Sarasota News Leader
January 10, 2014
Page 108
dinner held on the last Friday in February," it the work of the Education Foundation. Gala
notes. This year's gala theme is An Evening sponsorships are available at $2,500 and up.
in Paris.
Patron seating is $250; individual tickets are
$200.
"All top 25 artists receive monetary awards,
recognition and valuable contacts," the For more information, tickets and underwritrelease adds. "Event proceeds benefit ing opportunities visit www.EdFoundation.
Sarasota County's 41,200 students through net or call 927-0965.
BOOKSTORE1 TO HOST LUNCHEON WITH CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT
At noon on Jan. 15 at Florida Studio Theatre's
Court Cabaret, located at the corner of
Cocoanut Avenue and First Street in downtown Sarasota, Bookstore1Sarasota will host
a luncheon featuring Charlayne Hunter-Gault,
who will discuss her young adult book, To the
Mountaintop, the store has announced.
To the Mountaintop chronicles Hunter-Gault's
experiences with the Civil Rights Movement,
a news release says.
An award-winning journalist, Hunter-Gault
spent 20 years with PBS. During much of
that time, she was national correspondent
for NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, the release
notes. She has also worked for National
Public Radio as a special correspondent and
as CNN's Johannesburg bureau chief and
correspondent.
Her numerous honors include two Emmy
awards and four Peabody awards — the first
of the latter was for her work on Apartheid's
People, a NewsHour series about South
African life during Apartheid, the release
explains. In 2005, she was inducted into the
National Association of Black Journalists
Hall of Fame. In 2011, she received the
Shuttlesworth Human Rights Award.
To the Mountaintop is by Charlayne HunterGault. Contributed image
will receive $100 and a signed copy of To The
Mountain, along with an invitation to sit at the
author's table on Jan. 15. Information about the
contest is at www.bookstore1sarasota.com.
The fee for the luncheon is $25. Reservations
may be made through Florida Studio Theatre
at www.floridastudiotheatre.org or by calling
As part of this Sarasota event, Hunter-Gault 552-1521.
is sponsoring — and Bookstore1 is administering — a writing contest for middle and More information is available at www.bookhigh school students. The first-place winner store1sarasota.com or 365-7900.