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. ^^VVHHI 1118 ipMl dk * *%" uri l^BBH , ;A-.-_ < ;- -. J^4^fr, * Actors Stephano Andreas and . night to benefit the Benson Th Actors raise By CHRIS MULDROW Assistant Graphics Editor Actors Stephano Andreas and John Weaver will take the Longstreet Theatre stage this weekend to save another stage near the USC campus. Andreas and Weaver are presenting "The Zoo Story," an absurdist comedy by Edward Albee, at 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday to raise money to restore Benson Theater, a small theater in the old Benson school beside Bates House. Admission is two dollars. The Benson Theater has been the birthplace of many ideas and productions, according to Puppet D nni m o c nnhocnorp An \/t 1 n d i oJ./UNvoj./tl dUll IVilllUl Blackburn. "It's a small black box theater that's been a kind of illegitimate home for the Puppet Regime and the We're Not Your Mother Players," Blackburn said. "It's unique - it's like a little hole in Rude Lucy t By SEAN McGUINNESS Staff Writer Students strapped for something to do will be able to attend the Valentine's Weekend concert at the Alley Cats club with Columbia rock band Rude Lucy headlining this Friday and Saturday. Bass player Dan Sennema, vocalist Red Thomas, skin-basher Wally Spires and guitarist David "Death Wish" Reynolds will work with radio station WARQ 93.5 to put on a Valentine's concert at 10:00 p.m. Rude Lucy will be promoting IV, ' . - - ir ' HP <*. * HSpF ' v ^ mmp ^ <-p ^ Columbiana \Pn, Center Vv I ^^^Hi^anishin^^^ 1:30 4:00 7:00 9:30 Sniper L 3:45 9:35 ^ Alive rg1 L 1:00 7:00 ^ f Homeward Bound fcr L. 1:00 2:45 4:30 7:00 9:00 j W The Temp rrrf^ 1. 1.30 4:00 7:00 9:30 Kj mmilf Sennema said Rude Lucy hz toured for several years but nev< had the time or money to proper! mix an album until now. The band has a hard rock/heav ^TDT " Twenty-four hours * a day, 365 davs a year?no matter where our Armed Forces are?the Hi American Red Ooss ^ messages and provides mmm-'jmt " other critical services MflRHB f?r *' Birtb. death or EsHreP know, we reach them JL American Tr Red Cross E Discount Matinees All Seats $3.50 Before 5:30pm "Rush Hour" Special Last Matinee Show $2.75 Tuesday Bargain Nite All Seats $3.50 Student Specials $4.00 w/student ID Late Nite shows on Friday & Saturday Box Office Opens at 12:30 A Few Good Men m ^00^3^45^7^00^45^^ ^1:00 2:45 4:30 7:00 9:00 ^ Groundhog Day r^i Ljk30^00^009^30^ Scent of a Woman _Z W 1:00 4:00 7:00 10:00 Fri-Sat[R W Rnmmpr.^hy ipc-of ^ 1:30 4:00 7:00 9:30 ^^^Untamed Heart EEOT 1-.go 4:00 7:00 9:30 . 4 '' John Weaver will present "The eater, which has been home to s i money to s the wall. We've used it for shows for rehearsal, and for directing projects." Blackburn said several show: played in Benson a year ago, bu it fell into disrepair. Studen actors decided to take up the repair jobs. "This is a student project; it': completely student-motivated,' Blackburn said. The theater used to be dividec into two rooms. Only one oi those rooms was used. Blackburr said the dividing wall wa; knocked out, but now the neu space has to be painted black. "Right now, the theater is hall white and half black," Blackburr said. "We've had volunteer; painting, scraping paint, cieanim up and trying to make the storage space usable; there are a lot o: people who want to see this place in order." Blackburn said the university i; paying for a new ceiling, but stu o play Valer $ it . U their first release, "County Tour and giving away free copies. "It took them months of dedica ed recording time to capture th; unique Rude Lucy sound," sai Chuck McKay, WARQ vice pres dent of programming. Rude Lucy t-shirts, heart tattoo flavored condoms and a hone) moon suite will also be given awa rliirino fhp show Zoo Story" tonight and Saturday everal of Columbia's players. ;ave theater , dents are going to raise money tc I finish painting and put in a lighting grid. Friday night's play wil 5 help raise some of the money the t groups need. t Blackburn said the cast anc ; director Alex Smith have beer thinking about the play for sever s al months and started rehearsa aooui rout weeKs ago. The play's action centers 1 around a man sitting in the part f who is approached by anothei 1 man who starts talking. Blackbum > said the play provokes a lot ol / thought. "It's all about human contact,' f Blackburn said. "It makes you \ think about people on the streei % ? people you don't even know." ; Blackburn said she hopes the i audience for the show will be f large so that Benson Theater car j be saved. "It's a real student-accessible 5 theater," Blackburn said. "It's been a home to a lot of us." itine concert metal sound influenced by grot like Alice in Chains, Skid Row i t_ Yes. In the past, they have p at formed Led Zepplin tributes co d kinail it lift, f t, I,, An in mitafinl uinv^u wiiii ui^n uwn iiiaiuiicu. Rude Lucy is famous for brii ing six and 12-foot-long pythc out into the audience as part of iy show for people to pet. As passi< ate advocates of safe sex, the be is members throw condoms to I ;r concert-goers to promote their m y sage. Admission will be $6 for peo y under 21 and $4 for everyone els ^ Columl ^ *Valevito r\r\ 2 people, 11 ^ 3 weeks for ^ single monl t 77' ftp/ Across f Ilndiar Ii.1.1?.8.1? For delicious regional some mild and delici with curries, sauces and the Far E'< our sup Buffet 11:30-3:00 Mon.Now Ser 2011 Devine St. 252-4355 ALL ABC REGUl Flicks fo \Iicieo H vault The phone isn't ringing. No notes sent by some mysterious admirer are being sent to my post office box. My "Free Times" personal ad isn't being answered. Yes, all the signs are crystal clear. It's going to he another lonely Valentine's Day for yours truly. This probably wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for all the darn fuss made about it everywhere you go. You can't walk into any store in the continental United States without seeing some sort of Valentine's Day display or special. Even the local hardware store gets r into the act, introducing things like "His" and "Hers" wrench sets and matching toolboxes. Valentine's Day is definitely the time of year that those of us who haven't found the yen to our yang ) dread the most. The only thing we can do to avoid the abuse that is I heaped on us by stores and all our 5 loser friends who lucked out and found significant others is to lock i 1 I ~ ~ c n I i ourselves in, eai 101s 01 emeez i Balls and watch "love sucks" movies like the ones in this colI umn. "Pretty in Pink": Before John > Hughes lost his mind and decided : that every movie he made had to have a couple of cute and precoi cious 10-year-olds in it, he made a f couple of half-decent teen comedies like this one. Most of them had Molly Ringwald in them and i nearly all put high school on the t Sisterly Love \ fckir'u XL SK tnd erm I 1?~ I -? )ns BEE! the ^ntnd he I es- jfl pie e Members of Sigma Gamma Rho Richland Memorial Children's H np /~i m Tan Spa vte Special ^ month ^80.00 :hly membership $45.00 )-2177 J rom Andy's Deli i Pavillion with this coupon specialties; some hot and spicy, ous, some roasted, some laced and cuisines from the continent ast, you're welcome to try erb Indian Cuisine Lunch $4.95 Sat.*5:00-10:00 Mon.-Sun. ving Beer, Wine & ndian Beer wmsm r^Ki .ATIONS ENFORCED CHECKS WELCOME r the un same level as Dante's "Inferno." "Pink's" plot has geeky Ducky played by Jon Cryer, falling foi Ringwald, who has the hots for t sensitive rich dude played b) Andrew McCarthy. Ducky, wh( Ringwald just likes as a friend, i: spumed in the end ? surprise, sur prise ? but only has a couple o minutes to cry over his loss befort a cute blonde makes a nlav fo him. A pretty realistic and funm movie up to that point. "King Kong": Some migh argue that this isn't really a lov< story, but I disagree. It has all th< elements of a classic "love sucks' movie. It has a character who fall: in love with a beautiful woman, ; separation scene where the couph drift apart, and an eventual reunit ing of the two where the loves true! cnaraciei is noi oniy snoi uuwn o> the object of his affection, but alsc by a whole bunch of Air Forct Fighter planes. Of course, the main character i: an ape, but primates need love too 1/2 "Singles": Pretty good movii which didn't make much of ai impact when it was released las fall. It's a shame because while th< movie is nowhere near as good a director Cameron Crowe's previou film "Say Anything...", it is ai accurate and sometimes very funrn look at the difficulties people ii their twenties have with relation ships. Love, in one form or another rules all of the characters' lives ant the hell they put themselve: through to get it may seem familia to many of you. Good perfor mances by Bridget Fonda Campbell Scott and Matt Dilloi also make this worth a night': sorority sold Sigma Grams this ospital. NEW & USEE FASHIONS FROM THE 1920s - 1970s Costume & Silver Jewelry Bell Bottoms & 4 Hot Pants 1 Contemporary A niAripiin X 1111V1 1VW" Folk Art Collectibles Open Valentine's Da\ 944 Harden Street, Winter Hours 11:00am m . requited rental. "Basic Instinct": This movie is made for anyone who has ever fallen in love or lust with someone who is wrong for you. Michael Douglas develops a serious case of the hots for Sharon Stone who, while extremely easy on the eyes, f seems to have a nasty habit of 2 doing away with her boyfriends r with an ice pick. / Both the leads are okay in "Instinct." but the movie has some t serious logic and script problems. ; 1'he sex scenes definitely live up to 2 their reputation, but outside of the " hpHrnnm the film ran hp a rra\ ?#** Kurt Jarnagjn/The Gamecock week on Greene Street to benefit ll OE.O 1 Columbia, SC 779-5745 - 6:00pm Tuesday-Saturday s snooze. * * a "War of the Roses": How do - the Roses hate each other? Let me count the ways. { Let's see, Mr. Rose, played by i Michael Douglas, shows his lack of } affection for his wife by running ; over her cat, loosening the chandelier so it will fall on her and ruins ing her dinner party by urinating on the main course. Not to be outdone, Mrs. Rose, ^ played by Kathleen Turner, makes t pate out of her husband's dog, 3 turns up the sauna until it almost s kills him and runs over his antique s car with a big-wheeled truck. ^ This Danny DeVito film is one ^ of the darkest I've ever seen. It's i the movie that you should see if you feel like your relationship is at the end of its rope. * Have a happy Valentine's Day, 1 and for those who are couples, I s have a few pieces of advice. Don't " let the ball and chain get too tight, don't forget that you can have a ' relationship all your life, but you're 1 only young once. Remember to be s kind and rewind. ^|jppP