The British studio, which specialized in Gothic horror and science-fiction from the 1950s through the 1970s, left in its wake a cinematic legacy that may never be equaled, much less surpassed. Just ask its fans. Just take a look at Curse of Frankenstein, Horror of Dracula, Quatermass and the Pit, Brides of Dracula, The Gorgon.

David Joy is one of the more versatile and prolific actors in the Piedmont Triad. He doesn't necessarily think so, but more about that later.

Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the movies.... The Mixed Tape Film Series continues to make moviegoing the most bizarre pastime possible in the Piedmont Triad region, and there's no better example of this aberrant behavior than during Halloween season.

Glass is a fascinating medium," says Avery Shaffer from his downtown Greensboro studio and gallery, Ellenburg Shaffer. "It's pure color because light passes through it. And we as humans kind of respond to it because of its watery nature, its illusory qualities. "

During the Bookmarks 2009 Festival of Books being held this Saturday in Winston-Salem, there will be a workshop that focuses not solely on the written word, but the transformation that occurs when words are spoken. "Slam Poetry: From Written to Spoken Word" will be held at 3:30 p.

Hollywood is loaded with legends, but not perhaps so unlikely as Tommy Wiseau, the writer/director/executive producer of the indie "sensation" The Room , a film of such legendarily bad proportions that it had to be seen to be believed' or disbelieved, as the case may be.

Actors will be asked to read short scenes from the script (available on-site) and be prepared to sing and play a musical instrument. The production, which is being directed by Bobby Bodford, is scheduled to run Nov. 6-22 - just in time to kick off the holiday season.

Lawren Desai stood inside the empty office space that once housed an architecture firm in its most recent iteration and shared her vision of an art-house theater located on West Fourth Street in downtown Winston-Salem. "Just walking downtown, I realized that's what's missing," Desai said.

The corner of West McGee and Elm streets is crowded and it seems people are headed this way from every direction. The Idiot Box stands at the corner, taking in the people with open arms. The small room inside is packed full with chairs and tables that are quickly filling up.

Dawes, the poet in residence at the University of South Carolina, grew up in Jamaica. He was approached by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to travel to his home country to report on the human stories at the heart of the HIV AIDS epidemic that has ravaged the land.

She says she likes surprises, so I don't tell her exactly where we're going, just that it's a museum that specializes in dolls - which, at four years old, are a very big part of her life - and that it is in High Point, which seems to her like a very exotic place indeed.

On Sep. 22, 1989, Hurricane Hugo, a Category 5 storm, made landfall in South Carolina. It is a day forever etched in the memory of Greensboro author Nic Brown. "I was 12 at the time and that's when everything seems heavy and important, Brown said. "Hugo wasn't a big deal in Greensboro, but it was the only time we got out of school for a hurricane. "

You can't take it with you? Says who? The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem will open its 74th season with its production of the classic George S Kaufman/Moss Hart stage comedy You Can't Take It With You.

Stone walls and pillars adorn the Comedy Zone in Greensboro. As you walk through the door you cross a bridge covering a pool filled with koi. The room is lit with a combination of candlelight, dim wall lights and the glow of black lights.

Stone walls and pillars adorn the Comedy Zone in Greensboro. As you walk through the door you cross a bridge covering a pool filled with koi. The room is lit with a combination of candlelight, dim wall lights and the glow of black lights.

A city's support for its artistic community is invaluable, one of those intangibles that Winston-Salem boasts about on a regular basis to attract people and businesses to Forsyth County. But how does all that boasting hold up under the spotlight of a gallery show at the corner of 6 th and Trade streets? Very well, said artist Cindy Taplin.

CW Eldridge has acquired so many tattoos over the past 44 years that he has stopped counting them and instead tells people 75 percent of his body is covered. Eldridge owns the Tattoo Archive, located on 4 th Street in downtown Winston- Salem. This unique location blends tattoo history, merchandise and a tattoo studio into one colorful attraction.

Theatre Alliance always seems to find success with the works of Del Shores, whose award-winning oeuvre includes such popular comedies as Daddys Dyin (Whos Got by Mark Burger the Will?), Southern contributing columnist Baptist Sissies and The Trials and Tribulations of a Trailer Trash Housewife.

In a summer movie season that has already seen the release of such blockbusters as Star Trek, Up, Terminator: Salvation, Wolverine, The Hangover and more, you can now add Dogs of Chinatown to the list. More or less. (Mostly more.)

The temperature hovers in the nineties on a recent Friday but Dan Riedel dresses in a shortsleeve white shirt, dark grey vest and a matching vintage style jacket with tails. A vintage brimmed hat tops his head. He stalks through the streets of downtown Greensboro toting a wax splattered lantern, telling stories of the dead.