Newspapers / The Charlotte Post (Charlotte, … / Aug. 17, 2006, edition 1 / Page 15
Part of The Charlotte Post (Charlotte, N.C.) / About this page
This page has errors
The date, title, or page description is wrong
This page has harmful content
This page contains sensitive or offensive material
3C g|ic Cjatlntte jgoat Thursday, August 17, 2006 : HBCU alumni networking cruise, Lake Norman, 9 p.m.-12 a.m. Admission $55. For information, call Tiifany Jones at (201) 304-2933 or Lisa Fair at fenomenal@beUsouth.net. ^Par Busters Golf Group amateur tom- nament, Crystal Creek Golf Club, PineviUe. For information, caU John Love at (980) 253-1176. Pre-Labor Day golf tournament spon 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 with entry fee to 531 Campus St, Char lotte, NC 28216. For information, caU (704) 375- 3900, ejrtension 10. 2, Iv Great Gatsby Party sponsored by National Multiple Sclerosis Society Mid-Atlantic Chapter, Wachovia Atrium. Food and beverages fix)m Charlotte’s top restaurants, silent auction and swing dance and costume contest. Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door. CaU Catherine 'Rimer at (704) 525-2955 or visit www.nationalmssociety.org/ncp. Health and Education Fair. Theresea Elder Park, 6301 RockweU Church Road. Sponsored by YET Ministries of RockweU AME Zion Church. : Back to School Evangelistic Block Party, 12-6 p.m.. Walls Memorial AME Zion CUiurch, 2722 Bancroft St. Food vendors, dunking booth and 3-on-3 basketbaU. Earth Wind & Fire, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre. Special guest Chris Botti. Tickets are $24 and $54. - Charlotte Shout, a month of dance, music and culinary dehghts through Sept. 29. Pride Stmset Jazz Festival kicks off at Hal- ton Theater at Central Piedmont Commiuiity CoUege, 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. 'Ryon St, 1 p.m. Featuring Dave Goldberg and the Duane AUen Quintet, Ziad featuring Mandyl Evans and Pucho Brown & the Latin Soul Brothers, lyrone Jefferson, Saltman & Knowles and Ceha Smith highlight Sept. 10 show at 1 p.m. on the green. Free. For information, caU 'Ibrrey Feimster at (704) 375-9553. ^ ^“Blackout 2006: A Theatre Event,” Afin-American Cultural Center through Sept. 16. Event explores impact black gaj^ 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, caU (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. 'Rckets $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $6 for children under 16. For ticket information, caU the box office at (704) 330-6534 For a list of performers, go to www.toscomusicparty.oig. Charlotte Post Best, Hilton Charlotte Center City, 222 E. 3rd St. Celebrating 10 years of'The Posts annual scholarship gala. Entertain ment by A Sign of the Times Big Band. Honorees are Nicole Beach (Tbp Senior); Donnarae Wade (Tbp Senior runner-up) Wachovia (corporation of the year); Big Brothers Big Sisters (community- service) and Robert Davis (Luminary Award). Tickets are $75 and proceeds benefit The Char lotte Post Foundation. For information, caU (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 The Links. Tickets $100 and available by calling (704) 372-1000 or online www.salinks.org. Proceeds benefit the HBCU Schol arship Endow ment Initiative. OtXotoi Black Pohtical Caucus of Charlotte- Mecklenburg will host its annual fundraiser/banquet, 6:30 p.m., Sheraton Airport Hotel, 3315 Scott FutreU Drive. The caucus wiU recognize individuals who make Charlotte a bet ter community to five and work. For information, caU EUa WiUiams at (704) 596-1332 or (704) 231- 0294 or Gloria Rembert at (704) 948-8089 or (704) 737-6185. Sbui Cosby, Blumenthal Performing Arts Center, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. 'Rckets are $25-$50 at the box office in Founders HaU, by phone at (704) 372-1000 and onhne at www.blumenthalcenter.org. 2^^Ebony Fashion Fair, Ovens Auditorium, 2700 E. Independence Blvd. “Stylishly Hot” is sponsored by Delta Zeta Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta sorority. Tickets are $25 general admission, $35 for reserved seating. For information, go to www.2etasofcharlotte.oig. CAMPING Paramount Carowinds PARAMOUNT’S CAROWINDS Scooby Doo chills at Paramount Carowinds' Camp Wilderness Resort, a 25- acre campground. The camp includes 15 all-new Redwood cabins. HANGOUT Events & Adventures EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT Events & Adventures, an activities club for singles, brings together Char lotte's most eligible folks tor an evening of mingling. E&A sponsors alter natives to blind dating by bringing people together for activities ranging from skydiving to kayaking. READING S FUNDAMENTAL PHOTO/JEFF CRAVOTTA Derrell Dullin helps Javiell Williams during an exercise at Starfish Academy at the YMCA of Greater Charlotte. The academy helps first- and second-graders improve their reading skills to grade level with the help of volunteers. Nine YMCA sites participated in Starfish Academy, which graduated 250 students last week. OPEN FOR BUSINESS PHOTOCALVIN FERGUSON Wade Financial Services owners were ail smiles at the opening last week. Indoor/outdoor yard sale, Aug. 19 at 2613 Hutchinson McDonald Road. Sponsored by Ivy HaU Foundation. Household goods, clothing and jewehy 'Ihbles for rent at $15 by calling (704) 509-4811. For information, caU Johnnie CoUins at (704) 393-1200, Charlotte Neighborhoods Family 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 membere; $6 for adults, $5 for students and seniors and $3 for chUdren. Minority business conference, Aug. 26, N.C. Department of PubUc Instruction, 301 North Wilmington St, Raleigh. N.C. Educa tion Lottery vtiU hold conference to bring together minority vendors fixim across the state. Starts at 8 a.m. Conference wiU be held in Room 150 North. For information, caU (919) 301-3300. Renting vs. buying a home workshop, Mor rison YMCA 9405 Bryant Farms Road, Aug. 26. Mortgage expert wiU share information on pros and cons of renting, advantages to buying, basics on credit and mortgage financing. Geneolc^ research course at Central Piedmont Community CoUege, 'Thursdays fiom Sept. 14-Oct. 12. For geneologists, histori ans and anyone learning to preseive and orga nize family memorabUia. Classes wUl be held at 7 p.m. For Information, caU (704) 995-0731 or e-mail preservepro@'earthlink.net. Motivational speaker and health and nutrition expert Di\ Ann Gregoire Kulze vriU talk at Sykes Auditorium, Queens University, Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $35 and includes one-year membership to Friends of the Library, spon sor of Kulze’s taUc. Tb RSVP, caU (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 phUosophy curriculum and student environ ment wiU be avaUable. Step back in histoiy Saturdays through Nov 25 at Historic Brattonsville in McConnells, S.C. Costumed interpreters wiU bring to life aspects of 18th and 19th century Uving 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 ftom addictive eat ing and anorexia. Free. For information, call (704) 348-1569. 96.1 'The Beat Holla Rim 5K race, Oct. 26, 7 p.m. Race starts at Morehead Street and ends at Carson Boulevard. For race information, log on to www.runfoiyourlife.com. • ••• 'The West Boulevard Library is looking for men who enjoy reading Jan Karon’s Mitford Series novels. Call Sandy Seawright at the library at (704) 336-6802. 'SW4 Bm-n Out, Aug. 18, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., Duke Power 'Theater in Spirit Square. Documentary on Oakboro, N.C., a town stru^fing to survive after the closing of a textile mill by inviting car lovers to town for a monthly “cniise in.” Admis sion is $10 at the door. • ••• “Mexico,” Aug. 18-Oct. 12, Knight Gallery, Middleton McMfilan Galleiy, '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-poi'traiture,” 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 tire camera inward. • • • • 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 fi'om the late 17th through 19tii century. Opening reception for “Force of Natiu-e,” Oct. 11-13 at UNO Charlotte, Davidson Col lege and Winthrop University Tbn artists fixim Japan will be in residence witii each school for six weeks. 'The exhibition explores the rela tionship between humans and nature through the minds and hands of contemporary artists. The exhibit (at Davidson’s Ven Every/Smith Galleries, UNC(7s 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.cofc.edu/fon.html. • ••• Woven Worlds: Ameifican Indian Baskets as Works of Art, through Dec. 31,Mint Muse um of Craft + Design, 220 N. 'Ryon St. Baskets fiom the Clark Field Collection honors tribal groups firom (ire U.S., Canada and northern Mexico dating fi-om the late 19th to mid-20th century. For information, call (704) 337-2000 or www.mintinuseum .org.
The Charlotte Post (Charlotte, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Aug. 17, 2006, edition 1
15
Click "Submit" to request a review of this page. NCDHC staff will check .
0 / 75