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SATURDAY

Film explores Gullah culture

The Greater Park Circle Film Society in collaboration with Metanoia will be presenting "Daughters of the Dust" at 7 p.m. Saturday. This special showing will be held at the Gussie Greene Community Center, 2012 Success St., North Charleston (directly behind Chicora Elementary School). Tickets are $2. The theater opens 15 minutes before the show. This Sundance award winner tells the story of three generations of Gullah women at turn of the century on St. Helena Island, as narrated by an unborn child. Through authentic Gullah dialect, vivid imagery and colorful characters, "Daughters of the Dust" reveals the uniqueness of the Gullah people. This film has been identified as a "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress. Afterward is a discussion on racial, cultural and class dynamics in the Lowcountry informed, in part, by the work of Metanoia.

For more information, visit parkcirclefilms.org.

SATURDAY

Open call for actors

White Tuxedo Productions will produce "RENT" this February with an all-professional Broadway performance cast. However there are still some roles that need to be filled.

Open casting calls will be held noon-4 p.m. Saturday at the Charleston Marriott Hotel, 170 Lockwood Drive. They are looking for male and female acting vocalists, ages 18-34 who can sing and act. Professional singers and actors are encouraged as are all races and ethnicities.

All interested should bring a head shot, resume and a song to sing. Tracks are acceptable, however, sheet music is preferred. An audition pianist will be provided.

This production of "RENT" will serve as a fundraiser for Lowcountry Aids Services.

For more information, call 709-5050.

SATURDAY

New York electro acoustic jazz group at Eye Level Art's 103 Gallery

Michael Bellar and the AS-IS Ensemble will perform Saturday at Eye Level Art's 103 Gallery, 103 Spring St., downtown.

Billboard Magazine called them "Generation Next," and they've played Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center. As the former house band at the legendary Blue Note jazz club in New York City, Michael Bellar and the AS-IS Ensemble have perfected its own brand of jazz by combining multiple musical textures and influences (including even Led Zeppelin and Bjork).

Doors for the concert will open at 8 p.m. Tickets are available on Eye Level's Web site for $8 and will be $12 the night of the show at the door. Student tickets are $8 with a valid student I.D.

TONIGHT

South Carolina Stingrays Players bartend for Ronald's Kids

Tonight, the Ronald McDonald House Red Shoe Society will hold a celebrity bartender event 6-9 p.m. at Mad River Bar and Grille, 32 North Market St., downtown.

Three Stingrays players from the 2008-09 Kelly Cup Team will be behind the bar as the South Carolina Gamecocks battle Ole Miss on one of Mad River's 13 flat screens and four projection screen TVs.

For a small donation ($5), guests can obtain a free drink and free food. All $5 entry donations as well as 50 percent of all profits from tips will go directly to support critically ill children and their families staying at the Ronald McDonald House.

WEEKEND

Charleston Battery begins post-season play

The Battery has clinched one of four seeded playoff berths and will begin post-season play on the road tonight against an as yet undetermined opponent. Charleston will play the deciding game of the series at Blackbaud Stadium on Sunday. Kick off is set for 7 p.m.

The Battery (13-5-10, 49 points) enters the final weekend of the season in fourth position, but could move as high as second depending on other results. The Portland Timbers have clinched the regular season title and automatically advances to the semifinals of the playoffs. Charleston will face the Montreal Impact, the Rochester Rhinos or the Vancouver Whitecaps in the first round of the post-season.

Tickets for the 2009 post-season are on sale now with both individual and three game packages available. Three Lions Club members receive complimentary tickets to all playoff games. To reserve your playoff tickets or for more information, call 971-4625 or visit www.charlestonbattery.com.