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Journal Gazette from Mattoon, Illinois • Page 14

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C-2 Mattoon, (D.) Journal Gazette-Friday, January 10, 1986 Area entertainment calendar for the week VHAT AMERICA WATCHES Compiled by Carl Lebovitz. To list events, write 2917 Richmond, Mattooo 61938, or call 234-3267 by Monday before publication. Events subject to change. salist Fellowship, 3773 N. MacAr-thur, Decatur, 6:30 and 9 p.m.

7p.m. Sun. AN AMERICAN VISION, film exploring spirit, growth and history of U.S. through its artists; JOURNALS OF LEWIS AND CLARK, film, Mowed by discussion led by Prof. Dan Hockman, Grenwood School Museum, 7th and Hayes, Charleston, 1:30 p.m.

about historical preservation projects in Galaena, Bishop Hilf and Springfield, followed by discussion led by David Maurerr-Greenwood School Museum, 7th and Hayes, Charleston, 1:30 p.m,r-Jan. 19, ATLANTA', country music group, Lincoln Square Theatre, Decatur, 3 and 6:30 p.m., Jan. 19, $10 advancae, $12 door. 217-877-3730 or 8754045. Coming soon CENTRAL ILLINOIS JAZZ FESTIVAL, produced by toon's Pete George, featuring Saunders-Htrsch A1K Stars, Jim Cullum Jazz Garden Avenue Seven, Holiday Inn, U.S.

36 w. of Decatur, 8 p.m.-l a.m., Jan. 24; noon-5 p.m. and 8 p.m.-2 a.m., Jan. 25; noon-5 p.m., Jan.

26. Patron's fee $65, includes name in program, reserved seat at" all 4 sessions and dinner 6 p.m. single unreserved admission $10 per session. 217-422-8800. 'Rocky IV' bags $100 million purse By VERNON SCOTT UPI Hollywood Reporter Wednesday SATELLITE TV "SA! AS CASH PRICES HOMEOWNERS HOLLYWOOD Draped in stars and stripes and greenbacks, Rocky IV collected a purse of $7.1 million last week and $101 million in six weeks to lead all box-office films currently in release.

At this pace Sylvester Stallone's third sequel of the saga of Rocky Balboa, who fought his way from poverty in the slums of Philadelphia nr SPECIAL We now offer 60 months "BANK-RATE' (14) financing with as little as 10 down on to the world heavyweight championship, may prove to be the most profitable of the Rocky films, despite dropping 33 percent in the post-holiday season. A major factor in Rocky JV's success is the number of theaters showing the film in which ihirn-T- Balboa defeats Russia's champ for the title. It or your choice of 20 different systems! $35toJ56iT All with dish drives ond full 10 ft. mesh dishes! is playing on 2,254 screens, more than double the number of theaters for any other film. 90 DAYS Runner-up in last week's box-office derby STORY HOUR, ages' 3-k, Mattoon Public Library, 1-2 p.m.

Wed-ncsdciys AMERICA IN VIETNAM, lecture by U. of Wisconsin historian Thomas McCormick, IWU Memorial Student Center President's Room, Bloomington, 7:30 p.m., free COMET HALLEY: ONCE1N A LIFETIME, ISU Planetarium, Felmley Hall, Normal, 7 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays, Jan. 15-Mar. 17, free.

Thursday MEL SLOTT, 3-dimensional convex paintings, EIU Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 1-4 p.m. Jan. 16-Feb.

23. GERHARDT KNOBEL, FIBER IN ART, turns, EIU Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, 7 p.m., free. SOME ENCHANTED of Rodgers and Hammerstein songs, Sunshine Dinner Playhouse, Chancellor Hotel, Champaign, dinner 6:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Wed. 4:30 and 6 p.m.

Jan. 16-Mar. 15, $16 $17 and $18 students and seniors $14 Wed. luncheon matinee $13, opening night $14. 217-359-4503.

Nextweekend THREE FROM ILLINOIS, film Sam At Cash INSTALLATION ft TAX INCLUDED Our was Out of Africa, starring Robert Redford and Meryl Streep. Out of Africa gleaned $6.3 million in only 928 theaters in the United States and Canada, slipping only 3 percent last week. In three weeks the love story set in Africa has CAfrka This Weekend THEATRE Sunshine Dinner Playhouse, Chancellor Hotel, Champaign, dinner 6:30 p.m., show 8 p.m. Fit ($16.50) and Sat. Last times, 217-359-4503.

THE ELEPHANT MAN, by Bernard Pomerance, Celebration Station Theatre, 223 N. Broadway, Urbana, 7 and 9:30 p.m., Jan. loll, 17-18; 8 p.m., Jan. 12, 15-16, $5 (Sat. $6).

217-3844000 MUSIC GREAtER DECATUR CHORALE, with Greater Decatur Dance Ensemble, Kirkland Center, Decatur, 8 p.m. Fri. and $6. 217-422-8535. MILLIKIN U.

CHOIR, followed by reception to honor music professor Richard Hoffland, Kirkland Center, Decatur, 4 p.m. free. EXHIBITS GENEVA VEECH, quilts.First National Bank, Cross County Mall, Mattoon, 9:30 a.m. -6 p.m. 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m.

9:30 a.m.-l p.m. through Jan. ART FACULTY EXHIBITION, EIU Tarble Arts Center, Charleston, 10 a.m.-S" p.m. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. 1-4 p.m.

through Jan. 12. CHRISTMAS PLATES, Birks Museum, Gorin Hall, Millikin Decatur, p.m. 2-4 p.m. Jan.

5-13. DAN AND LESLIE GUILLORY, watercolors, sketches, photographs, Lake Land College Learning Resource Center, Mat- toon, 8 a.m. -9 p.m. 8 a.m.-5p.m. through Jan.

ETCETERA INTERNATIONAL WORLD OF WHEELS, hosted by Dukes of Hazzard star Sorrell Booke, Con- vention Center, Springfield, 5-11 p.m. noon-11 p.m. noon-9 p.m. $5, 11 and under $2. FLICKER FUN, children's movies, ages 6 and up, Mattoon Public Library, 2-3 p.m.

Saturdays. CENTRAL ILLINOIS SINGLES DANCE, music by Mick Craven and the Kountry Kousins, DeaMars Center, Peterson Park, Mattoon, p.m. $3 donation, ladi63 bring finger food-men sofst drinks. 1 THE, REtURN OF MARTtN pulled in $26.6 million. It jumped to the No.

2 liiHMIi)''4ltWrilliiiii. iliTi spot from No. 4 the previous week. Rocky IV averaged $3,171 per screen as compared to Out of per screen. SPIES LIKE US No.

3 was Jewel of the Nile, Michael Douglas' sequel to Romancing the Stone. The comedy-adventure love story, co-starring Kathleen Turner, posted $5.8 million in its fourth week for a total of $39.7 million, If It dropping down from second place the previous week. The Chevy Chase-Dan Aykroyd cloak, and dagger comedy Spies'Like lijinTT llllill'lli Us laughed all the way to Ft. Knox Willi I 111331113 with $4.9 million in bullion from 1,700 theaters, down 29 percent from the previous week. AsrcvENscunGFiM it was the country's fourth most The -Ay popular film after five weeks of GolOf RjjpJe fcmJ, release and a total take of $43 million.

Capitalizing on the last week of school vacation, Disney's re-release of the animated 101 Dalmatians prospered to the tune of $4 million to round out the top five box-office DISCOUNT TICKETS Available to Gold Club and Club 55 Members at Main Bank and Drive-Up gnd the Mall Facility. FIRST NATIONAL BANK MATTOON GET A COLOR TELEVISION, VCR AND BLANK CASSETTE, ALL FOR ONE LOW PAYMENT! Now you can rent a complete video Member F.D.I.C. Among the top 10 movies only Steven Spielberg's The Color Purple (No. 7) showed a percentage increase in attendance. It gained 9 percent in admissions in its third week for a total $13.9 million.

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24. The concert will be held in the. Lantz Building on Eastern's campus at 8 p.m. Ticket prices are $6 for EIU students with a valid I D. at th door and $8 for the public.

All seats are reserved and will also be sold at the door prior to the concert. Tickets for the concert are available at the Union Ticket Office on weekdays from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Visa and Mastercard can be accepted at 581-5122. Tickets are also available at Mazuma Records in Charleston and Mr. Music in Mattoon.

John Cafferty and The Beaver Brown Band are well known for their talented writing and performance of the original motion pic ture soundtrack of Eddie and the Cruisers released in September, 1983. By October 1, 1984, the one' million platinum album mark had been passed. TRY EM, YOU'LL LIKE EM! CBS scores against other networks' football NEW YORK (UPI) CBS won the first ratings week of 1986, thanks in part to not playing football, but NBC retained its lead in the prime time ratings for the season to date. ABC remained a poor third. The prime time ratings for the week ending Jan.

5, according to A.C. Nielsen gave CBS an 18.7 rating and a 29 share of the audience, while NBC a 17.9 rating and a 28 percent share of the audience. ABC had a 12.0 rating and a 19 share. Part of the reason why CBS won was because it offered a New Year's Day alternative to football Intimate Strangers, starring Teri Garr and Stacy Keach, played on CBS on New Year's night opposite the Orange Bowl on NBC and the Sugar Bowl oh ABC. The folks who passed on football also tuned in on Mary, giving the new Mary Tyler Moore show its largest audience of the season.

It finished in 16th place. The top 10 prime time shows for the week ending Jan. 5, according to the A.C. Nielsen Co, were: 1. The Cosby Show (NBC) 2.

Family Ties (NBC) .3. Intimate Strangers (CBS) 4. Murder, She Wrote (CBS) 5. 60 Minutes (CBS) 6. (CBS) 7.

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