Greensboro Bound

An Evening with Morgan Radford
2026-05-08 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Greensboro History Museum, 130 Summit Avenue, GREENSBORO, NC, 27401, United States
A BONUS BOOK FESTIVAL EVENT!
Friday, May 8 | 6:00 PM
Greensboro History Museum
Free and open to all
Greensboro native and NBC News anchor Morgan Radford returns home to celebrate her debut novel, Now Then. Presented by Greensboro Bound in partnership with the Greensboro Public Library, the Greensboro Public Library Foundation, and Scuppernong Books, this special evening highlights Radford’s transition from award-winning journalist to fiction author.
Now Then interweaves the lives of a mother and daughter. One comes of age at Harvard in the 1990s, while the other confronts revolution and resilience in 1950s Havana. As secrets unfold through a series of letters, Radford crafts a powerful narrative about hidden histories, second chances, and the choices and loves that shape our lives.
Radford’s compelling fiction debut draws from elements of her personal life, professional background, and the history of her family’s migration from Jamaica and Cuba. An award-winning journalist whose reporting has spanned foreign policy, U.S. political movements, and major national news, Radford calls this novel “one of the richest, most rewarding endeavors of my lifetime.”
Radford is an anchor for NBC News and co-host of NBC News Daily. A graduate of Harvard University and Columbia Journalism School, and a former Fulbright Scholar, she has received multiple awards for her reporting featured on TODAY, NBC Nightly News, MSNBC, and Telemundo. With Now Then, she brings emotional depth and journalistic rigor to a moving work of literary fiction that is already being celebrated for its power, tenderness, and resonance.

This event will be moderated by Portia Mount, Founder + CEO Advisor, Mount Creative. An accomplished keynote and 2x Tedx speaker, Portia frequently addresses topics around women and leadership, and the evolving demands on transformative leaders in the future of work. She is the co-author of the best-selling career advice book, “Kick Some Glass: Ten Ways Women Succeed at Work on Their Own Terms” (McGraw Hill Education, 2019), and hosts the “Ungovernable Women” podcast.

Janet Echelman
2026-05-14 13:30 - 15:00 | Steven Tanger Center for Performing Arts, 300 N. Elm Street, Greensboro, 27401, United States
Janet Echelman Meet & Greet + Book Signing
Founder’s Lounge, 2nd floor of the Tanger Center
May 14 at 1:30 PM
Join internationally acclaimed artist Janet Echelman for a special meet & greet and signing of her new book, Radical Softness: The Responsive Art of Janet Echelman. This richly illustrated volume offers a deep dive into her groundbreaking work, featuring project documentation, archival materials, and the stories behind her monumental, wind-responsive sculptures.
Echelman is in Greensboro to mark 10 years of Where We Met, her iconic aerial sculpture suspended above LeBauer Park. The piece is based on an 1896 map of railroad lines connecting Greensboro to the region’s textile mills, grounding the work in the history that shaped the city.
Known for sculpting at the scale of buildings and city blocks, Echelman blends art, architecture, and engineering to create immersive environments across five continents. Her work invites connection rather than observation, turning public space into shared experience.
Meet the artist overlooking one of her most beloved installations, hear the story behind the work, and have your copy of Radical Softness signed.

Christina Baker Kline
2026-06-04 14:00 - 15:30 | Well-Spring Retirement Community – Virginia Somerville Sutton Theatre, 4100 Well Spring Drive, Greensboro, NC, 27410
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Christina Baker Kline: The Foursome
Thursday, June 4
2:00 PM
The Virginia Somerville Sutton Theatre | Well-Spring, A Life Plan Community
Free and open to all
Meet New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline, as she discusses her new novel, The Foursome, a sweeping work of historical fiction inspired by the true story of Chang and Eng Bunker, the world-famous conjoined twins who settled in North Carolina and married sisters Adelaide and Sarah Yates. Set in the Blue Ridge foothills during the turbulent years surrounding the Civil War, the novel explores love, identity, family, and the complicated bonds that tie people together in extraordinary circumstances.
Presented in partnership with Well-Spring, A Life Plan Community.
