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0 Foam, April 1, The Library Bert Ligon Trio, 7:30 p.m., USC School of Music Recital Hall Crude Earles, 10 p.m., March 27, Pizza Bistro. Friday, March 27, 1998 T nriil act compete staff writer ERIN LEE phere, and it i Michelle Poole College students have been flock- she js a regulaj ing to the Village Idiot in Five Points contest for three reasons: it offers a Bud spe- y^jage j^c cial, it cooks up a good pizza quickly ^ and it hosts the Acoustic Challenge Between fiv every Tuesday night. eachTuesdavt Rock 93.5 sponsors the musical chal- , 1An i r , * , . , about 100 peop lenge for those acts brave enough to get ^ behind the mike and strut their stuff. 8 evenini The challenge lasts for 10 weeks. ? CD giveaway. During the 11th week, the winners have ^er giveawa 0 a playoff. between 9 and Weekly winners receive a $25 gift s certificate for dinner at the Village Id- Senior Lori iot, but the big money goes to the sea- er one Per^c son winner. The grand prize is worth ^ 00(ty) h? $800 and includes $500 in cash and 50 that attracts r copies of the act's demo tape. She had no Not only USC students, but peo- him on at the I c, n~i u: u? "T+u ? ~?A . pic uuni uiic v^uiuiiiuia cuimii unity cumc xt a a guuu < to hear the fresh, new talent each week, pizza with my i "I have fun. It has a good atmos- Brian Grab Washington S< college press EXCHANGE them together Musicians, clowns and other street ne^ 19^year-o' performers battle for attention. Weed photographer"' dealers hawk their low-quality produce pictures of to tourists and high school kids. Up- a few games a tight students sneak study breaks in southwest corn the sunshine. Neo-hippies and ultra- Nestled in N 0s cool urban hipsters lounge on the edge hemian commm of a huge central fountain nearby. and in the hear A couple of MTV employees, de- sity's campus, 1 lighted by the crowd's diversity, dash mandatory pit s around, looking for on-camera inter- tourists and cit views for an upcoming show. after all, few pi "You take every type of person, put sit with actors a Financial Aid Applications for Siimme I ml rU _ ,C$& j lGo?i /, Et The Gameco rnstic acts I for cash I s very laid back," said band 2%, is a two-time winner and will of Lexington, who says be participating in the final playoff, r audience member. "I like performing here because the is original, which gives crowd is good and laid back," he said, it a different kind of ap- The end is approaching, with the 1111 last weekly competition March 31. April P- e and ten bands perform 7 will be the Grand Finale in which each 1 ? a nearly full house of of the weekly winners will compete for 1 le. the big prize. g begins at 9 p.m. with Owner Tim Coletta says it is im- 1111 Performances begin af- portant to have an open-mike night. IB y, and bands can arrive "It brings in good local acts that 10 p.m. to sign up for a haven't been heard before," Coletta said. "We offer a cash price that, really, no HB Solomins is a support- one else does, irmer, Woody Rogers. "Before, we weren't looked at as a is a very original sound music venue, but now we bring in more nany," Solomins said, people because of it." 4uaiiiio auuut rvuiiu&siuii is utje lur uiiuae uver 4?f hh^m diot. otherwise, there is a $3 cover charge. :hance to drink and eat The Idiot also brings in bands riends," she said. Wednesdays, such as Mountain Express Tues batin, a member of the and Danielle Howie. acoi pare Park: The pi , and you have Wash- and dropouts, journalists and jugglers, so ha 'ark," said Jordan Ben- and feel right at home. when Id, self-described "street "With the addition of bocce courts, an ad who was in the park to game tables and playgrounds, the park 1995 'chess players hustling has become an internationally known N t tables in the park's meeting ground," reads a sign posted Amer er. on one neatly manicured lawn by the come lanhattan's historic bo- city's recreation department. York lity, Greenwich Village, Even if folks haven't heard about execv t of New York Univer- the park, chances are good they've seen thing the park has become a it. Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan ex- staye< top for college students, changed pleasantries under its center- farmt ;y dwellers. 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The night is characterized with give-aw ace to be in N .ve caught glimpses of the park 20-year-old Evan R a pack of rowdy teenagers kicked University of Oregi iversary into a bloody pulp in the semester off to spe movie, "Kids." his father in the Big amed after George Washington, never seen more co] ica's first president, the park has in one place." a long way since the city of New To uphold May bought it in 1797 to stage public i's crusade to make itions. And yet, the more some gentler place, police s have changed, the more they've park's nooks and c i the same. Native Americans once the hubbub with p 3d tobacco fields on the site. 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