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f Pegs 10 Weekender Thursday, October 4, 1979 Play makers open season , offer special student rates The Playmakers Repertory Company, UNC's resident professional theater group, will open its 1979-80 season at 8 tonight with a production of John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men. The prize-winning drama revolves around the lives of two migrant farm workers on the Salivas River in California, George Melton and Lennie Small. Lennie is a huge, powerful man, but he is simple-minded and helpless. George has become his guardian and friend in order to protect him from harm, or from harming others. During their brief stay atone ranch, the two men try to fit in; yet they share a dream of having a small farm of their own, where no one can give them orders and where George can be free from ridicule. - John Steinbeck was born in. Salivas, Calif., and has gained fame for his portrayals of the poor farm laborers of the region. He first attained recognition in 1935 with his book, Tortilla Flat, a story of Mexican Americans. In 1937, Of Mice and Men was published, and its film version won the Drama Critic's Circle Award that year.' Also his Crapes of Wrath (1939) won the Pulitzer Prize. In PRC's production, Kent Broadhurst p!ays George. He Has recently been filming a role in Brubaker with Robert Redford. He has also worked for PBS, other regional theaters and in TV soap operas. With this production, Lanny Flaherty plays Lennie in Of Mice and Men for the third time. He has performed in other regional theaters as well as on Broadway. He spent the summer in VVaterford, Conn, at the O'Neill Center's National Playwrights Conference where he met the play's director, UNC drama department chairman Arthur Housman. Housman, the founder and executive director of PRC, directed PRC's production of The Crucible in 1976. Students will have a special opportunity to see Of Mice and Men at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 12 and Friday, Oct. 19, performances that will include after-performance discussions. Other performances are at 8 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays and at 2 and 8 p.m. Sundays through Oct. 21. UNC students can buy tickets for $2 off the regular price ($6.50, $550) during Student Rush, which begins 20 minutes before curtain. leM Fare Cinema Campus The Producers Mel Brooks wrote and directed this comedy starring Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder who produce a flop musical, Springtime For Hitler. At 7 and 9:30 p.m. Friday in Carroll Hall. Free with UNC student ID. The American Friend Wim Wenders film about an ordinary Hamburg artisan hired as an assassin. In German with subtitles. At 7 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday in Carroll Hall. Free with UNC student ID. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre It actually made it to Cannes Film Festival. At 7 and 9:30 p.m. in Carroll Hall. Free with UNC student ID. John Wayne Film Festival The Green Berets at 7 p.m. tonight in 100 Hamilton Hall. Sponsored by the UNC curriculum in peace, war and defense. James Reston will provide commentary. Admission is free. Duke University Destry Rides Again Western romance starring James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich. At 7 and 9:30 tonight in the Bio-Sci Auditorium. Admission is$1.50. Movie, Movie George C. Scott stars in this parody of Hollywood films. At 7 and 9:30 p.m. and midnight rnday in the Bio-Sci Auditorium. Admission is $1.50. fj V 3 fm m A A i hi Yellow Submarine Starring the Beatles. At 10:30 a.m. Saturday in the Gross Chemistry Lab Auditorium. Admission is $1.50. The Great Tj-ain Robbery Sean Connery stars in this remake of the western classic. At 7 and 9:15 p.m. Saturday and Sundayjn Page Auditorium. Admission is $1.50. - : - Chapel Hill Varsity Breaking Away. At 3:15, 5:157:15and 9:15 p.m. Varsity Lateshow The Rocky Horror Picture Show. At midnight Friday and Saturday. Plaza I The Muppet Movie. Final shows at 3, 5, 7 and 9 p.m. today. Phantasm starts Friday. Call 967-4737 for show times. Plaza II love and Bullets. Final shows at 3:15, 5:15, 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. today. Rich Kids starts Friday. Call 967-4737 for show times. Plaza III The Seduction of foe Tynan. At 3:05, 5:10, 7:15 and 9:20 p.m. Ram I Seven. Final shows at 7 and 9 p.m. today. Starting Over starts Friday. At 7: 10 and 9: 20 p.m. daily with additional shows at 2:50 and 5 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. Ram II The Amityville Horror. Final shows at 7 and 9:15 p.m. today. Escape to Athena starts Friday. At 7:15 and 9:15 p.m. daily with additional shows at 3:15 and 5:15 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Ram III The Main Event. Final shows at 7:10 and 9:20 p.m. today. Ice Castles and fast break start Friday. PAZKTEB BlUB Decorative items for your body, your house, or your friends 158-8 E. Franklin St.-Amber Alley 942-2311 Mon-Sat 11-5:30 . Ice Castles will show at 7 p.m. daily with additional shows at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Fastbreak shows at 9 p.m. daily with an additional show at 5 p.m. ; Saturday and Sunday. , - Ram lWDBS Lateshow The Story of O. At 11:30 ; p.m. Friday and Saturday. Rated X. Television Today Sneak Preview Take Two. A look at cult films at 9 p.m. on Channel 4. Camera Three A profile of composer Marvin Hamlisch. At 9:30 p.m. on Channel 4. . Dick Cavett Film director John Schlesinger is his guest. At 11 p.m. on Channel 4. Friday " Evening At Symphony Seiji Ozawa conducts the Boston Symphony in selections from Tchaikovsky and Tartini. At 10 p.m. on Channel 4. Midnight Special Hosts Blondie are joined by Supertramp, Robert Palmer and Bram Tchaikovsky. At 1 a.m. on Channels 28 and 12. Saturday Sitcom Robin Williams and Gary Marshall are featured in this behind-the-scenes look at TV comedy. At 10:30 p.m. on Channel 4. Saturday Night Live Host Maureen Stapleton is joined by musical guests Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow. At 11:30 p.m. on Channels 28 and 12. ' Shock. Theatre Destination Inner Space. -it 11:30 p.m. and The Vulture at 1 a.m. on Channel 8. Bonnie And Clyde At 11:30 p.m. on Channel 2. The Day Of The Jackal At 11:30 p.m. on Channel 11. Dead Man's Eyes With Lon Chaney Jr. At 12:30 a.m. on Channel 5. Little Giant With Edward G. Robinson. At 1 a.m. on Channel 28. Radio , Inside Track Pat Benatar's album In the Heat of the Night will be featured at 1 1 p.m. tonight on WXYC-FM 89.3. , Classic Album Feature Van Morrison's Moondance will be played at 11 p.m. Friday on WXYC-FM 89.3. , Stagepass One hour of music recorded live by Dire Straits. At 11 p.m. Saturday on WXYC-FM 89.3. Artist Profile Interview with Night at 7 p.m. Sunday on WXYC-FM 89.3. In Focus Featured artists are Loggins & Messina and Poco tonight and Led Zeppelin and Lou Reed Friday. From 6-11 p.m. on WDBS-FM 107. The Most'Complete HairTitness Care Today Hair Unlimited, Inc. 1979 Facia) Fitness Educational Programs, Inc. since 1970 405 W. Franklin St. By appt: 942-4391 942-4388 IT SADLACK'S HEROES". AN OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK! Just beyond the Post Office on Franklin St. Open 11 A.M.1 A.M. 929-7202 D;DELI TAKE OUT! Call ahead for faster -service 929-7290 SADLACK'S HEROES AND DELI Theater Miss Margarida's Way A one-woman show with Estelle Parsons as a disturbed school teacher. At 8 p.m. Sunday in Memorial Hall. Tickets ($5, $4) are available in the South Gallery of the Union from noon-6 p.m. daily. Convulsion Bleep and The Incarnation of Anne Two plays are presented by a Durham theater group as part of the AWS festival at 8 p.m. today in the Great Hall. Admission is $1. Even Cowgirls Get The Blues The UNC Reader's Theatre will present Linda Craven's adaptation of Tom Robbin's novel at 8 p.m. today in 103 Bingham Hall. Admission is free. Feiffer's People UNC Department of Dramatic Art will present this play based on cartoonist Jules Feiffer's work. At 4 p.m. today and 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday in the Lab Theater in the basement of Graham Memorial. Free tickets are available outside the Graham Memorial box office. Cinderella Presented by Raleigh's Theatre in the Park at 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Call 755-6058 or 755-6936 for more information. Lecture Dkk Cavett The comedian, actor and interviewer will speak at 8 p.m. Friday in Duke's Page Auditorium. Admission is $1.50. Music Bluegrass - Music and Square Dancing Snapper Creek will play as the Apple Chill Cloggers host a square dance from 7-11 p.m. Friday on Connor Beach. Rain location is the New Tin Can. Admission is free. Mike Cross The merry ballader will be joined in concert by the Dixie Dregs at 8 p.m. Friday in Wake Forest's Wait Chapel. Teresa Trull A concert of Southern blues, gospel, jazz and rock will be presented at 8 p.m. Friday in the Great Hall. Admission is $2. Red Herring The group will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Art School in Carr Mill Mall, For more information call 942-2041. The Ciornpi Quartet The quartet's first concert of the season will feature music by Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann. At 8:15 p.m. Saturday in Duke's East Duke Music Room. Admission is free. Violin and Piano Sonata Concert featuring music by Albinoni, Hindemith and Beethoven. At 8:15 p.m. Sunday in Duke's East Duke Music Room. Admission is free. John Prtne Performing with Le Roux at 8 p.m. Sunday in Raleigh's Memorial Auditorium. Tickets available in Chapel Hill at School Kids Records. Planetarium Space Odyssey Traces the history of the universe from it's beginning to man's future in space. At 8 p.m, today and Friday. Shows are at 11 a.m., 5 and 8 p.m. Saturday and at 2, 3 and 8 p.m. Sunday. Gallery More head Planetarium Gallery Photographs by Jerrie Charlesworth, John Long and G. Robert Tobia through Oct.-15. The Horace William House Early American and North Carolina Folk Art through Oct. 14. Design Color Gallery Paintings by Thomas Link and Dennis Zaborowski through Friday, landscape paintings by Phillip Moose will be on display beginning Sunday. At 5504 Chapel Hill Boulevard. The Art School Gallery Works by Kaola Allen on display beginning Friday in Carr Mill Mall. N.C Museum ol Art Works by Bob Timberlake will be on display through Oct. 14, At 107 E. Morgan St. in Raleigh. Nite life Cstf Cradl Bluegrass Experience tonight and Dan Cary with Phil 'and Gaye Johnson Friday and Saturday. The Mad Hatter Dclbert McClinton Friday. The Station Sunfire tonight through Saturday, Sport: k4 Tennis UNC vs. Wake Forest at 2 p m. today on the new varsity courts. Soccer UNC vs. Guilford at 11 am, Saturday at Fetzer field.