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Cabaret singer Bobby Short talks with host/ executive producer Susan L. Taylor about his early years in vaudeville and how hard work bs* been the mainstay behind his auooess. Short also explains why his kind of music is still popular today.. (Pictured: Susan Taylor, oo«host Max Robinson concludes a tw ^^Mrrt ^■kkg Care of business," Hal Jackson, vioe president of Inner City Broadcasting, a multi million dollar communications company, is seen homing his popular jam and rhythm and blues radio show in New York City.Ttotf "Our Style" is a special vignette on New York City’s night lift, including fashions of the city and black-owned restaurants. Also featured is the annual "Men Who Cook" benefit where New York men share their favorite dishes with the public. "Essence" airs on WSOC, Channel t, Sunday, April 14, at 6 pm. StevMi James plays Curtis Jackson, Joe Armstrong’s friend, defender and confidante. As with co-star Michael Oudikoffj James1 role for many o£Ae same death defying maneuvers he exhibited in "American Ninja" and Avenging Force," James is a New Vork-tmined actor who holds a Eachelor ; oc Fine Arts degree from C.W. Host College in Brooksville, Long Island He : picked up several stage credits in the early 80’s, including principal roles in "TurnbuckW, a play by John Sayles and in ’Molinaux" at Playwright's Horizon. James moved to Los Angeles in 1983 and worked steadily in ; features, tv shows and commercials ever since. His tv credits include the X^A.T. Squad," a highly-praised TV film directed by William Friedkin, 'The Atlanta Child Murders'’ with Martin Sheen and "Fatal Vision". He has been seen in such series as ’Hoter, "T.J. Hooked’ and "The Dukes Of Hazzard. : .3 " J '*■ ~ V/ EocMmoaty. Arts. Ersemm ; , 1' '.sL-.», ‘A ■ ■ 4#% ■', S Metropolitan Life Foundation Recognizes 10 Museums New York-Ten new mtiaeum programs have received Museum r Grants for Minority Visual Arts award from the Metropolitan life | Foundatiorbj Begun in 1984,, the one of a kind museum grant* for Minority Visu al Arts program awards $100,000 annually and will continue to do so through 1989, to museum initiated projects that host help fos ter the professional advancement of minority artists, build new audi ences for their works and offer a diversity of museum program ming. Grants of up to $25,000 each are awarded by a judging panel that includes distinguished artists and art professionals. The museum* that received awards this year for their minority art* projects are: ► The museum of African Ameri : can Art Los, Ang»lee-$7,000 to de velop a catalog of black art that | will be availeble to local school dis tricts as well as museumi across the country. Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California- $5,000 to orga nise an exhibition of painting, sculpture, drawings and prints by , emerging Asian-American artiste in Its permanent collection. The Montclair Art Museum, • Montclair, NJ.- $5,000 to pur chase selected works of art from exhibitions featuring ths work of Afro-American artiste. Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artiste, Boston $20,000 to increase the number of .prints and drawings by living Afro-American artiste in its per manent collection.. Jane Vosrhees Zimmsrli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.-$15,000 to ftind the traveling exhibit ’Outside Cuba/Fuera de Cuba," which is composed of 96 works by 49 art ists and includes painting, photog raphy, works on paper, sculpture and multimedia works. Internationa] Arte Relations, Inc., New York- $20,000 to ftind an exhibition of abstract paintings by IS to 20 artists of Latin-American descent who work in New York City. Portland Art Musaum of the Oregon Art Institute, Portland, Ore., $6,000 to a project, titled, “New Directions Northwest: Con temporary Native American Art" Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia-$6,000 to install “Sentimental 8ojoum: Stanges and 8ouvenirsan exhibit created by artist Betye Saar to mark the bicentennial of the Unit ed States Constitution. San Antonio Museum An soda tion, Sen Antonio, Texas- $8,000 to create an exhibit featuring works of Mexican-American/Chicano artists. § Commenting on the award*, Metropolitan Ufa Foundation president, Sibyl Jacobson, Mdd, "This is the largest number ^pro grams to be awarded hi one year which indicates that minority arts programs are either increasing in number and quality or they are be coming increasingly visible. In ei ther case we are proud to be in volved in this growth, and believe everyone is benefitting: the artists, the museums and the public." Magical Legend Profiled Special To The Poet Aa a teenager, Ehrich Weisa read a biography about the well-known French illusionist Robert Houdin. Inspired, Weiss left his job as a cut ter In a necktie fkctary and set out to capitalise on his passion for magic. Changing his first name to Harry and adding an "i" to Hou din, he began traveling around the country, billing himself as "The King of Cards." Houdinu , a half-hour special, celebrates tbs magic and mystique of this legendary magician and es « cape artist. The program airs at 9:80 p.fh. on Wednesday, April 22 and at 10:30 p.m. on Friday, April 24, over the 10 channels of the University of North Carolina Cen ter for Public Television. Houdinir traces the life of one ’ ' f ' m'•*,' r ^ ’• ■0* l • « ■» - of the world • greatest escape art . ists, showing how he gained press recognition by escaping from po lice chiefs' handcuffs and always going one step farther than other escape artists. ’Others took off handcuffs and Houdini jumped off bridges,’ say producer JoAnne Garrett. ’Others copied his milk can escape and he created the Chi nese water torture cell.’ Born in 1874, Houdini claimed Appleton, Wie., as his hometown, living there until he was 8 and re maining in close contact with his friend*. "Houdini!” records the visit of contemporary magician Doug Henning to Appleton in April 1985, when he performed one of Houdini's most famous es cape tricks-Metamorpoeis. "Houdini!" includes interviews h : Is Ideal How many of you reading this column knew that jazz was avail able all night long, seven nights a week? b. '• i. V No, Tm not kidding! The ex panded jazz format hosted by Barbara Nail, of WFAE (90.7) PM. began a month ago. WFAE, the station that first brought jazz-contemporary and traditional to the Charlotte area is now giving the same aristocratic flavor of jazz over in the wee hours of the night. Nail begins her jazz program at midnight six nights a week and at 1 a m. on Saturday nights. While her program tends to take a mainstream approach, Barbara does give air play to work from other areas of jazz. Going to deep with the sounds of David Sanborn and being awaken to a lullaby by A1 Jarreau amply cape my idea of the perfect way to begin and end a day. SPRINGFEST It won't be long now and if the type of weather that we've been having for the past days hold out, the three-day festival /Springfest will blossom like always. Springfest will be held Friday, Saturday, and Sunday on April 24, 25 and 26 at uptown Charlotte and the entire dty will be turned into a carnival-like atmosphere with music, arts and crafts, and food. Each year Springfest has attracted more and more people, making it one of the largest at tended attractions in the City. SCHOOL OF THE ARTS "Arts Under the Trees" spon sored by the Community School at the Arts will be in session at Springfest on the cool, green lawn of First Presbyterian Church. Activities will be designed with the child in mind, including painting, music making, sculp ting, and face painting. Specta tor* can see magic, music, dra ma, dance and a demonstration by the Charlotte Fencer’s dub. MAGIC 86 With a new radio station in town, (Magic 96 FM), there’s a new face to welcome; town. Viki Lewis, an evening announcer at MAGIC comes from Winston Salem. She has over seven years experience in radio bmademAg ] in North Carolina. Most recently • she was on the air with WKZL and the staff announcer for WXII-TV, a music station in . Greensboro. SATURDAY NIGHT "T LEFTOVERS Saturday Night Leftovers is I proud to present, "Seascape With Sharks and Dancer", an off-beat - love story starring Lydia Smith . and Joe Deese on Thursday, May 7 and continuing through May 16. The play is set in a beach bunga low on Cape Cod. the young man who lives there has pulled a lost ' young woman from the ocean. 8oon she finds hereelf trapped in his life. The struggle between his tolerant and gently ironic .ap proach to life and her strategy of suspicion and attack becomes a kind of war about love and crea tion which neither can afford to lose. MINI-THON WDAV will hold its first mini thon, May 6-9. If s a fast, ftin way to raise $30,000 for radio for the arts. If you'd like to answer phones or do other clerical work, then call Jessica Hunt at 892-2000, extension 108 to sign up. WDAV is a listener-supported public radio station, broadcasting classical music and cultural arts programming 19 hours a day as a service of Davidson College. For membership information, write WDAV Radio, P.O. 1640, David son College, Davidson, N.C. CHILDREN'S THEATRE There's a lot going on at the Children's Theatre. "Something with Sydnay Radnar, America'a top Houdini hiatorian. "Houdini... waa ona of tha graataat ahowman in Amariean hiatory, tha other be biff PT Bamm, I don't think any paraon bafora or after equaled thoaa two." Radner, a protege of Houdini'a brother, Hardeen, haa the largest collection of Houdini magic me morabilia in the country. Many of theae object*, including newapa pera clipping* of performancea, handcuff* and other eacape artiat equipment, are viewed on "Houdinir 8aya producer Garrett, ’Houdini had incredible chariama and he truly made himself into on Ameri can legend. EntertaininCji THOUGHTS! With Loretta Manago With Jamie In The Title" is one of them. This play tells the story of what happens when Mom puts the family on a vegetarian diet to help Mags lose weight and brings Jamie, a street-wise runaway into the family to "bring Jamie out of her shell." A regional pre mier by Suzan Zeder, "Something With Jamie In The Title" deals with many issues faced by to day's young people, including di vorce, love, drugs, and sibling ri valry. The play runs Thursdays, April 23 and 30 at 7:30 p.m., Fri days, April 24 and May 1 at 8 P.m., Saturdays, April 25 and May 2 at 8 p.m. and Sundays, April 26 and May 3 at 3 p.m. and 7:80 p.m. _ summer classes are also being offered at the Children's Theatre for students ages 3 -18. Work shops offer special opportunities in performance and production. Enrollment is limited for all classes and workshops. Scholar ships are available through Chil dren's Theatre and Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Minority Achievement Program. Addi tional information is available through Jackie Current, Educa tion director at 376-5745. FITNESS .v V CLASS AND SEMINAR The Central YMCA and Cable vision of Charlotte are sponsor ing an aerobics workout and health seminarled by Charlene Prickett, host of "It Figures," an exercise program airing on Life time, aoable television network. 'Hie aerobics class will begin at 9 a.m. on Thursday, April 23, with the seminar to follow, exam ining health and exercise-related issues. HI-TECH BABIES With the recent surrogate issue being settled in court, the whole issue of human reproduction is debatable. What are the ramifica tions of reproducing babies that are conceived in a test tube and then later transferred to the moth er's womb or to the baby who is nurtured for nine months to a woman who is paid to give that child up immediately upon deliv ery? ; .. LET TJS ENTERTAIN YOU! -kMf • MUSIC REVIEWS • CONCERT UP^ . 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