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January 30, 2003 Edition

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The above link will connect you to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishop's movie and video reviews. They contain a brief overview of many movies with the USCCB's classification and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) rating. They may have a comment on any inappropriate language or violence in the film.

You may also want to check out the Catholic News Service capsule movie reviews.

Media/Arts Briefs

'Sunday Afternoon Live'

MADISON -- "Sunday Afternoon Live from the Elvehjem" welcomes the Oakwood Chamber Players on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 12:30 p.m. in Brittingham Gallery III.

This professional resident chamber music ensemble will play an assortment of music. The players will form several different ensembles.

There will be a reception after the performance; a free docent-led tour of the Elvehjem Museum begins at 2 p.m.

"Sunday Afternoon Live from the Elvehjem" is a free weekly chamber music series presented by the Elvehjem Museum of Art and Wisconsin Public Radio, with the cooperation of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Music.

The series, hosted by music commentator Lori Skelton, is broadcast live on Wisconsin Public Radio stations, including WERN, 88.7, Madison.

Benefit concert

MADISON -- The Spare Time Bluegrass Band and The Lonesome Rogues will perform a benefit concert on Sunday, Feb. 2, at 2 p.m. at The Barrymore Theatre, 2090 Atwood Ave. All proceeds will go to United Way of Dane County.

The Spare Time Bluegrass Band has been playing locally and throughout the state for over 10 years and has been a featured attraction at the Wisconsin State Fair.

The Lonesome Rogues have been playing local and regional venues for the past two years. They currently play every Tuesday night at Wonders Pub, 1980 Atwood Ave., 8 to 10 p.m.

Admission will be $10 for adults, and $5 for children 5 to 12 years of age ($20 maximum per family).


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TV Programs of Note

Following are some theatrical movies and television programs of note. This information is being provided to assist people in making viewing choices.

Monday-Friday, 2:30 p.m., Inspiration Channel (cable) -- "Catholic Mass."

Monday-Sunday, 7 a.m., 11:10 a.m., 6 p.m., 11 p.m., EWTN (cable) -- "Daily Mass." No 6 p.m. showing on Sunday.

Saturday, Feb. 1, 2 a.m., EWTN (cable) - "Joseph Haydn: The Seasons." A performance of Franz Joseph Haydn's 'The Seasons,' performed by the Gächinger Kantorei and the Bach Collegium of Stuttgart with Maestro Helmuth Rilling conducting.

Saturday, Feb. 1, 7 p.m., EWTN (cable) - "A Dinner with Alex Jones." This is the story, in an informal setting of a dinner party, of a man who does not come to the Catholic Church empty-handed, but brings all the Lord has ever given to him. Repeats 2 a.m. Feb. 4; noon Feb. 6.

Sunday, Feb. 2, 7 a.m., WISC (CBS) - "Mass." Celebrated by Msgr. Thomas Campion, sponsored by Apostolate to the Handicapped.

Sunday, Feb. 2, 8 p.m., WHA (PBS) - "Foyle's War." This "Masterpiece Theatre" production is an intriguing quartet of English murder mysteries. The series' first case, "The German Woman," follows police chief Christopher Foyle (Michael Kitchen) as he investigates the vicious murder of a rich landowner's German wife.

Saturday, Feb. 8, 7 p.m., WKOW (ABC) - "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994). Gritty prison drama begins in 1946 when a quiet banker (Tim Robbins) is wrongly convicted of murder. He then spends the next two decades inside a brutal and corruptly run penitentiary where he has positive effects on the hapless inmates, especially another lifer (Morgan Freeman), before his unexpected departure. Director Frank Darabont does not spare viewers the dehumanizing ugliness of life behind bars in a story notable for its portrayal of a man who inspired hope in others while coping with the injustice done to him. Some graphic prison violence and suicides, crude sexual innuendo, brief nudity, and much rough language. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops classification of the theatrical version was A-IV - adults, with reservations. The Motion Picture Association of America rating was R - restricted.


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