GREENSBORO, NC – The Schott Foundation for Public Education and Bennett College today announced a book talk with Jennifer R. Farmer, author of “First and Only: A Black Woman’s Guide to Thriving at Work and in Life.”
GREENSBORO, NC (January 19, 2021) – The Greensboro Public Library is following City Manager’s guidance to reduce potential COVID-19 exposure for residents and staff by modifying operating hours beginning Tues., Jan. 19.
Recognizing the power and potential of storytelling in its many forms at this pivotal moment in American culture and politics, this 5-day festival draws on the skills of some of the nation’s most prominent and diverse storytelling practitioners. The Process Series is excited to announce that…
In 1969, with America’s cities in turmoil and racial tensions high, civil rights leader Floyd McKissick announced an audacious plan: he would build a new city in rural North Carolina, open to all but intended primarily to benefit Black people.
Featured photo by and courtesy of VanderVeen Photography: Actors David Sitler and Lee Spencer portray Ebenezer Scrooge and the ghost of Scrooge’s former business partner Jacob Marley in Triad Stage’s 2016 production of A Christmas Carol, directed by Sarah Hankins
Featured photo is a screen cap from Harry Dean Stanton's reprised role as Carl Rodd, manager of the Fat Trout Trailer Park in 'Twin Peaks: The Return'
GREENSBORO, NC (December 18, 2020) – The North Carolina Public Library Director’s Association has selected Greensboro Public Library Director, Brigitte Blanton, as Director of the Year. Considered annually, this award is given to a current library director who has contributed to the growth a…
A documentary film, an exclusive live webinar, and an encore presentation by the world-renowned ethologist, conservationist and humanitarian take the virtual stage Nov. 17-19.
Kernersville N.C. - The fear of death takes away what should be a peaceful acceptance of our transition into the beyond, but how do we cope with the unknown? What more can we do to understand what comes next? “Connections 2: The Gathering” by Frank Chodl is a continuation of a captivating s…
If you don’t know John Badham by name, you certainly know his work: Saturday Night Fever (1977), Blue Thunder and WarGames (1983), Short Circuit (1986), and Stakeout (1987), to name a few – all critical and financial hits, all revered by fans worldwide.
“Connections 2: The Gathering” by Frank Chodl is the ultimate guide for those discovering their innate potential as psychics, mediums, and intuitives.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (October 29, 2020) - Award-winning author Alexander McCall Smith will discuss his new book, How to Raise an Elephant, during a virtual event at noon EST on Tuesday, Dec. 1. The event is sponsored by Bookmarks.
Greensboro writer Ben Roberts admits he and his co-creators were trepidatious about launching a new comic book in the midst of a pandemic.
GREENSBORO, NC (October 27, 2020) – The Greensboro Public Library is offering the21-Day Racial Equity and Social Justice Challenge Learning Circlebeginning at 7 pm, Tuesday, November 10. To sign up for this free learning circle, please register online.
New Initiative to Improve Literacy Instruction Result of BOG’s Resolution on Teacher Preparation
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (October 16, 2020) - Bookmarks is honored to present award-winning and internationally-bestselling author Margaret Atwood in conversation with Madeline Miller via a virtual Crowdcast event on Monday, November 16, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. EST. To register, guests must purchase a …
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (October 16, 2020) - Bookmarks is thrilled to present award-winning author and chef Vivian Howard via a virtual Crowdcast event on Thursday, November 5, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. EST. To register, guests can either purchase a copy of Howard’s new cookbook, This Will Make It Taste…
(GREENSBORO, NC, October 13, 2020) ─ UNC Greensboro’s University Libraries will host award-winning novelist and essayist, Laila Lalami, for a virtual author talk on Tuesday, October 27, 2020, at 7 p.m. EST.
Noor Ghazi, visiting research scholar in the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Department of Peace and Conflict Studies, is working on a book titled To Bagdad, We Shall Return. Her actually doing so could be fatal.
Iconic 1984 award-winning Rupert inspired song and animated film to be re-released to commemorate this special occasion
This True Story of a National Hero is the Memoir of A Retired Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (September 28, 2020) Bookmarks was chosen as one of 14 literary arts organizations to receive a $50,000 grant from The Literary Arts Emergency Fund. A total of 282 nonprofit literary arts organizations, magazines, and publishers nationwide received $3.5 million in emergen…
GREENSBORO, NC (September 24, 2020) – The Greensboro Public Library is offering a free online workshop with Linda Joyce at 11 am, Saturday, September 26. Joyce is the Gold Winner of the Nonfiction Book Award for her memoir, The Second Room on the Right.
Greensboro’s Scuppernong Books, which opened seven years ago at 304 S. Elm St., isn’t going anywhere in the real world but is leaving a major part of the virtual one. Steve Mitchell recently told YES! Weekly that he and co-owner Brian Lampkin are largely done with Facebook.
As wildfires ravage the West, unseasonal snowstorms blanket the Rocky Mountains, and hurricanes pound the South, people everywhere are talking about climate change.
America’s governmental reaction to the Covid-19 pandemic — shutting down businesses, organizations and schools, requiring face masks and urging social distancing — is causing an unnecessary self-inflicted wound to the U.S. way of life, according to the author of Covid-19: A Physician’s Take …
GREENSBORO, NC (September 14, 2020) – The Greensboro Public Library and UNC Greensboro kick off a community “Big Read” of the novel Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones at 6:30 pm, Tuesday, September 15 via Zoom. Speakers include state representative Ashton Clemmons and keynote speaker Dr. Sharon…
(Yadkinville, NC) – “The Willingham Story Slam @ MUSE Winston-Salem,” a recently launched local storytelling community, will host its first virtual event on Thurs., Sept. 24, 2020, from 7:00-9:00 pm. We all know the world today is not as most of us envisioned it; the theme of this program wi…
Greensboro, NC.......GreenHill is introducing new family programming featuring fun and engaging theme-based activities, beginning September 23 through December 18.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (September 8, 2020) Bookmarks, a literary arts nonprofit which connects readers with authors and books, will hold a virtual Fundraiser and Silent Auction from September 10 – 26, 2020 with a goal of raising $50,000. All funds will support the outreach and author programmin…
GREENSBORO, NC (September 4, 2020) – Movements seeking social change have long incorporated music and storytelling to help the cause. Singers and storytellers have lent their talents to the American Civil Rights Movement, Labor Equality, Indigenous Rights and many others. Music has played a…
What’s the Matter With Amy?, a new book by Kristen Bloch, has been released by RoseDog Books.
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…
Stacy McAnulty & Kelly Yang in Conversation
That luminous red hair. Those piercing green eyes. No wonder Maureen O’Hara was called the “Queen of Technicolor.” She was a fine actress in any format, but her feisty, fiery radiance was made for color film. And, despite eschewing bimbo/sexpot roles, she was a knockout, as much for the int…
GREENSBORO, NC (August 18, 2020) – What’s your favorite book? The Greensboro Public Library is seeking suggestions from residents on titles for the One City, One Book community read in the fall of 2021.
Reader Meet Writer: Sarah M. Broom
Virtual Discussion with the Authors of "The Deadly Hours" on Sept. 3
On page 57 of The Mysteries of Haditha, Greensboro writer M. C. Armstrong’s memoir of being embedded with Joint Special Operations Forces in Iraq’s Al Anbar province in 2008, Armstrong asks several Navy SEALs to tell him their biggest complaint about the war.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (July 30, 2020) Executive Director Ginger Hendricks has submitted her resignation to the Bookmarks Board of Directors, noting that her main consideration at this time is to focus on her family. Her last day will be September 30, 2020, after the completion of Bookmarks Si…
HIGH POINT, NC (July 28, 2020) The High Point Museum reopened its Free Little Library which has been closed since the pandemic began in mid-March. All items have been quarantined and sanitized.
BOCA RATON, FLA (July 8, 2020) – It’s good for what “ales” you!
GREENSBORO, NC (July 9, 2020) – Vision Zero Greensboro, in partnership with John Klopp State Farm Insurance Agency, is hosting a Transportation Safety Summer Art and Essay Contest as part of the “What’s Your Safe?” campaign. Rising elementary, middle, and high school students are asked to he…
What would Joe Oxendine say to the Washington NFL football team about its nickname?
Join the Bookmarks Teen Advisory Council for this fun event. Sarah Henning’s The Princess Will Save You is a YA fantasy adventure inspired by The Princess Bride, in which a princess must rescue her stable boy true love.
Charlotte, NC, June 30, 2020 - Everybody is angry. Whether black, white, or brown, woman or man, everybody is angry right now. And we have a lot to be angry about: George Floyd. Lives lost. Joblessness. Global pandemic. Rioting and looting. But just because we are angry that does not give us…
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (June 26, 2020) - Bookmarks is thrilled to announce that they will host authors Kevin Kwan and Lauren Ho in conversation via Zoom on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. To register for the event, guests must purchase a copy of Kwan’s latest book, Sex and Vanity, at: https:…
High Point, N.C. (June 26, 2020) - On Tuesday, July 30, High Point Public Library staff will welcome the arrival of a new, state-of-the-art bookmobile that replaces a vehicle that has served the community for almost nineteen years.
GREENSBORO, NC (June 25, 2020) – Starting Monday, June 29, the Greensboro Public Library will implement “Grab & Go” service at Central Library, Benjamin Branch, McGirt-Hortin Branch and Glenn McNairy Branch. Other locations will be adding this option as safety measures are put in place.
1. On June 19 in Greensboro, join Guilford Green Foundation for a Very Trans & Queer Juneteenth at the LGBTQ Center, located at 121 N. Greene St. According to the Facebook event page, “Please join us for a special celebration, led by local Black organizers. The event will open with drumm…
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