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REEL SEAFOOD GRILL provides an exceptionally wide variety of seafood, prepared in a reasonably restrained style that allows natural flavors to stand in the forefront. Ownership transitioned about a year ago to Reel veterans Todd Benton and Steve Stern, both present for a long time on the local restaurant scene.

10 The Carolina Theatre of Greensboro is proud to sponsor their third annual “THIS COMMUNITY SINGS” free sing-a-long (non-ticketed) event on March 8 from 3-5 p.m. Participants of all levels are encouraged to arrive by 2 p.m. for the rehearsal.

12 March Madness takes on a whole new meaning this year, as the 22ND ANNUAL RIVERRUN International Film Festival opens March 26, unleashing 173 films – 77 features and 96 shorts – from 42 different countries to screening venues...

14 Well-made but ultimately unsatisfying, DISAPPEARANCE AT CLIFTON HILL (originally titled simply Clifton Hill) has all the earmarks of a murder/mystery and psychological thriller but is unable to bring the elements together in a compelling manner.

The potential is there, the pay-off is not.

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I owe everything to the FIRST TWO WOMEN I ever met. The first was Dr. Mary Griffith. In the 1950s, Dr. Griffith supervised medical students at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem and was one of the first women to be named to the medical school faculty.

26 Spring winds blow, flowers bloom, and FLAT CLOUD rolls Mar. 20 to the Flat Iron with Youth League, Limn, and Toothsome. “Flat Cloud is just really into DIY oriented stuff and video game music,” they explained as a nebulous entity.

28 Sometimes you wonder if the music of the moment is a specific reaction to the spirit of the times, the psychic atmosphere, current events, or the general vibe.

Listening to LAVEDA, a new band from Albany, New York, I was curious if the overall cocoon-like sonic feel was in any way a response to the agitated metabolism of the first part of the 21st century. If there is something along the lines of a shoegaze revival underway right now, harkening back to post-punk bands of the late-’80s and ‘90s, why is it happening now?

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WHAT: One of the best-selling rock bands of the 21st century, two-time Grammy Award-nominated, multiplatinum Wisconsin quartet Skillet—John Cooper [lead vocals/bass], Korey Cooper [guitar/keys], Jen Ledger [drums/vocals], and Seth Morrison [lead guitar]—come to Greensboro. An undying spirit humbly asserted and affirmed the band as one of this generation’s most successful rock acts.

WHEN: 7 p.m.

WHERE: Piedmont Hall.

1921 West Gate City Boulevard, Greensboro.

MORE: $25-28 tickets.

WHAT: Furry friends are taking over the March 6th Fireside Friday! Pups & Pints is a free event where pups and their owners can enjoy the farm. All pups will get a free antler chew. Drop by anytime between 5-8pm for live music, a food truck, pints galore and smores. Pups must be on a leash at all times.

WHEN: 5-8 p.m.

WHERE: Summerfield Farms.

3203 Pleasant Ridge Rd, Summerfield.

MORE: Free entry.

WHAT: Join us in downtown Greensboro for February’s First Friday! Explore new art exhibits, listen to live music, shop with local retailers and dine on delicious food as we celebrate all our amazing city has to offer!

6-9pm on Friday, March 6th.

WHEN: 6-9 p.m.

WHERE: Downtown Greensboro.

MORE: Free event.

Learn more at firstfridaygreensboro.org.

WHAT: Ghostland Observatory’s entire approach to music is essentially a melding of the two distinctly different personalities of its two members. The result is a shimmering, pulsing pop music that is at once kinetically alive with Behrens’ striking vocals and driving guitar work but also anchored firmly

by Turner’s percussive beats and Mooggenerated melodies and hooks.

WHEN: 8 p.m.

WHERE: The Blind Tiger.

1819 Spring Garden St, Greensboro.

MORE: $27.50 tickets.

WHAT: Greensboro/Triad this one is going to be EPIC! This isn’t a wine and cheese paint party! Get up and get moving with your favorite Trap classics & new music.

Check out our playlist to keep the party going. Limited artistic ability? No problem.

We’ve got you covered! Come out and join in a cultural experience and don’t worry about painting within the lines. Just have a good time with it!

WHEN: 5-7 p.m.

WHERE: Khalif Event Center.

2000 East Wendover Avenue, Greensboro.

MORE: $35 tickets. Ages 21+ only.

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McDowell got favorable accolades from the judges with the comment: “Wow. Really compelling story, well researched and strongly written. The best in a very competitive category.”

Promotions manager/photographer Natalie Garcia, and YES! Weekly’s editorin-chief Katie Murawski both won first place for YES! Weekly’s Use of Social Media for what the judges called, “Good cohesive social media strategy, looks like fun.” Last but not least, YES! Weekly’s publisher, Charles Womack, was awarded third place in General Excellence in the Online/Website category.

“This is so very exciting,” Womack said.

“I can not express the pride and satisfaction I feel toward the amazing people who work so hard to put out such a quality publication in the Triad. I’ve always known we were putting out excellence in the community, but being recognized by our peers at the North Carolina Press Association just brings it all home. Thanks so much to everyone!” !

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Investigative Reporting, Social Media, Advertising Design and General Excellence Online, were among the six awards presented to the staff of YES! Weekly at the North Carolina Press Association’s 2019 editorial and advertising contests, held in Raleigh this past weekend.

Designer Alex Farmer took home two first-place awards— for Use of Color in the ad design for Elektra Salon in High Point and Best Advertising Campaign for Winston Hemp Co. Judges of the Use of Color submission commented, “love the marble background. It really brings the ad to life.”

Judges of the Advertising Campaign category remarked that the design for the Winston Hemp Co. ad was a “nice, clean design,” with “enough information and still a good balance of space.” Farmer also won second place in Use of Color for her “very eye-catching” ad design for The Treasure Club in Greensboro.

Ian McDowell won first place in the investigating reporting category for his coverage of the death of Marcus Deon Smith.

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eel Seafood Grill provides an exceptionally wide variety of seafood, prepared in a reasonably restrained style that allows natural flavors to stand in the forefront. Ownership transitioned about a year ago to Reel veterans Todd Benton and Steve Stern, both present for a long time on the local restaurant scene.

Not much has changed since they took full control. Not much needed changing. But a few minor alterations in style have made dining here more convenient.

Reservations started to be accepted a few years ago. Because everything is fresh, a printed menu insert (instead of the former chalkboard) provides the day’s additions to the set menu, so you don’t have to get out of your seat in order to make an informed choice.

The look is casual. Large, model fishing reels hang from the ceiling, reinforcing the restaurant’s theme. A long bar provides full meal service, especially convenient for single diners, in addition to conventional (unclothed) tables and chairs. Patio seating is attractive in appropriate weather.

The wine list merits particular commendation for variety, quality, and reasonable pricing. Myriad artisan beers and polished mixed drinks round out adult beverage services.

My favorite starter is not on the menu, at least not as an appetizer. Look under

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Shrimp and order a small portion, fried.

This kitchen uses an unusually light cornmeal, flour, and Old Bay coating, delightfully crisp, the shrimp themselves tender, never overcooked. Larger portions, of course, make for a fine main course.

Calamari is similarly special. That light crust is fried to the crispest texture I have encountered, but the small rings and baby squid remain relatively tender (for squid).

A smooth marinara sauce lends tomato flavor.

On one recent chilly night, Seafood Chowder was especially welcome. Clams, shrimp, potatoes, and fish pieces swim in a thick cream base, accented with onion, decorated with purple microgreens.

The menu lists Mussels from Prince Edward Island, but on the night we ordered them, larger ones from Maine had been substituted, illustrating this kitchen’s daily devotion to freshness. Plump, tender, and flavorful, they benefitted from a broth of white wine, cream, and garlic, two toasted baguette halves on the side.

Another menu specific starter is Smoked Trout. My wife and I both liked the platter presentation, the mild smoky flavor of the fish accented with capers, pickled red onions, dill mayonnaise, and chipotle aioli.

In any seafood specialty restaurant, oysters must play a central role. Here, a chalkboard behind the bar lists the day’s fresh selections, available raw, steamed, baked, or char-grilled. A Fried Oyster Salad

is an inviting, light meal alternative. Crisp exteriors give way to plump, moist interiors, their flavor extended by tart tartar sauce. A bed of mixed leaf lettuces hosts.

If you are serious about oysters, a full fried oyster dinner entrée is also offered.

Seafood Tacos are another light entrée.

You can choose shrimp, oysters, or fish, enhanced with cilantro-lime crema, a flour tortilla also enclosing shredded cabbage, pickled red onions, and pico de gallo. The quality of these ingredients supersedes what I have found elsewhere for similar dishes.

The Sesame Flounder entrée is a perennial staple in my diet. A light coating of crushed wheat crackers and sesame seeds

Filet Mignon

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Snapper forms a crust for the fish, dredged in egg wash, then sautéed crisp in sesame oil.

Halibut is grilled and presented over fresh spinach, surrounded by pureed corn, all flanked by roasted tomatoes. Diced mushrooms on top of the fish tilt the flavor profile toward a pinot noir pairing.

Monk Fish is a scary-looking beast, its big mouth lined with rows of spiky teeth.

I’ve seen large heads displayed at Pike’s Place Market in Seattle, with a string concealed under its jaws. A guy jerks the string when onlookers get close, producing requisite jumps and squeals. Remove the ugly, unnerving head, however, and you get a mild white flesh, the texture, and flavor akin to lobster. Reel places cut

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pieces in Dijonnaise sauce with lump crab meat and tomatoes.

Roasted Whole Snapper is a visual as well as a taste treat. Lemon slices, fresh thyme, and rosemary are inserted into the cavity. The skin is scored and scattered with olive oil and capers. Although working around the bones is a bit of a job, the resulting flavor is worth the effort.

A burger and a Certified Angus filet are provided for meat-eaters. My wife ordered Surf and Turf one night. You can select a crab cake, shrimp, or snow crab legs for the surf pairing. She chose a crab cake (also available as an entrée)- loaded with lump meat with concomitant flavor within that characteristic light, crisp crust. The

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Halibut

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filet arrived cooked just as she ordered it, a function to some extent of an alert and observant server, who ensured the kitchen got it right. Solid beef flavor emerged from tender texture, appropriate for the cut.

A few entrées come with pre-selected vegetables, but in most cases, you choose from a sides list. The house salad is brightly colored, a function of mixed leaf lettuces, Bermuda onions, and shaved carrots. Hushpuppies are crisp and oniony.

Brussels sprouts and collards are fresh, an assertive accompaniment for more robust main ingredients. Potatoes are sliced into wedges and baked. Slaw is cut, fresh, in-house.

Although I did not have dessert on any of these most recent visits, past experience mandates a special recommendation for Key Lime Pie. You won’t go wrong with any of the other desserts, either.

Reel remains a personal favorite, a status it has occupied since opening about seven years ago in this location, reincarnating the old Bert’s off Friendly Avenue. !

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Most recent visit: Feb. 22

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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Reel Seafood Grill, located at 2002 New Garden Rd. in Greensboro, (336) 617-4200, reelseafoodgrill.com Hours: 5-9 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday, 5-9:30 p.m.

Friday & Saturday, 5-9 p.m. Sunday Appetizers: $6-$16 Salads: $13-$19 Soups: $4/cup-$7/bowl Sandwiches and Burgers: $10-$16 Entrées: $19-$35 Desserts: $7

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he Carolina Theatre of Greensboro is proud to sponsor their third annual “This CommUnity Sings” free sing-along (non-ticketed) event on March 8 Terry Rader from 3-5 p.m. Participants of all levels are encouraged to arrive Contributor by 2 p.m. for the rehearsal. Crumley Roberts, the event’s sponsor, has made a huge difference this year in helping to increase additional resources to reach out to more communities so that everyone is invited to join in on the fun.

Carolina Theatre of Greensboro’s Director of Marketing and PR, Meagan Kopp, said this year’s two warm-up songs are Los Del Rio’s Macarena and Toto’s Africa.

She said before learning the sing-a-long tunes, a small ensemble of the Triad Pride Performing Arts Counterpoint Ensemble, Greensboro Tarheel Barbershop Chorus, and Cesar Oviedo Latin Combo (accompanied by vocalist Nishah Dimeo) would be on stage warming up the theatre.

Kopp said that their committee eventplanning co-chair and local performing artist, Jessica Mashburn has served on the board for six years, had been a huge part of planning all three years of This CommUnity Sings. Mashburn said they hope to have 1,000 voices singing this year after 600 last year and 500 the first year. The singa-long songs will include Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah, Aretha Franklin’s Respect, and Bill Withers’ Lean on Me. “This CommUnity Sings” is led by musi-

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Photo from last year’s “This CommUnity Sings” event cal director Wesley McCleary-Small, who teaches choral arts at Rockingham High School and plays for the Bel Canto Company. He received his bachelor’s degree in music education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Mashburn said accompanist Christy Wisuthseriwong would play piano in the rehearsal portion of the show. Wisuthseriwong is an active pianist and collaborator in the Triad, as well as a faculty member of The Music Academy of North Carolina, and she plays for the Bel Canto Company, The Women’s Choir of Greensboro and is a staff accompanist at Elon University.

Mashburn said that while she provides her keyboard, she doesn’t play at these gatherings and that after the planning work is finished, she likes to sing along with everyone in the audience. She said that they actually started working on this year’s

event just after they finished the last one.

“We are living in very diverse times, and the whole idea want to nurture is unity,” Mashburn said. “Music is a great binder and a great way to bring everyone together. All of our differences can sound beautiful together. Our wish is that it spreads to other communities. It is open to the whole Triad. Last year, people even drove from Charlotte. Everyone is welcome.”

Mashburn said she gives credit to her fellow committee chair, Ogi Overman, for the original idea. Overman had come to her about how he had been inspired by the Canadian musical group, Choir!Choir!Choir!, and suggested a sing-a-long in Greensboro.

Mashburn, who was on the board of The Carolina Theatre at the time, ran it by the executive director Brian Gray, who loved her idea to tie it into their 90th anniversary, as it paralleled to the theatre’s mission.

“I love looking out into the crowd and seeing a snapshot of not only Greensboro but the mosaic of America,” Overman said.

“You see the faces of young and old, black and brown and white, male and female, rich and poor. You see the smiles on their faces and realize it is this diversity that is actually what makes America great.”

Mashburn said that choosing the songs are one of the hardest things the T.C.S. committee (composed of eight to 10 people) has to do each year. She said they strive to find a balance in cross-generational songs with cultural significance and are known to multiple demographics.

Mashburn said the committee had also learned that on top of there being over 125

different languages spoken in Greensboro, that if a song is in a specific genre, a lot of people won’t know it, so it is a hard balance to find. She said it is always fun when a lot of people know the songs like they did last year with “Y.M.C.A.” For first-timers, Mashburn said to think of it as a big sing-a-long. There’s no pressure or spotlight on anyone, and no one has to get on stage. Everyone just stands up in the audience and sings together as one voice. She said the words would be projected on a big screen, plus there are songbooks for those who prefer them.

“It’s hard to explain what it feels like to join hundreds of voices in singing these songs that we know so well and love so much,” Kopp said. “There’s a vibration that goes through the theatre, and you know you’re part of something special…

Let’s celebrate a little shared joy with our neighbors.” !

TERRY RADER is a freelance writer/editorial/content/ copy, creative consultant/branding strategist, communications outreach messenger, poet and emerging singer/ songwriter.

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“This CommUnity Sings!” on March 8 at the Carolina Theatre, located at 310 S. Greene St. Doors open to the public at 2 p.m., and guests are asked to arrive early, especially those with groups if they want to sit together. (These groups are asked to meet in the lobby before going into the theatre together.)

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Angelina Ballerina The Musical

Georgia On My Mind

Celebrating the Music of Ray Charles THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 2020 – 7:30 PM

Featuring Grammy & Emmy Award Winners Clint Holmes, Take 6, Nnenna Freelon and Kirk Whalum

Sons of Mystro

FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2020 8:00 PM

Brothers Malcolm, 23, and Umoja, 20, Brother use their violins to creatively interpret reggae classics, American pop songs, and their own creations. Winners of the Emerging Artist Under 21 Years Old award at the International Reggae and World Music Awards, the brothers have been mentored by classically trained violinists Kevin Sylvester & Wilner Baptiste of Black Violin.

An engaging family-friendly performance, ANGELINA BALLERINA THE MUSICAL, presented

by Vital Theatre Company, breathes new life into the classic Angelina Ballerina storybooks created

by Katharine Holabird. Similar to its source material, dream-chasing mousling, Angelina, works hard to reach her goals by overcoming obstacles along the way.

RESCHEDULED: SATURDAY, JUNE 27 - 8 PM

Croce Plays Croce

A.J. Croce, son of legendary singer-songwriter Jim Croce, presents an exciting entertainment experience as he performs a set of classics by his father, some of his own tunes, and songs that influenced them both. Audiences can expect to hear such timeless favorites as You Don’t Mess Around with Jim, Workin’ at the Car Wash Blues, and Operator, to name a few.

2019-20 Season

An Evening with Bollywood Boulevard March 31, 2020 Jump, Jive & Wail featuring The Jive Aces April 4, 2020

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TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2020 6:30 PM

An Evening with Jen Kober May 1, 2020 Raleigh Ringers May 3, 2020

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RiverRun 2020: In focus and coming our way March Madness takes on a whole new meaning this year, as the 22nd annual RiverRun International Film Festival opens March 26, unleashing 173 films – 77 features and 96 shorts – from Mark Burger 42 different countries to screening venues in Winston-Salem Contributor and Greensboro. If the NCAA tournament wasn’t enough, RiverRun’s adding its trademark brand of big-screen muscle to March.

2020 is a leap year, but in this case, the festival has taken a leap backward, chronologically speaking. This will be the earliest RiverRun festival since 2006, when it was held March 16-19 and was only a four-day event.

Last Friday, the Reynolds Place Theatre in downtown Winston-Salem hosted the festival’s launch party, which was sponsored by Parkway Lincoln and featured a special screening of a 15-minute highlight reel. “It’s a little bit like Christmas,” observed Diana Greene, chair of the RiverRun board of directors. “We get to see what’s coming and the package it comes in.”

Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines, who’s held that office longer than RiverRun has called Winston-Salem home and has long been a proponent, called the annual event “a great, exciting time in our city,” citing how it creates a dialogue and brings the community together over its shared love of cinema.

Rob Davis, executive director of the festival, offered “a huge welcome to all of you who are here with us tonight,” and boasted that of the many film festi-

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Blithe Spirit directed by Myla O’Brien March 6-8, Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m., Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

James Fitzpatrick Auditorium, 512 W. Mountain St., Kernersville According to the website, “Blithe Spirit introduces us to fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, re-married but haunted by the ghost of his late first wife, the clever and insistent Elvira who is called up by a visiting ‘happy medium,’ one Madame Arcati. As the personalities clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed, joins Elvira, and the two ‘blithe spirits’ haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity. Until death do us part, or so we thought…”

He Dreams Of Giants vals he’s been a part of throughout his lifetime, RiverRun 2020 has “the best film line-up I’ve ever had the privilege to be a part of.”

Davis added that this festival received over 2,100 submissions, which is a new record for RiverRun. RiverRun 2020 kicks off with a pair of opening-night films: Military Waves, a comedy/drama directed by Peter Cattaneo (The Full Monty) starring Kristin Scott Thomas and Sharon Horgan, which will be screened at Hanesbrands Theatre.

The other film is the documentary feature He Dreams of Giants, a follow-up to co-directors Keith Fulton and Lou Pepe’s award-winning 2002 documentary Lost in La Mancha, which explored Terry Gilliam’s frustrating, oft-thwarted attempts to mount his magnum opus, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, which Gilliam finally made in 2018. He Dreams of Giants will be screened at Reynolds Place Theatre.

The festival runs through April 5, with the closing film being the equestrian comedy Dream Horse, which stars Toni

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Collette, Damian Lewis, Sian Phillips, and one-time Doctor Who Peter Davison, which will be screened in the Main Theatre at the ACE Exhibition Complex on the UNCSA campus.

Throughout the 11-day event, there will be a wide variety of film screenings (features, shorts, documentaries, animation), both in and out of competition, as well as panel discussions, seminars and parties.

Last year, Richard Benjamin and Paula Prentiss became the first husband-andwife duo to receive the festival’s Master of Cinema award. This year, RiverRun doubles-down – literally – with a pair of husband-and-wife duos: Oscar-winning filmmaker Tony Bill and producer partner Helen Barlett, and legendary makeup effects maestros Thomas R. Burman and Mari Dreiband-Burman. (Each will get their own award, incidentally.)

Indeed, it’s a banner year for Master of Cinema selections, as actress Gigi Perreau and Grover Crisp, the vice-president of Asset Management, Film Restoration & Digital Mastering at Sony Pictures Home Entertainment, will also be feted.

There will also be a four-film showcase highlighting the screen work of legendary writer/producer Rod Serling, with his daughter Anne scheduled to attend.

In 2018, MovieMaker magazine named RiverRun as one of the “Top 50 Film Festivals Worldwide Worth the Entry Fee,” and last year, USA Today named it one of the “10 amazing film festivals worth traveling for.”

For a complete list of screenings and events, visit the official RiverRun International Film Festival website: www. riverrunfilm.com. !

See MARK BURGER’s reviews of current movies on Burgervideo.com. © 2020, Mark Burger.

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The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer March 20-22, 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday Hanesbrands Theatre, 209 N. Spruce St., Winston-Salem According to the website, The Normal Heart is set in the early 1980s as “hot-tempered activist Ned Weeks joins forces with researcher Dr. Emma Brookner to raise desperately needed funding and awareness for a horrifying – and as-yet-unidentified – disease that’s killing off a very specific group of people: gay men in New York City.”

This play is part of The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem’s Spotlight Series and recommended for ages 18 and up, as it contains intense adult themes and strong language.

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ell-made but ultimately unsatisfying, Disappearance at Clifton Hill (originally titled simply Clifton Hill) has all the earmarks of a murder/mystery and psychological thriller but is unable to bring the elements together in a compelling manner. The potential is there, the

pay-off is not.

Set in the titular region of Niagara Falls, the story focuses on Abby (Tuppence Middleton), the proverbial prodigal child come home to finalize her late mother’s financial affairs. It’s a strained reunion with sister Laure (Hannah Gross), for reasons that go beyond grief but aren’t divulged until much later.

Years before, on a family outing, young Abby thought she saw a boy being kid-

napped. Haunted by the memory, she’s determined to get to the bottom of the mystery, be it genuine or not. In a film such as this, however, the viewer can rest assured that something truly is amiss in Clifton Hill, and has been for quite some time.

Abby takes up resident in the Rainbow Inn motel, which her mother recently sold to local big-wig Charlie Lake (Eric John-

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son), the scion of the region’s wealthiest family. The run-down, but still functioning, tourist trap becomes Abby’s de facto headquarters as she plays amateur sleuth, delving into the town’s past and sifting through its secrets.

All of this sounds tantalizing, and there’s the long-simmering expectation, and later hope, that things are bound to accelerate at some point. Yet they never really do.

Disappearance at Clifton Hill is fraught with interest, and interesting ideas, but plays out in a perfunctory fashion. Sad to say, it misses the mark.

Albert Shin’s assured direction is better than his and James Schultz’s screenplay because the characters aren’t particularly well developed. The capable Middleton isn’t so much assertive as abrasive and displays none of the vulnerability or obsessiveness that would make Abby empathetic. The other actors provide a collective study in glumness throughout.

There is, however, one exception. David Cronenberg, the esteemed director of such classics – cult and otherwise – as The Brood (1979), Naked Lunch (1991), and a personal favorite, The Dead Zone (1983), provides a bit of levity and life as Clifton Hill’s resident conspiracy theorist and podcaster, who becomes an invaluable ally for Abby, to say nothing of a reliable source of plot exposition. When first glimpsed, Cronenberg is emerging from the river in a scuba outfit. It’s a delightful scene, in a movie that could have used more of them.

Thanks to cinematographer Catherine Lutes and composers Alex Sowinski and Leland Whitty, Disappearance at Clifton Hill looks and sounds great. It’s just a shame that other elements don’t measure up to those contributions. !

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s I noted in last year’s Wonder Women of the Triad edition, I owe everything to the first two women I ever met. The first was Dr. Mary Griffith. In the 1950s, Dr. Griffith supervised medical students at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem and was one of the first women to be named to the medical school Jim Longworth faculty. She also brought me into the world, with help of course, from the very next Wonder Woman I was Longworth introduced to, my mom, Charlotte. at Large Of those two women, the former spanked me once, and the latter spanked me as needed. Born Martha Charlotte Lee Arnold, mom graduated Gray High School in 1941, where she was a stand-out basketball player and had a flair for creative writing. After marrying my dad, mom was a tireless volunteer for the cancer society and a long-time Sunday school teacher. Since meeting Mary and Mom in March of 1954, I have crossed paths with thousands of Wonder Women, many of whom I interviewed on my Triad Today television program. Here are just a few of those remarkable women that I met over the past year.

Kathy Manning, Rhonda Foxx and Laura Pichardo comprised an elite group of Wonder Women who threw their hats into the ring to run for Congress in the newly formed 6th district. Foxx, a Democrat, and Pichardo, a Republican, were underdogs in their respective primaries, yet they had the conviction of their beliefs and the courage to subject themselves to scrutiny, just for the opportunity to go to Washington and fight for the folks back home. Foxx, a former Congressional Chief of Staff, is passionate about reforming the criminal justice system and making it work equally for everyone. Pichardo, an accounts analyst and the daughter of Mexican immigrants, wants to reduce the federal deficit, and move the nation toward renewable energy. Unlike political newcomers Foxx and Pichardo, Manning has been to the Congressional rodeo once before when she tried to unseat Ted Budd two years ago. This

time around, Kathy began her 2020 campaign as the odds-on-favorite to win the Democratic nomination. Yes, she had the money to buy lots of T.V. ads, but over the past 30 years, she has mainly spent her time and money in helping to bring jobs to the area and create school readiness programs for disadvantaged kids. Most recently, she spearheaded the effort to build the new Tanger Center for the Performing Arts. If elected to Congress, Kathy will fight for all Americans to have access to health care, and the ability to buy prescription medicines without going broke in the process. Regardless of their political ambitions, the future is bright for Foxx, Manning and Pichardo, and we are all better off for having them make their mark here in the Triad.

Sharon Joyner-Payne is Vice President of Corporate Communications for Inmar, and a tireless advocate for encouraging girls and young women to learn about and pursue a career in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math. As a STEM mentor, Sharon is involved with Inmar’s all girl’s robotics team, oversees Inmar’s robotics summer camp for girls, and hosts an annual “Empowering Girls Day” in which area high school girls shadow women executives.

As president of the Winston-Salem based Action4Equity, Kellie Easton is an advocate for equal educational opportunities, especially for minorities and disadvantaged kids.

In order to advance her cause, Kellie and her team work to identify areas for improvement in the public school system then make recommendations that can facilitate those improvements. Kellie also monitors civil rights violations in local schools and academies.

As executive director of Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont, Lane Cook oversees programs and activities in a 40 county area, serving over 12,000 girls throughout Central and Western North Carolina, and enlisting the help of over 6,000 volunteers. At a time when the beleaguered Boy Scouts of America have tried to shore up their numbers and improve public relations by recruiting girls into their fold, Cook has been steadfast in reminding parents that their daughters are best served by the empowering leadership skills they obtain through a girl-centric environment.

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Salem Police Chief Catrina Thompson has worked with residents, businesses, and local agencies to improve public safety and strengthen relationships among and between various groups in the community. Before ascending to the top spot, Thompson served for 26 years in the department, including as assistant chief in charge of detectives and school resource officers. She now leads a department of 570 officers, 173 support staff, and oversees an annual budget of $ 75 million dollars.

For NFL fans outside of North Carolina, Kelly Proehl may be best known as the wife of Super Bowl champion receiver Ricky Proehl, but around the Triad, she is increasingly becoming known for her work with the P.O.W.E.R. of Play Foundation, which she co-founded with her husband.

Last summer, Kelly presided over the opening of Guilford County’s first all-inclusive playground, which will accommodate all kids, including those with physical and mental disabilities.

Finally, a shout out to my favorite Wonder Woman, Pam Cook, my wife of 16 years, who, as president of her own public relations firm, helps area nonprofits and others promote and advance their vital missions. I love and admire her dearly, even though she says that Dr. Griffith didn’t slap me hard enough 66 years ago. !

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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A rider on the New York City subway employed a novel way of protecting his personal space on Feb. 7, Fox News reported. The seated passenger removed Chuck Shepherd a bottle of ketchup from his bag and squirted a squiggly perimeter on the floor around his seat, apparently hoping to keep fellow straphangers away. Twitter erupted with funny comments after one user posted a photo: “Gotta protect yourself from the mustard demons they can’t cross the barrier” and “What brand of ketchup though?” New York City Transit got a taste of the problem and promised to clean it up right away.

THE LITIGIOUS SOCIETY

Lacie the Norwegian Forest cat is at the center of a heated two-year dispute in Brewerton, New York, that has now gone to state Supreme Court. Original owner Carol Money accuses adoptive owner Danette Romano of refusing to let Lacie

sleep in bed with her, a key provision that Money says was in the adoption agreement both parties signed in April 2018.

Syracuse.com reported that according to the lawsuit, Money regularly visited Lacie in her new home after the adoption and found the cat to be skittish and fearful, and became very upset after Romano’s husband allegedly admitted, “We don’t let Lacie sleep with us.” By Dec. 20, tensions had increased to the point that Romano complained to the Onondaga County Sheriff ’s office and had her lawyer send Money a letter ordering her to stop contacting Romano. Money’s lawsuit accuses Romano of breach of contract and lying about her intention to let Lacie sleep in her bed, and demands the return of the cat.

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT

In a report published on Feb. 18, the South Florida Sun Sentinel reveals school districts struggling to comply with the state’s requirement that every school have “a good guy with a gun” are challenged to find enough qualified applicants. Among recent hiccups: Near Orlando, a safe-school officer sent her husband a nude video she recorded in

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a school bathroom while on her lunch break. In Hillsborough County, a school guardian thought her gun was unloaded when she shot through a mirror as she practiced in front of it for her firearms certification. Another officer pawned his service weapon and ballistic vest; his supervisor discovered he was carrying a pellet gun in his holster. Bob Gualtieri, sheriff in Pinellas County, remarked: “The reality is there is no perfect in the world.”

THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

The Spanish Civil Guard raided an underground cigarette factory on Feb. 13 and 14 in the southern province of Malaga and found a facility with a complete production line capable of producing 3,500 cigarettes an hour as well as beds and living quarters for the workers, the Associated Press reported. Access to the plant, located 13 feet under a horse stable, was disguised by a cargo container. Twenty people, from the U.K., Ukraine and Lithuania, were arrested, said police, and more than 3 million cigarettes, some hashish and marijuana, as well as weapons, were seized.

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Vincent Putrino, captain of the crosscountry/track and field team at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York, and his teammates, craved Chickfil-A for lunch on Feb. 22, but the only location closer than an hour and a half away was at the Albany International Airport — beyond the security checkpoint.

So, reported News10, the 18 teammates pooled their money (about $5.50 each), bought a one-way ticket to Fort Lauderdale, Florida ($98, the cheapest they could find), and sent Putrino in to collect the bounty. Putrino purchased $227 worth of food, then left the airport and joined his teammates for their midday meal.

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An Oklahoma City homeowner hearing noises in his attic suspected squirrels might have gotten in, but when he went to inspect, he found instead ... a man, lying on a mattress. KOCO News reported on Feb. 28 the unnamed homeowner called 911 and reported a “stranger in my house. ... I have a gun on him right now.”

Police responding to the call told reporters “there was actually somebody that appeared to have taken up residence in (the) attic,” and the home has a staircase “that goes up the side of the house with attic access.” The homeowner escorted the squatter at gunpoint to the driveway, where officers were waiting.

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Dylan Bryant found more adventure than he expected on Feb. 23 as he explored a bayou in southwest Houston. Bryant told KTRK his exploration took him about 100 yards down a sewer line before he became trapped. “I can’t go back because of how I had to scooch through,” Bryant said. “I’m in the middle of raw, open sewage in this little bitty box.” From under the street, Bryant yelled for help and a man heard him, then asked a passerby to call 911. Firefighters arrived and pulled Bryant out of his smelly predicament.

IT’S A MYSTERY

The Smith family of Lockport, Illinois, has a perplexing extra feature in their house that has occasionally kept the family up at night for about six years: “There are voices in the wall, and I don’t know what it is,” 9-year-old Brianna Smith told WLS. Music and talk radio emanate from the walls in Brianna’s room in the middle of the night, but the family can’t figure out why. There are no speakers in the walls, Brianna’s father, Richard, said, and attempts by police to uncover the source were unsuccessful.

The Federal Communications Commission couldn’t help either. Richard Smith believes something in the wall is receiving a signal from one of the six radio towers near the home, but an engineer sent to the home from one of the stations told him: “I got to be honest with you, I don’t know what is acting as a speaker.” The Smiths have been advised to hire an engineer to pinpoint the signal and block it, but in the meantime, Brianna falls asleep in her parents’ room.

ANGER MANAGEMENT

Ypsilanti, Michigan, police were called to an apartment complex on Jan. 16, where they found a 23-year-old man smoking a cigarette and pressing a bloody towel to his side, MLive reported. The man told officers his partner, 28-year-old Neil Patrick Wasinski, known as Nalla and referred to as “she” in court records, attacked him with a 21-inch samurai sword because he didn’t buy her any marijuana. The attack resulted in multiple stab wounds to the man’s arm and torso, and one of his lungs collapsed, according to police. Tracked down at her apartment, Wasinski told police to “please go away” and later claimed to have no memory of the incident. Police found a blood-stained 21-inch katana on Wasinski’s bedroom floor, according to their report, and she was charged with assault and resisting arrest. !

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Lynn Tart and her daughter, Chelsea, co-own Tart Sweets, located at 848 W. 5th St., and the newly-opened Camel City Coffee, located at 110 Oakwood Dr. in WinEditor ston-Salem. Tart wrote in an email that Tart Sweets is a Southern bakery with a variety of desserts offered on a daily basis and noted that they were the first to offer macarons in the Triad. Tart wrote that she had many accomplishments, but that she is most proud of seeing her daughters grow up and become “strong, independent, self-sufficient women knowing that anything life might throw their way they will be able to overcome it.” She is also proud of overcoming numerous life-threatening illnesses she has struggled with the past 13 years—such as being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer and surviving.

“Because of my cancer, and the side effects from my treatment, my job options were and continue to be very limited,” Tart wrote. “So, I had to create something— that’s where together Chelsea and I took the leap and hoped that these French macarons, bars and cupcakes would turn into a viable business and provide both of us with a job—and ultimately for me, a legacy to leave for my family. That’s why there is Tart Sweets.”

She wrote that Tart Sweets was started on a whim because a friend asked for Christmas gifts. “For me, it was an opportunity to create not only a business but an income to be able to support myself and my daughters having just become a single mom and have never worked before.”

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Michelle Kennedy Tart wrote that Winston-Salem is an “old schoolboy community,” and that most of the money in the community is generated by males.

“Chelsea and I had the courage to go out into a maledominated world and open the one and only sugarfocused bakery in Winston-Salem,” she wrote. “I’m also very proud that Chelsea and I have opened a motherdaughter, locally-owned coffee shop that is not on 4th Street or downtown. I had the tenacity to stick with it, and I learned real early on that whining and crying and fretting just didn’t cut it.”

Michelle Kennedy is the executive director of the Interactive Resource Center and an At-Large Representative of the Greensboro City Council.

“I really consider myself to be someone who tries to use my position and privilege to create necessary social /political change,” Kennedy wrote in an email. “I’ve been incredibly lucky to have been mentored by women who came before me; strong, Southern, working-class women— many of them people of color, all of them trying to create a better community. I stand on their shoulders.”

As the executive director of “Guilford County’s only day resource center for people currently facing, experiencing or coming out of homelessness,” Kennedy wrote that she was passionate about housing.

“I’ve spent most of my career working to ensure that access to safe, decent, affordable housing is available to everyone,” she noted. “I subscribe to a human rights framework when it comes to housing. I am incredibly proud of the IRC. No one in this community offers an open door approach the way we do. Because of that, we build trust, we build community, and we walk the journey with our guests.”

Kennedy said what makes this community special is its “rich history in civil rights and social change.”

“If we choose to, we can hold that history as a framework to build the type of future that the people of this city deserve—I want to be a part of that. I hold that

as a core value as it relates to my service as a council member,” she said. Some thoughts Kennedy said she’d like to promote are: “Believe in the power of music, equal rights and opportunity for everybody, chicken fried in a black iron skillet, a free and independent press, the beauty of red dirt and blue skies, a woman’s right to her own body, tomato sandwiches and peach ice cream, the resilience of the human spirit, trap beats and banjo twangs, the power of the ballot box, a more just and humane society, mercy, forgiveness, a better tomorrow and a better South for all.”

Sonya Desai is a client services coordinator for Guilford County Family Justice Center, and as an advocate for survivors of domestic and sexual violence, Desai easily qualifies as one of the Triad’s most wonderful women. In 2018, Desai wrote that she was instrumental in establishing Guilford County’s second FJC location in High Point. She is also a recipient of the Family Service of the Piedmont Employee Care Award (2005), Greensboro Police Department’s Citizen’s Certificate of Merit (2010), Kellin Foundation’s Child Response Initiative Champion of the Year (2013), the Outstanding Victim Advocate Award from the Greensboro Police Department’s Family Victims Unit (2015), and she was named a “Kindness Champion” by the Healthy Relationships Initiative (2017).

Desai wrote in an email that The Guilford County FJC is a “one-stop-shop for victims of child abuse, domestic violence, sexual violence, and elder abuse.” She noted that victims could access 15 different organizations and safety resources from FJC. “I lead a team that coordinates and integrates partner programs and services,” she wrote. “Since opening, the FJC in Greensboro has helped over 28,000 survivors. We are in the life-saving business, and our success is rooted in partnerships.” In addition to coordinating services from the FJC, she has also participated in many community initiatives, “focusing on safety and access to services for survivors.”

Desai is an expert in the field of domestic and sexual violence and strangulation with 15 years of experience in different capacities, such as being a victim advocate with Family Service of the Piedmont and the Greensboro Police Department’s Special Victims Unit. She noted that she has extensive experience working with both perpetrators and survivors, and she is passionate about serving the community, as well as “influencing other disciplines to work together for the greater good.”

“I believe in the power of hope—I never stop hoping that the community will one day be safe for everyone,” she wrote. We can accomplish this together.”

Selina Tate-Wall is the clinic manager at Greensboro’s only remaining abortion clinic, A Woman’s Choice.

Wall wrote in an email that the clinic offers abortions, STI screenings, GYN visits and birth control counseling.

“I firmly believe that knowledge is one of many sources of power,” Tate-Wall wrote. “Although I have faced many obstacles throughout my life, I was determined to gain power through education. In 2013, I earned a bachelor’s degree in public health at UNCG, and in 2017, a master’s degree in peace and conflict studies at UNCG.”

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Selina Tate-Wall “Wonder women aren’t born they are made from the storms they’ve been through,” Tate-Wall wrote. “I have been through my share of storms and don’t regret any of it. My storms have made me the person I am today. I accept the highs along with the lows with great pride.”

Tate-Wall wrote that she wants to lead by example for her children and grandchildren, and she has always been passionate about women’s rights and their “right to choose what happens with their bodies.”

“I believe that women are powerful, resilient and smart enough to make that choice for themselves,” she wrote. “I’m honored that I am able to advocate for women each and every day. Hug them when they need that extra compassion. Listen when they just want to be heard. Wipe their tears when they want to let the tears fall. Empower them to make their own decisions. Most importantly, support them in whatever decision they make. I am that woman.”

Tate-Wall said women in the Triad community are special to her because they generously give, yet expect nothing in return.

“I happen to know some personally,” she added. “They volunteer escort at A Woman’s Choice of Greensboro every week.”

Laura Way is the president and CEO of ArtsGreensboro, but 27 years ago, she started out as an accountant.

“I envisioned I would be the CFO in higher ed or research, the arts were not part of my vision for the future,” Way admitted. “Then I got the chance to work at Penland School of Crafts in WNC, and my life changed.”

She met world-class artists and she learned about the discipline and hard work it takes to be an artist. Before Way took over at ArtsGreensboro, she was running GreenHill—which she describes as “a dream come true.”

Way’s commitment to supporting the arts and artists makes her extremely valuable to the Triad’s arts scene.

“I am taking my passion to support artists to a whole new level,” she wrote in an email. “I am committed to helping Greensboro be as vibrant a city as possible, and for me, that takes artists and arts organizations to activate, pioneer, and offer creative experiences for our community.”

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“It does not matter where you went to school, what you do for a living, where you live if you are passionate and committed, you can make a difference,” she wrote.

“And in Greensboro, get out of the way, because there are so many women doing amazing things!”

Way said that April is “I Heart Art Month,” “so go do something creative and support the ArtsFund at www. artsgreensboro.org to help ensure everyone has access to quality art experiences.”

Sonja Sepulveda is the director of choral activities and professor of music theory at Salem College. She is also the artistic director of the Winston-Salem Youth Chorus of the Piedmont Opera, artistic director of the Palmetto Voices, and the conductor in Residence for MidAmerica of Carnegie Hall and MidAm International.

Sepulveda wrote in an email that her true passion is “preserving the legacy of the Negro Spiritual and share the vision that this unique American choral art form is for everyone.”

“Sonja is one of the wonder women for many reasons,” wrote Tiffany Jarrett, a former student and the person who nominated Sepulveda to be featured in this article. “She works tirelessly to share her passion for music with her students and the community at large.

She is the first female director of the Salem College Choirs in its 244-year history. She is constantly chipping away at the glass ceiling showing us women that yes, you are just as powerful and capable as the men are.

She is also one of the warmest, kindest people I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting and getting to know.”

Sepulveda sang with the Robert Shaw Festival Chorus for eight years as well as the Carnegie Hall Chorus in 2000 and 2002. And her choirs have toured Europe, Mexico, and Canada and performed concerts for the National Cathedral, Carnegie Hall, The Kennedy Center, The Lincoln Center, South Carolina Music Educators Association, National American Choral Directors Association, Southern Division ACDA, and the Music Educators National Conference.

“Women here, especially Salem women, are so driven to change the world and make it a better place,” Sepulveda wrote. “Women in our community have created a

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Amanda Flinch sisterhood of support and caring that is unparalleled to anything I’ve ever experienced.”

Amanda Finch is the creative director of Down to Earth Aerials and a performance artist. Finch wrote in an email that she pursued her interest in acrobatics, and that led her to study at the Ecole Nationale de Cirque of Cirque Du Soleil based in Montreal, Canada.

“Aerial silks and trapeze were a great coping mechanism for me; it helped me carve out more confidence, a new sense of focus and neuro-pathways that helped me deal with anxiety and depression from past trauma,” Finch wrote in an email.

Finch went through hard times—like hearing the news that her brother took his own life—but her passion for Cirque arts has kept her going.

“Cirque arts have taught me resilience, duration over time, and simply showing up every day and trying your best,” she wrote. “Circus has taught me the art of learning to pivot positively in life. We literally learn from the ground up; we learn how to fall, we learn how to take hard falls, and we learn how to get back up and try again. This exposure to conquering the fear of falling and failing metaphorically and physically has been one of the foundations of my core beliefs today, and what has led me to believe that I can go on even when really heartbreaking tragedies happen in our lives and truly knock us down to the ground. There is always a hand reaching out in the circus to pick ya up back off the ground, and sometimes it has to be your own.”

An accomplishment she is proud of is creating a summer reading program for the North Carolina summer STEM programs.

“I’m really passionate and excited that we have the opportunity to expose children and at-risk youth to Cirque performing arts and also give them the opportunity to try out the aerials silks on the hammock. It is free to the public and approachable and interactive for the kids. The same way I learn, by doing.”

Finch said exposing Cirque performing and creative arts in rural communities through the summer reading programs has been inspirational to her.

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This is only a brief summary of important information about DOVATO and does not replace talking to your healthcare provider about your condition and treatment.

What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO? If you have both human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) and hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Resistant HBV infection. Your healthcare provider will test you for HBV infection before you start treatment with DOVATO. If you have HIV-1 and hepatitis B, the hepatitis B virus can change (mutate) during your treatment with DOVATO and become harder to treat (resistant).

It is not known if DOVATO is safe and effective in people who have HIV-1 and HBV infection.

• Worsening of HBV infection. If you have HIV-1 and HBV infection, your HBV may get worse (flare-up) if you stop taking DOVATO. A “flare-up” is when your HBV infection suddenly returns in a worse way than before. Worsening liver disease can be serious and may lead to death. ° Do not run out of DOVATO. Refill your prescription or talk to your healthcare provider before your DOVATO is all gone. ° Do not stop DOVATO without first talking to your healthcare provider. If you stop taking DOVATO, your healthcare provider will need to check your health often and do blood tests regularly for several months to check your liver.

What is DOVATO? DOVATO is a prescription medicine that is used without other antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV-1 infection in adults who have not received antiretroviral medicines in the past, and without known resistance to the medicines dolutegravir or lamivudine. HIV-1 is the virus that causes Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is not known if DOVATO is safe and effective in children.

Who should not take DOVATO? Do Not Take DOVATO if You: • have ever had an allergic reaction to a medicine that contains dolutegravir or lamivudine.

• take dofetilide.

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• have kidney problems.

• are pregnant or plan to become pregnant. One of the medicines in DOVATO (dolutegravir) may harm your unborn baby. ° Your healthcare provider may prescribe a different medicine than DOVATO if you are planning to become pregnant or if pregnancy is confirmed in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.

If ° you can become pregnant, your healthcare provider will perform a pregnancy test before you start treatment with DOVATO. ° If you can become pregnant, you should consistently use effective birth control (contraception) during treatment with DOVATO. ° Tell your healthcare provider right away if you are planning to become pregnant, you become pregnant, or think you may be pregnant during treatment with DOVATO. • are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Do not breastfeed if you take DOVATO. ° You should not breastfeed if you have HIV-1 because of the risk of passing HIV-1 to your baby. ° One of the medicines in DOVATO (lamivudine) passes into your breastmilk. ° Talk with your healthcare provider about the best way to feed your baby.

Tell your healthcare provider about all the medicines you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements.

Some medicines interact with DOVATO. Keep a list of your medicines and show it to your healthcare provider and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.

• You can ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist for a list of medicines that interact with DOVATO. • Do not start taking a new medicine without telling your healthcare provider.

Your healthcare provider can tell you if it is safe to take DOVATO with other medicines.

What are Possible Side Effects of DOVATO? DOVATO can cause serious side effects, including: • Those in the “What is the Most Important Information I Should Know about DOVATO?” section.

• Allergic reactions. Call your healthcare provider right away if you develop a rash with DOVATO. Stop taking DOVATO and get medical help right away if you develop a rash with any of the following signs or symptoms: fever; generally ill feeling; tiredness; muscle or joint aches; blisters or sores in mouth; blisters or peeling of the skin; redness or swelling of the eyes; swelling of the mouth, face, lips, or tongue; problems breathing.

• Liver problems. People with a history of hepatitis B or C virus may have an increased risk of developing new or worsening changes in certain liver tests during treatment with DOVATO. Liver problems, including liver failure, have also happened in people without a history of liver disease or other risk factors. Your healthcare provider may do blood tests to check your liver.

Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following signs or symptoms of liver problems: your skin or the white part of your eyes turns yellow (jaundice); dark or “tea-colored” urine; light-colored stools (bowel movements); nausea or vomiting; loss of appetite; and/or pain, aching, or tenderness on the right side of your stomach area.

• Too much lactic acid in your blood (lactic acidosis). Lactic acidosis is a serious medical emergency that can lead to death. Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the following symptoms that could be signs of lactic acidosis: feel very weak or tired; unusual (not normal) muscle pain; trouble breathing; stomach pain with nausea and vomiting; feel cold, especially in your arms and legs; feel dizzy or lightheaded; and/or a fast or irregular heartbeat.

• Lactic acidosis can also lead to severe liver problems, which can lead to death.

Your liver may become large (hepatomegaly) and you may develop fat in your liver (steatosis).

Tell your healthcare provider right away if you get any of the signs or symptoms of liver problems which are listed above under “Liver problems.” You may be more likely to get lactic acidosis or severe liver problems if you are female or very overweight (obese).

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These are not all the possible side effects of DOVATO. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You are encouraged to report negative side effects of prescription drugs to the FDA. Visit www.fda.gov/medwatch, or call 1-800-FDA-1088.

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Taylor said that the women of the Triad community are strong and fierce because “we don’t take no for an answer; we stand against those who think that we don’t have the same equal rights just as any human being.” To see more of Taylor, watch her go-go dance on March 6 at 9 p.m., with The Malamondos and Southern Culture at the Blind Tiger in Greensboro.

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“I come from a barely middle-class family of six kids, and we didn’t always have or ever have the money or resources for education or gymnastic classes,” she wrote. “So, I get the outreach and impact to areas that are lacking resources. It’s really important to me to bring performing arts and education to areas that would not normally be able to see or ever afford tickets to a Cirque show or meet an acrobat in person due to socioeconomic reasons.”

Another big accomplishment she is proud of was producing the San Antonio Spurs’ halftime show on New Year’s Eve last year.

“Being able to say that I was in charge of such a spectacular and high-profile event, well, I wake up and pinch myself every day and say, ‘oh yeah that’s the time I was walking by all the NBA players that I was in charge of their live televised halftime show!’”

Finch wrote that the North Carolina free summer reading programs and shows would be listed online. To learn more about Finch, visit her website, www.downtoearthaerials.com.

Aryn “Mona” Taylor is a recreational director for a retirement home and a burlesque/fire/performer, singer and retired haunt actor. Taylor said her passion in life is to make people feel great about themselves.

“I love to empower others, especially women, because they deserve to feel beautiful inside and out,” she said.

Taylor’s biggest accomplishment is her full-time job working with the elderly.

“This job has been a blessing to me to see the residents smiling, being encouraged, and just being happy,” she said. “My other passion is music; I have loved music since the age of 5, where I started singing at a church down the street from my old hometown Louisville, Kentucky.”

Taylor said what makes her a wonderful woman of the Triad are her leadership skills that she never thought she had before.

“I never thought I could do the things that I could do right now, and it feels amazing. I’ve never given up hope; I knew If I just ‘keep swimming’ that my dreams and goals can be achieved.”

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Alana V. Allen is the founder and executive director of I Am A Queen as well as a nonprofit business consultant (Alana Knows Nonprofits). According to her press release, Allen started I Am A Queen in 2009 “out of a prayer of forgiveness.”

“She had held a secret for 18 years of being molested as a child at the age of 6— a secret that kept her bound and defeated spiritually. Through this prayer, God set her free with a call to empower girls and women to be Queens and more than enough,” the press release states. This mentoring program is year-round for girls ages 10-18, and it “focuses on building their self-esteem and leadership skills. In addition, the nonprofit encourages girls and others to give back to their community through various charitable deeds.”

Allen’s “faith and ability to teach young girls how to love themselves” makes her a wonderful woman in the Triad.

“I grew up having low self-esteem, and I needed an organization like I Am A Queen when I was a teenager to help me along my journey. So, I set on this path to offer support to teen girls who just need to know they are worth it, they are loved, and they are queens.”

Allen described other women in the Triad as “magical” and appreciates the support of other women who want to help empower teen girls.

“I am always amazed at the number of people who just want to do something good,” she said. “I’m blessed to provide that opportunity to serve through I Am A Queen.”

For more information about I Am A Queen, call Allen at (336) 638-1315, email alana@iamaqueen.org or visit www.iamaqueen.org.

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Amanda Lehmert Killian and Rachel Scott Amanda Lehmert Killian and Rachel Scott are cofounders of the Greensboro Arm Wrestling League.

“We’re all about women using their power to make a positive impact on our community,” they wrote in an email. “GRAWL is an all-volunteer organization that raises money for Greensboro nonprofits through ladies’ arm wrestling events. We’ve raised nearly $50,000 for local organizations. We were able to do that through the talents of our creative volunteers, the fundraising prowess of individual arm wrestlers, and the hard work of our leadership team.”

Killian and Scott wrote that GRAWL would not exist without the diverse local women “using their passion, time, and creativity in support of local nonprofits.” They believe there is an arm wrestler inside every woman as well as “a fierce, feminist philanthropist.”

“Really, it’s incredible how many women come to us with social anxiety or physical differences, who assume they can’t be a performer and arm wrestler— but they wind up [being] crowd favorites,” they wrote. “It’s our great joy to watch them come out of their shells. That’s the kind of transformation that happens when a whole community has a woman’s back.”

The next GRAWL event is GRAWL Brawl XIV: GRAWL Scouts on May 16, 7 p.m., at Gibbs Hundred Brewing.

This event is a benefit for Camp Kesem, a nonprofit that provides a summer camp experience for children with parents who have cancer.

Camille Robyn Adair is a doula/placenta encapsulate specialist and the owner of Birds, Bees and Babies— a full spectrum doula company dedicated to serving all kinds of people in the Triad, with a focus on the marginalized people in the birthing world.

“From 18 on, I chose some unpopular roads to travel by to survive,” Adair admitted. “I hustled my way through attempts at colleges and trying to carve out my niche in North Carolina. But ultimately, unless you are born driven and ambitious, it is so hard to make yourself strive for more. Neurodivergence and childhood traumas are, however, the chains they are, and we don’t always want more than a swift end. At 21, I conceived my son. He changed the shape of my body, the chemistry in my brain, and the path of my life. My experiences as a [woman of color] under the poverty line would serve later as the fire in my belly.”

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Adair said that black women are three times more likely to die during childbirth compared to women of other races, regardless of their financial standing.

“With men in labor struggling as is to maintain his sense of self and still being misgendered and misinformed; with women of the Triad still being encouraged to consider C-sections if they aren’t the perfect size to their OB— we still have so much work to do,” she said.

“I’m still not proud of where we’ve come. I want to see Medicaid covering birth options, not just hyper medicalized interventions. I want to see pronouns asked in prenatal visits. I want to see rooms of birth centers filled with varying skin tones, poly families, different languages, true reflections of the Triad itself.” Adair said she is surrounded by women who are “overqualified for everything they do,” and are “being overlooked and under-appreciated.”

“There’s a surplus of women who realize that we need a community and are keeping the idea alive of sticking together, raising each other up and supporting each other,” Adair said. “I was nominated by a woman to interview with you who is working her way up from stayat-home mom all by herself. I hate to be mushy, but like, we wouldn’t exist without women.”

Adair advised (for those that can afford it) to hire a private doula to help with their child’s birth. “Please treat yourself to support and protection,” she said.

“Doulas are now available at the new Baptist Birth Center for a test period with Medicaid recipients—Deacon Doulas. Please ask for doulas. Please tell people; we need to be able to show the General Assembly our value and what we do to change numbers. This is the only way we are going to be able to lobby for Medicaid coverage to better outcomes for birthing people.”

Jacinta V. White is a Winston-Salem business owner, publisher and poet who moved to the Triad from Atlanta to focus on writing and starting her business, The Word Project. Through The Word Project, White publishes Snapdragon: A Journal of Art & Healing, an international online quarterly filled with poetry, creative nonfiction and photography from all over.

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Jacinta V. White for individual and community healing,” White said.

White said she is also a certified trainer and coach with her second company, Deeper Dive Consulting.

“No matter what role, my intention is to bring in creativity and healing,” she said. “That, coupled with being a poet and having my second book released this past September by Press 53—Resurrecting the Bones: Born from a Journey through African-American Churches and Cemeteries in the Rural South—my passion and ‘calling’ are fulfilled.”

White has also received numerous awards, including the Duke Energy Regional Artist Grant from the Arts Council of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County in 2017, and she was recognized as one of the City of WinstonSalem’s “2020 Outstanding Women Leaders.”

“Being in the Triad has been one of the best moves (literally and figuratively) I have made for my professional, personal and spiritual well-being,” she said.

“I have found that women in the Triad are genuinely supportive of one another. You have to find ‘your tribe,’ and once you do, the encouragement, advice, listening ear, and helping hands are priceless. I’m thankful for the women I know, who live and work right here, who inspire me to continue to grow and be all I’m meant to be.”

You can find out more about White and her work as a poet, facilitator, corporate trainer, wellness and transition coach at www.jacintawhite.com.

Jamie Maier is the executive director of the nonprofit Piedmont Environmental Alliance, where she develops and oversees the organization’s strategy, administration and programs. Maier said she has a background in community organizing, and fundraising, and she was also awarded recognition as one of Winston-Salem’s top leaders under the age of 40 from the Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce.

“I have a deep belief in the power of people to solve problems and create healthy and vibrant communities, and I am passionate about being an engaged and connected citizen and community leader,” she said.

Maier said her most wonderful quality is her impactful leadership.

“I emphasize relationships, community, and personal connection as the building blocks for creating change

and positivity in the world,” she said. I lean into traditionally ‘female’ qualities like emotional intelligence and relationship-building in my workplace and at home because I think that people need to feel safe, seen and supported to solve problems, innovate and achieve success. I’m invested in using my life experience, expertise and passion to help create a stronger community.”

Maier said that the Triad community and network of women “are leading the charge to make our community better, embracing a spirit of growth and adaptation and providing new opportunities for people, neighborhoods, and institutions to participate in the visioning and creation of our evolving region.”

Maier said, coming up on April 25, from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., is the 15th Annual Piedmont Earth Day Fair, hosted

by PEA at the Winston-Salem Fairgrounds.

“The Piedmont Earth Day Fair is the largest Earth Day Celebration and environmental education event in the region,” she said. “The free event offers engaging educational activities for children, environmental demonstrations, live music throughout the day, a variety of food and beverage options, and more than 125 earth-friendly vendors and exhibitors.”

Kayt Stewart works at Quest Diagnostics for her day job, and for her “gay job,” she is the chair of Alternative Resources of the Triad (ART)– the nonprofit that produces Greensboro Pride. About five years ago, Stewart said, “I found myself pushing my company to sponsor Greensboro Pride after the passing of HB2, and the harassment my wife received in the women’s bathroom.”

Stewart’s dedication and service to the Greensboro LGBTQIA+ community is just one wonderful thing about her.

“I am a 32-year-old queer cis-gendered woman who lives with my wife of five years with four dogs, one cat, and a guinea pig,” she said. “We take care of my mother, who lives with us. She has early onset Frontal Temporal Dementia.”

Stewart said her biggest accomplishment has been getting to be on the chair of ART. “After a year of really proving my value to the team, I was nominated and then voted to lead the team alongside Paul Marshall, and have him as a mentor,” she said.

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“He has become like my dad, and I’ve learned so much about how to lead, how to make the best decisions for the festival, and be efficient with such a small team. My team has become my family; we take care of each other, and I hope I continue to foster that in the future.”

“This is my very first merit, so I am beyond excited about it,” added Stewart about being nominated as one of the wonderful women of the Triad. “I started to cry when I was told, and I just can’t believe it. I get to stand beside so many amazing, passionate people who have done so much for the queer community, and to be considered an equal to them is something I never considered possible. My passion is human rights – and that includes everyone. I understand I walk this earth with a ridiculous amount of privilege and to have the ability and knowledge to yield that for the betterment of society for marginalized groups is a gift.”

Stewart said what makes this community of women special are the multiple hats each woman wears. “[ART’s] treasurer, Liz Grimes, is a mother, a wife, sits on committees for the city, works for free for us, has her own business, marches for the rights of herself and others, etc. She does all of this with a smile on her face and still offers to help anyone who needs it,” Stewart said. “ We find our passions, and we spread ourselves to support everything that puts a fire in our bellies.”

Greensboro Pride’s very first parade is scheduled for June 27 at 6 p.m., which ends with a block party on Lewis Street until 11 p.m. The 15th-anniversary celebration of Greensboro Pride is scheduled for Oct. 11 from 11 a.m.-6.p.m.

“We’re looking for sponsors for both events, vendors for the festival, participants in the parade, entertainment, volunteers, any businesses who want to be involved,” she said. “All of that information and detail can be found on our website at www.greensboropride.org, and if you have any specific questions, you can email us at info@greensboropride.org.”

Jessica Mashburn is a performing artist from Greensboro and a well-known advocate for animals of the Guilford County Animal Shelter. Mashburn said her passions include The Carolina Theatre, LGBTQ+ rights and volunteering at the Guilford County Animal Shelter.

Mashburn is a wonderful woman of the Triad because of the work she has done for animals, who don’t have a voice.

“I’m grateful that by following my heart, I’m inspiring others to engage more with our homeless animal population and to personally be more liberated to live a creative-driven life,” she said. “Last year, I started the Guilford County Furr Frames Project, a photography endeavor to promote the adoption of homeless cats/ dogs in our community. There are digital frames at 40 local businesses that feature portraits I take of adoptable cats/dogs from the Guilford County Animal Shelter.

Since mid-August of 219, 345 pets that have been featured on the frames have been adopted/rescued. It has definitely driven more loving adopters to the shelter.”

In regards to what makes Triad women special, Mashburn said, “I think our community is very welcoming of unique talents. Women in the Triad are encouraged to forge new creative paths that enrich our own lives and organically; those in our orbit.”

“The best way to be supportive of our homeless animal companion community is to spay/neuter pets and help friends/neighbors do the same,” Mashburn said.

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Real Ass Affirmations, which she describes as “a venting session that helps you to be your own life coach.”

“In addition, I own a podcast studio, PodBiz Studios, and I would love for more people to start podcasts that help them share their voice with the world. We have monthly memberships, and they can visit, www.podbizstudios.com for more information.”

Jessica Mashburn “There are many free/affordable options in our community. We need to shift our attitude in North Carolina— pets are family, not property. Breeding them for profit is causing too much suffering. We need our leaders and law-makers to get involved now to regulate backyard breeders.”

Chisa Pennix-Brown is the chief opportunity officer of Lady Bizness.

“I started my business as a way to help other women sell their products,” Pennix-Brown said regarding her accomplishments. “I know that the visual is important, but it needs substance and wisdom behind it. I wanted to show that a woman who is black, dark-skinned, plus size, with her hair shaved off, from New York, and has a whole lot of sarcasm and energy could be smart and beautiful and valuable.”

Another accomplishment, Pennix-Brown said, has been the success of her book The 90 Day Focus: Your Action Plan for Success.

“It’s a book that any procrastinator can actually get through, and it cross-age ranges while helping people to make better choices about their personal and professional lives. Think of it as a reality check that helps you be responsible for you.”

Pennix-Brown said she is a wonderful woman of the Triad because she makes an effort to bring people together and give them the confidence they need.

“I have been able to literally teach hundreds of people per year and see them turn their ideas into tangible businesses, and that makes me happy.”

Pennix-Brown said the Triad, specifically Greensboro, is a tight-knit community of people sharing resources, and that is what makes the women in this community special.

“I love the fact that if I need something, its usually only a call or an email away,” she said. “The business community makes me feel welcome and allows me the opportunity to work with some amazing efforts to help improve the lives of those that want to create their own living.”

Pennix-Brown recently launched a podcast called,

Shiela Klinefelter is a local blues musician who has been keeping the blues alive in the Triad.

“In 1987, I heard my first live blues at a little bar called Walker’s in Greensboro. Since then my passion for the blues has been a driving force in my life,” she said.

In 1990, she and her then-boyfriend (now her husband), opened a music store called Bump’s Blues Shack.

She said this led her to form her band, The Ladies Auxiliary (composed of Julie Bean, Lauren Myers, Virginia Masius, and Klinefelter), and she said that the group stills plays to this day.

“For several years, I was very involved with The Piedmont Blues Preservation Society, serving as merchandise coordinator and then vice president until 1995, when I stepped down to focus on starting a family and my music,” she said of some of her accomplishments.

“Eventually, I was awarded their ‘Keepin’ The Blues Alive Award.’” Another accomplishment, she said, was receiving a grant from ArtsGreensboro in 2015 to produce The Gate City Divas’ first CD project, Goin’ To Town. It features Melva Houston, Robin Doby Easter, Allison King Jordan, Kristy Jackson, Julie Bean, Lauren Myers, Virginia Masius, and me. It was released in March of 2016 and has had great reviews.”

“I think we all are,” said Klinefelter when asked what makes women in the Triad wonderful. “Women at various stages in our lives juggle work and education along with family and careers, as well as mentoring and supporting each other. I have found that women truly support each other in the Triad. Depending on where you are in your own life, there is a ton of support and guidance available in this community, whether it’s fam-

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more than 400 pieces- and my work is in collections in Europe, the West Coast, Southeast and New York. More importantly, I am having fun being a creative and sharing my process as an instructor at Sawtooth School for Visual Art.” Even though she doesn’t have a magic golden lasso, bullet-deflecting bracelets, or an invisible plane, she does “have a great deal of passion for the arts, education—especially literacy and this community. My nickname is HB for hummingbird, because I never stop! I’m always going milling miles an hour, juggling my career, my art, and my work in the community.”

Thore said women in the Triad are not afraid “to roll up our sleeves and work to help others— we’re a supportive tribe, and we celebrate each other.”

Shiela Klinefelter ily, career help, or personal growth, and all you have to do is ask.”

Since 1991, she said she had hosted an open blues jam every Wednesday and Sunday at a variety of local venues over the years. “Between the kids, The Ladies Auxiliary and The After Hours Blues Band and the Jams, I stayed busy.” Klinefelter presently plays in four bands: The Ladies Auxiliary (guitar and vocals), Big Bump & The Stun Gunz (bass and vocals), Gate City Divas (sing, play, produce), and Shiela’s Traveling Circus (bass or guitar and vocals).

Now, she works at Karonda’s Sports Bar, aka her “home away from home,” as a server.

“I love people and food, and this gives me the flexibility to take off for gigs as needed as well as providing a happy, low-stress work environment,” she said. “In the spring of 2012, I was given the opportunity to fill in on Bass guitar for Smokin’ Joe Kubeck and Bnois King at The Carolina Blues Festival. It went well and was the beginning of three years of touring the world and playing the blues until Joe’s passing in 2015.”

On March 22, from 7-10 p.m. at The Dynacon Event Center in Greensboro, Klinefelter said the Gate City Divas would release their second album, Diva Revolution.

“It features great original blues, R&B, and rock ( a couple that I wrote) as well as some real cool cover tunes,” she said.

Kim Thore is a visual artist and the chief marketing officer of United Way of Forsyth County. Thore said she’s had a diverse career path— she served as vice president for Bank of America, she was a Six Sigma Process Improvement Expert for a National Communications Company, an arts and entertainment writer specializing in rock and heavy metal music, (published in three countries), and a marketing and public relations professional.

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Brittney Isphording is a circus performer, yoga teacher, professional face and body painter, artist and self-described “Jill of all Trades.”

“I’m one of the founding members of HeadSpin, a performance troupe out of Greensboro,” she said of one of her accomplishments. “I’ve been hoop dancing since 2012 and my troupe, and I love to bring the hoops out for flow jams and do day, LED, or fire performances!”

Isphording said that she is a wonderful woman of the Triad because she helps keep performance art alive and she inspires people to pursue their passions.

“Through the years, I have found doing what I love was an amazing treatment for all my issues,” she said.

“My leap inspired others to also seek joy instead of just survive in the daily grind. You don’t have to make a living with your passions, but don’t give up joy for a buck.

I promise you’ll remember that hike, that oil painting, that coffee with friends more than you’ll remember those dollars you made.”

Isphording said local women’s willingness to connect and network is what makes this community special.

“I’ve created online forums and helped organize goddess gatherings and proms and witnessed once strangers from many walks of life unite, dance and learn

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Brittney Isphording together,” she said. “It is beautiful to see how willing everyone is to share tips, experiences, references and to come together on collaborations. Without Triad women like Patika Starr and Sydney Vigitov paving a path for performers in Greensboro or successful local female body painters like Madelyn Greco, Tiffany Beckler and Shann Ferrieria welcoming me into their painty family I wouldn’t be doing what I do today!”

Isphording said that HeadSpin could be found on Facebook and Instagram @headspingso or at headspin. hooptroupe@yahoo.com. See Isphording (@isoprohoops on IG) perform at this year’s Greensboro Summer Solstice, and Awake the White & Wintery Queen this Winter Solstice at the Van Dyke Theatre in Greensboro.

Brittany Ward is the executive director of Hoops4L.Y.F.E., a nonprofit organization that she founded in 2004 that provides after school care and summer enrichment programs at a low cost. (L.Y.F.E. is an acronym for helping Low-income Youth and Families Everywhere.)

Ward said she is a Winston-Salem native and the “only girl in the state to football and 3-A State Conference Champion in Basketball.” She graduated from Winston-Salem State University with a bachelor’s degree in political science. Ward’s Hoops4L.Y.F.E. and her service to girls in the community makes her a wonderful woman of the Triad.

“Hoops4L.Y.F.E. has been the recipient of Grant’s from the Winston-Salem Foundation, Neighbors for Better Neighborhoods, The City of Winston-Salem, and most recently, the Black Philanthropy Initiative,” she said regarding her biggest accomplishment. “H4L was voted organization of the year through the Winston-Salem Chronicle.” !

KATIE MURAWSKI is the editor-in-chief of YES! Weekly. Her alter egos include The Grimberlyn Reaper, skater/public relations board chair for Greensboro Roller Derby, and Roy Fahrenheit, drag entertainer and selfproclaimed King of Glamp.

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pring winds blow, flowers bloom, and Flat Cloud rolls March 20 to the Flat Iron with Youth League, Limn, and Toothsome.

“Flat Cloud is just really into DIY oriented stuff and video game music,” they explained as a nebulous entity. The three-piece, “who just have to dance,” hangs over GreensKatei Cranford boro, and has been in the works for “about seven moon cycles.”

“We were going to do a cover Contributor band, and then songs started coming out,” they explained of their origins. Like flower bulbs, “we started from the bottom up,” they said with a shift to the “pretty good gardens” they’re pumped to get started in the spring. The gaggle of green thumbs shouldn’t come as a surprise considering Flat Cloud comes from the fellas behind Cucumbers.

“Flat Cloud is essentially Cucumbers without Kyle,” they noted of the Cucumbers guitarist who “had a baby person and moved to a triangle.”The last Cucumbers show was during GSOFest at the Crown in 2017. In the years since “Nick rode his bike to Seattle, David got chickens, and Stack transformed some robots,” they explained of the hiatus in their unit. “Stack and David have always wanted to keep playing; we just waited for Nick.”

Upon his return, Nick “kept spewing songs out of his bulbous heart,” and the three rejoined. Cucumbers fans will notice a switch, with Nick now on guitar and Stack on bass. “David will always be the drummer,” they insisted.

The new group needed a new name. For Flat Cloud, inspiration came on a whim. “One time, David exclaimed that he coughed up a ‘fat cloud’ of smoke, but everyone else heard ‘flat cloud,’” they explained, “and we all jumped up and down with excitement.” And thus, the name was born. Noting that Flat Cloud was “very, very easy to say,” it’s become a tagline: “easy to say, and fun to listen to.”

“Making catchy, fun songs is the goal,“ they noted with a nod to favorite clouds and Nintendo references (which they relayed to be the “Mario cloud” or, more specifically, the “Mario 3 cloud.”)

The video game connection remains relevant. Cucumbers were once described as “dream punk video game music,” and Flat Cloud follows the tradition in song and setup. Beyond straight guitar-playing, Nick has crafted his own light-up foot pedal synthesizer, operated by rainbow arcade-style buttons and functioning basically as an illuminated “foot piano.”

Flat Cloud isn’t afraid to toy-around and would fall inline between post-punk bands like Blab School and the experimental Basalt, with whom Flat Cloud played their first show at Monstercade back in January. “They wanted Saucer [Stack’s other band], but they got Flat Cloud,” they explained, “we were nervous. It was fun.”

The material pulls from pets and surroundings. They love their animal friends, more than even they realize.

Their T-shirt features a Flat Cloud family Dachshund, Big Boi, and song themes expound about little bugs and Stack’s cat, Svetlana.

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So far, Flat Cloud has released two self-recorded singles, with more on the way. “Flat Cloud is always working on something,” they insisted. An official record will follow. “Legit Biz would be cool,” they said of potential studios, “and it’s in the neighborhood.”

As for their upcoming show, they’re pumped. “It’s what Greensboro needed,” they noted of the Flat Iron’s revival.

“Everyone on that bill is sick,” they added of the line-up.

It’ll be the first musical foray into the Flat Iron for the group. “Nick once did an open mic there,” they explained of their experience with the old version, “it was traumatic.”

Less traumatic, but no less intense, was the time the boys spent at the helm of Hellraiser Haus, a DIY houseshow venue smuggled into a Fisher Park mansion, through the mid-2010s. “Hosting bands was fun,” they noted. “We just enjoy people-creating,” they said of shaping space and crafting experiences.

“Someone smashing through the front door window

was pretty wild,” they recalled of a particular show with New Jersey punkers, Night Birds. “And the fact we raised enough money to repair it that night was endearing,” they added of the generous audience. “It was perfect for the time,” they continued. “And we miss it, like, a lot. But we’re always looking to the future.”

The forecast calls for Flat Cloud. They’ve got other shows in the works. “To the toppermost of the poppermost,” they said regarding their goals and plans. “We’d love to sell out and become one-hit wonders, fading into the ether,” they added. !

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

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Shoegaze revival: Laveda plays dreamy pop Sometimes you wonder if the music of the moment is a specific reaction to the spirit of the times, the psychic atmosphere, current events, or the general vibe. Listening to Laveda, a new band John Adamian from Albany, New @adamianjohn York, I was curious if the overall cocoonlike sonic feel was in Contributor any way a response to the agitated metabolism of the first part of the 21st century. If there is something along the lines of a shoegaze revival underway right now, harkening back to post-punk bands of the late-’80s and ‘90s, why is it happening now?

I spoke with the two main members of Laveda, Jacob Brooks and Ali Genevich, by phone from their hometown, last week, on the first day of a tour that will bring them to Monstercade in WinstonSalem this week, on their way to South

By Southwest in Texas. Fans of new music know that the festival circuit creates its own migratory patterns. In the same way that birds and butterflies make epic journeys as the weather warms and cools each year—logging miles to get to where they need to be, emerging musical artists often traverse continents and oceans to play in front of receptive audiences, tastemakers, record-label people, writers and booking agents. Those annual rhythms create regular paths and circuits for bands making their way to Austin in a series of eight and 10-hour drives from their starting points. If you know where to look during early spring, you can catch some of the most exciting new bands just before their brushes with mass-exposure and whatever still remains of the star-maker machinery.

Laveda has had good fortune in that regard, from the start. When they were making their first recording at a friend’s place in Brooklyn, someone visiting the studio liked what they heard, and that person happened to have an affiliation with Pitchfork. So there’s been a healthy amount of interest in the singles that Laveda has been steadily sharing on streaming platforms in the lead-up to what will be the release of the band’s debut album, What Happens After, which YES! WEEKLY

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One reason Laveda might sound the way they do is because Genevish grew up listening to alternative rock of the ‘80s and ‘90s. “My parents raised me on The Cure and The Smiths, just really good music,” she said.

Brooks and Genevish are both in their early 20s. They were born after the full flowering of bands like Cocteau Twins and My Bloody Valentine. Those bands made lush and abstract post-punk that was both pretty and ambient-leaning, with lots of echoes, reverb and smeared sonic textures. Indecipherability was rarely viewed as a flaw in the world this music inhabited.

A whole generation of 21st-century bands have kept those sounds alive with different degrees of darkness, light, clarity and atmospherics— artists like A Sunny Day In Glasgow, the XX and many others.

Shoegaze, as a genre, always suggested a withdrawal from the traditional roles of the performer, a general ambivalence

about being the center of attention, and a certain shyness that was essentially at odds with the kinds of overt exhibitionism one associated with being on stage.

But even aloofness can be its own kind of act. Laveda is shoegaze-y more in the way they gravitate toward rippling washes of sounds, with guitars that sound hazy and atomized as opposed to brawny or muscular.

“A lot of our songs start off very acoustic and then turn into a very crazy loud thing when we record them,” Brooks said.

More so than shoegaze bands from the ‘90s, Laveda seems very much at home with the sugar-rush payoff pop pleasure.

Synthesizers add another blanket of texture to their songs. The melodies are elegant and alluring, hypnotic in the true dream-pop sense. The songs are often built around guitar parts that chug out steady eighth notes, but there are layers and layers of other sounds at work.

Laveda does a lot with dynamics and production, with the songs emerging out

of a low hum or a whoosh of almost inaudible murmurs. Brooks and Genevish said that some of their creative collaborators brought elements like vocal samples and the rhythmic rumble of liquid bubbling, some of which you can hear if you listen close. But more than any added sonic touch to the songs, one of the defining aspects of Laveda’s songs is the way that the musical backing might drop out for a verse, or a high-pitched feedback pattern might be left isolated after the bass line, and drums get stripped away momentarily. It’s not quite the stark loud-quiet-loud of grunge, but there’s a similarly dramatic use of contrasting dynamics. The most recent single, “Ghost,” has moments where Genevish’s airy and delicate flutelike voice stands almost alone and places where the guitars build to big crescendos.

All of the songs withstand repeated listening, in part because each one has a variety of ways that the melodies unfold and develop. Songs like “If Only (You Said No)” make the most of the play between highs and lows of the pair’s vocals.

Brooks and Genevish met while in high school in Saratoga Springs, New York, which is not far from Albany, and they played in another band together before starting this project, which more evenly showcases both of their talents. The songs were written and recorded as a duo, but Laveda is a four-piece on this tour.

When I asked them why they thought this dreamy slightly retro sound was having a mini-renaissance, Brooks and Genevish suggested that music is often an escape and that this particular music is possibly a way of checking rush of time and the frantic sense of distraction many of us feel with the nature of the present.

“People around our age, I feel like there’s just this sadness about our current state of the environment and everything, and a lot of my friends have depression and anxiety, and sometimes I feel that way,” Genevish said. “But this music kind of slows everything down and gives you a minute to breathe.” !

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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841 Old Winston Rd | 336.497.4727 jpeppers.com May 14: James Vincent Carroll

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191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059 OldNicksPubNC.com Mar 6: Whiskey Mic Mar 7: Anne and the Moonlighters Mar 21: Joel Ferris and the Rounders Mar 28: Rockit Science Apr 4: Big Daddy Mojo Apr 11: The Usual Suspects

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3801 Rock Quarry Rd | 919.821.4111 Apr 18: Jimmy Buffett May 22: Country Megaticket May 29: Sam Hunt Jun 2: The Lumineers Jun 19: Nickelback

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126 E. Cabarrus St | 919.831.6400 www.lincolntheatre.com Mar 6: Cash Unchained: The Ultimate Johnny Cash Tribute Mar 7: The Vegabonds & Night Years Mar 13: Rapsody Mar 14: Brian Fallon & The Howling Mother Mar 22: Brent Cobb w/ Maddie Medley Mar 26: Tauk w/ Casey and the Comrades Mar 27: Jiaani/Sherif Fouad/Lady London/G Yamazawa/Freddy Valoy/ Ace Henderson Mar 28: Off The Ralz

red hat amphitheater 500 S McDowell St | 919.996.8800 www.redhatamphitheater.com Apr 29: Of Monsters And Men May 8: Jamey Johnson May 9: AJR May 14: Louis The Child Jun 2: Local Natives and Foals w/ Cherry Glazerr Jun 7: Primus w/ Wolfmother, The Sword

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1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300 www.thepncarena.com Mar 4: Zac Brown band w/ Amos Lee & Poo Bear Mar 12: Billie Eilish Mar 13: The Millennium Tour: Omarion, Bow Wow, Ying Yang Twins, Lloyd, Sammie, Pretty Ricky, Soulja Boy, and Ashanti Mar 20: Michael Bublé Mar 22: Winter Jam 2020 May 24: Ozuna

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1110 Burke St | 336.750.0097 burkestreetpub.com

3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664 Mar 21: Party with OSP

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121 West 9th Street | 336.448.0018 earlsws.com Mar 6: Billy Creason Band Mar 7: Megan Doss Mar 13: Charles Latham & The Borrowed Band Mar 14: Next of Kin Mar 20: Chuck Mountain Mar 21: Lisa & The Saint Mar 26: Hi Flyers Mar 27: The Lilly Brothers Mar 28: Jason Moss & The Houses Apr 4: Megan Doss Apr 10: Pat Reedy & The Longtime Goners

fiDDLIN’ FISH BREWING COMPANY 772 Trade St | 336.999.8945 fiddlinfish.com Mar 6: Camel City Blues Mar 9: Old Time Jam Mar 16: Old Time Jam

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638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 foothillsbrewing.com Mar 4: Ryan Johnson Mar 7: Chasing Daylight Mar 8: Sunday Jazz Mar 11: James Brickey Mar 14: Will Bagley and Friends Mar 15: Sunday Jazz Mar 18: Hazy Ridge Mar 22: Sunday Jazz Mar 25: Hotwax & The Splinters Mar 28: Anne and the Moonlighters

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4926 Country Club Rd | 336.529.6230 macandnellisws.com

MIDWAY MUSIC HALL

11141 Old US Hwy 52, Suite 10 | 336.793.4218 Mar 5: Carolann and The Just Us Band Mar 7: MMH Honky Tonk House Band Mar 11: MMH Honky Tonk House Band Mar 13: Oldskool Mar 14: Barefoot Boyz Mar 15: Glory Road Gospel Band Mar 18: Magnum Country Mar 20: David Widener And Friends Mar 21: JR Gainey and Killin’ Time Band Mar 25: MMH Honky Tonk House Band

101 West 5th Street | 336.723.3700 MCenterevents.com 630 S Stratford Rd | 336.768.2221 milnerfood.com Mar 8: Live Jazz

muddy creek Cafe & MUSIC HALL

5455 Bethania Rd | 336.923.8623 Mar 5: Country Dan Collins Mar 7: Jesse and the G Runs Mar 8: Rob Price and Jack Breyer Mar 12: Country Dan Collins Mar 13: The Blue Eyed Bettys Mar 14: Phillip Craft Mar 14: Ruth and Max Bloomquist Mar 15: Rob Price and Jack Breyer Mar 19: Country Dan Collins Mar 20: Abby The Spoon Lady & The Tater Boys Mar 21: Phillip Craft Mar 22: Rob Price and Jack Breyer

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170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 Mar 5: Florence Dore, Sam Frazier Mar 6: Che Apalache Mar 6: S.G. Goodman Mar 7: We Rise To Fall, Written in Gray, Dead Orbit, Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, The Kollektive Mar 10: His & Hers, Admiral Radio Mar 12: The Yawpers, Night Spins, Matt Smith and the Cowboy Spankers Mar 13: Mean Street, The Hooplas Mar 14: BadCameo, Montythehokage, Jay Alexander Mar 16: Martha Bassett Mar 20: Hackensaw Boys, Reed Turchi Mar 21: The Prince Project Mar 21: Them Pants, The Eyebrows, Sunset Cassette Mar 22: UNCSA Jazz Ensemble Mar 24: The Grand Ole Uproar, Deaf Andrews

Second & green

207 N Green St | 336.631.3143 2ngtavern.com

Winston-salem Fairground 421 W 27th St | 336.727.2236 www.wsfairgrounds.com

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HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BARTENDING? Hit the ground running at 21, so I’ve been working in bars for almost four years and bartending for about three.

HOW DID YOU BECOME A BARTENDER? I started at Boxcar as a door girl when they first opened and worked my way up to barbacking and then began bartending!

WHAT WOULD YOU RECOMMEND AS AN AFTER-DINNER DRINK? My personal favorite is Disaronno with a splash of half and half. It’s convenient and tasty!

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WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT BARTENDING? I love talking to people and the pace of working behind a bar. I thrive on controlled chaos and working at high volume bars is exactly that!

WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST THING YOU’VE SEEN WHILE BARTENDING? Oh, I’ve seen so many things. I’ve seen a dude projectile vomit far enough to win the standing long jump at the Olympics. I’ve seen two guys throwing patio chairs at each other, I’ve been punched in the face on accident while spraying down bar mats at the end of the night. I could go on for a while!

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO MAKE? That’s tough - I think anything that lets me get a little creative, things that customers don’t automatically order or something that lets me open up the magical world that is gin to people.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO DRINK? I’m a pretty low-maintenance drinker if I’m being honest. I usually end up with a shot of tequila or a good sour beer!

WHAT’S THE BEST TIP YOU’VE EVER GOTTEN? I can’t remember exactly, but heads of company holiday parties love to slip me a wad of cash for some reason (aside from what’s in the tip jar).

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Disturbingly, I’ve had two close female friends “ghost” me in five months. I’ve known each for 15 years.

(They don’t know each other, and one Amy Alkon lives out of state.)

I’ve tried repeatAdvice edly to contact Goddess each, asking “Did I do anything to hurt or offend you?” No response. I just want the truth so I can move on. —Baffled There comes a time when you wish someone would treat you with a little more kindness, like by screaming out all the reasons you deserve to be left for dead and have your face eaten off by raccoons.

Even more painful than being dumped by a friend is being dumped by a friend and having no idea why. Lingering questions we can’t answer are mental weevils. Their fave food is our peace of mind, which they gnaw through at random moments. In scientific terms, psychologist Bluma Zeigarnik found that when we have unfinished business, the mind remains in a “state of tension” until we get closure.

Questions that are both unanswered and unanswerable eat away at us because of the way our memory is engineered. Psychologist Robert Bjork explains that we encode information into memory by first taking it in, then taking a break from it, and later going back and retrieving it. Each “retrieval” is a “learning event,” burnishing the info more deeply into memory. So, each time you pull up this unanswerable question, “Why did these friends ditch me?” you move it a seat or two closer to the front row of your consciousness.

To shove it back to the crappier seats, consider the apparent function of nagging questions: pushing us to figure things out. (We can’t learn from our mistakes unless we know what they were.) Though “Why did they ditch me?” will likely remain a mystery, there are constructive questions you can answer, like, “Am I generally a good friend? Are there ways I fell short?”

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Another way to cut the spin cycle is imagining a plausible reason each disappeared on you (like clashing values) and accepting it as THE reason. Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus finds that recalling an event we were told about but didn’t actually experience can implant it in memory, turning it into an experience we swear we had. So, the more you reflect on the plausible reason, the more it might pass for the actual one.

Finally, you could try to make peace with the mystery. When “Why did they ditch me?” swings around, have a stock answer at the ready: “Hey, self, remember I’ve decided to accept that I just can’t know, and I’m good with that.”

Comforting as it would be to finally get answers, sometimes the kindest thing you can do for yourself is not only give up hope but crush it, burn it in a trash can, and then flush its ashes down the toilet.

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Why are men okay with living in gross conditions? The guy I started dating is a sweetheart, but his place is absolutely disgusting (including the kitchen and bathroom). He doesn’t even notice it.

Why do women seem to have a higher standard for cleanliness than men? — Dismayed Some men do wait a while to clean the bathroom — like until they go from needing a bottle of Mr. Clean to needing a bottle of Mr. Arson.

Science suggests you’re right in observing that men, generally speaking, are less disturbed by gross living conditions. Study after study finds higher “disgust sensitivity” in women, meaning women tend to be more icked out by signs of pathogens — bacteria and microorganisms — and indications of possible infection or disease.

Evolutionary psychologist Diana Fleischman explains that women have faced recurring issues over evolutionary history that may have led to “heightened pathogen disgust sensitivity.” These include women’s temporary declines in im-

munity during the menstrual cycle and pregnancy. “Women also must protect children and infants who are vulnerable (to) disease.” Additionally, women are “uniquely able” to pass infections on to their offspring during pregnancy, birth, and breastfeeding.

Let the guy know you’re a woman with needs: clean sheets and towels, a clean bathroom and kitchen, and general housekeeping at his place. Suggest options (rather than telling him what to do): He could clean the place himself; however, hiring a cleaning service (especially for the first go-round) might be a good idea. Professionals have vastly higher standards for cleanliness, while he seems to be waiting for a sign to scour the place — like the crud on the coffee table growling at him when he sets down his beer. !

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[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Change is still dominant for Rams and Ewes, both in the workplace and their private lives. This is also a good time to look at a possible relocation if that has been one of your goals.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Some good news arrives -- and just in time to remind you that you’re making progress. Perhaps things aren’t moving as quickly as you’d prefer, but they’re moving nevertheless.

[CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) The possibility of moving to another location has come up. But before you dismiss it as unworkable, it’s worth checking out just in case it does have some merit after all.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Doing things for others is what you do well. But don’t forget that Bovines thrive on the arts, so make some time for yourself to indulge your passion for music and artistic expressions.

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