Feature
They’re Blockheads, However, They’re Walking On ‘Sea Legs’
It’s Wednesday night and I’ve been invited to watch Matty Sheets & the Blockheads practice. Jessica “Lil P” Pennell is on a breeze like a gull as she pulls and pushes her accordion. Erin Hayes trills her flute as purposefully and sweet as a meadowlark. Emily Stewart hypnotically plucks her banjo, feeling her way through the
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Feature
Colorful Chaos: Graffiti in Greensboro
Wheat paste and sweat, stencils and cigarette burns. You can find them in train yards, risking their lives and toes for a prime tagging spot. Others can be found in back alleys, side streets, and behind dingy bars. Greensboro may not have the biggest graffiti scene in the world, or even in North Carolina, but
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F-Art: A F-un Interview With Doug Baker
If you’ve ever been downtown at a First Friday, chances are you’ve seen Doug Baker playing with the F-Art Ensemble of Greensboro. Maybe you’ve seen him play with the Zinc Kings at Tate Street Coffee House. Maybe you’ve heard your son or daughter talk about their awesome music teacher substitute, Mr. Baker. Maybe you were
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Anti-Americana & Romantic Protest: the Beginning of Ameriglow
Greensboro’s music scene evolves fairly quickly, but there’s one evolution that a lot of us have been eager for. It’s getting quite a lot of press already, considering this entity have not even played their first live show yet. We’re talking about Ameriglow. You might remember its frontman, Jacob Darden, from the renowned, past-tense indie
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Entertainment
Roaming Art Installation to Spark Tree Ordinance Conversation The people of Greensboro are enduringly ardent on the subject of tree & tree limb removal at the hands of Duke Energy. Ardently opposed, that is. Neighborhoods like Westerwood and Southside, who bear the brunt of Duke’s actions thus far, reached out to the community and have unified over their losses, creating the Greensboro Respects
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Eatsboro
Crafted: The Art of the Taco When my friend Ben, a grumpy biochemist, came in from out of town and wanted to go to dinner someplace that “doesn’t have to be complicated” I was in crisis mode. This is someone who has teased me for using canned pasta sauce. Doesn’t have to be complicated, my ass. I decide that Crafted! The
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News
8 Points. Busking Is Not Panhandling/ Let ‘Em Play The City Council will be modifying the ordinance concerning busking (playing music, performing, dancing, etc for tips on the sidewalk- but not blocking the sidewalk) downtown. Before you get all riled up, everyone wants this to happen. It is a great thing for our city, as well as the arts and music scene. In my
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Fiction
Days Like This It’s days like today that I have an easy time getting Through The weather is shitting drizzle and fog at a Quarter After 10 Days where you look ahead and it feels like you’re headed towards nothing but barrel towards it anyway You want to pick up the phone but you won’t call Her You
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Misc
Staying Behind, or, Why I’m Choosing to Remain in Greensboro. I have changed a lot in the past three years. When I was fifteen, I looked at anyone who stayed in their hometown for college as lazy, or thought they would never go anywhere. I told myself I would be a failure to stay in Greensboro for college. I had dreams of going to art
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