November 12, 2009
As the operating manager of Acme Comics, Jermaine Exum may very well have one of the coolest jobs in Greensboro.
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Brian Michael Bendis carries a reputation for being very approachable, which was certainly the case with this conversation.
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October 22, 2009
Theatre patrons might want to avoid wearing their finest apparel to "Evil Dead: The Musical." Reason being that this campy humans versus zombies horror musical is rife with violence, some of which leads to blood getting splattered on the audienc...
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Andy Williams might have been talking about Christmas when he sang, "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year," but for me, that honor belongs to Halloween. The costume parties, pumpkins, horror films and candy combined with the colorful North C...
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October 8, 2009
According to his Web site, the Winston-Salem resident who calls himself "The Wizard" is "ageless," "timeless" and "psychic." And if you meet him in person, you could add the word "mysterious," as well.
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October 1, 2009
Many artists look to nature and landscapes for inspiration. Others focus on their dreams or nightmares. The driving inspiration behind much of Greensboro native Xris Kessler's paintings comes from pop culture.
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September 24, 2009
It has been called Noon to Moon and the May Day Festival. It has taken place in spring and autumn and, on at least three occasions, both seasons in the same year.
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Because he is part Italian, one might suspect that children's book writer Tomie dePaola based his beloved character Strega Nona on his grandmother. The classic children's book character is kind and forgiving. And when the young people in her life get hung...
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September 17, 2009
At an age when someone would usually be long retired or considering a low-stress job such as greeting customers at a store, 80-year-old Leigh Rodenbough did something else. He became a full-time artist. "I realized that I had a second chance at thing...
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September 10, 2009
Lawren Desai's favorite movie in high school was the Patrick Dempsey vehicle, "Can't Buy Me Love." "None of my friends liked it," says Desai, laughing. "They would make fun of me." In the film, a teenage Dempsey learns money...
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August 27, 2009
ALTAMAHAW — They call themselves the X-tremes, and their home is the Ace Motor Speedway, a three-eighths of a mile racetrack within a maze of back roads near Elon University. The X-treme series is not the fastest or the most prestigious series at Ac...
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August 20, 2009
Across the Triad and North Carolina, ghosts are gracing brick walls. These visions are of adults and children playing baseball, reading books, studying the solar system and imagining the potential for mankind. This is the work of Reidsville sculptor Brad...
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August 13, 2009
Because of diabetes, Jonathan Cobrda, an 18-year-old actor and playwright, can't eat junk food like other people his age. His immune system is also susceptible to disease, and if he cuts himself, it's difficult to stop the bleeding. As he gets older, ther...
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July 30, 2009
North Carolina actor Mike Wiley loves rapper Kanye West. But when West rapped about the events surrounding his disfiguring car accident in the 2003 song "Through the Wire" and implied his face looked like Emmett Till's, Wiley felt those lyrics n...
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July 23, 2009
Many directors have filmed scenes at the Millennium Center in Winston-Salem, including George Clooney for his film "Leatherheads." But Richard Clabaugh is the first to blow it up, courtesy of some rather impressive special effects. The explosion...
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As family budgets tighten, here is one thing to keep in mind: When it comes to entertaining kids, spending time with them is more valuable than spending money. So we asked some creative parents in the Triad, from musicians to artists to club owners, to of...
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July 16, 2009
WINSTON-SALEM -- Like any professional stage actor, Amy DaLuz needs to perform in front of a live audience. The Winston-Salem resident's hunger to perform is so intense that when she realized theater companies across the country were shrinking their seaso...
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July 9, 2009
Chris Fox doesn't tell jokes based on current events. He also steers clear of the typical comedy fodder of drugs, drinking and sex. Instead, the soft-voiced local comedian finds his muse in sign language, geometry and Ouija boards. Offering a sample of hi...
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Bradley Tuggle might be the closest thing the Triad has to a real-life Edward Scissorhands. That is if the Johnny Depp character from the 1990 Tim Burton movie wore flashier threads, cut hair with a partner who looked just like him and enjoyed the hard ro...
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June 25, 2009
Stuntmen might have a reputation for faking punches, but not the ones who worked for Greensboro filmmakers Blake Faucette and Micah Moore. As members of the California-based fight team known as the Stunt People, Eric Jacobus and Ray Carbonel are known acr...
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Christian stand-up comedian Richard Praytor found a way to be just as controversial as his non-Christian contemporaries. He does this by making keen observations from a Christian perspective and delivering them with a bit of sarcasm. For instance, take...
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Every Sunday afternoon, the city of Greensboro boasts a loud and defiant heartbeat. The beat comes from the activist drum corps Cakalak Thunder, which practices weekly in a vacant gravel parking lot beside a train track. The trains rolling by add to the r...
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June 18, 2009
John Hart Triad connection: Greensboro resident and full-time author Books: "The Last Child," "Down River" and "The King of Lies" Online: www.johnhart.com
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June 11, 2009
Rashone Washington's autobiographical short film "1 Foot In and 1 Foot Out" is a project he owes to the help of his friends. Friends such as Breannah Butler and Sahiem Foxx, who agreed to play supporting roles in what would become Washington's f...
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June 4, 2009
While researching a book he was writing on Martha's Vineyard Striped Bass and Bluefish Derby, writer and Pulitzer-winning journalist David Kinney wanted to shadow someone who knew a lot about fishing, someone who had a passion for the sport and had played...
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