Impish North Carolina Shakespeare Festival co-creator
Mark Woods, co creator and producer of the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, recalls an early stage debut at four and his lifelong drive for theatre. He moved from New York to Winston Salem to found the festival with Stuart Brooks while raising funds and shaping a classical theater program.
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Carol Wilson Utley
Mark Woods
Woods
Burlington
Vermont
Lord Fauntleroy
Madame Vine
North Carolina
New York
Winston-Salem
Broadway
American Academy of Dramatic Arts
Mary
South
Alaskam
Winston
Brooks
Nort Carolina
Ensemble
Stuart Brooks
Togettien
Whale Tail Mural Sparks Arts Surge in Thomasville Town
In Thomasville and nearby Lexington youngsters join Bill Jordan in crafting a whale tail mural for a new civic auditorium, part of a Third Century Artists program funded quarterly. The project aims to integrate art into the community as state artists note growing local participation and potential future projects.
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Piedmont
Gershwin
Wyeth
Bill Jordan
Lexington
Jondam
Jordan
RFK Award Highlights Humility in Journalism
Berry's World notes that journalism awards often celebrate triumphs but one prize stands out for humility. The Robert F. Kennedy prize honors pursuit of truth about the poor and the disadvantaged, inspired by Kennedy's advocacy and the power of reporting to reveal suffering and injustice.
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Washington
NEA
Robert F
America
Bobby Kennedy
Roaming the Piedmont A Bare Footed Seafaring Tale
A first person reminiscence recalls a hot last week with a barefoot boy on a drive and aboard a ship. The narrator describes a crewman loading canisters by cable on a steamer’s deck and notes the man’s size and his six toes per foot as a striking detail. The account ends with a midnight voyage from Hilo to Honolulu and moonlit Pacific scenes.
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Hilo
Honolulu
Pacific
Editor's Outlook: Literacy Rate Declining Despite High Spending
A Los Angeles Times Syndicate column argues that despite record public education spending and high teacher salaries, literacy is slipping. It cites a San Diego Naval base report where 37 percent of recruits cannot read at sixth grade level and 70 percent cannot complete boot camp, urging renewed focus on quality control and standards.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
America
James Watkins
USN
San Diego
Naval Training Base
General Motors
Chevrolet
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Gregg Gayner
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Glowe
Ing
Terms
Beem
New, York
California
RFK and the Press
Berry's
Robert Walters
We Hollows
West Virginia
Chicago
Braxton Younts
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