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Folks usually kick off the new year with a little bubbly and last Sunday was no different as a new year of Triadfoodies Chef’s Tables celebrated with Bubbles and Brunch at VIN205 Farm to Table Bistro.

10 Thousands of people from across the Triad filled downtown Winston-Salem’s Corpening Plaza and city streets Saturday afternoon to stand up for WOMEN’S RIGHTS and equality. The rally was in conjunction with the millions of women who participated in the nationwide 2018 Women’s March on the Polls.

11 Given his many classic films – which include Angels With Dirty Faces (1938), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and Casablanca (1943), to name only a few – there’s no such thing as a quintessential MICHAEL CURTIZ film, nor did he evince a specific directorial style. There are filmmakers today whose work is referred to as “Hitchcockian,” “Capra-esque,” “Spielbergian,” “Tarantinoesque,” “Kubrickian,” or “Hawksian,” but Michael Curtiz has no such designation.

12 MUST BE THE HOLY GHOST is a one-man band, at least in terms of the sound. Winston-Salem based multi-instru-

mentalist and singer Jared Draughon layers his guitar parts over spartan beats and then piles vocal harmonies and counterlines.

18 Chalamet appeared in supporting parts in Lady Bird and Hostiles (which finally opens wide next weekend), but it’s his starring role in CALL ME BY YOUR NAME that’s been allowing him to rack up the plaques and statues. It’s easy to see the reason.

24 THE COZY CANNOLI, a new European-style bakery in High Point, is the source of the handmade, traditional Italian baked goods, including three flavors of cannolis. The original is available every day, alongside a chocolate filling and a seasonal flavor that changes often. A tart cranberry-cream cannoli is now available for a limited time.

25 Every year about this time, thousands of GIRL SCOUTS in our area hit the pavement to sell cookies. It’s their signature project. It’s what they’re known for. But selling cookies isn’t just about selling cookies. It’s about leadership, empowerment, and a tradition of service that dates back over a hundred years.

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EVENTS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS | BY AUSTIN KINDLEY

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THUR 25 COCKTAILS AND JAZZ W/ GUEST JOEY BARNES WHAT: Artists Dave Fox (piano), Neill Clegg (saxophone, clarinet and flute) and Matt Kendrick (double bass) will be joined by guest vocalists, who cover the Great American Songbook, jazz classics including swingand modal classics from the late ‘50s to early ‘60s, as well as Brazilian jazz from the early ‘60s. Featuring guest artist Joey Barnes.

WHEN: 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: O’Henry Hotel.

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MORE: Free entry.

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DUO WITH MATTHEW BENGSTON AND JOHN HAINES-EITZEN FRIDAY

FRI 26 ATLANTIC COAST TRAMPOLINE & TUMBLING INVITATIONAL WHAT: Ultimate Air, the local Trampoline & Tumbling team that trains at Tumblebees Ultimate Gym in Greensboro and Piedmont Athletes Excelling Together, the organizational committee that runs the meets, has been hosting Trampoline & Tumbling meets at the Greensboro Coliseum since 2001.

WHEN: 7 a.m. - 6 p.m.

WHERE: Greensboro Coliseum Complex.

1921 West Gate City Boulevard, Greensboro.

MORE: $12 for ages 13+. $6 for ages 6-12.

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PRO WRESTLING RETURNS TO WINSTON-SALEM WHAT: Featuring Rey Fenix from Lucha Underground and starring AML Wrestling Champion ‘The One Man Riot’ Zane Dawson, AML Wrestling Tag Team Champions The Heatseekers, AML Wrestling Prestige Champion Brandon Scott, Jason ‘The Gift’ Kincaid, Caleb Konley, The Gymnasty Boys, Ethan Case and many more of your favorite AML Wrestling Stars.

WHEN: 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: Benton Convention Center.

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DUO WITH MATTHEW A RAISIN IN THE SUN BENGTSON, PIANO AND WHAT: In a cramped apartment on the JOHN HAINES-EITZEN, CELLO south side of Chicago, a struggling family

awaits a life insurance payment that could change their circumstances. Matriarch Lena dreams of a nice house in a nicer neighborhood. Daughter Beneatha has her eye on medical school, while son Walter is scheming to buy a liquor store.

WHEN: 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Triad Stage at the Pyrle.

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MORE: $10-50 tickets.

WHAT: Recital to include works for cello and piano by Sierra, and other duo repertoire. Open to the public for all to see, and hear, with free admission. No tickets required.

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[SPOTLIGHT] HOAX HENNA

BY HEATHER DUKES It seems as though small businesses are on the rise. I Interviewed one of my friends, Brandy Dobbins aka Hoax who is the owner of her own henna tattoo business, located at 3408 Fountain St. in Archdale. She is a 24-year-old artist who runs this business while working another job. She has a book of designs that customers can choose from or they can create their own idea. Dobbins said she is passionate about doing things right, and making the customer happy.

“Well I’ve always wanted to be a tattoo artist but I don’t have the money to properly invest in an apprenticeship at the moment and I refuse to just buy a tattoo machine and teach myself due to the fact that tattooing is a very technical business and if I’m going to do something I’m going to be 100 percent sure I’m doing it right,” she said.

Dobbins said she started looking at alternative ways to go about doing what she wanted to do until she finds a way to achieve the real thing.

“I’d actually known about henna for a while,” she said. “And then I started thinking ‘well, it’s similar to doing tattoos, minus the pain and the permanence of a

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Dobbins said the competition for such a business in the area is practically nonexistent. So, her business would be unique and it would be a helpful way for someone to decide if they want to make a commitment to a permanent tattoo or not.

“If I create a design for someone, I always ask to be sure they are completely satisfied, and no changes need to be made before we begin the henna itself,” she said. “Even though henna is temporary, the design itself has the potential to last a lifetime.”

Dobbins said her henna lasts anywhere from two to three weeks and up to a month if taken care of properly. She said pricing begins at $10 per hour and depends on the size and complexity of the design.

Dobbins said that the hardest part has been getting exposure and her name out there. If you want to see her designs or make an appointment, check out Hoax Henna on Facebook @HennaByHoax, via email HoaxHenna@gmail.com or by phone (336) 988-2083. !

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olks usually kick off the new year with a little bubbly and last Sunday was no different as a new year of Triadfoodies Chef’s Table celebrated Kristi Maier with Bubbles and @triadfoodies Brunch at Vin205 Farm to Table Bistro.

After a successful Contributor event last fall, Caleb Flint, owner of Wine Merchants and Vin205, declared that a brunch edition in the new year was in order.

You are met at Vin205 with the Wine Merchants shop. I’m not sure what’s more difficult, trying to refrain yourself from being drawn in by the wonderful aromas of the kitchen because you came to do a little shopping, or not taking a seat immediately because you’re interested in the market. Hopefully you make time for both.

Flint continues to add more and more to the wine market and now shoppers not only can find wines from boutique vineyards from our local region and all over the globe, but also a plentiful selection of Joyce Farms meats and regional cheeses, chocolates and gourmet items.

Vin205 is certainly gaining ground during the week with dinner featuring live music and wine events. But what executive Chef Oren Feuerberg and Flint are endeavoring to highlight is their Sunday brunch. The chef-driven menu often changes with special spins on traditional favorites. Flint and Feuerberg brought in some of their favorite local purveyors to give them special recognition during our four courses. Batistini Farms, Camino Bakery and Magic Beans Coffee, were all special guests at the table and on the palate.

Course 1 Duo of Mini Quiche (Potato & Bacon; Spinach & Mushroom paired with Vin205 House Salad tossed in Raspberry Vinaigrette with Batistini Farms Vanishing Grape Balsamic, goat cheese I’d like to think I get out enough but I can’t think of a single quiche I’ve had that has potato and bacon, and to me, that just seems like a delicious no-brainer. I’ve also never had spinach with mushroom

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Chef Oren Feuerberg and Caleb Flint.

1 in a quiche. Of the tasty two, the spinach and mushroom were my favorite. Batistini’s Vanishing Grape is a new favorite of ours and was recently featured in our holiday gift guide. It’s so worth the purchase as it adds incredible flavor to salads and cheeses. Tom Sephton, imports, and bottles the balsamic and oils in Clemmons.

“We have basic olive oil and flavored olive oils as well as aged balsamic,” he said. “All of the oils we bottle are very, very fresh and the harvest date for all oils is right there on the bottle.”

Course 2 Truffled Scrambled Eggs with Camino Brioche Toast Here we are, days later, and I’m still thinking about those light and fluffy eggs that had been scrambled in truffle oil and

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Though guests at Chef’s Table are usually responsible for purchasing their own beverages, which makes it unlike a wine dinner, what we love about Flint is that he takes advantage of owning a wine shop and offers everyone a taste of what the shop has to offer. Each of the 27 guests was allowed to share bottles of bubbly rose on the tables. Each setting was made even more charming by the varying coffee mugs at each place. That attention to details is what keeps me coming back to Vin205 and what will bring us back there again, possibly in the summer, for another Chef’s Table to let Chef Oren surprise us, yet again. !

topped with truffle shavings…and that bread, which chef and his team griddled so perfectly.

Emily Masters of Camino Bakery, told the group that the brioche is one of the most popular offerings at Camino. “It’s baked fresh every day, like all our other baked goods. It’s fluffy, buttery with flour from King Arthur Flour, milled in Graham, and milk from Homeland Creamery in Julian.”

Course 3 Brown Butter Poached Shrimp & Pimento Cheese Grits This was a twist on a traditional brunch favorite and was charmingly served in a glass jar. The grits were cheesy perfection.

Our guest, Chris Roth, then praised the chef as the best shrimp and grits he’d ever had.

Course 4 House-made Raspberry & Blueberry Muffins with Coffee Service

by Magic Beans Coffee The muffins were lightly sweet and fluffy with whole berries throughout and a great little sweet ending to our brunch.

Our “dessert” was paired with air-roasted coffee served two ways. The first tasting

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3 was with Magic Beans Essence, a concentrated coffee extract that is added to hot water or other liquids. The second tasting was Wine Merchants and Vin205’s exclusive Magic Beans blend in the French press. Owners Neal and Mary Pruett served each guest. Neal Pruett told us, “Air roasted coffee is so smooth. One of our

4 mottos is that you can ‘drink ours black.’”

Flint told the group, “Folks who know me know I’m a rather enthusiastic coffee drinker and we just love how unique and special Magic Beans is.” Not only does Wine Merchants serve the blend, but the beans are sold in bulk as well as the Essence.

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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Thousands protest for women’s rights in Winston-Salem

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housands of people from across the Triad filled downtown WinstonSalem’s Corpening Plaza and city streets Saturday afternoon to stand up for Chanel R. Davis women’s rights and equality. The rally was in conjunction Contributor with the millions of women who participated in the nationwide 2018 Women’s March on the Polls.

Last week’s winter weather did not stop women, men and children of all ages from coming out and voicing their concerns about the current climate toward women across the country.

Fair representation was a concern that Greensboro resident Lindsey Grace shares and one that impacted her decision to come to the rally.

“We’ve been waiting long enough to be represented and right now North Carolina is misrepresented,” she said. “I believe in fair maps, and fair maps should happen now. We just want fair representation across the board so we’re here and we are showing up.” She said she hopes elected officials will start talking to constituents and hold town halls for the public.

The young mother brought her 3-yearold son, Gray, to the rally as an example.

“I wanted to show him what getting involved looks like. This a good starting point. Wherever he wants to go from here is up to him, but I hope it’ll be a good choice.”

The grassroots movement was designed to highlight the need for an equitable,

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tolerant, just and safe America for all women to their elected representatives. It also promoted electing new representatives who will safeguard those liberties for women if those who are already seated will not.

Winston-Salem resident Betty Dillard brought her granddaughter Anesu Nyakudya out to Saturday’s rally.

“Women need to know that they have a voice when they join together, women have rights and women can change this world if they all work together,” she said.

“It’s important that not only do I know that, but that my granddaughter knows it for the next generation. If everybody passes it down, it becomes a cultural norm.”

Nyakudya said that she felt it was important to come out to fight against being silenced.

“It’s important that I came to my first rally with family that fights for our rights.”

Saturday’s rally included remarks from public officials, local civil and community activists including Mayor Allen Joines,

former city alderman Virginia Newell, Madison Kimrey, Ruby Richter and Linda Sutton from Democracy, North Carolina.

“Today you are making a difference,” Joines said to the crowd. “You will be marching today in solidarity to help address and save the moral fiber of our country.”

Newell urged women to educate themselves and their families when it comes to voting in the upcoming election.

“In democracy, you must be intelligent and educated. Read the tweets, the big print, and the little print. It’s not enough to register, but you must get out and vote.

Not only should you carry yourselves, but you should carry your neighbors.”

The rally also included performances

by Alter Egos, Authoring Action, Dan River Girls, Happy Beat Drummers, Diana Tuffin and Karon Click. The rally was hosted by Indivisible Piedmont NC, Winston-Salem NAACP, Moms Demand Action NC, Triad NOW, Triad Women’s March, RISE Together Piedmont Triad, League of Women Voters of the Piedmont Triad, Democracy

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Jake Gellargoad, from Winston-Salem, came to the rally to support women’s right and equality for everyone. He said that he has had it with the antics of the president and members of Congress, and feels this rally could really get voters thinking about changes in the upcoming elections.

“I wanted my chance to show my support for women’s equality and my concerns about everything that’s going on in Washington D.C. with the current shutdown,” he said. “It’s empowering to see all of the pink caps and people here. I think people are really fired up, especially about the 2018 elections. There may be a wave election coming after what happened in Virginia and Alabama. Why not North Carolina? I think legislators and politicians across the state should be paying attention.” !

CHANEL DAVIS, a journalism graduate from N.C.A&T SU, is a freelance journalist based in High Point who has worked in the industry for the past five years.

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The versatility, vitriol and vision of Michael Curtiz MICHAEL CURTIZ: A LIFE IN FILM by Alan K. Rode. Published by University Press of Kentucky.

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Given his many classic films – which include Angels With Dirty Faces (1938), Contributing Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) and columnist Casablanca (1943), to name only a few – there’s no such thing as a quintessential Michael Curtiz film, nor did he evince a specific directorial style. There are filmmakers today whose work is referred to as “Hitchcockian,” “Capra-esque,” “Spielbergian,” “Tarantino-esque,” “Kubrickian,” or “Hawksian,” but Michael Curtiz has no such designation.

Yet this prolific filmmaker, with over 180 credits to his name, made some of the most revered films of their time, if not all time – in any number of genres. He

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made gangster films, grand adventures, horror films, musicals, melodramas and period pieces. If there was a film to make, he’d make it – usually with antagonizing cast, crew, and studios along the way. For a remarkably long period, he got away with it, simply because he got results.

Love him or hate him – and people were squarely divided –Curtiz was a moviemaker. This was his life, making the subtitle of Alan K. Rode’s epic biography a most appropriate one.

In addition to his body of work, the larger- (and louder-)than life Curtiz is remembered for his fierce temper and his (debatable) command of the English language, which yielded any number of oft-told Hollywood anecdotes. Curtiz is widely cited as a master, if you will, of the show-biz malapropism, including “Bring on the empty horses” on 1936’s Charge of the Light Brigade (which co-star David Niven appropriated for one of his memoirs), and others which could not be repeated here.

Despite essentially owing his screen career to Curtiz, Errol Flynn (who made 12 films with him!) couldn’t stand Curtiz. Nor could Olivia de Havilland, although she did concede he made good films. Others – John Garfield, Claude Rains, Doris Day, Elvis Presley – maintained great respect and affection for him, frequently despite his bellicose bullying.

There’s no question that Curtiz was a taskmaster. Even if he drove himself as hard as anyone, it didn’t endear him to his crews, particularly when he worked them 20-hour days or without lunch breaks.

(Curtiz wasn’t hungry, so why should anyone else be?)

The 181 films he worked on, some of them still acknowledged classics, speak for themselves – even if he couldn’t always clearly do so for himself.

Born Mano Kaminer in Budapest on Christmas Day 1886,

the future filmmaker changed his name to “Mihaly Kertesz” when he embarked on an acting career. Acting, however, was only a conduit to what he really wanted to do: direct. His first film, Today and Tomorrow, was released in 1912. By the time he signed a Warner Bros. contract in 1926, Curtiz was already considered a pioneer in Hungarian cinema.

Little has been known of Curtiz’s early life and career, until now. Rode covers considerable ground, especially when on considers that most of Curtiz’s silent films are long lost, and he clears up some long-held misconceptions and myths. Rode clearly conveys how Curtiz replaced William Keighley as director of The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), and how, despite the oft-told rumor that George Raft turned down Casablanca, it was Humphrey Bogart’s show all the way (Raft’s name came up as a possible Rick Blaine during an early studio assessment of the script).

Both screenwriter Casey Robinson (This is the Army) and Curtiz’ stepson John Meredyth Lucas (later a producer of the original “Star Trek” on NBC) opined that Curtiz was only as good as his script. “A great director can make a bad story better but never make it great,” Lucas said, and that sentiment could be applied to just about any filmmaker.

Curtiz wasn’t particularly adept at picking material. He needed a sponsor – a Darryl F. Zanuck or, most frequently, a Jack Warner – who could provide him with a project. Given that Curtiz lived beyond his means, he simply went from one film to the next, taking them as they came, and in his later years, he simply wasn’t getting the best material.

In 1954, he directed White Christmas, the much-beloved (but not particularly good) yuletide musical/comedy that remains a staple of holiday viewing, which became the biggest box-office hit of the year. He followed this with The Egyptian, a fumbling pseudo-Biblical epic that was one of the biggest flops of the year, remembered (if at all) for being a film that almost starred Marlon Brando and Marilyn Monroe. Instead, it starred Edmund Purdom and Bella Darvi.

Curtiz also had a habit of going overbudget and over-schedule – frequently to the consternation of Warner and/or producer Hal B. Wallis – simply because he was trying to get the best out of his material, budget and schedule be damned.

Rode gives Curtiz the credit he deserves as a filmmaker, but doesn’t shy away

from the more distasteful elements of his life. In an era when sexual harassment in the entertainment industry has generated a firestorm of debate, Curtiz’s (mis) behavior would surely have damaged, if not derailed, his career. He had three (known) illegitimate children, numerous adulterous liaisons, and an embarrassing vice-squad bust in the late 1950s. There’s no small irony that The Egyptian featured Darvi (Zanuck’s mistress) and Anitra Stevens (Curtiz’s mistress).

Rode isn’t here to bury Curtiz or to unconditionally praise him but to convey a fully rounded portrait of a highly complex – even contradictory – personality who made his mark. To that end, he has succeeded admirably. A Life in Film is so thoroughly, assiduously researched that it’s hard to fathom a more comprehensive, or compelling, biography of Michael Curtiz than this.

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Add the assistance Contributor of digital technology, looping pedals, and harmonizers, and the sound spectrum can get densely filled. Must Be The Holy Ghost is a one-man band, at least in terms of the sound. Winston-Salem based multiinstrumentalist and singer Jared Draughon layers his guitar parts over spartan beats and then piles vocal harmonies and counterlines.

The music is psychedelic, with hypnotic

repetitions and elaborate cross-patterns that weave through the songs. It’s trippy, post-punk, with tolling guitars, rippling guitars, bent and drooping guitars, abstract backward guitars and occasionally assertive riffs. The songs have a romantic pop arc to them with melodies that climb and dart, with all of it building to intricately braided peaks and cathedral choirs of carefully harmonized vocal lines stacked on each other. But the music isn’t the whole creation. Draughon works with light artist/creative projectionist Evan Hawkins who adds a far-out acid-tinged visual aspect to the shows, with hypnotic liquid projections that pulse and swirl and blossom along with the music.

I spoke with Draughon by phone last week from Winston-Salem in advance of a string of shows that will bring him and Hawkins, who lives in California, back to town when Must Be the Holy Ghost plays Monstercade on Jan. 29 before heading up the East Coast.

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“It’s fairly psychedelic. I think a lot of people don’t even realize what’s going on,” Draughon said of the visual aspect that Hawkins adds to the performances.

“He’s using an overhead projector. He uses different dyes and concoctions of mineral oils that he’s figured out how to use.

Sometimes he’ll use Alka seltzer. He’s got a bunch of different tricks. His color combinations are pretty amazing — they’re pretty vibrant.”

Warm blobs, concentric rings, spattered surfaces, throbbing globes, amoeboid swirls, amniotic ooze, dark eddies, astral radiations, rushing squirts, and anthropomorphic drips churn across the screen behind Draughon while he plays live, all

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ushered and propelled by Hawkins. The visuals can bring to mind a Technicolor vision-quest version of microscope slides from high-school science. The colors and shapes go with the music, playing into the organic patterns, the hypnotic vibe, and the slow morphing of it all. And the live music is assembled in much the same way that Draughon works while creating the songs in a studio context, with elaborate structures built upon durable beats.

“I do a lot of looping, so basically I create drum tracks, and I pump them out through speakers, and I’ll record that. I’ll layer one guitar track and change to a different pickup or amp and layer another,” Draughon said of his process. “I just try to find a little niche for each layer. I’m kind of trying to build and layer a song almost like a mixer or live production. It’s a fun challenge for me. I like to work within that box of limitations.”

Draughon, 38, does an admirable job of balancing minimalist and maximalist impulses. The guitar and vocal parts get spun together and cross-hatched, but the relatively stripped-down architecture of the drum parts and the virtual absence of bass clears the way for complexity without clutter. The end result might have a natural feel to it, but Draughon tinkers with the component parts to get there.

“There definitely is a lot of work that goes into them, and I’m not terribly prolific,” Draughon said of his recording.

He says he’s been working loosely on a new set of material that could turn into an album or EP. Must Be the Holy Ghost doesn’t immediately make one think of other bands, but there are points of connection between artists like Yeasayer, Portishead, Depeche Mode and My Bloody Valentine, artists with a taste for texture, repetition and mood. The gleaming refracted guitar lines WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

of the Smiths’ Johnny Marr and U2’s the Edge might sound like they’re baked into the DNA of Draughon’s playing. On the two recordings that Draughon has made, the Overflow EP from 2016, and Get Off from 2014, the vocals can take on a life of their own. Listen to “Melt Down,” off of the most recent release; the near-sevenminute track ends with almost a solid minute of just wordless vocals, airbrushed in a heaving, semi-ambient fashion as the song winds down.

There are places where it’s clear what Draughon is singing, like on “Might Crack,” for instance, where he sings “Don’t look at me the wrong way/I might crack.” But there are other spots where the vocals are treated like the guitar lines, getting pushed and stretched.

“It matters less to me that the lyric is understood because it’s kind of just a loop going with a counter-rhythm or a countermelody,” Draughon said. “It can almost be like a choir or an orchestral arrangement.”

Draughon has to exercise restraint since the technology and his musical skills allow him to drape the loops into big heaps, which could become too dense. His sparing application of the low-end frequencies helps. When he wants to construct a dizzying sonic hall of mirrors, the option is there.

“It is fun to just go at it and create an army of me.”

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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epeat performers appear to have been all the rage in 2017, as a sizable number of actors spread their talents across two or more films that have taken the reins during awards season. Caleb Landry Jones, previously best known for playing Banshee in 2011’s X-Men: First Class, appeared in no less than three films that landed on my 10 Best list: The Florida Project, Get Out and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (apparently a workaholic, Jones also popped up last year in the Tom Cruise starrer American Made and on T.V.’s Twin Peaks revival). Tracy Letts, a Pulitzer Prizewinning playwright who also enjoys acting, landed choice roles as Saoirse Ronan’s dad in Lady Bird and Meryl Streep’s lawyer in The Post. Bradley Whitford in Get Out and The Post; Lucas Hedges in Lady Bird and Three Billboards; Jesse Plemons in The Post and Hostiles; Michael Stuhlbarg in The Post, Call Me by Your Name and The Shape of Water — even within the sizable Hollywood family, the overlapping is so pronounced that it’s almost incestuous.

And then there’s Timothée Chalamet, who seemingly appeared out of nowhere to win over a dozen critics’ awards (including three of the big four) — not bad for a kid who could only legally buy a drink approximately 12 months ago. Chalamet appeared in supporting parts in Lady Bird and Hostiles (which finally opens wide next weekend), but it’s his starring role in Call Me by Your Name ( ) that’s been allowing him to rack up the plaques and statues. It’s easy to see the reason. Young

actors who headline comingof-age tales are required to carry much of the picture’s emotional bulk, and Chalamet pulls it off with uncanny intuition. In that respect, Call Me by Your Name serves as a lovely bookend piece to Lady Bird, which finds Ronan similarly delivering a smashing turn as a teenager coping with growing pains.

While Lady Bird is set in Sacramento in 2002, Call Me by Your Name travels a farther distance regarding both time and geography. Unfolding in Italy in 1983, it finds 17-year-old Elio (Chalamet) enjoying a leisurely summer in a lovely villa owned by his parents. Elio’s Jewish-American dad, Mr. Perlman (Stuhlbarg), is an archaeology professor, while his Jewish-Italian mom, Annella (Amira Casar), is a translator — they’re both highly intelligent and highly compassionate, and one of the absolute joys of the film is basking in the closeness and the comfort all three enjoy together (a far cry from the dysfunctional families generally seen on screen).

Every year, Mr. Perlman invites a graduate student to assist him with his work; this summer, it happens to be Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24-year-old hunk who’s as smoldering as he is smart. Elio has a girlfriend in the sweet and sensible Marzia (Esther Garrel), but he nevertheless finds himself drawn to Oliver. Their mutual

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The relationship between a 17-year-old and a 24-year-old might understandably give many pause, particularly in the current climate of Spacey-Weinstein shenanigans.

Yet, significantly, that’s not the case here (although, predictably, the heinous and homophobic hypocrite James Woods took to Twitter to rally fellow alt-right idiots, prompting Hammer to retort, “Didn’t you date a 19-year-old when you were 60?”).

Call Me by Your Name isn’t a brutish tale of power abuse but rather one of a youngster discovering his own desires and proclivities during that period when experiences and experimentation are as crucial to one’s development as food and water (at any rate, the age of consent in Italy is 14, so, despite Woods’ whining, no man-made laws were being broken).

The movies’ dual themes of family and first love are particularly brought home in a smashing monologue delivered by Mr. Perlman to his son, a sensitive speech invoking parental pride, bittersweet ruminations, and that cherished storytelling standby: the road not taken, but one that will forever wind through the recesses of the mind. !

attraction soon leads to the pair embarking on an affair, and everything seems to be going peachy until both realize that summer is coming to a close and their remaining time together is shortlived.

André Aciman’s novel has been adapted by James Ivory (best known as half of the Merchant-Ivory brain trust that created such exquisite period pieces as Howards End and The Remains of the Day), with Luca Guadagnino (A Bigger Splash) serving as director. Together, they have fashioned a film that works on various levels, not the least being its insistence on lush visual cues. The laziness of the summer season, when adolescent cares are few and inviting bodies of water loom large, is captured in resplendent fashion, and cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom and editor Walter Fasano beautifully pace the picture to capture these intoxicating vibes.

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JUMANJI: WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE (PG-13) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 11:35 AM, 2:15, 4:55, 7:35, 10:15 THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (PG) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 11:55 AM, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 9:55 THE SHAPE OF WATER (R) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 11:30 AM, 2:10, 4:50, 7:25, 10:10 MAZE RUNNER: THE DEATH CURE (PG-13) Fri & Sat: 11:45 AM, 2:45, 5:45, 8:45, 11:45 Sun - Thu: 11:45 AM, 2:45, 5:45, 8:45 HOSTILES (R) Fri & Sat: 11:30 AM, 2:25, 5:20, 8:20, 11:20 Sun - Thu: 11:30 AM, 2:25, 5:20, 8:20 LADY BIRD (R) Fri - Thu: 11:50 AM, 7:35 FREAK SHOW (NR) Fri & Sat: 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:30, 9:35, 11:45 Sun - Thu: 12:15, 2:40, 5:10, 7:30, 9:35 PADMAAVAT (PADMAVATI) (NR) Fri - Sun: 11:30 AM, 2:50, 6:10, 9:30 Mon - Thu: 11:30 AM, 2:50, 7:30 DEN OF THIEVES (R) Fri & Sat: 11:35 AM, 2:35, 5:35, 8:35, 11:35 Sun - Thu: 11:35 AM, 2:35, 5:35, 8:35 THE COMMUTER (PG-13) Fri & Sat: 11:40 AM, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30, 11:55 Sun - Tue: 11:40 AM, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 Wed: 11:40 AM, 2:00, 4:30, 9:50 Thu: 11:40 AM, 2:00, 4:30, 7:00, 9:30 LOVER FOR A DAY (L’AMANT D’UN JOUR) Fri - Thu: 12:10, 10:00

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Triad Stage presents Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun Triad Stage is proud to be producing one of the greatest American play ever written, Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. In a cramped apartment on the south side of Chicago, a struggling family awaits a life insurance payment that could change their circumstances. Matriarch Lena dreams of a nice house in a nicer neighborhood. Daughter Beneatha has her eye on medical school, while son Walter is scheming to buy a liquor store. Lorraine Hansberry’s searing drama about the struggle to achieve the American Dream in the face of racial tensions and economic disenfranchisement changed the face of American theater, and remains as relevant today as when it was first performed.

A Raisin in the Sun runs Jan. 28 to Feb.18, at The Pyrle Theater in downtown Greensboro. Opening Night is Friday, Feb. 2.

“I love Hansberry’s play and consider it to be one of the single finest plays of the 20th century,” said Triad Stage Founding artistic director Preston Lane. “It is so much of its time but also timeless in its fierce and passionate examination of family and the corrosive power of bias and money. Hansberry was not only a remarkable storyteller but a social critic who is not afraid to stand up to the status quo.”

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“I’m thrilled to have a brilliant young director, Tiffany Nicole Greene, approaching this play not as a classic we think we know but as a vibrant living story with much to discover,” Lane said. “She has assembled an extraordinary cast that will bring so much new life to these characters and show us A Raisin in the Sun as if for the first time.”

The creative team also includes scenic designer Nevena Prodanovic, costume designer Olivia Trees, lighting designer Miriam Nilofa Crowe, and sound designer Derek Graham.Jim Wren is the resident fight choreographer, Christine Morris is the resident vocal coach, and Ingrid Pierson is the stage manager.

The cast includes several actors making their Triad Stage debuts: Marcus D. Harvey, Evan Mouton, Edward O’Blenis, Baraka Ongeri, De’Ron Robertson, Angela K Thomas, Karen Vicks, and Anita Welch. Joshua C. Anderson (Actions and Objectives) and Philip Wright (Masquerade, For Whom the Southern Belle Tolls) both return to Triad Stage. Local child actor Negus Selassie will also make his Triad Stage debut.

More information on the production can be found online at www.triadstage.org.

PERFORMANCE AND SPECIAL EVENT INFORMATION All performances are at The Pyrle Theater, located at 232 S. Elm St. Show times for A Raisin in the Sun are 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday evenings.

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Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. Sunday evening shows are at 7:30 p.m. The last show is a matinee performance on Sunday, Feb. 18 at 2 p.m. There will not be an evening performance. There are no matinee performances during previews.

Opening Night is Friday, Feb. 2 at 8 p.m. Pay-What-YouCan performances are Tuesday and Wednesday, February 6 and 6. Wine Tasting Friday is Friday, Feb. 9, prior to the evening’s 8 p.m. performance.

Technically Talking, a behind-the-scenes discussion with members of the design team is Tuesday, Jan. 30, immediately following the 7:30 p.m. preview performance.

The InSight Series with a noted expert discussing the world of the play will be held on Sunday, Feb. 4, immediately following the 2 p.m. matinee performance.

PostScript, a lively, open discussion with the cast, will be held on Thursday, Feb. 8, immediately following the 7:30 p.m. performance.

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Triad Stage is a professional not-for-profit regional theater company based in Greensboro’s downtown historic district. All Triad Stage productions are created in the Piedmont Triad of North Carolina using the best of local and national talent. Triad Stage gratefully acknowledges the support of its Season Sponsors: Blue Zoom, the North Carolina Arts Council, ArtsGreensboro and The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.

Season passes and single tickets are currently on sale for the 17th Season. For more information about the 17th Season, please visit www.triadstage.org. The next production will be Our Town (Feb. 14 to March 4, 2018) at Hanesbrands Theatre in WinstonSalem.

All Triad Stage productions feature the bold acting and breathtaking design that have been nationally recognized by The Wall Street Journal and by the American Theatre Wing, founder of the Tony Awards®, which named Triad Stage one of the top ten most promising theatres in the country as a recipient of the 2010 National Theatre Company Grant. Triad Stage has also earned accolades including “Best North Carolina Production of 2010” for The Glass Menagerie by Triangle Arts & Entertainment magazine; “One of the Best Regional Theatres in America”, New York’s Drama League; “Best Live Theater” (13 years running), Go Triad/News & Record; and “Professional Theater of the Year” (2003, 2011), North Carolina Theatre Conference.

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by Heather Dukes Community Theatre of Greensboro will perform Women in White on Jan. 24, 25, 26, 27 at 7:30 p.m. and on Jan. 28 at 2 p.m. at Community Theatre of Greensboro. Kate Fawcett, stern but fair superintendent of nurses, thinks of the girls in her charge almost as daughters. One of the girls is murdered and Julia Robertson, a policewoman working her first homicide, is called in. Julia is determined to solve the baffling mystery and does, but not before another girl’s life has been jeopardized, and not before one of the most terrifying climaxes ever written.

Triad Stage will be Presenting Our Town from Feb. 14 until March 4. For the citizens of Grover’s Corners, life is sweet. The doctor makes house calls, the teenage boy delivers the paper and the boy-next-door meets the girl-next-door. Set in an All-American small town at the turn of the century, this 80th anniversary production of Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prizewinning play is a heartwarming and deeply moving reminder to appreciate life while one has it and to relish every moment – no matter how mundane it seems – for it is those small moments that are truly miraculous. This is a partnership production with University of North Carolina School of the Arts.

High Point Community Theatre Will be presenting Next to Normal Feb. 22, at 7:30 p.m. ASL Interpreted Performance, Feb. 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 24 at 2 p.m., Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. Dad’s an architect; Mom rushes to pack lunches and pour cereal; their daughter and son are bright, wise-cracking teens, appearing to be a typical American family. And yet, their lives are anything but normal because the mother has been battling manic depression for 16 years. Next to Normal takes audiences into the minds and hearts of each character, presenting their family’s story with love, sympathy and heart.

Prices are Adults: $20, Seniors (65+): $18, Students (through college): $18, Military: $18, At Door: Adults: $22, Students, Seniors: $20, and College Students with ID at the door: $15. Limited seating available.

Seating for this performance will be on stage. CONTENT ADVISORY: This production addresses mature issues.

It contains adult language, drug use, and some sexual references. Not recommended for children under 14. !

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Ikea has taken advertising in a whole new direction with its recent print ad for a crib. The ad, which appears in the Swedish magazine Amelia, invites women who Chuck Shepherd think they might be pregnant to urinate on the paper to reveal a discounted price.

“Peeing on this ad may change your life,” the ad reads at the top of the page. “If you are expecting, you will get a surprise right here in the ad.” Adweek reported that the agency behind the gimmick adapted pregnancy test technology to work on a magazine page.

RECURRING THEMES In more extreme weather news from Australia, The Daily Telegraph reported on Jan. 8 that record high temperatures near Campbelltown had killed more than 200 bats, found on the ground or still hanging in trees. Cate Ryan, a volunteer with WIRES, an Australian wildlife rescue

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organization, came across the flying foxes and put the word out for volunteers to bring water to rehydrate the bats that were still alive. “I have never seen anything like it before,” Ryan said. “Ninety percent of the (dead) flying foxes were babies or juveniles.”

BRIGHT IDEA Chris McCabe, 70, of Totnes, England, escaped a frigid death thanks to his own quick thinking on Dec. 15. McCabe owns a butcher shop, and he had entered the walk-in freezer behind the shop when the door slammed behind him. Ordinarily that wouldn’t be a problem, as a release button inside the freezer can open the door. But the button was frozen solid. So McCabe looked around the freezer and saw the shop’s last “black pudding,” or blood sausage, which he used as a battering ram to unstick the button. “They are a big long stick that you can just about get your hand around,” McCabe told the Mirror. “I used it like the police use battering rams to break door locks in. Black pudding saved my life, without a doubt.”

He believes he would have died within a half-hour in the -4-degree freezer.

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— In Albuquerque, New Mexico, a church’s new electronic bells are creating a living hell for neighbor Bernadette HallCuaron, who has lived next to Our Lady of Guadalupe for years. “The bells ring multiple times a day during the week, and play ‘Amazing Grace’ during the week, and then they run multiple times again during the weekend,” she told KOB-TV in January. “Because of the volume and frequency of the bells, this is not calling people to the church.” Hall-Cuaron called the church to complain, but said since her request, “they have added ‘Amazing Grace’ every day ... a full verse.” The pastor responded that he has lowered the volume but will not turn off the bells completely, as some in the neighborhood love them.

— One of Quebec City’s iconic tourist attractions is its ice hotel, the 45-room Hotel de Glace. But on Jan. 9, the hotel’s most dreaded disaster, a fire, broke out in one of the guest rooms, the CBC reported.

Manager Jacques Desbois admitted that “when I received the phone call, they had to repeat twice that there was a fire in the ice hotel.” Predictably, the flames did not spread and caused little damage to the structure, although smoke spread throughout the hotel and residents were evacuated. “In a room made out of ice and snow there are few clues to look at,” Desbois said, although each room has candles, and the hotel is considering the possibility that one of them caused the fire.

FAMILY VALUES Alyce H. Davenport, 30, and Diron Conyers, 27, of Southbridge, Massachusetts, couldn’t make it to the funeral of Audra Johnson, Davenport’s mother, on Jan. 5 because they were busy stealing a safe from Johnson’s home. Southbridge police started searching for the pair after Johnson’s boyfriend discovered the safe was missing, reported The Worcester Telegram & Gazette. When police stopped Davenport the next day, they found the safe in the trunk of the car she was driving (also registered to Johnson) and seized it. Davenport and Conyers were arrested at a Sturbridge motel, where officers found jewelry, keys, cellphones and other documents, and the two were charged with seven counts related to the theft. “Alyce has a history of larceny, identity theft and forgery,” the police report said.

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ARMED AND FRUSTRATED

Linda Jean Fahn, 69, of Goodyear, Arizona, finally succumbed to a frustration many wives suffer. On Dec. 30, as her husband sat on the toilet, she barged in and “shot two bullets at the wall above his head to make him listen to me,” she told Goodyear police when they were called to the scene. Fahn said her husband “would have had to be 10 feet tall to be hit by the bullets,” ABC15 in Phoenix reported, but officers estimated the bullets struck about 7 inches over the man’s head as he ducked. She was charged with aggravated assault.

CREME DE LA WEIRD An unnamed 41-year-old Chinese woman who had been suffering from fevers and breathing problems for six years finally went for a checkup in early January at a hospital in Tongchuan, Shaanxi Province, China. Doctors X-rayed and found an inch-long chili pepper in her right lung.

Metro News reported that Dr. Luo Lifeng tried to remove the pepper using a probe but was forced to operate because it was lodged too deep to reach. He speculated that she had inhaled the pepper and then forgotten about it.

GO AHEAD, TAKE TWO An unnamed Russian man, apparently desperate for a drink, stole an armored personnel carrier from a secured facility on Jan. 10 and used it to ram a storefront in Apatity, Russia, reported United Press International. Surveillance video showed him climbing out of the tank-like carrier and into the store, where he retrieved a bottle of wine, then returning to the vehicle and ramming the storefront again as several bystanders looked on. He was arrested after leaving the scene.

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS Pesto’s Pizza Shop in Boise, Idaho, takes its pizza prep seriously. So when an employee burns a pizza, the discipline is swift and public: The worker must don an orange bag that reads “I burned a pizza,” then “walk the plank,” or the sidewalk, in front of the shop five times. Pesto’s owner, Lloyd Parrott, told KBOI TV: “You know, we gotta have some fun around here. It’s all in good fun.” ! © 2018 Chuck Shepherd. Universal Press Syndicate.

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Alexis Edison and her son Voltron (left) and husband Max (right)

What will be in 2018?

Local psychics make their predictions

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he year 2017 was, for some, a curveball. From devastating natural disasters to real-life headlines that echoed The Onion, let’s all be real, Katie Murawski we did not expect the unexpected. The first month of 2018 Editor is almost over and thanks to some local psychics, we may be able to better prepare ourselves for what is to come in 2018. (Note that these predictions cannot be backed up as fact by any science and we are not promoting them as such. But just for fun, here are four local psychics’ predictions for 2018 nationally, locally and abroad.)

Alexis Edison, a spiritual advisor in Greensboro, said she is from Rodos, Greece, and she has been psychic ever since she was a young girl. Edison said 2017 was the year of clarity.

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“It was all about being clear on your visions and what you want. It was kind of hard year ‘cause it was all about coming clear on your visions and your goals.”

For 2018, (which she said actually starts in mid-February) she said all of that clarity will begin blooming, and it will be the year of collaboration. She said people will collaborate to start their own groups. The loyalty within each group will be key; however, this loyalty will create separation among people in different groups. She predicts that people will become sick all of the sudden with breathing issues, which can be attributed to chemicals (for example, from vaping) and that people will be more conscious about what they put in their bodies.

“They are going to go inwards and do what feels good for them,” she said. “But they are going to go outwards on their knowledge. If somebody knows something, they are going to feel great about giving their knowledge and putting it out.”

Locally, she predicts that people will approach spirituality without the “religious aspects of it.” She also said that

there will be a lot more movements locally, specifically the local farmers market movement. “The local farmers will gain more power,” she said. “Because a lot of people are going to say they want to shop locally and buy local food.” In town, Edison said women will collaborate more but not against men like she said they did in 2017. “Their main focus is going to be ‘how can we bring this community higher, what can we do to help out more people and create more wealth, more togetherness?’” She said women will lead by this example and that men will follow.

Politically, Edison predicts that people will focus their attention and energy not on those in power, but within themselves.

Additionally, she said people are not going to let the chaos of the power struggle affect them. “If it does not affect you it does not affect you. People are going to be more awakened by that; they are going to turn more into their communities.”

Abroad, she predicts that Europe will “continue to be messy and that the Middle East will continue to be filled with chaos.” However, she said that chaos will weed out the bad and that there will be some good that comes out of it.

Finally, she predicts that people are going to get into more in-depth conversations with each other. She said 2017 was a tough year for a lot of people. “We were out there, we were lost, and it was so fiery. Now, it is going to be calmer, and people are going to seek for deeper conversation, meanings and relationships.”

Grace Williams (or Mrs. Grace) said she has been a psychic palm reader for over

40 years. She said she has been at her same shop, located at 4135 Spring Garden St. for over 40 years as well. Williams said she was born in Danville, Virginia, grew up in Florida and moved to Greensboro. She realized she was psychic when she was 6 or 7 years old, and now she specializes in all matters of life. Williams said President Trump has a big job ahead of him.

“So far, he is doing great,” she said. “If he keeps up what he is doing, he is doing the country a very good job, in all matters.” She said Trump is “cleaning up the swamp, and he is doing a very good job.”

She predicts that financially, things are doing well, but it is going to drop again.

“The economy got better, but in about three months from now, I think it is going to drop a little.”

Locally, Williams said the city is not doing a good job with the water supply and she said the water needs to be taken better care of for health reasons. She said the same goes with food. “They need to monitor where we are getting our food from for health reasons,” she said. She also said people need to be more conscious of what they are eating because that is what is getting them sick with illnesses such as cancer. She said people need to start cooking their own food as well, instead of just relying on fast food.

She predicts that the crime rate will increase because of newcomers to Greensboro. She said people are learning to do without God more than ever now and that it is very important that people be religious, specifically Christians. “Because God is so important to have in your life,”

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Alicia Gaynor, Shaman of Sacred Light Synergy from Greensboro she said. “And they are just taking God out of everything, out of everywhere, out of the United States. That is why America is going down because God is not in it.”

She said that beings from other planets are visiting Earth, but the government will not release any information on that and the media is hiding it.

“The news only tells the people what they need to hear,” she said. “They don’t tell the people the truth. All news is fake news.”

If you want to know more specifically what Williams sees for your future, she is doing a special for the new year until the end of January. She said her complete readings, which are usually $35 each, are all on special for $5. “If you want to see what is coming up for the new year, as far as relationships, as far as your careers, as far as your finances, families, sicknesses, whatever is going on in people’s lives right now.”

Alicia Gaynor of Sacred Light Synergy in Greensboro calls herself a Shaman and energetic healer. However, she said she hates the word “healer” and likes to view herself as a tool for spirits to use. She said Shamans are the oldest healing modalities.

She started studying shamanic healing eight years ago in Liverpool, New York.

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Westerners trying to learn this and pass it through.”

She said shamanic healing deals with the chakra system, which she said functions as receivers and transmitters of energy. Gaynor said that although she does not make predictions, she is empathic. For 2018, she believes that people will focus on uncovering what they need to work on so that they can go into the world and create the way for themselves.

She believes that people need to clear themselves of their triggers in 2018.

“We all have different paths, and they are all perfect and they are all right and whatever gets us to where we’re actually rid of all of the junk so we can be the creators we’re supposed to be,” Gaynor said.

“That is the biggest thing, and I think that is going to happen.”

As for world events, and politically Gaynor said she believes things are going to get worse before they get better. “I only say that due to the fact that we are uncovering a lot of stuff that needs to be healed in our country right now. Depending on where anyone’s beliefs lie, here or there, there is a lot of anger and a lot of hurt, there is a lot of rage, and it is bubbling up so it can be healed.”

Locally, Gaynor believes that there will be more expansion in 2018, and as spring approaches she said there will be more involvement among people locally. She said she believes people will want to come together, find their niche in groups and be more present. “I am just hoping that more and more people do their work for them and just realize that we can

Carolyn Hill, a psychic and tarot reader at Eclectic By Nature from Burlington make things better but it starts with self.

A lot of people will see what is happening in the world and want to go and fight this cause somewhere else. Until we conquer the stuff that is in us, then we can fight those other causes.”

Carolyn Hill is a psychic and tarot reader who lives in Burlington but does readings once a month at Eclectic By Nature, located at 414 State St. in Greensboro. Hill said she has been doing readings for 22 years. She said 2018 is a master year. “You want to put your energy into things that you do well because it is a year for mastery. It is a great year to focus on strengths.” She said partnerships, collaboration, and love are all favored in 2018. Nationally, Hill predicts that there won’t be any big hurricanes like there were in 2017. However, she said there will be a couple category three hurricanes as well as more wildfires in September and October. She said there will be tornadoes in odd places, such as the East Coast. She said flooding in May will be particularly bad this year but not in this area. She also predicts in September and October there will be some “in-country terrorism.”

Hill predicts that the market will start to decline in April, and again at the end of the year. Toward the end of the year, there will be a more abrupt adjustment in the stock market. Politically, she predicts that it is going to be crazy around election day. “I do feel like Donald Trump will be in office at the end of 2018, I am not so sure he is going to make it to the end of 2019.” She predicts that Robert Mueller’s investigation will continue, but there will

be an attempt to fire Mueller that the public will not be aware of. “I don’t think the Russian investigation will wrap up this year, but when it does wrap up, I think we are going to see 65 or more people indicted.” Even though she predicts this year will be filled with tension with North Korea, she does not feel like there will be war. “There is something with Kim Jong-un,” she said. “In three to five years, he is gone. I don’t know why.” Locally, Hill believes the grassroots movements are going to be strong in 2018 and that there will be a blue wave in local politics. She believes that minorities, women and others who have not held office before will be elected because she said people are tired of the current structure. According to the tarot cards, she said “the Seven Of Swords” card represents 2018. “It is going to look like things are hopeless at times this year, but the Seven Of Swords is all about deception. There is a lot of deception right now, and it is going to be really important in 2018 for people to find their truth.”

She said for those to find their truth, “you have to get the facts and find how they fit in your own life.” She said to watch what people do, not what they say they are going to do.

Want to know more specifically what 2018 holds for you? Contact any of these local psychics for a full reading. !

KATIE MURAWSKI is the editor of YES! Weekly. She is from Mooresville, North Carolina and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in film studies from Appalachian State University in 2017.

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The ribbon cutting ceremony at The Cozy Cannoli when it first opened in November 2017

Sharing culture through cannolis The process takes 24 hours, starting with draining the ricotta. The assembly and ingredients follow the traditional routine, but most of the baking procedure is kept in the family.

Mascarpone cheese, Jennifer Zeleski orange zest, mini chocolate chips, and just a little bit of Contributor booze are whipped in, creating a rich mixture that is loaded into clear piping bags, every morning.

Luckily this cream doesn’t stay in its plastic confinements for long before finding its home in a freshly fried cannoli shell, and then in the hands of a happy customer.

The Cozy Cannoli, a new Europeanstyle bakery in High Point, is the source of the handmade, traditional Italian baked goods, including three flavors of cannolis.

The original is available every day, alongside a chocolate filling and a seasonal flavor that changes often. A tart cranberrycream cannoli is now available for a limited time.

Good news: a freshly piped cannoli and a cup of custom house blend drip coffee is under $5.

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Lexy D’Egidio, co-owner of the bakery alongside her mother, Lucy, never saw herself running her own business while she was in culinary school at Weaver Academy and Guilford Technical Community College.

She told herself, “No, I know how much work it is, I want to be successful under somebody else,” D’Egidio said. Her mom initiated the idea, and surprising herself, D’Egidio wanted in. “I said I’ll do it, but it’s gonna be a bakery. If it’s something I’m going to be doing all the time, it’s going to be something I wanna do.”

Now D’Egidio finds herself working upwards of 90 hours a week, but she doesn’t mind it.

“The whole reason why we opened is because we wanna share our culture,” D’Egidio said. “There’s a connection for me I guess. Being in the kitchen with other people, especially working in kitchens, you spend more time with those people than you do with your family.”

During gatherings, D’Egidio was consistently in the kitchen surrounded by her female family members. “I always liked during the holidays all of the women being together cooking, and that has always been something that has kind of stuck with me,” she said.

Following in the family’s influence of girl power, The Cozy Cannoli is operated

by an all-female staff, with everyone having their own niche.

“I completely love being in an allfemale environment. And not only that, they’re girls I’ve known for years,” D’Egidio said.

Although tall cakes, cookies, and cups of tiramisu fill the pastry cases, each item can be paired with a fresh cup of drip coffee or an espresso-based beverage, roasted locally by Carolina Coffee.

“Our coffee and our decaf coffee are our very own house blends,” D’Egidio said.

“You can’t get it anywhere else except for here.”

Making traditional cookies, baking bread and making homemade pasta all come naturally to Lexy and Lucy, so much so that they want to teach the community. The bakery recently announced that it has opened registration for handmade pasta classes being held on Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m, with the next available class being Jan. 28.

“For someone who doesn’t cook a lot, pasta is probably intimidating,” D’Egidio said. “It’s definitely worth stepping out of your comfort zone because it’s an environment where you’re free to ask questions and learn. Don’t be scared by fresh pasta; it’s really easy.”

Each class is $50 per person and takes about two hours to complete. Everyone

will learn how to make one pound of pasta from scratch, observe the making of homemade marinara sauce - with a quart to take home - and leave with a dinner for four, including a freshly baked baguette.

“Hopefully that’s something they’ll share with their families, and it’s an experience that they like,” D’Egidio said.

For now, The Cozy Cannoli is taking things one step at a time, but they’re hoping to transition into a combination of a deli and a bakery in the future. “[Lucy] wants more of a deli and I want more of a bakery,” D’Egidio said.

“And that is in our short-term goals to start serving lunch, so hopefully that works out for us.” !

JENNIFER ZELESKI is a student contributor to YES! Weekly. She is originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Communications at High Point University.

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The Cozy Cannoli is located at 2107 Kirkwood St. Suite 101 and are open Tuesdays through Fridays from 7 a.m. until 6 p.m., Saturdays from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m.

To inquire about pasta making classes visit the website at www.thecozycannoli.com/classes/ or call (336)861-2099.

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Longworth at Large: G.I.R.L (Scout) Power

Jim Longworth

Contributor

Every year about this time, thousands of girl scouts in our area hit the pavement to sell cookies.

It’s their signature project. It’s what they’re known for.

But selling cookies isn’t just about selling cookies. It’s about leadership, empowerment, and a tradition of service that dates back over

a hundred years.

In 1917, America was in the throes of World War I. It was supposed to be the “war that ends all war.” What is was, was expensive and it severely strained our resources back home. Reacting to a food shortage, girl scouts, who had been organized five years earlier, volunteered to preserve fruits and vegetables. But a girl scout troop in Muskogee, Oklahoma, went one step further. They baked and sold cookies, then donated profits to the war effort. Today, proceeds from cookie sales go to support a myriad of activities, ranging from summer camps to collecting clothing, toys, and food for families in need.

“I’m glad that the Girl Scouts include Second Harvest in their community engagement activities,” said food bank CEO Clyde Fitzgerald. “Our community at large is blessed by the benevolent activities of the Girl Scouts. It’s great to see our young people educated about and committed to helping their neighbors.”

And while the profits from cookie sales help support the girl scout mission (to make the world a better place), the pro-

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cess of selling those cookies helps girls learn five valuable skills, those being: Goal Setting; Decision Making; Money Management; People Skills; and, Business Ethics. Armed with that knowledge and experience, it’s no wonder that today’s girl scouts are more engaged than ever when it comes to hands-on preparation for their future careers. For example, each year Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont teams with Inmar, a data analytics company, to field a competitive, all-girls robotics team. The girls learn about science, math, and technology in designing and constructing their own robot. Meanwhile, local girl scouts attend informal events where they hear from former scouts who now hold management positions in high profile companies.

It’s also no wonder that girl scouts have adopted an appropriate acronym for their gender: “G (go-getter) I (innovator) R (risk taker) L (leader).

“We help girls tap into their leadership potential. Our girls try new things, take risks, and take on challenging roles,” said Lane Cook, CEO of Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont, a council that covers 40 counties in North Carolina, serves over 13,000 girls, and enlists over 6,000 volunteers. “The message to our girls is clear. Nothing can stand in their way,” Cook told me.

It’s hard to believe that so much service to the community and so much empowerment for girls stems from a century old decision to sell cookies to help others. But that doesn’t mean today’s girl scouts aren’t willing to break with some traditions to achieve their goals.

For example, Girl Scouts no longer have to rely solely on a written order pad to keep up with supply and demand. Now

they can also avail themselves of the Digital Cookie Platform, which, according to a recent press release, is a web-based program that helps girls run and manage their cookie businesses online.

As always, girl scout cookies are sold door to door, and at event booths, and, as always, proceeds from the sale of cookies stay in our area to support scouting activities, and help girls become

empowered. And let’s not forget another reason to buy girl scout cookies. They taste great!

For more information, visit www. girlscoutsp2p.org. !

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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last call

[HOROSCOPES]

[LEO (July 23 to August 22) What the Big Cat might see as a disturbing act of disloyalty might just be a failure of communication on both sides. Take time for mediation rather than confrontation.

[AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You might want to reject a suggested change. But it could be wise to go with the flow, at least for a while. You can always return to your first plan if you like.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Be more patient with those who seem unwilling to accept your version of what’s right. The fact is, there’s a lot more to learn on all sides of this issue.

[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You’re bolstered by both the practical and poetic sides of your nature as you maneuver through some unsettled emotional situations. Things ease up by week’s end.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) It should be easier to assess the facts you’ll need to make an important decision. But don’t commit if you still have doubts. There could be more you need to know.

[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You might feel bolder as each new success falls into place. But caution is still advised through the end of the week. Until then, a step-by-step approach is best.

[SCORPIO (October 23 to November

21) Your excitement level remains high as you continue working on that new project.

Expect some setbacks. But on the whole, all will move pretty much on schedule.

[SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) It might be wise to be more prudent with expenses right now. But your financial situation should soon clear up, and you could be back shopping, happily as ever.

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ary 19) You might prefer sticking with your current schedule. But some newly emerging information could persuade you to consider a change. Keep an open mind.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) That cooperation you request could come at too high a price. Since few can beat the Bovine at being clever and resourceful, why not see what you can do on your own?

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Aspects favor a quieter time spent getting closer to the people who are especially important to you. There’s always much more to learn and appreciate about each other.

[CANCER (June 21 to July 22) The concerned Crab will act to resolve workplace misunderstandings before they get out of hand and cause more-serious problems.

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* In 1900, a prairie dog colony was found in Texas. That’s not surprising -prairie dogs are fairly common out West -- but this colony was unique. Researchers say it was the largest colony ever discovered, providing a home to 400 million prairie dogs and stretching over 25,000 square miles. * Thanks to continental drift, the Atlantic Ocean is getting about a centimeter bigger every year, and the Pacific Ocean is shrinking by the same amount.

Thought for the Day: “Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large, quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others.” -- Frederick Saunders © 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 have been married for eight years. We have a 5-year-old son, and we both work full time. We used to have these amazing crazy sex Amy Alkon marathons, but now we’re too tired from our jobs and parentAdvice hood. We have sex Goddess about once a month, if that. I’m worried that this isn’t healthy for our marriage. — Sex Famine The good news: You two are still like animals in bed. The bad news: They’re the sort on the road that have been flattened by speeding cars.

This is something to try to change, because sex seems to be a kind of gym for a healthy relationship. Clinical psychologist Anik Debrot and her colleagues note that beyond how sex “promotes a stronger and more positive connection” between partners, there’s “strong support” in the research literature for a link between “an active and satisfying sexual life and individual well-being.”

Of course, it’s possible that individuals who are happy get it on more often than those who hate their lives and each other.

Also, rather obviously, having an orgasm tends to be more day-brightening than, say, having a flat tire.

However, when Debrot and her colleagues surveyed couples to narrow

down what makes these people having regular sex happier, their results suggested it wasn’t “merely due to pleasure experienced during sex itself.” It seems it was the affection and loving touch (cuddlywuddlies) in bed that led couples to report increased “positive emotions and well-being” — and not just right afterward but for hours afterward and even into the next day.

The researchers found a longer-lasting effect, too: In a survey of 106 couples (all parents with at least one child younger than 8), the more these partners had sex over a 10-day period the greater their relationship satisfaction six months down the road. (The researchers did report a caveat: For the bump in relationship satisfaction, the sex had to be “affectionate” — as opposed to, I guess, angry sex, breakup sex, or “You don’t mind if I tweet while we’re doing it?” sex.)

My prescription for you? Have sex once a week — a frequency that research by social psychologist Amy Muise finds, for couples, is associated with greater happiness. Make time for it, the way you would if your kid needed to go to the dentist.

Also, go easy on yourselves. Consider that some sex is better than, well, “sex marathon or nuthin!”

And then, seeing as affection and loving touch — not sexual pleasure — led to the improved mood in individuals and increased relationship satisfaction in couples, basically be handsy and cuddly with each other in daily life. Act loving and you should find yourself feeling loving — instead of, say, feeling the urge to sound off to strangers in checkout lanes that the

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last time anyone took an interest in your ladyparts, your health insurance company sent you a bill for the copay.

HEAD OVER HEALS

My boyfriend broke up with me last month. We still talk and text almost every day. We’re still connected on social media.

We’ve even had dinner twice. I feel better that he’s still in my life, even just as a friend, though we don’t work as a couple. Is this healthy, or am I prolonging some sort of grief I’m going to have to feel down the road? — Clinging Your approach to a breakup is like having your dog die and then, instead of burying it, having it taxidermied and taking it out for “walks” in a little red wagon.

Note the helpful key word — “break” — in breakup. It suggests that when someone tells you “It’s over!” the thing you say isn’t “Okey-dokey! See you tomorrow for lunch!” As painful as it is to stare into a boyfriend-shaped void in your life, continued contact is the land of false hopes — fooling you into thinking that nothing’s really changed (save for your relationship status on Facebook).

In fact, research by social psychologist David Sbarra finds that contact offline after a breakup amps up feelings of both love and sadness, stalling the healing process. Staying in touch online — or just snooping on your ex’s social media doings — appears to be even worse. For example, social psychologist Tara Marshall found that “engaging in surveillance of the ex-partner’s Facebook page inhibited postbreakup adjustment and growth above and beyond offline contact.”

This makes sense — as your brain needs to be retrained to stop pointing you toward your now-ex-boyfriend whenever you need love, attention, or comforting.

Tell your ex you need a real break, and stick to it. Block him on social media.

Drawbridge up. No contact of any kind — no matter how much you long to hear, “Hey, whatcha up to tonight? How ‘bout I come over and slow down your healing process?” !

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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