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If there’s one thing I discovered in writing about WEST END RESTAURANTS in Winston-Salem, it’s that no one can agree where the West End begins or ends. Some of the West End is still considered downtown. Some of the outliers are grappling to get the attention that their downtown counterparts enjoy, even though many have been in business decades longer. 11 “WHAT’S YOUR SUPERPOWER” by Tomi Llama is a heartier, meatier chicken soup for your soul. As the masthead states, “Finding your superpower shouldn’t be your life’s work. Using it should be.” Dr. Tomi Bryan wrote this book under the pseudonym Tomi Llama because she couldn’t find the answers to her own questions. 12 The members of the Los Angeles band LAS CAFETERAS all came to the type of music they’re playing through activism. The band makes thoroughly hybridized American music, with touches of hip-hop, soul, folk and rock ‘n’ roll, but it’s rooted in the traditional songs the Mexican state of Veracruz and a style known as son jarocho. YES! WEEKLY
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WHAT: Join us for our 11th Annual Summer Film Festival, this year in The Crown, on the third floor of the theatre! In between visits to Tiffany’s, New York Citys dazzling jewelry store, and the Sing-Sing prison for mobster Sally Tomatos weekly weather report, Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn), Manhattans elegant socialite, becomes infatuated with her new charming neighbor, Paul Varjak (George Peppard). WHEN: 6 p.m. WHERE: Carolina Theatre. 310 S. Greene Street, Greensboro. MORE: $6-7 tickets.
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Greensboro-based musician and artist “Anne-Claire” Niver released her new single “Give It Up” on July 20. “Give It Up” is the first full song on the new album I Still Look For You, set to come out on Aug. 3. Anne-Claire said the album is about getting over grief and coping with loss. She said “Give It Up” is specifically about the loss of her grandmother, whom she had a close bond with. She said she felt immense grief and vulnerability. “Her death was a shock and surprise to everyone in the family,” Anne-Claire said. “I’ve been writing music for a while now, and I was really thrown through a loop artistically at this time too, because I did not know that most of songwriting is very vulnerable and I wasn’t in the position where I wanted to willingly make myself vulnerable and open myself to start writing again.” She said “Give It Up” is sort of a mantra, and the song captures the soul and is “the thesis to the rest of the album.” “Grief is so out of your control, it comes out of nowhere,” she said. “Getting brave enough to write from that place was a huge step and I am really glad I
did ultimately. I was gifted with these songs coming to me as a result of putting myself in receptive, open and vulnerable place.” The single was recorded at Fidelitorium Studios in Kernersville by recording engineer Jeff Crawford and produced by Alex Bingham. The song features her whole band consisting of Charles Cleaver on keyboard, David Dollar on guitar, Ryan Johnson on guitar, Alex Bingham on bass, Dan Faust on drums/percussion and special guest Chad Eby on saxophone. “This song is something I would say to myself,” she said. “I was dealing with the loss of my grandmother, and this whole album isn’t about every stage of grief but it is definitely a lot of things that came up for me during the period.” The album will come out on Aug. 3, and there will be a release show happening on Aug. 31, 7 p.m. at The Crown at the Carolina Theatre. In Carrboro, there will be a release show at Cat’s Cradle on Aug. 4. To purchase the single (it is only $1!) or to pre-order the album, visit www.anneclairemusic.com. Follow her on Facebook (@ACNivermusic) to stay updated on her future shows and other news. !
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ometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. If there’s one thing I discovered in writing about West End restaurants in Winston-Salem, Kristi Maier it’s that no one can @triadfoodies agree where the West End begins or ends. Some of Contributor the West End is still considered downtown. Some of the outliers are grappling to get the attention that their downtown counterparts enjoy, even though many have been in business decades longer. We’ll start off with what I think is one of the most under-appreciated restaurants in the city with one of the most creative chefs to ever grace the WinstonSalem food scene. And some people adamantly deny that it is in fact, located in the West End, so I might get in trouble for including it. We’re going for it because 1703 Restaurant deserves talking about. As a matter of fact, consider this short blip a preview of a full-length article in the coming weeks. Stay tuned. 1703 Restaurant & Catering 1703 Robinhood Rd. Home to Forsyth County’s Best Chef according to YES! Weekly readers. 1703 has been in business as a restaurant since October 2000. Joe and Molly Curran ran a catering business for several years before finding the Robinhood location. Molly said the catering side still continues to be the bread and butter of their business and that they love being a neighborhood
The Porch Kitchen & Cantina 840 Mill Works St. Fun and festive, Claire Calvin’s The Porch has one of the best casual vibes in the city. Your kids can play with books or dinosaurs while you munch chips and wait for your order to arrive. The nextdoor-neighbor is Hoots Brewing and Roller Bar. Owner Eric Swaim thinks the name says it all. “[The Porch’s] name is very fitting in that it’s comfortable like a porch. It’s easy to forget you’re in a restaurant with the relaxed atmosphere, friendly staff and down-home food.” He’s counting on the appeal to carry over to his co-venture with Calvin as they open Canteen Market & Bistro at 411 Fourth St. in late August.
1703 Restaurant & Catering restaurant. “The neighbors are our captive audience,” she said. “We know them and recognize them and we bend over backwards for them because we value their continued business.” Molly also said the creative menu is another reason the neighbors and others keep coming back for more. We vary our menu daily based on the chef’s creativity, which keeps our ideas fresh. Our regulars like it because
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Carmine’s 901 Grill 901 Reynolda Rd. The second Carmine’s location is the only place you can find Italian in the West End. It’s pretty simple in a very cool looking art deco. You can get lunch for under $10. I haven’t eaten dinner there, only lunch and it was good. Dinner reviews are pretty steady and take out and catering is also available.
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they can come in for dinner two nights in a row and have a different dining experience both nights. Regardless of what’s on the menu, the level of quality is very high.” Follow Chef Curtis Hackaday’s Instagram (@curtishackaday1703) to gawk at his creations, which will make you want to get a taste of what’s cooking in the 1703 kitchen.
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Alex’s Cafe 750 Summit St. In business for 40 years, Alex’s is famous for its omelets and fans rave about the baklava, which is made fresh. Owner Gigi Ayad, who bought the business eight years ago, said the food is definitely one thing that keeps people coming back as well as the fact that prices have changed very little, but there’s more to it than that. “We’re a cozy place and we try to provide the best customer service. It makes our customers feel like they’re at home.”
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Mozelle’s Fresh Southern Bistro Tart Sweets 848 W. Fifth St. Located in the Historic Rosenbacher House, the beautifully appointed Tart Sweets has adorable cupcakes, delicious macarons, edible cookie dough and coffee drinks. Summerfield resident, Julia Denton always hits up Tart Sweets for a stash of macarons almost every time she comes to Winston-Salem. “They have perfectly macarons in so many great flavors,” she said. “I just love the satisfying crunch followed by perfect buttercream.” The Old Fourth Street Filling Station 871 W. Fourth St. The icon is casually known as the “Filling Station.” Former manager Chef Adam Andrews helped make the Filling Station the place that it is and has branched out with several other successful endeavors of his own, (not in the West End) such as Jeffrey Adams on Fourth and most recently Dogwood Hops & Crops and next door, The Trophy Room Bourbon Bar on Trade Street. Looking back, he said consistency is key. “The kitchen staff has had very little turnover,” Andrews said. “Everyone loves the patio. It’s a staple with a lot of regulars. It’s not fine dining nor mom-and-pop. It’s right in the middle and I think that appeals to the majority of Winston-Salem.” Mozelle’s Fresh Southern Bistro 878 W. Fourth St. Gosh, it doesn’t get much cuter or more quaint and low-key than Mozelle’s. You almost haven’t lived until you’ve tried the tomato pie. And now, the restaurant, which celebrates 10 years this year, has scored one of the Triad’s best chefs, Jay Pierce. “Before relocating to Winston Salem, as a resident of the other cities in the Triad, I did not understand how special the West End neighborhood was,” Pierce said. “Although Mozelle’s address is on Fourth Street, the vibe could not be farther from WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
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Bernardin’s at the Zevely House 901 W. Fourth St. The five-star restaurant was already a great success before moving into its historic West End quarters, and now people travel across the Triad and beyond to enjoy a unique, upscale culinary experience. “Bernardin’s at the Zevely House is probably the best restaurant in WinstonSalem,” mixologist John Vavryshko IV said. “Their Kangaroo Tandoori is probably the single best thing I’ve ever eaten.”
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The Humble Bee Shoppe 1003 Brookstown Ave. The name, the shoppe, the owner, Brittany McGee are all so cute, but her desserts are way more than just cute. McGee said it was her dream to take her bakery business and open up a shop and she couldn’t think of any other place to bee. “I really just love all of the local businesses around me,” McGee said. “They’re all supportive and so kind. It’s really nice to be part of downtown without all the hustle bustle.” The macarons are creative and on point, her signature cookies are incredible and now she’s added cookie sammies and savory items as well. And these cake cones? Seriously, cereal milksoaked cake topped with buttercream. It’s cake, but it’s in an ice cream cone because you only have one life to live so you might as well live it. Lighthouse Restaurant 905 Burke St. Sixty-four years! Opened by George Doumas in 1954 and eventually taken over by his sons, Louie and the late Nick, the Lighthouse is obviously considered an institution in Winston-Salem. Local podcaster and blogger Tim Beeman likes Lighthouse because, “It’s like the perfect greasy spoon…Everything you want in such an establishment. From breakfast to dinner, the food is good, sticks to your ribs, and you always leave satisfied. A lot of Winston-Salem/West End history is in there, too. The Doumas family has been part of all that is good in that neighborhood. I love to stop by and have a few sausage, egg and cheese biscuits in the morning and they do a good burger for lunch.” Burke Street Pizza 1140 Burke St. OK…It’s getting questionable now if we’re still in the West End, but many people still consider Dave Hillman’s pizza joint West End. When you’re craving local pizza, it’s almost the first place to come to mind. And even if you don’t want to get in your car and go, you know what happens? Burke Street Pizza delivers. Burke Street also has a Robinhood Road location. Local foodie, Jessica Johnson said she loves
The Humble Bee Shoppe Burke Street because of the crust. “That pizza oven makes the best crust on any pizza I’ve ever eaten. The pizzas are also huge, and all the ingredients fresh. A lot of people don’t realize they have delicious salads as well.” Hillman is also busy with two other locations on the same street but those are barred from being considered West End. I don’t know. But hat tip to Quiet Pint and the Uncle Buzzy’s Fried Food, which opened last week. West End Coffeehouse 390 N. Broad St. This coffeehouse, owned by Jim and Dana Moody, has been such a welcomed addition to the downtown and West End scene. We can’t even imagine what life would be like without its delicious coffee drinks, desserts (now including homemade pie), famous gelato and occasional live music. In what is one of the best locations, Dana loves being right on the edge of West End and seeing downtown from her patio. “I kind of love all the restaurants in the West End. There’s something wonderful and unique about each of them that you can’t find downtown. I love getting salads and burgers from West End Cafe, pizza from Burke Street, breakfast from the Lighthouse, brunch from Mozelle’s, cookie sammies and macarons from Humble Bee. The West End is laid back and more relaxed and has much more a neighborhood feel than downtown.” ! 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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So you plug into that and you don’t plug into those things that don’t belong to you.” As for the llama metaphor, “Llamas are just magical creatures,” Bryan said. “A llama, if you put too much load on it, just sits down. It’s done. What if we had that kind of mechanism in our life, where we just said ‘That’s too much for me to bear right now I’m just not going to do that.’ Or sit down in protest like the llamas do.” In addition to the book, a companion C.D. called “The Invitation” prompts you to tap into “childhood wounds” such as abandonment, shame, betrayal and being overwhelmed. “What I did with ‘The Invitation’ was create a meditation process with
Himalayan singing bowls that allow you to clear those childhood wounds,” she said. “They happen to us when we’re so small we don’t even realize it, we wake up and we’re 40 and that 5-year-old is still running our lives.” Bryan said people’s fates are sealed by their behaviors and dictates their destiny. “I say, ‘I’d rather be whole than happy’ because when you’re whole, you’re at peace about all of your choices,” she said. “You’ve made the right choices for you.” As a systems expert, Bryan focuses on the identifiable and the quantifiable. She is hopeful for the future of the United States but said society must learn to let go to move forward. “What we developed for the first 250 years in America is not going to take us to the next 250 years. It hurts to watch
the things we love burned to the ground but I feel like we kind of have to allow it because it’s the only way a new society is going to emerge that allows us to manage the complexity.” Bryan said when people are between what they want to rest and what they want to emerge, they can’t go backward and they can’t go forward. “It’s why we’re seeing things like the #MeToo movement,” she said. “Power has often been about sex and women have been mostly, not always, but mostly on the receiving end of that. The white male is not going to be able to dominate anymore.” Bryan said President Donald Trump is “the epitome of all the things that have to rest,” such as “sexual harassment, racism, mocking disabled people; all part of the old society that had to be thrown in our face for us to go, ‘No, this isn’t going to work anymore.’ I’m actually very grateful for his courage to be the head of that old system that must rest.” What’s the takeaway for Bryan? She said it is about “stalking your longing.” She said victimhood in this country is growing. She wants to show people through her book that they are in control of themselves and their destinies. “I want you to walk away knowing you’re the author of the story you’re writing,” she said. “It’s all about your choices, you get to pick the things that mean something to you. Know who you are. Grow more into that and clear out those childhood wounds so that you’re making decisions that are best for humanity and not you alone.” ! BILLY INGRAM left the luxe life of Hollywood movie poster artist to starve as a writer in Greensboro.
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play downtown Winston-Salem on July 26 at the Stevens Center. When people talk about American music, they’re almost always, on one level or another, talking about some variety of recent-arrival music, a fusion of music made by the descendants of people who were brought here against their will (enslaved Africans), people who came here to pursue religious or economic freedoms or to flee persecution (immigrants), or people who were here before everyone else (Native Americans) and who may have, depending on the archeological evidence, come to North America on foot, millennia ago, in search of food and better weather. Las Cafeteras are part of a wave of 21stcentury bands -- such as Chicano Batman and MAKU Soundsystem -- that bring immigrant consciousness to the front of their music-making project. Las Cafeteras took shape organically a little over 10 years ago when the members met through their involvement in community activism and their shared interest in traditional song and dance. They started out performing at cafes and on the streets and moved on
from there. Like many musicians in their 20s, 30s, 40s and 50s in the Americana and roots scenes who have gravitated toward older styles like country blues, old-time, ragtime, jug band and bluegrass, the members of Las Cafeteras grew up listening and playing other music -- youth music. They were into punk, the Riot Grrrl scene, gangsta rap and other flavors of rebel music. But as kids in Mexican-American families, in East Los Angeles, they also grew up hearing salsa, cumbia, corridos, rancheras, boleros and other popular music of Latin America. But Mexican culture wasn’t something they necessarily gravitated toward as young people. “Being a Chicano -- a Mexican-American kid growing up in L.A. in the ‘80s and ‘90s -- I was ashamed to be Mexican,” Flores said. “I didn’t want to speak Spanish.” But the connection between the simplicity, poetry, and timelessness of Mexican folk -- particularly of the acoustic and expressive style from Veracruz -- and the immediacy and urgency of punk served as a bridge to the music. Las Cafeteras have taken strands of the tradition and braided it with a contemporary touch. It’s exuberant, old and new. “We didn’t grow up with son jarocho, which is what I think was so enticing about the music,” Flores said. “We knew it was organically Mexican, but I had never heard it on the radio. We found it so accessible, so beautiful and poetic. It was wonderful. It was call-and-response. It was very communal. It was kind of like punk music -- you could learn three chords and be part of the tradition.” Flores and the members of Las Cafeteras make a point of stressing a few things about their music. They call it Afro-Mexican music to highlight the connection both to the culture of Mexicans of African descent (Spain participated in the Atlantic slave trade and brought enslaved Africans to what was New Spain) and to make a linkage to the elements of syncopation, call-and-response and highcontrast accents which are often found in African-derived music. Also, Mexico is, by definition, a “mestizo” or mixed country. Another thing to note about Las Cafeteras, when you look at them you’ll see that they’re not a folkloric museum project; they don’t dress up in traditional outfits. They look like stylish young people from any city. They wear jeans, hoodies, knit caps, floral print shirts, sneakers, fashionable dresses. They’re not pretending to be folk musicians from another place and another time. “More than anything, we wanted to
use the music to celebrate our work, to celebrate our stories,” Flores said. “We wanted to write songs about our lives, our experience of growing up in the barrios of Los Angeles.” Now, in the age of Trump, child-separation at border detention centers, and talk of wall-building, telling their stories has turned slightly more political than it might have seemed 10 years ago. The band’s Mexican-flavored version of “Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” only has to exist as it is, and it becomes a bold statement about belonging and freedom. And Las Cafeteras’ “If I Was President,” off of their 2017 record Tastes Like L.A., is a todo list of for-the-people initiatives (public health care, education, fair law enforcement policy, and more). When I ask Flores if things have changed as a result of the heightened tensions in American politics, attacks on immigrants and violence toward non-English speakers, he says yes and no. “I think what Trump offered is for hateful speech to be much more blatant. And we’ve seen it going throughout the country,” Flores said. “At the same time, we’ve seen a lot more solidarity and a lot more hope.” The band got a fair amount of attention recently when Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, came to one of their shows and got a Las Cafeteras T-shirt with the slogan “I Don’t Believe In Borders” on it. Conservative news outlets seized on the image to suggest that Ellison and others wanted to abolish national borders. “We got a lot of really bad and really great publicity from it,” Flores said. “It’s interesting now, because of the snatching the babies at the border, and the rhetoric about building the wall, but when we talk about not believing in borders, we’re talking about the borders that exist in people’s hearts and the borders that exist in people’s minds. Those are the greatest borders that we’re talking about.” ! 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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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING JULY 31 REGARDING THE PROPOSAL TO RECONSTRUCT THE INTERCHANGE AT U.S. 29 – 70 / I-85 BUSINESS AND SOUTH MAIN STREET (S.R. 1009) IN GUILFORD COUNTY STIP Project No. U-5896 The N.C. Department of Transportation proposes to reconstruct the Interchange at U.S. 29 – 70 / I-85 Business and South Main Street (S.R. 1009) in High Point. A public meeting will be held at the High Point Theater located at 220 East Commerce Avenue on Tuesday, July 31, 2018 from 4 to 7 p.m. The purpose of this meeting is to inform the public of the project and gather input on the proposed design. As information becomes available, it may be viewed online at the NCDOT Public Meeting Webpage: www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings
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even disguise its rote storyline. The film gets off to a vigorous start, as McCall tackles some kidnappers in Turkey and then, while serving as a Lyft driver in Boston (in the previous picture, he worked at Home Mart), beats the living hell out of a hotel room full of Men’s S Rights Activists. But then the picture turns stupid and stuporific. As in many an unimaginative sequel, This Time It’s Personal™, meaning that (modest Spoiler alert, though it is in the trailer) Susan gets killed once she gets too close to the truth regarding a faked murder/suicide (that truth is so fleetingly and haphazardly explained that it scarcely matters; Susan might as well have been slain for trying to steal a neighbor’s cherished pie recipe). There’s a betrayal that identically mirrors the one from the recent Skyscraper, meaning that it’s equally easy to sniff out the villainy right from this particular character’s introduction. A subplot involving McCall’s mentoring relationship with a young kid (Ashton Sanders) seems to have been imported from a lesser ABC Afterschool Special from the 1970s. And while The Equalizer was excessively brutal because the plot demanded it (after all, we can brook no interference from Trump’s Russian pals in this country!), The Equalizer 2 is excessively brutal because the filmmakers demanded it. It all culminates with a lengthy battle royale in which McCall faces down the baddies while a storm rages all around them. It’s laughably absurd, and just one more reason why The Equalizer 2 is less than the sum of its slickly oiled parts. Y
uch has been made of the fact that Denzel Washington, who’s been appearing in movies since 1981, has never starred in a sequel. In an industry that gets high off the fumes of highly lucrative follow-ups, that’s an incredible — and impressive — fact, and while it’s hard to see sequels to, say, Malcolm X or Flight, other Denzel vehicles are certainly more franchise-friendly (personally, I would have enjoyed seeing his detective from Spike Lee’s Inside Man tackle more criminal capers, but a proposed sequel was ultimately canceled). The Equalizer 2 ( ), therefore, represents the first time that the actor returns to the screen essaying the same character — in this case, it’s Robert McCall, a former CIA operative who employs his particular set of skills to aid the helpless and hopeless among us. Believed to be dead by everyone save for his CIA pal Susan Plummer (Melissa Leo) and her husband Brian (Bill Pullman), McCall is
thus able to slip beneath society’s radar in order to perform his good deeds. Released in 2014, The Equalizer (itself based on the popular 1980s T.V. series starring Edward Woodward) was a satisfying action yarn in which McCall protected a battered teen prostitute (Chloë Grace Moretz) against a gang of murderous, misogynistic Russians (or, as they will alternately be known to me until the end of time, Trump’s overlords and BFFs). Watching McCall deal with all manner of evildoers (not just Trump’s buddies but also corrupt cops and petty crooks) over the course of the film was a cathartic experience, but the movie also worked because of its kinetic action scenes as well as a gradual reveal of the layers of Washington’s character. The Equalizer 2 offers no such pleasures. This is a particularly dreary movie, one which makes no attempt to freshen up or
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THE OVERLAPPING SECTION in the Venn diagram that represents Kurt Cobain and me is probably pretty small, but that sliver of shaded area definitely contains the tidbit that both of us are fans of ABBA. We’ll of course never know what the Nirvana headman would have thought of the 2008 screen adaptation of the smash stage musical Mamma Mia!, but I for one was devastated with what turned out to be a major disappointment. Leadenly directed by Phyllida Lloyd (see also the gruesome The Iron Lady), Mamma Mia! featured a bright performance by Meryl Streep as Donna but was crippled by off-key singing, clumsy choreography, and editing that appears to have been attempted with a particularly dull butter
knife. Pierce Brosnan, Colin Firth and Stellan Skarsgård ably handled acting duties as the three men in Donna’s life, one of whom was the father of her daughter Sophie (Amanda Seyfried), but their singing left much to be desired. (I expect it was Wikipedia’s employment of this quote from my review that led to my receiving a heavy volume of negative feedback from the film’s fans: “Brosnan looks physically pained choking out the lyrics, as if he’s being subjected to a prostate exam just outside of the camera’s eye.”) Still, Mamma Mia! made an astounding $615 million worldwide (in the UK, it was second only to Avatar as the highest grossing film of all time, since falling to No. 11), meaning that a wholly unnecessary sequel was eventually going to hit the screen. So the shock is that the unavoidable Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again ( ) is actually a worthy follow-up, and perhaps the biggest outof-left-field-stealth-missile surprise of this summer. It outshines the original in virtually every department, with better singing, better dancing, and better humor. While much of the new film centers on the attempts of Sophie to open a hotel on the Greek Island of Kalokairi in honor of her mom, the focus is on flashback sequences that reveal how a young Donna (Lily James) not only came to Kalokairi but also how she became involved with the three men who would each capture a part of her heart. It’s difficult for any actress to “play” Meryl Streep — even her own daughter Mamie Gummer came up short in 2007’s Evening — but James proves to be splendid in the role. Best known as Branagh’s Cinderella and Baby Driver’s girlfriend, James may not look like Streep but manages to nail the joie de vivre spirit that flows through Donna at every point of her life. It’s a delightful performance, yet she would be acting in a vacuum were it not for the equally engaging turns by the guys playing the young Brosnan (Jeremy Irvine), the young Firth (Hugh Skinner) and especially the young Skarsgård (Josh Dylan). The generosity of Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again extends even to the small parts, with the matronly keeper of a Greek bar and a local customs officer granted their own moments to amuse. And if the late arrival of Cher as Donna’s mom isn’t the socko finale we had desired (Bette Midler would have been a better choice for this part), it’s sturdy enough to put the finishing touches on this summer’s most raucous party. !
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he Little Theatre of WinstonSalem is pleased to announce that this December, it will introduce a new holiday tradition to the Piedmont Triad: An Old Salem Christmas Carol. Adapted exclusively for The Little Theatre by gifted playwright Stephen P. Scott, this version of Charles Dickens’ time-honored tale of redemption and brotherly love is set in Winston and Salem in the late 1800s. “We wanted to bring a new holiday tradition with a local connection to our audiences,” commented The Little Theatre’s executive director, Lane Fields, who will be directing the production. “This new adaptation ties in our local history to tell the classic tale. From the arrival of the railroad to the growth of the tobacco industry and the dynamics of the sister cities of Winston and Salem, get ready for your favorite holiday story to take place right here in your neighborhood.” A couple invites a passing stranger into their home on Christmas Eve. The story he tells them is magical, and yet vaguely familiar… It’s 1887, and hard times have fallen on the people of Winston and nearby Salem. Tobacco rolling machines are replacing manual jobs, and bad rains have hurt farms. Making things worse is Ebeneezer WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
Scrooge, a mortgage lender who has no holiday spirit. In the heart of Old Salem, can three spirits teach him the true meaning of Christmas? An Old Salem Christmas Carol will be performed at SECCA’s McChesney Scott Dunn Auditorium Dec. 7-9, 13-16 and 20-22. This world premiere adaptation joins The Little Theatre’s 84th Season line-up, which includes productions of Calendar Girls (Sept. 21-23 and 27-30 at SECCA), Young Frankenstein (Nov. 2-4 and 8-11 at SECCA), Shakespeare in Love (March 8-10 and 14-17, 2019, at SECCA), Man of La Mancha (May 3-5 and 9-12 2019, at Hanesbrands Theatre), and Das Barbecü (June 21-23 and 27-30, 2019). Season memberships are $125 and include six flexible admission tickets, good for any of the shows the theatre offers during the 2018-19 season, along with additional benefits, such as discounted single tickets, early reservations and discounts on acting classes. Those purchasing a season membership by Aug. 1 will receive an additional $10 off. Single tickets, which will not be offered until Aug. 15, will be $24, including taxes and facility fees. For further information, please visit www.TheLittleTheatreofWS.org. !
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Cannabis is coming: Cannabis industry expert’s tips for Carolinians BY RHIANNON FIONN
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ever mind that the North Carolina General Assembly has ignored every serious cannabis reform bill filed for more than a decade, industry insiders – both locally and nationally – are gearing up for the green wave they say is a’comin’ to the Carolinas. You can see it beginning to bud in the fields where North and South Carolina’s first modern industrial hemp crops are growing taller and bushier as you read. This month, Chandra Macias, MBA, Ph.D., made two stops in North Carolina as a spokesperson for Women Grow, an organization that describes itself as “a catalyst for women to influence and succeed in the cannabis industry as the end of marijuana prohibition occurs on a national scale.” Macias, a graduate of both Howard and Rutgers Universities, is chair of Women Grow’s board and owner of National Holistic Healing Center Medical Marijuana Dispensary in Washington D.C. At both of her speaking engagements in Raleigh and Charlotte, Macias estimated that those who are already working toward entry into the cannabis industry in North Carolina “probably have a two-year lead on their competition.” She estimates that cannabis will be fully legal in the Carolinas, and the country, within a decade. Her message, however, was not entirely one of hope; she offered plenty of advice, but you could see the reality of cannabis economics settling on those she spoke to as if it were a wet blanket. Acknowledging that she, an African American woman, is an outlier, Macias outlined the barriers faced by prospective cannabis business owners. She also pointed out a reality already facing the industry in other parts of the country: women make up less than 26 percent of the current cannabis workforce and African Americans represent less than one percent. We can see this pattern playing out here in current headlines and on social media. As fun as it is to share hemp-crop photos from proud North Carolina farmers via our new Instagram account (@CarolinaCannabisNews), WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
the fact is that the faces in the photos are all white and predominantly male. And did you hear the news about former Gov. Bev Perdue’s son, Garrett, landing nearly a million dollars for his cannabis venture? The news stories say he’s seeking another million and that investors in his company are investing a minimum of $10,000 each. There’s also widespread and persistent speculation that large companies like Monsanto-Bayer and North Carolina’s own tobacco empires are intentionally bogging down the legalization process while positioning themselves for maximum profit once cannabis prohibition ends, or at least lightens up. (For what it’s worth, Monsanto says it’s not currently working on genetically modified cannabis seeds.) After listening to Macias’ talks it sounds like big money will rule the industry no matter what happens or when cannabis prohibition ends. It also sounds like Garrett Perdue and his ilk will need to do a helluva lot more fundraising if their intention is to position themselves well for medicinal or recreational business. Macias said there are two types of cannabis businesses: those that touch the plant and those that don’t. For those wishing to work with the plant, she talks in terms of millions of dollars in start-up costs, including needing $2 million in liquid assets and secured real estate to even qualify for a state dispensary license. Speaking of, she advises that those wanting a license begin working on their applications now even though they don’t yet exist in the Carolinas. She said she expects the window to file an application will be short, maybe 60 days, and that it could be several hundred pages long. (Macias suggested looking for redacted applications online.) Macias also told tales of those who put millions into their cannabis ventures only to see their money evaporate when someone on their team ends up having a criminal record, and she warns of charlatans already circling the industry offering help for big bucks even though they lack experience themselves. Macias said a genuine cannabis industry consultant for someone wishing to start a dispensary
should have fees starting at $150,000. She also noted that worker bees in the cannabis industry are making the same minimum wage as those working in other service and agriculture businesses. In March, the cannabis-focused research firm, New Frontier Data, released its annual report, Cannabis In the U.S. Economy: Jobs, Growth and Tax Revenue. The firm estimates that the United States’ cannabis industry will create a million jobs by 2025 and generate more than $100 billion in tax revenue annually nationwide. Acknowledging that the barriers to entry for the cannabis industry are high and cost-prohibitive for most, Macias wants her audiences to know that it is still possible for any ol’ body to join the cannabis
industry. “I want you to empower yourself economically,” she said. With that, she urges non-millionaires to start now on their cannabis teams, business plans and pooled resources. “This industry is about the hustle,” she said. But are we getting ahead of ourselves? Until state legislators stop ignoring the issue everything else is just talk. On that note, Macias said cannabis companies haven’t begun flooding politicians with cash, but she expects that, too, is coming soon. ! *Editor’s note: Due to limited spacing, we were not able to include all of the source links that the author used to back up her claims. The online version has all of the source material hyperlinked.
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Wizard World Comic Con weaves its magic in Winston-Salem Never mind the weak, but it appears that the geek shall inherit the Earth – and that’s said with all due affection. Given the mammoth, worldwide popularity of all things fantastic, 21stMark Burger century fandom is big business. The Marvel Contributing Cinematic Universe just notched its 20th columnist film – Ant-Man and the Wasp – and there’s no end in sight, particularly given the box-office grosses each have generated. We’re on our third Spider-Man (Tom Holland, following Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield), and more than 40 years since it revolutionized Hollywood and moviemaking in general, Star Wars is as popular as ever, with prequels and sequels either in development or in active production. The cult culture has become a dominant force (no pun intended), and now that force is coming to Winston-Salem. Come the first weekend in August, the Wizard World Comic Con will make its debut at the Benton Convention Center in WinstonSalem– bringing with it stars, fans, fun and surprises. It’s pop culture at its zenith, with something for every fanboy or fangirl, no matter their favorite. During the three-day event, something’s always happening, whether a panel discussion, autograph or photo sessions, special exhibitions and attractions, plenty of memorabilia on display or for sale, and undoubtedly a surprise or two. There’s also a star-studded line-up of celebrity guests scheduled to attend, including Sean Pertwee, Robin Lord Taylor
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and David Mazouz from “Gotham,” Lisa Berry and Ruth Connell from “Supernatural,” Will Friedle from “Boy Meets World,” Christy Carlson Romano from “Kim Possible,” Charisma Carpenter from “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and the Expendables films, Holly Marie Combs and Brian Krause from “Charmed,” Samantha Newark from “Jem and the Holograms,” and Thomas Ian Nicholas from the American Pie franchise – and that’s not including the many artists, creators, filmmakers, and illustrators who will also be coming to Winston-Salem. Audiences have literally watched Nicholas grow up on screen. He made his feature debut at age 11 in Radio Flyer (1992), then scored as pre-teen Chicago Cubs pitching phenom Henry Rowengartner in Rookie of the Year (1993) and time-traveling teenager Calvin Fuller in A Kid in King Arthur’s Court (1995). He lost his virginity in American Pie (1999) – and helped himself to a few more slices in the sequels. He fell victim to Michael Myers in Halloween: Resurrection (2002). He’s played kidnapping victim Frank Sinatra Jr. in Showtime’s acclaimed Stealing Sinatra (2003), Abbie Hoffman in the award-winning, fact-based 2010 political drama The Chicago 8 (2010), and no less than “Uncle Walt” himself – Walt Disney in the 2015 biographical drama Walt Before Disney – a performance that Nicholas, a life-long Disney devotee, is particularly proud of. “I’ve been doing every Wizard World Comic Con since June 2017,” revealed Nicholas, in an exclusive interview with YES! Weekly. “It’s been a great opportunity to experience the fun of a Comic Con and meet the folks one-on-one, and to thank the for their interest in my career.” In one of those “six degrees” scenarios, this writer’s friend Matt Holly was an aspiring actor who auditioned for the
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role that would ultimately be played by Nicholas in Halloween: Resurrection. When I told him I’d be interviewing Nicholas, Holly quipped: “Tell him thanks for taking my role!” (This was course, about four rewrites and three directors before the film actually went into production.) “Thank your friend for not taking my role,” Nicholas replied with good humor. “Actually, when I arrived on location the script was different than the one I’d originally read. My character was sycophantic to Michael Myers – which is rather self-defeating, if you think about it – and I was the one who brought the Michael Myers costume to the internet broadcast. But Busta Rhymes decided he wanted to be the one who wore the costume. ‘OK,’ I said. ‘How about killing me off first, then?’ “The producers were reluctant, because they didn’t want to kill off one of the ‘bigger names’ that early,” he recalled, “but I told them that since I wasn’t wearing the costume my character really didn’t have anything to do except stand around and wait to get killed. ‘We know how this goes,’ I told them. ‘I’m not getting out of this alive one way or the other. Besides, let’s mess with the horror aficionados a little bit and surprise them by killing off the kid from American Pie earlier than they might expect.’ “They thought about it for a little while and finally said: ‘OK.’ I wasn’t being difficult, and they eventually did understand my point of view.” (Indeed, Holly told me that when he auditioned, he was told straight-out that Rhymes might want to wear the Michael Myers costume, so that concept evidently survived all subsequent rewrites!) Rookie of the Year was a sleeper hit in the summer of 1993 and found an even larger audience on cable and home-video. After all these years, Nicholas is delighted by its ongoing popularity. “I have a handful of Rowengartner jerseys that I bring to the
shows, and not long ago I was on Yahoo Sports talking about its 25th anniversary. I opened a 25-year-old pack of baseball cards on-camera, and as a joke snuck in one of my Henry Rowengartner cards! “I’m not a big ‘sports guy’ in general, but because of Rookie of the Year I have a special affinity with the Cubs. I’m still friendly with (team owner) Tom S. Ricketts and the Cubs organization, and it was great to see them win the World Series – finally! – in 2016.” Just recently, Nicholas enjoyed a reunion with Ricketts when he took his son, Nolan, to see the Cubs play the Dodgers in Los Angeles. “The Dodgers beat the Cubs that night,” Nicholas sighed, “but they won the next night.” The evening proved unexpectedly special in other ways, too. Nolan is himself an aspiring actor, and recently appeared in an episode of the hit Fox sitcom “New Girl.” A few seats away at the game sat Jake Johnson, who played Nolan’s father on the episode, and also in attendance with actor Joe Mantegna, who played Nicholas’ father in the 2014 crime thriller 10 Cent Pistol. “My son saw his screen father Jake Johnson, and I saw my screen father Joe Mantegna … only in Hollywood!” Recently, Nicholas has broadened his his horizons into screenwriting, producing, and directing. “I’m still acting but I’m also the boss,” he said, laughing. “It’s a combination of narcissism and nepotism! “I definitely love movies,” he said. “I’ve seen all the Hitchcocks – at least once – I’ve seen Fellini, Truffaut … I gave myself my own education without going to film school.” In addition, Nicholas is a talented musician. In fact, he’ll play an acoustic set at Wizard World Comic Con. He released his debut album Without Warning in 2008, and his subsequent albums include
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In May of this year, comedian Roseanne Barr tweeted some racist remarks in a late night rant which she later blamed on having taken Ambien. (Fact check: Ambien makes you sleepy, not racist.) Jim Longworth Regardless of her intent or her lame excuse, Roseanne’s Longworth tweet was inappropriate, and it set at Large social media ablaze, with calls for ABC to fire its biggest star. Within hours, the network had sent Barr and her hit T.V. show packing. Increasingly today, people write and do stupid things on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, and when they do, there are often severe consequences. It is not just for big celebrities, but for us regular folk as well. Take the federal contract worker who gave President Trump the middle finger as his motorcade was passing by. She posted her dirty digit antic on Facebook, and was fired shortly thereafter. Or how about the North Carolina waitress who was recently fired for going on Facebook and calling out two customers by name for stiffing her on the tip. Then there was the Mecklenburg County teacher who tweeted to her friends how much she hated having to work in, “the most ghetto school in Charlotte.” (businessinsider.com) That teacher no longer complains about the school she works at because she no longer works at any school. Meanwhile, Lydia Price, a reporter for people.com recalls a man who went on a Facebook rant about immigrants, only to learn that the owner of the company for which he worked, was a recent immigrant. Not surprisingly, the ranting man was fired. And, Rolling Stone magazine tells of a daycare worker in Newport News who was fired for going on social media and making fun of the kids in her care. Whether a mega-star like Roseanne, or a relatively unknown daycare worker, it is becoming more and more common for these kinds of insensitive people to lose their jobs because of social media. In fact, according to CareerBuilder. com, nearly 20 percent of employers say they have fired people for something they posted on social media. Clearly, these people have no one to blame but themselves, but there are cases where someone is fired by social media for something that someone else posted. Case in point, Adam Bloom, a caucasian former executive
with Sonoco, who also formerly served as chairman of the Glenridge Neighborhood community swimming pool in Clemmons. As chairman, one of Bloom’s responsibilities was to make sure that only residents had access to the pool. Over the Fourth of July holiday, a pool-goer reportedly asked Bloom to check on the residency status of Jasmine Abhulimen, an African American woman who had been relaxing by the pool with her child. Bloom approached Abhulimen, who then began video taping their verbal exchange. At some point, police were called by Bloom, and the responding officer calmly resolved the situation. Among other things, the four-minute video reveals that Abhulimen was the only person singled out by Bloom that day, even though she was a resident of Glenridge and had a key card that had allowed her access to the pool in the first place. We also hear Abhulimen asking Bloom to apologize for racially profiling her, but he refused. Winston-Salem Journal’s Sarah Newell reported that the video went viral with approximately 5 million page views, and Sonoco was inundated with demands for Bloom to be fired. The social media crowd got what they wanted, and within hours, Bloom no longer had a job at Sonoco. Clearly, mistakes were made at the Glenridge pool that day. For one thing, there was no sign-in protocol being used. For another, when Bloom was asked to check on Abhulimen’s residency, he could have gone around the pool and asked for an I.D. from everyone. Finally, he refused to apologize for embarrassing Abhulimen. Still, two questions remain. Is it fair for someone to lose his job because he showed poor judgement in handling an incident that occurred away from his workplace? Should social media mobs act as judge, jury and executioner in deciding the fate of someone based on a short video? I watched the four-minute video several times, and I didn’t like how Abhulimen was singled out. I’m also not sure what was in Bloom’s heart, or if he harbored any ill-will toward Abhulimen. What I am sure of, is that a social media mob can’t know those things either. No doubt video postings can serve a valuable purpose when examined in the proper setting, but too often they only serve to incite. Bottom line? Before we help to take away someone’s means of support, he deserves a fair hearing, not just a social viewing. ! JIM LONGWORTH is the host of “Triad Today,” airing on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. on ABC45 (cable channel 7) and Sundays at 11 a.m. on WMYV (cable channel 15). JULY 25-31, 2018
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BARTENDER: Luke Kempton BAR: Rascals Tavern (Jessica Borgiones new bar at 2270 Golden Gate Dr, Greensboro) AGE: 37, but I tell people 27 sometimes because I look kinda young for my age. A little fibbing is part of being a great bar-keep. Where are you from? Trumbull, Connecticut How long have you been bartending? 15 years, although I don’t think I was very good at it my first 5 years. There is way more to being a complete bartender than just popping beer caps and making drinks. How did you become a bartender? TGI Fridays hired me after I graduated Guilford College. They liked me better than Major League Baseball did (I was not drafted). Plus, I was really good at drinking, so the lifestyle seemed to fit.
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What do you enjoy about bartending? Relationships with regulars and friendships I’ve made with those I’ve tended bar with. Jess Borgione, Alex Brucke, Josh Dinkins, Joe Gregory and Jim Laing are all people whom have been there for me through some very tough times. They would do anything for me and I would do the same for them. The stress of service industry can really help form an amazing bond between people.
What would your recommend as an after-dinner drink? I am not fancy enough to recommend an after dinner drink. I suppose whatever drink you think will make ya look better to your date or spouse your going home with.
What’s your favorite drink to drink? Used to be shots of Rumple Minze and bottles of Budweiser. I’ve been sober for 7 months now though. Drink of choice now is an incredible amount of coffee.
What’s the best tip you’ve every gotten? Monetarily $400! Advice wise, “Just say no!” Nothing good happens after midnight when your off work. Find an understanding girlfriend. I AM SINGLE BY THE WAY. MESSAGE ME!
What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen while bartending? Girls and guys flashing us. Please keep What’s your favorite your pants on fellas! It is also incredibly drink to make? funny when your owner whom knows Fruity shooters that the ladies seem to diddly squat about making drinks tries like. I enjoy naming them after Full House to hop behind the bar. If you own a bar, cast members. The Mary-Kate and Ashley you should probably know a little about Olsen shot as well as the John Stamos tending. Otherwise, you kinda look like a are quite the party starters! lunatic schmuck.
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San Diego photographer Mike Sakasegawa prides himself on seeing the beauty in mundane objects, The Washington Post reports. But something about his latest subject took social Chuck Shepherd media by storm. On July 11, as Sakasegawa returned home from his morning run, he noticed a round, yellow object rolling down the street. “I thought it was a tennis ball or something,” he said, but in fact it was a lemon. So he did what any self-respecting photographer would do: He captured video of the fruit as it continued its journey to the bottom of the hill, then posted his 1.5-minute documentary to Twitter. Within 24 hours the video racked up more than 2.5 million views. “I post stuff that’s similar to this all the time,” Sakasegawa said. “Most of the time, it floats on by.” By the next day, the lemon video had gained more than 100,000 likes, was retweeted tens of thousands of times, and a literary agent had contacted Sakasegawa, wondering if he’d like to make the lemon into a children’s book.
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Organizers of Bats Day, a special celebration at Disneyland for the goth community, have called it quits, citing the loss of available tax deductions under President Trump’s new tax law. The annual event began 20 years ago and grew to attract more than 8,000 goths each year, with Disneyland offering discounted tickets and hotel rooms for participants. “We did a lot of research,” Bats Day founder Noah Korda told Vice, “and, unfortunately, it just wasn’t feasible to actually continue ... with the way that we run the event.” On May 6, about 800 goths showed up for a final group photo in front of Sleeping Beauty’s Castle.
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Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo isn’t going to spend her summer sitting in a stuffy office. Instead, she announced on July 14 that she is holding summer office hours at state beaches, beginning with Scarborough State Beach in Narragansett. She and members of the Office of Constituent Services, who will help connect residents with state services, started their new schedule on July 16. The governor told the Associated Press she looks forward to hearing directly from residents while visiting some of the state’s most popular destinations. YES! WEEKLY
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— Indian River County (Florida) sheriff ’s officers stopped Earle Stevens Jr., 69, on June 27 after another driver called 911, complaining that Stevens’ Mercury Grand Marquis kept tapping her bumper in a McDonald’s drive-thru lane. The officers noted “a strong odor of alcoholic beverage emitting from his breath ... His speech was slurred and his eyes were red and glossy.” He also had an open bottle of Jim Beam bourbon in a brown paper bag on the passenger seat. Stevens, of Vero Beach, struggled to produce his ID and said he’s never had a valid Florida driver’s license, according to Treasure Coast Newspapers. He also explained he was not drinking while driving, only when he stopped for stop signs and traffic signals. After failing several field sobriety tests and a breath test, Stevens was charged with driving under the influence and driving without a license. — Florida Highway Patrol officers pulled over a Nissan sedan on May 16 on I-95 after observing erratic driving, reported the Miami Herald. Indeed, Port St. Lucie, Florida, resident Scott Allen Garrett, 56, smelled of alcohol, had an open bottle of 92-proof Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum on the passenger seat, was slurring his words and had “red, very glassy and bloodshot eyes,” according to the police report. Garrett then told officers his dog had been driving — which would have been notable on its own, but was particularly interesting considering there was no dog in the car with him. Garrett was charged with DUI.
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City Councilwoman Carol S. Fowler, 48, of Huron, Kansas, made a splash in the news when Atchison County Sheriff ’s deputies tried to arrest her on June 29 for failure to appear on an outstanding warrant. Fowler put up such a fight deputies had to use their tasers on her, and she was arrested for interference and battery on a law enforcement officer. But Fowler was just getting started, according to the Atchison Globe. On July 2, as jail workers tried to remove her jewelry and personal items, Fowler bit one of them on the thumb hard enough to break the bone. Fowler now faces three felony charges of battery on a law enforcement officer and a charge of interference with a law enforcement officer. !
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[HOROSCOPES] [LEO (July 23 to August 22) Change is a major factor for the Big Cat through midmonth. Be prepared to deal with it on a number of levels, including travel plans and workplace situations.
[AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) You might have to set aside your pride for now and accept a change that isn’t to your advantage. Cheer up. There’ll be time later to turn this around in your favor.
[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You might not like all the changes that have begun to take place around you. But try to find something positive in at least some of them that you can put to good use.
[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your creative self emerges as dominant through midmonth. This should help you restart that writing or arts project you’ve left on the shelf for far too long.
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A family member’s unsettling experience could create more problems if it’s not handled with care and love. And who’s the best one to offer all that? You, of course.
[SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) It might not be the right time for you to start a new venture. But it’s a good time to start gathering facts and figures so you’ll be set when the GO! sign lights up. [SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to
December 21) The sagacious Sagittarius should have no trouble deciding between those who can and those who cannot be trusted to carry out a workplace commitment.
[CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Surprise, surprise. It looks as if that one person you once thought you could never hope to win over to your side suddenly just might choose to join you.
[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A longtime situation starts to move into a new phase. The question for the uncertain Lamb right now is whether to move with it. Facts emerge by midmonth to help you decide. [TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) A talent for organizing your priorities allows the Divine Bovine to enjoy a busy social life and not miss a beat in meeting all workplace and/or family commitments. [GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) What began as a dubious undertaking has now become one of your favorite projects. Your enthusiasm for it rallies support from other doubters-turned-believers. [CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Accept the help of friends to get you through an unexpectedly difficult situation. There’ll be time enough later to investigate how all this could have happened so fast. © 2018 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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* It was French playwright Albert Guinon who made the following sage observation: “There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves.” * A study published in 2008 showed that the price of a pain medication had an effect on its efficacy. In the study people were given placebo pills, some at the regular price and some at a discounted price. Those who paid full price for the medication reported more relief than those who paid less. * It seems no one can adequately explain the reason why women tend to strike matches away from themselves, while men tend to strike them toward themselves. * Dominique Bouhours, a Frenchman
who lived in the 17th century, was a priest, an essayist and a grammarian. The love of language may have been closest to his heart, though; it’s been reported that the final words he uttered on his deathbed were, “I am about to — or I am going to — die; either expression is used.” * Those who study such things say that sea slugs have 25,000 teeth. * The town of Waco, Texas, has an entire museum dedicated to the popular soda Dr Pepper. Even more surprising is the fact that it gets more than a hundred visitors a day, on average. Thought for the Day: ”It’s hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” — Bill Watterson © 2018 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.
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I’m sober, but my boyfriend smokes pot. I’m fine with that, but I don’t want him smoking in the house. He says it’s his house, Amy Alkon too, so I’m not being fair. Plus, it is cold in Advice the rural area where Goddess we live and rains a lot, so he’d have to put on a jacket, go on the porch, etc., to smoke. I get it, but I hate the smell, and I don’t want to go to 12-step meetings smelling like weed. That’s just not right. Help. — Upset Girlfriend Surprisingly, the road to respect and good standing in the 12-step world does not involve strolling into meetings smelling like you live in a one-bedroom bong. Your taking care not to show up all “I just took a bath in Chanel No. 420!” at 12-step meetings — lest you trigger any recovering potheads — is what I call “empathy in action.” I write in my sciencebased manners book, “Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck,” that empathy — caring about how your behavior affects others — is “at the root of manners.” Rudeness, on the other hand, is the lack of consideration for what one’s behavior does to another person. I explain it in the book as a form of theft — theft
of “valuable intangibles like people’s attention (in the case of cell phone shouters who privatize public space as their own).” In this case, there’s the theft of your reputation in a group that’s an integral part of your life (and maybe even of your sobriety). Somebody reading this might make the argument, “Ha, dummy — wouldn’t empathy involve her caring about how her ‘no toking in the house’ thing affects her boyfriend?” Well, yes. But generally speaking, the person whose behavior changes an environment — in negative ways for others in it — is the one who needs to bear the burden of whatever they’re doing. (This is why considerate people have long asked others, “Mind if I smoke?” — rather than expecting others to ask, “Mind if I breathe?”) And let’s have a look at the level of “burden” here: Oh, boohoo, might your boyfriend sometimes have to put on a parka to smoke some weed? Put both arms into the sleeves and everything? You could try to fire up some empathy in Pol Pot-head by explaining that coming into 12-step meetings smelling like you just smoked a bowl is embarrassing on the level of strolling in swigging from a big bottle of Jim Beam. (Of course, it’s also completely understandable to want to live in a place that doesn’t reek of reefer.) You might also consider whether his stubbornness on this points to a bigger issue — a general lack of generosity and/ or interest in your happiness. We are self-interested mofos, but when we love somebody, we’ll often set aside our im-
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I’m tired of being angry at my exboyfriend. My best friend suggested I write an email to him, saying everything I want to say, but send it to her instead. It seemed like a bad idea, delving into those feelings even more, but I did it anyway. Miraculously, I felt much better afterward. A fluke? — Puzzled I get it: You were all, “Write a letter he’ll never read? Um, I wasn’t dating Santa.” However, psychologist James Pennebaker finds that writing about upsetting events in our lives can act as a sort of
mental crime scene cleanup — in a way that simply thinking about these events or venting emotions does not. Pennebaker theorizes that the process of organizing your thoughts to write them down coherently leads you to reinterpret and make sense out of what happened, thus diminishing the power of the events to keep upsetting you. Accordingly, Pennebaker’s research suggests you could speed your healing by using what I’d call “explainer” words, such as “because” or “caused” — as well as insight words (like “understand” and “realize”). The research also suggests it may help to do this writing thing more than once — even repeatedly. So you might want to keep hammering out those emails about him as long as you continue to have, um, strong feelings about him — like, say, the recurring idea that he should part his hair down the middle. Ideally with an ax. ! GOT A problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol. com (www.advicegoddess.com) © 2018 Amy Alkon Distributed by Creators.Com.
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