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Gears, Beers, and BBQ-2013
Sat., May 18, 11 a.m.
704-507-7773Benefits & Fundraisers, Festivals/Events
Gears, Beers, and BBQ is a celebration of all 3 to support the 24 Hours of Booty bike race to raise money for cancer research
A special Booty Brew will be available, as well as all of the fine beers of Birdsong. Queen City Q will be providing the BBQ, and music, prizes, and a lot of fun is on tap
$30.00
A Hero Among Us Antonio Thorpe Benefit Show
Sat., May 18, 8 p.m. (704) 765-2467General
Tickets: $20 Doors @ 8 Show @ 9 Featuring If You Swim https://www.facebook.com/IfYouSwim?ref=ts&fref=ts G.R.O.A.M.Y. https://www.facebook.com/groamyband?ref=stream Gruppe36 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Grüppe-36/122000544495476?ref=ts&fref=ts Blank https://soundcloud.com/blank-blackmarket-artist Colby Chrome Www.colbychrome.com Dead Cat Photography provided by Avidity Imaging Www.facebook.com/AvidityImaging Amazing article written by Charlotte observer: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/07/4026982/good-samaritan-driver-killed-in.html?fb_action_ids=10152859432580145&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582 Donate directly! https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/z7c2/antoniothorpememorialfund?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fb_share_stream.share&utm_campaign=vanity_page_T1&fb_ref=999209 *All proceeds go to the the funeral/memorial fund of Antonio Thorpe. * $20.00
A Hero Among Us Benefit Show
Sat., May 18, 8 p.m.Benefits & Fundraisers, Hip-Hop/Soul/R&B, Pop/Rock
Tickets: $20 *All proceeds go to the the funeral/memorial fund of Antonio Thorpe. * Doors @ 8 Show @ 9 Featuring If You Swim https://www.facebook.com/IfYouSwim?ref=ts&fref=ts G.R.O.A.M.Y. https://www.facebook.com/groamyband?ref=stream Gruppe36 https://www.facebook.com/pages/Grüppe-36/122000544495476?ref=ts&fref=ts Blank https://soundcloud.com/blank-blackmarket-artist Colby Chrome Www.colbychrome.com Dead Cat Photography provided by Avidity Imaging Www.facebook.com/AvidityImaging Amazing article written by Charlotte observer: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/05/07/4026982/good-samaritan-driver-killed-in.html?fb_action_ids=10152859432580145&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582 Donate directly! https://www.giveforward.com/fundraiser/z7c2/antoniothorpememorialfund?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=fb_share_stream.share&utm_campaign=vanity_page_T1&fb_ref=999209 $20.00 *All proceeds go to the the funeral/memorial fund of Antonio Thorpe. *
Robot Johnson Sketch Comedy
Sat., May 18, 9 p.m.Comedy
Charlotte's premier sketch comedy group performs at Wine Up in NoDa.
Doors open at 8:45, show starts at 9:00/9:15. Shows are the same on Friday and Saturday night.
Wine Up has a well stocked bar, specialty drink selections and serves the full Boudreaux's dinner menu.
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PROOF
Thursdays-Saturdays, 8 p.m. and Sundays, 2:30 p.m. Continues through June 2 704-455-8542Theater/Dance/Performance Art
Catherine, a troubled young woman who has spent years caring for her father, a brilliant but unstable mathematician. Following his death, she must deal with the arrival of her estranged sister and the attentions of her father’s former student who hopes to find valuable work in the notebooks he left behind. A burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: how much of her father’s madness —or genius — did she inherit?
$18.00 - $28.00
Proof
Sat., May 18, 8 p.m., Thu., May 23, 8 p.m., Fri., May 24, 8 p.m., Sat., May 25, 8 p.m., Sun., May 26, 2:30 p.m., Thu., May 30, 8 p.m., Fri., May 31, 8 p.m., Sat., June 1, 8 p.m. and Sun., June 2, 2:30 p.m.Theater/Dance/Performance Art
Premiering at the Manhattan Theatre Club in May of 2000 and working its way up to Broadway just five months later, David Auburn’s Proof is ... well ... proof that starting small can lead to bigger and better things. In 2001, the play picked up a Pulitzer Prize for “Drama” and a Tony Award for “Best Play,” before going on a continuous run that came to a close in 2003. Afterwards, it was adapted into a film, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, Anthony Hopkins and Jake Gyllenhaal. Reemerging in the quarters of Carolina Actors Studio Theatre, this production doesn’t really need a plug, but for folks who struggle with finding good solutions for things to do, consider this your cheat sheet. But be forewarned: This isn’t the happiest of plays. It revolves around Catherine (played by the talented Karina Roberts-Caporino), who sacrificed her own dreams to care for her mentally ill father (George Gray), a former mathematical genius, while her sister ran off to New York. With his death, Catherine faces her estranged sibling and one of her father’s former students, who thinks that an undiscovered, breakthrough manuscript may be hidden in her father’s office. Add to all this a blossoming romance and some questionable sanity and you’ve got the general equation for Proof.
$18-$28
