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Cafe Atlantique's owner and chef, Scott Fisher, tantalized patrons' pallets at his Wilmington French bistro from 1987 to 1994, before closing it to raise dogs. In 2001, he reopened, but was killed two months later in a car accident. Pearson discusses the restaurant under its current owner and chef.
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One of Nashville's most prolific songwriters is Jim Lauderdale, a North Carolina native. He released his first album in 1991 and has released seven more since 1998, including two with bluegrass legends Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys. van Vleck discusses songwriting and performing with Lauderdale.
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Mo's Diner, located at the corner of Hargett and Person Streets in Raleigh, looks like a greasy spoon on the exterior, but cross the threshold, and you'll find fine dining. Pearson discusses what attracts discriminating gourmands to this restaurant.
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Two new mega-malls that recently opened, The Streets at Southpoint in Durham and Triangle Town Center in North Raleigh, are more than just shopping centers. Lea describes them from an architectural point of view.
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Metro Magazine
(NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 3 Issue 6, Sept 2002,
p26-30, 32-33, il
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In 1990, the Hartford Whalers NHL team relocated to North Carolina, becoming the Carolina Hurricanes. Pearson describes the lean, early years in Greensboro, competing with other teams for fans, and the final move to a permanent home in Raleigh and eventual success.
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After relocating to Raleigh, the Carolina Hurricanes hockey team failed to make the playoffs in 2000 and lost in the opening round in 2001. Morton describes the memorable 2002 season in which the team went to the Stanley Cup Finals but was defeated by Detroit four games to one.
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Durham resident Nnenna Freelon has had a distinguished, ten-year jazz career. She has been nominated for a Grammy Award five times and has received the Billie Holliday Award and Eubie Blake Award. She made her film debut in a Mel Gibson film. Freelon discusses her life and her work in this METRO interview.
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North Carolina State University's J.C. Raulston Arboretum has been called a \"place of peace and beauty amid the bustle of West Raleigh.\" The internationally recognized arboretum recently opened the long-awaited Ruby C. McSwain Education Center. Lea describes this new addition.
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Metro Magazine selects twenty notable people, who, in its estimation, made \"remarkable contributions to our quality of life.\" People selected include Dr. Joseph Kalinowski, ECU, whose invention helps stutterers; Dr. Jim Leutze, Chancellor, UNC-W; Tiff Merritt, singer/songwriter; Kaye Gibbons, author; Robert Weiss, artistic director, Carolina Ballet; Eddie Smith, Jr., Grady-White Boats; and Orage Quarles, III, president and publisher, News and Observer.
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Kinston native Clyde Mattocks is a versatile musician who has been making music up and down the East Coast for over forty years. He has spent his lifetime entertaining in a variety of venues, including bars, honky-tonks, and the musical stage. In 1974, he formed the Super Grit Cowboy Band, a group still performing today.
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Washington, referred to locally as \"Little Washington,\" was founded in 1776 in Beaufort County along the Pamlico River. Lea describes the town which is a place rich in history and preserved architectural structures. Many trendy shops and restaurants line the streets, and a modern-day artist's colony thrives there.
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Reidsville's Chinqua-Penn Plantation is Rockingham County's main tourist attraction. The 27-room mansion was built in the 1920s by Betsy and Thomas Jefferson Penn and is a blend of gardens, architecture, and works of art.
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Tift Merritt, Raleigh singer/songwriter, and her band, The Carbines, are profiled in this METRO article. The band recently released its debut album, Bramble Rose, which consists of eleven songs written by Merritt.
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Metro Magazine
(NoCar F 264 R1 M48), Vol. 3 Issue 5, July/Aug 2002,
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Donald Ross is golf's most famous and prolific architect. In 1926, he designed the course at Hope Valley Country Club in Durham. Hughes discusses the restoration project currently underway which seeks to \"reclaim the original vision for the course and repair mistakes made in the years without Ross.\"
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Paul Green, born on a farm in Harnett County on March 17, 1894, grew up to write such dramas as THE LOST COLONY and the 1927 Pulitzer Prize-winning IN ABRAHAM'S BOSOM. Green is profiled in this Leggett article.
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