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2026 Diamond Award Winners
Midtown readers voted for their favorite businesses, services, and venues. Now, we are excited to present this year’s Gold, Silver, and Bronze winners! Select a category, browse the list to see if your favorites are there, and be sure tomake a note of any new businesses you’d like to check out. Congratulations to all of
SkillPop matches expert instructors with casual learners in a social setting
Story by Kurt Dusterberg | Bohon took matters into her own hands in 2015, when she launched SkillPop. The company provides in-person classes led by experts in a variety of professional development fields and hobbies. Ten years later, SkillPop has conducted thousands of classes, both in person and virtually.
Florence, SC has a burgeoning food scene and an annual festival to celebrate it
Story by Page Leggett | Florence “has a vibrant, nascent food scene with real energy, and special spaces even Charleston doesn’t have,” Ted says.
Local chefs transform the season’s hardiest vegetables into pure comfort
By Jennifer Primrose | These recipes aren’t about fuss or flash—they’re about connection. About finding flavor in what the soil gives us this time of year and discovering that a turnip, beet, or head of cabbage can taste like pure comfort
Unwrap the Moment
By Kurt Dusterberg | Holiday gift-giving is easy for some but a genuine challenge for others. There are always people on your list who seem to have everything, or whose tastes are hard to pin down.
Blowing Rock’s Winterfest: Don’t Hibernate, Celebrate
By Jennifer Primrose | Blowing Rock has long been one of my favorite towns in the High Country. A place that resembles a setting from a Hallmark movie.
Enhancement Options: Finding Your Perfect Path to Confidence
Smart Kitchens Start at the Sink
Events in the Triangle
By KYLE MARIE MCMAHON Mardi Gras March 4, 5–8 p.m. 505 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Raleigh Celebrate Mardi Gras at John Chavis Memorial Park with food trucks, live music and activities such as a mask-making station. The event is family-friendly and free to attend. raleighnc.gov Fat Tuesday on The Roof March 4, 7–9 p.m.
