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Sayaka Matsuoka

Greensboro, Matthews

Managing Editor at Triad City Beat

Managing editor for @Triad_City_Beat | Diversity chair @altweeklies | Words in @bittersouth @indyweek @nerdist | 🇯🇵🇺🇸 | Tips: [email protected]

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  • 2 weeks ago | theassemblync.com | Sayaka Matsuoka |Joe Killian

    For the last two years, Angela Baldwin has been one of many in Greensboro who depend on a local food pantry to make ends meet. In her tight-knit Glenwood neighborhood, the pantry is run out of the carport of the old United Methodist Church on Glenwood Avenue. The city purchased the property back in 2023 and has worked with the neighborhood association and the grassroots group Food Not Bombs to provide food. “I relied on it daily,” said Baldwin, who spoke to The Thread from her front porch.

  • 3 weeks ago | indyweek.com | Sayaka Matsuoka

    The creature looks out, a carefree expression on its face, as three interns gather to make an incision around its skull, from ear to ear. Then, they slice down the center of the creature’s throat and start to pull. Slowly, the papier-mâché beaver’s head starts to slide off of its mold as the interns gently but firmly coax it off, inch by inch. A moment later, the beaver is free, held aloft by one of the artists. “Wow, good job guys,” one says. “The magic of birth,” says another.

  • 3 weeks ago | indyweek.com | Sayaka Matsuoka

    Deeply rooted in environmentalism, Paperhand Puppets has made a name for itself around the state and across the country as an activist art-making organization.

  • 1 month ago | theassemblync.com | Sayaka Matsuoka

    The creature looks out, a carefree expression on its face, as three interns gather to make an incision around its skull, from ear to ear. Then, they slice down the center of the creature’s throat and start to pull. Slowly, the papier-mâché beaver’s head starts to slide off of its mold as the interns gently but firmly coax it off, inch by inch. A moment later, the beaver is free, held aloft by one of the artists. “Wow, good job guys,” one says. “The magic of birth,” says another.

  • 1 month ago | theassemblync.com | Sayaka Matsuoka

    Greensboro’s popular book festival returns this weekend—but this year, it looks a little different. The event, founded in 2017 by Steve Colyer with Scuppernong Books owners Brian Lampkin, Steve Mitchell, and Deb and Dave White, draws book lovers to the Gate City each year. This year’s Greensboro Bound Book Festival—formerly the multi-day Greensboro Bound Literary Festival—will feature most of its events on Saturday, May 17.

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6 Jul 24

RT @atrupar: Biden's age and poor debate showing is obviously a legit story, but what we've seen over the last week is a hysterical feeding…

Sayaka Matsuoka まつおか さやか
Sayaka Matsuoka まつおか さやか @whatsaysaid
6 Jul 24

RT @ChristopherHahn: Project 2025 is the most un- American platform since succession. It must be stopped. https://t.co/oLIEvpSdQK

Sayaka Matsuoka まつおか さやか
Sayaka Matsuoka まつおか さやか @whatsaysaid
6 Jul 24

RT @johnastoehr: I think liberals and Democrats need to admit that they let the Times etc make them doubt themselves. Biden is a good presi…