THE PEOPLE’S PAPER JAN. 23 - FEB. 6, 2025
After the Storm
In a new Sawtooth show, Asheville artist Cleaster Cotton helps herself and others grieve, process the devastation from Hurricane Helene
BY SAYAKA MATSUOKA | PG. 6
Start small
PG. 5
Winston's cyber attack PG. 4
Ruckus Climbing Gym PG. 8
CITY LIFE
THURSDAY
Custom Trucker Hat Bar Pop-Up @ High Point Bistro (HP) 6:30 p.m.
Come design your very own trucker hat to keep or gift to the fashionable trucker in your life while you enjoy drink specials. Hats will be pressed on the spot for you to take your creations home directly after the event.
So Retro: A Disco Ball @ The Quarter (GSO) 8 p.m.
Flashback to the 70s when there were disco divas with afros in platform boots and funky jams. Can you dig it, man? Well, if you can, meet us at the ball. There will be live Burlesque performances, aerial art and foxy mamas groovin’ the night away.
JAN. 23 - 26
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FRIDAY
Onyx Storm Release Party @ The Blooming Board (HP) 6:30 p.m.
Celebrate the third book in the Fourth Wing Series, Onyx Storm, a fantasy novel written by Rebecca Yarros, filled with adventure, thrills, war and romance. RSVP here to partake in cosplay, trivia, themed cocktails as well as preorder options for savory charcuterie boards.
SATURDAY
The Crystal Ball @ Truist Stadium (W-S) 8 p.m.
This semi-formal dance is a special event, featuring DJ Antonio Davis, for all Winston-Salem high school seniors graduating this year. IDs will be required for entry. No weapons or alcohol will be permitted and those who are
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perceived to be under the influence will not be allowed entry.
New Year Time Capsule Cake @ Uncle Cheesecake (HP) 7 p.m.
Join Food Network’s Chopped Finalist, Chef Monkonjay in a New Year’s cake-decorating class that adds a personal twist: four message bottles to remind yourself throughout the year of goals and positive affirmations.
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SUNDAY
Open Audition: Party Princess Performers @ Dress Your Fairytale (HP) 5:15 p.m.
Think you’ve got what it takes to be a Disney princess? Specifically, the next Moana, Ariel or Elsa. Well then, make your way to the open audition this Sunday. This
CITY LIFE
JAN. 27 - FEB. 2
is the perfect opportunity for those looking for a flexible schedule and diverse performance opportunities.
MONDAY
LEGO Day @ The Baby Bar (GSO) 9:30 a.m.
This hands-on learning experience is great for children under 5 as it focuses on cognitive development, creativity and social interaction playing with LEGOs.
WEDNESDAY
East Tennessee State Buccaneers vs. Greensboro Spartans @ First Horizon Coliseum (GSO) 7 p.m.
Come watch the local university men’s basketball team take on an out-of-state opponent.
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THURSDAY
Candle + Wine @ Edona’s Wine
Not (HP) 6:30 p.m.
Learn the art of candle-making as you sip some wine and unwind at this class. At the end, you will get to take home your handcrafted 9 oz candle with a scent of your choosing (10 scent options available).
KEY ACCOUNTS
Allen Broach
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OF COUNSEL
Jonathan Jones
Sayaka Matsuoka
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CITYBEAT REPORTER
Gale Melcher
gale@triad-city-beat.com SALES
Chris Rudd chris@triad-city-beat.com
AD MANAGER
Heather Schutz
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TCBTIX
Nathaniel Thomas nathaniel@triad-city-beat.com
CONTRIBUTORS
Carolyn de Berry, John Cole, Owens Daniels, James Douglas, Michelle Everette, Luis H. Garay, Destiniee Jaram, Kaitlynn Havens, Jordan Howse, Matt Jones, Autumn Karen, Jen Sorensen, Todd Turner
FRIDAY
Winter Whites Wine Dinner @ JH
Adams Inn (HP) 6:30 p.m.
Dine on a 4-course Italian-inspired menu served by Chef Christopher with a selection of white wines. Many believe that white wine is just for the summertime, but Kolby Hoffman of American Premium Beverage has curated the evening’s dinner to debunk such myths.
Lunch & Learn: Curry in a Hurry! @ Southern Home & Kitchen (W-S) 12 p.m.
Looking to add new recipes to your repertoire? Get a live demonstration in a one-hour lunch class on how to make Thai Chicken, Veggie Curry, Picked Cucumbers and Sauteed Bok Choy.
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SATURDAY
2025 Father Daughter Dance @ Summerfield Farms (Summerfield) 1 p.m.
Scheduling this Daddy Daughter Date is sure to create some lasting memories. Bring your little one dressed in her prettiest dress to dance the night away with the first knight in shining armor she’s known, you, and dance the night away. Be sure to take advantage of the photo opportunities, food and beverages and animal interactions while you’re there.
WEBMASTER
Sam LeBlanc
ART
ART DIRECTOR
Aiden Siobhan aiden@triad-city-beat.com
COVER:
“Ooh Wee” by Cleaster Cotton
Design by Aiden Siobhan
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Postcard Party @ The Little Chapel at Haven Ridge (W-S) 1 p.m.
Write cards of hope-filled and faith-based messages to help encourage a loved one through this new year. The party will provide coffee and baked goods as well as a photo booth for keepsakes.
Speed
Dating @ bar piña (W-S) 1 p.m.
Winston Salem singles between ages 24-39 will get the chance to find their potential Valentine’s. There’s no need to be nervous; conversation starters will be provided to break the ice, as well as drinks. Five minutes will be permitted to each partner.
SUNDAY
Mosaic Art Class: Turkish Lamp Workshop @ Hampton Inn & Suites (W-S) 2
p.m.
This two-and-a-half-hour masterclass teaches the ancient techniques of creating Turkish mosaic lamps. Turkish tea and shortbread cookies will be provided throughout the class and in the end you’ll leave with your very own masterpiece to gift or keep.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
I want to help people get through something that is so big and so intense. To look at something and show that it’s okay to let it out and show that part of yourself. To be present rather than keeping it in.
Cleaster Cotton, pg. 7
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The city of Winston-Salem experienced a network security breach last month.
Here’s what we know so far.
by Gale Melcher | gale@triad-city-beat.com
s residents of Winston-Salem celebrated the holidays with family and friends, the city experienced some technical difficulties that prevented many from paying bills or requesting services.
On Dec. 30, the city released a statement that a “cyber event” occurred on Dec. 26, which means that some online services have been unavailable after the city took certain computer systems offline out of an “abundance of caution,” according to the Dec. 30 press release.
An “unauthorized actor” accessed an “encryption of certain systems on the city’s networks,” City Manager Pat Pate explained to reporters at city hall on Jan. 17. For cautionary purposes, they decided to completely disconnect certain city software computer systems from the internet to prevent “any continued incursion into our systems,” Pate explained.
While they don’t know exactly when the intrusion occurred, Pate confirmed that Dec. 26 was the day that they noticed unauthorized “activity” on the city’s network.
And ever since the intrusion was detected, it’s been all hands on deck.
Pate said that they’re receiving help from federal, state and local agencies such as the NC National Guard, NC Local Government Information Systems Association’s Strike Team, the NC Department of Emergency Management — and even the FBI, the Secret Service and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
But the city has kept relatively mum on what exactly happened.
What’s going on right now?
ccording to the city, it has not been confirmed if any personal information has been impacted by the cyber attack. Pate said that the city will communicate with “affected parties” if any information has been accessed.
“We are not aware of any identity theft or fraud as a result of this incident,” Pate noted.
Pate also noted that because there’s an ongoing investigation, they can’t release a lot of details, including whether the intruder was a group or an individual.
The city manager said that in order to follow state law, no contact “has been made or will be made with the responsible actors in this event.”
According to state law, no state or local government agencies are allowed to “submit payment or otherwise communicate with an entity that has engaged in a cybersecurity incident on an information technology system by encrypting data and then subsequently offering to decrypt that data in exchange for a ransom payment.”
Pate said that because there has been “no contact” with the unauthorized actor, there has been “no demand for anything.”
But some progress has been made, he explained.
“All of our major systems actually are operational and have been rebuilt,” Pate said. However, the city is making sure that systems are “completely safe” before they turn everything back on.
What services have been impacted?
The city’s website has been operational this whole time, Pate said. But there are some services that are still unavailable, including the city’s online utility bill service. For now, residents have to go to Bryce A. Stuart Municipal Building at 101 E. First St. with cash or a check to pay their bills. And if
anyone is worried about paying their bill and being able to prove whether they paid, Pate said that they can collect a receipt when they pay in person.
Pate said that “at this point,” the city isn’t adding any late fees or turning off services on people who were typically paying their bills online and are not able to do so at this time.
And the city will notify the public when systems and services are brought back online, Pate said.
On Jan. 21, the city announced that CityLink phone service would be restored at 7 a.m. on Jan. 22. This allows residents to report issues or request services. However, CityLink still won’t be able to accept payments for water, parking tickets or yard carts, or initiate requests to start or stop utility services.
The city’s police, fire and utilities departments are conducting “business as usual” and are not impacted, according to Pate.
Since the incident, the city has issued more than 1,100 permits, Pate noted, and they’ve completed 2,500 inspections.
The most difficult thing has been “routing around things that have to have multiple signatures” or going old-school on formerly automated processes — city staff are having to remember how they did things “for decades in the past,” he said.
The broader context
The city isn’t alone in cyber disruption issues. In December, Winston-Salem/ Forsyth County Schools, as well as Guilford County Schools, were impacted by a data breach of PowerSchool, an information management platform used by many school systems nationwide. But the incidents are unrelated and the city hasn’t been impacted by the PowerSchool breach, Pate said.
When asked about how much it’s costing the city to investigate and rebuild their systems, Pate responded that they don’t have any “specific information now” regarding the cost of this event. But the city has cybersecurity insurance that will help cover some or all of the expenses.
For now, the city is working to “restore the network,” Pate said. But they don’t want to rush their recovery efforts. They’re reviewing and evaluating all of their security tools and processes as well as product protocols to “ensure that the public is protected,” he noted.
And Pate added that while the city can’t guarantee that this will never happen again, they’ve “taken all precautions.” City systems have been “completely rebuilt and upgraded,” he noted. “This puts us in a better place moving forward.”
“We believe our system is probably the safest local government network in the United States at this point in time,” Pate said.
This is a developing story. Please check triad-city-beat.com for updates.
City Manager Pat Pate responds to questions from the media in city hall on Friday, Jan. 17.
PHOTO BY GALE MELCHER
EDITOR’S NOTEBOOK
Just start small
Note: If you’re reading this in print, I encourage you to find this column online where many of my suggestions below will have links to the organizations involved.
by Sayaka Matsuoka
Iknow we’re all exhausted. I know we’re all tired. I know we’re all overwhelmed. There’s a lot going on in the world, and it can be debilitating.
But as I sat in Scuppernong Books on Monday, Jan. 20, I was filled with hope and wonder at the number of people who attended the store’s resistance event. About 10 organizations — including Triad City Beat — had set up their tables to show the community what they are doing to create centers of care. So if you’re feeling like you don’t know where to start, just start small.
If you’re concerned about reproductive rights, consider volunteering as a clinic escort or helping to put together aftercare kits for abortion patients.
If you’re concerned about the environment and consumerism, consider donating to Reconsidered Goods, getting involved in your local BuyNothing group or volunteering to beautify your local park.
If you’re concerned about local immigrant communities, find ways to help undocumented folks, tap into newcomer communities or other
established immigration organizations
If you’re concerned about housing and homelessness, find ways to help make them count, advocate for housing, help curb evictions, push for resources and learn more about their stories
If you’re concerned about local politics, find an advocacy group that’s working to increase access to political power
If you’re concerned about education, show up to local school board meetings or push for school funding
If you’re concerned about healthcare, connect with organizations that are working on the ground, helping moms afford safe care or advocate for a shift from law enforcement to mental health care
If you’re concerned about the LGBTQ+ community, connect with your local LGBTQ+ center, push for trans rights or volunteer to show love to queer kids
The point of all of this is that there are so many people already doing the work — big and small — to resist and show up for our diverse communities. So you don’t have to start from scratch or come up with a way to take down the entire power structures that be on your own. Find what you care about, start with something small and get out there.
As Lao Tzu once said, “great acts are made up of small deeds,” and the opportunities are all around us.
CULTURE
In ‘After the Storm,’ Asheville artist Cleaster Cotton calls upon her past self to allow both herself and others to grieve, process the devastation from Hurricane Helene
by Sayaka Matsuoka | sayaka@triad-city-beat.com
The last thing artist Cleaster Cotton did before Hurricane Helene hit Asheville was fill the raised beds at the youth center’s community garden with soil.
It was already starting to rain, but that didn’t matter to Cotton, who vigorously emptied pounds of dark, black dirt into the boxes. It was her last act of defiance before the storm devastated her community.
Over the next 24 hours, Cotton watched in visceral horror from her third-floor apartment in the River Arts District as the once beautiful river rose higher and higher, swallowing up everything in its path.
“I literally saw the river coming across the land and taking over cars, vans, trucks and then almost completely the buildings across the street,” Cotton says. “I saw a 40-foot shipping container speed by.”
Cotton, who lives in a collective for artists, stayed and witnessed the devastation firsthand.
“There was a whole night of trauma,” Cotton recalls. “It was pitch black dark, no sound. All of the creatures in nature, all of the white noise was underwater. I couldn’t tell if the river had reached me so I had to keep running to the terrace with a candle to see.”
When the water receded the next day, Cotton’s apartment had been spared, but the other half of the building she lived in had been pummeled. The ground floor had completely flooded and the elevator on her side of the building was inoperable. When she finally managed to go outside and check on the garden, she found that among the
devastation, her small act hadn’t been in vain.
“The soil was still there,” she says. “The soil hadn’t moved.”
The actions of her past self, she saw, had planted paths forward for herself in the future.
As an artist and educator, this kind of call and response to her past, present and future selves has long been a throughline in Cotton’s work. And in her latest exhibit, now on display at Sawtooth School for Visual Art, Cotton unveils how her past self has helped her grieve, feel and process everything that’s happened since the hurricane hit in September.
“After the Storm,” which opened on Jan. 11 and will be up until Feb. 8, uses self-portrait photographs that Cotton took of herself almost two decades ago and recontextualizes them as therapeutic windows for herself and others. First taken in 2006, the highcontrast, black-and-white photos depict close-up shots of Cotton’s face in all kinds of emotional states.
In “Ooh Wee,” Cotton’s face gets dissected and cast onto two large panels, her eyes barely open, downcast as her right hand cradles her forehead. Her lips form a slight pout, her brow is furrowed. Next to the piece, Cotton has written a reflection from the day after the hurricane.
“Anxiety filled me: churning heat gripped my gut and spoke in a deep, slow, primordial tongue. My throat dried, swallowing became a chore, and hot tears began to flow down my face.”
“Ooh Wee” by Cleaster Cotton is on display at Sawtooth School of Visual Art in Winston-Salem.
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In “Coming To Terms,” Cotton’s face looks almost distorted, a fish-eye effect creating an unnerving, anxiety-inducing atmosphere as her forehead threatens to break out of the foreground and into the viewer’s realm. Her eyes bulge wide, her mouth is closed in a firm, thin line.
“Life as I knew it was profoundly altered,” Cotton writes in the accompanying short essay. “The healing journey is cyclic, not linear. Just because I feel better today than I did yesterday does not ensure that I will feel even better tomorrow. The uncertainty surrounding the extensive damage, loss of life, and repercussions impacting people, animals, insects, trees and plants is disturbing. Mental management of what I experienced during and after Hurricane Helene is a challenge.”
In the aftermath of the hurricane, Cotton revisited her portraits, something she likened to the opening up of a time capsule, something to return to when the time called for it.
“When I go to one of these pieces, it triggers an emotion within me,” she says. “So I did a lot of crying when I was able to look at these pieces. Some of them are sad emotions, some of them are horrifying emotions, some of them are maybe just questions, confusion.”
Asheville, she says that she will eventually bring the works back for her community, which is still very much suffering and in the slow process of rebuilding. But she says that using art as a way to tap into her emotions has been the saving grace for her these last few months. And she wants others to do the same.
“It’s giving yourself permission to feel what you feel,” she says. “Even if you got out, if your place didn’t totally crumble, you still have rights to how you feel. And if you have loved ones who went through this, just listen. Ask them if there’s anything they want to share. Everybody who witnessed, experienced this, we all deserve our feelings and deserve to have loving, caring people who can hear us.”
“After the Storm” is on display at Sawtooth School for Visual Art in Winston-Salem through Feb. 8. Learn more about Cotton on her website at cleaster-cotton. pixels.com or by following her on Instagram at @cleastercotton.
When she first took the pictures, Cotton says she invoked the feelings by thinking about other experiences in her life. She wanted the images to be visceral and up until now, hadn’t ever displayed them as a full collection. But when the hurricane hit and she needed a way to process everything, she went back to her old self.
“I placed them in a time capsule so that some time in the future when I needed them most, I could take them out and they would be there for me and others,” she says.
The exhibit was first shown at Princeton University in October 2024, just weeks after the hurricane. She contemplated cancelling the show, having just experienced a once-in-a-lifetime catastrophic event. But instead, she decided to use the event as a grieving exercise and as a way to allow others to also feel their feelings. At the show’s opening, tissue boxes made their rounds and tears flowed freely. Now, in its new temporary home at Sawtooth, Cotton hopes that more people will use the images as a way to connect with their feelings.
“I want to help people get through something that is so big and so intense,” she says. “To look at something and show that it’s okay to let it out and show that part of yourself. To be present rather than keeping it in.”
While she hasn’t scheduled a time or place for the show to return to
And even if it’s not today or tomorrow or the next day, Cotton says that Asheville will rebuild.
“Time will go by, and it will begin to lessen the pain,” she says. “Spring will come, and things will grow and we will get through it.”
The exhibit, which features selfportraits Cotton took more than two decades ago, runs through Feb. 8.
COURTESY PHOTO
In the exhibit, Cotton juxtaposes the emotional photos of herself with writings she did after Hurricane Helene. COURTESY PHOTO
CULTURE A Reaching new heights Ruckus looks tofill the gap in Greensboro’s rock-climbing community
by Sayaka Matsuoka | sayaka@triad-city-beat.com
“euphoric high.” That’s how John Kilburn describes the feeling of getting to the top of a rock-climbing course.
The 49-year-old sits on a comfortable couch wearing a rainbow-colored hat on a recent afternoon in the mezzanine of Ruckus Climbing Gym in Greensboro, a rock climbing business that opened in May last year. Behind him, a giant, hydraulics-powered, tilted climbing wall juts out of the wall at an impressive 45-degree angle.
Kilburn first experienced climbing as a university student at Western Carolina University three decades ago. Then, when he moved to the coast, he didn’t get a chance to continue the hobby until he and his family moved to Winston-Salem in 2018. That’s when his daughter Addison, who was just four years old at the time, showed early signs of being a natural climber.
“She climbed on everything out of the womb basically,” Kilburn says. “She was always climbing the outside of staircases, climbing trees, and somebody was like, ‘Oh, you should take her to a climbing gym.’”
Once his daughter started participating in climbing competitively, Kilburn saw the need for a facility like Ruckus in the Triad area.
For years, the Ultimate Climbing Gym — which is part of Ultimate Kids, a gymnastics facility — and the climbing wall at UNCG — which is mainly for students and faculty — were the only climbing gyms in Greensboro. Compared to other large cities in the state like Raleigh and Charlotte, Greensboro didn’t have robust climbing offerings. But Ruckus is looking to fill that gap.
“We were just going to gyms a lot outside of the Triad, and I just was always like, ‘Why isn’t there anything modern and large here?’” Kilburn says.
Cut to six years later and Kilburn took his and his daughter’s passion and turned it into a full-fledged business. The 13,000-square-foot facility features 42-foot tall walls for rope climbing plus 15-foot high walls for bouldering. On any given day, there are about 65 different routes to try and tons of opportunities for newcomers and seasoned climbers alike. They offer daily drop-ins or monthly and annual memberships. And of course, a big focus of the gym is its commitment to youth climbing.
“The kids’ area was really important to us,” Kilburn says. “We had been in a lot of gyms that were more adult focused.”
Part of the thing that differentiates Ruckus from Ultimate is the fact that it tries to cater to a more beginner crowd, including kids who may be trying climbing for the first time.
“That’s what we wanted to design here,” he says.
In May, the facility officially opened its doors to the public and the response has been overwhelming, Kilburn says. There are several climbers who are regulars and have memberships to the gym, which also offers a gym with fitness equipment as well as group fitness classes. They also get a lot of youth climbers and have hosted several youth competitions, including qualifying events for national competitions.
A lot of the draw, Kilburn says, is the fact that the sport has gained popularity in the last decade, evidenced by its premiere in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He likens the robust growth to how CrossFit was 15 years ago when it first started to take off.
“It’s like the popular new thing,” he says.
Like CrossFit, the sport is full body, difficult, but also very social. Kilburn says he’s seen people make friends at Ruckus even in the short amount of time that they’ve
been open.
Jonathan Dull and Jeremy Doblin, who took turns assisting each other on ropes that afternoon, say that they met at Ruckus last year. Dull, who has been climbing for about 17 years, says that he started to come to Ruckus as soon as it opened and is mainly an outdoor climber. But in the winter months, he’ll come to the gym to practice and stay limber. Doblin, who has been climbing for five years, likes that the gym has a lot of courses for rope climbing and appreciates the community that’s been built in the last seven months.
“It’s been a much-needed resource for a lot of people who are serious climbers,” he says. “It’s a good place to train, but it’s also inviting to a lot of newer climbers as well. It kind of checks the box for a lot of folks.”
The success of Ruckus so far, plus the need for more climbing gyms in this area has Kilburn already thinking about a second location, maybe in the opposite part of Greensboro. While this one is a hybrid with both ropes and bouldering, he thinks there could be a market for a bouldering-only gym like FirstHand in Winston-Salem. That’s largely due to the fact that a big part of the growth for Ruckus, and the sport in general, has been bouldering, which doesn’t use any equipment. Instead, climbers use just their hands and feet to cling onto the surfaces as they reach, and sometimes, jump from one hold to another. It’s gaining traction among younger climbers because of its physicality, Kilburn says.
“Bouldering you can go alone, and it’s climbing for maybe 60 seconds,” he explains. “It’s kind of like powerlifting whereas rope is more like a marathon.”
While those who aren’t part of the sport may not understand the difference, Kilburn explains that bouldering and ropes are almost like two different sports. They have different customer bases, different strengths and different competitive circuits.
“It can be polarizing,” Kilburn says.
For example, he’s a ropes fan while his daughter is strictly into bouldering.
“Yeah, for me, I don’t really like dropping off a 15-foot-wall,” he laughs. “I’m 49 now, and I don’t want to blow a knee out.”
But at Ruckus, members get to try both. And no matter which route they choose, the sport allows people to advance at their own pace and to reach new heights.
As a former skateboarder, Kilburn says that part of the fun of the sport is that “no matter how good you get, there’s always going to be something to challenge you; it’s infinitely hard.”
And that sticking magic has been easy to see, Kilburn says.
“It’s just a great sport, great physical activity, great community,” he says. “And I just think that once people hear about us and come out here and they try it, nobody leaves here with a frown.”
John Kilburn opened Ruckus Climbing Gym in May 2024 after noticing that Greensboro didn’t have a large gym like ones found in the Triangle or Charlotte.
PHOTO BY SAYAKA MATSUOKA
Learn more about Ruckus Climbing Gym at ruckusclimbinggym. com. You can also follow them on Instagram at @ruckusclimbinggym.
SHOT IN THE TRIAD
BY CAROLYN DE BERRY
Bellemeade Street, Greensboro
View from inside the Bellemeade Parking Deck which is schedule to be demolished in February. The deck , beloved by local photographers and filmmakers, has been a fixture in downtown Greensboro for over three decades.
by Matt Jones
PUZZLES & GAMES
Across
Down
© 2025 Matt Jones
CROSSWORD SUDOKU
by Matt Jones
© 2025 Jonesin’ Crosswords (editor@jonesincrosswords.com)
1. “Le Freak” disco group
5. “No ___!” (“I’ve had enough,” in Spanish)
8. New Testament king/villain
13. Kind of exhaust
14. Japanese sashes
16. South American masa dish that’s doughy when undercooked
17. “Mad Men” award
18. Taverna liqueur that tastes like anise
19. Utensil with small holes
20. Words chosen to be ignored, maybe
23. Manufacturer of bar code scanners and ATMs
24. Large blob
25. Negative decisions
28. Reminder of a debt
30. Monarch in Spain, but not the U.S.
31. Scummy pair?
34. Latin Grammy-nominated
Mexican musician ___ Paz
37. Mango ___ bowl
38. Like those who don’t get called back
42. 2006-07 NBA MVP Nowitzki
43. Cross
44. Mo. for National Moldy Cheese Day
45. Vainglorious one
48. “___ with caution”
49. Agcy. created by Bush
50. “Toxic” singer Britney
53. Acquired
55. “Thanks for being thoughtful”
60. “Love Boat” guest who once said “Many people think I am an idiot. I think I am a genius”
61. He’ll feed you a line
62. “___ of Confusion” (Genesis hit)
64. “Charade” director Stanley
65. Tabloid nickname of the “Y’all Ain’t Ready” rapper once married to 50-Across
66. Birth state of seven presidents
67. Mudville’s “mighty” failure at the plate
68. Radio bands with more music than talk
69. Totally insane, like some choices or opinions
1. Agency founded to help fight malaria, for short
2. Streaming service with “This Fool” and “Tell Me Lies”
3. Comedian and “Love Island” narrator Stirling
4. Bozo, e.g.
5. Clear choice for car enthusiasts?
6. Lie alongside
7. Word with bite or king
8. Barely at all
9. “Wicked” star Cynthia
10. Instructions in a box in the kitchen
11. Libya and Kuwait’s oil org.
12. Truth alternative
15. Island home of Thomas the Tank Engine
21. Allowing no returns, in tennis
22. Pumpkin ___ (fall beverage)
25. Fresh hairstyle
26. Corrupt, sycophantic courtier in “Hamlet”
27. Makeup of questionable attendance records, maybe
29. Aduba who played Shirley Chisholm in “Mrs. America”
32. Low-lying wetland
33. Building plots
35. Expensive printer fluid
36. Sometimes it’s a bust
37. “Damned dirty” creature of film
39. “Adam Ruins Everything” network ___TV
40. Argues (with)
41. “___ Destruction” (1991 film)
45. More than a misdemeanor
46. Wine barrel wood
47. Puncture from a thorn
51. Gravylike soup
52. Extinguish, with “out”
54. Windbreaker material
55. “Jailbreak” and “Highway to Hell” band
56. “Stop doing that!”
57. Judge
58. The only U.S. location that will ever have a royal palace
59. Minute, hand, or rod, e.g.
63. El jefe’s #2
Sat, Feb 8 | 7:30 PM
Reynolds Auditorium
The high-flying acrobats of Cirque de la Symphonie return to balance, juggle, and soar above the orchestra—and audience!—as you listen to favorite music by Bizet, Tchaikovsky, Johann Strauss, and John Williams. Don’t miss this thrilling big-top collaboration!
A Chamber Serenade
Mar 8 & 9
GRAMMY®-winning tenor Karim Sulayman returns for a Serenade by Britten, plus Mozart’s final symphony!
Thu 1/23
Ben Fuller Music: WBFJ's 30th Birthday (Acoustic) Concert
@ 7pm
Pinedale Christian Church, 3395 Peters Creek Pkwy, Winston-Salem
Greensboro Swarm
@ 7pm / $10-$89
Novant Health Fieldhouse at the Greensboro Com‐plex, Greensboro
Fri 1/24
College Hockey Wake Forest Vs Elon
@ 2:30pm / $10
Winston-Salem Fairgrounds, Winston Salem
Donnell Rawlings
@ 7pm
Comedy Zone Greensboro, 1126 South Holden Road, Greensboro
Jesse and The Hogg Brothers
@ 8pm
Reboot Arcade Bar, 534 N Liberty St, Winston-Salem
RetroVinyl Band: RetroVinyl LIVE @ Sawmill II
@ 8pm
Sawmill II, 5529 W Market St, Greensboro
Radio Revolver: Breathe Cocktail Lounge
@ 8pm
Breathe Cocktail Lounge, 221 N Main St, Kernersville
Abraham Sagaon
@ 8pm
The Ramkat & Gas Hill Drinking Room, 170 W 9th St, Winston-Salem
Taylor Mason
@ 8pm
The Ramkat & Gas Hill Drinking Room, 170 W 9th St, Winston-Salem
Sat 1/25
Singles-On-Segways
@ 9:30am / $89
Get ready to mingle and roll at Singles-On-Segways, where you can meet new people while cruising around on two wheels! 176 Ywca Way, WinstonSalem
William Nesmith
@ 12:30pm
Oden Brewing Company, 804 W Gate City Blvd, Greensboro
Russell Henderson
@ 6pm
Steel Hands Brewing, 1918 W Gate City Blvd, Greensboro
The Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs @ 7pm 1889 Taphouse, 310 N Main St, Walnut Cove
Mark O'Connor: Be‐yond the Blue Ridge : with Winston-Salem Symphony @ 7:30pm R. J. Reynolds Audito‐rium, 301 Hawthorne Rd NW, WinstonSalem
Sun 1/26
Think Pink Gymnastics
Invitational - Sunday @ 8am
First Horizon Coliseum, 1921 W. Lee Street, Greensboro
Carolina Thunderbirds Vs Hudson Valley Venom @ 2:05pm / $12 Winston-Salem Fairgrounds, Winston Salem
The Slys and the Isaac Hadden QuartetLive at the Flat Iron @ 7pm
Flat Iron, 221 Summit Ave, Greensboro
Mon 1/27
Gnocchi Class @ 6pm / $63.04
Reto's Kitchen, 600 South Elam, Greensboro
Flamy Grant @ 7pm
Unity In Greensboro, 501 S Mendenhall St, Greens‐boro
Tue 1/28
Gnocchi Class @ 6pm / $63.04
Reto's Kitchen, 600 South Elam, Greensboro
The Mark of Zorro - Film @ 7pm
Carolina Theatre of Greensboro, 310 South Greene Street, Greensboro
Wed 1/29
Gnocchi Class
@ 6pm / $63.04
Reto's Kitchen, 600 South Elam, Greensboro
Oceanic + VEAUX at Flat Iron @ 7pm
Flat Iron, 221 Summit Ave, Greensboro
East Tennessee State Buccaneers at UNC Greensboro Spartans Mens Basketball @ 7pm
Fleming Gymnasium, 1408 Walker Avenue, Greens‐boro
Drew Foust & The Wheelhouse @ 8pm
The Ramkat & Gas Hill Drinking Room, 170 W 9th St, Winston-Salem
Thu 1/30
Gnocchi Class @ 6pm / $63.04
Reto's Kitchen, 600 South Elam, Greensboro
Taylor Hunnicutt
@ 7pm
Flat Iron, 221 Summit Ave, Greensboro
Tand @ 8pm
Wahoo’s Tavern, 2120 Walker Ave, Greensboro
Fri 1/31
Jack Blocker @ 8pm
The Ramkat & Gas Hill Drinking Room, 170 W 9th St, Winston-Salem
@souljammusic: SJ @ Wise Man @ 8pm
Wise Man Brewing, 826 Angelo Bros Ave, WinstonSalem
Croozshipp: Krispee Biscuits & Kaptain Tour @ 9pm Hoots Beer Co., 840 Mill Works St, WinstonSalem
Sat 2/01
Singles-On-Segways
@ 9:30am / $89
Get ready to mingle and roll at Singles-On-Segways, where you can meet new people while cruising around on two wheels! 176 Ywca Way, WinstonSalem
Jack Blocker @ 2pm
The Ramkat & Gas Hill Drinking Room, 170 W 9th St, Winston-Salem
J Candeed @ 6pm
Chandler's, 341 S Elm St, Greensboro
Roger Glenn Music @ 9:30pm
The Ole Watering Hole, 4371 Thomasville Rd, Win‐ston-Salem
Mon 2/03
Nita Strauss @ 7pm
Hangar 1819, 1819 Spring Garden St, Greensboro
Tue 2/04
Arkansauce. @ 8pm
Flat Iron, 221 Summit Ave, Greensboro
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