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NEW YEAR’S EVE IN THE TRIAD

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New Year’s Eve is a time of reflection, realization and resolutions. It is also the night where everyone collectively cuts loose and welcomes the year to come with balls dropping and Champagne bottles popping. The Triad is the place to be this NEW YEAR’S EVE, and at YES! Weekly, we have picked a few places to highlight just in case you don’t have plans yet!

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EDITORIAL Editor KATIE MURAWSKI katie@yesweekly.com Contributors IAN MCDOWELL KRISTI MAIER JOHN ADAMIAN MARK BURGER KATEI CRANFORD JIM LONGWORTH TERRY RADER PRODUCTION Graphic Designers ALEX FARMER designer@yesweekly.com AUSTIN KINDLEY artdirector@yesweekly.com

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We’re helping you ring in the New Year in spirituous style by asking some of our most renowned MIXOLOGISTS what their favorite cocktails are to embrace 2019 and to welcome the next few months.

10 On any given Friday night, you can find a group of fiber folks gathering around an open table at GATE CITY YARNS, located at 231 S. Elm St. from 6 to 9 p.m. This growing fiber family welcomes all fiberrelated projects anyone wishes to bring in and work on.

11 The name JARMILA NOVOTNA might not immediately ring any showbiz bells, but the Czech-born performer certainly made her mark on the entertainment world as one of the most acclaimed sopranos of 20th-century opera...

12 ...one’s enjoyment of the 54-yearslater sequel MARY POPPINS RETURNS might depend on one’s POV regarding the original film. If one holds the OG Mary Poppins in the highest esteem imaginable, then this follow-up is sure to disappoint; if one can see room for accommodation and equality, then this new film is sure to entertain.

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“We don’t do it like you see in the Olympics,” said Chris Ratliff, the skip (or captain) of the team GATE CITY CURLING. “This is kind of a beer league, backyard-curling league.” Ratliff said curling in Greensboro began last year during the excitement for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

19 As we celebrate and enjoy this holiday season, let’s not forget that there are people beyond our immediate circle of family and friends who could benefit from our love and GENEROSITY. 20 ...many of us feel ready to put 2018 behind us. A little music is in order to help do the job. The annual batch of local NEW YEAR’S EVE FESTIVITIES provides a nice way of getting out with people, avoiding the broadcast inanities of the Times Square balldrop programming, which is a peculiar mix of death-march and interminable telethon.

21 As boughs of holly give way to streams of champagne and belts of AULD LANG SYNE, it’s time to look back on Triad music in 2018, while looking forward to what’s ahead.

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IN OLD NC TRADITIONS, IT’S NOT CHRISTMAS YET!

BY IAN MCDOWELL

“Don’t get excited; we’re not opening presents until Old Christmas.”

My father used to torment me with that joking threat. On Christmas Eve, he’d look at the presents under the tree and say “let’s keep them wrapped for the whole 12 days of Christmas.”

When I’d inevitably pout, he’d tell me with a straight face that the best thing about presents was waiting to unwrap them.

“They can’t disappoint you until you do that.”

Donald Ivon McDowell, who mixed his cynicism with sentimentality, mythologized his Scots heritage. He’d read somewhere that in the highlands and islands of the “auld” country, Christmas was celebrated on Jan. 6.

I also remember my mother, in her early days in the hospital, telling me that next year, when she was better, we’d go to the Outer Banks, where Old Christmas was still celebrated on the island of Rodanthe with a huge oyster roast. As I’d not yet acquired my love of the bivalves, that didn’t sound exciting, but the next part did. “When everybody’s had their fill, Old Buck comes crashing in!”

I asked who or what Old Buck was.

She explained that every year islanders would pick “a great huge man” to wear a costume topped with a wild bull’s skull and horns, who would “lead the revels” in a torchlit procession down the beach. “It’s all so delightfully pagan,” I can remember her saying with that witchy smile of hers. I didn’t know what pagan meant, but it sure sounded awesome.

They aren’t the only place that Old Christmas has been celebrated in North Carolina. In the mountains, it was also known as Breaking Up Christmas. Up until the mid-20th century, people in Blue Ridge communities would continuously celebrate from Dec. 25 until Jan. 6, taking turns hosting feasts and closing out the 12-day festival with a communal hoedown. That’s safer than how Jan. 6 was celebrated at the other end of the state. My great-uncle Olan Barnes told me that when he was a boy, a rowdy friend of his with kin on that island journeyed there for the “big Christmas fight” and died of his injuries. Uncle Olan said that, on Rodanthe, the islanders celebrated Old Christmas not just with oysters and moonshine and Old Buck, but an annual island-wide drunken brawl!

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Old Buck on Rodanthe courtesy of Outer Banks Historical Center Some Amish and Moravian communities still celebrate Old Christmas, although neither are known for brawling on that day. They observe Christmas on Jan. 6 for the same reason that the Orthodox Church does so on Jan. 7, the Julian calendar.

The Julian calendar includes two types of year, those that are 365 days long and leap years of 366 days, in a cycle of three normal years followed by a leap year. Due to this, the Julian calendar gained about three days every four centuries, compared to equinox times and the seasons. This discrepancy was largely corrected by the Gregorian reform of 1582.

Protestants kept the old calendar for two centuries. By the time England adopted the new calendar in 1752, they were 11 days off from the rest of Europe.

They dropped those days, and Christmas was moved back to Dec. 25. Some villages believed the 11 days had been stolen from them, and riots erupted.

The news of the change did not reach the colonists living in North Carolina until after 1752. They continued celebrating on the old Christmas day, ignoring the new date even after they received the news.

England did not care, and violence was avoided…except on Rodanthe.

If anyone reading this has family (or other) memories of “the big Christmas fight” on that island, please email my editor at katie@yesweekly.com, and she’ll forward it to me. It might make a good article for next year. !

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hristmas is past us, sadly, but we’re here to alleviate the post-Christmas blahs because there’s a decidedly more cocktail-centric holiday just around Kristi Maier the corner. We’re @triadfoodies helping you ring in the New Year in spirituous style by Contributor asking some of our most renowned mixologists what their favorite cocktails are to embrace 2019 and to welcome the next few months.

CLASSIC PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH EGGNOG JOHN VAVRYSHKO IV, FORMERLY OF BREATHE COCKTAIL LOUNGE For Vavyrshko, this nog goes back to his roots. “This is an enhancement on pre-bottled eggnog that we drink quite a bit of in Pennsylvania, and it’s also where I got the idea to split the spirit base.” The nog uses brandy, rum and bourbon. “The other ingredient is a spiced syrup, which is essential in holiday and/or fall cocktails,” he added. “I like to use Homeland Creamery’s Eggnog; they do a fantastic job.”

In an Irish cream mug, add: 1⁄2-ounce brandy 1⁄2-ounce rum 1⁄2-ounce bourbon 1⁄2-ounce spiced syrup (recipe below) Add eggnog, leaving a 1⁄2-inch gap and stir to homogenize. Froth heavy cream, Vavryshko suggests using a cocktail shaker for this. Layer cream on top with a spoon. Garnish with freshly grated nutmeg.

Spiced syrup: “This can be used creatively in just about any fall-winter cocktail or your morning coffee, it’s also fun and doesn’t have too many rules,” Vavryshko said.

Start with 50/50 simple syrup simmering on the stove (that’s half sugar and half water).

Vavryshko suggests adding cloves, cinnamon, crushed red pepper, ginger and an orange peel. Simmer and taste periodically until brown.

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New Year’s spirits allspice, cardamom, nutmeg, cranberries, or apples. “Try to stick to whole spices to avoid chalkiness,” he said.

Of course, no New Year’s Eve celebration would be complete without Champagne. Here is are a couple of Champagne cocktails to jazz up your bubbly.

FRENCH 75 ANDREW NORMAN, OF FAINTING GOAT SPIRITS Of course, Norman highly recommends using his own Emulsion Gin. 1 ½-ounce Emulsion Gin 3/4-ounce fresh lemon juice 1/4-ounce simple syrup Champagne Shake the gin, lemon juice, and simple syrup over ice, and strain into a Champagne flute. Top the flute with more Champagne.

CRANBERRY 75, VAVRYSHKO For a twist on the above classic, Vavryshko adds cranberry syrup, which is equal parts cranberry juice and sugar simmered until cooked down into syrup. Use either a Champagne flute or a mini-coup.

1 ½-ounce Sutler’s Gin 3⁄4-ounce lemon juice 3⁄4-ounce cranberry syrup Shake, strain into glass and top with either Champagne or Cava. Garnish with a sprig of rosemary.

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Above, PA Dutch Eggnog. Below, Cranberry 75.

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CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL, VAVRYSHKO In a Champagne flute, add one sugar cube and douse with angostura bitters.

Top with Champagne or Cava, garnish with a lemon twist.

HOLIDAY MOSCOW MULE, NORMAN 1 ½-ounce Tiny Cat Vodka 1 ½-ounce cranberry juice 1/2-ounce fresh lime juice ginger beer rosemary sprig Combine all ingredients except the ginger beer into a shaker and shake with ice. Strain into a Collins glass filled with ice. Top with ginger beer and add a sprig of rosemary for garnish.

CHAI OLD FASHIONED MARK WEDDLE, OPERATIONS MANAGER OF SUTLER’S SPIRITS Award-winning mixologist Weddle has a mantra: “Life is too short to drink bad cocktails.”

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2-ounce Maker’s Mark Bourbon 1/2-ounce Chai Simple Syrup 2-3 dashes Fee Brother’s Old Fashioned Bitters Combine all with ice in a glass-mixing pitcher and stir for 30 seconds. Strain into a rocks glass over a large piece of ice. Garnish with an orange peel and a brandied cherry. Coffee ice cubes are a great twist to this recipe; feel free to offer it to your guests at no extra charge.

Chai Simple Syrup: 1-quart Demerara sugar 1-quart water 5-bags of Double Spiced Chai Tea Combine sugar and water in a medium saucepan over high heat and bring to a boil. Once all the sugar has dissolved, lower the temperature to medium and add the tea bags. Steep for 30 minutes at a very low simmer then remove the bags.

Store in an air-tight container in the cooler for 60 days.

FANCY NANCY, WEDDLE 3/4-ounce Lemoncello 3/4-ounce Amaretto Top with Prosecco Combine Lemoncello and Amaretto in a tin with ice and shake. Strain into a flute and top with Prosecco. Garnish with a slapped basil leaf.

Serving a group? Somebody spiked the punch...

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HOLIDAY RUM PUNCH ROBERT RHODES, OF LAO RESTAURANT + BAR In a punch bowl add: 6-ounces clove simple syrup (use the above method for this syrup, equal parts sugar and water with a helping of clove and allow to simmer) 6-ounces of cranberry juice 3-ounces of orange juice 7 ½-ounces of Captain Morgan’s Rum 4 ½-ounces of dark rum hard cider Stir ingredients together and top off with 6-ounces of the hard cider of your choice. Garnish with cinnamon sticks and lemon wheel.

I’ve got to throw my two cents in here.

At a recent family gathering, we had the most fun having a hot chocolate bar with marshmallows, Pirouettes, caramel sauce--the whole nine yards. What made it extra special for the adults was a little spirit to make them feel young.

GROWN-UP SALTED CARAMEL HOT CHOCOLATE 1 ½-ounce Baileys Salted Caramel Liqueur 6-ounces of hot chocolate Mix and top with whipped cream, and garnish with caramel or chocolate sauce or sprinkles! !

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n any given Friday night, you can find a group of fiber folks gathering around an open table at Gate City Yarns, located at 231 S. Elm St. from Terry Rader 6 to 9 p.m. This growing fiber family welcomes all fiberContributor related projects anyone wishes to bring in and work on. Even if the shop doesn’t carry the materials of your particular fiber craft, you are welcome to join in with the regular crafters who will appreciate your work.

Amanda Baughman, fiber artist and owner of Gate City Yarns, began working part-time at the shop five years ago.

An avid yarn-lover, she was excited to work in a place dedicated to fiber arts and never dreamt she would make it her own in 2016. Talking with Baughman on a cold, rainy December morning, she said that bad weather draws more people in, especially during big snow forecasts. She said people want to work on something comforting when it’s cold and miserable.They can bring their projects in and warm up by the fireplace while they work.

Baughman welcomes fiber enthusiasts of all ages and skill levels. She invites everyone to ask questions when they get stuck on a project. She said she learned a lot from fiber artists’ questions and if she doesn’t have the answer, she will work with you to find it. From weaving, crocheting, knitting, spinning to felting, many fiber mediums are supported with classes at GCY. Knitting and crocheting classes are offered on a regular basis, and Baughman said to call for the most up-to-date class schedule. She said that anyone could learn how to knit and crochet.

“Just as you taught yourself to walk, you may have fallen over a lot in the beginning, but with practice, you got better,” Baughman said. “With fiber art, it takes practice, and then muscle memory kicks in.”

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(Left) Shawl woven by Amanda Baughman (Right) Needle-felted piece done over old shawl of roving, so you can try it before going all in with a new hobby, Baughman said.

The Introduction to the Spinning Wheel class is open to new or nearly new students who get to use the shop wheel.

When out-of-state visitors come to the shop looking for North Carolina art, they love to buy locally made yarn, Baughman said. She said that handmade yarn is art, and GCY displays local fiber art pieces for sale including the work of Gerald O’Donnell, a Greensboro fiber artist who has fiber landscapes and abstract pieces on display at the shop. O’Donnell also teaches felting classes about every six weeks.

Baughman said there are a couple reasons why she believes people want to learn a craft. One reason is to keep their hands busy, “so we don’t get into trouble.” She also said it’s relaxing, comforting and feels good to create something.

“Many fiber artists are introverts, and we tend to express our feelings in art and will create something that says ‘I care about you and I love you, so here is something I made to show you, rather than tell you.’”

It is always a heartwarming surprise to discover new ways in which local artists are compassionately giving back to their community utilizing their skills

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and talents. Operation Bed Roll is a collaboration between Greensboro’s field operations and police departments, spearheaded by Tori Carle, the City of Greensboro’s waste reduction supervisor.

Carle said that plarn is a mash-up word of plastic and yarn made from strips of used plastic bags. These strips are crocheted into 3-foot by 6-foot bed rolls that serve as an insulating barrier for homeless residents who sleep on the ground. She said it also helps keep plastic bags out of the landfill and from causing 10 to 12 shutdowns at the recycling center each day due to bags getting caught in machinery.

“Anyone can participate by learning how to make plarn, and for those who want to make the actual bed rolls, I recommend learning a few simple crochet techniques. You can always recycle a practice or bad bed roll at the grocery store,” Carle said. “With an overabundance of bed rolls last year, we were happy to share the love with our Winston-Salem neighbors. Bed rolls are always welcome.”

Carle said now that Operation Bed Roll is becoming self-sustaining as residents take it on as individuals or in groups, she can focus on other waste reduction needs.

There are 50 bed rolls for winter

2018 as of this date and nearly 500 bed rolls completed since the program’s inception in 2016. !

TERRY RADER is a freelance writer/editorial/ content/copy, poet and songwriter, part-time co-op community outreach/wellness at Deep Roots Market, certified herbalist and flower essences practitioner and pet/house sitter, formerly an ad agency creative director, copywriter, branding strategist and Earth Harmony columnist, a storyteller on a mission to raise awareness for creative people, grassroots, sustainability, holistic wellness and underground happenings in our community.

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Regular hours are 10 a.m.-7 p.m. except 9 p.m.

Friday nights, call 336.370.1233. For most up-todate fiber art knitting, crocheting, felting classes, visit the website or Facebook page at www. gatecityyarns.com/ and www.facebook.com/ gatecityyarns. To learn more about the City of Greensboro Recycling and Operation Bed Rolls for The Homeless, visit www.greensboro-nc.gov/ departments/field-operations/recycle/operation-bed-roll. Learn to make bed rolls at www. greensboro-nc.gov/Plarn.

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With a song in her heart complicated, even self-destructive personality, yet Notovna regards him with compassion and concern, not criticism. We know the rumors and innuendo, but Novotna offers a sensitive remembrance of an actor whose demons too often overshadowed his gifts.

Very simply, Novotna considered herself blessed, both personally and professionally, and discusses it in a warm, conversational style that mirrored her actual persona. She saw and did much, accomplishing professional feats undreamed-of, yet always remained grounded.

If it sounds syrupy or overly sentimental, it’s not.

There’s plenty of sentiment, but it comes across as genuine and unforced.

That said, however, Novotna certainly makes clear her disdain and disgust for the Third Reich’s occupation of Czechoslovakia during World War II, and likewise its subsequent occupation by the Soviet Union. Under both, Novotna was banished from her beloved homeland.

Although her husband and family lost their fortunes in World War II, she was fervently loyal to her homeland, constantly lending her name and talent to relief and support efforts over the years – even at a time when such actions could well have made her a target of HUAC (the House Un-American Activities Committee) during the Cold War. Needless to say, Novotna’s recollections about Czech independence following the “Velvet Revolution” of the late 1980s are considerably more upbeat and hopeful, and indeed she considered herself fortunate to have lived long enough to see it happen. Hers was a wonderful life, often lived in the limelight yet always with gratitude, humility and humanity.

JARMILA NOVOTNA: MY LIFE IN SONG. Edited by William V. Madison. Published

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The name Jarmila Novotna might not immediately ring any show-biz bells, but Mark Burger the Czech-born performer certainly made her mark on the entertainment world as Contributor one of the most acclaimed sopranos of 20th-century opera – so renowned that, like Greta Garbo, only her surname was needed to herald an appearance.

Celebrated also as one of the world’s great beauties, Novotna (1907-1994) scored triumph after triumph on the stage. In 1925 and merely a teenager, she made an auspicious debut at the National Theatre in Prague, launching a career that was more international than she might have anticipated, thanks to unforeseen circumstances – namely the Second World War. Alas, although Novotna made a number of films (most notably Fred Zinnemann’s 1948 classic The Search, and the 1951 musical extravaganza The Great Caruso) and periodic television appearances, the majority of her work was on stage, and therefore lost. The list is breathtaking: La Traviata, La Boheme, Aida, Don Giovanni, The Merry Widow, Die Fledermaus, Madame Butterfly, Rigoletto, and The Marriage of Figaro, to name a few. She even portrayed the Great Detective’s love interest Irene Adler opposite Basil Rathbone in a short-lived Broadway play Sherlock Holmes.

There are recordings of some of these performances, but they don’t give full weight to her presence.

Carefully and compassionately edited by William V. Madison, a former associate editor of Opera News (no further credentials are necessary), Jarmila Novotna: My Life in Song is an autobiography that is long overdue, although the circumstances surrounding that are a bit more complicated than that.

By the late 1980s, Novotna had worked on her memoirs for several years but was unable to find an American publisher. Undeterred – an adjective that could easily be applied to Novotna’s spirit – she found a European publisher, and the book sold well, particularly in her native Czechoslovakia, where she was (and remains) an icon.

Yet even then, American publishers (some of whom were personal acquaintances of hers) steered clear, not so much because her appeal could be categorized as limited (or “specialized,” if you prefer), but because the book was devoid of any salacious gossip, either about herself or the many luminaries she encountered.

Publishers advised her to “sex things up,” which didn’t interest her.

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For example, she co-starred with the legendary Mario Lanza, who played the title role in The Great Caruso – a highly fictionalized biography of the equally legendary Enrico Caruso (so much so that Caruso’s family won a legal settlement from MGM) – and although it’s widely known that Lanza possessed a mercurial personality and dabbled in drink and drugs, Novotna’s observation is simply: “What a curse drinking is! We have known so many victims.”

Quite frankly, need any more be said?

Arguably Notovna’s best-known big-screen work, The Search (1948) – a film she accepted in large part because it dramatized the efforts of a mother (Novotna) to find her young son (newcomer Ivan Jandl) in war-torn Europe and was, therefore, a theme she sympathized with – led to her meeting Montgomery Clift, who played a sympathetic G.I. who befriends the boy, and thus was born an enduring friendship with the actor, who actually proposed marriage!

Clift, of course, was also known to have been a

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hile millions of moviegoers both young and old continue to find 1964’s Mary Poppins a motion picture that’s practically perfect in every way, the dirty secret for those not completely invested in its nostalgic pull is that it’s ofttimes arid and unwieldy. It’s packed with delightful songs and electrifying interludes, but it’s also frequently lumbering when it should be lithe, and its 140-minute length requires us to spend too much time with the rather drab Banks parents. As for Julie Andrews, she excels in her Oscar-winning turn as the title nanny, but the part doesn’t allow her much variation or variety — she’s actually much more enchanting and alive in the following year’s smash musical The Sound of Music.

Ergo, one’s enjoyment of the 54-yearslater sequel Mary Poppins Returns ( ) might depend on one’s POV regarding the original film. If one holds the OG Mary Poppins in the highest esteem imaginable, then this follow-up is sure to disappoint; if one can see room for accommodation and equality, then this new film is sure to entertain.

Certainly, even the detractors already popping a cap in Poppins have conceded that Emily Blunt was the right choice to assume the Andrews mantle. As the magically endowed nanny who reappears in 1935 (25 years after the first film’s timeframe) to again aid the Banks family, she’s an absolute delight, retaining Andrews’ frosty demeanor but adding a spark of sly mischievousness to her interpretation.

The Banks family can certainly use some assistance, as the now grown-up children from the first film, Michael (Ben Whishaw) and Jane (Emily Mortimer), are in danger of losing the family home to the Fidelity Fiduciary Bank (repped by Colin Firth’s wolfish president) and Michael’s three small children are being ignored by their well-meaning but weary and widowed father. Therefore, it’s up to Mary to entertain the moppets, receiving invaluable assistance from Jack the lamplighter (Hamilton guru Lin-Manuel Miranda) and Mary’s daffy cousin Topsy (more overexposure for Meryl Streep). Cue the songs as Mary takes the kids on a nautical advenYES! WEEKLY

A success, to be blunt ture (“Can You Imagine That?”), Mary and Jack take part in a music hall extravaganza alongside animated figures (“A Cover Is Not the Book”), and Jack and his fellow lamplighters help the children find their way home (the showstopping dance number “Trip a Little Light Fantastic”).

Mary Poppins Returns is slow getting out of the gate (the first song, “(Underneath the) Lovely London Sky,” is one of the weakest), but once Blunt shows up, it picks up considerably. Blunt is the linchpin, yet the entire cast is well-chosen, and it’s particularly delightful to see the co-star of the original film, 93-year-old Dick Van Dyke, turn up to briefly perform a soft-shoe number (other old-timers invited to the party are 93-year-old Angela Lansbury as the Balloon Lady and 77-year-old David Warner as Admiral Boom).

In Mary Poppins Returns, plot doesn’t count as much as pomp, and the central figure occasionally feels superfluous even in her own film. But this is certainly of a piece with other recent Disney pilfers of the past, endeavors like the live-action Beauty and the Beast and the recent Star Wars flicks. The force of originality may not be particularly strong in any of these movies, but as long as they keep the customer satisfied with their irresistible somethingold-something-new aesthetics, it’s hard not to chomp down on these spoonfuls of cinematic sugar.

A nautical tale such as the superhero saga Aquaman ( ) naturally lends itself to all manner of water-based putdowns when it comes to describing its rampaging mediocrity. “Waterlogged.”

“Washed up.” “All wet.” I’m sure there’s even a “seaman” quip if one cares to wander in that direction.

At any rate, such groan-worthy puns are hardly necessary when seeking to describe this latest disappointment in the DC catalog. Even though it only came out last year, the wonderful Wonder Woman is already starting to fade like a desert mirage, shimmering out of focus with the subsequent releases of Justice League and now Aquaman.

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this latest installment in the DCEU. That’s because Aquaman is most similar to Thor: Ragnarok in its rowdiness and rabble-rousing, with Jason Momoa’s royal rebel coming off as a distant cousin to Chris Hemsworth’s social superhero. To be sure, Momoa is the best thing about this picture, adopting an infectious party-animal vibe that complements his what-me-worry demeanor. His physicality also doesn’t hurt, particularly where his fans are concerned. As the equivalent of a Jason Momoa pinup calendar, Aquaman rates four stars. As a superhero film, it merits decidedly less.

After the flashback sequences setting up the relationship between the human Thomas Curry (Temuera Morrison) and the Atlantis princess Atlanna (Nicole Kidman) — a courtship that produces a child named Arthur Curry — the movie hurtles full speed ahead to the present, where the adult Arthur, aka Aquaman, is busy thwarting a mercenary (Yahya Abdul-Mateen II) who eventually morphs into the villain Black Manta. Meanwhile, Arthur’s half-brother, the Atlantis denizen Orm (Patrick Wilson), is maneuvering to orchestrate a war between the surface and sea worlds, enlisting the aid of Atlantean king Nereus (Dolph Lundgren) to help him squash the puny humans. Defying the pair are Nereus’ daughter Mera (Amber Heard) and Arthur’s former mentor Vulko (Willem Dafoe, who should have stayed in Florida), both of whom realize that the reluctant Arthur is the only one who can prevent this upcoming slaughter.

“You expect me to call you king?” asks a vanquished foe of Orm. “You can call me … Ocean Master!” And so it goes with the deadening dialogue, the sort that hits the ears with all the unwelcome force of an anvil shot from a cannon. Yet this aural assault goes hand in hand with the optic attack since the CGI is often shaky and sometimes downright risible. Aquaman is also the sort of overstuffed extravaganza that’s so intent on hitting all the requisite superhero beats that it never develops a heartbeat of its own. Aside from Momoa’s gregariousness and Morrison’s tenderness, there’s little personality to be found in this picture, with Wilson and Heard particularly vanquished by the one-dimensional aspects of their roles.

A shot of an octopus playing the drums would, of course, be right at home in The Little Mermaid (and it does relate to the actual comic book), but here it represents the tug-of-war undertaken by director James Wan and the five writers as they all seek to find the proper balance between

goofy and grandiose. Alas, they never locate it, as the humorous interludes run hot and cold (though I loved Thomas stating that his superpower is drinking beer) while the more dramatic interludes get crushed by the weight of their stodginess.

The picture eventually and inevitably ends with the sort of endless battle that should exhaust all but the most fanboyish of spectators. They’ll find this extended set-piece to be the perfect lubricant for their aroused imaginations, while others will merely dry up at the thought of sitting through one more minute of this soggy enterprise.

Based on a true story that was previously related in the 2010 documentary Marwencol, Welcome to Marwen ( ) casts Steve Carell as Mark Hogancamp, who was savagely beaten in a hate crime (his crime: wearing women’s shoes) and thereafter stripped of most of his memory. As therapy, he creates a modelsize, WWII-era village and populates it with dolls inspired by actual people he has encountered. His alter ego is the heroic Hogie, the women who aid him in real life are all reimagined as sexy freedom fighters, and the bullies are naturally transfigured into Nazis. But Mark often has trouble separating the real world from his fantasy one, particularly when a kindly neighbor named Nicol (Leslie Mann) arrives on the scene.

The CGI employed to bring the action figures to life is astounding, but that’s about the only thing Welcome to Marwen has in its favor. This should be a movie about the transformative and therapeutic powers of art, but writer-director Robert Zemeckis (scripting with Caroline Thompson) instead tries to force the square peg of an unpleasant experience into the round hole of a feel-good endeavor.

There’s also a lot of yammering about the goodness and “essence” of women, but it merely comes across as lip service since the women in the story (played by, among others, Janelle Monae and Gwendoline Christie) are only there to circle Mark’s orbit and end up feeling even more plastic than their diminutive counterparts.

An intriguing idea that’s ultimately compromised by an unfocused viewpoint and clumsy interludes (the character of Nicol’s cruel ex-boyfriend feels like an afterthought and could easily have been excised from the final product), Welcome to Marwen brings new meaning to the term “artificial intelligence.” It lunges at profundity but settles for manufactured mawkishness. !

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Happy days are here again with Richie, Potsie, Ralph Malph and the unforgettable “king of cool” Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli.

Based on the hit Paramount Pictures television series, Happy Days, a new musical reintroduces one of America’s best loved families, the Cunninghams — yes, Howard, Marion and Joanie are here too — to a whole new generation of kids and parents.

The famed drive-in malt shop and number one hangout, Arnold’s, is in danger of demolition. So the gang teams up to save it with a dance contest and a T.V.-worthy wrestling match. Even Pinky Tuscadero, Fonzie’s childhood sweetheart, returns to help and — lo and behold! — they rekindle their old flame.

This perfectly family friendly musical will have you rockin’ and rollin’ all week long!

Sunday, Jan. 27, 2019, at 2 p.m. Dance like youve never danced before! Flashdance the Musical tells the inspiring and unforgettable story of 18-year-old Alex, a welder by day and flashdancer by night, who dreams of going to the prestigious Shipley Dance Academy and becoming a professional dancer. When a romance complicates her ambitions, she harnesses it to drive her dream.

Based on the Paramount Pictures film (Screenplay by Tom Hedley and Joe Eszterhas, story by Tom Hedley) Flashdance is an inspiring musical about the power of holding onto your dreams and love against all the odds.

Prepare to be blown away with an astonishing musical spectacle and phenomenal choreography to this iconic score including the smash hit “Maniac,” “Manhunt,” “Gloria,” “I Love Rock & Roll” and the sensational title track “What a Feeling.”

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SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE (PG) Fri - Thu: 11:10 AM, 7:00, 9:35 SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE 3D (PG) Fri - Thu: 1:45, 4:25 DRIVERX () Fri - Thu: 12:25, 5:50, 8:00 BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY (PG-13) Fri - Thu: 3:30 PM DR. SEUSS’ THE GRINCH (PG) Fri - Thu: 11:35 AM, 1:35, 6:20, 8:20

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Staff at the Martin County (Florida) Correctional Institute spied some suspicious activity on the morning of Dec. 16. Around 1:30 a.m., a drone was Chuck Shepherd spotted hovering over an inmate housing center, while at the same time, a black pickup truck rolled slowly in front of the center. The Tampa Bay Times reported officers stopped the truck and questioned Concetta Didiano, 22, and her mother, Cassanra Kerr, 40, who said they had driven the 200 miles from their home in Tampa so Didiano could learn how to drive the truck. But Kerr’s husband is an inmate at the facility, and after a drone and a package of contraband — tobacco and mobile phones — turned up near the front gate of the prison, Kerr came clean: “I did it. The remote and iPad are in the backseat.”

Both Didiano and Kerr have been charged with introducing contraband into a correctional center.

ANGER MISMANAGEMENT

— H.W. Taylor III, 51, of Chatfield, Texas, was charged Dec. 12 with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after a parking dispute escalated outside a Domino’s pizza shop in Jerrell. Determined to park his tractor-trailer in a restricted area, reported the Austin American-Statesman, Taylor removed a chain blocking the area and parked his truck there, even as store employees told him not to. Williamson

County sheriff ’s deputies were called after Taylor pointed a gun at the chest of one the employees and then shot a 9mm round into the ground nearby, causing a small piece of the bullet to strike the employee in the ear. Having lost his appetite for pizza, Taylor returned to his truck and drove away, but officers soon caught up to him in another county. The Domino’s worker had a small cut to his ear and is expected to survive.

— In Mesa, Arizona, diverging tastes in music led to a fatality on Dec. 14, reported the Arizona Republic. Officers responded to a call of shots fired at an apartment complex, where Sheldon Sturgill, 41, told them he shot his roommate after an argument and fistfight over the type of music they were listening to. Sturgill and his roommate had been drinking shots and beer before the altercation. He was held on suspicion of second-degree murder. It is unclear what the offensive music choice was.

ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Havana, Cuba, resident Pepe Casanas, 78, has discovered a tried-and-true way to treat his rheumatism pain: Once a month for the last 10 years, Casanas seeks out a blue scorpion, which is endemic to Cuba, and lets it sting him.

“I put the scorpion where I feel pain,” Casanas told Reuters. After the sting, “It hurts for a while, but then it calms and goes and I don’t have anymore pain.” In fact, researchers have confirmed that the scorpion’s venom has anti-inflammatory and pain relief effects. It may even delay cancer growth in some patients. A Cuban pharmaceutical company has been selling a homeopathic pain remedy called

Vidatox, made from the scorpion venom, but Casanas, a former tobacco farmer, takes the simpler route. He sometimes keeps a scorpion under his straw hat for luck, where he says it likes the shade and humidity.

FOUL FETISH

The Daily Mail reported on Dec. 14 that a Chinese man identified only as Peng, 37, was hospitalized in Zhangzhou, Fujian province, after he complained of a cough and chest pains. As doctors examined him, Peng admitted that he is “addicted to smelling his socks that he had been wearing.” The pain in his chest, it turns out, was a fungal infection he had inhaled from his socks. While Peng is expected to make a full recovery, other people ‘fessed up on Chinese social media that they have the same habit: “The reason I smell my socks is to know if I can continue wearing them the next day!” one commenter said. Another pledged to “wash my socks every day now.”

CREATIVE CURRENCY

Maybe it was the Triple Breakfast Stacks McGriddles that lured Anthony Andrew Gallagher, 23, to the drive-thru lane at a Port St. Lucie, Florida, McDonald’s to satisfy his hungries on the morning of Dec. 16. But when it came time to pay, the Associated Press reported, Gallagher offered the dude in the window a bag of weed instead of cold, hard cash.

The worker declined the payment, and Gallagher drove away, returning a while later. McDonald’s staff called police after the first attempt, and Gallagher was apprehended for marijuana possession and driving under the influence.

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Retired hospitality executive Rick Antosh, 66, of Edgewater, New Jersey, was enjoying a plate of oysters at Grand Central’s Oyster Bar in New York City when he felt something hard in his mouth. “I just all of a sudden felt something like a tooth or a filling, and it’s terrifying,” Antosh told PIX11 News. But when he looked at it, he realized it was a pearl. Antosh called over the floor manager to ask how often such a discovery happens and was told he’d never heard of it before.

Antosh has not had the pearl appraised, but early estimates say it could be worth $2,000 to $4,000.

UNUSUAL TASTES

Karen Kaheni, 42, of Barnsley, South Yorkshire, England, is a heavy smoker, puffing on 60 to 80 cigarettes a day. But as she watches TV in the evening, Kaheni

also eats eight cigarette butts. And, as a side dish, she eats about 9 ounces of chalk every week. Her odd addictions are related to Pica, she told the Mirror, a condition that involves eating things that aren’t really food. “I have no idea what triggered it,” she said. “It isn’t so much the taste of the cigarette butts or the chalk that I like — it’s more the texture and the crunch.” When she runs out of either item, “I get quite agitated and my mouth begins to water.” Kaheni hasn’t consulted a doctor about her addiction, claiming she is too embarrassed, but she has discovered a Facebook page for others who suffer from Pica: “It makes me feel like less of a weirdo — less like I’m going mad,” Kaheni said.

REDNECK CHRONICLES

Call it a dangerous case of mistaken identity: The Helena (Montana) Independent Record reported that a 27-yearold man was shot at multiple times on Dec. 16 after being mistaken for Big Foot.

The unidentified man told police he was setting up targets for shooting on federal land when bullets struck the ground nearby. He ran for cover, then confronted the shooter, who said the first man “was not wearing orange and thought he was Big Foot,” said Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton. The cryptid impersonator described the shooter’s vehicle to police but didn’t want to press charges, asking only that the shooter be lectured about safe shooting.

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Jim Alexander, 41, and Betina Bradshaw, 54, of Torquay, Devon, England, are planning a Christmas feast for family and friends. On the menu: deer, pheasant, rabbits, badgers ... all roadkill. Alexander, a trained butcher, has collected nearly 50 fresh animal corpses over the past year.

“I know people will think it’s unusual, but really it just makes sense,” Alexander told Metro News. Bradshaw says her family refers to him as a serial killer, but he has gradually won her over to the idea of eating roadkill. “The first few times he brought a deer home he told me it was for the dog. ... Obviously, you turn your nose up a bit at the start, but now it doesn’t bother me at all,” she said. Alexander said his odd collecting habits have drawn the attention of police, but “once they realize I’m doing nothing wrong, they are fine, and one even helped me lift an animal into the van,” he said. !

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We don’t do it like you see in the Olympics,” said Chris Ratliff, the skip (or captain) of the team Gate City Curling. “This is kind of a beer league, backyard-curling league.”

Ratliff said curling in Greensboro began last year during the

excitement for the 2018 Winter Olympics.

“I think it can only enhance the experience adding different ages and co-eds because other than maybe a hand full of people out there, none of us have curled in our life, so nobody has an advantage over anyone,” Ratliff said of the inclusivity of the sport.

He said Chuck Burch, manager of the Greensboro Ice House and leader of the Greensboro Curling League, made it possible for people of all ages and backgrounds to play together. Burch has the equipment that brings the ice skating rink to LeBauer Park for WFMY News 2

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and Downtown Greensboro’s annual Piedmont Winterfest, and he decided to put curling circles on the rink to appeal to others. Ratliff said he and some friends decided to check it out and they became hooked ever since.

“It is BYOB, and loosely based on the rules of curling,” Ratliff said. “This is the second official season. We added 10 more teams as interest has been growing for curling.”

The objective of curling is to slide a stone across the ice toward a targeted section divided up into four circles to score points. Ratliff said curling is played

to 10 points and players can score up to four points in one turn. Ratliff encourages people to come out and try it even if they have never played before.

“We notice that a team will come out and be like, we have no idea what we are doing we don’t know how to do this, and they are very nervous about it,” he said.

“After the game starts and a couple of rounds, it gets competitive. None of us have experience with it, none of us have a monetary interest in this. We aren’t trying to make money off of this, it is something we wanted to do to hang out a little bit further and drink a beer after work. This

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works out great for us, and if you can find four people that can buy into that craziness, it is actually a lot of fun.”

Ratliff said his favorite part of the sport is the competition and the new people he meets and new friends he makes.

“Other people come out, they make a great shot, we all cheer, we make a great shot they all cheer,” he said. “It is that type of thing that I think we miss a little bit now that we sit at a computer for eight hours and go home and watch T.V. for the rest of the evening. It forces you to get outside and meet new people that you would not meet in your normal, everyday routine. A lot of sports that require specialized skills like tennis or golf or baseball, this really is something where you can get a group of your friends together and go out learn the rules in five minutes and actually compete with other teams doing the same thing.”

What started out as six teams, has grown into about 18 with familiar names such as Goodwill, WFMY News 2, Gate City Curling, and Gate City Growlers.

(There are also cleverly named teams such as Game of Stones, Curl Jam, Of Ice and Men and Sultans of Sweep.)

“This year is the first year where it is more a family environment,” said Will Bledsoe, member of Gate City Curling.

“People come out and congregate. We’ve actually had spectators come out and watch matches.”

Bledsoe compared the league to church or recreational center leagues for sports such as softball and kickball. He said it is laid back and purely for fun.

“We do follow a set of rules, but everybody is out there to have a good time, that has been one of the great things, to meet people from all over the city,” Bledsoe said.

Ratliff said the season lasts until Jan. 22, which will be the last Tuesday that the rink is open in LeBauer Park. It is about an eight-week season with games every Tuesday night from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

“The times vary when our teams play, but I think a great time to come would be 8-8:30 p.m.,” Ratliff said. “There can be 30-40 people out there.”

Ratliff said any group of four people could show up on Tuesday night and jump in. He said the ice rink at LeBauer Park is the perfect space for this kind of league.

“We are happy with being outside on the ice; it has a greatness to it,” he said.

“Being downtown in the middle of the night, freezing. It creates a bond.”

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Gate City Curling Photo courtesy of Chris Ratliff crete and the brooms are from a hardware store. He said in curling, the stone used to score points is typically made of granite and usually costs thousands of dollars.

“What Chuck did was, he took two mixing bowls, put them together, filled it full of cement, duck taped them together and put a handle on it,” he said. “It is 40 pounds. We throw that down the ice.

Brooms are from home depot; it’s nothing special.”

Looking to the future, Ratliff said he hopes to gain more sponsorship for his team, as there is a $5 fee per player, which helps cover the overhead of the rink being open for

extended hours. He also said the league is in talks of scheduling playoff dates, a ceremony for the winners and getting a trophy so that players who win during the season can be recognized.

“The point we are trying to get across is, there is something cool to do in Greensboro during winter,” he said. “I know the majority of people wouldn’t come out in freezing weather.

We all bring a cooler, we all go and hang out, get to meet new people and do something different.”

Ratliff said that Greensboro is a social city, but there are not that many outlets other than bars and music venues for social interactions.

“If you are not into that, you leave out a whole subset of people,” Ratliff said. “I think [curling] brings that back to downtown Greensboro, where people have nothing else in common other than wanting to do this and hanging out.

We get to meet people we don’t see in everyday circles.”

For more information about curling and for the curling schedule, check out the Piedmont Winterfest website (www. piedmontwinterfest.com/). For more information about Gate City Curling, follow them on Instagram(@gatecitycurling), where Ratliff said games and times are posted. He said if anyone is interested in starting or joining a team, they can direct message him on the Instagram page. !

KATIE MURAWSKI is the editor of YES! Weekly. She is from Mooresville, North Carolina and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in film studies from Appalachian State University in 2017.

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New Year’s Eve in the Triad New Year’s Eve is a time of reflection, realization and resolutions. It is also the night where everyone collectively cuts loose and welcomes the year to come with balls dropping and Champagne bottles Katie Murawski popping. The Triad is the place to be this New Year’s Eve, and Editor at YES! Weekly, we have picked a few places to highlight just in case you don’t have plans yet!

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The Somewhere Else Tavern, 5713 W. Friendly Ave. Unfortunately, all good things come to an end. After 39 years of supporting original music, The Somewhere Else Tavern will be closing its doors at the end of 2018. This beloved music institution will be holding a Four-day Farewell Festival, hosted by Sonni Von T, starting on Dec. 28 and ending Dec. 31. Over 30 bands will be playing across the four days including Desired Redemption, Nuclear Desolation, Fractyl Dactyl, Waitrott, Archimedes Revenge, Unhenged, and Trailer Park Orchestra. On New Year’s Eve, doors open at 5 p.m., and the first show starts at 6:15 p.m. with Milk Truck performing. Trailer Park Orchestra will close out the night at 12:45 a.m., in what will most likely be their wildest performance yet. Any musician who cut their teeth at SWET should come out and say their goodbyes to (possibly) the last SWET show ever. As always, it is all ages. Tickets for the Farewell Festival are $10 per day or $30 for all four days.

For more information, visit the Facebook event page. (www.facebook.com/ events/352762988867066/)

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LaRue Elm, 403 N. Elm St. Join LaRue Elm in celebrating the last night of 2018 with a three-course dinner with a select glass of wine or cocktail and a complimentary Champagne toast at midnight. From 10 p.m. until 2 a.m., this New Year’s Eve Extravaganza will feature a DJ, photo booth, drink specials and giveaways. The prices for bottle service range from $130 to $250. The VIP package costs $500 and includes a private room, choice of a Champagne bottle and four appetizers prepared by the executive chef.

For more information and to reserve your table, call (336) 252-2253.

The Greensboro Symphony at Westover Church, 505 Muirs Chapel Rd. Not into drinking or partying until midnight? Then the show at Westover Church hosted by Greensboro Symphony and Tanger Outlets Pops is the place to be. Celebrate the new year Mardi Grasstyle with The Dukes of Dixieland and The Greensboro Symphony. From 8 to 10 p.m., The Dukes of Dixieland will bring Bourbon Street to Greensboro for a night of jazz, blues, Americana and ragtime.

Tickets range from $12 to $46 and can be purchased at the box office (1921 Gate City Blvd.), by phone (336-335-5456 extension 224) or online at Ticketmaster.

Idiot Box, 503 N. Greene St. End 2018 with a laugh at the Idiot Box Comedy Club, with two shows (7:30 p.m. and 10 p.m.) filled with stand-up comedy and improv. The first show is an hour and a half and costs $10, and the next show will start the countdown to 2019 at 10 p.m. Tickets for the second show and countdown are $20, and includes a glass of Champagne for a midnight toast, light snacks and admission. For more information and to buy tickets, visit the website. (www.ibcomedy.yapsody.com/)

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Monstercade, 204 W. Acadia Ave. Ah yes, who could forget how Monstercade celebrated the beginning of 2018? I wasn’t there, but from the posts I saw online, it was nuts. (Check out the photo and video on the Facebook page from last year and you’ll see why.) “Like last year with the ‘balls’ drop, we’ll be doing something vile to Trump,” owner Carlos Bocanegra wrote in a Facebook message. While details are still to come, Bocanegra revealed that the beloved weirdo bar would be hosting Zombie Dick’s New Year’s Cockin’ Eve. On New Year’s Day, Monstercade will also host an Improvised Music Ceremony featuring New Skin for the Old Ceremony Tralalorchestra, comprising of Liz Simmons, Justin Holm, Ezra Noble, Blakeney Bullock, Dylan Angell, and more to be announced. Holm (formerly of Iyez/Autopassion) will also be performing solo as Canonises. The cost is “pay what you will,” and the show starts at 7:30 p.m.

The Katharine Brasserie & Bar, 51 E. Fourth St. Get fancy for 2019 with a four-course dinner at The Katharine from 5 p.m. until midnight. The first course is a choice of torchon of foie gras ($5 supplement), carpaccio of beef, hearts of romaine salad, or beet salad. The second course is a choice of porcini-dusted sweetbreads, bronzed sea scallops “tidal pool,” or honey-lacquered pork belly confit. The third course is a choice of smoked and grilled New York strip steak, roasted Joyce Farms pheasant, seared halibut, or lobster Asiatique. The dessert course offers a choice of grilled pineapple, chocolate torte, peanut butter and coconut mousse, or frozen lemon souffle. Chef Adam Barnett’s New Year’s Eve dinner menu costs $75 per person, and sommelier Christina Morris has expanded the wine list to include a wide selection of bubbles for toasting. Seating is limited, so call (336) 761-0203 to make a reservation.

The Winston-Salem Symphony at R.J. Reynolds Auditorium, 301 N. Hawthorne Rd. Celebrate the end of 2018 with the Winston-Salem Symphony for a Viennese New Year’s Eve. Guest conductor Sarah Hicks will lead the symphony with Viennese waltzes, upbeat standards, and other on-stage festivities, according to the press release. The evening will feature five of Johann Strauss’ waltzes, including “On the Beautiful Blue Danube”; favorite Broadway selections from My Fair Lady, Carousel, Singin’ in the Rain, and Bernstein’s On the Town; spicy tangos like Piazzolla’s “Oblivion,” and much more. “The Symphony’s New Year’s Eve concerts are always a festive and fun way to ring in the New Year,” the press release stated. “Guests are offered party hats, noisemakers, and other party favors to ensure a spirited evening.”

The concert is from 8 to 10 p.m. and tickets start at $20. To learn more about the Winston-Salem Symphony and guest conductor Sarah Hicks, visit the website. (www.wssymphony.org/event/new-yearseve-2018/)

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High Point Arts Council at Centennial Station Arts Center, 121 S. Centennial St. The High Point Arts Council is holding its annual Denim & Diamonds New Year’s Eve Party from 7 to 10 p.m. Vinyl Rewind will be returning to perform hits from the ‘60s and ‘70s. Advanced tickets are $40, which includes the price of admission, dinner, and a Champagne toast at 10 p.m.

(Depending on availability, day-of tickets will be $50.) The Centennial Station cash bar will be open and featuring drink specials for the evening. For more information and to buy tickets, visit the website. (www.highpointarts.org/event/denimdiamonds-nye-party/) !

KATIE MURAWSKI is the editor of YES! Weekly. She is from Mooresville, North Carolina and graduated with a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a minor in film studies from Appalachian State University in 2017.

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Plenty of ways to give this holiday season As we celebrate and enjoy this holiday season, let’s not forget that there are people beyond our immediate circle of family and friends who could benefit from our love and generosity.

Over the past Jim Longworth decade, I’ve been able to showcase Longworth scores of community organizations on my at Large Triad Today television show, and in the process, I’ve learned that there are several ways we can help these agencies help others. The first is to donate goods. Second is to donate money. And, third is to donate our time.

Of course, some nonprofit groups can benefit from all three types of giving.

Here, in no particular order, are just a few organizations to which you might lend your support.

vantaged children. The Children’s Home, founded in 1909, began as an orphanage and today serves children in residential group foster care. The two organizations merged in January 2017 in order to serve more children in the Triad and Western North Carolina. The Triad campus is located on Reynolda Road in WinstonSalem. For more information about adoption, to volunteer, or to make a donation, visit www.crossnore.org or call (336) 721-7600.

Second Harvest Food Bank of Northwest NC Unfortunately, the Piedmont Triad has one of the worst hunger problems in the nation, and that includes the problem of childhood hunger. To help alleviate this, Second Harvest Food Bank distributes food to churches and nonprofit agencies who feed hungry people in an 18 county area. You can write a check directly to the food bank, or you can drop off nonperishable food items at a number of locations in our area. For more information call (336) 784-5770, or visit www. hungernwnc.org

Greensboro Urban Ministry is on the front lines when it comes to providing emergency assistance. Greensboro Urban Ministry provides homeless families in Guilford County a safe, temporary environment. They also operate a food bank and offer a chaplaincy service. Volunteers are needed to prepare and serve meals, manage shelters, tutor children, and perform a variety of other duties. Monetary donations are also much appreciated.

Call (336) 271-5959, or visit www.greensborourbanministry.org

Goodwill Industries of Northwest NC Each year, thousands of people in Northwest North Carolina are served by workforce development programs that are administered by Goodwill. Those programs are supported in part by the clothing and other items we donate, which are then sold at Goodwill retail stores. That means, the more items you donate, the more people who will get back to work. Goodwill also welcomes monetary donations. For more information call (336) 724-3621, or visit www. goodwillnwnc.org .

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Cancer Services, Inc. Their stated mission is “to enhance the quality of life for those living with cancer, and to provide the gift of life through education.” Their services include patient advocacy, medication and financial assistance, providing equipment and supplies, offering peer support groups, and much more. Ninety percent of funds donated to Cancer Services, Inc., go directly to providing client services. In addition to money, you can also donate used equipment and supplies. Call (336) 760-9983, or visit www.cancerservicesonline.org

Mtn. Valley Hospice is a nonprofit program that serves a 16-county area in North Carolina and Virginia and provides personalized care for patients at the end of life, as well as comfort to families.

Mountain Valley Hospice has six regional offices, and operates the Woltz Hospice Home in Mt. Airy and the SECU Hospice Home in Yadkinville. They also specialize in care for terminally ill children and veterans. To give money or inquire about volunteering, call 1-888-789-2922, or visit www.mtnvalleyhospice.org Petty Family Foundation NASCAR legend Richard Petty and his family support a number of charitable organizations and specialized programs, including Paralyzed Veterans of America and Victory Junction Camp, the latter of which provides an uplifting experience

for children with severe disabilities and terminal illnesses. To make a donation or learn more, visit www.pettyfamilyfoundation.org The P.O.W.E.R. of Play Foundation Founded by former NFL star Ricky Proehl and his wife Kelly, the Foundation works with at-risk youth, teaching them important life lessons in a structured, sportscentered environment. Daily programs are offered at Proehlific Park in Greensboro, which also offers state-of-the-art athletic facilities for adults. Each year, Ricky also teams with Richard Petty to distribute toys to needy children through their “Santa’s Helpers” campaign. To make a donation or for more information, call (336) 665-5233, or visit www. proehlificpark.com Carolina Donor Services and Red Cross There can be no greater gift at this

holiday season than the gift of life, and that’s why you might consider donating blood and signing a donor card. Either gesture requires only a few minutes of your time, and will almost certainly result in saving someone’s life in the future. You can reach Carolina Donor Services at 1-800-200-2672, or at www. carolinadonorservices.org. You can call the Red Cross at (336) 333-2111, or via the internet at www.gsoredcross.org .

Please remember that your donations of time, money, or goods to area community organizations is vitally important, not just now, but throughout the coming year. It’s also a way for us to expand the circle of people we care about, and that’s something worth celebrating in this season of giving. !

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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ew Year’s Eve celebrations are as much about marking the end of something as they are about kicking off the new year with a fizzy bang. Putting John Adamian a period at the end @johnradamian of the sentence that was 2018 feels like the reason to get Contributor festive this year, more so than anticipating the glories of 2019. As with the end of 2016 and 2017, the general sentiment seems to be: Things can’t get much worse, can they?

Well, we’ll see. As the Trump White House spirals into even more convulsions of mean and alarming chaos, with government shutdowns and high-profile defections, and as international reports about the impending turmoil of sped-up climate change paint a grim picture of the future, many of us feel ready to put 2018 behind us. A little music is in order to help do the job. The annual batch of local New Year’s Eve festivities provides a nice way of getting out with people, avoiding the broadcast inanities of the Times Square ball-drop programming, which is a peculiar mix of death-march and interminable telethon. Plus, it’s not every week (or every year) that you get to party on a Monday night without the dread of facing the routines of the world, the office, and workplace on Tuesday.

The Mantras at The Blind Tiger Greensboro’s own eclectic long-form jammers, the Mantras, play a New Year’s Eve show at the Blind Tiger. At its core is a musical relationship and collaboration between founding members, one that goes back over a dozen years. The band can hopscotch from groove to boogie, to swamp rock to prog to metal, salsa, jazz, reggae and beyond. They’re not into getting pinned down, and listeners can expect a musical journey that moves with loose-limbed ease. See the Mantras with special guest the Wright Ave at The Blind Tiger, 1819 Spring St., Greensboro. The show starts at 8:30 p.m. and tickets range from $15 to $200.

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New Year’s Eve music shows Viva La Muerte at Little Brother Brewing Matthew Armstrong and his band Viva La Muerte are a band that plays American roots music with a dark, psychedelic vein.

The Greensboro-based band takes a stab at coming to terms with what you might call the New Weird America, meaning their music has a historical scope and sweep. Armstrong writes songs with a poetic heft to them. He’s not afraid to try to dissect the creeping craziness that has infiltrated American political life, but he’s also keen to give respect to the power of simple emotion, tradition, and pleasure.

Dark clouds on the horizon can make for a powerful, dramatic landscape, and in his songs, Armstrong takes the scenery in. If you’re looking for a New Year’s Eve celebration that isn’t characterized by reckless abandon but has notes of circumspection, Viva La Muerte will play a show that keeps things in perspective. Viva La Muerte plays Little Brother Brewing, 348 S. Elm St., Greensboro.

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are in fact better off going to see the Plaids perform than just sitting around and cranking the etched-in-your-brain retro party anthems that the band churns through in their festive live shows. This is fist-pumping nostalgia music, A+ wedding band jams. If you view the ‘80s as a cultural golden age, the Plaids are your party band. Any band that can list, alphabetically, the influence of songs like Tom Petty’s “American Girl,” Poison’s “Every Rose Has Its Thorns,” Prince’s “Purple Rain,” the Ramones’ “I Wanna Be Sedated,” REO Speedwagon’s “Take It On the Run,” Right Said Fred’s “I’m Too Sexy,” the Romantics’s “What I

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Like About You” and Sir Mix-A-Lot’s “Baby Got Back” is obviously not putting all of their pop eggs in one basket. It’s true that mindless hookiness might be given a higher value here than depth, subtlety, and meaning, but when you’re looking to obliterate the bad juju of a tainted year, brainless sing-along nuggets (and the sedative/depressant of your choice) might be the best medicine. As the Plaids say, in fittingly ironic Gen-X pop-culture style: Strong enough for a man, but made for a woman. See the Plaids at The Ramkat, 170 W. Ninth St., Winston-Salem, at 9 p.m. and tickets range from $25 to $50.

Bassnectar at Greensboro Coliseum If sonic oblivion is what you crave, Bassnectar might deliver it in racing BPM doses. If you believe in the body/mind divide, dubstep is focused primarily on the first part of that split. This is music designed to accelerate pulses, to overwhelm senses and to generally manipulate your neurons through a combination of volume and cell-messaging low-end. Bassnectar will perform in a fashion that will basically shut down the mind, in a good way.

Bassnectar, the stage name of the Bay Area-based producer and DJ Lorin Ashton, began releasing records over 15 years ago.

This is music that is about how beats can alter our physiological systems, nudge our heart in different directions and possibly propel us into new places and dimensions.

If you have faith in the transformative power of dance music, Bassnectar and his sonic force are with you. This event also features G Jones, Anna Morgan, EPROM, and Manic Focus. See Bassnectar’s New Year’s Eve 360 Degrees at the Greensboro Coliseum, 1921 West Gate City Blvd, Greensboro, at 8 p.m. and tickets start at $89.99. !

JOHN ADAMIAN lives in Winston-Salem, and his writing has appeared in Wired, The Believer, Relix, Arthur, Modern Farmer, the Hartford Courant and numerous other publications.

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Auld Lang Syne and all that jazz continuing more intimate shows in its upstairs Crown room.

Beyond downtown, Geeksboro moved a few blocks North on Lawndale to bigger digs as “the Battlepub.” In lateNovember, they tipped their toes into the rock show realm. And they’ll keep on rocking into 2019 with a blast-from-thepast show featuring Rocket, a Smashing Pumpkins tribute and Tré Cool, a Green Day cover band, sprinkled with DJ sets by Quilla and Martin J Dolan.

Shocking music news in the UNCG area came early when New York Pizza blinked out of existence for a bit in February--much to everyone’s surprise.

Since then, they’ve continued hangingon as the corner hardcore spot and will be hosting a New Year’s Eve Ball for folks who wanna get fancy.

Over in WinstonSalem, the opening GSOFest and the lovely GSO freaks of The Ramkat in March ushered an part chicken joint, Earl’s looks to be a avenue for major acts. Since then, the cozy contender for country music come Ramkat has roped heavy-hitters and 2019. Their New Year’s party will feature helped keep local traditions, such as the the Johnny Folsom 4, a solid tribute to Jukebot Halloween cover series, runthe man in black. ning. They’ll ring in the new year with a Meanwhile, Monstercade hit its stride celebration hosted by The Plaids. with a year full of rock shows, game Just across Ninth Street, the recent shows, electronic parties, comedy addition of Earl’s, a country-western showcases, and all sorts of fun. The little eatery and venue, holds promise for weirdo closet club ran the entertainment smaller twangy acts. Part honky-tonk, gamut and blossomed through the year with a strong finish.

Beyond spaces, Triad bands put work in, and releases out, over the year.

Your writer holds a bias for Instant Regrets, but regardless, their self-titled March release straight rips.

2018 saw a slew of sweet songwriter records such as Johanna Breed’s “Is It Too Late,” Kelcey Ledbetter’s “The SunQueen,” Anne-Claire Niver’s “I Still Look For You,” and Vaughn Aed’s “Shy Winter.”

Dark Prophet Tongueless Monk released “Insides” to much Winston fan fair, fellow Winston experimental act, 1970s Film Stock, put out “Irrational Aesthetics: Live in Gastonia” on cassette, and Greensboro electronic and hip-hop Toast to 2019 hits came from Tide Eye’s “Waveformer,”

As boughs of holly give way to streams of Champagne and belts of Auld Lang Syne, it’s time to look back on Triad music in 2018, while looking forward to what’s ahead.

In Greensboro, Katei Cranford Somewhere Else Tavern will sing its Contributing swan song with a round of final shows, columnist culminating on New Year’s Eve. The fourday festival will run over the weekend, and according to organizers, “will be the very last show at this SWET location, and possibly the very last SWET show in history.”

In brighter news, between Big Boi and the George Clinton block party, it was a banner year for Blind Tiger. Though they’ve broken out of their jam band mold, the venue will host a show for their homies with The Mantras, The Wright Ave and Marvelous Funkshun on New Year’s Eve. 2018 saw a shift toward show spaces in downtown Greensboro thanks to the Strictly Social series at LaRue Elm and Smith & Edge while the Dance From Above parties at the Mill cast spells of rave magic and light shows among the silos and Elm Street over the summer.

Most notably, the backroom at Boxcar became the hot ticket show space toward the latter half of 2018; it’s a trend that hopefully continues into 2019.

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Johnny Folsom 4 at Haw River Ballroom in 2018 and Bond’s Eye’s self-titled release.

A handful of punkers put out notable material over the year: Basement Life’s “Devour,” Swartzwelder’s “Bottomless Pit,” Totally Slow’s “Imperium,” and “The Disaster Tapes” from Blood Ritual made waves through the Greensboro circles.

Southern rockers had their rounds with Caleb Caudle’s “Crushed Coins,” Josh King’s “Into the Blue, ” Old Heavy Hands’ “Mercy” and Matt Walsh’s “The Midnight Strain.”

From the noodly realms of jazz and jam came: Fortezzas’ “Fiend,” GrayScale Whale’s “Catalyst,” The Mantras’ “Be the Light,” and The Rinaldis’ “Rain in the Face.”

And then, of course, there were the festivals: the inaugural North Carolina Folk Fest (which hopefully won’t run the same weekend as Hopscotch in 2019), GSOFest, Gledonfest, FemFest, Tate Street Fest, and WUAGapalooza will all hopefully come back in 2019.

Who knows what the new year holds, but hats off to the memories made in 2018. To loves, and losses, and new beginnings. Let’s pick the daisies fine, dear Triad.

Cheers to 2019. !

KATEI CRANFORD is a Triad music nerd who hosts the Tuesday Tour Report, a radio show that runs like a mixtape of bands touring through NC the following week, 5-7pm on WUAG 103.1fm.

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117 S Elm St | 336.378.9646 cdecgreensboro.com Dec 31: New Year’s Eve 80’s Bash w/ Trial By Fire & Rock Machine Jan 10: Riley Green Jan 17: Badfish: Sublime Tribute Jan 26: Young Dolph Mar 15: Ben Rector Apr 9: Cradle of Filth w/ Wdnesday 13 and Raven Black Apr 10: Chris D’Elia Apr 13: Walker Hayes w/ Filmore

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218 South Fayetteville St. | 336.610.3722 foursaintsbrewing.com Dec 28: Emma Lee Dec 29: Cara Shauble Jan 2: Contentment Is Wealth Jan 4: Wolfie Calhoun Jan 5: Chris Hedrick Jan 11: High Cotton Jan 12: Earliene Jan 18: Bear Stevens Jan 19: Andrew Rohlk Jan 25: William Nesmith Jan 26: JB Boxter Feb 1: Wolfie Calhoun Feb 6: Contentment Is Wealth Feb 8: Couldn’t Be Happiers

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6000 Meadowbrook Mall Ct | 336.448.5330 Dec 28: DJ Bald-E Dec 29: Clanky Lincolns Dec 31: Motorvader Jan 4: Gypsy Danger Jan 5: Under The Gun Jan 12: Exit 180 Jan 18: DJ Bald-E Jan 19: Smash Hat Jan 25: DJ Bald-E

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129 W Main St | 336.258.8240 reevestheater.com Dec 29: Tommy Jackson & Carlost Tolbert Dec 31: Reeves House Band Jan 4: The Steel Wheels Jan 5: Vivian Leva & Riler Calcagno Jan 11: Knockout Mouse with Luke Mears Jan 18: Travis Meadows Jan 19: Tellico Jan 25: Tatiana Hargreaves & Allison de Groot Feb 16: Occidental Gyspsy

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113 N Greene St | 336.273.4111 Jan 25: The Invasion of City Girls

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ARIZONA PETE’S

2900 Patterson St #A | 336.632.9889 arizonapetes.com Dec 28: 1-2-3 Friday Dec 31: New Year’s Eve Party

ARTISTIKA NIGHT CLUB 523 S Elm St | 336.271.2686 artistikanightclub.com Dec 28: DJ Dan the Player Dec 29: DJ Paco and DJ Dan the Player

BARN DINNER THEATRE 120 Stage Coach Tr. | 336.292.2211 Jan 5: Timeless Soul Band Jan 12: Stephen Freeman: Happy Birthday Elvis Jan 26: Ms. Mary & The Boys Feb 14: Timeless Soul Band Feb 16-Mar 16: Motherhood: The Musical

BEERTHIRTY

505 N. Greene St Dec 28: Chad Barnard Jan 4: Brittany Davis Jan 11: Tom Warren Jan 18: Craig Baldwin Jan 25: Starstruck

THE BLIND TIGER

1819 Spring Garden St | 336.272.9888 theblindtiger.com Dec 26: Brice St Dec 28: House Of Fools w/ Far-Less Dec 29-31: Lucid Dreams 2018 feat.

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Brightside, Digital Ethos, ill Gates, Jansten, Stylust, The Widdler Dec 31: New Years Eve w/ The Mantras and special guest The Wright Ave Jan 4: Leadsboro - The Triad’s Premier Lead Guitar Competition Jan 5: Enrage Against The Machine w/ Smash Hat Jan 6: Wristband Jan 18: Bobaflex w/ Prowess, Scars, Remain, & more Jan 19: The Breakfast Club Jan 25: Soapbox Arson reunion show w/ Something Clever, Trailer Park Orchestra, & Through All This Time Jan 26: Carter Winter w/ Dylan McCray

THE CORNER BAR

1700 Spring Garden St | 336.272.5559 corner-bar.com Dec 27: Live Thursdays

COMEDY ZONE

1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034 thecomedyzone.com Dec 28: Shaun Jones Dec 29: Chris Wile’s Family Friendly Comedy Show Dec 29: Shaun Jones Dec 31: New Year’s Eve Party Jan 24: Hodgetwins Feb 5: T.J. Miller

COMMON GROUNDS 11602 S Elm Ave | 336.698.3888 Dec 29: DJ StoneSoup Jan 11: Andrew Kasab Feb 2: Andrew Kasab

1635 New Garden Rd | 336.288.4544 hamsrestaurants.com Dec 28: CHH Band

LEVENELEVEN BREWING

1111 Coliseum Blvd | 336.265.8600 Dec 26: Bigdumbhick Jan 2: Sam Bailey Jan 9: Jamie Anderson and Gavin Douglas Jan 16: Alex Culbreth Jan 23: Bobbie Needham Jan 30: Josh Watson Feb 6: John Stevens Feb 13: William Nesmith Feb 20: Doug Baker Feb 27: Tony Low

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348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678 Jan 3: David Childers Quartet

RODY’S TAVERN

5105 Michaux Road | 336.282.0950 rodystavern.com

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502 N. Greene St | 336.274.2699 www.idiotboxers.com dec 28: Kenyon Adamcik and maddie Wiener dec 31: New Year’s Fun/Show and countdown Jan 4: 30 First Jokes of the New Year Jan 5: Standup 101 Jan 11: Nc’s Funniest

thE W biStRo & bAR 324 Elm St | 336.763.4091 @thewdowntown dec 27: Karaoke dec 28: live dJ dec 29: live dJ

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191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059 OldNicksPubNC.com dec 28: Karaoke dec 29: Star Struck dec 31: buster Smackit - New Year’s Eve Party Jan 12: big bump Jan 19: dante’s Roadhouse Jan 26: unchained

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coAch’S NEiGhboRhood GRill

1033 Randolph St. Suite 26 | 336.313.8944 coachsneighborhoodgrill.com

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1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113 afterhourstavern.net dec 29: Fair Warning dec 31: New Years w/ Soc monkee

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2762 NC-68 #109 | 336.307.2567 Jan 12: tyler long Jan 19: Jared & hannah Jan 26: Stewart coley

hAm’S PAllAdium 5840 Samet Dr | 336.887.2434 hamsrestaurants.com dec 28: the dickens dec 29: Rockit Science dec 31: Radio Revolver

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118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 thedeckatrivertwist.com dec 28: hip Pocket dec 29: heads up Penny dec 31: brothers Pearl NYE bash Jan 4: the dickens Jan 5: megan doss band

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612 Edgewood St | 336.558.7204 dancehalldaze.com dec 28: the delmonicos dec 29: crimson Rose

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221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822 facebook.com/BreatheCocktailLounge dec 29: dJ mike lawson Jan 5: dJ mike lawson

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Jan 6: mean mary “And the beat Goes on” concert Series Jan 10: Jonathan byrd & the Pickup cowboys Jan 11: Goodfellers Jan 12: the Get Right band Jan 17: Albert lee Jan 18: Albert lee Jan 19: Sarah Siskind w/ bEth Wood

2105 Peters Creek Pkwy | 336.724.0546 johnnynjunes.com

mAc & NElli’S

4926 Country Club Rd | 336.529.6230 macandnellisws.com dec 27: darrell hoots dec 28: Jukebox Revolver dec 29: brothers Pearl dec 31: New Year’s Eve bash

thE RAmKAt

170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 dec 31: New Years Eve w/ the Plaids Jan 11: lonesome River Jan 12: Kelsey Waldon, None of the Above Jan 15: the Wood brothers, Priscilla Renea Feb 2: Who’s bad: the ultimate michael Jackson Experience Feb 9: between the buried And me, tesseract, Astronoid

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milNER’S

630 S Stratford Rd | 336.768.2221 milnerfood.com dec 30: live Jazz Jan 6: live Jazz

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5455 Bethania Rd | 336.923.8623 dec 28: carolina crossing EP Release Show dec 29: June Rise dec 31: Soul Purpose band Jan 5: Amanda Anne Platt & the honeycutters

826 Angelo Bros Ave | 336.725.0008 dec 26: doug davis duo dec 27: dJSK dec 28: Gipsy danger dec 31: New Year’s Eve Jan 9: badcameo Jan 19: the Freeway Revival Feb 8: the trongone band

1110 Burke St | 336.750.0097 burkestreetpub.com

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3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664 dec 31: the blue Genes Jan 12: Pat Adkins dance Party

FiddliN’ FiSh bREWiNG comPANY 772 Trade St | 336.999.8945 fiddlinfish.com Jan 7: old time Jam Jan 11: david childers Jan 14: old time Jam Jan 17: lisa Saint Jan 18: Souljam Jan 21: old time Jam Jan 28: old time Jam Feb 1: circus mutt

FiNNiGAN’S WAKE

620 Trade St | 336.723.0322 facebook.com/FinnigansWake

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638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 foothillsbrewing.com dec 26: the local boys dec 29: big Pump & the Stun Gunz Jan 2: Greg Wilson and Second Wind Jan 5: Abc trio Jan 6: Sunday Jazz

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BOJANGLES COLISEUM

2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.bojanglescoliseum.com Dec 30: The Avett Brothers

CMCU AMPHITHEATRE former Uptown Amphitheatre 820 Hamilton St | 704.549.5555 www.livenation.com

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1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970 www.fillmorecharlottenc.com Dec 28: Moon Taxi Dec 29: JOYRYDE Dec 31: Chew Jan 5: Face 2 Face - Tribute to Billy Joel & Elton John Jan 5: Chicago Rewired & Reo Survivor Jan 10: Lake Street Dive w/ Mikaela Davis Jan 11: Enrage Against The Machine Jan 12: Listen Local Series Jan 12: Cherub Jan 15: Silverstein Jan 16: The Amity Affliction & Senses Fail Jan 17: Jesse McCartney Jan 18: Scotty McCreery Jan 19: Badfish Jan 19: B.simone Jan 20: Dave East Jan 21: Comethazine Jan 25: Space Jesus Jan 26: Greensky Bluegrass Jan 26: Pop Evil Jan 27: Young Dolph Jan 30: Locash

[Toni Braxton] Jan 31 DPAC Feb 4: Kongos Feb 8: Walk The Moon Feb 9: Bryce Vine Feb 10: Yung Gravy Feb 12: St. Paul & The Broken Bones Feb 19: Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals Feb 20: Alan Walker Feb 22: Mike Stud Feb 22: Who’s Bad Feb 23: Dylan Scott Feb 23: Off With Your Radiohead Feb 26: Gin Blossoms Feb 28: A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie

123 Vivian St | 919.680.2787 www.dpacnc.com Jan 19: Chris Thile Jan 31: Toni Braxton Feb 1: Mandolin Orange Feb 20: Alan Parsons Feb 21: The Piano Guys Feb 22 & 23: Rock of Ages Mar 5: James Bay Mar 18: Joe Bonamassa Mar 23: Celtic Woman Mar 26: Chicago Apr 2: Gary Clark Jr.

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CAROLINA THEATRE

2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.ovensauditorium.com Mar 15: Experience Hendrix Mar 16: Lauren Daigle Mar 22: John Mellencamp Apr 4: Marisela

310 S Greene St | 336.333.2605 www.carolinatheatre.com Jan 12: The Glenn Miller Orchestra Jan 12: Dr. Bacon w/ Viva La Muerte Jan 19: NuBlue & Sideline Jan 20: The Drifters, The Platters, & Cornell Gunter’s Coasters Jan 22: Postmodern Jukebox Feb 1: Arlo Guthrie Feb 1: Vagabond Saints’ Society Feb 3: Chatham Rabbits Feb 7: Drew & Ellie Holcomb Feb 16: Seth Walker Mar 6: Travis Greene Mar 7: The Chieftains Mar 8: Puddles Pity Party Mar 23: Jontavious Willis Mar 30: Whiskey Foxtrot w Jason Springs Band Apr 11: Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio

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PNC MUSIC PAVILION 707 Pavilion Blvd | 704.549.1292 www.livenation.com

OVENS AUDITORIUM

333 E Trade St | 704.688.9000 www.timewarnercablearena.com Jan 8: Justin Timberlake

1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com Dec 31: Bassnectar Feb 2: Luke Combs

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CAROLINA THEATRE

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[Christian Howes] Jan 27 High Point Theatre Feb 23: Winter Jam Mar 15 & 16: Eric Church Apr 5: Alabama

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HIGH POINT THEATRE

220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401 www.highpointtheatre.com Jan 27: Christian Howes Feb 14: Branford Marsalis Quartet Mar 8: Gina Chavez Mar 10: The Queen’s Cartoonists

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CCU MUSIC PARK AT WALNUT CREEK

3801 Rock Quarry Rd | 919.831.6400 www.livenation.com

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 Jan 6: Justin Timberlake Jan 27: Cher Jan 28: Metallica Mar 12: Elton John Mar 17: Mumford & Sons Mar 22: Winter Jam

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BARTENDER: Israel Allen BAR: Longshanks / Preyer AGE: 30 WHERE ARE YOU FROM? Eden, NC HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BARTENDING? 7 Years HOW DID YOU BECOME A BARTENDER? I was waiting tables and one of the bartenders didn’t show up for their shift.

My roommate happened to be managing the bar and made me work the well all night. I had no idea what I was doing.

I even called my dad and complained about how much I hated it after my shift.

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WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT BARTENDING? It’s all about people for me. I have met so many interesting characters and amazing friends all by showing up to work.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO MAKE? High Life

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO DRINK? High Life WHAT WOULD YOUR RECOMMEND AS AN AFTER-DINNER DRINK? High Life WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST THING YOU’VE SEEN WHILE BARTENDING? Someone once threw a knife at me while I was behind the bar. I also saw a woman try and stab a guy with a screwdriver.

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[HOROSCOPES] [LEO (July 23 to August 22) This is a good time to begin reassessing some of your recent decisions about your longrange goals to see if they still have merit.

Spend more time with loved ones this weekend.

[AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Although your workplace strategies usually are accepted, you could be challenged by someone who isn’t so favorably impressed. Be prepared to defend your positions.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) An unsettled situation at home or on the job early in the week could drain your energy levels, making it difficult to get your work done on schedule. But things improve by midweek.

[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Your friendship circle expands, with new people coming into your life at this time.

Welcome them warmly. But don’t neglect those cherished longtime personal relationships.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) A temporary setback could give you time to go over your plans to find weaknesses you might have overlooked before. A romantic getaway with that special person is favored this weekend.

[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) It’s a good time to take a much-needed break from your recent hectic schedule and spend some time in quieter surroundings.

Important news could arrive early next week.

[SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Professional and personal situations benefit once you set a positive tone in getting things off to a good start. Honest dialogue smoothes over any occasional display of balkiness.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) The Taurean traits of reliability and thoroughness could be well-tested when decisionmakers consider your proposals and/or requests. Be prepared to answer some probing questions.

[SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A problem with workplace colleagues or family members seems to defy even your sage counsel. But be patient. Your words eventually will lead to a resolution.

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) A sudden attack of boredom leaves you with some tasks undone. It’s OK to take a short respite. But get back to work by week’s end so that you have time for other projects.

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Amy Alkon

Advice Goddess — Bewildered

I’m confused. Does treating women as equals mean not doing those things that would previously have been considered chivalrous, like opening doors and giving a woman your coat? What’s now considered polite, and what’s considered offensive?

The response by some women these days to men’s well-intentioned acts must tempt at least a few men to swing entirely in the other direction: “Let’s see...I could open the car door for my date — or start to drive off and let her throw herself across the hood and hang on.”

To these women, chivalry is “benevolent sexism,” affectionate but patronizing sexism — a way of treating women that suggests they are in need of men’s help and protec-

tion. It involves things like opening doors and offering to carry a heavy item for a female colleague and being the one who runs for the car in a downpour — instead of handing the girlfriend the keys and announcing, “I’ll just wait here under the awning!”

Research has found that benevolent sexism can be undermining to women — even leading them to feel less competent at their job. However, complicating things a bit, new research by social psychologists Pelin Gul and Tom R. Kupfer finds that women — including women with strong feminist beliefs — are attracted to men with benevolently sexist attitudes and behaviors despite (!) finding these men “patronizing and undermining.” The researchers theorize that what women are actually attracted to is the underlying signal of benevolently sexist behavior — that “a man is willing to invest” (in them and any children they might have together).

Frankly, even I engage in benevolent, uh, something or other — like by holding the door open for any person, male or female, coming up to an entrance behind me — simply because it’s nice for one human to look out for another. Or, as my mother would put it, it’s genteel. Ultimately, your best bet is

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behaving as genteelly as you would if you had no idea about benevolent sexism. Most women will probably appreciate it — even if a few of them say “Thank you...that’s very nice of you!” in language more along the lines of “Screw off, you medieval cretin!”

GIRLS JUST WANNA HAVE FUNDING?

I’m a 34-year-old man, newly single after a relationship that started in college. Though I love the work I do running a small nonprofit, I don’t make tons of money. I’m worried that my inability to “provide” in any sort of lavish way will make it hard for me to attract postcollege women. Do I need to win the lottery?

— Making A Difference It is best if the dream date you’re proposing isn’t all in the presentation: “We have reservations tonight at a cozy new hot spot — my studio apartment with the heat that won’t shut off. Dress tropical!”

I do often write about how women evolved to prefer male partners with high status — men with the ability to “provide” (like by being a hotshot spearmeister who regularly brings home the bison, earning others’ respect and loyalty). However, what’s important to note — and what has some bearing on your chances with the ladies — is that ancestral humans lacked anything resembling “wealth” (portable, conservable assets).

Though no modern woman wants a man who lives paycheck advance to paycheck advance, there’s hope for you — from research on one of the few cultures today in which men aren’t the primary earners.

Political scientist Nechumi Yaffe looked at ultra-Orthodox Jews in Israel — a community in which the men spend all day hunched over studying the Torah and the women are the breadwinners.

Yaffe finds that, as in other cultures, the men the ultra-Orthodox women prefer as mates are those who are the best in their “field” — which, in this community, comes out of the level of “religious devotion and piety” the men show. In other words, though men’s status is a vital mating asset across cultures, “how status is achieved may be culturally specific.”

As for you, I’m guessing you don’t work at a nonprofit because you hit your head and forgot to become a cold corporate tool.

You’re surely part of a community that shares your beliefs about the importance of making a difference. Chances are, many of the women in your world don’t want some money-worshipping hedge fund buttknuckle.

In other words, to ramp up your status, you need to stand out as a top do-gooder — like by coming up with and implementing innovative ideas to ease people’s suffering and make the world a better place. This should make you extremely attractive to a woman with similar values — the sort who spends time every week beautifying the planet...and not because picking up trash along the highway is a condition of her probation for her DUI. !

GOT A problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (www. advicegoddess.com) © 2018 Amy Alkon Distributed by Creators.Com.

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