02 December 2008

Have a Dickens of a Time Tonight....(literally)

A Dickens of a Christmas
Tuesday Dec 2, 2008
6Pm-9Pm

An annual "holiday gift to the community" from Spartanburg's cultural groups, "A Dickens Of A Christmas" transforms downtown Spartanburg into a Victorian setting capturing the holiday spirit celebrated in Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol." Occurring the first Tuesday following Thanksgiving, the event includes Victorian characters, singers, performers, artists and Denny's annual Tree Lighting.

Here's a Rundown of the Christmas Specials :

Tuesday:
Santa Claus is Comin' to Town @ 8 Pm on ABC ( Charter Channel 13, Digital Ch. 13.1 )

Wednesday:
Christmas In Rockefeller Center @ 8 Pm on NBC ( Charter Channel 4, Digital 4.1 )
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer @ 8 Pm on CBS ( Charter Channel 7, Digital 7.1 )

Friday:
Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer @ 8 Pm on The CW ( Charter Channel 9 , Digital Ch. 62.1 )
The Story of Santa Claus @ 9 Pm on The CW ( Charter Channel 9, Digital Ch. 62.1 )

Saturday:
Miracle on 34th Street @ 8 Pm on MY Network TV ( Charter Channel 5 , Digital Ch. 40.1 )

Sunday:
Celtic Woman:The Greatest Journey-Holiday Special @ 8 Pm on UNC-TV ( Charter Channel 16 , Digital Ch. 33.1 )

Tomorrow Night:

FREE FILM - Christmas on Mars

Christmas on Mars
7:30 pm-8:30 pm
Free Admission

Psychedelic rock band the Flaming Lips present Christmas on Mars: A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips, a glorious science fiction film that marks the directorial debut of the Lips' visionary frontman Wayne Coyne. Seven years in the making, Christmas on Mars features original music by the Flaming Lips ("The greatest U.S. band today" - The Guardian), with acting performances by all band members, and many others from their Oklahoma City-based team. Comedian Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live) and actor Adam Goldberg (Dazed and Confused, Two Days in Paris) also appear, as does performer Steve Burns of the band Steve Burns and the Struggle (who had also appeared in children's television show Blue's Clues). Bradley Beesley and George Salisbury co-directed the movie with Mr. Coyne.

It's Christmastime, and the colonization of Mars is underway. However, when an oxygen generator and a gravity control pod malfunction, Major Syrtis (the Lips' Steven Drozd) and his team (including the Lips' Michael Ivins) fear the worst. Syrtis also hallucinates about the birth of a baby, and many other strange things. Meanwhile, a compassionate alien superbeing (Coyne) arrives, inspiring and helping the isolated astronauts.

"It's no secret that Wayne Coyne enjoys acting like an alien..."- San Francisco Weekly

"Endearingly ragged...destined for cult status...abetted with homemade-looking but sometimes lyrical effects."- Andy Webster, New York Times

"Christmas on Mars is great, if only you could understand it...a psychedelic accomplishment that will inevitably gain more favor as it ages...Twilight Zone poetry."- Metro Boston

"It's basically as weird as you'd hoped."- Isaac Butler, New York Magazine

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