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Western Carolinian Volume 61 Number 14

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  • Western Carolinian February 1,1996 Features ItuiiorkMistlDMibit Pamlifhjs MCI Swoopingr BVds Return to NC Zoo The Department of Art at Western Carolina University will present an exhibition of paintings by New York City artist Joseph Greenberg, artist-in-residence at WCU in February and March. The exhibition, a 30-year retrospective of paintings of city scenes, will open in the gallery of Belk Building on Monday, February 5, and continue through March 1. A reception for Greenberg will be held Wednesday, February 21, from 7:30 until 9 p.m. in Room 104 of Belk. "Although Greenberg has shown his work at numerous galleries and museums, this will mark his first solo exhibition in the Southeast," said Robert Godfrey, head of the WCU Art Department and curator of the show. Godfrey first met Greenberg at Friday night gatherings of representational artists in the Lower East Side of Manhattan in the late 1960s, where artists convened to thrash out ideas and issues. "At that time, Greenberg was noted for his narrative paintings of Union Square crowd scenes and of residents of the Bowery district," Godfrey said. "Greenberg has since created hundreds of paintings based on the New York City skyline, developing surfaces that resonate with light through the application of many layers of paint in these later works." "Greenberg is very adept at capturing the essence of the subjects he paints," said author Vincent Patrick, who wrote the exhibition catalogue introduction: "These park paintings capture the tempo of the city perfectly, a quality present in all of Greenberg's paintings of New York, be they of people or of lit-up buildings at night." The exhibition and reception are open to the public free of charge. Belk gallery hours are 9 a.m. until 12 noon and 1 until 4 p.m. weekdays. Call (704) 227-7210 for more information. Information contributed by OPI Spectators at the new "On the Wing" presentation at the North Carolina Zoo near Asheboro will be looking skyward as hawks, falcons, owls and other birds of prey take wing in the Zoo's amphitheatre March 15 through May 15, 1996. Produced for the Zoo by the World Bird Sanctuary, the show uses professional handlers and several trained birds to entertain visitors with aerial acrobatics as it educates them about the birds and the environmental issues affecting them. Three performances of "On the Wing" are scheduled daily—weekdays at 10 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. No additional admission is charged for the bird show. Admission to the North Carolina Zoo, which now covers 500 acres with its African and North American continental regions, is $8 for adults and $5 for children (ages 2-12) and senior citizens (age 62 and above). The amphitheatre is located near the African entrance. Recognized as one of the best and largest walk-through zoos in America, the North Carolina Zoo has more than 1,000 animals in its exhibits and has added more than 61,000 plants to the already rich plant life on its natural site in the picturesque and ancient Uwharrie Mountain range of central North Carolina. The Zoo is open every day of the year from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. For additional information and confirmation of events, call (800) 488-0444. The North Carolina Zoo is a program of the NC Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources. Information contributed by OPI "Immortal" Soundtrack Gives | Glimpse of Chapel Hill Music Scene j by • Scott Francis • Associate Editor • Being the Features editor for the Western Carolinian has its good • moments. I get all kinds of interesting things in the mail. Recently I re- • ceived a copy of the soundtrack for a movie called "Immortal." • As far as I can tell the movie's plot is about vampires and the Chapel • Hill music scene. It looks pretty interesting, but that is not the subject of • this article. • The soundtrack for "Immortal" features music from eleven Chapel • Hill artists, including Capsize 7, Dillon Fence, the Sex Police, the Trout • Band and Reverb-A-Ray. The CD is a perfect sampler for someone who is • unfamiliar with the Chapel Hill music scene. It sounds like what you might • hear if you were walking down a Chapel Hill street at night, passing bars, • clubs and cafes along the way. • If you are interested in checking it out, you can write to Permanent • Records at PO Box 628, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-0628. ik&J9 * HE]'. ; uJXfl g mm W M
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