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The chief mission of the SC Arts Commission is to support artists and to insure the availability of the arts in various ways to all South Carolinians, regardless of where they live or their socieconomic status, according to Ken May, the commission's executive director. Host Bhakti Larry Hough interviews May about the commission and the arts in South Carolina on the current edition of Insight.
Insight airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.
The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor was designated by an act of Congress on October 12, 2006 (Public Law 109-338). It was authorized as part of the National Heritage Areas Act of 2006. The Corridor was created to, among other things, recognize the important contributions made to American culture and history by African Americans known as Gullah Geechee who settled in the coastal counties of South Carolina, Georgia, North Carolina, and Florida.
On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Ron Daise of Beaufort, chairman of the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, about the Gullah Geechee culture and the work of the commission. The commission will hold its next quarterly meeting in Conway at Cherry Hill Missionary Baptist Church, 504 Church Street at 9 a.m. The meeting is open to the public.
For more information on the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor visit:
http://gullahgeecheecorridor.org/?Itemid=102
Insight airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m., and midnight.
When one thinks of cities and states that played pivotal roles in the development of jazz, one is likely to think of New Orleans, La; St. Louis, Mo.; and Chicago, Il., not Charleston, SC. But through Charleston's history with the Jenkins Orphanage band, from which several nationally renowned jazz artists such as Freddie Green and Jabbo Smith emerged, and the state being the home of jazz icon Dizzy Gillespie, Charleston and South Carolina have a vital place in the history and development of jazz. Today, Charleston boasts arguably the most vibrant jazz scene of any city in the state. That's in large part due to the Charleston Jazz Initiative (CJI), a multi-year research project that documents the African American jazz tradition in Charleston, the South Carolina Lowcountry, and its diasporic movement throughout the United States and Europe between the late 19th century through today.
On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Dr. Karen Chandler, co-principal of CJI and an arts management professor at the College of Charleston.
For more information on CJI and the Jenkins Orphanage band, visit:
http://www.charlestonjazz.net/index.php
http://www.jenkinsinstitute.org/
Insight airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 am, 7 pm and midnight.
On May 25th, the Pi Delta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity of Georgetown will sponsor its 16th annual Harbor City Golf Classic, a charity golf tourment to benefit the fraternity's college scholarship program. Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Shanna Scott, the coordinator of the tourment on the current edition of Insight.
Scott said the fraternity has awarded 50 scholarships of between $500 and $2,000 to Georgetown County high school seniors bound for college over the past 16 years.
Insight airs Monday and Wednesday at 10 a.m., 7 p.m., and midnight.
UPWARD is an achronym for United People Working Against Random Destruction. It is a group of concerned citizens from Conway who have pooled their talents and connections to fight violence in Conway/Horry County communities and raise awareness of the resources and organizations that support movement toward peace, positive change and youth mentoring. On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews April Garner, a co-founder of UPWARD, about the organization and its role in the upcoming Stop the Violence Peace Festival and Communitywide Safety Rally in Conway on April 27th.
For more information, contact UPWARD at 843-855-9268 or 843-457-5308.
Insight airs Mondays and Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.