As an art student at UNC, Michael Brown experimented with “big, big stuff – very abstract” projects that took up whole buildings. Meanwhile, he painted houses to earn money. “I… Read More →
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Click here to subscribe and receive news items delivered to your inbox.Vitamin O: Rita Schiavone
“You never know what path your life will take. It’s a journey you can’t predict. I try to be open to the possibilities in every situation.” Rita Schiavone, the ceramics… Read More →
Vitamin O: Yolana Murrell
As a small child, Yolana Murrell first begged for a guitar (“too big”) and a trumpet (“not enough air”). “I begged for a violin and they let me.” Starting at… Read More →
Vitamin O: Tammy McHale
Water-skiers tend to be superstitious. Tammy McHale skies first every time she and husband Jim go out on Lake Orange in Cedar Grove. After four passes, they switch. Years ago,… Read More →
Vitamin O: Ryan Kulikowski
“My 20s were a bit vague – I didn’t really know what I wanted to do,” says political science major, then teacher, now businessman Ryan Kulikowski. Ryan and his wife… Read More →
Vitamin O: Aaron Keck
WCHL radio personality and news anchor Aaron Keck (“Aaron in the Afternoon”) is known to many by sound, not sight. This is a good thing, as Aaron worries about “headphone… Read More →
Vitamin O: International Baby Playdates
International Baby Playdates began when Betsy Kempter invited co-worker and PhD student Xiao Hua Liu to bring her child over to play. The unofficial program quickly expanded to other international… Read More →
Vitamin O: Sharn Jeffries
“We were run out of our home in Occoneechee Island by Nathaniel Bacon in the late 1600s,” says Sharn Jeffries, vice chairman of the ~1300 member American Indian tribe. In… Read More →
Vitamin O: Molly and Allison DeMarco
Molly DeMarco, research assistant professor in the UNC Department of Nutrition, volunteers with Justice United, Orange Politics, Orange County Transit Advocates, and the IFC. Allison DeMarco, a scientist at the… Read More →
Vitamin O: Patrick Brandt
Mebane resident Patrick Brandt teaches tree climbing, installs swings, and rescues cats. “I am always looking for excuses to climb trees.” His interest grew out of geo-caching; some of the… Read More →
