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LIFESTYLES / The Charlotte Post
November?, 1996
Around Charlotte
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News of Note
•Remember, November is
Homeless Awareness Month.
• C h i d i
Ahanotu, a
defensive end
for the Tampa
Bay
Buccaneers,
has donated
$10,000 to
Discovery
Place.
Ahanotou,
nephew of
Discovery Place vice president
Rudy Cooper, discovered the
museum last year during a visit
to Charlotte. The donation will
be used to purchase computers
for the Exhibits/Research and
Planning Department.
•NationsBank will open sever
al uptown lots for free parking
after 5 p.m. on weekdays and on
weekends. Locations included
are Fifth and Church streets.
Sixth Street and the
International Trade Center
parking lot.
•The Retired Seniors
Volimteer Program is recruiting
senior volunteers to teach
English, tutor school children or
become foster grandparents. For
more information, contact
Chauna Wall at 522-6222.
Thursday
•The National Black Police
Association will begin its winter
conference at the Adams Mark
Hotel. For more information, call
597-5980.
•Sesame Street Live hits
Ovens Auditorium today at
10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m. Tickets
are $7 for opening day. Live
runs through Sunday and fea
tures all of the Sesame Street
favorites, from Bert to Zoe. For
additional show times, call 372-
3600. Tickets are available
through all TicketMaster
Outlets.
Friday
•The Mecklenburg County
Women’s Commission will pre
sent Age Prevention-A Lifestyle,
featuring Health educator Ruth
Gordon Howard. Howard will
discuss how an active hfestyle
can improve appearances and
make a diet obsolete. The lecture
will be held at the Adams Mark
Hotel, 555 McDowell St. at 11:30
p.m. Tickets are $13.50.
Saturday
•'The Charlotte Chapter of the
North State Law Enforcement
OfBcers Association wUl sponsor
a dance at Ramses Temple, 4919
Beatties Ford Road at 9 p.m.
Admission is $10. The dance is
part of the National Black Pohce
Association’s Winter Conference,
which runs through Simday at
the Adams Mark Hotel. For
more information, contact
George Dunlap at 597-5980.
•The Mecklenburg County
Park and Recreation
Department wUl sponsor “Hang
Time” for teens age 13-17 at the
Naomi Drenan Recreation
Center, 750 Beal St. 'The pro
gram offers teens a safe place to
“hang out” as well as enrich
ment activities and discussion
groups. For more information,
call 342-3405.
•Concord Recreation and
National Dance-Exercise
Instructor's'Training Association
are co-sponsoring an aerobics
certification workshop. For reg
istration information or direc
tions, call (704) 786-0140.
•Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority
will celebrate its 74th founder's
day at the Renaissance Place,
631 North Tryon St. on Nov. 10,
from 4-6 p.m. Special recogni
tion will be given to Mattie
Caldwell, Isaiah Caldwell, Willie
Bullock, Madie Simpson, Ron
Goodwin, Wanda Montgomery.
•'The American Cancer Society
will host its Eumual Red Sword
Ball on at 6:30 p.m. at the
Marriott City Center. Tickets
are $150 a piece. For more infor
mation, 376-1659.
•The Mecklenburg County
Health Department and the
Junior League will sponsor Big
Shot Saturday finm 9-11 a.m.
at the Target Stores on
Independence and South Blvd.
in PinevUle. The event, during
which free immunizations will
be given to children 12 and
under. For more information,
caU 336-4559.
•The
Charlotte
Chapter of the
National
Black Nurses
Association
will celebrate
it 12th
Anniversary
and
Scholarship
Award
Ifrogram on at
6 p.m. at the Hilton University
Place. The keynote speaker will
be Sammie Potts, president of
Barber-Scotia College. ’Tickets
are $25. For more information,
caU 882-6170 or 596-7216.
Sunday
•Planned Parenthood of the
Southern Piedmont and
Carolina Mountain will cele
brate the 15th season of its teen
theatre troupe Focus. The
troupe, which has performed for
more that 50,000 during its 15-
year run, will premiere tonight
at the Booth Playhouse at the
Blumenthal Performing Arts
Center in Charlotte. A reception
win foUow in the theatre lobby.
Admission is free. For more
information, call 377-3503.
Monday
•'The Uptown YMCA will offer
two safety seminars led by the
Charlotte Police Department at
12 p.m. Pohce officers wiU offer
safety tips and self-defense tac
tics. Classes are fiee to the pub-
hc. The class will be repeated
on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. For
more information, caU 333-9622.
'Tuesday
•United Family Services will
offer courses to help children
involved in divorce. (Classes wUl
meet today and Nov. 19. For
more information, caU 332-9034.
• “A Chorus line,” Broadway’s
longest-running theatrical pro
duction, hits Charlotte for a lim
ited engagement at Oven
Auditorium. Show times are
today through Saturday at 8
p.m. and Sunday at 7 p.m.
Matinees wUl be held at 2 p.m.
on Saturday and Sunday. For
more information caU 372-1000.
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