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Contents

METRO SPIRIT ON THE COVER 16

Is Robin a Hood?

By Brian Neill

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Cover Photo: Brian Neill Cover Design: Natalie Holle

OPINION 6 Whine Line 6 This Modern World 6 Words 6 Thumbs Up/Down 10 Letter 11 Insider

EVENTS 30 Calendar CINEMA 36 Flix 38 “Stepford” Remake Is Better Than The Original 39 A Harry Potter Movie To Be Proud Of 40 Reel Time

METRO 13 HOPE For Gilbert Manor 14 Deputy Suspended For Not Reporting Lost Dogs BITE 22 Good To Go Offers Homestyle Choices That Are Actually Good for You 23 In the Mix ART 24 Mini Cine Film Festival Shows Downtown 26 Dale Chihuly Shows at Atlanta Botanical Garden 29 Augusta Players Youth Wing Tackles Shakespeare

EDITOR & PUBLISHER David Vantrease ASSISTANT TO THE PUBLISHER Dee Ramp ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR Rhonda Jones ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT ASSISTANT Andy Stokes STAFF WRITERS Stacey Eidson, Brian Neill

MUSIC 41 Cowboy Mouth: A Band Of, For And By The People 42 Sounds of Summer 44 CD Reviews 45 Sightings 46 Music By Turner 46 Music Minis 47 After Dark STUFF 50 News of the Weird 51 Brezsny’s Free Will Astrology 51 New York Times Crossword Puzzle 52 Amy Alkon: Advice Goddess 53 Datemaker 55 Classifieds

ADVERTISING SALES MANAGER Joe White ADVERTISING SALES SUPPORT Riali Blackstock PRODUCTION MANAGER Joe Smith GRAPHIC ARTISTS Ange Hagler, Natalie Holle, Shawn Sutherland

ACCOUNTING MANAGER/CLASSIFIEDS Sharon King SENIOR MUSIC CONTRIBUTOR Ed Turner CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Amy Alkon, Rob Brezsny, Amy Fennell Christian, Rachel Deahl, David Elliott CARTOONISTS Tom Tomorrow

Metro Spirit is a free newspaper published weekly on Thursday, 52 weeks of the year. Editorial coverage includes arts, local issues, news, entertainment, people, places and events. In our paper appear views from across the political and social spectrum. The views do not necessarily represent the views of the publishers. Visit us at www.metrospirit.com. Copyright © Metro Spirit, Inc. Reproduction or use without permission is prohibited. Phone: (706) 738-1142 Fax: (706) 733-6663 E-mail: spirit@metrospirit.com Letters to the Editor: P.O. Box 3809, Augusta, Ga. 30914-3809

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ike Brockman probably wishes he had never followed Robin Williams to Augusta. Robin put him in charge at the mental health center to do his bidding. It was a tangled web they wove that finally came undone. Brockman is just another victim of Robin Williams.

Nicky Hilton, Nicole Ritchie, Jessica Simpson, Anna Nicole Smith, Pamela Anderson, Kelly Ripa, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera and Anna Kournikova. If I was within 100 feet of any of these women (and I use that term loosely), none of them would even register on my radar screen. You want ‘em, you can have ‘em.

The same group of radical, left-wing war protesters who cost us thousands of lives in Vietnam are now the people in charge of the Democrats’ liberal wing of government who want us to lose the war on terrorism ... think about it for a minute.

This November we can fire George W. Bush, Dick Cheney and all those other Republican bums who met behind closed doors in secrecy and developed the energy policy that has given us these runaway gasoline prices. I can hardly wait until November to give Bush his pink slip.

That is a beautiful WWII memorial that they finally built in Washington, D.C. The sad thing is that there are so few WWII vets left to enjoy this great honor. Could you imagine the world today had the “Axis Forces” won? God bless our vets! The Chronicle editorial on the recent indictments surrounding diversion of mental health funds was fine, except for one omission. There was no mea culpa on their part. The Chronicle backed, supported and enabled Mr. Williams, and kept him in office for many years because he was an ally in the transfer of government largess to downtown interests in Augusta. When these discrepancies first surfaced, the paper editorially defended the parties in question, and when Rep. Sue Burmeister ran for his seat, the Chronicle was campaign central and made saving the incumbent an obsession that crossed all lines of impartiality, decency and professional journalism. Now, they jump on Williams because he is no longer useful. They can’t have it both ways. The buck stops at the top of the Chronicle where there is a serious integrity deficit. The paper failed the people of Augusta. I am absolutely dumbfounded by the American male’s fascination with no-talent, nothing-to-offer bimbo blondes. I submit the following — Paris Hilton,

First of all, congratulations to the classes of 2004. Secondly, Dr. Larke please invest in Surround Sound for the stadiums and, thirdly, to the guy sitting two rows behind me at graduation, next time you want to use a horn during the ceremony, please warn me ahead of time so I don’t wet my pants. Governor Perdue sold his honor and integrity to the boozehounds of Georgia when he authorized the sale of more powerful beer. We will soon see DUI death rates increase substantially. To the whiner who said the WMDs will be found in Iraq. Yeah, you’re right … just as soon as they finish unloading them from U.S. cargo ships and remove the “Made in the U.S.A.” stickers. What kind of morons sit on the county commission? This group of dunderheads has approved the wasting of $10,000 to the Adams Group so they can manufacture an image for Augusta. What a crock! I have a suggestion for the commission — give the $10,000 as seed money for small businesses. Allow a process of growth to happen in an organic way. We’ll grow a community without interference from those nice people in Columbia.

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Words “We’ll be a year without an administrator. I’ll predict that.’’ — Augusta Commissioner Bobby Hankerson, quoted in The Augusta Chronicle about current City Administrator George Kolb’s leaving to take a job in Kansas.

Thumbs Up In addition to signing an order transferring to juvenile court the case against a group of Columbia County teenagers who engaged in consensual oral sex, Augusta District Attorney Danny Craig is also speaking with legislators in an effort to seek more clarity and equitably defined boundaries in Georgia’s statutes governing teen sex. The Columbia County case involved four 13- and 14-year-old girls, and three boys, two of them 15 and the other 16, who engaged in oral sex in a Columbia County home. Although evidence showed the girls actually encouraged the activity, under current

statutes, the boys could have faced 10 years in prison for aggravated child molestation under current statutes. In a presentation Craig prepared for legislators, he asked them to consider factors such as the entertainment industry’s influence on teenagers, resulting in earlier sexual behavior. But he also cautioned them that broader parameters in new legislation could result in the undesired effect of benefiting sexual predators. One thing’s for sure, though: The Columbia County teens didn’t deserve 10 years in prison.

Thumbs Down Ten years after O.J. Simpson was found not guilty of murdering his exwife, “The Juice” has been rushing through the talk show circuit faster than his former days on the football field. Whether you believe Simpson is guilty or not, why does the media insist on commemorating the

anniversary of his trial and making him a celebrity all over again? He was almost gone. Faded from memory. But the media couldn’t help but resurrect him. Too bad they can’t resurrect Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman just as easily.

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I’m a 30-year veteran. I just heard about Bush’s first quarter 2005 budget. He is going to cut one billion dollars from the veterans’ budget. This will include the discontinuation of retirees’ prescription drug benefits. Yeah, this is a war, Mr. President. He has declared war on veterans and Americans in general. K.I.S.S.: Keep It Simple Stupid! Okay, we’ve got gas problems. Whatever happened to gasohol? The South used to be the home of Moonshine. C’mon, y’all, your country needs you. Seriously, though. During the ‘70s gas shortage, there was talk of decreasing our dependence on foreign oil with gasohol, gasoline/alcohol combined to produce fuel. Do it! Thank you, Brian Neill, for the article on teen sex in last week’s Spirit, especially the two sidebars. I wish, though, that you’d been a bit more pointed in your interview with the local health education person whose quotes (“Well, I think abstinence education works”) were truly frightening. Even following up her quotes with actual statistics showing that it doesn’t work. But, hey, everyone’s a journalist, right? Thank you, thank you for touching on a topic that tends to ruffle a whole lot of feathers here in Augusta. The old Southside Mafia waited to the last minute to find a candidate to run against Robert Buchwitz. They had to make Mr. Smith go qualify, and a friend at the election office stated Mr. Smith did not want to be there. If your heart is not in it, you should not be in it.

To the moron who was driving up a oneway street the wrong way last Wednesday. You had your headlights on and you could not even read the signs that said one way. This was on Reynolds Street. Re: “Woods joins those in favor of banning long putters.” Okay Tiger, what’ll be next on your “technology ban”? I guess anything that costs you the win. Poor Tiger. Endorsements and TV commercials alone have made him a zillionaire. I guess he needs as many tournament wins as possible ... to pay his taxes! I would just like to point out to those of you who think you can continue to steal gas at the pumps that stealing raises the cost of gas. The cost is passed on to all consumers and could even cost people their jobs. You may think it is okay to steal it because of the cost, but, believe me, we will prosecute when we catch you. P.S. We are upgrading our security systems to watch you, so please come again! Talk about irony. While at the mall reading the article on teen sexuality, in addition to the usual crop of Nicole and Paris hooker-looking wannabes — in their pink punk hats on sideways, short tops and skater skirts — there was a mother/daughter team. The mother was in a T-shirt for a band that had to quit touring for geriatric reasons in the ‘80s and was sausaged into daisy dukes. The daughter was in a miniskirt that could serve as a belt in an emergency, and a tee that said it all: “Slut in Training.” Wonder who bought that for her?

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We are writing to you as a board to let you know of our strong support for the National Science Center at Fort Discovery and what it means to this community as a whole. We would also like to make you aware that each individual board member of the Augusta Museum of History has resolved to make a financial contribution to this fine organization in a direct effort to help overcome the current budget shortfall. In doing so, we would challenge the community at large to follow our lead. The recent news of state budget cuts to Fort Discovery should serve to rally our entire community around what is undoubtedly one of our region’s most valuable assets. Through the years, the Augusta Museum of History and Fort Discovery have developed a symbiotic relationship in which both organizations benefit from exposure to each other’s patrons. Our close proximity to each other frequently leads visitors to Augusta to spend time, and much needed tourism dollars, visiting both of our facilities in a single day. Should Fort Discovery be forced to shut its doors for good, such an event would have a negative impact on the number of visitors our community sees each year. It is our firm belief that Fort Discovery’s mission, to excite children about math, science and technology, is of lasting benefit to current and future generations of the CSRA. The following are just a few ways in which Fort Discovery serves our entire community.

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At the same time, Brush supporters are upset with Columbia County Sheriff Clay Whittle, who is solidly in Whitehead’s camp. Whitehead was the chairman of Whittle’s election campaign before he decided to run against Brush. These Brush supporters think Whittle has turned on them after receiving support from them for years. Whittle is being challenged by businessman Lewis Blanchard, and the Blanchard campaign is definitely reaching out to Brush supporters annoyed with Whittle and Whitehead. Blanchard was viewed as a long shot when he first announced his intention to run, but now Whittle supporters are concerned with the progress Blanchard is making. Over the last couple of years, Columbia County Republicans have begun to fight among themselves more than ever. With the Democratic Party virtually nonexistent in Columbia County, there was a time when Republicans attempted to settle their differences quietly. No more. The resulting bad blood from this primary election cycle could linger for a long time to come. Heard On The Street Several Augusta commissioners have been on the receiving end of telephone calls urging them to name Commissioner Tommy Boyles, District 7, as an interim administrator when City Administrator George Kolb leaves his job for a similar position in Wichita, Kan. It will never Tommy Boyles happen. Marble Palace insiders think Boyles is behind the effort, for whatever reason. It could be an attempt by Boyles or his supporters to position him as a leader in order to bolster his image. Boyles is talking about running for mayor when Bob Young leaves office in 2006. The views expressed in this column are the views of The Insider and do not necessarily represent the views of the publisher.

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he race for the state Senate seat in District 24 is creating some bad blood in Columbia County. Incumbent Republican state Sen. Joey Brush is being challenged by former Columbia County Commissioner Jim Whitehead in the Republican primary election. While Whitehead has vowed not to talk about the accusations of infidelity and various domestic problems surrounding Brush, the issue will not go away. Every time a reporter asks Whitehead about the subject, the issue remains alive. It’s one of those situaJoey Brush tions in which Whitehead can take the high road and the issue remains front and center. The question is whether voters care about Brush’s private life. Time will tell. Meanwhile, Jim Whitehead Brush is attempting to sell his years of experience and close association with Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue as reasons voters should send him back to Atlanta. Brush claims that Perdue is in his corner, but the governor’s office has not officially endorsed him. Columbia County Republican Party Chairman Lee Muns is supporting Brush and that has angered some people to the point that, if Brush loses, Muns will likely be replaced as chairman when his term is up. This race is creating division among some Columbia County Republicans because many conservative businesspeople, who have known Whitehead for years and enjoyed working with him while he served on the commission, are supporting Whitehead rather than Brush this time around.

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“This is a great opportunity to leverage up to $40 million for this city.” — Warren Smith, director of Housing and Neighborhood Development

The diagrams included a new building for the College of Dentistry, a conference center, a parking deck, additional student housing and plans for a possible “senior tower,” which would be a living center for senior citizens. According to information from the Augusta Housing Authority, approximately half of the residents at Gilbert Manor are senior citizens. “The senior tower would allow residents of Gilbert Manor to stay together and still get the services they need in that location,” Ash said. Michael Syphoe, principal of Trinity Plus One Consultants, Inc., the city’s consultant on the project, apologized to the commission for the confusion and controversy that was stirred up earlier this year over the HOPE VI grant. He acknowledged that, while the city was rushing to submit a grant application, the city failed to fully explain what was going on to the residents of Gilbert Manor. “I want to be the first to apologize that the last process may have been a little bit sloppy,” Syphoe said. “The way it came about, we were acting on a political tip and the political tip turned out to be true.” Syphoe said he was informed that there were only two HOPE VI applications

from Georgia and both originated from the Atlanta area. Therefore, he was told that Augusta would have extremely good odds for receiving a grant. “We tried to make that deadline and I’ll readily admit, we were probably a little hasty in laying that out,” Syphoe said. “But I’m almost certain, based on information that we got that, and I’m willing to bet my money on this, had Augusta stepped up to the plate ... I do believe we would have gotten the funding. I honestly do believe that. “Because (U.S. Sen.) Zell Miller seems to have a strong arm right now.” However, now that Augusta missed that deadline, Syphoe said he is determined to make sure that the residents of Gilbert Manor understand what is being proposed under the HOPE VI grant. “The money is a grant, but it comes with a lot of strings,” Syphoe said. “And one of those major strings is you have to make sure tenants fully understand what’s happening. “It’s very important that the residents are walked through this process and understand what HOPE VI is about, but, more importantly, understand that HOPE VI is to improve their quality of life.” Ed Tarver, attorney for the Augusta Housing Authority, added that it’s also imperative that the Augusta Commission feels comfortable with the HOPE VI application. Therefore, the Housing Authority has decided to wait until 2005 to submit an application. “We came to the conclusion that it would not be in the best interest of the Housing Authority or anybody to try and submit an application for 2004, so we have re-adjusted our calendar and, at the earliest, our HOPE VI application will be submitted in 2005,” Tarver assured the commission. “We recognize that any hope that we have of having a successful application just will not happen unless there is going to be a successful partnership between the Housing Authority, the Medical College of Georgia and this commission on behalf of the city of Augusta.” Syphoe said he believes in 2005 it will finally be Augusta’s turn to receive this federal grant. “Every large municipality in this state has gotten a HOPE VI but Augusta,” Syphoe said. “This time, we want it.”

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“This is a great opportunity to leverage up to $40 million for this city,” Smith said. “I really hope that we can agree that this is a good thing for Augusta.” But to the residents of Gilbert Manor, that meant only one thing: MCG wanted to tear down their homes so it could expand its campus. And as soon as news of the HOPE VI grant began to spread, residents of Gilbert Manor contacted several commissioners and the controversy over the federal grant shut the application process down. According to Dr. J. Michael Ash, vice president of administration at MCG, the medical college does wish to expand its campus onto the Gilbert Manor property. However, with help from the HOPE VI grant, the current residents of Gilbert Manor would not be displaced, but, rather, potentially relocated to a new, mixed-income community in a yet-to-be determined downtown area. “The most natural place for us to expand and have a natural boundary for the Medical College of Georgia is the Gilbert Manor property,” Ash said, as he presented commissioners with preliminary plans for the university’s future campus. “This is our vision right now. But this is not put in stone.”

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ast week, $433 million was awarded to 24 cities across the country through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s HOPE VI Revitalization Grant program. Augusta was not one of them. And it’s up to the Augusta Commission to decide whether this city will ever make a future list. Earlier this year, the Augusta Housing Authority and the Medical College of Georgia teamed up with the city’s Housing and Neighborhood Development (HND) department with the intent of applying for the HOPE VI grant, but they hit a major road block, namely the Augusta Commission. The HOPE VI grant was developed in 1993 to transform public housing by not only revitalizing the physical structures, but also helping to establish positive incentives for residents to become self-sufficient. In order to receive funding, HUD stipulates that only a local housing authority with a “severely distressed” public housing unit may apply for the HOPE VI grant. Warren Smith, the director of the city’s HND department, explained that, when discussing the possibilities of applying for the HOPE VI grant, his department and the Augusta Housing Authority concentrated on the city’s Target Area Master Redevelopment Plan, which was adopted by the commission in 2003. “One of the projects in the target area master plan was looking at how we can revitalize inner-city areas of this great city to truly make it a great city,” Smith told the commission’s administrative services committee on June 7. One of the neighborhoods included in the master plan was Gilbert Manor, the 278-unit housing facility off R.A. Dent Boulevard. “Gilbert Manor is one of the oldest housing properties in the area,” Smith said. “I believe 1941 was its construction date.” Considering the age and the condition of the complex, Smith said, the Augusta Housing Authority, MCG and the city’s housing department decided to submit an application to HUD that would concentrate on creating “alternative options and opportunities” for Gilbert Manor.

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Richmond County sheriff’s deputy who failed to report two lost purebred dogs he picked up has been suspended for five days, without pay, for “unsatisfactory performance,” an internal affairs investigator confirmed this week. Deputy Donovan Jones received the suspension after a departmental review board determined he had not followed proper procedure in neglecting to report the missing dogs, said Pat Young, of the department’s internal affairs division. Young said Jones has been a deputy with the department for about three and a half years. No previous administrative actions have been taken against him, Young said. Jones also was cleared of any criminal wrongdoing in the case, Young said. The matter stemmed from allegations made by a Country Club Hills resident that Jones had tried to profit from her Pug, Chi-Chi, and Maltese, named Precious, that had both gotten loose from her yard. Karen Murphy told the Metro Spirit, for an article that ran May 20, that she received a call from someone in the Savannah West apartments off Washington Road who had seen her “lost dog” posters and thought he knew who had the animals. When she arrived at the apartments, Murphy recovered her pug from someone who claimed that Jones had shown him purebred registration papers for the dog, although Murphy said the animal never had such papers. Murphy said she also saw Jones leave the apartment complex with her Maltese while she was in the process of recovering the pug. Murphy said her son approached the deputy at his apartment the next day in hopes of recovering the Maltese. Jones told the son he should get a reward for returning the dog, Murphy claimed. At that point, Murphy said, she contacted the sheriff’s department about the matter and, shortly afterward, the Maltese was returned to her. Richmond County Sheriff Ronnie Strength confirmed at the time that Jones was being investigated by internal affairs.

Deputy Donovan Jones Young said there was no evidence to support the claim that Jones tried to pass bogus registration papers on the pug or tried to profit from the dogs in any way, adding that disciplinary actions against him would have been more severe if that were the case. “Had there been criminal charges filed, termination would have been likely,” Young said. “As far as making profit or anything off of it, there is no evidence of that.” Young said the situation would have been much easier for everyone involved if Jones had reported the dogs missing in the first place. “Even if he kept the dogs without taking them to animal control or having them pick them up, if a report had have been filed, when she (Murphy) started making contacts, we would have been able to return the dogs,” Young said. “So that’s the bottom line.” Murphy said she was satisfied with the outcome and happy to have her dogs back. She said she is no longer interested in pursuing criminal charges against the deputy, as she stated in the previous article. “The person from internal affairs just called me and said this will be in his (Jones’) permanent record and he’ll received the five-day suspension,” Murphy said. “I think that will suffice. I just don’t want to deal with it anymore.”

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ormer local politician Robin Williams has always had a ready answer for everything. Even when Williams’ answers didn’t seem quite up to snuff, his squeaky, rapid-fire utterances served as white noise that blanketed any questioner’s attempt at seeking clarity. When Augusta’s Community Mental Health Center awarded the former Republican state representative a consulting contract in 2001, paying him $30,000 for four months’ work — the nature of which was anyone’s guess — local mental health activists and clients of the center were dumbfounded and disgusted. But Williams’ explanation at the time for how he got the contract was in keeping with his trademark style — flip and unabashed. “I brought a contract and I brought invoices,” Williams told the Metro Spirit immediately after the center’s board had sealed the deal. “(I said) ‘This is what it’ll take, this is what I’ll do, you tell me if this is what you’re interested in,’ and they came back and said, ‘Yes.’ “So, if that’s not free enterprise, I don’t know what is.” In the minds of federal investigators, Williams squeezed plenty of “free enterprise” out of the mental health center during the past few years. A 30-count federal fraud indictment issued May 26 suggests Williams and some of his cronies stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from the mental health center through a scheme involving health care fraud, money-laundering and bribery. The question on many people’s minds is: Could Williams have really stepped in it this time? That answer will likely have to wait until the case heads to federal court. Williams’ jittery jargon is absent on this one. Instead, he’s referred questions to his attorney, Bruce Morris of Atlanta. “The indictment was not a surprise. We’ve been aware of the investigation and have been cooperating with all requests for almost a year,” Morris said by phone. “We expect to be completely exonerated. These are legitimate contracts and some of the politics of the Community Mental Health Center have folks in one camp saying, ‘We don’t like these contracts, but there’s nothing improper or illegal about them — legitimate services rendered.’” Morris said his client was bearing the news of the indictment well. “He’s doing just great. His spirits are high,” Morris said. “Of course he’s concerned. He’s concerned that they’ve besmirched his good name and they’ve challenged him to a fight and he accepts the challenge. “I think part of the charges against him stem from people who don’t like him and would like to see him in trouble.” There’s a bit of irony in Williams’ selection of attorney. Readers no doubt remember when Williams was embroiled in a lobbyist-funded trip in the mid-1990s to South Carolina’s Daufuskie Island that included an entourage of strippers from Atlanta’s Cheetah club. Well, Morris represented defendants in the much-publicized 2001 case involving continued on page 18

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“The thing is, it (activities at Williams’ former apartment in Atlanta) involved girls, money and parties. And they were entertaining local folks there in Atlanta, including Austin Rhodes and Phil Kent.” — Bob Beckham, a former political backer of Williams

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a now-defunct Atlanta strip club, the Gold Club, and its ties to racketeering, prostitution and the Gambino crime family. Jack Long, a local attorney who served as Williams’ campaign manager and employs the former legislator’s sister as a legal secretary, said he thinks Williams will be cleared of wrongdoing. “I don’t think much of the indictment, because I don’t think they did anything wrong,” Long said. “Everything they did, apparently, was open and approved by the board. “The problem with politics in Augusta is, if anybody gets elected they (the media) write about them. Based on my knowledge, I’ve never been concerned for Robin.” In addition to Williams, those named in the indictment include Matthew Chad Long (no relation to Jack Long), a lobbyist who’s the grandson of former House Speaker Tom Murphy; Rick Lamar Camp, a former Atlanta Braves pitcher turned consultant; Duncan Fordham, owner of Duncan Drugs, which was contracted to operate a pharmacy at the mental health center; and Charles Michael Brockman, a former Marine who served as the center’s chief financial officer, and, later, its executive director. Again, it’s important to note that an indictment is only an allegation of guilt and these people are innocent until proven guilty. But with the possible exception of the sports notable, Williams will likely be the name most watched on the list of those indicted. After all, he’s exuded so much controversy over the years — controversy that’s never seemed to trip him up along the way to forming tight bonds with politicians on both sides of the partisan aisle and securing lucrative contracts as a “consultant” during his short, post-political career. Williams is even rumored to have recently toted around a governor or two in a private jet. All the while, the stout dynamo’s feet have tiptoed over that ethical line so many times that some have wondered why an indictment has taken so long to come. To recap: There was the 1993 incident involving allegations that Williams burned a car he owned in order to collect the insurance

money. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation dropped the case after it failed to produce a credible witness. Then, there was the controversy that arose in 1997 involving the inflated sale of land surrounding the Ezekiel Harris House on Broad Street to the city and allegations that Williams received kickbacks from the property owner, Bill Howard, of Howard’s Appliances. Howard, according to GBI reports, declined to take a polygraph or provide documentation for the roughly $50,000 withdrawn from his account around the time of the first parcel’s sale. The former city council agreed to pay $200,000 for the four parcels of land, and the Georgia Attorney General’s office cleared Williams and Howard of any wrongdoing. Again, case closed. There were also lobbyist-funded trips and contributions Williams took in addition to the stripper fest in Daufuskie. For instance, Williams took money from lobbyists for both a consortium of ophthalmologists and the American Medical Association of Georgia to travel to beach-side conventions in Florida with his family in tow. He also collected nearly $50,000 in campaign contributions from those same groups while a legislator, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported in 2000. The Georgia State Ethics Commission ruled that same year that Williams was wrong for taking the trips, but didn’t fine him because the guidelines for accepting gifts and donations from lobbyists was loosely worded. Another bullet dodged. But Williams was unable to duck political defeat, which came in the form of Sue Burmeister’s successful bid for his seat in 2000. Soon after, Williams began doing consulting work for the security and prisons industries. Williams’ most recent political endeavor was an unsuccessful run for Augusta mayor in 2002. At that time, the Metro Spirit asked Williams about the myriad near brushes with the law he’d had over the years, to which he replied: “Some of it’s real, some of it’s perception and some of it’s just plain not true.

I guess the answer to that question, long and short, is I’ve made some mistakes in the past.” One person who’s been there to watch the whole Williams drama unfold is Bob Beckham. A political wonk and Republican strategist from Columbia County, Beckham saw a rising star in Williams in the late 1980s, when he backed the novice candidate’s successful bid for a Republican state House seat. As Beckham recalls, Williams was an ambitious go-getter who lived and breathed politics. “What impressed me at that time with Robin Williams was, he was very energetic and very interested in politics,” Beckham said at his Evans home. “And he worked with Frank Albert, who was the state senator at that time from this area — Republican.” But Beckham says it didn’t take long for him to think he’d made a mistake in supporting Williams, noting that the oncerising star among the Young Republicans of Richmond and Columbia County had become quite close with Tom Murphy, a Democrat. That earned Williams the moniker RINO, for Republican In Name Only. “Robin found out, I guess, early on in the Legislature that, by playing ball with the speaker of the House, it placed him in the position to be able to get from the speaker certain accommodations for his selling out to the speaker,” Beckham said. “And I felt that that was a serious mistake, in that, if we had wanted a Democrat to be in the Legislature, we should have sent one, instead of one that played like a Republican and acted like a Democrat.” It was around the mid-1990s that Beckham began to sour even more on Williams for cozying up to lobbyists. Beckham said he also kept track of Williams’ campaign contributions over the years which showed that the representative rewarded donors with votes in the Legislature. “I was happy with him (in the beginning). He was doing great, but he learned quick. He learned how to get the money,” Beckham said. “I also fell out with him over the sale of this land from one of his big contributors, Howard Appliances. The Ezekiel Harris conflict. That was a deal Robin pulled off. The biggest waste of (city) money I’ve ever seen. “I just asked him how he could justify doing it. ‘(Speaking gibberish) blah, blah.’ You

know, he could always doubletalk you. Very fast. ‘Blah, yep a, blah blah ... I didn’t do anything wrong.’” Though his political career could arguably serve as a case study for an ethics class, Williams has seemed to get a pass from some local media over the years, particularly The Augusta Chronicle during Phil Kent’s tenure as editorial page editor. In editorials, Kent defended Williams on his Daufuskie Island trip. Letters to the editor in the paper also accused Kent of playing favorites with the legislator. Some recent on-air callers to local talk show host Austin Rhodes also accused him of paying little attention to the recent Williams indictment, while continuing to heap scrutiny on former state Sen. Charles Walker, who is being investigated by federal officials, but not been indicted. Beckham, former owner of WGAC-AM 580, which carries the Austin Rhodes Show, suggested that such media favoritism was due to the fact that Rhodes and Kent were close friends of Williams, often visiting the representative’s Atlanta apartment, which he shared with state Sen. Joey Brush (R-Dist. 24) and state Rep. Ben Harbin (R-Dist. 113) early in their political careers. “The thing is, it involved girls, money and parties,” Beckham said. “And they were entertaining local folks there in Atlanta, including Austin Rhodes and Phil Kent.” Brush did not return a phone call to the Metro Spirit seeking comment for this story. When contacted in Atlanta, where he’s now an author and political consultant, Kent was hesitant to comment on Williams’ indictment, suggesting that his comments might be “distorted” by the Metro Spirit, and its publisher, David Vantrease. “I’m just concerned that any of my statements might be distorted by David,” Kent said. “So, I just have to say that I’m going to let the case unfold and we’ll see what happens.” In the past, the Metro Spirit has written stories citing concerns on the parts of city officials and residents that Kent’s editorial stance at the Chronicle was divisive. In 1998, this paper also examined an incident in which sentences from one of politician and author Pat Buchanan’s books had been inserted into one of Kent’s columns. continued on page 20

“Did we ever get suspicious? I don’t know if we ever were suspicious. He was just Robin. That’s kind of the way we all looked at it.” — State Rep. Ben Harbin

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Phil Kent Though the incident had all the appearances of outright plagiarism, Kent insisted at the time it was an editing mistake. When pressed further during the recent exchange, Kent denied Beckham’s claim that he hung out with Williams at his apartment in Atlanta. “That’s ridiculous ... I didn’t live in Atlanta then, I lived in Augusta,” Kent said. “I was a journalist ... and reported on everybody and commented on everybody.

“I’m not going to speculate in rumors. I visited the Legislature as a journalist, so I’m not going to speculate on what people may or may not say, or what enemies say or what friends say, but I’m just going to follow the Williams case just like anybody else.” Rhodes would not respond to an e-mail from the Metro Spirit questioning whether he spent time with Williams at his Atlanta apartment and whether a friendship between them, if it existed, influenced Rhodes’ coverage of the representative over the years. Responding to an earlier e-mail question regarding the indictment itself, Rhodes said: “In recent years when Robin has run into controversy, I have been one of the first people he has contacted to give ‘his side of the story’. I have not heard from him since his indictment, and he has chosen not to return the one call I made to him since the story broke.” Beckham said he had encouraged Harbin to move out of the Atlanta apartment and distance himself from Williams. Harbin acknowledged that he and Williams have grown apart over the years, but not because of any prodding on the part of Beckham or anyone else. “He was a friend and I never have denied he was a friend,” Harbin said. “He’s somebody who, I hope, they’ll prove it’s (the indictment) not true. “I would never say I backed away. He and I just took different courses. I have businesses that I have to run and he had his businesses he was running and I just think, over time,

just like anything, you start moving in different directions.” In addition to running an employee benefits company of his own, Harbin said he and his father also operate a land-surveying business. Harbin said Williams was head of security for Montgomery Ward in the Regency Mall when the two first met roughly two decades ago. They traveled to Young Republican meetings together and Harbin remembers the time that Williams beat out Alec Poitevint for the Americanism Award, the highest award the political group gave at the time. Poitevint is now chair of the Georgia Republican Party and a national GOP committee member. Because of Williams’ frenetic pace and ability to form bipartisan friendships, Harbin said he and his colleagues never questioned various news stories about him over the years. “In politics, we hear rumors every day on everybody,” Harbin said. “I mean, he always lived large. We were talking about him yesterday, some of his friends in Atlanta. We were just talking about how he always lived large, and that’s just the way he was. He had won over Tom Murphy, he had won over (former state Senator and Department of Transportation Chairman) Tom Coleman, he had won over Haley Barbour, governor of Mississippi. It wasn’t partisan, it was just Robin. “Did we ever get suspicious? I don’t know if we ever were suspicious. He was just Robin. That’s kind of the way we all looked at it.”

While in Atlanta recently, Harbin said he spoke with lobbyists who had recently seen Barbour at an airport in Washington, D.C., waiting to be picked up in a private jet Williams was either piloting or had chartered to take the governor back home. “So, in all appearances, he (Williams) had become very successful,” Harbin said. Barbour’s office had not confirmed the plane ride or the nature of the governor’s relationship with Williams as of press time. “He was very outgoing and very convincing and all of that came to his benefit in attracting clients,” Harbin added of Williams. “He kept a lot of people around him. Like I said, he and Haley Barbour, (Dirk) Kempthorne, who’s the governor of Idaho, I know they were all people he saw on a regular basis. So he was able to make a lot of contacts and use those contacts to build clients. I can’t say that I understand how that works. I can tell you about surveying and employee benefits, but I don’t understand how you build that business and do that consulting.” Now, Harbin said, he’s waiting to see what happens, just like everyone else. “You hate it, as anybody who had a friend who this had happened to would hate it. And you hope it’s not true,” Harbin said. “But all we can do is let the investigation and the trial take its course and see what happens.” Harbin suggested, partly tongue-in-cheek, that Williams may be able to employ his charm to beat his current rap. “You know,” Harbin said, “if anyone could talk their way out of it, if they give him 15 minutes, he might do it.”

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ood To Go (hereinafter referred to as GTG) advertises itself as a place where you can get “hot, ready-to-eat, homestyle food.” Just like the million other places like it in this area, you might think. Been there, done that, no big deal. Right? Wrong. There are lots of reasons to make the trek out Washington Road to visit GTG, housed in what looks like a small, blue mobile home with fanciful paintings on the exterior. It might look closed, sometimes with the only clue being the small, barely noticeable neon “open” sign in one of the windows, but it’s open weekdays and specializes in, as if you couldn’t guess from the name, to-go meals. Sure, there are a couple of tables in the back, but it seems GTG focuses on relieving the folks driving home to Columbia County from work of having to make dinner once they get there. Patrons can purchase meals individually (one entrée and two side dishes, for instance, is $7.75) or family-style (dinner for four — with one entrée and three sides each — will run you $34). All dinners include bread, a choice of GTG’s tricolor (white, wheat and brown) dinner roll or cornbread. But even if you don’t live out that way, GTG is worth a visit for their menu (including their kids’ menu, which has got to be one of the best in town), which

rotates weekly. Sure, they have the required country-fried steak and meatloaf on the regular entrée menu, as well as favorites like rice and gravy, butterbeans and mac and cheese on the regular sidedish menu, but they also have weekly specials that seem quite inventive for this kind of restaurant. Special entrees this week, for instance, included a grilled chicken salad, which consisted of chicken breast slices on mixed greens and topped with cheddar, diced eggs, pumpkin seeds and roasted peanuts. I love pumpkin seeds, but the entrée that most caught my eye was another chicken dish that consisted of a grilled chicken breast (boneless and

skinless) with diced plum tomatoes, black olives, basil and feta cheese. Bet you won’t find that on any other homestyle restaurant’s menu! Equally intriguing, it was one of several dishes on the menu (including some side dishes) with an asterisk beside it which, according to the menu, indicated that it was a “healthy choice.” There was no explanation on the menu of their “healthy choice” criteria, but it looks like, from the other choices that received the label, that they singled out dishes in which there is no added fat. At any rate, my entrée came with two sides (three are also available, as well as a lunch-size meal portion with one side

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Two More Reasons To Visit The Willcox The Willcox, Aiken’s well-known luxury hotel, received a double dose of star power recently when Atlanta chef Guenter Seeger opened of Seeger’s at The Willcox in December 2003 with a dining room redesigned by Vern Yip of “Trading Spaces” fame. Seeger, who had helmed the restaurant at the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead before going out on his own with Seeger’s in Atlanta, traded his signature European specialties for gourmet dishes using regional ingredients. The result includes entrées like North Carolina mountain trout with crushed gala apples and horseradish cream. Seeger serves as consulting chef to his new venture at The Willcox and his protégé, chef de cuisine Robert McCormick, oversees the day-to-day operations, including a four-course, prix fixe dinner, Saturday afternoon poolside barbeques and gourmet sandwiches at lunch. Yip restored the dining room’s wood floors and painted the space a soothing yellow. His other luxury touches include mohair chair coverings and silk accents.

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ake no mistake about it. On June 17, you will take yourself over to the Bee’s Knees, and you will make yourself comfortable for a night of short, locally produced films. You will also enjoy yourself. It’s time for Mini Cine 2004. The local film festival is the brainchild of one Augusta State University professor Rick Pukis, who has been producing film festivals since the ‘80s, when he was a film student at Columbia University in Chicago. One such festival even took place in his back yard, which provided great ambience for the viewing pleasure of his guests, he said. Not to mention a chance for some talented artists to show off what they could do. “I think it’s important for local filmmakers to have a venue for their films to be shown,” he said. One of the most enjoyable parts about it for himself and his filmmakers, he said, is getting the opportunity to interact with the viewers. That may just be the thing that causes Pukis to hold fests so often. So far, he’s held five in Augusta — three summer Mini Cines, a fall Reel Stories and a showing of the best shorts of the Atlanta Film Festival. That was the first time Atlanta Film Festival pieces had been shown here, he said. Then he explained the difference between Mini Cines and Reel Stories. The former, he said, gives the filmmakers more freedom, while the latter represents the best of his filmmakers’ senior projects, which of course have to live up to certain requirements because they are class assignments. As for Mini Cine, however, “It’s the festival where you get to let your hair down,” Pukis said. He said he hasn’t yet chosen all of his playlist for the evening, but there are a few films that are definitely going to be included: “I Lived in Terror” by Araijana Sijercic, “Superstar” by Daniel Clanton, “Cover Girl” by Stephanie Brooks, “Let Them Eat Cake” by Kay Webster and “Summer’s Day” by Jeroam Manley. Manley, a recent ASU graduate who was present in Pukis’ office the day we chatted about the festival, discussed the film, which is a stop-motion video for one of the songs of Damascus Grey, Manley’s band. For one thing, he says, he begins filming with only a rough idea of what is going to happen so as to avoid locking himself into a concept that the project has outgrown.

LEFT: FESTIVAL DIRECTOR AND ASU PROFESSOR RICK PUKIS. BELOW: A STILL FROM “SUMMER’S DAY,” A SHORT FILM BY JEROAM MANLEY.

“Sometimes you get better ideas while you’re doing it,” he said, adding that he doesn’t want to chance overlooking those. Using dolls to represent the band, a girlfriend and a bear (yes, a bear), Manley created a story involving the band, a mystical experience and a clash in the woods with the local wildlife, while one of Damascus Grey’s songs provides the soundtrack for the piece. It is easily one of the best pieces in the collection we viewed that day. “It was very time-consuming,” Manley said. Thirty seconds of footage took about five or six hours of filming to accomplish. Part of that, he said, was the fact that he had chosen to shoot at night, because of the type of light he wanted to capture. As for what the film — an upbeat, fun piece — is about, he said, it’s about his life with the band. Though he said he doesn’t get chased by bears a lot in real life, he does tend to have dreams like that. “I don’t smoke a lot of peyote,” Manley said of the aforementioned mystical experience. “I don’t smoke any peyote.” I asked Manley if it was his first film. It is not. In fact, he’s made enough to have lost track of the number. “No, I’ve made a lot of films. I don’t know how many I’ve made before. This is the third film festival I’ve had films in. Last film festival, I had five films in that.” Last year he was also involved in a project in which filmmakers were given 48 hours to go through the entire process of making a film based on a short paragraph they were given. In that time, Pukis said, they had to create a story,

shoot, edit, burn it to a disk, document the experience, burn that to a disk, and interview the director and cast members. “Yeah, in 48 hours,” Manley reiterated. “We didn’t get a lot of sleep. Or no sleep. It was fun.” As for his band Damascus Grey, he said, “We’re just starting to get started.” The members have played together before, though, in different bands, so they’re not strangers. I asked how music and filmmaking fit together, if the two genres feed off each other. He leaned forward in his seat, planted his elbows on his knees, and thought about it. “Yeah, they kind of do. I don’t know, when I hear music, I see images. When I hear other people’s music, I get these mental pictures of what’s going on.” He said that rhythm is an important part of both genres. “There’s got to be a certain rhythm when making a film or you’re not going to captivate an audience. That’s what I feel when making music.” I asked the recent ASU graduate what the future holds for him. “I really don’t know. … I really love to do music and … I really love to do films. I wouldn’t mind getting into a field where I’m doing music videos. “I’m probably looking to move, just get my foot in the door someplace.” “Now all he has to do is take that first step for that thousand-mile journey,” Pukis said. Your journey will not be quite a thousand miles. All you have to do is head downtown,

make yourself comfy at the Bee’s Knees and settle in for the night to view the fruits of their labors. And say hi if you feel moved to do so. There will be three showings, featuring many of the same movies, but with little surprises thrown in to make staying worth your while. Showings begin at 8 p.m., 10 p.m. and midnight. The films are short, most of them under 15 minutes. And there is something there for every taste. Of the films already on the playlist, “I Lived in Terror” is about the filmmaker’s youth in Sarajevo during a time of bombings and grisly street scenes; “Cover Girl” is about a photograph on a guy’s refrigerator that envies the pinup next to her; “Superstar” is about the life of a pro wrestler (and there is a something quite unexpected); “Let Them Eat Cake” is about a treat with a surprise ingredient and some nifty special effects. If you enjoy yourself, you can look forward to the next Reel Stories fest, to take place in the fall.

Showing: Mine Cine, a festival of short films Venue: The Bee’s Knees, downtown Augusta Time: June 17 at 8 p.m., 10 p.m. and midnight Cost: It don’t cost a thang Warnings & Precautions: None come to mind Reason: Because films are cool Contact: (706) 667-4717

Notice of Filing of Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity authorizing the construction and operation of natural gas pipeline, compression, measuring and other related facilities — Southern Natural Gas Company Triangle Project Southern Natural Gas Company (Southern) plans to construct, operate and maintain approximately 6.4 miles of new pipeline along and within its existing right-of-way as part of an expansion of its system. The project is called the Triangle Expansion Project. The Triangle Expansion Project also involves the modification of several customer interconnections, the installation of several meter stations, and the replacement/hydrostatic testing of existing pipelines, all at various locations on Southern’s system in Georgia as shown on the attached map. Southern Natural Gas Company (Southern) plans to construct, operate and maintain 6.4 miles of new pipeline along and within its existing right-of-way as part of an expansion of its system. The project is called the Triangle Project (Expansion Project). The primary purpose of the Expansion Project is to connect the gap between its 20” pipeline and its 30” pipeline near Griffin, Georgia. Southern is a natural gas company engaged in the operation of an interstate pipeline system for the transportation of natural gas in the Southeastern United States. Southern’s main office is located at 1900 Fifth Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35203. Southern is a subsidiary of El Paso Corporation. On May 18th, 2004, Southern filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in Docket No. CP04-340-000 to begin the federal, state, and local review of its proposed project. Southern must receive approval from the FERC prior to construction of the proposed facilities. For anyone that would like to review the application, a complete copy of the application discussing the project is located at the Flynt River Regional Public Library Griffin, Georgia; and the Washington Memorial Library in Macon, Georgia; the Library System Headquarters in Jonesboro, Georgia; the Lithia Springs Library in Lithia Springs, Georgia; the College Park Branch Library in Atlanta, Georgia; the McDonough Public Library in McDonough, Georgia; the McCollum Public Library in Wrens, Georgia; the Monroe County Library in Forsyth, Georgia; the East Central Regional Library in Augusta, Georgia; the Hightower Memorial Library in Thomaston, Georgia. …(Libraries for counties of Auxillary sites and Hydrotests). Any individual has a right to request a copy of the application directly from Southern by contacting the company’s representative at the number below. The facilities that Southern proposes to construct include approximately 6.4 miles of new pipeline along and within its existing pipeline right-of-way in Spalding County, Georgia. The project also includes the replacement of 300 feet of pipeline in Jefferson County, Georgia and pipeline modifications and/or meter station installations at existing sites in Bibb, Clayton, Douglas, Fulton, Henry, Jefferson, Monroe, and Upson Counties, Georgia. Finally, it includes the uprating of 7.4 miles of pipeline in Monroe and Bibb Counties, Georgia, and 11 miles of pipeline in Jefferson and Richmond Counties, Georgia, by means of Hydrostatic Testing. Once the required regulatory approvals are received, Southern plans to begin construction on the facilities in the last quarter of 2004 with completion scheduled for April 15, 2005.

Should the Triangle Expansion Project directly affect your property, a representative of Southern will be contacting you to discuss the project. FERC has an information pamphlet available entitled “An Interstate Natural Gas Facility on my Land? What Do I Need To Know?” on its website located at www.ferc.gov that provides important information about an individual’s rights in dealing with a pipeline project. A copy may also be obtained free of charge by calling FERC’s Office of External Affairs at 1-800-208-1088. Southern has mailed notices to governmental entities and to landowners directly affected by this project and to landowners whose property abuts the project. If you have not received such a notice, your property is outside the area to be impacted by the project. If the area of impact changes, Southern will contact all newly affected landowners. You have a right to participate in the FERC consideration of Southern’s application and to express your views to the FERC. If you would like to intervene in Southern’s application proceeding, you must contact FERC by writing to Magalie Roman Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426. You must reference the docket number, CP04-340-000 in your correspondence with the FERC.

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Southern strives to be a good neighbor as it continues to provide a safe, clean, and reliable source of energy to your area. To request a copy of Southern’s application or to ask questions concerning Southern’s Expansion Project, please contact David Bowers at 1-800-633-8570, extension 7278, or by writing to his attention at P. O. Box 2563, Birmingham, AL 35202-2563.

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Dale Chihuly Shows at Atlanta Botanical Garden

ale Chihuly is one of those artists who makes you sit back and say, “Wow.” Unfortunately, he is off keeping appointments and won’t be back home for some time, so I can’t ask him the questions that his art and his Web site have inspired. Like, “Why the eye patch?” Like, “Are you aware that your work evokes images of an alien landscape?” Like, “What is it like to live inside your head?” Like, “How do you pronounce your last name?” The first thing I can tell you to do, if you want to get to know Chihuly and his art, is to first visit his Web site at www.chihuly.com. It’s easy to navigate, and is bursting with images and videos of the artist discussing his vision. The Web site credits Chihuly with revolutionizing blown glass by making it a viable medium for creating large installation pieces. He did that by putting together teams to help build these works. He started out in the early ‘60s as a student of interior design and architecture, but soon became enamored with glassblowing, and then became a student in the first hot glass program in the United States, at the University of Wisconsin. Then he went on to the ceramics program at the Rhode Island School of Design. By the time he’d vacated the premises, there was a glass program, which has, apparently, become quite famous and evolved into a factory for successful artists.

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“PERSIAN POND” (TOP), “PEACOCK BLUE TOWER” (BOTTON LEFT) AND “TIGER LILIES” (BOTTOM RIGHT) ARE CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN.

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continued from page 26 Descriptions of his work tend to contain words like “bold,” “intense,” “brilliant” and “writhing.” When you check out his images, you will see why. For the purposes of this article, I’m going to discuss only the installations. I am looking at the leading photo of that section of the site — fluted, leafy shapes that resemble glowing lily pads. These works are grouped in series. His Chandeliers series is made up of pieces that resemble hairy aliens. That’s not as bad as it sounds. In fact, it’s not bad at all: They’re quite beautiful. Maybe they should be compared to bunches of weird-looking fruit instead. And they hang. And many of them are many times larger than a very large man — or even several very large men. The individual pieces are beautiful in themselves — many are spiral shapes. Another of his series resembles the Chandeliers — that is the Tower series, in which the pieces are affixed to the floor instead of the ceilings. They are like huge, tentacled plants. In fact, much of his work resembles exotic flora, which probably explains why he is exhibiting at the Atlanta

“RED SPIKED ANTLERS” IS CURRENTLY ON DISPLAY AT THE ATLANTA BOTANICAL GARDEN.

Botanical Garden. The Floats series is made up of spherical shapes — “spherical” and not “spheres” because some of them are dented like melting bath beads. Imagine happening along a giant red bead of glass in a pastoral setting. Chihuly gives you out-of-the-ordinary images in ordinary settings. The second thing that you should do, assuming you’re still interested (and after getting sucked into that Web site, who wouldn’t be?), is to visit his work in person at the Atlanta Botanical Garden. The best way to enjoy Chihuly is simply to give in to that impulse to say, “Wow.” This is not work to be overthought, unless you are just bound to discover the reasons why his work just … works.

Exhibit: Chihuly in the Garden: A Whole New Species of Art Artist: Dale Chihuly Venue: Atlanta Botanical Garden, 1345 Piedmont Ave., N.E., Atlanta, Ga. Dates: Through Oct. 31, 2004 Cost: $12 general admission; $9 seniors; $7 students with valid ID. Children 3 and under get in free. Atlanta Botanical Garden members get in free. Web Sites: www.atlantabotanicalgarden.org, www.chihuly.com Phone: (404) 876-5859

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Augusta Players Youth Wing Tackles Shakespeare By Rhonda Jones

hakespeare can be a difficult enough proposition for experienced actors, but soon a cast made up of 12- to 18-year-olds is going to give it a shot with “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” “It’s really good for young people to perform,” said Anna Grace Carter, a drama and speech instructor at Westminster school, and director of the “Midsummer” production. “I think it’s important to note that the kids are coming from all different schools so it’s not just a bunch of Davidson (Fine Arts Magnet High School) kids, not just a bunch of Westside kids.” It’s a good opportunity, she said, for some of those students to meet others who share their interest in drama, because many of them come from schools that lack strong drama programs. But back to the part about being impressed by their abilities: “They seemed to understand what they were saying,” Carter said. “More than, I guess, most people would understand Shakespeare, and really had a good knack for it. I think they get the jokes.” Those of you who studied Shakespeare’s work in high school and college may recall the first performance of that work that you attended. In many cases, seeing the works performed on

stage causes it all to make sense, and increases the likelihood that you will have an intelligent answer ready next time the teacher calls on you. I asked if she thought of performing “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” might improve her cast’s grades next time they are faced with this particular play, or other works by the author, in their academic lives. “Well I think it makes them focus on what the play is saying. In this case, the play comments a lot about love and about ... how people should behave in a certain social status. There are a lot of class distinctions. I think that, through acting out Shakespeare, you get a more real sense of these themes that he addresses, as opposed to just reading it.”

Production: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” Company: Augusta Players Youth Theatre Time: 7 p.m. June 17-18, 5 p.m. June 19 Venue: Westminster School, Wheeler Rd., Augusta Cost: $10 general admission, $8 seniors and students, $6 kids 12 and under Contact: (706) 826-4707

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26 Riverblast Celebration (free) July 4, A Step Up July 11, accousticJAZZ July 18 and Mellow-D July 25. Concerts take place at the Eighth Street Bulkhead, downtown Augusta. Contact GordonMusic@aol.com, call quietSTORM at (706) 495-6238 or Riverwalk Special Events at (706) 821-1754.

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HOT SOUTHERN NIGHTS with Gary Allen & The Marshall Tucker Band at Lake Olmstead Stadium in Augusta, June 19. Tickets available at www.tixonline.com, or inside Harmon Optical at Southgate Plaza. Call (803) 278-4849 for info or to charge by phone.

ENOPION THEATRE COMPANY is looking for volunteers to act, sing, sew, build and more for their new musical, “Creation.” Applications are available at www.imaryproductions.com or by calling (803) 442-9039. SWEET ADELINES HARMONY RIVER CHORUS OPEN REHEARSAL for singers each Thursday at 7 p.m. at Church of Christ, 600 Martintown Rd. in North Augusta. They are on the lookout for voices in the lower ranges. Contact Stacy Branch at 877-9931.

CAROLINA BEACH BLAST, featuring the Swingin’ Medallions, The Original Tams and Shagtime. Show is June 26 at Carolina Dragway in Jackson, S.C. Tickets available at www.tixonline.com, inside Harmon Optical at Southgate Plaza in Augusta. Call (803) 278-4849 for info or to charge by phone.

AUGUSTA PLAYERS will hold auditions for “West Side Story” at 7 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, June 24-25, and 7 p.m. on July 8-9 at the First Baptist Church of North Augusta, 602 Georgia Avenue. Roles are available for men and women ages 17 and up. Everyone auditioning must have a prepared solo, and will be required to learn a dance combo and read from the script. Call 826-4707 or visit the Web site at www.augustaplayers.com.

MUSIC AND ART IN THE PARK continues at the Creighton Living History Park at the corner of West Avenue and Spring Grove in downtown North Augusta, at 7 p.m. Savannah River Grass bluegrass band will play June 17. Call Daryl Hudson at (803) 6496641 or visit www.savannahrivergrass.com. June 24 brings Blues Express (R&B). There will also be concerts on July 1, 15 and 29. Call 278-0938 for info.

Education

EVENINGS IN THE APPLEBY presents the Augusta Symphony Woodwind Trio for the June 15 concert at the Appleby Branch Library on Walton Way. Call 736-6244.

ISRAELI DANCE WORKSHOP at the Augusta Jewish Community Center Sunday afternoons, 4-5 p.m. Open to teens and adults; no experience or partners are necessary. Cost is $2 per session, with the first session free. For information or to schedule a pre-class beginner/refresher session, contact Jackie Cohen, 738-9016. ART CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS are offered year-round at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art. Classes and workshops are open to toddlers through adults and feature instruction in drawing, painting, photography, pottery, weaving and sculpture. For a newsletter or detailed information on registering for classes at the Gertrude Herbert, call 722-5495. The Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art also offers educational tours; for information, contact the education director at the above telephone number. ART CLASSES FOR CHILDREN AND ADULTS at the Art Factory. The Art Factory also has a homeschool program and scholarships. Programs include painting, pottery, pilates, hip-hop, modern dance and more. Classes are held at the Art Factory, 418 Crawford Ave., or at the Augusta Jewish Community Center. Call 731-0008 for details. .

Exhibitions

THE 521 ALL-STARS: A CHAMPIONSHIP STORY OF BASEBALL AND COMMUNITY will be on display at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History through June 30.

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THE SOUTH CAROLINA WATERCOLOR SOCIETY presents its 27th annual awards exhibition which is on display at the Aiken Center for the Arts at 122 Laurens Street in Aiken through June 26. Eighty paintings have been selected for the exhibition and $10,000 in artist awards were presented to the top 30 artists. For info, call (678) 721-2506. MARY PAULINE GALLERY hosts Michael Fowler and Alan Harmon on June 11 for a wine and tapas reception with the artists, 5-8 p.m. Gallery closed July 18-31 for vacation. Call (706) 724-9543.

WILLIAM AND ANN OPPENHIMER COLLECTION on view through Aug. 15 at the Morris Museum of Art. On June 10, there will be a

BORDERS presents live music by Carl Purdy (folk) on June 11, Rod Mackert (Christian contemporary) June 12, Eryn Eubanks and the Family Fold (bluegrass) June 18, Paul Gordon (light rock) June 19, Tara Scheyer June 25 and Greg Austin June 26.

IT’S COOLER BY THE WATER. IF YOU WANT TO HANG OUTSIDE, GO TO THE RIVERWALK. lecture presentation on Connoisseurship in Self-Taught Art by Brooke Davis Anderson, director and curator, Contemporary Center, Museum of American Folk Art in NYC. On June 12, there will be an installment of the Children’s Performance Series — “Poetry Alive!” The event will transform verse into theatre. Museum will be closed June 29-30. Call 724-7501. PARADISE OR PARKING LOT? Exhibit to show June 11-23 in the Main Gallery of the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art. “Paradise or Parking Lot? Contemporary Views by Susan Maakestad and Hamlett Dobbins” explores what happens when two artists move from the country to the big city, where their environmental influence and inspiration shifts from natural meadows to skyscrapers and parking lots. A special reception honoring both artists will be held at the Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art on Friday, June 11, from 6-8 p.m. Both artists will give a brief gallery talk on their work. The reception is open to the public, with members getting in free and non-members getting in for $5. Regular gallery hours are Tuesday-Friday from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays by appointment only. Call (706) 722-5495 or visit www.ghia.org.

Dance THE AUGUSTA INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCE CLUB meets Thursday evenings at 7:30 p.m. No partners are needed and newcomers are welcome. Call 737-6299 for location and info. AUGUSTA CHAPTER OF THE UNITED STATES AMATEUR BALLROOM DANCERS ASSOCIATION holds a dance the first Saturday of each month, from 7:15-11 p.m. Cost is $7 for members and $10 for non-members. Held at the BPOE facility on Elkdom Court.

Contact Melvis Lovett, 733-3890, or Jean Avery, 863-4186, for information. THE CHRISTIAN SOCIAL ORGANIZATION FOR SINGLE ADULTS hosts weekly Saturday evening dances, free of smoking and alcohol, at Westside High School on Patriots Way. Call (803) 442-7929.

Music HOPELANDS SUMMER CONCERT SERIES concerts take place at Hopeland Gardens in Aiken at 7 p.m. Concerts will be held every Sunday through August on the Roland H. Windham Performing Arts Stage. Performances will include a variety of music styles, as well as dance and vocal concerts. Please bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on. Food is welcome but alcohol is prohibited. Upcoming performances are Maureen Simpson June 14, Fort Gordon Stage Band June 21, Heather McCleskey June 28, Parris Island Marine Band July 5. In case of inclement weather, please call 643-4661 for info. CONCERTS IN THE PARK, presented by the North Augusta Cultural Arts Council, features quietSTORM on June 10, Savannah River Grass June 17, Blues Express June 24, Eryn Eubanks and the Family Fold July 1, Thelma Robinson and Divine Providence July 15 and Fresh Music All-Star Big Band July 29. Call (803) 442-7588. IRISH BAND CORNER HOUSE will appear at Broadstrokes Gallery in downtown Augusta, 8 p.m June 12. Tickets are $10, available at Broadstrokes Gallery. Call 774-1026. THE CANDLELIGHT JAZZ SERIES continues with Air Apparent June 13, Preston & Weston June 20, The Section June 27, the TV

Theatre THE ABBEVILLE OPERA HOUSE presents “The Complete Works of William Shakespeare” (abridged) 8 p.m. June 11-12 and 3 p.m. June 12. Irreverent, fast-paced romp through the Bard’s plays. “Smoke on the Mountain” will be presented 8 p.m. June 18-19, 25-26 and 3 p.m. June 19 and 26. Tickets $17 general admission; $16 seniors 65 or older. For reservations, call (864) 366-2157 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday-Friday. THE AUGUSTA PLAYERS YOUTH THEATRE presents “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” June 17-19. Call 826-4707. THE AIKEN COMMUNITY PLAYHOUSE Youth Wing presents “Anne of Green Gables” June 25-27, July 2-3. “Butterflies Are Free” is a Main Stage production, and a members-only appreciation show, to be held July 30-31 and Aug. 1, 6 and 7. For info, call (803) 648-1438.

Attractions MOTORIZED TOURS OF HISTORIC AIKEN every Saturday, 1011:30 a.m. Tours leave from the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. Reservations are required, and patrons must be age 2 and older. (803) 642-7631. AUGUSTA CANAL INTERPRETIVE CENTER: Housed in Enterprise Mill, the center contains displays and models focusing on the Augusta Canal’s functions and importance to the textile industry. Hours are Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sun., 1-6 p.m. Admission is $5 adult, $4 seniors and military and $3 children ages 6-18.

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www.csraonsale.com “CULVERT #2,” OIL ON CANVAS, BY SUSAN MAAKESTAD FROM THE UPCOMING EXHIBIT “PARADISE OR PARKING LOT?: CONTEMPORARY VIEWS BY SUSAN MAAKESTAD AND HAMLETT DOBBINS.” Children under 6 admitted free. Guided boat tours of the Augusta Canal will increase in frequency and length starting June 1 — one-hour tours will be offered three times a day, Monday-Friday, with an additional trip on Saturday. The full-length trip, which lasts approximately two and a half hours, will depart at 6 p.m. Saturdays. The one-hour tour summer schedule is Monday-Friday, 10 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m., 11:15 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 3 p.m. The 49-passenger Petersburg boats depart from the docks at Enterprise Mill, 1450 Greene Street, weather and water conditions permitting. Boarding begins 15 minutes prior to scheduled departure. Reservations suggested. Tour tickets are $6 adults, $5 seniors and $4 students and children. On Father’s Day, June 20, the Augusta Canal Authority will honor the “fathers” of the Augusta Canal with an official christening ceremony for its Petersburg boats, The Henry Cumming and The William Phillips. For tour information, call 823-7089. For other info, visit www.augustacanal.com or call 823-0440, ext. 4.

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THE BOYHOOD HOME OF WOODROW WILSON: Circa 1859 Presbyterian manse occupied by the family of President Woodrow Wilson as a child during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Original and period antiques, restored house, kitchen and carriage house. 419 Seventh Street. Open 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Tues.-Sat. Tours available; groups of 10 or more by appointment only. Admission is $5 adults, $4 seniors, $3 students under 18 and free for ages 5 and under. 722-9828. AUGUSTA GOLF & BOTANICAL GARDENS OF THE GEORGIA GOLF HALL OF FAME features beautiful display gardens, as well as bronze sculptures of some of golf’s greatest masters. Available for rent for a variety of functions. Group discount rates available. Closed Mondays; open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tues.-Sat.; open from 1-5 p.m. on Sunday. Admission is $5.50 for adults; $4.50 for students, seniors and military; $3.50 for children (4-12); free for children 3 and under. Sundays are two for one with a Super Sunday coupon. Annual garden memberships are available. Call 724-4443 or 1-888-874-4443. Also, visit their Web site at www.gghf.org. GEORGIA GOLF HALL OF FAME’S BOTANICAL GARDENS, Augusta, Ga., continues its Roots of Gardening series June 17 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. with a program on maintenance, including watering and fertilizing, mulching and what to plant now. Educational sessions will feature local experts, including Jenny Addie, Milledge and Joanne Peterson, and master gardeners Jim Blount and Bill Adams. There will be separate, hands-on, fun activities available for children during these sessions. Event costs $3 per person, with garden members attending free. Contact (706) 724-4443.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE CENTER’S FORT DISCOVERY: Children and adults alike can immerse themselves in the wonders of science through live demonstrations, virtual realities, Starlab, KidScape and more than 250 hands-on exhibits. General Admission: $8 for adults; $6 for children, seniors and active military. Group rates available. Operating hours: Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Call 821-0200, 1-800-325-5445 or visit their Web site at www.NationalScienceCenter.org.

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REDCLIFFE STATE HISTORIC SITE: 1859 mansion of S.C. Governor James Henry Hammond, held by the family for three generations until 1975. Grounds and slave quarters are open Thursday-Monday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. House tours will be offered at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Admission to the grounds is free. Fee for house tours is $3 for adults and children ages 6-17. For more information, call (803) 827-1473. Located at 181 Redcliffe Road, Beech Island. SACRED HEART CULTURAL CENTER is offering tours of its 100year-old building Mon.-Fri., 9 a.m.-5 p.m. $1 per person, children free. 826-4700.

AUGUSTA VISITORS INFORMATION CENTER open Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 1-5 p.m. Located inside the Augusta Museum of History. Call 724-4067. THE EZEKIEL HARRIS HOUSE: Deemed “the finest 18th-century house surviving in Georgia” by the “Smithsonian Guide to Historic America.” Open Saturday, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. General admission is $2; senior admission is $1 and children get in for 50 cents. For more information, call 724-0436. PHINIZY SWAMP NATURE PARK: See egrets, blue herons, river otters and elusive alligators in their natural setting, just minutes from downtown Augusta. The park has observation decks, boardwalks and several nature trails suitable for hiking. Swamp Soiree 2004 will be held June 10 at a private home along the Savannah River from 6-9 p.m. Patrons will enjoy catered Southern dinner, cocktails, a raffle, live animal and fly fishing demonstration and the Carl Purdy Bluegrass Band. The cost is $60 per ticket. Reservations required. The Family Discovery Series presents a Frog Serenade Thursday, June 17 at 7:30. The Gator Gang Kids Club meets June 22. Science Camp: Watershed Adventures for rising 8th-12th-graders meets June 28-July 2. For information about these programs and more, call the Southeastern Natural Sciences Academy Office at 828-2109. THE AUGUSTA FARMERS MARKET ON BROAD is held every Saturday from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. until Sept. 25. Located beside Health Central on Macartan Street from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Accepting applications from vendors. Call (706) 722-7245.

Museums THE GERTRUDE HERBERT INSTITUTE OF ART in Ware’s Folly exhibits works by local and regional artists. Art classes, workshops and other educational programming for children, youth and adults are held in the Walker-Mackenzie Studio. Open Tuesday-Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Saturday by appointment only. Admission is free, but a donation of $2 for adults and $1 for children and seniors is encouraged. Call 722-5495 or visit www.ghia.org for more info. THE AUGUSTA MUSEUM OF HISTORY hosts permanent exhibition “Augusta’s Story,” an award-winning exhibit encompassing 12,000 years of local history. For the younger crowd, there’s the Susan L. Still Children’s Discovery Gallery, where kids can learn about history in a hands-on environment. History Camp 2004, titled Survivor: Settlers and Skills, will take place June 21-25 for kids 8-10. Located at 560 Reynolds Street. Open TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and Sunday, 1-5 p.m. New permanent exhibition, “Into the Interior: A History of the Georgia Railroad and Banking Company” also available. Admission is $4 adult, $3 seniors, $2 kids (6-18 years of age) and free for children under 6. Free admission on Sundays. Call 722-8454 or visit www.augustamuseum.org for more information. THE MORRIS MUSEUM OF ART hosts exhibitions and special events year-round. On June 10, there will be a lecture entitled “Good, Better, Best: Connoisseurship in Self-Taught Art” by Brooke Davis Anderson, director and curator, Contemporary Center, Museum of American Folk Art, NYC. Event takes place at 7 p.m. Regular admission fees apply. On June 12, there will be an installment of the Children’s Performance Series: Poetry Alive! Event presents verse as theater, transforming poems into scripts, and audience members into actors. The result is a nonstop tour de force of words with a dash of silliness. Event is 2 p.m. Regular admission fees apply. Closed on Mondays and major holidays. 1 Tenth Street, Augusta. Call 724-7501 or visit www.themorris.org for details.

THE MUSEUM OF LAUREL AND HARDY OF HARLEM, GEORGIA features displays of various Laurel and Hardy memorabilia; films also shown. Located at 250 N. Louisville Street in downtown Harlem. Open 1-4 p.m. Thursday-Monday. For more information, call 556-3448. LUNCH AT NOON LECTURE SERIES held the second Wednesday of every month at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum of Black History, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Call the museum at 724-3576 for more information. “FORCES IN THE BODY: SCULPTURE BY ANITA HUFFINGTON” at the Morris Museum of Art June 12-Aug. 1. Gallery discussion with the artist June 17, 7 p.m. Admission is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors, free for students with ID and museum members. Call (706) 724-7501.

Special Events AUGUSTA SHOWCASE, an economic development campaign to market the area to potential business residents, will soon be underway. The Augusta Metro Chamber of Commerce is giving presentations on the effort. Contact Tammy Stout, 722-8326, ext. 2, to schedule a speaker for your club or civic group. ANNUAL SKI & OUTING CLUB LAKE PARTY will be held June 2627 at the Ridge Road Campground at Lake Thurmond. There will be a low country boil at 4 p.m. on the 26th. Campsites available. Free to members, and a $5 fee for non-member. For info, call (706) 651-0905. AUGUSTA COIN CLUB to hold coin show June 11-12 at the Guest House Inn (formerly Shoney’s Inn) at I-20 and Washington Road in Augusta. Friday hours are 10 a.m.-6 p.m. and Saturday hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Admission and parking are free. For info, call David Chism at (706) 541-4143 or e-mail chism79@comcast.net. FIRST ANNUAL FATHERS’ DAY PICNIC will be held June 20, noon-3 p.m., hosted by the newly formed Augusta Chapter of Fathers Are Parents Too, Inc. The event is for divorced, separated and remarried fathers, and will serve as an informal organization for the group. FAPT is a Georgia-based group that promotes responsible fatherhood, fathers remaining an active part of their children’s lives, changing Georgia’s child custody and visitation laws and public awareness. For info, call 373-7803 or 231-2311. THE AUGUSTA METRO CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESENTS Women in Business June 15 at 11:30 a.m. at the Radisson Riverfront Hotel. Business After Hours will take place June 10 at 5:30 p.m. at Doctors Hospital. The Drugs Don’t Work informational seminar takes place June 22 at 3 p.m. Call Janna Crane at 8211306 for info. THE ARSENAL OAK AT ASU is scheduled to be cut down June 18. At 8:30 a.m., June 17, there will be a ceremony to commemorate its life at the site of the oak. President William A. Bloodworth Jr. will preside. Call (706) 737-1444. CSRA GREYHOUND ADOPTIONS will hold a meet and greet at SuperPetz on Bobby Jones Hwy., June 19 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Visit www.csragreyhoundadoptions.org or call Sam Fulton at 854-0098. BLOOD DRIVE June 25 from 2-8 p.m. at Walgreen Drug Store in Evans. Look for the Bloodmobile. Picture ID required. Call Shepeard Community Blood Center at 737-4551 or 854-1880. THE ASSOCIATION OF FUNDRAISING PROFESSIONALS presents Jean Embry, Ph.D. to speak on the topic “How To Tell Your Nonprofit’s Story,” June 18, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Partridge Inn on Walton Way. For reservations and info, call Brenda Durant at (706) 826-4702, ext. 1. TURN OUT THE STARS will be presented at the Augusta Civic Center on June 25. Call the box office at (207) 626-2400 for info. THE 19TH ANNUAL A DAY IN THE COUNTRY CAR & TRUCK SHOW has been rescheduled for June 12, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., at Southgate Plaza on Gordon Hwy., Augusta. Call Jeremy at (803) 279-8017, ext. 802 or e-mail tkp@tixonline.com.

GREYHOUND LIFESAVERS GREYHOUND ADOPTION (formerly GreytHound Love) will hold a greyhound meet and greet at the Aiken PetsMart on Whiskey Road from 11 a.m.- 3 p.m., June 12. Visit www.greyhoundlifesavers.org or call (706) 796-1708.

AUGUSTA GALLERY PASS allows you to purchase one ticket for entrance in to nine paricipating Augusta area attractions, for a savings of $20. Call (803) 278-4849, visit www.tixonline.com or stop by the tixonline outlet at Harmon Optical at Southgate Plaza, Augusta.

Benefits AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL is in need of dog and cat food, cat litter and other pet items, as well as monetary donations to help pay for vaccinations. Donations accepted during regular business hours, Tues.-Sun., 1-5 p.m. at the shelter, 4164 Mack Lane. Call 790-6836 for information. SHEPEARD COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER BLOOD DRIVES in various locations around the CSRA this month. For detailed information on locations and times to donate, visit www.shepeardblood.org. You may also call Susan Edwards at (803) 643-7996 for information on Aiken locations and Nancy Szocinski at 737-4551 for information on all other locations. AMERICAN RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVES take place at the Aiken Red Cross Blood Center on Millbrook Drive and the Augusta Red Cross Blood Center on Pleasant Home Road. The Bloodmobile will also stop at various area locations this week. For a complete list, call the Aiken Blood Center at (803) 642-5180 or the Augusta Blood Center at 868-8800.

GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK needs volunteer groups of 10-20 people, ages 13 and up, on most Saturdays to help sort through donated products. If you’re looking for a group activity that is a little active, where you can help a good cause with your friends, call Laurie Harmon at 736-1199, ext. 208. No walk-ins please. If a group is not scheduled, we will not be open. The morning shift is 8:30-noon and the afternoon shift is 1-4 p.m.

Out of Town CATCH AN “ESTROGEN BUZZ” at the Lambert Gallery of Art in Atlanta through July 9 with the art of Sylvia de Villiers, Louhane Trainor, Daniella Lubisco, Larissa Makeeva, Stephanie Weaver and Pam Aiken. Call (404) 897-1109. AT THE HIGH MUSEUM OF ART in Atlanta: “Glories of Ancient Egypt” through Sept. 19 and “African Gold From the Glassell Collection” through Sept. 19. Call (404) 733-HIGH or visit www.high.org for information. NEW FDR MUSEUM in Warm Springs, Ga., at the Little White House site. For info, call (706) 655-5870 or visit www.fdr-whitehouse.org. THE NEW AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE TAVERN presents “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum” through June 27. Performances are 7:30 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays with additional performances at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 16 and 23, and Saturday, June 26 at 2 p.m. Call (404) 874-5299. CELEBRATE MICKEY: 75 InspEARations Statue Tour comes to Underground Atlanta through July 20, featuring 75, 700-pound, 6foot-tall statues. For info, call (404) 577-8686.

PARTY WITH THE ‘POSSUMS NIGHT HIKE offered by Red Top Mountain State Park and Lodge in Cartersville, June 11, 18 and 25. Suitable for all ages. Bring a flashlight. No pets. Meet in the Visitor Center parking lot. Parking is $2. Call (770) 975-4226. SANDY DUNCAN IN “THE KING AND I,” Atlanta, Ga., at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. Performances June 22-27. Call TicketMaster at (404) 817-8700 or order online at www.ticketmaster.com. Call the theatre box office at (404) 881-2000. RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS sets up their big top at the Macon Centreplex from June 23-27. Call (478) 751-9232.

Learning USC-AIKEN CONTINUING EDUCATION offers Paralegal Certificate Course, Taming the Wild Child, Conversational French, Italian, Spanish for the Beginner, Sign Language, Debt-Free Living and more. “Travelearn” learning vacations for adults and Education to Go online courses also available. For info, phone (803) 641-3563. AIKEN TECH CONTINUING EDUCATION offers Education to Go classes online, as well as computer classes, massage therapy, medical coding and billing, motorcycle safety, driver education and more. For more information or to register, call (803) 593-9231, ext. 1230. GED CLASSES are offered by the Community Resource Center. Tuition is free. Call 722-4999 for more information.

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FATHERS ARE PARENTS TOO, AUGUSTA CHAPTER, is a newly formed local organization for the support of divorced, separated and remarried fathers. They will hold their first annual Father’s Day picnic at Pendleton-King Park in the large covered pavilion on June 20 from noon-3 p.m. Call Terry Pitts at 373-7803 or Brook Facey at 231-2311 or visit www.augustaFAPT.org.

MEET THE CANDIDATES SOCIAL, presented by the Aiken County Democratic Party, takes place June 18 at the American Legion Post 212 in Aiken. Call (803) 649-5014.

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SERVICE CORPS OF RETIRED EXECUTIVES (SCORE) provides counseling and mentoring to business people either starting or continuing their business. Counseling is free and administered by retired executives. For more information, call 793-9998. AUGUSTA STATE UNIVERSITY CONTINUING EDUCATION is now offering courses in the following areas: foreign languages, history, personal enrichment, dance, exercise, youth, college admissions workshops, music, real estate, medical coding, investing, computer basics and more. There are also many online courses. For info, call 737-1636 or visit www.ced.aug.edu. MISTLETOE STATE PARK offers a session on “Living Off The Land: Wild Blueberries” at 2 p.m. June 12. Meet at the park office. Call (706) 860-9517.

Kids AIKEN COUNTY PONY CLUB meets weekly. Open to children of all ages who participate or are interested in equestrian sports. For more information, contact Lisa Smith at (803) 649-3399. WEEKLY STORY SESSIONS at all branch libraries. Visit www.ecgrl.public.lib.ga.us for more information. FIRST SATURDAY STORYTELLING at the Lucy Craft Laney Museum. In addition, there is a tour of the museum. Held 10 a.m.noon the first Saturday of the month. Call 724-3576. AZTEC DANCE OF MEXICO is part of the Morris Museum’s Children’s Performance Series. After learning about the dances, costumes and musical instruments of the Aztec culture, children participate in an Aztec friendship dance inspired by the powwow two-step dance from the North American Indians. Call (706) 724-7501. WEE CAN SKI PROGRAM for children with special needs. Presented by the Medical College of Georgia. for info, call (706) 721-1188. CAR SEAT INSPECTIONS presented by SAFE KIDS of East Central Georgia on June 4 at MCG Health System. Call (706) 721-KIDS.

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SPIRIT CREEK EDUCATIONAL FOREST events through the summer. A guided night hike will take place June 15, 29; July 13, 27; Aug. 3 from 8-9:30 p.m. Cost is $3. “Living With Fire” workshop will be held June 17 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Open to kids ages 10-18. Cost is $5. Bring a bag lunch. Register one week ahead. An edible plants nature walk will take place June 26 from 9-10 a.m., for ages 18 and up. On the same day, from 10:30-11:30 a.m., a “Build Your Own Insect Carrier” workshop will be held. Please bring two empty, clean tuna cans. Cost is $2. There will be an orienteering class July 8 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. for ages 10-18. Cost is $5. Bring a bag lunch. Register one week ahead. A family nature walk will take place July 24 from 9-10 a.m. An animal tracks activity will be held that same day from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Cost is $2. There will be a water, water everywhere activity July 29 from 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Open to kids ages 10-18. Cost is $5. Bring a bag lunch. Register one week ahead. A likable lichen and funky fungi activity and nature walk will be held Aug. 28 from 9-10 a.m. That same day a Cherokee leaf prints class will be held from 10:3011:30 a.m. Bring a T-shirt or cloth made of 100 percent cotton. Cost is $2. For info, call (706) 790-2351. THE TRANSIT OF VENUS takes place June 8 at the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center and Dupont Planetarium, USC-Aiken. This is not a performance. This is the real thing. The Transit of Venus will begin before sunrise, which is at 6:16 a.m. that particular day. Telescopes will be available on the roof of the Ruth Patrick Science Education Center to allow viewing. Viewing activities are free. Planetarium show, “Venus: Up Close and Crossing the Sun” will be shown at 7:30 a.m. No reservations required. Planetarium show costs $4.50 general admission, $3.50 for senior citizens and $2.50 for children. For info, call 641-3769. UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS will be at the Georgia World Congress Center parking lot, Atlanta, June 24-26. Call 1-800-316-7439.

Seniors UNIVERSITY SENIORS CLUB has moved to a new location at 4106 Columbia Rd. University Seniors Club offers health screenings, support groups, health education classes and social activities. For more information, call 868-3231 or 1-800-413-6652. HOME-BASED CARE available for low- to mid-income families seeking alternatives to nursing home placement. To participate, individuals must be aged 60 or up or must have disability status as defined by Social Security Administration guidelines. Applicants must also meet program income guidelines. For more information, contact the CSRA Area Agency on Aging at 210-2018 or 1-888-922-4464. WALTON REHABILITATION HOSPITAL offers Arthritis Aquatics and People With Arthritis Can Exercise. Call 823-5294 for information. SENIOR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for the new visitor center at Phinizy Swamp Nature Center to greet visitors, hand out literature and sell merchandise. Volunteers are asked to commit one Saturday or Sunday per month, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or 1-5 p.m. Call 828-2109 for information. AIKEN PARKS AND RECREATION offers a multitude of programs for senior adults, including bridge clubs, fitness classes, canasta clubs, line dancing, racquetball, arts and crafts, tennis and excursions. For more information, call (803) 642-7631. THE ACADEMY FOR LIFELONG LEARNING offers to mature adults lectures, courses, field trips, discussion groups and community information seminars on a variety of topics. For more information, contact the USC-Aiken Office of Continuing Education at (803) 641-3288. THE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL OF GREATER AUGUSTA AND THE CSRA offers a variety of classes, including ballroom dance, aerobics, quilting, tai chi, Spanish, line dancing, bowling, bridge, computers, drama club/readers theatre and pinochle. For dates and times, phone 826-4480. SENIORNET provides adults age 50 and over education for and access to computer technology. Many different courses are offered. Contact the USC-Aiken Continuing Education Office at (803) 641-3563. SENIOR VOLUNTEERS NEEDED for new docent training program at the historic home of Nicholas Ware. Learn the fascinating history of Ware’s Folly and the families who lived there. All interested should call 722-5495. THE SENIOR CITIZENS COUNCIL offers many weekly life-enrichment programs for senior citizens, such as warm-up/resistance exercises and low-impact dance aerobics Monday, Wednesday and Friday; quilting classes Monday and Friday; line dancing Monday and Wednesday; Spanish Monday and Thursday and more; resistance floor exercises; warm-up, stretch and therabands exercise classes; line dancing; Spanish classes; Tai Chi; resist-a-ball exercise; bridge groups; bowling and pinochle. June 14 features a resistance floor exercise class. June 16 features a resist-a-ball exercise class. June 18 features the Life Enrichment Center’s nutrition group Father’s Day celebration and the Out-toLunch Bunch. June 21 is the date of the Spring Fashion Show. A kidney disease and medication management class takes place on June 22. On June 23, the Life Enrichment Center’s nutrition program will celebrate all those who have birthdays in June. On June 24 there will be a bus trip to Hilton Head, S.C. and a Turning Point Investment Club meeting. Call (706) 826-4480. EMPLOYMENT TRAINING FOR OLDER PERSONS and community service training opportunities are now offered by the AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment Program. Opportunities offered to eligible Georgia residents 55 years and older. Apply in person at the AARP SCSEP office at 337 Telfair Street in Augusta, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays. Call (706) 722-4700.

Sports THE AUGUSTA VOLLEYBALL ASSOCIATION is looking for new members. For more information, visit www.augustavolleyball.com. THE AUGUSTA RUGBY CLUB is always looking for new members. Teams are available for women and men. No experience necessary. Practice is Tuesday and Thursday nights, 7-9 p.m. at Richmond Academy. For more information, call (706) 729-9530 or (706) 394-2565. You may also visit www.augustarugby.org. ROCK-CLIMBING CLASSES are offered in the Carolina Bay Nature Preserve off Price Avenue in Aiken. There are also drop-ins on Fridays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. Call 642-7631. THE AUGUSTA ROWING CLUB is hosting National Learn to Row Day on June 12. Those age 14 and up are invited to come out and

take a one-day course in rowing, and participate in a fun bike ride. Registration forms are located at www.augustarowingclub.org. Call 855-9710 for info.

year-round. If you are able to lift 25 pounds, can commit to at least 3-4 hours per month and would like to help fight hunger in the Augusta area, contact Laurie Roper at 736-1199, ext. 208.

PRIME TIME SPORTS’ SUMMER HOOPS TOUR SERIES of basketball tournaments offers quality competition for boys and girls, grades 4-12. Tournament date and location in Georgia is June 1113 in Augusta. Entry fee per tournament is $295. The Prime Time Sports National Tournament will be held in the Dallas Metroplex, headquartered in Plano, on July 28-Aug. 1. Entry fee is $395. For more information, call toll-free (888) 643-8700 or visit the Web site at www.primetimesportz.com.

AUGUSTA-RICHMOND COUNTY ANIMAL CONTROL: New volunteer orientation is scheduled the first Saturday of each month at 1 p.m. at the shelter, 4164 Mack Lane. Schedule subject to change; call 790-6836 to verify dates and times.

BOYS JUNIOR NATIONAL SUMMER BOXING CLASSIC takes place at the May Park Community Center June 17-19 at 6 p.m. Call Tom Moraetes at 733-7533 for info.

Volunteer FORTE INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE ASSOCIATION is in need of local host families for high school international exchange students for the 2004-2005 school year. For more information, contact Tracy Klemens, (678) 358-5890. PHINIZY SWAMP NATURE PARK VISITOR CENTER is in need of volunteers to greet visitors, hand out literature and sell merchandise. Volunteers must commit to one Saturday or Sunday each month, from either 9 a.m.-1 p.m. or 1-5 p.m. 828-2109. SOUTHERNCARE HOSPICE SERVICE is currently seeking volunteers to perform a variety of tasks, including relieving caregivers, reading to patients and running errands. Training is included. For additional information, contact Lisa Simpson, (803) 463-9888 or 869-0205. CSRA HUMANE SOCIETY NEW VOLUNTEER ORIENTATION PROGRAM the first and third Saturday of every month at the Pet Center, 425 Wood St. Orientation starts at 11 a.m. Volunteers under 18 years of age must have a parent or guardian present during orientation and while volunteering. Call 261-PETS for information. THE KITTY ORTIZ DE LEON FOUNDATION needs volunteers to help promote organ donor awareness. For more information, contact Cassandra Reed or Espy De Leon at 394-0838 or kodfoundation@aol.com. GOLDEN HARVEST FOOD BANK needs volunteers during the day, from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday, to help sort donated products and assist in their agency shopping area. Help is needed

RICHMOND COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND CHILDREN SERVICES is seeking dependable foster parents to provide temporary housing, care and support for Georgia’s children. For more information, contact L. Lewis at 721-3718. MENTORS AND VOLUNTEERS needed to provide support for MACH Academy at the May Park Community Center and the Fleming Tennis Center. Education, tutoring and technology sessions held Monday-Thursday, 3-6 p.m. at each location. Tennis instruction and fitness activities held Monday-Thursday, 6-7 p.m. at May Park and Monday-Tuesday, 6-8 p.m., Friday, 6-8 p.m. and Saturday, 2-5 p.m. at the Fleming Center. 796-5046. AUGUSTA/CSRA HABITAT FOR HUMANITY needs volunteers at ReStore, Walton Way and Tenth Street, to assist with receiving donations of new and used building and home improvement materials and warehousing them for sale to the public. The store is open Thursday-Saturday year-round. If you can commit eight or more hours per month, contact Steve Buck, 364-7637. UNITED HOSPICE OF AUGUSTA is in need of volunteers to support terminally ill patients. Scheduling and training times are flexible. Call Donna Harrell at 650-1522 for information. COURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE PROGRAM VOLUNTEER TRAINING: The CASA program is looking for volunteers 21 years of age and older to advocate for abused and neglected children in the juvenile court system. Volunteers need no experience and will be provided with specialized training. Call 737-4631. CSRA GREYHOUND ADOPTIONS needs volunteers to foster retired racing greyhounds. Foster homes must have a fenced yard. All expenses are paid by CSRA Greyhound Adoptions. Call Sam Fulton at 854-0098. AUGUSTA FARMER’S MARKET ON BROAD STREET needs volunteers to manage the Main Street Augusta booth. Volunteers at this booth assist the market’s vendors by scheduling future dates at the market, receiving vendors, payments and passing out literature about downtown development. The Farmer’s Market also need volunteers to help set up and tear down the market, and demonstrators. Call. (706) 722-7245.

WORLD HERITAGE is seeking families, couples or single parents who are adventurous, fun-loving, responsible and caring who are interested in hosting a high-school-aged foreign exchange students. Call (800) 888-9040. RAPE CRISIS VOLUNTEERS will be trained June 11-14. If you are interested, contact Mary Oglesby at 774-2769.

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roots-deep Calvin Jr.’s Barbershop on Chicago’s South Side. Again, more talk rises than hair falls, though the scissors team from the 2002 hit has a new worry, a slick rival across the way. The best laughs come from Cedric the Entertainer as Eddie, with a broad beam and a ‘do to match. Eddie isn’t quite so rife with the riffs that won the first movie a little notoriety, but gets into a fine lip-off with the big beautician from down the street (Queen Latifah, offering an appetizer of her upcoming “Beauty Shop”). As long as it is simply being a barbershop, the gab has a razor-cut charm. Running time: 1 hr., 40 mins. (Elliott) !!1/2 stars.

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (PG) — Rowdy Herrington’s movie further enshrines golfing legend Bobby Jones. An exalted amateur, he retired

at 28 after winning 13 majors, including the only one-year “grand slam” (1930). He is played by two cute kids and then, grown, looks on the sad side of 30 in the gaunt visage of James Caviezel. There are some lovely courses, swell putts, drives where the camera flies with the ball, but the story is 18 holes of crisis: runner-up crisis, temper crisis, pressure crisis, varicose veins crisis, marital crisis ... “Fore!” haunted by “Bore!,” the film seldom gives much sense of the game’s pleasures or even the acute seductiveness of its agonies. Cast: James Caviezel, Jeremy Northam, Malcolm McDowell, Claire Forlani, Aidan Quinn. 1 hr., 52 mins. (Elliott) !!

Breakin’ All the Rules (PG-13) — After Quincy (Jamie Foxx) is dumped by his fiancée Helen (Bianca Lawson) at their engagement party, his life reaches an emotional low. He quits his job and begins writing a letter to Helen to explain his feelings. The letter snowballs into a book, which is quickly published and becomes a runaway bestseller. When Quincy’s friend Evan (Morris Chestnutt) decides to end things with his girlfriend Nicky (Gabrielle Union), he persuades his friend, the expert to do the deed. The plot twist is that, in the process of delivering the message to Nicky, whom he has never met, Quincy somehow remains anonymous as to his connection to Evan and ends up falling for her.

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Thanks to a plague, the United States is taken over by zombies. It pretty much follows the rules found in the “Zombie Codebook”: If killed by a zombie, one must return as one. Once turned into a zombie, one must seek fresh blood. One must also go to the mall. (To the

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Muniz, who is 18, playing 16 and at moments looks ripe to be 40, is agent Banks, a CIA operative on a covert mission to Britain. Kevin Allen directed like a giddy tourist, and the menu of Saturday daytime entertainment is served a bit more sharply than by the last “Spy Kids” romp. Cast: Frankie Muniz, Anthony Anderson, Hannah Spearritt, Cynthia Stevenson, Keith David. Running time: 1 hr., 24 mins. (Elliott) !!

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mall?) The good guys, for some reason, think that the mall is a pretty neat place to be too. Needless to say, forces collide, with the good guys deciding to make a run for it to a (supposedly) safe island. But first, they have to get through a sea of the undead. Based upon the 1979 movie “Dawn of the Dead.” Cast: Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Mekhi Phifer, Michael Barry, Linday Booth, Ty Burrell, Jayne Eastwood, Michael Kellym, Jake Weber, Kevin Zegers, Tom Savini.

The Day After Tomorrow (PG13) — This Roland Emmerich-directed blockbuster centers on the popular end of the world plot. This time, longterm effects of greenhouse gases have resulted in the opposite of what scientists have speculated: the onset of another ice age. Dennis Quaid plays Professor Adrian Hall, a paleontologist who takes on the task of saving the planet from this impending demise of the human race and all of the natural disasters that go with it (hurricanes, tornadoes, tidal waves, earthquakes, etc.). Hall must also venture North in search of his son Sam (Jake Gyllenhall), in New York on an academic competition. Cast: Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhall, Ian Hall, Sela Ward, Emmy Rossum. Ella Enchanted (PG) — Is Anne Hathaway the prettiest girl in movies? No, Hathaway (she’s 21) is the prettiest woman in movies. Her beauty and charming personality give some lightweight to “Ella,” in which Ella is really Cinderella. Ella is under a spell that makers her obey all orders — will someone please order Hathaway to stay pretty in better movies? Cast: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Minie Driver, Vivica A. Fox, Eric Idle and Joanna Lumley. Running time: 1 hr., 34 mins. (Elliott) !!

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50 First Dates (PG-13) — Henry (Adam Sandler) is a vet at an aquarium in Hawaii and a serial seducer of island visitors, his policy being love ‘em and let ‘em leave. True love, of course, lies in wait. At a picturesque diner, he sees Lucy (Drew Barrymore), and it’s love at first sight. They hit it off wonderfully, but when they meet at the diner the next morning, she has no idea who he is. Henry learns that Lucy, following an accident the year before, has that favorite Hollywood malady, amnesia. The romantic aspects benefit from being contrasted to the comedy, which is oafish in the extreme. Oh, well — you can always look at the beautiful island scenery. Cast: Adam Sandler, Drew Barrymore. (Britton) !! Garfield (PG) — The comic-strip cat comes to the big screen in this live action/CGI feature. After the bad guys kidnap Odie the annoying dog, Garfield (voiced by Bill Murray) must come to his rescue. Cast: Breckin Meyer, Jennifer Love-Hewitt, the voices of Bill Murray, Debra Messing, Nick Cannon, Jimmy Kimmel, Alan Cumming.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PG) — The third Harry Potter film in as many years follows the storyline of the immensely popular book: Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), long believed to be the right-hand-man of the evil wizard Voldemort, has escaped from the title prison after a 12-year incarceration. Safe within the confines of Hogwarts School, however, Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is unconcerned with the revenge Black may try to exact upon him for rendering Voldemort powerless while Potter was only an infant. He later becomes more troubled when the Dementors, Azkaban prison guards, are called in to protect the school and Potter learns a dark

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Mel Gibson’s risky, passionate treatment of Christ’s last 12 hours, long on fear and gore and agony, devils (even Satan), sadistic and/or guilty Romans, hatefully smug Jewish priests and, above all, the tormented face of Jim Caviezel as Jesus. Gibson uses heavy, hackneyed devices and naive tactics; he thinks a few brief flashbacks to benign gospel episodes can offset and illuminate the relentless flood of anguish and bloodshed, and he comes close to making this a rite of faith-based sadism. It is up to believers to decide if Gibson’s Jesus is their own, but since no actor can truly act the Son of God spiritually, Caviezel becomes a sacrificial offering. Cast: Jim Caviezel. Running time: 2 hrs. 7 mins. (Elliott) !! Raising Helen (PG-13) — Kate Hudson plays Helen Harris, a New York City socialite with a fashion career that keeps her busy and satisfied in the social eye. When her sister and brother-in-law tragically die, however, she finds that she was left to take care of their three children. Being one of New York’s elite means very little to the three kids, but Helen is determined to that she can raise them and keep up her fast-paced lifestyle. When she develops a genuine affection for the kids and a romantic interest in their school principal, she is forced to choose between the jet-setting lifestyle she once knew and settling down as a parent. Cast: Kate Hudson, John Corbett, Joan Cusack, Hector Elizondo, Hellen Mirren. Saved! (PG-13) — Saved! is a dark comedy that takes a good, hard swing at organized religion. The film is about the high school mishaps of two teenage girls, Mary (Jena Malone) and Hilary Faye (Mandy Moore). After learning that her boyfriend is gay, Mary attempts to “convert” him by having sex with him. In the process, she gets pregnant, which stirs shock and rumors throughout her school. Hilary Faye is bent on converting a Jewish friend. Macauley Culkin makes his second screen appearance since 1994 (he was in the atrocious “Party Monster” in 2002) and R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe co-produces. Cast: Jena Malone, Mandy Moore, Macauley Culkin, Patrick Fugit. Secret Window (R) — Writer Mort Rainey (Johnny Depp), traumatized by divorce from Amy (Maria Bello), who’s taken up with her plot device of a lover (Timothy Hutton), is ready to become jellied putty for a grim rustic who trails Southern Gothic literary vines. John Shooter (John Turturro) shows up claiming that Rainey pla-

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The Stepford Wives (PG-13) — In this remaking of the 1975 classic, Walter and Joanna Eberhart (Matthew Broderick and Nicole Kidman) move into the quaint Stepford suburb. With the exception of her new best friend Bobbie (Bette Midler), Joanna suspects something mysterious among the town’s women, as they all have the same dull personality. Cast: Nicole Kidman, Matthew Broderick, Bette Midler, Christopher Walken, Glenn Close, Jon Lovitz.

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directed, the movie is vacant of style and aggressively lame. You might pine for the old National Lampoon road comedies. Why do a black version of those formula pictures that is softer, cornier, more vanilla at the core? Coming so soon after the dismal (but more amusing) “Never Die Alone,” this marks a bad season for black cinema. But “Johnson Family Vacation” has nothing to do with cinema, and nothing of value to do with black. Cast: Cedric the Entertainer, Bow Wow, Vanessa Williams, Shannon Elizabeth, Solange Knowles. Running time: 1 hr., 35 mins. (Elliott) ! The Ladykillers (R) — Tom Hanks is Goldthwait Higginson Dorr, Ph.D., a giggling Dixie pedant. The home of Bible-loving widow Marva Munson (Irma P. Hall) is conveniently close to the money stash of a riverboat casino. Her root cellar houses not only the Dorr gang’s spurious sessions as “Renaissance” musicians, but their tunneling scheme. The Coen brothers, directors and writers, pile on enough gospel music (real steeple splitters) to rival the white-roots soundtrack of “O Brother, Where Art Thou?.” Since the Coens are almost entirely about something beyond taste, you might as well take the party as it comes, and be amused. Cast: Tom Hanks, Irma P. Hall, Marlon Wayans, J.K. Simmons, Ryan Hurst, Tzi Ma. Running time: 1 hr., 43 mins. (Elliott) !!! Mean Girls (PG-13) — As Cady Heron, Lindsay Lohan is the new girl at a North Shore high school, fresh and remarkably adult after years in Africa with her parents. Cady discovers the school Balkanized among cliques, who hurl remarks rather than grenades. Cady, who

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giarized a story of his, ruined the ending and deserves cruel payment. How, really, do you go wrong with actors like Turturro, Depp, Bello, Hutton and (as a private eye) Charles S. Dutton? By using them as spits for King’s brand of corn, roasted and then shoved down the gullets of the gullible. Cast: Johnny Depp, Maria Bello, John Turturro, Len Cariou, Timothy Hutton, Charles S. Dutton. (Elliott) !! Shrek 2 (PG) — The algae colored ogre is back, and having already defeated Lord Farquaad’s armies and won the affection of Princess Fiona, Shrek must now face an greater challenge: pleasing his new in-laws. It turns out that Fiona’s family is royalty in a far away land and Fiona’s present state as an ogre is the result of a magic spell gone wrong. Naturally, Fiona’s blue-blooded family rejects Shrek solely on outward appearance, vowing to have their daughter cured of her condition and away from Shrek. Cast: The voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, Antonio Banderas, John Cleese, Julie Andrews, Rupert Everett. Soul Plane (R) — In what may be the lowest point of artistic expression ever viewed or heard, music video director Jason Terrero makes his film debut about Dakwon Wade (Kevin Hart), a patron that sues an airline after a horrible airline experience. He ends up winning $600 million out of the suit and decides to start NWA, an airline complete with an onboard dance club and sexy stewardesses. A white family with the last name “Hunkee” causes problems, preventing the flight from going smoothly. Cast: Kevin Hart, Ton Arnold, Snoop Dogg, Method Man, Mo’nique.

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seems haunted by the survival habits and water-hole imperatives of Old Africa, determines to join them. She’s pretty enough, even pliable enough to win the favor of Regina (Rachel McAdams), leader of the tiara twinks, aka “The Plastics,” and though there is a plan for Cady to subvert the group and undermine Regina, she blends in with almost lobotomized ease. This is one of the turn-on-a-dime plot comedies that has it both ways. “Mean Girls” has a wee plastic heart. And parts of it are quite funny. Cast: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tim Meadows, Tina Fey, Lizzy Caplan. Running time: 1 hr., 35 mins. (Elliott) !!1/2 The Notebook (PG-13) — Based on the bestselling Nicholas Sparks novel, “The Notebook” revolves around Noah Calhoun’s (James Garner) regular visits to a female patron (Gena Rowlands) at a nursing home. Noah reads to her from an old notebook that tells the story of a young couple separated in the World War II era, but reunited again after 14 years. Cast: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Joan Allen, Sam Sheperd.

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secret of Black’s. Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Gary Oldman, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon Hidalgo (PG-13) — Viggo Mortensen plays Frank Hopkins, who was an actual man and won a lot of long endurance races on a lot of horses. Mortensen’s Hopkins has seen something (the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890) that drops him into drink and depression. He drifts into showbiz, working for Buffalo Bill Cody, which sours him further because he’s part Indian and knows the show is a brazen travesty of the expiring Old West. But he has Hidalgo, the mustang. The look in his equine eye always says “I’m a star, buster,” and in his tough American way he’s ready for the challenge: the epic “Ocean of Fire” race across the Arabian desert, up through Iraq and to the sea. Nobody should become too sophisticated for this sort of entertainment, which delivers great-looking people and animals and action to stir your most youthful blood. Cast: Viggo Mortensen, Omar Sharif, Louise Lombard, Zuleika Robinson, Silas Carson. Running time: 2 hrs. (Elliott) !!! Jersey Girl (PG-13) — He is PR wizard Ollie Trinke (Ben Affleck), she is darlin’ Gertie (Raquel Castro). Jennifer Lopez appears as the mom, who dies giving birth before Lopez can birth much performance. Ollie has already blown his big talent agency job in the Big Apple, settling sourly for the prune pit of a town in New Jersey. He moves into the Jersey home of slobby dad Bart (George Carlin). Liv Tyler is Maya, a grad student and video store clerk. She’s real, funny, charming and imperatively sexy. Tyler and Affleck are cute as puppies, but is that enough? Director Kevin Smith, reaching into his most tender feelings, comes up with hairballs of hokum. Cast: Ben Affleck, George Carlin, Liv Tyler, Jennifer Lopez, Raquel Castro, Jason Biggs, Matt Damon, Mike Starr. Running time: 1 hr., 43 mins. !!

Troy (R) — Orlando Bloom is Paris, Prince of Troy, who falls in love with Helen, Queen of Troy (Diane Kruger). However, Helen is wed to King Menelaus (Brendan Gleeson,) whose brother, the power-hungry Agamemnon, uses Helen and Troy’s infidelity to expand his empire by invading Troy. Brad Pitt is Achilles, the powerful warrior ally to Agamemnon who represents a worthy adversary to Priam, (Peter O’Toole) King of Troy’s defending army. Van Helsing (PG-13) — Hugh Jackman is Gabriel Van Helsing, the world’s greatest and most successful monster hunter. He’s sent to Transylvania to help Anna Valerious (Beckinsale) battle a dream-team monster army. Upon his speedy arrival, he finds that Count Dracula has recruited every monster from history, leaving none for a possible sequel. Cast: Hugh Jackman, Kate Beckinsale, Richard Roxburgh, David Wenham, Will Kempe. Walking Tall (PG-13) — is “dedicated to the memory of Sheriff Buford Pusser,” the hero subject of 1973’s “Walking Tall.” Now there is Chris Vaughn, former Special Forces rock played by the Rock (Dwayne Douglas Johnson). The Washington state town to which veteran Chris returns has a new and gaudy casino not far from the sadly closed lumber mill. The casino king and town master is blond and blocky, played like a Northwest Nazi by Neal McDonough. His goons also sell drugs, and after Chris’ nephew tries some bad stuff, Chris goes on a bashing rampage. Soon, he is elected sheriff. Chris fondly remembers “the smell of fresh cedar” at the mill, and it is a grand slab of cut cedar he uses to slam heads, backs, legs and guts. The real love is that of the audience for Chris’ indignant rages, his glorious and glowering ability to inflict mayhem while also trashing property. Cast: The Rock, Johnny Knoxville, Neal McDonough.

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“Stepford” Remake Is Better Than The Original By Rachel Deahl

he general rule of thumb in Hollywood is that remakes are often uninspired vehicles recycled to cash in on tired ideas. So the mere suggestion of a revamped version of the cult 1975 hit, “The Stepford Wives,” sounded like a questionable idea at best. But the original film, a mostly earnest sci-fi thriller, proves to be the perfect vehicle to showcase the comedic talents of veteran screenwriter Paul Rudnick. Giving the eerie tale a wry comedic facelift, Rudnick injects the hokey classic with an irresistible campiness and intelligent wit. The original Stepford, an all-too-perfect Connecticut town where the wives lived to serve their husbands and clean house, hasn’t changed all that much. If anything, the new Stepford is more pronounced — it glows with a blinding Technicolor sheen and is done up in 21st century gadgetry. The houses are all massive and the wives aren’t the only fancy androids around: Robotic dogs and talking refrigerators also make appearances. This time around, Joanna (Nicole Kidman) is a high-powered CEO of a major TV network. After one of her shows — a reality series called “I Can Do Better” in which couples are placed on a remote island paradise and entertained by “professional prostitutes” before deciding if they actually can do better — inspires a spurned contestant to murder his ex-wife and her new boyfriends. Joanna is summarily fired. A nervous breakdown ensues and her impish husband (Matthew Broderick) convinces her to leave the city with him and take the kids to the suburbs.

As reimagined by Rudnick, Stepford becomes a breeding ground for its trio of unprogrammed outsiders — three new wives in the town, as it were, including Joanna, a successful author (Bette Midler) and a gay architect (Peter Bart) — to engage in an amusing back-and-forth about the virtues of urban vs. suburban. Given the feel of an extended episode of “Sex and the City,” “The Stepford Wives” is rife with jokes about the bizarre and unfathomable things that happen once you leave the boundaries of Manhattan. Rudnick also works in some funny jibes about the Aryan aspects of the Stepford model by placing a Jew and a gay man among the uninitiated new members of the town. In one of the more amusing scenes in the film, Midler’s brazen Jewish author, whose last book was titled “I Love You Mother But Please Die,” engages in an amusing discussion at the Stepford book club where the title of the month deals with how to use pine cones in your Christmas decorations. For a film plagued by reports that onset fighting and creative disputes were holding up production, “The Stepford Wives” proves to be that rare remake which is actually an improvement on the original. Working off of a story rich in camp sensibilities, Paul Rudnick’s script taps into an unexplored angle of an old story. As played out by an impressive cast that includes Glenn Close, Christopher Walken and Jon Lovitz, the new “Stepford Wives” is a welcome revision of a familiar tale.

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hen the three great pals â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) and Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) â&#x20AC;&#x201D; are reunited near the start of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,â&#x20AC;? their rush of feeling is joyously anticipated by the audience. Viewers canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait for them to meet again, and the movieâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s makers delay it, then achieve a headlong smack of delivery. The Potter movies are rituals of promise and reward, since so many fans have fiercely consumed the novels by J.K. Rowling. Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m part of the group that gets to enjoy the films straight, never having read the books, though probably nobody should see this film without viewing the first two. Under cocksure Mexican director Alfonso CuarĂłn, the third picture has a darker, sepia-lush extravagance (this is a maturing, as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Empire Strikes Backâ&#x20AC;? was for the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Star Warsâ&#x20AC;? films). And it has a new charge because Harry is now a teenager, the sexual aspect sublimated in his audacious powers, tested as never before. Radcliffe will be 15 next month, and Harry now has major mood jags and an aggressive urge to rebel. This can be funny, as when he turns an obnoxious aunt into a blimp floating over London. If Dickens made movies (in a way, he did), this could have been his city of shadows and forebodings, and the great Hogwarts School, that vast Merlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s castle reached by steam trains, seems heavier, fearful and besieged. Most feared is the escaped killer Sirius Black (Gary Oldman), on a fated path toward Harry, with phantoms called Dementors as an infernal posse, sucking souls. The high authority figures at Hogwarts, including dear Prof. McGonagall (Maggie Smith), macabre Prof. Snape (Alan Rickman, whose â&#x20AC;&#x153;Turn to Page 394â&#x20AC;? is like a death sentence), the hairy giant Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane), the wacko-weirdo Prof. Trelawney (Emma Thompson) and headmaster Dumbledore (Michael Gambon, a worthy sub for the late Richard Harris, if less imposing), all seem jumpy with anxiety.

Harryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s main helper, apart from his chums, is disturbingly the scarred, haunted Prof. Lupin (David Thewlis), who can be a fatherly adviser and a jugular threat. Michael Seresinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s photography is a feast in every scene and has a fine bonus effect: The contrast of Radcliffeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s clean, carved features and the dewlap droop of Thewlisâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; pensive mug. The dark moods and scary shocks make this not for young kids, even those who love their Harry Potter action figures. What keeps the film from being oppressive is the cascading energy, the excitement of Harryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s rising powers (and the Freudian pull of his past) and visuals like the London bus that speeds to a jazz beat, the quidditch game in a rainstorm and even werewolves in the styles of an Attic vase or a Da Vinci drawing. CuarĂłn is no timid talent. Nobody before him has moved from an erotic fiesta like â&#x20AC;&#x153;Y Tu Mama Tambienâ&#x20AC;? to a Harry Potter picture (though both are sensual fantasies). Adapter Steven Kloves has a lot of plot to work through, a little corkscrewy when he twists time, but glitches are minor (at one moment, Harryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s forehead scar is on the wrong side). Julie Christie is a cameo gone too soon, but there is thespian nirvana when Oldman, Thewlis, Rickman and Timothy Spall (as a sort of pig-rat pustule of a man) hurl ballistic dialogue at each other. How much Potter magic would be needed to bring back old knights like Olivier, Guinness and Gielgud? Maybe because the books are so fertile, and elicit such devotion, success has not spoiled the Potter movies. Along with the central trio of young stars, the key element is surely the deep, British respect for our intelligence. There is a shaping wit, with its implied rebuke of the lobotomies that Hollywood now so often provides as diversion. With three films done and perhaps four to go (Rowling is still writing), the Potter parade is one of the best runs of commercial creativity in movie history. The tremendous team has done it again â&#x20AC;&#x201D; made a big, marvelous entertainment we can feel proud to love.

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School of Rock (PG) Tues and Thur:

Movies Good 6/11-6/17

Garfield (PG) 12:15, 1:00, 2:15, 3:15,

10:30 a.m.

Chronicles of Riddick (PG-13) Fri-Sun:

10:10, 10:40, 1:10, 1:40, 4:20, 4:50, 7:20, 7:50, 10:20, 10:50; Mon-Tues: 1:10, 1:40, 4:20, 4:50, 7:20, 7:50. 10:20, 10:50 Garfield (PG ) Fri-Sat: 11:25, 12:10, 2:15, 2:50, 4:45, 5:15, 7:05, 7:35, 10:00, 12:30; Sun: 11:25, 12:10, 2:15, 2:50, 4:45, 5:15, 7:05, 7:35, 10:00; Mon-Tues: 12:10, 2:15, 2:50, 4:45, 5:15, 7:05, 7:35, 10:00 Saved (PG) 12:05, 2:45, 5:20, 7:50, 10:25 The Stepford Wives (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 11:50, 12:15, 2:20, 2:40, 4:45, 5:15, 7:15, 7:45, 9:45, 10:15, 12:15, 12:40; Sun-Tues: 11:50, 12:15, 2:20, 2:40, 4:45, 5:15, 7:15, 7:45, 9:45, 10:15 Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PG) Fri-Sat: 10:00, 10:30,

11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 1:10, 1:40, 2:10, 2:40, 3:10, 3:40, 4:20, 4:50, 5:20, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:40, 10:10, 10:40, 11:10, 11:40; Sun: 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30, 12:00, 12:30, 1:10, 1:40, 2:10, 2:40, 3:10, 3:40, 4:20, 4:50, 5:20, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:40, 10:10, 10:40; Mon-Tues: 10:30, 12:00, 12:30, 1:10, 1:40, 2:10, 2:40, 3:10, 3:40, 4:20, 4:50, 5:20, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:40, 10:10, 10:40 Day After Tomorrow (PG-13) Fri-Sun: 10:25, 1:25, 4:25, 7:20, 9:35, 10:15; Mon-Tues: 1:25, 4:25, 7:20, 9:35, 10:15 Raising Helen (PG-13) Fri: 10:40, 1:30, 4:25, 7:15, 10:15; Sat: 10:40, 1:30, 4:25, 10:30; Sun-Tues: 10:40, 1:30, 4:25, 7:15, 10:15 Soul Plane (R) Fri-Sat: 10:25, 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20, 12:40; Sun: 10:25, 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20; Mon-Tues: 12:50, 3:10, 5:30, 7:55, 10:20 Shrek 2 (PG) Fri-Sat: 9:45, 11:35, 12:10, 2:05, 2:35, 4:30, 5:05, 7:10, 7:40, 9:35, 10:05, 12:10; Sun: 9:45, 11:35, 12:10, 2:05, 2:35, 4:30, 5:05, 7:10, 7:40, 9:35, 10:05; Mon-Tues: 12:10, 2:05, 2:35, 4:30, 5:05, 7:10, 7:40, 9:35, 10:05 Breakin’ All the Rules (PG-13) Fri-Sat: 7:45, 10:05, 12:25; Sun-Tues: 7:45, 10:05 Troy (R) 11:45, 3:20, 7:00, 10:40 Van Helsing (PG-13) Fri-Sun: 10:20, 1:20, 4:35, 7:35, 10:35; Mon-Tues: 1:20, 4:35, 7:35, 10:35 The Notebook (PG-13) Sneak – Sat: 7:30 EVANS 14 CINEMAS

Movies Good 6/11-6/17 RugRats (G) Tues and Thur: 10:30 a.m.

4:15, 5:30, 6:45, 7:45, 8:45, 9:45

The Stepford Wives (PG-13) 12:25,

2:45, 5:00, 7:30, 9:50

Chronicles of Riddick (PG-13) 1:45,

4:25, 7:10, 9:55

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (PG-13) 12:30, 1:15, 2:00,

3:30, 4:30, 5:15, 7:00, 8:15, 9:00, 10:00 The Day After Tomorrow (PG-13)

12:45, 4:00, 6:50, 9:40

Raising Helen (PG-13) 1:05, 3:50, 6:55,

9:35

Soul Plane (R) 10:15 Shrek 2 (PG) 12:15, 1:30, 2:30, 3:45,

4:45, 6:15, 7:15, 8:30, 9:30

Troy (R) 12:40, 4:10, 8:00 Van Helsing (PG-13) 12:50, 4:50, 7:35 Mean Girls (PG-13) 12:35, 2:55, 5:05,

7:20, 9:25

MASTERS 7 CINEMAS

Movies Good 6/11-6/17

Johnson Family Vacation (PG-13) 1:10,

3:10, 5:10, 7:30, 9:45

Ladykillers (R) 1:45, 4:15, 7:15, 9:30 Ella Enchanted (PG) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00,

7:00, 9:15

Bobby Jones: Stroke of Genius (PG)

1:20, 4:00, 6:45, 9:25

Walking Tall (PG-13) 1:05, 5:05, 9:40 Hidalgo (PG-13) 1:20, 3:55, 6:40, 9:20 Passion of the Christ (R) 1:15, 6:50 50 First Dates (PG-13) 3:05, 7:05 Barbershop 2 (PG-13) 4:10, 9:35 REGAL 12 CINEMAS

Movies Good 6/11-6/17 Ella Enchanted (PG) 12:45, 2:50, 4:55, 7:00, 9:00 Johnson Family Vacation (PG-13) 1:00, 3:00, 5:00, 7:40, 9:40 Ladykillers (R) 12:45, 2:55, 5:05, 7:15, 9:25 Jersey Girl (PG-13) 1:25, 4:40, 7:10, 9:15

Agent Cody Banks: Destination London (PG) 12:50, 2:55, 5:00, 7:10, 9:20 Barbershop 2 (PG-13) 1:30, 4:45, 7:00,

9:10

Hidalgo (PG-13) 1:20, 4:35, 7:45 Starsky and Hutch (PG-13) 1:05, 3:10,

5:20, 7:30, 9:35

Walking Tall (PG-13) 12:55, 2:50, 4:50,

7:05, 9:05

50 First Dates (PG-13) 1:10, 3:15,

5:15, 7:25, 9:30

Secret Window (PG-13) 1:00, 3:05,

5:10, 7:20, 9:30

Dawn of the Dead (R) 1:15, 3:20, 5:25,

7:35, 9:40

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already grown accustomed to a 150- to 250-show per-year schedule. When asked about the band’s rigorous touring agenda, it becomes obvious that it’s a labor of love to give something back to the fans in such large portions. “Every night we play somewhere, the audience is a huge part of what we do … a lot of that is just to draw people in, to get people to forget their troubles,” says LeBlanc, who went on to tell the story of a recent show where a woman was introduced to the band as having just been dumped by her boyfriend. It was after their set, and regardless of her disposition, she was all smiles. Seeing Cowboy Mouth live does that. Whether it’s the odd onstage setup (LeBlanc’s drum riser sits where the lead singer would normally stand), LeBlanc’s tendency to take a wireless mic with him as he jumps offstage and demands crowd interaction or some unexplainable phenomena of energy exchange between the band and crowd, Cowboy Mouth are in possession of the unique ability to lift moods simply by doing something they enjoy. LeBlanc’s philosophy has become Cowboy Mouth’s adopted ideology: “It’s not about the reward; it’s about the act of doing what you do. It’s the ability to carry on. If you live life based on a rewards system, then nothing is really going to be satisfying. The only things that are really satisfying are what you’ve accomplished in the moment for yourself.”

Who: Cowboy Mouth When: Sunday, June 20 Where: Imperial Theatre Cost: $15 Info: www.cowboymouth.com, www.imperialtheatre.com

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alking with Cowboy Mouth’s drummer/lead singer/mascot/spokesman Fred LeBlanc is misleading of his onstage attitude. In person, he’s soft-spoken, wellmannered and quite reserved. Put him in front of a crowd, however, and he and the rest of Cowboy Mouth explode into action, and a symbiosis forms between them and the crowd where there’s a simultaneous trading of positive energies. And it keeps on going once they start playing — Cowboy Mouth makes a habit of playing two- to five-hour shows. Surprisingly, there’s not a bit of selfindulgent attitude that can be attributed to these marathon live sets. “We have a saying in Cowboy Mouthland, and it’s whether there’s 10 or 10,000, the audience is going to have as much fun as we do,” says LeBlanc. “People in the front row are already sold, they’re already there. You’re trying to reach that guy in the back who’s standing by the exit sign, doesn’t know if he or she wants to sit (or) stay.” Cowboy Mouth got their start over 15 years ago, when a group of ‘80s rock survivors, all coming from other moderately successful bands, began jamming together with aspirations of an all-out rock group. LeBlanc was just leaving Dash Rip Rock, where he had served as drummer on the roots rockers’ first two albums. Guitarists John Thomas Griffith, formerly of the new wave act The Red Rockers, and Paul Sanchez formed a foundation for which to recruit Rob Savoy, just out of his stint with Cajun rockers The Bluerunners. The group chose the moniker Cowboy Mouth after the Patti Smith-written play starring Sam Shepard about an artist and his search for identity and meaning. Cowboy Mouth (the band) needed no search for identity, and began playing right away as a pure rock ‘n’ roll act on an opening slot for Dash Rip Rock. As a strong testament to their devotion to playing live, they even released a live CD (1993’s “Mouthing Off”) as their debut. Two CDs and three years later, Cowboy Mouth landed a record deal with MCA, where they released their zenith, “Are You With Me?” Due to the rampant popularity of the single “Jenny Says,” Cowboy Mouth also found their popularity to have spread to commercial radio. This, however, is a mere footnote to the band, which had

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iven the last few weeks’ swell of musical activity, it wouldn’t be a pre-emptive jinx on the downtown area to estimate the continued rise of well-supported activity. So with that said, here is this week’s selection of where to go and what to expect when you get there. Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights are exceptionally busy nights at the Hangnail Gallery. The Hangnail’s low-rent digs allow for a great variety of nationwide bands to routinely stop in and play there. Hardcore upstarts from all over the CSRA and the Southeast are flocking to the venue: Thursday night, expect loud, short bursts of hardcore punk bliss from With Honor, who will be joined by Cast Aside, The Distance, The Risk Taken, Where It Ends and Man at Arms. Switching gears, Friday night offers a little more variety than a start-to-finish hardcore show: The Januaries, purveyors of punk’s middle-of-the-road sound, will be playing with Scars Make Better Stories, The Vanity Crowd, Siclid and Three the Hard Way. Then, on Saturday night, those who have survived the previous two shows will be rewarded for making it back to the Hangnail: metalcore act The Ninth Plague headline this show, which also features The Knife Trade, The Classic Struggle, 88 mph and Scars Make Better Stories. The most unique act on this bill, however, is the Australian hellbilly/country trio The Red Hot Poker Dots. For those unfamiliar with the hellbilly style, it sounds like the result of a 24-hour trip to Vegas for a quickie wedding between Wanda Jackson and G.G. Allin, who then go to see a Frank Sinatra show after losing $3,000 on the tables. DieAgnostic are playing a highly anticipated reunion show at Last Call on Thursday. About five years ago, DieAgnostic was the premiere hardcore band in Augusta, characterized by near-obsessive-compulsive levels of perfection and reclusion. Wisely, DieAgnostic never played too many shows in one area, and this sporadic appearance schedule was appetizing to their fans and added to the reverence of their live shows. Though they formed in late 1993, it was in the late ‘90s when DieAgnostic began to build a devoted following and carte blanche to play anywhere in town. With the strong possibility of a major label deal looming, the four moved to and began gigging around New York City. Coincidentally, that move couldn’t have come at a worse time. The blimp accident that was one of the biggest major label mergers in history happened soon after DieAgnostic began to get a foothold in New York City. This caused not only countless great bands to be dropped from their assimilated labels, but also a widespread reluctance

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of remaining labels to faithfully sign emerging artists. Sadly, this is essentially where we find DieAgnostic, as the group dissolved soon after returning home. Though the four members of DieAgnostic (vocalist Chrys Whitaker, guitarist Blaine Prescott, bassist Tim Bargeron and drummer Mark Grubel) have all pursued

other musical outlets, they remain in contact. This has kept the door open for the upcoming reunion show. Strangely enough, it was almost six years ago to the exact day that DieAgnostic played at the first annual d-Day Music and Arts Festival. It will definitely be interesting to see how each member has grown musically since the split.

Notable outings for Saturday: Coltrane-loving jam band Adam’s Township plays the Aiken Brewing Company. Subtlety is the key for this quintet, who, instead of forcing ideas on listeners, choose to make simple statements through melodic undertones. Adam’s Township is recommended for anyone needing a jazz fix, but will likely appeal to the masses as well. The Alabama Gravy Soppers, a throwback trio to ‘20s- and ‘30s-era ragtime, play the Stillwater Tap Room on Saturday. It’s quite a contrast to hear just how authentic and faithful their sound is to such an earlier time, as none of The Soppers’ members are over 35. It seems that in an era that churns out one Delta blues revival act after another, a fresh take on a tired trend is surprisingly refreshing to hear. Into the following week, John Lee Hooker Jr. plays Andy’s on Wednesday. Yes, he is actually the son of the famous bluesman. In his own right, though, Jr. is an accomplished blues singer who has been on the scene for decades, nearly as long as his father was a household name. In the tradition of blues and country artists playing prison concerts, Jr. sang with his father at the seminal Soledad Prison concert in 1972, which was later his debut recording. For those willing to splurge on ridiculous gas prices for a road trip, the best out-of-town concerts can be found in a small, little gathering in Tennessee called Bonnaroo. Aside from the impressive roster of every jam band imaginable (String Cheese Incident, The Dead and Trey Anastasio), eclectic “nonjamming” bands like Wilco, Calexico and Gomez have joined for the first year what is arguably the nation’s strongest music festival, now in its third year. Don’t make plans this late to go, though; Bonnaroo 2004 has long been sold-out. Slightly closer to home, Bonnie “Prince” Billy (a.k.a. Will Oldham) is stopping off at the Echo Lounge in Atlanta on Thursday and at the Orange Twin Conservation Community (a 100-acre nature preserve just outside of Athens) on Saturday. Oldham is the American indie underground’s best-kept secret. He writes timeless electric and acoustic folkrock, under several monikers. On one of his final albums, Johnny Cash even covered the Oldham tune “I See a Darkness.” Other out-of-town picks include The Shins at the Variety Playhouse on Sunday, John Vanderslice and Pedro the Lion at the New Brookland Tavern in Columbia on Tuesday, My Morning Jacket at the Roxy and The Supersuckers at the Echo Lounge, both in Atlanta on Wednesday. That’s all for now. Be sure to keep checking back, as each coming week looks more promising that the previous one.

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Madvillain — Madvillainy (Stones Throw)

Safe for the whole family.

Though the giant, lumbering dinosaur known as the supergroup was thought to have long been extinct (and for the most part, the rock supergroup did die decades ago), collaborations of established musicians have been an almost required routine among jazz musicians. But recently, thanks to some excellent, all-inclusive scenes — Chicago’s Thrill Jockey collective is a great example — something resembling a supergroup isn’t such a rarity, even in hip-hop. By definition, rap is actually the genre in possession of the most supergroups. Rappers always show up on other rapper’s albums; some produce other’s albums. Most of these are short of super, though, which makes a great collaboration that much better. Madvillain is the result of a summit meeting of two of underground hip-hop’s giants: MF Doom, who has sharpened his freestyling skills through years of flowing on some of hip-hop’s most groundbreaking albums, and Madlib, whose beat orchestrations have been heard on Beastie Boys and Zero 7 records, to name a few. Maybe the pair brings each other to a higher plane through studio interaction, or maybe they saved their best for this record (in 2003 alone, their combined output, sometimes under aliases, equaled about 10 albums). Whatever the case, Madvillainy is some of the best material to have been released by either. Though the plot of the record, which is about a group of blunted heroes and villains who do battle in the album’s interludes, is a little hard to follow, and a few guest stars (the normally brilliant Lord Quasimoto, Medaphoar and Wildchild) actually disrupt the track flow, the meat of the album is in the one-verse tracks like “Accordion,” “Money Folder” and “Figaro.” Here, it’s an equal balance of Doom’s cerebral, meditative verse — always just a step behind the beat — and Madlib’s blend of bumping and comic book-geek sampling. This is an indispensable record for fans of Kool Keith, Dan the Automator or Prince Paul. It certainly has classic moments of pure genius from both parties.

The Streets — A Grand Don’t Come for Free (Vice) The Streets is Mike Skinner, a skinny, white, British kid with a unique way of putting together wire-frame production with limping hip-hop verses. His first, “Original Pirate Material,” marked the origin of a completely new style, though it’s questionable whether it was actually worthy of all the praise it received. Now he returns with his second bedroom-produced record, and, by all rights, it’s expected of Skinner to continue down the same path he started. However, a red flag immediately pops up with his sophomore release: It’s supposed to be a concept album. Okay, several issues arise with this: First, it took the Who, a divinely talented group, about five albums before they could make “Tommy.” “Pet Sounds” (forgive the comparisons) came on the cusp of The Beach Boys’ official breakup (or breakdown). The point here is that a great concept album should be a reward for years of dues paid, not to mention an overabundance of talent. It’s a luxury, in a way. Second, a hip-hop concept album? Aren’t all rap records concept records? In a sense, they are, but if you think about “Tommy,” which played like a movie or play script, very few albums (and no rap albums) have attempted the feat of a narrative complete with a protagonist with conflict and resolution. With a buildup that begins with Skinner saying, “It was supposed to be so easy,” a listener could be forgiven for thinking that “it” refers to something on the level of a jewel heist or bank robbery. Rather, it’s about a deadbeat who squanders money on football matches, drinks heavily and has a brief romance with a local girl. Oh yeah, and the aforementioned “it” is really just the act of returning a DVD to the rental store. Furthermore, the unnamed protagonist, who is probably based loosely around Skinner’s own life, won’t garner very much concern, as there’s no hook to the storyline. This album is a bit like watching a cricket match — it’s nearly impossible to understand, and once you finally get it, there’s not much there to be dazzled by.

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Where’s the Love? Surprise, surprise. Courtney Love, the mascot of her former self, has yet again garnered the attention of police forces. This time, she’s wanted after attacking a female friend of her former manager and boyfriend with a flashlight and a bottle in April. From here out, we won’t mention any more of Love’s “endeavors.” We’ll instead just leave it blank, and let you imagine what illegal act she’s done. It’ll have to involve drugs, and a possible physical assault. Fill in the rest, and it’s guaranteed that it won’t be worse than her real crime. Religious Group Proves God’s Mercy By Quitting All good things must come to an end. So must Creed. After almost a decade of regurgitating pseudo-inspirational soulless garbage, Creed is calling it quits. Lead singer Scott Stapp plans to start a solo career

where he will probably not put a shirt on, and if he does, it will be one of those button-up shirts he likes to barely button and let the wind blow around. Truly an inspiration. MTV to Further Discourage Procreation MTV has teamed up with German company Condomi to distribute their own condom line. By distributing the condoms in Virgin Megastores and not in pharmacies, MTV hopes to take the embarrassment out of buying condoms. Then they’ll probably do a television special on it, sacrificing the last bit of music video time they have left. Irony, Irony, Irony Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, who once led the charge against online file sharing, missed a European tour date due to an undisclosed medical emergency. The site was actually called the Download Festival. ‘Nuff said.

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hey are as subtle as a flying mallet. VELVET REVOLVER, the new “supergroup” featuring SCOTT “Mr. Chemicals” WEILAND of STONE TEMPLE PILOTS fame, along with SLASH, DUFF MCKAGEN and MATT SORUM from GUNS N’ ROSES, release its debut album, “Contraband,” this week. Consisting of all original material, the disc is a solid reminder of how good a guitarist Slash can be when his head is right. 95 Rock’s CHUCK WILLIAMS says “It’s great to have real rock stars back. It’s really cool to have such established stars in one band.” Weiland’s strong vocals recall his glory days with STP, which ended after the rest of the band grew understandably impatient with his own enormous appetite for destruction — in this case being any drug the singer could consume. The band is currently touring out west, performing new tunes like “Slither,” along with STP’s “Sex Type Thing” and GNR’s “Used to Love Her,” with great results. No Southern dates for Velvet Revolver had been set as we went to press. Time to Stop Dancing Dept. Were the other guys in the band tired of a “Stapp” infection? CREED had three albums that sold over 30 million copies worldwide, and a whopping seven rock radio singles that peaked at number one. None of this success was enough to keep Creed together, as the Florida-based rockers have called it quits. Vocalist SCOTT STAPP will embark on a solo career, while the remaining bandmembers are beginning the group ALTER BRIDGE. As reported several weeks ago in this column, THE CURE has a new single, “The End of the World,” out now. It’s from their forthcoming album due later this month, but in the meantime ROBERT SMITH and the band have begun their own festival called Curiosa. This new venture visits July 29 at Atlanta’s Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheater with INTERPOL, MELISSA AUF DER MAUR (ex-HOLE) and RAPTURE also on the bill. The crowd should be as interesting as the music.

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Augusta will soon host one of the great all-time party bands June 20 as rambunctious rockers COWBOY MOUTH visit the Imperial Theater. JOE STEVENSON and PREGNANT BRIDE will open. Lead singer and drummer FRED LEBLANC and Cowboy Mouth are tireless road warriors who play hundreds of gigs each year and they know how to get an audience involved. In other words, don’t expect to sit too much as these guys rock! New releases in the stores this week are aplenty. They include DAVE MATTHEWS BAND’s “Live at the Gorge,” QUEENSRYCHE’s “The Art of Live,” COWBOY JUNKIES’ “One Soul Now,” PJ HARVEY’s “Uh Huh Her,” CHUMBAWUMBA’s “Un,” BAD RELIGION’s “Bad News Strikes First,” THE CORRS’ “Borrowed Heaven,” SONIC YOUTH’s “Sonic Nurse,” and ex-SQUEEZE leader GLENN TILBROOK’s “Transatlantic Ping Pong.” Turner’s Quick Notes It just may be the last time. ERIC CLAPTON visits Atlanta’s Philip’s Arena June 18 with JIMMIE VAUGHAN in tow … Bluegrass greats THE SELDOM SCENE have a new disc “See Me Now” out this week … DRIVIN’ N’CRYIN’ were tight in their recent Imperial Theatre show, but everyone there that I talked to agreed that it was too DAMN LOUD … incomparable J.J. CALE (“After Midnight,” “Cocaine,” “Call Me the Breeze,” etc.) has his latest, “To Tulsa and Back,” out next week … Low-carb rockers TRAIN rock Ft. Gordon June 18 … Many local radio fans are still upset over the absence of longtime nighttime jock BOOMER from Eagle 102.3. Low ratings mean cuts in personnel and the popular personality was let go in March. Turner’s Rock ‘n’ Roll Jeopardy A. This was Madonna’s first movie where she sang “on camera.” Q. What is “Vision Quest”? (She sang “Crazy For You.”)

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Thursday, 10th Bee’s Knees – Meditate on This! Blind Pig – Pat Blanchard Group Cafe Du Teau – James McIntyre Club Argos – Karaoke Contest Continuum – Playa*listic Thursday Coyote’s – Rhes Reeves Band Crossroads – 212 D. Timm’s – The Section Finish Line Cafe – DJ Greene Streets – Karaoke Hangnail Gallery – With Honor, Cast Aside, The Distance, The Risk Taken, Where It Ends, Man at Arms Honky Tonk – Rock ‘n’ Roll Thursday with Senile Driver Joe’s Underground – Local Ghost Last Call – DieAgnostic Reunion Show Modjeska – Ultimate Ladies Night with DJ Neutron Playground – Open Mic Pourhouse – Karaoke with Pourhouse Friends Robbie’s Sports Bar – DJ Rusty The Shack – DJ Chip Silver Bullet Lounge – Big Dogs Soul Bar – DJ Ty Bess Timepiecez – DJ Kid Joe Wheeler Tavern – DJ Flashback Buddy

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Andy’s – Jeff Liberty Band Back Roads – DJ Bee’s Knees – Projections and Selections Blind Pig – Shameless Dave and the Miracle Whips Cafe Du Teau – James McIntyre Club Argos – Kristina Foxx, Miss Peg, Charity Cotton Patch – Jayson Sabo and Michael Badime Coyote’s – Rhes Reeves Band Crossroads – Big Sky D. Timm’s – The Section El Rodeo – DJ Sontiago Finish Line Cafe – DJ Fox’s Lair – Roger Davis, Ronnie Hill Greene Streets – Karaoke Hangnail Gallery – Januaries, Scars Make Better Stories, The Vanity Crowd, Siclid, Three the Hard Way Joe’s Underground – Redheaded Stepchild Last Call – DJ Buddha Little Honky Tonk – Senile Driver Ms. Carolyn’s – The Horizon Partridge Inn – Mellow D Playground – Kill Radius, Captain K-Man and the Wallcrawlers Pourhouse – The Recaps featuring Sassy Brass R. Gabriel’s – Josh Pierce Robbie’s Sports Bar – DJ Rusty The Shack – DJ Chip Silver Bullet Lounge – Big Dogs Soul Bar – (R) Evolution Stillwater Tap Room – Steel String Theory

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Saturday, 12th Aiken Brewing Company – Adam’s Township Back Roads – DJ Bee’s Knees – Sweet Nuthin’ Blind Pig – Shameless Dave Cafe Du Teau – James McIntyre Charlie O’s – Live Band Club Argos – Claire Storm and Company Coconuts – DJ Tim Cotton Patch – Forest and Paul Coyote’s – Rhes Reeves Band D. Timm’s – The Section Finish Line Cafe – DJ, Karaoke Greene Streets – Karaoke Hangnail Gallery – The Ninth Plague, The Red Hot Poker Dots, The Knife Trade, The Classic Struggle, 88 mph, Scars Make Better Stories Honky Tonk – DJ Doug Joe’s Underground – Sabo and the Scorchers Last Call – Ultimate Dance Party Little Honky Tonk – Senile Driver Metro Coffeehouse – Afternoon Bluegrass with Eryn Eubanks and the Family Fold Modjeska – Midnight Rendezvous with DJ Smiles

Playground – Knowface Pourhouse – The Recaps featuring Sassy Brass R. Gabriel’s – Chris Gensheer Robbie’s Sports Bar – DJ Rusty The Shack – DJ Chip Shannon’s – Bamboo Silver Bullet Lounge – Big Dogs Soul Bar – Josh Pierce Group, Local Ghost Stillwater Tap Room – The Alabama Gravy Soppers Surrey Tavern – Playback Wheeler Tavern – DJ Flashback Buddy

Sunday, 13th Adams Lounge – DJ Cafe Du Teau – Last Bohemian Quartet Cotton Patch – Cliff Bennett Pizza Joint – Will McCranie Robbie’s Sports Bar – DJ Rusty The Shack – DJ Chip, DJ Doober Shannon’s – Shelly Watkins Somewhere in Augusta – John Kolbeck TGI Friday’s – Patrick Blanchard

Monday, 14th Club Argos – Karaoke Continuum – Monday Madness Greene Streets – Karaoke Hangnail Gallery – Scars Make Better Stories, Estrela, Age of Ruin, Endicott Joe’s Underground – Paul Arrowood The Shack – DJ Jim Surrey Tavern – Tim Miller

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Harry Connick, Jr. – Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA – June 10 Bonnie Prince Billy – Echo Lounge, Atlanta, GA – June 10 J.J. Cale – Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA – June 10 “Aquafina On The Bricks” Series: Chingy – Centennial Olympic Park, Atlanta, GA – June 11

Ozma, Rooney – Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, GA – June 18 Eric Clapton, Jimmie Vaughan – Philips Arena, Atlanta, GA – June 18 Cracker, Camper Van Beethoven – Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA – June 19 Keb’ Mo’, Los Lonely Boys – Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA – June 19 Dashboard Confessional, Thrice – Gwinnett Civic Center Arena, Atlanta, GA – June 19 Little River Band – Mable House Amphitheatre, Mableton, GA – June 19 “Unplugged in the Park” Series: Jump Little Children – Park Tavern, Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA – June 20 Jackson Browne – Chastain Park Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA – June 22 Franz Ferdinand – Cotton Club, Atlanta, GA – June 22 America, Three Dog Night – Centre Court at Harbour Town, Hilton Head Island, SC – June 23

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David Byrne – Georgia Theatre, Athens, GA – June 11 Bonnaroo Music Festival – Bonnaroo Festival Site, Manchester, TN – June 11-13 David Byrne – Earthlink Live, Atlanta, GA – June 12 Rasputina – New Brookland Tavern, Columbia, SC – June 12 Bonnie Prince Billy – Orange Twin Conservation Community, Athens, GA – June 12 The Shins – Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA – June 13 “Unplugged in the Park” Series: Jem – Park Tavern, Piedmont Park, Atlanta, GA – June 13 John Vanderslice, Pedro the Lion – New Brookland Tavern, Columbia, SC – June 15 Little River Band – Monkey Business, Hilton Head Island, SC – June 15 Train – Centre Stage at the Plex, Charleston, SC – June 15 My Morning Jacket – Coca-Cola Roxy Theatre, Atlanta, GA – June 16 Supersuckers – Echo Lounge, Atlanta, GA – June 16 “VH1 Classic Summer Hits” Tour: Styx, Peter Frampton, Nelson – HiFi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA – June 16 Aimee Mann – Variety Playhouse, Atlanta, GA – June 16 Supersuckers – New Brookland Tavern, Columbia, SC – June 17 Decemberists – Echo Lounge, Atlanta, GA – June 17 Tim McGraw – HiFi Buys Amphitheatre, Atlanta, GA – June 17 Athfest – Various Venues, Athens, GA – June 17-20 Seven Mary Three – Headliners at Banana Joe’s, Columbia, SC – June 18

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n January, University of Utah hospital surgeons removed half the skull of Briana Lane, age 22 and unemployed, in order to save her life after an auto accident, but because putting the skull back in place was not quite an emergency, it was delayed by negotiations over cost. The skull remained in a freezer for three months, with Lane battling serious pain (and wearing a plastic helmet for protection, feeling her brain “shifting” on her) while the hospital negotiated with the state Medicaid office, which pays only for longterm “disabilities.” Her skull was finally reattached on April 30. The Sacred Institution of Marriage (continued) Oklahoma state Rep. Mike O’Neal, married with three children and the author of the state’s proposed “Defense of Marriage Act,” was charged with a felony in February for grabbing a woman’s buttocks in an Oklahoma City bar; he was also accused of making lewd comments to, and chasing after, her. And one of the sponsors of Georgia’s sanctity-of-marriage constitutional amendment (introduced in January), state Sen. Bill Stephens, was divorced in 1991 after 15 years of marriage but then had the marriage nocounted (“annulled”) in order to marry a Catholic woman in 1994, according to a public records check by Atlanta’s Southern Voice. Adventures With Lubricants In January, a National Park Service ranger

arrested Marvin Buchanon for drug possession along the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina. Buchanon had been discovered sitting in a truck one evening, naked, covered with baby oil and with women’s underwear at his feet. And in a widely reported incident in May, Roger Chamberlain, 44, was arrested in Binghamton, N.Y., after having allegedly smeared 14 containers’ worth of petroleum jelly on nearly every inch of the walls and furniture of a Motel 6 room (and who was found shortly afterward at another motel, himself covered with the substance). Bright Ideas Among the secret British military plans recently revealed from classified documents: (1) a huge landmine to be planted during World War II on the German plains (to prevent the Soviet army from overreaching), to be kept at a warm, detonatable temperature by the body heat of thousands of live chickens underground (according to Britain’s National Archives in April), and (2) a post-World War II plan disclosed in May to equip pigeons as suicide dive-bombers carrying explosives and biological agents to a targeted area. (The military said its research showed that homing pigeons could be tricked via electromagnetic fields into sensing that their “home” was actually the target area, but pigeon experts say it is more likely the pigeons would have returned to dive-bomb Britain.)

Questionable Judgments • Despite the 39-day waiting list for brain operations at the Queens Medical Center in Nottingham, England, the hospital suspended neurosurgeon Terence Hope in March (after 18 years’ service), not for substandard work but because he had been accused of taking extra croutons for his soup in the hospital cafeteria, without paying. (The suspension was lifted three days later.) • Nuanced Views of Ethics: Convicted wifepoisoner Paul Agutter (who served seven years for his crime) was hired by the University of Manchester (England) earlier this year to teach adult-education courses in ethics; an Imperial College London lecturer, asked to comment by Reuters news service, said that people who do criminal acts are also qualified, “logical(ly),” to think about ethical questions. News That Sounds Like a Joke In Orlando, Fla., on March 10, a motorist was unable to come to a stop quickly enough after making a fast left turn in traffic and smashed into a Just Brakes repair shop. And a company in Buckinghamshire, England, announced in February it would start selling a Russianinvented MP3 audio player made to the specifications of an ammunition magazine to fit into an AK-47 assault rifle. Least Competent Criminals A 21-year-old man and his teenage accomplice were arrested in Austin, Minn., in April, after allegedly burglarizing the Tendermade Restaurant; officers called to the scene noticed that the cash register tape had come unspooled outside, and they followed the 100-foot-long roll into some bushes, where the two were hiding. And in Honolulu, in April, Gavin Bolosan, 26, was arrested and charged with stealing a

woman’s purse and using her credit card at a Longs drugstore (but he was caught after he filled out the Longs credit card ID form with his own name and address). Pets Livin’ Large London’s The Mirror released a list in March of the world’s 20 inheritance-wealthiest animals, topped by the dog Gunther IV (now worth over U.S. $320 million, from the late German countess Karlotta Libenstein), followed by Kalu the chimpanzee (about U.S. $95 million, from the late Australian Olympic swimmer Frank O’Neill) and the dog Toby Rimes (about U.S. $80 million, from the late New Yorker Ella Wendel). The list consists of 10 cats (four of them American), five dogs, a hen, a tortoise, a parrot, Kalu the chimp and a herd of cattle supported by a British royal trust. (Most on the list are offspring of the original recipient, with trust funds even larger because of investments.) More Things to Worry About In February, an unidentified audience member was led away, still shouting, after attempting to debate former New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani at a University of Oklahoma speech about Sept. 11’s effect on the city; contrary to Giuliani’s blaming the attack on al-Qaida, the man insisted that the culprit was Wal-Mart (Norman, Okla.). And in May, several senior Japanese women (ages from their 50s through their 70s) met to discuss the revival of the sport in which they had once excelled during its heyday, female sumo wrestling, a gathering that included an exhibition by the 61-year-old Ms. Mikako Shimada (Mikatsuki, Japan). — Chuck Shepherd © United Press Syndicate

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take maximum advantage of this phase of your astrological cycle, when your instinct for creating abundance and longevity is at a peak. Are you game? Say this: “May the spirit of Sophia Loren come to me in my dreams and reveal her secret of enduring success.” I suggest you also visualize Loren’s fortieth birthday, when her husband gave her a custom-made, 14-karat-gold toilet seat. Then drink a toast to yourself, saying: “As compensation for all the times that fate has kicked my ass over the years, may I now receive a reward that’s as luxurious as Sophia Loren’s magic toilet seat.”

Astr ology ARIES (March 21-April 19)

While living in Manhattan in the 1950s, avantgarde composer John Cage felt beleaguered by the omnipresence of radio sound. Rather than moan, he wrote a musical piece that featured several radios tuned to different frequencies. After that, he was always able to respond to street radio noise with a pleasant sense of “They’re playing my song.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Aries, this is a perfect strategy for you to borrow in the coming week. Turn something that bothers you into something that comforts you, enhances you or both. (Thanks to Ruby for inspiring this horoscope.)

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) One of my readers, Elizabeth Whitsage, told me a story of when she was working at DisneyLand selling mouse-eared balloons. Every so often a mother, father and young son would come up to her, the parents asking in enthusiastic voices “What color do you want?” and the son answering “Pink!” One parent, usually the father, would recoil in horror and say something like, “No, son, don’t you want red or blue?” But before the child could reply, Elizabeth would whip a pink balloon out of the bunch and wrap its string around his wrist. Then she’d smile and say to the dad, “That’ll be one dollar, please.” Keep this story uppermost in mind during the week ahead, Taurus. Make sure that you always get and always give your personal equivalent of the pink balloon.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) From an astrological perspective, last January wasn’t an ideal time to make New Year’s resolutions. I’d be surprised if you kept any of the promises you made back then. On the other hand, now is a perfect moment to make New Year’s-type resolutions. Here are a few free samples to inspire you. 1. “I resolve to seek out conversations that are so intense and interesting that I lose track of

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) I don’t know if you’re the type of person who enjoys trance-dancing half-undressed till 4 a.m. at bacchanalian parties, then prowling the early morning streets barking at the moon and singing songs from Broadway musicals with loony companions until you end up playing strip poker outside an all-night diner as the sun comes up. But if you are that type of person, this will be a perfect week to indulge your inclinations. If you’re not, please find an equivalent adventure that you’re comfortable with. ‘Tis the season to be rowdy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) I propose that you drink a toast to Virgo actress Sophia Loren, who has been in a hundred movies during her long career. To do so may help you

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CANCER (June 21-July 22) Jean-Dominique Bauby was a 43-year-old editor when he suffered an unusual stroke. Though his brain remained undamaged, his entire body was paralyzed except for his left eye. Slowly he learned to communicate in code by blinking, and over the next two years he dictated a memoir. Feeling as if he were trapped in a diving bell, but with his imagination as free as a butterfly, he called his book The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. Critics have described it as “inspirational” and “a jewel.” Bauby is your role model during this last difficult phase of your yearly cycle, Cancerian. Though you won’t suffer from any physical affliction, your psychic turmoil may make you feel imprisoned and inaccessible. And yet I promise you that you can find a way to liberate your mind and convey luminous truths to the people who matter.

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This is a perfect time to translate your recent inner changes into a visible form. If you’re an artist, start work on a masterpiece that reflects your fresh insights. If you’re a businessperson, dream up novel approaches to making money from doing what you love. If you’re a politician, get yourself a new spin doctor. If you’re between gigs, experiment with your physical appearance. However you do it, Libra, show the world vivid evidence of how you’ve transformed.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Aeschylus, the seminal playwright of ancient Greece, wrote over 90 plays, but most did not survive the ravages of time. The evidence for his renown has consisted of just seven works. Recently, however, archaeologists have discovered an eighth, “Achilles.” It was on a papyrus scroll stuffed inside an Egyptian mummy. This summer, a theater company in Cyprus will stage the play for the first time in over 2,000 years. I urge you Scorpios to be alert for ways this story can serve as a metaphor for your personal quest in the near future. What old but dynamic parts of your life have been all but lost? How can you regain access to them and make them work for you now?

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) Color psychologists say that red stimulates emotional intensity. It can raise the temperature of love and awaken feelings that have been subconscious or dormant. Given the rich potentials for deepening intimacy that are now available, you may therefore want to add more red to your apparel and environment. On the other hand, be aware that red can cloud objectivity and make

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AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) It’s the perfect moment to ask you a question I’ve been thinking about posing for a long time, so here goes. I’d like to know if you’re willing to push hard to get better, improve your attitude, grow your devotion to the truth, fuel your commitment to beauty, refine your emotions, hone your dreams, face your shadow, cure your ignorance and soften your heart — even as you pledge to always accept yourself for exactly who you are with all your so-called imperfections, never demeaning the present moment by comparing it to an idealized past or future. Well? Are you?

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) “More good has been launched by more people from kitchen tables than any other platform in the land,” says populist writer Jim Hightower, quoted in Orion magazine. I hope you take his words to heart, Pisces. Even if your power spot is normally in an office or store or art studio, this week it will be at your kitchen table. Even if you normally like to brainstorm with your allies at restaurants or bars or on long walks, this week you should gather them at your kitchen table. The dreams and schemes you hatch there in the coming days could change the course of history. — © Rob Brezsny You can call Rob Brezsny, day or night, for your

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clothes (when they’re not at all wrinkled) and touching him (a biggie). But remember, deep down, the average guy considers it a miracle if a woman will even entertain the prospect of having sex with him. Repetition is the surest cure for men’s innate self-doubt. The first time you brush your hand across a guy’s arm, he’ll think it was an accident. The second time, he’ll wonder if it was intentional. The third time, he’ll probably start searching for a matchbook and a pen. Of course, that assumes you’re doing this stuff because you’re feeling the groove, not because you’re self-consciously attempting to flirt-bynumbers. The difference? Whether there’s lust underlying your message. In the words of the French author Colette: “When she raises her eyelids it’s as if she were taking off all her clothes.” The essential point you have to keep driving home with every hair toss and come-hither glance is “I’m a girl and I might let you see me naked.” Sure, your thigh-slapping wit in storytelling and joke cracking is a plus — as well as something you might have in common with the beefy lug your guy’s going up against in the Burp Olympics at the sports bar. _____________________________________ I’m 25, and I’ve been with my boyfriend for eight years. I’m now ready to get married and have children. He says he loves me but doesn’t want to rush into anything. I don’t think eight years is rushing things. I don’t want to leave him, but I don’t want to wait around forever, either. How can I deal with his hesitations? — Ready Already Imagine that — a 25-year-old guy who would rather stumble into bed at 3 a.m. after a screaming rock concert than be dragged out of it by a screaming baby. How can you deal with his hesitations? Um, respect them? He simply isn’t ready to become a clone of his dad, and there’s really no telling whether he’ll ever be. The worst thing you could do is try to shove him down the aisle. And why would you want to? Hmm, perhaps because after spending a third of your life as somebody’s girlfriend, you see being somebody’s wife and mother as the easy way out of developing yourself? Just a thought! He isn’t wrong for not wanting what he doesn’t want — just wrong for you if your clock’s stuck on four minutes to baby shower. — © 2004, Amy Alkon

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