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Second Performing
Arts Hearing
Cultural organizations In
Mecklenburg County will be giv
en another opportunity to de
scribe how they want to use the
proposed Performing Arts Cen
ter PAC) at a hearing scheduled
by the Arts and Science Council
for 2 p.m. on January 18. The
hearings are part of a Users’
Survey being conducted by ASC.
About 15 organizations attend
ed an earlier session (December
18).
'This Is part of a program to
provide broad community input
into the final design for the Per
forming Alls Center," Marvin E.
Miller, executive director, said.
"In addition to these hearings,
we are planning a written survey
of all participants. Our goal is to
provide up-to-date Information
for the Performing Arts Center
Taskforce to use," he said. "We
also hope to develop Informa
tion that can be Incorporated
Into a new cultural action plan
that will take us through the
year 20CX)."
The hearing will be held at the
ASC offices (121 W. Seventh St.).
"Each organization attending
will be given three minutes to
outline its needs," Miller said. "Or
an organization may send an
observer. In either case, they
need to call Betty Tilley (372-
8436) no later than January 15."
The Arts and Science Council
Is an Independent, umbrella or
ganization that supports nearly
50 cultural organizations in
Mecklenburg County. Organized
In 1958, It Is governed by a
board of directors drawn from
the community. Each year, it
conducts an annual fund drive
to raise a substantial portion of
the contributed support re
quired by Its members. It also
provides technical assistance
and helps calendar capital pro
jects for Its members.
Charlotte
Pops Wants
Local Talent
Charlotte, NC - The Charlotte
Pops Orchestra Is accepting au
ditions for local talent for the
1988 summer "Prelude Concerts"
held before each Pops Orches
tra concert. The non-
compensated performances of
fer local performers the oppor
tunity to showcase their talent.
Any professional musicians or
music theatre groups Interested
In appearing on stage should
send a resume and/or tape to;
The Charlotte Pops Orchestra,
Gregg Gustafson, Director of Op
erations, 110 E. 7th Street,
Charlotte, N.C. 28202. Entry
deadline Is March 31, 1988.
"Prelude Concerts" will be fea-
. tured for all sLx Charlotte Pops
concerts at Freedom Park and
the Fourth of July concert at Me
morial Stadium.
THEM!
CHARLOTTE
Alvin Ailey Dance Company To Perform Feb. 5-6
In Aycock Auditorium At UNCG
Greensboro - The Alvin Alley
American Dance Theatre, one of
the nation's most acclaimed
black dance troupes, will per
form Friday and Saturday, Feb
ruary 5-6, in Aycock Auditorium
at the University of North Caro
lina at Greensboro.
Curtain times for both perfor
mances will be at 8:15 p.m. Tick
ets are priced at $12 and $15
and reserved seating will be In
effect. Information Is available
by calling the box office, 334-
5546, weekdays from 1-5:30 p.m.
On february 5, the Alley com
pany will perform "Blued Suite,"
"Cry" and "Revelations," all cho
reographed by Alley, and
"Vespers" by Ulysses Dove. On
February 6, the program will
again present "Revelations,"
along with "Divining" by Judith
Jamison, "Treading" by Elisa
Monte and "Survivors" by Ailey
and Mary Barnett.
Sponsors for the company's
appearance are the UNCG Con
cert and Lecture Series, North
Carolina A&T State University,
Greensboro Civic Ballet Thea
tre, the N.C. Arts Council and
Phillip Morris Companies.
Members of the Alley troupe
will hold a noon lecture-
demonstration and a 2 p.m.
master class on February 6 In
Moore G3mnaslum at N.C. A&T
State University. Both are open
to the public at no charge.
Acclaimed as a choreographer
since the early 1960s, Alley has
created more than 500 works for
his company.
MINT MUSEUM
Spring 1988 Him Schedule
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January
Tuesday
7:30 pm
14
February
Sunday
3:00 pm
SMCE COAST
(90 min., 1979)
A film by Ross MoElwee and
Michel Negroponte
A darkly humorous merging of the
Southern literary tradition and the
documentary form by Ross
McElwee, Charlotte’s hometown
filmmaker. As always, Ross man
ages to offer insight and passion
into his subject, this time an ex
amination of three local eccentrics
of Cape Canaveral and the evolu
tion of the town from space boom-
town to ghost resort.
BLACK SHADOWS ON A
SILVER SCREEN
(53 min., 1976)
Celebrating Black History
Month
Ossie Davis narrates this docu
mentary about the making of
feature films for segregated movie
theatres in Black communities be
tween 1915 and 1950. Performers
include Paul Robeson, Josephine
Baker, Cab Calloway, and Duke
Ellington.
31
January
Sunday
3:00 pm
16
February
Tuesday,
7:30 pm
4 ARTISTS
(45 min., 1987)
Directed by Michael
Blackwood
A new film from the best producer
of films on artists with Robert
Ryman, Eva Heese, Bruce
Nauman and Susan Rothenburg.
2
SAY AMEN, SOMEBODY
(100 min., 1983)
Directed by George Nierenberg
Celebrating Black History
Month
A wonderful documentary jubilee
celebration of Black American
gospel. The most exuberant and
revitalizing musical in years,
it's also a filmed testament of
faith.
February
Tuesday
7:30 pm
DOG STAR MAN
(silent, 75 min., 1964)
A Film by Stan Brakhage
One of the major works of the
experimental cinema, an epic
silent visionary challenge. Work
ing with one to four layers of
images, Brakhage adds other
layers of manipulation through
painting and scratching. The
filmmaker's narrative has been
compared to the art and philo
sophy of William Blake. Definitely
thought-provoking and worthy of
investigation.
23
February
Tuesday
7:30 pm
THE WORLD OF GILBERT
AND GEORGE
(69 min., 1980)
Written and directed by
Gilbert Proesch and George
Passmore
The first film of this pair of artists
acts as a retrospective of their
work to date as well as an exten
sion of their performances.
Neutral, purposefully baffling, and
consistently intriguing, they pre
sent an inside view of their idio
syncratic world.
9
February
Tuesday
7:30 pm
MAKING MR. RIGHT
(98 min., 1986)
Directed by Susan Seidelman
From the director of
DESPERATELY SEEKING
SUSAN, a romantic fantasy
wherein comedian Ann Magnuson
makes over android John
Malkovich. Its direction, its
acting, and its message are
appealing.
28
February
Sunday
3:00 pm
THE STONE CARVERS
(29 min., 1984)
Winner of the Best Documentary
Short Academy Award, captures
the work and the infectious spirit
of a small group of Italian-
American artisans who have
spent their lives carving the
still unfinished Washington
Cathedral.
Wildlife researchers Delia and Mark Owens
Couple Kicked Out Of
Africa
By Joel Page
Special To The Post
An American couple startled the world with the story of a catas
trophic death rate among wild animals and, as a result, were evicted
from their adopted country. "African Odyssey chronicles the dramat
ic story of Mark and Della Owens - their field studies of lions and
brown hyenas, their sudden departure from the African nation of
Botswana and their frustrating search for a new work site. This sea
son premiere of NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPECIAL airs Sunday,
January 24, over the 10 channels of The University of North Carolina
Center for Public Television, including Channel 58.
From 1974 through 1980, the Owenses carried out pioneering car
nivore research on lions, brown hyenas and other animals in Bot
swana's wild Central Kalahari Game Reserve. In 1980, during the
second year drought, they became aware that a conservation tragedy
was unfolding.
For fear of foot-and-mouth disease spreading, the Botswana gov
ernment had encouraged the building of hundreds of miles of fences
to separate cattle from wild antelope. But the fences kept Kalahari
wildebeests from reaching vital water supplies. The Owenses alerted
the Botswana government that the wildebeests were dying by the
thousands, but the government was unresponsive.
Back in America to work on their graduate degrees, the Owenses
wrote a book about their years of research experiences and Included
chapters about the wholesale deaths of the wildebeests. "Cry of the
Kalahari" was a best-seller, and the Owenses became conservation
celebrities.
A National Geographic film crew accompanied the Owenses on
their return to Kalahari In 1985. The film crew captured the couple's
obvious delight in finding their camp still intact and In resuming
their research on the behavior and habitats of lions and hyenas.
Suddenly, a radio message summoning them to the capital city of
Gaborone interrupted the Owenses’ euphoria. The Botswana govern
ment, apparently, angered by material in "Cry of the Kalahari," said
the Owenses couldn't remain In the country and gave them three
hours to get out. Devastated, they left the Kalahari.
The Owenses weren't quitters, and soon they began to look for a
new research site. "We certainly hadn’t expected anything like the
eviction to happen, and it turned our plans for the show upside
down," says Jim Lipscomb, producer of NATIONAL GEOGRAJPHIC
SPECIAL'S "African Odyssey." "We had to consider abandoning the
show. But we wanted to see and to share with viewers the kinds of
problems faced by animal researchers In Africa today."
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