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Homecoming: It’s all about Aggie Pride

On a chilly morning, bands, dancers, and alumni of North Carolina A&T State University bundled up to participate in the annual Greatest Homecoming on Earth (GHOE) Homecoming Parade which traversed …

The university colors, blue and gold, are always in fashion on Homecoming weekend A&T’s homecoming is a beloved tradition and for many students and alumni choosing the right outfit is a crucial …

Movie Review: Killers of the Flower Moon

Robert DeNiro and Leonardo Dicaprio star in Killers of the Flower Moon. A movie about members of the Osage tribe being murdered in mysterious and sometimes brutal ways. Why in the 21st century is …

At the Movies: Sing Sing

Colman Domingo stars as “Divine G” Whitfield, a prisoner who makes theater a vehicle for survival and redemption.[/caption]It’s refreshing when a film poses answers to the most confounding …

2023 North Carolina Folk Festival

Greensboro’s international celebration — North Carolina Folk Festival — dominated three days downtown with scores of music, dance, song, food trucks galore, diverse artisans, all embracing a …

North Carolina Folk Festival

Phil Wiggins and Hubby Jenkins The North Carolina Folk Festival announced the performers who will appear on its stages in downtown Greensboro this weekend, September 8, 9, and 10. A large-scale, …

Last year’s grant winner Caitlyn Schrader.[/caption]Arts Council of Greater Greensboro Artist Support Grant applications opened August 21. Artist Support Grants intend to support a broad range of …

Movie Review: Talk to Me

Sophie Wilde stars as Mia in this horror film where the biggest star might be a dead hand. Photo Courtesy Causeway Films. Every time they hold the hand and say: “Talk to Me,” something wicked …

Lois Mailou Jones, 2017. Acrylic on canvas board, 12 x 9 in. Courtesy of the artist N. Frank Woods Jr. Throughout his distinguished career at UNCG, Dr. Frank Woods Jr. worked tirelessly to redeem the …

Movie Review: Oppenheimer

Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer. Photo Courtesy Universal Pictures “I feel like I have blood on my hands.” That admission is uttered by J. Robert Oppenheimer, the theoretical physicist who was the …

At The Weatherspoon: Making More Room!

One piece of art on display in the Making Room: Familiar Art, New Stories exhibit is by María Berrío, Aminata Linnaea, 2013. Mixed media on canvas, 80 x 96 in. Weatherspoon Art Museum. Purchased …

Logie Meachum Creative Greensboro will host “SOULiloquies: Stories of Underground Legends,” curated by local artist Terence Walker, as part of its Residency at the Hyers program. There will be …

Under the direction of Maestro Kiyoshi Carter, the Greensboro Concert Band delighted hundreds of music lovers at Music for a Sunday Evening in the Park (MUSEP) at LeBauer Park on June 25. The band …

Juneteenth 2023

Juneteenth celebrations of freedom blossomed throughout the Greater Greensboro area over a colorful three-day, high-energy weekend of prayers, music, food and fun. Three of the many citywide …

Once on This Island

Once on This Island” cast, featuring Shaliah Haith as Erzulie, Brianna Witherspoon as Agwe, Kylah Guion as Papa Ge, Sydney Hughes as Asaka and Trinity Evans as Ti-Moune. Photo courtesy Creative …

Editor’s note - The reporter of this story was once the program director and a disc jockey for 570WLLE -AM in Raleigh during the 1980s, and was a first-hand participant in this story. This is his …

Movie Review: Unfinished Business

NextGen basketball player Betnijah Laney (Rutgers, New York Liberty). A winner! That would describe this very reflective look at women’s professional basketball. From the OG players to today’s …

Lorey Hayes N.C. native Lorey Hayes will have her short film, The Dragonfly Tale, featured at the North Carolina Black Film Festival in Wilmington. The festival will take place May 18-21 with a …

Arts Across Guilford Conclave

Jennie Savage, Forge Greensboro; Alyce Barnett, Arts Council of Greater Greensboro; artist Stephanie Tripp; and Ann Tilley, Handmade. Photo by Ivan S. Cutler/ Carolina Peacemaker. Grammy Award …

To many, Little Richard lived a complicated life, from his outwardly gay and hypersexual ways to his brilliant but amazingly disrespected career. Putting aside his personal and flamboyant lifestyle, …

2023 Korean Festival

The colorful, tasty, entertaining and fun Korean Festival filled Greensboro’s Central City Park. Attracting thousands of people, the half-day cultural event presented an attractive range of …

Emmy Award-winning star of ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” singer, producer and activist Sheryl Lee Ralph will join North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University and community friends …

Movie Review: John Wick 4

Actor Keanu Reaves plays the lead character in the John Wick franchise. Artistic, balletic and acrobatic violence separates the John Wick franchise from other action/crime/thrillers. That ritual …

Movie Review: 65

Sometime in the future, Mills (Adam Driver), an interstellar pilot, takes a job on a long-range exploratory mission. It wasn’t enough! Whatever they paid Adam Driver for holding this feeble movie …

Movie Review: Creed lll

Michael B. Jordan, Mila Davis Kent and Tess Thompson in Creed lll. For a first-time director, actor Michael B. Jordan lands a solid punch. As soon as the bell rings, it’s on. Continuing a boxing …

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