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S3 The Chronicle Algust 13, 2020 Community Calendar Please call ahead to make sure your event is still happening. We will post cancellations/postponements announcements when received. NOW - Volunteer Center of the Triad The Volunteer Center of the Triad is responding to COVID-19 by bringing the volunteer community together. We have des ignated a portion of our website www.volunteer- centertriad.org to assist our non-profit community as their needs arise around the COVID-19 pandemic. If you are interested in vol unteering, visit www.vol- unteercentertriad.org, click COVID-19 Response and search volunteer opportu nities available. NOW - Girl Scouts on Facebook Live Every Monday through Friday at 11 a.m., 4 and 7 p.m. and on urdays at 11 a.m., Scouts and anyone p.m. Sat- Girl who is interested can tune into Facebook Live workshops with topics ranging any where from STEM and gardening to life skills and family game night. They even host a weekly camp- fire on Thursday evenings. To receive information for these newly forming troops, families can visit www.BeAGirlScout.org/ connect. There will be spe cific troop times for each girl grade level. For more information about virtual Girl Scout opportunities or to learn more about Girl Scouting in your community, please visit www.girlscoutsp2p. org. Questions about vir tual programming can also be directed to info@ girlscoutsp2p.org or 800- 672-2148. . NOW - Oct. 4 -Artist support grants The Arts Council of Winston-Salem & Forsyth County is seeking appli cations for its new Artist Support Grants program (formerly the Regional Artist Project Grant), which will help artists in a five-county region further their professional and ar tistic development. Com mitted, gifted individual artists and collaborative groups in Forsyth, David son, Davie, Guilford and Randolph counties are eligible to apply. Deadline for applications is Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, by midnight. Grants will range from $500 - $2,000. Guidelines, applica tion and online informa tion sessions are available at www.intothearts.org. There will be two informa tion sessions held online to assist with the application process and to address any questions. The next ses sion is Tuesday, Aug. 18, from 5-6 p.m. Artists need to attend only one session and are asked to RSVP to jmedley @intothearts. org. Respondents will be sent the link to attend. A re corded information session will be available online for those who cannot attend. Aug. 20 - RiverRun to screen The RiverRun Inter national Film Festival has announced that it will screen the film “before/ during/after,” originally scheduled to be part of the 2020 festival, at the Marketplace Drive-In in Winston-Salem on Thurs day, Aug. 20. Marketplace Cinemas is located at 2095 Peters Creek Parkway in Winston-Salem. Gates will open at 7:30 p.m. with the screening beginning at dusk around 8:45 p.m. Tickets are $20 per car, $30 per car for VIP park ing, and are available for purchase by visitinghttps:// mpcwsdrivein.simpletix. com. Aug. 29 - 16th annual Shmedfast Shmedfest, a family- friendly music event bene- fitting Crisis Control Min istry, will be held virtually all day on Saturday, Aug. 29. Follow Shmedfest on Facebook to tune in for great music, dance chal lenges, giveaways, and stories of impact from Cri sis Control Ministry. In addition, this year there is a new fitness chal lenge event called The Shmed, a fundraiser or ganized by F3 Winston- Salem held at the Win ston-Salem Fairgrounds. Bring your tent and camp out overnight with F3. The Shmed will be live- streamed, so you can reg ister and work out from the comfort of your own home, too. The Shmed includes four 45-minute workouts over a 24-hour period at 6 p.m., 2 a.m., 10 a.m., and 5 p.m. There will also be a 5,000-rep challenge and prizes for the winners! To register for The Shmed, go online to https://secure.qgiv.com/ event/theshmed/. The Shmed has a registration fee to cover the cost of your t-shirt and provide a family with a food order from Crisis Control Minis try. Shmedfest is free, but donations are encouraged! You can donate online at www.crisiscontrol.org. Here are online Book marks events for the month of August. Contact: info@book- marksnc.org URL for info on all events: https://www. bookmarksnc.org/calendar Aug. 13 at 7 p.m. Reader Meet Writer: Sarah M. Broom Reader Meet Writer is a virtual event series host ed and produced by SIBA, the Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance. This event will feature au thor Sarah M. Broom and her 2019 National Book Award-winning memoir The Yellow House. Free to attend but registration is required. Info@book- marksnc.org. August 15, all-day event Bookstore Romance Day with Bookmarks 634 W. Fourth Street #110, Winston-Salem Bookstore Romance Day is a day designed to give independent book- stores an opportunity to celebrate romance fiction - its books, readers, and writers - and to strengthen the relationships between bookstores and the ro mance community. Join us to celebrate with book suggestions, activities, and an author event in the eve ning. Events to be held in store and online featuring: 2 p.m. - Avon Books Spotlight Panel In celebration of Book store Romance Day, Avon Books presents a very spe cial event with Meg Cabot, 2020 Bookstore Romance Day Ambassador, Alexis Daria, and Talia Hibbert in conversation with Mau reen Lenker of Entertain ment Weekly. For com plete information, visit:. https ://www. bookmark- snc.org/event/bookstore- romance-day-avon-books- spotlight-panel 6:30 p.m. - Romance Book Club Something to Talk About by Meryl Wilsner tells the story of Holly wood powerhouse Jo is photographed making her assistant Emma laugh on the red carpet, and just like that, the tabloids de clare them a couple. As the two women begin to spend more time together, they realize the rumor might not be so off base after all ... but is acting on the spark between them worth fanning the gossip flames? To sign up, e-mail beth@ bookmarksnc.org; com plete information: https:// www.bookmarksnc.org/ event/romance-book- club-2. August 16 at 4 p.m. LGBTQ Book Club- Virtual Meeting Join us to discuss This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar. All are welcome. Email info@bookmarksnc.org to register. Canceled events: Aug. 27-29 - Used book sale - Canceled The Shepherd’s Cen ter of Greater Winston- Salem’s 33rd Annual Used Book Sale scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 27, Friday, Aug. 28, and Saturday, Aug. 29, at the fairgrounds has been canceled. at Forsyth.ee/GovidUpdate 2020 Summer Music Series - Canceled The Downtown Win ston-Salem Partnership has canceled the 2020 Summer Music Series that consists of Downtown Jazz on Friday nights and Summer on Liberty on Saturday nights. We plan on returning to the event in the summer of 2021. How to submit items to the community calendar: We appreciate your community news. Here’s how you can help us to process your news more efficiently: *Please give us com plete information about the event, such as the sponsor and address, date, time and place of the event and contact information so that the public can con tact someone for more in formation if needed *Please submit items in document form in an email or Word or PDF at tachment. *Submit photos as at tachments to emails as jpegs at least 4 inches wide by 6 inches deep rather than sent on docu ments. Please send cap tions with photos. *Please do not send jpeg filers only, since we cannot transfer the infor mation on them into docu ments. The deadline is Sun day at 11:59 p.m. to have all calendar items submit ted for that week’s paper. Send your calendar items to news@wschron- icle.com. You can also drop them off, Monday through Friday before 5 p.m., or mail your items to Winston-Salem Chroni cle, 1300 E. Fifth St., Win ston-Salem, NC 27101; or send them via our website, www. wschronicle. com. WE KNOW WHAT TO DO Wear a mask WaitG • GFEET • apart Wash or sanitize your hands frequently WE JUST HAVE TO DO IT. Information about COVID-19 testing locations and drive-through clinics w M 1 ^ Promoting Health, improving lives FIGHT THE SPREAD Public Input Meetings City-County Public Art Plan PUBLIC - ART WS|FC Tuesday, August 18,12:00 noon-1:30 pm Paddison Memorial Library 248 Harmon Ln, Kernersville Thursday, August 20,1:00-2:00 pm Virtual Meeting Thursday, August 20, 6:00-7:30 pm W.R. Anderson Community Center 2450 Reynolds Park Rd, Winston-Salem Tuesday, August 25, 6:00-7:30 pm Hanes Hosiery Community Center 501 Reynolds Blvd, Winston-Salem Thursday, August 27, 6:00-7:00 pm Virtual Meeting All in-person meetings will be physically distanced and have limited attendance. Masks will be required. Sign up for all in-person and virtual meetings, read the plan, and take our survey at www.cityofws.org/publicart. Have a Story Idea? Let Us Know! News@wschronicle. com
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