Arts & Lifestyle
Little Theatre to hold auditions
Kernersville Little Theatre will hold audition*
for "Five Tellers Dancing in the Rain." Auditions
will be Aug. 4 and 5 at 7 p.m. in historic Korner's'
Folly, 413 S. Main Street. Performances will be
Sept. 12-14, 19 -21 and 26-28.
This comedy, written by Mark Dunn and
directed by Britt Brewer, is about Southern sass,
tears and charm as five bank tellers speak their
hearts and brew lots of coffee. There are roles for
five females ages 20s to 50s and one cleaning per
son. Bring a one-minute contemporary mono
logue to present.
For more information, call 993-6556. jwj
MESDA August lecture to
focus on decorated chests
The Museum of Early Southern Decorative
Arts (MESDA) will offer a free discussion on
paint-decorated chests made in the South as a part
of the Hidden Treasures: Lunch at MESDA series
on Aug. 6.
Lola Culler, a graduate student at UNCG, will
speak on these works of art and use examples
from the MESDA collection.
Hidden Treasures: Lunch at MESDA is held in
the MESDA auditorium of the Frank L. Horton
Center in the Old Salem historic district on the
first Wednesday of every month at 12:30 p.m.
Guests are encouraged to bring a bagged lunch or
order one by calling 721-7360. MESDA is the
only museum dedicated to researching and
exhibiting the decorative arts of the early South.
For more information, visit www.oldsalem.org.
Rock Fest scheduled
GREENSBORO - Calling all little miners
and panners! The Natural Science Center of
Greensboro will host the annual Rock Fest on
Aug. 16 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visitors to Rock
Fest will participate in interactive activities such
as collecting, identifying and mining for rock and
mineral treasures and panning for gold. In addi
tion, children can make rock crafts, have their
faces painted, and try to "stump the experts" by
bringing in their own rocks to be identified by our
rock experts. To top off the day, unique rock and
gem treasures will be available for purchase.
Rock Fest is included in the regular admission
fee to the museum, which is $6 for adults , $5 for
children and senior citizens, and children under
age 2 free. Greensboro city residents receive a $1
discount. The Natural Sciencd Center is at 4301
Lawndale Drive in Greensboro. For more infor
mation about Rock Fest, call (336) 288-3769.
SECCA elects board members
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary
Art elected a new slate of officers at its annual
meeting May 20. Pant Saunders, of Pamela Saun
ders Consulting, will serve as board president;
Vicki Kopf, executive director of SECCA remains
as executive vice president; and Ann Urban, com
munications manager, Krispy Kreme Doughnuts
Inc., has been elected vice president.
Robert P. Whaling Jr.. managing director, Aon
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remain as board chair
man; and Julia
Townsend, vice president
and general manager of
Kayser-Roth Corp.,
remains as vice chair
man. Phyllis Sheffield,
retired CPA, will serve as
treasurer; and Donald H.
Wolfe, professor emeri
tus, Wake Forest Univer
sity. will remain as secre
tary.
Newly elected to the
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Saunders
Breedlove, production director. Design Factory
International; Cp^ig Greven. professor, vice chair
jnan, department of ophthalmology. Wake Forest
"University Health Sciences; Karen Morgan, rela
tionship manager, Allegacy Federal Credit Union: i
Margaret Norfleet-Neff. owner/president, Peri
winkle Inc.; Cyndi Skaar. managing partner,
Group f/64; and Claire Tuttle, community volun- i
teer. * ]
Executive Committee at large members are:
Marvin Coats, artist. Thorns Craven, Mediation,
Inc.; Annamarie D'Souza, vice president, human |
resources, Sara Lee Hosiery; Diane Eshelman, i
executive vice president - administration, Salem I
Logistics Inc.; Zandra Hill, assistant vice presi
dent, Aon Risk Services; and Virginia Rutter, I
owner Belle View. 1
Ex-officio members are: Anne H. Shelburne, i
Bell, Davis & Pitt, Legal Counsel; Kelly Stroupe t
O'Dell, ACCES president; Stephen P. Karr, direc
tor of human resources and employment prac- !
tices, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; Sterling A. ;
Spainhour. senior vice president and associate
general counsel, Wachovia Corp.; and Susan B.
Wall. Directors emeritus are Noel L. Dunn, vice
chairman, Aon Risk Services, and Lucy Wilson,
retired financial manager. -it |jj
Board members at large are: Geraldine
Bowen, Stewart Butler. Ron Denny, Mary
McCabe Dudley, David Lubin. Joseph K. Opper
rnan. Tommy J. Payne. Suzie Ross. Denzil Strick
land, Pat Wasserbohr and Eileen Wilhem.
The mighty Tyrannotaurut Rex.
Dino-Mite
~Science Museum to bring creatures to life
SPECI \l [O I III CHRONICLE
Tyrannosaurus Rex a/d a
whole herd of moving, roaring,
robotic beasts will thrill young
paleontologists at SciWorks
from Aug. 9 through Jan. 3.
Visitors will be able to use a
control box to move a hands
on T-Rex, dig for fossils to take
home, make a dinosaur rub
bing. and learn more about
dinosaurs such as the Tyran
nosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus,
Triceratops, Paehy
cephalosaurus. and the Anky
losaurus. Nine different
dinosaurs will be on display.
There will be a specially
produced planetarium show for
this exhibit, "The Case of the
Disappearing Dinosaurs,"
which will allow visitors to
investigate one of the world's
greatest mysteries: What led to
the extinction of the dinosaurs?
This show also examines
evidence from astronomers and
geologists to understand how
changes in the earth may have
caused the demise of these
giants.
"Most children, once they
reach a certain age, are excited
about dinosaurs," said Dr. Bev
erly Sanford, SciWorks' execu
tive director. "This exhibit will
The dinosaurs were created by Kokoro of Japan.
bring to life something that has
fueled children's imagination
for
generations and will enable
'grown-ups' to revisit their
imagination as they see and
hear the giant beasts."
These robotic dinosaurs
were made in Japan by Kokoro
- a company specializing in
life-sized robotic creatures.
Since no one was around mil
lions of years ago with a tape
recorder or video camera,
Kokoro's engineers carefully
study skeletons and fossils.
Still, imagination comes into
play with some features such
as the dinosaur's color, skin
texture, and sound. Informa
tion from living reptiles is
drawn upon for these details.
For more information, log
onto www.sciworks.org or call
767-6730.
WFU professor, independent filmmaker
to screen documentary in Winston-Salem
SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE
Documentary filmmaker
Brett Ingram, a lecturer in
media production at Wake
Forest University, will have a
screening of his newest docu
mentary-in-progress at 10
p.m. Aug. I at PS 211 in Win
iton-Salem.
"Monster Road" is a 90
minute documentary about
Seattle underground animator
Bruce Bickford, best known
for his collaborations with
Frank Zappa in 1970s films
such as "Baby Snakes" and
'The Dub Room Special." It is
produced by Ingram and part
ner Jim Haverkamp of Bright
Eye Pictures in Durham.
Admission to the "Monster
Road" screening is by dona
ion. to assist in the comple
:ion of' the independent proj
:ct.
PS 211 is at 211 E. Third
St. in downtown Winston
Salem.
Ingram recently was
lamed one of the "25 New
Faces of Indie Film 2003" by
Filmmaker Magazine for his
.vork in independent films.
His documentaries and films
lave been screened at more
ban 100 festivals and muse
ims nationally and interna
ionally, collectively receiving
i total of 29 awards. Five of
.
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Ingram's films have aired on le
regional PBS stations. te
Ingram will direct a Wake m
Forest documentary this year sti
based on the university's nr
2003-2004 theme year, "Fos
ring Dialogue." He also will
ach "Dialogue and Docu
entary," a seminar where
adents will produce docu
entaries on the theme.
'Big Mac' Daddy
Paul Arnold (right),
accepts his check for
winning the impromp
tu "Are You Mac
Enough to Rock the
Mike" freestyle rap
competition. He cele
brates his victory with
Coco Budda (left) and
Doug Banks (center) at
the Doug Banks Morn
ing Show's Let's Jam,
Jam Session. Spon
sored by McDonald's,
the competition asked
participants to do 45
second raps on the
theme "Nothing
Eats Like a Big Mac."
In addition to the
$1,000 check, Arnold
also won a year's sup
ply of Big Macs.
Missy Elliott
Missy Elliott
leads video
awards race
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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NEW YORK - Missy Elliott worked
her way to a leading eight nominations for
this year's MTV Video Music Awards.
, The rapper's video for "Work It," a sur
real, Daliesque mixture of flies, gray skies
and twisted trees, is up for video of the
year, best female video and best hip-hop
video, the cable music channel announced
last week.
In technical categories, it was no tinat
cH for hp?f dirppfinn
special effects, art
direction, editing and
cinematography.
Justin Timberlake
followed with seven
nominations. "Cry
Me a River" - in
which he gets revenge
on a cheating girl
friend, who looks an
awful lot like his ex,
Britney Spears
received five, and the
50 Cent
disco hit "Rock Your Body got two.
And Johnny Cash's version of the Nine
Inch Nails song "Hurt" earned six nomina
tions, including video of the year, best
male video and best direction. The song is
off his album of covers. "American IV:
The Man Comes Around."
"I am overwhelmed by this great honor.
I thank you all for thinking of me," the 71
year-old country legend said in a state
ment. "It's been 48 years since my first
record and it's nice that people are still
digging them up."
Also up for video of the year are 50
Cent's "In Da Club" and Eminem's "Lose
Yourself." Both rappers received five
nominations.
The 20th annual -MTV Video Music
Awards are scheduled to air live from
Radio City Music Hall at 8 p.m. EDT Aug.
28. Chris Rock will be the host, with musi
cal performances planned from Christina
Aguilera. Coldplay and others.
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