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In LoFi, Crafted Street Food becomes Machete

Chef Kris Fuller, of the Crafted culinary empire, called the meeting, and Tal Blevins, one of the minds behind the Machete supper

by Brian Clarey club, hosted at his College Hill home. Machete Executive Chef Kevin Cottrell and Chef de Cuisine Lydia Greene leaned around the island in Blevins’ kitchen, where a lone journalist sat with pen poised.

“I’ll just say it,” Fuller said. “Machete will be moving into the Street Food location.”

And the weight of the thing settled in.

Fuller opened Crafted Street Food in 2015 in the burgeoning LoFi neighborhood to showcase global food trends that influenced her cuisine. This was before Art of the Taco moved across Elm Street in downtown Greensboro, before she opened Bites & Pints with Mike Bosco on Spring Garden Street, before the Winston-Salem taco shop on Liberty Street.

Machete relied on the talents of Cottrell and Greene, who became available after La Rue melted down, for a well-regarded series of private dinners at Blevins’ house with adventurous cuisine from a post-fusion, post-molecular gastronomy perspective.

“We just call it ‘Modern American,’” Cottrell said.

The Machete crew has been seeking a brick-and-mortar restaurant for more than a year, with Fuller’s guidance and expertise

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lending an assist. But then, some things happened.

Fuller had a tough year. There were health problems in the family, a longtime manager died in a car accident, and another left in July, forcing Fuller back into the restaurant when her family needed her most. When her lease came up at Street Food, she reassessed. She could push through and get the restaurant back on track within a year, but maybe that wasn’t the answer.

What started as a joke — Maybe Machete should just move into the LoFi spot? — became a serious question.

“I still thought she was joking,” Blevins said. The place is perfect for the Machete concept, with a kitchen that can accommodate all manner of cuisine, the right sort of dining room for what they had in mind, a growing neighborhood and a crew of vetted employees from which they could draw. Some will stay with the Crafted organization; others will be invited to join the Machete team.

“We’ll want to keep as many employees as possible,” Blevins said. “We want a smooth transition.”

The changeover is slated for early January. Blevins said there will be some cosmetic changes before the opening — tables, drapery, a new coat of paint — to conform more with Machete’s quirky brand of excellence.

“I wouldn’t just hand the space over to anybody,” Fuller said. “They’ve got a great concept, two young, up-and-coming chefs who are doing these incredible dinners. They need a jumping-off point.”

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THURSDAY Dec. 5

Repeal Day @ World of Beer (GSO), 11 a.m.

Celebrate the anniversary of the end of Prohibition with specials on beer and hard drinks, along with swinging music from the Pete Pawsey Band. The group plays tunes styled after music from the 1920s and ’30s all night long. Find the event on Facebook.

Christmas at Bethabara @ Downtown Arts District (W-S), 6:30 p.m.

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Casey Noel @ Incendiary Brewing Company (W-S), 7 p.m.

Bethabara shares Moravian holiday traditions with park-goers and First Friday art-searchers. As part of the Downtown Arts District Association’s monthly event, a trolley makes stops between the artwalk and Bethabara’s candlelit Gemeinhaus. Find the event on Facebook.

North Carolina based musician Casey Noel performs a mix of country and blues in her Americana style. The singer-songwriter fills the evening with both classic folk and original compositions. Find the event on Facebook.

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Holiday Maker’s Market @ Forge Greensboro, 5 p.m.

This free market features the creators that find a makerspace in Forge Greensboro.

Find metal pieces, woodworking and ceramics alike at this multi-medium, multi-artist and all-handmade bazaar. Find the event on Facebook.

30th Anniversary Bash @ Sawtooth School for Visual Art (W-S), 6 p.m.

Sawtooth offers a peek at its annual Deck the Halls exhibit, in a night full of live music, food and fine art. Shop for decor, accessories and other handcrafted pieces done by a select group of local artists. Learn more on Facebook.

Festival of Lights @ Downtown Greensboro, 6 p.m.

This fluorescent nighttime celebration welcomes the holiday season. A community tree lighting, shopping opportunity and caroling creates a bash of different festive activities. Learn more at downtownindecember.org.

Onesie Wobble @ Boxcar Bar + Arcade (GSO), 9 p.m.

Grab your pajamas, fuzzy slippers or favorite character onesie and get ready to party.

DJ Mike Wawa spins some tunes to get Boxcar’s patrons dancing and active after a chill Thanksgiving weekend. Find the event on Facebook.

Laurent Estoppey @ Scuppernong Books (GSO), 7 p.m.

As part of Scuppernong’s Artist in Residencies series, Laurent Estoppey sets up shop. Drawing influence from John Cage, Estoppey creates a new environment in the bookstore using microphones. Find the event on Facebook.

MADE 4 the Holidays Craft Show @ Greensboro Farmer’s Curb Market, 11 a.m.

Pick up a Christmas tree, and poinsettias, a new wreath or handmade ornaments to go with it. This fair features more than 100 craftspeople, each showcasing anything from jewelry to locally-made food. Wrap up the morning with a visit to Santa. Find the event on Facebook.

Winter Show @ Greenhill (GSO), 2 p.m.

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It’s a/ Wonderful Saturday @ a/perture cinema (W-S), 9:30 a.m.

Enjoy a classic holiday film in the midst of a cozy vendor market and poster sale. Stock up on gifts after sitting down with some popcorn for a festive movie with screenings that go until 3 p.m. Find the event on Facebook.

Candlefest @ Greensboro Arboretum, 6 p.m.

Thousands of lights illuminate the Greensboro Arboretum during this eye-catching night. Take a walk through the glowing pathways to find a hot chocolate station, s’mores and even a meeting with Santa.

Find the event on Facebook.

Greenhill opens its Winter Show for the public, bringing together more than 100 artists in one cohesive exhibit. Experience works by established career artists and those just breaking into the scene. Find the event on Facebook.

Handel’s Messiah @ RJ Reynolds Auditorium (W-S), 3 p.m.

The Winston-Salem Mozart Club performs Handel’s Messiah for the 86th year. The free annual tradition features a full chorus and extra guest musicians. Find the event on Facebook.

Lovefeast @ Wait Chapel (W-S), 4:30 p.m.

This tradition spotlights the Moravian roots of Winston-Salem, in a holiday service inside Wait Chapel lit by candlelight. Following services, a candle tea will warm up spirits even more. Find the event on Facebook.

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The Neverending Session — 2019 Legislative Roundup Welcome to the longest session of the North Carolina General Assembly this century, which adjourned just last week without setting a state budget and leaving many, many

items on the table, including a working map of congressional districts and the expansion of Medicaid, the two main sticking points.

The session is noteworthy not just for its length, but also its ineptitude, with so much important work left undone, and so many good bills shuttled off to committee, never to be heard from again.

It was also the year that House Republicans rushed a vote to override Democrat Gov. Roy Cooper’s budget veto on Sept. 11, when most of the Democrats were absent. Still Cooper managed to scuttle many bad bills, though several of his vetoes were overridden.

Gov. Cooper’s cleaved the Republican’s power in Raleigh after the 2016 election, and the 2018 contests took away the Republican supermajority, which meant that Cooper could effectively exercise the veto power. It came up a lot.

With so much left unresolved, members of both the House and Senate seem to be kicking the can down the road to the next election, each side hoping for a mandate to arise from the voters. Both sides seem confident they’ll emerge victorious.

In the meantime, here’s what our local reps were able — and unable — to do in this long session. For more details on their bills and their votes, visit the NC Legislature website at ncleg.gov.

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SEN. MICHAEL GARRETT (DGUILFORD) DISTRICT 27 Terms: 1 About the district: District 27 was the purview of Republican Trudy Wade until a new map in 2017 and an election in 2018 put Garret in the seat. It includes all of rural Guilford county with the northern tier and west side of High Point, .and a sliver of Greensboro west of Guilford College Road.

Committee chairs: None Sponsored bills: 75, 19 as primary sponsor (none passed) Highlights: SB 132 — Guilford Co. Bd. of Ed/ Nonpartisan election (with Robinson) Garrett’s predecessor Wade passed legislation in 2013 that rendered the elections for Guilford County School Board into partisan contests, which went into effect in the 2016 election. This was Garret’s bid to undo that piece, which was tied to bipartisan legislation in the House.

Status: Died in committee.

SB 294 — Make General Election Day A State Holiday Pretty self-explanatory.

Status: Died in committee SB 402 — Modernizing Sexual Assault Laws It would modernize some of the language and increases scope in existing statutes. For instance, it specifically mentions drugging people’s drinks. It also clarifies treatment of juveniles convicted of sexual crimes.

Status: Died in committee SB 651 — Polluter Pays “An act to make persons causing or con-

tributing to contamination responsible for costs of cleanup and provision of alternative water supplies to persons with water supplies affected by such contamination and to prohibit an electric public utility from recovering costs related to the management of coal combustion ash and unlawful discharges from coal ash ponds.”

Status: Died in committee SENATE MAJORITY WHIP RICK GUNN (R-GUILFORD/ ALAMANCE) DISTRICT 24 Terms: 5 About the district: This is Gunn’s fifth term in District 24, which now covers all of Alamance County and the rural eastern strip of Guilford.

Committee chairs: Commerce, Insurance, and Appropriations on Agriculture, Natural and Economic Resources Sponsored bills: 39, 31 as primary sponsor (7 passed) Highlights: SB 66 — Allow Game Nights This would allow churches and other nonprofits to hold gambling events — with a registration process — and allows for the consumption of alcoholic beverages at these events.

Status: Died in committee SB 290 — ABC Regulatory Reform Bill An omnibus ABC bill that would allow distilleries to sell beer, wine and cocktails by the glass, as well as lift the cap on in-store bottle sales. It allows for in-store tastings at ABC stores and drinking at bingo parlors, deepens the discount for wholesale beer sales, clears up some distribution issues and establishes that breweries don’t have to follow the same sanitation regulations as restaurants and

hotels, among other tweaks.

Status: Signed into law by Gov. Cooper on July 29 SB 391 — Expand Youth Internship Opportunities “An act to provide a limited exception to the prohibition on youth participating in supervised, practice experiences with employers in occupations found detrimental by the commissioner of labor under certain circumstances.”

Status: Signed by Gov. Cooper on July 26 SEN. GLADYS ROBINSON (DGUILFORD) DISTRICT 28 Terms: 5 About the district: District 28 is now most of the city of Greensboro, with a bit in the east ceded to District 24.

Committee chairs: None Bills: 79, 22 as primary sponsor (none passed) Highlights: SB 3 — Close the Medicaid Coverage Gap This would allow for federal Medicaid expansion in North Carolina by repealing a 2013 state law against it.

Status: Died in committee.

SB 102 — International Civil Rights Museum Funds (with Garrett) Gives the ICRCM $500,000 a year.

Status: Died in committee.

SB 110 — Housing Recovery/Restore Greensboro Funds This reimburses the city of Greensboro for $1 million taken from the city’s General Fund, for costs incurred after the April 2018 tornado.

Status: Died in committee.

SB 223 — Caregiver Relief Act (with Garrett) Would allow paid time off to care for loved ones, expanding the definition to

include civil unions, domestic partners and anything “the equivalent of a family relationship.”

Status: Died in committee SB 503 — Wage Theft Act Clarifies procedures and penalties for claiming unpaid wages, among other things, and allows for unpaid employees to place liens upon their employers’ property.

Status: Died in committee SEN. JERRY TILLMAN (R-GUILFORD/RANDOLPH) DISTRICT 26 Terms: 9 About the district: District 26 covers all of Randolph County plus most of High Point in Guilford County’s southwest corner.

Committee chairs: Appropriations on Education/Higher Education, Education/Higher Education and Finance Bills: 45, 41 as primary sponsor (11 passed) Highlights: SB 192 — School Security Act of 2019 This is the one that that would allow teachers to carry guns in school after some training. It also allowed concealedcarry permit holders to wear sidearms in schools and churches.

Status: Died in committee.

SB 350 — Equal Funding for All Students Repeals the Hackney Amendment of the charter school provisions that allowed public school systems to allay some of the charter funding, increasing their share of the budget.

Status: Died in committee SB 522 — Low-Performing Schools/ Advanced Teaching Roles This allows county commissions to keep tighter watch over school performance,

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REP. JOHN FAIRCLOTH (R-GUILFORD) DISTRICT 62 Terms: 5 About this district: Faircloth’s district covers the western portion of the county, extending from the northwestern part, all the way down to High Point.

Committee chairs: Appropriations; Appropriations, Justice and Public Safety (vice-chair) Bills: 115 bills, 38 as primary sponsor, 7 passed Highlights: HB 474/SB 375 — Death by Distribu-

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HOUSE MAJORITY WHIP JON HARDISTER (R-GUILFORD) DISTRICT 59 Terms: 4 About the district: Hardister’s district covers much of the rural areas of the county, including Browns Summit and parts of Summerfield to the north and Forest Oaks and Pleasant Garden to the east and south.

Committee chairs: Alcoholic Beverage Control (vice-chair); Appropriations (vice-chair); Banking (vice-chair); Appropriations, Capital (chair) Bills: 116, 93 as primary sponsor (8 passed) Highlights: HB 646 — ID Approval/Flex Muni One-Stop Allows students to use university or community college ID cards and employees to use state of local government ID cards for voting identification for the 2020 elections.

Status: Signed into law on June 3 HB 69 — Nonpartisan Redistricting Commission

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REP. ASHTON CLEMMONS (DGUILFORD) DISTRICT 57 Terms: 1 About the district: District 57 covers a large portion of the northern section of Greensboro between Battleground Avenue and North O. Henry Blvd.

Committee chairs: None Bills: 117, 34 as primary sponsor (none passed) Highlights: HB 191/SB 110 — Housing Recover/ Restore Greensboro Funds (with Quick, Hardister and Faircloth) Would provide $1 million in aid to repair or demolish homes damaged by the April 2018 tornado.

Status: Died in committee HB 574/SB 641 — Fix Our Democracy A bill that addresses a number of issues including the creation of a citizen redistricting commission, the establishment of a nonpartisan method of electing NC Supreme Court justices, increased notice for committee meetings and live video and audio streaming of all legislative committee and commissions meetings, to name a few.

Status: Died in committee

REP. CECIL BROCKMAN (DGUILFORD) DISTRICT 60 Terms: 3 About the district: The district, which is comprised of a majority-minority population, covers a large portion of southeast High Point, a southwest section of Greensboro and slivers of Jamestown and Sedgefield.

Committee Chairs: None Bills: 241, 25 as primary sponsor (1 passed) Highlights: HB 706 — Body-Worn Camera Recordings (with Quick) Similar in language to a bill he sponsored during the 2017-18 legislative session, this bill would require most law enforcement officers to wear and activate body-worn cameras during certain interactions with the public and would establish access to the recording to anyone who makes a written request for it, including citizen review boards.

Status: Died in committee HB 94 — Funds for Universal NC Pre-K (with Clemmons) Would provide $15 million for the 201920 fiscal year and $25 million for the 2020-21 fiscal year for universal enrollment for children into the state’s pre-K program.

Status: Died in committee HB 1005 — Funds to Help High Point Reduce Violence (with Harrison, Faircloth, Hardister) Would allocate $50,000 over two fiscal years to High Point Community Against Violence and High Point Peacemakers, two nonprofits that work to reduce violence in the city.

Status: Died in committee

REP. PRICEY HARRISON (D-GUILFORD) DISTRICT 61 Terms: 8 About the district: Harrison’s district covers the metropolitan center of the Greensboro, including much of downtown, as well as the northeastern section and parts of the south side.

Committee chairs: Environment (vice-chair) Bills: 484 bills, 67 as primary sponsor (none passed) Highlights: HB 10/SB 19 — Repeal 2015 Law Relating to Monuments (with Lowe and Terry) Would repeal the 2015 law that prohibits counties and municipalities from making their own decisions on controversial monuments.

Status: Died in committee HB 312/SB 209 — Hate Crimes Prevention Act Would expand the state’s hate crimes law to include sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, ethnicity and disability. Would also require a hate crimes database at the State Bureau of Investigations and hate crime training for law enforcement officers and district attorneys.

Status: Died in committee HB 366 — Raising Wages for NC Workers Would increase the state’s minimum wage to $15 per hour over five years, adjusting for cost of living. Would also end the subminimum wage for disabled workers, phase out subminimum wage for tipped employees and include agricultural and domestic workers.

Status: Died in committee

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This bipartisan bill, which boasted 67 sponsors, would create a nonpartisan commission made up of 11 individuals nominated by legislative leaders to redraw the state’s congressional and legislative districts. The commission would be made up of four members from each of the major parties as well as three voters not affiliated with either party.

Status: Died in committee HB 387/SB 290 — Distiller Regulatory Reform Bill Would allow distilleries to sell beer and wine as well as mixed drinks. Would also allow distilleries to sell liquor directly to businesses and out-of-state consumers and lift a five-bottle cap currently on on-site sales.

Status: Died in committee

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SB 622 — Tax Reduction Act of 2019 Would increase the standard deduction for individual tax returns, cap franchise taxes at $150,000, lower corporate tax rates. Bill included pages upon pages of more tax reforms, much of it related to disaster relief.

Status: Died in committee SB 624 — Guilford County Mental Health Facility/Funds (with Garrett) Would allocate $3.9 million from the general fund and $2.3 million from the Dorothea Dix Hospital Fund to build and maintain a mental-health facility in Guilford County.

Status: Died in committee

HOUSE MINORITY WHIP AMOS QUICK III (D-GUILFORD) DISTRICT 58 Terms: 2 About the district: This majority-black district covers much of the southwestern section of Greensboro, starting southwest of UNCG, all the way to Grandover Resort.

Committee chairs: None Bills: 165, 20 as primary sponsor (none passed) Highlights: HB 576 — County Eugenics Compensation (with Lambeth, Hardister and Harrison) Would allow counties with a population greater than 500,000 to compensate individuals who were sterilized under county authority for the purposes of eugenics.

Status: Died in committee HB 634 — Funds for NC Freedom Park (with Montgomery) Would allocate $1.5 million to build a public sculpture park in downtown Raleigh that commemorates the historic and ongoing struggles for freedom in the state, especially for African-Americans.

Status: Died in committee

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and creates Innovative School Districts which would allow charter-school companies to take over low-performing schools.”

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tion Allows prosecutors to charge drug dealers with second-degree murder if their customer dies from ingesting their drugs.

Status: Signed into law on July 8 HB 609 — Salary Increases/Adult Correctional Employees Fairly straightforward. Gives salary increases and special annual leave for state adult correctional-facility employees.

Status: Signed into law on Aug. 30.

HB 596/SB 199 — Child Sex Abuse/ Strengthen Laws Adds penalties to existing laws that extend to non-reporting of abuse and extends the statute of limitations for prosecuting sexual crimes against children, sets online behavioral rules for registered sex offenders, sets trainings on sex-trafficking programs for those working with kids and other provisions, including the right to revoke sexual consent for adults.

NC is the last state in the union not to recognize revoked consent.

Status: Died in committee

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SEN. JOYCE KRAWEIC (R-FORSYTH/DAVIE) DISTRICT 31 Terms: 3 About the district: District 31 contains Forsyth’s rural tracts outside Winston-Salem and the northern end of Davie County.

Committee chairs: Health Care and Appropriations on Health and Human Services Bills: 80, 70 as primary sponsor, 12 passed Highlights: SB 9 — Female Genital Mutilation/ Clarify Prohibition “A person who knowingly and unlawfully circumcises, excises, or infibulates the whole or any part of the labia majora, labia minora, or clitoris of a child less than 18 years of age is guilty of a Class C felony.”

Status: Signed by Gov. Cooper Aug. 1.

SB 199 — Child Sex Abuse/Strengthen Laws Adds penalties to existing laws that extend to non-reporting of abuse and extends the statute of limitations for prosecuting sexual crimes against children, sets online behavioral rules for registered sex offenders, sets trainings on sex-trafficking programs for those working with kids and other provisions, including the right to revoke sexual consent for adults.

NC was the last state to do so.

Status: Signed by Gov Cooper on Nov. 7.

SB 250 — Remove Foreign Citizens from Voting Rolls This bill uses the jury system as a mechanism to find and report noncitizens to the elections board.

Status: Vetoed by Gov. Cooper on Nov. 6 SB 318 — Parents Right to Know Would set boards of education to have programs on sexual health, bullying, mental health and other issues, and to require parental consent before students avail themselves of these programs.

Status: Died in committee SB 359 — Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act “If an abortion results in the live birth of an infant, the infant is a legal person for all purposes under the laws of North Carolina and entitled to all the protections of such laws.” Penalties range from Class D felony to murder charges, and allows for civil suits against providers.

Status: Vetoed by Gov. Cooper on April 18, but failed to pass an override vote on June 5 SB 407 — Funds to Aid Jails with Addiction Treatment Would allocate $1 million for five county jails to fight opioid addiction.

Status: Died in committee SB 551 — Child Support Cooperation Act of 2019 Would take welfare benefits away from people who don’t pay child support.

Status: Died in committee SEN. PAUL LOWE (D-FORSYTH) DISTRICT 32 Terms: 2 About the district: District 32 contains most of the city of Winston-Salem and outlying areas to the north and south.

Committee chairs: None Bills: 104, 22 as primary sponsor, 3 passed Highlights: SB 57 — Reenact Film Credit Would re-establish the North Carolina film credit to the tune of 25 percent for film and TV budgets of $250,000 and over.

Status: Died in committee SB 58 — Revise Marijuana Laws Removes marijuana from the controlled substances list in quantities of four ounces or less, and allows those convicted of holding under four ounces to petition for expunction.

Status: Died in committee SB 71 — Repeal Map Act (with

Krawiec) Would repeal the Transportation Corridor Official Map Act, which prohibits construction in the path of planned highway projects.

Status: Died in committee SB 237 — Board Vacancies/City of Winston-Salem If a council seat becomes open before the election, this bill would allow council to hold a special primary instead of allowing the county party organizations to select replacements.

Status: Died in committee SB 656 — Constitutional Amendment/Repeal Literacy Test Yes, there is still a literacy test for voters in North Carolina. This sets out to repeal it in the state constitution.

Status: Died in committee SB 667 — UNC HBCU Funding Parity/NC A&T Doctoral Programs Would allocate $50 million to the HBCUs in the UNC System, and another $7.5 million specifically for NC A&T University’s doctoral programs, to address historical inequities in funding.

Status: Died in committee

FORSYTH HOUSE REP. EVELYN TERRY (D-FORSYTH) DISTRICT 71 Terms: 4 About the district: District 71 takes in the southern portion of Winston-Salem, including more than half of downtown, extending from the Sedge Garden area in the east to suburban areas beyond Silas Creek Parkway in the west.

Committee chairs: None Bills: 164, 10 as primary sponsor, 0 passed Highlights: HB 143 Universal Identification/Biometrics Study Would direct the Legislative Research Commission to study the feasibility, implementation and costs of creating a universal identification card.

Status: Died in committee HB 748 — Block Vehicle Registration for Unpaid Parking Fines Would authorize the Division of Motor Vehicles to refuse registration or issuance of a certificate of title or any transaction of registration if a city has notified the agency that the owner has unpaid parking fines.

Status: Died in committee

HOUSE DEMOCRATIC FRESHMAN CO-CHAIR DERWIN MONTGOMERY (DFORSYTH) DISTRICT 72 Terms: 1.5 About the district: District 72 covers the northern portion of Winston-Salem, from New Walkertown Road in the east, up to Old Hollow Road and Shattalon Drive in the north, and out to Reynolda Road in the west.

Committee chairs: None Bills: 92, 21 as primary sponsor, 0 passed Highlights: HB 906 — Study of Cash Bail System Would create a legislative study committee to evaluate the cash bail system, and determine if there are alternative tools to ensure that criminal defendants show up in court, potentially including GPS monitoring and house arrest.

Status: Died in committee HB 939 — Expand Scholarship for WSSU Students (with Terry) Would expand the Cheatham-White Scholarships, which currently awards financial assistance to students at NC A&T University and NC Central University, to also support students at Winston-Salem State University. An appropriation of $1.6 million would provide assistance to up to 50 students, including 40 resident students and 10 non-resident students.

Status: Died in committee HB 974 — Funds to Extend US Route 311 in Winston-Salem (with Terry) Would appropriate $4 million in state funds as a grant to the city of WinstonSalem for street improvements to implement the East End Master Plan.

Status: Died in committee REP. LEE ZACHARY (R-FORSYTH) DISTRICT 73 Terms: 3 About the district: District 73 covers Yadkin County, and takes in the western tip of Forsyth County, including Lewisville.

Committee chairs: Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil Matters (; Judiciary (vice-chair Bills: 57, 20 as primary sponsor, 1 passed Highlights: HB 793 — Eliminate Bond Requirements for Certain Defendants

How they voted:

Yes: Sen. Rick Gunn (R-Guilford), Sen. Jerry Tillman (R-Guilford), Rep. Debra Conrad (R-Forsyth), Rep. John Faircloth (R-Guilford), Rep. Jon Hardister (R-Guilford), Rep. Donny Lambeth (R-Lambeth), Rep. Lee Zachary (RForsyth) No: Sen. Paul Lowe (D-Forsyth), Rep. Gladys Robinson (D-Guilford), Rep. Cecil Brockman (D-Guilford), Rep. Ashton Clemmons (D-Guilford), Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford), Rep. Derwin Montgomery (D-Forsyth), Rep. Amos Quick III (D-Guilford), Rep. Evelyn Terry (D-Forsyth) Excused absences: Sen. Michael Garrett (D-Guilford), Sen. Joyce Krawiec (R-Forsyth) Disposition: Vetoed by Gov. Roy Cooper

Yes: Sen. Rick Gunn (R-Guilford), Sen. Joyce Krawiec (R-Forsyth), Sen. Jerry Tillman (R-Guilford), Rep. Debra Conrad (R-Forsyth), Rep. John Faircloth (R-Guilford), Rep. Jon Hardister (R-Guilford), Rep. Donny Lambeth (RForsyth), Rep. Lee Zachary (R-Forsyth) No: Sen. Michael Garrett (D-Guilford), Sen. Paul Lowe (D-Forsyth), Sen. Gladys Robinson (D-Guilford), Rep. Cecil Brockman (D-Guilford), Rep. Ashton Clemmons (D-Guilford), Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford), Rep. Derwin Montgomery (D-Forsyth), Rep. Amos L. Quick III (D-Guilford), Rep. Evelyn Terry (D-Forsyth) Disposition: Vetoed by Gov. Roy Cooper

HB 474 — Death by Distribution Makes it a Class-C felony crime to unlawfully sell someone opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine or other controlled substances when the ingestion of the substance causes a person’s death.

How they voted:

Would result in abortion doctors being charged with murder if they were to intentionally kill a child who was born alive in the course of an abortion. The bill passed on a strict party-line vote, but Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed it, writing that

How they voted: Yes: Sen. Rick Gunn (R-Guilford), Sen. Joyce Krawiec (R-Forsyth), Sen. Jerry Tillman (R-Guilford), Rep. Debra Conrad (R-Forsyth), Rep. John Faircloth (R-Guilford), Rep. Jon Hardister (R-Guilford), Rep. Donny Lambeth (RForsyth), Rep. Lee Zachary (R-Forsyth) No: Sen. Michael Garrett (D-Guilford), Sen. Paul Lowe (D-Forsyth), Sen. Gladys Robinson, Rep. Cecil Brockman (D-Guilford), Rep. Ashton Clemmons (D-Guilford), Rep. Pricey Harrison (DGuilford), Rep. Derwin Montgomery (D-Forsyth), Amos L. Quick III (D-Guilford), Rep. Evelyn Terry (D-Forsyth) Disposition: Vetoed by Gov. Roy Cooper

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SB 359 — Born Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

Would require county clerks of court to share names and addresses of prospective jurors who requested excusal based on lack of citizenship with the state Board of Elections. The law would then require the Board of Elections to remove the non-citizens from the voting rolls. The legislation passed on a strict party-line vote. Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the bill, writing that it created “a high risk of voter harassment and intimidation and could discourage citizens from voting.”

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Yes: Sen. Michael Garrett (D-Guilford), Sen. Rick Gunn (R-Guilford), Sen. Joyce Krawiec (R-Forsyth), Sen. Jerry Tillman (R-Guilford), Rep. Debra Conrad (R-Forsyth), Rep. John Faircloth (RGuilford), Rep. Jon Hardister (R-Guilford), Rep. Donny Lambeth (R-Forsyth), Rep. Amon Quick III (D-Guilford), Rep. Evelyn Terry (D-Forsyth), Rep. Lee Zachary (R-Forsyth) No: Sen. Gladys Robinson (D-Guilford), Sen. Paul Lowe (D-Forsyth), Rep. Ashton Clemmons (D-Guilford), Rep. Pricey Harrison (D-Guilford), Rep. Derwin Montgomery (D-Forsyth) Excused absence: Rep. Cecil Brockman (D-Guilford) Disposition: Enacted with signature of Gov. Roy Cooper

SB 250 — Remove Foreign Citizens from Voting Rolls

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Would require North Carolina sheriffs to honor ICE detainers and hold undocumented prisoners until they can be picked up by the federal immigration agency. Gov. Cooper, who was formerly the state’s attorney general, said in his veto message that the legislation was “simply about scoring partisan political points and using fear to divide North Carolina” and that the bill “weakens

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HB 370 — Require Cooperation with ICE Detainer (HB 370)

it “would criminalize doctors and other healthcare providers for a practice that simply does not exist.”

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REP. DONNY LAMBETH (R-FORSYTH) DISTRICT 75 Terms: 4 About the district: District 75 snakes along the southern portion of Forsyth County, taking in Kernersville in the east and tracking

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law enforcement in North Carolina by mandating sheriffs do the job of federal agent.”

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REP. DEBRA CONRAD (R-FORSYTH) DISTRICT 74 Terms: 4 About the district: District 74 looks like a horseshoe surrounding the northern portion of WinstonSalem. The district includes Tobaccoville, Rural Hall and Walkertown.

Committee chairs: Banking; Finance; Commerce (vice-chair) Bills: 69, 36 as primary sponsor, 7 passed Highlights: SB 51/HB 54 — Unborn Child Protection from Dismemberment (with Krawiec) This prohibits “dismemberment abortions,” defined as “to dismember a living unborn child and extract that child in pieces from the uterus through use of clamps, grasping forceps, tongs, scissors, or similar instruments that, through the convergence of two rigid levers, slice, crush, or grasp, or a combination of these, a portion of the unborn child’s body to cut or rip it off. The term does not include an abortion that uses suction to dismember the body of the unborn child by sucking fetal parts into a collection container.”

Status: Died in committee HB 494 — Stevens Center Funds/ UNC School of the Arts Would appropriate $42.2 million to repair the Stevens Center in downtown Winston-Salem.

Status: Died in committee

along the Davidson county line to Clemmons in the southwest corner.

Committee chairs: Health; Appropriations (senior chair); Appropriations, Health and Human Services (vice-chair) Bills: 85, 50 as primary sponsor, 5 passed Highlights: HB 933 — Right to Try Adult Stem Cell Treatments Expands the ability to try experimental treatments using adult stem cells for patients diagnosed with terminal or chronic illnesses.

Status: Signed into law by Gov. Cooper on July 1 HB 110 — 2019-2021 Base Budget/ Certain Agencies Enacts a base budget for the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium for the UNC System, NC Community Colleges, public instruction and various state agencies.

Status: Signed into law by Gov. Cooper on Nov. 6 HB 489 — Winston-Salem/Forsyth Board of Education/Stagger Terms (with Conrad) Would stagger elections to the WinstonSalem/Forsyth County School Board so that the four members from Republicanleaning District 2 were elected in different year from the two members elected from Democrat-leaning District 1 and the three at-large seats. The legislation followed the seating of the new school board after Democrats won control during the 2018 election.

Status: Died in committee HB 517 — County Commissioners Approval for Assignment Would require Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools to obtain approval from the Forsyth County Commission before enacting any changes to school attendance maps or school assignments.

Status: Died in committee

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Would require judicial officials to release misdemeanor defendants on a written promise to appear as long as they don’t have a history of failing to appear for court.

Status: Died in committee HB 480 — NC Cancer Treatment Fairness (with Lambeth) Would prohibit drug companies from charging patients more for orally administered anticancer drugs than for intravenous drugs.

Status: Died in committee

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With the House Judiciary discord and erode public confidence in the machinery of Committee now taking up the government. By flooding social media with false reports, impeachment inquiry, it’s clear that conspiracy theories, and trolls, and by exploiting existing Republican lawmakers are fully divisions, Russia is trying to breed distrust in our democratic committing to the funhouse reality institutions and our fellow Americans.” manufactured by Russia, if that’s But on Monday, with the chips down and his fellow Rewhat it takes to exculpate Presipublicans closing ranks around Trump, Burr engaged in just dent Trump. the type of false equivalency he had warned against less

by Jordan Green Any lingering doubts about than two months earlier. whether Republicans would exercise independent judg“Every elected official in the Ukraine was for Hillary ment and conduct themselves with honor dissipated with Clinton,” Burr told Frank Thorp V, a producer for NBC the maddening performance of Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) News. “You considered Russia meddling with just the on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday. preference they had before you knew the rest of it. Apply “I think both Russia and Ukraine meddled in the 2016 the same standard to Ukraine. The president can say that election,” Kennedy told host Chuck Todd. He added, “Rusthey meddled because they had a preference, the elected sia was very aggressive, and they’re much more sophisofficials, that’s not the current people.” ticated. But the fact that Russia’s so aggressive does not Burr should know better than anyone that holding a exclude the fact that President Poroshenko actively worked preference in an election is not the same as meddling. for Secretary Clinton.”

Ukraine, unlike Russia, did not field an army of internet Fiona Hill, formerly Trump’s senior director for European trolls to spread disinformation and amplify division on social and Russian affairs on the National Security Council, had media, or hack into Republican servers and leak embarrassurged House Republicans against just this type of dising emails from GOP operatives. If some Ukrainian officials sembling in her testimony before the House Intelligence wrote op-eds expressing apprehension about Trump’s canCommittee on Nov. 21. didacy, who could blame them? After all, it “Some of you on this committee appear was the Trump campaign that insisted that Burr should know to believe that Russia and its security serthe Republican Party platform be revised vices did not conduct a campaign against before he accepted the party nomination to better than anyour country, and that perhaps, somehow, for remove a call to provide weapons to fight one that holding a to Ukraine to fight Russian separatists. They some reason, Ukraine did,” she said. “This is a fictional narrative that is being perpetratwould have been justifiably worried based preference in an ed and propagated by the Russian security on the fact that Trump’s campaign manelection is not the ager, Paul Manafort, previously worked as services themselves…. The unfortunate truth is that Russia was the foreign power consultant for Russian-backed President same as meddling. aViktor that systematically attacked our democratic Yanukovych, who resigned amidst institutions in 2016. In the course of this the Euromaidan protests in early 2014. investigation, I would ask that you please Burr’s contempt for the press is well not promote politically derived falsehoods that so clearly documented, but on Monday he dangerously took it a step advance Russian interests.” further, attempting to bully the NBC producer into going According to reporting by CNN, Hill had briefed down the rabbit-hole of conspiracy promotion. members of the Senate Intelligence Committee, of which When Thorp challenged Burr to substantiate his claim Kennedy is a member, on this matter earlier in the fall. But that Ukraine engaged in election meddling comparable to Kennedy said he didn’t attend the briefing.

Russia, Burr responded, “Are you guys investigating?”

Kennedy, a freshman Republican who comes up for Alluding to the fact that Burr chairs the Senate commitreelection again in 2022, is likely hewing a line friendly to tee that is responsible for knowing about this type of thing, Trump to protect himself from the wrath of Republican Thorp replied, “No, I’m asking you because you guys are primary voters who would mercilessly turn on him for any investigating.” display of disloyalty to the president.

“But I’m not going to talk about what I’m investigating,” Sen. Richard Burr (R-NC), who chairs Senate Intel, has Burr said. “Do I do your work now?” no such excuse. Before his last election in 2016, Burr anThe bizarre exchange basically amounts to Burr telling nounced this would be his last term.

Thorp he can’t presume that Ukraine didn’t meddle in the Like so many other Trump loyalists, Burr was once a 2016 election based on what he doesn’t know, while guiding voice of reason.

Thorp to entertain a phantom theory so that Burr doesn’t In a statement accompanying the release of the report have to get his hands dirty. by his committee on Russian election interference in 2016, Finally, Thorp challenged Burr to put up or shut up, askBurr warned against conspiracy theories perpetrated by ing if he personally had found any evidence that there was Russia. more to so-called Ukraine election meddling than officials “Russia is waging an information warfare campaign expressing a preference for one particular candidate. against the US that didn’t start and didn’t end with the 2016 “If I had investigated, I wouldn’t even tell you,” Burr election,” he said. “Their goal is broader: to sow societal replied.

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We lost a lot of money here in the Triad as our representatives fought over ideology.

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waylaid in favor of bad ones. We missed opportunities this year to bring teacher pay up to the national average, create smart cannabis and hemp legislation, expand Medicaid, bring back the film tax credit and enact responsible environmental laws. Instead we passed a law outlawing female genital mutilation — which, my god, of course, but does that affect as many people in North Carolina as clean water? Is a study on the feasibility of legalized sports betting, which passed, as important to our state as funds for universal Pre-K, which died in a House committee?

We lost a lot of money here in the Triad as our representatives fought over ideology. Earmarked funds for the civil rights museum, Winston-Salem State, NC A&T University, an extension of Highway 311, the Stevens Center, housing in Greensboro, a Guilford County mentalhealth facility, a violence-reduction program in High Point and more never made it out of committee.

But what we really lost was time: another fairly wasted session in North Carolina, while most of the rest of the country seems to be moving on.

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Our annual Legislative Issue is one of the most important we do all year — a sampling of all the laws proposed and passed by our members of the state House and Senate in Guilford and Forsyth County.

The boundaries have changed over the last few years — where we once counted Senate Majority Leader Phil Berger as one of our reps, when his district bled just a little bit into Guilford County, we now welcome Senate Majority Whip Rick Gunn and Sen. Jerry Tillman to the fold. The names change, too, through attrition by election, though in the five years we’ve been making this issue, our blue counties have largely been overrepresented by red legislators when compared against voter data.

That’s the power of the gerrymander.

Evident this year was the importance of the veto as a tool.

Gov. Cooper used his power often, though not always effectively, this session.

What stands out the most this year — besides the inordinate length of the session, which went on about four months longer than usual — is the massive stockpile of good bills that got

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CULTURE Sounds over sights: It’s a Wonderful Life as a radio play

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lose your eyes.

Now imagine: It’s 1946, Christmas Eve. You’re cozying up by the fire with your family. Out of the corner of your eye, you see the tinsel on the tree catch light and twinkle. Someone turns the radio on. The static fades away as the announcer sets the stage.

Tonight, just in time for the big day, your local radio station is broadcasting a live play of It’s a Wonderful Life. You saw it last year at the movies, but it’s your first time hearing it on the air.

Radio dramas took the country by storm throughout the 1930s and ’40s, captivating listeners with just the sound of actors’ voices, music and sound effects. Just a few years later, television would all but kill the old family pastime. For this year’s holiday season, Triad Stage in Greensboro brings back the beloved form of entertainment, this time setting it on stage, giving viewers a firsthand experience of what producing a live radio play might have looked like in the medium’s golden age. Just like the dramas that once were, this rendition of the holiday cult classic relies heavily on expert voice acting, musical score and even the incorporation of a live Foley artist, or a sound effects artist.

“I’ve seen the movie many times,” says Ann Marie Costa, the director of It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play. “I grew up with it. I thought the challenge was gonna be that the movie’s a classic — everyone knows it. How are we going to do it in a different way that captures the movie but gives justice to making it live?”

The adaptation is taken from playwright Joe Landry’s translation of the film to a live radio play. The stage looks like a mid-century radio station, properly equipped with old-school ribbon microphones, a backlit sign that reads “WBFR,” and two cues underneath that light up and read “On the air” and “Applause.” While the original film has dozens of actors to fill out the roles, in this adaptation, just five actors and the Foley artist bring the story to life. The radio show host, Freddie Fillmore, introduces the story which plays out on stage as the handful of actors move from mic to mic, playing different characters to fill out the roles. The audience in the theater is essentially watching a play within a play. The stage actor who plays the voice actor who portrays Clarence the angel switches between playing the

The adaptation of the classic holiday story to a live radio play sets the stage in a mid-century radio station, eqipped with ribbon microphones and even a live Foley artist.

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guardian angel and Harry Bailey, George’s little brother. As the in a bin full of water to create the sound of Clarence falling story moves along, the actors recite lines to help the audience through the water. A snapping belt becomes slaps across the — the ones that would be listening through the radio that is — face. A small, cut-out door and clogs creates door slams and follow along by mentioning when an actor enters the scene. pronounced footsteps. Every sound aligns with the actors’ In another instance, actor Carlos Lopez fires off lines one after lines, carrying the story forward, off the stage and into the another, switching seamlessly between playing Mr. Potter, would-be listeners ears through the airwaves.

Uncle Billy, and the senior angel. In between acts, the actors “It’s how the sounds would have been made in the 1940s,” come together to sing out live commerCosta says. “It’s very different than tocials for hair tonic and windshield soap, day where technology does all that.” set to the tune of popular Christmas Costa says the combination of the It’s a Wonderful Life: A Radio songs. live sound effects artist as well as the Play runs from Dec. 1 through Despite the lack of set changes and versatility of each of the actors on stage the heavy reliance on sound to follow helps to bring this decades-old story Dec. 22. Find tickets and more the story, the expertly executed voice new life. info at triadstage.org. acting by each of the five individuals on They were also intentional about caststage helps transport the viewers in the ing, bringing in a younger actor to play audience from scene to scene.

Clarence and a black woman to play “There was a question of how the audience could find their Mary, originally played by Donna Reed. way into a work that’s so oral when we are such a visual sociAnd more than 70 years later, Costa says there’s a reason ety,” Costa says. “But we knew that if we did it well, that the the story remains a classic. audience would enjoy going back in time when everything was “What’s timeless about this piece is that we all have a purslowed down.” pose,” Costa says. “We have a significant place in our lifetime Then of course, there’s the live Foley artist. Played by Bradeven if we don’t know what it is. The play is very heart based. ley Carter, he doesn’t have any lines in the show, but he may It’s about caring for others…. I think it’s a very important mesbe one of the most important actors on stage. Using an array sage, especially in a time when we can be very individualistic.” of odd materials, Carter infuses sound effects into the story in real time, adding to the immersion. He splashes around

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pieces become magazine covers. A row of collars hangs on the wall.

One figure keeps popping up: the Arrow Collar man. Based on his life partner, Charles Beach, the Arrow Collar man symbolized a brand of shirts. With a clean stroke of white paint around the neck, a bust of Beach alone enticed customers into buying an Arrow Shirt of their own.

If you look past the pleasing color palettes and the expert oil painting, though, you can see something else. As much as Leyendecker’s works shaped American culture, his pieces become a mirror for it, including its ugly side.

Though Beach served as the main model for the Arrow Collar Man, references to him seem shrouded in subtlety, for the self-preservation and safety due to the taboo of homosexuality in society.

An educational blurb of text mentions how the Arrow Collar man became a sex symbol, standing for refined tastes, yet looking at the works, both the model and the painter’s sexuality remain hidden.

A quote from Norman Rockwell in the exhibit states that Leyendecker could “never paint a PHOTO COURTESY AMERICAN JC Leyendecker, “The Fourth of July Flagpole,” 1937, oil on canvas, woman with any sym(c)2019 National Museum of American Illustration, Newport, RI. ILLUSTRATORS GALLERY, NEW YORK, NY. pathy.” Without much interest in the compleximents and marketing seem to reflect the time, drawing on ties of women’s lives, it makes sense that only one of his many pre-Civil Rights era attitudes. icons, the Mother’s Day flowers, relates An original painting of a 1937 Satto female experiences. urday Evening Post cover shows a pair In other works, people of color are of children hanging onto a street pole.

Leyendecker and the Golden only portrayed as servants to an idealA blond boy waves his cap in the air, ized and romanticized white middle excitedly gazing at the festivities. GripAge of American Illustration class. Depictions of black men are ping tightly onto the pole below him runs through Dec. 31st. Learn limited to those of servitude, which is sits a young black boy, his glance cast more at reynoldahouse.org. pointed out beside a large original piece downward, timid and seeming unsure of of a man offering up a silver platter his stability. A note beside it mentions full of pork for a Christmas feast. Black that the model in question was asked by women are relegated to roles as caregivLeyendecker to pose looking afraid. ers and nannies for white children. The works of advertiseThe piece is captioned “July Fourth.”

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small baby holds onto a parachute, a burst of confetti surrounding him as he welcomes the New Year. A floral arrangement becomes a gift to a matriarch celebrating the first Mother’s Day in 1914. A linebacker rests with a football in his hands on a late November day. A bearded, rosy-cheeked man in a red suit with white fur trim hugs a small child, a sack of gifts precariously balancing on his shoulder.

Each of these iconic images had once been ideas, painted out in brushstrokes

by Joseph Christian Leyendecker, a prolific illustrator with a career spanning almost half of the early 20th Century. Now, more than 100 works by Leyendecker hang at the Reynolda House Museum in Winston-Salem.

Leyendecker lived from 1874 to 1951, working as an illustrator and marketing advertiser. For decades, his works would be found on the cover of the Saturday Evening Post, influencing the likes of Norman Rockwell. With visible brushstrokes and a slight stylization to his pieces, the artist developed several icons of American culture: the Thanksgiving football game, Mother’s Day flowers and an early version of Santa Claus.

“Leyendecker is interesting because the work is familiar,” Phillip Archer, deputy director of the Reynolda House, said. “He’s sort of the most famous artist we didn’t know we knew.”

Archer finds that Leyendecker’s work fits into the same realm that the Reynolds lived within. According to him, the same issues of the Saturday Evening Post could very well have been found strewn about the Reynolda House in the era of its preservation — the works seem to give even more of a glimpse into the trends that families like that of RJ and Katherine Reynolds would have indulged in.

“Joseph Leyendecker especially was enormously influential in helping to build a shared sense of culture,” Archer said, “because his illustrations were omnipresent in advertisements and magazine covers. His work just completely overlaps with the era that Reynolda interprets.”

The exhibit feels like a walk through decades of consumerism. The beginning features oil paintings, studies of people and charcoal etches that capture quickly fading moments. As it goes on, advertising displays show up more. The larger

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