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• After the Club Q mass shooting, a look at violence faced by the transgender community

  28-11-2022 22:06 via triad-city-beat.com
  This article was originally published by Joe Killian of NC Policy Watch on Nov. 28.Featured photo: A makeshift memorial near the Club Q nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado. (photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)As the LGBTQ community observed Transgender Day of Remembrance last week, it woke to further losses.After a mass shooting at Club Q in Colorado Springs just before midnight on Nov. 19, police said a man armed with an AR-style semi-automatic rifle and a handgun killed five people and inju
  
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• Q&A with actor Andrew Brewer, who plays the Duke in ‘Moulin Rouge’ musical

  15-04-2024 22:17 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Andrew Brewer as the Duke of Monroth (photo by Matthew Murphy for MurphyMade)Actor Andrew Brewer, 36, plays the Duke of Monroth in the North American Broadway tour of Moulin Rouge, which opens at the Tanger Center in Greensboro on Tuesday and runs through April 28. The musical, which debuted in 2018, is based on the 2001 Baz Luhrmann film starring Ewan McGregor and Nicole Kidman. In the film, McGregor plays Christian, a poet who falls in love with Kidman’s character, a caba
  
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• Three NC teams, including High Point’s Carolina Core, enter Round Three of the Open Cup

  13-04-2024 18:43 via triad-city-beat.com
  Featured photo: Carolina Core defender Kai Thomas (#4), Vermont Green defender Zach Barrett (#28), and Carolina Core goalkeeper Andrew Pannenberg (center, purple kit) fight over a ball at Carolina Core’s net in the first half. (photo courtesy Carolina Core FC/LukeThis story was republished from Soccer Sheet, a reader-supported publication focused on soccer by Sam Spencer.In the second round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, two of North Carolina’s three remaining teams faced stiff cha
  
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• The once popular Bird scooters have officially returned to Greensboro. Here’s what you need to know.

  12-04-2024 21:00 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: A Bird scooter, ready to roll. (Photo courtesy of Bird)Scooters have returned to Greensboro.After the city’s former scooter operator, Blue Duck, unexpectedly flew away, Bird Rides Inc. scooters have flocked to the city to roost.Per city council’s Dec. 19 decision, Bird is now the sole operator of electric scooters and bikes for rent within the city limits.Although Bird filed for bankruptcy at the end of December, the city is still going forward with the partnership. T
  
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• Three North Carolina Teams Enter Round Three of the Open Cup

  12-04-2024 00:34 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  The Carolina Core and the Charlotte Independence overcome potential cupsets to advance in the United States’ oldest soccer competition.This piece originally ran in The Soccer Sheet.In the second round of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup, two of North Carolina’s three remaining teams faced stiff challenges from semi-pro teams with first round upsets under their belts.On Tuesday, April 2, the South Carolina United Heat battled the Charlotte Independence to a penalty shootout at American Legi
  
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• Q&A: Winston-Salem’s Housing Justice Now is part of a new statewide tenant union. Here’s what that means.

  11-04-2024 21:52 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  On April 2, six tenant organizations from around the state banded together to start a new statewide tenant union called the North Carolina Tenants Union, led by Nick MacLeod. In a conversation, TCB asked MacLeod and Housing Justice Now’s Sudarshan Krishnamurthy about how the new statewide organization will help local branches like HJN in Winston-Salem.Disclosure: Sudarshan Krishnamurthy is a freelance writer for TCB.
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• EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Things are happening

  11-04-2024 18:59 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Things are happening around here.Of course, at Triad City Beat, we’ve been talking everybody’s ear off about how this year marks the 10-year-anniversary of the paper. We’ve been pushing out a fundraiser to commemorate it and help pay for our election coverage.And then, there’s larger statewide news like the creation of a local fund for journalism called Press Forward NC. We’re on the list and we’re hopeful we’re going to get a chunk to help sustain our e
  
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• A look at the funding and timeline of addressing Winston-Salem’s sidewalk needs

  11-04-2024 00:00 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: The sidewalk at the corner of Gerald Street and 12th Street in Winston-Salem. (photo by Gale Melcher)The city of Winston-Salem has a deluge of unfunded sidewalk construction and repair projects: $500 million worth. The city’s official list of projects is “overwhelming,” according to the city’s Transportation Director Jeff Fansler, so city staff say it’s going to take some time to work through the list — decades even. One funding avenue for the
  
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• GALLERY: Capturing Cooks Flea Market on a Saturday afternoon

  10-04-2024 22:22 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Those who have visited the Cook’s Flea Market on a weekend know how busy the place can get. Vendors selling anything from quinceañera dresses to furniture to food to art fill the state’s largest indoor flea market located at 4250 Patterson Avenue in Winston-Salem.This past weekend, we sent photographer Maaroupi Sani to capture the sights.
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• At UNCG’s cardboard robot parade, you too can forget your troubles and just have fun

  10-04-2024 20:06 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Professor Matt Fisher says that he was inspired to create a cardboard robot parade when he was left at home after catching COVID-19. (photo by Sayaka Matsuoka)The idea came to him in a fit of COVID-19-induced madness.Artist Matt Fisher was sitting alone at home, left behind by his family who had embarked on a trip because he was sick. Alone and depressed, he started looking around the house for something to do. And eventually, he turned his sights on something that most of us lik
  
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• Saving lives: Local organizations in Greensboro are asking city council for money to curb evictions

  10-04-2024 00:00 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Residents, organizers volunteers with Guilford For All and American Friends Service Committee met at Creative Aging Network in Greensboro on Sunday afternoon to launch an effort called Keep Gate City Housed. (Photo by Gale Melcher)“How does it make you feel when you have housing?” Terrell Dungee asked a crowd at the Creative Aging Network in Greensboro on Sunday afternoon. “Security,” someone shouted out.“Gratitude,” another piped up.&ldqu
  
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• In Winston-Salem, Stacey Abrams makes the case that she’s more than just a political titan

  09-04-2024 20:18 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Stacey Abrams speaks during a Bookmarks event in the First Baptist Church in Winston-Salem on April 7. (photo by Maaroupi Sani)Under the vast copper dome and between the Beaux-Arts serpentine columns that mark the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church in downtown Winston-Salem stands a woman whose name is synonymous with voting rights.
  Amongst her many successes, former Georgia state Rep. Stacey Abrams is a household name. She’s best known for her 2018 Georgia gubernatorial
  
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• EDITORIAL: Hauling grass in Greensboro

  09-04-2024 14:36 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  It’s a great time for people who love to talk about yard waste. And that, friends, is a lot of people judging by web traffic on our articles about it over the last couple years.Yard waste is part of the effluvia of property ownership: lawn clippings, dead and removed tree branches, pulled weeds, fallen leaves and everything else that’s keeping your yard from looking perfect.In Winston-Salem, two new leaf trucks were added to the fleet, which collects leaves curbside throughout the ci
  
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• GALLERY: Dog egg hunt in Greensboro allows pups to celebrate, too

  08-04-2024 21:20 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Addie at the dog egg hunt in Greensboroon April 6, 2024.On Saturday, dozens of dogs gathered at Griffin Dog Park in Greensboro to hunt for treat-filled eggs, a costume contest, shopping with vendors and more.
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• GALLERY: 2024 NC Korean Festival in Greensboro

  08-04-2024 17:15 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Ghana Jeong wears traditional Korean cloth at the NC Korean Festival, Greensboro, April 6, 2024.On Saturday, hundreds of people enjoyed the weather in downtown Greensboro during the 2024 NC Korean Festival. The festival, which takes place yearly, draws people with food vendors, dancers, music and more.Photos by Maaroupi Sani.
  Ghana Jeong wears traditional Korean cloth at the NC Korean Festival, Greensboro, April 6, 2024.Sung-Gin Choi wears tradition Korean bamboo hat during NC Ko
  
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• Winston-Salem’s mental-health response team secures more funding ahead of one-year anniversary

  05-04-2024 18:37 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Winston-Salem’s mental health-response team met with city leaders and Rep. Kathy Manning at Fire Station 19, 4430 Glenn Hi Road on Wednesday afternoon (photo by Gale Melcher)The city of Winston-Salem’s Behavioral Evaluation and Response Team, or BEAR, is a month away from celebrating one year of helping residents through crises, offering an alternative response to non-violent mental health, domestic disputes and substance abuse calls made to law enforcement and first
  
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• Winston-Salem’s mental-health response secures additional funding ahead of their one-year anniversary

  05-04-2024 18:37 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Winston-Salem’s mental health-response team met with city leaders and Rep. Kathy Manning at Fire Station 19, 4430 Glenn Hi Road on Wednesday afternoon (photo by Gale Melcher)The city of Winston-Salem’s mental health-response team is a month away from celebrating one year of helping residents through crises. The BEAR Team responded to their first call on May 15, 2023, and have answered more than 2,000 since then. Director Kristin Ryan says that the team of six crisis c
  
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• Reflections during Ramadan: How Muslims are observing the holiest month of the year as the genocide in Gaza rages on

  04-04-2024 10:51 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Pro-Palestinian activist Maitha Ali holds up a Palestinian flag at a protest in Gaza onMarch 30. (photo by Maaroupi Sani)By the time 7:30 p.m. rolls around, Aya Abdelaziz is nearly dizzy from hunger pangs.“As we’re fasting, I’m so hungry,” she says. “So before iftar, I’m so hungry. I’m consumed by the thoughts of breaking my fast, and as soon as I break my fast, my body starts to calm down.”Abdelaziz is a 24-year-old Palestinian Mus
  
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• A mobile food pantry in Greensboro meets refugees where they’re at

  04-04-2024 09:45 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Marielle Argueza is Triad City Beat and Next City’s new Equitable Cities Reporting Fellow for Racial Justice Narratives fellow. Argueza will be reporting on behalf of both newsrooms for the next four months on issues pertaining to diverse communities in Greensboro.It started at a kitchen table more than 15 years ago.In 2008, Greensboro mother of two Kristy Milholin noticed signs of food insecurity among her daughters’ classmates at Morehead Elementary School. She and her husband, Don
  
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• EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK: Faith and humanity

  04-04-2024 09:43 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: A Quran on display inside the Islamic Center of the Triad (photo by Sayaka Matsuoka)I’ve never been religious.I grew up in a Japanese household that was secular and atheist. But being in the South, I was confronted with many types of religion and faith traditions from a young age. And I didn’t understand them until I was older.I always thought that religion and faith were unnecessary, that the idea that people had to be believers to be moral, to be good, was flawed. A
  
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• Ready to roll: Greensboro to distribute new yard-waste containers next week

  03-04-2024 23:11 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  The city of Greensboro’s new yard-waste containers — that come with a $4.1 million price tag — are rolling toward residents starting April 8, per a city press release distributed this morning.After city leaders nixed loose-leaf collection in a 7-2 August vote, the longtime city program sucked up its last leaves in February. Instead, residents will place yard waste into new 95-gallon containers. The decision to switch was met with mixed reactions from residents and city lea
  
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• GALLERY: Dozens show up in solidarity with Palestine at protest in Greensboro

  03-04-2024 21:57 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Pro-Palestinian activist Juliana Ganim protests the war in Gaza in Greensboro, N.C on March 30, 2024.On Saturday, March 30, dozens of people showed up to a protest in downtown Greensboro to support Palestine and call for a ceasefire. Organizer Maitha Ali told TCB that their protests in the past have ranged from 100-700 people.Photos by Maaroupi Sani
  Pro-Palestinian activists take the street of Greensboro, N.C on March 30, 2024 to condemn the killing of children in the Gaza confli
  
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• GALLERY: 2024 Greensboro Senior Games kicks off

  03-04-2024 18:52 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  On Tuesday morning, dozens of seniors gathered in the Greensboro Sportsplex to show off their skills in the hopes of winning this year’s Senior Games.The mission of the Greater Greensboro Senior Games is to promote healthy lifestyles, both mentally and physically, by encouraging seniors to practice and participate in their chosen events throughout the year. There are a variety of events that are held every year including basketball, golf, shuffleboard, archery and billiards.The winners in
  
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• Greensboro’s downtown depot bestowed $500,000 in federal funding

  02-04-2024 18:38 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Buses parked outside J. Douglas Gaylon Depot in downtown Greensboro (photo by Gale Melcher)The city of Greensboro just snagged a $500,000 grant, the Federal Transit Administration announced today.The half-million will be used to “study strategies for transit-oriented development” around the J. Douglas Gaylon Depot, the city’s downtown transportation center, as part of the federal government’s transit-oriented development planning pilot program. The $17.6 m
  
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• Greensboro leaders want to enact a 1-percent prepared-food tax. Here’s how that’s worked in Charlotte.

  01-04-2024 23:32 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: A slice from Zämbies Pizza in Charlotte, NC (photo by Gale Melcher).A slice of the Sleeping Beauty from Zämbies Pizza in Charlotte’s NoDa district rings up at $7. On top of that dough — other than the bubbling cheese, peppers, onions and a savory drizzle of balsamic glaze — is 58 cents of tax. Thirty-three of those cents go to the state, 14 go to Mecklenburg County and four are directed to transit. The final seven are collected due to the county’
  
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• EDITORIAL: We are all NC State fans now

  01-04-2024 21:18 via triad-city-beat.com
  Even if you don’t follow college basketball — which in North Carolina is considered to be kind of a crime — you must have heard about the incredible run in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament by the NC State Wolfpack.But if you haven’t, here’s a quick recap.The Wolfpack weren’t even supposed to appear on college basketball’s biggest stage. After a lackluster season, they were seeded 10th out of 15 teams in the ACC Tournament. They became just the
  
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• Rules for rentals: New regulations for short-term Airbnbs and Vrbos go into effect in Greensboro

  01-04-2024 20:33 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo by SkitterphotoAs short-term rentals such as Airbnbs and Vrbos take off in cities across the country, Greensboro leaders also took note and enacted changes that go into effect today.In May 2023, Greensboro city leaders approved new regulations for short-term rentals, which can either be homestays — in which renters stay in a portion of the host’s home — or whole-house rentals.  After a surge in these types of rentals with no official city definition on
  
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• Q&A: TCB’s new reporting fellow, Marielle Argueza, introduces herself

  01-04-2024 14:44 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Triad City Beat, along with Next City, is pleased to welcome Marielle Argueza as our Equitable Cities Reporting Fellow for Racial Justice Narratives.Argueza, who previously worked with Next City, will join the nonprofit news organization covering solutions for equitable cities, for a four-month reporting fellowship in partnership with Triad City Beat. Based in Greensboro, the fellowship will explore urban policy and justice in the NC Piedmont Triad, with a focus on its vast immigrant and refugee
  
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• After being passed for the job in W-S, Assistant City Manager Patrice Toney takes job as town manager of Carrboro

  29-03-2024 19:03 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Winston-Salem’s Assistant City Manager Patrice Toney (photo courtesy of the town of Carrboro’s website)After seven years of working for the city of Winston-Salem and 17 years with Forsyth County, Assistant City Manager Patrice Toney is leaving to become the town manager of Carrboro.In a press release from the town, Toney said, “Accepting the role as town manager of Carrboro is truly an honor.” She added that she looks forward to “providing leadership
  
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• In recreating Black portraits, artist Jasmine Mallory reaffirms Black excellence

  28-03-2024 23:56 via triad-city-beat.com
  
  Featured photo: Jasmine Mallory, right, as Coretta Scott King, left (photo by Ciara Kelley)Coretta Scott King sings into the void, the passion marking her face, eyes closed, her right hand tucked into this chest.Her hair is styled in loose curls and bangs curled high on her forehead. Large white pearl earrings hang from her ears to match the rippling, cascading gown that she wears.The photo, taken by Joe de Casseres, was a promotional shot for King’s Freedom Concerts, which toured across t
  
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