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The Savannah Tribune • Wednesday, February 1, 2017
The Happily Ever After Ball Is Back
A Magical Event: Gowns, Crowns, And Swords -
Nothing Short Of A Royal Celebration Will Do!
The Next Genera
tion (TNG), a volunteer or
ganization founded to ben
efit the Dwaine & Cynthia
Willett Children's Hospital
of Savannah is hosting this
year’s Happily Ever After
Ball. One hundred per
cent of the net funds raised
through The Next Gener
ation events and corporate
and friend contributions
directly support the Willett
Children’s Hospital’s most
precious patients.
The Next Gener
ation’s Happily Ever After
Ball is presented and ex
clusively designed by Posh,
Petals and Pearls and will be
held on Saturday, February
11, 2017, at Brockington
Hall, 213 E. Hall St., and in
cludes two sessions: 10 a.m.
- 12 p.m. and 1-3 p.m. Chil
dren and parents are invited
to attend a royal celebration
and meet their favorite fairy
tale princess, prince, pirate,
and heroes of all storylines.
Dressed in their favorite
fairytale costume, children
can waltz with Cinderella
and Prince Charming, vis
it Rapunzel and Flynn’s
Hair Palace, and even have
a sword fight with Peter
Pan and Captain Hook! Of
course, Anna, Elsa, and
Kristoff will be there as well
and joined by all of their
royal friends. Join us for
family-friendly fun, prizes,
desserts, and more!
For tickets: visit
www.nextgenerationsavan-
nah.com.
Sol C. Johnson High Partners With
Savannah State University
Sol C. Johnson
High School in partnership
with Savannah State Uni
versity announces the first
annual Keeping It Real in
the MYP (IB Middle Years
Programme). SCJ has been
an International Baccalau
reate World School since
2000, and 9th and 10th
grade students participate
in the Middle Years Pro
gramme (MYP).
The purpose of
Keeping It Real in the MYP
is to have SSU instructors
engage SCJ students in a
variety of workshops and
demonstrations on topics
that include physics, brand
ing and social media, choir
and voice, and writing. It
increases students exposure
to more rigorous, critical
thinking activities in one of
the 8 subjects of MYP, as
well as continues to foster
the partnership with SSU.
Keeping It Real in the MYP
will take place Thursday,
February 9, from 8:30 to
10:40 AM at Sol C. Johnson
High School..
Students will sign
up for two sessions. Session
options include: Choir and
Voice, Band, Book Binding,
Ceramics Demo, Improv
Theater, Humanities (Phi
losophy, Critical Thinking,
Ethics), Wellness, “Serious
ly Fun” Writer’s Workshop,
Branding with Social Me
dia, Physics Demo, Social
Work Seminar.
GRAY'S REEF FILM FESTIVAL
Feb 3-4 3D at the Trustees Theater, 7pm
Feb 5 at Jybee post Theater, 3pm
Cidai i Hill
2/3: The Last Reef 3D
Galapagus 3D
2/4: Wonders of <he Arctic 3D 1
Secret Ocean 3D
2/5: Ocean litms from the ™
San Francisco Film Festrval
TAKE A GENIUS
TO KNOW THAT WHEN YOU PLAY,
GEORGIA’S KIDS WIN
LOTTERY
it's elementary, actually. See, every time you play the Lottery,
you’re helping our kids get one step closer to their dreams.
For over 20 years the Georgia Lottery has contributed over
$17.8 billion to education. On top of that, more than 1.7
million HOPE scholars have gone to college and more than
1.4 million four-year-olds have attended a Lottery-funded
Pre-K Program, Add those numbers Up and, well, let’s Just say
that's a hair-raising number of happy kids.
today could be Iho doy.
Black Actors Win Big At
The SAG Awards
Hidden Figures Cast: Octavia Spencer, Janelle Monae, & Taraji P. Henson
The Screen Actors
Guild Awards is an import
ant organization for writers,
actors, and other perform
ers in the movie industry.
It honors the best achieve
ments in film and television
performances for the year
2016.
There were a few
big, historic wins this year.
Hidden Figures got its first
win for this award season.
Since having huge success
in the box office, Hidden
Figures won for Outstand
ing Performance by a Cast
in a Motion Picture. Denzel
Washington and Viola Davis
won for their debut motion
picture “Fences.” Viola Da
vis won for Outstanding
Performance by a Female
Actor in a Supporting Role
and Denzel Washington
won for Outstanding Per
formance by a Male Actor
in a Leading Role. Maher-
shala Ali won for Outstand
ing Performance by a Male
Actor in a Supporting Role
for the independent, critical
ly acclaimed film “Moon
light.”
According to their
website. The Screen Actors
Guide awards is presented
by SAG-AFTRA (Screen
Actors Guild and the Amer
ican Federation of Televi
sion and Radio Artists), two
American labor unions. It’s
the only televised award
show to exclusively hon
or performers. The show
presents thirteen awards for
acting in film and television
in a fast-moving two-hour
show which airs live on TNT
and TBS. It focuses on both
individual performances as
well as on the work of the
entire ensemble of a drama
series and comedy series,
and the cast of a motion pic
ture. These honors are fun
damental to the spirit of the
Screen Actors Guild Awards
because they recognize what
all actors know—that acting
is a collaborative art.
For more informa
tion of all winners from the
SAG Awards visit www. sag-
wards.org.
Asbury Memorial UMC, Hosts
Reconciling Ministries Weekend To
Focus On Civil And LGBT Rights
Rev. Kim Sorrells
Matthew Berryman
Asbury Memorial
United Methodist Church
has a longstanding history of
being open to all for worship
and facilitating missions and
programs designed to foster
spiritual growth. The week
end of Feb. 4-5 will see a
two day Reconciling Min
istries workshop featuring
Civil Rights Activist Bishop
Melvin Talbert with Recon
ciling Ministries Network
Director Matt Berryman and
Rev. Kim Sorrells.
At 1 p.m. Satur
day, Feb. 4, Asbury will host
a community conversation
with Bishop Melvin Talbert
and staff from the Reconcil
ing Ministries network, an
organization that advocates
for full inclusion of LGBT
people in the church. This
two hour workshop Culti
vating a Spirit of Resilience:
the Spiritual Practice of In
tersectional Justice Work
will explore Christians do
ing justice with attention to
the many identities each
hold as people with different
racial backgrounds, sexuali
ties, gender identities, class
es, and other aspects of self.
The weekend
continues on Sunday, Feb
5 11:15 a.m. with worship
and a dialogue sermon fea
turing Bishop Melvin Tal
bert and Matt Berryman
during Asbury Memorial
UMC’s regular weekly wor
ship. Civil rights leader
and UMC Bishop Melvin
Talbert and RMN director
Matt Berryman share their
stories of doing justice work
and how their faith has led
them to be involved in the
work of Reconciling Min
istries Network. Bishop Tal
bert is a trustee and Chair
of the Board at Gammon,
and at various times served
as trustee at University of
Puget Sound, Claremont
School of Theology, and
Pacific School of Religion.
His civil rights protest ex-
Umc Bishop Melvin
Talbert
periences impacted his life
profoundly, and he takes
pride in having spent three
days and nights in jail with
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Members of the community
are invited to participate this
weekend.
“We’re really
looking forward being a part
of this important community
event and hosting such em
inent speakers. Now more
than ever, our country is in
need of understanding, in
clusion and love for all peo
ple. At Asbury, we’re happy
to advocate for everyone,”
Asbury’s Pastor Rev. Billy
Hester said.
Anyone interested
in attending should RSVP
to Sorrells at kim@rmnet-
work.org. Asbury Memorial
United Methodist Church is
located at 1008 Henry St. in
downtown Savannah. For
more information, please
visit www.asburymemorial.
org or call 912-233-4351.
