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Serving Winston-Salem

• Moon Taxi Performs Live | Friday, Sept. 13 | 6 p.m. | The Coalpit | Free entry | Celebrate Incendiary Brewing Company’s six-year anniversary with the rock band and opener Pauly Scott.
• Spirit Gum Theatre Company Presents “Marjorie Prime” | Friday, Sept. 13 | 8-10 p.m. | Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, Mountcastle Forum | $15 | Playwright Jordan Harrison explores the mysteries of human identity and the limits of what technology can replace.

• Hispanic League Fiesta! | Saturday, Sept. 14 | 11 a.m.-7 p.m. | Between Poplar and Marshall streets | Cost of purchase | Hear music, take part in arts and crafts, shop from vendors, and try food from Latin American countries.
• Tucker’s Tap Yard College Football Tailgate | Saturday, Sept. 14 | 2-5 p.m. | Tucker’s Tap Yard | Cost of purchase | Cheer on your favorite teams while playing classic tailgate games like beer pong and cornhole.

• Arts on Fire: A Community Arts Festival | Sunday, Sept. 15 | 1 p.m. | Mixxer Community Makerspace | Free | Celebrate the elemental beauty of fire with an iron pour, an artist alley, hands-on classes, vendor row, and more.
• Constitution Day Celebration | Sunday, Sept. 15 | 2-5 p.m. | Joanie Moser Memorial Park, Clemmons | Free | celebrate the USA’s founding document with food, themed games, voter registration, and candidate meet-and-greets.
• Second Harvest’s Food Hall Invasion | Sunday, Sept. 15 | 4-7 p.m. | Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC | $100+ | Taste creations from local chefs that are out of this world at this fundraising event.
• “Larry & Joe” | Sunday, Sept. 15 | 7:30 p.m. | Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts | $29+ | Two singer-songwriters with different backgrounds join forces to perform a fusion of Venezuelan and Appalachian folk music.
• Winston Salem Food Truck Festival | Sunday, Sept. 15 | 1-7 p.m. | Industry Hill, 9th Street | Cost of purchase | Get a taste from 20+ food trucks, enjoy craft beer, live music, and kids activities.

1. Have your pup take this quick quiz (or take it for them — we don’t mind)
2. Receive expert recs for recipes + portions
3. Get meals delivered to your door (and rekindle relationship with mailman)
4. Eat, zoomie, repeat. Welcome to mealtime with Ollie.

• Drivers in the Triad lose $592 per year due to traffic delays, according to transportation nonprofit TRIP. Data also revealed drivers in the Greensboro-High Point-Winston-Salem metro area also lose 27 hours sitting in traffic on a yearly basis. (Triad Business Journal)

• Be part of developing a comprehensive plan to improve socioeconomic diversity in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Fostering Diverse Schools listening sessions are underway. The next one is Monday, Sept. 16 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Jerry Long YMCA in Clemmons.

• Help Coffee Park Airstream defend its title as the best drive-thru coffee in the US. The Reynolda Road spot has been nominated again in USA Today’s 10Best Readers’ Choice awards — vote daily through Monday, Oct. 7 at 12 p.m. to keep them at the top of the leaderboard.

• Support children fighting cancer at Incendiary Brewing in Innovation Quarter on Sunday, Sept. 22 at 1 p.m. Volunteers will shave their heads at the 18th annual St. Baldrick’s Day to bring awareness to the cause. You can sign up to participate or make a donation.

• Start gathering sensitive documents cluttering your home. The Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church will host a shred event on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Bring your box and a donation to 435 Keating Dr. to support 15+ local nonprofits.

• Salem College is seeing record student enrollment for the third year in a row. This fall, total undergraduate enrollment to the private women’s liberal arts college grew by 10%. Leaders credit the institution’s focus on health leadership for the growing numbers.

• Starting this week, Full Life Counseling will now offer both in-person and virtual DBT Skills Groups — a class-style, skills-building group that teaches coping skills for those affected by anxiety, chaotic relationships, personality disorder patterns, and more. See details + sign up.*

• What is making surgery more precise, less invasive + safer, all while improving patient outcomes? Robotics — and Novant Health has been leading the way in its expansion. See what makes their surgical robotics program top of the line.*

• Balance transfer cards: One of the best-kept secrets for managing credit card debt. This card gives you almost two years to pay off your existing balance, sans interest — plus, that sweet, sweet cash back.*

• Level up your fall wardrobe with this stylish and versatile men’s quarter zip sweater. Its sophisticated mock neck design makes it perfect for both casual and formal wear.*

Friday, Sept. 27

• Vespers | 7 p.m. | Wesley Memorial Methodist Church, High Point | The Salem Bach Ensemble and soloists present Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor BWV 1060R, Jesu, meine Freude BWV 227, and Cantata BWV 82, Ich habe genug.

Saturday, Sept. 28

• Baroque dance demonstration + workshop | 10 a.m.-12 p.m. | Old Salem Visitor Center, Gray Auditorium | Baroque dancer Paige Whitley-Bauguess performs and hosts a workshop.
• Coffee Cantata | 7:30 p.m. | Lot 63 Coffee and Taproom | The Salem Bach Ensemble and soloists present Brandenburg Concerto no. 5 in D Major, BWV 1050 and Coffee Cantata, BWV 211, which will be sung in English.

Sunday, Sept. 29

• Gottensdienst | 3 p.m. | Home Moravian Church | Musicians will repeat Friday’s program.