Library brings 8 local authors
together for book signing
BY TIMOTHY RAMSEY
THE CHRONICLE
On Saturday, Nov. 19,
the Carver School Road
branch public library will
hold an "Indie Author
Celebration," where they
will bring together eight
self-published authors for a
collaborative book signing.
Charlene Edwards of
the Carver School Road
library said she has
received inquires from
authors ip the past few
months that wished to have
a book signing at the
library. She said after
attending a book signing in
Durham where there we^
several new authors there
at once, she reached out to
the authors and the event
grew from there.
Latisha Stuckey, author
of "Cast Down, But Not
Destroyed: Destiny's
Child," says after she did
her initial book signing, she
thought about what her
next move would be. She
said when the opportunity
came for her to do a book
signing with multiple
authors, she jumped at the
chance.
"Collaborating with
other self-published
authors is great because we
can learn from one another
and we can gamer more
exposure and show our
books to more people,"
Stuckey said.
Shelva Davis, author of
"Never Alone," says her
book centers on the tragedy
that happened while travel
ing abroad with her daugh
ter and the struggles both of
them suffered soon there
after. The book is convert
ed from the journal she
kept throughout the ordeal.
Her daughter read her jour
nal and told her she needed
to convert this into a book.
"I still cry, and it's two
years later. It's just so
amazing how good God
is," said Davis. "We don't
know why this happened,
but we just have to tell peo
ple our story."
Another author
involved is Mary Carlton,
who wrote "Front Pew
Abuse." She said her book
was birthed from a person
al ordeal she dealt with
while being married to her
former husband, a minister.
She said the book touches
on infidelity, deceit, lies
and life after her husband
went to prison. She says
that she knows there are
other women who are mar
ried to ministers that are
dealing with similar issues
and hopes she can help
some of those women.
Teauna Vinson is
author of, "When My
Granny Passed Away: My
Journey Under & Out of
the Shadow of Grief." She
said when her grandmother
passed away unexpectedly,
she became really stressed
out and used writing the
book as a venue to get over
her grief. She said she
hopes her book can help
someone deal with the grief
of losing a loved one.
Edwards said she is just
happy to just play a part in
bringing the authors
together. She said the
library has had many best
selling authors there who
have spoken about being
self published and now are
very successful. She hopes
the same for this group of
authors.
Edwards went on to
say, "Anything that we can
do to help them or encour
age them, I'm just excited
to play a part in that."
The other authors
included are Yolanda M.
Johnson-Bryant, author of
"3737 Grim Avenue";
Beverly L. Johnson, author
of "My Name is Alvonia";
Glynis W. Bell, author of
"Fierce & Fabulous: A
Young Lady's Guide To
Inspiration and Positive
Self-Image"; and Richale
R. Reed, author of
"Silhouette of Her Naked
and Unashamed, A Poetic
Journey of Faith."
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Book is short on pages but long on interest
BY TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER
FOR THE CHRONICLE
If the walls could talk, imagine
what they'd say.
They'd reminisce about family
meals, holidays, celebrations and
romance, take sides in arguments, and
watch children grow. If those walls
could talk, they'd tell of triumph, dis
appointment, beginnings, and end
ings. And, as in the new book, "The
Invisibles" by Jesse J. Holland,
they'd talk of freedom and history.
When Barack Obama moved into
the White House in 2009, he was, by
far, not the first black man to live
there. From the beginning, as soon as
America had a president, there were
slaves residing in the Executive
Mansion; in fact, says Holland, "ten
of the first twelve presidents [were]
slaveholders at some point in their
lives."
When George Washington fought
in the Revolutionary War, his
"favorite" slave, Billy Lee, went with
him, so it was natural that
Washington would bring Lee to New
York, to the first presidential man
sion. Lee reportedly loved New York
but when he suffered physical disabil
ities, Washington summarily replaced
him, sending him back to Mt. Vernon
where Lee was later one of a handful
of slaves who comforted Washington
as he died.
As a child, Oney Judge was
brought up to learn sewing at Martha
Washington's knee. Years later,
Washington would say that she
thought of Judge as a "surrogate
daughter," but she was more than
willing to give Judge away in order to
keep her enslaved. Judge, by the way,
was one of a few slaves known to
have escaped from a president.
Thomas Jefferson brazenly took a
slave to France, where slavery was
disallowed; the slave, who Was the
brother of Jefferson's "concubine,"
Sally, did not try to escape. When
Dolley Madison fell on hard times
after leaving the White House, her
husband's former slave gave her
money. Andrew Jackson kept slaves
in the White House stables; they were
jockeys and Jackson loved racing
ponies. James Monroe spoke qut
against slavery, even as he owned
slaves. Andrew Johnson possibly had
a "colored concubine." And just one
ex-slave of a president was "honored
by a holder of that office."
Wow.
Please practice saying that word -
"Wow!" - because you'll need it even
more when you start reading "The
Invisibles."
In just under two-hundred pages,
author Jesse J. Holland packs so
many interesting stories, so many
jaw-dropping facts that, even though
there were small errors and minor
repetition, I very much regretted this
book's shortness. Holland's story
telling skills have a way of making a
reader hungry for more, and the tales
he tells are surprising and even inspi
rational.
Some of those tales - mixed in
between those of the presidents'
slaves - precede the White House, to
look at slavery from the nation's very
beginning, even before there was a
president. That's where we learn that
an African immigrant was the owner
of the first legal slave.
Admittedly, die-hard historians
might not find much new here, but I
simply couldn't put this book down.
If you want something that's short on
pages but long on interest, "The
Invisibles" is the one you'll be talking
about.
Terri Schlichenmeyer has been
reading since she was three years old
and she never goes anywhere without
a book. She lives on a hill in
Wisconsin with two dogs and 14,000
books.
"The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves
in The White House" by Jesse J. Holland
c.2016, Lyons Press $25.95 / higher in Canada
226 pages
Com. Cal.
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RiverRun International Film Festival will be launch
ing a RiverRun Retro film series. RiverRun Retro will be
a year-round initiative spotlighting individuals and films,
which contributed to the cultural and commercial fabric of
motion pictures. The inaugural RiverRun Retro: An
Evening with Millie Perkins will be held at Hanesbrands
Theatre on Nov. 4 at 7:30 p.m., with special guest Millie
Perkins. Perkins will engage in an on-stage interview by
Foster Hirsch. The program will show clips of Perkins'
extensive acting career and focus primarily on her role of
Anne Frank in "The Diary of Anne Frank." The doors
open at 7 p.m. and will begin at 8 p.m., with a reception
with Millie Perkins to follow, featuring light hors d'oeu
vres from Mooney'S.Mediterranean Caff, beverage from
Hoots Beer Co. and McRitchie Winery. General admission
is $15 for adults and $10 for children and student (with
valid student ID). Tickets are available noline at
http://www.rhodesartscenter.org/an-evening-with-millie
perkins/
Nov. 4 - Free Movie Night at Museum
GREENSBORO - The International Civil Rights
Center & Museum, 134 South Elm St., will hold a Mass
Incarceration Movie night on Nov. 4. Two films will be
shown, Slavery by Another Name at 6:30 p.tji. and 13th at
8 p.m. The films are free and open to the public.
Nov. 5 - Salem College Domestic Violence and
Homelessness Awareness Walk
Salem College will hold the rescheduled Handle with
Care walk to raise awareness about domestic violence and
homelessness on Nov. 5 from 2-4 p.m. The walk will
focus on the financial issues that place during and after
abuse.
Nov. 5, Dec. 9 & April 29 - Piedmont Chamber
Singers Announce 39th Season
The Piedmont Chamber Singers will hold concerts for
their "Strings Attached" theme 39th Season on Nov. 5,
Dec. 9 and April 29,2017. The season will feature a vari
ety of string-instrument accompaniment. The Nov. 5 per
formance will be held at Home Moravian Church at 7:30
pm. The concert will feature the first modern perform
ance of Missa Brevis composed by Johann Gottlieb Graun
and Ich habe dis Haus geheiliget (1 have Sanctified this
House) to commemorate the 250th Anniversary of Salem.
The Dtec. 9 concert will be performed at St. Timothy's
Episcopal Church at 7:30 p.m. The concert will feature
Ceremony of Carols by Benjamin Britten's with harp
accompaniment, along with Star in the East by Malcolm
Dalglish with hammered dulcimer accompaniment. The
April 29 concert will be held at Ardmore Baptist Church
at 7:30 p.m. featuring Arthur Bliss's Pastoral: Lie Strewn
the White Flocks. For tickets call Piedmont Chamber
Singers at (336) 722-4022, or email manager@pied
montchambersingers .org.
Nov. 6 - Guilford College to host TEDx
GREENSBORO - Local leaders and thinkers in fields
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including medicine, education, business, social work, vio
lence prevention, computer science, journalism, faith,
agriculture and sustainability will gather at
TEDx Guilford, held at Guilford College's Dana
Auditorium, on November 6 from 1-6 p.m. With support
from the Center for Principled Problem Solving and
the Guilford College Honors Program, TEDx seeks to
answer the question "What is the best way to secure the
future we hope for?" and hopes to "inspire audiences to
secure a better future for us all, as students, as citizens, and
as part of a global community." Speakers include Prakash
Nair, Sean O'Leary, Chimi Boyd-Keyes, Corey D. B.
Walker, Cheryl Hatch, and Marnie Thompson. A full list
of speakers and their bios is available on the
website: www.tedxguilford.com. The public is invited to
this free event.
Nov. 9 - Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership
Fail Meeting
The Downtown Winston-Salem Partnership will hold
its fall meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 11:30 a.m. - 1
p.m., with networking from 11-11:30 a.m? at Embassy
Suites Grand Pavilion Ballroom, 460 N. Cherry St. The
keynote speaker is Ethan Kent, senior vice president,
Project Public Spaces. To purchase tickets, go to
www.downtownws .com.
Nov. 9 - Shepherd's Center seeks volunteers
The Shepherd's Center, 1700 Ebert St., seeks individ
uals as volunteers to help address the problems of isola
tion and lack of social support through the Faith In Action
Care Program. The program consists of home visitation,
respite care, minor home repairs and transportation servic
es for homebound older adults. Mileage reimbursement
will be provided. Volunteer training will be held on
Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 9:30 p.m. To register, call Drea.
Parker at'336-748-0217 or email dparker@shepherdscen
ter.org.
Nov. 19 & 20 - Piedmont Craftsmen's Fair
Shoppers will have the opportunity to find their own
"one of a kind" when more than 100 of the finest artisans
from across the United States filL the booths at Piedmont
Craftsmen's 53rd Fair in Winston-Salem Nov. 19 and 20.
The Fair, which has been called one of the 10 best fine
craft shows in the country, presents a broad sampling of
the finest work available in artist-designed handmade
home goods, wearables, jewelry, furniture and decorative
items. This will be the first event in the Benton
Convention Center's newly renovated lower level.
Admission: $7 for adults, $6 for senior citizens, students
and groups, children under 12 free with an adult.
Weekend passes are $10. Hours: Saturday, Nov. 21 10
a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 22 noon - 5 p.m. For informa
tion call 336-725-1516.
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Ongoing
Every day - Volunteers needed for Reading Parties
The Augustine Literacy Project, Read. Write .Spell
(READWS) is looking for volunteers for its Reading
Parties. The program needs youthful, energetic people
who are willing to lead students of party games created for
maximum learning and enjoyment. Reading Party is a free
parent-oriented seminar that will teach simple and effec
tive multisensory strategies to parents and their children in
a fun, laid-back atmosphere. After a short training, volun
teers will help 2-8 hours per month, mostly nights and
weekends. For more information or to sign up to volun
teer, contact Tonya Nealon at 336-723-4391 ext. 1507 or
Tonya@readws .org.
Monday, Wednesday and Friday - Food and cloth
ing giveaway
Love Community Development Corporation, 3980 N.
Liberty St., serves those in need of food and clothes every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 to 3 p.m. JobLink
is also available Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. for those needing resumes or who are looking for a
job. For more information, call 336-306-8119.
Every Thursday - American Legion Post 128 fish
fry
A fish fry is held every Thursday evening from 7 to 9
p.m. at 4817 Old Rural Hall Road to support and serve the
community. The funds also support the Post.
Second Friday - Karaoke
Karaoke Night is every second Friday of the month
from 8 to 10 pjn. at Camel City Elks Lodge on 1405 N.
Patterson Ave. There will be cash prize winners judged by
the audience from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. Music is by DJ R.M.
and sponsored by the Magnificent Seniors Social Club.
Second Saturday - AJi. Anderson Class of 1968
class reunion meeting
The Anderson Class of 1968 will be meeting monthly
every second Saturday at Forsyth Seaford Cafe' at 6 p.m.
to continue to plan for its 50th Class Reunion to be held in
2018. For more information, contact Laura Hayes Allen at
336-624-8516 or Reggie Moore at 336-671 -7154.
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