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FEATURES Thursday, February 20, 1997 - Page 11 Coming Soon to theaters: Brad Pitt, Student Recital Schedule for and Harrison Ford Spring 1997 30's and 40's films and the 60's BY MIKE PUSKAR television series, all of which were SraifWriler based on 20's novels. Elizabeth And the winners of the 1997 Shue (Leaving Las Vegas) will co- March 9 • Sunday at 4:30 p.m .• McDaniel Lounge Oscar for best celebrity team-up star with Phillip Noyce (Patriot A musical salon with vocalist and instrumentalist Carolyn Arney are ... Harrison Ford and Brad Pin!" Games, C & P Danger) directing. may be a possibility after the release The next two March films crawl of The Devil's Own this month. Pitt out of the music industry. March March 31 • Monday at 7:00 p.m .• Levine Recital Hall portrays truly nasty Irish 21 brings Selena, a film detailing the Senior William Gill presents a program of vocal classics Republican Army soldier, in a biography of the late Latin pop star, performance of similar nutty wit who will be portrayed by Jennifer that earned him an Oscar Lopez. Edward James Olmos April 4 • Friday at 7:30 p.m .• Levine Recital Hall nomination for Twelve Monkeys. ("Miami Vice") co-stars. The Senior Leslie Huffer presents a varied vocal program Ford plays against Pitt as a naive second film may be the ticket to its N.Y. cop, making this another star's regaining praise in drama, "patriot game" for the veteran actor. having not received much critical April 6 • Sunday at 3:00 p.m .• Levine Recital Hall Joining the two drama powerhouses acclaim outside of Dune and Three- on March 26 will be Treat Williams Penny Opera. Sophomores Jaime Walker and Nicole Mechaly perform in a piano recital (Mulholland Falls). British pop superstar! According to an episode of renaissance man Sting will portray April 11 • Friday at 7:30 p.m .• Levine Recital Hall "Friends" and the film Six Degrees a butler in Gentlemen Don't Eat of Separation, there is a chain of Poets, formerly advertised under the Senior Keith Remo in a recital of piano pieces people that links everyone to each name of the novel on which it is other; let's see if it works. Aug. 1 based, The Grotesque. The film was April 18 • Friday at 7:30 p.m .• Levine Recital Hall will see the release of A.FO., also produced by the "King of Pain"s starring Ford, who will be playing wife, Trudie Styler, who, according Senior Joanna Lajewski in a program of diverse vocal selections opposite ofthe ever-nefarious Gary to Sting on "Late Night with Conan Oldman (The Scarlet Letter, O'Brien" in early 1996, "needed a Dracula). It's Clear and Present cheap actor to play the butler so she April 25 • Friday at 7:30 p.m.> McDaniel Lounge Danger meets The Professional as got [him]." Moreover, he butlered Senior Scott Humbert performs an assortment of piano pieces Ford portrays the United Slates very well according to his trainer- president who is taken hostage by a a former .servant of the Queen of Russian (Oldman). Prior to this England- who said that he was April 30 • Wednesday at 7:30 p.m .• Levine Recital Hall film, the latter star will appear in better than Sir Anthony Hopkins (re: Senior guitarist Kevin Hord and the WMC Guitar Ensemble perform Fifth Element, a sci-fi feature Remains of the Day). Stylerherself evidently based upon ether, the has a brief stint in the film. This barely-discussed fifth elemental of British endeavor, coming out March May 2 • Friday at 7:30 p.m .• (Big) Baker Memorial Chapel medieval science. This film, to be 7, deals with murder and released May 9, will also star Bruce cannibalism, as well as a dose of WMC Senior Carleen Alves in a vocal recital Willis, whose sci-fi ventures bisexuality. Now, that is blasted-off with his playing "grotesque." opposite Brad Pill in Twelve Monkeys. Thus, we have our chain. Information gathered from March 14 will bring The Saint Cinescape (Vol. 1Il, #5, march/April All performances are free and open to the to theaters. The film- which is one '97), Entertainment Weekly (#3671 of the reasons why its lead, Val 68, Feb. 21128) and Wizard: The public. Kilmer, didn't reprise his role as Guide to Comics (#67, March '97). Batman- is a remake of the early County Public Library server, site include her library science BY JF.N VICK children can meet Kerby and local FI'GwresEdiror students creating more pages for authors Mary Downing Hahn, course credit, having children A pair of computer animated, Bianca Levies, Mary Lyons, and write book reviews and posting wandering eyes encourages young David Wisniewski. Each author's them on the site, and adding more readers to look at Mona Kerby's page contains biographical authors. One of these authors will Web page, and the mailbox opening information and a list of the books be Barbara Robinson who wrote and closing urges them to take their they've written. Most have "The Best Christmas Pageant Internet search a step further. summaries of the books and a photo Ever." The Web page, "The Author of the author. On computers with Designing the Web site has Comer: Mid-Atlantic Authors & appropriate software, a short sound been so time consuming for Kerby Illustrators," is a creation of Kerby' bite from the author can even be that she hasn't had time to work designed to attract students in the heard. on any new books. She's written middle grades to meet Mid-Atlantic Kerby's Web site is by no means a total of 10 books of fiction, authors and illustrators of children's limited to Mid-Atlantic authors. It biography, and science. In 1989, books. A children's author herself, has links to authors all over the "Asthma" and "Cockroaches" Kerby is also an assistant professor country, the Internet Public Library, were two of her books named to of library science. and the Library of Congress. A the Outstanding List of Science "I did this for the sheer love of visitor to the Web site can also send Trade Books, and "38 Weeks till it. When you've been a teacher for an e-mail to an author or order one Summer Vacation" received the so long your always looking for of their books. 1994 Maud Hart Lovelace Award. ways to make students read," Kerby "I think iI'S just another A new biography of Robert E. Lee said, who was an elementary school dimension to always bring the will be published in the spring. authors are added and it becomes teacher and library media specialist student back to the book," Kerby Kerby said her page, which has established. So far she has received friends in Texas, but none have for 20 years in Arlington, Texas. said. only been on the Internet since Feb about 20 e-mail messages.primarily been from children. She pointed At the site, located on the Carroll Kerby's future plans for her Web out that the Web site is "still in its 3, will "get better" once more from her college students and her infancy."