidden Hillsborough: Historic Dependencies and Landscapes in a Small Southern Town” is a visual journey through the […]
Chapel Hill native Lauren Joyner met New York native Stephen Cook in Florida at the wedding of John and Kelly Waterman in 2014. Lauren was a distant cousin of the bride, while John was the groom’s best man. They instantly connected over their love of history and travel and soon […]
“[My paintings of famous historical figures] are caricatures, not portraits. I’m not a fine artist, I’m not a trained artist. The only training I had was in the fourth or fifth grade [in Georgia]. I talked so much and the teacher gave me some art materials and told me to […]
#1 BE AMAZED BY NATURE There’s a new Patrick Dougherty stickwork installation at the Ackland Art Museum and if you’ve never seen how he weaves together tree saplings into incredible shapes, now’s your chance. “Patrick’s five individually-shaped sculptures act as carnival barkers of sorts, summoning the public to ‘step right […]
Hillsborough native Janet Crowther grew up in an environment that encouraged self-expression – especially through crafting. “My mom was always making things: clothes, cakes, furniture, cards and gifts, you name it. The entire upstairs of our house was my bedroom and then a gigantic craft room with designated stations for […]
