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On July 16, the Center for Visual Artists unveiled its artist-created MINI-GOLF COURSE called, Gate City Acres. This installation will run through Aug. 18, and people of all ages are invited to play. Gate City Acres is the brainchild of guest curator Harry Turfle, a visual artist, writer, and Pace Communications senior editor.

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Limit the dishes, the prep, and the cleanup by getting something made for you on the spot. Or maybe you need to grab and go for the office. We’ve got you covered here as we asked our readers what some of their favorite TAKEOUT PLACES are.

10 Philip Gerard’s 1994 novel Cape Fear Rising is based on the true story of how white supremacists overthrew Wilmington’s elected multiracial government in what singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens has called “the only successful coup d’état on American soil.” Gerard’s latest, THE LAST BATTLEGROUND: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina, is a collection of historical essays originally published in Our State Magazine.

11 The independent feature EXPOSÉ has been a long time coming – nearly three years, to be precise – but that’s because first-time filmmaker Brandon Bias wanted to get it right.

12 In a spirit similar to fellow independent filmmakers Noah Baumbach and Nicole Holofcener, Lynn Shelton’s films are characterdriven and tend to focus on neurotic but YES! WEEKLY

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likable characters in QUIRKY, UNEXPECTED SITUATIONS. How they extricate themselves is usually part of the fun.

18 A few weeks ago in this column, I advocated against setting off fireworks. This week I may be ignoring my own advice by stating the following: TRANS ATHLETES need a reality check, and the trans community needs to be more tolerant of others.

19 Mr. Longworth’s opinion column this week suggested that transgender athletes “need a reality check” and that the trans community “needs to be more tolerant of others.”

I believe the COMPLETE OPPOSITE. 20 REX ROMWEBER isn’t known for his piano playing, necessarily. When prodded on the particular subject, Romweber will describe himself as “a failed classical piano player.”

Romweber is a legend of North Carolina music, though, as an energetic frontman revered for his explosive guitar playing and singing, and his snarling, kinetic performances.

21 Greensboro rockers HARRISON FORD MUSTANG will hit their stride with a new record and release show at Greensboro’s Flat Iron on July 26.

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NCDOT TO HOST A PUBLIC MEETING ON JULY 25TH FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS OF IDLEWILD RD IN MECKLENBURG AND UNION COUNTIES.

STIP Project No. U-4913 The N.C. Department of Transportation proposes to widen Idlewild Road to a multi-lane, mediandivided roadway approximately 500 ft west of Barney Drive to Rockwell Drive, modify the existing I-485 interchange with a “Diverging Diamond” interchange (DDI), and construct a roundabout at the intersection of Idlewild Road and Stallings Road, in Mecklenburg and Union Counties. The purpose of this project is to provide additional traffic carrying capacity along Idlewild Road, provide accommodations for bicycles and pedestrians, and provide improvements for the intersections at Stallings Road, Steven Mills Road, and the I-485 interchange.

The meeting will be held at Poplin Elementary School at 5627 Poplin Road, Indian Trail, on Thursday July 25th 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Please note that there will not be a formal presentation.

At the meeting NCDOT representatives will display maps and be available to answer questions and receive comments. Comments and information received will be taken into consideration as work on the project develops. Written comments or questions can also be submitted at the meeting or may be done by phone, email or mail no later than August 8th.

As information becomes available, it may be viewed at the U-4913 project website: https://publicinput.com/Idlewild-widening For additional information contact: NCDOT Project Consultant, James Voso, PE, Project Engineer (Mattern & Craig) by phone at (828) 254-2201 or via email at jbvoso@matternandcraig.com or Carl Gibilaro, Project Manager, NCDOT Division 10, by mail at 716 W. Main Street, Albemarle, NC 28001 by phone at (980) 229-4091, or via email at cgibilaro@ncdot.gov.

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SATURDAY SAT 27 NATIONAL DANCE DAY GSO WHAT: It’s back! Celebrate National Dance Day with us on July 27 in LeBauer Park.

This favorite, FREE community event is the perfect chance to come together with friends and neighbors to shake your groove thing! Throughout the day we’ll also have a vendor market, foodtrucks, and sweet treats, making for a ton of fun with loads to do in between showing off your moves!

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SAT 27 GEORGE CLINTON AND PARLIAMENT FUNKADELIC WHAT: George Clinton is an American singer, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer. His Parliament-Funkadelic collective (which primarily recorded under the distinct band names Parliament and Funkadelic) developed an influential and eclectic form of funk music during the 1970s that drew on science-fiction, outlandish fashion, psychedelic culture, and surreal humor.

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SUN 28 GREENSBORO ZINE FEST 2019 WHAT: Greensboro’s own zine and printed matter festival will be taking place once again at the lovely and historic Revolution Mill. Expect zinesters, bookbinders, small press publishers, &pPrint-makers from all over the East coast, free workshops & panel discussions all about the culture of zines, and a radical good time!

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MAGNOLIA HOUSE BLOOMS WITH RHONDA THOMAS

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“Rhonda Thomas, it’s your thing, baby!” said legendary soul man Isaac Hayes near the end of a rousing duet of his 1971 hit “Do Your Thing” that he and Thomas performed to a sold-out crowd at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2005. Shortly before his death in 2008, Hayes and Thomas recorded a great (and toolittle-known) studio version, which can’t quite be called a duet, considering how seductively she takes it over in a perfect fusion of soul and jazz.

The track begins with Hayes saying, “Do your thing, Rhonda!” and Thomas purring, “the music makes you move” before bursting into her full thrilling vocal range. In his final recording, the maestro passes the torch to this longtime backup singer and protégé, and for most of the next three and a half minutes, Thomas makes one of her mentor’s signature songs entirely her own. “Work it, baby, work it!” growls Hayes admiringly, and well he should.

On Saturday, Aug. 3, Thomas will do her thing and work it in Greensboro when she brings the vocal prowess that critics have compared to Sarah Vaugh, Phyllis Hyman and Chaka Khan to “a midsummer’s night of soulful sounds and sultry vocals” at the Historic Magnolia House, with all proceeds going to the repair and restoration efforts of the Magnolia House Foundation.

As reported in the May 29 YES! Weekly cover story “Triad Green Book Sites once sheltered black travelers,” the former residence at 442 Gorrell St., built in 1889, became the Magnolia House Hotel in 1950, and was featured in the famous Green Book (full title, “The Negro Motorist Green Book”) which listed safe places for black travelers to stay in an era when trying to book lodgings at a white-owned hotel could get them harassed, imprisoned or killed.

For the next 15 years, the Magnolia House was an important and prestigious stop on the circuit of R&B and soul clubs that ran from Harlem and D.C. to Atlanta, Richmond and Jacksonville. Its guest list included Ray Charles, Jackie Robinson, Ruth Brown, Satchel Page, Ike and Tina Turner, and James Baldwin.

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is not renovated, it’s totally restored, and it took a lot of sweat and a lot of stress,” said Pass when I interviewed him in May. But as anyone who’s been there for Wednesday or Thursday night dinner, Sunday brunch or the Sunday night “Juke Joint” performances (or has booked it for a special event) knows, it’s looking good these days, with excellent food and live entertainment in an elegant vintage setting. Which makes it a perfect setting for Rhonda Thomas, whose wide-ranging voice Isaac Hayes compared to “the quality, vocal timbre and vibrato of Denise Williams when she goes high,” and whose musicianship, arrangement, vocals and lyrics he called “a breath of fresh air.” It’s also an unusually intimate setting for a performer who’s played to an audience of 20,000 at Montreux.

Born in New York and residing in Atlanta, Thomas has performed or shared the stage with Luther Vandross, Roberta Flack, The String Cheese Incident, Roy Ayers, Frank McComb, Dwele, Eric Roberson, Avery Sunshine and Sam Moore (of Sam & Dave). Her albums include “Guess Who I Saw Today (with Michael Coppola),” “Breathe New Life,” “Listen,” “Little Drummer Girl” and 2015’s “Vinyl Daze,” which peaked at No. 12 on the Billboard Jazz Charts.

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ometimes, despite all our good intentions to get home and have a nice homecooked meal, the best thing for our sanity is to pick something up. Limit Kristi Maier the dishes, the prep, @triadfoodies and the cleanup by getting something made for you on the Contributor spot. Or maybe you need to grab and go for the office. We’ve got you covered here as we asked our readers what some of their favorite takeout places are. Other than the obvious choice, pizza, because it can be picked up but mainly because of delivery, there appears to be no real frontrunner for No. 1. When it comes to takeout, apparently as in life, it’s “to each his own.” Some are not so surprising, but others stand out.

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Slappy’s Chicken, 200 W. Acadia Ave. Everyone knows fried chicken is very, very good takeout. But more than a few locals chimed in to give this spicy chicken joint their vote. A riff on “hot chicken” but with more of a sweet and saucy kick, some folks suggested when getting it as take out, to order the sauce on the side, so it stays super crispy before being doused in sauce.

West End Café, 926 W. Fourth St. It might not always be the place you think of first thing when thinking takeout, but neighbor Dana Moody, who owns West End Coffeehouse with her husband, likes the quality and value.

“They have a counter just for to-go orders. They always have it ready on time, and the portion that you get when you eat there is the same as when you get it to-go. I hate paying full price for a meal that is half or 2/3 of a normal meal.” You know you’ve noticed.

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Thai Sawatdee, (at Harris Teeter, aka the “Teeter Thai”) 2281 Cloverdale Ave., NW By far one of the most talked-about Thai places in town, more so than any of Thai Sawatdee’s stand-alone businesses.

This little corner of the Harris Teeter is probably the most popular spot in the store. It’s not much to look at, but the food is made to order, piping hot and if you can’t stand it, you can sit at one of the simple little tables and eat it on the spot, which so many people end up doing. But it is an excellent takeout spot to be sure.

Burke Street Pizza, two locations—1140 Burke St. and 3352 Robinhood Rd. Honestly, pizza gets chosen because it’s so deliverable, but there aren’t a ton of local options that get delivered, Burke Street still wins the pie vote.

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Bandito Bodega, (1609 W. Friendly Ave.) received more than a few thumbs up. “They have unique and healthy food options,” Cathy Jordan said. “Plus, they have quick service.” Ryan Saunders agrees.

“The burritos are, of course, the star of the show. My go-to is the pimiento burrito with shrimp.” Saunders adds it helps to know how to eat a burrito properly. If you don’t roll down the foil, any burrito no matter where will fall apart. Pro tip: If you roll down as you progress, it is the perfect handheld food, and owner Nick stuffs them fat.” You can also get kimchi stir fry rice, which is the perfect eat-from-thebox food.

Judy Caldwell had a few suggestions.

“Golden Wok on Bridford Parkway because they are the kings of Chinese food.

The Singapore Chow Mei Fun is fire, and so is the hot and sour soup.” Plus she added, “Nazareth Bread Company (4507 W. Market St.) because it’s the best Mediterranean food in the Triad, and that veggie sampler platter will feed me all day.”

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SLAPPY’S CHICKEN Randy Barnes, also of Greensboro, has his own votes but for practical reasons.

“This is all a geography deal. Mythos and Golden Dragon on Battleground are each one traffic light away and very easy.

Mythos Greek has a big selection and handles special orders for my food-challenged BFF with no hesitation or complaints. Both of us get big, full dinners for just under $20. Their chicken is always delicious and never dried out. Golden Dragon has been our local Chinese choice since the ’60s and gives you a giant combo fast and under $10. They also have my favorite wonton soup, which is just greasy enough and big enough to share.”

Most people agree that barbecue is a good choice, mainly if you can make it to the barbecue stomping ground of Lexington.

Over at the original Lexington Barbecue, aka “Honeymonk,” Beth Morris said her favorite order is, “One pound of barbecue, one pint of slaw, one pack of buns and two to three orders of hush puppies because you will eat an order and a half on the way home.” She said that eating the hushpuppies on the way home might be the main reason for going there in the first place. My reason would be the fries from just about any burger place. And if you’re like me, you have to eat them right away. Because we all know fries aren’t as good when you get home. They must be ravaged right then.

Next time your cravings have you grabbing and going, keep a few of these out of the “takeout box” ideas in mind. !

KRISTI MAIER is a food writer, blogger and cheerleader for all things local who even enjoys cooking in her kitchen, though her kidlets seldom appreciate her efforts.

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he Wilmington Insurrection of 1898, also known as the Wilmington Massacre, was North Carolina’s most brutal contribution to the former Ian McDowell Confederacy’s long postwar campaign of terror and oppression Contributor against emancipated black Americans.

Philip Gerard’s 1994 novel Cape Fear Rising is based on the true story of how white supremacists overthrew Wilmington’s elected multiracial government in what singer-songwriter Rhiannon Giddens has called “the only successful coup d’état on American soil.”

Gerard’s latest, The Last Battleground: The Civil War Comes to North Carolina, is a collection of historical essays originally published in Our State Magazine.

In North Carolina, memories of the massacre and the Civil War have both been subject to collective cultural amnesia. The history of the massacre was erased by its perpetrators, who murdered between 60 and 300 black citizens for exercising their voting rights. And that of the Civil War was rewritten by the losers, with white Tarheels conveniently forgetting just how few of the state’s wartime residents actually supported the Confederacy.

“About half of NC’s white population did,” wrote Gerard in a recent email. “The other half were Unionists. Fully a third of the total population were enslaved and free blacks. So, the ‘heritage’ is a myth.”

And not every North Carolinian who fought for the Confederacy did so eagerly or for long. Many deserted, especially after the appalling slaughter at Gettysburg, which was borne disproportionately by North Carolina troops.

“The casualty reports were like stunning hammer blows to many communities, who lost large numbers of their young men, each death resonating out in a web

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of grief and loss,” Gerard wrote. “And the appalling way NC troops were often used by their Virginian officers caused continuing friction. It was a common complaint that North Carolinians, with few exceptions, were never promoted to general.

Unlike the Virginians, they were usually fighting far from home, and the letters from wives and families were increasingly desperate pleas to abandon the army and come home to take care of starving children and women harassed by debt and the Home Guard.”

That all would be largely forgotten a few decades later when the defeated states won the propaganda aftermath with the lie that “the war was not about slavery, that slaves were happy and grateful to their white masters, that men of the South were especially honorable and chivalrous.”

Gerard wrote that the pernicious myth was largely the work of two influential organizations, the Ku Klux Klan and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. He quoted former UDC chapter president Heidi Christensen, who in 2012 described the UDC as the Klan’s “more feminine, genteel sister,” and cited the monument to the Klan the UDC erected outside of Charlotte in 1926.

While The Last Battleground chronicles tragedy on both sides of the conflict, the worst atrocities were done by Confederate troops committing “what we would call war crimes: routinely killing black prisoners and their white officers after they had surrendered; cutting the throats or bashing in the brains of captured soldiers from Sherman’s army 19 and 20 at a time; torturing women and noncombatants; murdering POWs; and of course, the notorious Shelton Laurel Massacre of 13 men and boys carried out by Heth’s troops— not to mention Pickett’s hanging of 22 captured Union soldiers at Kinston.” These were not done by guerillas or deserters, “but by regular troops acting under order of men like Wade Hampton. I found no such pattern of atrocity in the U.S. Army.”

When I called the Wilmington Insurrection a direct response to the black liberation and enfranchisement that the North had not gone to war to bring about, but the South had seceded to prevent, Gerard agreed.

“The coup was deliberately planned

by the state Democratic Party, and Charles Aycock [who would become NC’s 50th governor] was certainly a major player in that. Wilmington was targeted because it was so economically and politically important and because it had an African American majority—in part due to General Sherman’s sending 25,000 liberated slaves to Wilmington when his army reached Fayetteville.”

Ian McDowell wrote about the Piedmont’s often violent resistance to the Confederacy in the Dec. 14, 2016, YES! Weekly cover story “The Triad’s real Civil War heritage.” !

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The Last Battleground was published in March by the University of North Carolina Press. The 25th-anniversary edition of Cape Fear Rising was published in April by Winston-Salem’s John F. Blair Publishing. Author Philip Gerard, professor of creative writing at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, will be at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 8. The event is free and open to the public.

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Exposé uncovered at Greensboro screening The independent feature Exposé has been a long time coming – nearly three years, to be precise – but that’s because first-time filmmaker Brandon Bias wanted to get it right.

Filmed on location Mark Burger in Greensboro, the story dramatizes the widespread destrucContributor tion caused by drug addiction and the corruption surrounding the trade. The ensemble cast includes David Acevedo, Jon Blaq, Yesse Rodriguez, Lance Megginson, and Charles D. Clark.

Exposé will be screened Saturday in the Van Dyke Performance Space, located on the first floor of the Greensboro Cultural Center. The event is free and open to the public, although audiences are asked to register for entry at thebridgefilm727@ gmail.com.

As Exposé was Bias’s debut project, “I have to say there were major challenges such as being a one-man crew, but it worked out well to my surprise,” he said.

“It just took longer than I would have liked. The easiest part was communicating the vision with the cast. The cast is full of unique individuals who give me their all because they not only believed in the project, but they felt that the script was an opportunity to take on a dynamic role.”

Bias admitted that Exposé was not without its complications, but he accepted those as part of the learning curve.

“I certainly say this film was a challenge to me personally,” he said.

“It took 2½ years to make and four attempts. Remarkably, I was the only person behind the camera, so I had to wear many hats from start to finish.

Although it was a challenge, I learned so much about the benefits of a director having intimate sessions with the acting talent. Having only one person engaged (as the creator) really made the actors feel comfortable and deliver outstanding performances. The film itself is filled with beautiful, artistic visuals.

I love to play with light in many sequences; however, I set out to use 100% practical and natural lighting. This created a gritty cinematic feel, (which) I felt was exactly what was needed to convey the deeply emotional scenes centering around the subject of opioid addiction and distribution.”

Exposé has gone through a number of incarnations and permutations since its conception, and was the subject of a 2017 YES! Weekly cover story, in which Bias discussed its potential as a regular series.

That hasn’t changed.

“I am indeed pitching this film as a series,” he confirmed. “The cut that the public will see on July 27 is a compressed version that would take place over three seasons. Media outlets such as Netflix/

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“Originally, I wanted to do a 12-minute short film on the topic, as it was a growing concern in the community,” Bias added. “(But) once in production, I added several characters, and it quickly became something bigger than expected. I knew I needed to push the production when the issue started hitting home for some cast members who lost loved ones during the filming months. In a sense, it helped them cope with the reality of their situations.”

Naturally, Bias wants Exposé to entertain, but just as important is that it enlightens the viewer as to the severity of the opioid crisis, both here and abroad, within the framework of a dramatic narrative.

“The film goes deep into every aspect,” Bias said. “I did not want to create a film that was set to be educational and suggest resolve for the issue. My job is to make films and entertain the public. I wanted to create something that was potent and would spark conversations, as this issue is

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connected to so many people across the country.”

“The film is catered toward young people as their generation tends to accept what they see rather than a lecture,” he observed. “There are many powerful scenes in this film regarding addiction, the extremes that addicts go to, and the carelessness that comes with the abuse. I even touch on the effect that addiction has on those who are forced to deal with this issue (affecting) their loved ones. Overall, the project will certainly be eye-opening, heartbreaking, intense, informative, and highly entertaining.”

Bias is proud of Exposé but retains a measure of objectivity. “Is the film perfect?” he asked rhetorically. “I have to say not quite; however, it is solid and sure to keep the attention of the viewer.

Nevertheless, I’m very pleased with what we’ve accomplished, and I’m sure the cast feels exactly the same way. We knew it was time to release it when I shared the sizzle reel. We hit 10,000 views in less than two weeks.”

For more information, call (336) 9625204 or visit www.thevandyke.org/. !

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Exposé will be screened 2 p.m. Saturday in the Van Dyke Performing Space, located on the first floor of the Greensboro Cultural Center, 200 N. Davie St., Greensboro. Although admission is free, audience members must register for entry at thebridgefilm727@gmail.com.

July 28 Victoria Victoria Indie Pop Oak Hollow Festival Park

Making the short trek from Winston Salem, Victoria Victoria will be bringing their catchy pop melodies to the picturesque Oak Hollow Festival Park for what is sure to be an evening full of great music. Victoria Victoria is an indie pop group led by talented singer-songwriter Tori Elliott. Instead of sticking to the mundane formula of modern pop, Victoria Victoria takes their music a step further by incorporating Tori’s melodies with hints of R&B and gospel. Victoria Victoria is without a doubt one of the most talented bands emerging from the Triad today.

Tori Elliott’s song writing and vocal capabilities, which have drawn comparisons to Lana Del Ray and Regina Spektor, are paired with the creative input of a backing band that creates an upbeat, unforgettable live experience.

FREE Arts Splash Concerts are held Sundays from 6:30–8:00 p.m.

Concert-goers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnic dinners. No alcoholic beverages are permitted at any of the concert locations. If there is a threat of rain, call 336-889-ARTS after 4:00 p.m. on Sunday to get the latest update about the concert.

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n a spirit similar to fellow independent filmmakers Noah Baumbach and Nicole Holofcener, Lynn Shelton’s films are character-driven and tend to focus on neurotic but likable characters in quirky, unexpected situations.

How they extricate themselves is usually part of the fun.

That is certainly the case with Sword of Trust, an appealing small-scale romp with an able ensemble cast. Occasionally theatrical and frequently droll, with a storyline that wouldn’t feel at all out of place in a traditional screwball comedy, it’s a very agreeable, even comfortable, way to spend 90 minutes.

Mary (Michaela Watkins) and Cynthia (Jillian Bell) are partners who have come to the latter’s childhood home in Alabama following her grandfather’s death. They’re expecting to inherit the house, only to learn it’s been reversemortgaged and now belongs to the bank.

All they receive is an antique sword from the Civil War, which was the grandfather’s prized possession.

It’s not just any sword, according to eye-opening documentation attesting that it was surrendered by the North to the South. You read that right: The South actually won the Civil War – and the sword supposedly proves it.

Next stop: Delta Pawn, owned and operated by an embittered, middle-aged misanthrope named Mel (Marc Maron), alongside his uproariously slack-jawed sidekick Nathaniel (Jon Bass). They form an uneasy partnership with Mary and Cynthia upon learning that there’s an entire

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each other and emerge from the experience a bit wiser.

The entire cast is good, including Toby Huss as a grizzled appraiser called “Hog Jaws,” Dan Bakkedahl as the sword’s prospective buyer, and Shelton herself as Mel’s on-again, off-again girlfriend (currently off-again), who’s a constant reminder of his failings and a constant impetus for his grumpy disposition. Even the smallest character is given shading in Shelton and Mike O’Brien’s screenplay.

Shelton is also renowned for her extracting laughs out of the actors’ improvisation, and there are some clear cases of that here, particularly in a riotous scene where Nathaniel explains to an understandably befuddled Cynthia why he believes the Earth is flat.

Yet it’s Maron who stands out. Shelton previously directed episodes of his series Maron and his 2017 stand-up special Marc Maron: Too Real and gives him a lot of room to maneuver without tipping the ensemble balance. He also contributed the film’s effective score and delivers an unexpectedly bittersweet, and legitimately dramatic, moment when he confesses his aforementioned failed romance.

– Sword of Trust opens Friday !

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Spring Theatre to perform Disney’s The Lion King Jr. Spring Theatre will present Disney’s The Lion King JR. July 25-28, at the Hanesbrands Theatre, 209 N. Spruce St. in downtown Winston-Salem. There are three 7 p.m. performances on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and two matinees at 2 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $15, including taxes and fees. For ticket information, please visit www.rhodesartscenter. org/the-lion-king-jr/ or call the Hanesbrands box office at (336) 747-1414.

Disney’s The Lion King JR. tells the story of the epic adventures of a curious cub named Simba as he struggles to accept the responsibilities of adulthood and his destiny as king. Along the way, the young lion encounters a colorful cast of characters including spunky lioness Nala, charismatic meerkat Timon, and loveable warthog Pumbaa. To claim his rightful place on the throne and save his beloved Pridelands, Simba must find his inner strength and confront his wicked Uncle Scar.

With this production of Disney’s The Lion King JR., Spring Theatre is proud to be highlighting Tiger World Endangered Wildlife Preserve! Located in Rockwell, North Carolina, they are a nonprofit animal conservation and educational center dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation, and preservation of exotic animals.

Directed by Erinn Dearth, Founder of Spring Theatre, and Dan Beckmann.

Jordan Medley will choreograph.

David Lane will serve as music director.

Brandon Lloyd Hicks will stage manage the production, assisted by Lilly Egan and Cayson Sipprell. Costumes by Eric Gagliardo and set by Shane Riggs.

The cast includes: Bella Hart Peck- Rafiki Jackson Colo- Young Simba Tessa Turner- Young Nala Kyle Brady- Simba Mackenzie McCloud- Nala Sam Stowe- Mufasa Parker Bond- Scar Dovie Vernon- Zazu WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

Olivia Trauth- Timon Emily G Cox- Pumbaa Abagail Calloway- Banzai Eden Liwski- Shenzi Avery Greer- Ed Catherine Googe- Serabi Iris Sanders- Sarafina Cayson- Spirit of the Circle Travon Livengood- Spirit of the Circle Eniola Roach- Jaheem Abiola Roach- Zuberi Ifayori Roach- Tuma Ben Partridge- Berko LaMauri Thompson- Lekan Kaeleigh Brenner- Rufaro Roni Chaimov- Nkiru Rotem Chaimov- Omolara Mahalia Wages Hargrave- Ebele Bryson Payton- Feraji Harvey Partridge- Baby Simba

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THE LION KING (PG) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 11:45 AM, 2:25, 5:05, 7:45, 10:20 MIDSOMMAR (R) LUXURY SEATING Fri & Sat: 11:30 AM, 5:30, 11:30 Sun - Thu: 11:30 AM, 5:30 YESTERDAY (PG-13) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 11:05 AM, 1:40, 4:15, 7:00, 9:35 JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 PARABELLUM (R) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 2:30, 8:30 ONCE UPON A TIME...

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IN HOLLYWOOD (R) Fri: 2:00, 5:15, 8:00, 8:30 Sat & Sun: 10:45 AM, 2:00, 5:15, 8:00, 8:30 Mon: 5:15, 8:00, 8:30, Tue: 2:00, 5:15, 8:00, 8:30 Wed: 5:15, 8:00, 8:30 Thu: 2:00, 5:15, 8:00, 8:30 SWORD OF TRUST (R) Fri: 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Sat: 11:15 AM, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Sun: 11:15 AM, 1:45, 4:15, 6:45 Mon: 6:45, 9:15, Tue: 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 Wed: 6:45, 9:15, Thu: 4:15, 6:45, 9:15 MIDSOMMAR (R) Fri: 9:00 PM, Sat: 1:00, 9:00 Sun: 1:00, 6:30, Mon - Thu: 9:00 PM WILD ROSE (R) Fri: 4:00, 6:30 Sat: 10:30 AM, 4:00, 6:30 Sun: 10:30 AM, 4:00 Mon: 6:30 PM, Tue: 4:00, 6:30 Wed: 6:30 PM, Thu: 4:00, 6:30 YESTERDAY (PG-13) Fri: 3:00, 5:30 Sat: 10:00 AM, 12:30, 3:00, 5:30 Sun: 10:00 AM, 12:30, 5:30 Mon: 5:30 PM, Tue: 3:00, 5:30 Wed: 5:30 PM, Thu: 3:00, 5:30

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Disney’s The Lion King JR. runs approximately 1 hour 30 minutes including a 15-minute intermission.

Production sponsors include Salem Academy and Carrie Leigh Dickey.

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by Erinn Dearth, exists to empower and challenge the community to experience the energy, emotion, and adventure that springs from extraordinary theatre.

Spring Theatre reaches the entire Triad and beyond through main stage shows with community players and youth theatre camps/productions. These family friendly events attract thousands each year. www.SpringTheatre.org. !

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Clay County (Missouri) Sheriff ’s officers didn’t have to put their tracking skills to much use as they searched for a fugitive in early July near Liberty, MisChuck Shepherd souri, according to Fox2. The unnamed man, who was wanted for possession of a controlled substance, gave himself away by loudly passing gas in his hiding spot. Deputies noted on Facebook: “If you’ve got a felony warrant for your arrest, the cops are looking for you and you pass gas so loud it gives up your hiding spot, you’re definitely having a (poop emoji) day.”

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Signature Performance: Classical Guitar Summit

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2019 EMF Concerto Competition Winners

Dvořák-Cello Concerto Rachmaninoff-Piano Concerto No. 2; Devienne-Flute Concerto No. 7; Lalo-Cello Concerto Sibelius-Violin Concerto

July 25 | 8 PM

Dana Auditorium, Guilford College

Young Artist Orchestra Finale July 26 | 8 PM Grant Cooper & José-Luis Novo, conducting, R. Strauss–Death & Transfiguration; Ravel–Suites No. 1 & 2 from Daphnis et Chloé

Festival Finale

Horacio Gutiérrez, piano, with the Eastern Festival Orchestra WORLD PREMIERE: Webern/Schwarz–Adagio; Brahms–Piano Concerto No. 2; R. Strauss–Eine Alpensinfonie, op.64

July 27 | 8 PM | Dana Auditorium, Guilford College All programs dates, artists, venues, & prices subject to change.

BONUS Master Classes with EMF Faculty & Guest Artists Young Artists Recitals | FREE & Open to the Public!

Young Artists Piano Recital |Wed., July 24 | 6:30 PM Horacio Gutiérrez, piano | Thu., July 25 | 4 PM Bernard Zinck, violin | Fri., July 26 | 4 PM Young Artists Chamber Recital | Sat., July 27 | 1:30 PM Guitar Orchestra Concert | Sat., July 27 | 6:15 PM Master Classes held in Sternberger Auditorium, Guilford College, unless otherwise noted.

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LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINAL

In Shawnee, Oklahoma, Brandon Killian, 29, was already in trouble for brutally beating Jarric Carolina in a June brawl. But as he sat in custody, he told an officer that his face was injured from being “first socked” during the fight.

When the officer left the room to get a camera, Killian, who was being recorded, punched himself multiple times in the face (strangely using one hand to propel the other fist into his cheek). Now his charges include preparing false evidence, KFOR reported. “Lying to the police and creating a false report will not be tolerated,” warned District Attorney Allan Grubb. Killian is currently serving time in the Oklahoma County Jail for a separate drug court violation.

NEWS YOU CAN USE

Car rental companies in Japan began noticing last summer that some customers were putting very few miles on their vehicles, so they conducted surveys to find out what renters are using the cars for, reported The Asahi Shimbun, and discovered that one in eight renters were using cars for something besides transportation, to wit: napping (most popular activity), talking on the phone, eating lunch, watching TV, putting on Halloween costumes and doing stretches said to reduce the size of their face. One respondent said she uses rented cars to store bags and other belongings because coin-operated lockers are sometimes all in use. Renting is cheap in Japan, costing only a few hundred yen (several dollars).

BIRD BRAIN

Ted Richards of Bristol, England, isn’t your run-of-the-mill bird lover. He ad-

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mires parrots so much that he has had his face tattooed with feathers and his eyes colored with tattoo ink, risking blindness.

HuffPost reported that Richards, who goes by Ted Parrotman, also had his ears removed, which has impaired his hearing.

“Parrots only got little holes anyways, so I had them cut off,” he said. “I didn’t think about the complications, you know?

Because if you looked at negative all the time, you’d never do anything.” Well said, Parrotman. Well said.

BLAST FROM THE PAST

A plumber renovating the former Centralia High School in Centralia, Illinois, unearthed a 75-year-old trove of memories in late June. Inside a bathroom wall heat vent, he discovered 15 women’s wallets, all from students at the school in the mid-1940s. The cash was missing, but photographs, IDs and other materials were still in the billfolds. “War is ending,” said Seth Baltzell, pastor of the City Hope Church, which is converting the building. “So there are lots of things like pictures of soldiers.” Baltzell posted pictures of the wallets on Facebook, and relatives of 89-year-old Betty June Sissom of Chesterfield, Missouri, saw them.

“I remember I lost my wallet,” Sissom told KSDK. “Oh my goodness, look at the boy’s pictures I have ... They took all the money, huh?” Sorry, Betty.

INEXPLICABLE

On the afternoon of July 7, Timothy Smith, 24, and his fiancee returned to their new home in Gresham, Oregon, to find things not quite right. They noted items out of place, others that didn’t belong to them, a mirror ripped out of a bathroom and holes kicked in bedroom walls. Then they found a cat (wearing a green cashmere shirt belonging to Smith’s chihuahua) hiding in a crawl space, The Oregonian reported, and called police. Fifteen minutes later, officers emerged from the house with Ryan Bishop, 38, wearing the woman’s Christmas onesie. Smith told reporters the man had broken into the home and settled right in, eating a cupcake, making coffee, smoking Smith’s weed, playing video games and collecting a clean, warm onesie out of the dryer. Bishop was charged with first-degree burglary, first-degree criminal mischief and thirddegree theft. Smith is seeking a home for the cat. His fiancee declined the return of her onesie. !

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The art of the putt: Artists collaborate on mini-golf course

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n July 16, the Center for Visual Artists unveiled its artist-created minigolf course called, Gate City Acres. This installation will run through Aug. 18, and Terry Rader people of all ages are invited to play.

Gate City Acres Contributor is the brainchild of guest curator Harry Turfle, a visual artist, writer, and Pace Communications senior editor.

“We’re lucky that our company has a ‘Day of Service’ program that allows employees to take a day off to work on a service project,” Turfle said. “When I was organizing Gate City Acres, I reached out to other creatives at Pace Communications to create our team golf hole.”

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out who would work in each space while exploring the possibilities and limitations of each hole.

“Corrie, Harry and I are excited to provide this first pay-to-play transformation into a welcoming space that people are used to seeing outside that says, ‘look what artists can do and what art can be,’” McKnight said. “We are bringing the art to the people and the people to the art.”

“All holes are unique, playable and holes-in-one are possible,” Lisk-Hurst said. “However — partial spoiler alert — on some holes, taking more swings may be a lot more fun. Art is everywhere — it’s not just paintings in frames on a gallery wall. This exhibit is all about bringing people in to experience art in a new way and to help CVA fund a variety of unique exhibits and programs throughout the year.”

The artists behind each hole include Michael Clapp (Hole 1), Joey Seawell and Jon Black (Hole 2), Andrew Duke and Derrick Dickens (Hole 3), Janie Ledford and Phil Fuentes (Hole 4), Pace Communications team Tommy Alderson, Eric Hughes, Kemp Allen, Erin Villareal, Emily Clancy and Annemarie Tankersley (Hole 5), Rose Field (Hole 6), Mark Dixon and Tom Dawson (Hole 7), Sebastian Lindquist and

Constructing the mini-golf course Brittney May (Hole 8), and Karen and Bob Niemczyk (Hole 9).

Some of the artists shared their process and inspiration behind their assigned mini-golf hole.

“Where I try to begin in any project is to find an essential element and truth in material as in my work in my firm,” Michael Clapp, architect and founder of Schemata Studio, said. “The hole I designed exudes that same mantra. Materials and found objects from well-known sites are stripped of ornamental distraction. We wanted to be sort of tactical in the design and subtle in the way the concept influences the strategy of play.”

Karen Niemczyk, an artist at Interpolations Studios with a knack for installations involving light, focuses on electronics and specifically for this project, music and lights.

“My work is very serious,” she said. “I had a great time working with my husband, Bob, who was involved in the creative process for the first time. He re-engineers everything I do, utilizing his experience working with Volvo Trucks. Our hole would require a miracle to get in one shot, but will be a lot of fun trying to do so.”

Mark Dixon, artist and professor of sculpture and design at Guilford College, said he and Tom Dawson knew they wanted to find an alternate way to hit the ball in and drew their inspiration from a classic arcade game.

“Like a pinball machine with a long shoot and music in a conceptual innovation,” Dixon said. “The worse you are at putt-putt, the more entertaining our hole is. It’s tricky work to design something that is resilient to foot traffic and thousands of repetitions.”

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Turfle said he has always wanted to design a mini-golf hole himself and turned that desire into helping others create an entire course. He said artists want to create new worlds, not just paintings on the wall.

Turfle said art-inspired mini-golf courses have become a trend across the country, with significant places such as the Walker Museum using it as a way to fundraise for nonprofit art spaces where artists create a fun, imaginative minigolf course unlike any ever seen. He said people line up around the block for it because “the experience is unique and only available for a brief time.”

Turfle said that the maker movement is bringing an expansion of art and that Gate City Acres includes “amazing artists as well as nontraditional artists such as landscapers, architects, engineers, and wood-workers.”

The artists worked together for three to four months, and Turfle said it has been a fun and challenging collaborative effort.

“They asked questions like, ‘how to get a ball through a hole,’ ‘how to make it fun’ and ‘how to make it happen using materials never used before,’ all while taking it out of context and making it work inside of an art gallery,” Turfle said.

McKnight said that the CVA is also pleased to feature an exhibition of Harry Blair’s golf art in the Pro-shop. She said that Blair was very supportive.

“Thanks to Harry, we had another armature to make it happen.”

Turfle said that he really believes in the Greensboro CVA. He used to teach at Bennett College as a curator and learned that, “You have to have more than just a fundraiser, you have to have a fun-raiser!”

He said McKnight had been reaching out to the community and local artists, “like no one ever had before, and CVA is really blossoming this year.”

“My hope for artist mini-golf is that it’s so successful that CVA may see it as a summer opportunity to do a longer run next year when people will know it and are more involved with it,” Turfle said.

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tunity to create the holes. It’s so huge.

We’d like to see it have a second life elsewhere.”

Turfle, who moved here from New York and came to North Carolina to get his Master’s degree in fine arts, said many people don’t realize that mini-golf was invented in Pinehurst, North Carolina. According to NCpedia, James Barber, owner of the Barber Steamship Lines of New York completed an 18-hole golf course he called “Thistle Dhu” on the grounds of his home in 1919. It remains a putting course in front of the main clubhouse, free to resort guests as part of a trendy tourist destination, and it turned 100 years old this year.

“I love America,” Turfle said. “Mini golf was invented here for a reason. It’s for everyone. It’s simple and goofy and deeply weird and creative – like the best art. Art is about expressing what’s deep and true, with all of our problems as a country, there’s still a place to be yourself and to find that truth and beauty in surprising places. Art provides a place for that.”

CVA will be selling T-shirts and handing out free popsicles at Gate City Acres.

The mini-golf course will be available for private rental, birthday parties, corporate functions and special events.

McKnight said the CVA offers 15% off discounts for groups of 10 or more.

(Larger groups should call ahead to reserve their preferred times.) !

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

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Trans athletes pose dilemma A few weeks ago in this column, I advocated against setting off fireworks. This week I may be ignoring my own advice by stating the following: trans athletes need a reality check, and the trans community

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needs to be more tolerant of others. Let’s begin with the reality check.

An increasing number of males who identify as female are competing in high school, college, and international athletic events. Not surprisingly, these trans athletes are besting the biological females with whom they are competing, so much so that earlier this year Alliance Defending Freedom filed a complaint with the

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Connecticut is one of 17 states that allow trans athletes to compete at the high school level without restrictions (this is in contrast with, for example, the North Carolina High School Athletic Association which contends that “a student’s gender is denoted by what is on the birth certificate”).

Simply put, female athletes in Connecticut believe that trans athletes hold a distinct advantage over them, a sentiment that is shared by noted lesbian activist Julia Beck, who told FOX News, “In many states, men can legally identify themselves as female and gain access to women’s single-sex spaces. Sports is just one institution where men are taking titles, scholarships, and this is a problem. Many women like myself have been pushed out of spaces that we built – spaces that are intended to include us simply because we acknowledge biological reality.”

Where high school and college athletics are concerned, the primary argument and complaint advanced by the trans community tend to focus on so-called violations of Title IX. The problem is that Title IX never guaranteed the rights of biological men to compete as women. Instead, Title IX was enacted to guarantee that female athletes had access to the same facilities and opportunities as male athletes. But regardless of how one chooses to interpret and apply Title IX, for the most part, biological male athletes are stronger and faster than biological female athletes. Even Caitlyn Jenner agrees, telling Piers Morgan that she holds an unfair advantage over the women she plays golf with.

Now to the issue of tolerance; 18-time Grand Slam tennis champ Martina Navratilova dominated her sport in the 1980s, and is still considered to be the greatest women’s tennis player ever. She was also a champion off the court, having made the courageous decision to come out in 1981, and then become a fearless advocate for gay rights thereafter. In February of this year, Martina penned a column for the Sunday Times in which she wrote: “It is insane that hundreds of athletes who have changed gender by declara-

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tion and limited hormone treatment have already achieved honors as women that were beyond their capabilities as men…It is insane, and it is cheating. I am happy to address a Transgender woman in whatever form she prefers, but I would not be happy to compete against her. It would not be fair”.

Martina’s column followed a controversial tweet last December in which she said, “You can’t just proclaim yourself a female and be able to compete against women.

There must be some standards, and having a penis and competing as a woman would not fit that standard.”

Following those remarks, it didn’t take long for the trans community to turn on Martina for speaking her mind. TransActual, a United Kingdom-based trans advocacy Twitter and Facebook account, tweeted, “We’re pretty devastated to discover that Martina Navratilova is transphobic.” TransActual’s tweet takes name-calling, labeling, and intolerance to an absurd level, considering the target of its derision. The tweet was also disrespectful to a woman who once risked everything by announcing to the world that she is a lesbian. I had the honor to meet and interview Martina during that difficult time, and back then, despite the stress, she held it together with strength and dignity. Martina is a successful woman who can endure the name-calling and nasty labels, but in today’s overly PC world, not every gay or straight female athlete can afford to speak their mind. In a recent interview with Bill Maher, Dr. Deborah Soh explained why.

“I am sympathetic to the other female competitors. They can’t really say anything, but they say things behind the scenes. They can’t say anything in public because they are afraid of being called transphobic.”

It’s going to take some time for the courts and the states to resolve the gender identity dilemma in athletic competition, but until then, the trans community needs to practice what it preaches, and stop demonizing people for their beliefs.

Intolerant is something none of us should identify as. !

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Let them play: Trans athletes are not the problem I rarely write opinion columns, as I feel I have more important stories to tell. But when something that could be damaging to people I love is printed in the paper that I pour my blood, sweat Katie Murawski and tears into every week, I can’t and won’t be complicit.

Editor And as someone who actually plays a sport alongside folks in the transgender and non-binary communities, I have experience in this subject that Jim Longworth lacks. Mr. Longworth’s opinion column this week suggested that transgender athletes “need a reality check” and that the trans community “needs to be more tolerant of others.” I believe the complete opposite.

After all, cisgender people aren’t being murdered for just being true to themselves. Cisgender athletes and people, in general, need to be more tolerant and less concerned about how other people live their lives. And the only “reality check” that is needed is for those who are ignorant of the overall plight of transgender people in the United States of America, especially during the Trump administration. Since 2016, 90 transgender people have been violently murdered, and this increased violence is disproportionally against trans women of color, the Human Rights Campaign reports. Last month, Chanel Scurlock, 23, (a trans woman of color) was fatally shot in Lumberton. In January of this year, the New York Times reported that two women were arrested on charges of sexually harassing a trans woman in the bathroom of Raleigh’s Milk Bar.

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I am a proud skater of the Mad Dollies and a co-director of public relations/ marketing with Greensboro Roller Derby, which is governed by the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association. The WFTDA states on its website that it is committed to inclusion and anti-discrimination practices. “An individual who identifies as a trans woman, intersex woman, and/ or gender expansive may skate with a WFTDA charter team if women’s flattrack roller derby is the version and composition of roller derby with which they most closely identify.” GSORD perhaps may be the only amateur sports league in the Triad that allows skaters who identify as “a trans woman, an intersex woman, or gender expansive.” (And by all means, if I am incorrect in this assumption, please shoot me an email!)

While I can’t speak for high school or Olympic level sports, I can say that as a cisgender woman and amateur athlete in a contact sport, I do not feel threatened or erased by the presence of my trans, intersex, or gender-non-conforming teammates. If anything, I feel empowered and honored to play by their side. While skating, hitting and blocking against folks that may not have the same parts or gender identity as I do, I truly see and feel no different than playing alongside someone who is like me. My biggest beef with Mr. Longworth’s opinion (aside from his ludicrous assertion that transgender people are the intolerant bullies) are the sources he cites to support his beliefs. He quotes the Alliance Defending Freedom (a conservative Christian organization that claims on their website that “Christians are being punished for living by their convictions”) as well as a FOX News interview with a “notable lesbian activist,” (I have never heard of her) who doesn’t reflect the views of all lesbians or all feminists, but does reflect the views of

trans-exclusionary radical feminists. He also quotes the Twitter account “TransActual” and treats them as the only voice of the entire transgender community.

Through a couple Google searches, TransActual is based in the United Kingdom, and its website is under construction, so it is unclear if it is an actual organization. I found the credibility of that source questionable, as well as its use in context. In my opinion, Mr. Longworth’s “dilemma” of transgender people competing in sports alongside their cisgender teammates diminishes both cisgender and transgender women’s abilities as athletes. If you assume “based on biology” that the skaters of GSORD are weak in any way, find me at our next bout (Aug. 4 at Skate South in High Point!), and I’ll let you borrow some skates, so you can have a feel for yourself.

My derby-wife and co-director of GSORD’s public relations/marketing committee, Nay Slayer, agreed with my sentiments.

“If you feel like you need to discredit another athlete because you deem the situation as ‘unfair’ - you need to practice more,” she wrote me in a Facebook message. “Being an athlete is about being an athlete, regardless of gender or sex. I am confident in my strength and power across all the sports I’ve played. The only issue my vagina has caused is when my tampon string got caught while I was running across the soccer pitch (sorry if that’s vulgar). I welcome playing with anyone, regardless of race, sex, gender, age and skill level. Any true athlete knows the value of learning from others and shouldn’t demean another athlete in any manner. I truly feel in most sports, ‘women’s’ and ‘men’s’ needs to be a thing of the past, and sports at all levels should be skill-based, not gender-based.

But that’s in a perfect world where all humans are equal, not in the world where the best soccer players are women, and

those women have to fight to receive 1/10 the pay of their male counterparts who cannot even compete on the same level as them.”

Transgender athletes are not trying to cheat the system, and there is absolutely no evidence of that ever happening.

They just want to be validated; they just want to play the game; they just want a place to belong. And what about Caster Semenya? She is the two-time Olympic champion track runner whose body naturally produces more testosterone than what is considered “normal” for females. According to Wired.com, The Court of Arbitration for Sport decided in May that Semenya is required to take testosterone suppressants to continue competing with women. All because of testosterone, which supposedly gives athletes an advantage. “The reality is that although testosterone plays a role in elite performance, the details of the science get murky very quickly,” Katelyn Burns writes in Wired. “The athletes with the highest testosterone are not always the winners. Ones with lower levels can also take home gold.”

NBC News reported that the International Association of Athletics Federations has allowed Semenya to compete with men without any restrictions. So, this paradoxical rule does not let a woman play with other women if her testosterone levels are naturally higher, but she can compete with men? Separating women and men in sports by measuring testosterone levels is not only misleading, but it also is not fair. Transgender athletes are not the problem. Intolerant and ignorant people are. !

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

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Dex Romweber returns: Guitar legend brings his stripped-down duo to Monstercade

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ex Romweber isn’t known for his piano playing, necessarily. When prodded on the particular subject, Romweber will describe himself as John Adamian “a failed classical @johnradamian piano player.” Romweber is a legend of North Carolina Contributor music, though, as an energetic frontman revered for his explosive guitar playing and singing, and his snarling, kinetic performances. I spoke to him earlier this week when he had a few hours before a standing gig, a Monday-night piano residency, at a club in his hometown of Chapel Hill.

Romweber returns to Winston-Salem for a second time this month when he plays Monstercade later this week. (He made an appearance at the Heavy Rebel Weekender festival over the Fourth of July weekend.)

Romweber, 53, stays busy. In addition to his dates playing piano, and his shows with his guitar-drums duo, this month he was also in the process of finishing up a new album for Bloodshot Records, a follow-up to his 2016 record. He’s also begun doing extensive interviews with a writer for what could turn into a biography or a memoir. The death earlier this year of his sister, Sara, who had played drums in the WinstonSalem band Let’s Active with Mitch Easter, and frequently with Dexter, prompted Romweber to think more about getting the details of his life and career down on paper.

Sara also played a role in getting Rombweber to pursue his passion for piano music. She introduced her brother to Chopin, and the composer served as an inspiration for Romweber’s piano work, which can be heard in the brooding and Chopin-esque pieces on his 2006 record, YES! WEEKLY

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which has études showcasing bold, cascading octave patterns on both the high and low ends of the keyboard as well as somber melodic figures. Romweber has said that as he’s gotten older, he’s gotten mellower, and maybe the piano is a way for him to explore the more low-key side of things because he still plays guitar and sings with impressive combustible power, menace and drive.

With his guitar and singing, Romweber can evoke the twitchy, pent-up punch of Elvis Presley or the other early rockers. But he also summons a vast range of musical influences and connects dots from all over the map, from the gypsy-jazz of Django Reinhardt to the belting fervor of Mahalia Jackson, the sophistication of Tin Pan Alley, the feverish thrum and twang of surf rock, the country suavity of Charlie Rich, or back deeper to the old, weird America of 78s or raw blues and old-time. There’s always been a dark, haunted quality to Romweber’s music, something that gives it a kinship to Nick Cave and Screamin Jay Hawkins. When his band the Flat Duo Jets emerged in the late ‘80s and started getting national attention in the early ‘90s, Romweber stood out with his magnetic performance style in an era of slouches and ambivalence.

The Flat Duo Jets, which were a drumsand-guitar duo most of the time, ended up making the template for a kind of stripped-down, twoperson format that became almost commonplace, even if it was radical at first.

The White Stripes, the Black Keys, the Japandroids and numerous other highoctane two-piece outfits owe a debt to Romweber. (Jack White has been outspoken about the inspiration he took from Romweber, and the two have worked together.)

But for every time Romweber gets cited as the progenitor of a bare-bones rock revival model he insists that it was not a part of any design or even an aesthetic preference.

“It was a total accident,” he said of how

he and his Flat Duo Jets drummer and friend Chris “Crow” Smith arrived at the duo set-up. “I don’t recommend them.”

He said the duo arrangement creates problems of dynamics, balance and control. The Flat Duo Jets broke up 20 years ago, but Romweber has kept returning to the drums-and-guitar set-up because it’s a pragmatic way to keep a band together, to add rhythmic oomph to things without having the expense of a full band. (He records with a full band and says he’d like to add a saxophone player or organist to his ensemble if it were practical.)

One thing the drums-and-guitar arrangement preserves is an elemental brute force, a pounding and bashing, pistonpumping power. That’s one aspect of Romweber’s genius. Romweber has always pulled from and gravitated toward more subtle and complex models, but he’s never turned away from the expressive primitivism and crazed id-shaman characters that inspired him.

In a documentary about his life and career called Two Headed Cow, Romweber says that he was always drawn to idols that he described as “wreckage makers.” He lists the actors Erroll Flynn, John Barrymore and the poet Charles Baudelaire as inspirations, all of whom had a self-destructive bent. Elsewhere in the film Romweber said that at certain points

he’s “toyed with madness,” and he alludes to mental breakdowns, sometimes sped up by drugs and alcohol, and the role of spirits. But he says it all with an impressive steadiness and control. It’s rare to see someone who has delved so deeply into dark extreme states and who can still summon the level of clarity and precision that Romweber clearly still has in his work.

Romweber has walked a unique musical path. He’s almost existed outside of time and place. He’s remained receptive to so many varied sources of inspiration, all of them dictated not by any trends or specific regional features, but by his own tastes and preferences.

When I ask him what he might be doing if he wasn’t making music, he said he’d probably be a writer or a painter, two things that he does on his own already.

As he says in the documentary, “You don’t want your soul to become too closed up.” !

JOHN ADAMIAN lives in Winston-Salem, and his writing has appeared in Wired, The Believer, Relix, Arthur, Modern Farmer, the Hartford Courant and numerous other publications.

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Harrison Ford Mustang gets in gear Greensboro rockers Harrison Ford Mustang will hit their stride with a new record and release show at Greensboro’s Flat Iron on July 26.

The foursome recently celebrated Katei Cranford four years as a band.

They attribute Contributor friendship and tunes as gas in their tank to keep going—gas they’ve been burning by gigging hard around North Carolina, putting the metal down with a focus on maturing their sound and spreading their reach.

“We were kind of slack when we started,” said guitarist Josh Peek, noting the band’s more polished direction. Zac Lassiter rounds the lineup on drums and Melvin Holland on bass, who formed the group with Peek fresh out of UNCG in 2015. Peek credits second guitarist, Michael Joncas, who joined the fold in 2018, for their more driving sound.

“With elements of dream pop, punk rock and the influences of your favorite ‘90s indie and alternative heroes,” Peek said, Harrison Ford Mustang has grown to be more than just a punk band, and “creates a modern take on your favorite sounds of the past.” Their sound summarized by Peek as “probably some sort of amalgamation of Beach Boys, Fugazi, and Yo La Tengo.”

Life moves fast for the group as Lassiter is getting married in the fall. He and Holland are graduates of UNCG’s music school, who moonlight in jazz outfits and as professional music instructors. Joncas is a generation ahead with a family and career teaching fifth grade. Rock ‘n’ roll keeps their engine running through the ages.

“We’re all a little less ‘gnarly’ or ‘punk’ than we used to be,” Peek said, “but whatever is leftover from that gives us energy and makes things fun, especially when playing live.” Their refined songwriting and the raucous show will collide to celebrate the new release, out now on PotLuck Foundation Records.

The self-titled album marks the first full-length from the group. Clearly, one more developed than their first release: A recorded Radio Greensboro episode from 2015—though, the jangly banger “1980s Slasher Film” has seen its way as the tightened “Slasher” on the new record.

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game these days. “The first single ‘Water’ actually used to be called ‘Water Is Harder Than Cement,’” Peek explained, “but we were like ‘Nah that’s too long.’”

Otherwise, “there’s no real central theme to the album,” Peek said. “Unfortunately none of us are that deep,” he added with a laugh. “As far as material, most of the songs on the album are songs that we’ve been playing for a while, but hadn’t yet recorded.”

“We spent two days in the studio and had a blast,” Peek said of the process they embarked at Legitimate Business with Kris Hilbert (who HFM asserted can always be trusted to create the appropriate amount of reverb,) which marks the first release for the group as a foursome.

“Some of the songs were written before Michael joined the band,” Peek explained, “and having a second guitar has been fantastic.”

Beyond a fuller sound, HFM gets a boost from being friends. “We’re all just best friends and hang out outside of band stuff,” Peek said. Their relationship and personal drives to make cool music “keeps this thing alive.”

“We’re looking forward to a more mature musical experience,” Peek noted of the direction they’ve taken. “It feels a little better for some late 20-somethings and a middle-aged guy to be writing about their emotions and life experiences rather than writing about pizza and beer and constant drunken shenanigans.”

The release show lineup displays their intention to push boundaries beyond their beginnings, surrounded by friends. The alternative tones in Instant Regrets and pop-punk of Swartzwelder complement the gnarly notes of early days. And the addition of electro-bedroom pop from Tide Eyes and hip-hop artist Shamir Lee highlight Harrison Ford Mustang branch-

ing out into their own diverse light.

For the future, good times and tunes remain top priorities.

“Plans are to keep having fun with this thing and keep getting better at what we do,” Peek insisted, “maybe an EP will come out in winter, who knows?”

But for now. It’s summer, and the new record is hot off the presses. !

KATEI CRANFORD Is a Triad music nerd who hosts the Tuesday Tour Report, a radio show that runs like a mixtape of bands touring NC the following week, 5:307pm on WUAG 103.1fm.

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FOUR SAINTS BREWING

218 South Fayetteville St. | 336.610.3722 foursaintsbrewing.com Jul 27: Tyler Millard Aug 2: The Country Road Band Aug 3: Lyn Koonce Aug 9: Casey Noel

CLEMMONS

VILLAGE SQUARE TAP HOUSE

6000 Meadowbrook Mall Ct | 336.448.5330 Jul 26: DJ Bald-E Aug 1: James Vincent Carroll Aug 2: Black Glass

DANBURY

GREEN HERON ALE HOUSE 1110 Flinchum Rd | 336.593.4733 greenheronclub.com Jul 27: Scott Moss and the Hundred Dollar Handshake Aug 3: The Acousticat Revue Aug 10: Blistered Hearts

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REEVES THEATER

129 W Main St | 336.258.8240 reevestheater.com Jul 26: Front Country Jul 27: Memphis Thunder feat. Taylor Vaden Aug 2: Reevestock Presents: Brent Cobb and Them

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ARIZONA PETE’S

2900 Patterson St #A | 336.632.9889 arizonapetes.com Jul 26: 1-2-3 Friday

ARTISTIKA NIGHT CLUB

523 S Elm St | 336.271.2686 artistikanightclub.com Jul 26: DJ Dan the Player Jul 27: DJ Paco and DJ Dan the Player

BARN DINNER THEATRE

120 Stage Coach Tr. | 336.292.2211 Aug 3: Stephen Freeman: Rockin’ Tribute To The King Aug 24: Wonderwall - A Tribute To The Beatles

BEERTHIRTY

505 N. Greene St Jul 26: Dave Moran Aug 2: Chaisaray and John Ray Aug 9: Gerry Stanek Aug 16: Stewart Coley Aug 23: Chad Barnard Aug 30: Tyler Long

THE BLIND TIGER

1819 Spring Garden St | 336.272.9888 theblindtiger.com Jul 25: Petey Pablo Jul 26: Underground Invasion Festival: Ed E. Ruger and many more Jul 27: The Breakfast Club 80’s Tribute Band Jul 30: MC Armstrong Aug 2: Tuesday’s Gone - Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute YES! WEEKLY

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CAROLINA THEATRE

310 S. Greene Street | 336.333.2605 carolinatheatre.com Jul 25: Violet Bell Jul 26: Unspoken Tradition Jul 26: Gordon Lightfoot Jul 27: Adwela & The Uprising Aug 1: Uncle John’s Bone Family

THE CORNER BAR

1700 Spring Garden St | 336.272.5559 corner-bar.com Jul 25: Live Thursdays

COMEDY ZONE

1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034 thecomedyzone.com Jul 26: Kevin Lee Jul 27: Kevin Lee Aug 2: Mike Merryfield Aug 3: Mike Merryfield Aug 15: Daddazz and MelissaMC

COMMON GROUNDS 11602 S Elm Ave | 336.698.388 Jul 27: Mtroknwn Jul 31: Andrew Kasab

CONE DENIM

117 S Elm St | 336.378.9646 cdecgreensboro.com Jul 27: Stunna 4 Vegas Aug 2: Lyfe Jennings Aug 9: Can’t Speak On It Tour feat.

Jaydayyoungan & Yungeen Ace Aug 10: Jack Russell’s Great White

LEVENELEVEN BREWING

1111 Coliseum Blvd | 336.265.8600 Jul 27: John Stevens Jul 31: Bryan McFarland and Scott Orr Aug 2: Matty Sheets and Crumb Catcher Acoustic Aug 3: Viva La Muerte Aug 7: Jamie Slate Aug 10: Comedy Showcase w/ Dusty Cagle Aug 21: Bryan Toney Aug 23: Farewell Friend album release party

LITTLE BROTHER BREWING

348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678 Aug 2: Beau James & Kiely Connel Aug 3: Emily Michaud Aug 6: David Childers Duo Aug 10: Banjo Earth Band Aug 16: Tyler MIllard Duo Aug 23: Abe Reid & The Spikedrivers

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RODY’S tavern

5105 Michaux Road | 336.282.0950 rodystavern.com Jul 27: Radio Revolver Aug 7: Whiskey Foxtrot

the idiot box comedy club

502 N. Greene St | 336.274.2699 www.idiotboxers.com Jul 27: Standup 201 Showcase Aug 2: Krish Mohan

the W BISTRO & BAR 324 Elm St | 336.763.4091 @thewdowntown Jul 25: Karaoke Jul 26: Live DJ Jul 27: Live DJ

J.Peppers Southern Grille

841 Old Winston Rd | 336.497.4727 jpeppers.com Jul 25: James Vincent Carrol Aug 1: Karla Kincaid Aug 8: James Vincent Carrol Aug 15: Justin Fulp Aug 17: Emma Lee Aug 22: Patrick Rock Aug 29: James Vincent Carrol

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old nick’s pub

191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059 OldNicksPubNC.com Jul 26: Karaoke Jul 27: Disaster Recovery Band Aug 2: Music Bingo Aug 3: Jerry Garcia Tribute Band Aug 9: Karaoke Aug 10: Exit 180 Aug 16: Music Bingo Aug 17: The Usual Suspects Aug 23: Karaoke Aug 24: Lasater Union

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The Liberty Showcase Theater

101 S. Fayetteville St | 336.622.3844 TheLibertyShowcase.com Aug 3: Nathan Stanley w/ Dewey & Leslie Brown and The Carolina Gentlemen Aug 17: Gene Watson Sep 7: Charlie Thomas & the Drifters Oct 12: The Malpass Brothers w/ Garrett Newton Band

high point

after hours tavern 1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113 afterhourstavern.net Jul 27: Black Glass Aug 3: Bending Fate Aug 10: Shun The Raven Aug 17: Fair Warning Aug 24: Sok Monkee

GOOFY FOOT TAPROOM 2762 NC-68 #109 | 336.307.2567 Jul 27: Zac Kellum Aug 3: Dave Moran Aug 10: Renae Paige Duo

ham’s palladium

5840 Samet Dr | 336.887.2434 hamsrestaurants.com Jul 19: Ultimate Rock Machine Jul 20: Brothers Pearl Jul 26: Cumberland Drive Jul 27: Stephen Legree Band

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the deck

118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 thedeckatrivertwist.com Jul 25: Emma Millard Jul 26: Jukebox Junkie Jul 27: Jukebox Rehab Aug 1: Robert Smith of Brothers Pearl Aug 2: The Plaids Aug 3: Brothers Pearl

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BReathe Cocktail Lounge

221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822 facebook.com/BreatheCocktailLounge Jul 26: Stephen Legree Band Aug 30: BDM

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NCDOT TO HOST A PUBLIC MEETING ON JULY 25TH FOR THE PROPOSED EXTENSION OF GREAT WAGON ROAD FROM SHALLOWFORD ROAD (S.R. 1001) TO LEWISVILLE-VIENNA ROAD (S.R. 1308) IN FORSYTH COUNTY

STIP PROJECT NO. U-5536 The N.C. Department of Transportation proposes to extend Great Wagon Road from Shallowford Road (S.R. 1001) to Lewisville-Vienna Road (S.R. 1308). The project includes roundabouts connecting Great Wagon Road to Shallowford Road (S.R. 1001) and Lewisville-Vienna Road (S.R. 1308), along with proposed side roads connecting Great Wagon Road to Shallowford Road (S.R. 1001). The Great Wagon Road project will accommodate future traffic volumes, improve connectivity throughout the downtown area, support economic development, accommodate pedestrians, bicyclist and motorists, and improve safety for all users.

The meeting will be held at Lewisville Town Hall at 6510 Shallowford Rd, Lewisville, on Thursday July 25th 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Please note that there will not be a formal presentation.

At the meeting NCDOT representatives will display maps and be available to answer questions and receive comments. Comments and information received will be taken into consideration as work on the project develops. Written comments or questions can also be submitted at the meeting or may be done by phone, email or mail no later than August 26th.

As information becomes available, it may be viewed at the U-5536 project website: https://publicinput.com/GreatWagon-Extension For additional information contact: NCDOT Project Consultant, David Keiser, PE, Project Engineer (CDM Smith, Inc.) by phone at (919) 325-3531 or via email at keiserdz@cdmsith.com or Connie James, PE, Project Manager, NCDOT Division 9, by mail at 375 Silas Creek Parkway, NC 27127 by phone at (336) 747-7800, or via email at ckjames1@ncdot.gov.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this workshop. Anyone requiring special services should contact Kayla Weber by phone at (919) 707-6061 or by email at knweber@ncdot.gov or Samantha Borges by phone at (919) 707-6115 or by email at smborges@ncdot.gov as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

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BULL’S TAVERN

408 West 4th St | 336.331.3431 facebook.com/bulls-tavern Jul 26: Souljam Quartet Jul 27: The Fat Catz Aug 1: Two Castles Aug 3: Brother Bear & Co

CB’S TAVERN

3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664 Jul 25: Nick Jones

FIDDLIN’ FISH BREWING COMPANY 772 Trade St | 336.999.8945 fiddlinfish.com Jul 28: Camel City Blues Aug 5: Old Time Jam

FOOTHILLS BREWING

638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 foothillsbrewing.com Jul 28: Sunday Jazz Jul 31: Hotwax & The Splinters Aug 3: Hill Country Cosmopolitans Aug 4: Sunday Jazz Aug 7: Redleg Husky

MAC & NELLI’S

4926 Country Club Rd | 336.529.6230 macandnellisws.com Jul 25: JBR Aug 15: Dueling Pianos Nov 15: Whiskey Mic

MILNER’S

630 S Stratford Rd | 336.768.2221 milnerfood.com Jul 28: Live Jazz

MUDDY CREEK CAFE & MUSIC HALL

5455 Bethania Rd | 336.923.8623 Aug 3: The Gravy Boys Aug 4: Kristy Cox/Rick Price Aug 15: Kelby Costner Aug 16: Bill and the Belles Aug 16: Kelby Costner Aug 17: Mel Jones & His Bag O’Bones w/ John Hofmann

THE RAMKAT

170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 Jul 24: Cosmic Honky Tonk Revue Jul 26: The Vagabond Saints’ Society: The Music of The Cars Jul 27: Silent Disco w/ DJ SK & DJ Poochie LaFever Jul 31: National Park Radio

WISE MAN BREWING

826 Angelo Bros Ave | 336.725.0008 Jul 31: Into The Fog

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BOOTH AMPHITHEATRE 8003 Regency Pkwy | 919.462.2025 www.boothamphitheatre.com

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former Uptown Amphitheatre 820 Hamilton St | 704.549.5555 www.livenation.com Jul 28: Sublime w/ Rome Aug 4: Papa Roach Aug 5: The Flaming Lips Aug 7: Beast Coast w/ Joey Bada$$ & Flatbush Zombies Aug 8: Ben Folds & Violent Femmes

THE FILLMORE

1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970 www.livenation.com Jul 24: Carly Rae Jepsen July 26: Genessa & The Selena Experience Jul 27: Eric B. & Rakim Jul 31: I Prevail Aug 2: Grits & Biscuits Aug 6: August Burns Red

OVENS AUDITORIUM

2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.ovensauditorium.com

PNC MUSIC PAVILION 707 Pavilion Blvd | 704.549.1292 www.livenation.com Jul 24: Mary J. Blige & Nas Jul 26: Nelly, TLC, & Flo Rida Jul 27: Florida Georgia Line Aug 8: Dierks Bentley Aug 10: KISS

SPECTRUM CENTER

333 E Trade St | 704.688.9000 www.spectrumcentercharlotte.com Aug 9: John Mayer

THE UNDERGROUND

820 Hamilton St, Charlotte | 704.916.8970 www.fillmorenc.com Jul 26: Chicago Rewired & Reo Survivor Aug 9: Pouya Aug 10: JayDa Youngan & Yungeen Ace

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309 W Morgan St | 919.560.3030 www.carolinatheatre.org Aug 14: Mutlu

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123 Vivian St | 919.680.2787 www.dpacnc.com Aug 6: Ringo Starr & His All Starr Band Aug 9: Arrival From Sweden - The Music of ABBA Aug 10: Get The Led Out

Jul 26: Iration w/ Pepper Fortunate Youth & Katastro Aug 3: Why Don’t We Aug 4: Moe. & Blues Traveler Aug 6: Papa Roach Aug 7: The Flaming Lips

PNC ARENA

1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300 www.thepncarena.com

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CAROLINA THEATRE 310 S Greene St | 336.333.2605 www.carolinatheatre.com Jul 26: Unspoken Tradition Jul 26: Gordon Lightfoot

GREENSBORO COLISEUM 1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com Jul 25: Lionel Richie

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220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401 www.highpointtheatre.com

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3801 Rock Quarry Rd | 919.831.6400 www.livenation.com Jul 25: Mary J. Blige & Nas Jul 26: Florida Georgia Line Jul 27: Nelly, TLC, & Flo Rider Jul 28: 311 & Dirty Heads Aug 2: Kidz Bop Aug 8: Thomas Rhett Aug 10: Heart

RED HAT AMPHITHEATER 500 S McDowell St | 919.996.8800 www.redhatamphitheater.com

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Amy Alkon

Advice Goddess meal ticket? — Duped

I’m a 36-year-old single man. I see buying a woman dinner as a nice part of courting. Lately, however, women keep pretending to be interested in me only to vanish after I’ve taken them out for an expensive dinner. How can I avoid women who just want to use me as a

A first date should be an opportunity to get acquainted — with you, that is, not wine from Napoleon’s private stock and steak from a cow that attended French boarding school.

Welcome to the “foodie call” — a woman dating a man she isn’t attracted to in order to get a free meal. Social psychologist Brian Collisson and his colleagues surveyed heterosexual women to see construction8.pdf 1 2/24/2019 01:34:58 whether they’d deceived men to get free

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eats. Though the women “generally” rated foodie calls as unacceptable, about a quarter to a third of the women they polled reported engaging in a foodie call.

Helpfully, Collison and his team found that there’s a particular type that tends to milk men out of meals, and it’s women who scored high in the “dark triad.” This is a three-pack of antisocial personality traits: narcissism, psychopathy, and Machiavellianism (named for Niccolo Machiavelli, author of “The Prince”).

Machiavellianism involves a tendency to manipulate and deceive others for personal gain. Psychopathy is marked by a lack of empathy and remorse. The researchers note that people who score high in it are unlikely to consider their date’s perspective and “the intense negative emotions” that come from being led on.

And finally, there’s narcissism. Narcissists are self-adoring, self-focused, entitled creeps who tend to be “socially adept.” (“All the better to separate a man and his disposable income, my dear!”)

As for how to filter out the gourmet grifters, I always advise that first dates (and maybe even second dates) should be three things: cheap, short, and local. I write

in “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck” that you should meet for happy hour drinks or coffee for an hour or two — at most. “This helps keep things from going too fast (a big source of misery and resentment).” Additionally, “If a date turns nightmarish, it will at least be a Hobbesian nightmare: nasty and brutish but also short.” Finally, and more to the point of your question, it’s pretty hard to feel taken for a ride on a coffee date: “Man, did she ever play me for that double decaf latte!”

TRUTH BE TROLLED

I’m on Twitter, and occasionally, I’ll tweet something seemingly innocuous and then have dozens or even hundreds of enraged strangers attack me with ugly tweets.

What’s the best response when this happens? — Besieged You can take the careful approach on social media, staying away from hot-button topics like politics and animal rights — only to get a beatdown from a Twitter mob for your #totalitarian!!! #whitenationalist!!! aversion to aftermarket eyelashes on car headlights.

It turns out that pile-ons by Twitter mobs are often less about content (differences of opinion) than about coalitionbuilding — though the haters brandishing the virtual flaming pitchforks probably aren’t conscious of this.

A growing body of evidence supports evolutionary psychologists John Tooby and Leda Cosmides’ theory that humans have a “coalitional psychology.” They explain that “because everything can be taken from a powerless individual or group,” we seem to have evolved a motivation to band together and work as a unit to “enhance, defend or repair” our group’s status. Basically, it’s in-group versus outgroup, us versus them.

Not surprisingly, the common-enemy thing turns out to be big for group bonding (social glue through collective hating).

Outrage functions as a “group-mobilizing resource,” notes Tooby, triggering the mob to go off on the poor out-group person who dared express an idea the group is opposed to.

Because outrage is emotionally-driven, and because it’s so often coalition-energizing, there’s no reasoning with the members of the mob coming after you: “But...

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In fact, defending yourself in any way usually fuels the fire. Every tweet you put out there can be turned into something foul and horrible that you supposedly believe.

Often, the best approach is to go into your settings and “lock” your Twitter profile for a while so only followers you’ve approved can communicate with you. You can turn off notifications and block everyone who’s awful to you. And you can also take a break from Twitter until the mob moves on to their next victim, someone who’s tweeted something truly repugnant, such as, “I don’t get the big deal about LaCroix” — only to have thousands of strangers from around the globe demanding their death. !

GOT A problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com) © 2019 Amy Alkon Distributed by Creators.Com.

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