YES! Weekly — August 27, 2025 by YES! Weekly

Beyond Amazing

Ledisi

September 18, 2025

Diamond Rio

w/ special guest Rockie Lynne

September 26, 2025

Anat Cohen Quartetinho

November 7, 2025

Los Lonely Boys

November 21, 2025

Danú: An Emerald Isle Christmas

November 30, 2025

HP Ballet Nutcracker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2025 @ 7:30 PM

Leading o the High Point Theatre 50th Anniversary Season, one of the most captivating vocalists of her generation. Over the course of her career, Ledisi has continually pushed boundaries and redeﬁned the soul and R&B genres with her electrifying performances and powerful storytelling. Born in New Orleans and raised in Oakland, Ledisi's journey to stardom is a testament to her unwavering passion and dedication to her craft. With 15 Grammy nominations, including a win for Best Traditional R&B Performance for “I Need to Know,” her impact on the music industry is undeniable. Her chart-topping singles, including “Pieces of Me,” have solidiﬁed her status as a trailblazer in contemporary soul music.

December 19-21, 2025

Matthew Whitaker Quintet

January 17, 2026

Cirque FLIP Fabrique - Blizzard

February 21, 2026

Noche Flamenca: Searching for Goya

March 5, 2026

Piff the Magic Dragon

April 18, 2026

Kandace Springs

May 2, 2026

AUGUST 27-SEPTEMBER 2, 2025

3 Every dog has his day, but in the case of Bull, the canine hero in FIXED (Netﬂix), he’s got exactly one day to cut loose before he undergoes the sort of surgery that will curtail his insatiable sexual appetite once and for all.

4 After its rousing reception at the RiverRun International Film Festival in April, writer/producer/director Angus MacLachlan’s acclaimed drama A LITTLE PRAYER will open Thursday at a/perture cinema, 311 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem.

4 “Out at the Movies,” the Winston-Salem ﬁlm series devoted to LGBTQ+ cinema, will present a special screening of director Roshan Sethi’s award-winning festival favorite A NICE INDIAN BOY at 7 p.m. Friday in the ACE Theatre Complex.

6 A recently concluded audit of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, which attempted to explain an unprecedented BUDGETARY FIASCO is about to have a disastrous e ect on thousands of students, and hundreds of teachers, administrators, families, and vendors.

10 The North Carolina Museum of Art, Winston-Salem (formerly SECCA) is proud to present “WE BELONG HERE: The Gutierrez Collection,” on view Oct. 23 through Dec. 27 in Main Gallery at NCMA WinstonSalem.

12 Want to own an allegedly HAUNTED HOTEL in downtown Greensboro?

Developer Andy Zimmerman is selling the 122-year-old Biltmore at 111 W. Washington Street for $2,000,000.

16 Comments at the Aug. 19 Jamestown Town Council meeting had two men speaking about the petition they had instigated to REMOVE MATTHEW JOHNSON as town manager.

19 Guilford County Division of Public Health and the City of Greensboro’s Community Safety Department will host a H.O.P.E. EVENT on August 28.

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Dog Daze of summer

Every dog has his day, but in the case of Bull, the canine hero in Fixed (Netflix), he’s got exactly one day to cut loose before he undergoes the sort of surgery that will curtail his insatiable sexual appetite once and for all.

Bull (voiced by Adam Devine) is a lovable mutt with a very active libido. Whether he’s flirting with next-door show-dog neighbor Honey (voiced by Kathryn Hahn) or leaping on the leg of his owner’s grandmother, something’s got to give — and some things have got to go. That’s the premise of this high-spirited, lowbrow animated farce scripted by Genndy Tartakovsky (who also directed) and Jon Vitti from a story they wrote with Steve Greenberg and first-timer Rich Lufrano. With unashamed, unabashed, and indeed, unleashed abandon, Fixed revels in raunchy humor. Bull and his canine compatriots — Rocco (voiced by Idris Elba), Fetch (voiced by Fred Armisen), and Lucky (voiced by Bobby Moynihan) — make the trek to Chicago to celebrate Bull’s last night of possible sexual revelry. They crash a dog show where Honey is competing, encounter a horde of hostile cats, and visit a sex club, where the previously unlucky Lucky finds true romance with smoothtalking Frankie (voiced by River Gallo), a Doberman who’s just full of surprises. There’s not much of a story here, just a series of irreverent escapades and misadventures that Bull and his buddies repeatedly find themselves in. Restraint is not necessarily part of the film’s game plan, with constant references to and depictions of fornication and other bodily functions. Not only has Bull named his testicles, but he talks to them — and they talk right back. And given his predicament, is it mere coincidence that Bull happens to be blue in hue? Clearly, Fixed is one

animated feature that is patently unsuitable for small children — and it’s not for all tastes — but teens and more adventurous adults should get their fair share of laughter and enjoyment out of the proceedings.

The voiceover cast performs with gusto, including Beck Bennett as Sterling, Bull’s snobbish and self-absorbed rival for Honey’s affections. Sporting an exaggerated Cockney accent, Elba fares best as the rambunctious Rocco, forever trying to instill confidence in neurotic Bull with a self-assured swagger.

Fixed is by no means a classic, either as an animated feature or as a comedy, but Tartakovsky keeps things moving in sure-handed fashion. All’s well that ends well, although not without a few kinks along the way — “kink” being the operative word. !

Mark Burger

Contributor

Heaven sent: A Little Prayer opens

After its rousing reception at the RiverRun International Film Festival in April, writer/producer/ director Angus MacLachlan’s acclaimed drama

A Little Prayer will open Thursday at a/perture cinema, 311 W. Fourth St., Winston-Salem. In conjunction with its release and highlighting its local ties, a/perture has lined up a series of special events directly related to the ﬁlm.

MacLachlan himself will attend the screenings on Thursday (which is already sold out) and Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. Phil Archer, deputy director of the Reynolds Betsy Main Babcock, will attend the 6:30 p.m. screening on Friday. Lauren Vilchik, who produced the ﬁlm with MacLachlan, will attend Saturday’s 6:30 p.m. screening. Zack Stephens of Home Moravian Church will attend the 6:30 p.m. screening on Sunday, clad in traditional Moravian attire. Singer/songwriter/guitarist Martha Bassett, who appears in the ﬁlm, will attend the 6:30 p.m. screening Tuesday along with MacLachlan. Q&A sessions will follow each screening. On September 7, a/perture will present

a special “Dinner and a/movie” event with a three-course meal served at The Katharine Brasserie and Bar, 401 N. Main St., Winston-Salem, followed by a screening of A Little Prayer. For a complete list of a/perture’s special events commemorating the release of A Little Prayer, or to purchase advance tickets, visit https://aperturecinema.com/ movies/a-little-prayer/.

A Little Prayer is the third feature written and directed by the esteemed playwright and screenwriter MacLachlan, a native of Winston-Salem and graduate of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA), following 2014’s Goodbye to All That and 2017’s Abundant Acreage Available.

David Strathairn stars as a father compelled to intercede when he learns his son (Will Pullen) is cheating on his daughter-in-law (Jane Levy). Celia Weston, who has appeared in all three of MacLachlan’s previous directorial e orts, co-stars as Strathairn’s wife. The ﬁlm, which was shot in and around WinstonSalem, made its debut at the 2023 Sundance International Film Festival and initially acquired for distribution by Sony Classics, its subsequent release delayed until Music Box Films acquired the rights for North American distribution earlier this year.

“Of course, I’m really happy that it’s going to ﬁnally be shown here,” said MacLachlan, currently in the midst of promoting the ﬁlm’s release. “What I do

want people to know is that it is a real release; it’s not just one right. It will play at theaters as long as people show up.”

“I’ve always appreciated Angus MacLachlan’s work for how it celebrates the South — and North Carolina in particular — in ways that feel authentic and not stereotypical,” observed Leigh Dyer, a/perture’s executive director. “I’ve followed his career for a long time, since I was a reporter at The Winston-Salem Journal during the 1990s when his short ﬁlm Tater Tomater gained acclaim, then later in 2005 when I saw the premiere of Junebug while covering the Sundance Film Festival for The Charlotte Observer. “I remember the thrill of recognizing the beauty of familiar Winston-Salem

scenery while watching Junebug, which went on to earn Amy Adams an Oscar nomination. I felt the same thrill while watching A Little Prayer and seeing scenes ﬁlmed at God’s Little Acre in Old Salem, and around Reynolda House. The two ﬁlms also share a common thread of bittersweet emotional resonance.”

As an acknowledged admirer of MacLachlan’s work, Dyer believes that his films touch emotional chords in everyone. “A Little Prayer is a universally relatable family drama, and particularly relevant for anyone who’s ever lived in Winston-Salem and appreciates our sense of place,” she said. “I knew it would be a film our audiences would enjoy and would want to hear more about, so we decided to schedule a series of Q&As during the opening week with Angus and other locals with expertise related to the film. We also decided to expand our ‘Dinner and a/movie’ concept to ask the chef at The Katharine Brasserie, named in honor of our famous local Katharine Reynolds, to create a menu inspired by items ‘made in Winston-Salem’ to pair with a screening of the film on September 7, so we hope everyone can find their own preferred way to enjoy and celebrate the film when it opens!”

For more information, call 336-7228148 or visit the o cial a/perture cinema website: https://aperturecinema.com/. !

“OUT at the Movies” celebrates a wedding

BY MARK BURGER

“Out at the Movies,” the Winston-Salem ﬁlm series devoted to LGBTQ+ cinema, will present a special screening of director Roshan Sethi’s award-winning festival favorite A Nice Indian Boy at 7 p.m. Friday in the ACE Theatre Complex, located on the UNCSA main campus, 1533 S. Main St., Winston-Salem. Tickets are $12 (general admission) and $8 (students with valid ID) and can be purchased here: https://outatthemovies. org/a-nice-indian-boy/

This romantic comedy, based on Madhuri Shekar’s hit play, stars executive producer Karan Soni as Naven, who has found the man of his dreams in Jay (Jonathan

Gro ), but when Naven brings Jay home to meet his parents and announces their intention to wed, it throws his tradition-minded family into a tizzy. The family has always wanted to host a traditional Indian wedding, but ﬁrst, they’ve got to overcome their own biases. Then again, as Shakespeare once wrote: “The course of true love never did run smooth.” In the case of A Nice Indian Boy, that may be an understatement!

The ﬁlm won the Sherzum award at the 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival and the Audience Choice award for Best Narrative Feature at the Tasveer Film Festival.

The o cial “Out at the Movies” website is https:// outatthemovies.org/ !

Mark Burger

Contributor

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BY MARK BURGER

DVD PICK OF THE WEEK: THE GHOST OF PETER SELLERS(Severin

In 1973, fresh o the success of the brilliant black comedy The Ruling Class, director Peter Medak began work on Ghost in the Noonday Sun, a rollicking pirate comedy starring the great Peter Sellers. The ﬁlm was an unmitigated disaster and never released to theaters, quietly emerging from obscurity in the mid-1980s (after Sellers’ death) on home-video and cable television in a version cobbled together by other hands.

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In 2018, Medak decided to revisit the fateful circumstances of the troubled production in this award-winning documentary feature, as much to pay tribute to Sellers –an artist he both loved and despised – as to purge himself of memories that continued to haunt him more than 40 years later. The utter failure of the film derailed Medak’s career for five years, while Sellers found renewed fame and acclaim with the Pink Panther sequels and an Oscar-nominated turn in his penultimate film Being There (1979). The project was dubious from the start and only became more so as production staggered forward. The script was never finished, necessitating Medak to bring Sellers’ old Goon Show colleague Spike Milligan aboard as a screenwriter and co-star. Filming in the open sea presented its fair share of di culties (as Kevin Costner would discover 20 years later making Waterworld), the pirate ship ran aground on a reef in Cyprus, the crew and extras mutinied (literally!), and then there was the matter of the leading man, whose mercurial personality was notorious even then. Sellers had just broken o a short-lived whirlwind romance with Liza Minnelli and arrived on location in a foul mood. It quickly became apparent that he had lost interest in the film. Medak could have used this opportunity to ascribe total blame to Sellers, yet he refrains from doing so. It’s evident that he had a great deal of admiration and a ection for Sellers and his (undeniable) talents. Indeed, years later the two reconnected, repaired the rift, and planned to finally finish Ghost in the Noonday Sun years later. Then Sellers died, and that dream died with him.

In addition to the insights that Medak and his interview subjects (including producer John Heyman, to whom the film is dedicated) o er about the tumultuous production, there’s also footage from the film itself, which is remarkably, even shockingly, unfunny. The slapstick gags and jokes simply die on the screen. It’s hard to believe that a film whose cast included Peter Sellers, Spike Milligan, Tony Franciosa, and Peter Boyle wouldn’t have a single laugh, but that seems to be the case here. As both a cautionary tale and a backhanded celebration of movie magic (and the ways it can go wrong), The Ghost of Peter Sellers makes for compelling, fascinating viewing. Medak has succeeded in putting this Ghost to rest.

Severin Films has also released Medak’s 1968 R-rated feature debut Negatives on 4K Ultra HD combo ($34.99 retail), starring Peter McEnery, Diane Cilento, and Glenda Jackson, replete with audio commentary, retrospective interviews and the 1963 comedy Sparrows Can’t Sing, scripted and directed by Joan Littlewood, starring James Booth, Barbara Windsor, and Yootha Joyce (in her feature debut), replete with audio commentary and retrospective interviews; and the 4K Ultra HD combo ($29.99 retail) of the 1978 black comedy The Odd Job, co-scripted and starring Graham Chapman, with marked Medak’s ﬁrst ﬁlm since Ghost in the Noonday Sun, replete with retrospective interviews and more.

The Blu-ray of The Ghost of Peter Sellers ($29.99 retail) includes audio interview with Medak, video essay, trailer, and more. !

[WEEKLY ARTS ROUNDUP]

SAWTOOTH’S FALL CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS ARE OPEN FOR REGISTRATION!

Registration is open for fall classes and workshops at Sawtooth School for Visual Art.

Classes include embroidery, sewing, woodworking, knitting, photography, painting and more.

Don’t forget about the two studios at the Intergenerational Center for Arts & Wellness, which are open to everyone and o er plenty of mixedmedia and ceramics classes in the afternoons and evenings.

UPCOMING

Sawtooth prides themselves on o ering classes and workshops for people of all ages, backgrounds, and skill levels.

They are celebrating 80 years as the Triad’s premier community art school, serving generations of artists, from skilled professionals to ﬁrst-timers looking to explore their creative side. So make a list, get ready to secure your spot, and unlock your creative potential.

To see a list of classes and workshops, visit www.sawtooth.org.

EVENTS

PRESENT BY ARTS COUNCIL OF WINSTON-SALEM & FORSYTH COUNTY

“Moriarty”

Sept. 5-7 & 11-14 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

Hanesbrands Theatre

209 North Spruce Street, Winston-Salem, NC

“Bad Momz of Comedy”

Saturday, Sept. 13 at 6 & 9 p.m.

Reynolds Place Theatre

251 North Spruce Street, Winston-Salem, NC

75th Anniversary Celebration

Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025 at 6 p.m.

Hanes Brand Theatre

209 North Spruce Street, Winston-Salem, NC 27101

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School CFO Should Be Held Accountable

An audit, by definition, is an independent inspection of financial accounts. It is helpful for examining line items, but not so much for reading between the lines. For example, an audit can tell you if money was misspent, but it can’t tell you the intent of the person who did the misspending. That’s because auditors are experts in finance, not criminal law or psychology. And that brings me to a recently concluded audit of the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, which attempted to explain an unprecedented budgetary fiasco that is about to have a disastrous effect on thousands of students, and hundreds of teachers, administrators, families, and vendors.

Longworth at Large

The financial woes of WS/FCS have been building for several years but were only recently revealed to the school board and the public. We now know that the N.C. Department of Public Instruction had sent numerous notices and reminders to former school

SPEAK YOUR MIND!

CFO Thomas Kranz about deadlines for submitting an audit. But according to various news reports, superintendent Trish McManus and the school board indicated that they knew nothing about those notices, much less why Kranz had been dragging his heels. They also didn’t know that Kranz had routinely misappropriated federal, state, and county funds, moving money from one pot into another so that Peter could pay Paul. For example, he used county funds designated to pay SROs and nurses for covering other expenses. Aside from being unethical (and potentially illegal), such misdirection left the school district in dire financial straits, the full extent of which Kranz initially kept from McManus. Apparently, he first told her that the school district was $8 million short and unable to meet payroll for the balance of the current fiscal year.

Former State School Board member and veteran educator Catty Moore was brought in to serve as interim superintendent and clean up the financial mess. Her first move was to ask the Forsyth County Board of Commissioners to bail out the schools and pony up the entire $42 million. Predictably, the Commissioners rejected her proposal but later voted to give her $8.6 million, provided that the money goes toward paying down the DPI debt. Moore also hoped that DPI would help out by waiving interest charges on the debt owed, but that request fell flat. Moreover, for some strange reason, she allegedly waited for nearly two months before asking Triad area state legislators to intercede. Some, like Rep. Donny Lambeth, made it known that it wasn’t the state’s responsibility to bail out a local school district. Nevertheless, a face-to-face meeting with state lawmakers has been scheduled for September.

shouldn’t be. True, he doesn’t appear to have profited financially from his fiscal mismanagement, but according to the state code, misappropriation of funds is still a form of embezzlement. He may also not be guilty of malfeasance, but he certainly seems to be guilty of misfeasance. He also kept his ongoing misappropriations a secret from the folks he reported to, and he is singularly responsible for hundreds of jobs that will be lost. But hey, we all make mistakes, and so what if Kranz was grossly incompetent? After all, this is his first offense, right? Wrong. Kranz once served as CFO and interim superintendent of Richmond, Va. public schools, where, according to the Richmond Free Press , he kept $8.3 million in a secret “unassigned fund balance” while asking the city council to pony up an additional $16 million to make up for budget shortfalls. At the same time, he hired Dallas Dance (a frontrunner for the superintendent’s job) as a “consultant,” paying him $24,000 for two months work. This while Dance was still under investigation by Maryland authorities for a relationship he had with an Illinois company while he served as superintendent of Baltimore schools. All of this was kept from the Richmond school board. The Free Press story ran in September 2017, and by February 2018, Kranz was fired as CFO. The question is, were McManus and the WS/FCS Board aware of Kranz’s past problems in Richmond? If so, Kranz should never have been hired. If not, then why didn’t they do their due diligence? The fact is that Tommy Kranz appears to be a serial misappropriator, so perhaps it would be appropriate for the hundreds of people who stand to lose their jobs to enter into a class action against him when the time comes. If successful, it might mitigate the damage about to befall them, and send a message to superintendents and school board members everywhere to pay more attention to the books and to those who might cook them . !

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And so, in March of this year, seeing only the tip of the iceberg, McManus informed the board of the $8 million deficit and laid out a strategy for balancing the books over the remaining three months. Her plan included only using state funds for summer school programs, freezing new hires and freezing spending unless for essential purchases, eliminating long-term substitutes, and reallocating central office staff. She would also hire HIL consultants to conduct an official audit, which was now past due, with DPI threatening punitive action. But when McManus made her report to the board, she was unaware of just how deep a hole Kranz had put WS/FCS in. Knowing that the shit was about to hit the fan, Kranz announced that he would be retiring in June and, despite his incompetence, McManus publicly praised the CFO for his service. Little did she know that a financial tsunami was about to make landfall. Not long after she announced her cost-cutting plan, McManus learned that the shortfall wasn’t $8 million. Instead, it was over $40 million and growing, including $11 million owed to the state, and millions more owed to vendors and to the county. By the time that news leaked out, McManus announced she too would be retiring, and Kranz’s last day was moved up a month.

And that brings me back to the audit. On Aug. 13, HIS submitted a 39-page report which concluded that WS/FCS was guilty of years of financial mismanagement, but that there was no evidence of fraud. The former conclusion was predictable, and the latter was welcome news to Moore, the school board, and to District Attorney Jim O’Neil, who now has justification for not prosecuting anyone. But the good news was short-lived because that same day, Moore informed her board that despite help from the county, WS/FCS would have to eliminate up to 350 positions. The Winston-Salem Journal ’s Lisa O’Donnell observed Moore wiping tears of sadness from her eyes while delivering the bad news. Perhaps she was crying for the 350 families whose lives will be forever changed, or for the vendors who might never get paid, or for the students who may have their favorite course or activity eliminated. It is also sad that those people most affected by this debacle may never get closure. That’s because the audit told us a lot about accounts, but nothing about accountability, and that brings us to the villain of this tragic story.

It looks like CFO Tommy Kranz is off the hook for his misdeeds, but he

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) and streaming on WFMY+.

Jim Longworth

The ﬁrst week I moved to WinstonSalem from Chicago six years ago, I sat in on a meeting about my child’s Individualized Education Program (IEP) — the federally mandated plan that ensures students who need specialized instruction and support in school are taken care of. In Chicago, that IEP included speech and occupational therapy built into the school day, with a plan for continued support. Here, the sta were compassionate and wanted to help, but the only service they could o er was the school counselor (who was excellent). They admitted they wished they had the resources to do more — not just for him, but for every student. I joked, “Where’s the teachers’ union?” The reply came without hesitation: “Teacher unions are illegal in North Carolina.”

That answer stunned me. I’d seen the power of a strong teachers’ union — their ability to walk out, shut down a city, and win real resources for children. And as someone who spent years organizing with the Industrial Workers of the World and holds a Master’s in Human Resources Management, I knew immediately the statement wasn’t true. But what struck me most wasn’t just the misinformation — it was how deeply it had taken root. The idea that unionizing is “illegal” here is repeated so often, and with such certainty, that it’s become accepted as fact. That myth has consequences, keeping educators, parents, and communities from even imagining the power they could have together.

That’s why I’m writing this: it is not illegal to have a teacher’s union in North Carolina.

What’s illegal here is collective bargaining and strikes. The state has written laws designed to gag you — to keep you from negotiating contracts or walking o the job when you’re pushed past the breaking point. But it is not illegal to organize. It is not illegal to stand together. It is not illegal to demand dignity.

So why does the “unions are illegal” myth stick? Because it serves the ruling class. If you believe you’re banned from organizing, you won’t even try. If you think you’re powerless,

you’ll accept crumbs while your school board squanders millions. And right now, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County teachers are being told just that: shut up, tighten your belts, and accept brutal cuts caused by the board’s own ﬁnancial mismanagement.

Let’s be clear: budgets are not accidents. Budgets are moral documents. The board has chosen what matters to them — and it’s not you, it’s not your classrooms, and it’s not your students. There’s always money for corporate contracts, policing, and pet projects.

But when it comes to teachers’ jobs, class sizes, and basic supplies, suddenly the pockets are empty. That isn’t incompetence — it’s class warfare.

And we know how class warfare is won: with solidarity.

Teachers in West Virginia, Arizona, and Oklahoma didn’t wait for permission to act. Like North Carolina, those states ban public-sector collective bargaining and outlaw teacher strikes. The laws were written for the same reason as here: to keep educators divided, quiet, and disposable. But teachers there refused to play along. They shut down entire school systems, defying rules designed to silence them, and they forced their states to reckon with their power.

North Carolina is no di erent. What makes a union powerful isn’t a line of legal recognition — it’s people moving as one.

You’re Already Organizing.

You may not call it “union work,” but you already do it:

• You share resources when the district fails to provide them.

• You band together when administrators pile on impossible demands.

• You collectively push back when policies hurt students.

• You take days o together when the pressure becomes too much.

That’s organizing. The next step is to do it intentionally.

Here’s how:

1. Talk to your coworkers. Don’t start with ideology — start with pain points: overcrowded classes, shrinking budgets, disrespected sta .

2. Map your workplace. Who do people trust? Who are the quiet leaders? Who can bring ﬁve others with them?

3. Take collective action, even small. A coordinated petition, everyone wearing the same color, a “work to rule” campaign. Small wins build courage.

4. Pull in the community. Parents, students, neighbors — they are your natural allies. Remind them: your ﬁght is their ﬁght.

5. Escalate strategically. You don’t need the word “strike” to take militant action. Sick-outs, walkins, coordinated disruptions — they all send a message.

THE TRUTH

The state and your school board want you to believe you’re powerless. They want you to believe the lie that unions are “illegal.” They want you to believe

that your only role is to sacriﬁce endlessly, quietly, for less and less.

But history tells us the opposite: every gain working people have ever won — shorter hours, better pay, safer conditions — was won by breaking unjust laws, not waiting for permission. The law was written to keep you quiet. Solidarity is how you break the silence.

Winston-Salem teachers: you are not powerless. You are workers, and workers are the beating heart of this system. Nothing functions without you. If you choose to act together, no law on the books can contain your power.

Unions aren’t illegal. They’re dangerous — to the people who proﬁt o your exhaustion. And that’s exactly why you need one !

WREN MONOKIAN WOODALL is a parent of three Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School students and a daughter of a Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School s teacher.

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“We Belong Here: The Gutierrez Collection” Opens Oct. 23 at NCMA Winston-Salem

PRESS RELEASE

The North Carolina Museum of Art, Winston-Salem (formerly SECCA) is proud to present “ We Belong Here: The Gutierrez Collection ,” on view Oct. 23 through Dec. 27 in Main Gallery at NCMA Winston-Salem. An opening reception will be held Thursday, Oct. 23 from 6 to 8 p.m. The museum is part of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

“We Belong Here: The Gutierrez Collection” is the first public exhibition of a collection of contemporary art built over the past decade by North Carolina-based collectors Onay Gutierrez and Jeff Childers. In their words, “The Gutierrez Collection aims to create a space where art becomes a platform for dialogue and understanding across a broad spectrum of identities and perspectives.”

“We Belong Here” features over 40 works created in the 21st century by over 40 international contemporary artists working in a broad range of media, engaged with current social, political, cultural, and personal issues. Artists include Anthony Akinbola, Saif Azzuz, Monica Kim Garza, Jeffrey Gibson, Hayv Kahraman, Beverly McIver, Zanele Muholi, Angel Otero, Deborah Roberts, Tavares Strachan, Mickalene Thomas, and Kehinde Wiley, among many others.

“This powerful exhibition celebrates the global voices of contemporary artists and asserts that everyone has a place in the story of art,” said Linda Dougherty, Chief Curator and Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the NCMA. “‘We Belong Here’ provides a rare opportunity to see works by international contemporary artists whose works are not often on view in the U.S.” Gutierrez and Childers, who began their collection in 2015, describe their collecting philosophy as “revolving around the contemporary cultural landscape of their time through a cross section of artistic voices primarily from underrepresented communities.” As collectors, they prioritize artists who deviate from traditional or expected approaches to their medium, and who employ unique techniques to convey speciﬁc narratives.

Their collection reflects contemporary ideas around mental health; LGBTQ rights; Latin/Latinx, African, and African Diasporic identities; as well as broader explorations of activism, protest, and civil disobedience. This exhibition is made possible through the support of Onay Gutierrez and Jeffrey Childers and is co-organized with the Cameron Art Museum/CAM in Wilmington, N.C. On view at CAM: April 23-Sept. 7, 2025; on view at the NCMA Winston-Salem Oct. 23-Dec. 27, 2025.

EXHIBITION PROGRAMS

Study Hall Seminar: Gathered with Purpose Oct. 29, Nov. 5, Nov. 12

6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

This three-part course led by WSSU professor of Art History and Visual Studies Lisandra Estevez will examine the history, psychology, and cultural impact of collecting through the lens of “We Belong Here. “Through readings, discussion, and gallery walks, attendees will trace how collections are built with intention, and how they can create a lasting sense of belonging.

Tickets: $130.54 General | $97.37 Members

Fireside Artist Talk: Material As Message Thursday, Nov. 6, 6:30 p.m.

In this recurring monthly program, attendees will consider how artists use

material not just to make work, but to say something about who they are and the stories they carry.

Tickets: Pay what you wish

Curator Tour – “We Belong Here: The Gutierrez Collection” Saturday, Nov. 8, 2 p.m.

Join us for special tour led by the collectors behind the exhibition, Onay Gutierrez and Jeff Childers. Childers and Gutierrez will spotlight a selection of works from their collection and offer insight into how art can serve as a platform for dialogue and understanding.

Tickets: Free admission !

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NCMA WINSTON-SALEM (formerly SECCA), an a liate of the North Carolina Museum of Art and division of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources since 2007, o ers a front row seat to the art of our time through exhibitions, experiences, and education programs with a focus on regional working artists. Founded in 1956 and located on the scenic James G. Hanes estate in Winston-Salem, NCMA Winston-Salem o ers unique large-scale indoor and outdoor settings for exploring the intersections of contemporary art and culture. NCMA Winston-Salem is located at 750 Marguerite Dr, Winston-Salem, NC 27106. Recent exhibiting artists include David LaChapelle, Brandon Sadler, Jordan Nassar, John Brooks, Tyler

Mitchell, Allana Clarke, David Gilbert, Basil Kincaid, Neka King, William Downs, and Beverly McIver. Learn more at www.ncmawinstonsalem.gov.

Kehinde Wiley, Mrs. Hale as “Euphrosyne,” 2005. © Kehinde Wiley, The Gutierrez Collection, Raleigh, NC

Tunji Adeniyi-Jones, “Untitled” (Orange Figures in Orbit), 2024. © Tunji Adeniyi-Jones

Ayana Jackson, “It Is Only When You Lose Your Mother That She Becomes Myth,” 2020. Courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim (Chicago, Paris, Mexico City)

Peter Uka, “First Ride,” 2023. Photo by Fabrice Gousset. Courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim (Chicago, Paris, Mexcio City)

Cruz Paileo, “Kalachuchis,” 2023. © The Artist, courtesy David Kordansky Gallery

spread For Sale: Rumored Haunted Hotel

Want to

own an allegedly haunted hotel in downtown Greensboro? Developer Andy Zimmerman is selling the 122-yearold Biltmore at 111 W. Washington Street for $2,000,000. According to Zimmerman, once it’s sold, “my bet is it will continue to be part of the community, and even more so under new ownership. As far as I know, it will stay a hotel.”

His listing at LoopNet.com states, “although elegant in its current state, the potential is there to create upscale apartment living in the heart of Greensboro!”

“Filled with rich history and intriguing legend,” the listing continues, “the charming Victorian-style Biltmore Hotel is the oldest hotel in the city of Greensboro. Located in the downtown district, the building, believed to be constructed in 1895, houses a total of 25 rooms, to

include 4 guest suites and 4 e ciencies, all enhanced to take you back to simpler times!”

While construction of the three-story 17,416 square-foot structure may have begun in 1895, it was o cially completed in 1903 as an o ce building for Cone Export & Commissions. By 1926, Moses and Ceasar Cone needed more o ce space, and the future hotel was sold to a local insurance company. In 1929, it was acquired by the postal service, with most of its space becoming a government annex. In 1931, the widow Ava B. Taylor purchased the second and third ﬂoors and converted them to furnished rooms, renaming these spaces the Greenwich Apartments.

Local folklore includes two di erent versions of what happened next. One claims that Taylor only rented to young women known to be genteel and virtuous. Another alleges that Greenwich Apartments was a brothel, one of at least six that existed openly downtown during the Depression and then World War II, when Greensboro was a booming military base and railroad hub.

In 1934, Taylor purchased the ﬁrst ﬂoor from the postal service, and the structure remained an apartment building until the 1960s. At some point around 1970, it was converted into a hotel and renamed the Greenwich Inn. It became the Biltmore in 1992.

For its spectral folklore, the expert is Dan Riedel, co-owner of Carolina History and Haunts, often seen leading tours through downtown Greensboro while dressed in late 19th or early 20th century attire and carrying a lantern. He loves de-

scribing the Biltmore’s haunted history:

“Many have claimed paranormal experiences there. Some ‘hide and seek’ games occur, as well as footsteps and things that go bump in the night. Room 332 is Phillip’s room. The story suggests he was an accountant who worked there and made the mistake of digging too deeply into suspicious activity. This cost him his life. The top ﬂoor used to be a large o ce space, and the area where he’s believed to have been killed is now room 332. Phillip is said to mainly haunt the female guests and has been seen from time to time around the foot of the bed. Many stay in the room to see if they can have an experience, and many have claimed they did.”

While Riedel did not provide gruesome details, some versions of the story describe the unfortunate Phillip as being thrown out of a third-ﬂoor window and landing in what is now Rainbow Alley. In other versions, his throat was cut with a straight razor, or he was garroted with piano wire, his corpse ending up in the same place.

Phillip is not the hotel’s only posthumous resident.

“Room 223 has a lot of activity dealing with a ghost named Lydia (not to be confused with the ghostly hitchhiker at Lydia’s bridge). Much of downtown Greensboro was once home to hotels that advertised hourly rates. One lady is said to have been killed in the hotel by a man she picked up. It’s believed she fell to her death in the stairwell. Even though these stories are oral tradition rather than historic fact, many have claimed to have had paranormal experiences with Lydia.”

According to Riedel, spectral phenomena include:

“Footsteps going up and down the stairs with no one to make them, and the old pull-door elevator closing and going to her ﬂoor while empty. Some even believe she loves the color pink, so much so that guests will purposely stay there and bring her a pink gift. Phillip is said to mainly haunt the female guests, while Lydia protects them. Either way, it’s an attraction for people who want to experience the paranormal by staying the night. Just know that when you stay there, you are not alone.”

Author and historian Jessica Cale, a former local tour guide, loves the hotel

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for its cultural, historical, and aesthetic value.

“The Biltmore is an important part of Greensboro’s history. It’s beautiful and has a lot of character. I’d hate to see it lose any of the features that make it one of the most famous buildings in downtown Greensboro, and hope it continues to operate as a hotel. So many of the visitors I’ve met over the years have loved staying there. It would be a shame to take that experience away from so many people by making it into apartments. Given its well-known reputation for hauntings, I don’t think that

would be a sound investment, either. A haunted hotel is a major draw for tourists. A haunted apartment is a ﬁnancial disaster. If the buyer is smart, they’ll capitalize on the belief it’s haunted and call in a few paranormal investigation shows. Reservations will go through the roof.” !

IAN MCDOWELL is an award-winning author and journalist whose book I Ain’t Resisting: the City of Greensboro and the Killing of Marcus Smith was published in September of 2023 by Scuppernong Editions.

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Petitioners state their appeal

BY CAROL BROOKS | cab1hp@gmail.com

At each Jamestown Town Council meeting the public is given two chances to comment on whatever they wish.

Comments at the Aug. 19 Town Council meeting were a little different than previous meetings. Two men spoke about the petition they had instigated to remove Matthew Johnson as town manager.

“I represent 141 Jamestown registered voters in presenting a petition to the Council requesting the removal of Matt Johnson as town manager,” said Art Wise. “The signatures were collected over a period of six weeks at various locations without going door-to-door. 137 signatures are from Jamestown residents and four are from members of the ETJ [extra-territorial jurisdiction.

“In addition to the petition, I am submitting a partial list of items that were done by the manager either poorly, not on time or not done at all,” he continued.

“This is unacceptable.

“As we spoke with people who came to sign the petition, it was amazing how many times we heard the same message. The words were different every time, but people are really tired, especially of the rising taxes.

“At this time, I ask that this item be placed on the agenda for the September [Town Council] meeting,” Wise concluded.

“The petition is not intended as a document to be taken to court but is simply a very clear message to the Council that a large number of voters in our town have reached a breaking point with rising taxes, excessive wages, excessive hiring and failure to do the duties of the manager in a competent and professional manner.

Wise’s co-petitioner, Mickey Wright, added additional information.

“Quite a few people agreed with us but also quite a few feared retaliation from the Town, which I think is very interesting,” Wright said. “Also, some people refused to sign because they were advised by some members of this Council not to sign, which I think is absolutely ridiculous.

“Almost all the people we talked to complained constantly about the attitude of the personnel in the town office and they all have suggested that those people be schooled on how to work with people.

“Many people complained about the water department, about no warning cutoffs, about lost checks by the town and being cut off, about dropbox problems — of things disappearing out of there — and the nasty attitude of the water department staff when they tried to solve those problems.

“Many people have complained about problems, as you all know, I’m sure, about waste pickup — trash left

in the streets when they don’t dump it properly and they don’t get out of the truck to take care of it.”

“Regardless of the outcome of this petition, I’m requesting that you please put a copy of it in the town manager’s personnel file for future reference,” Wright concluded.

10 FACTS

Charles Hinsley was the final speaker. He offered 10 facts regarding town staffing. This generally was in regard to conflicting statements made by Town staff.

“At the June 24 meeting, Mayor Montgomery said there are not 10 new positions being funded in this budget. The town manager made a similar statement,” Hinsley said. He suggested Council consider the concerns of the residents before voting, but the Council went ahead a voted to approve the budget with one dissenting vote. [Note: The new budget needed to be

approved by June 30 to go into effect at the start of the 2025-26 fiscal year beginning July 1.]

Hinsley met with Johnson on July 8. “At that meeting, the town manager maintained that 10 new positions were not being funded,” Hinsley said. “I indicated that I would do my own research and would inform him if I develop other concerns and I did so via email and have not received a clarifying response as of this meeting.

“In the May 27, 2025, Council packet, the town manager’s budget message for fiscal year 2025-26 states salary expenditures include 40 full-time positions. In last year’s budget message on June 25, the Council packet stated salary expenditures for 35 full-time positions.

“I conducted my own comparison between the Town of Jamestown’s current staffing chart versus the Town’s previous staffing chart,” Hinsley continued. “These comparisons raised even more questions for me. Both charts were obtained from the assistant town manager.

“This year’s staffing chart contains not 10 positions but 11 new positions.

“The difference prompted me to submit an email request on Aug. 7 to the Jamestown manager, the mayor and the Council asking that this issue be placed on the next [Council] agenda in September in accordance with Jamestown’s public comment policy, Section 211. This would give the Council a chance to explain, discuss and answer the public’s questions regarding the discrepancy which we have heard from the mayor and the town manager versus what the Town’s own documents reflect,” Hinsley concluded.

[Hinsley’s facts have been stated without numbering.]

The Town Council usually does not respond to public comments during their meetings but may contact speakers later.

According to Robert’s Rules of Order, “The public does not participate in the decision-making. Instead, it provides input to the governing body, which takes the input into consideration in making its decisions.”

The full video of the comments at the Aug. 19 Town Council meeting may be viewed at www.youtube.com/c/ TownofJamestownNC. Click on “live.”

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Fiesta Festival Returns to Downtown Winston-Salem for 33rd Year of Culture, Music, and Community

Hispanic League proudly presents the 33rd Annual Fiesta Festival, a vibrant, one-day celebration of Hispanic and Latin American culture that will take place on Saturday, Sept. 20, 2025, in Downtown Winston-Salem. This free community event has become a signature tradition in the Triad, drawing thousands each year to experience cultural pride, unity, and joy. The festival kicks o Hispanic Heritage Month and o ers a day ﬁlled with music, dance, authentic cuisine, artisan vendors, family-friendly activities, and a lively celebration of diversity.

MAIN STAGE ENTERTAINMENT LINEUP

• Grupo Sueño Nuevo — Música Norteña / Sierreña

• Ballet Folklórico Mexican Tradition

del Maestro Julio Ruiz

• Oscar Oviedo Band — Música Tropical

• Banda Tecno Caliente - Música de Tierra Caliente

• Anthony Vasquez y Su Banda — Música Rock e Internacional

• Ricardo Diquez & The Tropic Orquesta

— Música Salsa / Tropical

• Brazilian Samba & Capoeira with Courtney Feliz and NC Brazilian Arts Project

• Diana Reyes — La Reyna del Pasito Duranguense

ENCANTO STAGE (INSIDE HANESBRAND THEATER)

• Flor Bromley — Bilingual Family Music

• School Performances by local students

• Takiri Folclor — Colombian Dance Group

• Magic Chris - Balloon pets and more

• Children Stories with Carlos Nieto

With two stages of entertainment, Fiesta o ers something for everyone from families with young children to music lovers, and culture enthusiasts. Check out the o cial event schedule for times and locations.

A BELOVED TRADITION IN THE TRIAD

“For 33 years, Fiesta has been a space where our community comes together to celebrate culture, and connection,” said Diane Massas, Executive Director of the Hispanic League. “We’re especially excited for this year’s entertainment lineup, which highlights the richness of traditions across Latin America. We want to thank our Supremo sponsors Food Lion, Modern Chevrolet, The City of WinstonSalem, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, and the Arts Council of WinstonSalem/Forsyth County for supporting us in making the 33rd Fiesta Festival a fantastic event.” The festival also features local businesses, food vendors, cultural exhibitors, and health and education resources. Vendor spaces available in Selecto Area, and Healthy Living Area. For more information, vendor or sponsorship opportunities visit www.hispanicleague. org or call (336)560-1881. !

HISPANIC LEAGUE is a nonproﬁt organization dedicated to promoting multicultural understanding, education, health, and diversity in the Winston-Salem community and beyond. Since its founding, the organization has provided scholarships, programs, and events that uplift and empower the local Hispanic/ Latino community.

Guilford County Division of Public Health and City of Greensboro Host International Overdose Awareness Day Event Aug. 28

The Guilford County Division of Public Health and the City of Greensboro’s Community Safety Department will honor International Overdose Awareness Day 2025 by hosting a H.O.P.E. event (Harm Reduction, Overdose Awareness, Prevention and Education) at Next Door Beer Bar and Bottle Shop, 505 N. Greene St., Greensboro from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 28. Participants will have the opportunity to receive naloxone training and learn about overdose prevention resources and sexual health resources. Food trucks will be on-site for the event, which also includes music and door prizes.

International Overdose Awareness Day has been observed annually in August since 2001. The theme for 2025 is “One big family, driven by hope.”

“International Overdose Awareness Day gives us the opportunity to remember lives lost, support grieving families and strengthen our commit-

ment to preventing further tragedy in Guilford County,” said Amanda Clark, drug and injury prevention manager, Guilford County Division of Public

Health. “This year’s event brings our community together to learn, grieve and heal. We are offering no-cost naloxone, prevention tools and a supportive space to talk about the realities of substance use.”

“The City’s Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) program gives Greensboro Police Department officers a way to divert people whose offenses stem from addiction into support services instead of the justice system,” said Mary Houser, LEAD coordinator with the Greensboro Community Safety Department. “International Overdose Awareness Day reminds us why this option matters. Every connection we make has the potential to save a life.”

For more information about the H.O.P.E. event, contact Amanda Clark at GOPEC@guilfordcountync.gov. !

| Compiled by Shane Hart

CARBORRO

CAT’S CRADLE

300 E Main St | 919.967.9053

www.catscradle.com

Aug 30: Toropa Magica

Sep 3: The Brian Jonestown Massacre

Sep 5: Carrboro Indie Night with Pilot Light, Davie Circle, Rohna,

CHARLOTTE

BOJANGLES COLISEUM

2700 E Independence Blvd | 704.372.3600 www.boplex.com

Aug 28-31: Cirque du Soleil

Aug 31: Manuel Turizo

Sep 13: Megan Moroney

THE FILLMORE

1000 NC Music Factory Blvd | 704.916.8970

www.livenation.com

Aug 29: Dareyes De La Sierra

Aug 30: Umphrey’s Mcgee

Sep 1: The Starting Line

Sep 5: Boulet Brothers Dragula

Sep 5: Jim Norton

Sep 6: Big Wild

Sep 9: Our Last Night

PNC MUSIC PAVILION

707 Pavilion Blvd | 704.549.1292 www.livenation.com

Sep 2: Coheed and Cambria & Taking Back Sunday

Sep 6: Breaking Benjamin & Three Days Grace

SKYLA CREDIT UNION

AMPHITHEATRE

former Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre

820 Hamilton St | 704.549.5555 www.livenation.com

Aug 27: Eladio Carrion

Aug 28: Collective Soul & +LIVE+ — Summer Unity Tour

Aug 31: Men I Trust

Sep 2: Simple Plan

Sep 4: Chevelle with Asking Alexandria and Dead Poet Society

Sep 7: CAAMP

CLEMMONS

VILLAGE SQUARE TAP HOUSE

6000 Meadowbrook Mall Ct | 336.448.5330

www.facebook.com/vstaphouse

Aug 28: James Vincent Carroll

Aug 29: HedTrip

Aug 30: Stereo Doll

Sep 4: Swan & Sibs

Sep 5: Kwik Fixx

Sep 6: Matt Dylan & the Honky Tonk Outlaws

DURHAM

CAROLINA THEATRE

309 W Morgan St | 919.560.3030 www.carolinatheatre.org

Aug 29: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Sep 5: Fully Alive

Sep 6: Life Unbounded

DPAC

123 Vivian St | 919.680.2787

www.dpacnc.com

Aug 31: RuPaul’s Drag Race

Sep 2-14: Beauty and the Beast

Sep 19: Sheng Wang

GREENSBORO

CAROLINA THEATRE

310 S. Greene Street | 336.333.2605

www.carolinatheatre.com

Sep 5: Easton Corbin

Sep 6: Miramar & Maritzaida: Bolero, Bohemia & Beyond in the Crown

Sep 11: Bad Momz of Comedy

COMEDY ZONE 1126 S Holden Rd | 336.333.1034

www.thecomedyzone.com

Aug 21: Uncle Lazer

Aug 22-23: DL Hughley

Aug 29-30: Sheryl Underwood, Kyle Erby & Mike Washington

Aug 31: Dustin Nickerson

Sep 4: Fiona Cauley

Sep 5-7: Kountry Wayne

221 Summit Ave | 336.501.3967

www.ﬂatirongso.com

Aug 29: Jon Stickley Trio

Aug 31: Bedroom Division w/ Bedrumor & Liam Martin

Sep 3: Brass Cat Quartet

Sep 4: The Wilson Springs Hotel w/ Megan Jean’s Secret Family

Sep 5: Rockstead, Mystic Syndicate, + Father Sun

Sep 6: Lou Hazel

Sep 7: Heather Mae and Crys Matthews GARAGE TAVERN 5211 A West Market St | 336.763.2020

www.facebook.com/GarageTavernGreensboro

Aug 29: Blacklight Idols

Aug 30: Dear Sister Aug 31: Steel Jammin

GREENSBORO COLISEUM

1921 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400

www.greensborocoliseum.com

Sep 4-7: Cirque du Soliel: OVO Sep 19: The Queens! 4 Legends. 1 Stage.

Hangar 1819

1819 Spring Garden St | 336.579.6480

www.hangar1819.com

aug 27: The Coursing w/ Dirty Butt, Two Stroke Smoke, Mr. Toxic, Molly agMa, Lo, Zombman, Subatomixx

aug 30: Pageant

Sep 6: Be’lakor w/ Solemn Vision, Blackwater Drowning

Sep 10: SkyDxddy w/ Demi the Daredevil

PiEDMonT HaLL

2411 W Gate City Blvd | 336.373.7400 www.greensborocoliseum.com

aug 29: Muscadine Bloodline

Sep 19: green Queen Bingo

roDY’S TaVErn 5105 Michaux Rd | 336.282.0950 www.facebook.com/rodystavern

aug 27: Jason Bunch

aug 29: William nesmith

STEVEn TangEr CEnTEr

300 N Elm Street | 336.333.6500

www.tangercenter.com

Sep 2-7: Beetlejuice

Sep 9: Kenny g

Sep 19: El adios De Una grande

high point

HigH PoinT THEaTrE

220 E Commerce Ave | 336.883.3401

www.highpointtheatre.com

Sep 18: Ledisi

Sep 26: Diamond rio

Sep 27: WatchLadyB Fashion Show

jamestown

THE DECK

118 E Main St | 336.207.1999

www.facebook.com/TheDeckJamestown/

aug 30: Hampton Drive

Sep 5: Brother Pear;

Sep 6: Bad Habits

Sep 12: retro Vinyl

Sep 13: alek ottaway Band

Sep 19: Men in Black

kernersville

BrEaTHE CoCKTaiL LoUngE

221 N Main St. | 336.497.4822

www.facebook.com/BreatheCocktailLounge

Wednesdays: Karaoke

Sep 19: Stereo Doll

Sep 20: Blazin’ Keys Dueling Pianos

raleigh

CCU MUSiC ParK

aT WaLnUT CrEEK

3801 Rock Quarry Rd | 919.821.4111 www.livenation.com

Sep 3: Blink-182

Sep 4: James Taylor and his all-Star Band

Sep 11: Pantera

Sep 12: Junior H

Sep 13: nelly with Ja rule

Sep 16: The Lumineers

LinCoLn THEaTrE

126 E. Cabarrus St | 919.831.6400 www.lincolntheatre.com

aug 29: Sun.Moon.Stars

Sep 4-6: Hopscotch Music Festival

Sep 11: Lucero

Sep 12: record Store Junkies

rED HaT aMPHiTHEaTEr

500 S McDowell St | 919.996.8800 www.redhatamphitheater.com

aug 30: Caamp

Sep 3: Chevelle with asking alexandria & Dead Poet Society

Sep 4: Jessie Murph

Sep 9: Pixies with Spoon and Fazerdaze

LEnoVo CEnTEr

1400 Edwards Mill Rd | 919.861.2300

www.thepncarena.com

Sep 5: nine inch nails with Boys noize

Sep 7: Benson Boone w/ James reay

Sep 8: Kali Uchis

Sep 11: adam Sandler

Sep 23: Bring Me The Horizon w/ Motionless in White & Special guests The Plot in You & amira Elfeky

winston-salem

FiDDLin’ FiSH

BrEWing CoMPanY

772 Trade St | 336.999.8945 www.fiddlinfish.com

Tuesdays: Trivia

aug 29: That 90s Duo

THE raMKaT

170 W 9th St | 336.754.9714

www.theramkat.com

aug 28: Shovels & rope, angela autumn

aug 30: Carolina Clay & Bonnie Stewart

[SALOME’S STARS]

Week of September 1, 2025

[ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your ideas earn the respect of your colleagues, but you’ll have to present some hard facts and ﬁgures if you hope to persuade those who make big decisions to support you.

[TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Keep your bright Bull’s eyes focused on the project at hand. Avoid distractions. There’ll be lots of time for fun and games later. Expect to get welcome news later on in the month.

[GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) You might soon have to decide about moving a relationship from its current status to another level. Don’t let anyone inﬂuence your decision. It must be yours and yours alone.

[CANCER (June 21 to July 22) You can ﬁnally get o an emotional roller coaster and get back to focusing on your goals without interruptions through the rest of the week. A nice change is due later on in the month.

[LEO (July 23 to August 22) Trying to make an impression on some people runs into a bit of a snag at ﬁrst, but it all works out. Meanwhile, an old and almost forgotten personal matter once again needs attention.

[VIRGO (August 23 to September 22) A rise in your energy level helps you ﬁnish an especially demanding task. Take some time now to spend with family and friends before starting a new project.

[LIBRA (September 23 to October 22) This is a good time to reestablish contact with trusted former associates who might be able to o er good advice regarding a

career change you’ve been contemplating.

[SCORPIO (October 23 to November 21) Your resourcefulness combined with a calm, cool approach can help you work your way out of a knotty situation and avoid a potentially serious misunderstanding.

[SAGITTARIUS (November 22 to December 21) A calm, quiet period allows you to recharge your energies. But later on in the month, you’ll be ready to saddle up and gallop o in pursuit of your goals.

[CAPRICORN (December 22 to January 19) Family matters need your attention. Check things out carefully. There might still be unresolved tensions that could hinder your e orts to repair damaged relationships.

[AQUARIUS (January 20 to February 18) It’s a good time to take a stand and show as much passion on your own behalf as you do when arguing for the rights of others. You might be happily surprised by the reaction.

[PISCES (February 19 to March 20) You bring sense and sensitivity to a confusing situation. Things settle down later on, leaving you free to enjoy a weekend of fun and relaxation with friends and family.

[BORN THIS WEEK: You have a resourceful talent for being able to perceive possibilities where others see only problems. This makes you a crucial person to have around during a crisis.