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SKYE SALONS Shassity Stevenson passed on medical school for a career in hair care as owner of the Skye Salons in Charlotte. Hair and now: Suite

ASHLEY MAHONEY | THE CHARLOTTE POST Dee's Vegan To-Go sweet potato spice cake (left) and dou- ble chocolate cake. life with sense of style By Ashley Mahoney Jump forward to 2020. Despite a suites.com. The space also in- [email protected] pandemic, Stevenson opened Skye cludes a Skye Lounge, coworking What’s on the Salons (8500 Pineville-Matthews space where clients can process Shassity Stevenson always had a Road, Suite M) on Aug. 1, after and give the stylist time to see passion for hair. nearly a decade in the industry. another client. The coworking The native had every The luxury boutique space offers space is for clients being served at holiday menu? intention of attending medical three floor plans and 10 suites, that time, due to the pandemic. school after earning a bachelor’s which a stylist, estheticians or The Skye Lounge allows stylists Visiting family and vegan cuisine degree in kinesiology and exercise massage therapist can lease. to see more clients while main- By Ashley Mahoney science from Louisiana State Uni- They intend to fill the six re- taining physical distancing. The versity. Then she decided to at- maining suites by year’s end. An [email protected] suites allow for more protection, tend Aveda Institute while she open house for interested indus- as it is just the stylist and the The holidays are here—almost. waited to hear about her medical try professionals is scheduled for client in each space. Whatever you celebrate, the end of November and school applications, which was Nov. 22 from 4-6 p.m. Space is “We already had this idea of the month of December signal two things—family convenient since she lived on the limited due to the COVID-19 pan- being able to operate in this so- time and good food. Actress Joslyn Y. Hall—a Har- same street as the cosmetology demic, and an RSVP is required. cially distanced environment,” ding University High School alumna school. Suddenly her hobby be- Tenants are provided with equip- Stevenson said. “That has been my and star of the holiday romantic came something she wanted to do ment as well as a virtual assistant. saving grace—still being able to comedy “Christmas in Carolina”—ap- daily. Clients will contact the stylist di- service multiple clients, and serv- peared on The Creatives Podcast to dis- “Once I started cosmetology rectly to schedule appointments, ice them safely and efficiently. Be- cuss her career, living in Atlanta and school, there really was no turning as each stylist is independent. Ho- cause people are working coming home to Charlotte for the holi- back from there,” Stevenson said. wever, if a prospective client is remotely a lot more, people are days. “I knew this is what I was sup- looking to be placed with a stylist, still able to get their services and “I’m really big on family, really close posed to do.” reach out on www.skyesalon- Please see HAIR|2B with my family,” Hall said. “Every year Hall at Thanksgiving, we are doing the big feast—all the good food.” Hall shared a few of her favorite holiday foods. She loves desserts and sides. “I love the potato salad,” Hall said. “I need my mac- Study: Former COVID-19 patients aroni and cheese. I need my rice and giblet gravy, and I need my greens. Now if I have those, I can prob- Please see WHAT’S |2B more susceptible to mental illness Co-op market a By Stacy M. Brown ried that COVID-19 survi- NATIONAL NEWSPAPER vors will be at greater risk PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION of mental health problems, and our findings ... show welcome oasis in Medical and scientific ex- this to be likely,” Paul Har- perts have sounded the rison, a professor of psy- alarm, wanting people to chiatry at Oxford, told food desert understand that COVID is Reuters. By Ashley Mahoney not the flu or a common “(Health) services need to cold, and recovery may not [email protected] be ready to provide care, be permanent. especially since our results The Three Sisters Market emerged from a West According to a new are likely to be underesti- Boulevard Neighborhood Coalition initiative. study, 20 percent of recov- mates (of the number of The market is one of several projects to receive ering coronavirus patients psychiatric patients),” he GETTY IMAGES support from the city of Charlotte’s Corridors of Op- develop some form of added. portunity program, a $24.5 million investment in six mental illness within 90 The study, published in An Oxford University study found people who recover from corridors to address disparities in infrastructure, days. The Lancet Psychiatry jour- COVID-19 are susceptible to mental illness such as anxiety, de- workforce, transportation, housing and code en- Researchers at Oxford nal, analyzed electronic pression and insomnia. forcement, business development, public safety and University in Great Britain health records of 69 mil- were 65 percent more urban design. The corridors include Beatties Ford COVID, 1 in 5 survivors noted that first-time dia- lion people in the United likely to be diagnosed with Road, which kicked off the program in September, were recorded as having a gnosis of anxiety, depres- States, including more than COVID-19 than those with- West Boulevard, which launched on Nov.5, Central first-time diagnosis of anx- sion, and insomnia 62,000 cases of COVID-19. out. Avenue/Albemarle, Freedom Drive/Wilkinson Boule- iety, depression, or insom- increased two-fold in pa- The findings are likely to More than 10 million vard, Graham Street/North Tryon Street, as well as nia -- about twice as likely tients after they’ve recov- be the same for those af- Americans have been dia- Sugar Creek Road/Interstate 85. as for other groups of pa- ered from COVID. flicted by COVID-19 world- gnosed with the coronavi- The market stems from the WBNC’s Seeds For tients in the same period, Further, they discovered wide, the Oxford rus, and over 238,000 have Change program across from the West Boulevard Li- the researchers said. that COVID survivors also researchers noted, accord- died. brary. The farm employs youth from the neighbor- The study further re- found significantly higher ing to Reuters. African Americans com- hood while also providing a local farmers market to risks of dementia. vealed that people with a In the three months fol- pre-existing mental illness Please see | 3B Please see THREE SISTERS| 2B “People have been wor- lowing testing positive for STUDY

«RIDES Cadillac gets serious with small sedan market with the CT-4 By Winfred Cross the company uses the V, it transmission is a sports- heavy with your right foot SPECIAL TO THE POST gets serious about per- tuned 10-speed automatic and the fun begins. This formance – very serious. that sends power to the Caddy leaps into action Cadillac has tried hard to No, I doubt if the CT4-V rear wheels. A limited-slip with lots of growl if you offer a smaller sedan that Series is as engaging as its differential is standard choose the provided V ex- lives up to its bigger big sister the CT5-V, but while all-wheel drive is haust setting. Find an stablemates since its ill- that may not matter. What available. empty stretch of highway fated Cimarron in the ‘80s. Cadillac offers in the CT4- The V also gets a better and you’ll find this is a sat- It's gotten close, even with V is enough to get the Eu- traction and stability con- isfying car to drive. Throw the outgoing ATS. The ropean competition trol system, sportier sus- it into a corner and it company may have finally looking over their collec- pension and Magnetic ride latches on to the pavement gotten it right with the CT- tive shoulders. control (if you don’t opt for with the rear wheels push- 4 which replaces the ATS. Let’s get to the good stuff the all-wheel drive). ing the car forward. If Ummm, did I say any- CADILLAC first. The CTS4-V is pow- The engine’s turbo is things get wonky stab the thing about a V proceeding ered by a 2.7-liter, turbo- tuned to give you instant brakes and the Brembo The 2021 Cadillac CT-4 is its flagship small sedan. the 4? Yep, Caddy is offer- charged, four-cylinder acceleration with little if grabbers will haul you certainly biased toward ing a V-rated version of the pected. It takes large engine that makes 325 any lag. The forward thrust down to a quick, straight sport, but the ride quality new car already. If you bumps to make the lose a horsepower and 380 feels more like a V6 than a stop. is much better than ex- don’t already know, when Please see CADILLAC| 2B pounds-feet of torque. The turbo four. Get a little The CT4-V’s handling is 2B LIFE | The Charlotte Post Thursday, November 19, 2020 Cadillac gets serious with small Hair and now: Suite sedan market with the CT-4 Continued from page 1B wever, especially if this is there your satisfaction life with sense of style little poise, but in general, going to use it as a family level would be high. My you have a firm but com- sedan. That’s not what this test car had a ton of op- Continued from page 1B Stevenson found the flexibility fortable ride. is. This is a compact with tions, including Bose then in the lounge [while they pro- something she did not want to give The car’s steering gives not as much space as some stereo upgrade, advanced cess], we have connectivity and WiFi. up. you nice road feedback others in its class. The rear adaptive cruise control, en- It is really the perfect blend of this “Over the eight years being in Char- while being very respon- seat is especially tight, hanced auto emergency new normal. It was scary at first but lotte, I have realized that I have uti- sive. Light and precise may even for two. braking (forward and re- knowing that we have developed a lized all of these different resources be the best description. Those things aside, the verse) and a gorgeous ob- concept that is fit for our new normal, and I have vetted all of these different Caddy also gets the lux- CT4-V is a nicely sorted session red paint job I am very proud of what we have put ways I can make my life as an inde- ury part right. The interior package that is certainly an (although I hate red), which together.” pendent stylist easier—let me give mimics the larger CT5 and alternative to a BMW 2 brought the as-tested price Stevenson’s introduction to the in- this to other stylists,” she said. “We gets rid of the ATS’s no- Series Competition Coupe to more than $53,000. dependent stylist concept came when are creatives. We want to just come knob look. The look is or other similar offerings Pros: she moved to Charlotte. and create.” clean and functional with from Mercedes and Audi. • All-new model “Salon suites was something very To RSVP, go to: upscale materials and fin- Performance gains aren’t • Handsome looks new, and it had not emerged in Lou- https://calendly.com/skyesalonsuites ishings. Yes, there is a offset by the interior mis- • Excellent handling isiana,” she said. touch screen and yes, An- steps and I haven’t even • Plush interior droid Auto and Apple Car- mentioned how handsome • Powerful turbo Play are among the many the car looks. It’s Cadillac’s • Firm but comfortable standard features. conventional creased ride So, what’s the downside? shape and it works. Cons: You may miss the ATS’s V6 The CT4-V has a lengthy • Tight interior Three Sisters Market a welcome option, but the turbo four list of standard features • No V6 engine is not lacking. You will with a base price of Email Winfred Cross ast addition along West Boulevard wish for more room, ho- $44,995. If you stopped [email protected] Continued from page 1B know it’s been a food de- Corridors of Opportunity provide neighborhood res- sert here, but now it’s time, funding also includes a idents with quality pro- and we have to say this as multi-year commitment of What’s on the holiday menu? duce, as the area is well, it’s time for the com- $80,000 per year to the considered a food desert. munity to show up and WBNC to develop the West That led to a vision for a support the opportunity Boulevard Merchant’s As- Family and vegan fare to start where they can show to sociation and expand on grocery co-op called the of “Grinch” with Jim Car- home for my family, I put anybody else who does not the Seeds for Change Continued from page 1B Three Sisters Market. ably get through. As far as rey. However, with the it in the roasting dish after live over here that we need Farm’s youth programing. “We are working on the dessert goes, my mom pandemic, the grandeur of it’s baked, and then I put a this, and we want this. The investment is the cul- full-scale grocery store, makes an amazing cherry the holiday traditions may lot of carrots and onions That’s what we are working mination of years of advo- which will be at the West dump pie. It’s like cherries, be reduced to just include and peppers and all that toward.” cacy from neighborhood Boulevard and Clanton pineapples and then you time in Charlotte with im- around it. Then I make a Three Sisters Market will residents. Road intersection, right have your pie crust. Oh my mediate family. gravy. Then I do my vegan be the city’s first grocery “This is right in line with next to the urban farm,” God, it’s so good. She does Chef Denise Hairston mac and cheese, which is co-op. While the intent is to the work that we have been said WBNC board member dessert so good. I love a takes a vegan approach to very popular, with gluten- provide a physical neigh- doing for 30-40 years al- and Three Sisters Market good peach cobbler, a ba- Thanksgiving. She has not free noodles all the way borhood grocery store, it most in terms of the coali- chair Guy nana pudding and you eaten meat in 32 years, be- from Italy.” will also serve as a com- tion itself, but this iteration Cousins. can’t go wrong with a good coming completely vegan Hairston’s stir-fried col- munity meeting space. has been working very “The pound cake.” 11 years ago. Her goal is to lard greens with sun dried On The Net “When we think about hard to achieve opportu- urban A typical Thanksgiving create delicious, yet health- tomatoes are also very https://westblvd the Three Sisters Market, nity for the residents,” said farm for Hall would include conscious meals for her popular, along with cran- nc.org/initia- we know that not only do Cousins, founding partner is not traveling to South family and for clients berry sauce and desserts— tive/three-sisters- you need neighborhood of the Freedmen Law going Carolina to through Dee’s Vegan To- a double-chocolate cake market/ support, you also need in- Group. “We consider our- to go visit ex- Go, a to-go and delivery and a sweet potato spice vestment,” District 3 repre- selves to be the mouth- On The Net away. tended storefront in City West cake. sentative Victoria piece of the residents www.deesvegan- We are family. Commons (1540 West “That’s what my Thanks- Watlington said. “Not only along the West Boulevard togo.com going to continue to have Everyone Blvd., Suite 100). Her giving will be like,” Hair- is the city working with the corridor – all 19 com- www.imdb.com/n that operating, and take contrib- vegan cuisine can also ston said. “I could just Three Sisters Market to munities – and hope to live ame/nm9275689/ advantage of that program- utes a be found at the Charlotte have some vegetables and find the perfect location up to that in everything ?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 ing for the youth. We are dish to the Regional Farmer’s Market, some gravy on a baked po- for their proof of principle, that we do. Opportunities also working on Phase 1, feast. The where it has been a staple tato, but for my family, we’re also committing like this, you can’t pass which is a smaller scale co- day is filled with for years. Imagine a tofu they do still get turkey and $35,000 to support interior them by. We’re more than op/market where those good food and drinks, turkey – known as tofurkey those types of things, but I uplifts to the co-op market thankful for the city to take products will be available games and catching up. – for Thanksgiving. bring all the veggies, be- and the city will support the steps that they have in to see what the responsive- Christmas creates a part “It is made like the tur- cause I know there’s no the proof of concept phase terms of walking with us in ness is to the community. two of the experience, with key, but it is made with a meat in it, and they love for the next four years, at a the various initiatives that We’ve heard them say they a few more decorations plant protein,” Hairston [the veggies] too.” total cost of $60,000.” we have as the coalition.” want a grocery store. We and the live-action version said. “When I do mine at 3B LIFE | The Charlotte Post Thursday, November 19, 2020 Study finds former COVID-19 patients are more susceptible to mental illness

Continued from page 1B Twenty-four percent of Black adults prise more than 20 percent of the lived in households that were behind total deaths in the United States. on rent payments. And approximately Blacks and other communities of one-third of African Americans shared color continue to suffer dispropor- a home with someone expected to tionately from the economic con- lose employment income this month. sequences of the coronavirus “COVID-19 affects the central nerv- pandemic, according to the Urban In- ous system, and so might directly in- stitute. crease subsequent disorders,” Simon Over one-quarter of adults in Black Wessely, regius professor at King’s households surveyed between August College London, told Reuters. 19-31 used savings or sold assets to “But this research confirms that is meet economic needs on the previous not the whole story, and that this risk GETTY IMAGES week. is increased by previous ill health.” Delight your guests with individual appetizer plates this season by considering color, texture and pres- entation. 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Wrap each piece in squash may be substituted • Pita triangles plastic and chill at least 30 for delicata squash. church for your • Thin breadsticks minutes or overnight. treats • Pretzels To make filling: In large • Jam or hone bowl, combine apples, Continued from page 3B Grape and Spinach grapes, sugar, flour, lemon Support the journey pieces by starting at skin Salad with Raspberry Bal- juice and salt; set aside. Black Press. To assemble pie: Heat Subscribe to The and rotating inward. samic Dressing Post at Insert one toothpick into Prep time: 20 minutes oven to 375 F. BAPTIST Roll one half of dough www.thecharlotte- each apple piece. Servings: 8 post.com/circula- Place crushed pecans in 8 cups fresh baby spin- out to 18-by-13-inch rec- tangle. 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ALAMY Tracey Davis, the daughter of Sammy Davis Jr. and May Britt, died Nov. 2 at age 59. Author Tracey

Davis dies THREE BONE THEATRE Actor Gerard Hazelton (left) and director Quentin Talley discuss a scene in Three Bone Theatre’s production of The New Black at age 59 Fest’s “HANDS UP,” which debuts Nov. 19-21 at Duke Energy Theatre at Spirit Square. By Kristin M. Hall THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ‘HANDS UP’ uplifts NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tracey Davis, an author and daughter of Rat Pack enter- tainer Sammy Davis Jr. and actress May Britt, has died. She was 59. Davis’ ex-husband Guy Garner told The Associated Press that Davis died in Franklin, Tennessee, on Nov. 2 after a Black theater voices short illness, but the cause of death was not yet determined. Davis wrote about her experiences as Three Bone Theatre production makes livestream debut on Nov. 19-21 the daughter of one of the greatest en- By Ashley Mahoney Laurence Maher, another actor TBT directorial debut, felt a mixture tertainers ever, whose career kept them [email protected] making his Three Bone Theatre of honor to be asked to direct, but apart during her childhood years, in her debut, will portray “Walking Next to also joy to have a chance to take on a 1996 book “Sammy Davis Jr.: My Charlotte creatives are coming to- Michael Brown” by Eric Micha creative project after months without Father.” The book was about her jour- gether to uplift Black voices in the- Holmes. Sultan Omar El-Amin will live theater. The opportunity pres- ney to reconnect with her father later as ater. convey “How I Feel” by Dennis A. ents the unique challenge of direct- an adult. It was co-written with Dolores Three Bone Theatre returns this Allen II. Davita Galloway is the cos- ing for an audience at home, versus A. Barclay, a former editor at the AP. week with the Charlotte premiere of tume designer. people in a theater. She wrote a second book, “Sammy The New Black Fest’s “HANDS UP” on “It will be triggering to people, “I have been trying to Davis Jr.: A Personal Journey With My Nov. 19 at 8 p.m. and will also be per- especially my piece,” Nicole said. keep it simple so that Father,” in 2014. In her books, she formed at the same time on Nov. 20- “There is a certain level of vulnerabil- we can still have that On The Net wrote about his experiences encounter- 21. The production will be ity, violation, post-traumatic stress live theater effect www.three- ing racism throughout his career. livestreamed from the Duke Energy disorder, abusiveness—it is a for the perform- bonetheatre.c MGM announced plans last month to Theatre at Spirit Square during each weighted piece. It is going to touch ance,” he said. “It om/tickets develop a Sammy Davis Jr. biopic based performance—in-person attendance people who have been directly af- has been a creative, on Davis’ first book. will not be permitted. The produc- fected. It will also open the eyes of but challenging situ- “I am thrilled to know my father’s life, tion includes adult language, themes people who might not understand, ation for sure.” both private and public, will be brought and trauma. It is recommended for even with the news, but when you Talley has dedicated himself to tell- to the big screen with this team of sto- ages 16-plus. put it in front of their face in ‘enter- ing the Black experience in American rytellers,” Davis said in a statement “HANDS UP” is a collection of plays tainment’ sometimes it is easier to di- theater. when the deal was announced. “He and by seven Black playwrights who were gest and get the severity of this “Now there is more advocacy my mother May Britt took on the world, commissioned by The New Black Fest situation. It is a loaded piece coming around it, which is great, but there choosing love and compassion over ha- following the fatal police shooting of right off of all the social unrest in the are people who have been doing the tred and bigotry, and I am a product of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri community with the protests and work even longer than I have, uplift- that decision.” in 2014. The playwrights wrote a col- how this [presidential] election has ing Black voices in the theater,” he Davis, who had a professional career lection of monologues about being gone. Emotions are running high said. “Especially with shows like the in television and advertising, is sur- Black in America. right now. This is a collective piece to one we are doing now. It is expanding vived by her four children, her mother An all-Black cast has been assem- show the emotional unrest that we on the Black experience and Black and her brothers. bled to bring the show to the Char- are going through right now.” identity and what it means to the “She loved and adored her kids more lotte stage. Nick Johnson will make Three Bone Theatre is working with country as a whole or individually. It than anything. Needless to say, they are his Three Bone Theatre debut and activist organization Amplify and Ac- is nice to have those conversations all shocked and devastated by the loss will present Nathan James’ work “Su- tivate on the production, as it is a be more than one type of Blackness.” of their mother, as are Tracey’s mother, periority Fantasy.” Jay Ward will also triggering subject. Said El-Amin: “The beautiful thing May Britt Ringquist and her brothers, make his Three Bone Theatre debut, “The fact that Three Bone Theatre about the entire production is that all Mark and Jeff,” Garner said. portraying “Holes in My Identity” by thought enough to bring in Amplify of the monologues, all of the pieces, Nathan Yungerberg. and Activate to help us, for people are very personal to the writer I be- Mason Parker will read “They who might need some time to digest lieve. They are so different in terms Shootin! Or I Ain’t Neva Scared…” by what they are reading, because we of the way that the stories are written ‘Thoughts of Idris Goodwin. LeShea Nicole pres- have to read this over and over again, and told, and in terms of who is tell- ents “Dead of Night… The Execution and emote this over and over again, ing them.” of…” by Nambi E. Kelley. Gerard Ha- you have to go to a place that does El-Amin’s monologue closes the A Colored zelton, who will also make his Three not feel so good,” Nicole said. “It is show, putting the spotlight on the Bone Theatre debut, will read “Abor- going to be very intense.” value of human life. For El-Amin, Man’ earns a tion” by Nsangou Njikam. Quentin Talley, who will make his Please see HANDS UP | 7B Broadway run By Mark Kennedy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Playwright Keenan Scott ‘Remembrance’ embraces local history II’s play “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” a work about the outer and inner lives of By Ashley Mahoney Black men, is heading to the bright lights of Broadway. [email protected] The play will be given a Shubert the- Tamara Williams used an unconven- ater and will open whenever Broadway tional semester to document the rich restarts. It will be directed by Steve H. history of Ring Shout. Broadnax III. Both playwright and direc- When UNC Charlotte transitioned to tor are Black and will be making their remote learning last fall, Williams, an Broadway debuts. assistant professor of dance in the de- “Thoughts of a Colored Man” is made partment of dance, was committed to up of related vignettes and set over the producing fall performances that ex- course of a single day in Brooklyn, panded on her research on African where seven Black men discuss gentri- American Ring Shout traditions, par- fication, violence, racial and sexual ticularly pertaining to Charlotte’s his- identity and what it means to be part of tory. No one knew if the performances a community. would be experienced in-person or vir- UNC CHARLOTTE tually at the time, so she explored other “I think people can expect to be The short film “Remembrance” premiers Nov. 20 as part of UNC Charlotte’s virtual fall dance ways of showcasing the fall perform- moved and to laugh. There’s so much concert. laughter in this show, but there’s also ance in April. today? What maybe through your line- so much revealed about the Black male “Since I’ve been doing such deep culminates in a 10-12-minute short film age has been brought down and shared experience in America,” producer Brian work in Ring Shout traditions, I thought titled “Remembrance,” which pre- with you?’ In that way, it has brought it Moreland told The Associated Press. it would be a wonderful opportunity to mieres on Nov. 20 as part of UNCC’s to present day in a way that they could “They will laugh, they will cry, and use technology, to use this time of a bit Virtual Fall Dance Concert. think about history, how people in their they’ll be able to ask questions that of isolation to go deep into the histori- Original music in “Remembrance” is struggles, their joys and their resist- they’ve never been able to ask before.” cal landmarks and how they are signif- by Luciano Xavier. Williams is the fea- ance, how they all preserve culture and In addition to Moreland, the produc- icant here in Charlotte in connection to tured singer. make us who we are today.” ing lineup includes Ron Simons, Diana Ring Shout, and why not put it in a Each student was tasked to create a “Remembrance” honors the memory DiMenna, Samira Wiley and Sheryl Lee dance film, so it could be documented two-minute solo as part of the process of the enslaved and their descendants, Ralph. It’s a predominately Black list and shared with a larger audience than about a matriarch in their family. The not only through the art form itself, but with what will be a mostly Black cast, just those who may come for a concert experience made history contemporary through three carefully chosen loca- both rarities on Broadway. series,” Williams said. “It becomes a for the students. tions: the Stafford Cabin, the Siloam The play made its world premiere last document that can be shared with “Since it has to do with history, but School and the Catawba River. year at Syracuse Stage and also was pro- other universities. It could be shared also bringing in their own personal his- “In thinking of where we would film, duced at Baltimore Center Stage. Broad- with museums. It could be dispersed to tory and their own family history, they I made contact with the Charlotte- way remains closed due to the a larger national audience.” were really invested in it,” Williams Mecklenburg Historic Landmarks Com- coronavirus pandemic at least until Williams held virtual auditions before said. “I asked them think about, ‘with- mission,” Williams said. “I had some June 2021. Moreland said Scott’s play selecting five students: Amber Colby, out these women, how would that have affected your life? How would it have ideas of some places we would want to Please see | 7B Jorge Lopez Ortega, Nia Mills, Kenny Please see | 7B THOUGHTS Raynor and Charity Williams. The work affected your parents or how you are REMEMBRANCE 7B A&E | The Charlotte Post Thursday, November 19, 2020 ‘HANDS UP’ uplifts ‘Remembrance’ embraces Black theater voices local Ring Shout traditions Continued from page 6B of their four shows last season, which Continued from page 6B following sex traffickers in culture and history in 2020 was not just a pandemic that accounted for half of their expected go around Charlotte, but I the Dominican Republic. Charlotte and having the forced actors off the stage, he also lost revenue. The goal was to find ways to spoke with Jack Thompson He has done work filming Ring Shout as a movement his father and dad this year. His return to the stage in a safe way while and he gave me many the Black Lives Matter of place around them, you father, Suliman Muhammad El-Amin, still focusing on telling important more ideas. He told me movement throughout the could not go into either fell in work accident and died on April stories. Like many companies, they about the Stafford Cabin, United States. This is in the place, because of safety 2. Then his dad, Calvin Johnson, died considered Zoom table reads, and which was built for en- spirit of really document- precautions, but the after a seven-year battle with multiple asking themselves what type of shows slaved families in the ing Black culture, Black his- dancers were able to see, sclerosis on Aug. 15. El-Amin craved would work for the stage right now. A 1760s. It is one of the last tory.” learn about the history and the familiarity of the stage during a series of monologues featuring less reported cabins of this na- The Siloam School, which understand the cultural time when everything seemed uncer- than 10 actors about racial injustice ture in the area. The last re- educated African American contextualization of how tain. Talley, who is also the program and social unrest fit perfectly. They ported enslaved family children, currently sits at both of these buildings director at the Hayti Heritage Center did however utilize Zoom for initial lived there in 1849. There its original site on Mallard were a way to bring com- in Durham, allowed El-Amin a mo- readings of the production, and only is documentation of Highlands Drive near munity together,” Williams ment alone on stage to process his a few members of the cast were ini- people still living there UNCC, behind an apart- said. “They were places of grief earlier this fall. tially allowed into the space at a time until the 1940s. When he ment complex. The Char- resistance and resilience, “No one was there,” said El-Amin, once they began rehearsing in the the- told me about it, I immedi- lotte Museum of History is just as the Ring Shout who has worked with Talley since ater. ately said, ‘yes, this is a in the process of raising dance is in itself.” 2004. “I got to sit on the stage by my- “What we love doing is sharing place we want to go to.’” funds to move and restore The final filming space self, and just feel it out. That was a narratives through monologue While the Stafford Cabin the school. It is a Rosen- was the film, based on the different experience, because I had shows,” said Robin Tynes-Miller, sits on private property off wald era and style school, historic connection be- just lost someone. I needed to do Three Bone Theatre’s founding artistic the Plaza Road Extension, built during the early 20th tween Ring Shout dances some releasing and some soul search- director. “That can be such a powerful the property owner was century. Rosenwald being performed along ing for myself. Getting back into it way for people to hear other individ- happy to assist in the proj- Schools were built bodies of water. now, when I got back into the Duke ual’s stories. With the reckoning with ect. throughout the South dur- “The river is very signifi- Energy Theater again, it was that same racism in America, and particularly a “It sits on the property of ing that time, with some cant in African American feeling of reclaiming something. I had long overdue conversation about rac- a private residence,” Wil- established by com- culture and communities, been lost for a little bit, and I knew ism in the theater, one of the things liams said. “I made contact munities, such as the Si- as a place of rebirth, where to go, to go and find it. The the- that we were so excited about with with Ms. Freeman, and she loam school, while others cleansing, communion and ater is one of those places where I this piece is that it does blend those welcomed us with open received funding from the revitalization,” Williams have always found solace and piece.” two necessities. It is a story that needs arms on her property to do Rosenwald Foundation. said. “We did some filming Like El-Amin, returning to the the- to be told right now, but it is also done some filming.” George E. Davis—the first there to bring this full ater space is a homecoming of sorts, in a format of monologues, which al- Meg Whalen, director of Black professor at Johnson energy of nature, water as actors have craved a space that lowed us to stay true to the intent of communications and ex- C. Smith University and a and community together.” feels like home in many ways. Yet as the show in terms of how it was meant ternal relations for UNCC’s Rosenwald agent – oversaw For more information wonderful as it feels to be back on to be presented, but it would also College of Arts + Architec- the construction of 813 about the 2020 Virtual stage, it is also a reminder that the allow us to keep our artists as safe as ture referred Williams to schools across North Caro- Dance Concert: pandemic has forced the world into a possible, because they don’t have to videographer Marlon Mor- lina, 26 in Mecklenburg https://coaa.uncc.edu/eve new normal, preventing theaters from interact on stage.” rison for the project. County. nts/fall-2020-virtual- selling out or even having in-person If an actor is not giving his or her “He does amazing work,” “Having these two very dance-concert attendance. monologue, they are physically dis- Williams said. “He has been significant parts of Black “I have been in the Duke Energy tanced throughout the theater in a Theater so many times that it was a seat with his or her name on it. While feeling of coming home,” said Nicole, the actor is performing is the only ‘Thoughts of A Colored Man’ who is making her third appearance time allowed for mask removal. They with TBT. “To step on a stage with also have to undergo COVID-19 tem- lights, it brought back this nostalgia perature checks and screenings in earns a Broadway run with feeling, and it brought everything order to enter the space. rushing back, but it is very different. “We wanted to blend this idea of a There is a sweet bitterness about it, show over Zoom and see how close Black cast and leadership because even walking in the theater we could get to an actual theater per- with the theater family, your first in- formance,” Tyles-Miller said. “One of Continued from page 6B led casts, including “Tina: Colored Man” to Broadway stinct is to go hug them. With theater, the things that we are excited about is was something he instantly The Tina Turner Musical,” predated the protests, it is about the energy of the audience. that this is not happening over Zoom. felt belonged on Broadway. the revival of “A Soldier’s Moreland said the show’s We feed off of that. There is almost a We are in the Duke Energy Theater, “I felt like it was some- Play” and “Ain’t Too Proud championing of diversity coldness about it. You cannot get where we have been in residency for thing that needed to be – The Life and Times of and inclusion fits perfectly close to one another, because Three the last several years. We have access seen. It was a work that The Temptations.” in an era of Black Lives Bone Theatre is being very safe, as to sound and lighting and cameras, was much larger than any- Putting a Black-led play Matter and outcries over they should be, but the reality is that and the ability to really try to bring the thing I’ve ever experi- on Broadway is one of the young Black deaths. it is very different. I am excited that I theatrical experience into people’s liv- enced,” said Moreland, most concrete steps to- “It made this show so get to do this, though. Not everybody ing rooms.” whose producing credits ward a more inclusive the- much more ready for the gets the chance to get back into this Pricing (taxes and fees included): on Broadway include “Sea atrical community coming world to hear these men, as soon as I have, because everything General admission: $20 per viewing Wall/A Life,” “The Lifespan in the wake of the death of for the world to hear is down for the count.” device of a Fact” and “The Sound and a Scott’s voice. It just made TBT’s last show was in February. Students and educators: $10 per Inside.” summer of protests. people ready to listen,” he COVID-19 forced them to cancel two viewing device The pandemic silenced While discussions of said. “To have a young several shows with Black- transferring “Thoughts of a Please see PLAY | 8B

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IYO VISUALS This image provided by IYO Visuals shows Omete Anassi, who plays Lil Keke, from left, cre- ator/director Isaac Yowman and Rosha Washington who plays DJ Screw, on the set of the visual tribute "All Screwed Up." MICHAEL DAVIS | /O+M/DKC This image released by O+M/DKC shows a scene from the production of Keenan Scott II's play “Thoughts of a Colored Man,” a work about the outer and inner lives of Black men. ‘All Screwed Up’ tries to The play will be produced on Broadway when the new season starts. unravel DJ Screw legacy Play ‘Thoughts of a By Gary Gerard Hamilton which includes a commemorative giftset designed to look like an origi- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Colored Man’ earns a nal DJ Screw grey tape filled with an NEW YORK — When DJ Screw started “All Screwed Up” tribute cassette, a trending in August, it wasn’t because cassette player and other commem- of newly discovered music or a co- orative items. Broadway run of its own ordinated effort by his devoted fans. Plans are to release the video for The chatter surrounded a TikTok free at some point. Continued from page 7B study, “The Visibility Re- season. Over 61% of all video that quickly went viral for all Born Robert Earl Davis, Jr., Screw playwright — a young port: Racial Representation roles on New York City the wrong reasons: a teen attempting began slowing down songs on the Black male — be able to on NYC Stages,” nearly 80% stages went to white ac- to explain a “new” music trend called south side of in the early 90s. speak truths about a neigh- of Broadway and off- tors, a rate double the pop- “slowed and reverb.” The problem — At the time, the method involved borhood and an experience Broadway shows’ writers ulation of white people in as Twitter unforgivingly pointed out pitching down his turntables to a slug- and a point of view in life, were white and 85.5% of di- New York City. —was that it was nearly a direct copy gish, psychedelic tempo as he to share hopes and dreams rectors during the 2017-18 of DJ Screw’s iconic sound. scratched and mixed songs. He even- — it’s revelatory.” That’s why Lil Keke, one of tually formed the The theater community hip-hop’s most influential rappers (S.U.C.), a collective of friends that in- has made other steps to- Awesome Oranges! and a friend of the late DJ, says the ap- cluded notable rappers such as Lil ward inclusivity, including proximately 50-minute “visual trib- Keke, Lil’ Flip, Z-Ro, Trae the launch of The Industry ute” “All Screwed Up” debuting and E.S.G. The sound would be copied Standard Group, the first Grove Monday is being released at the right on the north side of the city by Swisha commercial theater invest- Navels moment. House artists such as , Paul ment and producing or- “It’s people who use this genre… Wall and who even- ganization In the country Petite Red (and put) it in songs. I’m talking about tually burst on to the national scene a run completely by people Navels big platinum artists (who are) slowing few years after Screw died in 2000 of of color. Several theater down records, and they had no idea an accidental codeine overdose. companies — including who this man is and where this came The sound is still prevalent today The Public Theater, Second Tangerines from,” says Keke, who’s songs “South- with native Houstonians such as Bey- Stage Theater, Roundabout side,” “Pimp tha Pen” and “Still Pimpin oncé and Travis Scott incorporating Theatre Company and Lin- Pens” are Texas music staples. “They screw elements into their music, coln Center Theater — don’t know that this ‘trend’ came along with other huge artists such as have appointed or elevated ONLY Petite Navel * from a very important person to our Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, theater artists of color. 99 culture.” A$AP Rocky and Bryson Tiller. But the There also has been the $19 “All Screwed Up” combines biopic genre has also floated into suburbia, creation of Musicians Special limited time offer! film elements with animation to detail and some critics say discussing “slow United for Social Equity, the early years of Screw’s life before and reverb” without properly ac- working to develop pipe- High In SAVE $15! his “screwed” music technique ex- knowledging Screw’s blueprint is only lines for musicians of Reg. Price $34.99 ploded in Houston and spread gentrifying his sound and whitewash- color, and a pledge by the Vitamin C throughout the South. Its release Mon- ing his legacy. Stewart/Whitley casting of- day coincides with the 20th anniver- “All Screwed Up” hopes to put the fice to bring greater racial Call 1-888-802-0489 to order item 496X sary of Screw’s death. emphasis back on the innovator him- equity to their staff and or Visit HaleGroves.com/MN122 * Only $19.99 (reg. $34.99) plus $5.99 shipping and handling per pack to 48 The project will be released on self. working environment. contiguous states. Some restrictions may apply. IC: HNVH-N122 www.allscrewedup.com for $99, According to the annual

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