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Another outside Raleigh note…well, actually, this is inside Raleigh…but it needs outside help. I belong to a local group that supports modern architecture…particularily the preservation of same.  I was surprised to learn that this region has a huge number of modernist architecture. So much of the modernist movement was developed at our own NCSU.  Incredibly, we don’t have a great record for preserving these architectural landmarks.  I have included a post from George Smart who runs the Modernist Preservation movement.  Please view www.trianglemodernisthouses.com      website and prehaps sign the petition for this iconic example of the modern movement while there.   If you are interested, also reference the Catalano house that was  a part of our heritage and was destroyed.  Does anyone… Read the rest

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I like many things, but theatre has always been an important part of my life.  I was the little red hen in the first grade and any other type of performance I could manage through high school.  See, I came from a long line of hams.  My Uncle Bush was notorious for several reasons, but he was also remembered for his antics  and ad-libbing on the high school boards.  He later had his Equity card and became NC’s Tall Tale Master.  My aunt Floss was Aunt Polly  in Tom Sawyer and my five year old brother (he was MacBeth’s drunken porter later in high school) bellowed out, “That’s Mawmaw’s hat. What’s she doing with Mawmaw’s hat.”  Later when people thought… Read the rest

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