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m 3D charlotte Thursday, January 4, 2007 A-^ ^AMA Arenacross Series racing, Charlotte Bobcats Arena, 7:30 p.ni. Reserved tickets are $25 (Gold Circle); $17 niidlevel adults and $5 for children 2-12. Jan. 6 tickets are general admis sion $17 for adults and $5 for children; available at arena box office, online at www.charlottebob- catsarena.com or participating Yama dealers. Adult seats $2 on day of races. Tbsco Music Party acoustic music showcase, 7-11 p.m.. Dale F. Halton Theater, Central Pied mont Community College, 1206 Elizabeth Ave. Tickets $12 for adults, $10 for seniors; $6 for chil dren under 15. For information, call tlie box office at (704) 330-6534. Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Founders Day celebration, Westin Hotel. U.S. Rep. Mel Watt will be presented the Legacy Award and James BazzeU, owner of Merfs Heart and Soul Restau rant and Glenda Horton-Manning, owner of Ibuch Inc., will be given the Bigger and Better Business and Education Legacy Awards respec tively. Admission is $50, which includes dinner, cash bar and dance. Log on to www.betarhosig- ma.com to order. Arena racii^. Cricket Arena. Pits open at 6 p.m.; green flag drops at 7:07 p.m. Tickets are $5- $14. Screening of the award-winning documen- taiy “Lost Boys of Sudan,” 7 p.m., Lemer HaU of Jewish Community Center in Shalom Park, 5007 Providence Road. One of the original Lost Boys will answer questions after the screening. Free. For information, call Mary Jane Burton at (704)370-3283. Charlotte TVoUey sponsors the No-Hibi- tion Speakea^ Gala, 7-11 p.m., LaVecchia’s Seafood Grille, 225 East 6th St Tickets are $100, with half tax-deductible. Fundraiser for Char lotte TVoUey Inc RSVP by Jan. 7 to (704) 375- 0850. Legacy Film Festival sponsored by Delta Sigma Theta sorority 7 p.m., McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square. Award-winning short films by Afiican American women filmmakers include “Clandestine” by Condra Magee and “A Different Lighf by K. Marie Walters. Tickets are $15 per person, $25 for two and available by calling the Spirit Square box office at (704) 372-1000, East Coast World Finals Rodeo, Cricket Arena, 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10-$20. Continues through Jan. 13. Harlem Gospel Choir, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m., McGlohon Theatre at Spirit Square. Tickets are $29.50-$34.50 and on sale at the box office at Foxmders Hall, online at www.blumenthalcen- ter.oig or by phone at (704) 372-1000. Red Hot Chili Peppers with special Big Brothers Big Sisters Chocolate Extravsiganza, 6:30 p.m., Lowe’s Motor Speed way For ticket information, call Juha Pacifico at (704) 791-0145. Feb. 17, 8 p.m., Anne Belk Theater, Robinson HaU at UNC Charlotte. Tickets are $15 in advance; $18 at the door and two- and three- night packages avaUable for $27 and $40 in advance. For tickets, call Kinetic Works at (704) 338-1533. online at www.bobcatsarena.com. Delta Legacy Ttea, 10 a.m., Heaton Hall Corn- well Center 1900 Selwyn Ave. Soiree is part of Delta Sigma Theta sorority’s Foimder’s Day. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased ty calling Angela Vaughan at (704) 301-1191 or Cynthia Smith at (704) 330-6726. Tickets wUl not be sold at the door and is open to members of the sorori ty only. Participants should wear red and/or white high fashion attire. guest Gnarls Barkley, 7:30 a.m., Charlotte Bob cats Arena. Tickets on sale at the box office, Blu- menthal Performing Arts Center, online at www.livenation.com or by phone at (800) 495- 2295. “Charlotte Squawks: Fourth and Going For It,” McGlohon Theatre, Spirit Square. Tickets are $25-$35 and on sale at the bmc office in Fotmdera Hall, by phone at (704) 372-1000 and onhne at rt'w.blumenthalcenter.org and www.caroli- itix.oig. Performances tiirough Feb, 3. 0Ringling Brothers Bamum and Bailey reus, CricketArena. Tickets $15-$50. Greatest low on Earth continues through Feb. 11 with dmal acts, acrobats and of course, clowns. North Carolina Dance Festival through Rodney Carrington, 7:30 p.m.. Ovens Auditorium. Tickets are $38.75. ; ' Central Intercollegiate Athletic Asso ciation basketball tournament, Charlotte Bobcats Arena. Nation’s largest black coUege event returns for second season in Charlotte. Tickets available at CIAA schools, including Johnson C. Smith University and Livingstone CoUege in Salisbury, Bobcats Arena box office or Harry Connick Jr., 7:30 p.m.. Ovens Audito rium. Tickets are $45-$68 New Edition world tour. Cricket Arena, 8 p.m. Special guest is Keith Sweat. Tickets are $49.50 and $39.50, avaUable at CricketArena box office and aU Ticketmaster outlets. CRAWLING “Whitewash” THE LIGHT FACTORY Marfln Luther King’s assassination at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis is one of the photographs featured in “Whitewash” at The Light Factory through Feb. 8. The exhibit uses conceptual photographs by Bradley McCollum and Jacqueline Tarry to render important moments from the civil rights era. For Information, call (704) 333-9755 WITNESS Royal Shakespeare Company PHOTOS/DAVIOSON COLLEGE Anton Lesser (Leontes) and Kate Fleetwood (Hermione) dance in “The Winter's Tale,” one of three productions by the Royal Shakespeare Com pany at Davidson College in February. The RSC will conduct a residency at Davidson Feb. 3-18 at Stratford’s Swan Theatre that will include “Pericles” (below) and the U.S. premiere of Roy Williams’ “Days of Significance.” Tick ets are on sale for $50 for promenade seats and $68 Tor traditional seating by calling (704) 894-2135. You can also go online at www.davidson.edu/tickets. CRAWLING MieS' ;escapes Joie Lassiter Gallery presents “Lifescapes,” the premier exhibit of Scott Griffin on Feb. 2. The exhibit fea tures three-dimensional visions of imaginary spaces defined by a profu sion of links between Earth's flora and fauna. Hours are Tuesday-Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m, Saturday 11 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday by appointment only. JOIE LASSITER GALLERY Liturgical dance class, Thui-sdays thi ough May 31, 6 p.m., C.N. Jenkins Memorial Pres byterian Church, 1421 StatesviUe Ave. Free; ages 6-adult. Interpret Old and New Ttesta- ment scriptures, spirituals thj-ough htimgical movements. For information. caU (704) 399- 4548 or (704) 277-1511. Martin Luther King Pi-ayer Breakfast, Jan. 15, 6:45 a.m.. The Westin Hotel, 601 S. CoUege St. Tickets are $35 and can be pui- cliased at any YMCA of Greater Charlotte location. Martin Luther King Conununity Civil Rights Birthday Breakfast, Jan. 15, 7:30 a.m., WGIV studio, 9349 China Grove Chiuxh Road, PineviUe. RSVP to (704) 333-1690 by Jan. 12. Martin Luther King Holiday Celebration Breakfast, Charles Mack Citizens Center, Main Street, MooresviUe. Rev. Sheldon Ship- man, senior minister at GreenviUe Memorial AME Zion Church in Charlotte wiU be the keynote speaker. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 10 years and mider. Pro ceeds wiU go to scholarships for students regardless of race, color or national origin. For infoiTuation, caU Brenda McKee at (704) 663- 0067. Animal RehabiUtators of the Cat olinas is offering a class for new vohmteers Jan. 20, 21, 27 and 28 in the south Charlotte area. ARC is a nonprofit gi'oiip that cares and releases orphaned or injured wUdlife within a 50-mUe radius of Charlotte. Volunteers must be at least 18 years old and complete training, for information, call Sheny Johnson at (803) 548- 4608 or log on to www.arcwildhfe.org Genealogy classes for beginnei-s at Friend- sliip Missionary Baptist (Jhmx:h, 3400 Beat- ties Fold Road Jan. 22, Jan. 29 and Feb. 5,12, 19, and 26. Learn how to reseaixih and write family history. Classes are limited to 20 and spaces will be allocated on first-come, firsL served basis. Free. Sponsored by Comprehen sive Genealogical Services. For information, call (704) 503-1701. Sister Souljah opens the Charlotte-Meckleii- burg African American Agenda town hall meeting Jan. 6, Charlotte Convention Center. Free. Fox News contributor Juan Williams will also speak. Participants can register by calling (704) 714-4439 or online at www,cm3a.org. Di-ania class, Monda}^ through June 4, 6 :30 p.m., C.N. Jenkins Memorial Presbyterian Chui-ch, 1421 Statesville Ave. Students will learn basics of stage acting and story develop ment; write scripts, develop set designs, create costumes and choreography. Ages 8-adult. For information, call (704) 399-4548 or (704) 277- 1511. Tickets on sale for Wachovia Chamjji- onship, April 30-May 6 at Quail Hollow Club. Tickets for the first two rounds are $40 each and tickets for tlie final two are $50 each. Weekly books are $140. Cost of parking at authorized lots and shuttle service included. Tickets for two practice i-oimds and pro-am tournament are $25. lb buy tickets, log on to www.wachoviachampionship.com or call (800) 945-0777. Sister to Sister National Woman’s Heart Day healtli fair, Charlotte Convention Cen ter, Feb. 16 from 8:30 a,m.-3 p.m. Free event where women can have health screenings, advice on reduciiig the risk of heart disease and guidance on adopting a heart-healthy lifestyle. Cooking and fitness instruction and demonstrations, seminars on preventative health, stress management pavilion and otlier activities. For infoimation, log on to www.womansheartday.org/charlotte or call Sandi Greene at (704) 442-9964. Design Made in Africa, through Jan. 6, McCoU Center for Visual Art, 721 Noith liyon St. Exhibit explores vitahty. and diversity of contemporary design fixDm across the Afiican continent. Information: call Devlin McNeil at (704) 332-5535 or visit www.mccollcenter.org. Carolina Madoimas, a work of photography by Phil Moody through Jan. 25 at Winthrop University Galleries, Elizabeth Dunlap Patrick Gallery, Rock Hill. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday fiom 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Exhibi tions are fiee. For information, call (803) 323- 2493. Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Winthrop University Galleries, Rutledge Gallery, Rock Hill. Pieces fixim selected faailty artists wiU be on display through Jan. 2. Free. For information, caU (803) 323-2493. WINTHROP UNIVERSITY “Bubbles Brooch,” by Courtney Starrett will be on display at Winthrop Universi ty’s Art and Design Faculty Exhibition through Jan. 25
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