| | Issue #21.02 :: 01/09/2008 - 01/15/2008 | Broadway! Abortion? The Shopocalypse?!
| BY FREE TIMES WRITERS
| WEDNESDAY 9
Rock! The Pennyroyals play New Brookland Tavern at 7 p.m. They’ll get support from Castalia and Threeve; admission is $5 ($7 if you don’t have a good fake ID). Call 791-4413 or visit newbrooklandtavern.com for more information.
Roll ... on the floor with laughter, as comedian Spanky Brown yuks it up at the Comedy House Theater at 8:30 p.m. Brown’s been featured on B.E.T.’s Comic View and he’s a writer on the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner Morning Show, so we’re betting he’s funnier than that joke we led off this blurb with. Tickets are $7; call 798-9898 or visit comedyhouse.tv for more information.
THURSDAY 10
We know we’ve said it once before, but it bears repeating now: Control ends its run at the Nickelodeon Theatre today with screenings at 6 and 8:30 p.m. Control tells the tale of much-lauded U.K. post-punk band Joy Division, with a special focus on the band’s enigmatic singer Ian Curtis, whose personal, professional and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the height of the band’s popularity. The Nick now offers online ticketing; call 254-3433 or visit nickelodeon.org for more information.
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You play my drum, I’ll play yours!:
Blast! comes to the Koger Center on Friday. |
FRIDAY 11
If you love professional theatre, then boy are you in luck today. Of course, we could say the same thing if you love college football halftime shows: Broadway in Columbia brings to the Koger Center a touring production of Blast!, a unique explosion of Broadway pageantry and halftime showmanship. The winner of the 2001 Tony Award for Best Special Theatrical Event, Blast! is comprised of 35 brass, percussion and visual performers banging and blowing out selections from classical, jazz, blues and rock ‘n’ roll standards. No, really: The show’s songlist includes works by Barber, Bernstein, Brubeck and the Beach Boys. The blasting begins at 8 p.m., and tickets range from $46 to $56. Tickets are available in person at the Carolina Coliseum box office, by calling 251-2222 or by visiting koger.sc.edu.
Heck, if you love community theatre, then today’s pretty gosh darn swell, too. Town Theatre opens its production of Dearly Departed, which it hails as a “drop dead” comedy about a hilariously dysfunctional Southern family, at 8 p.m. Tickets are $16 for adults; $13 for soldiers, seniors and students; and $11 for kids under 18. Call 799-2510 or visit towntheatre.com for more information. And the good times roll when the Workshop Theatre debuts It Ain’t Nothin’ But the Blues at 8 p.m. Tickets to the musical revue are $20 for adults; $18 for seniors and soldiers; $14 for students; and $10 for kids 12 and under. Call 799-6551 for more information.
Little Suzie, be glad that Mommy and Daddy didn’t see What Would Jesus Buy? before Christmas; else you might not’ve gotten that sweet Barbie doll you asked for. What Would Jesus Buy? follows a fictional reverend and his troupe of activists as they trek across the country espousing the evils of retail chains and corporate America. The shopocalypse is coming; will you be saved? Drop by the Nickelodeon Theatre and find out; the film screens at 6 and 8 p.m. Call 254-3433 or visit nickelodeon.org for more information.
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The Shopocalypse is coming!:
What Would Jesus Buy? opens Friday
at the Nickelodeon Theatre. |
The Newberry Opera House hosts a memorial concert to South Carolina music icon Bill Pinkney at 8 p.m. Tickets are $35; call (803) 276-6264 or visit newberryoperahouse.com for more information.
SATURDAY 12
Lights, camera, action! The South Carolina State Museum opens Hollywood Comes to South Carolina: A Century of Filmmaking in the Palmetto State today. Check out the arts section on page 22 for more information.
Lewis Grizzard was an American writer and humorist best known for his Southern demeanor and commentary on the American South; Bill Oberst is an American actor best known for his tribute to Lewis Grizzard. Oberst brings his one-man show, Lewis Grizzard: In His Own Words to the Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County at 8 p.m. Tickets are $25 ($20 for students), and reservations are highly recommended; call 425-7676 or visit fineartscenter.org for more information.
SUNDAY 13
It’s good to have friends. The University of South Carolina School of Music has at least two: Trumpeter James Ackley and pianist Mark Laughlin perform a special Friends of the Music School recital at the School of Music’s Recital Hall at 4:30 p.m. Admission is free; call 777-4336 for more information.
MONDAY 14
Time to kickstart your New Year’s Resolution to lose weight, fatty! The YMCA-sponsored Activate Greater Columbia (formerly known as the Greater Columbia Shrinkdown) kicks off today with a rally and weigh-in at each of the metro area’s YMCAs: In downtown Columbia at 1420 Sumter St.; in northwest Columbia at 1501 Kennerly Rd.; in Lexington at 401 YMCA Rd.; and in northeast Columbia at 900 Lake Carolina Dr. Call your local YMCA or visit columbiaymca.org for more information.
Five guys talking about torture? As much as Eight Days would like it to happen, The Jacksons won’t be reprising their 1984 hit “Torture” at the Lumpkin Auditorium in the University of South Carolina Darla Moore School of Business at 3 p.m. But two retired admirals, two retired generals and one Marine Corps general will be presenting the lecture “Interrogation and Torture in U.S. Policy: How Far Do You Go?” And hey, these guys, according to the lecture-sponsoring Walker Institute, “have been having closed door sessions with most of the major presidential candidates during their swings through Iowa and New Hampshire” and have been severely critical of U.S. torture practices. Get your lecture on: Call 777-8180 for more information.
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Black-and-white issue: Lake of Fire, a pulls-no-punches abortion documentary, opens Tuesday at
the Nickelodeon Theatre. |
TUESDAY 15
What’s the deal with the recent spate of movies broaching the subject of abortion? Between Waitress, Knocked Up and Juno, you can hardly go to the movies these days without running into an unwanted fetus. Of all the abortion-treading movies of the past year, though, Lake of Fire treads the most confrontational ground — the black-and-white (literally and figuratively) documentary uses footage of procedures, the murders of doctors and provoking interviews as the backdrop for one of America’s biggest hot-button issues. It begins its run at the Nickelodeon Theatre today with screenings at 6 and 9 p.m. Call 254-3433 or visit nickelodeon.org for more information.
WEDNESDAY 16
This is the way the week ends; not with a bang, but a whimper: Today is Nothing Day. | |
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