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Carrboro Film Fest
accepting entries
Professional, amateur and K-12 filmmakers are
invited to submit short films for the seventh annual
Carrboro Film Festival, which will be held on Nov. 18
at the Carrboro Century Center.
The Festival is one of the
largest festivals of its kind in
the Southeast. Submissions are
open to any filmmaker who has
"breathed the good air of North
Carolina" sometime in their
lives. Works must be under 20
minutes run time, including
titles and end credits.
Films received by Aug. 20
carry a $10 entry feet after that,
the fee goes to $15 per film.
Online and DVD submissions close September 30.
Details for submitting can be found at
www.carrborofilmfestival.com. For more information,
email filmfest@carrboro.com. Previous festival award
winners include Wiggle Room, an animated short that
has qualified for Oscar? consideration.
Maxwell cancels tour
NEW YORK (AP) ? R&B singer Maxwell has
cancelled his short U.S. tour after developing vocal
swelling and hemorrhaging.
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A representative tor the
singer said Friday that he has
been advised by doctors to rest
and undergo treatment.
Maxwell's six-date summer
tour had shows planned for Los
Angeles, Atlanta and Newark,
N J. for July and August.
Maxwell said in the state
ment that canceling the tour
"sucks" and he plans to hit the
road when his new album,
"blackSUMMERS'night," is
released later this year.
The 39-year-old made his return to music in 2009
after a seven-year break with the platinum album
"BLACKsummers'night." It won the singer-song
writer two Grammy Awards, among other accolades.
The statement also said refunds are available at the
point of purchase.
Mundy joins Sawtooth
The Sawtooth School for Visual Art has hired
Kevin Mundy to fill the newly-created position of
Sales and Marketing manager. Mundy brings with him
a broad range of sales and marketing management
experience, having worked previously for Sara
Lee/Hanesbrands, the United Way, AIDS Care Service,
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Graphics.
He earned his BA degree in
Spanish and government from
Wofford College, and holds a
Master's in International
Business from the University of
South Carolina.
"The board made the strate
gic decision to create a new
staff position to concentrate
specifically on increasing class
enrollments and to develop
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businesses and organizations," said Sharon Hamilton,
president of the Sawtooth School's Board of
Directors. "We are delighted to have Kevin on board
to fill this role. He has experience in both the corpo
rate sector and the non-profit world that will help us
take the Sawtooth to the next level."
Support for the position comes from The Winston
Salem Foundation, and was made from funds provided
by the Charles Babcock, Jr. Field of Interest Fund and
the Community Arts Fund.
Sawtooth School for Visual Art is the premier com
munity visual art school in the Piedmont Triad and
provides art education for all ages.
Workshop for writers planned
A workshop for aspiring writers will be held on
Saturday. June 30 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Laurel
Learning Center of the Hawthorne Inn & Conference
Center, 420 High St.
In a media release. Destined for Success, which is
Charles Crouch
hosting the event, states
that the event will offer
attendees an oppoitunity
to learn from and com
municate with estab
lished authors in an inti
mate, casual environ
ment. Financing strate
gies for publishing and
publishing options are
among the topics that
will be discussed.
Organizers say that
several authors will be
on hand, including
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Tamico Jones, K.R. Spoon and Alicia Clinton.
The event - which is open to writers and poets of
all skill levels, ages 16 and up - is $25 and includes
lunch.
Destined for Success is a non-profit organization
with a mission to inspire individuals to fulfill their
maximum potential, promote educational development
by placing an emphasis on literacy, and developing
leadership to enhance the community.
For more information, visit
www.AliciaClinton.com or call 336-734-4565.
Bassett campaigns for Obama in NC
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Actress Angela Bassett, who
spent a portion of her childhood
in Winston-Salem, hosted a rally
last week in Fayetteville for
Organizing for America North
Carolina, President Obama's
grassroots reelection effort.
Designed to energize female
voters, the "Our Voice" event
was held at the Metropolitan
Room. Bassett and members of
the local Women for Obama
chapter discussed what's at stake
for women in this year's elec
tion.
"When I think about my
vote, I think about my kids and
their future. The moms out there
know what I mean," said Bassett,
who earned an Oscar nomination
for "What's Love Got to Do
With It" and has also appeared in
films like "Malcolm X" and
"Waiting to Exhale." "We all
want our children to have a
chance to go to the best schools.
So does President Obama. He's
making college more
affordable. He's making loans
more accessible and easier to
pay back. He knows the only
way we can out-compete the rest
of the world is if we out-educate
the rest of the world."
The Obama campaign is hop
ing to sway women by touting
the president's work to ensure
equal pay for an equal day's
work and expand access to qual
ity, affordable health care, child
care and education.
"I want my son and my
daughter to be paid the same for
doing the same work - no matter
their gender," continued Bassett,
who is married to actor Courtney
Vance. "Mitt Romney hasn't said
whether he supports this
Paycheck Fairness Act, which is
a bill that would go even further
than the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay
Act to stop unequal pay before it
starts. As a woman, I can't trust
Mitt Romney to stand up for
me."
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President Barack Obama talks with famed writer Toni Morrison
in the Blue Room of the White House on May 29. On that
evening, Morrison and several other icons received the
Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Live Like a Cat
Reid's new book offers feline-inspired advice
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Winston-Salem native Lana Reid has a new book out.
"Survival Tips My Cat Taught Me" combines humor with
feline-inspired advice on overcoming life's obstacles and
achieving personal growth.
Reid, an award-winning author and public speaker who
now lives in Los Angeles, has lived with cats her entire life.
Over the years, she says she has come to realize that no mat
ter what chal
lenges came
along, her
beloved pets
always seemed
to have an innate
ability to con
front them and
survive
unscathed.
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watching her
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cat-like resilience with a combination of humor and practical
advice.
Reid is no stranger to overcoming challenges. When she
was just 32-years-old, her husband was killed, leaving her a
grieving single mom with young daughter. Despite this
tragedy, she said she found the inner-strength to keep going
and ways to help others. The accomplished writer has touched
many lives, and her daughter has grown into a successful and
intelligent young woman.
Lana's new book is dedicated to both her daughter and her
cats, who she notes have all helped her survive the hard days.
Each chapter looks at a specific lesson that can be learned
from cats and offers real-life advice. For example, in the first
chapter, "When you get thrown in the water...Swim," Reid
observes how cats that find themselves immersed in water will
look incredibly furious, but will also do anything and every
thing possible to get out of the uncomfortable situation. When
they do emeige, they look miserable for awhile, but they still
survive.
To learn more about Lana Reid or to purchase the book,
visit http:lllanareid.com.
Magazine celebrates
Watson in Icon issue
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Our State magazine has dedicated its "icon issue" to the
late Doc Watson, a North Carolina bom and bred flat-picking
guitar legend who died on May 29 in a Winston-Salem hospi
tal. He was 89.
Watson is a member of the International Bluegrass Music
Hall of Honor and a recipient of the National Medal of Arts.
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MerleFest Festival, which
features bluegrass, blues and
folks acts, each April in
Wilkesboro.
"We created our icon
issue to showcase those
extraordinary people, places
and things in North Carolina
that surpass our geographi
cal boundaries and propel
some of North Carolina's
most notable images into the
national spotlight," says Our
State Editor Elizabeth
Hudson. "And on our cover,
we were so proud to pay
tribute to Doc Watson - a
Deiovea musical icon whose reach went well beyond North
Carolina and resonated throughout the entire United States."
From sweet tea to the 82nd Airborne to the Mast General
Store, Our State's July issue celebrates 100 Icons of North
Carolina and includes a pullout, keepsake poster that illus
trates the icons with original artwork and descriptions.
Seven of the icons are featured in full-length stories that
answer the question: "What is an icon?" They are: Mayberry,
Billy Graham, Doc Watson, furniture, Richard Petty, ACC on
Basketball Road and the song "Carolina On My Mind."
The icon edition of Our State, a statewide magazine devot
ed to travel, history, people and places, went on sale June 26.
Miss North Carolina Photos
Alexandra Badgett dazzles judges and the crowd.
Badgett wins 'Outstanding Teen'
CHRONICLE STAFF REPORT
Miss Lake Norman Alexandra
Badgett took home the top honor as
Miss North Carolina's
Outstanding Teen last
Thursday at Raleigh
Memorial Auditorium.
Badgett, a rising senior
at Gaston Christian
Academy, was chosen
from a field of 35 competi
tors. As a two-time pre
liminary winner in the tal
ent and fitness categories
in preliminary competition
earlier in the week,
Badgett cruised into the
top ten and the final five
before being named the
overall winner.
The daughter of Joe
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Badgett Perry and Curtis Perry of
Denver, N.C., Badgett tapped to
Natalie Cole's "It's Sand Man." She
chose as her platform to combat teen
age pregnancy by reaching out to at
risk teens, especially through oppor
tunities to be involved in the perform
ing aits.
On Saturday night at the same
venue, Arlie Honeycutt, Miss
Kinston-Lenoir, won the Miss North
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With her vocal per
formance of Adele's
"Someone Like You,"
Honeycutt edged out
Bindhu Pamarthi, Miss
lohnston County, to
take home the $15,000
scholarship award
given to the winner. As
first runner-up,
Pamarthi will receive a
$5,000 scholarship.
A rising junior at
East Carolina
University in
Greenville, where she
is pursuing a bache
lor's degree in vocal performance,
Honeycutt will have to put her educa
tion on hold as she prepares to com
pete in Miss America 2013 in Las
Vegas in January.
Honeycutt is the daughter of Scott
and Beth Honeycutt of Garner.