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Sybil Newman doesn’t have to worry about being made over, because she’s already whole. Most importantly, she’s home.

RYAN’S has been in operation since 1977, locally owned and under the same management since 1981. That is a unique track record in a volatile business.

The RiverRun International Film Festival and Marketplace Cinemas have rejoined forces to present the “ CAN FILM FESTIVAL” on Saturday, December 7 at Marketplace Cinemas, 2095 Peters Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem.

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While across the country, we’ve seen growing momentum around PRIVATE SCHOOL VOUCHER expansion by state lawmakers — especially in “red” states, it’s increasingly evident that these policies are unpopular among the general public.

11 Since the pilot program was launched in Wake, Lee, Harnett, and Johnston counties in February 2023, defense attorneys and prosecutors have alleged that the software is not only SLOW AND INEFFICIENT, but has caused detained individuals to remain in jail for days or even weeks after their cases were dismissed.

SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, set in the mid-1980s, Murphy’s hard-working everyman Bill Furlong delivers coal to the

12 In a different take on “friendsgiving,” the first annual Jam for J OE: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION of Joe Hundertmark and Nathan Harris will go down, starting at 7 p.m. on November 29, at Krankies Coffee in downtown WinstonSalem.

Chow Down at Ryan’s with John Batchelor

BY JOHN BATCHELOR

Ryan’s has been in operation since 1977, locally owned and under the same management since 1981. That is a unique track record in a volatile business. As you enter, notice the DiRona award posted next to the check-in station. This is presented by Distinguished Restaurants of North America (dirona.com), and these things are not given out lightly. There are only three in North Carolina (the other two are in Raleigh). So, before you even sit down, you know that Ryan’s has been doing a lot of things right for a long time.

The dining area looks out through panoramic windows into a bucolic scene, calming and serene, to my eye among the most attractive in the Triad. Interior walls are mostly dark wood, the carpet dark green, creating a clubby ambiance.

Daily specials are printed at the bottom of the menu, a practice I ﬁnd appealing, since it saves time and allows review. The wine list is exceptional — lengthy, but with plenty of good selections in the midrange. Unindicted co-conspirator Jerry also ventured into the cocktail list. A special, the Drunkin Punkin, seemed appropriate for November; it’s sweet and creamy, suitable for dessert as well.

Servers deliver a basket of warm rolls promptly. Two varieties — one yeasty and soft, the other from the soft pretzel genre — both blend well with soft butter or a cheese spread provided alongside. In a party of four, Toasted Phyllo Wrapped Brie seemed a good way to start — easy to share. The crust is light and crisp, the mellow cheese augmented with local Cloister honey, fresh raspberries, raspberry puree, and toasted almonds, dabbed with a balsamic reduction syrup.

Oysters Rockefeller ﬁts this old-school concept well. It’s a classic, well-executed here, the oysters plump and fresh tasting, covered with ﬁnely shredded spinach and hollandaise sauce, plus threads of Romano cheese. This is served on a hot metal platter on a bed of hot rock salt. She Crab Soup is another classic, blessed with a rich, creamy base, hosting bits of crabmeat plus one lump in our serving, the surface decorated with clips of green onion.

In a mood for something relatively light one evening, my wife ordered an Arugula Salad, plus salmon. The salad

itself contains candied chipotle bacon, shredded Parmesan cheese, and spiced pecans, dressed in a chipotle pepper vinaigrette. The salmon serving turned out to be generous, simply seared, moist, and fresh tasting.

Crab Cakes are available as a starter or entrée. The exterior is light and crisp, hosting breading studded with crabmeat. Accompanying vegetables for the entrée portion are buttermilk whipped potatoes and a squash medley. The crab cakes are sharpened with remoulade sauce. Note the photo of this dish, which illustrates something else rarely seen in area restaurants — custom plates decorated with Ryan’s logo.

Ryan’s version of Sea Bass is colorful, a function of pineapple-mango salsa topping, which is assertive, generating most of the ﬂavor in this dish. The mild ﬁsh is lightly browned. This assembly is presented over citrus-basil basmati rice, strips of asparagus inserted, dotted with a balsamic reduction.

My party also ventured into three meats. Lamb Chops are sprinkled with panko breadcrumbs, yielding a pleasant crust. The lamb itself required a lot of chewing in order to render it swallowable, however. Scalloped potatoes, spinach, and mint jelly are the accompaniments. I failed to follow my own oftrepeated advice in this situation. I should have sent this back.

The Certiﬁed Angus Beef Filet Mignon is available in six or eight ounce portions. It is tender, perfectly cooked, an exemplary example of this perennially popular cut. An easy recommendation. Steaks come with a choice of potato. Anna chose Tru e Fries, with gratifying results. They are crisp, redolent but not overpowered with tru e oil.

My personal favorite from the three meats was the Heritage Farms Pork Chop. Thick, tender, and juicy, the meat itself shows the ﬂavor characteristic of

this high-quality producer, ladled with bourbon-apple butter. The fruity sweetness of the topping serves the pork ﬂavor well. The chop is placed over mashed sweet potatoes, plus a side of collard greens. Sweet potatoes, collard greens, and pork. There is no better combination. I also ordered a side of Brussels Sprouts on one visit, just because that’s one of my favorite vegetables. This kitchen produces an elaborate construction, the vegetable halved the interior seared brown, with lots of onions, bacon, and melted cheese added into the assembly.

Luke McMahon served as sous chef for seven years at Ryan’s before his promotion to Executive Chef in 2022. He has previously worked at Coquette Brasserie and Vivace Trattoria in Raleigh, and Childress Vineyards in Lexington before moving to Winston-Salem. Stephanie McGee is Sous Chef. (Information from the website.) !

JOHN BATCHELOR has been writing about eating and drinking since 1981. Over a thousand of his articles have been published. He is also author of two travel/ cookbooks: Chefs of the Coast: Restaurants and Recipes from the North Carolina Coast, and Chefs of the Mountains: Restaurants and Recipes from Western North Carolina. Contact him at john.e.batchelor@gmail.com or see his blog, johnbatchelordiningandtravel.blogspot.com.

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Hours: 5-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 5-9:30 Friday, 4:30-9:30 p.m. Saturday

Appetizers: $14-$30

Salads: $8-$10

Soups: $9-$14

Entrees: $27-$47

Desserts: $7-$14

Most recent visit: November 6

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Inside Samaritan Ministries: Beyond

The RiverRun International Film Festival and Marketplace Cinemas have rejoined forces to present the “Can Film Festival” on Saturday, December 7 at Marketplace Cinemas, 2095 Peters Creek Parkway, Winston-Salem.

Admission is free, but at least two cans of food per person are requested to support Samaritan Ministries in Winston-Salem. Among the items particularly needed by Samaritan Ministries are ground coffee, spaghetti sauce, canned tuna, canned chicken, canned vegetables, and canned fruit — hence the name “Can Film Festival.”

To register for tickets, visit https:// riverrunfilm.com/.

This marks the third such event hosted by RiverRun and Marketplace Cinema, and the first to include two holiday-themed films and three screenings:

The current release The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (rated PG), an awardwinning adaptation of the best-selling novel by Barbara Robinson starring

Judy Greer and Lauren Graham, will be screened at 12:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., followed by a special screening of the 1989 holiday perennial National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (rated PG) starring Chevy Chase at 7:30 p.m. The latter screening will include a post-screening interview with cinematographer and

RiverRun Master of Cinema award recipient Thomas Ackerman, who currently teaches cinematography at the School of Filmmaking at the University of North School of the Arts (UNCSA) in Winston-Salem.

“We love the ‘Can Film Festival,’” said Jan Kelly, executive director of Samaritan Ministries. “This is our third year to partner with RiverRun, and it has been a great way to encourage people to share canned goods for our soup kitchen. It is certainly one of our largest food drives, and people always seem excited to donate and enjoy watching a holiday movie together. It’s a great way to celebrate the season with friends and family. We serve over 100,000 meals a year through our soup kitchen, so these donations are critical.”

Founded in 1981, Samaritan Ministries (414 E. Northwest Blvd., Winston-Salem) is an interdenominational Christian ministry that offers educational and outreach programs to benefit the less fortunate in the community. The

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holiday spirit of altruism and generosity is one that its staff and volunteers promote 365 days a year, not just during the holidays. Kelly, who has worked at Samaritan Ministries since 2011, became its executive director in 2020.

“Our mission of providing food, shelter, and hope through Christian love has remained consistent over these last 43 years,” she said. “It’s critical that we provide for the very basic needs of food and shelter so that our guests can begin thinking about their future. You can’t concentrate on much else if you don’t have a safe place to rest at night or something to eat.”

Since its inception, Samaritan Ministries has continued to expand its programs to better meet the needs of those in need of assistance.

“In 1995, we added Project Cornerstone which is a substance-use recovery program for men experiencing homelessness,” Kelly said. “By addressing addiction and creating a supportive network, we can help men remove barriers to housing and employment. We’ve seen Cornerstone guests go on to work at Goodwill, the Forsyth County Library, restaurants, and even at Samaritan Ministries! In 2016, United Health Centers started a free medical clinic at Samaritan. Providers come to our space each Thursday to address health needs of our guests. This helps remove barriers to healthcare and address health disparities our guests have experienced in their lives. This year we added a licensed clinical social worker to our staff team. This position helps educate our team to better understand some of the mental health challenges our guests are facing, such as depression, anxiety, or even schizophrenia. We look for ways to empower our guests by connecting them to services in the community so they can be successful in the long term.”

Admittedly, “the work we do at Samaritan Ministries is challenging, but there is great joy in seeing our guests turn their lives around,” Kelly said. “I remember one of the first guests I met in 2011. He scared me a little because of how he stared off into the distance. He was really suffering from childhood trauma and decades of substance abuse to cope with his feelings. Samaritan gave him an opportunity to talk with a therapist, complete our Project Cornerstone recovery program, and move into his own apartment. He went from living on the streets and hopeless to a new life, a truly remarkable story of transformation. This guest did all the hard work, we just provided the tools, resources, and encouragement.”

In addition to its staff, the lifeblood

of Samaritan Ministries is its volunteers. “We encourage people to join in our work by volunteering,” Kelly said. “It’s easy to sign up on our website ( https:// www.samaritanforsyth.org/ ). There are no special skills required, just a willing heart to serve. We have a critical need for people to serve as we lost many core volunteers after the [COVID] pandemic. We’re also collecting for our annual ‘Penny Campaign.’ Every donation adds up to make a difference.”

“We view RiverRun as a community partner and have always worked to foster strong community partnerships both within the arts sector and beyond,” explained Rob Davis, RiverRun executive director. “In the case of the North by Northwest screening, we were pleased — thanks to the film’s sponsors — to be able to donate net ticket proceeds to the North Carolina Arts Disaster Relief Fund to help our arts colleagues in western North Carolina as they engage in the rebuilding process following Hurricane Helene. This was especially relevant to us as RiverRun was founded in Brevard and takes its name from the French Broad River in that part of the state. In the case of the ‘Can Film Festival,’ we are able to give back to a local organization working to alleviate hunger in our current hometown, and with our patrons’ donations of food items, we are able to help stock the pantry at the Samaritan Ministries soup kitchen.”

“RiverRun and I are thrilled to be expanding the ‘Can Film Festival’ this year to make it our best one yet,” said Zack Fox, general manager of Marketplace Cinemas. “With the expansion, we wanted to offer a Christmas film both for families and as well for a grownup audience. With this expansion, it opened the doors to more showtimes and more opportunities for donations to Samaritan Ministries. We have been blessed to have a great year at Marketplace Cinemas and these events with RiverRun for good charitable causes are wonderful ways to give back to the community while entertaining people with new and classic films.”

The 27th annual RiverRun International Film Festival is scheduled for April 11-19, 2025. !

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months before these income streams return.

Piedmont Craftsmen is a non-proﬁt arts organization and guild dedicated to promoting ﬁne craft and supporting the talented makers behind it. In addition to operating a vibrant gallery in WinstonSalem, Piedmont Craftsmen hosts its annual Fair the weekend before Thanksgiving. The fair will run on November 23-24 at the Benton Convention Center in Winston-Salem.

In addition to the craft artist’s artwork, there will be 16 live demonstrations showcasing various craft techniques, such as pottery wheel throwing, hand-building, weaving, and more. Sawtooth School of Art and MIXXER Community Makerspace will also host interactive demonstrations throughout the weekend.

A Community Responds to Crisis

This year, the 61st Annual Piedmont Craftsmen Fair is especially signiﬁcant. While it promises to be a large event with 110 participating artists, it is also a vital opportunity for many craft artists recovering from the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene.

PIEDMONT CRAFTSMEN: SUPPORTING CRAFT ARTISTS IN TIMES OF CRISIS WANNA know?

For more information about Samaritan Ministries, call 336-748-1906 or visit the website: https:// www.samaritanforsyth.org/.

In the aftermath of the hurricane, Piedmont Craftsmen’s team worked to check on our members and ensure their safety. Through social media posts and calling on our networks, we learned of the signiﬁcant damage to both studios and livelihoods. Along with physical losses, many craft artists saw their opportunities evaporate as galleries closed and shows were canceled. It could be

Faced with this crisis, we quickly determined that the Fair must be a critical platform for recovery. To support these artists, we made e orts to lower participation costs and added more opportunities for artists to showcase their work in our gallery and online shop. Many in the community have pitched in by donating to relief e orts, o ering supplies to artists who need them or o ering a place to stay for those participating in the Fair. Participation in the Fair is a vital step in rebuilding businesses and communities. Thirty percent of the 110 artists are from Western North Carolina, one of the areas hardest hit by the hurricane. The event will also feature 40 new artists, along with returning favorites like Lucy’s Toys, which is recovering from a devastating ﬁre earlier this year.

A Special Exhibit at the Gallery

While attending the Fair, don’t forget to visit the Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery, located just one block away from the Benton Convention Center on Trade Street. This month, the gallery features a special exhibition by Tom Suomalainen, a visionary sculptor working in clay and Piedmont Craftsmen’s last remaining founding artist. Tom’s exhibit will be on display through November 30 and o ers a unique opportunity to see his work in person. Starting in December, we will have our Holiday Extravaganza which is a great way to shop local this holiday season.

Visit https://piedmontcraftsmen.org/ fair/ for details. !

SUBMITTED BY GRETCHEN SIEBERT Piedmont Craftsmen, Inc. Operations Director,

Private School Vouchers are Unpopular, Failed Policy

On November 5, voters in three states rejected private school voucher measures on their ballots. A majority (58 percent) of voters in Nebraska chose to repeal a recently passed voucher law. In Colorado, 55 percent voted against a proposed constitutional amendment to “establish a right to school choice.” In

Kentucky, Amendment 2, which would have allowed state dollars to be spent on private education, was defeated by a margin of 65 to 35 percent.

While across the country, we’ve seen growing momentum around private school voucher expansion by state lawmakers — especially in “red” states, it’s increasingly evident that these policies are unpopular among the general public. This is true in North Carolina as well — 71 percent of North Carolinians think increasing funding for traditional K-12 schools will do more to improve education than vouchers.

They are unpopular for good reason:

Private schools receiving vouchers are funded by taxpayers but lack responsibility — with minimal requirements for teacher credentials, curriculum, or reporting on student performance.

Recent research suggests that vouchers are harmful to student achievement.

Recent efforts to implement universal voucher programs allow taxpayer dollars to subsidize private education even for

the most wealthy families, including those who already send their children to private schools.

Private schools receiving taxpayerfunded vouchers often use selective admissions policies that discriminate based on disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or academic achievement.

Vouchers redirect taxpayer dollars away from local public schools.

North Carolina lawmakers in the N.C. General Assembly voted in 2023 to make the state’s Opportunity Scholarship voucher program, originally created in 2013 for low-income children who had previously attended public schools, open to all families regardless of income.

North Carolina is now one of 13 states with a “universal” voucher program. The expansion came with a significant increase in state funding allocated for vouchers.

On November 19, lawmakers are expected to return to Raleigh to attempt to override Governor Cooper’s veto of HB10, which would clear the waitlist for private school vouchers (comprised of higher-income families) and allocate hundreds of millions of additional dollars to the program. However, out of the 15,805 new scholarships offered for the 2024-25 school year, NCSEAA has reported a total increase in scholarships of only 4,594 . We are left to wonder: why is the number of dispersed scholarships 10,000 less than expected given the number of new awards offered? And

why allocate more funds to “clear the waitlist” when it seems that perhaps demand for the program is inflated in the first place?

With billions projected to be allocated to private school voucher funding over the next decade in North Carolina in spite of lagging interest and failed policy nationwide, it’s worth noting that support for increased K-12 public school funding is very high. Nearly 75 percent of North Carolinians say funding for our local public schools should be increased. Why, we must ask, have our lawmakers been so keen to expand vouchers? We challenge them to instead turn their attention to our local public schools, where nearly 84 percent of our students attend. North Carolina doesn’t provide enough funding for our children to become well-rounded, self-sufficient, and successful in the workforce and life, as we spend nearly $5,000 less per student than the national average — 48th in the nation.

It’s time to fund our local public schools, and stop inﬂating a voucher program that is built on failed and unpopular policy. Rather than taking public taxpayer dollars from already underfunded local public schools and giving them to private and religious schools, let’s ensure that our local public schools can hire more quality teachers, improve choice in classes and trade skills, and modernize schools so that all students have access to a high-quality education. !

BY DR. LAUREN FOX Public School Forum of N.C. Sr. Director of Policy & Research

Cillian Murphy looms large in Small Things Like These

Having won the Oscar for Best Actor in last year’s Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy could conceivably ﬁnd himself in the running again this year for his understated, e ective lead turn in Small Things Like These, the adaptation of Claire Keegan’s best-selling 2021 novel that reunites the actor with his Peaky Blinders director Tim Mielants. Although this ﬁlm is on a smaller scale than Oppenheimer, the issues it tackles are no less important or impactful.

Set in the mid-1980s, Murphy’s hardworking everyman Bill Furlong delivers coal to the residents of the sleepy Irish burg of New Ross. The father of ﬁve (all girls) and happily married to Eileen (Eileen Walsh), Bill is nonetheless plagued by memories of his childhood, and those memories come ﬂooding back when he’s delivering coal to the local convent and discovers Sarah (Zara Devlin) locked in a freezing shed.

Sarah is one of many unwed mothers (or, as were once described, “wayward girls”) being sheltered at the convent. That Bill’s own mother (Agnes O’Casey) was an unwed mother whose name was also Sarah further haunts him, and it’s been a long-held secret in the community that the convent isn’t necessarily a shining example of Christian charity but rather a hotbed of corruption.

Bill’s worst fears are conﬁrmed when he encounters the Mother Superior, one Sister Mary (Emily Watson), the most unctuous nun seen in quite some time, and she promptly, quietly, and essentially bribes Bill into silence. Watson’s introduction midway through the ﬁlm is one of the year’s best screen entrances, as the camera slowly tilts around a large room until coming to rest on her clenched countenance.

Murphy is perfect casting as Bill. If ever an actor possessed a face than can reﬂect guilt, shame, and remorse without moving a muscle, it’s Murphy. (Adrien Brody is

another.) He conveys the character’s emotional su ering in utterly compelling and unforced terms. Yet, deep down, one can also sense the simple decency within him. Indeed, when Sister Mary piously implores the church’s congregation to reconcile the past with the present and the future, it strikes a chord in him. She may not take to heart what she’s preaching, but Bill will.

There are no moments of levity or lightness in Small Things Like These, and although Frank van den Eeden’s is impressively moody, it’s also oppressively gloomy. Rarely has the Emerald Isle looked so foreboding, day or night. The ﬁlm takes place during Christmas, and even the decorations seem to defy appearing festive. In addition, the ﬁlm moves at its own methodical pace. To its credit, it doesn’t become maudlin, but it’s not sensationalistic either — and some audiences may well expect something more overt as opposed to oblique.

In addition, Bill is the only character to really, fully emerge. That’s not to downplay the ﬁne work by Devlin, Walsh, and especially Watson, but perhaps a bit more time could have been spent getting to know them better — particularly Watson’s Sister Mary. Nevertheless, Small Things Like These is a thoroughly impressive work, and it lingers in the memory long after the end credits have rolled. !

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John Berry’s 28th Annual Christmas Tour

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2024

DOORS @ 6PM // SHOW @ 7PM

Mention his name to just about any country music lover and the response will likely be, “What an awesome vocalist!” Between 1979 and 1990 John recorded and marketed six albums on his own Clear Sky Records label. But it was his stunning performance of the title track of the 1995 CD “O Holy Night” that led to his most enduring legacy. John Berry began doing a Christmas tour in 1996, and 2021 marked his 25th consecutive Christmas concert series. As John has grown in his walk with Christ, his calling has been to share

Thousands of Triad residents have passed by her.

She’s greeted them and handed them programs at Guilford Technical Community College Graduation Ceremonies.

She’s attended and spoken at events in the Triad and has given back for the past few decades.

Sybil Newman doesn’t have to worry about being made over, because she’s already whole.

Most importantly, she’s home.

“I’m generally at graduation, greeting people as they walk through the door. I love it. You get to see the people coming in and the families,” she said.

Newman, known mononymously as Sybil, is a soul diva who gained notable success in her career with songs from the mid-1980s into the mid-1990s. She started her music career with the group Ce Ce & Company before she left to sign with Next Plateau record label.

She achieved worldwide crossover hits with her cover versions of Dionne Warwick’s hits “Don’t Make Me Over” and “Walk On By,” which were released in 1989 and 1990, respectively.

In 1997, Sybil terminated her con-

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tract with Next Plateau Records with a “Greatest Hits” album, and later that same year, she released her last album to date, “Still a Thrill,” which was released in Europe and Japan only. She would go on to continue touring and releasing new house/dance singles.

The Paterson, New Jersey native said that she’s always been a performer and grew up singing.

“I started singing in church at St. Luke Baptist Church as a young girl. When I went to high school I got involved with choir and did musical theater. I played Fastrada in ‘Pippen,’ Nancy the whore in ‘Oliver,’ and Sarah the Missionary in ‘Guys and Dolls,’” she laughed. “I would sing through college and do some oBroadway stu . I’ve been singing all my life, but I think it’s just part of my history. I come from a musical background. My mom was in music. My cousin, Maxine, was one of the original members of En Vogue. On that side of the family, we’re all singers.”

She migrated to Greensboro after visiting colleges with her Aunt during the summer before her senior year.

One of those colleges was North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

“After I went there, it was a done deal. It was a wrap,” she said. “I ended up at N.C. A&T in 1981 and it changed the trajectory of my love for this area. I ended up in North Carolina because of A&T.”

She graduated from A&T in 1985 earning a Bachelor of Arts in professional

speech, theatre arts, and broadcast communication. She would later obtain her Master of Science in leadership studies and adult education from there, as well.

While attending the university as an undergrad, Newman was crowned Ms. North Carolina A&T 1984-1985, although she didn’t run because she thought she was the prettiest.

“That was the funniest thing. I didn’t run because I thought I was the prettiest or the brightest, but I knew that I had a platform. I knew I was very much active and involved with students, and I felt as if I needed to be in a place where I could have those discussions that I thought were vital to moving the needle on what students wanted,” she explained.

When she returned to New Jersey following graduation, she worked at a publishing company and would sing on the weekends with bands around and in New Jersey, New York, and the metropolitan area.

“It was fun for me. At that time, I was the only one in the band who had a real job. So I said, ‘Look, just pay my gas to get to the gig, and I’m there.’ I just wanted to be able to sing.”

One of her friends badgered her about meeting with a producer to sing, even though Newman wanted to write. She showed up at the audition thinking she was going to write and ended up singing.

“I think my ego got the best of me when he said, ‘Well, you must not be able to sing.’ I said ‘Excuse, me. Give me those lyrics.’”

That night, she ended up recording a demo and securing a deal. Her ﬁrst record was called “Falling in Love” and the following were dance records.

“I’m a househead. I love underground house and dance music, so that’s what I made. Those were dance hits and I was doing well. And then I really did well when they decided they wanted me to do a cover of ‘Don’t Make Me Over’ by Dionne Warwick,” Newman said. “It turned into sheer pandemonium then.”

“I did not anticipate that that record would take o like it did. At ﬁrst, I didn’t want to do the record. It didn’t sound like something that was in line with what I had been doing. However, lyrically, I thought that the lyrics were ahead of their time,” Newman said.

They ended up sending it to Tony King in England, who remixed the version that we here today.

“It opened up a di erent avenue for me because I was getting radio airplay on my house records because they were not hardcore dance house records,” she said. “But when ‘Don’t Make Me Over’ came out, it opened me up to straight-up soul, R&B, and even pop radio stations. Then I followed that with another Dionne classic of ‘Walk On By.’ For years, I worked o of those records and I still work o of those records.”

Newman’s reference to the lyrics being ahead of their time resonates today as society and mainstream media pressure

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women and girls to have the perfect look.

“It’s unfortunate that there are still women who feel as if they have to cowtail to what society says is acceptable, what society says is pretty, or perfection or what being a beautiful person has to look like in order to be accepted. When

we talk about ‘Don’t Make Me Over,’ it’s acknowledging that I love myself the way that I am. And if you don’t, I’m OK with you moving on because I’m not going to allow you to change the essence of who I am.”

Newman, who grew up on Warwick’s music, said she heard from the legendary singer about the cover.

CHRISTMAS AT BETHABARA

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2024 | 1:30-4:30 P.M.

ADMISSION IS FREE!

Celebrate the season with a visit to the beautifully decorated 1788 Gemeinhaus, where you can enjoy a performance by Duo Licht. Outside the Gemeinhaus, taste traditional Christmas treats from the 1800s, delight in the sounds of a Moravian Brass Band, create Christmas crafts, dip candles, and watch demonstrations by a potter, blacksmith, and woodworker. Don’t miss the chance to meet Sister Anna Catharina in a captivating ﬁrst-person dramatization.

“She congratulated me on getting a gold record and actually doing justice to the song. But even more importantly, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, who wrote the song and produced the song for her, were extremely excited about my version of that song, thus why we ended up doing ‘Walk On By.’”

MORAVIAN STAR WORKSHOP

with Ken Manuel Saturday, Dec. 7 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Contact: dianao@cityofws.org Limited to 20. $25 per person

2147 Bethabara Road (336) 924-8191 historicbethabara.org

ginalized and sitting outside. They’re just waiting to be tapped, and for someone to say, ‘Come on in,’” she said. “I love it. I feel as if it is a ministry for me because I always thought but for the grace of God, it could be me.”

Almost 40 years later, Newman can still get on a stage and perform those hits with plenty of people spanning generations singing along.

“That’s a testament to strong lyrics. That in and of itself is a testament to the written word, to the written aspect of it, and the power of having solid lyrics that are not o ensive but empowering. That’s what also bothers me about a lot of today’s music,” she said. “Am I going to hear it 30, 40, 50 years from now? I don’t know. Will the words have the same level of meaning that the songs I’ve been listening to and I still love to sing and love to hear? Are they going to have the same level of impact? And I don’t know. So, I love it when young people say to me, ‘I grew up listening to that.’ So for me, what I’m most proud of is the fact that the song has withstood the test of time.”

She returned to the Triad area in 2000 and worked as a teacher with the Youth Builds Highway Success before becoming the program director for the Center for Working Families at GTCC. Throughout her two decades at the college, she has served as director of the college’s adult education and adult secondary education programs.

She’s also been the interim director of the GTCC Foundation and the director/ coordinator of GTCC’s Titan Link Center. “I will never, ever stop ﬁghting for the so-called underdog, those who are mar-

These days you can ﬁnd her working at the college’s advancement o ce, where she provides “leadership in developing individual and corporate donors to GTCC while re-engaging past donors, identifying new prospects, and developing relationships that lead to leadership level and major gifts.”

“Sybil has been an asset to GTCC for over two decades, excelling at every post she has held along the way. With that track record and her diligence and ability to interact and engage with people, she is going to continue to shine as GTCC’s college advancement o cer,” said Jan Knox., college advancement vice president of GTCC in an August 2023 release.

Still singing on stages and at events, Sybil said she never really wanted to be famous and is right where she wants to be.

“This is home. It’s always been a safe place for me anyway. Even when I was still in Jersey, I would come to North Carolina to get away,” she said. “The Piedmont Triad has a very special place in my heart. I have strong ties to the people in this community, programs, events, and things that have gone on in this area.” !

CHANEL DAVIS is the current editor of YES! Weekly and graduated from N.C. A&T S.U. in 2011 with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications. She’s worked at daily and weekly newspapers in the Triad region.

“They took a broken system and made it exponentially worse”: Attorneys condemn eCourts

Last week at Greensboro’s Guilford County Courthouse, it took nine minutes to log onto the self-service portal in the Clerk of Courts o ce. An attorney, using a public station because the portal wasn’t loading on her laptop, muttered expletives while waiting.

She’s one of many lawyers complaining about eCourts, the online records and case management system the North Carolina Administrative O ce of the Courts (N.C. AOC) and North Carolina Judicial Branch bought from a Texas company for $100 million, which will ﬁnish rolling out in 2025. It went live in Guilford County on April 29.

Since the pilot program was launched in Wake, Lee, Harnett, and Johnston counties in February 2023, defense attorneys and prosecutors have alleged that the software is not only slow and ine cient, but has caused detained individuals to remain in jail for days or even weeks after their cases were dismissed.

“My expectation was a more e cient court system,” said Attorney Preston Edwards. “Instead, it has slowed the pace by as much as 70%. It now takes signiﬁcantly longer for even the most basic operations in the Guilford County court system.”

Every attorney interviewed for this article agreed that the old paper-based system needed upgrading, but all claimed the intended improvement made things worse.

“It’s driven me crazy how poorly this system has been rolled out,” said Edwards. “Just trying to look up court dates is more time-consuming and di cult. For your average person with a tra c ticket, the risk of missing court due to not being able to ﬁnd your court date, and getting arrested for failing to appear, is way higher than it used to be.”

“They took a broken system and made it exponentially worse,” said Attorney Graham Holt. “Before eCourts, the administrative arm was one of the few remaining parts of the criminal justice system that functioned reasonably well. Those days are over.”

Attorney James Doermann agreed.

“Used to be, I could ﬁnd a DA, explain what happened, have them sign o on it, and immediately run that paper document down to the clerk’s o ce. I could usually do that in 30 minutes. Now it takes hours.”

The system isn’t expected to go live in Forsyth County until July 2025. Attorneys there expressed reluctance to comment until then, but several Greensboro attorneys put YES! Weekly in touch with colleagues in other cities. Cody Moss, who practices Family Law in Raleigh, expressed intense frustration with the new system.

“Prior to eCourts, when we had emergency custody matters that needed urgent hearings, we could get a judge’s attention and be heard immediately. Now, we have to ﬁle on eCourts, wait for it to be accepted, call the clerk’s o ce, get the case pushed through to the Family Court o ce, wait for that o ce to assign it to a judge, and then wait for the judge to become available.”

This delay is particularly problematic in emergency orders for child custody.

“When we include warrants for the return of these children, it can take several days for them to even show up in the system. When you’re talking about children abducted by an estranged parent, that delay adds to the danger.”

A former district attorney, who specialized in sex o ender cases and asked not to be identiﬁed, described how eCourts delays a ected those cases.

“Orders for arrest would just linger in the queue, and take hours or even days to be processed, with no warrant being issued for these dangerous o enders.”

They also alleged that, for weeks after the roll-out in their county, the home addresses of prosecutors were publicly listed in the system, and could be accessed by anyone logging onto a public portal.

“The AOC members training us on the new system kept saying that this was not possible, that it was not happening. A co-

worker at my training logged onto the portal and said ‘Here’s my address.’ As someone who’s made enemies by putting people on the sex o ender registry, I was horriﬁed. The AOC representative said ‘Oh, okay, it will be ﬁxed,’ but couldn’t tell us when.”

In May 2023, a class action lawsuit was ﬁled on behalf of Wake County resident Timia Chaplin, alleging an eCourts glitch caused her to be re-arrested on dismissed charges; and severely disabled Lee County resident Paulino Castellanos, who claimed eCourts prevented his release from jail for two weeks because he couldn’t be located in the system. Defendants included Wake County Sheri Willie Rowe and Mecklenburg County Sheri Garry McFadden, along with eCourts developer and vendor Tyler Technologies, a Texas-based company that provides software to the public sector. The original complaint also listed Lee County Sheri Brian Estes, but those claims were later dismissed.

The Complaint alleged that “the eCourts launch has caused people to spend days or weeks longer than necessary in jail,” while others were “arrested multiple times on the same warrant after their charges have been dismissed by a judge.” It then described how “similar software implementations by Defendant Tyler Technologies, Inc. led to well-documented cases of over-detention, wrongful arrest, and the like” in several other states.

Plainti documents describe how Tyler software caused dozens of wrongful arrests in Alameda County, California, as well as a Tennessee class action lawsuit against the software provider and Shelby County o cials. The Tennessee litigation was settled in 2021 for $4.9 million. With this history, argued the Complaint, the problems experienced in North Carolina should have been foreseen.

The ongoing lawsuit originally named N.C. AOC Director Ryan Boyce and four

other o cials, but claims against them were dismissed on May 7 by the plainti s. That same day, N.C. AOC spokesman Graham Wilson issued a media statement that the dismissal of claims against Boyce and other o cials showed the case was “meritless.” But as noted by Michael Hewitt and Anne Blythe in The Assembly article “Reports of eCourts Suit Death Greatly Exaggerated,” the dismissals had nothing to do with the merits of the case and did not address claims that eCourts problems have led to wrongful arrests and detentions. Instead, the dismissal was because of recent N.C. Supreme Court rulings extending immunity to court o cials. The lawsuit continues against Tyler Technologies and the two sheri s.

When asked if N.C. Attorney General (and Governor-Elect) Josh Stein was aware of the alleged issues with eCourts, North Carolina Department of Justice Press Secretary Nazneen Ahmed replied “You’ll want to reach out to the N.C. Judicial Branch about this, as they administer the eCourts system.” Thus far, no one from the N.C. Judicial Branch has responded to YES! Weekly’s inquiries, Edwards, the most outspoken attorney interviewed for this article, called the N.C. AOC’s refusal to halt the eCourts roll-out inherently political.

“If you funnel a bunch of government money to a private corporation and, on top of that, you make the actual functioning worse, you can then say ‘it’s the government’s fault.’ It’s a trifecta of what Republicans want to do in terms of funneling the money, crippling the government, and hurting minorities and the poor.” !

IAN MCDOWELL is an award-winning author and journalist whose book I Ain’t Resisting: the City of Greensboro and the Killing of Marcus Smith was published in September of 2023 by Scuppernong Editions.

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Friends giving a memorial jam for Joe Hundertmark and Nathan Harris

In a di erent take on

“friends-giving,” the first annual Jam for Joe: A Musical Celebration of Joe Hundertmark and Nathan Harris will go down, starting at 7 p.m. on November 29, at Krankies Co ee in downtown Winston-Salem. Part memorial service after-party, part musical respite, and a complete exercise in love and grief; the jam follows the first of two services to honor the two prolific Triad musicians whose lives were cut tragically short in an automobile accident on September 6.

It was a routine that music folk know all too well: that late-night highway drive home from a gig — for them, coming from South Carolina. As music writer and bluesman, Ed Bumgardner, penned so poignantly in a tribute post: “The road goes on forever … Until it doesn’t.”

It’s wild the way roads end while others begin. For Winston music aﬁcionado, Jonathan Kirby (who’s part of the coalition of area musicians putting it all together), “it’s spooky to lose two friends in a random, senseless way,” he said. “The jam is part of the journey and I’m super happy to put some more road behind.”

“Moving forward, we’ll gather Thanksgiving weekend for a round-robin odyssey of performances by artists touched by Joe and Nate’s light,” he continued. “It’ll have been nearly 20 years to the day that the very ﬁrst performance by the group that would come to be known as Solos performed their ﬁrst show at a private event space o Sixth Street. Weekly residencies followed at the Wherehouse [née Krankies] and the Rubber Soul. Thus, it’s appropriate we’ll return to Krankies Nov. 29th to carry on this legacy. For Joe and Nate and the city that brought us together.”

Two daytime memorials, running from 2 to 6 p.m. at the Millenium Center on November 29 and December 1, are intended as more formal a airs. “It’ll be more for families,” Kirby explained, “the milling about, talking — with ﬁnger foods and a bar. That kind of thing.” Things will get

cooking for the public, later in the evening of November 29, at Krankies (starting around 7 p.m.).

Musing the signiﬁcance of music and space, “the jam idea came because we were all friends as musicians,” Kirby explained. “Because we all met through School of the Arts improv music, we just thought the grieving process wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t set up a drum kit and a Fender Rhodes piano — with a bass and guitar rig and some vocal mics — and just do a musical round robin get together for old times sake.”

Reﬂecting on those times — and the expanse of Hundertmark’s and Harris’ inﬂuence, Kirby insisted the group is merely “bringing our plate to the potluck” in the memorial scheme. ”If we didn’t organize it, someone else would have.”

John Ray, who’s co-hosting and organizing the jam, agreed, referencing Hundertmark and Harris as “legends” in the WSNC music scene. “I hope everyone who they inspired with their music will come out and pay tribute with us,” he said, noting that folks are invited to bring their instruments — though a small backline will be provided. “All are welcome.”

Tributes from musicians far and wide reinforce the pair’s legendary status. Doug Davis called them “two titans of the Triad music scene,” describing his “awe of both of their stunning musicianship and wish that we had been able to make more music with both of them. Our performance with Nathan and the Piedmont Wind Symphony from a few years back remains one of the most magical moments we have ever been fortunate enough to be a part of. Godspeed, gentlemen.”

Honors from Daniel Seri echoed the sentiment. “I can say that they will live on in the lives of so many people that they touched,” he said. ”And all of those of us who were lucky enough to be moved by their musicality and friendship are better because of it. This is a tragic loss for the music community.”

Their talent cemented in memories of sentiment and selﬂessness. “When Joe moved to NYC, he was kind enough to gift me tickets to Radio City Music Hall for his gig with Cirque Du Soleil and even give us a backstage tour before the show,” Serif added. “Such an incredible experience that I’m still so grateful for.”

Beyond his role as musical director for Cirque Du Soleil, Hundertmark was also the one who taught Jennifer Jason Leigh how to play the ill-fated 145-year-old Martin guitar Kurt Russell accidentally smashed while ﬁlming Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight. It was heartbreaking for the guitar-lover, as composer Bill Stevens recalled to the Winston-Salem Journal. “Joe nonchalantly walked over to the remnants of the smashed guitar and with tears in his eyes grabbed the shards from the rubble and slipped it into his pocket,” he said. “He had someone polish it, sand it, and make a necklace out of it.”

As a former bandmate and friend, Stevens is among the coalition organizing the more formal memorial services. “We hope that the weekend after Thanksgiving will be a time when lots of cats from lots of places will unite and celebrate the amazing lives of these two amazing musicians.”

Justin Poindexter acknowledged their impact from his home in New York City. “They were massive, formative inﬂuences on me,” he said. “Joe was the great young guitar player in town: a little older than me, and outrageously talented and versatile. I was in awe of his skill. Nathan was my bandmate in a glorious short-lived incarnation of Liquor House Soul Review. He was so intelligent, perceptive, and possessed that beautiful, beautiful voice. Nathan was full of joy and subversive humor. I can’t think of him without laughing and remembering something truly funny he said. I sure wish I could tell these guys how much they meant to me.”

Poindexter is among those listed in Bumgardner’s tribute that traced the sonic roads the pair helped pave; and reﬂected on their time spent together in Liquorhouse. “It was an invaluable, educational time that was also a ton of fun,” he said. “After Liquorhouse split, I didn’t see much of the band members. I would see Bill, who has somehow only gotten better, from time to time. Several of the horn players migrated to New York. The drummer, John Holoman, moved to Chicago. The trombone player, Joey Rayﬁeld, ended up working for Prince [yes THAT Prince]. Guitarist Justin Poindexter, moved to New York and formed Our Band, a wonderfully engaging duo. Joe Hundertmark will forever be one of the best, if not THE best, guitarists with whom I have ever had the pleasure of

playing. He was a rare talent. Nathan Harris kept on working, making great music and a good living while loving life. He remained a magical, somewhat mysterious presence, one that touched the heart and soul of everybody he met. I loved Nathan. He was a character, a seeker, and a soul griot. Wherever he is now is heaven. Rest assured, there is music going on.”

And thanks to their friends — there’ll be music down here, too. Seeing the upcoming jam as just the beginning, “we’re listing it as the ‘ﬁrst’ annual, so we can do it every year,” Kirby said. “Joe and Nate aren’t really gone unless we forget them. And we’re not going to forget them.”

“It’s like let’s bank the good times up, he continued. “Let’s smother sadness and sorrow with the best memories of these guys.”

For Becca Stevens, it’s their music she’ll hold dear. “I wish I could make a blanket out of the music they left and wrap up in it, to feel them close.” That notion hints at the heart of the jam — an exercise for the folks still in the area to extend that closeness with friends and bandfellows far away.

“All of us in Winston-Salem, we have each other to turn to,” Kirby said. “But there’s these friends who are in the middle of the country or far-ﬂung cities who don’t have anyone to grieve with. And laugh with. And remember all the good times. And that’s the cool thing that’s come out of it — people sharing stories and memories and funny pictures.”

“These people that we grew up with are so exceedingly gifted,” he continued. “And are so equipped, thanks to Joe and Nate.”

“Like, at least in my experience, when I was playing with Joe, if he shot me a glance — I knew I’d done something special,” Kirby clariﬁed. “It was sort of like, if you could impress Joe with, like, a lick or a little run, then you needed to add that to your toolbox — you needed to hard ﬁle that in the memory bank. And so I think a lot of us are going to be channeling Joe. And channeling Nate in being as soulful and expressive as we can.”

Ultimately, “I think we’re going to see some really good playing from some really good people,” he noted. “And it’ll all be for them — it wouldn’t have happened if it weren’t for them ... and I suspect it’ll be a good time. “

The jam comes together, on November 29, at Krankies Co ee. !

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[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Try to be patient as a troubling matter at work is dealt with a step at a time. Progress toward a resolution might seem slow, but it’s sure and steady.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Be careful not to let misplaced loyalty to a friend cloud your usually good judgment. Be true to your principles -- they won’t ever let you down.

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A seeming inability to make a decision can sometimes work to your advantage. Use the time to reassess the situation, then act on the facts you uncover.

[CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Good news! A personal matter you thought would never improve suddenly takes on a more positive aspect. Things brighten up at your workplace as well.

[LEO (July 23 to August 22) Don’t huddle alone in your den to nurse those hurt feelings. Instead, get out and enjoy the company of family and friends. Remember, lions thrive in a pride!

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) An old health problem recurs, but quick attention soon puts everything right. Meanwhile, plans for the upcoming holidays might need to be changed. Stay ﬂexible!

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A project you started earlier this year begins to be noticed by the “right people.” Expect to get some heartening news by year’s end!

SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) It’s relationship repair time for both single and married Scorpions. Patch up the weak spots and renew your commitment to your partner or spouse.

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Love and marriage aspects are strong for both paired and single Archers. The latter can expect romantic overtures from a loving Leo.

CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Expect news about a business deal you weren’t sure about. In your personal life, a dispute with your spouse or partner is soon cleared up.

AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You have a tendency to overdo it, especially at this time of the year. Ease up on those grand plans for the holidays and take more time for yourself.

[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Someone from your romantic past might want to renew your old relationship. While this might be what you were hoping for, weigh your decision carefully.

[BORN THIS WEEK: You have a strong sense of truth and duty. You love to learn, and you love to teach. You make friends slowly, but your friendships last.