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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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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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The Last Days of Jackpot!

UPDATE:

Jackpot is gone.

UPDATE 04/14:

The Jackpot is closing, but probably not any time soon. I spoke with owner Michael D’Amelio, and he wanted to stress that while the guys that work there had a good laugh at “the internet rumors”, there were no plans to close it down.

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