EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 16, 2023) – The University Galleries at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University will host a new art exhibition, “Common Roots: Many Branches.” The show, featuring more than 60 works, opens Monday, March 20, and runs through Friday, April 14, wi…
Karaoke - March 16, 2023 - Stock + Grain Assembly, located at 275 Elm St. in High Point, will host Karaoke Night at Stock + Grain on Thursday, March 16 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Pure Barre Greensboro is teaming up with Family Service of the Piedmont to host a 24-hour benefit March 16-17th at Pure Barre Greensboro’s studio on Westover Terrace in Greensboro.
Dale Pollock is known for many things: He penned the best-selling biography Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas (1983). He produced 13 feature films, including The Mighty Quinn (1989) and Set It Off (1996). He’s twice been the dean of the School of Filmmaking at the University of …
Bill Heard’s father had a business card that read, “Sweet Old Bill” on one side. The other side said, “Most people call me Sweet Old Bill, but some just use the initials.” That’s how Heard chose his restaurant’s name.
“They stole my son from me and won’t even release the name of the officer who did it,” said Wakita Doriety during a March 9 press conference in front of the United States District Court in downtown Greensboro, at which Doriety wiped tears from her face while embraced by three of her survivin…
At Greensboro City Council’s March 7 meeting, Mayor Nancy Vaughan announced “a public hearing to receive comment on the proposed HOME-ARP Allocation Plan and adopt a resolution to authorize the federal program allocation plan to the United States office of Housing and Urban Development.”
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools has received a 2022 Spirit of North Carolina award. The annual awards celebrate organizations and individuals that achieved United Way campaign excellence through impactful events, engaged leadership, and volunteer engagement.
HIGH POINT, N.C., March 14, 2023 – High Point University’s Department of Religion and Philosophy will host the Charles Franklin Finch Lecture Series featuring Dr. Norman Wirzba, Gilbert T. Rowe distinguished professor of Christian theology and senior fellow at the Kenan Institute for Ethics …
GREENSBORO, NC (March 8, 2023) – Employees with the Greensboro Fire Department and Greensboro History Museum were honored Tuesday night, March 7, as winners of the 2022 Employee Innovation Awards. The annual honors recognize City of Greensboro employees who have devised innovative and impact…
GREENSBORO, NC (March 8, 2023) – Meet some of Greensboro’s female history makers from 12-2 pm Saturday, March 11 at the Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Ave. Guests can explore Women’s History with costumed interpreters throughout the galleries who will share well-known and little-known…
GREENSBORO, NC (March 8, 2023) – Thirteen recruits graduated from the 113th Greensboro Police Academy on March 7, 2023, and joined the ranks of the Greensboro Police Department.
On this International Women's Day, the Novant Health Women’s Business Resource Group took time to move from celebrating one another to doing what they do best, serving their surrounding community. This business resource group, comprised of female team members across Novant Health, come toget…
Live Music - March 9, 2023 - Sweet Old Bills, located at 1232 N. Main St. in High Point, will host live music by Jimmy Hayes and Friends on Thursday, March 9. For more information, visit www.sweetoldbills.com.
Local ownership group brings professional men’s soccer to the region with an independent club for on-field and off-field community development
Michelle Adamolekun recognized by the Diversity First Consortium for her outstanding servant leadership and commitment to diversity
CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 7, 2023 – Teach For America North Carolina will host its signature fundraising event, One Day Breakfast, in four cities within North Carolina. The 2023 theme, Meeting the Moment, calls supporters to action by attending one of the events or donating to the cause.
The program formally known as Jobs On The Outside is Renamed to Careers On The Outside
Sawtooth School for Visual Art is delighted to announce the appointment of Lauren Davis as Executive Director. Davis has extensive experience in nonprofit management, most recently serving as Chief Advancement Officer at Habitat for Humanity of Forsyth County.
The Camel City Playhouse raises the curtain on its production of the classic Tennessee Williams drama The Glass Menagerie at 7 p.m. Thursday. The play runs through March 19 at 110 W. Seventh Street, Winston-Salem. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Thursdays through Saturdays, and 2 p.m. Sundays. Tickets …
On February 27, Guilford County District Court Judge Tabatha Holiday dismissed all charges against Bradford McCauley, former owner of the now-defunct Greensboro music venue The Blind Tiger, where bouncer Jason Leonard fatally shot 19-year-old Pedro Alegria on July 31 of last year.
On March 1, roughly 50 people from Greensboro neighborhoods spoke at a special Zoning and Planning Commission meeting about a proposed ordinance “regulating” short-term rentals like Airbnbs. City planning manager Mike Kirkman argued that the proposed ordinance tightens restrictions on such r…
It’s all about helping women and meeting their needs at the Women’s Resource Center of Greensboro.
Girls rule around the Greensboro area, with live music series, lectures, residencies, and radio programs. We’ve got a wealth of wonderful women worth honoring.
(YADKINVILLE, N.C.) — It’s about to get smooth, y’all… The Yadkin Arts Council to present Camel City Yacht Club on Saturday, March 25th @ 7:30pm. Featuring Thurston Howard III on vocals, Tom Collins on guitar, Charlie Chardonnay IV on bass, Fanny von Bottoms on drums, and Kip Falco on keyboa…
The Alamance Community College Mock Trial Team competed at the 2023 Regional Championship tournament February 18-19 on the UNC Chapel Hill campus, finishing in a tie for fifth place against the 18 teams competing. Participating schools included Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill, George Washin…
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – Expanding on their longstanding alliance, Novant Health and the YMCA of Northwest North Carolina have formed a strategic partnership to encompass the Y’s 17 branch locations across Alexander, Davie, Forsyth, Iredell, Stokes, Wilkes and Yadkin counties. Guided by the loc…
Events will feature a conversation on his grandfather’s life and passion for social justice
HIGH POINT, N.C. (March 6, 2023) – The High Point Public Library will host the Black Business Expo, an event featuring local vendors with a variety of products and services, on Saturday, March 11, 2023, from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. in the library’s first-floor lobby, 901 N. Main St.
HIGH POINT - High Point native Elizabeth Yocum has joined Stock + Grain Assembly Food Hall to lead their marketing, events, and community engagement efforts.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., March 6, 2023 – On March 7 at 7 a.m., all Novant Health facilities will lift flu and RSV-related visitor restrictions that limit visitors under age 13 and were put in place Nov. 15, 2022. All other visitor guidance remains in effect, including mask requirements for all v…
Cone Health joins others in the move due to fewer flu cases throughout the Piedmont.
(GREENSBORO, NC) - The Greensboro Coliseum will host the 2023 New York Life ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament beginning Tuesday through Saturday, March 11.
A special U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) outreach presentation for Triad-area military veterans and their families on expanded benefits of the new federal PACT (Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics) Act was held Saturday, March 4 at Immaculate Heart of Mary (IHM) School, High Po…
[HIGH POINT, NC – March 5, 2022] The YMCA of High Point has invested over $4.5 million in the main facility and the adjacent Carlvena Foster Child Care Center. Through the generosity of so many including individuals, companies, foundations, city, and county, the campaign surpassed the fundra…
Alamance Community College has announced that Engineered Controls International, more commonly known as ECI, is the recipient of its 2022 Business and Industry Partner of the Year award.
GREENSBORO, NC (March 2, 2023) – Creative Greensboro, in collaboration with Shared Radiance Performing Arts Company, presents a teen production of William Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” at 7 pm, March 16-18 and at 2 pm, March 19 in the Stephen D. Hyers Theatre at the Greensboro Cultural Ce…
EAST GREENSBORO, N.C. (March 2, 2023) – North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and Cone Health today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that strengthens their partnerships in clinical education, research and strategic workforce development.To achieve these goals, …
1) Musical Tribute - March 2, 2023 - The Flat Iron, located at 221 Summit Ave. in Greensboro, will host In the Beat of the Night Presents: A Tribute to De La Soul & Native Tongues on Thursday, March 2 at 9 p.m. This event is hosted by ILLPO and is free and open to the public.
The University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) has bestowed its Excellence in Teaching Awards for 2022-’23 to six permanent faculty members and one adjunct faculty member.
Double Oaks is a significant historic property, honored by placement on the National Register in 1985. It was designed by North Carolina’s first registered architect, William G. Armfield. Construction began in 1906 as a home for Harden Thomas Martin, a Reidsville merchant who had it built fo…
The Miss NC-USA Pageant was held this past weekend in High Point.
Following 13 years of selling tea blends locally without a brick-and-mortar, Chad’s Chai has a permanent home in downtown Winston-Salem. Having partnered with now co-owner Thomas Lees along the way, the duo spent the last several years working towards making a local space a reality for old a…
“As the family of George Garlington Sr., we are proud to receive this honor on his behalf,” said Cecil Garlington to the audience gathered in the packed High Point Museum lecture gallery on Saturday. “I can just tell you that my father would be extremely proud if he was here. He would be ove…
March is Women’s History Month — and there’s never a bad time to throw flowers towards hostesses with the mostesses — here’s to the web of wonderful women around Winston-Salem who weave community through song, dance, and even scary movies.
Music Series - Feb. 22-26, 2023 - Summerfield Farms, located at 3203 Pleasant Ridge Road in Summerfield, will host Music Series at the Barn from Wednesday, February 22 to Sunday, February 26. Performers in the series include: Madison Dawn, Evan Blackerby, Justin Reid, and Josh Watson. Food t…
As its organizers enter the home stretch of preparations for the upcoming 25th festival, the RiverRun International Film Festival will present a free screening of Remember This at 7 p.m. Wednesday, March 2 at Marketplace Cinemas, 2095 Peters Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem. Admission is free, b…
On Saturday, February 18, the Reynolda House Museum of American Art inaugurated the long-anticipated exhibit “Stephen Towns: Declaration & Resistance.” A collection of 37 pieces by living artist Stephen Towns, the show pays homage to the lives of Black Americans over the past century and…
If plans presented by Greensboro coliseum manager Matt Brown and architects from CPL to Greensboro City Council members and officials come to fruition, a large downtown live music venue will be built on the entire 100 Block of North Church Street, as bounded on the north by E. Friendly Avenu…
The NuBeing Collective is coming together with a new album and another round of their Strange Fruit Festival, both of which will bloom in the spring, followed by a GROW residency at the Greensboro Cultural Center as part of the Strange Fruit Foundation to round out the summer.
Creative Aging Network-NC (CAN-NC) and UNCG’s Gerontology Program are excited to unveil the Creative Aging Gallery Hallway on March 8th from 4:00-6:00 pm at 524 Highland Ave (UNCG Ferguson Building) in Greensboro, NC. The gallery hallway will be a rotating exhibit, featuring art by mature ar…
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