The local Tyler chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., will present Arts Alive! at 6 p.m. Friday, May 13, in the Jan E. Jones Fine Arts Center on the Robert E. Lee High School campus.

Arts Alive! is an area-wide youth arts competition in which youngsters (grades 7-12) will showcase their talents in art, dance, drama and music, organizers said. Tickets are $5, and may be purchased from sorority members and at MOM Record Store. Proceeds will benefit Alpha Kappa Alpha's scholarship fund.

Co-hosts for the event will be Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority member Constance Jones, KETK 56 reporter/anchor; and Darryl Bowdre, minister of South Central Church of Christ, editor-in-chief of Ebony News Journal, and executive director of the Tyler Metro Chamber of Commerce.  more >>