Last month I posted some interesting information I’d learned about Winston-Salem and commenter Jacob McConnico added his own list that I kind of blew my mind.  Here it is:

1. Ben Folds went to Reynolds and is from Winston. Chuck Folds
   (brother of Ben and bass player for the popular Triad band Bus Stop)
   went to Mt. Tabor. Their mom still lives in Winston.
2. Liner notes of R.E.M.’s Eponymous clearly states the band’s first
   album was recorded at Mitch Easter’s drive-in in Winston-Salem, N.C.
3. Stuart Scott is from Winston and went to R.J.R.
4. Grecian Corner Restaurant on Eden Terrace (below Baptist
   Hospital) served as the pizza parlor for the movie Mr. Destiny, which
   was filmed in Winston.
5. Wikipedia says Jackée Harry from 227 was born in Winston.
6. The shell-shaped gas station on Sprague Street was one of only
   eight built in the United States in the 1930s. I have read that it is
   the last one.
7. The North Carolina School of the Arts was the first state-supported, residential school of its kind in the nation.
8. Some famous people have gone to NCSA, including:
   • Tom Hulce (Amadeus, Animal House)
   • Terrence Mann (very famous Broadway performer)
   • Mary-Louise Parker (The West Wing, Fried Green Tomatoes)
   • Chris Parnell (SNL)
   • Jada Pinkett-Smith (A Different World, Menace II Society)
   • Missi Pyle (Galaxy Quest, Dodgeball)

Thanks Jacob!