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The students on the team feel the issue surrounding the SCHOOL’S FOOD is important because, for many students, it is often their only meal of the day.he Speech and Debate class at T. Wingate Andrews High School in High Point is getting first-hand experience about speaking up and advocating for their rights as they tackle what they call “abhorrent provisions being served to them

by Guilford County Schools Food & Nutrition Services and its administration.

6 “This project is a Black cultural event,” said musician, producer, and entrepreneur Cyril Howell about STRANGE FRUIT, a show of savory soul, jazz, blues, gospel, R&B, and hip-hop that’s happening on Friday, April 15, from 6 to 10 p.m. in the Van Dyke Performance Space at the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center on Davie Street. With the range of talent and cultural expression involved...

7 Winston-Salem’s a/perture cinema has bestowed its first a/ward to Jeffrey “SMITTY” Smith for his contribution to WinstonSalem, downtown, and the arts community through his long-running “Smitty’s Notes,” which marks its 25th anniversary this year.

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in the region who are making or have made notable contributions to both the downtown district and the arts.

8 After numerous complaints from residents, a series of public hearings, and a study of decibel levels, the Kernersville Board of Aldermen last week approved a new NOISE ORDINANCE which they hope will end the conflict and debate over loud music in outdoor venues. Unfortunately, the new ordinance falls short, not so much for what it does, but for what it doesn’t do.

9 Nearly 50 years after The Exorcist (1973) and we’re still suffering through LOUSY KNOCK-OFFS to the day — the latest being Fallen, the competently made but clumsy feature debut of writer/director Nicolo Fumero, starring Andrea Zirio as a failed exorcist.

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HEFF’S BURGER FINDS PERMANENT HOME

BY CHARLES WOMACK

After building a cult-like following thru his creations at Krankies Coffee in Winston-Salem including mega-biscuits and more, Chef Justin Webster has set his sights on doing his own thing — a smash burger concept in the heart of downtown Winston-Salem.

Heff’s Burger Club, opening soon at 285 W. Fourth Street in the former Mystic Ginger location, promises what Webster says will be the best burgers to ever hit the Triad.

He signed the lease March 27 and will spend about two months renovating the space and making it his own with a planned August opening.

“I love what we did at Krankies,” said Webster. “If I hadn’t decided that I wanted to do my own thing, I probably would have stayed there forever. You know, I’m in my 30s. I’ve got a five-year-old son. I just…

I’ve been in the industry for more than a decade and I think I have something really cool to offer the city.”

Webster said the concept, Heff’s Burger Club, is an idea he and his wife and business partner, Heather, have been working on for about two years. He says they played with the idea of a sandwich shop, but with his years of experience on a burger truck, he knew that burgers would be the way to go.

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Supreme food truck. He also worked in New York and other areas, and says that was where he fell in love with the smash burger.

“When I got to Krankies, and I was doing the chef thing there, I had an abundance of ingredients,” Webster said. “I was like, okay, if I’m going to do smash burgers, how would I do it? I got into using grass-fed beef. House-made milk buns. And it just creates a really unique product.”

He continued, “My core menu features six very simple burgers. They do have a lot of height and the buns are thick and soft and good. It’s just a simple menu, six burgers and fries, and loaded fries. We are using grass-fed beef and that’s probably one of our biggest selling points. We use Joyce

Chef Justin Webster Farms grass-fed beef. These cows have good lives and these people care about their animals. They’re not pumped full of weird chemicals. They’re not forced (to eat) that slop, you know what I mean? So if we couldn’t do that, if it wasn’t feasible to do that, we wouldn’t make burgers.”

The signature burger at Heff’s Burger Club will be “The Lady Killer.” It features American cheese, shaved red onions, shredded lettuce, Niki’s Pickles, and black garlic sauce.

“It’s our number one burger,” said Web-

ster. “It’s like our Big Mac or our Whopper.

It’s the first thing you’re going to see on the menu. We actually call it ‘The Lady Killer’ because the first time I made it my old GM at Krankies said ‘that’s so handsome.’ And I was like, ‘oh, yeah, it’s a lady killer. Yeah.’”

According to Webster, that’s his favorite because the black garlic, which is dehydrated garlic, releases all these umami proteins.

For the past few months, before the restaurant has even opened its doors, Triad residents have been enjoying and raving about Heff’s Burger Club’s smash burger.

Webster has prepared burgers at several pop-up events around the Triad and has been featured on the popular podcast, Zero Dark Nerdy.

YES! Weekly witnessed firsthand the buzz at his March 26 pop-up at Hoot’s where he was scheduled to start cooking at 5 p.m. A line was already winding thru the parking lot at 4:40 p.m. and he was completely sold out of nearly 200 smash burgers in less than an hour.

In talking about opening the new downtown location, Webster said, “I’ve got a full crew ready to go. We plan to do some remodeling and change the interior a lot and open up shortly afterward. I’ve learned a lot over the years. I’ve worked fine dining over a bunch of places and you have to keep it as simple as possible. Keep your food costs in check. I love Winston. I don’t I think we have enough cool stuff. I’d like to really reinvest into our community. Our burgers are going to be more expensive than a normal hamburger, but it’s going to still be an approachable price.” !

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High School Speech and Debate class call out school administration, district about school food

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he Speech and Debate class at T. Wingate Andrews High School in High Point is getting first-hand experience about speaking up and advocating for Chanel Davis their rights as they tackle what they call “abhorrent provisions Editor being served to them

by Guilford County Schools Food & Nutrition Services and its administration.”

The students on the team feel the issue surrounding the school’s food is important because, for many students, it is often their only meal of the day. The school, which has a Food Blessing Box outside on its grounds, is located in just one of High Point’s many food deserts. The team is also concerned about safety, as students who leave campus are forced to use the main thoroughfares such as Eastchester Avenue, University Parkway, Lexington or Main Streets during a busy time period in order to go get lunch off-campus.

“We wanted to push for this because it is something that has been going on for a while and it’s unfair to some of the students here. This is some of the students’ only meal of the day. I believe that it’s unfair to the students that have to eat this one meal a day and it’s undercooked, raw, or expired,” said Diana Orrico, a junior in the Speech and Debate class though she’s considered an early graduate, meaning she’ll graduate with the Spring class of 2022.

According to a letter sent from the Speech and Debate class, they sent a letter to the school’s Assistant Principal Darell Baker, Jr. on March 15 addressing the issue before making posters, flyers, and petitions during class on March 16.

The posters had QR codes on them so that students could scan them and take the poll. To reach their peers who may not have access to cellular devices and access to technology, and to garner support, students set up a table with information about their cause. The table, posters, and petitions were taken down by school administration, in what the Speech and Debate Team called in its letter “a clear attempt to silence our voices.”

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The Speech & Debate Team at T.Wingate Andrews say students are served raw,undercooked,overcooked, and expired foods “We made a Google form for students to fill out. We asked them a couple of questions like are you a student here at Andrews, do you eat the food, have you ever received raw, rotten, undercooked/ overcooked or expired food, and then if you have any pictures of the food, we left open an attachment at the bottom of it for them to send in their pictures,” Orrico explained of the collection process. “We did get quite a few pictures from students showing the food here from Andrews that was rotten, expired, unappealing, overcooked, undercooked and something that you just wouldn’t want to eat. We opened it up to the public as well — teachers, parents, alumni — for them to fill it out, and then we made a petition on Change.org, along with the Google form.

We had almost 270 Google forms and 50 signatures on Change.org.”

The letter goes on to say “at no point were we made aware of any policy or procedure needed to put up posters, petitioning or handing out flyers. In fact, we have often seen several posters around the school and campus displaying various causes, clubs, and events.” Videos of Baker, with posters in hand, and the posters placed in front of a classroom door have been submitted to YES! Weekly and included in our online story.

To address the issue, students asked to meet with Assistant Principal Baker on March 18 who, according to the letter sent by the Speech and Debate Team, said “we are here to advocate for your issues” and showed up to the meeting with the School Resource Officer (SRO) for what was “designed to be a peaceful conversation.” During the meeting, students presented pictures of the food in question and the data they collected from their peers, including “data that suggested 82.9 percent of students said they’ve received raw, under/overcooked, expired or rotting food.” Baker reviewed federal, state, and local guidelines in regards to educational food and nutritional policies. He also addressed the school’s policy about posting around school without permission.

The letter, which was sent to several media outlets in late March, closed by stating that the food issue was “NOT about staff who are merely doing their job while being underpaid. This is about us being forced to eat unappealing food.”

Students included a list of demands that read: Allowing food trucks to come onto campus once a week as a way to bring an additional offering Improve the quality of the free lunch Offer a salad bar

Offer complex and dynamic vegetarian and vegan options Consider more inclusive food options (e.g. pork-free, beef-free options) Students and their parents had plans to attend the GCS Board of Education meeting, held at 712 N. Eugene St. in Greensboro, on Tuesday, April 12, to share their concerns about the school lunch and the treatment they feel they received at the school. However, once signed up to speak during public comments, many students received an email stating: Due to the time limit of three (3) minutes per speaker and number of individuals who requested to speak prior to receiving your request, we have reached the maximum number of speakers for the April 12 meeting. You may submit your comments via email to boardclerk@gcsnc.com by Monday, April 11 at 5 p.m.

GCS officials Deputy Superintendent Dr. Whitney Oakley, Executive Director of School Nutrition Travis Fisher, and Chief Financial Officer Angela Henry visited the school, at the behest of the Speech and Debate Team, on Thursday, March 31 to speak with the students and to share in the lunch experience.

“After we talked with AP Baker, we decided to reach out to some of our school board members to invite them

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Three Bars, Two Floors, One Good Time Ticket’s on sell now! over for lunch because he told us it’s not something he can do anything about and we need to talk to people above him, so that’s what we did,” Orrico said. “We invited our superintendent and our school district members to lunch.”

In October 2021, GCS officials pulled prepackaged sandwiches from the vendor Tasty Brands from school cafeterias across the district following two complaints from parents at Northern High School regarding spoiled meat.

The sandwiches, which are not a regular item on the school’s menu, were shipped as substitutes when the company was unable to fulfill the district’s order. According to the district’s release, Tasty Brands has provided products for GCS for more than 14 years with no problems before this incident. A formal complaint was filed with the company and the district said they would no longer accept the sandwiches as substitutes.

The release went on to say that after officials spoke with the two parents who complained on Friday, “a message about the incident and the district’s actions was sent to parents Sunday.”

In an email response, Fisher called Andrews’ visit a positive experience.

“Students had the opportunity to voice their concerns, and they did so respectfully and productively,” he said. “While school districts across the country continue to struggle with supply chain issues, we are working to provide more options and have reopened the a la carte option for students.”

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to change, and some of the things that he was trying to implement,” she said.

“He said that they are trying to get with a different food vendor and hearing all that news made us feel happy and relieved.

It made us feel as if maybe we are doing some good here and our work is going somewhere.”

As of Tuesday evening, before this article went to press there were a la carte options at the school, but students would still like to see food trucks and a salad bar option.

According to Fisher, there could be bigger changes coming soon. A statement T. Wingate Andrews Speech and Debate Team will surely hold him accountable for.

“School Nutrition will be developing new menu items and including Andrews High students in a round of taste tests next month,” he said. “Those items could be added to menus at Andrews and other schools as early as August.”

Orrico said that she and her peers feel they are being heard more so now than they were before, especially following Fisher’s visit.

“We’ve had multiple students come up to us, let us know that they’re supporting us and they are with us. The students in our class are all ready for the change. We want the things that we ask for because it is right. You’re supposed to care about us and we’re supposed to be your number one priority but you are serving us raw, undercooked, expired food,” Orrico said.

“We’re going to fight and push for the things that are right.” !

CHANEL DAVIS is the current editor of YES! Weekly and graduated from N.C. A&T S.U. in 2011 with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications. She’s worked at daily and weekly newspapers in the Triad region.

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Strange Fruit offers soulful sounds downtown

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“This project is a Black cultural event,” said musician, producer, and entrepreneur Cyril Howell about Strange Fruit, a show of savory soul, jazz, blues, gospel, R&B, and hip-hop that’s happening on Friday, April 15, from 6 to 10 p.m. in the Van Dyke Performance Space at the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center

on Davie Street.

With the range of talent and cultural expression involved, it will be sweet relief, and as Howell and co-producer Marvena Muldrow note, at $25 a ticket, cheaper than many downtown events.

“The intention is to get Black artists together and paid a reasonable amount for performing, but also have Black and Brown people as part of the production,” said Howell. “It’s looking for support from the community in this city, both to provide a creative space, and also for the Black community to have affordable entertainment. Where you might pay over a hundred dollars to see a show at Tanger, our price range is $25-35. So, it’s something our community can enjoy, take part in and be proud of.”

Howell said the event is his concept.

“It’s based, of course, on the Billie Holiday song.”

Howell was referring to “Strange Fruit,” the famous anti-lynching protest song composed by Abel Meeropol in 1937 and recorded by Holiday in 1939, which was inspired by the 1930 murders of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith in Marlon, Indiana.

“It’s basically about what has happened to our culture in the past, but also how we have a great soulful expression that’s contributed so much to pop culture and American culture in general. Despite such adversity, we were able to create so much of value.”

Co-Producer Muldrow said she and Howell are proud to offer musicians both a great performance space and a paid gig.

“I think it’s so important having a Black space like this to give arts professionals the opportunity to earn money. It’s actually creating a space where people see the value in their art, one that allows them to do what they choose to do.

During Covid, things changed so much, and so many people needed outlets for creativity.”

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Cyril Howell Howell and Muldrow said that when they saw similar projects happening in other cities, they knew they could do this in Greensboro. “I don’t have Cyril’s background in music and management,” said Muldrow, “but I’m one of those take-action type people, and we just started doing it.”

“Like most Black people here in the South,” said Howell, “I grew up in the church. My dad is a pastor and I was always into music. There came this point where I was into hip-hop and I wanted a set of DJ equipment, but instead, my mom got me a keyboard, so I started my performance career with church gigs. Then I got into producing, went to GTCC for Entertainment Technology, and opened up a few studios here. So, I’ve worked with a lot of musicians, been in a few bands. I’ve always kept my love for music, but kind of got into marketing and businesses. Recently here, those worlds have started to intersect, as far as the business and marketing as well as entertainment. And then I saw this opportunity to present something positive and productive for the community.”

Muldrow, who when asked about her artistic background, said “I’m a layperson who doesn’t really have one, other than my passion for it,” described what she brings to their collaboration.

“Musicians can sometimes be a little too far into their own perspective,” she said with a laugh at which Howell grinned and nodded. “I have a very small theater background, but my real skill is organization.”

Howell described the event as beginning with jazz, gospel, blues, and soul.

“We’re proud to have the Greensboro Big Band.” Conducted by Dr. John Henry, that popular ensemble specializes in the swing-style jazz of Duke Ellington and Count Basie, and Glenn Miller.

“And the Polk Duo, Kasey, and Myranda Polk, a really great guitar and voice married couple who met in their college jazz band and perform R&B and soul, but are also known for their Christian music.”

Howell said that noted jazz vocalist Diana Tuffin will include the Billy Holiday song in her set, and may also perform with the Greensboro Big Band.

“And Royal Expressions Dance Company will perform a Nina Simone montage.”

He describes the evening as moving from jazz, gospel, and soul into R&B and hip-hop. “WUAG’s DJ Prez will be spinning, accompanied by live music, so that will be a nice vibe. Soulful R&B artist Sun Queen Kelsey will have a set that speaks to Black Women’s issues, and the evening will be topped off with my hip-hop band the NuBeing Collective. So, we’re purposely starting with jazz and blues, and ending with R&B and hip-hop, to express how we have affected the evolution of performance and popular culture.”

Howell doesn’t look old enough to have seen as many of Greensboro’s past decades as he actually has. “I’ve lived here all my life and was a teenager during the 90s when there was nothing going on at this end of town. I do see

more inclusiveness and opportunity now, a lot more progression. Is it perfect?

No, and I know about the problems we still have, but I want to see how we can figure this out and make something that is of value.”

Muldrow said this is intended to be an annual event.

“Next year, we hope to have three nights. We want to bring all of the groups who are performing this year back, but also some extra headliners for a couple of nights in 2023. As we work with the community and the city, I hope we can create something for hip-hop musicians and artists. We plan to reach out to the schools, both to perform there and to offer apprenticeships and internships.”

Howell had one more thing he wanted to say to our readers.

“I do want to make it clear that, with the hip-hop portion of it, it’s not so exclusive that we don’t work with other people and genres, that’s just what our interests are. It’s the form, not the performers.”

Strange Fruit: A Black Cultural Event is hosted by Know Kapp and sponsored

by Creative Greensboro, Arts Greensboro, Towne Bank, Duck Donuts, Stardust Cellars, and The Cemala Foundation.

Tickets are available at EventBrite. com and NumanStream.com/Events. !

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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Smitty noted: Jeff Smith earns a/perture cinema honor [ WEEKLY ARTS ROUNDUP]

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Jeffrey “Smitty” Smith “When we developed the criteria for this a/ward, it was hard for me to not picture Jeff the entire time,” said Monique Farrell, a/perture’s director of philanthropic engagement. “He is the perfect person to help us establish this community a/ward.”

“I feel fortunate and very happy to be the inaugural winner of this a/ward this year,” stated Smith. “It means a whole lot to me.”

The official a/perture cinema website is https://aperturecinema.com/, and the official website for Smitty’s Notes is https://www.smittysnotes.com/. !

Volpone caps A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute’s 20th anniversary season Volpone caps A.J. Fletcher Opera Institute’s 20th anniversary season The A.J. Fletcher Opera Insitute’s production of Volpone, a satirical comic opera inspired by Ben Johnson’s classic 17thcentury play opens Wednesday, April 20 at the Agnes de Mille Theatre, located on the main campus of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), 1533 S. Main Street, Winston-Salem.

The title character, whose name translates into “Great Fox” or, more appropriately, “Sly Fox,” has convinced his friends and acquaintances that he is at death’s door and that each one of them will inherit his ostensibly sizable fortune.

But Volpone’s true intentions are to con them out of their money, and he’ll employ any means — fair, foul, or otherwise — to achieve that end.

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The production is directed by guest artist Eve Summer. “I’ve been an opera person since I was a baby,” she said.

“Some people have a barrier beyond the actual spoken language in opera (but) I don’t feel that barrier personally.

My raison d’etre is to help people feel the immediacy that I feel when I’m seeing opera.”

Showtimes are 7:30 p.m. on April 20 and Friday, April 22, and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 24. Tickets are $25 (general admission) and $20 (students with valid ID) and are available by calling 336-721-1945 or at https://www.uncsa.edu/performances/index.aspx. !

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Winston-Salem’s a/perture cinema has bestowed its first a/ward to Jeffrey “Smitty” Smith for his contribution to Winston-Salem, downtown, and the arts community through his longMark Burger running “Smitty’s Notes,” which marks its 25th anniversary Contributor this year.

The a/ward was designed to recognize those in the region who are making or have made notable contributions to both the downtown district and the arts.

In 1997, during the early days of e-mail and the Internet, Smith began sending emails to friends and acquaintances about special events and attractions in WinstonSalem. It became an instant success, and Smith jokingly called it “Smitty’s Notes.”

The name stuck, and today the newsletter boasts over 16,000 subscribers and the website has become a popular source of information for those in the region.

Smith was presented with a seat named after him in one of a/perture’s theaters, and gifts have been made in his honor totaling some $1,500.

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BY SCOTT CARPENTER | CAPTURE Public Relations and Marketing Wake Forest University launched the Face to Face Speaker Forum in spring 2020. The community-facing series brings world-renowned, influential voices to Winston-Salem to discuss topics in a variety of areas including politics, arts and culture, business, global issues and social justice.

Within months of its launch, Face to Face pivoted to create a virtual season, which included new programs. The first virtual event featured prize-winning columnists Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post and Peggy Noonan of the Wall Street Journal.

A second virtual program showcased author and National Humanities Award-winner Isabell Wilkerson.

The series also offered virtual preview events with former United States Secretaries of State General Colin Powell and Dr. Madeleine Albright and concluded the virtually presented season with a preview conversation between Dr. Nathan Hatch and Yo-Yo Ma. Face to Face presented its inaugural in-person season on September 14, 2021 with best-selling author and noted journalist Malcolm Gladwell. The season continued on November 9 with an evening featuring former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright and former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel. The inaugural season of Face to Face concluded on February 16 with legendary cellist and humanitarian Yo-Yo Ma in conversation with Jeffrey Brown of “PBS Newshour.”

Not only does this series bring our community face to face with world-class individuals, but it also serves as a fundraiser for student scholarships. Proceeds from Face to Face events go to need-based scholarship recipients at Wake Forest University.

“Face to Face offers an intimate look at agents of change who have impacted our world,” Face to Face Executive Director Sue Henderson said. “Our program intentionally engages future leaders, including Wake Forest students, students from peer institutions in our region and Winston-Salem/Forsyth County area high school students.”

Face to Face recently presented a special postseason event on April 12 when Dr. Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon and multiple Emmy Award-winning chief medical correspondent for CNN, joined Face to Face for an evening of conversation moderated by Dr.

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Julie A. Freischlag, Chief Executive Officer of Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Dean of Wake Forest School of Medicine, and Chief Academic Officer of Atrium Health Enterprise.

Following Dr. Gupta, Face to Face announced the lineup for the 2022-23 Face to Face Speaker Forum.

The second season will feature: September 14, 2022: A conversation between America’s 43rd President George W. Bush and author, historian and presidential biographer Jon Meacham will take place at LJVM Coliseum. Meacham’s discussion with President Bush will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience that you will not want to miss.

November 15, 2022: Internationally renowned author Thomas Friedman will speak at Wait Chapel.

He is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist for The New York Times who has written extensively about foreign affairs, globalization and environmental issues.

February 23, 2023: Also at Wait Chapel, Face to Face will present social justice activist Bryan Stevenson, a public interest lawyer who has dedicated his career to helping the poor, the incarcerated and the condemned. Stevenson authored the bestselling book “Just Mercy,” which was adapted to become an acclaimed feature film.

April 12, 2023: The season concludes at LJVM Coliseum with Emmy and Tony Award- winning actor and singer Kristin Chenoweth. A star of stage, television and film, she is best known for her role as Glinda in the musical “Wicked.” At Face to Face, Chenoweth will share anecdotes from her incredible career and will take the microphone to sing for our audience.

New season subscriptions will go on sale May 1. For more information, please visit facetoface.wfu.edu.

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fter numerous complaints from residents, a series of public hearings, and a study of decibel levels, the Kernersville Board of Aldermen last Jim Longworth week approved a new noise ordinance which they hope will Longworth end the conflict and at Large debate over loud music in outdoor venues. Unfortunately, the new ordinance falls short, not so much for what it does, but for what it doesn’t do. More on that in a moment.

This latest action grew out of complaints registered last year by local residents who live near the Brewer’s Kettle, a popular nightspot that features an outdoor stage. Two of the original complainants, Sheila DeFoor and David Dyson have spoken publicly about how

the loud music from Brewer’s Kettle has impacted their quality of life. The Kernersville News reports that DeFoor said, “I can’t even go out in my yard at night, and if I go in my house, it’s an echo chamber.”

The new ordinance sets limits on decibel levels and hours of operation according to the type of district in which the music venue is located. For example, higher decibel levels are allowed when outdoor music is played in an industrial or commercial district than when occurring in a residential/institutional/ mixed-use district, the latter of which is at the heart of most complaints. In the mixed-use district, music played at a decibel level of 60, is now allowed from 7 a.m. until 10 p.m., Sundays through Thursdays. But that time limit expands on Fridays and Saturdays when bars can play 60 db music from 11 p.m. until 7 a.m. That means folks like Ms. DeFoor and Mr. Dyson might have to wait until Sunday night to get any sleep. “It’s not right,” said DeFoor. No, it isn’t.

To make matters worse, residents who complain too often about loud music can

actually be cited for registering “nuisance” calls to the police. That doesn’t deter Ms. DeFoor, who said, “I guess you’d better prepare a jail cell for me, because I am going to keep calling as long as the bar keeps playing music outside and driving us nuts inside our own home.”

Now to what’s NOT in the new noise ordinance. City Manager Curtis Swisher’s original proposal to the Board included a section that gave a little more consideration to residents. It limited the times that loud music can be played “if a commercial business has an outdoor entertainment area, or has an opening to the outside, and there is a residential property line within 300 feet of the area from which the noise originates…” But three Aldermen (Joe Pinnix, John Barrow, and J.R. Gorham) killed Swisher’s recommendation. Doubling down, Gorham said, “It shouldn’t have any time limits on it if someone is within the decibels.”

As far as I know, Aldermen Gorham, Pinnix, and Barrow don’t live next to a bar, and thus, can’t identify with complainants like DeFoor and Dyson. Clearly,

then, Swisher’s consideration of property lines should have been included in the final ordinance. Absent that, the real problem now is one of monitoring and enforcement. Kernersville doesn’t have a special squad of “decibel police,” so it will be up to residents to notify authorities of music that is disturbing the peace.

But if people become fearful of being cited for calling the police too often, then how will police be alerted to violations of the ordinance?

The new ordinance is supposed to be reviewed later this year, so hopefully then, Aldermen will do the right thing and ban the playing of outdoor music at any commercial establishment located in a residential/mixed-use district. For now, it’s obvious that the Kernersville Board didn’t choose to listen to those most affected by the noise. Maybe they just couldn’t hear the complaints over all the loud music. !

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early 50 years after The Exorcist (1973) and we’re still suffering through lousy knock-offs to the day — the latest being Fallen, the Mark Burger competently made but clumsy feature debut of writer/diContributor rector Nicolo Fumero, starring Andrea Zirio as a failed exorcist.

Years before, Zirio’s Father Abraham presided over a botched exorcism that sent him into an emotional tailspin.

Having chucked his clerical collar, he lives a solitary existence on a remote farm with his withdrawn, wheelchair-bound daughter Sara (Ortensia Fioravanti). It’s not made clear what specific denomination of Catholicism Abraham represents, given that he’s a widower with a child, but such nuances are not meant to be dwelled upon.

The bearded, intense Zirio bears a passing resemblance to Sacha Baron Cohen, but there’s nothing funny going on here.

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As Abraham descends further into paranoia and madness, flashbacks are employed — none too nimbly — to fill in the blanks. This is a brooding but boring chiller that has no connection to Gregory Hoblit’s 1998 supernatural thriller Fallen (a superior film). Actually, “Fallen” is the last name of Zirio’s character, a bit of symbolism about as subtle as a sledgehammer.

There are a few positives: Federico Attolo doubles as cinematographer and composer and acquits himself favorably in both departments, Fioravanti’s intense performance is better than the material she’s been given and, finally, Fallen is only 84 minutes long. So it’s not a total loss.

— Fallen is available on Digital, on Demand, Amazon Video, DirecTV, Google Play, Microsoft Store, Redbox, Spectrum on Demand, Vudu, YouTube, and on DVD ($19.98 retail) from LionsGate. !

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Having already distinguished itself as the nation’s premier Mexican folk dance company, Ballet Folklorico de Los Angeles has worked with Grammy Award-winning artists Lila Downs and Mariachi Los Camperos, shared the stage with Morrissey and Las Cafeteras. They recently had the opportunity to work with Disney Studios on a magical performance in celebration of Pixar’s new movie, Coco, at the D23 Expo.

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SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2022 DOORS OPEN @ 1PM // SHOW STARTS @ 2PM Since its founding in 1990, the Raleigh Ringers handbell choir has been dazzling audience with its unique interpretations of sacred, secular and popular music. Under the direction of David M. Harris, the ensemble has performed in 39 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, in several cities in France, in Canada, and on the Hour of Power at the Crystal Cathedral in California.

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The Glitter Twins, Sarah Franks, 29, and Kaitlin O’Donovan, 27, have had their charges dropped in Clearwater, Florida, after a January incident in which they “glitter Chuck Shepherd bombed” one Jacob Colon at 3 a.m. at his home, The Smoking Gun reported on April 5. Franks and O’Donovan, who are married, allegedly threw glitter containers at Colon as he stood on the balcony of his apartment, then entered his home and further assaulted him with glitter, police said, but prosecutors concluded that “the facts and circumstances revealed do not warrant prosecution at this time.” The “twins” had been free on bond since their arrest for felony burglary. Colon had at one time been involved in a “three-way type of thing” with them, but it had ended before the incident took place.

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Rachel Mulcahy is in trouble with Clonard Monastery in Belfast, Northern Ireland for apparently posing as a nun and disrupting services at the church, the Belfast Telegraph reported on April 3. In recent days, she has been served with an injunction to stay at least 150 yards away from the building, but the bogus nun says she is praying for its parishioners. Mulcahy is also known around town for dancing frantically in the streets to religious music, accompanied by two evangelical preachers playing musical instruments. She sometimes falls to her knees and shouts, “Christ, come into me!” She told the Telegraph that she is “in love. Head over heels. I can’t stop it. I love Jesus Christ so much that all I can think about is him.” But one “insider” claimed she “is not a nun” and said “the congregation (is) quite elderly and they felt intimidated by Ms. Mulcahy’s behavior. They just want to be left alone to pray in peace.”

CRIME REPORT

It may not be Easter yet, but Mr. Bunny is already making it into the headlines. In Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, a 27-yearold man was in the process of robbing a business on March 31 when an employee tried to thwart him, the CBC reported. But the thief was armed with a Mr. Solid brand chocolate Easter bunny, which he used to hit the employee. The shoplifter escaped but was found nearby and arrested; the employee suffered only minor injuries. The stolen merch was returned to the store; no word on how Mr. Solid fared.

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NICHE CRIME

Seattle police were called to a downtown art gallery on April 5 after a man who claimed to have a knife stole an ancient mammoth tusk valued at several thousand dollars, KOMO-TV reported.

The thief then escaped in a stolen plumcolored PT Cruiser, police said. Gallery owners said the theft is the second incident in recent weeks; the shop also carries fine-art sculptures. Investigators were hoping to recover the tusk, and the gallery is planning to hire more security guards.

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A strange sight greeted residents of a rural area of Kansas on April 5: a mobile home resting smack in the middle of a gravel road, with no owner (or resident) in site. The Kansas City Star reported that the home was found in southern Labette County, and the sheriff ’s office made a request via Facebook for the public’s help in identifying the owner of the mobile home. Of course, theories ran wild among Facebook users. “Maybe they are on house arrest and needed to go somewhere,” one user said. In the early evening on April 6, the sheriff ’s office announced that they had found the owner of the abandoned mobile home, and it was later revealed that blown trailer tires during transport were to blame for its temporary abandonment.

DANGEROUS WORK

The night shift workers at the Mr. Chips french fry factory in East Tamaki, New Zealand, received a bit of a shock as 28 tons of russet potatoes from a farm in nearby Matamata worked their way through the factory’s conveyor belts. What appeared to be just another muddy potato was discovered to be a World War II-era hand grenade. “The guys were really calm and collected and they reacted in an extremely professional manner,” Roland Spitaels, the factory’s operations manager, told Stuff. co.nz. Police responded to the scene and subsequently called upon the New Zealand Defence Force’s explosive ordnance disposal team, who removed the grenade from the facility; X-rays revealed it was a training version of a hand grenade, containing no explosives. Spitaels hopes the police will return the grenade to the company when their investigation is complete so it can be put on display in the factory’s trophy room. !

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RiverRun 2022: A celebration of cinema, community, and creativity

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here are those who would say the 2022 RiverRun International Film Festival is a rebirth or a resurrection, but that’s an overstatement, because RiverRun never Mark Burger went anywhere. True, the 2020 festival had to be canceled Contributor due to the COVID pandemic, but the festival responded by offering virtual events throughout the year. Although last year’s festival was primarily virtual — with only a handful of in-person events — the festival once again showcased a stellar line-up of independent short and feature films, albeit in a different format.

It could, however, be said that this year’s festival is a renewal — a renewal of in-person screenings, panel discussions, parties, and special events. The virtual component, however, will continue, with almost 150 of the festival selections available in that format. Not only is it more convenient for people who’d prefer to enjoy films in the comfort of their homes, but it also succeeded in expanding the parameters of the festival.

The 24th annual RiverRun International Film Festival will take place April 21-30, with in-person screenings taking place at Bailey Park (445 Patterson Ave., Winston-Salem), Crossnore Communities for Children (1001 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem), Hanesbrand Theatre, Reynolds Place Theatre and Mountcastle Room (209/251 N. Spruce Street, Winston-Salem), Kirkpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP (1001 W. Fourth Street, Winston-Salem), Marketplace Cinemas

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(2095 Peters Creek Parkway, WinstonSalem), RED Cinemas Greensboro (1305 Battleground Ave., Greensboro), SECCA (750 Marguerite Drive, Winston-Salem), and UNCSA ACE Theatre Complex — Main Theatre and Gold Theatre (1533 S. Main Street, Winston-Salem).

At the official RiverRun Launch Party last week at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Executive Director Rob Davis admitted that when the submission period opened in September, “we didn’t know what to expect.”

Come the December 15 deadline, “we were shocked — in a good way,” he said.

“We had received over 1,670 submissions.

These films were reviewed and together with films our programmers saw virtually at other festivals and films sent to us by distributors, we have produced a festival with 174 films representing 33 countries.

We’ve got six of the seven continents covered, except Antarctica — and if they had a

film industry at the South Pole, I bet we’d have gotten submissions.

“In all my years of working with festivals, this is undoubtedly the strongest line-up I have ever had the pleasure of being associated with. In addition to the in-person screenings, we are delighted to offer almost 150 films virtually as last year’s virtual offerings saw ticket buyers from over 30 states, Canada, Puerto Rico, and several European and Middle Eastern countries.”

Davis is the first to admit that RiverRun wouldn’t be RiverRun without the tireless work of its staff, sponsors, and volunteers.

“The entire RiverRun team is one of the most adaptable and creative I have ever encountered. I cannot tell you how exciting it is to go to work every day with these wonderful, enthusiastic people.”

“We are so excited to be here to celebrate the 24th annual RiverRun International Film Festival,” said Chase Law, the President and CEO of Arts Council of

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FRYDENLUND HAIR PARLOUR Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, at SECCA. “We’re celebrating the re-emergence of our arts and culture sector coming back in full force. The folks in this industry are resilient, and they re-energize the arts and culture sector of our community.”

After praising the staff and volunteers at RiverRun, she closed by saying “We’ll see you at the movies!”

“We’re so fortunate as a city to have RiverRun as part of the fabric of the city of arts and innovation,” said Winston-Salem Mayor Allen Joines, who’s been in office almost as long as the festival has been in existence. “RiverRun creates new friendships, spurs discussion, and brings people together. Let’s all jump out and support this event once again.”

The 2022 festival offers two openingnight films: Pierre Pinaud’s French drama The Rose Maker (7 p.m., April 21 and 2 p.m., April 22 at Hanesbrand Theatre) and Oscar-winning filmmaker Ron Howard’s documentary We Feed People (7:30 p.m., April 21 at Reynolds Place Theatre and 5:30 p.m., April 25 at RED Cinemas Greensboro). The closing-night film is

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Max Walker-Silverman’s drama A Love Song (7:30 p.m., April 30 at UNCSA — Main Theatre). The Centerpiece Screening is Daniel Raim’s documentary Fiddler’s Journey to the Big Screen (5:30 p.m., April 27 at SECCA, virtual screening window: April 28-30).

In addition to the wide variety of films being screened, Davis is also excited by this year’s RiverRun panel discussions, which are free.

“Our free panels this year cover a number of diverse topics including he current state of Mexican and Mexican-American filmmaking from women filmmakers, experimental Indigenous filmmaking that intersects visual art and the moving image, a dialogue with three actors from The Thing About Pam about the nature of filming a true story and returning to work during a pandemic, career sustainability as the business model for film and television evolves in new directions, and filmmaking approaches to trafficking and disappearance. Our 11th annual ‘Pitch Fest’ documentary film competition for college and university students features seven schools

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Zack Fox, the general manager of Marketplace Cinemas, not only (again) provided this year’s festival with one of its most popular venues, but his 22-minute short film Spirit of the Cinema was also accepted. It will be screened at 5 p.m., April 26 at SECCA, prior to Rosebud Lane, a dramatic feature filmed in North Carolina.

Lest one think that Fox’s film was automatically accepted, he begs to disagree — with a laugh. Spirit of the Cinema, which he describes as a “love letter to 35mm film,” is the third film he’s directed that he submitted.

“I’ll be the first to admit that my previous films had issues that should have kept them out, mostly (due to) sound issues,” he said. “I’ve learned to never cheap out on a second recordist — unless, I suppose, you’re making a silent film!”

Spirit of the Cinema, which won the Best Cinematography award at the Foothills Film Festival, has been screened at festivals in Florida, New York, San Francisco, and Virginia.

“We’re hoping being shown at a festival with a status like RiverRun will give our film stronger legs to run into other film festivals in many, many more states,” Fox said. “RiverRun is a staple of the greatest to North Carolina filmmakers. I am honored to have made a film that can stand along with the other 173 films accepted this year. My producing team and I are thrilled and honored to be accepted into such a wonderful staple of the North Carolina film community.”

Fox is also pleased and proud that Marketplace Cinemas is once again a RiverRun screening venue. “I cannot imagine anyone besides Rob Davis leading RiverRun through the pandemic so wonderfully,” he said. “We need festivals like RiverRun to make us local filmmakers strive for the greatness in filmmaking. Rob and the entire RiverRun team did an extraordinary job over the last two years — quickly adapting to the restrictions COVID placed upon them, all while doing it in a way to keep all healthy and safe. The line-up the programmers have scheduled this year is outstanding. It’s exactly what is needed

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YOU RESEMBLE ME for the return of the full, ‘original’ festival — a tactical mix of comedies, dramas, documentaries, and family films.”

This year, the Masters of Cinema and Spark Award winners (the latter awarded to up-and-coming film talents) at RiverRun are all women — yet another display of the diversity so important to its mission.

Actresses Karen Allen, Hayley Mills, Gigi Perreau, production designer Kristi Zea, and filmmaker Roberta Morris Purdee (representing Karmic Release Ltd.) will be on hand to receive their awards, as will be Spark recipients Natalie Bullock Brown (educator/producer) and Iman Zahwary, whose feature debut Americanish will be screened April 23 (7 p.m., UNCSA — Main Theatre) and April 28 (8 p.m., RED Cinemas Greensboro).

“RiverRun has a rich legacy of showcasing the work of women filmmakers,” said Davis. “This year, I thought it would be nice to recognize the achievements of a number of women from across the generations of filmmaking. We are deeply honored that seven awards will be presented to women representing the ‘Golden Era’ of Hollywood through today’s newest filmmaking technologies.”

Allen is a RiverRun “veteran,” having brought her short film A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud, based on the Carson McCullers story, to the 2017 festival. “I remember it having a wonderful reaction,” she said. “I think it’s a wonderful film — and a wonderful film to talk about afterwards.”

Allen will receive her award at a ceremony prior to a special screening of Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning 1981 classic Raiders of the Lost Ark on April 27 (8 p.m., SECCA), and she’s particularly pleased to be honored alongside her longtime friend Zea, whom she first worked with in Alan Parker’s 1982 drama Shoot the Moon, on which Zea was the costume designer. The two would later collaborate on A Tree, a Rock, a Cloud. “I’m just delighted,” she said.

Zea is no less thrilled. “This is a huge honor,” she said. “It is not often that ‘below the line’ — and how I dislike that phrase! — people get an honor like this one. The Academy has decided we are not as important as actors slapping each other, so kudos to RiverRun!” Zea will receive her award prior to a special screening of the 1988 Jonathan Demme comedy Married to the Mob, on

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UNFORGOTTEN April 26 (8 p.m., Hanesbrand Theatre), which marked her transition from costume designer to production designer. “In this case, it’s bittersweet because of Jonathan’s passing (in 2017). He was such a collaborative and inspiring director to work with.” (Zea would later reunite with Demme on The Silence of the Lambs, Philadelphia, Beloved, and The Manchurian Candidate.)

Karmic Release Ltd., represented by producer Roberta Morris Purdee, will be recognized prior to the screening of the 1999 documentary feature Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment on April 30 (1 p.m., Hanesbrand Theatre).

“I’ve been honored to work with so many of the iconic women filmmakers of our times — Joan Micklin Silver, Carole Hart, Marlo Thomas, and for the past four decades the always-amazing Lee Grant,” Purdee said. “We are so pleased to share Wallowitch & Ross: This Moment with the RiverRun audience. It is still my favorite after 20-plus years. Films live forever! We would like to thank the festival for including us in this group of incredible women in film!”

Mills has been a star for most of her life,

having been a child actress in the 1950s and ‘60s before successfully transitioning into more mature roles. She’ll be presented her Master of Cinema award prior to a screening of the 1968 comedy The Trouble With Angels on April 28 (8 p.m., SECCA) and will also be on hand for an outdoor Family Night screening of the 1961 Disney comedy classic The Parent Trap on April 29 (doors open 6:30 p.m., Bailey Park).

Regarding the latter event, the RiverRun brochure suggests “Let’s all get together to see Hayley at Bailey!”

Mills’s memoir, Forever Young, an honest and forthright account of her life and career, was published to great acclaim last year by Grand Central Publishing, and she’ll be signing books after the screening of The Trouble With Angels. She admits that revisiting her past “was difficult at times and often frustrating as I tried to understand things that had happened, decisions and choices that I made, and I often wondered if anyone would be interested or really care one way or the other, until I realized that all my struggles were just like everyone else’s going through adolescence, it was the circumstances that were different, and that too is true for every-

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DAMASCUS body. I hoped people would identify with a lot of things, and also enjoy looking back at that time when Hollywood was still the center of the movie business and all the great movie stars were all still there.”

Mills attributes the durability of her career to two important factors. The first?

“Luck!”

The second? “Fans are hugely important, not least of all for the part they play in encouraging an actor when they’re down, especially when times are tough and lean, and no one wants to employ you!” she said. “Getting fan letters can be life savers! There’s no applause for films, just reviews — often months after the film has been made and sometimes the reviews are not particularly good! Now that I’ve been around for so long, many people who write to me saw my movies when they too were growing up and that is a remarkable bond, and one that I really appreciate.”

Like Mills, Perreau was a child star, having made her screen debut at age 2 in the 1943 biographical drama Madame Curie, which earned seven Oscar nominations including Best Picture. She admits she doesn’t remember the experience,

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but “that’s a pretty good movie to start a career with,” she laughed.

Perreau’s subsequent films included To Each His Own (1946), My Foolish Heart (1949), and Shadow on the Wall (1950), a quintessential film noir in which she plays a young girl so traumatized after witnessing a murder that she becomes catatonic. Her only hope is a compassionate therapist played by one Nancy Davis, soon to become Nancy Reagan, and later still First Lady of the United States!

That film, which also starred Ann Sothern and Zachary Scott, she does remember — and with great affection. “Zachary Scott was an absolute delight,” she said. “I loved working with him, and after filming he presented me with a pair of beautiful, handmade cowboy boots. Ann Sothern was wonderful, and she brought her daughter Tisha Sterling to the set. It was a wonderful working experience.

Shadow on the Wall will be screened April 22 (7 p.m., UNCSA Main Theater), where she will be presented with her Master of Cinema award, and April 25 (8 p.m., RED Cinemas, Greensboro). When informed that the Master of Cinema recipi-

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Perreau was scheduled to attend the 2020 festival until circumstances intervened, but the two-year wait hasn’t dampened her anticipation. “We’re all set!” she laughed. “We’re ready to go!”

Perreau will be joined by her daughter, noted producer Gina Gallo, and Gallo echoed her mother’s enthusiasm. “I am so thrilled for Mom,” she said. “She is so excited, and this has definitely put a pep in her step!”

Gallo admitted she hadn’t been familiar with RiverRun until her mother was invited to the 2020 festival. “Having dealt with Rob Davis and the staff has been wonderful,” she said. “It was too bad we couldn’t attend two years ago, but they’ve stayed in touch and were determined to bring us down when they were able. They’ve been so sweet and so wonderful.”

The festival will be also offering a free Family Matinee screening of the awardwinning 2007 animated feature Fly Me to the Moon on April 23 (3 p.m., Marketplace Cinemas), which Gallo produced and features Perreau in a voice-over role. The film puts a humorous, family-friendly spin

on the 1969 moon landing by Apollo 11 while also celebrating it, and it remains a personal favorite of Gallo’s.

“It was one of the few times where the entire world came together for a positive,” she observed. “It was ‘our’ accomplishment. I still get letters from parents and grandparents sharing their stories about where they were when we landed on the moon, and it’s always warmed my heart. I hope everyone comes out to the screening. If they’ve seen it once, I hope they enjoy it just as much the second time. And if they haven’t seen it, well — here’s your chance!”

Gallo’s sentiments about emerging from the confines and constraints of the pandemic could be as applicable to RiverRun as the world at large.

“It’s an exciting new chapter and a new beginning for everybody,” she said. “We’ve got to go out and enjoy life and just go for the brass ring!”

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Referring to themselves as a “divine being having Katei Cranford a human experience,” Transcendentalweather unwinds Contributor the emotions and relationships encompassed by life on earth, through the eyes of Bunny June, the flesh and bones behind that experience.

An alternative-electro indie artist, June wrestles with elements of relationships, oneself, and the ways those morph. Eschewing genre, “I typically just tell people I don’t have a genre and I just make what I like,” they said. “But to generalize it, I would call it ‘Fae Punk.’”

Pop Punk music for fairies, embodied by June’s senses of emotive magic

relayed in song. “I’m very spiritual, so I try to incorporate what I’ve learned into my music,” they said. “Empathetically, I put my feelings into my music so when others listen to it they can feel and truly resonate with it. My magic is within my music.”

Influences carry from “wistful indie” across the subgenres of alternative — acoustic blended with electronic beats, anchored by the tones of emo ala the early-2000s. “I try to keep a unique sound to my music,” they noted, crediting supportive parents and an eclectic musical upbringing. “My dad listened to mostly funk and disco while my mom listened to everything from Motown to alternative.” Acknowledging a love of music at a young age, June

attended Peeler Open School for the Performing Arts in Greensboro, while their parents “have continuously encouraged me to chase my dreams and pursue my passions. Peeler really put me on the right path with my art and music.”

On that path, June has released two EPs and a few dozen singles under the helm of Transcendentalweather. “Ihopeurhappy’’ marks their full-length debut — melodically inspired by Avril Lavigne’s “Let Go” and “Under My Skin” era, June took elements of lyrical transparency from artists like Story So Far and Para-

more, combined with electronic patterns influenced by Own City and LIGHTS. “I’ve always tried to emulate certain vocal styles and when it comes to the punk influences I have,” June said, reflecting on their catalog, “it’s helped build a stronger connection with my vocals. I started with guitar tracks and have slowly migrated to producing my own beats.”

The latest album “followed a rough break up with someone I was really close to,” they explained. “This person is also a musician, so a lot of the lyrics and the album title are in reference to his songs

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While a departure in some respects,(“Ihopeurhappy” is the first to feature guest artists) the material follows a cyclical, albeit evolutionary, pattern covered in June’s work. “I have a bad habit of holding onto the past and over thinking every little thing about what moves I should make and how to handle things,” they said. “In my head, it’s overlapping thoughts of things that I can’t seem to make sense of and over a course of weeks or months it gets put into a song.”

Triad artists M!K3Y and YOUMEANDTOMMY make appearances through a beat exchange and remote recording.

June praised the roles in the process, throwing love to other local acts including Odd Elbow, Royal Jelly, The New Aquarian, Ayo, and Black Haus.

As a writer, June remains personal and candid — navigating relationships with others as well as themselves. Songs like “EMPTY,” “DROWN,” and “STUPID,” explore struggles around Borderline Personality Disorder. “333” dives into the drain of dishonesty in relationships. “WAIT” and “IDC” reflect on detachment and loss.

The pattern extends to the 2020 EP “MISS U, CALL ME,” with tracks like “BOI,” which reflect issues around gender dysphoria; and “SPARK,” which wrestles with worries around taking a relationship too fast.

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June sees the record as their own way of letting go. “It tells a story of leaving something so broken and finding the pieces to put myself back together again,” they said. “It represents death, to make room for renewal.”

Renewal and rebirth abound on the 2021 follow-up EP, “EVOLVE.” “My music heavily reflects my current thoughts and what I’m going through in my daily life.

It’s very transparent,” they explained.

“EVOLVE focuses more on my journey of self-discovery and the inner workings of my mind when I’m getting to know someone.” Instrumental tracks “ECLIPSE” and “SUPERNOVA” relay the static excitement a new relationship brings. “I joke that my music portrays soft rage,” they said. “My acoustic guitar represents the sadness of my energy while the electronic overlays represent my pulsating frustrations that I internalize.”

And June feels that energy growing.

“My songs are getting stronger and louder,” they noted. “When I first started recording, six years ago, I wouldn’t enunciate my words or take the time to properly mix anything in fear of being perceived. I don’t care about that now, now that I’ve found my voice. It’s liberating.”

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I’m a 20-something single woman.

I just moved to a new city where I don’t know anybody. I’d like to meet people, but I work from home, and I’m pretty Amy Alkon shy. The idea of having to earn people’s Advice acceptance in a new Goddess environment (and possibly making a mess of it) leaves me tempted to stay home with Netflix and my cat. —Afraid To be human is to err. And err. And err. Personally, I have clogged somebody’s toilet, shattered an expensive, um, vase (“Nooo...not Nana’s ashes!”), and knocked a guy’s red wine the length of a white-on-white living room. In my defense, not all at the same party.

You can’t really control what happens to you — and if you’re as graceful as I am, you can’t really control what you do. What you can control is how you react: whether you “shy away” from public life or put on a brave face, hoping somebody in your circle gets arrested for bestiality and bumps you from the top of the social newsfeed.

Researchers have spent decades squabbling over how shyness should be defined, and they have yet to agree on a definition. However, shyness, to some extent, is a super-light shade of “social anxiety disorder”: a debilitating fear of being “negatively evaluated” by others —

deemed disgusting, stupid, ugly, weird, or otherwise rejection-worthy — and then being publicly humiliated and socially deleted.

Social anxiety sufferers, desperate to avoid the eyeballs and judgment of others, live shrunken lives. Parties, meetings, and classes are often out of the question, as are situations requiring “public speaking” (like the coffee line, with the ever-looming danger of being asked “You next?”).

Though you’re merely shy — meaning you probably just dread and sometimes duck out of parties or talking with strangers — it’s important to reflect on whether your shyness is standing between you and the life you want — or...whether it is (or has been) a good thing.

That question — about the possible benefits of shyness — might sound a little nuts (though it’s anything but). Answering it requires exploring shyness from an evolutionary perspective: Why might shyness have evolved — that is, what might’ve been its function in an ancestral environment?

Now, maybe you’re grumbling, “Ancestral environment?! Who cares what some hairy humans were doing way back when?” Well, we need to care, because our modern skulls are home to an antique psychological operating system — adapted for the mating and survival problems of our distant human ancestors.

In ancestral times, getting booted from your hunter-gatherer band meant going it alone in a horribly harsh environment, millennia before DoorDash — or doors.

If you didn’t starve to death, you might become the brunch entree for Mr. and Mrs.

Tiger. Deeply unpleasant — and a big dead end for your genes.

That’s where our emotions — including feelbad ones like fear and anxiety — come in. Psychiatrist and evolutionary researcher Randy Nesse explains that our emotions are motivational tools, driving us to behave in ways that help us survive and pass on our genes. For example, he observes that “People develop a fear of heights after a fall” — killing the appeal of skydiving, rock climbing, and other sports with a concerning, shall we say, splat rate.

Along with our ancestral history, your personal history has shaped your behavior. At some point, it was probably “adaptive” — functional, protective — for you to duck and cover; for example, if, like me, you were a little kid bullied by bigger, older girls. (“Out of sight; out of beatdown.”)

But...does it make sense now to keep ducking and covering? It’s unlikely there are giant meangirls (or other childhood “monsters”) lying in wait for you. Plus, your adult “neighborhood” is vastly bigger than your childhood one: filled with new friends to make, should the ones you have give you the shove.

Changing a habit is seriously hard — but

doable. It takes repeatedly behaving as the person you want to be. Scary — maybe even terrifying — but here’s a tip: You might feel shy, but you don’t have to act shy. As I wrote in “Unf*ckology”: “Your feelings are not the boss of you.” (Just because you have a feeling “doesn’t mean you have to go all ‘Yes, your lordship!’ in response.”)

We tend not to unpack our fears — ask ourselves, “Yo, Self? What’s the worst that could happen if I go say hi to Hot Strangerdude?” Unless you can truthfully answer, “I’ll be snatched up and pecked to death by a pterodactyl!” there’s really no good reason not to take the plunge.

Nobody’s liked by everybody, but let’s be real: Contrary to your worst fears, other guests at the cocktail party aren’t waiting for you to leave so they can compare notes on how stupid you look trying to eat a mini quiche. !

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