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4D HAPPENINGS/tClbe CSatlstte $otlt Thursday, February 19, 2004 Calendar of events 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 (7041 633-5471. • ••• Mothers day breakfast, 7 p.m., Cochrane Middle School media center. Guest speaker will be Cheryl Atkinson, assistant regional superintendent, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. • • • • Djoliba Don, an African drumming and dancing company, Children’s Theatre of Charlotte. Also performs Feb. 21. • ••• “The Souls of Black Folk,” Afro-American Cultural Center, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Award winning films about the trials of African Americans hosted by Artellia Burch, The Post’s features editor. Admission is $8. For information, call (704J 492-2519. • • • • Singles In The City, Westin Charlotte, 6 p.m.-1:30 a.m. Event for 21-and-over set. Tickets are $35 (general admission) and $85 (open bar and buffet included) and can be purchased online at singlesinthecity.net. • • • • Women’s conference, East Stonewall AME Zion Church, 1729 Griers Grove Road. Includes workshops on physical health, sin gle women and singles. Registration is $20 for adults; $10 for 12-19. Concludes Feb. 21. 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. • • • • “The Road to Manhood” workshop, 9 a.m.-4:40 p.m., J.T. Williams Middle School, 2400 Carmine St. Registration is $40 for one adult and one youth. For information, call (704) 535-3248 or log on to www.waUdngth- etalk.net. • • • • George C. Wolfe’s “The Colored Muse um,” 2 p.m.. Theatre Charlotte, 501 Queens Road. Powerful satire of living exhibits and stereotypes. For ticket information, call Pride Magazine at (704) 375-9553. • ••• “The Word,” a talent showcase at the Afro- American Cultural Center. Program starts at 7 p.m. and admission is $7. February 22 A Sign of The Times big band plays “A Song For My Fathers” at North Carolina Blumenthal Performing Arts Center Spirit Square McGlohon Theatre. Performance begins at 4 p.m. Admission is $20 in advance; $25 at the door. • ••• Carolina Culture Foimdation presents “Lift Every Voice,” exploration and readings of novelists Zora neale Hurston and James Weldon Johnson, 8 p.m.. Great Aunt Stella Center, 926 Elizabeth Ave. Entertainment provided by Betty Pride & The BP Ride and Nappy Brown. Admission is $10. • • • • Therapeutic Recreation Division of Mecklen burg County Park and Recreation is char tering a bus for teens to Atlanta. The cultur al enrichment trip is for teens 13-16 years old and includes site visits to Spelman Col lege, Morehouse College and Martin Luther King Center. The cost is $40. Bus will depart from K-Mart shopping center, 2701 Freedom Drive at 6 a.m. and returns at 11 p.m. Tb reg ister or for information, call Dianna Monroe at (704) 336-8830 or Marilyn Rainey at (704) 336-5953. February 24 Kelly Clarkson and Clay Aiken at Char lotte Coliseum. Tickets are $35 and $45 and available at the Coliseum and Cricket Arena box offrces; charge by phone at (704) 522- 6500; Ticketmaster outlets and ticketmas- ter.com. • ••• “From Charlotte to Hollywood: Robert DeNiro,” 7:15 p.m.. West Boulevard Branch Library, 2157 West Blvd. Charlotte advertis ing executive Joe Thompson will talk about casting then-unknown actor in 1967 Duke Power TV commercial while acting at Matthews Dinner Theater. Thompson will discuss DeNiro’s time in Charlotte and show excerpts from his films. Free. February 27 Rudy Currence and Dezerajfs Hammer, Peabody Field, Winthrop University. Free admission. Currence performs at 8 p.m.; Dezerays Hammer at 9:30 February 28 LTD Promotions and E.E. Waddell Commu nity Center present Winterfest Comedy Jam, Stanly Senior Center, 283, North Third St., Albemarle. BET comedians Minister P; Reggie Byrdman and David Martin sched uled to perform. Show starts at 9 p.m. • • • • “Beauty Shop: Under New Management,” Blumenthal Performing Arts Center’s Belk Theatre. Tickets are priced from $20.50 to $32.50 and available at the Performing Arts Center box office, by calling (704) 372-1000 or logging on to www.blumenthalcenter.org. Tickets are also available through Ticket- master outlets or logging on to www.ticket- master.com. February 29 Telecast of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan’s Saviour’s Day address. First Ward Recreation Center, 1 p.m. • • • • DancePlace will host “The Pluck Project” at North Carolina Dance Theatre Studio, 800 North College St, 3 p.m. Tickets are $5 at the door. March 2 Chamber Music at St. Peter’s will per form Mozart’s Kegelstatt Trio in E-Flat Major K. 498, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Seventh and North Tryon streets, 12:10 p.m. For information, call (704) 335-0009 or March 4 North Carolina Dance Theatre will present three masterworks by George Balanchine, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Stars & Stripes” and “Agon.” Performances through March 6. Performances are 7:30 p.m. on March 4 and 8 p.m. March 5-6. Single tick ets are $10-$55 and senior arid group dis counts are available. Tickets are available at the Performing Arts Center box office from 10 a.m.-6 p.m. or calling (704) 372-1000. March 5 “Madeline” at Spirit Square through March 14. Reserved seating tickets $15; gen eral admission $10. Recommended for ages 5 and up. • • • • Whitney M. Young Jr. award dinner, sponsored by Urban League of Central Car- olinas. Tickets are $125 for Urban League members; $150 for non-members. For tick ets or information, call Robin Brown at (704) 373-2256 or log on to www.urbanleaguecc.org March 9 “The Full Monty,” Belk Theatre. Shows through March 14. Showtimes are 8 p.m. March 9-11; 8:15 p.m. Marchl3 and 7:30 p.m. March 14. Tickets are $23-$67 and on sale at the Performing Arts Center box office or logging on to www.blumenthalcenter.org or calling (704) 372-1000. March 20 Charlotte Chapter of S.C. State University National Alumni Association will host Schol arship Gala 2004, 7 p.m. at Charlotte Hilton & Towers Hotel, Carolina Ballroom. Hon- orees include Winthrop University Associate Vice President Wilhelmenia Rembert, Bank of America African American marketing executive Angela Crawford and Blessed Assurance Adult Day Care Executive Direc tor Nathaniel Huggins. Funds fix)m the gala will support scholarships for Charlotte-area students who attend SCSU. March 27 Bassey, Dinkins ATC Cafe, Winthrop Uni versity. Nigerian poet recently appeared on Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. Admission $5 with Winthrop ID; $7 general public. • • • • BowlForKids’ Sake, 12-5 p.m., Northcross Lanes at the Lake, 1-77 at exit 25, Huntersville. Sponsored by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Charlotte to raise funds and build awareness for mentoring relation ships. To form a team or become a sponsor, call Delta Sanders at (704) 829-6624. BUFFALO SOLDIER HISTORY PHOTO/CALVIN FERGUSON Buffalo Soldier historian Gregory Norwood shared his knowledge of the all-black Army units at the Beatties Ford Road Library as part of a Black History Month celebration. Norwood also talked about the Tuskegee Airmen, who served during World War II. OUTTA SIGHT PHOTO/WADE NASH NASA representative Warren Edwards showed off models of space vehicles to students dur ing a program at Beatties Ford Road Library. NASA sponsors community-based programs to educate civilians on the everyday applications of space technoiogy. PHOTO/LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE Music legend Johnny Holloway admires the cake he received in honor of his 79th birthday last week at the Excelsior Ciub. The party was thrown by Excelsior Club Humanitarian Orga nization. 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 yourself home repair. For information, call (704) 338-1511. • • • • Actor’s Theatre Charlotte presents “Lobby Hero” March 3-27, 650 East Stonewall St. Tickets are $17-22 and can be bought online at www.actorstheatrecharlotte.org. For show times, call (704) 342-2251. • • • • National Hampton Alumni Associ ation Charlotte Chapter, is sponsor ing bus trip to High School Day at Hampton University April 1-2. Event includes campus tours and sessions on academic programs, financial aid and admission requirements. Parents and counselors can also attend. Cost of round-trip transportation and overnight hotel stay is included. For information, call Tferry Mutakabbir at (704) 598-7452 or Brenda Mickles Foote at (704) 549-1248. • ••• 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 all regis tered Democrats. • ••• BareBones Theatre Group’s play writing workshop, PLAYMAKERS, is seeking serious playwrights to partici pate in monthly writing workshops at the South End Performing Arts Cen ter. Interested playwrights should have several completed scripts or sev eral scripts in development to bring into the workshop. Contact BBTG PlayMakers at (704) 332-5300 for more details. • • • • Afiu-American Cultural Center Cul- tureCamp, first Saturday of the month. Cultures that will be explored include Native American, Vietnamese, Hispanic and African traditions. Cul- tureCamp will run in conjcmction with AACC’s Heritage Saturday Tbm- 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. 19 and March 4 at 1 p.m. at Levine Museum of the New South. Writers, artists and photographers explore cul ture and histqry of Piedmont textile communities. Free with museum admission of $6 for adults; $5 for seniors and children. • • • • Black Heritage Taur and Pilgrimage sponsored by Queen City Tours and Levine Museum of the New South. Saturdays in Februaiy at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Three-hoiu tours of historical sites around Charlotte. Tickets are $30 for adults 13-54; $28 for seniors and $26 for children 5-12. For reservations, call (704) 566-0104 or log on to www.queencitytOLUs.com. • ••• 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. • • • • Joe Walters, selected works from “High Tide” through March 26 at Joie Lassiter Galleiy, 525 North Tryon St., ground floor gallery. • ••• Arts & Science Council Public Art Pro gram invites members of the commu nity to meet artists selected to meet artists selected to create art for the uptovm arena, Feb. 17,7 p.m. and Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m., Levine Museiun of the new South. For information, caU (704) 372-9667. EXHIBITS • • • • “Spirit of Freedom,” and “Cultural Collection: the Art of Collecting,” Afro- American Cultural Center from 6-9 p.m. Roundtable Fellows exhibition runs through Feb. 29 and represents African American, Native American and Latin American cultures and artistries. • • • • “Through the Lens: Women’s Perspec tive” at Mint Museum of Art, 2739 Ran dolph Road. Coffee at 10 a.m. followed by lecture at 10:30 a.m. Three women’ photog raphers - JoAnn Sieburg-Baker, Diane Davis and Carolyn DeMeritt - will discuss their work, challenges and aspirations. For information, call PrisciDa Dabney at (704) 366-9808.. • • • • “Seeking the Center: Paintings, Prints and Constructions of Zanne Hochberg,” Feb. 9- March 26, Patrick and Rutledge Galleries, Winthrop Univemity. Opening reception Feb. 6 from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Curator Andrew Svedlow lecture Feb. 15 at 3 p.m., Rutledge 119.
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