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YES ! WEEKLY
We at YES! Weekly realize that the interest of our readers goes well beyond the boundaries of the Piedmont Triad.

[LOCAL TALENT]
Aspiring artist and editor Casie Leigh Lukes has a masters in library and information studies and she also makes her own deodorant. Two years ago Lukes finished an editorial internship at Our State.

[ TEN BEST ]
Repeatedly voted the Best Patio in the Triad by our readers, Darryl’s patio is open year round thanks to Plexiglas walls and outdoor heating — but don’t worry, the Plexiglas comes down for the warmer months. The patio seats 100 people and has its own bar, as well as two steel-log fire pits. We trust our readers, and you should too.

[YES! LIST]
[THE QUOTE: “It’s like Galileo when he announced that Earth was not the center of the universe. The religious and political leaders said, ‘You’re wrong. It’s heretical.’” Stan Riggs, coastal geologist from ECU, talking about the NC Senate’s vote to change the way the state measures rises in sea levels so as not to spook beachfront development. See more on page 17.

ACLU lawsuit challenges second-parent adoption ban
When you’re adopting, everyone says you should submit for multiple children and not to set your heart on one kid. The process is often arduous and potentially disappointing.

[BUSTED]
Winston-Salem police she had been sitting on her lighted front porch on Irving Street in the Ardmore neighborhood on the evening of June 13 when a white man with blond hair reach around from behind and grabbed her breasts while she was talking on the phone.

ITEMS FROM ACROSS THE TRIAD AND BEYOND | BY JORDAN GREEN
The Winston-Salem City Council voted unanimously to provide Pepsi Bottling Ventures LLC with $1 million in economic incentives over 10 years in exchange for investing $81.7 million and retaining 307 positions in the city. Assistant City Manager Derwick Paige said the company would relocate an additional 198 positions, but most are already filled.

[BIDNESS]
The High Point City Council approved $2 million in incentives, and the Guilford County Commission agreed to chip in $1.2 million in May. As a result of the local incentives, the company qualifies for a $500,000 from the One North Carolina Fund administered by the state of North Carolina.

by Eric ginsburg eric@yesweekly.com
North Carolina is piloting a new integrated social services software program in four counties before going live across the state that is designed to keep people who need aid from being forced to see different people for each aspect from food stamps to childcare.

Winston-Salem council raises taxes and cuts managerial positions
Winston-Salem City Council voted to raise taxes by 3.4 percent on Monday night, passing a budget with significant spending cuts that is expected to result in the elimination of about a dozen professional and management jobs, delayed fleet and equipment replacement, less money for street maintenance and reductions in travel spending.

[AGENDA]
• The Sherri Denise Jackson Foundation for the Prevention of Domestic Violence holds a candlelight vigil to honor men, women and children who have been victims of domestic violence at the SDJF Domestic Violence Center, located at 2025 Martin Luther King Jr.

Lt. governor candidates square off on ‘Triad Today’
Wake County Commissioner Tony Gurley and Raleigh Architect Dan Forest were the top two vote getters in last month’s Republican primary for Lt. Governor. However, neither man emerged from the crowded field with 40 percent of the vote, so they will face each other in a special runoff election on July 17. Whichever one wins that contest, will take on Democrat Linda Coleman in November.

Can Obama be re-elected on broken promises?
Do you remember when President George HW Bush made the promise not to raise taxes (“Read my lips: No new taxes”) but unfortunately was talked into raising taxes and it cost t him in his bid for a second term?

Improving healthcare
Any day now, the US Supreme will rule on whether the Obamacare insurance mandate is constitutional. Seems like a no-brainer to me. How can forcing me to engage in commerce be constitutional?

GREEN: Full circle with Wayne Kramer from the MC5
Let me tell you ’bout Wayne and his deals of Cocaine A little more every day Holding for a friend ’til the band do well Then the DEA locked him away Clang clang, go the jail guitar doors Bang bang, go the boots on the floor Cry cry, for your lonely mother’s son Clang clang, go the jail guitar doors.

[NEWS OF THE WEIRD]
Norway is home to perhaps the most inmatefriendly prison in the world (as Chuck Shepherd mentioned previously in News of the Weird), but the correctional system has an imminent crisis, as Anders Behring Breivik (the confessed killer of 77 people last year) is nearing formal conviction and sentencing.

50 THINGS
For this year’s summer guide, we offer a lengthy — but in no way comprehensive — list of things to do this summer right here in Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point and the immediate surroundings, most of them cheap, some of them free and all of them awesome.

Film
June 22-24 — The 48-Hour Film Project The world’s largest filmmaking competition give teams 48 hours to write, shoot and edit 7-minute films, with screenings of the finished products at the Carolina June 27-28. See 48hourfilm.com/Greensboro for more info.

THEATER
Through Aug. 11 — Adventures in Theater summer camp performances Arts Council Theatre; 610 Coliseum Drive, Winston-Salem; childrenstheatrews.org Shows include A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court, The Little Mermaid Jr., 101 Dalmatians Kids and Night at the Wax Museum.

FESTIVALS
June 21-24 — East Coast Songwriters Conference Community Arts Café; 411 W. 4th St., Winston-Salem; communityartscafe.com Workshops, seminars and showcases dedicated to the art and craft of songwriting, with opportunities for networking with industry pros.

CONCERTS
Saturdays through Sept. 1 — Summer on Trade Corpening Plaza; 6th and Trade Streets, Winston- Salem; dwsp.org/music Free outdoor concert series every Saturday in the Arts District since 1998. Acts include Big Ron Hunter, Martha Bassett, Kelly & the Cowboys, Vagabond Saints Society, the Bo Stevens and West End Mambo.

SWIMMING
Bolton Pool: 1590 Bolton St., Winston-Salem 336.659.4318 Open Mon.-Sat. beginning at 11:30 a.m. and closing at 6 or 8 p.m. alternating days. Also open Sun. 12:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. Featuring a water sprayground.

SPORTS
With three teams playing home games all summer, the Triad has become a hot spot for minor-league baseball. The Greensboro Grasshoppers, a Florida Marlins affiliate playing at NewBridge Bank Park, won the South Atlantic League championship last year ahd are in first place in the standings at the half-season mark this year.

[EXTENDED PLAY]
Snuzz and Sam Frazier paint rock by the Numbers with Jack Carter & the Armory and Emily Stewart & the Baby Teeth at the Blind Tiger on Thursday. Multi-instrumental folk duo the Driftwood Singers join power-pop band TV Yellow Bull City bluesman TA James at the Green Bean, while alt-rockers Sole Citizen play a free one in the tavern at Ziggy’s.

Another round with Willie Nelson
Willie’s story hasn’t changed much of late; as long as Trigger, his totemic Martin model N-20 nylon-stringed guitar, makes the show, so will the man who has ridden it for the past 40-plus years.

[LOCAL & LIVE]
Bistro 150 (OR) : BryanSongbearSmith Blind Tiger (G):.

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SHOULD BE sent to eg@yesweekly.com.

Houston in the house
As situational irony in hip hop goes, rappers Fat Tony and Tom Cruz dispensing “Denim Guinness Boys” in the middle of a pool hall is about as striking a specimen as you’ll ever observe from an artist out of the historically visceral scene.

[TRIAD DJ PROFILE]
DJ handle: Ei8ht Ball

DELTA RAE
Sons, so why not get in on the ground floor with what could be the American version? The problem is, Delta Rae’s sound is every bit as vigorous and climatic as their supposed Brit counterparts, they just fall well short in the establishment of a band identity.

[RYAN’S FORECAST]
It’s quite possible that Aaron Neville is the most famous of the renowned Neville family of musicians, but also the most underappreciated.

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KARAOKE
Brewski’s Tavern (G), Cooper’s Ale House (G), Corner Pocket Billards (M), Gatsby’s Pub (W-S), Green’s Supper Club (G), Grey’s Tavern (G), Ham’s (G, K, HP), JP Looney’s, (HP), McGee Street Boiler Room (G), Sidelines Sports Grill (HP), Soups Pho & Grill (W-S), Tee Time SportsHP & Karaoke (W-S).

[CONCERTS]
June 21: Railroad Earth June 26: Tenacious D June 28: Victor Manuelle July 2: Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger July 19: Passion Pit July 29: Toadies, Helmet.

Technical team creates an Illusion
As gray columns arch across the ceiling, almost consuming the front audience, Triad Stage is transformed into a magical realm. The way a world comes alive onstage is truly miraculous, and although Triad Stage has a “sorcerer” onstage this month, it was no wizard that raised the walls and brought the set to life — those details were left in the ever-capable hands of a technical team.

[PLAYBILL]
In honor of the passing week’s Flag Day, the Kernersville Little Theatre continues to present its patriotic musical Kilroy Was Here!.

[STAGE]
June 20. 8pm. Comedy Potluck presents Greg Hall. Community Arts Cafe Underground Theatre. 411 W Fourth St., Winston- Salem..

Madagascar 3 a merry summer treat, Adam Sandler plays daddy in That’s My Boy
The core foursome have returned: Ben Stiller (Alex the lion), Chris Rock (Marty the zebra), David Schwimmer (Melman the giraffe) and Jada Pinkett Smith (Gloria the Rhino), and it’s a pleasure spending time with them again. Although it’s only their voices, they display impeccable comic timing yet can also put across the story’s sweeter moments.

DVD PICK OF THE WEEK: WASHINGTON: BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
Andy Griffith, John Houseman, Stefanie Powers, Lois Nettleton, Harold Gould, Tony Bill, Barry Nelson, Meg Foster, Nicholas Pryor, George Gaynes, Alan Oppenheimer, John Randolph, Frances Lee McCain, John Kerr, and a trio of “Dark Shadows” alumni: David Selby, Lara Parker and Thayer David (as a fussy FBI director unmistakably modeled on J.

In pursuit of the elusive food truck
When food trucks, those mobile kitchens serving up inexpensive and quirky fare to diners on the go, entered the national culinary scene about four years ago, I knew it would eventually make its way to the Triad — the keyword being “eventually.” Remember, this is a culture that didn’t have a roller derby team until years after they had been established elsewhere, and where until fairly recently, when you mentioned tapas most people thought you said “topless.”

[SERVED]
But Burger King is banking that you’re too lazy to cook and smoke your own meat, so they’re offering new menu items with a backyard barbecue theme, including Memphis pulled pork, a Carolina chicken sandwich (WTF?) and a Texas BBQ Whopper. There’s also a bacon ice-cream sundae in the offering.

[SALOME’S STARS]
[GEMINI] (May 21 to June 20) Having an optimistic attitude is fine, as far as it goes. But don’t be lulled into a false sense of confidence. There are still problems to deal with before you can totally relax..

[THE ADVICE GODDESS]
We’ll Always Have Parasites My boyfriend of two months is a gem, but his house is a horror. The fridge and bathroom are disgusting, and the whole place is seriously messy. There’s this eerie feeling that the house was formerly homey, like nothing has.

[SPORTS TRIVIA]
1. Since the major leagues expanded to 162 games in 1961, what was the earliest date that a team clinched a playoff spot?

[THIS WEEK IN NASCAR]
Not only did the season’s 14th race come down to a battle between two drivers — Joey Logano and Mark Martin — separated in age by 31 years, but they are also the Sprint Cup Series’ best example of a pupil and a teacher. Martin, 53, was raving about Logano, 22, when the latter was 12.

[CRASHING THE GATE]
Still, by the time I got to work early that Monday morning, sweating out whiskey and fear, things were okay. The storm has passed, and the few folks I had managed to get on the phone reported more damage than usual. They were tired, but relatively safe.