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Old Gold & Black

"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

"Covers the campus like the magnolias"

Old Gold & Black

Just Getting StArted

Just Getting StArted

GK Duncan December 6, 2024

A buzz emits from the stArt Gallery in Reynolda Village. When you walk into a reception here, you never know who you’ll see — your faculty fellow from freshman year, a professor from your art divisional,...

The Hidden Meadows Beekeeper

The Hidden Meadows Beekeeper

Tabitha Cahan December 6, 2024

The steady hum of bees fills the air as I stand beside David Link in Reynolda Village, a seasoned local beekeeper. Red, yellow and blue boxes are stacked atop one another – each its own hive. At first,...

The Living Classroom

The Living Classroom

Aria Heyneman December 6, 2024

When Janie Bass left her position at Redeemer School in 2020, her friends and colleagues told her she was crazy. But ever since she arrived in Winston-Salem from rural Virginia in 2000, when her husband...

An Ode to the Reynolda Waterfall

An Ode to the Reynolda Waterfall

Adam Coil, President of The Magnolia December 6, 2024

Reynolda House

Reynolda House

Lydia Derris December 6, 2024

At the turn of the century, all the elusive promises of the great American myth appeared to have been realized. A high society propped up by wealth, draped in minks and glinting with diamonds, had heightened...

(Courtesy of Reynolda House Museum of American Art)

Still, They Rise: The Legacy of Five Row

Virginia Noone, Opinion Editor December 6, 2024

A Home Away From Home

A Home Away From Home

Carolyn Malman December 6, 2024

It’s a Tuesday around five o’clock. My classes are over, and I’ve decided to take a long walk in Reynolda. Preparing for the brisk chill of the autumn air, I put on a long-sleeved top, lace up my...

Ashley Virginia plays her guitar in a field.

A Q&A with Ashley Virginia

Tabitha Cahan, Writer/The Magnolia April 29, 2024

Born in southern Maryland, Ashley Virginia is a singer-songwriter who now calls the Piedmont Triad home. Her unique songwriting style coupled with her innovative harmonic structure gives her a distinctive...

Gigging Floundermen at Ziggy's (Left to right: John French, Chuck Dale Smith, Ed Bumgardner, Sam Moss, Mitch Easter) (Courtesy of Ed Bumgardner)

Songs of Winston-Salem

Christa Dutton, Story Editor/The Magnolia April 29, 2024

At midnight on Jan. 15, 1812, in Salem, North Carolina, the sky is dark and the temperatures are dropping. A snowstorm had swept through town just a few days before. In the stillness, hymns pierce through...

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