Chucky unlucky in ‘Child’s Play’ remake
Even by the lamest, lowest standards of schlock horror, Child’s Play is scraping the bottom of the barrel. Worse, it’s not even fun trash. This unnecessary remake of the ...
Something wicked this way comes in ‘Hunter’
Hunter, the feature debut of writer/executive producer/leading man Jason Kellerman and producer/director David Tarleton, defies description, to say nothing of convention. It’s an action film, a character study, a psychological thriller, a modern-day film noir, a horror film, and ...
Council tables inquiry into death of Marcus Deon Smith
The first agenda item at the April 16 Greensboro City Council meeting was “Discussion for an Independent Review of the Marcus Smith Incident.” The discussion consisted of District 1’s Sharon Hightower moving the proposal be tabled “due to pending litigation,” ...
Family sues over fatal hogtying by GPD
*Editor’s note: At 2:45 p.m. on April 10, this article was updated with new information. Attorneys include negotiator of landmark police torture reparations On April 10 at Bethel AME Church in Greensboro, lawyers for the family of the late Marcus Deon Smith ...
Lee Zacharias ferries readers across chill waters
Award-winning writer and photographer Lee Zacharias recently published her first novel in over a decade, and it’s hauntingly good. Like her former University of North Carolina at Greensboro colleagues Fred Chappell and the late Jim Clark, Lee is ...
FORMER WAKE FOREST STAR GAVIN SHEETS TO PLAY FOR DASH
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (April 3, 2018) – First baseman Gavin Sheets, a three-year star with Wake Forest University and a 2017 second-round pick by the Chicago White Sox, will begin the 2018 season on roster of the Winston-Salem Dash. WHITE ...
Triad Stage presents ‘A Raisin in the Sun’: Review
By: Katie Murawski “What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-and then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over- like a syrupy sweet? ...
Greensboro-based songwriter Gar Clemens releases new record
If you’ve been waiting for music that distills the deeply messed-up state of American politics over the past couple years into song, it’s here. Gar Clemens was already fed up with the Trump-era before it even began. Clemens, a Greensboro-based ...
Seasoned vocal-group celebrates 20 years of classic sounds
When he started his band, Winston-Salem singer Michael Thomas didn’t know that he was sort of starting a second family; one that spent hours and hours of practice time, performance time, travel time and down time together. ...