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want to write about basketball. College basketball, to be more specific, and the NCAA Tournament, to be even more

specific. Like how courageously the UNCG team performed, almost taking their firstround game against Florida State, which, along with Syracuse, are the only ACC teams still around. FSU beat the University of Colorado at Boulder on Monday to advance to the Sweet 16. There was a shooting in Boulder on Monday; a 21-year-old man with anger issues and a long gun opened up in a grocery store. He killed 10 people. I want to write about basketball, how after the long, hard pandemic winter and the green shoots of spring, we need this diversion more than ever. But there was another shooting not even a week before, when another 21-year-old man with a long gun killed eight people, six of them Asian women, in three different Atlanta-area spas. It was part of a larger, recent spike of anti-Asian violence in the United States that can be traced back to the first use of the phrase

“China Virus,” though really it’s been like this the whole time. Man, I really want to write about basketball. There have been so many upsets in this year’s tournament and everyone’s brackets are busted, largely due to Oral Roberts University, a 15-seed Bible college in Oklahoma that knocked off a 1-seed and a 7-seed to advance to next weekend’s play. UCLA, an 11-seed, is still alive, too. That’s where Kareem Abdul-Jabbar played when he was still known as Lew Alcindor, before he converted to Islam and became an activist. But on Tuesday, a US Marshal shot and killed a Black man in Charlotte, while attempting to serve a warrant on the man’s 32nd birthday. Right in the middle of the day. I want to write about Loyola Chicago and the Indiana bubble. But two mass shooters with long guns are still alive while the unarmed Black man with a few warrants is dead. I want to write about Buddy Boeheim of Syracuse, who lit it up during the ACC Tournament. But I’ve got friends in Boulder, and I know my Black and Asian friends are fed up and scared. I want to write about basketball. But it seems like there are more important things going on.

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(As of Wednesday, March 24)

Documented COVID-19 diagnoses NC 901,262 (+11,952) Forsyth 33,038 (+310) Guilford County

40,816 (+672)

COVID-19 deaths

11,894 (+137)

Forsyth

357 (0)

Guilford

558 (+25)

Documented recoveries NC

864,755 (+13,023)

Forsyth

31,701 (+448)

Guilford

39,047 (+504)

Current cases NC

24,613 (-208)

Forsyth

980 (-143)

Guilford

1,210 (+143)

Hospitalizations (right now) NC

981 (-21)

Forsyth

*no data*

Guilford

49 (-7)

Vaccinations NC First Dose

2,230,701 (+256,246)

Fully vaccinated

1,395,996 (13.3%, +145,419)

Forsyth First Dose

81,194 (+10,753)

Fully vaccinated

56,140 (14.7%, +4,394)

Guilford First dose

126,133 (+20,060)

Fully vaccinated

65,783 (12.2%, +8,396)

Winston-Salem passes NDO but will have to wait to see how to enforce it by Sayaka Masuoka

March 25-31, 2021

Coronavirus in the Triad:

n Monday evening, the Winston-Salem city council passed a long-awaited package that extends protections to members of the LGBTQ+ community as well as other marginalized groups within city limits. The package, which was approved unanimously, will almost immediately protect city employees from discrimination. But how the city plans to enforce violations by private businesses remains to be seen. The plan for now, according to City Attorney Angela Carmon, is for her office to bring recommendations to council in the next 100 days for stricter guidelines and enforcement measures. Winston-Salem became one of the latest municipalities in the state to pass a nondiscrimination ordinance. In January, neighboring Greensboro passed an NDO that protects LGBTQ+ individuals as well as people with hairstyles based on race or national origin. Winston-Salem’s NDO also protects people from discrimination against hairstyles, disabilities, veteran status, religion, pregnancy, martial status or familial status. Kasey Mayfield, who, along with her fiancé, was discriminated against by a local venue because she and her fiancé are gay, said in a statement to Triad City Beat that she’s excited that the city passed the NDO but looks forward to how it will be enforced to protect others like her. “I am grateful to city council for taking this first step towards protecting LGBTQ+ rights,” Mayfield said. “I hope we use the 100-day period to strengthen it and protect our community. Being protected in employment, healthcare and public spaces is imperative to the safety of queer people.” Councilmember Robert Clark of the West Ward outlined what the NDO does and does not do. He mentioned that issues such as which bathrooms transgender individuals may use, or which sports teams they will be allowed to play on, will not be affected by this NDO as of yet. Whether or not businesses can deny services to LGBTQ+ people based on religion is also unclear. “This ordinance does not affect those issues,” Clark said. “Those issues are still churning in the country and it is going to be up to Washington to address them.” According to a CNN article analyzing the facts of the Masterpiece Cakeshop Supreme Court case, “the court limited its decision to the specifics of this case — mainly how the Colorado Civil Rights Commission handled Phillips’ claim. The court did not rule that the Constitution grants the right to discriminate but maintained the longstanding principle that business owners cannot deny equal access to goods and services.” The fact remains that the case doesn’t dictate how businesses can act across the board when it comes to religious beliefs. Enforcement of the Greensboro NDO will be decided by July 1, when a $500 penalty for businesses that violate the ordinance goes into effect. Chris Smith with the NDO Coalition said in a statement that without proper enforcement, the new ordinance is mostly “performative activism.” “We must protect our marginalized communities and reject bigotry in all forms,” Smith said. “In order to do this effectively, we must, absolutely must, develop a mechanism of enforcement for this policy at the conclusion of the 100 day review window. Our citizens are relying on this.”

March 25-31, 2021

CITY LIFE March 25-28 by Michaela Ratliff

THURSDAY March 25

FRIDAY March 26

Drought @ RiverRun International Film Festival (W-S) Online

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LoFi Park Open House @ Downtown Greenway (GSO) 4:30 p.m.

To celebrate National Autism Awareness Day, RiverRun is hosting a screening of NC-based film Drought for one night only. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased from RiverRun’s website.

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Dine at the Diamond @ High Point Rockers Baseball (HP) 11 a.m.

Downtown Greenway has new, Earth-friendly renovations waiting to be seen. During this open house, speak to designers David Mudd and Justin Vette about the park’s newest installation, or grab something to eat from the Bandito Burrito food truck. Visit the event page on Facebook for more info.

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Do You See These Women: Women’s History Month Gathering @ School of Love (W-S) 7:30 p.m.

In honor of Women’s History Month, School of Love is hosting an online celebration highlighting the work and influence of Black and Brown female activists, organizers and leaders in the city of Winston-Salem. Keynote speaker Venneikia Williams and others will share more about their organizations’ work. Visit Zoom to register.

Pitchin’ Kitchin’ at Truist Point invites you to enjoy “great food with a great view!” They’re serving up your ballpark favorites with a twist. Find out more about Pitchin’ Kitchin’s menu from their Instagram page @thepitchinkitchen.

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SATURDAY March 27

Drive-Thru Rabies Clinic @ Walker Furniture Gallery (HP) 9 a.m.

SUNDAY March 28

Spring Fling @ Kaleideum North (W-S) 11 a.m. Up Front News

Dress in a white T-shirt for a mess of color powder play, an Easter egg hunt and museum exploration during Kaleideum’s Spring Fling. With multiple egg hunts throughout the day, you can only participate during the ticket time you purchase. To purchase tickets, visit Kaleideum’s website. Cross Canvas Class @ Distractions Art Studio (HP) 2 p.m.

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Guilford and Randolph Counties are hosting a free joint drive-thru rabies clinic, ensuring safety for your furry friends! Dogs must remain in vehicles on a leash, and cats must be in individual carriers. Visit the event page on Facebook for more information. Terri Dowell-Dennis & Ali Waller: Opening Reception @ Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (W-S) 1 p.m.

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Distractions is hosting Easter-themed art classes as the holiday approaches. Get creative as you paint a cross canvas. All you have to do is register on Distractions’ website. Everything you need will be provided.

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SECCA is hosting a dual reception to celebrate the opening of two exhibitions. Thinking through Making by Terri Dowell-Dennis is a collection of works on paper and quilts. Ali Waller’s /200 features plaster casts of bodies of female sexual assault survivors. Learn more from the event page on Facebook.

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NEWS NC Proud Boys ‘warrior’ arrested for march before Capitol attack by Jordan Green

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This story was first published by Raw Story on March 18. Triad City Beat is republishing with permission.

uthorities arrested Charles Baofeng radios. Donohoe can be seen in Donohoe, president of the Block’s video standing in a huddle with Piedmont North Carolina Nordean and Biggs. chapter of the Proud Boys, “We’re going to go around this side,” in connection with the Jan. 6 Biggs said, with Donohoe standing insurrection at the US Capitol on March behind him. Biggs gestured and pointed 17. while speaking to Nordean, and DonoLynne Klauer, the public information hoe also pointed. “Form a line, guys, officer for the US Attorney’s Office in come on,” an unidentified Proud Boy the Middle District of North Carolina, holding a megaphone said, and the confirmed that Donohoe was arrested group started moving in the same direcin Kernersville on Wednesday morning, tion. and had his first appearance in fedThe video shows the Proud Boys eral court in Winston-Salem. The FBI marching around the Capitol for almost requested that the court hold Donahoe an hour, including a stop to eat at a in detention. food-truck corral. It shows William According to federal indictment Chrestman, a Proud Boy from Kansas documents, Donohoe, along with Zach City, conferring with Nordean. ChrestRehl, president of the Proud Boys’ man was later arrested and charged with Philadelphia chapter, is being charged breaching the Capitol building. with conspiring to interfere with law The government’s case has noted that enforcement officers at the Capitol and President Trump was still delivering his with obstructing the certification of the speech when the Proud Boys arrived at presidential election. the Capitol for the second time, before The March 17 arrests are part of a 1 p.m., at the entrance to the Capitol widening crackdown on the Proud Boys’ grounds near the Peace Monument on leadership as the government makes First Street, Northwest. the case that the group coordinated an Then, according to the government assault on the Capitol leading to the motion, the Proud Boys “forced their riot, which led to at least five deaths, way through a line of Capitol police along with multiple injuries and property and the metal barriers that had been destruction. deployed to protect the Capitol and its Video shot on Jan. 6 by Eddie Block, a occupants.” self-identified Proud Boy “Oh shit, we’re tearing it from California, shows down,” Block can be heard a large group of Proud the video. “We’re stormCharles Donohoe in Boys marching towards ing the Capitol, guys.” the Capitol. Donohoe can is being charged Donohoe participated in be seen at the front line a Proud Boys mobilization with conspiring of that group near Ethan in Washington, DC on July Nordean, a Proud Boy 4, 2020 in which the group to interfere with leader from Washington a Black Lives law enforcement intercepted state, and Joe Biggs, a Matter march. He took on Proud Boy and former a coordinating role when officers at the InfoWars correspondent about 40 Proud Boys from from Florida. The govern- Capitol. North Carolina, Pennsylment alleges that followvania and South Carolina ing the arrest of Proud joined a #WhereAreOurBoys Chairman Enrique Tarrio on Children march in Fayetteville on Aug. Jan. 4, Nordean “was nominated from 29 that highlighted concerns about child within to have ‘war powers’ and to take sex trafficking. The NC Proud Boys reultimate leadership of the Proud Boys’ ciprocated by joining their counterparts activities on January 6, 2021.” for a rally in Philadelphia in September, Shortly before noon, according to a days before President Trump emboldgovernment motion filed in Nordean’s ened them with his “Proud Boys, stand case, the Proud Boys arrived on the east back and stand by” comment during a side of the Capitol, with several holding presidential debate.

Charles Donohoe, president of the Piedmont NC Proud Boys, was arrested by the FBI in Kernersville for his actions on Jan. 6

Prior to the assault on the Capitol, the Proud Boys positioned themselves as a security force for an array of overlapping right-leaning activists, from the QAnon-inspired anti-trafficking march in Fayetteville to anti-lockdown and proTrump groups. Proud Boys leaders often said their primary purpose was to defend free speech and defend allies from violent “antifa” groups, a claim almost universally dismissed by their critics.

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Donohoe told Triad City Beat in August that he is a Marine Corps veteran who was deployed in Iraq. “We’re warriors, man,” he said. “Straight up. That’s what it is. Nobody joins the Proud Boys thinking they’re not going to get in a fight. If you look at the other side, nobody joins ‘antifa’ to peacefully protest. We’re just the rebuttal of the left, that’s what it is.”

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roots level that can lead the city’s efforts enough for them to even try to fulfill the to achieve justice and equity for all.” promise which then says we really don’t Throughout last year, the city of care about the impact.…” Winston-Salem partnered with United However, other councilmembers such Way of Forsyth County and the Winas Kevin Mundy of the Southwest Ward ston-Salem Foundation to raise more said that when the council asks citizens than $4 million for nonprofits. but the for a request, they should respect the $1 million available this time around results. is markedly different, because rather “When we ask our citizens to help us, than city officials making the call, the to make recommendations, and to spend committee that chose the grantees was time… doing what we ask them to do, made up of 18 citizens from across the if we don’t offer proper guidelines, the city. They were the ones that, in the end, proper rules to follow, shame on us,” decided how to divvy up the $1 million Mundy said. “I just want to keep top amongst the more than 40 organizations, of mind that we asked a committee of with each organization approximately citizens to do something for us and they receiving between $10,000 and $30,000. did that.” Some councilmembers like Clark and Councilmember DD Adams of the Scippio — who voted in opposition of North Ward also reiterated that nonprofthe resolution — voiced concerns over its are struggling and need this money, the smaller amounts going to many organo matter the amount. nizations rather than prioritizing a few “The people and groups, the nonproforganizations and its that applied for this giving them larger money, they are in dire amounts. she said. “If ‘If the nonprofits are not need,” “I want to be the nonprofits are not sure that the allowed to get money allowed to get money money goes to that restaurants, small that restaurants, small businesses and the those most in need and to the folks governments and evbusinesses and the and not to overerybody else is getting, head,” Clark said. how do we expect these governments and “My concern is agencies to survive and everybody else is this will not make to help us do the heavy a difference… and lift?” getting, how do we it will not achieve Scott Best, the execuwhat we want it to expect these agencies tive director of HOPE achieve. I think we of Winston-Salem, an to survive and to help should have picked organization that fights four or five organihunger by providing us do the heavy lift?’ zations….” meals to children, said – Councilmember DD Adams Scippio echoed that the $32,300 they Clark’s concerns, are slated to receive stating that a few will help fund their thousand dollars would not be enough weekend meal distributions. for most organizations to accomplish the “We are extremely appreciative of goals of anti-poverty or social justice that being considered for such vital funding,” they initially applied for. Best said. “Access to nutritious food for “We’re forcing these groups to not do both children and adults will be enthe programs that they proposed or to hanced for hundreds of families here in scale it back to the extent that it has no Winston-Salem. We sincerely thank the impact,” Scippio said. “I’m just concity of Winston-Salem for their ongoing cerned about what we’re doing to the partnership with HOPE of Winstonnonprofits…. When you give them 20 Salem and are excited to increase our percent of what they need, that means collective impact moving forward.” that have to go out and raise 80…. Only two of the agencies are fully funded. To learn more about who received funding, She continued, “I think that you’re dodownload this document. ing a great disservice to the nonprofits by giving them a little bit of money and not

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ore than 40 non-profit organizations in WinstonSalem will soon be receiving a collective $1 million from the city to promote anti-poverty and social justice efforts. On Monday evening, city council passed a resolution 6-2 to approve the funding, with Annette Scippio of the East Ward and Robert Clark of the West Ward voting against. The funding, a response to the protests of summer 2020, was allocated by a citizen-led community investments review committee, which made recommendations based on applications submitted by more than 100 organizations. The grants fall under five categories: social justice and anti-poverty initiatives; long-term anti-poverty and social justice strategies; broadband internet access expansion and training; heritage preservation and education and mentorship; and neighborhood capacity building. The winning applicants range from multi-million dollar organizations such as the Industries for the Blind, the largest organization that got funding, to much smaller, grassroots outfits like afterschool theater and youth programs. The broadband internet access initiative will be administered through the city instead of through an outside organization. Rev. Paul Robeson Ford, executive director of Action4Equity, one of the grant awardees, said that the $23,200 that they are set to receive will help them “continue their grassroots efforts to empower parents and families who are most impacted by systemic inequities….” Action4Equity is a Black-led advocacy group that has been building a movement to advance equity for students for the past few years. Some of the organization’s main objectives include a mandatory African-American studies curriculum in schools and implementation of what they call the “Whole Child Whole Community” agenda, which works to dismantle generational poverty by addressing barriers to learning and health in schools. “We have not received funding from the city in the past year or ever,” Ford said. “As our city continues to explore ways to dismantle generational poverty, our organization will continue the transformative work of capacity-building within our community. Our goal is to develop thought leadership at the grass-

March 25-31, 2021

W-S nonprofits to split $1 million for anti-poverty, social justice initiatives by Sayaka Matsuoka

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Everyone knows what happened on Jan. 6

ews broke this week that Department has already begun its own Congress has been unable independent investigation; already hunto pass bipartisan legislation dreds of people have been charged with creating an independent crimes that day. Former lead prosecutor commission to study the Jan. 6, 2020 Michael Sherwin told “60 Minutes” on insurrection at the US Capitol Building. Sunday that the evidence collected so And it doesn’t take a political scientist to far supports charges of sedition, a felony understand why: Only one party is willing with a penalty of up to 20 years in prison. to acknowledge that an insurrection even But it doesn’t take a lawyer to see sedioccurred. tion here. “Seditious conspiracy” is adRepublican objections to an indedressed in Title 18 of US Code, defined pendent investigation — as opposed to as: “conspire to overthrow, put down, or commissions in the House and Senate, to destroy by force the Government of which are already investigatthe United States,” which ing the events of that day — fits the bill if you consider include the use of the word We don’t need the Capitol Building to “insurrectionists,” any efforts the country. And a commission represent to tie Donald Trump to the there’s, “to oppose by force actions of the mob and the the authority thereof, or by to tell us what scope of the investigation to prevent, hinder, or sedition looks force itself, which House Republidelay the execution of any cans say should include the law of the United States,” like. Black Lives Matter protests which is literally what that took place throughout happened when the insurthe year. rectionist mob attempted to abort the And these are just the objections they electoral vote count on that day. Then are voicing out loud. Surely some House there’s “by force to seize, take, or possess Republicans must be silently wondering if any property of the United States,” which their actions on that day — and the days is what that guy carrying the podium was leading up to it — could be construed doing. as seditious, or even treasonous. Some That’s the problem the GOP is having may even be wondering if they will be with their revisionist fantasies of the Jan. charged. 6 insurrection: We watched it live, as it Rep. Madison Cawthorn: We’re talking happened, on our phones. And we don’t to you. But not just you. need a commission to tell us what sediRegardless of Congress, the Justice tion looks like.

March 25-31, 2021

Nik Snacks In the Camel City, birria tacos go underground

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The best birria tacos and tortas in Winston-Salem don’t come out of a restaurant or off a truck.

with the mushroom tacos for now. Although, if she was going to cheat with meat, the birria pizza would be her choice. The Instagram account features daily stories of videos of satisfied customers sharing 10-second clips of cheese pulls, taco dips into cups of consommé and flashes of Mexican candy, part of a secret menu. Leslie Ortiz of Winston-Salem found out about El Sabor through her daughter’s friend. “I’ve only been once, but am dying to go back again,” Ortiz said. “I ordered the sampler of dulces enchilados with four different dulces. It was $18 and worth every penny.” Dulces enchilados are typically gummy or sweet fruit candies covered in a spicy chili sauce called chamoy, making the treat both spicy and sweet. Chamoy is a

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with more of the same fillings layered with mayonnaise and garnished with nickel-sized slices of fresh radish on a soft, orange-tinged toasted roll the size of a steering wheel; birria pizza with double layers of corn tortillas, melted cheese and mounds of birria beef; birria quesadillas on tangerine-stained tortillas cut into four pieces; and mushroom tacos with caramelized sliced button mushrooms, chopped cilantro, and more white onions and cheese. “I was looking up birria tacos on Instagram to add to my food accounts,” said Jen Brown of Winston-Salem. “After following them for a bit, I decided to go for it.” Brown is a transplant from New York City and misses buying churros on the subway, and tamales from a vendor guy with cooler in a shopping cart in Harlem. She and her husband are vegetarians and plan to stick

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omewhere on the south side of Winston-Salem off Waughtown Street, deep in the maze of cross streets, lies an underground taqueria. It lives, secretly, amid a mix of former palatial Queen Anne and by Nikki Miller-Ka Victorian mansions, industrial worksites, and a blue-collar Hispanic community dotted with dilapidated storefronts, Mexican restaurants and dollar stores. The neighborhood whispers to the Washington Park Historic District, with UNCSA looming on the horizon. Finding the secret house felt like scoring illegal drugs: pulling up to a house only to wait for what seemed like an eternity for someone to emerge and help me out. After 12 minutes, the only other car on the street, a late-model sedan, pulled off and another vehicle swung into the unoccupied space. My eyes constantly scanned the road ahead of me and the rear-view mirror, looking for cops or for a passerby to ask what I was doing there. A sudden change in the direction of the spring breeze sent the aroma of braised beef and cooked onions into the sunroof of my car. Hunger and anxiety about the sketchiness fought for equal billing on my emotional marquee. Finally, a tall, lanky teenager, emerged from the clapboard house. He descended down the steep front steps laden with four bags stuffed with Styrofoam boxes, delivering them to a car parked a little way up the street. Then the boy headed over to me to take my order and repeat it back: one birria taco, one mushroom taco, one ramen (which comes with two tacos, the internet said). No pen, no paper, no trace. I hoped for him to get it right. No ramen, he told me. Dang. I had to settle for a torta. I was going to be eating birria for days. As I waited, more cars pulled up. Soon the crux of the intersection was filled with the cars of potential diners on the quest to for underground tacos. Tacos, of course, are the centerpiece of this underground taqueria, called El Sabor Tabasqueno, on Instagram. Search the birria hashtag on Instagram and TikTok, and you’ll see how the dish became a viral sensation online. Birria is traditionally served in a bowl, with the tortillas and condiments on the side. The taco seems to have made its way from Jalisco, Mexico to our social media feeds and, eventually, to Winston-Salem. Thursday through Sunday, diners can choose from four versions of birria-style tacos served on griddled corn tortillas dipped in birria consommé before being layered with cheese, braised and chopped beef, cilantro and diced white onions. Stuffed inside Styrofoam containers lined with aluminum foil sheets alongside pint-sized bowls of steaming hot broth, the tacos overflow with shredded beef, mushrooms asada or pulled chicken. The taqueria also has specialty dishes such as the birria torta which is a Mexican-style stuffed sandwich

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A secret, secret menu features candies, desserts and more.

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Birria tacos, which originated in Jalisco, Mexico, come with the sauce on the side, almost like a French dip.

Mexican condiment with a liquid paste consistency that is made of pickled fruit with ily scented, lightly spiced beef burst with the deep, savory flavor that only a strong salt, sugar, sour tamarind and spiced with chili pepper. umami factor can give. The tortilla was more than a vessel to carry the beef; it was the Ortiz ordered birria tacos too, but her first time having those supporting actor carrying the rest of the cast to the awards was in South Texas where she’s from. Crispy, yet soft and able to retain its texture after a Follow @elsabor.tabasqueno show. “I’ve been to houses like that before but not in North Carovigorous baptismal dip to the deep cup of consommé, I had a lina,” she said. “In Texas they have them everywhere so, I knew gastronomic spiritual awakening in my front yard. on Instagram. the tacos were going to be fire.” Between the rush of ordering clandestine tacos from a It was torture waiting until I pulled into my driveway across house and waiting for ordering instructions via Instagram, the town to open the first bag full of tacos. Rarely am I at a loss for words when it comes underground taqueria is the only secret supper club I will continue to order from every to describing the complex textures and flavors of food, but these tacos, torta and weekend. subsequent trips to obtain ramen and quesadillas have done exactly that. The heav-

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hat is your relationship with your body like?” That’s how artist Ali Waller begins her conversations with models as she’s casting them. Her hands move gently as they place the cut, damp sheets of plaster onto her sister’s bare chest. The gauze-like material clings to her sister Emily’s body, emphasizing the curvature of her breasts and the sharpness of her clavicle. After a few minutes, the white, clay-like material begins to harden, forming a shell on top of her skin. “I think it’s been changing in the last couple years,” her sister says in reply. “I think because of our childhood and growing up in such a conservative space, I think I grew up with a real antagonistic relationship to my own body and feeling like my own body was the enemy.” This is Waller’s second time casting her sister’s body. The first time was for a previous show in which Waller cast several hundred women as a response to watching Filthy Rich, a documentary SAYAKA MATSUOKA Ali Waller, a 22-year-old artist, uses plaster sculpting to tell the story of sexual-assault survivors. about abuse suffered by Jeffrey Epstein’s survivors. In the film, the women “EMDR radically changed all of that inner dialogue for me,” Waller’s show places an emphasis on bodily autonomy and explain how they were paid $200 after Waller says. “I had finally gotten to a place where I was no the effects that surviving sexual assault can have, but the being assaulted to keep them quiet. So, longer having these nightmares, I was feeling good and then message digs into the deeper cultural realities about existing Waller set out to cast 200 bodies. That the Epstein documentary came out.” in a female body, too. soon doubled and then tripled, and to She says she watched the whole film in one sitting and im“We’ve put so much weight on bodies and perceptions of date, she’s cast more than 850 bodies, mediately began researching the survivors and their stories. people rather than actually having these understandings of, including her own. On March 27, Waller’s “I felt this really present crossroads of, This will either make Why do I see that and think that’s a woman or a sex object?” show, /200 will open at SECCA in me go off the rails,” Waller remembers, “or ,I can still allow Waller poses. Winston-Salem; she will showcase close space for that energy and that rage but include the people that From afar, the hundreds of upper bodies on the wall inside to 200 casts from past and more recent I know feel that way too, which is when I started to invite othSECCA float in uniform rows. But upon closer inspection, no models. The show will run until June 13. ers.” one chest is the same as another. Some feature larger breasts The topic of sexual assault cuts deeply Waller has been creating art for years. She started in high while others are more petite and compact. They’re beautifor Waller, who explains that she was school and continued afterwards, opting to apply for and ful and unique. But together, Waller says, they form a kind of groomed and repeatedly assaulted by an participate in artist residencies rather than go the traditional army. older man over the course of three years, higher education route. In the past she’s “The motivation is no longer anger or revenge, it’s solely starting from when identified as a painter, but these days, she’s for the survivor,” Waller says about the art. “I could care less she was 13 years old. more of an installation artist, she says. about what is happening to this abuser now because I think if Being assaulted at /200 opens at SECCA on “I like space-making, especially when it we give the proper attention to the survivor, the rest will fall such a young age March 27. To learn more, comes to hypersensitive topics,” Waller says. in line.” tainted Waller’s pervisit secca.org. Since March 19, Waller has been inviting As Waller casts her models, she exudes a quiet empathy spective on sex and members of the public to book casting sesas she talks to the person sitting across from her. Once the her relationship with sions to make imprints of their bodies. Since plaster has hardened, forming a kind of armor, she invites the her body, the artist, starting the series, she’s been prioritizing model to envision letting go of something, any thoughts or now 22, explains. casting women because that’s the experience she relates to, feelings they may have, as she pulls the cast off of their body. “I felt really manic, and I felt crazy,” but she also recognizes that men and non-binary individuals It’s a shedding of sorts; a cicada leaving its exuviae. she says. “No one had ever really told face sexual assault too. And not every person she’s cast has And then she says the lines that make her cry almost every me that what happened was wrong. It experienced sexual assault. time. wasn’t what people were saying, it’s that “It has reached a lot of non-binary folk and trans women “You are one of 850 people now who see you, believe you, they weren’t saying anything at all.” because they experience the same struggles with anatomy, who are in support of you,” she says. “And you’ll never see In 2017, Waller started going to EMDR just in a different way,” Waller says. “I’ve done casts for trans what I see when I look at the installations, but people have therapy, eye movement desensitizawomen and non-binary people who have expressed not feelsaid the same words as you, and this is a safe space that you’re tion and reprocessing, which she says ing able to identify as such because of what they have… and I included in.” helped her to start to heal. But then, the think that’s as much the point as anything else.” Epstein documentary was released

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CULTURE Cut the Music Prints: The art and science of the T-shirt by Michaela Ratliff

ith options running low, Peter His “GSO Isotope” shirt design Daye scrolled through pages of reimagines the city as part of the Craigslist ads in search of a job. periodic table of elements. Greens“Deejaying was drying up boro appears as the element and I was really hurting for cash,” he name, GSO as the element symbol says. and 336, Greensboro’s area code, Daye, who performed under his stage as the atomic number. He chose name — L in Japanese — began producing that design as a starter for learnbeats in 1999. He relocated from Chapel ing Adobe Illustrator and PhotoHill to Greensboro 10 years ago, when shop. After an hours-long night of the popularity of his musical artistry toying with the software creating became overwhelming. the design, Daye was mentally “Being L in Japanese, nobody saw me exhausted. as Peter anymore,” he says. “I felt that it “I stared at it for about 10 was time to leave because I was gonna minutes and went, I think I’m onto be frustrated with being seen as this something here,” he says. “And thing and not this person.” then I went to sleep.” He chose Greensboro because he had With his screen-printing kit friends in the area, and he didn’t want to and press set up on his kitchen leave the state. counter, Daye began printing “GSO In 2013, Daye landed a job as an asIsotope” shirts. sistant at the now defunct Wear Yours In his business’ infancy, Daye screen-printing company in Greensboro. would create his items in multiple After two years with the outfit, he reallocations: his former place of emized screen-printing was something he ployment Home State Apparel, the wanted to do on his own. He began payscreen-printing co-op in the Center ing closer attention at work and watchfor Visual Artists and even Supering YouTube to learn graphic design. tex in Liberty. Now, Cut the Music Once he felt prepared to start his own is located in the storage area of business in 2015, he made a bold move. Fire Star Pro Wrestling Academy, TODD TURNER “By me saying, ‘Cut the music,’ it’s like me saying, ‘Kill the noise! My “I spent my last dollar buying a beginthanks to Daye’s friendship with craft is speaking,’” Peter Daye says. ner’s DIY screen-print set and I borrowed owner LaBron Kozone. money to buy a press,” Daye says. “This has been my workspace for didn’t want to create shirts during the protests prompted by Daye, a huge professional wrestling two years now,” he says. “It always comes back to professional the deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd because he fan, gathered inspiration from World wrestling.” didn’t like the idea of profiting off of the movement. But that Wrestling Federation professional wreschanged when he saw a video of a guy demeaning the idea of tler “Ravishing” Rick Rude for the name Using customer’s images or one’s he thinks up on his own Black Lives Matter Shirts on social media. of his company, Cut the Music Prints. using Illustrator or Photoshop, Daye prints designs onto a “Fuck this guy. I’m going to make Black Lives Matter shirts,” Rude would enter the arena and shout, transparent overlay which gets applied to a screen using emulDaye thought. “Cut the music!” so he could speak. For sion, a light-sensitive liquid that hardens at the application of The black shirts featuring the words “Black Lives Matter” in Daye, the phrase ultraviolet light. American flag print were purchased just as fast as Daye cretakes on a differ“It allows you to make better curves ated them. ent meaning. in designs than scissors or an X-Acto “That summer last year was Cut the Music prints coming To learn more, follow Cut the “By me saying, knife,” Daye says. into itself as a business,” he says. Music Prints on Facebook ‘Cut the music,’ After rinsing the emulsion from the Daye considers printing a powerful trade, commending the it’s like me saying, screen and leaving it to dry, Daye is left and Instagram @ctmpgso. ability to create designs and send messages with printing. ‘Kill the noise! My with a stencil of the design. Pressure is With his company, Daye aims to disprove the idea that years Find Daye’s pieces online at craft is speaking,’” applied by a squeegee to an ink-loaded of schooling are necessary to become successful. CutTheMusicPrints.com or he says. stencil onto fabric. Finally, the fabric is “If you’re someone like myself who’s a college dropout, and Daye knew sent through a dryer on a conveyer belt, in person at Design Archives you’re looking for a trade without necessarily having to go to a he wanted his drying the ink and completing the item. Emporium in Greensboro and technical school, you can learn everything from YouTube,” he first design to In addition to custom designs, Daye says. Winston-Salem and Vintage 2 be Greensborocreates designs that are plays off popuHe defines himself as a person of the community, using themed, but was lar logos, aiming to strike a sense of Vogue in Greensboro. Greensboro-based shirts to contribute to the town. He hopes unsure where to familiarity in viewers. The word “Greenshis shirt designs create connections between him and the begin. One day, boro” has taken the form of logos from people wearing them, as well as the people wearing them with he saw a man on various brands including sportswear each other. the street wearing a shirt of a chemical brand Champion, soft drink Mountain Dew and adult film “I use this trade to be able to connect with the community element, and the light bulb in Daye’s company PornHub. that I’m in,” he says. head lit up. Cut the Music saw its greatest amount of growth last sum“That’s perfect!” he remembers. mer as protestors marched the streets. Initially, Daye said he

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Site of a ca. 1923 Craftsman bungalow within the Dunleath Historic District. A demolition permit was issued by the city without a Certificate of Appropriateness which is CAROLYN DE BERRY required for the removal of a building within a Historic District. This was the last historic property at the intersection, which is the main entrance to the neighborhood.

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1 46 was his veep 6 Gridlock problem 9 Abacus counters 14 “Go ___!” 15 “Dangerous Liaisons” name 16 “Don’t do that!” 17 T, A, or Fiesta, e.g. 19 Drops in the mailbox 20 Hydroxyl-bearing compound 21 Fort ___, N.J. 22 As a maximum 23 Go back in a stream, maybe 25 Nonprofit that now focuses on ages 50 and older 26 Certain caretaker of children 32 City regulator 35 Like some fails 36 “No Ordinary Love” singer 37 “My hands ___ tied” 38 Season with heavy rainfall 41 Address ender 42 Do no better 44 Asian country with no coastline 45 “Now I get it!” 47 Film that’s probably subtitled 50 “___ said ...” 51 Menlo Park name 55 Twelfth zodiacal sign 58 Pre-weekend day, for short 60 Smoke detector? 61 “The Oracle of ___” (Warren Buffett nickname) 62 Trait of trashy talking, perhaps 64 Madagascar mammal 65 “___ making sense?” 66 Super-___ 67 Expert 68 “___ voyage!” 69 “All I Want for Christmas ___”

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1 Bid 2 Kentucky frontiersman Daniel 3 Elevator button symbol 4 Time for a crisis 5 Convenience store device 6 Dame ___ Dench 7 “Don’t leave home without it” card, briefly 8 “Honi soit qui ___ y pense” 9 Casual eatery 10 Gives immunity to 11 Part of A.D. 12 Root beer brand 13 Pt. of GPS 18 Betting probabilities 22 Transmission repair company with a “beep beep” in its ads 24 “Cheers” regular 25 Short melodic solo 27 Rent payer

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28 Salts source 29 Like some IPAs 30 Actress Falco 31 Sales agents 32 ___ Dingbats (picture-based font) 33 Double Stuf cookie 34 Handy 39 Gymnast Korbut and comedian Koch, for two 40 Old Domino’s mascot to “avoid” 43 Condiment in a packet 46 Really abominable 48 Words directly before “Radio” or “Media” 49 Bridal cover 52 Comedian Sales 53 “Bony” prefix 54 Beatles’ jacket style 55 Actress Negri of silent movies 56 Chatted online 57 Equivalent 58 Exclusionary anxiety acronym, and a hint to the four theme answers 59 Archaeological dig site 62 “Groovy” 63 1,501, to Nero