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CLASSICAL MUSIC RETURNS TO THE TRIAD

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The 61st season of the EASTERN MUSIC FESTIVAL opened on Saturday, June 25th, and will run through Saturday, July 30. The summer educational and performance institution is held on Guilford College’s campus and will feature more than 60 performances throughout Greensboro and at least one in Boone at Appalachian State University.

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In Italian families, “NONNA” means grandmother. But not just any grandmother. It is a term of endearment. She is the female head of the family, and she is a grandmother who really knows how to cook. Nonna Teresa is named after the owner’s mother, grandmother of his children.

6 Art can provide so many things: pleasure, escape, spiritual uplift, wakeup call, just to name a few. All of these and more are abundantly present in Will Wilson’s current exhibition at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, CONNECTING THE DOTS. 7 Following a necessary hiatus during the COVID pandemic, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) Choreographic Institute has returned this year.

8 Ask a thousand people in the Triad to identify the current location of ATLANTIC COAST CONFERENCE headquarters, and most all of them would say, “The Greensboro Coliseum.” In fact, the ACC’s offices are nestled away at the luxurious Grandover Resort.

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There’s definitely a “King” vibe to THE BLACK PHONE — which is only appropriate because it’s based on the 2004 short story by executive producer Joe King, the son of Stephen. And, as King Family screen adaptations go, there’s no contest: The Black Phone dials the recent remake of Papa Stephen’s Firestarter right off the screen.

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18 Get out your sunscreen and dancing shoes — it’s PRIME FESTIVAL SEASON — for pickers and grinners (and folks inbetween), all across North Carolina. The Eastern Music Festival is already running around Greensboro, celebrating all things classical, now through July 30. A bit more lowbrow, the 18th annual Summertime Brews Festival brings a few dozen craft brewers to the Greensboro Coliseum on July 16th at the Coliseum.

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n Italian families, “Nonna” means grandmother. But not just any grandmother. It is a term of endearment. She is the female head of the family, and she is a grandmother who really knows how to cook.

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Nonna Teresa is named after the owner’s mother, grandmother of his children.

Michael Assante is from Naples, Italy. He came to North Carolina to open his own business after working in restaurants for over 20 years.

This is a casual, family Italian place. The interior is quite attractive, with a large waterfall fountain centering one wall, framing the restaurant’s logo. Patio seating is available under large umbrellas. The people here are really nice, too, in a family Italian (or Oak Ridge) sort of way.

The menu offers a lot of choices, especially for such a relatively small space.

The Appetizer Mix provides samples of three starters. Bruschetta is prepared with diced ripe tomatoes over toasted Italian bread slices, plus garlic, basil, and olive oil, drizzled with balsamic vinegar.

Calamari rings are a little on the firm side, fried crisp. Mozzarella Sticks consist of cheese, lightly breaded and fried to a crisp exterior, marinara sauce on the side.

The sandwich section of the menu offers 13 alternatives, all served on an

eight-inch sub roll with chips. (I skipped sandwiches).

Pizzas come in about two dozen varieties, including two on a cauliflower crust.

My wife and I stuck to the traditional crust- for me, that’s the foundational element of good pizza, and Nonna Teresa’s crust passes this test. It’s chewy, with solid flavor of its own. It is based on a family recipe, honed by Michael Assante’s uncle, who has pizza restaurants in Miami.

The Nonna Supreme version contains good quality pepperoni, plus mixed peppers Italian sausage slices, onions, and mushrooms, all topped with melted mozzarella cheese. Ortolana is a vegetable assembly, hosting broccoli, spinach, mushrooms, artichokes, red bell pepper strips, onions, artichokes, and melted mozzarella cheese. All the vegetables are fresh. I would rate these above pizzas from any of the chains (where at least some of the ingredients, especially mushrooms, are usually canned).

That flavorful crust is also available in calzones and strombolis. I really liked the

Veggie Calzone, which includes broccoli, spinach, and mushrooms — again, all fresh — surrounded by melted ricotta cheese.

Entrees, of which I counted over two dozen, are either pastas or include pasta as part of the dish. You choose which pasta you prefer — spaghetti, penne, linguini, or fettucine. Angel hair isn’t on the menu, but when my wife asked for it, it was available.

These come with a house salad of mixed, quality lettuces, Roma tomato slices, onion, and cucumbers. We liked the blue cheese dressing better than the ranch — a little thin, but still OK. Or, if you prefer, two soups are also provided — Tomato Basil or Minestrone. The minestrone hosts bits of carrot, zucchini, onion, tomato, potato, celery, beans, and pasta rings in a flavorful tomato-inflected broth.

Yeasty sliced Italian-style white bread is included as well.

Pasta Bolognese yields up rich tomato flavor augmented with plenty of ground beef. Hearty and robust. Baked ziti is

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that are really easy to enjoy. Nonna Teresa certainly fits into that category. I saw quite a lot of takeout being picked up, and deliveries are available, too, within the wider Oak Ridge area. (The online system told me I lived too far away for delivery.)

Whether you live in Oak Ridge or not, the drive is scenic, with several historic buildings along the way.

The added attraction of high value makes Nonna Teresa worth the drive, no matter where you are coming from. !

similarly solid in flavor, with mozzarella and ricotta cheese melted into tomatomeat sauce.

Chicken Piccata uses all breast meat, two slices pounded thin and tender, augmented with lemon, butter, white wine, and capers. The sauce blends well with whatever pasta you choose. This is a light dish that nevertheless tastes really good.

Zuppa di Pesce strikes me as the most elaborate assembly on the menu, with mussels, chopped clams, shrimp, and small sea scallops in marinara sauce. All these shellfish were tender in our serving, none overcooked. The shrimp were mixed in size — some small, others medium.

The medium-sized ones still had tails attached. That is a fairly common practice, but I would have preferred tails removed.

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

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

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Connecting the Dots shows degradation and resilience of Navajo and other indigenous people

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rt can provide so many things: pleasure, escape, spiritual uplift, wake-up call, just to name a few. All of these and more are abundantly present in Will Wilson’s current exhibition at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Connecting the Dots. SECCA is planning several to-beannounced public events for when Wilson returns to town during the show’s run.

Comprising 20 years of work, Wilson’s show reveals the beauty of the Diné (Navajo) lands and people in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah as well as their degradation from uranium mining in the same area. The Navajo Nation is about the size of West Virginia, Wilson said.

Connecting the Dots is based on a photographic survey of the more than 500 Abandoned Uranium Mines (AUMs) located on the Navajo Nation. The AUMs are physical manifestations of a complex and traumatic history, and this project

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raises awareness of the Navajo Nation’s efforts to receive remediation for the uranium extraction that has poisoned the land and impoverished a people, according to SECCA’s website.

The AUMs that litter the landscape resulted in compromised immune systems in some of the current Navajo population, and lung cancer deaths in many of the men who worked in the mines — primarily Wilson’s grandfathers’ generation.

Wilson said that from the 1940s to the 1960s, more than half of the material for the U.S. nuclear arsenal was sourced from the Navajo and other indigenous lands.

In some of the photos, people, including Wilson, wear gas masks to illustrate toxic air quality, despite the pristine-appearing beauty of the landscape.

Connecting the Dots is a big, beautiful show with a lot to take in; you’ll want to schedule more than one visit. The first section — panoramic photos of mountains, canyons, clouds, and residential and ceremonial hogans — also includes video

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and sculpture. Using QR-codes provided adjacent to the artwork allows you to dive deeper into the subject matter.

The latter two interactive sections include 17 splendid portraits of indigenous people, and a series, “SCAB,” in collaboration with modern dancer/choreographer Adam W. McKinney about the 1921 racialterror lynching of Fred Rouse in Niles City, Texas. One of Wilson’s relatives developed an app called Talking Tintypes that brings the photographs in these sections to life in video on your smartphone. They are wonderful.

Among the portraits, you can hear Storme Webber perform his poem: “Grace, ease on over me, ‘cause I live in music.”

And “…. In those moments, nothing but music can touch me.”

You can see an indigenous woman dance in a traditional jingle-shell dress, and hear great advice from Tracy Rector, who describes herself as an Urban Native: “When you say yes and listen to your elders and stay open, the magic happens.”

While showcasing the beauty of their subjects, the mostly black-and-white, large-format photographs also illustrate the technological evolution of photography across two decades.

“I was for a long time invested in darkroom photography,” Wilson said. Now, he juxtaposes cutting-edge and traditional techniques, such as drones, augmented reality, and tintypes.

He said that drones have transformed the world, providing a front-row seat to art, creation, culture, and history.

The work in this show is both strikingly beautiful and ineffably evocative. It has the power to make you cheer for indigenous lands and people, and weep for their degradation in the same visit. One cannot view the jingle-shell dancer without delight or watch the story of Fred Rouse without feeling the outrage of injustice and the pain of having your own heart broken, if you have a heart to break.

Wilson’s Artist Statement says, in part: “Throughout my work I have focused on

photographing Navajo People and our relationship to the land. While portraying this relationship I have always been aware of how our representation has never been without consequence. … Photography has been used to classify and reinforce theories of racial superiority and strengthened anthropological discourse positioning American Indians as primitive others.

More commonly, it has been used to reinforce negative stereotypes of Indians, pervasive throughout American culture. …

“For Indians, I want to produce experiences that bring us close to home, while unsettling us with the evidences of colonization. I want my work to strengthen Indians with examples of resistance, and the possibilities of controlling one’s own representation. For non-Indians, I want to call into question the uncritical consumption of images of American Indians both positive and negative. This is to be done by presenting experience that articulates a history of life constantly remembered, strengthened and continued in the face of colonization.”

Wilson, who said that his ancestry comprises Irish, Welsh, and Diné heritage, spent his formative years living on the Navajo Nation. He studied photography, sculpture, and art history at the University of New Mexico (MFA, Photography, 2002) and Oberlin College (BA,1993). He has won numerous awards, held several visiting professorships, and his work is exhibited and collected internationally. Wilson is currently Program Head of Photography at Santa Fe Community College. !

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Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art presents Will Wilson: Connecting the Dots, a mid-career retrospective of Diné (Navajo) photographer and community engagement artist now through Dec. 11, Main Gallery, 750 Marguerite Drive, Winston-Salem. Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays, noon-8 p.m.

Thursdays, noon-5 p.m. Fridays, and 1-5 p.m.

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UNCSA Summer Dance Program is back in action this summer

Following a necessary hiatus during the COVID pandemic, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) Choreographic Institute has returned this year.

The program, Mark Burger which boasts the talents of four participants in Contributor UNCSA’s Choreographic Development Residency for emerging choreographers in the Choreographic Institute, began June 27th and will culminate with a live, fully produced performance of new work at 2 p.m.

Friday, July 22nd at the Stevens Center (405 W. Fourth St.) in Winston-Salem.

Tickets are $12 and can be purchased here: https://www.uncsa.edu/performances/events/20220722-summerdance-program.aspx.

The UNCSA Choreographic Institute was inaugurated in 2017 by Susan Jaffe, then UNCSA’s dean of the School of Dance, who was recently named artistic director of the American Ballet Theatre in New York City. The program is engineered to encourage and foster the development of new work by emerging choreographers who have exhibited a unique choreographic voice and exceptional promise.

The resident choreographers work closely with performers (ages 15-18), who have come together from around the world to participate in the UNCSA Summer Dance Program. The choreographers have also attended workshops designed exclusively for them which cover a wide range of topics, including grant proposal writing, portfolio review, equity and inclusion, lighting, costume design, and more.

More than 200 submissions were received for the summer 2022 session, from which four choreographers were selected.

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whom specialize in contemporary ballet; and Lina Puodziukaite, another UNCSA alumnus (BFA School of Dance ’04), from Kaunas, Lithuania, and J’Sun Howard of Chicago, both of whom specialize in contemporary dance. They have been mentored by Helen Pickett, a UNCSA Visiting Distinguished Artist.

Pickett, who was the resident choreographer for Atlanta Ballet from 2012-’17, has created more than 40 ballets in the United States and abroad. Her latest full-length piece, The Crucible, which was performed for Scottish Ballet, won both the UK Theatre Critics Award and the Herald Angel Award. Previously, she won best choreographer and best dance production for her full-length 2015 piece Camino Real, and in 2014 she won best choreographer for The Exiled.

“Mentoring workshops with guest artist Helen Pickett are highly sought after,” said Ashley Lindsey (BFA School of Dance ’07), the director of the Summer Dance Program. “She is an internationally known, very accomplished choreographer. Having a mentor is particularly valuable. Having a second set of eyes on your work forces you to view and think about your work in a different way. Oftentimes, independent choreographers are expected to be the choreographer and the producer. In the Choreographic Institute, those things are taken care of by somebody else, and you can totally focus on the choreography.”

“We are thrilled to be able to bring back the Choreographic Institute this summer,” said Endalyn Taylor, dean of UNCSA’s School of Dance. “It is so important to provide space, time, and mentorship to support the creation of new work, and I feel it is our responsibility as an educational institution to facilitate this type of exploration. It is also an invaluable experience for our Summer Dance students, to work directly with these artists in a collaborative process, just as they might in the industry.”

For more information, visit the official UNCSA website: https://www.uncsa.edu/. !

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TERPSICORPS TO PERFORM IN WINSTON-SALEM JULY 7-9 Since 2003, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance has been North Carolina’s summertime professional contemporary ballet company. The company was founded in Asheville but now Joshua Ridley shares a dual residency between the Marketing & cities of Asheville Communications and Winston-SaManager lem. Terpsicorps is known for producing innovative, thought-provoking, and entertaining performances of the highest professional caliber. The subject matter varies but is always deeply rooted in universal themes that convey the most basic and complex aspects of the human experience. Terpsicorps is under the leadership of Artistic Director, Heather Maloy and Ballet Master, Christopher Brandy.

Terpsicorps comes to Winston-Salem to perform Vampyre, a Gothic Tale of Love, Death and Immortality July 7-9, 2022 in Hanesbrands Theatre. This is a cutting-edge and contemporary ballet unlike other classical works such as Dracula. Based on the novella, The Vampyre, written in 1819 by John Polidori, the story explores many diverse facets of erotic and romantic love. Considered the first literary work to portray The Vampyre as the romantic and manipulative villain popular today, The Vampyre was inspired by Polidori’s own relationship, and many believe love affair, with the infamous and charismatic poet Lord Byron. “We are really excited to bring Vampyre back to Winston-Salem. It’s been 11 years since we’ve performed this here,” shared Heather Malloy, Artistic Director of Terpsicorps. “One of the things I think is unique about this story is the way that it looks at different facets of romantic, sibling, and friendly love. It has an open view — that you can be attracted to different people for different reasons.”

The company consists of critically acclaimed dancers from some of the

most respected companies in the United States and Canada. Vampyre features principal dancers: Morgan Stillman, Madeline Bay, Emma McGirr, Betsy Lucas, and Dylan McIntyre. Terpsicorps prides itself on consistently presenting an ethnically diverse cast of dancers who are hired for a unique combination of athletic virtuosity and theatrical artistry.

For tickets and more information please visit www.intothearts.org/ events-info/vampyre.

Vampyre, a Gothic Tale of Love, Death, and Immortality is recommended for ages 13 and older.

ARTS COUNCIL is the chief advocate of the arts and cultural sector in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.

Our goal is to serve as a leader in lifting up, creating awareness and providing support to grow and sustain artistic, cultural and creative offerings throughout our region. We acknowledge that it takes every voice, every talent, and every story to make our community a great place to live, work, and play. Arts Council is committed to serving as a facilitator, organizer, and promoter of conversations that are authentic, inclusive, and forward-thinking. There are over 800,000 art experiences taking place in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County annually. To learn more about upcoming arts and culture events happening in our community please visit www.cityofthearts.com.

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sk a thousand people in the Triad to identify the current location of Atlantic Coast Conference headquarters, and most all of them would Jim Longworth say, “The Greensboro Coliseum.” In fact, Longworth the ACC’s offices are nestled away at Large at the luxurious Grandover Resort.

The man who runs the conference and works at Grandover is Jim Phillips, who is neither from Greensboro, nor has a history with the ACC. He is a Chicago native who went to school at Tennessee and Arizona State, and worked at Northwestern. Not surprisingly for someone with no ties to this area nor to our basketball traditions, Phillips, upon taking over the ACC last February, hired a Texas-based real estate advisory firm to help him decide where the conference headquarters should be located.

GSO ACC HDQ SOL? Since then, Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan and Guilford Board of Commissioners Chairman Skip Alston have been bending over backwards to offer Phillips perks and reasons why he should keep the ACC HQ in the Gate City rather than move to Charlotte, Orlando, or some other locale. The latest lure was an offer to rename the Greensboro Coliseum the “ACC Coliseum.” Meanwhile, State lawmakers have allocated $15 million dollars to spend on keeping ACC offices in North Carolina.

Phillips has not given an exact date for making a decision on where the ACC HQ will be this time next year, but for all the stellar efforts being made by our local and State officials, it may be time to take a step back and really think about what we’re fighting for. Keeping the ACC offices in Greensboro and renaming the Coliseum has absolutely nothing to do with ACC basketball and the revenues that its men’s tournament produces for the host city. Sure it has been rumored that if Phillips stays put, we could count on the ACC tournament being played in Greensboro three times over the next 15 years, but what kind of a bone is that to

The Queen City has already robbed the Triad of just about every major banking and healthcare headquarters, and taking the ACC from us would be the last straw.

throw at a community that has nurtured ACC basketball for nearly 70 years?

Moreover, if the ACC moves to Charlotte, then why should Triad-area tax dollars be spent to relocate an existing business to a competing city? It’s a dilemma that the Greensboro News & Record pointed

out in a recent editorial, saying if the State’s $15 million package is spent on moving Phillips and his 50 employees to Charlotte, it would be like, “Robbing Peter to pay Paul.” Speaking on behalf of Peter, let me say that Paul shouldn’t get a dime of my money. The Queen City has already robbed the Triad of just about every major banking and healthcare headquarters, and taking the ACC from us would be the last straw.

The ACC and I were both born at the same time, and I have been a fan ever since, so obviously I’d like to see the conference offices remain in Greensboro. But I am also conflicted because it is beneath our local elected officials to keep begging a guy from Chicago to go to our local prom, especially when he’s not paying for the date. So, Mr. Phillips, if you want to stay, we’d love to have you, and if you want to leave, then Godspeed and don’t let the door hit you on the way out. It’s time to either pass the ball or shoot. !

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here’s definitely a “King” vibe to The Black Phone — which is only appropriate because it’s based on the 2004 short story by Mark Burger executive producer Joe King, the son of Contributor Stephen. And, as King Family screen adaptations go, there’s no contest: The Black Phone dials the recent remake of Papa Stephen’s Firestarter right off the screen.

Despite a few darkly humorous touches, The Black Phone is blunt, straightforward horror, the kind that hits a nerve and from which nightmares are made. It’s effective, well-made, and well-acted — particularly by its young leads, Mason Thames (in his feature debut) as Finney and Madeleine McGraw as his sister Gwen.

Set in late 1970s Colorado — likely not too far from the Overlook Hotel, one surmises — the blue-collar burg that Finney and Gwen call home has been rocked by a series of disappearances. The victims have all been young boys, and the locals have christened the perpetrator “The Grabber” as rumors (and paranoia) run rife.

Gwen, it seems, possesses precognitive abilities, which bring her to the attention of the authorities. She’s dreamt details of the case that have not been made public, which comes in very handy when Finney is himself abducted and locked in a soundproof cellar by the eponymous boogeyman (Ethan Hawke). Finney himself is exposed to supernatural phenomena when the disused telephone in the cellar — the “black phone” of the title — starts ringing, putting him in contact with The

Grabber’s previous victims, some of whom he knew.

The understandably distraught Gwen is desperate to locate her brother’s whereabouts, desperately hoping she can dream him up, as it were. Finney’s ordeal is tempered somewhat by his resilience and resourcefulness. He’s determined to think his way out of his predicament, and the periodic calls from the black phone provide him with the impetus to do so.

Producer/director/co-screenwriter Scott Derrickson does a nice job creating and sustaining a mood of foreboding and dread, aided immeasurably by Brett Jutkiewicz’s cinematography and Mark Korven’s score.

The ‘70s trappings are well-rendered, and any film featuring Sweet’s “Fox on the Run” can’t be all bad. Derrickson also succeeds in conveying the children’s perspective throughout the film, thanks largely to Thames and McGraw. Their sibling chemistry is palpable throughout, which lends an emotional heft to the proceedings that the film might otherwise not have.

They carry the movie.

In the inescapably showy role of The Grabber, Hawke plays it cool and controlled, but with the possibility that he could snap at any moment. (Indeed, he does.) Adorned in a creepy mask, designed by no less than legendary makeup maestro Tom Savini, the actor’s facial features are only fleetingly glimpsed. The Grabber’s menace is conveyed primarily through deliberate, even subtle, physical movement.

Along with the requisite jolts, there are a few missteps. The narrative is occasionally padded and patchy, and an early scene where Finney and Gwen’s alcoholic, widowed father (Jeremy Davies) whips her for telling the police about her dreams seems unnecessarily excessive. Not unlike last year’s Antlers, meshing the real-life horror of child abuse with genre trappings is a tricky business. Davies, who scarcely looks older than he did in his 1998 breakthrough Saving Private Ryan, is a good actor, but despite a brief, last-minute apology, the character doesn’t quite ring true. Perhaps some scenes that would have developed him further didn’t make the final cut.

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fare, The Black Phone succeeds on almost every level. It’s not just a good horror movie, it’s a good movie. !

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During a flight from Detroit to Denver on June 25, an unidentified passenger was reprimanded by a flight attendant and other passengers after he AirDropped a sexually explicit photo of himself to all the other passengers, the New York Post reported. One passenger, @DaddyStrange333, posted a video to TikTok documenting the incident; in the video, the flight attendant asks the man, “Why are you doing that?” “Just having a little fun,” he replies. His fun came to an abrupt end when the flight landed and FBI agents escorted him off the plane. A Southwest Airlines spokesperson confirmed that the “unfortunate incident” occurred and that the airline “maintains zero tolerance for this obscene and unacceptable behavior.”

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Colombian cyclist Luis Carlos Chia won a stage of the Vuelta a Colombia race on June 5 and threw his arms out wide to celebrate after crossing the finish line, Canadian Cycling reported. But he was immediately forced to grab the handlebars again in an attempt to avoid hitting a group of photographers — among whom was his wife, Claudia Roncancio. Chia struck his wife with his bike, knocking her to the ground, where she lay unconscious as medical staff attended to her. “I don’t understand why she didn’t get out of the way,” Chia said after the accident.

Roncancio needed four stitches and was kept under observation in a local hospital, but she is reportedly recovering.

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Feel like you’re forgetting something?

That must have been how tennis pro Ugo Humbert of France felt when he turned up at Number Two Court at Wimbledon on June 29 without a key piece of equipment for his match against Norway’s Casper Ruud — his rackets. Reuters reported that Humbert, 24, had to tell the umpire, “I don’t have any rackets — sorry for that.”

Fortunately for him, someone turned up with three rackets in just a few minutes, and after losing his first set, Humbert won the match.

COMPELLING EXPLANATION

When Thanh Ha, 54, allegedly set fire to his boss’s house in early May, he had a perfectly understandable reason: “Spirits” told him to do so, he told deputies. According to WFLA-TV, Ha was arrested on June 29 in Pinellas County, Florida, on second-degree arson charges. Authorities say surveillance cameras caught him riding a bike to his boss’s new St. Petersburg home, securing his bike to a nearby stop sign and approaching the home on foot while trying to cover his face with his shirt.

Five minutes later, he can be seen running back to his bike and riding away. Ha also told deputies he was not upset with his (presumably former) employer.

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When fire erupted on June 26 at the Church of St. Basil the Great in Pargolovo, Russia, parishioners first assumed it was faulty wiring that had sparked the blaze, Oddity Central reported. Damage to the outside was considerable, and some thought it was a divine message that they should build a bigger, more beautiful church. As it turns out, however, neither of those explanations was valid. Instead, a 36-year-old local man who was tired of his wife donating all their money to the church allegedly splashed the walls of the church with gasoline and, checking to make sure no one was inside, lit the match. “He worked 24/7, they have four children and his wife works at the church.

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he 61st season of the Eastern Music Festival opened on Saturday, June 25th, and will run through Saturday, July 30. The summer educational Chanel Davis and performance institution is held on Guilford College’s Editor campus and will feature more than 60 performances throughout Greensboro and at least one in Boone at Appalachian State University.

This year’s festival will return to fullcapacity, in-person status this year, after being canceled in 2020 and operating at a limited capacity in 2021, due to COVID-19.

“The last few years have proven that anything is possible even under the most challenging circumstances, but with eyes on the horizon, the ability to produce a full-scale festival on par with festivals in years past this summer brings immense joy to the entire EMF family,” said Chris Williams, EMF Executive Director, in a media release.

The community is excited about the return of music from EMF, according to its Media and Communications Director Erika Frazier. She said the response has been “overwhelmingly positive and supportive.” At this time, the organization is expecting to see pre-COVID level attendance.

“So far this season, we have either come close to or met those goals and are confident this trend will continue throughout the season. As always, our students and faculty make up a huge portion of attendees and they are doing a great job of showing up so far,” she said.

The nationally-recognized festival music and summer education program is produced each summer on the campus of Guilford College and provides guidance and encouragement for young musicians from across the globe that are interested in dedicating their careers to the arts.

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gest artists in their field, under the artistic direction of Gerard Schwarz.

“For longtime classical music lovers and newly interested ones, EMF offers a rare opportunity to see this kind of music live and during the summer at an affordable rate. Not only do we provide entertainment and education, but we also have extensive involvement in the community and with local students. EMF partners with The Music Academy which provides young children with the opportunity for an up-close and personal experience with some of the nation’s top orchestral musicians,” said Frazier. Another example of these close community ties is the “Encircling the City” with our orchestral fellows, where free concerts take place at the local libraries and other community spaces in the Triad. Throughout the five weeks, EMF touches and engages as many lives as possible with its partnerships with organizations that create an overall mutually beneficial experience.”

Like with many things, Frazier said that the greatest satisfaction includes the excitement and joy from the children at the end of the performances.

“Students are gaining professional experience attending master classes and seminars by virtuoso concertmasters and performers, as well as learning skills alongside world-renowned artists, such

as David Kim, Lara St. John, etc. Students also get opportunities to play in chamber groups coached by faculty. They are challenged in a similar way they would be in a professional orchestra. Many of our students thrive and go on to become notable alumni of EMF that have chairs in professional orchestras around the world and are now teaching at many of the top universities in the States,” Frazier said. “One of the best parts of EMF is the moments captured at the end of concerts when students and faculty greet each other with hugs, high-fives, and fist bumps to congratulate each other. It is worth staying till the very end to see this happen.”

This year’s schedule includes Signature Performances by EMF faculty artists, Chamber music by Easter Chamber Players and student chamber recitals, and performances by the Easter Festival Orchestra led by maestro Gerard Schwarz.

The season has already featured Pianist William Wolfram in recital and a “pay what you can” evening featuring the Eastern Festival Orchestra and both EMF Young Artist Orchestras showcasing music by Beethoven and Brahms. The season will also feature performances by guest artists Lara St. John on the violin; Santiago Rodriguez on piano; Alexander Toradze on the piano; Jason Vieaux on

guitar; Jeff Multer on the violin; and Julian Schwarz on cello.

This year’s session will also offer a String Leadership Program, designed for musicians 18-23 looking for hands-on experience to prepare for a career as a section leader or concertmaster. Participants are mentored by EMF music director Gerard Schwarz, and EMF string faculty Scott Flavin and Adeyla Nartadjieva.

Tonight’s July 6th Signature Performance of the Euphonium-Tuba Institute showcase is a special one, indeed. It is dedicated to the memory of EMF board member Dr. Dennis W. AsKew, a professor at the University of North CarolinaGreensboro and a staple in the city’s arts community. AsKew was also the principal tuba player for The North Carolina Brass Band.

The performance, held in Guilford College’s Dana Auditorium, will feature EMF faculty artists Demondrae Thurman and Aaron Tindall, the EMF Euphonium-Tuba Ensemble, and the North Carolina Brass Band led by Dr. Brian Meixner.

“Losing Dennis so suddenly was shocking and left a huge void in me. He was such an incredible presence and supporter of all things euphonium and tuba.

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orchestra,” said Thurman in a media release. “I’ll always be indebted to him for that. This will be one of many times that I honor him through music and it’s my hope that the community that he serves so well will come to the concert to help us remember this great man.”

In the second half of the concert, AsKew’s son, Alex, will conduct a piece in the program.

“Dennis was adored by all who knew him, a generous and kind spirit who loved his family and was genuinely friendly to everyone. He was a masterful musician, a leader in the band, and admired by his fellow members,” Meixner said.

Masks are highly recommended indoors and in large groups but are not required.

For more information, tickets, and performance times, visit easternmusicfestival. org.

2022 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS:

Below are a few season performances highlighted by EMF. You can find a full schedule on their website.

Wednesday, July 6: Euphonium-Tuba Institute showcase featuring performances by esteemed faculty members Demondrae Thurman and Aaron Tindall, the EMF Euphonium-Tuba Ensemble, and the North Carolina Brass Band led by Dr. Brian Meixner Thursday, July 7: EMF Young Artist Orchestras Friday, July 8: EMF Young Artist Orchestras Saturday, July 9: Eastern Festival Orchestra led by maestro Gerard Schwarz featuring Santiago Rodriguez on piano Tuesday, July 12: Chamber Music with the Eastern Chamber Players Wednesday, July 13: EMF and Greensboro Opera present two “I Love Paris” programs of operatic and popular music — WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

6 p.m. and 8 p.m. at Temple Emanuel Thursday, July 14: EMF Young Artist Orchestras Friday, July 15: EMF Young Artist Orchestras Tuesday, July 19: Chamber Music with the Eastern Chamber Players and a special performance by The Mile-End Trio (Jeff Multer, violin; Julian Schwarz, cello; Marika Bournaki, piano) Wednesday, July 20: “Percussion Explorations” featuring the EMF percussion faculty Thursday, July 21: EMF Young Artist Orchestras Friday, July 22: EMF Young Artist Orchestras Sunday, July 24: EMF String Fellows Recital Monday, July 25: “Overtures” by the Eastern Festival Orchestra led by the Festivals’ Conducting Scholars Tuesday, July 26: Chamber Music with the Eastern Chamber Players Wednesday, July 27: Classical Guitar Summit featuring performances by faculty members Kami Rowan, JIJI, and Jason Vieaux, and EMF Young Artists held at Temple Emanuel in Greensboro Thursday, July 28: EMF Young Artist Orchestras Friday, July 29: EMF Young Artist Orchestras Saturday, July 30: Eastern Festival Orchestra led by maestro Gerard Schwarz featuring guest artists Marika Bournaki on piano, as well as faculty members Jeff Multer, violin; Julian Schwarz, cello; Jason Vieaux, guitar; and Chris Gekker, trumpet !

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Twin City Sweets welcomes the summer

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Milkshakes, cups, cones, roasted nuts, and signature sundaes pay tribute to famous WinstonSalem sites. Thriving in its fourth year as the first walk-up ice cream shop in Winston-Salem, Naima Said Twin City Sweets welcomes another summer.

Contributor Approaching the endearing black and white-colored trailer, you are instantly greeted by family man, Eric McLaren, with a friendly ear-to-ear grin and the sweet smell of childhood.

“We are trying to bring back tradition, the shops that my parents saw when they were growing up,” McLaren shared.

“Most importantly, walk-up ice cream stands.”

McLaren and his wife Chelsea migrated from Lynchburg, Virginia before settling

into their new home in Clemmons. The one thing missing in the area was their favorite weekend treat and they vowed to bring that vision to the Triad.

After receiving a phone call from McLaren’s father-in-law, who was running a furniture business in WinstonSalem at the time, informed them of an opening at Cook’s Flea Market in 2017, where an 80-year-old woman wanted to sell her stand of Hershey’s ice cream, roasted nuts, and fudge. “I was hesitant at first, but I knew it was my opportunity to start so I can further expand later on, which I did,” McLaren said. “I also roast for a living. You name it, honey roasted pecans, cinnamon sugar almonds, and honey roasted cashews, so it was nice turning a hobby into a career while caring for my family.”

Only open between late spring until shortly after Halloween, Twin City Sweets prides itself on a unique environment for its customers to look forward to. “There were about 10 stands in the area that we lived in prior, and it was one of the

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most family-friendly places I have been to, but we couldn’t find one when we moved. With a 17-year-old son, you want somewhere to make memories, and in my case, something to make him proud of,” McLaren said. “It is always a good time with a great community. Everyone is always in a good mood when they are going to get ice cream and support local businesses.”

Ice cream is one of America’s favorite foods, loved by children and adults alike, particularly on a hot, sunny day. McLaren has incorporated a bit of Winston-Salem history into the frozen treats sold at his stand. Twin City Sweets’ specialties include the Wake and Baked brownie sundae, Cherry Street Cheesecake sundae, Camel City Cookie sundae, and Old Salem caramel sundae, made with butter pecan Hershey’s ice cream and topped off with Moravian cookies made from Mrs. Hanes Cookies, as a tribute to the city’s history.

McLaren’s goal was to accommodate all sweet tooths, big or small. “Outdoor seating and lawn games make our stand the

perfect summer hang out.”

While providing for his family, and building up his dream business, McLaren was fortunate enough to find honey harvested in downtown Winston Salem.

“Local is always better. When you taste it you get a taste of the city. There is nothing more authentic.” Twin City Sweets continues to sell its classic roasted nuts year-round and at various festivals, including Tanglewood’s Festival of Lights.

This year, Twin City Sweets has incorporated theme weeks, including Star Wars, and for July, a Harry Potter-themed event with decorations, backdrops, and limitededition sundaes. “We want people to engage with one another, and capture smiles we all deserve, especially in the hard times we are living in right now.”

For more information and hours of operation, visit their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/twincitysweets/. !

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et out your sunscreen and dancing shoes — it’s prime festival season — for pickers and grinners (and folks inbetween), all across North Carolina.

Katei Cranford The Eastern Music Festival is already running around Contributor Greensboro, celebrating all things classical, now through July 30. A bit more lowbrow, the 18th annual Summertime Brews Festival brings a few dozen craft brewers to

Summer Fest ‘22 the Greensboro Coliseum on July 16th at the Coliseum, with music from Zac Baxley and Devin Forkel, J Timber, and The Stephen Legree Band. Families might enjoy the first annual Summer Fun Festival at McLaurin Farms on July 16; and the upcoming Sunflower Festival, with fields for frolicking and blossom-picking (running August through September).

Up in the hills, Appalachian State University s Office of Arts & Cultural Programs hosts An Appalachian Summer Festival of film, art and music through July 30. Featured concerts include Esperanza Spalding (July 9), Renée Elise Goldsberry (July 16), Imani Winds (July 19), Rolston String Quartet (July 26), and Boz Scaggs (July 27).

festival will also host special guest, Micky Dolenz. Monkees and Beatles, oh my.

July closes with a cultural celebration at the Folkmoot Summerfest in Waynesville (July 28-31). Now in its 38th year, Folkmoot has hosted more than 8,000 international musicians and dancers from more than 200 countries. This year features: Haywood Ramblers, Eddie Swimmer, Venezuela Danza y Tambor, Trinity Irish Dance Ensemble, Bailey Mountain Cloggers, Jeff Little Trio, Green Grass Cloggers, Promin, Mangum and Company, Blue Ridge Big Band, Warriors of AniKituhwa, SUAH, and Bomba con Buya.

Cultural preservation continues into the first weekend in August, with one of the longest-running festivals in the southeast: the 95th annual Mountain Dance and Folk Festival (August 4 - 6). Hundreds of dancers, musicians and storytellers will showcase the traditions of the Southern Appalachian Mountains at the Asheville event first held in 1928.

Over on the Tar River, the PreddyFest Bluegrass Festival in Franklinton offers camping, jamming and music from Alan Bibey and Grasstowne, High Fidelity, Ashlee Watkins and Andrew Small and the Buffalo Mountain Boys, Junior Sisk Band, Starlett and Big John, Rodney and Clifton Preddy, Nick Chandler, and Delivered (August 5-6).

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Western North Carolina shines through the summer, as Bluegrass dominates the calendar, showcasing the region’s murder ballads and banjo tunes. On July 16, the Doc & Rosa Lee Watson MusicFest ‘N Sugar Grove will host The Del McCoury Band, Kruger Brothers, David Mayfield Parade, Charles Welch, Terry Baucom’s Dukes of Drive, Liam Purcell and Cane Mill Road, David Childers, Will Easter, Ashley Heath, Turpentine Shine, Mason Jar Confessions, and The Loose Roosters.

The third weekend in July is a whopper, with a very special and bittersweet 7th annual Rap Round Robin at Monstercade on July 22. Up in the mountains, the Hillbilly Jam in Maggie Valley pairs a car and bike show with music, moonshiners, and mountain dancers (including the JCreek cloggers, with Zeb Ross of TikTok fame) July 21-23.

Beatlemania takes over Charlotte at the 18th annual FabFest Beatles Festival (July 22-23). Contests, art, trivia and concerts from Tosco Music and The Fab Four, the

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party and amphitheater concerts. Started in 2011, by Time Sawyer and The Foothills Arts Council, Reevestock raises funds for scholarships awarded to area students. The 2022 lineup features Luke Mears, Robert Holthouser, Stillhouse Junkies, Justin Clyde Williams, The Jakob’s Ferry Stragglers, Momma Molasses, Handmade Moments, Dreamroot, Time Sawyer, Daniel Donato, and Hiss Golden Messenger.

Metal reigns in Raleigh for Medium Well in Hell VI at Lincoln Theater (August 6).

Inter Arma, Withered, Artificial Brain, Suffering Hour, Haunter, Antichrist Siege Machine, Cemetery Piss, Crossspitter, Mo’ynoq, Paezor, Noctomb, and Hylic are among the mix of BBQ sandwiches, national bands and local loves.

Meanwhile, things are hot to trot through late August, with lineups leaning into cowboys and country artists as a soundtrack for summer’s dusty dog days.

Evans Media Source presents the McDowell County Roundup country music festival (August 12-13), and the 46th annual NC State Bluegrass Festival (August 18-20) at Tom Johnson’s Camping World Rally Park in Marion.

Things keep kicking at the Tryon Equestrian Center and Resort. The high-end horse camp and luxury entertainment compound in Mill Spring will host “Night in the Country Carolinas Music Festival” on August 25 (with Darius Rucker, Jon Pardi, and Dierks Bentley). And is home to the inaugural Earl Scruggs Music Festival (September 2-4). Hosted by Jerry Douglas, the festival features the Earls of Leicester, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Sam Bush Band, Alison Brown, Acoustic Syndicate, Balsam Range, Darin and Brooke Aldridge, Rob Ickes and Trey Hensley, Molly Tuttle and Golden Highway, Chatham County Line, The Becky Buller Band, Dom Flemons, and Unspoken Tradition.

Those looking for a more intimate bluegrass weekend can head to the Historic Happy Valley Old-Time Fiddlers’ Convention in Lenoir (September 2-4). Bluesheads can dip their toes in the New River Blues Festival in Grassy Creek (September 4); and for the more experimental and progressive rockers: Progday returns to Chapel Hill (September 3-4).

Closer to the Triad, the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival ring in with Patti LaBelle, Christian McBride, Marion Meadows, Alex Bugnon, Gerald Veasley, Jessy J, Poogie Bell, Karyn White, Chris Botti, Kirk Whalum, Keiko Matsui, and Cindy Blackman Santana in High Point (September 3-4). The North Carolina Comedy Festival brings laughs to the Idiot Box in downtown Greensboro (September 2-11). Up in Boone, Colin Cutler is among the lineup of the Antlers and Acorns Songwriters Festivals, taking place at various WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

venues along King and Howard streets (September 5-11).

The NC festival tour de force hits the second weekend of September, with Gears and Guitars again rolling through WinstonSalem (September 9-11). Bikes rule the three-day cycling and music fest, with free concerts from Dawes, Crenshaw Pentecostal, and Bahamas on September 9; and Better than Ezra, Tonic, and Cowboy Mouth on September 10. In Greensboro, the North Carolina Folk Festival runs September 9-11, with Sam Bush, Karan Casey, QWANQWA, Michael Winograd and The Honorable Mentshn, Kaleta and Super Yamba Band, Big Bang Boom, Jeff Little Trio, Symphony Unbound, Futurebirds, Black Opry Revue, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, The Rumble, Soultriii, and The Secret Agency.

Over in Raleigh, the Hopscotch Music Festival hops around (September 8-10). Up in the hills, Camel City Yacht Club will sail up to Lake Lure as part of the 13th annual Dirty Dancing Festival (September 9-11). There’s also Blue Bear Music Fest and campout on 150 scenic acres in Todd (September 8-10) and the Mountain Song Festival in Brevard, with Steep Canyon Rangers host band.

Joined by Chatham Rabbits, Del McCoury Band, Henhouse Prowlers, Shannon Whitworth, The Gibson Brothers, and Amythyst Kiah (September 9-10).

Day fests that weekend include the 46th annual Stokes Stomp Festival, on September 10, with Americana artists along the banks of the Dan River in Danbury.

In Charlotte, Willie Nelson brings his big ol’ Outlaw Music Festival to PNC Music Pavilion (September 10), he’ll be joined by Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats, Billy Strings, Charley Crockett, Larkin Poe, and Particle Kid. Rounding out the last few days of summer, the Hoppin’ John Old-Time and Bluegrass Fiddlers’ Convention hosts workshops, campouts, hayrides and concerts on the Shakori Hills grounds (September 15-17). Music, art, science, and technology merge in celebration at the Bull City Summit in Durham (September 15-18).

Meanwhile, farm life gets its due at the Carolina Jubilee, presented by the Carolina Farm Trust. Hosted at the VanHoy Farms Family Campground, the campout festival serves as a fundraiser to strengthen “equitable local food systems in the Carolinas, from production to consumption.” Food shares the forefront in the Triad, at the Winston-Salem Food Truck festival, on September 18.

The festival season keeps rolling as the days get shorter. But for now, it’s the time to soak up rays in the long afternoons with festivals and tunes. Happy Summer, y’all! !

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ASHEBORO

Four Saints Brewing

218 South Fayetteville St. | 336.610.3722 www.foursaintsbrewing.com Thursdays: Taproom Trivia Fridays: Music Bingo Jul 16: 80’s Unleashed Jul 17: Honky Tonk Jam w/ Mark Dillon & Friends Jul 23: Savannah Harmon

CARBORRO

Cat’s Cradle

300 E Main St | 919.967.9053 catscradle.com Jul 6: Goodnight Texas Jul 6: Lost Dog Street Band Jul 8: Horse Jumper of Love Jul 9: Esme Patterson Jul 10: Bayside Jul 10: Vansire Jul 13: Helen Money Jul 13: Steve Von Till Jul 14: Rebekah Todd Jul 15: Remember Jones

Jul 22: Jon Ward Beyle Jul 25: Andrew Bird, Iron & Wine Jul 26: Merci, My Kid Brother Jul 27: Elf Power Jul 28: Spring Summer (aka Jennifer Furches)

Charlotte

Bojangles Coliseum

2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.boplex.com Jul 7: Celeste Barber Jul 9: El Gran Combo Jul 15: Tribute to Biz Markie Jul 16: Steely Dan Ju; 23: Eddie B: Teachers Only Comedy Tour Jul 28: Vince Gill

CMCU Amphitheatre former Uptown Amphitheatre 820 Hamilton St | 704.549.5555 www.livenation.com Jul 8: Whiskey Myers Jul 16: Big Time Rush Jul 24: Coheed and Cambria

The Fillmore

1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970 www.livenation.com Jul 7: Iparty With DJ Matt Bennett: Playing Your Favorite Disney & Nick Hits Jul 8: DJ Fannie Mae Presents SAINTED Jul 10: Billy Howerdel of a Perfect Circle Jul 12: The Wrecks: Better Than Ever Jul 19: Avatar: Wicked Tour Title Sleeping With Sirens: CTRL + ALT + DEL TOUR

PNC Music Pavilion

707 Pavilion Blvd | 704.549.1292 www.livenation.com Jul 14: The Chicks & Patty Griffin Jul 22: Luke Bryan, Riley Green & Mitchell Tenpenny Jul 23: Tedeschi Trucks Band Jul 24: Rob Zombie & Mudvayne

Spectrum Center

333 E Trade St | 704.688.9000 www.spectrumcentercharlotte.com Jul 12: New Kids On The Block Jul 16-17: Monster Jam Jul 22: Shawn Mendes

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Carolina Theatre

309 W Morgan St | 919.560.3030 www.carolinatheatre.org Jul 16: Nimesh Patel

DPAC

123 Vivian St | 919.680.2787 www.dpacnc.com Jul 6: Celeste Barber Jul 19: Steely Dan

ELKIN

Reeves Theater

129 W Main St | 336.258.8240 www.reevestheater.com Wednesdays: Reeves Open Mic Fourth Thursdays: Old-Time Jam Jul 7: TMBS - Ben de la Cour, Angela Easterling, Jodi Burns Jul 8: Jonathan Byrd and the Pickup Cowboys Jul 15: Kelley and the Cowboys Jul 16: Presley Barker Jul 21: TMBS - Crys Matthews, Will Kimbrough, Olivia Ellen Lloyd Jul 23: The Reeves House Band plays Led Zeppelin YES! WEEKLY

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Barn Dinner Theatre 120 Stage Coach Tr. | 336.292.2211 www.barndinner.com Jul 8-Aug 6: Soul Sistas

Baxter’s Tavern

536 Farragut St | 336.808.5837 www.baxterstavern.com Jul 8: Sammy Turner & The Dirty South Band Jul 9: Mostley Crue Jul 10: The Pink Slips Jul 15: Spindle 45 Jul 16: Killing Fiction Jul 17: Chocolate Chip & Company Jul 22: Flat Black Cadilliac Jul 23: The Ultimate Eagles Tribute

The BLIND TIGER

1819 Spring Garden St | 336.272.9888 theblindtiger.com Jul 7: We Rise to Fall, LYLVC & Trailer Park Orchestra Jul 12: Rings of Saturn, Extortionist, Distinguisher & Matt Miller Jul 14: JSW, Chuck Mountain & Kyle Kelly Jul 15: Shoot to Thrill Jul 16: IV and the Strange Band Jul 21: Devil Master w/ The Lousy Jul 24: The Goddamn Gallows w/ Rebelmatic Jul 25: Fish Narc w/ 8485 & Blackwinterwells Jul 26: Spider Gang Jul 29: Chasin Aldean — A Jason Aldean Experience Jul 30: Forrest Isn’t Dead

Carolina Theatre

310 S. Greene Street | 336.333.2605 www.carolinatheatre.com Jul 8: Bob Margolin Jul 15: Chad Eby and Ariel Pocock Jul 22: Ranford Almond July 23: Bianca Jade

Comedy Zone

1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034 www.thecomedyzone.com Jul 8-10: Preacher Lawson Jul 12: Pauly Shore Jul 15-16: Thea Vidale

Flat Iron

221 Summit Ave | 336.501.3967 www.flatirongso.com Jul 14: Tea Cup Gin Jul 17: Electric Kif Jul 21: Tyler Nail

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GARAGE TAVERN

5211 A West Market St | 336.763.2020 www.garagetaverngso.com Jul 9: Mighty Fairlanes

LITTLE BROTHER BREWING

348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678 www.facebook.com/littlebrotherbrew Jul 8: David Childers Jul 9: Forrest Taylor Jul 15: Real Jazz Jul 16: Imperial Blend Jul 22: Banjo Earth Jul 23: The Good Watts Jul 29: Paleface

SOUTH END BREWING CO. 117B W Lewis St | 336.285.6406 www.southendbrewing.com Tuesdays: Trivia Night Jul 15: Decades

STEVEN TANGER CENTER 300 N Elm Street | 336.333.6500 www.tangercenter.com Jul 7: Vince Gill Jul 9: Unity Jul 22: Eddie B. Jul 23: Jeezy & K. Michelle

HIGH POINT

HIGH POINT THEATRE

220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401 www.highpointtheatre.com Jul 9: First Lady

JAMESTOWN

THE DECK

118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 www.thedeckatrivertwist.com Jul 8: Stereo Doll Jul 9: Soul Central Jul 14: Kelsey Hurley Jul 15: The Plaids Jul 16: Carolina Ambush Jul 21: Micah Auler

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Jul 22: Retro Vinyl Jul 23: Jill Goodson

KERNERSVILLE

BREATHE COCKTAIL LOUNGE

221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822 www.facebook.com/BreatheCocktailLounge Wednesdays: Karaoke Fridays: DJ Jul 7: Gypsy Soul Jul 8: DJ Mike Lawson Jul 9: Smashat Jul 16: Ross Copley & Wade Ingram Jul 23: Carey Leigh & The 10¢ Pistols

KERNERSVILLE BREWING COMPANY 221 N Main St. | 336.816.7283 kernersvillebrewing.com Thursdays: Trivia Jul 8: Jacob Lindsay

RALEIGH

CCU MUSIC PARK AT WALNUT CREEK

3801 Rock Quarry Rd | 919.821.4111 www.livenation.com Jul 8: Luke Bryan Jul 12: The Chicks Jul 15: Chris Brown & Lil Baby Jul 21: Tedeschi Trucks Band Jul 22: Dave Matthews Band

LINCOLN THEATRE

126 E. Cabarrus St | 919.831.6400 www.lincolntheatre.com Jul 8: Mustache The Band: 90’s Country Party band Jul 10: Jason Adamo and Doug Casteen Jul 15: The Stews w/ Harvey Street Company/ Late Notice Jul 16: Litz & Sexbruise? w/ Cosmic Superheroes Jul 22: ARMNHMR

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RED HAT AMPHITHEATER

Jul 10: DJ Bill Moore Jul 15: Jimmy Shirley Jr & The 8 Track 45 Band Jul 16: Diamond Edge Jul 22: Zack Brock & Good Intentions Jul 23: Second TIme Around Band Jul 29: Matt Dylan & The Honkytonk Outlaws

PNC ARENA

MUDDY CREEK CAFE & MUSIC HALL

500 S McDowell St | 919.996.8800 www.redhatamphitheater.com Jul 9: Whiskey Myers Jul 15: Big Time Rush w/ Dixie D’Amelio Jul 16: Barenaked Ladies Jul 17: CHEER

1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300 www.thepncarena.com Jul 22: New Kids On The Block

WINSTON-SALEM

EARL’S

121 West 9th Street | 336.448.0018 www.earlsws.com Jul 7: Will Jones Jul 8: The Saints Jul 9: Jesse Ray Carter Band Jul 14: Will Jones Jul 15: Time Bandits Jul 16: Michael Cosner & The Fugitives Jul 21: Will Jones Jul 22: Drew Foust Band

FIDDLIN’ FISH BREWING COMPANY

772 Trade St | 336.999.8945 www.fiddlinfish.com Jul 8: Chuck Dale Smith Band Jul 15: Rain Check Bluegrass Jul 22: Lisa & The Saints

FOOTHILLS BREWING 638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 www.foothillsbrewing.com Sundays: Sunday Jazz Jul 6: Hotwax & The Splinters Jul 20: Banjo Earth

MIDWAY MUSIC HALL

11141 Old US Hwy 52, Suite 10 | 336.793.4218 www.facebook.com/midwaymusichallandeventcenter Mondays: Line Dancing Jul 8-9: Sidekix

SUMMER MUSIC SERIES

downtownws.com

137 West St | 336.201.5182 www.muddycreekcafeandmusichall.com Thursdays: Open Mic Night w/ Country Dan Collins Jul 16: Aaron Burdett, Jess Klean, Abigail Dowd, Tyler Nail Jul 31: Brennen Leigh

THE RAMKAT

170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 www.theramkat.com Jul 9: Beth McKee w/ DaShawn Hickman & Jeffrey Dean Foster Jul 15: Cashavelly Morrison Trio, The Pinkerton Raid Duo, Jessie Dunks Jul 16: Pinkest Floyd Jul 21: Symphony Unbound: Dori Freeman with The Winston-Salem Symphony String Quintet Jul 22: Los Lobos, David Wax Museum Jul 28: Nightblooms, Mother Marrow Jul 29: Vagabond Saints’ Society: Duran Duran, Rio

WINSTON-SALEM FAIRGROUND

421 W 27th St | 336.727.2236 www.wsfairgrounds.com Jul 16: Mother’s Finest w/ Shoot to Thrill & Wafer Thin

WISE MAN BREWING

826 Angelo Bros Ave | 336.725.0008 www.wisemanbrewing.com Thursdays: Music Bingo Jul 9: Zinc Jul 16: Love & Valor

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[THE ADVICE GODDESS] love • sex • dating • marriage • questions

PRANCE CHARMING

My friend is obsessed with dating models. Of course, because he’s dating mostly based on looks, these relationships rarely last.

He says that he’s Amy Alkon trying to move up in the business world Advice and that being seen Goddess with a beautiful woman makes a difference in how he’s perceived. Wouldn’t businesspeople be more impressed if he could keep a relationship going, even if it were with a plainer woman? — Discerning Dude The problem with dating largely based on looks is that you tend to end up with the sort of woman who’s frequently hospitalized for several days: “I was thinking so hard I dislocated my shoulder.”

However, your friend isn’t wrong; arm candy appears to be the Prada handbag of male competition. Research by social psychologist Bo Winegard and his colleagues suggests that a man’s being accompanied by a modelicious woman functions as a “hard-to-fake” signal of his status, as beautiful women “have the luxury of discriminating among a plethora of suitors.”

In the Winegard team’s experiments, men paired with attractive women were consistently rated as higher in status than the very same men when they were paired with unattractive women. In one part of the study, some men were as-

signed an attractive female partner. The men were told that they’d be conducting a survey out on campus with her and that they “were to act as if they and their assigned partner were in a happy relationship.”

These men were forced to choose between a group of men and a group of women to survey (and thus flaunt their hot female partner to). Interestingly, almost 70 percent of these guys chose to flaunt to other men. This isn’t surprising, considering how, as the researchers note, men are “largely” the ones who determine one another’s status (within a group of men). Of course, a man’s being seen as high-status by other men is ultimately a path to mo’ better babes — so your friend may basically be getting a twofer by showing off to other dudes.

The reality is, once he’s more established, his priority may shift from needing a signal to wanting a partner. At that point, he may come to see the beauty in the sort of woman who has something on her mind — uh, besides a $200 double-process blond dye job and $600 in hair extensions.

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I’m a straight guy in my 30s with pretty strong body odor. I saw your column about how more men are doing body hair trimming. I remember you saying not to remove all the hair, and I don’t want women to suspect I’m gay. However, I’m wondering whether shaving my pits would help with my BO. — Pepe Le Pew When a woman you meet can’t stop thinking about you, ideally her thought isn’t, “Could there be a small dead ani-

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mal making its home in his armpit?”

Underarm stink comes from a specialized sweat gland. Your body has two kinds of sweat glands, eccrine and apocrine. Eccrine glands are the air conditioners of the body, producing sweat that’s pretty much just salty water to cool us off. Apocrine glands, on the other hand, are scent glands, found mostly in the armpits and groin and around the nipples. And sorry, this is gross: Any smelliness emanating from the apocrine areas comes not from the sweat itself but from bacteria that move in to lunch on it.

So — intuitively — it seems like shaving that pit hair (removing it entirely versus just trimming it) would make a difference, giving the bacteria far less of a, um, dining area. Unfortunately, the studies on this are problematic — with too-small sample sizes (meaning too few participants to know whether the findings reflect reality or are simply due to chance).

One of the studies was done not by independent researchers working out of a university lab but by five researchers employed by a multinational company that sells razors and shaving products.

This doesn’t necessarily mean their

results are skeevy. However, a finding like “Let that armpit hair grow wild and free and wave in the wind like summer grain!” is probably not the stuff career advancement is made of at a company selling hair removal products.

Also, as you suspect, shaved pits on a straight man (one who isn’t an Olympic swimmer or a serious body builder) may lead women to suspect he is gay or some body-obsessed narcissist. If you do decide to try pit-shaving, in summer heat, you might forgo tank tops and wear shirts with loose short sleeves. And when you’re about to get naked with a woman, see that you pre-allay her fears. Explain that the shaving thing is merely about getting the hideodorousness under control — not getting into a skin-tight dress, a ginormous platinum wig, and a 14-foot boa in “don’t f—- with me!” fuchsia. !

GOT A PROBLEM? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave., #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email AdviceAmy@ aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com). Follow her on Twitter @amyalkon. Order her latest “science-help” book, Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence. ©2022 Amy Alkon. Distributed by Creators.Com.

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