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“There is a relationship between the conversation about human rights, equity and diversity and inclusion that always shows itself through poetry,” said Love Jones, the Human Rights director for the City of Greensboro. Last month, the city announced that her department is partnering with the Poetry Project for VOICES OF CHANGE...

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Growing up, Candice Benbow was taught to never talk publicly about religion, sex, and politics. In HER LATEST BOOK, you can find the Winston-Salem native discussing all three.

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The 94th annual ACADEMY AWARDS ceremony takes place Sunday, marking the most important night on Hollywood’s calendar as Tinseltown’s best and brightest are celebrated for their contributions to the art form of motion pictures.

7 The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem is pleased to announce its 88TH SEASON, which will offer a variety of shows both classic and new, and run the gamut from laugh-out-loud comedies and spell-binding mysteries to inspiring dramas and toe-tapping musicals. The four plays and two musicals will be produced between September

2022 and June 2023, providing “Something Splendid!” for the community to enjoy.

8 Earlier this month, Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentence of 46-year-old APRIL BARBER to time served. He did so on the recommendation of the NC Juvenile Sentencing Review Board, which he created last year.

14 “I think we’re at loggerheads,” said Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan to YES! Weekly on March 9. Vaughan was referring to a letter the city received from the former attorney representing the residents facing eviction from the HIATT STREET MOBILE HOME PARK, managed by Lynne Anderson and being sold to developer Jerry Wass. Prior to receiving it, the city had planned to offer money to the remaining families if they agreed to move out by June 19, according to Vaughan.

18 THE P-90’S intend to make some noise at Gas Hill Drinking Room with Bangzz on March 25. The Winston-Salem punkers uphold their namesake—a nod to the preeminent Gibson guitar pickups—by turning up the volume while turning out the “spirit of the Ramones and Joan Jett.”

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Wright immediately got involved with the acting scene, before it became Creative Greensboro, and has been working with them acting-wise since 2014.

While many artistic people live and work in Gate City, it is not necessarily recognized for the arts. Creative Greensboro has helped change that, welcoming anyone to showcase their talents and make connections.

“I came to Creative Greensboro to remember who I was — an artist. I am a big advocate for putting yourself in someone else’s shoes to understand them, and I lived by that motto with previous works I have written, starred in, and directed.

That is what drew me to Kaufman’s short play, Talismans, which is about the vulnerability of relationships, in particular about a mother-daughter relationship.

I honestly wouldn’t know what to do if I didn’t have a relationship with my mother and that is why I wanted to direct it. I thought it was an honor to do this and to participate in its 40th year since I have been a member off and on for over 20 years. There is so much comradery, and everyone is so supportive of each other,” Segal shared. “That is what is so interesting about this process, meeting a multitude of people who want to engage in the art world and have found an opportunity to do just that. When casting, I found two emerging actors, who were new to performing, and who took direction very well. Being a director with an acting background, my job is to put everyone at ease, to make the actors comfortable and secure. When they feel that way, their characters emerge. Without giving too much away, I recognized talent in these two actors and knew they could drive Kaufman’s message in the subtext.”

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Creative Greensboro has selected eight new short plays to be a part of its An Evening of Short Plays event, each written by a member of the Greensboro Playwrights Forum, for its 40th season.

Performances will begin on Thursday, March 31 and run through Sunday, April 3 in the Stephen D. Hyers Theatre at the Greensboro Cultural Center, located at 200 N. Davie St. An Evening of Short Plays (EOSP) is a chance for playwrights to see their shorts work-shopped and provides writers the opportunity to add more creativity and embrace the possibility of expanding their piece or keeping it as one act. Following Saturday’s performance, playwrights and directors will hold a moderated talk for audience members to ask questions.

Creative Greensboro is excited to showcase the work of new and returning playwrights, including Debra Kaufman, who wrote Talismans, which will be directed

by Shelley Segal, and playwright Cari A. Hopson, who wrote Homecoming, which will be directed by Camille Wright.

Segal and Wright, both seasoned actors who have performed with Creative Greensboro over the years, have decided to tackle a new adventure by making their directorial debut for EOSP. “Homecoming follows the story of our main character, Denny, and his daughter, who has come back home after leaving for 17 years. She left the night of her senior prom and went off to college without speaking with her father. The kicker of the show is her father, and his roommate are both drag queens. It shows the father-daughter connection and the deeper relationship they share,” Wright said. “I am glad to have the opportunity to work on this piece with the playwright since I believe it’s something that could be expanded on. As a director, you work with different levels of actors, and each contributes something beautiful to the story, but I would say for this specific production, the most challenging part was casting. Thankfully, we found some amazing talent in the area, and it just goes to show the artistic nature of Greensboro.”

Wright has been acting on and offBroadway and theatre since she was 14. She was in STOMP and the traveling version of Mama, I Want to Sing! While working towards medical school, Wright continued to perform in local theatre in Chapel Hill and Carrboro until she gave birth to her first child and went the education route. She ended up getting her Ph.D. in education but never stopped acting in between. Once she moved to Greensboro,

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Voices of Change combine youth, poetry, and justice

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There is a relationship between the conversation about human rights, equity and diversity and inclusion that always shows itself through poetry,” Ian McDowell said Love Jones, the Human Rights director for the City Contributor of Greensboro.

Last month, the city announced that her department is partnering with the Poetry Project for Voices of Change, a series of virtual workshops in which local young people between the ages of 10 and 18 will engage with members of Human Rights boards, commissions, and task forces and use that experience to develop spoken word poetry.

The Poetry Project promotes youth literacy via structured workshops, poetry slams, and open mics. Its activities are often directed at elementary, middle, and high school students, but the organization also conducts workshops in collegiate and corporate settings.

It is the creation of Greensboro poet, educator, and broadcaster Josephus III, who hosts The Poetry Café every Tuesday from 6 to 7 p.m. on WNAA 90.1FM, the variety radio station owned by North Carolina Agricultural & Technical State University. The program’s open mic nights also tour nationally and are available on Amazon Prime.

Josephus III, also known as Josephus Thompson, has performed for Oprah and opened for the English R&B duo Floetry.

He is the coach of the Gate City Slam Team and considers it his mission to use poetry as a catalyst for literacy, leadership, and service.

The Voices for Change virtual workshop meets monthly, with each session addressing a specific topic. Previous topics include What It Means to be Black in Greensboro, which was held in partnership with the Ad Hoc Committee on African American Disparities; and Women Living and Leading, in partnership with the Commission on the Status of Women.

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ship with Thrive GSO, on May 4; and Gender Equity, in partnership with the Transgender Task Force, on June 1.

Participants will meet virtually from 6 to 8 p.m. at each of these upcoming sessions.

“The Human Rights Department has a long-standing relationship with the Poetry Project, dating back seven years or more. Every year at the MLK Breakfast, we featured some members of the Poetry Project or the Gate City Slam Team,” Jones said. “Josephus has been more than gracious to connect with our department to provide that as a feature for our MLK program and has always gotten such wonderful feedback.”

She said that the partnership underwent permutations in 2018.

“Before the pandemic, we were already in conversation about how to bridge some human rights or civic engagement information to young populations in the community.”

That process accelerated after Amanda Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, became the youngest inaugural poet in history when she delivered her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the Biden Inauguration, and then performed at the Super Bowl a month later.

“After she did that inaugural poem, it

just furthered the idea that young people are very interested in talking about what these critical civically-engaged social justice topics look like in their community and right before their eyes,” Jones said.

The Poetry Project already had an ongoing relationship with Parks and Recreation, where a number of young people in the same age range as those participating in Voices of Change assembled once a month at Caldcleugh Multicultural Arts Center, also known as Xperience @ Caldcleugh, at 1700 Orchard St. “They started out virtually like everybody else, but as more in-person engagement started to happen, Josephus was meeting with this group of young people every third Wednesday of each month.”

Then came Omicron.

“We’d attempted to engage students in person twice a month, but learned that was not ideal, because we already had community members that were concerned about the time that young people were engaged face to face.”

So, they returned to a virtual environment.

“And what we then realized was that the essence of the partnership was to get the information to the students, and we have concentrated the efforts in the direction most accessible to the students.”

The design, said Jones, was to have spokespersons from her department’s boards and bodies “come to the table to share with young people because they do the work that they do.”

That plan is still on that metaphorical table, “but now that information will be brought to the students in the existing schedule the Poetry Project has with Parks and Recreation.”

Jones said that performances would continue to be held at city events.

“So, you can expect to see a performance at the Fair Housing Luncheon happening later in April, or a performance at the Human Rights Celebration in the latter part of June. This subset of students will still be preparing these civically-driven pieces for the performance platforms hosted by Human Rights Department.

So, it’s no longer going to be limited to just the MLK celebration, but is definitely about taking these critical topics and, whenever there is a program that we’re hosting, create a platform for that topic, and then that subset of the young people will then perform according to that topic that’s on the table.”

At the Fair Housing Luncheon, the focus of the poetry will be about housing access. “At a time when having a secure home is at a premium, that’s just huge.”

Jones described the overarching goal as one of “creating space for young people to have their civic and social justice lenses turned on, in a way relevant to them through art.”

She readily acknowledged that this is just one way that young populations can connect to social justice topics. “But we see art as an ideal medium for some young people and want to support that.

When we talk about tomorrow’s leaders, whether it’s being on a board or commission or deciding to run for a political office in a local community, we want to bring that closer to young people’s doorstep as part of their variety of possibilities.

You can’t just talk to young people and say ‘hey, you could be mayor one, or what would you do if you were in charge tomorrow?’ Instead, you want to create a space where they understand the passion behind that kind of work. And what better way to pull at that passion than to use art as a medium?” !

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Red Lip Theology: WS native pens books on the intersectionality of Black women and the church Growing up, Candice Benbow was taught to never talk publicly about religion, sex, and politics.

In her book, you can find the WinstonSalem native discussing all three.

Chanel Davis Benbow spoke about her book, Red Lip Theology: For Editor Church Girls who’ve considered Tithing to the Beauty Supply Store when Sunday Morning isn’t enough, on Sunday, March 20 at the Sylvia Sprinkle-Hamlin Forsyth County Central Library to a room full of family, friends and social media followers and friends.

An accomplished theologian, columnist, and essayist, Benbow has written for Essence, Glamour, The Root, Madame Noire, and VICE, to name a few. Most notably, she was the brainchild behind the Lemonade Syllabus, a collection of resources including books, songs, photographs, studies, poetry, films and the like, inspired by Beyoncé’s visual album Lemonade and its social media campaign.

She holds degrees from Tennessee State and North Carolina Central Universities, and Duke Divinity School.

It was at Duke Divinity School that Benbow came up with the idea of Red Lip Theology. After being confronted by one of her classmates about whether or not she considered herself to be “a Black theologian or a regular theologian.”

“As if to say thinking about theology from the perspective of blackness or the margins is somehow niche,” she said. “So I sat there for a little bit and then I said ‘I’m a red lip theologian.’”

Benbow said the more she sat with the idea, the more it made sense to her.

“Red Lip Theology really is about the ways I understand the world as a Black millennial woman of faith. I grew up in church and went to all my grandma’s church meetings but I also came home and watched YO! MTV Raps and BET,” she said.

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Theology which is about this base of being both ratchet and righteous.”

The book highlights Benbow’s life and experiences growing up in Winston-Salem.

“I grew up in a house and in a family that supported me. That knew that I was independent and a different kind of thinker,” she said. “I credit that I am able to do what I do because of that.”

Benbow said her mom, who died unexpectedly in 2015, was her biggest cheerleader and would undoubtedly be proud of her today. She hopes that the book helps give guidance to mothers about how to support their daughters.

“I hope moms figure out a way to support their children even if they don’t completely understand what they do. You can’t make mini-me’s,” Benbow explained.

“I think too often we squelch our children’s potential if it doesn’t look like what we think it should look like.”

Benbow also talks about her memories of local churches, going to meetings with her grandma, and going to church multiple days a week. She also talked about how women, and single parents, were treated in the church.

“I grew up hearing sermons that demonized single mothers. Pastors would get in pulpits and talk about how if a woman just kept her legs closed she wouldn’t be going through all of this. She got three and four kids. It’s your fault. I heard sermons like this. What pastors didn’t get was that as a kid I’m hearing that if my mama would just have obeyed God more, I wouldn’t be here.”

She saw a different side when it came to church leadership. Women held the power but men did everything they could to make sure they were at the forefront.

“I saw that the seat of power in the Black church were Black women but the face of leadership were Black men,” she explained. “You were going to do what your wife said because you didn’t want any smoke at home.”

Benbow continued, “it makes no sense that Black women are 85 percent of the congregation and that we’re not reflected in leadership. We don’t hear sermons, bible studies, or theological provisions that affirm our goodness and our work.”

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The mastery of Oscar-winning filmmakers — and their missteps The 94th annual Academy Awards ceremony takes place Sunday, marking the most important night on Hollywood’s calendar as Tinseltown’s best and brightest are celebrated for Mark Burger their contributions to the art form of motion pictures.

Contributor A selection of recently published volumes offers a look at the work of several important filmmakers, both past and present.

Filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, the subject of Ian Nathan’s Guillermo del Toro: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work (176 pages, $35 retail, White Lion Publishing/ The Quarto Group) is unique in that his

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distinctive, distinctly unconventional, style has made him an international icon. In a sense, he didn’t “go Hollywood” — Hollywood came to him, and he earned its highest accolade with The Shape of Water (2017), which won four Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director. This year, his film Nightmare Alley is nominated for four Oscars, including Best Picture.

Despite being unofficial and unauthorized, this comprehensive volume blooms with gorgeous, sometimes grotesque imagery and knowledgeable, occasionally indulgent reverence for del Toro’s estimable body of work. Even if yours truly didn’t care for Crimson Peak (2015), Guillermo del Toro is certainly a visionary filmmaker whose work is worthy of celebration. This book is it. The official Quarto Press website is https://quarto. com/.

Paul Benedict Rowan’s self-explanatory Ryan’s Daughter: The Making of an Irish Epic (364 pages, $19.99 retail, University Press of Kentucky) provides an often-catty insider’s look at the production of David Lean’s gargantuan 1970 epic Ryan’s Daughter, marked the penultimate film of the esteemed filmmaker, who’d won Best Director Oscars for The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) and Lawrence of Arabia (1962), and a nomination for Doctor Zhivago (1965). When Ryan’s Daughter went into production, Lean was the most decorated, arguably the most celebrated, and undoubtedly the highest-paid director at that time, commanding a then-whopping $1 million salary.

As it transpired, the making of Ryan’s Daughter was compromised by a remote location (the Irish village of Dingle), unpredictable weather, escalating costs and, per-

haps most damaging of all, Lean’s utter indecision throughout its making. This wasn’t a case of “Director-as-Star” but “Director-as-God,” as he expected his cast and crew to wait patiently — if not reverently — for him to make decisions.

It was a recipe for disaster, and although the film managed to earn a profit and four Oscar nominations — winning for Freddie Young’s cinematography and John Mills for Best Supporting Actor — it is the least of Lean’s epics. Lean’s confidence was shaken badly, and he would make only one more film — A Passage to India (1984) — before his death in 1991.

Subtitled “A Portrait of an Independent Career,” Joseph McBride’s What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? (394 pages, $29.95 retail, University Press of Kentucky) offers a first-person account of the production of Welles’ “comeback” film, The Other Side of the Wind, which began production in 1970 and was released — after decades in limbo — in 2018. McBride, the noted film critic and historian, not only covered the making of the film but also appeared in it (as “Mister Pister”).

Welles will be remembered forever for his 1941 feature debut Citizen Kane, for which he and Herman Mankiewicz won

the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay (the film’s single win), and the shadow of Kane looms large over the book, much as it did Welles’ career. Like many filmmakers, Welles went from celebrated wunderkind to enfant terrible in quick succession. He had friends in high places but, unfortunately, enemies in higher places, and was unable to recapture his initial success.

Originally published in 2006, the revised paperback edition of What Ever Happened to Orson Welles? has been updated to reflect the eventual release and reception afforded The Other Side of the Wind as well as They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (2018), a documentary about the making of the film. McBride contributed to both films, and although his admiration and respect for Welles are unmistakable, even he is forced to concede that The Other Side of the Wind was a “disastrous attempt at a Hollywood comeback.”

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The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem announces its 88th Season The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem is pleased to announce its 88th Season, which will offer a variety of shows both classic and new, and run the gamut from laugh-out-loud comedies and spellbinding mysteries to inspiring dramas and toe-tapping musicals. The four plays and two musicals will be produced between September 2022 and June 2023, providing “Something Splendid!” for the community to enjoy.

The Little Theatre’s 88h Season will open with Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps, adapted for the stage by Patrick Barlow. This classic spy thriller becomes a funny and fast-paced whodunnit with a cast of four playing over 150 characters (September 9-11 and 15-18, 2022; Hanesbrands Theatre). In October, high-rolling gamblers and the women who love them bet against the odds in the dazzling musical comedy Guys and Dolls, with book by Abe Burrows and Jo Swerling and music and lyrics by Frank Loesser (October 7-9, 13-16 and 20-23, 2022; Hanesbrands Theatre).

The holidays will be extra merry when The Little Theatre presents New York Times bestselling novelist and WinstonSalem local Charlie Lovett’s world premiere adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol. Ebenezer Scrooge faces three spirits and a few twists in this charming, updated classic (December 9-11 and 15-18, 2022; Reynolds Place Theatre).

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rival gangsters apart (February 10-12 and 16-19, 2023; Hanesbrands Theatre).

In March, the theatre company will present The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Simon Stephens, based on the novel by Mark Haddon. An exceptionally intelligent, neurodivergent teen is blamed for the death of his neighbor’s dog. His pursuit of the real killer leads him to discoveries that will change his life forever in this extraordinary theatrical experience (March 24-26 and 30-April 2, 2023; Hanesbrands Theatre).

The season will conclude with the wild and hilarious musical comedy, Something Rotten!, with book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell and music and lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick. Set in 1595, two brothers desperate to write the next hit play consult a soothsayer and end up writing the world’s first musical (June 9-11, 15-18 and 22-25, 2023; Hanesbrands Theatre).

The Little Theatre is offering an Anytime Pass, which includes 6 completely flexible tickets which are good for any of the shows in the 2022-23 Season for $130, plus taxes and fees, for adults, as well as a Thursday Performance Pass, which also includes 6 flexible tickets, good for Thursday night performances only, for $115 (plus taxes and fees).

Discounts are available for full-time students and seniors 65+. Additional benefits to purchasing either of these passes include discounts on additional single tickets and the ability to reserve seats before the general public. Single tickets, which will range from $11-27 (plus taxes and fees), will go on sale August 15.

For further information or to purchase tickets, please visit www.LTofWS.org or call (336) 725-4001. !

March celebrates both Women’s History Month and Arts in Our Schools Month. Arts Council recognizes both acknowledgments. Through observing the overlap and intersectionality of women and education, we spoke with women Joshua Ridley who teach the craft of art to the next generaMarketing & tion of emerging artists.

Communications Arts Council is producing Manager a social series titled Women in Arts Education that features different women from Winston-Salem and Forsyth County will be shared on Arts Council’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

Rachel Watson currently serves as Senior Director of Education, Engagement & Inclusion for the Winston-Salem Symphony. Watson taught in the school system as an Orchestra Director for 15 years before joining the symphony in 2018. In her role, Watson oversees Winston-Salem Symphony’s youth and education programs, which include Youth Orchestra and Piedmont Learning Academy for Youth (P.L.A.Y. Music). P.L.A.Y. is an in-school education program where Watson and other members of her team go into several WS/FCS elementary schools and teach music for 2-3 hours per week.

Rita Taylor is Executive Director of WinstonSalem Festival Ballet (WSFB). She is currently in her 14th year as the leader of the organization. WSFB is a professional dance company whose mission is “stories that move.” Founded by Choreographer and Artistic Director, Gary Taylor, WSFB is committed to excellence in the performing arts and providing extraordinary performances that are accessible and enjoyable. Taylor has been serving dance and theatre non-profits since 1979. WSFB is a recipient of the Wells Fargo Arts-In-Education grant from Arts Council. This grant allows WSFB to conduct master classes for high school students in WS/FCS that will include ballet, jazz, contemporary, and musical theatre dance instruction.

Mona Wu is an artist and instructor of Printmaking and Collage at Sawtooth School for Visual Art. Wu is a native of China who immigrated to the US in 1970. She studied painting and calligraphy in Hong Kong and later earned her BA in Art History from Salem College in 1996. She also studied Printmaking at WFU as an auditor from 1997-2014.

“Teaching has improved my art,” expressed Wu. “When you teach, you must stay ahead. By teaching, you learn more.” Outside of her position at Sawtooth, Wu has served as a visiting and guest artist at local universities and artists in residence for WS/FCS. Wu’s artwork can be found at Artworks Gallery on Trade Street in downtown Winston-Salem.

Christina Soriano serves as Vice Provost of the Arts and Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Associate Professor of Dance at Wake Forest University. She also serves on the Board of Trustees for Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County.

Soriano has a long history of arts education. Before her time in Winston-Salem, she taught at other universities in New England such as Providence College and Amherst College. Soriano has a clear passion for teaching. She shared stories of students who have either gone off to be professional dancers or students who applied to medical school where dance was an integral part of their education. “I believe we are lifelong learners,” shared Soriano. “I serve to facilitate the exchange of knowledge because I am learning from my students at the same time.”

To learn more about these individual women, follow Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County on Facebook and Instagram @artscouncilWSFC. ARTS COUNCIL is the chief advocate of the arts and cultural sector in Winston-Salem and Forsyth County. Our goal is to serve as a leader in lifting up, creating awareness, and providing support to grow and sustain artistic, cultural, and creative offerings throughout our region. We acknowledge that it takes every voice, every talent, and every story to make our community a great place to live, work, and play. Arts Council is committed to serving as a facilitator, organizer, and promoter of conversations that are authentic, inclusive, and forward-thinking. There are over 800,000 art experiences taking place in WinstonSalem and Forsyth County annually. To learn more about upcoming arts and culture events happening in our community, please visit www.cityofthearts.com.

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arlier this month, Governor Roy Cooper commuted the sentence of 46-yearold April Barber to time served. He did so on the recommendation of the NC Jim Longworth Juvenile Sentencing Review Board, which he created last Longworth year. The Board’s at Large mission is to review sentences of people who were under the age of 18 when they were tried in adult criminal court. Barber was given two life sentences at age 15, has served 30 years in prison, and now she will be set free.

The media jumped on this feel-good human interest story because April had earned her GED and paralegal certification while incarcerated, and is now

ready to rejoin and contribute to civilized society. The only problem is that there was nothing civilized about the crimes Ms. Barber committed.

April Barber wasn’t wrongly convicted 30 years ago. She wasn’t wrongly identified. There were no extenuating circumstances. She hadn’t been held hostage and forced to commit a crime. There was no DNA mix-up, and she didn’t act out of self-defense. The fact is that April and her 30-year-old boyfriend carefully planned, and then deliberately set fire to her grandparents’ house, killing both Lillian and Aaron Barber. Why? Because April was pregnant, and, according to her testimony, April’s grandparents had threatened to have her boyfriend charged with statutory rape if she didn’t abort the baby.

OK, suppose you believe April’s story, and she was torn between keeping her baby or sending her married man friend to jail. Even so, there were ways to deal with the problem other than burning

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your grandparents alive. Roy Cooper would probably contend that April was only 15 years old, and didn’t know it was wrong to pour gasoline in a house, set fire to it, and trap two elderly people inside.

Bull crap, Roy! If you’re old enough to get a driver’s permit, get pregnant, and plot a double murder, then you’re old enough to know right from wrong, and you should serve your full prison sentence.

But I guess Roy didn’t hear what Jack Shepherd heard on that fateful night in 1991. Shepherd who lived next to the Barbers, told the Greensboro News and Record that, “She (April) could hear her grandmother crying and screaming in pain and hollering for her just as well as I could.” The fire had blocked all exits to the house, so there was no escape for the loving couple who had been caring for April. Aaron died in the fire and Lillian died a few days later.

Hey, I’m all for reviewing criminal cases when evidence is in dispute or when new facts come to light. I’m all for putting murderers in rehab hospitals if a jury found them to be mentally incompetent.

But April Barber confessed to and was fairly convicted of two brutal murders.

She was given two life sentences with a chance of parole in ten more years. So, there was absolutely no justification for Cooper commuting her sentence to time served. But, after all, Roy is a politician who may want to run for the Senate one day, so he did what was politically correct. He heard the voices who called for leniency, but in doing so, he muted the voices and screams of two innocent victims. !

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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GCS COVERT MANIPULATION

Guilford County Schools (GCS) has developed a standard mode of operation which is to give parents and staff short notice on major issues and tell them the Linda Welborn Board of Education is in agreement/approved the initiative.

Staff and parents are then intimidated to toe the line. Gateway Learning Center staff and parents were the first to experience this type of manipulation. The Board had no public meeting and parents were not engaged in any manner.

Parents were devastated; the school was a lifeline for their severely disabled children. Good news — parents stood up and Gateway is still serving students.

GCS now seems to be on a new mission, transitioning schools from block to traditional scheduling using the same method. I received a call from a Northeast Guilford High staff member on 3/8 and was shocked.

I was told NE High would be transitioning from block to a traditional schedule. The staff had been told this was an official decision and the school board supported the transition. The staff member reviewed the 2/24-board meeting to confirm the discussion and approval. The transition from block to traditional schedule was not in the meeting.

As the NE High Board Representative, GCS leadership has a duty to inform me of major changes/events in the school. Another staff member informed me of a NE staff and student petition, although the staff member was not willing to share, a promise was made that no one would see the names on the petition due to fear of reprisal.

This individual would probably burn it before handing it over. However, I was given the totals: 32 staff and over 200 students were against the change.

Understand, this petition is being done in secret because of fear of reprisal. Let that sink in! Parents were suppressed because they were led to believe there was nothing they could do. They were told the change was already boardapproved. Parents that did call were hesitant. They didn’t want their student impacted because they spoke up! This has to stop! !

— Linda Welborn, Guilford County Schools Board Member District 4

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The legacy of Larson celebrated in Tick, Tick … BOOM!

“I’m the future of musical theater,” says Jonathan Larson, the aspiring composer who is the central character in Tick, Tick … BOOM!, a musical drama based on Mark Burger Larson’s semi-autobiographical 1992 rock and roll monologue.

Contributor Whether it’s a boast or a flippant expression of bravado, Larson had no idea just how accurate that prediction would be.

Unfortunately, Larson would not live to see his prediction come to pass, as he died unexpectedly at the age of 35, on the eve of the off-Broadway opening of Rent, one of the most enduring Broadway musicals of the late 20th century, earning him a posthumous Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize, and running 12 years on Broadway.

Larson is played with bristling but ingratiating energy

by Andrew Garfield, who earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.

(The film’s other nod is for Best Editing.) The appealingly gawky Garfield lends a whirlwind of ambition and insecurity — and, more importantly — likability to Larson.

Even if one is unfamiliar with the real Jonathan Larson, Garfield makes him a hero worth rooting for, quirks and all.

Much of the narrative covers the development of Larson’s workshop production of Superbia, a futuristic musical he has toiled away at for nearly a decade. Yet the experiences of Larson and his friends during that time would inspire his later work, particularly Rent, which captured the zeitgeist like few musicals before or since.

Once the narrative is established, it’s left to Garfield to do much of the driving. He’s impressive as a dancer and he carries a tune quite nicely, thereby showcasing his versatility. There’s notable support from Robin de Jesus as Larson’s best friend Michael, who forsakes his own show-biz aspirations WWW.YESWEEKLY.COM

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Tick, Tick … BOOM! marks the feature directorial debut of producer Lin-Manuel Miranda, who created his own Broadway sensation with Hamilton, one of the most enduring Broadway musicals of the 21st century — which also captured the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize. It’s an auspicious bow, true to the spirit (and music) of Larson, and it nicely captures the hustle and bustle of the Great White Way, with a slew of Broadway notables appearing in cameo roles throughout.

The musical numbers, well-photographed by cinematographer Alice Brooks, are creatively rendered. Some are of a dramatic nature, others of a more free-wheeling spirit, and a few — particularly “Sunday,” which depicts a frantically busy Sunday brunch at the Moondance Diner where Larson works — is brilliantly comic in nature.

The film aims to entertain — and enlighten — and a good deal of the time, it does just that.

Screenwriter Steven Levenson, himself a Tony winner for Dear Evan Hansen, incorporates some incisive inside digs at the Broadway Establishment, including Judith Light’s turn as Larson’s blowsy agent, whose anecdote comparing a Broadway opening to a colonoscopy does little to allay Larson’s incessant nervousness as he first presents Superbia, and Bradley Whitford drifts in and out as the legendary Stephen Sondheim, as if he were an otherworldly being whose approval is constantly sought — and indeed sometimes granted. It may not be a classic, but Tick, Tick … BOOM! is a worthy, sometimes wondrous tribute to Larson and his legacy and to Broadway and its legacy.

— Tick, Tick … BOOM is now streaming on Netflix. !

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Thirteen-year-old Matilda Walden of Bentham, United Kingdom, has broken the Guinness World Record for assembling a Mr. Potato Head, United Press International Chuck Shepherd reported on March 14.

Walden put together the iconic toy in just 5.69 seconds. The previous record had been in place for 10 years. Her secret technique? “I had to be joining the nose and mustache together as I picked them up in one hand,” she said. Walden was hoping to raise awareness of Skipton Extended Learning for All, an organization that offers services to children. Walden noted, “I have disabilities, and sometimes find that in other community events I was not welcome and people judge me.” She is thinking about going for the record for assembling a Mr. Potato Head while blindfolded.

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On March 12, a standoff in Bedford County, Pennsylvania, dragged on for 10 hours after Catherine Ann Imler, 57, made an odd appearance around 1:30 p.m. at another resident’s home, WJAC-TV reported. Imler was naked, and she reportedly forcefully entered the home, where she stole the man’s shotgun. As she walked out his back door with the gun, he asked her what she was doing, and she said, “It’s my house.”

Imler then returned to her own home. The victim called authorities, who set up a perimeter around Imler’s house but couldn’t extract her until late that evening, when she was taken to UPMC Altoona with selfinflicted injuries from a sword.

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A big night out on March 12 led Leoni Fildes, 34, to a big idea: She would get an Uber from The Church Inn in Salford, United Kingdom, to Ukraine, to “help” the situation there. Fildes admits she had “one too many double pink gins and shots of Sambuca,” the Manchester Evening News reported, and she was saved from her drunken philanthropic tendencies by fiscal realities: Her Uber app reported “insufficient funds” to back the 1,700-mile trip, which would have cost about 4,500 British pounds. (Not for lack of trying, though — Uber attempted to make the transaction nine times.) “I remember when we were looking, we said, ‘Oh, we’ll get the comfort one.’ That’s dearer — the XL one,” Fildes said. “I’m so glad I didn’t have the funds available.”

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OOPS, I DID IT AGAIN

NBC2-TV reported on March 6 that Anthony Antonaras, 38, of Venice, Florida, inexplicably rammed his pickup truck three times into the home of a woman he knows, damaging her garage doors and a window near the front door. When she came outside, Antonaras was sitting in the bed of the truck as “Wrecking Ball”

by Miley Cyrus blared from the stereo.

He told police that his “foot slipped”; but he also said that the woman is “not a good person” and that the incident was “a message.” Antonaras could be heard screaming expletives while the homeowner was speaking with the 911 dispatcher on the phone. He faces felony charges for criminal mischief and other offenses.

WE ALL NEED A LITTLE GOOD NEWS

Sunday, March 13, was a holiday in New Zealand: Waitangi Day. As such, Turanga library in Christchurch was scheduled to be closed for the day, but the automated door locks malfunctioned, The Guardian reported, and the unstaffed and unsecured library was used by 380 people that day — without any ill effects. “Our selfissue machines automatically started up and 147 books were issued by customers,” a library staff member said. “No booktheft alarms went off, and at this stage nothing has been reported missing, nor have we spotted any damage.” Only one disgruntled customer left a note about there being “no librarians in sight.” “We’re grateful for the honesty of the people who used the library during this time,” said Bruce Rendall, head of facilities, property and planning at Christchurch city council.

LEAST COMPETENT CRIMINAL

Thomas Eugene Colucci of Spring Hill, Florida, wasn’t quite sure that the methamphetamine he purchased from a man he met at an area bar was the real deal, Fox13-TV reported. So on March 10, he called 911 to ask authorities to test his stash. Colucci told the Hernando County Sheriff ’s Office that as an experienced meth user, he knew what it should feel like, and handed two small baggies over to a deputy. He wanted officials to “put the person in trouble” who sold him the drugs, but he couldn’t provide a name or contact information. Deputies did test the substance, which proved to be meth, and placed Colucci under arrest for possession. !

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Luxurious Locks: The Big Hair Ball returns to the Triad

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he Guild and Junior Guild of Family Service of Greensboro will host their 10th annual Big Hair Ball, on April 2, at the Greensboro Coliseum Complex’s Special Katei Cranford Events Center.

Glitz, glam, and a ton of hair spray Contributor reinforce the runway event, which returns—tastefully—with “An Epicurean Style.” Part service project, part fundraiser—like a Greensboro Met Gala—the annual fashion show uses big hair to bring in money, having raised nearly $1.5 million since its inception in 2013.

Volunteers and sponsors bring life to the party, which, beneath the glitter and fluff, helps fund Family Service of the Piedmont, a nonprofit agency addressing

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issues of domestic violence, child abuse, mental health, and financial stability.

“Our work is expansive,” said Tom Campbell, FSP President and CEO. “More than 170 highly-trained counselors and staff members work with clients at 15 locations across the Triad to serve more than 19,000 local children and adults each year.”

Praising the partnerships with the Family Service of Greensboro Guild and Junior Guild, “We can’t thank these volunteer groups enough for their incredible contributions to our work,” Campbell said, giving special recognition to the BHB Executive Director, Indira Lindsay Roberts. “The volunteer work she contributes is a full-time job in and of itself,” he added. “Her vision

and enthusiasm are incredible!”

Roberts,(a modern fashionista raised amongst Greensboro old guard clothiers like Brownhill’s and Montaldo’s), happily shares that spotlight with the sponsors and guild members who help make it happen—notably Carolyn Woodruff and her husband, the late Dwight Ensley. Woodruff Family Law Group and ValuePointe.biz are among the top sponsors for 2022, which also include: Lenny Peters Foundation and Bethany Medical Center, and PNC Financial Services Group.

The team effort extends to models, designers, and makeup artists who whip inspirative sources of sponsorship industries with thematic references into outsize hairdos and outré outfits. Models themselves are plucked from members of the Junior Guild. “They’re a group of high school-aged girls who volunteer their time to Family Service of the Piedmont,” Roberts said. “To qualify as a model, the girls must put in a certain number of volunteer hours.”

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Prizes are awarded for various categories. In 2020, a floral number from The Scout Guide Triad and ABBA Design took home the top prizes for Team Spirit, Most Creatives, and Best Overall Team.

Meanwhile, North Elm Animal Hospital took the “Landmark Vision” theme quite literally, showcasing a trio of models dressed as Niagara Falls, Time Square, and the Taj Mahal.

For 2021, the BHB took a pause and a “Safe at Home” approach to its theme.

Reflecting on the thematic lineage thus far, including Metro-Retro, Midnight at the Oasis, Cirque du Bal, and Muses of the Sea, Roberts is excited to mark its 2022 return with taste. “An Epicurean Style,” if you will. “This year’s looks are inspired by food,” she explained, hinting at outfits that will “embody everything from caviar to Atlantic cod to s’mores.”

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Roberts recalled of her rise as BHB director. “Georgia Lineback (past President of the Guild of Family Service) asked me if I would chair the BHB in its third year; and of course, I said yes because of my love of fashion, hair, and makeup.”

Roberts enlisted the help of Lex Kulman as co-chair at the start. Donna Perkins is the honorary chair for 2022.

Together, they developed themes and enhanced figures. The 2015 “Old Hollywood” Big Hair Ball raised $120,000, the 2020 “Landmark Vision” raised

$320,000. “From there, our trajectory has taken off and we’re on our way to net $500,000,” Roberts noted.

Tickets to the ball itself have already sold out. But Roberts emphasizes other ways to get involved. “Our raffle, Fund-ANeed, and People’s Choice Award voting are open now,” she explained of the fundraising prize-packs. Tickets to the Big Hair Ball aren’t necessary to participate, though the raffles and auction will close during the event.

For Campbell, the Big Hair Ball serves

as a beacon. ”Every community member who invests in a sponsorship or purchases a ticket is helping us build safe and healthy families in Guilford County,” he said. “And more than 89 cents of each dollar Family Service receives goes directly to support our programs for local children and families.”

He’s also excited to further enjoy epicurean delights, and fundraise for FSP, with the annual Greensboro Oyster Roast returning after a two-year hiatus.

“We’re looking forward to gathering with community members and enjoying an evening of great food and dancing,” he said of the event to be held in the Irving Park neighborhood of Greensboro.

“We’re still accepting sponsorships for this event and plan to open up individual tickets soon.”

The Big Hair Ball comes to the Greensboro Coliseum on April 2, with corresponding raffles closing at 8:30 p.m. The Greensboro Oyster Roast rolls on April 29. !

KATEI CRANFORD is a Triad music nerd who enjoys spotlighting artists and events.

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Residents of the Hiatt St Mobile Home Park don’t plan to leave without a fight

Greensboro mayor claims impasse with mobile home residents “I think we’re at loggerheads,” said Greensboro Mayor Nancy Vaughan to YES! Weekly on March 9.

Vaughan was referring to a letter the city received from the former attorney Ian McDowell representing the residents facing eviction Contributor from the Hiatt Street mobile home park, managed by Lynne Anderson and being sold to developer Jerry Wass.

Prior to receiving it, the city had planned to offer money to the remaining families if they agreed to move out by June 19, according to Vaughan.

A resolution, passed unanimously by Greensboro City Council on March 1 titled “Establishing a Mass Housing Displacement Program and Authorizing $200,000 to Fund Services,” made that possible.

“Not all was for Hiatt,” said Vaughan.

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vacate despite state law requiring 180 days. After multiple communications from the city, as well as protests from tenants, their Lindley Park neighbors, and Siembra NC, Anderson extended that deadline to the end of March.

Most of the families have children at Lindley Park Elementary, who are frightened and depressed by the likelihood of having to move.

“Michelle Kennedy has been working hard with the residents,” continued Vaughan on Wednesday. “She had Code Enforcement go out and make sure that their homes were movable. We worked with the developer to extend their deadline from March until the middle of June.”

While that June 19 deadline was accepted by Mark Isaacson, attorney for Wass, Anderson has only accepted the March 31 deadline.

A letter, dated March 9, from Hillsborough attorney Jamie Paulen was addressed to Anderson, Isaacson, Greensboro Neighborhood Development Director Michelle Kennedy, the city’s Homelessness Prevention Coordinator Elizabeth Alverson, and Housing Services Division Manager Cynthia Blue.

While Isaacson has told media that he represents Wass and not Anderson, records of a May 17, 2021 zoning hearing show he successfully requested the Hiatt Street property be rezoned from Residential Multi-family Residential Multi-family — Conditional District. The records state that Isaacson did so on behalf of Allen, Jamison, and O’Hare LLC. That company’s website lists the same phone number as the one where Anderson was reached last month.

Paulen’s letter describes the financial debts and health problems of several Hiatt Street tenants. These included a carpenter undergoing chemotherapy who has allegedly put $32,000 into his trailer and an uninsured hotel worker recovering from breast cancer who has lived there for 14 years.

The letter concluded with the following: “The remaining Hiatt families are making a demand of $451,928 in order to relocate voluntarily by the end of June 2022.

This demand is based on calculations from the University of North CarolinaGreensboro of the financial impact of the displacement. Without this money, the families intend to remain on the property

and fight eviction all the way to the North Carolina Supreme Court.”

Paulen also attached a letter Anderson sent to her remaining tenants on February 28, which began: “I have not received any contracts signed with the terms to be allowed to stay until June 19th. Until I do, your move-out deadline does not change and anyone remaining March 1st and beyond that date are obligated to pay their rent as always.

This is for all the owners of the trailers still on their lots even if no one is living in them.

You are renting a lot to park your home on it, not for the people living in it. Owner occupancy is still a requirement.”

Anderson’s letter also alleged that, while expected water bills were approximately $400 per trailer, “December’s water bill was $2,630.31, January water bill was $1,066.50, and February is $1,263.60.” It concluded by stating, “due to this WE WILL BE RAISING THE RENT TO $475 STARTING APRIL 1, 2022.”

Vaughan called the rent increase “tonedeaf,” but said she took Paulen’s letter to mean the scheduled meeting between the families and the city was canceled.

“We had accounted for roughly $10,000

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Some trailers have already been moved from the Hiatt Street Mobile Park a family to help them move, which is something we’ve never done before.”

She acknowledged that neither Siembra nor the families knew of this offer. “We intended to do that at the meeting with them.”

According to Siembra NC, nine families remain in the trailer park. Divided among them, $451,928 would be $50,214 per family or $40,214 more than Vaughan said the city had intended to offer them.

Hiatt Street resident Denisse Alcantara expressed anger that neither she nor the other residents were told about the city’s offer.

“None of the emails I’ve received from Nancy Vaughan or Michelle Kennedy mentioned a figure they were planning to offer us, and it surprises me that the mayor would tell you about that before anyone told us. Even $10,000 won’t cover half the cost of what it takes to move the mobile home. It takes at least $5,000 just to move the trailer, installations cost at least $9,000, and the final total is likely to be over $20,000.”

Alcantara said when Vaughan spoke to residents in early December, she told them the city was working on a way to keep the families together on a new lot, and investigating ways of changing the law that currently does not require landlords to inform tenants of rezoning.

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new homes, but there was no way to keep them together as a community.

“That’s something else they have not told us,” said Alcantara.

On March 10, Vaughan was asked about statements she and Kennedy made at past council meetings in reference to mandating landlords inform tenants of upcoming zoning meetings concerning their residences, as well as passing a law giving tenants the right of first refusal.

“Unfortunately, we found out that only

the state legislature can do that,” said Vaughan, “and Republicans are reluctant to impose restrictions on landlords.”

She also stated another concern.

“I’m worried that they may end up being evicted without any financial assistance. Some of these residents are not documented, and we don’t want to do anything to put them at risk.”

After being informed of the mayor’s comments, Nikki Marin Baena, Creative Director of Siembra NC, who has been

working with the Hiatt Street residents, sent the following statement: “The most up-to-date communication the residents at Hiatt have received still states March 31 as a deadline. Jamie Paulen is no longer representing the residents, and the residents are anxious to arrive at a shared understanding of what their options are as soon as possible.”

“In any conversation about an amount of money, I think it’s important to recognize the amount of money that could compensate the residents’ moving expenses and the amount of time they’ve spent trying to navigate this life-changing event is calculable. On the other hand, the amount of stress and heartbreak and moments of dashed high hopes is much more difficult to calculate or even begin to compensate.”

“Whether it makes sense or not, that great loss to the residents exists in great contrast to the vast financial benefit that we can imagine Jerry Wass and Lynne Anderson will gain from this transaction. That conversation is quite different from the one Mayor Vaughn is trying to have, which is about what the city’s role and responsibility are, and which I know is an important topic for us to dig into as residents of Greensboro, a city where rents rose by over 20% in the last year.” !

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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The Winston-Salem punkers uphold their namesake—a Katei Cranford nod to the preeminent Gibson guitar pickups—by turning Contributor up the volume while turning out the “spirit of the Ramones and Joan Jett.” And they’re ready to rock.

“It’s our first honest-to-goodness punk show in over two years,” said vocalist and lead, Billie Feather, in a mix of relief and excitement. “It’s hard to get the energy of a room going when people have to be six feet apart, but it looks like we have a lull in Covid cases, so we’re ready to plug in and turn up!”

That excitement extends to their billmates (and fellow FemFest NC favorites) the Durham garage-punk duo, Bangzz.

“They reminded me why I love music,” Feather said, recalling their set while filming the virtual 2021 FemFest at the Ramkat. “From the moment they fired up the stage, everyone in the P-90’s were so moved by their energy, wit, artistry, and passion. They were such a refreshing aural treat after years of not hearing loud rock and roll at its finest.”

“I love their honest and unafraid lyrics and stage presence,” Feather continued.

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The P-90’s make noise “They tackle racism, sexism, and emotional abuse with the razor’s edge of wit and drive home the messages with their music.”

The groups have previously joined forces for FemFest NC (FFNC). And Feather (who now sits on the planning board) has played nearly every round of the annual festival, which fundraises for Family Services of Forsyth County.

Started by the late Bryn Hermansen, FFNC continued in her honor after coorganizer Sarah Burns developed the board to help carry on Hermansen’s work.

“It’s given me so much joy to get to know the FemFest crew and everything they do for the community,” Feather said, referencing the recent “PromoShop” FFNC is hosting to offer free formalwear for teens

in the Triad, March 26 and April 2 (from noon to 4 p.m.) at Burke Street Pub in Winston-Salem.

A multi-instrumentalist, professional musician, educator, songwriter, and “lover of mountain air,” Feather’s work with FFNC and the P-90’s are but two of the many feathers in her cap-- or pins on her jacket, rather. She plucks an array of strings: guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, and ukulele across classical, jazz, and popular styles.

A fervent student, she’s also the 2021-22 Graduate Council President at UNC-School of the Arts, (currently pursuing a Professional Artists Certificate for recording engineering and guitar) where she first attended as a high schooler; and returned for her first undergraduate degree in Clas-

sical Guitar (followed by a Master of Music in Guitar).

She also attended North Carolina Central University for her second undergraduate degree in Jazz Studies. And obtained a certificate for guitar instruction from the Suzuki Association of The Americas.

As an educator, she’s also working on developing a Suzuki Jazz Pedagogy, with the goal of “helping young students dive into the world of jazz early,” she said. It’s all part of the “explorative mindset” she instills in her students—and upholds in her work as a performer and “avid collaborator,” with nearly a half-dozen genre-spanning projects.

There’s Hello Darling, an all-female identifying jazz group; and her work backing the country-blues The Holland Brothers (who’ve appeared on Apple TV’s “Dickenson” and HBO’s “Righteous Gemstones”).

Feather also plays guitar with the bluegrassers, Hank, Pattie, and The Current; and is the bassist in the queer alt-country outfit, Charles Latham and The Borrowed Band. The latter two just wrapped recording for upcoming albums.

On her own, Feather fronts the Hallway Waltz, an experimental country group (counting cello, pedal steel, and a synthesizer amongst the instrumentation), for which she’s currently recording an album to serve as her final project at UNCSA. “I’ve discovered I really love learning about recording and working in the recording studio,” she said.

“I’ve been building a mobile recording setup for small groups and hoping to work more with local recording engineers

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She’s excited to again work with Williams at Electromagnetic Radiation Recorders, and finish recording the P-90’s.

“It’s only been 10-plus years since our last release,” she noted. “We’re looking to get back in the saddle.”

Looking back over their run, Feathers praises her P-90’s fellows: “Dillon White plays the sweetest lead guitar you’ve ever heard,” she said. “Josh Caldwell is quick with a joke and holds down a mean bass line, and our Stephen Melaga is basically

a future movie star.” As for what they’ve been up to. “Dillon got his telecaster repaired,” she explained. “Josh bought a Prius, and Stephen has been doing a ton of stage acting!”

Speaking for the group, “we cannot tell you how excited we are to be making loud rock and roll in our hometown,” Feather said, “after two years of anxiety and wondering if live music would ever return.” With recording plans in June and an optimistic outlook, the P-90’s look to pick it up. “We’re trying to get a beat on where loud rock can be played again because we’re ready to get back out there and make some noise!”

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My boyfriend of a year is caring and thoughtful and perfect in nearly every way — except one. He’s really good friends with his ex.

They grab lunch Amy Alkon every week, and she’ll call him to vent Advice or get advice. He asGoddess sures me they’re just friends, but I can’t help but feel threatened. Is it crazy to tell him he needs to put some distance between them? —Anxious Evolution, it turns out, is a romantic doomsday prepper, setting us up with an “in case our boo disappears on us” contingency plan: basically the mating version of a reserve parachute or the Vice President.

Evolutionary psychologists Joshua Duntley and David Buss find that most of us cultivate “backup mates”: romantic Plan Bs we can plug into our life pronto if our current mate dies or ditches us or their “mate value” goes cliff diving. Though keeping a mental stash of backup boos seems like a sure sign a relationship has gone toiletward, Duntley and Buss find that even people in the happiest relationships are driven to maintain backup mates.

“Maintaining” backup mates can mean simply having them in mind. However, it can also involve efforts to keep a backup mate out of other relationships — like by sneering about the looks and “terrible” qualities of a dude they’re into (who’s ac-

tually pretty much Jake Gyllenhaal crossed with Bishop Tutu and The Rock).

Major warmfuzzy fail, sure, but it makes evolutionary sense. It’s essentially mate-loss insurance. Just as car insurance replaces your car pretty fast after you total it, having a backup mate at the ready shortens the genetically costly sexual downtime between losing or dumping a partner and slotting in their replacement.

By the way, both men and women have backup mates — three, on average — sometimes consciously, but often subconsciously: a clever little scheme by evolution. (The relationship “crimes” we don’t quite know we’re committing don’t quite leave us sick with guilt.)

Understandably, you long to tell your boyfriend to “put some distance” between himself and his ex (like by getting NASA to strap her to a rocket and blast her into space to play nuzzlylunch with the Mars Rover). However, psychologist Jack Brehm finds that telling a person what to do — trying to control their behavior — tends to be a bust, firing up a fear- and anxietydriven freakout he calls “psychological reactance.”

The apparent threat to a person’s freedom to do as they choose jacks them into a motivational state: an intense desire to keep doing whatever they’ve been doing — often with a ferocity not seen till somebody put the squeeze on them.

Additionally, activities they might be just mildly interested in tend to explode in importance the moment someone tries to take them away. (“Give me tennis or give me death!”)

In other words, telling the boyfriend he’s gotta dial it back with the ex could push

him to, well, dial it forward. On the other hand, not telling him could take big bites out of you, especially if you’re “insecurely attached” (psychologists’ term for a relationship style driven by strong fears of abandonment and its feelbad cousins like anger, depression, and jealousy).

Jealousy gets a bad name, mainly from all the pain it spreads around, but it’s actually functional: an evolved alarm system, alerting us to threats to our relationships.

But it also detects threats where none actually exists. Like smoke detectors, it’s calibrated to err on the side of “Better safe than charbroiled!” — especially in the insecurely attached.

That said, jealousy that seems “paranoid” might not be. Evolutionary psychologist Tom Kupfer lays out reasons some people have higher levels of jealousy: feeling their partner isn’t trustworthy, believing they aren’t as hot as their partner, and having been cheated on (in a past relationship, or, especially, in their current one!).

As for you, to determine the actual threat level and decide what to do, context matters: specifically, the nature of your relationship and the nature of theirs (that

is, why your relationship exists and theirs doesn’t). First, consider that you describe your boyfriend as “caring and thoughtful and perfect in every way,” and probably not because you forgot “...and a callous dirtbag and world-class scamster.” Next, ask yourself: Is what you and your boyfriend have together rare and irreplaceable (on every level, from love to sex to fun), or...just another trolley stop on Relationship Avenue?

Finally, ask your boyfriend what he saw in his ex and why they broke up. Was there a passing issue that’s now a moot point (in which case, ruh-roh!) — or...were there “irreconcilable differences,” from emotional issues, to “we just want different things,” to big unsolvable sex problems? Best “breathe a sigh of relief!” case scenario: She’s sexually dead to him, as in, his penis is all, “I’m not getting up outta bed for that!” !

GOT A PROBLEM? Write Amy Alkon, 171 Pier Ave., #280, Santa Monica, CA 90405, or email AdviceAmy@aol.com (www.advicegoddess.com). Follow her on Twitter @amyalkon. Order her latest “science-help” book, Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence. ©2022 Amy Alkon. Distributed by Creators.Com.

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