Editing Winston-Salem, North Carolina (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Historic districts===
[[File:Salem College 02.jpg|thumb|[[Salem College]] is located at the heart of [[Old Salem]], a restored [[Moravian Church|Moravian]] settlement]]

[[Old Salem]] is a restored [[Moravian Church|Moravian]] settlement founded in 1766. Seventy percent of the buildings are original, and the village is a [[living history]] museum with skilled tinsmiths, blacksmiths, cobblers, gunsmiths, bakers and carpenters practicing their trades while interacting with visitors.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oldsalem.org/ |title=Home |publisher=Old Salem |access-date=2017-04-02}}</ref> Along with the original 18th-century buildings, Old Salem is also home to the [[Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts]] (MESDA), a gallery of 18th- and early 19th-century furniture, [[ceramic]]s, and textiles. In addition, Old Salem hosts the Cobblestone Farmers Market every Saturday during the spring season through early autumn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://visitwinstonsalem.com/directory/view/cobblestone-farmers-market|title=Cobblestone Farmers Market {{!}} Visit Winston Salem|website=visitwinstonsalem.com|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref> The market is dedicated to providing the public access to sustainably grown food and products.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thecobblestonefarmersmarket.com/about-us-1|title=About Us|website=Cobblestone Farmers Market|language=en-US|access-date=2019-03-26}}</ref>

[[Bethabara Historic District]] is a site where Moravians from Pennsylvania first settled in North Carolina. The {{convert|195|acre|km2|adj=on}} area includes a museum and a Moravian church and offers hiking, birdwatching and many varieties of trees and plants.

===Museums===
[[File:Reynolda House Front Lawn.JPG|thumb|[[Reynolda House Museum of American Art]]]]

The [[Reynolda House Museum of American Art]] features collections from the colonial period to the present day. The museum was built in 1917 by Katherine Smith Reynolds and her husband [[R.J. Reynolds]]. The facility became an art museum in 1967 and first started as a center for education and arts in 1965. Behind the house is a 16-acre lake called "Lake Katherine", which was reverted into wetlands and has a wide variety of wildlife. Many of buildings were changed into shops, boutiques, and restaurants that still operate today. This house still is a main attraction in Winston-Salem.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://reynoldahouse.org/about|title=About Reynolda House Museum of American Art|work=www.reynoldahouse.org|access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref>

The [[Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art]] is a multimedia contemporary art gallery in Winston-Salem that was founded in 1956 and accredited by the [[American Alliance of Museums]] in 1979, one of 300 museums to receive this accreditation. There is no permanent collection of art exhibits but includes art by artists with regional, national, and international recognition. SECCA has three exhibit halls, with 9,000 square feet, and a 300-seat auditorium.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://secca.org/about.php|title=About SECCA|date=December 3, 2019|work=www.secca.org|access-date=December 3, 2019}}</ref>

[[Kaleideum]] is an interactive children's museum which offers exhibits and programs designed to develop creative thinking, strengthen language skills, and encourage curiosity for children.  It was formed through a merger of two older museums, the Children's Museum of Winston-Salem and SciWorks.  The new four-story building opened in downtown Winston-Salem on February 17, 2024, and featured both old exhibits from the previous museums, as well as new exhibits and halls, a rooftop playground, and an updated planetarium <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://kaleideum.org/kaleideum_history/|title=Kaleideum's History|date=February 2, 2025|work=kaleideum.org|access-date=February 2, 2025}}</ref>

[[New Winston Museum]] is the community history museum for Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. It focuses on time periods since 1850 and features exhibitions and public programs.<ref>{{cite web|title = New Winston Museum – Winston-Salem and Forsyth County's Community Museum|url = http://www.newwinston.org|website = New Winston Museum|access-date = 2016-01-13|language = en-US}}</ref>

The Wake Forest University Museum of Anthropology is an anthropological museum maintained by [[Wake Forest University]] that has many artifacts and other pieces of history.

One of seven original [[Shell Service Station (Winston-Salem, North Carolina)|Shell Service Stations]] was opened by Quality Oil Company in 1930.

===Arts and music===
[[File:Looking Back Winston-Salem Mural.jpg|thumb|A mural located on the [[Winston-Salem Chronicle]] building that honors the history of [[black press]] in the United States]]

The city created the first [[arts council]] in the United States ([[Arts Council of Winston-Salem Forsyth County]]), founded in 1949, because of the local art schools and attractions. These include the [[University of North Carolina School of the Arts]], The Little Theatre of W-S, Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance, Spirit Gum Theatre Co., the Piedmont Opera Theater, the Winston-Salem Symphony, the [[Stevens Center]] for the Performing Arts, the Downtown Arts District, the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, the Hanesbrands Theater, Piedmont Craftsmen, and the Sawtooth School for Visual Arts.

The city's Arts District is centered around Sixth and Trade Streets, where there are many galleries, restaurants and workshops; nearby is also the ARTivity on the Green art park, established by Art for Art's Sake.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.theafasgroup.com/history/|title=ARTivity History -|access-date=2019-07-23|language=en-US}}</ref> Winston-Salem is also home to the [[Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art]] (SECCA), and the [[Reynolda House Museum of American Art]] (the restored 1917 mansion built by the founder of the [[R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reynoldahouse.org/index.php |title=Reynolda House Museum of American Art |website=Reynoldahouse.org |access-date=2017-04-02}}</ref> and now affiliated with [[Wake Forest University]]). 
Winston-Salem is also the home of the [[Art-o-mat]] and houses nine of them throughout the city.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2016/11/08/out-cigarettes-art-o-mat-dispenses-diminutive-paintings-sculptures/93484888/|title=Out of cigarettes? Art-O-Mat dispenses diminutive paintings, sculptures|last=Roberts|first=Karen|date=November 8, 2016|publisher=USA Today|access-date=January 11, 2020}}</ref>

The city plays host to the [[National Black Theatre Festival]], the [[RiverRun International Film Festival]] and the Reynolda Film Festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ncblackrep.org/about-us/|title=National Black Theatre Festival – Our History|website=ncblackrep.org|access-date=November 7, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://riverrunfilm.com/|title=Riverrun International Film Festival – Home|website=Riverrunfilm.com|access-date=November 7, 2021}}</ref>

[[Drive-In Studio]], a recording studio owned by [[Mitch Easter]], former guitarist for [[The dB's]] and [[Let's Active]], was in operation between 1980 and 1994. With the recording equipment set up in his parents' garage, Easter's studio became an important part of the early [[indie rock]] scene of North Carolina.<ref>{{Cite web |last=CLTure |date=2022-02-10 |title=Fidelitorium is a studio dreamed up and executed very much in the vision of its owner, Mitch Easter |url=https://clture.org/mitch-easter-fidelitorium/ |access-date=2023-03-22 |website=CLTure |language=en-US}}</ref> [[R.E.M.]] recorded its debut [[Extended play|EP]], [[Chronic Town]], at the Drive-In in 1981, while other artists who recorded there include [[Pylon (band)|Pylon]] ("Beep"),<ref>{{Citation |title=Pylon - Beep / Altitude |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/2030169-Pylon-Beep-Altitude |access-date=2023-03-26 |language=en}}</ref> [[Suzanne Vega]] ("Gypsy"), [[Game Theory (band)|Game Theory]] (''[[The Big Shot Chronicles]]'') and [[The Connells]] ([[Boylan Heights (album)|''Boylan Heights'']]).

Baity's Backstreet Music Garden, a popular live-music venue, once stood on Baity Street, at its former intersection with 30th Street. Owned by Tim Mabe, the venue was established in 1982. It burned down in 1993. Artists who played there include the [[Ramones]], R.E.M., [[Guns N' Roses]] and [[Blue Öyster Cult]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bumgardner |first=Ed |date=2022-01-13 |title=They all played Baity's: Digging up the Music Garden |url=https://www.yesweekly.com/music/they-all-played-baitys-digging-up-the-music-garden/article_8a8fe88a-7488-11ec-9a5f-7756d74d9703.html |access-date=2023-08-29 |website=YES! Weekly |language=en}}</ref>

The city is also home to Carolina Music Ways, a grassroots arts organization focusing on the area's diverse, interconnected music traditions, including [[Bluegrass music|bluegrass]], blues, jazz, gospel, old-time stringband, and Moravian music.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.carolinamusicways.org/about.html|title=About Carolina Music Ways|work=www.carolinamusicways.org|access-date=February 10, 2019}}</ref> Once a year the city is also the home of the Heavy Rebel Weekender music festival, featuring over 70 bands, primarily rockabilly, punk and honky tonk, over three days.

===Movies filmed in Winston-Salem===
{{See also|Category:Films shot in North Carolina}}
* ''[[The Bedroom Window (1987 film)|The Bedroom Window]]'' (1987)
* ''[[Mr. Destiny]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Eddie (film)|Eddie]]'' (1996)
* ''[[The Lottery]]'', made-for-television adaptation of [[Shirley Jackson]]'s short story (1996)
* ''[[George Washington (film)|George Washington]]'' (2000)
* [[Brand X (The X-Files)|"Brand X", ''X-Files'']], episode involving the tobacco industry (2000)
* ''[[A Union in Wait]]'' (2001, documentary)
* ''[[Junebug (film)|Junebug]]'' (2005)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://journalnow.com/entertainment/junebug-filmed-here-celebrates-15th-anniversary-with-a-drive-in-screening/article_d9347cba-f1eb-11ea-a775-f35c8a468da1.html|title=Junebug filmed here, celebrates 15th anniversary with a drive-in screening|last=Clodfelter|first=Tim|date=September 9, 2020|website=[[Winston-Salem Journal]]|access-date=November 7, 2021}}</ref>
* ''[[Lost Stallions: The Journey Home]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Goodbye Solo]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Leatherheads]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Eyeborgs]]'' (2009)
* ''[[The 5th Quarter]]'' (2010)
* ''[[Are You Here]]'' (2013)
* ''[[Goodbye to All That (film)|Goodbye to All That]]'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.journalnow.com/relishnow/timslists/tim-s-top-tv-movies-filmed-in-winston-salem/article_8dd9abc2-9121-11e4-91c7-4fcab35dad25.html|title=Tim's top five movies filmed in Winston-Salem|work=Winston-Salem Journal|access-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref>
* ''[[The Longest Ride (film)|The Longest Ride]]'' (2014)<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://myfox8.com/2015/04/12/the-longest-ride-movie-filmed-in-winston-salem-opens-to-13-5-million/|title=The longest ride; movie filmed in Winston-Salem, opens to 13.5 million|work=www.myfox8.com|access-date=April 12, 2015}}</ref>