Thursday, Feb. 12
Mr. Bones screening and discussion
Salem Fine Arts Center; Salem College, Winston-Salem; 336.917.5313; www.salem.edu; 7 p.m.; FREE Mr. Bones is a new movie about train-wrecked black kids and voodoo cults in Winston-Salem. The film by local writer Nathan Ross Freeman has lit up festival circuits, winning best feature film at the 2008 Sweet Auburn International Film Festival and best score at the Southern Appalachian International Film Festival for its R&B, gospel, new-age and hip-hop soundtrack. Tonight Freeman and Mr. Bones return to Salem College, where Freeman is a visiting writer.
Friday, Feb. 13
Mad at Miles reception
Triad Stage; 232 S. Elm St., Greensboro; 336.274.0067;
www.triadstage.org; reception at 6:30 p.m.; show at 7:30 p.m. and 10
p.m.; $15 early show, $10 late
The moody genius Miles Davis was also a misogynistic wife-beater.
That’s sufficient cause to break Kind of Blue into pieces, according to
playwright Pearl Cleage. Cleage’s 1990 play Mad at Miles: A
Blackwoman’s Guide to Truth imagines the voice of Davis’ wife Cicely
Tyson in a collection of sardonic Vagina Monologues. Come early for
tapas (and jazz?) with YES! Weekly. The play runs from Feb. 12 to Feb.
21.
Saturday, Feb. 14
Erotic Arts Ball
Studio B; 520 S. Elm St., Greensboro; 336.373.0811; www.studiob-gso.com; 8 p.m.; TBA Maybe you’re single and a little too shy for last-minute bar baiting; but that’s no reason not to have a fun and erotic Valentine’s Day. The Erotic Arts Ball is an all-sorts party, featuring booty-shaking jazz beats and local erotic art, plus burlesque from Foxy 336.272.0160 Moxy and or 866.579.TIXX boylesque TOLL-FREEfrom Smokin’ McQueen. Or if you’re already booked for pasta tonight, check out the erotic art party’s debut the night before at Lyndon Street Artworks.
Sunday, Feb. 15
WBCA Pink Zone
LJVM Memorial Coliseum; 300 Deacon Boulevard, Winston- Salem; 336.727.2978; www.wakeforestsports.com; 3 p.m.; FREE with a pink shirt Rather than gold and black, LJVM will be decked out in the color pink. The Wake Forest Women’s basketball team hosts theVirginiaTech Hokiestoday in a Women’s Basketball Coaches Association fundraiser for Saturday breast February cancer research. 21 A pink shirt gets you into the Coliseum, where you can also sample makeup at the Mary Kay “Kissing Booth” and compete at halftime for “Best Lips in the House.”
Monday, Feb. 16
Here, Bullet Reynolda House; 2250 Reynolda Road, Winston-Salem; 336.758.5150; www.reynoldahouse.org; 7 p.m.; FREE Iraq War veteran Brian Turner describes the infamous desertland through poetry. The title-piece of his book Here, Bullet ends with taunting invitation to a bullet: “Here, bullet, here is where the world ends, every time.” Go hear the poet-soldier at Reynolda House for an unusual encounter with the war of our times.
Tuesday, Feb. 17
syner GYP Bowling Night
AMF All Star Lanes; 921 S. Holden Road, Greensboro; 336.387.8354; www. actiongreensboro.org; 7-9 p.m.; $7.50 Bowling night is the finest of networking events organized by synerG. It’s your best chance to impress young professional singles and employers alike with a corkscrew spin roll. Put on those lace and leather dork shoes and become the Kingpin of Greensboro.
Wednesday, Feb. 18
Triad After-Work Social
McPherson’s Bar and Grill; 5710 High Point Road, Greensboro; 336.292.6496; mcphersonsbarandgrill.com; 5:30- 7:30 p.m.; FREE The third Wednesday of February is here already. Come celebrate with YES! Weekly and another cluster of young professionals. There will be free food, free drinks and extra drinks for the first 100 through the door.
