Sayaka Matsuoka

2 days ago | theassemblync.com | Sayaka Matsuoka

Freeman’s Grub & Pub will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Sunday, May 18, with a special menu, vendors in the parking lot off Spring Garden Street, and gratitude for a decade of community support. But the road to a decade wasn’t always clear or easy. When Kevin and Emily Purcell got the call in November 2021 asking them to take over the restaurant, they were living 3,000 miles away on a houseboat in Seattle.

1 week ago | theassemblync.com | Sayaka Matsuoka |Gale Melcher

1. Making the Fourth Amendment the New Second Amendment2. The Agenda: Your Guide to the Week in Local Government. 3. What We’re ReadingLyn McCoy and Dan Bayer glanced both ways before crossing a busy New Garden Road in Greensboro on a recent Saturday afternoon. They walked hurriedly, their gait edging into a light jog as they made it to the parking lot of Craft City Sip-In and walked through its doors.

1 week ago | theassemblync.com | Sayaka Matsuoka

Lyn McCoy and Dan Bayer glanced both ways before crossing a busy New Garden Road in Greensboro on a recent Saturday afternoon. They walked hurriedly, their gait edging into a light jog as they made it to the parking lot of Craft City Sip-In and walked through its doors. McCoy and Bayer approached the bar and greeted the manager on duty, Ashley Sanchez, with their pitch. “We’re volunteers with an organization called Siembra NC,” Bayer said.

4 weeks ago | theassemblync.com | Sayaka Matsuoka

On a wooden post in Greensboro’s Back Table coffee house hangs a honey-colored, acoustic Cordoba guitar. The instrument was a favorite of the late local singer-songwriter Matty Sheets, who is remembered for both his talent and community building. “He’s the thread that involved a lot of our music scene,” said Laura Jane Vincent, Back Table’s events manager.

1 month ago | theassemblync.com | Sayaka Matsuoka

Imagine a typical bar crawl—St. Patrick’s Day, a friend’s birthday, a bachelor or bachelorette party. There’s a good chance someone has a little too much to drink and finds themselves slumped over a bar, or worse, a toilet. Now, imagine a different kind of bar crawl. One in which you still get to try cocktails or fizzy refreshments at every stop, but you don’t feel sluggish or out of control. Instead, you feel kind of light, relaxed. At worst, you might feel a little sleepy.