THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, April 21, 1995 TAG: 9504190122
SECTION: DAILY BREAK PAGE: E3 EDITION: FINAL
LENGTH: Short : 46 lines
TUESDAY
THE FLAP over ``Hoop Dreams'' has been well-documented. A five-year project that follows two talented Chicago school boys through their prep careers, the documentary made many critics' Top 10 lists last year, but was snubbed at the Oscars. More than just chronicling the ups and downs in the lives of Arthur Agee and William Gates, it dissects the American Dream. Yours can be the final court of opinion when ``Hoop Dreams'' arrives on video Tuesday. Caveat: Set aside some time because it runs nearly three hours.
Craig Shapiro
WEEKEND
``IT HAS BECOME that time of evening when people sit on their porches, rocking gently and talking gently and watching the street . . . '' A cherished memory of childhood opens James Agee's novel ``A Death in the Family,'' and Samuel Barber set these words to lyrical music in ``Knoxville: Summer of 1915.'' Austin Symphony music director Sung Kwak and soprano Janice Dixon perform this work with the Virginia Symphony Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. at Chrysler Hall. The program also includes Respighi's ``The Birds,'' Mozart's ``Exultate, jubilate'' and Beethoven's Symphony No. 4. Tickets are $15 to $34. Call 623-2310 for more information.
- Mark Mobley
THURSDAY
THE ORIGINAL LINEUP of one of the most influential and stylistically adventurous bands of the early-'80s' American punk movement is back together. D.C.'s Bad Brains begin their tour 9 p.m. Thursday at the Abyss, 1065 19th St. in Virginia Beach. The group, whose forthcoming ``God of Love'' album reunites them with producer Ric Ocasek (he did their epochal ``Rock for Light''), are reaching for their moment again. The record is on Madonna's Maverick label. Tickets: $10 in advance. For more information, call 422-0748.
- Rickey Wright ILLUSTRATION: Color photos
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