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Thursday, August 24, 2006
Pre-Labor Day golf tournament spon
sored by Greater GethsemaneAME 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 ly Aug. 7 and
mailed with 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
fiom Charlotte’s top restaurants, silent auction,
swing dance and costume contest. Tickets are $35
in advance, $40 at the door. Call Catherine l\un-
er at (704) 525-2955 or visit www.nationalmssoci-
ely.org/ncp.
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Health and Education Fair, Theresea Elder
Park, 6301 Rockwell Church Road. Sponsored by
YET Ministries of Rockwell AME Zion Chiuch.
Back to School Evai^elistic Block
Party, 12-6 p.m.. Walls Memorial AME Zion
Church, 2722 Bancroft St. Food vendors, riiinking
booth and 3-on-3 basketball.
Earth Wind & Fire, Verizon Wireless
Amphitheatre. Special guest Chris Botti. Tickets
are $24 and $54.
Charlotte Shout, a month of dance, music
and oolinaiy dehghts through Sept. 29.
Pride Sunset Jazz Festival kicks off at Hal-
ton Theater at Central Piedmont Community
College, 7:30 p.m. and continues through Sept.
10. Indoor concert with Fred Wesley, Maceo
Parker and Carla Cook. Admission $35 orchestra,
$30 balcony. Free Sept 9 concert on the green at
435 S- Ttyon St, 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 highlight Sept. 10 show
at 1 p.m. on the green. Free. For information, call •
Ibrrey Feimster at (704) 375-9553.
“Blackout 2006: A Theatre Event”
Afro-American Cultural Center through Sept 16.
Event explores impact black gays had on the
Harlem Renaissance in the early 1900s. Friday
program starts at 8 p.m.; Saturday program
starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10. For informa
tion, call (704) 713-6948 or (704) 968-3916.
' 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 seniors and $6 for children imder
16. For ticket information, call the box office at
(704) 330-6534 For a list of performers, go to
www.toscomusicparty.org.
Alison Brown Quintet, 7:30 p.m,,
McGlohon Theatre. Grammy-wiiming banjoist
shows off her range fiom acorrstic to its bluegrass
roots. Tckets are $21-$28. For information, call
(704) 372-1000 or visit
www.blumenthalcenter.org or
www.carolinatix.oig.
Charlotte Post Best, Hilton Charlotte
Center City, 222 E. 3rd St. Celebrating 10 years
of The Post’s annual scholarship gala. Entertain
ment by A Sign of the Times Big Band. Honorees
are Nicole Beach (Tbp Senior); Domiarae Wade
(Tap Senior runner-up) Wachovia (corporation of
the year); Big Brothers Big Sisters (commimity
service) and Robert Davis (Liuninaiy Award).
Tickets are $75 and proceeds benefit The Char
lotte Post Foundation. For information, call (704)
376-0496 or log on
to www.thecharlot-
tepost.com.
Nancy Wil
son, Blumenthal
Performing Arts
Center, 8 p.m.
Sponsored by the
Southern Area of
Tlie Links. Tickets
$100 and available
by calling (704)
372-1000 or online
a t
WWW.salinks.org.
Proceeds benefit
die HBCU Schol
arship Endow
ment Initiative.
Black Political Caucus of Charlotte-
Mecklenburg will host its annual
fundraiser/banquet, 6:30 p.m., Sheraton Airport
Hotel, 3315 Scott Futrell Drive. The caucus will
recognize individuals who make Charlotte a bet-
ter community to hve and work. For information,
call Ella Wilhams at (704) 596-1332 or (704) 231-
0294 or Gloria Rembert at (704) 948-8089 or (704)
737-6185.
Bill Cosby, Blumenthal Performing Arts
Center, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tckets are $25-$50 at
the box office in Foimders Hall, by phone at (704)
372-1000 and onhne at
www.blumenthalcenter.oig.
iS, feEbony Fashion Fair, Ovens Auditorium,
2700 E. Independence Blvd. “Stylishly Hof’ is
sponsored by Delta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta
sorority. Tckets are $25 general admission, $35
for reserved seating. For information, go to
www.zetasofcharlotte.org.
LISTEN
Gena Chambers
GENACHAMBERS
Gena Chambers, winner of “Gimme The Mike Charlotte 2004,” will showcase her
singing talenis Sept. 14 at The Big Chill, 911 East Morehead St. The show stalls at 8
p.m.. and includes soloist Kevin Jones and Chill Factor. Tickets are $10 in advance at
Shear Energy Salon and $15 at the door. For information, call (704)889-5214.
WATCH
North Carolina Shakespeare Festival
NORTH CAROLINA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL
Students can get to know the world's greatest playwright during the North
Carolina Shakespeare Festival’s MainStage season. Sept. 8-Oct. 8 in High
Point and Oct. 11 -15 in Raleigh. Productions include "Romeo & Juliet” and
“The Taming ot the Shrew.” More than a dozen performances are sched
uled for school groups throughout MainStage. Admission is $12 per stu
dent. Teachers can make reservations in advance by calling (336) 841-
2273, extension 226 or e-mail sales@ncshakes.org.
WITNESS
“I Am My Own Wife”
PHOTO/CARRIE CRANFORD
Scott Ripley stars in the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning drama “I Am My
Own Wife,” which opens the Actor's Thentre’s 2004-07 season Sept. 4-23. Ripley
plays Charlotte von Mahlsdorf and 34 characters as a real-life German transves-
ttte who navigated the Nazi and communist regimes of Eastern Europe. Opening
night reception for cast and director is $23. Tickets on Thursdays (7:30 p.m.) are $23;
Fridays (8 p.m): Saturdays (8 p.m.) $25 and Sept. 17 matinee (2:30 p.m) $23. For
tickets, call (704) 342-2251 or go online at www.actorstheatrecharlotte.com.
MOVING DAY
PHOTO/V/ADE NASH
Stephanie George of Wilmington (left) moves into her dormitory at Livingstone College
last week. Helping her are nephew Jacob Rutland-George, 2, and friend Britney Lorch.
Urban League cookout and open house, Aug.
24, 5 p.m.. Urban League of Central Carolinas
highlights its services and opportunities for
involvement. Includes fimdraiser raffle and
Urban League officials and graduates to dis
cuss programs. For information, call Sarah
B^ers at (704) 373-2256, extension 205 or e-
mail sbbiggers@urbanleaguecc.org.
Charlotte Neighborhoods Family Day,
Aug. 26, 12 a.m.-12 p.m., Charlotte Museum,
3500 Shamrock Drive. Tbur the Charlotte
Musexun’s interactive exhibit of Plaza-Mid
wood through maps and photos. Free for muse-
ima members; $6 for adults. $5 for students
and seniors and $3 for children.
Minority business conference, Aug. 26,
N.C. Department of Public Instruction, 301
North Wilmington St, Raleigh. N.C. Educa
tion Lotteiy will hold conference to bring
together minority vendors fiom across the
state. Starts at 8 a.m. Conference will be held
in Room 150 North. For information, call (919)
301-3300.
Renting vs. buying a home workshop, Mor
rison YMCA, 9405 Bryant Farms Road, Aug.
26. Mortgage expert will share information on
pros and cons of renting, advantages to buying,
basics on credit and mortgage financing.
Daycare preparedness initiative Aug. 29,3
p.m., Sheraton Charlotte Airport. All day care
providers invited to meet representatives fium
Mecklenburg County Health and Homeland
Security Office, FEMA and American Red
Cross. Free. Td register or for information, e-
mail bepreparednow@ibnjc.net
Charlotte Writers Club kicks off its 2006-07
monffiiy meeting schedule Sept 19 at 7 p.m. at
Joseph-Beth Booksellers. Mark Ethridge,
author of “Grievances,” will present his experi
ences as a first-time novelist..Free.
Geneolc^ research course at Central
Piedmont Community College, Thursdays
fiom Sept 14-Oct. 12. For geneologists, histori
ans and anyone learning to preserve and orga
nize family memorabilia. Classes will be held
at 7 p.m. For information, call (704) 995-0731
or e-mail preservepro@earthlink.net.
Motivational speaker and
health and nutrition expert
Dr. Ann Gregoire Kulze will
talk at Sykes Auditorium,
Queens University, Sept. 19 at
7 p.m. Tckets are $35 and
includes one-year membership
to Friends of the Library, spon
sor of Kulze’s talk, fib RSVP,
call (704) 337-2437 or e-mail
Winnie Bryce at
biycew@queens.edu by Sept 15
Charlotte Preparatory School open house.
Sept. 28, 7 p.m., 212 Boyce Road. Open house
for early lower and middle school students.
Information about the school, its educational
philosophy ciuriculum and student environ
ment will be available.
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Step back in history Saturdays through Nov
25 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^ for
Culture & Heritage Museum members, $6 for
adults, $5 for seniors, and $3 for children.
“Mexico,” through Oct. 12, Kn^ht Gallery,
Middleton McMillan Gallery, The Light Facto
ry. Black and white prints fiom photographer
Harvey Stein fiom his visits south of the bor
der.
“(ID): An exhibit of self-portraiture,” Aug.
18-Oct. 12, Knight Gallery, The Light Factory.
Exhibit designed to reveal the real idea of self,
or what happens when the artist turns the
camera inward.
Spanish Colonial Art fi*om the Lilly and
Francis Robicsek Collection, Mint Muse
um of Art, 2370 Randolph Road through Sep
tember 10. Paintings, sculptures, silver and
furniture from the late 17th through 19th cen
tury.
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Minii^ for grant gold workshop,'Char
lotte Art League, 1517 Camden Road., 7 p.m.
Fee is $10 a person. Answers questions about
tile grant process and creating a successful
proposal. For information, call CAL at (704)
376-2787. or log on to www.charlot-
teartleague.org.
Openii^ reception for “Force of Nature,”
Oct. 11-13 at UNC Charlotte, Davidson Col
lege and Winthrop University. Tfen artists fiom
Japan will be in residence with each school for
six weeks. The exhibition explores, tiie rela
tionship between humans and nature through
the minds and hands of contemporary artists.
The exhibit (at Davidson’s Ven Every/Smitii
Galleries, UNCCs College of Architecture and
Winthrop University Galleries) is intended to
provoke dialogue and discussion with mem
bers of each host community while brining the
work of young artists to people who have few
opportunities to view contemporary Japanese
art. For information, log on to
www.halsey.cofcedu/fon.html.
Woven Worlds: American Indian Baskets
as Works of Art, through Dec. 31, Mint Muse
um of Craft + Design, 220 N. Tyon St Baskets
fiom tile Clark Field Collection honors tribal
groups fiom tiie U.S., Canada and nortiiem
Mexico dating from the late 19th to mid-20th
century. For information, call (704) 337-2000 or
www.mintmuseum.org.