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24 GREENSBORO BOUND 2019 When Brian Lampkin and Steve Mitchell, co-owners of Scuppernong Books, first considered a friend’s suggestion that “Greensboro needs a BOOK FESTIVAL,” they may not have expected it to become as big as it is in its second year. “We’re a little stunned when we sit back and look at the line-up,” Lampkin told me recently.

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If you live in High Point, chances are you pass SUMELA Turkish & Mediterranean Restaurant frequently. Located on a prime piece of North Main real estate, Sumela has been a fixture on the High Point restaurant scene for 22 years.

10 Life is a gift and is meant to be shared with others,” is a quote on the mural “Puzzle” painted by BRIAN DAVIS. “Puzzle” was painted on a building once considered an eyesore in High Point.

11 RHIANNON GIDDENS is “so happy to make some music with some of my favorite people in the world, in a rare visit home. and for a great cause.”

12 Last Mother’s Day, members of Greensboro’s LGBTQ+ community and straight allies joined forces to treat their mothers like queens for the first-ever GREENSBORO DRAG BRUNCH. Now, one year later, Greensboro Drag Brunch is bigger than ever at its new and permanent venue...

13 HUNTER, the feature debut of writer/ executive producer/leading man Jason Kellerman and producer/director David Tarleton, defies description, to say nothing of convention.

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I attended the opening night of Triad Stage’s production of Dale Wasserman’s “MAN OF LA MANCHA,” and just as the play’s fearless “knight” Don Quixote encourages the audience to “dream the impossible dream,” Triad Stage’s production went above and beyond my expectations.

27 I agree with Ms. Blackwell’s assessment, however, the problem isn’t that Americans don’t know much about Black history – the problem is that we don’t know much about ANY HISTORY. 28 The singer/songwriter/composer/ guitarist YOHAM ORTIZ has a similar view to that of Sir Paul. Ortiz, who will perform at Salem College in Winston-Salem this week, said that he doesn’t write romantic love songs, in part because he figures all the variations and possibilities have been covered.

29 Armed with grit, her guitar, and a grin, LAURA JANE VINCENT is a sweetheart singer-songwriter with a weekly gig at Common Grounds, a new album in the works, and the 7th round of her homespun music festival on the immediate horizon.

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MOTHER’S DAY IN THE PARK

WHAT: Details We’re having a party to kick off warmer temps and the sweet sounds of Carolina Beach Music. Collegiate Entertainment presents We’re Having a Party with live performances by The Embers featuring Craig Woolard and The Collegiates. Enjoy classic beach music, dancing, and food/drink from local food trucks. Proceeds from this concert will benefit the local programming of Hospice of the Piedmont.

WHEN: 5:30 p.m.

WHERE: High Point Theatre.

220 E Commerce Ave, High Point.

MORE: $19 tickets.

WHAT: Moving and shaking even the most skeptical of Deadheads, Cosmic Charlie storms into a town and plays with an energy that eludes other bands, an energy that often eluded the Dead themselves.

Those precious moments during Dead jams when the synchronicity is there and all is right with the world, these are moments that Cosmic Charlie relishes and feverishly welcomes with open arms.

WHEN: 9:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Bling Tiger.

1819 Spring Garden Street, Greensboro.

MORE: $10 tickets.

WHAT: 40 NC craft brewers, live music, regions best food trucks, pet & family friendly.

All of this with admission! Created in 2014, Carolina Brewsfest is a region favorite year after year. Tickets are on sale now!

WHEN: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

WHERE: Mendenhall Transportation Terminal, 220 E. Commerce Avenue, High Point MORE: $7-10 general admission. $35-40 unlimited taster tickets.

WHAT: Hippie Fest is a grassroots festival where free-spirited people from across the country gather to celebrate peace, love, and all things groovy! Returning to Rowan County Fairground in Salisbury, NC May 11 & 12, 2019. Featuring live music, bohemian shopping, vintage hippie car show, DIY tiedye, giant bubble garden, cirque performers, kids activities, delicious food, tipsy-hippie tiki bar, and more.

WHEN: 12 p.m.

WHERE: Rowan County Fairgrounds.

Julian Rd, Salisbury, North Carolina.

MORE: $10 day pass. $15 two day pass.

WHAT: Celebrate the moms in your life with a day in your downtown parks! Bring a picnic to the park or do brunch at Cafe Europa. In the afternoon, Center City Park at Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc. will host a vendor market from 2:00PM to 7:30PM, offering a great opportunity to get the perfect gift for mom.

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

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WINSTON-SALEM YOGA FESTIVAL

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It will be all beginner and experienced yogis’ time to shine next weekend, because the first-ever Winston-Salem Yoga Festival is coming May 18 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Winston Salem Dash Stadium located at 998 Watkins St., SW in Winston-Salem.

The Winston-Salem Yoga Festival is a family-friendly event that bridges the divide with affordable and accessible yoga and wellness for all. This festival includes a 5K run or cycle, inspiring yoga classes, and guided meditation. The festival will also feature over 30 vendors and workshops such as Hip Hop Yoga and a wellness panel.

Winston-Salem Yoga Festival is organized and founded by K10Yoga, a nonprofit that believes that everyone deserves to have access to the benefits of yoga.

“We are committed to the process in which peels away the layers ancestrally, personally, socially and systematically that hold people back from receiving these benefits,” said the owner of K10 Yoga Studio Kristen Williams.

Williams said she is excited but also anxious with this being her first year organizing and putting together a festival. During the breakout sessions, she said, there would be multiple yoga presenters to help attendees along their spiritual journey and share the art and fun of yoga.

“There has been a lot of community support which has been very helpful,” Williams said.

Williams said that the festival would have multiple activities for guest to choose from through the day. Starting at 8 a.m., guest can start last-minute registration, check-in and socialize with other participants or warm up before the run. At 9 a.m., participants can choose to run one mile, run or walk a 5K, or enjoy a 30-minute cycle session on bikes from Cyclebar.

At 10 a.m., Williams said the community yoga session guided by Kennae Miller and Kate Counts would be an “inspiring yoga session for connection and healing within our community.” At 11:30 a.m., there’s a guided meditation led by Bushi (from Thomasville Buddhist Center) also rooted in connection and community. Following the guided meditations, the breakout sessions begin at noon. Williams said the breakout sessions are designed for participants to have fun, learn something new and make deep connections through yoga.

She said its purpose also is for the community to come together for a greater cause and “dismantle old limiting behaviors and narratives.” There will be four sessions to choose from all starting at noon and ending at 4 p.m.

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Williams said participants could attend breakout sessions of their choice, or take a walk and visit all of the vendors are selling their handmade goods, services, snacks, and drinks.

She said there would also be a special gift, which includes a free compass card, a pass for free yoga classes at 10 local studios.

Williams said tickets are on a sliding scale. The community rate is $40, which is a discounted rate including all festival activities. The sustainer rate is $45, which provides the ticket buyer with admission, and the supporter rate is $50, which provides the ticket buyer with admission and admission for others to enjoy the festival.

Children ages 12 and under are free, and a kid’s corner will be set up with yoga and games.

Williams said proceeds from the yoga festival would help fund programs within the Winston-Salem Community by offering yoga classes and workshops on a sliding scale via K10 Yoga Co-Op Studio. Proceeds will also go toward fellowship opportunities for K10 Yoga School. A portion of the proceeds from the WSYF will be gifted to Project Yellow Brick Road, bringing traumasensitive yoga programming to foster care in Winston-Salem. Additionally, $1.08 from each registration will be donated to Teardrops, an organization fighting the opioid epidemic.

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Sumela Turkish & Mediterranean Restaurant: An oldie but a goodie

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Located on a prime piece of North Main real estate, Sumela has been a fixture on the High Point restaurant scene for 22 years.

Old-timers may remember when the location opened as Main Street Grill in 1997.

“Back then, we served basic grill items like burgers and sandwiches,” said owner Mehmet Cakal. “But once people found out I was Turkish, they started requesting more authentic dishes. Over the years, we added more Turkish items and Mediterranean food.”

Eventually, the name no longer fit the restaurant’s new focus, so in 2008, Cakal rebranded the business as Sumela Turkish & Mediterranean Restaurant. The business is named after Sumela Monastery, a 1,000-year-old Greek Orthodox monastic complex that dramatically clings to a near-sheer cliffside in Cakal’s hometown of Trabzon, Turkey. Guests can see a photo of the monastery on a poster located in the dining room. Its stunning location, perched precariously over the Black Sea, is impressive indeed.

When guests enter Sumela, they are greeted warmly, often by a Cakal family member. Booths line the perimeter of the dining room, and roomy tables fill the interior space. A small but lovely mosaicpatterned lamp lights each table. There’s also an outdoor patio where guests can watch the action on Main Street. (Bonus: the patio is dog- friendly, as the Cakals are avid pet lovers.)

In addition to the aforementioned monastery posters, other artwork featuring scenes from Turkey, a handful of framed newspaper articles and a beautiful handknotted carpet grace the walls. Though not quite an open-kitchen concept, guests can catch a glimpse of the chef (usually Mehmet himself) operating the grill in the back.

The restaurant boasts a laid-back vibe and a menu of fresh, healthy food made in small batches. “We do everything fresh and pretty much daily,” Cakal said. For those unfamiliar with Mediterranean cuisine, it is typically heavy on vegetarian fare, fresh vegetables, and lean proteins, as evidenced by Sumela’s diverse menu.

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prepared different ways,” Cakal said. “We don’t eat a lot of fried foods.”

Cakal said he enjoys providing healthy food to the community—and he also sees it as an investment. “Our motto is, ‘The customer’s health is our business’—we want to see our guests coming back for a long time.”

Sumela is one of those rare restaurants where both vegetarians and meat-lovers will find their nirvana, and I often take visitors here for that reason. My advice: start with the mixed appetizers to get a sampling of several typical Mediterranean dishes. The colorful platter features hummus, a protein and fiber-rich dip made from mashed chickpeas; baba ganoush, an eggplant purée with lemon juice and garlic; grape leaves stuffed with rice, onions, raisins and nuts; and piyaz, a white bean salad with fresh herbs and onion.

Another standout appetizer is the lahmacun, a Turkish street food that is similar to flatbread or pizza. At Sumela, the dish consists of ground beef mixed with finely chopped onions, tomatoes, parsley, green pepper and spices atop a freshbaked crust. Red lentil soup is a menu staple, and you’ll also find approachable favorites such as Greek-style spanakopita and mozzarella sticks. Entrées range from familiar pastas like chicken and eggplant

parmigiana to sandwiches and kebabs.

Health-conscious diners will appreciate options like the Mediterranean Wrap (hummus, grilled chicken, feta cheese and fresh veggies), the Vegetarian Delight (hummus, falafel and veggies served on pita with homemade yogurt-cucumber sauce) and gyros (thinly-sliced beef and lamb on pita) in the sandwich menu.

Another Greek favorite is the chicken souvlaki, which can be served as a sandwich or an entrée.

The star of the show for carnivores is the kebab menu. Guests can order entrées consisting of one protein, or mix it up with a decadent sampler platter. The Sumela Sampler features beef skewers, chicken skewers and köfte (beef meatballs with

spices), while the Sultan Platter boasts lamb skewers, beef and lamb kebabs, and gyro. Both dishes are served with rice, piyaz and mixed vegetables.

The menu also offers several salad options and there is typically a daily sandwich and pasta special. Kids and families are always welcome, and an à la carte menu makes it easy to create a customized kid’s meal.

For dessert, think quality, not quantity—Sumela serves a handful of desserts done right. My favorite is the rice pudding, which is exactly what it sounds like. The creamy concoction of rice, milk, sugar, vanilla and cinnamon is perfect for those averse to cloyingly sweet final courses.

Other options include baklava, cheese-

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Back in 2015, a car crashed into the restaurant, forcing Cakal to close Sumela for six months for renovations. Thankfully, no one was hurt. “We found out how much people really care about us,” he said.

“People were asking about the reopening every day on our Facebook page, calling the health department, and FOX 8 was giving updates every month—it made me feel good.”

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He’s also gained worldwide fans who’ve discovered the restaurant during the twice-yearly furniture market. “I’ve seen good markets, slow markets, happy people and unhappy people over the years,” Cakal said. “It used to be two weeks, and now it’s just five days. It’s changed a lot of business strategies.”

With ambitious redevelopment plans in full swing, Cakal is looking forward to serving the High Point community for many years to come. And he’s staying true to the city’s blue-collar roots. “We are not fancy, and we’re not upscale,” he said. “When people come here, they don’t come for the look—they come for the food and hospitality.” !

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Commercial artist depicts High Point in murals

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Life is a gift and is meant to be shared with others,” is a quote on the mural “Puzzle” painted by Brian Davis. “Puzzle” was painted on a building once conTerry Rader sidered an eyesore in High Point. Davis said that one of his Contributor biggest heroes and champions, Dorothy Darr, co-chair at Southwest Renewal Foundation of High Point, helped him get started with his art.

The puzzle concept matched their desire to do something for the community, and it conveyed the need to bring a lot of different colors and sizes of pieces together as a whole. Davis hopes it will send a message of inclusion to people from all backgrounds not only living in High Point but visiting as well.

This is just one of the murals Davis has painted in High Point. His other murals are memorials to musicians who have passed away. Davis said that when he first saw the location, there were two electric meter boxes on the building that was not on his original design and included George Harrison. When Davis saw the meter boxes, he decided to let them be John Lennon’s eyes and spectacles instead. He said this mural was designed to bring more paintings to the Washington Street area.

“I always listen to the music of whatever artist I’m working on,” Davis said.

Shannon Allman reached out to Davis on Facebook and thanked him for painting Gregg Allman’s face on a mural and for keeping his memory alive. Davis said he felt appreciated and made him want to honor more musicians with his murals.

Davis said he is also looking forward to painting more music venue murals. He said that one of his favorite murals is of Johnny Cash displaying his famous middle finger at Nitro’s in Randleman. Another painting he considers one of his favorites,

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He’s got a couple of ideas for future murals; one concept is of Stevie Ray Vaughan, and he said it needs a home.

Then there’s another idea brewing for a zoo or a city renovation project that would include music and is part of a much larger vision he has.

Davis paints more than murals and considers himself a commercial artist that is mostly self-taught. He said that he did his first oil painting at age 10 and then when he was 12, he loved to watch cartoons. In his desire to learn how to draw cartoon characters, Davis would pause the T.V. and tape a piece of tracing paper to the screen and trace off the images and practice that way until he developed his style. When he was 14, he worked one summer at Southern Graphics Studio in Thomasville. Davis said this gave him a distinct advantage when he began his commercial art and advertising design training at Guilford Technical Community College. He started freelancing and said he has never looked back.

Davis works out of his home BRIANSTUDIO, located in his Thomasville garage and “image creation” studio. His works also include logos and identity programs, graphics for print, apparel, digital art and commissioned fine art illustrations. Davis said he feels blessed with his other work and loves waking up everyday finishing kitchen cabinets for interior design projects by “Inspired by Color.” He said he gets to do a lot of exciting projects that include gold leaf and faux painting.

“The negative spaces are what I bring into everything I do,” Davis said. “It’s important to respect the negative space, like the notes between the notes in music.”

As a former creative director and graphic designer myself, I know how unique it is to find an artist that can render so many different styles and do them all equally well. Davis and I recounted the days of rendering graphics on drafting tables, using markers and cutting amberlith overlays with swivel knives. It is encouraging to see an artist continuing to make commercial art and a living at it as well.

Davis happily anticipates other mural artists joining in.

The mural locations in High Point include “Puzzle” in downtown Goldston Park, “The Lizard” on the corner of Main and Lexington Streets, musicians on Washington Street, two sidewalk murals of piano keys and a panorama of High Point are at the Visitors Convention Bureau. Davis is presently working on his third mural in three weeks and said it would be a bicycle mural with 3D handlebars, but it is located inside, as are many of his private projects. !

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Giddens sisters, Dossett, McGinn sing of peace and community Rhiannon Giddens is “so happy to make some music with some of my favorite people in the world, in a rare visit home. and for a great cause.”

The Grammynominated (and Ian McDowell MacArthur fellowship-winning) singer, banjo player, Contributor musicologist and historian was talking about the upcoming “Songs of Peace and Community” concert organized by her sister, Dr. Lalenja Harrington. On May 19, Giddens, Harrington, Laurelyn Dossett, Sinclair Palmer and Charlie Hunter will be performing to raise money for the Experiential School of Greensboro. The concert is at 8 p.m. at the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant at 501 S. Mendenhall St. in Greensboro.

“I’m also happy to support a school that is invested in making a 21st-century citizen and expanding the notion of what education can be, and should be,” Giddens said.

Harrington, the professor, poet, and singer featured in our April 24, 2018 cover story “Not just a Giddens sister,” described how the concert came to be.

“One of the founders of The Experiential School, Dr. Leila Villaverde, is a mentor of mine. So, when the opportunity arose to support the school, the first thing that I thought of was putting on a concert and including musicians that I love and respect, who are activists in our community, and whom I also know to value the same principles. The line-up with Rhiannon, Laurelyn, Molly, whom I have performed with many times, and then Sinclair and Charlie, musicians who are new to me but not the community, is so exciting.”

Harrington described herself as a “big believer” in the Experiential School of Greensboro, and its “pedagogical practice of using experiential education to engage learners in an inclusive way, that centers social justice and community engagement.”

Villaverde described the school’s mission as “to educate creative critically engaged citizens through experiential education, project-based learning and through an awareness of what we can all do towards a socially just world.”

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Rhiannon Giddens, Dr. Lalenja Harrington, Laurelyn Dossett, Molly McGinn, Sinclair Palmer and Charlie Hunter to build relationships in the community, and partner with the city as part of the curriculum.”

Molly McGinn offered effusive praise for Harrington “and all the good work she’s been doing to raise up socially aware thinkers.” Calling her friend “a force of nature,” she said, “I’d do anything” for the woman she described as “working to organize a school experience where we can raise a culture that doesn’t bully a child because of their sexual preference or choice in dress.”

And she was just as excited to be reuniting with her other veteran collaborators.

“Every time I get together with Laurelyn and Rhiannon, some shit is going down.”

She also expressed her delight at the participation of bandleader, writer and seven and eight-string guitar virtuoso Charlie Hunter, who has worked with Norah Jones, Mos Def, John Mayer, and D’Angelo.

“He’s got some plans in the works to make Greensboro even more well-known, on a national scale, as a music town. One that doesn’t gentrify, but unifies.”

Laurelyn Dossett also had praise for Sinclair Palmer, whom she called “an amazing bass player and an awesome person. Sinclair is a wonderful collaborator and musician, and a fun spirit to have around.”

Harrington credited the concert’s title to Dossett. “We will be focusing on themes of peace and community, which are in line with the school’s mission. Laurelyn has generously supported our use of the “Songs of” format that she’s used in the past, which highlights the collaboration between the artists who are performing. I am looking forward to the night creatively and as a way to support such a great school right here in the center of Greensboro!”

“Rhiannon and Lalenja and Molly and I have collaborated on a lot of different

projects over the years,” Dossett said.

“And a lot of community-based performances to raise awareness of good causes. We have a really easy kind of friendship and sisterhood. Something special always happens.”

“We are so deeply honored that Lalenja, Rhiannon, Laurelyn, Molly, Sinclair and Charlie are so graciously giving of their time,” Villaverde said. “Their generosity is inspiring, and we hope this continues to strengthen our expanding community.

Our success is always a shared endeavor.

It takes every single one of us to make history and TESG is doing so together in Greensboro!”

Tickets for “Songs of Peace and Community” are $35 and available via Eventbrite. !

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Greensboro Drag Brunch celebrates its first anniversary Last Mother’s Day, members of Greensboro’s LGBTQ+ community and straight allies joined forces to treat their mothers like queens for the first-ever Greensboro Drag Brunch. Now, one Katie Murawski year later, Greensboro Drag Brunch is bigger than ever Editor at its new and permanent venue, Chemistry Nightclub, 2901 Spring Garden St. Drew Wofford, owner of Chemistry Nightclub and a co-organizer of Greensboro Drag Brunch said the decision to have the brunch at Chemistry was natural and because the nightclub provides a safe space for the performers and attendees.

“We bounced around to different venues, and for one reason or another, it hasn’t worked out,” Wofford said. “The girls already have their dressing room here with mirrors, lighting, a stage, a sound system—it was kind of a natural fit.”

The drag brunch recently partnered with PorterHouse Burger Co., which provides the food, and Wofford said the upcoming event would be the first one to offer a buffet-style brunch. The menu for brunch will include scrambled eggs, bacon, pulled pork, barbecue red slaw, home fry potatoes, baked beans and house salad. Greensboro Drag Brunch is a monthly volunteer-run event where local drag entertainers donate their time to perform while proceeds from ticket sales benefit a local charity. The nonprofit chosen for this month is Piedmont Health

Services for their efforts to assist people living with HIV and AIDS. “We try to do it directly for a cause, or have the money earmarked for something,” Wofford said. “We try to help nonprofits that are struggling that don’t have the funding. We want to see that the money goes somewhere that can actually be used in Greensboro, have a direct effect and benefit people’s lives and make a difference.”

Greensboro Drag Brunch host and co-organizer Anjelica Dust said after one year, the community of Greensboro has been supportive of her and the drag brunch.

“It makes me feel so emotional,” Dust said. “I didn’t know how Greensboro was going to perceive this; I didn’t know if Greensboro was ready for something like this. It makes me cry honestly; I am so thankful, and I know people say this word a lot, but I really am so blessed to be able to do what I do and have people celebrate it.”

In honor of Mother’s Day, Dust said her mother, mother-in-law, grandmotherin-law and drag mother, Paisley Parque,

will be in attendance, and she said there is something special planned for the moms. “We consider mom a general statement at drag brunch, you don’t have to have created a child to be a mother,” Dust said.

Dust, Parque, Ivy Carter, Tia Chanella and Vertigo Carter will be performing along with North Carolina native Stacy Layne Matthews (contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 3) and Jaidynn Diore Fierce (contestant on RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 7).

“Stacy is amazing; one of the kindest, probably one of the most down-to-earth girls from Drag Race that I have ever met,” Dust said. “Just a beautiful person inside and out.”

Dust said Greensboro Drag Brunch makes sure there is representation for everyone, because representation matters. “Having people of color performing, I feel if you don’t do that in this day and age, you are trash,” Dust said. “We make a very conscious effort to make sure everyone is included.”

Dust and Wofford said Greensboro Drag Brunch is a social event for all ages because the content is kid-friendly.

“I am excited to have more than one time a year that kids can come [to Chemistry]” Wofford said. “We do a day party for Pride where children are welcome, but I’ll be able to have now 12 times a year where we allow kids in.”

Coming up on June 4 is the first Greensboro Drag Dinner at Chemistry with food by PorterHouse, and Wofford said children are welcome to attend, “so there will be more opportunities for under 18 LGBTs to see the space.”

There are three seatings for the drag brunch (11 a.m., 1:30 p.m. and 4 p.m.) and Wofford said there would be 100 seats

available for each show.

“There are still tickets available, and each seating is about halfway sold out,” Wofford said. “This is the week that they all sell out, so get your tickets now if you want to come.”

Tickets for admission are $15, and the buffet is an optional, additional $12 for all-you-can-eat. Wofford said there is a coupon code for YES! Weekly readers for $5 off admission with the code “yesweekly.” Dust and Wofford said it is strongly encouraged for attendees to tip the drag performers, and that there is an ATM with a $1.25 service fee onsite at Chemistry. Wofford said Chemistry would have a special cocktail menu for the drag brunch (including $25 bottomless mimosas). For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the website, www. greensborodragbrunch.com.

“Thanks to Greensboro for supporting us for a year,” Wofford said. “We never really thought we’d get anyone to attend, it went from one seating to two to three seatings now, and every brunch we get new faces. The attendees are what is most exciting. It is not just LGBTQ+ people that support it; amazingly, we have more straight people that come to brunch than gay people. Black, white, Asian, female, male, trans, everyone you can imagine. We have newborns and 85-year-old women that show up.

It is such a mix, and it is so exciting to see all the new faces and all the people supporting drag, the LGBTQ+ community and charities. That is why we keep doing it.” !

KATIE MURAWSKI is the editor of YES! Weekly. She is from Mooresville, North Carolina and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in film studies from Appalachian State University in 2017.

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Something wicked this way comes in Hunter Hunter, the feature debut of writer/ executive producer/ leading man Jason Kellerman and producer/director David Tarleton, defies description, to say nothing of convention. It’s Mark Burger an action film, a character study, a psychological thriller, Contributor a modern-day film noir, a horror film, and even manages to incorporate some social commentary into the mix.

In short, Hunter is something different – and it’s better. In addition to critical praise, the independent film won the “Freaky Award” at the 2018 Freak Show Horror Film Festival, the MFF award as Best Horror Feature at the 2018 Manhattan Film Festival, and the Silver award as Best Feature (Mystery-Thriller) at the 2018 Queen Palm International Film Festival, to name a few ... and cult status is a lock.

Formerly a mixed-martial-arts champion, Kellerman’s Hunter now ekes out a solitary existence as one of Chicago’s many homeless people, suffering from hellish hallucinations and prone to violent outbursts. At times, Hunter is lucid and contemplative; other times he is delirious and disoriented. He’s unable to get past the grief and trauma surrounding the murders of his mother and sister – and there’s a very good, and very bad, reason why.

The culprits, led by Nick Searcy’s Volakas, might euphemistically be called “creatures of the night” – the sort popularized by Bram Stoker and later Anne Rice. But Hunter is not a run-of-the-mill vampire movie. Like Near Dark (1987), it doesn’t necessarily adhere to traditional lore, and there’s an ironic parallel between the homeless and the vampires. Each exists on the periphery of society, the former due to their economic and emotional hardships, the latter because it provides perfect cover for their nefarious nocturnal deeds.

But when Danni (Rachel Cerda), a compassionate social worker who takes an interest in Hunter, becomes imperiled, Hunter must find it within himself to conquer his own demons before he can conquer the real demons. Hell hath no fury like Hunter’s.

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“We were absolutely interested in telling the story, from an honest an empathetic place, of a homeless person,” Tarleton said. “I was always interested in the film as a character study. There have been many vampire films made over the years. If we’re going to explore this mythology (and) these tropes, I always felt we had to find something new in it. Trying to have a character-driven vampire film that really had something to say was important to me.”

According to Kellerman, Hunter was always going to be homeless, the character inspired by Kellerman’s stint working at a soup kitchen in Chicago. “I wanted to give back to the people whose lives I was writing about, and get a better sense for their day-to-day (existence) to make sure I did justice to the character and the subject matter.”

He also wanted to put a spin on the vampire genre. “They’re an update of the myth to fit the modern day,” he observed.

“Vampires in Victorian England were all about sexuality because that was the taboo thing at the time that everyone was a little afraid of. Nowadays, that’s a little less relevant. I’d like to think most people aren’t quite so scared of sexuality, so the myth loses power when it’s done that way. But I’ve always thought vampirism is a metaphor for abuse; someone does something you don’t want, but then you need to do that to other people.

“Nowadays, that usually takes the form of powerful men preying on the disenfranchised, and so our villains had to follow suit. Again, we wanted these characters to feel like real people – on both sides – someone you might meet on the street, not inhuman monsters. I think that’s what gets people invested in a story in the first place.”

“There was definitely some reaction against the romantic version that we’ve seen in pop culture lately, not just ‘sparkly’ vampires,” Tarleton concurred.

“These vampires are brutal killers, walking

examples of toxic masculinity, in a kind of organized-crime context. The ways that Hunter was underground were similar to the ways that the vampires had to hide.

The difference was that the vampires were from a very different economic background from where Hunter finds himself. They were up, in the same way that Hunter was down. There’s probably something in there about the class and economic systems in this country, if we really were to dig into it.”

The city of Chicago is very much a character in the film, and the filmmakers were eager to showcase areas of the city that were not the usual familiar landmarks. Tarleton is an associate professor and director of graduate programs in the Cinema and Television Arts department at Columbia College Chicago, so he and Kellerman were already very familiar with the Windy City.

And, indeed, during shooting Chicago was both windy and cold!

“I love how Chicago looks,” Tarleton said. “The architecture and just the energy of the city is just so specific, and we really wanted to explore it. We really were trying to give a real sense of the grittier side of Chicago. Hunter is homeless, so his world is this darker, dirtier, textured space.

He’s also ‘under’ – both physically and metaphorically – so we intentionally shot the film from underneath. We’re under the ‘L’ tracks, underneath bridges, underneath the city itself on Lower Wacker Drive, and

constantly underneath the shadow of the huge buildings looming overhead. I feel like the brutal conditions really add to the sense of isolation and the cold shows up on screen.”

Even before the film’s release, Kellerman and Tarleton were giving serious thought to a follow-up, or even a fullblown franchise. “If I got my way, I’d do five seasons,” Kellerman said. “I’ve already got it mapped out. It’s absolutely an origin story, so any SyFy or Netflix producers reading this, I’m sure you would happily pass along my contact info!”

(Yes, I would.)

“I think we accomplished most of the things we intended to do,” Tarleton said.

“We were relatively low-budget, but we put it all up on the screen. The actors that we worked with were universally brilliant, and it was such an honor to see them just shine in the film. It was a great collaboration. I’d love to continue to explore Hunter’s story. It’s something that Jason and I were discussing right from the beginning. There’s definitely still more to tell. It was great fun to make, and I’d love to return to more deeply explore the world and its lore.

“First and foremost, I want the audience to be entertained. The film is scary, intense, fun, and mysterious. At the same time, I hope the audience can empathize with this homeless character and feel what that experience would be like – to really go on a journey with these characters and come out just a little bit changed.”

For more information about Hunter, visit the official website: www.hunterfilmchicago.com/. !

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olitical satire and raunchy romantic comedy make for strange bedfellows in Long Shot, an eager-toplease romp pairing Charlize Theron and Seth Rogan, who may not display sizzling or sparkling screen chemistry but can claim a comfort-

able camaraderie.

Theron, also one of the film’s producers, portrays Charlotte Field, the glamorous U.S. Secretary of State, angling for a Presidential run in 2020, particularly after the current Commander-in-Chief (Bob Odenkirk), a former T.V. star best known for playing the President on a “West Wing”-type series, opts not to run for reelection but to break into feature films.

Rogen, likewise a producer, plays Fred Flarsky, a hard-charging journalist who just so happened to live next door to Charlotte when they were youngsters.

This being a comedy, Charlotte taps Fred to be her new speechwriter, much to the consternation of her top aide, Maggie (June Diane Raphael, in what could be called the “Allison Janney role”).

Needless to say, sparks fly – and so do the sophomoric gags. Long Shot is sort of like a Frank Capra comedy with sex jokes, four-letter words, and drug use. It wants

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to make valid political observations while also fulfilling the raunch quotient. This would be fine if either aspect worked on a more consistent basis.

Director Jonathan Levine has previously worked with Rogen, most notably in 50/50 (2011), a truly great comedy/ drama that found neither the audience nor critical acclaim it deserved. Long Shot isn’t as good by … well, a long shot, but it is a marked improvement over Levine’s last feature, the hopeless Amy Schumer/ Goldie Hawn vehicle Snatched (2017).

O’Shea Jackson Jr. (son of Ice Cube) has some nice moments as Rogen’s best bud, and the perennially unrecognizable Andy Serkis has a high ol’ time as a nasty media mogul with heavy political influence (Rupert Murdoch, anyone?). However, Odenkirk (who could well have knocked out his entire role in a day) and Lisa Kudrow (who could have knocked hers out in an hour) are wasted. Although Alexander Skarsgard enjoys a comedic change of pace as an image-conscious Canadian prime minister with eyes for Theron, it’s also an insignificant role.

Once the film has established its storyline, screenwriters Dan Sterling and Liz Hannah keep concocting unnecessary and frequently contrived plot twists, which serve only to slow the story’s momentum.

There’s a good little 95-minute movie in Long Shot. Unfortunately, it’s swamped in a running time that exceeds two hours.

Despite some laughs along the way, this is one case where less would most definitely have been more. !

Red Joan: Better Dench than red Red Joan is based on Jennie Rooney’s novel and inspired by the true story of Melita Norwood, a retired British civil servant whose ties to a Soviet spy ring in Britain were revealed more than 50 years later. Here the character is called Joan Stanley, and she is played by Judi Dench – which immediately elevates the production.

The film opens with Joan being arrested and interrogated by the authorities, during which time she flashes back to her early days at Cambridge University in 1938. The storm clouds of World War II are darkening ominously, and political idealism runs rampant on campus. Joan isn’t so much swayed by the call of Communism or Socialism as the charisma of handsome, dashing firebrand Leo Galich (Tom Hughes), who recruits her by wooing her. She has misgivings, but she’s also delighted to be accepted by this group of lively intellectuals.

Upon graduation, Joan becomes involved with Max Davis (Stephen Campbell Moore), who is working with the Canadians to build Britain’s first atomic bomb – the Americans opting to work in secrecy, despite being allied with Britain (and Russia, for that matter). World War II may be raging, but the Cold War is lurking already.

Max is also married, which is a major complication, and during their research, Joan feels compelled to pass along atomic secrets to her former collegiate comrades. The film makes a point of

showing her signing the Official Secrets Act, but her idealism wins out, although it’s only a matter of time before she realizes that she’s been a patsy all along.

In terms of the performances, competence is foremost. Dench, of course, is beyond reproach, although her role is far smaller than Cookson’s, who shoulders most of the narrative. Hughes, Moore, Tereza Srbova, Stephen Boxer, Freddie Gaminara (in his screen debut), and Robin Soans (as Prime Minister Clement Attlee) are all fine, but the film’s best turn is delivered by Ben Miles as Joan’s son Nick, a barrister (lawyer) suddenly confronted with the reality that his entire upbringing has been shrouded in secrecy and outright deception. The scene where he angrily confronts his mother in the interrogation room in questionably the film’s best, filled with fury and reproach – and Dench’s underplayed reaction of shame sells it.

Red Joan was directed by Trevor Nunn, far better known for his stage triumphs (Aspects of Love, Cats, Les Miserables, etc.) than his screen work. This marks his first feature since the whimsical Shakespearean adaptation Twelfth Night 23 years ago, and there’s a palpable theatrical quality to the proceedings. This is a respectable enough endeavor on its own modest terms but might have been more appropriate for the small screen. −Red Joan opens Friday. !

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attended the opening night of Triad Stage’s production of Dale Wasserman’s “Man of La Mancha,” and just as the play’s fearless “knight” Don Quixote encourKatie Murawski ages the audience to “dream the impossible dream,” Triad Editor Stage’s production went above and beyond my expectations.

Set in a prison “now and in the past,” a poet and his partner await Inquisition.

While there, other detainees taunt the new arrivals and set up their own trial to determine if the poet and his partner are worthy enough to keep their possessions.

The poet, doing what he does best, weaves a story from his imagination, which allures the other inmates and helps them escape the reality of their seemingly unjust imprisonment. The poet, Cervantes (Graham Stevens), and his partner (DeMone) tell the story of an aging madman who thinks he is a knight by the name of Don Quixote, and of the quest to “dream the impossible dream” and validate his knighthood. Don Quixote and his trusty Sancho (DeMone) travel far and wide to fight a giant (which is actually a windmill) and save a damsel in distress (which is actually a sex worker who makes it very clear she doesn’t need saving).

They stop at a luxurious castle (which is not really luxurious and not really a castle, but just an inn) and that is where Don Quixote falls for Aldonza (Sherz Aletaha) the inn’s resident sex worker, who he insists on calling Dulcinea. Quixote’s chivalrous deeds lead him to be WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

“officially knighted” by the innkeeper/ governor (Michael Tourek), while reality slowly catches up with him. Having never seen this play, or really knowing anything about Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, I was glued to the action and plot the whole time, to the point that I didn’t even notice that there was no intermission.

With humor akin to Monty Python and the Holy Grail, “Man of La Mancha” is a clever and timeless look at the perceptions of reality and the art of escapism.

Graham Stevens’ Don Quixote/Cervantes and DeMone’s Sancho were both perfect for their roles; each of their actions and intentions felt genuine and sincere. Sherz Aletaha’s Aldonza/Dulcinea and Michael Tourek’s governor/innkeeper were phenomenal as well. These four actors stole the show but did not distract the audience from the rest of the incredibly talented ensemble.

I think my favorite part of this entire performance was its underlying message: even though the world might seem catastrophically insane, it is imperative to keep dreaming, keep reaching, keep believing, and keep existing. As director Preston Lane brilliantly states in the “Director’s Letter” section of the Playbill, “And yet, even in this darkest postmodern prison, we yearn to hear the call for something other, something true--reminding us all to strive with our last ounce of courage and reach the unreachable star.” Now, and eerily more than ever, “Man of La Mancha” is relevant and must be seen to be believed.

“Man of La Mancha” runs until May 26 at the Pyrle Theatre in Greensboro. For more information, visit the website, www. triadstage.org/. !

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Police officers in Indialantic, Florida, responded to at least seven calls about a man disturbing the peace on April 7.

Patrons of Starbucks and Sassy Granny’s Smoothies, among Chuck Shepherd others, were startled when 61-year-old Thomas Devaney Lane started yelling, calling himself “the saint” and threatening to unleash his army of turtles on the community. According to WKMG, Lane went along with an officer to the police station, where he screamed at the dispatcher and pounded on the walls, but then left the building. He was located later at a 7-Eleven, verbally assaulting customers.

As officers stood by, Lane called 911 and told the dispatcher, “I need to leave now or you will all be sorry you (expletive) with the saint.” Lane was charged with disturbing the peace, resisting arrest without violence and misusing 911.

THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS

In Nashville, Tennessee, as the NFL

Draft was taking over the town, brides and bridesmaids celebrating bachelorette parties were confounded by the crowds.

WZTV reported on April 25 that the influx of crazed football fans was cramping the style of several groups: “We come here to listen to country music, not hang out with football boys,” pouted a bride named Cara. “I’ll tell you who’s going to pay for this. My husband. No football next season,” threatened a bridesmaid named Cyndi. But a bride named Savannah was more Zen about the situation: “We’re gonna make the best of it. It is what it is.”

RUNNING OUT OF TIME

Lukas Bates, 30, of southeastern England, dreamed big while running the London Marathon on April 28, according to Fox News. In addition to finishing, Bates hoped to secure a Guinness world record as the fastest runner dressed as an iconic building. His costume, the tower known as Big Ben in London, rose several feet above his head — and that, it turns out, is what tripped him up. As Bates approached the finish line, his costume got caught on the scoreboard structure overhead. Finally a sympathetic race steward helped Bates free himself and make it over the finish

line in three hours, 54 minutes and 21 seconds — missing by only 20 seconds the record held by Richard Mietz, who ran last year’s Berlin Marathon dressed as Germany’s Holstentor gate.

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINAL

One way to assure a negative response to a job application is to lift a few items from your prospective employer on the way out. So it went for an unnamed 36-year-old man in Gillette, Wyoming, who visited a Sportsman’s Warehouse on April 24, where he paid for some items with a rewards card but also left the store with some bullets and a pair of sunglasses. Two days later, the Gillette News Record reported, the man returned and asked to fill out a job application, then walked out with two more pairs of sunglasses worth $85. This time, workers called police, who arrested the man and recovered all the stolen items.

INEXPLICABLE

The Lankenau Medical Center in suburban Philadelphia was the site of a breakin on the morning of April 20, but it was the stolen loot that leaves us scratching our heads. Two men and a woman stuffed several colonoscopes worth $450,000 into three backpacks. The scopes are used to examine colons during colonoscopies.

“This is not something that a typical pawn shop might accept,” said Lower Merion Police Det. Sgt. Michael Vice. “My feeling would be that it was some type of black market sales.” He also told WCAU that it’s not yet clear whether it was an inside job.

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Why spend all that money on a real vacation when you can just fake a trip to an iconic destination? That’s the service offered by Fake a Vacation, a Nebraska company that offers to superimpose you in a photo from a popular vacation spot, such as Las Vegas or the Grand Canyon, for posting on your social media pages.

According to United Press International, they’ll even offer you some fun facts about the place you choose to help you make your trip stories more legit. Packages start at $19.99; no word on what it costs to get your dignity back.

YOU KNOW YOU’VE THOUGHT OF IT

United Press International reported on April 25 that the Arizona Department of Public Safety arrested yet another driver using a dummy in the passenger seat to cruise in the HOV lane along State Route 202. “Don’t let this be you,” the department’s Twitter feed warned. The mannequin in this case was dressed as a woman.

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Idahoans embraced the Big Idaho Potato, a 28-foot-long steel-and-plaster potato constructed in 2012 to mark the Idaho Potato Commission’s 75th anniversary. It’s been traveling the country ever since, promoting Idaho’s biggest crop, and the plan was for it to be retired this year, when Big Idaho Potato 2.0 arrives.

But Kristie Wolfe had better idea. The tiny house builder has converted the sculpture into a single-room hotel (aptly called the Big Idaho Potato Hotel), reported USA Today. It features a queen bed, two chairs and a bathroom with a whirlpool and skylight for stargazing; Wolfe lists it on Airbnb for $200 per night. “It’s a way of inviting people to experience Idaho in a unique way,” remarked Frank Muir, CEO of the Idaho Potato Commission.

THE HIGH PRICE OF VANITY

A “vampire facial” is a procedure during which blood is drawn with a needle and then “spun” to separate the plasma, which is then injected into the face. For customers of a spa in Albuquerque, New Mexico, though, the most lasting effects may come after a blood test. The state’s Department of Health is urging customers of VIP Spa, which closed in September 2018, to undergo HIV testing after two people were infected following treatment there. Dr. Dean Bair of the Bair Medical Spa said people should always make sure they’re going to a licensed facility for such procedures. “This is just the worst example of what can go wrong,” he told KOAT. The spa closed after inspectors found the spa’s practices could potentially spread blood-borne infections, including hepatitis B and C as well as HIV.

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An unnamed Ogden, Utah, woman who accused her boyfriend of cheating added emphasis to the charge in a most unusual manner on April 27, according to a Salt Lake County Jail report. The 23-year-old was with her boyfriend in the parking lot of a strip mall in Sandy when she “took her clothing off as she accused the boyfriend of cheating. ... The incident took place in a busy public area with constant vehicle and pedestrian traffic.” KSL reported the woman told police she stripped because “her boyfriend doesn’t want her anymore.” She was arrested for disorderly conduct and lewdness involving a child. !

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What is the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society?

MISSION: The Piedmont Blues Preservation Society (PBPS) is a 501(c)(3) charitable nonprofit dedicated to the preservation and presentation of the music known commonly as the Blues; this form of music having evolved historically from the work songs and spirituals of the Black African-American race. This society strives to document and preserve both the Black American and North Carolina Blues traditions, and to present educational programs, seminars, and workshops meant to revive, maintain, and grow interest in Blues in the local community.

Letter from President: What’s up, blues fans and friends!?

Atiba Berkley here to thank you all for your continued and growing support of Piedmont Blues Preservation Society, our mission and programs. It’s been a whirlwind year since last year this time and so much has changed. New board members, new fundraisers, a new website and some great opportunities to execute our mission of spreading blues culture over the Piedmont region of N.C.! Some of you supported through Pop-Up Jams, many of you donated money, and so many attended shows and volunteered.

Those types of support are what keep us going so thank you!

We’re very excited to have some great new sponsors and some amazing We hope you find what we do for our community as interesting as we do and that you would like to join in the fun.

Aside from fundraising, we provide a taxdeductible annual membership that helps us to continue the many programs mentioned. Memberships provide discounts at PBPS sponsored events and at selected clubs and restaurants. Our weekly e-Blast Bluesletter will give you up-to-date information on local artists, clubs, and events,

Blues & Foods Market Food and Craft have always been a part of Blues culture in America and around the world.

The PBPS wants to celebrate the culinary legacy of the blues so we support our regional food entrepreneurs.

Crafts people of all sorts are also on hand to sell their jewelry, cigar-box guitars, clothing, weavings, and all sorts of handmade and local goods!

Our Blues & Foods Market is just outside the festival grounds on Davie Street. There are a wide variety of delicious food choices with Southern and international flavors, terrific arts and crafts vendors selling their wonderful creations. Check out and even buy some great artisan crafts, and grab some snacks or dinner even from the many food trucks at the Blues and Foods market. Take in the amazing blues lineup we will have! All we ask is that you enjoy yourselves, be kind and have a little fun.

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including some bonuses for “members only.” Donations and/or becoming a member are greatly appreciated. Proceeds are used to make our children’s lives and our community more enjoyable.

For more information, to become a member, or to make a donation to the Piedmont Blues Preservation Society, you may do so online at: http://piedmontblues.org, via PayPal Sales@piedmontblues.org or our mailing address is: Piedmont Blues Preservation Society P.O. Box 9737 Greensboro, NC 27429

Blues in the Schools This free education program for students educates by demonstrating the blues genre and it’s history.

Our goal is to bring these children the joy of music and to attempt to get them involved with music. Research has shown that music involvement settles the mind, helps in education, and provides an outlet that could keep the child from going back to the streets and staying out of trouble.

Coming from the oral traditions of African-American folk music, field hollers, and spirituals, the blues is the foundation for many other popular music forms students listen to today.

These early country blues men and women created beautiful poetry that responded to the conditions of their world.

Sometimes the lyrics express the anger they could not speak.

Other times, they painted a vivid picture of African-American life their songs, stories, and lives. Through the Blues In The Schools, students & teachers can learn this history.

Our Parker, Speas, Welborne Music Scholarship is a program for music students at Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU). Consistent with the PBPS mission statement that, encourages “...preservation of North Carolina Blues music; revival of interest in blues in the local communities, especially African American communities; and the presentation of educational programs, forums and workshops on the blues...” this Scholarship is created for the purpose of assisting college students attending any one or all of Bennett College, NC A&T State University, and Winston Salem State University. *Member-Volunteer Personnel (MVPs) are needed and welcomed to assist in managing and staffing these programs.

Please contact info@piedmontblues.org if you would like to volunteer.

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DOM FLEMONS public displays of talent and are the future of the blues. The presentation is made in honor as a memorial of former board member Mike Carr who encouraged the PBPS to reach out to the young musicians in the Piedmont. The Award is sponsored

by Summerfield Family Chiropractic.

DOM FLEMONS

Flemons co-founded the Carolina Chocolate Drops who won a GRAMMY for Best Traditional Folk in 2010. He left the group to pursue his solo career in 2014 and in 2016 the Carolina Chocolate Drops were inducted into the North Carolina Music Hall of Fame.

Flemons has performed with leading musicians such as Old Crow Medicine Show, Taj Mahal, Guy Davis, Mike Seeger, Joe Thompson, Martin Simpson and Boo Hanks. He’s been a professional touring musician for the past 10 years and has traveled around the nation and the world presenting traditional folk and roots music to diverse audiences. He’s performed as a soloist at prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall, Cecil Sharp House, the Grand Ole Opry, the Opening Ceremony for the National Museum of African American History and Culture, National Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Newport Folk Festival and represented the United States at the 2017 Rainforest World Music Festival in Kuching, Malaysia.

In 2018, Flemons released his solo album titled Dom Flemons Presents Black Cowboys on GRAMMY Award winning record label Smithsonian Folkways. This recording is part of Folkways 70th Anniversary and the African American Legacy Recordings series in conjunction with the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. The album has spent 31 consecutive weeks on Billboard Bluegrass and YES! WEEKLY

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charted on both Folk radio and Traditional Folk radio charts. Flemons was featured on syndicated radio broadcasts World Café and NPR’s Here and Now to discuss the history of black cowboys and the new record. Flemons’ website TheAmericanSongster.com was selected by the Library of Congress for inclusion in the American Music Creators Web Archive.

In 2017, Flemons was featured on David Holt’s State of Music on PBS and performed as bluesman Joe Hill Louis on CMT’s original hit television show Sun Records. In 2016, Flemons released a duo album with British musician Martin Simpson titled Ever Popular Favourites, on Fledg’ling Records. Flemons launched a podcast, American Songster Radio, on WUNC Public Radio and filmed two instructional DVD’s through Stefan Grossman’s Guitar Workshop. In 2014, he released a critically acclaimed solo album Prospect Hill through Music Maker Relief Foundation.

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Genuine blues and boogie-woogie piano has taken Clark Stern around the world, entertaining audiences, performing on chart-topping albums, and learning from true masters of the art. Clark cares deeply about carrying on the legacy of the great piano performers, proudly continuing the tradition of piano as a central part of blues music. The Musical Rewards feature two of the world’s leading blues artists on vocals: legendary drummer Chuck Cotton, and Handy Award-winning bassist Mookie Brill.

JON SHAIN

Last August at Durham’s Blue Note Grill, Jon won the 2018 Triangle Blues Society‘s Blues Challenge in the solo/duo category,

JON SHAIN allowing him to advance on to the 2019 International Blues Challenge in Memphis where took FIRST PLACE in the solo/duo category, besting over 260 competitors for the win.

Jon Shain is a veteran singer-songwriter who’s been turning heads for years with his words, his fiery acoustic guitar work, and his evolved musical style – combining improvised piedmont blues with bluegrass, swing, and ragtime. Shain’s latest solo disc, Gettin’ Handy with the Blues – a Tribute to the Legacy of WC Handy, was released in January, 2018. Shain’s newest release is Tomorrow Will Be Yesterday Soon, with long-time collaborator FJ Ventre.

MELVA HOUSTON

Since the American jazz, blues and gospel singer Melva Houston made her debut in Germany in 1996, she has been a regular guest in jazz clubs and at jazz festivals each year. Melva Houston even has a special relationship with insiders on the Jazz

and Gospel scene in Germany. Concerts in neighboring countries like Switzerland, the Netherlands and Spain show Melva’s increasing crowd of followers and it’s no wonder, since a combination of a jazz and blues voice of her capacity combined with brilliant entertainment, complemented by a band consisting of high-class jazz musicians turn Melva Houston’s concerts into an extraordinary live event.

The singer Melva Houston was born in Memphis/Tennessee, home of many black blues celebrities. Being the youngest daughter of large family, she grew up in the tradition of gospel, blues and jazz. At age 13, she won a young talent competition, after having made herself a name by performing regularly on a popular radio show. Melva began to experience a meteoric rise. At age 15, she was a background singer for the record company Stax-Records. By age 16 she was singing for Isaac Hayes and went on to become such a popular background singer that she made numerous recordings with stars

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like Wilson Pickett, Otis Redding, Sam and Dave and other celebrities of the Stax Record Labels. In the 80s, she accompanied The Platters on their European tour and from 1988 thru1996 she went on long tours in Spain, where she achieved overwhelming success as a soloist.

Here in North Carolina, Melva Houston is a permanently sought-after star on renowned jazz festivals. During the last years, Melva devoted herself more and more towards the blues, whereas she still felt obligated to her musical roots. Here she is an expert when it comes to combining the blues with the idioms of jazz. This way, it is not surprising that she knows how to interpret Broadway songs with the same persuasiveness as the jazz standards of Gershwin, Ellington and Cole Porter or compositions from Thelonious Monk and Horace Silver. As a singer, Melva Houston was able to detach herself through her unique style from her examples Dinah Washington, Ernestine Anderson, Carmen McRae and Nancy Wilson, without wanting to deny their influence on her.

HOUSE OF DUES

House of Dues came about through a Fat Tuesday/Mardis Gras celebration and and stuck together. In January 2012,

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the band won the Piedmont Triad Blues Competition and went to Memphis, T.N. to compete in the International Blues Competition. Since then they have been a powerhouse blues and funk band for the Greensboro music scene. They now have a monthly residency at Fisher’s and can be found playing all sorts of festivals and special events in and around NC. Their first album, “Gimme Some Hotcakes” began as a demo project, but the recording was so easy and enjoyable, the CD was released and includes a dozen blues and R&B standards, including updates of “Spoonful”, and “Fire on the Bayou”. The title track is an original tune, which was recently featured on the soundtrack for the film, “Find A Way.” Their latest release is “Cross That Line” includes the track, “Ballad for Billy Hobbs” a memorial to a local blues legend and friend of the band, Billy “Ransom” Hobbs who was killed in a house fire, and whose killer is still at large HOD released “Cross That Line in the fall of 2013.

Greensboro based House of Dues brings together the genres of blues, funk, R&B for a satisfying blend of jams. Keyboard player Chris Robinson fuels the band with New Orleans infused funk and blues organ. Veteran drummer Chuck Cotton’s solid playing has supported many of the greats in blues music throughout the years, but he has carved out new ground with HOD. Chuck’s soulful singing and playing is top notch. Steve Blake on Tenor sax, is another regional talent who stretches from jazz to Latin, and blues in between. Philly based bass player via South Carolina is AJ Diggs, who brings the funk and soulful singing to the band, and who had, among others, a stint with the Blue Notes and Roy Roberts. David Bolton on Guitar, steel guitar and vocals rounds out the band.

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We’ve been bringing the blues to Greensboro since 1985 and we’re thrilled to keep bringing great shows to our community and bringing people from across the United States to our city. The Piedmont Blues Preservation Society is also pleased to host Blues Week as declared by Proclamation of the Office of the Mayor of the City of Greensboro in an event filled with local, regional, and International headliners, food, craft vendors, beverages, and fun for the family. The proceeds from the event help with the educational projects that we do, Blues in the Schools, it’s community outreach project named Share the Music, and the Parker, Speas, Welborne Scholarship fund. PBPS has ZERO PAID STAFF. All funds go directly to the programs and not to any salaries as we are a 100% volunteer-run organization.

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hen Brian Lampkin and Steve Mitchell, coowners of Scuppernong Books, first considered a friend’s suggestion that “Greensboro needs a book festival,” they may not have expected it to become as big as it is in its second year.

“We’re a little stunned when we sit back and look at the line-up,” Ian McDowell Lampkin told me recently. “How did we manage to bring all these great Contributor writers together?”

Greensboro Bound 2019 begins Thursday, May 16 at 5:30 p.m. and concludes Sunday, May 19, with Rhiannon Giddens talking to singer, musician, poet, songwriter, and activist Ani DiFranco at 3 p.m. in Harrison Auditorium at North Carolina A&T State University. Over 90 writers will appear, see the schedule for details.

While it’s a free festival, British novelist Zadie Smith’s appearance at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Elliot Center on Saturday night and DiFranco’s conversation with Giddens required advance ticket registration online. Both were already booked to capacity

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This article features five acclaimed authors whose new books have impressed me, but whose events don’t require tickets (as the festival gets nearer, please check the schedule to make sure that’s still the case).

Democracy May Not Exist, But We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone by Astra Taylor is the follow-up to her 2018 documentary What Is Democracy? Taylor will present her

film and talk about her book on at 6:30 p.m. on May 16 at Weatherspoon Art Museum as the first keynote event of the festival.

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Life and Zizek! and the American Book Award-winner The People’s Platform. A co-founder of The Debt Collective, she is a former Shuttleworth Foundation Fellow and a former touring member of Neutral Milk Hotel.

“While there’s never been a perfect democracy,” she wrote in an email about the paradox of her new book’s title, “progress has been made, often against great odds, but many hard-won victories are being rolled back.”

While those roll-backs are the work of those already in political office, she said they’re supported by conservative college students distrustful of democracy.

“When I spoke to some after Trump won the election, they were contemptuous of democracy, because they knew it means sharing power. They called democracy a ‘buzzword,’ understanding it has to be suppressed in order for them to retain their affluence and influence.”

Taylor believes democracy isn’t something Americans experience very much.

“Our government is not truly participatory. Even voting is far more difficult here than in other industrialized nations. But beyond elections, our workplaces are more akin to dictatorships, with the boss having total power over employees. Self-government is simply not part of the fabric of our day-to-day experience.”

Taylor said that “capitalism” and “democracy” are increasingly seen as diametric opposites by both ends of the political spectrum.

“The young conservatives I met, ever wary of sharing their privilege, are rooting for capitalism without democracy. Meanwhile, many more young people are turning toward democratic socialism, on the grounds that we need a different economic system to create conditions where democracy can be more fully realized.”

Taylor believes capitalism is inherently anti-democratic.

“Some of its boosters will say that markets are, with everyone free to buy and sell, barter and trade. In reality, a couple dozen billionaires have more wealth than the

vast majority of their fellow citizens. And if a handful of big donors have the power to essentially buy elections or purchase politicians while other people are struggling to find the money to buy the basic necessities of life, that’s hardly democratic.”

Taylor said writing her book has given her “a better grasp of what democracy means to me and why the democratic ideal is worthy and, simultaneously, maddening and difficult to implement. It’s the idea that the people rule. We keep coming back to it because the alternatives, whether rule by tyrants or markets or technocrats are worse. We have to figure out how to share power. Indeed, our lives depend on it.”

Few 2019 first novels from North Carolina writers have received more acclaim than A Woman is No Man by Etaf Rum. Rum is an expat from the Brooklyn PalestinianAmerican community in which she was born. “I had an arranged marriage when I was 19 and moved here, where I went on to pursue undergraduate degrees in Philosophy and English literature at NC State, followed by a Master’s in American and British lit,” she wrote in an email. She then taught for five years at the community college level before becoming a full-time writer.

Rum’s novel is about the Palestine-born and Brooklynraised Isra, whose family arranges her marriage to Adam, the abusive and eventually alcoholic manager of a Manhattan deli. And their eldest daughter Deya, raised by her aunt Fareeda after Isra and Adam die in a purported accident. Feeling caged in her aunt’s Brooklyn home and at an all-girls Islamic school, Deya gets her first taste of defiance from a smuggled-in Eminem CD. Finding unexpected help from Fareeda’s daughter Sarah, she learns her mother’s true story.

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book, I commended Rum for not turning either Adam or Fareeda into one-dimensional villains.

She told me she wanted to portray “the universal feelings and struggles of being human that can lead us to do bad things—estrangement, isolation, depression, otherness—as opposed to only focusing on the social-political identity of these people.”

“The oppressive, patriarchal culture this family adheres to has nothing to do with Islam,” Rum said. “Instead,

there is a clash of culture and religion, and I hope that clarifies the very distinct line between being Arab and being Muslim, especially in today’s Islamaphobic world.”

It’s received both kudos and criticism from the ArabAmerican community.

“I’ve gotten so many positive responses from women who are so happy I broke the code of silence and revealed the injustices that some women still face today. But I’ve also received criticism about the dark aspects of the

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culture I bring to light, and how this story will be used as a representation of Arabs everywhere, which is simply an unfair burden of all minority writers. I have to constantly remind them this is a story of one family and not a representation of all Arab families.”

I asked Rum when she first became aware of wanting something more than the traditional role she’d been raised to expect.

“During my time teaching. I realized I had so many stories about what it means to not belong, especially considering that Arab-American stories are underrepresented in literature. I wanted to change that. A Woman Is No Man is the first thing I’ve ever written, but I hope it will be used to mark our place in literature.”

There’s been a price.

“I went from doing or saying only what I was supposed to do or say, to doing what I wanted and thought was right. But this meant losing my family, community, and acceptance. I have been able to build a new community for myself, but I still feel those pangs of isolation, and I often get sad when I think about my family. I’d be lying to say it isn’t hard starting over.”

Etaf Rum is on two panels at Greensboro Bound, both on Saturday, May 18 in the Greensboro History Museum auditorium: “Writing the First Novel” at 11:15 a.m. with Mesha Maren and Xhenet Aliu, and “The Novel Has Many Characters” at 12:30 p.m. with Laurel Davis Huber and Soniah Kamal.

Unmarriageable by Soniah Kamal is subtitled “Pride and Prejudice in Pakistan.”

It’s no superficial riff on Jane Austen. Like her inspiration, Kamal has written a smarter, darker and deeper book than the witty romance some will read it as, although both romance and wit abound.

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An Isolated Incident. In an email, she called Unmarriageable an easier book to write than its predecessor, which “addressed territorial disputes, gang rape, and idealistic notions of saving the world when you’ve grown up on Spider-Man, Wonder Woman and Terminator.” But, she noted, Unmarriageable also “delves into heavier areas,” with a scene set at the contested Pakistan/India border and a subplot involving abortion.

Her “fun” book, she explained, was also intimidating to write, calling it “downright scary” to attempt a parallel retelling of a beloved classic, “all the while updating it in a contemporary world as well as addressing postcolonial issues.”

Kamal noted that, while films based on Pride and Prejudice focus on the romance between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy, that’s not what Austen was most interested in.

“She wrote to reveal social hypocrisies that arise in keeping-up-appearances culture, which is why her work resonates with me so deeply and why I so dearly wanted to write a parallel retelling. In Pakistan, running away and returning home unmarried would be bad enough, and doing so pregnant would be catastrophic. While abortion is permitted in Islam until the fourth month, when it is believed that the soul enters the body, an out of wedlock pregnancy in and of itself would be a crime. In some cultures, phrases like ‘out-of-wedlock’ are archaic, but in others remain all too relevant.”

Along with the previously mentioned panel with Rum, Kamal is on “Contemporary Muslim Writing” with Huda al-Marashi and moderator Deonna Kelly Sayed. It is at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 18, in the UpStage Cabaret at Triad Stage.

Hotbox: Inside Catering, the Food World’s Riskiest Business by Matt and Ted Lee, has been called “the

Kitchen Confidential of catering.”

The South Carolina-born siblings, James Beard Awardwinning food writers and T.V. hosts will be giving a presentation in the Van Dyke Performance Space at the Greensboro Cultural Center on Saturday, May 18.

In an email, Matt Lee told me that he was humbled by the comparison to the book that made the late Anthony Bourdain famous. “May Tony rest in peace and power; we got a chance to work with him on an episode of No Reservations and saw firsthand his generosity of spirit, and the transformative ability he had to get people to appreciate cultures outside of their own.”

“But we’re quick to point out that Tony lived the life of a chef; though we were embedded for a time, we were just travelers in the culture of catering. A more apt comparison to our book might be Bill Buford’s Heat, in which he wrote about his stints in the kitchen at Babbo and as the apprentice to an artisan butcher in Italy.”

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Authors Ted and Matt Lee ing. “That virtually all hot food for a special event is par-cooked in the prep kitchen, and then at the venue rewarmed over Sterno in transport cabinets was a total surprise,” Ted Lee said. “And the methods that go with that par-cooking—like searing 24 beef tenderloins at a time in a deep-fat fryer—were a revelation. That’s the kind of thing you just don’t know if your frame of reference is home cooking.”

Matt said what really stuck in his head was the first big party he worked. “I asked the executive-chef who the host was, and he had no idea. Because the person who mattered was the client—the party-planner, but as someone who tells stories for a living, I couldn’t believe he wasn’t at least curious was spending tens of thousand dollars on food for a ‘cookout’ for 120 people.

There are other surprising dissociations. In the prep kitchen, you never know where the results of your labor are going. We came to realize that a sense of closure—seeing people you know eating your food, is a luxury.”

I asked why their book’s subtitle calls catering “the Food World’s Riskiest Business.”

“Because there’s always so much at stake,” Ted said.

“Special events are by definition the most momentous

moments of people’s lives: weddings, anniversaries, charity galas, movie premieres. And they’re also likely to have many, many guests, and when plated dinners carry with them the imperative of simultaneous service—every guest needs to be served that same perfect plate of warm food within the space of no more than 15 minutes—the catering chef is working with the deck stacked hugely against him or her.”

A complete list of all authors appearing at Greensboro Bound 2019 is impractical, but includes Riley Cash in a keynote event with singer Laurelyn Dossett (Cash’s The Last Ballad tells the story of textile strike leader and singer Ella May Wiggins, Dossett’s grandmother), Fred Chappell, Ricardo Nazario y Colón, Ross Gay, Lamar Giles , Robert Gipe, James Tate Hill, Bill Konigsberg, Robert W. Lee (whose A Sin by Any Other Name grapples with the legacy of his great-great-great-great-uncle Robert E. Lee), Rebecca Makkai, Jill McCorkle, Michael Parker, Baptiste Paul, Miranda Paul and Lee Smith.

“It’s good to remember that so much of the Festival is possible because of the generosity of the writers themselves,” said Scuppernong co-owner and Greensboro Bound committee member Brian Lampkin, whose own book The Tarboro Three: Rape, Race, and Secrecy was published this month.

“Obviously a 90-writer festival includes a communitywide effort of hundreds of people, and we thank all the sponsors and venues and volunteers who made it real.

But let’s single out Steve Mitchell for his relentless, slogging work, but also for his insistent vision of a meaningful Festival.” !

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

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(Black) history matters At a recent meeting of the Winston-Salem Forsyth County School Board, a number of concerned parents rose to speak in favor of making African-American history a mandatory course of study.

“If we’re not teachJim Longworth ing black history, we are complicity allowLongworth ing it to disappear,” Destiny Blackwell at Large said. I agree with Ms. Blackwell’s assessment, however, the problem isn’t that Americans don’t know much about black history – the problem is that we don’t know much about any history.

In February of this year, the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation released the disturbing results of a new survey in which only 27% of folks under the age of 45 demonstrated a basic knowledge of American history. Of the 41,000 adults surveyed, only 15% knew what year our Constitution was written, and only 25% knew that free speech was protected by that great document.

“Americans don’t possess the history knowledge they need to be informed and engaged citizens,” said Foundation President Arthur Levine. His conclusion comes as no surprise to those of us who have been tracking the problem for years.

In 2015, for example, Smithsonian.com’s Saba Naseem reported on a survey by Texas Tech University in which students were asked a series of basic history questions. Many respondents thought the South had won the Civil War, and hardly anyone knew who our Vice President was.

Naseem also re-hashed a 2014 study by the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), which found that a mere 18% of 8th graders “were proficient in U.S. history.” Then there was the 2008 survey by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute which reported that only half of American adults could name the three branches of government.

And if you really want to get depressed, then take a few moments to watch a video by PragerU.com, in which Millennials were interviewed about their knowledge of American history. Asked who our 16th president was, hardly any of the respondents knew it was Abraham Lincoln. This is particularly disturbing because they were interviewed in front of the Lincoln MemoWWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

rial which they had just visited.

As a graduate of the Winston-Salem Forsyth County school system, I am saddened that today’s parents are even having to lobby for an expanded history curriculum.

Granted, we’re talking 60 years ago, but by the time I was in third grade, I could name the three branches of government and knew that honest Abe was our 16th president. I knew about the educational and agricultural contributions of Booker T.

Washington and George Washington Carver, respectively. And though I couldn’t recite the purpose behind all of its Amendments, I knew that the Constitution allowed me the freedom to speak my mind.

Last week, a group of parents spoke their minds, and I hope that their words will resonate well beyond Forsyth County.

No, I don’t think we need a mandatory course on black history, or white history, or Asian history. Those are classes that can be

offered on the post-secondary level. What we need, though, is a more comprehensive and inclusive American history curriculum beginning in the primary grades, and continuing on into high school. We simply can’t afford to turn out another generation of uninformed citizens. !

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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aul McCartney once wrote a song with the line “You’d think that people would have had enough of silly love songs.” It was all a setup, of course.

John Adamian The song itself was a @johnradamian proud silly love song, and part of the point was that people Contributor never seem to get tired of that stuff.

The singer-songwriter/composer/guitarist Yoham Ortiz has a similar view to that of Sir Paul. Ortiz, who will perform at Salem College in Winston-Salem this week, said that he doesn’t write romantic love songs, in part because he figures all the variations and possibilities have been covered.

“I think every single romantic song has been written,” said Ortiz, who spoke to me by phone from his home in New York City last week. “I love romantic music. I love love songs.”

In its way, Ortiz’s music is plenty romantic, drawing on jazz, bossa nova, samba, folk, classical and music of the Caribbean, with rhythms that point back to Africanderived drumming traditions, all played on a seven-string nylon-string guitar.

Ortiz, who grew up dividing his time between the Dominican Republic, West Virginia and other regions of the U.S. He soaked up rock guitar, Afro-Cuban music, traditional styles and more. He has spent much of his career as an orchestrator, arranger and producer, in addition to his work as an instrumentalist. When he decided to focus on his solo material a few years back, Ortiz figured he’d make music that didn’t have a ton of instruments competing for attention. He wanted to foster an intimate listening experience that drew on the musical richness of his arranging and orchestrating experience.

“I wanted to simplify the idea of listening to music,” Ortiz said. And so he let his songs work solely on the interplay between guitar and vocals. It’s not hard to imagine backing percussion, a horn section, strings, or piano accompanying these songs, because there’s a lot of counterpoints, rhythmic complexity and harmonic motion. But Ortiz’s songs — with his gentle finger-picking and jazzy walkdowns — don’t need much else to sustain a listener’s attention.

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“It helps you feel more of the details that are going on in the music,” he said of the stripped-down approach.

At times, Ortiz’s music might make you think of guitarists Joe Pass, Django Reinhardt, Pat Metheny, Egberto Gismonti, or even Michael Hedges. There are moments when his positive-vibe songs suggest Stevie Wonder in their sense of gratitude, joy and wonder about nature. Sometimes he plucks out a bass line with his thumb while dancing around with sketched-in chords on the higher strings. And at other times, he plays cyclical trebly patterns that evoke the marching rhythms of a samba band. He’s a virtuosic guitar player

who embeds his technical wizardry in the context of songs that have a gentle folky quality.

Ortiz said he grew up as a fan of Hendrix, the Allman Brothers and the Mahavishnu Orchestra. It’s clear that he’s done some serious woodshedding. You can watch video of him on YouTube playing impressive baroque-sounding selections that balance delicacy, extended finger stretching and rapid-fire runs.

Lyrically, Ortiz often brings concern about the environment, about human rights, and about the quality of modern life to his writing. A song like “Up the Creek,” from his most recent record,

Uncompromising, asks questions about our tendency to misuse natural resources and the greed and injustice that fuel our mismanagement of habitats and water sources. The title song on the recent record nudges listeners to hold on to their right to maintain a sense of their own set of high standards and excellence within the context of conflicting societal values.

And “So Far Away” could easily be heard as a wistful meditation on a relationship that had come apart, but it’s more of a reflection on ways that digital gadgetry and the pace of 21st-century life give the often illusory sense of a connection when, in fact, many among us still feel alone.

“I try to present issues that are happening, things that people are feeling,” Ortiz said. He obviously has concerns about the state of the world, but he’s not exactly into blame and negativity. “I never try to point the finger at someone. I always give everyone the benefit of the doubt. At the end of the day, everyone is born the same way, no one is born having weird thoughts.”

He hopes his songs “yield conversation as opposed to confrontation.”

So, while Ortiz might not be writing love songs exactly, his music is about a kind of connection that’s meaningful, intimate and personal. It’s about people being present with one another and in their world, acknowledging how much we depend on each other and how much we benefit from other people’s enthusiasms, wisdom and talents. Performing live is a manifestation of all those things for Ortiz.

That charge of energy that we feel when we’re in a room with music being made in a shared space is what most recorded music aims to approximate, Ortiz said. The exchange between audience and performer is something that can’t easily be replicated, though.

“When you’re playing live, it’s a call and response,” he said. “People are putting out energy. In a spiritual way, people are giving you something, you’re giving it back.

You’re sharing.” !

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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See Yoham Ortiz May 9 at Shirley Recital Hall on the campus of Salem College, 500 East Salem Ave., Winston-Salem, at 7:30 p.m. $23.

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Fests and family from Laura Jane Vincent Armed with grit, her guitar, and a grin, Laura Jane Vincent is a sweetheart singer-songwriter with a weekly gig at Common Grounds, a new album in the works, and the seventh round of her Katei Cranford homespun music festival on the immediate horizon.

Contributor Vincent has been singing since she can remember. As a kid, “it was like a party trick how song lyrics would come out me,” Vincent recalled.

“My mom would have come into my room at night and tell me to ‘stop singing, and go to sleep!’”

All grown-up, Vincent’s “party trick” has developed into her “whole music situation,” playing 60 to 175 gigs a year with a drummer husband in-tow.

Her 2013 release ...for a Sweetheart from the South bleeds stories and ballads about people, life lessons, heartache, and resilience. “I still find myself telling these stories,” Vincent said of her saltof-the-earth style, “though the older I get, the more I’m inclined to just let them happen.”

Stories come less frequently these days while Vincent’s musicianship goes parttime until her husband and drummer, Dave Tippetts, finishes school. She credits being part of Matty Sheets’ Wednesday night residency at Common Grounds for keeping her sharp.

Part-time or full-time, “I’m lucky to make music with someone I love,” Vincent said of her bandmate of 10 years, and spouse for the past six. It’s the classic romance-story: a country girl from Carolina hooks up with a Montana metal man to host a music festival in the woods.

“Dave’s love of metal really makes me a better player,” Vincent insisted. “It’s not just about him wanting me to play faster; it’s more nuanced,” she added.

“Plus, without him, I wouldn’t have been brave enough to jump into a mosh pit at a GWAR show.”

Together, Vincent is stoked to complete their sophomore effort, with recording underway at their Moore County farmhouse.

The downhome process is a departure from Sweetheart, which was recorded over a tight two-days at the esteemed Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville.

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Laura Jane Vincent “I wanted to record at home as opposed to a traditional studio environment,” Vincent explained, ”and take time to really flesh things out.” Plus, “Tom Troyer [her producer from Black Rabbit Audio] loves finding the good acoustics in the old house,” she added, ”it’s working out great.”

They’ve called the “old house” home for a few years, though Vincent’s relatives have occupied the property (which includes a historically-preserved country doctor’s office) since 1820. “I’ve been in love with it always,” she said of the space.

Opportunity knocked with an NPR Tiny Desk concert in 2015. “There was no cooler ‘desk’ I knew of,” she noted of the antique office. “Dust and bugs and charm and all, it was the perfect setting.” They shot the video and made themselves a home shortly thereafter. “We’ve done some work to help modernize the house a bit, but our goal is to keep as much original as possible.”

Family is at the heart of that goal.

“Al gets all the credit for arranging, and preserving that doctor’s office,” Vincent acknowledged of her stepdad, fellowmusician, Al Simmons, with whom she recently performed for the Randolph Arts Guild Emerging Artist series.

Vincent and Simmons boast an interesting lineage featuring practitioners of medicine for the body and soul. During Glendonfest they show it off.

“Locals often tell me about how they

played on the stone steps of my front porch while their grandmother was in the doc’s office for an appointment,” Vincent said, “I love seeing the effect this place has on people.”

Beyond the spectacle of antiquity, Glendonfest serves a practical purpose for Vincent and her musical clan: an answer to the problem musicians face of missingout on shows (because they’re also playing shows) by having a weekend they all play together.

“Plus when you live in a secluded country setting, in the middle of nowhere, you really do miss your friends,” Vincent

admitted, “it’s a wonderful excuse for us all to get together.“ “We had the space and the event-planning knowledge to at the very least pull off a killer barbecue,” Vincent said of her initial inspiration, “it’s grown so much.”

Scheduled artists include Megan Jean and the KFB, The Grand Ole Uproar, Gabriela La Foley, Momma Molasses, and nearly a dozen more. ”We’ll get as big as our resources allow while keeping everyone safe, and having as much fun as we can.” !

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

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Glendonfest takes place May 18-19. Folks interested in attending are encouraged to reach out via email: thefarmacyllc@gmail.com or the Glendonfest Facebook group.

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Visit yesweekly.com and click on calendar to list your event online. home grown muSic Scene | compiled by Austin Kindley

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FOUR SAINTS BREWING

218 South Fayetteville St. | 336.610.3722 foursaintsbrewing.com May 11: The Couldn’t Be Happiers May 17: Cory Luetjen May 19: The Randolph Jazz Band May 24: Lyn Koonce May 25: William Nesmith May 31: Casey Noel Jun 1: Casey Noel

523 S Elm St | 336.271.2686 artistikanightclub.com May 10: DJ Dan the Player May 11: DJ Paco and DJ Dan the Player

1819 Spring Garden St | 336.272.9888 theblindtiger.com May 9: Futurebirds w/ Chuck Mountain May 10: Cosmic Charlie - Grateful Dead Tribute May 11: Bass Planet ft. Dredlok May 15: Bad PPL Collective May 17: Logan Mize w/ Carri Smithey Band May 18: God Of Nothing - Album Release May 23: Lil Durk w/ Yella Beezy May 24: Black Stone Cherry May 25: Trial By Fire - Tribute to Journey May 26: Create. ft. Clozee w/ Axel Thesleff & Infinite Geometry May 29: Caskey - Black 4 Sheep Tour Jun 1: Stardust To Ashes - A Tribute To David Bowie Jun 8: Sunny Sweeney

BARN DINNER THEATRE

CAROLINA THEATRE

REEVES THEATER

129 W Main St | 336.258.8240 reevestheater.com May 10: Reeves House Band plays The Grand Ole Opry May 16: The East Pointers May 17: Scott Miller Jun 1: Elizabeth Cook

gREEnSBORO

ARIzONA PETE’S

clEmmOnS

2900 Patterson St #A | 336.632.9889 arizonapetes.com May 10: 1-2-3 Friday

VILLAGE SQUARE TAP HOUSE

6000 Meadowbrook Mall Ct | 336.448.5330 May 10: DJ Bald-E May 11: Down The Mountain May 17: Whiskey Mic May 18: Jukebox Revolver May 24: Jukebox Rehab May 25: Disaster Recovery May 31: DJ Bald-E

ARTISTIKA NIGHT CLUB

dAnBuRy

GREEN HERON ALE HOUSE 1110 Flinchum Rd | 336.593.4733 greenheronclub.com Jun 8: Gooseberry Jam Jun 22: Abigail Dowd

120 Stage Coach Tr. | 336.292.2211 June 15: Soul Sistas of Gospel Aug 3: Stephen Freeman: Rockin’ Tribute To The King Aug 24: Wonderwall - A Tribute To The Beatles

BEERTHIRTY

505 N. Greene St May 10: Chad Barnard May 17: Doug and Deland May 24: Matt Sickels May 31: Stewart Coley

Over 50 High Quality Vendors

on site selling handmade arts, crafts, jewelry plus antiques & more!

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THE BLIND TIGER

3577 US Hwy 158 MOckSViLLe, Nc 27028

310 S. Greene Street | 336.333.2605 carolinatheatre.com May 25: Banjo Earth Band May 31: Em & Ty Jun 9: The Piedmont Triad Jazz Orchestra - The Music of Duke Ellington Jun 14: Forever Motown Jun 14: Songs From The Road Band Jun 15: Aaron “Woody” Wood Jun 20: Parker Millsap Jun 21: Josh Rouse Jun 27: Mighty Joshua & The zion #5 Jun 29: The Tyler Millard Band / Whiskey Foxtrot

COME TRY OUR AWARD WINNING BEER! 1111 Coliseum Blvd.

Greensboro, NC (336) 265-8600 www.leveneleven.com

THE CORNER BAR

1700 Spring Garden St | 336.272.5559 corner-bar.com May 9: Live Thursdays

COMEDY zONE

1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034 thecomedyzone.com May 24: Don “DC” Curry May 25: Don “DC” Curry Jun 7: Aries Spears Jun 8: Aries Spears

COMMON GROUNDS 11602 S Elm Ave | 336.698.3888 May 11: David May 19: Dan McCool May 29: Mtroknwn

CONE DENIM

117 S Elm St | 336.378.9646 cdecgreensboro.com May 16: Fozzy Jun 8: Can’t Speak On It Tour ft. Jaydayoungan & Yungeen Ace Jun 13: Drake White Jun 14: DaBaby Jun 16: Hinder Jun 21: David Allen Coe Jun 28: Biz Markie Jul 23: Buckcherry Aug 2: Lyfe Jennings Oct 5: Mason Ramsey

GREENE STREET CLUB 113 N Greene St | 336.273.4111

HAM’S NEW GARDEN

1635 New Garden Rd | 336.288.4544 hamsrestaurants.com May 10: Megan Doss May 17: Unchained May 24: Huckleberry Shyne

Pricing Manager in Greensboro, NC: Manage team of Pricing Analysts to develop cost estimates in response to customer Request for Quotes and propose product pricing strategies to management. Align with Sr. management to ensure proposal responses meet company strategic and financial goals. Evaluate Customer requests for proposals for Company products and services and translate into statements of work from which pricing models can be developed. Requires: (1) Masters + 1 yr exp. OR (2) Bachelors + 5 yrs exp. Mail resume to: HAECO Cabin Solutions, LLC, 8010 Piedmont Triad Parkway, Greensboro, NC 27409, Attn: Kris Hudson.

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LEVENELEVEN BREWING

1111 Coliseum Blvd | 336.265.8600 May 8: Tony Low May 15: Hold For Jim May 22: Dean Driver and Barry Gray Jun 5: Christian McIvor

LITTLE BROTHER BREWING

348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678 May 17: Alex Culbreth May 18: Paleface May 25: Evan Button May 31: Mason Via & Hot Trail Mix

RODY’S TAVERN

5105 Michaux Road | 336.282.0950 rodystavern.com

THE IDIOT BOx COMEDY CLuB

502 N. Greene St | 336.274.2699 www.idiotboxers.com May 17: Maddie Wiener Jun 7: Lindsay Glazer Jul 12: Sean FInnerty

THE W BISTRO & BAR 324 Elm St | 336.763.4091 @thewdowntown May 9: Karaoke May 10: Live DJ May 11: Live DJ

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AFTER HOuRS TAVERN 1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113 afterhourstavern.net May 10: Karaoke

GOOFY FOOT TAPROOM 2762 NC-68 #109 | 336.307.2567 May 11: Jack Of Diamonds Duo May 18: Guerrero St Trio

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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS TO THE I-40/SANDY RIDGE ROAD INTERCHANGE IN GUILFORD COUNTY

TIP PROJECT NO. I-5712 The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting regarding the proposed improvements to the I-40/Sandy Ridge Road Interchange in Guilford County.

The meeting will be held Tuesday, May 21 from 4-7 p.m. at Shady Grove Wesleyan Church located at 119 N. Bunker Hill Road in Colfax. The public may attend at any time during the meeting hours. Please note there will be no formal presentation.

At the meeting there will be maps of the proposed plans as well as project team members who will be available to answer your questions and receive feedback. All comments will be taken into consideration as the project progresses. The opportunity to submit written comments will be provided at the meeting or may be done by phone, email or mail no later than June 21.

As information becomes available, it may be viewed at the NCDOT public meeting webpage: https://www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings/.

For additional information please contact NCDOT Project Manager Gene Tarascio at (919) 707-6046 or gtarascio@ncdot.gov, or consultant Project Manager Marc Hamel at (919) 781-4626 or mhamel@moffattnichol.com.

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

Persons who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.

Aquellas personas no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494.

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5840 Samet Dr | 336.887.2434 hamsrestaurants.com may 10: Cumberland drive may 11: Splash may 17: Jukebox Junkie may 18: Cory luetjen & TBB may 24: The dickens may 25: Stereo doll may 31: 3 alarm Wasabi

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ThE dECk

118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 thedeckatrivertwist.com may 10: Rockit Science may 11: Soul Central may 17: Spare Change may 18: Stereo doll may 24: Jaxon Jill may 25: Static pool may 31: heads up penny

kernersville

BREaThE CoCkTail loungE

221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822 facebook.com/BreatheCocktailLounge may 11: dJ mike lawson may 16: James Vincent Carroll

may 17: heads up penny may 24: Soul Central Band may 31: Stephen legree

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191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059 OldNicksPubNC.com may 10: music Bingo may 11: Exit 180 may 17: karaoke may 18: pop guns may 24: music Bingo may 31: karaoke

fiddlin’ fiSh BREWing CompanY 772 Trade St | 336.999.8945 fiddlinfish.com may 10: Ryan greer may 13: old Time Jam may 26: Rain Check Jun 3: old Time Jam Jun 7: The gB’s

fooThillS BREWing

207 N Green St | 336.631.3143 2ngtavern.com

638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 foothillsbrewing.com may 8: Shiloh hill may 11: The pop guns may 12: Sunday Jazz may 15: george Smith may 18: george Smith may 19: Sunday Jazz may 22: Eversole Brothers may 25: april B & The Cool

Bull’S TaVERn

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SECond & gREEn

408 West 4th St | 336.331.3431 facebook.com/bulls-tavern may 25: Sons of paradise

CB’S TaVERn

3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664 apr 26: Jack of diamonds

101 West 5th Street | 336.723.3700 MCenterevents.com Jul 5: heavy Rebel Weekender

milnER’S

630 S Stratford Rd | 336.768.2221 milnerfood.com may 12: live Jazz

muddY CREEk CafE & muSiC hall

5455 Bethania Rd | 336.923.8623 may 10: BadCameo, Sam Craven Band may 11: goodfellers may 16: The Contenders may 17: hoot and holler/The Wildmans may 18: old Salt union may 24: honeysuckle may 25: lazer lloyd may 26: marti Jones & don dixon

ThE RamkaT

170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 may 10: Town mountain, Zoe & Cloyd may 16: STig, unaka prong, TuB may 17: Chaos and Carnage Tour ft.

Whitechapel & dying fetus may 19: aaron lee Tasjan, lilly hiatt may 25: avery Wilson

WiSE man BREWing

826 Angelo Bros Ave | 336.725.0008 may 8: Turpentine Shine may 15: James Vincent Caroll may 17: live music: friday night music Club may 22: Banjo Earth may 24: Souljam

1642 Spring Garden St., GSO (corner of Warren St.)

Phone: 336.274.1000 Hours: Mon-Sat 11 am-2am / Sun noon-2 am

Open grill till 2am every night!

Best Daily Drink Specials Greensboro’s home for the Washington Redskins!

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8003 Regency Pkwy | 919.462.2025 www.boothamphitheatre.com may 8: mint Julep Jazz band may 15: Kate mcGarry may 22: Steve hobbs may 29: peter Lamb & the Wolves may 30: travis tritt & Charlie Daniels band w/ the Cadillac three

charlotte

CmCu amphithEatrE former Uptown Amphitheatre 820 Hamilton St | 704.549.5555 www.livenation.com may 9: iration may 15: Greta Van Fleet may 19: the 1975

thE FiLLmorE

1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970 www.livenation.com may 8: Garbage may 10: Shakey Graves w/ illiterate Light may 13: JohnnySwim may 14: tash Sultana may 17: Ella mai may 21: Chakti Yoga w/ Lauren mcabee may 30: brytiago & Darell may 31: appetite for Destruction

oVEnS auDitorium

2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.ovensauditorium.com may 8: home Free: timeless World may 9: idai.arie may 12: Keith Sweat & Friends may 14: Carol burnett

pnC muSiC paViLion 707 Pavilion Blvd | 704.549.1292 www.livenation.com may 16: bob Seger & the Silver bullet band may 17: Chris Young

thE unDErGrounD

820 Hamilton St, Charlotte | 704.916.8970 www.fillmorenc.com may 8: Chief Keef may 9: lovelytheband may 10: Johnny orlando may 11: Stankonia may 13: the Struts may 14: a r i Z o n a may 17: Delta rae may 19: Sum 41 www.yesweekly.coM

may 24: Summerella may 31: mostley Crue Jun 1: a Very Get Sad Y’all Jun 4: new Found Glory

durham

CaroLina thEatrE

309 W Morgan St | 919.560.3030 www.carolinatheatre.org may 8: night ranger

may 10: Earth, Wind & Fire may 12: bryan adams may 16: Greta Van Fleet may 17-18: primE music Festival Jun 1: band together ft. St. paul & the broken bones

pnC arEna

1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300 www.thepncarena.com may 27: paul mcCartney

Winston-salem

WinSton-SaLEm FairGrounD

421 W 27th St | 336.727.2236 www.wsfairgrounds.com may 24: Leed Greenwood, Lonestar, pam tillis, Lorrie morgan, & Gatlin brothers

DpaC

123 Vivian St | 919.680.2787 www.dpacnc.com may 17: Carol burnett

greensboro

CaroLina thEatrE 310 S Greene St | 336.333.2605 www.carolinatheatre.com may 25: banjo Earth band may 31: Em & ty

GrEEnSboro CoLiSEum 1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com may 18: rbrm may 30: pentatonix Jun 1: 4 Latidos: Camila & Sin bandera

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BARTENDER: Danny Modia

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BAR: Breathe Cocktail Lounge AGE: 31 WHERE ARE YOU FROM? I was born in Miami, Florida, but my heart is from the Carolinas.

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BARTENDING? Since 2010 HOW DID YOU BECOME A BARTENDER? At a young 18, I started promoting for a local club in Miami called “Space,” which is still one of the largest nightclubs around. I took on jobs as a bar-back, bouncer and ended up just falling into bartending. I guess you could say I started from the bottom and worked through the industry learning everything I could. Now, at this point in my life, I have hopes to own my very own bar/tavern one day.

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT BARTENDING? The people! I can’t even put into words how much I love my customers. Honestly, some of my strongest and long-lasting friendships started behind the bar here in the Triad at some of the best restaurants/bars: George’s Pizza and Bar, Scrambled Southern Diner, Game Time Sports Bar, Southern Roots Southern Cuisine and now Breathe Cocktail Lounge.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO MAKE? This summer, I am creating Breathe Cocktail Lounge’s spring/summer cocktail menu. My current favorite drink to make is, “The Dragon Breath Margarita.”

It incorporates the traditional Mexican jalapeño, the passion fruit from Paraguay, and mangoes originating from South America to create a citrusy, spicy and sweet/sour margarita served in a smoked-rocks glass.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO DRINK? I’m a sucker for a good Old Fashioned.

WHAT WOULD YOUR RECOMMEND AS AN AFTER-DINNER DRINK? Well, there’s a lot that could play into that. It depends on the customer and their taste buds, for instance…

Drinks can also depend on what they had for dinner and what mood they’re in. Like any bar, at Breathe Cocktail Lounge, we have regular customers, and you get to know those customers and their preferences.

WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST THING YOU’VE SEEN WHILE BARTENDING? Working an event at a local venue for over 1,300 customers with one lady bathroom. Never again!

WHAT’S THE BEST TIP YOU’VE EVER GOTTEN? The biggest tip I have ever received was not money but came from a dear friend who quoted Buddha.

“What you think, you become. What you feel, you attract. What you imagine, you create,” And nothing could be truer. Make sure you come see me at Breath Cocktail Lounge and have the best cocktail lounge experience of your life in little ole’ Kernersville!

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[HOROSCOPES] [LEO (July 23 to August 22) Although the Big Cat might be receptive to more “purr-suasion” to get you to agree to a workplace change, make sure you can distinguish the fine line between facts and flattery.

[AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) A setback in implementing a plan could turn out to be a blessing in disguise.

Use the downtime to rework your original concepts and see where changes could be made.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Your positive attitude in the workplace helps to get you noticed by the right people. Now go ahead and use some of that new self-confidence to help shore up a personal relationship.

[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You might not be consciously fishing for compliments, but admit it -- won’t you feel great when your efforts are noticed?

So accept the praise gracefully. You earned it.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Although you might still have to work out some problems with a business partner, things go more smoothly on the home front. An investment opportunity might need more study.

[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Untangling personal problems might take more time than the impatient Lamb expected.

But it’s important to hang in there until all those knotty situations are straightened out.

[SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Don’t be reluctant to act on your suspicion. Even if others see nothing wrong, the astute Scorpio could sense an underlying problem that isn’t always obvious on the surface.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) You still need to work out last-minute snags in your dealings with a rival. Hold your ground despite a perceived lack of support. Things should turn around before you know it.

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cember 21) A new opportunity presents some obstacles that need to be dealt with as soon as possible. Delaying action in hopes that the problems will go away could be counterproductive.

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January 19) A friend or family member’s request might carry some hidden factors that could later create problems. Be sure you know all the facts before you make your decision.

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Best not to delay preparing for that upcoming family event. The sooner you get things started, the better chance you have of finding potential problems and making needed changes.

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I’m a grown woman in the middle of a feud between two of my female friends.

They’re both complaining to me, and I’m just responding Amy Alkon “uh-huh” to give them the hint that Advice I don’t want to be Goddess involved. Neither’s catching on. How do I get out of the middle of this spat without either friend feeling like I’m being disloyal and without my blurting out, “This is ridiculous. Grow up, ladies!” - Irritated If only these two would do as a 60-year-old dude in the U.K. just did to dispute a ticket he got on his motorcycle — invoked what The Telegraph called “the ancient right to trial by combat.”

Not surprisingly, local magistrates decided to stick him with a fine instead of

accepting his proposal of a duel “to the death” with a motor vehicles clerk, using “samurai swords, Gurkha knives or heavy hammers.”

Unfortunately, your female friends are unlikely to break out the Hello Kitty nunchucks to resolve their little squabble once and for all. It turns out there are some differences in how men and women generally deal with disagreements. Psychologist Joyce Benenson explains that women — as the childbearers and primary childcarers of the species — evolved to handle disputes in ways that minimize their risk of being physically harmed through retaliation. This has led to a female tendency toward covert aggression — sneaky attacks that are often hard to identify as attacks, like sabotaging other women’s status through gossip and social exclusion. Men, in contrast, tend to favor more straight-up forms of dispute resolution, from put-down fests to bar fights (with or without medieval weapons).

The thing is, an evolved tendency for a certain behavior (like indirectness) isn’t a mandate that you behave accordingly.

You can instead choose to be direct: Inform these two that you refuse to be the prize in this battle of theirs and thus refuse to hear another word about it from either of them. When they forget (aka see whether they can sneak in a rant to you about what a #$%& the other is), be straightforward in reminding them of your retirement as a giant ear.

Being direct is sure to be uncomfortable the first few times, but as you increasingly make it a habit, you should find it far easier and certainly more effective than coming up with creative excuses every time the phone rings: “Sorry! Still haven’t found my gavel. Talk soon!”

COY STORY

A male friend says that a woman who wants a hookup can just blurt out “I wanna have sex with you!” to a man and have him take her up on that. However, he claims that a guy who says this to a woman is taking a big risk and is likely to just offend her and possibly get a drink thrown in his face. Is he right? — Confused Dude

A guy’s “I wanna have sex with you!” does work on women — uh...in movies where the entire plotline is “A nurse gets in the elevator.”

To be unappealingly frank, men, in a sexual pinch, have been known to get it on with items in their refrigerator. So, especially in guys’ late teens and 20s, the bar for casual sex partners isn’t set all that high — as in, “Wow, girl, that’s some pulse you have on you!”

Women, on the other hand, evolved to be the choosier sex. Female emotions push them to hold out for signs that a man would be willing and able to stick around and commit resources, should a screaming baby result from their naked romp in the back seat of the, um, thing prehistoric people dragged firewood around on.

These sex differences were reflected in recent research led by evolutionary psychologist Mons Bendixen on men’s and women’s signaling of sexual interest. Women tended to make themselves out to be more sexually interested in a particular man than they actually were.

The researchers suspect this may be

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a strategy that allows women to hold men’s attention for longer. This, in turn, gives a woman more time to assess a man or “strategically increase his hope of having a chance” with her (translation: keep the dude on the hook while milking his American Express card like it has a set of udders).

In contrast, the researchers found that men generally pretended to be far less interested in sex than they actually were — presumably to avoid coming off as a man tramp or the sexual version of a starving Dickensian orphan. In other words, your friend is probably right: Honesty, as a sex-seeking tactic for a man, is only “the best policy” if the photo of his perfect match on a dating site is a tall container of lotion wearing an old tube sock as a scarf. !

GOT A problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol. com (www.advicegoddess.com) © 2019 Amy Alkon Distributed by Creators.Com.

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