WS Chronicle

FRIDAY-SUNDAY, OCT. 6-8

*”Doubt: A Parable” will be presented by 40+ Stage Company Oct. 6-7 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 8 at 2 p.m. in the Mountcastle Forum, Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts. The play by John Patrick Stanley, a gripping and powerful drama of righteous suspicion and passionate denial, opens the 2023-24 season of 40+ Stage Company. For tickets go to www.intothearts.org and click on Events, Campus Events.

*Piedmont Jazz Alliance is excited to announce the upcoming performance of the talented saxophonist and vocalist Camille Thurman with the Darrell Green Quartet on Saturday, Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at SECCA in Winston-Salem. This highly anticipated performance promises to be a night filled with soulful melodies and virtuosic improvisation, showcasing the extraordinary talents of these world-class musicians. SECCA is located at 750 Margurite Dr. General admission tickets are $30, Premium seats are $45, student tickets with ID are $15, and youth tickets are $10. Tickets can be purchased at PiedmontJazzAlliance.com. This unforgettable evening promises to be a celebration of jazz at its finest.

*Oct. 8 RiverRun International Film Festival will present a free, in-person screening of “Silver Dollar Road” at Marketplace Cinemas in Winston-Salem. Being shown in advance of its upcoming release on Amazon Prime, this documentary from Oscar-nominated director Raoul Peck tells the story of a Black family in North Carolina that has battled decades of harassment by land developers trying to seize the family’s waterfront property, known locally as Silver Dollar Road. For generations, the property was passed through the hands of an African American family, the Reels. But the family’s fortunes changed in the 1970s when developers sought to drive out Black landowners and profit from their real estate. Peck’s depiction of the Reels includes a profile of matriarch Gertrude Reels in her nineties and sons Melvin Davis and Licurtis Reels. The men lived all their lives on Silver Dollar Road, so when they are served with court ordered eviction notice in their sixties and fifties, respectively, they choose going to jail rather than giving up their home. As the case makes its way through the courts, we witness how power is wielded against Black families in ways both blatant and subtle, but the Reels never give up their fight conveying why the land means more to them than any developers offer. Free tickets are available at riverrunfilm.com.