The Register, 1981-03-20

              several workshops will be presented starting march 23 at 3 p.m with a music for additional information concerning this film series contact dudley colbert at the southeast branch library at 373-2392 • light opera - a visually experimental look at new york city's time square set to a jazz ornette coleman • transmagnifican dambauality - a slapstick portrayal of a teenager's life in a small apartment • torture of mothers the story of six young men accused of theft and the resultant case of police brutality in the riots of 1964 in harlem april 15 an award-winning and enterprising documentary film on the harlem renaissance • from these roots • tar baby - the story of an old rag picker taunted by two boys of whom he sees himself in the older boy n.c state presents home the hit play home by north carolina native samm art williams will open march workshop conducted by phillip wood heatre company the negro ensemble company will america's foremost black appear in stewart theatre located on the n c statf 23-25 at 8 p.m home is a semi-autobiographical play which was a strong contender for a tony award it traces 13 eventful years in the life of a carolina black man from the family farm to jail in a big northern city and finally home again university campus or saturday the company wil present two performances oi its broadway hit home a 3 and 8 p.m on march 24 the negro ensemble company will present a workshop series at a time to be announced at a later date during the calendar of home was written by north carolina native samm art williams the play is the events story of cephus miles a black farmer and spinner of tall tales in north carolina in a series of events the play describes " home was nominated for a tony award as best play of 1980 how he loses his childhood sweetheart and goes north to pursue the good life the negro ensemble company will end the festival with its last performance of home the arts festival closes march 25 starting with a poetry workshop which will feature the talent of local artists it will be conducted by local poet lance jeffers of durham their repertoire spans from children's game songs and prison songs of the rural south through gospel and blues to black women love songs and socio-political statements of today women talents as singers and songwriters to make a dynamic musical statement on the black american experience this event takes place on march 21 at 9 p.m combine their for your listening entertainment sweet honey in the rock a group of black drama on march 20 at 8 p.m bsm cultural night will take place the program which features the bsm gospel choir the ebony readers of the onyx theatre and the opeyo dancers enhances black american culture through song dance and sponsored by the black student movement of the university of north carolina at chapel hill the festival will be held march 20-25 the black arts festival instills black awareness in the arts of afro-americans is a revolution of black culture by rosalind stinson happy birthday rocky moore appears regularly in premier concert halls and nightclubs throughout the country she holds the distinction of having performed with the detroit pittsburgh richmond and syracuse symphony orchestras performances at the olympic theatre in paris and her one-woman show at the metropolitan opera house in new york on sunday march 22 the carl chavis ymca of highpoint presents an evening in concert with melba moore she will perform two shows at 7 and 9 p.m at the highpoint theatre admission is an 8 donation with all seats reserved all proceeds go to the ymca to establish membership for underprivileged children not only a singer and recording artist " moore is also an actress tv entertainer and nightclub and concert performer she won the leading role of sheila in the broadway musical hair and later the co-starring role opposite cleavon little of lutiebelle gussie mae jenkins in musical purlie for purlie moore won the coveted tony award the new york drama critics award and the drama desk award in television she portrayed harriet tubman in the american woman portraits of courage she hosted a cbs summer series with clifton davis guest appeared on television programs such as love boat and the nbc movie of the week flamingo road appeared in the films cotton comes to harlem lost in the stars and hair and returned to the broadway stage as marsinah in the hit musical timbuktu other moore recordings include peach melba melba this is it which earned a grammy award nomination for the tune lean on me a portrait of melba and melba of 1978 which featured performances such as you stepped into my life and pick me up i'll dance closer contains five original tunes everything's so good about you shame something on your mind " you don't know what to do to me and the title track it also includes moore interpretations of songs such as mcfadden and whitehead's uptempo you got me loving you and the jerry butler-rodney massey-lawrence hanks ballad rest inside my love melba aaoore's latest album on the epic label closer not only showcases her unique vocal style but also her songwriting ability coupled with co production contributions friday march 20 1981 the a&t register page 3 library to show film series by tony moore journal entry dance • sylvilla they dance to her drum - a documentary film on sylvilla fort a black concert dancer who formed the vital training link between the kathryn dunham 1940's and alvin ailey 1960's periods of • pass/fail - a fictional drama about a black film maker trying to raise funds to make his film other films featured in this series to be shown on wednesdays at 4 and 7 p.m are as follows your children come back to you tells of a young girl who seeks identity between western and african roots other films scheduled for showing on wednesday march 25 are just briefly and your children come back to you just briefly is the story of a young black woman's search for emotional fulfillment • get a job - a comical dramatization of the techniques of interviewing for a job • killer of sheep - the story of stan whose work in a slaughterhouse conflicts with his own sensibilities about life april 1 • four women - an experimental dance film that expresses the spirit of black womanhood nina simone composed this film's music april 8 ck students arts festival unc-ch bla host black 25th the southeast branch of the greensboro public library will show a series of films written directed and produced by independent black film makers the series begins wednesday march 25 and will continue for the next three wednesdays in april there will be one showing on march some of the themes these films will feature are black male-female relationships parent-child relationships dance apathy employment emotional fulfillment of black women black history and culture and the criminal justice system charles lane will show and discuss his film a place in time on wednesday march 25 7 p.m at the main library a place in time is a comedy satire in the silent tradition of chaplinand buster keaton the story touches on the themes of crime apathy alienation in urban society through the escapades of a young street portrait painter