| | Issue #21.34 :: 08/20/2008 - 08/26/2008 | Poetry! Comedy! Waffles!
| BY FREE TIMES
| WEDNESDAY 20
George and Molly Greene are concerned, all right — concerned about the current global water crisis. So much so that they’ve formed an organization — Water Missions International — to serve the water and sanitation needs of people in developing countries and disaster areas. The Greeenes are the guests of today’s Columbia World Affairs Council’s Distinguished Speaker Series Luncheon; it begins at noon, and admission is $20 ($27 for nonmembers). Call 252-2197 or visit columbiawac.org for more information.
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| Yes, I am a long way from home!: Brick Lane opens Friday at the Nickelodeon Theatre. |
THURSDAY 21
We hear you, single Eight Days reader: Sometimes you just need a play date. (After all, Plato once said: “You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.”) And since we’re all just big kids, what better place for a play date than EdVenture Children’s Museum? And indeed, PlayDate 2008 is your chance to do just that — mix and mingle with swingin’ singles in the city’s children’s museum. The entry fee is $25 and there will be a cash bar inside [ONLINE COPY CORRECTED], but you’ll have to bring your own book of pickup lines and, uh, any other sort of protection you might find necessary. The shindig starts at 6 p.m.; call 400-1152 for tickets.
Reality television fans, listen up: Randal Pinkett, winner of season four of The Apprentice, visits the main branch of the Richland County Public Library at 6 p.m. Of course, surviving Donald Trump isn’t his only accolade; Pinkett is a Rhodes Scholar and a Walter Byers Scholar, holds three masters degrees and a Ph.D. from MIT, and he was a track-and-field All-American at Rutgers University. Smarter, faster, stronger ... are we sure Pinkett’s not the Six-Million-Dollar Man? Call 929-3434 or visit myrcpl.com for more information.
Look, we’ll level with you: Eight Days advocates seeing Priceless if for no other reason than Audrey Tautou is really hot. (Co-star Gad Elmaleh isn’t bad to look at either.) But, if you need another reason, Marc Savlov of the Austin Chronicle has one: “Priceless is a supremely satisfying confection — a French romantic comedy of the sort that ends with you standing outside the theatre with a dopey grin on your face.” We’re sold; how about you? Priceless ends its run at the Nickelodeon Theatre today with screenings at 6 and 8:15 p.m. Call 254-3433 or visit nickelodeon.org for more information.
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| No, there isn’t a spider in your ear!: Priceless ends its run at the Nickelodeon Theatre on Thursday. |
FRIDAY 22
Though Poets Day was yesterday, there’s no reason to not celebrate poets today. And whom better to celebrate than local poet extraordinaire Ed Madden; Madden will read selections from his newest collection of poems, Signals, at the Columbia Museum of Art as part of the Friends of Ed Madden Book Launch. The poetry reading will also feature a reception, music, photography and perhaps even a roast of the author. The book launch begins at 6 p.m., and admission is free. Call 777-5492 for more information.
Brick Lane tells the story of Nazneen, a young Bangladeshi girl who’s forced into an arranged marriage, dragged from her pastoral home to the hustle and bustle of London’s East End and is forced to fight against her upbringing when she falls for a hot-headed local. Really, it’s your standard Bangladeshi love triangle story. Brick Lane opens today at the Nickelodeon Theatre with screenings at 6 and 8:15 p.m.; call 254-3433 or visit nickelodeon.org for more information.
SATURDAY 23
It’s a celebration! The Historic Columbia Foundation celebrates 30 years of its Jubilee Festival of Heritage today at the Mann-Simons Cottage.
It’s a fundraiser! The South Carolina Wildlife Foundation hosts its annual Wild Summer’s Nite Auction and Game Feast tonight at the South Carolina National Guard Armory; the auction will include works of art, hunting and fishing excursions, golfing packages and boat trips, and on the menu for the game feast are venison, quail, duck and alligator. Mmm ... alligator. Tickets are $50, and all proceeds benefit the Wildlife Foundation. Call 256-0670 or visit scwf.org for tickets and more information.
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| Yes, there are naked people in this painting!: Anne Bjork’s Nude Beach 1 hangs at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios through Tuesday as part of the 80808 on 80808 exhibit. |
It’s a military band! The U.S. Army Signal Corps Band — stationed in Fort Gordon, dontcha know — visits the Newberry Opera House at 8 p.m. Admission is free, but tickets are required; call 803-276-6264 or visit newberryoperahouse.com for tickets and more information.
We know the summertime is usually musical death here in Columbia, but have you checked out the musical goings-on today? Leon Russell at Sterling Hall? Tributes to The Pixies, The Replacements and The Lemonheads at Art Bar? Funk-soul singer Paul Burton at The Whig? Former Gamecock quarterback Syvelle Newton at Headliners? What a lineup!.
SUNDAY 24
Comedian Tyler — who has appeared on Def Comedy Jam, BET’s Comic View and HBO’s The First Amendment — is given an R-rating from the Comedy House Theatre for good reason: Videos of his stand-up routine posted on his MySpace site find Tyler cursing folks with bad breath, riffing on porno movies and ... uh ... extolling the virtues of oral sex, to put it mildly. So yeah, probably best to leave the little ones at home ... unless your 8-year-old digs jokes about fellatio. Tyler wraps up his run at the Comedy House at 8 p.m.; tickets are $12. Call 798-9898 or visit comedyhouse.com for more information.
Today is also National Waffle Day. Mmm ... waffles!
MONDAY 25
Today marks the start of National Be Kind to Humankind Week. So play nice, jerks.
TUESDAY 26
If you haven’t yet made time to see octophiliac exhibit 80808 on 80808, you might want to do so — the exhibit ends its run at Gallery 80808/Vista Studios today. The gallery is open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.; call 252-6134 or visit gallery80808vistastudios.com for more information.
WEDNESDAY 27
Though the exhibit began in earnest at the beginning of the month, today is the day of the official reception for the Children of Hope exhibit — which displays art work created by children with cancer and blood disorders — currently hanging at the Columbia Museum of Art. The reception begins at 3 p.m. at the Museum of Art; call 799-2810 or visit columbiamuseum.org for more information. | |
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