Robin Stanley began sewing at the age of 12, and there's no sign she'll be stopping anytime soon. Crafts have always been a big part of Stanley's life. She vividly recalls when McCall's Crafts

The grand reopening of the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, or SECCA, on July 15 offered a real-life testament to the axiom that art cannot exist in a void. Artists need an audience, the means to express themselves and to earn a living. For centuries, arts patrons have helped to support talented artists and thus, ensured their survival.

The vibrancy of Happy Hill, Winston-Salem's oldest African- American community, is on full display at the Diggs Gallery on the campus of Winston-Salem State University. Last Friday night the opening ceremony for the exhibit Pride and Dignity from the Hill: A Celebration of the Historic Happy Hill Community.

There is always something going on at Elsewhere, the former thrift store turned living museum and artist collaborative on Elm Street. Last Friday, it happened to be the completion and presentation of a particularly distinctive quilt.

First Thursday of every month. 7:00 p.m. Film Series, "Art Grind." Krankies Werehouse, 211 East Third St., Winston-Salem..

Mondays: 7:00-9:00 p.m. Tuesdays: 9:30-noon and 6:30-9:00 p.m. Painting classes. Red Door Studio/ Gallery. 3631 Redfield Dr., Greensboro..

Sometimes the best way forward is to take a look back. And, sometimes the best way to find and develop your own unique voice is to incorporate the person you used to be with the person you are today.

From a grassroots event, supported by word of mouth and the internet, to an international event with support from "high gloss mags", hard cover books and attendees from various continents.

Woodland Moth Visual and Performing Artists at Atelier Studios; 619 N. Trade St.:.

They came as disco divas, East Village hipsters and in compemporary guise to honor Andy Warhol, one of the art world's most famous – an polariziong – figures. A couple of them even came dressed as the man himself Friday night at UNCG's Weatherspoon Art Museum, where Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids.

Back by popular demand, the Summer Solstice Celebration will be held at the spectacular Greensboro Arboretum on Sunday, June 20. (Rain date is Sunday, June 27). This is a familyfriendly annual event that brings thousands of Triad citizens together on the longest day of the year.

Paper Lantern took the risk, and the audience is the primary beneficiary. Da Luz and her talented cast tell a fantastic story of a 16-year-old girl (Kimberly) with a rare disease that makes her age 4-1/2 times faster than normal people with scintillating performances, intimate staging and intelligent lighting and sound design.

The sixth annual Texas Pete Twin City RibFest will be held at the Dixie Classic Fairgrounds June 10 -13. Several new sponsors have joined the event this year including the NC Department of Agriculture which will sponsor the Homegrown Music Stage and "Got to be NC" Village.

Ryan White, director of the independent documentary Pelada about pick-up soccer culture around the world, couldn't make it to the screening of his film last Thursday at Krankies Coffee in Winston-Salem.

Okay... so this Friday night... if you are strolling down Elm Street in Greensboro and you just happen to come across a very nice, picturesque park in the middle of the city, you might think about walking into it and looking around. You could sit on a bench and look at the sky or walk by the fountain and drop a penny in the water.

She uses a most ancient method of making vessels for everyday use. Trace O'Connor,.

In the first event of its kind, the Downtown Home Tour will be held on Saturday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., residents open their doors for tour goers to experience what it's like to live downtown.

Wet'n Wild Emerald Pointe is the largest water park in the Carolina's and ranked one of the Top Ten Water Parks in America (The Travel Channel and ABC's "Good Morning America").

Amy da Luz interrupted Tim Austin's monologue from the stage play Kimberly Akimbo to offer a suggestion. Da Luz, the play's director, then asked assistant director Miranda Lowder to step on the stage of the Ring Theater on the campus of Wake Forest University, and sit directly in front of Austin during a stage rehearsal on May 21.

Good things come to those who wait. Mary Dalton, an associate professor of communication at Wake Forest University, and her colleague, Sandy Dickson, are living proof of that universal axiom.