SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2018 - THE CAROLINA TIMES - 9
Community Scene
Airolina Young Aviators
Gail Nelsson will sing Billie Holiday (Lady Day) music in a fund
raiser to help support the Airolina young aviator flight training and
aviation career program
Sunday, October 28, 4 p.m.
Hayti Heritage Center
804 Old Fayetteville St.
PHOENIX FEZ 2019
908 Fayetteville Street Suite 201
Durham, North Carolina 27701
Gail Nelson Returns Home
To Durham For A
Performance And Tribute
To Billie Holiday
By Shirley Suber
United Airlines Pilot (Retired)
Gail Nelson was born in Durham. The Nelsons
moved to Richmond Virginia when Gail was only
5 years old. Gail was a frequent visitor back to
Durham until her grandmother died.
The property owned by her grandmother was
later transferred to North Carolina Central Uni
versity and is now the site of the communications
building.
She went on to study music and acting and has
spent most of her adult years in New York where
she was know for her acting and singing career
having appeared on Broadway and in many New
York clubs like the Blue Note and others.
Long before Audra McDonald's performed the
play "Ladv Dav at Emerson IS Bar and Grill" on
Broadway there was Gail Nelson performing the
original version of this show throughout the U.S.
east of the Mississippi.
The original "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and
Grill" was written by Lanie Robertson with music
arranged by Gail's late husband Danny Holgate.
Gail will appear in Durham on Oct. 28 for
one show only. She will be accompanied by The
North Carolina Jazz Ensemble and will be sing
ing Billie Holiday (Lady Day) songs.
The show is a fund raiser for the Durham based
Airolina Youth Flight Training & Aviation career
program. Show time is 4PM, October 28
Tickets are on sale now at eventbrite.com
or from the Hayti Center, 804 Old Fayetteville
Street.
Those of us who truly love JAZZ should not miss this
special musical event.
Bennett College National Alumnae Association
Durham Chapter
White Breakfast and Scholarship Fundraiser
Women of Vison of Excellence Awards
November 17
The Durham Alumnae Chapter of Bennett College for Women will
host its “Twenty-eighth White Breakfast and Scholarship Fund
Raiser” on Saturday, November 17, 9:30 a.m., at the Durham
Hilton Hotel, located at 3800 Hillsborough Road. Two outstanding
women honorees will receive the “Women of Vision of Excellence
Awards”. The Durham Alumnae Chapter - Women of Vision Award
recognizes individual women who have made a positive impact on
the Durham Community. Nominees must have demonstrated high
degree ofvision, innovation, and initiative in the pursuit of success in
their chosen fields; a member or product of the Durham Community
(including the Research Triangle Park, Raleigh and Chapel Hill);
must have worked to excel in her area while proactively serving as
a role model for women and girls, embrace sisterhood and must be
a representation of the ideals taught at Bennett College for Women
(even if she is not an alumna). The Friend of Bennett Award is given
to a person who has given overwhelming support to Bennett College.
The Durham Chapter-Phenomenal Woman Award is given to a
chapter member who has demonstrated extraordinary dedication to
the Chapter. The Durham Alumnae Chapter will present awards
to the following distinguished honorees:
CATEGORY: Community Health Outreach and Leadership
HONOREE: Dr.
Joan Packenham
Director, Office of Human Research
Compliance, NIEHS Clinical Research Branch
Vice Chair,
NIEHS Institutional Review
Board
CATEGORY: Civic, Community and Health Leadership
HONOREE: Dr. Michelle Laws
Assistant Director, Community Health Coalition
CATEGORY: Durham Alumnae Chapter-Friend of
Bennett College
HONOREE: Reverend Albert Shuler & New Creation
United Church Methodist Church
CATEGORY: Chapter Award: Bennett Phenomenal Woman
Award
HONOREE: Ms. Kathy Cole ‘89
BA, Bennett College; MA, North Carolina Central
University
Breakfast reservation tickets are $40 per person. The breakfast
reservation deadline is November 3, 2018. Business and personal
ads are available. The ad deadline is October 13,2018. Interested
persons should contact: Ms. J. Anderson at (919-308-6962) or
jandersonbenn@gmail.com.
Bennett College for Women, located in Greensboro, North
Carolina, is a United Methodist affiliated four-year fully accredited
liberal arts college. Dr. Phyllis Worthy Dawkins is President of the
Bennett College.
(Submitted by Ms. JacquelineB. Anderson) (E-mail jandersonbenn@
gmail.com) Telephone: 919-308-6962 (9/17/18)
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BENNETT COLLEGE NATIONAL ALUMNAE ASSOCIATION
Donald T. Moore, MD
Endowed Lecture
at Durham Armory
Downtown Durham, North Carolina
You're Invited
OCT. 24, 2018
Durham Armory (Downtown Durham)
5:30 p.m.
All faculty, dinica! research staff,
trainees, students and wests welcome.
Duke Ob/Gyn is proud to present
the inaugural Donald T. Moore,
MD. Endowed Lecture honoring
the legacy of the esteemed
physician, educator and
community leader.
About Dr. Moore
Featured Speakers
The goal of the Moore
Lectureship is to bring to Duke and Durham
nationally recognized experts on such topics as health
care disparities, societal issues related to access to
care, and the economics and politics of health care.
Henry Foster, MD
Professor emeritus and former Dean, School of Medicine
at Meharry Medical College
Cinical Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Vanderbilt University
Senior Advisor to former President Bill Clinton on teen
pregnancy reduction and youth issues
Nominee. U.S. Surgeon General
Foundation Center
Date: October 6, 20
Time: 7 am - 12 noon
Where: The Kappas of Durham
DURHAM CHAPTER
3917 Fayetteville Street
919-680-2878
What: Phoenix Fest
When: Saturday, October 6, 2018
Where: Fayetteville Street at Lakewood Avenue
(one block off NC 147
Downtown/Fayetteville Street Exit) in Durham NC
Time: 9am-6pm
Cost: FREE
Phoenix Fest is back on Saturday October 6, 2018 for its
17 th year as Durham NC’s funkiest street music festival that
celebrates the cultural legacy of Durham NC’s historic Hayti
community and delivers a fun-filled day of family-friendly
entertainment for thousands on historic Fayetteville Street.
After the 9 am opening parade with high-stepping bands,
businesses and community groups, Fayetteville Street will be
transformed into a bustling bazaar at the Africana Market &
Food Truck Rodeo followed by all-day music on Center Stage
from 11 am until 6 pm.
You’re invited to share in this age-old cultural tradition as
we commemorate the hard work, vision and enduring spirit
of the elders who founded Hayti over 100 years ago. Last
year’s festival drew over 12,000 festival goers of all ages and
this year’s festival promises to be even bigger and badder.
Phoenix Fest is fun, it’s free and it’s for the whole family.
Food Vendors
Nzinga’s Cafe
Karen’s Philly Ice
LaRepublica Food Truck
Don Bell’s Grill House
Big C Waffles
Mollos Foods
Coconut Curry Cuisine
The KupKake Fairy
Center Stage Performance Schedule
Call
10:50 am
Kenady Holloway
11:05 am
Mr. Chenier
11:20 am
Fire Brothers
11:40 am
The Fatboy
12:10 pm
W.A.R.
12:30 pm
NC Jazz Ensemble
1:00 pm
VHM & Fresh Anointing
1:40 pm
Sista 1
2:10 pm
Prophocey
3:50 pm
Phunkplayah
4:25 pm
Family Sircle
5:00 pm
Visit Phoenix Fest at http://www.phoenixfestdurham.com.
Also contact Denise Hester at 919-680-2878.
SISTERS NETWORK TRIANGLE NC
An Affiliate of Sisters Network" Inc.
A National African-American Breast Cancer
Survivorship Organization
Saturday, October 6, 2018
9 am - 2 pm
Preiss Steele Place • 500 Pickwick Trail
Durham, NC 27704
Hotdogs • Hamburgers
Games and Giveaways
Blood Pressure Screenings
Special Musical Guest
“Last Call”
For More Information:
(P): (919-490-1571
(F): (919) 493-6714
trianglenc@sistersnetworkinc.org
www.sisterstriangle.org
SAVE TH E DATE
l^iuham NC Chapter, The I Inks Incorporated and Durham ('rises Response Center
Domestic Violence Forum
, “SlimingA Ijghi on Domestic Violence”
Following the evolving desegregation of Duke
HospitaL Dr. Moore had a tremendous impact as the
first African American Fellow in the School of Medicine
when he was asked to join the Department of Ob/Gyn
at the invitation of Chairman Roy T. Parker, MD. He
also served as Chief of Ob/Gyn at Lincoln Hospital*,
which later became Lincoln Community Health Center,
and trained many Duke residents, medical students,
and nurses. His teaching role continued at Durham
Regional Hospital, now Duke Regional Hospital, and
Duke Hospital.
Louis Sullivan, MD
Former Secretary. US Dept, of Health and Human Services
(1989-1993)
Founting Dean of the Medical Education Program at
Morehouse College
Chair. Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare
Workforce, an outgrowth of a grant from the W.K. Kellogg
Foundation to Duke Universty School ol Medicine
Author: Broking Grourt My Ute in MedKine not The
Mntwuse Mystique: Becoming a Doctor at the Gabon's
Newest African American Medical School
Durham, NC 27713
Items: Household, Jewelry, Accessories, Purses,
24-Hour Crisis Line:
Saturday, October27, 2018
•il-iMASl-fOOPM 1
Holy Cross Catholic Church 1
iiSSS. Alston Ave. Durham, NC 1
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digbt rvJrcshinenls served)
Special Guest Speaker
r Kirnya Motley
Domestic Violence Sutwor Voice for the Voiceless Champion for
Cultural Change Founder of Haven of Light International non-prott
designed to help families rebuild spiritually physically emotionally.
The Links,
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Registerfor FREE lunch at: http://whoozin.com/HNP-ACU-XQ7K