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SEPTEMBER 12-18, 2018 VOLUME 14, NUMBER 37

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CHEZ GENÈSE Downtown Greensboro just got a new restaurant at the end of South Elm Street, and its mission is to put an underserved community first. Kathryn Hubert is the owner and manager of CHEZ GENÈSE, located at 616 S. Elm St., and is looking to open at the beginning of October. Chez Genèse in French translates to “The place of Genesis” or “new beginnings,” Hubert said. New beginnings are something that she hopes to create for her employees, who are adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Publisher CHARLES A. WOMACK III publisher@yesweekly.com EDITORIAL Editor KATIE MURAWSKI katie@yesweekly.com Contributors IAN MCDOWELL JENNIFER ZELESKI JOHN ADAMIAN

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Every Indian restaurant experience is slightly different, but some things remain the same: the strong desire for naan bread and intriguing combinations of flavors.

After a few weeks of long lines and busy tables, I couldn’t wait any longer for the chance to try MYSTIC GINGER, the new Indian restaurant in Winston-Salem located at 285 W. Fourth St. 10 In “On the Occasion of Being Mistaken for a Man by Security Personnel at Newark International Airport,” STACEY WAITE wrote not only the best poem I’ve ever read about being patted down by the TSA but the best I can imagine reading. And I say that as someone who, unlike Waite, has never felt mistaken for a woman.

11 On Sept. 15, the RiverRun International Film Festival will celebrate the 2018 Greensboro 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT with a special screening of “The Best of the Greensboro 48HFP” at Hanesbrands Theatre in downtown Winston-Salem, with 48HFP city producer Iris Carter on hand to introduce the event.

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I think it’s safe to say that ALAN ALDA is the only thespian ever to be sponsored by a school of Nano Science.

13 ROSS HAMMOND embraced the aspect of freedom early on in his career, playing free jazz, making ambient loops of processed electric guitar and generally pressing out in different directions of improvised music.

18 Here, then, is a checklist of the handful of FILMS COMING OUR WAY in September and October. Please note the list only includes wide openings, not limited releases that may or may not reach us during this time frame.

24 An incident that occurred on May 8 raises questions about whether the Kernersville Police Department is aware that industrial hemp products are LEGAL in North Carolina. On that date, Detective J. N. Smith entered the AAA Quick Mart (744 Piney Grove Rd.) and removed eight units of “Hemp Symmetry” products manufactured by the Asheboro-based company Founder’s Hemp. The seizure resulted in no arrests and no charges being filed.

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

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BIRTHDAY BLAST 2018 WITH CAMEL CITY JAZZ THURSDAY FRI 14

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BIRTHDAY BLAST 2018 WITH EPIC BRASS CAMEL CITY JAZZ ORCHESTRA

WHAT: Join us for the Third Annual Birthday Blast on Thursday, September 13, 2018 from 6:30 8:30 pm at the Millennium Center, Winston-Salem. This lively evening recognizes remarkable members of our community and the work done every day by the Childrens Law Center as advocates for children experiencing high levels of family violence or conflict.

WHEN: 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: CThe Millennium Center.

101 W 5th St., Winston Salem.

MORE: $60+ tickets.

WHAT: The world-class North Carolina Brass Band kicks off its milestone 5th season with Epic Brass! The performance will include some of the most epic music ever written for brass. Our virtuoso concertmaster, Ashley Hall, will be featured on an epic cornet concerto. Dont miss out on an unforgettable evening of music!

WHEN: 7:30 p.m.

WHERE: Brendle Recital Hall on the campus of Wake Forest University.

1834 Wake Forest Rd., Winston-Salem.

MORE: $5-20 tickets.

DUE TO HURRICANE FLORENCE SOME OF THESE EVENTS MAY BECOME CANCELLED OR RESCHEDULED.

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WHAT: If you’ve been seriously considering adopting a cat or kitten (or becoming a foster parent), please mark your calendar to attend this September event. Held in the Two Paws Up Community Room at All Pets Considered, you’ll be able to interact with the animals in a safe and friendly environment and chat with the rescue volunteers.

WHEN: 11 a.m.

WHERE: All Pets Considered 2614 Battleground Ave. Greensboro MORE: Free event.

WHAT: Cirque Italia is ready to provide a breathtaking experience. This new stage by itself is enough to amaze the most demanding audience, and synchronized with the most creative display of superhuman talent - the result is simply out of this world! The latest trends of the industry are challenged with every Cirque Italia appearance and this 2nd unit is not going to be any different.

WHEN: 1:30 p.m.

WHERE: Four Seasons Town Center.

410 Four Seasons Blvd, Greensboro.

MORE: $5 admission.

WHAT: Come join us for Angelo’s Artisan Market at Wise Man Brewing for our Fall market featuring 40 high quality vendors on site selling arts, crafts, antiques and more!

Food trucks will be present as well, featuring Bahtmobile and Twin City Mini’s, as well as music with Big City Lights.

WHEN: 12-6 p.m.

WHERE: Wise Man Brewing.

826 Angelo Brothers Ave., Winston-Salem.

MORE: Free event.

“CATURDAY” ADOPTION FAIR

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• Displays by Community Organizations • International Food Trucks • Closing the Evening: Lion Tracks Reggae Band

Naturalization Ceremony Help welcome America’s newest citizens!

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NCDOT TO HOLD PUBLIC MEETING SEPT. 20 [SPOTLIGHT]

ELECTRIC CAR SHOW TO BE HELD IN HIGH POINT

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The second week of September marks the National Drive Electric Week in the United States. To celebrate, The Electric Motor Club of High Point is hosting an electric car show.

David Allen, the co-founder of the Electric Motor Club of High Point, wrote in an email that National Drive Electric Week began in 2011 to help educate the public about the benefits of electric vehicles and internal combustion engines.

“The best advocates of EVs are the owners of EVs, and events like this allow people to meet them, ask questions, and to explore the technology without someone trying to sell them something,” Allen wrote. “People interested in driving electric can learn from the people who do it every day, and can get answers to their questions about the future of transportation.”

The Electric Motor Club of High Point was organizing the car show for Sept. 15, but due to Hurricane Florence, the event may be rescheduled to Sept. 22 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. at the Deep River Friends Meeting, located at West Wendover and Penny Road in High Point.

At the car show, attendees will be able to check out and ride in models such as 2014 Toyota Rav4 EV, 2016 Nissan Leaf EV, 2017 Chevy Volt PHEV (plug-in hybrid electric) and of course, a 2018 Tesla Model 3 EV. “By taking a ride, people will be able to experience the almost zen-like, quiet ride, the surprising power and deft handling of electric driving,” Allen wrote. “What they won’t get is exhaust fumes and the expense that comes with burning gasoline.

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vehicles and believes the current mode of transportation is unsustainable with oil as a finite commodity.

“Up until the last few years, the major knock against EVs were cost and range,” Allen wrote. “Electric motors were cheap, but batteries were expensive, heavy and had low energy density compared to carbon fuels. But that has slowly changed.

The cost and weight of batteries have fallen while their energy density has increased.”

Allen said the advantages of driving an electric vehicle are not having a tailpipe pumping out noxious/poisonous fumes, electricity is cheaper than gas because rates don’t fluctuate, and low maintenance (no more oil changes, water pumps, fuel pumps, oxygen sensors, catalytic converters, exhaust manifolds, mufflers, timing belts, hoses, radiators, alternators, or transmissions).

“What about the battery pack and motor?” Allen wrote. “They are covered by most EV makers with an eight-year, 100K mile warranty, pretty much like current ICEVs. Batteries do lose capacity over time (0.5 percent to 1 percent a year), but that just means the range is reduced, it doesn’t mean the car stops moving.

Electric motors can easily last for half a million miles. Looking forward, each year batteries get cheaper, more energy dense, and more reliable, while the grid (thanks to wind turbines and solar farms) gets cleaner. EVs have more in common with smartphones and computers than they do traditional automobiles.”

Allen wrote that electric vehicles are the future. He hopes that people will come out to the electric car show to see the benefits of driving an electric car for themselves. !

FOR THE PROPOSED IMPROVEMENTS AT THE U.S. 29/N.C. 150 INTERCHANGE IN GUILFORD COUNTY TIP PROJECT NO. U-5898 The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold a public meeting regarding the proposed improvements at the U.S. 29/N.C. 150 interchange in Guilford County. The primary purpose of this project is to improve traffic operations and upgrade the interchange to meet interstate standards for U.S. 29, which has been designated as the future I-785.

The meeting will be held on Thursday, September 20, 2018 at the Crooked Tree Golf Course located at 7665 Caber Road in Browns Summit from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The public may attend at any time during the meeting hours. Please note there will be no formal presentation.

At the meeting there will be maps of the proposed plans as well as project team members who will be available to answer your questions and receive feedback. All comments will be taken into consideration as the project progresses. The opportunity to submit written comments will be provided at the meeting or can be done via phone, email, or mail no later than October 22, 2018.

As information becomes available, it may be viewed at the NCDOT Public Meeting Webpage: https://www.ncdot.gov/news/public-meetings/.

For additional information please contact NCDOT Project Manager, Jennifer Evans, P.E., by phone at (336) 487-0075 or by email at jenniferevans@ncdot. gov or Consultant Project Manager Brandon Johnson, P.E., by phone at (919) 322-0115 or by email at brandon.johnson@summitde.net.

NCDOT will provide auxiliary aids and services under the Americans with Disabilities Act for disabled persons who wish to participate in this meeting. Anyone requiring special services should contact Lauren Putnam via email at lnputnam1@ncdot.gov or by phone at (919) 707-6072 as early as possible, so that arrangements can be made.

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

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

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very Indian restaurant experience is slightly different, but some things remain the same: the strong desire for naan bread and intriguing comJennifer Zeleski binations of flavors.

After a few weeks of long lines and busy Contributor tables, I couldn’t wait any longer for the chance to try Mystic Ginger, the new Indian restaurant in Winston-Salem located at 285 W. Fourth St. Upon entering, the restaurant space gives off the impression that it is a great place for a date night, as well as a business lunch, considering its location

and cuisine. It is not too upscale, but also not too casual. The interior of the restaurant is modern, with a black-tile wall and a digital mural of the New York City skyline, and subtle Indian music for ambiance. The bar is at the back and is awaiting its liquor license.

The restaurant is still in its “soft opening” phase, with a grand opening potentially at the end of September.

Until then, the menus are on copy paper but are filled with options, such as chicken, vegetarian, lamb or rice-based.

Having decided to go at dinner, my boyfriend, Peyton, and I were willing to take the time to choose our dishes carefully. There were a variety of appetizers to start, followed by a dozen or so dishes within each category, most of which I had not tried or been exposed to before.

If most of the options make it on to the hard copy menu in the future, there will be plenty for everyone to choose from,

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hopefully satisfying those you bring along.

Peyton has a love for samosas, which typically come fried and are stuffed with potatoes, onions, peas or lentils. There were two options, traditional samosas, and a samosa chaat. Described as “mouth-watering, spicy, tangy, and sweet Indian street snack made with samosa and chickpeas,” we were excited to find that it would be topped with freshlychopped cilantro, a bit of yogurt-based sauce, as well as other fresh ingredients for an “over the top” samosa in a sense.

We also couldn’t give up the opportunity to try a flavor of naan bread and had to stop ourselves from ordering too much.

Garlic seemed like the go-to option, although we could have happily shared the butter or cheese options as well.

As for our full-size portions, I decided on the chicken tikka masala, trusting that the more commonly-known dish is a good indication of the overall quality and one that many would order in the future.

Of course, these dishes often vary from place to place, but I was interested to see Mystic Ginger’s own version. I had never ordered it as my own portion and was excited to dive into the creamy tomatobased sauce and tandoori-cooked chicken. Peyton was quickly convinced of the Kashmiri chicken, which was sautéed, and cooked in a cream sauce with Kashmiri spices. Both were steadfast options that were on the lower price range of the menu, which seemed notably higher than your average weekend dinner, but with the downtown location, were not surprising.

Before long, the appetizer made its way to our table. It was quite the creation, covered in both a brown sauce and white, as well as freshly-chopped tomatoes, cucumbers, chickpeas and cilantro.

We could hardly wait to dig in.

The first bite was an overall combination of bright, fresh flavor mixed with a vibrant spice. It was soft on the inside, with chickpeas that melted in your mouth and a slightly crunchy exterior from being deep-fried. You really had to dig underneath the toppings to find the actual samosa, but you surely didn’t want to bypass the layers of flavors it added to the dish. It was a single samosa that was large enough to share, if not in a very messy fashion. We are not sure how well it would fare as a “street snack” due to its composition, but it was gone swiftly and without a single regret.

By the first impression of our full-size meals, we were a bit taken back by their size, but the bowls deceptively deep and filled with sauce and large chunks of chicken. The bowl of rice to share was larger than any portion of rice we had ever been served before, and as self-acclaimed rice addicts, we weren’t complaining.

The chicken tikka masala had a very strong tomato flavor, which reminded me of a well-made tomato bisque. It was not quite as heavy as a bisque, but it was very heavily tomato-focused and had a smooth yet substantial texture. The chicken tends to be a little on the tough side when cooked in the tandoori, but the flavor of the broth made up for it. It paired well with the rice, and was a solid option for my first try at the restaurant, and could be great for those going for something more recognizable on the menu.

On the other side of the table, the Kashmiri chicken was a hit, and I had to agree that it was the more flavorful and addicting of the two. It was very sweet, but had a few bites of fresh fruit (pineapple and a few grapes), and was remi-

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niscent of a flavor that we just couldn’t put our finger on. It wasn’t until we both compared it to Thanksgiving dessert that we realize it’s almost eerie similarity to a pumpkin pie flavor. For those of you who are eager to claim that summer has officially ended, this could be the perfect international dish to ring in your favorite season.

Also similar to Thanksgiving was its feeling of comfort that came through in the warmth and savory flavors, which made it easy to love and clean the plate.

Last but surely not least was the warm and decadent garlic naan bread. It came covered in freshly chopped garlic, enough for each bite, and a heavy sprinkling of fresh cilantro. The edges were puffed and delicious, while the middle was thin and crisp with a focus on the garlic and fresh flavor. We split the piece in half and vowed to not leave a single bite behind,

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and my younger garlic-knot-obsessedself was highly satisfied.

As is typically ideal at an Indian restaurant, we shared both of the dishes until we just couldn’t take another spoonful.

There are a few minor improvements for Mystic Ginger during the “soft opening” phase that I am sure will be worked out before the grand opening, such as wait-staff attentiveness and some organization. But it is safe to say they don’t have a mystical future, but a bright one.

If you’re craving your favorite Indian spices, looking for a vegetarian lunch, or just in the mood for a mango lassi and some crispy naan bread, it is worth taking an electric scooter to swing by. !

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

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Poet Stacey Waite maps ‘Butch Geography’

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n “On the Occasion of Being Mistaken for a Man by Security Personnel at Newark International Airport,” Stacey Waite wrote not only the best poem I’ve ever read Ian McDowell about being patted down by the TSA but the best I can imagContributor ine reading. And I say that as someone who, unlike Waite, has never felt mistaken for a woman.

That last word isn’t a typo. Waite’s most recently published collection, 2013’s Butch Geography, contains 65 poems, four of which have titles beginning “On the Occasion of Being Mistaken for a Man.” But one is titled “On the Occasion of Being Mistaken for a Woman by a Therapist in the South Hills of Pittsburgh.”

Her verse is fierce and plainspoken and proudly transformative, but he can also be painfully funny. The poem in my first paragraph is evidence of all these things.

It begins “It’s like being born again, these metal detectors / are like traveling through the womb, the buzz / goes off to indicate the birth of trouble.”

When that buzz comes, Waite expects Jimmy the TSA Agent to yell “Female Search” to summon the “large woman” TSA agent who pats down woman passengers. But no, the search is conducted

by Jimmy himself, who makes “the face I’ve seen before, / the ‘holy-shit-it’s-awoman’ face, / the ‘pretend-you-don’tnotice-the-tits’ face.”

Embarrassed, but afraid of the consequences of admitting what he regards as an error, Jimmy gets angry: so that when he is patting her down now, he does it with force, he wants her to feel he is stronger than she is, he wants the metal detector to stop being a gender change machine

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from which this woman, who is also me, immerges.

As well as being an award-winning creator of both written and slam poetry, Waite is chair of the graduate program in the Department of English at the University of Lincoln-Nebraska. He will be reading from her new poetry manuscript “A Real Man Would Have a Gun” and signing copies of Butch Geography at 7 p.m. on Sept. 18, at Scuppernong Books in Greensboro. In an email, I recently asked some questions about Waite’s work and teaching.

One of these was “do you have a preferred pronoun?”

Waite admitted to getting that one a lot, but wrote that it’s “a great sign for some level of progress in people thinking more about our tendency to make assumptions that we ‘can tell’ who another person is.” But she also wrote that “no particular pronoun (he, she, ze, they, etc.) feels more right (or more wrong) than another when it comes to my experience of myself.”

He explained that she does mind “when the pronoun someone settles upon referring to me as makes them assume other things about me.” She cited her new manuscript, which he called “an exploration of masculinity” and those “moments where men assume I share their experience or perspective because of my performance of masculinity,” a presumption she said he finds “frustrating and illuminating.”

Thinking of the videos I’d seen of Waite performing her poetry online, I asked if he thought academia concentrates too much on poetry as words on a page, as opposed to its spoken and performative aspects.

Waite replied that, for her, “poetry has always been an out loud experience,” but that this isn’t to say he doesn’t value it on the page. “It just means that I believe that if a poem doesn’t sound good read aloud, it might not be a poem.” She

believes that poetry should be taught to children more like the way they’re taught music than the grade school subject called “English.” This, he wrote, “could also mean more young people would appreciate the beauty and horror of language, the perplexing depth of complexity in language, and the paradoxical space a poem often reveals.”

I concluded by asking him about her 2017 book “Teaching Queer: Radical Possibilities for Writing and Knowing (Composition, Literacy, and Culture).”

Waite called it both “a theoretical book about what it might mean to take a queer approach to the teaching of writing” and “kind of a long poem,” describing it as “taking narratives from my early education and my experience as a genderqueer person” and weaving them “in and out of the more conventional ‘scholarship’ type work in the book. It’s a strange read, but worth it I hope.” !

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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RiverRun showcases Greensboro 48HFP’s best On Sept. 15, the RiverRun International Film Festival will celebrate the 2018 Greensboro 48 Hour Film Project with a special screening of “The Best of the Greensboro 48HFP” at Mark Burger Hanesbrands Theatre in downtown Winston-Salem, with Contributor 48HFP city producer Iris Carter on hand to introduce the event.

Some 40 filmmaking teams registered for this year’s Greensboro 48HFP competition, which took place June 22-24. Of those, 34 films were submitted on time, two were late, two were not submitted, and two teams had to drop out even before starting. Of those 34, 16 will be screened by RiverRun on Saturday.

“The talent that comes together in the Greensboro 48HFP and the quality of films they produce continue to amaze me,” Carter said. “The local competition began in 2004, and I came on as city producer in 2010. Some teams or team leaders have participated nearly every year, if not every year, and watching their skills transform over time has been a delight.”

“This marks our second year of sponsorship and our second year to bring these creative films to our audience in WinstonSalem,” said RiverRun’s executive director, Rob Davis. “RiverRun is delighted to be a sponsor of the Greensboro 48 Hour Film Project and provide free waivers for the

Pierre Poulet behind the scenes top two winning films to be entered in our festival. We are very fortunate to have so many talented filmmakers here in the region, and I am always in awe of the immense creativity displayed in these short films completed in just 48 hours with only a few basic parameters.”

At the Greensboro 48HFP kick-off, each team was issued three specific elements that had to be incorporated into their film: a lifeguard named Carl or Carrie Waters, a bar of soap, and the line of dialogue “I know exactly where this is going.” Each film was required to be between four to seven minutes in length, including a minute or less for the end credits.

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judges’ review, the award-winning films were screened in the Odeon Theatre at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex. The “Best Film” award went to team Flim Flam for Pierre Poulet. That film, which will be screened Saturday, will be entered into the international 48HFP competition (“Filmapalooza”), to be judged with over 100 48HFP winners from around the world. Of those, a dozen will be selected to screen in the Short Film Corner at the Cannes International Film Festival.

“Teaming up with RiverRun is a great honor for me and a huge benefit for our participants,” Carter said. “RiverRun is an outstanding film festival that has garnered great respect and accolades in the film industry. RiverRun’s willingness to coordinate the ‘Best of’ encore presentation is also a great opportunity for our award winners to have their films on the big screen again as well as tap into an audience that may not be familiar with the 48HFP. Being associated with RiverRun is wonderful, and I love being able to promote the great work they do and opportunities they offer. Their support is invaluable.” !

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The RiverRun International Film Festival’s “The Best of the 2018 Greensboro 48 Hour Film Project” screening will be held 7:30 pm Sept. 15 at Hanesbrands Theatre, 2019 N. Spruce Street, Winston-Salem. Tickets are $5. For more information, 336.724.1502 or visit the official RiverRun website: http://riverrunfilm.com/. For more information about the Greensboro 48HFP, visit http:// www.48hourfilm.com/greensboro-nc.

Growing up is hard to do We the Animals ( ) marks a successful screen translation of Justin Torres’s acclaimed coming-of-age novel and a successful feature debut for director Jeremiah Zagar, who also penned the screenplay in collaboration with Daniel Kitrosser (likewise making his feature debut).

The story focuses on three young brothers – Jonah (Evan Rosado), Joel (Josiah Gabriel), and Manny (Isaiah Kristian) – and their tumultuous relationship with their father (Raul Castillo) and mother (Sheila Vand). Although poor, they initially seem to have carved out something of an idyllic relationship amid the rustic clutter of their often haphazard lifestyle.

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It soon transpires, however, that Paps is possessed of a violent temper and Ma is consumed with bitterness and self-pity that drags her, and her children, into the depths of depression. As the narrative unfolds through Jonah’s eyes, the impact of his parents’ behavior begins to inexorably color his own – manifesting itself in his drawings, giving a voice (or a vision, if you will) to his frustration and rage.

This is not always a happy or uplifting story, yet there are moments of magic that linger in the memory. Even in the midst of turmoil, there are glimpses of innocence and joy, often maddeningly out of reach.

There’s no denying the dynamic,

naturalistic performances that Zagar has coaxed from his entire cast, particularly the three youngsters, all newcomers to the screen. With its unconventional structure, We the Animals sometimes rambles when it should pounce, yet that’s all part of the ragged, ethereal tone of the piece. It operates at its own pace and its own rhythm and speaks in its own distinctive way.

– We the Animals opens Friday at A/ perture Cinema. !

See MARK BURGER’s reviews of current movies on Burgervideo.com. © 2018, Mark Burger.

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Alda The Communicator comes to UNCG I think it’s safe to say that Alan Alda is the only thespian ever to be sponsored by a school of Nano Science. Surely whoever printed the ad for Alda’s upcoming lecture at the University of North Carolina Greensboro Jim Longworth must have made a mistake. After all, Longworth aren’t acting and science two incomat Large patible cultures? Not in Alda’s universe. In fact, his success in the former led to notoriety in the latter, sort of. As a boy, Alda spent much of his time watching from the wings as his father performed on stage, so acting was in Alan’s genes. But he also had an interest in science at an early age, as I discovered during a conversation we had recently.

JL: When did you first acquire an interest in science?

AA: I was always curious about everything. When I was 6 years old, I had a card table that I would do experiments on, like mixing my mother’s face powder with toothpaste and trying to see if I could get it to blow up (laughs). I was also an amateur inventor at age 10.

JL: Tell me about one of your childhood inventions.

AA: I invented a Lazy Susan for the refrigerator so you wouldn’t have to reach way back inside to get the ketchup. You could just swing the turntable around and

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get it. Funny thing, two years later a company actually put out a refrigerator with a Lazy Susan in it, but a year after that, they stopped making it, I presume because there were bottles of ketchup flying out of the refrigerator (laughs).

Though he never did invent any more kitchen aids, Alda would eventually return to the world of science after a long and distinguished career in films and television, which began with a cameo on The Phil Silvers Show in 1958. Fourteen years later, he became famous for another military comedy, playing Capt. Hawkeye Pierce in M*A*S*H, which ran from 1972 to 1983.

AA: I’m proud of what we did, but I didn’t want to keep doing the same thing over and over again. I was pretty much the main reason for the series coming to an end because we were still at the top, but there were signs that we were running out of steam.

Following M*A*S*H, Alda’s film career flourished (The Four Seasons, Crimes & Misdemeanors, et al.), and his face was one of the most recognized in America.

Not surprisingly, in 1993 the producers of Scientific American Frontiers asked him to host their new series on PBS. JL: Did PBS come to you because you were so recognizable, or because they knew you had an interest in science?

AA: They came to me because I played a doctor on T.V. They didn’t know I was interested in science, so much so, that I told them I just don’t want to say ‘Hello,’ and then read a narration off camera. I would only do it if I could spend a day with the scientists, talking to them on camera.

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I thought I would learn a lot and I did. It was like 11 years of graduate school.

In doing the PBS series, Alda pioneered a new role for T.V. hosts by participating in experiments, and, at the same time, helping scientists to communicate their work to viewers on a more human level. That approach, in turn, led Alda to a career as a communications guru for scientists and medical professionals. In fact, his Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University in New York has helped over 12,000 doctors and scientists improve their communications skills.

JL: Give me an example of how you’ve helped medical doctors.

AA: We have helped them relate to their patients in a much more personal way, to develop empathy and to act on it. There was a study done that showed patients who thought of their doctor as empathic, were 19 percent more likely to follow their doctor’s orders.

Alda knows something about following doctor’s orders. As a child, he was stricken with polio, and three years ago, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s.

JL: How did the pain of the polio treatments inform who you became?

AA: I don’t know if it stems from that or not, but I do have a tendency to keep plugging on in spite of all the evidence that I should stop.

JL: And with the Parkinson’s, it seems like you’re plugging along quite well, even taking boxing lessons.

AA: Same thing. I don’t regard it as a death sentence. I want people to be aware of the symptoms, get diagnosed, and then get to work on it early. If you start a regimen of exercise, that can hold off the symptoms for years, or maybe forever.

At 82 years young, Alda probably has another 20 years left to communicate and experiment, and maybe even figure out how to finally make toothpaste explode.

Alan Alda will speak about the art and science of communicating at the UNCG Auditorium on Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. Following the lecture, he will sign copies of his latest book, “If I Understood You, Would I Have This Look on My Face?.” Tickets are still available by calling (336) 272-0160. !

JIM LONGWORTH is the host of “Triad Today,” airing on Saturdays at 7:30 a.m. on ABC45 (cable channel 7) and Sundays at 11 a.m. on WMYV (cable channel 15).

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alifornia guitarist Ross Hammond has covered much stylistic ground over the past 20 years or so.

Some artists start on the inside John Adamian of things and make @johnradamian their way outside, meaning they begin their work practicContributor ing the standard fundamentals of the tradition and then slowly abandon rules and forms, drifting toward a kind of freedom. Hammond embraced the aspect of freedom early on in his career, playing free jazz, making ambient loops of processed electric guitar and generally pressing out in different directions of improvised music.

Over the years though, Hammond has gravitated toward a type of playing that is rooted in folk forms and tunes, but which slides and slips in directions that have elements of Indian raga, ambient music, roots, old-time, and expressive Americanprimitive style playing. The element of improvisation remains, with a large part of each of Hammond’s performances and each recording being extemporaneous.

Hammond plays a free show at Bright Leaf Books in Winston-Salem on Sept.

13 at 7 p.m., assuming the hurricane doesn’t affect travel. (I should add that I helped arrange this show and I work very occasionally part-time at the bookstore.

However, the event is free and neither the bookstore nor I will profit from the performance.)

I spoke to Hammond recently by phone from his home in Sacramento. Hammond, who has been active in the creative-music scene in California since the ‘90s, has been self-releasing solo and duo albums over the last several years that generally focus on acoustic, 12-string and resonator guitars. The duos have featured percussionists. “Upward,” from 2016, was a collaboration with tabla player Sameer Gupta, a longtime friend of Hammond’s.

In 2017, Hammond put out “Masonic Lawn,” a project with drummer Jon Bafus.

Those outings can bring to mind the pairings between Sandy Bull and Billy Higgins or Larry Coryell teaming up with Elvin Jones. And the raga-tinged material can prompt comparison to John McLaughlin’s work with the Shakti.

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But Hammond generates plenty of sound on his own, without any accomplices. His solo guitar records “Follow Your Heart,” released at the start of last year, and “Riding Dragons In Winter,” set for release this fall, showcase the breadth of tone and color that Hammond can summon from the instrument, using alternate tunings, partial capos and slides. His playing is deeply melodic, too, with pretty phrases that curl and rise, some that have the familiar echo of hymns or folk songs.

“A lot of the melodies usually come from me singing something around the house,” Hammond said.

Hammond’s techniques add a lot of texture to the songs. There are drones from the open strings, metallic clang and grind from the slide hitting the strings or being lifted off of them, and — particularly with the 12-string — an almost churning atmosphere that can bring to mind the thrum of a hurdy-gurdy. One minute he sounds like he’s playing an autoharp and the next you might confuse his guitar for a sitar. His pulls and hammers sometimes suggest a banjo.

When talking about his music, Hammond, who grew up in Kentucky before moving out to California, often refers to the twin influences of Appalachian folk traditions and an untutored appreciation of Indian ragas all filtered through his improvisatory sensibility.

“You throw all that together, and that’s what I do,” he said.

Hammond is especially expressive with his slide playing, executing gentle vibrato, dramatic swoops and singing sustains. He plays with control, maintaining space and

breathing room for the phrases to take shape and bloom in the air.

“I’ve really dedicated myself to playing slide, to being a slide player,” Hammond said.

The slide tends to deepen the sense of action in the music, creating dramatic counterpoint against the open strings.

It adds a buzz and rattle as well. Hammond’s music can have elements in common with the trance-inducing ambient work of Laraaji, and it can just as quickly move into gentle melodic territory that evokes the early recordings of Windham Hill guitarist William Ackerman.

We seem to be experiencing a renaissance in acoustic guitar music in America these days. If it’s not a full-on rebirth, then it’s just a strong and steady growth that’s been underway for over half a century now, flowing out and blooming since John Fahey made his first recordings. This spring guitarist Glenn Jones helped organize The Thousand Incarnations of the Rose festival in Maryland, which showcased the varieties of American Primitive

and related guitar styles on the scene these days. The event featured dozens of guitarists over a three-day period.

“There are a lot of acoustic players — I don’t know if it’s a resurgence or if now I see it more,” Hammond said. “There’s a lot of really good acoustic music being made.

I bet that it’s not new for a lot of folks, but from the left-of-center kind or fourthstream kind of side, where it’s not necessarily traditional folk music or traditional, modern acoustic music, there’s definitely some underground acoustic music that I think is really happening.” !

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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Going Gaga over movies: The 2018 fall film preview

BY MATT BRUNSON

two-month stretch of cinema in which nary a superhero can be spotted? Inconceivable!

Sure, sure, the fall film calendar includes the comic book adaptation Venom, but he’s more antihero than superhero. In all other respects, look for a comparatively quiet time at the multiplex over the next couple of months, as Hollywood catches its breath before plunging into the year-end blockbuster’n’Oscar season come November and December.

Here, then, is a checklist of the handful of films coming our way in September and October. Please note the list only includes wide openings, not limited releases that may or may not reach us during this time frame.

SEPT. 7: A spin-off centering on a creepy character from The Conjuring 2, The Nun finds a priest (Demian Bichir) and his assistant (Taissa Farmiga) sent to Romania to investigate the strange death of a young nun ... From the director of Taken (Pierre Morel) comes Peppermint, an action

thriller about a woman (Jennifer Garner) who seeks revenge on the men who killed her husband and daughter.

SEPT. 14: Billed as a “reinvention” rather than a sequel, prequel or reboot, The Predator again focuses on the alien hunters who in the past caused a lot of problems for Arnold Schwarzenegger, Danny Glover, Adrien Brody and even Xenomorphs ... In his first directorial stint since having to contend with moronic MRAs and weepy fanboys for daring to remake Ghostbusters, Paul Feig returns with the mystery caper A Simple Favor, in which a mommy blogger (Anna Kendrick) attempts to discover why her best friend (Blake Lively) has suddenly disappeared ... A teenage boy (Richie Merritt) works as an FBI informant before electing to become a drug dealer in the true-life tale White Boy Rick, co-starring Matthew McConaughey as the kid’s father.

SEPT. 21: Michael Moore, whose antiBush expose Fahrenheit 9/11 remains the top moneymaking documentary of all time, now offers the anti-Trump expose Fahrenheit 11/9 ... Gorehound Eli Roth is the unexpected director of the PG-rated The House

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with a Clock in Its Walls, starring Jack Black and Cate Blanchett in a supernatural saga about a young boy (Owen Vaccaro) unlocking the secrets of a mysterious mansion ... Billed as a “multigenerational saga,” Life Itself stars Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Antonio Banderas and Annette Bening in a story that primarily focuses on a New York couple as they journey from being college sweethearts to becoming spouses and parents.

SEPT. 28: Hell Fest is set at the titular horror-themed amusement park, where a masked maniac is able to kill scores of people without fear of discovery ... Kevin Hart and Girls Trip breakout star Tiffany Haddish share the screen in Night School, a comedy about various adults attempting to pass the GED exam ... Channing Tatum, Zendaya, and Danny DeVito are among those heard but not seen in Smallfoot, an animated yarn about a Yeti (Tatum) trying to prove that humans really do exist.

OCT. 5: The fourth screen version of the venerable tale, A Star Is Born casts Bradley Cooper (who also directed) as the aging music star who marshals a promising singer (Lady Gaga) toward fame and fortune even as his own career takes a tumble ... After an alien symbiote bonds with reporter Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy), they must share the same body in the Marvel saga Venom.

OCT. 12: Writer-director Drew Goddard (The Cabin in the Woods) serves up Bad Times at the El Royale, in which seven disparate characters (including ones played by Jeff Bridges, Chris Hemsworth and Dakota Johnson) all converge on a dilapidated hotel on the same fateful night

... La La Land leading man Ryan Gosling and its Oscar-winning director Damien Chazelle reteam for First Man, a look at the events that allowed Neil Armstrong to become the first person to ever set foot on the moon ...

A sequel to the 2015 hit (but without Jack Black this time), Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween finds more of R.L. Stine’s spooky creations terrorizing a small town.

OCT. 19: Although the 1978 Halloween was followed by seven sequels, the new Halloween orders us to forget them all, as this one follows the arc of the original by catching up with Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) and Michael Myers (Nick Castle) 40 years later ... The Hate U Give is the big-screen treatment of Angie Thomas’ bestselling novel about a black teenager (Amandla Stenberg) who witnesses her best friend being fatally shot by a police officer ... A fishing boat captain (Matthew McConaughey) is approached by his ex-wife (Anne Hathaway) and implored to murder her abusive new husband (Jason Clarke) in the thriller Serenity.

OCT. 26: In a plot that sounds like it came straight out of a Trump wet dream, Hunter Killer focuses on an American submarine captain (Gerard Butler) who’s ordered to rescue the kidnapped Russian president so US elections can continue to be sabotaged without interruption ...

Johnny English Strikes Again, the third picture in the series after 2003’s Johnny English and 2011’s Johnny English Reborn, once again finds Rowan Atkinson doing his bit for king and country as England’s most inept secret agent. !

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he Little Theatre of WinstonSalem will present the first show of its 84th Season, Calendar Girls, opening Friday, Sept. 21, at SECCA’s McChesney Scott Dunn Auditorium, 750 Marguerite Dr. in Winston-Salem. Additional performances will be held Sept. 22-23 and 27-30. Thursday, Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday matinees are at 2 p.m. Tickets are $24 for adults and $22 for students; discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. Tickets are available online and the box office is open for phone sales Wednesday through Friday from 12–4 p.m. Call (336) 725-4001 for tickets or purchase them online at www.

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When Annie’s husband passes away from cancer, she persuades a group of friends to pose au naturel for a calendar fundraiser to benefit the hospital. Interest in their charitable venture spreads like wildfire, and the “Calendar Girls” soon find themselves revealing more than they’d intended. Based on a true story – the women have now raised over £5 million for Bloodwise, the Leukemia & Lymphoma Research Fund – this heartwarming, comedic tale is an inspiring story of friendship, hope and determination.

“I think this show has a lot for audiences to relate to, which is a large reason why I was drawn to it,” said director Caitlin Stafford. “If you’ve ever experienced a loss, been self-conscious about your body, had a deep and meaningful friendship, had difficulty with parenting, or found unexpected confidence from adversity, you will find something of yourself in this show.”

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Calendar Girls will be directed by Caitlin Stafford. Daniel Alvarez will design the set, with lighting design by Shawn Hooper and sound design by Rowan Wilkerson.

Tara Raczenski will design costumes and Elliott Riches will stage manage the production.

An Opening Night Reception will begin at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 21, in the lobby.

Calendar Girls runs approximately two hours, plus one 15-minute intermission.

It is recommended for ages 13 and up. A note about nudity: “Our Calendar Girls will strip down under the cover of props and other actors. Nothing will be seen, unless we’ve failed. If we do it right, the choreography will be best described as ‘fabulous concealment’ …and we intend to do it right.”

Throughout the run of Calendar Girls, The Little Theatre will be working in partnership with the Wake Forest Baptist Health Comprehensive Cancer Center to help spread awareness about the latest treatments, research and technologies in cancer care.

Additionally, The Little Theatre will be helping the Comprehensive Cancer Center raise funds for its Cancer Patient Support Program (CPSP). The five staff members and more than 30 volunteers of CPSP provide comfort, support and hope to cancer patients and family members.

Donations made during each performance of Calendar Girls will support patients and families right here in our region through the wonderful work of CPSP. For further information, please visit www.LTofWS.org or call (336) 725-4001. !

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Former English soccer star Gary Mabbutt, 57, traveled to South Africa in July to visit his daughter, who works at Kruger National Park, but it wasn’t Chuck Shepherd the exotic big game that left the most lasting impression on him. While he was sleeping, he later told the BBC, “... a rat has come into the bedroom, climbed into the bed and has decided to chew on my foot,” which Mabbutt couldn’t feel because he suffers from Type 1 diabetes and has little feeling in his foot. The rat “made quite a big hole in my toe, going down to the bone, and ate underneath my foot.” Mabbutt was finally alerted to the rodent’s presence when it bit his thumb and he saw his bloody foot. He flew back to the United Kingdom, where he underwent surgery and spent a week in the hospital. “All the opponents that I’ve played against,” he said, “and I finally get taken out by a rat.”

— The animal rights group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals in Maine is seeking state permission to construct a permanent memorial to the 4,500 or so lobsters that perished on Aug. 22 when a truck carrying them crashed in Brunswick.

The monument, a 5-foot-tall granite tombstone, would “remind everyone that the best way to prevent such tragedies is to go vegan,” said Danielle Katz, director of PETA. The proposed wording for the stone is: “In memory of the lobsters who suffered and died at this spot August 2018, Try Vegan, PETA” and would include a graphic of a lobster. Of course, Maine residents are possibly the least sympathetic about their crustacean counterparts: The Portland Press Herald reports that in 2017, 110 million pounds of lobster were harvested in the state.

— Along with a nail salon, a massage parlor and a dry cleaner, a mall in Toronto, Canada, is now the site of North America’s first sex doll brothel. Aura Dolls offers “an exciting new way” for patrons to achieve their desires “without the many restrictions and limitations that a real partner may come with,” says the company’s website. Marketing director Claire Lee told City

News on Aug. 27 that customers “come in, they have their own room ... a TV monitor that plays adult entertainment and a doll ... will be ready and waiting for you.” Lee also assures potential customers that the dolls will be cleaned after each customer using a three-step process. The company says it has had requests from women for male dolls and is considering adding them.

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A first date spent surfing in Santa Cruz, California, last October ended in an unconventional first kiss when 56-yearold Max Montgomery collapsed from a heart attack on the beach. His date, Andi Traynor, a 45-year-old anesthesiologist, leaped into action, performing CPR until paramedics arrived. Montgomery underwent bypass surgery the next day, and he assured Traynor that she was under no obligation to keep seeing him. “Who wants to date someone who just had a heart attack? But she told me she was not going anywhere,” he told The Daily Mail on Aug. 29, and in fact, the two are still together, having sealed their relationship with a “real” kiss.

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Colorado Springs resident Klete Keller engaged the services of a female dog-sitter through an app called Wag! for his pet, Jimbo. But Keller’s tail was not wagging when he returned home early the morning of Aug. 27 to find two shirtless men sitting on his couch and “an open bottle of personal lubricant and a camcorder on the end table,” Keller told Fox 21 News, “so it’s pretty self-explanatory what was going on.” When reached for comment, the unnamed dog-sitter said her keys were stuck in her car and she “didn’t have WD-40 ... so I ended up grabbing what I had in my car, for things, that you know, I do on my personal time.” But Keller also noticed what he suspected was “bodily fluids” on the couch and said Jimbo was locked in a bedroom, sitting in his own urine and acting terrified. “It was just, just a total mess and I can only imagine what poor Jimbo saw in there,” Keller said. The sitter did admit that she shouldn’t have invited guests over, but it’s a good bet her former 4.96 out of 5 rating on Wag! is going to take a hit. !

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owntown Greensboro just got a new restaurant at the end of South Elm Street, and its mission is to put an underserved community first.

Kathryn Hubert is the owner and manager of Chez Genèse, located at 616 S. Elm St., and is looking to open at the beginning of October. Chez Genèse in French translates to “The place of Genesis” or “new beginnings,” Hubert said. New beginnings are something that she hopes to create for her employees, who are adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. She plans to employ up to 50 percent or more of her staff with people who have intellectual and developmental disabilities so that Chez Genèse will be an integrated workplace.

“Community is a big part of our focus, both inside and outside of our walls,” Hubert said. “Obviously, I am super happy to have people who want to be here longterm, but we also want to provide a training ground. It is our goal to be a supportive work environment, but one that also that very closely mirror another restaurant experience so that the skills are transferable and people can easily obtain work at other places if they want to.”

Chez Genèse will be a full-service French-inspired restaurant that serves breakfast and lunch only. But Hubert said the space will be available to rent for private dinner parties or events.

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Hubert grew up in Boone, North Carolina, and studied culinary arts at Caldwell Community College. She moved to France for a year to hone her craft, and then moved to Greensboro to study hospitality at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Hubert’s value and passion for service drives the message of her business, and she hopes to create a comfortable and authentic dining experience for her customers. During her time in France, she saw that French culture, food, and hospitality embodies the kind of service experience she hopes Chez Genèse will have.

“I love the community that happens around the table when you have a space that allows you to do that,” she said. “That kind of goes hand-in-hand with what we are hoping to do in forming partnerships with individuals that may otherwise have not been given a chance or opportunity, and valuing them. I think Greensboro is a great place to do that because of the community that it is already here and how receptive and willing the community is to rally behind a project.”

Having this kind of business has always been a dream of Hubert’s for the past six years. She felt like Greensboro needed a restaurant and training program for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities because of her own experiences. Her three cousins are on the autism spectrum and are the “inspiration and heartbeat behind the concept.” She’s also worked with the Autism Society of North Carolina and has worked in special

education through the Guilford County School system for a couple of years.

For the time being, Chez Genèse will employ adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. However, she is considering the possibility of working with the homeless and ex-offenders who could use a new beginning themselves.

“My hope is that this concept isn’t me extending a hand of help or pity in any way, but instead acknowledging our belief in the capabilities that [adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities] have.”

Hubert said there are over 20 staff members who have started the training process and she said it has been going well.

“We have a pretty diverse staff in the sense that some of our leadership team is split between the restaurant and food service experience and also working with adults with disabilities,” Hubert said. “We have got a good blend, and I’d say we have a wide range of abilities as far as our staff is concerned, some individuals who are on the autism spectrum, down syndrome, a gentleman who is deaf who will be on our kitchens staff, so it is kind of varied.”

Hubert said that Chez Genèse does not have any minimum wage jobs and every employee gets paid above minimum wage.

“I think our lowest paying job is either set at either $8 or $8.50 and goes all the way up to $13.50,” she said. “We are kind of French all the way around. So, our service staff is getting paid a flat hourly rate, so it is actually a non-tipping restaurant.”

Hubert said this is for multiple reasons.

One reason is that some employees who receive government disability services have a limit on what they can make at a job.

“By paying a decent wage for service staff, I think it elevates that position, and it puts the burden on me as the restaurant owner,” she said. “Which I think that it is not quite fair to place that burden on the customer. But it also encourages longevity within the company because you have a dependable source of income.”

Hubert said she had acquired all the necessary permits from the city, so she has started construction and renovations on the building. She is anticipating opening at the beginning of October.

To help with start-up costs and to get business rolling, Hubert mentioned that a local business (who wants to remain publically anonymous) has offered matching grant donations up to $10,000 to anyone who donates to the restaurant’s online campaign. This means that any other donations to Chez Genèse’s GoFundMe page (www.gofundme.com/chez-genese) will be matched dollar-to-dollar (up to $10,000) by the anonymous local business.

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Kernersville Police seizure of legal CBD raises questions An incident that occurred on May 8 raises questions about whether the Kernersville Police Department is aware that industrial hemp products are legal in North Carolina.

On that date, Ian McDowell Detective J. N. Smith entered the AAA Contributor Quick Mart (744 Piney Grove Rd.) and removed eight units of “Hemp Symmetry” products manufactured by the Asheborobased company Founder’s Hemp. The seizure resulted in no arrests and no charges being filed.

But it deprived store owner Malik Aslam of merchandise with a wholesale cost of $116.92 and a retail value is $222.92.

Those prices were verified by attorney Bob Crumley, who co-wrote the statute making industrial hemp legal in North Carolina and founded Founder’s Hemp, the state’s first registered hemp processor, and supplier of the confiscated merchandise.

On July 31, I contacted the office of Kernersville Police Chief Tim Summers about the incident and was referred to Captain Kevin Clodfelter in the Investigative & Technical Services Bureau. I asked Captain Clodfelter if there was an ongoing investigation and whether or not the confiscated product, which I understood to be legal in North Carolina, would be returned.

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and that either that officer or Captain Clodfelter himself would call me back the next day.

That call never came, but on Aug. 2, Detective Smith returned the product to the business from which she’d confiscated it on May 8, unopened and in its original packaging.

Those are the basic facts of the incident, which my publisher and editor became aware of when Crumley approached them in mid-July. Due to Aslam having spent most of August visiting family in Pakistan, I was not able to get his direct account until Aug. 31, when he confirmed what Crumley had told YES! Weekly publisher and editor several weeks before. Despite further inquiries, it remains unclear why Detective Smith removed a legal product from Aslam’s store.

Aslam said Detective Smith did not show him a search warrant and gave him no reason for the seizure. “She just took it without any explanation,” Aslam said in a phone conversation on Aug. 30. “She did not ask permission, but just gave me a piece of paper on which she listed what she was taking.”

Aslam described Detective Smith as entering his store in the company of two men. One of the men handed him a business card with the FBI logo on it above the name David M. Brown and the title Task Force Officer. The other identified himself as an ALE agent, but as Aslam said, he did not give his name.

“I knew that the ABC people come once in a while and do inspections, and that’s fine,” Aslam said. “But this time, when they came, they searched everything.”

He said he asked what they were doing and was told that it was a normal inspection. “But this was not a normal inspection. After the men searched and found nothing, Detective Smith just took the product, which was sitting on the counter in plain sight.”

Crumley provided YES! Weekly with a photocopy of the AOC (Administrative Office of the Courts) CR-206 form titled INVENTORY OF ITEMS SEIZED PURSUANT TO SEARCH (all boldface words or phrases in this article are verbatim quotes of what was printed on the form) that Detective Smith allegedly left with Aslam as a receipt for the confiscated product.

Under the line I, the undersigned officer, executed a search of, is listed the address 744 Piney Grove Road. Kernersville, NC, 27284 (italics are used to indicate the handwritten portions of the document, quoted verbatim here and below). Under that is the following section consisting of a heading and then three numbered lines preceded by checkboxes.

This search was made pursuant to: 1) A search warrant was issued by ________________________________ 2) Consent to search was given by ________________________________ 3) Other legal justification for the search __________________________ None of the three boxes are checked and nothing is written on the blank lines.

Below that is the heading: The following items were seized. The rest of the form is filled out by hand, and reads thusly: Malik Aslam released the following items to Detective J. N. Smith of the Kernersville Police Department.

(4) Hemp Symmetry CBD Gummies 5mg (3) Hemp Symmetry CBD Tincture 300mg (1) Hemp Symmetry CBD Tincture 250mg Despite the use or the word “undersigned,” Detective Smith’s signature does not appear on the document, and neither does Aslam’s.

In mid-July, YES! Weekly editor Katie Murawski and publisher Charles Womack called Detective Smith and asked her about the incident. While I was not present, I have listened to and transcribed the recording.

When Womack mentioned the apparently incomplete nature of the AOC form, Detective Brown responded by saying, “I don’t understand what you’re asking.

What are you asking me?”

Smith confirmed that there was no search warrant, asserting “he released those items to me voluntarily.” Detective Smith’s claim that the release was “voluntary” is disputed by Aslam, but is not the only point at which Detective Smith’s statements contradict subsequent information. Detective Smith denied being responsible for the search and seizure.

“ALE, Alcohol Law Enforcement, was the one that did the search. So, you’d have to call and talk to them.”

Murawski pointed out that only Detective Smith’s name is on the AOC document. “The ALE officer’s name is not on here. Do you know who that was?”

“You’ll have to call because it was an ongoing investigation with ALE,” Detective Smith said. “They hit multiple locations on that date. So, you’ll have to call and speak with ALE about that.”

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Murawski then asked about the business card left behind with the name David M. Brown and on it. “He’s a Kernersville Police Department task force agent that just happened to be riding with me that day,” Detective Smith said. She cut off further questions by insisting all inquiries be directed to the ALE. “This was not initiated by Kernersville or the FBI or anything like that. This was an ALE investigation.

You’ll have to call them.”

On July 30, the same day I first called the Kernersville Police Department, I also called two other offices. One was that of John W. Wolfe III, legal counsel for the town of Kernersville. Wolfe was out of the office and did not return my call, but I had more success with Rodney Beckom, assistant director at the ALE’s North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation and special agent in charge of District 5, which includes Guilford and Forsyth Counties. Over the course of multiple phone conversations, Agent Beckom was friendly, helpful and punctual about calling me back, but repeatedly expressed puzzlement at Detective Smith’s claim that the seizure was the work of his agency.

“I’m not sure why the detective said that or what that’s about,” he told me on July 31. “I believe we were more in an assisting role. We wouldn’t have used an AOC form. We would have used one our own forms, what’s called an AL-50 Inventory Report, had we seized the product.

Apparently, she seized the product.”

Later that day, he called me back with the following clarification. “My understanding is that she seized that material through consent to have it tested. Now whether that was sent off, whether it was tested, I don’t know. I guess she’ll return it, but I’m a little perplexed. The material she was looking at was CBD Oil, which wasn’t even what we were looking at. We were looking at other outlets in Winston-Salem and in Forsyth County that we suspected of selling synthetic marijuana.”

Due to my putting this article on hold until I could speak to Aslam, I did not speak to Agent Beckom again until Aug. 31, when he gave me the following statement.

“Kernersville seized that evidence. The detective brought that particular location in Kernersville to our attention as one to do, but we didn’t do that case. They seized the evidence on that. I’m still not sure why she’s saying it was ALE.” On Aug. 31, I called Aslam, who recently returned from his trip to Pakistan. He said that when he returned from Pakistan in late August, he found that the product had been returned to his store and that the daily log indicated that Detective Smith brought it back on Aug. 2, the day after I first informed her superiors that the WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

ALE was telling a different story than she had. When I later told Captain Clodfelter about this statement, he acknowledged that Detective Smith was the one who returned the product but didn’t comment on the timing.

“She returned the whole product, saying it was okay,” Aslam said, although he acknowledged that he didn’t hear say this and is relying on his employee’s notes (the employee couldn’t be reached for comment). He speculated that the items might have been taken so that they could be tested, “But I don’t think they did. They were returned unopened, in their original packaging. The seals are not broken.”

On Sept. 5, I called Captain Clodfelter back at the Kernersville Police Department, seeking clarification on the conflicting claims, in which both Agent Beckom and Aslam had stated the seizure was entirely the work of Detective Smith, but Smith said that was done by the ALE. I asked Captain Clodfelter why the product was seized and why it was returned three months later without any apparent testing.

“That’s a good question,” he said. “I didn’t know anything about it until we spoke about it. On its face, I don’t know that [the product seized] is illegal. Some of these cannabinoids, or whatever, synthetic cannabinoids, some are illegal, some are legal; I don’t know. We don’t make the laws.”

I explained the seized items were manufactured by a company founded by Crumley, the lawyer and industrial hemp advocate who helped write the law in North Carolina making this product legal.

“I don’t know who that is,” Captain Clodfelter said. “I’m just telling you that I can’t just look at something and identify that it’s illegal to possess. Whether that particular item is illegal or not, I don’t have any evidence that it is – well, the lab has a backlog, and they have their own issues with testing illicit drugs and things like that. If there’s no evidence that it’s illegal to possess, there’s no need for us to have it.”

I said I didn’t understand why Detective Smith said the seizure was conducted by the ALE, not her. I also said that the ALE’s Agent Beckom said it wasn’t their operation and that they wouldn’t have used if an AOC document as a receipt if they’d taken it.

“I don’t know that [Beckom] was there,” Captain Clodfelter said. “I was not there, either. But I know there are conflicting stories, with one saying one thing and the other saying the other.”

After speaking to Captain Clodfelter, I contacted Crumley, who gave me the following statement.

“As a lawyer and as a business owner and quite frankly as a citizen, I have concerns when a police officer illegally enters a business and seizes a legal product. On its face, the actions taken by this police officer were clearly wrong. The seizure was without a search warrant, the AOC form showed no probable cause, and in fact, on its face, the product showed that it was a legal product. I have trained multiple law enforcement agencies across North Carolina regarding industrial hemp versus marijuana, and in one of the recent training sessions, I gave this scenario to law enforcement officers, and universally, they have said this should never have happened.

“I am very happy that Kernersville has finally decided to return the lawful product to our retailer. But I am still concerned that this illegal seizure ever happened to begin with. I will offer up to Kernersville and to Forsyth County sheriff ’s department the same free training that I’ve done for countless other law enforcement agencies around the state.

And that will be to come in and train their officers on the difference between hemp and marijuana. But what I can’t do is to have a law enforcement agency abide by the constitutional rights of a citizen or a shop owner. This seizure should concern

us not just because it involves cannabis, but because a law enforcement officer went into a store without a search warrant, seized lawful product, and kept that lawful product from the shop owner for several months. Again, I am very pleased that Kernersville has finally returned the lawful product.”

Crumley also made the following statement about synthetic marijuana or K2 Spice, the sale of which is what Agent Beckom said the ALE was actually investigating in Forsyth County, albeit at locations other than AAA Quick Mart, which Agent Beckom added had never been suspected of selling it.

“I fully support law enforcement’s efforts to rid our state of K2 spice or other synthetic marijuana. But what we cannot do in our zeal to enforce the law is break the law. We cannot enter into people’s homes or businesses and illegally seize a legal product in order to ferret out the bad product. Law enforcement must follow the rules if they expect citizens to follow the rules.” !

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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I met somebody online, and we have a real connection, but he is agoraphobic and hasn’t really left his bedroom for 10 years. I have a job and a life, so Amy Alkon it’s hard to keep up with his barrage of Advice messages. However, Goddess it seems unfair to bail on dating him just because he has this condition. What causes agoraphobia? Is it treatable? — Wondering It can be really romantic to spend the entire weekend in bed with a man — but only when you don’t have to spend every other day of the month there, too.

The term “agoraphobia” starts with “agora,” the word for the ancient Greek version of a ginormous open-air shopping mall and outdoor auditorium. However, agoraphobia is not simply a fear of big open spaces. Agoraphobics also fear (and avoid) unfamiliar environments and situations that leave them feeling their safety is beyond their control — like being in a crowd of strangers with little room to move. (To an agoraphobic, a free pass to Coachella is like a coupon for a free hour of electric shocks at a CIA black site.)

Additionally, the “my duvet is my continent!” lifestyle (in severe cases of agoraphobia) can develop out of a

fear of having these dreaded situations trigger a panic attack. Evolutionary psychologist and psychiatrist Randolph Nesse explains that panic, a form of fear, appears to be an “adaptive” reaction — meaning one that evolved to protect us — driving us to flee from “life-threatening danger.” It does this by kicking off a “coordinated pattern” of changes in the body, emotions, and behavior.

In the body, panic causes your adrenaline to surge, ramping up your energy.

Your lung capacity increases, and your blood flow gets redirected — away from your brain and to your arms and legs, so you can kickbox somebody into submission or (if you got a D in ninja school) run for your life.

Mentally, panic turns you “Aaah!

Lemme outta here!”-centric. As Nesse explains it, “the mind becomes focused on finding escape routes. If none are obvious, anxiety rises quickly,” and there’s an “overwhelming” motivation to seek shelter in protective places and be near protective people (like “trusted relatives”).

If you’re staring down a lion or an angry mob, this response will help you survive. And Nesse notes that “mild ‘normal’ agoraphobia seems” to be a reaction akin to “fear of leaving the home range in territorial animals, a situation fraught with danger in the wild.”

However, Nesse explains that extreme agoraphobia — like that experienced by your friend — seems to be an overfunctioning of a survival mechanism, an excessive response leading to the avoidance of not just meaningful danger but

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be conflating sticking by a person you love — that “in sickness and in health” marriage vows thing — with doing it for a person you hope to love.

You may also be falling prey to the “sunk cost fallacy.” This is a cognitive bias — an error in reasoning — that leads us to irrationally decide to continue an endeavor based on how much we’ve already invested (in, say, time and energy). But that prior investment is gone.

The rational way to assess whether to continue is to see what we’d get out of any future investment.

In other words, you should only consider this guy a viable prospect for a boyfriend if you’re willing to sign on for the day-to-day reality — a relationship that takes place entirely in his bedroom, save for the occasional exotic vacation to the living room: “Uh, when you get a chance, two more pina coladas...Mom.” !

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But there is hope for agoraphobics — from research on anxiety disorders.

Clinical psychologist Michelle Craske reports that the mind and body can often be successfully retrained through a form of cognitive behavioral therapy. It’s called exposure therapy, and it involves a therapist gradually and repeatedly exposing a patient to something they’re irrationally afraid of (like spiders, social rejection, or leaving their bedroom).

These experiences can eventually lead the patient to see that their fear is unfounded and — in time — to react more rationally, both consciously and in their subconscious physical reactions. So, for example, going to the grocery store would eventually give rise to the bodily reactions of any other tedious to-do list item — as opposed to the adrenalized reactions that go with being chased down the cereal aisle by a guy with a bloody ax.

The thing is, this is a long process — often rife with setbacks — and you aren’t this guy’s doctor. As for your notion that it’s unfair to nix a relationship with him because of his condition, you seem to

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