International Civil Rights Museum in Greensboro Celebrates Jazz Great Max Roach
The International Civil Rights Museum memorializes the courageous stand of the Greensboro Four as they launched the sit-in movement at the downtown F.W. Woolworth lunch counter in on February 1, 1960.
Move Over Vodka; Korean Soju's Taking A Shot At America
It's the top-selling spirit in the world, but you've probably never heard of it. That's because Jinro soju does less than 5 percent of its sales in the U.S. Now, they're looking to expand that presence — by a lot. "We want to be in every store," says one marketing manager. "That's our main goal."
A Sneak Peek at the UNCSA Fall Film Showcase
It's an hour and 25-minutes of outstanding, eclectic short films, interspersed with dynamic trailers all by some of the world's finest up and coming student film makers—and it's free.
'Trophy Wife' Is More Than Just A Pretty Face On ABC
The show's self-professed feminist creators wanted to take on a type generally scorned in popular culture. It's a favorite among critics, but one reviewer worries it will suffer from the Cougar Town effect — good show, terrible name.
NFL's A Nonprofit? Author Says It's Time For Football Reform
Despite pro football's sky-high profits, taxpayers subsidize the industry with $1 billion each year. In The King of Sports, Gregg Easterbrook argues for some serious reforms, including incentives for college graduation rates and a new approach to youth football leagues.
TV Trips Into Fall, But These Days Who Knows Where To Look?
TV critic David Bianculli points to Brooklyn Nine-Nine, starring Andy Samberg, and The Blacklist, starring James Spader, as shows to watch this season. Other debuts, like The Michael J. Fox Show and The Crazy Ones, show plenty of potential.
'Reaped' Is A Reminder That No One Is Promised Tomorrow
In Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward recalls the deaths of five young men in her life, which she believes were all connected to being poor and black in the rural South. "It made me feel that I wasn't promised some long life. ... That's not a given for me."
This Elegant, Whimsical Pop-Up Dinner Party Had 4,000 Guests
In a secret location, revealed minutes before the event, thousands came all dressed in white. They brought white tables and chairs, elegant china, wine and food, and they set up in a park in New York City. These elegant pop-up "white garb" dinners, called Diner en Blanc, are happening all over the world.
Flentrop Organ Restoration Celebration Concert Held at Salem College
The Clemens and Margaret Sandresky Artist Faculty Series presents Flentrop Organ Restoration Celebration—Inaugural Concert Featuring Organist Timothy Olsen on Friday, September 27, at 7:30 p.m. It'll be in Shirley Recital Hall, inside Elberson Fine Arts Center on the Salem College campus. As the school and the wider regional organ community celebrate the restoration and renovation of the 1965 Flentrop organ in Shirley Recital Hall, Salem's Associate Professor of organ, Timothy Olsen, kicks off a series of events featuring the magnificent Flentrop organ in a solo recital.
No Schmear Job: A Brief History Of Bagels And Lox
The origin of the bagel "is somewhat mysterious," says a writer who recently explored the topic. What is unquestionable is that bagel met and married lox in New York. But as in so many modern unions, both partners came to the marriage with plenty of baggage.