In “The Funk & Wag from A to Z” \, originally curated by Ann Harithas for the Nave Museum in Victoria\, TX \, artist Mel Chin extracted images from all 25 volumes of the 1953 Funk & Wagnall’s Encyclopedia and re-edited them a collages\, unleashing the p otentiality of images trapped by historical context.  Chin� �s inspiring piece is showcased alongside new configurations of more recen t works by the artist in this exhibition.

19th Annual S eafood\, Blues and Jazz Festival-October 13th & 14th
proudly announc es this year's headliner (Saturday Night)

\n

Please plan on joining us again on October 13th and 14th\, 2012 for the 19th Annual Pleasure Islan d Seafood Blues & Jazz Festival featuring GREGG ALLMAN on Saturd ay night.. Stay tuned for details on the other 14 bands that will be perf orming on the Blues and Jazz stages. Please note: Children 12 and under are FREE.

NO REFUNDS - NO PETS - NO COOLERS - NO VIDEO - NO PROFES SIONAL PHOTOGRAPGY EQUIPMENT

\n

The Pleasure Island Chamber of Commerce was established more than 70 years ago as a membershi p-based\, non profit organization. Our Mission is to:

· Always serve ou r Members by actively promoting their businesses on and off the Island

· Enhance the economic vitality of southeast North Carolina throug h focused leadership and responsible
representation < /p>\n

· Ac tively promote Pleasure Island and our Member businesses as a value–adde d visitor destination and
great place to do business

· C reate a community-wide resource for Members to network\, exchange ideas an d\, ultimately\, enhance
their profitability

· Serve as Ombudsman for Member businesses in addressing their issues\, concerns and needs

· Help make Pleasure Island\, and southeast North Carolin a\, the best place to Live\, Work and Play

The Business Essentials for Technical Professionals course w ill be delivered by NC State University Poole Collee's Executive Programs in fall 2012. Delivery dates are Sept. 13\, 14 and Oct. 25\, 26\, 2012.

This four-day course is designed for engineers\, scientists\, and others from applied technical fields who want to gain a deeper understand ing of business.

“A key goal of the program is to enable part icipants to become ‘Boundary-Spanners’ – technical leaders who have the general management awareness to work effectively across functional are as within their organization\,” said Dan McGurrin\, Poole College’s Ex ecutive Programs director.

“Today’s successful organization s need technical professionals who understand how their work intersects wi th marketing\, finance\, operations\, strategy\, and services\,” McGurri n said. “This course will help participants understand the different fun ctions\, how they sometimes conflict with one another\, and how management systems can streamline these activities.”

In keeping with Po ole College’s focus on applied learning\, Business Essentials participan ts also will work in small teams to complete a business planning project � �� either for a new product offering at their company or in support of a p eer’s project.

“This experience not only develops teamwork skills\, but also enables the students to develop and plan the business as pects of a new offering\, including the marketing plan and strategy\, whil e utilizing concepts taught in the course\,” McGurrin said.

V iew details\, including key objectives\, expected outcomes\, and registrat ion information at poole.ncsu.edu/executive.