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CALENDAR
Monday
March 18
“MONSTER’S BALL”: Starring
Billy Bob Thornton, Halle
Berry, Heath Ledger, and Sean
“P. Diddy” Combs. Rated R.
7 p.m. and 9:15 p.m.
Nickelodeon Theater, 937 Main
St. $6.50 general public, $5
students and seniors, $4
members.
Tuesday
March 19
INJECTED, GREENWELL,
STONES, AND SCENIC DRIVE:
Uncle Doctor’s, 1734 Mobile Dr.
UNIVERSITY CHORUS
CONCERT: 7:30 p.m. USC
School of Music Recital Hall.
Free.
“THE COMPLEAT WORKS OF
WLLM SHKSPR (ABRIDGED)”:
8 p.m. Workshop Theater, 1136
Bull St. $13 adults, $11
students, seniors and military.
“THE CIRCLE”: Banned in Iran,
“The Circle” links the stories
ota number of women of
different classes and different Theater. $6.50 general public,
experiences in contemporary $5 students and seniors, $4
Tehran, providing a revealing members.
social and political
commentary on Iran’s
“woman problem.” Not rated.
7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Nickelodeon
LAWRENCE ARMS
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Tuesday, March 19.
New Brookland Tavern, 122 State St.
CROSSWORD
ACROSS
1 Charity
5 Remus or Sam
10 Shapely fruit
14 Light gas
15 Like the Arctic
16 Ancles people
17 Tranquillity
discipline
18 Finn's bath
19 Put on cargo
20 Ellington’s
direction?
23 Richardson
novel
24 Gambler's
marker
25 Pointed end
27 Poetic globe
28 Ids'partners
31 Actor Nick
33 Maiden’s last
words?
34 Surrender
37 Dickens
hypocrite
38 Theological
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43 Metal grating
44 Hockey rink
47 Tossed 7 Board game of Solutions
49 Italian automaker mystery
50 Weepy 8 Florida room
51 Hearing organ 9 Greek Muse
52 Raw mineral 10 Tuscany city
55 Debases oneself 11 Name
57 Cow-side 12 Wolfsbane
perches 13 Not sugar
61 Latvia's capital coated
62 Ms. Astaire 21 Written in a
63 Kepis and Country
shakoes Churchyard”
65 Drained of color 22 Operate
66 Teach 23 Food from taro
67 Latin & others 26 Get-up-and-go
68 Kettles 29 Finished
69 Recesses of 30 Letter base
churches 32 Resistance unit
70 Repudiate 35 Citrus trflit
36 Columns set into
DOWN ~ a wall
1 Even one 38 Visualize 44 Quarantine 56 Exclaimed with
2 Workout wear 39 Tussle 45 Tape recorder delight
3 Gardner movie 40 Consumed element 58 Puts down
4 Plumber’s device 41 California 46 Ma9 managers 59 Catches on to
5 Stealing the evergreen 48 Stir-fry pan 60 Blackthorn
limelight from 42 The gent to 53 Rodeo rope 61 Strike sharply
6 Ark builder marry 54 Turn oul 64 Arch
HOROSCOPES
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
There’s something of great
value nearby. Can you find it?
It’s so delicate, so precise, a
master craftsman must have
made it. You couldn’t replace
it for a fortune, but it won’t
cost you a dime. Look around.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
Whatever difficulties you
encounter, you’ll solve them.
Can’t think of what you want
to say? Give yourself a
minute. You’re bold yet
cuddly, strong yet sensitive.
In other words, you’re
irresistible.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21)
You’re in the testing phase of
your latest experiment. Can
you produce the results
consistently and still stay
within budget? Keep trying.
CANCER (June 22-July 22)
What a glorious day! Friends
would love it if you came out
and played with them. Gather
up a few, then head out for a
special treat. Either take care
of something you’re worried
about first, or schedule it for
tomorrow.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) A little
sunburned? Tired? Perhaps a
touch of poison oak? Savor the
discomfort. It’s a small price
to pay for the experience.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) How
long has it been since you and
your sweetheart or very best
friend got out for a change of
scenery? Can you take
Monday off, too? Bon voyage.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct 22) The
work you’ve done may lead
you to have a substantial nest
egg. This is not an inheritance
or a gift; you’ve earned every
penny. If you haven’t yet,
keep at it. You’ll make your
fortune through your own
creativity.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) By
now you should be on firm
ground, feeling much more
secure than before. Recent
innovations will soon become
routine. You’re getting down
to the important stuff. This is
something you can build upon.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 Dec. 21)
It can be exciting to get into a
new project, and fun to work
hard. If this one was inspired
by a breakdown, put the
frustration aside. Only think
about what you’ll accomplish
next.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
Sometimes words are
unnecessary. Actions speak
louder. You can ask, though,
just to make sure what you
hope is happening is true.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
All of a sudden you have to
deal with dreary old
practical matters. Food,
shelter, stuff like that. You
can do it if you concentrate.
For help, go to a Pisces or
Taurus.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You
know how sometimes you get
flustered and have trouble
concentrating? That’s less
likely to happen now. It’s also
a good time to practice music,
dig in the garden, and make
decisions.
Time
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device in hopes of heading back
in time to avert his fiance’s
death. This simple motivational
change takes the theme of
human innovation that the
novel harps upon and molds it
into a much less intelligent
form — a very Hollywood
addition. With this obvious
flaw, the film progresses with
the grace of a snail as it follows
Hartdegen in his attempt to fix
his past. When this fails, the
oddly appeased professor then
seeks knowledge from the
future to answer the question of
why the wrongs of the past
cannot be fixed.
It is on this quest that he
travels to the sterile, cold steel
future often envisioned on
page and screen alike with
sleek images and towering
skyscrapers. It is here where
he meets the out-of-place
Orlando Jones (7Up’s former
pitchman), as Vox, an
ultramodern 21st-century card
catalog — the information
hologram for the New York
Museum. Their foreshadowing
conversation is just one of
many plot points skimmed
over in hope of better things,
and it’s over quickly as
Hartdegen rushes further into
the future in hopes of finding
out more.
As we race through time
alongside him, we witness
the downfall of humankind as
we know it and the
subsequent rise, in A.D.
802,000, of tribes of people
fighting for their lives
against their superior
enemies, the Morlocks. Now,
it is up to Hartdegen to gain
the trust of the people and
attempt to rise against their
hunters.
It is a shame to see such a
ridiculously crafted plot in
any situation, but it’s even
more so when it is a butchered
version of a well-respected
classic. To only cement this
shoddy result, we find the
obvious directing flaws of
Wells, most likely in an
attempt to do his great
grandfather justice but,
unfortunately, clouding a
Fantastic adventure with an
all too apparent lack of
experience. With all the other
choices in theaters now,
viewers should be hard
pressed to find any reasons to
see this one.
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Nickel Creek
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band began touring the blue
grass festival circuit, and it has
been doing so since. Watkins
said that the band’s long history
has been a key factor in stream
lining its sound and developing
its musical idiom.
“The three of us are family,”
she said. “We have the same in
fluences, we all know each oth
er, and our musical history is
very common.”
Nickel Creek’s music was so
impressive that, when it came
down to finding a producer for
its debut album, it attracted
Klauss, one of the biggest and
best names in bluegrass music.
It was an experience that
Watkins described as, “Brilliant.
She’s an incredible artist to
work with. She’s perfect for us.”
Watkins praised Krauss’ open
minded approach to making mu
sic and letting the band make the
music that they wanted to make.
Most music critics have found
it hard not to compare Watkins’
vocals to Krauss’. “It’s a huge
compliment, of course,” Watkins
said. She also said that she
thinks the comparisons were
made because she and Krauss
both had a similar “softer, more
sneaky” vocal style that is un
usual in today’s popular music.
As for most bands, the live
shows are where Nickel Creek’s
waters shine brightest. Many
music journalists have com
mented on the band’s uncanny
ability to bring a large, noisy
crowd down to complete and to
tal silence as they hang on every
note. Watkins said that during a
live show, they’re simply look
ing for “a good time. W j want to
share our music and our happi
ness ... People enjoying what we
play is a huge part of it.”
The band is currently record
ing a new album, which is due to
hit stores in August. Watkins
promises that the album will be
more of what has come to be ex
pected of the band and then
some.
With its amazing talent for
combining a myriad of musical
genres into a harmonious slice
of musical heaven, Nickel Creek
promises not only an exception
al evening of music, but also
great things to come. The sheer
joy that can be heard in its mu
sic is as infectious as the tunes
themselves — they are not to be
missed.
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