Compare foods silas creek8/19/2023 ![]() ![]() Day of the Dead has a very beautiful, bright and colorful way of doing this (plus there’s great food involved which is always a plus).ĭay of the dead altars vary from family to family, but each have some key components such as sugar skulls (calaveras), flowers (usually marigolds or chrysanthemums), food offerings (whatever that particular person’s favorite foods were), crazy fun-having skeletons….you get the idea! It’s a party, people! Click HERE or HERE to see some super cool examples of altars. So, here’s the deal- Day of the Dead and the Christian tradition of All Saints fall very close to each other on the calendar (All Saints is Today, day of the dead is tomorrow), and they both serve a similar purpose- to honor, celebrate and remember those who have gone before us. Bread of the dead is an important part when making your Day of the Dead altar (You make an altar in your house? Yep!). Ok folks, today and tomorrow is Dia de Los Muertos or Day of the Dead! If you read my previous post ( and any of my crazy facebook status/twitter updates), you know that I’ve been on the hunt for a mexican bakery so that I can buy some pan de los muertos (yep, you guessed it- bread of the dead). Plus it offers some great scoop on a local grocery store you may not even know exists! Enjoy. Stay tuned for the next historical post on April 1st.(This was a post written on November 1 in honor of Dia de Los Muertos, aka “The Day of the Dead.” While that day has passed, we thought this post was too good – and too funny – to let it pass you by. ![]() Today, Compare Foods is located on the site of the former Parkway Theatre.īlack and white images courtesy of Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection.Ĭolor images courtesy of Molly Grogan Rawls. When the movie theatre left the building around 1981, it was used for several purposes. For the opening event, works of local artists were displayed around the lobby. A circular concession stand held refreshments in the lobby. There were side-lights with dimmers and aisle lights to help viewers locate their seats. The screen could handle the 70 mm films, and the stereophonic sound system had speakers surrounding the walls and behind the screen. The rows were 44 inches apart, making it easy to walk between the rows and to give long-legged viewers plenty of leg room. The seats were 20-23 inches wide and they were staggered for better sight lines. The “lounger” chairs were well-padded, with a swivel base that allowed the movie-goer to swing back and rock. The carpet was described as “rich, luxuriant, and multicolored in a floral pattern.” The building and furnishings cost $250,000. ![]() Attendees could see for themselves all the features of the theatre, such as the chandeliers that reflected in the entrance glass. The advertisement also touted the fact that there would be plenty of free parking, and that the chairs in the theatre were “lounger” chairs.Ī preview party for the new theatre was held on August 30, 1965. And, notice the mention for Bob Gordon who would present a Kiddie Show on Saturday morning at the theatre. The featured movie would be “A Very Special Favor,” starring Rock Hudson, Leslie Caron, and Charles Boyer. Parkway Theatre was under construction in the summer of 1965, located to the side of Parkway Plaza Shopping Center on Silas Creek Parkway (once called Corporation Parkway), near Buchanan Street.Īn advertisement in the Winston-Salem Journal announced the opening to be on Wednesday, September 1st, 1965. Some of these theatres were Thruway Theatre, Reynolda Manor Cinema, and Parkway Theatre. When the shopping centers opened, drawing shoppers to the outlying areas, movie theatres were built at some of the shopping centers. Parkway Plaza (shown above) opened in 1960.Īt one time, movie theatres in Winston-Salem were located in the downtown area. Soon, there were other shopping centers in and around Winston-Salem, and they were called Northside, Reynolda Manor, and Parkway Plaza. Winston-Salem had the second shopping center in North Carolina, when Thruway Shopping Center opened in 1955. New shopping centers began appearing in North Carolina in 1949, when Cameron Village opened. ![]()
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