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22 NETFLIX HASN’T KILLED THE VIDEO STORE Blockbuster, the corporate giant that crushed many independents before Redbox could, once had 17 stores in Guilford and Forsyth counties. Now, seven years after Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy, its store in Bend, Oregon, is the only one left in the nation(they still have stores in the Australian towns Greensborough, Morley and Toowoomba). However, the Triad has Family Video, which after Blockbuster’s collapse, became the only REMAINING VIDEO RENTAL CHAIN in the U.S.

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Behold, quality casual fine dining in Yadkin County. ROOTS RESTAURANT at Sanders Ridge Winery opened its doors four months ago with two young, eager superstar chefs at the helm. Roots is hailed as a hidden gem and is located at the vineyard’s grounds in Boonville. 10 Reanimator Records presents a visit from THREE-BRAINED ROBOT for a show with Bubblegum Octopus, and Food Lion, Aug. 11 at Dye Pretty Salon in Winston-Salem.Three-Brained Robot is the brainchild of Sam Martin, an abrasively charismatic Greensboro-native and performance artist, now living in New Orleans, who finds inspiration through strange events in everyday life, B-movies, and the occasional YouTube binge. 11 The clock for RiverRun International Film Festival’s next “RIVERRUN RETRO” screening is ticking, and come Aug. 17 the series will present the immortal 1952 Western classic High Noon. The showdown will take place at the Hanesbrands Theatre in downtown Winston-Salem. YES! WEEKLY

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Stuart McLamb had been thinking about a change of scenery. The singer, songwriter, and frontman of the band the LOVE LANGUAGE operated out of North Carolina for years, making connections for his band in the Triangle area, and existing in a universe that kept him cycling between Raleigh and Chapel Hill and touring the country. 18 A.A. Milne may have been the one who invented Winnie the Pooh, but it’s actually the spirit of Peter Pan creator J.M. Barrie that hovers around the margins of the new Disney yarn CHRISTOPHER ROBIN. 24 A bigger surprise was hidden in Hick’s Pharmacy next door. When my friend Tim asked Showtime’s assistant manager about local eateries, she told us to check out the RED ROOSTER GRILL inside the drugstore. 25 Call it political correctness. Call it co-ed scouting, or a gender-blind experiment. Call it whatever you like, but BOY SCOUTS of America is now accepting girls into its ranks, and for the local Old North State Council, that means an opportunity to serve families better.

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WHAT: Psych-Pop/Alt-Pop band, The Human Circuit is on tour for two months performing Musikfest, Peace of Mind 2018, Electric City Music Conference and radio shows throughout the Midwest and East Coast! WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Common Grounds Coffee. 602 S. Elam Ave., Greensboro. MORE: Free show.

WHAT: The Bride was the deadliest assassin of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, until the day she decided to leave the business, assume a new identity, and get married. But it was on the day of her wedding vows that her old friends, not to mention her boss and ex-lover, find her and assassinate the entire ceremony. Well, they should have tried a little harder. WHEN: 6-11 p.m. WHERE: Carolina Theatre. 310 S. Greene St., Greensboro. MORE: $6-7 per movie. Seating limited! Buy tickets early.

WHAT: The Public may purchase beer from attending breweries in the Back Shop while enjoying games and music at no admission charge. Train rides require a fee and are the only way to sample the exclusively crafted event brews. WHEN: 5, 6, 7, & 8 p.m. WHERE: North Carolina Transportation Museum. 411 South Salisbury Avenue, Spencer. MORE: $10-12 tickets.

WHAT: The Brooklyn-based band continues their exploration of South Asian culture, while firmly placing it within the context of a globalized generation as demonstrated by the diverse backgrounds of its members. With a wild and exuberant confluence of Bhangra music with an anthemic, psychedout twist it’s clear that Red Baraat are very much taking their sonic signature to a new astral realm. WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: LeBauer Park. 200 North Davie Street, Greensboro. MORE: Free event.

SUN 12 2018 ARTS SPLASH CONCERT SERIES WHAT: The High Point Arts Council is excited to announce our 2018 summer outdoor concert series Arts Splash. This years series features eight concerts splashed all over town in various locations with different genres to better ensure a greater representation of the arts and to make the arts easily accessible to everyone in our community. Featuring West End Mambo. WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Mendenhall Transportation Terminal 220 E. Commerce Avenue, High Point MORE: Free event.

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SOUTH ELM STREET END OF SUMMER BLOCK PARTY BY KATIE MURAWSKI

A+K Cafe owner Arlene Clark will soon close her doors at 631 S. Elm St. and move her cafe up the street to Table 16’s former spot at 600 S. Elm St. to reopen as Arlene’s Place. Clark said Arlene’s Place will serve country cooking and will have a full-service bar when it opens “hopefully in September.” However, before she goes, she is throwing a block party on the Southend of Elm Street on Aug. 11 from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. “The block party is for the business owners on South Elm Street,” Clark said. “The block party is not about A+K; it is about helping these business owners get known in this area. We suffer so badly as far as businesses because people don’t walk all the way down [Elm Street].” Clark said that downtown Greensboro is often considered everything before the railroad tracks. She said the purpose of this free event is to promote the Southside of Elm and celebrate its business owners. The block party is sponsored by A+K Cafe as well as My Mini Bakes. Clark said the block party is familyfriendly with plenty for kids to do and enjoy such as face painting, a bounce house,

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a fire truck and more. There will also be live music, DJs, vendors and food trucks. According to the Facebook event page, the block party is set to take place between Gate City Boulevard and East Lewis Street. Live performances are hosted by RL The Gifted 1 and include Tony Hayes AKA Big Slim, Scarlett Verne, Raymond & Kim of Real Love Music, Chellez & Friends, DJ Ras/D, Sunqueen Kelcey and the Soular Flares, Pretty Girl Mafia Dance Team, Dr. Phil Good, Kevin Hayes of MJ Footworkz, Ladies of J.A.M., Tyson C-TyceMusic, Permanent Ink, Xotic Sol and DJ Precise AKA Freddie Fontaine. In addition to the block party, Clark said there would be a back-to-school drive happening as well. She said people are to drop off their school supplies and donations at the event. For more information, or to be a vendor at the block party, contact Clark at (336) 617-3634, email Jovaughn NewLane at events@myminibakes.com or visit the Facebook event page (www.facebook. com/events/634290330243275/). !

NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING AUGUST 14 NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE JOHNSON STREET (S.R. 1818)/SANDY RIDGE ROAD (S.R. 1850) WIDENING FROM SKEET CLUB ROAD (S.R. 1820) TO I-40 IN GUILFORD COUNTY STIP PROJECT NO. U-4758 The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting to present information on the proposed widening of Johnson Street (S.R.1818)/Sandy Ridge Road (S.R.1850) from Skeet Club Road (S.R. 1820) to I-40 in Guilford County. The proposed corridor will consist of a 4- to 5- lane divided roadway with sidewalks and bike lanes. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 14 at the Deep River Community Center located at 1529 Skeet Club Road, in High Point from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Interested citizens may attend at any time during the meeting hours. Please note there will be no formal presentation. At the meeting there will be maps of the proposed plans as well as project team members who will be available to answer questions and receive feedback. All comments will be taken into consideration as the project progresses. The opportunity to submit written comments will be provided at the meeting or can be done via phone, email, or mail no later than September 14, 2018. As information becomes available, it may be viewed at the NCDOT Public Meeting Webpage: www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings For additional information please contact NCDOT Project Manager, Gene Tarascio, by phone at (919)707-6046 or by email at gtarascio@ncdot.gov or Consultant Project Manager Robert Boot, by phone at (919)431-5276 or by email at Robert.boot@atkinsglobal.com. NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Lauren Putnam via email at lnputnam1@ncdot.gov or by phone at (919) 707- 6072 as early as possible, so that arrangements can be made. Persons who speak Spanish and do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494. Aquellas personas que hablan español y no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494. AUGUST 8-14, 2018

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Putting down Roots: A Chef’s Table at Roots Restaurant

favorite dish of the no became an enthusievening just because astic, yes. it was so different from Hurst said his goal at HU U RS DR anything I’ve ever had Roots is to create dishes N TA ND CH BRENT A EF before. The spicy poblano that people can’t get at filled with Sanders Ridge’s home. now-famous pimento cheese and “Even as a chef, I when I eat out, bacon jam. Both. Together. Some of us I don’t want my experience to be somehad to clear our throat, but the scallion thing I can create at home,” he said. “I cream cut the heat of the slightly devilish want it to be surprising, full of flavor, crekick from that pepper. The people, said ative…something you can’t quite replicate “wow.” The pimento cheese and bacon in your own kitchen.” jam are available for purchase at the winery as well as Cobblestone Farmer’s Course One Market in Winston-Salem. Duck Two Way Tostadas with Duck Sauce, Radish, Scallion, Housemade Pork Rinds Palate Cleanser Out of the gate, the chefs immediately Lemon Basil Freeze Pops showcased their ability to take an upscale Before the courses emerged, Chef Hurst protein and make it attainable tapasgave the guests a teaser of what was to style. come and simply said there would be a surprise in between two of the courses. Course Two So these platters full of freezer pops that Pimento Cheese Stuffed Poblano with looked like smaller grown-up versions of Bacon Jam and Cilantro Scallion Cream the bright and colorful pops we all grew This course may have been close to my I

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ehold, quality casual fine dining in Yadkin County. Roots Restaurant at Sanders Ridge Winery opened its doors four months ago with two young, Kristi Maier eager superstar chefs @triadfoodies at the helm. Roots is hailed as a hidden gem and Contributor is located at the vineyard’s grounds in Boonville. Within the gorgeous timberframed tasting room, Roots is at least the fourth incarnation of the restaurant space in recent years. For whatever reason, previous tenants of the kitchen space haven’t been able to make a go of it. It’s not the easiest place in the world to get to even though it’s only about 25 minutes from downtown Winston-Salem. It is best to make a day trip of it, tour the wine country and let your final stop be at Roots. You have seen the work of Chefs Ben Hurst and Brent Andruzzi if you follow your favorite eateries on any social media. Hurst trained Andruzzi at River Birch Lodge, and Andruzzi left Willow’s Bistro to take on this new venture. Hurst said he was going to open a food truck and use the kitchen as a commissary when owner Cindy Shore approached him about running a full-fledged restaurant there. “I wasn’t sure about it. I hadn’t even managed a business much less started one. And then I asked Brent to come on board.” Andruzzi said no, but clarifies that it was a kind, apologetic no. A month later, Andruzzi had a change of heart, and the

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3 up with were met with delight from each table. The basil complemented the fresh slightly sweet lemony-ness. I felt myself wanting another pop later. A freezer full of those on a summer day would not be the worst thing. Course Three Shortbread Herb-crusted Scallop, Greenhouse Salad, Strawberry Vinaigrette, Pickled Onions I’d heard accolades from the scallop dishes, so I am glad the chefs decided to feature these on their menu this evening. If I’m coming back to eat in the future (and I will), I’m getting scallops. Course Four Ribeye over Basil Bread Pudding, Local Mushrooms, Fig Jam, Fair Share Farm Micros A very close No. 2 to my favorite, a beef course will always be a winner in my book and for most carnivores. The steak was perfectly cooked, and the savory bread

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4 pudding was so delicious with it. Note: Roots has a menu item that is called “Deconstructed Beef Wellington.” I imagined the flavor profile is not so different though the execution might be. I’ve been told it’s incredible. After tasting this dish, I have no doubt.

5 Course Five Strawberry, Blueberry Shortcake and Sugar Cookie with Homemade Ice Cream A beautiful summery dish with sweet berries, perfect cake, and richly textured ice cream rounded out our evening and was a great ending.

The chefs re-emerged from the kitchen to applause and a standing ovation. Chef’s Tables are always stellar, but these young chefs received such praise that it was genuinely heartwarming. Hannah Waggoner, of Rural Hall, has been to many Chef Table events and she even got the proverbial ball rolling on getting the Roots event off the ground. “My first visit to Roots made my foodie heart happy,” she said. “All the dishes my table ordered were loaded with flavor, finesse, and beautifully plated. The staff were friendly and accommodating. I knew that Roots would be an excellent location for a Chef’s Table.” Waggoner said she knew it would pay off. “The guests were not disappointed. Each of the five courses was unique and delicious. It was great to get a taste of some of Roots’ specialty dishes with a few surprises.” How’s this for making a name for itself? USA Today’s Readers’ Choice for The Top 10 Winery Restaurants and at press time, Roots Restaurant was at No. 4. Folks can vote daily through Aug. 20. For info and to vote: www.10best.com/ awards/travel/best-winery-restaurant If there’s anything I’d say at this point, it’s this, Yadkin County; this is your moment. Finally, there’s a restaurant in the area

that celebrates not only the wine country but the wonderful bounty that the area brings forth. I grew up in Yadkin County and having to go to Winston-Salem for a great meal was a top complaint. If a restaurant of this caliber can succeed with Yadkin’s and its big-city neighbors’ support, it will pave the way for other restaurants like it. Napa wasn’t built in a day. It’s taken 170 years, plus it survived Prohibition and the Great Depression. You might consider the Yadkin Valley winemakers pioneers here. The restaurant owners want to blaze a trail much like their West Coast counterparts. The talent and deliciousness are there, and Roots Restaurant is digging deep and taking a chance on the area’s support. ! KRISTI MAIER is a food writer, blogger and cheerleader for all things local who even enjoys cooking in her kitchen, though her kidlets seldom appreciate her efforts.

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Roots Restaurant at Sanders Ridge located at 3200 Round Hill Road, Boonville. Open Thursday from 5:30-9 p.m. for family-style supper (check website or Facebook for details). Full-service menu Fridays and Saturdays from 5-9 p.m. Full-service lunch is available in the tasting room Friday-Sunday 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Visit www.sandersridge.com for info.

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eanimator Records presents a visit from ThreeBrained Robot for a show with Bubblegum Octopus, and Food Lion, Aug. 11 at Dye Pretty Salon in Katei Cranford Winston-Salem. Three-Brained RoContributing bot is the brainchild of Sam Martin, an columnist abrasively charismatic Greensboronative and performance artist, now living in New Orleans, who finds inspiration through strange events in everyday life, B-movies, and the occasional YouTube binge. Theatrics being the keystone of the Three-Brained Robot experience, Martin’s shows run in spastic blasts of improvcomedy and electronic music wrapped in a package of “demonic karaoke.” Martin credits high-school theater as a surprising springboard for his unique creativity. “I was worried about finding a similar outlet in the real world after graduation,” Martin recalled. “But then I was introduced to DIY shows.” After that, his creative cup runneth over. YES! WEEKLY

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From 2009 to 2014, Martin was an unrivaled local booking force, opening the Triad up to of Montreal, Terror Pigeon Dance Revolt, and hundreds of acts spanning the DIY music world. When spaces like CFBG and Lyndon Street started closing their doors to bands, Martin and his roommates at the TYP Haus kept the entertainment lines open with living-room shows and their “DIT (do-it-together)” concept. Most nights, they played host to hefty crowds and killer groups from around the globe. It was a magical two years on Warren Street. “What I previously wanted to see was a mid-sized DIY venue that purposely booked crossover shows,” Martin said. “I thought one day I would create that myself, but I chose my own personal journey instead.” That journey took Three-Brained Robot on tours across the country and overseas. “Over the years, I’ve learned how to implement my big ideas into a smaller, easier to transport, model,” Martin recollected. “Looking back, I feel like I spent way more time being a promoter in NC,” he said. “I let Three-Brained Robot be more of an afterthought than I should have.” Back in the states, his focus revolves around establishing himself primarily as a performer, playing alongside groovy New Orleanian musicians such as Quintron and

Miss Pussycat, Fatplastik, Proud Father, and Gland. “It was a hard transition at first because I was so used to just setting up a show if I wanted to play one,” Martin said of the shift from promoting to performing. “I book maybe one or two shows a month in NOLA,” he added, “I can’t imagine going back to booking shows all the time.” In its infancy, Three-Brained Robot was a raucous act with Martin at the helm, flailing under strobe-lit parachutes, armed with masked-antics and good times (and the occasional parade out of CFBG, literally spilling the show into Chapman Street). These days, for all his wackiness, Martin exudes a scattered sophistication. Boasting an array of enthusiasm and tenacity, his force remains noticeably absent from the current Triad music climate. In the age of being weird-for-clicks, Martin is a legitimate strange-ranger of the truest order. Three-Brained Robot understands the thrill of embracing the unusual. “l love experiencing people’s reactions to how I’ve twisted everyday situations,” he said of his audience. Martin’s act wavers the avenues between music and visual art, while initially favoring physicality over lyrics or melodies. “But in the past few years, the balance has teetered,” he said. “Sometimes I’m

on more of a songwriting kick, or I just get uninspired to make performance pieces. And vice versa.” To his songwriting credit, “High Point” is a helluva tune, even if the concept fails to land for folks unfamiliar with the Furniture Capital. “I only perform ‘High Point’ when in North Carolina,” Martin explained. “I’ve tried it other places, and it’s difficult to get the same excitement I get locally.” “The music community in the Triad is this small warm creature,” he described. “I feel like people here are really open-minded, cause if they weren’t, I don’t think Three-Brained Robot would have lasted.” As an act, Three-Brained Robot continues to evolve in tandem with Martin’s growth as a human being--a thoughtful, productive artist beneath a delightful veneer of fake-blood and nightmare puppetry. The man is a consummate performer...and a maniac. Who knows what he’s got in store for this show? Find out Saturday night from 8 to 11 p.m. with Bubblegum Octopus, and Food Lion at Dye Pretty Salon (621 N. Trade St.) in Winston-Salem. ! KATEI CRANFORD is a GSO rock-n-roller and Triad music nerd. She hosts Mostly Local Monday, a radio show that runs like a mixtape of bands playing NC the following week. Catch her on WUAG 103.1FM or via live stream at www.wuag.net.

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It’s High Noon for the next RiverRun Retro event The clock for RiverRun International Film Festival’s next “RiverRun Retro” screening is ticking, and come Aug. 17 the series will present the immortal 1952 Western classic High Noon. The Mark Burger showdown will take place at the Hanesbrands Theatre in Contributor downtown WinstonSalem. Pulitzer Prize winner Glenn Frankel, author of the recently published (and much acclaimed) nonfiction book “High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and the Making of an American Classic,” will be on hand, and also attending is RiverRun regular and noted film historian Foster Hirsch, himself an acclaimed author (“Otto Preminger: The Man Who Would Be King”). This screening promises to be a lively a discussion regarding the making and legacy of the landmark film. A reception and book signing will follow the screening, with Bookmarks selling copies of Frankel’s book. Boasting the towering production trifecta of screenwriter Carl Foreman, producer Stanley Kramer, and director Fred Zinnemann – to say nothing of leading man Gary Cooper, who won his second Oscar as Best Actor for his iconic performance as Marshal Will Kane – High Noon remains one of the most revered Westerns in the genre. In a tightly compressed, tightly coiled narrative that spans roughly the film’s running time (a lean, mean 85 minutes), the story follows Kane as he marries his bride Amy (Grace Kelly) and turns in his

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badge, effectively ending his career as a lawman in the small New Mexico town of Hadleyville. Not so fast. Kane learns that Frank Miller (Ian MacDonald), a vicious outlaw and old foe, has been paroled and is due on the noon train – with cohorts in tow. Kane tries to round up allies, but even his closest friends – either out of fear or for other reasons – refuse. In the end, Kane must face them alone. What might seem a simple, straightforward tale of heroism and honor was instead carefully shaded with Foreman’s symbolic nods toward the mounting tide of the Communist witch hunts and Hollywood Blacklist (of which he would soon be a victim), lending the film a moral tone that sets it apart from other horse operas. The cast also included Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Otto Kruger, Katy Jurado, Lon Chaney, Harry Morgan, Sheb Wooley (of “Purple People Eater ” fame) and Lee Van Cleef (silent but imposing as one of Miller’s henchmen). The film earned a total of seven Academy Award nominations, also winning for Elmo Williams’ editing, Dimitri Tiomkin’s score, and Best Song for Tex Ritter’s “Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darling,” with additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay. Not unlike Casblanca (1942), High Noon was a happy confluence of ingredients. “Neither Foreman nor Kramer wanted Cooper for the starring role in High Noon; they felt he was too old and too much a product of the decaying Hollywood studio system they both disdained,”

Frankel noted. “They were interested in younger stars like Marlon Brando, William Holden, Kirk Douglas and Gregory Peck. Any of them might have been fine, but I believe Cooper brings a special vulnerability and poignancy to the role because of his age – he was just 50 in 1951 but looks considerably older – and because of his subtle, understated and naturalistic performance.” High Noon’s political undercurrents did not go unnoticed at the time, as both columnist Hedda Hopper and superstar John Wayne (who reportedly turned down the role of Will Kane) publicly and repeatedly castigated the film (which didn’t persuade Wayne from accepting the Oscar on Cooper’s behalf on Oscar night). Such controversy was overshadowed somewhat by the widespread critical praise the film received. Bosley Crowther of the New York Times called High Noon “a rare and exciting achievement … a Western that is the best of its kind in several years … a Western to challenge

Stagecoach for the all-time championship.” “High Noon is important in the realm of classic film for many reasons,” said Rob Davis, executive director of the RiverRun International Film Festival. “Certainly, much has been written about the political ramifications surrounding the making of the film and the storyline. There is no debating the role the Hollywood Blacklist played in influencing the film, and we’re delighted author Glenn Frankel will join film historian Foster Hirsch to discuss this aspect of the production. According to the BBC, High Noon ranks among the most popular films with U.S. Presidents of both parties. Among those watching it multiple times was President Bill Clinton, who reportedly viewed it 20 times, and President Dwight D. Eisenhower who saw it three times. “Perhaps President Clinton best summed up the film’s appeal to Presidents when he told Dan Rather ‘It’s a movie about courage in the face of fear and the guy doing what he thought was right in spite of the fact it could cost him everything.’” ! See MARK BURGER’s reviews of current movies on Burgervideo.com. © 2018, Mark Burger.

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tuart McLamb had been thinking about a change of scenery. The singer, songwriter, and frontman of the band the Love Language operated John Adamian out of North Carolina @johnradamian for years, making connections for his band in the Triangle Contributor area, and existing in a universe that kept him cycling between Raleigh and Chapel Hill and touring the country. The songs on the band’s new record, Baby Grand, took shape as McLamb ruminated over the idea of pulling up roots and heading someplace new. The album was just released, on Durham’s Merge Records, at the start of this month, and McLamb and his bandmates will play Monstercade in WinstonSalem on Aug. 11. I spoke with McLamb

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by phone last week as the band traveled from Asheville to Charlotte on the first of a string of dates to mark the release of the new album. McLamb recorded the core of many of the songs on Baby Grand while he was staying with his brother in Roanoke, Virginia, just before making the leap and moving to Los Angeles in the middle of last year. The move Westward was prompted, in part, by a late-night alcoholfueled conversation with his girlfriend in Roanoke. The next morning she said he seemed pretty amped-up about the possibility of relocating, and that set everything in motion. “It was like this thing bubbling up — to do this move out to Los Angeles — that I didn’t think I really knew I wanted to do until I almost heard myself say it,” McLamb said. If you look at the songs, most of which were written before McLamb outwardly decided to make the move. So, you can see the theme of dislocation, dreams of new places, and the promise of invigorating locales threading through the material. “Southern Doldrums,” off the new record, has the lines: “Redwoods, a bayou, we can live anywhere that we want to.” Another track, “Paraty,” is a dreamy, atmospheric hymn-like love letter to a city in Brazil, a place that McLamb has never visited but was inspired to write about after hearing a friend describe a trip there. “New Amsterdam,” the second track on the album, has lines about lucid dreams, wanting to forget, and longing to move to the Netherlands. If the songs themselves sometimes

seem to be about imagining different places, the sound of the songs moves through different regions and zones of feeling. The music, as with previous Love Language albums, mixes dreamy classic pop sensibilities with shoegaze-y washes of sound, pulsing krautrock-tinged beats, and layered vocal harmonies. It’s emotional, with an overcast atmosphere, but not without bright flashes. It’s not often that a band can make you think of My Bloody Valentine one minute and Bread the next. Fans of the National, the Walkmen and Merge labelmates the Rosebuds or Arcade Fire will find points of connection with the Love Language. There’s a gravity to the music, but the weight is lightened by McLamb’s occasional airy falsetto, like on the bubbly, vaguely yacht-rocky “Juiceboxx.” As McLamb describes it, initial work on the songs felt like a variety of different material, songs that might end up fitting on different projects with distinct vibes. There were bits of synth pop, folky stuff, noisy stuff, and more. However, avoiding the need for an assertively unified feel, created its own kind of logic. “I just decided to cherry-pick my favorite songs from each of those baskets for this record,” McLamb said. “We knew that we were making a record that was not cohesive at all. We knew that from the beginning, so we embraced that.” McLamb may have written the songs on Baby Grand with the idea of leaving the East Coast nudging him away, but work on the record brought McLamb back to North Carolina, to Greensboro, and Legitimate Business Studios where he worked closely

with producer Kris Hilbert. McLamb said that Hilbert’s assistance with the record went beyond the simply musical or technical aspect of assembling sounds to bring the songs to life. A producer’s role can be a mysterious and complex one — almost like that of a basketball coach or a therapist — coaxing the best performances out of a session, encouraging the most fruitful ideas, and steering clear of dead-ends that might eat up valuable time, seeing the big picture and not letting minor hiccups sidetrack the overall progress. McLamb said that Hilbert’s input was almost like that of a life coach in that regard. The creative process is fraught. One needs a healthy self-regard and a degree of confidence to attempt to write and perform music. However, if one’s sensitivity is the asset that allows for the realization of an artistic vision, it can also hobble the execution. “It’s almost like ego can destroy you,” McLamb said. Lots of bands write music about the blur of being on the road, but McLamb has done the interesting trick of making songs about finding home in the act of moving away from the familiar. ! JOHN ADAMIAN lives in Winston-Salem, and his writing has appeared in Wired, The Believer, Relix, Arthur, Modern Farmer, the Hartford Courant and numerous other publications.

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Well, Pooh: Disney’s cross to bear

BY MATT BRUNSON

.A. Milne may have been the one who invented Winnie the Pooh, but it’s actually the spirit of Peter Pan creator J.M. Barrie that hovers around the margins of the new Disney yarn Christopher Robin ( ). Like Steven Spielberg’s 1991 Hook, a look at how the adult Peter Pan (Robin Williams) managed to reclaim his childhood innocence and exuberance, this picture posits that the adult Christopher Robin (Ewan McGregor), formerly Winnie the Pooh’s human companion, has become so busy with grown-up responsibilities that he has forgotten how to stop and smell the honey. Yet the Barrie connection doesn’t end there. Christopher Robin is directed by Marc Forster, whose 2004 Finding Neverland centered on Barrie (Johnny Depp) and the family that inspired him to create Peter and the Lost Boys. This new picture falls in between those earlier efforts: It isn’t as artificial and lead-footed as Hook, but it also isn’t as probing or moving as Finding Neverland. Ever the perpetual money machine, Disney is stumbling over itself in its attempts to make new versions of seemingly every property it has ever owned. While that pillaging may or may not eventually extend to offering live-action takes on the animated likes of The Three Caballeros or DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp, its run thus far has been largely expected and mostly successful, with such gems as Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella and even Pete’s Dragon (the latter actually improving on the original). Christopher Robin, unfortunately, falls short of hitting a similar mark.

Last year’s Goodbye Christopher Robin, which looked at the relationship between A.A. Milne and the son (Christopher Robin Milne) who inspired a literary namesake, was — despite a PG rating — largely made for adults, what with its dark themes of post-traumatic stress disorder and family dysfunction. Now here comes Christopher Robin sporting that same PG designation, yet this one is clearly made for family audiences. Certainly, the wee ones will thrill at the sight of Pooh (voiced by Jim Cummings, who’s been essaying the role for approximately 30 years), Tigger (also Cummings), Eeyore (Brad Garrett) and the rest of the Hundred Acre Wood gang being brought to life as talking, walking plush toys. Yet will they care to watch McGregor’s Christopher fret over having to fire his fellow employees, or seeing his wife (Hayley Atwell) frowning over the fact that her workaholic husband is never home? Forget the kids: Even adults in the audience might balk at these uninspired interludes, dutifully set up so the movie’s overworked theme of reclaiming childhood innocence can knock them over like a bowling ball slamming into carefully arranged pins. In fact, much of Christopher Robin feels rote and routine, with the antics of the animals only providing brief respites from the overall drudgery on display. Just because Pooh and Eeyore are often sleepy doesn’t mean the movie itself has to follow suit. It would be unfair not to acknowledge that those who reserve a special place in their heart for Pooh Bear will in all likelihood absolutely adore this movie. Others, however, might not quite understand all the fuss. Like honey, Christopher Robin is very sweet. Unlike honey, it doesn’t really stick. !

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ark your calendars! High Point Community Theatre will hold auditions for THE TROUPE 2019 on Saturday, Aug. 18 beginning at 9 a.m. at Centennial Station (121 S. Centennial St., High Point). The Troupe is HPCT’s Junior Theatre Festival competition team. Admission to is based upon a vocal and dance audition, as well as written recommendations. What is the Junior Theatre Festival? The Junior Theater Festival is a spectacular annual national event that is all about bringing students together to celebrate the joy of musical theater! This will be HPCT’s second year participating in JTF. Last year the Troupe received a Festival award for Excellence in Music, as well as Best Male Actor. The 2019 Festival dates are Jan. 18-21 in Atlanta. HPCT will be performing a 15-minute version of “James and the Giant Peach JR”. HPCT’s The Troupe 2019 The Troupe is directed and music directed by Courtney Lowe and choreographed by Kristi Post. HPCT will take approximately 30 students in grades 5-12 (2018-19 school year) to JTF 2019. Rehearsals will primarily be Saturdays 1-5 p.m., with the occasional Friday or Sunday. A complete schedule will be released no later than Aug. 1. Rehearsals will begin Aug. 25 and run through Jan. 17.

Audition Information Auditions for The Troupe will take place Saturday, Aug. 18 at Centennial Station (121 S. Centennial St., High Point). There will be a mandatory parent/student meeting from 9-9:30 a.m. General auditions will immediately follow. Those selected for The Troupe will be posted at Centennial Station and on the HPCT Facebook page at 1:30 p.m. that day (8/18). Those selected will then be asked to attend the “James and the Giant Peach JR” casting session at Centennial Station from 2-approx. 4 p.m. that afternoon. Rehearsals begin Aug. 25. For the general auditions, please be prepared to sing 16-32 bars of a musical theater song. An accompanist will be provided. A CD is acceptable, but no a cappella, please. Dress to dance (jazz shoes, please). Bring a resume. If you have not worked with HPCT within the last 12 months, please bring a recommendation letter specifically addressing character, work ethic and dependability in relation to the performing arts. This letter can come from a past production team member (director, music director, choreographer) or arts instructor (drama teacher, music instructor or dance instructor). Questions? Email Courtney at HPCTjtf@gmail.com or visit the Facebook group (https://www.facebook.com/event s/185656555441312/?ti=icl). !

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Infamous South Beach street artist Jonathan Crenshaw, 46, attracts a lot of attention in Miami among tourists, who watch him paint on Chuck Shepherd a canvas — using his feet. Crenshaw does not have arms and is homeless. Profiled in a local newspaper in 2011, Crenshaw told of a difficult childhood (he also claimed Gloria Estefan had given birth to 200 of his children). He landed in the headlines again after stabbing a Chicago man with a pair of scissors on July 10. According to the Miami Herald, Cesar Coronado, 22, told police he had approached Crenshaw to ask for directions, when Crenshaw jumped up and, using his feet, stabbed Coronado. Crenshaw’s story is that as he lay on the pavement, Coronado punched him in the head — so he stabbed him, tucked the scissors into his waistband and walked away. Police found Crenshaw, who has a lengthy arrest record, nearby and arrested him.

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Faith Pugh of Memphis, Tennessee, had a date to remember on July 14 with Kelton Griffin. Her casual acquaintance from high school “just out of the blue texted me and asked me to go out,” Pugh told WREG-TV. They took her car and stopped at a gas station, where Griffin asked Pugh to go inside and buy him a cigar. But while she was inside, “He drove off. I came outside

and my car was gone,” Pugh said. Shortly, Pugh received a text from her godsister, telling her Griffin had just asked her out on a date. He picked up the godsister in Pugh’s car and headed to a drive-in movie. “He didn’t even have any money,” Pugh said. “She actually paid their way to get in the drive-in just so I could get my car back.” Pugh alerted the police to the car’s location, and they arrested Griffin for theft of property. “I hope he’s in jail for a long time,” Pugh said.

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It’s time once again for minor league baseball promotion fun and games! This time, however, the Montgomery (Alabama) Biscuits managed to tick off a whole generation of baseball fans. The Biscuits announced Millennial Night on July 21, featuring participation ribbons just for showing up, a napping area, selfie stations and lots of avocados, reported Fox News. While some Twitter users thought the promotion was insensitive, others were more philosophical. Dallas Godshall, 21, said, “More than targeting millennials, it’s sort of targeting older generations who like to make fun of millennials.” Pitcher Benton Ross weighed in: “If it’s insensitive, maybe they should just have thicker skin.”

REVENGE, TEXAS-STYLE

The Austin American-Statesman reported that on June 17, RV park neighbors and longtime adversaries Ryan Felton Sauter, 39, and Keith Monroe got into a heated dispute about an undisclosed subject. Later that day, Monroe saw Sauter leaving Monroe’s RV and asked him why

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he had gone in without permission, to which Sauter replied, “You’ll see why.” Going inside, Monroe soon spotted a 3-footlong rattlesnake. “I freaked out,” he said. He used a machete to kill the snake, which strangely was missing its rattles. Turns out Sauter had bitten off the snake’s tail, with its signature warning sound. Sauter has been charged with deadly conduct and criminal trespass.

PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS

Tina Ballard, 56, of Okeechobee County, Florida, was arrested in North Carolina by Linville Land Harbor police on July 16 after fleeing there to “hide (her pet) monkey so that state officials could not take that monkey from her,” assistant state attorney Ashley Albright told WPBF News. Ballard’s troubles began in May, when the spider monkey, Spanky, jumped out of a shopping cart in an Okeechobee Home Depot and grabbed a cashier’s shirt, “leaving red marks on the cashier’s shoulder and back.” In June, Fox News reported, another Home Depot employee spotted Spanky in the parking lot, having escaped Ballard’s truck and dragging a leash. Spanky was spooked by the store’s sliding doors and bit the employee on the arm, grabbing her hair and running away. The employee gave chase and eventually caught Spanky, but not before suffering more bites and scratches. Spanky was in the car when Ballard was arrested and extradited back to Florida; the monkey will be placed in a primate sanctuary.

PEOPLE DIFFERENT FROM US

A Russian man who has covered more than 90 percent of his body — includ-

ing his eyeballs — with black-ink tattoos underwent surgery on July 14 at Jardines Hospital in Guadalajara, Mexico, to remove his penis, testicles and nipples because they spoiled his body art. Adam Curlykale, 32, of Kaliningrad, an albino, was diagnosed with cancer and started the tattooing process 12 years ago to cover scars left behind from the disease. “I always knew that I was different from the rest of society,” Curlykale told The Daily Mail. “My favorite color, for example, has always been gray, in different tones, and that’s why my current skin color is graphite.” He plans to finish the process by inking his remaining un-tattooed skin.

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A man in Tameside, Manchester, England, is trying to figure out who painted “Pay your bill, you b****rd” on the side of his house, deflated the tires on his car and cut his brakes. “I was dumbstruck because I don’t owe anyone anything or have any problems with anyone,” the man, who wanted to remain anonymous, told Metro News. On the next night, July 20, someone set fire to his neighbor’s van and painted on his house again, this time: “Pay your bill, Donna.” But he doesn’t know who Donna is. The man has hung a sign over the vandalism saying, “Donna does not live here,” and he and his nephew are taking turns guarding the house. “Someone has obviously upset someone,” he said, “and I am stuck in the middle of it.” !

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Dude, Video World on Bessemer has a whole wall of Jet Li!” It was 1994. Chris and I had discovered the Hong Kong superstar at a packed screening of Once Upon a Time in China Ian McDowell 2 in Durham. We wanted to see more of our new favorite Contributor action hero, whose movies had no United States distribution outside of festivals and Chinese-language theaters. Jackie Chan’s American breakthrough was a year away. His hometown rivals wouldn’t happen until 1998. I met Chris through his girlfriend Kelly Link, years before she was known for her beautifully strange award-winning fiction. Kelly, who’d already given me tapes of great Hong Kong fantasy films such as A Chinese Ghost Story, invited me to accompany her and Chris to the festival that introduced us to the man whose elegant ass-kicking contrasted with Jackie Chan’s knockabout comedy. Chris introduced me to Video World, where it had a whole wall of not only Jet and Jackie but Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and Michelle Yeoh, the latter inexplicably credited by British distributors as Michelle Khan. Notice I wrote “British.” Many of Video World’s Chinese movies were copies of United Kingdom videotapes. Outside of Chinatown stores and cinemas, that was how U.S. fans discovered the 1983-1995 Golden Age of Hong Kong action movies. Unlike their ‘70s predecessors, these films weren’t given national distribution or sold to T.V. One might charitably call the Video World tapes “grey market” rather than “bootleg,” as some dealers claimed they were legal under the Berne Convention on international copyright. I’d been renting and occasionally buying videos throughout the ‘80s, and at the end of that decade worked for Action Video and Video Review, where I watched everything from Old Yeller to Yojimbo to Jules et Jim on slow weekday afternoons. Here was a whole new world. Exposing viewers to new (at least to them), cinematic horizons is something that Turner Classic Movies still does but Netflix and Redbox don’t. Back then, recommendations from video store staffers spread the cinematic gospel. YES! WEEKLY

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Others heard the call to worship. “It was not just a video store to me, but a hang-out,” wrote singer, musician and Carolina Theater directors’ board member Jessica Mashburn on Facebook recently. Mashburn was describing Video Review (larger, cleaner and more mainstream than Video World), but packed with vintage Hollywood and international favorites. Mashburn’s love for classic cinema was nurtured there. “They always had a stellar classic movie section, and the staff and owner were al-

ways well-versed in speaking about those films,” she wrote in a Facebook message. You don’t get that with Netflix or Redbox, but it still exists in the Triad. Maybe not in Greensboro (where the site of Video Review now houses IHOP and Video World became Miranda’s Erotic Boutique), but nearby. Blockbuster, the corporate giant that crushed many independents before Redbox could, once had 17 stores in Guilford and Forsyth counties. Now, seven years after Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy, its

store in Bend, Oregon, is the only one left in the nation(they still have stores in the Australian towns Greensborough, Morley and Toowoomba). However, the Triad has Family Video, which after Blockbuster’s collapse, became the only remaining video rental chain in the U.S. Based in Glenview, Illinois, Family Video is owned by the Hoogland family. In 1977, Charles Hoogland’s Midstates Appliance & Supply became a distributor for Magnetic Video, the first company to release movies on Betamax and VHS. Stuck with an extensive inventory, Hoogland opened the Video Movie Club in Springfield in 1978. Initially charging a $25 membership fee and $5 per rental, the club evolved into Family Video. As Blockbuster seemed focused on larger cities, Hoogland began with smaller ones, as well as towns, suburbs and rural areas. The densest concentration of its 703 locations is in the Midwest, but eight of the chain’s 21 North Carolina locations are in the Triad. Winston-Salem has stores at 4908 Reynolda Rd. and 2105 Old Salisbury Rd. High Point has the second oldest Family Video in the state, which opened in 2004 at 2101 N. Main St. Burlington, Eden, Thomasville, Archdale and Lexington also each have one. The two Winston locations, along with those in Burlington and Lexington, are among the chain’s 10 largest and busiest in the Carolinas, according to an email from district manager Dan Bovenzi, who wrote that these branches rent 2,0002,500 movies and games a week and carry between 15,000-20,000 films and games. Bovenzi described his Lexington store as the Triad’s largest location, at around 4,800 square feet, and as having the most extensive collection of pre-1970 films, with some 250 titles in its Classics section. This suggests that Lexington may be the classic movie rental as well as barbecue capital of the state. When I visited the High Point location, I asked assistant manager Emma Miller, who said she was filling in from the Lexington, to estimate how many titles the store has in stock. “Probably about a thousand,” she said, “and this is one of our smaller ones. My home store is over twice this size.” New manager Jason Lee, (whom I did not ask if he was a fan of the actor of the same name), agreed with that number, and with Miller’s estimate that his store sees around 250 customers each Friday and Saturday.

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“I did 98 tickets last Friday,” said Lee, looking at the monitor of his POS. “Counting kids and family members, we probably had 225 people come through the door.” When I asked the secret of their success, Miller immediately said “real estate.” She explained that Family Video’s strategy was to purchase rather than lease the property occupied by a store. “We remodel and sometimes expand, then lease space to the businesses that go in beside it, like Starbucks and FastMed here.” She said that other locations often have a Marco’s Pizza and/or a Fitness Center bundled with them. “A couple are opening Total Wireless, which is a phone provider, and they’re actually really focusing on that right now.” In an email, district manager Bovenzi wrote that Family Video owns all its locations in the Carolinas except for those in Archdale and Lincolnton. While the High Point one shares its building with Starbuck’s and FastMed Urgent Care, the Winston, Burlington, Thomasville and Lexington ones are all bundled with Marco’s Pizza, giving their shared customers delivery service on rental DVDs and Blu-rays as well as pie. Any Marco’s Pizza attached to a Family Video offers that option, wrote Bovenzi. “You can order your pizza and movies online and get them all delivered to your house!” He added that the driver will take Family Video returns and that every Marco’s order over $10 earns a free fivenight new release rental, which can also be delivered with a pizza. Despite the chain’s local success, both Miller and Bovenzi stated there are presently no plans to open more Family Video locations in the Triad. The area’s only remaining independent video store began in one local small town before moving to another. In 1986, Dale Ward opened Showtime Video in Walkertown. Now his son Wesley Ward owns and runs it as Showtime Video and Tanning at 1072 Main St. in Walnut Cove, where it’s in a shopping center with Food Lion and Hicks Pharmacy. Don’t’ let the WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

“and Tanning” suggest that this is some small and ramshackle establishment. Two Fridays ago, I walked into a clean, attractive and well-organized store that seemed larger than Action Video had been when I worked there, and maybe as large and well-stocked as Video Review in its first Greensboro location. Assistant manager Tori Everly told me that she knows her customers very well. “We’re like family here. It’s a small town thing.” She also immediately demonstrated one advantage of a brick-and-mortar with a friendly staff, even if it wasn’t directly related to renting videos. My friend Tim and I were hungry after driving around three counties, and we asked about a restaurant we’d seen a couple of miles away. Everly told us that if we wanted both terrific food and an old-fashioned lunch counter experience, we should try someplace even closer; suggesting that we step into the drugstore next door and see what was hidden in the back. (The results of that Wayback Machine surprise are described in another article in this issue.) Several tanning booth customers came in while we there, but Everly explained that Tuesdays and weekends saw a lot more people renting videos. “Tuesdays are our half-price days and Saturday brings in the families, and they can keep them all weekend, so everybody likes to roll in then.” Everly said their new releases were $2.99 for the first night, with each subsequent night 50 cents extra. She estimated

that the store stocks around 30,000 titles. Besides the new releases, I immediately noted sections devoted to horror, sci-fi, comedy, westerns, superheroes and Shark Week. She also said something that would be echoed later that day by Emma Miller at Family Video: The Marvel Cinematic Universe has given a significant shot in the arm to video stores, suggesting that, if the Avengers had assembled sooner, there might be more such establishments around. I found myself wondering if that could have saved Video Review. The store’s owner Wesley Ward wasn’t back from vacation, but I spoke to him on the phone a week later, and he backed up Everly’s claim of 30,000 titles, a figure which included DVDs, Blu-Rays (of which I saw a lot on the shelves) and video games. He said that the total varied, as they sold surplus copies of popular new releases. “We sell them for $6 after the demand has played out, so it varies.” He admitted that the store’s 10 tanning beds had helped his business a lot. “From January to June, we rock and roll on tanning, keeping them full from opening to closing.” He also mentioned the store’s small ice cream parlor. “Sixteen flavors, hand-scooped. We don’t sell a lot, but every little bit helps.” As Everly had done, he stressed the friendliness of his store, as opposed to the impersonality of Redbox. “You can come in here and talk to a person and ask if a movie was good or not and have a people connection. In the winter when it’s 15 degrees, you can browse in a comfortable

setting, rather than freezing your tush off on a sidewalk looking at a computer screen with just a few titles on it.” And not just new ones. “We’ve got classics like The Graduate, one of my favorites. We’ve got films from the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s.” Also, he emphasized, any of those titles could be added to the rental of a new release at no extra charge. “This keeps those older titles from collecting dust on the shelf, and makes the customer happy by giving them something for free.” He also said that anyone renting four new releases got the fifth one for free and that all new releases were $1.50 on Tuesdays. Both Ward and Everly also emphasized that Showtime gets its movies earlier than Redbox does. “It varies depending upon what company they’re from, with some coming as much as three weeks before Redbox, but we always get them at least a week before they do.” Don’t get him started on Netflix. “Do they have any major new releases at all? I sometimes watch it with my kids who like their T.V. shows, and I don’t see anything but B-listed films No classics, either.” Ward emphasized the nostalgic appeal of his store, something which, as I’ve already hinted, is also true of what’s hidden in the pharmacy next door. “Bring your kids; rent a movie, get free candy, it’s like stepping back in time,” he said. “The future’s going a different direction, but we’re hanging on to that personal connection.” As far as I’ve been able to tell, Showtime is the only remaining independent video store in the Triad. If you know of one or more that I’ve missed, hidden away like a surviving thylacine in the Tasmanian bush, let YES! Weekly know, and this article might get a sequel. ! 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.

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The Red Rooster Grill is a hidden treasure Two Fridays ago, I rode 30 miles from Greensboro but 50 years back in time. I’d expected some time travel when this issue’s cover story took me to Walnut Cove, where Showtime Video felt Ian McDowell right out of the ‘80s. A bigger surprise was hidden in Hick’s Contributor Pharmacy next door. When my friend Tim asked Showtime’s assistant manager about local eateries, she told us to check out the Red Rooster Grill inside the drugstore. There’s been no sign of it outside, but when we entered, the sight and smell took me back to my childhood. Growing up in Fayetteville, I’d been a free-range latchkey kid whose widowed deejay father worked long hours for low pay. Giving me a buck was cheaper than paying a housekeeper to feed me. At Rexall Drugs in 1969, a cheeseburger and fries cost 40 cents, and a fountain coke was a dime, leaving enough for ice cream and a comic book. The low prices aren’t that cheap, and there’s no comics rack, but Hicks Pharmacy in Walnut Cove contains the kind of lunch counter that vanished from the cultural landscape decades before videos stores did. My search for one relic of the past uncovered an older one. A handful of Tarheel drugstores still

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have lunch counters, but I’d thought Brown-Gardiner the only one remaining in the Triad. It’s pure nostalgia for anyone my age, and worth visiting for its freshsqueezed orangeade and what some have called the best club sandwich in Greensboro, but most of their food isn’t prepared in-house. Most of Red Rooster’s is. Friday’s special was fried flounder, hush puppies, fries and slaw for $6.99. Tim ordered that, and as I was already considering this article, I needed to try something else. However, I wanted more than a burger or a hot dog or the chicken salad that Tori at Showtime said was the best she’d ever had, and I wasn’t in the mood for the $7.95 ribeye. Then I saw and smelled the $6.99 barbecue plate with two sides brought to a nearby table.

Maybe the pig hadn’t been cooked here, but that golden brown ear of deep-fried corn sure had. The corn was great, and the ‘cue was excellent. Not as good as Short Sugar’s in Reidsville, but better than any in Greensboro. Maybe it was the sheer novelty or sheer hunger; maybe if the same ‘cue was served at Sugar’s or Lexington Barbecue #2, I wouldn’t have been nearly as impressed. However, on that day and at that unexpected lunch counter, it was damn delicious. Manager Amy Bowman Bullins told me the secret was in the sauce, made that day from her family recipe. This may get me run out of town on a rail, but the sauce is what’s always kept me from loving Greensboro’s most famous ‘cue as much as many do. However, this stuff was sublime, tasting both comfortingly traditional and uniquely different. Bullins wouldn’t tell me her recipe. There was the tang of vinegar, but also a sweetness that wasn’t ketchup or brown sugar. She said she used local honey. Tim tried some and agreed on its excellence, saying it seemed a bit like classic

Lexington-style, but with a suggestion of traditional Chinese duck sauce. That combination may sound ungodly, but the taste was both heavenly and authentically southern. I had some of Tim’s flounder, which wasn’t as huge as the large fillets at Coliseum Café on Flounder Fridays, but just as expertly deep-fried, with the perfect hot, crunchy crust and moist, flaky and fresh interior. Bullins insisted we try dessert, saying it was homemade every today. We both had lemonade pie, which was wonderful. She told me that she’s been working here for 15 years, and her mother worked here in the ‘80s. “This one’s been around since 1976, but there was a previous one up on the hill over there that was built in ‘66. “ I want to return for the hot dogs that are 99 cents on Tuesday, which several on Yelp have singled out for praise, or the fried chicken plate, which according to a photo of the Red Rooster specials board on Facebook comes with the choice of “boob or leg.” On Thursdays, homemade desserts are free with a meal plate. There’s also a full breakfast menu, and recently added milkshakes. ! 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.

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Boy Scouts now welcome girls Call it political correctness. Call it co-ed scouting, or a gender-blind experiment. Call it whatever you like, but Boy Scouts of America is now accepting girls into its ranks, and for the local Old North Jim Longworth State Council, that means an opportunity to serve families Longworth better. As a 64-year-old at Large former cub scout, I was skeptical of BSA’s new initiative, which now allows girls K-5 to join genderspecific cub dens while mixing with boys for family activities (older girls will join BSA in February 2019). So I asked Old North State Council CEO Ed Martin to bring me up to speed on how the new inclusive arrangement will work. Jim: Why should girls join BSA if a Girl Scout Council is accessible to them? Ed: For many years, families with sons and daughters have been asking the Boy Scouts of America to provide one program where the entire family can participate together. Families today are busier and more diverse than ever. Many do not have the time nor capacity to take one child to one program location and another child to another location. Also, the ability of boys and girls to participate in one program location is of great benefit to single-parent families. Jim: What specific activities can a girl participate in through Old North State Council that she can’t participate in with Girl Scouts? Ed: Both BSA and GSA are fine organiza-

tions that offer unique benefits to youth and families. However, there are many different program experiences offered within each organization. For example, the BSA has offered programs for young men and women ages 14-21 years since 1971 in Career Development (Career Exploring), and since 1988 in high adventure (Venturing). Some of the young ladies in these programs previously participated in the Girl Scouts and then determined that the BSA program was a better fit for their interests. Also, many young women have served on summer camp staff at Old North State Council properties for many years and then decided to participate in Career Exploring or Venturing. Last year when BSA announced its plan to recruit girls, Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont CEO Lane Cook responded by talking about the benefits of a single-sex environment. They told me, “I hope girls will continue to choose Girl Scouts because we are the girl experts, and are dedicated to ensuring that girls can take advantage of a program tailored specifically to their unique developmental needs, not one tailored for boys and adapted for girls. Girls thrive in an all-girl, girl-led environment such as Girl Scouts, where they can take center stage, and where the constant message is that nothing can stand in their way. In Girl Scouts, girls can try new things, take risks, and take on challenging roles. Our girls follow their passions without worrying about what their male peers may think about them. Girls succeed in positions that otherwise might go to their male counterparts in a co-ed environment.” ! 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).

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[LEO (July 23 to August 22) Some emerging matters could impede the Lion’s progress in completing an important project. Best advice: Deal with them now, before they can create costly delays.

[AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) There’s welcome news from the workplace. There also could be good news involving a relationship that has long held a special meaning for you.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your aspect continues to favor an expanding vista. This could be a good time to make a career move, and taking an outof-town job could be a good way to do it.

[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You might still need to cut some lingering ties to a situation that no longer has the appeal it once held. In the meantime, you can start to explore other opportunities.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Disruptive family disputes need to be settled so that everyone can move on. Avoid assuming this burden alone, though. Ask for — no, demand — help with this problem.

[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Impatience with those who don’t keep up with you can cause resistance, which, in turn, can lead to more delays. Best to be helpful and supportive if you want results.

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21) Patience is called for as you await word on an important workplace situation. A personal circumstance, however, could benefit by your taking immediate action.

[SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Don’t lose confidence in yourself. Those doubters are likely to back off if you demand they show solid proof why they think your ideas won’t work. [CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A temporary setback might cause the usually sure-footed Goat some unsettling moments. But keep going. The path ahead gets easier as you move forward.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A surprise announcement from a colleague could put you on the defensive. Gather your facts and respond. You’ll soon find the situation shifting in your favor. [GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Time spent away from a project pays off with a new awareness of options you hadn’t considered before. Weigh them carefully before deciding which to choose. [CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Consider confronting that personal conflict while there’s still time to work things out. A delay can cause more problems. A longtime colleague might offer to mediate. © 2018 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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* You might be surprised to learn that famed British author Aldous Huxley, bestknown for his dystopian novel “Brave New World,” was a consultant on Disney’s 1951 animated film version of “Alice in Wonderland.” * If you bring to mind an image of John Lennon, more likely than not you’ll see him in your mind’s eye wearing a pair of round spectacles. In July 2007, a single pair of those iconic glasses was sold at auction for a whopping $2 million. * The tongue of the alligator is fastened to the jaw all the way around. That’s why you’ll never see a gator stick out its tongue.

* You probably know that certain species of snakes can grow to enormous size, with the longest specimens reaching upward of 30 feet in length and the heaviest weighing more than 400 pounds. Kind of makes you wonder what these monstrous serpents eat — and you might be surprised. According to reports, a pet python named Houdini swallowed a queen-size electric blanket. Even more amazingly, after a two-hour operation, the snake lived! * Those who track radio statistics say Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” is the most-requested song in the United States — and this despite the fact that it was never released as a single on this side of the Atlantic. Thought for the Day: ”There’s no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn’t tell you about it?” — Kin Hubbard © 2018 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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[THE ADVICE GODDESS] love • sex • dating • marriage • questions

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My husband and I are lucky — like that couple in their 70s you wrote about — to have a satisfying sex life after 23 years together. Still, to be honest, there are Amy Alkon times when we’re just going through Advice the motions. I guess it’s natural that it Goddess isn’t as exciting as it was that first year or so. Maybe we just have to accept it. Or... is there anything we can do? (We do have date nights and try to experiment with new things.) — Ho-Humming Somewhat It’s like buying your dream house — and then living in it for 12 years. You still love it — but you don’t jump up and down and yell “Woo-hoo! We live here!” the 10,044th time you walk through your door. The good news is, there’s a way to perk up the sexual excitement level in a long-term relationship, and it doesn’t involve attending parties where they have a bowl of keys at the door. You just need to get back to really being there while you’re having sex. This means truly feeling — that is, really being present for — the moment-by-moment sensations, like you did the very first time you got together. You know...back before you started (let’s be honest) sexual multitasking — running through your to-do list

while getting it on — and your sex face started to become a yawn. Your husband looks up from, um, down there: “Oh, sorry — was I boring you?” Clinical psychologist Lori Brotto, who researches female sexual desire and arousal issues, finds that a practice called “mindfulness” — with Eastern spiritual origins — seems to be “an effective way of re-routing one’s focus ... onto the sensations that are unfolding in the moment.” Mindfulness, which is also a form of meditation, involves bringing your attention to the immediate moment. This isn’t to say you have to meditate to have better sex. However, one of the mindfulness meditation techniques involves scanning your body with your mind, focusing your attention on individual parts, and observing the sensations in them in that moment. That’s key. So, for example, point your attention at your breathing, at the points of skinto-skin contact between you and your husband. Notice the temperature of your skin. Hot? Cool? Do you feel tiny beads of sweat? Brotto writes in “Better Sex Through Mindfulness” that in her research, “when the women learn to be right where they are when with a partner, rather than in the myriad other places that their mind escapes to during sex, they start to experience sexual contact with their partner in a way that perhaps they had not experienced for months, years, or decades.” In other words, yes, there’s still hope to hear animalistic screaming in your bedroom again — and not just when your husband pulls on the oven mitts

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I’m a 35-year-old guy. My fiancee broke up with me a year ago. I was devastated. We don’t have any contact now, but I still love her. I haven’t been on one date since our breakup, and I reminisce about her constantly. My guy friends are like, “Move on, dude. Get a life!” But honestly, that’s not that helpful. What is the best way to get over an ex besides time? — Stuck That which does not kill you makes you crap company on poker night. “Jeez, man, quit crying on the cards!” Your buddies surely mean well in taking the “just say the magic words!” approach — “Get over it! Lotta fish in the sea, man!” — but you’re trying to recover from a breakup, not summon a genie. Lingering feelings of love for your fiancee are the problem. As for a solution, research by cognitive psychologist Sandra J.E. Langeslag suggests you can decrease those feelings through “negative reappraisal” of your ex-partner — basically looking back and trying to see all the

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“bad” in her. For example, focus on her annoying habits and rude and stupid things she said and did. When Langeslag’s research participants mentally trashed their ex-partner, it did diminish the love they felt for their ex...yay! However, there was a side effect: All of this negative thinking — not surprisingly — made participants feel pretty bummed out. But helpfully, Langeslag came around with a second strategy that helped them block out the feelbad: distraction — answering questions “about positive things unrelated to the breakup or the partner (e.g., What is your favorite food? Why?).” Probably an even better source of distraction is turning to what Langeslag calls a “secondary task” (like playing a video game). Keep up the negativity and the distracting secondary tasks and before long, you should find yourself ready for a level-three distraction: losing yourself in a forest of Tinder hussies. ! GOT A problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol. com (www.advicegoddess.com) © 2018 Amy Alkon Distributed by Creators.Com.

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