NC Film Screening
Saturday, November 3, 2007, 2:00 PM
St. Joseph’s Performance Hall at Hayti Heritage Center
Tickets $10 per person (no children under 10)Unity Productions Foundation presents A Prince Among Slaves, the true story of an African American hero - an African prince who was sold into slavery in the American South in 1788. His name was Abdul Rahman Ibrahima Sori, and he remained enslaved for forty years before ultimately regaining his freedom and returning to Africa.
Directed by Bill Duke (A Raisin in the Sun, A Rage in Harlem) and Andrea Kalin (Partners of the Heart). Supported by grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Black Programming Consortium.

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October 15-November 18
By Greg Paige

The Lyda Moore Merrick Gallery at the Hayti Heritage Center located at 804 Old Fayetteville St. Durham, NC presents “PAIGE PORTRAITS, Of the Famous to the Fabulous�. This exhibition will feature luscious and richly detailed portraits of late greats like Bob Marley and Ray Charles to Buddy Guy and contemporary celebrities including Mary J. Blige. Included in this exhibition are family portraits, commissions, and “Fabulous Fifteens�, which are 15 minute masterpieces, which are portraits of people drawn on the spot at various community events around the country. The artist will be on site by appointment for special events throughout the exhibition. Appointments and further information is available by calling 919-683-1709. On November 17th the annual Holiday Bazaar will be held at the Hayti Heritage Center. The artist, Greg Paige will be on site for “Portraits on the Spot� for $30.00 and up. This is the perfect gift for the holidays.

This exhibition “Impressions from Monet’s Garden� by Walter Edmonds will be on display in the Lynda Moore Merrick Gallery at the Hayti Heritage Center starting October 15 through January 28, 2008. This exhibit will complement the exhibition “Landscapes of Impressionism� at the North Carolina Museum of Art which starts on October 21 through January 2008. Walter Edmonds was awarded a fellowship and residency at Monet’s Garden. The residency resulted in a body of large scale painting and intimate watercolor impressions of Monet’s Garden that capture the magnificence of nature’s bounty, highlighting vivid purple irises, and stunning black eyed susans, fields of poppies and water gardens. On Friday November 16, 2007 at 6-8pm, come and enjoy “Jazzy Friday� which includes live jazz music, refreshments, and an evening of reflections of Walter Edmonds’ “Impressions from Monet’s Garden�. This will be held at the Hayti Heritage located at 804 Old Fayetteville St. Durham This event is free and open to the public.