Today, June 23 deadline
Summer Youth Employment
Application
The Winston-Salem Urban
League (WSUL) applauds the deci
sion by the Winston-Salem City
Council Finance Committee to rec
ommend the City Council increase
the budget for the Summer Youth
Employment Program (SYEP) by
$50,000. The proposal, by
Councilman Derwin Montgomery,
would increase program participation
from 100 teens to approximately 135
teens. In consideration of the poten
tial increase, WSUL is extending the
application deadline to 4:00 pm on
Thursday, June 23. SYEP is an oppor
tunity for low-moderate income stu
dents, ages 15-19, to gain mentor
ship, job skills and real life on the job
experience. Students and parents can
download the application at
www.wsurban.org. Applicants must
submit applications by 4:00 p.m.
today, Thursday, June 23.
Today, June 23 - 14th Street
School historic reunion meeting
The 14th Street School alumni are
meeting weekly to plan an Historic
Reunion and ask that all people who
were students or teachers to join us
every Thursday at 6 pjn. at 14th
Street Recreation Center, 2020 E.
14th St. For more information, con
tact Alfred Harvey, President, at 336
414-9241.
Today, June 23-26 -
UniverSoul Circus
UniverSoul Circus will perform
in Greensboro today, June 23-26 at
the Greensboro-Coliseum. A big top
spectacle of global proportions,
UniverSoul Circus takes fans of all
ages on an unforgettable journey of
light, sound and soul, UniverSoul is a
highly interactive combination of cir
cus aits, theater, and music that spans
genres including Pop, Classic R&B,
Latin, Hip Hop, Jazz and Gospel. It
embraces and Celebrates the unique
and familiar aspects of pop culture
globally by bringing them center
stage with a cast of international per
formers. Tickets are on sale now
via* Ticketmaster.com or 1-800-745
3000. For more information, visit
www.universoulcircus com.
Today, June 23 - 26 - Theatre
Alliance presents 'The Little
Mermaid'
The Little Mermaid will be per
formed at SECCA (Southeastern
Center for Contemporary Art), 750
Marguerite Dr. instead of at Theatre
Alliance. SECCA is located at the
end of Marguerite Drive, which is off
of Reynolda Road. Based on the
Disney animated film and bit
Broadway musical, The Little
Mermaid is making its Triad commu
nity theatre debut. Performance dates
are: today, Thursday, June 23, at 8
pm., Friday, June 24, at 8 pm.,
Saturday, June 25, at. 2 p.m.,
Saturday, June 25, at 8 pm., Sunday,
June 26, at 2 pm., and Sunday, June
26, at 7 p.m. The Little Mermaid is
family friendly! Tickets are $18 for
adults and $16 for students/seniors.
There is also a $2 per ticket discount
available for groups of 10 or more.
Tickets may be purchased in person
ju the Theatre Alliance Box Office
(Fridays from 12:30-3:00 p.m.),
online at www.wstheatrealliance.org,
or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at
(800) 838-3006. Student Rush: $14
before any performance. Tickets will
go on sale five minutes before show
time. MUST show current, valid stu
dent ID. Attendees must wait in a
standby line until five minutes to*
show time, at which point, available
seating is released. Limit one ticket
per student. All seats are subject to
availability. Please call Theatre
Alliance at 336- 723-7777 with any
questions about this or future shows.
Today, June 23-30 - CPR
Classes .
Winston-Salem firefighters will
offer "hands-only" CHI training to
the public through city recreation
centers during May and. June.
"Hands only" CPR uses only chest
compressions. The classes last about
an hour. Interested citizens should
sign up at a participating recreation
center. Space is limited. For more
information, call CityLink 311.
Classes are scheduled at:
?June 23, noon. Sedge Garden
Community Center
?June 25, 10 a.m., 14th Street
Community Center
?June 25, 10 a.m? Polo Park
Community Center
?June 28, 10 am., Martin Luther
King Jr. Community Center
?June 30, 11 am.. Little Creek
Community Center
June 24 - Ekphrastic Night at
the Museum
Winston-Salem Writers and New
Winston Museum are partnering for
an Ekphrastic Night at the Museum
on Friday, June 24, from 6-9 pm.
(Ekphrastic: a device in which one
medium of art tries to connect to
another medium by defining and
describing it in an effort to relate
more directly with its audience.)
Writers are asked to stop by the
museum between now and June 24 to
view the "Birth of the Cool" photog
raphy exhibit by Owens Daniels and
write a poem or spoken word piece
that is inspired by one of the photos.
On June 24, writers will read their
pieces. Lorraine Boland, jazz and
blues vocalist, will perform, and Alex
Baum will play guitar and provide
background music as the writers read
their works. This is a free event.
Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, visit
wwwaewwinston .org.
June 24-July 29
Fairground Fridays for Teens
Fairground Fridays has returned
with dance contests, prizes, give
aways and free arcade games from 7
to 10 p.m. at the Winston-Salem
Fairgrounds. Fairground Fridays is
hosted by Busta Brown and features
music by Mr. Bill's Productions.
Fairground Fridays will be held every
Friday through July 29. Admission is
free. Concessions will be available.
Free parking is available in the lot for
the Fairgrounds Annex.
June 24-Aug. 26 - Downtown
Jazz Concerts
The 19th season of Downtown
Jazz presented by the Winston-Salem
Federal Credit Union continues on
Friday's at in Corpening Plaza at 237
W. Fust Street. Downtown Jazz is a
production of the Downtown
Winston-Salem Partnership in collab
oration with Carl Denerson of Post
Entertainment. Mr. Denerson, a jazz
aficionado and promoter from
Georgia, has strong ties to national
artists within the smooth jazz genre
and has grown the jazz music scene
in Winston-Salem and the Triad Area.
We are looking forward to another
great summer of cool jazz! The
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Community Briefs
UNCSA website wins award in Internationa]
competition
The new University of North Carolina School of
the Arts (UNCSA) website (uncsa.edu) has won a
major award in an international competition. The
UNCSA website won a Silver Award in the
Institutional Website category of the 2016 Circle of
Excellence Awards competition of the Council for
Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).
UNCSA's new website was one of 77 entries in its
category. Of them, judges named two Gold Award
winners (College of the Atlantic and Johns Hopkins
University), three Silver Award winners (UNCSA,
Eckerd College and Virginia Commonwealth
University), and two Bronze Award winners
(Roanoke CoUege and University of California
Berkley). UNCSA had not had a web update in
more than 13 years before the new website was
launched. Earlier this year, the UNCSA website was
nominated for a 2016 Webby Award, which is the
leading international award honoring excellence on
the Internet. Reflecting the tremendous growth of
the Internet, The Webbys now honors exceUence in
five major media types: websites, online film and
video, advertising and media, mobile sites and apps,
and social The UNCSA website was nominated in
the category of. school/university websites, along
with NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, USC's Iovine
and Young Academy, Harvard Business School, and
Johns Hopkins University. Harvard and Johns
Hopkins took The Webby'Award and The Webby
People's Voice Award, respectively. UNCSA also
won numerous gold and silver awards in other con
tents, including the national Educational Advertising
Awards sponsored by Higher Education Marketing
Report, and the Collegiate Advertising Awards.
Duke Energy Foundation supports SciWorks'
' Adopt-a-School' program
SciWorks has received a generous gift from the
Duke Energy Foundation to support the museum's
"Adopt-a-School" program- The money will be used
to provide educational programming for Winston
Salem/Forsyth County Schools that participate in
the Title 1 program. Currently, all schools in the
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County School System
receive free admission to Sci Works. Gifts received
for the "Adopt-a-School" program enable SciWorks
to also provide programming that can enrich and
engage student learning in the classroom and is
aligned with the N.C. Essential Standards for
Science. "With the generosity of organizations such
as the Duke Energy Foundation; we can direct our
energy into expanding access and opportunity to
underprivileged sectors of Winston-Salem and
Forsyth County," says Paul Kortenaar, SciWorks' .
Executive Director. "We can help children who can
not afford a museum educational program to receive
the kind of high-quality, experiential science pro
gramming that many other students throughout die
country are able to explore and enjoy."
For Faith Jackson '16, receiving a full-ride
Chancellor's Scholarship at Winston-Salem
Eb Jll^ State University changed her life.
Scholarship dollars opened doors for Faith
|j| to research side-by-side with esteemed faculty.
Study abroad in Kenya. Serve as an academic
errtdr and campus leader. Earn the "Trailblazer of
/ the Year" award from the North Carolina Chapter
Of NAACP. Graduate magna cum laude. Land job
offers from two prestigious hospital systems.