ENTERTAINMENT
The Crow is a Halloween Classic
Eric Hinson
When you think of cuU clas
sic movies, most people think of
“The Rocky Horror Picture Show,”
and some think of “The C'row.” The
movie “The Crow” is one of a few
cult classic movies that has spanned
years of popularity and has gathered
a tremendous response from people
of all ages. Now for Halloween this
movie would be a nice pick, not be
cause of its eerie cinematography
and dark attributes, but for a sense
of exhilarating entertainment. The
story is about a young couple who,
on Halloween night, experience ter
rible travesty and are murdered by a
gang of street thugs. The experience
is so tragic that the young man, Eric
Draven, returns one year after his
death to avenge himself and bring
justice for his late wife. As he battles
his foes, he is helped by the powers
of The Crow, who is his link from
the land of the dead to the land of
the living. On my birthday in 1993,
I became a fan of this wonderful
movie. Since its release, there has
been one sequel produced and a
third, soon to be released on video.
When watching this movie again for
the review, I remembered exactly
why I was a fan. I urge everyone in
terested to inquire about this movie.
I am sure you will get hooked just
like I did.
Fall Book
Sale
Don’t miss out on all
the wonderful books that will
be for sale at the Friends of
Buncombe County Libraries,
Inc.’s Fall Book Sale at Pack
Memorial Library! The
Friends of Asheville Bun
combe Libraries will hold the
annual fall book sale at Pack
Memorial Library October 27
through October 29. The sale
hours will be 10a.m. to 6p.m.
on Friday and Saturday, and
2p.m. to 6p.m. on Sunday. The
Pack Memorial Library sale is
the largest of the library
system’s book sales and an es
timated 12,000 volumes will
be sold. Most hardback books
will be priced at $1; most pa
perback books will be 50 cents.
Call 255-5203 for more infor
mation.
BC’s Shen Liu Chosen
as NC State Alternate
Freshman
pianist Shen Liu
competed in the
NC Music Teach
ers’ Association
State Young Art
ist Competition
on October 6th.
She took 2nd
place in a contest
open to all under
graduate and
graduate students
throughout the
state of North
Carolina. As the
alternative repre
sentative, she
will be asked to
compete in the *231-
Division compe
tition this Janu
ary should the
chosen represen
tative (a senior
from UNC
Chapel Hill) be
s.
Chi & Shen in costume. gtajf Photo
unable to com
pete.
Shen’s rep
ertoire for the
competition con
sisted of an hour
of music, repre
senting reper
toire from the
past 200 years.
She played with
an authority and
innate under
standing which
impressed both
the judges and
her supporters
from BC. We are
very proud of her
achievement and
happy that
Brevard College
was represented
so strongly in
this year’s con
ference!
^ omjjrnoto
Asheville Dance Theatre to Perform
In celebration of Asheville
Contemporary Dance Theatre’s new
space at 20 Commerce St. in down
town Asheville, Itto Morita and Mika
Takeuchi (GooSayTen) will be per
forming. They are a Butoh dance duo
from Sapporo, Japan who have per
formed in the US, Poland and Ger
many as well as in Japan. Their
dreamlike dance combines nostalgia
and madness in a search for disap
pearing values of Japan. In their
workshops, exercises for deep relax
ation will enhance the mind-body
sensitivity of suppressed reactions
and movements, the type of distorted
and anomalous movements found in
Butoh dance, leading to mind-body
reorganization and spiritual growth.
It is open to the public with
2 workshops: Monday, November
6th from 6p.m. to 9p.m. and Tues
day, November 7th from 10a.m. to
1p.m. The performances are Tues
day, November 7th and Wednesday,
November 8th at 8p.m. The 3 hour
workshops are $30 and the 6 hour
workshops are $50. Admission to the
perfonnances is $8. For more infor
mation call Susan or Giles Collard
at 254-2621. Space is limited.
The Clarion
Reading
Held
Throughout its 23 year his
tory (1933-1956), world-renowned
Black Mountain College developed
a reputation as a haven for creative
people of all disciplines. Painting,
m.usic, dance and writing were all
studied and practiced with great in
tensity at the College in addition to
the more academic fields of science,
philosophy, mathematics, languages
and literature. It was during the
College’s final eight years, under the
influence and leadership of poet
Charles Olson, that the writing pro
gram at Black Mountain College
moved into great prominence and
attained its legendary status.
The Black Mountain College
Museum and Arts Center will pay
tribute to some of the acclaimed
writers associated with Black Moun
tain College in a program on Satur
day, November 18 at 5p.m. at the
Jewish Community Center on Char
lotte Street in Asheville. “A Celebra
tion of Black Mountain College
Writers” will feature Black Moun
tain College alumni and friends
reading selected works by Robert
Duncan, Charles Olson, Joel
Oppenheimer, Jane Mayall, Russell
Edson, Robert Creeley and others.
The readers, gifted and acclaimed
authors in their own right, will be:
Francine du Plessix Gray, Basil
King, Tom Meyer, Elizabeth Pollet
and Jonathan Williams.
Tickets to the event are $8;
$5 for members and students, at the
door. This is the first of two events
comprising “Points of View III; The
Black Mountain College Experi
ence.” On the following day, eight
Black Mountain College alumni will
participate in the symposium “Black
Mountain College: Why It Worked,”
Sunday, November 19th, 3 -5p.m. at
the JCC. Call the Black Mountain
College Museum and Arts Center at
299-9306 for more information.