MLK Celebration at the Ashe Arts Center
Glenis Redmond, a poet, educator, performer and counselor, will perform at the Ashe Arts Council's MLK Day celebration.
The Ashe County Arts Council will sponsor a community
celebration in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday, Jan. 21, at 7 p.m. at the Ashe Arts
Center in West Jefferson.
The celebration will feature essays, speeches and tributes
highlighting the message of King and his teachings of peace, unity and equality in our society.
This year, a special drama presentation of a dialogue between King and an interviewer using
a narrative historical perspective will be presented.
The featured performer for the event
is Glenis Redmond, a poet, educator, performer and counselor.
According to the Ashe Arts
Council, “She presents her poetry in performance that causes the printed word to spring from the
page to the audience.”
Redmond has won numerous awards, including the Carrie McCray Literary
Award in Poetry, a study fellowship from Vermont Writing Center, study scholarships to the Atlantic
Center for the Arts and a week of study with Natalie Goldberg.
She is the 1997 and 1998
Southeast Regional Individual Poetry Slam champion. She placed in the Top 10 in 1996 and 1997 for
the National Individual Slam Championship.
The Martin Luther King Jr. celebration is open to
the public, and refreshments will be served. The Ashe Arts Center is located at 303 School Ave. in
West Jefferson. For more information, call (336) 846-ARTS.
