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OCTOBER 4, 2001
Arts Calendar
MUSIC
QuietSTORM isalocalduo
versed in jazz, blues, oldies,
country, rock and R&B. They
will be performingon Fri., Oct.
5, at the Big Easy in Aiken at
9p.m. They are also available
for performances for private
or corporate parties. Start
booking this popular duo for
holiday parties now! Check
the web site of
www.quietstormonline.comor
call (706) 240-3373 or (803)
715-0146.
Borders, 257 Robert C.
Daniel Jr. Parkway, will host
the following live musical en
tertainment: Augusta Chris
tian Schools with choral en
tertainment on Fri., Oct. 5,
from 7 to 8 p.m.; Augusta
Christian Schools on Oct. 6,
from 3 to 4 p.m.; Carl Purdy
with folk musicon Oct. 6, from
8 to 10 p.m.; Leslie Berry on
keyboards and drums with
vocals on Oct. 12, from 8 to 10
p.m.; and Kelly Zullo with a
three-piece band out of Nash
ville on Oct. 13, from 8 to 10
p.m. Alsowatch for thereturn
of Terri Gibbs on F'ri., Oct. 26,
from 8 to 10 p.n.. For more
info, call the bookstore at (706)
737-6962.
The Big Red and Swanee
Quintet are celebrating their
62" anniversary in Augusta
at the Bell Auditorium on Sun.,
Oct. 7, at 5 p.m. Lee Williams
and the QCs are also appear
ing. First 1,500 tickets are
selling at the early bird price of
slseach. Others S2O peradult,
s7at the door for children ages
7-12. For tickets or more info,
call 724-2400.
Tuesday’s Music Liveisa
12-concert series for the noon
hour in downtown Augusta.
The concerts are performed
live in the sanctuary of His
toric St. Paul’s Church, 6"
and Reynolds at the Riverwalk.
The programs are free and last
ti112:30 p.m. Lunch, prepared
by some of Augusta’s finest
restaurants, is served directly
after the concerts in the St.
Paul’s Parish House. The cost
iss7 per person. A seated meal
(private tables are available)
may bereserved oraboxlunch
prepared. Lunchreservations
arenecessary and can be made
by calling 722-3463. The Oct.
9 concert will feature The
Silverwood Quartet for The
Martha Curtis Memorial Con
cert. Lunch by Cadwallader’s
will consist of oriental beef
salad, fresh fruit, roll and but
ter,and Cappuccinobrownies.
The Harry Jacobs Cham
ber Music Society will
present a concert on Fri., Oct.
12, at the Augusta State Uni
versity Performing Arts The
atreat 8 p.m. Featured will be
Marina Lomazov. Tickets are
sls for adults, $5 for students.
For ticket purchases or more
info, call (706) 733-5929.
The Don Macey Trio will
perform as part of the Augusta
Jazz Project’s Chamberjazz
Series on Sat., Oct. 13, at the
Unitarian Universalist
Church on Walton Way. Tick
ets are sls for adults, $5 for
students. For ticket purchases
or more info, call 736-2279.
The C.S. Hamilton Men’s
Choir of Tabernacle Bap
tist Church, 1223 Laney-
Walker Blvd. of Augusta, will
host an evening with Wycliffe
Gordon and the Wycliffe Gor
don Quartet on Sun., Oct. 14,
at6p.m. Mr. Gordon, a native
of Waynesboro, Ga.,isafamed
trombonist who received the
Jazz Journalists Association
2001 Award for Trombonist of
the Year. For the program,
the C.S. Hamilton Men’s Choir
will also sing selections with
other men’s ¢hoirs. The ad
mission for the event is free.
For more info, please call (706)
724-1230.
The Augusta Concert
Band will open its 2001-2002
season with the annual “Twi
light Popson t?e River” inthe
AUGUSTAFOCUS
Jessye Norman Amphitheater
onSun.,Oct. 14,at 7p.m. The
band will perform its usual
wide variety of selections, in
cluding the popular light clas
sic overture “Zampa,” music
from the swingera, amedley of
Sinatra classicsand the band’s
always popular medley of col
lege fight songs. The second
half of the concert will be “A
Salute to Our Nation,” featur
ing music that has stirred na
tional pride. Admission s free.
Donations to help defray the
band’soperating expenses will
be accepted. For more info,
call 202-0091.
The Augusta Choral So
ciety will perform Mozart’s
“Requiem ind minor” on Fri.,
Oct. 19,at 8 p.m. at the Sacred
Heart Cultural Center. Per
formances will include solo
ists Arietha Lockhart, so
prano; Janelle McCoy Smith,
mezzo soprano; Melvin Fos
ter, tenor;and Richard Conant,
bass. Ticketsare $lB per adult,
sls per senior/student. For
ticket purchases or more in
formation, please call the Au
gusta Choral Society at (706)
826-4713 or visit the web site
o f
www.augustachoralsociety.org.
The Augusta Symphony
Pops! At the Bell Series will
be held on Sat., Oct. 20, at the
Bell Auditorium at 8 p.m.
“Tribute to Elvis” will be the
world premier Elvis show with
Elvis Wade, who has earned
ovations from the King him
self. For ticket purchases or
more info, call the Augusta
Symphony at (706) 826-4705.
GALLERIES
The Lucy Craft Laney
Museum of Black History,
1116 Phillips St. From now
through Oct. 27, the museum
willdisplay artifacts and docu
ments from the former Pilgrim
Life Insurance Company, the
oldest insurance company in
thestate of Georgia. The First
Saturday Storytelling will fea
ture delightful stories woven
by Franchesca Lopez on Oct.
6, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. In
addition, each child will de
sign a quilt square represent
ing “Peace” whichisa collabo
rative effort with the Morris
Museum of Arts, the Gertrude
Herbert Institute of Art and
the Art Factory. The com
pleted quilt will be included in
the Annual Quilt Exhibit that
willbe heldin November. Any
quilt collector who would like
toparticipate in the upcoming
quilt exhibition, please call the
museum. The museum will
begin it Computer Assisted
Arts and History Program on
Tues., Oct. 9. The program
will run Tuesdays through
Thursdays from 4:30 until 6:30
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p-m. each day. Classes avail
able for children ages 6-13.
Regular museum hours: Tues.
-Fri.,,9a.m.t05p.m.; Sat., 10
am to 4 pm; dun, 2t b
p.m.; and closed on Mondays.
Admission 1s $2 per adult, 75
cents per child. For moreinfo,
call(706) 724-3576 or visit the
web site at
www.lucycraftlaneymuseum.com.
Studio ArtGro, 978 Broad
Street, isafineart gallery that
also offers lessons in art, voice
and poetry. The Studio ArtGro
is accepting applications for
classes on Manga, the art of
cartooning, to be taught by
Xavier Jones. Alvin Franklin
is accepting students for be
ginning, intermediate and ad
vance vocal lessons. Every
fourth Sunday, the public is
invited to Poetry Night from 8
to 10 p.m. Bringyour work for
readings. Inaddition, Michael
Hennessy will be teaching
classes in writing for the stage
or screen. Teenie Harris pho
tos in stock for sale. New art
classes at SSO a month. For
more info and details, call 722-
3594,
ASU Fine Arts Gallery
will host works by Jeremy
Vaughn and Bernadette Vielbig
Oct.s-Nov. 1. Openingrecep
tion will be held 5 to 7 p.m. on
Oct. 5.
Mary Pauline Gallery,
982 Broad St., will be hosting
an Art Werger Exhibition Oct.
5-Nov. 17. New etchings and
mezzotints by this Athens, Ohio
printmaker. Opening recep
tion will be held Oct. 5 First
Friday, from 5 to 8 p.m. Gal
lery hours: 10 am. to 5 p.m.
Tues. - Frl., 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Sat. For info, call 724-9542.
ART
Unicorn’s Nook, the web
site of AC/ASU art gradu
ate news, is located at
www.aug.edu/~libmac. Cre
ated and edited by Martha
“Monty” Corkrin and main
tained by Tami Burke of Honey
House Designs, Unicorn’s
Nook is an ever growing site
now featuring the bio and art
works of graphic artist Sam
Barnes, designer and artist
Martha “Monty” Corkrin,
sculptor Roger Finch, sculp
tor Kathleen Girdler-Engler,
painter Lee Ann Seaborn and
photographer Lillian Wan. If
you are an AC/ASU art grad
and would like to contribute
your bio and photos, or for
more information, contact
“Monty” at
mcorkrin@aug.edu, or 901
Murrah Forest Dr., North
Augusta, S.C. 29860, or call
(803)613-9637.
First Friday will be held
downtown on Oct. 5. See new
exhibitions, demonstrations
and various artists.
Morris Museum of Art,
One Tenth St. Jack Leigh’s
traveling photography exhibi
tion will be held at the mu
seum from now through Oct.
14. Mr. Leighis the Savannah
photographer best known for
hisimage of the “Bird Girl” on
the cover of the book Midnight
in the Garden of Good and
Evil. On Sun., Oct. 7, art
educator Drew Brown will be
leading students in photo
graphing the Riverwalk area
inthe style of Jack Leigh, from
2 to 4 pm. Free program.
“Personal Visions: Southern
Self-Taught Artists” is an ex
hibition now on display
through Nov. 11. Fifty-one
art works from the permanent
collection include works by
Howard Finster, Bill Traylor,
Margaret Ramsey, Clementine
Hunter, Mary Proctor, George
Andrews, Jimmy Lee Sudduth
and Zebedee Armstrong Jr.
Sundays, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m.,
are free at the Morris Mu
seum. For more information,
contact the museum at 724-
7501.
MUSEUMS
The Augusta Museum of
History, 560 Reynolds St. Be
sure to see the museum
rotunda’s four alcoves. The
rotunda will display the new
“A Tribute to Heroes” Inter
active Memorial. Visitors will
be able towrite their thoughts
and feelings about September
11, 2001, the day that forever
changed the U.S. The public
may also place pictures, draw
ings and poems on the walls of
the memorial. Through Octo
ber, the film will be Famous
Generals: Eisenkower. Free
with admission. The museum
will present the final install
ment ofits 2001 Lecture Series
on Thurs,, Qct. 4, at 7 pm.
Dr. Richard M. McMurry will
be speaking on “Thoughts on
the Georgia Campaignof'lß64.”
Free event but reservations
required. The museumishost
ing a special exhibition, “The
Well-Dressed Child: A Century
of Children’s Clothing 1850-
1960” through Oct. 28. Per
manent exhibits include
“Augusta’s Story,” the
museum’s award-winning ex
hibit of 12,000 years of local
history ranging from the early
Indians to Susan Still’s 1997
space shuttle missions. Also
explore the Susan L. Still
Children’s Discovery Gallery.
Look in the museum shop for
new unique gift items. Mu
seum hoursare Tuesday - Sat
urday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and
Sunday 1-sp.m. Free admis
sion on Sundays. For more
information, call (706) 722-
JAZZ %
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By John Bradley, Ph.D
1. Where and when was the great male vocalist Joe Williams
born?
2. WhowasJames “Trummy” Young and where was heborn?
3. Who was the first person to head the jazz studies program
at Howard University?
4. Name the institution where Max Roach serves as a music
educator of jazz.
5. Who is Nat Hentoff?
6. Which audience is more demanding, Americans or Europe
ans, when it comes to jazz?
7. What do the initials AFM stand for?
8. Who was the first white bandleader to hire an Afro
American as a regular member of his band?
9. Who did he hire?
10. What singer was Basie told that she was too yellow tosing
with all the black men in his band?
11. Name the Afro American trumpet player who had a
Swedish fiancee. '
12. Who was the music director of the Modern Jazz Quartet?
13. What instrument do the following play: Hampton Hawes,
Joseph Sample, Bud Powell, Oscar Peterson and Patrice
Rushen?
14. What drugdid many of the jazz musicians find themselves
using?
15. Did drugs make a musician play better?
16. What do the initials NJF stand for?
17. Name the person that is best known as the “jazz priest?”
18. How late was Louis Armstrong for his first recording
session of an album he was to make with the Dukes of
Dixieland for Audio Fidelity?
19. What big band leader’s music has had the most focus in
the past five years, primarily in the public and private
schools?
20. What big band do most big bands tend to copy?
See ANSWERS, page 3B
8454.
The Signal Corps Mu
seum, Conrad Hall, Building
29807 off Chamberlain Ave. of
F't. Gordon, isopen 8 a.m. to 4
p.m., Tuesdays through Fri
days, 10 am. to 4 p.m. on
Saturdays, and closed Sun
days, Mondays and federal
holidays. Admission is free.
Callfirst to check on status for
visitors to Ft. Gordon due to
heightened security in the
wake of the Sept. 11 disaster.
For more info, call 791-3856/
2818.
ATTRACTIONS
The National Science
Center’s Fort Discovery,
One Seventh St. The science
center will host its Best of
Augusta Bash on Thurs., Oct.
4, from 7 to 10 p.m. A sensory
extravaganza and a chance to
sample Augusta’s best enter
tainment and restaurants. Ad
mission charge for the event.
The Knox gallery is currently
showing “21* Century Peace
keeper ... the Intelligent War
rior” through Oct. 15. The
science center also has 270
interactive exhibits through
out Fort Discovery, including
thelatest, the “Human Gyro.”
Also consider renting Fort
Discovery for your special
eventsand parties! Admission
from 3to 5 p.m. only halfprice!
For further info, call (706)
821-02000 r 1-800-325-5445.
The Augusta State
University’s Born to Read
Literacy Center willhold free
tutoring during the fall from
Monday through Friday from
4 to 8 p.m., closed on Wednes
days. Receive one-on-one tu
toring for all ages under the
supervision of a certified
teacher. There will be a free
membership into the Metre
Adult Literacy Council with a
$lO supply fee. For registra
tion information, call 733-
7043. The Center will also
hold its 6" Annual Harvest
Ball at the Julian Smith Ca
sino on Sat., Nov. 3, from 7 to
11 p.m. S2O per person. A sit
down dinner will begin at 7
p.m., with silent auction bid
ding at 7:30 p.m. Also danc
ing, music by The Escorts and
door prizes. Call 733-7043 for
ticket information.
Borders will host a Com
munity Reading Group to be
held during the fall on Tues
days, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Books
concentrated on will be
Eckhart Tolle’s The Power of
Now: A Guide to Spiritual
Enlightment (1999), Lama
Zopa Rinpoche’s Transform
ing Problems into Happiness
(2001), and Andrew Cohen’s
Embracing Heaven and Earth
(2000). Author and chapters
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