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From community theater to Broadway, UNCG's Avilon Tate reflects on his time in Oz

From community theater to Broadway, UNCG's Avilon Tate reflects on his time in Oz

Triad City Beat — Featured photo: UNCG senior Avilon Tate was cast as the understudy for the Tin Man role and as an ensemble member in The Wiz, which ran at San Francisco's Golden Gate Theater until Feb. 11. He will reprise his roles at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles from Feb.
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Q&A: Triad Cultural Arts' new executive director, Abrea Armstrong, is 'rooting for anything and e...

Q&A: Triad Cultural Arts' new executive director, Abrea Armstrong, is 'rooting for anything and e...

Triad City Beat — On Dec. 4, 2023, Abrea Armstrong served her first day as executive director of Triad Cultural Arts, an organization aiming to "preserve, interpret and commemorate the heritage of Black Americans for all people."
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GSO's Dr. Kardie Tobb embraces African heritage through handbag design

GSO's Dr. Kardie Tobb embraces African heritage through handbag design

Triad City Beat — Featured photo: Dr. Kardie Tobb followed her passion for fashion design after becoming a doctor first. (courtesy photo) Underneath Dr. Kardie Tobb's white coat was the burning desire to be more creative with her outfits. That's why she founded Tobbstars, a collection of modern, handcrafted handbags where each piece, created with natural, high-quality materials like...
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'We had something to prove': NCA&T's plus-size dance team, Liquid Gold, creates a safe space for ...

'We had something to prove': NCA&T's plus-size dance team, Liquid Gold, creates a safe space for ...

Triad City Beat — Featured photo: Members of the Liquid Gold dance group with Jada at the bottom center (courtesy photo)
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NC A&T women's bowling team strives for fourth consecutive MEAC championship following strong sea...

NC A&T women's bowling team strives for fourth consecutive MEAC championship following strong sea...

Triad City Beat — Featured photo: The women's bowling team won the 2023 MEAC championship in March. Now, they're training to win the one in 2024. (photo by Erin E. Mizzelle/NCA&T Athletics)
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Sudanese filmmaker Fatima Wardy on being RiverRun's first BIPOC filmmaking fellow

Sudanese filmmaker Fatima Wardy on being RiverRun's first BIPOC filmmaking fellow

Triad City Beat — RiverRun International Film Festival has named Sudanese filmmaker Fatima Wardy as its first BIPOC Fellow as part of the BIPOC Filmmaker Fellowship, an initiative aiming to "uplift the work of Black, Indigenous and other filmmakers of color." As the fellow, Wardy will curate films by filmmakers of color to screen during RiverRun's 2024 festival.
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Oasis Spaces' exhibit highlights Negro Motorist Green Book locations in Winston-Salem

Oasis Spaces' exhibit highlights Negro Motorist Green Book locations in Winston-Salem

Triad City Beat — Featured photo: An old Green Book on display at an exhibit in Winston-Salem (photo by Michaela Ratliff)
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GHOE Dos and Don'ts: Advice from Aggie alumni

GHOE Dos and Don'ts: Advice from Aggie alumni

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'Those rooms need us': Kerry Washington speaks on growth, purpose and identity at NC A&T

'Those rooms need us': Kerry Washington speaks on growth, purpose and identity at NC A&T

Triad City Beat — Kerry Washington speaks at NCA&T State University on Sept. 21, 2023 (photo by Nate Monteith)
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W-S author Halle Hill explores the lives of Black Appalchian women in debut story collection

W-S author Halle Hill explores the lives of Black Appalchian women in debut story collection

Triad City Beat — Winston-Salem author Halle Hill celebrated the debut of her story collection that focuses on the lives of 12 Black women across the Appalachian South.
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NC A&T's Mariah Pearson tackles glass ceilings as first female football intern at University of M...

NC A&T's Mariah Pearson tackles glass ceilings as first female football intern at University of M...

Triad City Beat — Anything men can do, Mariah Pearson can do just as well. Her summer days started before the crack of dawn, rising at 4 a.m. By 5:15, she'd arrive at the University of Miami's Carol Soffer Indoor Practice Facility and start her duties as the Hurricanes' football team strength and conditioning intern. She was the first woman to ever hold the position.
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'How to Feed an Artist' documentary is a love letter to W-S restaurateur Mary Haglund and the loc...

'How to Feed an Artist' documentary is a love letter to W-S restaurateur Mary Haglund and the loc...

Triad City Beat — How to Feed an Artist, a feature-length documentary by filmmakers Zap McConnell and Cat Rider, explores Haglund’s journey and takes an in-depth look at the relationships between the restaurateur and the surrounding community of artists and service-industry workers.
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Colour Plus: NCA&T alum Jordan Page is a fashion industry force

Colour Plus: NCA&T alum Jordan Page is a fashion industry force

Triad City Beat — Featured photo: Jordan Page models for lifestyle brand Aimé Leon Dore (courtesy photo) Dripping in Versace from head to toe, rapper 2 Chainz dons a dark pinstripe athleisure suit as he poses on the edge of a black chair. His neck, fingers and wrists drip with ice so cold it sends a chill through the...
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Q&A: Winston-Salem musician Artistry talks release of mixtape, "It's Just a Mixtape Vol. II"

Q&A: Winston-Salem musician Artistry talks release of mixtape, "It's Just a Mixtape Vol. II"

Triad City Beat — Joseph Worrell, who goes by Artistry, never wanted to make music. The Winston-Salem native grew up in a house full of classically trained musicians and performers, but he wanted to be an entrepreneur, so he explored ventures with an artistic feel like publishing novels and short stories.
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'Full circle': Josephus Thompson III named Greensboro's first honorary poet laureate

'Full circle': Josephus Thompson III named Greensboro's first honorary poet laureate

Triad City Beat — Josephus Thompson III was recently named Greensboro's first honorary poet laureate.
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'We love Black people': African diasporic celebration 1Love Festival returns to W-S this weekend

'We love Black people': African diasporic celebration 1Love Festival returns to W-S this weekend

Triad City Beat — "There were Black folks here, Black folks there, Black folks everywhere." That's how Melva Sampson, assistant professor of preaching and practical theology at Wake Forest University, describes Winston-Salem when she and her husband Darrick Young moved there in 2017.
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Doing her part: GSO's Cierra Washington teaches the art of hair braiding

Doing her part: GSO's Cierra Washington teaches the art of hair braiding

Triad City Beat — Cierra Washington, who is originally from Baltimore, moved to Greensboro about two years ago and has since established herself in the community as a bombshell braider, doing hair full-time.
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Unboxing: GSO plus-size influencer Myra Victoria combats stereotypes, inspires others

Unboxing: GSO plus-size influencer Myra Victoria combats stereotypes, inspires others

Triad City Beat — Featured photo: Myra Diggs, who goes by Myra Victoria online, is a plus-size, social-media influencer specializing in trendy, flattering and affordable fashion for the full-figured woman. (courtesy photo) Dressed in a gray graphic tee and black leggings, Myra Diggs stacks one more shoebox atop the pile on her bed.
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'Subject,' screening at Riverrun, highlights trauma endured by the subjects of popular documentar...

'Subject,' screening at Riverrun, highlights trauma endured by the subjects of popular documentar...

Triad City Beat — Featured photo: A still from the documentary Subject Life was never the same once the cameras stopped rolling. For some documentary subjects, the films led to instant celebrity and a sense of status. Others, however, dealt with the negative emotional impact of having their life's most traumatic moments exposed to and criticized by the public....
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'Common Roots, Many Branches' at NC A&T emphasizes student-professor connection through art

'Common Roots, Many Branches' at NC A&T emphasizes student-professor connection through art

Triad City Beat — Featured photo: Common Roots, Many Branches opened at NCA&T State University earlier this month. (photo by Michaela Ratliff) Artist Shameka Manson gained more than an education during her time at NC A&T State University. "[He] has become like a second father to me over the past 10 years," she says of Willie F.
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You are what you lather at GSO's Black Belt Soap Company

You are what you lather at GSO's Black Belt Soap Company

Triad City Beat — Featured photo: Owner Temeka Carter named her company after the Black Belt area in Alabama which is known for its fertile soil. (photo by Michaela Ratliff) Temeka L. Carter, her white-rubber gloves tainted orange with turmeric, waves excitedly as she emerges from her workspace in the back of her store.
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Q&A with erotica ghostwriter Reese Copeland

Q&A with erotica ghostwriter Reese Copeland

Triad City Beat — Reese Copeland (pen name) is a Greensboro author, ghostwriter and avid reader who claims to read 300 books a year. Copeland embraces a "cottagecore" aesthetic, celebrating a simple, rural life emphasized by activities like picking flowers, baking foods from scratch and wearing lacy, floral-print dresses. Copeland lives modestly, so it's surprising that she bares it...
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'Straw Into Gold' highlights work of Rosa "Malikia" Johnson who braided Stevie Wonder and other g...

'Straw Into Gold' highlights work of Rosa "Malikia" Johnson who braided Stevie Wonder and other g...

Triad City Beat — Featured photo: Rosa Malikia Johnson has been braiding hair for more than five decades (photo by Katie Hall) If Stevie Wonder's hair appointment was at 5 p.m., Rosa "Malikia" Johnson wouldn't see him until midnight. "He was always late; bless his heart," Johnson says while fondly remembering Wonder's quirky habits.
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Miss America 2019 Nia Imani Franklin, says performance with the Winston-Salem Symphony is a 'drea...

Miss America 2019 Nia Imani Franklin, says performance with the Winston-Salem Symphony is a 'drea...

Triad City Beat — UPDATE (1/20/23): An earlier version of this article stated that Franklin lives in Brooklyn, NY. She in fact lives in Winston-Salem. TCB regrets the error. Like Cinderella, Nia Imani Franklin believes a dream is a wish your heart makes. Most know Franklin as a classically trained opera singer, composer, conductor and beauty-pageant titleholder who earned...
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