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6A Thursday, April 6, 2000 PUBLIC ART From Page 5A Dougherty singled out the cities of Seattle, Miami and Philadelphia for hav ing impressively developed arts pro grams. The city of Seattle features wading pools and ponds surrounded by con crete-laid images that appear only when activated by water, and a water fountain in Miami was designed to look like a ARTFEST From Page 5A selected itself,” Dixon said. “I enjoy doing projects that are of interest to the general public as well as those who are more typically interested in the arts.” Every day, Wright takes the Triangle Transit Authority bus into downtown Chapel Hill to stroll the streets and visit friends he has made over the years. Dixon said his life is a symbol of joy as well as the area’s history. Chapel Hill Magic Wright certainly isn’t the only Chapel Hill institution. Flower ladies and street artists also come to mind, and Streetsigns’ “Close to Magic” will demonstrate the colorful personality of the town this weekend. 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I ■ oic.niiy and siir m M'irt hiai you can t put a prici iag on. • j Sk.k of promotions Hut em.ouugp lunge dunking? ■ inh nrn ' ■ j I lien do •something about il /uiviv, u <li w < hutigt 1 LICtiJCI IL/Liyi l.Lsi Lj ■ Visit wv/w Hatll 'imitjh mu i- ———-——— —— i trmkin.i blows. h bowl of oranges just after it had shat tered on the floor. Another city historically kind to artists is San Francisco. Among other events, the city’s Tenderloin district plays host every year to “In the Street: San Francisco Street Theater Festival." “They set up in the middle of the Tenderloin and draw on the talents of people who do street theater and there are a lot of groups," Rudolph said. The point of the festival is to spread art to a somewhat disenfranchised com- Deck at 8:30 p.m. The event is an edu cational exploration of local history. “We are using over 50 community members who do not consider them selves performers to perform in the pro cession,” Streetsigns member Peter Carpenter said. “They will all be repre senting some sort of aspect of Chapel Hill history.” Art About Art David Solow, a UNC graduate and Durham-based artist, said his exhibit at Hanes Art Center, part of the public art symposium, sends a message about the public perception of art. Projectors will send video images on the inside and outside of the wall in the Alumni Sculpture Garden. The inside video will show the garden and the out side will be a view into a painting studio. “The image itself is recorded so it is displaced in time and displaced in space,” Solow said. “Parenthesis,” through its displace ment, illustrates the insertion of art into DIVERSIONS Etc. munity and celebrate the great tradition of art and theater in San Francisco but also highlights the large number of per formers creating theater for the public. With this month’s art festival, an event officials hope will become annual. Chapel Hill hopes to become another area know for its symbiotic relationship between the community and its artistic endeavors. The Arts & Entertainment Editor can be reached at artsdesk@unc.edu. public space and comments on the rela tionship between artists and the public. Doing It Downtown With entertainment names likejames Taylor coming out of Chapel Hill’s pub lic schools, area youth cannot be forgot ten in the arts scene. The Public School Performing Arts Group and teen rock bands will enter tain all day April 29. “Arts Downtown” will kick off Apple Chill and a showcase of local sculptors on the green at McCorkle Place on Sunday. Humphreys said the weekend would be a culmination of more than 30 events throughout the month. He said the University, the music scene and the large number of local artists make Chapel Hill a great place for public art. “It really is sort of a cultural mecca more so than any place in the triangle and maybe the state.” The Arts & Entertainment Editor can be reachedatartsdesk@unc.edu. Jb Music Briefs Common: Like Water for Chocolate There is a bubbling Renaissance looming on the hip-hop horizon led by conscious rappers who are finally get ting the respect they so deserve. Like Water for Chocolate , Common’s newest album, will surely go down in history as the definitive arrival of this Golden Age of Rap. Produced by the Roots’ Ahmir “?uest love” Thompson, arguably the most talented H Music Briefs Common Like Water for Chocolate fffff Various Artists Hip Hop 101 ffft musician in the industry, Like Water. Bizbuzz Entertainment News His Bum Was on the Hospital Bed Spastic MTV comedian Tom Green had a testicle removed March 21 to combat testicular cancer. Released from the hospital four days later, he felt well enough to attend part of the Academy Awards ceremony with girlfriend Drew Barrymore and joke with fellow comics Mike Myers and Robin Williams about his surgery. While Green was in the hospital, Barrymore brought him music, read him “The Little Prince” and slept in the bed next to him. Looks like Barrymore is more than just Charlie’s Angel. Green is going to have plenty of time on his bum while he recuperates in his Los Angeles home for the next month. During this time, he plans to continue writing and recording comedy and rock songs for his label Virgin Records. 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Silt Whiskey Specials • English Premier League All Day Live Irish Music - 9pm, NO COVER CHARGE Located behind Wicked Burrito 306-G West Franklin Street 960-8335 brings together not just the biggest but the best players in the hip-hop game. Everyone from Mos Def to MC Lyte pops up to drop some science on atten tive ears. Common even brought in Femi Kuti for the opening track and spoke with political prisoner Assata Shakur to learn the meaning of freedom on the spiritual “A Song for Assata.” But Common’s guests aren’t there as a gimmick that seems to be all the rage in hip hop today. In fact, the album case doesn’t even list the guest artists. They’re just listed in the liner notes, as if to say, “We are simply the agents through which the music created itself.” Like Water... achieves what many fans thought could not be done. It improves on Common’s last master piece, One Day It’ll All Make Sense, a high ly under-appreciated piece of work but nonetheless a magnificent creation. In Common’s lengthy career, you can real ly see an amazing progression from a street thug to a spiritual hip-hop guru. What distinguishes Common from the rest of the pack is his determination to always lay down thought-provoking lyrics, to challenge listeners to think - not just shake their asses. Like Water... isn’t really music to roll to, although the beats are definitely funky enough. Instead, this album, as Common says himself, could be the soundtrack for ly. First, she skipped the ceremony hon oring Clive Davis, her musical mentor, at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame cer emonies in New York. Then musical director Burt Bacharach allegedly fired Houston from the Academy Awards show because at the Friday night rehearsal she botched the lyrics to two songs she was supposed to perform and missed her marks. This latest Houston embarrassment revived rumors of substance abuse. A statement from Houston’s press repre sentative said she withdrew from the Academy Awards performance because of a sore throat. The statement denied substance abuse on the part of the star. Perhaps Houston is just trying to take her diva reputation to anew level. “Psycho'' for Money The makers of “American Psycho” might not be so crazy after all. After months of controversy surrounding the film adaptation of the violent book by the same name, Canadian distributor Lions Gate Films has created even more buzz around the release of the film. The company plans to share profits with investors if the Christian Bale film hits the S2O million mark within four weeks of its April 14 release. Online gaming site Hollywood Stock Exchange allowed Lion’s Gate to issue 100% Cotton 100 C.O. COPIES 169 E. 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After all, they were the ones who first introduced us to an up-and-coming MC named Mos Def on their last album, Stakes Is High, in 1996. The bottom line is, if you’re getting fed up with mainstream, Hip Hop 101 - a crash course on the real grass roots of hip hop - is worthy of a listen. Compiled by David Povill 5000 shares of “stock” for the movie. If the film grosses S2O million, sharehold ers will split $20,000. For each addi tional $1 million grossed, they can receive another SI,OOO. No one knows exactly how many people bought shares, but the stock sold out immediately. The Exchange is con sidering releasing more shares. The independent distributor has used guerrilla marketing techniques before with Kevin Smith’s irreverent “Dogma” and the wrestling documentary “Beyond the Mat.” If die four week, $24 million returns from Dogma are any indication, “Psycho” shareholders might actually make some money. More Movie Madness Speaking of new ways to market films ... 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