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4 Greensboro city council may soon vote on stronger city ORDINANCES prohibiting trash in public spaces, obstruction of public byways, and excessive noise.
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6 In an order issued Wednesday in the North Carolina O ce of Administrative Hearings, Judge Jonathan Dills denied a PETITION from attorneys for the Greensboro music venue the Bind Tiger.
8 The Triad International BALLET School is a nonprofit, pre-professional ballet academy for students ranging in ages from 10-18 and for graduates, ages 18 and above. Students must audition to attend and pass an annual assessment to remain in the competitive program.
10 Music, movement, and magic on display in UNCSA’s Fall Dance It’s a new semester at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), and the School of Dance kicks o — no pun intended — the 2022-’23 season with its annual Fall Dance.
12 Nearly 30 years on, filmmaker Kevin Smith is clearly in a reflective mood with CLERKS III, the long-awaited — and possibly final — “installment” of the bigscreen trilogy he kicked o with Clerks in 1994.
J’Mihyia Whitsett’s dream was always to own Marjae’s, she just didn’t know how it would come about.
20 Summer o cially fades as Pride abounds across Greensboro and FESTIVALS aplenty pop up around the state.
FBI search warrant served on Senator RICHARD BURR, than we knew one year ago. That’s because on August 29, Howell ordered the Justice Department to release a less redacted version of FBI agent Brandon Merriman’s warrant which allowed the agency to seize Burr’s cellphone.
18 The choruses have come a long way since what was initially called the Greensboro Gay Men’s CHORUS formed in 1998 by Anthony Moore, Chip Alfred, and Alexis Kiger. The three men, who had been driving to the Triangle every week to sing with the nearest gay men’s chorus, decided to start one here.
11 Thanks to Judge Beryl Howell, we now know more about what was in the
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She said it would be a Class 3 misdemeanor with a maximum fine of $50.
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City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba also stated the ordinances are not targeted “at our homeless neighbors,” but that “this is city-wide, not just focusing on
Harrell then described Sec. 18-44. Blocking or impeding street and sidewalk access, which defines “blocking” as any person or object obstructing 36 inches of access to “a sidewalk, public passageway, or entrance or exit to a building.”
Revised Greensboro ordinances more enforceable, say city o cials
Matheny said that he was concerned about something not addressed by the revision-the volunteers who feed the homeless in Center City Park.
A new regulation proposed by District 5’s Tammi Thurm would require large grocery stores to retrieve abandoned shopping carts.
District 3 representative Zack Matheny, who is also the president of Downtown Greensboro Inc., said he hoped to see additional regulation on those who serve free meals in Center City Park.
“We don’t want to enforce these ordinances by way of any criminal violation,” said Harrell. “Our hope is that an educational campaign and voluntary compliance is really going to help with some of the problems that we’re seeing.
The first modified ordinance described by Harrell was Sec. 16-10. Putting injurious object or substance on street or other public place or space.
Wilson and Harrell described the recommendations introduced at the September 1 work session as educational rather than punitive, and not aimed at the homeless population.
It shall be unlawful to throw, drop or deposit, or cause to be thrown, dropped or deposited on any street, avenue, alley, highway, footway, sidewalk, park, or other public place or space in the City, any object, substance, or waste (including but not limited to, refuse, garbage, ashes, rubbish, building rubbish, dead animals, putrescible matter, paper, drinking cups, broken glass, tacks, brush, grass, weeds, and anything injurious to health).
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Wilson said the city already does this to some extent, “but this provides clarity for everyone that’s involved in the equation as to what is acceptable and what
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“are not just about downtown and it’s not just about people experiencing homelessness.” She cited drone
Harrell said the city might require those volunteers to get a special event permit and “go through some sort of food service certification course.”
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complex in which trash and mattresses were strewn all over the driveway and parking lot.
lar interest in Center City Park, which “probably wasn’t configured as well as
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District 1 representative Sharon Hightower expressed concern about the potential criminal charge. “If the person is experiencing homelessness, and they can’t get housing because they already have a record, putting a misdemeanor on top of that is something I really can’t support.”“Wecan certainly look at whether civil penalties would be more palatable,” repliedMayorHarrell.Nancy Vaughan said she expected the ordinance to result in few if any citations. “It is nobody’s intent to criminalize poverty, but it is a way to send the message, and it gives us the ability to have the stu removed.”
“They show up on any given day or time,” alleged Matheny, “and just think that they’re giving help by delivering food that doesn’t go through the health
for everyone that’s involved in the equation as to what is acceptable and what is not.”Thurm said the revised ordinances
Harrell, revising several existing ordinances will allow police to keep people from obstructing sidewalks and doorways, remove “abandoned” personal belongings from parks, and reduce amplified sound from persons in public spaces.
It shall be unlawful for an individual to
“A lot of this is standing on the sidewalk with a speaker,” said Harrell, “either playing music really close to restaurants where it’s disturbing customers or some of the folks we have who come downtown and scream into microphones
City Manager Taiwo Jaiyeoba also stated the ordinances are not targeted “at our homeless neighbors,” but that “this is city-wide, not just focusing on a particular population or a particular geography.”Mathenyagain expressed particular interest in Center City Park, which “probably wasn’t configured as well as it should have been, and needs to be updated.” The problem, said Matheny, is in determining where the sidewalk begins and ends. “For District 3, that’s a concern I’d like addressed sooner rather thanHarrelllater.”then described two revisions to Sec. 18-50, Unlawful noise-producing activities, which prohibits operating any sound amplifier on public property which is “plainly audible” from 50 feet away.
Thurm said the revised ordinances “are not just about downtown and it’s not just about people experiencing homelessness.” She cited drone footage shared on social media that showed an apartment complex in which trash and mattresses were strewn all over the driveway and parking lot.
Hightower expressed concern about the potential criminal charge. “If the person
dispose of the objects.”
department, and then leave significant trash lying around, which is what this is talking about as well. So, what is our goal, educating those that think they are helping, in cleaning up their own stu ?”
block a sidewalk or public passageway, or to place an object or objects on the sidewalk or public passageway which blocks the sidewalk or public passageway. If an object or objects shall block the sidewalk or public passageway, a law enforcement o cer or his designee shall promptly dispose of the object(s) where practicable.
This revision, said Harrell, clarifies “exactly what we’re talking about that you can’t leave on the streets” by addressing “the mostly personal items that we see that are left in parks and along sidewalks and our ability to not let them stay there indefinitely.”
“Not only is it illegal to block a sidewalk or any public passageway,” said Harrell, “but to place objects that block that passageway. This is going to be into or out of a park, or any sidewalk. It’s pretty broad, and then, if anyone blocks the passage with objects, a law enforcement o cer or his designee can promptly dispose of the objects.”
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Vaughan concluded by saying, of the ordinances, “I would like us to actually act on them, possibly at our second meeting in September. I don’t know if that means we need to go ahead and advertise them as a public hearing, but whatever it is we need to do to finalize these.”Thenext regular session of the Greensboro City Council, meaning the first one at which a public hearing can be held or anything voted on, will be on Tuesday, September 20, at 5:30 p.m. in the Katie Dorsett Council Chamber of the Melvin Municipal Building at 300 W. Washington Street. !
The last ordinance discussed was the new one proposed by Thurm after meeting with the hotel association and a variety of retail businesses on West Wendover. The ordinance states “Each retail establishment with ten or more shopping carts is hereby required to develop and implement a specific plan to retrieve shopping carts that are found throughout the city.”
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Harrell said there is an existing ordinance that prohibits amplified sound that can be heard at more than 150 feet anywhere in the city. “We can look at either reducing that or, as you said, a specific healthcare provision.”
Thurm said the ordinance is aimed at “big box” grocery stores, as opposed to “a shop with just a few grocery carts; they’re keeping up with their carts, anyway, because they’re too expensive to part with.”
“When we talk about any ordinances around panhandling, they can’t target the panhandling behavior,” and any type of ordinance prohibiting aggressive panhandling or public loitering would likely be ruled unconstitutional.
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Thurm asked, “is there a way to deal with non-public property, particularly around doctor’s o ces, health providers, that kind of thing.” Thurm stated she would like to see if a similar ordinance could be written for private and public property to restrict electronic amplification around healthcare facilities “whether it be nursing homes, doctor’s o ces, hospitals or clinics.”
Harrell then addressed the issue of panhandling by stating that the 2015 Supreme Court decision in Reed v. Town of Gilbert has “really tied our hands” by ruling that panhandling is free speech.
Vaughan said there was a particular noise issue in District 4 “in an area that has a lot of bars in it” and asked if this does anything to address that. “The complaint that we get is that on a Saturday they will have afternoon events, and at a nearby restaurant, their patrons can barely speak to one another.”
Vaughan referred to these same individuals doing so from tents in LeBauer Park and in front of the Tanger City. When queried on Sunday for a clarification, Vaughan texted a photo of the street preachers known as Black Israelites or Radical Hebrew Israelites. The Southern Poverty Law Center has characterized this separatist movement as an “increasingly anti-Semitic, anti-white, anti-LGBTQ, xenophobic and misogynistic sect” that “perpetuates the anti-Semitic belief that ‘so-called’ Jews have stolen their identity and ‘birthright.’”“You don’t want to be enacting anything that that is content-based,” cautioned Deputy City Attorney Al Andrews. “Because we get sued on that regularly and that’s a seven-figure suit.”
He then cited videos on social media “of folks screaming racial and homophobic slurs” through a megaphone.
about this and that, disturbing patrons that are just walking by, trying to get to wherever they’re trying to get.”
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Matheny asked if the distance could be reduced to less than 50 feet. Harrell replied that, as “there’s strength in numbers,” she felt it best to follow the lead of other cities, and “this was the shortest distance I was able to find in any municipality.”Mathenyreplied that High Point’s noise ordinance sets the distance at 30 feet, and “it’s okay for us to be trendsetters, so we can put whatever number we want to on this, we can put ten feet.” He cited an example from his district of a busker playing one song constantly every day, to the irritation of customers at a nearby restaurant. “I would encourage us to be more aggressive on this.”
Harrell replied that this noise ordinance only applied to noises coming from public spaces.
The last page of the slideshow, titled Signs Installed for Transportation Safety, depicted an example of “a little over a hundred signs” stating NO SITTING OR STANDING AT ANY TIME that Wilson said have been installed on 30 tra c islands and medians throughout the city. “That is a transportation issue, not of panhandling per se,” said Wilson. “If you have a pedestrian median that is less than six feet, it is dangerous.” He said this was “simply enforcing something we already had on the books” and had advertised with stickers on those medians, but those “were too small and were not being paid attention to.”
Judge rejects petition to restore Blind Tiger permits
Control Commission, which on August 5, suspended the club’s alcohol permits.
Co-owner McCauley currently faces two misdemeanor charges: one for allowing unlawful conduct on licensed premises and one for an undefined “weapon offense.” His fired former manager Beck is charged with one undefined “weapon offense” and three counts of allowing unlawful conduct.
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As previously reported, the suspension followed a July 31 incident in which contracted security guard Jason Leonard fatally shot Pedro Alegria during a fight outside the club’s entrance. Alegria had been celebrating his 19th birthday with friends when, according to an ALE investigator, a patron at another table used a racial epithet about a Black member of Alegria’s party.
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Venue attorney Amiel Rossabi and co-owner Brad McCauley have both acknowledged that the combatants were ejected together and that Leonard then stepped outside and shot Alegria. Both co-owner and attorney have alleged not only the criminality of Leonard’s action but that of former manager Donald “Doc” Beck, who according to both McCauley and Rossabi, hid several firearms in the manager’s office immediately after the shooting. Leonard has been charged with second-degree murder.
In a press conference last week, attorney Rossabi stated that prior to his client receiving a 2:30 a.m. call about the shooting, McCauley was unaware that two of the contracted 10-member secu-
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Project details, including maps of the proposals, can be found on the NCDOT project web page at https://publicinput.com/Lewisville-Clemmons-Rd
NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING REGARDING IMPROVEMENTS TO LEWISVILLE-CLEMMONS ROAD (S.R. 1103) FROM CLEMMONS ROAD (U.S. 158) TO PEACE HAVEN ROAD (S.R. 1891) IN CLEMMONS
NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled people who wish to participate in this workshop. Anyone requiring special services should contact Simone Robinson, Environmental Analysis Unit, at 1598 Mail Service Center in Raleigh; 919-707-6062; or strobinson1@ncdot.gov as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.
For more information, contact NCDOT Division 9 Project Engineer Connie James at 336-747-7800; ckjames1@ncdot.gov; or 375 Silas Creek Parkway in Winston Salem.
CLEMMONS - The public is invited to a meeting with the N.C. Department of Transportation this month to discuss proposed operational and safety improvements along Lewisville-Clemmons Road (S.R. 1103) from U.S. 158 (Clemmons Road) to S. Peace Haven Road (S.R. 1891) in Clemmons.
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rity force had armed themselves earlier that evening (an affidavit from an ALE investigator described Beck as hiding a third firearm from investigators).
All four officers stated that there had been three previous shootings at the venue this year and that they considered it a public danger. Two described being denied entry by staff after responding to 911 calls about the shooting of Alegria.
At that time, he said he was looking forward to Wednesday’s hearing with “an excellent judge” who “will give us the due process to which we are entitled, so I am not worried about the law.”
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The meeting will be held 5-7 p.m. September 22nd at the River Oaks Community Church Gymnasium in Clemmons. Interested residents can drop in any time to learn more about the proposal, have questions answered and talk with NCDOT representatives. A formal presentation will not be conducted.
STIP Project U-6004
Rossabi also accused ALE investigators of releasing false information, but stopped short of accusing four GPD officers of stating falsehoods in their affidavits. Instead, he called the GPD affidavits “vague” and “irrelevant.”
In Wednesday’s ruling, Judge Dills stated “I’m going to deny the motion because I don’t think you carried the burden of immediacy” and cited “legitimate public safety concerns by what is presented.”Thatwillnot be the final ruling in this case. In his written order, Judge Dills granted the Blind Tiger attorneys’ motion for a full hearing on a preliminary injunction.“Theparties will confer and, in concert with the undersigned’s paralegal who handles calendaring, attempt to propose a hearing date,” wrote Dills. “Regardless, if a motion is filed, the Tribunal will accommodate hearing consistent with procedure and the undersigned’s schedule.”Thismeans that, at some point, a hearing will be held on the motion for a preliminary. That hearing, at which attorneys for both sides will be allowed to call witnesses, may decide whether the Blind Tiger’s ABC licenses will be restored or permanently revoked. Until then, those licenses remain suspended and no alcohol may be served at the venue. !
The proposed project, State Transportation Improvement Program Project No. U-6004, would reconfigure the I-40/Lewisville-Clemmons Road interchange, add sidewalk, and update intersections along Lewisville-Clemmons Road to address traffic and safety concerns. A previous public meeting was held in 2018. The project has been suspended due to funding availability and is now progressing forward again through the planning and early design phase. The preliminary design that will be presented at the upcoming public meeting addresses comments received in 2018.
IAN MCDOWELL is the author of two published novels, numerous anthologized short stories, and a whole lot of nonfiction and journalism, some of which he’s proud of and none of which he’s ashamed of.
People may also submit comments by phone, email, or mail by October 22nd
At last week’s press conference, Rossabi, who is also the attorney for the Greensboro Police Officer’s Association, acknowledged the officers were initially denied entry but stated this was because “anybody who was armed should not come into a facility that is governed by the ReferringALE.”to the shooting victim, Rossabi said, “In a lot of respect, the tragic death of Mr. Alegria is irrelevant. That’s something that happened outside.”
The Triad International Ballet School is a nonprofit, pre-professional ballet
academy for students ranging in ages from 10-18 and for graduates, ages 18 and above. Students must audition to attend and pass an annual assessment to remain in the competitive program.
“We give to local businesses and suppliers who provide services to us. We give to local arts organizations, including the symphony and other dance companies. By collaborating with them so that together we keep each other alive,” said Executive Director Alexia Maas.
“I’m really proud of their talent. I’m really proud of everything that’s happening right now. Everybody that we can reach. Everybody that we can inspire and I’m very thankful to everybody that inspires us.”
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Triad International Ballet is ready for the season 2022-23 Season VISIT: HighPointTheatre.com for more information | FOR TICKETS CALL: 336-887-3001 OCTOBER 4-6 Hedy Lamarr Film Festival 07 HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr 08 Scotland’s Tannahill Weavers 15 Kathy Mattea & Suzy Bogguss 28 An Evening with Jimmy Webb 29 Lonestar in Concert NOVEMBER 20 Black Violin: The Give Thanks Tour 26 John Berry’s Christmas Concert DECEMBER 16-18 The Nutcracker by High Point Ballet 17 Land of the Sweets by High Point Ballet JANUARY 07 The Songs of John Prine with Billy Prine & the Prine Time Band MARCH 25 The Funny Godmothers APRIL 01 Steppin’ Out with Ben Vereen 14 Barbra Lica in Concert 15 Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dogs Experience Smokey & Me A Celebration ofSmokey Robinson SEPTEMBER 24, 2022 Doors Open @ 6:30 PM Show Starts @ 7:30 PM
In closing, Artistic Director, Natalya DavisonMaastold the room that the organization is an asset to the community on an artistic and economic level, emphasizing the impact the school has on the area.
“What Triad International will do is give those dancers an opportunity to be proactive in their trade, to make a living, and to do it while giving back to the community they are invested in. As a person who loves this area, that means so much toArtisticme.”
To learn more about the Triad International Ballet, visit www.triadinternationalballet.org. !
by some of their soloist and principal dancers, along with learning how they could continue to help.
Students are often included as cast members depending on the productions selected for the season.
“From day one our vision was to serve more than one city. We’ve invested heavily in all three major cities of the Triad already. I love Winston Salem’s original motto meaning a city founded upon cooperation,” Maas said. “Let’s cooperate and see how we grow. You give, we give. If we work together, there’s no limits but theShesky.”went on to give examples of how the organization invests in its community.“We give training and work experience to our local college students by giving them opportunities to work with us on our productions, doing costume work, stage and tech management, and scenery design. We give to state universities and our local colleges by positioning our company as a career pipeline for eligible graduates from their dance program and giving them the means to attract even more students to North Carolina, boosting in-state and out-of-state tuition fees. We give to our dancers by providing the stability and career opportunities that I spoke of earlier. We do this for the dancers that were raised here so they can stay here, and for those that come here from afar because of what we’re doing. We give to this state and our home cities by helping raise their profile internationally. We also give you the opportunity to leverage all of these activities through your sponsorship and support of Triad Ballet and by giving you a platform for publicity and good corporate citizenship.”
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The 8-year study program was developed by the late Agrippina Vaganova and has been further developed by the program’s Artistic Director Natalya Davison.
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Dex Davison, chairman of the board and director of Drama at the organization, echoed Maas’ thoughts. Having graduated from Greensboro Day School, Davison would go on to obtain a degree from Davidson College, leaving the area to pursue his dreams.
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Using traditional, classical ballet training to shape dancers and bring about societal changes to the industry. They do that by o ering classes to students of all ages and all backgrounds within the Triad via community outreach programs and scholarships to vocational training programs. The company has already launched its first major community outreach program in East Winston, with CSEM, GIDE and the YMCA; a collaboration with the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra at Tanger Center for the Spring of 2023; and an international exchange program with Scottish Ballet. The season kicks o with a full-scale production of
“Why did I leave? For perceived opportunity. I went as far as Russia and then I got married. When it was time to have a family, what did I do? I came back to Greensboro. I came back to the Piedmont Triad. I came back to the community that I was invested in. This community creates wonderful dancers,” he shared with the room.Hesaid that while New York and Los Angeles may be the right place for a lot of dancers, it doesn’t have to be.
Director Natalya Igitkhanyan Davison is proud of the students that she teaches and hopes that her tutelage has reached at least one dancer.
The Triad International Ballet is ready to kick o its 2022-2023 season with its opening play Don Quixote.
Don Quixote at The Carolina Theater on October 7 and 8, and at High Point Theater on October 13 and 14.
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 Winston-Salem and Forsyth County annually. To learn more about upcoming arts and culture events happening in our community please visit www. cityofthearts.com
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Mixxer Community Makerspace has an iron pour every September, but since most folks in the Triad are not yet familiar with this visually exciting event, they have come up with an easy way for you to make your own iron art, and to watch as regional artists pour tons of white-hot liquid iron into molds during Mixxer’s annual Night of Fire event. There are also body-painted dancers (body paint by Cheryl Ann Lipstreu) with flaming regalia and batons, and a flame poofer that shoots flames 20 feet into the air!
Here’s how you can create your own personal iron art, and you don’t even have to break a sweat or get near the molten iron to do so. Mixxer Community Makerspace is holding scratch block carving workshops during the Month of Metal Arts. The entire process is explained on their website: ironart | Mixxer Makerspace (wsmixxer.org). The helpful folks at Mixxer will help you learn to carve your design into a scratch block, and that scratch block is what the iron will be poured into to create your unique design. Your completed iron art will be available for pick up on September 25, and they will hold your piece for an entire month.
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Industry Hill is populated by small businesses that are ran by the people that started them. There are multiple breweries, restaurants, and yoga studios. Live music can be heard throughout the neighborhood nearly every night from the breweries, Earl’s restaurant, or The Ramkat, a music venue that brings national and international artists to Winston-Salem on the regular. The Industry Hill Block Party is an annual event that gets bigger and better every year. Thanks to sponsors like Mast General Store, the Industry Hill Block Party will have more arts vendors, food trucks, family fun games including a kids foam party, live music all day and into the night, plus the fire, flames and molten iron at Mixxer’s Night of Fire.
The Night of Fire is the finale to the Month of Metal Arts at Mixxer Community Makerspace, and is scheduled for Saturday, September 24, the same day and same location as the Industry Hill Block Party #IHBlockParty. Join us at Mixxer Community Makerspace for the Industry Hill Block Party, 12pm to 10pm, and the Night of Fire from 6pm to 10pm, at the corner of 9th and Trade Street, in Winston-Salem. This year, thanks to a grant from Arts Council of WinstonSalem and Forsyth County, Mixxer is o ering workshops every day for you to create your own iron art at Mixxer Community Makerspace for a reduced cost.
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“We are honored to present a work by our talented faculty-artist Brenda Daniels, as well as multi-talented alum Anthony Lee Bryant, and the accomplished Mariana Oliveira. Each of the three works will take us on a stylistically di erent journey — some filled with humor and whimsy and others with a physically charged movement vocabulary. And all will highlight the artistic and technical skills of our contemporary dancers. Fall Dance will be a truly special experience for both students and audiences.” !
Music, movement, and magic on display in UNCSA’s Fall Dance
Bryant’s Entropy was directly inspired by Steven Pinker’s 2018 non-fiction book Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress. “In the book, (Pinker) speaks about entropy, and I found his writings on the ideas being the second law of thermodynamics intriguing,” said Bryant. As Parker wrote: “When energy is poured into a system, and the system dissipates that energy in its slide toward entropy, it can become poised in an orderly, indeed beautiful, configuration — a sphere, spiral, starburst, whirlpool, ripple, crystal, or Accordingfractal.”
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“The outer layer of the costumes will give a nod to the Mozartian era, with hoop skirts and frock coats,” explained Daniels regarding The Bloom of Youth, “but the outerwear will be transparent, so it will also indicate the look of a glass conservatory over the flower-like velvet unitards underneath. The outerwear will be worn only for the first movement,
to Bryant, Entropy’s tone will utilize varying states of energy and formations in juxtaposition with one another to showcase the physicality and virtuosity of the dancers performing the piece. “My hope is that the audience will enjoy the piece’s nuances and learn to appreciate di erent aspects of movement within one piece of creation,” Bryant said.
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“It is always a pleasure to have music played live onstage, being created at the same moment as the dance is unfolding,” she said. “It gives a freshness and immediacy which canned music doesn’t have. It is harder for the dancers, how-
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Music, movement, and magic on display in UNCSA’s Fall Dance It’s a new semester at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), and the School of Dance kicks o — no pun intended — the 2022-’23 season with its annual Fall Dance, which will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27th through Friday, Sept. 30th, and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1st in the Agnes de Mille Theatre located on the main campus of UNCSA, 1533 S. Main Street, Winston-Salem. Tickets are $20 (general admission) and $15 (students with valid ID) and are available by calling 336-721-1945 or visiting cludesuncsa.edu/performances/index.aspxhttps://www..Thethree-partpresentationin-
According to Daniels, the first movement is presented in a stately and formal fashion, followed by the second adagio (slow) movement, in which couples begin to experience the pangs and feelings of love and connection. The final section is a joyous, free-spirited, romantic romp.
ever, (because) they have to be sensitive and adaptable to the little variations in tempo and inflection that occur in liveOliveira’sperformance.”Dreamland combines comedy and pathos, depicting the journey of a character growing and maturing through life, discovering both beauty and adversity, including inevitable love, loss, and death. Said Oliveria: “The piece is influenced by the surrealism movement and the works of visual artist Rafal Olbinski. The soundtrack of Dreamland is based on the songs and artists from the 1930s and ‘40s, such as Xavier Cugat, Rudy Vallee, Charlie Chaplin, and Tommy Dorsey.”
The Bloom of Youth, wherein UNCSA’s associate dean of dance Brenda Daniels celebrates the beauty, freshness,
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and vivacity of youth in a dance accompanied by a School of Music student performing Mozart’s Piano Sonata in F major live onstage. Chicagobased MarianchoreographerOliveirawillo er a distinctive exploration of the past and present with Dreamland, a comedy/drama influenced by the surrealist art movement and set to vintage songs from the 1930s and ‘40s. Finally, UNCSA veteran Anthony Lee Bryant (High School Dance ’03) has created a new piece titled Entropy, which is influenced by the concept of entropy, the degradation of matter and energy in the universe.
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“This year’s Fall Dance centers around joy, youth, and life in bloom,” said UNCSA School of Dance dean Endalyn T. Outlaw.
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the market…Burr discussed the fact that there has been a long bull market and that it was due for a correction…he also said that the surge of Bernie Sanders in the Democratic party’s nomination process was a risk to the market.”
In January 2020, Dr. Anthony Fauci briefed Burr about the seriousness of the spreading COVID-19 virus. Then, according to Reuters, three days later Burr, as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, began receiving daily COVID updates, and on January 31, he received a series of voicemails and text messages, which the Journal reported came from “an individual whose identity remains redacted.” Four hours later Burr, his wife, and her brother began to sell o stocks. During one eleven-minute period on February 13, the Burrs engaged in a flurry of stock trades which, by some estimates, netted them over a million dollars. Many of the stocks Burr unloaded were from the hospitality industry which he knew from private briefings would likely tank in a pandemic. It is important to note that just four hours after the Burrs completed their trading, U.S. Secretary of Health Alex Azar declared a national public health emergency because of COVID.
I can’t help but think of Martha Stewart, who in 2001, made a stock trade based on information from her broker’s assistant that the price of ImClone shares would probably decline because its CEO was about to retire. Martha dumped her ImClone stocks in order to avoid a loss that would have amounted to $45,000. For that, Stewart was convicted of obstruction, spent five months in federal prison, was given two years of supervised release, and had to wear an ankle monitor for five months. Moreover, her transactions had no bearing on the health of millions of Americans. The recently unredacted FBI warrants on Richard Burr is a hollow victory for transparency because the soon-to-be-retired Senator wasn’t held to account for the fortune he allegedly made from insider trading. Martha Stewart must be wondering why. !
we now know more about what was in the FBI search warrant served on Senator Richard Burr, than we knew one year ago. That’s because on August 29, Howell ordered the Justice Department to release a less redacted version of FBI agent Brandon Merriman’s warrant which allowed the agency to seize Burr’s cellphone. And what did agent Merriman conclude after examining Burr’s phone and reviewing other information associated with the stock trade investigation? This statement was in his report:
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only two Senators who voted against the Stock Act. That Act makes it illegal for any member of Congress to profit financially from proprietary information. Nevertheless, violations of the Stock Act are di cult to prove, as we have learned from Burr’s pandemic plunder. Richard Burr’s propensity for meteoric wealth building is also nothing new. Based on a report from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, when Burr entered Congress in 1994 his net worth was under $190,000. But, according to OpenSecrets. org, by 2018 Burr was worth over $7.4 million dollars. That’s an increase of 3,600 percent at a time when the income of Average Americans rose by less than one percent.Overthe years there have been proposals to augment the Stock Act. Elizabeth Warren, for example, has lobbied unsuccessfully to ban legislators from even trading stocks while in o ce. And earlier this year, a number of Democratic Congressmen and Senators attempted in vain to pass legislation that would have required their colleagues to put their portfolios in a blind trust. But if guys like Burr can slither out of violating the Stock
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Burr’s suspicious stock trades should come as no surprise to us. In fact, we should have known this was coming as far back as 2012 when he was one of
So, I guess Richard Burr had a crystal ball that no one else had, AND he was afraid that his investments would be devalued if Bernie Sanders snagged the Democratic nomination. Or maybe he just happened to watch CNBC’s Asian-based reporters after receiving classified briefings on COVID. If you believe any of that, then I have some swamp land I’d like to sell you. A simple review of the timeline suggests that Merriman’s conclusion about Burr’s stock trades is right on the money (pardon the expression).
“I believe probable cause exists that Senator Burr used material, non-public information regarding the impact that COVID-19 would have on the economy, and that he gained that information by virtue of his position as a member of Congress.”Sowhyin heaven’s name wasn’t Burr formally charged with insider trading? Because federal investigators chose to accept Burr’s lame (and multiple) explanations of his sudden wealth. Burr’s initial statement in March of 2020 was that his decision to suddenly dump stocks was based on “CNBC’s daily health and science reporting out of its Asia bureaus.” But later when the FBI questioned him, Burr changed his story. According to the Winston-Salem Journal, we now know about his revised tale from the newly unredacted search warrant.
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Anderson remain good company throughout, their chemistry sparkling in the self-indulgent glow of Smith’s trademark brash humor. Mewes and Smith continue to steal scenes aplenty, and it’s nice to note that Smith looks good, having slimmed down somewhat and even sporting a tan. Rosario Dawson is luminous as Dante’s lost love Becky, and
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Clerks III finds the titular duo Dante (Brian O’Halloran) and Randal (Je Anderson) back in action and still manning the counter of Quick Stop Groceries in the heart of New Jersey suburbia. They
Kevin Smith is clearly in a reflective mood with Clerks III, the long-awaited — and possibly final — “installment” of the big-screen trilogy he kicked o with Clerks in 1994. The cult success of Clerks made Smith an instant celebrity, one who was hailed as a personification of the Generation X independent filmmaker. He even embarked on college lecture tours — and filmed them, no less.
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still take time to play games of hockey on the roof. The video store next door is long closed and is now a marijuana dispensary, so resident stoners Jay (Jason Mewes) and Silent Bob (Smith) have joined the workforce.WhenRandal unexpectedly su ers a heart attack, he undergoes a spiritual awakening of sorts and is determined to make his life meaningful. To this end, he decides to make a movie about his life. In other words, he wants to make Clerks (even if the proposed title is “INConvenience”), with everyone reprising his or her own “real” character. Having su ered a heart attack himself in 2018, Smith brings an unmistakably autobiographical approach to the proceedings. The shadow of mortality looms large here.The film hits its stride depicting the production of the film-within-a-film, as Smith sends up the nature of independent filmmaking — a subject he is well versed in — as well as his own films. There’s a marvelous sequence in which
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There are some extremely awkward transitions between human drama and lowbrow comedy, yet there’s no mistaking that Clerks III has a heart. Smith is not just paying homage to himself, but his past, his friends, and his home state of New Jersey. That a ection is undeniably broad at times, but it’s palpable throughout. Although he hasn’t closed the door on follow-ups, Clerks III definitely brings the trilogy full circle.
Randal and Dante, acting as the film’s producers, audition potential actors, most of whom are quite familiar (and best not to reveal them here), and the moments where actors argue their motivations and fidelity to Randal’s script are equally funny. Smith also takes a ectionate jabs at other filmmakers, and the pop-culture references (comic books, Star Wars, etc.) are non-stop. It’s particularly interesting for Clerks fans to observe how Smith re-creates and re-enacts scenes from his breakout
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Not all the jokes work, which is par for the course. Encoring from Clerks II, Trevor Fuhrmann’s Elias makes a silly transition from chest-thumping Christian to fire-breathing Satanist. It probably read funnier on the page than it plays on the screen, although Fuhrmann does his darnedest, and it’s absolutely in keeping with Smith’s life-long fascination with religion (which he explored in the controversial 1999 comedy Dogma). The lack of restraint in Smith’s comedies doesn’t endear him to everyone, but it’s certainly distinctive. His is a unique voice.
— Clerks III will be shown through Sunday, Sept. 18th at the following theaters: The Grand 18 Winston-Salem IMAX (5601 University Parkway, Winston-Salem), The Grand 12 Four Seasons Station (2700 Vanstory Street, Greensboro), Regal Greensboro Grande Stadium 16 (3205 Northline Ave., Greensboro), and Regal Palladium Stadium 14 (5830 Samet Drive, High Point). For showtimes and tickets, visit https://www.fathomevents.com/. !
Marilyn Ghigliotti — who bypassed Clerks II (2006) — comes on like gangbusters as his ex-girlfriend Veronica, still simultaneously holding a grudge against and a torch for him after all these years.
The “massacre,” such as it is, is a series of so-called “accidents.” That didn’t necessarily endear the film to drive-in/grindhouse audiences expecting a full-scale slashermovie bloodbath, but it did surprise those who also expected it — including Roger Ebert, who reviewed it favorably on Sneak Previews (guess how yours truly first heard about it?).
The film can be preachy, and there’s no doubt it’s ragged around the edges, but it remains credible and e ective, and the talented young cast also includes Robert Carradine, Kimberly Beck, Cheryl “Rainbeaux” Smith, Steve Bond (later of General Hospital), and Lani O’Grady (of Eight is Enough fame),
The special-edition Blu-ray ($34.95 retail) includes the retrospective documentary Hell in the Hallways: The Making of “Massacre at Central High,” retrospective interviews, theatrical trailer, and more. Rated R.
BRIGHT VICTORY (Kino Lorber Studio Classics): Arthur Kennedy earned five Academy Award nominations in the 1950s — without a win — and he got his only one for Best Actor portraying an embittered, blind World War II veteran struggling to come to terms with his infirmity and his racial prejudice in director Mark Robson’s 1951 adaptation of Baynard Kendrick’s 1945 novel Lights Out. Dated and even hokey in many respects but well-intentioned and nicely acted by a cast including James Edwards, Peggy Dow, Julie Adams, Will Geer, Jim Backus, Richard Egan, Murray Hamilton and Rock Hudson, this also received an Oscar nomination for Best Sound Recording, available on Blu-ray ($24.95 retail), replete with audio commentary and trailers.
SPITFIRE OVER BERLIN (Shout! Studios/Shout! Factory): Callum Burn edited, produced, co-wrote, directed, and co-stars in this fact-based World War II saga detailing the e orts of dauntless o cer Kris Saddler to carry out a perilous mission Berlin in an unarmed Spitfire to collect photographic evidence prior to an Allied attack on Berlin in August 1944, available on DVD ($19.99 retail) and Blu-ray ($22.98 retail), each boasting audio commentary and theatrical trailer.
“MAGNUM P.I.”: THE FOURTH SEASON (CBS Home Entertainment/ Paramount Home Entertainment): Jay Hernandez steps into Tom Selleck’s shoes as the Hawaiian-based private investigator, in all 20 episodes from the 2021-’22 season of the award-winning CBS remake/reboot of the popular ‘80s crime series updated
He then methodically plots the demise of his tormentors,
DVD PICK OF THE WEEK: MASSACRE AT CENTRAL HIGH (Synapse Films/MVD Entertainment Group)
Dutch filmmaker Renee Daalder (1944-2019) made his English-language debut with this intriguing, subversive 1976 sociological treatise in the guise of an exploitation film.
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A trio of teen toughs hold sway over Central High School, berating and bullying their fellow students with vicious abandon. New student David (Derrel Maury) is disgusted by their behavior and encourages students to retaliate, much to the concern of his best friend Mark (Andrew Stevens). Inevitably, David’s rebellion puts him in harm’s way, and he is permanently injured as a result.
SNIPER: THE WHITE RAVEN (Well Go USA Entertainment): Writer/director Marian Bushan’s fact-based, R-rated action thriller stars Aldoshyn Pavlo as a former physics teacher who vows revenge against the Russian soldiers who murdered his family in the Donbas region of the Ukraine, undergoing training as a sniper to accomplish his goal. In Russian and Ukrainian with English subtitles, available on DVD ($19.99 retail) and Blu-ray ($29.98 retail).
one-man war against a French narcotics syndicate after his partner is murdered, with Francoise Fabian, Michel Constantin, Bernard Fresson, Gianni Garko, Rufus, and Adolfo Celi caught in the crossfire. In French with English subtitles, available on DVD ($19.95 retail) and Blu-ray ($24.95 retail), each replete with audio commentary and theatrical trailer.
CANADIAN BACON (MVD Entertainment Group): The “MVD Rewind Collection” Blu-ray bow ($19.98 retail) of writer/director Michael Moore’s only narrative feature to date, a scattershot 1995 comedy in which the Alan Alda’s U.S. President declares war on Canada to improve his public approval rating. Little wonder that Moore went scurrying back to documentaries, which is undeniably his specialty. A feeble farce that wastes the talents of cinematographer Haskell Wexler (!) and a star-studded cast including John Candy (to whom the film is dedicated), Rhea Perlman, Rip Torn, Kevin Pollak, Steven Wright, Jim Belushi, Bill Nunn, G.D. Spradlin, Kevin J. O’Connor, Brad Sullivan, Wallace Shawn, and an unbilled Dan Aykroyd. Look for Moore in a cameo. Rated PG.
“ELI ROTH’S HISTORY OF HORROR”: SEASON 3 (AMC Studios/RLJ Entertainment): The title tells all as award-winning filmmaker/life-long genre fan/executive producer Eli Roth explores horror and fantasy with a star-studded array of guests — including Jamie Lee Curtis, Cate Blanchett, Quentin Tarantino, Edgar Wright, Rob Zombie, Geena Davis, Joe Dante, Leonard Maltin, and others — in all six episodes from the 2021 (and final) season of the awardwinning AMC documentary series, available on DVD and Blu-ray (each $34.97 retail), both boasting bonus features.
THE COP (Kino Lorber Studio Classics): Originally released as Un condé, director/ co-screenwriter Yves Boisset’s R-rated 1970 adaptation of Pierre Lesou’s novel La mort d’un condé stars Michel Bouquet as a veteran police inspector who wages a
“LONDON KILLS”: SERIES 3 (Acorn TV/ RLJ Entertainment): Executive producer Paul Marquess created this crime series dramatizing the e orts of an elite police unit headed by Hugo Speer and Sharon Speer as they tackle the toughest cases in the titular city, with Bailey Patrick and Tori Allen-Martin as fellow detectives. All five feature-length episodes from the 2022 season — plus behind-the-scenes featurette — are available on DVD ($39.99 retail).
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“CHILD’S PLAY 4K ULTRA HD COMBO COLLECTOR’S EDITIONS” (Scream Factory/Shout! Factory): A self-explanatory collection of the first three Child’s Play films, each featuring the voice of Brad Dourif as the possessed “Good Guy” doll now available in 4K Ultra HD Combos, each boasting a bevy of bonus features (including audio commentaries, retrospective featurettes and interviews, collectibles, and more): Child’s Play (1988) starring Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, and newcomer Alex Vincent; Child’s Play 2 (1990), which sees Vincent reprise his role; and Child’s Play 3 (1991), in which Justin Whalin assumed Vincent’s role. Each film is rated R — for obvious reasons.
to present day, with Magnum a veteran of Afghanistan, backed by Perdita Weeks (as Higgins), Stephen Hill, and Zachary Knighton. The series heads to NBC for at least two more seasons, and the five-disc DVD collection ($41.99 retail) includes bonus features.
SOME GIRLS (Kino Lorber Studio Classics): Director Michael Ho man’s middling 1988 romantic comedy, made under the auspices of executive producer Robert Redford, stars Patrick Dempsey as the bumbling beau of Jennifer Connelly, who visits her family in Quebec for the Christmas holidays and gets swept up in their eccentricities. Despite a zealous cast including Sheila Kelley (in her feature debut), Ashley Greenfield (in her feature debut), Andre Gregory, Florinda Bolkan and Lila Kedrova, this strives too hard to be quirky and ends up a misfire. The Blu-ray ($24.95 retail) includes audio commentary, retrospective featurette, and theatrical trailer. Rated R.
TERROR SQUAD (Code Red/Kino Lorber): Peter Maris produced and directed this low-budget 1987 shoot-‘em-up filmed on location in Kokomo, IN, wherein Libian terrorists whose attempt to blow up a nuclear power plant fails, after which they take a group of high-school students hostage, with top-billed Chuck Connors as the local police chief, available on Blu-ray ($29.95 retail), replete with bonus features. !
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BY MARK BURGER but once they are eliminated, he comes to realize that the students he thought he was helping are completely out of control, and if anything are worse than those who terrorized them. The circle of violence is continuing and expanding, forcing David to take even more drastic action.
GALLANT INDIES (Distrib Films/ Icarus Films Home Video): Philippe Beziat directed this immersive, almost overly detailed 2020 documentary feature
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(originally titled Indes galantes) explories the Opera Bastille’s modern interpretation of Rameau’s classic opera Les Indies galantes from conception to rehearsal to performance. Visually stunning and a must for music mavens. In French with English subtitles, available on DVD ($26.98 retail).
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Behold the cautionary tale of Eric Merda, who shared his harrowing story with WTSPTV on Sept. 5. Merda was at the Lake Manatee Fish Camp in Myakka City, Florida, when he became lost in the woods on July 17. When he found the lake, he decided to swim across: “Not the smartest decision a Florida boy could make,” Merda said. As he swam, a gator got hold of his forearm and dragged him underwater three times, he said, and “when we came up the third time, she finally did her death roll and took o with my arm.” Merda, su ering indescribable pain, returned to shore and started to walk, trying to find his way out of the swamp. Three days later, following the sun and power lines, he found a fence and a man on the other side. Merda told the man what had happened, and he summoned help. Surgeons amputated what remained of Merda’s arm; now he’s speaking out about the danger of alligators. “You guys know who you are, throwing rocks at them. Leave them gators alone.” [WTSP, 9/5/2022] ! OF THE
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In Fort Myers, Florida, Lee County deputies stopped to investigate a Nissan Altima that was parked blocking a bicycle lane on Sept. 3, NBC2-TV reported. O cers found a man reclining in the driver’s seat; after giving them a false name, he was asked to exit the vehicle. That’s when Randy Austerman, 34, reached into the console and removed a 3-foot-long steel sword, then paused to attach a dragon-shaped handle to the blade. Police backed o as Austerman poked the sword out the car’s window at them. As he tried to escape through the passenger door, Austerman was subdued and arrested; o cers found methamphetamine, marijuana and a glass pipe in the car.
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Sailboat pilot Steve Strickland was headed to Chesapeake Bay from Queens, New York, early on Labor Day when nature called, NBC Philadelphia reported. He set the boat on autopilot and stepped away, but “the autopilot shut o ,” he said. The boat, which he’d bought only three weeks before, hit a rock jetty and became stuck in the sand at a beach in Ocean City, New Jersey, around 4 a.m. Strickland had to wait until afternoon to get a tow. For him, Labor Day amounted to “a lot of headache and a lot of money.” [NBC Philadelphia, 9/6/2022]
Elizabeth Leon, 18, was hired to babysit a 4-year-old in Aventura, Florida, from 1:45 p.m. until midnight on Aug. 15, Local10 reported. When the child’s mother texted Leon at 11:14 p.m. to say she was headed home, Leon texted back that she was “heading out ... because her mother paid for an Uber to take her back home and it arrived ahead of time,” an arrest report said. Leon told the mother she had locked the door, and requested her $168 payment. The mother checked her Ring doorbell recording and saw that Leon had actually left at 9:45 p.m., leaving the child alone for more than two hours. On Aug. 22, Leon was charged with child neglect and transferred to jail, where she’s unlikely to be able to leave early. [Local10, 8/23/2022]
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During the U.S. Open tennis tournament on Sept. 6, as a match unfolded between Nick Kyrgios of Australia and Karen Khachanov of Russia at Arthur Ashe Stadium, two men in the stands stole the show for a few minutes, the Associated Press reported. YouTube prankster JiDion donned a barber’s cape while a second man gave him a trim with clippers — at least until tournament security arrived. “They were escorted out of their seats and then o the grounds for disruption of play,” USTA’s Brendan McIntyre said. “There’s a first time for anything.” However, it wasn’t the first for JiDion: He got a trim at a Timberwolves vs. Mavericks game in March, and in July, he was banned for life from Wimbledon for blowing an air horn during a match between Novak Djokovic and Jannik Sinner. [Associated Press, 9/7/2022]
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4. The person who fills the part-time position will help patients who have a fear of vomiting, replacing a previous employee who retired. Psychologist Maartje Kroesse, who posted the position, said the response has been overwhelming: “There are many more applications than
Kindt Clinics in Amsterdam, which treats anxiety, phobias and PTSD, posted a job opening for someone who is able to vomit at will, NL Times reported on Sept.
expected. Our new transmitter is certainly among them.” (Transmitter?) One hopeful applicant gushed: “Now I can finally share my art: vomit on command!” [NL Times, 9/4/2022]
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Ryan Boria and Amy Schaner were really hoping for a slow night at the Wendy’s where they both worked on Aug. 26. So as they drove to the restaurant in Tilden Township, Pennsylvania, they made a short stop, WFMZ-TV reported. Along the train crossing at Industrial Drive, Boria “placed a shunt on the track. He got back in the car with (Schaner) and they proceeded to Wendy’s,” O cer Frank Cataldi of the Tilden Township Police Department said. “They told us that their intentions were that if the gates could malfunction and they could somehow block tra c, then that would prevent people from getting to Wendy’s, and they could have a slow night at work.” Both were arrested on multiple charges, including causing or risking a catastrophe. [WFMZ, 9/7/2022]
EDITOR’S NOTE: It is with great sadness that we share the news of Chuck Shepherd’s death on Thursday, Sept. 8. Chuck was the originator of News of the Weird in 1988; he stopped writing the column in 2017. His great wit and eye for the “weird” made the column.
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Whitsett, along with her wife Paris, own and operate Marjae’s Wine Bar, located at 1107 Grecade St. in Greensboro. The establishment specializes in wine, cocktails and mocktails, and o ers charcuterie boards.
“I went and looked at a building and said ‘I want to do this.’ It just took people believing in me, seeing my vision, and pushing me along.”
Whitsett’s dream went deeper than that. She wanted a space where she could hang out with her mom and a space where her mom would want to bring her friends.
’Mihyia Whitsett’s dream was always to own Marjae’s, she just didn’t know how it would come about.
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Patrons can host weddings, bridal showers, birthdays, meetings, and private parties at the location. Those interested
Executing that dream didn’t take that long. For Whitsett, she said it felt like it happened overnight.
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Prices range from $6 to $25 for some of the wine bars most popular drinks including Bougie Mimosa/Mojito, Champagne Cocktails, Sangrias, Sherbet Mimosas, Marja-rita, and flights.
“I wanted to come up with a place that was creative. I’m not much of a clubber but I will party here and there. As I got older, I saw there was really nowhere in town for my mom to go hang out or other people like her. Something nice and girly.”
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“Marjae’s has always been a thing since about 2012 but I didn’t know which direction it was going to go. It started out as a restaurant. It just went to all these di erent ideas with the same concept. Finally, one day I said I was going to do a wine bar,” Whitsett said. I figure the crowd, customers that would be attracted to it would fit me and the vibes that I’m on.”
has “been pretty easy because she gets that I walk all the time and she’s working just as hard as me.”
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Paris said, “we’re always talking business.”
Not a fan of the traditional or sports bar, Whitsett created a space that feels like “sitting on your best friend’s couch.” The venue o ers a selfie location, an outside patio, clean R&B music, and you can find HGTV and Lifetime on the screens.
J’Mihyia said she wants Marjae’s to be a safe space for everyone regardless of their sexuality.
“Of course, we don’t push our beliefs on anyone that comes into the bar. A lot of times people don’t even know that Paris and I are together. However, people who are a part of the community have said that we’ve made them feel so comfortable,” she said. “It’s important to me for everyone - no matter their beliefs to feel comfortable and welcome. It’s just a bonus that we are part of the community.”
“It’s a vibe. You feel like you’re at a cookout when you’re outside and at your friends’ house when you’re inside,” J’Mihyia said.
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Paris agrees.
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Most importantly, The Whitsetts want you to know that the bar is a safe space for all.
“We have women who come alone all the time so you don’t have to feel like you need the buddy system, feel harassed or hovered over,” J’Mihyia explained. “You will be greeted, you will not want to leave and you will be planning your next visit before youTheleave.”Whitsett’s have grown with their businesses. Married in March 2022, J’Mihyia and Paris have four children and at least a half dozen businesses between them. Paris owns and operates a barbershop, nail and hair salon, and smoke shop. The couples is planning a co ee shop and hookah lounge across from Marjae’s in a few months and already have plans in the making for a restaurant, salon suites, and a “Oncebar.we see an opportunity, we jump on it,” explained Paris.
“It’s important that everyone feels important in our space. We want to talk to everybody and treat everyone the same.”
When she needs that assistance, Paris jumps in behind the scenes, except when she’s hosting Karaoke.“Shehas a full-time team behind her, but Marjae’s is growing so I’m there to help,” she said.
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Paris said that it has been wonderful watching the introverted and laid-back J’Mihyia flourish in business.“It’sreally been good just watching her be herself. I love watching her do that.”
can also rent out Marjae’s Mobile Bar, to take the service on the road.
J’Mihyia said that a new business and marriage
“All of our cocktails can be made into mocktails. With cocktails, you can be so creative and constantly change the menu to fit the season, the holidays, and garnishments. I’m always super excited to see the creativity from our sta .”
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Although the Triad Pride Men’s Chorus was formed just two years later, Hale said they have never received that kind of hateful“We’vereception.been very lucky in that regard. The choruses have been performing for years, and I don’t recall there ever having been that kind of conflict outside the venue. The Acting Company has performed in both Greensboro and Winston, to hugely supportive audiences. Now, at Pride events, there’s always a few picketers, but outside of that, we’ve never been anything but welcome.”Andthe choruses, which have performed in cities ranging from Miami to Montreal, are more popular than ever.
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Triad Pride Performing Arts has much to sing (and act) about
“One of the original founders was a straight man,” said Hale. “We invite everybody to sing or perform with us.”
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But mostly, he and his fellow singers and performers are planning for a happy and festive future, and have had their spirits lifted by recent successes.
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Hale said that the diversity of the three organizations reflects that of the LGBTQ community.“So,nowit’s not just a men’s chorus and a women’s chorus. It’s a treble chorus, in which individual sets sing high and individual sets sing low. We’re embracing a more diverse group, so there’s transgendered individuals in the chorus who may not fit the men’s chorus/women’s chorus binary. I’m proud that TPPA is branching out and embracing that.”
country, has directed and choreographed shows in Greensboro, Winston and High Point, and acted, sung and danced such roles as the Emcee in Cabaret and the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. He first joined the Triad Pride Men’s Chorus as a tenor before either the Women’s Chorus or the Acting Company had been formed.
Both choruses will audition new singers in January. Auditions for the musical revue Broadway Our Way will be held this coming weekend at 400 W. Radiance Drive in Greensboro at 7 p.m. on September 16, 10 a.m. on September 17, and 2 p.m. on September 18.
“There’s more visual presence for us now,” said Hale. “We are out there doing more events, singing the national anthem at baseball games, and performing all over theHecountry.”saidthat they have not encountered the rising tide of homophobia that has become more vocal in this country over the past two years. “But it’s not something we’ve ever taken lightly. We’re always aware of the possibility, have and contingencies if it ever manifests.”
“This is your opportunity to sing a song for a role you might never get the chance to actually perform,” states the invitation on the Facebook event page. “Men, have you ever wanted to belt out the Diva’s number? Women, ever wonder what it would be like to sing the Baritone’s romantic solo?” The auditions are open to everyone 16 years or older. Performers should bring sheet music or recorded accompaniment.
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“My husband and I settled in the Greensboro area some years ago, and together, we are a two-person musical production sta . He’s a music director and I’m a director and choreographer, so we have it all blocked out.”The aim of the organization’s founders had always been to expand beyond being a male choral group. The Women’s Chorus was created in 2016. A year later, the 501c3 parent organization changed its name from Triad Pride Men’s Chorus to Triad Pride Performing Arts to reflect the existence of multiple groups and performance modes. In 2018, the Acting Company became the third group under that umbrella.
Hale emphasized that both choruses and the acting company are open to anyone who wants to audition or volunteer. The Triad Pride Performing Arts website states the organization consists of LGBTQ performers and their allies, “who perform to entertain, enlighten, and enrich while promoting equality and social justice for all people regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity, fostering pride,
In the Sept. 29, 2021 article “Sir Edward and the Wicked Witch,” YES! Weekly profiled beloved local performer and etiquette instructor Edward Burlando, who recalled how, when he co-starred in La Cage Aux Folles at the Carolina Theater in 1996, over 250 Baptist protesters were bused to Greensboro, where they not only picketed the show but, as reported in the New York Times, stormed the Guilford County Commissioners meeting, causing the county to cut o all arts funding in 1997.
On SeptemberSunday,18, the Triad Pride Men’s and Women’s Choruses will open the 2022 Greensboro Pride Festival on Elm Street by singing the national anthem.Thechoruses have come a long way since what was initially called the Greensboro Gay Men’s Chorus formed in 1998 by Anthony Moore, Chip Alfred, and Alexis Kiger. The three men, who had been driving to the Triangle every week to sing with the nearest gay men’s chorus, decided to start one here. More than 20 men from Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem showed up for the first audition. In 1999, the name of the group was changed to the Triad Pride Men’s Chorus, and they held their first concert in June of that year when Greensboro hosted NCThePride.Triad Pride Men’s Chorus, Triad Pride Women’s Chorus, and Triad Pride Acting Company are all now under the umbrella of Triad Pride Performing Arts. YES! Weekly recently spoke to TPPA Theatre Artist Director Stephen Hale about the organization’s past and future.
“With the acting company, we just did Stephen Sondheim’s Assassins last month. We have an annual production Broadway Our Way, and the second season of that is coming up in November. It’s a musical revue about villains, the bad girls and bad boys of stage and screen. And then we have scary and funny non-musical play Deathtrap in February, and the musical Spring Awakening in “TheMay.”choruses have their holiday concert in Winston-Salem on December 3, High Point on December 4th, and in Greensboro on December 11. The two choruses will perform together. They start with the men’s chorus, then the women’s, and join for a combined finale.”
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Hale attended UNC-Greensboro before studying in New York, where he received a certificate in musical theater from the American Musical and Dramatic Academy, a private conservatory co-founded in 1964 by director, producer and educator Philip Burton, perhaps best remembered for tutoring the Welsh actor born Richard Jenkins, who changed his surname to Burton in honor of hisHalementor.has performed in theaters around the south and at theme parks across the
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Thursday, September 15 — Twisted Trivia, Pride Edition, at Twist Lounge, 435 M, Dolley Madison Rd, Greensboro, NC 27410. Get ready to answer questions about all things Pride starting at 7:00pm. This event is for ages 21+ and entry is free.
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Listen every Sunday at 9 AM for WTOB’s Small Business Spotlight. Hosted by Josh Schuminsky, you will learn about the many small, locally-owned businesses in the Winston-Salem area.
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In 2019, the festival drew 18,00020,000 people to downtown Greensboro with more than 50 performances and 160 vendor booths. The Greensboro Pride Executive Committee expects 2022 to be another record-breaking year for the festival.Theremaining schedule for the week includes:
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Friday, September 16 — Movie night at the Carolina Theatre of Greensboro, 310 S Greene St, Greensboro, NC 27401. Join us for an evening out to watch “Paris is Burning.” The award-winning documentary gives a behind-the-scenes story of the fashion-obsessed New Yorkers who created “voguing” and drag balls. Tickets are $5 for the first 100 guests using code GSOPride and $7 after that. Doors and box o ce open at 6:15pm, movie starts at 7:00pm. Visit https://linktr.ee/gsopride for the link to buy tickets.
Alternative Resources of the Triad, the Organization that brings you the annual Greensboro Pride Festival, is excited to announce a week of events dubbed “GSO Pride Week.” The events kicked o on Sunday, and conclude with the festival on Sunday, September 18.
Learn more about Greensboro Pride at GreensboroPride.org and follow them on Facebook and Instagram.
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Sunday, September 18 — GREENSBORO PRIDE FESTIVAL! Celebrate all things Pride with performers, musicians, food trucks, KidZone (sponsored by the Greensboro Children’s Museum) and vendors at the 15th Greensboro Pride Festival. Ada Vox, Runner-up from “RuPaul’s Queen of the Universe” on Paramount + & top 8 finalist from ABC’s American Idol. Pride will also feature the Legends of Drag, Dana St. James, Ebony Addams, and LaWanda Jackson, as well as Greensboro Legends Paisley Parque, Tia Chanella, Rose Jackson and Crystal Frost. Get a VIP Ticket to meet Ada Vox and the Legends of Drag at www.eventbrite.com/e/vipFREEtheformingFestivalarelegends-tickets-411374511237meet-greet-with-ada-vox-and-drag-.VIPtickets$25each.The2022GreensboroPridekicksowithTriadPridePer-ArtsandaparadeofcolorsbyTarheelLeatherClub.TheFestivalisandopentothepublic.
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Greensboro Pride is still looking for volunteers for the festival. If you are interested, sign up at GreensboroPride. org/volunteer. The most-needed shifts are early in the morning for setup and in the evening for breakdown.
Greensboro Pride and their partners have special events leading up to the festival
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Saturday, September 17 — Enjoy a double-dose of fun on Saturday as we celebrate Greensboro Pride Festival Weekend. Events start at 3:00pm with a bar crawl starting hosted by Otis & Wawa. Proceeds benefit Greensboro Pride and the Guilford Green Foundation & LGBTQ Center. Tickets are $20 for a Pride Crawler Ticket and $40 for a VIP Ticket. Must be 21+ to participate. Tickets are available at ticketsyourTaylorfromdrinkmances.27406,Arcadeboro.Brewhouse3:00pmfacebook.buytickets.at/otisandwawa/735955/r/EventregistrationbeginsatontherooftopofOneThirteenat113GreeneStreet,Greens-HostedbyBrendatheDragQueenThebarcrawlwrapsupatBoxcarBar+at120WLewisSt,Greensboro,NCwithaneveningofdragperfor-Joinourpre-partyforgiveaways,specials,andseeperformancesAnnaYacht,J-LoJonez,KarmaKillz,KnightAddamsSt.James,andhostess,BrendatheDragQueen.Norequired.Mustbe21+toenter.
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Wednesday, September 14 — Takeover at Little Brother Brewing, 348 S Elm St, Greensboro, NC 27401. Join the Greensboro Pride team for a takeover and the introduction of the 2022 Pride Brew. Entry to this event is free. 6:00pm-8:00pm and is for ages 21+.
The festival has been on hiatus for the past two years due to the COVID Pandemic. Pride leaders say they are anxious to get Pride back on the streets and finally celebrate the 15th anniversary, which was originally scheduled for 2020.
So far there has been a Drag Brunch hosted by Brenda the Drag Queen at SouthEnd Brewing, an Interfaith Service at Unitarian Universalist Church of Greensboro, and a LGBTQIA+ Townhall at Elsewhere Museum hosted by The Guilford County Rainbow Coalition along with Greensboro Pride.
across Greensboro and festivals aplenty pop up around the state.Celebrating its 15th anniversary, the Greensboro Pride festival reigns over downtown on Sunday, following a “Pride Week” of programming: a “Twisted Trivia” session, Thursday, at Twist Lounge, “Paris is Burning” movie night Friday, at the Carolina Theatre; and a double-dose of revelry on Saturday with a bar crawl from Otis & Wawa, plus a kicko pre-party at Boxcar with prizes and performances from Anna Yacht, J-Lo Jonez, Karma Killz, and Taylor Knight Addams St. James. Brenda the Drag Queen serves host duties (a role she’ll reprise for the Guilford Green Foundation’s “Green Queen Bingo” at Piedmont Hall on November 4).
Fall Festivals
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Meanwhile, the summer season doesn’t close quietly around here. The new Flat Iron crew will celebrate their grand re-opening with a three-day “Flat Fest” party, September 16-18. Friday features rockers in Nightblooms, Josh King’s Fools, and Old Heavy Hands. Saturday hosts Sacred Steel, Ranford Almond, and Ranford’s Dead (aided by Uncle John’s Bone). And songwriters takeover Sunday with Laura Jane Vincent, Garrett Clemmons,
Fall o cially hits with a bang as Royal Jelly takes over Oden Brewing for their semi-annual festival series celebrating the Autumn Equinox on September 24; Viva La Muerte and Ashley Virginia join in the performer slots, along with a full day of vendors and artisans to welcome the season.Onthe other end of downtown, Field Trip (a new gallery and experimental space on Church St.) will host an Applied Labour festival, September 23-24, with Slow Tongued Beauty, YÜ//F, Life Appreciation Renewal, Harmony Opposition, and Fake Object. Cornelius F. Van Stafrin III, Grüse, Healing Factor, Surfacing, Dogsbody Trepanning, Kettling, and Shallow South.
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Over on the eastern edge of Greensboro, Rich Lerner and the Groove will host their annual fundraiser for the Urban Ministry with “Groove Jam XI” at Doodad Farm on September 17. They’ll be joined by The Mighty Fairlanes, Wristband, Braco, Midnight Sun, The Ladies Auxiliary, The Firecrackers, Blind-Dog Gatewood, William Nesmith, The Grand Ole Uproar, and JeFurtherWall. east on I-40, Durham bumps with the Bull City Summit, September 14-17, which includes a Carolina Waves showcase featuring Greensboro’s FOREVERJABRON; and the Beats n Bars Festival on September 17 with Winston-native Sonny Miles.
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In the Triangle, hippies and technoheads will dance for days on end at the Shakori Hills and Slingshot festivals. Shakori will once again shake down the pines in Pittsboro, October 6-9, with artists like Hiss Golden Messenger, Greg Humphrey’s Electric Trio, William Hinson, Rodes Baby, the Sam Fribush Organ Trio, and Kaleta & Super Yamba Band.
And lest you think this little hobgoblin forgets: Halloween is on the horizon. While spots are still getting plans together for spooky shindigs, Elsewhere has announced its 13th annual Extravaganza, a Nightmare on S. Elm Street, with haunted tours beginning October 5 (leading to a big’ ol frightfest party on October 8).
Camping and costumes collide at Camp Transylvania, October 28-30, in Balsam Grove, with daytime activities, a rave barn into the night, and two days of music — with Triad artists Sweet Dream and Condado on the bill.
Nostalgia spreads its wings in Greensboro for the First in Flight Fest, October 6-9: featuring four days of early-00’s hardcore and emo reunions with Codeseven, Hopesfall, He is Legend, Mercy Mercedes, Bloodjinn, Knives Exchanging Hands, Akissforjersey, Embracing Goodbye, Sullivan, Quell, Alli with an I, End of All, Kudzu Wish, The Manhattan Project, Azazel, A Stained Glass Romance, Farewell, Onward to Olympas, Xhonorx, There Will Be Blood, Deathblow, the Lineage, My Hero is Me, and Monday in London.
Things get chill during Sleepy Cat Re-
cords’ SleepyFest, with Nightblooms and Libby Rodenbough on the bill, at Down Yonder Farm on October 22. Meanwhile, mayhem descends over College Hill at the “Mayhem On Mendenhall” block party on October 23; with musicians (Kelsey Hurley, 30 Is Dead, Maia Kamil, Saphron, Black Haus, Freddie Fred, and SIID) and drag artists (Drag Me to Hill, Xtassi, Bloody Mary, Nadia Rain, Hanna Belle Lector, Paris Pratt, Anna Yacht, Tia Chanella, Reine De L’amour) raising awareness around harm reduction and safe sex practices.
Condado will also be at the first ever Field Day Fest presented by Four Saints Brewing Company, on November 5, at the Linbrook Heritage Estate in Trinity. A funder for the United Way of Randolph County, the festival harkens high school party days amongst a mix of local and national artists, including Bu alo Kings, Tommy Prine, Leilani Wol gramm, Chatham Rabbits, Love and Valor, Champagne and Caviar, and After the Ashes.
The weather is cooling down, but the festival calendar is staying hot. Grab a jacket and get on out there! !
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In Glenwood, Funeral Chic, BloodRitual, Rawhex, Heft, and This is Your God host a Halloween show at Etc on October 28. Dr. Bacon and the Mantras blowout Ziggys. Space on Oct 29. And a Halloween Boograss Jam will rattle the Brewer’s Kettle Kernersville on Halloween proper.
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As if there weren’t enough music festivals on their own, it’s also fair season; and the N.C. State Fair in Raleigh is going all out with their own Homegrown Music Fest. Featuring a handful of bands each operating day (October 13-23), Sonny Miles will perform on October 18, Abigail Dowd on October 22, and Rowdy on October 23. Closer to home, the Carolina Classic Fair in Winston-Salem will also host special music nights: C&C Music Factory and Rob Base on October 3; Niko Moon, Restless Road, and Frank Ray on October 4; and Rend Collective with Christian Paul on October 5.
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Rolling into October, the Artz - N - Kraft Fest showcases hip-hop to fundraise for Mental Health Services of NC at Club Orion on October 1. Meanwhile, the second weekend in October o ers a little something for just about everyone.
Down in Sanford, Crystal Bright and the Silver Hands will perform as part of the Carolina Indie Fest, September 23-24, at Hugger Mugger Brewing. Pickers and grinners and beer-drinkers delight at the Brewer’s Kettle Kernersville for their inaugural Kernersville BrewGrass Festival, September 23-24 — which serves as an uno cial Triad pre-game for when the International Bluegrass Music Association’s World of Bluegrass expounds over Raleigh September 27 - Oct 1.
At Slingshot, Brennan Fowler is among the packed bill of international artists bringing beats to the Fruit in Durham, October 7-9. Originally based in Athens, GA, a partnership with Maison Fauna records brought the electronic extravaganza to its new home in North Carolina.
Up in the mountains, Carolina Ramble Productions are bringing a handful of Triad artists to Brayshaw Farm in Watauga County for the 8th annual Carolina Ramble & Reunion, October 7-8. Hosted by Earleine and the Winston-raised Possum Jenkins, the ramble features the likes of Molly McGinn, Will Easter, DaShawn Hickman, and Drew Foust during a twoday campout of music and “ramblympic” activities — races, relays, cakewalks, and bonfires.Bonfires will also warm the air in Summerfield for the 3.O Fest, October 14-16, with hayrides, fire spinners, and artists like Dr. Bacon, Reliably Bad, Royal Jelly, Ranford Almond, and Casey Cranford joining the celebration of friends and art at GuilRock Downs.
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