Cultural Events in January

Please call ahead, as changing weather conditions may affect some events.

Heart Pour – Black History Month Poetry
Saturday, January 30, 2010, 7:00:00 PM
Hosted by Chris Bodor, a member of the Outsider Writers Collective, Heart Pour Spoken Word occurs on the last Sunday of each month. For January 31st Black History is the theme and the featured reader is RA Hasan-Jones. If you would like to share a poem during the open mic please sign up with the host 15 minutes before start time on the day of the event or anytime on line at www.bodor.org Dates: 1/31/2010 12:00:00 AM – 1/31/2010 12:00:00 AM

The Snow Queen presented by Theatre Saint Augustine
Thursday, January 21, 2010, 7:00:00 PM
The Snow Queen presented by Theatre Saint AugustineThe Snow Queen is a tender fable about the transformative power of love: Gerda, the young heroine, perseveres against witches and royalty and robbers; she wanders through the world alone, looking for her best friend, Kai, who has been taken away by the Snow Queen. He has a piece of enchanted glass in his eye and his heart that makes him see only ugliness. Kai can only be saved by Gerda’s loyal affection. The Snow Queen is a charming holiday story with a beautiful message and appropriate for those both young and young at heart. Dates: 1/22/2010 12:00:00 AM – 1/23/2010 12:00:00 AM

The Snow Queen, by Theatre Saint Augustine
Thursday, January 14, 2010, 7:00:00 PM
The Snow Queen is a tender fable about the transformative power of love: Gerda, the young heroine, perseveres against witches and royalty and robbers; she wanders through the world alone, looking for her best friend, Kai, who has been taken away by the Snow Queen. He has a piece of enchanted glass in his eye and his heart that makes him see only ugliness. Kai can only be saved by Gerda’s loyal affection. The Snow Queen is a charming holiday story with a beautiful message and appropriate for those both young and young at heart. Dates: 1/15/2010 12:00:00 AM – 1/16/2010 12:00:00 AM

Movie, “Goodbye Solo”
Thursday, January 07, 2010, 7:00:00 PM
One of the most cheering cinematic trends of late is the blossoming of a style that could be called American postindustrial neorealism.Filmmakers such as Kelly Reichardt (“Old Joy,” “Wendy and Lucy”), Courtney Hunt (“Frozen River”) and Jake Mahaffy (“Wellness”) are making movies that, like those of Italian neorealists of the 1940s, are deeply rooted in their time and place, giving viewers by turns harrowing and poetic glimpses into life as it is lived, right now. As “Goodbye Solo” begins, a Senegalese immigrant named Solo (Soulymane Sy Savan) is driving a cab in Winston-Salem, N.C., and picks up a crusty old geezer named William (Red West). William asks Solo to pick him up again in two weeks’ time, then deliver him to Blowing Rock, a windswept peak in the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains. What transpires between the two men — one an unstoppable force of faith and compassion, the other an unmovable object of hopelessness and finality,is nothing short of miraculous. Dates: 1/8/2010 12:00:00 AM – 1/8/2010 12:00:00 AM

“The Snow Queen,” an original adaptation by Anna K. Meade
Thursday, January 07, 2010, 7:00:00 PM
The Snow Queen is a tender fable about the transformative power of love: Gerda, the young heroine, perseveres against witches and royalty and robbers; she wanders through the world alone, looking for her best friend, Kai, who has been taken away by the Snow Queen. He has a piece of enchanted glass in his eye and his heart that makes him see only ugliness. Kai can only be saved by Gerda’s loyal affection. The Snow Queen is a charming holiday story with a beautiful message and appropriate for those both young and young at heart. Dates: 1/8/2010 12:00:00 AM – 1/9/2010 12:00:00 AM