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Top Picks for What to Do in Winston-Salem
Weekend of December 6-9, 2012
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Top Outdoor Pick:
Tanglewood Festival of Lights
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Now through the New Year
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6-11PM
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Tanglewood Park
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4061 Clemmons Rd, Clemmons, NC
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Admission: Weekends $15/vehicle; Weekdays $10/vehicle (cash only)
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www.TanglewoodPark.org
Ride in the comfort of your own vehicle, or join a hay ride or carriage ride to view over a million lights in shapes and scenes of the season. Visit the holiday village and craft store and see Santa! |
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Top Holiday Pick:
Candle Tea at Old Salem
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Thurs & Fri, December 6 & 7, 1-8:30PM
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Sat, December 8, 11:30AM-8:30PM
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Single Brothers House, Old Salem
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Admission: Adults $5; kids 12 & under $1
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www.homemoravian.org/candletea
Now in its 83rd year, the Candle Tea at Old Salem is a Winston-Salem Christmas tradition. Guides in period costume provide a tour of the Single Brothers House, where guests get to experience the traditional Moravian music, scenes and beeswax candle-making demonstration, as well as taste Moravian sugar cake and coffee. Proceeds benefit several charitable organizations.
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Top Family Pick:
Salem Christmas
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
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10AM-5:30PM
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Old Salem
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Tickets: Adults $21, kids $10
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www.oldsalem.org
Old Salem presents a full day of Christmas activities, including "A Soulful Christmas" at the St. Philips Heritage Center, where local artists will perform Motown Christmas Carols at 11:30AM and 12:30PM, along with a dance performance by Positive Image Performing Arts, and visual artist Leo Rucker will create a painting during the event. Other activities include rifle and musket firing demonstrations, wagon rides, make your own marzipan treats, sample Moravian Christmas cakes, hearth cooking demonstrations, a puppet show, a discussion of 19th century Christmas decorations and a visit from St. Nick. The day concludes at 5:15PM with carol singing and the lighting of the 16' traditional Moravian pyramid on Salem Square. |
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Top Kids Pick:
SciWorks-Who Kidnapped Santa?
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Saturday, December 8, 2012
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11:30AM-2:30PM
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SciWorks
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400 W. Hanes Mill Rd
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Admission: Adults $11; youth ages 4-19 $9; ages 4 & under free
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www.sciworks.org
SciWorks takes kids on a Christmas Forensics Adventure as some of Winston-Salem's finest CSI Technicians lead them in extractiing DNA (from strawberries), analyzing fingerprints, and solving other clues to help find Santa. |
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Top Theatre Pick:
UNCSA's The Nutcracker
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Saturday, December 8, 2PM & 7:30PM
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Sunday, December 9, 2PM
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UNCSA's Stevens Center
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405 W. Fourth St
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www.uncsa.edu
This enchanting classic ballet, The Nutcracker is a proud tradition of the UNCSA, and a Winston-Salem holiday tradition for many. The fantastic talent of the dancers, wearing exquisite costumes, set to live orchestra music is simply magical. |
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Winston-Salem
Theatre Alliance:
Sordid Lives
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Thursday- Saturday, December 6-8 at 8PM
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Sunday, December 9 at 2PM
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Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance
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1047 Northwest Blvd
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Tickets: Adults $16; students/seniors $14
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www.wstheatrealliance.org
This dark comedy about "white trash" is one of Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance's most popular comedies. Sordid Lives, by Del Shores, tells the story of how chaos erupts in a small Texas town when Peggy, a good Christian woman hits her head and bleeds to death after tripping over her lover's wooden leg in their motel room. |
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Historic West End
Holiday Homes Tour
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Sunday, December 9, 2012
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Noon-5PM
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Old Winston Social Club
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1131 Burke St., Winston-Salem
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Admission: $12 advance; $15 at start site
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www.historicwestend.org
Tour historic homes and sites dressed up for the holidays. Tickets are $12 in advance and may be purchased at Old Winston Social Club, Whole Foods Market, Re-Tale, 1502 Fabrics, and online. Save $3 off day-of tickets with the donation of at least 3 canned food items for Second Harvest Food Bank. Free carriage rides and van transportation between stops will be available. Ticket holders will also receive 15% off at Mozelle's, The Old Fourth Street Filling Station and Burke Street Pizza the day of the event. |
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Piedmont Chamber Singers
Candlelight Concert
Listen to traditional Christmas carols sung inside the 1788 Gemeinhaus. There will be two performances, one at 5PM and another at 6PM. |
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Enter Our Local
Holiday Gift Giveaway!
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Every week through late December we are giving our fans a chance to win one of eight prizes from some of our favorite local Winston-Salem businesses in honor of the holiday season!
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Enter and invite your friends to enter at www.MyWinston-Salem.com
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This week, we are giving away a Salem Baking Signature gift box of chocolate-dipped mint cookies
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