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COCA-COLA 600 Prestigious NASCAR 600 mile race. Sun., May 30. Charlotte Motor Speedway, 5555 Concord Parkway South, Concord. www.charlottemotorspeedway.com.

CONCAROLINAS 2010/DEEPSOUTHCON 48 Convention features a variety of comic book artists and other guests from films, as well as discussion panels, costume events, music performances, charity auctions, fan groups and more. Among attendance in this year's convention will be Jerry Pournelle, John Ringo and more. June 4, 3 p.m.-12 a.m.; June 5, 9 a.m.-12 a.m.; June 6, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Hilton University Place, 8629 JM Keynes Drive. For more information, visit www.concarolinas.org.

CHARLOTTE ROLLER GIRLS ALL-STARS VS. RIVER CITY ROLLERGIRLS Charlotte Roller Girls All-Stars will take on Poe's Punishers, a team with the Richmond-based River City Rollergirls. Sat., June 12, 6 p.m. $4-$14. Grady Cole Center, 310 N. Kings Drive. 704-353-0200. For more information, visit www.charlotterollergirls.com.

SLAMCHARLOTTE POETRY SLAM Monthly slam competitions, featuring SlamCharlotte's current Slammaster, Bluz. Contains adult language and content. Fri., June 18, 8 p.m. $10. McGlohon Theatre, 345 N. College St. 704-372-1000. www.slamcharlotte.com.

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BANFF MOUNTAIN FILM FESTIVAL WORLD TOUR Wed., March 24, 7 p.m.-10 p.m. U.S. National Whitewater Center, 5000 Whitewater Center Parkway. For more information, visit www.banffmountainfestivals.ca.

CULT MOVIE MONDAY: FILM SCREENING OF DEATH RACE 2000 The Light Factory and Actor's Theatre of Charlotte's Theatre 650 presents this film directed by Paul Bartel. Starring David Carradine, Simone Griffeth and Sylvester Stallone, the film takes place in a dystopian American society in the year 2000, where the murderous Transcontinental Road Race has become a form of national entertainment. Free popcorn and cash bar at the screening. Doors open at 7:30 p.m.; movie starts at 8 p.m. Mon., March 29. Free. Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, 650 E. Stonewall St. 704-342-2251.

DINNER AND A MOVIE: MEAN STREETS Director Martin Scorsese examines the hierarchy of a mafia family in New York's "Little Italy." Post-screening Q&A session with Jonathan Taplin (producer of Mean Streets) and MarketWatch columnist Jon Friedman. Dinner at 6:30 p.m.; movie at 7 p.m. Wed., March 31. The Light Factory, Spirit Square, 345 N. College St. 704-333-9755. www.lightfactory.org.

LOVE ON THE RUN: THE ROMANCE OF THE ROAD EXHIBITION FILM SERIES: FILM SCREENING OF BADLANDS Based on the lurid Starkweather-Fugate murders in the 1950s, this moody thriller recounts a James Dean wannabe misfit's (Martin Sheen) killing spree across the Midwestern plains. Held in Knight Gallery. Sat., April 3, 2 p.m. Free. The Light Factory, Spirit Square, 345 N. College St. 704-333-9755. www.lightfactory.org.

FILM SCREENING OF TAMANGO 1959 film about a Dutch slave captain on a voyage to Cuba, who faces a revolt started by a newly captured African slave, Tamango. Sun., April 11, 2 p.m. Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, 551 S. Tryon St. 704-547-3700. www.ganttcenter.org.

FILM SCREENING OF TYPEFACE Presented with AIGA for design week, this film revolves around a rural Midwestern museum and a print shop where artists meet retired craftsmen and converge for modern design and traditional techniques. Wed., April 14, 7 p.m. $5-$10. The Light Factory, Spirit Square, 345 N. College St. 704-333-9755. www.lightfactory.org.

FILM SCREENING OF DOUBLE TAKE In this film, director Johan Grimonprez, casts Alfred Hitchcock as a paranoid history professor caught up in a double take on the cold war period. He says all the wrong things at the wrong times. Meanwhile, politicians on both sides work hard to say the right things while live on TV. April 15, 7:30 p.m.; April 16, 7:30 p.m. $5-$7. Duke Energy Theatre, 345 N. College St. 704-372-1000. www.lightfactory.org.

FILM SCREENING OF THE BATTLE OF ALGIERS Both a suspenseful action movie and a political thriller, this film directed by Gillo Pontecorvo, focuses on insurgencies, uprisings and nation building. Presented with the NoDa Film Festival and God City. Sun., April 25, 4 p.m. $3. Neighborhood Theatre, 511 E. 36th St. 704-358-9298.

CULT MOVIE MONDAY: FILM SCREENING OF ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION With their 10-year high school reunion approaching, best friends and party girls Romy (Mira Sorvino) and Michele (Lisa Kudrow) review their lives since high school and become disappointed. They decide to reinvent themselves and plan to tell others at the reunion stories of wealth and success. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. and movie starts at 8 p.m. Free popcorn is included and there is also a cash bar. Mon., April 26. Free. Actor's Theatre of Charlotte, 650 E. Stonewall St. 704-342-2251.

FILM SCREENING OF ISLAND IN THE SUN In this controversial drama, Oscar-nominated Dorothy Dandridge makes film history as the first African-American actress to star in an interracial love story. Sun., May 9, 2 p.m. Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture, 551 S. Tryon St. 704-547-3700. www.ganttcenter.org.

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