ShareTweetIf 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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ShareTweetIt’s not everyday you realize that your new neighbor is a published author. As a person who’s happiest when totally overwhelmed by fantastic books that you simply can’t put down, this knowledge made me positively giddy a few years back when Miriam Herin and her husband Tom moved into a house just down the block
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ShareTweetAs someone who’s been a vegetarian for 20 years and has backyard chickens and is thus subject to being made fun of endlessly, I confess that I’ve never paid much attention to the gluten-free diet, mainly because I’ve never had to. However, I’m interested in any different form of sustenance, especially one whose devotees describe
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ShareTweet   I’m quite fascinated by branding since it’s a big part of what I do for a living. However, I’d still never actually heard the term “brand agent” until I asked my friend Tye Fussell what he did for a living. I’m also very interested in forming business relationships with people in Greensboro, so
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ShareTweet   Most of my happy high school memories surrounded my senior year, as I knew I’d be getting the heck out of town soon. I was a very happy person for the most part but felt the need to pretend to be miserable, as you should not listen to The Smiths and be well-adjusted.
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ShareTweetI’ve wanted chickens for a long, long time, oddly enough…might have been a combination of watching Vincent and Theo and reading A Slice of Organic Life. Living in between UNCG and Greensboro College not at all far from downtown, it seemed like, well, a bit of an odd thing to want. It wasn’t the thought of
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ShareTweetI’d like to preface this interview by saying that I’m quite focused on sustainable giving, and when I was thinking about a person to interview, Pete Schroth came to mind specifically because of his son Otto’s haircut party a few months back. Generally speaking, if you see a child doing something awesome, it’s because they’re
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ShareTweet  Daniel Rhodes completed his Ph.D. in Cultural Studies with a graduate certificate in Women and Gender Studies from UNC-Greenboro in 2008. He completed his Masters in Social Work from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1996. During his career Daniel has served in different community based organizations working directly with various groups such as immigrants and refugees;
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