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Show gMimg nnn : Looking for something different to do this weekend? Her are a few suggestions, compiled by Park Record, entertainment critic Rick Brough. ; - MOVIES : The David Niven Festival -ffv continues at the Salt Lake City INJ Library Dec. 9 with "A Matter of I Ufe and Death." In this stvlish VsJ fantasy, wiven is a World War II pilot called prematurely to the Great Beyond (he's literally on a stairway to Heaven) and he must defend his right to live again. With Kim Hunter and Raymond Massey. Plays on Friday at 2 D.m. (for 25') and 7 p.m. (tor &0). Thelibrary is at 209 East 500 South'. The Blue Mouse features three recent major films. Meryl Streep won an Oscar for "Sophie's Choice." Peter Sellers deserved one for "Being There" as a TV-nurtured TV-nurtured innocent who stumbles into circles of political power. And in Stanley Kubrick's "Barry Lyndon," Ryan O'Neal is the hero of Thackeray's tale. The Mouse is located at 260 East 100 South. The Utah Media Center continues with its English comedy and Disney festivals. In "The Shaggy Dog" (to play Dec. 9-11) Tommy Kirk is the teenager changed into a sheepdog by the words from a magic ring. The Disney films have special extra showings this month. They will play on Fridays (at 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.), Saturdays (1:30, 3:30 and 7:30) and Sundays at 7:30. The Victorian comedy "The Wrong Box" plays Dec. 10-11 at 9:30 p.m. It's a wonderful Victorian comedy of confusion, with misplaced bodies, star-crossed lovers, and riotous chases. It stars Michael Caine, John Mills, Ralph Richardson, the team of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, and Peter Sellers as a crooked, cat-loving doctor. doc-tor. Admission is $2.25 for the individual films ($1 for children) and $3 for the double feature. Call 534-1158 for further information. f MUSIC I -Handel's "Messiah" will be presented Saturday and Sunday at the Salt Lake Tabernacle by the Oratorio Society's 360-voice choir and members of the Utah Symphony. Guest conductor is Ling Tung, director of the Grand Teton Music Festival. Soloists include Robert Peterson, plus Carla Cook, Dan Marek and Linda Cusanelli. Tickets are on sale at the Symphony box office for the 8 p.m. shows. Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors" is being presented by the Utah Opera Company with Clark Ut-terback Ut-terback as Amahl. Shows are Friday (at 9 p.m.) and Satuday (2 and 8 p.m.) at the Capitol Theatre. Ticket are available from the Utah Opera Box Office and Datatix outlets. There's more Sixties rock at the Cherish Restaurant. Restau-rant. Gary Puckett (and the Union Gap) and Spanky MacFarlin of Spanky and Our Gang play from Dec. 13 through Dec. 17 for two dinner shows nightly. The Elks Building is at 139 East South Temple. - Park City's own Mrs. Fields joins forces with the Utah Symphony in a Tuesday ' 'Cookie Pops" concert to benefit the Cystic Fibrosis foundation. The Fields family will direct an audience singalong of Christmas song favorites. And Charles Ketcham will direct the orchestra in Anderson's "Sleigh Ride," music excerpts from "Casablanca," and Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker." "Nutcrack-er." The concert will begin early (7 p.m.) to accommodate accom-modate families. Tickets are on sale at the Symphony box office, plus Fields stores at Salt Lake malls (Cottonwood, (Cot-tonwood, Crossroads, Fashion Place). Each ticket stub can be redeemed for a Fields cookie. THEATRE WifBW -"DoodlesA Mime Show" asjf) features Joe Pitti and partner W Darlene Casanova and in- J 1 troduces the Doodles mime com- V ' ' M n J pany. The show plays at the Egyptian Theatre on Satm uay at 8 p.m. (See separate article.) Tickets are $5 general admission and $4 50 for students and seniors. "A Christmas Carol", the classic story of Scrooge, plays at the Promised Valley Playhouse, Tuesday-Saturday Tuesday-Saturday at 8 p.m. through Dec. 17, 132 South State. "The Glass of Water" influences European history in this light play, the last in the fall Student Directors Series. It will be presented at the U. of U's Performing Arts Building, in the Lab Theatre, Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. with a Friday matinee at 5 p.m. Call 581-6961 for further information. The Young People's Theatre presents "Charlotte's Web" at Pioneer Memorial Theatre. Shows are Thursday Thurs-day and Friday at 4:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., and Saturday Satur-day do a.m. , 2 p.m. and 4 : 30 p.m. ) . -"Vanities," which follows the progress of three cheerleader friends in the 1960s, will play at the Art Barn. A Dec. 8 opening night party and show is $15. Afterwards, Af-terwards, tickets are $5 for an 8 p.m. show. Plays Dec. 9-11 and 15-18 at Reservoir Park and Finch Lane. 7 es Me" is Presented by Walk-Ons at the Shire West Theatre. Harnick and Bock's story tells of a man and woman who wrangle as fellow employees, but unknowingly fall in love through a lonely-hearts correspondence. It plays Wednesday through Saturday through Dec. 10. MISCELLANEOUS JtJ' "The Kimball Art Center y presents an exhibit on the Art of "fcJ J Christmas Present. The Little ' Gallery features paintersculp- VX torjeweler Gregory Saint Thomas. Thom-as. It will run through Dec. 14. -French artist Henri Dechanet has an exhibit on display at Park Place International through Dec. 31. -.xnibits and "aft demonstrations are featured at MIClfu aunoChristmas" sPnsored by Lallapalooza and the Utah State History Museum, 300 Rio Grande St. The exhibit runs 2-5 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is $2 per person and $10 per family. , Th1e sen Planetarium is showing an annual favorite, "The Star of Bethlehem." The show plays on Saturdays (at 2 p.m., 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.) and Sundays Sun-days (2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.). |