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Last May, a 13-year-old boy won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with the word “knaidel.” The Yiddish word, which means dumpling, was a controversial…

In Katharine Ashe's latest book, "I Married the Duke," the heroine Arabella takes passage on a ship through the English Channel and meets a rough and…

Doris Duke, heiress to the American Tobacco Company fortune, built a sprawling estate in Hawaii in the 1930s. She named her secluded getaway Shangri La…

Controversy continues over hiring practices at the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Margaret Peal, a donor to Governor Pat…

This segment of The State of Things discusses issues that may be disturbing to some of our younger or more sensitive listeners. North Carolina ranks as…

In the early 1900s in Carrboro, a young Elizabeth Cotten took her brother's handmade guitar from under his bed. She started playing the instrument upside…

John Stanley has been telling stories to his twin boys since they were old enough to listen. When his children started reading chapter books, he kicked…

In its fourth year, the North Carolina Comicon is bringing groups of superhero creators, publishers and artists to the Durham Convention Center this…

The Mint Julep Jazz Band was named “Best Musical Artist” by Durham Magazine. The band recreates the sounds of jazz clubs in the roarin’ twenties and the…

William Faulkner may be one of the most well-known writers of the 20th century. But you might not associate his name with southern literature if not for…