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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.
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5 Expert-Approved Ways to Strengthen the Foundation of Your Smile
Healthy gums are the foundation of a healthy smile—and they affect far more than just your teeth. Dr. Macon Singletary of North Raleigh Periodontics & Implant Center shares practical, expert-backed ways to protect and improve periodontal health. 1. Brush More Often—and Gently Dr. Singletary recommends brushing four times a day—after meals and before bed—to reduce
Should I Replace My Missing Tooth?
Replacing a missing tooth is essential for maintaining your long-term oral health. When a tooth is lost, the jawbone in that area begins to shrink, resulting in bone loss that can weaken nearby teeth, change your facial appearance, and make chewing, speaking, and smiling more difficult. Over time, untreated tooth loss can lead to shifting
Kitchen Confidential – Prime Barbecue
By Dathan Kazsuk | In this new series, we sit down with a standout Triangle chef for a quick-fire Q&A designed to give readers a taste of who they are—straight from the kitchen.
Where to Sip Smart (or Sip Different) Around the Triangle
By Dathan Kazsuk | According to national surveys, roughly one in four plans to participate in Dry January in some form this year—either cutting out alcohol or dialing it way back.
When Chance Becomes the Artist
By Charlotte Russell | Chieko Murasugi is an abstract and mixed-media artist born in Tokyo, raised in Toronto, and now living in Chapel Hill after two decades in San Francisco.
Americans Are Trading Booze for THC and Mocktails
By Dathan Kazsuk | With NA cocktails booming and THC seltzers going mainstream, Dry January is no longer a fad, but the front line of a cultural shift in how we unwind.
