Triad-area musicians Ken Mickey and Jack Gorham will discuss and share songwriting techniques Thursday, August 18 at the High Point Public Library.

The event runs from 6-7 p.m. at the library’s location at 901 N. Main St. in High Point. It is free and open to the public.

Mickey is a High Point guitarist currently promoting his instrumental album “Fun with Guitars." He also teaches guitar at Wherehouse Studios in Winston-Salem.

Gorham is a Triad-area songwriter, composer and pianist. He is currently promoting an instrumental piano release called “Noodle.”

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About 50 volunteers are wanted to help with the John Coltrane International Jazz and Blues Festival Sept. 3 at Oak Hollow Festival Park.

High Point’s Friends of John Coltrane organization is hosting a volunteer sign-up event Saturday for those interested, according to the High Point Enterprise.

The sign-in event takes place from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at the High Point Parks and Recreation Facility at 136 Northpoint Ave.

“We will have several facets of the festival that will have to be covered,” said Bernita Sims, co-chair of the festival, according to the paper.

Volunteers are needed for several duties including taking tickets, checking bags, checking identification for alcohol sales and controlling the sales.

The volunteers will work for at least three hours a shift and will be able to attend the concert for free and receive a T-shirt.

The festival is a musical event dedicated to jazz legend John Coltrane, who grew up in High Point.

High Point University junior Mary Funke is conducting research at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y. this summer, according to university officials.

Funke was chosen among 800 applicants and is one of 28 students nationwide selected for the Center for Material Research REU Internship program.

She will conduct research in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department during the 10-week internship. She will study the transistor interface to DNA and associated surface electrochemistry.

Other students interning come from Princeton University, the University of California at Berkley. Funke is majoring in chemistry with a minor in math.

"I was unsure about having a research project in an unfamiliar subject. However, with High Point's education and my previous research, I have the foundation that I need to succeed," Funke said, according to a prepared press release.

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