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22 WHITE LIGHTNING ROARS ONTO TRIAD STAGE “It’s a particularly SOUTHERN STORY,” said Hankins when I met with her, Bowen and Tourek in a Triad Stage conference room two weeks ago to talk about the upcoming production they sounded very excited about. “I feel that we’ve gotten enough generations away from that. Those family secrets are coming out. I remember I had never really heard about it when I was a kid or even when I was in my 20s, but after I passed a certain age, my family stopped editing the stories they were telling me.”

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BON BON WINGS AND GRILL knows a little something about one of America’s favorite finger foods. With 25 different choices for just the flavor alone, choosing what’s right might just be a challenge you weren’t prepared for. I’ll try my best to lead you in the right direction.

10 Theatre Art Galleries in High Point is bringing back one of the most beloved fashion illustrators of all time in its upcoming “REFLECTIONS OF ELEGANCE: Kenneth Paul Block and the Masters of Fashion Illustration.” The opening reception is on Thursday, Jan. 31 with live music by the Keith Byrd Trio. The show runs through March 22 and is free and open to the public.

11 With the 21st annual RiverRun International Film Festival scheduled for April 4-14, the festival turns up the heat for its first “RiverRun Retro” screening event for 2019 – writer/producer/editor/director Alexandra Dean’s award-winning documentary feature BOMBSHELL: The Life of Hedy Lamarr...

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18 The grand opening of Greensboro’s (and North Carolina’s) first exhibition dedicated to the achievements and contribution of women, and a NEW EVENT CENTER in East Greensboro’s Barber Park will be held on Friday, Jan. 25 at 1502 Barber Park Dr. from 4 to 7 p.m.

19 The LESS THAN FAMILY AFFAIR, a chill beats art party featuring DJs, producers, and visual artists from <Family (Less Than Family) will go down on Feb. 1 at Smith & Edge in Greensboro.

20 Harrington, who performs and records under the name DEMEANOR, is releasing O Henry, a record that fuses elements of traditional string music, in the form of clawhammer banjo, with the beats and style of hip-hop. It’s not quite “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” meets “The Funky Drummer,” but something like that.

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WHAT: Greensboro Parks and Recreation will host a grand opening celebration for the Barber Park Event Center and Ruth Wicker Tribute to Women. Residents are invited to tour the exhibit and event center after the 4:30 pm ribbon cutting. Light refreshments will be served.

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WHAT: Austrian actress Hedy Lamarr fled an oppressive marriage to create a name for herself as one of Hollywood’s top leading ladies in the 1940s. RiverRun Retro and Hanesbrands Theatre welcome filmmaker Alexandra Dean who will participate in an onstage discussion prior to screening her acclaimed documentary, Bombshell: The Life of Hedy Lamarr.

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GEEKSBORO CLOSES AFTER 6 MONTHS AT NEW LOCATION, 6 YEARS AT OLD ONE

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Geeksboro Battle Pub permanently closed its doors at 7 p.m. on Jan. 19, according to a Facebook post by owner Joe Scott, who could not be reached for comment. The closing comes six months after Scott’s establishment moved from its former location at 2134 Lawndale Dr. in Greensboro to its present one at 2618 Lawndale Dr. Since the New Year, Scott has made multiple Facebook posts describing financial setbacks from causes ranging from snow and hurricanes to alleged Russian identity theft and claims of embezzlement.

On the afternoon of Saturday, Jan. 19, Scott made the following post from his personal Facebook account.

“Hi Folks — Despite my best efforts, it appears as though Geeksboro will in fact close in its current location at the end of today due to a dispute with my landlord.

I had been working tirelessly over the last three months to avoid this outcome.

Retooling the business, reshaping our expenditures, working every angle. But some recent bad faith gestures have ultimately escalated this matter far beyond my control. I hate that, but typing these words at least makes it easier to accept them.” He went on to write, “I would not have even opened the shop today save for the fact that I needed to make money to ensure I can cover my final payroll.”

After expressing gratitude to “a great team who worked very hard” and thank-

ing his patrons, he closed with “look forward to taking a moment to reflect on ways to repay my debts, and most importantly, taking care of my daughter.”

On Jan. 14, the Greensboro Fire Department put out an electrical fire at Geeksboro’s former location, a space the business has not occupied since July. Some early media reports erroneously identified the fire as occurring at “Geeksboro Pub.” Scott first opened his concept there as Geeksboro Coffeehouse and Cinema in 2012. Although it showed both new and old movies in its first years, the “cinema” part was largely dropped except for such events as screenings of T.V. shows such as Doctor Who, The Walking Dead and Game of Thrones, and interactive screenings of the cult film The Room.

When it moved down Lawndale last July, it transformed from a coffee shop to a pub, offering liquor and such menu entrees as tacos, corndogs and sliders. In this new venture, Scott partnered with Stephen Maloy, but Maloy left the business in December.

Scott’s landlord is Houng Ni, who also owns Hibachi Café. Ni has given YES! Weekly an account of her dispute with Scott, which will be included in a future article after Scott has had time to respond to inquiries. This publication’s staff, many of whom were regular Geeksboro customers, offer condolences on its closing. !

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Winging it at Bon Bon Wings and Grill

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hen it comes to wings, there are plenty of factors to consider.

Breaded or naked?

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Tossed in sauce or nicely spiced? Not to Jennifer Zeleski mention how many to order, what will appease the table, Contributor and calculating just how many napkins are needed.

Bon Bon Wings and Grill knows a little something about one of America’s favorite finger foods. With 25 different choices for just the flavor alone, choosing what’s right might just be a challenge you weren’t prepared for. I’ll try my best to lead you in the right direction.

With the NFC Championship airing on a handful of the flat screen televisions, my boyfriend Peyton and I took our seats close enough to the bar to hear the rallying camaraderie of the Los Angeles Rams hopefuls and New Orleans Saints standouts.

Bon Bon’s two large dining rooms were filled with more than enough seating, which felt welcoming and comfortable for families, friends and fans alike. Those surrounding the bar with beer and hot chips were courteous with their cheers, but the space still felt open enough for them to express their frustration or excitement either way.

It seemed to find a good balance between a sports bar atmosphere, which might be a little more present in the later hours of the night, and a sit-down restaurant for everyone to enjoy.

And based on the menu, there are enough options for everyone to choose from. (If you can’t find something, turn the page.)

The restaurant recently added a handful of new items to the menu, such as the Chicken Parmesan, the Reuben Sandwich, and the Green Machine Quesadilla. All of which were tempting, but we knew we wouldn’t be pulled away from the prospect of good wings.

We decided to start with a new addition to the appetizer menu, the Spinach Artichoke Jalapeño Dip. Not only do I love a good dip, I had never considered adding jalapeño to give it spice, and make it a little less focused on the overall artichoke flavor.

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The plate came out promptly, with the cheese still melting on top, creating a top layer thick enough to dig into with the edges of the thin tortilla chips. It was addicting from the first bite. Cheesy, creamy and textured from the chopped spinach, it wasn’t overly greasy or too reliant on one flavor alone.

If you’re not a fan of spinach, I dare you to try it with your eyes closed. The artichoke has a presence mixed with the cheese, and the jalapeño is mellow but just a little spicy depending on the bite.

The chips made it all the better, tasting exactly like the Nacho Cheese Doritos I used to love. Sure, you can still buy them, but this was my opportunity to indulge without shoving them in my next shopping cart.

(If spinach and artichoke dip still isn’t your forte, another new favorite could be the Buffalo Chicken Dip.) The wings came our way not long after.

We had decided to order 15, bone-in, naked wings to share, which came automatically with our choice of two flavors. We took

the chance and added an extra flavor for a dollar more just to make things interesting.

Five were the traditional hot sauce, only one step down from a sauce labeled “Toxic,” which we saved for next time, as well as five of the Bon Bon Daytona sauce, and five of the honey garlic. We covered the spectrum from mild to spicy, and barbecue to basic.

We made a rookie mistake and started with the hot, which was spicy enough to make your nose run, and make you reach for the ranch or bleu cheese (depending on which you opt for). It was easily our top choice. The sauce wasn’t sticky and was thin enough to hold its heat on every part of the wing, making it a go-to for those who like it hot.

Our second, the Bon Bon Daytona, could not have been more opposite to the hot, but it was good in a different way. Smoky, a little sweet, and very sticky, it was a barbecue sauce that reminded me of a well-done rib sauce. Despite it being on a chicken wing rather than a pork rib, it was still one I would recommend for the barbe-

cue lover, or someone looking to cool down from a much hotter sauce on the menu.

Last was the honey garlic, which was about what we expected based on the name. It was mild and very sweet, with hints of garlic here and there. It wasn’t one we would necessarily go back to but could be a great starter wing sauce for someone who is more comfortable with mild, savory and sweet sauces.

It was no surprise that there was more than enough food with 15 wings, with them all being “trim but not skimpy,” as Peyton put it. They had very little fat if any, and were substantial enough to be filling after a few.

We had to try just one more new item, the hush puppies, which can be found on the side item list. They were extra crispy with undertones of onion and served with whipped butter. They might not have been the best hush puppies we’ve ever had (we are, in fact, in North Carolina after all) but they were a good deterrent from eating too many wings at once.

After we used up all of our napkins and after several refills, we were stuffed. We found that the wings were superior to that of other locations around the Piedmont Triad and that we would be quick to order them to go for a night with friends, or simply to enjoy as a snack.

The Saints may have lost their chance to head to the Super Bowl to the Rams, but hey, there’s always time for a new team, or some new menu items, to take the stage. !

JENNIFER ZELESKI is a student contributor to YES! Weekly. She is originally from Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and is currently pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Communications at High Point University.

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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE PROPOSED WIDENING OF N.C. 73 MECKLENBURG AND CABARRUS COUNTIES STIP PROJECT NOS. R-2632AB & R-5706 The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold two public meetings regarding the proposed projects to widen N.C. 73 from N.C. 115 (Old Statesville Road) to U.S. 29 (Concord Parkway North) in Mecklenburg and Cabarrus counties. Intersection improvements are also proposed along the corridor. The purpose of STIP Project No. R-2632AB is to reduce congestion on N.C. 73 (Sam Furr Road) between N.C. 115 (Old Statesville Road) and Davidson-Concord Road (S.R. 2693) and provide bicycle and pedestrian accommodations.

The purpose of STIP Project No. R-5706 is to increase mobility between Davidson-Concord Road (S.R. 2693) and I-85 and between U.S. 29 (Concord Parkway North) and I-85, reduce congestion at the intersections, improve traffic operations along N.C. 73 (Davidson Highway), and provide pedestrian and bicycle accommodations.

The same concept maps and project information will be presented at both meetings. Please note that no formal presentation will be made. The open house public meetings will take place from 4 to 7 p.m. (drop-in) on: Monday, January 28 Lake Norman Church of Christ 17634 Caldwell Station Road, Huntersville

Tuesday, January 29 Connect Christian Church 3101 Davidson Highway, Concord

NCDOT representatives will be available to answer questions and listen to comments regarding the project. The opportunity to submit comments will also be provided at the meeting or via phone, email, or mail by February 12, 2019. Comments received will be taken into consideration as the project develops.

Project information and materials can be viewed as they become available online at www.ncdot.gov/projects/nc-73-mecklenburg-cabarrus.

For additional information, contact Theresa Ellerby, C.P.M., NCDOT Project Manager, at (919) 707-6020 or tellerby@ncdot.gov.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Caitlyn Ridge, P.E., Environmental Analysis Unit at, ceridge1@ncdot.gov or (919)707-6091 as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

Persons who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.

Aquellas personas que no hablan inglés o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494. www.yesweekly.com

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‘Reflections of Elegance’ features Kenneth Paul Block’s original works

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heatre Art Galleries in High Point is bringing back one of the most beloved fashion illustrators of all time in its upcoming “Reflections of Terry Rader Elegance: Kenneth Paul Block and the Masters of Fashion Contributor Illustration.” The opening reception is on Thursday, Jan. 31 with live music by the Keith Byrd Trio.

The show runs through March 22 and is free and open to the public.

In a time when photography was the chosen medium in the fashion industry, Block’s illustrations kept abreast and, according to a TAG press release, “to a large degree began to influence the very designers’ work that he sketched.” He was known to stand out in his personal style and said that gesture, to him, was everything to fashion. He expressed it vividly with his paints and pencils in fluid works of chic art. Kenneth Paul Block remains a highly revered influencer to up-and-coming fashion illustrators as well as those who followed him throughout their careers. He worked as chief features artist for Fairchild Publications, owner of Women’s Wear Daily (a garment industry trade paper) for 40 years where he infused his style to transform and illustrate the works of famous designers such as Norman Norell, Geoffrey Beene, Bill Blass, Oscar de la Renta, Perry Ellis,

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Elon College educator and will provide guided educational tours of this exhibit for groups including churches, garden clubs and others who call ahead to book guided group tours.

This show was exhibited at Alamance Arts last year and when Horney saw it, he knew it would be a great match for TAG’s mission. He said he had grown up in a family creative business designing advertising displays for retail environments using markers. He said he connects to Block’s illustrative style on a personal level, because “no one uses markers these days,” and he loved markers’ loose and expressive style.

Horney said that this exhibit will also showcase the fashion illustrations of Bil Donovan, Robert Richards, “Eric” (Carl Oscar August Erickson), Rene Boucher, and Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) who is Business Analysts, IT Client Support in Greensalso known as the “Father boro and High Point, NC (multiple openings): Supports of Art Deco.” the information systems component of the company’s Horney said the Erte business; performs IT service management processes; and the Boucher pieces fosters and maintains ongoing client relationships; hung in Block’s bedroom configures systems; writes specifications for new defor more than 60 years. velopment and system enhancements; and performs He said the Foundation and coordinates quality assurance testing; while taking purchased Eric’s illustradirection from senior IT analysts and managers. Up to tion when it found the 25% travel within U.S. Requires: (1) Masters + 3 yrs. magazine page from exp. OR (2) Bachelors + 5 yrs. exp. Please mail resume where the ad ran in with cover letter to: XPO Logistics, Inc., 13777 Ballantyne Kenneth’s files after he Corporate Pl., 4th Floor, Charlotte, NC 28277, Attn: Redied. The Foundation cruiting, Refer to job code 2018-09-0283. purchased the original

Andre Courreges, Pierre Cardin, Hubert de Givenchy, Alix Gres and Coco Chanel.

Executive director of Theatre Art Galleries Jeff Horney said that TAG is using all three of its main galleries for this exhibit. He said TAG really wanted to have room to allow this show to breathe, and that they are looking forward to having a great time with the installation and turn it into a cohesive exhibit next week.

The Kenneth Paul Block Foundation was set up by Kenneth’s nephew, Steve Block and his wife, Betty Morgan-Block, who now own the works. They are serving as guardians and educators of his Block’s work until they find a permanent home in which to preserve, exhibit, store and most importantly, continue to provide education. Morgan-Block is a former

because they knew how much Block had loved Eric’s work and how he had studied it so intently.

Horney said that Block used to work at McCalls where he sketched and marked dress patterns. TAG is offering a fee-based “Fashion Inspired Collage Workshop” utilizing old dress patterns on Saturday, Feb. 16 from 10 a.m. -2 p.m.

(Go online to see a sample collage and to register.)

TAG’s fourth gallery, The Kaleidoscope Gallery, will concurrently exhibit “The Annual High School Exhibit.” This gallery changes over four times a year with middle school art in the spring, summerlong art camps, lower school art in the fall and high school art in the winter.

“What an impact this has on these kids to have one piece of art on exhibit and to be able to proudly pose for photos with their families,” Horney said. “A big part of what we do is rotating kids in schools including Ferndale Middle School and Pennybyrn, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater High Point, High Point Regional and Millis Education Center at Wake Forest Baptist High Point Medical.”

Horney said that so much art has been taken out of schools and many kids don’t get the opportunity to do this and they love it. Horney said TAG is always looking for new artists to exhibit and encourage those interested to apply online. !

TERRY RADER is a freelance writer, poet and songwriter, formerly an ad agency creative director/ branding strategist/copywriter and Earth Harmony columnist, a storyteller on a mission to raise awareness for creativity and environmental sustainability along with part-time work in Community Outreach & Wellness at Deep Roots Market Co-op and her business, Paws n’ Peace o’ Mind, Pet/House sitter/Day Visits/ Special Needs & Senior Pets.

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Jan. 31 from 5:30-7:30 p.m, “Reflections of Elegance” opening reception. The exhibit runs through March 22. Theatre Art Galleries, 220 East Commerce St, High Point, 336.887.2137, Gallery hours: Tues. – Fri., noon-5 p.m. or by appointment, Office hours: Tues.-Fri., 8 a.m.-5 p.m, all exhibitions are free and open to the public, www.tagart. org, Call for artists: apply online at www.tagart. org/call-for-artists-2/

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RiveRun Retro drops a Bombshell With the 21st annual RiverRun International Film Festival scheduled for April 4-14, the festival turns up the heat for its first “RiverRun Retro” screening event for 2019 – writer/ Mark Burger producer/editor/ director Alexandra Dean’s award-winContributor ning documentary feature Bombshell: The Life of Hedy Lamarr, which will be screened Jan. 26 at Hanesbrands Theatre in downtown Winston-Salem with the filmmaker in attendance.

For many film fans, Hedy Lamarr (19142000) was the epitome of glamour. Born Hedwig Eva Kiesler in Austria, she caused an international furor with her uninhibited star turn in the scandalous Ecstasy (1933), then – after fleeing Europe during the Nazi onslaught – scored an instant triumph in her Hollywood debut opposite Charles Boyer in Algiers (1938).

Her other notable film appearances included the 1940 blockbuster Boom Town with Spencer Tracy, Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert, opposite Gable again in Comrade X (also 1940), Ziegfield Girl (1941) with James Stewart and Judy Garland, Tortilla Flat (1941) with Tracy and John Garfield, My Favorite Spy (1951) with Bob Hope, playing Joan of Arc in Irwin Allen’s star-studded 1957 fantasy The Story of Mankind, and probably her best-known role, starring opposite Victor Mature in the Cecil B. DeMille Biblical epic Samson and Delilah (1949). (It should be obvious which character she played.)

Lamarr also produced three of her own films: The Strange Woman (1946), Dishonored Lady (1947), and Let’s Live a Little (1948). She made her final film appearance in the 1959 film noir The Female Animal. Regarding her status as a bigscreen sex siren, Lamarr reportedly said: “Any girl can be glamorous. All you have to do is stand still and look stupid.”

Such outspokenness did not go unnoticed. In 1949, Lamarr received the “Sour Apple” award as Least Cooperative Actress, although she was in good company as Humphrey Bogart was named Least Cooperative Actor.

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the subject of the documentary feature Calling Hedy Lamarr (2004).

In later years, Lamarr lived up to her image as a woman of mystery. Six times married (and divorced), she had three children and spent her later years in seclusion, making tabloid headlines for a pair of shoplifting charges and when she sued Mel Brooks and Warner Bros. over the use of the name “Hedley LaMarr” for the Harvey Korman character in the comedy smash Blazing Saddles (1974).

But what even her most fervent fans didn’t know is that Lamarr had a brilliant mind and was instrumental in pioneering radio technology that would eventually lead to the development of Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. She was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame of 2014.

Bombshell marks Dean’s debut feature, and “it had to be Hedy for my first feature because I really wanted to do a film about the ways in which women can be erased from history because of how they look or sound,” she said. “People just didn’t believe women could be great inventors, so Hedy’s extraordinary story was lost.”

Delving into Lamarr’s story was not unlike detective work, Dean said.

“Her story was endlessly surprising to me,” she said. “We had no idea about half the stories in Bombshell before we began investigating her story. We didn’t even have any material where she told her story in her own words before we began!”

Thus would occur the most unexpected, and most welcome, surprise of the project, Dean said. “We had called everyone on earth we could think of who might have some record of her story that had never been found when I finally contacted Fleming Meeks, a journalist who had interviewed her for a short article in Forbes Magazine in 1990. He picked up the phone

and said, ‘I’ve been waiting 20 years for you to call me. I have the tapes.’ It still gives me chills.”

Admittedly, “Hedy as a film icon definitely took a back seat to Hedy the inventor in my film,” Dean explained, “but I think that was justified because the inventor side was what the public didn’t know, and it was what she wanted to talk about on the tapes. Once we had her voice telling her story, we really followed her lead and let her tell us what was important to focus on in her life.”

In addition to the critical raves Bombshell has received, the film has also racked up numerous awards: At the 2017 Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival, it won both the Audience Award (Feature) and the Cleo Visualizing History Award; It was the winner of the Adrienne Shelly Excellence in Filmmaking Award (named for the late actress and filmmaker) at the 2017 Nantucket Film Festival; winner of the New York Film Critics, Online Award as Best Documentary; the Audience Award at the 2017 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival; Best Film at the 2017 Scottsdale International Film Festival; and winner of the Karen Morley Award and Best Documentary by or About Women at the 2017 Women Film Critics Circle Awards (tying in the latter category with Jane).

“She was an endlessly complicated woman,” Dean observed. “She once seduced a surgeon to get free plastic surgery for a friend – you can’t get more complicated than that! People were forthcoming about her real nature, and for that, I’m very grateful because we were able to bring all of that rich complexity into the film.” !

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BY MATT BRUNSON

orget about trying to ascertain whether Glass ( ) is a theatrical experience that should be viewed as either half-full or half-empty. Instead, the latest headache-inducer from writerdirector M. Night Shyamalan is such a parched project that viewers will leave the auditorium with the irritable sensation that there’s sand trapped in their shorts … or possibly in their heads.

Certainly, a scorched-earth approach has been taken by Shyamalan when it comes to penning this contrived and condescending nonsense. It’s the third part of the trilogy that began with 2000’s Unbreakable, the auteur’s first film following The Sixth Sense and an interesting achievement that functioned as a comic-book movie but also operated well outside the genre’s established parameters. I’m dubious that Shyamalan really intended to make a trilogy all along; the feeling from watching 2017’s insufferable Split was that it was a self-contained story to which he added (more like forced) a last-second twist to ensnare impressionable moviegoers. Both thematically and stylistically, Unbreakable and Split were about as compatible as oil and vinegar, or drinking and driving, or Pelosi and Trump — nevertheless, enough people bit hard enough that we now have Glass, which brings together the characters from the previous two films in a rank gumbo that grows progressively worse as it ambles along.

Split star James McAvoy returns as Kevin Wendell Crumb, the psychopath in possession of 24 distinct personalities (never mind that Split botched mental illness so badly that scores of experts objected; that’s another story); Unbreakable star and Split cameo player Bruce Willis is back as the heroic — make that superheroic — David Dunn; and Unbreakable co-star Samuel L. Jackson re-enters the scene as the villainous — make that

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supervillainous — Mr. Glass. All three find themselves confined to a mental institution wherein Dr. Ellie Staple (Sarah Paulson) tries to analyze them while Kevin teases the staffers, Glass plots his next master plan, and David pouts a lot.

While I’m sure to see worse movies than Glass over the rest of 2019, there’s no guarantee I’ll see any as pretentious and self-important as this one. The majority of the picture is merely average and thus innocuous, marked by the sort of obvious developments, stagnant set-pieces and unremarkable dialogue we’ve come to expect from most M. Night endeavors. There’s also the curious sight of the filmmaker simultaneously trying to suck up to comic-book aficionados even as he’s trying to conceal his disdain for their kind; at any rate, his approach suggests that he hasn’t even held an actual comic book in his hand in 19 years (i.e., since Unbreakable), let alone taken the time to flip through one.

It’s when Glass reaches the third act that it completely falls apart. The final showdown is not only anti-climactic (as much as anything could have been climactic in a snoozer such as this) but represents some of the worst directing and the worst writing in Shyamalan’s career, with the spatial relationships, poorly staged and the timing of events ultimately feeling as prolonged as any fond

farewell between Hobbits. Of course, it wouldn’t be an M. Night Shyamalan Special Event if there weren’t some sort of twist ending, but the one here is especially ludicrous. Not to engage in spoilers, but anyone who remembers the laughable sequence in Signs when Mel Gibson and Joaquin Phoenix spot an alien on T.V. — as well as the reason that the scene was so risible — can rest assured that the big reveal here operates in a similarly stupid fashion.

The only positive attribute of Split resided in the performance by McAvoy, whose dark turn at least felt of a piece with the picture’s overarching grimness.

Stripped of the surrounding darkness of that magnitude, McAvoy’s emoting this time around feels more hammy, more akin to watching Eddie Murphy don the disguises in such low-rent efforts as Norbit and Nutty Professor II: The Klumps.

Willis, on the other hand, plays it close to the vest — so close, in fact, that you wish the movie would end just so the actor can return to his nap. As for Jackson, he’s engaging to watch, although, like everyone else, he’s less of a vibrant individual and more of a chess piece for Shyamalan to shove across the playing field.

Glass is a misfire, a muddle, and a missed opportunity, but mostly it’s just a vessel for shattered expectations. !

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Threads and Shadows is an evening of dance created by Alexandra Joye Warren and Sarah Council that includes A History of Dirt and Slaying Ghosts; two distinct works connected by overlapping themes.

This concert represents the collaboration of two artists of different cultural backgrounds, working in different cities, exploring similar themes but in very different ways.

Creating emotionally driven choreography that is multi-layered and expressive, Sarah Council Dance Projects, a contemporary modern dance company based in Charlotte NC, will present A History of Dirt.

A History of Dirt is a dance for four women that considers how the past affects the present by presenting physical embodiments of human experience and connection. It investigates the body as a keeper of histories - a record of things weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve done and of things done to us. The work suggests that we exist in a web of histories - those of our family, our city, our nation, and that we are deeply impacted by this web, sometimes without our con-

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scious knowledge, but our bodies know, carry, and remember. A History of Dirt creates space to listen and discover what the body is holding.

Slaying Ghosts, choreographed by Alexandra Joye Warren and performed by her company JOYEMOVEMENT, explores breaking cycles and disrupting the stigma of getting help during emotional or psychological crisis.

Composer Nicholas Rich (formerly based in Greensboro) created an original composition for this work including original poems by Alexandra Joye Warren.

JOYEMOVEMENT dance company is based in Greensboro. The company centers their contemporary dance around topics that explore social justice and artistic activism.

Threads and Shadows will feature original music created by Ronald Keith Parks, Mike Wall and Nicholas Rich and will include performances by Jenn Jones, Brianna Little, Emmanuel Malette, Milanda McGinnis, Claire Nagy-Kato, Hannah Nichols, Dylan Reddish, Amanda Rentschler and Samantha Salvato.

The performances will take place at Stephen D. Hyers Studio Theater Jan. 31st at 8pm, Feb. 1 at 6 p.m. and Feb. 2 at 2pm.

Tickets: $10 Suggested donation at the door. Stephen D. Hyers Studio Theater is located at 200 N. Davie St. Greensboro.

JOYEMOVEMENT, dance company joyemovement.com !

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When Victoria Amith, 18, headed to college last fall, she couldn’t take along her beloved cats, Tina and Louise. And her dad, Troy Good, 43, couldn’t keep Chuck Shepherd them at his new apartment in San Jose, California. So rather than abandon them, Good did what any doting daddy would do: He rented them an apartment of their own. Tina and Louise now live the good life in a 400-square-foot studio apartment behind the Willow Glen home of David Callisch, who told The San Jose Mercury News: “They’re very quiet, obviously. The only problem is they stink up the place.” Good pays $1,500 a month rent, and Callisch stops in every day to feed and play with the kitties. Sounds puuuurrrr-fect.

RECURRING THEMES

— The first clue for police that Craig Wistar, 51, of Warren, Ohio, shouldn’t have been driving was that he was behind the wheel of a car facing east in a westbound lane around 2 a.m. on Dec. 4. The second was the woman in the back seat, who mouthed “Help me” to officers as they questioned Wistar, who had a bottle of vodka at his feet. When asked what he was doing, Wistar replied, “I’m Ubering,” reported WFMJ-TV. Officers moved the passenger to their patrol car and administered a field sobriety test, during which Wistar admitted, “I’m plastered. I’m talking hammered. I confess I’m drunk.”

Wistar’s Uber passenger got a ride home from police, and he pleaded guilty on Jan. 14 to driving under the influence. Most important, he will no longer be able to drive for ride-sharing apps.

— Sunita Jairam, 48, of Lexington, Kentucky, was arrested for driving under the influence at about 1 a.m. on Jan. 13, which she explained to police by saying she did it for her son. According to the Lexington Herald Leader, Jairam told police she had been drinking all day and “drank a bunch of beer and got in her car to drive to teach her son a lesson.” Her son, whose age was not reported, told police he had tried several times to get out of the BMW X1 “due to his mother’s driving,” but the doors were locked. Jairam was also charged with endangering the welfare of a minor.

— In the category of Straining Logic, Jana Moschgat’s defense attorney suggested at her drunk-driving hearing on Jan. 8 in Berwick, Pennsylvania, that the

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results of her breath test might have been compromised by the fact that, according to the arresting officer, she was nibbling on her coat before the test was administered. Moschgat, 47, smelled of alcohol, the officer testified, and failed a field sobriety test; her blood alcohol level was tested at 0.151 percent, almost twice the legal limit. Attorney Travis Petty questioned the officer about his knowledge of the fabric content of her coat, reported The (Bloomsburg) Press Enterprise, saying certain materials can alter the results of breath tests. The judge wasn’t buying the argument and sent the case to trial.

PROMISES, PROMISES

On Jan. 1, Curtis Brooner filed a lawsuit claiming a Burger King in Wood Village, Oregon, reneged on its promise following a traumatic incident on Dec. 15. KATU-TV reports Brooner was having lunch at the fast-food joint that day when he became locked in the restroom. Employees provided him with a flyswatter to use to wrench the door open, but Brooner cut his hand on it, and the lawsuit says employees laughed at Brooner from the other side of the door. It wasn’t until an hour later, when a locksmith arrived, that he was set free. “To make things right,” said Brooner’s attorney, Michael Fuller, “the Burger King manager offered (Brooner) free food for the rest of his life” at that restaurant — and followed through for a few weeks.

But eventually the regional manager stepped in and ended it. Brooner’s suit seeks damages of $9,026.16 — the price of one burger meal per week for the next 22 years. “There are funny elements of the case,” Fuller told KATU, “but there is nothing funny about being locked in a dank bathroom for an hour.”

GREAT ART!

Namibian artist Max Siedentopf, 27, has placed an installation in the ancient Namib Desert, consisting of six speakers attached to an MP3 player projecting the song “Africa” by Toto — over and over and over, for all eternity. The song, released in 1982, has enjoyed a resurgence of popularity, and was one of Spotify’s “Top Throwback Songs” in 2018. Siedentopf told the BBC that solar batteries will keep the song playing forever: “I wanted to pay the song the ultimate homage and physically exhibit ‘Africa’ in Africa ... but I’m sure the harsh environment of the desert will devour the installation eventually.” !

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hortly after my first article appeared in YES! Weekly, my landlord said something about its subject I’d never known.

“When I was a boy in the ‘50s,” he told me, Ian McDowell “parked cars were lined up half a mile down Holden Road Contributor every Saturday night, with folks driving in from out of state and knocking on your Uncle Olan’s door to buy his moonshine.”

I remembered that when talking to Triad Stage associate artistic director Sarah Hankins about White Lightning, a play about moonshine and NASCAR by Alabama dramatist Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder (Fresh Kills, The Bone Orchard) that has its North Carolina premiere on Jan. 27.

Directed by Hankins and starring David Bowen, Erin Schmidt, Michael Tourek, Carrol Michael Johnson and Stanton Nash, White Lightning runs in the Pyrle Theater at 232 S. Elm St. in Greensboro through Feb. 17.

“It’s a particularly Southern story,” said Hankins when I met with her, Bowen and Tourek in a Triad Stage conference room two weeks ago to talk about the upcoming production they sounded very excited about. “I feel that we’ve gotten enough generations away from that. Those family secrets are coming out. I remember I had never really heard about it when I was a kid or even when I was in my 20s, but after I passed a certain age, my family stopped editing the stories they were telling me.”

But, she said, this “particularly Southern story” is not one that’s been often told in the American theater. “And so, having a play about it, one that connects to our community and our shared history is really great.”

She said she thinks this is true of NASCAR as well. “How many plays, aside from [Janet Allard’s] Vrooommm!, which we produced a couple of years ago, are about that?”

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Actors Erin Schmidt, David Bowen and Stanton Nash in rehearsal quilt-makers in a small Alabama town, also began at ASF, and her Fresh Kills, about a Staten Island mechanic, stalked by the teenaged boy he had cybersex with, premiered in 2004 at London’s prestigious Royal Court Theatre.

In a 2016 interview with New York playwright and theater journalist Kenneth Jones, Wilder said that, while White Lightning’s 1947 setting is never specified, it was inspired by Dawsonville, Georgia, a community with strong ties to both moonshine and NASCAR. Her script drops names such as Red Vogt, the master mechanic who founded the National Association for Stock Car Racing, and a bevy of legendary drivers and promoters. (She clearly knows the milieu.)

Director Hankins praised the author’s “particular knack for capturing Southern speech and dialect,” especially in regards to code-switching. “Like how, when I’m with some people, I’ll speak in a particular way, but when I feel really casual, I’ll start dropping ‘ain’t’ into the conversation,” said

Hankins of Wilder’s script. “It shows a deep appreciation for the poetry of Southern language.”

I asked Hankins how her two actors avoided clichés made familiar by everything from the other White Lightning, the 1973 film that turned Burt Reynolds into what one critic called the Cary Grant of Southern Drive-Ins, to T.V.’s Dukes of Hazzard, in which no illegal whiskey is actually made or transported by the squeaky-clean Bo and Luke Duke (although it certainly is in Moonrunners, the gritty and violent 1975 action-comedy based on real-life moonshiner Jerry Rushing which in turned inspired the family-friendly 1979-1985 series about “good ol’ boys/never meanin’ no harm”) “You just do what you can to make these 1940s moonshining Southern men as truthful as possible,” said the imposing Tourek, whom I remembered from his days at the Green Burro, where he was once runner-up for the YES! Weekly Triad’s Best award for “Hottest Bartender, Male” (and

who in 2013 was voted Best Male Local Theater Actor in that annual contest), before appearing in six 2017-2018 episodes of the acclaimed Netflix crime drama Ozark.

Tourek plays Hank Taylor, the affable but ruthless auto shop owner and bootlegger who offers young World War II vet Avery McAllister a chance to make money running ‘shine.

“We got those clichés for a reason,” said Bowen, a 2015 UNCSA grad who performed with NYC’s Attic Theatre Company before making his Triad Stage debut as Avery. “They are real people. I’m from Northeast Georgia. They filmed Deliverance in my home town. I grew up with these people. Sure, they’re archetypes; the revenuer, the moonshiner, the fallen golden boy, but there’s so much truth underneath all of that, and it’s written in such a way that it manages to tell their stories without diving into cliché.”

“And it helps to have your director go, ‘you’re gonna want to do that a little different, Mike,’” added Tourek sardonically,

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Actors Erin Schmidt and David Bowen crooking a finger at Hankins. “Or help you when you’re really defining that world, really defining the truth of it.”

Tourek said that “it helps that we’re doing the play here, meaning in the South, but it also makes it more difficult. Ninety percent of the people who see this play are going to know who these people are, but because they’re going to know, we have to make sure we play the person and not the caricature.”

Hankins recalled her first script discussion with Tourek. “He said he didn’t see the depth of Hank. I was encouraging him to go back and look again, saying that Hank is actually a very layered character, but one also very good at presenting a certain image to society, making us fall into a pattern of believing that surface image. That’s what makes it such a surprise when he’s so deadly because we’ve almost dismissed him. His danger gives him more depth than we first imagine.”

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ably authentic Southern society while also subverting the expectations of the audience. She described the play as very exciting “to both people who know something about moonshining and NASCAR, and who will find lots of little details that will excite them,” but is also hugely accessible to those totally unfamiliar with either. “She’s laid out the story in such a way that you’ll immediately recognize the importance of certain moments, even if you don’t know the terminology.”

Gangsters were once staples of the American stage, with the 1935 Broadway hit The Petrified Forest making a movie star of its villain Humphrey Bogart when he repeated the role for the 1936 movie version, and petty criminals have populated the plays of Sam Shepard and David Mamet. But Southern bootleggers, not to mention NASCAR, seem more associated with movies. I asked Hankins how she took a theatrical approach to these cinematic tropes.

“One thing that’s been really exciting

about this play is the incredible creative team we had supporting us as the cast, and I dived into this world,” she said, adding that “it’s a happy side note” that all the members of that team are women.

“It’s my first time as a director working with an all-female creative team; the designers, the assistant director, the dramaturg, the movement coach and the dialect coach are all women.” She said it was something she didn’t realize until she walked into the first production meeting.

“It shouldn’t be extraordinary that it’s an all-female team, but it still feels that way in the moment.”

What she found even more extraordinary was their work on this project. “This team has been wonderful about creating a world where sound and light and movement and the set all work together to create the excitement of NASCAR. Our set has mason jars all around it that will light up to bring you to the race. Our sound designer, Maria Württele, is working on soundscape where, as soon as you hit one of the races, you’re embedded.”

She also praised the playwright for “giving us a fun thing where three of the male characters play announcers at the races, letting you hear them as the sound and the light are going on. So, you get swept from these intimate scenes in the garage between Avery and his girlfriend Dixie, straight into a NASCAR race.”

Hankins said she used to attend NASCAR races regularly. “Some of our designers hadn’t been so familiar with that world, so bringing them into that space has been exciting, as they get a sense of how a race works, of the vibration and sound you feel in your body.”

She had particular kudos for Virginia Hirsch, whose title of dramaturg means, in this context, that she’s essentially the play’s historical researcher and consultant.

“I always like to think of it as though we’re building a house in the rehearsal room and the dramaturg focuses, not just on what’s inside the house, but the world outside its doors. When we have a question about, say, dating habits in the 1940s, we get an email answer from her about couple behavior.”

Bowen said that his character suffers an injury in a crash. “So, we’re in rehearsal, and we decide it’s a rotor cuff injury and trying to figure out how I’m going to move my shoulder, and she’s right there, taking notes.” The next day, she sent him an email. “It was so detailed, about acute rotator cuff tears, all the details, all the specific research you need to do, but that we actors might not have the time to do.”

Hankins said that Hirsch’s work on the production was unusual in the American theater right now. “Everybody is trying to cut costs as they deal with corporate fund-

ing being down, all those financial matters that make you look around the room and see who is the nonessential person. We’ve made a particular commitment to keeping the dramaturg in the room because we think it’s so valuable. It lets me focus on the moment that’s right here on stage, and she can be doing the research while we’re working.”

As I didn’t get a chance to talk to leading actress Erin Schmidt, I asked Hankins about her character, Dixie James.

Hanks called Dixie “a spitfire of a woman” who works at a factory but is studying accounting, and who falls in love with Avery against her better judgment.

“Her father had a history of running ‘shine as well, and so she wants to stay far away from that world, but as you might guess by looking at David, can’t help but fall for him.”

She said that other characters included Mutt (Stanton Nash), Hank’s mechanic, “a taciturn character who has a big effect on the room without saying much.” Then there’s Chester Pike (Carroll Michael Johnson), the county revenue agent, who is paid off by Hank, which creates tension when federal revenuers come to town.

Hankins called White Lightning “kind of a love letter to both moonshine and NASCAR,” but also described it as Avery’s coming of age story. “It asks us to follow his journey as he discovered some truths about himself, especially the danger that he’s put himself into by joining up with Hank’s organization.”

She described moonshine as a potentially lucrative business in the postwar American South, where national prohibition was long gone, but local dry laws, as well as cultural traditions, still made it precious contraband. “It was also sort of an economic necessity for a lot of people. One of the few ways to get out of poverty was to engage in this business. But it could also cost your life or your freedom. Avery is a little wide-eyed and eager and a bit cocky, and so he goes into it with blinders on. And thanks to the intelligence and grounding provided by his true love, Dixie, he finds himself in a position where he has to get out of the business, or he might die.” !

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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Ruth Wicker Tribute to Women, Barber Park Event Center to open in East Greensboro The grand opening of Greensboro’s (and North Carolina’s) first exhibition dedicated to the achievements and contribution of women, and a new event center in East Greensboro’s Barber Park will be held on Katie Murawski Friday, Jan. 25 at 1502 Barber Park Dr. Greensboro Parks Editor and Recreation’s planning and project development division manager Shawna Tillery said that this had been a project 10 years in the making. In 2008, Greensboro resident and philanthropist Ruth Wicker passed away and donated half of her trust to construct a building in a public park that honored women who contributed to Greensboro.

Tillery said that there was a committee that went through a selection process to determine the best location, which ended up being Barber Park.

“It took some time for the existing group that came together and that included women and individuals on the Commission for the Status of Women,” Tillery explained. “[Ruth] wanted them to be involved from the process from the beginning. A representative from that group has been involved in the project since Ruth passed away.”

Ruth’s husband, John Wicker, was the architect whose firm designed the original Greensboro Coliseum, Tillery said. While he was still living, he sketched a design of his vision of the building.

“The architect on the building project, Shermin Ata, designed the building but expanded it based on the drawings that Mr. Wicker had provided,” Tillery said. “The city put additional funding to expand the building so that it was just not an exhibit space but also had an expanded, multipurpose function within the park.”

Tillery said $900,000 was allocated from Ruth Wicker’s trust and the City of Greensboro came up with additional funds to finish out expanding the construction. The project’s total cost was $3.25 million.

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be born or live out the rest of their life in Greensboro, but their contributions had to be significant to the city.

“Obviously we looked for traits and characteristics that dealt with the positive contributor: How they got involved in the community, and what that involvement was--whether it was education-specific or political-specific,” she said. “Their specific contribution had to directly affect Greensboro to some extent.”

Tillery said that the multipurpose space is around 3,000 square feet, and there is “significant outdoor space as well with a pergola, sitting area, and lawn area.”

Then the exhibit space itself is around 1,000 square feet. Tillery said the building was designed so that the front entrance doesn’t have any windows and all the windows are on the backside of the building, which “replicates Mrs. Wicker’s passion for outdoor landscapes and gardens.”

“It is a unique asset to Greensboro and the state because there is not another museum specifically dedicated to women,” Tillery said of the Tribute’s significance to Greensboro. “There are exhibits at museums, but this is a completely dedicated space to women’s contributions to society.”

Tillery also said the center would be open for the public to rent for parties, weddings, and other special events.

“It will correlate with an expansion of space at Gateway Gardens, which is right next to it,” Tillery said. “So it will be a great place for people to come and experience Barber Park. It is a beautiful building; it brings nature inside. One unique feature of the exhibit space is it is not just a square room. It is circular, and it’s designed so that it is unique, as far as the concept from an architectural standpoint.

Not to reveal too much, but it is not going to be a standard hall of fame that you are used to seeing. It is going to be a unique exhibit experience.”

In early 2018, Tillery said that Greensboro Parks and Recreation went through a Request for Quotation process to hire a firm that would design the exhibit and determine how to proceed with honoring women who had contributed to Greensboro.

“We didn’t have a lot of direction from the estate as far as what that process looked like in general,” Tillery said. “We worked with Studio Displays, (out of Charlotte) to develop an honoree nomination process. We had a group of stakeholders to vet through those nominated honorees to come up with the initial class for honoring approximately 30 women in the new facility.”

Tillery said Ruth Wicker was born on Aug. 7, 1912, and died on Sept. 20, 2008.

She said that Ruth attended Christ United Methodist Church, and was a member of the Starmount Country Club and other various social and civic groups around the city. She enjoyed cooking, sewing, golf, and was fascinated with history, genealogy, and was involved with the Daughters of the American Revolution.

“She did set up a scholarship at UNCG for her sister that passed away in the early ‘80s, available for women who are upcoming nursing students,” Tillery said.

“She also has an endowment fund that the Greensboro History Museum uses as well.”

Reidsville resident Mary Susan Wilkie (Ruth’s niece) said Ruth was smart, charitable, happy, proud of her family and “one of a kind.” Wilkie said that her mother and Ruth both went to school at St. Leo’s in

Greensboro to become nurses, and that both her mother and Ruth were interested in photography.

“One of the skills she had learned growing up was how to develop film,” Wilkie said. “That is one of the things that she did, and mother did also, was to develop film for the soldiers.”

Wilkie said the Tribute to Women is something that Ruth would be proud of, and she thinks that the event center is going to be great because of its location in Barber Park.

“I knew they had this vision, she talked about it, and John had drawn up the plans for it,” Wilkie said. “[Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department] showed me Uncle John’s plans for his vision of it, and I think the building itself really follows his plan. It is not letter-for-letter, it is not exactly what he had in mind, but I felt very pleased with what I saw.”

Wilkie said it is hard to say why her aunt Ruth wanted to honor women who contributed to Greensboro.

“Aunt Ruth, she liked to be noticed, but she also was very aware of the people who made Greensboro great,” Wilkie said.

“There is so much about the times and about men, that I think she looked to the strong women. She felt like the women needed to be recognized.”

The grand opening for the Ruth Wicker Tribute to Women and Barber Park Event Center will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. with the ribbon cutting taking place at 4:30 p.m. Tillery said city officials, elected officials and members of the Wicker family would be cutting the ribbon.

“It is a nice big space that is multipurpose and then it is going to be educational because you have this information about the history and the people. You can’t forget your history,” Wilkie said. “[Ruth] was amazing, she really was something else.”

Tillery said that hor ‘d oeuvres and refreshments will be served and that there would be plenty of time for people to ask questions, look around the space, and “envision some other events they want to have it in the future.”

“We are excited about this project, we think it is going to be a huge asset, and really draw people to the invest East concept,” Tillery said. !

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

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A (less than) family affair at Smith & Edge The Less Than Family Affair, a chill beats art party featuring DJs, producers, and visual artists from <Family (Less Than Family) will go down on Feb. 1 at Smith & Edge in Greensboro.

Katei Cranford “We’re a very tightknit squad,” said Contributing Mason Rock, “cult leader” of the North columnist Carolina electronic label and artist collective, who will perform under his moniker, Mister.

Scheduled performer and labelmate, Saef Sees, describes <Family as a “stir fry.”

“We’re all a little different, and on our own we’re fine, but you put all of us in a room, shake things up a little, and the result is really something,” he said. “We couldn’t do that without a familial bond and unconditional love. It’s a <Family affair because we’re inviting you into ours—even if it’s just for the night.”

Joining them on the audio-end of the bill will be GoodNite and SIIDS. “Our key ideal is integrity,” noted Dylan Evans (aka Lavier and one-half of scheduled producer duo, Boy Legs), who also co-heads the <Family label. “We push the DIY mentality in electronic and hip-hop to show that you don’t need a huge budget behind you to be authentic,” he added.

The group ranges in artistic activity beyond the audio and boasts a roster of visual artists primarily based out of Greensboro. Kelsi Chloe, Creed Mullins and David Deaton round out the visual components. <Family musicians stretch from D.C. through Virginia and around North Carolina.

“Electronic and hip-hop are definitely two of our main focuses, but that’s just what we’re working with at the moment,” Evans said.

Boy Legs’ Jib Butts, a world-traveler who only recently returned to the States, reinforced the absence of DIY approaches in the electronic music industry. “I’ve been around Thailand, Japan, and Mexico over the last year, and it isn’t exactly common,” he said.

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other. The sense of community is really awesome. We’re lucky to be a part.”

“Greensboro has always been an awesome place for us to operate,” Evans said of the Triad specifically. “We have a strong group of folks here who really care about what we’re doing, and it never goes unfelt.”

Caleb Alexander, aka GoodNite (the labelmate “everyone is mad at because he doesn’t put anything out,”) agreed. “Everyone there is dope,” he insisted.

Evans’ enthusiasm extends to the possibilities 2019 brings. “We made a lot of great relationships last year, and it’s been awesome to see them blossom, so I’m excited to do more of that,” he noted of the show which will serve as a tour kick-off for a few of the artists.

The fruits of those relationships came in handy recently, when the group found itself need of a new venue last minute.

The sudden closure of the original venue, Geeksboro Battle Pub, left <Family in a tight spot. But fellow Greensboro electronic party makers, Strictly Social, helped arrange the switch to Smith & Edge.

“Geeksboro was one of my favorite spots in town,” Rock said, “and we wish Joe nothing but the best. But big thanks goes to the Strictly Social crew for helping us secure a new venue.”

The multimedia “chill beat” show will still go on, complete with visual arts and graphics vendors.

“Kelsi has been working so hard for so long, and it genuinely shows,” Butts said about Kelsi Chloe, the lead visual creative in the family, who’ll be vending art and merchandise. “We couldn’t be more proud to have her in the group,” he insisted.

For Chloe, “being able to visually interpret the music made by my friends is so much fun. I truly feel like everyone putting their heads together is not only encouraging, but it helps you grow and want to make your homies as proud of you as you are of them.”

Butts echoed her enthusiasm, “playing in Greensboro is always so much fun,” he said.

“For whatever reason Greensboro shows always have a certain glow for us.” !

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GoodNite’s Caleb Alexander

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

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Greensboro rapper brings banjo to hip-hop

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reensboro rapper and musician Justin Harrington is highlighting some musical connections and extending a cultural legacy. Harrington, John Adamian who performs and @johnradamian records under the name Demeanor, is releasing O Henry, a Contributor record that fuses elements of traditional string music, in the form of clawhammer banjo, with the beats and style of hip-hop.

It’s not quite “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” meets “The Funky Drummer,” but something like that.

I spoke with Harrington by phone earlier this week. Demeanor will perform a free album-release show at Sternberger Auditorium on the campus of Guilford College in Greensboro on Friday, Jan. 25 at 7:30 p.m.

As is becoming more and more commonly known and understood, the banjo is likely the descendant of a whole family West African lutes brought to America by enslaved Africans in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. American musicians like banjo virtuoso Bela Fleck have explored this connection, traveling to West Africa and collaborating with musicians who play instruments like the ngoni, highlighting the similarities in timbre and technique between the two traditions and continuing the musical dialogue between the Americas and Africa.

Harrington is part of a musical family with deep ties to the region. His aunt and banjo teacher, the Greensboro-based musician and singer Rhiannon Giddens, has been instrumental in driving home the connection between African-American string-band music and the styles that became known as old-time and bluegrass music.

The interplay between African music and American music has been going on for centuries. Most of what we call American music is, in fact, African-American music, on some level. The influence of African aesthetics on American music is so pervasive as to almost be easy to overlook: syncopation, call-and-response, highcontrast accents, and polyrhythms. Those qualities define a lot of American music, YES! WEEKLY

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and American music has been exported around the world.

Harrington has been raised in both traditions. As he says on one of the many interviewstyle spoken-word snippets throughout the record, “I’d always listen to hip-hop because I am hip-hop, I guess. You know what I mean? Black boy in the South with an attitude.”

He’s hip-hop, but he’s also old-time, having traveled around the region attending banjo festivals and string band jams. His aunt started teaching him banjo when he was 12 or so. As a banjo player, Harrington zeros in on the insistent and strong offbeat stresses in the music, a quality that is often transferred to the vocal phrasing in hip-hop.

Harrington spent much of 2017 traveling the world performing with Giddens on her Freedom Highway tour.

It was that experience that gave Harrington, 20, the drive to pursue his latest project. Faced with an audience that was predominantly white and predominantly over 30, Harrington started thinking that he wanted to find a way to help further cross-pollinate the worlds of hip-hop and roots music.

“Rap is folk music,” Harrington said.

Protest is one link between the two worlds. The fight against political oppression and pervasive racism were central to the music of proto-rappers such as the Last Poets and Gil ScottHeron. Police brutality has been a subject of outrage for rappers going back to Public Enemy and extending up to the present.

Harrington enters into the territory, rapping about the student loan debt, racism, mental health, and the ways that black identity gets commodified, mass-produced, simplified and fed back to the culture at large in a hall-of-mirrors effect. The record was made with the help of Gabriel Clausen, who teaches sound design at Guilford College and elsewhere.

And much of the musical backdrop is built around looped banjo lines (played by Harrington) set against booming beats. As a rapper, he’s eager to challenge received wisdom about who young people are and who they’re supposed to be.

“There’s a bunch of battles to fight,” he said.

Confrontations may be unavoidable, but one of the things Harrington seems interested in tweaking just a little bit is the degree to which hip-hop can be seen to radiate aggression and ego. Those might

be necessary elements of a vibrant and vital youth culture, especially one that is sometimes invested in defining itself in opposition to popular notions of stability and comfort. But Harrington thinks a little self-love and communal vision is as radical a proposition for young people these days as swagger and exaggerated expressions of masculinity.

Harrington’s music doesn’t obviously fit into the mold of the dominant regional styles in contemporary hip-hop pop. It could challenge the ears of his peers. With tempos and textures that drift away from the twitchy pleasures of trap, Harrington’s record might require a little more focus.

“It wasn’t my purpose to make party music,” he said.

Speaking of the tendency of hit artists to make beats that deliver a quick, visceral body appeal, Harrington says this: “Our attention span is completely shot at this point.”

Harrington attended Weaver Academy in Greensboro as an acting student, and his work as an actor has shaped his development as an artist. “I love the craft of acting, the manifestation of human experience,” he said.

Taking that comfort with the stage, Harrington will blend banjo and hip-hop with a live audience for the first time when he performs at Guilford College.

He also hopes to flesh out some of the spoken-word sections of the album, sprinkle in the style of a one-man show that touches on the history of minstrelsy in America and the role that cultural production plays in our own identities.

Rather than viewing his performances as an educational tool, Harrington wants to latch onto aspects of music and culture and heritage that move him, in hopes of sparking a similar feeling in others, so that each little flash of connection resonates out in the world.

“There’s so much history,” he said.

“There are so many conversations to have.” !

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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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC FEBRUARY 5 REGARDING THE PROPOSAL TO WIDEN RANDLEMAN ROAD (S.R. 1007) FROM GLENDALE DRIVE TO WEST ELMSLEY DRIVE IN GUILFORD COUNTY STIP Project No. U-5850 The N.C. Department of Transportation proposes to widen Randleman Road (S.R. 1007) between Glendale Drive and West Elmsley Drive in Guilford County.

A public meeting will be held from 4-7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at New Goshen United Methodist Church located at 3300 Randleman Road in Greensboro.

The purpose of this meeting is to inform the public of the project and gather input on the proposed design. As information becomes available, it may be viewed online at the NCDOT public meeting webpage: https://www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings.

The public may attend at any time during the public meeting hours, as no formal presentation will be made. NCDOT representatives will be available to answer questions and receive comments. The comments and information received will be taken into consideration as work on the project develops.

The opportunity to submit written comments will be provided at the meeting or can be done via phone, email, or mail by Feb. 19, 2019.

For additional information, please contact Brian Ketner, NCDOT Division 7 Project Engineer at P.O. Box 14996, Greensboro, NC 27415-4996, (336) 487-0075 or, bkketner@ncdot.gov.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this workshop. Anyone requiring special services should contact Tony Gallagher, Environmental Analysis Unit, at 1598 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-1598, at (919) 707-6069 or magallagher@ncdot.gov as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

Persons who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.

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1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113 afterhourstavern.net Jan 25: Benefit for Jeff vaughn feat. haiz Rail, Louder, and Audio Assault Jan 26: Shun the Raven

GOOfY fOOt tAPROOM 2762 NC-68 #109 | 336.307.2567 Jan 26: Stewart Coley feb 2: Dave Moran

hAM’S PALLADIuM 5840 Samet Dr | 336.887.2434 hamsrestaurants.com Jan 25: the Dickens Jan 26: Radio Revolver

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612 Edgewood St | 336.558.7204 dancehalldaze.com Jan 25: the Delmonicos Jan 26: Ambush

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207 N Green St | 336.631.3143 2ngtavern.com 408 West 4th St | 336.331.3431 facebook.com/bulls-tavern Jan 25: Souljam feb 2: Little Stranger feb 9: uncle John’s Bone Presents feb 15: the Plaids Anti valentine Party feb 21: Jukebox Rehab feb 22: Souljam feb 23: Brother’s Pearl Mar 2: Whiskey foxtrot Mar 8: Jukebox Rehab Mar 9: the Good Dope

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630 S Stratford Rd | 336.768.2221 milnerfood.com Jan 20: Live Jazz Jan 27: Live Jazz

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638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 foothillsbrewing.com Jan 26: Lisa Saint Jan 27: Sunday Jazz Jan 30: Destination Bluegrass Band feb 2: William hinson feb 3: Sunday Jazz feb 6: hazy Ridge Bluegrass Band

5455 Bethania Rd | 336.923.8623 Jan 26: the Revelers Jan 27: tammie Davis, Eric Gress, Donna hughes, Andrew Millsaps Jan 31: Old Salt union feb 2: the Gravy Boys feb 3: tom’s handgun, Bristolina feb 9: Daniel Champagne feb 10: Ashley heath, Corey hunt, Emily Musolino, tyler hatley feb 14: Jonathan Byrd & the Pickup Cowboys feb 16: Brian Grilli, tupelo Crush feb 17: Wayne henderson & Presley Barker, Rob Ickes & trey hensley feb 21: Jerry Garcia Band Cover Band feb 22: Mel Jones & his Bag O’Bones w/ John hofmann Mar 2: time Sawyer

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170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 Jan 24: unCSA Jazz Ensemble Jan 25: Silent Disco with DJ SK, Jon Kirby & BrunoDC Jan 26: the vagabond Saints Society: the Music of tom Waits feb 2: Who’s Bad: the ultimate Michael Jackson Experience feb 7: Drivin’ n’ Cryin’, Lauren Morrow, Possum Jenkins feb 8: the Blue Dogs, Matthew Mayes, Mark Kano & Mike Garrigan feb 16: the funky Knuckles, Jonathan Sclaes fourchestra, John Ray trio feb 21: Corey Smith

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mar 8: puddles pity party mar 23: jontavious Willis mar 30: Whiskey Foxtrot w/ jason Springs band

grEEnSboro coliSEum 1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com Feb 2: luke combs Feb 23: Winter jam mar 15 & 16: Eric church mar 17: the millennium tour 2019

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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC FEBRUARY 7 IMPROVEMENTS TO THE INTERSECTION OF AIR HARBOR ROAD AT LAKE BRANDT ROAD IN GREENSBORO, GUILFORD COUNTY STIP Project No. U-6019 The N.C. Department of Transportation is proposing to make improvements to the intersection of Air Harbor Road and Lake Brandt Road in Greensboro.

An open-house public meeting will be held at Covenant Grace Church located at 1414 Lake Brandt Road in Greensboro from 4-6:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 7, 2019.

The purpose of this meeting is to provide interested citizens the opportunity to review maps of the project, ask questions and provide feedback.

Interested citizens may attend at any time between 4 and 6 p.m. Please note that there will not be a formal presentation. Maps of the proposed improvements will be displayed at the meeting and staff of NCDOT will be on hand to provide information and answer questions.

A map of the proposal is available online at http://www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings/.

For additional information please contact NCDOT Project Engineer, Jennifer Evans, PE, (336) 487-0075 or jenniferevans@ncdot.gov. Comments will be accepted at the meeting, by mail or email, and should be submitted by March 1, 2019.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this workshop. Anyone requiring special services should contact Lauren Putnam, (919) 707-6072 or Lnputnam@ncdot.gov as early as possible so that arrangements can be made.

Persons who do not speak English, or have a limited ability to read, speak or understand English, may receive interpretive services upon request prior to the meeting by calling 1-800-481-6494.

Aquellas personas que no hablan inglés, o tienen limitaciones para leer, hablar o entender inglés, podrían recibir servicios de interpretación si los solicitan antes de la reunión llamando al 1-800-481-6494.

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My girlfriend of three years recently took a trip home for a weekend wedding.

Before she left, I asked her, “Can you set my expectations as to how often I’ll hear from you?” She Amy Alkon said she’d call every day. She called each Advice of the three days but never stayed on Goddess the phone very long, always giving some excuse: She was in a bar, the hosts were sleeping, etc. In three days, she spent a total of 43 minutes speaking and reconnecting with me. I told her I felt really hurt by how little time she allocated. She responded that there were things planned, that she was sometimes at the behest of others driving her places, etc. I am sure that’s all true.

Though I’m not insecure, I’ve felt insecure about my relationship with her. So...what do you think? Do I have a valid reason to feel neglected and invisible? — Ignored Where there’s smoke — like, say, puffs of it coming out of a first-floor window — there’s sometimes a stick of incense burning; no reason to run for the garden hose and turn the living room into a stylishly furnished wading pool.

If your girlfriend imagined what you’d be doing in her absence, it probably wasn’t standing over the phone for 72 hours straight, willing it to ring. Chances are, she isn’t entirely tuned in to how insecure you are about her commitment to you. Also,

wedding weekends these days tend to be packed with activities from breakfast to nightcap. So...there’s an initial idea of how much alone time one would have, and then there’s the actual free time between sleep, showering, and “Our ride’s here! You can take your rollers out on the way to the church!”

As for the het-up state you found yourself in, what I often call our “guard dog emotions” can be a little overprotective — and that’s actually an evolved feature, not a flaw. It’s sometimes in our best interest to see unclearly. In fact, human perception evolved to be inaccurate at times — protectively inaccurate, explain evolutionary psychologists Martie Haselton and David Buss, in favor of helping us survive and pass on our genes.

This makes us prone to be oversensitive to signs of infidelity — which is to say, our suspicion is easily triggered, even by harmless, innocent behavior. This oversensitivity is evolutionarily sensible — protective of our interests. For example, it’s typically much more costly for a man to be undersensitive — all “Naw, I’m sure everything’s fine!” — when he’s about to be deceived into paying for college, grad school, and rehab for a kid with some other dude’s genes.

The problem is, an infidelity alarm system that defaults to DEFCON “HOW DARE YOU, YOU HUSSY!” can also take a toll, even on a partner who really loves you. The jealousy, possessiveness, and badgering for reassurance that ensue can make the cost of the relationship start to outweigh the benefits. This isn’t to say you can’t ask for reassurance; you just need to do it in a way that doesn’t make your partner long to put you out on the curb like an old couch.

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First figure out whether there’s anything to those alarm bells going off in you — whether you have any reason to believe your girlfriend is cheating or is unhappy in the relationship. If not, chances are, your compulsion to turn her iPhone into her wireless leash stems from what the late psychologist Albert Ellis called “catastrophizing” — telling yourself it would be HORRIBLE and TERRIBLE and you would just DIE EVERY DAY FOREVER if your relationship ended. (Drama queen!) (P.S. We’ve all had our turn wearing the dingy tiara of gloom.)

The reality is, a breakup could lead to a stretch of mope-apalooza — weeks or months snot-sobbing into a pillow, along with the occasional sobfest in the frozen foods aisle. Obviously, you’d rather not go through this. HOWEVER!...if you did, you’d eventually recover, get back out there, and maybe even get into a relationship that’s better for you.

Reflect regularly (like, daily) on this rational corrective to your irrational thinking; accept that your relationship could end and admit that you could deal if it did. Once you calm down a little, ask your girlfriend for clarification and reassur-

ance about her feelings for you. In time, when she’s away, you could be obsessing over those highly enjoyable activities we women call “weird gross guy stuff”: Eat black bean taquitos and try to break your previous records for fart volume and velocity. Play “Minecraft” for 46 hours straight, wearing only a pair of superhero underwear. And finally, seize the opportunity to create timeless art — which is to say, draw a face on your penis and shoot remakes of classic films: “Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi.

You’re my only hope!” !

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