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Splash or not Splash? A risk taken to prove a point By Mary Best As the youngest of five dangerously independent — and always mischievous — children of a couple of educators in the Greensboro [...]

A flower blossoms for its own joy. — Oscar Wilde   May is the daughter of dandelions, queen of the daisies, the giggling maiden of spring. In a sunny meadow, where the soft grass glitters [...]

Get outside and enjoy the lusty month of May One of the things we love most about life in the Gate City is the abundance of fantastic outdoor activities four seasons of the year. We confess, [...]

A Shared Life Judy Goldman looks back on the Jim Crow South By Wiley Cash Photographs by Mallory Cash  I first met author Judy Kurtz Goldman in the summer of 2013 when we were seated beside one [...]

Intentional Eating At O.Hey, our diet is omnivorous and philanthropic. If eating our way through a cross-section of Greensboro’s culinary offerings is what it takes to support the N.C. Folk Fest, [...]

May Books Compiled by Shannon Purdy Jones At Scuppernong Books, May means one thing: the flurry of organizing and last-minute preparations for the annual Greensboro Bound Literary Festival. We’re [...]

Hair-raising Adventures Mullets, hawks and pomps, oh my! By Billy Eye “For three days after death, hair and fingernails continue to grow but phone calls taper off.”        — Johnny Carson Sixty [...]

A Rare Bird Searching for the Bachman’s sparrow By Susan Campbell Photograph by Carl Miller Although unquestionably the most sought-after bird species in North Carolina, the Bachman’s sparrow [...]

In a city of trees, spring heralds a rhapsody of foliage and hope By Ross Howell Jr.   •   Photographs by Mark Wagoner   When is the best time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago. When is the [...]

Taurus (April 20 – May 20) Sometimes you’ve got to know when to fold. This is especially true for those born under the Earth sign of Taurus. But when the cosmos deals you a humdinger — and, this [...]