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Triangle Architects, Artists Raise Funds for Homeless Cats and Kittens
Modern cat houses and original art are auctioned off to benefit SAFE Haven for Cats A sleek black cube, a “cannoli” rendered in walnut veneer, a maple cat house/side table… These were among the modern, indoor cat houses that Raleigh-area architects and designers created for The Cat’s Meow 2018, the second annual fundraiser for SAFE…
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New Film Celebrating Sicily Sells Out U.S. Premiere in Kansas City
Feature-length documentary by Mark Spano finds appreciative audience in Middle America. Independent filmmaker Mark Spano, along with celebrated Kansas City Chef Jasper Mirabile Jr., are pleased to report that the U.S. premiere of Spano’s new documentary “Sicily: Land of Love & Strife” sold out the Screenland Armour Theater in North Kansas City, MO., last week. The event was co-sponsored…
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NC Architect To Conduct Construction Tour of Rabbit Hole Distillery for AIA Central Kentucky Chapter
Doug Pierson will take professional peers through his latest project in Louisville. Carrboro, NC-based architect Doug Pierson, AIA, of pod architecture + design (pod a+d) will conduct a construction tour of the new 55,000-square-foot Rabbit Hole distillery and campus he designed in downtown Louisville, KY, for the American Institute of Architects Central Kentucky Chapter on Tuesday, April 17, beginning at 5…
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THE KANSAS CITY STAR: “Chef Jasper Mirabile is celebrating Sicily on the big screen and in the kitchen”
BY JASPER J. MIRABILE JR. April 09, 2018 02:56 PM I’m thinking Sicily right now. Of course, it has to do with all the wonderful food and my family heritage but also about independent filmmaker Mark Spano, writer, producer, and director of “Sicily: Land of Love and Strife.” He will be in Kansas City…
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Day and Night: Pod Architecture + Design To Display Work in NCSU Exhibition
Demonstrating the perception of space from day to night. February 12, 2018 (Carrboro, NC) — How structure is perceived from day to night is the theme of the presentation that pod architecture + design (pod a+d) in Carrboro is contributing to the upcoming N.C. State University School of Architecture Alumni Exhibition. The exhibition will be…
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News & Observer: “The Kamphoefner Prize”
By J. Michael Welton (Following a tribute to the late Brian Shawcroft) One of the most coveted prizes in North Carolina architecture is the award for modern design established by Henry and Mabel Kamphoefner in 1988. It was first given to Norman Pease Jr. – and to Shawcroft in 1991. The Kamphoefners set a high…
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AECCafe.com: “Award-winning LA Architecture Firm Relocates to Carrboro, North Carolina”
December 4, 2017 (Carrboro, NC) – Architect Doug Pierson, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C, and environmental graphics designer Youn Choi — partners in life and in pod architecture + design (pod a+d) — have joined the flurry of businesses relocating to the Triangle region. They’ve moved their architectural firm from Los Angeles to Carrboro, where they’re currently…
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Quail Ridge Books Stars Holiday Season with “Chanukah Tales from Oykvetchnik”
A book signing event with author Scott Hilton Davis November 6, 2017 (Raleigh, NC) – Quail Ridge Books, Raleigh’s oldest independent bookstore and a mecca for Triangle-wide bibliophiles, will start the holidays off this year with a book reading/signing event for Jewish storyteller Scott Hilton Davis on Sunday, November 26, starting at 2 p.m. The founder of…
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Pamlico Writers Group Welcomes Frank McNair for Workshop, Book Signing
The author of the award-winning new novel Life on the Line: Football, Rage, and Redemption will join the group on October 24th The Pamlico Writers’ Group in Washington, NC, will welcome author Frank McNair of Winston-Salem and Bath, NC, as Featured Author on Tuesday, October 24, from 7 to 9 p.m. McNair will read from…