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^There's: Nothing! This is a listing of the events open to the public in the Columbia area for this weekend. The Big Apple ? 1000 Hampton Street ? A solo exhibition of Columbia native Richard TJ Bryan's modem sculpture will be held Sunday from 2 to 4:30 p.m. X. Club 18 ? 1350 Bush River Road (beside Target at Bush River ""I Mall). On Friday, live DJ. On Saturday, Frozen Heart will play. $4 A cover both nights. The Cockpit ? 922 Main St mm Tonight, Public Ayes at 10:30 p.m. ^ Cover is $3. On Saturday, D.J. Mad Max. Cover is $2. Cracker jacks ? 1325 Long- Jfl creek Dr. Featured Friday and Saturday, live DJ. Happy hour from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Open 4 p.m. to 4 pF a.m. on Saturday. Cover is $1. w Koger center ? ine use concert and symphonic bands will give their annual Parent's Day concert on Sunday at 3 p.m. Admission is free. Greenstreet's ? 1101 Harden St. Featured tonight, Wide spread Panic. Cover is $9. On Saturday, Freedom of Expression and TO cover is $5. On Sunday, the Vul- Th gar Boatmen, with a $3 cover. Per- R sons age 18 and older admitted. _ Shows are at 8 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. Persons age 21 and over admitted. Rockafeila's ? 2112 Devine St. Featured tonight, Aleka's Attic, featuring River Phoenix. Cover is $5. On Saturday, Kilkenny Cats with Watershed. Cover is $6. On Sunday, an all-ages show at 6 p.m. A with BOA and God's Water. M Cover is $5. Afterwards, free V acoustic night. Persons age 18 and ^ over admitted. # The Township ? 1703 Taylor St. The musical "Phantom of the Opera" will play Saturday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25.50. # The Punchline ? 634 Harden St. Tonight and Saturday, A ? 11 m m 1_ T\:fL ? TO neaanner is Mane i^ionera. rcaimo act is Jeff Shaw. Cover is $8. B jfry CAROUN^nzn?OTEL Columbia, SC 907 Assembly Street SATURDAY, APRIL 6 SHOWTIMES 7pm & 10pm _j/|_ TICKETS $20.00 & $27.00 At TOOON' All Ticketron Locations Including Sounds Familiar 800-543-3041 T^^grge By Phono />?$&>' Mfellas \ 7\ I I I?? r?? /?? / 1 \V < i aAppu Nlciu Sight at the \ "**" fmm ^ ^ ^V.M H I ^jP 4'% | IlipP **??> 1 fPftmwrm asafe i e Nickelodeon Theatre is a popular spot this rgerac. ' J^s^n BSRfc' ^BO ||S- * :^w?|h Spnng Faslvon u- Featuring Fashions From Kuppenheimer Cycle Center 1 'Tapps I Adventure Carolina Frantic Atlantic Surf! Look Clothing April 9th /I Russell House Ballroor 1 . Tickets: Students-$2 Non Sti V\ . Sponsored by: LaBorde Govt. & Bu :i*w CAROLINA PROGRAM UNION The Carolina Program Union and ine executive txmncu Are now reopening the selection process for c of the following committees: Travel and Tour Ideas and Issues Cultural Arts Applications are due April 12, 1991 by 5: cations are available in the CPU office, room 2C For more information, please come by or call These activities are paid for, in part, by Student A i Nick unique ||^ John Gamer/The Gamecock week as it shows the Oscar-winning film Cyrano de Shnwi I I ? How We ZynOW Need You! 1 ? % % I | ^ - l_1 J ; \ V type Diuuu io i idic and special. GIVE BLOOD, PLEASE! jf ( HF" American Red Cross SC Regional Blood Services in? \ W #1 IS Shop , Ij Is WH/ 9pm I \ ft Is udents-$3 j , ^ j laundry li <rney Govt. -1 \ ==i \ full furnit t package \ swimmmj i sleeping k i NOW PRE-Ll hairperson d \ 30-6 ?9. Russell House. F ^ 777-7130. f OFFICE HOURS: activities fees. M-F 9.30-5.30 i , 211 MAIN ST. lLf?: 17/1 Till? (J iItI 1 m mm j film experience By KATHY HEBERGER Carolina Life Editor Driving past the Nickelodeon Theatre on a weekend night, one might see clumps of people in conversation, laughing, frowning and smiling. They're probably talking about the film they've just seen or questioning someone who has just seen it, said Nickelodeon volunteer Jerry McAnich, who has been going to the theater since 1979. "Going to the Nickelodeon is a personal experience. You get to know the people who work there and who go there. The experience of going to the theater is as important as the movie you're going to see," media arts junior Mandy Langston said. Founded in 1979 by USC graduates Carl Davis and Linda O'Connor, the Nickelodeon Theatre specializes in classic, rare and foreign films. It will continue its showing of Oscar-winning Cyrano de Bergerac this weekend. Davis, O'Connor and their film-loving classmates from college, missed the classic, rare films the Russell House Theater showed when they attended USC. The couple sent fliers to ardent film-goers in the community, asking them if they would be willing to pay $10 per year to finance a film society. The response in favor of creating the film society was overwhelming, theater director Dale Campbell said. "At first they showed their films in the nursing building ? anvwhere thev could." he said. Then in January 1979 the society paid several thousand dollars for its building at 937 Main St., a former C&S Bank. After painting the walls black, installing 70 seats, a screen and a sound system, the Columbia Theatre Society had a theater. "We've upgraded the building tremendously over the years. Now we're got a new sound system and updated projectors," said Campbell, who has been director at the Nickelodeon since 1981, when Davis and O'Connor left for Hollywood to pursue careers in film. Watching a film at the Nickelodeon is a "wonderful film experience," said USC librarian and Nickelodeon volunteer Deborah Yerkes. "It's closer to watching films with friends in a home than going to an octi-plex at the mall. You can always find someone to talk to," she said. David Nations, a sophomore French major, said his first impression of the Nickelodeon was a memorable one. 'There was this room, all painted black, with really crude lighting. I remember thinking that they would slowly dim the lights before the film started. Not at the Nickelodeon. Someone hit a switch, and the place went completely black," he said. Since that trip to the Nickelodeon to see The Music Teacher, a French film, Nations has been back often and may become a member of the society next semester. "It's big enough to hold everybody but small enough to have an intimate atmosphere. You know you're seeing something you won't see anywhere else. Sometimes you really have to have an open mind to appreciate the movies," he said. The theater had to close for five months in 1988 when another rare film theater opened in Five Points. "There just wasn't enough demand to keep both theaters in business," Campbell said. Since the Nickelodeon's rebirth, it has been growing stronger than ever. The society, which now has about 800 members, is entirely volunteer with the exception of Campbell. "It's an amazing cultural phenomenon to get so many people to roll up their sleeves and work to keep the theater going," Campbell said. Cyrano de Bergerac shows at the Nickelodeon at 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. tonight through Sunday. Admission is $3 for Columbia Film Society members and $4 for non-members. Membership is $10 yearly for students, $20 for the public. COME SEE \ WE'VE GOT \ FOR YOU! \ - i k studying lofts^^ i EASING FOR SUMMER AND FALL!! 0-90 Day Leases for Summer! (June 1 - Julv 31.1991) ~ A NEW LEASE ON UNIVERSITY LIFE 254-7801 ' ' \