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Library restarting writing club SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Forsyth County Public Library began offering a Multi cultural Writing Club to middle and high school students yester day. The Multicultural Writing Club will provide students an opportunity to meet published authors from different cultural backgrounds and receive guid ance from them in writing about their life and experience. The stu dents will also have the chance to take photographs of their family, friends, and community. Next spring the best of their writing, photos or artwork will be pub lished in "Many Voices. One World," a multicultural antholo gy distributed throughout Forsyth County and other coun ties and states. The Multicultural Club will also include some other activities, such as book dis cussions. song writing, learning to tell stories, and other activities suggested by participants which promote self-expression and intercultural understanding. The Multicultural Writing Club will include two different age groups. A middle school club will take place at the Reynolda Manor Public Library. 2839 Fair lawn Drive, Winston-Salem, on Wednesdays from 4-5:30 p.m. beginning Oct. 24. Award win ning illustrator and author Susan Guevara will be a special guest on Oct. 31, sharing her artwork and her expertise of how to inter weave art and writing. A high school club, also open to college students, will take place on Thursdays from 4-5:30 p.m. beginning Oct. 25 at the South side Library. 3195 Buchanan Street, Winston-Salem. The Multicultural Writing Club is a new offering of the Multicultural Writing Project, which began last year. In last year's project only students in schools and established after school programs could take part. This year's middle and high school clubs offer the opportuni ty for these exciting activities to any interested student. The clubs will hopefully also engender friendships and communication among students of different backgrounds. Call 748-3088 to pre-register and receive more information. Registration is free. Guevara's slide show SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Susan Guevara, a talented children's book illustrator, will present a slide show of her work on Oct. 29, at Southside Public Library. 3185 Buchanan Street in Winston-Salem, beginning at 7 p.m. During her presentation, she will explain how she designs her illustrations to reflect the book's ideas, story, and charac ters. Guevara is very determined to bring life to the books and makes every effort to plan and research the subject carefully. For her latest project, "Isabel's House of Butterflies," Guevara traveled to Michoacan, the cen tral mountains of Mexico. There, she studied the thousands of monarch butterflies that migrate every year. Guevara has illustrated an impressive 10 books, of which many have won several awards, including the Tomas Rivera Award and Pura Bel Pre Award for "Chato's Kitchen," written by Gary Soto. Guivera's illustra tions have also been nominated for a number of awards, and some of her most notable books include "My Daughter, My Son, The Eagle, The Dove" by Ana Castillo and 'The Boardwalk Princess" by Arthur Levine. Guevara resides at the top of Donner Summit in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. She lives there in an old cabin with her dog, named Don Diego Felipe Briones Ramirez Guevara. Gue vara makes sure that her pet will never lack a nickname, some what reminiscent of her own family, where each has a nick name for the other members. She likes to spend most of her time with her dog. When it snows they enjoy cross-country skiing together. They often swim or ice skate on either one of the two lakes situated just across the street from her cabin. Guevara has resided in sev eral countries, including Paris. France, and in Belgium, where she was taught to paint by an Impressionist artist, Remy Van Sluys. He also helped her to enroll in the Royal Academy of Fine Art in Belgium. She studied there and produced numerous drawings and made many friends. For more information call Jon Sundell at 748-3088. Admission is free. Winston-Salem Chapter of Jack and Jill of America to sponsor musical brunch SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Looking for the perfect way to spend a relaxing Sun day afternoon? Join the Win ston-Salem Chapter of Jack and Jill of America Inc. for its Third Annual Gospel and Jazz Brunch. The brunch will be held on Sunday. Nov. 4. from 2:30 to 5 at the Hawthorne Inn and Confer ence Center. Tickets are $25 and avail able at Special Occasions Bookstore, 112 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive or from any Jack and Jill member. The Galvin Crisp Quartet will perform a mixture of inspiring gospel and soothing jazz. There will also be a See Chapter on C14 Lifetime from page C9 identity theft, to how clean are those clothes you're trying on in the store? Emmy Award-winning actress, talk show host, designer and author Dano will bring her matchless energy to the table as she presents rela tionship topics. Lindemann will lend her expertise as both a lawyer and a consumer correspondent. And Ray will bring viewers up to date on all the latest trends. Each host will share her own personal insight and expertise as they talk about issues that affect women and those they love. V Crisis Control Ministry holiday cards available SIMM I \ L K) llll CHROMCI I Lewisville artist Carolyn Blaylock bus created a heart warming Strfl life pastel, "Ever lasting Blessings." for the 2001 Crisis Control Ministry Christ mas card. Ten thousand cards have been printed and boxed for sale in quantities of 10. Each box sells for $10. The goal this year is to raise $6,000. The artist donates the right to reproduce the original work in the form of a Christmas card to CCM. More than 40 local retailers have agreed to sell the cards without commission in support of Crisis Control's mis sion. Cards are available at all three of the ministry's offices: 200 E. I()th Street in Winston Salem, 431 Bodenhamer Street in Kernersville, or at the North Forsyth location in First Baptist Church. 7105 Broad Street in Rural Hall In addition, cards may be purchased online through the organization's Web page, www.crisiscontrol.org. The Christmas card project is supported by CCB Salem Group and WBFJ, 89.3, Music From the Fleart. The public is invited to meet Blaylock and view "Everlasting Blessings" on Nov. 3 and 4 dur ing LA Reynolds' Christmas Showcase. Blaylock will be available Saturday, Nov. 3, from I I a.m. until I p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 4, from 1 - 3 p.m. According to Kelly Persons, Crisis Control Ministry's devel opment associate, "The Christ mas card campaign is truly a community event. Not only does the selected artist donate the rights to an original work of art to the ministry, but local retail ers also support the work of Cri sis Control by agreeing to sell the cards to the public without commission. One hundred per cent of the proceeds from this important fund-raising event are dedicated to client services." A favorite holiday tradition at Crisis Control is the sale of Love gift cards. An alternative giving opportunity or honor gift, the card's inscription lets the recipient know that a donation in his/her honor has been made to CCM. Love gifts are $10 (per card) and are ideal gifts for clients, coworkers, neighbors and family friends. This year's Love gift card features a contemporary inter pretation of a dove with olive branch designed by Winston Salem illustrator Roberto Ramirez. The front of the card gives a timely message: "LOVE. PEACE & HOPE." Love gifts may be obtained from Crisis Control Ministry by calling 724-7875, ext. 1040, or may be ordered online through the organization's Web site, www.crisiscontrol.org. The ministry gratefully accepts cash donations and donations of food, clothing and prescription medication during the holiday season and through out the year. Caribbean steel drum concerts SPkCIAL TO THE CHRONICLE The festive beat of Caribbean steel drums will fill the Ardmore neighborhood Nov. 3 at 6 p.m. at a communi ty celebration at Ardmbre Moravian Church, 2013 W. Academy Street. The steel drum band is from the Friedensfeld Moravian Church in St. Croix, British Isles. The concert will be held in the fellowship hall of the church, on the corner of Acad emy Street and Hawthorne Road. A chicken stew dinner cooked over an open fire in black iron kettles will be served in the parking lot, and games will he held for children. All activities are free and open to the public. A love offering will be accepted. On Nov. 4. the band will hold a concert for junior and senior high school students at a "Caribbean Coffee House" in the fellowship hall of the church at 7:30 p.m. Admission is free and the public is invited. For more information, call 723-3444. I Office of National Drug Control Policy Partnership for a Drug-Free North Carolina and America For information or assistance, call: Partnership for a Drug-Free North Carolina 888-732-3362 ?
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