Orange Co. Arts Commission

Piedmont Laureate Presents: How to Cover Politics and Stay Sane, An Election-Year Preview

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The Orange County Arts Commission and Piedmont Laureate David Menconi Present: How to Cover Politics and Stay Sane: An Election-Year Preview Wednesday, Dec. 4 at 7pm Chapel Hill Library In today’s increasingly devisive political climate, how do reporters cover politics while maintaining clarity, honoring industry ethics standards and, more importantly, keeping thier sanity?  And how are… Read More →

The 2020 Piedmont Laureate Program is Seeking Playwrights and Screenwriters

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The Piedmont Laureate program is accepting applications from writers of plays, musicals and screenplays (for film, television and video games). Authors must be residents of Wake, Durham or Orange counties. The deadline to apply is October 7, 2019 by midnight. The primary goal of the Piedmont Laureate program is “to promote awareness and heighten appreciation… Read More →

Piedmont Laureate presents, a History of Triangle Labels: A MRG30 Preview

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Durham-based Merge Records will mark its 30-year anniversary in July with MRG30, but the history of Triangle record companies goes back much longer than that. Join 2019 Piedmont Laureate David Menconi for a program about the history of record companies in the Triangle, going all the way back to blues pickers in the 1930s. Players… Read More →

Piedmont Laureate presents Talking and Singing the Gospel

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Join 2019 Piedmont Laureate David Menconi with Music Maker Relief Foundation founder/president Tim Duffy and recent Grammy-winner Bill Ferris for a talk about gospel and blues music, culture and photography — as well as the fabulous new book “Blue Muse: Timothy Duffy’s Southern Photographs.” With a live performance by the acclaimed gospel group Dedicated Men… Read More →

Piedmont Laureate presents Talking and Singing the Gospel

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Join 2019 Piedmont Laureate David Menconi with Music Maker Relief Foundation founder/president Tim Duffy and recent Grammy-winner Bill Ferris for a talk about gospel and blues music, culture and photography — as well as the fabulous new book “Blue Muse: Timothy Duffy’s Southern Photographs.” With a live performance by the acclaimed gospel group Dedicated Men… Read More →

David Menconi selected as 2019 Piedmont Laureate

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Featured photo courtesy of Scott Sharpe David Menconi, a Raleigh-based writer of creative non-fiction, has been selected as the region’s 2019 Piedmont Laureate. During 2019, Menconi will appear at workshops, reading programs and speaking engagements throughout Wake, Durham and Orange counties. The Piedmont Laureate program is dedicated to building a literary bridge for residents to… Read More →

Piedmont Laureate Program Issues Call for Writers of Creative Non-Fiction

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Piedmont Laureate Program Issues Call for Writers of Creative Non-Fiction The Piedmont Laureate program is accepting applications from creative non-fiction writers of works including biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, travel writing and new journalism for 2019. Authors must be residents of Wake, Durham or Orange counties. The deadline to apply is October 5, 2018 by 5:00 p.m…. Read More →

Authors Lee Smith and Nancy Peacock to Host Discussion on the Importance of Mentorship

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Local authors Nancy Peacock and Lee Smith will host a public discussion on the importance of mentorship May 1 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Orange County Library, located at 137 W. Margaret Lane in Hillsborough.     In 1993 Nancy Peacock (“Life Without Water,” “A Broom of One’s Own,” and “The Life and Times of Persimmon Wilson”)… Read More →