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"Proof of Heaven" Author To Speak at Centenary United Methodist Church

8:46am September 11, 2013

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.

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Michonne (Danai Gurira) and Rick (Andrew Lincoln), in between curses on AMC's The Walking Dead.

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What The $@** Is Up On Cable These Days?

7:11pm September 10, 2013

by Neda Ulaby

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.

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An Alternate Universe Delights In Complex, Perplexing 'Duplex'

5:22pm September 10, 2013

by Rosecrans Baldwin

Books about quantum mechanics can be pretty dry stuff. But when a novelist conjures up multiple worlds, the results can be spellbinding, even when it's no easy read. Such is the case with Duplex, the latest book from Kathryn Davis. Reviewer Rosecrans Baldwin, says this one's worth the effort.

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What Elevated Kale From Vegetable To Cultural Identifier?

5:21pm September 10, 2013

by Dan Bobkoff

Of all the healthy foods you could eat, what inspires some people to wear kale T-shirts and sport kale stickers? Why do some people see kale as a part of their identities?

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A couple takes to the floor in Harmon, W.Va., in 2012. West Virginia is trying to revitalize its square-dance tradition.

Swing Your Partner: W.Va. Circles Back To Square Dancing

5:21pm September 10, 2013

by Jessie Wright-Mendoza

Communities are coming together to keep the square-dancing tradition alive, hoping to pass the heritage on to future generations. A statewide project aims to bring back what was once a pillar of small-town life.

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Food blogger Deb Perelman was initially a kale skeptic — until this Kale Salad With Pecorino And Walnuts changed her mind.

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'Smitten Kitchen' Author On Learning To Love Kale

5:21pm September 10, 2013

by NPR Staff

Food blogger Deb Perelman did not jump on the kale bandwagon. "I've often thought the world would be a better place if we could stop pretending that kale tastes good," she says. But one salad changed her mind.

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Sunny Anderson came up with the recipe when trying to find new flavor combinations for chicken wings.

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This Football Season, Grab Some PB&J And Spread Your Wings

5:20pm September 10, 2013

by NPR Staff

It's a flavor combination that blends the familiar with the caveman and is a favorite of the patrons at Sunny Anderson's local bar in Brooklyn.

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Books
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Woodrow Wilson Brought New Executive Style To The White House

4:41pm September 10, 2013

No. 28 was the first president to team up with America's legislative branch, and he used a groundbreaking moral argument to get the U.S. involved in World War I. A. Scott Berg's new book, Wilson, fills in missing pieces of the president's life.

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Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance Presents Les Miserables at SECCA

8:47am September 10, 2013

by David Ford

Les Miserables ran for more than 6,600 performances on Broadway, and now it's coming to the Triad.

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Sheri Fink's first book, War Hospital: A True Story of Surgery and Survival, followed medical professionals under siege during the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia-Herzegovina.

During Katrina, 'Memorial' Doctors Chose Who Lived, Who Died

7:08am September 10, 2013

With waters rising and their hospital on the verge of losing power, Memorial Medical Center staff were faced with an ethical question: Who to save first? Sheri Fink reconstructs their decisions — from hastening patients' deaths to evacuating the sickest last — in Five Days at Memorial.

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