Archive for January, 2009
¡Perfecto! Short Film
Recently, ¡Perfecto!, a short film directed by Blake Edwards and written by Erin Fede of Charlotte took 1st place in Project:Direct an international film competition sponsored by YouTube, Moviefone and Sundance Film Festival. Hundreds of movies were submitted, a panel at the Sundance Film Festival narrowed those entries down to ten and then YouTube users [...]
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Jody Cedzidlo of Flytrap
This week I interviewed NC designer Jody Cedzidlo of Flytrap. Jody has beautiful work in addition to some valuable advice for anyone looking to start a small business. 1. How did you get your start? Let me just say first that Flytrap is about 18 parts screen printing on apparel, 1 part screen printing on [...]
CSA’s, Hilltop Farms
Yet another trend in the burgeoning local food movement is the CSA, or “community supported agriculture”. CSAs are farms that have paying members, or subscribers, who join for the privilege of enjoying the freshest food possible. The way it works is this: You pay upfront (typically in the winter) for a season’s membership, and the [...]
Through the Lens…
From North Carolina photographer & blogger, abbyladybug.
Pilot Mountain
If the holidays made you want to break away from the crowds and catch some fresh air, then I suggest you consider visiting Pilot Mountain State Park. If you have ever driven north of Winston-Salem to Mt. Airy or even through to Virginia, then you have certainly seen the iconic outline of Pilot Mountain from [...]
Farm Tour: Mae Farm BBQ
In North Carolina, BBQ is a classic East versus West rivalry… pulled or chopped, vinegar or red sauce? As a native Eastern North Carolinian, I’m pretty partial to chopped BBQ with a vinegar based sauce (George’s BBQ Sauce is a pantry staple). In my opinion, there is just no replacement for an Eastern NC Pig [...]
Art-O-Mat
Art-O-Mat is a clever, portable gallery showcasing tiny pieces of artwork in vintage cigarette machines. Founded in 1997 in Winston-Salem by conceptual artist Clark Whittington, the machines were first used to display his own work at a solo art show but soon morphed into a unique, traveling, multi-artist gallery. The goal of Art-O-Mat is to [...]
Honeybees By the Sea
There is a lot of talk in the eco-sector about vanishing honeybees. While it’s not true, as Bee Movie claims, the US would be plant pollination without the interesting little Italian cousins of our own native Blue Mason bee, we certainly benefit from their activity. While so far no one has a solid answer as [...]
No Boundaries
For about 2 weeks this past Fall, 17 artists from 12 countries gathered on Bald Head Island, NC for the biennial No Boundaries Artist Colony. No Boundaries was founded in 1996 by Wilmington artists Pam Toll, Gayle Tustin, and Dick Roberts. The best thing about the Colony, according to Pam Toll in Megan V. Williams’ [...]
Raleigh Undercover
In the scant few years of its existence, Kings Barcade was one of the best venues in the Triangle for independent music of all sorts. From North Carolina’s best local acts to old school punk legends to dance parties and movie nights, Kings was always a good good time. Though Kings is now gone (hopefully [...]
