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It came as no surprise last week when the RIVERRUN International Film Festival announced that its 22nd annual event, scheduled for March 26-April 5, would be canceled in light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that has rocked the globe.

Weeks before the official announcement, executive director Rob Davis stated that the RiverRun staff was vigilantly monitoring the situation and keeping an eye on other film festivals scheduled around the same time, including Full Frame in Durham, TriBeCa in New York, and CinemaCon in Las Vegas, to name a few. But as the days ticked by, one by one, these festivals opted to postpone or cancel their events.

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With capacity limitations imposed and now the Governor’s orders that restaurants can only serve takeout or delivery, our Triadarea RESTAURANT INDUSTRY has been among the hardest hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

7 Multiple employees of GUILFORD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE have contacted YES! Weekly to express concerns over being required to work on campus on the week of March 16-20.

8 SARAH MCCLINTOCK is inviting all the art lovers in the community to come see her 70 paintings now on exhibit at The Executive Forum at 1400 Battleground Avenue in Greensboro where she also has her massage therapy office. The building houses two floors of a variety of businesses managed by The Range and is open from 7 a.m. until 6.pm. Monday through Friday.

9 “The family of MARCUS DEON SMITH thanks the great community of Greensboro for assistance in getting this memorial to my son,” said Mary Smith in a statement to YES! Weekly. She is the mother of the man who was fatally-hogtied by the

Greensboro police during the 2018 North Carolina Folk Festival.

10 Even before its release, THE HUNT aroused considerable controversy. Its initial release date last Sept. 27 was understandably postponed following a spate of shootings in the United States, and its basic storyline – liberals hunting conservatives – piqued the ire of many, including the president, despite the fact that no one had seen even a single frame.

11 Back in January, when Americans first heard about the CORONAVIRUS outbreak in China, most of us wrote it off. It wasn’t real to us. It didn’t affect us. But then, when COVID-19 invaded the United States and later caused our favorite events to be canceled, we admitted it was a pandemic.

16 The hip-hop collective CLR THRY was slated to make their big “Opening Day” with an event at the Crown on March 20. But like the opening day for baseball season, and nearly every other event across the country: COVID-19 has put it on delay.

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YES! wE got thiS To our fellow Triad friends, families and local businesses: Over the past several months, all of us at YES! Weekly had been brimming with excitement as we continued to take the steps toward launching our new website — a new site that promises to be faster, more appealing, and easier to navigate with great additions and new things to explore — it’s a beauty, and we can’t wait.

But then, everything changed as the reality and severity of the coronavirus (COVID-19) hit the Triad hard. Uncertainty, fear, frustration, and a mass of other emotions created a culture of postponements, closures and social distancing.

During this pandemic, YES! Weekly wants you to know two things: We want to help!

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As we have done over our 16+ years of serving this wonderful community we call home, we want to help our readers by getting you the most accurate and up-to-date news in our paper, social media and website. We also want to help our fellow local businesses by offering valuable opportunities to share your updates on one of the largest social media, digital and print platforms in the market.

We will continue to produce our awardwinning print product, and keep our online presence updated with all of the latest COVID-19 news and developments.

When you do venture out, you will still be able to grab a hot copy of the paper at your favorite pick-up locations. (You can also check out our e-edition!) With the urge for social distancing, we are excited to think of all the time you will have to spend reading and re-reading your favorite local publication — in print and online!

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Stay at home (if you can), wash your hands, support local businesses, continue to follow the Center for Disease Control’s guidelines, and above all else, remain calm.

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Support local restaurants

ith capacity limitations imposed and now the governor’s orders that restaurants can only serve take-out or delivery, our Triad-area restaurant industry has been among the hardest hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. People are being encouraged to stay home and away from crowds and public dining rooms, some restaurants and cafes have already been forced to dial back hours in response to the decrease in business, while others have shut down entirely.

Purchasing gift cards from our local businesses can help stimulate the economy now.

With restaurants facing an uncertain immediate future, one way to support their favorite local restaurants is by purchasing gift cards.

Whether given as a gift or kept for future meals, gift cards can act as a micro-loan to restaurants to provide much-needed immediate cash. Many restaurants sell gift cards online, allowing customers to offer their support without having to leave home.

There has never been a more important time to support our neighborhood’s culinary scene. Restaurants are emptying out and small business owners are seeing up to an 80% drop-off in customers. Restaurants already work off razor-thin profit margins, but the COVID-19 pandemic is a test like no other. We have heard that restaurants

in the Triad and across North Carolina are scrambling to cover expenses and to make payroll with no idea what new changes tomorrow will bring.

For now, the best thing our friends and neighbors in the community can do to help is to order takeout or buy gift cards to ensure at least some income during this difficult time.

If this trend continues, many of our beloved Triad restaurants will suffer greatly....but we have the opportunity to help. Because even through this crisis, we have the power as local citizens to recognize how important food is to our culture and to support our small businesses in any way we can.

Here are two ways to help our Triad restaurants stay afloat: 1. Buy gift cards. Restaurants collect gift card revenue as soon as the card is purchased, then mark it as redeemed once the user applies it to a bill. If you are in a position to buy a gift card and sit on it for a while, you will be helping your local favorite get through a tough time.

2. Opt for carry-out or delivery. Many restaurants are opting for curbside pickup or have pick-up areas where you can dash in, get your food and leave. It’s a better deal for restaurants if you collect carry out yourself, rather than use a delivery app. That helps the restaurant — and you — avoid delivery charges. But if you don’t feel like

driving over, delivery is your back-up choice, and be sure to tip your delivery person.

“Our wonderful restaurants have always given a since of pride and enjoyment here in the Triad,” said Charles Womack, the publisher of YES! Weekly. “The restaurant industry is one of our largest employers and so many are small, family-owned businesses. There’s a lot of restaurants that depend on neighborhood foot traffic visiting their establishments in order to pay their employees. If you are able, we ask you to please support your neighbors; it will not go unnoticed or unappreciated. Our Triad restaurants need your help right now.”

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A letter to the governor: Triad restaurants, bars ask for help amid COVID-19

BY DANIELLE BULL Owner and General Manager of Bull’s Tavern in Winston-Salem Dear Governor Cooper, We are restaurant and bar owners, chefs, bartenders, and other service industry employees who make our homes in the Triad (Winston-Salem, Greensboro, High Point and neighboring areas). We are integral to the vitality of this area. Many of us have continued to serve our community as the current public health crisis has become increasingly dire. We have done so while making all conscientious efforts to reduce risk and harm—from increasing sanitizing measures to reducing hours and capacity—but nevertheless, we realize that continuing in the face of quarantine measures may be putting ourselves, our families, and our patrons at risk.

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provide our services. The small businesses that we own or work for are necessarily vulnerable as well. We are home to so many notable bars and restaurants, with international, national and local acclaim, and absolutely crucial to the ongoing success of this area.

Within days, we will likely all need to shut down. We, as employees and owners, will lose significant income or be laid off; our businesses will be depleted of any safety net they may have or go bankrupt and have to shutter doors permanently.

We will not survive without immediate and decisive action from the government.

We trust your leadership, and trust you to help take care of us. Therefore, we call on you to announce immediate plans to safeguard the lives and livelihoods of small businesses and their employees, including not only food and beverage service businesses, but all of the service sector. We ask that you: *Support immediate unemployment benefits for all hourly and salaried workers furloughed during this crisis.

*Issue a State of Emergency that applies to Small Business funding through the SBA. *Eliminate payroll tax for the period of the crisis and the pay-cycles immediately following. *Call for rent, loan, and utility abatement for businesses and workers impacted by restaurant and bar closures.

Governor Cooper, we need your help. We elected you and we depend on you in this time of crisis.

Sincerely, Danielle Bull, Owner and General Manager of Bull’s Tavern, Winston-Salem, N.C. Addendum: YES! Weekly asked Danielle Bull for permission to print this letter. Bull said she has already received over 500 signatures that she will add to this letter. If anyone else would like to add their name, text her at (336) 215-4201, or email her at danielle@bullswsnc.com by noon on March 18. !

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GTCC employees balk at being required to work on campus Multiple employees of Guilford Technical Community College have contacted YES! Weekly to express concerns over being required to work on campus on the week of March 16-20.

Ian McDowell “It is prudent to highlight that due to our everyday exContributor posure, we are now prevented from visiting those who might be at risk (our parents), and we continue to expose our children and spouses every time we come home,” stated one, who asked not to be identified.

Another alleged that some of her colleagues had been offered the option of using sick days, but stated that those who do are expected to work from home.

On Monday morning, YES! Weekly reached out to GTCC president Dr. Anthony Clarke for clarification on this issue. On Tuesday, Aleasha Kivett, GTCC’s interim public information officer, replied to this reporter’s email with answers from Clarke. YES! Weekly’s questions and Clarke’s replies are reproduced in their entirety below.

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how does it relate to your sick leave and HR policies?

“The college’s spring break was from March 2-6. Immediately after spring break, we asked employees who traveled to high-incident areas to self-isolate for 14 days. No employee had tested positive for the coronavirus, and we had no indication that any of these employees had the coronavirus. This guideline was an aggressive stance by the college to stop the spread of the virus from high-incident states to North Carolina. The next week, March 9-13, North Carolina became a high-incident area for COVID-19. We then fell in line with other community colleges and institutions of higher education in asking employees to stay home if they were sick, but to otherwise report to work.”

How are you presently dealing with the situation?

“We have an Emergency Management team representing a cross-section of personnel at the college. The team meets each morning to review the latest on this situation, establish processes and procedures to address the health and safety of our employees and continue to serve our students and Guilford County.”

Are your employees already allowed to self-quarantine at home, or are they required to work on campus?

“Currently, all GTCC employees are required to follow their current work schedule, which requires them to work on campus this week (March 16-20). We are using this week to transition to a schedule

that may allow employees to reduce the hours they are on campus. Employees are allowed to self-quarantine at home if warranted.”

Are you making allowances for those who are immunocompromised or have childcare issues resulting from the crisis?

“We are working with our immunocompromised employees to develop a work arrangement that fits their needs as much as possible. We are developing plans for addressing employees with childcare and eldercare demands, as well as those who share households with them.”

How do you respond to GTCC employees who say that they do not feel safe coming in to work?

“We are a public institution and will remain open to serve our students and Guilford County until directed otherwise.

However, we are supportive of employees who do not feel safe coming to work and will work with them as much as we can to overcome their concerns.” !

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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Sarah McClintock paints on purpose

fter taking some time to socially distance during this COVID-19 pandemic, Greensboro painter Sarah McClintock invites art-lovers to come see her Terry Rader 70 paintings, now on exhibit at The Executive Forum at Contributor 1400 Battleground Ave. in Greensboro.

The building houses two floors of a variety of businesses managed by The Range. McClintock said she had hung a few paintings in her private office on the second floor, and as she received more and more encouragement, she branched out into the hallways and eventually to the foyer. Now, when people walk in, they are immersed in brightly-colored acrylic paintings. Her only other exhibit was at Chakra’s Day Spa & Salon in 2016, but beyond that, all of her art (over 200 paintings and hundreds of ceramic sculptures and pottery) are in storage.

McClintock is a native of Greensboro, and she said she discovered she was an artist by accident when a friend gave her an unused canvas in 2015.

“I did a painting with very bright colors and was struck by how much I enjoyed it,” McClintock said. “I was quite surprised by the positive response as I had

never received any kind of art training.

When I gave it back to my friend as a birthday present, she said, ‘Wow! You are really good!’”

At first, it was just an outlet for creativity, but as she progressed into painting with neon blacklight paints, McClintock said she discovered the connection to her own life and how painting brought light out of a period of darkness.

She now has over 50 blacklight paintings of all sorts of images, including scenes underwater, and hopes to brighten other lives with her work.

“It’s crazy to think that all of this stuff was in my brain,” she observed.

McClintock said she has a dream of a future installation called “Glow,” where she can display all of her blacklight paintings. She said she envisioned a building with big blacklights and funky music, comfortable couches, fish tanks, a gummy bar, “and all sorts of neon things,” where she would paint murals on the walls.

In 2009, she said she was in a car accident where half of her face was ripped off. She said her surgeon wheeled her to a mirror and told her to look at her face one last time because she’d never look the same again after surgery. She said her accident left her with both physical and emotional scars that resulted in a period of depression and isolation as well as heavy drinking—” it was a very dark time.” She said that years later, another accident finally brought her to her knees. With no other options, she said

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A World Away by Sarah McClintock she asked God for help. The accidents changed her life, and even though her struggle is still real, she said it is where she finds her strength. McClintock is thankful to be an artist that gets to paint in her home studio every day.

McClintock paints intuitively and never really knows what she is going to paint when she approaches the canvas with what she describes as “raw energy.”

Sometimes she is drawn to a particular color, and she just begins to paint. She said she knows when to stop when it makes her smile.

Her work in ceramic sculpture ranges from pottery bowls to large coral reefs.

Most recently, she included five human figures from a live model session, which happens every Thursday at The Art Alliance in a class taught by Jim Barnhill.

She said Art Alliance is also where she does pottery three days a week. Recently, she sold some of her pottery at an Art in the Arboretum event.

McClintock is also a certified massage therapist and Reiki Master in the same building where her paintings are displayed. She said she offers a variety of massages such as Swedish (Relaxation), Deep Tissue, Pre-natal Massage, Reflexology, Sports Massage and Hot Stone Massage.

McClintock said it felt like “divine timing” for this article to be in the paper,

as her mom’s birthday is on March 20.

“Happy birthday, mom!” she said. “I just love to paint, and I love meeting people who enjoy and are inspired by my paintings, especially when people say they feel the energy in my work, and it makes them feel good. It’s like when you eat food that people love to cook; it tastes different. I think people can feel that I love to paint. I had never painted on purpose before, and it still doesn’t feel real to be able to do something that you love as a career. I also love massage. I love what I do because people leave feeling better. It’s hard on my body, though.

And I know I can’t do it forever, thus my dream as an artist. For now, I love doing both”. !

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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A marker for Marcus: Smith family responds to Greensboro crowd-funding “The family of Marcus Deon Smith thanks the great community of Greensboro for assistance in getting this memorial to my son,” said Mary Smith in a statement to YES! Weekly. She is the Ian McDowell mother of the man who was fatally-hogtied by the GreensContributor boro police during the 2018 North Carolina Folk Festival.

“After watching the police videos of Marcus’s death, his father, George, became ill and had to leave work on disability, which made our family’s situation harder,” Smith said. “With the help of the Greensboro community, Marcus’s sister, Kim, and his brothers, Len and Jay, Marcus now has a stone. From the bottom of our hearts to yours, we thank you.”

Marcus Smith died on Sept. 8, 2018. Four days later, his body was returned to his family by the state medical examiner’s office in Raleigh, which pronounced his death a homicide. He was buried in Laurens, SC on Sept. 13, 2018, but the site has not had a gravestone until this week.

“I am thankful that the Greensboro community raised the money to give Marcus and his family a respectful marker,” said Flint Taylor of the People’s Law Office of Chicago. Taylor, along with Greensboro attorney Graham Holt, is representing the Smith family in their ongoing Federal Civil Rights lawsuit against the City of Greensboro, Guilford County, eight Greensboro Police Department officers, and two paramedics.

“It’s well past time for the City of Greensboro to make right by the Smith family, including by making an official apology, by disciplining the officers who are responsible for Marcus’s homicide, and by commissioning a proper public memorial,” Taylor told YES! Weekly.

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local residents, Elon Law students, and a concerned couple from Durham raised over $1,000 toward obtaining a cemetery headstone for what had been Marcus Smith’s unmarked grave,” said retired Greensboro attorney Lewis Pitts, a friend of the Smith family and longtime critic of the GPD and Greensboro City Council. Pitts stated that the council should have acknowledged the GPD’s culpability in Smith’s death and compensated his family.

“That compensation would have paid for a headstone over a year ago and prevented the humiliation and disrespect of his parents having to bury their child in an unmarked grave. Instead, City Council decided to pay silk-stocking lawyers $300 an hour to argue that the judge should throw out his parents’ lawsuit. About $200,000 in taxpayer money has already been paid to those lawyers thus far and the end is not in sight.”

On Feb. 28, the North Carolina Press Association awarded a first-place prize in investigative journalism to Ian McDowell’s coverage of the Smith case. “We are so glad that you and your paper were recognized for that,” Smith said. “We’d also like to thank Richard Barron of the News & Record for his coverage and the time he spent with us last year.” !

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The Hunt: A savage satire with smarts

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ven before its release, The Hunt aroused considerable controversy. Its initial release date last Sept. 27 was understandably Mark Burger postponed following a spate of shootContributor ings in the United States, and its basic storyline – liberals hunting conservatives – piqued the ire of many, including the president, despite the fact that no one had seen even a single frame.

Penned by Nick Cuse and producer Damon Lindelof, and directed by UNCSA School of Filmmaking graduate Craig Zobel, The Hunt is now out for all to see – and it’s well worth a look. It’s a punchy, well-paced, pitch-black comedy that brazenly flaunts its outrageous attitude at every turn. It’s certainly not for everyone, but for its intended audience, it’s a winner.

By and large, the film’s satire is evenhanded in its approach, gleefully sending up stereotypes as it gleefully – and mercilessly – kills off its characters with gory abandon. Given that the conservative “deplorables,” as they’re referred to, are the underdogs, it’s hard not to have some sympathy for their plight, and there’s a vicarious thrill when resident heroine Crystal (GLOW’s Betty Gilpin) begins to

fight back against the so-called “elites.”

Another twist is that the climactic battle is between two female characters, and as screen catfights go, it’s one of the best in recent memory.

Taking a page (or two) from Richard Connell’s classic, oft-filmed novel The Most Dangerous Game, to say nothing of the Purge franchise, whose own controversy yielded three sequels and a television series, The Hunt wastes no time getting down to business, and as soon as the credits begin and the opening strains of Nathan Barr’s florid score commence, it should be obvious to all that the tone is

going to be light, even if the blood’s going to be heavy.

The Hunt is a piece of entertainment – actually a piece of exploitation entertainment – and it succeeds on that level.

Some of the satire is obvious but no less effective as a result, and some of it fairly witty given the context. This is a film with “cult classic” stamped all over it, and the early controversy won’t impede it from reaching that status. Most likely, it’ll accelerate it.

Although her voice is heard and her presence certainly felt, Zobel refrains a long time from actually showing Hilary Swank’s Athena, the mastermind of what conspiracy-theorist bloggers have referred to as “ManorGate.” Smooth and sultry, Swank clearly revels in playing so wicked a character. It’s a neat change of pace for the two-time Oscar winner, and she’s entirely game throughout.

Actually, it appears that all the actors, even those who get knocked off early (some sooner than expected), are having a blast, including Amy Madigan, Reed Birney, Emma Roberts, Ike Barinholtz, Wayne Duvall, Ethan Suplee, Jason Hartley, Usman Ally, and Glenn Howerton.

And, rest assured, a good number of them do get blasted – sometimes to smithereens. There could easily be a sequel to The Hunt, but to paraphrase a line of dialogue from Die Hard (1988): “They’re gonna need more actors.” !

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COVID-19 cancellations could have been prevented

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That analogy also applies when a global Longworth health crisis occurs. at Large Back in January, when Americans first heard about the coronavirus outbreak in China, most of us wrote it off.

It wasn’t real to us. It didn’t affect us. But then, when COVID-19 invaded the United States and later caused our favorite events to be canceled, we admitted it was a pandemic. Suddenly, the virus was real to us and was directly affecting our lives. No ACC tournament. No High Point Furniture Market. No Tanger or RiverRun, no school and no proms. Even churches started canceling Sunday services. Perhaps it’s just human nature to only care about something when it lands in your back yard, but it’s also true that our fears and frustrations about the coronavirus have been exacerbated by mixed messages, mismanagement, and incompetence from a federal government that should have seen this coming and should have been better prepared.

The previous administration was prepared. That’s because President Obama created a Pandemic Response Team under his National Security Council, a team that dealt effectively and proactively with the Ebola virus. But guess what? After taking office, the Trump administration dismantled the Pandemic Response Team and has also proposed major funding cuts to the CDC. And so, instead of having a team in place to get out in front of COVID-19 back in early January, the Trump administration had to start from scratch. To make matters worse, there were unnecessary delays in responding to the crisis because we had a president at the helm who can’t seem to grasp facts or tell the truth. At first, he said the coronavirus was “a hoax” perpetrated by the Democrats and the liberal media (Donald Jr. even chimed in by saying that Democrats wanted millions of people to die in order to deny his father a second term WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

in office). Once Trump realized the virus was not a hoax, he announced that it had been contained (it hadn’t). Then he said it would die out in warm weather, and, “like a miracle, it will disappear.” Our Commanderin-Chief then advised anyone who had the virus to go on into work as per normal. Oh yes, and he assured us that everyone who needed to be tested could be tested, even though tests weren’t readily available. He also said that we would have a vaccine within a few months, even though experts said it would take more than a year to develop. And with typical Trump bluster, he told us, “This virus will not have a chance against us.”

Beth Cameron, who once led Obama’s Pandemic Response Team, told CNN that if Trump hadn’t disbanded her group, our government would have gotten ahead of the coronavirus crisis early on. For example, we knew early in January that Wuhan, China, was the epicenter of a potential pandemic, and a response team already in place could have stopped all flights from China. Instead, on Jan. 15, a Washington state man arrived at the Seattle airport from Wuhan, and he became the first person to bring COVID-19 to our shores.

From there, we now have over 3,000 cases reported (including 23 here in North Carolina) and 70 deaths resulting. The obvious conclusion from which we can draw is that early, decisive action could have prevented the virus from getting here in the first place.

Instead, we are now trying to mitigate the spread of the virus with unprecedented closures and cancellations.

Trump isn’t responsible for creating COVID-19, but he is responsible for the delays that allowed infected individuals to enter our country. As such, voters will decide this fall if Trump’s handling of the crisis warrants his removal or renewal, but this is no time for political speculation. The main thing now is for everyone to exercise common sense. Wash your hands often with soap and warm water, stay away from crowds, and stay home if you’re feeling sick.

And if you want accurate information about the virus, including updates on testing, visit the special CDC website, www.coronavirus. gov. Stay vigilant, and one day, “like a miracle, the virus will disappear.” !

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— Limestone County Sheriff Mike Blakely is on trial in Athens, Alabama, facing 11 counts of theft and ethics charges related to his job. On March 6, Blakely went to Chuck Shepherd the hospital, where his lawyers told the court he was being tested for COVID-19, the disease associated with coronavirus.

But in a special hearing on March 7, Dr. Maria Onoya told Judge Pride Tompkins that while Blakely was indeed admitted to the hospital, and received multiple tests, none of them was for COVID-19. In fact, she said there was no evidence to suggest he should be tested for it, The News Courier reported. Judge Tompkins ended the hearing with harsh words for Blakely’s defense team: “I don’t know what your tactic is, but it’s condemned by the court,” he said. He went on to note that he was “very disturbed” by the defense’s mention of COVID-19 in the motion to continue, calling it irresponsible, reckless and unfair to the community.

— Meanwhile, in Queensland, Australia, people are panicking about running out of toilet paper during the coronavirus pandemic. Which makes Haidee Janetzki of Toowoomba extra popular, after she made an error in her regular online TP order with Who Gives a Crap. “When it asked for quantity, I put 48,” she told 7News, “thinking that would be a box of 48 (rolls). Turned out it was 48 boxes.”

At first she thought it was the online retailer’s fault — until she checked her credit card, which showed an expense of $3,260 plus almost $400 shipping. Janetzki is selling the hot commodity to friends at a slight markup, hoping to raise money to send her kids on a school trip to Canberra.

She’s now known Down Under as the Queen of the Toilet Paper.

— Two state attorneys general and the Food and Drug Administration are cracking down on disgraced televangelist Jim Bakker, who is now the host of “The Jim Bakker Show” on cable TV. The New York attorney general’s office on March 3 sent a cease-and-desist order to Bakker, and on March 10, the Missouri attorney general filed suit against him. At issue is Bakker’s hawking of “Silver Solution,” a “medication” made from silver that supposedly

cures all sorts of ailments, for use in treating COVID-19. On Feb. 12, The Washington Post reported, Bakker asked a guest on his show whether the gel could cure the coronavirus. “It hasn’t been tested on this strain of the coronavirus, but it’s been tested on other strains of the coronavirus, and has been able to eliminate it within 12 hours,” said “naturopathic doctor” Sherrill Sellman. In the letter, the “extremely concerned” Lisa Landau, chief of the attorney general’s health care bureau, called the segment false advertising and said it violates New York law. She gave Bakker 10 days to comply.

— A man in Vilnius, Lithuania, with help from his sons, reportedly locked his wife in their bathroom after she expressed worry to him that she had contracted COVID-19 from traveling to Italy, where she came in contact with some Chinese people. The husband called a doctor, who suggested she isolate herself; she contacted police because her husband wouldn’t let her out.

It’s unclear how long she was locked in the bathroom, but Delfi.lt reported that she was tested for the virus and did not have it.

— The U.S. State Department has advised people, particularly older adults, to avoid cruise ships and air travel during the coronavirus onslaught. But some travelers just can’t be dissuaded. Take, for example, Ben Stults, a sophomore at Florida State University, who will head out on a cruise to Mexico this week for spring break. He’s hoping to “hit the sweet spot” — get there and get home before the virus takes hold in Mexico. To be safe, however, he’s bringing along a respirator face mask and a deck of cards in case, you know, quarantine. The Daily Beast asked Stults if he thought his plan was a sound one, to which he replied, “Honestly, no.”

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Firefighters were called to a farm near Bramham, Leeds, in England on March 7 to put out a fire in a large pigpen. At this particular farm, the pigs wear pedometers to prove that they’re free-range, Fox News reported, but one of those gadgets was the probable cause of the blaze, firefighters said. They theorize that one of the pigs ate one of the pedometers, then passed it in its excrement, sparking a fire in the pen’s hay. The culprit was the copper in the battery reacting with the pig poo. No pigs were hurt in the fire; let’s hope they’re getting all their steps in as usual.

THE CONTINUING CRISIS

A Polish tattooist known only as Piotr A. has pleaded not guilty to causing blindness in model Aleksandra Sadowska,

25, from Wroclaw, Poland. Sadowska engaged the artist to dye her eyeballs black in 2016. Following the procedure, she had pain in her eyes, which the tattooist said could be treated with painkillers. But she lost sight first in her right eye, and doctors told her there was nothing they could do to prevent the same fate for her left eye.

“There is clear evidence that the tattoo artist did not know how to perform such a delicate procedure,” Sadowska’s lawyers said, according to the Daily Mail. “And yet he decided to perform it, which led to this tragedy.” As he awaits his trial, the tattooist continues to run his salon in Warsaw, where he mainly pierces ears.

CRIME REPORT

On Feb. 28, fourth-grade teacher Nancy Sweeney, 45, was arrested in Niles, Illinois, for assaulting a neighbor and calling her “a (expletive) Nazi.” According to the Chicago Tribune, Sweeney attacked the 87-year-old woman, who is of German descent, in the parking garage of their condominium building, where the woman was exercising. The victim was struck in the face with a purse and fell, suffering cuts and bruises. The Cook County state’s attorney’s office approved not only an aggravated battery charge, but also a hate crime charge, based on the Nazi reference. The Park Ridge-Niles school district placed Sweeney on paid leave on March 4 upon learning of the charges, district spokesman Peter Gill said.

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Professor Peter Davies, 70, is an expert in tuberculosis at the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in England — and a lay leader of the Church of England. He admittedly also has a porn addiction, which caught up with him in late 2018, when it was discovered that Davies had been engaging in “inappropriate browsing activity” on his work computer — including viewing someone having sex with a horse and a dog. According to Metro News, Davies told the Medical Practitioners’ Tribunal Service: “In 2010 I made a confession to my wife. ... She put a filter on all my computers ... I had some counseling and I stopped for a period of two years. ...

But when I came back to it, I realized that I was in really deep trouble.” Davies was scheduled to go before the General Medical Council on March 11, which conceded that Davies had “shown insight and took some steps to remedy his conduct.” !

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t came as no surprise last week when the RiverRun International Film Festival announced that its 22nd annual event, scheduled for March 26-April 5, would be canceled in Mark Burger light of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that has Contributor rocked the globe.

Weeks before the official announcement, executive director Rob Davis stated that the RiverRun staff was vigilantly monitoring the situation and keeping an eye on other film festivals scheduled around the same time, including Full Frame in Durham, TriBeCa in New York, and CinemaCon in Las Vegas, to name a few. But as the days ticked by, one by one, these festivals opted to postpone or cancel their events.

The RiverRun board tentatively considered canceling parties and public events but maintaining film screenings, despite it meaning a compromised festival. Davis said he had literally returned home from a board meeting to learn that both the NBA season and the NCAA college basketball tournament had been canceled. With that, there was only one decision. It may have been frustrating, even heartbreaking, but it wasn’t difficult.

“We simply couldn’t go forward,” he said.

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“The entire RiverRun team had worked tirelessly on what was shaping up to be one of our best festivals ever,” he stated in the official press release announcing the cancellation. “We are saddened for the filmmakers and creators whom who had looked forward to celebrating, but the health and safety of our community must be the priority.”

RiverRun audiences “are loyal to us, and we’re loyal to them – and that loyalty starts with their safety and well-being,” he told this reporter Friday night.

Ticket buyers have two options: They can request a refund through the Stevens Center box office, or they can consider the value of their ticket purchase as a donation to RiverRun. People can indicate their preference by contacting the Stevens Center box-office on-line (boxoffice@ uncsa.edu) or by phone (33)721-1945. Refunds for ticket purchases at RED Cinemas in Greensboro will be processed by that theater’s box office. All requests for ticket refunds must be made by April 15.

“I have nothing special to add to the RiverRun decision,” said Dale Pollock, UNCSA School of Filmmaking faculty member and emeritus member of RiverRun’s board of directors. “I thought it was a thoughtful and caring decision not to put festivalgoers at risk. Once Full Frame canceled, there was no way RiverRun could go on.

If we did press forward, what if people were exposed at a festival we could have canceled?

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RiverRun will still be able to show some of those festival choices throughout our yearround programming. I know the board of directors strongly backed Rob’s decision.”

Needless to say, the coronavirus outbreak has had a major impact, both here and abroad. Locally, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) has suspended all student and guest artist performances until April 5 (at least), and a/perture cinema in Winston-Salem has shuttered temporarily until April 3 (at least).

Other entertainment venues have done likewise. Coronavirus concerns have compelled several Hollywood studios to postpone or suspend production on film and television projects, and several highprofile films – including the latest James Bond extravaganza No Time to Die and John Krasinski’s eagerly awaited horror sequel A Quiet Place Part II – which was due to open this Friday – have had their release dates pushed back.

It’s almost impossible to find any aspect of society that hasn’t, in some way, been adversely affected by this crisis.

There’s no question that the festival will suffer a financial blow as a result, but RiverRun will continue, according to Davis.

“Goodness, yes, without a doubt.”

Indeed, the 23rd annual festival is scheduled for April 8-18, 2021, and year-’round events such as “RiverRun Retro” and “RiverRun on the Road” will continue once the crisis has ended, and there’s the possibility of “mini-fests” to be held later this year, again once the crisis has passed.

Given his extensive experience in film festivals, Davis has seen festivals crash and burn due to overextending their financial resources or attempting to expand too quickly.

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“We have always been very careful (at RiverRun),” he said. “You’ve got to be.

You’ve always got to be prepared for the unexpected.”

This scenario is certainly unexpected, and one that few could have foreseen or predicted, but the same fiscally conservative attitude applies.

“It’s a shame,” said Kevin Thomas, long-time film critic at the Los Angeles Times, who attended the 2008 festival as a juror and guest. “It’s a lovely and beautifully-run festival. You’ve told me many times that it’s a point of pride in the community – and it should be. Its got a great reputation, one that I was able to experience first-hand when I visited, and its reputation has only grown since then. I hope they continue and weather this storm, which is a terrible tragedy for everyone.”

On a positive note, Davis said, “We’ve reached out to all Master of Cinema honorees, and all of them said they looked forward to coming eventually.”

Davis is able to find a small measure of humor in the cancellation, noting that the 2020 RiverRun program may become a collector’s item, but no humor in the situation.

“Of course, the important thing is that the crisis is addressed, and people receive the proper treatment,” he said. “That’s the most important thing. That’s what matters now. That’s what we’re all hoping for.”

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he hip-hop collective CLR THRY was slated to make their big “Opening Day” with an event at the Crown on March 20.

But like the opening day for baseball season, and nearly every other event across the country: COVID-19 has put it

on delay.

The group is cemented around Shamir Lee, Stan-The Man, and Tony Price.

They’ve been working together for a few years, with Opening Day in development since January—that is “until Coronavirus showed up,” Shamir Lee said, trying to keep upbeat. The show may be stopped in its tracks, but the trio is holding out until it’s healthy to hit the stage.

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yet. Despite the setback, “everybody has an overall great energy individually, and collectively,” Stan-The Man said.

They take note of the aesthetic science of color theory, which involves the way perception wraps around the physical, visual effects of similarity and contrast, and the messages that get communicated within color.

“On the surface, Tony, Stan, and I all come from different places, have differences in experiences make different sounding art, but we’re all connected through hip-hop music and culture,” Lee explained. “Through collaboration and working together, we’ve been able to mix our ‘colors’ artistically to create things we never could have on our own.”

It’s a musical manifestation of collective ideals brought to life. “The mission is to do that with other creatives and build a community within our community of creatives from all walks of life with the main goal being to blend our colors, and help each other reach places we can’t individually,” Lee noted, “it takes a

village, why not make it one with many different sounds, looks, vibes, and beatsper-minutes?”

They aren’t the first to adapt a collective mantra into a musical persona.

Shamir Lee points to personal inspiration from Native Tongues, the New York hip-hop collective composed by the likes of Jungle Brothers, De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, and Queen Latifah. “So much great music came from them all working together and forming a cultural unit that was needed in the late 1980s to early-90s,” he said.

CLR THRY formed from friendships between Lee and Price reignited via Matty Sheets’ open mic, while Stan-The Man got connected through Instagram. “We kicked it at a showcase and from there built a working relationship, and he became a part of our family,“ Lee explained.

The three originally come from different backgrounds: Lee from Fayetteville, Stan-The Man from Pittsburgh, and Price from New Orleans. It’s acknowledged their hometowns shaped them as people and artists, though they all enjoy calling the Triad home these days.

“North Carolina, in general, is a very eclectic place as far as music and culture,” Lee said. “Many of its large hubs are homes to people from all over the country and world,” he added with an embodiment of CLR THRY, “the blending of cultures here, or in Charlotte, or Raleigh, or any military town in North Carolina inspires the work I do.”

That work continues, even if the shows itself are on hiatus. “Anybody from North Carolina that is putting on for the state, I’m into, no need for names. They all know who they are, and they always got

my support,” Lee added, “everyone is in it together.”

CLR THRY acknowledges unity and the benefit of multiple perspectives.

“Artists have a tendency to have tunnel vision when it comes to what they want to achieve artistically,” he explained.

“Working as a collective helps to work out the collaborative muscles which are needed to better one’s artistry.”

Their motives stretch beyond the creative and into the altruistic.

“I want to use my talents and my friends’ talents, as a way to bring people together, for fun, for charity, to share experiences and opinions. Culture is always the thing that sparks change—history shows us that,“ Lee said. For Stan-The Man, “it’s not just about me at the end of the day. My hope is that I can make it into the music business and help other artists.”

As social distancing takes the stage from performers, CLR THRY keeps a positive focus.

“There’s power in numbers,” Lee said.

“It’s easy to defeat a lone wolf; it’s harder to defeat an army. If we can make an inclusive cultural army, we could all individually and collectively be unstoppable.”

“If everybody stays loyal, we’ll all live royal,” Stan-The Man said.

There’s no word of a makeup date yet, but CLR THRY will make its official debut when the dust settles.

In the meantime, they’ll be working in the studio and suggest being on the lookout for new releases. !

KATEI CRANFORD is a Triad music nerd who hosts the Tuesday Tour Report, a radio show on-hiatus until healthier days.

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5211 A West Market St | 336.763.2020 garagetaverngso.com Mar 20: Wristband Mar 21: JaxonJill Mar 27: Gipsy Danger Mar 28: Room 42 Apr 17: Whiskey Foxtrot Apr 24: Lowkey Band

greene street club 113 N Greene St | 336.273.4111 Mar 20: Greene Street Fridays

greensboro coliseum 1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com Mar 21: Cody Johnson Mar 28: Dan + Shay

LEVENELEVEN BREWING

1111 Coliseum Blvd | 336.265.8600 Mar 18: Busy Mar 21: Russell Henderson Mar 27: Bigdumbhick/Sentimental Johnny Mar 28: Tony Low

LITTLE BROTHER BREWING

348 South Elm St | 336.510.9678 May 30: Jesse Black

1700 Spring Garden St | 336.272.5559 corner-bar.com Mar 19: Live Thursdays March 18-24, 2020

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Piedmont Hall

2411 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com Mar 21: Cody Johnson Apr 21: Shinedown

SOUTH END BREWING CO.

5105 Michaux Road | 336.282.0950 southendbrewing.com Mar 19: Scott Bouldin Mar 21: Smitty and the Jumpstarters Mar 26: BuddyRo and Colby Jack Mar 28: Second Glance Band

the idiot box comedy club

502 N. Greene St | 336.274.2699 www.idiotboxers.com Mar 20: Handsome Naked, Jonestown Players Mar 20: Cam Wyllie Mar 20: Shallow Mar 21: Dramatic Improv

the W BISTRO & BAR 324 Elm St | 336.763.4091 @thewdowntown Mar 20: Karaoke Mar 21: Live DJ Mar 22: Live DJ

high point

after hours tavern 1614 N Main St | 336.883.4113 afterhourstavern.net Mar 21: Haiz Rail Mar 28: Louder MAr 4: Black Glass

GOOFY FOOT TAPROOM 2762 NC-68 #109 | 336.307.2567 Mar 21: Brad Hallenbeck Mar 28: The Williamsons Apr 4: Mason Via Apr 11: Susanna McFarlane

ham’s palladium

5840 Samet Dr | 336.887.2434 hamsrestaurants.com Mar 20: The Dickens Band Mar 21: Ultimate Rock Machine Mar 27: Bad Romeo Mar 28: Alter Ego

high point theatre

220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401 www.highpointtheatre.com Mar 20: Sons of Mystro Mar 21: Croce Plays Croce Apr 4: Jump, Jive, & Wail! ft. the Jive Aces May 3: Raleigh Ringers YES! WEEKLY

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Plank Street Tavern

138 Church Ave | 336.991.5016 Mar 27: Johnny-O and the Jump Out Boys May 14: Matt Bouldin

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the deck

118 E Main St | 336.207.1999 thedeckatrivertwist.com Mar 19: Karaoke night Mar 20: Stereo Doll Mar 21: The Plaids Mar 26: Jacob Vaughn Mar 27: Hip Pocket Mar 28: Radio Revolver

kernersville

EMPOURIUM

734 E Mountain St. | 336.671.9159 Mar 18: Griggs and Lazare Open Jam Mar 21: Dubtown Cosmonauts Apr 1: Jammin with Julian Sizemore

J.Peppers Southern Grille

841 Old Winston Rd | 336.497.4727 jpeppers.com May 14: James Vincent Carroll

lewisville

old nick’s pub

191 Lowes Foods Dr | 336.747.3059 OldNicksPubNC.com Mar 21: Joel Ferris and the Rounders Mar 28: Rockit Science Apr 4: Big Daddy Mojo Apr 11: The Usual Suspects

lIberty

The Liberty Showcase Theater

101 S. Fayetteville St | 336.622.3844 TheLibertyShowcase.com Mar 21: Pam Tillis Mar 28: Henry Cho Apr 4: Kathy Mattea

raleigh

ccu music park at walnut creek

3801 Rock Quarry Rd | 919.821.4111 Apr 18: Jimmy Buffett May 22: Country Megaticket May 29: Sam Hunt

Lincoln Theatre

126 E. Cabarrus St | 919.831.6400 www.lincolntheatre.com Mar 22: Brent Cobb w/ Maddie Medley

Mar 26: Tauk w/ Casey and the Comrades Mar 27: Jiaani/Sherif Fouad/Lady London/G Yamazawa/Freddy Valoy/ Ace Henderson Mar 28: Off The Ralz Apr 1: Minnesota w/ Eastghost, Thelem, Thook

red hat amphitheater 500 S McDowell St | 919.996.8800 www.redhatamphitheater.com Apr 29: Of Monsters And Men May 8: Jamey Johnson May 9: AJR May 14: Louis The Child Jun 2: Local Natives and Foals w/ Cherry Glazerr

pnc arena

1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300 www.thepncarena.com Mar 20: Michael Bublé Mar 22: Winter Jam 2020 May 24: Ozuna Jun 21: Alejandro Fernandez

winston-salem

bull’s tavern

408 West 4th St | 336.331.3431 facebook.com/bulls-tavern Mar 20: The Above Average Joe Show Mar 21: Jack of Diamonds Mar 27: Shabudikah Mar 28: Billy Creason Band

Mar 22: Sunday Jazz Mar 25: Hotwax & The Splinters Mar 28: Anne and the Moonlighters

MAc & Nelli’s

4926 Country Club Rd | 336.529.6230 macandnellisws.com

MIDWAY MUSIC HALL

11141 Old US Hwy 52, Suite 10 | 336.793.4218 Mar 18: Magnum Country Mar 20: David Widener And Friends Mar 21: JR Gainey and Killin’ Time Band Mar 25: MMH Honky Tonk House Band Mar 27: Cowboy Outlaws Mar 28: Crossfire

MIllEnnium Center 101 West 5th Street | 336.723.3700 MCenterevents.com

milner’s

630 S Stratford Rd | 336.768.2221 milnerfood.com Mar 22: Live Jazz

muddy creek Cafe & MUSIC HALL

1110 Burke St | 336.750.0097 burkestreetpub.com

5455 Bethania Rd | 336.923.8623 Mar 19: Country Dan Collins Mar 20: Abby The Spoon Lady & The Tater Boys Mar 21: Phillip Craft Mar 22: Rob Price and Jack Breyer Mar 26: Country Dan Collins Mar 28: Phillip Craft Mar 29: Rob Price and Jack Breyer

CB’s Tavern

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BURKE STREET PUB

3870 Bethania Station Rd | 336.815.1664 Mar 21: Party with OSP

Earl’s

121 West 9th Street | 336.448.0018 earlsws.com Mar 20: Chuck Mountain Mar 21: Lisa & The Saint Mar 26: Hi Flyers Mar 27: The Lilly Brothers Mar 28: Jason Moss & The Houses

170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714 Mar 20: Hackensaw Boys, Reed Turchi Mar 21: The Prince Project Mar 21: Them Pants, The Eyebrows, Sunset Cassette Mar 22: UNCSA Jazz Ensemble Mar 24: The Grand Ole Uproar, Deaf Andrews Mar 26: The Pharaoh Sisters Mar 30: Court Wynter Trio Apr 2: Whitey Morgan

fiDDLIN’ FISH BREWING COMPANY

Second & green

foothills brewing

Winston-salem Fairground

772 Trade St | 336.999.8945 fiddlinfish.com Mar 23: Old Time Jam

638 W 4th St | 336.777.3348 foothillsbrewing.com Mar 11: James Brickey Mar 14: Will Bagley and Friends Mar 15: Sunday Jazz Mar 18: Hazy Ridge

207 N Green St | 336.631.3143 2ngtavern.com

421 W 27th St | 336.727.2236 www.wsfairgrounds.com

WISE MAN BREWING

826 Angelo Bros Ave | 336.725.0008 Apr 3: Time Sawyer

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[HOROSCOPES]

[LEO (July 23 to August 22) Showing a genuine interest in something that’s important to a friend, family member or colleague could open a communication line that had been pretty much shut down for a while.

[SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) Investing in an attractive prospect (business or personal) with little or no information can be risky.

Avoid future problems by getting all the facts before you act.

[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) A pesky health problem should clear up soon.

Meanwhile, travel — both for personal as well as for business reasons — is strong in the Aries aspect this week, and well into the next.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) Making a potentially life-changing decision takes as much knowledge as you can gather, plus determination and patience.

Take your time working it out. Don’t let anyone rush you.

[CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Someone close to you might have an unexpected reaction to a decision you feel you’re prepared to make. Listen to his or her point of view. It could prove to be surprisingly helpful.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Look for Bovines to be on the move this week, whether it’s traveling for fun or for business. Other “moves” include workplace adjustments and, for some, relationship changes.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) You should be back on schedule and heading in the right direction after clearing up a misunderstanding. But there could still be some setbacks. If so, correct them immediately.

[AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) Don’t give up yet. That once warm, personal relationship that seems to be cooling off fast could recover with some tender, loving care, and who better than you to provide it?

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Geminis who have just gone through a hectic period involving job and/or family matters might want to take some well-earned time out to relax and restore those drained energy levels.

[SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) A business matter keeps you pretty busy, but try to squeeze in time to be with family as well as close friends. You need the good vibrations you get from people who care for you.

[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) Career matters are strong this week. You might want to enter a training program to enhance your skills. Also, consider getting professional help in preparing a brilliant resume.

[CANCER (June 21 to July 22) A romantic situation seems to have stalled, just when the Moon Child was expecting it to go forward. Could that be a bad case of miscommunication going on. Talk it over openly and honestly. © 2020 by King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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BORED WALK EMPIRE

Why am I only attracted to unattainable guys? As soon as men express interest in me, I lose interest in them.

How do I break this cycle?! —Frustrated

Amy Alkon

Advice Goddess

At the moment, the perfect love poem for you would come from a clerk at the court: “Roses are red, violets are blue; stay 500 feet away, or it’s handcuffs for you!”

Chances are you’re looking to win, not looking for love. Once you win — once you’ve landed the guy you’ve been pursuing — you’re done. However, you probably tell yourself you’re seeking romantic connection because, well, it’s more appealing than admitting you’re the human version of a dog chasing a dirty tennis ball. The point — the excitement of it — is the chasing, not the getting. (Dirty tennis balls don’t taste like bacon.)

You’re basically on an emotional crack bender. The big neurochemical player here is dopamine, a neurotransmitter, a messenger in chemical form that carries signals from brain cell to brain cell.

Though it’s often called the “pleasure chemical,” that’s wrong. Giving you a buzz is opioids’ department. Getting you to the opioids is dopamine’s job. Research by neuroscientist Kent Berridge suggests dopamine drives “wanting” (as in, craving) —

motivating you to pursue things that are “rewarding,” like sex, drugs, and cake.

There are some nuances to this.

Dopamine is the Beverly Hills brat of neurochemicals — seriously snobby about rewards being new. In researcher-ese, it spikes at the prospect of “novel rewards”: sex, drugs, and cake you haven’t tried before. It also goes up big-time for “unpredictable rewards” — those we aren’t sure we can get — which explains the allure of the seemingly aloof himbo. However, “predictable rewards,” like the Grandmapleaser — the nice, stable fellow you can always count on — read as a big “meh” in Dopamineville.

I’m guessing your love of the chase has a second job — as convenient cover for repairs needed in your emotional wing.

Get to work on your self-worth, selfacceptance, and any other self-(s) in need of shoring up. While you’re an emotional work in progress, be honest with men you date that you have a tendency to disappear like cartoon ink. Eventually, however, your efforts should be transformative — meaning the meme guiding your romantic life will no longer be “Look for a man who looks at you like my dog looks at the small print on the iTunes agreement.”

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on side of “commitment underperception” — underestimating men’s level of commitment. Even if a man actually is committed, a woman’s going all hurt feelz that he isn’t might lead him to reassure her with increased shows of devotion: cuddling, romantic dinners, the (ethically sourced!) Hope Diamond Jr. Consider whether there’s any real evidence your boyfriend’s love and commitment are waning or whether your emotions are playing evolutionary lap dog. When someone really loves you, they show it by making sacrifices for you — like by supporting your need for unimpeded time and energy when the job you love gets more demanding than usual. Your boyfriend seems really accommodating, so let him know if what would really make you happy is a jealous, demanding manchild who sneaks out in the middle of the night with a big tub of Crisco and greases all the rungs on the ladder of success. !

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

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I have a challenging job I love, and lately, it’s really cutting into my time with my boyfriend. I tell him how much I hate this, but he’s been very understanding. Initially, this was great, but now I’m annoyed that he seems fine with seeing less of me. Is it ridiculous I’m upset he isn’t acting more upset that I’m not around as much? — Disturbed

answers [CROSSWORD]

Poets and lyricists often describe love as a medical issue: Love hurts! Love is blind! Love lies bleeding! It goes a little far, however, to give it a traumatic brain injury: Love is comatose.

But maybe that isn’t what’s going on for your boyfriend. Maybe you’re just prone to suspect his love is waning. Research by evolutionary psychologists Martie Haselton and David Buss suggests humans evolved to be imperfect thinkers — to have distorted perceptions when we have to make “judgments under uncertainty.”

These are guesses we make when we lack access to some or all of the facts.

Haselton and Buss explain that recurring mating and survival issues over human history have led us to make protective errors — overperceiving or underperceiving elements in our physical and social environments. We err in our thinking in whichever way would be the least costly to us: overestimating or underestimating.

Because women are the babymakers of the species, it’s a big costly error for a woman to believe a man will commit — stick around and dad — when he’s really just a “sex it ‘n’ exit” cad. So, women err

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