Month: April 2008
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Salon Moxie Hosts “Pick Flowers, Not Fights”
April 24, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) — “Pick Flowers, Not Fights,” a collection of mixed-media works by emerging Raleigh artist Jennifer Machuca, will be on display in Salon Moxie from May 1 until June 30 as part of the North Raleigh hair salon’s on-going revolving art exhibits. Machuca studied art at Louisburg College and East Carolina…
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Historic Charleston Foundation Honors “Green” Church Addition by Frank Harmon
April 24, 2008 (CHARLESTON, SC) — Raleigh, NC-based architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, joined the Circular Congregational Church Building Committee Thursday, April 24, in Charleston when the Historic Charleston Foundation presented the group with the Robert N.S. and Patti Foos Whitelaw Founder Award for the completely “green” Sunday School facility he designed. The addition to the…
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Samuel Cole Salon, Salon Moxie Prepare Strut ’08 Models For Two Nights On The Town
April 23, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – When the models come out to play during “Meet the Models,” two Raleigh events to help promote STRUT ’08, they’re offer more than a preview of the haute couture you can expect on the runway on Saturday, May 3, in North Hills. They’re also offer an up-close look at…
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Commitment to Sustainability, Community: Porto Named “Retail Star” by Home Accents Today
April 21, 2008 (RALEIGH,CHAPEL HILL, NC) – When Home Accents Today magazine announced its “50 Retail Stars” recent, Porto of Raleigh and Chapel Hill was among them. Home Accents Today is a premier trade magazine for the home accents industry. The editors’ annual list recognizes enterprising retailers who are experiencing success in their respective markets…
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The Culture of Place: Architects Discuss America’s Regional Landscape
April 17, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) — For the fourth consecutive year, Raleigh, NC, architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, will present a major seminar at the American Institute of Architect’s National Convention and Design Exposition, to be held this year on May 15-17 in Boston, MA. Unlike his past seminars, however, which were entitled “Architects Discuss America’s…
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Sedna Films Completes Three Challenging Commercials for Florida Medical Centers
April 16, 2008 (SANTA MONICA, CA) – After Sedna Films, a commercial production company based in Santa Monica, recently completed three new 30-second spots by advertising agency Fenner and Hamill of Atlanta, GA, for Lakeland Regional Medical Center & Lakeland Regional Cancer Center in Lakeland, Florida, director Jon Hill summed up the process as “a…
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ArtCo Surf Participates in the First Annual Surf Artisan Exhibit
April 16, 2008 (WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, NC) – “Ace in the Hole,” “Coi” and a couple of “Muses” offered a tip-of-the-iceberg glimpse at the one-of-a-kind and limited edition surfboards created by artists Clark Hipolito of ArtCo Surf during the First Annual Surf Artisan Exhibit. The exhibit was held at Bluewater Grill in Wrightsville Beach, NC, on…
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Painting Bluegrass: Artist To Paint The Bands During “Kickin’ Back at the Vineyard” May 10
April 14, 2008 (GOLDBORO, NC) – Goldsboro artist Brenda Behr has a thing about bluegrass bands. She likes to create paintings of them – while they’re playing. And that’s what she’s going to do with recording artists Kickin’ Grass when the band headlines “Kickin’ Back at the Vineyard,” an afternoon fundraiser to be held at…
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Raleigh, NC, Salon Owners Judge National Decor Competition
April 15, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – Jack and Joelle Ray, the husband-and-wife team behind Samuel Cole Salon and Salon Moxie in North Raleigh, recently served as judges to help select the 2008 “Salons of the Year” winners, a national salon décor competition sponsored by Salon Today magazine. The Rays were asked to help judge this…
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Duke Lacross Father Remembers
April 12, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) — Kevin Finnerty, father of former Duke lacrosse player Collin Finnerty — one of the three boys exonerated after false charges were dropped in the high profile case by North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper — remembers April last year when his son and family were reeling under the false…