| | Top Picks for What to Do in Winston-Salem
Weekend of May 31 – June 3, 2012 |
| | Top Festival Pick:
Salute! Wine Festival- Saturday, June 2, 2012, 12 – 6 pm
- 4th Street – Downtown Winston-Salem, NC
- Tickets: $20 advance/$25 day of event
- Over 30 North Carolina wineries will be uncorking in the streets of Downtown Winston-Salem. Several downtown restaurants are participating in wine maker dinners Thursday and Friday night prior to the event. Included is the popular NC Food & Wine University, where area chefs will demystify the world of wine and clarify the art of wine and food pairings.
- www.salutencwine.com
| | Top Theater Pick:
Bleacher Bums: A Staged Reading- Friday, June 1, 2012, 8 pm (only one performance)
- Theatre Alliance –1047 W. Northwest Blvd
- FREE (suggested donation of $5 to Triad Softball)
|   | Top Art Pick: First Friday
DADA Gallery Hop- Friday, June 1, 2012, 7-10 pm
- Arts District (Trade Street), Downtown Winston-Salem
- FREE
- www.dadaws.org/events
| | Top Foodie Pick:
An Evening of Southern Food
with Chef John Currence m- Friday, June 1, 2012 5-7:30 pm
- Breakfast of Course – 723 N. Trade St., Winston-Salem, NC
- $50
- In conjunction with the Salute! Wine Festival, guests will enjoy an evening of Southern foods and wine tastings from NC wineries with Top Chef contestant & James Beard Award-winner John Currence along with Mary Haglund of Breakfast of Course and the chef from District Bar & Grille.
- www.salutencwine.com
| | Top Family Pick: Awesome 80's Xanadu-Themed Skate Party- Sunday, June 3, 2012 5:30-8:30
- Skate Haven – 120 Hood Dr., Winston-Salem, NC
- $5 per person, includes skate rental
- Skating, games, prizes, and meet the stars of Theatre Alliance's upcoming musical, Xanadu.
- www.wstheatrealliance.org
| | Top Bargain Shopping Extravaganza:
Rescue Mission's
Customer Appreciation Day- Saturday, June 2, 2012, 10 am – 2 pm
- Winston-Salem Rescue Mission – 715 N. Cherry St., Winston-Salem, NC
- FREE
- A great place to find bargains on vintage furniture, clothing and housewares and proceeds benefit the homeless. Rescue Mission is hosting a customer appreciation day that will feature sale items, live music, homemade ice cream, face painting, popcorn and door prizes.
- www.wsrescue.org
| | Top Free Pick:
National Doughnut Day- Friday, June 1, 2012
- Krispy Kreme & Dunkin Donuts locations
- Customers receive a FREE doughnut. (No purchase necessary at Krispy Kreme. Free donut with purchase of a drink at Dunkin Donuts.)
| | Top Movie Pick: Bottle Shock
with Local Wine Tasting- Documentary Film: Bottle Shock
- Thursday, May 31, 2012, 8 pm
- a/perture Cinema – 311 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem, NC
- Tickets: $10 includes wine tasting with Raffaldini Vineyards
- www.aperturecinema.com
| | Wine Maker's Dinner featuring Childress Vineyards- Thursday, May 31, 2012, 6:30 pm
- NOMA – 4th Street, Downtown Winston-Salem
- $60.00 per person
- Call for Reservations: (336) 703-5112
- Five-course dinner including crawfish bisque and lavender lamb lollipops with a wine pairing for each course.
- www.noma-ws.com
| | Hanover Park Vineyards Wine Dinner- Thursday, May 31, 2012, 6:30 pm
- Sweet Potatoes – Trade Street, Downtown Winston-Salem
- $65 per person (tax & gratuity not included)
- Call for Reservations: (336) 727-4844
- Six-course dinner featuring Southern cuisine and Hanover wines.
- www.sweetpotatoes.ws
| | Biltmore Wine Maker's Dinner- Thursday, May 31, 2012, 6:30 pm
- Dioli's Trattoria – 4th Street, Downtown Winston-Salem
- $55 per person (tax & gratuity not included)
- Call for Reservations: (336) 331-3451
- www.diolis.com
| | Forsyth Magazine's Showcase:
A Celebration of Things Women Love- Sunday, June 3, 2012 11 AM – 5 PM
- Old Salem Visitor's Center, James A. Gray, Jr. Auditorium
- FREE admission; The first 200 attendees will receive a FREE tote bag!
- This event will celebrate all phases of a woman's life…whether graduation, marriage, motherhood, or just the fun of being a woman! Join us at Old Salem where Forsyth Woman, Forsyth Family, and Forsyth Woman Engaged staff and a great selection of vendors will want to meet you personally!
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