WFDD Upcoming Events
An evening of stargazing, storytelling, and s'mores.
Join us at Hanging Rock State Park's lake for our annual listening party! Pack a picnic, your lawn chairs, and get ready for a good time. We'll have specially selected (family friendly!) spooky stories curated by our Content Director playing throughout the evening and s'mores stations around the beach. We'll also be joined by the Forsyth Astronomical Society who will be setting up their high powered telescope and offering guided tours of the night sky. Afterwards, we invite everyone to join as at Green Heron Ale House for a chance to warm up and connect with other listeners — best of all, your first drink is on us!
In addition to the complimentary drink at the Green Heron that comes with each adult ticket, we are offering two new ticket add-ons: a branded WFDD blanket to keep off the chill and a stainless steel, telescoping reusable roasting stick!
The blanket is available for pre-order through October 1st for $25. The roasting sticks will be available to add to your ticket or on-site for $5. More details can be found on the registration page.
Thank you to our event sponsor Great Outdoor Provision Co. for helping make this year's Look Up and Listen a reality!
Bar Meetup at Red Oak Brewery
Come out for some Fall fun at our October Bar Meetup at Red Oak Brewery. It’s the perfect time to connect with your favorite WFDD hosts, team members and friends over a refreshing pint...and we’re so excited to do that with you!
With a donation in any amount, you’ll receive our newly designed “Radio for Thirsty Minds'' pint glass, filled with your choice of ice-cold beverage from the bar.
When: 10/11/2024 5:30-8pm
Where: Red Oak Brewery 6905 Konica Dr, Whitsett, NC 27377
*Must be 21 or older to attend
Take a look at our past events!
2024 Bar Meetups!
We had a wonderful time meeting everyone who made it out to one of our meetups in Boone, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Lansing this year. It was the perfect time to connect with WFDD team members and friends over a refreshing pint.
We can't wait to see you next year!
2023 Photo of the Year
WFDD’s 2023 Photo of the Year gallery was open in Blowing Rock, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem.
You can view all of 2023 Photo of the Week winners here.
Celebrating 15 years of WFDD's BackPack Campaign
Thank you to everyone who joined us at Radar Brewing! On November 28th, 2023, we celebrated 15 years of our BackPack Campaign with a food truck, giveaways, and trivia! With a gift in any amount to support WFDD during our celebration at Radar Brewing, our partner Kaplan Early Learning Company donated a backpack full of nutritious, kid-friendly food to Second Harvest Food Bank's BackPack Program.
A Community Conversation on Health Equity with Mustard Seed Community Health
October 24th, 7:15 PM
Life expectancy is more than 10 years shorter in east Greensboro than west Greensboro. How can we work together as a community to close this gap?
Join WFDD's Bethany Chafin and a panel of experts as they discuss issues of health equity with Mustard Seed Community Health. This event is free and will take place in the Barber Park Event Center.
Find us at the BookMarks Festival of Books and Authors
September 23rd, 2023
Thank you to everyone who joined us at the BookMarks Festival of Books & Authors in downtown Winston-Salem on Saturday, September 23rd! We hope you stayed dry and enjoy some new WFDD swag. Find more book-lovers in your community with the WFDD Book Club! We meet quarterly; learn more and find your next read at wfdd.org/bookclub.
Artist Talk with John Rosenthal
September 23rd, 2023
WFDD's David Ford moderated an Artist Talk with photographer John Rosenthal at GreenHill Center for NC Art in Greensboro. Finding the luminous in ordinary things has been a pursuit for Rosenthal for five decades, and his current exhibition "Living in the Ordinary World" is a culmination of decades of work.
Summer Bar Meetups
We loved meeting our listeners for a pint this summer in Greensboro, Boone, and Winston-Salem! Everyone who participated received our special "Radio for thirsty minds" pint glasses, filled with their choice of beverage from the bar. We hope you join us next year!
Listener Expeditions
Explore special and unique locales in our region, guided by expert presenters. Learn something new about the community you call home and maybe make some new friends while you’re at it. Past expeditions have gone on a walking tour of the Hidden Towns Project of Old Salem, visited the Underground Railroad Tree in Greensboro, and explored Vade Mecum Resort in Hanging Rock National Park; learn more here!
Photo of the Year
At the end of every year, we take all of our Photo of the Week winners' photographs and have our community vote for their favorite photos! Thank you to everyone who joined us for our 2022 Photo of the Year reveal. Over 1500 listeners voted and we’re so excited to announce our 2022 Photo of the Year winner, Kevin DeShields! View our Photo of the year and runners-up in our 2022 Photo of the Year gallery, and you can view our 2021 Photo of the Year gallery here.
WFDD's first Poetry Challenge
In April 2022, WFDD issued a poetry challenge to our listeners for National Poetry Month: participants were emailed bi-weekly with poems and prompts to inspire their own writing and were invited to share their poetry with our community! Our inaugural poetry collection is available to read on our site.
