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4D HAPPENINGS/triie CJarlottt *o«t Thursday, January 22, 2004 Calendar of events January 22 Carl Brown, co-foimder of FUBU and pres ident of FUBU Music Group will lecture on entrepreneurship at the Charlotte Cham ber’s Belk Action Center, 330 S. Tryon St. at 6:30 p.m. Event is free and seating is limit ed. Call (704) 378-1329 for reservations. January 23 “Oedipus Rex,” through Jan. 31 at Chil dren’s Theatre. 'Tickets $12 for center seats, $10 for side. Recommended for ages 12 and up. • ••• Charlotte Symphony with guest conduc tor Peter Oundjian and pianist Markus Groh, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Belk Theatre, 8 p.m. Second performance Jan. 24. Tickets are $14-$64 and can be ordered by calling (704) 972-2000. • • • • Ziad Rabie Jazz Duo, Funky Friday, 12-2 p.m.. Founders HaU, Bank of America Cor porate Center. January 24 Afro-American Cultural Center will host a West African dance master class at the center, 401 N. Myers St, 1 p.m. The work shop will be facilitate by Sekouba Camara. Admission is $15 for AACC members, $20 for non-members. • ••• Film, “Islam: The Life and Times of the Prophet Muhammad,” Beatties Ford road Public Library, 2412 Beatties Ford Road, 1:20-4:30 p.m. • • • • Dr. Patricia Bailey, author of “Finishing Tbuches: God’s Master Design to Define Your Purpose, Mature Your Soul and Complete Your Call” will sign copies at Family Christ ian Store, 5618 Albemarle Road, Suite 800 from 1-3 p.m. • ••• Young Artists Competition, Rowe Recital Hall, UNC Charlotte. Competition is open to the public and begins at 9:30 a.m. Awards ceremony at 3 p.m. Competition in foiu divi sions: Winds, piano, strings and percussion. Sponsored by The Symphony Guild of Char lotte • ••• Skate party sponsored by Sister 2 Sister Passport 2 Womanhood, 3-8 p.m, Kate’s Skating Rink, 145000 East Independence Blvd. January 28 Tbby lyier Circus, 4:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.. Cricket Arena. Performances also on Jan. 29, tickets are $20 for adults, $7.75 for chil dren under 12. January 30 “Courage: The Carolina Story That Changed America” at Levine Museum of the New South. Through Jan. 31. Celebra tion kicks off with National Public Radio senior correspondent and Fox News analyst Juan Williams as keynote speaker at 7:30 p.m. Jan. 30. On Jan. 31, Symposiums on the legacy of Brown v. Board of Education starting at 8:30 a.m. with historian John Hope Franklin and children of Rev, J.A. DeLaine, a plaintiff in the original Claren don County, S.C. lawsuit that became Brown. Tickets are $20 for Juan Williams on Jan. 30; $5 for non-members on Jan. 31. Lunch program is $5, For information, call (704) 333-1887 • • • • Guitarist Justin Mychals, Funky Friday, Foimders Hall, Bank of America Corporate Center, 12-2 p.m. February 5 Grammy award-winning pianist George Winston at Spirit Square’s McGlohon The atre at 8 p.m. Tickets are $27-$35 and can be purchased at Performing Arts Center box office, calling (704) 372-1000 or online at www.blumenthalcenter.org. February 6 Opera Carolina presents “Porgy & Bess.” N.C. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. Tickets: Grand tier $90, orchestra - $75 Pre miere seating includes pre-reception (6-7:45) with performers. Premiere tickets must be purchased by Jan, 30 through the Urban League website at www.urbanleaguecc.org. All other tickets must be purchased through the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Box Office. Call (704.) 372.1000 to order. Mention the Urban League by name when you place your ticket order and a portion of the ticket cost will benefit the agency. February 7 “Together Again ..j\n Evening with Fammy Fay and Tammy Sue Baker” at Unitarian Universalist Church Sanctuary, 234 North Sharon Amity. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. with concert starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 with proceeds benefiting Regional AIDS Interfaith Network. Tickets are avail able at White Rabbit Books and Things, 1401 Central Ave., Paper Skyscraper, 330 East Blvd. or the RAIN office. For informa tion or to order tickets, call (704) 372-RAIN. February 13 Afro-American Cultural Center will present “GOTO: Chocolate on the Outside” through Feb. 14, 8 p.m. Admission is $7 for members and $10 for non-members. February 20 “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Pied mont Players Theatre, 213 South Main St., Salisbury. Tickets are $6 for general admis sion. For information, call (704) 633-5471. February 21 Charlotte Section of National Council of Negro Women Brotherhood/Sister hood Banquet, 7 p.m,. United House of Prayer for All People, 2321 Beatties Ford Road. Donation is $25 per person. Guest speaker is Dr. Manderline Scales, state con vener, NCNW/N.C. For information, call Mattie Caldwell at (704) 376-9955. March 5 “Madeline” at Spirit Square through March 14. Reserved seating tickets $15; gen eral admission $10. Recommended for ages 5 and up. March 31 Yanni, Charlotte Coliseum, 7:30 p.m. Tickets $55 and $35 and on sale now. April 2 “Hansel &, Gretel” through April 25 at Chil dren’s Theatre. Tickets $12 for center seats; $10 on side. Recommended for ages 5 and up. April 30 Shania Twain, 7:30 Charlotte Coliseum. Tickets are $80, $65 and $45 and on sale now. IDOL ANTHEM PHOTOS/WADE NASH “American Idol” winner Ruben Studdard sang the national anthem at last week’s Carolina Panthers-Phildaelphia Eagles game at Lincoln Financial Field. Studdard, an Alabama native, proved to be a good luck charm for the Panthers, who won 14-3 to earn a trip to the Super Bowl. HOMAGE TO KING LEGACY Mildred Endsley of Macon, Ga., lent her voice to Charlotte’s Martin Luther King Day cele bration at Little Rock AME Church. Also on hand for the celebration were local political and community leaders like N.C. legislator Becky Carney (left). MARCH FOR PEACE PHOTO/CALVIN FERGUSON Youngsters from Mt. Moriah Primitive Baptist Church took part in the Martin Luther King Day procession along Trade Street uptown. The parade was one of dozens of events scheduled around the Charlotte area to remember the slain civil rights leader on the federally-recognized holiday. NOTES Central United Methodist Church will sponsor “Adventures in Learning” for seniors from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Reg istration is $18; $5 lunch or bring your own. Subjects include Tai-Chi, learn ing Spanish, do it yoiuself home repair. For information, call (704) 338-1511. • ••• 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, 6500 S. New Hope Road, Belmont Admission $8 for adults and children 12 and older; $4 for children between 4 and 11. Garden open daily 9 a.m.-5 p.m.. • ••• Democratic Women of Mecklen burg County meet second Wednes day at 2821 South Blvd. Meetings with refreshments served at 6:30 p.m., fol lowed by a speaker. Open to aU regis tered Democrats. • • • • BareBones Theatre Group’s playwrit ing workshop, PLAYMAKERS, is seeking serious playwrights to partici pate in monthly writing workshops at the SouthEnd Performing Arts Center. Interested playwrights should have several completed scripts or several scripts in development to bring into the workshop. Participation allows consideration for possible full produc tion of scripts by BareBones Theatre Group as well as regular reading series. Contact BBTG PlayMakers at (704) 332-5300 for more details. • ••• Afro-American Cultiual Center Cul- tureCamp, first Saturday of the month. Cultures that will be explored include Native American, Vietnamese, Hispanic and African traditions. Cul- tureCamp wiU run in conjunction with AACC’s Heritage Saturday Tour pro gram, which travels to cultural sites across the Southeast! General admis sion $3, first 10 children free. For infor mation, call (704) 374-1565. • • • • Mill Community seminar series Feb. 5, 12,19 and March 4 at 1 p.m. at Levine Museum of the New South. Writers, artists and photographers explore cul ture and history of Piedmont textile communities. Free with museum admission of $6 for adults; $5 for seniors and children. • ••• Black Heritage Tbur and Pilgrimage sponsored by Queen City Tburs and Levine Museiun of the New South. Saturdays in February at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Three-hour tours of historical sites around Charlotte. Tickets are $30 for adults 13-54; $28 for seniors and $26 for children 5-12. Discounts of $5 if purchased by Jan. 31. For reserva tions, call (704) 566-0104 or log on to www.queencitytours.com. • • • • “Lonely Planet,” a play by Steven Dietz, Jan. 8-25 at Bare Bones Theatre Group, 201 Rampart St. Admission $15 for adults, $12 for students and seniors, lb reserve tickets, call (704) 332-5300. For information, log on to www.barebones.org. • • • • Victoiy Pictures needs some actors and actresses of Asian descent - preferably Chinese - to serve as extras for Glen garry Glen Ross for Act 1. Act I takes place in a Chinese restaurant and would hke bartender/waiter/waitress etc. Also would like ushers wilhng to dress in Chinese garb for show. If you are interested contact Michael R. Sim mons, managing artistic director Victo ry Pictures, Carolina Actors Studio Theatre, 1118 Clement Ave. Charlotte, NC 28205 • • • • High school computer competition and computer training program Feb. 21,10 a.m., 11312 Gold Pan Road. Program provides environment for students to compete on an academic level. • • • • “A Wonderful Wedding Bridal Extrav aganza,” Jan. 25, Charlotte Merchan dise Mart, 12-5 p.m. EXHIBITS • • • • “Celebrating the Legacy of Romare Bearden,” a juried exhibition, at Mint Museum of Art and the McCoU Center for Msual Art. The exhibition offers Car olina artists the opportunity to show the impact of Bearden on their own works.. • • • • Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Winthrop University Galleries, 107 Mclau- rin Hall, Rock HiU, S.C. Exhibition runs through Jan. 23. Gallery hours are Mon- day-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Closed Nov. 26-28 and Dec. 22- Jan. 2. For information, call (803) 323-2493. • •• • Courage: The Carolina Story That Changed America, January 30-31, Levine Museum of the New South.
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