Artists' Salon to focus on co-op

CARRBORO -- The next Artists' Salon, sponsored by the Orange County Arts Commission, will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Aug. 28 in the West End Theatre at The ArtsCenter in Carrboro.

The topic for August is "North Carolina Songwriters Co-Op." Guest panelists are:

n Dwight Sullivan, Co-op coordinator: Overview of Co-Op and program and monthly Live Music Lab session.

n John Saylor, Open Mic host: on the Chapel Hill Open Mic.

n Jamie Anderson, contest director: The 12th Annual Songwriting Contest (now accepting entries).

n Chuck Champion, Co-Op communications director: "My Co-Op."

n Doctor Oakroot, Open Mic host: on the Durham Open Mic.

n Louise Bendall, Co-Op membership director: "My Co-Op."

n Dennis Mikel, host of the Raleigh Open Mic.

n Kirk Ridge, Co-Op workshops director: The NEW monthly Song Doctor sessions (coming this Fall).

Salons are free, for Orange County artists of all kinds. Light refreshments will be served.

It is the hope of the Orange County Arts Commission to not only bring the artistic community together but to facilitate closer ties between artists and the general community of Orange County.

If you plan to attend, RSVP to the Orange County Arts Commission at (919) 245-2335 or e-mail arts@co.orange.nc.us.

McInerney at poetry festival

GREENSBORO -- Will McInerney, a 20-year-old resident of Chapel Hill and student at UNC Chapel Hill, will perform at the final MoSoul Poetry Festival in Greensboro presented by Reasons 2 Rhyme today and tomorrow.

The MoSoul Poetry Festival is a two-day festival that has integrated five events that will feature 10 poets from Greensboro, Michigan, Philadelphia, Florida, New Jersey and New York.

McInerney has been writing and performing poetry around North Carolina. He is a member and mentor of the youth poetry slam team, the Sacrificial Poets.

Reasons 2 Rhyme is a free poetry series that is led by Josephus III, a spoken word artist.

The MoSoul Poetry Festival is the largest event of the summer for the series. Also, making the event a great opportunity for families to enjoy an afternoon of spoken word.

Cortese to tell family's story

CHAPEL HILL -- Nine members of Carina Cortese's mother's family were killed by the Argentine military during what's known as the Dirty War in that country, from 1976-83.

The family's fatal struggle against the Argentine military dictatorship will be profiled in "Afterimages of the Disappeared," Cortese's one-woman performance at 8 p.m. Sept. 4 and Sept. 5 at UNC.

The show in Gerrard Hall will be the first in this year's Process Series from the UNC Office of the Executive Director of the Arts, in collaboration with university units including the departments of dramatic art and communication studies in the College of Arts and Sciences.

"Afterimages of the Disappeared," is sponsored by the dramatic art department and based on interviews with Cortese's mother and aunt. It seeks to honor events of the Dirty War as well as the act of remembering. The war concerned state-sponsored violence against the citizenry, primarily by Jorge Rafael Videla's military government.

A recent UNC graduate with a bachelor's degree in dramatic art, Cortese wrote "Afterimages" in conjunction with her honors thesis, for which she received highest honors.

"While studying abroad in Argentina, Carina was asked to read a popular history book that revealed stories about her own family she had never heard," said UNC artist-in-residence Joseph Megel, director of The Process Series. "What followed was her odyssey of discovery and rediscovery.

"Carina's relentless pursuit of the truth is a testament to the overwhelming power and grace of memory."