Category: events
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North Star LGBTQ Community Center Hosts Mark Spano, Author of the Critically Acclaimed Novel “Midland Club” for Book Reading, Signing
North Star LGBTQ Community Center in Winston-Salem will host a book reading and signing event with Chapel Hill’s Mark Spano, author of the new, critically acclaimed mystery novel Midland Club, on Sunday, March 26, from 3-4 p.m. The Center is located at 930 Burke Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101. Admission is free and open to the…
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Trig Modern Announces…
Architects and designers create cool, modern cat houses for an auction to benefit SAFE Haven For Cats. Trig Modern design center and showroom in Raleigh announces “The Cat’s Meow,” an auction of modern, professionally designed houses for cats to benefit SAFE Haven for Cats, a non-profit, no-kill shelter in Raleigh dedicated to finding homes for homeless cats and kittens. The…
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A Gift of Good Land: Bluebird Hill Farm Announces Essay Contest for Aspiring Organic Farmers
The owner of the Bennett, NC, farm will award full ownership to the winning couple. Norma Burns, owner and operator of Bluebird Hill Farm in Bennett, NC, is holding a 200-word essay contest to award full ownership of her picturesque, 12.88-acre USDA Certified Organic farm in Bennett, NC, to a couple of aspiring farmers. The…
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Trig Modern’s Ann Marie Baum To Moderate Furniture Makers’ Panel Discussion
“Craft and Furniture Makers for the 21st Century” is part of summer-long exhibition at the Contemporary Art Museum in downtown Raleigh. On Sunday, July 24, from 4-6 p.m., interior designer Ann Marie Baum of Trig Modern design center and showroom in Raleigh will moderate an informal conversation among area furniture makers at the Contemporary Art Museum…
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ARCHITECT MAGAZINE: “The Shortlist for This Year’s Matsumoto Prize Awards”
The annual program hosted by Durham, N.C.-based nonprofit organization, North Carolina Modernist Houses, selected 16 sites for its shortlist honoring modernist residential architect George Matsumoto. By CHELSEA BLAHUT North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) has selected a shortlist of 16 submissions for this year’s Matsumoto Prize Awards. Recognizing modernist residences across the U.S. South, the Matsumoto…
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James Taylor’s Modernist Childhood Home in Chapel Hill Will Open for Second Public Tour
After the first tour sold out, NCMH has arranged a second opportunity for Taylor fans and Modernist design enthusiasts. By popular demand, North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) will host a second tour of singer-songwriter James Taylor’s classic mid-century Modern childhood home in Chapel Hill on Saturday, July 2, from 9 a.m. to noon. Tickets ($7…
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NCMH Announces October Trip To Frank Lloyd Wright’s Masterpiece, “Fallingwater”
A popular annual pilgrimage that includes FLW’s Kentuck Knob and Usonian houses Nonprofit preservation group North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) has announced its seventh annual pilgrimage to Fallingwater, American architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s residential masterpiece in Pennsylvania’s Laurel Highlands, on Saturday and Sunday, October 1-2, 2016. Tickets are on sale now. NCMH is a non-profit…
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2016 Matsumoto Prize Online Voting Now Open
Recognizing excellence in North Carolina Modernist residential design Online voting for the 2016 George Matsumoto Prize: Recognizing Excellence in North Carolina Modernist Residential Design, begins today at: https://ncmhcompetitions.squarespace.com The 2016 Matsumoto Prize, supported by the McAdams Foundation, includes public voting to determine three “People’s Choice” winners. Anyone may vote by email (one time per email address) for…
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Durham’s BuildSense To Host June’s “Thirst4Architecture”
BuildSense, an award-winning design-build firm located in downtown Durham, will host “Thirst4Architecture,” a networking event sponsored by North Carolina Modernist Houses (NCMH) and Emilie Huin of Triangle Modern Homes Real Estate, on Thursday, June 16, from 6-8 p.m., in the firm’s offices at 502 Rigsbee Avenue. T4A events are opportunities for architects, artists, building managers, contractors,…