The Michigan Daily - New Student Edition - September 3, 1996 - 3D UMS brings 118th year of B er places to go... Ann ArborOandsOn Museum 219 E. Hubn St. 747-8300 'hours: Tu-F'10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. S 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. SUW 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Steams Co~ctlon School of Nbsic Moore Building 1100 Baits Vrive 4389 iudes moe than 2,000 musical instruments, Hours: Th-Sat. 10 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Sun p.m. - 5 p.m. Power Center for the Performing Arts 121 Fletcher St. Box Office: 7B3-3333 Scheduling: 747-3327 kkham Audtorium "East Washigton Street 764-5553 Scheduling: 74-3327 "Mendoissohn Teatre Michigan Leagu, 911 N. University Ave. ' Box Office: 763-41085 ~Scheduling: 747,3327 Trueblood Theatie . -cond floor, Friete Building x Office: 764-387 ~ cheduling: 747-3327 Hill Auditorium 825 N. University Ave. Box Office: 764-830 Scheduling: 747-3327 School of Music 2249 E.V. Moore Bulding Events: 763-4726 *ludes the Music Theatre Pro- gram, School of Mudic Opera The- atre, University Dante Company and Department of Theato and Drama Art Lounge First floor, Michigan Lion 763-3202 This study lounge disdiays art from students and the University commu- nity. League University Ave. 764-0446 Tickets: 764-0450 in addition to study facities and meeting rooms, the League hosts a buffet with a rotating at exhibit. The ticket office sells tickets for all School of Music performpnces. Student Woodshop 7 Student Activities BEilding 3.4025 . abinet- and furniture-mking shop open for classes and free Sunday :eminars Qn-Campus Films 763-FILM taped message of non-pefit cam- pus films and other events. 3inion Programs Office t10 Michigan Union 3.3202 aonsors arts programs, exhibits, print sales and concerts. *n-Campus Events 6-EVENT 14orth Campus Commons Artssand trograms :'764-7544 4nrrook Institute of Science 221 N. Woodward Ave., Bloorefield ,Hills, Mich. Admission: $7 Laser Shows, $2 extra Planetarium Shows, $1 extra Hours: Mon. - Thurs., 10 a.m. 5 p.m.; Fri. - Sat., 10 a.m. - 10 p.nb; Sun., 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. ,Event information: (810) 645-3209 Detroit Institute of Science )200 Woodward Ave., Detroit (313) 833-7900 With more than 100 galleries, the DIA is the fift-argest art museum nationwide. http://www.dia.org PE OLI CA PEZIO SOLOIST culture to ' FILE PHOTO Ringing the bells One of the University's carillon players rings the bells In the tower near the Modem Languages Building and Hill Auditori- um. The bells ring every 15 minutes, with extended chimes on the hour. Cassic theaters, movies mark film landscape By Gabe Smith Daily Ants Writer For over one hundred years, the Uni- versity Musical Society has prided itself on bringing the best of opera, jazz, clas- sical, theater and dance to the Universi- ty. This year is no different. Opening up its 118th season of events, the society brings a pallet of diverse performances to the table. "Our purpose here is to celebrate a variety of cultural expressions and have people curious. to learn and appreci- UMS ate a diversity of cul- tures. The experience Sea itself is what the soci- ety has to offer; to be The UniversityN able to open horizons offers 24 series to rich cultural tradi- bert, jazz, danc( tions," said Kenneth choral music, A Fischer, UMS execu- guitar music. tive director. Some upcoming The 1996-97 regu- certs; lar season features 69 1 9"So Many St< performances and a leen Battle and varity o seres ofer Dec. 13, Hill Ai ai.etyo eioffer-gs 0Academy of ingsu. The orngs Melds, 4 p.m.,f include: The Choral ham Auditoriun Union Series, Cham- '#Kdo, 8 pm. ber Arts Series, Jazz 25, Power Cent Directions, Divine 1 Cecilia Bart< Expressions and Stage March 29, Hill Presence series, as well as many new series, including Visions and Voices of Women and New Interpretations. Several notable stars are scheduled to appear this year, including several returning to Hill Auditorium. Wynton Marsalis and The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, with Jon Hendricks and Cas- sandra Wilson, appears Feb. 12 at Hill Auditorium. This is part of Marsalis' world-premiere international tour of his oratorio Blood on the Fields. After two sold-out performances in 1993 and 1995, March 29 marks the return of world-renowned mezzo-sopra- no Cecilia Bartoli. Soprano Kathleen Battle returns Dec. 13. She'll perform works by Duke Ellington, favorite spirituals and select- ed lullabies and love songs. Accompa- nied by revered jazz artists Cyrus Chest- Mi !sit Asi tar d r t 111. nut, Christian McBride and James Carter, Hill Auditorium should have a full house. Andre Watts and Garrick Ohlsscn come to Ann Arbor for evenings of Schubert - Watts on Jan. 8, Ohlsson on Jan. 23. Puccini's La Boheme will be per- formed Feb. 19-22 at the Power Center by the New York City Opera Company. On Oct. 25 and 26, Twyla Tharp and her dance company will perform at the Power Center. } 947 Finally, The Harlem Nutcracker will be s0n performed Dec. 18- 21. This performance usical Society is both a UMS debut ncluding Schu- and co-commissioned theater, by the society. The an music and group uses Duke Ellington's version of special Cori- the Nutcracker Suite in a 20th century with Kath- Harlem setting. riends, 8 p.m.' These, however, are itorium Matn-in-the- just a few of the many b. 23; FackI extraordinary perfor- mances to grace the Feb. 24 and University's stages. r There will be an 8 p.m., open house from 1-4 uditorium p.m. Aug. 29 in the lobby at Hill Auditori- um. There will be information on the University Musical Society and prizes will be given away. The one-day half-price sale for all seats to all shows will be held Sept. 7. This half price sale happens only oncea semester. The popular sale will be held from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Hill Auditorium box office. Also, rush tick- ets will be sold for any concert on the day of the event, or for a Saturday or Sunday performance. "Students arc high priority here," Fis- cher said. UMS has housed some of the great- est, including Leonard Bernstein and the Vienna Orchestra, and even pianist Van Cliburn, who gave a resounding perfor- mance here in May. The box office is user-friendly and the dress at most events is casual. By Joshua Rich Daily Arts Editor The striking sights of giant theater marquees towering over Ann Arbor's South State and Liberty streets no doubt look like geographic anomalies. They are ornate placards that really belong in larger American metropolises like New York or Las Vegas. To Ann Arborites, though, these gaudy awnings prove that of the many films the theater presents regularly. With its late-night weekend shows, the State is definitely for maize and blue droogs! Just down the street lies the Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor's main cinema art house. The more inspired viewer will step in its palatial confines to find foreign and independent movies on its silver screen. The Michigan is the home of the Ann Arbor Film Festival, an annual showcase the cosmopolitan Square, perhaps - invades our little intellectual Mecca every day andnight. But the billboards for the State and Michigan theaters- the closest commer- cial movie houses to Central Campus - tell us more than just what's playing. They remind us that while we invite the greatest politicians or artists or football teams to other Ann Arbor venues, the heroes of cinema-the Welle- ses, the Redfords and even the Taranti- nos - have a per- manent home here. Movie stars reside quite close to students, in fact, world - Times Ann Arbor .&2 210 S Fifth St . 761-9700 . Showcase Cinemas 4100 Carpenter Rd. '73.8380 .The Movies at Oriarwood Ma! 769-8780 The Michigan Theater 603 E. Liberty St. 608-8480 Fox V111age Theater 375 S. Maple Rd. 994-8080, State Theatre 233 S. State 994-4024 of independent and exper- imental motion pictures. More than 30 years old, the festival takes place each March, offering an inter- esting look into the world of movies produced and presented far outside of Hollywood. Other events at the Michigan include presentations of silent films with live orchestral accompaniments, visits from famous directors who discuss their films (as "Leaving Las Vegas" cre- ator Mike Figgis did earli- er this year) and special festivals, like the recent exhibition of Italian mas- ter Federico Fellini. To see the biggest Holly- wood productions in the multiplexes on the outskirts of town, one will need to take a bus, a cab or other Arbor I & 2 plays many of the more cre- ative pictures produced. In past years it has housed a variety of movies, ranging from Woody Allen's comedies to French action pictures to heartwarming Ameri- can flicks. It, too, has reduced student rates and is just a short walk away. Yet no trek is required to find some of Ann Arbor's biggest cinematic secrets and treats. These usually lie no farther than the auditorium in which your chem- istry or history lecture is held. Each week, film clubs present numerous clas- sic movies on campus. Tickets are cheap - sometimes free - and they admit you to some of the best and craziest films to come to town. Along with theatrical movies shown just a short distance away, campus cinema presentations are testament to how movies thrive in A-squared. After all, where else could you see Jim Carrey cram asparagus up his nose one moment and then witness a film about blood-suck- ing chiropractors the next, all for less than the cost of dinner at the Brown Jug? They regularly visit the State and Michi- gan theaters (where students pay a reduced ticket price with a student ID), as well as the four other Ann Arbor area movie houses - the Ann Arbor I & 2 on South Fifth Street, the United Artists Theaters at Briarwood Mall, Showcase Cinemas on Carpenter Road near Ypsi- lanti and the Fox ViIlage Theaters on the city's west side. And there is no better study break or time-killer than a visit to one of these. Venture into the State Theater -until recently the so-called "Home of 'Pulp Fiction"' (which the theater housed for nearly a year) - and you will find an assortment of movies that offer plenty of intellectual fodder mixed with bits of quirk. Big- and small-budget alike, films at the State are a menagerie of first-run sensations like "The Shawshank Redemption," and second-run classics including "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" and " A Clockwork Orange,'two motorized transportation to reach them. Often housing the exact same movies, the Briarwood and Showcase theaters offer distinct differences that make each an appealing choice for the finicky film fan. Briarwood is a convenient option - it is not far from campus and numerous stores surround the mall's cineplex. Show- case, on the other hand, is farther away from school, yet offers the most movies on the most screens and the most comfort- able seats in town. Tickets at theses off- campus theaters are, of course, pricier, but their larger chairs with plenty of leg room may be worth an extra buck or two. Of course, if you are only willing to spend a buck or two on a movie, a trip west at the Fox Village Theaters may be your calling. It specializes in presenting films on their second run to the box office, and tickets are undoubtedly the cheapest in the city. The catch: It takes a while for blockbusters to come to Fox. Back in heart of downtown, the Ann FREE FILMS .",.aFOR ... ....... STUDENTS! I.. ..Y.{r T E H LYGRAIL CASABLANCA Monday, Cartemhr 9 a5:-00 Saturday, August 31 @ 7:00 Students get in FREE to this first film in our Monty Python film series. This hilarious and irrever- ent interpretation of the Arthurian I I I -