Among those waiting at the Forsyth County Government Building on May 10 was Walter Marshall, a Democratic county commissioner who represents the counties urban core in Winston-Salem. He was waiting for nine same-sex couples to arrive to request marriage certificates.

He received help from Isabell Moore, who came up with the idea to invite attendees to call out people and organizations they wanted to honor for their work. The Greensboro-based National Conference for Community & Justice is among Gibson's list of inspirations, particularly its Anytown camp.

As the founder of the preeminent label in contemporary blues, Alligator Records boss Bruce Iglauer has impeccable taste for the sound. When he brought the vaunted Texas duo of Smokin' Joe Kubek and Bnois King into the fold, it gave him the opportunity to work with a truly rare animal in his world: the eponymous twin lead guitar.

In addition to acclimating himself to the warped world of 1972, Barnabas is reintroduced to both Angelique, who runs her own company in Collinsport but hasn't forgotten him after all this time, and the reincarnation of Josette in Victoria Winters, a gravely beautiful governess with a few secrets of her own.

With Temple’s allergies, Jane and Johnson’s awkwardness, Otis’s old age and Carter’s “sqeak-by” writing — the whole crew is rendered basically unemployable and must scramble to hold onto their jobs despite the odds. The lonely editor-in-chief, Sam, however, is more concerned with pitching a different type of “job” to her male employees.