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Sale of Joe Cox Paintings to Benefit Color Wall Restoration

 
Nine paintings by the late Joe Cox, noted Raleigh artist, color and light theorist and beloved long-time NC State College of Design professor, will be sold as part of an effort to raise funds toward the restoration of the famous Hillsborough St. landmark, Color Wall.
 
As readers of Goodnight, Raleigh! know, after three decades of ‘on again, off again’ operation, the Color Wall, which is  housed in the DH Hill Library, went dark for the last time nearly three years ago. Through the online effort initiated by Goodnight, Raleigh! last spring, and the generousity of donors, we are closing in on realizing our goal of a permanent restoration of Raleigh’s first significant work of public art.

Have You Seen the Wiggly?

If you weren’t at the Art of Business opening at the Raleigh City Museum this past First Friday, then you won’t be able to see the sign in the image above. It was a friendly and humorous reminder not to touch the Piggly Wiggly grocery store sign that was part of the exhibit (ever wonder about NOFO & The Pig in Five Points?). Someone in attendance decided that the ‘don’t touch’ sign needed to be in their home and lifted it.

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The Annual WKNC Afterhours Reunion Show

Tonight (12/29) at 6PM, the founding DJs of the Afterhours segment on WKNC will play a 6 hour set spanning a few decades of electronica music. DJs Steve and Ben will be playing a wide range of dubsteb, ambient, electro, trance, tech house, and other flavors of electronic music.

The pair have reunited at about this time for the past ten years to play the anthems and hidden gems of years past as well as current hits in the genre. Steve and Ben first started Afterhours in 1997, named as the show originally started at midnight. As popularity grew, it moved to the 8PM time slot where it remains today.

For more information on the reunion show, read our post from last year.

You can listed on 88.1 or tune in the web stream.

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