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3D C(>arlottc $flgt Thursday, July 27, 2006 “Noises Off," 7:30 p.ni., Meroney Theater, 213 South Main St., Salisbury. Tickets $15, $12 for seniors and students. Perfonnances through July 30 (2:30 p.m.) Tickets available at the box office by calhng (704) 633-5471. Family Day, Afro-American Cultural Center, 12-6 p.m. Charlotte Sister Cities will bring a taste of Ghana featuring cuisine from Kumasi, Charlotte’s Sister City. Children’s Dance Ensemble, workshops and fashion show in addi tion to traditiona] wood carvings for sale. • ••• Back to school bash, Roosevelt community in Clover, S.C., 4 p.m. Games, music and refresh ments at Roosevelt Community Park to bring in a new academic year. For information, call (803) 222-0927 or (704) 460-3147. Comedian Bi^uce Bruce, 8 p.m.. Ovens Auditori um. Tickets are $33.50, ^8.50 and $43.50. American Idols Tour, Charlotte Bobcats Arena. Featuring top 10 finalists Ace Young, Chris Daughtry, Paris Bennett and Taylor Hicks. Tickets are $68.50, $48.50 and $38.50 and avail able at Blumenthal Performing Arts Center tick et office, charge by phone at (800) 495-2295 or charlottebobcatsarena.com. i^ Mountain Dance and Folk Festival, 7 p.m., Diana Wortlram Theatre at Pack Place in Asheville. Performances through Aug. 5. Tickets are $15; $8 for children imder 12. Three-night package is $36. For information, log on to www.folkheritage.org or call (828) 257-4530. ^Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen, 8 p.m., Victoria DashiellAntiques, 125 RemoimtRoad. Donations $7 at the door. Free parking. lb reserve a table, call (704) 523-0702. Teddy Geiger, 7:30 p.m. Paramounfs Carowinds. Charlotte is latest stop on tile Confidence tour for the 17-year-old, who gained noto riety at the opening act for Hillary Duff. Also appearing are Dirtie Blonde and Susan Cagle. Tickets are $34.99 for Gold Circle adult, $14.99 for regular reserved adult; Geiger $39.99 for concert and full day park admission or $34.99 for reserve adult ticket with fid! admission. Call Ticketmaster at (800) 888-4386 or www.ticket- master.com Ride for Pride, 8 a.m., 404 Armour St. Da\’idson. Three bicycling routes - 62, 31 and 10 miles -to raise money for Trips for Kids-Charlotte and the MS Society. All routes will be marked and volunteers will guide and support riders. Regis tration is $15 before Aug. 3 and $20 after. ANSI or SNELL-approved helmets are reqxiired. Regis ter online at cannonballs-cychng.org. “A Sign Of Judgment," Central Piedmont Community College, 3 p.m. Comedic play. Tickets $25, $20 before Aug. 1. Available by calling the CPCC box office at (704) 330-6534; Dorothy’s Music Network at (704) 333-7729 or Praiz at (704) 537-07767. EclecFest, RealEyes Bookstore. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Nildd Giovanni and Crystal Andrus will be fea tured presenters. Continues Aug. 13. Karaoke contest for teens with free voice lessons and studio time for the wfrmer. Games and moon bounce among the events for children. Giovanni will appear Aug. 13 at Neighborhood The atre, 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance. Andrus will lead semi nars on publishing at Green Rice Gallery. Aug. 13. Workshop is $10. Andrus charlotte Literary Festival, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.. Real Eyes Book Store, 3306 North Davidson St. Festival features Nikki Giovanni and 80 authors. Includes book signings, workshops, seminars, hve bands and kids’ comer. Concludes Aug. 13. Gospel Fest, 1-7 p.m., Smithfield Park, Cor- nehus. 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 www.comeliuspr.org. Par Busters Golf Group amateur toiu- nament. Crystal Creek Golf Club, Pineville. For information, call John Love at (980) 253-1176. Great Gatsby Party sponsored by National Multiple Sclerosis Society Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Wachovia Atrium. Food and beverages from Charlotte’s top restaiuants, 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.nationalmssocietyorg/ncp. Earth Wind & Fire, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. Special guest Chris Botti. Tickets are $24 and $54. Ptidde Sunset Jazz Festival kicks off at Hal- ton Theater at Central Piedmont Community College and continues through Sept. 10. For information, call Tbirey Feimster at (704) 375- 9553. DANCE ASHEVILLE FOLK HERiTAGE COMMITTEE Shindig is a celebration of traditional and old-time bands, ballad singers and big circle mountain danceis in Asheville. The festival wiU be held Saturdays in July. WATCH Kinetic Worte SummerDance PHOTO/JEFF CRAVOTTA Dance comes out of the theater into a pubhc arena with concert performances by Kinetic Works Dance Company at the Dowd YMCA 400 East Morehead St New works and revivals by choreographer Martha Connerton featuring SPANCE, a sports dance. Performances Aug. 4 andAi^. 11 at 7:30 p.m., Aug. 5 and Aug. 12 at 4 p.m. Admission is $12 in advance for the general pubhc, $15 at the door and $10 for YMCA members. For information, call Martha Connerton at (704) 338-1533. MEET & GREET Events & Adventures EVENTS & SINGLES Jonathan Nazer, events and promotions director at Events & Adventures, skydives over Chester, S.C., with instructor Chuck Hammond behind him during one of the matchmaking club’s events for singles earlier this month. E&A brings singles togeth er over horseback riding, jet siding, kayaking and boating, among other events. For information, call (704) 210-8082 or log on to www.Iotsofeventsnc.com PLAY AT ‘42ND STREET’ PHOTO/TOM COVINGTON Mike Collins, Elizabeth Stacy and Mat DeGizman star in Central Piedmnont Community College’s production of “42nd Street” July 27-29 at 7 p.m. at Halton Theatre on the Cen tral Campus. Tickets are $14, $16 and $20. For information, cair(704) 330-6534. Northwest Corridor CDC open house and ribbon cutting for Wade Financial Services, Jidy 29, 12 p.m., 1017 Beatties Ford Road. For information, call Gwenarda Isley at (704) 378- 1272. Workshop for African American nonprof its, July 29, Carole A. Hoefher Commimity Service Center, 601 East 7th St. Registration at 8:30 a.m., workshops at 9 a.m. Cost $7 per seat. For information, call (704) 333--1690. Women’s leadership forum, Aug. 5, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Spirit Square, Sponsored by National Black MBA Association Charlotte Chapter. Cpnfirmed panelists include Johnson C. Smith University President Dorothy Yancy Pride Communications CEO Dee.Dixon and UNC Charlotte information technology professor 'Iferesa Dahlbetg. Admission is $10: free for members and students. For information, call (877) 732-0314. Campus Connections BCT will sponsor Depaidment Chair Day Aug. 5, 11 a.m, at Mount Carmel Baptist Church, 7327 Tuck- asegee Road. Department chairs fiom several historically black colleges will introduce them selves and information about their programs and professions. • • •• Big Brothers Big Sisters sponsors ‘Little Moments" Aug. 8 at 2424 Nortii Davidson St. Suite 110 at 12 p.m. Informational tour of BBBS. Tb reserve a space, call (704) 377-3963 or giveSbbbscharlotte.org. • ••• Livingstone College sponsors alumni roxmdup to rejuvenate the Charlotte Alumni Chapter, Aug. 8, 7 p.m,. GethsemaneAME Zion Church, 531 Campus St. Memorial bricks available for Children’s Memorial Walkway in Frazier Park. Orders fiom the adopt a brick program taken by Aug. 15 will 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 alumni 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 wiU depart Sept 22 at 12 a.m and returns Sept. 24 at 11 p.m. Hotel is the Hilton Gardens. For information, caU Judy Jordan at (704) 651-5682 or (704) 566-6061. Step back in history Saturdays through Nov. 25 at Historic Brattonsville in McConnells, S.C. Costumed interpreters wiU bring to life aspects of 18th and 19th century living with themes changing weekly. Visitors can also wit ness life in the Carolina backcountiy through activities such as farming, sheep shearing, cot ton harvesting. Admission is fi:ee for Culture & Heritage Museum members, $6 for adults, $5 for seniors, and $3 for chUdren. • ••• Food Addicts Anonymous hosts meetings daily for people recovering from addictive eat ing and anorexia. Free. For information, caU (704) 348-1569. Tbrrence Lytle High School Alumni Asso ciation wiU honor former educators Aug. 12 at Zion Renaissance, For information, caU Jackie Tbirence at (704) 399-8588. Charlotte Ne^hborhoods Family Day, Aug. 26, 12 a,m.-12 p.m., Charlotte Museum, 3500 Shamrock Drive. 'Ibur the Charlotte Museum’s interactive radiibit of Plaza-Mid wood through maps and photos. Free for muse um members; $6 for adults, $5 for students and seniors and $3 for children. Eco Art of the Cai*olinas, through July 30, Charlotte Art League, 1517 Camden Road. Pastel marshscapes and pigment giclee prints of the Charleston, S.C,, area by RoseLynn Imbleau in Stu dio 14. For infor mation, call (704) 376-2878. WUd Life: The Art of Lauren Faulkenberry & Andrew Lin ton, through July 30, the Ice house Center Gallery, ' 416 South Main St, Davidson. Free. Preview of die exhibit Jime 9 fiom 6-9 with public operiing June 10 from 6-9 p.m. Call (704) 892-7323 for simimer gallery hoiu^. Public art forum, McCoU Center for ^Tsual Art Aug. 2, 7 p.m., 721 N. Tiyon St Meeting with artists, developers, cultural and finacial leaders for a series of focus group conversa tions on affordable living and working areas. Aitsts of all disciplines and levels are invited to participate. Exhibits Alive: Colonial Charlotte, Aug. 12, 2 p.m., Charlotte Museum of History, 3500 Shamrock Drive. The 18th Century Gallery feature hands-on activities and demonstra tions. No reservations required. Free for muse um members, $6 for adults, $5'for students and seniors, $3 for children.
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