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W-S film to be shown on big screen
The story of how and why Forsyth County came to have two separate, central municipalities so close together that they ended up consolidating in 1913 is the subject of a new documentary produced by
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American Girl fashions to hit runway
The Children’s Museum of Winston-Salem is using the incredibly popular American Girl franchise to attract visitors. The Museum will host an American Girl Fashion Show on Saturday, May 18 at 9:30 a.m. and 12:30
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Residents increase social capital by dancing
An ECHO Network Team recently held “Community Dance Connections” as its culminating community project. Held at the Gateway YWCA, the event featured three sections of dance instruction: Latin, hip-hop and swing. Several dozen participants,
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Teen Poets Shine
The Reidsville Library hosted “Poetry Night” on Thursday, April 25. The event included the Ninth Annual Teen Poetry Contest. Here are winners (from left) Christina Ogletree of Reidsville High School; Charity Sharpe of Carolina
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Morris joins Arts Council
The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County has named Susan Morris as director of Community Resource Development. Morris has taught in the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, served as an editor for Carson-Dellosa Publishing, and
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Marker unveiling, Open House to start Centennial Celebration
Winston-Salem’s four-day centennial celebration begins Thursday, May 9, with the unveiling of a local historic marker commemorating the centennial, followed by an open house with refreshments and historical displays in City Hall. Both events
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Giovanni to accept honorary degree, speak to graduates
Nikki Giovanni will serve as the speaker for Winston-Salem State’s (WSSU) 2013 commencement on Saturday, May 18 at 9:45 a.m. in the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. “One of the most widely-read American poets,
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Art and Real Life Meet
Playwrights, actors have face-to-face with sit-in icon On Feb. 8, 1960, Carl Matthews conducted a one-man sit-in at the S. H. Kress lunch counter on the corner of Liberty Street and Fourth Street in
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Student artists win honors
Local high school artists were honored for their work on April 18 at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. Nicholas Milligan, a student at Mount Tabor High School, was named the 2013 Artizens
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Group to record UNCSA students’ music
Composition students in the School of Music at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) will have the opportunity of a lifetime when their music is recorded on campus by the
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