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Festival Hall’s Bingo for the Arts fundraiser is set for Jan. 23, 2026. CONTRIBUTED

Festival Hall’s Bingo for the Arts fundraiser is set for Jan. 23, 2026. CONTRIBUTED

Bingo for the Arts to benefit Festival Hall

Greensboro’s historic Festival Hall will host its 3rd annual Bingo for the Arts fundraiser beginning at 5:30 p.m. on Jan. 23, 2026, with tickets now available for $50 each, or $400 to reserve a table for eight.
Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

Rich: The summer leaves

It’s the first two weeks of summer when the world is awhirl with different shades of green, blackberry winter has passed, and the days are warmed to perfection, which are particularly enchanting.
Virginia Linch of Butterflies and Blooms at the Briarpatch, welcomed guests to one of Stepback’s numerous log cabins. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Virginia Linch of Butterflies and Blooms at the Briarpatch, welcomed guests to one of Stepback’s numerous log cabins. IAN TOCHER/Staff

Stepback provides living history lesson

Each fall, visitors to Roger Pierce’s annual Stepback event, just a few miles south of Eatonton, get to witness daily life in rural Georgia much as it was more than 80 years ago.
Photo shows students and a teacher from White Plains aboard a train traveling from Union Point to White Plains. CONTRIBUTED

Photo shows students and a teacher from White Plains aboard a train traveling from Union Point to White Plains. CONTRIBUTED

Greene County Historical Society holding quarterly meeting

The public is invited to attend the Greene County Historical Society meeting and program scheduled Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. The meeting will be held at the Historical Society History Museum located at 201 E. Greene St. in Greensboro.
Ronda Rich/Columnist

Ronda Rich/Columnist

Rich: School days

Sometimes when my husband, John Tinker, finishes writing a television script, he will skip down the stairs to find me.It’s funny, but I can tell his mood or what kind of news he is going to deliver by the gait he uses as he tumbles down the stairs.
GCFP’s new home means more room to serve the community. CONTRIBUTED

GCFP’s new home means more room to serve the community. CONTRIBUTED

Greene County food pantry marks 18 years with new home

The Greene County Food Pantry (GCFP) is celebrating 18 years of service and a new chapter of growth with the purchase of a permanent home to better serve families in need.
Eatonton native Ashley Quinn of GCSU’s William P. Wall Museum of Natural History made her presentation from The Plaza stage. CONTRIBUTED

Eatonton native Ashley Quinn of GCSU’s William P. Wall Museum of Natural History made her presentation from The Plaza stage. CONTRIBUTED

OSHM presents fossil-fueled lecture

The Old School History Museum (OSHM) hosted Ashley Quinn of the William P. Wall Museum of Natural History at Georgia College & State University (GCSU) on Oct. 5, in its latest installment of “Sunday at the Museum” lectures.