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The Roots will headline this year’s NC Folk Festival, which runs Sept. 18-20 in Greensboro.

The hometown music festival celebrating the local boy who became a legend is back and bigger this year.

Join the celebration honoring a half century of the oldest American Indian urban association in North Carolina, and one of the oldest organizations of its kind in the United States from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, August 15 at the Greensboro History Museum.

This free mini-con is an opportunity for fans of anime and manga of all ages to celebrate their favorite fandoms together.

For more than two decades, Mitchel Sommers used community theatre in Greensboro to connect children from different neighborhoods and backgrounds. Now, he is carrying that same philosophy to Nairobi, where a chance visit has grown into a youth theatre program for children from Kibera.

Of Salt and Spirit: Black Quilters in the American South, organized by the Mississippi Museum of Art in collaboration with the Weatherspoon Art Museum, arrives at the Weatherspoon as the exhibition’s exclusive North Carolina venue.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris met with students at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University. During a surprise visit on Monday, April 13, she listened to students’ dreams, wishes and aspirations, especially with attention to voting.

The Greensboro Symphony presents the 2025-26 Bank of Oak Ridge POPS finale featuring the Broadway brilliance of acclaimed performer Mandy Gonzalez on April 18, 7:30 p.m. at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts. Concert sponsored by UBS.

Movie review: The Drama 

You wouldn’t wish this wedding day on anybody. But there they are. Two lovers who should be in bliss are trapped in their own turmoil.  Norwegian writer/director Kristoffer Borgli has …

Hell’s Kitchen, the critically acclaimed musical featuring the songs of Alicia Keys, is coming to Greensboro.

Movie review: Mercy

After Mercy has run its 100-minute course, it is likely theater audiences might say: “I didn’t feel anything except a small adrenaline rush.”

The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Jazz Ensemble will perform the “Battle Royal” with the North Carolina Central University Jazz Ensemble in the Aggies vs. Eagles Classic on Friday, Feb. 13.

Braving frigid weather, NAACP Greensboro’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade warmed the hearts and souls of hundreds of spectators as they lined Martin Luther King Jr. Drive to wave at public officials, community organizations, high school bands and commercial groups.

Looking for something fun to do? Check out the events calendar to see everything happening at LeBauer and Center City Parks. From live music and fitness classes to family-friendly activities and festivals, there’s always something going on.

A classic young adult novel that’s been adapted for film as well as Broadway,  “The Outsiders” is coming to a Greensboro stage.

A decades-old tradition continues as the University of North Carolina School of the Arts presents, “The Nutcracker” Dec. 5-7 at the Tanger Center.

UNCG 2025 Homecoming

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro celebrated its annual Homecoming weekend in more than 30 campus events for alumni, students, faculty, staff, and community members, including two home Spartan soccer/volleyball games, and the naming of the Marcus T. Johnson Alumni House.

The halftime routine during North Carolina A&T State University’s Greatest Homecoming on Earth (GHOE) game is a high point for the Blue and Gold Marching Machine, but it is far from their only Homecoming duty.

After earning her first top-10 album debut with “Glorious” and trending online for her viral appearance on “Club Shay Shay,” which has garnered more than 3.3 million YouTube views, GloRilla will headline N.C. A&T’s Homecoming Concert.

An NC A&T athletic floor will transform into a runway of students’ latest fashions that reflect their identity and pay homage to the university. 

After an eight-year hiatus, the Milwaukee native is back on the road with his 2025 album “Co-Star.” Benét will bring his blend of soul and R&B to the Aggie Alumni Homecoming Concert on Friday, Oct. 10, marking it a highly anticipated stop on his U.S. tour.

  Aggie FanFest is like a GHOE swap meet of turkey legs, beignets, barbecue, seafood, fragrances, music, Greek wear and the widest variety of Aggie Gear this side of Gate City Boulevard.

Pow Wow 2025

With honor and heritage, the Guilford Native American Assn. infused color and tradition in its 48th Annual Pow Wow, an intertribal celebration of indigenous peoples’ culture. Coincidentally, GNAA celebrate 50 years of serving area indigenous people.

The 14th annual John Coltrane International Jazz & Blues Festival concluded last weekend, drawing music lovers to High Point’s Oak Hollow Festival Park for a two-day celebration of world-class music, community, and the enduring legacy of one of jazz’s greatest innovators.

“I will not sacrifice this child for the world. I will not sacrifice this world for my child.” Hard to understand what could drive anyone to say that. Hard to understand what could put …

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