Let the Summer Fun Begin

Cool News:

Sutler’s Spirit Distillery Opens - Triad City Beat

The Runaround:

There is so much fabulous planned for this weekend, I can hardly contain myself. Here are my weekend plans. What are you going to do?
 
Friday Night:

An interactive and fun LIVE chef demonstration, featuring Nathalie Dupree.  Alongside local Winston-Salem chefs, Nathalie explores some "classic southern food recipes" with a new twist.  An author, chef and TV show host, Nathalie's demonstration is the main feature presentation for the event. The chefs not only get to present their talented culinary skills, but they are able to interact with the audience, whether it be sharing stories or asking someone to join them onstage to sneak a taste. Nathalie will feature two dishes that incorporate local southern food and progresses step-by-step so that the audience can follow along and ask questions. 

Local chefs that are participating include Chef Jeff Bacon of Triad Community Kitchen and Tim Grandinetti of Spring House Restaurant, Kitchen and Bar.

Guests will also enjoy some fine North Carolina wine, as well as small bites.  Michael Hastings, Food Editor of the Winston-Salem Journal will be our Master of Ceremonies and will talk us through the chef demonstrations.

Evening of Southern Food is presented by Texas Pete Sauces... and produced by the Winston-Salem Journal. Demo recipes will be made available to all attendees of this event.

#SouthernFoodWS

 
Saturday Day:
 

 
No longer the downtown step-child, Burke Street gets cooler everyday because of events like THIS.
 
It's the kick-off of Last Saturday!, a new monthly block party series coming to Burke Street this summer!

Airtype is proud to partner with City Beverage Co, Camel City Grill & Lighthouse Grill to transform the parking lot of City Beverage into a vibrant downtown block party! Featuring beer tastings, food trucks, a fresh local produce market with Shore Farms Organics, games and more, Last Saturday! is free and open to the public. #myws

 

 
Salute! The North Carolina Wine Celebration has become the premier downtown festival in the state that exclusively features North Carolina wine.  Produced by the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership, Salute! offers musical entertainment for visitors, places increased focus on the burgeoning North Carolina wine industry and establishes downtown Winston-Salem as the “hub” of the Yadkin Valley Wine region for leisure travelers.

Presented by BB&T, the festival traditionally brings more than 30 North Carolina wineries to showcase their products, pour wine samples and sell some of their best wines. Salute! is held rain or shine this year from Noon until 6 p.m. in the heart of downtown Winston-Salem along Fourth Street Saturday, May 31.

Tickets for Salute! NC Wine Celebration may be purchased online at www.salutencwine.com, all North Carolina Lowes Foods stores, select BB&T branches, Whole Foods in Winston-Salem, or at Triad Total Wine Stores.
Advance tickets are $25 each. Day-of tickets will be available for $30 each and are subject to sell out.
 
 
Saturday Night:
 

 

It's a fun night at the new-ish venue for art and music, Reanimator.

 

Two Virginia bands head south for a Carolina weekender, come give them a warm Winston welcome!!! Winston-Salem native and Mt. Tabor Class of 1987 legend, Nick Rubin brings his band New Boss to Reanimator with another Virginia band, Ya'll. Show Time Starts at 7pm!

 

Sunday
 

Winston-Salem Dash Game at 2pm
#WSDash
 
Special Promotions:

Pups in the Park!
Bring your dog out to BB&T Ballpark for today's game! You must purchase your pooch pass in advance by calling 336-714-6871 

Kids Run the Bases
All children can run the bases on the BB&T Ballpark field after the game

Winston-Salem is Affordable!

Winston-Salem was recently named the #1 in the "5 most Affordable Cities in America" ranking, acccording to Mercer's most recent City Ranking.

Yay, Winston-Salem!

Things I Love about Winston-Salem: #1- Follow-up

The GreenSpot

About 150 people showed up for the first GreenSpot Movie last night at the corner of Sixth & Liberty. They had beer, wine, and sodas for sale and invited people to bring their own snacks.

Some people brought fast food, others brought full picnic fare with silverware and tubs of yummy goodness from Fresh Market and Whole Foods. I was envious, but I had just returned from a weekend in Atlanta where I overate and underexercised.

This was a pet-friendly event, too! Dogs of all sizes had a social sniff and a wag before the movie started, then cuddled with their human parents on a blanket or sheet as the sun went down and the movie started.

Having never seen The Big Lebowski, it was described to me as a Cult Film. I told Joe about the movie a week ago and for the following days leading to the film, I must have heard, "the Dude abides" over 100 times. Another friend on Facebook told me to "have a White Russian for me," which I did not understand until about 30 minutes into the movie. Most cult movies have some kind of message, and while Joe may say it is "the Dude abides," I think that the message of the movie is that a rug can really pull a room together.

Next week's movie is Back to the Future.

Movies at the GreenSpot" Series in Downtown Winston-Salem premieres this Sunday, July 12

I am starting a list of things that I love about Winston-Salem and I am adding said Label to those that I add. These are in no particular order, just randomly as they come along. Here is my first entry- I learned about this today and I am thrilled.
#1

FREE movies will be screened outdoors at the GreenSpot - at 6th and Liberty Streets (In the Arts District) - every Sunday from July 12 to September 27, 2009!

Outdoor movies will be viewed on the big screen and heard through FM radios (bring your own, if you have one, to enhance your experience). To improve individual sound quality and to diminish excess noise, there will be no other sound system.

"Movies at the GreenSpot" debuts this Sunday, July 12, with The Big Lebowski.

Beer and wine sales begin at 8:30PM and the movie starts at dusk.

Movies at the GreenSpot Every Sunday (July 12 - September 27) at dusk

July 12: The Big Lebowski

July 19: Back to the Future Corner of Sixth & Liberty

Subject to fair weather (If weather is questionable, an update will be available here: http://downtownwinstonsalem.blogspot.com/ by 3:00PM Sunday).

Free - bring an FM radio (if you have one) and a chair or blanket

Beer and Wine for Sale- No BYOB

"Movies at the Greenspot" is being made possible by the Millennium Fund, the Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership and ISP Sports