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If you’re looking at a fresh approach to the newly dawned 2017, there are loads of places around the Triad that can help you out. From fitness to new clothes, a new hairstyle or easing up some of those old aches and pains, they’ve got you covered and will help you make a grand start of it all.

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WILLIAM SOUTHERLAND is in his fourth season as artistic director of the Triad Pride Men’s and Women’s Choruses.

10 “It was a wise man who first brewed beer.” And that’s how you get a name like WISE MAN BREWING for your newly opened bar and beer garden. That plus years of putting a PhD in Chemistry to work in producing first home then commercial craft beers.

11 Since Greensboro MAYOR NANCY VAUGHAN became the Guilford Green Foundation’s executive director in Feb. 2016, she and the nonprofit have seen many ups and downs.

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Silos. Not the literal type you use for tasks like storing and separating grain or housing nuclear missiles. No, I’m referring to FIGURATIVE SILOS. The kind that separates people from working effectively together.

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Winston-Salem-based guitarist and songwriter EDDIE GARCIA had been playing in his band for 10 years or so when, in 2014, he started working on some material that felt very personal.

27 Whereas many teenagers are slamming doors, blasting music or “giving lip” at the height of their pubescent angst, these young adults are WRITING POETRY to express themselves...

30 From her backyard studio in Julian, Ann Tilley is stitching the FABRIC OF A LADYLIKE REVOLUTION. The textile artist and seamstress uses traditionally feminine mediums of fabric and yarn to create irreverent artwork celebrating women in the New South.

31 At the ARTISTIC CONNECTION, they’re not playing games, but they are hosting a special seminar and networking event that delves into the billion-dollar gaming industry.

32 We’re back to our crazy ways of showcasing the delicious food makers of our great area and this time we thought we’d coach you on how to host a SUPER BOWL party with all local players.

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VIVA LAS VEGAS: TRANQUILITY MUSICAL REVUE & TURBULENCE

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WHAT: Local chefs, farmers, and food enthusiasts will compete for the bragging rights for the best chili in the Triad. Chili varieties will include locally sourced ingredients and toppings including pasture raised beef, pork, meat stocks, and herbs found within the market.

WHEN: 9 a.m.

WHERE: Greensboro Farmers Curb Market. 501 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro.

MORE: $5 admission.

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play cornhole and let your competitive juices flow like a Foothills Beer straight outta the tap. Winning team gets a $50 gift card!

WHEN: 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Foothills Brewing Tasting Room. 3800 Kimwell Dr., Winston-Salem.

MORE: Free entry.

small works of original art, fine crafts and gift items. Along with the Artists of Gateway Studios, participating artist will be Bruce White. Enjoy live music featuring the Enrichment Center Percussion Ensemble and refreshments by the Centers Culinary Arts Students.

WHEN: 5 - 7 p.m.

WHERE: The Enrichment Center.

1006 S. Marshall Street, Winston-Salem.

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tracted vast attention worldwide, bringing sexual discrimination and violence to the forefront of public discourse, THE LARAMIE PROJECT is a breathtaking collage that explores the depths to which humanity can sink and the heights of compassion of which we are capable.

WHEN: 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Starr Theatre.

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WHAT: Come out to the Tasting Room to WHAT: Viva Las Vegas is this seasons annual musical revue and will feature jazzy tunes and sultry songs accompanied by flashy choreographed dancers. The theatre becomes a nightclub with bar stools, tables, and a cash bar. Sip on your wine as the singers whisk you away to live your Vegas desires and the dancers liven up the party.

WHEN: 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Lee Street Theatre.

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WhAT: James Rollins, #1 New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers, translated into more than 40 languages, will visit Winston-Salem as he travels on his Seventh Plague Tour. His series has been lauded as one of the top crowd pleasers by The New York Times and one of the hottest summer reads by People Magazine.

When: 6:30 p.m.

WheRe: Old Salem Visitor Center.

900 Old Salem Road, Winston-Salem.

MoRe: Free event.

WhAT: Platinum-selling group, Sister Hazel, will be performing at Johnny & Junes.

Fans can expect a high energy show with some brand-new Sister Hazel songs like Kiss Me Without Whiskey and That Kind of Beautiful as well as popular fan favorites like All For You. When: 8 p.m.

WheRe: Johnny & Junes Saloon.

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MoRe: $20 tickets.

WhAT: Two brothers who never speak, a woman eager to live the life she never had and a retired used furniture dealer looking to get back into the game meet in an antique-filled New York brownstone set to be demolished. The past and present collide as secrets and rivalries shake the foundations of the brothers former home.

When: 7:30 p.m.

WheRe: Triad Stage at the Pyrle.

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MoRe: $10-$53 tickets.

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Crushing educational debts for many North Carolina students. An increasing number of university classes taught by part-time faculty. The trend of state legislatures reducing the funding of higher education.

These are some of the topics of the film “Starving the Beast,”.

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WILLIAM SOUTHERLAND-CHORUS PRIDE

BY ALLISION STALBERG

William Southerland is in his fourth season as artistic director of the Triad Pride Men’s and Women’s Choruses.

As an artistic director, Southerland is the leader of a group of dedicated volunteers, though he himself is not a volunteer. For Southerland, the finished product of the choir’s work is the greatest reward. So far he has only worked with men because the women’s chorus is new.

“Watching the men perform at a very high level, watching and seeing people really enjoy themselves and the incredibly positive feedback they get from our audience is incredible,” he said.

The second most rewarding part is having an outlet to make a difference.

“Being an LGBTQ organization in this day and age right this very moment is so rewarding to me personal. Frankly if I didn’t have this, I would feel very lost right now. We’re kind of struggling. We are in a place we aren’t really sure where we are and what we’re doing and where we’re going.”

A highlight of Southerland’s career was this past July at the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses. In Denver, he and the men’s choir gathered with a hundred other choruses from as far away as China and Germany to perform.

“We were there for a week,” said Southerland. “I just get goosebumps thinking about it. There were times when the choir on stage would be singing a song that

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would be...an anthem for the gay and lesbian movement. Everybody just starts singing along. The crowd loves it and the director just turned around and invited everyone to sing.

“Sometimes you feel a little isolated living in a small/medium city like Greensboro. Thinking that the 25 singers that you sing with are the whole world. It’s life changing when you get into a room where there are thousands and thousands of people that feel the same way that you do.”

The Triad Pride Men’s and Women’s Choruses hope to be more visible in the community.

“Now more than ever, it’s time for us to be out there. We are your neighbors, we are your friends, we are your business owners, we are your waiters, your waitresses, your bus drivers, these are who we are. We’ve always been here, we are not going anywhere so you might as well just get used to us being here.”

The organization is also looking for more singers. For the next two weeks, anybody who is interested in singing is welcome to show up to The Triad Pride Men’s and Women’s Chorus’s rehearsal and sing. Allies are welcome.

To learn more, you can email Southerland at ad@triadpridemenschorus.org You can also learn more at www.triadpridemenschorus.org. !

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ASTRONAUT RONALD E. MCNAIR TO BE CELEBRATED BY N.C. A&T

For the past three decades, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has commemorated the life and legacy of alumnus Ronald E. McNair, who tragically died in the space shuttle Challenger disaster. The university will honor McNair once again this Friday, Jan. 27, in the Alumni-Foundation Event Center, during the 31st Annual Ronald E. McNair Commemorative Celebration.

The program will include greetings and presentations from university faculty, staff and administrators, city officials and community leaders and attendance by McNair Scholars and university constituents. Robin Coger, dean of the N.C. A&T College of Engineering, will deliver the keynote address.

As a child, McNair was determined about his education and academics. His brother shared how 9-year-old Ronald took it upon himself to walk into a South Carolina public library in 1959 and check out books. His zealous spirit convinced him it wouldn’t be a problem despite the segregation laws that existed.

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McNair left the library the victor, books in hand.

McNair’s thirst for knowledge only deepened as he grew older. He graduated from N.C. A&T in 1971 with a B.S. in physics and went on to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned his Ph.D. in physics five years later.

McNair later began to study laser physics with leading authorities. He began conducting research on electo-optic laser modulation for satellite-to-satellite space communications, the construction of ultra-fast infrared detectors, ultraviolet atmospheric remote sensing and the scientific foundations of martial arts.

In 1978, McNair, one of the first African American astronauts, was selected as a mission specialist astronaut for the NASA space shuttle program. His first flight was completed Feb. 11, 1984. Two years later, he was aboard the Challenger for his second mission when it experienced fatal malfunctions upon takeoff. McNair died along with six other crew members on Jan. 28, 1986.

McNair has been honored with numerous posthumous awards and acclamations around the country. In

1988, Congress established the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program, serving college students in preparation for attending graduate school and working toward their doctoral degrees.

The Ronald E. McNair Commemorative Celebration will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. and is free and open to the public.

For more information about the program call 336-285-2705 or email bhaynes@ ncat.edu.

UNCSA SCHOOL OF FILMMAKING AMONG TOP TEN FILM SCHOOLS, ACCORDING TO LEADING NEWS ORGANIZATION

The School of Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts is ranked No. 10 on a list of the nation’s top 50 film schools by The Wrap, an award-winning news organization covering the business of entertainment and media.

In its inaugural College Issue published Dec. 22, 2016, The Wrap issued its firstever ranking, based on anonymous polls of 500 entertainment-industry insiders, educators, deans, filmmakers and film

pundits, along with interviews with a variety of experts tasked with evaluating each school’s achievements.

UNCSA tied at No. 10 with Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) in Georgia. The article, recently released online, noted the success of alumni David Gordon Green and Jeff Nichols. Nichols “wrote and directed 2012’s MUD with 11 UNCSA alumni on the crew, helping spark Matthew McConaughey’s comeback,” the article said. “Since then (Nichols has) been to Cannes three times, including with this year’s touching LOVING.” Film Dean Susan Ruskin said, “We are competing with institutions across the country and around the world. Being noticed by an important industry publication like The Wrap is an excellent way to raise awareness for our film school.”

The Wrap noted UNCSA has the lowest in-state tuition – $6,370 – among its Top 10 schools. Tuition for SCAD is $35,190.

Top-ranked University of Southern California charges $51, 442, and second-ranked University of California Los Angeles charges $12, 918. !

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Wise Man Brewing to open Jan. 28 in Winston-Salem

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It was a wise man who first brewed beer.”

And that’s how you get a name like Wise Man Brewing for your newly opened bar and beer garden. That plus years of putting a PhD in Chemistry to work in producing first home then commercial craft beers.

This coming Saturday, Jan. 28, Wise Man Brewing will open the doors to customers in Winston-Salem, just on the edge of the Wake Forest Innovation Quarter. Operating out of the recently converted Angelos Brothers building, they will be offering a great selection of brewed-on premises beers along with a New South retro look in a friendly and informal setting.

The 15-BBL brewery and taproom is located near the intersection of N. Main and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive.

Taproom Manager Harvey Williams explained that Wise Man started out a couple of years ago as head brewer Sam Victory decided to make the move from pharmaceutical chemistry to the much more fun world of professional brewing. Victory had been a home brewer for years and found that not just he but many others enjoyed the fruits of his hobby.

Partnering up with Mike Beverly and Jason Morehead, Victory purchased the old Angelo Brothers building (on Angelo Bros. Street) and the work began.

“The building is about 90 years-old,” Williams said, “and the business they ran was like the Costco of its day – they sold everything at wholesale pricing. You might be able to get appliances one day or cartons of cigarettes the next.

The business closed, though, and the building had sat unused for 10 years before we started working on it.”

And work, they have. It’s taken 16 months so far just on the reconstruction and remodeling work. While they did try to keep as much of the building as possible, some changes had to be made, Williams explained.

This is the latest in a string of new businesses that are helping to revitalize Winston-Salem. “We are so excited to have Wise Man Brewing in downtown Winston-Salem. This new business is going to be a wonderful addition to our city and be a great resource for everyone who loves quality craft beer made right here in North Carolina,” said Jason Thiel, President of Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership.

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Taproom manager Harvey Williams.

Brewing equipment is large and the two floors at the rear of the building had to be turned into one. The vats, when filled with beer in process, can weigh up to 30,000 lbs. and that meant even the concrete floor of that part of the building had to be replaced, reinforced and reworked.

Now that area features 11 different brewing devices and holding tanks, gleaming with stainless steel and a mirror smooth concrete floor. One of the tanks, though, doesn’t shine like the rest as it is a very old style piece of equipment – a foeder. Williams explained that a foeder is an American white oak wood vat for fermenting beer that offers some interesting opportunities for brewing. In it, they will be using a strain of yeast called brettanomyces, a nonspore forming genus of yeast, that had fallen out of favor because it can produce sour beers. Sours, however, are growing in popularity and making one in house is a special opportunity. Because that strain of yeast is hard to get out of a brewing system once it gets in, the “brett” will only be used in the wooden vat.

The brewery area is separated from the taproom by a long wall made up of the glass-paned windows that were salvaged from the building remodel. It gives a great view of the brewing process and on one window, there’s even a nicely etched chart where you can see what is being brewed up in each of the vats.

Other ingredients will be sourced from all over including places such as Germany and France, as well as Wisconsin which produces some of the best brewing materials in the country. They’ll also be getting into the local supply as well, bringing in some of their ingredients from Epiphany Malt in Raleigh, a small company but one that is making its

mark in the craft beer field.

“We’ve made a decision to not open with a set of flagship beers,” Williams said.

“Part of the excitement of doing craft beers is trying new things. However, if we develop some that turn out to be crowd favorites, we’ll make sure they’re available as part of our rotation.”

Another fun part of creating beers is having the right to name them.

Keeping with the wise men of all stripes theme that runs through the brewery, each of their starting beers will feature great names with either a story or a quote behind them. Here’s a quick look at what they will have on tap for opening night: Scoop Dogg – This cream ale harkens back to the imminent wise man and rapper Snoop Dogg’s statement that when he retired he wanted to open an ice cream parlor named “Scoop Dogg”. Snoop actually signed the building during his last appearance in Winston-Salem, but the City decided it was graffiti and requested that it be painted over.

Mountain Calling – A West Coast-style IPA that harkens to John Muir’s quote, “The mountains are calling and I must go.”

Satisfy My Soul – A tropical stout inspired by the lyrics of the late Bob Marley.

Tickled Earth – A dark farmhouse inspired by Douglas Jerrold’s quote “If you tickle the earth with a hoe, she laughs with a good harvest.”

In all, there will be 16 beers on tap and two ciders (from regional Bull City Ciders out of Lexington.) There are also 10 employees on hand, beer scholars all, who will be happy to bring you up to speed not just on how craft beers are made but how to find and enjoy the ones that fit you best.

It’s a place that makes sure that the all the beers have a good head on their shoulders.

Wine by the glass or bottle will be available as well as soft drinks, including some that are locally made. While Wise Man doesn’t serve food, they are partnering with several local food trucks that will cycle through from day to day. Patrons are welcome to enjoy the food at either indoor or outdoor tables.

The brewery will host trivia nights on Mondays and plans are in the works for yoga Tuesdays. Other activities and events will be added as they develop. Pinball, giant Jenga and giant Connect Four are also on tap, along with great conversation.

Williams wanted to make sure that potential visitors knew the location was both family and dog friendly. They will be open seven days a week: Monday to Wednesday 4 pm to 10 pm, Thursday 4 pm to midnight, Friday 2 pm to midnight, Saturday noon to midnight and Sunday noon to 10 am.

For more information, please check out their website at wisemanbrewing.com. !

RICH LEWIS is a father, husband, writer and cook who makes his home in Greensboro, NC.

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Guilford Green Foundation: Vaughan reflects on year as executive director

BY ALLISON STALBERG Since Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan became the Guilford Green Foundation’s executive director in Feb. 2016, she and the nonprofit have seen many ups and downs.

Mayor Vaughan said the main focus for the past year has been to create a community center for a base to offer their programming.

“We may have to move into a temporary space,” she said. “We’ll be looking at raising capital but really what we are focused on is providing programming and services that don’t currently exist within our city.

That is something that we’ve been working on this year to identify where the gaps in services are.”

According to Vaughan, the past year was a challenging time for fundraising for GGF and many other nonprofits.

“Many people point to the elections and the uncertainty and the fact that they have been financially supporting their candidates. So we have seen an up in fundraising now, but for a few months, it was very difficult.”

GGF has focused on youth and families, the transgender community and the elderly.

“We’ve put together groups within those communities to find out how we can best serve them and what type of programming we can offer,” said Vaughan.

Vaughan and GGF are working toward making the City of Greensboro a welcoming environment for the LGBTQA community.

“There are a lot of organizations that are focused on making Greensboro a good place to live for all. I think we have a history of trying to focus on civil rights. I do believe this is a civil rights issue. It was decided long before I was on board at GGF that they were going to create this community center and I think now more than

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ever, a community center is very relevant.”

Vaughan believes laws like HB2 are proof that GGF is doing important work.

“I think for a while people got complacent when Amendment One was overturned so quickly that we didn’t really think that something like HB2 would come along,” she said. “Seeing hate crimes across the country and of course the awful Pulse nightclub shooting, and when you see transgendered people being victimized, some are being killed, but also being marginalized, it shows that the mission of Guilford Green is extremely important.”

When the Mayor took the position as executive director of GGF in Feb. 2016, there was some controversy. Some people within Greensboro’s LBGTQA community thought the executive director position would be better suited for someone who identified as queer.

“I wouldn’t say that the controversy has faded away,” said Vaughan. “But I have a history of supporting the LGBTQ community. I don’t know what type of applications the GGF got when they hired me. I am not the first straight ally to be executive director of Guilford Green.

“Whenever we have an event, we make sure that we reach out to make sure people are included. Sometimes they take us up on the offer, sometimes they don’t. But the core complaint that I’m a cis-straight woman isn’t going to change. I mean, that’s what I am.”

As for the year in review, Vaughan believes it had both highs and lows. On the highs, she loved making connections in the community and working with an active board.

“We’ve got a very active board. I think that’s good because people really want to see what’s going on and how we’re going to make an impact,” said Vaughan. “They don’t just read board material and vote.

Also the opportunities I’ve had to get out

Mayor Nancy Vaughan is finishing her first year as director of GGF. and meet different people in the community has been a lot of fun. That’s really what I like to do best.”

Among her lows was HB2.

“There was frustration this year with the HB2 legislation that was passed after I was hired as executive director,” she said. “That was something we didn’t see coming. To hear from my friends and colleagues how that legislation made them feel. There was frustration with this year’s election and people are really concerned with the appointment of a new Supreme Court justice and what that will do to existing rights that the LGBT community currently has.”

Looking toward the future, GGF plans to have a very busy calendar of events for the community to be involved in. Their biggest ticketed event, the Gala, will be on March 25. Last year, over 400 people attended.

“It will be held in Downtown Greensboro at the old Black Cadillac service building, which is under construction right now by Jay Jung. It’s going to be a phenomenal event space and we’re happy that we will probably be the first large event that he hosts. It is our biggest fundraiser of the year and it’s a really fun dance party.”

This month GGF will host Ask a Trans Person Anything at Scuppernong Books on Jan. 26 at 7:00 p.m. They will also do a Takeover at the 1618 Wine Lounge on Jan. 27 at 5:30 p.m.

“We have a series of takeovers, which are fun events that we work on with local restaurants and bars,” said Vaughan. “We pick out a day and we say Friday at five, we’re just going to all come to your place for a cocktail or a bite to eat. Those are usually very well attended.”

Vaughan said that outreach in 2017 is going to try to focus more on families.

“We raise money so we can fund these programs,” she said. “As we are developing a community center and we are looking at...youth, family, the trans community and elderly, the money that we raise goes back into (grants) to make sure those programs can get up and running.”

Vaughan is well loved by her co-workers, who look forward to another year with her.

“She has the luxury of leading this community in two major ways that allows her belief in pro-equality to shine,” wrote Guilford Green’s Program Director Ivey Ghee to YES! Weekly in an email.

“Most don’t remember that before Nancy became ED for GGF she won the Ally of the Year award at the 2015 Equality Gala so the work is in her blood. We are all excited about what 2017 will bring as Mayor Nancy Vaughan continues to lead Guilford Green Foundation.”

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Protecting the silos at Greensboro city hall

S

ilos. Not the literal type you use for tasks like storing and separating grain or housing nuclear missiles.

Joel Landau No, I’m referring to figurative silos. The kind that separates Contributor people from working effectively together.

You find them in many groups and organizations where work gets divvied up perhaps too rigidly.

Greensboro city government for example.

But I’ve gotten ahead of myself...

It makes sense to put together people working on similar tasks. In a grocery store setting for instance, it is helpful to have all your marketing people in the same department. And you want your food service people in the kitchen to facilitate their working together. This becomes problematic though if the marketing people and the food service people don’t talk regularly with one another. Then, from time to time, one department winds up pursuing an objective that is at odds with an initiative being pursued by the other department. This is dysfunctional.

An organizational silo is formed when a group of workers within a larger organization become insular. The silo might consist of workers within a given department.

It might consist of workers of a certain level, regardless of department, such as all the managers in the organization. It can be any group of workers that develop

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more loyalty to their subgroup than to the overall organization. They usually become resistant to change, creating barriers to cooperation with other parts of the organization. This manifests in our city government in various ways.

One way cooperation is limited is due to departmental silos. Each department has its own staff/experts working on their own objectives. However, life in the city crosses department boundaries. As an example, take transportation planning and land-use planning. We have a different department handling each, but each affects the other. For instance, one objective of our Transportation department is to promote the use of mass transit, walking and bicycling. Achieving this requires sympathetic land-use ordinances. But those ordinances are the purview of the Planning department. Sometimes the two departments are working in sync; other times they aren’t. Before recent changes in State statutes Greensboro’s land-use policies encouraged annexation of areas not even contiguous to the preexisting city boundaries. This presented a major obstacle to the transportation policy of promoting mass transit, etc. You can’t economically operate a bus system when there are miles between stops.

But even when Transportation and Planning are working together, there’s still another group of silos to contend with. City government can be divided into three main groupings: City workers (paid staff), Political workers (elected officials/ City Council), and Volunteer workers (members of the Boards and Commissions). Their activities obviously overlap,

but Greensboro has no clear parameters for these interactions. Each is in a silo, pursuing their own agendas – sometimes in unison, sometimes not.

Two years ago I was part of a group that lobbied City Council to actively facilitate and promote the use of solar energy in Greensboro. Our presentation was enthusiastically received by City Council. They directed the City Manager to come back with a plan to make Greensboro the most solar friendly city in North Carolina. The Manager said he’d be back with a plan the following month. He then assigned it to an Assistant City Manager who in turn delegated it to a staff member. The staff member more or less ignored the assignment for over half a year. It was only after I complained to an interested City Councilmember who then contacted the Manager that the project moved forward.

What astounded me was the lack of accountability throughout the organization. The staff member just ignored the assignment he was given. The Assistant City Manager didn’t follow up with the staff person to see where the report was.

The City Manager didn’t follow up with his Assistant to see what happened to the report, even though it was months beyond the date he had promised to have it for City Council. And the Mayor didn’t follow up with the City Manager to see where the overdue report was. Apparently everybody was in their own silo, unmotivated to follow through on an initiative that wasn’t their idea.

The Sustainability Council ran into roadblocks with ideas they had, even though they were following the directive they’d been given to pick a handful of projects to pursue. One project was to establish a City “Green Team” to facilitate the dissemination of sustainability practices. The idea was for each department to elect/appoint a representative to the Green Team. Then, if anyone in any department came up with a practice that reduced energy usage, saved resources, saved money, etc., it would be posted on the “Green Team listserv”. Each rep would then share it with their own department, thus spreading the good practice quickly through the entire organization. Well, once again staff was resistant to implementing something new that came from outside their silo. And even though each of the five City Councilmembers I shared the proposal with were enthusiastic about it, not one was willing to go beyond their silo and put it forth. Actually, one

Councilmember did ask about its status during a Committee hearing. Unfortunately the staff person who responded said it had been effectively implemented, even though it hadn’t. And that was that.

Staff avoided a potential silo breach. A win for the silo; a loss for Greensboro. This is an impact of silos - people put their small group loyalty ahead of loyalty to the overall body.

The Sustainability Council also recently worked to promote the installation of water filling stations at City facilities and other locations around town. These would allow people to reuse water containers and inexpensively get purified water. This would promote better health and reduce landfill and recycling costs.

But the Sustainability Council finally gave up on the effort, frustrated with the lack of cooperation from city staff. In general it seems the Sustainability Council ran afoul of the silo system by having proposals that would involve multiple departments working together. This is at least part of why most professional reviews and comprehensive plans tend to get filed away and forgotten, or at least put on a back burner. Namely, implementation would require inter-departmental activity and cooperation – something the silo mentality avoids.

To overcome silos’ inherent resistance to interference by “others” requires: strong direction from leadership to allow and encourage increased communication and interaction between the different groups in the organization. This involves increased opportunities for the members of the different groups to meet, interact and exchange ideas. Staff needs to more freely share data with the other sectors of city government. This means sacrificing some control of their agenda to the Boards and Commissions they’re supposed to be working with. These are generalized statements. To be fair, some staff members are forthcoming and open to working with non-staff. Different departments do work together at times. All in all though, at least from my non-staff perspective, volunteering in Greensboro city government is mostly frustrating and provides limited opportunity for effectiveness. The silos are too well protected.

JOEL LANDAU’s column appears the fourth Wednesday of every month. This column was aided by Howard Taylor. Before retiring Taylor consulted in business process improvement for large companies.

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[news of the weird] Post-truth society In January, the U.S. Court of Appeals finally pulled the plug on Orange County, California, social workers who had been arguing in court Chuck Shepherd for 16 years that they were not guilty of lying under oath because, after all, they did not understand that lying under oath in court is wrong. The social workers had been sued for improperly removing children from homes and defended their actions by inventing “witnesses” to submit made-up testimony. Their lawyers had been arguing that the social workers’ “due process” rights were violated in the lawsuit because in no previous case on record did a judge ever have occasion to explicitly spell out that creating fictional witness statements is not permitted.

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ria Caya, who was allowed to resign quietly in 2013 from her Janesville, Wisconsin, school after arriving drunk on a student field trip, actually made money on the incident. In November 2016, the city agreed to pay a $75,000 settlement — because the police had revealed her blood-alcohol level to the press in 2013 (allegedly, “private” medical information). The lawsuit against the police made no mention of Caya’s having been drunk or passed out, but only that she had “become ill.”

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(1) John Bubar, 50, was arrested in Parsonsfield, Maine, in November after repeatedly lifting his son’s mobile home with his front-end loader and dropping it. The father and son had been quarreling over rent payments and debris in the yard, and the father only eased up after realizing that his grandson was still inside the home. (2) Update: The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reversed itself in December and allowed Mary Thorn of Lakeland to keep her 6-foot-long pet alligator (“Rambo”) at home with her despite a regulation requir-

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“I’m (as) tired of hearing the word ‘creep’ as any black person or gay person is of hearing certain words,” wrote Lucas Werner, 37, on his Facebook page in December after he was banned from a Starbucks in Spokane, Washington, for writing a polite dating request to a teenaged barista. Managers thought Werner was harassing the female, who is at least the age of consent, but Werner charged illegal “age discrimination” and made a “science” claim that “age gap love” makes healthier babies.

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— Taylor Trupiano grudgingly paid his $128 “traffic” fine in December, issued by a Roseville, Michigan, officer who caught his car warming up unattended — in his own driveway. Police routinely issue such tickets (five to 10 each winter, based on a town ordinance) to send drivers like Trupiano a message that unattended cars are ripe for theft, which burdens Roseville’s police department. (A police spokesman said the driverless warmups are illegal even for locked cars.)

— Awwwwwww! (1) Jasper Fiorenza, 24, was arrested in St. Petersburg, Florida, in November and charged with breaking into a home in the middle of the night.

The female resident said she awoke to see Fiorenza and screamed, but that the man nonetheless delayed his getaway in order to pet the woman’s cat lounging on her bed. (2) In December, Durham, Ontario, police officer Beth Richardson was set for a disciplinary hearing (“discreditable conduct”) because, earlier in 2016, after

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David Martinez, 25, was shot in the stomach during a brawl in New York City in December. He had inadvertently initiated the chaos when, trying to park in Manhattan’s East Village just after Saturday midnight, he moved an orange traffic cone that had obviously been placed to reserve the parking space. He apparently failed to realize that the parking spot was in front of the clubhouse of Hells Angels, whose members happened to take notice.

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Local Honey Greensboro’s own Local Honey salon is a great place to start off that top to bottom makeover. This nationally acclaimed hair salon (Salon Magazine 2015 and 2016 Top 200 Salons in the US honorees) has a great crew of stylists on hand as well as an apothecary bar for all sorts of top end grooming products. They also feature a local honey boutique selling North Caro-

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The salon does cut both men’s and women’s hair and offers a variety of other services including coloring, treatments, extensions and even haircuts for youths and children.

Local Honey is located at 233 Commerce Place in Greensboro and you can call them at (336) 355-9377. They are open Monday 9 am to 5 pm, Tuesday to Thursday 9 am to 8 pm, Friday 9 am to 7 pm and Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm.

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Triad Family Dental A first impression is everything and the key to a good one is often a winning smile.

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We’re also set up so that the parents can stay with their children throughout the whole process which eliminates a lot of the stress for them both.”

Established first in Greensboro two years ago, with the Winston-Salem office six months later, Triad Family Dental does focus on children for their practices, but will also accept those children’s parents as patients as well as a convenience to busy families. They do accept Medicaid and all private dental insurances and both locations are fully bilingual. Both centers are open Monday through Thursday 8 am to 5 pm, and Fridays from 8 am to 2 pm.

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Half Moon Yoga provides private and small group instruction and class sessions for yoga practitioners of all skill levels and body types. Stevens explained they also pay attention to the individual needs of their students.

“One person might need to work on a particular shoulder more than anything else, another might be going through back problems and another may just be trying to refine their techniques,” she said. “We like to know this ahead of time and tailor the program to fit them.”

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Owner Lonnie Atkinson said they offer juices cold-pressed on site as well as five different flavors of almond milk. In addition, they feature great smoothies featuring raw, vegan ingredients, as well as salads and grain bowls featuring quinoa or rice. They also offer a selection of toasted open faced sandwiches.

While there is a huge variety of vegan and vegetarian dishes, you can also add meat proteins such as chicken and/or bacon if you’d like. All their dressings are made in house as well using coconut and olive oils.

“We want to provide our customers with the most wholesome food and we source it locally whenever possible,” Atkinson said.

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The Fresh Market If you’ve lived in the Triad for any length of time, you’re bound to be familiar with The Fresh Market. Founded in 1982 by Ray and Beverly Berry, The Fresh Market has taken their idea of the freshest, most wholesome local foods and grown amazingly over the years. Now with 178 stores around the country, they have just unveiled a new shopping experience this year that integrates local produce, grocery classics and the service they’ve become famous for.

Locally, there are three locations, with two in Greensboro and one in Winston-Salem. While each has its own personality, they are all famous for large selections of produce, top end meat and fish counters, extensive cheese and bakery selections and prepared foods that rival the best restaurants anywhere.

The Fresh Market locations are open seven days a week from 8 am to 9 pm.

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Descending Angels If you’re looking for something to get you moving and a chance to spread your wings, you can bring out your sultry side with a few classes from Greensboro’s Descending Angels. This dance studio offers both pole dancing and liquid motion classes for everyone from beginners to experts.

“We’re a very body positive and supportive place,” owner Nikki Craven said. “Everyone is welcome to participate, no matter your body type, gender or orientation.”

Over the last nine years, Craven has taught many people this growing form of art and exercise, from the more aerial aspects of it to floor work and the conditioning necessary. Safety is always paramount in the lessons. Group and individual lessons are available and you can even schedule a special group event for you and your friends.

Descending Angels is located at 108-B John Wesley Way in Greensboro. Hours vary Monday through Sunday, so please see their website at www.descendingangels.com or call (336) 553-8030.

Kraze Fitness Sometimes the secret to a good workout is finding the time to work it in. At Winston-Salem’s Kraze Fitness, if you can find the time, they’ll be there for you. A 24-hour, 365 day a year gym and martial arts school, Kraze Fitness offers patrons a variety of exercise and fitness options that will keep you moving toward a new, fitter you.

Kraze Director of Operations Hannah Slayton said their gym features classic free and machine weights, kettle bells, stationary bikes, treadmills and all the fitness equipment you’re used to. There are also classes offered in yoga, Zumba, CrossFit and kettlebell. Martial arts are also a big part of their repertoire and trained instructors are on staff to teach Brazilian Jiu jitsu, muay Thai kickboxing, mixed martial arts and classical wrestling.

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Kraze Fitness and American Martial Arts is located at 3098 Healy Drive in WinstonSalem. For more information, please stop by their website at catchthekraze.com or give them a call at (336) 765-1950.

The Oval Office Barber Shop The classic American barber shop has been making quite a comeback in recent years and Winston-Salem offers one of the best at The Oval Office. Located at 628 West 4th Street, The Oval Office can take care of you whether you’re a president, an executive or just a regular guy.

Owner Carlos Carvana has deep roots in the community, having grown up in Winston-Salem and has similarly deep roots in the barbering profession as his father worked for 57 years as a barber in his own right. If you want the classic barber shop experience, why not go to a place with some real history behind it?

Carvana said the Oval Office does primarily serve a male clientele, but prides itself on being able to provide service and quality hair care to all people and hair types. They can also provide classic straight razor shaves including hot towel facial cleaning and tea tree oil treatments afterward. You can get your brows fixed up, your beard trimmed or even your lip waxed. Coloring and highlighting are also available in addition to children’s and women’s cuts.

For more information, please see their website at ovalofficebarbers.com or call (336) 245-2723. They are open Monday to Friday 9:30 am to 8 pm and Saturday 8 am to 3 pm.

Tierra Zumba If your New Year, New You goals include putting some more moves into your lifestyle, then you might want to check out Tierra Zumba. Zumba combines Latin and Brazilian dance moves (particularly from the rumba) with aerobic activity to create one of the most popular exercise programs in the country. And locally, Tierra Williams is becoming one of the favorite teachers.

Williams, who currently runs classes at two different Golds Gym locations in the Triad, also hosts Zumba events around the area throughout the year.

“I have my own style and I enjoy bringing a hot play list of music to the classes,” she said. “And the classes are for everyone from beginners on up. The way a Zumba class typically goes we add progressions of movements so every class is for all levels.”

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please look her up on Facebook as Zumba with TierraC. Luxury Nails and Spa Greensboro’s Friendly Center is home to Luxury Nails and Spa, the perfect place for a bit of pampering during the winter season. Manicures, pedicures, paraffin treatments and more are available to get you looking and feeling your best.

Co-owner Hieu Vo said Luxury Nails and Spa is a full-service nail salon that was one of the first businesses to open in the Shops at New Friendly Center a decade ago. Over the years, they’ve added more and more chairs and become more and more experienced at what they do. Their website at luxurynailsspa.biz has a full list of their many services such as acrylic nails, basic to deluxe manicures and pedicures with all the special add-ons that you might need to treat yourself to.

This coming Saturday, Luxury Nails and Spa will be continuing their Chinese New Year tradition by giving out lucky red envelopes to their customers. The envelopes can contain gift certificates and money as they pass along wishes of good fortune and luck for the coming year.

Hours are Monday to Thursday 9:30 am to 8 pm, Friday and Saturday 9 am to 8 pm and Sunday from 11 am to 6 pm. Appointments are advised Monday through Saturday; Sunday is a walk-ins only day.

Deep Roots Market From its beginnings as a vegetarian buying club at Guilford College in the 1960s to its current incarnation as a very modern grocery purveyor in Downtown Greensboro, Deep Roots Market has been a cornerstone of healthy food in the community for decades.

In 2013 Deep Roots Market moved to its current location at 600 N. Eugene Street updating its look, but keeping true to its Co-op ownership nature and commitment to honest, socially responsible food. Its aisles feature traditional grocery fare with an eye to responsible vendors, bulk food items (including herbs and spices), local produce (organically or naturally grown), a deli with ready-made foods and a great coffee bar to give you a bit of get up and go when you need it. Their meat department features locally sourced farm to market meats raised almost exclusively in North Carolina with an emphasis on sustainable and humane farming practices.

Deep Roots Market also has an excellent selection of beer and wine, plus specialty foods such as local and international cheeses, charcuterie, condiments, jams and other treats.

For more information, stop by their website at deeprootsmarket.coop. They are open Monday to Saturday 7:30 am to

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Inner Light Holistic Healing Treating the whole person, body and spirit, is the cornerstone of holistic health and Winston-Salem’s Inner Light Holistic Healing works to bring that positive practice into the community.

Founded by co-owners Deborah Godshall and Jennifer Jamieson, Inner Light Holistic Healing offers a variety of techniques and practices to get your being back in alignment. They offer colon hydrotherapy for digestive health, traditional massage for deep muscle relaxation and

healing, Reiki healing energies, sound therapy using Tibetan bowls and sound tables, reflexology for the hands and feet.

Crystals can also be used during treatments and are also available for sale on site.

Godshall explained that they try to work directly with the patient to determine which therapies will provide the greatest benefits and if crossover of techniques could improve on the results even more. They have been operating in Winston-Salem for over 15 years and they see patients by appointment only, which is handled through their website at innerlightholistichealing.com. Their office is JANUARY 25-31, 2017

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located at 1386-D Westgate Center Drive in Winston-Salem. You can call them at (336) 306-9181.

House of Brazilians Good grooming takes place below the shoulders just as much as it does above and Winston-Salem’s House of Brazilians – The Wax And Sunless Tanning Company is available to get you ready for that elegant dress, island getaway swimsuit or even less.

Residing within the Salons by JC complex at 615 St. George Square Court, #250 Suite 13, House of Brazilians is an upscale waxing salon specializing in bikini and Brazilian waxes, as well as full body waxes. Owner Jamie Spear, a licensed aesthetician, said they also provide spray tanning, facials and NovaLash lash extensions. She has 11 years of experience in the field and has developed a very loyal clientele over the years.

House of Brazilians is open seven days a week and offers extended hours. Services are available by appointment only. For more information, please stop by their website at houseofbrazilians.com or give a call to (336) 416-3720.

Ma’ati Spa Offering some of the most luxurious experiences in the area, Winston-Salem’s Ma’ati Spas are the place to go for pampering and being taken care of body and spirit. With locations at 707 N. Main Street and inside the Sundance Plaza Hotel at 3050 University Parkway these are great places to get a massage and more.

Owner Maya Gilliam explained they offer massage therapy, deep tissue massage, hot stones treatments, facials, body scrubs, body wraps and hand and foot reflexology, all designed to maximize relaxation within the body and rejuvenate the spirit. In addition, she said, they have an aroma therapy bar, plus steam heat, dry heat and infrared saunas, plus herbal tea baths.

Group packages and couple’s mas-

sages are available, and all customers are treated to a deluxe spa experience in a beautiful and relaxing setting. For more information call (336) 793-2991 or stop by their website at maatispa.com.

Orangetheory The key to a good workout isn’t the calories you burn and the muscles you build while exercising, but how what happens over the next day and a half. And that burn is the theory behind Orangetheory’s revolutionary fitness program.

Locally, in two locations at 1410 Westover Terrace Suite B in Greensboro and 5710 West Gate City Blvd in Jamestown, Orangetheory is a fitness center that uses technology and exercise to get you in the target zone for metabolism and muscle development and keeps it working for you for up to 36 hours afterwards. That long afterburn is key to getting the most of your exercise and making it fit into your busy schedule and lifestyle. They also have an innovative personal trainer system that combines group efforts and personal attention to keep you motivated and focused on your efforts.

Orangetheory is open Monday to Thursday 5 am to 7:45 pm, Friday 5 am to 7 pm, Saturday 8 am to 1 pm and Sunday 8 am to noon. For more information, please call (336) 346-2977 (Greensboro) or (336) 663-1056 (Jamestown) or stop by their website at orangetheoryfitness.com.

Plato’s Closet If you’re looking for stylish and trendy clothes, but don’t want to break your budget, give Greensboro’s Plato’s Closet a try. Located at 2310 Battleground Avenue, this is the place to either buy or sell fashionable clothes for the under 30 crowd.

Plato’s Closet buys and sells very gently used fashionable clothing and accessories from jeans and shirts to jewelry and footwear. Chances are if it is in style and on trend, they’ve got it and for a lot less than you’d pay at a retail establishment. You can also bring in your own gear and get

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a price on it to either put money in your pocket or put newer clothes on your back.

For more information, stop by the store, call (336) 282-0018 or check out their website at platosclosetgreensboro.com.

Store hours are Monday through Saturday 10 am to 9 pm and Sunday noon to 6 pm.

Style Bar by Jennifer Kaye If there’s a big event or special occasion coming up, the Style Bar by Jennifer Kaye is the place to go to get the finishing touches to your look for that evening. This downtown Winston-Salem establishment specializes in professional hair styling and cosmetics work for those magic moments in your life.

Owner Jennifer Kaye explained that while style bars like this are common in cities like Los Angeles or New York City, this is the first of its kind in the Triad.

They can get you ready on the day of your photo shoot, wedding, prom, special event or just that very special evening.

Beyond having top quality stylists and makeup artists on staff, they also offer Jennifer Kaye’s own brand of styling and beauty botanical-based products, Teulu (which means family in Welsh). The Style Bar also hosts events for groups and hosts a Girls’ Night Out event on the second Thursday of each month.

Located at 107 W. 4th Street in Winston-Salem, the Style Bar by Jennifer Kaye is open Thursday to Saturday 11 am to 9 pm, and on other days by appointment only. For more information, please call (336) 485-1049 or stop by thestylebarws. com.

Yoga Logix A new you can be about a transformation and that’s just what is happening as Yoga Logix is transitioning into being from its previous incarnation of Gate City Yoga. Located at 5803 Hunt Club Road in Greensboro (just behind the Guilford College CVS), they are undergoing growth and working on a brand new studio just two doors down from their current location.

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They will have two studio spaces in the new location allowing them to offer standard yoga classes as well as a separate hot yoga class where the room temperature can really help bring your workout to its highest level. They will also offer Pilates and fitness classes, along with towel service, changing facilities with a shower room and even a suite of massage selections including fascia release, deep tissue and hot stones therapy.

For more information, please check out their website at yogalogix.com or call (336) 297-0025. Office hours are Monday to Friday 9 am to 1 pm and check the website for class schedules and rates.

Barber Center for Plastic Surgery Led by Dr. William Byron Barber II, the Barber Center for Plastic Surgery provides patients with individualized care and attention in a safe and confidential setting.

The state of the art facility is paired with an outstanding staff who are committed to assisting patients and educating them to make informed decisions about the procedures available to them.

The Barber Center offers a wide array of procedures including face lifts, implants, eyelid surgeries, breast augmentations and reductions, liposuction, coolsculpting, tummy tucks, laser hair removal, tattoo removal and many others. They can also administer injectable treatments such as Botox, Dysport, Juvederm and others.

Dr. Barber is a past president of The Southeastern Society of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons and was honored as one of America’s Top Plastic Surgeons from 2004 to 2015 by the Consumer’s Research Council of America.

For more information, stop by their website at barberplasticsurgery.com.

Their facility is located at 1591 Yanceyville Street, Suite 100 in Greensboro. Office hours are Monday to Thursday 8:30 am to 5:30 pm and Friday from 8:30 am to 4 pm.

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Remedy Salon When you are working on that new look, you might want to turn to the staff of skilled hair stylists at Greensboro’s Remedy Salon. Located in the downtown area, Remedy Salon is an on trend treat offering the work of some of the region’s best creative professional hair stylists.

This full-service salon has a large staff on hand and can handle everything from a simple trim to something truly elaborate or revolutionary for either your big event or your big reveal.

The salon is located at 117 E. February 1 Place in downtown Greensboro. For more information, please look them up on Facebook under Remedy Salon GSO or give them a call at (336) 897-7733.

Piedmont Acupuncture And Oriental Medicine Acupuncture and traditional Oriental medicines have been providing people relief for centuries, using the channeling of the body’s own energies and traditional Asian apothecary work to achieve results

that can rival or even exceed those found in Western medicines.

Locally, Piedmont Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine puts the best of these practices to work for their patients. A part of the Winston-Salem community since 1999, they are experienced in treating acute and chronic pain, women’s health and infertility support, digestive disorders, mood disorders and cancer support. The approach focuses on classical Chinese medicine, particularly the stream Yang Sheng which focuses on nourishing the life forces in a body. The do make use of acupuncture, electro-acupuncture, Chinese herbal medicine, Chinese dietary therapy, moxibustion, cupping, Gua Sha and Tui Na techniques as well.

Their office is located at 1415 West First Street in Winston-Salem and you can reach them by calling (336) 777-0037. For more information, please see their website at piedmontacupuncture.com. !

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ASHEBORO

FOUR SAINTS BREWING

218 South Fayetteville St. | 336.610.3722 foursaintsbrewing.com Jan 28: Tyler Millard Feb 3: Wolfie Calhoun Feb 4: Momma Molasses

clEmmOnS

RIvER RIdGE TAphOUSE 1480 River Ridge Dr | 336.712.1883 riverridgetaphouse.com Jan 26: Bradley Steele Jan 27:Exit 180 Feb 10: Nine Lives Feb 15: Karaoke Feb 17: Big daddy Mojo

dAnBuRy

GREEN hERON ALE hOUSE 1110 Flinchum Rd | 336.593.4733 greenheronclub.com

gREEnSBORO

ARIzONA pETE’S

2900 Patterson St #A | 336.632.9889 arizonapetes.com Jan 27: 1-2-3 Friday Jan 3: 1-2-3 Friday

ARTISTIKA NIGhT CLUB

523 S Elm St | 336.271.2686 artistikanightclub.com Jan 27: dJ dan the player Jan 28: dJ paco and dJ dan the player

BUCKhEAd SALOON

BIG pURpLE

1720 Battleground Ave | 336.272.9884 buckheadsaloongreensboro.com Jan 27: dazey Jayne Jan 28: Brothers pearl

812 Olive St. | 336.302.3728

ThE BLINd TIGER

1819 Spring Garden St | 336.272.9888 theblindtiger.com Jan 25: Magpie Jan 26: In her Own Words, Woven haitus, hazing, paperback, Cloud hands Jan 27: Create feat. Cut Rugs w/ Mister violinix Jan 27: The Lilly Brothers w/ delta Son, Tiffany Ashton Music Jan 28: 6 Years Anniversary with Shmack daniels Feb 1: Travers Brothership w/ Jive Mother Mary Feb 2: College Night feat John Cash & Malfunction Feb 3: The Empire Strikes Brass w/ dr. Bacon Feb 4: Econoclast Crew shows & hip hop dads present: Underground Invasion Feb 8: Rumpke Mountain Boys Feb 10: Brothers pearl Feb 15: Twiztid w/ Blaze Ya dead homie, Boondox, Lex The hexmaster, The Roc, G Mo Skee Feb 18: dirty dozen Brass Band w/ The Get Right Band Feb 20: The Record Co. Jamestown Revival Feb 22: The Movement w/ Elusive Groove

Saint Wenceslaus Saint Nicholas Saint Luke Saint Augustine of Hippo OMIE BLONDE ALE

GERMAN HEFEWEIZEN

POTTERS CLAY AMBER

UPPER ROAD IRISH RED

GENESIS BELGIAN DUBBEL

STOUT ONE STOUT

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ChURChILL’S ON ELM

213 S Elm St | 336.275.6367 churchillscigarlounge.com Feb 11: Sahara Reggae Band Feb 18: Jack Long Old School Jam

COMEdY zONE

1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034 thecomedyzone.com Jan 27: Kevin Lee Jan 28: Kevin Lee Feb 3: Collin Moulton Feb 4: Collin Moulton Feb 10: James Sibley Feb 11: James Sibley Feb 14: Chris Wiles’ Love & Laughs valentines Show Feb 17: Jodi White Feb 18: Jodi White Feb 24: Shaun Jones Feb 25: Shaun Jones

COMMON GROUNdS 11602 S Elm Ave | 336.698.3888 Jan 26: Open Mic Night Mar 11: Bernardus Apr 4: Tamara hansson

CONE dENIM

117 S Elm St | 336.378.9646 cdecgreensboro.com Jan 26: Chippendales 2017: Best.

Night. Ever. Tour Feb 10: 2GNC Comedy All-Stars Mar 4: Appetite For destruction Apr 5: Kehlani Apr 6: Jojo

hAM’S GATE CITY

3017 Gate City Blvd | 336.851.4800 hamsrestaurants.com Jan 27: Sahara

hAM’S NEW GARdEN

1635 New Garden Rd | 336.288.4544 hamsrestaurants.com Jan 27: Jukebox Revolver

MCphERSON’S BAR & GRILL

5710 W Gate City Blvd | 336.292.6496 mcphersonsgreensboro.com

pRINT WORKS BISTRO

702 Green Valley Rd | 336.379.0699 printworksbistro.com Jan 25: Evan Olsen & Jessica Mashburn

SOMEWhERE ELSE TAvERN

5713 W Friendly Ave | 336.292.5464 facebook.com/thesomewhereelsetavern Jan 27: desired Redemption, Black Wall, Five Mile Radius, Blue Frequency Jan 28: Last Call Messiahs, Jen phipps, zestrah, Them damn Bruners Feb 8: Nevernauts, hale Bopp Astronauts, pavlove, Black River Township Feb 10: zestrah Feb 25: desired Redemption, Novarium, Nevernauts Mar 11: zestrah Mar 18: Snake & The plisskens, The dick Richards, Sibannac, Nevernauts, Grim details, I, Atlas

ThE CORNER BAR

ThE IdIOT BOx COMEdY CLUB

1700 Spring Garden St | 336.272.5559 Jan 25: Karaoke Jan 26: Live Music (Bob Fleming) Jan 27: dJ El Niño Jan 28: Karaoke

2134 Lawndale Dr | 336.274.2699 www.idiotboxers.com Jan 27: Friday Night Standup Showcase Feb 17: Myq Kaplan

ThE GREEN BEAN

vILLAGE TAvERN

341 S. Elm St | 336.691.9990 thegreenbeancoffeehouse.blogspot.com

1903 Westridge Rd | 336.282.3063 villagetavern.com

GREENE STREET CLUB

WORLd OF BEER

113 N Greene St | 336.273.4111 greenestreetclub.com Feb 18: Soultriii Ep Release party Mar 16: Riff Raff LIvE Mar 23: #NastyNightOWT - A pretty

1210 Westover Terrace | 336.897.0031 worldofbeer.com/Locations/Greensboro

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high point

aftEr hourS tavErn 1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113 afterhourstavern.net

bluE bourbon jack’S

1310 N Main St | 336.882.2583 reverbnation.com/venue/bluebourbonjacks feb 11: Southbound 49 feb 18: jukebox revolver Mar 3: too Much toni apr 24: jukebox revolver

claddagh rEStaurant & Pub

130 E Parris Ave | 336.841.0521 thecladdaghrestaurantandpub.com jan 25: craig baldwin jan 26: buzzard holler boys jan 27: david & joel, Paris avenue jan 28: Midnight gypsys jan 30: open Mic with lydia jan 31: julian jackson

haM’S PalladiuM 5840 Samet Dr | 336.887.2434 hamsrestaurants.com jan 27: bad romeo

libErtY brEwErY

914 Mall Loop Rd | 336.882.4677 hghosp.com

jamestown

thE dEck

118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 thedeckatrivertwist.com jan 27: Southern Eyes jan 28: cory luetjen feb 3: the dickens feb 4: brothers Pearl feb 10: crossover drive feb 18: the Plaids feb 25: norlina

kernersville

dancE hall dazE

612 Edgewood St | 336.558.7204 dancehalldaze.com jan 27: the delmonicos jan 28: Silverhawk

EclEction

221 N Main St | 336.497.4822 eclectionnc.com

thE EMPouriuM

734 E. Mountain St. | 336.671.9159

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lewisville

old nick’S Pub

191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059 OldNicksPubNC.com jan 27: Mezza voce feb 3: karaoke w/ tyler Perkins feb 11: lasater union feat. Malia bentley feb 17: karaoke w/ tyler Perkins feb 24: karaoke w/ tyler Perkins feb 25: the usual Suspects

oakridge

jP loonEY’S

2213 E Oak Ridge Rd | 336.643.1570 facebook.com/JPLooneys jan 26: trivia

randleman

ridEr’S in thE countrY 5701 Randleman Rd | 336.674.5111 ridersinthecountry.net jan 27: Shmack daniels jan 28: Southbound 49

winston-salem

2nd and grEEn

feb 2: the bluegrass Sweethearts feb 4: lizzy ross feb 11: fireside collective feb 15: Eversole brothers feb 18: cc3 feb 19: Sunday jazz feb 22: redleg husky feb 25: Stray local feb 26: Sunday jazz

thE garagE

110 W 7th St | 336.777.1127 the-garage.ws jan 25: Mothers, finks, and i, anomaly Mar 3: all them witches with irata Mar 24: big thief

1420 W 1st St | 336.893.6881 thequietpint.com

johnnY & junE’S Saloon

3040 Healy Dr | 336.760.4010

2105 Peters Creek Pkwy | 336.724.0546 johnnynjunes.com jan 27: red dirt revival jan 28: Sister hazel, honkeytonk outlaws

laughing gaS coMEdY club 2105 Peters Creek Pkwy laughingas.net

207 N Green St | 336.631.3143 2ngtavern.com feb 18: dj hek Yeh

Mac & nElli’S

6th & vinE

MilnEr’S

209 W 6th St | 336.725.5577 6thandvine.com jan 27: chris & ashley acoustic jan 28: Mulligans

bull’S tavErn

408 West 4th St | 336.331.3431 facebook.com/bulls-tavern jan 19: Pressing Strings jan 20: doug davis charity jam jan 21: Soul jam jan 26: illeterate light jan 27: gypsy danger jan 28: fruit Smoothie trio

cb’S tavErn

3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664 jan 25: dj tyler jan 26: dj bizzy bee jan 28: Mezza voce

finnigan’S wakE

620 Trade St | 336.723.0322 facebook.com/FinnigansWake

foothillS brEwing

638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 foothillsbrewing.com jan 29: Sunday jazz feb 1: the bluegrass Sweethearts

feb 16: Sarah Mae chilton, dan dockery, Emily Stewart feb 17: r.b. Morris feb 18: neptune’s car feb 19: albert lee feb 23: redleg husky feb 24: wonderwall the tribute (the beatles) feb 25: tom Young and taylor vaden feb 26: across the blue ridge w/ Paul brown

thE quiEt Pint

tEE tiME SPortS & SPiritS villagE tavErn

2000 Griffith Rd | 336.760.8686

waYward brEwS

5078 Peters Creek Pkwy | 336.652.2739 waywardbrews.com

wErEhouSE/krankiE’S coffEE 211 E 3rd St | 336.722.3016 krankiescoffee.com

4926 Country Club Rd | 336.529.6230 macandnellisws.com 630 S Stratford Rd | 336.768.2221 milnerfood.com jan 27: live jazz

MuddY crEEk cafE

5455 Bethania Rd | 336.923.8623 jan 26: open Mic jan 27: russell lapinski jan 28: Sarah Sophia feb 2: open Mic feb 4: chief’s chouce feb 9: open Mic feb 10: kimberly Sundloff feb 12: Phillip craft feb 16: open Mic

MuddY crEEk MuSic hall

5455 Bethania Rd | 336.923.8623 jan 26: Sarah howell, jack benedict, Meryl angelicola lee jan 27: cashavelly Morrison w/ grace & nails jan 28: dark water rising feb 3: violet bell feb 4: hank, Pattie, & the current feb 10: candelfirth feb 11: Muddy creek Players w/ andrea templon, Martha bassett feb 12: the Epiphany Project January 25-31, 2017 YES! WEEKLY

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HEAR IT!

Winston-Salem’s Eddie Garcia digs into effects in solo guitar project

BY JOHN ADAMIAN | @johnradamian

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inston-Salem-based guitarist and songwriter Eddie Garcia had been playing in his band for 10 years or so when, in 2014, he started working on some material that felt very personal. His band, Jews and Catholics, was an indie-rock duo, sometimes a trio, whose songs weren’t exactly of the type that explore and excavate first-person emotion. Garcia was thinking a lot about the death of his father, and that was coming out in the music, which didn’t seem like a perfect fit for what the band did. So Garcia decided to work on a solo project.

You might imagine someone in that predicament switching into confessional singer-songwriter mode. Garcia started making often abstract and cinematic solo-guitar music, sometimes he’d sing, sometimes he’d use a drum machine, but often he’d pile on the effects — echoes, harmonizers, loops and more.

“It was my version of going acoustic,” says Garcia, who met me for coffee last week to talk about his music.

Garcia, 38, now performs his solo guitar music under the name 1970s Film Stock.

(See 1970s Film Stock at The Garage in Winston-Salem on Friday, Jan. 27.) The music is sometimes ambient, sometimes jarring, sometimes melodic, sometimes abrasive. Garcia’s songs — many of which are improvised — advance from simple beginnings.

Listen to the track “Palace Number 3,” his most recent release. It begins with four notes, sort of a partial exploration of a minor scale. But those four notes get fractalized, radiating out in digital replications and subdivisions. Each note launches its own arpeggiations. The motif takes on a spy-theme quality, and then squiggly syncopations show up before the tone and color starts to shift and slip. The whole thing gets smeared and smudged at around the two-minute mark, with hall-of-mirrors echoes receding into the distance, as if the song got wiped away by some digital glitch. Garcia could have easily kept things ominous and hypnotic, but by opting to nudge the music in a disjointed direction, he gave a surprise swivel.

Anyone using this as chill-out music might be startled out of their mellow zone.

It’s not that Garcia, who works as a

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reporter for local NPR affiliate WFDD, is against making brooding mood music though.

“If tomorrow my job could be making soundtracks for things, that’s really the end goal,” he says. “I’m as much a film geek as I am a music guy.”

The geekery partly explains the name.

Garcia says he was trying to decide about whether to perform under his own name or to use an umbrella name for the project when, to help spur him along, his wife told him to make a list of things he liked. On the list was “1970s Film Stock.” The name seemed to fit the goals for the music, in addition to having an appealing enigmatic quality.

“I’ve always loved the way films from that era look,” he says. “They’re really gritty but yet somehow they’re beyond real.”

The name conjured a balance of the lush and the raw, the potential for beauty and extreme contrast. All of it seemed to relate to the music too.

The world of abstract-leaning solo guitar music is as varied as any other seemingly small sub-genre. There are artists who make sleepy ambient music that ripples and swells; there are others who use loads of effects to create hypnotic and dense meshes of layered lines with unexpected harmonies and cross-hatched patterns that relate to minimalism, and others delve into the American primitive

end of the spectrum, playing raw skeletal music that might draw on raga or blues or renaissance counterpoint. Artists like Loren Connors, Tom Carter, Ross Hammond and Noel Akchote all explore different facets of the field. There aren’t rules. But Garcia complicates matters by sometimes using beats and sometimes singing.

“I sort of felt like I fell into what I was doing before I realized [solo guitar music] was a thing,” says Garcia. “I realized that I don’t fit into the mold.”

If you’re looking to hear standard songs, Garcia might tantalize and frustrate you with a couple tunes with words, singing and traditional chord changes, and if you’re looking to be lost in the instrumental wash, the arrival of a song with words and sung melodies might disrupt your vibe. That flexibility serves Garcia well in a live setting, he says, because it allows him to respond to the things that seem to work with a given audience, but on record he worries that the mix might detract from an entirely cohesive whole. He says his next release, which he’s already completed, will be all instrumentals.

Because many of the tracks are entirely improvised, Garcia is faced with the added challenge of not being able to necessarily play the same material live.

“I can’t recreate it,” he says.

There are some set pieces and established points of departure. But Garcia is

working toward being able to leap into the musical unknown in a live setting.

“Now in every show there’s a part where I just go from zero,” says Garcia.

The first 1970s Film Stock release, Hand Painted, from last year, included a live track, “Sling For Skeletons,” which has a slashing metallic riff that gets extruded into biting sonic scraps. It’s almost funky, in a caustic post-punk kind of way.

“This started off much more abrasive than it is now,” says Garcia. “There’s not as much sheets of noise happening any more. I’m looking for melodies now and creating weird stuff around the melodies.”

Garcia says he’s also thinking about doing some all-acoustic recordings. And he’s also working to think of his singing — and the way he applies his voice to the music — in the same way he does the guitar.

At the same time, Garcia says he’s found a certain peace and comfort in simply playing the music, which raises the bar on how he does any singing or lyrics.

“I’m so content with the music being instrumental,” he says. “If I’m going to bother opening my mouth, it needs to mean something to me.” !

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BOOMBOX LOUIS THE CHILD THE LACS w/Almost Kings 8p LAST BAND STANDING 7p w/After Party feat: INDECISION Sa 25 CHERUB/FLOOZIES @ THE RITZ Su 26 LOX w/Uncle Murda 7p Tu Th Fr Sa

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The Blind Tiger (1819 Spring Garden St. Greensboro) Friday Jan. 27 8 p.m. - 2 a.m.

“It’s undeniable that the overwhelming love for music, and all that implies, is what brought The Lilly Brothers together. Comprised of the members, Ty Cheves (vocals, bass), Sterling Clay Temple (drums), Brad Pruette (vocals, rhythm guitar), Joy Clemmer (vocals, percussion), Brandon Kennedy (keys, percussion), and Chandis Lilly (vocals, lead guitar), the group brings and exciting mix of rock, blues, soul, and an overall funky, good time to the stage each and every time they perform.

February of 2014 put the wheels in motion for The Lilly Brothers. The early practice proved just what each individual member was made of and very quickly, a picture was painted depicting exactly what they wanted to become. Vocalists began singing songs they never dreamed of covering, instrumentals learned new licks with ease, limits were pushed musically, vocally, and magic happened. The members’ diverse musical backgrounds merged into one great big coterie complete with a “family” vibe that’s sounds are pleasing to listeners from age 8 to 80.

Each member of The Lilly Brothers graduated from West Davidson High School in Lexington, North Carolina, various years, with the exception of Brandon “Lloyd” Kennedy, who attended Central Davidson (and the other brothers try not to hold that against him). An intricate web was weaved bringing them together when the time was right. Divine intervention? They think so.

The Lilly Brothers look forward to a bright future and making beautiful music together for many years to come. If you hear them once, you’ll want to hear them again. Whether playing for 10 or 10,000, they will be wearing their game faces and put the best they have to offer on the table each and every show. It’s all for the love of music! Life, Love, Laughter and Lilly Brothers!” - via Facebook

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Teen Theatre Ensemble chooses poetry over attitude

Whereas many teenagers are slamming doors, blasting music or “giving lip” at the height of their pubescent angst, these young adults are writing poetry to express themselves and explore what Lenise Willis could be considered one of the most Contributing challenges times in their lives—certainly columnist the most confusing.

Coming soon in February, the Teen Theatre Ensemble of the North Carolina Black Repertory Company will present an evening of poetry and prose. In Faith Journey: Untold Stories Of Courage, Strength “If people come with and Power, teens share personal anecdotes open minds and hearts, about their lives and respective faiths.

I think that they will en- they ponder.

“This is the “It was important to joy it. It’s an invitation something that me that their thoughts, absolutely love feelings and experiences to celebrate the voices, Iand feel strongly are heard,” said Hilda about,” Willis Willis, director of educathe minds and the said. “There is no tion and associate direchearts of young people.” such thing as a tor of the Teen Theatre non-youth issue Ensemble. “It will help –Hilda Willis, Director and I have spent a build understanding, significant part of compassion and hope my artistic career for a better tomorrow. in support of using the arts to engage We have much to give to them in terms young people and helping them find posiof wisdom but we would be much more tive outlets in expressing themselves.” effective and provide better guidance if “I wanted to make sure that the youth we are willing to listen.” had an opportunity to contribute to the To encourage them to share their ideas, conversation (on faith and healing), and members were given writing prompts that while they didn’t have as much to say asked them to explore thoughts, feelings about physical health, they were clear and experiences around peer pressure: that there is an ongoing need for spiritual, how they see the world, their voices, their emotional and even environmental (one’s contributions, their value and their comcommunity) healing,” Willis added. “They munities. The group then dialoged about were all clear that there is something each and explored where these messages greater than who we are and that somecome from, as well as which ones are thing is connected to our belief system helpful and which ones are hindrances.

— faith.”

“There was no pressure to write towards The Teen Theatre Ensemble is for young a script or a play,” Willis said, although emerging artists, aged 13-19. Participants she intends for them to use the show as a are selected through an audition process collaborative foundation that will prepare and are required to complete a 12-week them to eventually produce a play. intensive program designed to improve Willis says the inspiration for the origitheir skills in all artistic disciplines. nal performance came not only from the Willis was appointed as the director of season’s theme, Faith and Healing, but education and associate director of the the fact that she believes there are few Teen Theatre Ensemble (TTE) in Septemsafe places where teenagers can share ber, which was a perfect fit since she’s their in-depth thoughts and the questions WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

been a performer, director and educator for most of her life.

With her parents’ support, she started her career in the arts at the early age of six, starring as Mary in Black Nativity at her church. After moving to Virginia from New York at the age of 11, she joined the Children’s Musical Theatre Company.

“I was very fortunate to have parents who didn’t question what I wanted to do or discourage me in any kind of way,” Willis said. “They grew up with me being an artist, so it was a part of their lifestyle with me.”

As a theatre major from North Carolina A&T State University, Willis has since made many accomplishments, including directing her first show, the New York premiere of Images in Saint Martin, in 1986 at Saint Martin Dinner Theatre. Later she directed the world premiere of Heaven Sent at the National Black Theatre (NBT).

She also directed Things That Hurt, which opened earlier this month, at the Academy Theatre in Atlanta, and has just finished an interview segment to be featured in a BET documentary on India.

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by Lenise Willis New this week is Open Space Café Theatre’s 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, a fun comedy about a group of socially awkward nerds (and their parents) competing to take home the spelling bee championship, all while showing off their special quirks.

The production runs Wednesday through Sunday.

In addition to Community Theatre of Greensboro’s production of James and the Giant Peach, Jr., which is running this weekend, Friday through Sunday, and next weekend, the theatre is also continuing its free fitness program.

Each Monday and Wednesday this week through July 27, the theatre is hosting a dance class, in which participants will dance to Shaun T’s CIZE video. The class is aimed at muscle toning, core development, cardio exercise and fun. Ongoing is CTG’s summer camps, as well, so visit ctgso.org if interested.

Coming up next week is Theatre Alliance’s farcical comedy, Cheatin’, a fast-paced play set in a small gossipridden town in Texas. Productions are July 22-31.

In other news, St. Thomas Players in Salisbury presents August: Osage County at Lee Street theatre July 21-24 and July 28-30.

When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after Dad disappears, their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. Mix in Violet, the drugged-up, scathingly acidic matriarch, and you’ve got a major new play that unflinchingly—and uproariously—exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family.

July 30, UNC School of the Arts is hosting an exciting production: Tarocco: A Soldier’s Tale, an enthralling fusion of circus arts, dance, mask-andpuppet theater, original music, elaborate costumes and intricate animation. Tarocco tells the story of an Italian WWI infantryman, who’s trapped behind enemy lines and passes the time by telling a dying comrade stories.

To craft his stories, he uses the images from an ancient deck of playing cards known as the Tarocco Piemontese (a predecessor of modern Tarot cards).

What follows is a spellbinding and dark narrative based on the Fool’s Journey of the Tarot. !

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In Beginners (2010), filmmaker Mike Mills paid homage to his father, and with 20th Century Women he extends the same courtesy to his mother.

Set in the 1970s, this bright, quirky Mark Burger and well-acted comedy/drama sees the Contributing divorced Dorothea (Annette Bening) columnist raising impressionable son Jamie (Lucas Jade Zumann) with the help of assorted boarders and hangers-on including Abbie (Greta Gerwig), Julie (Elle Fanning), and William (Billy Crudup).

Each one is wise in their own way, each

wounded in their own way, and each wandering in their own way – yet together they form the nucleus of an admittedly non-traditional, but unmistakably loving, family.

Much like Beginners, 20th Century Women is driven by its characters, some of whom occasionally provide narration – sometimes from the present perspective and sometimes from a future perspective.

This could have been a hokey gimmick device, yet it works well in this context, adding a bittersweet layer to the proceedings.

The first-rate ensemble works beautifully together, with Bening’s neurotic Earth Mother bonding the group, and Gerwig (never better), Fanning, Crudup and Zumann providing the glue for this classy and appealing company. !

Live by Night a major misfire Live by Night, based on Dennis Lehane’s award-winning best-seller, is the fourth film Ben Affleck has directed, and although it has points of interest it is by far the least interesting of Affleck’s directorial efforts.

This epic crime saga, which occasionally recalls such classics as Coppola’s Godfather films, Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in America (1984) and Brian De Palma’s The Untouchables (1987), isn’t lacking in action or style (ace cinematographer Robert Richardson’s in top form), but comes up short in almost every other department.

Affleck brings grim, glum determination to the role of Joe Coughlin, World War I veteran and bootlegger in Prohibition-era Boston, as well as the son of a respected

police captain (the always welcome Brendan Gleeson), who tends to speak in platitudes and is none too thrilled by Joe’s vocation, nor by the company he keeps.

Affleck’s dry narration doesn’t help matters, and one of the major problems in Live by Night is that its characters aren’t just unsympathetic, they’re uninteresting. These are familiar gangster-movie archetypes, be it the Italian mafioso (Remo Girone), who issues edicts while being measured for a new suit, the wise Southern sheriff (Chris Cooper) content to look the other way – for a time – who also tends to speak in platitudes, or Joe’s faithful, stalwart partner-in-crime (Chris Messina), basically a one-note sidekick.

From Boston the story moves to Tampa, where Joe’s attempts to build a casino

result in a clash with the Ku Klux Klan, who aren’t so much irked by Joe’s criminal activities as his romance with Graciella (Zoe Saldana), a Cuban immigrant who happens to be black.

There would seem to be more than enough material for a good film, but Live by Night is simply a potboiler. It’s overwritten but feels undernourished, and there’s only so far the shoot-outs, tough talk and period detail go. The fine cast also includes Elle Fanning, Sienna Miller, Titus Welliver, Matthew Maher, Anthony Michael Hall, Clark Gregg and Robert Glenister, but none of them really makes much of an impression. Nor, for that matter, does the film as a whole. !

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A Detour into danger Gritty, hard-bitten and deeply cynical, writer/director Christopher Smith’s stylish Detour is deeply steeped in the trappings of film noir. For fans of the genre, this is a Detour worth taking.

Our hero, Harper (Tye Sheridan), is a law student who blames his wealthy stepfather (Stephen Moyer) for the accident that put his mother into a coma, and he drunkenly shares his suspicions with Johnny Ray (Emory Cohen), a hottempered, coke-snorting sociopath.

This, naturally, proves unwise, as Johnny Ray shows up the next morning on Harper’s doorstep with doe-eyed, hardluck stripper Cherry (Bel Powley) in tow – eager and ready to exact revenge. The pricetag? $20,000.

Christopher Ross’ slick cinematography augments the proceedings, which twist and turn with assured confidence

by Smith. The storyline initially seems to run in parallel directions, as if exploring different scenarios imagined by Harper.

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flashiest role. He sounds a lot like Vince Vaughn, especially when bellowing – and he bellows a lot, especially when offering profane soliloquies and issuing threats.

Moyer is smug and unctuous in his brief but pivotal role, and there’s an especially good turn by Gbenga Akinnagbe as a cop who’s not quite as smart as he thinks.

There are a lot of smart nods to noirs of yesteryear and more recent vintage, and a sardonic sense of humor and irony.

Although this isn’t a remake of Edgar Ullmer’s 1945 B-classic of the same name, Smith proffers homage by having Kal Weber provide the voice of the physician tending Harper’s mother, one “Dr. Ulmer.” !

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Spinning yarns with Ann Tilley Handmade

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rom her backyard studio in Julian, Ann Tilley is stitching the fabric of a ladylike revolution. The textile artist and seamstress uses traditionally feminine mediums of fabric and yarn to create irreverent artwork celebrating women in the New South. At the same time, her clothing designs are popping up in shops around the state. Tilley is forging paths into fine art as well as fashion, sometimes blurring – or felting – the line between the two.

Tilley has always identified as an artist.

Her parents supported her love of art, but her fascination with fabric was selfdirected.

“My mom was a teenager in the ‘70s.

She didn’t want to be that housewife who did domestic arts,” Tilley explained. “Sewing was seen as women’s work. She was not at all interested.”

In an unusual form of rebellion, Tilley learned knitting, sewing, cross stitch, and more. She enjoys expressing emo-

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tion within the rigid framework of these homemaking skills.

“There are times when I’m off balance and don’t know what I’m upset about, but if I can go to art and knitting and crafting, it releases so much negative energy,” she said.

Also released in Tilley’s work is her wry sense of humor, which shines through in pieces like her delicate crocheted doilies emblazoned with phrases like ‘Tig Ol’ Bitties’ and ‘Ain’t That Some Shit.’

The Durham native finds her inspiration in symbols of the modern South. Tiny houses, cell phones, and solar panels are popular motifs in her work, and often appear alongside more stereotypical Southern images of pine trees and shotguns.

“I hate it when people talk about how the South is scary, and why would you want to live there? I want to express my love of living in the South, even though there’s a lot of darkness here,” she said.

Tilley attended the Savannah School of Art and Design’s fashion program, but maintained her connection with visual art through a minor in fibers. After graduation, she puzzled over how to combine her two loves of fashion and fine art. The pieces fell into place when Tilley met her now-husband, Adam.

“When I designed my first knitted art piece, I had to figure out how to frame it and mount it,” Tilley recalled. “Adam’s a woodworker. Literally the first night we met, he said, ‘I can make frames.’ He triggered me starting because I knew he could help me get to the end product.”

In 2016, Tilley received a grant from Arts Greensboro to turn her twin disciplines into a business. The grant enabled her to get several pieces of professional-quality used equipment, including two sewing machines and a knitting machine from the 1980s. The knitting machine works like a mechanized loom, allowing Tilley to create a whole row of knitting in one movement.

Tilley has used the machine to create larger pieces of artwork, including a set of 5-foot-high letters spelling out ‘BORED.’ The letters were appliqued onto a strand knit psychedelic background to create a massive piece of pop art currently on display in a Durham gallery.

On the other side of Tilley’s twopronged business model is her clothing design. She originally planned to make, market, and sell highly couture clothing that would give those around her an alternative to the modern fashion industry.

“I’m really passionate about how environmentally and ethically damaging the fashion industry is. So I was really excited I didn’t have to support it,” Tilley explained.

“I tried to start my own line as a way of helping my friends and family get great pieces while supporting alternate ways of doing things.”

Tilley soon found there were drawbacks to running a one-woman show. Marketing and management took away from the time needed to sew her made-to-order garments. It was also tough to strike a balance between cost and the value of time spent.

“The hard thing about getting into the fashion industry is you’re either making one off, really couture pieces, or you’re making mass quantities. You can’t get good prices otherwise,” she said.

To solve her problem, Tilley reached out to the North Carolina fashion scene. She found a local production house to bring her garments to life, giving her more time to design. She recently created a line of athletic pants to be marketed and sold through lifestyle brand Runaway.

It’s been a long and sometimes frustrating road, but Tilley has no plans to abandon art or fashion. In fact, she’s expanding both sides of her business. She continues making new pieces for galleries to satisfy her fine arts itch. On the fashion end, she is starting a new fashion line with Anne Schroth of Red Canary Studio, a fabric print shop in downtown Greensboro.

For Tilley, marrying her artistic passion with her job makes the most sense; she would be making the art anyway.

“I have so many endless projects and ideas I want to explore that I have to make a business out of it so that I can have a reason,” she laughed. “If I’m making money out of it, I have an excuse.”

For more information about Tilley’s work, visit www.anntilleyhandmade.com. !

MIA OSBORN is a Greensboro-based freelance writer who hails from Birmingham, Alabama.

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Game on for Artistic Connection’s “Game Set” event

Mark Burger

Contributing columnist

At the Artistic Connection, they're not playing games, but they are hosting a special seminar and networking event that delves into the billion-dollar gaming industry. “Game Set” will take place Tuesday at Altair Casting & Production Services in WinstonSalem, and will feature a number of gaming veterans from the Piedmont

Triad region.

Among those scheduled to attend are Adam Davis, who works at Epic Games; Randy Greenback, who has worked at Boss Key Productions; and Brian Heagney from High Point University, who specialized in 3-D technology.

“We still have feelers out but I feel like this is an awesome line-up,” says Amanda Hoey, one of the event's organizers. “This can help those who want to go into a

number of fields – everything from voiceover work, animation, music, and more.

Why shouldn't local artists cash in on this industry?

“I really want people to understand that the arts can pay locally if we want to recognize that. I (want) to focus on growing with the arts here and helping as many artists as possible. People are learning and starting careers from these events, so I want to help as many people as I can!”

Throughout the year, the Artistic Connection hosts special screenings, panel discussions, and regular meetings at Altair Casting Services in Winston-Salem in an effort to bring together the region’s artistic contingent as a way to promote their individual and collective endeavors,

UNCG hosts free documentary screening of Starving The Beast The University of North CarolinaGreensboro (UNCG) will present a special screening of writer/director Steve Mims’ feature documentary Starving the Beast Monday in the Elliott University Center Auditorium, which is free and open to the public.

The film examines how such wealthy entrepreneurs as Grover Norquist and the Koch brothers are leading the effort to transform taxpayer-funded educational institutions into profit-making ventures in which students are the consumers and universities merely service providers. This is a highly controversial issue, and one that affects students, educators, their families, and colleges and universities throughout the nation – and could likely continue to have repercussions in the future of education in the United States.

Following the screening, there will be a discussion moderated by Gene Nichol, the Boyd Tinsley distinguished professor of law at UNC-Chapel Hill and also the principal faculty member from the UNC system interviewed in the film.

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The Starving the Beast event is cosponsored by the UNCG chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), the UNCG facult senate, UNCG graduate student association, and UNCG humanities network & consortium.

The film has enjoyed critical acclaim – Sean Mulvihill of FanBoyNation.com called it “a compelling examination of the debate surrounding public education” and Marc Savlov of The Austin Chronicle praised the film for “(doing) an admirable job of making even the most arcane of arguments and abstruse alliances plain and clear” – and it and was nominated for the Tar Heel Award by the North Carolina Film Critics Association. !

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Starving the Beast will be screened 6 pm Monday in the Elliott Center Auditorium on the UNCG campus, 400 Spring Garden St., Greensboro.

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and to foster new collaborations.

Many “regulars” express their appreciation and praise for the Artisatic Connection’s ongoing series of events. “I am so thankful to have this opportunity to network with, and learn from, such a talented, driven, and supportive group of artists and friends,” says UNCSA student Thatcher Johnson-Welden. “Artistic Connection is a brilliant outlet for Triad filmmakers and artists alike,” adds Jacob Allen, who worked on the Original Hollywood Horror Show, and local make-up artist and hairstylist Marisol Feliciano Cotton sums it up by saying: “Looking to connect? Artistic Connection is the location that brings you to your artistic destination!”

Last month, the Artistic Connection rang in the holiday season with its second annual “Potluck Picture Show,” and Hoey confirms it was a merry, mouth-watering success, with almost two dozen people in attendance, enjoying a variety of dishes while showcasing the work of local filmmakers and artists.

As Hoey noted in an earlier column pertaining to that event: “The Artistic Connection really wants to emphasize that there is so much talent here that is being overlooked. We have to learn to look at the arts as more than a hobby and as what it actually is: a career choice. If we treat it as such, we will see a huge change in the growth of our local artists.”

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The Artistic Connection’s “Game Set” event will take place 7 pm to 9 pm Tuesday at Altair Casting & Production Services, 703 Coliseum Plaza Court, Winston-Salem. Admission is $5. For more information, call 336.734.8285 or e-mail a.hoey@ yahoo.com. The official Artistic Connection website is www.whichfoot.net. You can also find them on Facebook.

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Your all local Super Bowl LI party spread and score!: A giveaway

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e’re back to our crazy ways of showcasing the delicious food makers of our great area and this time we thought we’d coach you on how to host a Super Bowl party with all local players.

We’ll share where you can find these items after each description…most of them can be found at your local grocery store. A couple items, pre-made for you, will require a trip to the city, but they’re worth it. Plus, as part of our special giveaway, our winner will receive reusable shopping bags filled with these items. You will need to pick up a couple of the items if you want them to be super-fresh.

Mozzarella Fellas Pizza Winston-Salem No Super Bowl party is complete without pizza. One of our favorites is the Siciliano from Mozzarella Fellas. This local

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pizza joint in Winston-Salem is relatively new and business is jumping. Super fresh pizza dough made daily, fresh pasta and locally sourced ingredients. Gluten got you down? You can even order your pizza gluten-free. Our winner will receive a $20 gift card that’s good any time and you can order whatever you like. We hope it’s pizza. PS…if you live in Winston-Salem, Chow Time Taxi can deliver your pizza right to your door. How’s that for teamwork? mozzarellafellas.com chowtimetaxi.com

can order a whole platter of brownies.

West End Coffeehouse cuts that baby into eight squares for their shop, but you can feed your party and then some as that sheet of brownies can easily be cut into 16, 32 or even 64 if you want little bites.

They’re fantastic. Winner gets a $20 gift card which will allow you plenty of room for gelato and coffee. For more info on West End Coffeehouse, follow them on Facebook. Chow Time Taxi delivers for West End Coffeehouse too.

West End Coffeehouse Brownies Winston-Salem If you were to ask my family, they’d tell you that actually no Super Bowl party is complete without a fresh batch of brownies. And Doritos. But ‘ritos aren’t local so they don’t make the list. But get this. West End Coffeehouse has these delicious, thick, chewy, fudgy brownies that are my little boy’s favorite thing in the world. And a single brownie is as big as his face. But for a reasonable $12, you

Green Mountain Gringo Chips & Salsa Of course, you need chips and salsa at your party right? We got you covered with T.W. Garner’s (makers of Texas Pete) Green Mountain Gringo. The salsa comes in a variety of flavors and heat and is some of the best jarred salsas at the store.

The chips….what can we say about the chips? Organic, non-GMO and they taste almost kettle-cooked. Super tasty. They come in convenient strips to make for fun dipping. Winner gets two jars of salsa and

a bag each of the white corn and blue corn variety of chips. The salsa is found at about every grocery store around, but the chips are slightly harder to come by as of late and found at Whole Foods In Winston-Salem. But the internet can be your friend…greenmountaingringo.com Sausage Works Sausage (Smoked Sausage) When we want smoked sausage, Italian sausage, kielbasa, brats, we head over to Lowe’s Foods for some Sausage Works.

The varieties of sausage are seemingly endless. Really interesting flavors are available in addition to traditional. My favorite is Texas Pete but your game day might require a smoked or bratwurst variety. You do you. It’s all delicious.

Brewmaster’s Malt Mustard And to join with your sausages in a delicious play, mustard made with unfermented beer. Al Wolf is a brewmaster at Red Oak Brewing. He takes malted

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Come see our NEW store in downtown Winston-Salem, just 1.5 miles from the Winston-Salem Baseball Park barley and adds super simple ingredients and crunchy mustard seeds for a really tasty, different mustard that’s great in recipes and on sandwiches, worthy of a championship trophy. Al knows a good bit about beer and mustard. He’s a German Braumeister and moved to the states seven years ago to take his gig at Red Oak Brewing. You can find his mustard at a number of local stores including Whole Foods, Deep Roots and Lowe’s Foods and if you’re lucky, you can meet him out sampling one day dressed head to foot in traditional Bavarian Lederhosen. Al is so nice and he’d love to speak with you about his mustard and beer. You can also order online brewmastersmalt.com Uncle Chris Pimento Cheese (Smoky Habanero) We love our pate of the South, i.e. pimento cheese. We really love Uncle Chris’ approachable and traditional spreads, but our favorite is by far is the Smoky Habanero. Look for it in most stores and stay up to date with them on Facebook. The pimento cheese has just the right amount of kick. You can sizzle up some crumbled sausage and mix it together, dollop it on nachos, put it in a sandwich but what we really hope you do is put it on a pork rind or a cracker (not included) with….

Miss Jenny’s Pickles That’ right. If you’ve been paying attention you know I love a sweet and tangy pickle with a sharp and spicy pimento cheese. All the players are here in our “Super” Game Day tote. Miss Jenny’s + Uncle Chris = Touchdown. I love the Habanero Bread & Butter with the aforementioned pimento cheese, but if that seems too much heat for you, never fear. The Pickle Lady herself was having the best pickle day and the winner gets two jars of Miss Jenny’s Habanero and Traditional B & B. missjennyspickles.com Cackalacky Beer B Q Nuts Cackalacky’s name is synonymous with North Carolina goodness. The Cheerwine Sauce is already close to our heart. The new nut that’s been added to the line-up does not disappoint. It’s a little sweet WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

and a little bit spicy with a great BBQ rub and a hint of beer. Put one tub out at the party and leave the other for yourself.

You deserve it. Winner also gets a sporty winter scarf to show off your Cackalacky spirit. Cheers! cackalacky.com Foothills Beer Yes, you know I wouldn’t leave you hanging without beer. What better beer to celebrate your North Carolina pride than Foothills. We all have our favorites, from Carolina Blonde to People’s Porter, Hoppyum or the delightful Jade IPA. Foothills is found all over the place. Our winner will get a special beer that will first be featured at the pub on Fourth Street in Winston-Salem and the Brewery and Tasting Room across town. Then they’ll be available in stores and statewide.

Every year, Foothills rolls out new limited release beer on a near monthly basis.

They’re calling it the #CraftHappiness IPA of the Month. For 2017, each new roll-out will be a craft beer that has a meaningful impact, to create awareness for causes that are not so happy. Our winner will receive a bomber of the Domicile IPA. Knowing that homelessness and lack of shelter and security happen right here in our back yard, the folks at Foothills hope the sales of Domicile can make an impact to a charitable organization or two (or more). Says Foothills, “Each month we’ll bring attention to a different need – a different opportunity to craft happiness for those in our community and in our world.

Being happy doesn’t mean everything is good. It simply means you see the good in everything.” Foothillsbrewing.com

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Talk about team spirit. After all, we are all in this together.

We hope you see the good in our Triad area food artisans and restaurants. We think they’re all winners and we love to celebrate them with you. Follow YES! Weekly on Facebook for your chance to win a grocery tote full of these party goods. Winner will be announced the week of Super Bowl LI. See us show the goodies live on the air of WFMY’s Good Morning Show on Tuesday, January 31 at 7:50am. !

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BARTENDER: Janelle Triola BAR: The Worx AGE: 28 HOMETOWN: Rhinebeck, NY BARTENDING: 5 Years Q: How did you become a bartender?

A: One night I was out having drinks with friends and I was offered a job.

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Q:What’s your favorite drink to make?

A: Whatever I come up with that day. I love to create new cocktails!

Q:What’s your favorite drink to drink?

A: I don’t really drink anymore, but when I do, it’s rum. Preferably Malibu and pineapple with grenadine.

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On Jan. 22, Winston-Salem’s Frank Fogle asked his girlfriend of 2 years, Dazhia Bethea, to marry him during a special secret dinner at Ruth’s Chris Steak House in Greensboro.

The couple was celebrating Bethea’s birthday. Fogle stated that he got down on one knee and the whole restaurant started celebrating when she said “yes”.

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[HOROSCOPES]

[LEO (July 23 to August 22) You and a partner may have a tiff over how to manage joint resources, debt, and shared income. At this time the issue is relatively minor. Don’t gloss over it or you encounter a bigger conversation and disagreement later. Small fires are easier to extinguish.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22)

This is a week in which you will tend to be thinking obsessively. It is an opportunity to learn how to better control your mind.

Shift your attention to something less dramatic, such as whatever is happening this moment, rather than worrying over what might happen in the future. It prevents head and neck aches.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) For any number of reasons, circumstances may leave you out of the social loop this week. It’s possible that you do not feel well. Astrologically this is a time for selfreflection and not self-condemnation.

Having a quiet week is appropriate at this time. Don’t turn this into a negative belief about yourself. Enjoy the time to be still and enjoy the quiet.

[SCORPIO (October 23 to November

21) You have a choice about whether to serve or suffer. To “serve” is to give oneself wholly to a task that will help one or more others. To “suffer” generally refers to emotional or physical ailments. If you are feeling blue, look for the nearest person who needs help and offer it. If your issue is physical, have compassion for your body and rest.

[SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Circumstances involving love life and money may feel a bit tight. You may experience an emotional droop near Jan. 27, in which you perceive yourself to be alone in the world. This is a temporary mood, so don’t take it seriously. All is not lost. Focus instead on the immediate present and don’t project way down the track.

[CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) You occasionally confuse what you think with who you are. There are those who will disagree with you this week. Just don’t let it become a battle to the death.

Your identity is not at stake in this situation. You may not like what is happening, but you do not have to become a virtual freight train.

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mood. It is one of those times when we become aware that our loved ones can never know or understand fully what is inside of us. This is an existential dilemma that everyone encounters now and then.

It will pass quickly.

[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) This is a week of “nose to the grindstone”.

You are in a serious frame of mind and feel a strong need to get things accomplished that began earlier in the year. At this point, if you are to accomplish the task, you must pour on considerable energy and resources. It is a creation with its own spirit, so allow it to grow in the way it “wants” to evolve.

[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Mars, the warrior, enters your sign this week and will be traveling with you for seven weeks.

This energy is especially helpful in defining our boundaries. Periodically we need to examine who we are and also who we are not. Often something is eliminated.

In general, it increases your courage and physical strength.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You may be taking a sober look at one or more relationships. Even the very closest friends cannot know each other from the inside. Sometimes we forget this fact and need to remember that we are actually separate beings, helping when we can.

Sometimes our energy is too low to be there for one another.

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You are experiencing a change in the areas of shared resources, investments, alimony, debts or inheritance. At this time you are mentally quarreling with yourself or with others over finding a solution to the problem. You want things as they were and that is not possible. Ask your Supervising Self for a perspective change, one that can see all sides of the issue.

[CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Your good judgment is in one place while your heart is in another. It could be highly distracting. Concentrate while driving or handling tools. If possible, don’t force a decision just now. You might benefit by writing a note to yourself from the voice of logic and a separate letter that speaks for the soul so you can gain a bit of clarity.

Are you interested in a personal horoscope?

Vivian Carol may be reached at (704) 366-3777 for private psychotherapy or astrology appointments.

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

BY AMY ALKON

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My girlfriend of six years is breaking up with me. My question is: How do I let our friends and my family know? I’m thinking a mass email telling my side of the story.

Then I wouldn’t have to have the same conversation over and over with different people. — Glum

Sending a mass email is a great way to get some piece of information out to everybody — from your best friend to 1.4 million people on Twitter to three random drunk dudes who really shouldn’t be on their phones at their boss’s funeral in Estonia.

The ability we have online to dispense a little information to a whole lot of people, immediately, effortlessly, is about the coolest thing ever — and the Frankenstein monster of our time. As I write in “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck,” because all the groovy new digital tools are so fun and easy to use, we often “fall back on what’s technically possible” as our behavioral standard. Our chimp-like impulse to just click already derails picky-wicky concerns we might otherwise have, such as “Hmm, wonder whether sending that might get me, oh, you know, fired, ostracized, and sleeping in a refrigerator box on the corner.”

Consider that anything you email can be rapidly shared — and shared and shared and shared. For example, novelist and professor Robert Olen Butler emailed five of his grad students the sad (and rather creepy) details of the demise of his marriage, asking them to “clarify the issues” for other students who wanted to know.

The email quickly made the rounds in the literary world and ended up in The New York Times and on Gawker, where they

“clarified” that his wife had left him to become one of four women in “Ted Turner’s collection.”

But even a less tawdry, less tycoon-filled breakup email may go more viral than one might like. Anthropologist Jerome Barkow, who studies gossip, explains that we evolved to be keenly interested in information that could have some bearing on our ability to survive, mate, and navigate socially. As Barkow puts it (and as is borne out by others’ research), gossip about how soundly somebody’s sleeping is unlikely to be as spreadworthy as whom they’re sleeping with.

However, our propensity to spread gossip may be both the problem with emailing your news and the solution to getting it out there. Consider going old-school: Ask a few, um, chatty friends to put the word out to your circle, answer any questions people have, and let your wishes be known (like if you aren’t ready to talk about it). All in all, you’ll get the job done, but in a much more controlled, contained way — one that reflects this bit of prudence from political writer Olivia Nuzzi: “Dance like no one is watching; email like it may one day be read aloud in a deposition.”

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In other words, your hunches can tell you things — things that need a lot of posthunch verification through applying higher reasoning (which, again, doesn’t simply mean calling upon any organ that’s higher than your knees). !

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I’ve been seeing this woman for two months. I really like her. She’s made some mistakes — two bad marriages, some promiscuity, running from debts — but she’s determined to change. My friends think she’s bad news. But our relationship — though mostly sexual so far — has been terrific. Shouldn’t my intuition count more than my friends’ opinions? — Fretting When you’re deciding how to invest your life savings, you probably don’t say, “I’ll just

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take a moment to ask my penis.”

Well, your intuition is about as reliable a judge of your girlfriend’s character.

Intuitions (aka “gut feelings”) are conclusions we leap to — automatically, without the intervention of rational thought. Our mind flashes on this and that from our past experience, and up pops a feeling. The problem is, we’re prone to overconfidence that our intuitions are correct — mistaking strong feelings for informed feelings.

Psychologists Daniel Kahneman and Gary Klein find that certain people’s intuitions are somewhat more likely to be trustworthy — those who repeatedly encounter the same situation, like a surgeon who only does appendectomies.

Her hunches about a patient’s appendix are more informed because they come out of repeated experience and because she presumably gets corrective feedback when she guesses wrong (though, ideally, not from a monitor making that awful flatlining sound).

But Kahneman tells the McKinsey Quarterly, “My general view ... would be that you should not take your intuitions at face value.” In fact, you need to go out of your way to look for evidence that your intuitions are wrong. In this case, it will take time and challenges to her character — and your actually wanting to see whether she acts ethically or does what’s easiest.

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Triad’s Best 2016

BEST BURGER IN THE TRIAD 19 YEARS IN A ROW!!!

“Cooked Outdoors Style” ™

100% FRESH ALL-BEEF HAMBURGERS

Corn Dog 5 Pc. Chicken Nuggets All White Breast Meat

BLT Sandwich

CHARGRILLED CHICKEN SANDWICH

99

¢

each

Chargrilled HAMBURGERS Fresh With Homemade Chili and Slaw!

Chargrilled HOT DOGS Cook Out Style • Bacon Cheddar • Mexi Dog • Mustard Relish OPEN LATE NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT!