August 27, 2009
For Tara McKenzie Sandercock, the postcards she has been collecting in the past decade are more than just a message sender, they are a piece of history. "A postcard doesn't take up much room, yet is speaks volumes," she said. "It tells a st...
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This Halloween, local filmmakers will be given the opportunity to capture all the ghosts and gore the Triad has to offer. The Woods of Terror Haunted Attraction in Greensboro will hold the CarnEvil Film Competition this fall, and filmmakers are encouraged...
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August 20, 2009
When Sherri Lynn Wood hitches her small trailer to her truck, she does not set out on a weeklong camping trip. She takes it to a street corner or university quad and encourages people to come inside and discover things about themselves they may not know.
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Robin Carter used to think running marathons was tough. Now, with two adopted daughters and a recently published children's book, the yoga instructor from Greensboro is balancing everything, and loving every minute of it. Carter's children's book, "T...
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The poor economy has only made Atlanta businessman Imari Havard's company grow stronger, and it's all thanks to the help of Hungry Hungry Hippos, Connect Four and Twister. PlayDate, the brainchild of Havard and his two business partners, Ryan Hill and Ron...
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August 13, 2009
Many mothers and their grown daughters share a phone call once a week or visit for dinner occasionally, but Pat Schurr and her daughter, Kelly Schurr Willard, spend time together in a different way. They make pottery -- hand-thrown, original, inter...
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August 6, 2009
Alexa Castillo, 33, is a fashion designer from Wilmington. Originally from La Ceiba, Honduras, she moved to the United States in 1994. She began her own clothing line a year ago and already has two collections in stores, with another on the way. She will...
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July 30, 2009
On a sunny Friday afternoon, nine-year-old Nayleny Banda paints a pink flower petal on a white sheet of paper in an art studio at the Center for Visual Artists (CVA). For Banda, an immigrant from Mexico and current resident of Greensboro, painting is not...
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Less than a year ago, 22-year-old Anoop Desai was a college student working toward a master's degree at UNC-Chapel Hill. Now, after a busy four months of singing live every week on Season 8 of "American Idol" and placing sixth in the competiti...
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July 16, 2009
Actor and musician Jamie Foxx is experiencing a lot of firsts this year. His hit single "Blame It" was the No.1 song on the Urban Mainstream chart for 12 consecutive weeks. He hosted the BET Awards in June. And he has a solo song all his own. Fo...
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July 9, 2009
Growing up in Southern California, Dan Holzman never thought about the oranges that grew on the trees in his backyard as anything but fruit -- until he started juggling them.
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June 18, 2009
Set your watches and get your camera ready. On Friday, the national 48 Hour Film Project comes to Greensboro to put local filmmakers to the test of talent and time management. In the competition, filmmakers from the Greensboro area will contend to see who...
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After seeing High Point native Fantasia Barrino win "American Idol" in season three, Niccole "Nikki" Stephens was inspired to try out for the competition the following year in Cleveland, Ohio. She did not make it. "That was a stru...
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