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1996 - Controversial Play

March 20, 1996  -Controversy erupts in Charlotte. Tony Kushner's award-winning play called Angels in America opens for a 10-day run. Charlotte Repertory Theater stages the performance. The play portrays sensitive subjects, such as the deadly disease called AIDS, and involves brief nudity on stage. Some people are offended and demand the play be stopped. It continues to the end, however, after a judge orders that it not be prevented from running.

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1991 - Arts Alive

The Cultural Action Plan will help theater, dance, music and arts groups in Mecklenburg obtain funding. Part of the plan designates the Arts and Science Council as the agency that decides how much money each group will receive.The North Carolina Dance Theater

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1996 - Olympic Flame

June 24, 1996 - The summer Olympic games will soon begin in Atlanta, Georgia. A blazing torch symbolizes the spirit of the games. The Olympic flame is traveling through the South and today arrives in Charlotte. Men and women, young and old, of many races and abilities take turns carrying the torch. One man is Kater Cornwell, a veteran of the Vietnam War now confined to a wheelchair. who is not to be prevented from running.

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