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Out of the Frying Pan …
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Liberty Arts Sculpture Studio & Foundry, in partnership with Nana’s, hosted Feast From the Furnace, a dinner combined with a glass blowing demonstration from local artist Elijah Leed. The event’s 30 guests enjoyed a variety of wine and small plates prepared by Nana’s Pastry Chef Eric Akbari and Co-Owner Aubrey Zinaich. The same 2,000-degree oven that Elijah typically uses to craft his intricate works
1 Elijah Leed. 2 Josh Bond and Cara Robertson. 3 Nana’s Pastry Chef Eric Akbari.
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was employed to prepare savory tapas as well. Courses included seared ahi tuna, which was served on cucumber with mint sauce; chilirubbed shrimp lettuce wraps; beef tacos with fresh pineapple salsa; and molten s’mores for dessert. This was the sixth such dinner and sculpture demonstration at Liberty Arts, and Jackie McLeod, who helped organize the event, says more will be hosted once a month from October 2018 through May 2019.
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Oh, the Places You’ll Go PH OTOGRAPH Y BY JUST SH OOT M E PH OTOGRAP HY
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1 Book Babies Home Visitor Kenitra Williams, Rakeem Vick II and Angela Vick, Rakeem’s grandmother. 2 Kennedy and Bailey Stevenson with their mom, Julie Dowdee. 3 Ian Sebastian Dominguez Ruiz and his dad, Wilmer Dominguez.
The inaugural class of Book Babies – a program started by nonprofit Book Harvest in 2013 that works to enhance school readiness for children from Medicaid-eligible families in Durham – graduated this spring. The 29 5-year-olds donned caps and gowns and received diplomas commemorating their literacy accomplishments from participating in the program, which they’ve been enrolled in since their birth. The graduation ceremony included a keynote address by playwright and actor Mike Wiley, as well as Book Babies parent Melissa Ocampo. These toddlers were also the first to participate in an evaluation by Duke University researchers on the impact of the home visiting and book provision program, which found that Book Babies participants exhibited statistically significant differences in performance on key measures related to reading and kindergarten readiness skills when measured against a comparison group. SEPTEMBER 2018
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