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Swirling with heroic toy soldiers, sword-fighting mice, and the glittering Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, the classic ballet is beautifully presented through the choreography of award-winning Artistic Director Gary Taylor, award-winning set designer Howard Jones, lighting by Craig Stelzenmueller, and original costumes designed

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Angelina Ballerina: The Musical March 17, 2020

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Steve Dorff: I Wrote That One Too… A Life in Songwriting from Willie to Whitney February 14, 2020

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Barbra Lica Quintet February 15, 2020

The High Point Ballet Land of the Sweets Nutcracker performance is designed especially for children. The show length of approximately one hour and content is tailored for young people’s attention. To add to the experience, everyone is invited to come one hour prior to the performance to meet the Nutcracker characters, have souvenir pictures taken, and participate in themed activities.

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Georgia Georgia On My Mind: Celebrating the Music of Ray Charles March 12, 2020

We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., featuring Damien Sneed February 4, 2020

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NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players: I’ve Got A Little Twist February 20, 2020 Brubeck Brothers Quartet: Celebrating Dave Brubeck’s Centennial February 21, 2020

Sons of Mystro March 20, 2020 Croce Plays Croce March 21, 2020 An Evening with Bollywood Boulevard March 31, 2020 Jump, Jive & Wail featuring The Jive Aces April 4, 2020 An Evening with Jen Kober May 1, 2020 Raleigh Ringers May 3, 2020 Acts and dates subject to change.

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TODAY IN FORSYTH COUNTY ABOUT 1 IN 4 CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 ARE LIVING IN POVERTY

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MIRACLE ON CHERRY STREET It’s visible from the sidewalk: Christmas exploded inside the Marriott. Butcher & Bull, the popular steakhouse inside the hotel, is one 100 locations across the country chosen to participate in the “MIRACLE” franchise, a Christmas-themed pop-up bar that serves holiday cocktails in a festive setting. This year, the elaborate pop-ups can also be found in Canada, the U.K., Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Romania and Switzerland.

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I’m almost embarrassed to admit it took me so long to get to THE KATHARINE...

What a pleasant surprise to finally experience the restaurant, and the beautiful historic property it calls home.

10 After a seven-year hiatus, the celebrated family-friendly THEATRICAL CONCERT, “Awake the White and Wint’ry Queen” is back for two nights only at 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 20 and Saturday, Dec. 21 (Winter Solstice).

11 THE GREAT AMERICAN TRAILER PARK Christmas Musical opened to a soldout and packed house at the Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance last Friday.

11 This week, it’s the Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) doing the giving, and selected films of 2019 the receiving.

12 QUEEN & SLIM, which marks the feature debut of producer/director Melina Matsoukas, stars Daniel Kaluuya as Earnest Hines (“Slim”) and screen newcomer Jodie Turner-Smith as Angela Johnson (“Queen”)...

13 Regardless, no matter how you say it, THE LAST STRAW is what I’ve reached with Donald Trump.

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“Some of our schools are going WITHOUT HEAT because there’s no money in the budget,” wrote the parent of a student at Joyner Elementary last week.

In a Facebook message, Jay Parr said that his daughter Miranda spent her entire school day on Monday, Dec. 2, wearing a heavy coat.

19 The Wherehouse Art Hotel will host the winter edition of its bi-annual WHEREHOUSE ART MART, an art and music festival, at the Gas Hill Drinking Room and The Ramkat on Dec. 14.

20 There aren’t many LGBTQIA+ artists represented in the Triad’s hip-hop and rap scene, or really in pop culture as a whole.

BRYCE QUARTZ is looking to change that, one controversial rhyme at a time.

21 The fact that SHILOH HILLS has a mandolin player (who also plays banjo at times) can sometimes confuse people. The individuals responsible for booking clubs and festivals take a look at the instrumentation and they occasionally just assume that the quartet is a bluegrass act, or an Americana ensemble. And that’s not really the case.

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WED 11 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA WHAT: With more than 10 million albums sold, TSO has inspired generations of fans to rediscover the multi-dimensional art form of the rock opera. Meanwhile, on the road, they have become one of the world’s top acts, with Billboard magazine naming TSO as one of the top touring artists of the past decade — a $20 million-plus production that has played to over 100 million people in 80+ cities.

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WHEN: 4:30-8:30 p.m.

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WHAT: Downtown Asheboro will come alive for an old-fashioned Christmas.

There will also be drop-boxes for canned food items being collected for CUOC and Salvation Army. There will be musicians and carolers, The Grinch, Frosty the Snowman, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer, Gingerbread, Santa & Mrs. Claus, wagon and carriage rides through Bicentennial Park, kids crafts at The Randolph Arts Guild, hot cider, marshmallow roasting, photo opportunities, and more!

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OTIS & WAWA’S 4TH ANNUAL SANTACON BAR CRAWL WHAT: Join us for the fourth annual SantaCon fundraiser as a part of Downtown in December, presented by Otis & Wawa!

Dress up as Santa or in your favorite holiday costume/ugly sweater and bar crawl to many participating downtown businesses.

Registration begins at 2:30 p.m. at Stumble Stilskins on 202 W. Market Street. he crawl begins at 3pm!

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SAT 14 2019 FAT TUESDAY UGLY SWEATER CHRISTMAS PARTY WHAT: It’s back again, Our annual Ugly Sweater Christmas Party! Who has the ugliest sweater in town? Let’s party. This year he party starts at 7pm and rocks out till 1am.

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[SPOTLIGHT] MATT IRIE BAND

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Matt Irie grew up as an only child around his cousins, who had a passion for music. Being in an atmosphere that was surrounded by his cousin’s music exposed Irie to music dynamics at a young age.

When he was younger, he would spend his time off school discovering new music.

In 1999, he went to see Rob Zombie in concert, and this was the moment he knew he wanted to be in a band.

“Seeing the energy brought on stage— I remember thinking ‘I could do that,’” Irie said. “The more you play, the more you get out there.”

He started playing at local venues, and from there was able to make connections and friends that would later help grow the popularity of the Matt Irie Band. The band’s genre is alternative rock, but Irie said they add elements of rock, hip-hop and electronica. Through these elements, the band is able to uniquely distinguish themselves from other groups.

The Matt Irie Band is made up of four members, with Irie as its vocalist and founder, Will Barkley on drums, Joe Watkins on guitar, and Chris Parker on bass.

The band takes inspiration from others such as Pepper, which Irie said is perhaps their biggest influence, as well as The Deftones, Linkin Park, The Beastie Boys

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and more. The band is also influenced by alternative rock, world music, hip-hop, ‘80s new wave and electronica.

Since the band’s inception, different members have come and gone. Irie said that personal and professional lines can be easily crossed.

“You learn who you can work with and who you cannot work with. You learn who is a good fit for everybody involved in the band,” he said. “Everyone that has been a part of the band has brought something that was not there before.”

Irie admits that recording can be challenging, but the band has been successful in recording two songs while he was away.

Coming up, Irie said the band would be releasing a new EP, and one of the singles out now is called “Better Off.” “Everyone has their own definition of ‘I made it,’” Irie said.

The Matt Irie Band has won the hearts of people all over the Southeast, and has reached fans as far as Australia and Japan. He said playing shows, doing interviews and having their songs on the radio are all ways that the band measures its success.

Visit the Matt Irie Band’s Facebook page, www.facebook.com/MattIrieBand/, for tour dates and to learn more. !

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The Katharine serves up a classic holiday menu

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’m almost embarrassed to admit it took me so long to get to The Katharine. When I visited the Twin City from Colorado back in 2015, The Cardinal Hotel—the upscale Davina Van Buren Kimpton property in @highpointfoodie which the restaurant resides—was not yet open. And since I’ve Contributor been back in Carolina, I’ve focused on exploring the restaurants in my own backyard as High Point Foodie.

What a pleasant surprise to finally experience the restaurant and the beautiful historic property it calls home. If the building looks familiar, it’s because the art deco skyscraper, completed in 1929, served as the inspiration and prototype for the Empire State Building. In its previous life, it was headquarters for the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. In 2016, it reopened as the Kimpton Cardinal, named for our state bird. For those unfamiliar with the Kimpton brand, they are known for breathing new life into iconic buildings while retaining the history, integrity and story behind the structure. The hotel occupies the first six floors of the 22-story building with 174 rooms and

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shared spaces like a gym, bowling alley and lounge areas; private residences make up the rest.

The Katharine is named for the Reynolds family matriarch, and the restaurant is an homage to her love for French food, which she acquired while honeymooning in France with her mogul mate. You’ll find subtle Southern influences like North Carolina trout and regional cheeses, but nothing about the fusion feels forced. Modeled after a traditional French brasserie (a relaxed café), the space retains many historical features of the original building with art deco touches throughout, making this a standout architectural space in the Triad’s dining scene. The raw bar area lies just beyond the

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host stand, beckoning guests to linger over a craft cocktail and an impressive seafood collection that includes $1 local oysters from 5–7 p.m. each night. While the special includes North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia oysters, several other varieties are typically available as well ($3 each). If you’re into oysters, you will love it here.

Large windows offer a peek onto Main Street and an outdoor patio, which I’m told gets quite lively during summer. Light fills the lower bar area and filters into the main dining room, where the standout feature is the open kitchen. As we settled in for dinner, I admired thoughtful touches like the industrial-chic lighting and the craftsmanship and gold detailing on the metalwork

that frames sexy black leather booths.

For dinner, we started with the classic French Onion Soup along with the Apple and Roquefort Salad. The soup was absolutely perfect—melty Gruyere over a crusty French baguette and rich, savory broth with a hint of chives. The salad—crisp frisée, arugula, celery, walnuts, apples and white balsamic vinaigrette—was just the right combination of sweet, fresh and tart.

Our server, Leslie, kept the baguette bread coming, which we slathered with easilyspreadable, room temperature butter, which was a nice touch.

It was hard deciding on entrées, but I went with the Bouillabaisse, a fish stew that originated in the port city of Marseille

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I don’t know what took me so long to get to The Katharine, but one thing is for sure, it won’t be long before I return. Many thanks to Leslie for the warm, excellent service! !

DAVINA VAN BUREN is an award-winning travel and food writer whose mission is to eat all the food. Follow her on social media at High Point Foodie.

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in southern France. The broth was delicate, and the shellfish cooked perfectly. The winner, though, was the Gnocchi dish— handmade and served with Duck Confit and Root Vegetables. Its rustic presentation was simple and lovely, and it tasted like fall. Even though I’m not a huge duck fan, I love a good confit, and The Katharine does it right.

For dessert, we enjoyed the Profiteroles— puff pastry filled with orange cream—and a decadent Chocolate Tart. Paired with espresso martinis, it was the perfect ending to an outstanding meal.

I’d be remiss not to mention the outstanding cocktails. Against my first intuition, I started with a mai tai. Not very French, but I’m a sucker for homemade orgeat, which is an almond-based syrup used in high-end tiki drinks. (Y’all, it was the best mai tai I have ever had!) My dining companion had a top-shelf play on a margarita. As previously mentioned, the chocolate martinis were a hit. The wine list is ample but not overwhelming, with options to fit every price point, and you’ll also find several North Carolina craft beers in the rotation. I would definitely visit again just for the cocktails! I’m already eyeing the Cheerwine Old Fashioned for my next visit.

The Katharine is open for breakfast, lunch and brunch, and I can’t wait to check it out at different times of day and year. At brunch, there’s live music and a mimosa and bellini bar.

If you’ve been meaning to check out the restaurant or have already worked your way through the menu and want to try something different, now is the perfect time to visit. Chef Adam Barnett premieres a Christmas menu based on the namesake matriarch’s own private holiday menu starting Friday.

This year, the Katharine Reynolds Christmas menu will be available nightly from Dec. 13–23. The three-course meal features Bouquetiere Consomme (chicken broth,

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‘Awake the White and Wint’ry Queen’ returns

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fter a sevenyear hiatus, the celebrated family-friendly theatrical concert “Awake the White and Wint’ry Queen” is back for two nights Terry Rader only at 8 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 20 and Saturday, Dec. 21. It Contributor will be shown for the first time at the Van Dyke Performance Space in the Greensboro Cultural Center said Madelyn Greco, who will be playing the role of the Winter Queen for the sixth time in its seventh production.

Musician Renée Henry said that composer Scott Fray is recording music that he has produced to be accompanied by live and acoustic instrumentation. She said the alumni performers include herself on Celtic harp, Bradford Reaves on guitar, Stuart Stanley on vocals, Amber Marlowe on vocals, Nicole King on vocals, Audrey Muck on flute, Faun Finley as a dancer, Madelyn Greco as a dancer, and Ashley Kirkman Price as a dancer. She said that new performers include Neal Holladay on trombone, Jill Bettini on vocals, and Omar Ruiz-Lopez on violin, as well as the Head Spin Hoop Troupe. This group of five fire dancers includes Brittany Isphording, Olivia Nicole King, Amber Land, Mary Tucker and Molly Polypro. Also debuting is burlesque

performer Brandy Valentine as “The Autumn Queen,” a role that Greco originated in the first production.

Greco said that all of the characters’ body paint or make-up is done and designed in their style. Painting has to be done on the day of the show, and everyone in the show has a combination of costume and face paint. Greco also designed and produced all of the costumes, and she said while the singers’ robes are just swirls, the dancers’ costumes are much more elaborate. They also hope to have several fully-painted models as greeters, produced by some of the area’s local collective of body painters. Greco’s costume has giant flower petals cascading into a hoop skirt that hides a pair of roller skates. She said she spent 13 years of her childhood training in a skating rink and is comfortable on wheels, especially since she has to dance on the toe-stops of the skates until she glides around the stage.

Greco said the previous performances were at The Carolina Theater, which was a big undertaking with all of the musicians and actors. Greco and Fray, her fellow creator and partner, discontinued the show after 2012. She said it might have stayed that way, but last year they went to see a show in Winston-Salem where some of the principal singers and musicians devoted half of the show to the original songs. They fell in love with the production all over again.

“The Winter Queen awakened us again,” she said.

This year, Greco said they had been work-

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ing to make it more manageable and felt they had hit upon a better formula. Some performers have changed out just like prior years, so every year is always a little different. She said that this year there would be fewer musicians on stage, as portions of the music are recorded ahead of time.

For those who are familiar with the former shows, Greco said everything would sound a little different, but the signature voices and music that make the show remain.

Greco said that Fray had labored long hours to make the musical process more streamlined. She said it would also be a different visual experience. The production will be in a smaller theatre on a smaller stage than in previous years, She said there is a multimedia component to it with projection supported by Fray’s video skills. Musicians and dancers share space on stage with room for solos, duets and groups to perform freely. The Head Spin Hoop Troupe will be performing with fire props, such as fans and palm torches, and soloist Ashley Kirkman Price will be performing an aerial Lyra act.

Greco, a Pennsylvania native, met Fray at an arts and culture festival. After he painted her, she soon moved to Greensboro, and the rest is history. Greco said they are the only artists to win all five World Bodypainting Festival awards in every category consecutively. They have worked together for 15 years, by winning trophies, producing international body painting competitions, judging and teaching their art form around the world. This has become her full-time work with their company Livingbrush Body

Painting. Multitalented Fray is a web designer, body painter and music composer.

Greco is also an award-winning cabaret/ burlesque performer and still performs occasionally.

“I’m really glad we can bring this music back into the season,” Greco said. “It’s not the usual holiday fare. It’s beautiful, and the make-up and costumes will be dazzling, and the music sticks with you.

It’s original, homegrown and was literally birthed here in the Piedmont Triad. At this contemplative time of year, we all reach out with joy to offer a great memory for families. In this day and age, our desire to bring this back is building on something that gives it a life both with us and beyond us. I hope the show is here to stay.” !

TERRY RADER is a freelance writer/editorial/content/ copy, creative consultant/branding strategist, communications outreach messenger, poet and emerging singer/ songwriter.

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The Great American Trailer Park Musical rocks the house silly The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical, based on the book

by Betsy Kelso with music and lyrics by David Nehls, opened to a sold-out house at the Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance Terry Rader last Friday. Director Jamie Lawson happily thanked Contributor everyone for coming out to see their “trashy spectacle” and said “If you like the show, please tell your friends, and if you don’t, hush!”

Lawson reminded everyone of the kick-off capital homecoming campaign to support WSTA’s future move to 650 W. 6th St. and expressed his heartfelt appreciation for any and all donations to help make it happen. Then he asked, “Are y’all ready to get trashy? Buckle up, ‘cause here it comes! Enjoy!”

The show delivered two hours of nonstop fun beginning in the first scene.

The audience exploded in laughter as the curtains opened with Betty, Linoleum and Pickles drinking beer in their lawn chairs at North Florida’s Armadillo Acres Trailer Park. They reminisced of Christmas past and the dreaded “Armadillo Acres Christmas Curse!” The cast popped, and were as colorful as their costumes and surrounding kitschy decorations – a group effort in the hopes of finally winning the upcoming best “Mobile Home & Gardens Christmas Decorating Competition.”

The cast was as entertaining and professional as any Broadway show could deliver! Beer-buzzed Betty (Michele Groneck), perched upon her matriarchal vinyl and aluminum throne, told the girls how every December, Armadillo Acres’ Christmas decorations could be seen from outer space. Rufus (Gray Smith) is a handyman, neighbor and lover that could bust some moves like nobody’s business! Except for maybe tattoocovered Linoleum (Mary Upchurch), aka Lynn, who cracked everyone up when she told us how she got her name.

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Christmas, and she had the audience in stitches as she confessed how she was suffering from new-baby exhaustion.

Scrooge was rocked by mean Darlene (Jaye Pierce), who sang about Christmas being for dummies until she accidentally got a shock from Rufus’s handy work and changed her tune to one about this being her favorite time of the year.

Jackie (Ken Ashford) owns Stacks Pancake House, where the girls work and where Darlene receives fringe benefits as his girlfriend (although that’s not the word Linoleum used), and matched the girls’ kicks and dances, singing in his powerful voice, “naughty or nice; I’ll be your Santa Claus.”

The band, while hidden behind the trailers, projected great sound and upbeat music that accompanied the cast’s amazing voices. P. Blake Moran (keyboard/conductor), Davis Cahill and Daniel Carr (guitar), Randy Mintz and Guy Kelpin (bass) and Erin Lopp (drums/ percussion) played a professional score throughout the show.

Two highlights out of many for me were broken-hearted, drunken Rufus singing in his Santa garb, and Pickles dancing on tiptoes in a white tutu as a ghost of Christmas past in Darlene’s dream hallucination. Every actor sang their heart out through 15 musical numbers that shook the rafters with catchy jingles that stay with you. My personal favorite was “It’s Christmas!”

People rushed the stage when Lawson invited them to have their photo taken with the cast (for any donation amount). Call your sitter and expect gracious giftings of four-letter words with The Great American Trailer Park Christmas Musical . !

TERRY RADER is a freelance writer, poet, singer/ songwriter, wellness herbalist, flower essences practitioner and owner of Paws n’ Peace o’ Mind cat/ dog/housesitting.

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Several shows are already sold out as of Dec. 7. Check the website, www.theatrealliance.ws/ events/ for available seats. Showtimes are 8 p.m. for Tuesday-Saturday shows and at 2 p.m. on Sunday shows. Tickets are $16 (student/senior) and $18 (general admission).

Parasite powers to SEFCA victory This week, it’s the Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) doing the giving, and selected films of 2019 the receiving.

South Korean filmmaker Bong Joon-ho’s scathing Mark Burger satire Parasite was selected as both Best Contributor Picture of the Year and Best ForeignLanguage Film by the members of SEFCA, with Joon-ho and Jin Won Han’s screenplay selected as Best Original Screenplay.

Joon-hoo was also runner-up in the voting for Best Director.

“I’m incredibly proud of SEFCA’s decision to select Parasite as the Best Picture of the Year,” said Matt Goldberg, president of SEFCA. “Bong Joon-hoo is one of our finest filmmakers, and he has crafted a damning rebuke of capitalism with style and passion. I firmly believe that Parasite is not only the best film of 2019 but that it will also be recognized as one of the best and most essential films of the 2010s.”

Noah Baumbach’s divorce drama Marriage Story also scored big with SEFCA, with Adam Driver winning Best Actor, Laura Dern winning Best Supporting Actress, and Baumbach was the runner-up for Best Original Screenplay.

Joaquin Phoenix’s titular turn in Joker was the runner-up for Best Actor, and Florence Pugh (as Amy March) the runnerup as Best Supporting Actress for Little Women, the latest screen adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel, adapted and directed by Greta Gerwig, who was the runner-up for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Renee Zellweger’s performance as show-biz legend Judy Garland took top honors for Best Actress in Judy, with Lupita Nyong’o the runner-up in Jordan Peele’s latest screen shocker, Us. Martin Scorsese was selected Best Director for the gangster epic The Irish-

man, with Steven Zaillian winning Best Adapted Screenplay for the same film. Joe Pesci was the runner-up for Best Supporting Actor, and The Irishman was the runner-up for Best Ensemble, bested by the star-studded murder/mystery Knives Out. Brad Pitt was named Best Supporting Actor for Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood, and Robert Richardson was the runner-up for Best Cinematography for that film. Roger Deakins won Best Cinematography for the World War I saga 1917.

Best Documentary went to Apollo 11, with American Factory as the runnerup. Pedro Almodovar’s drama Pain and Glory was the runner-up for Best ForeignLanguage Film. The blockbuster Toy Story 4 won Best Animated Film and I Lost My Body was the runner-up.

The Gene Wyatt Award for Film That Best Evokes the Spirit of the South, named for the late film critic, went to the comingof-age comedy/drama The Peanut Butter Falcon, with the fact-based courtroom drama Just Mercy the runner-up.

SEFCA’s top 10 films for 2019 were as follows: (1.)

Parasite (2.) The Irishman (3.) Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (4.)

Marriage Story (5.) 1917 (6.) Jojo Rabbit (7.) Little Women (8.) The Farewell (9.) Uncut Gems (10.)

Ford v. Ferrari.

The Southeastern Film Critics Circle, which was founded over a quartercentury ago, is comprised of over 60 film critics – including yours truly – from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Georgia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Its mission is to represent – as an impartial, organized working unit – the profession of film criticism, and to recognize the highest creative achievements in the field of motion pictures, and thereby to uphold the integrity and significance of film criticism.

For a complete list of this year’s winners and more information about SEFCA, visit the official website: https://www.sefca. net/. !

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ueen & Slim, which marks the feature debut of producer/director Melina Matsoukas, stars Daniel Kaluuya Mark Burger as Earnest Hines (“Slim”) and screen Contributor newcomer Jodie Turner-Smith as Angela Johnson (“Queen”), whose seemingly uneventful first date quickly becomes otherwise when they are pulled over by an aggressive police officer (Sturgill Simpson) and, after a tense exchange, Queen is wounded, and the officer shot dead.

At that moment, they become fugitives, soon to become folk heroes.

From this simple yet relevant set-up, the film attempts to combine a chase thriller, an examination of contemporary race relations and a character study. Producer Lena Waite also makes her feature debut, working from a story she wrote with fellow producer James Frey. The elements are there, but the screenplay is unable to combine them in a completely compelling fashion.

There are some nagging issues that

compromise the film’s credibility at times. Although Queen is an attorney, she makes no attempt to contact a colleague for advice or assistance, even though the video of the shooting incident doesn’t necessarily show premeditation. Actually, the video is a major reason that they become revered in certain circles.

In addition, the death of a significant character is alluded to rather than shown, which dulls its impact.

The old adage about a picture being worth a thousand words comes to mind. Finally, the film’s climax may be visually striking, but it also seems to defy logistics.

As Queen and Slim make their break for freedom, one character refers to them as “the black Bonnie and Clyde,” but the film bears more similarities to Terrence Malick’s Badlands (1973) and Ridley Scott’s Thelma & Louise (1991). They are heroes, but the system’s against them – and they know it.

The performances go a long, long way to keeping the narrative interesting for its 132-minute running time. Kaluuya continues to impress here, his open likability making Slim empathetic throughout. Turner-Smith brings an appealing bossy attitude to Queen, and when romance finally blooms between them – which doesn’t occur until midway

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JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (PG-13) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 11:00 AM, 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10:00 DARK WATERS (PG-13) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 11:10 AM, 1:55, 4:40, 7:20, 10:05 JOJO RABBIT (PG-13) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:10 BLACK CHRISTMAS (PG-13) Fri & Sat: 11:45 AM, 2:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:15, 11:30 Sun - Thu: 11:45 AM, 2:05, 4:35, 7:00, 9:15 JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (PG-13) Fri & Sat: 12:20, 3:05, 5:50, 8:35, 11:20 Sun - Thu: 12:20, 3:05, 5:50, 8:35 RICHARD JEWELL (R) Fri - Thu: 11:00 AM, 1:50, 4:40, 7:30, 10:20 THE AERONAUTS (PG-13) Fri & Sat: 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:05, 9:25, 11:45 Sun - Thu: 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:05, 9:25

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through the film – she and Kaluuya are an attractive and charismatic screen couple.

Bokeem Woodbine has some good moments as Queen’s tormented uncle, but Chloe Sevigny and Flea (of Red Hot Chili Peppers fame) are wasted in potentially interesting roles. !

Hanks makes magic as Mr. Rogers All by himself, Tom Hanks makes A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood what it is, but it still isn’t enough.

Playing Fred Rogers – yes, the immortal Mr. Rogers from Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood – it’s fascinating to watch how Hanks seamlessly adopts the familiar, friendly mannerisms of perhaps the most beloved children’s television host in history. When he’s on screen, all eyes are on Hanks. When he’s off screen, it’s another story and an all too predictable one.

The film, adapted from Tom Junod’s 1998 Esquire article, “Can You Say … Hero?” by screenwriter/executive producers Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster (who also appears in the film), dramatizes the relationship that develops between Rogers and the Junod character, here called Lloyd Vogel (Matthew Rhys). Vogel is an awardYES! WEEKLY

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winning journalist who barely masks his contempt for the assignment and who, remarkably, seems to have little idea of Mr. Rogers’s impact on the public. (The film is set in 1998, by which Rogers’s reputation was already cemented.)

Lloyd is struggling with the demands of marriage and fatherhood, as well as a poor relationship with his wayward father (Chris Cooper). Care to guess who turns Lloyd’s frown upside down with his homespun warmth and wisdom?

It’s not that Rhys, Cooper, or newcomer Susan Kelechi Watson (as Lloyd’s wife) aren’t sincere, but there’s never any doubt how this drama will work itself out, or who’ll be responsible. !

See MARK BURGER’s reviews of current movies on Burgervideo.com. © 2019, Mark Burger.

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hotel romp that occurred while Melania was pregnant with their son, Barron. He also authorized hush money to be paid to Daniels. Taken in tandem, the catch and kill of the story and payment smacked of an illegal campaign donation. That should have been the last straw.

After taking office, RE Trump surrounded himself with a bunch of misfits, a half dozen of which have since been convicted of federal crimes.

Meanwhile, he has fired or run off the handful of competent advisors who tried to keep his erratic behavior in check, while retaining folks like Steven Miller, whose radical views on immigration and acceptance of white supremacist groups have shaped Trump’s racist rhetoric, which has included referring to the Charlottesville Nazis as “very fine people.” That should have been another last straw.

Trump has used his bully pulpit to demean, defame or embarrass American citizens. At one rally, he pointed to the lone African-American in the crowd and said, “Where’s my black? Where is he? There he is.” At another rally, Trump mocked a disabled reporter by flailing his arms around as if to simulate spasms.

And then there’s his recent bizarre dramatization of how he imagined a romantic encounter transpired between two FBI investigators, complete with orgasmic inflections. He insulted a gold star family, made fun of John McCain’s military service and berated one of our nation’s most capable and distinguished ambassadors.

Any of those things should have been the last straw.

Donald Trump is functionally illiterate and hands down the most uninformed president in history. He can’t string two coherent sentences together, refuses to read briefing books, thinks Colorado borders Mexico, and has shown time and time again that he has no working knowledge of our Constitution, a document which he swore to uphold. In addition, according to several fact-checking organizations, Trump has told over 12,000 lies since taking office, and those lies sometimes affect or are the basis for setting public policy. Serial lying is not presidential, and it should be the very last straw.

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ost people know Popeye as the cartoon sailor who ate spinach when he needed super strength to fight a bad guy. But I’ll always remember PopJim Longworth eye for the phrase he uttered just before consuming Longworth those leafy greens. at Large Frustrated with the situation at hand, Popeye would say “that’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more.” It meant that he had reached his breaking point, something we all do from time to time, and when that happens, we say “this is the last straw.” It’s a phrase which, in its complete form, references an Old World observation for what happens when you break a camel’s back by loading too much straw on it. According to the American Heritage dictionary, however, the modern connotation means “the last of a series of annoyances that leads one to a final loss of patience, temper, trust, or hope.” Regardless, no matter how you say it, the last straw is what I’ve reached with Donald Trump.

Truth is, there have been a lot of last straws with Trump, beginning with his childish behavior during the 2016 Republican debates, in which he assigned nicknames to other candidates such as “Little Marco,” “Lying Ted” and “Low Energy Jeb,” and while doing so, made outlandish and false claims about his opponents, such as accusing Cruz’s father of having been involved in the Kennedy assassination.

Then there was the Access Hollywood tape on which he could be heard bragging to Billy Bush that he could do anything he wanted to with women. Trump’s defense was that his words were just locker room talk, but I’ve been in a lot of locker rooms, and I’ve never heard anyone brag about sexual assault. Speaking of which, during the campaign and throughout his first term in office, nearly two dozen women have come forward with credible claims of sexual harassment and assault against the Donald.

For most Americans, Trump’s misogyny and various offenses against women should have been the last straw. In the run-up to the 2016 election, Trump and his fixer, Michael Cohen, arranged for the National Enquirer to kill a story about his sexual encounter with Stormy Daniels, a

According to 27 noted mental health experts who studied Trump’s actual words and behavior (see “The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump”), our president suffers from clinically documented narcissism.

They cite his “displays of instability” and his disregard for the consequences of his actions. They observed his willingness to “say or do anything at any time for purposes of self-aggrandizement,” as well as his propensity to “dehumanize others.” They wrote of his lack of “foresight and compassion,” his bullying and paranoia, his misogyny, and his inability “to recognize other people’s emotions and feelings.” And they referred to his behavior as immature and incompetent. Any of those findings should have been the last straw.

Finally, there’s Trump’s demand for the Ukranian president to announce an investigation of the Bidens in return for Congressionally-approved military aid that he needs to defend against Russian aggression. That, combined with multiple counts of obstruction, should be the last straw.

Not to diminish the other straws, but I came to my Popeye moment last week when I witnessed the president of France scolding Trump for making an uninformed remark about ISIS, then watched as four other leaders were overheard making fun of Trump. That was my president who those men were scolding and scoffing at, and it was as if they were laughing at our entire nation and me. In a way, their lack of respect and contempt for Trump was derivative of all the other straws and flaws. And so, too, was it for me. Trump needs to go, whether by impeachment or election, but he’s got to go. He has broken the camel’s back. !

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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Kentarias Gowans, 20, of Flowery Branch, Georgia, came up with a novel way of celebrating Thanksgiving.

He was scheduled to work at the Steak ‘n’ Chuck Shepherd Shake in Oakwood that day, but called in “intoxicated” and said he wouldn’t be in. But around 10 p.m. that evening, Gowans arrived at the restaurant with a handgun, which he held to another employee’s head while demanding money, the Gainesville Times reported. Multiple employees and customers called 911, and police arrived to see Gowans exiting the restaurant with his gun. He briefly raised the weapon, officers reported, but then dropped it, and he was taken into custody after a brief struggle.

NOT SANTA

As Stephanie Leguia of Milton, Massachusetts, and her neighbor, Wenhan Huang, chatted in Huang’s yard on Dec. 1, an unusual object slammed to the ground just feet from where they stood.

Their backs were turned when what looked like a “giant silver tarp” crashed down, reported the Boston Herald. On its way, it lopped off four tree branches: “If it had hit us, we would have been dead,” Leguia said. Turns out the object was an uninflated silver evacuation slide from a Delta flight arriving in Boston from Paris. The Federal Aviation Administration confirmed that the pilot had heard a loud noise as the Boeing airliner approached Logan International Airport, but the flight landed without incident.

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Callie Elizabeth Carswell of Morganton, North Carolina, and her fiance, Clarence Moore III, allegedly staged an elaborate crime, all in the name of love, just before Thanksgiving. Around 10 p.m. on Nov. 25, while Carswell worked at the Big Daddy convenience store, Moore entered the store carrying an ornamental sword and wearing a hat and bandanna to disguise his identity.

He “demanded” money from Carswell, leaving with $2,960, the Morganton Department of Public Safety told The News Herald. When the “robber” left the store, she called 911. Police went on to work the case overnight, while Carswell and Moore made an early morning stop at Walmart to buy a ring and get

engaged on the spot, documenting the big event on Facebook. But details of Carswell’s story didn’t add up, and investigators found evidence in her car and at their home that led them to arrest the couple. Moore confessed to the crime, but Carswell shouted at reporters as she entered the courthouse: “I will assault you! I didn’t do it. ... Watch the (expletive) video and you’ll see that I was (expletive) terrified. I wasn’t involved.”

The couple were charged with armed robbery, misuse of 911 and filing a false police report.

FINE POINTS OF THE LAW

After a decade of wrangling through the court system, Bela Kosoian has been awarded $20,000 (Canadian) by the Supreme Court of Canada. It all started in the Laval, Quebec, Montmorency Metro station in 2009, when Kosoian was riding an escalator while looking through her purse and, pointedly, not holding the handrail. According to CBC News, a police officer told her to respect a sign asking riders to hold the rail, but Kosoian declined and then would not identify herself to the officer, who slapped her with two tickets: one for disobeying the sign and another for obstructing the work of an inspector. Kosoian sued, and the highest court agreed with her, saying: “A reasonable police officer should have known that people didn’t have to hold the handrails.” They called the sign a “warning” and not a law. “I knew that I didn’t do anything wrong,” Kosoian said.

“It was the principle of it.”

QUESTIONABLE JUDGMENT

In The Hague, Netherlands, management at supermarket chain Albert Heijn is walking back a request that employees send in a photo of themselves in their underwear, in order to work out sizes for new uniforms. Workers were asked to use an “innovative mobile app” to submit the photos, AFP reported, but the company backed down after the complaints started rolling in. “The manager told us that if we don’t do it, we can’t be in the store anymore because we don’t have the right corporate clothing,” said one 17-year-old employee who works at the Nijmegen branch.

But Albert Heijn said participating was voluntary and “although ... pictures were not visible to management, this should never have happened. We apologize to all involved.” !

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hristmas exploded inside the downtown WinstonSalem Marriott, and it is visible from the sidewalk.

Butcher & Bull, the popular steakhouse Davina Van Buren located inside the @highpointfoodie hotel, is one of 100 locations across the Contributor country chosen to participate in the “Miracle” franchise, a Christmas-themed pop-up bar that serves holiday cocktails in a festive setting. This year, the elaborate pop-ups can also be found in Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Romania and Switzerland.

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multiple Christmas trees (some made from cleverly upcycled materials such as wine bottles), garland galore, dozens of wrapped presents hanging from the ceiling, multicolored lights strung from the rafters, Christmas-themed artwork on every wall, and Christmas songs and movies on repeat. There’s even a life-size cardboard cutout of Chevy Chase from National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation that you can take selfies with. The restaurant’s private dining spaces are also bedazzled with seasonal cheer, making them the perfect place for meetings, family get-togethers and holiday parties.

The Miracle concept started in New York City in 2014. On the advice of his mom, Mace Cocktail Bar owner Greg Boehm put the construction of the bar on hold for the weeks between Thanksgiving and Christmas and instead transformed the unfinished space into a temporary winter wonderland. The idea was a hit,

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and before long, other bars and food service establishments wanted in on the fun. Out of that, the idea for Miracle— which happens only during the Christmas season for one month—was born.

While the kitschy decor is definitely a major draw, the stars of the show are the creative cocktails. Miracle provides the recipes for a professionally-developed holiday cocktail menu, along with merchandise such as special glassware that is available for purchase on-site. Then it’s up to the staff at each location to bring it all to life.

Being a dedicated investigative reporter, I brought friends and sampled several options in the name of research.

Consensus favorite: the “Yippie Ki Yay F****r!”—A creamy concoction of Barbados rum, Cachaca, Trinidad Overproof rum, purple yam and coconut orgeat (a made-in-house almond-based syrup that blew my mind) and pineapple. A close second was the “Bad Santa” (rum, black chai tea, date-infused oat milk, vanilla syrup and Batavia arrack— a distilled

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alcohol made from the fermented sap of coconut flowers or sugarcane). We also loved the “Jingle Balls Nog” (the best American eggnog I’ve ever tasted) and the “SanTaRex” (rye whiskey, Oloroso sherry, spiced apple cider, lemon juice and baked apple bitters), which comes served in a fun dinosaur mug that will make you feel like a little kid on Christmas morning.

We finished up with a few shots—you can choose “Nice,” “Naughty,” or “Mistletoe.” I opted for the Mistletoe (rye whiskey and gingerbread spices) since I went heavy on the creamy drinks earlier. Shout out to bartenders extraordinaire Jay and Megan for the holiday cheer, for educating us on some new spirits and for making us feel special!

Chef Richard Miller created a special snack menu of more than a dozen items to go along with the cocktails. Some of these menu items included “Reindeer Food” (a charcuterie board of meat, cheese, pickled goodies and condiments), “Bad Santa Chili,” “Blue Christmas Wings” and “Elf Ornaments” (fried macaroni

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and cheese balls served with tomato jam and pea sprouts). A few entrée plates have also been revamped with a Christmas twist—for example, the “Backyard Christmas Party” (ribs, Frito macaroni and cheese, coleslaw) and the “North Pole Steakhouse” (a hearty bistro steak served with fries). Butcher & Bull is one of just three North Carolina locations with Miracle bars. The other two are located in Asheville at The Golden Pineapple and Raleigh at The Haymaker.

“We are thrilled to host Miracle on Cherry Street and help bring this holiday experience to downtown WinstonSalem,” said general manager Kolby Huffman. “From over-the-top decorations to extravagant cocktails and the special themed food menu developed by our

executive chef Richard Miller, Butcher & Bull is set to transform into a true winter wonderland this December. We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Miracle and help give locals a way to celebrate the season like never before.” !

DAVINA VAN Buren is an award-winning travel and food writer. Follow her on social media at High Point Foodie.

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Parents complain of cold classrooms in Guilford County Schools *Editor’s note: As this article was being prepared for publication, multiple parents were reporting that all Grimsley classrooms were without heat on Monday, Dec. 9.

“Some of our Ian McDowell schools are going without heat because there’s Contributor no money in the budget,” wrote the parent of a student at Joyner Elementary last week. In a Facebook message, Jay Parr said that his daughter Miranda spent her entire school day on Monday, Dec. 2, wearing a heavy coat.

Parr sent a link to a Dec. 3 public Facebook post by Kristin Cassell, who has children at Joyner Elementary and at Mendenhall Middle School. When contacted, Cassell gave permission to quote her post, which appears in its entirety below: It’s 37°F right now. My kid’s school has rooms with no heat. He attends a highpoverty, majority-minority (the student body is 23.6% white) Title I school.

Here’s why this matters (aside from the fact that NO children should be learning in cold classrooms): Our schools are segregated. As soon as a school becomes more Black, white parents scoot out (my kid’s school actually should be much more white, but white parents in our area won’t send their children to our school).

So many schools have facilities problems. That’s why I support Dr. Contreras’ new plan to fix our schools. But it’s more than that. Families with resources who can do huge fundraisers are also concentrated in certain schools. A nearby

elementary school makes $20-$30,000 on a fundraiser. We just had a big one and made almost $200.

We need to hold County Commissioners (and state legislators) responsible for not fully funding our schools but we also have to realize that when our PTAs have to fill in the gaps, not all PTAs have access to the same resources.

There are parents out there yelling against Dr. Contreras’ plan to fix our schools. I want to ask them the question I learned from Nikole Hannah-Jones: Whose children should we sacrifice?

In her response to my Facebook query, Cassell wrote that both Joyner and Mendenhall had severe heating and air conditioning problems for a while. “The air-conditioning was out for fifth-grade graduation in the spring, and when we came back after the summer, my kid’s classroom was so hot that the teacher had to put three fans in there.” She also wrote that the son of a friend of hers, like Parr’s daughter, has been wearing his coat to class.

Cassell praised the school’s principal, Denise Ebbs, who is the principal at Joyner. “She has reached out to the county to get things fixed, and I know they did come out one day this week to work on it.” She did not blame Ebbs for what she called “band-aid fixes,” emphasizing that the problem was the outdated HVAC system. “The kids will be super-hot for a while, and then someone will come out and figure out a way to make it work temporarily. Now they are cold, and someone came out and figured out a way to make it work temporarily.”

A phone call to Nora Carr, chief of staff for Guilford County Schools, confirmed Cassell’s claims.

“Joyner and Mendenhall did experience cold classrooms earlier this week,” said Carr on Thursday. “It was Monday and Tuesday at Joyner, and still an ongoing

issue at Mendenhall. Both are sort of classic examples of these very outdated systems that continue to have issues. I think the reason it was so cold on Monday is that the boiler had kicked off and was actually blowing cold air into the school, and it took some repeated fixes before that problem was solved. They would reset it and start it again, and then it would switch off again.”

Carr also said she had talked to the principal at Mendenhall. “She said that they do have some parts of the building that are cold and that students frequently wear hoodies and other clothing to deal with it as a result.”

In a Friday afternoon phone conversation, Ebbs was candid about the problems facing her school.

“The biggest problem we have is the age of our equipment. Our building was built in 1955, and the heat and the air conditioning were retrofitted in the 1970s when it was remodeled. Our boiler dates from 1955, so it’s very old. It was working, and then it clicked off, and you don’t know it’s clicked off until it gets cold, and they come down and fix it, and then it clicks off again. It’s stayed on since Tuesday, so we’re hoping it’s fixed this time, but that’s the biggest issue we have with heating and air.”

I asked her if she expected to have the opposite problem once the boiler has built up heat.

“Correct. We’ll have rooms that get extremely hot. We tell our students all year long to wear layered clothes. That way, they can either add or take off because you don’t know from day to day how a classroom’s going to be when you walk in. So, we’re working with downtown every morning, when we have to call in and say hey, can you turn down the temperature in this or that room, and they turn it down for us. That will alleviate the problem for a while, but then it

continues. It’s just a spiral of classrooms getting too hot or too cold.”

I asked if there was funding for getting the HVAC system replaced.

“I’ve been here 10 years and we’ve had this problem all that time. The only hope at this point, I suspect, of getting it replaced is if funds are given from the county commissioners to allot money to pay for maintenance fees. And then, hopefully, the proposal that’s planned from the superintendent and cabinet for our facilities, that would help us tremendously, because we are one of the schools that are slated to have a new school built. My teachers laugh because we don’t even have enough electrical outlets, our school is so old, so we have surge protector sticks all over the place in order to be able to operate the electrical equipment that we have. The building was not constructed for the 21st century at all, but we do the best we can to make it do.”

On Nov. 26, Guilford County Schools Superintendent Sharon Contreras shared a proposed master plan for the school system’s buildings with the school board and county commissioners. The $2 billion plan includes an estimated budget of $769.4 million for rebuilding schools, $423 million for full school renovations, and $254.5 million for constructing new ones. Joyner elementary would be one of the 22 schools rebuilt under this proposal.

“We really need to support Dr. Contreras ‘s plan for fixing schools,” wrote Cassell in her Dec. 5 Facebook message. !

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 Wherehouse Art Hotel presents 12 hours of local music and art The Wherehouse Art Hotel will host the winter edition of its biannual Wherehouse Art Mart, an art and music market, at the Gas Hill Drinking Room and The Ramkat on Dec. 14.

The WAM-bam of a 12-hour party will feature eight bands and 25 vendors, beginning at noon, with a family-friendly first round of crafts Katei Cranford and concerts, immediately followed by a live-painting intermission from Greensboro muralist Gina Franco Contributor (set to hip-hop from Gutta Trees), at 6p.m. An adults-only rock’n’roll second-act kicks off at The Ramkat at 8 p.m.

The compound party is curated by The Wherehouse Art Hotel, a Winston-Salem artfocused Airbnb with a main mission of acquainting artists with the community “to self-inspire and support each other.” Art Mart admission is split: $5 for the afternoon at the Gas Hill Drinking Room, $10 for the night at The Ramkat. A focus on curations and libations remains important.

Artisans with wares will line the second-floor balcony of The Ramkat.

“The goal is to introduce Winston-Salem to these talented artists and give the community an opportunity to purchase original and affordable works of art,” the organizers said. “Art is for the people, and it’s one of the things which brings beauty to our day to day lives.”

Workshops for block printing and card making will run at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m., providing attendees with materials, tutorials and handmade souvenirs. Extra goodies include live T-shirt screen-printing

by Liz Simmons, and a photobooth from “It’s A Photo Booth Life.”

Eats will be available from Burger Supreme and Pacific Rim food trucks. Krankies will be on-hand, slinging coffee and grilling bratwursts. Libations and spirits will flow from the bar at both venues.

As for the music, the bills read like a venable who’s who in the Winston art and music world— boasting a love for the history of The Wherehouse and desire to deck the halls with rock’n’roll. The first-round at the Gas Hill Drinking Room features Andy Freakin’ Mabe, Zach McCraw, WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

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Them Pants, and Scrub Pine.

The night-show at The Ramkat will ring with Pink Slater, Alternative Champs, Spirit System, and Finks.

“I’m glad Haydee is continuing the legacy of The Wherehouse Art Hotel as a creative cultural gathering place,” said McCraw, who’ll be releasing a mixtape of original electronic compositions at the Art Mart alongside his performance of new work. A DJ and visual artist, McCraw also develops surreal digital paintings, created on a daily basis using his iPhone. He’s amassed more than 5,000 works since beginning the project in 2018. His commitment to art of all kinds embodies the mission behind The Wherehouse Art Hotel.

That commitment helps organizers serve as an artistic bridge between culture and community, while the Art Mart provides the folks behind the scenes an opportunity to throw the parties for which they’ve become notorious for nearly two decades.

“I’m especially honored to be playing this event in two different bands,” said Rick Randall, unabashed Wherehouse fan. His new group, Them Pants, will make a Gas Hill Drinking Room debut during the afternoon Art Mart.

Meanwhile, his main-squeeze, the Alternative Champs, will rock The Ramkat that night. Known for costumes (and as part of the Gemstone Salvation Band on the

HBO-series Righteous Gemstones), the Champs have decided on a lemon-yellow wardrobe, and plan to open their set with songs from the show.

An aspect of holiday reunion weaves through the event, harkening The Wherehouse’s era as a DIY collective.

Randall used to rehearse in the basement of what’s now the hotel. McCraw had a studio, and has been attending and performing at Wherehouse events since it was PS211 in the early-’00s.

“The Art Mart has all the stuff of an old-school Wherehouse party,” said John Blackburn, guitarist for Finks (a robot-rock band comprised of former residents).

But the lineup extends beyond old friends.

“We’re grateful to be involved in the culture-building work that the Wherehouse is facilitating in Winston-Salem,” said Scrub Pine, who’ll establish their Wherehouse history with the winter Art Mart. “And we’re excited to present our work to a demographic that might not make it out to some of our shows,” they added of their daytime, all-ages slot.

Laurie Ruroden, singer for the ethereal goth rock group Spirit System, echoed excitement at being part of what she considers a wonderful event during one of her favorite times of year. !

KATEI CRANFORD is a Triad music nerd who hosts the Tuesday Tour Report on WUAG 103.1 FM.

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“Hip-hop has always been homophobic, transphobic and sexist, and it has always been an abrasive genre,” Stone explained.

“Things are changing and we are in this revolutionary age where NE music is easier to creTO S ate, and more people CE are allowed to make music. We are also in a socially acceptable time, which is lucky for me.”

Stone said that if he were making the music he is now a decade ago, people would protest his shows. Even still today, he said he isn’t taken seriously.

“It is definitely hard to navigate,” he said. “It is hard for people to take me serious as a rapper because I am white, which is funny. Everyone wants to compare me to Eminem, but I am not Eminem. I am Bryce, fuck you.”

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here aren’t many LGBTQIA+ artists represented in the Triad’s hip-hop and rap scene, or really in pop culture as a whole. Bryce Quartz is looking to change that, one controverKatie Murawski sial rhyme at a time.

Bryce Stone, aka Bryce Quartz, is a Editor queer rapper and activist based in Greensboro. He is the owner of AVO Records, which, according to its Facebook page, means “Amor Vincit Omnia,” or “Love Conquers All.” The record label features Bryce Quartz, Drich, and Symphonic, and is affiliated with Deadcraft, ikenzi, and SBTyler.

Stone said that he is looking to shake up the rap/hip-hop scene by challenging the assumptions that are usually associated with the genres.

don’t take him seriously either.

“I guess I do link a lot of my [musical] presence to being gay, but that is because I want people to see that you can be gay and be an artist and express yourself freely. That is the whole point to why I make music.”

He said there are certain expectations with him being a queer rapper that he doesn’t necessarily subscribe to. Like, for instance, only rapping about sex.

“I don’t sell sex,” he said. “I want to be known for my lyrics, my artistry, and for the buttons that I push in this culture. Maybe I’ll sell sex later, I don’t know. But I don’t want to be known for my body.”

He said being queer is still something that is not fully accepted in this country, and being a rapper makes it even more nuanced.

“Especially with the president we have now,” Stone explained. “Hate crimes have risen since he took office. It is hard because I will get random hate online, and have to hope that at my shows, they don’t show up or threaten me.”

Stone shared that he has received a death threat before, which still frightens him.

“It still scares me with all the shootings. We are in the South, and I grew up in Randolph County,” Stone said. “It is not something that couldn’t happen, it is still a possibility.”

This death threat sparked inspiration for one of his earlier songs, “C.C.B.M.L.C.M.H.” This acronym stands for “Candy Coated Broke Back Mountain Living Cinderella Militant Homo.”

“Some asshole called me that online and then threatened to kill me, so I made it a song about killing straight cis people,” Quartz explained. “But, I did that to explain privilege. I want the listeners to question my lyrics and motives. ‘Why is he acting like this? Why does he want to kill me just for being straight?’ And if they ask those questions, then I did my job. They understand privilege better. Because they’re questioning why somebody would want to physically harm them over their sexuality.

That’s what LGBT+ people and many other minority groups experience almost every single day. A lot of people shit on me for

that song, but that just means they don’t get it and they don’t understand privilege.”

Stone said other songs he gets flak from for having abrasive lyrics are “Make America Gay Again” and “F.U. (Falwell University), ” which was written because he did not have a good experience being queer while attending Liberty University.

“The whole point is to be threatening,” he explained of his aggressive approach to writing. “It is not really reflective, it is abrasive and angry cause when I was stuck in the closet, that is how it was for me: I was angry and upset. I was full of emotions I couldn’t even express.”

Stone said his new project “American Queer” is a compilation of three mix tapes.

He said he made three because he had to come out three times.

“The first time I came out was to my parents, and it was really emotional because I was 14 and they didn’t really understand,” he admitted. “They were scared parents because they thought they did something wrong. I saw it as hatred at the time. I thought they hated me for who I was.”

He said his second and third time coming out, in addition to attending Liberty University, put him in a bad place mentally.

Making this series has helped him work through a lot of his emotions and move past his negative experiences. He said he has repaired his relationship with his parents and is now living authentically as a gay man.

“I have to keep doing this— it is empowering,” he said regarding making music. “I am hoping by June next year I will be releasing my full length [album] with videos.

That is my 2020 vision.” !

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Stone has a monthly showcase at New York Pizza called LGBT Future, which celebrates and features other queer artists. The next one is on Dec. 15.

Headlining is Jaye Naima and others featured are Bryce Quartz, The G.A.T.A.R., Jaded, Elijah Rock, and a special pop-up performance by a surprise artist. The cover is $5 and the proceeds go to Triad Health Project. Doors open at 8 p.m. and there will also be tarot readings available for $5. For more information about AVO Records, visit the Facebook page, www.facebook.com/avorecords/.

Check Bryce Quartz out on SoundCloud at www. soundcloud.com/brycequartz

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Shiloh Hill celebrate new release and play Winston-Salem The fact that Shiloh Hills has a mandolin player (who also plays banjo at times) can sometimes confuse people. The individuals responsible for booking clubs and festivals take a look John Adamian at the instrumenta@adamianjohn tion and they occasionally just assume that the quartet Contributor is a bluegrass act, or an Americana ensemble. And that’s not really the case.

The Triad-based four-piece doesn’t play traditional string music from the American South. You might call them a folk-rock band. You could also just as easily call them an indie rock band that leans toward the acoustic side. They have as much or more in common with Out Of Time-era R.E.M. (remember when Pete Buck started rocking the mandolin?) than they do with Mumford & Sons. In any case, the neither/nor aspect of Shiloh Hills can set up expectations that might get dashed.

“It makes it terribly hard to promote our band,” said Nick Hofstetter, who started Shiloh Hill five or six years ago and who is one half of the couple that fronts the band. (Nick is married to Mamie Hofstetter, who also sings, writes some of the material and is the one playing mandolin and banjo.) But that challenge seems to be part of what Shiloh Hill is about.

The band is set to release a new album, Circadian, their second full-length, and they’re celebrating with a hometown show and release event on Dec. 14 at Monstercade in Winston-Salem.

There’s a playful tension in the music and presentation of Shiloh Hills, which sort of helps to balance out the uncertainty that some first-timers might have when approaching the band. They’ve spent dozens and dozens (maybe hundreds) of nights playing at breweries around the country, folding in a fair number of cover tunes and working to blend in to that environment to quietly win over new fans and converts in a setting that doesn’t necessarily attract customers bent on discovering new music.

“We grew very tight as a band,” said Nick, 31, who quit a salaried day job a few years ago to pursue music full time. (He also works at Winston-Salem’s Heyday Guitars when he’s not out playing with WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

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Shiloh Hill.) Rounding out the ensemble are Jacob Kuhn and Nikki Forrester.

The experience of touring has given the band a sense of how they don’t exactly conform to certain genre expectations in terms of dynamics.

“We’re too soft to play with the rock bands, but too heavy to play with the folk bands,” said Nick, who spoke to me by phone earlier this week.

And over that time on the road they’ve taken note of what music tends to attract listeners who don’t have any preconceived idea of what the band does.

As a result, Shiloh Hill has zeroed in more on what they want to do and on their sound, gravitating toward more upbeat, danceable and fun-spirited songs. In its way, the new album is about not getting stuck in a rut, or not letting the routines of life blind you to the mysteries and possibilities.

“Since we started recording this album, we sort of figured out who we are as a band,” Nick said.

That core essence as a band has involved a willingness, in previous years, to go on the road extensively. They’ve busked on the streets of New York City and they’ve booked tours motivated mainly by the chance to see some tourist destinations. (A tour to Buffalo, New York was designed to give them a chance to see Niagara Falls.) The band is preparing to stay a little closer to home for 2020, cultivating the fan base and focusing on having a good time, and ideally bringing that feeling to audiences around the region.

“We like to have fun. We want to put on a fun show,” Nick said. “We’re trying to be ourselves and just write happy music, and that’s how we deal with the stress in our lives.”

Some people love dark, serious and sad music, and the argument has been

made that sombre and slightly depressing songs can actually bring cheer to those who are feeling down. But that’s not what the Hofstetters and their bandmates in Shiloh Hill are interested in.

They want to have a bright, smiley good time. (There’s a reason that “Shiny Happy People”-era R.E.M. or the sunny bounce of a ska-inflected pop tune comes to mind when you listen to “Frozen,” one of the first singles from the new record.)

Musicians can tell pretty quickly if a crowd is responding to the songs they’re playing live. One obvious measure of that response is whether people are moving to the music. While it’s true that light shows, volume, alcohol consumption and body-moving beats can all serve as a stimulus for getting crowds on a dance floor, bands often like to do what they can to spur that kinetic payoff.

“We want to write upbeat music,” said Nick, who mentioned that songs on the new album trotted through a variety of beats that might be described as Latin, pop-punk and even hip-hop.

“We just really wanted to write music that people could dance to.” !

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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ARTISTIKA NIGHT CLUB

523 S Elm St | 336.271.2686 artistikanightclub.com Dec 13: DJ Dan the Player Dec 14: DJ Paco and DJ Dan the Player

BARN DINNER THEATRE 120 Stage Coach Tr. | 336.292.2211 Feb 1: Mahalia Mar 7: 9 to 5 Apr 4: Beehive: The 60’s Musical May 1: Motherhood The Musical

BEERTHIRTY

505 N. Greene St Dec 13: Stewart Coley Dec 27: High Cotton

THE BLIND TIGER

1819 Spring Garden St | 336.272.9888 theblindtiger.com Dec 12: An Evening w/ The Grass is Dead Dec 13: The Spill Canvas: Decade & A Half Tour w/ The Juliana Theory, Cory Wells, Run Home Jack Dec 14: Jukebox Rehab Dec 15: Tab Benoit Dec 19: Bluegrass Christmas w/ Songs From The Road Band & Turpentine Shine Dec 20: Brother’s Pearl Christmas Vacation Dec 21: A Christmas Celebration w/ The Dickens

COMMON GROUNDS 11602 S Elm Ave | 336.698.388 Dec 11: Andrew Kasab

CONE DENIM

117 S Elm St | 336.378.9646 cdecgreensboro.com Dec 21: Eli Young Band Feb 18: British Lion

FLAT IRON

221 Summit Ave | 336.501.3967 Dec 11: Ashley Virginia and the Heard w. XOXOK Dec 13: Whiskey Foxtrot w. John Howie Jr. and The Rosewood Bluff Dec 14: Still The Days Music Fest presents: Black Haus, Instant Regrets, Winfield, Sister Brother Dec 20: Mark Kano & Mike Garrigan w. Eddie Walker and Andy Ware Dec 21: Ed E. Ruger (Album Release) Dec 26: Jive Mother Mary

GREENSBORO COLISEUM 1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com Dec 11: Trans-Siberian Orchestra Dec 31: The Avett Brothers Feb 13: Brantley Gilbert Feb 15: Winter Jam Feb 29: Lauren Daigle

CAROLINA THEATRE

310 S. Greene Street | 336.333.2605 carolinatheatre.com Dec 14: The Nutcracker Dec 14: Lowland Hum Dec 15: Matt Nakoa Dec 21: Robin and Linda Williams Dec 27: Friday Reggae Vibes Jan 19: Mipso Jan 19: Pearl & The Charlotte Holding Company

THE CORNER BAR

1700 Spring Garden St | 336.272.5559 corner-bar.com Dec 12: Live Thursdays

COMEDY ZONE

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LEVENELEVEN BREWING

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PIEDMONT HALL

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THE W BISTRO & BAR 324 Elm St | 336.763.4091 @thewdowntown Dec 13: Karaoke Dec 14: Live DJ Dec 15: Live DJ

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AFTER HOuRS TAVERN 1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113 afterhourstavern.net Dec 13: DJ Dance

GOOFY FOOT TAPROOM 2762 NC-68 #109 | 336.307.2567 Dec 14: Stewart Coley Dec 21: William Nesmith Jan 4: David Lin Jan 11: Stewart Coley Jan 18: Zac Kellum Jan 25: Tony Andrews Feb 1: Jacob & Forrest Feb 8: Tyler Long Feb 22: Banjo Earth Band

HAM’S PALLADIuM

5840 Samet Dr | 336.887.2434 hamsrestaurants.com Dec 13: Steel Country Express Dec 14: Brothers Pearl Dec 20: Rockit Science Dec 21: Cumberland Drive Dec 27: Spare Change Dec 28: Cory Luetjen & TBB

HIGH POINT THEATRE

220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401 www.highpointtheatre.com Feb 15: Barbra Lica Quintet Feb 20: NY Gilbert & Sullivan Players Feb 21: The Brubeck Brothers Quartet Mar 12: Georgia On My Mind - Celebrating the Music of Ray Charles Mar 20: Sons of Mystro Mar 21: Croce Plays Croce Apr 4: Jump, Jive, & Wail! ft. the Jive Aces May 3: Raleigh Ringers YES! WEEKLY

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THE DECK

118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 thedeckatrivertwist.com Dec 12: Shannon Carman Dec 13: Jukebox Revolver Dec 14: Soul Central Dec 19: Cory Luetjen Dec 20: Big Daddy Mojo Dec 21: The Plaids Dec 27: Vinyl Tap with 52/10 Dec 28: Heads up Penny Dec 31: NYE Bash with Brothers Pearl Jan 9: Craig Baldwin Jan 10: Jaxon Jill Jan 11: Soul Central Jan 16: Cory Leutjen Jan 17: Rockit Science Jan 18: Whiskey Foxtrot

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841 Old Winston Rd | 336.497.4727 jpeppers.com May 14: James Vincent Carroll

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191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059 OldNicksPubNC.com Dec 13: Karaoke Dec 14: Big Daddy Mojo/5th Anniversary Party Dec 20: Karaoke Dec 21: Disaster Recovery Band Dec 27: Karaoke Dec 31: The Offenders, New Year’s Eve Party Jan 3: Karaoke Jan 4: Dante’s Roadhouse Jan 10: Karaoke Jan 11: Cumberland Drive Jan 17: Karaoke Jan 18: Stoned Rangers Jan 24: Karaoke

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Bull’S tavErn

408 West 4th St | 336.331.3431 facebook.com/bulls-tavern dec 13: the pinkerton raid dec 14: Billy creason and the damFi-no Band dec 19: little raine Band dec 21: Brother’s pearl dec 26: Brother Bear & co. dec 27: Stig dec 28: Jukebox rehab & whiskey Foxtrot dec 31: nYE 2020 w/ the wright avenue Jan 11: Barefoot modern Jan 17: Easy honey Jan 18: my Brother Skyler Jan 24: doctor Ocular Jan 31: the lilly Brothers Feb 1: the dirty Grass players Feb 8: underground Springhouse Feb 21: Space koi Feb 22: Jack marion and the pearl Snap prophets

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3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664 dec 14: line dancing w/ pat

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4926 Country Club Rd | 336.529.6230 macandnellisws.com dec 27: whiskey mic

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170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 dec 12: rod abernethy dec 13: the Squirrel nut Zipper’s holiday caravan Show, Firecracker Jazz Band dec 14: Finks, Spirit System, pink Slater, alternative champs dec 16: moodswing monday w/ martha Bassett dec 18: anna Stine, Emily Stewart dec 19: carolina crossing dec 20: Swift - 20th anniversary concert dec 22: Jump, little children, hula hi-Fi dec 27: a tribute to tom petty’s wildflowers by the civics dec 28: Emma Gibbs Band, life in General Jan 3: natural wonder - the ultimate Stevie wonder Experience Jan 4: the Gibson Brothers Jan 9: the Steel wheels

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

SPURNING CURVE

I was feeding my meter the other day, and this guy started chatting me up outside his store and got me to take his number. He seemed sweet, but things Amy Alkon quickly got weird when he wanted to Advice come over the next Goddess night. I said that didn’t work for me, but I offered to swing by his work and say hi during the day. He responded angrily: “No. I wanna come to your house, but you aren’t ready for it.” I politely explained that I didn’t know him at all and wasn’t into casual sex anymore.

If that didn’t work for him, that was totally cool and we could just be friends. He got angry again, saying (bizarrely), “I’m not a negative person” and then “But now you’ll never know how awesome I am!” I was dumbfounded. Why do some guys get so jerky when you turn them down or just construction8.pdf 2/24/2019 01:34:58 want to take things1slow?

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Sure, you might miss out on how “awesome” he is. You might also miss out on trying to call 911 with your face while zip-tied to the coffee table.

Of course, we can’t know exactly why the guy went so nasty on you. The easy assumption is that he just wanted sex and went all brat-o when he didn’t get it. However, research on men’s responses to romantic rejection suggests some interesting possibilities, including strong masculine “honor beliefs.” Social psychology doctoral student Evelyn Stratmoen explains, “Masculine honor beliefs dictate that men must respond aggressively to threat or insult in order to create and maintain their desired masculine reputations.”

“Honor beliefs” come out of a “culture of honor.” It rises up in places with weak or nonexistent formal law enforcement.

It’s why men of yore fought duels. In modern life, we see it in gangs and especially in prison. Literary scholar Jonathan Gottschall explains in “The Professor in the Cage: Why Men Fight and Why We Like to Watch” that a “culture of honor” is a “culture of reciprocation.” “In a tit for tat fashion,” a man “returns favors and

retaliates against slights.” His building a “reputation for payback” protects him physically, socially, and even economically, signaling to others not to cross him.

In two studies that Stratmoen and her colleagues ran, they found that as men’s “honor beliefs increased” — that is, when individual men had more intense honor beliefs — “so did their perceptions that a man’s aggressive responses to the woman rejecting his attempt to initiate a relationship with her were ... appropriate.” The Stratmoen team’s findings suggest that being romantically rejected “is perceived as an insult to the man’s honor,” making him, say, feel insulted and like less of a man and justified in using “aggressive behaviors, possibly in an effort to restore his lost honor.”

Other research by social psychologist Khandis Blake and her colleagues found that men showed heightened aggression following romantic rejection by a “sexualized” woman: a woman wearing revealing, sexy clothing and expressing attitudes that “give an impression of sexiness and availability for sexual encounters.” The researchers grant that “women have varied reasons for self-

sexualizing,” like finding it “empowering and enjoyable.” Their motivations may even be “nonsexual in nature.”

However, women with a sexualized look and demeanor activated a sexseeking mindset in men (primed “sexual goals,” as the researchers put it) in a way nonsexualized women did not. This sex goal activation — plus the presumption that a sexualized woman is “more interested in having sex” — increases “the expectancy that romantic interest is reciprocated.” Any romantic rejection that follows has a worse bite — “a greater ego threat,” especially in men with shaky self-esteem — triggering aggressive responses.

Now, this is not a call for women to start shopping at Burka Barn or Amishcrombie & Fitch. Wearing a miniskirt (or expressing “liberated” attitudes about sex) does not make you responsible for men’s behavior any more than serving chocolate cake at a party makes you responsible for a guest’s subsequent struggle to fit into their favorite pants.

In short, you did everything right, asserting what works for you in kind and dignity-preserving ways. Though this

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