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SECTION C SATURDAY,.JANUARY.21,.2012

Church hosts sustainability workshop

BY CHRISTINA HOLDER
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Gallery showcases DPS artists

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N.C. CENTRAL UNIVERSITY

BY KAYLEE BAKER

CHAPEL HILL -- More than 50 clergy, laity and community members will gather this morning at United Church of Chapel Hill for the first Transition Congregation workshop in the nation. The Transition Congregation workshop is part of a larger, global initiative known as the Transition Town movement. Its aim is reducing local communities dependency on oil and building sustainability in the community through environmental, transportation and foodproduction projects, the Transition Town movement is now mobilizing the Chapel Hill faith community. How do we develop a future that is joyful and productive and flourishing knowing that the future is going to be without reliance on fossil fuels? asked the Rev. Richard Edens of United Church of Chapel Hill. The Transition Town movement began in Ireland about five years ago and today has spread to communities in countries such as England, Germany, Italy, Scotland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Canada and the United States. Trainers certified through the Transition Town movement hold workshops throughout the country to start conversations and to mobilize communities. United Church of Chapel Hill and North Carolina Interfaith Power & Light, a North Carolina Council of Churches program that promotes renewable energy alternatives to local congregations throughout the state, are co-sponsoring the inaugural Transition Congregation workshop. Tina Clarke, a cer tified Transition Town trainer from Amherst, Mass., will lead the workshop along with the Rev. Jim Deming, the United Church of Christs national minister for environmental justice. Clarke said her training will focus on what the Transition Town movement calls the Four Es economy, energy, equity and environment. A goal will be to talk about how clergy and congregations can plan ahead and integrate new options so that they can make wise decisions that benefit the environment and their local communities in the future.
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DURHAM -- Almost four decades ago, long before the city and county schools merged to form the Durham Public Schools system, the community was unified at N.C. Central Universitys art museum. The First Festival of Childrens Art was responsible for this unification, featuring art created by students from schools throughout the community. Although featuring a new name, Durhams Finest, the art exhibit continues to unite the community, keeping its tradition 38 years later. A mix of wire sculptures, ceramics, self-portraits, perspective drawings, photography, print pieces, The.Herald-Sun.|.Bernard.Thomas graphic designs, collages, mosaic art Erin.Oliver.of.Lakewood.Montessori.Middle.School.hangs.artwork.on.Tuesday.in.prepand water colors will overtake the museums white walls and celebrate aration.for.the.Durhams.Finest.Exhibit.beginning.Sunday.and.running.through.Feb.. 10.at.N.C..Central.University..The.annual.exhibit.showcases.works.from.students. attending.elementary,.middle.and.high.schools.throughout.Durham.County. SEE.ARTISTS/PAGE C3

Brinkley on tour with Chicago

FROM STAFF REPORTS

Actor.Bill.Cosby.and.Brian.Haynesworth.(right).sing.the.alma.mater.for.their.high.school,.Central.High.School.in.Philadelphia,.on.Friday.at.Barnes.and.Noble.in.New.Hope.Commons.Cosby,.who.will.be.performing.tonight.at.the.Durham.Performing.Arts.Center,.signed.copies.of.his.book,.I.Didnt.Ask.to.Be.Born:.(But.Im.Glad.I.Was).with.his.nephew,.Braxton,.who signed.copies.of.his.own.book,.The.Star-Crossed.Saga:.ProtoStar.

The.Herald-Sun.|.Photos.by.Christine.T..Nguyen

Comedian, in town for shows, signs copies of new book

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The Cosby show

BY CLIFF BELLAMY

DURHAM After her criticallyacclaimed debut as Roxie Hart on Broadway and in Londons West End, Christie Brinkley will make her Broadway tour debut this spring as she reprises her role in the six-time Tony Award-winning musical Chicago. Brinkley will per form during a new one-week engagement at the Durham Per forming Ar ts center. The theaters original two-day engagement of Chicago is moving to a full week of eight performances July 31-Aug. 5. Tickets go on sale to the public beginning Jan. 30 at 10 a.m. Tickets are available at DPACnc.com, at the DPAC ticket center at 680-2787, or through Ticketmaster.com. Throughout her career as a model, Brinkley has appeared on more than 500 magazine covers worldwide. But more than that, she also excels as an artist, writer, photographer, designer, actress, philanthropist, environmentalist and political activist. She recently launched a line of natural skin care products as part of her new company, Christie Brinkley Beauty. A Ford model for more than 30 years, she was discovered by a photographer in Paris at the age of 18. Since then, she has
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DURHAM Ever yone who has grown up with Bill Cosbys comedy, or who has watched him on television is familiar with his quick, almost improvisational but always good-natured banter, and his educators af finity for children. He brought those same qualities to a book signing Friday at Barnes & Noble Booksellers in New Hope Commons. Lamar Davis of Knightdale was among the fans who lined up to get Cosby to sign his new book I Didnt Ask to be Born (But Im Glad I Was) and to have his nephew Braxton Cosby sign his first novel The Star-Crossed Saga: Protostar. When he approached the signing table, Davis mentioned that his mother, Margaret Davis, now 77, had always told him that Bill Cosby grew up in the same neighborhood in Philadelphia, where Davis grew up. Cosby then asked Davis to get his cellphone and call his mom. Are you really Bill Cosby? Ms. Davis said over the speaker phone. Mom, it is, said Lamar Davis. How often does he call with different celebrities that he made up? Cosby asked her. Cosby was wearing a Duke jacket, with the John Hope Franklin Center logo. Kimberly Taylor

From.left,.Laura.Harris.and.Dana.Overby.take.pictures.of.actor.Bill.Cosby.on.Friday. at.Barnes.and.Noble.in.New.Hope.Commons. tried to get her 6-year-old son Blake Fearrington to say Go Tar Heels to Cosby. Are you going to be a Tar Heel really? Cosby asked. After his book was signed, Blake said he liked Cosbys Fat Alber t movie and his television series Little Bill. Brooke Weber, 10, and her father, Steve Weber, also waited to get a book signed. Brooke said she first heard of Cosby when she did a report about him in third grade. Her father said she has watched all

of the Cosby shows on Netflix, so when we heard he was coming, she said she wanted to meet him. Braxton Cosbys book employs elements of science fiction with romance. During an interview before the signing, Bill Cosby praised his nephews approach to romance in his novel. Braxtons writing does a wonderful morph from the usual books and stories, Cosby said. It morphs
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