Jill Warren Lucas

There is a perception, not entirely unfounded, that Cary is a town that so closely guards its well-groomed, All-American image that it allows as much room for diversity as it does for red roofs and oversize signs. Which is to say, not much. Don’t tell that to Sandra Gutierrez, a native of Guatemala who traveled […]

Long before Food TV showed consumers they didn’t have to settle for a sheet cake, Edible Art Bakery was providing distinctive designs for discerning Raleigh clients. For more than three decades, cakes made from the treasured recipes of the original owner’s grandmother have been de rigueur at everything from formal weddings to wacky promotional events. […]

If you live or work in Raleigh or Cary, try this little experiment. Step outside. Angle your head just a bit so an ear points slightly north, like the RCA dog listening in wonderment to a recordingor like your own adorable dog, if you are part of the city’s fast-growing demographic that demands pet-friendly outdoor […]

INDY Week invited Christopher Armitage to play a little game of Stump the Professor regarding the life and legend of Sir Walter Raleigh. We were no match against this good-humored scholar, who is a Professor of Distinguished Teaching at the Department of English and Comparative Literature at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. […]