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2D A & EJ%\t Cl^arlotte Thursday, January 4, 2007 Beasley plays pair in Charlotte Froni niusic diki dn.^ to Ustijiu^, vvc? cover vvhiu’s iuippcntfig iii Ctuui itic Continued from page ID p.m. and 10:30 p.m. both Blvd. Suite 103 in Charlotte. Cafe-January 19 and 20. nights. The Jazz Cafe is For more information or Beasley takes the stage at 8 located at 2127 Ayrsley Tbwn tickets call 980-297-7180 or go online www.thejazzcafenc.com. CliArlotte James Brown fans bid final farewell to singer at memorial in Ga. hometown Continued from page 1D “James Brown is my great est inspiration.” the pop star told mourners, adding that when he was a child, his mother would wake him, regardless of the hour, when ever Brown was on TV “When I saw him move, I was mesmerized,” Jackson said. ‘T knew that’s what I wanted to do for the rest of my life because of James Brown.” Brown, 73, died of heart fail ure Dec. 25 in Atlanta while hospitalized for treatment of pneiunonia. Jesse Jackson said Satuj'day that Brown had “upstaged Santa on Christmas Day” Mourner Maynard Eaton returned to Brown’s home town to pay tribute to the musician that he also consid ered a pohtical figure. “T’m blade and I’m proud’ was the most influential black slogan of the 1960s,” he said, referring to the chorus of the Brown standard “Say It Loud.” Brown was bom in Barn well, South Carolina, in 1933 and spent much of his child hood in Augusta, singing and dancing for char^ on street comers. Even when he became an international superstar, Brown considered Augusta his home. Much of the fimeral took on the feel of one of Brown’s famously high-energy con certs. The Soul Generals cranked out Brown hits including “Soul Power,” ‘T Peel Good” and ‘Tt’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World” for a crowd that dapped, cheered and danced in the aisles. ‘T can hear hfr. Brown now,” said Charles Bobbitt, Bmwn’s longtime manager who was witii him when he died. “He’s saying‘St. Peter... I don’t deal ‘ with the middle man. Take me to the main man.”’ 'The service was followed by' a private burial. Brown’s hits, such as ‘T Got You (I Feel Good)” and “Papa’s Grot A Brand New Bag,” inspired g^erations of soul, funk, disco, rock and rap artists. A day earher, thousands of fans poured into the Apollo in Harlem for a sometimes rau cous celebration of Brown at the venue where one of his trademark high-energy con certs launched him into the international spothght in 1956. “He was a God-sent per son—almost like an angel,” said 'Vickie Greene, who saw her first Brown show more than 30 years ago and attend ed Saturday’s ceremony 'While growing up in Augus ta, Brown sometimes commit ted petty crimes that landed him in reform school. In later years, he returned each year to give away Thanksgiving turkeys to needy families. The community was also the scene of a drug-fueled police chase that landed Brown a 15- month stint in prison. The city named a street IN A DIRTY WORLD, HE'S OUR ONLY HOPE. after Brown a decade ago and last year erected a statue of him in a downtown park. Ear her this year, the community’s main auditorium was also named in his honor. ‘Decades: Hot Commodities - Art in the 80s’ By Sandy Seawright FOR THE CHARLOTTE POST Bank of America Gallery Hearst Tower 214 Norfh Tryon Sf. Is the appeal of the 1980s the idea that everyone could or might get lich or famous? Mary Edith Alexander, manager of the Bank of America art program has been presenting a series of exhibits “Decades 1940- 1990” and this one is espe cially exciting as the 1980’s hold a certain glamour. Curated by Brad Thomas, the director of the Davidson College Art Galleiy and an artist, “Decades; Hot Com modities...” presents a lot of big size art. Elizabeth Murray’s huge print in green, black and salmon pink looks like it’s huge teardrop shape may fall forward onto us. Susan Rothenberg’s tall 1984 hthogj-aph “Between the Eyes” is almost vague. The figiu-e on the right looks off to the right while the fig ure on the left - his face blocked by a pale yellow rec tangle - is seen as a gray x- ray Everything is big but no one looks happy Especially unhappy are Robert Long’s sli^tly larger than life hip male and female figures, “Edmiond,” and “Cindy” Though both are well- dressed, they are obviously in pain. “Andy Mouse,” a screen- piint by Keith Haring and Andy Warhol shows the Pop Art prophet as a Mickey Mouse weaiii^ orange pants ^lnd pink green-tinted sun glasses. He is standing in a pile of doUar bills aU with the deonomination 0. This Andy is also unhappy The ‘80s also had great visual power expressed both pohticaUy and in taking artistic risk. Bai’bara Kruger in her 1985 print, “We wiU no longer be seen & not heard” shows a girl giving a snub waving her fingers fit)m her nose over a laige red (dan ger?) sign that says “NO.” Robert Mapplethorpe who died of AIDS and document ed through his photography the more hidden side of gay culture in a 1980 gelatin sil ver print, “Back with hands,” shows the rear, upper nude torso of the Afiican-Ameri- can model Leland Richard. A cityscape, “Noctural EDipse” by Sylvia Phmaeik Mangold looks great here. It was painted in 1982 with oil on hnen. We see the city in the distance as a streak of light and energy Mangold has left the masldng tape running along the bottom of the canvas as a refi^shii^ statement on her process and anti-perfectionism. Also beautiful here is Gregory AmenofTs woodcut which features a thick, black twist ing line against a back ground of bees or flowers. Very rare to see in Char lotte and very esoteric are three prints by the very young Jean-Midiel Basquiat, black protege of Andy Warhol and tile victim of a drug over dose. Again like Warhol, whom Time magazine just said was right when he said, ‘Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes,” with personal blogs and MySpace for teens in 2007, the Basquiat prints here are also prophetic. One shows a backbone, another a skull, his artistic signature, and teeth - the things that remain of him. Hours to see the exhibit through Saturday January 27, are Monday - Friday fix)m 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sat urday Sum 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is fiee. WEDNESDAY JAN 17•8 PM = B! f Ovens Witorinm Box Office' T UAryy Q .,§1(704)522-6500 ^ I ticketmaster yy-n/ig® I ticketmaster.com '' ‘60 Minutes’ has no immediate plans to replace Ed Bradley THE ASSOCIATED PRE5S NEW YORK -Faced with the need to replace Ed Bradley in the middle of the TV season, “60 Minutes” won’t evoi bother. His workload will be spread around, and, in a imique arrangement for the CBS newsmagazine, his top pixi- ducer will n.m a reporting imit for stories available to all on-ail' correspondents. ‘Tt’s a long-tenu project to find the next ftill-time peison who can show the abilities that ai'e expected of a ‘60 Mnutes’coiTespoudent,” said Jeff Fagei; tlie show’s exeai- tive producer. Even before Bradley’s death on Nov 9, it .was a ti'ansition yeai’ for TVs longest-nuining newsmagazine. Mike Wallace has retii*ed, Moiiey Safei' has cut back Ms horn's and Dan Rather is gone. Katie Coiuic and Andereon Cooper are new contributoi's. Bradley, a PMladelpMa native wlio died at 65 of leukemia, had only a year to eiyoy a status of first among equals at the enseiuble. TIis was the fii'st face shown din ing the weekly inti-oductions, a subtle indication of status that only Wallace had previ ously acliieved, and he was gone before many even real ized it. “He was tlie kuig,” said fel low coiTespondent Bob Simon. "He had the most authoritative presence and stjde on the broadcast and that’s not replaceable. Bradley also was an off screen leadei' at one of TVs most notorious dens of com petition and ego. During the 1995 crisis that became the subject of the movie “The Insider,” when “60 Minutes” caved to corpo rate pressiu'e and delayed a tough report about tobacco companies, “half the office wasn’t talking to the other half,” con'espondent. Lesley Stahl recalled. Bradley brought everyone to his apartment and said he wouldn’t let them leave until they thrashed it out, she said. “The reaction to Ed’s dying was something I'd never seen,” Stahl said. ‘Tve been ai'ound hei-e a long time and thei'e was a quality of reac tion fium the public that was personal in a way I can’t explain and everyone here has had the same thing. We have all been flooded with e- mails.” ®Ijf “P'” '■'"“*y-Sunilay €xteltf(or Cluli 5 (txcelsior Clut, ^ 921 Beatties Ford Rd. • 704-334-5709 “Wednesday Night Live ■ JAZZ” With Our House Band ’’PORTERHOUSE” featuring Michael Porter, Andretv Williams, Tommy Green Steve Gordon and Gerard Benson Doors Open at 7pm.. "Adult environment, 30 and over” • TUESDAY ...“FISH FRY’ 6 pm.-Only SS • "Whist” as long as you can see! • Disco at 9pm • THURSDAY “DIRTY THIRTY THURSDAY” | Lets get this party started right now! ‘ FRI. & SAT. The Best “DISCO” In Toiim • SUNDAY. . A Relaxing Evening! CHECK US OUT! www.excelsiorclub. net COCA-COLA “STUDENT” OF THE MONTH ^‘Chadwyck LaMarr Chavis^’ Senior, West Meeklenburg High School “Career Goals” Chadwyck is torn between becoming a corporate CPA, or environmental engineer. Our “Student of the Month,” Chadwyck LaMarr Chavis, has been an Honors/AP student for the past four years at West Mecklenburg High School. Even with his heavy academic schedule, Chadwyck has found time to be a peer tutor.at school and for the M2Foundation, Well-rounded, Chadwyck has played varsity basketball since 2005, and is now co-cap- tain. He was captain of the JV team 2004-2000 and is a member of the Booster Club. Realizing the more you give, the more you receive, Chadwyck volunteers for Northwest Service Center and Samaritan’s Walk through the M2Foundation (foimer Carolina Panther Muhsin Muhammad’s Foundation), which he has been a member of since 2002. in addition, he has been a member of Big Brothers/Big Sisters since 2000. For his dedication at school and in the community, Chadwyck received the 2005 Most Perseverance Award from West Mecklenburg’s basketball coach during High School Day at the Charlotte Convention Center, and received leadership awards 2003,2004, and 2005 from M2Foundation. In his spare time, Chadwyck enjoys connecting with his mentors, Muhsin Muhammad,and Ron Adams with the M2Foundation, and Chad "Vargo, his Big Brother with Big Brothers/Big Sisters Organization, Chadwyck is the son of Karen W, Chavis and Chanslar L. Chavis, and big brother to Kristina, a ninth grader at West Mecklenburg High. He is also the proud grandson of Major Robert and Eleanor Washington of Charlotte, and Emma Lee Chavis of Greensboro. The family attends St. Michael's Episcopal Church. Best Wishes “Chadwyck” from Coca Cola Bottling Company Consolidated of Charlotte Coca Co (a ^aC
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