Study shows Guilford County arts had $240M economic impact
A national study found that more than $240 million in economic activity was generated by the arts scene in Guilford County between 2022 and 2023.
Arts, Music & Culture
Keeping the Jack tales tradition alive in a changing Appalachian culture
Watauga County’s Ray Hicks drew national acclaim for his storytelling skills focusing on the adventures of a poor but clever boy named Jack.
Hicks passed away 20 years ago. Other raconteurs have kept the tales alive, but the High Country way of telling them faces an uncertain future, and changes in the Appalachian region could determine the outlook for this centuries-old tradition.
Piedmont Craftsmen Fair celebrates 60 years of arts and community support
Piedmont Craftsmen celebrates its 60th annual fair this weekend in Winston-Salem.
High Point Museum creates new historic Highland Mills neighborhood walking tour
The museum’s app offers a variety of guided tours from Washington Street, which was once the center of High Point’s Black life in the decades following the Civil War, to the Hedgecock Farm, a family-run self-sufficient tobacco farm, something that was once a common sight all across Guilford County.
Actor, humorist, author Nick Offerman gets set for an evening of music and mirth in Greensboro
Actor, humorist, and author Nick Offerman is best known as the character Ron Swanson on TV's Parks & Recreation which aired for seven seasons on NBC. This weekend he’ll perform an evening of deliberative talking, mirth, and music at the Tanger Center in Greensboro.
Winston-Salem Symphony Chorus presents oratorio 'Considering Matthew Shepard'
This month marks 25 years since Matthew Shepard, a gay University of Wyoming student, was kidnapped and brutally murdered.
Lexington Barbecue Festival returns but area has seen contraction of legacy restaurants
Thousands of people will fill the streets of Uptown Lexington this Saturday to celebrate just one thing: barbecue.
New study examines economic and social impact of arts in Forsyth County
A new study measures the impact the nonprofit arts and culture sector has on the Forsyth County economy.
Banner Elk's annual Woolly Worm Festival returns this weekend
At the heart of the festival are the worm-racing contests. The winning worm has the honor of serving as kind of a local fall version of Groundhog Day’s Punxsutawney Phil, predicting the severity of the upcoming winter.
Documentary 'Bad Press' exposes vulnerable journalistic freedoms for Native American tribes
When Oklahoma’s Muscogee Creek Nation government abruptly muzzled the tribe’s hard-hitting news outlet, journalist Angel Ellis charged headfirst into a historic battle to restore her tribe’s press freedoms.