Carolina Comments: Race & Grief

This week’s post includes a play about race that is compelling and uncomfortable and a beautiful memoir on delayed grief. The drama is the Pulitzer Prize winner, Fairview, and the book is Memorial Days. CHALLENGING THEATER  Fairview (Justice Theater Project) The Justice Theater Project, a small drama company, presents plays about social issues at Umstead United …

Carolina Moments: Reading, Wandering & Eating

It seemed appropriate with the upcoming election to be reading this week about Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. On our latest Raleigh Ramble, we stopped by the Raleigh Capitol and admired some historic architecture. Add in a good meal and the result is a most satisfying combination of food for mind and body. RECENT …

Carolina Comments: Park, Drama, & Book

OUT AND ABOUT:  POCKET PARK IN CARY Kay Struffolino Park Initially, this parklet on the edge of downtown was named “Meeting Place Park” for the sculpture in its center. Later it was renamed in honor of Kay Struffolino, a long-time Cary resident and active volunteer with the town’s parks and recreation and the cultural arts.  The Meeting Place is …