YES! Weekly - November 9, 2022

Greensboro Downtown Park, Inc. will host dinner for a few hundred friends under the stars on Sunday, November 13 for its annual fundraiser, Friendsgiving, from 6 to 9 p.m.

6 Have you ever driven along West Main Street near Jamestown Elementary School and wondered how POTTER DRIVE got its name?

7

Some Forsyth County Government facilities will be lit green this week for Veterans Day as part of OPERATION GREEN LIGHT.

8 This year marks the 60th anniversary of the release of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, the classic screen adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel, and Fathom Events has teamed with Turner Classic Movies and Universal Pictures to bring the film back to theaters this month.

10 On June 29 of last year, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s office received a tip that Dewald was TORTURING AND KILLING animals, then posting his evil deeds on social media.

12

The tagline on the poster of Prey

for the Devil is “It wants in,” but a more apt one would be “YOU’LL WANT OUT,” because this interminably boring shocker ranks not only as a dreary dud of a horror film, but one of the worst films of the year — period.

18 Mackenzie Cates-Allen is dedicated to making sure that EVERYONE WHO WANTS A FRIEND in Winston-Salem, has an opportunity to make one. Launching the newly-formed Friend Crew of Winston-Salem, Cates-Allen said she knows for sure that there are people in the city of more than 250,000 people that would like to make new friends but just aren’t sure how.

20 MAIA KAMIL’S ALBUM “GOOD LIFE” is on the horizon as she performs at the 25th installment of SECCA’s Crossroads music series, opening for Skylar Gudasz on November 19 in Winston-Salem.

Tuesday, Nov. 15

Noon - 1 p.m.

Koury Auditorium on the GTCC Jamestown Campus ( 621 E. Main Street )

Jaki Shelton Green, ninth Poet Laureate of North Carolina appointed in 2018 and reappointed in 2021, is the first African American and third woman to hold the position. She is a 2019 Academy of American Poets Laureate Fellow, a 2014 North Carolina Literary Hall of Fame inductee, a 2009 NC Piedmont Laureate appointee, and a 2003 recipient of the North Carolina Award for Literature.

Jaki Shelton Green contributed to "The Carolina Table," GTCC's 2022-2023 All-College Read selection.

NOVEMBER 12

MIMOSA HOLIDAY HOME SHOW

WHAT: Holiday craft market. Artisans will be selling pottery, jewelry, cloth dolls, ornaments, designed fabrics, handmade paper, hand-crafted soap and more!

WHEN: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE: 2013 Mimosa Drive, Greensboro, NC 27403

NOVEMBER 13

MADE 4 THE HOLIDAYS

WHAT: MADE 4 the Holidays is a juried marketplace and a favorite shopping tradition in Greensboro, highlighting a wide variety of handcrafted and curated products.

WHEN: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE: Greensboro Farmers Club Market 501 Yanceyville Street, Greensboro, NC 27405

MORE: Free Event!

Enjoy live music by Finn Phoenix and Friends from 11 A.M- 2 P.M.

NOVEMBER 16

BLIND TASTING & TRIVIA

WHAT: Jake will lead us through five rounds of food and wine-focused trivia. During each round, a few questions will help us identify the wines we are tasting in our glass...blind.

WHEN: 7 p.m.

WHERE: Rioja! A Wine Bar 1603 Battleground Avenue, Greensboro, NC 27408

MORE: Tickets are $15 per person and must be purchased online prior to the event.

NOVEMBER 18

GRANDOVER GINGERBREAD HOUSE COMPETITION DEADLINE

WHAT: Grandover’s 2nd Annual Gingerbread House Competition and Display! All proceeds go to the Salvation Army of Greensboro.

Winners will be chosen and announced December 19.

WHERE: Grandover Resort & Spa 1000 Club Road Main Lobby, Greensboro, NC 27407

MORE: Registration Fees: Individual/Professional/Teen: $25

Family Team: $50 Coporate Team: $75 School Team: No Fee

NOVEMBER 25

SPECTACULAR HOLIDAY BLOOMS

WHAT: The Spectacular Holiday Blooms return in 2022 with over 7,000 ‘flowers.’ Enjoy a stroll through the dazzling wisteria lights, get lost in the illuminated trees along the Event Lawn, and discover more surprises as you stroll to the Performance Stage.

WHEN: November 25, 5:30 p.m. - December 30 9 p.m.

WHERE: Ciener Botanical Garden

215 South Main St, Kernersville, NC 27284

MORE: Tickets are $5 for Adults, 17 and under FREE. Tickets must be purchased before 3 p.m. the day of visit.

NOVEMBER 26

SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY

WHAT:Join us for jewelry, crafts, baked goods, clothes and more!

WHEN: 12 to 5 p.m.

WHERE: Main Event Entertainment Complex, 713 W Main St, High Point, NC 27265

MORE: Early Bird Vendor Fee: $65. Questions regarding the event? Please email bl.entertainment2022@gmail.com

DECEMBER 24

COCKTAILS & JAZZ AT O.HENRY HOTEL: SPECIAL CHRISTMAS EVE SHOW

WHAT: Enjoy vintage craft cocktails and seasonal tapas while listening to The O.Henry Trio and an impressive list of rotating vocalists who perform varied styles of jazz in the O.Henry Social Lobby.

WHEN: 7 p.m.

WHERE: O.Henry Hotel 624 Green Valley Road, Greensboro, NC 27408

MORE: For Pricing at O.Henry Hotel, visit ohenryhotel. com/o-henry-jazz.

JANUARY 21

THE DINNER DETECTIVE MURDER MYSTERY SHOW

WHAT: America’s LARGEST interactive comedy murder mystery dinner show is now playing in Greensboro, NC!

WHEN: 6 to 9 p.m.

WHERE: Greensboro- High Point Marriott Airport One Marriott Drive, Greensboro, NC 27409

MORE: Tickets start at $69.95 before fees and can be upgraded for an additional charge. Tickets are available at thedinnerdetective.com/greensboro

Potter family owned vast property in area

BY CAROL BROOKS | cab1hp@gmail.com

Have you ever driven along West Main Street near Jamestown Elementary School and wondered how Potter Drive got its name?

Who were the Potters who lived in the house that once stood across from the beginning of that street … and why were they such an influence on the community?

For one, there would be no Forestdale subdivision today if it weren’t for the Potter family.

Jamestown historian Mary Browning researched the family and uncovered many interesting facts. In the “Guilford Genealogist”, Vol. XIV (1987), Browning found that the 1815 tax list shows Isaac Potter, a farmer, owned 165 acres valued at $1,000. She speculated that this property was purchased from David Beard. Beard ran the famous Beard’s Hat Shop on Penny Road. The deed for the property, however, possibly recorded several years after the transaction, shows a date of 1819. This deed is the property of the Historic Jamestown Society.

Research by Mrs. W. G. Ragsdale, Jr., former owner of the property, shows the land and a building, probably used as a general store, were bought in 1819 by Potter.

The book, “Roads to Jamestown”, by Yvonne Bell Thomas, notes that Henry Humphries was using the building as a store or saddle and harness business and it was he who sold to Potter.

According to Browning, Potter family tradition says the original building was used as a store from 1819-1826. It is not known if Potter ran the store and what was sold there. It was a log structure, v-notched, on a stone foundation.

The log store was converted into a house about 1826 with a separate kitchen. Following the Civil War, according to Ragsdale, the walkway between the kitchen and bedroom was enclosed. Isaac Potter lived in the small house with his wife and seven children.

About 1897-98, Isaac’s daughter, Mary, added a shed to the back of the bedroom, later used as a kitchen and den.

According to the Sept. 11, 1986, Jamestown News, a loom room was once attached to the old kitchen.

Thomas’ book also notes that Potter purchased 273 acres from Beard and James Talbert. (Talbert could have been the husband of Potter’s daughter Nancy.) Browning adds to this information by stating in her book, “Remembering Old Jamestown,” that Potter bought adjoining property from Talbot in 1819 and from Jesse Field in 1825 and 1838, bringing his total acreage to more than 300, all on the east side of Deep River, away from the original settlement of Jamestown.

In the “Guilford Genealogist”, Browning stated, “Other deeds show how Isaac added to the first tract until an extensive acreage on the east side of Deep River, both north and south of the ‘Salisbury Road,’ now the GreensboroHigh Point Road, was encompassed.”

“What Potter had, in today’s terms,” wrote Browning, “was the land north of the railroad as far east as Dillon Road, and a bit beyond, I think; and all of the land that Forestdale, the school, the shopping center and the businesses on the west side of Main Street rest upon.

“How far north it went, I don’t know, but I think to Perry Road.”

Isaac died around 1864 and the land was divided among his heirs in 1896.

In 1948, Penny Brothers, auctioneers, began o ering the remaining Potter Farm lots as a new residential community in Jamestown, Forestdale.

But real estate holdings were not the only side of the Potter family. Also noted is its influence on the education of the Jamestown community.

Henry Potter, son of Isaac, was a member of the Jamestown Township School Committee from 1877-97, according to Browning. The 1870 census indicates he was the agent at the Jamestown depot.

According to a Jan. 23, 1981, article in the “Jamestown News,” Isaac’s daughter Mary sold part of the land she had inherited in 1911 for $1,250, to be the new Farm Life School for Guilford County. More property was purchased for the school in 1915. This is where the current public library and Jamestown Elementary are now located.

Mary, a ectionately known as “Aunt Mary,” lived in the house from 1902-12, running a subscription school in the house. Children who could pay did so, but those who couldn’t pay were able to attend free.

Mary also taught at several other schools in the area.

William and Mary Elizabeth Ragsdale acquired the property in 1948. Browning has said that Mrs. Ragsdale once said that her husband bought up old buildings just so someone wouldn’t make the mistake of pulling them down.

But nothing could save the Potter house. Today, nothing is left of it. The building su ered major damage in a Jan. 5, 2003, fire and was covered by a tarp for many years. Its remains were removed in 2010 and only a marker remains to note its existance.. !

Although the building is gone, a historical marker stands at the site of the Isaac Potter house on West Main Street.

Forsyth County facilities will be lit green this week to honor veterans

Some Forsyth County Government facilities will be lit green this week for Veterans Day as part of Operation Green Light.

Earlier this year, Forsyth County commissioners approved a resolution for Operation Green Light, which will light certain county facilities green from Nov. 7-13 to honor the service and sacrifice of veterans. There will be green exterior lighting at the Forsyth County Government Center, the Forsyth County Central Library and the Carolina Field of Honor at Triad Park. Commissioners also encourage residents to place a green light in a window at their business or residence to honor veterans this week.

Operation Green Light is an initiative of the National Association of Counties (NACo) and the National Association of County Veteran Service O cers that encourages counties nationwide to display green lights in support of veterans from Nov.7-13. !

Jim “Scratch” Sikler

December 5, 1957 - November 6, 2022

Legendary soundman Jim Sikler passed away in Greensboro, North Carolina one month shy of his 66th birthday following a prolonged battle with heart and kidney disease. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Sikler began his career as one of the original “Rowdy Roadies” at the historic Cleveland, Ohio Agora in the mid-1970s where a chance encounter with a then virtually unknown Bruce Springsteen solidified his career choice as a live sound engineer and roadie. During his lifelong career, Sikler was chief sound engineer for the Whisky A Gogo and the Roxy in Los Angeles, Jack Straws in Charlotte, NC, the Peppermint Lounge, The Latin Quarter, The World and the Ritz in New York City, and The Crossroads Concert Club in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. During his career, Jim worked with artists as diverse as Pink Floyd, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Ratt, The GoGos, Metallica, Salt n Pepa, and The Fifth Dimension.

In the early days of Punk, Sikler became the guitar tech/tour manager for Cleveland Punk Rock Legends The Dead Boys during their tenure at CBGBs. It was Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys who gave him the nickname “Scratch” after a particularly unfortunate encounter involving small parasites on the road in Milwaukee. In addition to tours with the Dead Boys, Sikler served as tour manager for the Cramps, a band that remained a personal favorite for the rest of his life. In the late 1990s, Sikler returned to Ohio to work as an independent contractor before becoming live crew chief for the Cleveland-based hard rock bands Fast Chester and Last Stone Cast.

During that time he and Fast Chester/Last Stone Cast bassist and Cleveland native Jon Epstein were responsible for the creation of the support network for music industry professionals struggling with substance abuse issues, Recovering Professional Musicians, following the disbanding of The Musicians Assistance Program for which Epstein had served as Ohio representative. Sikler continued to moderate and maintain RPM, after Epstein moved to North Carolina in 2009. Sikler moved to North Carolina in 2020 to work with heavy blues-rock band Uncle Watson’s Widow.

Friends of Jim who wish to express their condolences or have stories to share are encouraged to email them to UncleWatsonsWidow@gmail. com where they will be shared with the appropriate recipients.

PRESS RELEASE

This year marks the 60th anniversary of the release of To Kill a Mockingbird, the classic screen adaptation of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1960 novel, and Fathom Events has teamed with Turner Classic Movies and Universal Pictures to bring the film back to theaters this month.

Of the hundreds of theaters nationwide o ering this special presentation, two are located right here in the Piedmont Triad: The Regal Greensboro Grande Stadium 16, 3205 Northline Ave., Greensboro, and the Regal Palladium Stadium 14, 5830 Samet Drive, High Point.

To Kill a Mockingbird will be presented in both theaters at 1 p.m. Sunday (No-

classic returns to the big screen

vember 13th) and next Wednesday (November 16th). Tickets are $13.34 (general admission) and $10.68 (children under 12) and can be purchased here: https:// www.fathomevents.com/. The film is rated PG and will be preceded by an introduction from Turner Classic Movies host Ben Mankiewicz.

Set in the fictitious Alabama town of Maycomb during the Great Depression, the film details the relationship between Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck), a middle-aged widower and lawyer, and his young children Jim and Scout, respectively played by screen newcomers Philip Alford and Mary Badham. Theirs is something of an idyllic relationship, with the kindly, down-to-earth housekeeper Calpurnia (Estelle Evans, also making her feature debut) treated as an equal even though she is black.

The innocence of childhood is shattered when Atticus agrees to defend Tom Robinson (Brock Peters), who has been accused of raping a white woman, May-

ella Ewell (Collin Wilcox). Both Atticus and the children are subjected to the simmering racial tensions that threaten to consume Maycomb, thereby becoming targets of disdain and scorn. They also soon realize that Tom is innocent and is being railroaded, but that may not be enough to save him.

In a career filled with classic films and performances (Gentleman’s Agreement, Twelve O’Clock High, The Guns of Navarone, The Omen), Peck considered Atticus Finch one of his favorite characters and To Kill a Mockingbird one of his greatest films — and he earned the Academy Award for Best Actor, with the film also winning for Best Adapted Screenplay (Horton Foote) and Best Art Direction/Set Decoration (black and white), with additional nominations for Best Picture, Best Director (Robert Mulligan), Best Supporting Actress (Badham), Best Cinematography (black and white), and Best Score (Elmer Bernstein).

Despite the concerns of executives at Universal Pictures, To Kill a Mockingbird became one of the year’s top box-o ce hits, as well as earning critical raves across the board. James Powers of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: “One of the finest pictures of this or any other year, To Kill a Mockingbird is certain also to be one of the best-loved,” and Joe Morgenstern of The Wall Street Journal concurred: “One of those rare instances when a movie perfectly captures the essence of its source material without compromising it in any way.”

Harper Lee was no less impressed by the adaptation of her work and the performance of Peck: “When I learned Gregory Peck would play Atticus Finch in the film production of To Kill a Mockingbird, I was of course delighted: Here

was a fine actor who had made great films — what more could a writer ask for? — (and) the years told me his secret. When he played Atticus Finch, he played himself, and time has told all of us something more: When he played himself, he touched the world.”

The film also stars Frank Overton, Paul Fix, Rosemary Murphy, and Ruth White, and marked the feature debuts of William Windom, Alice Ghostley, John Megna, and, most notably, future Oscar winner Robert Duvall as the mysterious neighbor Boo Radley.

To further commemorate To Kill a Mockingbird’s milestone, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment has released a 60th-anniversary Blu-ray ($19.98 retail) and a limited-edition 60thanniversary 4K HD combo ($39.99 retail) of the film, each replete with audio commentary, retrospective featurettes, and interviews, theatrical trailer, and more.

The o cial Fathom Events website is https://www.fathomevents.com/. !

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SKYLAR GUDASZ RETURNS TO CROSSROADS STAGE @ SECCA

BY PHILIP PLEDGER

SECCA is proud to present Skylar Gudasz as the headliner for Crossroads @ SECCA #025, bringing a full-band performance to SECCA’s auditorium on Saturday, November 19. Special guest Maia Kamil will open the show, and a pop-up dinner by chef Chris Almand will be available starting at 6pm. Tickets are on-sale at SECCA.org/Crossroads

Longtime Crossroads fans may recognize Skylar Gudasz from her appearance as a vocalist performing alongside Chris Stamey at SECCA nearly a decade ago. Since then, she has garnered international attention through the release of two critically-acclaimed albums, earning her glowing reviews from the likes of Pitchfork, Mojo Magazine, American Songwriter, and more. With whispers of a new record coming in early 2023, Crossroads attendees can expect a sneak peek at new material from one of the southeast’s most exciting songwriters.

Tickets are on sale now; general admission tickets are $15, and VIP tickets are $25. VIP tickets include reserved seating and a limited edition poster by Skillet Gilmore, in keeping with Crossroads tradition.

With her luminous voice and captivating songcraft, Skylar Gudasz has won the admiration of some of the most distinguished artists in music. In the past few years alone, the Durham-based singer/ songwriter/multi-instrumentalist has shared stages with the likes of Ray Davies, Cat Power and Sharon Van Etten as part of the Big Star’s Third tribute concerts, opened for Television, and toured from the US with Teenage Fanclub to Europe with the Mountain Goats. She appeared as a background vocalist on albums by Superchunk and Hiss Golden Messenger, making her TV debut with the latter on Late Night with Seth Meyers.

Amid rumors of a new full length dropping in early 2023, Gudasz’s single “Femme Fatale” was sampled prominently on the 2022 French Montana release “Blue Chills”. On the eve of pandemic lockdown in 2020, Gudasz delivered the celebrated album, Cinema, what MOJO called “a career-making star turn,” recorded between famed April Base in

Eau Claire, Wisconsin and in secret studios across the lush forests of the rich NC music scene. This sophomore album, lauded by Pitchfork and premiering on NPR’s All Songs Considered, is the follow-up to her much praised full-length debut Oleander (a 2016 release produced by Chris Stamey that prompted The Bitter Southerner to praise her as “the Joni Mitchell the South never had”).

Growing up with a musical family in rural Ashland, Virginia, Gudasz first found her a nity for music by learning to play flute at age five, and soon started writing songs of her own. She later taught herself to play piano and guitar, drawing inspiration from use of alternate tunings in developing her own distinct style. Although she spent time in folk and rock bands after heading to North Carolina for college (where she studied Acting and Creative Writing), Gudasz has continued to strike o on her own with her lushly textured, sculpted singular sound.

Crossroads is supported by Salem Investment Counselors, Foothills Brewing, and 88.5 WFDD.

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

High Point University invites the community to campus for an exciting lineup of complimentary cultural events. The fall schedule includes a variety of speakers, art, music and theater performances.

For a complete list of community events and to sign up for email notifications on future events, go to: www.highpoint.edu/live. RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA

November 11 8:00 am Nido and Mariana Qubein Arena and Center

OTHER EVENTS INCLUDE:

OCTOBER

October 19

Gallery ReceptionTheory/Practice: The 2022 Faculty Biennial Exhibition

November 17 - 19 7:30 pm November 20 2:00 pm Hayworth Fine Arts Center

October 20 - 26

The Wolves by Sarah DeLappe - Theatrical Performance

NOVEMBER

November 5

American Portraits - Wind Ensemble Concert

November 7

Gallery Reception and Artist Talk - Christi Harris

November 8

Instrumental Chamber Ensemble Concert

November 15 Jazz Ensemble Concert

November 28 Awakening - HPU Community Orchestra Concert

PHOTO BY CHRIS FRISINA

s an animal lover, I am still trying to wrap my brain around the ludicrous sentence handed down to Caleb Dewald last month. Dewald, as you might recall, was found guilty of 10 counts of felony animal cruelty, then got off with a slap on the wrist. I’ll go into more detail about sentencing in a moment, but first, some background on who DeWald is and exactly what he did that was so cruel.

On June 29 of last year, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s office received a tip that Dewald was torturing and killing animals, then posting his evil deeds on social media. Among his sick crimes were: electrocuting squirrels; cutting

Aoff the ears and noses of other animals while they were still alive; drowning opossums; torturing rats; and, soaking squirrels with WD-40 and then setting them on fire. Dewald was 19 years old at the time. Old enough to know the difference between right and wrong, and old enough to be responsible for his actions. The Winston-Salem Journal’s Michael Hewlett reports that during court proceedings, Dewald could be seen on videotape narrating and laughing while he tortured the animals who were “clearly suffering.” Also, some of the videos had been recorded back when Dewald was a student at a private school in Kernersville, indicating that he was a serial torturer.

Caleb Dewald was a 2020 graduate of the North Carolina Leadership Academy whose website proclaims that their mission is to “develop each student’s potential as responsible citizens…to foster a close relationship between home and school in order to reach each student’s full potential.” Unfortunately,

the leaders of the Leadership Academy seemed to be asleep at the wheel when it came to making Mr. Dewald a responsible citizen. According to the WinstonSalem Journal, long before the 2021 incident, school administrators were “ already aware that Dewald had a serious problem.” They told investigators that once when Dewald was searched for drugs and weapons, they found a journal which contained, “drawings and confessions regarding the killing and torturing of different animals.” However, typical of our failing justice system, Dewald’s journal was considered private property and returned to him without filing any charges. And that brings me to last month’s sentencing.

Dewald pleaded to 10 counts of felony animal cruelty and Judge Michael Stone gave him four consecutive SUSPENDED sentences and placed him on 30 months of supervised probation. Dewald also had to serve a whopping 4 days in jail within 30 days of the sentencing and was ordered to get a mental health assessment and continue with therapy. It’s important to note that here in North Carolina, animal cruelty is a Class H felony, in which each count carries a sentence of 25 months in jail. That means Caleb Dewald should be spending the next 20 years in prison, instead of being free to roam around and torture more animals during 30 months of probation.

Clearly, Judge Stone ignored the sentencing guidelines for heinous animal

cruelty, but beyond that, the law needs to be changed so that such crimes are elevated to a Class B felony, which carries a sentence of 8 years in prison for each count. Some unfeeling people don’t agree with me. They don’t think animals can feel pain and that severe prison sentences should be reserved for crimes against humans. Let me point out some statistics that might cause those misguided folks to change their views on animal torture.

According to the Humane Society, 71% of domestic violence victims reported that their abuser also targeted pets. In fact, pet abuse occurs in 88% of families under supervision for physical abuse of their children. Those statistics are consistent with a report by the Animal Legal and Historical Center, which revealed that 85% of battered women entering shelters say that pet abuse occurred in their families. And then there is the FBI study, which warns that children and teens who torture animals often grow up to commit violent crimes, and even become serial killers. Such was the case with Ted Bundy, John Wayne Gacy, and Jeffrey Dahmer. Purdue University professor Gail Melson concurs, concluding in a recent report that, “Animal abuse is often the first sign of serious disturbance among adolescent and adult killers.”

Hewlett reports that PETA “wants the NC Leadership Academy to adopt a curriculum designed to prevent young people from committing acts of animal cruelty.” That’s all well and good, but by the time a serial animal torturer reaches high school, it’s a little late to tell him he’s doing a bad thing. Again, the best solution is to upgrade animal cruelty to a Class B felony. In the meantime, Judges must enforce the most severe penalties allowed under current law. Also, parents, police, school officials, and anyone else who is aware of animal cruelty, must be held accountable for failing to act on that knowledge.

The warnings from law enforcement and scholars are clear: people who turn a blind eye to animal abuse might also be turning a blind eye to violence against humans. That should mean something to everyone, whether you love animals or not. !

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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he tagline on the poster of Prey for the Devil is “It wants in,” but a more apt one would be “You’ll want out,” because this interminably boring shocker ranks not only as a dreary dud of a horror film, but one of the worst films of the year — period.

Jacqueline Byers toplines as Sister Ann, a young nun with a troubled background. Like the heroine played by Sosie Bacon in the recent, inexplicably popular Smile, Sister Ann was abused as a child by her schizophrenic, ultimately suicidal mother. Yet the good sister has always suspected that her mother was possessed by evil spirits, hence her voca-

tion and fascination with the ritual of exorcism.

TAccording to Robert Zappia’s dubious screenplay, based on a story he concocted with Todd R. Jones and Earl Richey Jones, demonic possession has increased so exponentially in recent years that the Vatican has established what might be described as “satellite schools” for exorcism throughout the world, including one in Boston where Sister Ann works as a nurse, tending patients su ering from possession-related symptoms.

These symptoms, such as they are, are familiar to horror fans: Speaking in tongues, hissing, spinning eyeballs, contortionism, stigmata (replete with wriggling maggots), and generally bad behavior. As exorcism is still the purview of the male clergy, Sister Ann is determined to be the first woman to conduct one. Rather than make her seem intrepid, however, this makes her appear foolhardy, blithely bumbling into harm’s way at every turn.

There is no build-up in Prey for the

Devil. The viewer is simply plunked down into the realm of the ridiculous from the get-go, and the film simply flounders about for the next 90 minutes. There is a “twist” involving Sister Ann’s relationship with Natalie (Posy Taylor), the spooky little girl beset by demons, but it’s not a surprising one, and the final (resolutely unscary) jolt before the end credits feels arbitrary, more a concession to genre formula than anything else.

Next year marks the 50th anniversary of the release of The Exorcist, which — along with the best-selling William Peter Blatty preceding it — put “exorcism” back into contemporary lexicon, to say nothing of pop culture. There have been countless imitations and rip-o s over the last five decades, but none has ever equaled the original.

Director Daniel Stamm’s 2010 breakthrough The Last Exorcism was considered one of the better Exorcist knocko s, but in a skewed way he’s come full circle, because with Prey for the Devil he’s made one of the very worst, so much so that John Boorman’s endlessly reviled Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) may have moved up a notch. No joke

Among the talents wasted here are Virginia Madsen as Dr. Peters, the resident, skeptical psychiatrist; Colin Salmon, desperately attempting to inject some gravitas into the proceedings as exorcism scholar Father Quinn; and the late Ben Cross, who died in 2020, as tight-lipped Cardinal Matthews, and to whom the film is dedicated. In 1988, Cross head-

lined his own bout with Satanic panic in The Unholy, which was undeniably a mess but is still superior to this dreck. Newcomer Taylor plays the possessed Natalie with conviction and verve and will move on to bigger — and certainly better — things. !

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THE BAT (The Film Detective/Cinedigm): A perennial staple of late-night television for years, director/screenwriter Crane Wilbur’s 1959 adaptation of the hit Mary Roberts Rinehart/Avery Hopwood play (previously filmed numerous times, including as The Bat Whispers), and based on the 1908 novel The Circular Staircase is the quintessential “old-darkhouse” mystery, with the titular serial killer on the prowl. Vincent Price (in a ripe red-herring role) and Agnes Moorehead (as the mystery writer conveniently in residence) are fun, with Gavin Gordon, John Sutton, Elaine Edwards, Our Gang’s Darla Hood (in her final feature), and Wilbur’s real-life wife Lenita Lane (in her final feature) on hand. Watchable but very creaky, with the low-budget seams evident throughout. Long available in various public-domain formats, the special-edition DVD ($19.95 retail) and Blu-ray ($29.95 retail) are fully restored and include audio commentary, collectible booklet, vintage radio programs featuring Price, and more.

BEDTIME FOR BONZO (Kino Lorber Studio Classics): Ronald Reagan’s subsequent political career boosted the profile of this otherwise unremarkable 1951 farce, directed by future Tonight Show producer Frederick De Cordova, in which the future U.S. President plays a studious college professor attempting to woo the dean’s daughter (Diana Lynn) while conducting experiments on the titular chimpanzee (played by Peggy the Chimp). Flimsy flu that nevertheless was a box-o ce hit and spawned a sequel (1952’s Bonzo Goes to College, albeit without Reagan), available on Blu-ray ($24.95 retail), replete with audio commentary and theatrical trailer.

CARMEN (Good Deed Entertainment/Kino Lorber): Valerie Buhagiar wrote, directed, and appears in this award-winning drama starring Natasha McElhone in the title role, a woman living in Malta trying to rebuild her life after her priest brother (newcomer Henry Zammit Cordina) unexpectedly dies, and the villagers coming to believe she is meant to replace him as their spiritual leader. In Maltese with English subtitles, available on DVD ($19.95 retail) and Blu-ray ($29.95 retail).

“THE CLASSIC CHRISTMAS SPECIALS COLLECTION” (Universal Pictures Home Entertainment): A self-explanatory 4K Ultra HD combo ($44.98 retail)

BY MARK BURGER

DVD PICK OF THE WEEK: BLACK BOX (Disturb Films/Icarus Films Home Video)

Director/screenwriter Yann Gozlan’s coolly stylized, tightly coiled thriller (originally titled Boite noir) is intricately detailed, powerfully credible, and dominated by Pierre Niney’s intense performance.

Niney (essentially reprising his role from Gozlan’s 2015 drama A Perfect Man) portrays Mathieu Vasseur, a safety inspector for the BEA (Bureau and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety), who is assigned to investigate the crash of an airliner in Dubai. The case is unexpectedly compromised by the disappearance of a fellow safety inspector, and pressure has been applied to the BEA to conclude the accident was the work of Islamic terrorists.

The fastidious, meticulous Niney isn’t certain, and as he obsessively sifts through the complexities and inconsistencies in the case, he puts his career, his marriage (to Lou de Laage), his sanity, and even his life at risk. The fascinating thing about Niney’s performance is that he never goes out of his way to make the character likable, and in some instances, he does make mistakes, but his realizations are shared by the audience that there’s more to this incident than meets the eye — or the ear. Gozlan expertly orchestrates the paranoia and suspense to an almost unbearable degree.

Strong support is provided by De Laage as the increasingly infuriated wife Noemie and reliable Andre Dussollier as Mathieu’s gravel-voiced superior. Pierre Cottereau’s sleek cinematography and Philippe Rombi’s nerve-jangling score further enhance this first-rate exercise.

In English and French with English subtitles, available on DVD ($26.98 retail).

trice Leconte: 2001’s Felix and Lola (Felix et Lola) starring Philippe Torreton and Charlotte Gainsbourg as the titular duo; and 2002’s Love Street (Rue des plaisirs), starring Patrick Timsit, Laetitia Casta, and Vincent Elbaz. In French with English subtitles, bonus features include audio commentary for both films and trailers.

THE INVITATION (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment): Executive producer Jessica M. Thompson directed this atmospheric but hackneyed chiller starring Nathalie Emmanuel as a lonely New York caterer’s assistant who impetuously embarks on a trans-Atlantic trip to England to attend a wedding at an ornate mansion, unaware that her hunky host (Thomas Doherty) is a modern-day vampire with diabolical designs on her. Predictable and routine throughout, with Sean Pertwee on hand as the prototypical sti -upper-lip servant who knows where the bodies are buried … likely because he buried them! Both the DVD ($30.99 retail) and Blu-ray ($34.99 retail) include bonus features. Rated PG13 (also available in an unrated director’s cut).

of three much-loved television holiday specials from the producing duo of Arthur Rankin Jr. and Jules Bass (who died in October): Frosty the Snowman (1969) featuring the voices of Jackie Vernon (in the title role), Jimmy Durante, and Billy DeWolfe; Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (also ’69) narrated by Burl Ives; and Santa Claus in Comin’ to Town (1970) featuring the voices of Mickey Rooney (as Santa), Fred Astaire, Keenan Wynn, and Paul Frees. Bonus features include audio commentaries, behind-the-scenes featurettes, and more.

“EUPHORIA”: SEASONS 1-2 (Warner Bros. Home Entertainment): Writer/director/executive producer Sam Levinson created this HBO drama series focusing on the trials and tribulations of high-school students as they come of age in a turbulent contemporary world, featuring an ensemble cast including Zendaya, Sydney Sweeney, Eric Dane, Nika King, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Maude Apatow, Dominic Fike, Storm Reid, and Austin Abrahams, available in a five-disc DVD collection ($39.98 retail) that includes all eight episodes from

the inaugural 2019 season and all eight episodes from the 2022 season. Zendaya (also an executive producer) became the youngest actress to win the Emmy Award as Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series both years, and this collection includes bonus features.

FANCY PANTS (Kino Lorber Studio Classics): The Blu-ray bow ($24.99 retail) of director George Marshall’s award-winning 1950 musical remake of The Ruggles of Red Gap (1935), starring Bob Hope as a perennially out-of-work actor impersonating an English valet who is tapped to teach proper manners to rambunctious tomboy Lucille Ball in the early twentieth century, with the expected comic consequences. In their second of four films together, Hope and Ball’s a ectionate banter boosts this featherweight farce.

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FELIX & LOLA/LOVE STREET: TWO FILMS DIRECTED BY PATRICE LECONTE” (Cohen Media Group/Kino Lorber): A self-explanatory Blu-ray twin bill ($29.95 retail) of films from the acclaimed, award-winning French writer/director Pa-

NICK THE STING (RaroVideo/Kino Lorber): Director Fernando Di Leo, who specialized in crime dramas, shifts gears with this 1976 outing (originally titled Gli amici di Nick Hezard), a pseudo-takeo on George Roy Hill’s Oscar-winning The Sting (1973) starring Luc Merenda as a con artist who targets an expatriate American gangster (Lee J. Cobb), who has his friend killed. It’s interesting to see Merenda, best known for hardbitten roles, tackling something lighter (although his sexist banter is cringingly dated), and the high-profile cast includes Gabriele Ferzetti (good fun) and Valentina Cortese (over the top) as Merenda’s equally larcenous parents, who run a brothel (!); Luciana Paluzzi (at her sexy best), Dagmar Lassander, and William Berger. This was Cobb’s final feature and a genuine leading role, although his distinctive voice is dubbed, and Di Leo incorporates some intriguing techniques (black-and-white, split-screen, etc.) along the way. In Italian with English subtitles, available on Blu-ray ($29.95 retail). !

See MARK BURGER’s reviews of current movies on Burgervideo.com. © 2022. Mark Burger.

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THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT

Michael Sherwood and his son, Kyle, of Cleveland come from a long line of morticians. So a few years back, when a friend wondered how he might have his tattoos preserved after he passes away, the two came up with an idea, Oddity Central reported. They figured out a method for removing and preserving tattoos, then started a business called Save My Ink Forever. “Some of these things really are pieces of art,” Kyle said. “Instead of having just the remains or the burial ... (families) have actually a piece of their loved one.” The Sherwoods say their technique is proprietary, but it takes roughly three or four months. Families are left with a parchmentlike piece of art. “We are trying to do this in the most dignified manner possible,” Kyle added.

DASTARDLY DEED

Jerome Ellis, a Dollar General employee in DeLand, Florida, allegedly got into an argument with a co-worker on Oct. 24, which prompted him to a

retaliatory move that could have been deadly, Fox35-TV reported. On Oct. 25, the victim set down a can of Pepsi and went to the restroom. When he returned, he took a drink of the soda and noticed it tasted like cleaning supplies. Sure enough, video surveillance cameras revealed that Ellis had poured bleach into the Pepsi can, wiped it off, then spit in it. Cameras also caught Ellis trying to unplug the surveillance system. He told investigators that he put cleaning solution in the drink to get back at the co-worker, who he said was difficult to work with.

INEXPLICABLE

A female lion at the Topeka Zoo in Kansas has grown a mane, The Topeka Capitol-Journal reported on Oct. 23. Zuri, 18, who lost her mate, Avus, in 2020, started producing more testosterone after his death, which has resulted in the butch look. “It’s nothing like the mane you would see on a fully sexually mature male lion,” said Zuri’s curator, Shanna Simpson. “She looks like a teenaged male lion.” Zookeepers said along with the mane, Zuri has become more feisty — growling, snarling and roaring

more than before. “She feels like she needs to protect her pride, so her testosterone increases,” Simpson said.

GREAT ART

A 1941 artwork by Dutch abstract artist Piet Mondrian has been found to have been hanging upside down in various museums for 75 years, The Guardian reported. One could be forgiven for the mistake; the piece features interlaced red, yellow, black and blue adhesive tape strips that subtly thicken at the bottom. But a photograph of Mondrian’s studio shows the same piece on an easel — with the “bottom” at the top. However, Susanne Meyer-Buser, curator of the North Rhine-Westphalia’s art collection, said it will continue to be displayed upside down. “The adhesive tapes are already extremely loose and hanging by a thread,” she said. “And it’s now part of the work’s story.”

ARMED AND CLUMSY

A man who stopped in a corn maze in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, on Oct. 22 to get a corn kernel out of his shoe accidentally shot himself in the leg, KMSP-TV reported. The 38-year-old from Circle Pines was carrying the gun legally, and it discharged when he bent over to retrieve the kernel. Police said the gun did not have a safety; the owner wasn’t charged.

UP A TREE

Tyler County (Texas) Deputy Cory LeBlanc and other first responders undertook an unusual assignment on Oct. 31, KFDM-TV reported. An unnamed man who was bow hunting for deer from a tree stand called 911 around 4:25 p.m. to report that he had fallen from his perch and was stuck upside down, 18 feet above the ground. The man’s ankle had become lodged in the framework of the stand. “We had the Spurger Volunteer Fire Department, DPS, Texas Parks and Wildlife on the way, all trying to help,” LeBlanc said. After an hour and a half of being heels-over-head, the man was lowered to the ground and was unhurt. His advice: “Use a harness. It was in my truck. I just got complacent.”

NEWS YOU CAN USE

Miller Lite wants to light up your Christmas tree in more ways than one! The company is offering the Christmas Tree Keg Stand for the low, low price of $49.99, CNN Business reported. The tree stand is basically a keg with a small table on top, and when beer is dispensed, the design “makes it seem

as if beer is being poured from the tree,” said Sarah Showak, associate marketing manager. According to Miller Lite, the stand will support up to a 5-foot-tall tree with ornaments and lights.

WAIT, WHAT?

Designer Amanda Booth, 33, of Toronto, Canada, has a business making jewelry, aptly named Trinkets by Amanda, Oddee reported on Oct. 31. Her first pieces were of clay, but then a friend contacted her and asked if she could make a jewelry set from her son’s ashes. Booth has “never said no” to a friend, and the set inspired other customers — one who asked if she could use breast milk to make jewelry. She posted about the jewelry on TikTok and business took off, including orders for items made with umbilical cords, placenta and hair. But the real creme de la creme came when people started requesting jewelry made from semen. Booth transforms the liquids to powder and mixes them with clay, then sculpts the jewelry piece. “I am an open-minded artist,” Booth said.

SPOOKY

— Linda Hill, owner of a rental home in Gainesville, Texas, has ghosts, Fox News reported. Many ghosts. “We’ve got kids, and we’ve got old people, old guys, and we’ve got hookers,” she said. The hookers are the most common visitors, known to stroke a male renter’s face or their arm. “They try to stir up business, but they can’t figure out a way to conclude the transaction, so nothing ever happens,” she said.

— The Wozniak family of Baltimore, looking to up their Halloween game, ordered a prop casket on Facebook Marketplace, Fox News reported. But they got more than they bargained for when they found the ashes of Edith Crews, who had died in January of COVID-19, inside. They also found a photograph of Crews, her death certificate and her hospital bracelet. The Wozniaks posted about the discovery on TikTok hoping to connect with her family members; Crews’ granddaughter happened to see the posting, and the items were returned. Crews’ family had rented the casket for the woman’s service from Freeman Funeral Services, and she had been cremated afterward. !

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in the Park Friendsgiving

Greensboro Downtown Park, Inc. will host dinner for a few hundred friends under the stars on Sunday, November 13 for its annual fundraiser, Friendsgiving, from 6 to 9 p.m.

“It’s a really fun fundraising event for the parks. It’s a big undertaking but we’re in the thick of planning everything right now,” said Amanda Miller, director of programs and marketing for Greensboro Downtown Parks, Inc. “Friendsgiving is the idea of Friends of the Park and supporters coming together to express warmth and care for our organization and the community that we serve through the programs that we do. The vibe is very cozy and warm. It’s a family style dinner so it’s not plated. The intention is that you’re going to come, meet new people and sit together at a table, pass plates around and share in a really great experience in a beautiful environment.”

The nonprofit manages LeBauer and Center City Parks in downtown Greensboro in partnership with the city of Greensboro. The 250 person meal raises funds for the more than 450 programs that the organization hosts for free throughout the year, according to Miller. The dinner includes a cocktail hour and multi-course, family style dinner. Tickets include batch cocktails, hors d’ouevres, dinner, dessert and co ee. She said that dinner came about in 2016, as the organization was looking for the best time to do a fundraiser without interrupting the activities they had planned.

“When our organization was kind of young and scrappy, we were trying to come up with a way to put together a fundraiser for the first time. We found that our busy season tends to slow down as we go into winter. Most of our activations happen in the height of Spring,Summer and early Fall. As it gets colder, things slow down in the park,” Miller explained. “November seemed like a good fit.”

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Editor

The dinner, held in a heated tent on the lawn of LaBauer Park, is family style and promotes community.

Miller also said the event doubles as an opportunity to inform potential donors about the organization and what they do in the community.

“It’s a donor cultivation event, as well. This is an opportunity to engage with our community members who are looking to support our work in a more substantive way by becoming friends of the park which is our membership level in our donation campaign,” she said. “Friendsgiving is a play on words for us, as well, because our membership campaign is called Friends of the Park.”

The event also o ers an auction which begins during the cocktail portion of the event and runs through the course of dinner. With auction items from the Tanger center, Replacement’s Ltd., and local artists, Miller said that there’s a number of awesome prizes to be snagged.

“We really have a wide range of items for folks to bid on and all the funds go directly to support the works of Greensboro Downtown Parks providing all the free public programming we provide for the community,” she said.

One thing that participants will notice

this year is variety in dinner. Miller said that this year, there are four or five di erent restaurants on board, with each one contributing to a di erent course.

“We have a bunch of di erent restaurants, as well as breweries and bars, coming together to support with their wares. So it’s really a community e ort. It feels like the community is rallying around this event to make it something truly unique.”

Miller said that the event has been a hit in the past and she expects the same thing this year.

“Folks really look forward to this event each year. The main thing that we’ve heard is that this is a way for people to kick o their holiday season. We kind of get in on the front end, before Thanksgiving and all the other holidays get underway. This is an opportunity for folks to come together and really celebrate, enjoy themselves and donate funds for a good cause.”

For more information, visit https:// www.greensborodowntownparks.org !

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

Want Friends? A local group hopes to end loneliness

Mackenzie CatesAllen is dedicated to making sure that everyone who wants a friend in WinstonSalem, has an opportunity to make one.

Launching the newly-formed Friend Crew of WinstonSalem, Cates-Allen said she knows for sure that there are people in the city of more than 250,000 people that would like to make new friends but just aren’t sure how.

“I never want anybody in Winston-Salem to feel unwelcome, or unloved, or that they can’t find friends,” she explained. “Making friends as a grown-up is awkward. Especially if you’re new somewhere. It’s hard to do and I wanted to make it simple.”

Cates-Allen said that she sees, on a regular basis, people posting in di erent social media groups that they’ve not been able to make friends after being in the city for a period of time. She said that she finds that unacceptable.

The new group is online right now, with its first in-person meet up on Saturday, November 12, and has almost 100 members. The only objective the group has is for people to make friends in WinstonSalem. She hopes to have consistent group meet-ups and events for those interested. There will be a formal event at some point but Cates-Allen wants people to focus on the primary goal of the group.

“The goal is for people to make friends with each other through this group so that nobody can ever say ‘I haven’t made any friends here.’ I wanted there to be a specific place for grown-ups to make

friends,” she explained.

Cates-Allen said she’d like to target Winston-Salem’s community of fathers and residents in their 40s and older.

“I know there’s not a dad group, per se, and that guys get left out alot. It’s not as comfortable for men and dudes to post ‘Hey, I’m looking for friends’ but I hear it from their wives and girlfriends all the time,” Cates-Allen said. “In Winston-Salem there seems to be a lack of groups for the 40 and 50 plus and there’s a lot of that population here.”

She hopes this new e ort will help get people out of the house post Covid.

“I hope this will be a re-entry. I think that we’ve all gotten very much stuck at our house. Even I, who loves people most of the time, has to drag myself out and then once I do I mostly have a good time. I hope this will be a good re-entry into the world.”

Cates-Allen has done her fair share of meeting and greeting in the community. She’s a key fixture at events around the city, being a key member of Winston-Salem Ambassadors. Her experience is also rooted in her childhood, having gone to nine di erent schools within 11 years.

“Some places I felt welcomed and some

I didn’t. I decided to make Winston-Salem my home after college. I’ve seen a lot of the behind the scenes and the inner workings of this city. Some times it was closed o and even I felt unwelcomed,” she said. “I’ve also met some great people in Winston-Salem and I want people to feel like they can too. This is a no-strings attached place to meet friends. Not to date or to network but just meet friends.

Cates-Allen said that she’s heard positive feedback about the initiative so far.

“I just want to facilitate the opportunity for people to be the best version of themselves in the Piedmont Triad.”

Jokingly, she said her middle name should be “welcome” because she “des-

perately wants people to feel welcome in the community.”

“I want them to feel that they are in a good place, that they should be here and that other people want them to be here. I want them to feel welcome and I want them to feel comfortable enough to introduce themselves and meet other people.”

For more information or to join the group, visit https://www.facebook.com/ groups/1185198282352502. !

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

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Mackenzie Cates-Allen

Maia Kamil’s “Good Life” and the Crossroads

aia Kamil’s album “Good Life” is on the horizon as she performs at the 25th installment of SECCA’s Crossroads music series, opening for Skylar Gudasz on November 19 in WinstonSalem.

Going with a duo for Crossroads, Kamil will perform with Tori Elliot (of Victoria Victoria), offering a soulful debut to harken Kamil’s upcoming full-length debut album — a point of reference for the worldly neosoul songstress who is somewhat new to her role as a performer and the area in general.

“It wasn’t until I moved to Greensboro that I actually pursued music,” Kamil said. “I got a band together and started a weekly residency at the Flat Iron. But the more I gigged, the more comfortable I felt calling myself a musician.“ Those gigs have ranged across a revolving band of characters and music communities: Drew Foust’s Wheelhouse, Molly McGinn’s Woodshed Experience, and the Martha Bassett Show. Artists like Jimmy Washington, Matt Laird, Chuck Pinckney, Taylor Williams, and Charlie Hunter — a family friend who helped nudge her toward the Triad after college.

“I studied ethnomusicology at Bard College and in retrospect, choosing to intellectualize music was a way to still feel close to music without having to actually make it,” Kamil explained. “Yet the further away I retreated from my music, the louder I would hear the call. I eventually realized it was more agonizing to avoid being a musician than to simply be one.”

“It became more and more clear that I would always feel an emptiness if I didn’t create and express the music that was inside me and share it with the world,” she continued. “I’m constantly finding ways to have a healthy and loving relationship with music.”

It’s been a long-lasting relationship — she was a teenager when she first

Mwrote “Once in a Dream,” a song that will appear “dreamier than ever before” on her upcoming album — mirroring the development of her artistry, honed quite literally around the world in which she feels at home.

As an ethnomusicologist, music bridges Kamil’s upbringing across Israel and New Jersey to her days now spent tracking an album and gigging around North Carolina. With songs reflecting the “ebb and flow of hellos and goodbyes,” the result offers a “free and open-hearted devotion to the search for truth,” she said. “It’s a process of listening to what’s going on in and around me. I write a lot about nature, a lot about what is on my heart at the moment, or a memory that I can’t get out of my head. I love being able to weave various musical influences that I’m listening to, in the moment, to create tiny worlds to get lost in.”

Those music influences range from Yebba to Aretha Franklin, Lauryn Hill, and Erykah Badu. Kamil enjoys Durand Jones & The Indications, world music (notably from Israel and Mexico,) and has been known to bust out “Titanium” by David Guetta during karaoke. And she’d put an Emily King track in line with a song from her upcoming album, “Good Life,” which draws from a pool of musical relationships and worldly experiences.

With a first single intended for a mid-December release, Kamil is ready to share the “Good Life,” featuring a roster of friends, family, and the musicians with whom she’s built relationships in North Carolina. “We had such a great time recording this album, and it was an integral part of the process,” she said. Recorded with Ethan Gingerich at his Strange Kid studio in Winston-Salem, the album includes appearances from Kevin Beck, Charlie Hunter, George Sluppick, Matt Laird, Chaisaray Shenk, Victoria Victoria, “and a load of other local musicians,” she noted. ”We wanted the essence of community, and the celebration of friendship to come through in the songs.”

Those songs “encompass some of the stories, sounds, and heartbreaks,” she continued, “they offer transport to worlds away: the woods I walk in, the Dead Sea I’ve floated in, the songs I’ve sung to my brothers. The words of my

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Mala Kamil

ancestors — while simultaneously giving the sense of sitting around the campfire, singing familiar songs with good friends.”

Those senses come through in “Call Me Willow,” for which Kamil released a video filmed impromptu during a recording session for Drew Foust’s album at Bedtown Studios

“It’s been almost a year since the ‘Call Me Willow’ video was released and it’s been incredible to see how well it did here and all across the world,” Kamil said. “What’s so special about this video is that it was a very spontaneous moment that was captured by Justin Gartman. A bunch of Greensboro musicians were up in Smith Mountain, Virginia recording an album for Drew, and he asked if I’d like to do a song,” she explained. “I taught it to everybody and we sang it by the fire. ‘Call me Willow’ is meant to be sung in community. It’s mournful, wistful, almost like a prayer that felt like it came straight from the earth when I wrote it.”

Within the community of the video, Foust and Kamil are joined by Molly McGinn, Matt Laird, Mason Keck, and Jimmy Washington. A new variation of the song will appear on “Good Life.” “It’s hard for me to explain the songwriting process because it remains a mystery to me, but it’s part of why I love it so much,” Kamil noted, reflecting on the “10 minutes in a good ol’ covid quarantine” during which “Call Me Willow” was written.

“Some songs take years to arrive,” she continued, turning to “Send it to Me Better,” a song inspired by a familial phrase. “On days when I feel overwhelmed, doubtful of where I’m headed or what I’m doing, I remember the words my aunt used to say to me: ‘send it to me better than I could ever imagine,’” Kamil explained. “For years I’ve used that phrase as a mantra to get me through difficult moments. I always knew it would someday become a song, but I didn’t want to force it. I knew it would come on its own. And one morning it did, better than I could ever imagine , melody and all: a perfect package. The same way a lot of my songs are written: at the right moment with the right amount of surrender.” !

CRANFORD is a Triad music nerd who spotlights area artists and events.

WANNA go?

“Send it to Me Better” will also appear on “Good Life.” But first, Kamil sends it to SECCA, performing in the opening slot of their 25th installment of the Crossroads music series with Skylar Gudasz on November 19.

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PHOTO BY CHRIS FRISINA

Skylar Gudasz

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Four SaintS BrEwing

218 South Fayetteville St. | 336.610.3722 www.foursaintsbrewing.com thursdays: taproom trivia Fridays: Music Bingo nov 12: Creatio nov 19: analog Crash nov 20: Honky tonk Jam w/ Mark Dillion & Friends nov 23: Corey Hunt and the wise Dec 4: randolph Jazz Band

Dec 17: Eck McCanless

Dec 18: Honky tonk Jam w/ Mark Dillion & Friends

Jan 1: randolph Jazz Band

Jan 15: Honky tonk Jam w/ Mark Dillion & Friends

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300 E Main St | 919.967.9053 www.catscradle.com nov 9: Eugene Mirman nov 9: leven Kali

nov 10: Copeland nov 10: the red Pears nov 12: Phillip Phillips nov 13: alejandro Escovedo nov 13: the Brevet nov 14: Soccer Mommy nov 14: Field Medic nov 15: Don Dixon nov 16: Courtney Marie andrews nov 17: Stop light observations nov 17: Pretty Sick nov 17: Senses Fail nov 18: the Stews nov 18: Dro Kenji & midwxst nov 19: Carbon leaf nov 19: rose City Band nov 20: Meechy Darko nov 20: old Sea Brigade nov 23: aldn nov 25: Crazy Chester nov 26: Philstock ‘22 nov 27: the Menzingers nov 28: Black lips

Dec 1: less than Jake Dec 2: Julia., By george Dec 2: Violet Bell Dec 3: Mike Doughty Dec 4: Covet

Dec 7: lightning Bolt

Dec 8: Jump, little Children

Dec 9: Kelsey waldon

Dec 10: the greeting Committee

Dec 10: Southern Culture on the Skids

Dec 12: Special interest Dec 13: the Happy Fits

Dec 13: Baked Shrimp

Dec 14: Mclusky

Dec 15: turnover

Jan 6: Billy Prine & the Prine time Band

Jan 7: the Kingsby Manx, nathan Bowles & Joe o’Connell

Jan 14: Victoria Victoria

Jan 14: Magic City Hippies

Jan 20: town Mountain

Jan 20: Chuck Prophet trio

Jan 24: night Moves

Jan 27: rubblebucket

Feb 1: Suki waterhouse

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2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.boplex.com

nov 13: Myriam Hernandez nov 17: Mania: the aBBa tribute nov 19: gloria trevi nov 30: rod wave Dec 1: a Day to remember - reassembled: acoustic theater tour

Dec 6: allman Family revival

Dec 10: Southern Soul Music Festival Dec 31: the avett Brothers

Jan 29: asphalt Meadows w/ Momma

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1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970

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Jan 21: gregory alan isakov

SPECtruM CEntEr 333 E Trade St | 704.688.9000 www.spectrumcentercharlotte.com nov 20: Hilsong unitED + Chris tomlin Dec 6: Daddy Yankee Dec 10: trans-Siberian orchestra Dec 15: Charlotte r&B Music Experience

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nov 10: Corky Jams nov 11: Hampton Drive nov 12: Black glass nov 17: Megan Doss nov 18: whiskey Mic nov 19: Muddy Creek revival Dec 1: James Vincent Carroll Dec 9: Big City

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Nov 12: Randy Rainbow

Nov 22-23: Harry Connick, Jr.

Dec 7: Allman Family Revival

Dec 22: Fantasia

Dec 23: The Hip Hop Nutcracker

Jan 3 -8: TINA -The Tina Turner Musical

Jan 18-22: Come From Away

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REEvES THEATER

129 W Main St | 336.258.8240 www.reevestheater.com

Wednesdays: Reeves Open Mic

Fourth Thursdays: Old-Time Jam

Nov 11: Sideline

Nov 18: Tim O’Brien & Jan Fabricius with Paul Burch

Nov 25: Time Sawyer w/ Damon Atkins Trio

Dec 2: The Elkin Big Band w/ Teresa Jasper

Dec 9: Donna the Buffalo

Dec 10: Drifters Revue

Dec 16: The Music of John Prime

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2900 Patterson St #A | 336.632.9889 www.arizonapetes.com

BARN DINNER THEATRE

120 Stage Coach Tr. | 336.292.2211 www.barndinner.com

Oct 1 - Nov 19: Is There Life After 50?

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310 S. Greene Street | 336.333.2605 www.carolinatheatre.com

Nov 16: Nu-Blu

Nov 28: Motown Christmas

Dec 1: Frosty

Dec 16: Greensboro Ballet: The Nutcracker

Dec 17: Chad Eby and Ariel Pocock Quartet

Jan 7: Will McBride

Feb 11: Rouge: A Cirque & Dance Cabaret

CHAR BAR NO. 7

3724 Lawndale Dr. | 336.545.5555 www.charbar7.com

Nov 3: Luc & Chloe Gravely, Patrick Rock

Nov 4: Jay Mathey

Nov 10: Renea Paige, Whiskey Pines

Nov 11: Savannah Harmon

Nov 17: Rovert Alexander Smith, Tony Barnes

Nov 18: Isaac & Adele

Nov 25: Dustin Curlee

THE CORNER BAR

1700 Spring Garden St | 336.272.5559 www.facebook.com/corner.bar.37

Wednesday & Saturday: Karaoke

COMEDY zONE

1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034 www.thecomedyzone.com

Nov 10: Tim Shropshire

Nov 11-12: Burpie

Nov 17: Kerwin Claiborne

Nov 18-19: Shelly Belly

Nov 25-26: Mario Tory

Dec 2-3: Michael Yo

Dec 8: Maddy Smith

Dec 9-10: Gianmarco Soresi

Dec 16-17: Mutzie

Dec 30: Bodacious

Jan 12: Emma Willmann

COMMON GROuNDS

602 S Elm Ave | 336.698.388 www.facebook.com/CommonGrounds

Greensboro

Nov 16: Megan Paullet

CONE DENIM

117 S Elm St | 336.378.9646 www.cdecgreensboro.com

Nov 11: Ace Hood Nov 27: Rome & Duddy

GARAGE TAvERN

5211 A West Market St | 336.763.2020 www.facebook.com/GarageTavernGreens boro

Nov 10: SinaTracey

Nov 11: Room42

Nov 12: Stereo Doll

Nov 18: Retrovinyl

GREENSBORO COLISEuM

1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com

Nov 18: We Outside Comedy Tour

Nov 23: Los Angeles Azules

Dec 11: For King & Country

Dec 17: Pentatonix: A Christmas

Spectacular

Dec 28: WWE Live Holiday Tour

Jan 14-15: Monster Jam

Jan 28: Toby Mac

LITTLE BROTHER BREWING

348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678 www.facebook.com/littlebrotherbrew

Wednesdays: Trivia

Fridays & Saturdays:

PiEdmont Hall

2411 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com

dec 8: Jinjer

Feb 26: Big Head todd and the monsters

RodY’S tavERn

5105 Michaux Rd | 336.282.0950 www.facebook.com/rodystavern nov 9: Robert alexander Smith & JvC

nov 11: Wishful thinking nov 16: darell Hoots nov 18: Rod Brady duo nov 23: tony andrews nov 25: Jim mayberry nov 30: megan doss

SoutH End BREWing Co.

117B W Lewis St | 336.285.6406 www.southendbrewing.com tuesdays: trivia night

StEEl HandS BREWing

1918 W Gate City Blvd | 336.907.8294 www.facebook.com/steelhandsgreensboro

nov 10: vilai Harrington nov 11: River tramps nov 13: Jordan lawson nov 19: the High tides nov 25: tre Smith

StEvEn tangER CEntER

300 N Elm Street | 336.333.6500 www.tangercenter.com nov 10: daniel levitin & Rosanne Cash nov 11: Joe gatto nov 12: taylor tomlinson nov 16: alton Brown nov 18: the illusionists nov 19: michael Feinstein nov 20: atif aslam nov 23: mannheim Steamroller Christmas nov 26: martina mcBride nov 27: dirty dancing in Concert dec 13: Bela Fleck dec 14: Hip Hop nutcracker

dec 17: Heather mcmahan

dec 18: Worship live Holiday tour dec 31: the Kruger Brothers

Jan 8: Styx

Jan 13: george lopez Jan 18: Shen Yun

Jan 21: James Ehnes

Jan 24-29: Cats

Feb 1: Jason isbell + the 400 unit Feb 7-9: Riverdance

Feb 11: John Pizzarelli & Catherine Russell

tHE idiot Box

ComEdY CluB 503 N. Greene St | 336.274.2699 www.idiotboxers.com thursdays: open mic nov 12: dusty Cagle nov 18: Jay light dec 9: david goolsby dec 10: Kenyon adamcik dec 17: Carter deems Jan 13: Eric Brown & Juice adkins Jan 21: drew davis Feb 3-4: Robert Baril

WinEStYlES

3326 W Friendly Ave Suite 141 | 336.299.4505 www.facebook.com/winestylesgreens boro277 nov 12: Stewart Coley dec 3: Susana macfarlane

high point 1614 dmB 1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113 https://www.1614drinksmusicbilliards.com/ nov 12: Cowboy nov 18: throwdown Jones nov 19: vinyl Rox nov 26: Fair Warning

gooFY Foot taPRoom 2762 NC-68 #109 | 336.307.2567 www.goofyfoottaproom.com nov 19: Casey noel nov 26: michael Chaney

HigH Point tHEatRE

220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401 www.highpointtheatre.com nov 18: Confederate Railroad in Concert nov 20: Black violin nov 26: John Berry Christmas tour dec 3-4: the nutcracker Ballet dec 9-11: a Christmas Carol: the musical Jan 7: the songs of John Prine Feb 9: new York Rockabilly Rockets

PlanK StREEt tavERn

138 Church Ave | 336.991.5016 www.facebook.com/plankstreettavern

SWEEt old Bill’S

1232 N Main St | 336.807.1476 www.sweetoldbills.com nov 10: Banjo Earth

jamestown

tHE dECK

118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 www.thedeckatrivertwist.com Friday & Saturday: live Bands nov 10: dJ Jen nov 11: the Finns nov 12: tJ the dJ/dance Party nov 17: dan miller nov 18: 7 Roads Band nov 19: Jukebox Revolver nov 25: decades nov 26: Simerson Hill

kernersville

BREatHE

CoCKtail loungE

221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822 www.facebook.com/BreatheCocktail Lounge

Wednesdays: Karaoke Jan 14: Sprocket

KERnERSvillE

BREWing ComPanY

221 N Main St. | 336.816.7283 www.facebook.com/kernersvillebrewing thursdays: trivia

lewisville

old niCK’S PuB

191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059 www.OldNicksPubNC.com

Wednesdays: trivia Fridays: Karaoke

liberty

tHE liBERtY

SHoWCaSE tHEatER

101 S. Fayetteville St | 336.622.3844 www.TheLibertyShowcase.com

nov 12: the malpass Brothers

dec 2: Billy “Crash” Craddock dec 9: Jerry allison & Friends dec 10: Jimmy Fortune

Jan 7: the Embers Band

Jan 14: Ricky Skaggs

Jan 20: the isaacs

Jan 28: Stephen Freeman and Echoes of a legend Show Band

Feb 3: twitty & lynn: a tribute to Conway & loretta

Feb 4: lonesome River Band

Feb 11: Wonderwall: a Beatles tribute

oak ridge

BiStRo 150

2205 Oak Ridge Rd | 336.643.6359 www.bistro150.com

raleigh

CCu

muSiC PaRK at Walnut CREEK

3801 Rock Quarry Rd | 919.821.4111 www.livenation.com dec 30: magic of lights: drivethrough Holiday lights Experience

linColn tHEatRE

126 E. Cabarrus St | 919.831.6400 www.lincolntheatre.com nov 9: todd Snider nov 10: tropidelic w/ mike Pinto nov 11: William Clark green w/ Ben Chapman nov 12: Stone Whiskey nov 13: St. lucia nov 17: Corrosion of Conformity nov 19: inzo w/ Rome in Silver & Covex nov 25: into the Fog and Songs From the Road Band

Nov 26: Duck

Dec 1: Runaway Gin

Dec 3: Ian Noe

Dec 4: Chatham Rabbits

Dec 7:Delta Rae

Dec 9: The Connells w/ The Whom

Dec 10: The Dune Dogs

Dec 14: Andy Frasco & The U.N. W/ Little Stranger

Dec 15: The Vegabonds

Dec 16: Arrested Development W/ Terminator X

Dec 17: Neighbor

Dec 18: Scotty Mccreery, George Birge, Kylie Morgan

Dec 22: Jump, Little Children w/ Frances Cone

Dec 29: Cris Jacons

Dec 20: Into the Fog

Dec 31: Red Panda

Jan 15: Shot Thru The Heart - Bon Jovi Tribute w/ Bullet the Blue Sky

Jan 18: Spafford

Feb 1: Neal Francis w/ Danielle Ponder

RED HAT AMPHITHEATER

500 S McDowell St | 919.996.8800 www.redhatamphitheater.com

PNC ARENA

1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300 www.thepncarena.com

Nov 13: Adam Sandler

Dec 1: Chris Tomlin X MercyMe

Dec 3: Reba McEntire

Dec 14: Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Jan 21: CINCH World’s Toughest Rodeo

Jan 28: Cody Johnson

winston-salem

BURKE STREET PUB

1110 Burke St | 336.750.0097 www.burkestreetpub.com

CB’S TAVERN

3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664 www.facebook.com/cbtavern

EARL’S

121 West 9th Street | 336.448.0018 www.earlsws.com

Mondays: Open Mic

Thursdays: Will Jones

Nov 9: Neil Young Classics- Local Bands

Nov 11: Anna Leigh Band

Nov 12: Drew Foust

Nov 18: Travis Grubb and the Stone Rangers

Nov 19: Aaron Hamm and the Big River Band

Nov 25: Decades Band

Nov 26: Russ Varnell and his Too Country Band

Dec 2: Zack Brock and the Good

Intentions

Dec 3: Jesse Ray Carter

Dec 17: The J.D. Simo Trio w/ Patrick Sweany

FIDDLIN’ FISH BREWING COMPANY

772 Trade St | 336.999.8945 www.fiddlinfish.com

Tuesdays: Trivia Travelers

Nov 4: Hotwax & The Splinters

FOOTHILLS BREWING

638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 www.foothillsbrewing.com

Sundays: Sunday Jazz

Thursdays: Trivia

Nov 9: Colin Cutler

Nov 11: Josh Watson & Emily Stewart

Nov 13: Evan Blackerby

Nov 16: Carolina Clay

Nov 18: COIA

Nov 20: Ears to the Ground

Nov 23: Banjo Earth

Nov 25: Eddie Clayton

Nov 27: The Sun Dried Tomatoes

Nov 30: Terra String

Dec 2: Colin Allured Dec 4: Michael Chaney

Dec 7: Colin Cutler Dec 9: David Childers

Dec 11: Caleb Wolfe

Dec 14: Terra String Dec 16: Ryan Johnson

Dec 18: Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs

MIDWAY MUSIC HALL

11141 Old US Hwy 52, Suite 10 | 336.793.4218 www.facebook.com/midwaymusichal landeventcenter

Mondays: Line Dancing Nov 12: JS, And the Footlights Nov 13: Thunder Road Cruise in and Market

Dec 17: The Kody Norris Show

Jan 21: Led Head: Led Zeppelin Experience

THE RAMKAT

170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714

www.theramkat.com

Nov 9: Chris Renezema w/ Jess Ray

Nov 10: Joshua Ray Walker w/ Margo Cilker

Nov 11: The Waybacks

Nov 12: Acoustic Syndicate & Blue Dogs

Nov 17: Migrant Birds w/ Mild Goose Chase

Nov 18: Dirty Logic

Nov 19: Chatham Rabbits w/ Seth Walker

Nov 23: Sam Fribush Organ Trio w/ Sonny Miles

Nov 23: Camel City Yacht Club

Nov 26: Todd Snider

Dec 1: Caleb Caudle

Dec 2: Trampled By Turtles w/ Spring Summer

Dec 3: FemFest IX

Dec 8: Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio w/ Victoria Victoria

Dec 9: Southern Culture on the Skids

Dec 10: Samantha Fish w/ The Jesse Dayton Band

Dec 13: Tab Benoit

Dec

MUDDY CREEK CAFE & MUSIC HALL

137 West St | 336.201.5182 www.facebook.com/MuddyCreekCafe

Nov 9: Gaelic Storm

Nov 12: Presley Barker & Paige King Johnson

Nov 19: Wayne Henderson, Rob Ickes & Trey Hensley

Nov 26: Nirvani: A Nirvana Tribute

Dec 2: Kyle Petty

Dec 9: Dropkick Mullet

Dec 10: Big Daddy Love Dec 17: The Blue Ridge Girls

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ROAR

633 North Liberty Street | 336-917-3008 www.roarws.com | www.roarbrandstheater. com

SECOND

& GREEN

207 N Green St | 336.631.3143 www.2ngtavern.com | www.facebook.com/ secondandgreentavern

WISE MAN BREWING

826 Angelo Bros Ave | 336.725.0008 www.wisemanbrewing.com

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Natalie Garcia

[SALOME’S STARS]

Week of November 14, 2022

[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) You’re eager to “Ram” headfirst into that new project. But before you do, find out why some of your colleagues might not appear to be as gung-ho about it as you are.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) All that dedicated hard work you’ve been putting in pays o better than you expected. So go ahead, reward yourself with something befitting a beauty-loving Bovine.

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) It’s a good time to take on that new challenge. And if your self-confidence is lacking, instead of telling yourself why you can’t do it, list all the reasons why you can.

[CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is one time when you might want to put some distance between you and the job at hand. It will give you a better perspective on what you’ve done and what you still need to do.

[LEO (July 23 to August 22) Resist that occasional lapse into Leonine laziness that sometimes overtakes the Big

Cat. Don’t cut corners. Do the job right at this time, or you might have to redo it later.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) You know how you like to do things. And that’s fine. But watch that you don’t impose your methods on others. A current financial crunch soon eases.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Someone might try to take advantage of your generosity. But before your sensitivity toward others overwhelms your good sense, check their story out carefully.

[SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your strong Scorpian sense of fairness lets you see all sides of a dispute. Continue to remain impartial as you help each person work through their particular grievance.

[SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Trust your keen Sagittarian insight to help you see through an o er that might not be all it claims to be. A closer look could reveal disturbing elements.

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[cAPrIcorN (December 22 to January 19) With the Goat exhibiting a more dominant aspect these days, you could find it easier to make your case in front of even the most skeptical audience.

[AQuArIus (January 20 to Febru ary 18) Take things nice and easy as you continue to build up your energy reserves for a big upcoming change. You’ll need your strength for what lies ahead.

[PIsces (February 19 to March 20) Recent news from someone you trust could help you make an important deci sion. Also, be prepared to confront an upcoming change in a personal situation.

[BorN THIs week: You can be firm in your own views, but also flexible enough to welcome the views of others.

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