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On Jeks, Bartsy and art on the street Trust me when I say there’s not a lot of inter-city commerce going on between Greensboro and Winston-Salem, despite all my

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So it’s strange when similar things happen on both sides of the Sandy Ridge Curtain at roughly the same time.

Over the weekend, using our interactive Bartsy map, a civic-minded Winston-Salemite — his name is not important, though he’s since outed himself on social media — took it upon himself to purge the city of this infamous icon.

Around the same time, it was discovered in Greensboro that an anonymous tagger had hastily spray-painted the words “Thug Life” on a photorealistic mural of the rapper Mac Miller by the artist Brian Lewis, aka Jeks.

While both the Bartsy series and the Mac Miller found audiences in their respective cities, the works themselves couldn’t be more different. Jeks’ photorealistic style has garnered him big jobs across the world; one of his latest can be seen in downtown Winston-Salem off Trade Street, at the spot slated to be the new Hoots. Bartsy, on the other hand, is more traditional graffiti, executed anonymously in the hours before dawn on abandoned buildings and spare surfaces.

The reaction, too, was different in each

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When the Bartsy-killer outed himself on social media, he had just a few defenders against scores of haters, so many that I almost feel bad for the guy. In Greensboro, though, the defacement of Jeks’ piece caused a palpable rift among factions of the culturati, with many people rising to the defense of Thug Life against the proponents of the muralist, which is just weird.

All street artists know that their work will only survive intact until some asshole with a bucket of paint or spray-can comes along. Its temporary nature is part of its allure — and remember that writing on the wall is a tradition that goes all the way back to the days when graffitoes tagged cave walls using charred sticks and mammoth blood.

But not all street artists get to be a part of such a prolonged, passionate and widespread conversation about art in general, and their work in particular.

Art, of course, is a bit like pornography: There’s no clear-cut definition of what it is, but I know it when I see it.

And I know this: Visual art is supposed to be impactful, to be challenging, to transcend mere lines and colors applied on a two-dimensional plane.

In that, these artists — Bartsy, Jeks and even Thug Life — have succeeded.

Anyone who doubts the very real effects that art has on life can look no further.

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THURSDAY Sept 26

Laser Pink Floyd @ Greensboro Science Center, 7 p.m.

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Artist Talk: Nick Cave @ UNCG (GSO), 6 p.m.

Joe Pan @ Scuppernong Books (GSO), 7 p.m.

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The OmniSphere Theatre transforms The Dark Side of the Moon from an album to a full audio-visual experience. A prismatic display of the full rainbow pulses out around the audiences as the Pink Floyd work plays. Find the event on Facebook.

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The Nutcracker Box Office Opening @ Stevens Center (W-S), 10 a.m.

Chop-Chop @ Axe Club of Winston-Salem, 6:30 p.m.

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Go up against the cast and crew of the Piedmont Opera in this night of competitive axe-throwing. Lessons will be available for newcomers, and there will be pizza and beer between rounds. Find the event on Facebook.

This weekend-long event spotlights Greek culture. Food like gyros, loukoumades and baked goods make the daily lunch and dinner menus, while musical and dance performances provide nonstop entertainment. Learn more at greensborogreekfest.com.

Greensboro Greek Festival @ Dormition of the Theotokos Greek Orthodox Church, 4 p.m.

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Nick Cave combines textile work and costume design with sculpture in his own brand of performance art. The artist, known for his wearable statues, visits the Elliott University Center to lead a discussion a part of UNCG’s University Concert and Lecture Series. Find the event on Facebook.

Joe Pan reads a selection of his work that spans across five collections in this night of poetry from The Greensboro Review and the writing program at UNCG. Aside from his own writing, Pan is known for his work as editor-in-chief and publisher of Brooklyn Arts Press, and for co-editing the Brooklyn Poets Anthology. Learn more on Facebook.

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The first opportunity to snatch seats for UNCSA’s most coveted annual event rolls around when the Stevens Center opens its doors Saturday morning. Take your pick of dates and times while meeting the cast of UNCSA’s retelling of the famous story. Find the event on Facebook.

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The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride @ Select Cycle (GSO), 11 a.m.

The Best of the Piedmont Triad Jazz Orchestra @ the Carolina Theatre (GSO), 3 p.m.

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Black Mountain Chocolate invites guests to celebrate the confectionary spot’s fifth anniversary. Tour the facilities on Trade Street while enjoying specials on treats, or enter a raffle with proceeds going to Relay for Life. Find the event on Facebook.

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These motorcyclists dress their best as they parade in their vehicles around the city. The dapper day aims to raise awareness and funds for prostate cancer, along with male mental illness and suicide. Learn more at gentlemansride. com.

Winston-Salem Food Truck Festival @ North Liberty Street (W-S), 1 p.m.

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This series of classes covers everything from goofs and jokes to stage falls and safe sword-fighting. The familyfriendly course explores everything that makes a duel hilarious. Find the event on Facebook.

Oktoberfest @ Incendiary Brewing Company (W-S), 12 p.m.

Build your own multi-course meal from restaurants on wheels, during an afternoon filled with food trucks. Grab mini donuts, a lobster roll and an empanada all along the same stretch of North Liberty Street, or explore the dozens of other food options. Learn more at winstonsalemfoodtruckfestival.com..

The Way Down Wanderers take to the stage with alternative folk and Americana, building a dynamic sound from a medley of string instruments. Emily Stewart opens the night with distinctly Southern blues and roots. Find the event on Facebook.

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Join Incendiary Brewing Company as they bring a German tradition to Winston-Salem. Kick off Oktoberfest as the brewpub supplies the beer, food and competitions, along with a concert to close out the night. Find the event on Facebook.

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The Way Down Wanderers @ the Ramkat (W-S), 6:30 p.m.

Comedy and Combat @ Greensboro Cultural Center, 11 a.m.

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This concert features a selection of the most well-received pieces played by the PTJO in its last five years. As a starting point for their sixth season, the group performs songs from Joni Mitchell, Miles Davis and other artists in the Crown of the Carolina Theatre. Learn more at carolinatheatre.com.

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8 questions for comedian and actor Maria Bamford

by Brian Clarey Maria Bamford’s show-business career spreads far beyond her stand-up, which she’s been performing since the late 1990s. She’s voiced dozens of cartoon characters — most notably the Slime Princess and the Wildberry Princess on “Adventure Time,” cameos on “Downward Dog” and “Bob’s Burgers,” spots on “American Dad,” “Spongebob Squarepants,” “Bojack Horseman” and literally dozens of others. She’s had roles on “Arrested Development,” “The Sarah Silverman Program,” “Comedy Bang! Bang!,” “Fresh Off the Boat” and, again, a few dozen more projects. She’s had her own Netflix show — two seasons of “Lady Dynamite” that mined the humor out of her nervous breakdown (funnier than it sounds). And Judd Apatow called her “the funniest woman in the world.”

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Maria Bamford performs Friday, Oct. 4 at the Stevens Center in Winston-Salem. Find tickets and additional info at uncsa.edu I mean this in the best way possible, but you are weird. And you also get an enormous amount of work. What is it about you that people relate to?

Well Brian, I hope that weird means something positive to you — I’m gonna assume that it does. But I don’t think there’s anything weird about me at all. I’m pretty milquetoast, especially when it comes to comedy. There’s some more wonderfully creative people out there than me.

I hope the reason I get hired is that I’m extremely talented. If it’s because I’ve been charming, and being charming is the only reason I got the job, I’ll take that. If it’s because my mother made a backdoor deal with them, financially, then that’s okay, too. I want her to be happy.

The current era of comedy is fraught with political correctness. You’ve worked with Louis CK, whose career was stalled after multiple accusations of sexual harassment.

A new hire at “Saturday Night Live” was terminated before his first season because of racist remarks on a podcast. Dave Chappelle and others have spoken out about this in their work. How much do you worry about offending others in your work?

I’ve worked with Louis CK, but I don’t know him super well. I’m one of the people who says he could have signed up some financial reparations to the people he affected — that’s my own personal judgment.

But the thing with the arts is that it’s not for everybody — it’s for the person who created it. Why does everyone have to like it? I like to acknowledge the experience of others, but I’ve definitely said some things I have no experience in, that I probably shouldn’t be talking about, but that was also my own personal judgment.

I would hope that people can say or do what they want as long as it doesn’t incite violence on a mass level, which arguably could be done with a comedy show. I’m always down for trying to be kind, but I have plenty of material that upsets some people, including members of my own family. That’s a part of life itself, not just the arts. If you’re irritating someone, then you’re breathing.

And then there’s this part of comedy that’s supposed to make people a little uncomfortable, like what Andy Kaufman was doing in the 1970s.

My husband loves Andy Kaufman. It goes from uncomfortable to unbearability. Eric Andre is like that. Tim and Eric. There’s all sorts of sensitive material. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and comedy is in the vocal chords of the laugher? Something like that.

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What are some of your favorite projects?

I loved ‘Adventure Time,’ really enjoyed that series; it was a beautiful show. I loved ‘Word Girl’ on PBS, though that was a long time ago. Currently I’ve done a little on ‘Animaniacs’ new season, ‘Big Mouth’ on Netflix, very excited about that, I think that’s a really funny show. Whatever I’m in, I’m pumped about.

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You had your own show, ‘Lady Dynamite,’ on Netflix that dealt with your own mental illness and breakdown. Was that cathartic or terrifying?

‘Lady Dynamite’ ran for two seasons; it’s still on there. It’s semi-autobiographical, me having a mental breakdown — hilarious fun for family and friends to watch. Cathartic? Well, financially, sure, but I had already told my story so many times myself, it was lovely to have a bunch of other people tell my story — a team of writers who took the basic story idea and made it into something quite beautiful. It was a wonderful experience. I always wanted my own TV show and now it happened, and I own a home in Southern California.

Maria Bamford is both seen — in a variety of films, shows and her own Netflux series — and heard in dozens of aniumated shows.

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Some comics script everything on stage, while others rely more on improvisation.

Where do you fall on that continuum?

Full scripting. Full, total scripting. I definitely like to know what I’m going to say, and have it be rehearsed and know exactly what’s going to come out of my mouth. Sometimes I improvise with the audience and stuff like that, but I’m more of a performer in that way, an actor and entertainer.

Anything else you want to talk about?

I want to talk about my opening act. A local North Carolinian, Lauren Faber. She’s out of Durham and a super-funny young person. I’ve worked with her before — she won the Funniest Person in North Carolina or something a few years ago; she’s just super great and we’re lucky to have her. You can see her stuff at laurenfabercomedy.com. She’s funny and has a good Twitter feed, if you’re into that kind of thing.

That’s very generous. Did other comics help you like this along the way?

Dana Gould was very nice to me. He gave me my first sets in San Francisco. I took the train out there. He was very kind to me and continues to be very kind to me. People in my local area were supportive. I grew up in Duluth [Minn.], and there was an accelerated theater program that made a huge difference in my life. Shout out to Mr. Blackburn, who made it fun. There’s also people who still do theater in Minneapolis. You don’t know how huge a difference you make in young people’s lives until later, when they’re being interviewed by the local news.

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5by Sayaka questions for NC A&T student Oluchi Chukwunyere Matsuoka

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Oluchi Chukwunyere is a junior computer-science major at NC A&T University and recently helped lead a team of four students to a First Place victory at the Black Enterprise 2019 BE SMART Hackathon in Round Rock, Texas. Chukwunyere and her peers beat out 12 other teams from HBCUs around the country.

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How did you get involved with this competition and what was it like for you to help lead the team that won first place?

It was actually my second time competing. After an application process, I was selected to be a part of the team last year as a sophomore. Last year we placed fourth but for the last two years before that A&T had won First Place so it was a great feeling to bring the title back to Aggieland this year.

Coming into this year, everybody knew that we were the underdogs, we kind of had a chip on our shoulder, but everyone was eager to work and learn and grow, because of that we all came together to win.

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Why did you decide to pursue computer science?

I actually wanted to be a doctor for a very long time. I thought that that was the only way I could impact lives, but I realized that I hate blood. I was going through a midlife crisis at 16. That’s when I fell in love with computer science and engineering. I realized that I can literally write a line of code and it impacts millions of people, and I can write a couple of other lines and impact the world.

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What do you hope to do after you graduate?

I want to work with a company whose vision and mission aligns with mine. I eventually want to start my own company. For me, even though I got into computer science really late, there are so many people who don’t realize how many opportunities there are in computer science. I want to give back to the community so I’d like to start a technology nonprofit.

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It’s common knowledge that the computer-science and tech industry is predominantly white and male. How does it feel for you, as a woman of color, to be pursuing a career in the field and what do you hope to accomplish?

The tech industry does lack a lot of people of color and females of color and me being a female and person of color, I do realize that I might be the only black woman in a group but I find it almost empowering. Then I can start the path for someone else. At times it can be hard but it’s about laying the foundation for others. It’s also about being surrounded by a great support system. At my last job, there weren’t a lot of people of color but my manager and team supported me.

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Oluchi Chukwunyere, a junior at NC A&T University, won first place with her team at the 2019 BE SMART hackathon.

During the competition, your team had to answer the problem of how to enhance the experience of travelers. How did you guys come up with the solutions to the problem?

Initially the question was just, ‘How do we enhance the experience of travelers?’ and we started thinking, Who could we help enhance the quality of their experience? I don’t remember how we settled on the idea of folks who are visually impaired but once we did, we started thinking about how visually impaired travelers go about their daily lives and how can we make sure they’re empowered.

We realized that the first thing was seeing that American Airlines didn’t have speak-totext in their app. We knew that that was something easy we could do to empower them to book their own flights. It had impact for the long run. The second feature was when it comes to people who have special accommodations, we wanted to make sure that their family members and friends have peace of mind. So we built a feature that tracks people with special accommodations so their family members can encourage them to take more flights.

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Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School’s seventh superintendent takes office at a time when new leadership in the district is committed to raising teacher pay and more willing to give a hearing to appeals for equity.

Angela P. Hairston, who previously served as superintendent for Richmond County Schools in Georgia, spent her first three weeks since she was sworn in on Sept. 3 visiting schools and meeting with employee groups. She told Triad City Beat that she’s mostly tried to listen.

Then, she said, she’ll start working on a strategic plan to align resources so that they efficiently support all schools in the district.

“It’s very exciting,” Hairston said, taking time out from a conference of the NC High School Athletics Association in Greensboro last week to speak with TCB. “Just the realization that we have communities that vary geographically, culturally and academically — all those communities require different levels of support and attention. That was reinforced through my visits.”

Hairston joins the Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools, the fourth largest public-school system in the state, during a period of change. Hairston is the district’s first African-American and second female superintendent, and her appointment follows the school board’s election of its first black chair.

The 2018 election put five new members on the nine-member board, and handed control of it to a new, all-female Democratic majority. Three months after the election, then-Superintendent Beverly Emory resigned to accept a position with the NC Department of Public Instruction. Lori Goins Clark, a board member who had been part of the previous Republican majority, resigned days before Hairston’s first day on the job, following a racially insensitive text message that was leaked in reference to the former interim superintendent.

Hairston said Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools is slightly larger than Richmond County Schools, but similar in makeup. Her former district included the urban core of Albany, Ga., along

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by Jordan Green Angela Pringle Hairston, Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools’ seventh superintendent, says she closed the achievement gap during her previous post as leader of Richmond County Schools in Georgia.

with smaller cities and rural areas across the county.

“Some of the positives are a magnet school system,” Hairston said.

“Similar to WinstonSalem/Forsyth County Schools, it has a school-choice plan. We had similar challenges in our urban core.”

Prior to leading Richmond County Schools, Hairston served in administrative positions in Gwinnett County Public Schools and the DeKalb County School District, respectively the largest and third largest districts in the state. She started Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Superintendent Angela P. Hairston is sworn in by COURTESY PHOTO her education career Judge Denise Hartsfield in early September. as a math teacher in Virginia Beach and segregation. But white Democrats on the next meeting in October. Hairston said Danville, Va. board have signaled reluctance to redraw her role so far has been to inform board The new superintendent said she attendance lines. members about their options, including gained experience tackling the achieve“My Richmond County experience multicultural studies, African-American ment gap at her previous post in involved a robust school-choice plan that studies with infusion into the general Richmond County that she can apply in did not lead to re-segregation,” Hairston curriculum, Latin American studies and Forsyth County. said. “It’s a model for Native American studies.

“We were able to reduce school choice and diverse While black studies and attendance the number of schools ‘Just the realizaschool communities. You lines are issues that divide the county, on the state’s critical list,” can probably attribute elected officials in Forsyth County have tion that we have Hairston said. “We do the increase in enrollment united behind a plan to raise teacher pay, so by paying attention to communities that in the district to that. I’ve and not surprisingly the new superintenstudent attendance and visited several schools in dent’s stance on that issue is more definivary geographiemphasis on literacy. We Winston-Salem/Forsyth tive. The Forsyth County Commission do so by supporting our cally, culturally and County. I haven’t had approved a budget in June for the 2019teachers and principals enough time to really 20 fiscal year that includes a one-cent from a district perspective. academically — all comment on that. I’ve property-tax increase to generate $3.7 We spent a good amount only been here for a million for teacher-pay supplements. If those communities of time on a strategic plan short period of time. As I voters approve a quarter-cent sales tax that focused on alignment require different spend more time here, I’ll referendum in March that would raise of resources.” be able to say more.” $12 million for teacher pay, the property levels of support Two African-American So far, the new board’s tax will be repealed. and attention.’

Democrats elected to the focus on equity has “Many of those dollars come from board last year — includ- – Angela P. Hairston translated into more people who are passing through and ing the new chair Malishai action on curriculum visiting our great county, not out of the Woodbury — advocated than attendance lines. pockets of residents,” Hairston said. “We for discarding the school-choice plan, Barbara Hanes Burke, who chairs the hope to see support behind this initiawhich determines attendance lines for curriculum committee, has said that the tive. It does offer us an opportunity to schools across the district, because of school board will consider a mandatory be competitive, and to recognize and reconcerns about urban schools with African-American studies course at its ward those in our classrooms currently.” high concentrations of poverty and re-

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‘The time is now’: Bernie Sanders makes stops in Greensboro

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Democratic presidential candidate and US Senator Bernie Sanders visited Greensboro on Friday, making stops at the International Civil Rights, Prestige Barber College and a climate change rally in downtown Greensboro, before speaking at the town hall event at Bennett College in the afternoon

Chants from the crowd filled Bennett College’s Annie Merner Pfeiffer Chapel as US senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders took to the podium on Friday afternoon. Close to 800 supporters visited the historically black college’s campus to hear the presidential hopeful speak.

Sanders, who stopped in Greensboro on a tour of college campuses, was introduced by Bennett College’s president, Suzanne Walsh, followed by Nina Turner, the national co-chair of Sand-

ers’s 2020 campaign and a former Ohio state senator.

“He has the courage, conviction and consistency to know that his only special interest are people like you in this room cause he ain’t got to answer to multimillionaires and billionaires,” Turner said.

Before coming to Bennett, Sanders also visited the International Civil Rights Center & Museum in the morning, followed by a visit to the Prestige Barber College and a climate change rally in downtown Greensboro.

“For the sake of this country and the world, we need you to be actively involved in the political process,” Sanders said to the crowd at Bennett College. “We need you to be thinking big, not small…. [The system] wants you to believe that all power rests with the 1 percent. Well what we are here today to tell you is that is not the case. We are here to tell you, that when we stand up to the lies and the racism and sexism and the homophobia and the xenophobia of Donald Trump… there is nothing we

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Unlike other recent campaign rallies in Greensboro by Democratic presidential candidates like Sen. Kamala Harris and Beto O’Rourke, in which they recited speeches to a crowd, Sanders held a town hall-style event where he asked members of his campaign to answer questions that he thought would interest voters. The first panel to speak included Turner, rapper and activist Killer Mike, activist Phillip Agnew and Ben Cohen, the co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s

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Close to 800 voters attended the town hall at Bennett.

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We are together, we are united. Our time is right now. We will not wait four more years, we will not wait 20 more years.

We will not wait two more presidents… this is the president, the next president of the United States of America. The time is now!”

After the event, several attendees waited outside the chapel, in hopes of catching one more glimpse of Sanders before he left. A group of three women in their mid-twenties said that after seeing Sanders speak again today, they’re more likely to vote for him for president.

“This pushed me to 100 percent,” said Ayah Khalifa from Greensboro.

She said she appreciated Sanders’s inclusion of people of color in his campaign without tokenizing them. Ragda Ahmed and Sanan Elgaali, both from Greensboro, said they appreciated Sanders’ long-standing commitment to civil rights, which dates back to the 1960s.

“He’s not woke because of a trend,” Elgaali said.

As a contrast, Ahmed brought up the recently released photos of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in brown face from 18 years ago.

“Bernie walks the walk,” Ahmed said.

“I don’t have to worry about pictures of Bernie in blackface.”

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Killer Mike said. “We know that race elicited specific answers from Sanders, and poverty have been used through the others like how to fix the immigration war on drugs to continue to separate system and how to promote equality people.” for the LGBTQ community remained After Mike and other panelists’ vague. response, Sanders asked the crowd how “We’re gonna do our best and place many of them either knew someone or this as a major priority, to end all forms had been personally arrested for possesof discrimination in this country,” Sandsion of marijuana. ers answered. “That includes discriminaHundreds of hands shot up in the air. tion on sexual orientation, discrimina“This is what the war tion against transgender on drugs has done in this people, discrimination ‘When we stand up to country,” Sanders said against people because as he looked around the the lies and the racism of the color of their chapel. “It’s criminalized their religion or and the sexism and the skin, so many people in this the country that they homophobia and the room, this is amazing…. came from. We will put The war on drugs has together a cabinet and an xenophobia of Donald been incredibly destrucTrump...there is nothing administration that looks tive for millions and like America and we will we cannot accomplish.’ implement policies that millions people in this country and we’re gonna – Bernie Sanders work for ordinary people end that war on drugs, and not just the people and we’re gonna make who have the money.” marijuana legal.”

Killer Mike, who closed the event, At the end of the event, Sanders pumped up the audience once more, tellopened up communication with the ing the crowd that the time for a Sanders crowd as two lines formed to ask the presidency is now. senator direct questions. Many of them “There are more of us, we’re stronger, were college students from Bennett or we will wait no longer,” Mike said. “The neighboring NC A&T University. While time is now. When you go to that booth some of the questions like ones about next year, I need you to carry in that student debt and ways to fund HBCUs booth the the memory of this room….

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ice cream. The second panel included Turner, actor and activist Danny Glover, political scientist Adolph Reed and activist Cornel West.

During the town hall, Sanders asked the speakers about topics such as funding for HBCUs and eliminating student debt.

“When we talk about the importance of HBCU’s,” Agnew said, “it is in what is it is doing today for young black people who do not know what their lives could be if it hadn’t been for institutions that told you, you are something and you are gonna do something.” [Maybe you should say something here about makeup of the crowd. I took some pictures of the line outside. It looked like maybe 50 percent black, 40 percent white, with other groups making up the remainder, but I could be off.]

It didn’t go unnoticed that Sanders chose Bennett College as the location to host his stop in Greensboro because of the school’s recent troubles with losing accreditation earlier this year after years of financial hardship.

One of the most personal topics to attendees during the event was the topic of the war on drugs.

“It was never a war on drugs, it was a war on progressive white kids and black people ordered by Richard Nixon,”

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Those who spoke at the town hall include (from left to right): Nina Turner, Danny Glover, Adolph Reed and Cornel West. In the back row: Ben Cohen, Killer Mike and Phillip Agnew.

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Bernie and ‘the support of the guys in the barbershop’

It would hard to imagine a more conducive setting for Bernie Sanders to make his pitch to black voters in Greensboro than Prestige Barber College on Phillips Avenue, or a more effective ambassador than Killer Mike, who himself owns a string of barbershops in Atlanta.

by Jordan Green While Joe Biden is the overwhelming favorite among older African-American voters, Sanders holds the edge with black millennials, according to a recent poll by Morning Consult. And he found a receptive audience at Prestige Barber College before moving on to a town hall at Bennett College on Friday.

“He established a lot of credibility with me,” CJ Brinson, a youth minister at Genesis Baptist Church, reflected after Sanders’ visit.

Brinson told me that he typically supports black candidates because he believes he’s in a better position to hold them accountable. But he’s making an exception in the case of Sanders, whose campaign is platforming not only Killer Mike, but also Cornel West, an outspoken antiracist, and Adolph Reed, an early critic of black neoliberalism.

“When you have Bernie surrounded by black leftists who have been branded radicals, that gives me a feeling we have leverage,” Brinson said. And while other presidential candidates stand beside civil rights icons, Brinson said black millennials respect the fact that Sanders’ “ass was drug in the streets.” The evidence was on the T-shirt for sale in the vendor zone outside Bennett ColTONY CRIDER Killer Mike makes the case for Bernie Sanders at Bennett College on Sept. 20. lege, showing a 21-year-old Sanders lurching forward while two police officers grabbed his arms during a 1963 protest against nantly Native American counties in South Dakota. school segregation in Chicago.

Sanders has previously discussed his support for the 10/20/30 Plan in the context of Killer Mike, aka Mike Render, talked about Sanders’ support for marijuana decriminalreparations for slavery. Incidentally, Sen. Cory Booker — one of Sanders’ opponents in ization, and how that could prevent his 17-year-old son from potentially losing a college the Democratic presidential primary — introduced anti-poverty legislation in April with scholarship if he were to be arrested for frivolous drug charge. He talked Clyburn that incorporates the 10/20/30 plan. about the difference Medicare for all would make to his barbershop clients “So, to answer your question, there will be targeted — we’re talking about who tell him they’re not getting their blood pressure or prostates checked ‘When you have tens and tens of billions of dollars going to African-American communities,” because they’re uninsured.

Sanders said in Greensboro.

“There’s two ways that he directly in a positive way affects us,” Render said. Bernie surrounded pressed him on the specifics.

“I think that deserves, if nothing else, the support of the guys in the barberby black leftists who Blackmon “Okay, would it be allocated or designated to black men and women shop.” have been branded only?” he asked. “Or will a ‘minority’ tag allow white women to come in and Render closed his remarks by imploring his audience of grassroots black influencers: “I want to encourage the barbershop because nothing happens radicals, that gives get some of that money?”

It was a sticking point that resonated for many in the room, with people without the barbershop. You don’t know which Nikes are cool. You don’t me a feeling we calling out, “Come on,” and “Say it!” to reinforce Blackmon’s question. know which restaurant to eat at. You don’t know what to do if you don’t hear “This is for the African-American community,” Sanders said quietly. from the barbershop. So, I’m encouraging black people in the barbershop, have leverage.’

Byron Gladden, a Guilford County School Board member sharing the especially our black barbers, to start to talk to your customers about how his – CJ Brinson campaign appearance on Facebook Live, expressed satisfaction. campaign affects them on a daily basis. We see black boys catching BS cases “Specifically,” he said. “All right.” on a daily basis. We say we need someone who understands that. Here we Various descriptions of the 10/20/30 Plan that I found on lawmakers’ have that.” websites and news reports don’t mention any stipulation about the race of the contractors Brinson told me Sanders sealed the deal with him though his answer to a question by or agencies receiving the funds, only criteria for the areas where the investment would be Gene Blackmon, the owner of Prestige Barber College, who asked the candidate if he has made. So, it seems plausible that a contractor providing infrastructure for internet access in “a strategic plan to funnel money into black businesses in the black community.” east Greensboro might well be a white person. The Sanders campaign didn’t respond to a Sanders responded by saying that he supports a program known as the “10/20/30 Plan” request for clarification on the point in time for publication, but maybe the candidate was devised by US Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), which would require that 10 percent of federal giving an answer to a question that he wasn’t asked. program funding be set aside for census tracts where at least 20 percent of residents are Brinson, for one, was unfazed by the possibility that Sanders had made a promise he living in poverty. While Sanders noted that economically distressed communities “are more won’t be able to fulfill. often than not African American, the funding formula would also benefit predominantly “That’s something we can hold him accountable to,” he said. white counties in Kentucky, predominantly Latinx counties in New Mexico and predomi-

Lie-detector tests for the NC Legislature

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Has it come to this? sense here, because true leaders don’t After a shady vote in the North act like this.

Carolina House to veto the governor’s We’ve sat at this junction for a budget — the purpose of which, it week now, until Monday, when House should be emphasized, was to thwart Minority Leader Rep. Darren Jackson efforts to expand Medicaid in the state, (D-Wake) suggested a simple remedy bringing health insurance to about half to the dilemma. a million North Carolinians and saving He wants to administer lie-detector untold hundreds of thousands in wasted tests. And it seems he’s quite serious expenses — the two factions of state about it. He’s already taken one himself, government and their voters found and now he wants House Speaker Tim themselves at an impasse.

Moore (R-Cleveland), Rep. Jason Saine Democrats say they (R-Lincoln), who made were tricked by House the motion for the vote, Speaker Tim Moore, If we drummed up and House Whip Rep. who told at least one rep Jon Hardister — who, in all the liars out and one reporter that Guilford County, is one there would be no votes of ours — to submit. of politics, there that morning, regardless As journalists and ediwould be almost of what the legislative torialists, we like the idea calendar said. As eviof hooking politicians up nobody left to run dence, the majority party to polygraphs; we’d be notes that uncalled votes the state. all too happy to suggest had been scheduled other questions to ask every day that month. during these sessions.

Despite a text and paper trail that But from here the veto session looks suggests the contrary, Republicans insist pretty clear: The Dems allowed themthey did nothing wrong, that this was selves to get duped into complacency not a conspiracy or a con, but just a solid by the majority party, who has been in political move that presented itself on the practice of subverting the state’s the morning of Sept. 11. democracy since it took power in 2011.

Voters have settled into their two And we’re realistic enough to know camps, each looking to their party’s that if we drummed all the liars out of leadership for the answer as to what, politics, there would be almost nobody exactly happened that day. We’re using left to run the state. the word “leadership” only in a technical

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eople adore having a love/hate relationship with corporate chain restaurants, and it shows. Giving money to a corporation over a small business oftentimes feels like a betrayal to the local food

by Nikki Miller-Ka scene, and the stalwarts of the small-business community.

But bear with me: There is something magical, albeit economical, about restaurant chains. There is something comforting about the consistency that corporate chains provide. No matter where you are in the country — or the world, in some cases — the food will taste the same.

What does a corporate chain taste like? It’s greasy, deep-fried, sprinkled with iodized salt and smothered in cheese that may have been microwaved. It tastes like salt and sugar and processed preservatives. It has a lot of happy memories tucked into it. It’s not as good as refined international cuisine, and yet we love it. The architecture of the building, the neon glow of the sign, the appearance of a familiar mascot or the nostalgia evoked from walking through the doors warms our hearts.

Everybody has an association with McDonald’s fries.

On the other hand, local restaurants are constantly changing with the seasons; the food is held to a higher standard and there is a perception that local is always good, always better and usually best. There’s a line drawn in the sand pitting local and corporate against each other as if the two cannot live together on the same side of the street.

Part of the reason I think chain food gets a bad rep is because this day and age, people are food snobs.

Dining out solely at high-end or independent restaurants gives people the social cachet — they tell their friends about it, post about it, feel good and worthy of the experience. It’s cathartic to take a photo of your meal from a local restaurant, post it on social media and know the owner is watching. All things considered, it’s just food. You’re not saving souls or serving social justice. People forget that the owners, managers and restaurateurs of corporate spots still live in our neighborhoods, work in our community, pay taxes, and the dollars that are spent in those spots are put right back into the community through the people who work there.

What makes a restaurant independent or corporate anyhow? Restaurants like K&W Cafeteria or Village Tavern with regional and international locations have far reach, but all of them are companyowned and, in some cases, family-owned. The Fresh Market began as a locally owned company but sold the company’s assets to a larger corporation in order to build capital for investors and wealth for future generations, which is what we all want. By spending dollars at local establishments those dollars go to

The first protoype for Golden Corral was built in Greensboro.

that purpose.

Believe it or not, the Triad is a test market for different national restaurant groups. For example, the first prototype for Golden Corral, a North Carolina-based corporation with nearly 500 locations in 42 states, was built in Greensboro. The prototype boasted a contemporary appearance for the interior and exterior with improved layouts for the dining room, kitchen in order to improve service and efficiency. Get ’em in, get ’em out.

McDonald’s tested all-day breakfast in the Triad. Most recently, Chick-fil-A tested its new macaroni and cheese in Greensboro. KFC began the chicken sandwich wars of 2019 with the Cheetos chicken sandwich test back in January.

What springs forth from these types of cultural phe-

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nomena are secret menus. It’s a culture that has slowly trickled to independent food outlets but the public still craves more. Online forums and local news publications constantly ask people what our food community needs, and there is always a fervent response mentioning national chains that haven’t made their way to the Piedmont or global food options that are not available. What many do not understand is that in order for a particular cuisine or style of food to exist, the community has to support it. We cannot have a thriving restaurant community of international restaurants if the dining patrons and indigenous cooks do not live in the area.

Until the two ends of the fitted sheet can meet in the middle, the battle will continue.

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mily Spivey is homesick.

She misses popping in for dinner at 1618 Seafood Grille or at Hops. Her son loves going to Pastabilities. She misses taking day drives to Chapel Hill or Winston-Salem.

She misses the sound of cicadas in the summer.

“I’m the most homesick person in the world,” Spivey says in a phone interview.

The High Point native, who now lives in LA, has had a lucrative career as a TV and movie writer, producer and actor.

She’s famous for her time as a staff writer at “Saturday Night Live” from 2001 to 2010 and won an Emmy for her work on the show in 2002. Most recently, she’s been recognized for her role as one of the writers for the popular Netflix film Wine Country, which stars Amy Poehler,

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who directed the movie, as well as Maya Rudolph, Rachel “Since working at ‘King of the Hill,’ I knew I wanted to create Dratch, Tina Fey and others from “SNL” fame. a show set in North Carolina but with female protagonists,” This fall, Spivey combines her talents to create what she she says. calls is her favorite project yet.

Spivey was born in Statesville but was raised in the Triad — “I’ve been wanting to do a show about North Carolina forshe attended Northeast Middle School, Andrews High School ever because I love writing about the South,” Spivey says. and eventually got her bachelors from UNCG. She says she And so she created “Bless the Harts,” wanted to infuse the show with the nuan animated comedy that premieres on ances of the area to make it feel groundSunday, Sept. 29 on Fox. The show foled, with a sense of place.

Watch “Bless the Harts” on lows the Harts, a poor, white family who In the trailer for the show, the Harts go Fox on Sundays, starting on lives in Greenpoint, NC — a thinly-veiled through the drive-thru of a biscuit resSept. 29 at 8:30 p.m. mash-up of Greensboro and High Point taurant called Biscuit Town, a callout to — as they struggle to make ends meet. places like Greensboro-based Biscuitville The show mostly centers around Jenny or the Biscuit Factory in High Point. In the Hart, the matriarch of the family voiced Halloween episode, Spivey uses local lore

by Kristen Wiig, but also includes Jenny’s mother Betty Hart, which some Triadites might find familiar. voiced by Maya Rudolph, her daughter Violet Hart, played by “In Jamestown, there’s a ghost story about Lydia’s ghost Jillian Bell, and her boyfriend Wayne, voiced by Ike Barinholtz. where she hitchhikes under a bridge,” Spivey says. “In the epiPrior to “Bless the Harts,” Spivey also worked on another sode, Jenny gets mistaken for the hitchhiking ghost.” animated show, “King of the Hill” and used that experience to Other Easter eggs include mentions of local grocery store create a similar feel with the new show. chains, a trip to Myrtle Beach (“That is so part of everyone’s

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Themes of religion make appearances in the show, like when Jesus steps out of a mural at the Last Supper restaurant where Jenny works.

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High Point native Emily Spivey has worked in the industry for years.

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mural of the famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci that graces a wall in the shop. And Jesus answers by stepping out of the wall to talk to Jenny. But rather than being written as preachy and almighty, this Jesus is down to earth, like a friendly cousin, or Chef from “South Park.”

“My sister is a Methodist minister in Statesville and my husband teaches theology,” Spivey says. “They helped me write Jesus. Like how Jesus’ personality would come to life.”

Focusing on a poor, white family, the show tackles issues of class and wealth from the very beginning. In the first episode, the family’s water gets shut off and Jenny scrambles to find a get-rich-quick scheme to pay off their bills.

And while at times the family’s bizarre situations elicit laughs from the audience, Spivey says that the point isn’t to make fun of the family but to relate to them.

“I wanted to pay tribute to the people that I knew growing up,” she says. “Blue collar people are more interesting to me. Maybe it’s because my background is blue collar all the way back. The struggle for the American dream is an interesting story to tell. I don’t want [the show] to be mocking. I try to make it as authentic as possible. I really wanted to make a point that these people love each other and support each other.

“I wanted to tell soulful and funny stories about this place,” Spivey continues. “I hope people like it. It’s my favorite thing I’ve ever done.”

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summer,” Spivey exclaims), an episode about beach music, and of course, one that centers around a barbecue competition.

“I hope [viewers] get a good sense of North Carolina,” Spivey says. “If they’re from here, I hope they say, ‘Oh, I recognize that,’ and if they’re not, I hope they learn about a new place.”

To make it even more personal, Spivey says she crafted the characters around people in her own life.

“They’re all amalgams of friends and family,” she says. “One of the characters, Violet’s boyfriend named David, he’s completely based on my childhood and current best friend, David Alexander. The rest of them are amalgams of my husband’s family, my family and people from our church.”

Growing up in the South, Spivey says church and religion had a profound effect on her. And it makes an appearance in the show, in a way that might surprise some viewers.

“I grew up in the church my entire life,” she says. “Growing up in the South, you know that Jesus is just everywhere. Even if you aren’t religious, you are just through osmosis. I felt that he should be represented.”

And so he is.

Jenny, who works at a seafood restaurant called the Last Supper, often talks to a

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e left each other long ago,” Filipe, a Brooklyn-based Mexican immigrant, sings in Spanish.

The rumbling of the grocery cart against pavement interrupts his song.

Plastic bags tustling against the clank of tin on glass add to his collection of sounds, as he pulls the cart along at dawn. To protect him from the cool air, he wears a windbreaker, and to prepare him for his second job of the day, a sombrero rests atop his head.

“But now it’s my time to go back,” he continues.

The white-haired Filipe stars in a documentary titled I’m Leaving Now, which holds a spot in a series of Mexican works hosted by A/perture cinema in Winston-Salem. The series, called Cine Mexico Now, began on Monday and runs

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through Oct. 28, with a total of six films of varying genres.

“We wanted to be broad and show off what Mexican cinema To create the Winston-Salem edition of the event, A/perture looks like these days,” Desai says. looked towards a similar annual series by Cinema Lemont in Desai selected films that would defy expectations and Detroit, with whom the staff collaborated in order to model explore a vast range of emotional tones and genres. I’m Leavtheir own version. Executive Director and Curator of A/perture ing Now, shown Sept. 30 and Oct. 5, explores a perspective Cinema Lawren Desai believes hosting such an array of films Desai mentions as being integral to understanding the full fits A/perture’s mission. scope of Mexican cinema through a “In our world today, I think it’s documentary. A collection of short really important to see how other snapshots of an undocumented imFind the full schedule for CineMexico people around the world are living,” migrant named Filipe fill the film, Desai says, “and hear their stories in carrying the viewer from one day to and learn more about A/perture Cintheir own language.” the next, and the next and the next. ema at aperturecinema.com.

Each piece plays in Spanish, with The yearning he has to return to English subtitles, but their scope his family back home echoes in his reaches into as many facets of day-to-day routine, as he struggles Mexican cinema as possible: Horror, to earn enough money for them but romantic-comedy, drama and documentary. Desai also menalso make sure he himself avoids isolation. tioned along with adding many genres, the schedule priori“A lot of immigrants come to the US to work and send tized having varying filmmakers, including female directors. money to their families who don’t come with them,” Desai The cinema also took care to avoid commercial films, to give a says, “and oftentimes they can be here for years.” more genuine look into the Mexican filmmaking scene.

The closing film, Leona, follows a Jewish woman in her mid-

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the series’ run. The collection displays graphic art from Mexican artists throughout A/ perture’s theater, adding another layer to the cinema’s focus on the country’s cultural expression.

Though Desai mentions one of the main goals of the six weeks is providing a space where the Mexican community of Winston-Salem can come together, she also states that international films remain enjoyable even for those unfamiliar with the country’s cinematics. Subtitles, she believes, never interfere with finding connection through a film.

“It’s new faces and new stories,” she says, “yet I always find there’s something that translates about them.”

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twenties working as a muralist in Mexico City. The part-romantic-comedy, part-drama centers a struggle surrounding dating in a multicultural community, and a sort of coming-of-age. The film, which screens on Oct. 28, is among many of the newer works in the series.

The oldest of the films, which dates to 1934, departs from realism altogether. The Phantom of the Monastery, one of Mexico’s earliest horror movies, portrays a love triangle set in a ghoulish monastery cast in black and white. UCLA recently restored the film, allowing A/perture to screen it with as much grisly detail as possible on both Oct. 7 and Oct. 12.

Along with the screenings, A/perture Cinema hopes to illustrate the importance of these films through talks and a small art gallery that will stay up for the remainder of

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