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ParticiPate in research Dr. Blair Wisco, a clinical psychologist at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is currently recruiting participants for a research study. This research study examines emotional and physical reactions to memories of extremely stressful or traumatic experiences. In order to participate, you must be 18 years old or older and must be able to read and write in English. If you are interested in participating, first you will be asked to complete screening questions online or over the phone to see whether or not you are eligible for the study. If you are eligible, you will be invited to participate in the study, which involves five visits to Dr. Wisco’s lab on UNCG’s campus within two weeks. During the first lab visit (3 hours), you will be asked to complete an interview and fill out questionnaires about your emotions and life experiences. You will then wear a portable cardiac monitor under your clothes and to complete questionnaires on a tablet computer outside the lab on three separate days (30-minute set-up per day, plus time spent completing questionnaires). In the last lab visit (2 hours), you will be hooked up to a similar monitor in the lab and be asked to listen to audio-recorded scripts describing personal past experiences. If you participate in these procedures, you will be compensated $150 for your time. If you are interested in this research participation opportunity, please email copelab@uncg.edu to learn more and receive the screening questionnaire.

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LINDLEY PARK FILLING STATION opened a little over 13 years ago, a reimagining of, literally, a former filling station. Although the gas pumps are gone, the “filling” part of the concept remains valid—comfort food, freshly prepared in-house from quality ingredients, in a casual ambiance that befits the university neighborhood.

6 High Point University invites the community to campus for an exciting lineup of CULTURAL EVENTS. The fall schedule includes a variety of exhibits, speakers, art, music and theater performances.

7 After a year-long hiatus in live performance, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA will be performing — live and in-person — this Saturday at 7:30 p.m. in the Stevens Center, 405 N. Fourth Street, Winston-Salem.

7 Would imagine that most wealthy nonagenarians spend their days relaxing at the beach or at their mountain villa, but not ED ASNER. After appearing in over 150 TV shows, 70 films, and countless plays, Ed had, as of late last month, no less than fifteen current projects in post-production and five

more announced. Of course, anyone who knew Ed wasn’t surprised by his energy or his level of professional activity.

14 Saturday’s VEINTE VEINTE LATIN FESTIVAL may be named for last year, but organizers are already looking forward to the future. “We want to have the event every year around this time,” said James Rosa, festival organizer, executive director, and co-founder of The Rosa Foundation Internationa...

15 “In terms of ethical standards, I am meticulous,” said District 3 City Council representative and Brooks Pierce attorney JUSTIN OUTLING, who is challenging incumbent Nancy Vaughan in next year’s mayoral election. Outling made that statement as an explanation of why he has recused himself from council votes over eighty times since 2015.

20 Psych rockers, ROYAL JELLY, will ride the WAVE Fam Jam with the Matt Irie Band at World Vibe Art Entertainment (WAVE) Studios in High Point on Sept. 18.

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NORTH CAROLINA CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF DANCE

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The NC Dance Festival has announced plans for the celebration of its 30th Anniversary Season.

Each year, the NC Dance Festival, a program coordinated by Greensborobased Dance Project, brings professional modern and contemporary dance choreography from NC artists to audiences across the state.

“Our 2020 season looked much different than we’d originally planned, but we are pleased with the new ways we’ve been able to support North Carolina dance artists and encourage the creation of new dance work,” said Festival Director Anne Morris. “As we finish out our 30th Anniversary season, we are thrilled to include plans for live performances this fall, as well as opportunities to continue engaging with our programs virtually.”

Typically, the NCDF tours to multiple cities throughout the state, bringing a selection of adjudicated dances from North Carolina choreographers to each site. This year, in addition to the live events planned, the Festival will present virtual programs, a gallery exhibition of photographs, and a podcast.

The season’s activities will kick off on Saturday, Sept. 18, with a live event in which dancers will pass a ‘wave of movement’ from one end of the state to the other.

“This project provides an opportunity to bring dancers and dance students together safely, invite community participants into the experience, and create a moment to feel connected to others after a time of isolation and separation,” explained Morris.

In each city, the public is invited to watch and participate, to feel themselves part of a larger movement. For those wanting to participate in Greensboro, the gathering on the Great Lawn at LeBauer park will begin at 1:30 p.m., and the movement wave is expected to pass through at 2 p.m. The event will be part of the National Dance Day activities presented by Greensboro Downtown Parks.

The highlighted performances of the festival will take place on October 2, 2021, at 7:30 p.m., at the Van Dyke Performance Space. “The 30th season has been all about building on what has come before and showcasing the diverse, unique perspectives of artists who call North Carolina home,” Morris said.

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The evening will feature: a performance of “Flight Distance 1” by Helen Simoneau of Winston-Salem; a performance of “Re-Forming,” a new work created from the original Jan Van Dyke’s “Five Short Forms.” by the Van Dyke Dance Group; live performances from Stewart/Owen Dance, Aparna Keshaviah and Atiba Rorie.

While live dance has been in tradition for years, NCDF broadened its horizon with three dance films that will be screened: Cara Hagan’s “Cygnus,” an award-winning short dance film, and “Converge,” the film first premiered in Fall 2020, featuring the work of 20 NC dance artists; and a work in progress dance film by Jeehyun Joung (Raleigh), one of the NC Dance Festival’s current Artists in Residence.

The NCDF decided to expand its work throughout the month to keep the celebration, education, and participation going with an exhibit in the CVA Gallery of 30 Portraits for 30 years, a series of portraits by photographer Zoe Litaker, featuring 30 of the many dancers and choreographers who have been instrumental in establishing, defining, and evolving the Festival over the years.

The portraits are displayed in the Center of Visual Arts Gallery (Greensboro Cultural Center) from September 3 - October 31. Also, the Virtual Dance Discovery Club, which will be held on November 4, at 6:30 p.m. “This is the best opportunity to watch, discuss, and delve into dance from the comfort of your home. Charlottebased choreographer Sarah Council will share some of her recent dance work, and participants will discuss and respond in this Zoom event. No prior dance experience necessary, just a curiosity about dance,” Morris shared.

Celebrations do come to an end, but not conversations. The NCDF will bring back their podcast, “In Process,” which has returned for a second season, including artists, educators, community builders, and funders, focusing on the question, “What does the NC dance community need to Thrive?” “Our conversations this season start with dance and the creative life but spill into all aspects of our community as we connect, revitalize, and dream together,” Morris said.

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val’s 30th season in 2021, the Festival will run a short 31st season from January-July 2022, with smaller-scale events and virtual activities across NC. Further details are to be announced in late Fall 2021.

The NCDF is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the NC Arts Council, Lincoln Financial Group, and individual donors and sponsors.

Audience members are required to show proof of vaccination or negative Covid tests prior to entry, and masks are required throughout the performance.

Tickets are limited, to provide adequate distance between seats. For more information, and ticket sales, check out NCDF’s website, https://danceproject. org/ncdf/. !

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indley Park Filling Station opened a little over 13 years ago, a reimagining of, literally, a former filling station. Although the gas pumps are gone, the “filling” part of the concept remains valid—comfort food, freshly prepared in-house from quality ingredients, in a casual ambiance that befits the university neighborhood. The neighborhood orientation is reinforced by naming dishes for nearby streets.

Naturally friendly, outgoing personnel greet you from behind the bar as you enter. Some high-top seating is interspersed with conventional tables and chairs as well as some patio seating.

The wine list is brief, which is certainly appropriate for this concept. Small sample tastes are readily available, to compensate for the unfamiliarity of most selections, so there is no risk. Beer is more in line for this sort of place, and plenty of good alternatives are available.

To start, my wife and I especially like the Buffalo Shrimp. Sourced in North Carolina (OK, shrimp are notoriously bad navigators and often migrate across state lines, but they are still considered local), large shrimp are bathed in a slightly vinegary hot red pepper sauce and cooked just-right-tender. Celery and carrots, plus bleu cheese and/or ranch (both taste homemade) dressings soften the impact of the hot sauce, also adding a pleasantly mellow flavor of their own.

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a first course, presented in this case in a basket. The portion size—four cakes—is just right for sharing. They emit a moderate level of crab flavor from what appears to be backfin crabmeat, pleasantly fresh tasting. A small salad of leaf lettuces and sprouts separates them. A chili-dill sauce (a homemade tartar sauce) adds impact.

These were cooked a little more than ideal—too brown, but not burnt tasting. I would get them again, anyway.

Five slices make up a serving of Fried Green Tomatoes. Tart and firm (as they should be), these are coated in an exceptionally crisp crust, flanked by homemade pimiento cheese, along with ranch dressing. Good texture, good flavor from multiple sources.

Most of the menu is made up of sandwiches and burgers. I would repeat any of them.

Rolling Road Reuben is based on corned beef, plus sauerkraut, thousand island dressing, and Swiss cheese, on marble rye bread. The swirl in the bread looks great, and flavor is just as good as visual impact. The Springwood hosts hot pastrami, enhanced with Dijon mustard and Swiss cheese, also on marble rye bread. Both these meats show solid quality, not too fatty or gristly. They rank among the better renditions of these favorites.

The Berkshire Wrap encloses meatloaf made from Angus beef, along with provolone cheese, mushrooms, fried onions, and chipotle ketchup. The meatloaf is one of the best I’ve had! I would rank this my favorite among the various things we tried.

Several salad entrées provide an avenue for lighter dining. The Holiday hosts crisp fried oysters, fresh tasting, plump and juicy, along with tomatoes, bleu cheese crumbles, and red onions, in baby spinach. This usually comes with tomato horseradish dressing, but I thought chive ranch dressing sounded more appealing, and the kitchen accommodated the request.

From an abundance of burger alternatives, we chose two, both based on Angus beef. The Chapman Street augments the thick patty with bacon and homemade pimiento cheese, presented on a potato roll embedded with bits of dried onion.

The Willowbrook is quite elaborate— two patties with Swiss cheese melted

between them, plus caramelized onions, mushrooms, and sauerkraut, plus thousand island dressing on that marble rye bread. Both winners.

Another burger uses local grass-fed beef. I’ll try it on another visit.

The owner is Sarah Keith, former proprietor of Josephine’s. Spencer McCandless helms the kitchen. He has operated in that role since the LPFS beginning.

Andres Morales started out in the kitchen after several years on the line in other restaurants, then moved into the General Manager role earlier this spring.

I like the food here, and I like the people. LPFS is the sort of place where you can drop in, anytime, without having to dress or plan or budget in advance, and just enjoy yourself. !

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Contact him at john.e.batchelor@gmail.com or see his blog, johnbatchelordiningandtravel.blogspot.com.

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HPU Announces Fall Community Enrichment Series Events

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igh Point University invites the community to campus for an exciting lineup of cultural events. The fall schedule includes a variety of exhibits, speakers, art, music and theater performances.

Triad residents can sign up to receive email updates about community events at HPU throughout the year by visiting www.highpoint.edu/community/enrichmentseries/. More information and the complete list of community events can be found at www.highpoint.edu/culturalprograms/events-page/. They also can receive notifications about events by downloading the HPU Community App at www.highpoint.edu/communityapp.

Nicole McCormick’s Santiago Exhibit in the Sechrest Art Gallery will be open until Oct. 8. The gallery is open Tuesday – Friday 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

In her works, Santiago portrays semiautobiographical scenes of everyday life, rejecting the grandiose instead of the mundane, a contemporary nod to 17thcentury Dutch genre paintings.

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The Annual Fall Dance Concert will be performed Sept. 30 – Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. in the Pauline Theater in Hayworth Fine Arts Center. It will feature choreography by faculty and guest artist Denise Murphy. The four pieces will be ballet and contemporary and are all new work created for this concert. Free tickets are available at www.highpoint.edu/theater/tickets/. A livestream will also be available.

Jessica Singerman’s Of Stones, Earth and Air Exhibit in the Sechrest Art Gallery will be open Oct. 25 – Dec. 17. The gallery is open Tuesday – Friday 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The artist is inspired by the poetry of nature, including color and light in the landscape, seasons and the passing of time. The work is a kind of meditation and a love letter to life and painting. She wants her work to create wonder for people and to be evocative of the outdoor spaces that inspire us, like mountains, valleys and skies.

“Something Wicked This Way Comes” will be performed on Oct. 21 – 23

HPU Wind Ensemble and on Oct. 25 – 27 from 7:30 p.m. – 9:30 p.m. and on Oct. 24 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Empty Space Theater. “Something Wicked This Way Comes” shows Shakespeare’s dark side. With scenes from plays such as “Macbeth,” “Hamlet” and the very Game of Thrones-esque “Titus Andronicus,” the evening showcases the truly bizarre from the mind of William Shakespeare. Tickets will be available at www.highpoint.edu/theater/tickets/ starting on Oct. 4.

The High Point University Wind Ensemble, under the direction of associate professor of music, Dr. Brian Meixner, presents a Halloween concert, “Hallowinds” on Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Hayworth Fine Arts Center.

The High Point University Jazz Ensemble, under the leadership of Dr. Robert Faub, adjunct instructor of saxophone and composition, will present a concert at 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 9 in HPU’s Empty Space Theatre. This performance will include a combination of traditional and modern jazz from varying periods, featuring student performers in numerous roles. Celebrate the history of jazz with the HPU Jazz Ensemble.

“Working! The Musical” will be performed Nov. 18 – 21 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. and Nov. 21 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Hayworth Fine Arts Center.

This musical, based on the 1974 book “Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do” by Studs Terkel, was written by Stephen Schwartz and includes music by Schwartz, Craig Carnelia, Micki

Grant, Mary Rodgers, James Taylor, and Lin-Manuel Miranda. It features monologues and songs performed by a variety of working-class people, taken from the interviews in the book, and is meant to compel the audience to look at the person behind the job. These characters portray the need to find dignity in even the most seemingly mundane employment, the reward of taking pride in one’s work, no matter how humble. Livestream will also be available. Tickets will be available at www.highpoint.edu/theater/tickets/ starting on Oct. 28.

The High Point Community Orchestra, under the direction of associate professor of music, Dr. Brian Meixner, presents “An American in Paris” on Nov. 29 at 7:30 p.m. in HPU’s Hayworth Fine Arts Center. This performance features the music of great French composers through history that celebrates France’s rich musical heritage. Music by Hector Berlioz, George Bizet, Maurice Ravel, and selections from “An American in Paris” by the great American composer, George Gershwin are on the program. Featured soloists are HPU instructor of flute, Lissie Shanahan, and the winner of the 2021 HPU Student Concerto Competition.

The Annual Holiday Choral Concert will be held on Dec. 4 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in HPU’s Hayworth Fine Arts Center. The Holiday Choral Concert will be the beloved Part I of George Frideric Handel’s MESSIAH, performed by the university choral ensembles, accompanied by orchestra and featuring student soloists. No tickets are needed and all are invited.

HPU’s Instrumental Ensemble Holiday Concert is scheduled for Dec. 5 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the Cottrell Amphitheatre. The one-hour event will include performances of holiday music by the HPU Community Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble and several small instrumental groups. Bring a blanket, enjoy some hot cocoa and get into the holiday spirit.

The North Carolina Symphony: Holiday POPS Concert will be held on Dec. 7 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in HPU’s Hayworth Fine Arts Center. Holiday Pops is a North Carolina Symphony tradition and a favorite with audiences around the state.

The festive concert showcases seasonal favorites and the always popular sing-along. Founded in 1932, the North Carolina Symphony is a full-time professional orchestra under the artistic leadership of Music Director Grant Llewellyn. !

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UNCSA resumes live performances this weekend After a year-long hiatus in live performance, the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA) Symphony Orchestra will be performing — live and in-person — this Saturday at Mark Burger 7:30 p.m. in the Stevens Center, 405 N. Fourth Street, Contributor Winston-Salem.

The program will be Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5, and leading the symphony is guest conductor and UNCSA alumnus Robert Franz. Tickets are $20 (general admission) and $15 (student admission) and are available by calling (336) 721-1945 or visiting https://www. uncsa.edu/performances/index.aspx.

To maintain health and safety, in accordance with local mandates, audience members (and musicians) are required to wear masks, regardless of vaccination status.

Unquestionably one of the renowned composers and pianists of the twentieth century, Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-’75) premiered his fifth symphony in November 1937. Many observers believed it was a response to him having withdrawn his fourth symphony the year before, reportedly due to criticism by the Soviet government (Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 4 would not premiere until 1961).

According to Franz, “Shostakovich’s fifth symphony is a musical mystery.

Through this symphony, we are invited into the mind of a composer who is torn between love of country and hatred of the oppressive political system that ran it, with a real fear for his safety and the safety of his family. The tightrope that Shostakovich had to navigate to keep the (Soviet) authorities happy and speak his mind has meant that there are secret codes embedded throughout the piece.”

The program will open with the Overture for Orchestra by Grazyna Bacewicz (1909-’69), one of Poland’s leading female composers and violinists, who — like Shostakovich — wrote from behind the Iron Curtain. The program also includes Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concierto de Aranjuez featuring guitarist Henry Ngo, winner of the 2021 UNCSA Concerto Competition.

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Robert Franz Franz, who earned his Bachelor of Music in oboe performance in 1990, and two years later became the first UNCSA graduate to earn a Master of Music in orchestral conducting. He is music director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra, associate conductor of the Houston Symphony, and artistic director of the Boise Baroque Orchestra. Franz was also a guest conductor of the Winston-Salem Symphony in January 2021, having served as a musician apprentice there in the past.

“To say I’m excited coming back is an understatement,” Franz said. “When I was growing up in Davidson, NC, I wanted nothing more than to be a musician.

Auditioning and getting in as an oboist was nothing short of miraculous to me.

My six years at UNCSA were formative, life-changing, and allowed me the skills and confidence to launch my career.”

Franz is currently serving as artist-inresidence at the UNCSA School of Music, leading orchestra rehearsals leading up to Saturday’s concert, and according to Saxton Rose, dean of the School of Music, future opportunities for Franz to engage with students are already being planned.

“Robert Franz is both a brilliant musician and a passionate educator,” Rose said. “Our students will be eager to engage with an alumnus who is known as a leader in the profession. We are thrilled to welcome one of our most celebrated alumni back to campus for the first concert of the full orchestra since 2019. We have selected our programs very carefully this year to showcase the talent

and discipline of our student artists, who have continued to perform and grow in their craft throughout the pandemic.

“It is entirely fitting that their first concert of the year will be conducted by

a musician who performed on the same stage as a student and has built a stellar career.”

If all goes according to plan, UNCSA will resume live performances during the 2020-’21 season. In addition to live performances, UNCSA will livestream concerts by faculty artists and guests artists from the School of Music, as well as film screenings from the UNCSA School of Filmmaking.

“We are thrilled to welcome back our loyal audiences for in-person performances this coming season at UNCSA,” said Brian Cole, UNCSA chancellor.

“There is no replacement for the energy of live audiences and the community engagement that results from being together in a room experiencing transformative art.”

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Remembering Ed Asner: A grouchy crusader

would imagine that most wealthy nonagenarians spend their days relaxing at the beach or at their mountain villa, but not Ed Asner. After appearing in over 150 Jim Longworth TV shows, 70 films, and countless plays, Ed had, as of late Longworth last month, no less at Large than fifteen current projects in postproduction and five more announced. Of course, anyone who knew Ed wasn’t surprised by his energy or his level of professional activity. It’s what we expected from the man whose bluecollar upbringing taught him the value of hard work. And with role models like two older sisters who were social workers, and a football coach who once explained to him the rights of laborers, it was also predictable that Ed would work hard fighting for others. Ed was an actor who didn’t just talk the talk, he also walked the walk, speaking out against everything from repression to suppression, and raising money for a plethora of charities and causes, even when it meant being criticized and blackballed. It’s no wonder, then, that The Hollywood Reporter just named Ed as their 2021 Icon. That issue came out on August 25. Ed passed away four days later. Ed Asner was 91.

I first got to know Ed back in 2010 when he was filming “Elephant Sighs” in North Carolina and stopped by to tape an episode of Triad Today. We stayed in touch regularly by phone after that, including discussions about politics and his reason for writing The Grouchy Historian: An Old Time Lefty Defends Our Constitution Against Right-Wing Hypocrites and Nutjobs, which was published in 2017.

We spoke shortly before the book was released.

Ed: My co-author Ed Weinberger and I were unhappy with how the right-wing was constantly claiming the Constitution was theirs, and we decided some counterthrust should occur.

Jim: What’s worse, right-wing nuts who abuse the Constitution, or a President who hasn’t read it?

Ed: (laughs) What’s the difference.

Trump is a P.T. Barnum like I’ve never witnessed in my life. There’s a sucker born every minute, and I think he’s corralled most of them.

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Ed Asner and Jim Longworth with conservatives who called him everything from a communist to a socialist, to unpatriotic. But he never wavered in those beliefs throughout his career, and what a career it was. Following a brief stint in the Army, Ed performed with the Playwrights Theatre, then made a living by playing character roles in episodic television and films, before being cast as Lou Grant in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. He then headlined the spin-off series Lou Grant, and became the only actor in history to win an EMMY for playing the same role in two different series, one a comedy, and the other a drama. He won seven Emmys in all, served as President of the Screen Actors Guild, and was named to the Television Hall of Fame.

During Ed’s visit to Triad Today in 2010, we discussed his youth, his career, and his social activism. Here are some highlights: Jim: By now it’s common knowledge that your buddy Gavin McLeod was asked to audition for the role of Lou Grant, but deferred to you instead, because he thought you’d be better in that role. It’s also a well-known fact that you blew your first audition for MTM. Ed: They told me I gave a very intelligent reading, which is a euphemism for saying “it stunk.” I did a second reading, and this time they asked me to be crazy, wiggy, and wild. I did and they loved it.

Then they asked me back to do the same thing with Mary. Afterward, Mary said to the producers, “Are you sure about him?,”

and they said, “Yeah, that’s your Lou Grant.”

Jim: MTM was a huge hit, then you did five seasons as the star of the spinoff, Lou Grant. No one had ever attempted to take a sitcom character and have him headline a drama as the same character.

There must be a reason why no one had tried.

Ed: There was. We were going from 180 degrees difference, and nobody, producers, writers, crew, nobody knew what it was like to try and take a half-hour comedy show with three cameras, and make it a one-hour drama with no audience. It took us two years to get it right.

Jim: In Lou Grant, you play a big-city newspaper editor who was sort of a throwback to the days of muckraking.

Ed: I love muck (both laugh).

Jim: Do you think that show made a difference in addressing social issues?

Ed: I know it did. For example, we did a show on dogfighting, and it helped change laws in four or five states.

Jim: While flying high with Lou Grant, you sent money for medical supplies to the rebels in El Salvador who were fighting against a dictator that the Reagan administration supported. All of a sudden, the White House and the news media painted you as some sort of communist. Why did you do it?

Ed: Because our government was supporting a dictator who sponsored death squads. They went around killing

the peasants unless they supported the evil government. These squads killed nuns, they killed priests, but the American media led folks here to believe that my sending medical aid was a communist move on my part.

Jim: Bowing to political pressure, CBS then cancelled Lou Grant, and you were virtually blackballed for a while afterwards. Did you ever regret what you did?

Ed: I second guess it all the time. My great regret is that a show with ideas was removed from TV. The causes we covered on Lou Grant are still untreated, and that’s the guilt I carry.

Jim: So why didn’t you ever run for Congress and fight those causes as an elected official?

Ed: I should have because all you have to do is serve one term, and you get a good health plan for life (laughs). In fact, everybody in this country should run for Congress and get a good health plan. I also think people who run for the Senate should do what NASCAR drivers do, and put the names of their corporate sponsors on their suit. Look, a lot of folks back then thought I was positioning myself to be Governor, but I have far more power speaking out as an actor than I ever would as a Congressman or Governor.

Jim: Why DID you become an actor?

Ed: Two reasons. It was good therapy, and it was a romantic, safe adventure.

Acting is a safe adventure.

Jim: Well, just before we started taping, I noticed that you were trying to be romantic with my wife.

Ed: I was merely resuming where I had been before (both laugh).

I last spoke with Ed this summer to get his thoughts on the passing of our friend Gavin McLeod. Now, less than three months later Ed is gone too. His lasting legacy is one of entertaining and serving others without pretense, and he will be missed. Of course, were he with us now, I’m sure Ed would want the last word, so here’s one more of our exchanges.

Jim: What would it take for you to stop being grouchy?

Ed: I don’t want to stop being grouchy.

I think being avuncular is very attractive, and I like filling those shoes, so mind your own God damn business! (both laugh) The Grouchy Historian is available on Amazon.com, and you can view my complete television interview with Ed on www.jimlongworth.com. !

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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he opening scenes in The Gateway, with its washed-out, swirling cinematography (courtesy Bryan Newman), portend something Mark Burger different than the standard-issue conContributor temporary neo-noir.

The film then settles down into a more conventional melodrama, yet on those terms, The Gateway isn’t bad at all. It’s got atmosphere and attitude to spare, it’s well paced, and the actors each bring a little something extra to their characters, familiar though they may be.

It’s also nice to see the talented Shea Whigham enjoy a leading role, and he’s quite good as Parker, a burned-out, booze-soaked social worker who’s taken his share of hard knocks in life. But, no surprise, underneath that hardened exterior beats a heart of gold.

He’s particularly attentive to a single mother (Olivia Munn) and her daughter Ashley (Taegan Burns), even more so when Dahlia’s husband Mike (Zach Avery) is paroled from prison. The film’s nods to film noir are obvious: Parker is only ever referred to as “Parker,” and Munn’s character is named Dahlia.

It doesn’t take long for Mike to revert to his old ways, pulling off a violent drug heist at the behest of local crime boss Duke (Frank Grillo), and being surly and

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The stage is thus set for Parker’s redemption, including a possible reconciliation with his estranged father Marcus (Bruce Dern), an embittered Vietnam veteran with demons of his own. But redemption, in a film such as this, doesn’t come easily and often comes violently.

Matching Whigham’s fine work is the veteran Dern, at this point an always-welcome presence in any film, and even Avery imbues the snarling Mike with vestiges of humanity and guilt. Munn and Burns tend to be relegated to the background in the later stages, and Grillo’s role is basically an extended cameo, although he’s eminently nasty.

In a cast where stubble is a prerequisite for its male characters, Mark Boone Junior is positively leonine as Parker’s favorite bartender and confidante. Keith David, himself an always welcome presence, has only a small role as one of Parker’s former colleagues, but Taryn Manning does a lot with the thankless role of a sultry barroom tart who catches Parker’s eye but also sizes him up accurately.

Director/co-screenwriter Michele Civetta pulls off some nifty action sequences yet balances this with emphasis on characterization. There are some plot contrivances, but those too are to be expected in a film like The Gateway. Flaws and all, it’s an entertaining, sometimes effective diversion.

— The Gateway is available on-demand, on digital, and on DVD ($19.98 retail) and Blu-ray ($21.99 retail) from LionsGate Home Entertainment). !

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When Hurricane Ida swept through New York, the heavy rain and flooding did an estimated $50 million in damage.

But in the Big Apple, there’s a silver lining: Chuck Shepherd The storm may have cleared out a significant portion of the rat population that lived in the sewers and subway system.

Experts believe hundreds of thousands of rats may have died as sewer systems were overwhelmed and dumped into local bays and estuaries, where the rodents later washed up on beaches. Bobby Corrigan, longtime pest control expert, told Gothamist, “I can’t imagine they would’ve survived.” Conversely, those that did weather the storm appear to be seeking shelter on higher ground, as exterminators report a spike in complaints.

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As Hurricane Ida made its way up the East Coast and Louisiana started to clean up, a Covington Domino’s Pizza store tossed some of its leftover dough into a dumpster out back, nola.com reported.

Temperatures in the area climbed into the 90s, and the dough climbed ... out of the waste container. Nicole Amstutz, who lives nearby, started documenting the wayward dough blob on Sept. 1, posting updates on Facebook. The dough spilled over onto the pavement, but Amstutz reported on Sept. 4 that it had fallen and boxes were placed on top of it. The general manager of the Domino’s store did not respond to an interview request.

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Elvis has left ... the barber shop. Elvis Presley’s personal barber, Homer Gilleland, scooped up snippings of the King’s hair over multiple haircuts and kept the baseball-sized ball of tresses in a plastic bag, which he then gifted to Thomas Morgan, a friend of both men. United Press International reported on Sept. 8 that the hair, now in a sealed jar and backed up by “extensive documentation,” sold at auction for $72,500. A Los Angeles auction house offered the hair alongside one of Presley’s concert jumpsuits and other items.

THE (LITERAL) PASSING PARADE

At midnight on Sept. 9, North Korea held a military parade in the capital, Pyongyang, to celebrate the country’s 73rd anniversary, CNN reported. Kim Jong Un appeared on a platform and waved, but

reportedly did not speak. Perhaps the late hour was thought to be more dramatic than a daytime spectacle, especially for the dropping of paratroopers from military planes and firing of flares. Observers noted that Kim appeared to have lost a significant amount of weight.

SUSPICIONS CONFIRMED

Oddity Central reported on Sept. 3 that Li Zhanying of Henan, China, is known in her community for having gone more than 40 years without sleeping at all.

Her husband and neighbors confirmed her claims, saying that she stayed up all night to do chores and didn’t ever nap. But recently, Li visited a Beijing medical center, where doctors used sensors to monitor her and discovered that Li does sleep — with her eyes open and while talking to her husband. Doctors called it “sleep when awake,” which is similar to sleepwalking.

They said Li sometimes had “slow eyeballs and hollow eyes,” indicating that she was resting.

RUDE

Doug Simmons, 44, and Debra McGee, 43, of Chicago, planned a destination wedding in Jamaica, to which they invited 109 guests. “Four times we asked, ‘Are you available to come, can you make it?’ and they kept saying yes,” Simmons explained to the New York Post in late August. But when the big day arrived, the couple realized not everyone had shown up. So Simmons, a small-business owner, sent invoices for $120 per person to all the no-shows. “This amount is what you owe us for paying for your seat(s) in advance.

You can pay via Zelle or PayPal.” Simmons said he and his wife were hurt that people didn’t show up: “I took that personally.” No word on whether they’ve collected on any of the invoices.

GREAT ART

Remember the self-shredding Banksy artwork that sold for $1.4 million in October 2018? Originally called “Girl With Balloon,” the piece, now known as “Love Is in the Bin,” will be up for auction again in October, the Associated Press reported, and is expected to fetch between $5 million and $9 million. Alex Branczik, chairman of modern and contemporary art at Sotheby’s, calls the piece “the ultimate Banksy artwork and a true icon of recent art history.” Before the auction, the piece will be on display in London, Hong Kong, Taipei and New York. !

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Art Checks In, Again: Curated Art Hotel finds new home

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he City of Art and Innovation has a new hotel designed to capture the eye and stimulate the mind along with giving rest, although you’ll find its usual Chanel Davis tenets may not be who, or what, you think.

Editor Located at the corner of Albert and Green Streets, The West Salem Art Hotel is a living art gallery, and Airbnb wrapped discreetly into the 1931 two-story building found in West Salem and is run by Haydee Thompson.

“West Salem Art Hotel is a continuation of what was the Warehouse Art Hotel but at a different location. Art checks in and Art checks out. When people stay, they are there to look at the art, to be around it, to contemplate it, and hopefully buy it. It’s like a gallery would work except there are very heavily curated spaces. Our main priority is creating opportunities for artists to sell their work,” Thompson said.

“We also are planning to continue to have performances, events, and workshops. I would love to do artist residencies in the future.”

Thompson said that the core goal for the gallery is for people to see the artist’s work.

“It’s an opportunity for the artist to be viewed by people who don’t live locally.

We have people from all over the world coming to Winston to stay. Either the art hotel is the reason they’re coming, for the destination and the experience, or they’re here for a wedding or conference, or, you know, just looked at the picture of the room and thought ‘oh, that has some great amenities.’ Which we do happen to have this very different and beautiful experience that you wouldn’t get in maybe a regular hotel,” explained Thompson.

“But the mission is for those eyes from outside of Winston-Salem to get the opportunity to see our local artists. And I say local broadly because we also do regional artists. So they have a chance to be seen by people from all over. And we do get people from all over the globe staying here.”

This is a fact that is not lost on other key arts organizations in the city.

“The West Salem Art Hotel is a perfect example of how the arts come alive in our city. We commend Haydee Thompson’s creativity and ability to bring artists

together to make something very special.

Organizations such as the West Salem Art Hotel help to showcase the arts in an innovative way to visitors and locals alike,” said Katie Hall, chief advancement officer for the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County.

The building doesn’t seem to have been left without being reimagined as the hallways and bedrooms have been reimagined by a local artist or living spaces transformed by statues or art from a sculpture or painter. If you ask Thompson she’ll tell you it’s all part of the plan that she has for the newly acquired ‘blank canvas.’

She and her team of designers, artists, and contractors have finished two spaces in the Art hotel, the Art/partment and the Rose Room, along with a completed foyer painted by Laura Lashly. The upstairs of the building are currently under construction but will house a large open floor plan art gallery, community kitchen, and four more art rooms. There are plans to build a solarium in the back of the building.

“The rooms themselves are works of art, so you have art in the design of the room.

Here I was working with a whole new set of parameters,” she said of designing the Art/partment. “You kind of anticipate the

guest’s needs and what they want as well as try to make space for the art. You have the art in mind and art form, and you let the art inspire the space and vice versa.”

The Rose Room is covered from floor to ceiling with a flower mural painted by artist and muralist Gina Franco. The apartment boasts a full micro kitchen and dining room that doubles as an art salon that hosts rotating art exhibitions and currently displaying Liz Simmions Vulture paintings.

“The room was actually very sad before so all I could think of to reverse that energy, I guess, was to bring something beautiful in. As soon as I decided that it was going to be the Rose Room, I had my friend Gina Franco from Greensboro. She painted the most beautiful rose-inspired mural on all four walls and the ceiling,” Thompson said.

However, six months earlier, Thompson was on her way to a relative’s farm after having to leave her home of 20 years.

In March 2020, when the COVID lockdown and restrictions began, Thompson was in good shape at the Warehouse Art Hotel. The space was booked out for months and had recently hosted a successful art exhibit from Greg Vore’s “At an Intimate Distance” collection.

That quickly changed, leaving her with a host of cancellations and one last guest, a traveling nurse who was only staying

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for a week. Thompson calls the situation “kismet.”

“I started talking to her after all of the cancellations came in about how to go about hosting travel nurses,” she said.

While she didn’t typically host longterm guests, for the next ten months she found herself hosting a slew of traveling nurses who were working across the Triad and needed a place to stay for at least three months. During this time, she also helped friends convert parts of their homes into housing for traveling nurses.

“That really helped pay the rent and kept us above water as a business,” Thompson said. “But also, it was fascinating to hear the inside scoop on what was going on with COVID and the first-hand experience.”

Thompson was asked if she thought the art in the hotel acted as a form of therapy for the nurses, and she said that while didn’t often see them and didn’t receive that type of feedback, she did aim to make the space comfortable for them.

“The best I can say is that they all had a great experience there. I try to make the spaces comfortable and sort of magical,” she said. “Hopefully they got that out of it. And it was therapeutic and restful because I know they were exhausted. So I would hope so.”

Still wanting to share art, Thompson still hung art exhibits in cafes and restaurants that were open while making informational videos about artists and the Hotel.

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ments. Residents and artists are invited to stop by the hotel on Saturday, Sept. 18 beginning at 8 a.m. to look at the work that Thompson and her team have accomplished so far.

There will be coffee and pastries from SAYSO Coffee and food from Native Root throughout the day. The open house will offer live music, live art sales, and a raffle to win a one-night stay for two at the West Salem Art Hotel. Attendees will also be able to see the collaborative Solarium Mural by Zac Trainor and Molly Grace.

“I’m excited. It’s a whole new world, and we’re right next to some very energized and creative makers.

There will be social distancing precautions in place to avoid overcrowding, masks are required, and that includes making the open house an all-day affair.

The protocols will also roll into the hotel space.

“We’ve always kept the space clean, but now it’ll take three times as long because we’re disinfecting,” Thompson said. “We’re being very careful, and I don’t know what to expect in the future.”

Thompson said she plans to take it easy after booking up the first apartment so quickly.

“I don’t want to rush into anything, but I don’t want to pretend that we’re living in the same world in February 2020. We were at the top of our game and booked out for months, so it was a real eyeopener.”

Thompson said, for now, she’ll let the community and the people tell her what they need and want.

“Success to me is that everyone stays healthy.”

She encourages artists and residents to watch the hotel’s social media pages for workshops and events, and asks if they’d like to submit any of their works to email westsalemarthotel@gmail.com. !

CHANEL DAVIS is the current editor of YES! Weekly and graduated from N.C. A&T S.U. in 2011 with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications. She’s worked at daily and weekly newspapers in the Triad region.

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Local foundation hosts Latin Festival Saturday’s Veinte Veinte Latin Festival may be named for last year, but organizers are already looking forward to the future.

“We want to have the event every year around this time,” Chanel Davis said James Rosa, festival organizer, executive director, Editor and co-founder of The Rosa Foundation International, which will host the Veinte Veinte Latin Festival on Saturday, September 18 at the Barber Park Amphitheatre, located at 1500 Barber Park Drive, in Greensboro.

Held during the national timeframe for Hispanic Heritage Month, the free event will be held from noon to 7 p.m. and offers attendees dancing, food and drinks, and other vendors that celebrate Latin culture.

Although admission to the event is free, those looking for event perks can purchase VIP tickets for $25 a person. VIP tickets include two free beers, premium seating, and a personal attendant for food purchases.

There will be food trucks and a beer garden near the stage.

Though the phrase viente viente means 2020 in Spanish, Rosa said it was important for him to hold on to last year’s name to recognize the many individuals that did not make it to the New Year.

“Technically, we were supposed to have the festival last year but, due to COVID, we weren’t able to do it. So we’re going to continue to use that same name in recognition of those that we have lost to COVID last year,” Rosa explained. “Not just the Latino community but people that we have lost in our community here in Greensboro. We just want to recognize everybody as a whole and not just individuals. This event is not just focused on the Hispanic community, but it’s for everybody.”

Recognizing the health disparities in the Triad, the foundation has also arranged speeches from community leaders and partners, health agencies and will offer free COVID-19 testing and vaccines. Rosa says that some of that disparity comes from not trusting the medical community.

“Some of us are scared to even go to the doctors, and some of us don’t have the proper medical coverage,” he said. “I know, myself, it took me a while to go ahead and get myself checked out, and this was before COVID. I’ve gotten better with that.”

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James Rosa the agency has been attempting to pull off this festival for a while now, but the slated festival planned for last year was interrupted by COVID-19. He said the goal is to bring some camaraderie to the community while bringing awareness to the influence that Latin culture has on the community.

“There have been smaller festivals in the past, but I don’t know that they’ve really focused on the music, craft, and food like this festival will,” Duncan said. “James really wanted to make sure that everything was really authentic with the festival. We want to celebrate a culture that is so often overlooked or appropriated in many ways in this country while bringing awareness to a community that is in and around Greensboro and North Carolina.”

Live music and entertainment from across the state will be provided by DJ Joey Acosta, Fuzion Latina Charlotte, El Nuevo Tumbao, Orquesta 704, Sabor A Rumba, El Kosentido, Tyrone Marquez and Izis La Enfermera. The event will be emceed by Carlos Rivera.

The event also acts as a fundraiser for the foundation’s 3rd annual Men Making Positive Changes Awards Ceremony, an event that recognizes men who are making a positive impact in their communities. This year the event will also include a recipient

for the foundation’s performing arts scholarship. Throughout the year, the service and civic-minded organization hosts a coat drive, serves at homeless shelters, in schools, and holds a bike and car show in memory of Rosa’s son that benefits NICU babies and their families.

Rosa, who said that he and his wife, T’ebony, are very excited about the event, emphasizes that the festival is not just for Hispanic individuals but anyone who wants to celebrate the culture.

“I’m excited but nervous at the same time the closer we get. We want to share this with everyone,” he said. “We want people to get some relief from the world.

Even if it’s just for a couple of hours. We want them to be able to have some fun, get some food, meet some people and catch up with some old friends. They have the chance to get relief from everyday life, get some information while they are here,

and have some fun.”

Duncan is grateful to see lots of hard work paying off this year.

“It has been months of hard work putting this together and like most festivals, there’s a lot of behind-the-scenes work.

This will serve as a launch pad, being the first one, for us to continue doing this annually with the funds from the festival going into continuing the work that the Rosa Foundation is doing and providing for scholarships and awards that are given out in November,” Duncan said. “We just want people to come out and enjoy themselves.

That’s our main goal.”

For more information, including tickets, visit www.rosa-foundation.com. !

CHANEL DAVIS is the current editor of YES! Weekly and graduated from N.C. A&T S.U. in 2011 with a degree in Journalism and Mass Communications. She’s worked at daily and weekly newspapers in the Triad region.

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Refusing to stop recusing: GSO mayoral candidate Outling on ethics, transparency, and conflicts of interest “In terms of ethical standards, I am meticulous,” said District 3 City Council representative and Brooks Pierce attorney Justin Outling, who is challenging incumbent Nancy Vaughan in next year’s mayoral election.

Outling made that statement as an explanation of why he has recused himself from council votes over eighty times since 2015. Those Ian McDowell recusals were all due to his position at Brooks Pierce, as that firm’s clients have included the City of Greensboro.

Contributor His recusal rate has increased since 2017 when he was made partner.

According to Outling, the “real issue” is not how many times he’s recused himself, but how many times his fellow council members have not.

“If others applied the same exacting standards I apply to myself, you’d see a lot more recusals. There have been situations where boyfriends or ex-husbands made presentations to the council, in which I think a reasonable person would say there should have been a recusal. Other people can answer for their own ethical issues, but mine are above reproach.”

Outling references his ethics as often as a conservative Christian politician references faith.

“For me, my ethical compass, and what I think is right, that’s the standard that I apply. When you have high ethical standards and one of your colleagues has a connection, even with a party on the opposite side of a transaction with the city, you should recuse yourself.”

Outling also said it’s less a matter of how many times a council member votes, but how much difference those votes made. “Because of my participation and involvement on council, there are concrete things that have improved our community. I’m very proud of those. For instance, I worked with the previous city attorney, other lawyers, and community members to write the first North Carolina policy that provided for the release of body-worn camera footage to the public.”

One example of such footage depicted the unprovoked 2016 beating of Dejuan Yourse by GPD officer Travis Cole, which made the Washington Post.

“Because of the policy I worked to create, we were able to release that body-worn camera footage to the community and people were able to process and think about ways in which we could move our community forward.”

I asked Outling about two other incidents involving BWC footage, one in which city attorneys are arguing for transparency, another where different city attorneys argued against it.

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Justin Outling released to city council members, but imposed a gag order preventing them from discussing the video with the public.

In September of 2019, the City of Greensboro asked the NC Supreme Court to lift that gag order. Outling cited that as an example of why transparency is important.

“The public deserves and I think is entitled to information about the happenings of the city and the way city government works. The court decided that the city council could look at the video but could not speak about the video, but almost by definition, if the city council is looking at that video, they need to have the ability to speak about it. Our job is to move this forward for a more equitable outcome. Without that transparency, that’s almost impossible.”

The instance in which the city arguably fought against transparency occurred earlier this year. Plaintiff attorneys for the family of Marcus Smith, who was fatally hogtied by eight GPD officers in 2018, requested to be allowed to view BWC videos depicting 50 previous instances in which the controversial and dangerous restraint was used. In June, Judge Loretta Briggs ruled that the city must produce those videos to Plaintiffs, but not without multiple objections by the city.

Outling alleged that there was a crucial difference between the videos in the two referenced cases.

“I won’t get too lawyerly wonky about it, but there’s an actual state law that regulates who has to be informed when body-worn camera footage is released, as those depicted in the footage have to be allowed to object to that release. My understanding is that city attorneys believe they were left in a no-win situation; either violate state law and release this information or, prospectively, release that video to the public at large.”

I pointed out that the attorneys for the Smith family did not request that footage be released to “the public

at large.” Instead, they asked to be allowed to view the footage, to observe the conduct of the officers and how detainees were physically impacted by being hogtied.

“Each party was trying to get the best outcome for their respective client,” said Outling. “The city’s position was that incidents not directly involving Mr. Smith were not relevant. That’s what attorneys are going to do. It wouldn’t be ideal advocacy for the plaintiff’s attorneys to not fight for the release, as it would not have been ideal advocacy for the city’s attorneys to not fight against it. I don’t think that either Plaintiff or Defense has done anything bad.

What each side did, and I say this as a litigator, is literally litigation.”

I asked him about the request to the City Attorney by council members Sharon Hightower, Michelle Kennedy, and Yvonne Johnson that council be allowed to view the fifty videos.

“My understanding is that the city attorney has consulted with his officials and that they believe it can be made in a single request. Part of the fear was that there might have to be fifty separate requests. My understanding is that that determination has been made. I’m not sure whether or not they’ve actually made a filing and a submission to the court actually making that request. I was advised when I talked with staff was that would be done.”

As of publication deadline, City Attorney Chuck Watts has not responded to my inquiry as to whether or not that filing has been submitted.

Outling also said that he wanted to see those videos himself.

“Any way you look at it, it’s really important for us to be able to see the same information that the attorneys are seeing. So, I partially agree with Michelle and the rest and think it’s really important that we see the video. It could be a major part of discussions about how the case is resolved.”

Changing subjects, I asked him to name another achievement that he’s proud of.

“My leadership in revising our housing ordinance. Previously, where there was a property that was in blighted and dangerous condition, there were only two options: knock it down or let it remain a blight on the community. After I joined council, I led work on a third way, in which, when bad property owners refuse to make improvements, we make those improvements and take out a first priority lien on the property. That’s something I’m very, very proud of.”

This is when I asked him about the City’s lawsuit against the Agapion family, which resulted in Outling revealing that the lawsuit had been resolved on what he described as “very favorable terms” to the defendants, something with which he said he disagreed. I told him that I was not aware the suit had been settled in March.

“Almost nobody is. That’s why I’m running. There’s been no transparency. It was simply let’s act like we’re being really tough, take them to court, people stopped paying attention to it or don’t ask follow-up questions, and we quietly settled the case on terms favorable to the Agapions months ago with nary a peep.” !

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sych rockers, Royal Jelly, will ride the WAVE Fam Jam with the Matt Irie Band at World Vibe Art Entertainment (WAVE) Studios in High Point Katei Cranford on Sept. 18.

Cresting a “festival vibe,” the latest Contributor round of the WAVE Fam Jam will feature a pop-up car and bike show through the afternoon, with music and fire dancing from Scott Hinzman and the Zen Dragon Studios into the evening.

“The area is pretty industrial so we can crank it!,” said Royal Jelly ringleader, Chris Powell. “All hands on deck. It’s an inspiring space with an amazing courtyard for live music. So perfect for these times.”

Powell comes off as part preacher, band captain, and clown-car attendant all at once. In a different persona, he headed the Charles Hanson Family Band—notes of which stir into his latest outfit, Royal Jelly. “We are space dust,” he said. “Time is a vacuum and my heart is a bottomless ocean. One day we might make sense of this nonsense.”

Dipping from a jar blending psychedelic tunes with acoustic undertones, Powell sees himself, and the group, at the helm of an ever-present journey. “Life really is about transformation and enduring,” he said. “Royal Jelly is the exploration of where we see ourselves at the moment.

We’re surviving through this very fluid pandemic, we’ve suffered some losses, but we’re making music and finding peace.”

It’s a slight contrast to his Charles Hanson dynamic. “I was in a very different state of mind during that inception,” Powell explained. “It was born from some serious personal traumas mixed with a love for music, theatrics, and art.” Notably more upbeat these days, his work in Royal Jelly holds a few similarities. “I still love stuffed dolls,” he added. “We still love to interact with the crowd, and we still don’t tolerate intolerance. Our passion for performance burns brighter than ever. From what we hear Charles Hanson is out in Utah building his next compound, Church of Wandering Souls—or COWS—and welcoming all the wayward and folks of ill repute.”

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Top: Bob and Chris Powell Bottom: Queen Bee and Bob together early in the year. “It definitely started through friendship and the love of rock and roll,” Powell noted. “A few mates from the Family Band started experimenting with new sounds; and jamming with vocalist Bianca ‘Queen Bee’ Gabrielle over at Pete Duff ’s cabin— aka the Swamphouse.”

That regrouping brought along a renewed sense of joy. “With such a fecund and at times feral atmosphere, songs started writing themselves,” he said. “We had this new band with old band chemistry, so we were able to leapfrog some of the early stage shit and just hit the ground running.” Guitarist Miggy Noyola and bassist Caleb Fisher joined the jump, along with Powell’s brother (and drummer) Bob—extending the family band dynamic with the addition of Jordan Jones on keys.

“I’d say we’re influenced by the psychedelic experience and the collective consciousness. We’re some transcendental mother fuckers,” Powell said, noting his preference for “a huge sound” that’s both eclectic and danceable. “The future is digital insanity,” he added, “but I’ll also always pull back to our acoustic roots and harmonies. Every song we play, even if it’s heavy, should sound killer if we play it chill and unplugged.”

Sticking to songwriting roots, Powell muses meta topics with cycles of

self-destruction and redemption. “It’s like what is the meaning of one’s life?,” he explained of his repertoire. “The cool thing about writing is it’s a fun verbal snapshot of where you were at a specific moment. I don’t judge myself on what I did then versus now, but it’s pretty cool to see a timeline of my psyche.”

When it comes to Royal Jelly, Powell sees his own personal happiness aiding their pursuit. “The idea was to continue exploring creativity without limitations— it’s easy to invest time and energy into projects you enjoy,” he said. “And we’ve been pretty damn busy having fun over here.”

Looking to ride that wave into the fall, Powell looks back fondly on their busy summer debut—with appearances on the

GSOvibes web series, as guests on Matt Walsh’s Friday Nite Gamble, and shows across the state including the “Royal Jelly Boogie Nights” camera party the group hosted at Oden Brewing in June.

“So many smiles, unicorn hats, giant dancing teddy bears, and just an awesome time,” he said of the party and performance, wherein they armed attendees with an array of disposable cameras. “I figured it’d be a fun way to connect with the audience and have an immersive experience—which should be the goal of any good performance.” The result is a few dozen party pics with a nostalgic noisy grain, which were loaded on a google drive. “The photos are so genuine,” he said. “I’d love to make a coffee table book of the night.”

Powell imagines they’ll revisit the concept. “I’m down for more cameras, more bears, more lights, and more dancing,” he said, turning his focus to their upcoming Nashville recording trip. “We’re shooting for the moon to make some indelible music,” he added of what lies ahead.

“I won’t be satisfied unless we pack a stadium like Wembley, so there’s work to be done.”

With work to do and fun to have, Royal Jelly looks forward to riding the WAVE Fam Jam with the Matt Irie Band on Sept.

18 at WAVE Studios, 1700 W. Green Dr, in High Point. !

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I recently met this guy, and we’ve spent the entire past week together.

Unfortunately, he’s moving across the country — tomorAmy Alkon row. He asked whether I’d be open to dating after he Advice moved. I panicked Goddess and said no — I’m really not looking for long-distance — but now that he’s leaving, I’m sad, and I’m worried I’ve made a mistake. Help!

—Confused Obstacles to love are like situational steroids. We long for what’s out of reach — and all the more romantic if reaching it takes crossing the desert on a camel or $553 with a layover in Boise.

The perception that something is in short supply or soon will be (say, because it’s about to move across the country) makes it seem more valuable to us.

Psychologist Robert Cialdini calls this the “scarcity principle” and explains that the possibility we could lose access to something (or someone) jacks us into a motivational state: Go! Chase it! Don’t let it get away!

The scarcity principle is the psychological scheming behind ads like: “Today only!” and “Only one sofa at this price!”

The looming scarcity (or “scarcity”) shuts down your Department of Reasoning, basically turning you into a dog chasing a couch-shaped squirrel. Only after you buy the thing and get it home (P.S. “no returns!”) do you notice an important

fact: It will fit perfectly in your living room...if you take a sledgehammer to part of a wall and — “surprise!” — extend one end into your neighbor’s apartment.

Recognizing how scarcity primes us to see through loss-prevention-colored glasses, do your best to set aside “Eek! He’s leaving!” and objectively assess what you two have. In short, is he (and how you are together) so extraordinary — so near-impossible to find locally — that the thousands of dollars in travel costs and other trade-offs of long-distance might be worth it? If so, just tell him you’d like to try long-distance and see how it goes.

Should you decide your feelings were more about the circumstances than the guy, well, you’re not alone. Impossible love brings out the drama queeny 14-year-old in many of us. Imagine if Romeo and Juliet’s parents, instead of forbidding their love, were all, “Hey, you crazy kids...have fun at the movies!” The play would’ve become a hate story for the ages — after things between them inevitably got kinda meh and Juliet walked in on Romeo in bed with her BFF and her lady-in-waiting.

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Your boyfriend might never agree with your approach to online privacy. However, he might understand it — and gain a deeper understanding into who you are — if you evoke his empathy. Instead of simply telling him you “don’t like” to appear in social media posts, go into detail about your fears and discomfort at allowing an unselect audience a window into your life.

It’s awful enough when we violate our own privacy — like by accidentally sexting Grandma and then rushing over in hopes of deleting it before she remembers where she left her phone. There’s really no hope of privacy crime scene cleanup when your audience is “everyone on the planet but three Namibian guys whose goats keep chewing through their cable.” !

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I really appreciate my boyfriend, except for one thing: his constantly posting photos and videos that include me on his Facebook or Instagram. I’m a pretty private person, and I told him I don’t like having my life and our life together posted online. He grudgingly agreed to stop posting things about me, but he thinks I’m being unreasonable and “paranoid.” —Discreet “Online privacy” is a quaint fiction. The reality: Any info about you, from your sexts to your Social Security number,

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That said, it’s understandable you’d try to retain whatever shreds of yours you can — like by engaging in the “impression management” sociologist Erving Goffman observed we all do face to face: tailoring the “self” we present and revealing more or fewer “regions” of ourselves, depending on the particular audience.

There’s probably no person these days who can’t be “canceled” — out of a job, any ability to keep earning a living, and/ or their social world — by some photo, video, or quote from them that’s cast in a bad light by an internet mob.

Take the San Diego Gas & Electric worker photographed driving with his hand hanging out of his truck window in what was claimed on social media to be a “white supremacy” hand signal. (The OK sign is said to make the initials W.P. for “White Power.”) The man — who is Mexican American! — insisted he was doing nothing of the sort, but the utility fired him anyway. “To lose your dream job for playing with your fingers, that’s a hard pill to swallow,” he told NBC 7 San Diego.

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