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Over several decades, I have spent many enjoyable evenings at GIOVANNI’S. Giovanni Carandola, a colorful personality, would sing, often with sidekick Emilio Prada playing guitar. Giovanni eventually semi-retired to Myrtle Beach and opened a restaurant there. Throughout Giovanni’s Greensboro years, Robert Holden was cooking by Giovanni’s side...

6 Love can be interpreted from different perspectives, including musical numbers. A story of a couple’s failing marriage through song piqued interest for CAMEL CITY PLAYHOUSE, Winston-Salem’s newest theatre.

7 THE TRIAD FILM COLLABORATIVE, the self-explanatory entity that brings together independent filmmakers from throughout North Carolina and the Piedmont Triad, will showcase the efforts of its members with its “Fourth Annual Short Film Showcase,” which will be presented at 7 p.m. on March 12 at RED Cinemas, 1305 Battleground Ave. in Greensboro.

8 CYRANO DE BERGERAC, the classic 1897 play written by Edmond Rostand and

based on an actual 17th-century playwright and novelist is an absolute feast for an actor. Beyond the prominent proboscis, the character is heroic, romantic, comic, and tragic.

9 As it sometimes happens, two seemingly unrelated news stories from two different cities are reported at virtually the same time, and then, we discover that there might be some DOTS TO CONNECT. Such is the case with a planned housing project in High Point, and a statue in Lumberton.

15 North Carolina A&T State University professor DR. THOMAS PORTER thinks it’s absurd that reporters keep asking him about the economy. “People are dying, we’re at risk of World War 3, and they’re talking about gas prices.”

18 Are you ready?!? KORN is coming to the Greensboro Coliseum with Chevelle and Code Orange on March 11 as a part of a 19-date arena-tour on which the Boys from Bakersfield Boys “break apart the pain and Start The Healing,” to celebrate their latest album, “Requiem.”

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There is now a permanent reminder of a 17-year-old girl’s courage on the wall of the Printworks Mill in Greensboro’s historic Mill District.

On Tuesday, February 22, the Josephine Boyd Club Room was unveiled at Printworks Mill, located at 1700 Fairview Street in Greensboro, recognizing Boyd’s contribution to the Civil Rights Movement.

“I thought it was amazing how a student could have such bravery and put up with the kind of hatred and obstacles that were thrown in her path. She was a strong, young woman who persevered and utilized the great opportunities in front of her to become a role model that others began to follow in her footsteps,” said David Vos, project manager for The Alexander Company, developers of Printworks Mill. “After searching around in the Triad, I knew I had found the perfect location to share her passion and openmindedness for change.”

In 1954, the Brown v. Board of Education decision passed by the Supreme Court ruled, unanimously, that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional and violated the 14th Amendment. The decision declared, “that separate educational facilities for white and African American students were inherently unequal.”

In 1957, Boyd transferred from Dudley High School to become the first Black student to integrate Greensboro Senior High School, now Grimsley High School.

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Throughout the school year, the Senior honor student was tormented - having eggs and other items thrown at her, being spat on, having tacks placed on her school chairs, and being threatened, along with her family. Boyd would go on to graduate with honors and at the top of her class.

“How can someone smile when they’ve become isolated in a supposed safe space, let alone her daily surroundings?” said Paulette Bradley, Boyd’s daughter. “She was always fond of education, reading, the arts, and exploration. She didn’t let anything stop that, and it showed.”

After her mother’s passing in 2015, Bradley sought to commemorate her legacy, wanting to recognize her positivity during such a harsh time.

Bradley attended a city hall meeting in 2017 to discuss renaming a street in Greensboro in memory of her mother.

Vos was also in attendance and became inspired to seek further action. After the 2018 renaming of Aycock Street, located near Grimsley High School, to Josephine Boyd Street, Bradley decided to team up with Vos and his crew to begin the Printworks Mill project.

“David had come up to me after the meeting and expressed an idea he had to create a club room in memory of her. They hadn’t broken any ground at that point, but he was so inspired that I became inspired by his interest in her story,” she said.

The team began working with other partners and stakeholders to create the

Paulette Bradley speaks at the Josephine Boyd Club Room unveiling mural and information board that is on display in the new Josephine Boyd Club Room at the Printworks Mill apartment complex.

“This unique club room is open to the community that lives at the complex.

A place where families and individuals can come gather for events, group projects, and hangouts,” Vos said. “A lot of people now work from home, so it is also a change of scenery for those seeking

inspiration in what they are doing.”

Boyd’s family came to the unveiling to honor their mother, aunt, sister, and grandmother, emphasizing the importance of her story and that is it properly told, sharing stories of her life and touching moments they shared with her.

“I call her the demure warrior,” Bradley said. “Someone so modest, and all about creating opportunities. This project does that and so did she.” !

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ver several decades, I have spent many enjoyable evenings at Giovanni’s. Giovanni Carandola, a colorful personality, would sing, often with sidekick Emilio Prada playing guitar. Giovanni eventually semi-retired to Myrtle Beach and opened a restaurant there.

Throughout Giovanni’s Greensboro years, Robert Holden was cooking by Giovanni’s side, handling the kitchen whenever Giovanni worked the floor.

After Giovanni moved to Myrtle Beach, Holden became chef-partner at the new Giovanni’s in Greensboro.

Giovanni died about ten years ago, and

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the Myrtle Beach property closed.

The Greensboro Giovanni’s continues under Holden’s sway. A bar, upscale, noisy, with high energy, often with live music, flanks to the left of the entry. The main dining room follows a black, white, gray, and deep blue color scheme, quite upscale. Some of the original scripted “Giovanni’s” plates remain, although most service now arrives on conventional restaurant white plates.

The food is upscale Italian, well beyond the stereotypical family dishes that we often see in the Triad. The menu is quite large, portions hearty. You will not have difficulty finding something you want to try, and you definitely will not leave hungry. Servers are well informed about the

food, and they are consistently masked.

Hot, crusty bread arrives straight out of the oven. It earns special praise for flavor, as does the quality olive oil that accompanies it, interspersed with fresh garlic, herbs, red pepper flakes, and balsamic vinegar.

Calamari Fritti is a popular starter. The baby squid is pleasantly firm and crisp.

Rings are tender, a little soft on the exterior, but yielding good flavor. Homemade chunky marinara sauce is excellent.

Oysters Rockefeller are offered in servings of four or eight. The oysters themselves are large, plump, and juicy, coated with melted cheese that also hosts bits of prosciutto, all resting on fresh spinach leaves. They are presented in lobster

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cream sauce. Take a little time to spoon some of the sauce with each bite. The flavor reward is worth the effort. I would rank these among the better renditions in our area.

Entrées, even the 15 pastas, come with a very good house salad of romaine and leaf lettuces, partially peeled cucumber slices, fresh mushrooms, and cubes of Parmesan cheese. The house Italian dressing is herby in flavor, not harsh in impact.

Among those pastas, I especially like the Fettucine al Salmone — smoked salmon in a rich cream sauce. Spaghetti and Sausage uses big pieces of Italian sausage and meat sauce, for a hearty, robust result. Lobster Ravioli inserts pieces

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CHICKEN INVOLTINI of lobster into pasta shells. Not much lobster flavor comes through, but the tomato cream sauce carries the dish well.

From the ten seafood choices, I selected Chilean Sea Bass. The fish is tender, hot, pure white, with a light crust.

After searing, it is baked in lemon, white wine, garlic, and herbs, presented with a cooked tomato and lemon slice. The flavor profile is complex — a real winner.

Eight veal dishes pose a difficult choice.

My party settled on Veal Saltimboccalayered with Italian ham and mozzarella cheese, sauteed with white wine and mushrooms. Rich and mellow, a strong performance in its own right, good enough to make me want to come back and try some of the other veal entrees.

Ten chicken main courses forced another hard choice. My wife opted for Chicken Involtini, breast meat pounded thin and wrapped with prosciutto, enclosing

DESSERTS mozzarella and ricotta cheeses, with diced mushrooms, all simmered in white wine sauce sharpened with lemon.

Again- very good, so I’ve got to try some of the others!

In addition to the salad, you get a choice of pasta with tomato-meat sauce or fresh vegetables. That sauce is hearty, ladled over bowtie pasta. Vegetables consisted of large slices of zucchini and yellow squash, al dente, lightly butteredas good as anybody else’s, but I wish more local restaurants could come up with something different. There are more than two vegetables in the world, but you wouldn’t know it from dining in most places in Greensboro!

As you conclude your meal, an evil temptation sidles up to your table in the form of a server bearing a dessert tray. I

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can usually stick to my (admittedly generous) diet and skip sweets, but when they are right there in front of you, it’s hard to “just say no.” Thus we enjoyed a serving of Tiramisu, pleasantly custardy, with a good kick from the espresso crust.

Check the website for up-to-date information about entrée and wine discounts on weeknights. Servers did not appear to be consistently aware of these specials, so be prepared to initiate inquiry yourself.

Takeout and delivery are available if you don’t want to dine in.

Even in the absence of its historic lead character, this restaurant remains a strong force in the Triad. Giovanni would be proud of his namesake. !

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.

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Camel City Playhouse revisits timeless piece

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A story of a couple’s failing marriage through song piqued interest for Camel Naima Said City Playhouse, Winston-Salem’s newest theatre.

Contributor “‘The Last 5 Years’, written by Jason Robert Brown, is a show I have wanted to direct for a very long time. It felt as if the stars had aligned for me. This year marks its 20th anniversary and it remains a timeless piece. The show follows Jamie Wellerstein and Cathy Hyatt’s marriage and presents this intersecting convention, where one character’s storyline is being told from the end of the relationship to the beginning, while simultaneously this other character is being represented from the beginning

of the relationship to the end. They find a way to intersect in the middle, and that is traditionally the only time they are on stage together,” said Director Zach Pfrimmer. “This play is about change. People transitioning from one period of their life to the next. It became about what people need from each other and what they are able to give to one another.

It becomes about when people try to find their security and their sense of worth in their partner, it can often be a problem because it is a massive burden to have to bear and put on someone else.”

A Winston-Salem resident, Pfrimmer grew up in musical theatre with acting being his forefront, before moving to Greensboro to attend the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he studied history and theatre, with a concentration in directing.

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“I knew I had to take what I learned in college and performance, to be able to highlight the importance of timing regarding this show. These two characters are at different points in their lives and couldn’t be successful in this relationship, but it was a timing situation, which is a beautiful thing to examine because it is so true to life,” Pfrimmer shared.

While direction maintained its importance, finding the right actors was the next crucial step.

“I heard about the show through Zach, who I had performed with prior. I recently relocated here from Austin, Texas to pursue theatre among other things. I have family that lives here, one being my sister who also does theatre, so it was nice being able to perform with her again. I have been performing for the past four months at local theatres, so I went through the audition process and got the part of Jamie,” said Hal Roberts. “I am familiar with this show and have been singing the soundtrack since I was 14 years old, so it is near and dear to my heart.”

During auditions, many potential Cathy’s showed up, but Pfrimmer recalls one video recording submission that caught his attention. It didn’t take him long to see that he hit the jackpot with Shannon O’Grady.

“I hadn’t been in a real stage performance since high school. I studied Arts Administration at UNCG, where I met Zach, and only worked on workshop pieces while I was there. I knew this was the right time to come back to the stage because I knew if I didn’t try now, when would I?” O’Grady said.

Pfrimmer shared that the chemistry between Roberts and O’Grady was incredible, responsive, and collaborative right off the bat.

“I typically go towards more happy-golucky musicals, lighter content. Finding out who Jamie is as a man, and living his story is not only challenging from an acting standpoint, but from an emotional standpoint,” Roberts said.

It can be emotionally toiling to go to rehearsals every night and endure a breakup.

“I’d say I could relate to Cathy when I was younger. She works hard at what

Shannon O’Grady and Hal Roberts star in The Last 5 Years she does, but nothing seems to stick for her, and the rejection becomes too much for her. She gets down on herself and doubts her ability to pursue her dreams.

That negativity starts to feed into the reasons why she and Jamie didn’t work out. The two of them simply wanted different things. Cathy was more focused on the relationship, while Jamie was more focused on his career,” O’Grady said. “I do relate to her in the fact that I used to be pretty immature about being rejected for things, and the fact I have always been in a relationship with people instead of having time to be on my own.”

Being in a set headspace for the production team is one aspect of a show, but the mood portrayed onto those in the audience is another.

“This is a dramedy. Be prepared to experience a rollercoaster of emotions and the euphoria you get at the end when you realize that life happens. That is why my favorite musical number is the finale.

You get those long-awaited emotions you wanted to feel throughout the entire show,” Pfrimmer shared. “In my opinion, the show ends on a positive note, depending on your perspective. A bittersweet show with a matching underscore.”

The Last 5 Years will run from March 4 thru March 13.

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“Four” your eyes only: Triad Film Collaborative presents annual showcase The Triad Film Collaborative, the self-explanatory entity that brings together independent filmmakers from throughout North Carolina and the Piedmont Triad, will showcase the efforts Mark Burger of its members with its “Fourth Annual Short Film ShowContributor case,” which will be presented at 7 p.m. on March 12 at RED Cinemas, 1305 Battleground Ave. in Greensboro.

The event is being sponsored by the Piedmont Triad Film Commission (PTFC), Brian Juice Productions, and the Triad Film Collaborative (TFC). Many of the filmmakers are scheduled to be on hand and will participate in a Q&A session after the screening.

“Despite the lockdowns, quarantines, and mandates, creativity in the Triad is still thriving,” said Ken Comito, a prolific filmmaker (Witching Hour, Witching Hour II, Blood Hunt) and the head of Brain Juice Productions. “The Triad Film Collaborative is proud to foster and help develop this creativity.

This is the fourth year that TFC has showcased short films produced here in the Piedmont Triad by both blossoming and seasoned filmmakers.”

“I’m so grateful to RED Cinemas for allowing our abundant and talented local film community to have a place to showcase their films over the years,” said Rebecca Clark, executive director of the Piedmont Triad Film Commission (PTFC). “I offer my congratulations to all the filmmakers selected to be in this short film festival and thankful to Ken and his group in organizing this event that recognizes our talented local workforce.”

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directed by Benjamin West; KaBar and Courage: The James Stogner Story, a Proof of Concept directed by Tufano; The Simulation, directed by Devasuresh Dachuri; Underneath the Mistletoe, a music video directed by Joanna Lower and Sheila Lower; The Time Gatherer, directed by Anita Clark-Anderson; Requiem for a Dream — Scene Remake, directed by Ricky Nelson; Bigfeet, directed by Larry Joseph Parks; Smoke Will Rise, a music video directed by Tufano and West; Goodbye, directed by ClarkAnderson; Always, a Proof of Concept directed by Taylor Grace Davis; and Sparrow, directed by Ken Comito, Tufano, and Nelson.

“We have such a proficient and creative pool of filmmakers in the region who have remained determined in continuing to create and work during the pandemic,” Clark said. “The film industry as a whole was shut down for only about two months in 2020, but local filmmakers, in particular, had to be extremely resourceful in navigating COVID. It has been no easy feat for them, especially when working with limited budgets. But they have been committed to pursuing their craft and found ways to successfully create a safe working environment for all.

This short film festival finally provides us all with the muchneeded and excellent opportunity to get together and celebrate the results of all their hard work!”

For more information or advance tickets, call 336-230-1732 or visit the official RED Cinemas website: https:// www.redcinemas.com/. The official Triad Film Collaborative website is https:// triadfilm.org/, and its official Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/ groups/TriadFilm. The official website for the Piedmont Triad Film Commission is https://piedmontfilm.com/, and the official Facebook page for Brain Juice Productions is https://www.facebook. com/BrainJuiceProductionsNC/. !

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[ WEEKLY ARTS ROUNDUP] ART NOUVEAU IS BACK!

BY KATIE HALL | Chief Advancement Officer On Monday, February 28, Art Nouveau officially relaunched its efforts at West Salem Public House with the help of Best of Winston. The program started as a grassroots effort to build awareness of arts and cultural opportunities within Winston-Salem. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Art Nouveau is back! As a new generation starts building their lives in 21st century Winston-Salem, it is more important than ever that young leaders in the arts community – as well as in business, education, government, technology, and medicine – build a strong community that is centered around the impact of arts and culture. Art Nouveau strives to build awareness, encouraged participation, and cultivate a community of young people with a commitment to supporting the future of arts and culture in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.

Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County it proud to relaunch and support this exciting group that will serve as a thought leader, convener, connector and catalyst amongst the next generation. With the community in mind, Art Nouveau will expose and help promote

a variety of offerings within the arts and cultural sector. What does the next generation want to see in our community? “Drag shows, gallery studio tours, comedy, luxury hip hop, queer-focused events, and dance parties!” were defined at the relaunch event. As a collective, Art Nouveau will begin to expose organizations and individual artists who are doing this work.

If you are interested in joining Art Nouveau as a member, contact Katie Hall at khall@intothearts.org. To stay up to date on the latest events, follow along on Instagram @art_nouveau_ws or on Facebook @TheArtNouveauSociety.

If you or your business is interested in joining us as an event sponsor, please reach out to Katie Hall at khall@intothearts.org.

ART NOUVEAU MARCH MEETUP

Art Nouveau will meet up at Delurk Gallery’s 10 Year Anniversary Music Exhibition on Friday, March 11, 2022. Doors open at 7pm and the show will begin at 8pm.

The gallery exhibition will be on display through March 31 and features current and past members who have shown work at Delurk over the last ten years. The 10 Year Anniversary Music Exhibition will feature music by Benny Boom, Cakes ov Light, Dai Cheri, and Hyper Kill. Food will be available by Nasty Dog Vegetarian Hot Dogs and Kuya Bear Food. Tickets will be sold at the door for $15 per night or $25 for a weekend pass.

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, visit cityofthearts.com.

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yrano de Bergerac, the classic 1897 play written by Edmond Rostand and based on an actual 17th-century playwright and novMark Burger elist is an absolute feast for an actor.

Contributor Beyond the prominent proboscis, the character is heroic, romantic, comic, and tragic. José Ferrer won the Oscar for Best Actor in the 1950 screen version (often referred to as “Cyrano on a Low Budget”), Gerard Depardieu an Oscar nomination for Best Actor in 1990, Christopher Plummer a Tony Award winner for the 1973 stage musical, and Steve

Martin earned some of the best notices of his career for the contemporized comedic version Roxanne (1987).

The latest screen version, simply titled Cyrano, is based on the 2018 musical production that starred Peter Dinklage as Cyrano and Haley Bennett as Roxanne and enjoyed an off-Broadway run in 2019, just prior to the pandemic. It was adapted by Erica Schmidt, Dinklage’s real-life wife, who doubles as executive producer here. Rather than rely on the elongated nose inherent to the character of Cyrano, the diminutive stature of Dinklage is an apropos substitution.

The dashing Dinklage dominates Cyrano, as well he should, and his interpretation of the character is certainly on par with his stage and screen predecessors, even if the only Oscar nomination this film earned was for Best Costume Design. Bennett also reprises her role

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as Roxanne, the long-desired object of Cyrano’s affections, but to far lesser effect.

Despite his charisma and swagger, Cyrano is convinced that Roxanne doesn’t view him as a potential romantic partner, but when she gets a glance at the young Christian (Kelvin Harrison Jr.), her heart goes aflutter. Christian is likewise smitten but is unable to properly articulate his feelings for her.

This, of course, is the heart of the story. Although heartbroken, Cyrano offers to write love letters to Roxanne on behalf of Christian, essentially expressing his own feelings for her while watching his beloved fall for the man who has become Cyrano’s best friend as a result.

Under the direction of Joe Wright and steeped in period detail, this Cyrano is a full-blown, even overblown, musical extravaganza. That tends to be one of its major sticking points, as the numbers (although well-choreographed and executed) often interrupt the narrative flow of the story, as well as overpowering the more intimate and intricate elements of its characters and story. It could be said, no pun intended, that these are dwarfed by the sheer magnitude of the production.

One number, espousing the romantic aspects of baking bread, comes dangerously close to eliciting giggles. Fortunately, there’s no number detailing the churning of butter or the sharpening of

swords, although one half-expects there to be.

Aside from Dinklage, and to a lesser extent Harrison, the actors tend to perform their roles rather than act them.

Bennett’s Roxanne is appropriately ethereal, yet she also comes across as petulant and occasionally woefully unobservant. Ben Mendelsohn’s De Guiche, ostensibly the story’s antagonist, is such a flamboyant, transparently nasty fop that there’s nowhere for him to take the role. Bashir Salahudden, as the Captain of the Guard and Cyrano’s trusted friend, is stalwart and sturdy, but Monica Dolan, as Roxanne’s ladyin-waiting Marie, is saddled with the “comic-relief sidekick” role, with which she can do little. It should also be noted that the ultimate fates of some of these seemingly pivotal characters are never disclosed, thereby lessening even further their presence and their participation.

Nevertheless, for admirers of big-screen spectacles, Cyrano certainly fits the bill. It’s big and it’s grand, and it’s also a must for devotees of Dinklage, who imbues the character with the proper amount of dignity, passion, and pain.

Would that the overall film had followed suit in the same, heartfelt fashion.

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Longworth Such is the case with a planned housing at Large project in High Point, and a statue in Lumberton.

Let’s begin in High Point.

For as long as anyone can remember, the name Daniel Brooks adorned a large housing complex in the City, and the recognition was well deserved. Rev. Brooks, born in 1837, was a free person of color who grew up in Cleveland County but spent most of his adult life in High Point, where he was active in the community from the late 1800s until his death in 1933. Brooks was pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church and has been described as an educator of Black children, and an influential civic leader.

The housing complex that bore his name was demolished recently to make way for a more modern version. So far so good.

But then the High Point Housing Authority announced that the new community would be named “Legacy Ridge”, and the name Daniel Brooks relegated to a small plaque.

Upon hearing of the HPHA’s decision late last month, Rev. Angela Roberson, pastor of the Congregational United Church of Christ, lodged a complaint and started a petition to reinstate Rev. Brooks’ name to the new development when it is completed this summer.

Speaking with the High Point Enterprise, Rev. Roberson said, “It seemed to us they (the Housing Authority) did not recognize there were people in the community who would want to retain the name. They made the decision without any input from us.”

That lack of disclosure and transparency concerns Rev. Roberson because, as she told the Enterprise, “Legacy Ridge is being developed in part with public funds.”

Meanwhile, as the Legacy Ridge controversy simmered in High Point, over in Lumberton, the NAACP made news by protesting the status of another kind of structure. Back in 1907, a statue was erected in front of the Robeson County Courthouse to honor the Confederate dead.

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lottesville protests of 2017, Confederate monuments have been falling like dominos all across the nation. Not so in Lumberton.

Speaking with the Robesonian, local NAACP president Rev. Tyronne Watson, Sr., said, “How can we move as a county in the direction of equality…when we still idolize the dark history that has caused so much pain and division by allowing this statute to stand at the people’s house?”

OK, so what does the Lumberton statue have in common with High Point’s Legacy Ridge housing complex? Ostensibly nothing, except for the fact that Rev. Daniel Brooks was, you guessed it, a veteran of the Confederate army. Of course, he wasn’t the only man of color to don a gray uniform. Writing for the Harvard Gazette, professor John Stauffer noted that, “Blacks who shouldered arms for the Confederacy numbered more than 3,000, but fewer than 10,000.” However, most of those recruits were slaves. Brooks, on the other hand, was a “free man of color” who enlisted in Jeff Davis’s Rebel army of his own free will.

Interviewed in 1925 by Sara Alderman of the High Point Enterprise, Rev. Brooks said of his time in the army, “I didn’t use a gun the whole time. Some of the time I cooked for the officers.” Brooks said he also worked on road and bridge construction. And though he didn’t kill anyone in battle, and he never owned slaves, Brooks still wore the uniform of those who fought for slavery, and that begs the question, if America is determined to purge all things Confederate, then how can you reinstate Daniel Brooks’ name on a publicly-funded housing development?

Let’s be clear about something. I could care less about Confederate monuments, and I’m certainly not trying to provide fodder for racists who love to make straw man arguments against those who want to tear down Confederate statues. I’m just suggesting that it might be less divisive if there were consistent standards in place for determining which monuments must be removed, or which buildings should be renamed. For example, statues of Robert E. Lee have all but disappeared from the American landscape because he owned slaves, but so did Washington and Jefferson, yet monuments, buildings, and highways bearing their names are still intact. If only Rev. Brooks were alive today, he could make sense of all this. That’s the kind of man he was, and maybe that’s the very reason we should keep his name on Legacy Ridge. !

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In addition, “a review of medical and insurance records found no indication that Folsom had ever delivered a child.”

Folsom resigned after an October 2021 interview with investigators and is due back in court in April.

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It was sooooo cold in Beijing during the men’s 50km cross-country skiing event.

How cold was it, you ask? It was so cold (1.4 degrees Fahrenheit) that Finland’s Remi Lindholm, who spent an hour and 16 minutes covering the course, suffered some painful frostbite to an unspeakably delicate body part that was not insulated enough by his thin suit and underlayer, The Guardian reported. Yes, that one. He endured a similar setback in Ruka, Finland, last year. Lindholm said he used a heat pack to thaw out the “appendage” after the Feb. 19 race but “the pain was unbearable. ... It was one of the worst competitions I’ve been in.”

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Former Chadbourn (North Carolina) Police Chief Anthony Spivey, 36, was taken into custody in Conway, South Carolina, on Feb. 24, ending nearly a year of magnificent flouting of the law, WECT-TV reported. It all started in April 2021, when Spivey was charged with more than 70 offenses, mostly related to repeatedly raiding the department’s evidence room and stealing narcotics, cash and firearms. In June, he allegedly embezzled $8,000 meant for a family

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whose son was battling leukemia. North Carolina Wildlife officers contacted the Columbus County Sheriff ’s Office on Feb. 21 about a boat and truck that belonged to Spivey that were found along the Lumber River. Family members told officers the scene might indicate a suicide, and investigators searched the waters and wooded areas nearby for three days.

But as the investigation continued, “it became even more apparent that the scene on the river was staged,” they said. He was finally located at his aunt’s apartment in Loris, South Carolina. His total bond is set at $1 million.

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People have discovered all sorts of pastimes during COVID-19 lockdowns, and Tom Quirk, 36, is no exception, as Metro News reported on Feb. 23. Quirk, of the Forest of Dean in the United Kingdom, treated himself to a new Shark vacuum a couple of years ago and quickly realized that he could make great art with it. For example, Quirk made a stunningly realistic portrait of Donald Trump in his living room rug, a frightening likeness of Jack Nicholson from “The Shining” (“Here’s Johnny!”) and a pretty good image of Slash. “You have to hoover the rug all over in just one direction first so it gives you an all over light image,” Quirk said. “Then I remove the hose and add the thin attachment to the end and drag the long fibers the opposite direction to get the shadows of faces. It normally takes about 15 to 20 minutes, which isn’t bad considering it took Leonardo da Vinci four years to do the ‘Mona Lisa.’”

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Welcome to Texas, where Sarah Stogner, 37, is running for railroad commissioner against Wayne Christian. Christian has amassed a war chest of $766,000, and Stogner is apparently willing to bare all to win the contest, Canoe reported on Feb. 23: “I have other assets,” she said.

To prove it, Stogner posted a 5-second TikTok video of herself wearing only cowboy boots and hat and straddling an oil pumping jack as “Apache” by the Sugarhill Gang played. Unfortunately for her, the stunt may not have worked: She lost the endorsement of the San Antonio Express-News and rankled some religious conservative supporters. “I knew it would be controversial,” Stogner said. “I didn’t realize it would incite the rage and anger that it did from the press.” !

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joined before the war was over, but in 1796, Secretary of War James McHenry ordered that “No Negro, Mulatto, or Indian is to be recruited.” In 1863, the Emancipation Proclamation allowed Black men into the Army and the Navy, but the Marine Corps excluded them until President Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802 in 1941.

In 1942, the first Black Marine recruits in almost 150 years arrived at Montford Point in Jacksonville, N.C., where they were not allowed to cross the railroad tracks into Camp LeJeune and endured racist epithets by their white drill instructors. In 1943, Thompson, a high school student from Kannapolis whose parents had been South Carolina sharecroppers, became one of them.

Boot camp portrait of John R. Thompson “It’s wonderful that we have heroes among us,” said Mayor Nancy Vaughan, who then began reading aloud a resolution honoring the service and contributions of longtime Greensboro resident, Thompson, who passed away on January 12 at the age of 96.

“The first African American Marines,

known as the Montford Point Marines, were trailblazers with an enduring historical legacy,” said Vaughan.

She described how, one year after the base was established, the teenaged Thompson enlisted in hopes of earning a college degree through the GI Bill and “cemented his name into history.”

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She described how Thompson joined the boxing team, became a drill instructor, and had to cut trees in a snakeinfested swamp to build wooden barracks for frontline combat marines during the Allied battle in Saipan.

The resolution also stated that “Mr. Thompson and other Montford Point Marines fought for the right to fight and proved their abilities while serving with distinction during World War 2 and other battles, yet faced discrimination and racism in a segregated South.” It described how he was honorably discharged in 1946 and attended technical school in Durham, and graduated from what is now North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University with undergraduate and graduate degrees in electrical engineering and industrial education.

After noting his “distinguished thirtyyear teaching career in the Guilford County Public Schools,” it described how, in 2011, President Barack Obama signed a WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

law awarding all Montford Point Marines the Congressional Gold Medal for their service and sacrifice during World War 2, with Thompson receiving his bronze replica in a special ceremony in 2012 in Washington, DC. A visibly moved Sharon Hightower read the rest of the resolution, which noted Fleetwood Howell, Joseph Dungee, Truman Boone, and William T. Rankin Jr. as other Montford marines with Greensboro connections. The resolution concluded by recognizing “the many contributions of Mr. John R. Thompson” and “the tremendous historical impact that Montford Point Marines made in the City of Greensboro, the State of North Carolina, the United States of America, and worldwide.”

The resolution was moved by Mayor Pro Tem Yvonne Johnson, seconded by Hightower, and passed 9-0. Hightower then called Mrs. Christina Thompson and her sons Tony and Van, who were seated

in the gallery, to the podium. “Thank you so much for sharing your husband and your father with us,” said Vaughan.

“Thank you so very much for just being here and honoring him,” said Mrs. Thompson, “and thank you for those who came to the last moments.”

District 2’s Goldie Wells stated that “Mrs. Thompson has been a faithful member of the Citizens for Environmental Justice” and expressed gratitude “for all the things you have done behind the scenes and the wonderful things that your husband did for our country.”

“I’ve been to your house and sat and talked and I was saddened to see Mr. Thompson pass,” Hightower said, tears visible on her face. “He was such a fine gentleman at 96 years young. We thank him for his service to the United States, his state, and our community. We will continue to talk, but thank you for sharing his life with us.”

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ing Montford Point Marines with Triad connections.

Howell, a Greensboro native, served in Guam from 1943 until 1946 and was discharged at the rank of corporal before going on to A&T to earn a certificate in tailoring. He later took a job in the University Bookstore as a manager where he worked until retirement. Howell died in 2012 at the age of 93.

Dungee, also a Greensboro native, enlisted in 1946 and trained at Montford Point, as African Americans were still excluded from Camp LeJeune. He went on to fight in Korea and served for 28 years. He then returned to Greensboro and worked at Duke Power Company. He died in 2014 at the age of 86. His News & Record obituary did not list his rank at the time of his 1966 Honorable Discharge.

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rea, and Vietnam. “We went through hell and brimstone at Montford Point,” said Phoenix to McClatchy Newspapers in 2012.

Phoenix died in 2014 at the age of 85.

Corporal Clero Florence was stationed in Guam from 1943 to 1946. In 2012, he told WFMY that, upon his discharge, “I was happy and proud. I thought things would be different because I served the country. People were still mean and we would get spit on in uniform.” Florence died at his home in Green Level, N.C. in 2019 at the age of 95.

Executive Order 8802, which led to the creation of Camp Montford Point, was partially the result of pressure brought on President Franklin D. Roosevelt by civil rights activists. Philip Randolph and Walter White, whose planned March on Washington to protest racial discrimination was suspended after the order was issued.

In 1941, Marine Corps commander General Thomas Holcomb expressed anger at being forced to accept Black recruits.

“If it were a question of having 5,000 whites or 250,000 Negros, I would rather have the whites.” A timeline at usmcmuseum.com quotes Montford Point Marine Sergeant Carrel Reavis as recalling “Camp LeJeune had barracks but we had cardboard huts located in the backwoods, amid water snakes and bears.”

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Montford Point Marine John Thompson receiving a NC State award The order of the Long Leaf Pine with former secretary of Department of Military and Veteran Affairs Larry Hall son, a Marine legend and one of the first Black men to become a drill instructor. It remains the only Marine Corps installation named after an African American. A memorial to the Montford Point Marines was dedicated there in 2016.

Last week, YES! Weekly reached out to Vaughan for comment on how she came to introduce the resolution honoring Corporal Thompson. Vaughan explained she had been contacted by Tammy Williamson, President of the Triangle/Triad Chapter 38 of the Montford Point Marine Association Inc. “Tammy had reached out to me to see if there was a way to honor the Montford Point Marines. She was thinking of naming a street or something along that line. As we talked about Mr. Thompson, I thought his story was so impactful, and he had recently passed and it was Black History Month, and thus the appropriate time for his life and legacy to be acknowledged. We will continue to think of a way to honor the Marines. We have heroes that walk among us every day, and sometimes we don’t appreciate that.”

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with Williamson, who explained that she had moved to Burlington after retiring from the Marine Corps in 2012.

“I saw one morning in the Burlington Times-News that John Phoenix had written a letter telling them that he was a Montford Point Marine. I was like, wow, I never knew this history was in my backyard. So, I went by his house, and we talked and there was a connection, and we started finding other Montford Point Marines.”

Williamson said she was shocked to learn that Phoenix had only a 30% Veteran’s Disability Rating, which in 2022 would be only $522.39 a month, and would have been even less then. “And Mr. Thompson wasn’t receiving anything.”

Williamson said that, as she reached out to more and more Marine veterans, she found that “people don’t grasp what their grandfathers and great-uncles may have endured. These men went through hell and didn’t talk about it.”

She was contacted by a retired Marine named Derrick Boyd, now serving as a Fayetteville officer. Derrick’s father Samuel had also served in the Corps and

Montford Point Marine John J. Phoenix from Burlington in 2012 had recently suffered several heart attacks. “Looking through his dad’s papers, he found out that his ailing father was Montford Point Marine. His dad never said anything about to him. He contacted me and we connected, and we jumped through hoops, and overnighted Samuel Boyd his gold medal replica, which he didn’t even know he’d been awarded in 2012.” Two months after receiving his medal, Samuel Boyd passed away in 2019 at the age of 93.

Williamson also became close to Thompson in his last years. “Unlike me, my dad had never served, but he had Alzheimer’s, and in helping me deal with it, Mr. Thompson and other Montford Marines were like a family to me, because I was able to rely on them and talk to them while I was dealing with that and trying to be there for my dad. Mr. Thompson was at my dad’s funeral. My dad never served, but he was a Marine’s father, and the Montford Point Marines continued to lead and were there for me and him, long after their service was over, they came out for family and community.”

Williamson said that one thing she knows that Thompson and Montford Point Marines would want is more support for her organization. “Everything we do is for them, but if you’re not a huge chapter, you get overlooked.”

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Professor criticizes those fearing rising gas prices more than WW3 North Carolina A&T State University professor Dr. Thomas Porter thinks it’s absurd that reporters keep asking him about the economy.

“People are dying, we’re at risk of World War 3, and they’re Ian McDowell talking about gas prices.”

Porter told YES! Contributor Weekly that he’s been to Russia “at least 35 times” since 1979. “I started going as a student in the Brezhnev Era, and then for a long period went often two or three times for research and work, and actually taught over there.”

A Professor of Russian, Modern European, and Genocide Studies at the University, he has researched such topics as Russia in World War I and is the author of publications in English and Russian, including such titles as The Soviet Denial of Murdered Jews’ Identity During and After the Great Patriotic War; Nikto ne zabyt: The Politicization of Soviet War Dead; and russkii narodnyi front: politicheskie i sotsial’nye peremeny v rossii vo vremia pervoi mirovoi voiny.

In our Sunday morning phone conversation, Porter talked about how quickly things had changed since Saturday night.

“Things have really taken off. Putin put his nuclear forces on alert, and of course, the big question in American minds is how high will gas prices go. That’s ridiculous, but they keep asking that.”

There are also the talks between Russia and Ukraine that are scheduled to begin.

“Ukrainians are saying they’re going to keep fighting. Germany has really stepped up. They have provided offensive weapons to Ukraine, which is a huge sea change for what they call their historical responsibility. Rocket-propelled grenades for anti-tank and shoulder-fired Stinger missiles. But there’s even bigger news from Germany. They’re adding 100 billion Euros to their defense budget. That’s 120 billion US dollars, which would be equivalent to about 40% of our defense budget,” he said. “They’re adding two liquefied natural gas facilities to import LNG from the United States instead of relying on Germany. That’s a lot of stuff that’s just happened this morning.”

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Then there is the new agreement about Russian exports to China.

“They will allegedly be sending 100 million tons of coal, but also wheat is going there, and I’m thinking they’ll probably try to sell them oil, as China wants to stop being reliant on seaborne import of raw materials, because they’ve got shit, just the Gobi Desert, and they can barely feed themselves,” Porter said. “So, they’re dependent on this import of oil and gas, which is why they’re trying to co-opt Central Asia into supplying them raw materials, which is something they’ve done very well. So, I think Russia and China are going to get ever closer.”

Porter also talked about Taiwan being on high alert, the US sending a destroyer to the Taiwan strait, and two aircraft carriers operating near there with the Seventh Fleet.

“Americans are so disengaged from what’s happening in the rest of the world and so concerned with their own economic and social ails that they don’t really understand how dangerous this is.

For example, the whole damn thing about gas prices, it’s just not important. Gas is fungible, oil is fungible,” he said. “So, if Russia doesn’t export it, it’s going to hurt for a bit, but they’ll send it to China, and that means Saudi Arabia will have to send it our way. So, at the end of the day, it’s not a major concern.”

He had a few harsh words for those busy playing Washington politics.

“Republicans are blaming Biden for being weak and vacillating, and of course, Trump is saying Obama sent blankets

while he sent weapons. Well, he sent defensive weapons and tried to force Zelensky into investigating Hunter Biden by holding up aid to Ukraine. The Republicans are playing both sides against the middle again, but most people don’t give a damn.”

When it was pointed out that many Republicans are either saying this never would have happened under Trump or are actually praising Putin, while some genuine leftists defend Putin’s actions by claiming he’s trying to topple a Neo-Nazi regime installed by Obama in 2014, Porter agreed.

“Right, that’s just repeating what Putin is saying. I’m sorry, but the Ukrainian people removed Viktor Yanukovych in 2014, and now this guy Zelensky has really risen to the moment. It’s like Kevin Hart became president and was good at it. Seriously, he was the star of a sitcom called Servant of the People, about a history professor who becomes president of the Ukraine after he records a viral video, and then he actually became president.

In a way, it’s sort of like Trump, although, with Zelensky, it was via comedy rather than a reality show. He’s been very impressive under fire.”

But according to Porter, most Americans don’t care.

“They don’t understand that the world is interdependent, and again, are only concerned about gas prices, and don’t think about the fact that world is on the brink of disaster and people are dying and it’s gotten really ugly.”

He admitted to finding amusement

in some recent occurrences. “The hacker group Anonymous taking over all Russian state TV channels and playing the Ukrainian national anthem is hilarious.” He said he was also grimly amused by audio of Russian forces telling the 13 Ukrainian defenders of Snake Island “I am a Russian warship; I suggest you lay down your arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed and unnecessary victims, or you will be bombed,” only for a Ukrainian soldier to respond “Warship, go fuck yourself.” But President Zelensky’s statement that the 13 Ukrainian defenders were then killed mutes the humor.

Much worse, said Porter, is Putin’s threat to deploy thermobaric weapons, which use oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion, capable of vaporizing human bodies.

Dubbed the “Father of all bombs,” these were developed by both the U.S. and the Soviet Union in the 1960s, and can now be fitted to hand-held launchers. CNN has reported that Russian forces have moved a TOS-1 heavy flamethrower that shoots thermobaric rockets near Kharkiv in the Ukraine. “So, this is really getting ugly, but the Ukrainians are fighting like hell.”

Plus, said Porter, “Russia still lacks air superiority, which is amazing, and once those shoulder Stinger missiles get there, they’ll be in big trouble. They thought the war would be over by now, so they don’t have the supply lines. In some respects, these talks on the border of Belarus and the Ukraine might just be a ploy to get supplies to their units. But even if they win, there’s going to be resistance.”

With luck, he said, it might not come to that.

“With Russia’s status at the highest level of alert, I’m thinking that the oligarchs are going to start getting nervous, and we might just see Putin removed by his cronies. It happened in 1953 after Stalin died when they got rid of Beria.”

He concluded with praise for Russian demonstrators. “They’re showing true civic courage because they can be heavily fined, imprisoned, beaten, or worse, and they’re out there anyway, just like BLM and Muslim Ban protestors. I think 4,000 were detained yesterday throughout Russia. Those are very brave people.” !

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Korn returns to the Triad latest album, “Requiem.”

Fresh from their “Requiem Mass” Livestream release event, Korn is carrying a new light across their 14th record, shedding the darkness as encapsulated in their lead single, “Start the Healing.”

The intimate performance, staged at the Hollywood United Methodist Church, suggested funeral attire as the band honored the departed while celebrating what lies ahead.

But while the new album treads happier waters, waves still rock the group. Bassist Reginald “Fieldy” Arvizu appeared on the record, but won’t be joining the tour —

continuing his hiatus and focusing on his own healing process. Suicidal Tendencies bassist Roberto ‘Raz’ Diaz has been filling in for live shows.

“I will be working towards getting the bad habits out of my system,” Fieldy said via social media in June. “I love you,” he added, turning to his bandmates, “and I don’t want to bring any tension or bad vibes to the circle.”

It’s reciprocated, if distant. “I love him; he’s my brother,” Davis told James Hickie in Kerrang!. But after experiencing the loss of his estranged wife, Deven Davis, of an overdose in 2018, he refuses to ever again

be an idle witness to substance abuse. “I will feel guilt for the rest of my fucking life because of that,” Davis added. “I tried my hardest but perhaps if I’d been a little bit tougher there’d have been a different outcome. I pray that he can figure it out and get better and come back and be a huge part of this band again.”

Loss hangs heavy in Davis’ circle, the depth of which he explored in Korn’s previous album, “The Nothing.” Plunging into his own darkness, grieving the death of his mother and ex-wife within a handful of months prior to production. “That was my chance to get it out, record it, and share it

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with the world,” he told Hickie.

With “Requiem,” Korn turns a cathartic corner. And with the lead single, they’re ready to “Start the Healing.” As a whole, the band feels reinvigorated. “Energized by a new creative process free of time constraints, the band was able to do things with Requiem that the past two decades haven’t always afforded them,” they noted in a press release, “such as taking additional time to experiment together or diligently recording to analog tape — processes which unearthed newfound sonic dimension and texture in their music.”

They keep it tight, running just 32-minutes over nine tracks. Audibly less ambient than other recent works, Rolling Stone described “Requiem,” as “explosive.”

A notable return to Korn’s core—around which the group is happily unified. “We were writing as a unit, which was really exciting,” Davis said in Kerrang!. “I got to orchestrate and lay the bed down for what I wanted to do with the music.”

“Requiem” marks a multifaceted trip back to their roots, with source material reflecting how life these days might actually be peachy. “I’m in a better place mentally than I’ve ever been,” Davis told NME, “where I’m not in a constant state of fucking fear or anxiety or depression.”

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still like those 24-year-old kids making that first record, we still get that excited,” Davis told Hickie, “working together is like doing drugs for us now — we’re continuously chasing that first high.”

In that chase, they’ll return to the Triad for the first time in 11 years, having last played the LJVM Coliseum on the “Monster Energy Music as a Weapon V Tour,” in 2011 (with Disturbed, In This Moment, and Sevendust). Korn actually made their Triad debut (ala a Ziggy’s Presents show) in Winston-Salem, at the Millennium Center, with The Pharcyde, in 1996.

The upcoming concert, with special guests Chevelle and Code Orange, will mark their third appearance at the Greensboro Coliseum complex — following the “Rock is Dead Tour” with Rob Zombie and Videodrone in 1999 and 2000’s “Sick and Twisted Tour,” with Mindless Self Indulgence and Staind.

But Korn isn’t living in the past. “It’s time to shed the skin and #StartTheHealing,” the band said in a Facebook wish for New Year’s. Meanwhile, for Davis, as he sings on “Let The Dark Do The Rest,” “I just want to see what the future holds.”

“Requiem,” the 14th album from Korn, is out now via Loma Vista Recordings.

They’ll be at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex, with Chevelle and Code Orange, on March 11. !

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Four Saints Brewing

218 South Fayetteville St. | 336.610.3722 www.foursaintsbrewing.com Thursdays: Taproom Trivia Fridays: Music Bingo Mar 5: William Nesmith Mar 6: Randolph Jazz Band Mar 12: Kelsey Hurley Mar 19: Brooke McBride Mar 20: Mark Dillon & Friends Mar 26: Analog Crash Apr 2: J Floyd and the Grave Sitters Apr 3: Randolph Jazz Band Apr 9: Love & Valor Apr 16: 80’s Unleashed

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Bojangles Coliseum

2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.boplex.com Mar 3: Tracy Lawrence & Clay Walker w/ Alexandra Kay Mar 10: Celtic Woman Mar 11: Iliza Mar 16: Tyler, The Creator Mar 25: TOBYMAC Mar 25: Rodney Carrington Mar 30: Bob Dylan Apr 1: Marisela Apr 8: Brian Regan Apr 9: No Remorse Comedy Tour Apr 16: For King & Country

CMCU Amphitheatre former Uptown Amphitheatre 820 Hamilton St | 704.549.5555 www.livenation.com Apr 20: Modest Mouse May 3: Khruangbin May 16: Leon Bridges May 22: Parway Drive Jun 5: Barenaked Ladies Jun 8: Russ

The Fillmore

1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970 www.livenation.com Feb 24: Hippie Sabotage Feb 26: Amine Feb 28: Eric Nam Mar 3: Goose Mar 9: Theory of a Deadman Mar 10: Dylan Scott Mar 11: Conan Gray Mar 12: Badfish Mar 13: Jazmine Sullivan Mar 15: Jesse & Joy Mar 17: Chelsea Cutler Mar 18: Oliver Tree YES! WEEKLY

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Mar 21: Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators Mar 22: 311 Mar 23: Underoath Voyeurist Mar 25: Lane 8 Mar 26: Epik High Apr 2: KALEO Apr 6: Mammoth WVH & Dirty Honey

PNC Music Pavilion

707 Pavilion Blvd | 704.549.1292 www.livenation.com Apr 30: Jimmy Buffet May 8: AJR - The OK Orchestra Tour May 12: Tim McGraw May 24: Foo Fighters May 29: Nick Cannon

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Carolina Theatre

309 W Morgan St | 919.560.3030 www.carolinatheatre.org Mar 4: Ronny Chieng Mar 5: Beverly Botsford Mar 12: Mike Bigbiglia Mar 13: The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle Mar 15: Graham Nash Mar 21: Sonia De Los Santos, La Golondrima Mar 29: Welcome to Night Vale

DPAC

123 Vivian St | 919.680.2787 www.dpacnc.com Mar 4: The British Invasion Mar 8: Christone “Kingfish” Ingram Mar 9, 11: Bert Kreischer Mar 12: Iliza Mar 16: Celtic Woman Mar 19: Slash feat. Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators Mar 20: Wow in the World Mar 22: Joe Bonamassa Mar 24: Gregory Alan Isakov Mar 25: Nate Bargatze

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Reeves Theater

129 W Main St | 336.258.8240 www.reevestheater.com Fourth Thursdays: Old-Time Jam Mar 3: The Martha Bassett Show Mar 4: Della Mae Mar 5: Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters Mar 11: Amythyst Kiah Mar 12: Ben Sollee Mar 18: Liam Purcell and Cane Mill Road

Mar 19: Unspoken Tradition Mar 25: Yachtical Mystery Tour Mar 26: The Revelers Apr 1: Western Centuries Apr 2: Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas Apr 9: Tinsley Ellis Apr 15: Luke Mears Band Apr 22: The Malpass Brothers Apr 23: Todd Snider Jun 3: Paul Thorn

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Arizona Pete’s

2900 Patterson St #A | 336.632.9889 www.arizonapetes.com Apr 9: Dragonforce w/ Battle Beast & Seven Spires Apr 26: Escape The Fate w/ The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus, Violent New Breed

Barn Dinner Theatre 120 Stage Coach Tr. | 336.292.2211 www.barndinner.com Mar 12-Apr 3: Smoke on the Mountain Apr 9-May 7: Crowns Mar 14-Jun 25: Groovin’

Baxter’s Tavern

536 Farragut St | 336.808.5837 www.baxterstavern.com Apr 1: Whistler w/ Pathway, Fowler, and Fox Season Apr 24: Cory Luetjen & The Traveling Blues Band

The Blind Tiger

1819 Spring Garden St | 336.272.9888 www.theblindtiger.com Mar 3: Until They Bleed w/ Box Ghost, Haymaker, Duck Beat Mar 4: Dark Tranquillity w/ Kataklysm & Nailed To Obscurity Mar 5: Adelita’s Way, Gemini Syndrome Mar 5: Eslabon Armado Mar 6: Defeated Sanity Mar 10: Paralandra Mar 11: NIle w/ Incantation, Sanguisugabogg, I Am Mar 12: Lowborn w/ Rookie of the Year at Rockhouse Mar 12: Reverend Horton Heat w/ Hillbilly Casino Mar 14: Lich King Mar 16: Kendall Street Company Mar 17: Turpentine Shine Mar 18: L.A. Maybe & Seven Year Witch

Mar 19: Attila w/ He Is Legend, Islander, Crown Magnetar Mar 20: Uncured w/ Versus Me, Madame Mayhem Mar 22: Like Moths To Flames & Polaris w/ Alpha Wolf & Invent, Animate Mar 23: Sepultura w/ Sacred Reich, Crowbar, Art of Shock

Carolina Theatre

310 S. Greene Street | 336.333.2605 www.carolinatheatre.com Mar 4: Royal Jelly Mar 6: Last Waking Moment Mar 13: Doug Baker Mar 15: Cane Mill Road Mar 18: Carly Burruss and Casey Noel Apr 1: Beatles vs Stones Apr 2: Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs Apr 9: Gregory Amos Apr 15: A Purple Rain Experience

Comedy Zone

1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034 www.thecomedyzone.com Mar 4-5: Burpie Mar 11-12: Mutzie Mar 18-20: Nick Thune Mar 25-27: Steven Trevino Apr 1-3: Jason Banks May 5: Shayne Smith

Cone Denim

117 S Elm St | 336.378.9646 www.cdecgreensboro.com Mar 11: Niko Moon Mar 19: Steel Panther Apr 7: Key Glock

Flat Iron

221 Summit Ave | 336.501.3967 www.flatirongso.com Mar 4: William Hinson & Kate Yeager Mar 5: Starlight Speedway Mar 10: Chasing Sunsets Mar 31: Marcus Rezak’s Truth in Sound

Garage Tavern

5211 A West Market St | 336.763.2020 www.garagetaverngso.com Mar 5: Second Glance Band

Greensboro Coliseum

1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com Mar 11: Korn, Chevelle, Code Orange Mar 12: No Cap Comedy Tour Mar 19: The Avett Brothers Mar 20: Maxwell

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348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678 www.facebook.com/littlebrotherbrew Mar 18: Paleface

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SoUth END BREWiNg Co. 117B W Lewis St | 336.285.6406 www.southendbrewing.com tuesdays: trivia Night

StEvEN tANgER CENtER

300 N Elm Street | 336.333.6500 www.tangercenter.com Feb 23-Mar 6: the Lion King Mar 8: Lyle Lovett Mar 10: Bert Kreischer Mar 12: 90’s Kickback Concert Part 2 Mar 13: the Simon & garfunkel Story Mar 15: Anne Lamott Mar 19: the ten tenors Mar 24: Rodney Carrington Mar 26: Walker hayes Apr 1: Bob Dylan

thE iDiot Box CoMEDY CLUB

503 N. Greene St | 336.274.2699 www.idiotboxers.com Mar 5: J Bliss Mar 12: David goolsby Mar 18: Steve Lesser Mar 19: Erik terrell Mar 26: Brian o’Sullivan Mar 26: Juice Adkins Apr 2: Lindsay glazer Apr 9: Paul hooper Apr 30: Pedro gonzalez

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AFtER hoURS tAvERN

1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113 www.facebook.com/AfterHoursTavernHighPoint Mar 5: Bending Fate Mar 12: Fair Warning Mar 18: Slightly Emotional Mar 19: Charos FM Mar 26: toyz Apr 2: Bad Romeo www.yesweekly.com

220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401 www.highpointtheatre.com Mar 4-6: Ruthless Mar 7: voctave Mar 17: Sister Sledge feat. Sledgendary Mar 25: Jump, Jive, & Wail 138 Church Ave | 336.991.5016 www.facebook.com/plankstreettavern Apr 1: Randy Condor Williams

SWEEt oLD BiLL’S

1232 N Main St | 336.807.1476 www.sweetoldbills.com Mar 3: Davis tucker and Zach Smith Mar 10: Decades Band Mar 17: Johnny o’ and the Jump out Boys Mar 24: tin Can Alley

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thE DECK

118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 www.thedeckatrivertwist.com Mar 2: Karaoke Mar 3: Bradley Steele Mar 4: Wesley Bryan & Carolina ignition Mar 5: Southbound 49 Mar 9: Karaoke Mar 10: Wesley Bryan Acoustic Mar 11: Room 42 Mar 12: the Plaids Mar 16: Karaoke Mar 17: St. Patty with Capt Jack & Silent Disco

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BREAthE CoCKtAiL LoUNgE

221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822 www.facebook.com/BreatheCocktailLounge Wednesdays: Karaoke Fridays: DJ

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thE LiBERtY ShoWCASE thEAtER

101 S. Fayetteville St | 336.622.3844 www.TheLibertyShowcase.com Mar 12: Lonestar

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CCU MUSiC PARK At WALNUt CREEK

3801 Rock Quarry Rd | 919.821.4111 www.livenation.com Apr 23: Jimmy Buffet

LiNCoLN thEAtRE

126 E. Cabarrus St | 919.831.6400 www.lincolntheatre.com Mar 2: Sleigh Bells Mar 4: Moon Water & Maj Deeka Mar 5: Cosmic Charlie Mar 9: BAdfish: tribute to Sublime 20 Year Anniversary tour Mar 10: Marc Broussard

RED hAt AMPhithEAtER 500 S McDowell St | 919.996.8800 www.redhatamphitheater.com May 7: AJR Jun 16: Cody Johnson

PNC ARENA

1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300 www.thepncarena.com Mar 2: Eagles Mar 19: Winter Jam 2022

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BULL’S tAvERN

FiDDLiN’ FiSh BREWiNg CoMPANY

772 Trade St | 336.999.8945 www.fiddlinfish.com Mar 4: hot Wax and the Splinters

FoothiLLS BREWiNg 638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 www.foothillsbrewing.com Mar 16: Sam Robinson

MiDWAY MUSiC hALL

11141 Old US Hwy 52, Suite 10 | 336.793.4218 www.facebook.com/midwaymusichallandeventcenter Mondays: Line Dancing w/ Denise Mar 4: Brett tolley and Friends Mar 5: Sidekix Mar 11: Brett tolley and Friends Mar 12: Ea$y Money Duo tim Sealey and David Winger Mar 18: Jimmy Shirly Jr and the 8 track 45 Band

thE RAMKAt

170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 www.theramkat.com Mar 3: Bad Dog, Unknown Nobodies, the Camel City Blackouts Mar 4: A. Lee Edwards, David Childers, Casey Noel Mar 5: Aaron Burdett Quartet, Dori Freeman Mar 10: Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs, Sarah Sophia Mar 18: victoria victoria, the Pinkerton Raid, Cashavelly Morrison

WiNStoN-SALEM FAiRgRoUND

408 West 4th St | 336.331.3431 www.bullswsnc.com Wednesdays: Karaoke

421 W 27th St | 336.727.2236 www.wsfairgrounds.com May 20: Classic Country Concert Series

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WiSE MAN BREWiNg

121 West 9th Street | 336.448.0018 www.earlsws.com Mar 11: the Comedowns

826 Angelo Bros Ave | 336.725.0008 www.wisemanbrewing.com thursdays: Music Bingo

KERNERSviLLE BREWiNg CoMPANY 221 N Main St. | 336.816.7283 kernersvillebrewing.com thursdays: trivia

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oLD NiCK’S PUB

191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059 www.OldNicksPubNC.com Fridays: Karaoke Mar 26: hawthorne Curve

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I read your column about why women apologize more than men, and the science makes sense. What you didn’t address is why men don’t admit they’re wrong Amy Alkon or apologize. So while women operate Advice according to the Goddess survival instincts you described, men oafishly bumble through life without a clue they screwed up and owe someone an apology. They don’t even know how to apologize in the first place! Explain that, science lady! —Annoyed You’ve got loads of company in believing women default to “mea culpa” while men are all “mea do no wronga.”

And sure, as you note, I did show that women apologize more often than men — both when they realize they’ve wronged somebody and in situations where an apology is beyond ridiculous: “I’m sorry, but

could you pass the salt?” Women likewise use more hinty, tentative language (“I hate to bother you”) and “whimperatives,” linguist Jerrold Sadock’s term for direct orders — like “Stop yelling at me!” — meeked-up into questions: “Would you mind not yelling at me?” (Answer — at 90 decibels: “WELL, YEAH, I WOULD!”) Women don’t hide what they’re saying behind a bunch of verbal bramble because they’re weak. Female indirectness seems to have evolved to help ancestral mamas (and mamas-to-be) avert conflict and avoid retaliation and physical harm. A beatdown could easily break their reproductive “machinery” or jeopardize their ability to feed and care for babies they’d had — making it “goodbye forever!” for their genes.

Because, right now in 2022, our minds are powered by antique, ancestral-era psychology, we women are still “programmed” to be mealymouths — despite how, these days, we can neatly take out any clubwielding brute with a well-aimed Hello Kitty-embossed Smith & Wesson.

However, the fact that men apologize less frequently doesn’t mean they are less willing to apologize when they’ve wronged somebody. As social psychologist Karina

Schumann put it in her research on sex differences in “apology behavior”: “Despite wide acceptance of the stereotype that women apologize more readily than men” (“more readily” being the important nuance), “there is little ... evidence to support this bias.”

Schumann had male and female undergrads keep a diary for 12 days and log each time they apologized to someone — as well as each time they or someone else did something they felt called for an apology.

There were four categories of offenses: failed obligations (like showing up late), inconveniences (calling a wrong number), physical offenses (denting a borrowed car), and “relational” offenses (hurtful interpersonal behavior like lying, cheating, or putting the toilet paper roll on “backward”).

Schumann did find that the women apologized more than the men. But don’t gloat just yet!

Women also reported doing more things they felt called for an apology. So, you could say, “Awww...see, they care more about how their behavior affects others!”

However, the women also found more of others’ behaviors objectionable and apology-worthy.

Men, on the other hand, showed more of a “whatever, dude” attitude about much of the stuff women found offensive. This attitude was reflected in research by psychologist Joyce Benenson on men’s and women’s issues with their college roommates. The women found their roommates much more obnoxious than the men found theirs: messier and louder, as well as smellier and more disgusting (“which is hard to believe,” writes Benenson, “as usually men care less than women about ... hygiene”).

Schumann’s results suggest that “women offer more apologies than men do” (and are more likely to see an apology as necessary) “because women have a lower threshold for what constitutes offensive behavior.” This brings us to Schumann’s stereotype-debunking finding: “Men were no less willing than women were to apologize for their behavior once they categorized it as offensive.” And guess what: “Their apologies were similarly effusive.”

Male-female differences in perception can lead to ugly misunderstandings. “For example,” Schumann notes, “If women perceive offenses that their male romantic partners do not notice, women might interpret an absence of an apology as evidence

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that their partners are indifferent to their well-being” (rather than the natural result of leaving a man to guess what he’s done).

“Similarly, men may regard their female partners as overly sensitive.” However, the real issue seems to be that “men and women unwittingly disagree at an earlier stage in the process: identifying whether or not a transgression has even occurred.”

Understanding this — what men and women don’t understand about each other — the supposedly worst apology (bordering on criminal!) that a husband or boyfriend can give, “I’m sorry you feel hurt,” isn’t necessarily the atrocity it’s made out to be.

Look to a man’s intentions. Is he generally a good-hearted guy who shows you he loves you and wants to make you happy? If so, maybe give him credit for doing his semiclueless best. Ultimately, for a man, love means never knowing exactly why you’re sorry. !

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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