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Thursday, September 25,2003
Calendar of events
• September 25
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s fifth
annual Light the Night walk will take place at
Independence Park.
ets are $12. For information, call Jean Vance at
(704) 330-6976.
Willy Porter at The Evening Muse, 3227 N.
Davidson St. at 8 p.m.
• September 26
Calvin Edwards jazz,
Airo-American Cultural
Center. (General admis
sion is $20; table tickets
$75 with a table of 10
$750. For information,
call (704) 374-1565.
Charlotte Post Best
banquet, Adam’s Mark
Hotel, 555 S. McDowell
St. Guest speaker is
Charlotte Bobcats owner
and BET founder Bob
Johnson. Tickets are $75.
Call (704) 376-0469 for
tickets or information.
• September 27
Blumenthal Performing
Arts Center presents...
Carrot Top, 8 p.m., Ovens Auditorium.
• October 11
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Black Political
Caucus banquet at Charlotte Marriott, 5700
Westpark Drive. Banquet
starts at 7 p.m. Guest
speaker will be Ed Tapscott,
^ executive vice president of
the Charlotte Bobcats. Indi
vidual tickets are $50. For
information, call Anna Hood
at (704) 333-4685.
Art on the Green will be held Saturday
Fra Fra Soun. at the uptown from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
McGlohon Theatre. Tick-
ets: $12- $15.
Harvest Green Party &
Arborist Day, 9 a.m.-2:30
p.m. at RibbonWalk, Hoyt
Hinson Road off Nevin
Road. Trails will be open for
hiking and guided tour.
Lunch served at 12 p.m. - $8
for non-members. Spon
sored by RibbonWalk and
Charlotte Arborist Associa
tion. For information, call
(704) 599-2600.
• October 12
Stop the Killing Crusade will sponsor an evening
of praise and celebration at Saint Paul Baptist
Chui'ch, 1401 Allen St. For information, call the
Rev. James Barnett at (704) 394-1154.
• October 13
Charlotte Checkers vs. Columbia, 7 p.m..
Cricket Arena.
• October 14
Celebrate Life banquet, a benefit for Charlotte
Pregnancy Care Center. Includes music, dinner
and guest speaker Janet Parshall at the Crown
Room at Calvary Church. Reservations required
by Oct. 7 and tickets are $25, $200 for a table of
eight. For information, call (704) 372-5981.
• October 17
Fathers only breakfast at Cochrane Middle
School. Door prizes will be available, and a guest
speaker is included. For information and RSVP,
can (980) 343-6460
• Octoberr 18
Latta Plantation’s 22nd annual folklife festival
through Oct. 19. Includes arts and crafts, wood
working, blacksmithing, net making and bas
ketweaving. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for
seniors and students and $3 for children 6-12.
Latta Plantation is located on Sample Road off
Beatties Ford Road in Huntersville. For infor
mation, log on to www.lattaplantation.org.
LEADERSHIP CHANGE
Jazz concert at Shaw University in Kannapolis
firom 4- 6 p.m. featuring The Master Voice of San
dra and Central Cabarrus High School step team
at 113 South Main St. For information, call (704)
932-4614..
West Boulevard YMCA 3-on-3 basketball tourna
ment, Clanton Park at 8:30 a.m.
Urban League Guild 10th golf tournament at
Highland Creek Golf Club. Registration is $100
through Sept. 14. For information, call Gene Buc-
celh at (704) 373-2256, extension 214.
Art on The Green 10 a.m.-3 p.m., 400 Third St..
Local artists will display their works.
True Way Church of God in Christ give-away,
1134 Commercial Ave. Clothes, shoes, household
items will be given away fi'om 11 a.m. until every
thing’s gone. For information, call (704) 377-0670
or (704) 536-7080.
Afro-American Cultural Center hosts The
Village Square Forum at 10 a.m.Guest lecturers
will be Imani Countess and Baba Jallow, who will
discuss strengthening ties between Africans and
African Americans. For information, call (704)
374-1565, extension 22.
• September 28
Winthrop Flute Choir, Recital Hall at
Winthrop University, 4 p.m.
Metropolitan Music Ministries presents “Cel
ebration of Music in Worship,” Providence Bap
tist Church, 4921 Providence Road. Concert
begins at 6 p.m. featuring AMEN Community
Chorus, Johnson C. Smith University Choir,
Adult Ensemble and others. Free. For informa
tion, call (704) 529-1616 or log on to www.metro-
musicministries.org.
Concord-Cabarrus Alumni Chapter of Bar-
ber-Scotia College will sponsor “Hats TeU It
AU” celebrati9on at the Saber Den on campus.
Program starts at 5 p.m. and will include a south
ern-style tea with musical performances, poetry
and drama. For tickets, call Cordia Wallace at
(704) 721-4264; Ruth Brooks at (704) 786-7884 or
Linda Tferrell at (704) 728-2941.
• October 4
Tiffany Johnson Basketball Camp and
Coaches Clinic at First Ward Recreation Cen
ter, 610 E. 7th St. Camp features coaches and
athletes form women’s basketball conferences
who win offer instruction in ball-handling, drib
bling, shooting, passing and rebounding through
Oct. 5. Program is $25 and open to girls 8-16 and
adult coaches.Drills start at 8:30 a.m. Oct. 4 and
2 p.m. Oct. 5; coaching clinic starts at 1:30 p.m.
Oct. 4 For information, call Cynthia Smith
Perkins at (704) 336-3538.
Art & Sovil of South End block party, a-one-day
festival of South End’s arts district. Original art
work, pottery and demonstrations by regional
and local artists; urban flea market, food court
and children’s activities. For information or ven
dor application, call Tammy Smith at (704) 334-
1442 or e-mail tammy@gainesbrown.com
Metrohna Minority Contractors Associaton
monthly meeting, 9 a.m. at 418 West Trade St.
Featured speaker will be Jim Mills, CCO of Char
lotte Area Transist System. For information, call
Sylvia Grier at (704) 332-9383.
• October 7
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
at North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts
Center, Belk Theatre, 8 p.m. Subscriptions range
from $90-$350 to Carolinas Concert Association,
and single tickets are available. For information,
call (704) 527-6680 or log on to www.caroli-
nasconcert.com.
• October 9
South Carolina Conference NAACP conven
tion and civil rights conference through Oct. 12
at Hilton Charlotte and Towers..
Money management seminar for families with
special needs children. West Boulevard Library, 6
p.m. Free. Tb register, call (704) 332-4184.
• October 10
“Bridge to Terabithia” at Spirit Square
through Oct. 18. Reserved seats $15; general
admission $10.
CPCC’s Dance Central presents “Blackberry
Mountain,” a re-enactment of the 1850
Appalachian legend of the Brown Mountain
lights through Oct. 12 at Pease Auditorium, tick-
PHOTO/HELEN ALEXANDER
Helen Alexander (left) was elected Interim
Southeast Regional Director of National
Women of Achievement. Passing the gavel
to Alexander, who is president of the Queen
City Chapter, Is Jeannette T. Lewis, national
vice president of NWOA.
DIABETES AWARENESS
PHOTO/FRANK WILLIAMJi
Dr. Heather Grant takes a glucose reading from Alberta Wesley during the McCrorey YMCA
Diabetes Support Group program last week. The event’s aim was to raise awareness of
diabetes and ways to control the disease.
DANGER RANGERS GALA
)%
Vernon Willis (left) of
the 100 Black Men of
America - Greater Char
lotte Chapter and for
mer Charlotte mayor
Richard Vinroot pose
with Danger Rangers
member “Sully” at the
“Carolina I’m Safe
Tour” Greater Issues
Dinner held at Discov
ery Place Sept. 20. The
purpose of the
fundraising dinner was
to highlight efforts
being made to teach
safety rules and ideas
to youth and parents to
prevent avoidable acci
dents that occur to
youth.
PHOTO/HAROLD TYSON
NOTES
Central United Methodist Church will
sponsor “Adventures in Learning*^ for
seniors from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Registra
tion is $18; $5 lunch or bring your own.
Subjects include Thi-Chi, learning Span
ish, do it yourself home repair, for infor
mation, call (704) 338-1511.
EXHIBITS
Children’s story times Saturdays at 2
p.m. at Barnes & Noble, 4720 Sharon
Road. For more information, call (704)
554-7986.
Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden
Free Firet Sundays. The DSBG offers
free admission to the garden the first
Sunday of each month. The garden is
located at 6500 S. New Hope Road, in
Belmont. For more info visit
www.dsbg.org or call (704) 825-4490.
Race: The Power of an Illusion, The
Light Factory, 600 East Trade St. PBS
series on race relations will be shown
Sept. 25, Oct. 2 and Oct. 9 from 7-9 p.m.
After viewing will be be group discussion
on the topic. For information, call (704)
336-2605.
Democratic Women of Mecklenburg
County meet every second Wednesday
at 2821 South Blvd. Meetings with
refreshments served at 6:30 p.m., fol
lowed by a speaker. Open to all regi^
tered Democrats.
Matchmaker Tennis sponsors clinics
to teach new players the basics of the
game. Tb sign up, log on to www.match-
makertermis.com and click on the events
calendar link.
Mecklenburg EMS Agency offers free
car seat checks first and third Thursdays
fmm 10 a.m.-l p.m. at 6410 Conference
Drive. Trained technicians are available
to install car seats safely
Renaissance Festival & Artisan
Marketplace every weekend from Oct.
4-Nov. 16, Highway 73 at Poplar Tfent
Road, Huntersville. European-style arts
and comedy festival features a combina
tion of outdoor theatre, cricus, arts and
crafts, jousting tournament and feast.
Tickets are $14 for adults, $13 for seniors
and $5 for children available at Harris
Teeter stores. Festival times 10 a.m.-5:30
p.m. For information, call (704) 896-5544
or log on to www.renfestinfo.com.
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Bare Bones Theatre Group presents
“The Underpants” Sept. 4-21 at South
End Performing Arts Center, 201 Ram
part St. Admission is $15 for adults and
$12 for students, and seniofScJIb.^Qf^J^
tickets, call (704) 332-5366
Thoroughly Modem l>Iillie. At the
Belk Theater, Sept. 23-28. Tickets: $23-
$64.
Charlotte Shout Culinary Arts
Experience Sept. 25-27 at Barnes &
Noble-Arboretum, 3327 Pineville-
Matthews Road. Celebrity chefs include
Alton Brown, Sara Moulton and Rochelle
Brown. For information, call Lynn Payne
at (704) 341-9481 or Pattie Hall at (704)
895-8863.
Afro-American Cultural Center Culture- J
Camp, first Saturday of the month • *-
beginning Oct. 4. Cultures that will be '
explored include Native American, Viet- ’
namese, Hispanic and African traditions. •
CultureCamp will run in conjimction
with AACC’s Heritage Saturday Tbur
program, which travels to cultural sites
across the Southeast. For information,
call (704) 374-1565.
Novello Festival of Reading Oct. 9-Nov.
10. Headlining authors include John
Grisham, Marcela Serrano and Joyce Carol
Oates. For ticket information and pro
grams, log on to www.novellofestival.org.
“New Abstractions,” Oct. 3-31, Joie Las
siter Galleiy 525 North Tryon St., Suite
140. North Carolina native and stone sculp
tor Horace Farlowe will exhibit sculptures.
Reception on Oct. 3 with the artist on hand.
“Celebrating the Legacy of Romare
Bearden,” a jvuded e^diibition, at Mint
Museum of Art and the McCoU Center
for \Tsual Art. The exhibition offers Car
olina artists the opportunity to show the
impact of Bearden on their own works..
“American Quilt Classics 1800«1980:
The Charles and Fleur Bresler CoUeic-
tion” at Mint Museum of Craft + Design
through January 4, 2004. Admission is $6
for adults, $5 seniors and $3 for anyone ^'
6-17. Closed on Mondays and major hoji- “7
days. For information, call (704) 337-20()0
or log on to www.mintmuseum.org.
“Another World,” ceramic works by Jeff
Pender at Central Piedmont Community
College Art Gallery Pease Auditorium, .
1200 Pease Lane. Through Oct. 13. Call
(704) 330-2722 extension 3110 for galleiy,;^*.. ;
hours. Appointments can be made by call-
ing (704) 330-6668. •.
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Joie Lassiter Gallery presents Linda -
Fantuzzo, Nov. 7-Dec. 2. At 525 N. TVyon St.
For information, call Kate Baillon-Case at Z"-'
(704) 373-1464 or e-mail artjlg@aol.com.'