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Details remain fuzzy, but as outpourings and memories engulf Triad music circles, one thing is clear: TAYLOR BAYS left this world on May 29, 2019, at age 34. A musician cut from his own cloth, the Greensboro artist spent the last 15 years or so weaving himself throughout the Triad creative community.
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MAGNOLIA BLUE is the latest installment in the Paul Riggan High Point culinary empire, which also includes Blue Water Grille, Lulu and Blue, Blue Bourbon Jack’s, and Blue Rock Pizza, as well as a catering arm. This new property occupies the former News and Record building on North Main Street. 10 The Community Theatre of Greensboro, known as the oldest arts organization in Guilford County (founded in 1949), and Guilford County Schools are teaming up with Ragsdale High School this summer to provide IGNITE SUMMER CAMPS. 11 This year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of FIELD OF DREAMS, one of the most beloved big-screen fantasies of the 20th century, and yours truly vividly recalls seeing a preview screening at Temple University in Philadelphia. 12 It would be futile not to compare and contrast ROCKETMAN, the new Elton John biography, with Bohemian Rhapsody, last year’s Freddie Mercury biography, which was not only a huge hit ($900 million worldwide) but earned five Academy Award nominations and for which Rami Malek won Best Actor as Freddie Mercury. YES! WEEKLY
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Over the last 20 years, when considering if MARIJUANA would be legalized in the United States, I really only thought there would be one market for products – i.e., the “recreational” market. I assumed that marijuana would compete with other recreational indulgences such as alcohol and tobacco. 19 Forget Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders. TONY KORNHEISER is the hippest septuagenarian on planet earth, and he’s even seen on Uranus (I’ll get to that joke in a moment). So how does this veteran sportswriter and co-host of ESPN’s PTI, stay so young and hip? 20 DUKE ELLINGTON is a little like J.S. Bach or Picasso or Shakespeare. He looms very largely over the sphere of creativity that he worked in. You could say that he was the most significant jazz composer and you wouldn’t have a lot of people rushing up to quibble with you. 21 YES! Weekly is proud to present the first annual North Carolina CIGAR BOX FESTIVAL on June 8 at Grove Winery & Vineyards in Gibsonville. The inaugural event will carry over into the following day with a food truck rodeo and open jam hosted by organizers and weekend-long vendors on June 9.
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WHAT: Clint Black and Trace Adkins to bring their Hits, Hats, History tour to White Oak Amphitheatre in Greensboro June 6 with special guest Terri Clark. WHEN: 7 p.m. WHERE: Greensboro Coliseum. 1921 West Gate City Boulevard, Greensboro. MORE: $27.80 - 125 tickets.
WHAT: If you are one of the 3000 attendees of the annual Krankies Craft Fair that happens each December, then you know about all of the amazing hand-made things you can find there. Krankies Craft Fair’s first ever summer event will be at MIXXER during the Industry Hill Block Party 2019. 80 vendors will be selling must-have hand-made gifts and home goods. WHEN: 12-5 p.m. WHERE: Mixxer. 1375 North Martin Luther King Jr. Dr., Winston-Salem. MORE: Free event.
WHAT: Great music, vendors, and food trucks from noon until 10 pm on Saturday June 8th. Free concert from noon to 5 pm. Ticketed concert from 6 - 10 pm. Concerts will feature: Ben Prestage, Travis Bowlin, Skye Paige, Dar Stellabotta Music, One Hand Dan’s Damn Band, Michael “Blind-Dog” Gatewood, The Chris Green, and Cash O’Riley. WHEN: 12-10 p.m. WHERE: Grove Winery & Vineyards. 7360 Brooks Bridge Rd, Gibsonville. MORE: $15-60 tickets.
Dunleath Neighborhood while enjoying the richness of performing artists in our community. Neighborhood porches are turned into performance venues and are paired with area performers who have offered to share their talents. There will be food vendors, free activities for kids, event t-shirts, and to generate even more community goodwill, we collect canned goods for a local food pantry. WHEN: 12-5 p.m. WHERE: Dunleath Historic Neighborhood. 518 Summit Ave, Greensboro. MORE: Free event.
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[SPOTLIGHT] DOPEY GRAHAM BY JASMYN BRUNSON
For Crysta Wiggins aka “Dopey Graham,” it all started at Matty Sheets’ open mic at New York Pizza on Tate Street. “[My friends] signed me up and I was really mad at it at first, but ever since then I never stopped,” Wiggins said. Wiggins moved to Greensboro from Fayetteville to further her education at North Carolina A&T but also to start her rap career. She always had a passion for music and songwriting, but when she was in her first year at A&T, she said she found that motivation she needed to become more serious about her music. Wiggins has multiple artists that she looks to for inspiration, but some of her favorites include Drake and Young Thug. Wiggins loves how creative they are and how they are introverts in the music industry. She said she “strives to be as well-rounded as they are” with her music. Wiggins co-founded a group of artists called Dutches & Sunsets Artist Collective, which includes everything from dancers and rappers to photographers. Co-founder Ellie Kay created the group so that lesser known local artists of every
sort can get more exposure, and one day get paid to do what they love. Wiggins has performed at multiple venues throughout the area, including the 2017 Greensboro Pride Festival and more recently at Common Grounds on May 31. Wiggins is also an activist who has done multiple benefit shows where all donations go to funding local nonprofits. “I have done more benefit shows that regular shows, which I don’t mind as long as it is helping someone,” she added. The thing that makes Wiggins stand out from all other artists is her charisma. She takes a lot from an artist that she idolizes and puts a spin on it to make it her own. “I listen to a song I really like and study that song for a while and incorporate that into my own style.” Wiggins has four songs out, which were released on her digital album called OG Dopey back in August 2017. She is working on producing new music with local artist/ producer Sham Lee, who was apart of a band called Bloody Molly. Wiggins also is taking part in mul-
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tiple other projects as well that aren’t necessarily related to music. She is the co-founder of a cooking show called Food Crush, Inc. where she and her best friend, Christian Thornton aka “C-Money,” take different dishes and compete against each other to see who can make the best original version. The audience decides who the winner is at the end of each show. With the recent passing of local Greensboro musician/artist Taylor Bays, Wiggins
remembers that Bays was one of her first supporters. “Thank you, Taylor Bays for putting me on my first flyer and paid show,” Wiggins said. “That was the first time I felt like a real artist. Rest in Power!” Follow Dopey Graham on Facebook (@ dopeygraham). To listen to her music, visit Bandcamp and ReverbNation. Follow Food Crush, Inc. on Facebook (@foodcrushinc) to stream all episodes and vote on your favorite dishes. !
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BY JOHN BATCHELOR | john.e.batchelor@gmail.com Food: Southern-influenced, abundant in flavor. Ambience: Gray-sleek-industrial, loud. Service: Well-versed, even regarding wines. Not as impressed with management. Value: Mid-range, pricewise, upper echelon for enjoyment of food. Overall: Rating range: Not Recommended, one (satisfactory), two (good), three (very good), four (excellent) or five (truly exceptional) stars.
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agnolia Blue is the latest installment in the Paul Riggan High Point culinary empire, which also includes Blue Water Grille, Lulu and Blu, Blue Bourbon Jack’s, and Blue Rock Pizza, as well as a catering arm. This new property occupies the former News and Record building on North Main Street. A rooftop bar and private dining room look out from the top of the building. Primary seating is located on street level, through the entryway on Main, from a large parking area around back. The look is gray-sleekindustrial, cacophonous in the downstairs bar, slightly less so in the dining room, but still loud. By the time this review appears, a rooftop patio, serving bar food as well as drinks, will have opened. Riggan has turned over the keys to this kitchen to Eric Brownlee. Chef Brownlee’s culinary history includes the Daniel Island Country Club, followed by a stint as executive chef at the String & Splinter in High Point. He left the String to take over the kitchen at Lulu and Blu. The restaurant’s subtext is “Savory Southern Fare,” an apt description, with influences of Louisiana especially evident, along with what could emerge from North Carolina kitchens if the cook were really skilled and imaginative. Zydeco Salad is hearty, a function of grilled Andouille sausage, joined in the assembly by chilled fingerling potatoes, roasted Roma tomatoes, and grilled asparagus, topped with a fried egg, all dressed in red wine and whole grain mustard vinaigrette.
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Grit Tots are fried crisp, bursting with quality grits and cheddar cheese flavor from the soft interior, accented with spicysweet pepper jelly. Fried Green Tomatoes are appropriately tart, crunchy from a panko crust, flavored with remoulade sauce. Fried Crawfish Tails benefit from similar treatment. All are winners. The Crab Cake contends for best in Triad. A thick, round ball is loaded with lump and jumbo lump crab meat, held together by incantation, lightly flavored with mustard, and accented with Creole remoulade sauce. Mahi Tacos bear ample quantity of blackened Mahi, cooked fairly firm (that’s a compliment in this case), which holds together well as you bite your way through condiments of pineapple (a naturally sweet foil for the blackening spices), avocado, and host arugula. Chicken and Dumplings combine pulled chicken, mostly white meat, tender and flavorful, with Andouille sausage and gnocchi dumplings (made from potato flour), plus chunks of butternut squash. Parmesan cream sauce is blended into the flavor profile. The named ingredients in Bayou Shrimp and Crab Pasta are fresh and tender, joined in the bowl by corn, sliced portabella mushrooms, Tasso ham, and pasta shells. It’s a complex rendering that provides one taste adventure after another. Shrimp and Grits exude pleasant smoky flavor from pieces of Andouille sausage, plus mushrooms, tomatoes, scallions, and shredded cheddar cheese, presented in Geechie Boy grits- especially flavorful in their own right. Salmon tastes rather mild, stacked alongside grits blended with jalapeño peppers and goat cheese, flanked by braised greens. A bourbon barbecue jus hosts the presentation. Mahi Mahi is moist and tender, decorated with a few crawfish tails. This is placed over a fried grits cake that incorporates Tasso ham bits and green chili, ladled with lemon-infused cream sauce. Pork Chop is at least an inch thick, redolent of quality pork flavor, enhanced with crawfish tails and Bordelaise sauce. This is another contender for best in class. The menu promises potato and green bean hash, but none appeared on my plate. Pot Roast uses a large short rib, braised; lean but tender (the kitchen did a great job of trimming away the fat). The rich
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Shrimp and crab pasta red wine and rosemary demi-glace also hosts fingerling potatoes, carrots, shallots, and green beans. I would be hard-pressed to identify a more solid depth of flavor anywhere else. Several burgers and po’ boy sandwiches join the more upscale offerings. In Black and Blue, the hamburger patty is dusted with blackening spices then sprinkled with Cambozola cheese (a variety of blue cheese), crisp bacon, and sautéed mushrooms. Leanin’ Southern decorates the meat with pimento cheese, and crisp Vidalia onions intensified with bourbon barbecue sauce. My High Point cadre of restaurant spies never ignores desserts. Thus, we passed around Peach Cobbler, baked in a ramekin and topped with vanilla bean ice cream, and Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie- peanut butter mousse in an Oreo cookie crust. I would repeat them and any others on the list. The champ, however, is the Salted Caramel Crunch Cookie, perhaps misnamed. It is baked in a single-portion size cast iron skillet, served hot, with vanilla ice cream. Servers are well-versed and able to provide insights regarding food as well as descriptions of by the glass wine offerings. Many selections are likely to be unfamiliar, but samples are provided on request. We liked all we tried, and the prices are reasonable. I have one serious criticism. The website cites Charleston, New Orleans and Baltimore as Southern cities. I used to work out of an office in Baltimore, and that is not a Southern city! One other issue, WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
Zydeco salad of a more substantive nature, I placed five calls over two days, asking to speak to the manager or the chef or the owner. None were available to come to the phone, and after five days, no one has responded to my requests to call back. This raises questions in my mind with regard to how a customer with a complaint is likely to be treated. Management could take lessons in customer relations from their front line staff. ! JOHN BATCHELOR has been writing about eating and drinking since 1981. Over a thousand of his articles have been published. He is also author of two travel/cookbooks: Chefs of the Coast: Restaurants and Recipes from the North Carolina Coast, and Chefs of the Mountains: Restaurants and Recipes from Western North Carolina. Contact him at john.e.batchelor@gmail.com or see his blog, johnbatchelordiningandtravel.blogspot.com
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or every child, there is a talent that lies within them waiting to be discovered. Whether it be a creative outlet or career about to bloom, art and actTerry Rader ing has always been a natural way for children to express Contributor themselves. The Community Theatre of Greensboro, known as the oldest arts organization in Guilford County (founded in 1949), and Guilford County Schools are teaming up with Ragsdale High School this summer to provide Ignite Summer Camps. At these summer camps, kids can sing, dance, act, improvise, do arts and crafts and explore creative movement every day. Every Friday, the students get to show what they have learned in a performance at Ragsdale High School. These performances are free and open to the general public. Lunch and transportation to and from Ignite Summer Camps are provided Monday - Friday and camp hours are from 7:45 a.m.-6 p.m. each day. CTG’s “Summer 2019 Theatre and Acting Camps” take place at The Cultural Arts Center and are supported by the City of Greensboro. These camps are available to children ages 3-15, and are held on the fourth floor. There are also half-day camps in the morning and afternoons. The morning camps are from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and afternoon camps are from 1:30 p.m to 5:30 p.m. starting June 10 with Olaf’s Frozen Fun, Disney Drama; Sing it Out, and Monologue Mania. Other summer camps include Beginning Acting, Telling Tales, Over the Rainbow, Harry Potter Week and more. Online registration is still available for both camps at CTG’s website. Nikki Philbrick, CTG education program coordinator, said that any questions may be directed to her and Rozalynn Fulton, CTG’s education director at rfulton@ctgso.org. Ignite Summer Camps cost $25 to register then YES! WEEKLY
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$50 a week whereas the cultural center camps are $90 per weekly session with no registration fee. Philbrick said she and two staff members also run The Experiential School of Greensboro’s (a free charter school) after-school drama program five days a week ($45) along with a three-day option ($35) with a one-time $20 registration fee to reserve a spot. They have students from grades K-6 in this program. She said that this school has an open-concept and an understanding that each student is different and that they need time to creatively express themselves even in their math and science classes so that creativity is not dictated. Philbrick said there are different themes and topics and a performance every semester with the next one coming up this fall. Philbrick said her work includes handling middle school camps, registration, meeting parents, writing the curriculum weekly and planning ahead as much as possible. She said that she and Fulton assign the staff the task of writing
the curriculum with a basic format and some training, and then set them free to create a different theme each week. Philbrick said that their inclusive program for patrons of special needs, “OnStage and Inclusive” is a unique two-week multi-age theatre program that engages special needs of varying abilities starting June 3. Wendy Wood is the contact person for this, and her email is campaign@ctgso. org. This program will perform a showcase on June 15 at 7 p.m. and June 16 at 2 p.m. TESG “End of Year Party” on June 10 will celebrate the year’s work with a cookout, slime, bubbles, ice cream and more with lunch pre-order online. There are no performances, just time to relax and enjoy all the creativity produced throughout the year. Philbrick said the ticketed event “Rainbow Fish Musical” still has a couple of participation spots left for the twoweek program for special needs students ages 6-18 in the Triad from June 17-28 with show dates on June 29 and 30. The
participation spots for “Disney’s Mulan Jr.” is sold out, but tickets will be on sale soon for shows on August 10 and 11. Philbrick was very excited to reveal that CTG had just announced their Season 70 line-up of shows to start September and run through June. They are already prepping for their 25th annual production of “The Wizard of Oz” at The Carolina Theatre on Nov. 15-24. They hold open auditions each year with a new cast and for those that return, they change the parts so it’s fresh each fall and the audience can see both new and old faces. Philbrick’s theatre education major and North Carolina teacher license landed her role at CTG just two weeks after her graduation from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She said that she was 10 years old when she fell in love with a theatre class in middle school. “I hold on to the script from that class even though it’s starting to fall apart,” Philbrick said. Her favorite thing is working alongside a lot of theatre-major students five days a week because of its school setting and is a lot of fun. She said that they hire college students with theatre and art majors from UNCG, AT&T, GTCC and others to teach the camps. ! TERRY RADER is a freelance writer, former creative director, storyteller, poet, emerging singer-songwriter, wellness herbalist, flower essences practitioner for pets and owner of Paws n’ Peace o’ Mind cat/dog/house sitting.
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Field of Dreams back on the big screen for Father’s Day This year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Field of Dreams, one of the most beloved big-screen fantasies of the 20th century, and yours truly vividly recalls seeing a preview screening at Mark Burger Temple University in Philadelphia. Some Contributor in the audience applauded when Kevin Costner’s name appeared on the screen, and I applauded when Burt Lancaster’s appeared – and someone in the back said: “Who’s that?” Even such ignorance couldn’t dampen my enthusiasm for the film, which easily made my Top 10 list for 1989. Where did it rank? No. 1. For those who remember, the summer of 1989 was packed with big blockbusters, literally opening week to week: Batman, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, Ghostbusters II, Star Trek V, Lethal Weapon 2, yet Field of Dreams hung in there and was still playing in theaters at year’s end, eventually grossing over $80 million. Not unlike Frank Capra’s It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), Field of Dreams is one of those special movies perennially being discovered and cherished – and deservedly so. Now Fathom Events has teamed with Turner Classic Movies and Universal Pictures to bring Field of Dreams back to more than 600 cinemas nationwide, including Regal Greensboro Grande Stadium 16, located in the Friendly Center in Greensboro. The film will be shown on Sunday, June 16 (Father’s Day), with encore screenings on Tuesday, June 18. Based on W.P. Kinsella’s best-selling 1982 novel Shoeless Joe, Field of Dreams stars Kevin Costner as Ray Kinsella, an Iowa farmer and die-hard baseball fan whose main connection with his late father was an abiding love of the game WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
and a fascination with the 1919 “Black Sox Scandal,” which caused a rift in their relationship that never healed. One night while walking through his cornfield, Ray hears a mysterious voice telling him: “If you build it, he will come.” So, he promptly clears a section and constructs a baseball diamond. It may seem strange, but even stranger is when a group of ballplayers emerge from the cornfield and start playing – among them the legendary Chicago White Sox outfielder “Shoeless Joe” Jackson (Ray Liotta), whose career was ended by the 1919 scandal. Knowing that his task is not yet complete, Ray embarks on a mission to locate the reclusive novelist Terrence Mann (James Earl Jones), whom he believes is somehow tied in with this phenomena, and then to locate one “Moonlight” Graham (the great Lancaster), who played only a single game in the major leagues – for the New York Giants in 1922. The fact that Graham died years before doesn’t much matter when Ray encounters him in the flesh. Back in Iowa, however, Ray’s wife Annie (Amy Madigan) struggles to keep the homestead from foreclosure, while her brother (Timothy Busfield) urges her to sell the farm. Field of Dreams was a tough sell, any way you look at it, but screenwriter/director Phil Alden Robinson and producer Lawrence Gordon were determined to make this “dream” come true. Costner, who’d just scored a triumphant trifecta with The Untouchables (1987), No Way Out (also ‘87) and Bull Durham (1988), was clearly ascending to super-stardom, and his participation clinched the deal. Field of Dreams also earned three Academy Award nominations: Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score and, the big one, Best Picture. TCM host Ben Mankiewicz will introduce the screening then offer his thoughts and observations about its production and enduring legacy afterward.
Not only does 2019 mark the 30thanniversary of the film’s release but also the 100th-anniversary of the “Black Sox” Scandal, in which the heavily favored Chicago White Sox threw the World Series. Those players implicated in the conspiracy – including “Shoeless Joe” Jackson – were banned for life from the game, a ruling that still stands to this day. ! See MARK BURGER’s reviews of current movies on Burgervideo.com. © 2019, Mark Burger.
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end result was seamless. (For his trouble, Fletcher received an executive producer credit while Singer retained his directorial credit.) Both films focus on British rock stars, both gay, both noted for their flamboyance, and both prone to self-destructive behavior – be it alcohol, drugs, or sex. And both films, with a few alterations, could very easily be turned into stage productions. Unlike Freddie Mercury or James Brown (Get On Up) or Johnny Cash (Walk the Line) or Ray Charles (Ray), Elton John is still very much alive and took a very active interest in Rocketman. Not only he is billed as executive producer, but his husband David Furnish is among the producers, and it’s to their credit that they did not want to whitewash the story. By and large, rock stars do not live lives that fall within a “PG” or “PG-13” range, and some of those earlier music biographies have tailored their stories to qualify for the more audience-friendly rating – and that includes Bohemian Rhapsody. From the outset, Elton John insisted that
Rocketman be R-rated, which is a major reason the project had been in development for nearly 20 years. The chemical and sexual excesses aren’t merely there for sensationalism but as a depiction of the dissolute depths to which Elton had crashed. Like Malek’s Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody, Rocketman boasts a stellar turn by Taron Edgerton as Elton, but unlike Bohemian Rhapsody many of the secondary characters make a solid impression rather than remaining almost entirely in the background. Chief among them is Jamie Bell, who brings a credible, no-nonsense compassion to Elton’s long-time collaborator Bernie Taupin. Whether there would be no Elton John without Bernie Taupin or vice-versa is also a moot point, since Elton the producer obviously wanted him given proper credit – and Bell ample screen time. If anything, the film Rocketman most resembles is Beyond the Sea (2003), Kevin Spacey’s big-screen ode to Bobby Darin, which was fashioned as a musical (replete with splashy numbers) that reflected the onscreen drama. Like that film, the adult Elton interacts with his childhood self, the lonely boy Reginald Dwight, played first by Matthew Illesley (in his screen debut) and Kit Connor, before Edgerton takes up the role. There’s very much a “little boy lost” quality to Elton as portrayed here, the flamboyant costumes and preening, petulant attitude an attempt to mask his emotional turmoil. To say that Elton John had “issues” in his life would be an understatement, and Rocketman tackles them head-on – whether it was dealing with a dismissive, father (Steven Mackintosh), and a slatternly mother (a memorable Bryce Dallas Howard), although his beloved grandmother (Gemma Jones) always stood by him. Despite early fame and success, Elton was, to quote a different tune, looking for love in all the wrong places. His relationship with manager John Reid (Richard Madden) was predicated less on mutual affection than Elton’s neediness and Reid’s predatory nature, which was less sexual than it was financial. Yet if there’s blame to be ascribed to Elton’s bad behavior, it falls upon Elton himself. It wasn’t a matter of too much too soon, but a matter of finding his
actual self – a lengthy and painful process that is recounted here in all its highs and lows. There are those who will say Rocketman is something of a therapy session sponsored by Elton John, as the narrative unfolds while Edgerton, resplendent in bright orange devil costume – now there’s subtle symbolism! – pours his heart out at a meeting of recovering addicts. But Rocketman is by no means a downer. If nothing else, Elton John is a showman, and this allows Edgerton and director Fletcher to cut loose. Even with so many of Elton’s songs in heavy radio rotation to this very day, there’s genuine pleasure to see them interpreted (as it were) here, whether it’s “The Bitch is Back,” “Saturday Night’s Alright for Fighting,” “Crocodile Rock,” or the title tune. And although it’s not an Elton John composition, “Pinball Wizard” is used extremely well to reflect Elton’s frazzled state of mind. There are moments of humor here too, including a subtle but amusing running joke in which John constantly brushes people away when they touch his hair, and although it would be easy for Edgerton to play up Elton’s flamboyance, you never lose sight of that lost little boy still trying to make his way – and find his place — in the world. He may be larger than life, but he’s human like the rest of us. ! See MARK BURGER’s reviews of current movies on Burgervideo.com. © 2019, Mark Burger.
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The Little Theatre of WinstonSalem presents Das Barbecü
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he Little Theatre of WinstonSalem will present the musical comedy, Das Barbecü, opening Friday, June 21, at the Hanesbrands Theatre, 209 N. Spruce St. in Winston-Salem. Additional performances will be held June 22-23 and 27-30. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m.; an additional matinee will be held on Saturday, June 22 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $24 for adults and $22 for students; discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available online and the box office is open for phone sales Wednesday through Friday from noon–4 p.m. Call (336) 725-4001 for tickets or purchase them online at www.LTofWS.org. Das Barbecü takes audiences on a hilarious, fast-paced ride when it reimagines Richard Wagner’s Ring Cycle, the pinnacle of grand opera – complete with Norse mythology, a magical ring of gold and a brief ride with the Valkyries – deep into the heart of Texas. Five actors play 30 zany characters alongside a live band that performs songs ranging from Broadway to swing to country and Western. Originally commissioned by the Seattle Opera, this witty musical by Scott Warrender and Jim Luigs follows two feuding families through a water ballet, a double shotgun wedding, a song and dance tribute to the joys of guacamole, and the sweetest twostep ever to slide across the stage. The names may sound familiar, but a Texas twist will delight young and old alike in this wild musical comedy! Das Barbecü will be directed and choreographed by Lane Fields, with music direction by Dan Dodson. Sam Barnes will design the set, with lighting design by Shawn Hooper and sound design by Jenny Viars. Tara Raczenski will design costumes, with wig design by Thao Nguyen. Katie Jo Icenhower will serve as props master. Kevin Hampton will stage manage the production, assisted by Lisa Brennan and Jacob Greene. The cast is as follows: Linda Shillito – Actor 1 Peggie Dull – Actor 2 Sarah Jenkins – Actor 3 Trevor Ketterling – Actor 4 Dave Wils – Actor 5 Chloe Adam – Understudy
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Butler + Burke CPA will sponsor the run of Das Barbecü. An Opening Night Reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, June 21, in the lobby. Das Barbecu runs approximately two hours, plus one 15-minute intermission. Please note that strobe light and haze will be used briefly during each performance. The Little Theatre will hold a barbecue fundraiser, “The Das Barbecü Pit Master Challenge,” in front of the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts on Saturday, June 22, from 4-7 p.m. Barbecue Masters David Barksdale and John Young will provide barbecued meats and Bib’s Downtown will provide sides. For $20, diners will enjoy a plate with samples of the different barbecues, plus beans, coleslaw, and a drink. All proceeds will help The Little Theatre continue to bring highquality, live theatre to Winston-Salem as it enters its 85th Season in 2019-20. Tickets can be purchased online at www. LTofWS.org or by calling (336) 725-4001. They will also be available through the Hanesbrands Theatre box office window on the day of the event. Barbecue tickets can also be shown at Sawtooth’s Arts & Craft Beer event, happening the same day, to receive a discount off of those tickets. For further information, please visit www.LTofWS.org or call (336) 7254001. !
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A magic gold ring. Valkyries. Guacamole. Welcome to Texas, y’all.
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Bill Gibson of Burtonsville, Maryland, drives an iconic vehicle: a custombuilt 1966 replica of the Batmobile, complete with rocket launchers, jet flames Chuck Shepherd and a bat phone, worth $175,000. So he wasn’t about to stand by and let a criminal escape on May 15, when a hitand-run driver smashed into his prized car on Route 28 in Silver Spring. “I don’t know what the guy was thinking,” Gibson told Fox5. “He must have been going about 60 ... and just slammed into the right rear corner.” When the driver failed to pull over, Gibson dialed 911 and gave chase, eventually pulling into a church parking lot, where the driver agreed to give Gibson his insurance information without getting the police involved. Gibson estimates repairs will cost around $7,000.
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Manuel Muniz, 35, of Amsterdam, New York, didn’t fool officers of the Montgom-
ery County Sheriff ’s Department with his attempt to avoid the lines at the DMV. Muniz was charged on May 20 with driving an unregistered vehicle after officers quickly identified Muniz’s handwritten inspection sticker as a fake, made out of red construction paper and including a handmade bar code and January 2020 expiration date, WRGB reported. “We appreciate people who take some initiative,” the department posted on its Facebook page, “however this will not work as your vehicle inspection sticker, NICE TRY!”
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Jim and Jen (who asked that their last names be withheld) of Ontario, Canada, decided in 2011 they would be done having children after their twins were born that year. Jen’s doctor was supposed to perform a tubal ligation after delivering the babies, but 10 months later, she found herself pregnant again. “I was floored,” she told CTV News. “I couldn’t imagine having a newborn again.” But in February 2013, their fourth child was born, and later that year, Jen and Jim sued their hospital and doctors for $800,000 for wrongful pregnancy. The case is expected to go to trial in spring 2020. It’s “not that we don’t
love her. ... She is everything and more, but it still doesn’t mitigate the fact that there are pragmatic costs to raising a child,” Jen said. The hospital investigated and uncovered a chain of miscommunication regarding the tubal ligation -- compounded by not letting Jen know the procedure had not been done. “If a man got a woman pregnant, he would have to pay child support, right?” said Jim. Lawyers for the doctors deny that Jen and Jim have suffered any damages.
BRIGHT IDEA
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police officers were led on a chase late on May 26 after a reckless driver nearly hit a patrol car. Ignoring signs and warnings about a bridge out ahead, the driver tried to jump the bridge “Dukes of Hazzard” style, reported WXIN, but when he came to the end of the pavement, his car hit the exposed beams of the bridge and skidded to a stop. The driver got away, but police apprehended a passenger, who informed them the driver had one leg and had left his prosthetic leg behind in the car. Police said they were confident they’ll track him down soon.
FASHION STATEMENT
You either love ‘em or hate ‘em, but if you’re going to be mocked for your fashion sense, Crocs’ newest style doubles your chances. Developed as part of a collaboration with Japanese streetwear company Beams, the new Crocs sport tiny fanny packs attached to the ankle straps, reported CBS News. The $53 shoes come in teal and purple, and the miniature backpacks are big enough for keys, a credit card and a few dollars -- along with what’s left of your dignity.
OR YOU COULD JUST WALK
Officials in the southern Spanish town of Estepona were forced to close a 125foot steel slide linking two streets to save folks from a 10-minute walk when people suffered injuries riding down it, Sky News reported on May 13. One woman posted photos of her bruised and scraped elbows, saying her rear end suffered worse. The town council argued that it provides instructions about how to safely use the slide, but closed the conveyance for fresh safety inspections. Local residents said the 28,000-euro slide was a “vanity project” for the mayor.
EWWWWW!
Students in a “Global Gourmet” class at Hyatts Middle School in Powell, Ohio, may have taken things a bit too far on May 16 when they allegedly served crepes
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laced with urine and semen to teachers who were judging a cooking competition. WBNS reported that the Delaware County Sheriff’s Office learned of a video circulating among students purported to show the prank being cooked up and opened an investigation, including lab testing of the food. Charges could include felony assault. Brad Koffel, an attorney representing one of the suspects, cautioned that “we don’t know if urine or semen was ever placed in anyone’s food. ... (It) easily could have been a prank that may have been mocked up for the purposes of creating a video.”
WAIT, WHAT?
Michael and Kyle Sherwood, fatherand-son funeral directors in Cleveland, Ohio, have opened a niche business: Save My Ink Forever, which preserves the tattoos of people who have died as a memorial for their loved ones. The idea for the 2-year-old company came about after a “semi-serious” discussion with a friend about preserving tattoos, according to BBC News. “So we started doing some research and blended a few techniques together,” Kyle Sherwood said, to develop a technique for long-term preservation of excised skin art. The company works with funeral homes in the United States, U.K. and Canada, where the tattoos are surgically removed, then sent to a lab for preservation before being mounted and framed behind UV-protected glass. “People put urns on their mantel and to me, my tattoos are more meaningful than an urn on the mantel,” Sherwood said.
CRIME REPORT
A 40th birthday outing ended on a sour note for Neil Edwards-Cecil, the birthday boy, and Lee Gaudoin, 31. According to Metro News, after a few drinks, the two stopped for a cheeseburger on April 27 at McDonald’s in Chester, England, where they found a duck walking around the restaurant. Kindly, the men helped the bird find its way out of the building, but they somehow ended up arguing over it, which escalated into a brawl. When officers arrived, Gaudoin lunged at one of them, shouting about how he had saved a duck. Edwards-Cecil tried to jump in and help Gaudoin, only to be pepper-sprayed. Both men were arrested and later admitted to being intoxicated and resisting a constable. “I am ashamed for the way I have acted,” Edwards-Cecil told the court. !
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etails remain fuzzy, but as outpourings and memories engulf Triad music circles, one thing is clear: Taylor Bays left this world on May 29, Katei Cranford 2019, at age 34. A musician cut from his own cloth, Contributor the Greensboro artist spent the last 15 years or so weaving himself throughout the Triad creative community. A wiry, shaggy fellow filled with passion, oddity, and humor sordid enough to lend credence to ideas of his passing as a hoax—few would be surprised if it were a stunt—he could easily be considered Gate City’s own Andy Kaufman. Like Kaufman, Bays’ “song and dance” pursuits ran wild. An adventurer, actor, puppeteer, photographer, promoter, videographer—a man of multifaceted talents—who wielded his camera almost as often as his guitar or microphone. Bays looked to blast through complacency using any avenue available. Music, however, defined his character—even if his interests varied across the entire sonic spectrum. His last band, Taylor Bays and the Laser Rays ran the edge of rough-psych rock ‘n’ roll led by Bays in a caped, cage-match persona, while the harder-rocking Secret Position existed to riff and offend. Bays’ hip-hop project came complete with a robot MC in Antigravity Animated a few years prior, while music partnerships with folks like Josh Turner and James Marshall Owen flourished countless projects—including a ripping Beatles revue and spot-on Tom Petty cover band. Taylor Bays took artistry to a different level—a fan of theatrics rooted from lifelong loves of pro-wrestling, GWAR, and Chuck Berry. He likewise counted Wesley Willis and Green Jelly among his favorites—the latter he would end up bringing to Greensboro, twice. But Bays’ act wasn’t only showmanship—he could shred, too. Primarily a guitarist as far as performance goes, his talents were scattered amongst a seemingly “endless summer” of instruments and creative endeavors. “Taylor always seemed like the beatnik character from a 1960s T.V. show, in a lovable more industrious kind of way,” said Dave McLean from the Raving YES! WEEKLY
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2015 - Taylor Bays donning the cape during Raving Knaves at Urban Grinders
Knaves, who ultimately recruited Bays to record a “vital” guitar solo for the Knaves’ track, “This Rock and Roll is Killing Me.” “I needed something more ‘shreddy’ than I could pull off in Danny’s song,” McLean explained. Bays ended up joining the Knaves on stage, cape and all, during their final show at Urban Grinders in 2015. As an event organizer, Bays brought acts to Greensboro no one expected. “I went purely at Taylor’s instigation,” recalled Ben Singer of the first time Bays booked Green Jelly. “It was amazing, true fun,” Singer added, describing the show as “very Taylor” in that it ran “on that dangerous edge of weird.” Macabre enthusiasm was indeed part of Bays’ charm. Simultaneously spastic and deadly serious, his endeavors were often presented though wide-eyes and wild gestures. “I loved that he was always himself,” said fellow Grimsley-alumnus, Jonathan Kamoda, guitarist from Schroder, a popular early-’00s Greensboro group
2015 - Taylor Bays with Kelly and Mike at Greene Street for Green Jelly four years to the day of his passing who often played with Bays’ band at the time, Sounds Good Station. Schroder’s drummer, Will Hilliard, who would later join Bays on drums in the Laser Rays, agreed. “I’m lucky to have shared the stage with Taylor, and more importantly, to have been his friend since we were teenagers,” Hilliard said. “As a musician, he was a wild man with insane levels of creativity and thoughtfulness. As a human, there was
no one who cared more about the people around him. He impacted so many of us. We’ll miss him a lot.” Bays embodied a special sort of fabric from which “Jeansboro” music is woven. From Sounds Good Station to Subterranean Bums; Antigravity Animated, to the Dotmatrix Project and Monkeywhale productions; or the dozens of other projects and bands he sat in with, Bays wasn’t afraid to go all-in, or get way out there.
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2011 - Antigravity Animated at WUAG Presents Bit Brigade at Artistika
2009 - Antigravity Animated at the Flatiron
2011 - Subteranean Bums at Blind Tiger
2014 - At GWAR-BQ in Richmond, VA
“He opened himself to any idea, no matter how weird,” said Matt Ledbetter, former bassist in the Laser Rays. “He put so much love and thought into everything he did,” Ledbetter added, “like the show where he sang for Fake Mustache at CFBG. He never came to practice, wrote a whole set of lyrics in a weekend, and killed it—it remains one of my favorites to this day, nearly 10 years later.” It’s in that era I choose to remember Taylor Bays best: living amongst a cohort of Greensboro creativity, in that kooky little apartment on Summit Avenue with Megan. Jess “Lil P” Pennell and Jerrod Smith from the Blockheads in the unit above. Matty Sheets and the Monkeywhale crew down the street. The comfort of the Flatiron, and its open mic, only a few blocks away. It was a good time in town, it was a good time in Taylor. Friends were close and plentiful. “Taylor opened my heart to ‘Maggot Brain’ by Funkadelic and it changed my whole perspective,” said former Burlap Sax bandmate Kasey Horton. “I’m glad we got to embrace and hear it together when George Clinton played Greensboro last summer, nearly 15 years after Taylor first played me that song.” As the 2010s rolled on, Bays himself rolled from downtown to Glenwood with the Dogwood beer-parties, Glenwood Coffee and Books shows, and ultimately his own house and creative space next door. Well, not technically “his” space—Bays and the other residents spent the better part
of a year essentially squatting—he wasn’t interested in the trappings of capitalism. “He was one of the most creative and thoughtful people I’ve ever known. I’m proud to have shared a stage and home with him,” said Justin Kopp, Glenwood roommate and drummer in Bays’ Tom Petty cover band. Not one to shy from intensities, Bays would flip the bird with whimsy and could string together obscenities that’d make a sailor blush. He wasn’t afraid to cause a scene in the face of mistreatment. Or lend an idea to support his friends and bands. “Back in the early days of DOG [Dildo Of God] we worried about problems we might face with having such an extreme band name,” explained bandmate Matthew Goshow, “Taylor came up with our G-rated version: ‘Doers Of Good,’ because I didn’t want to tell my born-again dad our name.” Bays fought with an eerie fire, both fragile and aggressive, at the same time. “Fuck you Taylor Bays,” said Laila Nur (from the Muslims,) in a brashly appropriate Facebook tribute, “....for being such a difficult, smart ass,” Nur clarified, “a controversial hot mess of a person, dude. For living and thriving in such beautiful contradiction.” Despite Bays’ best intentions to wring creative juice from his twisted insides, good health eluded him—and fueled a vicious temper. Though known for his supportive nature, Bays could be equally combative, resulting in justified grudges
held by several folks. But now is no time to dwell on demons. “It’s not easy being healthy but I’m getting close,” Bays would sing sardonically on his 2014 release, You. “He didn’t take no shit,” said Mike Nardone from Dumpster. ”Not mine, not yours, or his own,” Nardone continued. “Music was his life. And he was the only person to ever feed me fruit while I played—once he split a raw green pepper with me at a separate show.” Bays often seemed obsessed with direct-action and essential nutrients, only to be robbed of both by degenerative conditions. “We went through tons of similar surgeries,” Pennell said. “We both suffered publicly but, even publically, it can feel isolating,” she added, “we’d talk about the hardships. He was a rock for me during those times.” Bays held “a lot of love, some derision, and some love-voiced-as-derision,” explained musician Mike O’Malley, “he was an emblem of Greensboro: always at the beginning of a new, sometimes doomed, project—abidingly interested in the family that was the music of the town—reaching to one edge of it and then the next, available to play whichever instrument in whichever new band. Messy, hubristic, continuously self-reinventing.” It’s impossible to picture Greensboro music without Taylor Bays or imagine its future. Regardless, the future—though unwritten—is now.
“The world is changing,” Atiba Berkley said in a Facebook tribute. “Taylor did things his way, and I learned a lot from that. He was a true artist with a heart for a city. His deteriorating health profoundly stole his joy, which was music. We communed on the holy ground that is the Greensboro indie music scene, and he stood proud and tall in it.” “May your Laser Rays continue to shoot to other galaxies dude,” Berkley continued. Praise the lasting power of records. Bays will appear on Matty Sheets’ release from Lazy Dog Records, coming in August. “I pulled him in to do stuff on my latest recording at Lazy Dog. He played synth and sang backup on a couple songs,” Sheets said, “I’m still waiting for him to pop out of a closet and say ‘gotcha!’” Though his time on earth is over, Taylor Bays lives on through music and memories—in the infinite creative—blasting out through space, forever. Pardon the Cobain-cliche, (Taylor and I met wearing the same Nirvana shirt in ninth grade) but while I don’t know if it’s better to burn out than to fade away, I do know the Triad burns less bright without Taylor Bays. Details on arrangements are pending. !
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Four investable sectors of the legal marijuana industry Part 1 - Recreational and Pharmaceutical Medical Over the last 20 years, when considering if marijuana would be legalized in the United States, I really only thought there would be one Charles Freeman market for products – i.e., the “recreationContributor al” market. I assumed that marijuana would compete with other recreational indulgences such as alcohol and tobacco. I also knew that the hemp plant itself could be used in a wide variety of industries, such as clothing fiber, but dismissed the idea that it was an investable idea due to regulation and the dominance of other industrial options (like cotton for clothing). In fact, the cotton and paper industries were influential in linking hemp to marijuana long ago to eliminate hemp as a competitor. While I was not specifically wrong in these assumptions, they were short-sighted based on a lack of information at the time. The discovery of the benefits of other compounds within the marijuana and hemp plants (CBD) has created a broader range of uses and therefore, more investable sectors. I now see four investable sectors within the legal cannabis/hemp industry for the future: Recreational, Pharmaceutical Medical, Nutraceutical, and Industrial Hemp. Recreational The recreational market is pretty straight forward as it aligns with the association that has long been attached to marijuana. To keep it simple, for hundreds of years, people have smoked or ingested marijuana because it gave them a euphoric feeling, i.e., “getting high.” This was due to the THC compound in the plant. Similarly, people often drink alcohol to give them a “buzz.” I think the demand for these products is self-evident. When governments have tried to ban them, illegal consumption continues even with the risk of prosecution. With alcohol, after basically acknowledging the futility of Prohibition, a regulate-and-tax system was put in place. A similar conclusion has been reached with regards to marijuana,
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and systems are being implemented in the states that have made it legal. I think this system will be adopted at the federal level in the future with appropriate age restrictions, labeling requirements, and product testing. The entire West coast is recreationally legal and a few states in the Northeast. More states in the Northeast and Midwest are likely to pass recreation legal laws within the next year. With legalization efforts, recreational products are expanding. Last month, I wrote about the various methods of delivery. Marijuana plant “strains” are also being specifically cultivated to provide a particular “feeling” for consumers. I know, that sounded strange to me too when I first read it. But apparently, it is possible. So, if your goal is to have a big night out on the town with friends or a relaxing night at home with your spouse, there will be a legal cannabis product specifically designed for that particular experience. I expect that as marijuana consumption becomes more and more mainstream, we will continue to see more and more new products in this market. The recreational sector is estimated to be the largest market at this time, but I think the Pharmaceutical Medical market could be just as large, if not larger. Pharmaceutical Medical When I talk about the “Pharmaceutical Medical” marijuana sector, I am defining that market as marijuana consumption specifically for the treatment of an identified illness, and most often, by prescription. Medical marijuana consumption has quietly gained ground over the years, and I think this has contributed to growing social acceptance. The use of cannabis for medicinal purposes dates back to 400 A.D., but it has largely been banned in the U.S. in the last 100 years. However, in 1996, California was the first state to allow legal use of marijuana for medicinal purposes under the supervision of a physician with the enactment of the Compassionate Use Act. Cannabis has been used to treat diseases such as cancer and glaucoma. Over the last 20 years, the number of conditions that qualify for treatment using medical marijuana has expanded substantially. A recent APPG report on drug policy reform in the U.K. detailed the following conditions where medical marijuana could be used as treatment.
Glaucoma Muscle Spasms Treatment of Pain: -Neuropathic pain, -Post-Surgical Pain, -Advanced Cancer Pain Brain-Related Conditions: -Stroke -Epilepsy -Dementia -Brain Injury -Multiple Sclerosis Mental Health Disorders: -Anxiety -Depression -Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder -Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Gastrointestinal Disorders: -Crohn’s Disease -Ulcerative Colitis -Irritable Bowel Syndrome Nausea/Vomiting from chemotherapy Appetite Stimulation If you think about how many friends you have on Facebook, how many connections you have on LinkedIn, how many followers you have on Instagram; how many of those people suffer from one (or more) of the conditions listed above? My guess is a lot. So, the potential market here is vast. Several of the conditions above affect a small number of people, but several affect a very large number of people. Anxiety disorders, for example, affect over 40 million Americans every year, about 18% of the population. If medical marijuana can be used to effectively treat these disorders, the demand for product would be massive, and that’s just one condition. The Pharmaceutical Medical market deserves special consideration given that prescription-grade marijuana could be an alternative to opioids. Illinois and New York have already passed laws allowing doctors to prescribe medical marijuana instead of an opioid. The problem right now is that there is a lack of research and insurance coverage to make this a broad-based trend. However, I think as legalization becomes more widely adopted, these hurdles begin to fall. I had a pediatric oncologist tell me that even though several patients told him using marijuana helped their symptoms (pain management, nausea, appetite loss), he was not allowed to prescribe it due to current North Carolina law.
The endorsement of the medical community and the subsequent backing from insurance companies would be a huge catalyst for the expansion of the Pharmaceutical Medical sector in the legal marijuana industry. Further, Europe has the largest subsidized health care system in the world, and it is projected to be the largest medical marijuana market in the future. Given the number of identified illnesses and disorders medical marijuana could be used to treat, this investment sector has the opportunity to pass the recreational sector in terms of size. Stay tuned next month for Part 2 – Nutraceutical and Industrial Hemp! Disclosure: AdaptFirst Investments LLC (AFI) is providing this information for educational purposes only and does not intend to make an offer or solicitation for the sale or purchase of any specific securities, investments, or investment strategies. Investments involve risk and unless otherwise stated, are not guaranteed. Commentary of any kind in this article is based on AFI’s opinion and analysis, and not representative of future performance of any security or market. AFI AND CONTENT SOURCES MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS AND DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER OR ABOUT THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS AND SUITABILITY OF THE INFORMATION FOR ANY PURPOSE. Use of the article information is at reader’s own risk. Personalized investment advice can only be rendered after engagement of AFI for services, execution of the required documentation, and receipt of required disclosures. Please contact AFI for further information. Information presented is not intended as tax or legal advice. Readers should consult legal or tax professionals for specific information regarding their individual situation. ! CHARLES FREEMAN is a Chartered Financial Analyst and President of AdaptFirst Investments in Greensboro, NC. With over 20 years in the investment industry, Charles helps clients find and invest proactively in potential future trends and attractive investment opportunities. Charles has been published or featured in Investor’s Business Daily, The Saturday Evening Post, WXII 12 News, HQ Greensboro, and more. To learn more, visit www.adaptfirst.com
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Forget Joe Biden or Bernie Sanders. Tony Kornheiser is the hippest septuagenarian on planet earth, and he’s even seen on Uranus (I’ll get to that joke in a moment). So how does this veteran sportswriter and co-host of ESPN’s PTI, stay so young and hip?
TK: I work with young people every day. I walk into an office where I am surrounded by people who are 20, 30, 40, and almost 50 years younger than I, and often I overhear what they say, and they treat me nicely in a grandfatherly way, and they laugh at the stupid things I say. And then if I say, “Tell me about this,” they’re willing to tell me about it, and that keeps you a little bit clear of that silo mentality. Later this month, Mr. Kornheiser will be in Winston-Salem for the National Sports Media Association’s annual gathering, where he will be inducted into the NSMA Hall of Fame. I spoke with Tony by phone last week, and among the topics we discussed were his early influences, and the success of PTI. JL: Who had an influence on the career path you chose? TK: I grew up on Long Island, so I read Stan Isaacs in NEWSDAY, I read Larry Merchant and others in The New York Post, I read Dick Young, and I read Jimmy Breslin and Pete Hamill. I used to say, “Why can’t I be Irish? Look at these guys! (laughs) They got the genes; they understand what it is.” In high school, I used to cut out columns by Breslin and Hamill and tape them up on my wall. I thought, “My God if I could do this if I could just be mentioned in the same sentences with those people.” They were my idols, and I wanted to be a sportswriter, and that’s all I wanted to be. True to his dream, Tony wrote about sports wherever and whenever he could, pulling stints at both his high school and college newspapers. In the early 1970s, he landed jobs with NEWSDAY and The New York Times, and in 1979 he was hired by The Washington Post. While writing for the Post, Tony launched his own radio show in D.C., which was syndicated by ESPN, and in 2001, the network paired Kornheiser with his longtime buddy Mike Wilbon on WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
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a new, daily television show called Pardon the Interruption (affectionately known as PTI). JL: For me, PTI is appointment television because it brings me up to speed on the world of sports, but, more importantly, I just love the chemistry between you guys. TK: Mike has said that PTI is sort of a daily digest of sports, and the brilliance of the show is if you keep it short, you keep your viewers. The reason Mike and I have great chemistry is we worked together for 20 years before we ever went on T.V. Newspaper sports writing is what we wanted to do, but PTI is so good because we actually still like each other, and think that the other one has something to say.
Mike: Tony, NASA just scrubbed its Pluto mission. Tony: Really? When are they going to scrub “YourAnus”? Sometimes, though, even the most accomplished wordsmiths get into hot water, like the time Tony was suspended by ESPN for joking about an on-air colleague’s wardrobe choice. JL: It seems like every week or so, a sports guy gets suspended, fired, or is made to apologize for something he said in jest. Have network executives, and society in general, lost their sense of humor?
Mike: Tony, Oprah says she once lived with John Tesh. Who’s the oddest person you ever dated? Tony: This is awkward...John Tesh.
TK: I would say that the cultural wheel turns, and you either adapt to it, or you die. One of the great casualties in the very current world is humor. Mel Brooks said, “Tragedy is when I fall down a manhole. Humor is when you fall down a manhole.” Humor has always been based on attacks on somebody, and in the world we live, those attacks are seen as much worse than they had ever been seen before. Some of the casualties of humor are in the day-to-day workplace, but you can still hang around with your friends and say terrible things. You just don’t say them out loud.
But Tony’s favorite running gag is to use the planet Uranus as a double entendre.
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And what they have to say ranges from serious to the absurd. My favorite part of the show is the open when Wilbon mentions an item in the news, and Kornheiser tosses back a quip. For example:
cerned that, with cutbacks in newspapers, today’s aspiring writers may not be able to have the kind of experiences you did? TK: People will always want to read good writing; it’s just a question of where that writing is going to appear. I have great fears for newspapers in the short term, but this stuff is probably cyclical. If there were no more newspapers, there’s still writing, but I think they’ll come back. JL: What about your future, and the future of PTI? Is there any reason why you can’t be doing the show when you’re 90? TK: Only if I’m drooling. Mike and I get the sense that as we get older and more hideous, and more curmudgeonly and more cantankerous, that young people actually like us. They think, “Wow, this is like watching my grandparents argue.” You can catch Tony the curmudgeon and other sports notables at the NSMA Awards Weekend, which runs from Saturday, June 22 through Monday, June 24. For tickets and more information, visit www. nationalsportsmedia.org. ! 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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uke Ellington is a little like J.S. Bach or Picasso or Shakespeare. He looms very largely over the sphere of creativity that he worked in. You could John Adamian say that he was the @johnradamian most significant jazz composer and you wouldn’t have a lot Contributor of people rushing up to quibble with you. You could also say he was the most significant composer of the 20th century and many would nod in agreement. Part of what makes Ellington such an imposing figure is that he lived for a fairly long time (1899-1974), and he was leading a big band and writing significant music for over a half-century. And that period happened to overlap with some dramatic changes in both recording technology and popular styles. Ellington worked during the eras of hot jazz, swing, be-bop, modal, hard bop, and what you might call the post-John Coltrane era. Ellington recorded sessions with Coltrane, and he did a trio album with Max Roach and Charles Mingus. Miles Davis once said that one day a year every musician should put their instrument down and thank Duke Ellington. When the Piedmont Triad Jazz Orchestra pays tribute to Duke Ellington on June 9 at the Carolina Theatre’s Crown in Greensboro, the big band will perform music from every decade that Ellington was actively composing — the ‘20s, ‘30s, ‘40s, ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s. There will be two performances of the program, Rockin’ in Rhythm, Celebrating the Music of Duke Ellington, with a 3 p.m. matinee and a 7 p.m show. This year marked the 120th-anniversary of Ellington’s birth, and there have been a string of commemorations and tributes in his honor. I spoke by phone with Chad Eby, the artistic director of the PTJO, about the genius of Ellington and this concert last week. This concert marks five years of concerts in the Triad for the PTJO, and Eby and his bandmates hope it’s a fitting tribute to the warm audience reception they’ve received in the area over that time. “Ellington has helped shape the parameters for so much of what I’ve done YES! WEEKLY
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in my writing and arranging,” said Eby, who lives in Greensboro and, in addition to performing, composing, arranging and recording, also teaches in the Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program at UNCG, directing the jazz ensemble there, teaching history and giving lessons. Setting aside Ellington’s compositions, he had astounding skills as an orchestrator. He paired instruments unexpectedly, used muted brass in surprising ways, and sometimes had instrumentalists play in counterintuitive registers for their particular horn. Ellington created dynamic and jarring contrasts, and he routinely made use of almost drone-like coloristic long sustains. He was a master of mood and atmosphere. The call-and-response interplay between different sections of the orchestra created a vibrant sense of motion, tension and depth in the music. And then there’s Ellington’s remarkable catalog of compositions. For every classic, like “Mood Indigo” or “Prelude to a Kiss” or “Come Sunday” or “Sophisticated Lady” or “Cottontail” or “Ko-Ko” or “Do Nothin’ Til You Hear From Me,” there are lesserknown gems like the mind-boggling “Echoes of Harlem,” or “Dancers in Love,” or entire long-form suites like “The River,” some of which didn’t even get released until after his death. Part of Ellington story is that he “played” his orchestra like it was an
instrument. And that’s certainly true — the Ellington orchestra at different times included some of the giants of jazz on each of their respective instruments: Jimmy Hamilton on clarinet, Johnny Hodges on alto sax, Ben Webster on tenor, Jimmy Blanton on bass, Harry Carney on baritone sax, Cootie Williams on trumpet, etc. Ellington was inspired by the artists in his band, sometimes taking a riff that he heard them play during a solo or a warmup, and developing those snippets out into masterpieces. And Ellington wrote compositions to showcase the individual players in his orchestra. (Ellington also famously collaborated with another genius of jazz composition and orchestration, Billy Strayhorn, the two fed off of each other.) “Obviously, Duke wrote all of those pieces for specific people, and obviously we are not those specific people,” Eby said. So, while no one is going to be trying to imitate Johnny Hodges, there will be pieces that showcase the individual soloists of the Piedmont Triad Jazz Orchestra in the same way that Ellington featured his band. Those solos and extended instrumental sections flow out of some highly inventive compositions, with melodies that take the logic of the blues, with its expressive bends and flatted thirds, fifths and
sevenths, and extend the possibilities into a highly chromatic, lush territory. The harmonies that Ellington wove through his compositions were equally warm, energetic and radiant. “With Duke, the melody always fed the harmonic sophistication underneath,” Eby said. “It rests in the right places; it pulls in the right places.” Planning for this concert started back in February, and the process involved sifting through classics and lesser-known works as well as pulling from some of the travel suites that Ellington was drawn more and more to in the last decades of his life. Eby said he expects that even Ellington buffs might be surprised by some of the deep cuts in this program. “I think there’s so much new to be heard in Duke’s music,” Eby said. “It’s not old music if you haven’t heard it before.” ! 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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Inaugural North Carolina Cigar Box Festival coming to Gibsonville YES! Weekly is proud to present the first annual North Carolina Cigar Box Festival on June 8 at Grove Winery & Vineyards in Gibsonville. The inaugural event will carry over into the following Katei Cranford day with a food truck rodeo and open jam hosted by organizers Contributor and weekend-long vendors on June 9. According to organizers, “the North Carolina Cigar Box Guitar Festival seeks to revive the interest in homemade guitars through the presentation of educational programs, forums, music and workshops.” “I saw other cigar box guitar festivals being held across the country, but nothing in the Carolinas,” said Greg Musgrove, president of the North Carolina Cigar Box Guitar Festival, and founder of the event. “I posed the idea to the Facebook and guitar groups,” he explained, and after thousands of encouraging responses, Musgrove pressed forward. The festival has officially been in the works since November 2018, with the organizational board consisting of friends in the Piedmont Blues Society circle who have an interest in celebrating and acquainting folks with the “iconic American art form” of the cigar box guitar. “Part of my goal is to just educate people as to how much fun they are,” Musgrove said. “And then, of course, there’s the history—basically they were the poor man’s guitar of the mid to late 1800s.” Max Llyod, owner of the Grove, (and festival board member) is excited to play host to the festival, which he considers, a “resource and celebration of this cool instrument.” According to organizers, “the purpose of the North Carolina Cigar Box Guitar Festival is the revival of interest in handmade stringed instruments, leading to historical education that explores the roots of American music.” Scheduled performers primarily wield cigar box guitars on-stage, though the genres will run from stoner rock to standard blues and all the smokey wonders in between. Some artists will even play through instruments they’ve crafted themselves. “I use the first cigar box guitar I built for my shows,” said Dar Stellabotta, an “indie rock one-woman band from Southern WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
Maryland,” who is scheduled for an afternoon set. Stellabotta recently released her first record on translucent green vinyl and will have a vendor table featuring her own handmade cigar box guitars. “I’ve built 51 so far,” she added. The performance schedule is split-up, with the early hours of the festival being free. “The winery needs to be open to the public for wine tasting,” Musgrove explained, “and I wanted to give as many people the opportunity to see performers and visit the vendors.” Joining Stellabotta in the afternoon portion of the festival is Travis Bowlin, Chris Green, Skye Paige, and One Hand Dan’s Damn Band. At 6 p.m., the ticketedportion of the event begins, with BlindDog Gatewood, Cash O’Riley, and Ben Prestage headlining. “With all the amazing talent lined up for this, it promises to be one not to be missed,” says anticipated attendee, Benjamin Grant in the Facebook event page, “I’m counting down the days like a kid waiting for Christmas.” Both electric and acoustic varieties of cigar box guitars will be showcased. “Electric is a must if playing at a large event,” Musgrove noted, “acoustic is for playing on the back porch.” Organizers have wrangled 23 vendors (and nine cigar box guitar makers) to sling all sorts of crafts and wares. “I’ve always enjoyed music and making things,” said Anthony Walker from Southpaw Cigarbox Guitars, a vendor of both instruments and parts who’ll be making his first trip to Greensboro for the festival. “All are limited production runs,” he added to signify his craft, “I sign and number each guitar I sell.”
Vendors will help carry the celebrations into the next day with an open jam and food truck rodeo. The “food truck rodeo on the second Sunday of each month happens anyway,” Musgrove said of the regular event where he first became acquainted with the venue.
“Max does his thing with the trucks,” he added, “so we figured it’d be an opportunity for folks to hang out and stay around for another day.” The open jam is free along with the rodeo and welcomes anyone with a guitar. For Musgrove, it’ll be “a time to learn from each other and vendors.” In addition to the open jam, the NC Food Truck Rodeo will host cooking demos in “Marcus’ Pampered Kitchen” tent. But the main event is all about the music. “Many different styles will be represented,” Musgrove said. “Most are making their living playing cigar box guitars. The festival is all about showing the public, on a whole, this wonderful instrument and how it can be played.” The North Carolina Cigar Box Guitar Festival is on June 8, with an open jam following on June 9 at Grove Winery & Vineyards. ! KATEI CRANFORD Is a Triad music nerd who hosts the Tuesday Tour Report, a radio show that runs like a mixtape of bands touring NC the following week, 5:307pm on WUAG 103.1fm.
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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING FOR PROPOSED INTERCHANGE IMPROVEMENTS TO JOSEPH BRYAN BOULEVARD AT NEW GARDEN ROAD AND HORSE PEN CREEK ROAD IN GUILFORD COUNTY
STIP PROJECT NO. U-6008 The N.C. Department of Transportation and the City of Greensboro will hold a public meeting regarding proposed interchange improvements to Joseph Bryan Boulevard (S.R. 2085) at New Garden Road and Horse Pen Creek Road in Greensboro. The primary purpose of this project is to improve traffic operations and safety in the project area. The meeting will be held Thursday, June 6 from 4-7 p.m. in the St. Paul Apostle Catholic Church fellowship hall located at 2715 Horse Pen Creek Road in Greensboro. 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 June 28. As information becomes available, it may be viewed at the U-6008 project website: https://publicinput.com/bryan_boulevard. For additional information please contact consultant Project Manager Bobby Norburn, E.I., at (919) 858-1869 or bnorburn@CALYXengineers.com or P.O. Box 33127, Raleigh, N.C., 27636.
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THE RAMKAT 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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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING FOR PROPOSED SURRETT DRIVE WIDENING IN RANDOLPH AND GUILFORD COUNTIES
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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. Persons who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.
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My sister dates super hot guys, but she’s always telling me that looks aren’t what matter and I should go for a man who’s stable and reliable. Is she looking out for me? How come she doesn’t follow her own advice? It seems weirdly hypocritical. — Puzzled
Charmingly, the men your sister picks for herself look like they could work in strip clubs, while men she picks for you look like accountants who’ve invested strip malls. Welcome to “the Juliet effect,” as named by evolutionary scientists Robert Biegler and Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair. In Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” Juliet’s mom — let’s call her Mrs. Capulet — was working her own agenda in giving her daughter advice on who to marry. Mrs. Capulet was pushing her daughter to go construction8.pdf 1 2/24/2019 01:34:58 for Count Paris, a boringly stable rich guy
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from a good family. Juliet, of course, only had eyes for Romeo, the off-limits hottie, whose family was basically the feuding Italian Hatfields to the Capulet’s McCoys. It turns out that Shakespeare was something of an intuitive evolutionary psychologist. Parents do want the best for you — uh, that is, except when what’s best for you diverges with what’s best for them. The same goes for your siblings. These fun intra-family conflicts are called “parent-offspring competition” and “sibling competition” by evolutionary psychologists. Biegler and Kennair researched the way these evolved conflicts play out over “transferrable” versus “non-transferrable” qualities in a woman’s partner. Transferrable qualities are those that could directly benefit the children of a woman’s mother
or sister — for example, a man’s ability to provide food, shelter, and/or “protection against predators or enemies.” (High status, too, would be transferable, because of the power and perks that come with.) Non-transferrable qualities, on the other hand, are those — like hottiehood — that suggest a man has good genes, which would directly benefit only his female partner’s own children. Accordingly, Biegler and Kennair found that moms and sisters wanted hunks for themselves but would steer their daughter or sibling to the stable guy with resources. Granted, this probably isn’t a conscious move on their part — all “gotta make her believe the rich troll is her soulmate.” However, you should be conscious when seeking advice from your family members about a guy that there could be
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