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To go along with this “Year of Women,” a nonprofit organization in Winston-Salem has made strides this year in its mission to help preteen and teenage girls find their voice and raise them to be leaders in their community. For three years now, executive director and founder of LEAD Girls North Carolina Joy Nelson Thomas has helped make a difference in hundreds of young girls’ lives.
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When you see local items on the shelves of Lowes Foods, you have Krista to thank. The mom of two little ones and wife of a chef (Nate, Corporate Chef at Joyce Farms), she is the not-so-silent cheerleader and ringleader of getting those LOCAL PRODUCTS on the shelves of the WinstonSalem-based grocery chain. 10 GreenHill Center for North Carolina Art, 200 N. Davie St. in Greensboro, is buzzing with events this holiday season. From early December through mid-January, the 2018 WINTER SHOW has over 30 dates, and it is all about North Carolina art. 11 Four decades ago, the world was dazzled by Richard Donner’s big-budget 1978 version of SUPERMAN, which catapulted Christopher Reeve to stardom and was, for a time, the highest-grossing film in the history of Warner Bros. 12 VIA is, at its core, singer Karen Austin and guitarist Steven Gaona. The two sometimes perform and record with drums and bass and other auxiliary members, but essentially they are a two-piece. Via will perform at Monstercade in WinstonSalem on Saturday, Nov. 24... YES! WEEKLY
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Genocide and gluttony aside, making time to make merry and share gratitude is worth celebrating. In that regard, for this Thanksgiving, I’d like to express that for which to be thankful in the TRIAD MUSIC SCENE. 19 The magic is woefully missing in FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD, the first picture that in itself feels like a crime against the rock-solid Wizarding World franchise that began back in 2001. 24 Those who claim, as a friend recently did, that comic books are created by and for “white geeks,” should talk to artist SANFORD GREENE and the crowd that showed up at Greensboro’s Acme Comics last Saturday. Greene, a major industry talent who’s drawn such heroes as the Black Panther, Luke Cage, Shaft and Superman, was promoting the launch of his co-creation Bitter Root... 25 Various small businesses in WinstonSalem will be celebrating Small Business Saturday with a SMALL BIZ CRAWL hosted by Jasper & Fern, One Crafty Miss, Southern Comfort Boutique and Fearless...
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CHINESE LANTERN FESTIVAL FRIDAY SUNDAY
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WHAT: Join us at McLaurin Farms for hundreds of thousands of Christmas Lights synchronized to music. Admission includes hayride through Christmas light displays. This is NOT a Drive through. Santa on site nightly at 6:30 p.m. WHEN: 6-8 p.m. Fri-Sun. WHERE: McLaurin Farms. 5601 N Church St, Greensboro. MORE: $8 per person.
WHAT: Meet all of your holiday needs at the 45th Annual Craftsmen’s Christmas Classics Art & Craft Festival. So many unique choices for your holiday shopping. The event is filled with pottery, jewelry, fine art, glass, photography, sculpture, woodworking, clothing, toys, furniture, home décor, specialty foods, and so much more! WHEN: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Fri-Sun. WHERE: Greensboro Coliseum Complex. 1921 W Gate City Blvd, Greensboro. MORE: $8 tickets.
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WHAT: WrestleCade Weekend includes 6 BIG events on 3 unforgettable days and will feature some of wrestling’s most legendary heroes and villains along with some of today’s top superstars and future legends. The 2016 version of this event is the final year of this storied event and will feature more than 100 of your favorite wrestling superstars from yesterday, today and tomorrow. WHEN: Multiple times. Fri-Sun. WHERE: Benton Convention Center, Winston-Salem. MORE: $20-59 tickets. Tickets available at http://www.wrestlecade.com/get-tickets/
WHAT: Cary’s Booth Amphitheatre will once again be transformed into a magnificent setting when the North Carolina Chinese Lantern Festival returns this holiday season. The seven-week event will run November 23rd, 2018 through January 13th, 2019. Patrons will walk through the venue to observe the lanterns. Plan for 45-75 minutes to view all light displays and enjoy the live cultural performances. Total walk through is approximately ½ mile. WHEN: 6-10 p.m. WHERE: Booth Amphitheatre. 8003 Regency Pkwy, Cary. MORE: $10-20 tickets.
SUN 25 RESPECT: AN ARETHA FRANKLIN TRIBUTE WHAT: Excited to announce “RESPECT: An Aretha Franklin Tribute,” A night of music in beautiful tribute to the Queen of Soul featuring the amazing Joyce Petty! Doors at 7 PM and tickets are on sale now! WHEN: 7-10 p.m. WHERE: The Ramkat. 170 W 9th St, Winston-Salem. MORE: $15-35 tickets.
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CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AT MCLAURIN FARMS McLaurin Farms will present its fifth annual Christmas Light Show, beginning Friday, Nov. 23 and running through Monday, Dec. 24. “It’s the only professional Christmas light display presented in the Greensboro area, and this year you can enjoy the show atop an old-fashioned hay ride,” said Eddie McLaurin, owner of McLaurin Farms. “As a special treat, children can also have their photo taken with Santa, and there’ll be hot chocolate and apple cider for mom and dad.” This year’s hay rides will travel through a holiday display featuring more than 800,000 lights; bringing to life reindeer,
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elves, Christmas trees, and characters from the Land of Misfit Toys. Seasonal music will accompany the light show, which begins at 6 p.m. and runs until 8 p.m. each night. McLaurin Farms will be open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, Nov. 23, 24, and 25, Friday, Nov. 30, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 1, 2, Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Dec. 7,8, 9; and nightly from Friday, Dec. 14 through Monday, Dec. 24. The cost is $8 per person and children under 2 years old are free. For more information visit the Facebook page at @McLaurinfarms. !
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t is undoubtedly the most rewarding feeling to love your job. You’ll hear Krista Morgan proclaim, “I love my job!” many times a year. Spreading local “cheer” is her yearlong —well, joy. When you see local items on the shelves of Lowes Foods, you have Krista to thank. The mom Kristi Maier of two little ones and wife of a @triadfoodies chef (Nate, Corporate Chef at Joyce Farms), she is the not-sosilent cheerleader and ringleader Contributor of getting those local products on the shelves of the WinstonSalem-based grocery chain. She is the Locally Grown Account Representative, which began as a partnership between Lowes Foods and the North Carolina Growing Together project. “I started in produce, sourcing farms and connecting them with our program. I dabbled in other departments like dairy and eggs.” Now Krista visits farms across the states, gets her hands on new potential products and attends and speaks at conferences to help local makers spread their wings and fly to the shelves of local Lowes Foods. She said her favorite aspect is working with local farmers, many whose farms she has toured extensively. “My heart lies with the produce and the farmer. I love every farmer I meet,” she told me. “I just respect what they do so much and to create a market for them makes me happy. I love to discover their passions and create projects around what they want to do.” Krista is also the liaison between the company and the local makers of the jams, sauces, nuts, et al., you eventually see on the shelf. “For many local suppliers, Lowes Foods is their first retailer, the first to give them a shot. I love to figure out a successful program that works them.” Managing small farmers across two states is no small task. She finds the farm or maker (or they find her), decides which stores are right for them, their delivery route and coordinates how that product gets to the store shelves. It’s Krista that tracks the sales and gets to know if the vendor or farmer can handle more sales. If so, they get added to more stores and hopefully into a warehouse deal. That’s the business, the warehouse deal. Until then, every farmer and local supplier relationship with Lowes Foods is different. “One farmer will deliver to these five stores, another delivers to 10 completely different stores, and some have products that go to the warehouse,” she said. Working closely with farmers and makers graduYES! WEEKLY
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ally led to Krista spearheading a project that’s near and dear to her—The Carolina Crate, a box of produce sourced from and packed by N.C. farmers. The crate is quite convenient for people who can’t get to a farmer’s market but has a Lowes Foods nearby. It’s like a CSA box but one that can be picked up at the local store. And now the holidays have brought the Carolina Cheer Box. “Guests really dig gift boxes,” she said. What started out as gift boxes at store openings turned into this entire pet project. “The Cheer Box is my favorite thing to do during the holiday season. A lot of people want to support local. It’s not always convenient to do so.” This is Carolina giving, all in one
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box. Each box displays some local items with a bit of information about each maker. Many of the items are handmade and delivered by the maker themselves. Also, being in the Carolina Cheer Box is a great advantage for them. “When a store is ordering from vendors, it’s ordering cases at a time,” Krista said. “This allows me to order pallets and that’s game-changing for a small business.” Next year, she’ll be able to place larger orders from that vendor. The boxes have a great selection of what N.C. has to offer. “Local sauces and ingredients; snacks…each has a popcorn, nuts, jams, cookies. Most local vendors are small to mid-size, and you can’t just get their product anywhere.” Krista even locally sourced the shipping materials for the box, from the crinkle paper to the foam sheets. “It has to be packed with shipping in mind. If you saw me five months ago, you’d see me kicking them around to make sure they were secure,” she said with a laugh. The Cheer Box works like this: A few are available in stores, but the main way to get your Cheer Box for yourself or as a gift is online. There are three options: North Carolina ($29.99), South Carolina ($29.99) and the big box featuring both N.C. and S.C. ($49.99). Shipping is a flat $5 per destination. Many local companies also send the boxes out as corporate gifts to give the gift of the Carolinas.
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Some of the local items in the N.C. box include Brasstown Chocolate, Chad’s Carolina Corn, Fogwood Farms Ghost Pepper Jam, Lowes Foods Salsa, Salem Baking Moravian Cookies, and Sunshine Beverage Energy Drink. (Items like Brewmaster’s Malt Mustard and Cackalacky Nuts can be found with the others in the Big Box.) The Cheer Box is available now, but once they sell out, they’re gone until next year, and there are about 4,000 boxes still available. To order a Cheer Box, visit lowesfoods.com. ! KRISTI MAIER is a food writer, blogger and cheerleader for all things local who even enjoys cooking in her kitchen, though her kidlets seldom appreciate her efforts.
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reenHill Center for North Carolina Art, 200 N. Davie St. in Greensboro, is buzzing with events this holiday season. From early December through Terry Rader mid-January, the 2018 Winter Show has over 30 dates, Contributor and it is all about North Carolina art. The 2018 Winter Show will encompass 102 North Carolina artists with over 500 pieces of art on sale in time for the holiday shopping season. There will be paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, as well as fiber, glass, and wood works. Attendees can enjoy hot cider and homemade cookies while learning about the favorite artists. Kicking off on Dec. 1, the Collector’s Choice Holiday Fundraiser allows partici-
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$500) and have the first look at the art on Nov. 28. These credits may also be used toward the purchase of any art at GreenHill’s gallery or shop throughout the year. Holiday gifts start at $10 with taxfree savings for all art purchased during opening weekend. In addition to the art exhibited, GreenHill partnered with The Forge to make a North Carolina template cut that they now use to create honor cards in-house which are sold in packs of five for $20 and were also designed as ornaments. “We incorporate as many artists as possible to display the best North Carolina art,” Gordon said. “This includes accomplished singer-songwriters who receive a stipend for performing at First Fridays and gallery openings.” Edie Carpenter, director, artistic and curatorial programs shared that, “the success of our Winter Show is measured not only in terms of sales but also by the exhibition’s ability to promote an awareness of the quality of work being produced by North Carolina artists.” Carpenter said this year’s exhibition includes “exciting new talents and wellknown artists who continue to evolve in their creative practice.” Carpenter said the concentration of talent makes the show unique. “Visitors can see works by Steven Forges-de-Soule produced in his mountain studio perched above the Blue Ridge Parkway and coastal views by Donna Lee Nyzio from New Bern,” Carpenter said, “See functional pieces for the home with influences from Appalachia to Scandinavia and Japan by Philip Fuentes. Fuentes is a furniture maker and woodturner who produces his hand-carved and forged cutlery and wooden cooking implements at his Lyndon Street studio, here in Greensboro. It is a show that must be visited before the early pick-up of sold works.” All North Carolina artists are encour-
aged to apply for the 2019 Winter Show, and Carpenter invites artists to return as well as new emerging artists to apply online. (Carpenter said even if they are not selected for the Winter Show, they might be a good fit for another exhibit.) GreenHill also offers an Open N.C. Art Review where an artist may send in a 15-image slideshow and receive personal feedback from Carpenter. She works with artists one-on-one to teach them how to present their work in a “very succinct Pecha Kucha format” for a five-minute presentation. She understands intimately how some artists don’t like to talk about their work, but she helps them get into galleries and also mentors them in how to select what they present. GreenHill not only exhibits North Carolina artists but also offers artists many different ways to create art, including Art on the Rocks, Arts and Wellness, adult art classes and more. “I do my best to let people know what’s going on,” Gordon said. “My main goal is to get people who have never stepped foot in a gallery, into GreenHill. We want to introduce more young people to art, and then it will live within them forever, so we encourage school visits. It’s important to see art. People of all ages who experience art have a different perspective on life. GreenHill exists so that art lives in North Carolina and honors and supports the artists who create it. Come see us.” For more information visit GreenHill online at www.greenhillnc.org or call (336) 333-7460. GreenHill is open from noon-5 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday, on Friday from 2-5 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Extended hours for holiday shopping is 5 to 7 p.m., Dec. 18-21. ! TERRY RADER is a former ad agency pro creative director, branding strategist, Earth Harmony columnist and storyteller on a mission to write stories to promote creative people, grassroots, sustainability and underground happenings in our community while she pet/ home sits and writes her personal stories, songs, poems, and nature essays.
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Celebrating 40 years of Superman Four decades ago, the world was dazzled by Richard Donner’s big-budget 1978 version of Superman, which catapulted Christopher Reeve to stardom and was, for a time, the highest-grossing Mark Burger film in the history of Warner Bros. Now, Fathom Contributor Events celebrates this milestone by bringing the Man of Steel back to the big screen, as the original theatrical version of Superman will be screened at selected theaters nationwide – including the Regal Greensboro Grande Stadium 16. For many people – yours truly included – Superman was, and remains, wonderful entertainment – featuring Oscar-winning special effects, John Williams’s unforgettable (and Oscar-nominated) score, and a star-studded cast. I vividly recall the first time I saw it, at the Quaker Bridge Mall on Route 1 in lovely Laurel Township, New Jersey.
There had been considerable hype regarding the $3-million payday afforded top-billed Marlon Brando, as Superman’s father Jor-El, and even at my age as I watched him I couldn’t help but wonder: “What’s the big deal about Brando?” (Sometimes, I still wonder.) Nevertheless, an hour into the film occurred a moment that would have longlasting ramifications on me: The scene introducing master villain Lex Luthor, played by Gene Hackman, who to this day remains my favorite actor – and his wicked and wily performance as Luthor is still a big reason why. Yes, it’s true: I can still quote entire passages of Luthor’s dialogue at will. “There’s a strong streak of good in you, Superman, but then nobody’s perfect … almost nobody.” Of course, Superman wouldn’t be Superman without Christopher Reeve, whose deft dual turn as Superman and Clark Kent is the glue that holds the film – and its three sequels – together. In addition, there’s Margot Kidder as Lois Lane, Jackie Cooper as Perry White, Glenn Ford (I may be the last journalist to have seen him alive) and Phyllis Thaxter as Ma and Pa Kent, Terence Stamp as General
Zod, Valerie Perrine as Eve Teschmacher, Susannah York as Superman’s mother Lara, Trevor Howard and Maria Schell as Kryptonian elders, and Ned Beatty – who I was delighted to spend time with at the 2006 RiverRun International Film Festival – as Luthor’s bumbling henchman Otis. This year marks not only the 40th anniversary of the movie but also the 80th anniversary of the character, originally created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, who made his debut in the first issue of Action Comics. As an added bonus, the feature will be preceded by Max Fleischer’s animated Superman short Mechanical Monsters, which hasn’t been shown in theaters since its original release in 1941. !
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RiverRun sees ‘RED’ with shorts program The RiverRun International Film Festival has joined forces with RED Cinemas in Greensboro to present “RiverRun UNCSA Shorts,” a 62-minute program of short films made by students in the UNCSA (University of North Carolina School of the Arts) School of Filmmaking, which will run from Friday through next Thursday (Nov. 29) at various times. The selection includes Another Everest (2016), directed by Aleksandre Kosinski, in which a retired mountain climber faces a new challenge; Death and the Robot (2014), directed by Austin Taylor, an animated short in which two lonely souls share an unexpected encounter that open their eyes to new horizons; Miner Difficulties (2018), directed by Scott Smoot, wherein two robot miners stranded on a planet must work together to escape before a meteor strikes; Supernova (2018), directed by Gavin Lankford and Aleksandre Kosinski, focusing on an imaginative young boy desperate to retrieve his favorite videotape from his disapproving mother; Tethered (2018), directed by Elizabeth Fletcher, sees an eccentric scientist attempting to test a new invention that can change the weather; and The CollecWWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
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Asheville-based electronic shoegaze duo to play Winston-Salem
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laying independent music in an experimental-leaning band isn’t exactly the most practical thing. But, given that, the Asheville-based duo called Via approach John Adamian the music-making @johnradamian enterprise with a professional focus and entrepreneurial Contributor energy. Their music is sometimes rippling and hypnotic, but they have the work ethic of small business owners committed to bringing what they do to the public. Via is, at its core, singer Karen Austin and guitarist Steven Gaona. The two sometimes perform and record with drums and bass and other auxiliary members, but essentially they are a two-piece. Via will perform at Monstercade in WinstonSalem on Saturday, Nov. 24, on a bill with
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Bolmongani and No Wammy. The duo configuration plays into their industriousness. They can write, practice, record, perform and conceptualize without having to coordinate around other people’s schedules entirely. Austin and Gaona live together, write and record at home. The two met in Lubbock, Texas, where Austin had attended school for music business. Gaona was there, having worked for a time as a certified firefighter. Austin had been involved in the indie-music scene in West Texas, but Gaona had never played music before. He started learning guitar at age 22, around the time they moved to North Carolina 10 years ago. “Basically our goal was to learn how to do everything ourselves so that we could create without having to be at the mercy of anybody else,” Austin said. In keeping with that spirit, Austin runs a cleaning business that helps provide work with flexible hours to allow for the irregular schedules of many of the artists and musicians she employs. Building a life that allowed for creative pursuits was always part of the vision. Gaona puts it this way: “We learned everything on the fly so that we could be self-sufficient.” Austin and Gaona often assemble their own videos using footage shot on their phones or archival material culled from public-domain sites like the Internet Archive (archive.org). They edit the final products themselves, applying filters and other effects that add to the unified tone and feeling that carries over between Via’s music and their imagery. A live show often consists of a visual experience as well as a sonic one. “We have a projector, and we have a lot of footage and we project movies and silent footage on our bodies and on the background,” Austin said. “Our priority is not to be entertaining; our priority is to create a sound and move people.” Via calls their sound electronic shoegaze, and one can certainly hear a connection to bands like My Bloody Valentine and the Cocteau Twins. But Via is possibly a little more ominous, with overdriven guitar parts that churn and cycle like the idling of a loud engine while Austin’s vocals sometimes drift by in wordless cries and howls. The music exists at a place where industrial and ambient kind of crash up against each other. Sometimes Via sounds like you’re listening to heavy and abrasive music through a mesh of cotton, something that scrubs off the hard edges and
blankets everything in a dark hazy cocoon. Sometimes there are pounding drummachine beats, and sometimes there are cloudy atmospherics. Digital delays, controlled feedback, abstract washes, and mechanical rhythmic pulsations all come together in a dark, dreamy sound. It’s not nightmarish, but it’s not sunshiney either. There are samples that float through the music, sometimes buried in the mix, and moved to the front and center at other times. Listen to “Rage,” the final track off the band’s debut 2014 EP. Ministryish drum programming and a cinematic keyboard arpeggiation set the tone, over which is draped a sample of Welsh poet Dylan Thomas reciting lines from his poem “Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night.” Austin picks up the phrasing of the poet and turns the lines into a high, whispered and darkly sultry plea. Via released Vessels of Sound last year, and they’re working on another release set for early next year. The new record, a sort of continuation of the last one, will be paired with a series of short films, which Austin and Gaona are in the process of assembling in collaboration with other artists from around the South. Austin and Gaona don’t go out of their way to make the music about themselves. Really, they seem to want to bury themselves in the music, behind it, inside it, under it. Via doesn’t appear to be on some sort of ego journey involving enlargements of themselves on a stage. Rather, Austin and Gaona seem to be trying to replicate the oceanic vastness of sound that they’ve found themselves lost in as listeners and fans. When Austin talks about her forma-
tive musical experiences, she mentions listening to songs from U2’s The Joshua Tree as a teenager who was raised in a strict religious environment on a commune in British Columbia, where secular music was forbidden. She snuck the radio under her dirty clothes and held it to her head. Something seriously intense happened. You could say it rocked her world. She knew she wanted to be involved in getting near and possibly recreating that experience for herself and others. One doesn’t generally expect there to be a message of empowerment underneath such vaguely brooding music, but Austin and Gaona have a philosophy that’s akin to some minimalist composers and avantgardists: they’re harnessing sound to make something happen to people, to blast listeners with vibrations that might effect change. “Our motto for a very long time was ‘Love is a frequency, tune in,’” Austin said. “We’re here to create an experience that makes people turn off their mind and become so inspired that they’re able to become who they want to be. Sound is the best way that I know how to bring that to people.” ! 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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Thank you, Triad music makers ‘Tis the season, so they say. Though Thursday marks the floodgate for the official holidays, it’s important to remember that before all the fa-la-la, comes a time of thanks. Genocide and glutKatei Cranford tony aside, making time to make merry Contributing and share gratitude is worth celebrating. columnist In that regard, for this Thanksgiving, I’d like to express that for which to be thankful in the Triad music scene. It’s been a hard couple weeks for venues around the Southeast with announcements that stalwart clubs like Richmond’s Drat The Luck at Monstercade Strange Matter and Deep South in Raleigh will be closed by 2019. Roulhac banded together for benefits. FolThanks to those making it work wherever In the Triad, 2018 will bid adieu to lowing a tragedy, New York Pizza hardcore they can: from the nomadic electronic the venerable Somewhere Else Tavern. kids honored their friend and his family party people in Dance from Above and Gratitude goes deep for Burley Hayes, who with Joey Fest at the Blind Tiger. When Old Strictly Social, to college kids carrying on helped cultivate the immense talent that Heavy Hander, Nate Hall, was dealt a bad the ‘ol house show tradition around UNCG. now weaves through our music commuhand of health, his crowd of emo-turned“Folks in Greensboro still put on music nity. rustlers came together for a fundraising events where they can, and local bands Decades before Green Street came and show at Joymongers just last week. and the community are better for it,” Mann went as a show space, Somewhere Else Those examples are but few of the noted. has booked bands and hosted all-ages many times the Triad music community “House shows are some of the most fun shows. If you came up in the Greensboro provided support to those in need. I’ve had in the Triad,” said Liliana Teta, soGen-X or Millennial music crowd, you did “There’s a nice sense of community cial media director for WUAG. “Life, music, so going to “the Tavern.” between musicians like we’re on the same radio, arts and creativity are all things that Artists and musicians need places to team,” said songbird and open-mic shape Greensboro and reflect all the types grow. Those who make the Triad scene maestro, Matty Sheets. “I’m thankful to be of people living here. I love it,” she added. great cut their teeth gigging shows and mostly inspired by people playing music Fellow radio personality, Chris Roulhac lugging amps up those wooden stairs. here, and writing songs here.” from WQFS, is “grateful for the high conGreensboro wouldn’t have the quality talcentration of talented musicians we have ent we do now without the Tavern. And for in this area and the supportive environthat, I give the highest thanks, wrapped ment they’ve created.” in a tearful farewell, to that weird little When the tornado damaged drummer Quaker Village tinderbox. Chuck Cotton’s home, the Piedmont Blues Thank you, papa Hayes for giving it the Preservation Society and blues folks like best go anyone could. Looking ahead, a round of thanks goes to those doing shows MENTION THIS AD & in newer spaces. As Eric RECEIVE 10% OFF! Mann (from Basement Life) said, “I’m thankful for local bands and other supporters continuing to put on shows PAINT CENTER even with the void of a dependable midsize music venue.” What Greensboro lacks in traditional venues, it bolsters in Great Painter Referral Program! making shows work Residential· Commercial· Industrial in unexpected places. 414 S. Fayetteville St.· Asheboro, NC 27203· 336.625.4336 WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
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Sheets’ dedication deserves its own round of thanks. If the Triad is a music team, his Westerwood Tuesday night open-mic, now in its 17th year, serves as a place for practice. For Randy Seals, head of On Pop of the World Collective, “the networks of support music communities create are worth more than money,” he said. “I’m grateful for all the musicians and music-lovers.” “Musicians and show-goers are the best people to fill a room,” said Rosie Fernandez, who books at Boxcar. “Greensboro has an amazing pool of musicians, and I feel grateful that I’ve had the chance to know so many personally and appreciate their art,” she added. That network goes beyond Greensboro, with thanks extended to weirdos making their way in Winston-Salem. “We’re fortunate to have such a vibrant community that is not only charming but so full of love and energy,” said Laurie Ruroden, manager and talent maven at Monstercade. “At the end of the day, I’m most thankful to be a part of this scene,” Ruroden said. Indeed. As we take this holiday to reflect on that which we give thanks, I extend my warmest gratitude to our weird little Triad music world. And especially to you, dear readers. Happy Thanksgiving. ! KATEI CRANFORD is a Triad music nerd who warns you not to trust the Pilgrims, especially Sarah Miller; and hosts the Tuesday Tour Report, a radio show that runs like a mixtape of bands playing NC the following week, 5-7pm on WUAG 103.1fm.
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129 W Main St | 336.258.8240 reevestheater.com Nov 23: Reeves House Band plays The Band’s “The Last Waltz� Nov 30: The Barefoot Movement Holiday Show Dec 1: Thomas Rhyant Dec 14: Mickey Galyean & Cullen’s Bridge Dec 15: Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive Dec 21: Songs of the Season Dec 22: Time Sawyer’s Holiday Spectacular
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6000 Meadowbrook Mall Ct | 336.448.5330 Nov 21: Plaids Nov 23: DJ Bald-E Nov 24: Southern Eyes Nov 30: Whiskey Mic Dec 1: Jukebox Revolver Dec 7: DJ Bald-E Dec 8: Buccannon Boys
ARIZONA PETE’S
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BARN DINNER THEATRE 120 Stage Coach Tr. | 336.292.2211
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1819 Spring Garden St | 336.272.9888 theblindtiger.com Nov 21: The Contortionist Nov 23: The Dead South w/ Elliot Brood & Del Suelo Nov 24: Josh King & Them w/ Abigail Dowd Nov 27: Seaway & Trophy Eyes Dec 1: Underground Invasion - Hip Hop Festival Dec 2: Lowborn w/ Companyon Lauren Light & KEYSE Dec 4: Like Moths To Flames Dec 5: Saliva Dec 7: The Eric Gales Band Dec 8: Radio Romance Dec 9: Parmalee w/ Kasey Tyndall Dec 13: Chuck Mountain & The Billyfolk Dec 14: Local Country Showcase w/ Brothers Pearl, Jukebox Rehab, Whiskey Foxtrot, Shannon Carman & Casey Noel
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1700 Spring Garden St | 336.272.5559 corner-bar.com Nov 22: Live Thursdays
COMEDY ZONE
1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034 thecomedyzone.com Nov 23: Darren DS Sanders Nov 24: Darren DS Sanders Nov 30: J Bliss Dec 1: J Bliss Dec 7: Kountry Wayne Dec 8: Kountry Wayne Dec 14: Frankie Paul w/ Will Jacobs Dec 15: Frankie Paul w/ Will Jacobs Dec 28: Shaun Jones Dec 29: Chris Wile’s Family Friendly Comedy Show Dec 29: Shaun Jones Dec 31: New Year’s Eve Party
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348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678 nov 21: Thanksgiving special featuring daniel Yount (Super Yamba Band) nov 24: Courtney Lynn & Quinn dec 2: Susanna macfarlene Lee dec 13: michael “Blind-dog” gatewood dec 14: Banjo Earth Band dec 15: Jared Stout Band
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502 N. Greene St | 336.274.2699 www.idiotboxers.com nov 30: Krish mohan
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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC NOVEMBER 27 FOR THE PROPOSED GRADE SEPARATION AT THE HILLTOP ROAD (S.R. 1424) RAIL CROSSING (722361Y) IN GUILFORD COUNTY TIP PROJECT NO. P-5713 The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting regarding the proposed grade separation at the Hilltop Road (S.R. 1424) rail crossing (722361Y) of the Norfolk Southern “Main” Line in Guilford County. The purpose of this project is to improve train and vehicular safety in the project area. The meeting will be held on Tuesday, November 27, 2018 at the Korean United Methodist Church located at 2504 E. Woodlyn Way in Greensboro from 5-7 p.m. 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 can be done via phone, email, or mail no later than December 11, 2018. As information becomes available, it may be viewed at the NCDOT Public Meeting Webpage: www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings/. For additional information please contact Gregory Blakeney, NCDOT Senior Rail Project Development Engineer, by phone at (919) 707-4717 or by email at gmblakeney@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 Lauren Putnam via email at lnputnam1@ncdot.gov or by phone at (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. November 21-27, 2018
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221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822 facebook.com/BreatheCocktailLounge Nov 21: Jerry chapman Band Nov 24: DJ Mike lawson Dec 1: DJ Mike lawson Dec 6: Jacob & Forrest Dec 8: DJ Mike lawson
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408 West 4th St | 336.331.3431 facebook.com/bulls-tavern Nov 24: Fruit Smoothie Trio Nov 30: Souljam Dec 28: Souljam 1110 Burke St | 336.750.0097 burkestreetpub.com
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3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664 Dec 21: ugly christmas Sweater Party
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620 Trade St | 336.723.0322 facebook.com/FinnigansWake
FOOThillS BREWiNG
638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 foothillsbrewing.com Nov 21: Greg Wilson and Second Wind Nov 24: The Pop Guns Nov 28: Sezessionville Road
MilNER’S
630 S Stratford Rd | 336.768.2221 milnerfood.com Nov 24: live Jazz Dec 1: live Jazz
MuDDY cREEk cAFE & MuSic hAll
5455 Bethania Rd | 336.923.8623 Nov 23: All The locals w/ Mike Fiorello Nov 25: Robert Mabe Band Nov 30: The hall Sisters Dec 1: The Trailblazers Dec 8: cane Mill Road/The Wildmans Dec 9: Sarah Potenza Dec 14: Tellico, Possum Jenkins
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170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 Nov 21: Morgan Wade, clovis Draper, Drunken Player Nov 23: Miss Eaves, Fortezza, Speak N’ Eye Nov 24: Possum Jenkins, caleb caudle, Jeffrey Dean Foster & Beth Mckee
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BOOTH AMPHITHEATRE 8003 Regency Pkwy | 919.462.2025 www.boothamphitheatre.com
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BOJANGLES COLISEUM
2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.bojanglescoliseum.com Dec 30: The Avett Brothers
CMCU AMPHITHEATRE former Uptown Amphitheatre 820 Hamilton St | 704.549.5555 www.livenation.com
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1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970 www.fillmorecharlottenc.com Nov 21: The Story So Far Nov 21: Derez DeShon Nov 23: 3OH!3 & Emo Nite Nov 23: Zoso - A Tribute to Led Zeppelin Nov 24: Playboi Carti Nov 24: Sun-Dried Vibes Nov 24: Me and My Migos ft. DJ Chewy Nov 25: Fonseca Nov 26: The Internet Nov 28: King Lil G & Rittz Nov 29: Brett Young Nov 29: Leela James Nov 30: Circa Survive Dec 3: Bastille Dec 5: Moe. Dec 9: Robert Glasper Dec 9: State Property Dec 12: Underoath Dec 14: Carl Thomas Dec 16: Erika Jayne presents: The Pretty Mess Tour Dec 28: Moon Taxi
PNC MUSIC PAVILION 707 Pavilion Blvd | 704.549.1292 www.livenation.com
OVENS AUDITORIUM
2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.ovensauditorium.com Nov 24: Straight No Chaser Nov 25: Martina McBride Dec 2: Ghost Dec 11: Celtic Thunder Dec 15: The Beach Boys
TWC ARENA
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CAROLINA THEATRE
309 W Morgan St | 919.560.3030 www.carolinatheatre.org Nov 23: A Motown Christmas Dec 10: Lucina Williams w/ Charles Lloyd & The Marvels ft. Bill Frisell, Greg Leisz, Eric Harland, & Reuben Rogers Dec 14: Delta Rae Dec 15: Daniel D. & Eric Stanley Dec 17: Jewel w/ Atz Lee & Nikos Kilcher Dec 18: Daughtry
RED HAT AMPHITHEATER 500 S McDowell St | 919.996.8800 www.redhatamphitheater.com
PNC ARENA
1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300 www.thepncarena.com Dec 1: Chris Young w/ Dan + Shay, Morgan Evans, & Dee Jay Silver Dec 12: Trans-Siberian Orchestra Jan 6: Justin Timberlake
WINSTON-SALEM
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CAROLINA THEATRE
310 S Greene St | 336.333.2605 www.carolinatheatre.com Dec 7: Newberry & Verch Dec 8: Beatlesque - A Tribute to the Beatles Dec 18: 5th Annual PTJO Holiday Concert Dec 18: Lowland Hum Christmas
GREENSBORO COLISEUM 1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com Dec 9: Trans-Siberian Orchestra Dec 20: Ozuna Dec 31: Bassnectar
WHITE OAK AMPITHEATRE
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HIGH POINT THEATRE
220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401 www.highpointtheatre.com Nov 27: Sons of Serendip Nov 30: The Manhattan Transfer Dec 1: Peter Noone Dec 4: John Berry Jan 27: Christian Howes
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A wan wand effort: Magic missing from wizard saga
BY MATT BRUNSON
he magic is woefully missing in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald ( ), the first picture that in itself feels like a crime against the rock-solid Wizarding World franchise that began back in 2001. It was an impressive run, with all eight Harry Potter pictures and 2016’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them offering hours of entertainment via a heady mix of vibrant characters, layered storylines, and razzle-dazzle effects. The Crimes of Grindelwald, on the other hand, is the first series entry to feel as if it’s doling out punishment rather than pleasure. It’s an unwieldy beast, with various characters and subplots all clawing their way to the spotlight – a spotlight, incidentally, that is never relinquished by the suffocating CGI that dominates the proceedings. “Abundant CGI in a fantasy flick? You don’t say!” Yeah, yeah, but the difference is that the previous pictures all offered FX in support of the story, not at the expense of it. Yet here, there are numerous scenes designed solely to show off the visual wizardry rather than advance the film in any significant way. The Crimes of Grindelwald often feels like a CGI demo reel for Academy consideration rather than an actual movie, but here’s the real rub: The effects aren’t even that great, with many moments that look absolutely unconvincing in all their polished petrification. At any rate, the most ingratiating ingredient about Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them wasn’t its effects or its plot or even its fantastic beasts. Instead, it was the foursome that resided at the
center of the tale: the gawky wizard Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), magically endowed sisters Tina and Queenie Goldstein (Katherine Waterston and Alison Sudol), and No-Maj (non-magical) baker Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler). Director David Yates (who had helmed the final four Potter pictures) and creator J.K. Rowling (making her screenwriting debut) kept the focus on this quartet, providing audiences with heroes worth following. Yates and Rowling have returned for The Crimes of Grindelwald, but they’ve largely left their Fantastic four behind. The characters are here in body more than spirit, as Scamander merely operates as a connective tissue between the various plots rather than as an actual individual while Tina and Jacob basically stand around gawking at the proceedings. As for Queenie, she undergoes a transformation that’s as illogical as it is ill-conceived, feinting in a direction that makes no sense given what we learned about this great character in the previous picture. Speaking of that previous film, Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) showed up in the waning moments, revealed as the true villain of the piece. Now he’s the star attraction, a dark wizard with all the megalomaniacal ambitions of a Bond villain. The only one who can stop him is the respected wizard Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law), but because he’s bound by a secret from the past, Dumbledore has to hand over corralling duties to Scamander. Depp is merely OK as Grindelwald — he lacks the towering menace that Ralph Fiennes brought to the role of Potter nemesis Voldemort — but Law is a delight as Dumbledore, making it easy to see this noble, shrewd and compassionate young FOX
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man morph into the elderly statesman we all know and love. Like Mr. Creosote with his food in Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life, Yates and Rowling pile on subplot after subplot and character after character, eventually resulting in a vomitous rejection by viewers disgusted by the haphazardness of the entire enterprise. And for those who rolled their eyes at all the convenient family relationships in the Star Wars saga, prepare for even more coincidental linkings in this film. Honestly, it’s easier keeping up with the Kardashians than it is keeping track of the lineage in a wizarding world that suddenly seems to be the ultimate word in nepotism. Despite being steeped in violence, Widows ( ) opens with a steamy kiss – more than one, in fact. Veronica and Harry Rawlings (Viola Davis and Liam Neeson) appear to be the type of married couple who never exited the honeymoon phase, and their time seen together is playful and passionate. Unfortunately, Harry is a career crook, and it’s not long before he and his cohorts in crime are killed during a heist that goes terribly wrong. Widows sets up these competing scenarios – back and forth and back and forth between the romance and the robbery – right at the beginning of the film, and then proceeds not so much to build on them but to dissect them, peering deep into their bowels and consequently spinning the story off in unexpected ways. British filmmaker Steve McQueen, who won an Oscar for co-producing the Best Picture winner 12 Years a Slave (he lost the actual directing statue to Gravity’s
Alfonso Cuaron), has teamed with Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn to adapt a sixpart 1983 mini-series that was a big hit in the U.K. (the American T.V. remake, which aired on ABC in 2002 and starred Mercedes Ruehl and Brooke Shields, didn’t fare as well). Whittling the miniseries’ 290 minutes down to the movie’s 130 minutes couldn’t have been easy, but what remains is compact enough not to wear out its welcome yet expansive enough to give all of the major characters plenty of breathing room. The title refers to the wives of the four dead men, with three of them (Davis, Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki) forced by outside aggressors to pick up where their husbands left off – by successfully planning and executing their own heist. What’s remarkable about Widows, though, is that its scope isn’t just limited to this trio and their caper. Other characters are constantly being introduced, like a slick politician (Colin Farrell) who’s as corrupt as they come and yet occasionally seems to actually give a damn, or the hot-headed youngster (a chilling about-face for Get Out star Daniel Kaluuya) who just can’t stop hurting people, or the beauty salon employee (Tony Award winner Cynthia Erivo, fresh off her big-screen breakout in Bad Times at the El Royale) whose babysitting gig leads to a riskier proposition. And there are other story threads at play, but unlike Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, which suffers from too many plotlines being ineptly handled, this one benefits from its wealth of narrative, with nary a false move impeding its headlong plunge into a dynamic denouement. !
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he Little Theatre of Winston-Salem will present An Old Salem Christmas Carol, opening Friday, Dec. 7, at SECCA’s McChesney Scott Dunn Auditorium, 750 Marguerite Dr. in WinstonSalem. Additional performances will be held Dec. 8-9, 13-16 & 20-22. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. There will be an additional matinee on Saturday, Dec. 15, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $24 for adults and $22 for students; discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available online and the box office is open for phone sales Wednesday through Friday from noon–4 pm. Call (336) 725-4001 for tickets or purchase them online at www.LTofWS.org. A passing stranger is welcomed into Salem Tavern by a cheerful group celebrating Christmas Eve. The story he tells them is magical, and yet vaguely familiar… It’s 1887, and hard times have fallen on the people of Winston and nearby Salem. Tobacco rolling machines are replacing manual jobs and bad rains have hurt farms. Making things worse is Ebeneezer Scrooge, a lender who’s foreclosing on mortgages and ruining the holidays for everyone. In the heart of Old Salem, can three spirits teach him the true meaning of Christmas? Based on the classic tale by Charles Dickens, this heartwarming world premiere adaptation was written exclusively for The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem by playwright Stephen P. Scott. “We wanted to create a new tradition for Triad audiences to celebrate the holidays,” commented LTWS executive director Lane Fields, who is also directing the production. “Audiences will get to experience this classic tale as if it had happened right here in Winston and Salem. Families can celebrate their North Carolina heritage together for the holidays.” Playwright Stephen P. Scott previously wrote A Territorial Christmas Carol for the Pollard Theatre in Guthrie, Oklahoma. That adaptation became the Pollard’s all-time best-selling show; last year, they celebrated the 30th anniversary of
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THE FRONT RUNNER (R) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 12:10, 2:30, 5:10, 7:50, 10:20 FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD (PG-13) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 12:30, 4:05, 7:05, 10:00 OVERLORD (R) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 2:35, 9:55 NOBODY’S FOOL (R) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 12:05, 5:00, 7:25 CREED II (PG-13) Fri & Sat: 12:00, 2:45, 5:35, 8:25, 11:15 Sun - Thu: 12:00, 2:45, 5:35, 8:25 GREEN BOOK (PG-13) Fri & Sat: 12:05, 2:55, 5:45, 8:35, 11:25 Sun - Thu: 12:05, 2:55, 5:45, 8:35 ROBIN HOOD (PG-13) Fri - Thu: 12:05, 2:40, 5:15, 7:50, 10:20 INSTANT FAMILY (PG-13) Fri & Sat: 12:20, 3:00, 5:35, 8:20, 11:10 Sun - Thu: 12:20, 3:00, 5:35, 8:20
staging the play. In a 2017 interview commemorating the occasion, Scott told The Oklahoman, “Folks is folks. We all have the same emotions. That’s why something like that (adapting Dickens’ story) works is because we can all relate to dealing with somebody like Scrooge. We can all have our heartstrings plucked by Tiny Tim. It just all resonates no matter what. That’s why we can still go back and do a film about Cleopatra or something from Shakespeare, because love is still love and a broken heart is still a broken heart.” Sadly, Stephen P. Scott passed away in August, shortly after completing the adaptation of An Old Salem Christmas Carol. “We will be dedicating the production of the show to his memory,” Fields stated. “We’re pleased that Stephen’s wife, Kathryn, and son, Stephen Patrick Scott II, will be able to attend. We hope they enjoy seeing a new part of Stephen’s legacy brought to the stage.” An Old Salem Christmas Carol will be directed by Lane Fields. Sam Barnes will design the set, with lighting design by Shawn Hooper and sound design by Kiersten Bowman. Tara Raczenski will design costumes, and Yvonne Truhon will serve as props master. Elizabeth J. Rief will stage manage the production, assisted by Kevin Hampton. An opening night reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 7, in the lobby. An Old Salem Christmas Carol runs approximately an hour and a half, including one fifteen-minute intermission. For further information, please visit www.LTofWS.org or call (336) 725-4001. !
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A pAssing strAnger is welcomed into sAlem tAvern by A cheerful group celebrAting christmAs eve .
The story he tells them is magical...
Set in Winston and Salem in the late 1800s, this world premiere adaptation was written exclusively for The Little Theatre. We hope you will bring your family and make this a new holiday tradition! Adapted by Stephen P. Scott, based on the classic novel by Charles Dickens
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Another birthday staring you down? Perhaps you can follow the lead of a man in the Netherlands who has launched a legal battle in the town of Arnhem to change his age from Chuck Shepherd 69 to 49. “(Y)ou can change your name and change your gender,” Emile Ratelband noted. “Why can’t I decide my own age?” The Dutch positivity trainer told BBC News that he feels discriminated against both in the career realm and on Tinder. “When I am on Tinder and it says I’m 69, I don’t get an answer,” Ratelband said. “When I’m 49, with the face I have, I will be in a luxurious position.” He also describes himself as a “young god.” The arbiters of his case aren’t so sure, though: One judge wanted to know what would become of the 20 years that would be erased by such a change. “Who were your parents looking after then? Who was that little boy?” he wondered.
WAIT, WHAT?
On Nov. 12, a group of cyclists in Husto-
pece, Moravia, Czech Republic, enjoyed a sunny afternoon of riding to a local landmark known as Lookout Tower, reported United Press International. Taking in the view from the top of the tower, they saw a drone flying around and took video of it, capturing the moment when the drone picked up one of their bicycles from the ground and flew away with it. One of the cyclists threw his helmet at the drone as it flew off, and the others ran down the tower’s steps to chase the drone on foot. Happily, the drone dropped the bike a few hundred feet from the tower.
CRIKEY!
A Jackson County sheriff’s deputy in Kansas City, Missouri, serving an eviction notice on Nov. 7, was startled to discover Katfish, a 7-foot-long, 200-pound alligator that tenant Sean Casey kept as a pet (along with three pythons, a rabbit and several cats). Casey told KSHB-TV that he’s had Katfish for four years. “He’s a big cuddly gator,” Casey said. “He wags his tail when I come home.” The gator could lounge in the home’s bathtub, and “get up and get out and cruise through the house,” said Dana Savorelli with Monkey Island Rescue, who officers called to help wrangle the alligator.
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“He had a ramp.” Unfortunately, alligators are prohibited in Kansas City, so Katfish was relocated to Monkey Island in nearby Greenwood, Missouri. And although Casey said Katfish was “not a vicious animal like some people make them out to be,” he was ticketed for possessing an exotic animal within city limits.
CRIME REPORT
— In North College Hill, Ohio, on Nov. 6, Noel Hines’ criminal love for Thin Mints finally caught up with her when she was arrested for stealing “a large order of Girl Scout cookies” last March, Fox News reported. North College Hill police said Hines took delivery of the cookies, valued at more than $1,600 and intended for a local Girl Scout troop, and never returned or paid for them. When Hines showed up at the town’s Mayors Court on an unrelated matter, police arrested her, then posted on Facebook, “That’s the way the cookie crumbles.” — On Nov. 11, St. Johns County (Florida) Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a car crashed into a home in St. Augustine Shores, according to Action News Jax. Officers discovered the car’s driver, Darrin Dewayne Touchton, 58, had previously had a relationship with the homeowner, and at the time of the incident, another person was with her at the home. Touchton “did not approve,” the deputies stated, and when he saw the other man in the front yard, he floored his Nissan Maxima in an attempt to kill the interloper. But the target jumped out of the way, and Touchton hit the house. Police also determined Touchton had previously threatened to kill the man with his car. He was charged with attempted homicide, three counts of aggravated assault and driving on a suspended license.
ON THE LAM
Perhaps in an effort to escape its likely fate, a turkey in Shoshone, Idaho, was rounded up by police on Nov. 7 after “terrorizing the neighborhood” around North Fir Street. United Press International reported the bird was detained at a local petting zoo pending the owner’s coming forward to claim it. Shoshone police posted on Facebook that the claimer would have to do “an embarrassing dance” to get the bird back.
SO THERE!
Administrators at Spalding Grammar School in Spalding, Lincolnshire, England, introduced a new policy this year, banning sixth-formers (high-schoolers) from carrying book bags between classes. The school felt the heavy bags were causing injury to students and encouraged them to carry their books in their arms instead. But Jacob Ford, 17, disagreed, reported Metro News, and made his point by carrying his books in a wicker basket and an open microwave oven, for which he received a two-day suspension. Head teacher Steven Wilkinson huffed, “We have a student who has behaved in an increasingly inappropriate way, actions the likes of which I have never witnessed, and who has been sanctioned entirely in line with the school’s policies.” But Ford’s mother, Tracy, backed up her son’s protest: “I’m very proud of him for standing up for something he believes in. Microwave or no microwave.” !
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Taking the ‘LEAD’ and investing in girls for the future of the community
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ooking at the results of the midterm election, where over 250 women ran for office and over 100 won seats, 2018 has indeed been what national news Katie Murawski outlets have been calling the “Year of Women.” Editor To go along with this “Year of Women,” a nonprofit organization in Winston-Salem has made strides this year in its mission to help preteen and teenage girls find their voice and raise them to be leaders in their community. For three years now, executive director and founder of LEAD Girls North Carolina Joy Nelson Thomas has helped make a difference in hundreds of young girls’ lives. “Right after college, I started raising a friend of the family’s daughter, and that really brought a different perspective to like girls and even with my own adversities,” she said. “It opened my eyes to what was going on in our community and how much girls were suffering.” Thomas studied architecture for her undergraduate degree and started her master’s in counseling. She took a break from her master’s because she felt that LEAD would be a better use of her time. “I took a break from counseling because I felt like I wanted to come with a different perspective working with these girls. I didn’t want to come in as that counselorhead, I wanted them to know that it is OK to be true to who you are and I didn’t want them to think that I was analyzing or judging them.” Thomas researched the issues young girls in the community faced as well as the problem of poverty that the community faces. “That is what drove me to found LEAD Girls,” she said. “I walked away from a career and self-funded this program for the first half of that year.” Through grants, donors and parent participation, Thomas said the rest of the year was funded and has been for the last three years. Thomas said she, along with seven other board members, run LEAD. It was initially a Triad-based program YES! WEEKLY
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(serving Guilford and Forsyth) that was contracted through the organization Community In Schools. Since most of the funding came from Forsyth County, Thomas said that the organization decided to focus on that county exclusively. LEAD serves middle school (grades 6-8) girls; however, Thomas said many girls like to stay and volunteer throughout high school. LEAD stands for Learning Everyday Accomplishing Dreams, and the LEAD Girls have four fundamentals: leadership, self-awareness, communication, and perspective. Thomas said LEAD typically focuses on Title I schools with at-risk girls. (Thomas said at-risk is broadly defined as mental disabilities, low socioeconomic statuses, or disciplinary actions.) Thomas said LEAD works from an evidence-based curriculum, which means researchers on the board analyzes each LEAD action and direction. “Everything we do, from pre to post, we have researchers on our board of directors, and we are watching the girls and at-risk behaviors,” she said. “We are watching their communication style, their passion or purpose within their community, connecting to the community, peeron-peer, and how they work with others.” Thomas said that in the program now,
there are 300 girls and it is typically about 100 girls per year. There are two programs, one based at the schools and one based in the community and held at LEAD’s downtown office on Saturdays. “When each girl comes in we really try to work with them to figure out what exactly are some of the situations that they are facing,” she said. “Most schools will help identify that focus. For schools that focus on disciplinary actions (such as fights and drama), LEAD will focus in on how to handle conflict, how to communicate, and how to handle talking with authoritative figures.” Thomas said that the main focus of the program is to promote leadership development and self-awareness. Two other programs within LEAD offer the girls a chance to apply what they are learning. Thomas said there is the agricultural entrepreneurship program and the fashion entrepreneurship program. Thomas said the agricultural entrepreneurship program was made possible by a grant from BB&T and by visiting associate professor at Wake Forest University Megan Regan, Ph.D. (Regan is chair of LEAD’s grants committee and head of the “Come Grow With Us” agricultural entrepreneurship program.) Regan said she got involved with LEAD
in 2016 and found out about it through a colleague, who was on the board at the time. “I was looking for something consistent with my values that also I thought could benefit from my skill set,” she said Being the head of the Come Grow With Us program, Regan trains girls to become urban farmers and teaches entrepreneurship through agriculture. “Entrepreneurship, small businesses, create jobs and money-multiplier impact in the community,” she said. “But survival entrepreneurship in the community gives people business skills and also allows them to hedge against poor market conditions.” She said by growing their own produce, girls are also combating another problem Winston-Salem’s impoverished community is facing, food deserts. With fresh produce not being readily available for some families, growing their own produce can be beneficial economically and healthier overall. The other program is the fashion entrepreneurship program, which partners with Goodwill, Truliant Federal Credit Union and Winston-Salem Fashion Week. Thomas said this program was built so girls can express themselves through clothes and be who they are on a secondhand shop budget. Thomas said the program also encourages creativity. She said the girls get to recreate garments into something they want to wear and inspires the girls to “be their own brand.” “We have a city of innovation and a city of poverty right next door to each other essentially,” Thomas said. “What does that look like for our girls? That is where entrepreneurship came in. I believe that people can turn their purpose into a profit or their passion into a profit, especially since young girls are so creative.” Thomas said Forsyth County was just quoted by a Harvard study as the third worst county in the country for socioeconomic mobility (meaning people who were born in poverty have a hard time getting out of poverty). Regan said LEAD aligns with her values of reaching out to underserved and income-constrained families to “meet girls where they are at.” She also values investing in young girls because, through her studies, she has found that it is beneficial to the community and economy as a whole. “Also as an economist that studies pov-
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erty, there are certain gendered aspects to poverty, in that when you provide greater opportunities to women you tend to have more benefits at the household level, in terms of lifting them out of poverty and improving the well-being of everyone in the household, compared to investing in a male,” she said. “The marginal values of investing in a girl has quite a many community multiplier benefits.” As an economist who studies poverty on a micro level, Regan said WinstonSalem is an area “that has very difficult poverty realities.” She said Forsyth County is among the “top five counties in the nation with intergenerational poverty,” which means those born in poverty will likely pass it to the next generation. She also said Winston-Salem has “very extreme concentrated poverty,” which means poverty is not evenly dispersed but rather resides in “specific census tracts.” Regan said that LEAD has the mission, vision, and curriculum designed to reach those with the least resources and access to improve the community overall. “If you are investing in a girl, you are investing in the community,” she said. “I think on average the income or wealth distribution in our economy is not as efficient as it could be.” Tracy Gaffney, a mother of a LEAD girl, believes in the LEAD Girls program and its influence on her daughter, Dasia. Gaffney said she signed Dasia up three years ago because she felt her daughter was immature and lacked direction. “When I signed her up for the program I really didn’t know exactly what was going to come of her,” she said. “But I needed her to get some type of leadership skills, maturity, and skills she can use now and take with her through her life. So that is what LEAD has done for her.” Gaffney said since her daughter has been involved with LEAD she is more responsible at home and school. She said the program made Dasia into a volunteer and someone who is enthusiastic about the program and school. Gaffney said Dasia is committed to the LEAD Girls program and it has shaped her into someone who is “mature in her thinking, responsibility, and commitment.” Gaffney said that she wanted Dasia to have more role models and through the LEAD Girls program, she has been introduced to many female entrepreneurs that she would not have known about otherwise. “Her teachers commend her and tell her that she shows good leadership skills and they don’t even know that she is in the LEAD Girls program,” Gaffney said. “That right there is what I like about LEAD Girls, is what it is doing for her. It is transforming Dasia into the leader that I know she has in her.” WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
Gaffney said the LEAD Girls program is vital to the community because it is curriculum-based and teaches girls life skills. She is grateful for the program and said she tries to support it as much as her schedule allows. “I am just really thankful and appreciative of the activities, the exposure and all the things that the LEAD Girls offer to my daughter,” she said. “Even I have recruited other kids to go to LEAD. I am grateful for a program out there for girls to help them to grow and know their potential is not limited to their household, their neighborhood; their potential goes way past any boundaries, borders and obstacles.” Former volunteer and committee member Kenya Harley said in a phone interview that the LEAD girls program aligned with her views and passion for being active in the community. Harley was a committee member and volunteer for a little over two years. She found out about the program from meeting Thomas at a Winston-Salem young professionals group. (She has since moved to another state for a job opportunity.) “We hit it off, it sounded like something I would be interested in, and it is important for me personally to be involved in the community,” she said of her meeting with Thomas.
While Harley was a volunteer, she helped facilitate Saturday classes and lessons. She recalled one lesson she taught to the girls, which was a lesson on stereotypes. She was able to have an open and honest discussion with the girls and share her experiences with them. “In going to those events and the LEAD Girls coming, I was able to get to know the girls and it kind of solidified the reason why I did what I did with LEAD,” she said. “To be able to talk to the girls and have candid, open conversations, and for the girls to be able to tell me and express to me that LEAD has been very instrumental to them developing goals.” She said seeing the girls grow up in a “different and more positive light,” build up their self-esteem and do better in school was encouraging to her. She said that reminded her why LEAD is necessary for girls in the community. The most rewarding experience of Harley’s time with the program, she said, was when LEAD hosted an open house and informational session. She said she met a woman whose children were older and out of the house. Harley said she asked the woman what brought her to the open house. The woman told her that she had a friend with two daughters that she believed would benefit from the program.
“It was kind of interesting that she somehow crossed paths with these young ladies who are in high school now. She realized that they needed something else in their life,” Harley said. ”It was inspiring to see a lady from the community invest in people who are not her children or grandchildren. She saw a need that they had, and she tried to meet it. Even though she felt like she couldn’t fully meet the need, she is hoping to give them a resource to help them meet the need. That was just encouragement to me that LEAD exists for a reason.” Thomas said LEAD is always looking for board members, volunteers, and sponsors. Though the program’s Third Anniversary Soirée and fundraising event on Dec. 9 has sold out of its 220 tickets, Thomas said there are other ways people can support LEAD. “They can sponsor a girl...they can sponsor the snacks; there are many ways to get involved,” she said. Thomas said that Giving Tuesday is also coming up after Thanksgiving, and for people to consider giving to the LEAD Girls of NC nonprofit. Thomas encourages the community to take charge, get involved and take care of each other. “Be the driver of change you want to see in your community. It takes all of us coming together to do that.” Thomas said that LEAD is in full capacity, even though there are 200 plus people on the waiting list, and there is no way to expand it financially at the moment. Thomas said the fundraising efforts from the Soirée would go toward funding a part-time employee for LEAD to help out with the girls, train volunteers, and go toward starting a high school program so that girls who want to stay, can. “When you see movements like #MeToo and the recent election, if you raise strong leaders, people comfortable and confident to say ‘no, I don’t believe in that, I don’t want to do that, I don’t believe in that,’ I don’t think we would have as much adversities or challenges that we face,” she said. “The recent election has been a real ‘a-ha, that is why we need LEAD’ moment. When you see women that are getting into office, and it is history cause of their ethnicity, we have to stick together. We should be each other’s support team. I think women, we will run the world and we can run the world if we stick together.” For more information about LEAD and to get involved visit the website www. leadgirls.org/about-us/. ! 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. NOVEMBER 21-27, 2018
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Sanford Greene’s Bitter Root Those who claim, as a friend recently did, that comic books are created by and for “white geeks,” should talk to artist Sanford Greene and the crowd that showed up at Greensboro’s Acme Comics last Saturday. Ian McDowell Greene, a major industry talent who’s drawn such heroes Contributor as the Black Panther, Luke Cage, Shaft and Superman, was promoting the launch of his co-creation Bitter Root, a fantasy-adventure set during the Harlem Renaissance. On it, Greene collaborates with writers David F. Walker and Chuck Brown and the Charlotte-based colorist Rico Renzi. The first issue, out last week from Image Comics (popular and prestigious publisher of Saga and The Walking Dead), is already in its second printing. The diverse crowd greeting Greene belied my friend’s dismissive description, but comics have always been read by people of color (and women). While artists like the Forsyth-born pioneer Matt Baker (whom I wrote about last year in YES! Weekly) once seemed exceptions to the white (if often Jewish) talent who created the characters so many black kids read, recent decades brought a black talent explosion that included artists like Denys Cowan and Brian Stelfreeze. Unwilling to distract Greene from his fans (not to mention his sons, who’d accompanied him on his drive from South Carolina), I waited until the next day to call him at his hotel and ask him about his real-life heroes. “Oh, man, Denys Cowan and Brian Stelfreeze, black men who are not only great comic book artists but worked with great black writers!” Cowan worked on the Black Panther with filmmaker/comics writer Reginald Hudlin, while Stelfreeze illustrated Ta-Nehisi Coates’ acclaimed recent run on the character. Greene called Cowan’s co-founding of Milestone Media inspirational. “That a major backer like DC would trust African-American talent to create their own characters and imprint, that really meant something.” Greene was born in Charleston and lives in Columbia, where he teaches at his alma mater Benedict College. He said it’s important to keep doing that even as his rise in the industry increases demand on his time. “Graduating from an historically-black institution, I realized we don’t have the YES! WEEKLY
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Far right: Artist Sanford Greene with readers and fans at Acme Comic’s Local Comic Shop Day last Saturday resources of places like UNC, and that black and brown students need these opportunities. My own road was arduous, and if things are better now, they’re only slightly so in terms of resources and accessibility for artists of color. I decided to invest and pay it forward, which is why I mostly teach at Benedict.” Greene told me that his first professional work was on a “very, very independent” comic called Black Arrow. In 1987, he worked briefly on Superman, but by his own admission, his Man of Steel did not take flight. “I was the wrong guy at the wrong time, not so much in terms of the character, but because I hadn’t learned to buckle down, do the work on time. They fired me, which I deserved, and which taught me an invaluable lesson.” In 2001, he worked on Planet of the Apes for Dark Horse Comics. “Unfortunately, it was the Tim Burton version, but at least my mother had heard of it.” For Marvel, he drew Deadpool, the X-Men and the Avengers. In 2016, he collaborated with writer David F. Walker on Power Man and Iron Fist. He’s now reunited with Walker on Image’s Bitter Root, which they created with co-writer Chuck Brown, and is based on their research into African-American root magic and the Harlem Renaissance. Root magic, or Hoodoo, is derived from West African spirituality and Christianity, but unlike such similarly-derived Afro-Caribbean religions as Vodou (Voodoo), is distinctly North American. Bitter Root is about the
Sangeryes, a once-great family of monsterhunters now divided by tragedy and conflicting moral codes, who must unite to save New York from supernatural forces. When asked about his period research, he teased me with something I’m eager to learn more about by reading his comic. “I don’t want to spoil our story, but there’s this true event from right before the Harlem Renaissance. Essentially, it was the Harlem Renaissance before it was in Harlem if that makes any sense. It was inspiring and also very sobering and somewhat depressing to research, something cultural that the majority culture shut down. If that hadn’t happened, America might be a dif-
ferent and better place today.” He told me that his research made the story he, Walker and Brown created and own feel more meaningful. “And it made me think about where and what we are today as a people, as Americans and people of color. It’s fascinating because what took place way back when honestly still affects us today. There’s good and bad. I knew a lot of this but to have the research confirm it really made it that much more poignant.” ! 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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Forget Black Friday, ‘shop small’ on Saturday It is already almost Thanksgiving, and for many, that means stuffing their faces while spending time with friends and family. Others are preparing for the rush of Black Friday. For large Katie Murawski retail companies, (except REI, which is “opting outside” and Editor closing their doors on Black Friday), this consumer holiday is probably the biggest day of the year for sales. But what about mom-andpop shops? The small businesses in our community that gives our area life and vibrancy? Well, this Saturday is all about them. Various small businesses in WinstonSalem will be celebrating Small Business Saturday with the Small Biz Crawl hosted by Jasper & Fern, One Crafty Miss, Southern Comfort Boutique and Fearless from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. in the West End district of the city. The Small Biz Crawl is not all about shopping; it is a day of community, product demos and prizes. Beginning and ending at either Jasper & Fern (located at 469 W. End Blvd.) or Fearless (located at 1002 Brookstown Ave.), these two brick-and-mortars will house 18 vendors offering gifts, artisan products and service experiences to sample or purchase. Along the route from Fearless to Jasper & Fern, there are several brick-and-mortar businesses that will also be participating. Participating vendors and brick-andmortars include Annabelle Beet Designs, @BowBow by Kyle, Camel City Hemp, Collage, Colony Urban Farm Store, Fearless Winston Salem, Honey & Woodbine, Janet M. Holmes Artist, Jasper & Fern, JZumps Creations, Knitting Knurse, Lucky Duckling Baby, Mossy Rock Massage , ReLove It Clothing, Sass & Ink, Sassafras Family Farm, Scented Balance, Southern Comfort Boutique, The Geek In Heels, LLC, The Humble Bee Shoppe, The Tap West End, North State Tattoo and West End Coffeehouse. At the end of the crawl, shoppers who have completed a percentage of stops can turn their maps in at their final destination and be entered into a drawing to win “a fantastic prize basket filled with items from our local businesses.” Danielle Hoover, the owner of Southern Comfort Boutique (shopsoutherncomWWW.YESWEEKLY.COM
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ily. Personalized experiences bring return customers. Every purchase made is directly putting money back into the community helping fund growth, innovation and development. Small businesses can boost the local economy by creating hotspots that draw in tourism to Winston-Salem.” Alyson Rorem is the owner of Jasper & Fern and said that attendees could expect a massage demo from Mossy Rock Massage as well as aromatherapy by Scented Balance as some of the vendors that will be present at Jasper & Fern. Rorem said that the West End can get forgotten sometimes, so she hopes the exposure from the crawl will boost awareness of the small businesses in the area. “Downtown and the arts district, they have their things, like the gallery hop, which is great,” she said. “There is a lot to offer, so we wanted to highlight the brickand-mortars in the area as well as let table vendors, people who don’t always have the opportunity, [get exposure].” Rorem said The Small Biz Crawl is giving away 50 free bags for the first 50 people who show up (25 at Fearless and 25 at Jasper & Fern) with “goodies” from local businesses. She said there would be 100 goodie bags (priced between $10$15) for sale as well. “We are going to have shopping bags with goodies from not just the people involved in the Small Biz Crawl, but businesses from all around the community
in Winston-Salem,” she said. “We didn’t want to eliminate the rest of Winston-Salem because even though we all have our separate parts, we are in this together.” Jen Brown, the owner of Fearless , wrote in an email that collaboration and connection is the best way to make something larger. “So I, of course, reached out to other female entrepreneurs I know (Jasper & Fern and One Crafty Miss - Alyson and Taryn) to make it a bigger event!” Brown wrote that she, along with the other participants, are excited to work together and create “a community that’s tapped in.” She wrote that initiatives such as the crawl are good ways to educate the community on how to support small businesses. “I think working together with other businesses is also what is so necessary in this community,” she wrote. “In order to grow and to continue to grow, we have to work together, which isn’t something we always immediately think of - we spend a lot of time siloed and trying to figure out the ‘what next’ - and sometimes you have to get out of the trees to see the forest of the what next.” Brown wrote that she wants this event to be two-fold; in that, it teaches people how to shop small and teaches local business owners to work together instead of competing against each other. At Fearless, Brown wrote, there will be “vendors, coffee, cider and community love.” She is also encouraging attendees to talk with one another and network to make lasting connections. “When you support small business you’re supporting the person next to you in the line for coffee, or the person that got her haircut right before you,” she wrote. “You’re helping a family pay their bills. You’re helping the person next door! Shop small and support local people - it’s not just a cute saying, it’s a huge difference.” ! 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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My husband and I started having problems when I found an email he sent to his ex-girlfriend saying, “You’re the most beautiful woman I’ve ever met. I want to spend Amy Alkon the rest of my life with you.” He’s Advice never complimented Goddess me during our five years together. He revealed that he and his ex used to have sex for hours, while the most we ever spent making love was 45 minutes — only once, when we were first dating. I think I should leave, but we have a 1-year-old child. We are good together caring for the baby, but it’s terrible to be with a man who lacks love, respect, and desire for you. — Tormented Parents today are in fierce competition for whose kid achieves things first: “Little Euripides graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard while still in the womb!” Best not to be the parents whose child has the dark side nailed, reflected in Instagram brag shots like “Baby’s First Rehab!” A good deal of research suggests that the healthiest home environment for a kid is an “intact family” — as opposed to the “Uncle” Of The Month Club. Couples wanting what’s best for their children are motivated to de-uglify their relation-
ship and can often work out what I call “process-oriented” problems (counterproductive ways of interacting that lead to nasty fights or just seething resentment). This is essential because even if nobody’s screaming and hurling casserole dishes, the underlying tone of a relationship is reflected in interactions as mundane as “Can ya pass the salt?” (Ideally, your tone suggests some affection for your partner — not that your reluctance to do time is all that’s keeping you from smothering them with a pillow.) You, however, are in a relationship with a man who is deeply passionate about another woman and appears to see sex with you as a household chore. Your resentment from feeling unwanted and equally toxic feelings from him are sure to seep into your daily life. So, staying together under these circumstances would most likely be damaging for your child — but chances are, so would splitting up. To understand why an intact family seems important for kids’ well-being, it helps to understand a few things from an area of evolutionary research called “life history theory.” It explores how the type of environment a person grows up in calibrates their psychology and behavior — for example, how able they are to delay gratification. This calibration is basically a form of human mental economics — a subconscious calculation of how stable or risky a person’s childhood environment is and whether they’d be better off allocating their energy and efforts toward the now or
the future. A stable, predictable environment — like growing up with middle-class parents who remain married, live in a peaceful neighborhood, and always provide enough food to eat — tends to lead to a more future-oriented approach (like being able to save money). Conversely, growing up in a dangerous neighborhood, having divorced parents with unpredictable finances, and getting moved around a lot is likely to lead to a more now-oriented approach (spendorama!). The good news is, you two may be able to break up without it breaking your kid. My friend Wendy Paris and her former husband did this — splitting up as a couple while staying together as parents of their young son. Wendy writes in her book “Splitopia: Dispatches From Today’s Good Divorce and How To Part Well” that they even relocated together from New York to Los Angeles, moving to separate places a few blocks apart. They hang out and do activities as a family. Her ex often comes over to make breakfast for her son and coffee for her. He even takes out the trash! Sure, he did that when they were married, but Wendy was too preoccupied with her issues with him as a husband to
appreciate it like she can now. It’s difficult to set up an arrangement like Wendy’s if you’re, oh...say...preoccupied with wishing your husband’s penis would wither and fall off like a skin tag under a dermatologist’s liquid nitro. In a situation like yours, where resentment is high, a mediator could be helpful. (Look for a marital specialist at Mediate.com.) A mediator is not a judge and won’t tell you what to do. He or she is a neutral third party, de-escalating conflict — creating a safe, productive psychological environment. This makes it possible for people with disputes to work out a mutually acceptable agreement for how they’ll go forward. Now, mediation doesn’t work for everyone. However, it’s probably your best bet for “having it all” — acting in your child’s best interest and eventually having a man in your life who sees you as more than ballast to keep the mattress down in case there’s a tornado. ! GOT A problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com) © 2018 Amy Alkon Distributed by Creators.Com.
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