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Magazine Celebrates Literacy With Reading: Portfolio Magazine and the Campus Coalition for Literacy sponsored a literary reading on Wednesday, Jan. 27, in the Golden Spur. The reading was part of a celebration of Literacy Awareness Week and featured readings by 18 students and one professor. Hiohliohlc nf thp rpartinrr ivprp a trikufp ia litompif Kir CtnHanf D V/? UIIV TTV1V U UH/UIV IV/ lllVl UVj1 U J JIUUVlll LJ V/Vl_y President Tom Young and a poetry reading combined with a dance performance by Dr. Amitai Aviram. Other readings included a prologue to a fantasy novel by Hunter Keeter and a story of initiation into adulthood by Jacob Breeden. Portfolio started the reading program, "Out Loud," last semester, and Portfolio Editor in Chief Julie Frick would like to sponsor more readings. For information on the "Out Loud" program and Portfolio magazine, call 777-5793. For more information regarding the Campus Coalition for Literacy, call 777-8402. Theatre Presents 'Scandal'ous Play: Drayton Hall Theatre will present "The School for Scandal," the hilarious misadventures of a young woman who marries into England's high society, Feb. 4-6 and Feb. 10-14. The play, written in 1777 by R.B. Sheridan, centers on Lady Teazle, a young English woman who has recently married a much older gentleman named Sir Peter. Anxious to fit in with London's smart set, Teazle finds herself embroiled in a series of mishaps. The ensuing scandals nearly cost her her marriage. According to Jim Patterson, a USC theatre professor and director of the play, "The School for Scandal" has not been staged in Columbia for at least 25 years. Patterson has shortened the play to two hours and updated some of the archaic language. Tickets are $10 for the public, $8 for USC faculty and staff, senior citizens and military personnel, and $6 for students. They are available at the Longstreet Theatre box office from 12 to 5:30 p.m. weekdays. To order by phone, call 777-2551 or 777-2552. For more information, call 777-5863. Broadway Show Comes To Koger Center: A national touring production of the Tony Award-winning show, "Grand Hotel, The Musical" will be performed Feb. 5 at the Koger Center. The musical was inspired by Vicki Baum's 1928 novel and MGM's classic 1932 Film starring Greta Garbo and John Barrymore. Set in 1928 in a world on the brink of depression and war, the show chronicles the lives of six characters who pass through an opulent Berlin hotel. The characters are woven together with stories of love, death, yearning, greed and passion. The musical, which debuted on Broadway in 1989, won Five Tony awards and Five Drama Desk Awards. The show begins at 8 p.m. Tickets are $20 and $16 for adults and $15 for students. They are available at the Coliseum box ofFice. To order by phone, call 777-5113. For more information, call 777-5113. School Of Music Sponsors Concerts: The USC School of Music is sponsoring two concerts by guest artists. The First concert will feature baritone Stephen Rushing on Feb. 2 in a solo recital. Rushing is the National Federation of Music Clubs' 1991 Young Artist winner. Rushing's concert, "His Vocal Majesty," will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Gambrell Hall auditorium. The second concert will feature a duo on trumpet and organ Feb. 9. "The Grandeur of Brass and Organ" will spotlight trumpeter Vincent DiMartino and organist Schuyler Robinson. The concert will emphasize Baroque, contemporary and American music and will begin at 7:30 p.m. at Columbia's Eastminster Presbyterian Church at 3200 Trenholm Road. Admission to each concert is $8 for the public and $5 for senior citizens and USC faculty, staff and students. For more information, call the USC School of Music at 777-4280. Recent video releases get mixed reviews H 5 -M m-i Haver's henchman, and, despite the HI B g~fj P|b1 fact that he loses his arm halfway ll^^9 through the film, no one is tasteless ^gjjj Hll enough to call him "lefty."* 1/2 "Boomerang": Eddie Murphy is back, this time as a love 'em and leave 'em guy who's looking for Folks, I love movies, but its - .6 _ D v r? , , T, . . , the perfect woman. Robin Givens been weeks since I ve visited my _ , , n. .., . , , , . , 3 seems to be Ms. Right but, because local cineplex. A/r , . ? ' . M . . i i j Murphy seems to have a bad case Not wanting to plunk down my - X 3 . . ... . , . f c cn c 3 oi karma, she treats him just as hard-earned $5.50 on movies fea- . .. . .} , turing a kinder, gentler Jean Claude 5ry 7 ?i h h \r >\ a u u <- This 1S a clever premise which Van Damme or a bunch of canni- k ,, . 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Vas(| overrated The special effects, which were the hft wMch j found lete, highlight ol the first lita, are weak humorless Whoopi Goldberg p,ays and^unconvincing, the script is a nifihtclub sinacr who witnesses a weaK, anu uic acting, especially ... , X , u . e ?h;iH . i m?b hit and, for her own protecthat of the child actor who plays . , u u . ,ot ?,? . v Z uon, must be hidden in a convent, the giant, is just plain annoying. .... . ? . . c "Buffv the Vampire Slaver"- and a bunch of nuns Butty,the vampire Slayer . d ^ shouId ^ j h Bad title, but a decent film. Buffy, . . . o o u . u JO -rZ Kr swa,,x ^aorhrader as????M; who is given the task of removing J ... .... . r. , ... . 0 , T , . 6 pace while Whoopi interacts with vampires from Los Angeles. Along f. . v . . . .. v . , e . "the various nuns who each have the way, there is lots of clever ... . 3 c .... . exactly one personality charactenssatire of teen films, a la ,. 3 ? . .. . . . UTJ , ,, , .. , tic. Whoopi teaches the choir to Heathers, and some pretty decent . 1. . , ... ... sing reworked oldies, and they action scenes despite some major , 0 . ' . / . . . .. . , .. J, become famous enough to gain lapses in logic that lower its grade e .. ta j. . 6 attenuon from the pope. Does any a ' e' c . 1111 of this stuff happen in real life? Oh Doc Severinson look-alike . ~.k,> ?e- . a .? u ^ n . T, ,, ,, brother, Sister Act is a bad Rutger Hauer is memorable as the . . movie m film's lead villain, but the real star ... * ., ., .. . . 4t... , of "Buffy" is Pau, Reutens, a.k.a. Vau? "'pie^ete Jnd rewl? Pee Wee Herman. Reubens plays n. T,n r 3 and I 11 see you next ume. hi fill PROU AAAS eel civil rights By JENNIFER FULLER Carolina! Editor The theme for this year's Black History Month is "A Commitment to Black Excellence." Association of African-American Students President Brian Black said the theme is to salute the great black pioneers and remind students that they also have to have a commitment to excellence. Many of the blacks who fought in the Civil j Rights Movement, such as ' Mojeskia Simpkins and Thurgood Marshall, died this year, and students need to "keep carrying the torch," Black said. The NationsBank Minority Career Development Symposium is a joint effort with the Career Center. The symposium, sponsored by NationsBank, will offer information on business etiquette and interviewing. Black said many minority students study liberal arts, and at the event, there will be information on how to get jobs with liberal arts degrees. AAAS will be showing "Eyes on the Prize, Part I," a documentary on the civil rights years. Black said the film is to show viewers "what courage really is." The audience will then discuss how the film made them feel and what they need to do to continue the commitment to excellence. The Gospel Sing-Out is a performance by the Student Christian Fellowship's choir, A Touch of Faith. "The program is not a religious program," Black said. "It is simply an appreciation of gospel music." Minister t By CHRIS DAVIS Copy Editor Michelangelo had the Sistine Chapel. Howard Finster has an old pair of shoes and a Coke bottle. Yet unlike the Italian painter who brought forth visions from the Bible, Finster, a former Free Will Baptist minister from Georgia, paints his own images: the images he says God sends to him. A new exhibit, titled "Not Of This World: The Visionary Art of Howard Finster," is on display at the Columbia Museum of Art. It contains more than 50 pieces of Finster's artwork, including the world premiere of seven collaborative works of Finster and New York contemporary artist Mark Kostabi. Born in 1916, Finster began his current art form in 1976. One day, while repairing a bicycle, he accidentally covered his Fingertips with enamel. Then, according to Finster, he looked closely at one of his fingers and saw a perfectly defined human face, which told him to "paint sacred art." Finster has no formal training in art and only a sixth-grade education. At the age of 15, he had a vision to become a minister. Yet Pincfpr COVC hp r* or* rpoph m r* 1-n * ...uw. OlAJO ?.W WUI1 1V.U1.1I IJIWIV^ people with "sermons in paint" then with sermons from the pulpit. Finster's art form incorporates images ranging from town settings to hundreds of tiny faces and also narratives describing his visions and his advice to all people. He paints on wood panels or other objects: bottles, rags, shoes, telephones and whatever else he finds laying around. On a bottle of Absolut Vodka, rows of tiny, colorful faces cover the sides. An inscription at the base of the bottle reads: "Be temperate in all things. Don't drive drunk. No drunkard shall enter the kingdom of God." On a painted hotel telephone, a 1 line reads: "Call Heaven. Get in touch with Jesus. Make things right with God now." 8S' ebrates : ninnpprc } j^7JL V711W1 J Brian said the gospel music program is integral to the Black History Month celebrations because of its importance in black culture. "We had to outwit the masters," Brian said. "The songs got us over." The Sing-Out is dedicated to the late Rev. James Cleveland, a popular gospel singer, and the late Thomas Dorsey, founder of the Gospel Music Workshop of America. New to the Black History Month events is "A Salute to Malcolm X." "We wanted to do away with the myths that surround Malcolm X," Black said. Students don't learn about Malcolm X, and when he is mentioned, he is portrayed as violent, he said. Black added that Black History Month was about AfricanAmericans educating themselves, so the Malcolm X program will explore the little-known sides of him lilfp hie qpdqp nf hnmnr Thp program focuses on the transformations he made in his life and his contributions to the black struggle, Black said. The alumni drop-in is yet another addition to the month's events. The program is for students and jjj members of the Black Alumni Association. AAAS is trying to ^ implement a pledge system so that as African-American alumni could donate to the USC Educational Foundation in the name of the ^ Afro-American Studies department. ^ AAAS was instrumental in getting ca this department to USC, Black said, and because of cutbhlcks, donations are needed to expand it. gr The talent show, called "Just an urns every( -fa*, w. xdgfc % 0%$ These shoes are entitled "Don't Masl of "Not of This World: The Visionary . The collection also includes two att paintings of Elvis, "Elvis at 3" and tor "Elvis at 3 with Wings." Finster said he prefers to paint Elvis at 3 bei years old. "At 3, Elvis was an ani angel to me, but, at 21, Elvis was He not an angel to me," he said. art Finster was introduced to the art he world in 1977. He has since received much acclaim as one ?????? of the country's < A , foremost 20th A man S W century folk follow him. M 31 He' has also wMI follow me painted adver- bly tO the gra' hPpITernmmin(1 *'m 9?ne> th been commis- J ' sioned by two follow me. . .' musical groups for album cov- -How< ers. He painted :? the cover to R.E.M.'s "Reckoning" Ca album and the Talking Heads' Fu "Little Creatures" album, which wh won the "Rolling Stone" Album die Cover of the Year Award. wo After he beean naintino. Finster em cemented his bicyqle repair tools "U into a concrete walkway surrounding his home in Chatooga County, net Ga. The result is a three-acre wh arrangement of various objects, tun biblical quotations and original art. It is called Paradise Garden, and it car NationsBank Minority Career Development Symposium Feb. 2,5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at Russell House Theater NAACP Founder's Day Program A Speaker: Rev. Jamal H. Bryant A Feb. 8. 7:00 n.m. at Russell S House Ballroom E F General Meeting of R Association of African-American Students Feb. 9, 6:00 p.m. at Russell House Theater Eyes on the Prize - Part I. America's Civil Rights Years A video presentation with a discussion following ! Refreshments will be served Feb. 10, 6:30 at Russell House Ballroom A&B Gospel Sing-Out * Theme: "There Is No Greater Love" Feb. 14,4:00 p.m. at Russell House Ballroom Admission: $1.00 Association members, $2.00 students, faculty, and staff with I.D., $3.00 general public Salute to Malcolm X Speaker: Professor Willie Harriford Lecturer, African- American Studies Department Feb. 16, 7:00 p.m. at Russell House Ballroom lusion," will show students that me is not just an illusion, and at they can set their goals as high 2 1 : _ l nm. ? . 1 nicy wisn. mis year s laient ow will include high school acts, a Ve want to tell the rappers ? t ese kids ? that if they want to I :come the next KRS-One, they s n do that," Black said. e ' 'A Salute to Black Americans" " mors gospel/R & B a cappella a oup Take 6. This program awards v lay object: i My Heart, I Love You/' a part i\rt of Howard Finster." racts increasing numbers of visis each year. Each of Finster's works is numred and inscribed with the date d time the work was completed. ; has created more than 26,000 works. Painting night and day, survives on "cat naps." In the collaborative effort, Finster's artwork, ????described as . ... "outsider" OfK Will because of his y works lack of formal I! > nrnha- Uammz, is com- T '? bined with the E ve. After mainstream kw'll etill "insider" tech- e: V 11 81,11 nique of Kostabi. C Born in 1Q60 ft Kostabi holds a st ard Finster degree in fine di arts from ki lifornia State University at m llerton. He lives in New York w ere he has founded his own stu- ti' i and gallery, Kostabi World. His rk has also been featured on the fc rer of an album, Guns 'N Roses' th se Your Illusion." p< Finster's approach is sponta)us, irregular and even primitive, h< ile Kostabi's form is finely pi ed and carefully calculated. g< rhe two artists share the same ivases to merge their contrasting M ILACBC ISTOIRy ?NTH Harlem Spiritual Ensemble -eb. 17, 7:30 p.m. at Koger Zenter for the Arts \dmission: $5.00 students vith I.D., $12.50 & $16.50 general public association of ifrican-American tudents and Alumni )rop-in semi-formal reception eb. 20,5:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. at ussell House Ballroom A & B r. l l n laieni anow rheme: "Just An Illusion" :eb. 21, 7:00 p.m. at Russell -louse Ballroom Admission: $2.00 Association nembers, $3.00 students, acuity, and staff with I.D., >4.00 general public ialute to Black Americans Maturing a cappella musical roup 'Take 6' in concert eb. z8,7:30 p.m. Admission: $5:00 students vith I.D., $8.00 general public Zlosing and Dpening Ceremonies Slack History and Women's History Months Speaker: Dr. Maya Angelou Renowned author Vlar. 2, 7:00 at Russell House 3allroom Admission: free for students A^ith I.D., $5.00 general public :or information on programs ?eing sponsored throughout the nonth, call 777-7716 >lack Americans at USC, in the Columbia community, on the state ind national levels. Black History Month will end, md Women's History Month will >egin with a speech by author daya Angelou. "She truly repreents 'a commitment to black xcellence,'" Black said. Women's Student1 Association ilso felt she could represent all vomen." s into art jf . ? ' ^5^^' . : W ^ ^^v^sv wv, , wft his painted cutout, "Coke Has nergy," is part of Finster's ministry of artwork." The chibit is on display at the olumbia Museum of Art trough March 28. yles into one central theme. These isplays feature a faceless figure [town as "every man," present in uch of Kostabi's work, coupled ith the irregular Figures and narrates of Finster. Finster summed up his work as illows: "Visual art is a great ing. It draws the attention of the iople. "A man's work will follow him," 5 said. "My works will follow me, obably to the grave. After I'm )ne, they'll still follow me..." The exhibit is on display through [arch 28. Admission is free.