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Individual Tickets on Sale NOW Join Gerard Schwarz, Alan G. Benaroya Music Director Chair, for five weeks of music excellence in the Triad.

Classical Journeys |

June 29 | 8 PM

Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, violin | The Pacifica Quartet Award-winning guest artists in concert with Eastern Festival Orchestra.

Chamber Music Series Mondays at UNCG | June 24, July 1, 8, 15, 22 Tuesdays at Guilford College | June 25, *Well-Spring Theatre July 2, 9, 16*, 23

Young Artists Orchestras Thursdays and Fridays | July 4-26

Highlights: Holst | The Planets Ravel | Daphnis et Chloé, Suites 1 and 2 Strauss | Don Quixote, Death and Transfiguration Tchaikovsky | Suites from: Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake

Signature Performances including: Majestic Brass | June 26 Orchestral Celebration | June 28 Pay What You Can Night Send in the Clowns | July 10 William Wolfram | July 17 Classical Guitar Summit | July 24

Eastern Festival Orchestra Fanfares and Flourishes | July 6 Legends and Dreams | July 13 Goliaths | July 20 Festival Finale | July 27 Performances at Dana Auditorium, Guilford College, unless otherwise noted.

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SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION

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The Summer Solstice, according to Britannica, is when the sun travels the longest path through the sky and thus, causing the most daylight of the year. For Greensboro, Sassmann said the SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION is “a whimsical, midsummer night’s dream for about 10,000 people.”

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EDITORIAL Editor KATIE MURAWSKI katie@yesweekly.com Contributors IAN MCDOWELL TERRY RADER DAVINA VAN BUREN JOHN ADAMIAN MARK BURGER KATEI CRANFORD MARISA SLOAN JIM LONGWORTH PRODUCTION Graphic Designers ALEX FARMER designer@yesweekly.com AUSTIN KINDLEY artdirector@yesweekly.com

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North Carolina’s International City will soon be home to the Triad’s first FOOD HALL. The project, a Partnership between Baltimore-based Elliott Sidewalk Communities and CANA Development (CANAdev), is part of High Point’s massive downtown revitalization project, which is in full swing with the BB&T Point multi-use stadium project complete.

10 Greensboro artist and Caribbean native PHOENIX moved to the Triad from New York and has lived all over. She is all about peace and love when it comes to her jewelry and educational, inspirational art.

11 On June 26, the RIVERRUN International Film Festival in Winston-Salem will inaugurate its latest special screening series.

The RiverRun Arts series will – as the title implies – highlight films about the performing and visual arts.

12 The 2000 reboot/remake of SHAFT, starring Samuel L. Jackson and directed by John Singleton, delivered the action goods and told a story that had substance. The belated (19 years) follow-up, with Jackson back as John Shaft under the direction of executive producer Tim Story...

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Mayor Nancy Vaughan said the July, August, September, October and November town hall meetings of the Greensboro City Council would NOT BE STREAMED live or made available as online videos.

19 Last month, Abigail Disney, granddaughter of DISNEY Company co-founder Roy Disney, appeared on Capitol Hill before the House Financial Services Committee, for a hearing on workers’ rights.

20 Johnson is a bit of a mystic, deeply into the occult and the paranormal. You might not guess that those streams of thought underpin the music of MOSES JONES. At first listen, the band (a trio) can sound like a workmanlike bar band with blues, country, soul and Southern rock underpinnings— nothing out of the ordinary or terribly unfamiliar.

21 Pulling up punk roots and resiliency, the tattooed troubadours in OLD HEAVY HANDS will perform a live show of their latest release, Mercy, at the Blind Tiger on June 21.

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WHEN: Friday, June 21: Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, 7 p.m.

Saturday, June 22: Star Wars: Episode IV A New Hope, 4 p.m.; Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, 7 p.m.; Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, 10 p.m.

Sunday, June 23: Star Wars: Episode V The Empire Strikes Back, 4 p.m.; Star Wars: Episode VI Return of the Jedi, 7 p.m.

WHERE: The Carolina Theatre.

310 S. Greene St., Greensboro.

MORE: Tickets are $10 for each film, or $24 for a three-ticket pack.

WHAT: David Allan Coe is an American singer. His biggest hits were “Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile”, “The Ride”, “You Never Even Called Me by My Name”, “She Used to Love Me a Lot”, and “Longhaired Redneck”. His most popular songs are the number-one hits “Would You Lay With Me (In a Field of Stone)” and “Take This Job and Shove It”.

The latter inspired the movie of the same name.

WHEN: 8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Cone Denim Entertainment Center. 117 S. Elm St, Greensboro.

MORE: $20 tickets.

GREENSBORO SUMMER SOLSTICE WHAT: The Greensboro Summer Solstice festival began in 2005 as a group of creatives who came together to celebrate and promote the diversity of our community, the beauty of nature, and the power of the feminine spirit. Today, the festival is proud to host 9000 attendees that represent a beautiful array of ages, colors, abilities and characters.

WHEN: 2-10 p.m.

WHERE: Greensboro Arboretum.

401 Ashland Dr., Greensboro.

MORE: $5 admission.

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WHAT: BohoBlu will be hosting an in-store event in partnership with the charity Dress For Success to celebrate the stores 1 year birthday in the Thruway Center. In celebration, there will be sweet treats sponsored

by Dewey’s, hair braiding, and mimosas.

Additionally, each customer who brings clothing to donate to Dress For Success will receive a 50% off ticket to use towards one full price item.

WHEN: 10 a.m. - 9 p.m.

WHERE: BohoBlu. 408 S. Stratford Rd., Winston-Salem.

MORE: Free event.

WHAT: For more than 20 years Lonestar has released several Platinum-selling albums and ten No. 1 singles, earned ACM and CMA awards and inspired rave reviews as far away as London, where The Guardian proclaimed them exemplars of “country’s greatest strength: picture-painting, storybased, tear-your-heart-out lyrics that are the most direct and lucid in popular music.”

WHEN: 8-10 p.m.

WHERE: Winston-Salem Fairgrounds & Annex. 421 W. 27th St., Winston-Salem.

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[SPOTLIGHT] THE SHARPIE CAR

BY MARISA SLOAN

In 2007, Miami graffiti artist Jona Cerwinske captured the world’s attention with the “Sharpie Lamborghini” — a white Lamborghini covered bumper to bumper with intricate designs drawn in Sharpie marker. The mobile work of art sparked a new trend in car design that has finally reached the streets of the Triad.

Local artist Robert Perry was willing to sacrifice his 2007 Nissan Altima, a handful of Sharpies, and a great deal of time to make his mark.

“The whole process took about six months of working. I worked just parttime in my garage, a few hours per week,” Perry said.

The result is impressive. Dozens of lines, arrows and spirals intersect with each other seamlessly, despite being drawn freehand with a permanent marker and no room for error. Areas with major filling were done using a Sharpie with an extrawide tip for a smoother look.

“I wanted to do something so different and so new,” said Perry of his design. “I decided to really go for it and do it. And it came out really good.”

He has yet to cover his work in a protective clear coat because he worries the alcohol or lacquer thinners in most finishes will make the ink bleed. However, Perry said the Sharpie has held up well against the elements so far — neither sunshine nor summer storms have managed to do any damage yet.

While this was Perry’s first venture into

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car design, he’s no stranger to experimenting with different mediums in his art.

Perry has also done street art, and even painted on clothing, so it’s no surprise that he eventually came to see his own car as a big, blank canvas to draw on.

And he wants to do it again. Perry has his eyes set on starting a business with his newfound skills. While he’s spoken with a few people about doing smaller Sharpie designs, his dream is to decorate an entire sports car in his original art.

The best part? Each time he takes his Sharpie car for a spin around town, he is actually driving a big advertisement — an advertisement that people just can’t help but stare at, he said. It certainly makes a trip to the grocery store a lot more fun.

Enabling more people to interact with his artwork was one of Perry’s biggest motivations for the project. In fact, most of the compliments he receives have come from his Lyft customers. Perry said his customers would commonly mistake his work for a paint job or a vehicle wrap, but that he would take their confusion as the highest compliment.

“They’ll be like ‘damn, is that a wrap?’” said Perry of the reactions he frequently receives. “Or ‘nice paint job,’ too, is one of the most common.”

While he waits for his Sharpie car business to take off, he’s at least made a reputation for himself as the Lyft driver with the coolest ride. !

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Artist rendering of the food hall coming to High Point

Triad’s first food hall to open in High Point

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orth Carolina’s International City will soon be home to the Triad’s first food hall.

The project, a Partnership Davina van Buren between Baltimore@highpointfoodie based Elliott Sidewalk Communities and CANA DevelopContributor ment (CANAdev), is part of High Point’s massive downtown revitalization project, which is in full swing with the BB&T Point multi-use stadium project complete.

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hall, anyway? Think of it as a modern food court. Rather than fast food and chain restaurants, food halls typically feature fresh food, local concepts, ethnic fare, and street foods. Food halls are often home to startup restaurants or food trucks whose owners are contemplating the leap to brick-and-mortar locations.

Food halls allow vendors to test the waters and get a sense of labor costs, food waste, and other important aspects of the foodservice industry, and to operate without committing to leasing or purchasing an entire building.

Examples of food halls include the Ferry Building in San Francisco, Denver’s The Source, The Wharf Miami, and Chelsea Market in Manhattan. You can settle in for a full meal at one spot or stroll around and sample a few snacksized items. Often, there are communal

seating areas and other artisan makers under the same roof.

The food hall will house eight to 10 vendors in about 14,000 square-feet and will be located on the first floor of 275 North Elm, a three-story mixed-use building adjacent to the stadium. The top two floors will house approximately 36,000 square-feet of office space. A

cornerstone asset of the downtown High Point revitalization project, 275 North Elm is part of The Outfields, which will eventually surround the stadium with a hotel, offices, retail space, apartments, and a plaza.

CANAdev is behind several other successful U.S. food halls, many in major cities such as New York, Washington, D.C.,

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Aerial view of BB&T Point Stadium Boston, and Detroit. But the company also has an eye for spotting smaller cities with big potential. “Generally, we look for unique sites that can attract both strong daytime population, nearby residential community and a steady visitor/tourism component,” said CANAdev Principal Michael Morris. “We think High Point achieves this through daytime traffic connected to the medical center, High Point University and the surrounding community, plus out of town visitors coming to the University, the Furniture Market, and the new baseball stadium.”

When asked about the ideal food hall tenant for 275 North Elm, Morris said CANAdev looks for what he calls “the three P’s”: Product, Person, Passion. “The most important part is the product—it has to be great,” he said. “From there, we look for businesses where the person who makes the product is also right behind the counter, constantly connected to their product and to their community.”

Morris said it is critical that vendors be able to connect directly with each guest of the food hall. “It is this maker to consumer connection, coupled with the delivery of a high-quality product, that will define the hospitality of the High Point food hall and make this a destination,” he explained.

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who sell items such as candles, flowers, and hostess gifts.

Morris said the food hall would have an environment unique to the Triad—a selling point for local entrepreneurial chefs.

“From the vendors’ perspective, they can be successful as part of a larger project, where the sum of the parts ends up stronger than individual components,” he said. “Often, this means that vendors have the opportunity to do better business in a food hall than in a stand-alone restaurant.”

The food hall will also pay homage to High Point’s heritage. Its brick, steel and glass exterior complements the history of the city, yet it is decidedly modern.

“We operate under the philosophy that each market is unique,” Morris said. “We are actively developing the specific brand for our High Point location by looking to the history, culture, industries, and people of the area. We will also highlight this in our interior design, merchandising, furnishings, and vendor selection.”

High Point is poised to have its moment, and no doubt, the food hall will play an important role in attracting visitors. “We have an incredible opportunity to be an amenity and resource for the neighborhood, Morris said. “Through connections to the stadium, the Furniture Market, and residents of High Point and the Triad, the food hall will become a destination for the entire community.” !

DAVINA VAN BUREN is an award-winning food and travel writer. Follow her on social media @HighPointFoodie.

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Greensboro artist crafts jewelry, inspirational art

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reensboro artist and Caribbean native Phoenix moved to the Triad from New York and has lived all over. She is all about peace and love when Terry Rader it comes to her jewelry and educational, inspirational art.

Contributor On June 22, she will return to both the third annual Triad Vegfest from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., and the 2019 Summer Solstice Celebration from 2 to 10 p.m. Phoenix may also be found most Saturdays and Sundays sitting outside making and vending jewelry in the sunshine and spreading her “good energy” at Deep Roots Market in downtown Greensboro.

Phoenix started making jewelry when she was a teenager, but it was only for a short while during a summer project.

She picked this craft up again four years ago when she began homeschooling her children. She said she would try to leave them alone to finish a lesson. However, while she was in another room cooking dinner, turns out, her children would be doing everything except their assignment.

She figured out a way to stay and sit with them, so they would stick to their work while she crafted jewelry. Phoenix said she was busy with four children and home-

schooling to take time to learn crafts and is basically self-taught. She had a vendor friend who liked her pieces, so she began selling them. Eventually, Phoenix started to vend with her and then on her own after she worked up the confidence to go for it.

About six years ago in Atlanta, she had an idea to dress up her dreadlocks. She began making spiral pieces and enjoyed working with colored copper wire. She said people would want to buy them right out of her hair, but she started by selling them

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Kooley High has their name all over the hip hop scene throughout the state. Consisting of all Raleigh natives, Kooley High met at N.C. State University where their first shows were held in the student lounges of dorm room buildings. Since then, all members have graduated, and Kooley High has continued to build an impressive resume with their most recent album release being produced by 9th Wonder who is known for his collaborations with Kendrick Lamar. Their album “Never Come Down” also featured Grammy-nominated artist Rapsody who was also a founding member of Kooley High.

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

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

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on eBay, Etsy and now Amazon.

“It’s my way to share them with the world, not around me.”

Today, Phoenix is still homeschooling, but her kids are older, so she gives them more freedom to do their work. In addition to jewelry, she organizes various affirmations and designs art for educational and inspirational posters, and card games.

Some of her cards are match games for children with confidence-building affirmations such as, “I am awesome.”

“I really think teaching children is important,” Phoenix said. “Too many times, we forget to be careful in how we speak around them in their more impressionable years. We are all generators. I still have to balance my life with meditations and affirmations. I’m dealing with teenage boys, please!”

Phoenix can get lost in a conversation with her 18-year-old son, and she said that connection is so important to her.

She likes to be there and listen to what he wants to talk about, which is politics for now. Every day she enjoys those conversations knowing one day he may not want to hang out and talk with his mom.

“I don’t have all of the answers, and there was a time when I found solace in Ernest Holmes books,” Phoenix said.

“You’ve got to set the tone for the day each morning. Now my sons start each day with yoga poses and affirmations, too.”

Phoenix said that her card decks include

teachings from her mentor, John Gallo, who taught her how to “reboot.” She encourages people to take their cards with them and pull one throughout the day to recharge “because you never know when you are going to get side-swiped.”

Phoenix was surprised at how much people liked trinkets, and when her trinkets started taking center stage, she realized it was a viable business. She works with electromagnetic frequency (EMF) deflective-coiled copper, and she loves how shiny it is. She also includes crystals that she works into necklaces, bracelets, rings, earrings and more.

Her unique Orgonite pieces are made up of copper, brass, stainless steel, aluminum shavings, and a piece of quartz with different types of gemstones.

She said these pieces start with a greased cup or bowl as the mold. Then she pours in an epoxy resin she mixes herself. After pouring in a partial amount, she begins placing various pieces so it becomes a layering of metals and gemstones with layers on top of layers and as it releases bubbles, she adds more resin and pieces until it is complete. Then when it’s dry, she releases the Orgonite from the mold and it’s ready to go.

She said that Orgonite is an energy filter that clears negative energy all around and helps to harmonize. She said it is known and measured to decrease the effects of electromagnetic frequencies from televisions, cell phones and more.

Phoenix said that her ultimate goal is to expand more online, be diligent enough to market her jewelry better on social media and distribute her jewelry in stores. She began exploring various ways to sell her wares online just a couple of years ago and is presently becoming more “tech-savvy” as she redesigns her website, noveltybynature.com. !

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

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Outdoor jewelry vending most Saturdays and Sundays, noon-6 p.m. at Deep Roots Market, 604 N. Eugene St., Greensboro, third annual Triad Vegfest, June 22, 10 a.m - 2 p.m. at Center City Park and LeBauer Park in Greensboro, June 22, 2-10 p.m. at Summer Solstice 2019, 401 Ashland Dr. at the Greensboro Arboretum.

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RiverRun unveils new screening series On June 26, the RiverRun International Film Festival in Winston-Salem will inaugurate its latest special screening series. The RiverRun Arts series will – as the title implies – Mark Burger highlight films about the performing and Contributor visual arts.

The first film in the series is producer/ director Maia Wechsler’s documentary feature If the Dancer Dances, which will be screened Wednesday, June 26 at the Main Theatre on the campus of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, and which will be introduced by UNCSA Associate Dean of Dance Brenda Daniels.

“We are delighted to launch RiverRun Arts, which will showcase documentaries about the performing and visual arts,” said Rob Davis, RiverRun’s executive director.

“Just as the production backstory is often so fascinating when it comes to feature films, the backstory behind many exhibits and performances is equally as captivating. We anticipate two or three RiverRun Arts screenings each year to supplement our existing year-round programs.”

The screening is free and open to the public, but people are encouraged to arrive early, as 160 UNCSA summer dance students will also be in attendance in the 280-seat theater.

The film follows the renowned choreographer Stephen Petronio as he prepares his dancers to perform RainForest, the iconic 1968 work by choreographer Merce Cunningham, who formed his dance company while teaching at Black Mountain College in North Carolina if. If the Dancer Dances is the first documentary to explore Cunningham’s work and was timed to coincide with his centennial this year.

No less an authority than Mikhail Baryshnikov praised the film, “If the Dancer Dances grants us rare access, bringing us into the studio to watch the staging of a Merce Cunningham masterwork by the Stephen Petronio Company. It’s the tracking of this intimate process, a dance being passed from one body to another, that makes this film a great gift.”

“I think film has the power to bring enhanced insight to other art forms,” Davis added. “While we’ve featured arts documentaries in our festival, we hope we can broaden those offerings with the RiverRun Arts series.”

The 2020 RiverRun International Film Festival is scheduled for March 26-April 5. !

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The RiverRun International Film Festival’s “RiverRun Arts” screening of If the Dancer Dances will take place 7:30 p.m. June 26 in the UNCSA Main Theatre, located on the UNCSA main campus, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. Admission is free.

For more information, visit the official RiverRun website: www.riverrunfilm.com/.

Movie mania grips Greensboro The Greensboro 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) is ready to roll, and filmmakers interested in participating can still enter.

In less than two decades, the 48HFP has gone from fad to phenomenon – one that spans the globe and continues to entice aspiring filmmakers from around the world.

The very first project took place in 2001 in Washington, D.C., and Greensboro joined up three years later. Today, there are more than 120 cities worldwide participating in the annual event.

The 48HFP is exactly what it sounds like. Filmmaking teams have 48 hours in which to conceive, produce, and edit a short film. Team representatives will gather 6 p.m. this Friday at Gallery 1250 at Revolution Mill (1250 Revolution Mill Rd.) where they will draw their specific film genre and are given a specific prop, line of dialogue, and character that must be included in the final film.

At 7 p.m., the teams are on the move – and on the movie! – as they race against the clock to complete a short film (running four to seven minutes long), which must be written, shot, edited, and returned by 7:30 p.m. Sunday – again at Gallery 1250 at Revolution Mill. Films can be checked in as early as 6:30 p.m., but 7:30 p.m. is the absolute deadline. No excuses.

All films will then be screened the following week at the Carolina Theatre (310 S. Greene St.): Group A will be screened

at 7 p.m. on June 27, Group B at 7 p.m. on June 28, and Group C at 9:15 p.m. on June 28. Audiences vote for their favorite films, while judges review the films and determine the winners for best directing, best acting, and other awards. The filmmakers do not know which awards they will receive until the award is announced – just like at the Academy Awards.

The top film goes to Filmapalooza to complete with the best 48HFP film from each city worldwide, and the top 12 films will go to the Cannes Film Festival.

The “Best of the Greensboro 48HFP Screening and Awards” ceremony will be held 7:30 p.m. on July 13 at the Carolina Theatre (tickets are $10).

Thus far, more than 30 teams are participating in this year’s event, but there’s still time. Filmmaking teams can enter up until the Friday kick-off. The late registration fee to participate is $188. !

See MARK BURGER’s reviews of current movies on Burgervideo.com. © 2019, Mark Burger.

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he 2000 reboot/ remake of Shaft, starring Samuel L. Jackson and directed

by John Singleton, delivered the action goods and told a Mark Burger story that had substance. The belated Contributor (19 years) follow-up, with Jackson back as John Shaft under the direction of executive producer Tim Story, opts for a hokey, jokey approach that does the franchise no favors. This Shaft is strictly shallow business.

Here, the eponymous Harlem private eye is joined by his estranged son, J.J. (Jessie T. Usher), the product of a long-ago romance with Maya (Regina Hall), who wanted to keep the boy out of harm’s way. Now an FBI analyst, J.J.’s curiosity is piqued by the death of best friend Karim

(Avan Jogia), a combat veteran and former junkie who died of an overdose – one that could not have been self-inflicted given the amount of heroin in his system.

This is the reason that J.J. reunites – uneasily, at first – with his father, whose street smarts and tough talk come in plenty handy, and naturally it’s not long before they warm to each other. Yet, Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow’s script

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spends so much time poking fun at Shaft’s political incorrectness and sexism that it becomes repetitious.

It’s one thing to toy with conventions, but concentrating so heavily on the comedy interrupts and even undermines the storyline, which is potentially provocative.

As for the villains, they barely register.

Isaach De Bankole, as a resident drug lord and long-time Shaft nemesis, has only a

handful of lines before meeting his inevitable, albeit spectacular, fate.

The “original” John Shaft, Richard Roundtree, is also back, having starred in the original Shaft movies (Shaft, Shaft’s Big Score, Shaft in Africa) and the 2000 film. At that time, he complained that he wanted to get in on the action. That has been rectified here, except that Roundtree has nothing to do except action. His arrival is so late in coming and seems almost arbitrary – to say nothing of contrived – that his presence feels like a gimmick, which it is.

Make no mistake, it’s nice having him around, and like Jackson, he’s always been a charismatic screen presence even if, unlike Jackson, he didn’t have as many opportunities to display it. By contrast, this marks Jackson’s fourth film to be released in 2019 – with three more due before year’s end.

Thanks to the likable cast, Shaft isn’t a chore to sit through, but the generic father/son, cop/buddy bonding isn’t very original or memorable. It’s easy to watch but just as easy to forget. !

A passion for fashion He was born Roy Halston Frowick, but the world knew him simply as Halston, arguably the most famous fashion designer of his time, and he is the subject of Frederic Tcheng’s appropriately stylish documentary feature that chronicles his colorful life and career.

This is not the first documentary about the self-proclaimed “designer personality,” as he was previously the subject of the 2010 documentary Ultrasuede: In Search of Halston, an ideal companion piece to this film. Indeed, had the best parts of both films been combined, it would have might a better overall biography. Neither film can quite capture the elusive personality that was Halston, although not for lack of trying.

With his clipped speech and vaguely haughty manner, who would have guessed that Halston hailed from Des Moines?

Then again, he was always fairly secretive about his past, as if he wanted to create the impression that he simply emerged, fully-formed, as Halston. In a sense, he did. He fashioned his own persona, so to speak, and as a result, become renowned worldwide.

With a healthy love/hate relationship with high society and an unquenchable

thirst for courting controversy – all the better to draw attention to himself and his work – he was a formidable personality, driven by ambition and unmistakable talent.

Yet, as is so often the case, the higher Halston rose, the bigger the risk in falling – and fall he did, almost as spectacularly as he’d risen. In terms of art and commerce, he was the master of the former but never could master the latter, spending money with gleeful abandon. A Byzantine business arrangement with Norton Simon in 1973 was the first of several decisions that would have severe repercussions. When Halston’s empire finally did collapse, he no longer even owned the trademark of his own name.

By then, however, he had more pressing matters to attend to. A devotee – and casualty – of the drug-and sex-laden Studio 54 milieu, his ultimate footnote would be as a high-profile casualty of the AIDS epidemic of the 1980s. He’d left his mark on the world of fashion, and the world at large, but paid the ultimate price.

— Halston opens Friday !

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pring Theatre will present “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”—one of the most enduring shows of all time—June 28-30 at the Central Park King, 302 Kirby Rd., King. There are two 7 p.m. performances on Friday and Saturday and one matinee at 2 p.m. on Sunday. The event is free. Donations will be accepted at the gate with proceeds going to the King Veterans Memorial Foundation.

In this truly timeless Old Testament tale, the dreamer Joseph is sold into slavery by his jealous brothers. He endures a series of adventures, in which he finally finds himself second-in-command to the hilariously Elvis-like Pharaoh. Eventually, Joseph’s brothers find themselves in great need and unknowingly groveling at the feet of the brother they betrayed.

As his brothers fail to even recognize him, Joseph tests their integrity. In the end, the brothers are reconciled. Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” is set to a multitude of musical genres, spanning from country-western and calypso to bubble-gum pop and rock ‘n’ roll. The irresistible family musical about the trials and triumphs of Joseph, Israel’s favorite

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Jessica Nunn will direct, Jordan Medely will choreograph, David Lane will serve as music director, and Caleb Railsback will stage manage the production. The cast includes: Genevieve Amigone, Sydney Bean, Jessica Branch, Katelyn Branch, Mary Cain, Roni Chaimov, Emily G. Cox, Tyler Dean, Jack Easterling, Katie Evans, Hannah Glass, Sophia Griffin, Paisley J. Holland, Norah Knight, CJ Meseke, Chris Nichols, Liam Railsback, Ava Shick, Anna Wagner, and Hailey Wise.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat runs approximately 1 hour 50 minutes including a 20-minute intermission.

Production sponsors include Salem Academy and Carrie Leigh Dickey.

Spring Theatre, a 501(c)(3) founded

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

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

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The Philly Voice reported on June 5 that a resident of White Haven, Pennsylvania, has solved the mystery of why that state has experienced more tornadoes than Chuck Shepherd usual this year. The unnamed amateur meteorologist called WNEP’s “Talkback 16,” which allows locals to opine on the issues of the day, and left a voicemail on May 31. In his own words: “We didn’t have tornadoes here until we started putting in traffic circles. ... When people go round and round in circles, it causes disturbances in the atmosphere, and causes tornadoes.” So there you have it. [Philly Voice, 6/5/2019]

NEW WEAPONS

A 47-year-old resident of southern Israel approached a teller at a Postal Bank branch in mid-May, handing her a note that read, “Hand over the money in the drawer” (misspelling the Hebrew word for “drawer”), The Times of Israel reported. As the teller hesitated, he said, “Put the money in the

bag quickly or I’ll throw this grenade,” referring to a black object in his right hand.

The teller gave him $4,450 in cash, and he left. Five days later, he repeated his method at another branch, where he netted $3,300. Police tracked him through mobile phone records and other clues, eventually discovering the “grenade” he wielded was an avocado he had painted black. No word on whether he whipped up some guacamole while in custody. [Times of Israel, 6/6/2019]

WHEN YA GOTTA GO ...

A 16-year-old driver was pulled over by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Manitoba, Canada, on June 6 after being clocked driving 105 mph, according to Fox News. The teenager was driving a Chevrolet Camaro, but it wasn’t the muscle car that made him go so fast, he said. He told police he had just eaten hot chicken wings and really needed to use the bathroom. Officers were unmoved, however, tweeting, “Absolutely #noexcuses for that kind of speed.”

The teen was fined and is likely to have his license suspended. [Fox News, 6/9/2019]

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apartment complex in Inglewood, a suburb of Los Angeles, to find a 14-year-old girl trapped feet-first in a chimney. By removing some bricks, they were able to free her after about 20 minutes, and she was taken to a hospital to be evaluated. “A lot of people think it’s plausible to go ahead and get into your house or break into a house (through a chimney),” Brian Stevens, an inspector for the fire department, told the Los Angeles Times. “I can tell you that doesn’t seem to work out for most people. It’s very narrow.” Good to know. [Los Angeles Times, 6/5/2019] — In Scotland, Zoe Archibald, 34, thought it would be fun to take a ride in a child’s Little Tikes red and yellow car on June 7. When she couldn’t get in the plastic car in the conventional way, she put it over her head, Fox News reported — and then got stuck.

“There was no way she could get herself out,” her nephew, Matthew Shepherd-Bull, said. After being trapped for about an hour, her father finally cut her out of the toddler conveyance with a butter knife. “Everyone found it funny, even Zoe,” Shepherd-Bull said. “She was a bit panicked but mainly found it funny.” [Fox News, 6/12/2019]

ENTERPRISING THIEVERY

In the Arctic region of Murmansk in Russia, an abandoned railway bridge was the quarry of ambitious metal thieves who removed the 75-foot-long center span, leaving only the support structures near either shore. Locals noticed the section was missing in May, reported the BBC. And while the span would have weighed about 62 tons, it was estimated to be worth only about $9,000. Russian law enforcement is looking into the theft, but locals are nonplussed: One mused that the remaining

structures would be “eyesores” for a long time to come, then shrugged: “Ah, who cares — this isn’t Germany, and restoring order to the vandalized landscape is not high on the agenda.” [BBC, 6/4/2019]

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If you’re a fan of bubble tea, you may want to add it to your “all things in moderation” list. On May 28, a 14-year-old girl in Zhejiang province in China went to the hospital after suffering from constipation and being unable to eat for five days. Through a CT scan, doctors found unusual spherical shadows in her abdomen, reported Asia One, which they suspected were undigested tapioca pearls from bubble tea. The girl reluctantly admitted to drinking only one cup of bubble tea five days before, but doctors said her condition indicated she had consumed much more and prescribed laxatives. One doctor warned that the bubbles, or “boba,” are made of starch and are difficult to digest. [Asia One, 6/6/2019]

YIKES!

In Caddo Parish, Louisiana, sheriff’s deputies responded to a call on June 10 about an alligator in the middle of Highway 1. As they waited for wildlife removal experts to arrive, the gator, which was about 8 feet long, bit off a section of bumper on one of the patrol cars, WBRZ reported, and moved into the grass with a rectangular piece of the car’s front grill. It dropped its prize and escaped before the animal handlers got there.

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hen organizer and head fairy Susan Sassmann turned 50 years old, she had a Tarot card reading.

The intuitive asked her if the Summer Solstice meant Katie Murawski anything to her.

Sassmann said she Editor did not understand the meaning of that question, until about a year or two later.

“Right out the shoot, she said, ‘Now, what do you have to do with the Summer Solstice?’ I said, ‘What’s that?’”

Sassmann recalled. “She said, ‘Hmm, somehow I just see you attached to the Summer Solstice.’”

Sassmann brought the eclectic and creative festival to Greensboro in 2005, initially to launch her business, Joie De Vivre, which was centered around programs “to help bring out the light in people that had cancer.”

“It was a great idea, but it wasn’t a money maker,” she admitted. “Thousands of people came, and we expected it to be a one-time event to announce the business, but it caught on better than the new business did.”

The Summer Solstice, according to Britannica, is when the sun travels the longest path through the sky and thus, causing the most daylight of the year. For Greensboro, Sassmann said the Summer Solstice Celebration is “a whimsical, midsummer night’s dream for about 10,000 people.”

“It is an opportunity for a diverse group of folks who live in the general area and beyond to come together on the longest day in the most beautiful park and enjoy the entrepreneurs in our area, a wide variety of foods, and performers of various genres,” Sassmann said.

Sassmann describes the Solstice as “a fairy festival for grown-ups.”

“A lot of people have a belief system that paganism and Summer Solstice, Winter Solstice, and Equinoxes are all wrapped up in religion, and that is not the case with us,” Sassmann explained. “This is a very nonreligious, nonpolitical event.

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the middle of [June], and we thought we’d celebrate the longest day of the year in the most beautiful park with a wide array of all things fairy goddesses would love.”

Though Sassmann said the festival is widely-accepted in Greensboro now, earlier it was not so popular.

“There was a little bit of pushback by people who thought it was maybe an anti-Christian statement, but it is not at all like that, we took the politics and religion completely out and just celebrated the longest day of the year,” she said. “It is a beautiful day. We have never had any violence, threats--never had bad accidents. It is a great day to celebrate living in a beautiful city.”

The Summer Solstice Celebration outgrew the Tanger Family Bicentennial Garden after its first year and moved to a more spacious and aesthetically-fitting venue, the Greensboro Arboretum. This family-friendly festival is from 2 p.m. until 10 p.m. on Saturday, June 22 at the Arboretum (401 Ashland Dr.) and Lindley Park. The cost is $5 for adults (children under the age of 13 get in for free), and

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Sassmann said costumes are highly encouraged.

This year, the Solstice will feature mermaids basking in the fountain, street performers at every corner, an 8-year-old ukulele player, a drum circle of 25 drummers, three stages for live music playing all day, a fire poi show by Triad Fire Collective and GypSee Hoop Troupe, the famous parasol puppet parade by PaperHand Puppet Intervention, and various kids’ crafts and activities. (For the full schedule of events, visit the Greensboro Summer Solstice website, www.greensborosummersolstice.org/.)

“Golden Mime stands all day long in that heat, frozen, and then as children or adults come and drop money in her bucket, she gets animated and sprinkles glitter on them,” Sassmann said of the iconic gold fairy, who is a familiar face to many that have attended the festival.

Joymongers is the beer sponsor and will have a booth with their craft brews available for purchase. Sassmann said there would also be sangria, white and red wines, and cider for sale for $5. She said T-shirts are $15 and are designed by

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artist and body painter Scott Frey, who will be painting one of the sponsors for the event. Sassmann said there is parking at Starmount, and street parking off Ashland Drive. But she recommends carpooling or being dropped off.

Sassmann said there would be plenty of security (in plain clothes and uniform) to keep the event safe, along with infrastructure and “everything we need to throw a great event. We just need the sun to come out and dry up all these lakes throughout the park, and we will be golden.”

In the event of inclement weather, Sassmann said that only torrential downpours and severe thunderstorms would cancel the festival, and an announcement would be made the day before.

“If it is kind of rainy, we will go on, because there are over 100 tents. You can go wait in your car or just dance in the rain, which people love to do at Solstice,” she said. “There is always a core group that doesn’t care, and you gotta love those people.”

Sassmann said there are no pets allowed because of the heat.

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their pups at home in the air condition where they will be happier,” she said.

Opening the Solstice this year is a harpist, yoga class and Reiki circle in the Serenity Garden.

“We are just trying to create that vibe to open the day with gentleness and spirituality,” Sassmann said. “I think that will be lovely, and as the day goes on, the energy rises and peaks at the drum circle.”

The performance line up this year is The Second Line Stompers, Crystal Bright & The Silver Hands, Johanna Breed, West End Mambo, Dean Driver, Kirk Ridge, Jack Gorham, Barry Gray, Kirby Heard, Kelsey Hurley, Sidepony, Renee Henry (harpist), The Ladies Auxiliary, The Healing Force, Banjo Earth, and Liontracks Reggae Band.

Sassmann said there would be 25 food trucks of varying cuisines, and 100 vendors selling art, jewelry, clothes and more.

“We are keeping the cost low and the quality high, so people can come and have a place to showcase their new businesses,” Sassmann said. “We are very big on featuring local everything, as much local as we can.”

Sassmann said it takes about 500 people in total to throw this event each year, and she said she starts planning for the next Solstice in January.

“It has been a wonderful, magical, ride for my entire family and friends,” she said.

Sassmann said she loves to see the costumes, people having fun and the Greensboro community coming together for the Summer Solstice Celebration.

“I think when the drumming stops and when it is the final hour from 7 to 8 over in Serenity Garden, that is my favorite part,” Sassmann said. “Because a lot of the pressure is gone. We got to this point, we started at 8 in the morning, and now it is 7 o’clock at night. The sun is down, it is not hot, I can sit and watch people go by and see how happy they are, and the diversity of ethnicity, ages, sexual preferences— you can just take that all in for the final

hour, and I think that is my favorite time.”

Sassmann said event planners don’t really get to enjoy the events they put on because of how much work goes into event planning.

“The day-of is work, and there is not a lot of enjoying an event until it is over,” she said. “So, you try to grab up those little moments.”

Helping Sassmann this year is her fairy intern Stephanie Coolbaugh. Coolbaugh is a student at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and she is also a singer-songwriter from the band Sidepony (which will be performing at the festival).

Coolbaugh said she works with Sassmann on sponsor relations, volunteer coordination, marketing, financials and public relations. Coolbaugh’s favorite part of the internship is interacting and working cohesively with others “to bring something really positive to the community.” Coolbaugh’s favorite things about the festival are the people and the idea behind it.

“Something that I have come into recently that I really love is finding a home in arts and event planning, and realizing how important it is to have events like this for the community,” Coolbaugh said.

“Especially the fact that such an eccentric festival is run by a group of very openminded people and it brings in a group of very open-minded people. It is very accepting, and it is a platform for people to go and explore their creativity. People who may not feel comfortable doing this in their daily life, [the Summer Solstice] gives them the opportunity to, and I think that is so important.”

Sassmann said what sets Solstice apart from other festivals in the area is its creative energy and diverse attendees.

“It is just a really good day to come together and appreciate your fellow man and woman and the city that you are so proud and lucky to live in.”

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Faye McPherson (middle) the day before she passed away festival as a fairy goddess event, targeting women to “bring out the goddess in everybody,” much like her mission with Joie De Vivre.

“I think that every woman, regardless of her age, seems to have a little fairy inside deep down that maybe hasn’t been activated in a while,” she said. “Most every little girl I know hears the word ‘fairy,’ and their eyes light up. I think we carry that with us our entire lives. We can be a warrior, a businesswoman, an activist, but there is that little fairy goddess in there, too, and that is what we want to bring out.”

She said she was surprised that men had taken a keen interest in the Solstice as well.

“Men have a goddess side too,” she said.

“When I have my marketing materials, men will approach me and tap me on the shoulder and point to the poster and say, ‘Do you mind if I have one of those? I love the Solstice.’ That happened to me three different times with middle-aged, white men.”

This year’s Solstice is a bit bittersweet for Sassmann. On March 6, Sassmann lost her friend and mentor, Faye McPherson (former owner of At The Ritz Costumes), who passed away in her sleep at age 78.

Sassmann decided to dedicate this year’s Solstice festival to McPherson, to honor her creative spirit.

“To lose her, it left a huge hole in my heart,” Sassmann said. “I am a big fan of leaving the planet the way you want to at whatever stage in life, in whatever fashion you want to leave the planet. I was really proud of her not to go through another decade or two of Alzheimer’s and surgeries and nursing homes; she just wasn’t that kind. She lived her life hard and fast and out loud. Then she decided to go, and she left. No suffering, none of that. It was a huge shock after I got the call the next morning, but I am OK with it. She is right inside me everywhere I go.”

Sassmann said last year, she put together the first Winter Solstice Festival at the Bicentennial Gardens. It was free, open to the public and held at night with a small and intimate gathering of about 250 people. It included candlelight, torches, a bonfire, hot chocolate, hot cider, and subtle, unamplified harp and flute music.

“We played Yo-Yo Ma, we passed out random acts of kindness to people and had people write down their wishes for the future and throw them into the fire and let them burn up in the sky,” Sassmann said. “It was very ritualistic, and based around random acts of kindness; I just think the world needs more of it.”

However, with the Winter Solstice being so close to the holidays, Sassmann said it took up a lot of her time, and she has children, grandchildren and other responsibilities.

“So, I am hoping that going forward, I can find a bevy of folks, up-and-coming event planners, that want to grab it and run with it,” she said. “I’ll advise them how to expand it and move it downtown to Center City Park. Maybe it was a one-hit wonder, and you will never see it again, but I had to do it one time to see how it felt.”

She said she’d like to also see celebrations for the fall and spring Equinoxes, “If I had enough energy and money and I could tap my volunteers over and over again.”

Sassmann hopes that someone might see her vision for these kinds of celebrations and get involved to make it happen.

“Summer Solstice will continue forever, long after I leave the planet,” Sassmann said. “While I am here I am going to enjoy growing. I love being the head fairy.” !

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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Next 5 Greensboro town hall meetings won’t be televised

Ian McDowell

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Mayor Nancy Vaughan said the July, August, September, October and November town hall meetings of the Greensboro City Council would not be streamed live or made available as online videos.

Three hours and 32 minutes into the June 4 council meeting, Vaughan made the following

announcement: “Starting our first town hall meeting in July, we’re going to change the structure a little bit. We’ve all been talking about what we can do to get out into the community to make these meetings more accessible, and we had thought that we would do district meetings, so we’re going to start with District 1, and it will be at the Ruth Wicker Memorial to Women, which is a beautiful building over by Barber Park.” She explained that the first meeting of each of the next five months would be held in a different district.

“And those meetings will not be televised, because they are going to be in libraries or city buildings that don’t have the ability to televise.”

After Vaughan described the planned change in locations, City Manager David Parrish noted that the meeting at the Wicker Memorial would be on Monday, July 8, rather than Tuesday, July 9. He said that this was “the only time we could find for the Ruth Wicker [building],” as it was booked for another event that Tuesday.

The first city council meeting of each month has, for the past few years, been in town hall format, which allows “unlimited public comment.” For the past seven months, a substantial portion of that public comment has been from those protesting the death of Marcus Deon Smith, whose family is presently suing the city over his fatal hog-tying by the Greensboro Police Department.

On Feb. 2, the council debated enforcing “civility” on those speaking (for shouting) from the audience during meetings. On April 2, the Rev. David Kennedy led a packed audience in a song denouncing Scott as “that lying racist” and calling for his resignation or dismissal. Two weeks later, the mayor ordered protestors removed from the meeting at which the council announced that, due to YES! WEEKLY

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the Smith family’s lawsuit, the city was tabling an independent investigation into Smith’s death.

On Friday, I asked Mayor Vaughan about a Rhino Times article alleging some city council members believed that “the same people who have now been coming to meetings for over a year speaking about the same topics and being disruptive won’t bother to come if they aren’t going to be on television.” In that article, editor and writer John Hammer speculated The Greensboro City Council that this “off the record stated belief” was the “main reason” the meetings hire a third-party to stream and record were being moved. these remote meetings?”

Vaughan responded to my query with Banks was the first to respond with, the following statement: “GTN has the capability to capture video “It is our hope that, by being more acon-location, but at the direction of Mayor cessible in a neighborhood environment, Vaughan, the meetings will not be videomore people will be encouraged to share taped for future broadcast.” their interests or concerns. Since the Mayor Vaughan then responded. “No, recent implementation of the ‘Code of that direction did not come from me.

Conduct,’ speakers and council members My statement at the city council meethave been able to complete their coming, with regard to televising the remote ments in a more respectful environment. meetings, was based on consultation People who are dedicated to a cause will with the city manager’s office. Recording continue to engage the council regardless off-site requires a different level of staff of the location.” involvement. There will be an audio reI asked Vaughan if the benefits of the cording and minutes of those meetings. It change in venues were worth the public is our hope that by being more assessable not being able to watch the meetings in a neutral neighborhood environment, streaming or on recorded video. She remore people will be encouraged to share sponded by texting the following: “I have their interests or concerns. Our chambers spoken before the legislature about isare designed to record and capture city sues that are important to the city. Those council business meetings, which we will meetings aren’t televised. I think people continue to do so.” who feel strongly about an issue will still To which Smith asked, “So GTN come and speak. We can always review [Greensboro Television Network] is free the format after the first round.” to video these meetings then? There is On June 12, Roch Smith, founder, and no prohibition or directive for them not to owner of Greensboro101.com sent mayor do so?”

Vaughan and City of Greensboro comAs of 9 a.m. Monday, there was no reply munity and marketing director Carla from Banks or Vaughan.

Banks an email pointing out that the city Smith asked if the next five town hall “regularly produces videos ‘on location’ meetings will “have facilities for speakers and touts its remote production capabilito make electronic presentations (video, ties on its website.” illustrations, PowerPoint, etc.), the way In his email, which was cc’d to several that we can at City Hall?” local journalists (and which, as correBanks’ responded that “A/V equipment spondence with city officials, is a public would not be supplied,” as a projector document), Smith wrote, “If the inten“will only be available when staff makes tion is not to suppress exposure of these a presentation.” meetings, can the City not stream and reHester Petty of Democracy Greenscord them too at the remote locations?” boro is one regular speaker at town Furthermore, he asked, “If the answer is hall meetings who has often used the no, would the City entertain proposals to

projector provided by the city. On May 11, she argued that “the compilation video on the city’s website does not accurately represent the circumstances surrounding the homicide of Marcus Deon Smith by Greensboro police officers.”

I asked Petty for her reaction to the proposed changes.

“My take is that city council wants to avoid allowing any more televised town hall meetings because of the damaging information that has been brought up by citizens and broadcast publicly,” she wrote in an email. “The homicide of Marcus Smith, the lack of meaningful action on MWBE, and the wrenching testimony from SCAT riders about the city’s broken transportation system, all illustrate glaring failures on the part of the city council, the city manager and city government in general.”

She also wrote that the change in venues would not cause her or other protestors to stop speaking at meetings.

“If they are hoping that we will not follow them from district to district for the next five months, they are mistaken.”

That claim will be first tested on July 8. Before then, the next meeting of the Greensboro City Council will be held Tuesday, June 18, at 5 p.m. in its regular location, the city council chamber of the Melvin Municipal Office Building (MMOB) at 300 W. Washington St. Agenda item No. 24 will be a “Motion to Adopt the Revised 2019 City Council Regular Meeting Schedule.” !

IAN MCDOWELL is the author of two published novels, numerous anthologized short stories, and a whole lot of nonfiction and journalism, some of which he’s proud of and none of which he’s ashamed of.

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CEOs’ (salaries) gone wild Last month, Abigail Disney, granddaughter of Disney Company co-founder Roy Disney, appeared on Capitol Hill before the House Financial Services Committee, for a hearing on Jim Longworth workers’ rights. Disney’s Congressional testimony followed Longworth her very public critiat Large cism of Disney CEO Bob Iger’s $65 million per year salary, which is a whopping 1,424 times what he pays his average employee. Moreover, while Iger may be the new poster boy for CEO excess, he has plenty of company in the pay gap arena.

Thanks to a 2017 addition to DoddFrank, corporations must now disclose not just the salary of a CEO, but the ratio of his pay compared to that of a median employee salary, and the figures are staggering. On average, CEOs now make 361 times the salary of their employees.

Of course, many top executives (including some here in the Triad) far exceed that national average pay gap between boss and worker. The Winston-Salem Journal’s Richard Craver recently reported on local CEO earnings and found that, for example, Hanesbrands CEO Gerald Evans makes 1,392 times the salary of his median employee, a ratio that rivals that of Disney’s Iger.

In its defense, the Disney Company told CNN’s Katie Lobosco that so long as employees can support themselves, then the level of executive pay should be irrelevant. But it is very relevant, and not just at Disney. That’s because families across America are still struggling to make ends meet.

“We have chased large swaths of Americans into a box canyon, and then blamed them for being trapped,” Abigail Disney told Congress, adding that Iger’s pay has a “corrosive effect on society.”

Of course, the pay disparity problem is nothing new, but it’s also never been this pronounced or perverted. In 2017, Fortune.com reported that CEO compensation had grown by 930% since 1978. However, during that same period, Executive Paywatch, Inc. stated that average worker wages have been stagnant.

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state, and federal level to address it,” said Minnesota Congressman Keith Ellison, as cited in Craver’s article.

Abigail Disney believes she has a solution to the pay gap problem. In a recent Op-Ed piece for the Washington Post, she said that top executives like Iger should redirect 50% of their annual bonus money to their employees.

“When he (Iger) got his bonus last year, I did the math, and I figured out that he could have given personally out of pocket, a 15% raise to everyone who worked at Disneyland, and still walked away with $10 million.”

Of course, any suggestion that includes redistribution of wealth will be met with fierce opposition in both chambers of Congress, by members who believe that just about any course correction is tantamount to socialism.

“Yes, managers have a fiduciary obligation to their shareholders,” Disney told Congress. “But they also have a legal and moral responsibility to deliver returns to shareholders without trampling on the dignity and rights of their employees.”

In other words, capitalism and salary reforms can coexist, and for proof, we need only look to Switzerland. In 2013, 68% of voters there passed the “Popular Initiative Against Abusive Executive Compensation Act,” which bans golden parachutes either at the point of recruitment or severance. The result?

According to the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report, Switzerland has the highest average wealth per adult in the world. So why haven’t Americans done something to reduce the pay disparity ratio between our CEOs and us? Author Matt Taibbi offers a possible explanation: “In a society governed passively by free markets and free elections, organized greed always defeats disorganized democracy.”

OK, then, so we just need to get organized and vote our economic interests instead of our political preferences. The Swiss did it, and we can too.

Sometimes social justice is just a voting booth away, and sometimes we can be inspired by our neighbors who live thousands of miles away. It’s a small world, after all. !

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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obert Johnson Jr. had a sort of spiritual awakening about seven years ago. It was a eureka moment. It led him on the path he’s on today. The John Adamian revelation put him @johnradamian on a mission to make healing vibrations.

Making music is Contributor what anchors his world now. Johnson, the frontman and songwriter behind the Gastonia/Charlotte band Moses Jones, was on something of a religious quest. Johnson, as he tells it, had been raised a devout Southern Baptist.

“My grandma took me from church to church, and when we weren’t in church we were watching church on T.V.,” Johnson said. We spoke last week by phone.

(Moses Jones plays a show at Earl’s in Winston-Salem on Saturday.)

His search for the divine and the truth resulted in something that shook his foundations. In prayer, Johnson said he basically requested a glimpse of the face of the creator, having been convinced enough with evidence of the workings of God in the world.

“Man, I’m tellin you, you gotta be careful of what you ask for,” said Johnson of what happened next. “It tore me down to the foundation and built me up to where I am now.”

He’s no longer a Southern Baptist.

Johnson is a bit of a mystic, deeply into the occult and the paranormal. You might not guess that those streams of thought underpin the music of Moses Jones. At first listen, the band (a trio) can sound like a workmanlike bar band with blues, country, soul and Southern rock underpinnings— nothing out of the ordinary or terribly unfamiliar.

But Johnson and his bandmates are making music that vibrates at a different frequency than most bands. Literally.

Johnson and a number of others out there believe that by altering the tuning of their instruments, they can make music that conforms closer to the physical laws of the universe and thereby sounds more appealing and pleasing, and even has vibrational properties that are healing. This stuff gets scientific fast. And there’s plenty of quackery associated with it. I’m not an acoustic YES! WEEKLY

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engineer or a physicist. But one can indeed tune the A above Middle C to 432-hertz as opposed to the standard 440-hertz, and some people find that slight difference to be profound. Others can’t notice much to distinguish the two.

“I’m kind of a — maybe a witch doctor, maybe a mad scientist — I’m not sure,” said Johnson about his interest in the vibrations at the core of the music. “There’s a whole lot of information, but there’s a whole lot of misinformation.”

But that altered tuning isn’t really central to the music of Moses Jones.

Johnson and his band don’t sing about esoteric stuff or paranormal mysteries. For the most part, they sing about standard subjects: nostalgia for the glory days, the hardships and pleasures of love, of cheating and being cheated on.

There might be profound scientific principles at work governing the ways that the pitches vibrate and the way those waves affect our bodies, but that doesn’t mean the songs need to be particularly far out.

“Why would we try to make it something that most people won’t understand?” Johnson said. There’s an aspect to their playing that is something akin to proselytizing or giving out vaccines. Johnson views their work as spreading a kind of healing truth, and to him, it doesn’t

matter if the patrons at the bars they play have any notion of that.

“We know that they’re getting it, whether they know that they’re getting it,” he said.

Johnson and Moses Jones want the music to get people moving, whether it’s on a cellular level, with sympathetic vibrations keyed into those 432-hertz cycles, or whether it’s the old-fashioned way, simply from the beat and the groove and the familiarity of the feel.

“We call our sound dirty Southern soul — it’s organic, it’s country, it’s blues, it’s roots, it’s rock. It’s all of those things that make you move. My philosophy is, ‘Keep it simple, and people will get it,’ and they do.”

Another area of interest for Johnson, as a songwriter and as a member of the community, is in some local history that he happens to have close physical ties to. Johnson lives in an apartment in the historic Loray Mill building in Gastonia.

The mill was the site of some pivotal labor organizing incidents, events that loom large in North Carolina history with regard to labor rights. In 1929, textile workers at the mill and some other nearby mills organized strikes to protest for fairer wages and a better work environment. In the resulting confrontation with a police force

brought in to suppress the workers, one of the strikers, a pregnant woman named Ella May Wiggins, was shot and killed, as was a local sheriff. Wiggins, who was also a singer and songwriter, is a folk hero.

Woody Guthrie admired her work. Alan Lomax published some of her ballads.

Pete Seeger sang her songs. The novelist Wiley Cash portrayed Wiggins in his novel The Last Ballad based on her life.

A lot has been done to celebrate Wiggins’ life, but Johnson and others are hoping to get a bronze statue built commemorating Wiggins on the site of the mill or nearby. Johnson helps host a monthly songwriter event that raises money for the effort, and he’s written songs that work to channel the spirit of the murdered mill worker.

“We are doing it,” said Johnson of the effort to honor Wiggins with public art. “We are making it happen.” !

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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Old Heavy Hands, have Mercy Pulling up punk roots and resiliency, the tattooed troubadours in Old Heavy Hands will perform a live show of their latest release, Mercy, at the Blind Tiger on June 21.

Playing with Katei Cranford melodic punkers of Basement Life and Contributing Southern rockers Eno Mountain Boys, columnist it’s a release show nine months in the making as Old Heavy Hands put things on pause while ringleader Nate Hall underwent treatment for a tumor discovered in tandem with Mercy’s initial release in October.

“We decided not to do any touring or play any shows until my chemo treatments were over,” Hall said. “Sometimes it’s just hard to stay away from the things you love.”

“We love rock’n’roll. We love tattooing.

But we really love having a good time,” he added.

Old Heavy Hands is “true Southern music by real people,” a five-piece these days, Hall is joined at the core by fellow Legacy Irons tattoo artists, Larry Wayne and David Self.

“I’ve heard people classify us as heavy Americana and I can get with that,” Hall noted. “I feel like we’re more of old punk rockers who can’t play as fast anymore.”

Their material is straight forward. “We write songs of days past while still staying conscious of the road ahead and the issues we all face,” Hall explained. “Songwriting just comes from living—and we’ve all done our fair share of that, for sure.”

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health faltered following his return from a West Coast tour with Lucero’s Ben Nichols back in September.

“I woke up in the middle of the night with severe pain and had to be rushed to the hospital,” Hall recalled, “turned out, my appendix was about to explode, so I underwent an emergency appendectomy.” His follow-up appointment revealed a “large goblet cell carcinoid tumor.”

“It was pretty devastating,” Hall said.

“We canceled all our shows and had to take a step back to figure out how to navigate this new path.”

Coming out on the other side of chemo, Hall’s latest CT scans were cancer-free, and the boys are ready to give Mercy a proper release.

“Everything happened all around the same time with my diagnosis,” he explained. “We never really got to do a release for it, so we decided it’s time to give Mercy some love.“ “Love drives the bus,” Hall insisted. “The huge outpouring of love and support from everyone, near and far, made the road a little less rocky.” Now on more stable ground, he expressed appreciation for “quality time with the ones you love and the ones who love you back.”

“Being home with my family every day helped me stay focused on getting better,” Hall added, “and that love helped me write new material while I was laid up, and helped me focus on the things in life that are more important.”

The new material will likely end up on

the five-song EP Old Heavy Hands has planned.

But for now, the spotlight remains on Mercy.

“We didn’t really have the chance to promote it like we wanted to in the wake of everything,” Hall admitted. “So we’re doing the best we can now. We’re very proud of this record, and want as many people as we can to hear it.”

For the show, they’ve tapped the Eno Mountain Boys and Basement Life. “We met the Eno Mountain Boys a couple months back, and they’re a great band that we felt we’d blend well together,” Hall explained, “and Basement Life is some of our old friends who play awesome post-punk.”

As for the recording process, “Mercy was a blast to make,” Hall insisted. “Any time you get to spend with your best friends

making records is magical. It took a while between touring and living, but we all collectively made it happen.”

Mercy was recorded with Jordan Powers and Brandon Hackler of Dynamic Soundworks, who also worked on Old Heavy Hands’ self-titled first album. The record itself is available on vinyl through Cheap Thrills Records out of Dallas. “Texas is always good to us,” Hall noted.

Back home, “the Triad music and tattoo communities have been amazing,” he added. “So many people stepped up to donate their time and talents to help my family out. It’s been a true blessing, for sure.”

Have mercy. Old Heavy Hands plays their latest album, in its entirety, with Eno Mountain Boys and Basement Life at the Blind Tiger on June 21. !

KATEI CRANFORD is a Triad music nerd who hosts the Tuesday Tour Report, a radio show that plays like a mixtape of touring bands, 5:30-7p.m. on WUAG 103.1fm.

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

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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WHERE ARE YOU FROM? Durham, North Carolina HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BARTENDING? I think it is nine years, but it might be 10 years.

HOW DID YOU BECOME A BARTENDER? By allowing my friends and teammates from college to gas up my homemade concoctions.

From there, I researched a bartending school, paid the tuition and proceeded to come in second place in the volume of drinks made during the speed test in the recorded history of the school at that time. Second, only by two drinks. My instructor was the one ahead of me, which by the way, I was trying to chase him down and he knew it and admitted he thought he was toast.

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT BARTENDING? The wide variety of conversations and knowledge you gain from individuals. And of course, providing quality service and product to the guest.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO MAKE? M&M, a Mojito and a Manhattan (traditional; on the rocks) however, most people have been brainwashed to think the Mojito is a super sweet drink when it’s really not intended to be. #MakeItFresh #NotWithPremix WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO DRINK? I’m a bore here but anything neat or on the rocks, except for vodka. Oh, and tequila, because I am allergic.

WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND AS AN AFTER-DINNER DRINK? An Orange Toddy. Nothing like a warm drink, especially filled with whiskey and Grand Marnier. I remember first getting introduced to the Toddy while sick on a getaway to the mountains. Even though I halfway ruined the trip after a few Toddies, I remember sleeping like a baby.

I’m sure the cold meds helped just a little, but I’ll give the lions share of the credit to the Toddy.

WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST THING YOU’VE SEEN WHILE BARTENDING? It’s either between folks offering $50 for a $10 drink to jump others because the crowd at the bar was so thick at a concert (Jay-Z) or the time I had to tussle with a guy. Now, the latter wasn’t my fault, and of course, the clown was inebriated.

WHAT’S THE BEST TIP YOU’VE EVER GOTTEN? Now you in my personal affairs. I will say, I remember there was one patron that gave me enough to go buy a pair of my favorite shoes (’95 Air Max) and the bill was barely more than the tip. But, I didn’t buy the shoes I’d like to consider myself responsible while some may call it frugal but, whatever.

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[LEO (July 23 to August 22) You’re still in a favorable goal-setting mode. However, you might need to be a little more realistic about some of your aims. Best to reach for what is currently doable. The rest will follow.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Coming up with a new way of handling a tedious job-regulated chore could lead to more than just a congratulatory memo once the word reaches the “right people.”

Good luck.

[SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) You’re still in a vulnerable mode vis-a-vis “offers” that sound too good to be true. So continue to be skeptical about anything that can’t be backed up with provable facts.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A setback is never easy to deal with. But it could be a boon in disguise. Recheck your proposal and strengthen the weak spots.

Seek advice from someone who has “been there and done that.”

[SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) What you might call determination, someone else might regard as stubbornness. Look for ways to reach a compromise that won’t require a major shift of views on your part.

[CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Thrift is still dominant this week.

What you don’t spend on what you don’t need will be available for you to draw on should a possible (albeit temporary) money crunch hit.

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[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) It can be a bit daunting as well as exciting to find yourself finally taking action on a long-delayed move for a change. It helps to stay with it when others rally to support you.

them before you have to face up to that interview. The better prepared you are, the easier it will be to make that important impression.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) New information might warrant changing your mind about a recently made decision. Never mind the temporary confusion it might cause. Acting on the truth is always preferable.

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Creating a loving atmosphere for those you care for could pay off in many ways. Expect to hear some unexpected but very welcome news that can make a big difference in your life.

[CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Stepping away from an old and seemingly insoluble problem might be helpful. Use the time to take a new look at the situation and perhaps work out a new method of dealing with it. © 2019 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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6. Mikaela Shiffrin, in 2018, became the most successful female slalom skier (36 victories) in World Cup history. Who had held the record?

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7. In 2019, Mark O’Meara became the fourth-oldest winner (62 years, 1 month, 17 days) in the history of the PGA Tour Champions. Name two of the three older winners.

3. When was the last time before 2017-18 that the Los Angeles Rams had back-to-back NFL seasons of double-digit wins?

* The outermost layer of the skin on your face is made up almost entirely of dead skin cells.

4. There are three current Division I men’s basketball coaches with multiple NCAA championships. Name two of them.

* In the Scandinavian country of Norway you can find 1,800 lakes that contain no fish whatsoever.

Thought for the Day: ”Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.” — Doug Larson © 2019 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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5. Who held the record for most points in an NHL season by a Russian-born player before Tampa Bay’s Nikita Kucherov tallied 128 points in the 2018-19 season?

an MLB record in 2017 for most RBIs in a season (103) while hitting in the top spot in the batting order. Who had held the mark?

* You may know that on Oct. 4, 1957, the Soviet Union earned the distinction of putting the first human-made object into space with the launch of the satellite Sputnik 1. You may not know, though, that in Russian, the word “sputnik” means “fellow traveler.”

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1. Name either of the two pitchers to record the most Opening Day starts for the Tampa Bay Rays.

5. Alexander Mogilny had 127 points for Buffalo in 1992-93.

6. Marlies (Schild) Raich, with 35 victories (2004-13).

7. Mike Fetchick (63 years old), Jay Haas (62 years, 10 months) and Gary Player (62 years, nine months).

* Tony Curtis, who co-starred with Marilyn Monroe in the famous film “Some Like It Hot,” once said that kissing Ms. Monroe was “like kissing Hitler.” Makes you wonder how he knew what kissing Hitler was like.

* The first telephone book ever issued was published by the New Haven District Telephone Company and was distributed in New Haven, Connecticut, in February 1878. It contained a grand total of 50 names.

1. Chris Archer and James Shields, with four each.

2. The Angels’ Darin Erstad, with 100 RBIs in 2000.

3. It was 1999-2001 (three seasons), when the team was located in St. Louis.

4. Duke’s Mike Krzyzewski, North Carolina’s Roy Williams and Villanova’s Jay Wright.

* It was American pastor, politician and activist Andrew Young who made the following sage observation: “Nothing is illegal if a hundred businessmen decide to do it.”

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