When Wake Forest opened its Reynolda Campus in 1956, Winston-Salem changed in ways big and small. For sports fans, Winston-Salem was now the western end of Tobacco Road, home to one of the Atlantic Coast Conference’s “Big Four” North Carolina schools — just as the ACC, the Big Four, and North Carolina were becoming synonymous […]

Join us in the bookstore for a reading with North Carolinian author and poet Fred Chapell and his wife, Susan. Inspired by ancient, modern, and contemporary writings, Fred Chappell's sprightly new collection of verse, As If It Were, presents tales, anecdotes, pointed stories, and aphorisms to spark the conscience of readers young and old. Chappell […]

You are invited to our next Memory Makers – a memory café supported by the Novant Foundation. This free event is open to those within our community who are facing dementia. Being a caregiver of someone who has dementia can be emotionally grueling and socially isolating. Being someone who has dementia is painful and scary. […]

Join us for a special, Community Storytime in honor of World Read Aloud Day! For young readers ages 0-7. This event is free and open to the public.

Movable Feast is one of Bookmarks’ signature events, now in its eighth year! The 2020 Movable Feast will feature 21 authors, including Anissa Gray (The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls), Etaf Rum (A Woman is No Man), and Adam O’Fallon Price (The Hotel Neversink). See the full lineup and details at bookmarksnc.org/movable-feast. Saturday’s […]

When penniless clerk Monty Navarro’s mother passes away, he learns that he’s a distant heir to the D’Ysquith banking family fortune. Accidentally at first, and then more intentionally, he begins to speed up the line of succession by bumping off the eight inconvenient relatives - in a most gentlemanly manner, of course. One actor playing […]

Join the Shepherd's Center Singers for an afternoon of song at First Christian Church! Directed by Carmina Jenks with accompanist, Joel Everett. Admission is free but a love offering will be accepted to benefit the Shepherd's Center Singers. Join us afterwards for a lovely reception.

Come hang out with award-winning and bestselling middle grade children’s author Alan Gratz! Bring your books from home to be signed or purchase copies at Bookmarks, including his newest, Allies, a story of survival and resistance on D-Day. This event is free and open to the public.

Lunch downtown, tour of Black Mountain Chocolate Factory. For family caregivers. Transportation provided. Call 336-748-0217 to register.

Designed specifically for individuals with dementia and their care partners in mind, HealthRhythms is a fun, evidenced-based activity that promotes social interaction and ensures a healthy, non-strenuous workout. Led by John Beck, department chair of percussion at UNCSA, and sponsored by the Memory Counseling Program, this drumming circle will create a supportive environment to build […]

Celebrate Galentine’s Day in the bookstore and help kick off Bookmarks’ new Romance Book Club! Hear from author Mia Sosa about her new rom-com, The Worst Best Man, and enjoy wine, sweet treats, and a girls' night out. Pre-order your copy of The Worst Best Man to reserve your spot: bpt.me/4449882.

Hear about human evolution through the lens of skin color from Dr. Ellen Quillen of Wake Forest University. Our skin is a phenomenal organ: it protects us from the sun and rain, helps us regulate heat, and keeps microbes out and our insides in. Not only that, but it encodes the last two million years […]

ACAPWinston-Salem provides information, resources, support and community for adult children as we care for our aging parents and for ourselves.  Come learn from our monthly free programs on a variety of topics.

Wake Forest University’s Office of Continuing Studies announces an evening lecture exploring the Presidential Nomination process. The 2020 presidential election is scheduled for November 3 but what happens between now and then can be confusing and frustrating. The earliest caucuses and primaries occur throughout February in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina followed quickly […]

Dr. John Dinan, Professor of Politics and International Affairs, Wake Forest University will explore the process in his lecture “The Presidential Nomination Process: Is This the Best Way to Select Candidates?” Dinan will focus on the nomination process, how well it works and how it might be improved. This timely lecture will give North Carolina […]

Join us at the Shepherd's Center on the upper level as we chase away the winter blues (and blahs!) with a lively party with food, fellowship, fun and games! Please RSVP by calling 336-748-0217. RSVP by Friday, February 14th, 2020.

Join us as Wake Forest University professor John Oksanish launches his new book, Vitruvian Man: Rome Under Construction. Vitruvian Man offers a new assessment of the Roman architect Vitruvius and his treatise, On Architecture, dedicated to Augustus in the 20s BCE. Once reviled by scholars, Vitruvius emerges as an imperial expert par excellence when read […]

Join us for a gathering of people - who have been directly or indirectly affected by Alzheimer’s or another form of dementia. Forum is an invaluable opportunity to share your thoughts about how we can help people in the community Have your voice heard about Alzheimer’s, dementia, & memory loss • Ask questions and discuss […]

Book Trivia with Caleb Monday, February 24  | 7:00 pm at Bookmarks Join us for the first edition of Book Trivia of 2020 with all new questions prepared by Bookmarks’ Inventory Manager, Caleb Masters. Free and open to the public.

What if you had the opportunity to better understand changes caused by Alzheimer's disease (AD) or Lewy Body Dementia (LBD) from a first-person perspective by stepping into their world? Join the Memory Counseling Program and Embodied Labs in this virtual reality pop-up event designed specifically for family and friends who are care partners of individuals […]

Bookmarks Book Club Tuesday, February 25  | 6:30 pm at Bookmarks Join us to discuss Born a Crime by Trevor Noah. All are welcome. Questions: email Jamie@bookmarksnc.org.

4 on 4th with Local Authors Wednesday, February 26  | 7:00 pm at Bookmarks Join us in the bookstore to hear from four local poets: Chris Abbate (Talk About God), Morgan Christie (Sterling), Nicole Stockburger (Nowhere Beulah), and Jacinta White (Resurrecting the Bones). This event is free and open to the public.

The Shepherd’s Center of Greater Winston-Salem will hold a volunteer orientation session on Thursday, February 27, 10:00 am to 11:15 am at the center located at 1700 Ebert St. Older adults in the community need help with supportive services such as transportation, minor home repairs, visits or caregiver respite. Mileage reimbursement is offered. For a list […]

Older adults in our community need help with supportive services such as transportation, minor home repairs, visits and caregiver respite.

Winston-Salem area seniors, caregivers and community members are invited to join us and share your views about aging in our community. Discussion topics include housing, health care, transportation, caregiving and MANY MORE! Refreshments provided!

In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson — #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil in the White City and Dead Wake — delivers a fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz. On Winston Churchill's first day as prime minister, Adolf Hitler invaded Holland and Belgium. In […]