Hi, hi, Miss American pie

Memorial Day weekend is just around the corner and that means gatherings filled with dishes from our fav food group: 'Merican. Whether it's strawberry, cherry or blueberry you crave, we might just give you a bite of the sweetest pie. We hear Dua Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion have their grandmas' secret recipes.

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Forget-you-not

Our memory isn't what it used to be, but we will never forget those who have bravely fought and sacrificed for our country. This Memorial Day, we honor those fallen heroes. Salute and remember soldiers at these local happenings:

• The pipes, the pipes are calling you — as are the fifes and drums — to High Point's Memorial Day Service at 10 a.m., Monday, May 30, on the corner of South Main and High Street. Traditional music, wreath-laying and a speech from Brigadier General Norman Cooling will pay tribute to those we remember.
• At 11 a.m., Monday, May 30, The Carolina Field of Honor at Triad Park in Kernersville holds its annual Memorial Day Ceremony, featuring speeches, song and prayer.
• While Memorial Day is a grave time of reflection, it's also an opportunity to learn. From 10–11 a.m., Monday, May 30, take a Memorial Day tour of the New Garden Friends Graveyard, highlighting historical sites and honoring those lost in battle.
• Get on your bike and ride in the Ride to Remember, starting in Charlotte and ending in Kernersville at The Carolina Field of Honor, revving up at 8 a.m., Monday, May 30.

Fin-ale-ly, it's happening

Pour some lager on us! Greensboro's newest brewery, Steel Hands Brewing, is now open. Cruse in for a brews-ing.

To Serb, with love

Serbia, Bum-bum-be-dum-bum-bum-be-dum-bum. From noon–10 p.m., May 28–29, enjoy live music, traditional Serbian dances and food, plus kids activities at Serb Fest, happening at St. Basil of Ostrog Serbian Orthodox Church in Kernersville. 

If we could pick, we would picnic

Our fav way to connect with the community is through food. BYO picnic — or purchase a boxed meal from Chez Genèse or the Historic Magnolia House —to the Downtown Greenway Community Picnic from 5–7 p.m., Sunday June 5. Chow down while Activate entertains with music and live performances. Ticket sales end on May 30; kiddos 10 and under are free.

The Edgewood of glory

The rock might blow, but the art sure as heck doesn't at Blowing Rock's Edgewood Cottage, where weekly art shows kick off this weekend, running through Labor Day.

Are you talented AF (as folk, obvi.)?

The only thing we can carry is on, like the wayward son we are. If you — unlike us — can carry a tune, enter the N.C. Folk Fest's Not Your Average Folk Contest, open through June 12. Go ahead and show 'em how above average you are.

Jazzed for the weekend

Forget about the piles of laundry — what piles? — and head to the O. Henry Hotel for its Eat, Sleep, Jazz Memorial Day Weekend Experience. Enjoy private performances, delicious dining, jazz brunch and nightly turndown for what.

Ziggy, Ziggy, Ziggy, Ziggy, can't you see

Live music abounds at Ziggy's.Space in High Point, bringing you roots, rock and reggae under one roof. This week, you can catch a range of music from country to DMB vibes and hard rock. Get your yacht rock elsewhere, peeps.

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Flick bait

It's a Marvel-ous night for a movie. Greensboro Downtown Parks brings Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings to the big screen at the UNCG Great Lawn, LeBauer Park. Claim your space at 5 p.m. Film starts at sunset.

Water colors

From 5:30–6:30 p.m., Wednesday, May 25, GreenHill Center for N.C. Art hosts an artist talk featuring photographic image-maker and human-art-arian Barbara Tyroler, one of many artists included in its current H2O exhibit.

Kitchen up with Kendra

It's the question that universally fills us all with dread: "What's for dinner?" At 6 p.m., Thursday, May 26, New York Times bestselling author Kendra Adachi will be at Scuppernong Books to share a bit of her latest release: The Lazy Genius Kitchen. Chef's kiss.

Man vs. feast

Support Compass Greensboro, a nonprofit organization that empowers adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, by attending its Spring Feast, featuring a Chez Genèse meal and a silent auction, at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, May 26. If you see us stuffing our faces, we're just working on a modern-day retelling of Beauty & the Feast.

Ream sonic

Be ready for liftoff at 4 p.m., Thursday, May 26, at McGirt-Horton Branch Library, where you'll make — and fly — your own paper plane in honor of Paper Airplane Day. Warning: It may make you soar. Check out all of the local library listings for happenings for all ages.

Today is the greatest

Actually, Wednesday, May 25 — even though tomorrow's much too long — is the greatest because the Smashing Pumpkins will be rocking out at the White Oak Ampitheatre at 7:30 p.m. We haven't been this pumped since the shakedown of 1979.

We could go On & On

We're always on time when it comes to killer shows like Erykah Badu & Friends, hitting the Greensboro Coliseum on at 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 27. Badu has some bada$$ friends, including Ja Rule, Musiq, Goodie Mob, Comedian A-Train and poet Moses West.

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Plank you, next

You kinda wanna go to a rave, but you kinda wanna do something good for your mind and body. Try Glow-in-the-Dark Yoga from 7–9 p.m., Friday, May 27, at 501 S. Mendenhall St. Your ticket includes neon body paint, plus glow masks, sticks and rings. Hit the rave after — because balance.

It's in your jeans

Put on your best acid-washed jeggings or wear green to run or walk a "blue jean mile" at 10 a.m., Saturday, May 28, at Country Park. End the stigma around mental illness by supporting this free event as a participant or donating to NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Guilford here. No registration required — just show up ready to do the jean-jog.

On a scale of 1 to 10, you're an Eleven

We don't wolf often, but when we do we Wolfhard. Finn Wolfhard and his bike gang return to Netflix for Season 4 of Stranger Things on Friday, May 27. You might be stuffing your face with upside down cake this Memorial Day weekend, but we'll be binging on the Upside Down.