Road Trip: Charleston

This charming city lights up during winter

by Sandra Simpson

Drab winter days dragging you down? Feeling the need to escape to a southern port city — where the architecture is stunningly beautiful, perfectly groomed gardens display some of the country’s best winter interest, and Lowcountry cuisine is prepared by award-winning chefs and local legends — but don’t want to stand in airport lines or blow a day on driving when you only have the weekend? Historic Charleston might just be your cure for the wintertime blues.

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Celebrating tradition

Seagrove pottery events highlight 200-year-old practice

by Danielle Jackson

Each November for the past 28 years, pottery enthusiasts have been flocking to a rural spot about 40 miles south of Greensboro to check out the latest artistic creations. But the Seagrove Pottery Festival — held Nov. 21-22 — is relatively young compared with the area’s much older pottery roots.

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From the Arctic to ancient seas

Upcoming exhibits showcase endangered wilderness, extinct species

by Jonathan Pishney

The North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences is set to host two exciting new traveling exhibits. One highlights a wilderness teeming with life but facing increasing threats to its long-term survival, while the other tells the story of a long-dead ancestor of the great white shark that continues to inspire lessons in conservation.

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