Five individuals and one organization have been selected to receive the 24th Annual Raleigh Medal of Arts, the City of Raleigh Arts Commission has announced. The recipients are Lucy Daniels, Dr. Charles (Chuck) Davis, Lenard D. Moore, Susan Newberry, Jeffery H. Richardson, and Capital Bank.
The Raleigh Medal of Arts is awarded for lifetime extraordinary achievement in the practice of, or in support of, local arts. Originally based on the National Medal of Arts, the program was inaugurated in 1984 by the Arts Commission so that excellence in the arts could be given special recognition. Over the past 24 years, 122 medals have been awarded. The recipients have ranged from businesses like Progress Energy, arts organizations such as North Carolina Symphony, to artists such as sculptor Thomas Sayre and choreographer Robert Weiss.
Mark your calendars! The 24th Medal of Arts ceremony will take place on Oct. 8 at 7 p.m. in Fletcher Opera Theater at the Progress Energy Center for the Performing Arts. The ceremony will feature special guests (to be announced shortly) and performances, followed by a festive reception. The event will be free and open to the public.
Last night I returned to North Carolina from a much-needed long weekend, and I’m back at my desk this morning.
I will, however, be out of the office again today for anywhere from thirty minutes to a few hours, as I hope all of you will be today, too - unless you voted early.
No matter who you [...]
Don’t forget that the 2008 Induction Ceremony for the NC Literary Hall of Fame will be this Sunday, October 19, at 2 p.m., at the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities in Southern Pines. The ceremony is free and open to the public.
James Applewhite, William S. Powell, and Lee Smith are this year’s inductees. [...]
I’ve found, or been sent, so many good links and other tidbits of interest to writers, I hardly know where to start.
Let’s begin with an interview with Ron Rash, the keynote speaker at the 2008 Fall Conference and author of the new novel Serena, from today’s Shelf Awareness:
Book Brahmins: Ron Rash
Ron Rash is the author [...]
Hat's Off!
...to Art Taylor for several recent and upcoming publications: the essay "Murder in Black & White: Novels of the Civil Rights Era" in the Fall 2008 issue of *Mystery Scene* magazine; the short story "Shrimp & Grits"
forthcoming in the January-February 2009 issue of *The Rambler*; and the short story "A Voice From the Past" in an upcoming issue of *Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine* (pub. date t.b.d.).
