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Featured Blogs

Feb 28 2019

Vitamin O Artspace of the Month: Blue Dogwood


By Alicia Stemper The Blue Dogwood Public Market in Chapel Hill originated with Kelly Taylor’s desire to open Pizzelle, the first gluten-free retail bakery in the Triangle. She wanted a… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, Vitamin O · Tagged: artspace, blue dogwood, vitamin o

Feb 20 2019

A Celebration of Billy Strayhorn


Every day multitudes of people drive by the Billy Strayhorn sign in front of the fire station in Downtown Hillsborough, yet many don’t know more about the iconic jazz musician… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Events, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: alliance for historic hillsborough, billy strayhorn, hillsborough, jazz

Feb 01 2019

Saving the Chelsea Theater and Looking Forward


Walking into the Chelsea Theater in Chapel Hill isn’t like walking into your average movie theater. Unique elements like a handwritten chalkboard concession sign and the open door leading into… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Events, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features · Tagged: chapel hill, Chelsea Theater, film

Jan 30 2019

Vitamin O Artist of the Month: Norman Douglas


By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O Fittingly, Norman Douglas arrived in Carrboro the day before its West End Poetry Festival. He offers poetry on a pay-what-you-will basis, often setting up outside the… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Artist Profiles, Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, Vitamin O

Dec 27 2018

Vitamin O Artist of the Month: Carol Blackmore


By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O Carol Blackmore started teaching herself to weave on a pot holder loom when she was six or seven years old. “My mother didn’t really understand why… Read More →

Posted by Katie Murray · Categorized: Featured Blogs, Monthly Features, Vitamin O

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