News briefs: Charlotte Film Festival continues with showings in Steele Creek

Charlotte Film Festival continues

The nine-day Charlotte Film Festival continues through Oct. 3 with showings at Ayrsley Grand Cinemas in Steele Creek and Carolina Cinemas in Charlotte.

Times vary. More than 50 films were chosen from submissions to this year’s festival. The selections will make up more than half of the screenings at this year’s event. Categories include Narrative Features, Documentary Features, Narrative Shorts and Documentary shorts.

Fore more information, call 704-807-0435 or visit charlottefilmfestival.org.

Blood center posts York County drives

Community Blood Center of the Carolinas will hold the following blood drives:

▪  9 a.m.-noon Sept. 30, Jack Lowe Student Drive, at 1353 Del Webb Blvd., Fort Mill.

▪ 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 2, York Preparatory Academy, 1047 Golden Gate Court, Rock Hill.

▪ 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 5, town of Clover, 120 Bethel St., Clover.

Call 704-972-4700 or go to cbcc.us to make an appointment at any location.

Dance classes start Oct. 5

St John’s United Methodist Church, 321 S. Oakland Ave., will begin new dances classes.

Country and Texas Two-Step will be 7:30-8:30 p.m. Oct. 5, 12, 19 and 26. Cost is $20 a person for the four sessions.

Beginner Waltz is 7:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 2, 9 and 16. Cost is $15 a person for the three sessions.

Proceeds go to the youth of the church. No partner needed, but registration is required. Call 803-372-1315.

Primary runoff Oct. 6 in Charlotte

Some Steele Creek residents still have a choice to make Oct. 6.

Democrats Jennifer Roberts and Dan Clodfelter face an Oct. 6 runoff to oppose Republican Edwin Peacock for Charlotte mayor. Roberts earned more than 35 percent of the vote in the Sept. 15 primary. Roberts fell 5 percent short of earning the Democratic spot outright. Peacock won the Republican nod with more than 66 percent.

The general election is Nov. 3.

Red Cross seeks blood donors

Red Cross posts its blood drive schedule:

▪ 2:30-7 p.m. Oct. 6, Bethesda Presbyterian Church, 4858 McConnells Highway, York.

▪ 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Oct. 9, York County Natural Gas, 979 W. Main St., York.

▪ 2:30-7 p.m. Oct. 13, New Hope Presbyterian Church, 4357 S. New Hope Road, Gastonia.

To make an appointment or for information, call 800-733-2767 or visit redcrossblood.org.

Tickets on sale for garden’s music festival

Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden’s first Lost Hollow Music Fest will be held Oct. 17-18 featuring six performances by old time, bluegrass and Americana bands including Grammy winner David Holt and Nashville mandolin prodigy Sierra Hull.

The festival kicks off at 10 a.m. Oct. 17 with Riverbend, David Childers & the Serpents at noon, and headliner Sierra Hull at 2 p.m. On Oct. 18, the event starts at noon with Darin & Brooke Aldridge, followed by Underhill Rose at 2 p.m., and headliner David Holt & Josh Goforth at 4 p.m.

The Catawba River Bluegrass Association also will hold jam sessions throughout the weekend on the acoustic stage. Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina will provide information about music born in the mountains of the Carolinas. Other highlights include a cornhole tournament and children’s events. Food and beverages will be available for purchase.

The festival is free with garden admission. A One-Day Hillside Theatre Package includes a concert blanket, a bottle of wine or six beer tickets and a $10 voucher for membership $47.25. A Two-Day Hillside Theatre Package also includes two food vouchers for $74.99.

Tickets and limited-time packages are available in advance at DSBG.org. Hillside Theatre Packages may be purchased by calling 704-829-1252. Tickets will be available at the door.

Winners of Juried Competition announced

The winners of the 26th annual Juried Competition winners, open internationally to artists 18 and older, have been announced.

Only original work, created in the last two years, and not previously shown at the Center for the Arts, Dalton Gallery was accepted. All forms of media were eligible, including video.

The winners are: Best of Show: “My Home II” by Dallas Austin; first: “From Series: Erosion” by Rebecca Jacobs; second: “Appendage” by Julia Rossman Perez; third: “Confronting Dimension” by Libby Stewart; and honorable mentions: “Meditate” by Leah Mulligan Cabinum, “Questioning the Cause & Sense” by Paul Martyka and “If I Only: the series” by Cory Unkart.

For information, call 803-328-2787, or visit yorkcountyarts.org.

Group for veterans meeting

The Point Man International Ministries group meets the second and fourth Tuesday of the month at The Journey church.

Point Man is a veteran-to-veteran ministry with a primary service to offer spiritual healing from PTSD. Point Man also is involved in group meetings, hospital visits, conferences, supplying speakers for churches and veteran groups, welcome home projects and community support.

The organization, which includes more than 200 local outposts, reaches spiritually and emotionally wounded veterans.

For more information, call 704-451-2682 or visit BudStrope@Point-Man-Ministries.org.

This story was originally published September 28, 2015 at 1:44 PM with the headline "News briefs: Charlotte Film Festival continues with showings in Steele Creek."