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Although Mexican DAYS OF THE DEAD are commonly observed on November 1 and 2, that’s not your only chance to celebrate Día de Muertos. Casa Azul, the Triad organization devoted to supporting Latino arts and culture, is marking its 10th anniversary with an exhibit of ofrendas (offerings) that runs through Nov. 13 in Suite 313 of the Greensboro Cultural Center at 200 N. Davie Street. On Nov. 5, WinstonSalem’s AFAS Center for the Arts is hosting the Día de Los Muertos 2021 exhibit and performances at Unleashed Art Center on 620 N. Liberty St.

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BLEU was designed and built specifically to be a restaurant... The website characterizes the food as “inventive American,” based on creative menu development and fresh ingredients.

6 A favorite family holiday tradition of the Triad returns with a production of A CHRISTMAS CAROL with many actors attendees have come to know participating in the revived spectacular.

7 The “OUT at the Movies” LGBTQ screening series will present the award-winning documentary feature INVISIBLE: Gay Women in Southern Music at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13 at the ACE Theatre Complex...

8 When most folks start a new job, they expect to enjoy an uneventful period of quiet transition, with plenty of time to settle in. Not so for TRICIA MCMANUS, who is just now winding up her first year as superintendent of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools.

9 SURVIVE THE GAME, directed by James Cullen Bressack, is the worst kind of bad movie. It’s not bad enough to be unintentionally funny or bad enough to make one lament the waste of talent involved.

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A customizable Soap ‘Makery’ continues its North Carolina expansion.

BUFF CITY SOAP is a rapidly expanding handmade retail franchise known for its plant-based soap and body products made in-store daily. Its first in-store location is opened in early October and is located at 3334 W Friendly Ave., Suite 116.

15 With a new school approach to restaurant ownership, a husband-and-wife team is ready to breathe new life into old stereotypes of SOUTHERN FOOD IN DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO. Sean Reaves, a well-known chef throughout the Triad, has been leaving his creative stamp all over, and now it is time to head a place of his own alongside his wife, Tara Reaves...

18 FEMFEST returns for the eighth year, carrying on the annual tradition of uniting femme artists in fundraising for Family Services of Forsyth County; and spreading awareness around domestic violence and sexual assault, while honoring the spirit of the late founder, Bryn Hermansen.

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leu was designed and built specifically to be a restaurant, rather than adapting an existing structure. Guests therefore progress seamlessly to the bar area, to the main dining room, or into private dining areas. The look is upscale and contemporary, touching on elegance, but casual and easy to enjoy as well.

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ents. What strikes me about this place is the sense of focus and attention to detail. On my most recent visit, for example, I observed servers in constant motion, attending to each other’s tables as well as their own. Manager Sam Strong leads by example, a steady, hands-on presence throughout the restaurant. Rather than bemoan staffing difficulties impacting all restaurants these days, he takes up the slack himself. A packed house, many celebrating Wake Forest’s victory over Duke to go 8-0, reaped the benefits that night.

Maybe Strong has been studying Wake’s coaching staff. Or maybe they’ve been studying him.

In the good old days, before COVID and before my book publisher went out of business, I used to schedule visits with my editors in coordination with dinner at Bleu. For years, this has been one of my favorites.

Choosing one starter over another is difficult — a good sign. Crispy Calamari is coated with black-eyed pea flour, creating an unusually crisp but light crust, with creole mustard and sweet chili sauce on the side. Crab and Shrimp Cake uses moderate breading, so you taste the crabmeat and the shrimp upfront. These are served with creamy grits and andouille sausage jus.

Sweet Garlic Shrimp are bathed in

FILET MIGNON white wine with roasted garlic and plated with grilled crostini. These toast points soak up the liquid, yielding an additional taste adventure of their own. Hot Crab Dip tasted primarily of crabmeat, baked with a lemon-herb crumb topping.

Toasted baguette slices host each bite.

In addition to full entrées, the menu offers sandwiches and burgers, along with several moderately priced pastas and vegetarian selections. You don’t have to make payments on meals here, although you can go high-end if you want to.

The Smoked Bacon and Pimiento Cheeseburger is one of the best burgers in the Triad. Ground Black Angus beef is seared to a delightful crust, hosted by a flavorful toasted brioche bun, garnished with leaf lettuces and tomato. The bun generates lush, smoky flavor in its own right, which blends well with the beef and the bacon. The use of leaf lettuces provides more flavor as well as more nutrition, compared to the more common iceberg lettuce.

Bleu is not a steak house, but it could pass for one if that is the direction your focus leads you. On one of these most recent review visits, guest Anna ordered the Angus Filet Mignon, declaring it one of the best she’s had. I concur. The meat itself exhibits solid depth of flavor from within the tender texture that characterizes this cut. (The other steak on the menu is a ribeye.)

Probably, most meat-eaters will also order a House Salad. Bleu’s is particularly good, with leaf lettuces, diced tomatoes, peeled cucumbers, and toasted croutons.

Dressings are made in-house.

I am especially fond of seafoods here.

Barramundi is a white-fleshed fish, in this presentation seared to a brown crust, moist and tender inside, plated over coconut rice, all surrounded by red curry sauce. Spinach and a pineapple salad are the well-chosen sides. The pineapple, in particular, provides a fruity foil for the curry and smoky flavor from the sear.

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BOURBON PECAN PIE Flounder, the kitchen rolls the fish around pieces of the other seafoods.

This is baked, then plated with a sauce of lemon, white wine, and butter. The accompanying succotash utilizes fresh, seasonal vegetables. This dish is a good example of the creativity this kitchen exhibits.

Seared Diver Sea Scallops are lightly browned, almost buttery tender. They are placed over a risotto that incorporates corn and leeks plus rock shrimp, laced with truffle vinaigrette. Luscious!

You might not expect a fried seafood platter in a restaurant this upscale, but missing Bleu’s Crumb Fried Seafood

would be a serious mistake. Flounder, shrimp, and oysters are coated with an exceptionally crisp and flavorful crust, with a crab and shrimp cake thrown in to boot! This comes with fresh-cut French fries and homemade slaw.

Other entrées come with a choice of one side. Pommes frites burst with real potato flavor from within unusually crisp texture, lightly accented with truffle oil.

Roasted Beets and Brussels Sprouts are colorful as well as tasty. Fried Okra is fresh, light, and crisp.

In celebration of my recent weight loss, my wife and I had dessert on our last visit. Bourbon Pecan Pie with vanilla ice

cream is worth the calories.

For Winston-Salem area readers, Bleu is an easy recommendation. If you are driving from Greensboro, the new beltway makes most Forsyth County destinations just about as easy and only slightly more time-consuming than most of Guilford County. I’m as much of a regular at Bleu as I can be, anywhere, these days! !

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Theatre Tradition and Legacy: A Christmas Carol returns to High Point

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favorite family holiday tradition of the Triad returns with a production of A Christmas Carol with many actors attendees have come to know Naima Said participating in the revived spectacular.

Seven years after Contributor the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival closed the curtain on its last show — actor, director, and producer Meredith DiPaolo Stephens, who also served as assistant managing director at NCShakes from 2001-2014, will be producing A Christmas Carol under the umbrella of Goodly Frame Theatre from December 9-19 with tickets going on sale this past Monday.

The celebrated production of A Christmas Carol was presented annually at NCShakes for 36 years and offered a wholesome and powerful family theatre experience that captured the heart of the holiday season.

“Our main motivation behind restoring A Christmas Carol is to continue the legacy of NCShakes’ legendary artistic director Pedro Silva, whose recent death in 2019 shook the Piedmont Triad area,” said Stephens, founder of Goodly Frame Theatre.

“Pedro Silva joined the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival in 1977, the same year it was founded by Stuart Brooks and Mark Woods. First contributing as an actor, Pedro eventually became the longest-serving managing and artistic director of the official state Shakespeare Festival of North Carolina,” said Stephens.

Under Silva’s guidance, NCShakes saw its most plentiful years, filled with glorious manifestations of Shakespeare’s greatest plays, a state-wide school tour that hit all 100 counties in North Carolina, and the beloved annual production of A Christmas Carol that became a staple of the region’s seasonal celebrations.

“I was part of the Shakespeare Festival for a decade. I did my first professional performance at just eight years old. The spirit of Pedro lives on in these walls, in these performances, whether he was a part of them or not,” shares Erinn Dearth, board member of Goodly Frame Theatre.

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NCShakes A Christmas Carol, 1977 atre, and in 2019 I was going to produce my first production of A Christmas Carol at the new theatre. Pedro had given me all the rights and helped push me to pursue it. I asked him to play Ebenezer Scrooge and he agreed. I was thrilled. We were going to meet with the director and others on the pre-production team, but two weeks later he called me saying he was diagnosed with cancer. I said we would hold the show until next year when he is feeling better but he passed away on June 14, 2019,” said Stephens.

“After 15 months in a world without in-person theatre and access to outreach performances in schools, it’s time to bring back the annual production of A Christmas Carol that we love. It’s time to honor Pedro’s legacy. It’s time,” shared Stephens.

This inaugural re-imagining of NCShakes’ beloved production will serve as a fundraiser to not only develop and support the new annual A Christmas Carol, but also grant Silva’s wishes to continue providing quality Shakespeare

programming in the schools and a regional stage for innovative productions of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. “For some students, it was their first Shakespeare performance or even their first theatre performance, for that matter,” said Stephens.

Dearth adds, “Pedro was a talent on and off the stage. We will keep his legacy for those who never got to be moved by his presence and passion; it will be shown by us, his second family. What a blessing we received.”

Stephens said she knew Silva since she was a young girl and has always been involved in the theatre scene, with her father being an actor and a board member.

Not long after Goodly opened, Covid hit the Triad and shut down live performances all over the nation, but that didn’t stop them from continuing their pursuit.

“Covid was a difficult time for theatres, but we wanted to continue our work, so we started digital productions,” Stephens said. “Although we are centered around Shakespeare, I wanted to take this op-

portunity to focus our digital work solely around local authors and original work.

We produced 18 short plays by local playwrights, then nine more by artists of color.

It was fantastically successful. I decided I wanted to keep it up.”

Just like she wants to keep up the legacy of A Christmas Carol. Stephens describes the production as “magical” and said there is a connection between the cast members and the audience.

“Year after year, we would see the same audience members come and sit in their same seats. We saw families grow and expand. We would give them little secret ‘hellos’ from the stage. It was beyond a good show. It was a family affair, a celebration of family, community, and Christmas. And Pedro loved his community. He loved High Point.”

For more information and tickets, check out: http://www.goodlyframe.org/achristmas-carol-pedros-legacy.html. !

NAIMA SAID is a 22 year old UNCG theatre graduate and host of Heeere’sNeeNee Horror Movie Podcast.

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“OUT at the Movies” celebrates diversity in Southern music The “OUT at the Movies” LGBTQ screening series will present the award-winning documentary feature Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13 Mark Burger at the ACE Theatre Complex, located on Contributor the main campus of the University North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), 1533 S. Main St., in Winston-Salem.

Tickets are $10 and are available at https://outatthemovies.org or beginning at 6:15 p.m. in the ACE Theatre Complex lobby. UNCSA faculty, staff, and students will be admitted free. Due to local mandates, face masks and proof of COVID-19 vaccination are required. A prerecorded Q&A session featuring several of the film’s performers will follow the screening.

“Invisible: Gay Women in Southern Music is an excellent documentary that I know will resonate with our audience members,” said Rex Welton, co-founder and director of the “OUT at the Movies” screening series and annual film festival.

“It was submitted for our festival, just a

bit too late, so we decided that it would definitely be our first post-festival series screening. It has received an IMDB (Internet Movie Database) rating of 9 out of 10, and all of our reviewers loved it!”

As the title indicates, Invisible focuses on singers and songwriters in the realm of country music who have had to contend with bigotry and hatred simply because they were lesbians. In many cases, they remained in the closet so as not to com-

promise their career aspirations but have now come to terms with who they are and the inherent hurdles they have had to face along the way.

Among the principal performers profiled in the film are Bonnie Baker, Cidny Bullens, Dianne Davidson, Kye Fleming, Ruthie Foster, Mary Gauthier, Mary Ann Kennedy, Jess Leary, Pam Rose, Virginia Team, Cheryl Wheeler, and Chely Wright.

In addition to displaying their impressive musical talents, they discuss their personal lives and experiences in forthright fashion. They’ve made considerable headway in Nashville, achieving success and acclaim, while living their lives on their own terms.

The film, which marks the feature debut of writer/producer/director (and social activist) T.J. Parsell, won the Audience Award as Best Documentary at the 2021 Frameline San Francisco LGBTQ Film Festival, and the cast includes appearances by such country-music legends as Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt, Pam Tillis, Rodney Crowell, Gretchen Peters, and others.

“Invisible is primarily an upbeat film — if the women featured in it have had to

make compromises, they’ve found ways to thrive — and overall it’s a joy to watch,” praised Sarah Boslaugh of theartsstil. com. Matt Fagerholm of RogerEbert. com wrote: “Invisible is full of bittersweet stories … and it ranks alongside Morgan Neville’s 20 Feet from Stardom as well as Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck’s Shut Up & Sing in its insightful tribute to unsung artistry and rousing courage.”

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 “OUT at the Movies” International Film Festival had only two in-person screenings, but the eighth annual festival — which was held in September — was a resumption of the traditional format.

“The ‘OUT at the Movies’ board certainly considered our 2021 festival a success,” said Welton. “Although our inperson attendance was down from 2019, our virtual viewership increased over 200% from 2020. Everyone — actors, filmmakers, documentary subjects, audience members, and volunteers — seemed to really enjoy our 2021 festival programming, Q&As, and parties. It was good to be back!”

The official “OUT at the Movies” website is https://outatthemovies.org. !

Art and commerce: There’s no business like show business With the holidays on the horizon, the University of Kentucky Press — which has published numerous, widely acclaimed non-fiction volumes regarding Broadway and Hollywood — has recently reissued several of its popular show-biz titles in paperback.

Originally published in 1993, Bernard F. Dick’s The Merchant Prince of Poverty Row (218 pages, $24.95 retail) details the life and career of Harry Cohn (1891-1958), the complex and sometimes contradictory head of Columbia Pictures whose almost megalomaniacal control of the studio alienated many, but also elevated the status of the studio to A-level.

Three other books by Dick have also been reissued, each one self-explanatory: Columbia Pictures: Portrait of a Studio (298 pages, $27.95 retail), Engulfed: WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood (280 pages, $24.95 retail), and Radical Innocence: A Critical Study of the Hollywood Ten (280 pages, $24.95 retail).

If those weren’t enough for devotees of vintage entertainment, Eve Golden’s Anna Held and the Birth of Ziegfield’s Broadway (288 pages, $19.95 retail) and Andrew A. Erish’s Vitagraph: America’s First Great Motion Picture Studio (304 pages, $27.95 retail) have also been reissued in paperback. All of these books make for enlightening and entertaining reading.

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hen most folks start a new job, they expect to enjoy an uneventful period of quiet transition, with plenty of time to settle in. Not so for Tricia McManus, who Jim Longworth is just now winding up her first year as superintendent of the Longworth Winston-Salem/Forat Large syth County Schools.

And what a year it has been.

From day one she was faced with transitioning students from pandemic-related at-home learning, back to the classroom, all the while keeping an eye on COVID surges and variants that could affect who could return and when. Then came the heated debate over mask mandates, followed by politically fueled battles over vaccines.

McManus then had to deal with the fatal

shooting of one student by another, while keeping an eye on Tik Tok challenges that encouraged vandalism and assault.

I kept waiting for things to settle down so I could invite her to appear on “Triad Today,” but even on the day we scheduled our interview, she first had to avert a strike by school bus drivers, and then meet with students. Fortunately, Tricia McManus has boundless energy and a genuinely positive attitude about everyone and everything.

It’s no wonder that school board member Dana Caudill Jones said of McManus, “She’s the perfect leader for our district.”

I caught up with Tricia recently at the WSFCS Cable 2 studio, and we taped a segment for “Triad Today.” Here are a few highlights of our conversation.

JL: You graduated from the University of South Florida, and later became assistant superintendent of Hillsborough Schools, so I’m assuming you have deep roots in Florida.

TM: (smiles) Born and raised in Tampa.

JL: Who or what led you to a career in education?

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TM: Both of my parents had degrees in education, and my father was a physical education teacher for his entire career, that was over 40 years. He was also the winningest high school football coach in Hillsborough County up until the time he passed. But he was an amazing educator, and the stories he would tell us, the summers we spent with him at the gym, education was just in our blood. As a result, five of the eight children in our family are educators.

JL: You were named interim Superintendent last November, then took over the post officially in February of this year, and had to hit the ground running because of the pandemic. We’re still not out of the woods yet, but give me your assessment of how the school system has weathered the COVID storm thus far.

TM: Last year our district staff really rose to the occasion, with response to everything, from feeding our families when we were not in school to making sure our schools were equipped to return in a safe manner. They responded to every single protocol, from removing furniture to our custodians keeping buildings clean. There was a huge amount of work, and our staff was absolutely amazing. Still, it was not an ideal situation. Many of our students struggled last year with the isolation and not being in school the full year, and so our academic results have declined.

JL: But you need to put an asterisk behind those statistics because what happened was nobody’s fault.

TM: Absolutely. It happened everywhere across the country, but it is still impactful to our students. There have also

Tricia McManus been a lot of issues around trauma and mental health, and families dealing with loss, and all of the changes that occurred are real for our students as they returned this year. And so yes, as you said, it’s not over. We’re still dealing with COVID, and with all of the protocols and procedures that come with that. But I will say that even with all those challenges, we are educators, and educators are strong and resilient, and we are here for our students.

So that keeps us moving forward even amidst the challenges.

JL: As you know, there are more guns in circulation in America than there are people, so it’s not surprising that kids have access to guns. Nevertheless, what steps are you taking to at least keep guns out of schools?

TM: Sadly those are not new statistics.

Guns have been in schools for a long time, but the good news is that every time we’ve had one, they’ve been reported, and so when kids know something, they’re saying something, and that’s amazing.

JL: What’s the most gratifying thing about your job?

TM: It’s being in a classroom with kids.

It’s seeing our students smiling. It’s seeing them engaged in learning and it’s seeing them interact with staff in a positive way.

It’s seeing our students be successful.

That’s what it’s all about. !

JIM LONGWORTH is the host of Triad Today, airing on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. on ABC45 (cable channel 7) and Sundays at 11 a.m. on WMYV (cable channel 15).

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by James Cullen Bressack, is the worst kind of bad movie. It’s not bad enough to be unintentionally Mark Burger funny or bad enough to make one lament Contributor the waste of talent involved. It’s a lazy, inept movie that barely has a reason for existing. The filmmakers, including first-time screenwriter Ron Peacock (who has nowhere to go but up), expend so little effort that it’s as if they hold the audience in contempt. The only surprise here is how poorly a conventional storyline can be rendered for the umpteenth time.

The simple-minded story begins when grizzled, aggressive cop Cal (Swen Temmel) and his wearier, wiser partner David (Bruce Willis) get the drop on Mickey (Zack Ward) and Violet (Kate Katzman) during some sort of undefined, but undoubtedly illegal, warehouse transaction.

As villains, Mickey and Violet are straight out of Central Casting 101: He’s got the swagger, the bleach-blonde hairdo, and tattoos galore, while she resembles a third-rate Harley Quinn. They’re young, they’re in love, they kill people, and they’re annoying to the nth degree.

After the ensuing shoot-out — one of many in which everyone’s aim is off — Cal pursues Mickey and Violet in one of the slowest car chases in recent memory. In

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the confusion, he has managed to leave the wounded David behind, so that he can be conveniently captured by Mickey and Violet’s boss, Frank (Michael Sirow). The unflappable, black-clad Frank constantly makes threats, yet never seems to make good on them. He’s simply a bore who’s full of hot air.

Everyone ends up at the farm owned by Eric (top-billed Sean Michael Murray), a decorated combat veteran disillusioned by the recent deaths of his wife and daughter in a car accident. (Needless to say, he was driving.) Drowning his sorrows from his handy flask, he’s made a vow never to kill again. Naturally, that vow will soon become void.

Characters are held hostage, then escape, then are recaptured, only to escape once more. Bullets and fists fly, but nothing can save Survive the Game from endless, aggravating repetition. This is easily one of the most boring action films in a long time, and in one scene where Eric blasts one of the bad guys, someone forgot to dub the sound of the gunshot (!). Such inattention to detail is indicative of just how shoddy and sloppy the film is.

It all culminates in what could be described as the typical Mexican stand-off, except that the film was shot in Puerto Rico, which must make it a “Puerto Rican stand-off,” and there is absolutely no surprise how it all turns out. It just takes 97 endless minutes to get there.

The acting, for the most part, is dreadful. Then again, there really isn’t much the actors can do. They have nothing to work with. Baywatch beauty and onetime Playboy Playmate Donna D’Errico turns up as one of the baddies, and the

nicest thing that can be said about her performance is she still looks good.

Willis, at least, seems more engaged here than he did in the recent Midnight in the Switchgrass, but it hardly matters because, incredibly enough, this is a worse movie, and it’s still yet another waste of his talents. If that weren’t enough, Willis and Murray co-starred in a home-invasion thriller — for some of the same producers, no less — called Survive the Night, which

was released barely a year ago. Let’s hope their careers can “survive” any further embarrassments. !

Survive the Game is available ondemand and digital, as well as on DVD ($19.98 retail) and Blu-ray ($21.99 retail) from LionsGate Home Entertainment.

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“Appropriate disciplinary action has been taken” in Hazard, Kentucky, after photos surfaced on social media allegedly depicting students giving lap dances to high school staff, USA Today reported.

The incidents from Oct. 26 were part of homecoming week; Superintendent Sondra Combs said festivities included a “man pageant,” which somehow led to the lap dances by scantily clad students. One of the grateful recipients was the school’s principal, Donald “Happy” Mobelini, who is also the mayor of Hazard. “Using this as a teachable moment,” Combs said, “we will provide social media training for our students and staff.” But, she emphasized, the district “has a tradition of excellence

and academics and everything we do” — apparently including suggestive bumping and grinding.

GOVERNMENT IN ACTION

About 100 hippopotami that are descendants of hippos once owned by late drug lord Pablo Escobar have been recognized by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio as legal persons, United Press International reported. The hippos live in Colombia, but nonhuman animals are allowed to go to a federal court in the U.S. to obtain testimony in defense of their interests. Colombian attorney Luis Domingo Gomez Maldondo filed a lawsuit on the animals’ behalf to save them from being euthanized, arguing that sterilization would be a better option.

MOST COMPETENT CRIMINAL

A clever burglar in Coronado, California, devised a simple way to enter a home there on Oct. 21, the Associated Press reported.

The 43-year-old woman just called a locksmith and asked him to change the locks on “her” home, then went inside, settled in, and turned on the music and fireplace. But a neighbor noticed the activity and contacted the out-of-town homeowner, who alerted the police. When officers arrived, the spare key provided by the neighbor didn’t fit the locks, and police saw metal shavings and parts of a discarded lock near the front door. Police went around back, called out to the person inside and arrested her as she emerged on suspicion of burglary.

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT

A hiker in Colorado who was on a trail to Mount Elbert got lost on Oct. 18, wandering in the woods until the next morning around 9:30 a.m. Lake County Search and Rescue began looking for the unidentified person that evening and continued through the night, Fox News reported, making repeated calls to the hiker’s cellphone, which went unanswered. The hiker, who didn’t realize a search party was looking for them, told officials that they ignored the calls because they didn’t recognize the phone number.

LCSAR recommended to hikers: “If you’re overdue according to your itinerary and you start getting repeated calls from an unknown number, please answer the phone.”

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Residents of Ipswich, England, have spent more than four years being troubled by a haunting rendition of the nursery rhyme, “It’s raining, it’s pouring ...” sung by a young child during the night. “It was waking me up in the night. It was absolutely terrifying,” one woman said, according to

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the Mirror. “Last week it played for hours.

It was just horrible.” Finally, in September, the borough council’s rapid response team tracked down the source of the chilling singing: It was a motion alarm in an industrial park. “The sound is only supposed to act as a deterrent for opportunistic thieves that come onto our property,” a spokesperson for the park said. “The motion sensors were being triggered by spiders crawling across the lenses of our cameras, and it looks like we’ve had it turned up too loudly.” The volume has been lowered, and Ipswich residents can sleep at night.

IT’S AN EDUCATION

Elementary students at Wilton Manors school in Florida were treated to a field trip on Oct. 27, walking over to Rosie’s Bar and Grill accompanied by Broward County School Board member Sarah Leonardi, who posted about the outing on her official Facebook page. Fox News reported that the post ignited outrage among members of the community, who, beyond their incredulity that a bar and grill was a “field trip” destination, were upset that Rosie’s is an LGBT bar, with items on the menu such as Rhoda Cowboy and Big Girl Burgers.

Leonardi and the school district did not comment on the school trip.

THE WAY THE WORLD WORKS

Well, it’s happened: the first-ever doping scandal to rock the world of professional Venetian gondoliers. Renato Busetto has been stripped of his second-place award in September’s Historical Regatta and has been banned from competing for more than a year, the Daily Mail reported. He tested positive for marijuana after the event on Sept. 4, and on Oct. 27, Venice’s Technical Disciplinary Commission laid out his punishment.

IRONY

With Halloween coming up, Clark County (Nevada) law enforcement agencies came together to promote pedestrian safety on Oct. 26. The “crosswalk fairy,” a police officer in costume, even escorted people across busy Boulder Highway, KVVU-TV reported. But as officers demonstrated proper crosswalk techniques, pedestrian Tammy Wotton tried to cross the street where the event was being held — and was almost struck by a semi-truck. Nevada law stipulates that vehicles must yield to pedestrians. Officers pulled over the truck driver, along with several other offending motorists. !

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lthough Mexican Days of the Dead are commonly observed on November 1 and 2, that’s not your only chance to celebrate Día de Muertos.

Ian McDowell Casa Azul, the Triad organization devoted to supportContributor ing Latino arts and culture, is marking its 10th anniversary with an exhibit of ofrendas (offerings) that runs through Nov. 13 in Suite 313 of the Greensboro Cultural Center at 200 N. Davie Street. On Nov. 5, Winston-Salem’s AFAS Center for the Arts is hosting the Día de Los Muertos 2021 exhibit and performances at Unleashed Art Center on 620 N. Liberty St. Mexico’s celebration of the relationship between the living and the dead is a syncretic fusion of indigenous pre-Hispanic traditions with the Western European holy days of All Saints and All Souls. Its major observances are Nov. 1, when the spirits of deceased children are said to visit their families, and Nov. 2, when those of departed adults are welcomed back by the living.

However, Nov. 5th and 6th are also traditional festival dates.

The phrases “Día de Muertos” and “Día de Los Muertos” are used interchangeably in the US. However, Gabriela Damian Miravete, an award-winning writer, editor and cultural journalist living in the Ciudad de México municipality of Coyoacán, told YES! Weekly that she prefers the shorter term.

“Día de Muertos is the appropriate way of saying it,” wrote Miravete in a Facebook

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The Casa Azul’s annual exhibit at the Greensboro Cultural Center offers a glimpse of family ofrendas message. “Día de los Muertos feels like an accommodation to the American way of expressing it, as it is the literal translation of the English phrase Day of the Dead, so it’s kind of uncomfortable for me” Casa Azul’s Mariana Rodriguez-Pardy agreed that the shorter-phrase is more commonly used in Mexico. “I don’t think it really makes a difference, but we’re more familiar with Día de Muertos. That is just the way it’s been said for generations and generations.”

When interviewed on Saturday,

Rodriquez-Pardy was overseeing the installation of what has become a beloved annual exhibit at the Greensboro Cultural Center and was happy to explain the meaning of these offerings to the departed.

“Ofrendas are altars honoring departed loved ones, both recently deceased and those who’ve been gone a long time. We believe that, on November 1 and 2, they come to this realm to spend some time with us, and we need to be prepared to spend some time with them.”

She explained that each ofrenda has at least three levels. “These represent the upper world, the middle world where we are, and the underworld. This concept of the three levels exists in many different cultures. So, what we are basically doing is preparing the space to welcome our loved ones.”

The ofrendas include symbols or samples of the classical elements of earth, water, wind, and fire. “Fire is represented with the candle. The wind is represented with the Papel Picado [a Mexican folk art in which elaborate designs are cut into decorative sheets of tissue paper]. There’s always going to be the element of water.

Earth is represented with seeds, flow-

ers, beans, rice, sawdust, garden soil, or ashes. When ashes are used, they should form a cross if you’re Catholic. This is a fusion spiritual tradition and everyone is welcome to do an ofrenda, regardless of their religion or lack thereof, but for Catholics, it is important to show the sign of the cross.”

Rodriquez-Pardy explained that these symbols call the departed back to the middle world.

“We attract the souls with the senses.

For that of smell, we have fresh cempasúchil flowers provided for us by Lihmil, a floral wholesaler here in the Triad. This very particular scent attracts the departed.”

The cempasúchil is the Mexican marigold, also known as the flor de Muertos.

Rodriquez-Pardy explained that the candles are a beacon to guide the dead from their world to ours, and that when they come, they regain their sense of taste.

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An Ofrenda honoring departed loved ones with classic earth elements and personal favorites of those being honored their favorite food. Same thing with drinks. If somebody really liked tequila, you need to have a bottle of that on their ofrenda. They have traveled from far away and are thirsty. That’s also one of the reasons we have water, both to represent the element and to refresh the thirsty souls. And because water, for so many cultures, represents healing and purification, as does salt.”

Photos of the honored departed are displayed on ofrendas, along with personal articles associated with them, “such a shawl, a guitar, a soccer ball, or a children’s toy, anything they loved.”

The returning dead not only have a keen sense of taste but of hunger after their long journey. To nourish them, the ofrendas are decorated with pan de muerto.

This is a spongy bread with an appearance and texture similar to Challah, but a complex buttery sweetness that hints of citrus, due to the use of orange blossom, and incorporates anise or fennel. After baking, it can be glazed with orange sauce and powdered sugar, or decorated with sugar skulls. It is, of course, consumed by the living, but in a symbolic breaking of bread with the dead.

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the exhibit, but this year it is only provided for the ofrendas and the spirits who visit them. “This year is a little bit different, but we will have other activities, including a workshop for children to learn how to make paper dolls of La Catrina, with a tutorial on our website and Facebook page.”

La Catrina is the shorter nickname of La Calavera Catrina or La Calavera Garbancera, the “elegant skull” and “dapper skeleton,” originally created by satiric cartoonist Jose Guadalupe Posada to satirize the upper classes, and popularized by artist Diego Rivera, who incorporated this imagery in his 1947 mural Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central (Dream of a Sunday afternoon along Central Alameda).

Satire is an integral part of Día de Muertos, which, unlike the European holy days that partially inspired it, include gaiety with solemnity and ribaldry with reverence. One manifestation of this is the Calavera, which simply means “skull,” but is also the name given to teasing mock epitaphs that people write and recite for their living loved ones, or in more critical form, are printed about living politicians and celebrities in newspapers.

The Casa Azul exhibit in the Greensboro

Cultural Centers runs through Saturday, Nov. 13, and is open from noon to 5 p.m.

Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; 12-1 and 2-4 p.m. on Wednesdays; 12-8 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5; 12-5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 12 and 1-5 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 7.

The Día de los Muertos exhibit and celebration at Winston-Salem’s AFAS Center for the Arts is from 7 to 10 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 5. It is co-organized by Lara Kendrick, Amanda Grimes Swiderski, and Angel Black.

Kendrick, known in local dance circles as Samra, was born in Salvador, the capital of the Brazilian state of Bahia. I asked her how that country’s Nov. 2 national holiday Día dos Fiéis Defuntos (“Day of the Faithful Deceased”) differs from the Mexican one.

“It is not such a festive celebration, but more ceremonial. It includes the offering of candles, flowers and prayers, and food that was enjoyed by a deceased loved one may be served as a remembrance, but overall, it is a somber day.”

Kendrick said that the AFAS event is not only honoring the Mexican tradition but comparing it to other cultures that celebrate a day of remembrance. “Our opening dance is inspired by Samhain, which is an ancient Celtic tradition. Attendees should look forward to delicious authentic Mexican refreshments, an ofrenda table to honor a loved one, dance performances from various cultures, an optional mini dance lesson during intermission, a raffle, and the opportunity to help support Forsyth Humane Society and Humane Solution. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the donations will go to these rescues. All is included in the $15 donation ticket. There are only 50 seats available. Masks will be required, except when eating and drinking in the refreshment room.”

Some writers of Mexican descent, in both that country and the US, have expressed concern over appropriation and commercialization of the holiday, and

stress that it should not be conflated with Halloween.

“As much as I love the film Coco,” wrote Gabriela Damián Miravete, “I feel very uncomfortable with the Disneyfication. Our places of enunciation are not the same and we’re not a hegemonic culture. When meeting foreign expectations about a cultural tradition are more important than the local representations of tradition, all the resources will go to perpetuate those often stereotypical, unauthentic, and profit-driven expectations, and not the ones that come from the people who live them.”

Sarah Chavez, executive director of the Order of the Good Death and author of the article “Día de Muertos — a Primer,” agrees that Día de Muertos should be celebrated by all, but cautions against trivializing it by using its imagery in Halloween costumes.

“To understand and appreciate this sacred cultural observance, one needs to acknowledge that its foundation was laid by the Mexicas, or ‘Aztecs,’ the indigenous peoples of Mexico. When Colonists arrived, their church spent centuries trying to eradicate them by passing laws, desecrating graves, outlawing sacred foods, and punishing indigenous people through torture, enslavement, and death. I think it’s wonderful that cultures all over the world are embracing something inherently Mexican and Latin American. However, there is a big difference between appreciating and appropriating. By appropriating Día de Muertos, you are upholding a legacy of pain and erasure forced upon us by Colonists. This is particularly hurtful for many, during this current political climate, as we watch our culture being celebrated, yet the very real human beings behind it are under attack.” !

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Buff City Soap Brings Plant-Based Products to Greensboro A customizable Soap ‘Makery’ continues its North Carolina expansion.

Buff City Soap is a rapidly expanding handmade retail franchise known for its plant-based soap and body products Naima Said made in-store daily. Its first in-store location is opened Contributor in early October and is located at 3334 W Friendly Ave., Suite 116. “Greensboro is expanding and opening their doors to a variety of unique businesses, especially at an opportunity of quality,” said District Manager Angelina Baker.

To celebrate the opening, the first 50 customers received a gift of free soap for a year. Residents will have another opportunity to grab some suds at the business’ second grand opening, scheduled for Jan. 7-9, 2022.

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Apple Cider and Fall harvest with notes of Orange, Lemon, Nutmeg, Leaves, and Spiced Florals. Then the Cinnamon Swirl is described as a scent of Mulled Wine, and Hallmark movies with notes of Clove, Allspice, Cinnamon, Caramel, and Red Apples. Lastly, a fall favorite, Pumpkin Spice Latte, has been described as a perfect blend of Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice with notes of Pumpkin, Sugar, Cinnamon, Maple, and Roasted Pecans.

Buff City Soap prides itself on its dedication to quality and trendsetting to ending harsh chemicals on body products. “The body is a temple that deserves care. Our goal is to continue expanding throughout the United States, offering the opportunity to those wanting a change and option to cleaner products,” Baker said.

Hours for the Greensboro store will be Monday – Saturday from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

To learn more about Buff City Soap of Greensboro, visit https://www.buffcitysoap.com/ ! ucts,” Baker said. “We are extremely excited about bringing this interactive retail experience to our community.”

Founded in 2013, and franchising since 2018, Buff City Soap continues its rapid growth trajectory across 23 states with over 135 stores. Buff City Soap has created a high-quality alternative to commercial soap products that contain chemicals, detergents, animal fats, and sulfates.

“By giving customers the chance to see the whole making process live in each Soap Makery, Buff City Soap is disrupting the consumer goods industry by focusing on transparency of ingredients and process,” Baker said.

Buff City Soap offers more than 30

unique and customizable scents across dozens of handcrafted soap products; including its famous soap bars, bath bombs, foaming hand soap, and even laundry soap. The brand’s products are crafted by local artisans at the in-store Makers, which allow guests to customize the scent and ingredients used in the process to create a unique scent profile.

“Customers over the years have fallen in love with our scent-customizable laundry soap made with 100% Coconut Oil, Citric Acid, Washing Powder, and other Essential Oils,” Baker shared.

With the fall season underway, Buff City Soap has introduced three limitededition fall soap scents. The first, Fall For You, is described as a mixed scent of

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New Greensboro restaurant keeps its meals local With a new school approach to restaurant ownership, a husband-and-wife team is ready to breathe new life into old stereotypes of southern food in downtown Greensboro.

Naima Said Sean Reaves, a well-known chef throughout the Triad, Contributor has been leaving his creative stamp all over, and now it is time to head a place of his own alongside his wife, Tara Reaves, an ex-kindergarten teacher, with years of Front of House experience and a passion for people and food.

“I thank all of my inspiration to my grandparents, Lucille and Roscoe Reaves.

This is my ode to them, ‘Cille & ‘Scoe encapsulated everything they taught me about food while igniting my passion for cooking all those years ago,” Reaves shared. “In a plot we shared with a neighbor, I learned how to cultivate produce from seed to final dish and how to appreciate every step along the way. The originators of the farm-to-table push back before it was cool, we like to say. In the same light, our concept will take you back to a time when a banana was not within the reach of North Carolina, while the food and ambiance will mimic a modern, natural, and upscale vibe where no flavors are missed.”

Known throughout the Triad for his creative approach and humble leadership, Chef Reaves is honored to bring his own concept to fruition, something Greensboro locals have been waiting a long time for.

Chef Reaves crafts the seasonal menu, start to finish, with the list of produce planned for harvest. The ingredients drive the process, not the other way around, with 90 percent of all dairies, meat, produce, and products sourced from between the N.C. mountains and sea.

The Reaves also get their produce from Tara’s family farm, Rolling Meadow Farm, where her dad has been in agriculture for as long as she can remember, and where the Reaves hope to build their own home one day to keep the tradition afloat.

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one that they recommend to all who walk in and are seeking something outside their comfort zone.

“Although everything on the menu is delicious in its own way and contains its own flavors, I always recommend the creative side of the menu. Especially the R & R or the Rabbit Ravioli, which consists of braised rabbit, homemade ravioli, parsley butter, smoked bacon, roasted carrot puree, and fried leeks,” Tara said.

Teamwork is crucial to running a successful business front, and ‘Cille & ‘Scoe are no strangers to welcoming diverse and open-minded individuals.

“I couldn’t ask for a better group, which

consists of Aaron Silver, Dan Parson, Shamar Fields, Denise Emmerson, and Coraya Neal, who all come together to create a cohesive and exceptional kitchen team. Each bringing their own experiences and innovative approaches to the table, creating a beautiful harmony. All crucial to the process and no one position more important than the other,” Reaves explained.

Aside from the spacious and well-lit private dining room that can provide accommodations for up to 20 people, Tara’s decorative eye captures a minimalistic style that makes one feel at home when they first enter through the door.

“You may just get to meet the stars of

the show, our two daughters, Halston and Sutton,” Tara shared. “This is a family business, something we can give to our kids, and they can pass to theirs. My husband and I met because of food and fell in love with each other’s palette. It started as his dream to own his own restaurant, but it has become mine too, and our food shows that love in every dish.”

‘Cille & ‘Scoe is located at 312 S. Elm Street in Greensboro. For more information, visit their website: https://www. cilleandscoe.com/. !

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Femfest continues on

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emFest returns for the eighth year, carrying on the annual tradition of uniting femme artists in fundraising for Family Services of Forsyth County; and Katei Cranford spreading awareness around domestic violence and Contributor sexual assault, while honoring the spirit of the late founder, Bryn Hermansen.

“We are dedicated to Bryn’s legacy,” organizers shared when announcing FemFest would continue in her wake.

“And we know that she would be proud of and stoked about each and every person who has offered support.”

Keeping the virtual format for the second year, the lineup unites 10 artists from around the southeast (and even Europe) for a show over the FemFest NC Youtube channel on Nov. 13. Online raffles and auctions from businesses and artists around Forsyth County are up now; and will run through Nov. 27.

As always, “100% of the proceeds go to our local Winston-Salem domestic violence shelter via Family Services of Forsyth County,” said organizer Sarah Burns.

“This year looks a lot like last,” she said. “Everything is virtual again. The raffle and auctions are currently live on our website, and the music festival will be released over Youtube. We encourage

staying home and staying safe.”

While Burns lent hands in bringing prior FemFests to life, she took strides to ensure this year honored the work central to Hermansen—and the legacy that will follow. “I spent a lot of time researching everything Bryn had ever posted about FemFest to gain some kind of guidance on what to do, and one thing was incredibly clear: it is important that her legacy is preserved,” Burns explained. “After discussions with Bryn’s family, we all agreed: she invested so much time and energy into the first seven years to make this event have a positive impact, and the sexual assault and domestic violence victims and survivors in our community still need every form of support possible.”

Taking the charge, “we have a pretty great mix of returning and new bands this year, and they’ve all been so amazing and patient with me as I fumble my way around learning the music side of FemFest,” Burns said. “I’m most excited about seeing them each perform their choice from what we’ve affectionately dubbed ‘Bryn’s List’.”

FemFest veteran, Billie Feather, joins Burns in the organizer seat. Her group, the P-90’s, are among the returning FemFest performers on the upcoming bill. “Bryn really respected her, and her talents,” Burns said. “She’s been incredibly helpful with the music side of FemFest,” she added, listing other returning acts, including: the WinstonSalem-based Proxevita presented by MAMA; Bob Fleming & the Cambria Iron Co. from the Charlotte-area; Roanoke’s L.A. Dies; the Atalanta axe-queen, Guitar Bangzz

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“Bryn and I shared a special camaraderie as being organizers of feminist music festivals in NC,” said Erika Libero, vocalist and guitarist for Bangzz; and organizer of the Manifest Music Festival

in Chapel Hill. “We were holding the line together and covering more ground. Each year at FemFest we would congratulate each other on another great year,” Libero added. “I still remember how she spoke.

She was one of those people who would

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Proxevita sit still in a moment and choose her words carefully so you knew that they meant a lot. Bryn meant every word she said and she moved about the world with purpose.”

Libero sees power in the reflection of that purpose. “Bryn was powerful and I think about her a lot. I wear the shirt she designed for various shows—I often think of it as bringing Bryn with me,” she said.

The shirt, which reads “Do not submit to intimidation,” serves as a reminder of her own power. “And that no one can take it from me,” Libero added. ”You’re supposed to use your power to empower.

Bryn did exactly that. That is her legacy, that is FemFest’s legacy and I will be here for it every year.”

Among the artists proud to carry that legacy for the first time are Atlanta’s Shantih Shantih, Alexis Ward (from the Winston band of siblings, Water the band), Rolling Stone “Artist to Watch” Cashavelly Morrison, Rebecca Reel (a Winstoner submitting from Uzbekistan), and Greensboro songstress Casey Noel.

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Guitar Gabby honor. “I, unfortunately, never had the pleasure of meeting Bryn, but from what I’ve read, she was my kind of people: a music-lover, an animal-lover, and a selfless go-getter who wanted to make a difference in people’s lives in big and little ways,” Noel said. “She clearly was a certified badass and I like to think we’d have been friends had I been lucky enough to know her.”

It’s a sentiment shared by Reel. “This is my first FemFest, but I’ve been aware of its significance in Winston for a while, so I’m thrilled to contribute this year,” she said. And while admiration for Hermansen unites the artists, the mission behind her legacy remains most salient. “Family Services is a great resource in Winston,” Reel added. “Hopefully by destigmatizing domestic violence, people will be more likely to seek assistance leaving abusive relationships.”

For Noel, the statistics surrounding the danger women face is a damning reminder of the need for resource outlets. “People’s lack of awareness on these subjects is part of the reason why

things don’t change,” she noted. “There’s specifically a huge lack of awareness when it comes to domestic violence. And the misconception that women can just walk away safely. It’s never as simple as walking away and that’s why shelters and resources are SO important.”

Burns agreed. “Although we specifically raise funds for the domestic violence shelter, Family Services does so much more than that,” she said. “They’re an incredible resource across the board, and we need them.”

The feeling is mutual from Family Services. “Community partners like FemFest are so important to the work we do,” said spokesperson Johnny Johnson. “They’ve been big supporters of our efforts and have contributed more than $12,000 since their first year. At the start of the pandemic, we knew it was going to be tough to reach our fundraising goals, and FemFest responded to our need that year with a record-setting donation of more than $5,100!”

That response helped Family Services assist 39 clients in finding permanent

housing following their stay in the Domestic Violence Shelter, while providing a safe space for 195 women and children within that shelter; helping 129 children through the Family Justice Center; and supporting 1,281 victims in-person for crisis intervention.

As Burns takes the lead for FemFest VIII, the core values remain: “We want FemFest to do what it’s always done: raise awareness, showcase female and femme-dominated artists, and help fund the domestic violence shelter,” she said. ”Bryn always made the intent of FemFest clear, and we have no intention of taking a different path.”

In short: they won’t submit. !

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

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I got a boob job two years ago. My best friend, seeing the results, wanted one, too. When she realized she couldn’t afford it, she started making snide comments Amy Alkon about women who get them. Recently, Advice a guy was hitting on Goddess me at a party, and she started flirting with him and asked, “Do you think I need a boob job?” and told him I’d gotten one. I was shocked. I’d like to say something to her, but she’s the louder part of my friend group, and I’m unsure how.

—Disturbed Self-defense for men is karate or maybe Krav Maga. For women, it’s ducking mean remarks.

Many people have a romanticized view of women as the sweet, ever-nurturing “better angels of our nature.” That’s a major myth, but it continues to have traction

due to the nature of female rivalry, which is much like slow-acting poison gas. (It’s often hard for a woman to recognize she’s been dosed...till she’s writhing on the floor like a goldfish sucking in its last desperate breaths.)

While from boyhood on, guys tend to relish competition and are openly aggressive (like when one socks another in the jaw), psychologist Anne Campbell describes female aggression as “indirect” and “covert” (sneaky and hidden). She believes women evolved to compete this way to avoid physical harm that might have damaged their ability to have or care for children.

Common sneaky ladywar tactics include weaponizing a group of women against a targeted woman by spreading nasty gossip about her and rallying the coven to ostracize her. In the presence of a man or men, one woman will try to undermine another woman’s mate value by revealing her supposed hussyhood or trashing her looks — as you experienced.

Men tend to prefer natural breasts (though their eyes go boi-oi-oing! at the big, pert fakeuns). Your “best friend,” spotting that a guy seemed into you, performed the vital public service of informing him

your bodacious boobs are, in fact, siliconey islands.

Why would she do this? Well, unbeknownst to you, you violated an unspoken rule of female society by amping up your appeal to men via Boob Fairy, M.D.: openly competing with other women. It’s the “openly” part that’s the problem. Psychologist Joyce Benenson explains that, in contrast with “the constant male struggle to figure out who is better, faster, smarter, or otherwise more skilled,” girls and women enforce “equality” among themselves and resent and punish women who stand out.

“Should a girl appear superior, even accidentally,” she is guilty of a crime against the rest and “faces social exclusion.” This carries through to adulthood, with the thinking (summed up by Benenson): “Nice women don’t try to outdo their female peers.”

Of course, women do compete. But, Benenson notes — per interviews with hundreds of women by various researchers — women deny they compete with one another, even to themselves. This subconscious self-deception — “a woman’s honest belief that she never competes with other females” — allows her to do just that

without any pangs of conscience getting in her way.

That’s one reason why confronting this woman about what she did might be problematic. Additionally, research by evolutionary psychologists Tania Reynolds and Jaime Palmer-Hague suggests your standing up for yourself — telling this woman her behavior was out of line — could be portrayed by her (to other women in your circle) as your victimizing her! Thus putting a big stain on your reputation!

Compared with “traditional forms of gossip” (the sort readily perceived as catty and mean), women’s disclosures of a friend’s hurting their feelings (kindness “violations”) get a pass, Reynolds and Palmer-Hague observe. They are “relatively trusted and approved,” suggesting women have “a social blind spot” to a tool used to trash the reputation of other women.

Reynolds explained to me via email: Basically, if a female friend says about another woman, “’You wouldn’t guess how mean Mary was to me the other day,’ you’re less likely to recognize this friend’s disclosure as gossip.”

In their research, disclosures like this “effectively tarnished ... social opportuni-

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ties” of the women they were made about.

“Participants evaluated women who treated their friends poorly as immoral,” avoided having them as friends, and wanted to “warn others about their bad character.”

You might decide to say something anyway: gently tell this woman you prefer to keep news of your boob job unbroadcast. Note that even this approach could be turned into ammunition against you through a “victimhood” story she might tell.

Consider whether you have the social and emotional capital to bear the potential costs — while factoring in the psychological cost of just sucking it up and saying nothing. Ultimately, though many women are nothing but supportive of other women, it’s wise to remain mindful that, well, behind every beautiful woman is a crowd of other women looking to push her into a shed and padlock the door. !

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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