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c encore! Ike Gamececk Weekend & Entertainment Snellen Friday, April 16,1099 Ail Aboard For Fun Time Pa9c3 Slve- paiK fhe> 'Shi by Katy Evans tha Assistant features editor can yea McKenzie's in Five Points is a popular hangout pre for students on a Thursday night. But how many of Th< the people who frequent this popular drinking hole Lea I i._i j.: x n_ : j. - r r i/i non nave laiten uie iirne tu wuik just a iew paces iarcner, to the art gallery next door? f?g The'Blue Sky Gallery, opened in 1989, is named R?r after the artist Blue Sky and is owned and run by his mg wife, Lynn. All the work on display is by Sky, apart from one or two pieces that are by his brother-in-law. 816 Sky, born Warren Edward Johnson, changed his name in 1974. ^ov "I always feel better on a warm, sunny day. The ^ weather seems to affect my mood a lot. I thought that if I changed my name to Blue Sky, I would always 5 feel cheerfrd. At least that was the theory," he said, ne chuckling. Sky's work can be found all around USC and ^ Columbia. A 7-foot-long, detailed painting of the Horseshoe is hanging in the Osborne building. Another one, ?es 20 feet long, can be found in the Alumni Visitor Cen- ^ ter on the corner of Pendleton and Assembly streets. maj The McKissick Museum also houses a large painting, which is a bird's-eye view of the museum. ^eej "To paint this picture, I first had to fly over the pro top of the museum and take a photograph. I did 0f c this by taking the door off the side of the airplane and peo flying as low as possible," Sky said. Born and bred in Columbia, Sky knew he was ere- we ( ative from the age of 5, when he used to dig up his ^ur own clay to make pots. He graduated from USC in ab0 1964 with a bachelor's deerree in art. He then went on to get a master's degree in education. strc Sky's paintings are so beautiful it's not surprising 'Dark City' ^ JL/aiil ^ VulLJr but every once in a while, Fll see one VHhI the effects and the action and the standard indestructible, nondescript bad jfl second time was the story, which relied heavily on religious themes (of course, the mid-air kung fu battles helped, too). The Wachowski brothers Rufus Sewelf ( ("Bound") scripted and directed this attacked by a Si film, one of two sci-fi movies in the amnesiac In "Da past year to really grab me. tecfive Bumstead Alex rroyos (the Lrow). It stars Ku- Strangers, a grouj fas Sewell ("Hamlet") as John Mur- g^g who'have t doch, a man suspected of the brutal OK, here's wh deaths of six hookers. He wakes up in Strangers are an a bathtub Ml of water with no idea dying out. They i where he is (or who he is, for that mat- mans ^ create i ter). One of the hookers lies dead on <juct; "experiments the floor of the bedroom. He doesn't ^ to find out whai know if he murdered her and the oth- uniquecreatuj er prostitutes. On his trail are the usu- strangers are sp< &1 assortment of cops, including De- the secrets of the Considering / Earn a Certificate in Information Te Rushing Center for Advanced Tech required ? only an accepta Two Prograj Certificate in IT X _ *1 X C jane / - June Skills for Tomorrow's Workplace Computer Hardware/Software Business Modeling with Spreadsheets Database Management and Retrieval World Wide Web Design Software Development Life Cycle Software Testing Project Management Skills Impact of IT on Business Consult our Web Site h or call 864-294-3 ?JFU t when Henry Kissinger I le to Columbia a few irs ago, the governor I sented him with one. 1 3 picture, "Follow the I j -rr ^*^^22 tuer, was 01 iour pen- i s flying through a dense I . Former President I laid Regan has a paint- I of the Horseshoe. But life-size paintings I Sky's passion. "If people ask why I e to paint big, I say, The othe ty does everyone else paint small?"5 he said. Sky is probably best known for his life-size mu;, three of which are close to the university: "Tun- youngest Vision" on Marion and Taylor streets depicting a neighbor d disappearing into a tunnel with the sun setting "Each he background. "Five Points ? 1948" on the person 11 ; of Harpers Restaurant, shows, as the name sug- They havi ts, Five Points as it looked in 1948. His most re- w^y pm t mural, a giant cat and dog each with moving ^ow , s, is on the side of the animal rescue center on Hu- ... . oe Lane, off Shop Road. lo0^ Sky worked for free on this project because he Italy, J s so strongly about animal welfare. The shelter Cornwall motes animal adoption and is home to thousands heart, ats and dogs. Sky has 10 cats and wants as many "It's o pie as possible to adopt stray animals. and I lovi "Animals have the same emotions and feelings as jn 181 do, so why shouldn't they have the same rights as jt>g jug(. g nans?" Sky said. "It tears my heart out to think ut the way some of them are treated." Sky's cats live in his studio. They were once all tys. The oldest one, Twig, is nearly 20 years old. ^ve. ^ % or more i - ~~~ II - :;;f they want to be like humans. They keep the city enveloped in darkness. It is always nighttime, and the clocks (and reality) stop at midnight so they can conduct their experiments. In their experiments, The Strangers alter the universe by tuning," playing with the memories of the city's people. For example, a working-class couple suddenly becomes upper class, with an entirely new set of memories. In order to keep up with this new reality, The Strangers also literally alter the city, having buildings (from different architectural eras) sprout up at their command. They are after Murspeciai 10 The Gamecock doch because he has the ability to left), about to be "tune," which previously had been tranger, stars as an "Stranger exclusive." The film also rk City." stars Kiefer Sutherland ("Freeway") mr;?. ? . *rWl as the thoroughly creepy Dr. Schreber (William Hurt, One ^ Jennifer Connelly (The Rocke^ teer*) as Murdoch's love interest. ?^er? "v.r S "Dark City" is the thinking man's 1 of really white, bald *Matrix? It ^ ^ extremely simile ability to tune. ^ ^ but getg its 3^^^ en itgets weird. The ^ ^ m ?Blade &,^ r k wf tropolis" and Solaris." The interesting part of the story lies in the idea ? JL , that reality isn't what it seems. 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They have joys and fears just like us. e enriched my life so much," Sky said. "That's putting so much effort into this project." that the mural is near completion, Sky is irward tola holiday. He has already traveled France, Haiti, Canada and Mexico, but it's , in the southwest of England, that has his ne of my favorite places," Sky said. "My wife e it down there. It's almost like being back 00s, what with the narrow, winding roads, i beautiful place." "The Horsesl Hue Sky Gallery is located on 707 Saluda Below is a p ive Points. Call 779-4242 for opening times has tried to nformation. drivers to st< 1 4 /? HHH I I /*V ' M /N t / /% S-\ teen adventure IK Starring Sarah Polley,: Hjfl B******** Katie Holmes, ii Lights. Desmond Askew, RealSon ^cott Wolf and Jay I t [1 I John August. DirectMat tsar stars**** e(j by Doug Liman by Jennifer Stanley it? Gamecock Critic Katie Holmes Let me lay it all out on the table. I embroiled in hated "Pulp Fiction." The dark come- romance, don dy was too much dark for me. Fm a yel- irony, off-thelow, happy person. The segmented plot, 0f trickery ui basically different scenes that link up, situations, go bothered me. I could follow it, but I Don't wait didn't enjoy it. But "Go" was different. The dark by Rob Lin< wasn't too dark, and the humor put it c.amecock Crit aheadbf the other comedies in the theater right now. The person I went to Despite co the movie with said I didn't laugh no dire and was surprised I enjoyed it. actually man; My answer The personalities of the ground Not characters and the plot, no matter how "p'aran tino sty. disjointed it was, drew me in. I was so his temporal involved, I forgot to laugh. and realistic1 The story, one of teen-agers, drug plores a topic 1 dealers and the consequences of a week- <90s Americar 1 end in Vegas gone wrong, makes for a The film ; terrific comedy. (And Scott Wolf wasn't points of vie\ so bad to look at, either.) If you want Keep The Tradition Am % For A Lifetime The Official USC Z Ring Event j> 1 izzi p * -^B?WEi^MR"'-U? 1 ^jfll 11 -rr ' IP*^" ^ "* B3?-.^s Iff I j#.Special to the Gamecocl ioe," (top) one of Sky's many painting of the USC landmark u?wLJu *u? rfiant mural "Tunnel Vision." As yet, no om STC througMhe mural, although it has caused man; >p and stare in amazement. Wf I ^H^bJ ^ 1 ]jk t* j Hfl ^ Special to The Gamecock . (left) and Sarah Polley star ascends who And themselves several Intrigues In Columbia Pic ures t go see it. If you want night All the nam diaracters are young wall comedy and a story and inhabit a world (whether it represed to get out of sticky sents real youth culture or not, I don t directly u> the theater, know) m whid. everyone ^ on someto rent this one <hm6- Even the good girl of the film, Claire (Holmes), admits to being on gindsey seng and Dexitrim. Kids spend their ic _ time looking for one rush or another, whether it be ecstasy, sex with two mparisonswithTaranti- women or an all-night rave_ ctor Doug Liman's -Go" The title of the film refers to the rvconstant movement these young peo only does he have the pie subject themselves to. They seem le down to a science with to have to move to feel alive. The narshifts, snappy dialogue rative is interspersed with swish violence, but he also ex- pans and blurred camera work to emrarantino hasn't touched: phasize this movement, t youth culture Liman has produced a document follows three different detailing the culture of90s teens. Funv throughout the same ny, frightening and very well done. H $T~ r-v < * ; \ X5# Visit Artcarved at the Kiosk near The Grand Marketplace e lower lobby of The Russell House day April 16 10am-4pm & .pril 19-23 10 am-4pm