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At The Weatherspoon: Making More Room!

July 29, 2023

Celebrate with the Weatherspoon Art Museum on Thursday, July 27, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for an outdoor, fun-filled, community pop-up event. Have a family-friendly evening of great music, table-top and trivia games, drinks, Borough Coffee, and the Coolin Out Ice Cream truck. Making Room: Familiar Art, New Stories is now on display at the […]


‘SOULiloquies: Stories of Underground Legends’ Featuring the Late Logie Meachum

July 21, 2023

Creative Greensboro will host “SOULiloquies: Stories of Underground Legends,” curated by local artist Terence Walker, as part of its Residency at the Hyers program. There will be workshops and performances spanning from July 22 to August 13 at the Stephen D. Hyers Theatre in the Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N Davie St. “SOULiloquies” is an […]


Music for a Sunday Evening in the Park

July 7, 2023

Under the direction of Maestro Kiyoshi Carter, the Greensboro Concert Band delighted hundreds of music lovers at Music for a Sunday Evening in the Park (MUSEP) at LeBauer Park on June 25. The band performed tunes from The Beatles, the theme from Star Wars, a medley of Disney movie tunes, and concluded with John Philip […]


Juneteenth 2023

June 23, 2023

Juneteenth celebrations of freedom blossomed throughout the Greater Greensboro area over a colorful three-day, high-energy weekend of prayers, music, food and fun. Three of the many citywide events included the Uptown Greensboro Arts & Crafts Festival, the Black Food Truck Festival and the Black Pearls Society’s Jam with rhythm and blues singer/record producer Stokley. Happy […]


Once on This Island

June 16, 2023

Creative Greensboro and Community Theater of Greensboro present the Tony award-winning musical “Once on This Island” by Lynn Aherns and Stephen Flaherty, directed by Todd Fisher and Rozalynn Fulton. Performances are June 22-25 at the Virginia Sutton Sommerville Theatre at Well- Spring, 4100 Well Spring in Greensboro. For show times and to purchase tickets, visit […]


Remembering when N.C. Black radio stations boycotted Tina Turner

June 2, 2023

  Editor’s note – The reporter of this story was once the program director and a disc jockey for 570WLLE -AM in Raleigh during the 1980s, and was a first-hand participant in this story. This is his personal account.   Last week at the age of 83, the world lost one of the most iconic […]


Movie Review: Unfinished Business

May 26, 2023

A winner! That would describe this very reflective look at women’s professional basketball. From the OG players to today’s socially conscious, media-savvy Gen Zers. For the past year, the face of the WNBA has been Brittany Griner. The 6’9″ athlete was accused of carrying hashish oil at an airport near Moscow. She was detained, imprisoned […]


N.C. Black Film Festival features work of A&T Theatre Arts Alumna

May 19, 2023

N.C. native Lorey Hayes will have her short film, The Dragonfly Tale, featured at the North Carolina Black Film Festival in Wilmington. The festival will take place May 18-21 with a screening of A Dragonfly Tale on May 20. The festival will also honor legendary actress and N.C native, Pam Grier. The Dragonfly Tale is […]


Arts Across Guilford Conclave

May 19, 2023

Grammy Award winning musical singer Anthony Hamilton participated in the inaugural Arts Across Guilford conclave when Arts Greensboro officially announced its new name, Arts Council of Greater Greensboro. “This celebration is the first event of this size where artists and arts leaders will be able to network and connect with members of the Guilford County […]


The Genius of Little Richard Explored in New Film

May 12, 2023

To many, Little Richard lived a complicated life, from his outwardly gay and hypersexual ways to his brilliant but amazingly disrespected career. Putting aside his personal and flamboyant lifestyle, one could find it hard to argue with Richard’s statement in “Little Richard: I Am Everything,” a new documentary by award-winning filmmaker Lisa Cortés. “Michael Jackson […]


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