http://www.yesweekly.com/triad/articles.sec-230-1-from-the-cover.html Whenever two people join together as one, love exists between them, no matter if they speak different languages, come from different backgrounds, have different skin color or — as is the case with the subjects in this week’s cover stories — share the same gender.]]> Forsyth County School Board, was suffering from a cold that night and losing her voice. She acknowledged her rasp as she addressed the roughly 30 supporters who gathered inside the Pellet’s home in the Buena Vista section of Winston-Salem.]]> but two independent theater companies perform- Dance Theater — collaborated, but Fringe has grown and sub- The 2012 Fringe Festival also includes the NC Dance Festival ing the same weekend in a place like Greensboro missions come in from all over the place.]]> “One thing we’re seeing that I think will continue is diversification of who lives here,” said Russ Clegg, interim director of Greensboro’s long range planning division with the P&CD Department. “In a lot of different ways we are changing as a community in terms of who is living here and [what they need].]]> The more than 500,000, so the Winston-Salem metro, with 447,717 bottom dropped out of the middle class across the Piedmont Triad in the last decade, with the number of families living in middle-income areas declining from more than half to about 45 percent in both the Greensboro-High Point and Winston-Salem metro areas.]]> The Moving Image Archives at the UNCSA School of Filmmaking is any film lover’s dream come true. The Archives houses some 10,000 feature film prints, 700 trailers and more than 1,000 shorts. It’s an awesome collection that completely fills several large rooms on the UNCSA campus.]]> Following in Greensboro’s time-honored tradition of civil disobedience, Stephanie Oudinot (left) and Crystal Ratcliffe enjoyed a smoke at Gate City Billiards Country Club in violation of the state law against smoking in restaurants and bars. [“Where there’s smoke…”; Jan.]]> • Since we’re approaching Christmas, my particular notion on Christmas is the completely, inviting us to realize that we are creatures of God, images of God. In this season, we’re called to recognize that — recognize the presence of God around us in all people.]]> I’m sharing a table with Josh King, David McLaughlin and Joel Kiser of Greensboro indie-rock band House of Fools at the Pour House on dollar can night; the former two huddled around cans of Bud as Kiser comes back from the bar with a frothy New Belgium draft.]]> Supporters of Senate Bill 9 call it a rewriting of the Racial Justice Act. Passed by the NC General Assembly in 2009, the Racial Justice Act sought to ensure that “no person shall be subject to or given a sentence of death or shall be executed pursuant to any judgment that was sought or obtained on the basis of race.]]> From the Green Room in the basement of Meymandi Concert Hall in Raleigh, a cascade of banjo notes can be heard trailing down the hallway from the dressing room shared by Joe Newberry and Mike Compton.]]> Spaz! For the last eight years, Danny has been the mascot of the Greensboro Grasshoppers (his first year they were known as the Bats) and during that span his character has become a part of the fabric of both the team and the town, instantly recognizable as Spaz and equally affable, if a tad less zany, as Danny.]]> The Cobblestone Farmers Market operates on the principles of self-reliance and sustainability. This was evident on a recent Tuesday morning as the market was in full swing on the cobblestone street adjacent to the historical Nissen Building near the intersection of Patterson Avenue and 3rd Street in downtown Winston-Salem.]]> With a double-digit unemployment rate in Guilford County, a grassroots movement about economic inequality called Occupy Wall Street growing around the country, a recent city council campaign and a presidential election approaching, everyone seems to be talking about jobs.]]> The balance is a combination of transportation bonds and other city funding sources. We need to move it forward soon as possible because that will create economic development and jobs in center city.” (candidate forum).]]> Two issues symbolize the fork in the road that will determine Greensboro’s future: the White Street Landfill and the Downtown Greenway. The landfill separates us; the greenway unites us.]]> You feel around in the dark, unknowing of what lies ahead. And just when you’ve focused all of your energy on what could be in front of you, you feel the hot breath on the back of your neck.]]> In 1969, in the jungles of Vietnam, life was cheap. Allen Broach didn’t know that when he was drafted into the US Army in December 1968, just one day after he finished up his associates degree at Kings College in Charlotte, but he figured it out pretty quick once he got in country and the bullets began to fly.]]> During an organizational meeting last week, members of Equality Winston- Salem ironed out the final details of Winston-Salem PRIDE 2011, the first gay and lesbian pride event in the Twin City in 15 years.]]>