Many are surprised to learn that Wake Forest University is located in Winston-Salem, more than 100 miles west of the town of Wake Forest. While the university got its start as a college in Wake Forest, its move to the Triad is a historic one.
winston-salem
The Mythic School of the Mountain: Black Mountain College
Brilliant artists, poets, and intellectuals established Black Mountain College’s reputation as a bastion of innovative thinkers. The college’s brief, obscure existence — and its avant-garde “Happening” — sealed its legend.
In the Communion of the Saints: The Salem Moravian Graveyard
In God’s Acre, a Moravian graveyard in Winston-Salem, status and race are not factors for burial sites. The church’s postmortem rituals decree that in death, we are all equal.
Salem Stained Glass
A company in East Bend uses glass to tell new stories and preserve old ones.
Inspiration, Everywhere for Douglas Hoover
An Archdale artist finds beauty in everyday life and scenery.
Readings on Roslyn: A Literary Salon in Winston-Salem
A Winston-Salem woman starts a literary salon by accident, and the event grows to five large gatherings a year.
The Return of Swing
Twice a month, a group of friends gather in the Piedmont and relive the glory days of the jitterbug and swing dance.
Daily. Special.
The bean-and-bacon soup is legendary. The banana splits are delicious. Although only seven restaurants exist in the state now, whittled from 42 nearly a half-century ago, Mayberry still creates simple traditions for its customers.
Hill’s Lexington Barbecue
A third-generation family business has served Lexington-style barbecue in northern Winston-Salem for more than 60 years.
