It offers “book reports” that steer users to all questionable passages ( here’s one for “Monday’s Not Coming” by Tiffany D. Michelle Teague, a Catawba County school board member who has challenged 25 books, says she started by finding reviews on, which rates books on a six-point scale for content related to sex, nudity, profanity, hate and violence. Among the most significant: They’re not fueled by a surge of students coming home traumatized or titillated by what they found in the library, but by adults networking to share problematic material they’ve found in books that are available in schools. The two districts have different rules for challenging library and classroom material.īut there are common threads to the book challenges taking place across the country. Catawba’s book protests draw a lot of religious comments, while Mecklenburg’s strike a secular note. The details vary by location: Catawba County has Mama Bears instead of Moms for Liberty. As I was working on the Catawba County story, she was sending me passages of sex scenes from half a dozen young adult novels she wanted restricted. While I was planning a trip to Newton to check out the book battles taking place in Catawba County Schools, Brooke Weiss of Mecklenburg County’s Moms for Liberty chapter told me she had started filing daily book challenges in Charlotte. To get the latest school news in your inbox first, sign up for our email newsletters here. The night ended with an hour from Carlos Santana, who brought out Clapton for "Black Magic Woman" and The Doors' "Roadhouse Blues.This article originally appeared in WFAE reporter Ann Doss Helms' weekly education newsletter. It was more the overall subtlety and just ease he and his incredible band showed, whether it was in the blues of "I'm Your Hoochie Coochie Man" the Bob Marley cover "I Shot The Sheriff" a cover of The Band's "The Shape I'm In," where he shouted out the recently passed Robbie Robertson after the stunning acoustic duo of "Layla" and "Tears In Heaven," which moved me, and I am sure many others, to tears, and a surprise reprise from Stills for a superb "Love The One You're With." But he had one more surprise up his sleeve, bringing out Stevie Wonder for the set-closing "Crossroads." Playing an hour-plus set, Clapton, who had been sitting in all weekend, finally took the spotlight. This was true greatness and like all true greatness Clark made it look easy as he earned standing ovations after every song.īut just when I was ready to crown him the best guitar player in the world today the old master showed he was not ready to relinquish his title just yet. During his four songs, including "Pearl Cadillac" and a jaw-dropping "Our Love," Clark showcased the brilliance of his guitar playing with the effortless ease only a true master attains. Playing with many of the greatest guitarists in history, including Clapton, Carlos Santana, John McLaughlin and more, Clark stepped up and obliterated the building in the best way. This is the set that years from now when people ask when did Clark become the best guitar player on the planet you can point as that moment. That played out Sunday, only with the respect and love of two of the classiest performers in rock both showing their brilliance. It is all about Peck being the greatest gunfighter in the west and how the young guns keep coming after him. There's a classic old western movie starring Gregory Peck called The Gunfighter. Speaking of badass, the highlight Sunday was what turned out to be a legendary guitar duel. This is a badass woman who knows to make an entire arena sing and dance with glee. absolutely smoked on stage, including her rendition of Lenny Kravitz' "Are You Gonna Go My Way." Sheryl Crow, who was ubiquitous this weekend, coming from a stellar performance Friday in Las Vegas at the iHeart Festival to play acoustic Saturday and then rock the house Sunday, showed why she is being inducted into the Rock Hall in November. icons Los Lobos had fans dancing in their seats to Spanish songs. These were knowledgeable music fans embracing real playing. Molly Tuttle and Sierra Hull performing together delivered an outstanding set that earned a standing ovation for a fiddle-based song. What was nice about Sunday was the diversity of the performances. That was going to be hard to top going into Sunday, but as it turned out Sunday's performers were more than ready to answer the challenge.
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