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16 DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE “We’ve been talking about going down the rabbit hole since when we first started doing this,” said Tromploy’s founder and owner Keets Taylor.

“People talk about going down the rabbit hole all the time, but you are never really sure what is down there. In our MAJOR PRESENTATION, we are going to show them what is down there.”

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It was my first time. I’ve attended a lot of wine dinners, but I’ve never hosted one myself. With my background in education, however (I used to have a real job), I have a lot of experience making presentations. And I drink a lot of wine. So this seemed a reasonable venture. I chose SOKOL BLOSSER, an Oregon winery because my wife and I have long considered it one of our favorites.

7 98 ASIAN BISTRO has been a favorite in the High Point dining scene since its opening in October 2014. That’s partly because of the fresh, flavorful fare...

8 Three generations of talent featuring designer PAUL TAZEWELL of New York will be showcased in an exhibit opening on Nov. 21 and on view until Jan. 3, 2020, filling three galleries at Theatre Art Galleries in High Point.

9 It seems that every time I write a book review, WES D. GEHRING is the author of the book in question.

10 Among recent big-screen Stephen King adaptations, DOCTOR SLEEP has the distinction of not being a remake, as Pet Sematary and the It films were. It is, moreover, a sequel – to no less a King adaptation than The Shining (1980), which since its release YES! WEEKLY

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40 years ago has gradually become one of the most iconic horror films ever made, as well as arguably Stanley Kubrick’s most popular and most discussed films.

11 Although many of us East Coasters like to make jokes about the “LEFT COAST” and its liberal tree-huggers, the fact is that California is a forward-thinking trendsetter...

18 WESTBORO BAPTIST CHURCH, described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as “arguably the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America,” is coming to Greensboro and High Point on Nov. 18.

19 “That was a loosey-goosey attempt at RESTRICTING free speech,” said retired civil rights attorney Lewis Pitts after the Nov. 4 meeting of the Greensboro City Council.

20 A harpsichord is not a piano. A harpsichord player is not a pianist, though they can probably play one pretty nicely.

MAHAN ESFAHANI is a harpsichordist.

He doesn’t want to be a pianist.

21 LIMN, a new Greensboro electro-postmetal outfit with an art focus, will hit the road for a show at Monstercade on Nov. 16.

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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING THE PROPOSAL TO GRADE SEPARATE FRANKLIN BOULEVARD AND CLOSURE OF O’FERRELL STREET RAIL CROSSING AND PROPOSAL TO EXTEND NACO ROAD FROM O’FERRELL STREET TO U.S. 70 (BURLINGTON ROAD) WITH RAIL GRADE SEPARATIONS AT WARD ROAD AND WAGONER BEND ROAD AND THE CLOSURE OF MAXFIELD ROAD AND BUCHANAN CHURCH ROAD RAIL CROSSINGS IN GREENSBORO

STIP PROJECT NOS. P-5709 / Y-5500GA The N.C. Department of Transportation proposes project P-5709 to grade separate Franklin Boulevard and closure of O’Ferrell Street rail crossing. A grade separation means using a bridge to separate intersecting roads and/or railroads. Project Y-5500GA proposes to extend Naco Road from O’Ferrell Street to U.S. 70 (Burlington Road) with rail grade separations at Ward Road and Wagoner Bend Road, and closure of rail crossings at Maxfield Road and Buchanan Church Road in Greensboro. The purpose of the project is to remove existing atgrade railroad crossings, provide safety improvements, and improve passenger and freight rail operations along the Piedmont Corridor between Raleigh and Charlotte.

A public meeting will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 21 at Genesis Baptist Church, 2812 E. Bessemer Ave. in Greensboro.

The purpose of this meeting is to inform the public of the project and gather input on the proposed design. As information becomes available, it may be viewed online at the NCDOT public meeting webpage: https://www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings or the project website: https://Publicinput.com/Franklin-naco-Greensboro The public may attend at any time during the public meeting hours, as no formal presentation will be made.

NCDOT representatives will be available to answer questions and receive comments. The comments and information received will be taken into consideration as work on the project develops.

The opportunity to submit written comments will be provided at the meeting or can be done by phone, email, or mail by Dec. 5, 2019.

For additional information, please contact: For P-5709- NCDOT Senior Rail Project Engineer Anamika Laad, at 1553 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1553, (919) 707-4705 or alaad@ncdot.gov, or for Y-5500GANCDOT Project Development Engineer Consultant Matthew Potter, PE, at 1553 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1553, (919) 707-4738, or mwpotter@ncdot.gov.

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 Tony Gallagher,

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EVENTS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS | BY AUSTIN KINDLEY

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2019 STONEWALL NC STATE TOURNAMENT FRIDAY

FRI 15-17 2019 STONEWALL NC STATE TOURNAMENT WHAT: Come join in the annual fun at the State Tournament. Asheville will be joining us this year for the first time.We will have Kickball and Volleyball as usual plus we are also having Bocce! We are adding spots for a Recreational Volleyball team from each city and a recreational Kickball team so everyone can enjoy in the fun.

WHEN: Nov. 15 at 2 p.m. - Nov. 17 at 5 p.m.

WHERE: Stonewall Sports.

Suite 226, 1205 W. Bessemer Ave., Greensboro

FRI 15-17 POLAR EXPRESS TRAIN RIDE WHAT: Set to the sounds of the motion picture soundtrack, families are sure to enjoy their trip to the North Pole, complete with hot chocolate and cookies served on board the train. Passengers are entertained by a reading of The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg and upon arrival at the North Pole, Santa greets guests and each child will receive their own sleigh bell - just like in the movie!

WHEN: 4 p.m. Friday, Saturday, & Sunday WHERE: N.C. Transportation Museum.

1 Samuel Spencer Dr., Spencer.

MORE: $37-43 tickets.

FRI 15 WINTERFEST OPENING DAY WITH CHIK-FIL-A WHAT: Free Chick-fil- a sandwich with canned good donation (to benefit the 2nd Harvest Food Bank). Lots of family fun!

Join us for this fun filled night at the park!

Skating on the rink ( special rate of $5.00 includes skates), free face painting, live Music by Eric and the Chilltones, Chick-fil-a Cows, and more fun for the whole family!

WHEN: 6-8:30 p.m.

WHERE: Lebauer Park.

208 N. Davie St., Greensboro.

MORE: Free event. Skating $5.

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WHAT: Banda Sinaloense MS de Sergio Lizárraga, also known as Banda MS, is a Mexican Banda from Mazatlán, Sinaloa that was founded in 2003. It was created by brothers Sergio and Alberto Lizárraga, who are also members of the group. They debuted in 2004 with their album “No Podrás”. Their album Qué Bendición reached number one on the Billboard Latin albums chart in the United States.

WHEN: 8 p.m.

WHERE: Greensboro Coliseum Complex.

1921 W. Gate City Blvd., Greensboro.

MORE: $39-129 tickets.

WHAT: Bring yourself and your friends to a Sunday celebration at the Undercurrent! We are excited to work with Stonewall Sports to grace you with exceptional entertainment while enjoying a delicious brunch! Cost is $30 per person and will include entertainment and food. Excludes tax and gratuity.

Bottomless Mimosas available for $15 per person. Make sure you bring dolla, dolla bills to tip your entertainers and servers!

WHEN: 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Undercurrent.

327 Battleground Ave., Greensboro.

MORE: $30 per person.

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MONTAGNARDS ASK FOR COMMUNITY SUPPORT

BY IAN MCDOWELL

North Carolina has the largest population of Montagnard immigrants outside of Southeast Asia. Most of the 10,000+ refugees who settled here in the wake of the Vietnam War. The Montagnards paid a heavy price for their loyalty to the U.S. troops, who became their comrades in arms and still live in or near Greensboro.

While fewer Montagnards are coming to the Triad as refugees than was the case from the 1980s through the first decade of the 21st century, there are still thousands in Guilford County who desperately need assistance with such issues as employment, social services, doctor appointments, transportation, interpretation, English classes and college/financial aid applications. They also need help with green card services and becoming citizens of the country, so many of them or their parents fought for.

On Saturday, Nov. 16, the Montagnard Dega Association, Inc. will partner with the Montagnard American Association to host their first annual fundraising gala at 6 p.m. in the Meridian Convention Center at 312 W. Meadowview Rd. in Greensboro.

The event includes dinner, drinks, a live band, a fashion show, performances and speeches from assistant city manager Trey Davis; CEO of the Boys and Girls Club of the Grand Stand Dion Buonto; statewide base organizer of the Southeast Asian Coalition Sun H. Buijur; and founder and executive director of Jalloh’s Upright Services of NC Franca R. Jalloh.

“Our mission is to unite and strengthen fraternal ties of all persons of Montagnard heritage and create an environment conducive for us to have opportunities to meet, promote higher education, cultural preservation, and understand and mutually help each other,” said Liana Adrong, administrative coordinator of the Montagnard Dega Association (MDA) and Vocational Instructor with the Montagnard American Organization (MAO). “As Montagnard refugee resettlement decreased, we decided to expand

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the mission and scope of the organization to include assistance to other refugee populations. In recent years, young Montagnard people have come together to strengthen the community as Montagnard American Organization to promote higher education and cultural preservation under the banner of MDA.” Adrong told YES! Weekly that the 300seat fundraiser is sold out, but that the organizations are asking the community to “make a small contribution toward the work we are doing at MDA, so that we may continue to assist those who are in need in the community. Your contributions will be used for direct services to a nonprofit organization and should be tax-deductible.”

The various tribes and cultures commonly called Montagnards (French for Mountain People) in the West are the original inhabitants of the region that became modern Vietnam. “We are many tribes,” Adrong said, “including Jarai, Rhade, Koho, Bahnar, and Bunong, and have many traditions, but we are united under the name Montagnard. During the Vietnam War, many Montagnards fought alongside American soldiers against the Communist North Vietnamese government with the hope that one day that we would be freed from colonial rule.

Most villages were destroyed, and over 200,000 of us were killed, and some were sent to prison. In 1986, Montagnards received special consideration for refugee status from the US government because of their role in the war.”

Adrong said that donations could be made via PayPal by clicking on the Donate button at montagnardda.org.

Issues faced by some members of the local Montagnard population have been covered in the YES! Weekly articles “Fighting longer than the USA: The 24year war of Y’Khiem Ayun” and “Trump Administration raises concern in the Triad Montagnard community.” !

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Sokol Blosser Wine Dinner at Café Pasta

BY JOHN BATCHELOR | john.e.batchelor@gmail.com

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t was my first time. I’ve attended a lot of wine dinners, but I’ve never hosted one myself. With my background in education, however (I used to have a real job), I have a lot of experience making presentations. And I drink a lot of wine. So this seemed a reasonable venture.

I chose Sokol Blosser, an Oregon winery because my wife and I have long considered it one of our favorites. Most wine dinners focus on high-end wineries. I tend to think about wine the same way I think about cars. Yes, a Rolls is a wonderful vehicle. At that price, it had better be. To deliver excellence at a reasonable pricethat’s what impresses me most. Sokol Blosser wines fit into the mid-range. In addition, neither the distributor nor I could recall anyone ever featuring their wines in a wine dinner. So I was able to design a unique experience for the audience.

I chose Café Pasta for the setting because it’s also a personal favorite, based on food and value, and also because owner Ray Essa is the consummate host.

His following plus a gathering of my readers ought to generate some interest. It did.

The event sold out in advance.

Instead of the fairly common practice of starting with the wines, then having the restaurant design food to go with them, I wanted to pair wines with selections from the restaurant’s regular menu. All the food we had will be available to anyone on future visits.

Bill and Susan Sokol Blosser planted their first vines in 1971 when no Oregon wine industry even existed. They were true pioneers, specializing in Pinot Noir, one of the more difficult varietals to grow and produce. At the outset, they were determined to harvest and sort by hand, ferment in small lots and age lightly in French oak. These practices are usually associated with much more expensive wines.

The winery has now transitioned to the next generation. Alex and Allison Sokol Blosser continue the winery’s traditions.

We began with Estate Pinot Gris. To me, this Sokol Blosser wine exhibits more flavor, greater depth and more complexity than other Pinot Gris or Pinot Grigio wines.

It’s floral and fruity, with bright acidity. I paired it with Café Pasta’s Spinach and Artichoke Dip, spread on crisp pita toast points. The artichoke flavor, in particular, matched up well with the wine.

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second wine, Evolution White, I had asked them to leave a cork at each table.

I directed the audience to look at the corks. Each is inscribed with some whimsical saying about intent, plans, luck and enjoying life in general. The folks at this winery don’t take themselves too seriously — just another thing I like about Sokol Blosser.

Evolution White is blended from eight different wines. The audience was able to identify Chardonnay and Semillon from the taste. I revealed the others, some of which are little known. There is just a hint of sweetness within tropical flavors. I selected Chicken Picatta as the second food course. Feedback from the audience was particularly positive with regard to how the sharpness of the green peppercorns balanced the crispness of the wine.

On to the really good stuff. Sokol Blosser still specializes in Pinot Noir, and Oregon’s soil and climate create an especially good environment for this temperamental grape. Tonight’s selection was from Dundee Hills, one of the winery’s higherend productions. The wine is initially aged 17 months in French oak barrels, about a third of which are new, the rest a year old, or considered of neutral influence. This treatment showcases the inherent flavors imparted by the terroir (the influence of the soil and climate) and the unique Dijon and Pommard clones. Almond Crusted

Salmon is one of my favorite dishes on the menu at this restaurant; I think Pinot Noirespecially this one- is the perfect match.

We closed the evening with Sparkling Evolution, made from Evolution White. It is crisp and effervescent. My wife made the food choice on this one- “Mom’s” Cheesecake, a family recipe prepared by Margaret Essa, Ray’s mother. She uses ricotta cheese to produce a lighter, cakier treatment of this perennial favorite. I like it better than any other!

Wines were available to order, at deeply discounted prices, after the dinner.

Quite a few people urged me to do

this again. My plan is to focus on wineries that no one else has featured in this area, in restaurants where I have been a regular customer for a long time — looking forward to the next one! !

JOHN BATCHELOR has been writing about eating and drinking since 1981. Over a thousand of his articles have been published. He is also author of two travel/ cookbooks: Chefs of the Coast: Restaurants and Recipes from the North Carolina Coast, and Chefs of the Mountains: Restaurants and Recipes from Western North Carolina.

Contact him at john.e.batchelor@gmail.com or see his blog, johnbatchelordiningandtravel.blogspot.com.

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98 Asian Bistro continues to anchor High Point’s evolving dining scene 98 Asian Bistro has been a favorite in the High Point dining scene since its opening in October 2014.

That’s partly because of the fresh, flavorful fare—a fusion of Thai, Laotian and Cambodian cuisine— Davina Van Buren but for the restau@highpointfoodie rant’s regulars, the gracious hospitality of owner Tu Sen and Contributor her husband Todd is an equally important aspect that keeps them coming back.

Sen’s story is the embodiment of the American dream. She grew up in Laos, where her Indian father worked for the CIA during the Vietnam War. The family lived in a refugee camp in Thailand—where food was often scarce— for three years. In 1986, her parents undertook a harrowing journey across the Mekong River with their 12 and 13-year-old daughters (Sen is the youngest), eventually making their way to John F. Kennedy International Airport in Queens, New York. Their first home in the States was a tiny New York City apartment, where Sen and her sister shared a bedroom. It was here that the sisters started their first restaurant endeavor.

“We lived in a home with several families,” Sen said. “My sister would cook a different dish every weekend, and I was the sales rep and delivery person.” This act of bonding with other refugee families over food came instinctually to the sisters.

“Food has always been the way we show love,” she explains. “Cooking always kept us together.”

Eventually, some of the family made their way down South, and at 19—now a young mom—Sen relocated to High Point. “I’ve always worked in restaurants to support my daughter,” she said. That’s where she met her husband Todd, who is Cambodian, but grew up in Lexington and was raised on a typical Southern diet that included lots of barbecue. When her sister decided to open a restaurant in 1998, it was a family affair, with the entire family working side by side to make it happen.

Sadly, Sen’s father passed away just four months after that restaurant opened, but the sisters worked together for the next 17 years to make the family dream a reality. The restaurant became a High Point favorite and garnered many loyal WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

patrons over nearly two decades.

“We were the first Thai restaurant in High Point,” Sen said. “People were used to Chinese food, and for two years we were in debt. I decided that every table that came in, I would sit with them and teach them about our food.”

Over the years, her regulars became much more than customers—they became genuine friends and Sen’s biggest supporters. “When my family restaurant moved to Greensboro in 2012, it broke my heart,” she said. Having become attached to her many regulars and the city where she’d made roots and started raising her daughter, Sen decided it was time to open her own restaurant in the International City.

“I grew up with a mix of people, culture, food and music and always loved that,” Sen said. “When I moved here to North Carolina 26 years ago, there was none of that—everyone had their own corner. The main objective with my restaurant was to attract a wide variety of people.” The name—98 Asian Bistro—is a nod to the year her father died.

It took two years to build the space, which is magnificent. Large, airy, lightfilled rooms instantly transport visitors to southeast Asia, starting with the life-size tuk-tuk—a motorized three-wheel taxi popular in Bangkok and other Thai cities— just inside the front doorway. A colossal Buddha watches over the main dining room, creating a powerfully peaceful vibe. On the other side of the bar—which is separated from the main by a high wall—is another dining area that boasts a

large fountain with an elephant sculpture, colorful lanterns and lush bamboo plants. Each day, Sen blesses the space with sacred prayers that ensure visitors feel welcome, finances are good and the restaurant is operating well.

The food is a reflection of the Sens’ diverse heritage and world travels. Sen’s father was Indian and her mother is Thai.

“When we were little, my dad cooked lots of curries, and we were not allowed to eat unless we prepped something,” Sen said.

Todd’s Cambodian roots, her time spent in Laos, and Chinese influences are reflected in dishes as well.

On the menu, you’ll find Thai favorites such as, pad kee mow (drunken noodles), tom yum, tom kha, and pad Thai alongside yellow and pranang curry. Pho—a Vietnamese soup consisting of broth, rice noodles, herbs and meat—is also a popular item. One of the most beloved dishes on the menu is the larb—chopped chicken with cilantro, white and green onion, bean sprouts and rice dressed with fresh lemon juice and served with lettuce leaves for wrapping. “All of our meat and veggies are fresh and delivered daily,” Sen said. The couple also collaborates with local farmers.

Earlier this year, the restaurant underwent an expansion, taking over a large adjacent space that was formerly occupied by a mattress store. Now, the couple can host large parties and community events, something Sen—who loves to dance and entertain—is exhilarated about. “We’ve been booked every weekend so far,” Sen

said. “My goal for the space is simply that I want it to be used by our community. We are hosting both Democrat and Republican parties. And anytime we have music, you will see people from 21-60 on the dance floor having fun.”

Now that High Point’s restaurant scene is evolving, locals have more choices about where to get a good meal, but 98 Asian Bistro is still a perennial favorite. Locals remember when their options were much more limited, and the warm hospitality and faith that Sen had for the Triad’s “third city” all along. In 2016, Sen won the High Point Chamber of Commerce Businesswoman of the Year Award. She continues to be the city’s biggest cheerleader and welcomes friendly competition because she is secure in her position among the city’s culinary and business leaders. “Some days, we are busier than others, and that’s okay,” she said. “A lot of exciting things are happening in High Point.”

We agree and are thankful the Sens saw the city’s potential from day one. !

DAVINA VAN BUREN is an award-winning freelance travel and food writer based in High Point. Follow her on social media at @highpointfoodie.

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98 Asian Bistro is open Tuesday through Thursday from 11 a.m–2 p.m. and 5:30–9:30 p.m; Friday from 11:30 a.m.–2 p.m. and 5–10 p.m.; and Saturday from 5–10 p.m. The restaurant is closed on Sunday and Monday.

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of arts and music who passed away last year. Horney said that Plaxico sent him an email telling him about Barbara Tazewell’s work, and also noted that her son was a costume designer of some renown.

Horney got in touch with Barbara this year regarding showing her and Paul’s work, she said it might be nice to not only feature her son but also to show her grandson’s art. Horney said he thought it would be fun to have all three generations, “as different as night and day under one roof in three self-contained exhibits.”

When Horney had lunch with Barbara, he said she showed him original sketches from The Color Purple costumes that her son had done. Horney, who has seen the show three times (twice in New York and then a third time when Fantasia brought it to Greensboro), said it was incredible

to be sitting with her flipping through page after page of the pieces he vividly remembered from the show.

“The next thing I know, I’ve got 16 costumes coming from New York and Chicago, and I had a tiger by the tail working with something a little bit outside the norm for TAG, but that’s what people respond to,” Horney said.

When others told him he might want to charge admission for this show due to the extra costs of shipping and purchasing mannequins, he chose not to. He said it was just a good investment for TAG and that many people would be familiar with Tazewell’s costumes from live and T.V. shows.

Barbara’s illustrations will be shown along with five of her paper mâché puppets and marionettes. She is a graduate of Bennett College and has a home in Asheboro. Her book, “Ola, the Water Bearer,” was originally created as a flip book located under the African Pavilion of the North Carolina Zoo. Nathanael Tazewell is a self-published comic illustrator, whose work references sequential artists and Japanese manga from the ‘70s and ‘80s (i.e., Jean Giraud, Yoshitaka Amano).

Horney said that Paul Tazewell’s work in Broadway productions will also be shown in this exhibition. In 2016, Tazewell received both a Tony Award for Hamilton and an Emmy Award for The Wiz Live! that was broadcast on NBC. Tazewell has been designing costumes for Broadway and regional theater, film,

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hree generations of talent, featuring designer Paul Tazewell of New York, will be showcased in an exhibit opening on Nov. 21-Jan. 3, 2020, filling three Terry Rader galleries at Theatre Art Galleries in High Point. The free Contributor opening reception is on Thursday, Nov. 21, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and features music by Keith Byrd along with food, beer and wine. Paul Tazewell’s work in the main gallery will be shown concurrently with his mother Barbara Tazewell’s work in the Upstairs Gallery, along with her grandson Nathaneal Tazewell’s work shown in the Hallway Gallery, said executive director of TAG Jeff Horney.

Both Paul and Barbara Tazewell will be in attendance at the opening reception.

Horney said that Paul Tazewell’s exhibit in the main gallery would feature 16 costumes from various productions, including six pieces from the Broadway sensation Hamilton, pieces from NBC’s The Wiz Live!, Jesus Christ Superstar Live!

In Concert, Showboat, and one piece from The Miracle Worker. He said there would be original costume design renderings from multiple productions and largescale photographs of the actors wearing the costumes. Horney said that Paul is sending a stylist the week before the show to get the costumes ready for a museum-quality presentation.

Horney gives credit to this show being born out of an idea from Pat Plaxico, a High Point designer, historian, and lover

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television, dance and opera productions for over 25 years. Paul Tazewell is connected to the Triad with his BFA from the North Carolina School of the Arts and has instructed students there as a guest artist.

Horney said that Paul Tazewell’s latest work includes designing the costumes for the upcoming movie Harriet and for Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story. He said that while Paul Tazewell is at the top of the ladder in being super creative, he was a humble, soft-spoken person.

“We just love the diversity in our exhibit, and we are so happy we can bring the work of this amazing family to High Point!” Horney said. “We are so fortunate that all three of them have chosen to work with us.”

For more details about Paul Tazewell and this show, go to www.yesweekly. com/?s=tazewell+exhibit. !

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

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TAZEWELL: Three Generations/Three Voices, Opening on Thursday, Nov. 21, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., on view until Jan. 3, 2020 at Theatre Art Galleries 220 E. Commerce St. in High Point, (336) 887-2137. Gallery hours: Tues. – Fri., noon-5 p.m. or by appt., office hours: Tues.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m. All exhibitions are free and open to the public, http:// tagart.org, natetaz-art.squarespace.com

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Celebrating cinema then and now GEHRING LOST & FOUND: SELECTED ESSAYS by Wes D. Gehring. Published

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It seems that every Mark Burger time I write a book review, Wes D. Gehring is the author of Contributor the book in question.

In the last six months alone, I’ve covered Buster Keaton In His Own Time and Hitchcock and Humor (both published by McFarland Books), and here comes the prolific Gehring once again.

As the title implies, Gehring Lost and Found is a collection of essays written over the last four decades by Gehring, who teaches at Ball State University, is the associate media editor for USA Today Magazine (where some of these entries were originally published), and more recently has been seen on TCM (Turner Classic Movies) as an on-screen host and scholar.

A favorite topic of Gehring’s, as anyone familiar with his work already knows, is vintage screen comedy, and it’s well-represented here, with observations about such legendary funnymen as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, W.C. Fields, Red Skelton, and Robert Benchley, to name a few. Having written entire volumes on classic comedy, including the aforementioned Keaton title and several books about Red Skelton, it’s clear this is a realm he revels in, and for sure knows extensively about it.

He even includes his essay “McCarey vs. Capra: A Guide to American Comedies of the ‘30s” (initially published in 1978), comparing and contrasting the work of Leo McCarey (Going My Way) and Frank Capra (It Happened One Night), which prompted the still-living Capra to compliment him in correspondence, although he did point out that he and McCarey were great friends.

The essay “Hollywood’s Dilemma About Posthumous Releases,” which is also selfexplanatory, examines how the last films of James Dean, Carole Lombard, Will Rogers, Jean Harlow, and others were received at the time of their release, and whether or not that assessment has changed over WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

time. Indeed it has: Lombard’s final film, Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be (1942), was shunned by audiences and slammed by critics, yet is now regarded as a classic.

Oddly enough, and this could have easily been fixed, Gehring mentions that Oliver Reed, who died during the production of Gladiator (2000), received a posthumous Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor. In actuality, he received a posthumous BAFTA nomination (the British equivalent of the Oscars) in that category. Oliver Reed was never nominated for an Oscar.

Nevertheless, for movie buffs and Gehring devotees, “Gehring Lost and Found” is yet another learned but unpretentious work, frequently fascinating and never heavy-handed – and always seasoned with a clear sense of affection and respect for the subject (or subjects) at hand.

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Cult Filmmakers: Shooting from the hip CULT FILMMAKERS: 50 MOVIE MAVERICKS YOU NEED TO KNOW by Ian Haydn Smith. Published by White Lion Publishing.

144 pages. $16.99 retail.

With its snappy red cover design highlighting an unmistakably recognizable Quentin Tarantino, Ian Haydn Smith’s anthology scarcely needs an introduction, as its title is self-explanatory.

Each entry offers a brief but concise summary of each filmmaker’s career, usually accompanied by a quote from said filmmaker, and boasting one of Kristelle Rodeia’s colorful, evocative illustrations – which are almost worth the purchase price alone.

Many of the usual suspects are profiled: Tarantino (of course), Darren Aronofsky, Mario Bava, Tim Burton, John Carpenter, Roger Corman, Alex Cox, David Cronenberg, Abel Ferrara, Lucio Fulci, Terry Gilliam, Dennis Hopper, Jim Jarmusch, Alejandro Jodorowsky, David Lynch and so on. Indeed, these are all worthy inclusions – yes, even Edward D. Wood Jr. (of Plan 9 from Outer Space infamy). One of the bigger surprises, if not the biggest, is Barbara Loden, at one time married to director Nicholas Ray (Rebel Without a Cause), who completed only one film in her lifetime – 1970’s Wanda.

Some omissions may raise a few eyebrows (Dario Argento or David Fincher, anyone?), and it should be noted that although he’s undoubtedly a cult filmmaker, Tim Burton has never made a movie that wasn’t produced under the auspices of a major studio. In contrast, many of the filmmakers here usually eschewed the

Hollywood mainstream and earned their stripes in the independent realm. Even Alfred Hitchcock, a cult filmmaker, if ever there was one, made several early independent films before “going Hollywood.”

Even for the initiated, Cult Filmmakers is an easy, breezy read – a primer for the reader to delve deeper into each filmmaker’s oeuvre if so inclined.

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mong recent big-screen Stephen King adaptations, Doctor Sleep has the distinction of not being a remake, as Pet Sematary and the It films were. It is, moreover, a sequel – to no less a King adaptation than The Shining (1980), which since its release 40 years ago has gradually become one of the most iconic Mark Burger horror films ever made, as well as arguably Stanley Kubrick’s most popular and most discussed films.

Contributor Kubrick’s film was touted as “the first epic horror film,” and Doctor Sleep writer/editor/ director Mike Flanagan (who earlier helmed the 2017 adaptation of Gerald’s Game for Netflix) valiantly attempts to replicate that here. Doctor Sleep is epic in length and scope, and although never boring, it takes its time reaching the inevitable. By the time the narrative arrives at the condemned but still-haunted Overlook Hotel, one almost expects the gates of hell to blast open, but it doesn’t quite work out that way.

Doctor Sleep exhibits more fidelity to Kubrick’s film than King’s novel Doctor Sleep (published in 2013), replete with direct and indirect references, and nods to the film. Indeed, this version takes as many liberties with King’s novel as Kubrick did with the original. Over the years, King expressed his dissatisfaction with Kubrick’s adaptation, but here he earns an executive-producer credit and has not made any complaints whatsoever.

Danny Torrance, the terrorized boy of The Shining, is all grown up and played by Ewan McGregor, who brings an appropriately haunted quality to his portrayal. Still tormented by his memories, he’s making a valiant effort to regain equilibrium and a semblance of normality to his life, but needless to say, some ghosts won’t stay dead, as it were. (If they had, there wouldn’t be a movie.)

Rebecca Ferguson plays Kate the Hat, a wicked, willowy sorceress who acts as the guru to a roving band of nomads, known as The True Knot, which travels the countryside in luxurious recreational vehicles, preying on the innocent – usually children with psychic abilities – and feeding off their pain and torment.

Danny is inexorably drawn into this new terror by Abra (Kyleigh Curran), a bright young girl whose abilities Kate zeroes in on.

Danny, who certainly has some experience with supernatural peril, becomes her protector, but the question is whether their combined powers will be enough to vanquish Kate and her fiendish cohorts.

McGregor, Ferguson and Curran all deliver strong performances, but theirs are the only characters who truly emerge. Even those supporting characters with significant time onscreen remain

one-dimensional. Cliff Curtis, as Danny’s friend Billy, is appealing, yet what should have been Billy’s big character moment – when Danny finally details his past and enlists his assistance – is merely alluded to. As supportive as Billy is, wouldn’t he have expressed at least some skepticism about Danny’s tale? We’ll never know because it’s never shown.

By adhering so closely to Kubrick’s vision, Flanagan isn’t able to recapture the constricting, claustrophobic aura of impending doom that Kubrick achieved, yet Flanagan does succeed in creating a menacing and at times, otherworldly mood.

It took some time for The Shining to be recognized as a classic, so it may be a while until Doctor Sleep finds its own place in the genre pantheon. Yet there’s no question that this is a respectful and serious-minded endeavor. There are no cheap laughs and more than a few unsettling moments. It’s not a complete success, but it succeeds enough to warrant a recommendation. !

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lthough many of us East Coasters like to make jokes about the “Left Coast” and its liberal tree-huggers, the fact is that California is a forward-thinking Jim Longworth trendsetter when it comes to taking a stand on social Longworth and environmental at Large issues. In the past 20 years alone, the Golden State was the first to oppose federal restrictions on stem cell research, the first to pass a restrictive law on greenhouse gas emissions, the first s tate to mandate prescription drug discounts and the first to decriminalize the recreational use of marijuana. Earlier this fall, Gov. Gavin Newsom pushed through legislation that will allow college athletes to be compensated for the use of their name and image, a move that prompted the NCAA to follow suit. And last month, California became the first state in the nation to ban the sale of animal fur products.

According to CNN, the bill, which goes into effect on Jan. 1, 2023, will make it illegal to sell, donate, or manufacture new fur products, and that will apply to “all-new clothing, handbags, shoes, and other items made with fur.” In addition to signing the fur bill (AB44), Newsom also signed into law several other bills designed to prevent animal cruelty. Those laws will include a ban on the use of elephants and tigers by any circus that does business in the State. It also protects horses from slaughter and bans the trapping and killing of bobcats.

However, depending upon your point of view, the recent legislation isn’t exactly comprehensive. For example, according to the Associated Press, the new laws do not apply to “products used for religious or tribal purposes…and they exclude the sale of leather, cowhides, deer, sheep and goatskin, and anything preserved by taxidermy.” Despite those perplexing loopholes, the new protections are a welcome sight to those of us who abhor mistreatment of animals.

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cording to the Fur Information Council, the retail fur industry brought in $1.5 billion dollars in sales in 2014. FIC spokesperson Keith Kaplan told the Associated Press, “The ban is part of a radical vegan agenda using fur as the first step to other bans on what we wear and eat.” In contrast, a number of design houses including Versace, Gucci, and Giorgio Armani, are fine with the new laws, and according to Recordnet.com, say they have either already stopped, or plan to stop using fur. And in somewhat of a surprise move, even Queen Elizabeth got into the spirit of things, coincidentally announcing last week that She will no longer wear fur.

Obviously, people disagree about what should and shouldn’t be banned, but we cannot ignore the disturbing facts. According to the Humane Society of the United States, every year, over 40 million animals are killed for fur worldwide, 30 million of which are raised on fur farms, then slaughtered. The other 10 million are trapped and killed in the wild. However, a group called Last Chance for Animals puts the numbers even higher. According to their website, more than one billion animals are killed for their pelts each year. So kudos to Governor Newsom and the California legislature for recognizing a wrong, and then righting it. I just wish our North Carolina lawmakers would follow California’s example. After all, Berger and company should at least be more concerned with protecting animals than they are with protecting gerrymandered districts. !

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Doctors at Westmead Hospital in Sydney, Australia, documented a case in the British Medical Journal’s Case Reports that has at least one Chuck Shepherd nose out of joint. A 48-year-old former prison inmate had been suffering from sinus infections, nasal congestion and headaches for years, United Press International reported. Doctors treating the man performed a CT scan and discovered a rhinolith — a stone made of calcium — in his nasal cavity, which, when removed, was found to have formed around a small balloon with cannabis inside.

The patient then recalled that when he was in prison about 18 years earlier, his girlfriend had smuggled in the balloon during a visit, and he had inserted it in his nose to hide it. But he pushed it too far in and assumed he had swallowed it. The unnamed man is surely breathing easier these days.

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Astronaut and Neshannock Township, Pennsylvania, resident Andrew Morgan, who is currently aboard the International Space Station, cast his absentee ballot this Election Day from his perch 250 miles above the planet, the New Castle News reported. Ed Allison, Lawrence County’s director of voter services, received Morgan’s application for an absentee ballot and went the extra mile for the spaceman, coordinating with IT for a fillable,

secure PDF file that Morgan could use to register his selections. “Astronaut Morgan got the ballot, voted it and sent it back,” Allison said. “No problem at all. In the 11 years I have been here, it is certainly unique.”

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Brice Kendell Williams, 32, was hoping to avoid getting a DWI early on Nov. 3, CNN reported, so rather than driving his car from one bar to another in Houma, Louisiana, Williams stole a motorized shopping cart from Walmart and toddled more than a half-mile to his destination, according to authorities. He carefully parked the scooter between two cars in the lot and went inside, where officers from the Terrebonne Parish Sheriff ’s Office found him and arrested him for felony unauthorized use of a moveable.

Williams’ bond was set at $2,500.

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North Carolina’s Madison County Public Library system has had a loosely enforced rule against bringing pets into its branches. But on Oct. 8, Interim Director Peggy Goforth appeared before the county’s board of commissioners to request a new policy that tightly restricts animals to only service dogs. Goforth felt she had to advocate for stricter rules after a man brought a bag full of snakes into the library, reported the Citizen Times. “He said, ‘My pets are harmless. Here, let me show you,’” Goforth said. “And he poured them out on the front desk. They just wriggled everywhere.” When told pets weren’t allowed in the library, “He was really nice about it. He just bagged up all

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the snakes and left,” she added. She said another man brought in an ant farm and took the top off to feed them, then forgot to put it back on. “The ants got everywhere.” The library’s new policy excludes all animal species except dogs that are trained to help a person with a disability.

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— A passenger on New York’s MTA train system noticed a couple of suspicious packages at the Metro-North New Rochelle station on the afternoon of Oct. 28 and did what any conscientious rider would do: alerted authorities, using the new Help Point intercom system in the station. It turned out the boxes contained more of the MTA’s Help Point devices — they just hadn’t been installed yet. The alert only briefly shut down the station, WNBC reported, as police quickly removed the boxes.

— In Crystal City, Missouri, police are on the lookout for a man who broke into a vending machine at the Twin City Coin Laundry on Oct. 22, pocketing about $600 in change. KSDK reported that he ought to be easy to find: He committed his crime in full view of security cameras, and he was wearing a T-shirt with the motto, “It’s not a crime unless you get caught.”

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Late on Nov. 2 in Hattingen, Germany, about 300 patrons of a swingers’ club were interrupted mid-party when carbon monoxide alarms sounded and several began to feel unwell. Firefighters escorted the swingers, many clad only in bathrobes, to safety, with about 10 people requiring treatment, reported the Associated Press. However, firefighters could not detect any dangerous level of carbon monoxide once they arrived on the scene.

When Coco the shiba inu was hit by a car on Oct. 28 in Schenectady, New York, the driver stopped and noticed some damage to her car, but couldn’t see what she had hit, so she drove on. About an hour later, Rotterdam Police Lieutenant Jeffrey Collins told WNYT, the driver stopped again when she heard noises.

This time, she saw Coco, who was lodged in the car’s bumper. “It was like the perfect fit,” said Noella LaFreniere of the Hernas Veterinary Clinic where Coco was treated. “She ... came out alive, and it’s shocking to us.” Coco suffered a broken elbow but no other serious injuries. Police have located her owners.

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Fondren, who worked at a medical clinic, charged $20 for each excuse, Vernon Parish Sheriff Sam Craft told WTAP. He also said it was common knowledge among students that the excuses were for sale.

Two students obtained excuses on 14 occasions, he said. Fondren’s fraud came to light when someone from the Vernon Parish School Board called a doctor about the notes, which he denied having authorized. Her bond was set at $15,000.

— Workers at a branch of Pinnacle Bank in Lincoln, Nebraska, were stymied on Oct. 28 when a man arrived hoping to open a checking account with a $1 million bill, the Lincoln Journal Star reported.

Bank employees argued with him that it couldn’t possibly be real (the largest denomination bill ever minted was for $100,000), and eventually he left, with his bill but without an account. Lincoln police are hoping to identify him from surveillance video so they can check on his welfare.

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We’ve been talking about going down the rabbit hole since when we first started doing this,” said Tromploy’s founder and owner Keets Taylor. “PeoKatie Murawski ple talk about going down the rabbit hole all the time, but Editor you are never really sure what is down there. In our major presentation, we are going to show them what is down there.”

Founded in 2018, “Tromploy is an immersive, entertainment and artist platform-curating and facilitating interactive arts and immersive entertainment that inspires creativity,” according to the press release. Tromploy looks to promote interactive art experiences and to open “an unconventional, art-themed entertainment venue in Winston-Salem,” Taylor said.

From Nov. 21-29, Tromploy will be opening a portal to “Alice in Winstonland” in a 3,500 square-foot interactive art installation located at 418 Marshall St. North #100 in Winston-Salem. “Alice in Winstonland” will be the first of many pop-up interactive art installations Tromploy has planned.

“The name ‘Tromploy’ [Trompe-l’œil] means to ‘create an illusion to fool the eye,’ so that is what we are going to rotate on the exhibits,” said Steven Darling, Tromploy’s creative director. “We are trying to create optical illusions with a nod to the Innovation Quarter, so we are taking a lot of alternate reality, video mapping, things of that nature.”

Back in April, Tromploy brought artist Debi Cable’s “Beyond the Looking Glass” 3D blacklight experience to WinstonSalem as a “prototype,” to give the community a taste of what the company has planned to come, “which is ultimately the creation of a new art installation museum like no other in the City of Arts and Innovation.”

“What we did with Debi Cable was just a taste of something different,” Taylor explained. “We want Winston-Salem to experience creativity in a different way.”

Taylor said that this has been in the works for two years, and Tromploy is still seeking a permanent venue space. But for now, Tromploy plans to have monthly pop-up interactive installations until they secure a permanent installation space “for even more amazing revolving artwork.”

Darling is also at the helm with this installation. Taylor said that Darling brings his experience and reputation in the Winston-Salem creative community.

Darling has worked on Meow Wolf, the New Mexico-based arts and entertain-

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Taylor and Darling agreed that there isn’t much for adults to do in WinstonSalem except bars and restaurants. They want to fulfill this need in the community by setting up these pop-up installations with the endgame goal of opening a museum.

“You have Old Salem, Reynolda House, Kaleideum and SECCA,” Taylor said. “And what we are looking for is a totally different niche of people who would like to go out and do something fun, and play in alternate realities.”

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creative communities and said, ‘OK, read the plan and mark it up’ with what they think this community needs in the way of support for the arts.”

She said Tromploy is promoting a space big enough to collaborate between the genres so that “we can offer tradition arts, pop culture, emerging technology, music, dance, storytelling and whatever else we come up with and let them collaborate for a greater presentation.”

One of the needs that Taylor and Darling see in Winston-Salem is a venue “large enough to attract crowds to keep the price affordable for the general public.” Taylor said that the public is limited in where they can go to appreciate the arts and that many local artists don’t have a place to show their artwork.

“So, what we were looking for specifically is a space that is big enough to collaborate (more than 20,000 square-feet)

and bring in people who may be perfectly great creators in their own right, but perhaps don’t have the output, because they have a full-time job to maintain a presence in a gallery,” Taylor said. “But because we have a much larger footprint, we can include these people and pay them for their work, because that is the whole point, isn’t it? To create jobs and a sustainable revenue stream to support the creative economy.”

Taylor said the beauty of the installation plan is that “it will be good for so many people.” She also said it would encourage tourism and help other small businesses. She suggests that the immersive design concept will foster multigenerational and multicultural participation, which is the key to keeping WinstonSalem the City of Arts and Innovation.

“There are all kinds of new ways for a creative community to build sustain-

ability; it isn’t just ‘look and don’t touch anymore,’” Taylor said. “We felt like Winston-Salem was the right location, and had the right creative community.

While we are starting in Winston-Salem, this is going to be a regional and larger attraction, with more regional artists and creatives over time.”

Taylor said in her vision for the art installation, there would be games, a storyline, problem -solving, and “things to engage the mind.” She said that “Alice in Winstonland” would incorporate most of those things. Darling said there would be a slide “down the rabbit hole,” which will transport people inside the exhibition, a ball pit, T-shirts, hats and more. Darling said that most of the materials used to create the entirety of the installation are recycled; for instance, the paper mâché mushrooms were made out of old copies of YES! Weekly.

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Steven Darling and the guest artists making paper mâché mushrooms for the “Alice in Winstonland” interactive art exhibit “Just about everything is recycled,” Darling said. “It is just the way you got to do it, man. And that is kind of the fun part; it makes everyone interact throughout the community.”

Others that have worked with Tromploy in the Winston-Salem community include Iris Lee Cole, Do Good Artist; Gabe Higgins, Vertical Axion; Jim Nettles, Author Essentials based in Charlotte; and Simon Burgess, Mayfair Street Partners.

“We have a rather remarkable team,” Taylor said.

The guest artists NEVETS, WYNOCEROS, XOSK, Megz, Christine Toole and Carlos Bocanegra, constructed the entire installation in almost two weeks.

“All with very good reputations, all

crazy creative,” Taylor said with a laugh.

“This is the first collaboration of these guest artists; it is going to be amazing to see what they put together.”

Both Darling and Taylor believe that the collaboration Tromploy has created within the Winston-Salem art community is essential to its success. One successful cross-pollination has come from Tromploy’s partnership with Mixxer, the maker space where all the construction of the installation is taking place. Darling said that Tromploy has a membership at Mixxer so that artists can build and store the installation on-site.

Fredo Felix, aka WYNOCEROS, is a Winston-Salem native graffiti/mural and tattoo artist (who owns Top Notch on

From left: WYNOCEROS, “the intern” and Megz getting elbow-deep into paper mâché Cherry Street), and he got involved with “Alice in Winstonland” because he is good friends with Darling.

“I met Steve in 2015, and every time he comes back into town, he is always coming up with new projects,” Felix said. “By owning my own business, I have the flexibility to balance my studio and having a good time working with him.”

Felix said that the “Alice in Winstonland” exhibition would be fun, and so far, his favorite part has been constructing the mushrooms. Felix said he has a special connection with the “Alice in Wonderland” theme.

“We get a whole new vision of how Winston can get weirder and weirder as time goes by,” he said. “It is cool because

my daughter, her name is Aliceily, (pronounced Alice-ay-lee). I used Alice from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ in her name.”

This is the first interactive art exhibition Felix has worked on and been to, and he is excited to showcase his work within this installation.

“Every day, I start learning more and more about running an installation,” he said. “Come enjoy, bring your kids and family to interact and see what Winstonland has in store for you guys. Let’s get weird!”

Megan Thomas, aka Megz, is a jewelry maker and graffiti/mural artist, who has painted murals for Wise Man Brewing and other various venues around the Triad.

“I really didn’t start spray painting (as

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a medium in art) until I with Steve and David, which was about six years ago,” she said. “We’ve done a bunch of stuff in Greensboro here and there, but I am really liking the idea of this art installation, and working with them. It is such a good idea, and I just had to jump in.”

Thomas said she hasn’t been to a public immersive exhibition like “Alice in Winstonland,” but she does have experience in creating them. At her kids’ school, she helped create an educational exhibit called “The Tunnels of Alaska.” She said that most of the work she has been doing for the installation has been trial and error, but that she has learned a lot in a short time.

“Dude, we do so much bizarre shit,” she said, describing what she has been working on with the installation. “We do all kinds of stuff really, it all sort of translates, and like with this kind of stuff, we are making weird shit.”

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and that she is drawing inspiration from her imagination from the “Alice in Wonderland” books she has read.

“Winston does need this, I think it is going to be amazing,” she said of the bigger plans for Tromploy and the “Alice in Winstonland” exhibit. “I think this is a nice start to something that is going to be a staple here. It will change and evolve the whole way. And it is really cool to be on the ground floor, like starting out with the evolution of it. It will be fun. And the themes will change every month and will have different people doing stuff.”

Thomas said she is most looking forward to constructing the “rabbit hole” part of the installation. “I want that to be amazing, so everyone is just super excited about what they see next,” she said.

“That’ll be fun. None of this is boring, it is all great, but that one I am really looking forward to being a part of that.”

“It is a good fit for what we are going for with going through the rabbit hole for a new kind of art installation, for a

new thing for people to see,” she added, commenting on the theme of “Alice in Wonderland.”

“Come with us through the rabbit hole, and we’ll show you all kinds of shit you’ve never seen before.”

The cost for adults is $15, a discounted senior/military ticket is $13, students ages 8-17 are $8, and children ages 7 and under are free. Darling said that “Alice in Winstonland” takes about 45 minutes to an hour to get through, and the exhibit will be open from 1 to 10 p.m. during the week. On Fridays and Saturdays, there will be special events from 9 p.m. to midnight that will feature DJs, live music and live body painting.

On Nov. 22, there will be live music

by DJ HEK YEAH, and on Nov. 23, Dark Prophet Tongueless Monk will be performing. Darling said there would also be a service industry night on Thanksgiving, where the entry fee will be $10, with DJ Nite Moves spinning tunes all evening.

Darling said that Tromploy would also

be partnering with Whole Man Ministries to serve hot food to anyone who is hungry on Thanksgiving. On Nov. 29, the last night of the installation, there will be drag shows (featuring Betty J, Andy Drodge, Velma Violet, Diana Addams, Barbara Reddy and yours truly as Roy Fahrenheit) to close out the evening at 9 and 11 p.m.

For more information, visit the Tromploy website and Facebook page. !

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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‘Most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America’ comes to the Triad Westboro Baptist Church, described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as “arguably the most obnoxious and rabid hate group in America,” is coming to Greensboro and High Point on Nov. Ian McDowell 18. That morning, members of the Topeka-based Contributor organization will demonstrate outside the campuses of High Point Central High School, the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and Guilford College.

The title of the 2007 BBC documentary “The Most Hated Family in America” isn’t just hyperbole. By celebrating the deaths of United States soldiers, victims of gaybashing and victims of school massacres, the organization founded in 1955 by Fred Phelps, and consisting mostly of his children, grandchildren and their spouses, has earned bipartisan condemnation.

Accurately describing Westboro Baptist Church requires quoting its offensive rhetoric. The WBC website is godhatesfags. com, and its members are infamous for not only that slogan, but “Thank God for Dead Troops” and “Jews Carry Water For The Fags.” The WBC believes tolerance of LGBT rights has earned America “God’s hatred” and that all United States citizens other than themselves “will burn in Hell.”

WBC’s “public preaching schedule” includes a press release about High Point Central, which states the high school “has bellied up to some false religious systems” and accuses the school’s Ethics Club, Gay Student Association Club and Fellowship of Christian Students of “misplaced pride and the lust of the flesh.”

For decades, WBC has attacked not only LGBT+ people but Catholics, Orthodox Christians, Muslims, Jews and atheists. According to its doctrine, all other religious groups are “Satanic frauds practicing Arminian lies,” with Muslims and Catholics particularly singled out for “devil worship.”

The Anti-Defamation League calls WBC “a small virulently homophobic, anti-Semitic hate group.”

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the Five Points of Calvinism: total depravity, unconditional election, limited atonement, irresistible grace and perseverance of the saints.

In 2012, WBC claimed to have around 40 members. In 2017, former WBC member Zach Phelps-Roper told LAD Bible, “the cult has always remained around 70 people for as long as I have lived.”

The 2014 New York Times obituary for WBC founder Fred Phelps stated that the church “is made up almost entirely of his family members.” Those, according to the WBC website, include 13 children, 11 of whom are attorneys, 54 grandchildren and seven great-great-grandchildren.

Phelps founded Westboro Baptist Church in 1955. He earned his law degree in 1964 and won multiple civil rights cases (for which the Kansas NAACP honored him) until 1979 when he was disbarred for his abuse and defamation of a female court reporter.

Despite this, his estranged son Nate Phelps told CNN his father was a racist who mocked his own clients. “He would talk about how stupid they were and call them dumb [n-word]s.”

Westboro Baptist Church achieved international notoriety in 1998 when it picketed the funeral of Matthew Shepard, the 21-year-old gay man beaten to death in Laramie, Wyoming. WBC also protested funerals for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting and has picketed the funerals of gay victims of murder and of people who died from AIDS. In 2009, WBC picketed the school

attended by Malia and Sasha Obama, calling the president’s daughters “satanic spawn” of a “murderous bastard and his shemale sidekick.” In 2013, the organization picketed the second Obama inauguration and denounced President Obama as “the Antichrist.” The organization has been much more muted in its attacks on President Donald Trump. In 2017, WBC condemned Trump’s adultery, but later that year, tweeted that Trump’s transgender military ban was “a good start.”

According to the 2015 Business Insider article “The reviled Westboro Baptist Church makes a ton of money by suing communities that don’t let them protest,” WBC members “are required to give 30 percent of their income to the church, which is tax-deductible for the donor since WBC is technically a religious organization. And since it’s essentially a family church, that money goes back into the family. Many of its members have well-paying jobs in the medical and corrections fields.”

The most powerful WBC member is not a Phelps, but former filmmaker (and former atheist) Stephen Drain, who first encountered the cult while working on a documentary about it that he intended to call Hatemongers. Instead, Drain converted to WBC and, according to the Daily Beast, may have led a successful coup against Fred Phelps before his death.

As the Westboro Baptist Church has become increasingly infamous and reviled, a variety of communities have successfully counter-protested, non-violently (if

sometimes literally) silencing WBC protester’s message of hate. In Greensboro, Club Orion bartender Josh Gore hopes to do something similar. Gore, also known as Queen Khaleesi (“or just Queen”), and founder of The Queendom, gave YES! Weekly the following statement: “My good friend Payton McGarry and I have both worked in the political canvassing field for years, and once we caught wind of the Westboro Baptist Church coming to our city, we took action quickly, putting our combined strengths together to bring about Greensboro’s defense against Westboro’s hateful rhetoric: The Westboro Counter-Protest & Sidewalk Pride Parade. We will be blocking them out of view with a wall of beautiful people holding up Pride flags, as well as taking a page out of another’s clever book on how to block out the hateful fanatics, providing people with kazoos. We will block them out and drown them out. When they finally leave Greensboro, I want them to leave in a silent van filled with nothing but their own regrets.”

The counter-protest will be held Monday, Nov. 18, from 10 a.m. until 11 p.m., at the intersection of Spring Garden and Josephine Boyd Streets in Greensboro.

Details and updates available at the Westboro Counter-Protest Facebook event page. !

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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Speakers defy new Greensboro City Council rules “That was a loosey-goosey attempt at restricting free speech,” said retired civil rights attorney Lewis Pitts after the Nov. 4 meeting of the Greensboro City Council.

Ian McDowell Pitts was referring to the council’s apparent reluctance Contributor to enforce new rules on what the public can say from the podium at town hall meetings. This code of conduct, announced last month, prohibits speech criticizing specific city employees, such as accusing named police officers of brutality or their commanders of lying, as well as discussing matters under litigation. On Monday, Mayor Nancy Vaughan repeatedly told several speakers they were violating those rules but did not cut them off or have them removed.

When Pitts took the podium, he announced his intention of defying the rules the mayor devised with the help of city attorney Chuck Watts. Pitts then did so by talking about the lawsuit brought by the parents of the late Marcus Deon Smith against the city and the Greensboro police officers who fatally hogtied their son at the 2018 North Carolina Folk Festival.

While the new rules make such subjects out of bounds, Pitts was neither removed from the room nor arrested.

“Had my bail money and everything,” he joked afterward.

More seriously, he stated his belief that arbitrary enforcement of the rules “is even more insidious” than enforcing them against everyone.

“Having the rules in place, but only using them to silence those who the mayor or other council members decide, at any particular moment, is safe to silence, is extremely dangerous.”

That nobody was ejected may have been less due to reluctance on Mayor Vaughan’s part than to the council’s controversial decision to hold five town hall meetings outside of the city council chamber, which in this case made it difficult for anyone to hear her or other council members while speakers were at the podium. Monday’s meeting was in the gymnasium of the Griffin Community Recreation Center, where there was only one microphone, which could not be WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

cut off by city officials or administrators.

As previously reported, this meeting, like the previous four town hall ones, was not televised or streamed live, and video of it will not be available on the city website until Saturday, Nov. 9.

Pitts also spoke about the request by survivors of the Greensboro Massacre and ministers of the Pulpit Forum that the city council issue a more substantive apology than the one made in 2017, when the then-council voted to “apologize for the massacre,” but issued no official statement and never addressed how the GPD colluded with the attackers or subsequent misinformation from the city and police.

These issues are examined in last week’s cover story on the 40th anniversary of the massacre and Friday’s article debunking persistent myths about it.

“That type of apology is what people want to hear from you, not just that you’re sorry it happened,” said Pitts, who with Flint Taylor of the People’s Law Office of Chicago, successfully sued two Klansmen, three Nazis, two Greensboro police officers, and a police informant for the wrongful death of Dr. Michael Nathan during the massacre.

Pitts called Mayor Vaughan’s rules “preposterous” and quoted Dr. Frayda Bluestein of the University of North Carolina School of Government as saying they were unconstitutional.

Pitts then said, “I’m going to violate them right now,” to applause from the spectators.

Pitts accused the city of “having spent, of taxpayer’s money, $181,286 for attorney fees for pin-striped patronage, paying lawyers $300 an hour to fight the lawsuit brought by Marcus Deon Smith’s grieving parents.”

Pitts was the last of six speakers to defy and denounce the council rules. The first was frequent council critic Hester Petty.

In her speech, which can be watched on YouTube, Petty said “Mayor Vaughan, your attempt to regulate the content of my public comments is unconstitutional and self-serving” and that “your new rules are meant to limit public discussion of subjects you and some council members simply don’t want to hear about.”

Petty then named GPD officers Lee Andrews, Michael Montalvo and Justin Payne as the ones who applied the restraint that killed Smith and said they should be fired, along with Cpl. Douglas Strader and Sgt. Christopher Bradshaw, the two ranking officers on the scene.

She also said that Chief Wayne Scott should not be allowed to resign, but should be fired for perpetuating the cover-up.

“It is a legal issue and is being decided in a court of law,” Vaughan said.

“And I have a constitutional right to talk about it here,” said Petty, to applause from the audience.

Petty also stated that she is still waiting on responses to public information requests she filed back in July, one about the restraint used on Marcus Smith and one about GPD training protocols regarding its use. The requests, No. 1029 and No. 1039, can be seen on the city’s PIRT site.

The University of North Carolina at Greensboro’s Department of Community and Therapeutic Recreation assistant professor Dr. Justin Harmon said that some city council members appear to “prefer the citizens of Greensboro . . . sit on their hands and bite their tongues, and become good little supplicants, embracing the image of voice and fellowship in a city where both the past and present often indicate otherwise.”

Harmon’s speech, which also addressed matters of “civility,” can also be watched on YouTube.

Working Class and Homeless Organizing Alliance members Luis Medina and Billy Belcher also condemned the council and the new rules, drawing comparisons between the Smith case and the Greensboro Massacre. In his speech, which is on YouTube, Medina called the massacre “a state-sanctioned hit,” which “never ended.”

A segment of Belcher’s speech is also on YouTube, in which he compares the findings of the Greensboro Truth and Reconciliation Committee to the current council’s reaction to Smith’s death, and asks council members if they have read the GTRC Final Report. !

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International harpsichord virtuoso to perform in Winston-Salem

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harpsichord is not a piano. A harpsichord player is not a pianist, though they can probably play one pretty nicely.

Mahan Esfahani is a harpsichordist. He John Adamian doesn’t want to be a @adamianjohn pianist.

Esfahani, who will perform at Wake Contributor Forest University in Winston-Salem this week, has been steadily working to reintroduce a new generation of listeners to the harpsichord, playing the beautiful keyboard music of 16th, 17th and 18th centuries as well as music written for the harpsichord from the 20th century and today.

The subject gets a little confusing for most of us because some of the music that we most associate with piano-- J.S. Bach’s Goldberg Variations, for instance-- was not written for piano but for the harpsichord. The sound of the piano is made by hammers striking strings when the keys are pressed. On the harpsichord, the strings are plucked by a system of plectra. The piano is technically a percussion instrument, while the harpsichord has as much in common with the lute or the harp. The two instruments sound dramatically different.

The sonorities of the harpsichord can range from brittle, metallic, glassy or crystalline to deep and cavernously resonant.

It can suggest the sound of flutes, or oboes or a sitar, depending on the register, the particular design of the instrument and the acoustic atmosphere. It can evoke the airy warmth of singers, the thrum of guitars or the cathedral-filling sonic mass of a pipe organ. And, perhaps more than many other types of musical instruments, each harpsichord sounds very different, in part because each one was essentially built differently.

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instruments are really alike, and that’s part of the game, really.” We spoke about his career, the history of the harpsichord, the genius of 16th, 17th and 18th-century keyboard composers, and about his upcoming solo recital in the area.

Esfahani is devoted to the harpsichord in part because he’s passionate about the genius of composers like J.S. Bach and William Byrd, who wrote for the instrument, but also because he loves the particular sound that it makes. Esfahani, who was born in Iran and raised in the U.S., became obsessed with the instrument when he heard recordings of harpsichord music as a child. His father would take him to concerts and recitals, but it was a long time before he got the chance to play the instrument.

Eventually, he and his father assembled a harpsichord.

“We built an instrument from a kit,” Esfahani said. “It kind of demystified the instrument for me, if you like. It’s all about knowing how the inside of it works.”

He studied musicology and history at Stanford, initially thinking that his goal was to have a non-musical career that would offer him a very different relationship to the instrument.

“I thought that the best thing that I could do with my life was to have the kind of job where I could make enough money where I could buy a harpsichord to play one in the evening,” he said. “When I was growing up, the idea of actually becoming an artist was not particularly encouraged.”

Esfahani’s non-standard trajectory for a career performing classical music in concert halls may be what has made him such a compelling ambassador for the harpsichord.

When I ask him about the other things he likes to do besides playing the harpsichord, he said, “I’m into scholarship. I’m into Shakespeare. I collect rare books. I like to draw. I play chess.”

(While discussing popular music, Esfahani mentions that he’s got Johnny Cash’s “At Folsom Prison” album on his stereo.)

He’s hosted BBC radio documentaries about the instrument and about Bach, and he’s written many of the liner notes for his releases on the Hyperion label, delving into the interplay between popular song, dance,

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and the traditions of publicly reciting prose and poetry in Elizabethan and Jacobean England.

Earlier this year, Esfahani released a recording of Bach’s Toccatas. In 2016, he put out an album of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, notable in part for his leaving out many of the familiar trills and embellishments on half of the themes, using a theory that he described as “negative ornamentation.” (He’s not averse to those torrents of fluttering trills, cascades of 32nd notes and other pyrotechnic flourishes of the music, letting loose in powerful virtuosic eruptions in plenty of other places.)

And last year, he released an album spotlighting the music of the English virginalists (harpsichord/keyboard composers), with pieces by Orlando Gibbons, Giles Farnaby, John Bull, and others. Esfahani is a renaissance man -- he plays music, hosts radio shows, writes scholarly articles, and has those non-harpsichord pursuits. And he’s also a Renaissance (capital R) guy, spending a fair amount of his time highlighting later music of that period and the Baroque as well.

But Esfahani is not a powdered-wig reenactor. He expertly refocuses discussions about period authenticity by stressing that his energies are about remaining in conversation with this music, maintaining its vitality by respecting its timelessness.

Contemporary theater-goers don’t fret much about whether a current production of “King Lear” is true to the style that Shakespeare’s troupe would have performed at the Globe in the 17th century.

And so the music of that era should be given the same latitude.

Part of his mission in continuing to

revitalize the harpsichord is both to showcase 20th-century compositions for the instrument and to commission pieces from contemporary composers. Esfahani’s 2015 album Time Present and Time Past featured music by Scarlatti and Bach next to pieces by 20th-century composers Steve Reich and Henryk Górecki. On his recital schedule before his Winston-Salem performance, Esfahani was slated to perform pieces written for the harpsichord by 20th-century American composers like Henry Cowell and Lou Harrison. At the Wake Forest concert, Esfahani will play a piece from 1966 by Luciano Berio.

When I ask Esfahani about whether there are other lesser-known composers from the English Renaissance--like Bull and Farnaby that he’s interested in exposing to new listeners, he draws my attention closer to the present, mentioning that he’s recorded a piece of long-forgotten music for the harpsichord by 20th-century French composer Luc Ferrari, which will be released on a forthcoming album of electro-acoustic music in the spring of 2020.

“When you’re looking at both new music and old music, what they have in common is that quite a bit of new music or modern music is often neglected,” Esfahani said. !

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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LIMN to play Monstercade LIMN, a new Greensboro electro-post-metal outfit with an art focus, will hit the road for a show at Monstercade on Nov. 16.

“We’re all multi-instrumentalists, not just musicians,” the group answered collectively, hinting toward the holistic approach they Katei Cranford embody in their latest collaborative endeavor.

Drawing inspiration Contributor from musical styles such as post-rock, electronic, synth, krautrock and post-punk, with a love for horror movies and a focus on artistic and visual elements, the newer Greensboro project features Ben Braxton, Sean Hall and Kyle McCandless (names which should be familiar to fans of Greensboro bands like Black Squares / White Islands, Ebon Shrike, Saucer, and Transport 77).

“One definition of LIMN is to suffuse or highlight something with a bright color or light,” they explained of the collective name, to which they prefer an all-capitalized variation. “We like the idea of having a visual connection with our music. We like balancing darkness and light in our art. The word fit with what we were doing artistically. We had tossed around several phrases about where we were at the time with a big focus on art and being cerebral.”

Art comes first in this foray. “It’s an art project with an emphasis on music,” they noted. “It’s important that we incorporate visual elements into our shows moving forward, whether that be lighting or projections or something like smog.”

The group feels the visual element is necessary. “We write big, epic, cinematic pieces often, so visualization is extremely important to us, whether we give you the visual or whether you make your own visualization and interpretation,” they said. “We strive to create a sonic palette that is rich and beautiful while at the same time alluding to the forbidden and strange, balancing darkness and light.”

That balance is struck through “artistic inspirations,” including Werner Herzog, Czechoslovakian lullabies,

Phillip K. Dickj and classic horror films. “We put movies on a projector often at band practice, so a bit of that stuff rubs off and becomes influential,” they said of the hold film carries over the project, with a noted preference for soundtracks from John Carpenter flicks and mind-benders like Aguirre Wrath of God, Beyond the Black Rainbow, and Mandy.

Musically, each member brings a slightly different set of sonic motivation, with overlapping interests. For Braxton, it’s Battles, Preoccupations, GNOD, and This Heat. Hall listed Black Sabbath, Death from Above 1979, and Radiohead. And McCandless nodded to Mogwai, Lower Dens, and Russian Circles.

Those influences combined with their experience has helped the group set a methodical pace, with recordings released in tandem with their debut over the summer.

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we hit the scene,” they explained.

“We wanted our material honed and ready,” they added. “Listening to the material you create in the studio makes you hone-in on the finished product and focus on making it a certain way when playing live.”

As a result, their summer debut spent nearly a year in the works.

“We really wanted to take time to craft our sound,” they insisted. “We wanted to explore other genres and ideas that we had not previously, and not repeat ourselves from older projects.”

LIMN may be a new band, but its members aren’t new to the game. “We’ve done projects before that were half baked, where you play poorly for a year or so, and down the line, you record material that you are sick of, and that’s irrelevant. We didn’t want to do that again,” they explained of the intentional varnish applied to the project debut and coinciding EP release, recorded at Legitimate Business.

Exploration beyond the general band rigamarole extends to their entire process, right down to a sort of game-based songwriting Braxton created, which employs several different writer’s block techniques. LIMN isn’t looking to spin stale wheels.

“We’re in this to produce art and have people enjoy it. We want to give people an immersive experience at shows,” they insisted.

Pushing forward, the group is exploring the possibilities of label-shopping and anticipates establishing outward connections by casting a large net of multigenre shows. “We’re still a new band, so we just want to get our name out there,” they said with a nod toward regional exposure, noting their upcoming Raleigh show on Nov. 23 with Distant Future and Horizontal Hold at Slim’s.

But first, LIMN is most looking forward to their inaugural Winston visit at Monstercade on Nov. 16 with Strobobean and Robespierre. !

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

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[LEO (July 23 to August 22) Be more sensitive to the emotions of loved ones who might feel left out while you’re stalking that new opportunity. Be sure to make it up to them this weekend. A nice surprise could be waiting.

[SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) As busy as your week is, make time for someone who feels shut out of your life. Your act of kindness could later prove to be more significant than you might have realized.

[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A long-sought workplace change could be happening soon. Consider reworking your ideas and preparing a presentation just in case. A personal relationship takes a new turn.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) The gregarious Virgo rarely has a problem making new friends. But repairing frayed relationships doesn’t come easily. Still, if it’s what you want to do, you’ll find a way. Good luck.

[CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Congratulations. Your busy workweek leads to some very satisfying results. Sports and sporting events are high on your weekend activities aspect.

Enjoy them with family and friends.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Your persuasiveness doesn’t really start to kick in until midweek. By then, you can count on having more supporters in your camp, including some you doubted would ever join you.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A misunderstanding with a partner or spouse needs to be worked out before it turns into something really nasty. Forget about your pride for now and make that first healing move.

[AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Your generosity of spirit reaches out once again to someone who needs reassurance. There might be problems, but keeping that line of communication open eventually pays off.

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Your workload is still high, but — good news!

— you should start to see daylight by the week’s end. Reserve the weekend for fun and games with friends and loved ones.

You deserve it.

[SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Communication dominates the week.

Work out any misunderstandings with co-workers. Also get back in touch with old friends and those family members you rarely see.

[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You are among the truth-seekers in the universe, so don’t be surprised to find yourself caught up in a new pursuit of facts to counter what you believe is an insidious exercise in lying.

[CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Regardless of how frustrating things are, keep that “Crab” under control. A cutting comment you might think is apt right now will leave others hurting for a long time to come. © 2019 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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My husband and I attended his niece’s wedding two years ago. Our gift was money earmarked to pay for their honeymoon. We were miffed that Amy Alkon we never got either a thank-you note Advice or any word that Goddess they’d actually used the money for a honeymoon. We recently got a note that they’re expecting their first child. We sent a nice card but no gift, as we never got any response for our wedding gift. Yesterday, a custom card came in the mail, belatedly thanking us for our generous gift and telling us about their honeymoon. We suspect that they’re realizing that wedding guests who didn’t get thank-you notes are holding back on gift-giving for the baby. Should we buy them a baby gift, or should this be a time for tough love? — Resentful Sounds like you’ve discovered the gift-seeking couple version of the dude who abruptly stops returning a woman’s texts, only to resurface weeks later at booty o’clock — texting the 12:31 a.m.

“Hey, whatchu doin’?”

Understandably, you and your husband weren’t hot to seize the opportunity to go unthanked for another extravagant gift. Your reticence to fork over again to the unappreciative duo has a centuries

and centuries-long history, coming out of the evolutionary need to distinguish cooperators from cheaters and freeloaders.

Ancestral humans who let themselves get ripped off constantly would’ve had less access to vital resources like food and shelter, making them more likely to starve to death or become brunch for some wild animal and wind up genetic dead ends.

We humans evolved to have a built-in accounting team — our drive for reciprocity, for fairness in what we give and get in return. Our emotions are reciprocity’s worker bees, putting out feelbad (in the form of anger, resentment, humiliation, or sadness) when we get scammed.

We’re motivated to rid ourselves of those rotten feelings, which we do by trying to right the balance or at least avoid getting scammed again.

That said, in close relationships, we aren’t looking for 50/50 reciprocity like in business. In this case, for example, a 55-cent first-class stamp on a thank you card would’ve done the job.

In other words, you’re ultimately reacting to a lack of gratitude — an emotion more vital to human connection than it gets credit for. Gratitude (in response to somebody’s generosity) is an important display of what evolutionary psychologist Julian Lim and his colleagues call “social valuation”: how much another person values our well-being. Their showing high valuation of our interests is ultimately a form of social insurance — a sign that when the chips are down, they’re more likely to be there for us.

When people don’t seem to value our

well-being highly enough, we get angry — as you two did. I wrote in a recent column, referencing the work of evolutionary psychologist Aaron Sell, that anger is a “recalibrational emotion”: an emotion that evolved to influence our own behavior as well as someone else’s. Anger does its work through imposing costs — like scaring people at the prospect of you going all crazypants on them — and/or withdrawing benefits (in this case, future giftiepoos.)

Complicating matters, parents of some or many millennials haven’t hammered them on the importance of thank-you notes the way parents (and grandparents) did with previous generations. Also, many millennials view writing messages in ink on paper and putting them in the mail as an exotic ancient practice, like paying cash or having a CD collection.

Granted, in this instance, you don’t say you required a thank-you on monogrammed card stock. You were just looking for a little acknowledgment, a little connection with the newlyweds, like a texted picture or two from their honeymoon, maybe with a “Thanks for this awesome love-cation.” That’s not

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exactly unreasonable.

But to view these two more charitably, you might want to consider the effects of millennial culture. Culture is, simply put, what lots of people in a group do.

Cultural attitudes are contagious, meaning they spread from person to person.

In other words, the millennial cultural environment may contribute to good and kind nieces and their new husbands shrugging off rituals important to human psychology and coming off as rotten little ingrates.

Consider that they did ultimately end up thanking you — albeit belatedly.

Taking the cynical view, maybe they just wanted baby loot. But if you believe they may have learned their lesson, you might be inspired to take a chance — splurge on that crib with the attached day spa, the Tesla of baby strollers, or robo-siblings to tide the kid over until Mommy and Daddy make human ones for him to blame and terrorize. !

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