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8874
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The South has a rich legacy of playwrights. When Gary Cole moved from Portland, Oregon to Raleigh, he realized that North Carolina did not have a festival that highlighted Southern playwrights. Having been an active member of the theatre community in Portland, he set out to see what he could do. Sauls discusses how a mixture of one fan of Southern playwrights with a magical old theatre in Wilson's Edna Boykin Cultural Center and a supportive local community resulted in the Theatre of the American South Festival. The festival debuted in May 2006.
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Our State
(NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 74 Issue 12, May 2007,
p146-148, 150, 152-153, il, por
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10098
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Thomas discusses the history of Wilson's Tobacco Festival, which was suspended during the war years, beginning in 1942. Between 75,000 to 100,000 people attended from all parts of the country. Planners hope to resume the festival in 1947.
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44521
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This festival was launched in Wilson in November 2004. Having an intense mechanical curiosity since youth, Vollis Simpson was also fascinated with movement and enjoyed a keen ability for making spectacular moving objects from simple and many times discarded materials. His whirligigs attracted the attention of Wilson city leaders in 2017, who obtained and restored with the aid of a grant many of his fine artworks housed on his farm. the result of this endeavor became the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Park in Wilson.
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North Carolina's Eastern Living Magazine
(NoCar F 252.3 N82), Vol. 17 Issue 3, May 2025,
p48-50, il
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