Author: Blueplate PR
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ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons Buys ArtCo Surf Surfboard
October 6, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – Billy Gibbons, the legendary founder and lead guitarist for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame band ZZ Top, recently purchased a hand-painted wood-grain surfboard created by Raleigh, NC-based artist Clark Hipolito of ArtCo Surf. Gibbons selected “Bullet: Ace In The Hole,” one of ArtCo Surf’s retrofish boards. It features…
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Recording Artist Alisa Turner To Perform at CHAIRity Gala & Auction for Habitat/Wake
October 6, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – Purple Armchair, host for the 2008 CHAIRity Gala & Auction to benefit Habitat for Humanity of Wake County, is pleased to announce that recording artist Alisa Turner will perform live during the free event, which will be held Saturday, October 11, from 7-11 p.m. Turner, a singer and songwriter,…
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Setzer Inks Two New Contracts
October 6, 2008 (CARY, NC, USA) — Setzer Design Group, one of the world’s premiere yacht designers, has signed contracts with two new clients for two very different vessels. A well-known boat builder in the sport fishing industry has asked Setzer to design a 92-foot/28-meter semi-custom sport fishing vessel that will embody the same…
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Film Critic Godfrey Cheshire Joins Raleigh Metro Magazine
October 1, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – Godfrey Cheshire, the Raleigh-born New York City-based film critic – and writer and director of the critically acclaimed documentary film Moving Midway – will join Raleigh’s Metro Magazine beginning with the November 2008 edition. Cheshire will write a monthly essay for Metro and contribute regularly online to http://www.metronc.com. Cheshire…
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Salon Moxie Hosts Habitat/Wake “CHAIRity” Chair
September 29, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – To continue its support of the Raleigh arts community, and to support a worthwhile fundraiser, in North Raleigh is hosting one of the chairs-turned-art that will be auctioned off next month to raise funds for Habitat for Humanity of Wake County. Salon Moxie’s chair is one of nearly 40…
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SOS For Summer-Stressed Hair
Summer can wreck havoc on your hair — the sun, the surf, the salt water and chlorine. Master stylist Jack Ray of Samuel Cole Salon and Salon Moxie in Raleigh offers his top tips and strategies for bringing your hair back to full health as the seasons change… 1- Summer stressed hair is fragile. Don’t…
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Metro Magazine Names Top 20 Golf Courses from the Triangle to the Coast
Raleigh Metro Magazine announces its selection of the Top 20 golf courses in the monthly magazine’s circulation area from the Raleigh-Research Triangle region to the coast of North Carolina. In the article below – to appear in the October 2008 edition of Metro – veteran golf editor Jim Hughes compiles the best courses based on…
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Take the CHAIR Trail for Habitat for Humanity of Wake County
Purple Armchair has announced the hosts for the chairs-turned-art for Habitat for Humanity of Wake County’s 2008 CHAIRity Gala & Auction, to be held October 11, 7-11 p.m. at Purple Armchair, 600 N. West St., in downtown Raleigh. From now until October 10, the 30-plus chairs that area artists “recycled” into works of original art…
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Chapel Hill Artist Kimberly Alvis Sells “Children On A Beach”
September 12, 2008 (CHAPEL HILL, NC) – Chapel Hill artist Kimberly Alvis recently sold an oil painting entitled “Children on a Beach” to Mrs. Kristen Morrissey, also of Chapel Hill, who intends to give the piece to her mother as a birthday gift. In the 18 x 24 oil-on-panel painting, four small children are lined…
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Salon Moxie Presents New Works by New York Artist Nichole Ohrablo
September 10, 2008 (RALEIGH, NC) – Nichole Ohrablo, an artist based in New York City with Raleigh connections, will be the featured artist at Salon Moxie in North Raleigh from September 26 through November 13. The artist’s reception will be held Friday, September 26, from 6-9 p.m. in the salon. Ohrablo work is bright, vibrant…
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