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' ? 4 WHATSUP Guide to Arts & Entertainment AUDITIONS Palmetto Mastersingers is currently holding auditions for rr annore fnr the 1994-95 concert season. Contact Donald ( at 777-2984 a 790-1734 to arrange an audition. Cockiest 1994, "Nothing Could be Finer," try outs for studei organization skits will be held on Wednesday, Sept 14 in 1 Golden Spur. All skits must be less than five minutes and i ed to the Homecoming theme "Nothing Could Be Finer." F more information, go to the Cockiest office in Russell Hou 209. li The South Carolina Philharmonic will hold auditions for the ly-staged production of 'West Side Story" on Friday, Sept from 7-10:00 p.m., Saturday, Oct 1 from 2-5:00 p.m. and Sunday, Oct 2 from 7-10:00 p.m. at Cottingham Theater < the Columbia College campus. The show will run Jan. 29AH persons interested should prepare a song from the she The dance audition segment will be held first and callback be held at Dreher High School Auditorium on Oct 5 at 7:0 o p.m. For more information, call Ashley Senseney at 771-7: BALLET Columbia City Ballet The "Beauty arid the Beasf national tour stops at Koger Center Sept 23-25. The production opens at 8 p.m. Sept A special Family Series performance will be held Sept 24 p.m., followed by a backstage tour and the opportunity to i the performers. Tickets go on sale at the Coliseum Box O a Sept 1 and all Capital Tickets outfets. ON CAMPUS Carolina Program Union *70's Rock: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly," a multi-me< presentation by Barry Drake, will be held Sunday, Sept 11 7:30 p.m. in the Russell House Theater. The show is free students, and parents visiting on Parents Weekend are al: welcome. MUSEUMS / GALLERIES McKissick Museum "Of Earth and Cotton" is an off-site exhibit at the old Gibbt showroom on the corner of Blossom and Assembly street The exhibition joins contemporary artist Jackie Brookner's ronmenta! sculptures with curator Susan Edwards' selectx 40 Farm Security Administration photographs. South Carolina State Museum Admission is $3 for students. Admission is free on the fin Sunday of each month. Call 737-3014 for further informa about these and other exhibits and events at the State Museum. "Of Surfboards, Rollerblades and Polymerase Chain Rear by Kary B. Mullis, South Carolina's third Nobel Prize winr continues through June 30,1995. The exhibit examines I life and work of a former Columbia resident who discovert how to rapidly copy ON A. Columbia Museum of Art Southeastern Arts and Crafts Exposition Sept 30-Oct 2 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays and 1:30 p.m. t p.m. on Sunday. More than 130 artists and craftspeople across the United States will offer their work for sale at th Carolina Coliseum. Admission is $4 for students. Conta Columbia Museum of Art at 799-2810 for more informatio w m... 41 r iff * * ' ^SINF^s? ijB^ d d ^ ,-iy ". ? KVSSvl _ .g - IRoOl : s? ^ -. :>::: '.^: .- ::; '' '. * . : # - , J . v:? - *:w tf#*v tr^i=:. . ' 3*. _ - -ii-i '.l : !/ - -It you-are-u t ^sl*i!ti!fe>u! i nfprmqfic -: mm mm mm The Gamecock CAR&I^ I'Sl ale RELIGIOUS ACTIVITY SfHJNl 5ray "Religion in the Light of Hinduism," a talk by Swami Jyotir <JVV"i Mayananda, will be held in Gambrell 250 Saturday, Sept 17, PHILIP M from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. It is sponsored by Partners in 'SHE' TOI nt Dialogue and the Hindu Student Council of USC. For more the information please call Animesh Finha at 544-2052. ??? relat- . 80 or TELEVISION for this la se "Old Ways, New Game," on SCETV, Sept 23 at 10:00 p.m. manship i The shew examines America's ability to face economic chat- Harrv I t r J Mliyoa IIUIII LUU)J? CUIU wKX^icuI CUIU luwnva uu Iivn numivaii i fu(. giants have been undermined. 01 ttie mos 3Q , perhaps ( THEATER made his xi Longstreet Theater Howe> 31. Lanford Wilson's The Hot L Baltimore" will open on Sept 23 u: m :c w> and run untH Oct 1. The play is produced by the USC , (s win Department of Theater, Speech and Dance, and tickets are ample oi io $10 for the public, $8 for senior citizens, military and USC fac- lustration 937 ulty and staff and $6 for students. Tickets go on sale Sept 12. leans mus For more information, call 777- 2551. Curtain time is 8 p.m. ness for f Tuesday-Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Connick J "Last of the Red Hot Lovers," dinner theater at the Russell T? Yoi House, will play on Sept. 28 at 6:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 and had to be 23. $e, public; $5, USC students. Tickets are available at Carolina The w at 3 Program Union in Russell House 209. For more information, twn rtf meet CPU at 777-7130. T ? ffice Jones on Town Theater f" ^?? ^ "Fiddler on the Roof will open Sept 30 and run through Oct low cockt 22 at Tcwn Theater. sation, al growing i Jia WORKSHOPS This fi 3 at The USC Career Center wiH hold its first Internship Workshop , , to for all interested students on Wednesday, Sept 14, 3:00 p.m. sonal aaa so in B.A. Building Room 601B. Prior sign-up is not necessary crowd wil and other internship workshops will be offered throughout the ny. Hie 0] semester. pared wil Dissertation Writing Support Group led by Judy Small starts Sept 15 at 10 a.m. and will meet Thursdays. For more infer- aduli ^ mation, call Counseling and Human Development Center at His first 5 . 777-5223. the slight snof ingofJoi 30 01 MISCELLANEOUS podded, The National Librajy of Poetry will award $12,000 in prizes for and Eayi its North American Open Poetry contest. The entry deadline is nick's ow Sept 30. The contest is open to everyone and entry is free. To these wei 1)00 enter, send one original jroem, any subject and any style, to: their fiel< The National Library of Poetry, 11419 Cronndge ur., P.u. box Q 704-1^81, Owings Mills, MD 21117. The poem should be no ourpr more than 20 lines and your name should appear on the top of f?ur mus :tions" page. Entries must be postmarked by Sept 30. A new con- album tr J?r. test opens Oct 1. sic" and" &d The Human Values in Medicine Program at the Northeastern around t Ohio University's College of Medicine is sponsoring its 13th while pla annual William Carlos Williams poetry writing competition for Conni medical students in the United States and Canada. Each par- tastic sol , 10 ticipating student is permitted three typed entries on 8 1/2- by v particula o 5:30 11-inch paper, written in English and previously unpublished. memoral from For more information, write to: Human Values in Medicine e Program, Northeastern Ohio University's College of Medicine, ?f the sh< ct the P.O. Box 95, Rootstown, Ohio, 44272-0095. Phone: (216) 325- ence wit] n. 2511. andpolit Thiss 'UBSI si 9mm 13 i:rii w 15* .yw *KF? < I ? I # H 01 piiiPedi> &!?? ? J prodflctioRfasifea: J ..... ....... ...... ;..:x. ..< . > >./ > ' < y,Ss',,vys/#S', '>??'' ' ss*i ' .. :iWor#dtidi?iifej attend ffle Mmt M i ?<? ' : >-> WmK' mm. il Interest " ? IB BBB_B%7S iwflFB. a|!mm t' m * 3:00 p.m. II H^n:s?jr .; . . .. . . . . .>: ...... . . .... . : 1 'jmk. ^k ' I k- . . itif303;: 4Iff' - J '..: .-. : . '. '' i ' y xS-::::^..; ^ . ' \ ^ " ? ::0=[ ">:= f ^::. na h e to attend O im."," 1Jc.-vIM: m * .i^i.-IVi Id like more Mi . ' ': ' ...: . .-. :' VSx':>S. i* V Sgpis mm. %':>n, please call ? ? ? ? O Vim IA! Monday, September 12, 1994 ie's crazy for 'J PAPVICE IURPHY Staff Writer (out of four stars) i I'm a fan, but nothing could have prepared me yfl test exhibition of pure music excellence, show- m and all-around entertainment Connick Jr. has established a reputation as one 1 i i-i a.?i i ai 11: u J i taienteu <uiu eiiuumujig uvc yci iui mcia cu uuuu, iue to the Big Band environment in which he name. re r, "the jazzman" has developed and progressed al style and its presentation into a genuine exsheer ability. The "She" tour is the perfect il- ggj of his long-standing love for the entire New Ordc scene, blended impressively with his new fondunk. Many people expected the original Harry fr. to bust into the legendary classics like "It Had 9 a," "Recipe for Love" and "We are in love," but open-minded. arm-up band, The Leroy Jones Quintet, includthe main players in Connick's Big Band: Mr. trumpet and trombonist Lucien Baberin. This ief performance managed to incorporate a melail of original jazz and fine individual improvi- _. il of which was especially well received by the iudience. ive-piece band delivered classic ballads and perptations with pure elegance, while thrilling the jjfj :h ultra-long note holding and collective harmooening act was magnificent but was nothing comh the main attraction ! "I''" iimfl unfU /^Aofartinrr onnlonoo 3 Cilti CUll/C WCIO met TT1WH UUCU^lUllg H|/J/1UUWV ition, but he wasted no time in setting the theme. Connlck, the mi track was solely wild and glorious funk, led by audiences on hi ly insane but extravagantly brilliant guitar play- n0W album of tt nathan Dubose. The expert delivery was com- dence of this sho jy George Porter Jr.'s fast and furious bass rhythm central to the ess< nond Weber's fine percussion. Indeed, by Con- peared both he ai n judgment, cal audience feed -e a collection of possibly the finest musicians in Jones and Lucien is- memory lane. T1 isingly, the first half was dominated by the band's Me" and several icians besides Connick as they ripped through The final thir acks such as "She," "Trouble," "Follow the Mu- their feet dancin To Love the Language." Jonathan Dubose surged erally making as he vast stage, often maintaining rhythm even through a mixturi tying the guitar with his teeth. of Connick's mos ck, however, soon took over and played some fan- deliveiy was com o piano, combined with soft and strong vocals. In Admittedly, tl r, his tribute to the legendary James Booker was I seriously could >le. Perhaps most importantly, during this stage This show was a1 3W, he was establishing a rapport with the audi- state that any ge h a blend of enthusiasm, energy, sharp humor to complain abou eness. a perfect eveninj jet the stage for a climactic finale. From the evi- 18,000 second op ACdeptec more sch than you Bijil It's ever you "wa & U.S.A. Inc. 1994 tozzman' jttpl I in with the golden voice, le wooing Is current tour 'She' promoting hie le same name. w, audience participation is something ;nce of Connick's performance, and it apld the band thrived off the extremely voback. At this stage he brought on Leroy Baberin from the Big Band to turn down ley played a fantastic version of "All of other classics that were well received, d of the show had all the spectators on g, shouting, clapping, singing and genmuch noise as possible. The band reeled e of album tracks, classic covers and some t popular songs. The style, content and sistently superb to the end. lis article has been a one-way street, but not think of anything to complain about 11 about musical appreciation, and I can snuine music fan would be hard-pressed it the talent offered at this show. It was l- If you don't believe me, there's about anions to back me up. i at ools A/ere. yv/here Lrtt to he!