Barry Leffler

Ron Stutts Retrospective

Posted by | Jul 31, 2012 |

Last week WCHL celebrated the 35th Anniversary of Ron Stutts’ start at the station. Surely you noticed, with all the on-the-air promos and all the guests and surprises in the studio last Friday morning.   Mayor Mark Kleinschmidt...

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Re-Lighting the Night Sky

Posted by | Jul 6, 2012 |

Almost exactly one year ago I wrote how I lauded the decision to cancel Chapel Hill’s annual fireworks display.  While the economy is only inching its way back and can not yet be called healthy and while town leaders are...

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The Rite of Spring at 100

Posted by | May 23, 2012 |

The Carolina Performing Arts presented a sneak peek of their 2012-2013 schedule to a gathering of their most ardent supporters last Wednesday evening May 16, 2012 at Memorial Hall on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus. Executive...

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How to Photograph Tweens

Posted by | Apr 25, 2012 |

A tween is the stage between middle childhood and adolescence, so from roughly 9 to 12 years of age.  This can be an awkward stage as tweens bodies and minds are changing rapidly in fits and starts. They are not little children...

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