Annual Spring Roll Bazaar returned for its 47th year
Held each year for the past 47 years, the Spring Roll Bazaar has made its name known among community members: make spring rolls, sell spring rolls and help those in need with the money made.
Fayetteville dance studio empowers women through high heels dance classes
Hair flips, heel clicks and rhythmic music. These are all things you may think of when you hear the term “heels dancing.” But to Bettania “Bethany” Young, owner of Heels Headquarters, the popular dance style means so much more.
A Yuletide Feaste for the ages
As the holiday season nears in our community, downtown springs to life with festive wreaths and twinkly lights lining the streets. People begin their gift shopping, and the holiday spirit sparks in us all. Old traditions join with new ones, and some traditions rise from the ashes to start again. One of those traditions is…
Developing a better Fayetteville
Emily Ruth Perry, director of operations at Operation Inasmuch, has grown from affliction and spiritual solitude to becoming a leading lady in neighborhood development and assisting the unhoused community
Saved by poetry
How a retired soldier has amplified the slam poetry scene in Fayetteville one rhyme at a time
International Folk Festival
As the festival kicks off its 46th year of celebration on Sept. 28 with a few new additions — including a Youth Creation Station, a pre-parade breakfast, and an art exhibit highlighting pieces from both national and international Latinx artists displayed in the Arts Council of Fayetteville/Cumberland County — festival contributors and showrunners have pulled…
A distinctive melody
The year was 1997 and Rev. Bernard Hayes felt a calling within him to grow in ministry, but he wasn’t quite sure where to begin. He decided to break away from his home church, Savannah Missionary Baptist Church, and explore other forms of ministry in Fayetteville.
