Though noise complaints come in from all over the city, the discussion about Greensboro’s noise ordinance — which is back on the agenda for the city council’s June 18 meeting — always seems to return to two downtown titans: Greene Street night club and developer Roy Carroll.

The Greensboro City Council’s decision to sell the Renaissance Shopping Center on Phillips Avenue last week angered members and supporters of a cooperative grocery initiative that hope to move into the strip in northeast Greensboro.

On Tuesday I finished up at the office in time to watch the last half of swim practice and drive the swimmer home. Wednesday, there was a school play and an awards ceremony — I managed to get there in time to watch my younger son, in the role of Abraham Lincoln, take his final bow.

“What do you think my face is made of anyway?” he asked. I was 1-year-old and couldn’t talk yet, so he did for me.

The jogging stroller, yet to be assembled and standing on end in its box in the front room of our compact apartment, is a small reminder of my responsibilities and how our lives will be rearranged to make room for her.

When I was 3 years old, my parents separated. I still have selective memories of them arguing, sending me to my room when things began to escalate.

“I think I was really frustrated at [Phuzz Phest] because at that moment, were playing with Night Dogs, which I was really stoked about and we wanted to play a good show,” Pledger said. “We tried to do a Television cover that didn’t go well, and tried to play two other new songs that didn’t come off very well.

On one wall, a factory door emerges from a cloud. Across the room, a red, metallic flower petal bursts through the canvas. In between the paintings stands a full-scale sculpture of a deer. Directly above it, replica antlers hang from the ceiling on strings.

Sure enough, there’s a full barista menu at Granny’s Donuts, up on the wall among smoothies, frappes and pastries. But I quickly get the sense that this isn’t one of those hang-out-and-write coffee shops — just three small café tables along the window, all artwork supplied by product vendors.

delving too deeply into how a magic trick is done dampens its effect. Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Isla Fisher and Dave Franco comprise the act known as the “Four Horseman.” Alone, each has some varying degree of success (or not) as a magician. Teamed up, they’re the toast of the Las Vegas Strip and beyond.