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3D tStie CtiarlQtte $att Thursday, January 19, 2006 0Bookoo Arenacross, Cricket Arena. Tick- ets $5-$22. Continues through Jan. 22. “Carmen,” Dale F. Halton Theatre. Central Pied mont Community CoU^, 8 p.m. Tickets are $16 and $14 and can be purchased 1:^ calling the box office at (704) 330-6534. Performances Jan. 21 at 8 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. Jan. 22. • •• • Chicago City Limits, McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square, 8 p.m. High-octane comedy revue “Taking Liberties” takes its inspiration fium today’s headlines, pop culture and the world at large. Second performance Jan. 21 at 8 p.m. Tick ets are $19-$29 and on sale at the Performing Arts Center box office by calling (704) 372-1000 or online at www.blumenthalcenter.OTg. • ••• Cop-A-Squat Coffee House will hold auditions for dinner theatre performance of selections fix>m “Cats,” 7 p.m., Coj>-A-Squat Coffeehouse. 107 South Main St Lancaster, S.C. Have music selec tion ready and be prepared for light movement. Second round of auditions Jan. 21. Charlotte Symphony and combined Charliers and Mixed Ehisemble, Clover School District Auditorium, Clover, S.C.., 8 p.m. Alan Yamamoto will conduct “The Olympics: Heroes, Heroines and Nations” with movie themes fium “Amistad,” “We Were Soldiers” and “Star Wars.” Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door. The box office will be open at the district auditori um at 1625 Highway 55 East in Clover, S.C. WWETs Monday Night Raw, 7:45 p.m., Charlotte Bobcats Arena. Tickets $20-$40. Main event is Jon Cena and Ric Flair teaming against Kurt Angle and Triple H. ^5?Jazzin’ With Jack and Jill, Charlotte Hilton and 'Tbwers, 6 p.m. Music provided by Pieces of a Dream. Tickets are $75 and available by calling (704) 375-3935. Sponsored Ity Charlotte chapter of Jack and Jill and proceeds benefit Hur ricane Katrina victims, Kindermoum and Jack and Jill Foundation. “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” 7:30 p.m., Meroney Theater, 213 S. Main St, Salisbury. Based on playwright Neil Simon’s re-creation of a team of comedy writers for a 1950s TV show. Tick ets are $15 (adults); $12 (seniors and students) Performances through Jan. 29. ****. “LaTVaviata,” Belk Theater at North Carolina Performing Arts Center through Jan. 29 Show time is 7:30 p.m. Jan. 26; 8 p.m. Jan. 27-28 and 2 p.m. Jan. 29. All performances have projected English titles. Opera Carolina Chorus, The Mov ing Poets Theatre of Dance and The Charlotte Symphony. Tickets are $15-$92 and available at www.operacarolina.oig or (704) 372-1000. > • Western Jazz Quartet. 7 p.m., First Bap tist Church West. Free. Warmup performance by jazz pianist TlUian Simmons and Alison Siler. • • • • “Casino,” Ovens Auditorium. Tickets $23.50 and $26.50. • • • • “Junie B. Jones,” a musical based on the books ty Barbara Park, McGlohon Theatre at Spirit ^uare through Jan. 29. Tickets are $12-$18 and ailable at the box office ly calling (704) 372- 00 or online at www.blumenthalcenter.org. “Annie,” Ovens Auditorium, throu^ Feb. Tickets are $20-$65 and available at www.tick- □laster.com or www.blumenthalcenter.org or by lone at (704) 522-6500 or (704) 372-1000. HAPPENINGS “Little Women: The Broadway Musical,” Belk Theatre through Jan. 8. Tickets are $20-$56 and on sale at the Performing Arts Center box office at (704) 372-1000 or www.blumenthalcen- ter.org. Discounts available for groups by calling (704) 379-1380. \Tenna Choir Boys, 7 p.m., Belk Theatre, Blumenthal Performing Arts Onter. Tickets start at $20 and can be purchased at the CJSO ticket office at 201 S. College St, www.charlottesympho- ny.oig or calling (704) 972-2000. ^Chocolate Extravaganza, 6:30 p.m.. Speedway CiTub at Lowe’s Motor Speedway. Fea turing a live band with dancing, wine bar, gourmet coffee bar and desserts. Cost is $100 per ticket and proceeds benefit Big Brothers Big Sis ters in Cabarrus County. a “Crowns,” Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte, 650 E. Stonewall St through March 5. Perfor mances Wednesdays and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.; Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Feb. 26 and March 5 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 on Wednes- days-'Ihursdays; $25 on Fridays, Saturdays and Simdays. Feb. 21 at 7:30 p.m. is pay whatyou can. Tickets available at the box office, (704) 342-2251 or online at www.actorstheatrecharlotte.oig. ^ Chariotte Post Features Editor Cheris Hodges will sign copies of her new novel “Second Chance at Love,” 5 p.m., Real Eyes Bookstore, 3306 N. Davidson St c 9 * Keith Urban with special guest Pat Green, 7:30 p.m., Charlotte Bobcats Arena. Tldc- ets $42 and $29.50. Continues throu^ Jan. 22. Off the Wall & Onto the Stage: Dane- 1' ing the Art of Jonathan Green,” 8 p.m., Blu menthal Performing Arts Center Belk Theatre. Ballet presented by the Afio-American Cultural C^enter as part of its annual Heritage Signature event Tickets are $25 to $55 and available by call ing (704) 372-1000 or at www.aacc-chariotte.org. 4m ^ Ringling Bros, and Bamum & Bail^ dreus brings the 135th edition of the Greatest Show on Earth to Charlotte Bdxats Arena through Feb. 26. Ticket prices range from $13 to $45 (fiont row) and $100 (circus celebrity) and available online at www.ringling.com. www.char- lottebobcatsarena.com, by phone at (800) 495- 2295 and the arena box office. Show time is 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22. ClAA basketball tournament Charlotte Bobcats Arena. Defending national champion Vir ginia Union Panthers will be challenged by John son C. Smith and Bowie State for league suprema cy Shaw University is the odds-on favorite to FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE ^ 1 Ip repeat as women's champion. Tickets available at CTAA member schools or log on to www.chariotte- bobcatsarena.com. !8 Three Daughters From Charlotte con cert, 7:30 p.m., ImaginOn Hugh McCoil Family Theater. Featming Jacqueline Butler Hairston, Rickie Byars-Beckwith and Yvette Walker Leach. Sponsored 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. PHOTO/JIM BLACK Bertha Allen of Health Equity hosted a delegation of Russian visistors to Charlotte as part of the the Open World for Leadership program and National Peace Foundation. REMEMBERING TVIE DREAM Saturday's Martin Luther King parade drew thousands of procession-watche(i|^to,|iptown Charlotte. The parade kicked off Charlotte’s MLK celebrations. HORSING AROUND Equestrian Andre McClain brings his talents to Charlotte with Ringling Bros Bamum & Bailey Circus Feb. 22 at Charlotte Bobcats Arena. Dawn Grier of Sigma Gamma Rho sorority paints 10-year-old Alexus Smith’s face dur ing a holiday celebra tion at the Greenville Community Center. PHOTO/CALVW FEHQUSON Bast Mecklenburg High School coffee and tour, 8 a.m., Jan. 19. For all rising ninth-graders and imrents. Information session followed by shident-led toius. • • • • Zeta Phi Beta sorority 8)X)USors second aiuuial Bowling for Babies Feb. 4 at AMF Coliseum Lanes, 2801 E. Indepen dence Blvd. fium 3-6 p.m. (I)o6t is $10 per bowler and includes three games, bowling shoes and prizes. FYoceeds benefit March of Dimes ai\d other local charities. Open to all ages. • • • • Sigma Gaiiinin Rho sorority is offeiing scholarships for liigh school seniors plan ning to pursue poet-secondary education to a foim-year college or university For an application and essay requirements, e- mail Veronica McKinney at boswtehar- lottesgi'ho.org. Application and essay must be postmarked by Jan. 25. • • • • Emerging Artists Vocal Arts ('om|)eti- tion, 4 p.m. Feb. 12, Memorial Presbyter ian Church, 2600 Beatties Ford Roatl. Presented by Cliarlotte Club of National Association of Negro Business and Profes sional Women’s Club. Admission is fiw. Ck)nte8tants include Thylor Johnson, a soprano from Converse ClJoll^e, Marais Graham, a tenor from Johnson C. Smitli University: soprano Felicia Wright from JCSU; Loren Webb, mezzo soprano, J(I)SU. Tlie winner will compete in tlie dis trict competition Mairh 17 at the Omni Charlotte Hotel, 132 E. TVade St For information, call (704) 399-4548. Gretha Boston plays jazz/blues Alberta Hunter in “Cookin’ At The Cookery” Jan. 18-29 at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. “Renaissance to Rocco: Masterpieces fVt>m the collection of the Wadsworth Antheneum Museum of Art,” Mint Museum of Art 2730 Randolph Road. Exhibit through Jan. 15. Hours are Tues day 10 a.m.-10 p.m.; Wednesday-Saturday 10 a.m.-S p.m. and Sunday 12-5 p.m. Admission is free T\iesdays fix)m 5-10 p.m. Admission is $6 for adults, $6 for seniors and students: $3 for students age 6-17, • ••• “Eye to Elye: New Perspectives on P€H>ple and Place,” Jan. 21 at the Muse um of York (Doimty, 4621 Mt. Gallant Road, Rock Hill. Ebdiibit runs through Oct. 15 and features 13 Carolinas photc^- raphers, including The Posts Curtis WU- Joie Lassiter Gallery presents Robert Laz- zarini’s “New Works,” Feb. 3 at 6 p.m., 1440 South TVyon St, suite 104. Lazzari- ni’s sculpture and paper works have been seen in London, Amsterdam, Ck)penhagen and Seoul. Two sculptures are In Char lotte collections. He will give a talk at the museum Feb, 26. Concerts, art exhibits and community-ori ented events can he submitted to The Charlotte Post VD. Box 30144 Charlotte, NC 2823(1 You can fax (704) 342-2160, log on ai wwwjhecharlotteposl/ om or e- mail editorudCa thecharlottepost/om.
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