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How to Make it in Raleigh

William Hardy from TriangleFixies put together this short but fantastic video, and I’ve watched it several times attempting to pick out the various spots featured around town. How many places can you identify?

A Knight Arrives in Cameron Village

This past Saturday saw the newest installation from guerilla artist Joe Carnevale: ’Street Knight’, a towering figure composed of formed street signs. It was the constructed on site at the Cameron Village shopping center as a part of a Scrap to Sculpture Contest.

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Redress Raleigh 2010: Reaches New Heights

The second annual show of Redress Raleigh (John covered last year’s show) was hosted this past Saturday, April 17 at Flanders Gallery on West Street. 15 designers were chosen this year to showcase their creativity in fashion through eco-conscious clothing. John Morris and I attended and stood up close to enjoy this rising movement in local Raleigh fashion.

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North Carolina’s Newest Wonder: The NCMA

I’ve had very few experiences in which I’ve been overwhelmed with the physical beauty of a man-made landscape. Seeing the new building at the North Carolina Museum of Art was just that, and then some.

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Discuss Raleigh

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    • NCSU: “that could be said about pretty much everything NC State.” Uh – No.
    • Al: Streaking across the Brickyard was the best in the early 70′s!
    • JR Smith: ha ha ha. that could be said about pretty much everything NC State. “all in all, it’s not much...
    • NCSU: “…all in all, it’s not much but it’s ours.” Mmmmmmm. I was thinking the same thing about our...
    • Amy G. H.: When i read this post, I thought about this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =vK2u4y7J58I lol!
    • Ken: Absolutely hideous. I’ve seen nicer warehouse buildings. It would make a great canvas for graffiti.
    • Clay: Its been amazing reading all the stories about everyones experience going to the Underground. I would love to...
    • ben: Nice!


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