GREENSBORO, NC (October 19, 2020) – Funding still remains for rent and utility assistance and mortgage assistance for households financially affected by COVID-19. Applications for these City-managed emergency housing assistance programs are still being taken and the qualifications for them h…
North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority approves more than $4.5 million in funding to support economic development
The Ramkat is excited to partner again with a/perture cinema to present another Drive-In movie screening for 2 nights in The Ramkat Parking Lot.
Governor and health officials urge continued vigilance as certain metrics rise
GUILFORD COUNTY – Guilford County will begin distributing face masks and bottles of hand sanitizer throughout the community starting Thursday, October 15. This distribution program will be handled by Guilford County’s Social Services division of the Health and Human Services Department and g…
The interactive tool allows people to track the spread of COVID-19 and better understand their risks of catching it.
The coronavirus pandemic has not been easy on any of us. We have all made sacrifices, big and small, to flatten the curve and protect our communities from the virus. But looking at the data, it is clear that the burden of this pandemic has fallen most heavily on communities of color in North…
Oct. 9 is the last day to register to vote in North Carolina. After this Friday, eligible voters can still register, but they must do so in person at one-stop polling sites during the early voting period, which is Oct. 15-Oct. 31. Why am I telling you this? Because, dear readers, this electi…
WINSTON-SALEM, NC (OCTOBER 2, 2020)—As a part of its reimagined season, the Winston-Salem Symphony is presenting a series of Symphony Serenades— socially distanced, intimate concerts for small audiences. The first Symphony Serenade open to the public will take place at SECCA on Friday, Octo…
The Women’s Only Virtual 5K Walk & Run raises more than $34,000
Winston Salem, NC – October 5, 2020 – Three startups have earned the top seed-stage investment awards in the Center for Creative Economy’s Velocity Creative Accelerator.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – While COVID-19 has caused many events to cancel, the fall fashion-forward event of the year is not one of them. Join us for the Sixth Annual Winston-Salem Fashion Week, presented by Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina and the Southeastern Center for Contempo…
To-Date, Greensboro Virus Relief Taskforce Has Granted Over $2.4 million to Over 100 local Nonprofits
Ssalefish Comics & Lexington Cinemas to host ‘Mask Con’ on October 10.
The High Point Arts Council is pleased to bring back Donna Hughes for Sidetrack Sessions at the Centennial Station Arts Center on Thursday, October 8, at 7:00 p.m. Since COVID-19 gathering restrictions are limited to 25 people indoors, these concerts are not open to the public at this time, …
WINSTON-SALEM, NC (September 30, 2020)– The Winston-Salem Symphony continues to show its commitment to music education during the COVID-19 pandemic by offering online music rehearsals and classes to students in the Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Orchestras program and Piedmont Learning Academy…
RETOOLNC will offer guidance and funding to Historically Underutilized Businesses
The current pandemic is a very difficult time for a lot of people, and there are a lot of ideas that play a part in helping you survive and thrive at this time. People are struggling with mental health, losing their jobs, and missing connections with friends and family. So it is hugely impor…
To inaugurate the Halloween season, the RiverRun International Film Festival and Marketplace Cinemas have reunited to scare up something very special indeed – a screening this Friday of the 1975 cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Marketplace Cinemas Drive-In Theater, lcoated a…
Small businesses continue to struggle during this Covid-19 recession and local economies need help. This Thursday numerous Greensboro downtown business owners will be calling for a new federal financial stimulus package that will again provide survival funding to small businesses and put mo…
WINSTON-SALEM, NC (OCTOBER 1, 2020) — A new grant program will offer funding for COVID-19 relief to Black and Latino-owned small businesses in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. The Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) grant fund will provide businesses with up to $25,000 and is focused on impr…
GUILFORD COUNTY – Most North Carolina families with children are eligible for a $335 coronavirus relief payment to help with virtual schooling and childcare costs.
The socially conscious family of fashion designers are not strangers to making a statement through their art. The mother-daughter trio of No Punching Bag have embedded their brand in advocating change for various social issues plaguing the United States, such as beauty stereotypes, gun viole…
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Sept. 29, 2020 – Wake Forest Baptist Health is the first health system in the country to enroll patients in a Phase 2 clinical trial designed to quickly determine whether drugs already approved for other uses can be repurposed to effectively treat COVID-19 in critically…
Funds will assist in helping to meet the immediate needs of Guilford County families
Steady numbers allow for large outdoor venues to open at 7% with safety precautions
GREENSBORO, NC (September 21, 2020) – The Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department encourages residents to get outside with children during National Take a Child Outside Week, September 24-30. The department will host a series of free activities to get children aged 3-7 exploring the natur…
(Greensboro, N.C.) – As COVID-19 continues to affect the world and particularly the live entertainment industry, the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts announced today that WICKED, originally scheduled for November 18 – December 6, 2020, has been postponed.
On September 12, Couch Concerts hosted its debut charity Livestream with Snoop Dogg, live from his studio compound in LA. The event had pledged 25% of all ticket and merchandise sales towards the charity, International Medical Corps. To help raise funds for its global efforts to combat the p…
Nothing is stopping Triad fashionistas from showcasing their designs— not even the COVID-19 pandemic. To make it all happen, Winston-Salem Fashion Week CEO Nikita Wallace and her team had to get creative, which is fitting, considering Winston-Salem is the City of Arts and Innovation.
Greensboro, NC (September 8, 2020) – The Greensboro Virus Relief Taskforce is pleased to announce it is accepting applications from nonprofits providing services to people impacted by the Coronavirus. The Taskforce will award five grants up to $25,000 to organizations addressing the priority…
*Editor’s note: This article was updated on Sept. 14 with additional information about ICE and the number of total cases.
Greensboro’s own Ty Gibson has gained a massive following as a comedian on an app that’s rocking the boat of the Trump administration— even more than the “parade” held on Lake Travis in Texas this past weekend.
Andrea Santolim Geller and Laura Rumfelt want to defend future generations of North Carolinians from climate change, and they are starting at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
Welcome to our favorite issue of the year, The Triad’s Best! As many of you may know, this is our biggest issue all year, and something we spend several months working on. This year, exactly 166,410 votes were cast by nearly 30,000 people—setting a new record for participation! People from a…
Rev. Willard Bass and Rev. Gary Williams are co-directors/founders of the SHARE Cooperative, and its motto is “Supplying Honest And Respectful Engagement.” For the past four years, they have been trying to practice what they preach and feed the hungry by opening a grocery store in one of Win…
Program will increase access to testing, but legislature should expand Medicaid when they meet this week
Having enjoyed tremendous success this summer, the collaboration between the RiverRun International Film Festival and Marketplace Cinemas Drive-In screenings continues this month with a pair of popular screen favorites on tap, both of which have direct ties to the festival.
After a summer of hard work to slow the spread of COVID-19, North Carolina can take a modest step to ease some restrictionsNorth Carolinians must stay vigilant on mask wearing and social distancingRead the Executive OrderRALEIGH: Governor Roy Cooper today announced that after a summer of har…
Read Executive Order 162RALEIGH: In an effort to continue slowing the spread of COVID-19, Governor Roy Cooper signed Executive Order 162 to extend the limited hours on the sale of alcoholic drinks in North Carolina. As the state continues to fight the spread of COVID-19, the Order requires r…
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guilford County, the Guilford County Sheriff’s Office has been working with state and local partners to proactively prevent the introduction and spread of COVID-19 into the detention centers. The Sheriff’s Office prevention and response efforts…
Almost six months into the COVID-19 pandemic and over 170,000 dead, it seems like the United States still can’t get the virus under control. For the majority of working-class citizens, the same goes for making ends meet. Rent is due in one week, utilities need to be paid soon, the Paycheck P…
* Editor’s note: YES! Weekly has several public information requests and outstanding emails with questions in queue. When these become available, this story will be updated with that information.
StarMed Healthcare of Charlotte announces a COVID-19 testing opportunity in Greensboro at the Willow Oaks Community Center. Partnerships with organizations such as the Willow Oaks Neighborhood help to increase community testing opportunities in Guilford County. This leads to quicker identifi…
United Ways across North Carolina release updated Self-Sufficiency Standard
Cone Health and the Guilford County Health Department are coordinating efforts.
*Editor's note: The first name of the founder of ACTBAC was incorrectly listed as "Jerry." The founder's name is Gary Williamson. The online version of this article has been corrected.
At the Aug. 11 virtual meeting of the Graham City Council, Mayor Jerry Peterman used Zoom’s “mute” function to silence multiple public comments.
Making its Triad debut, 2:00AM Wake Up Call features multi-instrumentalist Micah Rutrough, who’s looking back on the roads which brought him here in the new album, The Barriers All Seem To Disappear. Settling-in as a High Point resident, Rutrough has been plucking away in his “band of one,”…
A/perture cinema, Winston-Salem’s premier independent art-house theater, brings a much-loved bit of nostalgic summer fun back to the big screen with its special drive-in screening of the 1985 blockbuster Back to the Future this Friday. In case of rain, the film will be screened Saturday.
In August 1990, a Greensboro glamazon with lips that can be seen from outer space materialized, and 30 years later, she is still turning heads and snatching crowns. Chad Taylor AKA Paisley Parque started doing drag when it was still considered illegal in Greensboro to wear clothes in public …
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