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4D HAPPENINGS/(E{|t Ciatlotte Thursday, February 12, 2004 Calendar of events February 12 Kimberley LaMarque’s “Tribute to Rosa Parks,” Plowden Auditorium, Winthrop Uni versity, 8 p.m. Tickets $5 and $7. “Art vrith Heart” Byron’s South End at the Design Center of the Carolinas, 101 W. Wor thington Ave. Tickets $40 in advance, $50 at the door. Proceeds benefit United Family Services domestic violence programs. 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. “Annie” 8 p.m.. Pease Auditorium, Central Piedmont Community College. Sponsored r’Pr'r' TlipQtrfi qvp 9 Qn4 prir>- and 22 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets on sale at CPCC box office from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday-Fri- day or calling (704) 330-6534. Kid Rock and Twisted Tticker Band, 8 p.m.. Cricket Arena, Tickets $35. “Charlotte Squawks with LUV”, Blu- menthal Performing Arts Center. Fundrais er for WTVI pokes good-natured fun at Charlotte events and people. Individual tick ets are $25 per person and Valentine’s Day patron tickets are $100 with cocktails, and dinner with the cast. For information, call (704) 372-1000 or log on to www.wtvi.org or www.performingartsctr.org. Oral historian and storyteller Ramona Moore Big Eagle will be featured at Cen tral Piedmont Community College, Bryant Recital Hall, 1220 Elizabeth Ave. Free. February 18 Carolinas Concert Association will present the national Symphony Orchestra, 8 p.m., Belk Theatre, N.C. Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. 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. Mothers day breakfast, 7 p.m., Cochrane Middle School media center. Guest speaker will be Cheryl Atkinson, assistant regional superintendent, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools. “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.walkingth- etalk.net, 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 Foundation 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 offices; charge by phone at (704) 522- 6500; Ticketmaster outlets and ticketmas- ter.com, February 27 Rudy Currence and Dezera/s Hammer, Peabody Field, Winthrop University. Free admission, Currence performs at 8 p.m,; Dezerajfs 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. March 4 North Carolina Dance 'Theatre will present three masterworks by George Balanchine, “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” “Stars & Stripes” and “Agon.” Performances through T\/fovr»Vi ^ T3ciV'fXr'rv>or»r»/ac' ov*o 7-QA 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.bliunenthalcenter.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 & Thwers Hotel, Carolina Balhoom. Hon- orees include Winthrop University Associate Vice President Wilhelmenia Rembert, Bank of Americfi African American marketing executive Angela Crawford and Blessed Assurance Adult Day Care Executive Direc tor Nathaniel Huggins. Funds from the gala will support scholarships for Charlotte-area students who attend SCSU. IVforrh 97 ets are $10-855 ana semor ana gi’uup aia- 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. versuy. Nigerian poet recenuj appeared on Russell Simmons Presents Def Poetry. Admission $5 with Winthrop ID; $7 general public. 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 Brovm 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. 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. 'Ib form a team or become a sponsor, call Delta Sanders at (704) 829-6624. 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. we’re healing A&0EPTtN& NEW PATIENTS Djoliba Don, an African drumming and dancing company. Children’s Theatre of Charlotte, Also performs 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. PHOTO/WADE NASH Regina Spencer and Dr. Benedict Okwara were aii smiies at the open house for First Care Medicai Center on Nations Ford Road iast week. WORDS OF WISDOM, HISTORY PHOTOAVADE NASH Ebony magazine Executive Editor Lerone Bennett was the guest speaker at Livingstone Coi- iege’s Founder’s Day. Barbara Moore, inter national grand basileus of Zeta Phi Beta sorority makes a point during the Zeta’s 84th Founders Day iuncheon at Liv ingstone Coiiege in Saiisbury. Living stone President and Zeta soror Aieania Freeman hosted the event with support from surrounding graduate and under graduate chapters. PHOTO/LIVINGSTONE COLLEGE NOTTES Central United Methodist Chiuch will sponsor “Adventures in Learning” for seniors from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Reg istration is $18; $5 lunch or bring your ovra. Subjects include Tai-Chi, learn ing Spanish, do it yourself home repair. For information, call (704) 338-1511. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Black Political Caucus vrill meet Feb. 15 at Memorial Presbyterian Church, 2600 Beatties Ford Road at 7 p.m. Guest speaker will be attorney James E. Ferguson II. For information, call Johnnie Collins at (704) 393-1200 or Franklin McCain at (704) 598-7737. Life As Art Productions, is holding auditions for “Reservations,” a play written by April 'Turner, Feb. 8-10. Interested actors must call (818) 625- -xanuncs me mstxDnes of Native American and African American peo ples. Rehearsals begin April 15 and the play premieres at the Afro American Cultural Center March 5-6. Democratic Women of Mecklen- bm^ 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. Afro-American Cultural Center Cul- tureCamp, first Saturday of the month. Cultures that will be explored include Native American, Wetnamese, Hispanic and African traditions. Cul- tureCamp will run in conjimction with AACC’s Heritage Saturday Tbur 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. Min Community seminar series Feb. 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 Tours and Levine Museum 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. 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 Jpie Lassiter Gallery, 525 North Tiyon 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 uptown arena, Feb. 17,7 p.m. and Feb. 18 at 5:30 p.m., Levine Museum of the new South. For information, call (704) 372-9667. EXHIBITS “Spirit of Freedom,” and “Cultural Collection: the Art of Collecting,” Afro- American Cultural Center from 6-9 p.m. Rovmdtable 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. Cofree at 10 a.m. followed by lectiu^ at 10*.30 a.m. Three women’ photographers — JoAnn Sieburg- Baker, Diane Davis and Carolyn DeMeritt - will discuss their work, challenges and aspirations. For infor mation, caU Priscilla Dabney at (704) 366-9808.. “Seeking the Center: Paintings, Prints and Constructions of Zanne Hochberg,” Feb. 9- March 26, Patrick and Rutledge Galleries, Winthrop University. 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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