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Thursday, February 9, 2006
HAPPENINGS
“The YcUow EJoat” ImaginOn Wachovia
Pla>houBe, 7:30 p.m Shows through Feb. 19. Pro*
ducticai of the Taradiddle Players. Tickets are $18
(front orchestra seats); $14 for general admission
and can be purchased at the box office at (704)
973*2828 or on to www ctchariotte.oiY
“(’harlotte Squawks-*Strike Three,” a satiri
cal review, 8 p m, at McGlohon Theatre in Spirit
Square. Second performance on Feb. 11 at 5 p m
Tickets are $25*$35 and on sale at the Performing
Arts Center Box Office by calling (704) 372-1000
or online at www blumenthalcenterorg.
Jazz group Homheads bring the funk to
Vanck Auditorium at Livingstone (DoU^, 7:30
p.m Concert is a fund raiser for Livingstone’s
band and choir spring break tour to Jamaica
Admission is $20: students with valid ID and
seniors $10. For information, call Sidney Sessoms
or Hope Davis at (704) 216-6146; Curtis Dean at
(704) 216-6145 or Frank Peny (704) 216*6144
“Unheard Voices Tbur,” 2:30 p.m., Histcaic
Roeedale Plantation, 3427 North TVyon St Re
enactment of plantation life from the viewpoint of
the backcountry slave. Tbur designed to examine
the personal and work life of the 20 slavea that
inhabited Caldwell Pkntation in the eariy 1800e.
Tbur continues on Feb. 12. Admission is $6 for
adults, $4 for seniors and students. For informa
tion, call (704) 336*0326.
CcCc Winans, Belk Theater, 7:30 p.m..
Six-time Grammy winner and multiple gold- and
platinum album R&B and gospel diva does her
stuff for one night only. Tickets are $26-$36 and on
sale at the Performing Arts Box Office by calling
(704) 372*1000 or online at www.blumenthaloen-
ter.org.
Pieimont Players Theatre holds audi
tions for Gilbert & Sullivan’s “HMS Pinafore," 7
p m. at Meroncy Theater 213 South Main St., Sal-
isbuiy The play is a ccauedic musical satire of the
Rcyal Navy and the British obsession with social
status Second round of auditions is Feb, 14. For
information, call (704) 633-5471 or Ic^ on to
www.piedmontplayer8.com.
Chocolate Extravaganza, 6:30 p.m..
Speedway CTub at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Fea
turing a live band with dancing, wine bar
gourmet coffee bar and desserts, dlost is $100 per
ticket and proceeds benefit Big Brothers Big Sis
ters in Cabarrus C!k)unty.
An Evening of ('lassie Li^y Tbmlin. 8 p.m..
Belk Theatre, Tickets are $35-$65 and on s^e at
the Performiung Arts (!)enter box office by calling
(704) 372*1000 or online at www.blumenthalcen-
ter.org.
* “Crowns,” Actor’s Theatre of (Charlotte,
660 E. Stonewall St through March 6. Perfor
mances Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.;
Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Feb, 26 and
March 6 at 2:30 p.m. 'Hekets are $20 on Wednes-
days-Thursdays; $26 on Fridays, Saturdays and
Sundays, Fda. 21 at 7:30 p.m. is pay what you can.
Tickets available at the box office, (704) 342-2251
or online at www.actorstheatrecharlotte.org.
Keith Urban with special guest Pat
Green, 7:30 p.m., Charlotte Bobcats Arena. Tick^
ets $42 and $29.50.
“An EJvening with Joe Thompson,” Levine
Museum erf*the New South, 6:30 p.m.. Legendary
N.C. fiddler is a folk life treasure noted for his
dynamic style and soaring vocals. Admission is $8
for museum members; $12 for non-members.
“Off the Wall & Onto the Stage: Danc
ing the Art of Jonathan Green,” 8 p.m.. Blu-
menthal Performing Arts C)enter Belk Theatre.
Ballet presented by the Afro-American Cultural
(!^nter as part of its annual Heritage Signature
event. TlcketB are $26 to $65 and available by call
ing (704) 372-1000 or at www.aacc-chariotte.org.
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/Charlotte Poet Features Editor Cheris
Hodges will sign copies of her new novel "Seccxid
Cihance at Love.” 6 p.m.. Real Eyes Bookstore.
3306 N. Davidson St
4C, ^ “Brown In Black and WTiite,"
Levine
Bobcats Arena through March 4. Defending
national champion Vuginia Union Panthers will
be challenged by Johnson C. Smith and Bowie
State for league supremacy. Shaw University is
the odds-on favorite to repeat as women’s champi
on. Tickets available at (HAA member schools or
log on to www.charlottebobcat8arena.com.
Spring Literary Festival. Central Pied
^ 1 Three Daughters From C'harlotte con
cert 7:30 p.m.. ImaginOn Hugh McChll Family
Theater. Featuring Jacqueline Butler Hairston,
Rickie Byars-Beckwith and Yvette Walker Leach.
Sponsored by Daisy Spears and Gerson L. Stroud *
Foundation and proceeds will benefit Johnson C.
Smith University students. Tickets are $60 and
can be purchased by calling (704) 604-7762.
mont (^immunity College. The two^y festival.
“Weaving Words fix>m Struggle," includes read
ings, performances and discussions with writers
and publishing professionals. Keynoters include
James McBride, Jimmy Santiago Baca and
Richard Louv as well as folk artists Sparky and
Rhonda Rucker. Free. For information and sched
ules, log on to www.cpcc.edu/literary.
Queen City C/omix Comedy Jam. 8 p.m. at the
Climedy Zone, 516 N. Cloilege St Hoet^ by Just
June. For reservations, call (704) 348-4242.
Harlem Globetrotters vs. Washington
Nationals, 1 p.m., dharlotte Bobcats Arena.
Barnstorming basketball team celebrates its 80th
anniversary. A 30-minute meet-and-greet session
will be held at the end of the game. Tickets start
at $12 and available at the arena box office or
online at charlottebobcatsarena.com.
HERE SHE IS, MISS CHARLOTTE USA
Miss Charlotte
USA Jessica
Fioyd bright
ens John Jack
son’s day dur
ing an appear
ance at the
Charlotte Bob-
cats/Los Ange-
ies Lakers
game at the
Bobcats Arena
iast week.
Floyd sang the
national
anthem before
tipoff.
PHOTOCURTIS WILSON
ALL BUSINESS IN CHARLOTTE
PHOTOCURTIS WILSON
Former 100 Black Men of America president Thomas Dortch and National Black MBA Associ
ation Charlotte Chapter President Barbara Thomas share pleasantries at the chapter’s kickoff
event Jan. 31.
BLACK PRIDE GALA
Museum of the New South. 6 p.m. Viewing
award-winning filmmaker Steve Crump's new
documentaiy. which revisits a 1954 profile erf race
relatimis in Gastonia as a case study of the South's
reaction to the Brown v Board of Education
Su[»^me Court decision. Free, Call (704) 333-
1887. extension 601 for reservations
■.-JT Hingling Bros., and Bamum & Bailey
circus brings the 136th edition of the Greatest
Show on Earth to (Tharlotte Bobcats Arena
through Feb 26. Ticket prices range from $13 to
$45 (frrmt row) ai^ $1(X) (circus celebrity) and
availaUe online at www.ringUng.ccmi. www.char-
lott^xibcatBarena.com. by ^me at (800) 496-
2295 and the arena box office Show time is 7:30
p.m.
LEVINE MUSEUM EARNS NATIONAL RECOGNmON
y* Freedom songs lecture. Levine Museum
of the New South. 7 p.m Saundra Thomas lends
historical perspective of the Mississi^ Freedcan
Summer and South Afiv^ fieedom strug^
through stones and acmgs. Cost is $4 for museum
members. $6 fix* nm-members. Call (704) 333-
1887. extension 501 for reservaticais.
Africa Alive, an annual festival erf African
culture. Museum of York County. 10 a m. This
year's focus is on (Guinea, where visitors can make
crafts, shop the African Marketplace and bst^ to
storytellefs Admission is $6 fex* adults, $4 for
seniors. $3 fca* studmts and fire fm* children
under 5.. For informaticm. log on to wwwchmuse-
ums org.
i CIAA basketball tournament Charlotte
Emerging Artistil«^xal Arts Competi
tion, 4 p.m. Feb. 12, Memorial Prestyter-
ian Church. 2600 Beatties Ford Road.
Presented by Charlotte Club of National
Association of N^?t) Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club. Admission is free.
Contestants include Thylor Johnson, a
soprano from (Converse COllege, Marcus
Graham, a tenor from Johnson C. Smith
University; soprano Felicia Wright from
JCSU; Loren Webb, mezzo soprano.
JC;?SU. The winner will compete in the dis
trict competition March 17 at the Omni
Charlotte Hotel, 132 E. TVade St For
information, call (704) 399-4548.
Poet Maya Angelou and Alltel are spon
soring the Words of Wisdom Scholarship
program, which asks students at histori
cally black colleges: “What words of wis
dom will you pass on to those who come
after you.” Scholarships will be awarded
to 10 grand prize winners attending
HBCTJs, including $4,000 in tuition and a
trip to Little Rock, Ark., to meet Angelou,
For details, log on to
www.alltel.com/wordsofwisdom or partici
pating Alltel stores. Entries must be post
marked by March 3.
CIAA fashion show featuring Ebony
Fashion Fair Models, March 4, 11 a.m.,
Charlotte Convention (Center. 501 S. Col
lege St Tickets $45. For information, call
(704) 378-1045 or log on to www.ciaatour-
namentoi^ and click on fashion show
icon.
Mecklenburg County Bar sponsors a
conference on diversity in the legal profes
sion Feb, 25 at Johnson C. Smith Univer
sity Grimes Lounge, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Panel
discussions will include minority lawyers
and minority law students. Keynote
speaker will be Robert Grey, immediate
past president of the American Bar Asso
ciation. Free. For information, call Marion
CoweU at (704) 562-1049.
Mecklenburg Park and Recreation is
offering rides for folks who can no longer
use Revolution Pool. The parks depart
ment will provide free rides from
Southview Recreation Center, 720 Vilma
St; Amay James Recreation Center, 2425
Lester St and Arbor Glen Chitreach Cen
ter, 1520 Clanton Road. Tb be eligible,
children or adults must sign up in
advance at any of the recreation centers
and schedule the ride three days in
advance by calling (704) 363*1250.
“Oh Freedom Over Me,” through May
28, Levine Museum of the New South.
Photographer Matt Herron’s recording of
the civil rights movement through the
Southern Documentaiy Project
“From Apartheid to Democracy,”
through May 15, Levine Museum of the
New South. Exhibit illustrates transfor
mation of South Africa by telling the story
of the first 10 years of democracy.
Concerts, art exhibits and community-ori
ented events can be submitted to The
Charlotte Post P.O. Box 30144 Charlotte,
NC 28230, You can fax (704) 342-2160,
log on at wHnvJhecharlottepostjcom or e-
mail editorial^ thecharlotiepostjcom.
The Carolines Black Pride Movement’s
inaugural Martin Luther King Jr. tribute
and gala brought together more than
60 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgen
der community leaders and gay-affirm
ing allies. The event at the Urban
League of the Carolines featured
awards and keynote speaker Ahmad
Daniels.
PHOTOCAROLINAS BLACK PRIDE MOVEMENT
Mary Chute, acting director at
the Institute of Museum and
Library Services, Levine Muse
um of the New South executive
director Emily Zimmern and
museum researcher Brenda
Tindal accept the National
Award for Museum Service