INC NEWS - Events Durham
Laura Drey
lkdrey2 at yahoo.com
Mon Dec 4 18:56:24 EST 2006
New events titles are either bolded or says new. Longer explanations are
also bolded. Arts & photography events are indicated in red. Laura
New
December 5 Fair Trade Chocolate Tasting
Wednesday, December 6, 7 p.m. Charlie Thompson's The Old German Baptist
Brethren: Faith, Farming, and Change in the Virginia Blue Ridge
through December 12 Close to Home: Photographs by Margaret Sartor
Friday, December 15, 7 p.m. Documentary Projects Presentation
through - December 22 "Castings For A Cause"
January 14 Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade Durham
Janruary 16 – April 24 Course Tuesdays 7:00 – 9:30 PM THE SOUTH IN BLACK
AND WHITE; Southern History, Culture, and Politics in the 20th Century
February 13-April 2 Claymakers’ First Annual Juried Competition and
Exhibition: Vessels 2007
Through April 1, 2007 Reclaiming Midwives: Stills from All My Babies
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December 5
(new) Fair Trade Chocolate Tasting
Taste chocolate creations and bar chocolate; Buy chocolate and cocoa;
receive free recipes; learn more about how fair trade chocolate is changing
lives.
One World Market 286-2457
811 Ninth St., Durham
www.oneworldmarket.info
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New Wednesday, December 6, 7 p.m.
Book Reading & Signing
The Regulator Bookshop
720 Ninth Street, Durham
Charlie Thompson's new book, The Old German Baptist Brethren: Faith,
Farming, and Change in the Virginia Blue Ridge, combines oral history with
ethnography and archival research--as well as his own family ties to this
community in Franklin County, Virginia--to tell the story of the Brethren's
faith on the cusp of impending change and to trace the transformation of
their operations from frontier subsistence farms to cash-based enterprises.
Thompson, who directs undergraduate studies at the Center for Documentary
Studies, will discuss and sign copies of his book.
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Saturday, December 9
Passionate Citizens: a Youth Noise Network Documentary Project
Presentation at 10:30 a.m.
Center for Documentary Studies 660-3663
1317 Pettigrew St. (Off Swift Ave., across from Duke University’s East
Campus. at Main St. Broad becomes Swift. Hwy 147 take Swift Rd. exit)
(Durham)
Photography exhibits rotate.
www.cds.aas.duke edu/
The premiere of the passionate Citizens project, a documentary audio and
photography exploration of civic engagement in Durham. Members of Youth
Noise Network, a CDS audio program for middle- and high-school students,
profiled members of the Durham community who are actively involved in
government, politics, and/or community issues. Featuring Language Arts, a
local Hip-Hop group; Mandy Carter, an African American lesbian political
activist; Nancy Buirski, founder of the Full Frame Documentary Film
Festival; William "Bill" Bell, mayor of Durham; Pepper Fluke, artist and
arts activist; Earl Pappy, principal of Hillside High School; Brightleaf
Square Iraq Peace Activists; Vanessa Calhoun, social studies teacher at
Carrington Middle School; and El Kilombo Intergalactico, a collective
focused on the concerns of people of color, students, and working-class
communities.
For more info about Passionate Citizens or Youth Noise Network, contact
Tennessee Watson at 660-3696.
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New through December 12
Close to Home: Photographs by Margaret Sartor
Special Collections Gallery in Mary Duke Biddle Rare Book Room, Perkins
Library, West Campus, Duke University
Margaret Sartor’s most recent book, Miss American Pie: A Diary of Love,
Secrets, and Growing Up in the 1970s, is a unique form of memoir written as
a diary, evoking a teenage girl’s coming-of-age in the Deep South of the
1970s. Drawn directly from the diaries, notebooks, and letters that Sartor
kept from the ages of twelve to eighteen growing up in a quiet town in
northern Louisiana, the book is about choices and the struggle to understand
love and discover one’s identity. It is also about the usual anxieties of an
adolescent girl: mundane preoccupations with bad hair and the bigger themes
of family love and estrangement, sexual awakening, and depression and
insecurity. In other ways it is distinctly of its time and place, describing
the racial integration of her school, her struggle with evangelical
Christianity, and her blindness to her best friend’s homosexuality.
Sartor is the editor of three books, most recently What Was True: The
Photographs and Notebooks of William Gedney, which was chosen as one of the
Top Ten Photography Books of 1999 by the Village Voice and inspired Sartor
to write Miss American Pie. An acclaimed photographer, Margaret Sartor
teaches at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University. Her work
has been published in many periodicals, including Aperture, DoubleTake,
Esquire, Harpers, and The New Yorker. Her work is also included in the
permanent collections of a number of museums and in several private
collections.
Visit http://margaretsartor.com <http://margaretsartor.com/> for a scrapbook
of photos from the author‚s life, ages twelve to eighteen, and other
information.
Directions and Hours: http://library.duke.edu/about/libraries/index.html
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New Friday, December 15, 7 p.m.
Documentary Projects Presentation
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University 919-660-3663
1317 W. Pettigrew Street, Durham
Students completing the Certificate in Documentary Studies program will
present their final projects. A reception will follow.
http://cds.aas.duke.edu
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through – December 17
Annual Durham Art Guild's Annual Juried Art Show
Durham Arts Council
120 Morris St., Durham
http://www.durhamartguild.org/
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New through - December 22
"Castings For A Cause"
An Exhibit of African Bronzes to Support the Education of Ghanaian Girls
Liberty Arts, Inc. 682-2673
538 Foster Street, Durham
For directions and other info go to www.libertyartscasting.org
The exhibit will remain through December 22nd. Please contact Jennifer
Collins, Executive Director of Liberty Arts, for a showing by request
through December 22nd at 919-682-2673 or libertyarts at verizon.net
The "Quality Individuals," a group of 12 artists in Ghana and US sculptor
Virginia Tyler, cast small bronze sculptures that sell at prices all art
lovers can afford.
The funds they raise go to scholarships for young girls in the bronze
casters' village who would not be able to go to school otherwise. Proceeds
support scholarships for Ghanaian girls and Liberty Arts.
Liberty Arts, Inc. is a nonprofit sculpture studio and bronze casting
facility whose mission is to Transform the Triangle by encouraging and
supporting the creation, promotion and placement of sculpture in public and
private spaces. Liberty Arts offers classes for the community, affordable
short-term studio space for artists, and is available for commissioned
works.
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through December 23, 2006
Life on Mars, Part I:
A Photo-Critique of America by Jean-Christian Rostagni
Through This Lens 919.687.0250
303 E. Chapel Hill St downtown Durham, (between the Marriott and the Post
Office)
According to the photographer, many people in Western Europe wonder exactly
what planet Americans are from – baffled by “apparent incompatibilities
between the America that we see as a place of advanced technology, a
laboratory for progress, and the America which also gives us the death
penalty, war mongering, and religious fundamentalism”. Mars, home of the
God of War, seemed to be the most likely candidate. Rostagni’s work is
smart and political, filtered through the lens of an outsider who knows
their subject well. Even more relevant in the post 9-11 era, the exhibit’s
premiere is timed to closely follow November’s mid-term elections, with the
balance of the United States Congress at stake.
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through December 31
Annual Full Bowl Full Drive bring pet food to the Carolina Theatre of Durham
for the Independent Animal Rescue association. IAR also needs cat litter,
transport crates, large dog crates and easy-walk harnesses. Dog collars are
in ample supply and are not needed.
The cinema lobby is open from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and
from 1:30 to 9:30 p.m. on weekends. The Carolina Theatre is located at 309
W. Morgan Street in Downtown Durham. For more information go to
www.carolinatheatre.org or visit Biff's website at
www.ibiblio.org/biffthemoviedog.
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(new) THE SOUTH IN BLACK AND WHITE; Southern History, Culture, and Politics
in the 20th Century
January 16 – April 24, 2007
Tuesdays 7:00 – 9:30 PM
LOCATION: Hayti Heritage Center
804 Old Fayetteville Street, Durham, North Carolina
(Bus transportation available)
Through the lens of documentary traditions in the American South, this
course will engage in a call and response between black and white cultures
in a region where democracy has been envisioned and embattled with global
consequences. The course will cover history and culture as documented in
spirituals, gospel, blues, and rock & roll; civil rights photography;
Southern literature; and historical and autobiographical writing. Readings
will include work by historians W.E.B. Du Bois, C. Vann Woodward, John Hope
Franklin, and others and the literary achievements of Richard Wright, Zora
Neal Hurston, and Ernest Gaines along with their white counterparts: William
Faulkner, Eudora Welty, Lillian Smith, and others. Classes will include
lectures, music, poetry, film clips, discussion, and visitors. Open to Duke,
UNC, and NCCU students, and members of the general public.
OFFERED BY THE CENTER FOR DOCUMENTARY STUDIES AT DUKE UNIVERSITY
Led by North Carolina’s own TIM TYSON (Blood Done Sign My Name), senior
scholar at the Center for Documentary Studies, the course will furnish a
wide front porch on Southern history. Weekly lecture, interviews, live
music, poetry, dramatic performances, film clips, and opportunities for
discussion.
FEATURING A DIVERSE GROUP OF GUEST LECTURERS
REGISTRATION REQUIRED
General Public:
CLASS ID 10583 (required)
Cost: $150
Register through Duke Continuing Studies. Phone: 919-684-6259.
Also open to Duke, Central, and UNC undergraduate and graduate students.
www-cds.aas.duke.edu/south/
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Friday, January 5 at 2 p.m.
East Regional Library, 211 Lick Creek Ln. (off Highway 98 in eastern
Durham County)
Reyn Bowman, president, Durham Convention & Visitors Bureau
Free and open to the public
For more information call 560-0218.
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through January 7, 2007
Youth Document Durham: A Five-Year Retrospective, 2000 – 2004
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University 660-3663
1317 Pettigrew St. (Off Swift Ave., across from Duke University’s East
Campus. at Main St. Broad becomes Swift. Hwy 147 take Swift Rd. exit) (D)
www.cds.aas.duke edu/
"Young people-–in various circumstances and for many reasons–-have often
been the subjects of documentary photographs. In Durham, North Carolina, not
unlike other places, youth have also often been the subject of intense
debate among local leaders and politicians, discussions which include the
high school drop-out rate, perceived youth gang issues and teen violence,
the rising teen pregnancy rate, and the growing numbers of Spanish-language
learners. Youth Document Durham (YDD), a program at the Center for
Documentary Studies at Duke University, grew out of a simple idea in
response to these realities. We wanted to put cameras and audio recorders in
the hands of a local group of racially and culturally diverse young people
so that they could represent their own lives through words and pictures to
each other and to the community.
"One of the values inherent in teaching documentary work is found in the
learning that comes from doing fieldwork. Youth Document Durham teaches
young documentarians a meaningful and purposeful way of interacting with the
world around them. They begin to see how they are connected to a larger
community, how they are similar to people they thought vastly different from
them, and how their actions affect the people around them.
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January 14
(new) Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade 12:00 noon, Fayetteville
Street, Durham. The family-oriented, multi-racial parade's theme this year
is “Our Youth: Crucial to the Movement.” event. Featuring floats, marching
bands, horses, step teams and more. FREE.
For more information, call 680-0465.
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thru January 2007
This is an ongoing call for artists through December and beyond...
Holiday Artists' Marketplace in The Scrap Exchange Gallery
Your choice of a $50.00 flat fee with 10% of sales going to The Scrap
Exchange, or a 60/40 split (60% of sales to artist, 40% to The Scrap
Exchange). You can put as much or as little as you like in the Marketplace,
and we will have several special events during the show to promote you and
your work. It's a great opportunity to sell your work, and yourself!
The Scrap Exchange 688-6960
548 Foster Street, Durham
www.scrapexchange.org
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Friday, February 2, at 2 p.m.
East Regional Library, 211 Lick Creek Ln. (off Highway 98 in eastern
Durham County)
Joy Javits, Performing Arts Coordinator for the Health Arts Network at Duke
(HAND)
Free and open to the public
For more information call 560-0218.
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Saturday February 24, 2007
SafeSkills® is offering its' Self-Defense Workshop for adult women of all
ages and teen girls on Saturday February 24, 2007. Don't miss this
opportunity to learn powerful skills for staying safe. The SafeSkills®
instructors, Kathy Hopwood and Beth Seigler, have taught these workshops to
thousands of women and teen girls. Their approach is not to frighten but to
enlighten.
When: Saturday February 24, 1:00-5:00PM
* Where: SafeSkills® Training Center, 3710 Shannon Rd, Shannon Plaza,
Durham <http://www.safeskills.com/map.html>
* Who: SafeSkills® Instructors Kathy Hopwood and Beth Seigler have been
teaching self-defense since the early 1980's.
* Cost: $55 - Enrollment is limited in this workshop and
pre-registration is required to reserve your space.
* How: Pre-registration is by check. A registration form can be found by
clicking the "Printable Registration Form" link at
http://www.safeskills.com/selfdefense.html or send a check payable to
"SafeSkills to PO Box 61643 Durham NC 27715. Please include you name,
address, phone number and email address.
* Questions? Email safeskills at mindspring.com or 644-1335
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New February 13-April 2, 2007
Claymakers’ First Annual Juried Competition and Exhibition: Vessels 2007
Claymakers 530-8355
705 Foster Street, Durham
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New Through April 1, 2007
Reclaiming Midwives: Stills from All My Babies
Photographs by Robert Galbraith, Film by George C. Stoney
Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University 919-660-3663
1317 W. Pettigrew Street, Durham
Reception: January 18, 6-9 p.m., with Artist's Talk at 7 p.m.
http://cds.aas.duke.edu
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On display indefinitely.
Fieldwork: Unearthing Stories of North Carolina Agriculture
The Marketplace, East Campus, Duke University
Fieldwork features photographs and narratives of farmworkers, farmers, and
food transporters in an exhibition that attempts to spotlight and to
humanize the largely invisible steps involved in bringing food from the
ground where it's grown to the table where it's consumed. On display in the
Marketplace dining hall on Duke University's East Campus, Fieldwork
encourages Duke students and faculty and other viewers to ask questions, to
consider how the stories they see portrayed might lead to rethinking
agricultural practices, and to help ensure that the food we eat comes to us
through a process that is consistent with our values.
Open the hours that food is served.
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