By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O for the Orange County Arts Commission Kit is the ninth generation of men named Christopher (no middle name) FitzSimons although “I don’t have a number. My… Read More →
Monthly Features
Vitamin O: Artist Renzo Ortega
By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O for the Orange County Arts Commission Artist Renzo Ortega, a Peruvian immigrant, moved to Carrboro last year after 17 years in New York City. “Art changes… Read More →
Vitamin O: Blacksmith Mark Eichinger-Wiese
By Alicia Stemper/Vitamin O for the Orange County Arts Commission In Mark Eichinger-Wiese’s required blacksmithing class at Emerson Waldorf (EW) School, he gives students a piece of hot metal to… Read More →
Vitamin O: Extraordinary Artists
By Alicia Stemper / Vitamin O A special group of Extraordinary Artists meets every other Friday night in Chapel Hill. These artists, led by the team from HappyMess Art Studios,… Read More →
Vitamin O: Carrboro Music Festival
When music professionals heard Jim Dennis agreed to coordinate the free Carrboro Music Festival, they asked him, “Are you insane?” This will be Dennis’s third festival since taking over from… Read More →
