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"D" Smith to Speak at Reading Olympiad Ceremony ? The Winston-Salem L'rban League is about the wind up its Fourth Annual Reading Olympiad for middle school students. This eight-week reading competition will come to a close with an awards cer emony May 13 at 6:30 p.m. at the \\.C. Benton Convention Center. The Reading Olympiad is an effort to increase student's exposure to black history and literature through encouraging them to read books by and/or about black people. In an Olympic-style competi tion, students accumulated points toward the goals of winning cash prizes and membership in gold, sil ver, or bronze medal clubs. All par ticipants will be awarded reading medal^, books and other incentives. Students earned points by read ing books, discussing them with a volunteer "chatperson" and a variety of other related activities, including family involvement. "The chat gives the student an opportunity to tell about what he has read," said Education Director. Alberta McMillan. "If the student knows he will have to have to talk about the book, he will read with more comprehension, try to under stand the plot, and not just read words." 1 am extremely pleased with the participation in the Reading Olympiad this year. Over 150 stu dents will be recognized for their accomplishments on May 13 along with chairpersons and sponsors, McMillan said. "The students learned a lot about their histoid aiul many were able to establish iiood relationships w ith a mentor." ? n; continued. "Most importantly, .we hope they learned that reading the key to anything they do in life." In previous years we have had such noted author and lecturer as Walter Dean Myers. Dr. Jaw an/a Kunjufu and Ben Ruffin. Vice Pres ident of Corporate Affairs. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Compan\ as keynote speakers. Chronicle Review Among two Press Award Winners Joanna Brannon Aldridge of - Boone won two first place awards in the North Carolina Press Club's 1993 Communications Contest. The awards were presented at the organi zation's spring meeting^ the Gov ernor's Inn in Research Triangle. Aldridge won first place in the categories Special Articles: Reviews and Special Articles, and Arts and Entertainment. Her articles in these - divisions will represent North Car olina in the National Federation of Press Women's 1993 Communica tions Contest. The national winners will be announced at the organiza tion's annual meeting in Kansas City in June. Aldridge's prize-win ning reviews were of two plays and one book. Her drama reviews were "Horton Foote's Roads to Home Paved with Irony" whi<?h appeared in The Christian Science Monitor and "Neil Simon's Jake's Women: Not So Simple^ Simoiv^ which appeared in The Winston-Salem Chronicle. Her review of Nancy Nelson's Evenings with Cary Grant "Cary's Charm Was Not a Gift ? It was Hard Work" appeared in The Florida Times Union. The review of Jake's Women was from the North Carolina School of the Arts Broadway Preview Series in Febru ary 1992. The Broadway Preview series also presented a Horton Foote play, Dividing the Estate in Janu ~ ary T J 992 under the direction of? Gerald Freedman, Dean of Drama at the North Carolina School or ihe Arts. Aldridge's award-winning arti cles in Special Articles: Arts uod Entertainment all appeared in The Florida Times Union. They included ^'Lee Smith Exposes the Secrets of the Human Heart." "Gar\ Sinise Films a New Of Mice and Men," and "Horton Foote at 76: A Triumphant Second Act." The North Carolina Press Club is the state affil iate of the National Federation of Press Womcnr Rhodes to Keynote Annual Arts Council Meeting The 1993 Annual Meeting of the Arts Council of Winston- Salem and Forsyth County will be held May 24 at 12 p.m. in the Mountcas tle Forum of the Sawtooth Building. The keynote speaker will be Milton Rhodes, president and CEO of the American Council for the Arts (ACA) and former executive direc tor of the Arts Council (1971-85). He will be introduced by L.M. "Bud" Baker Jr., president and chief operating officer of Wachovia Cor poration. Rhodes will speak on the topic, "The Arts and the National Scene." The 1993-94 officers and trustees of the Arts Council will also he introduced. Rhodes left Winston-Salem in 1985 to head ACA. a national orga nization that focuses its resources in five areas of critical importance to the arts: arts education, the origi nating artists, private-sector support of the arts, international cultural relations and multiculturalism. As its president and CEO. he directs a 66-person national board of leading artists, educators, and corporate and foundation individuals. While at the ACA, Rhodes served as principal in the formation of the Arts Resource Consortium and Library at the Equitable Center in New York City. He also co founded and then administered the National Coalition for Education in the Arts, a committee of 3 1 arts ser " vice, education, advocacy organiza tions committed to the improvement of arts education in the schools. Rhodes is the chief spokesman for the National Coalition of United Arts Funds and serves on several * national boards, including Indepen dent sector, the National Center for Non-Profit Boards, Marie Walsh Sharpe Foundation, and National Public Radio's Fanfare Campaign. While in Winston-Salem, Rhodes produced Carolina Streetscene, developed the Urban Arts program, and supported and encouraged the creation of the N.C. Black Repertory Company. On the national scene, he created the Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts & public Policy in Washington. This annual event pays tribute to the accom plishments of the late Nancy Hanks, former chair of the National Endowment for the Arts and past president of ACA. The annual meeting luncheon is year of service. During the past $10 per person. Reservations can year he was active in heading the By REGGIE JOHNSON rts Reach be made by calling The Arts Coun cil at 722-2585. David C. Hudson, president and chief executive officer of the Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County, has been named president of Arts North Carolina. The announcement was made dur ing the 1993 North Carolina Arts Congress, which was presented in Raleigh April 21-24 by Arts North Carolina, formerly the North Car olina Association of Arts Councils. The organization's name change and focus was also approved at the congress. As president, Hudson will lead Arts North Carolina into its 20th effort to create the organization's first Strategic Direction Plan which led to the name change formulation of a new mission: "to be a force for strategy and direction to advance the arts throughout North Carolina." During the coming year Hudson will address five areas of focus for the organization: professional development, arts services, advo cacy. marketing and organization Hudson is also a member of the Board of Trustees of the Winston* Care Services Inc.. Central Win ston-Salem Association, and the Southeastern Center for Contempo rary Art. Afro- American Cultural Center Announces New Director The Board of Directors of the Afro-American Cultural Center in Charlotte has announced the appointment of Wanda Anita Mont gomery as executive director. Montgomery, a native of Shelby and a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, was selected following an extensive search. The search committee, chaired by Bettye McCain reviewed more than 150 applications. Montgomery has an extensive background in cultural administra tion. Upon graduation in 1981, she began her career in Washington as a production assistant for the Smith sonian Institution program in African- American Culture. She has further broadened her experience through work with the North Car olina Arts Council in Raleigh and the Southeastern Center for Con temporary Arts in Winston-Salem. From 1990 to 1992, Montgomery was employed with the Arts and Science Council-Charlotte/Meck lenburg Inc., as assistant director of Program/Special Events. Her responsibilities included the overall coordination of First Night Char lotte. In 1992 Montgomery was employed by the Afro-American Cultural Center as director of pio grams. For the past several months she also served as the Interim Exec utive Director of the Center. Project Blueprint Class to Graduate The Volunteer Center of the United Way of Forsyth County has announced that the second class of Project Blueprint will graduate on May 18 in ceremonies at the Win ston-Salem Urban League. Cere monies will take place from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. All but two members of the inaugural class have been placed in volunteer leadership positions here In Forsyth CountyfTor additional information, please contact Twana Wellman of the Volunteer Center at 721-9311. Dee Smith The Choice The Chronicle * Crry Haci^et , IS OPEN AGAIN T UESDAH & T HJRSDATO 10 am - 3 pm Downtown Winston-Salem 6th & Cherry Streets ? VI (behind the Visitor's Center) C < * Cut Flowers ? Hot dogs ? ? Plants ? Fresh baked breads & cookies ~ Handmade baskets ? Honey ? Jams & Jellies Free surface parking next to City Market building or ask vendors < for Park & Shop stamps for parking deck at 6th, Cherry & Trade. / 17 6 Convenient Downtown Locations! j^j Central Parking Cherry Marshall Deck (Behind The Marque) Liberty-Main Deck ( Across from RJR) (Government Center Lot ( In Front of City Hall) 1 PARK 1 SHOP I 7 V ~l? 1 i I ) ? (Cherry A 2nd Sts. 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