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The Fabius Briggs House: A Crumbling Raleigh Relic [Updated]

For more than a century rain has been mulling over a way to make a home inside the once regal house on the corner of Ashe Avenue and Hillsborough Street.  The house, often referred to as the “Green House” or “The Jackpot House”, drops slate roof tiles as if it were inviting its wet foe inside for an extended stay.  The perimeter of the house is littered with malt liquor bottles, window glass, and broken slate. Read more »

Left Outlet to play Local Beer Local Band Thursday Night

Opening song

Friday night, local favorite Left Outlet played an impromptu show at The Rialto, to open for the October Rocky Horror Picture Show and promote this Thursday’s Local Beer Local Band Halloween Bash at Tir Na Nog. While the set was a short opener for the main event, Left Outlet rocked as hard as always, and Goodnight Raleigh’s John Morris and I were there to grab a few pictures and enjoy the music. Read more »

Raleigh Media Receives Unlikely New Source


Image credit: Sid Fowler

The number of local media sources has grown tremendously, and until now, that growth has been limited to online distribution. This past weekend, a newcomer arrives with print copies of “The Stagger”, a publication known in Chapel Hill/Carrboro, but not in Raleigh.

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