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vG14 TVRadio The on Globe SATURDAY, JANUARY 26, 2002 i tt 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ri i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 it 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 TV Radio Rare glimpse at filmmaker Lucas journalist visited the set of "Star Wars" in 1976. "After three days, he said, "Which one is the George always seemed to be able to get somebody else to sort of speak on his behalf like a translator. Taster and more intense' was the only direction we ever got" The program concludes with a few brief scenes from "Attack of the Clones," which will include appearances by two of Lucas's children. For film buffs, this program offers access to one of the industry's most imaginative minds. It is interesting to hear about Lucas's weaknesses and inspiring to hear about his successes.

Finally, the storyteller tells us his story. Talk of the dial CHILDREN'S SHOWS 7 a.m. 2 Arthur Arthur's Family Vacation; Grandpa Dave's Old Country Farm. It rains during a family vacation; Arthur goes to his grandfather's farm. (CC) 38369 -9 Jack anna's Animal Adventures Animals of the Judean Desert.

Israel: a herd of ibex in the Judean desert; a hike to the top of Masada; floating in the Dead Sea; mud fight 12201 78881 44 Jay Jay the Jet Plane Tracy's Shooting Star; Upsy Downosis. Tracy wants to see a shooting star; Herky has a cold. (CC) 85862 DIS The Book of Pooh Bravehat; Scaredy-Cat Tigger house-sits for Owl; Pooh finds courage from a new hat (CC) 968355 NICK CatDog Doo Wop Diggety; CatDogumentary. Winslow forms a singing group. 470305 7:30 a.m.

2 Clifford the Big Red Dog Little Clifford; Welcome to Birdwell. Emily remembers choosing Clifford for her puppy, the town has doubts about Clifford. (CC) 82046 5-6-9 Wild Moments Coral reef; chimpanzees; feeding wildlife; the rut season; chickadees. (CC) 3133639978 64688 NICK The Wild Thornberrys Song For Eliza. Eliza tries to swim with humpback whales.

220602 8 a.m. 2 Dragon Tales Follow the Dots; A Smashing Success. While playing whack-it-back, Ord hits the birdie too hard; Emmy breaks Whee-zie's trumpet (CC) 85572 44 Zoboomafoo Fearfest Thunderstorm; grizzly bear cubs; lemur. (CC) 82336 DIS Otter On the Right Track; Itchy Situation. Relay race; mountain hike.

(CC) 540238 8:30 a.m. 2 Sagwa, the Chinese Siamese Cat Royal Cats; Acrobat Cats. Dongwa announces he does not like history; Sagwa wants to be an acrobat (CC) 17171 44 Barney Friends Itty Bitty Bugs. Bugs invade a picnic. (CC) 81607 9 a.m.

2 Clifford the Big Red Dog The Dog Who Cried Woof; Doing the Right Thing. Samuel tells the children a scary story, T-Bone steals By Suzanne C. Ryan GLOBE STAFF For years, George Lucas has been called a recluse. Shunning the media and Hollywood, the filmmaker who ated "Star Wars," l-- "Raiders of the Lost Ark," and "American Graffiti" seems to have worked magic the gates of his Skywalker 'Ranch. But who is he? t- Tomorrow, in the documentary Lucas: Creating an Em- pire" (A 8 p.m.), the man be- hind the lens (and behind the spe-jcial-effects behemoth called Industrial Light Magic) is final-; ly revealed.

Through interviews with 24 Lucas associates, includ-1 ing Steven Spielberg, Francis Ford Coppola, Ron Howard, and Carrie I Fisher, a thorough portrait of the filmmaker unfolds. The program is hosted and narrated by broadcast journalist I Harry Smith. It includes clips from many of Lucas's films, as well as family photographs and in- -terviews with Lucas's daughters, his sister, some of his childhood mends, even a college roommate. Most important, Lucas himself i reflects on his life from his child- hood, growing up on a walnut ranch in Modesto, to his film-school days at the University of Southern California to the work 'he is doing on the next install-U ment of the "Star Wars" epic, "At-i tack of the Clones" (scheduled for a May release). For Lucas fans, the two-hour Critic's Corner Gwyneth Paltrow hosts "Saturday Night Live" at 11:30 on Channel 7.

NBC showcases its favorite franchise tonight, with back-to-back repeats of "Law Order," Criminal Special Victims Unit" from 8 to 11 on Ch.7. Gwyneth Paltrow hosts the "Saturday Night Live" repeat, at 11:30 on Ch. 7. Ryan Adams is the musical guest Kathy Bates puts on glasses to play a mentally ill woman trying to make it on her own in "My Sister's Keeper," tomorrow night at 9 on Ch. 4.

It's opposite "Stephen King's Rose Red," a three-part haunted-house thriller that begins at 9 on Ch. 5. City" continues to shine in its 6-episode miniseason, which is half over. Tomorrow night at 9, Carrie faces some financial problems. It's followed at 9:30 by the juicy chronicle of low-budget filmmaking, "Project Greenlight." MATTHEW GILBERT I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Turner can By Steve Morse GLOBE STAFF CAMBRIDGE Ike Turner, the scorned ex-husband of multi-platinum star Tina Turner, is try- Music as a rock pioneer.

And RCWCW he's doing a decent job of it, judging from a recent Grammy nomination in the traditional blues category for "Here and Now," his first new album in nearly a decade. Now 70, Turner looked fit and feisty while leading his eight-piece Kings of Rhythm Band at the House of Blues Thursday. There was one major problem he tried to sing a number of songs, but he's no more than a pedestrian singer. Yet when he played electric guitar and keyboards, he was the Ike Turner of old, a galvanizing leader who brought the room alive. The show really picked up v.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 II 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 rl 1 1 1 1 1 Ml still churn out the IIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMI George Lucas: Creating an Empire "Biography" Time: Sunday at 8 p.m. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIII documentary will be fascinating. The stories about his childhood are especially telling. As a teenager, he became obsessed with cruising the streets of his small town, an experience that would inspire "American Graffiti." One of the most interesting segments revolves around Lucas's days at the University of Southern California in the mid-1960s. "At the time, studying film was kind of like studying basket weaving," says Lucas's college roommate, Randal Kleiser.

"Everyone on campus thought we were trying to get easy A's by watching movies." Says another college friend, Walter Murch (now a renowned film editor), "The very first thing that our film teacher told us when we all assembled for orientation was: 'Get out of this business now. There's no future in it, there are no jobs for any of you. If you quit now, you can still save some of your The program is careful to recall Lucas's early work, before the astonishing success of "Star Wars." And it presents a surprising portrait of the young director, especially when Howard reminisces about making "American Graffiti" with him. Fisher recalls when a night with tive of compassion and generosity for one's neighbor. Bach's Cantata BMV 39 "Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot" thy bread with hungry as-KeVieW serts that man's riches are only a loan from God that must be shared.

The Cantata BMV 75 "Die Elenden sollen He's perfect. us iy. Perfect. 3 Unci 1 1 I 1 1 I I 1 5 lines State A magical By Ellen Pfeifer GLOBE CORRESPONDENT The Cantata Singers and conductor David Hoose have built this weekend's touching program around works sharing the theme of Christian charity. Cantatas by Bach frame Benjamin Britten's Cantata Misericordium and all three works express the impera You love her.

Now tell 69733 44 Sesame Street Baby Beart birthday celebration (CC) 701220 DIS Rolie Polie Olie Rust in Space; All Wound Up; Soap-Bot Derby. (CC) 790571 NICK Rugrats The Seven Voyages of Cynthia; My Friend Barney. Chuckie loses Angelica's doll; nobody sees Chuckie's friend Barney. (CO 188201 9:30 a.m. 2 Brian Jacques' Red-wall Ironbeak.

An evil raven takes the residents prisoner; Warbeak tries to give riddle clues to Matthias. (CC) 43084 NICK Rugrats Angelica's Worst Nightmare; The Mega Diaper Babies. Angelica's mom is having a baby; nigral superheroes. (CC) 823862 10 a.m. 10 City Guys Prose and Cons.

El-Train discovers new-found fame when he starts doing freestyle poetry at a local cafe. (CC) 37046 DIS Stanley In a While, Crocodile; The Color of Stanley. Stanley's worried about losing a tooth; Stanley has a hard time fitting in with his friends. (CC) 229978 11 a.m. 10 Just Deal Home Sweet Home.

(CC) 11959 DIS Doug Doug's in Debt! Doug loses one of Judy's theatrical hats. (CC) 696591 11:30 a.m. 6 Teamo Supremo A trio of young superheroes defends the state from the forces of evil (CC) 98084 7 Just Deal Home Sweet Home. (CC) 85510 NICK Hey Arnold! Weird Cousin; Baby Oskar. Lila likes loser Cousin Arnie.

943065 Noon 7 All About Us No Questions Asked. Niki makes phony IDs for the girls. (CC) 39317 1 p.m. 7 Skate The Map. (CO 46268 NICK The Wild Thornberrys The Trouble with Darwin.

820846 1:30 p.m. NICK CatDog Home Is Where the Dirt Is; New Leash on Life. CatDog hunt for Gopher; Cat tells Dog there is a leash law. 833249 2 p.m. NICK Rugrats Chuckie's First Haircut; Cool Hand Angelica.

Chaz lets Chuckie cut his hair; Angelica goes to day camp. (CC) 774862 brought out earlier in the show; her presence proved Ike's boast "They say I know talent" Turner now tells interviewers he regrets "the mistakes" he made in the days when, by Tina's account, he roughed her up; he claims he hasnt drunk alcohol or done drugs in 1 2 years. He was a buoyant presence at the House of Blues, having fun with the jump-swing standard "Caledonia," the blues standard "IVe Been Mistreated," new song "Baby's Got It," and his 1951 chestnut "Rocket 88," which some people argue was the first rock 'n' roll song. (He was even introduced by his band as "the father of rock Turner can still play with an admirable boogie-woogie grit. His show was fun, despite its surreal moments, and the crowd left having seen a true pioneer.

to greatness well, it's glitzy, noisy, in dubious taste, and full of irresistible syncopations. The youthful instrumentalists probably loved playing it. The Schumann Piano Concerto featured pianist Dizhou Zhao, a third-year student who had won the NEC Concerto Competition. A native of Shanghai, the pianist brought both lyrical introspection and brilliant extroversion to the work. After the intermission, Skrowaczewski presented a Brahms Fourth Symphony that restored all the magic that one had recalled from a first experience of it.

This was a performance that moved, that sang, that displayed subtle details like fine jewels. The orchestra's strengths were nicely showcased: the chocolate sonority of the cellos and the fine woodwinds and brass particularly the horns, solo flute, and clarinet. in Victorian dress to a piano score composed and performed by Beth Eisenberg, it's hard to tease apart the music from the dance; it's not that Hawkins builds from the score out, like Mark Morris. It's more that her dances mimic the music, sacrificing tension in the bargain. "Cymbal and Spice" (2000) to music composed and performed by Ruehr, and The Swim" (1993), to music composed by Arthur Ls vering and played by Donald Ber-man, are the liveliest offerings.

Both play highs against lows! hardness against softness if not throughout, least in part. 7 p.m. WPLM-FM (99.1) "Strictly Sinatra" with Ron Delia Chiesa. Featuring: Frank Sinatra and Gordon Jenkins. 8 p.m.

WCRB-FM (102.5) Boston Symphony Orchestra Give). Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4, with Garrick Ohlsson; Mendelssohn's "Scottish" Symphony. 9 p.m. WUMB-FM (91.9) "Folk Scene" with Roz and Howard Larman.

In-studio music by James Keelaghan; Jez Lowe. Other radio highlights 10 a.m. WBIX-AM (1060) Stu Taylor on Business. Guests: Alan Sinai, chief global economist, Decision Economics; Daniel Pion, president, ASR Career Services; Brett Barenholtz, CEO, Boston Car Service. a message essen" meek shall insists that those who "suffer the torments of Lazarus here on earth will find joy in heaven." Britten's cantata enacts the tale of the Good Samaritan.

Bach's virtues are familiar and always wondrous. The Cantata BMV 75 has bravura solos for the oboe and trumpet (handsomely executed by Peggy Pearson and Fred Holmgren) as well as a florid aria for soprano (ravishingly sung by Karyl Ryczek). Cantata BMV 39 is simpler in approach and features the distinctive color of paired recorders (Roy Sansom and Tricia van Oers taking the honors here). In addition to Ryczek, vocal soloists for the iiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiniimii The Cantata Singers David Hoose conducting Works of Bach and Britten At: Jordan Hall, last night iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinii Bach works included the richly sonorous Mark Andrew Cleveland; mezzo Lynn Torgove sounding less than comfortable in music that lay a bit low for her; tenor Jon English who sang with somewhat squeezed tone but impeccable diction; and baritone David Kravitz who took a giant leap forward in expressivity and vocal opulence. But the real discovery of the evening was the Britten.

The Cantata misericordium is a little jewel. Scored for two male soloists, string quartet, four-part chorus, piano, harp, and timpani, the work was written for the 100th anniversary of the American Red Cross. Onto it, Britten lavished his considerable gifts of musical tone painting and scene setting. Menacing piano and timpani suggest the robbers lurking, and the traveler (Kravitz) expresses his terror in anguished outbursts. When the thugs have vanished, the harp and piano evoke the solitude of the wilderness.

The cello sings a benediction at the approach of the Samaritan (tenor William Hite) and there is a tender lullaby as the rescuer comforts the injured traveler. The performance was magical. Let your special Valentine know how much you care with a message ad in The Boston Globe and enter to win tickets to see: voifRE Skrowaczewski leads NEC Message ads are $3.50 per line, with a three-line minimum. For an additional $15 you can include a symbol at the top of your message. PREPARE YOUR MESSAGE Write your message in the text block below.

Allow 1 letter or punctuation mark per box and 1 space between each word. $10.50 SH.00 $17.50 1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 I II iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiii Ike Turner the Kings of Rhythm At: the House of Blues, Thursday IIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII he brought out his Tina-like protege (and girlfriend), Audrey Madison, a sizzling presence whose sexy, sequined outfit was matched only by the Tina-style eroticism of her voice. It was an eerie flashback at times, but Madi-son managed to put her own stamp on songs that Tina once transformed, such as John "Proud Mary" and Otis Red-ding's "I've Been Lovin' You Too Long." In a more contemporary vein, Madison romped powerfully through Melissa Etheridge's "I'm the Only One," investing it with plenty of sexual tension. She is a rising star who should have been IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII New England Conservatory Honors Orchestra Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, guest conductor Music of Barber, Schumann, Brahms At: Jordan Hall, Thursday iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiiiii with an ageless vitality and the penetration gained from deep study. On Thursday, Skrowaczewski led a program of orchestral standards with a revivalist's fervor.

He opened with Samuel Barber's tawdry "Medea's Meditation and Dance of Pygmalion-style, he turned this flashy strumpet into something resembling a lady. The Meditation section sounded like chamber music, and one was invited to admire Barber's slithery chromaticism. The Dance samer fabric, lay out carpets, and rock in or (remarkably) walk atop a large silver bowl. Hawkins bills the dance as an attempt "to find understanding through simplicity." But her depiction of the idea, mesmerizing as it is, is literal rather than demonstrative. It's almost too pure to hold us for long.

Neither does "28 Days 'til Spring" (2001) build. It's a lovely swirling, sweeping, spinning paean to the season of the title. The lilting music, which, as in all Hawkins's dances, is given as much prominence as the movement, is by Elena Ruehr. But as with "Lilly and Rose" (2000), a dance for two If you choose, circle one of the following symbols to be included in your ad for an additional $15.00. Add'l $15.00 Enclosed is my check for Name Address Citytown Daytime phone I By Ellen Pfeifer GLOBE CORRESPONDENT Stanislaw Skrowaczewski never quite made it to the pinnacle of musical fame as a conductor.

Al-M ir though a frequent guest conductor Review around the world, he is still known for his 19-year tenure with the Minnesota Orchestra (then the Minneapolis Symphony) in the '60s and '70s. Recording buffs also know him from his extensive discography. But if celebrity has eluded him, Skrowaczewski has reaped a wonderful harvest of musical wisdom and insight while on the podium. Boston and the New England Conservatory have been beneficiaries of that wisdom. Skrowaczew-ski's annual visits to conduct the NEC Honors Orchestra are important artistic occasions.

The conductor invests those performances MIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIII Nicola Hawkins Dance Company At: Tsai Center for the Performing Arts, Boston; program repeats tonight miiiimihiiimiiiiimiiiiimimiiimiiiiiiiiiiii Which is not to say that they're not provocative; it's more that they dont stretch to explore their themes. The one premiere last night, "Lineal Ascent," which is accompanied by a haunting, halting score composed and played live by clarinetist Evan Ziporyn, is essentially an examination of ritual. The six dancers, in masks and clasping long pples, spread a gos Hawkins's pieces provocative, but lack emotional punch SEND YOUR MESSAGE: Mail, fax, online or call Mail this form with your check or money order made payable to The Boston Globe, to Miss loan Baxter, The Boston Globe, P0 Box 2378, Boston, MA 02107-2378. Fax this form to 617-929-1511. Online at www.bostonglobe.comvalentine Have your credit card ready.

You can preview your ad before it is printed! Call us at 617-929-7868 Monday-Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 1pm to Have your credit card ready. i Valentine Messages will also appear online at www.boston.comvalentine. Classifieds By Thea Singer GLOBE CORRESPONDENT There's a paradox built into Nicola Hawkins's choreography. What's strongest about her dances Dance their fluid, elegant lines' thpir nriirinc in Review sharply delineated music; their surefooted deliberateness; and their dramatic core is also what can undermine them. Hawkins's works, beautiful as they are, often lack contrast in dynamics, in rhythmic complexity, in emotional intent.

And it's contrast, after all, and the risk-taking that impels it that givq any artform its punch..