Author: Blueplate PR
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Trouble Brewing in Chapel Hill?
February 1, 2009 (CHAPEL HILL, NC) — The village of Chapel Hill, the charming town that hosts the nation’s first state university, has worked diligently to withstand the growth generated by its role as one of the three sister cities in the burgeoning Research Triangle region of North Carolina. But is there trouble in paradise?…
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Frank Harmon Designs “Green” UNC-W Oyster Research Hatchery
January 30, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) — Frank Harmon Architect PA in Raleigh is designing a thoroughly “green,” 12,000-square-foot Oyster Research Hatchery facility on the Coastal Marine Sciences campus at UNC-Wilmington for the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries. The project is an outgrowth of a study Harmon worked on two years ago with the NC…
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Jason Craighead Donates Painting To VAE Auction
January 19. 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – Jason Craighead, the artist whose painting broke the record for the highest single bid during the November “Works of Heart” charitable auction for the Carolina AIDS Alliance, has donated another large painting to the Visual Art Exchange for its 25th Art Auction & Gala. The silver anniversary of the…
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Kimberly Alvis Donates Painting To School Fundraiser
January 18, 2009 (CHAPEL HILL, NC) – For the second consecutive year, Chapel Hill-based artist Kimberly Alvis has donated her original art to a fundraising auction for the Triangle Day School in Durham. Entitled “The Pumpkin Patch,” the framed painting is a 38-inch by 49-ich oil on linen work. It captures a bright autumn day…
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Taking A Turn To Sustainable Living
Award-winning Charleston, SC, architect Whitney Powers, AIA, has spent her entire career advocating sustainable design and the adaptive reuse of existing structures – the ultimate form of “recycling.” For her efforts, Skirt! Magazine in Charleston dubbed her a “green goddess” last year. Here, she offers some common sense tips for embracing a more sustainable lifestyle.…
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Metro Celebrates 10th Anniversary with Series on Regional Cities
January 14, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) – To celebrate its tenth year of publishing during 2009, Raleigh Metro Magazine has launched a five-month, in-depth exploration of the cities, towns and coastal communities that comprise its readership reach: their history; where they are today, and what they’re poised to become by the Year 2020. The series begins…
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Vacation Home by Frank Harmon Named One of Decade’s Ten Best
January 11, 2009 (RALEIGH, NC) — The Taylor House, an award-winning, sustainable vacation home in the Bahamas designed by Raleigh, NC, architect Frank Harmon, FAIA, has been included on a list of “the most influential and inspiring houses built during the past decade.” The Wall Street Journal recently asked celebrated “green” architect Michelle Kaufman of…
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New Governor Divulges Gubernatorial Pets, Promises To Open Mansion Doors to the Public
December 30, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) — While Americans await the arrival of the nation’s First Dog to move in with the Obama family, North Carolina’s Governor-elect Beverly Perdue is bringing two First Dogs into the elegant ambiance of the state’s 1891 Victorian-style Governor’s Mansion in Raleigh. Carroll Leggett, author of Raleigh Metro Magazine’s “Between You…
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“Classic Modes of Coastal Transportation” Exhibit Opens at Salon Moxie
December 15, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) — Salon Moxie in North Raleigh is pleased to announce a special addition of its ongoing, evolving art exhibits: “Classic Modes of Coastal Transportation,” an exhibition of wood-grain, hand-painted surfboards and skateboards by Raleigh artist and entrepreneur Clark Hipolito of Artcosurf now through January 2009. For two years, Hipolito and…
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Artist’s Garden Inspires Paintings, Sales
December 15, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – The relationship between artists and their gardens — and how they inspire each other — is well documented in books, galleries and museums. Monet, for one, created countless paintings that were inspired by his legendary gardens at Giverny. In the countryside near Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at least one…
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