While the pandemic has disrupted our lives beyond belief, itâs taught us critical life lessons, given us reasons for hope and shown us that the future is in our hands.
During this time, have you thought about your life â your lessons learned, things giving you hope and what you can do? Like you, my family and I have lived the uncertainties â a day at a time, an hour at a time â and been grateful for so much.
In March 2020, when our family of four was suddenly sharing school, work and living space â together, all day, every day â we sought inspiring ways to survive and thrive. My then 7- and 10-year-old daughters and I would log into virtual lunchtime drawing classes hosted by the beloved illustrator and childrenâs book author Mo Willems, sponsored by the Kennedy Center. Willems drew his magical characters like Pigeon and Gerald with joy and abandon and made us all feel like artists for that hour. Weâd smile at each other around the crowded di
The Winston-Salem City Council heard appeals for everything from affordable housing to pickleball on Wednesday, as they listened for more than an hour and a half to people with ideas
Vulcan Materials Company officials who logged onto their laptops last Tuesday to discuss a company rezoning request no doubt knew they could be walking into a (virtual) lionâs den.
But they had no idea theyâd be on the menu. And maybe, just maybe, having a bite taken out of their backside might have caused some rethinking by weekâs end.
The company, which has operated a rock quarry off N.C. 8/Germanton Road since 1959, had formally requested rumored rezoning for a 78-acre parcel it owns nearby to build a holding facility to store sand and rock byproducts produced during blasting.
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Chase Law, the new president and chief executive of the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, has made major career decisions twice in her life during challenging times â right after 9/11 in 2001 and amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
When 9/11 happened, Law was living in New York as an actor, singer and dancer. But after the attacks, she sat back and wondered, âWhat do I need to be doing here with my life?â
While researching other jobs in the arts field, philanthropy/fundraising kept popping up, so she decided to pursue it as a career, saying that fundraising is a way to keep the arts alive and growing.