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Arts & Lifestyle Of Interest ... Professor's 'From Cronkite to Colbert' book wins prize Geoffrey Bavm, a former television journalist and current associate professor of media studies at UNCG. has won the 2010 Book Award from the National Communication Association's Political Communication Division for his book, "From Cronkite to i^oioert me Evolution of Broadcast News " The award will be presented next month at the association's national conference in San Francisco Along with laughs for the audience, the hosts of faux news programs deliver tough questions for politicians, ques tions frequently missing from mainstream news coverage, Bavm says. Baym "Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert arc doing the heavy lifting of the Fourth Estate They're doing what Cronkite was trying to do all those years ago. although using radically different methods " Or Oct 30. Colbert and Stewart will host dueling rallies on DCs National Mall, spoofing Glenn Beck's Aug 28 Restoring Honor Rally. Baym suggests that Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity emphasizes a point "The Daily Show" and "The Colbert Report" have long been making. "Stewart asks us to be serious by being silly," Baym says. "Colbert calls for reason by being unrea sonable The tools of comedy - satire, irony and paro dy - have become necessary ways to talk about a polit ical culture that itself is growing increasingly bizarre." Solomon Burke and Albertina Walker pass away AMSTERDAM (AP) - Soul singer Solomon Burke died at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport last week. He was 70 Airport police spokesman Robert van Kapel con Burke Walker firmed the death of the stnger Sunday, and referred further questions to the performer's management Burke, whose hits include "Cry to Me" and "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love." was both a Grammy w inner and a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He had been due to perform at a well-known club in Amsterdam earlier this week Albertina Walker died last Friday in at RML Specialty Hospital in Chicago of respira tory failure. She was 81 Known as the "Queen of Gospel," Walker, a protege of Mahalia Jackson, formed her own gospel group, the Caravans, as a young woman. Later, she played the role of mentor to many young singers Agent and friend Sasha Daltonn said Walker stuck with gospel music even though she'd been encouraged to sing R&B during the 1960s and 1970s. "She was revered in the gospel community because of her commitment to gospel, her distinctive style and her uncompromising faith in God," Daltonn said. "It wasn't about the money. It was about the message." A foundation Walker started to help young people get formal musical training now gives away $10,000 a year U S Rep Bobby Rush said in a statement that Walker was a voice for the Civil Rights Movement whose music was "a healing balm to those who strug gled for justice ." Walker, a lifelong Chicago resident, was a member of the West Point Baptist Church. Nivens to talk about writing Bookmarks is presenting an evening with moth er/daughter authors. Penelope Niven and Jennifer Niven, on Friday, Oct. 22 at 7.30 p.m. at the Milton Khodes Center tor the Arts, 25 1 Spruce St. The Nivens will discuss their adventures with some of the books they have written ? and some of the books they almost wrote. A book signing with the authors will follow their talk. Proceeds from "A Conversation with Penelope Niven and Jennifer Niven" will benefit Bookmarks . Penelope Niven. the recipi ent of the North Carolina Ftntlop* \lvt n Award in Literature, is a Winston-Salem resident and is the author of critically acclaimed biographies of poet Carl Sandburg and photographer Edward Steichen Jennifer's books include "The Ice Master." "Ada Blackjack." "Velva Jean Learns to Drive," and The Aqua-Net Diaries: Big Hair. Big Dreams, Small Town " Ticket prices are $22 for general admission if pur chased in advance; $28 general admission if purchased at the door. The price for Premier Admission is $90 ($50 is tax deductible) Premier Admission includes a private reception with the Nivens beginning at 6 p.m. featuring heavy hors d'oeuvres; a copy of "The Aqua Net Diaries" and "Swimming I>essons;" a hook sign ing; reserved premier seating at the event, and limited VIP parking To purchase tickets, visit www.bookmarksbookfestival.org or call Brown Paper Tickets 24/7 ticket hotline at I -800-838- V)06. Marker honors all-black Lifesavers team CHKONK'Lt S'tAH KI HOKI . . A highway marker was unveiled Monday on S R. 12 at the Pea Island National Refuge Visitor's Center along the state's Outer Banks The North Carolina Historical Highway Marker honors the Pea Island Lifesavers and the station's keeper. Richard Etheridge. From 1880-1900. under Elheridge's military discipline, it remained the only all-black facility in the I'.S Lifesaving Service. Monday's unveiling included a screening of the documentary Rescue Men: The Story of the Pea Island Life Savers." a film bv Allan Smith based on the book "'Fire on the Beach" by Dav id Zoby and David Wright The dedication date recalls the most dramatic rescue of the lifesavers on Oct. 11, 1896, when a three-masted schooner. E.S. Newman, ran into a hurricane, lost all sails and drifted more than 100 miles before sinking just two miles south of the life saving station. Conditions forced Etheridge to send his two strongest swimmers into the surf, each tied to a rope. The surf men tied survivors of the sunken ship to themselves and dragged the travelers back to shore, thus rescuing nine crew and passengers. After a campaign for recognition. Etheridge and his crew were posthumously awarded the Gold Lifesaving Medal in 1966. A statute of Etheridge was unveiled this summer in front of the Pea Island Museum. Photo tourtety of ih e N C Departmem of Cuhurml Resource* The Pea Island Lifesaving Station rescuers. Lecture to focus on Cherokee slave owner C HRONIC l.l s r \l I Kl PORT Tiya Miles, an award-winning author and noted professor of history, will lecture on "The Artistry of Women on the Va'nn Plantation" at the St. Philips Complex at Old Salem Museums & Gardens on Saturday, Oct. lft at 2 p.rn, Miles' lecture will focus on the lives of women living and working in the southern backcountry in the 18th and 19th centuries, including Anna K t) N I n it Gambold. a Mora* i a n Missionary ; Peggy Scott Vann. the wife of a Cherokee Plantation owner and slave holder: Pleasant. a slave at the Spring Place Miles Mission in the Cherokee Nation: and other enslaved black women. Mi les is an associate professor of history, American culture. Afro American studies and Native American studies at the University of Michigan. Her first book. "Ties That Bind: The Story of An Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom." won the Organization of American Historians' Turner Prize and the American Studies Association s Romero Prize. "The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story," an explo ration of African American life among American Indians, is Miles' most recent book. It tells of James Vann, a wealthy Cherokee who built a planta tion called Diamond Hill in present day north Georgia. Vann and his fami ly possessed nearly 100 of the 583 black slaves owned by Cherokees in the first decade of the nineteenth cen tury Women's book clubs and orcein /ra tions are invited to set up displays at the lecture. Call 336-721-7399 or email charrx? oldsalem org for more information . Finger Lickin' Good Fight Submitted PHiX. The recent Twin City Food high/ at the Piedmont Club raised nearly $4000 for Muscular Dystrophy Association, Second Harvest Food Rank of Sorthwest North Carolina and ClubCorp's Employee Partners Care Foundation. About 160 people attend ed the event, which featured food prepared by Piedmont Club Chef Charles Kurtz and Chef Jeff Bacon, founder of the Triad Community Kitchen. Here, Kurtz ( second from left ) and Hacon < second from right) pose with (from left ) Celebrity Judge Wanda Starke ofWXH-12, Second Harvest Food Hank CF.O Clyde Fitzgerald; Celebrity Judge Chevara Orrin. a community advocate who owns \\ hiteSpace Gallery; and Piedmont Club Manager Peter Grzan. "The Chittlin Circuit Review" coming to Delta Aits HRONICLE S I Al l RETORT The Delta Arts Center *ill open "The Chittlin rircuit Review." a sweeping .eries of paintings by Washington, D C. artist Rik -reeman. on Oct. 22. An opening reception will be leld on Sunday. Nov. 14 rom 3 - 5 p.m. The paint ngs will be on display hrough Jan. 15. 201 1 . Freeman's vibrant paint ngs chronicle the history of 3lues music's passage from he country to the city, after urbulent social conditions >f the rural countryside mpelled a mass movement if African Americans to the North beginning in 1919. Freeman has been evolv ng "The Chittlin Circuit Review" for the past 16 ^ears A native of Athens, -reeman has studied at Savannah State College and najored in painting at the j'niversity of Georgia He ilso studied at The US Army School of Graphic llustration in Denver His nurals can be seen through Rik Freeman's "Taint Nuttin \u." out the Washington, DC. area. "The Chittlin Circuit Review" began its tour at the Greater Reston Arts Center and has since been exhibited in Charleston, S C., Jackson, Miss., Washington, D.C., and Gettysburg, Penn. The Delta exhibition will mark the first time this vibrant group of paintings will be shown in North Carolina. A number of related activities and programs are planned, including a blues dinner with performances by Big Ron Hunter and Captain Luke on Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m. RikF reeman The Delta Arts Center is located at 2611 Ne w Walkertown Road. For more information, call 336-722 2625 or go to www.deltafinearts .org . NCCU bringing Grammy-winning Gospel talent to campus SPECIAL TO THE CHRONICLE Two Grammy Award- winning gospel singers. Israel & New Breed and Smokie Norful. will perform at N ( . Central University's Homecoming Lyceum con cert on Oct. 2ft Both CJ.S born artists have international follow ings. NCCtJ's popular gospel music concert is a tradi tional pari of the school's. Homecoming Week celebration The Lyceum event begins at 7 p m in McDougald-Mci.cndon (iymnasium. ftlft h L.awson St The artist Israel Houghton is known professionally as Israel & New Breed His more than 10 major albums are noted for blending pop. rock. I.atin and R&B Houghton won a 2006 Grammy for Smokie Norful Best Traditional Gospel Album and a 2008 award for Best Pop/Contemporary Gospel Album This year, he won in the same cat egory for his album. "The Power of One." The album was recorded at London's famed Abbey Road Studios. He also has received two Stellar and two Dove awards. Houghton is worship leader at Lakewood Church, a mega-church in Houston. Te*.. led by the Rev. Joel Ostccn His first album. "Whisper It Loud" was released in 1997 He has writ ten or co-written 1 1 Christian Copyright Licensing International Top 500 songs. Norful's "Nothing Without You" album won a Grammy in 2004 for Best Contemporary Soul Gospel Album. The See NCCU on A? X
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