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It’s as visible as the color red throughout his business, you can hear it in the music that blares from the speakers, and smell it from the aroma of the PERCOLATING COFFEE. But that’s what Byerly’s Carolina Red Cafe, located in High Point’s old Westchester Mall at 1701 Westchester Dr. Suite 250, is all about.

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I will be hosting a WINE DINNER at Café Pasta (cafepasta.com) featuring wines from Etruscan Imports (etruscanimports.com). Etruscan Imports is a relatively new vendor, featuring wines primarily from Italy, plus some from Eastern Europe...

6 On Saturday, Nov. 20, the University of North Carolina (UNCSA)’s School of Music will present the UNCSA SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA performing Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in the Stevens Center, located at 405 W. Fourth St. in WinstonSalem.

7 The Little Theatre of WinstonSalem, North Carolina Black Repertory Company, Spirit Gum Theatre, Spring Theatre, Stained Glass Playhouse, and 40+ Stage Company will present ALL TOGETHER NOW! – A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre, on Saturday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hanesbrands Theatre, 209 N. Spruce St. in Winston-Salem. Tickets range from $15-35 for this one-night-only fundraiser.

8 ...not only are you stealing their money, you’re also thumbing your nose at them while

you’re fleecing them. That’s how it is with REPUBLICAN LEGISLATORS in Raleigh every time they commence to re-draw the State’s Congressional districts. Last week they did it again.

9 The title ANTLERS isn’t misleading but is vague enough to possibly confuse horror fans, who might expect a film about a ravenous reindeer... The spirit, which does sport antlers, is known as a “Wendigo,” but that title was previously used for a (pretty good) 2001 film, so Antlers it is.

14 The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts is riding high off the closing of its first musical and rolling right on into its second with the debut of BEAUTIFUL THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL. 18 SENGOKO, the latest project from Derek Torres, and his band, The Saline Dreams, are coming to the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) for the “Night Moods” nocturnal concert series on Nov. 13. Bridging the hiatus following his era as T0W3RS, the electro-pop artist has awakened, like a Bowie butterfly, bringing along his latest record and Triad live-band debut.

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have attended a lot of wine dinners. They are always informative and enjoyable. You get acquainted with some wines you might otherwise not have experienced, you learn how the grapes are grown, how the wines are made, and often gain a bit of knowledge about the people involved — the owners of the property and the winemaker, for example.

Over the years, my wife and I developed two issues that somewhat undermined the experiences, though. Often, the presenters just talked too much. And these dinners have often been pretty expensive.

So, when I started hosting wine dinners myself, I tried to develop some guidelines that would make them more enjoyable without diminishing the educational experience. My motto: less talk, more wine, and solid value.

On November 16, I will be hosting a wine dinner at Café Pasta (cafepasta. com) featuring wines from Etruscan Imports (etruscanimports.com). Etruscan Imports is a relatively new vendor, featuring wines primarily from Italy, plus some from Eastern Europe- direct imports that have never been available in this area (or even in the United States) until recently.

Their wines come from smaller producers, usually family-owned, all natural, or organic. Etruscan’s motto: “Discover the YES! WEEKLY

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The variety of grapes used to make the wines will be new to most guests. My wife and I spent two weeks (several years ago) touring wineries in Italy, and we were fascinated by varietals we had never even heard of before.

I like to construct menus and wine pairings that work off the restaurant’s menu, so that although the experience is new, if you enjoy it, you can repeat it on a return visit. Portions will be tapas-sized, with one or more wines paired with five courses.

Upon arrival, we’ll start with Spinach and Artichoke Dip. The flavors of the spinach and the brightness of the artichokes pair well with something bubbly-sparkly, so I chose a prosecco: DOC Prosecco Treviso from Salomon Francesco winery (terriero.com/what), made from the Glera grape grown in the Venice region.

We’ll move on to Seafood Risotto, a mellow concoction that responds well to tropical flavors. DOC Soave Il Selese from the Stefanini winery (istefanini.it/en), a white wine based on the Garganega grape, is the wine pairing for this course.

It also comes from the Venice region. Garganega is known for aromas and flavors that evoke white flowers and almonds; it is medium-bodied and smooth with a pleasant mineral finish.

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dishes at Café Pasta. One of them is their homemade Sausage. Bold, smoky flavors emerge, with solid undergirding from sauteed onions and bell peppers. With this, I want a red wine that will stand up to the grilled sausage and enhance it. So we’ll go with IGT Salento Primitivo Bonsegna Azienda (vinibonsegna.it/index. php/en/cantina), from the Puglia region.

Primitivo is the varietal that in the U.S. is known as Zinfandel. I love the intense, briery fruit forward impact of this wine.

Spaghetti Bolognese — pasta with tomato-meat sauce and Italian herbs — is a classic. Guests will recognize the Chianti region, but the wine for this course is a Corvina — Chianti Ilangi, IGT Verona Provolo Azienda (agriturismovillailangi. it). Chianti soil and climate characteristics appear in notes of dried cherry within vibrant acidity. Servers will also pour a second wine with this course, Rosso Veneto Gino, a blend of Corvina (60%), Rondinella (20%), and Corvinone (20%) from the Provolo family winery (viniprovolo.com/ENG/). This is an intense wine, with aromas of ripe red fruits, blackberries, black currants, and aromatic herbs, plus hints of leather.

Café Pasta is justifiably famous for its Lasagne, a family recipe that I have consistently ranked among the best. To go with this, I chose another Provolo wine, Ripasso Tenuta Ca’Nove DOC Valpolicella, a blend of Corvina (60%) and Rondinella

(20%) wines, evoking ripe red fruit, cherries, and hints of vanilla. “Ripasso” translates “re-pass.” This wine is given a second fermentation using dried skins, significantly increasing the complexity of flavors. The other wine with this course is also a big one, Petrucco winery’s (vinipetrucco.it) Reserve Merlot Toscana IGT Villa Ilangi, from Tuscany. It is a blend of Sangiovese (70%), traditional in Tuscany, plus Merlot (30%), which softens the tart edge that is often found in Sangiovese.

If you don’t recognize all the terms in the wine names, don’t worry about it. I’ll explain. That’s part of the “educational” aspect of the evening. And I promise not to talk too much!

Seating is limited. Cost is $50 per person. That’s the lowest I’ve seen in a long time for a wine dinner, especially one with five courses and seven wines!

Call 336-272-1308 to make your reservation. All the wines will be available for purchase at special, this-evening-only prices. !

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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n Saturday, Nov. 20, the University of North Carolina (UNCSA)’s School of Music will present the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra performing Gustav Mark Burger Mahler’s Symphony No. 5 in the Stevens Center, located at Contributor 405 W. Fourth St. in Winston-Salem.

Tickets are $20 (general admission) and $15 (students with valid ID) and are available either by calling the box office at 336-721-1945 or by visiting www.uncsa.edu/performances. Due to local mandates, audience members will be required to wear face masks during the presentation.

UNCSA Artist-in-Residence Thomas Wilkins, the principal conductor of the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, will conduct the UNCSA Symphony Orchestra as it performs one of Mahler’s most acclaimed works.

“We are thrilled to offer our student artists the opportunity to perform an epic work like Mahler’s Fifth Symphony under the leadership of Maestro Thomas Wilkins,” said Saxton Rose, UNCSA dean of music. “This is sure to be an experience they will treasure, and our audience will not soon forget.”

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rehearsed the piece at the Stevens Center, where the stage allows for social distancing. The full rehearsals have been supplemented by study sessions conducted on Zoom, as well as faculty-led sectionals on campus. The students playing strings, harp, and percussion are masked, while those playing wind and brass are permitted to doff their masks while performing.

According to Rose, “we are following protocols used by professional orchestras to limit the spread of COVID-19 (and) our student artists are very happy for the opportunity to perform live again.”

UNCSA second-year graduate student Johammee Romero will perform the iconic trumpet fanfare that opens the symphony. He explained that Mahler’s Fifth Symphony requires the trumpet to express all of its aspects and be sensitive to all the ranges of emotion inherent in the piece.

“It’s an incredible piece that exemplifies the genius, complexity, and even superstitious characteristics of Mahler’s persona,” he said. “The ability of the trumpet to be sensitive is sometimes overlooked, and showing it is one of the most difficult challenges for a musician.”

Although the themes expressed in Mahler’s Fifth Symphony are death and rebirth, it was written during Mahler’s courtship with bride-to-be Alma Maria Schindler and also inspired by his own imagination.

“The inspiration for the funeral march came from a dream of his own death,” revealed Romero. “And from that dream, he created the opening fanfare but, oddly,

it had already appeared in his Fourth Symphony as another trumpet call. It was written 100 years after Beethoven’s Fifth (Symphony), and it inverts the opening of that symphony. Mahler takes the melody and transforms and transcends it so that it drives the whole symphony. For the post-Romantic era, it brings together everything that you could possibly imagine at that time.”

On Sunday, Nov. 21, the Reynolda Quartet will perform “Farewells and Swan Songs” in Winston Hall, located on the main campus of UNCSA (University of North Carolina School of the Arts), 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. The concert is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 (general admission) and $20 (students) and are available by calling 336-721-1945 or visiting www.uncsa.edu/ performances. UNCSA and Wake Forest

students, faculty, and staff enjoy free admission with advance registration.

Watson Hall will be open to full capacity, and in accordance with local mandates, audience members must wear face masks. The event will also be livestreamed (at no charge) as part of the ongoing “Live from Watson Hall” series, and to register simply visit the same link above.

The quartet includes renowned musicians Ida Bieler and Janet Orenstein (violins), Ulrich Eichenauer (viola), and Brooks Whitehouse (cello), with special guest North Carolina Symphony principal cellist Bonnie Thron for Schubert’s String Quintet in C major, and Dvorak’s String Quartet in D minor will also be included in this program.

The title “Farewells and Swan Songs” is a reference to Greek mythology, which posits the theory that the swan sings a single song of exquisite beauty just before its death. Ironically, Franz Schubert completed his C major string quartet in the final weeks of his life (he died in 1828 at age 31), but it was not performed publicly until 1850.

Nevertheless, according to Whitehouse, the piece isn’t morose but triumphant, filled with energy and hope. “It is remarkable to me that Schubert cared so much about this piece that he gave so much of himself when he really was not well. It is heavenly, and when you are playing it or listening to it, you just want it to go on forever.”

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Six Local Theatres to present All Together Now! The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem, North Carolina Black Repertory Company, Spirit Gum Theatre, Spring Theatre, Stained Glass Playhouse, and 40+ Stage Company will present All Together Now! – A Global Event Celebrating Local Theatre, on Saturday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. at the Hanesbrands Theatre, 209 N. Spruce St. in Winston-Salem. Tickets range from $15-35 for this one-nightonly fundraiser. The Little Theatre’s box office is open for phone sales Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 12–4 p.m.; call 336-725-4001 or purchase tickets online at www.LTofWS.org.

All Together Now! is a fundraiser being produced by 2300 schools and theatres in 44 countries and territories and all 50 states – over 5200 performances! over the course of one weekend. Music Theatre International (MTI), one of the largest theatre licensing companies in the world, created All Together Now! as a way to bring theatre companies together and to help the theatre community raise much-needed funds after the long shutdown they suffered during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Featuring a talented cast of 15 performers, this spectacular musical review will include song and dance numbers from musical theatre hits such as Once on this Island, Mamma Mia!, Guys and Dolls, Waitress, Beauty and the Beast, Sister Act, and more. Chase Law, President and CEO of the Arts Council of WinstonSalem and Forsyth County, will emcee the event.

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“Over the last year and a half, the arts have been greatly impacted,” commented Law. “Arts organizations have worked hard to sustain themselves, keep audiences engaged, and be ready to reopen when the time was right. And now… the arts are back! It is wonderful to see local theatre companies come together to support each other, share their talents with the community, and raise funds to support this art form.”

All Together Now! will be directed

by Ron Law, with music direction by Daniel Dodson and choreography by Gretchen Hall. J. Marley Priest will design lighting and Sawyer Shafer will stage manage the production. The cast includes Jackson Colo, Erinn Dearth, Samuel Gomez, Aidan Healy, Laura Ianni, Sarah Jedrey, Sarah Jenkins, Chloe Law, Caroline Mendenhall, Mary Mendenhall, Glenn Otterbacher, Dianne Paukstelis, Ralph Shaw, Seph Schonekas, and Dave Wils.

All Together Now! will run approximately an hour and 20 minutes long, with no intermission. It is appropriate for all ages. For further information and tickets, please visit LTofWS.org.

PLEASE NOTE: The Arts Council of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County requires proof for anyone 18+ of COVID-19 vaccination or a negative PCR lab test result from 72 hours prior to the scheduled event you wish to attend in order to enter their venues (this includes the Hanesbrands Theatre). A mask is also required while inside the building, per the City of Winston-Salem. !

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f you watch enough old movies, you know that there are two types of bank robberies. The first kind is where the bad guys wait until the middle of the night when folks are Jim Longworth asleep, then break into the bank and dyLongworth namite the safe. Then there’s the other at Large kind of caper, where the bad guys are so bold and arrogant, that they rob the bank in broad daylight.

The latter approach is a real insult to the townsfolk because not only are you stealing their money, you’re also thumbing your nose at them while you’re fleecing them.

That’s how it is with Republican legislators in Raleigh every time they commence to redraw the State’s Congressional districts.

Last week they did it again.

Thanks to the latest U.S. Census, North Carolina picked up an additional seat in Congress, which will bring our total delega-

tion to 14 representatives next year. According to the State Board of Elections, there are more Democrats registered to vote than there are Republicans.

In fact, GOP registration (1.5 million) comes in third behind Dems (2.1 million) and Unaffiliated voters (2 million). And so, you’d think that when the new district lines are drawn, there’d be a majority Democrats, for example, an 8 to 6 split. But a funny thing happened on the way to the drawing board. Republican lawmakers have come up with a new map that could easily give them 11 Congressmen to the Dems’ 3. How is that possible? One word: Gerrymandering.

Instead of grouping entire counties into a single Congressional district, the GOP map as proposed carves up counties in such a messy way that it would make a butcher cringe. For example, Kathy Manning currently represents the 6th Congressional

district, which includes all of Guilford and most of Forsyth, and takes in all three of the Triad’s largest cities, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, and High Point. But according to initial reports, the GOP map would divide Guilford County into three separate districts, and pit Manning against Watauga’s Virginia Foxx.

Groups like the NAACP and Common Cause believe the GOP map would make it difficult for Democrats and minorities to win a seat in Congress, and they have filed suit to ask that racial data be considered when drawing the new districts, so as to

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comply with the federal Voting Rights Act. Meanwhile, elected officials are openly complaining about the corrupt system of gerrymandering.

“It’s not coincident that it’s only in the urban areas that you subject these counties to that kind of treatment,” said Senator Dan Blue of Wake County. And Manning added, “The proposed lines are not a reflection of the best interests of North Carolina but rather, an offering to the national Republican party.”

A few years ago, a class of 8th graders at a Pennsylvania middle school was given the assignment to draw an equitable Congressional map. In short order, they divided up districts according to population while respecting county boundaries as much as possible. It was hailed as a blueprint for ensuring fair and balanced representation among races and political parties. Clearly what we need here in North Carolina is a bunch of kids to draw our new Congressional map. The problem is there’s never an 8th grader around when you need one. !

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may not endear it to fun-seeking horror buffs, but it is a distinct change of pace.

This is that rare horror film that will likely engender more critical attention than box-office bucks.

The screenplay, by Antosca, Henry Chaisson, and director Scott Cooper, grafts some pretty heavy dramatic threads onto a traditional genre piece.

The traumas these characters have endured are just as bad, if not worse, than the supernatural menace they eventually encounter. Each one has been damaged, indeed irreparably, even before the horror erupts. There’s a distinct feeling that no matter what happens, things will never be right in their lives.

Having packed on a few pounds, Plemons bears an uncanny resemblance to the late Philip Seymour Hoffman, but within the limited confines of his role, he exudes a weary sincerity that is quietly affecting. Sheriff Paul’s in over his head — and he knows it — but he’s trying to do the right thing. Russell eschews any trace of glamour as the earnest Julia, who believes that by helping Lucas, she’s also helping herself. She recognizes the victim in Lucas because she’s been through similar circumstances herself.

The sturdy cast also includes Graham Greene, as a retired lawman who sheds some light on the Wendigo legend, the ever-reliable Amy Madigan as the school principal, and Rory Cochrane as Paul’s dutiful deputy — the sort of sidekick role that doesn’t portend a lengthy lifespan.

Best of all is Thomas, in an impressive feature debut. With his deep, doleful eyes and almost painfully reticent presence, Lucas seems to carry the weight of the world on his small shoulders.

Constantly bullied at school and basically betrayed by his family, his attempts to maintain his secrets only make the problem worse — symbolizing how the circle of abuse can, and likely will, continue. The film’s obligatory twist ending does likewise. Antlers is not without its drawbacks, including a somewhat choppy storyline (no pun intended), but its attempt to link real-life horrors with supernatural ones is a laudable one. In addition to being scary, Antlers is somber and even sorrowful. It’s worth a look, for those who can take it — and that statement is not to be taken lightly. !

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he title Antlers isn’t misleading but is vague enough to possibly confuse horror fans, who might expect a film about a ravenMark Burger ous reindeer, rather than one about a Contributor diabolical Native American spirit. The spirit, which does sport antlers, is known as a “Wendigo,” but that title was previously used for a (pretty good) 2001 film, so Antlers it is.

This adaptation of executive producer/ screenwriter Nick Antosca’s short story The Quiet Boy was completed nearly three years ago but has sat on the Fox Searchlight shelf during the COVID-19 pandemic. The delay is in no way related to the film’s quality. This is an extremely well-made genre piece, with atmospheric cinematography by Emmy winner Florian Hoffmeister and a nerve-jangling score

by Javier Navarette, who earned an Oscar nomination for Pan’s Labyrinth (2007).

The setting is a small logging and mining town in Oregon, which appears in the throes of economic and emotional despair. Much like the setting, most of the principal characters are cloaked in gloom. Julia Meadows (Keri Russell), the local schoolteacher, has returned home following the death of her father, an alcoholic whose abuse sent her packing years before. Living in the house where she and her brother Paul (Jesse Plemons) grew up, she’s forced to confront the demons of her past, and her longing gazes at liquor bottles in the grocery store indicate it’s an ongoing battle.

Julia becomes concerned by the behavior of one of her students, the shy and withdrawn Lucas Weaver (Jeremy T. Thomas). Having been the victim of abuse herself, she recognizes the telltale signs of abuse in others, but Paul, also the local sheriff, is powerless to do anything about it — at least until people start disappearing and bodies start turning up, torn to shreds. (The squeamish are hereby forewarned.)

Unlike many horror films, Antlers has zero laughs. It doesn’t send up or poke fun at the genre. It’s played completely straight and completely serious. This

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40+ Stage Company returns with first production since 2020 with Better Days, a new play by Mark Pirolo 40+ Stage Company has been showcasing talent in WinstonSalem since their founding in 2016.

Founded by Gene Johnson and John J. Hohn of WinstonSalem, 40+ Stage Joshua Ridley Company is built on the belief in Marketing & the transformaCommunications tive power of the Manager theatre experience.

The company is most at home in selecting plays that explore intergenerational themes. 40+ Stage Company is a resident theatre company of Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, calling Mountcastle Black Box Theatre their home.

This past weekend, 40+ Stage Company made their return to live theatrical performances with the premiere of Better Days, a new play by Mark Pirolo who is currently serving as 40+ Stage Company’s Artistic Director. The production is directed by Sharon Andrews.

Better Days is a poignant drama in two acts about two men struggling to renew their love for one another after a painful and unexpected break. Peter, twentysomething has returned to pick back up with Mitchell, a partner he left without a word months earlier. Both men struggle to recreate the trust and intimacy they enjoyed when they first met.

Better Days is a two-act play that explores LGBTQIA+ issues, age discrepancies, the concept of trust, power dynamics, and more. Peter Kestler played

by Jackson Mattek finds refuge in his older counterpart Mitchell Price played

by Geordie MacMinn. We learn from the first scene that their relationship is complex, but over the course of the performance the complexities turn out to be more than either of the two characters bargained for.

The playwright, Mark Pirolo demon-

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strates realism in this story with the addition of characters Kate Barnes played

by Heather Jaynes and Ethan Barnes played by Michael Hoch. Relationships can be difficult, but they become more difficult with the influence of our close friends and sometimes even colleagues.

John J. Hohn, Executive Producer of 40+ Stage Company expressed, “We have been fortunate to survive through COVID-19 and into this season. It’s taken us this amount of time to really find out what we want to be as a theatre company.” 40+ Stage Company aims to perform works with challenging hardhitting themes. “Our mission is that we believe in the fundamental change that theatre can bring about,” Hohn shared.

“That’s our guiding light.”

Better Days is the first production in 40+ Stage company’s 2021-2022 season. The play will run through this Sunday, November 14. Tickets can be purchased at www.40plusstage.com. !

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.

When David Saunders, 98, died of COVID-19 in late August, his family donated his body to Med Ed Labs for medical and science research. But KING-TV in Portland, Chuck Shepherd Oregon, reports that Med Ed sold the cadaver to Jeremy Ciliberto, the organizer of the Oddities and Curiosities Expo, which travels around the country and charges spectators $500 to observe in person the autopsy and dissection of a human body.

When investigators alerted Mike Clark, the funeral director in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who had prepared Saunders’ body for donation, he was mortified: “I was totally horrified ... he and his family thought that his body was going for the advancement of medical students.” Instead, it went to a Marriott ballroom, where participants were invited to examine and touch the body — which might still have been infectious. Ciliberto says he can “guarantee” that the departed and his family knew what his body would be used for, but a Med Ed spokesman says the event organizer was “beyond dishonest.”

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In Winnipeg, Manitoba, a heist went wrong on Oct. 31 when thieves broke into a vacant house to steal a furnace. The Winnipeg Police Service told the CBC that neighbors reported smelling natural gas, and when officers responded, they saw two unconscious people inside the home.

The thieves, who had been “overcome by the noxious gas fumes” after the gas line became dislodged, regained consciousness outside and were questioned, but, because this is Canada, were later released without charges.

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Islamic police in Karo, Nigeria, arrested 26-year-old Aliyu Na Idris on Oct. 26 because he was trying to sell himself for 20 million nara, or about $49,000, Oddity Central reported. He works as a tailor, but said, “The decision to sell myself was due to poverty. I plan to give my parents 10 million nara when I eventually get a buyer.” Police said what he did was “forbidden in Islam,” but he was released the day after his arrest and said the police only gave him advice.

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The New York Earth Room was created in 1977 by artist Walter De Maria and

consists of a second-floor apartment at 141 Wooster Street that is filled with ... dirt. The room’s caretaker, Bill Dilworth, waters and rakes the dirt regularly, Oddity Central reported, and welcomes up to 100 visitors a day. “The artist never attached any meaning to it,” Dilworth said.

Admission is free to view the 250 cubic yards of soil, but people are not allowed to take photographs or touch the dirt.

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— Tahonee Fickes, 20, chose the closest weapon at hand to assault Kimberly Pittman, 52, inside a Walmart in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 7. A criminal complaint filed on Oct. 27 charges that Fickes “threw a cold chicken” at Pittman, striking her on the back of the head, according to The Smoking Gun. Fickes and Pittman are not related, and police have not determined a motive for the chicken hit. Fickes is facing an unrelated child endangerment charge as well.

— As Braiden Lankford, 20, and her mother, 50, argued about the “cleanliness of the house” on Oct. 23 in their home near Tampa Bay, Lankford struck her mother in the head with two tacos, The Smoking Gun reported. When police arrived, “the victim had food debris all around her on the couch and on the back of her shirt,” police reported. The mother was not injured, but Lankford was charged with domestic battery.

DID NOT SEE THAT COMING

The U.S. Navy revealed that its $3 billion nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Connecticut managed to run into an undersea mountain on Oct. 2 in the South China Sea, CNN reported.

The Connecticut was able to make it to Guam under its own power, and the Navy said its nuclear reactor was unharmed, but 11 seamen suffered minor injuries. In response to the incident, Vice Adm. Karl Thomas determined that “sound judgment, prudent decision-making and adherence to required procedures in navigation planning, watch team execution and risk management could have prevented the accident,” and released the sub’s top officers from their posts. But David Sandwell, a professor of geophysics, said less than half the sea floor is mapped in that area. “It’s not surprising that you could run into something.” !

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hey say a mother’s love is the foundation for her children. For Rodney Byerly, his mother’s love, life, and legacy go beyond that.

It’s as visible as the color red throughout his business, you can hear it in the music that blares from the speakers, and smell it from the aroma of the percolating coffee.

Chanel Davis But that’s what Byerly’s Carolina Red Café, located in High Point’s old Westchester Mall at 1701 WestchesEditor ter Dr. Suite 250, is all about.

“I started this business in honor of my mom, Carol. She passed in 2015,” he said. “Her favorite color was red and she loved coffee and tea. She always had a coffee in her hand. I can recall being in the car with her as a child and her having an open cup of coffee and it never spilled. I was able to fit her name in the café. I have her birthday in the phone number for the business, a lot of the music that I listen to there is because of her.”

Initially, Byerly intended to open the business four years ago but things didn’t work out as intended. Having spent years in a management position in the restaurant industry in several states, he had vowed to never go back into the food industry unless it was for himself.

However, even then he never wanted to be the face of the business. He started off slow at first, participating in Holiday Bazaars and giving away some merchandise before jumping all the way into full-time business seven months ago.

“Things have been placed in a way as they should have been. They may not have always seemed to make sense to me or the timeline didn’t work out originally or as I had expected,” he said.

Byerly said he has many memories of being at the location as a child and would find solace walking the center as an adult. Eventually, he began focusing on the empty storefronts on his walks and later ended up calling one of them home.

He gets a lot of questions about why he’s in that particular spot and if he’d like to move to a more visible or highly trafficked area. But Byerly said that his current location is just right for him and bigger than just his business.

“My vision and version of success doesn’t have to equate to that of someone else’s and I’m perfectly fine with that,” he said. “So I’m just like, if I’m able to do this and it is for myself and a great purpose, then I’m moving forward.”

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orders. Byerly highlights several local woman-owned businesses in the café, showcasing their baked treats, sauces, personalized goods, and unique greeting cards. Altogether there are ten businesses on display at the café including two nonprofits. Byerly typically holds vendor events at least once a quarter to highlight local businesses throughout the Triad. Some businesses currently at the shop are Beloved Bake Shop, Ethel B Designs, Glittery Things Etc., Books for Birthdays, Inc., and Monk’s Sexy Sauce.

“It’s been nice to be able to help other people and other small businesses very much. I’ve had a lot of support, whether it be from adopted moms or women throughout life, but especially since my mom passed, and I enjoy being able to provide this platform for them to further their own business.”

He doesn’t charge any of the women for their sales, outside of taxes and credit card fees, so they receive all of their profits and he keeps up with the inventory they leave in the café.

“I enjoy seeing other people do well,” Byerly said.

“There have been other people who have provided platforms for me at some point in my life and I want to pass that on.”

Michelin Monk, owner and maker of Monk’s Sexy Sauce LLC, said that Byerly suggested that she bring her sauce to the café and it has been a great thing for her business.

“Rodney and I came up in school together and he is and has always been a true friend,” Monk said. “My sauce is being exposed to many different types of people, a lot of times without me even knowing, and I am truly grateful for this opportunity that Rodney has given me.”

Partnering with nonprofits and giving back to the community is also important to the High Point native.

While he already spends his time coaching at Westchester Country Day School and High Point Star Aquatics, he looks for other ways to make a difference.

“It’s definitely been a personal change. I think before my mom passed, I was never interested in volunteering or donating things to a broad extent,” he said. “I can’t just

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The café is in memory of Byerly’s mother, Carol say that this business is an honor or to honor my mother and not do some things that she would do and take actions that she would as well.”

He’s found a way to do this with the Red Fund, which can be found proudly displayed in the café.

The Red Fund is a sponsorship for the nonprofit Books for Birthdays, Inc., an organization that provides new, personalized books to children in foster care on their birthdays. Aside from the impact of having something brand new of their own, the hope is that it will foster a life-long interest in reading, according to its website.

For Byerly, it was representative of his mother who he described as enjoying all special occasions and never meeting a stranger. This is ironic because he met the couple that runs the organization, strangers to him at the time, walking around the old mall.

“I’ve never really been a big reader myself but I definitely have had a connection with foster home youth,” he said. “I could see how what she was doing and how getting into reading crossed all socioeconomic lines and how it helps educate you and navigate other avenues in life. It was really meaningful to me.”

Byerly said that while he did expect the café to be successful, he wasn’t prepared for it to flourish as fast as it did and as organically as it did.

“I really enjoy the connection and just the organic nature of it all. I feel like at this point if you have found me you were supposed to be here. It’s a blessing to me to see the good vibes and interactions that complete strangers can end up having and the kindness that you can still see, in individuals, in the community, and the world around you. I see the excitement that other people have for me, and it causes me to stop and take in the moment,” he said. “Let’s go ahead and take a minute to soak this in, and then after you’re done, we’re going to go ahead and continue to step forward.”

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The High Point Central graduate said no matter his location in the city, he has no plans on competing with anyone else, whether it is another big-name coffee shop or a local java joint.

“Other people may look at us like that but I do my own thing, and I have my own purpose,” he emphasized. “I try to do things that other people aren’t doing. Just having a place out here is fine. That side of town has become more meaningful to me, as well, because of where I grew. Not a lot of people and places are willing to open a business over there or give the area recognition. I’m good where I’m at.”

When asked what his mother would think of Carolina Red Café, Byerly paused to reflect on the question.

“I hear her saying “Go Son Go!” She was a cheerleader.

I can see her being there, excited, smiling, laughing, and just being happy for me,” he said. “She would likely be coming to visit every day.” !

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The Queen of Music: The Carole King story comes to Tanger The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts is riding high off the closing of its first musical and rolling right on into its second with the debut of Beautiful — The Carole King Musical.

Chanel Davis The musical tells the true story of the Editor Brooklyn teenager’s entrance into the music industry and her rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history, with some claiming she wrote the soundtrack to a generation.

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the musical, calls the overall experience “a blast” and is excited to be one of the main characters. Mann is an American songwriter and musician and part of a successful songwriting partnership with his wife, Cynthia Weil. The Brooklyn native is credited with writing or co-writing 53 hits in the United Kingdom and 98 in the United States. As of May 2009, his catalog listed 635 songs.

Farnsworth, or “Farns, was in the original touring cast of the musical which is now in its sixth season. With a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of California — Irvine, he’s also acted in Newsies at Tuacahn (Jack), Memphis at Arkansas Rep (US Huey), Godspell/Ragtime at Theatre Aspen (Jesus/Younger Brother), That’s What I Call Rock at Fireside (Mercury/ McCartney/Loggins), Footloose for NCL (Ren). NYC Theater: Zombie Strippers (Playya) for NYMF, Candide (Candide) for Theater 2020, and on television in an episode of Law and Order SVU. In the original cast crew, he was what

is called a swing, where he would learn as many parts as he could to fill in for other actors that may need to be out.

“I called it a utility infielder. For me, that was seven different tracks, so I covered seven different actors so if someone got ill, went on vacation, or had to take some time off for any reason, I would then step into their part,” he explained. “This time around I’m excited to be back and have the opportunity to play one of the four leads.”

Unlike some musicals and plays that focus on the artists, Beautiful gives the audience a chance to look at the behindthe-scenes artistry of the music industry and the songwriting process.

“A lot of people refer to musicals that have songs with pop and rock music as “jukebox musicals”, like Mama Mia, for example. That is all ABBA’s music but it kind of just attaches to an arbitrary storyline while this is literally Carol King and her husband Gerry Goffin, and their best friends, Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann,”

he said. “Two different couples that were actual songwriting partners in the 60s and 70s who wrote for The Shirelles, The Drifters, and the Righteous Brothers, and tells how those songs were written. It also eventually shows how Carol King became a solo performing artist in her own right.”

Farnsworth agreed that even today, many music listeners don’t understand that the performing artist may not be the person writing the lyrics or composing the song that is streamed or played on air. He said that part of the excitement is seeing the recognition in attendees’ eyes when they hear songs they didn’t know King wrote.

“I think that’s one of the most exciting parts of the show, especially in the first act. You get to see ‘Oh, my gosh, I know this song so well. I had no idea Carol King wrote The Locomotion’ or that ‘her friends Barry and Cynthia wrote ‘You lost that lovin’ feeling’ or ‘Some kind of wonderful’ by the Drifters was done way back when Carol King was only a 16-year-old song-

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writer.’ All of that stuff is really intriguing and exciting for the audience to watch.”

The award-winning musical, packed with some of the 60s and 70s greatest hits, is high-energy and Farnsworth said that you feel the buzz with many actors and actresses just coming back from a long hiatus due to the pandemic.

“Coming out of the pandemic where work was so limited, if not almost entirely nonexistent, for our industry. To have the opportunity to have a job for a long period of time is really a blessing,” he said. “We have a good group. Everyone (the cast) has sort of been picked from different points in time in the musical’s history to kind of make up this really fun almost super cast. As soon as we all got into rehearsal, the connection was immediate.

Everyone has just been so happy and so gracious and excited for the opportunity to get back out there and perform again.”

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The Drifters, (left to right) Torrey Linder, Edwin Bates, Isaiah Bailey and Ben Toomer.

Carnegie Hall, Sara Sheperd as “Carole King.”

Farnsworth said that the response from the audience has been “absolutely wonderful” and that the audience can expect a beautiful, heartfelt story about overcoming adversity that makes a wonderful evening.

“Even if it’s not your favorite show that you’ve ever seen, I can’t imagine someone going to the show and not having a good time,” he said. “The music is too good. The script is too good. The jokes are hilarious, and the characters are very well fleshed out. Now pair that with it having been such a long time since people were allowed to go out and go to the theaters.

The outpouring of excitement and energy we’ve been getting from the audience has been unparalleled.”

Beautiful — The Carole King Musical runs from Tuesday, November 9 to Sunday, November 14, and tickets start at $29.

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current guidance from public officials and theatrical unions may be in place at the time of your performance and could require a face covering.

Farnsworth said that the audience should expect to have a great time.

“They can expect a ton of music that they love and didn’t know the circumstances for which it was written from my character. They can expect, hopefully, a lot of laughs if I’m doing it right,” he said, chuckling.

The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts recently completed its first Broadway tour with the 24-performance run of WICKED. The show was seen by over 66,000 patrons and is estimated to have an economic impact of over $11 million, according to The Broadway League.

The economic impact was generated by tourism dollars spent at hotels, local restaurants, parking, employment, and more.

“The amazing success of WICKED was an incredible start to our inaugural Broadway season as audiences were blown away by this spectacular production,” said Matt Brown, Managing Director of the Greensboro Coliseum Complex and the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts. “With three weeks of capacity crowds at every performance, this recordsetting run demonstrated that Tanger Center brings an undeniable energy to downtown Greensboro and generates tremendous economic impact to the entire Piedmont Triad Region.”

For more information, visit TangerCenter.com. !

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

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Night moods and Saline Dreams, Sengoko comes to SECCA

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engoko, the latest project from Derek Torres, and his band, The Saline Dreams, are coming to the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA) for the Katei Cranford “Night Moods” nocturnal concert series Contributor on Nov. 13.

Bridging the hiatus following his era as T0W3RS, the electro-pop artist has awakened, like a Bowie butterfly, bringing along his latest record and Triad live-band debut.

As Sengoko, Torres looks to separate his time as an artist in the industry—a notion he now rejects entirely in his pursuit of music for fun. “It’s like there’s Ziggy Stardust and The Thin White Duke, but its all still David Bowie,” Torres explained. “And at the end of the day, I’m always Derek. I still play T0W3RS songs at my shows. I’m not married to genre, and I hate being boxed in by labels. I think my next record might be a country record. I just go where my tastes take me.“ The album, “Sengoko + The Saline Dreams” follows, “a teenage love story set in an 80s post-apocalyptic vision,” he explained. “It’s youth in a world on the brink of collapse looking for hope.” And while his new name reflects a fresh artistic direction, it mirrors the concept-heavy notions of previous works. “I’ve always been into concept albums,” he said, referencing T0W3RS’ “WYATT,” a record that “takes place in a fantasy utopia where the early promise of the internet was fully realized— it’s a society more focused on the whole and less on the individual.”

That material forecasted Torres’ dissatisfaction with art as an industry, and the anxiety of “watching art turned into content, music into capital,” he said. “I was trying to find a loving connection with others, while my beloved form of expression turned into something that hindered my life.”

After a solid eight-year run as T0W3RS— with shows from Hellraiser Haus’ living room to stages at the Hopscotch Musical Festival and major critical-acclaim—Torres found himself “worn out from industry grind and the political climate,” he said.

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Iowa, before settling in the Triad area.

And while the world took Torres to the Midwest and back, his tastes bent toward his beginnings.

“As a latchkey kid of the VHS age, the films of the 80s introduced me to pop and electronic music,” he explained. “I was intent on marrying my love of film and music, so I set out to make a fictional film soundtrack.” The resulting “Segoko” sees the lighthearted pop-tracks of the John Hughes variety meshed with John Carpenter’s focused social consciousness (and wicked synthwork).

Meanwhile, Torres’ own consciousness roots around a search for identity. “As a multi-racial kid raised by a single white mother, I have always struggled with my racial identity,” he explained. “For most of my life, I was told my Japanese surname was Sengoko, which turned out to be a mispronunciation of Sengoku. Like T0W3RS (Torres) before, the name represents conflicts of identity.”

Those conflicts entwine his identity as an activist and filmmaker. “I don’t like that we continue to buy the same media on different formats,” he said of his multifaceted attraction to VHS. “There’s nothing wrong with most tapes, and this unrecyclable material has been filling up landfills for decades now,” he explained. “But to be honest I got into VHS because I could buy

my favorite films for cheap at a thrift store, and not be beholden to the whims of tech companies to watch movies.” Torres exudes a fun mix of whimsy and depth.

“It feels good to have Derek back in North Carolina,” said Philip Pledger, SECCA’s Marketing Director (and co-founder of Phuzz Records, who released T0W3RS’ sophomore album, “TL;DR”). Continuing to spotlight electronic music against the stately backdrop of the Hanes House, the second volume of “Night Moods,” will open with shoegazer, Mauve Angeles. Originally planned as the series debut before the pandemic postponement, Pledger is excited to see it finally happen. “Derek’s a special artist,” he said. “We can’t wait to host this fascinating new iteration of his musical persona. It’ll make for a memorable evening.”

For Torres, “Winston was my musical home away from home when I was T0W3RS,” he explained. “People were hungry for live music, which always made for a good time.” Trucking a new light show and—as he emphasized with a laugh—a fresh pair of white Vans, he looks forward to seeing old friends; and showing off his backing band, The Saline Dreams (featuring Saman Khoujinian, Gabriel Anderson, and Patrick Terrell). “Really, my goal is for people to have a good time,” he added of the long-awaited live debut, “we’re in need

of it more than ever these days.”

Beyond the show, and a potential country record, Torres is leaving the future open. ”I’ve learned these last two years that plans are for suckers,” he said, referencing hopes to release a VHS Mixtape made with zero-waste. “The only hold-up left is how to record with renewable energy,” he added, turning to his current work: scoring Villarosa’s feature-film debut, “Green Desert.”

“It’s about the destruction of the American Tallgrass Prairie, the practice of monoculture, and consumerism,” he explained, noting the ways their work explores the Anthropocene. “When you’re living in the middle of the sixth mass extinction of our planet’s history—it’s hard not to think of anything else.”

Except, of course, lighting up SECCA as Sengoko and The Saline Dreams for “Night Moods” on Nov. 13. !

KATEI CRANFORD is a Triad music nerd who enjoys spotlighting artists and events.

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

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Amy Alkon

Advice Goddess

My boyfriend asked me for nude photos of myself.

I reluctantly sent him one. I feel very uncomfortable about sending it, and I don’t want to send more — though sending naked pics now seems very common. Am I paranoid? —Online Privacy Fan

Unfortunately, “online privacy” is one of the more absurdo oxymorons — a contradiction in terms on the level of “planned spontaneity,” “working vacation,” and my favorite: “civil war.” (The warring factions yell “Thank you!” and “No, thank you!” across the trenches until more people pass out on one side than the other.)

Digital-world technology has made our lives vastly easier, more efficient, and more fun, but it can also cost us big-time — on a scale previously unseen and even unimaginable throughout human history. Back

in the Middle Ages, no one had to worry about some brainy malcontent hacking their “cloud” and releasing all their nudie shots to the Global Village. At worst, one other person might come upon a lone sketch of them in a state of undress or maybe a few slutty etchings.

In other words, you are far from unreasonable to say no to sending any further nudiepix, and it would not be unreasonable to ask your boyfriend to delete the one you sent him (explaining your privacy concerns). That said, he might find that request unreasonable, vis-a-vis how common it is for people to sext those they’re dating — or (when those people are guys) show random strangers on the internet their erect willy.

If he does find it unreasonable, you might feel bad saying no. Women, much more than men, tend to be on the high end of the spectrum of the personality trait “agreeableness” (first identified in the 1930s by psychologists Gordon Allport and Henry Odbert). High agreeableness manifests in a “pleaser” personality: being kind, empathetic, cooperative, and driven to have positive interactions with others (often to one’s own detriment).

Understanding that you might have a predisposition to say yes can help you stand up for yourself. At first, announcing your boundaries — saying no — will likely feel bad. Be prepared to override that feeling and act in your best interest. Sure, many people share all sorts of naked ‘n’ crazy without having it exposed to the universe, but there’s always that possibility.

At a work retreat, your co-workers should not try to bond with you with: “Don’t you find the Cool Whip requires too much cleanup?”

MUTE POINT

I’m a guy in my early 20s. I love my older brother and look up to him. But starting in high school, girls flocked to him, and he was crowned prom king, though I’m objectively more attractive. Recently, a girl I really liked and became friends with started dating him after I introduced them at a party. Neither knew about my feelings for her because I never told them, but I now feel resentful and envious of my brother.

—Bitter Ideally, if a woman is asked to guess your “spirit animal,” her answer won’t be, “Hamster lying cold and dead in the corner of his cage?”

Your “I feel resentful” is a bit entitled snowflake, since you never did anything to let this woman know you were interested.

In short: Good things come to those who ask. (Full disclosure: often, though not always.)

As for your envy, research by evolutionary psychologist Bram Buunk overturns the bad name this emotion has long gotten. Envy is actually adaptive — func-

tional — and its function appears to be making us go: “Whoa! He’s way ahead of me! Gotta put on my lady-chasing track shoes!” Envy is only a destructive emotion when people experiencing it engage in “malicious envy”: trying to sabotage those doing better than they are rather than trying to up their own game and outdo them fair and square.

In the future, when you want a woman, don’t silently watch as she wanders off into another guy’s arms. Say something!

As I noted, it won’t always end well when you hit on a woman, but possibly getting rejected is the cost of possibly having dates, sex, and love.

That said, there’s a way to repurpose bummerino brush-offs into “small wins”: organizational psychologist Karl Weick’s term for small positive outcomes experienced while failing to solve a big (or even massive) problem. An example of how that might play out in your head: “Okay, that girl I hit on at the bar was nasty, but yesterday, I would’ve spent all night just staring at her. Today, I grew a pair and approached her. Yay, me!”

Though this is admittedly the slow, emotionally grubby approach, you should find it much more effective than your current MO: waiting for a woman you’re into to read your mind and have herself shot out of a cannon through your open window and into your love pit/bed. !

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. ©2021 Amy Alkon. Distributed by Creators.Com.

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