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_4 Museum stars By MELISSA TENNEN w Assistant Carolina! Editor tc COLUMBIA ? A $1 million telescope and years of training might d: not be necessary to understand tc constellations. u The Gibbes Planetarium, located a< at the Columbia Museum of Art, is 0:1 featuring "Touch the Stars," a pro- $ gram designed to explain astronomy backyard style. P ine ramuy-ortentatea snow, 01 which can seat about 50 people at T a time, explains why the moon goes O through phases and the best way to n 1 The Columbia Museum of Art will feature an exhibition of drawings by Fernando Botero, a famous Latin American artist known for his absurd and satirical paintings and sculptures of voluptuous, almost cartoonish people and places. The exhibit, which will , be on display from Jan. 14 to Feb. 27 in the Trustees Gallery, will .consist of 31 drawings. Botero's sense of humor, his talent for gentile mockery and his eye for the absurd combine to , provide art lovers with a truly singular style. The overall effect of Botero s work is tnat or zutn cen" tury Mannerist; his inflated figures, including animals and still life, take on human quality unique to Botero. The Columbia Museum of Art is located in downtown Columbia at the corner of Senate and Bull streets. Admission to the Botero exhibition is free. CPU is bringing a sneak preview of "The Stoned Age" to campus tonight at 9 p.m. in the RH Theater. The Trimark film features Michael Kopelow, Renee Griffith and Bradford Tatum. A new poetry magazine will soon appear in Columbia. Each issue of the Poet's Pen will feature about 160 poets. Poet's Pen is looking for amateur writers to contribute poems. However, the magazine can't afford to pay for poems. Anyone who would like more information should contact Poet's Pen, P.O. Box 3430 Station C., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1Y 4J6. Please enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope to help cover the mailing and correspondence costs. ri'ifJjf Tr Riverbanks Zoo will continue Welcome 1 SO BIG! <jgj /?fJ ??OUHYft\Tia- Qpg|^ j 1/8 Pound All Bee Combo Coupon Spe Regular Six Hot I Your choice: Slaw Dog, C Dog, Kraut Dog or Relish AND Bowl of Delicic Chili or Chickt Gumbo Soup 1 & *249 Limit 2 Combos Per Coi ; million-doll atch a meteor shower, according > staff reports. Stars will spin and light will ance to music shows from 2 p.m. > 4 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays ntil May 29. For these shows, dmission is $1.50 for students, lilitary personnel and seniors, and 2.50 for adults. Only operating on weekends, the lanetarium also has a Carolina kies show at 3 p.m. on both days, he cost for Carolina Skies is 50 ents for students, military personel and seniors, and $1 for adults. CPU will present a sneak prt release "The Stoned Age" at 9 p. to offer free admission Fridays through the end of February. Special zoo features such as the birdhouse rainstorm, penguin and sea lion feedings and the milking demonstration at Riverbanks Farm* are held daily on schedule regard ' less of the weather. Riverbanks Zoo is open from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. daily. The admission gate closes at 4 p.m. For mo-re information, call Riverbanks Zoo at 779-8730 or 779-8717. , -1^ SIX L< NIGHTS' TILL f! 1/4 Pounc cial! Super Size Your choice:! :hili Dog, Kraut Dc Dog A X Bowl of ] >us *n Chili or j Gumb< ? upon Limit 2 Coml TBtt Can ar telescope "The planetarium offers the lasi bastion or science (at tne c.oiumDi! Museum of Art)," said JanrV Cotterill, director of relations anc marketing at the museum. Cotterill said the ColumbiJ Museum of Art used to house art" and sciences displays before th< S.C. State Museum was created ; few years ago. Built in 1956, the planetariun has always been non-profit, collect ing money from admission, mem bership, grants and donations fo its programs. 7|^y Mi |B 9^* 9pj iU99Y File phot tview of the Trimark Picture m. tonight in the RH Theater. Gibbes Planetarium will fe< ture a new, family-oriented sho1 starting Jan. 22. "Touch the Stars" shows at p.m. and 4 p.m. Saturday an Sunday through May 2S Admission is $1.50 for student: military personnel and senior cit zens and $2.50 for adults. For more information o "Touch the Stars" or other Gibbt Planetarium shows, call 25ASTAR. \A11 tl r I c o ~ DCATIONS TC 10 PM. . .SUN i All Beef! : Hot Dog! >law Dog, Chili g or Relish Dog JD Delicious ^ Chicken d Soup >99 d x>s Per Coupon Lin 6amecock fJina! ^ BP^ w r Kathi Bentley, NeAnni Ife and the Mississippi Delta" as part o Drarr National pi; From Staff Reports In fall 1991, a black play called "From the Mississippi Delta" upcucu at new lores c>ircie in tne Square Theatre. A celebration of a young Southern woman's survival and triumph over seemingly insurmountable odds, "Delta" garnered rave reviews and went on to play for months to sold-out houses. During winter-spring 1994, Daedalus Productions will present this acclaimed play on a national tour. On Tuesday, "Delta" will be performed at the Koger Center as part of the opening ceremonies for USC's Black History Month. Performed by three actresses who play multiple roles, "From the 0 Mississippi Delta" is the life story of g its author, Dr. Endesha Ida Mae Holland, and her transformation from rebellious poor black child in !- the segregated South of the 1950s ^ to her present post as full professor at the State University of New York ar Ruffalo Punctuated by the sounds of ^ gospel and a cappella blues, "Delta" is the tale of Phelia (the young girl s' Dr. Holland once was) and her pro1_ tector, teacher and mother, Ain't Baby. Although the play focuses on n Phelia's journey, it's also a heartfelt :s tribute to Ain't Baby. A down-to? earth midwife to the black women s $ j. ? "I.... i U11 owl P f 1? V I. J. J.? ? ? ) SERVE YOU! ri^AYs itiiifi m. ^m -mmm mM :-wmm:-imm Bar-B-Que or Deli Sandwich (Ham or Turkey) AND Bowl of Delicious j Chili or Chicken Gumbo Soup ^ ?349 lit 2 Combos Per Coupon Venida Evans will perform Tues f USC's Black History Month opei ia on the ? ay kicks off Black H of her town, her strong preach ments and example keep her daughter driving toward one firmly held dream: "I'm gonna be somebody." "From the Mississippi Delta" is full of scenes of sharp contrast, ranging from Phelia's memory of being raped at age 11 by an elderly white man, to her stint as an exotic carnival dancer and to the mob-driven burning of her mother's home. While a defiant teen-age protester in the local civil rights struggle, her movement colleagues urged her to finish high school and go to college in the North. This new direction leads to the play's joyous finale: the day Phelia receives her doctorate, surrounded by past and present friends who have helped her on the way. The national tour of "From the Mississippi Delta" will be directed by Joy Vandervort. Most recently, Vandervort mounted a highly regarded production of "The Gospel at Colonus" at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va. Among her many credits, she is best known for her direction of the national tours of "Dreamgirls" and "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When The Rainbow Is Enuf." Of this new project, Vandervort said, "This show is about getting Mortar Boa National Honor Society for C Active Organization with Sei Scholarship, Leadership, Ser To Qualify for Membership i 90 or more hours by the ei Graduating between Dece Full-time student with a c Pick up applications from the floor of the Russell House or i in the Lower West Wing of the 'Information Sheets are di 1994. For Additional Information Ca 'Real Courn Lizafd Thi GOOD TOi cREASONABLl Country Breakfast Home Cooked Meats Fresh Vegetables ?> Sandwiches and Salad* Steaks and Seafood Open 7 days a week Breakfast, Lunch and Dinn Complete Catering and Carry-out Service 921 Sumter St. Cornell Arms Building (across from Horseshoe) Buy one meal and of equal or les (Does not include b Offer good ever Lizaiiis Thicket Offer Valid at Cornell Arms L Monday, January 31, 1994 | 1. .?-* | ^ _____ iW s"" a ^ ^ : lllllllg *<? *" ' ' , # /? . J f'V ** * \*?*'.. ^ ^ ^ File photo day at the Koger Center in "From rung ceremonies. Delta [istory Month out from under, about making it in an incredibly hostile world. From the bare outline, you'd think it's an inspirational after-school special. It's not. It's not sanitized. It's rooted in the deepest kind of personal experience. "With all that Phelia goes through, I still find the play gives a 1 great sense of release. It's very free- ' ing. It also fills me with hope. Delta's success proves it does that ior otner people, too. The original off-Broadway production of "From the Mississippi Delta" was produced by the renowned actress and talk-show host Oprah Winfrey. After the success of the New York run, the play had acclaimed engagements at a number of prestigious regional theaters, the Old Globe in San Diego, Boston's Huntington Theatre and the Virginia Stage Company, among them. Now, during winter-spring 1994, the play will be seen by even wider audiences as this new national tour from Daedalus Productions plays 30 separate engagements in more than 15 states spread throughout New England and the Mid-Atlantic, midSouth, Deep South and Midwest regions of the country. For tickets, call 777-7228. Group discounts are available for groups of 10 or more. 1 RD College Seniors OTD vice Oriented Activities vice nto Mortoar Board nd of the 1994 Sring Semester mber 1994 and August 1995 , umulative GPA of 3.0 or better 5 Information Desk on the second n the Campus Activities Center i Russell House le by Friday, February 4, ,U 544-3079 I try Cooking' cket B ODAlj 5 TR iCES 331 HB ler [ get a second meal ser value FREE leverages or desserts) y day 4pm-10pm 921 Sumter St. Cornell Arms Building (across from Horseshoe) ocation Only Expires 2-28-94 0J