SPARKcon, downtown the volunteer-run arts event is our feature article for this issue of the Raleigh Downtowner along with some of our regular columns, including Downtown Dining and Let's Do Lunch, Uncorked, @Art, Raleigh Music, Reader Rewards, Artist Profile, and Local History. We also have articles on the Women's Center of Wake County, Looking Ahead at Downtown Raleigh by Mitch Silver, and Eichenberger on High Speed Rail. We hope you enjoy this issue!