UNCG Concert is a Collage of the Arts
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For F. Scott And Zelda Fitzgerald, A Dark Chapter In Asheville, N.C.
The Golden 1920s couple didn't fare as well in the 1930s, and the North Carolina mountain town was host to a particularly sad time. NPR's Susan Stamberg discovered a little-known story of the Jazz Age darlings and their devastating connections to Asheville.
From Peace To Patriotism: The Shifting Identity Of 'God Bless America'
In the new book God Bless America: The Surprising History of an Iconic Song, author Sheryl Kaskowitz explores the lyrical evolution of Irving Berlin's enduring song and explains how its early popularity reflected the anxiety of the pre-war period and sparked a surprising anti-Semitic and xenophobic backlash.
BOOKMARKS Book Festival Kicks Off This Weekend
BOOKMARKS festival of books and authors is back this Saturday, September 7th from 10-5. The vast majority of events are free, and they'll once again take place in Winston-Salem's Downtown Arts District at 6th and Trade Streets. BOOKMARKS offers year round programming for all ages including the festival, a growing authors in schools program, and author talks. BOOKMARKS festival of books and authors 2013 features 46 programs in all, with more than 30 authors, including Debbie Macomber, and Dork Diaries author Rachel Renee Russell.
Animated! Art Comes to Greenhill Center for NC Art
Animated! curated by Greenhill Center for NC Art's Edie Carpenter presents 24 artists who investigate animation from comic book heroes to digital environments, Animated! gives Greenhill visitors a chance to explore sequential art from flip books to stop-motion claymation. Hand-drawn character studies, animé, animation set design and much more will also be on display. Animated's public opening is First Friday, September 6th from 6-9pm. Green Hill curator Edie Carpenter spoke with David Ford by phone from her studio in Greensboro.
Welcome To 'Night Vale' — Watch Out For The Tarantulas
The popular Welcome to Night Vale podcast imagines a creepy desert town where conspiracies are real. From the hooded figures lurking in the closed-up dog park to the mysterious lights above the Arby's, Night Vale is a standard small American town that's just not quite right.
Shacochis Spans Generations In 'The Woman Who Lost Her Soul'
In his new book, The Woman Who Lost Her Soul, Bob Shacochis returns to Haiti, but also takes the reader across continents and generations. The 700-page book has been compared to the work of Joseph Conrad, Graham Greene and Norman Mailer.
Call Me, Haiti? One Man's Quest To Skype Around The World
Mark Malkoff has lived inside of an IKEA store, consumed beverages at 171 Starbucks in Manhattan in less than 24 hours and proved that his kid's Big Wheel bike could beat a New York City bus. Now, the comedian has video chatted with people in 162 different countries — including North Korea.
How Do You Say ...? For Some Words, There's No Easy Translation
The feeling of solitude in the woods ... the sunlight that filters through trees ... someone who tells a joke so badly that you have to laugh. In English, these things require a whole string of words. Not so in German, Japanese and Indonesian, respectively.
Reaching Across What's Broken, 'Short Term' Fix Or No
After college, director Destin Daniel Cretton took a job at a short-term care facility for at-risk teenagers. His time there became the basis for Short Term 12, a film that took two awards at this year's South by Southwest Festival. (Recommended)