I dont have many pictures of my father. Its not because he wasnt around. My father was a fixture in the house where I grew up he was always around: watching TV in the den, fixing plates of snacks in the kitchen, shooting pool in the basement.

Sometimes we get the feeling that the national media just doesnt understand Greensboro, which, when it isnt confusing us with Greenville, seems determined to reduce us to unflattering rankings on listicles or spotlight bizarre occurrences like the ninja who crashed into the Apple store.

On Thursday, head out to Mayodan for the grand opening of the Pavilion at Autumn Creek Vineyards,.

Its his eyes that sell it: Hes serious about this, serious about making a commercial home video for lonely VCR owners, serious about spending some quality time with whomever deigns to buy it. And hes serious about the friend thing. He wants to be your friend.

The short film Heavy Metal Parking Lot is not exactly a piece of found footage it was made by two professional videographers for a slot on a cable access station in 1986 and has since become an underground hit but it will still open the Found Footage Film Festivals Saturday night presentation at the Idiot Box because well, its awesome.

We get up like we do every day, a few snooze buttons past 6 a.m., roll from our bed and shuffle to the kitchen, rousting the children from their rooms as we go. I begin the countdown that ticks off every school day, calling off the time before the bus hits curbside like a veiled threat.

North Carolina has been embroiled in a debate over the education of undocumented young people for the past couple years, first with regards to community college and now, possibly, public schools.

And Darryls is not a chain. Not anymore, anyway. The High Point Road location of Darryls in Greensboro is the last of the venerable North Carolina-based franchise, begun in 1971 and eventually comprised of 36 restaurants in nine states. And it was here that the company decided to make its last stand.

And whiskey professor Bernie Lubbers will be expounding on the finer points of bourbon-making on Saturday and Sunday. Also, you know, games, rides, music and such..

The first bear was spotted a couple weeks ago in north Greensboro, and since then bear sightings have been reported in the Aycock Historical District, NC A&T University, a downtown train trestle, US 29 and a tree near Battleground Park.