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‘Eye of God’ touches on cults, terrorism
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doesn’t perform in produc
tions where he has to worship
an idol, said the subject mat
ter drew him in. “I was a part
of a denomination that for
years was considered to be a
cult,” he said without offering
specifics. “The play has really
been hke a personal expedi
tion for me.”
The play opens Octob^ 6
and runs through October 21
at the Actor’s Theatre of
Charlotte, located at 650 E,
Stonewall St. Performances
are, Wednesday and Thrus-
day 7:30 p.m., Fridays and
Saturdays 8 p.m. and Sun
days 2 p.m. There wUl be an
opening ni^t reception on
October 6 at 7 p.m.
General admission tickets
are $18, $15 for seniors and
group and $12 for students.
For tidcets, call (704) 342-
2251,
Wilson’s Links concert supports education goals
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and explained that this was
n’t her first time working with
the Links to support educa
tion, but she continues the
work because of its impor
tance.
“Quality teachers...we need
to put music back in the
schools, we need to put extra
curricular activities back in
the schools,” she said. “We
need to pay our teachers
enough, so we have after
school activities at schools.
Music is vital and they are
taking it away”
A grandmother of four, TOl-
son realizes not every child
will get the education her
grandchildren get, but she
feels strongly about where
equality is key
“Everybody should be on a
level playing field, especially
when they’re 5. I’m doing this
for all the your^ people that
don’t have the opportunities
my grand kids have,” said
TOlson.
Though she’s been singing
professionally for over 55
years, these days Wilson said
she’s, “trying to do nothir^.”
‘Tve only done about...13
concerts since a year
November...so I’m not really
out here working anymore,”
said Wilson. Though mem
bers of the audience would
not have believed that, as she
sang with crystal clarity,
“How Long Has This Been
Going On,” “Moondance”, and
Duke Ellington’s ‘Take Love
Easy”.
TOlson has recorded more
than 70 albums, the most
recent being “Thm to Blue,”
but Wlson admits her
absence fiom the stage is by
choice.
“I want to enjoy my life. I
don’t want the last time I sing
to be becaxise I can’t sing any
more.”
Thov^h it is hard to imag
ine a time when Wilson won’t
be singing. Her voice mesmer
ized the crowd.
When she sar^ Bonnie
Raitt’s “I Can’t Make You
Love Me,” the crowd swayed,
while people mouthed words
with her, despite the occasion-
Scarface resonates with hip hop
al cell phone ring that threat
ened to destroy the mood.
When asked her favorite
song to perform, Wilson said
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Scarface t-shirts or have a
poster of Al Padno and his
gun hanging on their walls.
One of the reasons it took
me nearly 25 years to watch
this movie is because I was
too caught up in the violence.
not realizing that there was a
lesson. Sure, people said
there was more to this movie
than killing, but seeir^ as
how many rappers had taken
their gangster cues fit)m this
film I wanted nothing to do
with it.
It was a pretty good film,
though. For that time period,
the special effects were stun
ning. On the platinum edition
DVD, the sormdtrack is
enhanced and you can even
keep track of how many times
there are bullets flying and
the F word being used.
These special effects are
nice, but for the five people
(I’m not included in that
group anymore) who haven’t
se^ this movie, I hope they
take away the lesson.
there’s no such thir^.
“It could be different,
depending on the day I don’t
even have time to think about
things like that. You just do
what you do, and try to enjoy
it.”
Nancy Wilson’s perfor
mance last week in Char
lotte helped raise money for
college scholarships.
Oprah debuts on XM Woven Worlds gallery
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK - Get re ady for
Radio Oprah.
Talk show queen Oprah
Wnfi:ey was launching her
own channel, Oprah and
Friends, on Monday morning
on XM Satellite Radio, with
shows hosted by her and a
collection of popular personal
ities fiom her television show, .
includir^ her best fiiend,
Gayle King, fitness expert
Bob Greene and renowned
poet Maya Angelou. The sta
tion will broadcast 24 hours
day with highlights of the
shows replayed every week
end.
Guests set for the first few
weeks of programming
] include actress-
I es Annette Ben-
I ing and Juha
I Louis-Dreyfus,
rocker Jon Bon
I Jovi, New York
Times colum
nist Tbm Fried
man and real
estate mogul Donald TViimp
Winfi:^y wUl co-host a show
with King, dubbed “The
Oprah and Gajde Show,” on
which they discuss the latest
news and gossip.
Winfrey
Neville CD tepid
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sions’ “Gypsy Woman” are so good, so memorable, you ask why
bother?
Well, because Neville’s angelic tenor can make anything
sound different and new. There’s nothing wrong with any of the
performances - each is quite good - but not one adds a thing to
the original. I do like his pairing with Chaka Khan on “Let’s
Stay Tbgether,” and Ids reading of Bill TOthers’ “Ain’t No Sm-
shine” and Cooke’s “A Change Is Gonna Come” are stellar. But
there’s not enough of those moments to make me love this
recording. I like it, but I’d like better.
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museum just for crafts in
Charlotte in the last decade,
it’s easy to think that crafts
considered to be artwork is a
recait phenomena. However,
some of these craftspeople
were recognized as artists as
early as the late 1800s.
Louisa Keyser, who worked
as a domestic, made baskets
and Cohn saw her work as
art. Between 1895 and 1925
Cohn made a claim to aU of
Kayser’s work.
Another way this show
works is it lets us get a little
view of a passionate collector.
It would be very valuable to
know more biographical
information about Clark
Field. But we do know that
between 1935 and 1966 he
traveled more than 125,000
miles coUecting something
hke 1,000 baskets. Collecting
anything has been defined as
an obsession, an addiction.
Gallery notes teU us Field
wanted to document Indian
culture.
And tiiat is tiie third per
spective of the exhibit. It is a
document of different North
American Indian cultures.
The exhibit continues at
The Mint Musemn of Craft +
Design yntil December 31.
Hours are Tuesday tbmiigb
Saturday fi^sm 10 a,m.-5 p.m.
and on Sunday fix)m 12-5 p.m.
For additional information,
call the museum at (704) 337-
2000.
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