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Fr 13 RAPSODY A Black Woman Created This Tour 9pm Sa 14 BRIAN FALLON & The Howling Weather w/ Justin Townes Earl / The Worriers 7:30pm Su 22 BRENT COBB w/ Maddie Medley 8pm Th 26 TAUK w/ Casey and the Comrades 8pm Fri 27 JIAANI / Sherif Fouad / Lady London / G Yamazawa / Freddy Valoy / Ace Henderson 8pm Sat 28 OFF THE RALZ 8pm

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Have you noticed that seafood boil restaurants are all the rage right now? They are popping up everywhere—and I’m not complaining! Greensboro’s most recent addition to the genre is CRAZY CRAB, and it’s really something special.

10 Everyone in the Triad is invited to attend a free, kid-friendly and spring-themed event at The Silo Entertainment Complex, located at 816 S. Elm St. in Greensboro. Enjoy food, mimosas (ages 21+) and network with local vendors on March 15 from noon-5 p.m.

The “LOCAL POP-UP SHOP” is a free, bi-monthly marketplace every first and third Sunday of the month...

11 With the 2020 RiverRun International Film Festival on the horizon, another local film organization – THE TRIAD FILM COLLECTIVE – will also be celebrating cinema, as it presents its second annual short film showcase on March 12 at Marketplace Cinemas in Winston-Salem.

12 Writer/director Carlo MirabellaDavis makes an auspicious feature debut with Swallow, a film that operates on – and succeeds on – numerous levels. It’s a psychological drama, a character study, a

subtle social satire, a queasy thriller, and an allegory on addiction and female empowerment.

13 Those of us in Guilford and Forsyth counties can feel proud that we keep an open mind when it comes to GENDER POLITICS, but what the hell is wrong with the rest of our state?

19 I first met MICHAEL USEY, as our mutual friend Matt Cravey calls him, four years ago at the now-defunct Geeksboro, where the team from his church played trivia as the Non-Shitty Christians. He laughed when I reminded him of that. “When Matt first came to our church, he was like, ‘oh, a liberal Baptist, that’s like a two-headed goat, I’ve got to go see this!’ But historically, Baptists are all about dissent.”

20 BAD DOG, a Southern gothic psychband of Winstoners, will hunt, with a round of shows starting Mar. 13 with No Whammy and Gun Boat at Monstercade.

21 The members of BARK, a duo from Knoxville, Tennessee, have figured out how to prevent their band from flaming out. They’re lifers. And they’re in a longterm relationship.

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EVENTS YOU DON’T WANT TO MISS | BY AUSTIN KINDLEY

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BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURTHOUSE SATURDAY-SUNDAY

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KC AND THE SUNSHINE BAND PAJAMA JAM WHAT: KC and The Sunshine Band formed in 1973 with one single purpose: to create instant happiness through music - and the group has done just that, topping the charts with singles including “That’s the Way (I Like It),” “Get Down Tonight,” and “(Shake, Shake, Shake) Shake Your Booty.” The concert is in conjunction with the Greensboro Coliseum Complex’s hosting of the 2020 ACC Men’s Basketball Tournament.

WHEN: 4 p.m.

WHERE: White Oak Ampitheatre.

1921 West Gate City Boulevard, Greensboro.

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WHAT: Join the Greensboro Science Center and Chick-fil-A for a fun-filled, after-hours party designed especially for families with children ages 12 and younger. Put on your favorite jammies and dance to the rockin’ tunes of Big Bang Boom while enjoying plenty of farmyard fun... all for a great cause! Proceeds from Pajama Jam support the GSC’s conservation efforts. Spend the evening exploring the museum and aquarium, and participate in activities.

WHEN: 6-9 p.m.

WHERE: Greensboro Science Center.

4301 Lawndale Dr, Greensboro.

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FRI 13 THE MANTRAS/NICK AND THE NOMADS - ST. PATRICK’S WEEKEND KICKOFF WHAT: The Mantra’s music is a direct representation of their lives. Fans who have been following along for 14 years, 4 years, 4 months, or 4 weeks know that they wear their emotions on their naked forearms during live shows. Its not always pretty, but its always real.

WHEN: 9 p.m. - 2 a.m.

WHERE: The Blind Tiger.

1819 Spring Garden St, Greensboro.

MORE: $10 tickets.

SAT 14-15 BATTLE OF GUILFORD COURTHOUSE WEEKEND WHAT: Join Park Rangers and Living History interpreters for the 239th Anniversary of the Battle of Guilford Courthouse! See the schedule for our living history, musket demonstrations, and ranger tours.

WHEN: Saturday 9:30 a.m - 4:30 p.m.

Sunday 10 a.m. - 4:45 p.m.

WHERE: Guilford Courthouse National Military Park. 2332 New Garden Rd, Greensboro.

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SAT 14 OTIS & WAWA’S 5TH ANNUAL

ST. PATRICK’S BAR CRAWL

WHAT: Otis & Wawa’s 5th Annual St. Patrick’s Bar Crawl on South Elm St, downtown Greensboro. Check-in is from 12pm-2pm at the Bain St back parking lot beside the Gateway Building on S Elm st. The Bar Crawl hours are 2-7pm! Join us for a day of games, giveaways and socializing! Bar Crawl Includes: 10+ Bars/Clubs, music concert, block party, beer garden, event T-shirt, games, giveaways, raffle, and drink specials!

WHEN: 12-7 p.m.

WHERE: Otis & Wawa. Elm St, Greensboro.

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HARRY POTTER NIGHT AT KALEIDEUM NORTH

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Calling all wizards, muggles and pranksters! Kaleideum North, located at 400 W. Hanes Mill Rd., will host Harry Potter Night with fun activities for the whole family. According to the press release, this “magical night with an April Fool’s twist” is happening on Saturday, March 28, from 6 to 8:30 p.m.

Harry Potter Night is spearheaded by Caitlin Zarzar, manager of STEM Theatre at Kaleideum North; Kayla Todd, manager of engagement; and Allyson McCauley, the marketing manager of Kaleideum North.

“We did a Harry Potter-themed event to celebrate his birthday a few years ago,” McCauley said. “ It was extremely popular, well-attended—people were in costume, they had a great time and were really enthusiastic.”

“It is a great event to engage all ages,” she added. “And it just has a huge fan base. We are encouraging people to wear costumes, and our staff will be in costume.”

Some of the activities planned for the night are a make-your-own wand station, a Live Science Potions Presentation, meeting a ‘snake of extraordinary size,” sampling butterbeer, taste-testing Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans, and a trip to Zonko’s Joke Shop. In the joke shop, “participants can choose to create their own Polyslime Potion or make a special prank to surprise unsuspecting friends or family members” in honor of the upcoming April Fool’s Day. “Polyslime Potion is very hard to make, but Hermonie figured it out when they were second-year students,” Zarzar explained of its relevance to the movies and books. “It is able to transform you into somebody else. It is kind of the forbid-

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den potion, and we thought it was funny because it looks like troll snot—there is a troll in the first book—so it can kind of play two different roles, depending on what you want it to be.”

McCauley said the instructors of the joke shop would talk about the scientific side of the activity, like explaining how to make the Polyslime Potion and why it has the physical properties it does.

“But we will also have a Live Science potions class,” Todd added. Zarzar said for the potion class, a Kaleideum staff member will even be dressing up as the popular potions professor, Severus Snape.

“We are going to have the larger potions that we can’t do on the floor because we are using a little bit harsher chemicals to make it more extravagant and beautiful,” Zarzar said. “But also teaching about exothermic reactions, and things like that.”

McCauley said that Owl’s Roost, a local wildlife rehabilitation group, will also be in attendance with some of their nonreleasable birds of prey, including a couple of prominently featured owls in the books and movies.

“Then we will have a live animal program with a couple of our snakes,” McCauley added. “Including one that is a ‘snake of extraordinary size!’”

McCauley said this event is selling out fast, and purchasing tickets in advance is strongly recommended. Admission is $10 per person for Kaleideum members and $12 per person for non-members.

All remaining tickets (if there are any) will be sold at the door for the same prices, the press release states. For more information, visit the Kaleideum website, kaleideum.org/programs/harry-potternight-at-kaleideum-north/. !

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ave you noticed that seafood boil restaurants are all the rage right now? They are popping up everywhere—and I’m not complaining! GreensDavina Van Buren boro’s most recent @highpointfoodie addition to the genre is Crazy Crab, and it’s really something Contributor special.

Open since January, Crazy Crab has two locations in Greensboro—one on Big Tree Way, and one on New Garden Road, and a third on Peters Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem. Some may recognize the Big Tree location as the former home of New Orleans Bar & Grill.

Like its predecessor, Crazy Crab specializes in low-country cuisine, with a few Southern twists.

On my first visit, I went with a friend and we sampled several dishes. Be prepared: the menu is robust, and there are many tantalizing choices. Our high-energy server, Maya, walked us through the menu and answered any questions we had. I loved her whole vibe.

We started with the crab dip, flash-fried oysters and, of course, because we are good Southerners—an order of goldenfried hushpuppies. The crab dip was my favorite because it was served with housemade pita chips, which are not annoyingly hard and overcooked like in some places.

I also loved the gator bites. As owner Haras Sajjat, whose family has been in the seafood restaurant business for 30 years, informed me, the restaurant only uses tail meat for their alligator dishes. “It’s the best, most tender meat on the alligator,” he said. In addition to shrimp, oysters, and Thai-chili calamari, you’ll find non-seafood items such as fried pickles and fried green tomatoes, cheese sticks and sweet potato fries.

The concept’s signature item is their seafood boil, which are served with cornon-the-cob and potatoes. Choose from five combinations (one of which is on special each day), or create your own platter by mixing and matching your favorite shellfish items. Then choose a flavor, such as garlic, lemon pepper or Cajun, and a spice level from mild to extra hot.

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with strawberries, bacon, dried cranberries, walnuts, blue cheese crumbles, tomatoes, boiled eggs and raspberry vinaigrette. My friend ordered the Caesar, but there is also a house salad. Everything was fresh, crisp, and the flavor combination in my salad was on point.

Finally, it was time for the main event.

My dining companion and I had both ordered the seafood boil so we could get a good sampling of the shellfish options.

We opted for the “All Mix” seasoning, a combination of garlic, lemon pepper and Cajun spices. After donning plastic bibs and gloves, we proceeded to tear into our steam-filled bags. Crazy Crab’s motto is “Dig In, Get Crazy,” so that’s exactly what we did! Between us, we had shrimp, crab legs, lobster, crawfish and mussels, plus, we chose to add sausages ($5 each) for good measure. Boils range in price from $30–40, with a discount for whatever the special is that day.

I’m a big dessert person, so we boxed up half our entrées to save room for some sweet treats. We went with three (don’t judge me!) choices: fried cheesecake, beignets and bananas foster cheesecake. I’m a huge beignet fan, but the cheesecakes were the stars of the show. FYI, the menus vary slightly at each location—these are available at the Big Tree Way location; the New Garden and Peters Creek Parkway store different desserts.

On my second visit, I went alone on a busy Saturday night. The wait was about 45 minutes, but I was able to snag a lone seat at the bar right away. Bryan, the bartender, made me feel right at home

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even though he was slammed. That night I was feeling like comfort food, so I went with the crawfish étouffée ($15). Their preparation—crawfish tails in a buttery blend of onions, green peppers, celery and white rice—was a traditional, flavor-packed rendition of one of my favorite low-country dishes. You’ll also find other NOLA-style favorites like jambalaya ($13), shrimp and tilapia gumbo ($14), and po’boys ($11) with your choice of shrimp, oysters or crab cake.

What really sets Crazy Crab apart from similar concepts is the “& Grill” part of their name. In addition to all the seafood and low-country dishes, you’ll find steaks, sandwiches, wings and more on the menu.

A variety of chicken entrées include the Southwest (honey mustard, Monterey jack cheese, and turkey bacon); Bourbon (dipped in homemade bourbon barbecue sauce); and Smothered (sautéed mushrooms, onions, and Monterey Jack).

Lunch specials are served until 3 p.m. daily except Sundays and include fried seafood baskets ($8), jambalaya ($10), smothered chicken ($9), blackened shrimp salad ($10), and burgers.

Sajjat said his family is excited to be part of the Triad’s food scene. “As much as we are a destination restaurant because of how unique we are, we want to have a community feel,” he said. In addition to featuring certain products from local producers, local musicians rotate performances at the three locations throughout the week.

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great pride in prepping sauces, sides, and bread in-house using high-quality ingredients. “Our philosophy is that if we wouldn’t serve the plate to our mother, we don’t serve it in the restaurant,” Sajjat explained.

Both of my visits to Crazy Crab were filled with great food, but my favorite part was the service. Both times, my servers made me feel special, joked with me, answered my many questions about the menu, and made drink suggestions that I savored.

Many thanks to Maya, Paige and Bryan for the top-notch hospitality! !

DAVINA VAN Buren is an award-winning travel and food writer. Follow her on social media at @HighPointFoodie.

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Spring into The Silo’s ‘Local Pop-Up Shop’

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veryone in the Triad is invited to attend a free, kid-friendly and spring-themed event at The Silo Entertainment Complex, located at 816 S. Elm St. in Terry Rader Greensboro. Enjoy food, mimosas (ages 21+) and network Contributor with local vendors on March 15 from noon-5 p.m. The “Local Pop-Up Shop” is a free, bi-monthly marketplace every first and third Sunday of the month (with a few exceptions) and provides a “casual shopping experience for the community” with original products from a unique gathering of local makers, designers, dreamers and creatives.

Owner Mike Clark said he opened The Silo Entertainment Complex venue in October 2017 to host an event center, a jazz venue, and a downtown outdoor entertainment space. His goals remain true today with the addition of the marketplace, which is now in its second year. This event space has three rooms, two bars, and natural light via floor-to-

ceiling-windows with comfortable lounge seating overlooking the original mill’s silo.

He said they wanted to create an overall awareness for local merchants sans the brick-and-mortar environment. Clark said they “learned to go with the flow” in terms of giving people what they want in this second year.

“These pop-ups are like going to a bar and having a mimosa and meeting people except while shopping locally to music,” Clark said. “We have created an experience to match the bones of the building, and we are advancing the outdoor space with live music this spring.”

Clark said that they serve $4 mimosas at all of the markets for a more “brunchtimed, bubbly celebratory, ‘let’s toast’feel.” He said that 80% of the vendors are women, and it was more of a modern shopping experience and completely unique from flea and farmers markets.

He said the summer’s “Cars and Coffee” theme lets “the guys bring their cars, and even if people don’t buy anything, they are welcome to just come and hang out, to get out of the house.”

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by Lauren Gibson) of “The Local Pop-Up Shop,” said they also give away a limited number of reusable “swag bags” imprinted with the Silo’s logo at each market. In

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“One thing I really enjoy about the market is the networking aspect,” Nikole said. “I have met so many entrepreneurs and witnessed them creating sisterhoods with vendors coming from as far away as Charlotte. Everyone is welcome.”

Nikole said that the actual spaces are mostly on a first-come, first-served, set-up basis, and they only accept three vendors per industry. Nikole said that they had adapted this year’s pop up by adding themes and opening 15 outdoor spaces.

She said this month’s spring theme would “illuminate a spring-feel with lots of balloons and bright decorations” along with the regular food truck, Backyard Flames, who will be serving hot dogs and sausage dogs. She said they are looking for additional, alternating food trucks as well and welcomes food truck vendors to apply.

Nikole said vendor space fees are $30 (indoor) and $25 (outdoor space), and fees are due upon registration. She said that payment is required to reserve a space, and each vendor is responsible for providing his or her table and chair(s). She said that they provide representation at the pop-up shop for those who are unable to attend by including business cards and/ or product samples in customer’s swag bags for a $10 fee.

Clark said he is excited to have an Easter egg hunt again like the one he did in 2017 in LaBauer Park. He expects another 2,000 kids throughout the day, except this one is at The Silo. He said they would have Easter Bunny photo-ops, face painting, and games for the kids as well as eggs filled with candy and small toys.

Nikole said the May 3 “Mother’s Day Brunch” would include a free brunch bar to all the mothers with complimentary Mimosas and a full sit-down meal catered

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Clark said they would run the market through Dec. 20 until spring. He said there would be a Fashion Show featuring local brands showcasing their spring lines in April, along with several other ongoing events. !

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 Local Pop-Up Shop, 12-5 p.m. Sundays: 3/15 Spring (1), 4/5 Easter Egg Hunt, 4/19 Spring (2), and 5/3 Mothers Day Brunch. Thursdays: The Ultimate Adult Night Out, $4 Dirty Martini/$5 Henny, Game Night (9-11 p.m.), ‘90s Karaoke (11 p.m.-12 a.m.) and Turnup with DJ, DeRon Juan (12 p.m.-2 a.m.), free til midnight with RSVP and game table reservations at $20 (includes martinis for 4). April Fridays and all Fridays onward, 5-9 p.m., The Happiest Hour, free after-work social with drink and food specials (ages 21+). Saturdays, 10 p.m.- 2 a.m. R&B DJ, all at The Silo Entertainment Complex, 816 S. Elm St, Greensboro, (336) 3240440, www.thelocalpopupshopatsilo.com/, www. facebook.com/siloentertainmentcomplex/.

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by Katie Murawski THE COMMUNITY THEATRE OF GREENSBORO A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder Book & Lyrics by Robert L. Freedman Music & Lyrics by Steven Lutvak March 13, 14, 19, 20, 21 at 7:30pm March 15 & 22 at 2:00pm Starr Theatre 520 S Elm Street, Greensboro, NC According to the website, “When the low-born Monty Navarro finds out that he’s eighth in line for an earldom in the lofty D’Ysquith family, he figures his chances of outliving his predecessors are slight and sets off down a far more ghoulish path. Can he knock off his unsuspecting relatives without being caught and become the ninth Earl of Highhurst? And what of love? Because murder isn’t the only thing on Monty’s mind…”

WINSTON-SALEM THEATRE ALLIANCE Evita March 13-March 29 Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m.

Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber According to the website, “Evita charts the young and ambitious Eva Perons meteoric rise to sainthood.

Set in Argentina between 1934-1952, the Tony-winning musical follows Eva Duarte on her journey from poor illegitimate child to ambitious actress to, as wife of military leader-turnedpresident Juan Peron, the most powerful woman in Latin America, before her death from cancer at age 33. The events in Evita’s life are presented in song and commented on by the shows narrator, Che.” LITTLE THEATRE OF WINSTON-SALEM The Normal Heart by Larry Kramer March 20-22 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. on Sunday Hanesbrands Theatre, located at 209 N. Spruce St. in Winston-Salem According to the website, The Normal Heart is “Set in the early 1980s, hot-tempered activist Ned Weeks joins forces with researcher Dr. Emma Brookner to raise desperately needed funding and awareness for a horrifying – and as-yet-unidentified – disease that’s killing off a very specific group of people: gay men in New York City.”

This play is part of The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem’s Spotlight Series and recommended for ages 18 and up. !

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Triad Film Collective shines spotlight on local filmmakers With the 2020 RiverRun International Film Festival on the horizon, another local film organization – the Triad Film Collective – will also be celebrating cinema, as it presents its Mark Burger second annual short film showcase on March 12 at MarketContributor place Cinemas in Winston-Salem.

The Triad Film Collective is just what it sounds like: A group of filmmakers based in the Piedmont Triad dedicated to making movies here and promoting the work of its members and local filmmakers. This event “showcases local talent from the aspiring to the seasoned filmmaker,” said filmmaker Ken Comito. “All films shown have a local connection, either through or with TFC members. ‘Making Films Together’ is our motto, and we want to share what we’ve created.”

This year’s line-up consists of 11 films, and were selected to highlight the diversity and variety of genres, as well as the talents of its makers: Goodbye, My Brother and The Sandman, both directed

by Benjamin West; Dr. Bolshevit: Canine Therapy and How May I Help You, both directed by Peter Bodin; The Vision, directed by Gabriel Tufano; The Fountain by the River, directed by Steven Hancock; Snapped Chat, directed by Ryan Eicher; The Surprise, directed by Anita Clark-Anderson; The Escape, directed

by Austin Bitkofer; The Phantom: Ghost Stories, directed by Mitch Toney; and Me & My White Friend (Episode 2), directed

by Thomas Marvin and Reginald Peterson II. “TFC strives to assist Triad filmmakers by providing a supportive and collaborative community where they can network with other filmmakers and other artists to develop their skills through educational events and workshops,” said Comito, who has several short films of his own in pre-production.

This is only the latest in a series of screenings devoted to local filmmakers hosted by Marketplace Cinemas, and according to general manager and filmmaker Zack Fox, there would be more to come.

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“I believe showing local filmmakers’ films on a big screen is very important for confidence and camaraderie,” Fox said. “Having a chance to see your film on a big screen always can help filmmakers in their future projects. Seeing how the film plays with an audience, getting feedback, and mostly seeing your film on the big screen can help you understand what shots ‘do’ and ‘don’t’ work, as well as demonstrating the importance of good sound and 5.1 sound editing – key factors in filmmaking that are sometimes overlooked in indie filmmakers.”

Events like this celebrate the talents and creativity of filmmakers who have chosen to make their living – and their movies – right here in the Piedmont Triad. The TFC is also working closely with the Piedmont Triad Film Commission to further enhance its profile and reputation in the region and beyond.

“The commission has a Producer’s Council, a subcommittee that the board created in order to bring professional local filmmakers to help identify more local crew, create more advocacy for film in the region, and for hosting events that showcase what local filmmakers are doing,” explained Rebecca Clark, executive director of the Piedmont Triad Film Commission (PTFC). “We will be hosting some networking events like the Triad Film Collaborative has hosted. We are still early in the process of getting plans solidified, but we have members of the TFC on our Producer’s Council.” !

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The Triad Film Collective’s second annual short film showcase takes place 7 p.m. Thursday at Marketplace Cinemas, 2095 Peters Creek Pkwy, Winston-Salem. Tickets are $5. For more information, call (336) 725-4646 or visit the Marketplace Cinemas website: mpcws.com/location/4361/ Marketplace-Cinemas-$2.50. For more information about the Triad Film Collective, check out its official Facebook page: www.facebook.com/ groups/TriadFilm/.

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riter/ director Carlo Mirabella-Davis makes an auspicious feature debut with Swallow, a film that operates on Mark Burger – and succeeds on – numerous levels. It’s a psychological drama, Contributor a character study, a subtle social satire, a queasy thriller, and an allegory on addiction and female empowerment. The remarkable thing is that it works on every level, without one aspect overwhelming or undercutting another.

The film marks a high point for leading lady (and executive producer) Haley Bennett, who portrays Hunter Conrad, the newly pregnant bride of handsome business executive Richie (Austin Stowell, recently seen in — and stranded on — Fantasy Island).

Hunter spends most of her time fulfilling the role of dutiful, demure, unassuming housewife, doing her best to make her expansive, antiseptic house the perfect palace for her, Richie, and their unborn baby. Looks, however, can be deceiving.

When in the company of others, often Richie and/or his parents (Elizabeth Marvel and David Rasche), Hunter always appears to be distanced from them. They’ll talk in her direction, as opposed to directly talking to her, and frequently the conversation veers away from matters personal to matters professional, about which she has nothing to say. Not that anyone ever asks.

It’s giving nothing away to reveal that Hunter has a dark little secret: She likes to swallow objects. The condition is called “Pica,” and Mirabella-Davis doesn’t shy away from it. Marbles, tacks, and batteries are among the items she surreptitiously swallows on a regular basis. She even keeps a shrine on her bedroom nightstand of objects she’s swallowed and passed, cleanly and neatly arranged like little trophies, which Richie never takes notice of. She even keeps a hidden stash of inedible objects in the bathroom. Whatever her problem or its cause, she’s certainly

not inexperienced in concealing it.

It’s during a routine medical exam that Hunter’s secret is revealed, much to the understandable dismay of Richie and her in-laws. But they’re more concerned with maintaining the facade of normalcy. If Hunter doesn’t take steps to cure herself, then they will – whether she likes it or not.

These include regular, if enforced, visits to a psychiatrist (Luna Lauren Velez), whom Hunter is able to manipulate, and the hiring of a live-in nurse/minder (Laith Nakli), whom she is not. Richie, of course, is too preoccupied to take an active role.

Is Hunter’s condition a cry for attention or help, a manifestation of guilt or trauma, or something else? Mirabella-Davis is careful not to reveal too much too soon, and Swallow is one of those rare films in which the outcome is almost impossible to predict. As unsettling as it often is, one is compelled to keep watching, due in no small part to Bennett’s beautifully modulated performance, which is both strangely empathetic and not a little frightening, a delicate balance that she pulls off with as much assurance as Mirabella-Davis displays in his direction.

As the narrative approaches its climax, Swallow further tightens the screws, yielding a knockout punch that involves a brilliant cameo appearance by Denis O’Hare, the identity of whose character is best not disclosed here, and a denouement that isn’t as ambiguous as it might seem it was described as opposed to actually being experience. Suffice to say that Swallow packs a wallop, although understandably, it’s not for all tastes (no pun intended).

There is a slight resemblance to Darren Aronofsky’s wildly divisive 2017 film Mother!, and Bennett bears a strong resemblance to that film’s leading lady, Jennifer Lawrence, but Swallow isn’t as wildly off-kilter as that film. Indeed, it rarely, if ever, strains credibility – which further enhances its impact, which lingers long after the end credits.

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ast week, this publication paid tribute to “Wonder Women of the Triad,” of which there are many. In fact, our area is not only replete with Jim Longworth female leaders of various businesses and organizations, Longworth but we also have a at Large pretty good track record of electing women to public office. Greensboro has a female mayor, and several Triad counties regularly vote for women to represent them in the State legislature. We keep returning Virginia Foxx to Congress, and, this fall, it’s likely we’ll send Kathy Manning to join her. Up until six years ago, Triad voters helped to elect back-to-back female United States Senators, and in 2016, the Triad voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton. But surrounding counties and the rest of our State went for Trump, and that brings me to last week’s press conference by Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, in which she suspended her campaign for President.

A few short months ago, Warren was considered a favorite for snagging the Democratic nomination. A few months prior to that, California Senator Kamala Harris enjoyed that same status, and for a while, the Democratic field included six women. And yet, just days after Super Tuesday (or as Joe Biden called it, “Super Thursday”), the Democratic party is left with two old White men, one of who will

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face off against another old White man this fall.

Those of us in Guilford and Forsyth counties can feel proud that we keep an open mind when it comes to gender politics, but what the hell is wrong with the rest of our State? After all, women in North Carolina outnumber men by 4.8 million to 4.6 million, and 51% of voters are women. Meanwhile, North Carolina now ranks seventh in the nation for the number of businesses owned by women.

Yet, political pundits blame sexism for why we never elect a woman president.

My wife, Pam, said it’s not about sexist men, but rather, women who are prejudiced against their own gender. “Most women won’t vote for a woman,” she said.

Perhaps that’s why Bernie Sanders is right when he allegedly told Warren, “A woman cannot get elected president.”

Now, apparently, there is proof that Pam and Bernie are correct because last week, the United Nations released a global study that said 90% of women hold some form of bias against other women. Referred to as the Gender Social Norms Index (GSNI), the U.N. report

found that over 50% of women believe that men make better political leaders.

Pedro Conceicao, who heads up the U.N.’s Human Development office, told CNN, “…Gender gaps are obvious, particularly those that challenge power relations.”

Perhaps if Bernie can moderate his views and exude some modicum of warmth, or if Uncle Joe can get through the next few months without misidentifying the days of the week, then one of them will be the Democratic nominee, and he will defeat Trump this fall. If that happens, we’ll most assuredly have a female vice president who will stand a good chance of occupying the Oval Office four years from now. If so, then Elizabeth Warren will be vindicated in the pinky promise she made to thousands of daughters across the country. “I’m running for president because that’s what girls do.”

Maybe so, but only if those girls vote for other girls. !

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For two whole years, Caelie Wilkes nurtured a lovely green succulent in her kitchen window.

She watered it, wiped dust off its leaves, and forbade Chuck Shepherd anyone else from caring for it. “It was full, beautiful coloring, just an overall perfect plant,” Wilkes wrote in a Facebook post from Feb. 28. Recently, Upworthy reported, she decided it was time to transplant it into a pretty new pot. So imagine her dismay when she pulled up the succulent and realized it was plastic, rooted in Styrofoam with sand glued to the top. “How did I not know this?” she wondered. “I feel like these last two years have been a lie.” Wilkes suffered some ridicule on social media, but her local Home Depot reached out with some real, living succulents that Wilkes can shower with love and attention.

BRIGHT IDEA

An innovative jewel thief in Melbourne, Australia, was caught on camera using a fishing rod to burgle a Versace necklace from a store window on Feb. 24. ABC News reports the thief carefully broke a hole in the window to avoid setting off the alarm, then spent almost three hours trying to hook the costume jewelry necklace, worth about $800. He worked with two different-sized rods before finally snagging the necklace.

Store owner Steven Adigrati called the

heist “outrageous and courageous,” although he suspected the thief was unaware that the piece was relatively inexpensive. “This particular necklace looks a lot more expensive than what it is ... gold, bright, iconic Medusa head,” he explained. Police are still searching for the fisherman.

THE LITIGIOUS SOCIETY

Chuck E. Cheese may be “where a kid can be a kid,” but for one Portland, Oregon, patron, it’s where a woman can get her long hair caught in a ticket machine. Ashreana Scott is suing Chuck E. Cheese’s parent company for $1,000 after alleging her hair was tangled for 20 minutes in a machine that counts tickets for prize redemption, The Oregonian reported. In the lawsuit, Scott said the Dec. 8 incident caused injuries, discomfort and headaches, and she wants a jury trial and a sign posted near the machine to warn others. A manager at the restaurant declined to comment on the lawsuit, but said the machines already have warning signs.

THE FOREIGN PRESS

The ancient legend about St. Patrick driving Ireland’s snakes into the sea could only be salt in the wound of a 22-year-old man from Dublin, who appears to be the first person in Ireland to suffer a venomous snake bite, The Irish Post reported on Feb. 29. The man’s pet puff adder bit him, prompting a visit to Connolly Hospital, where doctors consulted with experts from the National Reptile Zoo. James Hennessy, zoo director, explained that “puff adder venom is

pretty nasty. It’s going to start digesting and disintegrating all around the area of the bite, and that will continue up the limb as well. It will then cause massive internal issues as well, if not treated.”

(FYI, scientists say it was probably the Ice Age that kept snakes out of Ireland.)

A DREAM COME TRUE

Residents of Settecani, a small village in Italy, were startled on March 4 when their kitchen and bathroom taps began dispensing red wine rather than water, United Press International reported. Locals quickly identified the wine as Lambrusco Grasparossa, which is produced at a nearby winery, and officials there found a leak that sent wine from a silo into water pipes. Some quick-thinking residents said they bottled as much of the tap wine as they could before the problem was resolved.

AWESOME!

— Ohio college student Mendl Weinstock, 21, kidded his sister, Riva, five years ago that when she gets married, he will bring a llama to the wedding as his plus-one. So when Riva tied the knot on March 1, Mendl made good on his promise, showing up with a rented llama named Shockey, wearing a custommade tuxedo. Riva was unamused, but conceded to CNN: “When my brother puts his mind to something, he gets it done.” Mendl spent $400 to rent the llama but said it was worth every penny.

Shockey spent about 30 minutes taking photos with amused guests outside the venue, but friends who were in on the joke seated two inflatable llamas at one

of the tables inside. Riva said she’ll get her revenge: “He should sleep with one eye open.”

— Keith Redl of Dawson Creek, British Columbia, was more than a little annoyed when the prize his 8-year-old grandson won in a raffle turned out to be $200 worth of cannabis products and accessories: chocolate edibles, vanilla chai and other products, along with a pipe and lighter. At a fundraiser for youth hockey in early March, Redl told CTV, the boy’s father had given him $10 worth of tickets to bid on whichever prizes he liked. The little boy thought he was bidding on chocolate. “My grandson thought he had won a great prize,” Redl said, but when he was told he couldn’t have any of it, “He was mad ... How do you explain that to a kid?”

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A mother in Saint-Malo, France, filed a complaint with police on Feb. 25 against Danone, the manufacturer of powdered baby formula. Police told AFP the woman’s 3-month-old daughter became ill in November with a high temperature, and the mother took her to the emergency room. “Several days later,” authorities said, “[the baby] vomited a worm about 6 to 7 centimeters long” — about the length of an adult index finger. In the report, the mother said the worm had been examined at a hospital and was determined to be of a parasitic type. She decided to take action after learning of two other cases, one in central France where living larvae were found in a container of the same brand of formula. A spokesperson from Danone told a news conference that without the containers, “several hypotheses could explain the presence of an insect,” but the formula is never exposed to air in its production chain.

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Making the world a sweeter place one piece of cake at a time!

Self-described Christian prophet Cindy Jacobs declared the coronavirus against the law on March 4: “We say, in the name of Jesus, ‘Virus, you are illegal. This is God’s Earth.’” Dead State reported that Jacobs went on to tell an enthusiastic group of supporters, “I don’t know if everybody will get healed,” but “We’re going to decree that the coronavirus will cease worldwide.” !

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married couple of cosmetologists/ estheticians have started an esthetics school in Kernersville that caters to students’ financial needs as well as Katie Murawski offers low-cost spa services to the public. Corey and Julie Editor Barham are both cosmetologists, instructors, salon co-owners and the co-owners of the new esthetics school, Dermacademy Spa Lab is located at 210 N. Main St. Suite 106 and tucked inside of The Factory.

Julie said she is from upstate New York, while Corey hails from Florida. After four hurricanes chased them and their small children out of Florida, the Barhams moved to the Triad.

Julie said that they have owned and operated hair salons since the 1990s, and

presently they own and operate Tocco Haircutters, located at 5389 Robinhood Rd. in Winston-Salem. “[Dermacademy] was sort of born out of that,” Julie said. The Barhams originally wanted to open a cosmetology school; however, the “barriers of entry were just too high.”

Corey said he has been teaching cosmetology/esthetics for 20 years, and seeing how other schools treated students and how their programs were set up, was the motivation for him to start their own school.

“Our program is designed to teach business,” Corey said. “A lot of the schools, they teach for the students to pass the state board, and they don’t really teach students how to build a business. You are teaching them to perform services on the public, safety and disinfection—you teach them how to make a salon or spa but not how to get people into that salon or spa.”

“It has been a really good industry to both of us,” Julie said. “This career has allowed us to buy and sell four houses,

travel all over the world—it has taken care of us.”

Julie sat down with Mackenzie CatesAllen, president of the Winston-Salem Ambassadors, and told her of their passion for the industry and love for the city, and how they wanted to give back to both.

“It has been going on two years now that we have been in the gestational stage with this baby,” Julie said. Dermacademy Spa Lab opened and started classes Jan. 2 and opened the spa clinic to the public at the end of January.

“A student will spend about three weeks in class with us before she is able to take clients,” Julie said. “It takes about a three-week period of teaching things like infection control, sanitation, product knowledge and other foundational stuff.”

The curriculum is set up so that when students learn a technique, they first work on their mannequins, then they practice on classmates, and when the student is really confident, Julie said they could bring in a family member or

friend. After they pass, Julie said that is when they are sent out to the floor for the public.

Corey explained that all of the school’s teaching materials (tests, quizzes, etc.) are available online and that students also get a textbook as a supplement.

Julie said that the Dermacademy has an occupancy of 20 students in both the day and night classes, and there are four instructors counting Julie and Corey. Julie said day classes are flexible because it is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., so if students need to split up their day for work and other obligations, they can attend 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. and 1 p.m. until 5 p.m.

“There are four schools in North Carolina that offer esthetics programs,” she said. “But, as far as we know, we are the only ones in the world that are offering this brand new business model.”

Julie said that 99% of Dermacademy students are women, which makes this venture even more special to her.

“I hate to put a political spin on it because it really is about the love of the industry and the love of the community,”

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Dermacademy students giving clients facials while an instructor watches she said. “But, we are going to be able to offer up to 40 women a year, a way to make a living for their families—a good living, too.”

Julie estimated that income for someone fresh out of esthetics school could be around $35,000 a year in Winston-Salem.

According to statistics Julie and Corey Barham, co-owners and instructors from www.estheticianeof Dermacademy Spa Lab du.org, her estimation appears accurate because the site states that the Corey and Julie said what sets Derlow-end salary of what those new to the macademy apart from other esthetics profession could earn in Winston-Salem is programs, are their small classrooms, estimated at $38,170. intimate setting and their unique business “We were awarded a grant from the model of meeting the needs of students. foundation at Forsyth Tech, and that is “A student would pay tuition and then part of what helped us start this,” Julie would also be expected to work in the said. student clinic, and the school would keep Julie said that they competed and won that money,” she explained. “I don’t want second place in the Forsyth Technical to make it sound like everything we do Community College Launch Challenge, is completely altruistic—cause we are which divides up $50,000 between small mercenary to a certain degree, too—but, businesses, who compete in the contest. because of our passion for the city, and “They just empowered me so much,” the industry, we have built our business Julie said of the Launch Challenge. “Every model so that, the students can earn time I left there, I knew my shoulders were every single penny of [tuition costs] by a little squarer, and I was walking a little working in the student clinic.” more upright and feeling like, ‘I can do The cost of attending Dermacademy this.’ I had this army behind me pushing is $4,500 from start to finish, and the me along.”

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course requires 600 hours—which for a full-time student ends up being about four months. Julie said that they also allow students to pay their tuition weekly as well.

“For a part-time student who was going to go to school 20 hours a week, the tuition would be around $150 a week,” she explained. “Facials are $25, so all she has to do is one facial a day, and a little more, and she won’t owe us a thing for that week.”

Julie explained that the services offered at Dermacademy by students are “at a huge discounted price” compared to a spa.

Students perform the services while their instructor watches over them and checks their technique every step.

“It is super easy for them to earn that amount of money and not pay us tuition,” Julie said. “So, as opposed to going to a private, for-profit college that will charge them around $15,000 in tuition and keep their money in the student clinic—where they are already going to come out with student loan debt to their eyeballs, where they may never be able to pay off through the course of their careers—we are going to let them get started on what they want to do the day they graduate. They are going to have all the tools they need in their hands to go to work and make a better life for their family, and hopefully, the industry will bless them as it has blessed me.”

Mary Julia Smith, 37, is a student at

Dermacademy, who is based in WinstonSalem and has a degree in marketing and communications. Smith said she worked in a corporate setting until she had her son, and after staying home with him for a few years, she said she tried going back to work, but she realized it wasn’t her passion anymore.

“I have always had a passion for skincare, makeup and taking care of people,” Smith said. “I did some research, ended up meeting with a career coach and decided this was the route I wanted to take… When I found this school, I was so excited,” she added. “It is such a unique program, and I had done some research with other programs in the area, and this just felt like a really good bet.”

She said she loves giving facials and that she has learned so much during her time at Dermacademy.

“It is kind of fun being a little bit older than the rest of the group,” she said. “I think I bring a little bit more life experience and knowledge to the program. I have a lot of business experience—part of why we are here is to learn about skincare and all the things that go along with a skincare therapist, which is a lot of fun, but it also gets my business sense is tingling.”

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license three years ago, in addition to her nail technician license. She also got her teacher training license from the Health and Style Institute about a year and a half ago.

“My favorite part is the intimacy of this profession and where we can really help people be their best selves,” Sullivan said.

Sullivan said everyone in downtown Kernersville would benefit from the school because she described the Dermacademy as “cutting-edge and very studentfriendly.”

“It is a personal, laid-back vibe and learning-friendly,” she said. “And the atmosphere is so nice. I love this building and this area. I was thrilled to get the position here, absolutely thrilled.”

Dermacademy also offers full-ride scholarships to students in need. Brittany White, 19, is one of the two students at Dermacademy receiving a scholarship.

White said she originally wanted to be a veterinarian, but after having to experience an animal being put down, White said she couldn’t emotionally handle it.

“I started getting interested in makeup, and I knew somebody who was an esthetician,” White said. “I started learning more about it and taking better care of my skin, and I want to help people feel confident in their own skin instead of just putting makeup over it like a bandage.”

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which she said mainly focuses on facials. When White was interviewed last Wednesday, she was in her first week of classes.

“I am a science junkie, and right now, we have been learning about microbiology,” she said.

“I like learning in-depth about skin so that way you can tell your clients more knowledge about Mary Julia Smith, 37, is training to be an esthetician their skin, instead of just specializing in facials. putting a product on and not knowing why.”

White said her tuition is he got some kind of infection...and he had covered by the Barham’s scholarship, and to have surgery, which put my mom out of all she has to do is pay for her starter kit, work trying to take care of both of us.” do her class duties and maintain a GPA/ White said everything in her life came attendance record of 80% or higher. crashing down at once, and a week before White said the scholarship had helped losing her hand, her grandfather passed her significantly since she and her family away. She wanted to start school as soon have fallen on hard times. as possible, but unfortunately, since she “We didn’t have a lot of money, and we hadn’t been working for months and weren’t really financially stable,” White because her family hadn’t been working, admitted. “I was very grateful for that,” there was no way for her to go back to White said of the scholarship. “I lost my school. hand eight months ago. I was working at “Julie was the first person I met, and a pet food store, and we made raw dog I asked her, ‘do you think there is going food. I was grinding meat, and my hand to be anything that I will struggle with?’ got caught in the meat grinder. So, I was And she said, ‘No if you set your mind to it, out of work, and then a week after, my you can do it.’ Everybody has been super dad had to go into the hospital because

supportive, and nobody here has told me I can’t.”

While taking a spray tanning class, White said she was using her prosthetic, and the instructor came by and told her, “You are going to be great, you are going to be amazing, don’t let this hold you back.”

“So, I am not letting it hold me back, I am going to conquer my fears,” White said.

Keira Hippman, 19, is the other student receiving a full-ride scholarship, and she said she originally wanted to go into nursing, but after realizing that wasn’t right for her, she felt lost. Hippman said she is fortunate to receive a scholarship because she wouldn’t be able to attend school without it.

“I don’t work or anything, and my mom is a single mom who has to take care of my siblings,” she said. “I am super thankful.”

Services offered at Dermacademy include Norvell spray tans ($25), microdermabrasion ($55), lash extensions ($59), permanent lash lift ($49), airbrush make up ($25), leg wax ($25), brow wax ($8), and brow tint ($7). More information can be found on the website, www. dermacademync.com/spa-services/ or by calling (336) 515-3373. !

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On being a pro-choice, pro-LGBT Baptist: A conversation with Pastor Michael Usey The senior pastor at College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro has no interest in saving my soul.

“I’m not in that business,” Michael Usey said. “Different people believe differIan McDowell ent things, but there’s often a good reason for what they believe, Contributor and I’d like to think that most are trying to figure out how to live life with grace and honor and a sense of dignity and integrity.”

I first met Usey, as our mutual friend Matt Cravey calls him, four years ago at the now-defunct Geeksboro, where the team from his church played trivia as the NonShitty Christians.

He laughed when I reminded him of that.

“When Matt first came to our church, he was like, ‘oh, a liberal Baptist, that’s like a two-headed goat, I’ve got to go see this!’

But historically, Baptists are all about dissent.”

It saddens him that some Baptist churches seem to have forgotten one of their founding principles. “We’ve got kind of a brand problem, but it used to mean separation of church and state. That’s one of our most sacred beliefs. In fact, we’re the ones who influenced the Founding Fathers to keep references to Christ out of the Constitution.”

He also described how Roger Williams, founder of the first Baptist church in the American colonies, joined with spiritual leader Ann Hutchinson (like Williams, exiled from Massachusetts for “new, diverse, and dangerous opinions”) in welcoming Jewish refugees to Rhode Island, where the oldest American synagogue was built in 1758. “We have a noble tradition that’s been kind of co-opted.”

College Park Baptist Church, which is on the corner of Walker and Josephine Boyd across from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is not affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. “Our church family in Greensboro welcomes and affirms all persons without distinction regarding race, ethnicity, national origin, class, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other category created by humans,” proclaims the church’s website.

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Baptists in 1845 over abolition,” Usey said.

“Richard Furman, president of the first Baptist association, wrote a tractate stating the Bible supports slavery. So, American Baptists became the anti-slavery faction. I’m not saying we don’t need to connect, repent and reparate for the sins of our past and present, but I’m proud of our abolitionist history.”

I profess no faith, but before our conversation at Tate Street Coffee, I attended Ash Wednesday services at the church.

When I stopped at a convenience store on my way home, another customer asked if the palm-ash cross on my forehead meant I was a Satanist.

Usey laughed when I told him that, but with a note of sadness. “Lent is an ancient Christian tradition. It’s spring-cleaning for the soul. Whether you’re a person in a faith community or not, you need to sometimes clean it up and slow it down, as my father said before I went to college.”

Usey described his father as “a Cajun naval pilot and lapsed Catholic” and his mother, who was Baptist, as a schoolteacher from Georgia. Both were huge influences on his life, as was the city in which he was raised.

Usey grew up in San Diego, where future Oscar-nominated actress Annette Bening was his date to the Patrick Henry High School prom. “In our prom photo, which the Tate Street Kinko’s lost when I had it copied there in 1996, she’s lovely and lithe and I, of course, look like a Neanderthal surfer.”

His first church greatly affected his future life. “It was just fantastic, embracing all the ethnicities and cultures of that city. It was certainly an all-comers church.

I never had to unlearn anything that I learned there.”

He arrived in Greensboro in 1994, after completing his Ph.D. in Biblical Studies at Emory. “I was preaching, and my wife had worked for six years at the Center for Disease Control, freelancing as editor for the Morbid Mortality weekly report. I always knew this is what I wanted to do. It’s like being a reporter, right? You’ve got a front seat on life. People tell you their deepest secrets, and you’re with them in their holiest moments, whether those moments are good or terrible. It’s a really decent way to live. I don’t mean to put us on a pedestal.

We’re just shamans, but to try to be a spiritual friend to a tribe of peoples, that’s a lovely thing.”

Pastor Usey often spends Saturday

mornings volunteering as a patient escort at A Woman’s Choice of Greensboro—the city’s only remaining abortion provider. As previously reported, he has stated that the protesters (whom two city council members have observed harassing patients) “always walk away when a burly white dude like me steps in, whereas they like to get in the faces of escorts who are women, particularly ones of color.”

His passionate commitment to preserving women’s reproductive choices began in 1984 in Waco. “My first church out of seminary was there. The only people doing sex education there were Planned Parenthood, the major providers for health care for women. By any kind of matrix, Planned Parenthood is the number one preventer of abortions in this country, both by providing birth control and by talking so articulately about it.”

In Waco, his ministry was to young people and college students. “So that’s how I got connected with that. I grew up with strong women, and it just seemed like the dignity of women demands that they have at least 51% of the vote about their own bodies. I can’t understand why that’s not completely clear to people, particularly to Libertarian Republicans, who believe the government should stay out of other people’s decisions. I’m not sure why so many of my super-conservative colleagues are so pruriently interested in what goes on in people’s bedrooms.”

In Greensboro, Usey and his church have worked with local refugee communities, often in collaboration with Jewish and Islamic faith leaders. “I was talking with a local pastor this week, and he started condemning Islamic people. This is not somebody I know well, so I was surprised, but I told him the conversation was over.”

He believes that neither that minister’s intolerance is not characteristic of Greensboro “This city is incredibly inclusive, as are most of its faith leaders. We are so fortunate to have Rabbis Joshua and Rebecca Ben-Gideon of Beth David Synagogue, Fred Guttman and Andy Corin of Temple Emanuel, and Imam Badi of High Point Islamic Center. Not to mention folks like Julie Peeples of Congregational United Church of Christ; the recently retired Jeff Pascal of Guilford Park Presbyterian Church; Pam Strader, who is most recently of West Market United Methodist Church; and Sadie Lansdale of Unitarian Universalist Church of Greensboro.”

In 2017, YES! Weekly reported on efforts

by Usey’s church to help a Syrian refugee family after their youngest child was mauled by pit bulls. He said that the boy is doing well, and although he will need more surgery as he grows, money was raised not only for that but for his education. “I want to thank you for reporting on that, and the great writer Neil Gaiman for retweeting your article about the fundraiser, which hugely increased donations.

Please tell Neil that we’re reading his novel Stardust in our book club next month.”

Usey is also proud of the success of College Park Baptist’s needle exchange program.

“That came about when Melissa Floyd-Pickard, chair of the Social Work department at UNCG, asked if we’d be willing to hold a needle exchange. I said we absolutely would. As I’m from California, I know how effective and necessary those are. It’s a relationship between UNCG, GCSTOP, which is an arm of the Guilford County Health Department, and the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition. They just wanted a place near campus that students could come to. It wasn’t any problem. Churches whose buildings are near colleges tend to be more curious and open, and those are the kind of churches I’ve always served.”

Usey said that a retired police captain in his congregation was also very supportive of the program. “Good cops tend to be all for it. They have a 25% chance of getting a needle stick in the line of duty. I searched and could not find a police chief in North Carolina who was against the needle exchange because they are the people who are cleaning that stuff up.”

Usey is an enthusiastic apiarist (“or beek, as bee-keepers calls themselves”), who maintains four thriving hives. He’s also a soccer referee in local middle schools and high schools. “It’s fun, and a large guy getting paid to run is a good thing. My kids all played, and it’s a way to be connected and get back into the community.”

He has three children: Hannah, Nathan and Zachariah. “All named for troublemakers in the Hebrew Bible, and ready and willing to face down authority.” !

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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ad Dog, a Southern gothic psych-band of Winstoners, will hunt, with a round of shows starting March 13 with No Whammy and Gun Boat at Katei Cranford Monstercade.

Born as a duo beContributor tween guitarist Alex “Dirty Dawg” Bond and drummer Tessa “Puppy Dawg” Everton in the summer of 2018, they picked up Todd “Chili Dawg” Bowser on bass in 2019, with the three barking-up an instrumental tree until Pierce “Floppy Dog” Clawson joined the pack, adding lyrics and flair, later that year.

“Bad Dog is a band best described by its tuning: DADGAD,” so reads their bio, with the initial ambition “to create a fuzzdriven, sludgy, space rock band drawing influence from The Melvins.” Beyond that,

Bad Dog on the rise they’re a real mutt of musical inspiration.

“I’m still heavy on the Melvins, but I’ve been really obsessed with Wings lately,” said Bond, who places Bad Dog somewhere between Paul McCartney and the Butthole Surfers; and admitted to listening to “Band On the Run” more than “anything else, so far, this year.”

In contrast, Clawson lists the group amongst the Cult, the Electric Prunes, and Queens of The Stone Age. Deeming himself a punk rocker, Clawson assigned genres to his bandmates: “1970s metal would be Alex’s, Neil Young style countryrock would be Tessa’s, and Todd’s would be shoegaze.”

Speaking for himself, Bowser noted being drawn to what he calls “cowboy goth,” groups like Calexico, the Bad Seeds, and early Neko Case. He mused on including Wovenhand in the repertoire, with a preference toward the “heavier,

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noisier, and weirder.”

Everton’s inspirations are more locally cemented: Teresa Blackburn of The Finks and Liz Simmons of Tarnations. “They both began drumming in their adult lives, and they basically both just said, buy a drum set and start playing,” Everton explained. “The rest is history. I feel privileged to be playing in my first band alongside three other incredibly talented, passionate, and seasoned musicians.”

Clawson’s introduction to playing came from a Sam’s Club Fender Starcaster, his great-grandmother’s cathedral radio, and fondness for Jimmy Page thanks to the Godzilla 2000 soundtrack, which he calls his “first interaction with selling my soul for rock ‘n’ roll.”

The combination of psychedelic storytelling and sci-fi carry through Clawson’s lyrics and spill into Bad Dog’s songwriting.

“I knew that these songs could have their own profound stories,” he explained. “A lot of the themes that our songs have played upon are the mysteries of the moon, alien abductions, pollution, and drunkenness,” he added with a hat tip to cheap grocer wine.

“Floppy Dawg” credits his nickname to Pepper, his floppy-eared childhood Dachshund, and his songwriting to Pretty Odd, his long term project beyond Bad Dog, which is still going strong with a new album out this year.

Bond’s nickname is more straightforward: “I got named Dirty Dawg because I work outside doing construction,” he explained, “there’s no innuendo, I just often look like Pig Pen from the Peanuts comics.” He’s got “secret projects” planned beyond Bad Dog, his work in Bolmongani feat. the Hard 8, the Girlfriends, and Tarnations.

Bowser, also known as “Furminator X,” plays bass in ‘81 Flyers, does solo-work as the Inevitable Minor Fires, and adds accompaniment to visual arts projects created by his wife, Elizabeth Alexander.

Their latest collaboration is scheduled for debut in May at the Wherehouse Art Hotel, where Everton works as a curator.

Communal connections carry into their upcoming shows. Brooklyn’s Gun Boat features Winston ex-pats Patrick Sheehan and Justin Holm, who Bond and Everton had invited to join Bad Dog in its infancy. Bowser’s first job in Winston was at Krankies, where they’ll play on March 24, with Irrevery for the first Krankies show since the coffee shop remodeled from a venue into a restaurant in 2017.

“We feel very privileged to have caught the ears of the owner, who wishes to start shows there again,” Everton said about the Winston-Salem staple making a return to their roots.

Everton likewise looks forward to their show a month later at Monstercade on April 24, where she’ll share the stage with her younger brother, Will and his group, Malls and the Moon Tigers. And excitement rolls into the late-spring with Bad Dog confirmed for the “Spring Fling“ at Acadia Foods on May 2. !

KATEI CRANFORD is a Triad music nerd who hosts the Tuesday Tour Report, from 5:30-7 p.m. on WUAG 103.1 FM.

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All Bark— some bite: Two-piece from Knoxville powers through turmoil with joy The members of Bark, a duo from Knoxville, Tennessee, have figured out how to prevent their band from flaming out. They’re lifers—they’re in a long-term relationship. And, it’s just the John Adamian two of them, which @adamianjohn simplifies things. It’s not easy keeping a band together.

Contributor Having three or four grown-ups (or not) with jobs (or not), relationships (or not), independent schedules, lives outside of music (or not), and other mundane responsibilities (or not) makes the whole operation — organizing practices, writing sessions, recording and doing live shows — a big headache. There’s always someone who wants to practice more (or less) than everyone else. There’s always someone whose ego gets bruised. There are a million very good reasons why bands don’t exist for the long haul.

It helps if you have a duo, like Bark, made up of partners who’ve grown familiar with each others’ strengths, weaknesses, quirks, fears, anxieties and hopes.

I spoke to Tim Lee, one half of Bark, last week while he was driving from Tennessee to Mississippi, on his way to celebrate his father’s 90th birthday. Bark returns to Heyday Guitars in Winston-Salem on Saturday, March 14. Tim has some connection to Winston-Salem, having toured with Mitch Easter’s Let’s Active in the mid-’80s. That gives you a sense of how music-making, the college-rock scene of the pre-grunge era, and the DIY spirit have shaped Tim’s life.

Tim just turned 60 this year, and he’s one of those artists who just thrives on staying productive.

“The expectations for me are nonexistent, and I’m never disappointed,” Tim said. “I’m really, really curious about what does happen, more so than having any kind of expectations.”

What happens in Bark is that Tim Lee and Susan Bauer Lee make solid and stripped-down rock that points back to bands like the Stooges, X, and Southern Culture on the Skids. You might also hear a connection to artists as varied as Neil Young and Crazy Horse, and Codeine.

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Bark playing Blankfest at Scruffy City Hall, Knoxville, in August 2016 ties, Tim isn’t exactly surprised.

“That stuff is totally in our DNA,” he said.

Tim plays something called a Bass VI, which is basically a six-string bass-like instrument tuned an octave lower than a guitar. You can play it a little like a guitar, but mostly it functions like a bass.

Susan plays drums. They both sing, with Susan generally adding harmony vocals to Tim’s leads. Bark is not a two-piece in the style of the White Stripes or the Black Keys. They do not play blues-rock exactly.

Instead, they play the kinds of songs that a lot of indie college rock bands might play, but with an open space where the mid-range and high treble sounds might normally be. This is no-nonsense music, pared down to its essence.

Bark keeps busy. They play shows around the region, and periodically dart up to New York City and to places in the mid-West. “I’m not smart enough to not keep climbing in the van,” Lee said. They can do that because they have a scrappy old-school attitude.

“We’re very much a DIY operation,” he added. “We do all our own stuff.”

Bark’s most recent record, Terminal Everything, is something of a meditation on death and the end times. It’s an album of songs about taking stock of loss, processing grief, acknowledging the limited time we have here on earth and making a game plan based on all of that. The album cover is a mix of cute and grim—a woodcut-style rendering of two hands affectionately intertwined, with fingers

laced together, making a big V framing a giant mushroom cloud in the background.

It’s an apocalyptic image about dark times, but also about the value of companionship. Everything may be going up in flames, but at least we’ve got each other, so let’s enjoy ourselves while we can, the cover seems to say.

Some of the songs have a similar message. “Yeah, there’s been a lot of loss here lately/Yeah, it’s gettin’ kinda hard to take/ Man, we oughta throw a big old party/We oughta do it before it’s too late,” Tim sings on “Big Ol’ Party.” It’s a sentiment that runs through Bark’s recent record. There’s

the sense that big things are happening, and we need to orient our minds toward the task of maximizing our finite number of days and making the most of whatever comes our way. Make a joyous noise before the lights go out.

Another track, “Do We,” has this nicely phrased chorus: “Maybe everything won’t turn out fine,” with a nice long pause before the kicker, “But we don’t know now, do we?” It’s a funny reminder that all of the forecasting of doom that we see everywhere around us is just a kind of guesswork and a projection of anxiety (maybe). It’s possible that things will turn out fine. And while there is a darkness to Terminal Everything, there’s also a strong smoke-’em-if-you-got-’em attitude. And the two players in Bark obviously find plenty of release and pleasure in making the music, collaborating, pounding out the rough-hewn jams of perseverance into the impending void.

Tim sums up the band’s philosophy, which partly explains why music helps them power through life’s hardship, “rock’n’roll is joy.” !

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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AGE: 27 WHERE ARE YOU FROM? High Point HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN BARTENDING? 2 years HOW DID YOU BECOME A BARTENDER? It kinda just fell into my lap. I never thought of it as a long term thing, but when my family decided to open our bar, it transpired into something much more. It’s been a really exciting journey.

WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT BARTENDING? I love that I get to talk to so many different people; there’s rarely a dull conversation to be had.

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO MAKE? A Bloody Mary! You can’t have it without an Old Bay rim!

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK TO DRINK? I’m a simple gal; I love bourbon and ginger.

WHAT’S THE CRAZIEST THING YOU’VE SEEN WHILE BARTENDING? I could write a book! As a bartender, we see pretty wild things every day, but I’d say the craziest is when I walked into the women’s bathroom and every square inch was covered in vomit, it looked like the Nickelodeon awards in there. I’ve never seen anything like it in my life.

WHAT’S THE BEST TIP YOU’VE EVER GOTTEN? Our grand opening night, we got a lot of amazing tips! A lot of local friends came to support us, and we’re proud of what we accomplished, and they showed their love via tips! It was a good night.

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[LEO (July 23 to August 22) The regal Lion might feel that she or he is above emotional displays. But showing your feelings can be both liberating for you and reassuring for someone who has been waiting for you to do so.

[SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) An unexpected challenge to a previous decision can be unsettling. But your reservoir of self-confidence — plus your loyal supporters — should help carry the day for you. Good luck.

[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Disappointed about something that didn’t go your way? Cheer up. Look at the reasons it happened, and you could find a valuable lesson about what to do (or not do!) the next time.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) An emotionally needy person might make more demands than you can cope with.

Best to ask for some breathing space NOW, before resentment sets in and makes communication difficult.

[CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) While the idea of making some sort of major move in the near future continues to interest you, don’t overlook a new possibility that could be emerging closer to home.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) It’s a good time to do some reassessing of plans and goals — even how you considered redoing your bathroom. The point is to be open to change if change can improve things.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) An unexpected spate of mixed signals could cause serious schedule setbacks.

Best to focus on straightening everything out as soon as possible and get everyone back on track.

[AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Be careful not to base an upcoming decision on gossip or anything you might hear if it can’t meet provable standards.

That’s true regardless of whom the source might be.

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Take some time to learn who is the right person (or persons) to approach and discuss your ideas with for your new project. Also, reserve time to prepare for an upcoming family event.

[SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Be aware that someone in the workplace could try to use a disagreement with a colleague against you. If so, be prepared to offer your side of the story with the facts to back you up.

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I hooked up with a really good friend a few times. We both agreed to forget about it to preserve our friendship, but he’s been really distant. I don’t want to be the one to reach out and say something. How do I get things back to normal? —Upset Woman

Sure, they say a really good friend is someone who knows everything about you — though, ideally, stopping short of how your sex face is a ringer for a pug having a seizure.

Chances are, this stretch of awkward silence between you has two interconnected causes: 1. “Eek, too much naked!” with somebody who isn’t a romantic partner, and 2. The fog of uncertainty over what sort of relationship you and he now have.

Problem 1, “Eek, too much naked!” comes out of how, when you two “just friends” hooked up, you abruptly and unwittingly vaulted across the boundaries of friendship into romantic territory.

Major features of a romantic relationship — an intimate relationship — are vulnerability and openness. We look to find someone we can trust with our most embarrassing flaws and deepest fears, along with other stuff we don’t put out

to the world with a bullhorn: “Hey, everybody on this bus, let’s have a chat about what I like in bed!”

Sex tends to feel less like sexual overshare after the fact if it was preceded by some starter romance — talking flirty, lite touchyfeely, making cartoon heart eyes at each other. This stuff signals a transition to a deeper relationship (or at least sincere hopes of one).

However, when we get naked without any romantic prep, our feeling weirded out — overly exposed — probably comes out of our evolved motivation to protect our reputation: our public image, the sort of person others perceive us to be. Back in the harsh, 7-Eleven- and Airbnb-free ancestral environment that shaped the psychology still driving us today, our social survival and, in turn, our physical survival were dependent on whether people believed we were a good person and somebody good to keep around.

Welcome to the origins of our longing for privacy — to keep some info about ourselves out of the public eye (everyone we don’t have intimate relationships with) and to manicure the info we do release. Social psychologist Mark Leary refers to this as “impression management.” Others’ evaluations of us affect how we’re perceived and treated, so, Leary explains, we’re driven to “behave in ways that will create certain impressions in others’ eyes.” Regrettably, it’s difficult to keep up the role of steely image manager while naked and barking like a coked-up elephant seal.

Moving on to problem 2, the fog of un-

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cause it’s not like a dude in some control room somewhere gives us an electric shock whenever we tell a lie.

Ask yourself whether you might want more than a friendship. If so, figure out whether you want it enough (and whether it’s possible enough) to risk making it too uncomfortable to remain friends — which could happen.

If friendship is really all you want, you don’t have to “reach out and say something.” In general, guys don’t want to talk about it; they just want life to go on. And there’s your answer. Start asking this guy to do “just friends” things, like hanging out with you and other amigos. To stay on the clothed and narrow, schedule these outings at “just friends” times — in unsexy bright daylight — and in “just friends” locations: places you’d get arrested if you stripped down to “Yo ... Check out the wild birthmark that looks like Lawrence of Arabia crossing my labia on a camel!” !

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certainty over what sort of relationship you and this guy now have, getting naked together is also a defining act of sorts — or rather, a possibly redefining one.

Before you two had sex, your relationship was clearly defined as a friendship.

There’s comfort in this sort of clarity. It’s like a sign over a business. When we see “Laundromat,” we know what to expect, and it isn’t Thai takeout or stripper poles, watered-down $20 drinks, and loose glitter.

Right now, there’s probably an uncomfortable question looming over the two of you: Does one want more of a relationship — a romantic relationship — than the other’s up for providing?

Psychologist Steven Pinker explains that people get uneasy when they’ve had one type of relationship with somebody — say, a friendship — and they aren’t sure whether that person wants a different type of relationship. A changed relationship has changed terms and behaviors that go with it, and they need to know which set they’re supposed adhere to.

And sure, you do say you both agreed to ditch the sex to preserve the friendship, but people say lots of things, be-

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