Fire in the Triad began this week in Greensboro, pitting Undercurrent against Southern Roots. As I’m writing this, I’m preparing to judge the first round Tuesday night. Jordan Green will be there Thiusday. Read all about it next week and find out more at competitiondining.

We gabachos get differing reports regarding the Reconquista. Some say it's a genuine movement, well underway. Others claim it'll never happen, but that it's useful as a slogan that both antagonizes white America and energizes young Mexicans. Let's say for now that it's a genuine movement destined for success.

YES! Weekly, in it's first year of eligilbility, won a honorable mention SAPA ad award for front page design in the Division 2 category. SAPA is the Southeastern Advertising Publishers Association.

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  Friends & Great Performers Series: Steinway Piano Gala “Debussy:Inspiration and Innovation” Dana Auditorium, Guilford College; 5800 W. Friendly Ave., Greensboro; 87

The 2103 Spring Into Creative Career Strategies and Solutions symposium, hosted by the Guilford County JobLink Career Center, takes place at the Sears Applied Technology Center on the main campus of GTCC in Jamestown on May 21 from 8 a.m. to noon. Joyce Richman, a writer who focuses on career development, is the guest speaker.

The film’s title refers to the most lethal room in the haunted Overlook Hotel, while also recognizing one of the many changes Kubrick made in adapting Stephen King’s bestseller (in which the specific room was 217). In interviews over the years, King has acknowledged that the film version of The Shining.

James Chadwick Shearin surrendered peacefully and uninjured about 5:33 p.m. on May 7 at approximately 5:33 p.m. after barricading himself in his residence at 15 Moss Cove Court in Greensboro near Cornwallis Drive. He had been in his house for almost two hours.

NARRATIVE COMPETITION: The 2013 Narrative Features Competition is incredibly diverse, and includes films from around the world that range from fast-paced thrillers to dream-like dramas. The films in the Narrative Competition are eligible for jury prizes and the Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature.

As May rolls out delightful sunshine days, I know First Friday fans will be coming out to play! The City of the Arts heats up the Hop this month with great outdoor entertainment including jugglers, dancers, live music, poetry and artful demonstrations.

So long as Trigger can ride, so can Willie Nelson. The red-headed stranger’s Martin N-20 might be the most famous single guitar still in constant use today, and the gaping hole in the body where the pick guard should be is a testament to the amount of work it’s put in.

Q: My family loves The Waltons. Its such a wonderful family show; they just dont make them like this anymore. What is Richard Thomas (John-Boy) doing now, and does he ever see his old cast members anymore? Patricia C., Altoona, Pa.

Barring an act of Congress, Valley Meat Company in Roswell, NM will soon become the first horse slaughterhouse in the US since 2007, when the nation’s last equine abattoir closed its doors. For the time being, the resulting meat will be exported.

Here’s one more sad example: Ben Chavis, founder and principal of the American Indian Public Charter Schools, got permission to compete with the Blob in Oakland, Calif. Chavis vowed, “We’ll outperform the other schools in five years.” He did. Kids at the three schools he runs now have some of the highest test scores in California.

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May 4: Tim McGraw, Brantley Gilbert, Love and Theft May 23: Kenny Chesney, Eli Young Band, Kacey Musgraves July 11: The Black Keys, The Flaming Lips.

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I have lived in Greensboro for 13 years, and have researched and written hundreds of stories in and around downtown Greensboro. In the early years of the last decade, I worked out of an office building that stood on what is now Center City Park. Back then, walking to my car after dark was a lonely experience.

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Only three people spoke to the Forsyth County Board of Equalization and Review on Monday during a special meeting set aside for public comment, but their pointed questions about how revaluations were conducted in a band of predominantly black neighborhoods where residents saw deep markdowns in values put the tax office on the defensive.

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“It is, quite simply, a beautifully written story about a segment of the population we don’t often give attention to,” said Amy da Luz, producer of Paper Lantern Theatre’s upcoming production. “The characters resonated with me long after I had put the play down, and that is always a good sign.

For those who savor spaghetti Westerns, this 1972 outing is a quintessential example and boasts a prime turn by Lee Van Cleef as a black-clad anti-hero.

Earlier  this month, the Republicans in the NC House took some time off from denying science, creating a shadow educational system, fetishizing firearms and making life better for dogs to introduce what they touted as a Taxpayer Bill of Rights to be added as an amendment to our state constitution.

Aside from the fact that the surfers monopolize the prime waves, the best thing about being at Wrightsville Beach is watching the them paddle in ahead of an arriving water mass, rise to their feet as it surges beneath, perform a poetic slalom along its advancing line, turn 180s or take the express towards the shoreline before collapsing in the surf.

There was a bit of a glitch in the matrix last week with some of this week’s show’s appearing a week early. The good news is, you didn’t miss Rich Homie Quan. Cataclysmic blues-rock five-piece from Knoxville, the Black Cadillacs, are more of a can’t-miss, and they’re at the Blind Tiger on Wednesday.

February 28. 7:30pm. Miss Representation Film Viewing and Discussion. Hanes Auditorium, Salem Fine Arts Center. 601 S Church St., Winston-Salem..

The film details the decade-long hunt for Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the World Trade Center attack on Sept. 11, 2001, in a persuasive fashion that certainly feels credible.

Jake Holloway needs a title. He's not politicking for one - it's probably never even entered his mind - but he deserves one nonetheless. His predecessor, Mel Lanford, the man who taught him the tricks of the trade, had one. Mel, as many patrons of War Memorial Stadium will remember fondly, was the "Doctor of Dirt," so it's only fitting that Jake have one too.

A state of mind ... and more. Memphis in May hosts the city's largest events like the Beale Street Music Festival, the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest and the Sunset Symphony.

Author Emily Herring Wilson gives a presentation entitled “Which Way to the City of the Arts?” at Hanesbrands Theatre at 11:15 a.m. Penelope Niven presents “60Plus Creativity: Why, Why, How” at 1:30 p.m. Then, at 2:30 p.m., publisher Mike Simpson and storytellers Lew Garnett and Tony Lindsay talk about what publishers want.

Last week I drove out to Lexington for a visit with Chef Dion Sprenkle with just two questions on my mind: How did Sprenkle, a relative unknown — at least to me and literally everyone I asked about him — manage to win Best Chef in our Best of the...

LEO (July 23 to August 22) Being ignored is difficult for any proud Leo or Leona. But pushing yourself back into the spotlight might be unwise. Instead, let things work themselves out at their own pace..

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HOLLYWOOD...SHE'S BAAAACK! Possibly you've heard or read already about Lindsay Lohan's return to Filmtown. This go-round with dark black hair. When she departed it was a reddish brown. She also is wearing that alcohol detection device on one leg.

That was also the same year locusts caused the break-up of countless marriages, including those of Charles and Diana, and Lisa Marie Presley and Michael Jackson. Mad Cow Disease invaded the United Kingdom, there was a meningitis epidemic in West Africa and a bomb exploded at the Atlanta Olympics.

Arizona and Texas also gained, which made me wonder if Americans just move to states where it’s warm. “No,” said Darcy Olsen, president of Arizona’s Goldwater Institute. “Weather explains just 5 percent of the migration... the Census Bureau asks, and they say, ‘to find a job.