Reynolds American has been making or selling cigarettes in downtown Winston-Salem since R.J. Reynolds opened his first tobacco factory here in 1913. And all this … Read More
Semester: Fall 2014
November 20, 2014
Our Neighbor: Mary Haglund
Editor’s Note: Mary’s Gourmet Diner was featured on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart on Tuesday, Dec. 9. The segment featured the controversy over the … Read More
November 20, 2014
Free Transportation to be Available Downtown in January
Winston-Salem residents will have access to a new method of transportation in January when a downtown golf cart service begins operation. The service, as approved … Read More
November 20, 2014
Column: Downtown Winston-Salem as a Food Desert
Downtown Winston-Salem is often described in many ways: historic, artistic, and innovative. However, downtown’s cultured art scene and local culinary delights often mask another description … Read More
November 20, 2014
Arts Corner: Early Music Recordings in Winston-Salem
Cousins Tom and Dewey Cooper, along with their friend Clay Everhart, had only ever played music as a sideline. The Coopers were millworkers, and Everhart … Read More
November 20, 2014
Winston-Salem Rescue Mission Holds Free Dental Clinic
Zachary Snider has been standing in the cold outside of the Winston-Salem Rescue Mission on Trade Street since 11:05 p.m. It is now 7:00 a.m. … Read More
November 20, 2014
Teens Effect Change Through Authoring Action
A group of teens laughing and eating Oreos quickly transformed into a team of young adults rehearsing artistic pieces about weighty topics like abuse, family … Read More
November 11, 2014
Downtown Celebrates Veterans Day with Parade
Downtown residents were treated to a trip through time this Saturday, as vintage trucks, marching bands with musicians dressed in eighteenth-century clothing and purple hearts … Read More
November 9, 2014
African Crafts Store Helps Kenyan Women
Situated between Kindred Spirits and Atelier on Trade Street, Umoja African Crafts may have a smaller storefront than its neighbors in downtown Winston-Salem’s art district, … Read More
November 6, 2014
Turning a Car Park into an Art Park
A new public art park for downtown Winston-Salem is on its way. Derwin Montgomery, the East Ward city council member in Winston-Salem, made the surprise … Read More
November 6, 2014
Wake Forest Senior Opens CrossFit Gym on Liberty Street
Last month, Top Tier, a franchise of the CrossFit, Inc. gyms, opened in the 600 block of Liberty Street in downtown Winston-Salem. The previously vacant … Read More
November 6, 2014
Residents of Belews Street Remember Lost Community
Back in the 1950s, the kids on Belews Street would rush home from school, run out into the streets and play until the sun went … Read More