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Diggs Gallery photo by Garrett Garms; Sweet Potatoes photo by Jay Sinclair

This page, left to right: Diggs Gallery
exhibit, dish at Sweet Potatoes; Opposite
page, top: Winkler Bakery at Old Salem

An Afternoon of Arts &
Innovation

Stop for lunch at community staple,
Forsyth Seafood. Operating for
more than 35 years, this black-owned
seafood restaurant brings a taste
of the owners' coastal background
to the heart of east Winston-Salem.
Enjoy fresh fried and grilled platters
in the café or choose from more than
25 varieties of wild-caught fish and
crustaceans in their adjacent market.
Just down the street is Diggs
Gallery, located on the campus of
Winston-Salem State University.
Enjoy a guided tour of the sculpture
garden and see the breathtaking,
30-foot Biggers Murals, Origins and
Ascension, located in the O'Kelly
Library on campus. Then journey two
miles to Delta Fine Arts Center for an
African American perspective on visual
arts, music, literature, drama, history
and folk art.

2019 African American Arts & Culture Guide

Wind Down in Downtown
Winston-Salem

End your day in Winston-Salem's
Downtown Arts District. The area
is a haven for arts, galleries, bars
and restaurants. Allow the aroma of
incense to draw you into Body & Soul,
an African boutique that has a wide
array of hand-crafted African pieces,
a cozy bookstore and vibrant woven
fashions. For dinner, grab a table at
Sweet Potatoes, a restaurant
dishing up a twist on uptown,
down-home Southern cuisine. Short
on time? Miss Ora's, their sister
restaurant next door, serves castiron fried chicken and homemade
Southern sides for take-out. The Arts
District is always alive with different
events going on throughout the year
such as DADA First Friday Gallery
Hop (every first Friday) and the
Downtown Summer Music Series
(June-August).

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