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WHATSUf* Guide to Arts & AUDITIONS Chapin Community Theater will hold auditions for "MamaTNEm," at 7 p.m. Dec. 4 and 5, in the Chapin Community Theater 107 Columbia Ave, Chapin, SC. Available roles for five women < and four men ages 35-80, must be able to do a convincing upstate South Carolina accent For more information call 772-3720. Town Theatre will hold auditions for "Prescription: Murder^ at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5. Roles are available for four men and three women in range in age from early '20s to '50s. Perusal scripts are available. For more information call 799-2510. BALLET The Columbia City Ballet presents "The Nutcracker," directed by William Starett, and accompanied for the first time by 1 the full 50-plus member South Carolina Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Nicholas Smith. The show runs at 8 p.m. from Dec 2 to Dec 11 and tickets are $8 and $10 for children and students, $16.50 and $18.50 for adults and $5.00 for balcony, on sale now. CONCERTS USC presents its annual Christmas Music Festival at the Carolina Coliseum at 4 p.m. Dec. 4 featuring performances by the USC Band, Percussion EnsemHlo SvmnVinnv OrrVi<?fr{i ("Inn. M1V, VV11 cert Choir, Left Bank Big Band, Carolina Alive, the University Chorus and the USC Dance Company. Admission and parking are free. The S. C. Concert Choir presents their annual Christmas concert at the Fust Presbyterian Church at 6 pjn. Dec. 4. Vocal selections will range from sacred holiday carols and spirituals by Giovanni Palestrina and Johannes Brahs to "Rigeltanze," a collection of six Christmas carol dances by contemporary American composer Libby Larsen. The Benedict College Concert Choir presents "A Special Kind of Christmas" featuring Yuletide Music by contemporary composers at 7 p.m. Dec. 11 in the Atisdel Chapel on Benedict's Campus. The performance is free. j CONTESTS The Institution for World Cap- J italism is sponsoring an essay contest with the topic "Capitaliom ar?f1 tVia T?ailnr<? nfSftpifll. ism." First prize is $2,000 and honorable mentions are $250. ' For more information and an entry form, call (904) 744-9986. Deadline for entries is Jan. 31, ! 1995. USA Today is beginning its annual search for the nation's best i college students. Sixty will be named to the 1995 All-USA Aca- i demic Team. The key element will be a student's outstanding original academic or intellectu- < al product. The judges will be influenced by the student's abil ity to describe that endeavor in their own words. For more in- 1 formation, call Carol Skalski at , (703)276-5890. Blackboard Entertainment pre- , sents "The America's College ( Video Competition" sponsored by Levi's 501 jeans. Speak out on issues of your generation for 1 $10,000 in cash awards. Create an original short-length video that tells your story. Be funny, serious or stupid, but most of all ' t- iJ T> . 11* ir v De creative, ueaaiine is Marcn < 15,1995. Call (415) 974-6844 for information. i Evian issues an open call to amateurs and professionals to submit a design or toast that conveys the theme, "Evian Toasts the Culinary Arts." The winning artwork and toast will appear < on a limited edition glass bottle of Evian Natural Spring Water available to restaurants next , spring. Entries must be submitted to Evian, c/o Ketchum, 220 East 42nd St., 12th floor, ; New York, NY 10017 by Nov. 30. All entries with proper adress and information will be returned. For further information call 1800-633-3363. i Mangajin Magazine presents j the Fourth Annual BABEL In- ; ternational Japanese/English Translation contest open to any Entertainment resident of the United States or Japan whose name has never been credited as translator or co-translator in any publication. To participate, entrant must translate a one-page essay from Japanese to English. The essay to be translated can be found along with complete information in issue #39 of Mangajin magazine. Further questions on contest rules should be directed to the Kawamura Cultural Foundation at (212) 808-5335 or fax (212) 697-4738. LECTURE Nationally recognized pianist Dr. Maurice Hinson will present a lecture and master class, giviner a critiaue of individual stu dent performances at 1 p.m. in the small rehearsal room of USC's Roger Center, Nov. 30. For more information call 7777374. MOVIES Nickelodeon Theater presents the continuation of the 1st annual South Carolina Film and Video Festival tonight with winning films and videos from across South Carolina "Pilot," "The Interlopers," and "Red to the Rind." The show starts at 8 p.m. and tickets are $3. Dec. 5 through Dec. 14, Nickelodeon Theatre will feature films by Ingmar Bergman including 1972*3 "Cries and Whispers," with showtimes at 7 and 9 p.m. Admission is $3.50 for members of the Columbia Film Society, $4.50 for students and senior citizens and $5.50 for nonmembers. MUSEUMS / GALLERIES McKissick Museum The work of USC graduate art students will be on display Nov. 20 through Dec. 18. "The Annual MFA Exhibit" will feature works by Vicky Heapee, Bingjian Zhang and Shinli Zhou, who are all working towards a master of fine arts degree. The USC art department faculty show features about 40 recent works in a variety of media, including paintings, drawings, mixed media, printmaking, photography, watercolors, jewelry and sculpture. The exhibit will run through Feb. 12,1995. 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 The museum has introduced a new exhibit, "Brain Teaser," that includes a puzzle so difficult the curator is offering a free museum membership to the first visitor who can solve it. PLANETARIUM "Season of Light" at the Gibbes Planetarium is open. The show begins with the winter solstice and examines how ancient cultures celebrated this dark time with their warmest and brightr est holidays of the year. TELEVISION "The Eagles in Spotlight" is a reunion concert showing 8:58 p.m. Dec. 9 on SCETV. THEATER Drayton Hall Theatre USC will present "Eastern Standard" through Dec. 2. USC Theatre presents "The Christmas Candle," an original music play based on an old German faiiy tale, Dec. 7-11 at Drayton Hall. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children under 12. Curtain time is 8 p.m. Wednesday thruough Saturday and 3 p.m. on Sunday. Town Theatre "Lend Me a Tenor" opens Dec. 2 and will run through Dec. 17. Tickets are $8 for students. WORKSHOPS Dr. Ruthann Fox-Hines will lead a workshop "Healing the Wounds: Recovering from Loss" from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., Nov. 30 at the Counseling and Human Development Center. For more information, call 7-5223. The Gamecock CAR 4 Christmas cards take on new life the hands of US( art professor Boj Saunders Fesi fessor Boyd i For 30 yi resident, has cards he sen 1 try to c speaks of the stays away fi mas symbol one of the ch wnen ni Rachel, wer them as mod evenly repr noses out of, Saunders the time he i the printmi 1965. He ah Pearl Jam's n SO UNPAOTiCE BEN PILLOW Staff Writer VITALOGY Peart Jam (out of four stars) Pearl Jam follows itsl993 No. 1 Billboard chart album "Vs." with "Vitalogy,* ~ 1 A . ] i. 1 ] _ Al a it-aung realm cenieiwa itruuuu me mernt of human health and happiness and based on the 1927 book by the same name. While vocalist Eddie Vedder does not completely abandon writing angst-ridden lyrics, "Vitalogy" overall is less brooding than the band's 1991 debut album, "Ten.' Vedder showcases several new vocal ranges as well, and moves toward much more creative lyrics rather than write about his own personal past. Musically, the band is as cohesive as ever, which makes me wonder exactly why drummer Dave Abbruzzese was "fired" by the rest of the band a few months ago. There is much more live sound to the music and not as much focus on a heavy edge. Guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike Mo Cready have substituted most solos with more concentration on repeated riffs and harmony, and the band has added to theii musical repertoire, donning such instruments as the mallotron and accordion Released on vinyl Nov. 22, "Vitalogy* will be out on CD Dec. 6. The album starts 9Q.5 J r 10. Fastba vioiden 8. Juned ^ 7- Makee Mahm< \M M 6, TheSk ^ 5. Dog Fa ^ i^ Henna p 4. O'Rour 3. Pizzica 2. Sea an iiiiili? TOP lO z^ ETH frtflNA! ^fedn^ f / isa * \ nvE B' iseman and anglels. Chil- will get the card d dren and reindeer. These usually rushing an are symbols of Christmas, giving dinner to do But so are roosters, fly- The cards are c ing geese and horses, at duced pen-and-ink. i least to University of illustrative style " South Carolina art pro- Christmas." Saund< Saunders. ages as "baroque,' ears, Saunders, a Chapin "shamelessly senti i been creating the holiday not terms most ar ds to friends and relatives, their work. But it i :ome up with imagery that mas, and he makes > Christmas season but that joying the season, nom the usual cliche Christ- Over the years, s, Saunders says. That is printing and posta Lallenges of the project. the project is close t( is daughters, Sylvia and touching? to go to ; e younger, Saunders used ^ cards he has ser as. i naa to sure tney were , d He has bee esented or they got their ^ teachel. joint, he says. Rossville, Tenn., k began dang the cards about has everaentherb came to Columbia to begin room iking program at USC in . ivays promises himself he gotten to b hilly accepted thing ew album shows with the catchy "Last Exit," a moderately s fast-paced song in which Vedderis growth 1 as a songwriter is evident ("Let the sun 1 shine/Burn away my mask/Three days, ( maybe longer/Shed my skin at last"). t . "Spin the Black Circle" glorifies music on vinyl and moves to more of a punk sound, < almost like "Blood" on "Vs." "Not For You," ( a song Pearl Jam played during its most i recent appearance on "Saturday Night i Live," follows as Vedder makes a brief re- i r turn to personal writing. Set to veiy rhyth- 1 I mic guitars, Vedder seems to be sending , a message to his fans on the status of be- < ing a rock star. With the words "All that's < , sacred comes from youth/Dedications, na- ; tive and true/With no power, nothing to < do," Vedder strives to regain the no-strings- t attached feeling he knew before fame. 1 "Tremor Christ" starts a pattern of < songs that tells a story and perhaps is the best example of VeddeFs growing creativ- i ity ("Ransom paid the devil/He whispers 1 pleasing words/Triumphant are the an- 1 j gels/If they can get there first"). Musical- i [ ly, it is unlike any other Pearl Jam song, 1 enhanced by the incorporation of an origan. ' One of the best songs on the album, i "Nothingman," is next. VeddePs voice is 1 the main focus as the instruments fade bei hind in a slow, relaxed mood. It too tells a r fjfl Sleei stoffWaports m Some people w >mm mmrnmv/immm 9 Tonight, memt . Palominos i# % ^ ^ out ? annual project to a ' "Sleep Out For DudGhania p.m. and lasts unt ^*^15 loctmoneydonatn 11,03 throughout the nigl i r?dr\ iv/yv* ters. ' ' . "We do it annm ke/Preyost PH^ht of the homel d Cake i tk ( ]>j( AN MYERSON Gamecock Graphics November 30, 199* y tte one early, but "I'm artist," Saunders says Dund after Thanks- me any money, but neit it." else I've done as an ar ommercially repro- love sending Chri drawings done in an J ]0Ve getting them, esf that I save just for ple I haven't seen in 2f irs describes the im- He enjoys sitting dow ' "decorative," and ness of the season end mental." Those are the cards hahas recer tists would use for ^ doesn>t, ?, after all, Christ- he makin no apologies for en- o.1Kr , ouiuit; oxiijr nv/uiv/ii wnat , Saunders' bills for P'ev?^,en gh ge have gnrwn, but ZlJ * 8 & i his heart It is Very d? ^at and get away' i friend's home and The show will open it over the years dis- free Holiday Open Hoi m told that his first from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.n Idle Mae Thomas of 1- "Boyd Saunders: M ;eeps every card he Christmas Remain wit an album in her liv- the fourth floor at the State Museum in Coh e the most wonder- ^5. Fve ever done as an ; growth, creatr story, this time of a doomed relationship, ii '.t is followed by "Whipping," the studio v Tecording of a stage favorite from the band's ? xovl\7 rloT/a on/1 An a nf fV\o OAnrre r\r\ 11 ^UHJ U11U UilV VI bliV 11U1 U^l OUllgO Wil ?l ;he record. q Try, To" is nothing other than 20 sec- $ >nds of Vedder spelling the word "priva- s y" nearly unintelligibly and serving as an s ntro to the promising "Corduroy." With a -aw, live sound, the song's guitars sound i lot like R.E.M.'s "Whafs the Frequency, S Kenneth?" s "Bugs" features Vedder on the accor- ^ lion and offers a rare effort at comedy. It v :ould again be interpreted to talk about ill the outside ties to Vedder ("See them ^ ieciding my fate/That which was once up jo me/Now it's too late"). "Satan's Bed" fol- j ows, starting up with the help of a kettle irum. P. "Better Man" begins as a slow, harnony-based song that moves to a very upieat speed while telling another story ("She 1 ies and says she's in love with him/Can't * ind a better man"). The interesting "Aye v Davanita" follows, appropriately subtitled ^ The Song Without Words," as very Span- c sh-sounding chords give the song an al- 1 nost festival feel. y The last real song on the album is "Im- a nortality." It could be interpreted as be- a > out for the said fratei ill do anything for a good cause. Cropp >ers of Phi Beta Sigma fraterni- to ^ve the Russell House Patio for their ^ie s^ iid Columbia's homeless. project anc the Homeless" will start at 10 Cropp sail il 6 a.m. The fraternity will col- elude mor ans, canned goods and clothing Cropp it. Donations will go to area shel- the frateri ly had nev illy. The sleep out recognizes the er. "Hope! ess during the holiday seasons," own a slee iiroli )thing could 5 f I \SON GREETING: This is one of 20 istmas card illustrations created by inders that will be on exhibit through i. 31, 1995, at the South Carolina te Museum in Columbia. ^IGN . "It hasn't made her has anything tist." stmas cards, and >edally from peo> years," he says, n after the busis and reading all /ed. quite remember g cards. "I have we don't tell peove love them," he me when you can with it." at the museum's ise, which will be 1. Thursday, Dec. lay the Magic of h You" will be on : South Carolina imbia until Jan. -StaffReports rity of Vedder ig written about Kurt Cobain, as it is filled nth a very somber atmosphere and sound. A truant finds home'A wish to hold on/But here's a trapdoor in the sun" could be about lobain's music, and anyone who knows lie eiivnviiiiieiii 111 wineii ouufcuii uieu uni ee the relation in the words "Scrawl disolved/Cigar box on the floor." Furthermore, "Stripped and sold, mom," could decribe how Cobain's music was made maintream, while the closing line "Some die ast to live" describes how Cobain will always be remembered in the eyes of some. "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's ile" closes the record in a very artisitic /ay. It exemplifies a common distinction n Pearl Jam's music?dealing with serius issues?as it talks about child neglect, unid an array of feedback and time-keepig sounds, you hear different voices speakng at various times. "A spanking...thafs he only thing I want so much," a child's roice says. "Why is that better than being lugged?" a woman asks. "Because you get loser to the person," the child answers. Tie album ends with a teen asking, "Did ou ever think you would kill yourself?" md the child answering, "I have thought bout it... we all do." ' homeless mity member Nathaniel Cropp. uigcs acuuenia iu sujjpui i uie jjiujew, aiiu atever donations they have. sep out has become the fraternity's biggest i has been going on for about three years. i he hopes the sleep out will grow to ine community involvement. said he hopes the weather is clear before aity "roughs it." Last year, members onrepapers for protection against the weathfully, it won't be raining. I know I don't sping bag." na! be finer. \