On February 29, more than 300 people watched with respect and reverence as the City of Greensboro unveiled a statue of two civil rights pioneers and local living legends, Justice Henry E. Frye and his wife Shirley T. Frye.
Food Network’s seasonal baking competition, SPRING BAKING CHAMPIONSHIP, returns with a supersized new season full of celebrations. Beginning on Monday, March 4th at 8 p.m. ET/PT.
6 Last week, the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) approved a Grants of Arts Project award of $20,000 for the RiverRun International Film Festival, which will be used to support the festival’s screening fees, venue rentals, and filmmaker travel stipends for THIS YEAR’S EVENT, which takes place April 18th-27th.
7 Five Republican candidates for Congress in the new 6th district will be interviewed on TRIAD TODAY in a special voter education episode that will air this Saturday and Sunday.
8 PERFECT DAYS holds the unique distinction of being the first Japanese film nominated for the Best International Feature not to have been directed by a Japanese filmmaker.
8 This year, the big-screen January doldrums have crept into February: Arg-
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12 Hundreds of students, alumni, and community members filled the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Corbett Sports Center on Wednesday, February 21 as they listened to producer, actress, and writer ISSA RAE tell of enterprising her way to success.
13 The TAB Arts Center is offering Triad residents the excitement and elegance of the PARISIAN DINER EN BLANC with a twist.
The nonprofit will host its annual fundraiser, Diner en Rouge, on Saturday, March 2 from 7 to 10 p.m. at The Historic Magnolia House, located at 442 Gorrell Street in Greensboro.
14 “ DO YOU BELIEVE,” the debut LP from BloodRitual drops Feb. 29. Featuring six tracks of “crossover thrashing madness from Carolina’s Cowboys,” the album plunges the depths of rock’n’roll dedication, offering a freakazoid howdy to their growing hoard of believers.
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Food Network’s seasonal baking competition, Spring Baking Championship, returns with a supersized new season full of celebrations. Beginning on Monday, March 4th at 8 p.m. ET/PT, host Jesse Palmer puts a dozen talented bakers to the test to transform springtime soirees into spectacular desserts.
Two of those bakers are from WinstonSalem: Anna Simeonides and Michael Bass.
From Earth Day to Jazz Fest to Derby Day and more, the bakers must showcase their baking abilities and craftsmanship as they whip up the most delectable, edible creations to win over judges Kardea Brown, Nancy Fuller, and Du Goldman. Only one baker will rise to the top and earn $25,000 and the title of Spring Baking Champion.
“Spring Baking Championship is the ultimate celebration of delectable desserts,” said Betsy Ayala, Head of Content, Food, for Warner Bros. Discovery. “Viewers will be captivated by the creativity of the talented bakers as they make the most eye-popping creations.”
Spring Baking Championship kicks o with a two-hour episode on Monday, March 4th at 8 p.m. ET/PT. In the premiere, 12 bakers enter the Spring Baking kitchen to get the celebration started with some
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This Friday, March 1, Reynolda House Museum of American Art opens its spring exhibition, “Seen and Unseen: Photographs by Imogen Cunningham” in the Mary and Charlie Babcock Wing Gallery. On view through June 2, 2024, the exhibition showcases the works of Imogen Cunningham, one of the most experimental photographers of the 20th century. Museum-goers will discover some of her most unusual and rare images presented alongside iconic ones, revealing why this American artist is one of the most important pioneers of photography.
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fun in the sun as they are tasked with creating sweet treats inspired by a tropical spring break. With two hours on the clock, the bakers must create a dessert that takes the judges on a spring break adventure using ingredients and flowers found on a tropical trip. Over the course of the competition the bakers face themed challenges including, floral dome cakes for the Spring equinox, ice cream filled baked Alaska desserts decorated to resemble di erent geographical locations, and cocktail-flavored éclairs inspired by the Kentucky Derby.
In the two-part finale, it’s the biggest celebration of all — weddings! Two of the bottom bakers face o on Monday, April 29th at 8 p.m. in a challenge where they honor the wedding tradition of “something borrowed” by borrowing recipes from the other bakers. Then on Monday, May 6th at 8 p.m., the three remaining bakers must design and create a dream wedding cake inspired by stained glass. Only one baker is crowned the new Spring Baking Champion and takes home the cash prize.
Fans can meet the newest batch of bakers and see the best creations from past seasons of the Spring Baking Championship at FoodNetwork.com/SpringBakingChampionship. Get an exclusive look behind the scenes with Jesse, Kardea, Du , and Nancy, as they take on their own challenges on social media using #SpringBakingChampionship. !
Embracing the times in which she lived, Cunningham (1883-1976) created images that reflect crucial movements and developments in art and photography during her 70-year career. Her photographs, seductive and dynamic, are inspired by a multitude of genres, including portraiture, family photographs, still lifes and street photography.
Throughout the exhibition season, Reynolda House and Gardens hosts a variety of events related to the photography theme. You can find these event details and more at reynolda.org/cunningham.
March 6: Drinks @ Dusk | $25
Explore the Seen& Unseen after hours while mixing and mingling in a historic setting. Participate in a scavenger hunt for a chance at winning a prize, vibe out to DJ-spun tunes, and sip on a specialty cocktail, beer, or wine.
March 24: Reynolda on the House | Free Admission
All are welcome to visit Reynolda “on the house” and enjoy a self-guided tour of this historic house, feature exhibition, and dance along to the live music provided local swing band, Swingset.
March 27: Gallery Talk – Group f/64 | $10
Join Benita VanWinkle, High Point University associate professor of visual arts, in this gallery talk that introduces Group f/64, a collective of American west coast photographers that decided it was time for a change away from the pictorialist soft focus,
or hand-manipulated movement of photography. Among the leaders of this movement were Imogen Cunningham, Edward Weston, Ansel Adams, and Willard Van Dyke.
April 6: Smartphone Photography Class with Elizabeth Larson | $60
Meet in Reynolda Gardens under the blossoming Cherry Trees and prepare to learn skills to better understand proper lighting, composition, exposure, and selecting go-to photo apps to enhance your photographs. All levels and devices are welcome. Rain date is April 13.
April 25: Imogen Cunningham
The Light Within | $15
In an era dominated by male photographers, Cunningham stood out as one of the few women who played a pivotal role in shaping early modernist photography in America. Despite her significant contributions, her stature has sometimes been overshadowed by her male peers. Guest speaker, Paul Martineau, curator of photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, aims to shed light on her rightful place in the annals of twentieth-Century photographic history.
May 25: Portrait of Imogen (Film) | $10
Meg Partridge, granddaughter of Cunningham and Director of the Imogen Cunningham Trust, worked alongside the photographer during her teenage years. Partridge directed and produced the Academy Award-nominated short documentary, “Portrait of Imogen.” A Q&A with Partridge will take place following the film. !
[BARTENDER OF THE WEEK COMPILED BY NATALIE GARCIA]
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8 years.
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I was a server at Tripps on Wendover and when I turned 21, I was asked to go behind the bar.
WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT BARTENDING?
I enjoy leaving first impressions and always good impressions!
WHAT IS THE MOST CHALLENGING PART OF BARTENDING?
Keeping everyone in the building happy!
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO MAKE?
Bloody Mary’s. You can spice it up and make it to anyone’s liking.
WHAT’S THE STRANGEST DRINK REQUEST YOU’VE HAD?
Hendrick’s, Malibu and pineapple.
WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST THING YOU’VE SEEN WHILE BARTENDING?
I had a customer come in and tell me he wanted to pay his tab. I didn’t recognize him and couldn’t find him in our system. Turns out he had been drinking across the street at another bar.
WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO DRINK?
Anything cider, preferably blackberry.
WHAT’S THE WEIRDEST THING YOU’VE FOUND IN A BAR BATHROOM?
Two tater tots.
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The Sportscenter Athletic Club is a private membership club dedicated to providing the ultimate athletic and recreational facilities for our members of all ages. Conveniently located in High Point, we provide a wide variety of activities for our members. We’re designed to incorporate the total fitness concept for maximum benefits and total enjoyment. We cordially invite all of you to be a part of our athletic facility, while enjoying the membership savings we offer our established corporate accounts.
Last week, the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) approved a Grants of Arts Project award of $20,000 for the RiverRun International Film Festival, which will be used to support the festival’s screening fees, venue rentals, and filmmaker travel stipends for this year’s event, which takes place April 18th-27th.
“The NEA grants are quite competitive,” observed RiverRun Executive Director Rob Davis, “and I’m honored the organization recognizes the value of RiverRun as an integral component of the North Carolina cultural landscape. The NEA grant will support our 2024 festival, including screenings in Winston-Salem
and Greensboro, and will enable us to bring more independent filmmakers from across North Carolina and around the world to the Piedmont Triad.”
“The NEA is delighted to announce this grant to RiverRun, which is helping contribute to the strength and wellbeing of the arts sector and local community,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D. “We are pleased to be able to support this community and help create an environment where all people have the opportunity to live artful lives.”
This Thursday, RiverRun continues its long-running series of popular “Indie Lens Pop-Up” screenings with Breaking the News , which will be shown at 7 p.m. at the Forsyth County Central Library, 660 W. Fifth St., Winston-Salem. Admission is free, and to register, visit https:// riverrunfilm.com/breaking-the-news-inperson/.
Breaking the News , which earned a nomination for Best Documentary Feature at the 2023 Tribeca Film
Festival and won the David Carr Award for Truth in Non-Fiction Filmmaking at the Montclair Film Festival, details the efforts of an industrious team of female and LGBTQ+ journalists based in Austin, Texas, to launch The 19th* , a digital news start-up designed to buck the traditional status quo and offer clear, concise information in an age dominated by misinformation and propaganda.
That their task was further hindered by the outbreak of the COVID pandemic during a period of social unrest made the creation of The 19th* that much more impressive, as it attempts to present a new voice in modern news coverage.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Chanel Davis, editor-in-chief of YES! Weekly and president of the Triad Association of Black Journalists; Gale Melcher of Triad City Beat ; and Casey Zanowic, a reporter at ABC45.
“The beauty of the ‘Indie Lens PopUp’ series is the diversity of the stories presented in these new documentaries and the important post-film discussions,” said Davis. “Our first ‘Indie Lens’ of 2024 ( Razing Liberty Square ) was about climate change and its effects on housing and our March film ( Matter of Mind: My Parkinson’s ) is about navigating Parkinson’s Disease. For this February offering, the focus is on the changing media environment and the creation of a new digital news platform to report on underreported stories. I believe a hallmark of the ‘Indie Lens’ films is that they are always very timely presentations.”
Both the “Indie Lens Pop-Up” series and “RiverRun Retro” screenings have
proven very successful in broadening the horizons of the festival. “Our yearround screenings attract both existing RiverRun patrons and also new audience members interested in the film or subject of the story,” said Davis. “As new audience members engage with these year-round programs, many of them also join us during the festival, so the yearround screenings are a powerful marketing tool for the festival while offering unique educational and entertainment options for the community.”
The 26th annual RiverRun International Film Festival is scheduled for April 18th-27th, 2024 and the official RiverRun website is https://riverrunfilm.com/. The official website for The 19th* is https://19thnews.org/. !
Five Republican candidates for Congress in the new 6th district will be interviewed on Triad Today in a special voter education episode that will air this Saturday and Sunday.
There are six candidates registered for the March 5 Republican primary.
They are: Christian Castelli, a combat veteran and business owner; Dr. Mary Ann Contogiannis, a plastic surgeon; attorney Bo Hines; former insurance lobbyist Addison McDowell; former High Point Mayor Jay Wagner; and former Congressman Mark Walker. Only Bo Hines declined to participate.
Democrat Kathy Manning is not seeking re-election after the Republican-controlled state legislature re-drew map boundaries to favor a GOP candidate in the new district, which now includes Southwest Guilford, Southern Forsyth, Northwest Cabarrus, Davie, Davidson and Rowan counties, High Point, Kernersville, and Walkertown.
Each of the five Republican candidates was given five minutes to talk about their personal and professional background, why they want to serve in Congress, and what their top priorities would be if elected. Here are excerpts from those conversations.
Jim: What about your personal or professional background prepares you to serve in Congress?
Wagner: I’ve spent the last 11 years serving the City of High Point, five on city council, and six as mayor, and I’ve had a very successful record of economic development.
McDowell: I spent four years working with Senator Ted Budd in his district o ce, and that includes much of the new 6th District, so I got to know the problems that the folks in this district have with navigating the bureaucracy of the federal government.
Contogiannis: My parents immigrated from Greece. We always went to church together. They taught us to love family, love God, and love our country. That was a moral compass for me in my life.
Castelli: I spent 22 years serving this great country. The Army provided me with a tremendous civilian and military education. It taught me leadership, decision-making
and problem solving, and there’s no shortage of problems in our government that need to be solved today.
Walker: Knowing this community, serving this community, 16 years as a pastor, 16 years as a member of Congress, and closing over 1,800 veterans’ cases. We don’t talk about it that much because now it’s all about who has the largest social media profile, but this is still a position about serving your community, something we’re very proud of.
Jim: If elected, what problems or priorities would you want to tackle first?
Contogiannis: The most important one is closing our border.
Wagner: One party wants to shut the border down, and the other wants to manage the inflow, so I think we have to have a very serious discussion about what the policy should be and then be able to act on that.
Walker: It’s reached a point where it has to be resolved very quickly. There were about 300,000 illegal immigrants who came across our border in the month of December alone, and those are just the ones we know about.
Castelli: We have a border crisis of epic proportions. Some would lead you to believe that illegal immigration is a victimless crime, and that is absolutely false.
McDowell: We have to secure the border, and for me, it’s a personal thing. Today would have been my little brother’s 28th birthday, and we lost Luke to fentanyl that was likely manufactured in China and smuggled up through Mexico.
Jim: Should the federal government regulate social media and the Internet, the same way it does with TV and radio?
Contogiannis: I know there needs to be regulation. The right vehicle is something to be determined, but yes, it needs to be regulated.
Walker: I think we’ve reached a place where we have to. There are countless issues we’re seeing with young folks and even
adults who social media has consumed, but also it has created a place for racketeering and tra cking the way it’s utilized. The bad guys are always going to use any kind of medium, so I think government has a role in making sure we have stop gaps for protection.
McDowell: Our children are facing a crisis, and I care about my daughter and I care about what she sees.
Wagner: I think that’s something we have to look at, but we also can’t escape the fact that parents have some responsibility for what their children are doing. You can’t allow your kids to do things and not supervise what they’re doing, and then blame the government because they’re not regulating it.
Jim: Do you support term limits for members of Congress?
Wagner: Yes, I’ve signed a pledge to limit my terms and I did that as mayor. I served six years, and I chose not to run again.
Contogiannis: There is a point where people are there just too long and get
entrenched in things. The most important thing is that voters can vote them in or out. If you’re not doing a good job, then voters can take care of it.
Walker: We were blessed to be in leadership pretty quickly on, but it takes some time to navigate in a way you feel like you’re serving your community. But I do not approve of any situation where this is a lifelong job. It was never designed that way by our founding fathers.
Castelli: I have no desire to be a career politician. I am a soldier and I want to go up there and do a tour of duty in Washington and get things moving in the right direction. This special edition of Triad Today airs Saturday at 7:30 a.m. on abc45, Sunday at 11 a.m. on MY48, and streams on WFMY+. !
JIM LONGWORTH is the host of Triad Today, airing on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. on ABC45 (cable channel 7) and Sundays at 11 a.m. on WMYV (cable channel 15) and streaming on WFMY+.
Perfect Days holds the unique distinction of being the first Japanese film nominated for the Best International Feature not to have been directed by a Japanese filmmaker. Instead, it was directed by the esteemed German auteur Wim Wenders, who co-wrote the screenplay with Takuma Takashi. This is Wenders’ first film since 2016’s little-seen Submergence and it’s one of his very best, an eloquent meditation on solitude anchored by the superb central performance of Koji Yakusho, who won the Best Actor award at last year’s Cannes Film Festival.
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Yakusho, doubling as executive producer, plays Hirayama, an unassuming and hard-working custodian who tends public lavatories throughout Tokyo. Every day he dutifully dons his uniform (“The Tokyo Toilet”) and goes about his routine, which he rarely deviates from. His is a life of orderly repetition, although he does indulge in gardening, photography, music, and reading.
The film follows Hirayama over the course of several days, but the narrative never becomes static or monotonous. Yakusho has a quietly charismatic and likable presence, whether he’s scrubbing toilets or enjoying a sandwich on his lunch break. It’s not a forced or showy performance but an entirely believable and sympathetic one, and the film builds carefully to establish a cumulative strength. Its impact is not immediate, and not readily apparent until well into the narrative. Yet in the end Perfect Days makes its impact, firmly and without fuss — and Franz Lustig’s cinematog-
raphy is gorgeous. Neither Tokyo — nor its public toilets! ± have ever looked better.
Tokio Emoto plays Hirayama’s cheerfully irresponsible, love-hungry assistant Takashi, but it’s rather a broad characterization. Faring better is Arisa Nakano as Hirayama’s niece Niko, who unexpectedly comes to visit him. It is here that we finally get a glimpse into Hirayama’s past, his interaction with the family he has distanced himself from, and a catalyst for him to reexamine his life. Is he wasting his life by doing nothing more than cleaning toilets? Is this all that life has to o er, or perhaps all he has to o er to life?
These are no easy questions but ones that audiences can certainly identify with on some level, and Perfect Days doesn’t have any clear-cut answer. Nor does it need to. By simply addressing them, Perfect Days achieves its own sense of purpose and power.
(In Japanese with English subtitles) !
Lisa Frankenstein is truly a monstrosity
This year, the big-screen January doldrums have crept into February: Argylle, Bob Marley: One Love, and now Lisa Frankenstein.
The latest variation on Mary Shelley’s oftfilmed tale, which was written by producer Diablo Cody and marks the feature directorial debut of Zelda Williams (daughter of Robin), is so consumed with being trendy and hip that it collapses into a heap very early on and never recovers.
Kathryn Newton plays Lisa Swallows, the prototypical high-school misfit. Still reeling from the axe murder (!) of her mother sometime before, she spends much of her lonely life pining away for romance while hanging around in the neighborhood cemetery, gazing longingly at the headstone of a Victorian man who died in 1837 after being struck by a bolt of green lightning.
high-school black comedy Heathers was released, and it soon becomes obvious that Lisa Frankenstein wants to emulate that film’s attitudes in the worst way — the very worst way. Yet it’s so far removed from reality that it seems to exist in its own ramshackle universe. The characters are cartoonish caricatures who in no way resemble human beings, and the situations they find themselves in are either painfully contrived or painfully predictable — and frequently both.
In quick succession, there’s another bolt of green lightning and the man, known as “The Creature” (Cole Sprouse), springs forth from his grave. Seeking shelter, he lumbers into Lisa’s house and, despite her initial shock (no pun intended), hides him in her bedroom closet. She goes so far as to procure victims for him so she can surgically rebuild him — she’s a wiz with a needle and thread, as it turns out — and the inevitable romance blossoms.
The film is set in 1989, the same year that the cult-classic
The script and direction of Lisa Frankenstein are rarely in sync. Cody’s dialogue isn’t particularly great to begin with, but Williams’ awkward, rushed direction torpedoes the humor at every turn. The jokes feel truncated and, in some cases, unfinished. Like the Creature, the film’s momentum lurches along, staggering and stumbling the entire time. There are the obligatory references to Shelley, Lord Byron, and Percy Shelley — but someone forgot to graft a brain or a heart onto the proceedings. It’s a smug, smarmy film whose attempts at light-hearted humor repeatedly fizzle.
If nothing else — and, indeed, there isn’t much else — Newton and Sprouse manage to imbue their characters with some semblance of life. They manage to bring a little spark to what is undoubtedly, and unfortunately, one of the year’s worst films. ! See MARK BURGER
ACROSS
1 Friendly and cheerful
7 Custard apple relative
12 Peevish state
16 Air gun ammo
19 With no secrecy
20 Caribbean resort island
21 Physiques, for short
22 Su x with east
23 Door-bashing device
25 Working hard
26 Grazing field
27 Politician Alexandria – -Cortez
28 Bud Light mascot Spuds MacKenzie, for one
31 A verb often follows it
34 Vex
36 Winning tic-tac-toe row
37 “Hoarders” channel
38 “Full House” acting pair
41 Sideways-moving arachnid
43 Judo teacher
44 Test taker
46 Sailors, informally
47 “The Villain” actor Jack
50 Gain’s o set
51 Ignited
53 “If I Only Had the Nerve” singer
59 “Ka-POW!”
60 Me, in Lyon
63 On – with (equal to)
64 One of the Kennedys
65 Org. with merit badges
67 Leaning
69 Mother of Jesus
71 Things to step on in washrooms
73 Moon that’s home to the Ewoks
74 Top-secret U.S. org.
75 Dialect of Aramaic
76 Ad biz award
77 French article
78 CEO’s deg.
80 Flashy, diving soccer move
82 Put a flaw in
83 Dog in “The Thin Man”
85 Hockey’s Phil, to fans
86 Manufacture
89 Leaned back
93 Negev’s land
98 “Fatal Attraction” Oscar nominee
100 Feta, for one
103 O cial order
104 Prevarication
105 Spiral-shelled mollusk
106 Rep on the street
107 Luxury writing implement
110 Eye ring
113 Rhinoplasty doc
114 Nastase of tennis fame
115 Halibut, sole and flounder
120 Beatified Mlle.
121 Madams’ counterparts
122 Eldest of the Musketeers
123 1998 Masters champ Mark
124 One of the Kennedys
125 Hug’s partner
126 Century’s 100
127 All 12 of its symbols are featured in this puzzle
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1 Dollop
2 Clean air org.
3 Court divider
4 Chants
5 Actor Baldwin
6 Vega’s constellation
7 Grill-marked sandwiches
8 French forest region
9 Brand of faucet filters
10 Cry like –
11 Bank bought by Chase, for short
12 Govt. advances for mom-and-pops
13 Opposite of destined
14 “And When –” (1969 hit)
15 Certain high-heel feature
16 Go-Go’s singer Carlisle
17 O spring producer
18 Ones entrapping
24 “Vidi,” in English
29 “Slow” primate
30 Bonnie of blues rock
31 Antis’ votes
32 Corrida cry
33 Sailor’s org.
35 It runs on a 52-Down
39 – -do-well
40 Bill of tennis
41 “Hurry it up!”
42 Actress Ward
45 Balm additive
48 Female grad
49 Chatty birds
52 Apple buy
53 Went spelunking
54 Think aloud
55 Prison units
56 2012 Ben A eck thriller
57 Turkish money unit
58 Bitterly cold
59 Adherents of an Iranian religion
60 Thousand: Prefix
61 – acid (fat product)
62 “There, there”
65 Georgia politician Bob
66 Michael of the band R.E.M.
68 Small nail
70 “– la Douce”
71 Drink-related party abbr.
72 Su x with micro- or kaleido-
75 Read quickly
79 “I’m c-c-cold!”
80 Start to wake
81 Light snack
82 Small rodents, jocularly
83 Sore feeling
84 Slumber
86 Star of “I’m No Angel”
87 Slower than allegretto
88 Like bootees
90 Cream-filled pastries
91 Big head
92 Contributor
94 Covered anew, as a book
95 – Lingus
96 Su x with Senegal
97 Guided
99 In harm’s way
101 Transversely
102 Those people
105 100-buck bill
108 Roman 1,052
109 Auction website
111 “The Wizard –”
112 Celeb’s ride
116 Radio host Charlamagne – God
117 “Bali
118 Epoch
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The best way to get inside Cathy Ladman’s head is to see her live. As one of the country’s top comedians, Ladman’s show is a self-probing vehicle which draws laughter from exposing personal neuroses. She was awarded the American Comedy Award for Best Female Stand Up Comic. Cathy’s comedy focuses on family, growing up, relationships, and real life from a very personal perspective
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On February 29, more than 300 people watched with respect and reverence as the City of Greensboro unveiled a statue of two civil rights pioneers and local living legends, Justice Henry E. Frye and his wife Shirley T. Frye.
The crowd included prominent civic leaders and clergy, as well as the extended family of the couple being honored, who graduated from North Carolina A&T State University in 1953 and were married three years later. In the past six decades, they have made their mark on this city and state. After the speeches by Governor Roy Cooper, Mayor Nancy Vaughan and others were done, the Fryes embraced as the cloth was pulled off a statue of them holding hands that now stands atop a pedestal in Center City Park near the intersection of Friendly Avenue and Elm Street.
The bronze and granite sculpture by
Maria Kirby-Smith is nine feet tall on its pedestal and weighs over 6,000 lbs. Upon its unveiling, Shirley and Henry Frye’s sons Henry E. Frye Jr. and Harlan Frye, daughter-in-law Angela Frye, their three grandchildren, and two greatgrandchildren, applauded and cried with joy. So did the happy throng of friends, colleagues, and admirers.
One was Governor Cooper, who called the Fryes “real-life superheroes” and “a dynamic duo.”
After Henry Frye and Shirley Taylor graduated from A&T in 1953, the future Mrs. Frye returned to A&T as assistant vice chancellor for development and university relations and as special assistant to the chancellor before serving as special assistant to the president and director of planned giving at Bennett College. She led the integration of Greensboro’s segregated YWCAs in the 1970s, with her work used as a model for YWCAs across the country.
After Henry Frye served in Korea and Japan, he and Shirley were married on Aug. 25, 1956, the same day he was denied the right to vote via a racist and impossible-to-pass “literacy test” imposed only on Black voters.
This inspired him to study for the bar and change his state and country. In
Shirley and Justice Henry Frye standing next to the statue erected in their honor.
1959, he became the first Black graduate from UNC School of Law; in 1963, the first Black assistant U.S. District Attorney; and in 1968, the first Black man in the 20th century to be elected to the N.C. General Assembly. In 1983, he was the first Black appointee to the N.C. Supreme Court, and in 1999, that court’s first Black chief justice.
Last year, Greensboro City Council voted unanimously to install the statue by Kirby-Smith, which was financed with private funds from the Joseph M. Bryan Foundation.
Speakers at the ceremony in Center City Park included, along with Cooper and Vaughan, N.C. A&T Chancellor Harold Martin, Bryan Foundation President Jim Melvin, Rev. Darryl Aaron of Providence Baptist Church, and Brooks Pierce Partner Justin Outling, who fondly
recalled his lunches at the Elm Street Subway with Justice Frye when Outling was the firm’s “baby attorney.”
Cooper began his speech by musing on “what it meant for Chief Justice Frye to be the first, sitting in that law school class, working in that bustling U.S. Attorney’s Office, and leading the state supreme court.”
“Can you imagine the pressure? The expectations that you want to meet while so many people steeped in prejudice want you to fail? That takes extraordinary courage and determination, it takes intellect and drive, it takes the ability to relate to all kinds of people.
Both Henry and Shirley Frye have all of these traits. Chief Justice Frye has told me before about being propelled by the injustice of defending his country, serving in Korea in the military, and then
having to take a literacy test in order to be able to register to vote.”
While Cooper said that the Fryes “have always been a team” he also emphasized, “Shirley has blazed her own trail, as an educator, as a businesswoman, as a community leader.”
“Shirley Frye focused on children in need and focused on education from early childhood all the way to our great universities. When you talk about somebody being a political powerhouse, you go talk to Shirley Frye. I did. Look what happened!”
Vaughan also referenced the “literacy test” that inspired Justice Frye’s career.
“One of the funniest and saddest stories I’ve heard about their relationship took place on the day they were married. The excited bridegroom decided he’d take that day to register to vote. The questions so difficult that a college graduate and U.S. Air Force Captain couldn’t answer them.”
After that infuriating experience, said Vaughan, “they assembled at the altar, with Shirley resplendent in her bridal attire and looking lovely and lovingly at Henry, who leaned in and whispered in her ear that ‘they wouldn’t let me register to vote.’ Shirley patiently looked at him and whispered back, ‘Henry, can we talk about that later?’ I’m sure that they’ve had many conversations like that over their decades together.”
“I hope that board of election person remembered him as he was being sworn in as N.C. Supreme Court Associate Justice and later as he was sworn in as Chief Justice. And realized how they tried to stop this force of nature. I hope it taught them a lesson.”
Vaughan described how “Shirley carved her own path teaching young children,” worked at A&T, served on the Bryan Foundation board, and retired from WFMY as vice president of community relations. “She did all of that supporting her husband and raising a family and even took time to be a Girl Scout leader impacting young women like Yvonne Jeffries, now known to us as Yvonne Johnson.”
The mayor closed with the following:
“I hope that a young person visiting this park and seeing this statue will wonder about the lives of Henry and Shirley and they will find out about two extraordinary individuals living in an extraordinary time of the Civil Rights movement, and see how they changed the world separately and together. I am honored to know these two great individuals. We are a better city because of them.”
In their speeches, both Vaughan and Melvin thanked former District 3
representative (and Vaughan’s 2022 mayor opponent) Outling for making the monument happen.
In a subsequent email, Outling described that process.
We at Brooks Pierce were considering ways to honor Justice Frye. During that time, Allen Johnson of the News and Record wrote an editorial saying a statue should be erected to honor Frye. In response, Ted Oliver, who recently retired from Davenport and Company and has been an active volunteer in the community for many years, submitted a letter to the editor agreeing with Allen.
I contacted Ted and we worked to put together an effort to erect a statue (using only private funds) to honor Justice Frye. We then approached Jim Melvin of the Bryan Foundation, who suggested that Shirley be added to the statue and agreed for the Bryan Foundation to pay for the statue.
Ted and I then sought and received support from the Greensboro City Council for the City of Greensboro to accept the gift of the statue and permit it to be installed in Center City Park .
When the couple being honored rose to the podium, Shirley Frye told the applauding crowd “That’s enough,” and as they laughed, further demonstrated the dry wit for which she is known. “Everybody is talking about Henry being the first this or that. I want you to know he is my first husband.”
She then called making her speech “one of the most difficult tasks we have ever encountered. There are no words in our vocabulary that can express our gratitude, thankfulness, and appreciation to clearly articulate to all those who bared their souls to honor us with this great gesture. Neither of us likes to be the focus of attention, but what do we do now? We’re here. After nearly 67 years of marriage, with all kinds of conversations and discussions over the years, this kind of thing was never a vision at any passing moment.”
Upon his turn at the podium, her husband jokingly announced, “I am filing to run for the next president of the United States.” Amid applause and laughter, he added, “I might reconsider later.”
“He will reconsider,” said his wife, to which he quipped, “Y’all see who runs things!” Minutes later, choked with emotion, he said “You’d think a man of my years could get his words right, but I’m not used to so many people saying good things about me.” !
IAN MCDOWELL is the author of two published novels, numerous anthologized short stories, and a whole lot of nonfiction and journalism, some of which he’s proud of and none of which he’s ashamed of.
Hundreds of students, alumni, and community members filled the North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University’s Corbett Sports Center on Wednesday, February 21 as they listened to producer, actress, and writer Issa Rae tell of enterprising her way to success.
The free, ticketed event was part of the university’s Harold L. Martin Sr. Chancellor’s Speaker Series, which “provides a platform to address and discuss issues of complexity and matters of importance within society, bringing nationally distinguished guests to campus for dialogue and engagement. The series is part of the university’s commitment to creating an intellectual climate that encourages the creative exchange of ideas.”
“As we prepared and intentionally discussed and determined tonight’s conversation I knew two things for sure. One, no one can tell me that N.C. A&T’s students aren’t among the brightest and most entrepreneurial, creative, innovative, and resourceful students in the world; and two, it is for those reasons that we continue to provide the speaker series events and conversations such as this one,” said Martin during his introduction. “I can proudly state that we have been standing on business each time with each guest and are determined to provide and cultivate an opportunity towards enlightenment, engagement, and cultivation of intellectual thought across the campus.”
Moderated by alumna Toya Bynum, who is currently the culture cultivator for PepsiCo’s Mosaic ERG National Board, this event focused on entrepreneurship and development.
“I’m extremely hyped about standing on business. Let’s be clear. There are many ways to stand on business. The most important thing though is actually getting out there and doing it. Going out there and taking the leap,” Bynum told the crowd.
Taking the stage to chants of “Issa, Issa, Issa” from the crowd, Rae said she feels extremely blessed to know that people are rooting for her.
“It’s been a long journey but a very intentional one. To be here and receive this
love today means so much. It feels great and I’m happy to be here,” she said.
Rae first garnered attention for her award-winning web series and the accompanying New York Times bestseller, “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl.” She then went on to create and star in the Peabody Award-winning HBO show, Insecure, for which she garnered multiple Emmy® and two Golden Globe® nominations. Rae has also made her mark on the big screen, starring in The Photograph and The Lovebirds
When asked how her formative years and childhood experiences shaped who she became as a creative, Rae credits her mother.
“My mom was very specific about making sure we understood where we came from. My dad is Senegalese and she’s from Louisiana but raised in LA. She grew up in the 60s and 70s. There was a lot of Black Pride,” Rae explained. “My mom was very intentional about never being ashamed of your history. I always grew up with a sense of pride and knowing who I was. And then being surrounded by voices that tell our stories. Being surrounded by what I thought were the best television shows that centered Black people and movies that centered Black love and I wanted that for myself. I wanted to be a storyteller and reflect the me that I saw in us.”
Rae said that her storytelling process begins with her family and friends at the center.
“I grew up with a strong sense of humor and anytime I write something comical, I’m always thinking will this make my siblings laugh,” she said. “It’s the same thing on the friends side. I’ve gone through so many things with my friends, trials and tribulations. I love my friends and sometimes I steal their shit for my own content. That’s just the compromise you make
being friends with a writer. We are great friends but we will use your stories.”
Rae said she created her breakout series “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl” after college as a reflection of “being in my 20s in a work environment and still feeling unsheltered from being out of school and also being uncomfortable and interacting socially.”
“One of the things they tell you after you graduate is to get out there and network and that gave me so much anxiety. Getting out there, going up to someone, and talking to someone and I’m like how am I supposed to do that? I thought ‘I can’t be the only one that feels this way. I can’t be the only one that feels pressure in these situations,’” she explained. “So Awkward Black Girl came out of the hope of building a community in some ways, where maybe if I put this out there somebody else can be like ‘me too’ and I’ll have friends. It was really fulfilling in that way.”
Rae said that Insecure was a transition from Awkward Black Girl. After a failed opportunity with ABC and Shonda Rhimes, Rae was able to find her voice and confidence when HBO came calling.
“I just wasn’t ready for it because I just didn’t know my voice and was super eager to please. At the time, I didn’t know if I had the tools and the confidence to deliver at the time. They ultimately passed on that and I was just devastated. Then HBO called and said ‘Hey, we heard you were free. We love Awkward Black Girl and we want to do something similar,’” Rae said. “Insecure was a transition into adulthood. In so many ways, Insecure helped me be a more confident storyteller.”
Finding her voice meant finding her confidence. That also meant ensuring her work remained authentic. Rae shared how she insisted the name remain the same at the first table read.
“The then president was like ‘Can we talk about the title Insecure’ and I was like sure. He said ‘when I see these two women I don’t see insecure women. I see flawless, fierce confident.’ I told him that’s the problem. I feel like at that time that was the language around Black women. Superhuman. Strong. Can’t do no wrong. I’m not. I’m not flawless. I’m not fierce. I do not feel like that every day. I did not wake up like this. That’s hard to live up to and if we’re constantly projecting that then what about your everyday person? It’s really important to me that we’re allowing these women to be vulnerable, to be insecure, and allowing them to be incredibly flawed because they are and that’s where the title comes from.”
Rae said that along her journey, and especially these last few years, enterprising has been her focus. In 2020, Rae formed HOORAE, a multifaceted media company that develops content across mediums to continue to break boundaries in storytelling and representation, which includes HOORAE Media for film, TV, and digital; Raedio, the music label, music supervision company and “audio everywhere” company; and ColorCreative, its management division. Via a connected deal, Rae has also expanded her executive producer slate with the Emmy Award-nominated A Black Lady Sketch Show and the series, Rap SH*T.
She is actively involved in the nonprofit organization Destination Crenshaw, has ownership in Hilltop Cafe + Kitchen, and is co-owner of the hair care line, Sienna Naturals.
“Self-producing is not new to me. It really just comes down to capital and distribution. I know a lot of my peers, especially post-strike, were very vulnerable, and a lot of us were just sitting still and at the mercy of those studios that didn’t want to pay writers their worth,” Rae explained. “I don’t want to be in a position again where somewhere can dictate whether or not I can make something and the price point at which I can make it. You have a lot of creatives who don’t want to be in the position anymore where people decide whether or not they get to tell their stories. I’m in the same boat and making moves to not have to ask permission.” !
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.
The TAB Arts Center is o ering Triad residents the excitement and elegance of the Parisian Diner en Blanc with a twist.
The nonprofit will host its annual fundraiser, Diner en Rouge, on Saturday, March 2 from 7 to 10 p.m. at The Historic Magnolia House, located at 442 Gorrell Street in Greensboro. They are asking attendees to dress in their most glamorous red and join them at the Magnolia House’s Pavilion for a cause.
“Essentially it is to raise money so that we can continue to do the things that we do in the community,” said Sunny GravelyFoushee, co-founder and executive director of The TAB Arts Center. “We’re trying to build our capacity so that we can employ more people and so that we can have a greater reach and this fundraiser will help us do that.”
The evening starts with a social hour from 7 to 8 p.m., followed by a screening of the family-friendly film Couch Party by director and Greensboro native Nachela Knox.
Unlike the traditional Diner En Blanc, guests need not worry about bringing food, tables, and chairs, as it is included in the ticket price. Food and drinks will be provided by The Historic Magnolia House kitchen.
Gravely-Foushee said it will be a night of community, culture, and culinary cuisine.
“Attendees can expect a great time. Nachela Knox has actually worked with our organization with the after-school film camp. She premiered this movie at Red Cinemas last year. It’s just a really fun, family-friendly, comedy film that I think a lot of people will enjoy,” she said. “We’re excited about it and the feedback has been positive. It’s a di erent event. It’s creative. It’s not something that people are doing in Greensboro so I think it will be a fun event.”
TAB Arts Center is a nonprofit “dedicated to using the arts as a vehicle for providing education, infusing culture, and inspiring fun.” According to its website, the nonprofit aims to “encourage intergenerational interaction and engagement through visual and performing arts.” They do this
by partnering with The Artist Bloc, LLC, and other local agencies to “bring quality art education, art therapy and overall awareness of the arts to the community. Their goal is to engage all ages and socioeconomic groups through culture and the arts.” Some of the programs they o er include Virtual Art Classes, a Film Camp, an Arts Summer Camp, a Community Mural program, Senior Art Classes, Alzheimer’s Art Classes, and the MESHA: Math, English, Science, History, Art program.
“TAB is all about advocating, employing, and bringing awareness to the arts. This is kind of an example of that. Of us trying to bring awareness to the local talent that we have in Greensboro and the fact that we can do creative and cool things that support local artists. A lot of times, in order for people to get excited they want to go to a Tanger where you’re getting these well-known people from other places,” explained Gravely-Foushee. “But really the small, grassroots organizations are the ones that are doing the work to cultivate and to bring all of the talent that we have here to the forefront. So that people can really see that we have a lot of talent right here that we need to support, put on a pedestal, and give the things they need. We need to elevate them.”
Tickets are $80 for individuals, $150 for couples, and free for children under 10. They can be purchased by visiting, www. eventbrite.com/e/diner-en-rouge-tickets789775950127?a =oddtdtcreator.
For more information on the nonprofit The TAB Arts Center, visit www.tabartscenter.org. !
the debut LP from BloodRitual drops Feb. 29.
Featuring six tracks of “crossover thrashing madness from Carolina’s Cowboys,” the album plunges the depths of rock’n’roll dedication, o ering a freakazoid howdy to their growing hoard of believers.
“It’s all about the consequences of ‘Sex, Drugs, and Rock n’ Roll,’” said vocalist Ben Roberts. “I’ve spent so much of my life attached to playing music — which has given so much, but also taken so much. It’s almost silly what musicians put themselves through.”
“But you have to,” Roberts continued. “It’s not something that can be suppressed — which means there are consequences.”
Riding hard across metal’s soundscape, BloodRitual builds upon the crossroads that brought them along as Carolina’s Cowboys. “It’s a moniker we gave ourselves,” Roberts explained, fleshing influences in song and life: raisin’ hell and reign’in blood. AC/DC to Johnny Paycheck. “I spent a lot of time trying to run from country music; but around my mid-20s I just realized: it rocks. It’s in our music, it’s in our lyrics, it’s in our blood.”
Co-owner at Acme Comics and operator of the downtown location, Roberts started playing in Greensboro bands as a teenager — with a love for music brewing for much longer. “I was a scared kid,” he explained. “My cousin had a massive picture of Gene Simmons spitting blood. It was the scariest thing I’d ever seen, but he pulled me aside and made me listen to KISS. I fell in love. That pulled me in.”
“Somewhere Else Tavern was close enough that I could skateboard there,” he continued, recalling his first exposure to local music. “It was a breeding ground for my creativity and seeing bands like NUGGET, Live Through, and The Nondenoms developed my personality and passion.”
Roberts’ passion developed into bands like Future Primitive — spawned from a love for Propagandhi and Kid Dynamite. “Cameron was also a member,” he explained, introducing guitarist Cameron Phipps. “We’ve been friends forever. BloodRitual is the culmination of the many hard lessons
we learned as we progressed.”
Rising directly from Future Primitive’s ashes, Phipps and Roberts are joined in BloodRitual by drummer Mitchell Willard (tattooist at Legacy Irons), guitarist Josh Francisco, and bassist Ben Ziglar.
For Ziglar, playing in BloodRitual remains an honor. “It’s fun to hold down the low end. Ben is nice to me because we each face the constant threat of being referred to as Ben Junior.” With a background in “thrashy sludge” bands around Charlotte, Ziglar grew up on Rock92 playlists and lists a current love for “Scandinavian stu like Windir and First Aid Kit. Metal is best when it doesn’t take itself too seriously.”
Professing a similar a ection for Scandinavian bands like Anti-Cimex, Roberts remains an avowed member of the KISS Army. “We come from such strange and diverse musical backgrounds,” he said. “Josh’s are hair metal bands like Great White and Mötley Crüe. Cam loves Primus. Mitchell drums along to Black Dahlia Murder.”
“BloodRitual was designed to be fun from the get-go,” he added, dropping their album in a sonic range between Iron Age, Hank Williams Jr., and Morbid Saint. “We initially tried very hard to be ‘capital M’ Metal. Maybe too hard at first; but eventually something clicked together. It’s a true weirdo amalgamation. There’s a ferocity building in the live shows — I’m excited to see how many more years of abuse I can put my body through.”
Their resulting debut plays it fast and loose — fun with a heavy bite. “I was raised religious,” Roberts said, referencing the “Seed of Destruction” single. “I don’t like talking about it a lot. But I frequently think if God existed, what a massive disappointment we are as a species. Destruction and
album cover, with coloring done in-house.
“I feel like we’re almost cheating by having an insanely talented artist in our band,” he explained, praising Willard’s colorwork and merch design…and as any KISS devotee would assume, Roberts loves merch — a notion reinforced by his suggesting an exclusive VHS release for music videos. “Laserdisc details are TBA,” Ziglar interrupted.
death follow in the wake of our existence. We’re bound to violence, whether actively or passively.”
Details on the cassette release — 33 yellow and 66 red — through Bitter Melody Records, is clear. For CDs, Roberts is putting his own special mark: an Obi strip. “It’s just such a cool thing that rarely comes with American releases — a little extra touch that just elevates the entire package.”
lence, bound to music — a concept the intro monologue (featuring Funeral Chic’s Ryan
Bound to violence, bound to ourselves. And, for Roberts, bound to music — a concept the intro monologue (featuring Funeral Chic’s Ryan Lockheart) makes clear. “You’ve signed your life up,” Roberts explained. “It consumes you. Your worldview gets changed. After pouring so much money and time into a band that, realistically, has a low ceiling of success you still do it. Why? Because you can’t back out. It’s never going to end. For good…for bad.“
Getting to an even more personal level, “Graveyard of Life” o ers a tribute of gratitude to those who shape us. Recalling the loss of influential figures — notably Power Trip’s Riley Gale and Robert’s longtime friend Scott Arianse. “I’ll think about Scott every day for the rest of my life,” Roberts said.
“I’ve always been fascinated with using pastiche,” he added, moving toward the lyrical macro. Pop culture references abound. The album’s title is a Don Henley nod; artists like Thin Lizzy, the Damned, Ramones, and Stooges, are plugged throughout. “I’ve attempted to move away from general metal tropes. But there’s the swagger of the hair metal stu that Josh loves, the weirdness of Cam’s influence, and still a ton of bite.”
Jeremy White reinforced that bite onto record at White Noise Recordings. “He wasn’t going to let us walk out with a bad album,” Roberts said. Getting to the visual, Filipino artist LouDeath designed the
Records, is clear. For CDs, Roberts the himself as a storyteller across mediums — and looks forward to spinning yarns during BloodRitual’s Bandcamp listening party on
Looking at his role in elevating the grand scheme, Roberts views himself as a storyteller across mediums — and looks forward to spinning yarns during BloodRitual’s Bandcamp listening party on Feb. 29; where fans can tune in and chat as the album is played. “If you wanna join and ask me deeply personal questions, head to our Bandcamp.”
As the release looms, “I’m excited for these songs to be out in the world now, but also incredibly nervous,” Roberts admitted. “We’re our own worst critics.” Going out in the world, BloodRitual will be at Above Board Skatepark on March 9, with Disrotter and Hellion Child. “It’s weirdly become the spot for shows,” Roberts said, praising the all-ages environment. Ziglar agreed, “All of the shows have been a party.”
For Roberts, it’s a party for the people. “Community is a massive deal to me,” he insisted. “It’s why I worked to become an owner at Acme” (who are partnering with Firestar Pro Wrestling to present Boxcar Slam Masters live wrestling on March 1 at Boxcar Bar + Arcade).
“It’s a lot to keep up with,” Roberts added. “Thank you for caring. Do you Believe?”
“Do You Believe,” the debut LP from BloodRitual drops Feb. 29; with a listening party on their bandcamp, beginning at 8 p.m. They’ll be at Above Board Skatepark on March 9. !
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[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) The adventurous Arian won’t be disappointed when taking on a new challenge, despite some initial misgivings. Look for this move to open up other opportunities down the line.
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