Girl Power: Winston-Salem’s Hostesses with the Mostest

from YES! Weekly - March 1, 2023

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arch is Women’s History Month — and there’s never a bad time to throw ﬂowers towards hostesses with the mostesses — here’s to the web of wonderful women around WinstonSalem who weave community through song, dance, and even scary movies.

Community is the beating, bloody heart of the newly-launched “Horror Fright” nights, hosted by Madame Mae, which showcases horror ﬂicks (with a suggested costume theme) each Tuesday at the Camel City Playhouse.

While the series started with a “My Bloody Valentine” special in February, the meat-and-bones begin with “Leprechaun” (and a green-attire dress code) on March 1; “The Fly” follows on March 14 (with Je Goldblum cosplay encouraged); a special “Ginger Snaps” party (and ﬁnal girl theme) runs March 21; and “The Lost Boys” (with a suggested teen vampire motif) plays on March 28.

“My biggest goal is to create an ongoing theatrical experience to unite the community,” Mea explained, beckoning the strange and unusual. “A place to experience what it’s like to be alone in space where no one can hear you scream — but in a crowded room. It’s a place for those who love horror to gather and to build a following and friendships — and a place for people who are just getting into horror so that they can experience it live and chat about it with people around them. It’s a place to belong.”

”I’m just a spooky woman providing spooky movies to the public,” Mae continued, balancing herself against the character she’s creating. “We just started up, so it’s all trial and error — if I can be vulnerable: stepping into my dress and walking onto that stage was one of the most nerve-wracking things I’ve done in a long time. But when I walked through the curtain and saw all the people that were already united by the love of horror, it made all the preparation and stress worth it.”

Channeling mistresses of the night with a mix of Mae West and her Texan home state drag artist heroines (Lee Marshall and Layla LaRue), Madame Mae espouses a “love of all things glamour and horror that will bring your bones to the grave.” Goaled to o er a welcoming and meticulously curated environment, each showing follows a theme and suggested dress code. And each month will be partnered with di erent charitable organizations. They’ll host a special “Blood Moon Drive” during the “Ginger Snaps” screening, to collect menstrual products for Period.Org, with a special “blood bag” for those who donate.

It’s a rich pairing. For the unaware: “Ginger Snaps” o ers a rippin’ lycanthropic allegory into puberty. Aiming to celebrate the transition to womanhood, “we’re having a panel of individuals speak about their life experiences with menstruating and trying to live the life they’re creating — including a retired Marine who’ll share the struggles she went through while serving her country, ” Mae explained, “and I’m excited to have Sophie Bot 5000, the Transexual temptress of Winston-Salem, speaking about their transition.”

In addition to the panels, Selia d’Katzmeow and her pack will perform a Werewolf-themed routine to make the audience howl.

An esteemed producer and performer under her “Haus d’Katzmeow” troupe, d’Katzmeow is another Winston-based hostess with the mostess, who’ll celebrate a year of regular showcases at the Camel City Playhouse with “Spring into Burlesk!” on April 15.

Aimed at “celebrating all things feminine, fertile, rebirths, new beginnings, and blossoming,” d’Katzmeow is excited to launch “Camel City Burlesk” as well as new regular appearances at Breathe Cocktail Lounge in Kernersville. Her latest production shares classic burlesque, along with history and educational elements geared toward the community. “My approach to hosting is creating a safe environment for the performers, sta , and audience members,” she said. “I begin each show with emphasis on consent and safety. I lead the show as the Femcee and provide historical facts and modern-day relevance to the audience. Our performers are grounded in inclusivity, knowledge, and embodiment of the craft, incredible stage presence, and importantly, safety.”

As d’Katzmeow celebrates a year at the Playhouse, The Martha Bassett Show is celebrating its sixth season, now underway at the Historic Reeves Theater in Elkin. Blending “fabric of the national roots and Americana scene with the rich artistry, history, and ﬂair of North Carolina’s Piedmont region,” the live show runs bi-weekly on Thursdays through October; and is syndicated across a handful of radio stations nationwide. Here in the Triad, it broadcasts Saturday evenings on WFDD.

“Producer Pat Lawrence and I have been working hard to take TMBS to a larger audience,” Bassett said. “It’s our goal to be a national radio show. We feel like North Carolina music is special and should be recognized nationally for its uniqueness.”

“I love mixing together national, regional, and local artists, with a strong emphasis on NC artists. And I’m most proud of our representation of women on the show,” she continued, praising scheduled season six performers like Kyshona, Heather Maloney, Minton Sparks, Danielle Howle, and Badi Assad. Upcoming episodes will feature Heather Pierson, Holler Choir, and Matty Sheets on March 2; and Girl Blue, Kenny Roby, and Snüzz are the guests on March 16.

Basset’s support for female artists ﬂows into her role as a performer, she’s often a special guest on the Blue Ridge Opry, a classic country throwback experience hosted by Kelley Breiding (of Kelley and the Cowboys, who’ll be on TMBS come September 7). Breiding will bring the Opry itself to the Reeves on July 22. Bassett also performed at the inaugural Songbird Supper Club in October (with Cashavelly Morrison, Casey

Noels, and Hannah Pabon).

Hosted by Melissa MacLeod, the Supper Club meets monthly, on the last Tuesday, at the West Salem Public House. O ering “a cozy and casual performance series to celebrate women who create and express, or want to start,” organizers emphasize the series as being “rooted in building trust and collectively healing patriarchal-conditioning that has led to sisterhood wounds, perfectionism, and outmoded belief systems that keep us isolated from one another and our magic. We want to fundamentally change the landscape for women artists in Winston-Salem and the surrounding areas.”

It’s a pursuit shared by Billie Feather, organizing member of FemFestNC and co-host of the Winston-Salem Beer & Banjos series at Gas Hill Drinking Room. A multi-instrumentalist and music educator, Feather is a UNCSA graduate and professor at Meredith College. She plays bass in Charles Latham and the Borrowed Band (who played TMBS’s season six opener), heads The P-90’s (who’ll celebrate their album release with Reese McHenry at Gas Hill on March 16), and plays guitar in Hank, Pattie and The Current. Bandmate (and partner-in-crime) Hank Smith joins her in the WSB&B co-host seat.

“Winston Salem Beer & Banjos is the latest chapter in a franchise of Beer & Banjos music series that occur around the Triad,” Feather explained. “We felt that Winston was the perfect place to expand the series, as it hosts a variety of musicians and is close to traditional hotspots for those genres.” Running monthly, with a focus on bluegrass, Americana, and folk music, “we celebrate the diversity of artists within those genres while acting as a hub to those artists within the Winston-Salem community and beyond,” she noted.

The monthly series showcases a special guest, while the Beer & Banjos Allstars house band serves contemporary bluegrass and the occasional pop cover. The next installment, on March 15 will “feature femme forward Americana act, Dissimilar South, a triangle favorite with fantastic harmonies and original music,” Feather explained. “After hearing them at FemFest 2022, we fell in love and can’t wait to have them back in town.”

Happy Women’s History Month to all the hostesses with the mostesses across the Triad! !

Archdale

FIREHOUSE TAPROOM

10146 N Main St | 336.804.9441 www.facebook.com/firehousetaproom/

Mar 11: Usual Suspects

Asheboro

FOUR SAInTS BREwIng

218 South Fayetteville St. | 336.610.3722 www.foursaintsbrewing.com

Thursdays: Taproom Trivia

Fridays: Music Bingo

Mar 4: Samuel Stowe

Mar 11: 80’s Unplugged

Apr 15: High Cotton

Apr 29: Corey Hunt and the wise

Carborro

CAT ’S CRAdlE

300 E Main St | 919.967.9053 www.catscradle.com

Mar 2: Sam grisman Project

Mar 3: Chatham County line

Mar 3: Bailen

Mar 4: Soul glo

Mar 5: Mikaela davis

Mar 8: They Might Be giants

Mar 9-10: Yo la Tengo

Mar 10: Bilmuri

Mar 11: Curtis waters

Mar 12: Plastic Picnic

Mar 13: Runnner

Mar 14: Emily Scott Robinson + Alisa

Amador + Violet Bell

Mar 16: duck w/ Florencia & the Feeling, Elora dash

Mar 20: The lemon Twigs

Mar 20: new Found glory

Mar 21: Cheekface

Mar 21: Riverside

Mar 21: Souldside

Mar 22: white Reaper

CHARLOttE

BOjAnglES COlISEUM

2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.boplex.com

Mar 3: joe Bonamassa

Mar 22: BUddY gUY

Apr 15: Brandon lake

Apr 19: Bethel Music

Apr 20: los dos Carnales

THE FIllMORE

1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970 www.livenation.com

Mar 1: dropkick Murphys

Mar 3: Muscadine Bloodline

Mar 9: Keshi

Mar 10: Key glock

Mar 14: Knuckle Puck & Real Friends

Mar 14: August Burns Red

Mar 15: Yeat 2023

Mar 16: Static-X

Mar 16: nick Cannon w/ special guests

Mar 17: Sebastian Mickael

Mar 20: jordy Searcy

Mar 22: gracie Abrams

Mar 23: Big wild

Mar 24: Vance joy

Mar 29: joshua Bassett

Mar 29: lucki

Mar 30: Masked wolf

Mar 31: Eluveitie

SPECTRUM CEnTER

333 E Trade St | 704.688.9000 www.spectrumcentercharlotte.com

Mar 10: new Edition: legacy Tour 2023

Mar 18: Rauw Alejandro

Apr 21: Straight jokes! no Chaser Comedy Tour

DuRHAm

CAROlInA THEATRE

309 W Morgan St | 919.560.3030 www.carolinatheatre.org

Mar 10: jerry Cantrell

Mar 14: lizz wright

Mar 21: Tye Tribbett

Mar 23: HITS! The Musical

Mar 25: Orpheus and Eurydice dPAC

123 Vivian St | 919.680.2787 www.dpacnc.com

Feb 28-Mar 5: jagged little Pill

Mar 8: Trixie and Katya live

Mar 14: Il divo

Mar 24-27: Trevor noah

Mar 28: Tedeschi Trucks Band

Apr 1: Taylor Tomlinson

ELKIN REEVES THEATER

129 W Main St | 336.258.8240 www.reevestheater.com wednesdays: Reeves Open Mic

Fourth Thursdays: Old-Time jam

Mar 4: jeff little Trio

Mar 10: Scythian

Mar 11: The Reeves House Band plays

The Allman Brothers Band

Mar 30: Elkin Big Band: love & Romance

gREENSBORO

BARn dInnER THEATRE

120 Stage Coach Tr. | 336.292.2211 www.barndinner.com

Mar 4- Apr 15: Church Basement ladies: The last Potluck Supper

CAROlInA THEATRE

310 S. Greene Street | 336.333.2605 www.carolinatheatre.com

Mar 28: Cory Asbury w/ Riley Clemmons

COMEdY ZOnE

1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034 www.thecomedyzone.com

Mar 2: Christian johnson

Mar 3-5: Ali Siddiq

Mar 10-11: j.j. williamson

COMMOn gROUndS

602 S Elm Ave | 336.698.388 www.facebook.com/CommonGroundsGreensboro

Mar 18: Sleepless denver

Mar 29: june Star gREEnSBORO COlISEUM

1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com

Mar 25: Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band

HAngAR 1819

1819 Spring Garden St | 336.579.6480 www.hangar1819.com

Mar 1: d.R.U.g.S.

Mar 4: Bodysnatcher

Mar 5: nonpoint

Mar 7: Fleshgod Apocalypse

Mar 11: Kings Of Thrash

Mar 12: Rotting Christ

Mar 13: Adelitas way

Mar 18: Maiden Voyage- The Ultimate Iron Maiden Tribute

Mar 21: death To All

Mar 22: jonny Craig

Mar 30: Until I wake lITTlE BROTHER

BREwIng

348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678 www.facebook.com/littlebrotherbrew wednesdays: Trivia

Fridays & Saturdays: Free live Music

Mar 4: Paleface

Mar 10: Chuck Mountain live

Mar 11: Stray local

Mar 17: The new Strange

Mar 24: Kyle Caudle Band

Mar 25: Evan Blackberby

PIEdMOnT HAll

2411 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com

Mar 12: Key glock

upcoming EvEnts

Mar 1: The Shootouts

Mar 2: A Tribute to De La Soul & Native Tongues

Mar 3: Ed E. Ruger

Mar 4: French Cassettes w/ Mellow Swells

Mar 5: The Wilson Springs Hotel

Mar 6: Greg Kock ft. Koch Marshall Trio

Mar 7: Karly Driftwood, Mackenzie Roark, + Carri Smithey

Mar 8: Dolphinsdaughtr

Mar 9: JWS w/ Cory Luetjen

HOURS: Tues-Fri: 3pm-unTil saT & sun 12pm-unTil 221 Summit Ave | 336.501.3967 www.flatirongso.com

Mar 25: Skid Row & Buckcherry

Mar 31: judah & The lion

ROdY’S TAVERn

5105 Michaux Rd | 336.282.0950 www.facebook.com/rodystavern

STEVEn TAngER CEnTER

300 N Elm Street | 336.333.6500 www.tangercenter.com

Mar 4: Kountry wayne

Mar 5: nikki glaser

Mar 14-19: Ain’t Too Proud

Mar 23: Buddy guy

THE IdIOT BOX COMEdY ClUB

503 N. Greene St | 336.274.2699 www.idiotboxers.com

Thursdays: Open Mic

Mar 10: nik Cartwright

Mar 24: Andy Forrester

High Point

HigH Point tHEatrE

220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401 www.highpointtheatre.com

Mar 25: the Funny godmothers

Plank StrEEt tavErn

138 Church Ave | 336.991.5016 www.facebook.com/plankstreettavern

SwEEt old Bill’S

1232 N Main St | 336.807.1476 www.sweetoldbills.com

Mar 2: Chris Sheppard

Mar 9: Jimmy Hayes and Friends

Mar 16: Banjo Earth

Mar 23: Becky and Zach

Mar 30: tin Can alley apr 6: Johnny o’ and the Jump out Boys apr 13: Banjo Earth apr 27: turpentine Shine trio

Jamestown

tHE dECk

118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 www.thedeckatrivertwist.com

Mar 2: dan Miller

Mar 3: Southbound 29

Mar 4: Brother Pearl

Mar 9: Bradley Steele

Mar 10: retro vinyl

Mar 11: Stereo doll

Mar 16: renae Paige

Mar 18: Sawmproots

Mar 23: Ethan Smith

Mar 24: Second glance

Mar 25: radio revolver

Mar 30: Micah auler

Mar 31: Big City apr 6: Porcelain lovecraft apr 8: Muddy Creek Band apr 14: Stephen legree apr 15: Cory leutjen apr 20: Micah auler apr 22: Hampton drive

Kernersville

BrEatHE

CoCktail loungE

221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822 www.facebook.com/BreatheCocktailLounge wednesdays: karaoke

Mar 11: vinyl tap liberty tHE liBErtY

SHowCaSE tHEatEr

101 S. Fayetteville St | 336.622.3844 www.TheLibertyShowcase.com

Mar 4: the Malpass Brothers

Mar 10: Country gentlemen tribute

Band

Mar 11: lee roy Parnell

Mar 16: Chapel Hart

Mar 17: dailey & vincent

Mar 18: aaron tippin

Mar 25: dewey & leslie Brown oak ridge

BiStro 150

2205 Oak Ridge Rd | 336.643.6359 www.bistro150.com

Mar 4: kris Ferris

Mar 11: two for the road

Mar 18: limited Engagement

Mar 25: wilde...Chris & amanda

Barrens raleigh

CCu MuSiC Park at walnut CrEEk

3801 Rock Quarry Rd | 919.821.4111 www.livenation.com linColn tHEatrE

126 E. Cabarrus St | 919.831.6400 www.lincolntheatre.com

Mar 2: Muscadine Bloodline

Mar 4: alan doyle and the Beautiful Band w/ Christ trapper

Mar 10: Sidewinder

Mar 12: Popa Chubby

Mar 14: Marc Broussard

Mar 16: Boombox

Mar 17: adam doleac

Mar 18: Shoot to thrills w/ Stone whiskey/ automag

Mar 19: will Hoge & the wild Feathers

Mar 21: Moe.

Mar 22: the Movement w/ kyle

Smith

Mar 28: guster

Mar 31: Eric gales w/ king Solomon

Hicks rEd Hat aMPHitHEatEr

500 S McDowell St | 919.996.8800 www.redhatamphitheater.com

PnC arEna

1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300 www.thepncarena.com

Mar 13: greta van Fleet

Randleman

kaMikaZE’S tavErn

5701 Randleman Rd | 336.908.6144 www.facebook.com/kamikazestavern karaoke Every tuesday & thursday

Mar 3: drag in the Country: Paisley

Parque

Mar 4: Fair warning

Mar 11: Brother Pearl

winston-salem

Earl’S

121 West 9th Street | 336.448.0018 www.earlsws.com

Mondays: open Mic thursdays: will Jones

Mar 3: the Mighty Fairlanes

Mar 4: Jonathan Parker

Mar 10: Zack Brock and good intentions

Mar 11: aaron Hamm and the Big river Band

Mar 17: the Bandits

Mar 18: russ varnell

Mar 24: Sam robinson Band

Mar 25: Billy Creason

Mar 31: Jesse ray Carter apr 1: Mike Cosner and the Fugatives

FootHillS BrEwing

638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 www.foothillsbrewing.com

Sundays: Sunday Jazz thursdays: trivia

Mar 3: James vincent Carroll

Mar 12: david Childers

Mar 17: the almost irish Band

Mar 19: Patrick rock w/ Special guest

Mar 24: John Montgomery w/ Special guest tHE raMkat

170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 www.theramkat.com

Mar 3: Jon Sticklet trio

Mar 4: Fireside Collective

Mar 8: Secret Shame

Mar 9: kruger Brothers

Mar 10: the wood Brothers with Michaela anne

Mar 16: resse McHenry, P-90’s

Mar 18: End of the line: a tribute to the allman Brothers Band

Mar 22: Popa Chubby roar

633 North Liberty Street | 336-917-3008 www.roarws.com | www.roarbrandstheater. com

Mar 3: Camel City Blues

Mar 4: red umber, tupelo Crush

Mar 5: rain Check

Mar 10: darrell Hoots, ready Set radio

Mar 11: Patrick rock, robertson Boys, dJ Jersey, dJ Professor wiSE Man BrEwing

826 Angelo Bros Ave | 336.725.0008 www.wisemanbrewing.com thursdays: Music Bingo

[1. GEOGRAPHY: Which river ﬂows through the European capitals of Vienna and Budapest?

[2. SCIENCE: At what temperature are Fahrenheit and Celsius equal?

[3. TELEVISION: The comedy series “Frasier” is a spino of which sitcom?

[4. LITERATURE: Which novel features a character named Katniss Everdeen?

[5. FOOD & DRINK: What kind of beans are used in falafel?

[6. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a beaver’s home called?

[7. THEATER: Which musical features a character named Tracy Turnblad?

[8. MOVIES: Which actress plays the young Wendy Darling in the movie Hook?

[9. HISTORY: Who invented the game of lacrosse?

[10. SCIENCE: What percentage of the world’s population has brown eyes?

Answer

10. 70%-80%.

9. Iroquois tribes in the eastern United States and Canada.

7. “Hairspray.”

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Week of March 6, 2023

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