Arts
The Secret To Making It Through A Yom Kippur Fast? Kreplach
Jews across the world are sitting down to a big meal before Friday's Yom Kippur fast. And many of them are eating kreplach. Some say these strange-sounding-yet-good-tasting dumplings are a holiday meditation on our inner and outer selves. Or maybe they're just a delicious example of the peasant cooking of Eastern Europeans.
'A Place for Us' Multicultural Celebration Benefits FaithAction International House
During the past ten years, North Carolina has experienced a tremendous influx of immigrants, bringing new ethnic, cultural and religious diversity with them. FaithAction International House is working to make Greensboro a model multicultural, interfaith and immigrant-friendly city, and to share our experiences here in the Triad with other communities across the country and around the world.
In These 'Gardens,' The Tree Rings Of The Radical Left
Jonathan Lethem's Dissident Gardens sketches a history of the American left that is at once intimate and expansive. Out of the lives of a few conflicted characters, reviewer Mohsin Hamid explains, the book lends depth and emotion to events that affected millions.
The Internet's 'Twerk' Effect Makes Dictionaries Less Complete
When dictionaries add trendy words like "twerk," they're prioritizing the fleeting language habits of the young, says Geoff Nunberg. And our fascination with novel words tends to eclipse subtle changes in the meanings of old ones — "which are often more consequential," he says.
Tired Of Inequality? One Economist Says It'll Only Get Worse
In his new book, Average Is Over, Tyler Cowen predicts that America will become a new, more creative meritocracy. Though he believes a rise in income inequality is inevitable, he hopes that "happiness inequality isn't going up in the same way."
Winston-Salem Symphony Presents First Classic Series Concert
Sunday afternoon, September 15th at 3:00pm, in the Stevens Center, Maestro Robert Moody will lead the
Arts Council Reveals Plan for Downtown Theatre District in Winston-Salem
Earlier this year, the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County received a $30,000 State Arts Council SmART Initiative grant. And on September 10th, the Arts Council released its report and proposal for art-driven economic development in downtown Winston-Salem. The report lays out a conceptual plan for a Downtown Theatre District centered on Spruce Street between Fourth and Second Streets.
"Proof of Heaven" Author To Speak at Centenary United Methodist Church
Dr. Eben Alexander has been a practicing neurosurgeon for 25 years. In November of 2008, Alexander experienced a 7 day coma due to an attack of bacterial meningitis. Alexander's 2012 New York Times Best Selling book, Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife documents his transformative experience. On Tuesday, September 17th, Alexander returns to Winston-Salem, where he was raised, to share his story at Centenary United Methodist Church. The event begins at 7:00pm and is free and open to the public.
What The $@** Is Up On Cable These Days?
NPR's Neda Ulaby looks into "soft-profanity creep" — and other dynamics informing the state of the, er, art — when it comes to drama series on basic cable.