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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1995
Page
6
Los Angeles AP reports Tom Hanks, known for Apollo 13 and Forrest Gump, says delivering a baby would be easy for him. In an interview on Extra he jokes his part would be to supply ice chips and a damp cloth plus encouragement.
ACP Youth Wing stages Paper Chase at the Aiken Community Playhouse on Two Notch Road with shows December 1 2 8 9 at 8 p.m. Sunday matinee December 3 at 3 p.m. Tickets 5 adults 8 students. Call 648 1438 or 649 2820 for information.
The Etherredge Center Orchestra presents Amal and the Night Visitors a one act opera by Gian Carlo Menotti on December 16 at 8 p.m. and December 17 at 3 p.m. in USC Aiken’s Etherredge Center. Antoine Cordahi directs musical direction Carl Crosby choreographer Harry Jacobs conducts. Featuring USCA Concert Choir Aiken Chamber Singers and Aiken Civic Ballet. Tickets 15 adults 10 students with discounts for church groups. Box office 48 6851.
Two authors will sign books this weekend at local stores. On Friday Jim Harrison will sign Coca Cola Covered Bridge at Aiken Office Supply on Whiskey Road from 4 to 8 p.m., price $14.95. Saturday Debra Grizzard signs Don’t Fence Me In at Southside Store from 1 to 8 p.m., a biography of Lewis Grizzard with family anecdotes and memories.
Sandi Cash recalls childhood holiday crafts and fears busy schedules reduce home crafts for kids. She will run a Kids Christmas Krafts Camp from 9 a.m. to noon December 18–22 at the H. Odell Weeks Center. Ages 5-10 will make take home ornaments from everyday materials. cost 50 dollars for city residents, 57.50 for others, supplies included. For information call Lisa J. Hall at 642-7688.
The Aiken County Historical Museum announced winners of the 15th Annual Quilt Show held with the Carolina Pine Quilters. Firsts went to Rozanna Broseghini and Anna M Hicks in pieced bed and applique divisions. Terri McGhee swept pieced wall hanging. Gretchen Berger led crib/nap size. Tile Waters captured wearables. Over 70 entries displayed from 1800s lamp‑stitching to a WWII quilt. The exhibit runs through Nov 26 at 433 S Boundary Rd SW with hours Tue–Fri 9:30 am to 4:30 pm Sat 9 am to 12:30 pm Sun 25 pm. call 642-2015 for details.
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