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Blue Ridge Music center puts the spotlight on women in honor of the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment

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February 11, 2020

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On Saturday, Cirque de la Symphonie and the Winston-Salem Symphony will fuse movement, music and magic February 6, 2025
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‘Hot Mess Express’ transforms lives — one Swiffer at a time February 6, 2025
Featured photo: The women of Hot Mess Express take time out of their weekends to clean strangers’ homes, for free. Since the organization started in 2021, Hot Mess Express has grown to more than 100 affiliates across the country. (photo by Carolyn de Berry) This story was co-published with the Assembly. Learn more at theassemblync.com. […]
Sayaka Matsuoka
In ‘Becoming More,’ a trans musician tells their story, inspires others in upcoming one-night only show February 6, 2025
Featured photo: Lyn Koonce and Stephen Emberley collaborated to create ‘Becoming More,’ a musical show based on Emberley’s experience as a transgender person. (photo by Lynn Donovan) As a child, Stephen A. N. Emberley lived a sheltered life. They grew up in New England as part of a fundamentalist non-denominational Christian household. Their grandfather was […]
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Winston-Salem’s new homeownership project allows the city to sell vacant lots sold for $1 to build affordable housing February 5, 2025
Featured photograph: Some of the Equitable Homeownership Project’s “mission-driven housing.” (Photograph by Gale Melcher) The city of Winston-Salem owns a lot of empty lots. And in order to get that vacant land into the hands of developers interested in building affordable housing, they’re selling parcels for $1 apiece. In late January, Winston-Salem plunged into 23 […]
Gale Melcher

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Blue Ridge Music center puts the spotlight on women in honor of the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment