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Thursday, August 10, 2006
Ride for Pride, 8 a.m., 404 Armour St.
Davidson- Three bicycling routes - 62, 81 and 10
miles —to raise money for Trips for Kids-Charlotte
and the MS Society. All routes will be marked and
volimteers will guide and support riders. Regis
tration is $15 before Aug. 3 and $20 after. ANSI
or SNELL-approved helmets are required. Regis
ter online at cannonballs-cycling.oi^-
“A Sign Of Judgment,” Cenb-al Piedmont
Community College, 3 p.m. Comedic play. Tickets
$25, $20 before Aug. 1. Available by calling die
CPCC box office at (704) 330-6534; Dorothy’s
Music Network at (704) 333-7729. .
EclecFest, RealEyes Bookstore, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Nikki Giovanni and Crystal Andrus will be fea
tured presenters. Continues Aug. 13. Karaoke
contest for teens with fi-ee voice lessons and stu
dio time for the winner. Games and moon bounce
among the events for children. Giovanni wiU
appear Aug. 13 at Neighborhood-Theatre, 6 p.m.
Tickets are $25 in advance. Andrus will lead sem
inars on publishing at Green Rice Gallery. Aug,
13. Workshop is $10.
Charlotte Literary Festival, 10 a.m.-lO p.m..
Real Eyes Book Store, 3306
North Davidson St. Festival fea
tures Nikki Giovanni and 80
authors. Includes book signings,
workshops, seminars, hve bands
and kids’ comer. Concludes Aug.
Andrus
Par Busters Golf Group amateur tom-
Pre-Labor Day golf tournament spon-
Eai*th Wind & Fii*e, Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre. Special guest Chris Botti. Tickets
are $24 and $54.
Charlotte Shout, a montii of dance, music
and culinary dehghts through Sept. 29.
Pride Simset Jazz Festival kicks off at Hal-
Acoustic Music Showcase, Dale F. Hal-
ton Theater, Central Piedmont Community Col
lege, 1206 Elizabeth Ave., 7 p.m. Tickets $12 for
adults, $10 for seniore and $6 for children under
16- For ticket information, call the box office at
(704) 330-6534 For a list of performers, go to
www.toscomusicparty.org-
Nancy
CAMPING
Paramount Carowinds
PARAMOUNT’S CAROWINDS
Scooby Doo chills at Paramount Carowinds’ Camp Wilderness Resort, a 25-acre camp
ground. The camp includes 15 all-new Redwood cabins.
Gospel Fest, 1-7 p.m.. Smith-
field Park, Comehus. Featuring;
Singing Angels, Men Over 60,
Union Bethel Combined Choir
and Tfears of Joy, Free. Emcee is
Tbnya Rivens of WPZS-FM. For
information, call (704) 892-6031
extension 160 or log on to
Mnvw.comehuspr.org.
Children's Theatre of
Charlotte hosts auditions for
“The Magician’s Nephew,” 6 p.m.
at ImaginOn, 300 East 7th St. Roles available for
five adults and 26 young people fium fifth grade
and up. Dance experience a plus; adult roles pay
$400 a week- Call (704) 973-2800 for an appoint
ment. Auditions conclude Aug. 16.
nament, Crystal Creek Golf Club, Pineville. For
information, call John Love at (980) 253-1176.
sored by Greater Gethsemane AME Zion Church,
Olde Sycamore Golf Club, Entry fee $65 per play
er and $260 per foursome. Proceeds benefit Chris
tian Education department and scholarship fund.
Registration should be completed by Aug. 7 and
mailed witli entry fee to 531 Campus St., Char
lotte, NC 28216. For information, call (704) 375-
3900, extension 10,
Great Gatsby Party sponsored by
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Mid-Atlantic
Chapter, Wachovia Atrium. Food and beverages
firrm Charlotte’s top restamants, silent auction
and swing dance and costume contest Tickets are
$35 in advance, $40 at the door. Call Catherine
Turner at (704) 525-2955 or visit
www.nationalmssociety.oig/ncp.
Back to School E)vangelistic Block
Party, 12-6 p.m.. Walls Memorial AME Zion
Church, 2722 Bancroft St. Food vendors, dunking
booth and.3-on-3 basketball.
ton Theater at Central Piedmont Commiuiity
College, 7:30 p.m. and continues through Sept.
10. Indoor concert with Fred Wesley, Maceo
Parker and Carla Cook. Admission $35 orcehstra.
$30 balcony. Free Sept. 9 concert on the green at
435 S. TryonSt., 1 p.m. Featuring Dave Goldberg
and the Duane Allen Quintet, Ziad featuring
Mandyl Evans and Pucho Brown & the Latin
Soul Brothers. Tyrone Jefferson, Saltman &
Knowles and Ceha Smith highhght the Sept. 10
show at 1 p.m. on the green. Free. For informa
tion, caU Tbrrey Feimster at (704) 375-9553.
Wilson, Blu-
menthal Per
forming Arts
Center, 8 p.m.
Sponsored by the
Soutliem Area of
The Links. Tick
ets $100 and
available by call
ing (704) 372-
1000 or onhne at
www.salinks.org-
Proceeds benefit
the HBCU Schol
arship Endow
ment Initiative.
WATCH
Kinetic Works SummerDance
PHOTO/JEFF CRAVO'nA
Dance com^ out of the theater into a public arena with concert performances ty
Kinetic Works Dance Company at the DowdYMCA 400 East Morehead St New works
and revivals by choreographer Martha Connerton featuring SPANCE, a sports dance.
Performances Ai^. 11 at 7:30 p.m., Aug. 5 and Ai^. 12 at 4 p.m. Admission is $12 in
advance for the general pubhc, $15 at the door and $10 for YMCA members. For infor
mation, call Martha Conneiton at (704) 338-1533.
A BITE OF THE APPLE
PHOTO/STEPHANIE HARRIS
Students from the Love of Learning summer program went to New York City to see “The Color Pur
ple” on Broadway and tour the city’s cultural and historic sites. Love of Learning is a college prepa
ration program sponsored by Davidson College.
JACK AND JILL TEENS
JACK AND JILL OF AMERICA CHARLOTTE CHAPTER
The Charlotte Chapter of Jack and Jill of America senior teens attended the Regional Teen
Conferece in Columbia, S.C., in June. Arthur Hairston, a junior at Harding University High
School, was elected Mid-Atlantic teen vice president and Phifer Turner of Vance High
designed a video scrapbook that won first place in a regional competition.
Torrence Lytle High School Alunmi Asso
ciation wiU honor former educators Aug. 12 at
Zion Renaissance. For information, call Jackie
Tbrrence at (704) 399-8588.
Indoor/outdoor ya^d sale Aug. 12 at 2613
Hutchinson McDonald Road. Sponsored by Ivy
HaU Foundation. Household goods, clothing,
and jewelry. Thbles for rent at $15 by calling
(704) 509-4811. For information, call Johnnie
Collins at (704) 393-1200.
Northwest Corridor CDC sponsors “Rein
vestment to Revitalization to Gentrification”
Aug. 14 at 6:15 p.m., Pliihp 0. Beny Recre
ation Center, 501 S. Bruns Ave. Panelists
include Steve Crump of WBTV Charles Wood-
yard of the Charlotte Housing Authority. Stan
ley Watkins, Charlotte Key Business execu
tive, community activist Mattie Marshall and
Chris Ogunrinde of Neighboring Concepts. For
information, call Gwenarda Isley at (704) 378-
1272.
Information seminar on veterans bene
fits, Aug. 14, 7 p.m., at Mount Olive Presby
terian Church, 5126 Mount Olive Church
Road. For information, call the church at (704)
394-8814 or Rev. Marvin Cuffee at (704) 372-
8817.
Charlotte Trolley seeks public comment on
its pubhc space plan for a South End rail tran
sit stop, Aug. 14 at 3:30 p.m., 2151 Hawkins
St, Suite 400. Free.
Meet Charlotte-Mecklenbui^ Schools
Supeidntendent Peter Gorman Aug. 15 at
6:30 p.m. at Barringer Academic Center, 1546
Walton Road. For information, caU Dorothy
Waddy at (704) 525-8646 or (704) 575-3154. -■
Memorial bricks available for Children’s
Memorial Walkway in Frazier Park. Orders
fixim the adopt a brick program taken by Aug,
15 win be installed before the next service on
National Children’s Memorial Day weekend
Dec. 9. The Memorial Walkway is a nonprofit
organization. For information, call Jerry
Mudge at (704) 509-6603 or log on to
www.ocmw.org.
N.C. Central University alunmi are spon
soring a bus trip to the NCCU/Southem foot
ball game Sept. 23. Cost is $188, which
includes a game ticket. Payment due by Aug,
15. Bus will depart Sept. 22 at 12 a.m and
returns Sept 24 at 11 p.m. Hotel is the Hilton
Gardens. For information, call Judy Jordan at
(704) 651-5682 or (704) 566-6061.
Weeping Willow AME Zion will host a back to
school rally Aug. 19, 2220 Milton Road. Work
shops for aU ages, -entertainment, food and
school tools available while suppHes last
Step back in histoty Saturdays throi^h Nov
26 at Historic Brattonsville in McConnells,
S.C. Costumed interpreters will bring to life
aspects of 18th and 19th century hving with
themes changing weekly Admission is fi-ee for
Culture & Heritage Museum members, $6 for
adults, $5 for seniors, and $3 for children.
Food Addicts Anonymous hosts meetings
daily for people recovering fiom addictive eat
ing and anorexia. Free. For information, call
(704) 348-1569.
Charlotte Neighborhoods Famity Day,
Aug. 26, 12 a.m.-12 p.m., Charlotte Museum,
3500 Shamrock Drive, Tbur the Charlotte
Museum’s interactive exhibit of Plaza-Mid
wood through maps and photos. Free for muse
um members; $6 for adidts, $5 for students
and seniors and $3 for cMldi-en.
NAACP golf tournament and Ashanti
Awards scholarship celebration Aug. 15.
Honorees include U.S. Rep. Mel Watt and N.C.
Reps. Beverly Earle and Becky Carney. For
details, Yvonne Pettis at (704) 361-8109 or
Kenneth White, (704) 517-1877.
381 Days: TTie Montgomery Bus Boycott
Story, Sept 11 McCoU Family Theatre at
ImaginOn, 300 E. 7th St. Only Carolinas
exhibit includes author Thylor Branch at 7
p.m. Tickets are $10 at Children’s Theatre of
Charlotte box office at (704) 973-2828. Preced
ed by Let Freedom Ring, Commemorating the
Montgomery Bus Boycott, Sept. 5 at the Main
Library, 12 p.m. Civil rights activist Charles
Jones of Charlotte will share his experiences
finm the 1960s. Free. He’ll also speak at the
Freedom Regional Library Sept. 7, 6:30 p.m.
and Independence Regional Library, Sept. 19,
6:30 p.m.
Ehdiibits Alive: Colonial Charlotte, Aug.
12, 2 p.m., Charlotte Museum of History. 3500
Shamrock Drive. The 18th Century Gallery
features hands-on activities and demonstra
tions. No reservations required. Free for muse-
tun members, $6 for adults, $5 for students
and seniors, $3 for children.
Spanish Colonial Ai*t from the Lilly and
Francis Robicsek Collection, Mint Muse
um of Art, 2370 Randolph Road. Exhibit on
display through September 10. Paintings,
sculptures, silver and furniture fiom the late
17th through 19th century.
Woven Worlds: American Indian Baskets
as Works of Art, throu^ Dec. 31, MintMuse^
um of Craft -i- Design, 220 N. Ttyon St Baskets
fi-om the Clark Field Cofiection honors tribal
groups fiom the U.S.. Canada and northern
Mexico dating from the late 19th to mid-20th
century For information, call (704) 337-2000 or
www.mlntmuseum.org.