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Croce Plays Croce March 21, 2020

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Opening on Valentine’s Day, BUDDY! The Buddy Holly Story will jump-start a lot of hearts in the Triad. Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance is producing this blastfrom-the-past show for the second time in four years, with seven shows scheduled through Feb. 23. WSTA’s artistic director Jamie Lawson said, “if you only see one musical this year, make it this one especially if you love this music.”

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I can think of two ways to experience cakes and pastries this good. You could hop a flight to Rome, then choose carefully as you visit various pastry shops. Or you could stay in Greensboro and drive down Westover Terrace to DOLCE AND AMARO. 10 Grab some beads ahead of Fat Tuesday for Triad Health Project’s Mardi Grasthemed fundraiser, BEAD BASH on Feb. 22, with ticket (only available in advance) sales ending at midnight on Feb. 20.

12 On Friday, the School of Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) will open its doors to the public to attend its annual “Best of 2018-’19 Screening” event. It’s a chance to experience and enjoy the work of these talented young filmmakers – and it’s free of charge.

14 After the dismal double whammy of Underwater and The Turning, 2020 didn’t appear to be shaping up as a banner year for horror and science-fiction. With Gretel & Hansel, the genre regains some respectability.

15 Throughout much of our history, Triad area residents have been represented by at least two CONGRESSMEN.

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“Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.”

That phrase, commonly misattributed to Ben Franklin, may have originated in a 1987 newspaper column, but PRESTON LANE believes its relevance is timeless.

23 “You ask yourself whether there is authenticity in the voice of the person you are listening to,” said DANNY GLOVER at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center on Saturday, Feb. 1. The actor and activist told YES! Weekly that he recognized that quality the first time, he spoke to Bernie Sanders...

24 Ten years, 500 shows, and thousands of miles: the GRAND OLE UPROAR celebrates a decade with a hometown gig opening for the Southern Gothic at the Crown above the Carolina Theatre on Feb. 9.

25 Rapper ED RUGER knows how to take a concept and run with it. He’s doing whatever it takes to get his music heard.

31 On Wednesday, Jan. 29, George Washington High School (GW) senior Dakota McBride was awarded with a scholarship from the PATRICK WOMACK MUSIC SCHOLARSHIP FUND towards a new instrument.

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WHAT: Join us at Taste of Ethiopia for a fundraiser to support the Market! Come out an enjoy an authentic Ethiopian dish and our nonprofit will receive 15% of the sale!

Taste of Ethiopia of Greensboro is locally owned and features a cozy atmosphere and attentive service. The funds raised during this event will go towards growing our Food Security Programs.

WHEN: 5-9:30 p.m.

WHERE: Taste of Ethiopia.

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WHAT: Camille A. Brown is a prolific black female choreographer reclaiming the cultural narrative of African American identity.

Her bold work taps into both ancestral stories and contemporary culture to capture a range of deeply personal experiences. Ms. Brown is a four-time Princess Grace Award winner, a Ford Foundation Art of Change Fellow, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award winner, and TED Fellow, among others.

WHEN: 8-9:30 p.m.

WHERE: UNCG Auditorium.

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WHAT: The Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular is the smash hit multimedia laser and light show, featuring the original master recordings of Pink Floyd. Laser Spectacular carries listeners away on a mind-expanding journey, driven by cutting-edge effects, high-powered lasers and large screen video projection; all choreographed to the masterful soundtrack of Pink Floyd.

WHEN: 8-10:30 p.m.

WHERE: The Carolina Theatre.

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WHEN: 7-10 p.m.

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RED CARPET PARTY & 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY WHAT: Join a/perture cinema and Honorary Chairs Jeff Lindsay and Terry Robertson for the annual Red Carpet Party. Enjoy a fun and festive evening that benefits a/ perture cinema and celebrates the year in film. The evening includes film-themed food, beer & wine, a silent auction, dinner & a movie raffle, games & surprises, and the opportunity to watch Hollywood’s biggest evening on the big screens.

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[SPOTLIGHT] TRIAD GAY PROM

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On April 18, the nonprofit Greensboro Lesbian Social Foundation invites the local LGBTQ+ community and its allies to attend the Triad Gay Prom at the Meridian Convention Center, located at 312 W. Meadowview Rd. in Greensboro.

Carin Obad is the president of the Greensboro Lesbian Social Foundation, and she started the group about a year and a half ago.

“When I moved here years ago, I wanted to meet people,” Obad said.

“We have so much fun; it is really great.”

Obad said the Greensboro Lesbian Social Foundation is composed of over 500 active members, and the primary function of the group is fellowship.

“We realized that the majority of us never enjoyed our prom for various reasons—we couldn’t be the people we wanted to be at our own proms, or we had to go with people we didn’t want to go with,” Obad explained.

Obad said that the Triad Gay Prom is the first of its kind in Greensboro, and it is designed to give adults in the LGBTQ+ community and its allies a chance to relive or experience prom authentically. Even though this prom is designed to mimic proms held back in high school, the Triad Gay Prom will not be as traditional. For instance, there will not be a Prom King and Queen crowned.

“We decided against that,” Obad explained. “We just thought, let’s not do all the traditions, but there is a theme! It is ‘Over The Rainbow.’”

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“It doesn’t have to be black-tie, but dress up for a night out and enjoy some great music and dancing.”

Obad said tickets are $25 until March 1; (after March 1, tickets go up in price to $35) and for people to buy tickets off the website, www.TriadGayProm.com or Eventbrite page, www.eventbrite.com/e/triad-gayprom-2020-tickets-85761241181.

“We want the entire LGBTQ community to come out, have some fellowship and enjoy the night out and just have a lot of fun.

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can think of two ways to experience cakes and pastries this good.

You could hop a flight to Rome, then choose carefully as you visit various pastry shops. Or you could stay in Greensboro and drive down Westover Terrace to Dolce and Amaro.

Everything is available on a take-out or eat-in basis. Espresso, cappuccino, and other coffees as well as cold beverages that pair well with sweets are served in house, with café style seating. Sidewalk accommodations are especially inviting.

With Valentine’s in mind, this place moves to the forefront.

Albano Barjami, host pastry chef, trained in multiple Italian culinary institutions, as certificates on the wall attest.

Noteworthy is Arte Dolce in Rimini (facebook.com/scuolaartedolce), the

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equivalent of graduate school for pastry chefs. Osteria, the highly ranked Italian restaurant a few doors down, is the parent institution of Dolce and Amaro.

Myriad cookies occupy one display level, multiple pastry formulations the others. Almost everything is either offered or can be prepared gluten free.

I enlisted co-conspirators Emily, Courtney, and Fred, as well as my wife, Dale, to assist in my visits. Even with their help, my diet is in shambles. Unlike so many sweet encounters in our area, however, the experience here is worth the gain.

The first thing you are likely to notice is Cannolis, empty shells which are filled at order. The photo illustrates pistachio in one end, chocolate chips in the other, in both cases blended into sweetened ricotta cheese. An excellent introduction.

Chocolate Éclair is filled with Chantilly cream, the pastry flaky and flavorful,

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Raspberry Tarte

Saint Honore Cake

Zeppola San Giuseppe

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coated in dark chocolate, laced with white chocolate.

Millefoglie could otherwise be termed a Napoleon, a thousand (figuratively speaking) thin sheets of folded pastry in four layers spread with Chantilly cream, chocolate and hazelnut mousse, plus whipped cream, sprinkled with powdered sugar. This is just decadent. So is Zeppola San Guiseppe, a pastry shell filled with Chantilly mascarpone cream, a glazed strawberry and blueberry on top. Lobster Tail takes its name from appearance rather than ingredients- pastry filled with Chantilly cream, the exterior laced with chocolate sauce and sprinkled with powdered sugar, a glazed strawberry on top.

Tarts enclose various fillings. For a fruit based sample, I chose Apricot, its jammy interior enclosed in laced crust, with commendable results. Fruit Tart arrays glazed fresh fruits over pastry cream.

Coconut Tart is lush, a function of coconut pastry cream with whipped cream topping. Nuts Pastry Cream Tart scatters almonds, pecans, pistachios, and golden raisins over a base of pastry cream.

Raspberry Tarte is an open shell filled with milk chocolate mousse; shaved chocolate perches in a whipped cream center, surrounded by glazed raspberries.

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Shifting away from tarts and pastries toward custardy things produces another avenue of taste adventure, equally fruitful. This version of Tiramisu starts with a base of sponge cake, then layers a custard of eggs and sugar and mascarpone cheese flavored with espresso, the top dusted with powdered chocolate.

Triple Chocolate Mousse- dark, white, and milk chocolate- rests in an almond sponge cake base.

You can’t explore Italian sweets without cheesecake. These renditions are rich and creamy. Chocolate Cheesecake layers a crust of crumbled cookies with ricotta cheese and vanilla sponge cake, a mirror chocolate glaze on top. Cheesecake Tiramisu is kind of the best of both worlds, cream cheese cheesecake and chocolate sponge cake, with powdered chocolate on top.

Whole cakes occupy their own display case. Customization is extensive in sizes of 6, 8, 10, or 12 inches. Go with the unique creations offered or consult about your own ideas.

The eponymous Dolce and Amaro Cake is a crunchy sponge cake coated in dark chocolate icing, with dollops of salted caramel on top, hazelnut chocolate candy attached to the sides. Black Forest Cake is chocolate sponge cake blended

with dark chocolate mousse, incorporating raspberry confit, soaked in Amarena Kirsch (a sweet liqueur), coated with milk chocolate glazed icing, a swirled toasted meringue on top.

Chocolate Pistachio Raspberry Cake combines sponge cake and pistachio mousse, the sides surrounded by pistachio cookies. The crocodile on top is made from dark chocolate. Hazelnut Pistachio Cake is a sponge cake blended with pistachio mousse, hazelnuts, and cherries, iced in pistachio mirror glaze.

Marilyn Monroe Cake is white and pure in appearance, an almond sponge cake layered with white milk chocolate mousse ladled with raspberry confit over a white chocolate mirror glaze.

Saint Honore Cake is perhaps the most elaborate structure of them all, a sponge cake whose top alternates flaky pastry cream puffs, Chantilly chocolate, and vanilla cream. This is a recreation of a famous pastry invention dated to 1847 in Paris, historically honored by pastry chefs. Vanilla Sponge Cake layers an interior of Chantilly cream and dark chocolate, topped with whipped cream.

One final thought- real Italian creations such as these usually do not taste as sweet as comparable American desserts. That’s because highly refined

sugars and flours are not used here. Basic ingredients are imported directly from Italy, where a more natural approach is the norm. I think the inherent flavors of exceptional contents come through better here. I intend to waddle by as often as my weight allows for repeat visits! !

JOHN BATCHELOR has been writing about eating and drinking since 1981. Over a thousand of his articles have been published. He is also author of two travel/cookbooks: Chefs of the Coast: Restaurants and Recipes from the North Carolina Coast, and Chefs of the Mountains: Restaurants and Recipes from Western North Carolina. Contact him at john.e.batchelor@gmail. com or see his blog, johnbatchelordiningandtravel. blogspot.com.

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Dolce and Amaro Artisan Bakery 1310 Westover Terrace, Suite 110, Greensboro (336) 763-4349, dolceamaroartisanbakery.com Hours: 8 a.m.-9 p.m. Sunday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday & Saturday Coffee Concoctions: $2.25-$4.95 Cookies: $1.75-$2.50 Pastries: $2.95-$6.95 Whole Cakes: $34 and up, depending on size and customizations Most recent visit: Jan. 25

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Triad Health Project hosts fundraising Mardi Gras party for a ‘future free from HIV’

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rab some beads ahead of Fat Tuesday for Triad Health Project’s Mardi Gras-themed fundraiser, Bead Bash on Feb. 22, with ticket (only available Terry Rader in advance) sales ending at midnight on Feb. 20. Anyone Contributor ages 15 and up are invited to support Triad Health Project at The Painted Plate in Greensboro at 6 p.m. for the VIP Pre-Bead Bash Cocktail Hour and Silent Auction sneak-peek, followed by general admission at 7 p.m.

A Cajun-style dinner will include Muffaleta Po’ Boy, jambalaya with Andouille sausage, baby shrimp étouffée, Southernstyle crudités, and pimento cheese and a cash bar for all (VIP tickets include drinks served during the cocktail hour).

Adriana Adams, Triad Health Project’s new director of philanthropy and community engagement, said that all proceeds raised from this event would go directly toward “compassionate care and support services for people living with HIV in the Triad, and prevention services for those at risk.” She said THP’s platinum sponsor, Replacements, Ltd. is making this event possible by covering the cost of the party just as they did last year along with support from LeBauer Healthcare, Lake Jeanette Orthodontics & Pediatric Dentistry, HR Playbook, and a group of their Red-Ribbon friends plus a few others to be confirmed.

Adams said that although costumes are not required, “those of you bold enough to throw on your beads, boas and other festive attire may enter a contest for a chance to win a prize for the best costume.” She said that Evan Olson would be singing during the cocktail hour, and Jessica Mashburn would DJ the music while Miss Kitty Litter, the Master of Ceremonies, would be directing special performances by Triad drag queens who will sing/lip-sync songs accompanied with dancing, drinks and fun for everyone. The queens plan to raffle off beads again this year with a surprise gift to raise additional proceeds.

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and products for both the silent and live auctions would be accepted up until Valentine’s Day, and asked people to “consider making these purchases as gifts you would buy anyway.” The silent auction would include a liquor gift basket and several gift certificates, including Fund-a-Need packages. She said the live auction has higher-ticket items, such as a safari trip. Her favorite item is a painting, donated by her personal friend and artist Gary Higgins, who grew up in Greensboro.

Adams said that this event was created in lieu of the Dining for Friends, as the year-end grand finale “wasn’t getting as much attendance as it used to.” They hope

to keep the party going longer with the Mardi Gras theme and drag element “that has grown a lot of fans.”

THP will also be launching a new look designed by Shane Lukas of “A Great Idea” that includes a new logo and website that would go live during the event. Adams said they would also be revealing their new justice, sexual health, and social equity brand via mobile-friendly screens.

She stressed that THP “is still the same organization, and they still carry the same heartbeat, with the same mission for our future to be free from HIV.” As a daughter of an immigrant family from Cuba, Adams knows how important

it is for people in the community to help those in need, and she wants to pay it forward. She said that HIV is affecting everyone collectively, and especially now with the added Opioid epidemic and needle-sharing. She said THP’s educators teach our community how to be safe, and they need the funds to build that service more than ever before.

What is so very important, Adams said, is to put THP’s present need out to the community. They have set a goal to raise $75,000 for this event. She said that after serving for 30 years on a shoe-string budget, they now have a $46,000 deficit, and they have begun laying the groundwork to roll out a new fundraising campaign to be revealed during the annual Ron Johnson Red Ribbon Run & Aids Walk returning this fall. Adams said THP needs new people to “step up, get involved, and to really rally around THP this year.” She said it’s not too early to start planning for the 30th anniversary of Dining with Friends, hosted by individuals in their homes or gardens this spring and summer.

Adams shared THP’s updated mission to “promote comprehensive sexual health education, partners in support with our friends and neighbors living with HIV, and advocates for equity in prevention and treatment access.”

“Sometimes people look at the ticket price and see it as expensive, but if you look at how much you spend on dinner and a movie, this money goes back to the core of our community while you get to enjoy great music, a drag show and have lots of fun by spending your money for a good cause,” Adams said. !

TERRY RADER is a freelance writer/editorial/content/ copy, creative consultant/branding strategist, communications outreach messenger, poet and emerging singer/ songwriter.

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The Bead Bash, Feb. 22 at 6-11 p.m. Tickets go off sale on Feb. 20. $65, general admission, $100, VIP at The Painted Plate at the Vineyard, 3404 Whitehurst Rd. in Greensboro, www.triadhealthproject. com/thebeadbash/, Mar. 21 at 7 p.m., Reading, by queer poet Daniel W.K. Lee at Scuppernong Books, 304 S. Elm St. in Greensboro. Triad Health Project, 801 Summit Ave. in Greensboro, (336) 275-1654. For event info, visit info@triadhealthproject.com.

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Michelle DeGrace’s fourth-year film Painted Love.

by Katie Murawski

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Pyrle Theater located at 232 S Elm St. 2 Wolves and a Lamb By: Preston Lane Feb. 2- Feb. 23 Show times: Tuesdays-Thursdays, Sundays 7:30 p.m., Fridays-Saturdays 8 p.m. and 2 p.m.

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UNCSA School of Filmmaking showcases student’s ‘Best of 2018-’19’ On Friday, the School of Filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) will open its doors to the public to attend its annual “Best of 2018-’19 Screening” Mark Burger event. It’s a chance to experience and enjoy the work of Contributor these talented young filmmakers – and it’s free of charge.

Topping the 90-minute program is Interstate 8, the third film produced in collaboration with Film University Babelsberg Konrad Wolf, which was filmed locally and completed last April. The story follows two women who meet by chance in a police car and, without a word spoken, come to realize that injustice looms before them.

In 2017, a multi-year exchange program was instituted between students from Berlin, who came to Winston-Salem that February, followed by UNCSA students who traveled to Germany that May. This unique collaboration became the subject of Berlin and Back, a documentary made by students at the School of Filmmaking that aired on UNC-TV in January 2018.

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tal narrative Heaven’s Hue, and director/ co-cinematographer Mateo Davis’s How to Never Stop Being Sad, an interpretive dance music video and a final class project for fourth-year cinematography students – were produced on 35mm film instead of digital equipment.

In the 21st century, digital filmmaking has become the norm in the industry; one reason being that film stock is more expensive. Nevertheless, the School of Filmmaking does provide that option.

“I don’t think many schools give the students the opportunity to shoot on film,” said Thomas Ackerman, professor of cinematography at UNCSA. “Depth and breadth of the curriculum is one of the hallmarks of a conservatory education.

We’re proud to offer that to our students.”

Other films scheduled to be screened include director Grant Godbee’s Daughters, a fourth-year student film about a pregnant teenager coming to terms with her condition while trying to reconcile with her wayward mother; Do You Remember, an animated third-year film written, directed, and animated by Christi Neptune, Ryan Mulder, and Scott Rodeheaver; Haunted, an animated first-year student film that puts a spin on traditional ghost stories from writer/director/ animator/co-editor Mckayla Singleton; writer/director Brian Storck’s High Stakes, a second-year student film that sends up the vampire genre; writer/director Connor Ryan’s Lonely Flowers, a second-year film

about the effects of divorce on a young woman; director Jeff Yabrow’s Loser, a fourth-year drama about a woman struggling to make ends meet; director Michelle DeGrace’s fourth-year film Painted Love, in which a disillusioned debt collector discovers a portal to a magical world; and director Joey Moore’s third-year film The Big L, in which a young girl becomes her own superhero to fend off bullies.

“In the School of Filmmaking, we encourage our students to experience the full range of opportunities made possible by their conservatory education,” said Henry Grillo, interim dean of the School of Filmmaking. “The experimental films and the Berlin exchange film are two examples of how we are empowering our students, and we’re excited to share them with our community of film lovers and supporters, alongside some of our best animated and narrative films from the previous year.” !

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The UNCSA School of Filmmaking’s “Best of 2018’19 Screening” will take place at 7 p.m. Friday in the Main Theatre of the ACE Exhibition Complex, located on the UNCSA campus, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. Admission is free. For more information, visit the official UNCSA website, https:// www.uncsa.edu/.

According to the website, “Let your voice be heard. The local elections in Hawboro, N.C., pit old friends against each other, and special interests rule. There are no bystanders here.

Immerse yourself in the rush of the campaign and become a participant as you vote in the election and decide the end of the story.” From the artistic director: “In our Hawboro project, all of us at Triad Stage are trying to create on ongoing dialogue on issues facing the Piedmont Triad. These handmade experiences are crafted especially for you. And this time, we want to make you honorary citizens of Hawboro. I started working on this play last year as a literary fellow at The Montalvo Arts Center, challenging myself to make a way for everyone— liberal, conservative, or somewhere in between—to be a part of Hawboro’s future.”

STAINED GLASS PLAYHOUSE Located at 4401 Indiana Ave. in Winston-Salem Crimes of the Heart Written by: Beth Henley Directed by Steffanie Vaughan Feb. 7-8, 14-15, & 21-22 at 8 p.m.; Feb. 9, 16, & 23 at 3 p.m.

According to the website, “In Hazlehurst, Mississippi, the three Magrath sisters have gathered to await news of Old Granddaddy, living out his last hours in the local hospital. Lenny, the oldest, never left home, and now faces diminishing marital prospects.

Meg, who couldn’t wait to leave, is back after a failed singing career. And Babe, the youngest, is out on bail after having shot her husband in the stomach. Their troubles, grave but somehow hilarious, are highlighted by their priggish cousin, Chick, and by the awkward young lawyer who tries to keep Babe out of jail while helpless not to fall in love with her. Betrayed by their passions, the sisters must make sense of their recent misfortunes, forgive the past, and embrace the future.

Presented by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.” !

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fter the dismal double whammy of Underwater and The Turning, 2020 didn’t appear to be shaping up as a banner year for horror Mark Burger and science-fiction.

With Gretel & Hansel, Contributor the genre regains some respectability.

The film is not entirely successful, but it’s evident that screenwriter Rob Hayes and particularly director Osgood Perkins are in there, swinging away.

That the film is titled Gretel & Hansel rather than the usual Hansel & Gretel is ostensible because Gretel is the dominant character (which she is), but it’s conceivable that the filmmakers wanted to avoid confusion with the ludicrous Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013).

Set in a plague-ravaged Medieval landscape, the story adheres to the basic tenets laid down by the Brothers Grimm: Gretel (Sophia Lillis) and younger brother Hansel (newcomer Sammy Leakey) have been banished from home and left to fend for themselves in a forest less enchanted than foreboding.

Desperately hungry and lost, they come across the dwelling of Holda (Alice Krige), she of the blackened fingertips and ripe Irish brogue, who lays out a sumptuous banquet for them.

To repay the favor, Gretel and Hansel offer to do chores before continuing their journey. Naturally, things don’t quite work out the way they intended.

Lillis, who’s earned her “scream queen” stripes with It (2018) and It: Chapter Two (2019), holds her own against genre veteran Krige, fondly remembered as the lethal Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact (1996) and the sensuous specter in Ghost Story (1981), and their scenes together are assured and well-played.

As portrayed here, both characters have precognitive and psychic abilities, thereby sharing a link that is never clearly defined.

Indeed, a sense of vagueness permeates the proceedings, and Gretel’s narration feels like it was

tacked on at the last minute to add some clarity.

Director Perkins is the older son of the legendary Anthony Perkins, named after his actor grandfather. Late in his career, Anthony directed two features, Psycho III (1986) and Lucky Stiff (1988) and displayed a mordant sense of humor. Oz Perkins seems to have inherited this, and it adds a little snap to the oft-told tale.

The prose is sometimes purple, but it’s only fitting, given the surroundings.

One aspect that is completely successful is the film’s atmosphere. Cinematographer Galo Olivares (only his second feature) and production designer Jeremy Reed are to be lauded for the evocative, even magical, imagery throughout, and the score by “Rob” (Robin Coudert) is also a major asset.

Collectively, Gretel & Hansel isn’t without its faults, but there are individual moments of brilliance that stand out in the memory, as well as some highly suggestive overtones that, alas, aren’t fully realized. Although the film is rated PG-13, all the better to attract younger audiences, it’s still pretty strong stuff, and definitely not for small children. !

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THE RHYTHM SECTION (R) Fri - Thu: 12:05, 10:05 THE GENTLEMEN (R) Fri - Thu: 12:00, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20 The Turning (PG-13) Fri - Thu: 2:45, 5:00, 7:25 BAD BOYS FOR LIFE (R) Fri & Sat: 12:15, 3:00, 5:45, 8:30, 11:15 Sun - Thu: 12:15, 3:00, 5:45, 8:30 DOLITTLE (PG) Fri - Thu: 12:10, 2:35, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50 1917 (R) Fri & Sat: 12:20, 3:00, 5:40, 8:20, 11:00 Sun: 12:20, 3:00, 5:40, 8:20 Mon - Thu: 12:20, 3:00, 5:40, 8:20, 11:00 JUST MERCY (PG-13) Fri - Thu: 1:00, 7:00 Little Women (PG) Fri - Thu: 3:45, 7:10 JUMANJI: THE NEXT LEVEL (PG-13) Fri - Thu: 4:05, 10:00 A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (PG) Fri - Thu: 3:05, 5:25, 7:45 Ford v Ferrari (PG-13) Fri - Thu: 12:00, 10:10 PARASITE (R) Fri - Thu: 12:40, 10:05

BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN) (R) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER (PG-13) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 12:30, 3:30, 7:15, 10:15 KNIVES OUT (PG-13) LUXURY SEATING Fri - Thu: 1:20, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10 BIRDS OF PREY (AND THE FANTABULOUS EMANCIPATION OF ONE HARLEY QUINN) (R) Fri & Sat: 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45, 11:15 Sun - Thu: 1:15, 3:45, 6:15, 8:45 2020 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation () Fri - Thu: 12:05, 9:40 2020 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS DOCUMENTARY Fri - Thu: 4:15 PM 2020 OSCAR NOMINATED SHORTS - LIVE ACTION Fri & Sat: 2:00, 7:25, 11:35 Sun: 2:00, 7:25 Mon - Thu: 2:00, 7:25, 11:35 GRETEL & HANSEL (PG-13) Fri & Sat: 12:20, 2:40, 4:55, 7:05, 9:15, 11:30 Sun - Thu: 12:20, 2:40, 4:55, 7:05, 9:15

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hroughout much of our history, Triad area residents have been represented by at least two Congressmen.

But now, thanks to various court rulings Jim Longworth and legislative maneuverings, Greensboro, High Point, Longworth and Winston-Salem at Large will all fall into the newly formed 6th district, as well as all of Guilford County and much of Forsyth.

The new alignment favors a Democrat, so Republican incumbent Mark Walker declined to seek another term. As a result, two Republicans and five Democrats filed for the open seat, and they will seek their party’s nomination in the March 3 primary. Democrat Bruce Davis is a native of High Point, a graduate of High Point University, and founder of Kid Appeal Learning Center. He served 20 years in the United States Marine Corps, and three terms on the Guilford County Board of Commissioners. This is Bruce’s second run for Congress. The first was in 2016 when he was defeated by Republican Ted Budd in what was then the 13th district. Bruce and his wife Angela have five children and one granddaughter.

Davis appeared on Triad Today this past weekend. Here are highlights of our conversation: J.L.: Why are you running for Congress?

B.D.: First of all, I’ve served as a county commissioner and served on a number of boards in our community. And I’ve always wanted the opportunity to do more for more people as I work in the political arena.

J.L.: What are your priorities in terms of issues and problems that you’d want to address when elected?

B.D.: One of the main issues we’re faced with is affordable housing, which ties into poverty within our community.

We have roughly a 15.7% poverty rate in the newly drawn 6th congressional district, and that equates to about 144,000 people who are making less than $24,000 a year for a family of four.

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We need to be lifting folks out of poverty through livable wages and finding greater opportunities for them.

J.L.: President Trump said recently that he would now consider cutting back on social security and Medicare. Any thoughts on that?

B.D.: It’s a Republican thought. Some of them want to shrink the size of government to the point that you can drown it in a bathtub. That’s the direction they’d like to go, but I think people who need help, deserve help.

J.L.: You’re a veteran, and you’ve always been concerned about the care veterans receive.

B.D.: The other night, I was standing outside of my Greensboro office, and a young lady came up to me and said, “Hey, I’m a veteran. Can you help me get something to eat?” She was also pregnant and homeless. And when you see people who have served the nation, some have given life and limb, and they’re out on the streets struggling, it pains me, it really does. We should be taking better care of our veterans.

J.L.: Are you for or against term limits?

B.D.: I don’t see a necessity for term limits by law. I think your constituents will decide when you need to move on, or when there’s a better choice available.

But personally, I don’t believe in staying anywhere too long, which is why I only did three terms on the County commissioners.

J.L.: What is it about your background and experience that will make you an effective Congressman?

B.D.: I’ve been able to work across party lines. With the Carolina Field of Honor, I had to work with Republicans and Democrats on the Guilford County board of commissioners, then I worked with the Forsyth board, and we were able to get the land to build the largest veterans memorial outside of Washington, D.C. There are other instances where I’ve been able to work with both sides.

That’s what we need in Washington, not the fighting, but working together. !

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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Inspired by the true story of young women using “practice babies” to learn about child-rearing, playwright Jennifer Blackmer has woven themes of feminism, women in the workforce, and the work/motherhood balance in her new play.

Feb. 20-22 and Feb. 24-26 at 7:30pm Feb. 23 at 2:00pm Empty Space Theatre High Point University For tickets call 336-841-4673 or online at www.highpoint.edu/theatre FEBRUARY 5-11, 2020

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Matthew Davies, 47, of Dunfermline, Scotland, pleaded guilty on Jan. 17 to assault and robbery in the case of a bumbling Bank Chuck Shepherd of Scotland holdup in September, the Daily Record reported. On that day, Davies charged into the bank with a meat cleaver in hand and a pillowcase over his head.

Unfortunately, he had neglected to cut eyeholes in the pillowcase and therefore couldn’t see — so he had to take it off.

Undeterred, Davies used the cleaver to batter a glass partition on the counter and eventually took off with almost 2,000 pounds, casually wandering toward home, even stopping to pet a dog along the way.

One brave customer of the bank followed Davies to his home and alerted police; there they found cash and the pillowcase, along with a stun gun. He’ll be sentenced in February.

POLICE REPORT

Antoine McDonald, 21, of Altamonte Springs, Florida, became famous last year for dressing up as the Easter Bunny in Orlando, but he found his costume unhelpful on Jan. 16 after ramming his motorcycle into a carport, which collapsed on a car parked there, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The motorcycle then hit a fence and flipped over, and a neighbor observed the Easter Bunny limping away from the scene. When officers caught up with McDonald, lying in the back ssseat of

a car, he denied involvement in the crash: “I wasn’t in any crash. I’m the Orlando Easter Bunny. Google it,” he claimed. “The bunny appeared to be alive,” officers reported, according to the Orlando Sentinel, and they asked him to remove the costume before arresting him and transporting him to the hospital for rib and leg injuries sustained in the crash.

PEOPLE WITH ISSUES

— A mystery was solved on Jan. 22 in Natick, Massachusetts, when police arrested Andrea F. Grocer, 51, of Ashland, on suspicion of defecating in front of the Natick Outdoor Store eight times over the last four months. Henry Kanner, the store’s owner, had reported the incidents to police in December, and officers first thought an animal might be the culprit — until they found “toilet paper and other wipes,” Natick police spokesperson Lt. Cara Rossi told The MetroWest Daily News. Some of the incidents had been recorded by surveillance video, but police hadn’t been able to identify a license plate. During extra patrols of the parking lot, they spotted Grocer at 6:51 a.m. as she prepared to leave her mark again, police said. “I have no idea who she is,” Kanner said, adding that he knows of no connection she has with the store. Grocer’s lawyer described her as a “pillar of the community.”

— Now-retired high school English teacher Jeffrey S. Churchwell, 60, of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, apologized to Walworth County Sheriff’s deputies in October and admitted that he had been defecating, sometimes several times a day, since 2017 outside and on a building in the rural Natureland Park in Whitewater. The Milton Courier reported Brent Brooks of the

Walworth County Highway Shop met with deputies in October about the repeated offenses, which required parks department workers to power-wash and sometimes repaint facilities, on top of picking up used toilet paper. Trail cameras recorded the man relieving himself, and deputies caught up with Churchwell on Oct. 8. When asked why, he replied, “Stupidity,” according to sheriff’s office reports. Churchwell was charged with disorderly conduct and was ordered to pay more than $6,000 in fines and restitution. He was put on leave from the Milton School District on Nov. 25; his retirement took effect Jan. 16.

UNCLEAR ON THE CONCEPT

United Press International reported that an unnamed man in Orlando, Florida, got a little mixed up as he tried to fill his boat’s gas tank before a fishing trip on Jan. 27.

Rather than putting the gas nozzle into the fuel tank, the man inserted it into a fishing pole holder and pumped 30 gallons of gas directly into the cockpit. Orange County Fire Rescue was called to the 7-Eleven, and a hazmat team siphoned most of the errant gas from the boat before the fisherman filled up the actual tank and went on his way.

OOPS!

In June 2019, the city of Roubaix, France, proudly announced it had installed 187 solar panels to generate electricity for the city’s library, and paid a local company about $113,000 for the “green” equipment.

But during the installation of a wind turbine to supplement the clean energy effort in December, workers noticed the solar panels had never been connected to the library’s electrical network. Oddity Central reported the panels were intended to supply about a quarter of the library’s needed power, but “we realized this was not the case,” admitted Alexandre Garcin, the city’s deputy mayor, who did not elaborate on why it took six months to figure out the oversight.

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Houston mother Emily Madonia’s nightmare began in 2015, when the Elsa (from “Frozen”) doll her daughter received for Christmas 2013 began reciting lines from the movie in both English and Spanish; originally it had only spoken English.

Next, the doll began speaking and singing randomly, even when her on/off switch was in the OFF position. In December 2019, Madonia threw the doll out, Click2Houston reported, but she and her husband later found the doll in a bench inside their home. So they double wrapped the doll in plastic bags and “put it in the bottom of our garbage can,” Madonia wrote on Facebook. Days later, her daughter found the doll again in the backyard. Finally, Madonia sent the doll to a friend who lives in Minnesota, where it remained at press time. In the meantime, Madonia has been contacted by paranormal investigators and the Travel Channel.

SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED. NOT.

Ben Lilly, 40, on his way to Halifax in West Yorkshire, England, on Jan. 25 passed an object in the road that looked like a dead animal — a leopard, to be specific.

Lilly stopped and turned around, carefully approaching the large cat. He told Metro News his heart was racing and he was afraid his face might be “ripped off” by the beast. “I saw the markings on it. It had the tail bit on it, too,” Lilly said. “But as soon as I looked at it from the other angle, I started laughing.” It turned out to be a leopard-print jumpsuit, complete with tail.

Lilly speculated on Facebook it might be “some tart’s coat from last night. ... It was Saturday morning and Halifax is a bit of a drinking town.” !

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pening on Valentine’s Day, Buddy! The Buddy Holly Story will jump-start a lot of hearts in the Triad.

Winston-Salem Theatre Alliance Terry Rader is producing this blast-from-the-past Contributor show for the second time in four years, with seven shows scheduled through Feb. 23. WSTA’s artistic director Jamie Lawson said, “if you only see one musical this year, make it this one especially if you love this music.” Half of the original 2016 cast returns, including Lawson and Gray Smith, who will reprise the lead role of Buddy Holly. WSTA’s 2016 show was ranked third in WSTA’s highest-attended shows, closely following Les Miserables (first) and Mamma Mia! (second).

Lawson said it’s going to be a great date night to “bring your sweetheart and revisit the pretty lyrics in popular love songs of that era,” including “Peggy Sue,” “That’ll Be The Day,” “True Love Ways,” “Flower Of My Heart” and more. This show is presented with permission by Buddy Worldwide and was written by Alan Janes with music and lyrics by various artists.

Nine professional musicians—Allan Beck (guitar ), Grant Blair (guitar), Guy Kelpin (bass), Tommy Jackson (keyboard), Jonathan Owens (violin/ keyboard), Carlos Tolbert (saxophone), Doug Woolard (trumpet), Bernie Hall (trombone) and Shon Minish (drums)— will perform 28 songs live.

This ensemble will rock out in the background through Act I and then come front-and-center in Act II to perform Buddy Holly and the Crickets’ last concert.

Smith will be singing and playing guitar while Beck plays all the major chords.

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Lawson said that while people are rocking in their seats all throughout the show, it’s in Act II where the “audience goes bananas.”

“It’s just crazy how the audience feeds off of the high energy of the concert cast, and they, in turn, feed off of the audience,” Lawson remarked. He said there were people dancing in the aisles the first time they did this show to “Shout,” “Johnny B. Goode,” “Good Time,” “Oh Boy!” and others.

The rest of the cast include Steve

Robinson as Joe Maudlin, John C. Wilson as Jerry Allison, Troy Hurst as Hipockets Duncan and The Big Bopper, Mark Brown as Decca Producer, Omar Solsa as Ritchie Valens, Carl Nuble as Norman Petty, Katy Carroll as Vi Petty, Brianna Witherspoon as Marlena Madison, Braxton Allen as Tyrone Jones and Beth Cox as Mary Lou Sokolof/Shirley and others who play and sing multiple parts along with five DJs and an emcee and the Jingle Singers Ensemble along with four female back-up singers, four male back-up singers, and four Hayriders— all of which are community theatre volunteers including Lawson.

“I love Buddy Holly’s music; how could anyone not like him?” Smith remarked.

“He died so young. Just come, I can assure you that you will love the band and it’s worth it just to hear these songs.

The first time we did this show, it was so much fun, especially at the end with the live rock concert.”

Smith said they have a “very tight

ensemble and a huge cast” that does a great job, and Lawson, who “always does a great job,” showcasing talent. Smith’s favorite songs in this show are “Raining in My Heart,” “Maybe Baby,” and “That’ll Be The Day.” Smith owns and works full-time at Village Hair Designs at Reynolda Village in Winston-Salem. Lawson said he and Smith laugh about how people come into the salon and ask Smith to sing songs from the plays they have seen him in.

One lady even asked Smith to teach her some dance moves from the “Legend of McBride” play, so she could move like him, in heels.

Lawson said he met Smith in 1996 at a nightclub when they began doing shows together. He was surprised at how vivacious Smith is on stage “when in real life, he is an introvert and very quiet.” Lawson said Smith’s first role at age 13 was a munchkin in The Wizard of Oz, and that he was very talented. Smith has been in

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several shows at WSTA, Community Theatre in Greensboro and Little Theatre of Winston-Salem, and Lawson has directed 229 shows to date. Lawson now directs up to 12 shows a year, of which Smith is in at least four to five productions annually.

Lawson said he likes it that way because he gets to see Smith more. Lawson said Smith had always done a great job for him, and he loves working with him.

Beck is a native of Greensboro freelance musician who grew up in a musical family. Beck enjoyed volunteering his time as a musician for WSTA shows and said he is really excited about this show. As a classically-trained guitar player, he said he would be playing the guitar chords for all of the songs the Buddy Holly character plays. He said that people love rockabilly because the music is “so much fun, and it’s amazing when you realize how the players back then were so far ahead of their time.”

“It will be high energy and fun!” Beck said regarding the show. “I really enjoyed being in the Million Dollar Quartet musical with Gray; he’ll be great as Buddy Holly!”

Tommy Jackson is the show’s keyboardist and musical director for the Reeves Theatre in Elkin. Jackson also plays guitar for the theatre’s house band, which has live music performances every month, showcasing a different era of music. Previous shows have included The Rolling Stones, Allman Brothers Band, and Pink Floyd. Jackson said that Buddy Holly was an inspiration for everyone who came after him, even the Beatles.

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Weekly, Jackson was serendipitously attending Daryl Scott’s Music Camp “January Songfood” in Nashville. He said he’d been writing a song a week for the past year. He said that in that time period of music, “the piano was a pretty popular instrument in how it lends itself to a rockabilly style (Jerry Lee Lewis).”

“Songwriting is helping me find my voice to figure out how I fit in the lineage of the musicians,” Jackson said. “Every day is different. Sometimes it’s good, and it’s always a learning experience.”

John C. Wilson will choreograph this show and play the Crickets’ drummer Jerry Allison in Act I (known as one of the most important drummers in rock ‘n’ roll and rockabilly music) and a back-up singer in Act II. “At the end of the second act during the concert, the show raises the roof, and the powerful movement is palpable and intensifies during ‘Rave On,’” Wilson said. “Come expecting to sing and dance and tap your toes and expect a beautiful show!”

Lawson said people really love tribute shows and that “we all want more of the music that was lost.” He said with Buddy Holly being so widely successful; he has continued to draw fans of all ages long after his death in the 1959 plane crash in Iowa with Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper.

“They left us way too soon, but the play doesn’t dwell on that, so you will not leave feeling down,” Lawson said.

“We want to remember Buddy Holly by his really fun rockabilly music and love songs.”

Lawson said that a lot of the things that happened in Buddy Holly’s life would be framed through radio broadcasts (“We’re following Buddy Holly here in Nashville…”) to establish significant dates and locations that encapsulates his entire career. Lawson said he always tells people who have seen the musical that each show is different and to “come experience it again, especially if you love rockabilly music.”

Lawson said he grew up listening to this kind of music, which he dearly loves.

However, “Peggy Sue Got Married” is his favorite song.

“Every time you think the show is about to end, leaving you wanting more, it cranks back up, and the audience goes wild,” Lawson said.

With all the plays he sits through (some run up to 16 times), this is his favorite show to watch night after night.

He said several people came back to see the 2016 show three to four times, and some followed them to the Willingham Theater in Yadkinville, where Smith said they took it on the road and did three shows in one weekend.

Lawson said that becoming the artistic director for WSTA has been a dream come true for him since the former WSTA director stepped down to start a family in 2001. Lawson said he enjoys being on the stage and that he studied acting at High Point University, and then after another year, at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Lawson said he realized he didn’t want to do acting and switched to directing because he “loves to shape what people experience.”

“I’m very happy now,” Lawson said.

“Sometimes, I think, if I had to do it over, I’d do what mama said and become a nurse because I love to make people feel better. Then I realize I am making people feel better by doing theatre; I’m just practicing a different kind of medicine. I have to say, Buddy! has been one of the most exciting shows for me. I’ve rarely seen a show with so much energy! This is why I do what I do – this, right here – so I can get this feeling and share it with the audience.”

Lawson was excited to announce they have reached roughly $1,030,000 of the $1.5 million goal for WSTA’s Capital Homecoming Campaign to help complete renovations and finish paying for their new theatre, which will be located at 650 W. 6th St. Upcoming WSTA plays include Evita (March 13), Something Wicked This Way Comes (April 17), and Urinetown (May 15). !

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Democracy is ‘2 Wolves and a Lamb’ and the audience voting “Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.”

That phrase, commonly misattributed to Ben Franklin, may have originated in a 1987 newspaper column, but Preston Ian McDowell Lane believes its relevance is timeless.

Contributor Lane quotes it for the title of his new play 2 Wolves and a Lamb, which is in preview Feb. 4-6, with its official opening night Friday, Feb. 7, continuing through Feb. 23 at Triad Stage in Greensboro.

Lane, who is Triad Stage’s artistic director as well as the director of this production, told YES! Weekly that he’s long loved that quote regardless of its true provenance.

“It sums up the experience I feel as someone who lives in a democracy, yet is skeptical of the majority. It’s connected to a favorite quote from one of my favorite plays, Henrik Ibsen’s The Enemy of the People, where Dr. Stockman says, ‘The majority is always wrong.’ I’m convinced people should determine their own governments, but I’m also convinced that those who are in opposition to the majority must have representation. Ibsen wrote about how the majority can become tyrannical, as I believe it truly does.”

2 Wolves and a Lamb is the eighth production in what Lane calls the Hawboro Project, set in the fictional North Carolina town of that name, which he invented a decade ago for Providence Gap. “I never thought it would resurface, but when I began Common Enemy a few years later, I wanted to place it in a North Carolina city.

I recycled the name and realized it was a remarkable place to write about.”

Lane said he has also written a ninth play set in Hawboro and about “an especially violent few weeks in 1966 that changed the Blessing family forever,” but which “I’m not sure it will ever make it to Triad Stage.”

Lane said that each time he writes a play set in his fictional city, he learns more about its people and landscape, but also more about himself.

“I think the most surprising thing I’ve discovered about myself as an artist and a person is that I am more interested in digging deep than covering an enormous amount of ground. My travel used to be more about visiting new places, but in YES! WEEKLY

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Cinny Strickland and Carroll Michael Johnson as Eleanor Blessing and Mayor Felton Links the past 15 years, I’ve become much more passionate about visiting a few places where I can explore in a deeper way. I love the way as a writer I get surprised as a character reveals themselves on the page.

This is only increased by what happens when a great actor embodies them.”

2 Wolves and a Lamb, which has preview performances Tuesday through Thursday nights, and has its official opening night on Friday, Feb. 7, is actually part of a trilogy within the overall Hawboro cycle.

Lane said that two earlier plays and this one are about “the uses and abuses of power and key issues of who we are as North Carolinians today,” although each stands alone. “Common Enemy looked at how dissent is handled in our communities, Actions and Objectives examined race and narrative within a community, and 2 Wolves and a Lamb examines how we use our electoral system to establish our communities.”

Fittingly for a play about the electoral process, the audience gets to decide how it will end. 2 Wolves and a Lamb follow the campaigns of Mayor Felton Links, and his challenger, Mary Rose Crenshaw. Lane’s interactive narrative examines the checks and balances of democracy, incorporating the audience in the process by making them honorary citizens of Hawboro and allowing them to vote for the candidate of their choice. Each performance will adjust the ending of the play based on that particular audience’s vote.

Lane’s script has a very observed feel, suggesting that, although Hawboro

is clearly not Greensboro, its creator has been paying close attention to the elections and political history of the real city surrounding the stage on which his fictional one is evoked.

“My interest in local politics has increased because of my disappointment of the possibility of actual change at the national level. Watching Greensboro’s elections and government since 1998, I’ve embraced the idea of how real change can happen at the local level. This belief that the conversations we need to be having are best done at the local level is why I stay in Greensboro. Politics and art are best when they grow where they are planted. I follow our local politics, but research for this play had me looking at other cities as well. I spent several days of a writing retreat watching videos of city council meetings from all over the country.”

He said that, from the very beginning, he wanted to let the audience decide how 2 Wolves and a Lamb will end.

“I’ve always been fascinated by the delicate line between asking an audience to suspend their disbelief and reminding an audience they are watching a theatrical event. I think the push and pull of those two ideas are at the heart of my work.”

When asked if he’s read Astra Taylor’s Democracy May Not Exist, but We’ll Miss It When It’s Gone (a keynote work at last year’s Greensboro’s Bound festival), Lane said he hasn’t, but he definitely agrees with the title statement.

“We’ve too often turned democracy

into a thing we do on Election Day. Our sense of being a part of our government is lost—creating an us/them that makes government as something other. I fear we will never be able to recover a sense of our own responsibility to live out our sense of government—except, maybe, at the local level. The sense of being a participatory citizen of something larger than ourselves is fading.”

Lane believes that southern local politics has its own distinct flavor.

“I think the South has both a strong sense of place and a distinct connection to history that dictates its status quo. Tradition and family still play an outsize role. There’s also a great respect for authority mixed with an Appalachian frontier libertarianism. I also think there is a small-town decency to the South on a one on one level that gets tied up and sometimes perverted in our historical sin of racism.”

Has Lane himself ever considered running for office, and should artists ever do that?

“I doubt I could win. I think I’m better used in creating dialogue and being a bit of provocateur. I draw a lot of energy from being outside of the system. I do think the great actress Glenda Jackson was also a great Labour MP, and playwright Vaclav Havel was an extraordinary leader. I do believe one of our greatest weaknesses as a country is a lack of creativity. Institutions tend to kill creativity, so creativity is frequently missing from our governments.

I definitely support more creatives getting involved.”

The draft of 2 Wolves and a Lamb that this writer has seen rehearsed included references to the Greensboro City Council and Mayor Nancy Vaughan. When informed this, Vaughan and council members Michelle Kennedy and Justin Outling all said they were looking forward to it.

“I love Triad Stage and Preston Lane,” Vaughan said. “Preston believed in the arts movement and downtown Greensboro before most people. I’ve never been mentioned in a play before, and can’t wait to see it.” !

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.

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Danny Glover on the authenticity of Bernie Sanders “You ask yourself whether there is authenticity in the voice of the person you are listening to,” said Danny Glover at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center on Saturday, Feb. 1. The actor and Ian McDowell activist told YES! Weekly that he Contributor recognized that quality the first time, he spoke to Bernie Sanders, which is why Glover campaigned as a surrogate for the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016 and is doing so again in 2020.

Presidential surrogates, meaning celebrities or public figures speaking for candidates on the campaign trail, date back at least to 1860, when the Hutchinson Family, the era’s most popular American singing group, stumped for Abraham Lincoln with speeches as well as songs about abolition and preserving the union. In the 19th century, it was considered unseemly for a candidate for the nation’s highest office to campaign for himself.

Despite the Hutchinsons, most surrogates were politicians rather than celebrities—at least until 1916, when Babe Ruth campaigned for Woodrow Wilson.

Of course, the taboo against presidential candidates campaigning for themselves vanished many decades before the 2016 election of Donald Trump, who has since spent almost as much time rallying the faithful as playing golf. Despite this, surrogates are more common than ever.

Glover told YES! Weekly that he began campaigning with Sanders in late 2015, and spent most of the winter and spring of 2016 as Sanders’s surrogate, concentrating on North and South Carolina.

“When I started, Bernie was not yet a household name, at least not then, when the news cycle was dominated by the image of Mrs. Clinton, and before, her, Obama, but I knew about him well before then.”

Glover may be best known as Roger Murtaugh, Mel Gibson’s long-suffering partner in the Lethal Weapon action film franchise, but has won acclaim for performances in The Color Purple, To Sleep With Anger, Witness, Places in the Heart, and The Royal Tenenbaums, as well as the T.V. mini-series Lonesome Dove and Mandela, receiving an Emmy nomination for his title role in the latter.

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community developer before he became an actor, and the son of postal workers active in the NAACP and the Civil Rights Movement, which led to his own activism, both as a student and afterward. While attending San Francisco State University, he took part in the five-month walk-out that was the longest student strike in American university history, and which helped to create not only the first Department of Black Studies but the first School of Ethnic Studies in the United States.

“I’m a product of movements,” Glover told YES! Weekly, “both as a beneficiary of the civil rights struggle, and as someone who was a student activist in the late-’60s. And as someone who has long been involved in such struggles, whether anti-colonialism or the end of Apartheid or opposition to other ways of subjugation, I recognized something in listening to Bernie.”

Glover said that what he recognized was “a voice that was reshaping and elevating the narrative that I and so many others were looking for, which we had not heard in the voices of Obama and Hillary Clinton.”

He acknowledged that Obama and the Clintons fought for affordable health care.

“But the struggle for universal health care is a very old one, going back to Eleanor Roosevelt, and in its early 21st-century incarnation, it was compromised to death.”

“The question now,” he continued (ignoring the hand signals of the person motioning to him to end the interview), “is where do we now take this movement and moment, because what has always

happened is that the demand for change always outweighs the accepted notions of change. The demand is so strong, but there are so often compromises within the demand, and when you’ve got someone in a place who is able to talk about what we need, as opposed to what we can get, there’s a different kind of framework.

You’ve elevated people’s expectations, but at the same time, you put what I call wholesome pressure on the system, pressure to make the requisite changes that are necessary. And I saw that Bernie was that wholesome pressure.”

The person gesturing to Glover shifted from winding-down to “cut-off ” motions, but Glover kept speaking. “If we’re going to carry these, we’re going to have to be right here talking; whether we’re young, whether we’ve been disenchanted with the processes in the Democratic Party, wherever we are, we’re going to talk about those issues and have great expectations not only of Bernie but of ourselves.”

Glover was in Greensboro, attending the International Civil Rights Center and Museum Gala honoring the 60-year anniversary of the Greensboro Sit-In, where he was to be presented with the Trailblazer Award. Other awardees included Al Sharpton (Lifetime Achievement), Clayola Brown (Unsung Hero), and Rev. Dr. Cardes H. Brown, Jr. (Lifetime Community Service).

When the Bernie Sanders campaign reached out to the press and offered individual interviews with Glover, it was requested that questions be confined to the Sanders campaign and the award

ceremony. Due to Glover being called to that ceremony earlier than expected, YES! Weekly was not able to ask him about the award or the Sit-In, but he did stay long enough to answer a difficult question, despite the insistence that he was needed elsewhere: Had Sanders’s position on racial inequality evolved since 2016?

Some criticized the candidate’s seeming belief that class issues trumped racial ones, particularly after Sanders’s former chief of staff Hank Guttman told NPR that, “Bernie’s central concern has always been with the condition of what he calls working-class families” and has “never been war or civil rights or gay rights or women’s rights.”

“I’m not so familiar with that,” Glover said, “but I know if Bernie said those words directly, he would have since modified that position. He certainly has in his current campaign, where he has talked about the issues of race and his relationship with race and everything that surrounds that. I think that what’s important is that race is pivotal to the issue right here. You can’t construct an idea around change without entering in the factor of this country’s racial injustice. It’s virtually impossible. If that’s what some people thought he said, that’s a whole other thing, but certainly, the whole issue is about race as well as class.” !

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.

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10 years gone: Grand Ole Uproar celebrates a decade of music

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en years, 500 shows, and thousands of miles: the Grand Ole Uproar celebrates a decade with a hometown gig opening for the Southern Gothic at Katei Cranford the Crown above the Carolina Theatre on Feb. 9.

Contributor “When you’ve played to the spin cycle at a laundromat, you appreciate playing the Carolina Theatre,” jested Josh Watson, recalling their last Carolina performance, opening for Los Lonely Boys in 2015. “I had to have my fretting arm stitched-up the day before, so we didn’t know I’d play, but everything went off without a hitch.”

A mop-top poet turned rock ‘n’ roller with an understanding of the big shoes that moniker fills—Watson isn’t afraid to bleed for his craft. Inspired, humble, and hardworking, he’s led the Grand Ole Uproar halfway across the country and back again, twice. Serving tunes to towns, “like a gumbo flavored with country, Cajun music, rock ‘n’ roll, and some blues,” while “trying to write songs that stick with you.”

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Watson’s keen on allusions to taste and making music that pervades the senses.

The material, a half-and-half mix of covers and originals, cycles through about 80 songs with a sound that’s “heavy on the Fender, the twang and the treble,” carried by thoughtful improv and nonverbal cues.

“We’re always tweaking the knobs and dials,” Watson noted. The process has been a big ole mix of instruments and players over the years. “I’m fortunate to get to work with these musicians and lucky they’ve contributed to the music and the mission of the Grand Ole Uproar,” he said, listing prominent names like a recipe.

“We’ve drawn up a solid country, blues rock ‘n’ roll blueprint,” he added with a nod to his string-mates for the past four years: bassist Dan Bayer and Wake Clinard on lap steel and mandolin.

“They serve the songs,” Watson insisted, expressing admiration for the simplicity and groove of music from J.J. Cale and Taj Mahal. ”This lineup provides the space and dynamics to evoke some of that laid back funky feel,” he noted. “Less is more, which I say, as I add extra members for the Crown show.”

And for that, Watson’s looking to spice things up. “I’m a sucker for the E Street Band sound, the huge Waylon Jennings 1970s bands, or Exile on Main Street,” he

explained. “On the road, we tend to travel as a four-piece or a trio, but our recordings always include a more fleshed out-band,” thus the intention for special guests: John Crocker on pedal steel, Ryan Kendrick on guitar, Tommy Smith on keys, and Emily Stewart on guitar and vocals.

“When Ryan plays with us, the music tends to leave the ground, and we land somewhere between a poor man’s Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and Crazy Horse,” Watson said of the Tennessee guitarist, noting the special flavors each adds to the Grand Ole Uproar gumbo. Drummer, Cliff Greeson, “nails the swampy grooves, zydeco feels and knows how to conjure up the ‘roll’ in rock ‘n’ roll or the country shuffle,” Watson continued, “and Tommy loves The Band’s music as much as I do, so he understands where I’m attempting to go.”

Rounding out the seasoning is Emily Stewart, Watson’s first bandmate, with whom he cut band teeth in Our Horse Jethro, during the Flat Iron’s “Velvet-Elvis era,” circa 2008. “Having a community of musicians familiar with these songs keeps them fresh,” he said of breathing new life into some of their old songs.

Steady boiling for a decade, the Grand Ole Uproar has spent about a quarter of the last couple years playing shows, with

almost half outside the Triad. “The songs I’ve written deal with the highway, drifters, gamblers, songs about the same itch as Hank Williams, Dylan, Springsteen,” Watson explained, “to be authentic, I couldn’t write these kinds of songs and then play them around town forever.“ Playing to his poetry degree, “the Hag has to be somewhere else and then the hunger to get back home,” he expressed of the benefits around playing out-of-state, “and it’s a pretty accurate litmus test for your music if you can draw fans in towns where no one knows you.”

Ever the Highwayman, between solo work and the band, Watson’s already plotted 60 dates for 2020. “It’s hard to quit touring,” he said. !

KATEI CRANFORD is a Triad music nerd who hosts the Tuesday Tour Report on WUAG 103.1fm.

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The Grand Ole Uproar will appear on the Appalachian Basement Sessions music series on Feb. 5. For now, “the road goes on forever,” with upcoming shows sprinkled across the southeast throughout the spring. But first, it’s a big ole hometown show as the Grand Ole Uproar opens for the Southern Gothic, at the Crown above the Carolina Theatre, on Feb. 9.

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A hip-hop dad in Greensboro: Ed Ruger releases new music with a message Rapper Ed Ruger knows how to take a concept and run with it. He’s doing whatever it takes to get his music heard. Among fans, critics and musicians, there are few things more damning than to slap the word John Adamian “dad” before a genre @adamianjohn as a modifier. (“Bro” might be the only more damning prefix, Contributor as in bro-country.)

Bands who get labeled “dad-rock” tend not to appreciate the designation too much. It’s a diss that suggests being defanged, being past your prime, soft around the middle, and being focused on the challenges of child-rearing, fantasy football and grilling. The Minneapolis-based hip-hop duo Atmosphere has bristled at being labeled “dad-rap,” but at the same time, they rap about the joys of having a morning cup of coffee, feeding the pets and waking the kids. Greensborobased Ruger has embraced — to a degree — the dad-rap label. Ruger, who also puts out T-shirts and hoodies with his Guerilla Grind clothing line, has turned his “Hip-Hop Dads” design into a crafty way of extending his brand, relating to a generation of guys in their 30s, 40s and 50s, and getting his music out there. Each piece of clothing sold comes with a copy of Ruger’s latest CD (with download code).

Ruger just released his latest album, Green Screen, another joint effort with his longtime California-based collaborator Dubkiller. The record is the semi-rare hip-hop album that is not filled with expletives, graphic descriptions of sex acts, detailed accounts of substance abuse and excess. It’s clean. But the G-ish rating was more of a creative technical exercise for Ruger than any kind of longterm concession to the guardians of family values. Ruger does, in fact, have two young children, and he likes to be able to share his work with them.

“The reason this one is clean, well mainly, it was a challenge to myself,” said Ruger, who spoke to me by phone last week. “I wanted to make sure I could do it.

We still had that gritty griminess, but we had a message now.”

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up, and ignore the haters.

“The next album is far from clean,” added Ruger, who has been releasing records since around 2003.

Behind the self-empowerment sloganeering Ruger has another message that gets threaded through Green Screen, and it’s one that urges critical thinking with regard to the world of social media, app-enabled communication and the allencompassing data-mining of the surveillance economy, the system by which our clicks, likes and online habits get packaged and sold by tech companies to advertisers and others.

As Ruger pointed out, the album title, Green Screen, is a play on the theme of digital manipulation, in the ways that image-editing can project whatever image wanted behind newscasters or actors in front of a green screen, but also in a slangy riff on the idea that everyone — in just about every sector of the economy — is making “green” off the “screen.” It’s a money-making alternative reality.

The first single, “Main Course,” touches on those who are “slaves to the data,”

with search algorithms, facial recognition software, satellite/location technology (“they see every little step you take”), brain-washing, artificial intelligence, and drones all getting a mention in Ruger’s dystopian warning.

Ruger said he’s realistic about how technology enables him to do most of the artistic projects he’s involved in, but he thinks it’s important to understand that our personal data is valuable to big information corporations.

“I wouldn’t be able to sustain anything that I’m doing if I cut myself from the internet,” he said. But young people should

have a critical stance toward giving away the valuable details about their personal habits as consumers of culture.

Another song, “Bang,” tackles similar subject matter, suggesting that the personas that people present on social media are nothing more than “a freaky little sideshow.” It’s a theme that pops up again on “Find Another Way,” a song that suggests one way to navigate the confusion of any personal impasse or identity crisis is to focus on a creative project and “write the pain away.”

On Green Screen, Ruger is fully engaged with the idea that hardship and struggle, pain and doubt — and every other variety of obstacles — all there to strengthen us down the line. “Mistakes are made for learning,” he raps on “Still Alive.”

Ruger has been rapping for decades. He got his first hip-hop tape from his sister when he was 5 years old, and it had Run DMC and Roxanne Shante on it. So he’s been steeped in the foundations of the music from an early age.

Hosting local live hip-hop events has been a way for Ruger to remain connected to younger artists and to help make the case that North Carolina has its own vibrant hip-hop culture.

He’s watched hip-hop become the defining cultural trend of the last 25 years, and during that time he’s been able to get some of his own music positioned on shows like “Breaking Bad,” and he’s also started to carve out a line of work by writing and recording “entrance” music for independent wrestlers. Ruger has even written and recorded personalized hip-hop songs for grooms to walk down the aisle to on their wedding day. He’s clearly thinking of new and innovative ways to make money with hip-hop.

“I’m just trying to find ways, when it comes down to it, to make money and get my music out,” Ruger said. As we conclude our conversation, I ask Ruger if there’s anything else he’d like to add about his music, the recent record and the other projects he’s working on, and he says this: “Just let everybody know that you can have a family and still be an artist.” !

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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FOUR SAINTS BREWING

218 South Fayetteville St. | 336.610.3722 foursaintsbrewing.com Feb 8: The Radio Feb 14: William Nesmith Feb 15: Cory Leutjen & The Traveling Blues Band Feb 16: The Randolph Jazz Band Feb 21: Casey Noel Feb 22: Matt Walsh Feb 29: 80’s Unplugged Mar 7: Belfast Beggars Mar 13: Ziggy Pockets Mar 15: The Randolph Jazz Band

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BOJANGLES COLISEUM

2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.boplex.com Feb 14: 3rd Annual Queen City Blues Festival Feb 22: ABBA Tribute Band Feb 22: Lauren Daigle Feb 28: Josh Gates

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Feb 29: Dancing with the Stars: Live!

2020 Tour Mar 6: The Steeldrivers Mar 21: Winter Jam

CMCU AMPhIThEATRE

former Uptown Amphitheatre 820 Hamilton St | 704.549.5555 www.livenation.com Apr 16: Big Gigantic May 1: Louis The Child May 8: AJR May 24: Russ Jun 24: Good Vibes Summer Tour 2020 Aug 13: David Gray

ThE FILLMORE

1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970 www.livenation.com Feb 5: Peekaboo Feb 5: Raphael Saadiq Feb 6: Greensky Bluegrass Feb 7: Saint Motel Feb 8: Cold War Kids Feb 8: Loumuzik Feb 10: Poppy

Feb 14: hail Stan Feb 14: Kamasi Washington Feb 15: Wale Feb 16: Earthgang Feb 20: Railroad Earth Feb 21: Wallows Feb 21: Subtronics Feb 22: Queensryche Feb 24: Allen Stone Feb 25: Dermot Kennedy Feb 26: Trippie Redd Feb 27: Young Dolph and Key Glock Feb 28: KRS-ONE

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2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.boplex.com Mar 6: The Steeldrivers Mar 7: Celtic Woman

PNC MUSIC PAVILION 707 Pavilion Blvd | 704.549.1292 www.livenation.com Apr 25: Jimmy Buffet May 29: The Lumineers Jun 2: Ozzy Osbourne Jun 5: Zac Brown Band

Jun 18: halsey Jun 19: Doobie Brothers Jun 21: Alanis Morissette Jul 1: Chicago w/ Rick Springfield Jul 3: The Black Crowes Jul 10: Tedeschi Trucks Band Jul 25: Kidz Bop Live Aug 2: Matchbox Twenty Aug 8: Journey w/ Pretenders

SPECTRUM CENTER

333 E Trade St | 704.688.9000 www.spectrumcentercharlotte.com Feb 7: Andrea Bocelli Feb 21: Marc Anthony Mar 6: Sturgill Simpson w/ Tyler Childers Mar 14: Martin Lawrence Mar 18: Michael Bublé Mar 27: Omarion, Bow Wow, Ashanti, Ying Yang Twins, Lloyd, Sammie, Pretty Ricky, and Soulja Boy May 17: JoJo Siwa Jun 6: The 1975 Jun 8: Tame Impala Jul 11: Alabama

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6000 Meadowbrook Mall Ct | 336.448.5330 Feb 7: DJ Bald-E Feb 8: Honky Tonk Outlaws Feb 14: Soundkraft Feb 15: Essick Tuttle Outfit Feb 20: The Happy Ones Feb 21: Whiskey Mic Feb 22: Phase Band Feb 27: Incognito Feb 28: The Grind Feb 29: Exit 180 Band Mar 5: James Vincent Carroll Mar 6: DJ Bald-E Mar 7: Jill Goodson Mar 12: Darrell Hoots Mar 13: DJ Bald-E Mar 14: Irrashional

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green heron ale house 1110 Flinchum Rd | 336.593.4733 greenheronclub.com

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carolina theatre

309 W Morgan St | 919.560.3030 www.carolinatheatre.org Feb 6: The Fab Four - The Ultimate Tribute Feb 7: Tim And Eric Feb 11: Sweet Chariot Feb 13: Tao: Drum Heart Feb 14: Arlo Guthrie Feb 16: The Chamber Orchestra of the Triangle Feb 16: Jay and Silent Bob Reboot

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Roadshow w/ Kevin Smith Feb 25: Drew & Ellie Holcomb Mar 5: The Steeldrivers Mar 7: A Capella South Semifinal Mar 12: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Mar 14: Amy Grant

dpac

123 Vivian St | 919.680.2787 www.dpacnc.com Feb 7: Nashville Songwriters Feb 8: Jo Koy Feb 9: Tony Bennett Mar 4: Postmodern Jukebox Mar 30: Mandy Moore Apr 22: Lake Street Dive Apr 23: Gabriel Iglesias Apr 24: Brit Floyd

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Reeves Theater

129 W Main St | 336.258.8240 reevestheater.com Feb 7: Seth Walker & Cruz Contreras Feb 8: Amanda Anne Platt and The Honeycutters Feb 14: Melvin Morrison with 2+2 One United Feb 21: Lonesome River Band Feb 22: The Reeves House Band plays The Grateful Dead Feb 29: Blue Dogs Mar 13: Della Mae Mar 14: Taylor Vaden

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arizona pete’s

2900 Patterson St #A | 336.632.9889 arizonapetes.com Feb 7: 1-2-3 Friday Mar 18: We Came As Romans Mar 22: Fit For A King

artistIka night club

523 S Elm St | 336.271.2686 artistikanightclub.com Feb 7: DJ Dan the Player Feb 8: DJ Paco and DJ Dan the Player

BARN DINNER THEATRE

120 Stage Coach Tr. | 336.292.2211 Feb 14: Timeless Soul Band Mar 7: 9 to 5 Mar 13: The Legacy - Motown Revue Apr 4: Beehive: The 60’s Musical May 1: Motherhood The Musical

BeerThirty

505 N. Greene St Feb 7: Jeff and Kathy Brooks Feb 14: Craig Baldwin Feb 21: Bruce Drake

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1819 Spring Garden St | 336.272.9888 theblindtiger.com Feb 7: The Cadillac Three Feb 8: Perpetual Groove Feb 14: One Love Valentine’s Reggae Bash w/ Pure Fiyah Feb 15: Moon Hooch Feb 16: Lucero w/ Jade Jackson Feb 18: Pepper Feb 20: Travers Brothership w/ Chuck Mountain

Feb 22: Rewind w/ Brothers Pearl, DJ Snow and DJ Flipside Feb 28: Futurebirds w/ Old Heavy Hands Feb 29: The Steel Woods w/ Tennessee Jet Mar 1: Spite w/ Varials, Orthodox, I Am, Dealer Mar 3: The Acacia Strain w/ Rotting Out, Creeping Death, Chamber, Fuming Mouth Mar 6: Southern Culture on the Skids Mar 7: Ghostland Observatory Mar 12: Silent Planet w/ Currents, Invent Animate, Greyhaven

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310 S. Greene Street | 336.333.2605 carolinatheatre.com Feb 6: Brown Eyed Women Feb 7: Pink Floyd Laser Spectacular Feb 9: The Southern Gothic Feb 14: Valentine’s W/ Em & Ty Feb 15: 3Stax to Love: A Valentine Musical The 20: The Allman Betts Band Feb 22: Zoe & Cloyd Feb 23: Gordon Lightfoot Feb 27: UNCG Jazz Ensemble Feb 28: Magnolia Green Feb 29: Leap Year Fantasy Show Mar 5: Little River Band Mar 6: The Wailin’ Jennys

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University Department of Visual and Performing Arts and Paul Robeson Theatre Present

This One Girl’s Story Inspired by the brutal murder of Sakia Gunn, a 15 year old lesbian.

Book & Lyrics by Bil Wright Music & Lyrics by Dionne McClain-Freeney

Dates & Times:

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1700 Spring Garden St | 336.272.5559 corner-bar.com Feb 6: Live Thursdays

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1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034 thecomedyzone.com Feb 6: Giggles and Dranks hosted by Drankins Feb 7: James Sibley Feb 8: James Sibley Feb 9: Eric D’Alessandro: The FameIsh Comedy Tour Feb 12: Love 2 Laugh Feb 13: Tim Shropshire Feb 14: Chris Wiles Feb 15: Chris Wiles Feb 21: Shaun Jones Feb 22: Shaun Jones

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11602 S Elm Ave | 336.698.388 Feb 5: Matty Sheets and Laura Jane Vincent Feb 7: Sean Michael Kaye Feb 8: Jahnel Daliya Feb 8: Julia Money Feb 15: Feather Feb 15: Friends of Deviant Benefit Concert Feb 22: Carl Banks

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117 S Elm St | 336.378.9646 cdecgreensboro.com Feb 11: The Wailers Feb 18: British Lion Feb 29: Jim Breuer Mar 4: Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes Mar 8: Puddle of Mudd Mar 13: Rod Wave May 7: Mascadine Bloodline

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221 Summit Ave | 336.501.3967 Feb 6: Emanual Wynter w/ T. Walker Feb 7: The Joe Beck Band Feb 8: Sam Frazier & The Side Effects Feb 13: Transport 77, Calapse Feb 14: The Rinaldis Feb 15: Viva La Muerte Feb 20: Discordia Dames Burlesque Show

Feb 21: TAB feat. members of The Mantras Feb 22: Run Home Jack w. Janet Flights, Dead Casual, Windley, Condado Feb 28: The Ghosts of Liberty w/ The Smiling Bees Feb 29: Shiloh Hill Mar 6: Archimedes Revenge, Tide Eyes, Dom Genuis, J Tahshere Mar 7: Crenshaw Pentecostal, Biggins, I, Anomaly Mar 8: Roger Street Friedman and Mark Dillon Mar 12: Crustal Bowersox Mar 13: Norm, Written in Gray, Reason Define Mar 14: The Session feat. Ed E. Ruger Mar 19: Evil Beatles w/ Double Quarter Panda

1111 Coliseum Blvd | 336.265.8600 Feb 7: Chris Myers Feb 8: Chris McIvor Feb 12: Bryan Toney Overdrive Feb 14: Laura Jane Vincent Feb 29: Viva La Gorham

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113 N Greene St | 336.273.4111 Feb 7: Greene Street Fridays

GREENSBORO COLISEUM 1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com Feb 8: KISS

Feb 12: Fitz and the Tantrums Feb 13: Brantley Gilbert Feb 15: Space Jesus Feb 15: Winter Jam Feb 29: Lauren Daigle

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348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678 May 8: The Allen Boys May 30: Jesse Black 2411 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com Feb 12: Fitz & The Tantrums Feb 15: Space Jesus Feb 29: Young Dolph & Key Glock Mar 5: Skillet Mar 21: Cody Johnson

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5105 Michaux Road | 336.282.0950 rodystavern.com

thE iDiOt bOx cOmEDY club

502 N. Greene St | 336.274.2699 www.idiotboxers.com Feb 13: hacksaw Jim Duggan Feb 14: Eric trundy Feb 21: Jeremy Essig mar 7: Family improv Show mar 20: handsome naked, Jonestown Players mar 20: cam Wyllie mar 20: Shallow mar 21: Dramatic improv

thE W biStRO & baR 324 Elm St | 336.763.4091 @thewdowntown Feb 7: Karaoke Feb 8: live DJ Feb 9: live DJ

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

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1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113 afterhourstavern.net Feb 8: mean Street Feb 15: admiral ackbar & the Galactic Experience Feb 22: Shun the Raven Feb 28: american hair band

GOOFY FOOt taPROOm 2762 NC-68 #109 | 336.307.2567 Feb 8: tyler long Feb 22: banjo Earth band

ham’S PallaDium 5840 Samet Dr | 336.887.2434 hamsrestaurants.com Feb 7: Spare change Feb 8: Jukebox Junkie Feb 14: huckleberry Shyne Feb 15: Shotgun Saints Feb 21: Stereo Doll Feb 22: Rockit Science Feb 28: cumberland Drive Feb 29: brothers Pearl

hiGh POint thEatRE

220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401 www.highpointtheatre.com Feb 15: barbra lica Quintet Feb 20: nY Gilbert & Sullivan Players Feb 21: the brubeck brothers Quartet www.yesweekly.com

mar 12: Georgia On my mind - celebrating the music of Ray charles mar 20: Sons of mystro mar 21: croce Plays croce apr 4: Jump, Jive, & Wail! ft. the Jive aces may 3: Raleigh Ringers

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thE DEcK

118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 thedeckatrivertwist.com Feb 6: Robert Smith of brothers Pearl Feb 7: vinyl tap Feb 8: Stereo Doll Feb 13: three Four mountain Feb 14: anti valentine’s Day w/ carolina ignition Feb 20: cory leutjen Feb 21 : Southbound 49 Feb 22: the Dickens band Feb 27: bradley Steele Feb 28: Jill Goodson band Feb 29: Soul central

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thE libERtY ShOWcaSE thEatER

101 S. Fayetteville St | 336.622.3844 TheLibertyShowcase.com Feb 8: little texas

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3801 Rock Quarry Rd | 919.821.4111 Jun 2: the lumineers

lincOln thEatRE

126 E. Cabarrus St | 919.831.6400 www.livenation.com Feb 6: Grass is Dead Feb 7: ZOSO - the ultimate led Zeppelin Experience Feb 8: ZOSO - the ultimate led Zeppelin Experience Feb 14: heartbreaker ball feat: nantucket, Driver, ashley laRue band Feb 15: before We begin World tour: Eric nam, Phoebe Ryan Feb 16: Y&t Feb 21: Railroad Earth Feb 22: Same as it Ever Was (talking

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221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822 facebook.com/BreatheCocktailLounge

EmPOuRium

734 E Mountain St. | 336.671.9159 Feb 1: tab (tyndall, allen, & blocker) Feb 5: Jammin with Julian Feb 7: the allen boys Feb 15: the thom buchannon band Feb 19: t & a Jiggity Jam Feb 22: the Firecrackers

J.PEPPERS SOuthERn GRillE

841 Old Winston Rd | 336.497.4727 jpeppers.com may 14: James vincent carroll

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OlD nicK’S Pub

191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059 OldNicksPubNC.com Feb 7: Karaoke Feb 8: Exit 180 Feb 14: Karaoke Feb 15: Juke box Revolver Feb 21: Karaoke Feb 22: lasater union Feb 28: Karaoke Feb 29: corey leutjen & the traveling blues band

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3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664 Feb 28: Leap Year Bash

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PNC ArENA

1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300 www.thepncarena.com Feb 11: Celine dion Mar 4: Zac Brown band w/ Amos Lee & Poo Bear Mar 12: Billie Eilish Mar 13: The Millennium Tour: Omarion, Bow Wow, Ying Yang Twins, Lloyd, Sammie, Pretty ricky, Soulja Boy, and Ashanti Mar 20: Michael Bublé Mar 22: Winter Jam 2020 May 19: JoJo Siwa Aug 1: Harry Styles

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BuLL’S TAvErN

408 West 4th St | 336.331.3431 facebook.com/bulls-tavern Feb 8: underground Springhouse Feb 21: Space Koi Feb 22: Jack Marion and The Pearl Snap Prophets

1110 Burke St | 336.750.0097 burkestreetpub.com Feb 29: Six At Sundown

CB’S TAvErN EArL’S

121 West 9th Street | 336.448.0018 earlsws.com Feb 7: Hazy ridge Bluegrass Band Feb 8: Jason Leake Band Feb 14: Hearts Gone South Feb 15: russ varnell & His Too Country Band Feb 21: Jesse ray Carter Feb 22: Bounty Hunters Feb 28: The Grand Ole uproar Feb 29: Woody Woodworth & The Piners

FIddLIN’ FISH BrEWING COMPANY 772 Trade St | 336.999.8945 fiddlinfish.com Feb 10: Old Time Jam

FOOTHILLS BrEWING

638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 foothillsbrewing.com Feb 5: Eversole Brothers Feb 8: Will Bagley and Friends Feb 9: Sunday Jazz Feb 12: Souljam Feb 15: Anne and the Moonlighters Feb 16: Sunday Jazz Feb 19: The Local Boys Feb 22: William Hinson Feb 23: Sunday Jazz

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MAC & NELLI’S

4926 Country Club Rd | 336.529.6230 macandnellisws.com

MIdWAY MuSIC HALL

11141 Old US Hwy 52, Suite 10 | 336.793.4218 Feb 7: Jimmy Shirley Jr. and the Footlights Feb 8: Stoney Creek Feb 9: Benefit for Tim Lebeau Feb 10: Line dance Lessons w/ denise Feb 14: Sammy Turner Feb 15: Blackwater Feb 18: Honky-Tonk House Band Feb 21: david Widener and Friends Feb 22: Woody Powers and Midnite Express Feb 28: diamond Edge Feb 29: Jr Gainey and The Killin’ Time Band

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MILNEr’S

630 S Stratford Rd | 336.768.2221 milnerfood.com Feb 9: Live Jazz

MuddY CrEEK CAFE & MuSIC HALL

5455 Bethania Rd | 336.923.8623 Feb 6: Open Mic w/ Country dan Collins Feb 8: Phillip Craft Feb 9: rob Price and Jack Breyer Feb 13: Country dan Collins Feb 15: Phillip Craft Feb 16: rob Price and Jack Breyer Feb 20: Open Mic w/ Country dan Collins

Feb 21: Big daddy Love Feb 22: Phillip Craft Feb 23: rob Price and Jack Breyer Feb 29: Phillip Craft Mar 5: Country dan Collins

THE rAMKAT

170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 Feb 6: Colin Allured Feb 10: Martha Bassett Feb 11: Flower In Bloom, Paragon don, Hollow Creeper Feb 14: Kendell Marvell Feb 15: Mardi Gras 2020 w/ dirty dozen Brass Band & Big ron Hunter Band Feb 20: An Evening With Booker T. Jones Feb 21: The vagabond Saints’ Society: A Tribute To Tom Waits Feb 28: Old Crow Medicine Show Mar 6: Che Apalache Mar 16: Martha Bassett Mar 21: The Prince Project

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207 N Green St | 336.631.3143 2ngtavern.com

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Patrick Womack scholarship awarded to GW senior

BY LANIE DAVIS | STAR-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER AND CHARLES WOMACK | YES! WEEKLY PUBLISHER

On Wednesday, Jan. 29, George Washington High School senior Dakota McBride was awarded a scholarship from the Patrick Womack Music Scholarship Fund towards a new instrument.

McBride, an alto saxophone player, received $4,000 from the fund, which was established in August 2019 to help young musicians with funding for quality musical training and instructional classes focusing on, but not limited to, classical and jazz music.

The fund was created by the publisher of YES! Weekly Charles Womack and his family in memory of his brother Patrick Womack, a Danville, Virginia, native and a multi-talented musician, who passed away after battling cancer last year.

McBride, who is 17 years old and the son of Christy and Mike McBride, has been playing the alto saxophone since sixth grade when he joined the middle school band. He is also a part of the marching band.

Back then, he joined just to have something to take up his time, but he said band has now become his passion.

He has been the first chair of his section since his 10th-grade year, had multiple solos in marching band shows, and was given the outstanding musicianship award for his solos.

He said the band has allowed him to grow as a person.

“I’ve learned leadership skills,” McBride said. “The bonds [formed] are what I love most.”

For McBride, the scholarship means he can get his own professional-level instrument, as opposed to renting from the school, that he can take to college with him.

“It means a lot,” McBride said. “I get to pursue my dreams of becoming a music major.”

McBride will be going to Radford University, where he received a $16,000 scholarship for his four years.

He will be majoring in music education, with the goal of becoming a teacher someday to help others pursue their passions for music.

Cody Kesling, GW band director, said McBride is a “fantastic player,” but he’s been using a school-issued instrument for the five years Kesling has known him.

Even though McBride has done well with his current instrument, Kesling knows there are limitations to it.

“He has worked so hard,” Kesling said.

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Above: Pictured from left to right are GW band director Cody Kesling, publisher of YES! Weekly Charles Womack, Dakota McBride and Richard Ingram.

Right: Dakota McBride was able to purchase a new alto saxophone with the scholarship money he received.

“To go to college and have a tool like [the new instrument]...for him, this is Christmas.”

McBride was able to receive a new Yanagisawa alto saxophone prior to the All-District meet on Friday, Jan. 31, in Christiansburg, Virginia.

According to the scholarship’s GoFundMe page, Patrick Womack felt that “all musicians could benefit from quality instruction and music education and wanted to help others benefit as he did.”

Womack said that the money couldn’t go to bands because “bands break up.”

The purpose of the scholarship would be for music education and instruction, but could also go toward a deserving student that has to borrow or rent an instrument.

The Patrick Womack Music Scholarship Fund raises money through GoFundMe. Outside of the GoFundMe, the fund has received an additional $25,000.

For more information about the fund, visit the GoFundMe page at www.gofundme.com/f/patrick-womack-musicscholarship-fund. !

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I’m a straight woman, and at my recent birthday party, several people remarked about this other woman, also straight, “Whoa, is she infatuated Amy Alkon with you, or what?”

Straight women Advice getting intense girl Goddess crushes on me has actually been a pattern in my life.

Weird. A friend says I have “charisma” but couldn’t really explain what that is. —Mysteriously Popular Charisma is human magnetism. If you’re a mugger with charisma, you don’t even have to hold people up at gunpoint.

They just come over and offer you their wallet.

Charisma can seem mysterious and magical — like psychological catnip for humans — but organizational psychologist Ronald Riggio explains that it comes out of a “constellation of ... social and emotional skills” that allow a person to “inspire others at a deep emotional level.”

This charisma skill set includes being gifted at talking, listening, connecting, and reading the room. When charismatic people talk, they grab others’ attention and emotions by being “real” — spontaneous and genuine. They’re usually great listeners, making people feel heard and understood. And they tend to be powerful public speakers, converting masses

of people into followers with their voice, words, and presence.

Take Martin Luther King Jr., booming out — almost singing — “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” That idea gets its mojo sucked out if it’s delivered by some nervous little pastor, mumbling, “Uh...I hope my kids can someday live in a country where people understand that skin color isn’t what’s really important.”

Though people with charisma are psychologically captivating, a person doesn’t have to be physically attractive to have it.

Among world leaders considered charismatic, Mahatma Gandhi had a little round head hijacked by a giant mustachioed schnoz, and Golda Meir, the former prime minister of Israel, looked like she killed a small animal with matted fur and wore it as a hairdo.

Charisma might seem like the personality version of latte foam — nice but unnecessary for human functioning. However, research by evolutionary psychologist Allen Grabo suggests that we evolved to have “psychological mechanisms which enable an individual — the potential follower — to make automatic, rapid and reasonably accurate assessments” of others’ leadership potential. Getting behind an effective leader would’ve allowed ancestral humans “to coordinate effectively and efficiently” for hunting, warfare, and other “recurrent” challenges so they could survive and pass on their genes.

Even people without much charisma can benefit by borrowing from the skill set of the charismatic. (Who among us

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couldn’t do with being a more attentive listener?) But lucky you; you have a social superpower — the power to charm the masses into following your lead. Hopefully, you’ll use it to do good, like by being a Pied Piper for kindness, as opposed to, say, starting a high-end travel businessslash-death cult: “Cyanide-tinis on the Lido Deck at 5!”

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My boyfriend of nine years often doesn’t reply to my texts and emails. He says that we talk daily, and whatever’s in my message could be discussed then. Well, it hurts my feelings to get zero response. Not even an emoji. —Increasingly Angry Communicating with a man should not compare unfavorably with yelling into a manhole. (Shout “Hello?” into the sewer and you’ll at least get the courtesy of a faint “hellooo” or two back.)

An email to your boyfriend is not just an email. It’s what marriage researchers John Gottman and Janice Driver call a “bid for connection” — one of many small attempts people in relationships make to get their partner’s attention, affection, or emotional support.

In response, their partner could ignore the bid (“turn away”), express irritation

(“turn against”), or reply lovingly (“turn toward”) — even just with a smile, a nod, or a hug.

In Gottman and Driver’s research, newlywed couples who had “turned toward” each other 86% of the time, on average, were still married six years later.

The couples who ended up divorced had a 33% turn-toward rate. On a bleak note, Gottman writes, “I think that you can sometimes actually see people crumple physically when their partner has turned away from their bid for connection.”

Explain the “bid for connection” thing to your boyfriend. Tell him you’re just looking for some tiny loving reply to your texts and emails — even an emoji or two.

He’s human, so he might sometimes let a message slip by unanswered. But if he mostly responds, you’ll mostly feel loved instead of “increasingly angry” that messaging him feels like grabbing a handful of words and hurling them into the void.

(Of course, in space, no one can hear you scream, but here on Earth, the neighbors tend to call the cops 10 minutes into a blowout.) !

GOT A problem? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave, #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or e-mail AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com) © 2020 Amy Alkon Distributed by Creators.Com.

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[LEO (July 23 to August 22) There might be some early confusion over a major move, whether it’s at work or at home. But once you get a full breakdown of what it entails, it should be easier to deal with. Good luck.

[SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A meeting that was promised quite a while back could finally happen. So be sure you’re prepared with everything you’ll need to make your case sound convincing and doable.

[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your natural Arian leadership qualities make you the person others will follow in tackling that important project. But don’t get so involved in the work that you neglect your personal life.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Creating order out of chaos, even in the most untidy spaces, should be no problem for organized Virgos. So go ahead and do it, and then accept praise from impressed colleagues.

[CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) A workplace blunder could create a problem down the line unless you deal with it right now to see how and why it happened. Don’t be surprised at what you might learn.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Aspects favor sorting through your possessions, both at work and at home, to start giving away what you don’t use, don’t need or don’t like. Relax later with someone special.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) Whether it’s for business purposes or just for leisure, a trip might be just what you need right now. You would benefit both from a change of scenery and from meeting new people.

[AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) This is a good time to re-sort your priorities and see if adjustments are called for. Be honest with yourself as you decide what to keep, what to discard and what to change.

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) The issues are not quite as clear as they should be. That’s why you need to avoid getting involved in disputes between colleagues at work or between relatives or personal friends.

[SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) While things generally go well this week, a romantic situation seems to have stalled. But you can restart it if you want to. Then again, maybe this is a chance to reassess the situation.

[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Letting yourself be bathed in the outpouring of love and support from those who care for you will help you get through a difficult period sooner rather than later.

Good luck.

[CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You’ll get lots of support from others if you own up to your mistake quickly and include a full and honest explanation. Learn from this experience so that you don’t repeat it. © 2020 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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