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WHAT'SUF Guide to Arts & En
CONCERTS
The Koger Center presents "Secret
Garden" today. Tickets are $22 or
$18 for adults and $15 for students.
The Newport Jazz Festival on tour
will perform jazz from three great
eras: New Orleans, Swing and Bebop
Friday at the Koger Center.
Tickets are $12 for adults and $9 for
students.
Township Auditorium presents
"My Fair Lady" Saturday at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $10.75 for students.
The USC University Chorus will present
concerts at Northeast Presbv
terian Church, 601 Polo Rd. Nov. 13
at 7:30 p.m. and at Shandon
Methodist Church, 3407 Devine St.
on Nov. 16 at 6:15 p.m.
LECTURE
"Rainforest Conservation and the
Search for New Jungle Medicines"
will be presented by Mark Plotkin,
author of "Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice,"
Monday, Nov. 21 at 6 p.m.
in the USC Law School auditorium.
MOVIES
International Programs for Students
presents "Raise the Red Lantern"
Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in the Belk Auditorium.
MUSEUMS/GALLERIES
McKissick Museum
Recently-opened exhibit "Natural
History mnis is a presentation ui
33 beautiful natural history paintings
of flora and fauna from 18th-century
South Carolina and east Florida.
The exhibit runs through Nov. 13.
"Of Earth and Cotton" is an off-site
exhibit at the old Gibbes showroom
on the comer of Blossom and Assembly
streets. The exhibition joins
contemporary artist Jackie Brookner"s
environmental sculptures with
curator Susan Edwards' selection of
40 Farm Security Administration
photographs.
The USC art department faculty
show opens Sunday. The exhibit will
feature approximately 40 recent
works in a variety of media, including
paintings, drawings, mixed media,
printmaking, photography, watercolors,
jewelry and sculpture.
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Columbia Museum of Art
"Richard Estes: The Complete
Prints" will run through Dec. 11. This
is the first traveling exhibition surveying
the print work of photo-realist
Richard Estes. Admission is free.
South Carolina State Museum
Paleontologist Dr. John R. Homer,
the model for the hero of Jurassic
Park, will speak and sign copies of
his books on Nov. 12.
ON CAMPUS
Late Night at the Blatt- "Back to
the Shack" Monday from 8 p.m.midnight
at the Blatt P.E. Center.
Free food, music and door prizes,
"Caddyshack" in the pool, 3-on-3
basketball and whiffle ball tournaments.
OPfcHA
Opera at USC and the South Carolina
Philharmonic bring "Dido and Aeneas,"
the outstanding English
opera by Henry Purcell, to Drayton
Hall Friday and Saturday at 7:30
p.m. and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Tickets
are $15 and $10, and seats for students
and senior citizens are $5. For
reservations call 254-PHIL.
TELEVISION
A series of discussions about education
in South Carolina will be
shown on SCETV at 8 p.m., Nov. 15
in "Conversations on Education."
THEATER
Chapin Community Theatre
"Say It Ain't So, Pharaoh!" is playing
at 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday and
November 10-12.
Drayton Hall
Theatre USC will present "Eastern
Standard" Nov.17-21.
Workshop Theater
"Six Degrees of Separation" runs
until Saturday. Tickets are $8, $10
and $12.
WORKSHOPS
Irina Kolpakova will lead a classical
Daiiei worxsnop mov. \amj. i ma id
the first of a guest artist series by
the USC Department of Theatre,
Speech and Dance.
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SCOTT H. LEVA Staff Writer
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opens Friday in theaters natior
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"We work with the creative team to analyze and
be specific on what the look of the picture is all
about," Hill said. "If somebody calls, they want a
small town for a period film, well pick maybe four,
five or even 10 small towns."
The staff of five, headed by Hill, recruit and facilitate
between six and eight major projects per
year including feature films, "made for TV movies
and episodic television.
If you recognize the background of certain episodes
of "Rescue 911" or think die buildings in a particular
commercial look familiar, you might not be too
far off. They film between 50 and 80 smaller projects
each year, ranging from music videos to print
advertisements.
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of Parks, Recreation and Tourism, provides
a strong source of revenue for the state, according
to Hill.
"Last year, we attracted productions which contributed
just under $25 million in revenue to the
state of South Carolina," Hill said. "That represented
a $70 return for every dollar invested by the
state."
The job may not be as glamorous as it sounds,
though.
"There are times when its 11 o'clock at night and
some producer's got a problem, and you have to solve
it by 5:00 the next morning when the production
Starting Oct. 8 at 6pm your
Saturday Nights will change
forever.
1 We will be offering an informal
I evening service featuring a
variety of Contemporary
^ Jj Christian gospel music and a
message that addresses the
problems and concerns that we
face day to day.
W e look forward to seeing you
every Saturday Night.
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