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Becky Johnson and Eoin McDonnell both ran track at Chapel Hill High, but they mostly stayed in their own lanes. It wasn’t until Eoin moved back to Chapel Hill after graduating from Virginia Tech and Becky was a junior at UNC that they finally hit it off and began dating. […]
This is a political campaign we can all get behind. Sadie McGrady, Leading Lady is the story of a spunky young girl who runs for president of the United States, and, like any candidate, she needs your support. Her creator, local writer Mary Parry, has teamed up with photographer Corey […]
Born and bred in Chapel Hill, Kelly McSwain couldn’t stay away from the place she called home for so many years. Not long after moving back in 2010, Kelly reunited with best friend Ericka Gualtieri for drinks at La Residence and was introduced to Pittsboro native Zeke Taylor. The pair […]
Marketing associate Jenny felt like a princess at the Carolina Inn’s Bridal Showcase on Sunday. So many pretty things! PopUp Chorus took place at Motorco on Friday night, and the fun evening doubled as a fundraiser for Be Loud! Sophie. Pictured here: members of East Chapel Hill High‘s Be Loud! […]
When Dr. Stuart Gold has a bad day at the cancer clinic, he goes to the waiting room, where pictures are displayed of every child he’s ever treated. He remembers all of them. Some are survivors. Some are not. But as Dr. Gold says, “Every child writes their own story.” And […]
Amazing Sunsents We all know that Carolina sunsets can’t be beat. And marketing associate Jenny loved catching this one on camera. New Exhibit at the Ackland You’ve got until April 10 to check out the newest Ackland Art Museum exhibit, “Walls of Color: The Murals of Hans Hofmann,” but don’t wait! […]
“I feel like I popped out of the womb a raging modernist,” says Arielle Condoret Schechter. The architect is sitting in her bright and open living room off of Mount Carmel Church Road, with tunes from jazz guitarist Django Reinhardt detectable beneath whistles and chirps from Gabby, the African grey […]
Ali Gerakaris and Brian Evans first met while attending Appalachian State University. The pair worked together at a local restaurant for several years before realizing they were meant to be more than friends. After graduation, Ali and Brian parted ways, but after only a few short months apart, Brian followed […]
It’s a cold, damp morning. There’s little sign of life on Laurel Hill Road, where homes are still dark and birds are just beginning to stir and sing with the rising sun. As the sky brightens with vivid stripes of orange and gold, some 30 men round the corner from […]
Subscribe to TALK OF OUR TOWNS so you don’t miss a single episode. Click here to subscribe. VP of Content Andrea Griffith Cash talks with Bob Nocek, president and CEO of the Carolina Theatre in downtown Durham, about the organization’s 90th anniversary festivities; ponders the term Trailing Spouse and how common the phenomenon is in this area; discusses The Monday Life, […]
