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If you’ve driven down North Main on a sunny afternoon this spring, you’re sure to have noticed the action on the streetside patio of SWEET OLD BILL’S. Located next door to Brown Truck Brewery, this industrialchic barbecue joint has a lively patio scene, making this slice of prime people-watching real estate a great place to eat, drink, and socialize in North Carolina’s International City.

10 Sawtooth School of Visual Art is partnering with Stella Brew for the sixth annual ARTS & CRAFT BEER on June 22 at Sawtooth, located in the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem.

11 This being prom season, the good people Perseverance Records have a unique way of commemorating it with the world premiere of Paul Zaza & Carl Zittrer – PROM NIGHT: Original 1980 Motion Picture Soundtrack.

12 GODZILLA: King of the Monsters is overblown, overlong, overwritten, and melodramatic in the extreme. It also happens to be a lot of fun, and a far better (and bigger) monster mash than its 2014 predecessor...

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gate giant tech companies for anti-trust violations, but what it should really investigate is how those companies violate the public trust, especially FACEBOOK, who has repeatedly had dirty hands when it comes to a variety of ethics issues, ranging from privacy to politics.

22 Fraternal connections are at the heart of TRAVERS BROTHERSHIP, a soulful jam band from the Asheville area.

Half of the band, twin brothers Kyle and Eric Travers, share DNA. And the other two band members — singer/bassist/songwriter Josh Clark and keyboardist/percussionist Ian McIsaac — have been part of this tight musical core since they were all in middle school up in Black Mountain.

23 MOVES is moving on into the Triad for a show at the Blind Tiger with the Travers Brothership on June 14. Folks around these parts may better remember them as Holy Ghost Tent Revival, but the septet is holding their own since moving to Asheville, and standing tall in their new name: complete with a new record, slew of videos, and—in honor of YES! Weekly’s annual pet edition—12 critters among them.

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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING FOR PROPOSED SURRETT DRIVE WIDENING IN RANDOLPH AND GUILFORD COUNTIES

STIP PROJECT NO. U-5864 The N.C. Department of Transportation is proposing to widen Surrett Drive (S.R. 1595/S.R. 4053) from I-85 in Randolph County to West Fairfield Road (S.R. 1300) in Guilford County. This project will also include intersection improvements along Surrett Drive.

A public meeting will be held Thursday, June 13 from 5-7 p.m. at Trinity High School located at 5746 Trinity High School Drive in Trinity. The public may attend at any time during the meeting hours. Please note there will be no formal presentation.

At the meeting there will be maps of the proposed plans as well as project team members who will be available to answer your questions and receive feedback. All comments will be taken into consideration as the project progresses. The opportunity to submit written comments will be provided at the meeting or may be done by phone, email, or mail by July 15.

As information becomes available, it may be viewed at the U-5864 project website: https://publicinput.com/surrett-drive-widening.

For additional information please contact NCDOT Division 8 Project Manager Greg Davis at (910) 773-8022 or 121 DOT Drive, Carthage, N.C., 28327 or surrett-drive-widening@publicinput.com.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Lauren Putnam at lnputnam1@ncdot.gov or (919) 707-6072 as early as possible, so that arrangements can be made.

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FRI 14 DABABY WHAT: DaBaby is an American rapper and songwriter. He is best known for the single “Suge”, the lead single off his debut album, Baby on Baby. The song has had over 70 million streams on Spotify and peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100. Along with the success of the single, his debut studio album Baby on Baby peaked at number 7 on the Billboard 200.

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WHAT: We invite you to come out and enjoy the Indian sun with IndiaFest! We are going to be in the sun all afternoon with plenty of delicious Indian food, beverages, games, performances, henna, costumes, and much more! Invite your friends, families and anyone who would like to experience Indian culture, right in the heart of Greensboro.

WHEN: 12-5 p.m.

WHERE: Center City Park at Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc. 200 N Elm St, Greensboro.

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WHAT: City Sunsets concert series returns to Center City Park every Saturday at 7pm!

Bring a blanket or lawn chair and come out to enjoy the warm weather while listening to stellar musical artists as the sun sets over the skyline. June 15th performance by The Great Hullabaloo.

WHEN: 7-9 p.m.

WHERE: Center City Park at Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc. 200 N Elm St, Greensboro.

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WHAT: The High Point Arts Council is excited to announce our 2019 summer outdoor concert series Arts Splash. This year’s series will feature eight concerts splashed all over town in different locations with different genres to better ensure a greater representation of the arts and to make the arts easily accessible to everyone in our community.

Concert-goers are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets and picnic dinners.

WHEN: 6:30-8 p.m.

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[SPOTLIGHT] LEE’S BRASS TAPS

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James Gibbs is the owner of Lee’s Brass Taps, and he took over the restaurant and bar, located at 2506 Battleground Ave. Ste. B in Greensboro, back in March 2018.

Gibbs said that the addition of “Lee’s” to the name was to honor his father, who passed away.

“Me and him actually opened the Billiard Room, and he passed in August of 2017,” Gibbs said.

Gibbs took over this Battleground Avenue location after the fire that happened at what was previously known as just Brass Taps.

“We have been under construction, but we’ve been open since St. Patrick’s Day [of this year],” Gibbs said. “We spent about 17 months redoing the building because there was a fire.”

Gibbs said the building itself has been there for the past 30 years and has gone through three different evolutions before he took over. It was initially Mugg’s, Keegan’s, and then Brass Taps.

“So, when we moved in, we had Lee’s Sports Bar and Billiards on Lawndale in the old Geeksboro [Battlepub] building,

we were there prior to them,” Gibbs said.

“We moved out of there because a lot of my regulars, they came here after the fire.

So we closed that down to reopen this place because it is in a better location.”

Chef Denzell Berry has been cooking since he was 7 years old and has professionally been in the kitchen for nine years.

Berry said he went to Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Chicago, and after he traveled across the Midwest cooking at various hotels before settling down in Greensboro. With Berry at its helm, Lee’s Brass Taps doesn’t just sling casual pub fare; Berry describes the food at Lee’s Brass Taps as “classical American cuisine.”

“I implement specials of the week, just everywhere across cuisines,” Berry said. “[For instance,] French cuisine, which mostly is desserts.”

Berry said he recommends the seafood specials at Lee’s, especially in the summer because, “it is light, healthy, with just beautiful presentation.”

“The dish I recommend is the Corkscrew Shrimp with arugula, lemon vinaigrette, and citrus aioli,” Berry added. “The shrimp

Chef Denzell Berry of Lee’s Brass Taps is breaded, fried and tossed in arugula and lemon vinaigrette and served with a side of citrus aioli.”

Gibbs said at Lee’s Brass Taps, “everyone gets a big, healthy portion, and more value for your money.”

“You’ll have to come see it for yourself,” Gibbs said when asked about what sets Lee’s Brass Taps apart from other sports bars in the area. “It is a good, comfortable place. You come in here on a Friday night, and we have all types; old, young, women,

men, every race, color; everybody is comfortable. And that is what I was trying to create a comfortable atmosphere.”

Gibbs said there is a corn hole tournament every Monday, live trivia with Hugs O’Houlihan from 105. 7 KZL every Wednesdays, half-priced wine on Wednesdays, karaoke on Thursdays, and live music every Friday and Saturday. Gibbs said to follow Lee’s Brass Taps on Facebook (@ leesbrasstaps) for food and drink specials and more information. !

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Sweet Old Bill’s ups the ante on High Point barbecue scene

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f you’ve driven down North Main on a sunny afternoon this spring, you’re sure to have noticed the action on the streetside patio of Sweet Old Bill’s.

Located next door to Davina Van Buren Brown Truck Brewery, @highpointfoodie this industrial-chic barbecue joint has a lively patio scene, Contributor making this slice of prime peoplewatching real estate a great place to eat, drink, and socialize in North Carolina’s International City.

Named for owner (and former Lulu and Blu partner) Bill Heard, the restaurant opened in November 2018. Lighthearted patrons refer to the laid-back neighborhood hangout as “S.O.B’s.” When the building became available two years ago, Heard knew it would be the perfect spot

for his next venture. “I knew I wanted to do a barbecue restaurant, but with different items and alcohol—things that weren’t traditionally offered in barbecue joints,” he said. The concept, which opened in late 2018, has been well-

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received in the community, and it’s easy to see why. They’re getting a lot of things right. For starters: what North Carolinian doesn’t love barbecue? It’s pretty much a requirement to live here. High Point has its fair share of barbecue joints already, and barbecue is a lot like pizza—even when it’s not great, it’s hard to get it totally wrong. But in my experience, our barbecue scene left a lot to be desired. I’m happy to report that S.O.B.’s is filling that void. Let’s start with the menu: As a native North Carolinian, I am a loyal and unabashed Eastern-style, whole-hog barbecue fan.

That being said, I love that S.O.B.’s pays tribute to other U.S. regions with their own ‘cue claims to fame. “We’ve got your traditional North Carolina-style pulled

and chopped pork, but we are also doing a Texas-style brisket, St. Louis-style ribs, and smoked chicken with an Alabama white sauce,” Heard said.

The menu is thoughtfully edited and offers something for practically every diet and mood. You can start with “Snackables” like fried pork skins with beer cheese, Vidalia onion dip, or skillet cornbread, or larger appetizers such as brisket nachos, smoked chicken wings, or deep-fried deviled eggs.

For health-conscious diners, the salad menu is surprisingly robust, with five options—a spring mix-based basic house, Caesar, heirloom tomato, spinach, and kale. Diners can also choose from a (fantastic) chili and a freshly-made soup

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In addition to the traditional smoked pork, beef, and chicken, S.O.B.’s also serves a smoked salmon in chimichurri sauce, and you can create your own mix and match platter with one, two, or three types of meats. My favorite part about S.O.B.’s is probably the sides, though.

There aren’t many places I’ll order the vegetable plate, but this is one—and it’s one of my favorites. You’ll find all the classic options such as potato salad, cole slaw, collard greens, and baked beans, plus lesser-seen choices such as tomato pie, perfectly-creamy cheese grits, and corn pudding, with a stuffing-like delicacy and kernels of sweet corn baked into the batter. For dessert, S.O.B.’s keeps it simple with four choices: banana pudding, peanut butter pie, cheesecake, and homemade ice cream. And unlike most barbecue places, you’ll find a full bar with a respectable selection of craft brews (including Brown Truck brews, with whom S.O.B.’s shares a wall) and wines.

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bar side and the restaurant side,” Heard said. “All of the art on the bar side is Prohibition-era inspired stuff, and everything on the restaurant side is related to High Point history.” A fun thing to do while waiting for your food is to take a mini art tour around the restaurant to admire nostalgic scenes from High Point’s past.

Other subtle nods to High Point include the tables and chairs, which were manufactured just a few miles away, and the salvaged corrugated metal bar. Sweet Old Bill’s is among a wave of new restaurants in High Point, drawn by the city’s focused and intentional revitalization efforts.

“High Point has finally figured out that we can’t live on two furniture markets a year,” Heard said. “High Point University and Wake Forest Baptist Health are really the two driving forces in terms of attracting young people and bringing jobs here.

We have enough people here to support all these things, but it’s a matter of keeping people in town—jobs is really what it boils down to.”

As the city’s dining scene continues to evolve, the Heards are happy to be leaders among local restaurateurs.

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Arts & Craft Beer event is brewing at Sawtooth

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awtooth School of Visual Art is partnering with Stella Brew for the sixth annual Arts & Craft Beer on June 22 at Sawtooth, located in the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts in Winston-Salem. Foothills, Joymongers, Molley Chomper Hard Cider (from Lansing, North Carolina), WiseMan Brewing, and Fiddlin’ Terry Rader Fish Brewing Company will hold tastings to all attendees 21 years and up. This year, the event added Contributor UpDog Kombucha and live music by street performers Richard Boyd, Ruthie Kelly, and more.

The Little Theatre will be presenting the countrywestern musical comedy, “Das Barbecü” next door at Hanesbrands Theatre along with competing barbecue pitmasters in the Spruce Street parking lot. (Arts & Craft Beer ticketholders can purchase these tickets for only $15.)

Sawtooth will also host a Maker’s Market with handmade goods, jewelry and a letterpress print designed by artists April Honbarger and Leslie Smith on Sawtooth’s newly acquired 1950s letterpress. Machine Gun Graphics will be screenprinting the 2019 Arts & Craft Beer Logo designed by artist Christian Arnder on T-shirts and tote bags or purchase a shirt to be screen-printed for $7.

Senior director of operations Alex Klein is celebrating her third year at Sawtooth, and she is most excited that Arts & Craft Beer is family-friendly with new light painting and virtual reality activities.

Klein emphasized to come early for the free Not Quite Perfect Pottery Sale, that will take place before the beer event down the hall in Mountcastle Forum from 3 to 5 p.m. She said that there is always a line at the door and the pottery goes fast. Sawtooth instructors and artists donate many of the ceramics for sale, and Klein said that this would be the last year the event will be hosted by director Warren Moyer, as he is retiring after 30 years.

Klein said the proceeds from this sale would help fund equipment and supplies for Sawtooth’s ceramics department in the upcoming year.

Klein, a native New Yorker, oversees marketing, development, student services and facilities at Sawtooth. She received a Master’s degree of Fine Arts in Creative Producing from the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. Klein was only 11 years old when she moved to Winston-Salem and said she was very creative growing up, but there wasn’t a place in Long Island like Sawtooth, “where young people could have access to advanced techniques.”

Sawtooth made a lasting impression on her when she took their photography and darkroom classes. She said she was happy to land a job working at a place that had been so inspirational to her when she was younger.

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ing, mixed media, printmaking, textiles, photography, glass, metal, wood, digital art, ceramics, and more.

Klein said that they offer adult and youth classes in each of these departments and that classes are primarily based around the medium and department, and open studio class time is offered in most departments as well.

Klein said that Camp Sawtooth classes include Atelier for ages 3-5, Camp Sawtooth for ages 5-8 and 9-11, ArtTeen for ages 11-14 (middle school) and Summer Art Immersion for ages 14-18 (high school).

Klein said financial assistance is available through Sawtooth’s scholarship fund, and students could receive up to 95% off tuition, based on need. Art partners and educators can also receive 35% off the price of the classes. With the stand-by list discount, a weekly email is sent with a list of courses with empty spots that may be purchased by educators and students at 50% off. Financial assistance options also include tuition assistance, discounts for artists and employees of arts organizations, and volunteer work-study opportunities.

Klein said Sawtooth appreciates donations that are made specifically for the scholarship fund.

She said the Summer Art Honors program would return in Summer 2019 from June 17-28 with an art show on the last day. She said Sawtooth is very excited to bring it back since the last one was in 2013. Students have to apply with teacher recommendations for this two-week program of intensive, immersive art experience.

Activities will include studio art classes, critiques, portfolio review, gallery curation, admissions visits from art schools, and field trips to artists’ studios.

Klein said that the important thing to remember is that beyond the fun, the Arts & Craft Beer event is a fundraiser for Sawtooth’s programming to be able to provide more classes for students next year.

“Our Arts & Craft beer event is always lively with lots of great local beers to sample,” Klein said. “It’s for a good cause and helps Sawtooth continue its mission of providing high-quality arts programming for the community.”

For more information, visit the website, www.sawtooth.org/events/arts-craft-beer/ !

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Prom Night: Music to kill for This being prom season, the good people Perseverance Records have a unique way of commemorating it with the world premiere of Paul Zaza & Carl Zittrer – Prom Night: Original 1980 Motion Mark Burger Picture Soundtrack ($17.99 retail).

Remarkably, given Contributor the film’s enduring cult status, this marks the first official, legitimate release of the Prom Night soundtrack.

Silvio Barretta, the soundtrack producer, recalled, “I remember seeing Prom Night during its release in 1980 when disco was still the craze. I was determined to obtain a copy of the soundtrack and play the theme song at my senior prom only to find that it was never released. I spent years looking at the audiophile catalog at Tower Records hoping to find a release date, but no luck. Now, after almost 40 years, my dream has now become a reality!”

One of many slasher films released in the wake of Halloween’s success, Prom Night has the distinction of starring Jamie Lee Curtis, then at the height of her “scream queen” persona, having already appeared in Halloween (1978) and The Fog (1980), with Terror Train (1980), Halloween II (1981), and Road Games (1982)

soon to follow. (In an early ‘80s interview, Curtis jokingly referred to Prom Night as “Disco Death.”)

The film is set in one of these seemingly bucolic little towns where nothing ever happens, except for that horrible tragedy six years before, when young Robin Hammond was found dead near an abandoned convent. She’d been playing with her friends, but they took the game too far and scared her until she fell out a window. The children make a pact never to divulge what transpired, and eventually, a local sex offender was arrested for the crime.

Now, those kids are teenagers and getting ready for prom night, having all but forgotten what took place. They think they got away with it. But they’re wrong.

Dead wrong.

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pay, on Prom Night. Described, not inaccurately, like a cross between Halloween and Carrie (1976), Prom Night wasn’t exactly a critic’s darling but earned some decent reviews. No less than Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times – hey, I know him!

– called the film “an efficient rather than stylish Canadian-made horror picture that mercifully lets you complete its grislier moments in your imagination. Even so, its various jolts should be sufficient to satisfy scare-show fans.”

The Atlanta Constitution (now The Atlantic Journal-Constitution) was even more favorable. “(A) surprisingly good scare film. At least the murderer has a motive, for a change. If nothing else, it proves there’s still a line between respectable horror film and gross exploitation.”

In the summer of 1980, when I wasn’t cheering for my Philadelphia Phillies (who would go on to win their first World Series that season), I was certainly aware of Prom Night, thanks to the memorable television spots, but as it was R-rated – and my parents not exactly inclined to take me to a movie like Prom Night -- I figured I was out of luck.

Then, surprisingly, it bypassed cable television and was broadcast on primetime by NBC – mere months after its theatrical release. Believe me, it was the talk at school the next day, as all of us seemed to have watched it the night before.

For the record: Yes, I liked it. Not as much as Halloween or The Fog or Terror Train, but I appreciated that it was a

whodunit, and even then I knew it was – no pun intended – a cut above the usual schlock. Being the fan of actors that I was (and still am), I couldn’t help but be impressed that veteran Leslie Nielsen earned top billing for his role as Curtis’s father, the high school principal Mr. Hammond, even if it’s essentially a supporting role, to say nothing of a red herring. (Actually, 1980 turned out to be a watershed year for the actor, as he also appeared in another hit that summer: Airplane!)

It could be said that one of the victims in Prom Night was disco because it was one of the last films – in any genre – to boast a disco soundtrack. It didn’t hurt the film at the box office, as it grossed nearly $15,000 in the United States alone, spawned three sequels (none directly related to the original), and a lamentable 2008 remake that made the original Prom Night look like a paragon of cinematic art.

The Prom Night: Original 1980 Motion Picture Soundtrack not only includes disco selections (“Disco Out the Back Door,” “Funk Dat Disco,” and the title track) – some of which didn’t make the final cut -- but also Zaza and Zittrer’s moody score, an element of the film that even its harshest critics admitted worked in its favor.

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onFiction, the latest film from acclaimed writer/director Olivier Assayas, finds the Mark Burger filmmaker in a loose mood. Eschewing the ethereal tone of Contributor such recent works as Clouds of Sils Maria (2014) and Personal Shopper (2016), this romantic comedy is set against the backdrop of the contemporary publishing world.

Guillaume Canet, at his most rakish, portrays Alain, a handsome and successful publisher. The ageless Juliette Binoche plays Alain’s actress wife Selena, the star of weekly cop series that she finds unfulfilling despite its popularity. Vincent Macaigne plays Leonard, Alain’s best friend, and a sad-sack novelist whose latest work Alain has just rejected – but it’s nothing personal.

The film’s original title, Doubles Vies, is

much more apt, as it translates to Double Lies. The narrative is predicated on the casual deceptions of both Alain and Selena, each of whom is having an extra-marital affair – he with his bisexual assistant (Christa Theret), and she with none other than Leonard. But it’s nothing personal.

Non-Fiction is Assayas’s admitted ode to Eric Rohmer, the French filmmaker whose reputation was predicated on such sophisticated comedies as My Night at Maud’s (1969) and Pauline at the Beach (1983).

Rohmer enthusiasts find his work to be intelligent and perceptive; his detractors find his work talky and repetitious. With its characters indulging in windy, self-satisfied discourses on love, literature, and relationships, Non-Fiction definitely fits into the Rohmer mode.

Yet there’s really nothing at stake here.

Even for their neuroses, the characters are so attractive and, indeed, affluent that their observations and opinions – stated repetitiously – make them seem more shallow than sophisticated. In the end, despite some amusing morsels, this is little ado about little. (In French with English subtitles.)

Thrash of the Titans Godzilla: King of the Monsters is overblown, overlong, overwritten, and melodramatic in the extreme. It also happens to be a lot of fun, and a far better (and bigger) monster mash than its 2014 predecessor, and thus far is the only American Godzilla movie to enjoy a measure of success in replicating the original Toho Films formula.

For one thing, unlike the earlier film, this doesn’t wait an hour before introducing its title character. For another, despite its lengthy running time (135 minutes), it’s on the move throughout.

What’s more, the new film, directed by story and screenplay writer Michael Dougherty, offers a bevy of giant monsters, including Rodan, Mothra, and the threeheaded King Ghidorah (or “Monster Zero,” if you prefer). Watching these titans thrash about on the big screen is an unvarnished pleasure for those of us who retain fond childhood memories of watching Godzilla movies on television.

The star-studded human contingent includes Godzilla holdovers Ken Watanabe (as Dr. Serizawa), Sally Hawkins, and David Strathairn, while the fresh faces include Vera Farmiga (taking a temporary break from Apparition movies), Kyle Chandler, Ziyi Zhang, Millie Bobby Brown, Bradley Whitford, O’Shea Jackson Jr., C.C.H. YES! WEEKLY

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Pounder, Joe Morton, Aisha Hinds, and Thomas Middleditch. They play their roles with appropriately earnest conviction and bring some gravitas to the sci-fi mumbojumbo, but – let’s face it – the faces you want to see are those of the monsters.

These sequences most certainly deliver, and there are even moral and philosophical implications of the monsters at large – something that the later Toho films also suggested. Even the resident (human) baddie, a British mercenary/eco-terrorist played with customary aplomb by the always-welcome Charles Dance, isn’t necessarily motivated by greed or a thirst for world domination. The notion that Earth’s real enemy is humankind and the monsters are Mother Nature’s way of lashing back is not without interest.

Admittedly, there are a few scenes that don’t make any sense, but pondering plot inconsistencies is a futile endeavor in a film such as this. Besides, the sheer spectacle of the endeavor is more than enough to sweep away such criticism. In many ways, Godzilla: King of the Monsters is a perfect summer movie. Just sit back and enjoy the mayhem. !

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he School of Dance at the University of North Carolina School of Arts (UNCSA) has announced the four individuals selected to take part in this year’s Choreographic Institute Development Residency, June 16 – July 20: Alexander Brady and alumnus Andrew Harper in contemporary dance, and Marika Brussel and Ja’ Malik in contemporary ballet.

The Choreographic Development Residency for emerging choreographers provides space, time and resources for innovative initiatives, mentorship and research, as well as the practice and application of original choreography in contemporary ballet and contemporary dance. The Choreographic Institute, which began in 2017, facilitates choreographers and students in the creation of groundbreaking new works and provides opportunities to work with some of the leading-edge performative technologies in today’s dance world.

The highly competitive residency leverages UNCSA’s abundant resources – studio space and time, dancers and faculty and guest artist expertise – to foster the creativity of emerging choreographers of exceptional talent. Residents are able to work through their creative process while receiving expert mentoring and attending skill-building workshops. The residency culminates in a performance of new work at UNCSA’s Stevens Center.

“We received more than 130 applications for the four residency spots which proves there is a need in the dance world for this type of choreography program,” said Dean of Dance Susan Jaffe. “We are excited to host groundbreaking choreographers like Brady, Brussel, Harper and Malik and provide an opportunity for them to hone their craft.”

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mentored by Visiting Distinguished Artist Helen Pickett, the internationally known resident choreographer of Atlanta Ballet.

“I am thrilled to work with the four upand-coming choreographers chosen from such a competitive pool,” Pickett said.

“Brady, Brussel, Harper and Malik are a beautiful quartet of diverse backgrounds that will undoubtedly create four not only exciting but distinct works.”

“This is the third year of the Choreographic Development Residency and each year the program continues to expand,” said Ashley Lindsay, an alumnus who directs UNCSA Summer Dance.

“This year we have added courses on the use of projections and drones in choreography in addition to workshops in music creation, costume design and lighting.”

Through these workshops the four emerging choreographers are able to connect with faculty in the School of Dance and the School of Design and Production.

The four residents will also have access to UNCSA Summer Dance students and pre-professional dancers for evening exploration.

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he Justice Department recently announced that it was planning to investigate giant tech companies for anti-trust violations, but what it should Jim Longworth really investigate is Longworth how those comat Large panies violate the public trust, especially Facebook, who has repeatedly had dirty hands when it comes to a variety of ethics issues, ranging from privacy to politics.

On the privacy front, Facebook has been lax for many years. In 2014, for example, over 11,000 users joined a European class action suit against Facebook for failing to protect their private data. Given that litigation and other complaints, you’d think that Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg would have self-regulated his empire. But four years later, he was still fighting the same

Shame on Facebook battles. That’s when the FTC opened an investigation to determine Facebook’s possible role in facilitating the sharing and selling of private information belonging to 50 million users, to political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Meanwhile, that same year, Fortune.com reports that several users sued Facebook for illegally collecting logs of private phone calls and text messages.

On the political front, Facebook was, at best, an unwitting party to the hacking of our 2016 Presidential election. It should have been enough for Zuckerberg that the Trump campaign spent the bulk of its $90 million digital ad budget with Facebook, but, according to Yahoo News, the tech wizard also accepted over 3,000 ads from a Russian company.

He also allowed countless anti-Hillary

fake news stories to be posted by Russian operatives, which, according to WIRED.com, helped Trump raise $250 million in online campaign contributions from people who believed the fake news was true. The posting of disinformation is one reason that Robert Mueller handed down 37 indictments to 13 Russian nationals and three Russian companies who directly or indirectly influenced the 2016 election.

Thus far, Zuckerberg has escaped prosecution for aiding, abetting, or otherwise tacitly assisting individuals, companies and campaigns who violated the personal privacy of millions of people and hacked our last Presidential election, so I suppose he thinks he is invincible. Otherwise, he would have acted quickly to delete a recent video post of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appearing to be drunk during a press conference.

Video of Pelosi had been expertly edited to make the Speaker look like she was slurring her words, but a side-by-side comparison proved that the video had been doctored. Youtube immediately took down the fake video, but Facebook left it up where it soon went viral, thanks in part to Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani. When asked by CNN’s Anderson Cooper why Facebook didn’t remove the

video, Monika Bickerts, Facebook vice president of product policy and counterterrorism said, “We think it’s important for people to make an informed choice about what to believe.” She also argued that leaving the doctored video up for everyone to see would spur public discussion. I’m pretty sure her lame response would have been different if someone had posted a fake video of Zuckerberg acting drunk.

So there you have it, folks. Facebook thinks it’s too big to prosecute and too powerful to be held accountable for its actions. Facebook is no longer a social media platform; it is a social disease. It’s a cancer that is spreading and engulfing our entire democratic political process while violating our own individual rights to privacy. That’s why Congress needs to regulate social media the same way it regulates the broadcast media. And when those regulations are violated, offenders like Facebook should be shut down by the Federal government, the same way the FCC can pull the license from an offending T.V. station.

It’s no wonder that so many people are opting out of the Facebook universe.

Unfortunately, millions more remain active on Zuckerberg’s power platform, including those who believe everything they read. If only the rest of us could reach them and tell them to beware of “Face News.” !

JIM LONGWORTH is the host of Triad Today, airing on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. on ABC45 (cable channel 7) and Sundays at 11 a.m. on WMYV (cable channel 15).

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‘You’re my best friend:’ The good boys and girls of the Guilford County Animal Shelter

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I am having an emotional day,” said Guilford County Animal Shelter volunteer Allison Dunmore as she started tearing up. “They come to us, with broken souls.

They start loving, Katie Murawski they start learning, they start thriving.

To be able to thrive in Editor this atmosphere is a real challenge.”

“But like Diamond here, she came to us, and she was so scared of everyone and everything. She is one of our over-bred, under-fed and unloved babies,” Dunmore added as she called for Diamond to come closer.

Dunmore has been a volunteer with the Guilford County Animal Shelter for eight years, and she primarily works with the

dogs. Dunmore’s shift is three days a week for two hours each time, but sometimes, two hours turns into four. Her duties include working one-on-one with the dogs for obedience training, and “whatever the dog wants to do.” For instance, “Diamond likes to go on a little sniff walk; the dog I had out earlier just thought that there was nothing in the world like playing fetch, so we played for a while,” she said. “Whatever they find enriching and whatever keeps them going, I like to do with them.”

Dunmore said before she started volunteering, she went through a lot of hardship and was trying to figure out what to do with her life next. In the meantime, she decided to start spending time with the dogs, which turned into eight years.

“I am just finishing up my degree in canine behavior, so yes, it was beneficial,” she said. “When I was looking for what to do next, they kind of led me down this path. I went from an exceptional children teacher to an exceptional doggie teacher.”

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Dunmore said with dogs, what you see is what you get.

“There is an honesty to them; there is a forgiveness to them,” she said. “Humans couldn’t have nearly the compassion as these animals — the amount of forgiveness. For thousands of years, they have been our companions. And that is all a dog wants to do more than anything else in the world, have a human to love.”

Just as Dunmore was finishing her sentence, Diamond plopped on the ground and rolled over, begging to have her tummy rubbed.

“That’s it, that is Miss Diamond,” she said with a giggle and stopped rubbing the dog’s belly. Diamond looked up, almost demanding with sweet, wide eyes that Dunmore continue to give her tummy rubs.

“I’m sorry I didn’t mean to stop scratching your belly,” Dunmore said. “Can’t you tell this is a fearful dog?” Dunmore joked as we both laughed and shared an “awwmoment.”

Guilford County Animal Shelter’s community engagement manager Lisa Lee brings the animals in the shelter to the community by managing GCAS’s social media accounts (an Instagram account is coming soon), planning outreach events such as mobile adoptions (the next one coming up is in July at Friendly Center’s Whole Foods), and partnering with local colleges and universities such as Guilford College’s new Roar Club. Lee said that the municipal government funds and runs the animal shelter.

“We took over the shelter about three years ago from a nonprofit organization,” Lee said. “It was animal control that would pick up dogs in a field and drop them off and leave, and the nonprofit would do the adoption.”

When the county took over the adoption side, she said it had become collectively known as animal services. Lee said usually the GCAS averages 320 animals altogether.

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from the years 2016 to 2017, total animal intake decreased by about 1,500, and from 2017 to 2018, the intake rate dropped by about 3,000.

The rate of owner-surrenders also dropped from 3,516 in 2016, to 2,553 in 2017, and fell again to 1,118 in 2018. Lee attributed this drop to the shelter’s managed intake system, which requires ownersurrenders to make an appointment before dropping off their animal.

“Before, when I started here, there was a line out the door of perfectly healthy animals, and people just standing in the sun because they were moving or the landlord wouldn’t take them, or the dog chewed a hole in the rug, and we had absolutely zero space,” Lee said. “Yeah, it might be two to three weeks out for an appointment, but it gives us time to provide those owners with resources. Maybe they can’t keep their dog because they need pet food? Maybe they can’t keep their cat because she keeps having kittens? We can take care of that; we can help get their cats spayed/neutered.

We are starting now to provide the community with different resources to keep pet retention at home and not in the shelter.”

Lee said she has always been an animal lover. She originally came from a law enforcement background. She took a break from that field and started working as an

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animal control officer and investigator in Fort Myers, Florida.

“I went there and did an interview with a pit bull on my lap in my dress,” she said. Lee became an animal cruelty officer, a field training officer and then moved to Greensboro to start her position at GCAS. “From where we were then to where we are now, it is like a complete 180 improvement,” she said. “It is really exciting; we have a lot of good stuff going on.”

Kristen Wheeley is a 22-year-old employee of GCAS. Her duties include cleaning the dogs’ kennels, spending time with the dogs, feeding the dogs, and helping potential adopters find their new best friend.

Wheeley said she always loved working with animals since she was young, and she wanted to be a veterinarian. But the medical side of the job discouraged her. Instead, she went to Alamance Community College and got an associate’s degree in animal care and management. She worked at a private shelter in Mebane called, Paws Forever before she started in Guilford County.

Wheeley said the difference between public shelters and private shelters is that the public shelters, “have to take in every animal that comes to them. The private shelters don’t, so they all have different rules and standards of what they take in.

Some places are breed-specific.”

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Mozart Lee said that most of the dogs that are at the shelter are mixed “bully breeds.”

“We don’t like using the word pit bull,” Lee said. “It is a bad connotation. People think ‘oh it is a pit bull, it is aggressive.’ So, bully breeds can be anything.”

Both Wheeley and Lee agreed that the biggest misconceptions that the public has of GCAS is that the shelter euthanizes animals immediately after they are surrendered.

“That is the big thing, that we kill everything,” Lee said. “It is obviously not the truth.”

“That is not true, at all, there is a whole process for it,” Wheeley said. “They go into intake to make sure they have all of their

Rabbit shots, perform assessments to make sure they are safe, and behaviorally OK. When I did work at the private shelter, a lot of people would call and say, ‘oh will you please take my pet I don’t want them to get put down,’ and most shelters don’t do that anymore.”

“We do euthanize, but we don’t euthanize for space,” Lee clarified. “We have an 81% live outcome rate, and if we were another 9%, we would be considered a no-kill shelter.”

Lee said the choice to euthanize is a tough decision for everyone involved, and it has to meet specific parameters in terms of “behavioral, bite level, aggression, and medically untreatable” factors.

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Wheeley walked me through the process of adoption: First, potential adopters come in and look around at the dogs they are interested in. Then, they can ask a volunteer or employee to take a dog out a spend about 10 minutes with them, just to get the feel of their personality. If the person wants to adopt, they fill out an application.

“We can hold dogs for up to an hour if someone needs to leave for some reason and come back,” Wheeley said. “If they are not already spayed or neutered, they have to be spayed or neutered before they go home. We give you all their records, paperwork and resources (such as potty training, or dog-to-dog training resources) and a small bag of food.”

The fee for adoption is $50 for adult dogs, $25 for seniors (8 years and up) and $75 for puppies (7 months and under).

MEET SOME OF THE GOOD BOYS AND GIRLS Mozart is a super cute 7-year-old bully breed, who is heartworm-positive. Lee said he qualifies as a foster-to-adopt candidate for heartworm treatment. Lee said that Mozart was owner-surrendered in the field, and the owner thinks he is hearing impaired. Mozart is treat-motivated and knows basic commands. “I really like him, I just think he is so adorable, he’s just like tilting his head,” Wheeley said. “He is short, so I think that is really cute.”

Trigger Diamond, who was mentioned above, is a sweet 3-year-old bully breed, who was brought into the shelter as a stray from High Point, Lee said. Diamond is a gentle girl who is also heartworm-positive and qualifies for heartworm treatment as a foster-to-adopt candidate.

“She was so afraid when she first came in,” Dunmore said. “We had to work with her for a while because she had no history of trusting humans; her nature was not to be afraid of humans it was her nurture that took her there.”

After getting acclimated to shelter life, Dunmore said Diamond is a sweet and easy-going girl who, obviously, loves tummy rubs.

Rabbit is a 10-year-old female, who was owner-surrendered and has been at the shelter for a while. Lee said Rabbit is listed as a Dalmatian-mix who loves adults and children. Rabbit loves to go on rides and “has done great when taken to adoption events,” Lee said.

“She is an older gal, she is 10,” Wheeley said. “But she is super sweet, and I just think she is cute because she does a little happy dance all of the time.”

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also heartworm-positive. Lee said Tigger is a gentle-giant that loves attention but needs someone strong who can handle his size. “He is a big guy, and he loves tennis balls, and he goes absolutely nuts for them,” Wheeley said. “We keep them outside, and he will try to knock them over to grab like five in his mouth.”

The Have-A-Heart Fund is a fund for heartworm-positive animals at the shelter that incentivizes potential owners to “foster-to-adopt,” and in return, GCAS pays for their expensive treatment.

“If you wanted to adopt Diamond, you would be her foster mom first while she goes through treatment with one of our veterinary partners, which is a series of three injections,” Lee said. “Once they have the treatment, they need bed rest, and after the last treatment, fosters are provided with resources, and then the adoption is complete. It is kind of like giving a dog a second chance.”

Jessica Mashburn, a volunteer for GCAS and an animal activist, attributes the homeless pet population to irresponsible citizens in the community.

“It will truly ‘take a village’ to get them home and to educate about the importance of spay/neuter,” she wrote in a Facebook message. “The shelter is funded by county property taxes, and unfortunately, those that pay the most in property taxes do not visit or adopt from the shelter often. I know in my heart if folks in our county simply visited the shelter, even if they cannot adopt, they would want to either volunteer, foster or would demand that our shelter be funded better.”

Mashburn encourages those who have the time, to pick some cats and dogs to campaign for and help them get a home by telling their friends, neighbors and co-

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workers all about them. (On Mashburn’s Facebook page, she can be seen taking her own advice quite often.)

“Everyone needs an agent, right? See not, want not,” she continued. “These animals are members of our community, too, and we should all care about them.

Keeping them out of sight and mind only perpetuates the problem. They deserve love; everything is connected. Seeing a homeless animal find a loving, forever home is such a beautiful feeling. As someone that does not have children, it’s been the greatest expression of my maternal instinct to find homes for shelter pets.”

Volunteering is always welcomed at GCAS, and choosing to “adopt not shop” is highly encouraged. Volunteering could be just spending quality time with the animals to socialize them; or helping GCAS employees clean the facilities; it could also be holding fundraisers for food, litter and other essentials for the shelter; or making a monetary donation. “by adopting a rescue dog, you save two dogs,” Lee said. “One that you are rescuing is making space for another animal at the shelter.”

Wheeley encourages people to do research first when they are looking for a new best friend.

“If you do want a certain breed, see if there are rescues that do those breeds and look it up online. Go into the shelters, spend time in the shelters. Ask a lot of questions, they are there to help you,” she said. “All shelters will have resources for you. We work here, and we know the dogs, so if you are looking for a calmer dog or energetic dog, we will be able to match you with that fit.”

As an eight-year volunteer, Dunmore said one must “have a big heart, and be

able to say goodbye because there are a lot of goodbyes,” she explained. “And that is OK, because for every goodbye, there is a new hello. If you don’t know patience, you will learn patience. This is one of the best things you can do if you want to learn to be more zen in your life. If you want to learn mindfulness, volunteer with these dogs.”

Dunmore encourages potential adopters to open their minds and not be deceived by outward appearances.

“Whatever you can do, please, please do to help these animals,” she said. “So much has been said against the shelter and all, but you will never find a more caring and compassionate group than the people that come in here and do this every day. You will never find a group of people that loves these animals than the people that come here and do this day after day. They are the absolute heroes.”

Dunmore said a pet is a lifetime commitment, “so think long and hard before you get a pet and make sure you get that pet for the rest of its life. Spay and neuter it; we have way too many now that need homes, we don’t need anymore.”

“Every animal here needs a second chance,” Lee said. “I know we just have bully breeds, but these bully breeds are

loving animals. All of our animals are fully vetted and microchipped. I mean where else can you get a fully vetted, microchipped animal for a $50 adoption fee?”

Looking to the future, Lee said GCAS is planning to expand to a new shelter, located on Guilford College Road.

“We are working toward our new animal shelter, that is supposed to hopefully be done in the next couple of years,” Lee said. “It is going to be a brand new bright and shiny building. We are hoping to break ground before the year is over.”

Lee hopes the new shelter will be a destination for people, one that they visit after church on Sundays or on a lazy Saturday afternoon.

For more information, visit the GCAS website (www.guilfordcountync.gov/ our-county/animal-services/animalshelter) and social media pages (@ GuilfordCountyAnimalShelter). Who knows, you might find your new best friend there. !

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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raternal connections are at the heart of Travers Brothership, a soulful jam band from the Asheville area.

Half of the band, twin brothers Kyle John Adamian and Eric Travers, @johnradamian share DNA. And the other two band members — singer/ Contributor bassist/songwriter Josh Clark and keyboardist/percussionist Ian McIsaac — have been part of this tight musical core since they were all in middle school up in Black Mountain. The music of Travers Brothership sounds steeped in soul, and southern rock, showing flashes of prog, a long-form jazzy improvisational spirit and the showmanship of classic rock. All four members are multi-instrumentalists, and they bring that wide-ranging eclecticism and group chemistry to their music.

Travers Brothership plays The Blind Tiger in Greensboro on Friday, June 14.

(Also on the bill will be Moves, formerly Holy Ghost Tent Revival.) I spoke with guitarist and vocalist Kyle Travers last week by phone as the band drove up to New York City for a show in Brooklyn and another in Vermont. They were supposed to have had some time off after a lengthy spring tour, but they’re the kind of steady-gigging band that get calls from their managers with performance opportunities, and when it comes time to decide, they nod in agreement at the prospect of spending more time making music. Playing together for hours and hours as teenagers is the thing that cemented their connection.

The band has a connection to the Triad area. One of their first regular gigs was a weekly show they had for a stretch at Wahoo’s Tavern in Greensboro. Travers remembers getting to the venue, which didn’t have a designated stage for live music at the time and having to rearrange some of the games and decor to make room for the band.

“We’d move the foosball table,” he said.

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added challenge. It added to the bigness of their sound. But for their most recent record, Let The World Decide, which came out last year, the group scaled down to a quartet. It’s funny to listen to the record and think that there was the potential for more to be wedged into the music because they manage to layer a fair bit of sound into the songs as it is.

“We started writing music that involved a lot more three-part harmonies,” Travers said.

OK, so, yeah, they have three-part vocal harmonies, like on the epic jammer “Individual” off the new record. On the same tune, they also spool through aggressive funk with slap bass and clavinet grooves, then into face-melting guitarshredding sections, with Travers bringing to mind Carlos Santana.

It’s a song with more than just instrumental muscle. Travers wrote it while he was working a soul-sucking warehouse job in Hickory.

“I worked 12-hour days there. I would go in before the sun came up, and I came out when the sun was down,” he said. “It was something I didn’t really enjoy doing.”

One of the lines in the song goes like this: “I hope you don’t find me working overtime at the factory.” Travers doesn’t shy away from hard work, and he didn’t want the song to seem snotty about the predicament of laborers, but after discussing it with his bandmates, they concluded that, since it came from real experience, there was a genuine truth to

it. (The lyrics actually sympathize with the struggles of those trying to support families and pay rent while spending all their time on a job.)

Other songs on the album, such as “Mama Don’t,” settle into a soulful New Orleans feel with just piano and vocals. Elsewhere, like on “Sweet Anna Lee,” Travers Brothership add a touch of Americana. And then, on the long-form instrumental jam vehicle “Ursa Major” they cut loose in a high-octane funk fashion that conjures comparisons to Parliament or Stanley Clarke.

“We’re bringing the bass solo back.

We’re heavy on it,” laughed Travers when I commended the band on their willingness to go places — particularly with regard to extended instrumental spotlight sections — that a lot of bands have steered clear of, perhaps for fear of being labeled excessive.

Record-closer “Do Confide” has elements of springy dub-reggae, with dramatic stops and starts folded together with Travers’ guitar heroics.

You could say they’re all over the map, but they’re sort of an all-terrain musical vehicle, able to navigate different turf with confidence and control. At different times they might sound like Allman Brothers, Phish, Frank Zappa, Stevie Wonder, the Dixie Dregs, early Rod Stewart, Michael McDonald, or Little Feat.

The jam-band umbrella is a big, wide one, with a lot of bands huddled under it. The one unifying theme is eclecti-

cism — extended grooves, and anything goes. A lot of jam bands tend to throw in elements of zany humor, goosing up whiplash transitions and stark contrasts.

Travers Brothership doesn’t exactly get manic or slapstick. There’s no real comic aspect to their jams. Instead, they fall back into jazzy, bluesy, rootsy modes of stretching out and exploring.

“We put soul as our first genre because, no matter how far out we get, I think the main lifeline of the music is trying to play soulfully and from the heart and make it have a meaning instead of a noodle or random trippiness,” Travers said.

The band is touring in support of Let The World Decide, but they’re thinking ahead to a live release that will capture the on-stage energy they bring to clubs and theaters, feeding off an audience and letting the music go in whatever direction it will.

“Our live show brings a whole other curveball,” Travers said. !

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The band Moves Moves is moving on into the Triad for a show at the Blind Tiger with the Travers Brothership on June 14.

Folks around these parts may better remember them as Holy Ghost Katei Cranford Tent Revival, but the septet is holding Contributing their own since moving to Asheville, and columnist standing tall in their new name: complete with a new record, slew of videos, and—in honor of YES! Weekly’s annual pet edition—12 critters among them.

“That averages out to about 1.7 pets per band member,” said drummer Ross “the Sauce” Motsinger.

As for furry friends, on tours, Moves is often accompanied by Louise, a dog so tiny, “she can go pretty much anywhere.”

And Whiskey the pit bull, “who’ll pull a Jedi mind trick on anyone tempted to tell us that dogs aren’t allowed,” Motsinger added.

But showing their pups’ old stomping grounds is secondary. The group is more focused on the grand unveiling of their reincarnation.

“We’ve seen so many phases of Greensboro, of the Tiger and ourselves,” Motsinger said of playing a show in their old home town, “the nostalgia is real.”

Moves may have entered a distinct new phase, but they’re fueled by the same old passion: make music, play shows. “I’m excited to reconnect with old friends and know that this show, too, will be looked back upon fondly,“ Motsinger noted.

Basically, the band by another name is still the same bunch of friends who continue to flex tunes as a unit. They

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may have dropped the banjos long ago, but they’ve gained confidence in their identity, reflected in their fifth album, the appropriately self-titled, MOVES. Records often serve as a marker of development—a timestamp of sound as it evolves. “We’ve felt suddenly awakened every time we’ve recorded an album,” Motsinger said of the growth they’ve experienced with each release. “It serves as a checkpoint of where we are. We’ve been changing gradually and constantly since we started.”

For Moves, “gradual and constant” finally reached a point of no return. “We were able to marvel at how much we really have changed, and tweaking the name to go with it felt imperative to our identity,” Motsinger said.

But new records aren’t the only thing they’ve been up to in them Buncombe County hills. Moves is proving themselves a band of multimedia, with seven videos

released in support of the new record (and more on the way) thanks to manager Jason Mencer.

“Everything has been done in-house, but would have been impossible without him as the mastermind,” Mostinger explained.

For their first video under the Moves moniker, they chose a cover of the Rolling Stones “Gimme Shelter,” put out before any announcements about the name change. “It was nice to see the song gain some traction on YouTube and Spotify without anyone knowing who the band was that released it.”

“Social media and music videos seem to be the best way of expressing your personality these days, and we’re just not as good at social media,“ Motsinger admitted.

But “playing music together is our favorite thing to do,” he noted of their strengths beyond the digital-scape; and

the bond which has helped navigate uncharted waters as Moves with confidence to push forward.

“The folks who have been begging us to bring the banjo back have finally given up on that,” Motsinger said contrasting their roots as a sort of college kid Dixieland ensemble. “Our family of long-term fans is made up of people who like when we try new things,“ he added. It’s helped them set sail into new sonic territory.

“I don’t think we’ve ever felt anchored to anything,” Motsinger explained of their niche upbringings, “but a lot of people assumed that we were or demanded that we should be, so it has been most refreshing to effectively communicate that that’s not who we are.”

The road to self-discovery can be bumpy, for bands and people alike.

“I wouldn’t call it a smooth transition,” Motsinger admitted. “It confused a lot of people, but it’s been essential for us, and so that is amazing.”

For Motsinger and the rest of Moves, “to no longer feel trapped in an identity that we don’t relate with, and have the freedom to say, ‘No, we’re this now,’ makes it worth all the headaches and hiccups in the world.”

It takes courage and talent to go from something folks have become familiar with into the identity one has grown into.

The freedom to boast who you are—band or person—-is a triumph, and it’s hard to think of a better story for a band born from our weird college town. !

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

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310 S. Greene Street | 336.333.2605 carolinatheatre.com Jun 14: Forever Motown Jun 14: Songs From The Road Band Jun 15: Aaron “Woody” Wood Jun 20: Parker Millsap Jun 21: Josh Rouse Jun 27: Mighty Joshua & The zion #5 Jun 29: The Tyler Millard Band / Whiskey Foxtrot Jul 5: Cane Mill Road

THE CORNER BAR

1700 Spring Garden St | 336.272.5559 corner-bar.com Jun 13: Live Thursdays

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HAM’S NEW GARDEN

1635 New Garden Rd | 336.288.4544 hamsrestaurants.com

LEVENELEVEN BREWING 1111 Coliseum Blvd | 336.265.8600 Jun 12: William Nesmith Jun 19: Jack Gorham

LITTLE BROTHER BREWING

348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678 Jun 15: Paper Wasps

RODY’S TAVERN

5105 Michaux Road | 336.282.0950 rodystavern.com Jul 12: Stereo Doll

1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034 thecomedyzone.com Jun 14: Frankie Paul w/ Coco Fresh Jun 15: Frankie Paul w/ Coco Fresh Jun 20: Damon Williams Jun 21: Grandma Lee Jun 22: Grandma Lee Jun 28: Jerry Farber Jun 29: Jerry Farber Jun 30: Laugh-n-Paint Comedy Series Jul 10: Stone Cold and the Jackal Tour Jul 12: John Witherspoon Jul 13: John Witherspoon

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11602 S Elm Ave | 336.698.3888 Jun 29: Mtroknwn Jul 13: The Two’s

CONE DENIM

117 S Elm St | 336.378.9646 cdecgreensboro.com Jun 13: Drake White Jun 14: DaBaby Jun 16: Hinder Jun 21: David Allen Coe Jun 28: Biz Markie Jul 6: Better Than Ezra Jul 13: L.A.Guns Jul 20: Absolute Queen Jul 23: Buckcherry Jul 27: Stunna 4 Vegas Aug 2: Lyfe Jennings Aug 9: Can’t Speak On It Tour feat.

Jaydayyoungan & Yungeen Ace Oct 5: Mason Ramsey

GREENE STREET CLUB 113 N Greene St | 336.273.4111

502 N. Greene St | 336.274.2699 www.idiotboxers.com Jul 12: Sean FInnerty

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

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1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113 afterhourstavern.net Jun 14: Karaoke

GOOFY FOOT TAPROOM

2762 NC-68 #109 | 336.307.2567 Jun 22: Parker Ford Jun 28: Into The Fog Jul 13: Dylan Branson Jul 20: Turpentine Shine Aug 17: Susanna Macfarlane & Jamie Pruitt

HAM’S PALLADIUM 5840 Samet Dr | 336.887.2434 hamsrestaurants.com

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118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 thedeckatrivertwist.com Jun 12: Open Mic Jun 13: Josh Moyer Jun 14: Crossing Avery

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Jun 19: Open Mic Jun 20: Cory Luetjen Jun 21: Stephen Legree Band Jun 22: Jill Goodson Jun 23: Room 42 Jun 26: Open Mic Jun 27: Watch Tower Jun 28: Hip Pocket Jun 29: The Plaids Jun 30: Robert Cullucci

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BREATHE COCKTAIL LOUNGE

221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822 facebook.com/BreatheCocktailLounge Jun 13: Ciera Dumas Jun 14: Stereo Doll Jun 20: Solo

J.PEPPERS SOUTHERN GRILLE

841 Old Winston Rd | 336.497.4727 jpeppers.com Jun 13: William Nesmith Jun 20: James Vincent Carrol Jun 27: Casey Noel Jul 11: James Vincent Carrol Jul 18: Justin Fulp Jul 25: James Vincent Carrol Aug 1: Karla Kincaid Aug 8: James Vincent Carrol Aug 15: Justin Fulp Aug 17: Emma Lee

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OLD NICK’S PUB

191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059 OldNicksPubNC.com Jun 14: Karaoke Jun 15: Chasing Fame Jun 22: The Rockers Jun 28: Karaoke Jun 29: Anne & The Moonlighters Jul 6: Retrospect Band Jul 12: Karaoke Jul 13: Dante’s Roadhouse Jul 20: Big Daddy Mojo Jul 26: Karaoke Jul 27: Disaster Recovery Band

LIBERTY

THE LIBERTY SHOWCASE THEATER

101 S. Fayetteville St | 336.622.3844 TheLibertyShowcase.com Jun 22: Wonderwall Jul 6: Exile Jul 20: Tim White & The Song of the Mountains Road Show Aug 3: Nathan Stanley w/ Dewey & Leslie Brown and The Carolina Gentlemen Aug 17: Gene Watson WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

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SECOND & GREEN

207 N Green St | 336.631.3143 2ngtavern.com

BULL’S TAVERN

408 West 4th St | 336.331.3431 facebook.com/bulls-tavern Jun 13: Voodoo Visionary Jun 14: The Tangled Roots Jun 15: Brother’s Pearl Jun 20: Gulley Jun 21: My Brother Skyler Jun 22: The Settlement Jun 27: Hustle Souls Jun 28: The Hawthornes Jun 29: The Lilly Brothers Jul 4: Arson Daily Jul 6: Disco Risque Jul 12: Heads Up Penny Jul 13: SmasHat Jul 19: Farm Hold Jul 20: Jukebox Rehab

MUDDY CREEK CAFE & MUSIC HALL

5455 Bethania Rd | 336.923.8623 Jun 13: Pickup Thursday w/ Johnathan Byrd & The Pickup Cowboys Jun 14: The Hall Sisters Jun 15: Red June Jun 22: Big Daddy Love

THE RAMKAT

170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 Jun 14: Blue Water Highway Jun 17: Martha Basset

Jun 22: Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters, Nathan Bowles Trio, Skylar Gudasz Jun 28: Bonnie Montgomery, Summer Dean, The Bo-Stevens Jul 11: Charley Crockett Jul 12: The Civics, None the Wiser

WISE MAN BREWING

826 Angelo Bros Ave | 336.725.0008 Jun 15: Summer Beach Party w/ DJ Steve Carter

BURKE STREET PUB 1110 Burke St | 336.750.0097 burkestreetpub.com

CB’S TAVERN

3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664 Jun 14: Phase Band

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FIDDLIN’ FISH BREWING COMPANY 772 Trade St | 336.999.8945 fiddlinfish.com Jun 14: Circus Mutt Jun 17: Old Time Jam

FOOTHILLS BREWING

638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 foothillsbrewing.com Jun 12: Redleg Husky Jun 15: Disaster Recovery Band Jun 16: Sunday Jazz Jun 19: Turpentine Shine Jun 22: Patrick Rock and the Wreckage Jun 23: Sunday Jazz Jun 30: Sunday Jazz

MAC & NELLI’S

4926 Country Club Rd | 336.529.6230 macandnellisws.com

MILLENNIUM CENTER 101 West 5th Street | 336.723.3700 MCenterevents.com Jul 5: Heavy Rebel Weekender

MILNER’S

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Saturday, June 15 | 1:00 - 5:30 pm

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1:00 pm Wally Wallace & the Sononauts at Blue Denim

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3:20 pm Railyard String Quartet at Ambleside Art Gallery

3:40 pm Zinc Kings at Fainting Goat Spirits 4:05 pm Totally Slow at Ambleside Art Gallery 4:30 pm Sirocco Reed Quintet at Elsewhere

5:15 pm Finale at The Bearded Goat

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BARTENDER: Billie Harmon BAR: Fiddlin’ Fish Brewery

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AGE: 31 WHERE ARE YOU FROM? Reidsville, NC HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BARTENDING? About eight years HOW DID YOU BECOME A BARTENDER? I was working a seasonal job and needed something until it started back up. I landed a hosting job because I had never worked in a restaurant before. Worked my way up, learned everything I could and boom, I was slinging drinks.

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT BARTENDING? I love meeting new people and showing them a good time. So many people [do] brewery-hops in Winston now, so talking about Winston’s history, and places to go to is exciting since the city is growing.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO MAKE? Irish car bomb! No one’s reaction after taking one is the same.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO DRINK? Any type of New England IPA

WHAT WOULD YOUR RECOMMEND AS AN AFTER-DINNER DRINK? I would go with a light beer and a fernet to sip on.

WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST THING YOU’VE SEEN WHILE BARTENDING? I once told Luke Bryan that I had been moved to the bar and that I couldn’t wait on him and his crew. Told him just to come order at that bar. This was about one week before his song went to number one and everyone knew who he was. Whoops!

WHAT’S THE BEST TIP YOU’VE EVER GOTTEN? The best tip I have ever received was when I did a fundraiser, all my friends and regulars came by the brewery — raised over $2,000.

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PRE-CONSTRUCTION OPEN HOUSE IN JUNE FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO I-485 BETWEEN I-77 AND U.S. 74 (INDEPENDENCE BOULEVARD)

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STIP NO: I-5507 The North Carolina Department of Transportation and Turnpike Authority will hold a pre-construction open house public meeting to display and explain design features of the I-5507 project.

Thursday, June 27 Noon to 7 p.m.

Endhaven Elementary School 6815 Endhaven Lane Charlotte, NC 28277 The project will add one express lane in each direction on I-485 between I-77 and U.S. 74 (Independence Boulevard), providing travel time reliability and improving traffic flows on this critical transportation corridor. This project will also add one general purpose lane in each direction between Rea Road and Providence Road, and a new interchange at Weddington Road. In coordination with other projects in south/southeastern Mecklenburg County, this project would serve as part of a larger network of express lanes offering drivers the option of more reliable travel times. Updated information regarding noise walls will be available at another public meeting later this year.

Representatives from the design and construction team will be available in an informal, open house-style setting to provide information and answer questions regarding upcoming construction. Citizens may attend at any time between noon and 7 p.m. There will be no formal presentation.

Project maps and other information can be found online at: www.ncdot.gov/projects/i-485-express-lanes.

For more information, contact Carly Olexik, of the North Carolina Turnpike Authority at caolexik@ncdot.gov or (919) 707-2671.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who want to participate in this public open house. Anyone requiring special services should contact Diane Wilson at pdwilson1@ncdot.gov as soon as possible so that arrangements can be made.

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I spent years on and off drugs and alcohol, but I’ve been sober for six years. I’m just not the same self-centered immature brat I was.

Last week, I reached Amy Alkon out to my best friend’s brother to apologize for things Advice I did about seven Goddess years ago. He still hasn’t responded to my text (requesting time to talk to make amends). He told my friend he was having a hard time believing I’m any different. But I am, and I want to prove to him I have changed. How can I do that? — Sincere He’s seen you swear off drugs and alcohol before — typically for several hours on a Tuesday.

This view he has of you is likely to have some serious staying power. That’s because our brain is big on automatic processes — forming and storing what I call “thinkpacks” so we don’t have to put cognitive energy into things we’ve already figured out. For example, say you do something for the first time, like opening a weird latch on a cupboard. Each time you do it again, the more automatic — that is, the more unthinking — opening it becomes.

Believing works similarly. Once we form a belief, we tend to just go with it — automatically. Questioning a belief, on the other hand, takes mental effort: yanking out our reasoning ability and forcing it to

do a bunch of cognitive chores.

Not surprisingly, research by social psychologist Lee Ross, among others, finds that we’re prone to taking the mentally easy way out, succumbing to “confirmation bias”: clinging to what we already believe and ignoring info that says, “Hey, there just might be a new and improved truth in town.”

There’s another problem: Our ego is bound up in our clinging to our beliefs — that is, believing that we were right all along. And though it sounds like you’ve changed your value system — which probably bodes well for your staying sober — if he goes with the idea that you’re on the wagon for good, he risks being proved wrong.

The error that you, like many people, make is in thinking, “I’ll just change somebody’s mind!” and it’ll happen pronto.

However, consider your goal: apologizing.

You can do that by writing a letter. A letter of apology takes an investment of effort that a phoned or texted apology does not — which makes it more likely to be seen as sincere.

And frankly, if you follow through with the steps for a meaningful apology — detailing how you wronged him, expressing remorse, and explaining the new values you are now living by — you lay the best foundation for him to...possibly...someday...believe that you truly have changed.

Sure, it’s possible you’ll black out again, but maybe just if somebody clocks you for going overboard with the sobervangelizing. It won’t be like that time when you were drunk and handcuffed and yelling, “Occifers, I’ll have you know that my nickname in middle school was Houdini!”

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A BODY AT RUST

I’ve been married to a wonderful woman for two years. We have a 2-year-old child.

Unfortunately, we stopped having sex when she got pregnant and haven’t started again since. She loves me, but she just doesn’t want sex like she used to. (And no, I’m not some sexist dude leaving all the baby care to her.) How can we jump-start our sex life?

— Famished “Being and Nothingness” is 722 pages of stylishly depressing existentialism by Jean-Paul Sartre; ideally, it does not also describe what goes on in bed between you and your wife.

Chances are your wife’s libido didn’t get broken in the delivery room or carried off by a raccoon. In women, desire seems to work differently than how it does in men, according to sex researcher Rosemary Basson, M.D. Once women are comfortably ensconced in a relationship, Basson finds that they no longer have the “spontaneous sexual hunger” they did in the early days of dating. Instead, their desire is “responsive,” meaning it is “triggerable” — simply by starting to fool around.

Yes, miraculously, revving up your sex life will probably just take some makeout sessions. Tell your wife about Basson’s research and start scheduling regular romantic evenings. Make them early enough

that nobody’s too tired and keep your expectations on medium. (You might not have full-blown sex on night one, but try to see whatever mwah-mwah makeout that goes on as an encouraging start.) When possible, drop the baby off at Grandma’s and have a sex weekend at a hotel. This may sound like a lot of effort and expense, but it sure beats the alternative — setting your penis out on the blanket next to the VHS player at your spring garage sale. !

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