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Showing posts with label Forsyth County. Show all posts
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State Tourism Officials Announce Increased Visitor Spending in Forsyth County
Forsyth Creek Week Juried Photo Competition Issues Call for Entries
Photographs selected for the competition will be exhibited at the Stuart Municipal Building, 101 E. First St., Winston-Salem, during the next Forsyth Creek Week, March 14 – 21, 2015, and will be eligible for cash prizes.
The competition is open to amateur and professional photographers at least 13 years old. Photographs must have been taken within the past three years. Photographs taken on or after Jan. 1, 2012, are eligible. There is no fee for entering.
Sponsors are issuing the Call for Entries now to give photographers more time to plan and photograph their entries.
Entrants may submit for preliminary consideration digital images of up to four photographs that relate to Creek Week and its mission of celebrating and raising awareness of local waterways and their importance.
Images DO NOT have to have been taken in Forsyth County, provided that they relate to Forsyth Creek Week and its mission. However, photographs should convey an appreciation for the types of waterways and water issues that are found in Forsyth County. In this regard, photographs of beaches, oceans and dramatic waterfalls would not be strong entries.
Preliminary images must be submitted by Jan. 25. Photographers will be notified by Jan. 30 if their image has been accepted for the competition. Complete information is posted at www.ForsythCreekWeek.com."
- A Press Release
The Arts Council, a/perture cinema and Coffee Park to Host “Sunset Flicks” Movies, music, food at Winston Square Park three Sundays in October
Winston-Salem, NC (October 6. 2014) -- The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County in collaboration with a/perture cinema and Coffee Park will host “Sunset Flicks” on three Sundays in October – a free event at Winston-Square Park featuring movies, live music and food. “We want to continue building vibrancy in downtown Winston-Salem and creating entertainment opportunities that appeal to diverse audiences. Sunset Flicks does just that – movies, music and food – in an amphitheater in the heart of the City of Arts and Innovation,” said Jim Sparrow, President and CEO of The Arts Council.
Schedule:
October 12 – Goonies
Music by B. Kin Band
October 19 – Rudy
Music by Dan River Girls
October 26 –The Birds
Music by Twin City Buskers
Movies begin at 7 p.m. Live music and food truck service begin at 6:00 p.m. Food trucks confirmed for October 12 include Taqueria Luciano's, Gunny Smitty's Hot Dogs, Mike and Mike's Italian Ice, hot autumnal beverages from Coffee Park and a beer garden sponsored by Foothills Brewing.
The S2dio Supplies Mobile Art Bus will be on site with art and an art activity for kids, and representatives of the Children’s Home will be selling pumpkins from the Children Home’s Reynolda Road pumpkin patch.
“Of course, we are excited about having these popular movies in a public venue for all to enjoy, but we also wanted to create a festive event around the movies with lots of energy that is family friendly,” said Lawren Desai, owner of a/perture cinema, the independent, locally-owned art house cinema in the heart of downtown Winston-Salem.
The B. Kin Band appearing October 12 fits the bill, describing itself as a rock/folk hybrid. October 19 the Dan River Girls, three sisters from Winston-Salem who play a bevy of instruments (mandolin, cello; double bass; classical violin and fiddle) will provide the music. Ranging in age from 10-15, they are crowd pleasers, reflecting well on their voice teacher Martha Bassett and traditional instrumental music instructor, Rex McGee. October 26, old-time blues, swing and country music performers, Twin City Buskers, will be on hand. Equally at home playing a street corner, chicken stew gathering or club, the band always gets feet tapping.
The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, the first locally established arts council in the United States, is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year. Winston-Salem’s robust arts community accounts in large part for the recognition the city continues to receive as a great place to live, work and play. The Arts Council enriches the lives of area residents every day. It raises funds and advocates for the arts, promotes and funds arts education, creates cultural opportunities, develops social capital, builds cultural bridges and aids economic development.
Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County Meets 2014 Campaign Goal
"Winston-Salem, NC (October 1, 2014) – The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County wrapped up is 2014 Annual Campaign yesterday and met its ambitious $2.65 million goal. “Again, the residents of this city and county have demonstrated their amazing generosity and their appreciation for how the arts enrich our lives every day,” said Jim Sparrow, President and CEO of The Arts Council. “We are so very grateful.” This was The Arts Council’s largest stand-alone campaign in its history.
Jeff Lindsay, Chief Operating Officer at Novant Health, chaired the campaign. “Jeff was given an ambitious goal, and he put a tremendous amount of time and effort into the campaign,” said Steve Berlin, Arts Council Board Chair. “As a result of his work, and that of the Campaign Cabinet, Arts Council staff and hundreds of volunteers, we met our goal and will be able to fully fund our grants programs totaling almost two million dollars.”
“I thank everyone whose generosity and tireless energy helped achieve this goal,” said Lindsay. “This is one of many significant milestones along the way to building a community that fosters innovative growth and arts opportunities for everyone. Because of our community's commitment, the arts are alive and well in this City of Arts and Innovation!”
Eighty-one arts organizations and individual artists are slated to receive grants from The Arts Council in the coming year. After Arts Council staff notify grant recipients individually of their awards for 2015 year, they will announce the grants made in each of four categories: Operational Support Grants, Wells Fargo Arts-in-Education Grants, Duke Energy Regional Artist Project Grants and Innovative Projects Grants.
The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, the first locally established arts council in the United States, is celebrating its 65th anniversary this year. Winston-Salem’s robust arts community accounts in large part for the recognition the city continues to receive as a great place to live, work and play. The Arts Council enriches the lives of area residents every day. It raises funds and advocates for the arts, promotes and funds arts education, creates cultural opportunities, develops social capital, builds cultural bridges and aids economic development."
- A Press Release
Wake Forest University and Arts Council Announce 2014 Lifelong Learning Summer Course Schedule
"Wake Forest University and The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County will be launching the first course in their summer Lifelong Learning collaborative program next week and have four more courses scheduled to run into early August. While the courses are open to persons of all ages, they are particularly attractive to seniors who want to explore new areas and keep their minds sharp without seeking or worrying about grades and course credit.
Dr. Ananda Mitra, Professor of Communications at Wake, will kick off the program on Tuesday, May 27 with “Our Digital World,” an introduction to the Internet in general, web-based applications, interpersonal applications, and interpersonal communication tools such as blogs, podcasts, and chat rooms. 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. May 27, June 2, 5, 9 and 16.
Four other courses are scheduled and registration is still open. Inquiries are welcomed at lifelonglearning@wfu.edu or 336.758.5232. There is detailed information at lifelongwake.wfu.edu.
Dr. Peter Kairoff, Professor of Music, will teach “Secrets of the Great Composers: From Bach to Debussy.” Mondays, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. July 7, 14, 21, 28 and August 4. This course provides an opportunity to delve into the music of five great classical composers and discover how their compositions are crafted and how their music reflects the times =in which they live.
Dr. Neal Walls, Professor of Divinity, will teach “Jerusalem: City of Three Faiths.” Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. July 8, 15, 22, 29 and August 5. Jerusalem has figured prominently in the history of great religions of the world and the archeology of the city is a fascinating trip through the centuries.
Dr. Bradley Jones, Professor of Chemistry will teach “Sherlock Holmes and the Science of Deduction,” a course for those intrigued by the world’s most famous detective, Tuesdays, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., July 8, 15, 22, 29 and August 5. The original writings of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle will be used as the guide for development of the skills of observation and deduction. Each session ends with a group activity designed to mimic one of Sherlock Holmes’ famous deductions.
Dr. Omaar Hena, Professor of English, will teach Literature and Vulnerability.” Tuesdays, 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., June 3, 10, 17, 24, and July 3. Participants will explore the ways in which writers, from Shakespeare’s era to the present, questioned the powers of art to represent human suffering and imagined more robust conceptions of meaning and community. This is a journey through a diverse group of authors across history who nonetheless connect to one another by questioning the power of art in times of crisis.
All courses are taught at the Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, 206 N Spruce Street, Winston-Salem."
A Press Release
Outstanding Volunteers in Forsyth County Are Recognized
"(Winston-Salem, NC) – HandsOn Northwest North Carolina in partnership with the United Way of Forsyth County, Salem College, and The Winston-Salem Journal will present the 2014 Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards to nine recipients from across Forsyth County. HandsOn, which works to increase volunteerism and build the capacity of local nonprofits, will present the awards at a breakfast at 8am on Thursday, May 14th at Salem College’s Bryant Hall. Winners were selected by a volunteer committee from a diverse pool of nominations. Award recipients are: Cheryl Lindsay (Individual Adult Volunteer), Don Adamick (National Service Volunteer), Diana Heatwole (Senior Volunteer), Woodforest National Bank (Corporate Volunteer), Patricia Call (Lifetime Achievement Volunteer), Roger Lynn Jordan (Perseverance in Volunteerism), The Stanley Brothers (Family Volunteers), Chad Brown (Outstanding Mentor Volunteer), and the VFW Memorial Honor Guard (Group or Team Volunteers). The program will include addresses from Faye Stone, Assistant Director of the NC Commission of Volunteerism and Community Service (representing the Governor’s Office,) and the emcee will be Neill McNeill, Fox8 News.
These volunteers give their time to a variety of different organizations and schools. Ms. Lindsay won for her leadership work with the American Heart Association. Don Adamick won for organizing more than 30 blood drives for the Armed Services Blood Program. Diana Heatwole was honored for her years of service to Mineral Springs Elementary School. Woodforest National Bank was recognized for their ongoing, consistent volunteer support of Second Harvest Food Bank of NWNC. Ms. Call won for her 11 years of volunteering within the halls of Old Town Elementary School. Mr. Jordan was recognized for his efforts to give back to others dealing with cancer diagnoses at Wake Forest Baptist Health. Through his mentoring relationship at Big Brothers Big Sisters, Mr. Brown has turned around the life of his “Little.” The Stanley Brothers make sure that the SECU Family House is running smoothly and ready to provide hospitality for those who have loved ones in the hospital. Lastly, the members of the VFW Honor Guard were honored for tireless efforts to provide full military honors at more than 100 funerals and other events each year.
The Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards were first awarded by the Governor’s Office and its Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service in 1979. The award honors citizens who have shown significant concern and compassion for their neighbors through volunteer service. In Forsyth County, the awards were coordinated for over a dozen years by the United Way. Since 2007, the United Way and HandsOn NWNC have worked together to co-host the awards breakfast. Salem College joined the planning team in 2013, and The Winston-Salem Journal spearheaded a revolutionary new online nomination and voting system for this year’s awards."
A Press Release
Arts Council Seeking Applications for Duke Energy Regional Artist Project Grants
Deadline 5:00 p.m. Friday, July 11th
"The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County is seeking applications for its Duke Energy Regional Artist Project Grants. These grants offer support to artists in a six-county region to help them further their professional development. Committed, gifted individual artists and unincorporated arts organizations in Forsyth, Davie, Davidson, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin counties are eligible to apply. Deadline for applications is Fri., July 11 at 5:00 p.m.
“We are looking for opportunities to make modest grants that in turn can have significant impact on the careers and professional lives of artists. These grants always are diverse because the needs of individual artists at particular points in their lives vary dramatically,” said Dara Silver, Director of Member Services and Grants for The Arts Council.
Guidelines, applications, and information sessions are available online at www.intothearts.org. In addition, Arts Council staff will hold information sessions in the six counties.
SCHEDULE
Information Sessions
Tues., May 13, , 5:30 p.m., Surry County Arts Council, Andy Griffith Playhouse, 218 Rockford St. Mount Airy
Wed., May 21, 3 pm, Stokes County Arts Council, 500 N. Main St., Danbury, NC 27016
Wed., May 28, 5:30 p.m., Conference Room, Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, 251 N. Spruce St., Winston-Salem
Thurs., May 29, 1 p.m., Conference Room, Milton Rhodes Center for the Arts, 251 N. Spruce St., Winston-Salem
Thurs., May 29. 6 p.m., Davie County Arts Council, Brock Performing Arts Center, 622 N. Main St., Mocksville
Mon., June 2, 6 p.m., Foothill Arts Council, 129 Church St., Elkin
Mon., June 9, 5:30 p.m., Arts United for Davidson, Uptown Lexington, Inc., 4 East First Ave., Lexington
Tues., June 10, 6 p.m., Front Yard of Yadkin Cultural Arts Center, 226 E. Main Street, Yadkinville
Duke Energy Regional Artist Project Grants are funded jointly by The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County; Duke Energy Foundation; and the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Cultural Resources. In the last funding cycle, The Arts Council made a total of $30,000 in awards in this grant category.
The Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, the first locally established arts council in the United States, enriches the lives of area residents every day. It raises funds and advocates for the arts, sponsors events in conjunction with other arts organizations, promotes and funds arts education, creates cultural opportunities, develops social capital and aids economic development. Winston-Salem’s robust arts community accounts in large part for the recognition it continues to receive as a great place to live. In 2013, The Arts Council made Organizational Support Grants to 19 Funded Partners totaling $1,675,000 and other grants brought the total awarded to $1,905,000."
Submitted by Dara Silver
Breakdown: How new NC voting laws will affect you
The North Carlina General Assembly has passed so much legislation recently that many of our heads are still spinning. Voter ID is among the most publicized changes to state law, but do you have any clue how it will affect you or what the changes actually are?
Here's a quick overview of what the state legislature passed and when those changes will be implemented. Below, we've included a document that runs through the new requirements in more detail. The short story: You probably won't be impacted by new voting laws for the Greensboro or Winston-Salem city council elections this fall.
The only change that begins in 2013, according to Guilford County Elections Board Director Charlie Collicutt, is pre-registration for people who are 16+. The previous law allowed people who were 16 or 17 to register to vote beforehand and the elections board would hold their registration until they were legally allowed to vote. Pre-registration will end on Sept. 1, though anyone who is signed up before that date will remain in the queue.
The changes will be implemented more fully at the beginning of 2014, including the elimination of same-day registration. Collicutt said 6,000 people in Guilford County used same-day registration in 2012 (which is more than some other elections because there was a presidential race). The 17-day early voting period will be reduced to 10 days, but a late amendment to the bill requires election boards to be open for the same number of early voting hours. Collicutt said the hours requirement wouldn't be difficult to meet, forcing them to either add sites and/or hours to the site over the 10 days. In 2012, 160,000 people voted early in Guilford County, about twice as many as Election Day, Collicutt said.
There's been some confusion about whether the NC General Assembly eliminated Sunday voting, which opponents said would disproportionately disenfranchise black voters. Collicutt said the early voting restrictions don't limit specific days but reduce the overall number of days, as far as he knows.
Voter ID will take full effect in 2016, but in 2014 election boards will ask voters who don't volunteer specific identification to produce one. If a voter doesn't have one, the new law requires board employees to provide them information on what ID will be required in 2014 and have them sign an affidavit that they received the information, Collicutt. To be clear, you will still be able to vote without an ID in 2014, but the board will provide voters without one information on how to obtain proper ID for 2016.
The state legislature also mandated that elections boards use voting machines that produce paper ballots in 2018. Guilford County uses electronic machines, but Collicutt said the board would probably be buying new machines around that time anyway.
"If I had to replace it right now it'd be about $2.5 million up front, plus the recurring cost of paper," Collicutt said, adding that he can't predict the cost of new equipment in 2018.
Read more about North Carolina's new voting laws here:
Here's a quick overview of what the state legislature passed and when those changes will be implemented. Below, we've included a document that runs through the new requirements in more detail. The short story: You probably won't be impacted by new voting laws for the Greensboro or Winston-Salem city council elections this fall.
The only change that begins in 2013, according to Guilford County Elections Board Director Charlie Collicutt, is pre-registration for people who are 16+. The previous law allowed people who were 16 or 17 to register to vote beforehand and the elections board would hold their registration until they were legally allowed to vote. Pre-registration will end on Sept. 1, though anyone who is signed up before that date will remain in the queue.
The changes will be implemented more fully at the beginning of 2014, including the elimination of same-day registration. Collicutt said 6,000 people in Guilford County used same-day registration in 2012 (which is more than some other elections because there was a presidential race). The 17-day early voting period will be reduced to 10 days, but a late amendment to the bill requires election boards to be open for the same number of early voting hours. Collicutt said the hours requirement wouldn't be difficult to meet, forcing them to either add sites and/or hours to the site over the 10 days. In 2012, 160,000 people voted early in Guilford County, about twice as many as Election Day, Collicutt said.
There's been some confusion about whether the NC General Assembly eliminated Sunday voting, which opponents said would disproportionately disenfranchise black voters. Collicutt said the early voting restrictions don't limit specific days but reduce the overall number of days, as far as he knows.
Voter ID will take full effect in 2016, but in 2014 election boards will ask voters who don't volunteer specific identification to produce one. If a voter doesn't have one, the new law requires board employees to provide them information on what ID will be required in 2014 and have them sign an affidavit that they received the information, Collicutt. To be clear, you will still be able to vote without an ID in 2014, but the board will provide voters without one information on how to obtain proper ID for 2016.
The state legislature also mandated that elections boards use voting machines that produce paper ballots in 2018. Guilford County uses electronic machines, but Collicutt said the board would probably be buying new machines around that time anyway.
"If I had to replace it right now it'd be about $2.5 million up front, plus the recurring cost of paper," Collicutt said, adding that he can't predict the cost of new equipment in 2018.
Read more about North Carolina's new voting laws here:
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