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Almost everyone has one. A dining room used only at Thanksgiving and Christmas, sitting vacant the rest of the year. A study with a desk so cluttered with papers, books and files there is no room to work. An awkward storage space that remains untouched.
Read MoreSUMMERFIELD - With his chocolate-colored coat, shaggy black mane and a white stripe running from his forehead to his nose, Marley looks like a normal horse. He allows his trainer, James Cooler, to lead him with a halter and remains calm as Cooler stomps o...
Read MoreOne thing you can be sure of when it comes to the Edible Schoolyard soon to take shape at the Greensboro Children's Museum: it won't be a perfect rectangle of nice, neat furrows. "It's going to have the look and feel of a more natural ecological set...
Read MoreHigh Point resident Lindy Clark knew she was born to cook at age 10 when she first cracked open "Kitchen Fun," a faded children's cookbook with helpful hints from her mother and grandmother scribbled in the margins. But she didn't know a common...
Read MoreMore than 6 inches of snow wasn't enough to stop a new Triad organization from building a better life for three mixed-breed dogs. On Jan. 30, eight volunteers from the Triad chapter of the Coalition to Unchain Dogs braved the snow to build a fence for Cic...
Read MoreDuring his time on "Survivor: Panama," High Point resident Austin Carty struggled to make fire, suffered dehydration and endured the harsh conditions of the wilderness. But being a 2006 "Survivor" contestant isn't the only challenge Ca...
Read MoreWHAT HE DOES IN THE STUDIO: It's mostly audio and working with bands. It's full service, start to finish: tracking, which is the recording part, producing, mixing, mastering and all the editing. And I also do some graphic design and video work on the side...
Read MoreWill Ridenour and Betsy Bevan couldn't be more different. He is an essentially self-taught drummer and Kora player, and she is a classically trained pianist and painter. He has played in several bands, and she has never been in one. His music is in his he...
Read MoreThough "Falling Grounded II: Engaging Space" may begin as a traditional dance concert, it turns into anything but. Produced by dancer Ashlee Ramsey, the concert starts with five choreographed modern dance performances in a traditional theater setting. Aft...
Read MoreWHAT SHE WRITES: I write about everything. It's just an outpouring of everyday experiences. So, it could be about my experience with work; it could be about family; it could be about spirituality, love, whatever it is. There's no particular genre of poetr...
Read MoreNot everyone would see an instrument when looking at an IBM Selectric typewriter. But that's exactly what Invisible's Mark Dixon saw when he was listening to his friend, Jodi Staley, a professional typist, work on her typewriter. "I thought she already ha...
Read MoreFor up-and-coming artists, one of the most difficult tasks is knowing how to market and manage one's career. But at the First Annual Indiegrrl Women in the Arts Conference, artists can learn about the business side of the entertainment world and enjoy li...
Read MoreHER ROLE IN "CROWNS": "Crowns" is about a young lady named Yolanda, that's me, and she loses her brother in Brooklyn. So her mom sends her to her grandmother in the South to learn about herself and try to grow up. Her grandmother has four other friends an...
Read MoreDressed in African garb, the students of Living Rhythms set up their drums in a semicircle as their friends and family watch them in the relaxing atmosphere of the Golden Flower Tai Chi Center. After a brief huddle, the ensemble begins to play. But don't...
Read MoreFor artist Faye Foster, it's hard to put thoughts, feelings and wonderment about the mysteries of life into words. That's why she turns to sculpture to visually capture the human emotions everyone experiences. At the Green Hill Center's "Regrowth" exhibit...
Read MoreTHEIR PERFORMANCES: Patika Starr: Our performances are unique and avant-garde, and we're constantly reinventing ourselves. We're known most for our fire dances and hoop dance, but we also do vaudeville, cabaret acts, stilts, flags, black light acts, a lot...
Read MoreRex Welton of Winston-Salem debuted the OUT at the Movies film festival in the Triad in 2004 with the goal of screening films dealing with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues. Now, 15 years after the implementation of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell...
Read MoreTheir work is everywhere. And you can find it all across Greensboro: the 15 pedestrian way-finding signs downtown, the sunflower gates at Simple Kneads bakery and the footbridges at the Bog Garden and the Greensboro Arboretum. And yet people don't know j...
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