Plays: Past, Present Pittsboro playwright’s latest is a ‘North Carolina fable’ of inequality By Holly West | Photography by Savannah Shaney If you saw “Leaving Eden” on the PlayMakers Repertory Company stage in April, the play’s setting in a small North Carolina town might have seemed familiar. That’s because its author, Pittsboro resident Mike Wiley, […]
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A Taste of Chatham Our county’s restaurateurs, cooks and foodies share their fave local dishes, drinks and more Compiled By Matt White | Photography by Beth Mann John Cappelletti executive Pie Man at Capp’s Pizzeria & Trattoria Says you’ve got to try: Postal Fish Company’s smoked North Carolina fish spread for an appetizer; fresh, local
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In Like a Tiger Meet four of Pittsboro’s newest furry residents By Matt White | Photography Courtesy Carolina Tiger Rescue Some arrived with a roar. Others gave a lazy flick of the tail. But after a long trip, four adult tigers arrived at the Carolina Tiger Rescue in April, the first new tigers to
A River Runs Through It Five generations of the Hobbs family have called Baldwin’s Mill home By Matt White | Photography by Briana Brough The water is the kind of cold that makes you gasp even though that’s the worst thing you can do. It looked so inviting from the shore, a woodsy Chatham swimming
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Where River Meets Lake An afternoon at water level By Corbie Hill | Photography by Moriah LeFebvre First comes the osprey, and it’s caught something. The dark shape in its talons is likely a fish, but it’s too high in the air to see clearly. Next comes the bald eagle, and it’s hungry,
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The first Chatham Magazine Women’s Issue They teach us to dance and they lift our spirits. They’re playing with the boys and rocking out with the girls. They make the laws and keep us safe. Ten remarkable women who call Chatham home. Photography by Briana Brough Tami Schwerin the community builder – pictured above You get
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Get Growing Student-run spring plant sale provides a temporary garden center for Bear Creek By Holly West | Photography by Hillary graves One chilly afternoon in mid-February, classmates Andrew Hicks and Dylan Lee were transferring sprouts of budding herbs, flowers and other plants from small trays, called cell packs, into larger pots. The
All In The Same Boat The Stafford family has been boating on Jordan Lake since 2003. Just 10 minutes from their home, the”Hot Now” houseboat provides a mini-vacation every time they leave the dock. Photography by Briana Brough ABOVE: Cas Stafford, (right, with friend Kirsten Moore) says that Jordan Lake is her happy place.
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Living in Governors Club One of our original planned communities evolves as new families arrive By matt white On a recent Wednesday night, Trey and RamonaLisa Robertson and their daughter Emily, 10, arrived at the front door of the Governors Club main clubhouse for what’s become a weekly routine: Governors Club kids night. Governors Club,
‘I try to keep the poultry off the swingset’ Mackenzie Withington, owner of Lilly Den Farm and manager of the Pittsboro Farmers Market, talks homesteading, homeschooling and how she does it all From Big City to 10 Acres “I’m actually from New York City. When I met [husband and New York dairy farmer]
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