Arts Si Entertainment
Adult educational program
to focus on historic trades
Old Salem Inc. is pleased to play host to a unique educational
opportunity for adults age 55 and over, called Art & Mystery: His
toric Trades. The Eldethostel program will meet from March 10-15.
Throughout Art & Mystery: Historic Trades, master craftsmen
and museum curators of Old Salem will combine, giving guests an
intimate look into late 18th century and early 19th century trades.
The art of furniture making and design will come alive, and the mys
teries of metal working in silver, iron, and pewter will be revealed.
Guests will explore Winkler Bakery, th?j Timothy Vogler Gun
smith Shop, the Vierling House Apothecary, and the original Salem
Tavern. They will receive a detailed description of how young men
and women were educated in the early days, and how they appren
ticed in different trade areas and passed their traditions and skills
down to younger students.
Old Salem Inc. is proud to participate in the Elderhostel program.
Eldethostel is a national nonprofit organization that provides a vari
ety of learning opportunities for adults age 55 and over. For more
information on the national Elderhostel program, visit www.elder
o hostel.org. For more information about the Old Salem Eldethostel
program and others taking place in Old Salem this year, call 721
7399 or visit www.oldsalem.org.
Report: Japanese electronics
maker to market super thin television
TOKYO (AP) - Japanese eleetronics maker Sanyo Electric
plans to launch a new television with a display about as thin as a
credit card, a newspaper reported Sunday.
The TV uses a new technology called "electro luminescence"
that lights up the screen by sending electric currents through it, elim
inating the need for back-lighting, the Mainichi Shimbun reported.
That allows the maker to trim down the display to about 1 mil
limeter (0.04 inch) in width, the report said.
Sanyo's television, to go on sale in fiscal 2003, would be much
thinner than the ultra-slim liquid crystal display televisions currently
on the market and have better picture quality, the Mainichi said.
Other Japanese electronics makers, including Sony, are trying to
create products using EL technology.
Sanyo was not available for comment on Sunday!
The super thin TV will initially be out of the price range for most
consumers. The screen alone will cost about $75 a square inch, the
Mainichi said.
Auditions for movie scheduled
-Scoop Jackson Productions will hold auditions for the original
mOvie "The Glove," to be aired on CAT TV' Actors over 21 are eli
gible! Call Bill Jackson tor an appointment at (336) 926-0111.
UNCG hosting Latin Arts Fest for
campus through April 19
GREENSBORO ? The thrumming of Latino drumbeats.
The swirl of flamenco dancers' skirts. The blare of mariachi
trumpets. The staccato sounds of handclapping.
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro is holding
Latin Arts Fest, its first-ever international arts festival cele
brating Latin American cultural and artistic contributions.
Sponsored by the International Programs Center and several
departments on campus, the festival will feature performances
by Central and South American artists on campus throughout
the spring semester. The series opened Feb. 24 with a concert.
Other events will include workshops and performances by
actor/writer Maria Angeles Romero. Latin American dances,
flamenco dancers and a mariachi band.
Dr. Deborah Bell, professor of theater, is chair of the festi
val's organizing committee. Tania Castillero, assistant director
for the Office of Multicultural Affairs and also one of the
organizers, said the Latin Arts Fest will provide a showcase
for Latino arts.
"1 hope people walk away from the festival with an accept
ance of the beauty the Latin culture has to offer - the richness
the Latino people can share." Castillero said. "We will be
sharing commonalities through music and dance. 1 hope it can
serve as a link and bridge the gap that sometimes separates the
cultures."
The 2000 U.S. Census shows that almost 16.000 residents
in Guilford County's population, or 3.8 percent, are of His
panic or Latino origin. In the region. Forsyth County has 6.4
percent, or 19.588 residents, of Hispanic or Latino origin; Ala
mance County. 6.8 percent (8.894 residents); Davie County,
3.5 percent (1.219 residents); and Randolph County, 6.6 per
cent (8,609 residents).
The l atin Arts Fest schedule of events will run:
? Monday. March 25, 2-6 p.m.. Curry Building. Room 109
and March 26, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.. Curry Building, Room 214.
"Exploring Text and Movement Using Viewpoints," work
shops by actor/writer Maria Angeles Romero. Participants will
brtng short written texts tcr share and be interpreted by the
group. Free.
? Wednesday, March 27, II a.in.-l p.m., Pecky Cypress
Room, Alumni House, "Storyweaving" workshop for honors
and other liberal arts students by actor/writer Romero. The
workshop will explore narration and plot sequencing. She also
will talk about artistic/cultural structures relevant to her work.
Free.
? Wednesday. March 27. 7 p.m.. Brown Building Auditori
um. Romero performing "el entrecejo/the brow," a bi-lingual,
movement-theatre work oh the life of painter Frida Kahlo. fol
lowed by a question-and-answer session. Free.
? Saturday. April 6. 3:30-5 p.m.. College Avenue, Interna
tional Festival. Featured will be a mariachi band. Rumba Lati
na Dancers and Jones Elementary Panama Dance Troupe.
Free.
? Friday, April 12. 7-9 p.m.. Ferguson Building. Room 100.
Patricia Wcllcot and People of this Planet Dance Company.
This Latin American dance company wilFpcrform and provide
a slide show of different dances throughout Latin America,
showcasing culture and history. Free.
? Friday. April 19. 4:30 p.m.. the Fountain at the Universi
ty Dining Hall. Aztec Dancers, offering traditional dances
from Mexico, including an A/tec fire dance. Free.
? Friday. April 19, 6 p.m.. State Room, University Dining
Hall. Grand Finale Reception, with invited guests, including
Mexican Consul Carolina Zaragoza Flores. Free.
I Author tackles domestic abuse
BY CHERIS HODGES
SPEflAI TO THE CHRONICLE
o
In the new novel "A Sil
ver Tongue," aumor Mar
lene Taylor weaves a night
marish tale of domestic vio
lence, rape and drug abuse.
The story is set in a mid
dle-class suburban Philadel
phia neighborhood and trav
els to the rough streets of
West Philadelphia and the
nightmare inside Gregory
Washington's head.
Gregory is a stressed-out
air traffic controller who
begins to hear a nagging
voice accusing his wife of
seven years, Tuesday, of
cheating and wanting his
money.
Tuesday doesn't under
stand the changes in ner
husband, who wants to go
by his former street name.
GB.
Then the violence
begins.
The slightest thing sets
the voice in GB's head off
and he beats Tuesday and
sometimes sexually assaults
her. Finally. Tuesday finds
the strength and courage to
leave the home she loves to
save herself and her chil
dren.
The book is an addictive
page-turner with a powerful
message ahotu domestic
violence and drugs. It is gn
eye-opening account of the
violence some women face
at the hands of men they
love.
"A Sliver Tongue" also
is disturbing. It is a story
that gets inside of your head
and stays with you after
reading the last page.
Taylor paints a graphic
picture of a horrible sexual
assault that rips the soul
from Tuesday and sets the
tone foj the violence and
abuse to follow.
The way Taylor tells the
story, getting into the heads
of the main characters and
exposing their weaknesses
and highlighting their
strengths, gives the book a
realistic tone that adds to its
depth.
Taylor, who was in
Charlotte last week promot
ing her book, said she is
donating a portion of the
book's proceeds to battered
women's shelters across the
Sei? Author on C8
Marlene Taylor's latest novel is set in
middle-class Philadelphia.
I 'Go Get Your Life Back'
Donald Lawrence &
Tri-City Singers'new
release is a strong
follow-up to their
'tri-city.com' album
BY S.I. LYNCH
THE CHRONICLE
The impact of gospel has
taken some twists and turns.
From an initial listen you may
believe that many in this genre
of music are not adhering to the
rules. But what are the rales?
Many of .Kxjay's gospel artists
defy any specific compartmen
talizing, thus racking up and
saving souls in record numbers.
EMI gospel artists Donald
Lawrence & Tri-City Singers
have tapped into a formula that
works for them. They recently
were awarded two Stellar
Gospel Music Awards for Con
temporary Choir of the Year and
Song of the Year for "Never
Seen the Righteous." Their new
album, "Go Get Your Life
Back." will be released this
spring and already is getting
rave reviews after initial listens.
Lawrence continues to con
sistently create catchy and
radio-friendly selections. This
Gastonia native's critical
acclaim comes after years of
honing his craft. He was nur
tured at Mills Chapel Fire Bap
tize Holiness Church.
Lawrence, who is a self-taught |
musician, has recognized pub- <
licly often that his gift is from
God and not because of any- v
thing he has done. One thing is s
for sure: Lawrence is an <
extremely talented writer and s
overall competent musician. He f
has a knack fur challenging v
members of the audience to t]
ponder their own lives and those
situations that sometimes seem t|
unbearable. On "Go Get Your t]
Life Back," which features Ann s
Nesby of Sounds of Blackness s,
ame, Lawrence & Tri-City
iingers don't disappoint. This
ilbum rellects the honesty and
varmth of a man who under
stands God's calling on his life,
ijmultaneously, he has brought
ome friends along, in the way
>f the Tri-City Singers, who are
ocally dynamic and enhance
he delivery of the message.
There arc some standouts
hat build on the momentum
hat Lawrence & Tri-City
lingers have established. It
eems that whenever an artist
thai we embrace deviates from a
familiar style, we suddenly
become disinterested. With
Lawrence & Tri-City Singers,
that won't be a problem. No. I
am not saying that their sound is
monotonous - quite the con
trary. Something that is not bro
ken only needs to be expounded
on. Where "Never Seen the
Righteous" stops, the saga con
tinues on the new album with
"The Best Is Yet to Come."
See Album on
C9
Donald Lawrence and the Tri-City Singers
Newspaper
seeks more
financial
information
about arena
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
RALEIGH - The operators
of the Entertainment and Sports
Arena should release more finan
cial numbers about the publicly
owned venue, a newspaper said in
another request for the figures.
The News & Observer of
Raleigh asked Centennial Author
ity Chairman Steve Stroud to
release the additional information ,
on the $154 million arena.
Raleigh and Wake County
pledged to play $70 million on
the tab.
"We are simply attempting to
provide the ESA's owners - the
public - with information to
which we believe they are entitled
by law," News & Observer pub
lisher Orage Quarles III wrote in a
letter delivered Tuesday to
Stroud.
Quarles said the paper is pre
pared to take legal action if the
figures aren't provided.
An attorney for the Centenni
al Authority said in a written reply
that an authority plans to meet in
two weeks to create a policy to
handle requests for public
records. The committee also will
determine what financial infor
mation received from Gale Force
Holdings, the company that man
ages the arena, should be protect
ed from public view.
Gale Force is the parent com
pany of the Carolina Hurricanes,
which play at the ESA. Gale
Force, which has declined to
make public much of the financial
operations of the arena, leases the
arena from the authority for $2.7
million a year.
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Retailers, fans wonder why
music industry is axing singles
BY DAVID BAITDFR
T1IE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - The first
time you entered a music
store, chances are it was
because there was one song
you had to have.
Maybe it was "I Want to
Hold Your Hand" by the Beat
les, or Marvin Gaye's "I
Heard It Through the
Grapevine." Perhaps you
obsessed over "Night Fever"
by the Bee Gees, "Hungry
Like the Wolf' by Duran
Duran or 'N Sync's "Bye Bye
Bye."
These days, finding that
song - without buying? many
more you don't want - is
becoming increasingly diffi
cult.
The music industry is
killing off the single.
Once the baqltbone of the
business, singles sales totaled
31 million last year, down a
whopping 41 percent from
2000. according to Soundscan.
It's believed to be the lowest
sales figure since the late
1940s, when singles were
introduced on vinyl.
Singles aren't even made
for many of the most popular
songs because music compa
nies think they're so unprof
itable.
Among Billboard maga
zine's 40 most popular songs
the week of Feb. 23. only five
were available as singles on
Sir Retailers on CS
The CD single it becoming scarce in the marketplace.