Piedmont Triad Living: Surry County

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Saturday, September 14, 2013

16th Annual Sweet Potato Festival

16th Annual Sweet Potato Festival, in Surry County

on Saturday, September 21 from 10-5.

FREE Live Music, craft vendors, blacksmith demonstrations, local authors, sweet potato pie, sonkers, country ham biscuits, chicken stew, pintos and cornbread and this year Sweet Potato Coffee.

Call 336-374-5317 for more information.

Thursday, February 7, 2013

Free events! Alamance County, Forsyth County, Surry County, and more!

More free events in the Piedmont Triad!

Go to our calendar for locations, times and contact information.

Alamance County
Mon-Fri Feb 4-April 1
FREE Mebane: EXHIBIT AT MEBANE ARTS CENTER
Enjoy an exhibit with works from Nancy Garrett and Loretta Partin. Both artists enjoy working with acrylics. Nancy loves to build texture. She leans more toward abstracts and organic shapes. Loretta also works with texture and enjoys the variety of way acrylics are forgiving allowing for blending and paint over. http://www.cityofmebane.com

Feb. 23
FREE Elon: UNDERMANNED STRING BAND
Undermanned String Band, staring Chip Newton, Carey Harwood, and Ryan Dickey, will perform arrangements of ragtime, New Orleans jazz, and early swing tunes with their own special twist. http://www.artsalamance.com

Forsyth County
Thursdays, Feb. 7-March 7
FREE Kville: Lunch and Learn with Toby Bost at PJC Botanical Garden
Bring your lunch. The Garden will provide drinks.

February 7th - Introduction to Vegetable Gardening
February 14th - Management and Cultural Practices of Vegetable Gard- ening
February 21st - 4 Seasons of Vegetable Gardening
February 28th - Organic Practices and Pest Management
March 7th - Waterwise Land-scapes

Feb. 26
FREE WS: FORSYTH AUDUBON CHAPTER MEETING
The Forsyth Audubon Chapter meeting will feature Walker Golder, Deputy Director of Audubon North Carolina, with a program about his organization's coastal sanctuaries for nesting colonial water birds. Free and open to the public. Historic Bethabara Park Visitor's Center, Socializing at 7 p.m. and program at 7:30. http://www.forsythaudubon.org

March 16
FREE WS: WINSTON-SALEM SYMPHONY: CONCERT FOR COMMUNITY
Featuring the Winston-Salem Symphony side-by-side with the Winston-Salem Symphony Youth Symphony and the winners of the Peter Perret Youth Talent Search. A free concert of magnificent music! Conducted by Robert Moody, Music Director, and Matthew Troy, Associate Conductor. http://www.wssymphony.org

March 17
FREE WS: TROMBONE STUDIO RECITAL
Watson Hall. The trombone studio, under direction of John Ilika, will present ensembles and soloists that feature the talents of our trombonists at UNCSA. Trombones play every style, every dynamic to the extreme. FREE http://www.uncsa.edu/performances/

Surry County
Thursdays
FREE Dobson: Open Mic Night at The Coffee Bean Music Hall
Open mic for any and all who want to come out play. If you're not a musician don’t worry you can still come out and listen and hang out. There will be no cover charge for admission. We will be serving our full menu of beer, wine, and coffee. Sign up for your three song or 15 minute slot at the bar. Performers will play in order of sign up. Please, no obscenity. All ages welcome.

Outside the Piedmont Triad
Feb. 15
FREE Southern Pines: CHINA NATIONAL ORCHESTRA & RALEIGH SYMPHONY

Enjoy a unique concert experience, featuring the world's best orchestra in traditional Chinese music on stage with one of North Carolina's best orchestras in...China National Orchestra and the Raleigh Symphony in a joint concert. This concert is free thanks to our sponsors: Town of Aberdeen, Harris Blake, Moore County Chamber of Commerce, Moore County Schools, Village of Pinehurst, Town of Southern Pines, Art Swanson, and Thermal Metal Treating, Inc.. Admission is FREE, but tickets are required.
Free tickets are available for pickup at the Arts Council offices (Campbell House, 482 E. Conn. Ave., So. Pines). To receive your tickets by mail, mail your request with a self-addressed, stamped envelope to ACMC, P.O. Box 405, Southern Pines, NC 28388. Seating is limited, so requests will be filled on a “first-come-first-serve” basis. Please use all tickets you request. http://www.mooreart.org/programs/performing/chinaorchestra/

Friday, October 26, 2012

Flashback Friday: Oct 19-Oct 25

The Week in Review

Friday, October 12-Thursday, October 18

Piedmont Triad Living.

Thursday, Oct. 25

I'm so excited! We introduced our new website, your most complete source for loving the Piedmont Triad on a budget. This will be your go-to for living, laughing, loving, playing and shopping locally!

This amazing photo was captured just outside of Downtown Winston-Salem. Find out what it is and where I saw it here.

Wednesday, Oct. 24

Not sure of your voter registration status? Check it here!

Traffic accidents had major thoroughfares closed for hours, causing headaches for those of us travelling the highways. Check our blog to find out how to avoid congestion, construction, and adverse weather.

Tuesday, Oct 23

This week's Treasury features Surry County artists.

Food Allergy Families of the Triad shared a cool website with great ideas of healthy Halloween lunch ideas!

Saturday, Oct. 20

The annual Fall Festival in Walkertown took place last weekend, and we met several really awesome and creative local people. Read more about our experience here.

The Orionid Meteor Showers passed through our skies on Saturday! We went out just after midnight for about thirty minutes and saw three quick streaks. If you missed them, this chart is borrowed from the Farmers Almanac website. Click on the chart to go to their website, with more information.

http://www.farmersalmanac.com/meteor-showers/

Friday, Oct.19

The Triad's Give A Kid A Coat campaign kicked-off. You can drop off coats and jackets at any A Cleaner World location.

The Kernersville Chamber of Commerce brought together local companies for their annual Business Showcase. See a listing of participating companies here.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Treasury Tuesday: Surry County

Browse the shops of these local artists and spend your money locally!

'Piedmont Triad Living: Surry County Artists' by piedmonttriad

We always encourage you to shop locally! This treasury is filled with artists from Surry County, NC

Black Birds DeborahBertoli... $9.00	Blue, Pearl, and Green Bird&... SomeKindOfArt $15.00	The Heavens, 8"x10"... PetrocyStudios $98.00	Funky Mod Flowers CobwebsAndBadA... $25.00
Pottery Barn Kids FUNNY FISH... paintmama $155.00	lampwork and copper dangle e... amusebeads $18.00	Heart and aqua BestEverGifts $17.00	Cigar Box Guitar - 4 String,... alberboxguitar... $98.00
Autumn Fun Batik & Black Qui... theartsynest $55.00	Unakite Jasper necklace-UNAK... RiverRidgeExcl... $115.00	Silver Large Owl Charm Neckl... MythicalFolk $14.00	Beautiful Portrait CobwebsAndBadA... $8.00
Barn Red BeLiEvE SiGn mayberryprim $12.99	Red Cedar Log Birdhouse UniquePiecesby... $70.00	Chainmail Bracelet - Persian... BellaMaille $5.00	BABY SHOWER Jungle Safari Zo... the dog house