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Charles opens I From Staff Reports Ray Charles, the blind pianist who has gained international fame in diverse musical styles, will open USC's 1982-83 cultural series at 8 p.m Sunday at The Township. The 52-year-old Charles will perform in all of his musical styles ? jazz, pop, soul, gospel and country-and-western ? and will be accompanied by the Ray Charles Orchestra and the Raelettes. Ray Charles Robinson was blinded by glaucoma at age six. He made his first recording in Seattle, Wash., 35 years affO! sinrp thpn hp hue nlavoH onrncf tlin ? 0- f ??"W VVt UVU V/kJO VIIV United States and gained international recognition. THE FRENCH government presented Charles with a bronze medallion for his contributions to the music world, and he was praised in Congress for his "inner eye." The city of Los Angeles held "Ray Charles Day" on June 8,1967. UA rM/v?w% .??! -i ? aa v. uuo ?tuii av~v-icillll liVilli IllUSlClilllS and music critics as a "genius" in his field and has had many gold and platinum recordings in his long career. Some of the songs made famous by the musician are "Georgia On My Mind," "I Can't Stop Loving You" and his soulful reworking of "America, the Beautiful." Charles also was featured in the recent film, "The Blues Brothers," starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. Charles is a frequent guest star of musical TV | specials. Russell House pre: By Doug Bell Two films play at Russell House Theater this weekend. One marks the end of an American movie legend; the other makes its premiere in the Columbia area. Both were Oscar nominees in 1981. "On Golden Pond" is, of course, Henry Fonda's swan song. A great deal has been written and said about Fonda since his death in August. Much of it was the sort of mawkish, sentimental tribute that greets the passing of all famous men and women. And as much as Fonda probably detested that sort of empty, nostalgic flattery, he ^HWl'l.WKI H?. I? IIWLI J Sale ran ins 1, |"Jr TTciu'liftcnc^fufnf (504) 5 ^^^^^^^^uoaanunsHUBaaiaaunEBiBuumjcMiiuaK|^^j I LaStrada ^ ! "The Home of {( &sM Sicilian Pizza" ij m~~ | NITE OWL SPEC | $1.50 OFF Pizza ant I On Orders Called In From C * ONE COUPON PER DELIVERY * EF La Strada Special * Six Toppings ! Pepperonl Mushrooms Ground Beef ! Clrwn PpnnprQ# OnJnnc CJniic/-i/-io 10.50 17.OO i Lasagna j A delicious Large Lasagna Dinner tni eluding a half dozen of our homemade I garlic rolls. 6.00 Catering for Large [>artles Available Call For Information I 788-4578 } We Deliver I PRESENT THIS COUPO _$J _50 DISCOUNTOFI Cultural Series Blind pianist Ray Charles will bring his diverse styles of music to The Township Sunday. TICKETS FOB the performance are still available at The Township box office, 252-6530. Tickets are $12 for the general public and $8 for USC st 'ients. The next Cultural Series offerng will be the Louis Falco Dance Company on Jan. 29. The series will also feature Lana Turner in "Murder Among Friends," Feb. 18-19; the Washington Ballet, March 10; John Houseman's Acting Company, March 28; and the hit musical "Evita," /\prii n-i3. Tickets for "Evita" were not included in season subscriptions. sents two of 1981' must have known that "On Golden Pond" is a film that would perpetuate and reinforce such a reaction. NOT THAT it is a bad film ?it isn't. But neither is it great. It is a warm (barely missing "gushy") tear-jerker. Fonda bears lltci AriAtirfU - ? ?* -1 juoi cuuugu i caciuuictiicc tu ins cnaracier, Norman Thayer, to cause this role to stick in the public's mind longer than many of his earlier (and finer) parts. Thayer, like Fonda, is a man well into old age, besieged by a heart condition and a history of family problems. 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"Deathtrap" enjoyed an extended run on Broadway and was recently made into a film starring Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve and Dyan Cannon. ACT Ts production will be directed by Jim E. Quick. Besides Shelley and Turner, the show features Billy DuBose as Sidney Bruhl, Louise Linari as Helga Ten Dorp and Stan Reeley as Porter Milgram. * ll ' ?*AirAt?rAA DM??U1 A w?uiu ap icvwvco aiuuiiu ui uiu, a once-successful New York playwright with a string of recent stage bombs. Hungry for a good play, he receives a manuscript from a protege and recognizes the work as superb. He invites the young playwright, Anderson, to his home. The play takes an ominous turn as it becomes increasingly obvious that Bruhl will go to any lengths to get what he wants, and that he has the means to go to such lengths ? his home is stocked with weapons from past productions of his stage thrillers. What follows is a ronstantlv twictina who'll-do-it, with the confusing pressure of a psychic, Ten Dorp, thrown in for good measure. f _ I - f11 s oesi nims; one ( 1 daughter works to cement this fiction/real life connection. The story itself is familiar and predictable, developing with a simplistic ease that is largely unconvincing. But the acting, which is the best thing about the film, is supremely convincing. Fonda, Katharine Hepburn and Jane Fonda relate with a directness so alive and real that they involve the most skeptical, hard-boiled viewer. In any case, it's a movie worth seeing and reseeing. It plays tonight and tomorrow. "THE BOAT is Full," a highly acclaimed I Free Beer I From 6:00 p.m. Friday Until I S .00 p.m. Saiurcfc IGet a Free Pitcher c With the Purchase Large Pizza With at One Topping I For Eat-in Only Food at Five Points Pizza Inn Only I Fbr pizza out J 707 Salui Five P( | 765-1 n 'Deathtrap' Billy Dubose (left) stars with USC students Mark Shalley and Jane Turner in 'Deathtrap.' "DEATHTRAP" WILL play through Oct. 30 at the Heyward Moore Fine Arts Center on "BM Avenue in West Columbia. Performances are at 8 p.m. except for a 3 p.m. matinee Sunday. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for students, senior citizens and military personnel. For information, call 796-7550. jets area premiere Swiss film, will make its area premiere Sunday, with a 2:30 p.m. matinee and evening shows at 7 and 9:30. Not having seen the film, I can do little more than say that according to reports and reviews I have read, the film has a fine critical reputation and must be a crowd pleaser as well, for it was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. Directed by Markus Imhoof, "The Boat is Full" is based on actual World War II events. When Jews were fleeing Germany during the war, many were not allowed to S?e "Film*," papa 13 Free Beer | iy I f Beer !! its Pizza lm? 1 da Ave. ; ?ints 0" J