They're opening Pandora's Box tonight at Sacred Heart Cultural Center.
This particular Pandora's Box is a 1929 silent movie that will be screened as part of the Westobou Arts Festival.
Organist Ron Carter will provide the old-theater sound for the movie.
"The music really makes the film pop right off the screen," said Catherine Wahl, the chairwoman of the silent movie committee.
Mr. Carter will play different scores written for the film, along with other 1920s music to accompany the scenes.
Sandra Fenstermacher, the executive director of Sacred Heart, said the silent movie experience gives a different dimension to the arts festival.
"They have focused on a lot of different areas of art to interest people and attract people to come to Augusta," she said.
Ms. Wahl and Mr. Carter chose the movie.
"We wanted to do a real dark drama movie thriller," she said. "This one is real slick and it has some pretty racy themes."
Though the movie is German, when director G.W. Pabst was looking for an actress to play Lulu, the lead, he found American actress Louise Brooks to be a perfect fit.
"She was always a real renegade," Ms. Wahl said.
Lulu, like the mythical Pandora, ruins everyone she comes into contact with, leaving only hope behind.
Reach Sarah Day Owen at (706) 823-3223 or sarah.owen@augustachronicle.com.
GO SEE IT
WHAT: Pandora's Box
TIME: 7:30 tonight, but you'll want to get there early if you don't have a ticket; call to reserve a spot at a cabaret table, which seats about eight
COST: $12
WHERE: Sacred Heart Cultural Center, 1301 Greene St.
MORE INFO: (706) 826-4700
THE WESTOBOU FESTIVAL
WHEN: Through Sept. 27
WHERE: Theaters, galleries, museums, schools and outdoor venues
COST: Varies by event
WEB SITE: westoboufestival.com
TODAY-SUNDAY
ARTS IN THE HEART OF AUGUSTA: Groups represent more than 35 countries; 5-9 p.m. today, 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and noon to 7 p.m. Sunday; Augusta Common; weekend badges $7, and children 10 and younger free; (706) 826-4702, ext. 1; augustaarts.com
TODAY-SATURDAY
SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET: Presented by The Augusta Opera; 8-11 p.m., Imperial Theatre, 745 Broad St.; $22-$55; (706) 826-4710; augustaopera.com
MARK TWAIN HIMSELF: A PORTRAYAL BY BOB ROLLINS: 8-9:30 p.m. Friday, 3-4:30 p.m. and 8-9:30 p.m. Saturday; Joseph R. Lamar Boyhood Home, 415 Seventh St.; $20; (706) 724-0436; historicaugusta.com
FRIDAY
ART AT LUNCH, EDGEFIELD POTTERY: Steve Ferrell, owner of Old Edgefield Pottery, discusses the history and techniques of black potters and objects; catering by Cafe 209; noon to 2 p.m.; Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St.; $10 members; $13 nonmembers; (706) 828-3865; www.themorris.org
SING, TOGETHER, CHILDREN! Augusta Chorale Concert; 7:30 p.m.; Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel, Paine College, 1235 15th St.; $15 adults; $5 children; (706) 830-0991; www.augustachoralsociety.org
SACRED HEART SILENT MOVIE NIGHT -- PANDORA'S BOX: 7:30 p.m.; Sacred Heart Cultural Center, 1301 Greene St.; $12; (706) 826-4700; www.sacredheartaugusta.org
CHRISTINE KANE: 8 to 10 p.m.; Houghton School Auditorium, Heritage Academy, 333 Greene St.; free; (803) 613-1957; www.hammondsferry.com
SATURDAY
NIKKI GIOVANNI: 4 p.m.; Gilbert-Lambuth Memorial Chapel, Paine College, 1235 15th St.; $20, $10 students with ID; (706) 737-4423 or (706) 951-8201
THE DYNAMIC ABRAHAM BROTHERS: 5 to 7 p.m.; Choral Artist Series, Jessye Norman Amphitheater, Ninth Street at Riverwalk Augusta; $10; (803) 640-3696
CHRISTINE KANE, THE POWER OF CREATIVITY, A SIMPLE PATH TO A HAPPY LIFE: 10 to 3 p.m.; Hammond's Ferry, 89 Crystal Lake Drive, North Augusta; $65; (803) 613-1957; www.hammondsferry.com
ORGAN CONCERT: Atlanta chapter of the American Theatre Organ Society; 4-5:30 p.m., St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 605 Reynolds St.; free; (706) 650-7798; www.theatreorgans.com/georgia/atlanta/atos
SUNDAY
ROBERT RAUSCHENBERG'S AUGUST ALLEGORY (ANAGRAMS) UNVEILING: Starkey Flythe discussion of the artist's life; 3 p.m.; The Morris Museum of Art, 1 10th St.; (706) 828-3865; www.themorris.org
Big Band Reunion Concert and the ASU Jazz All-Stars with special guest Wycliffe Gordon: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.; Maxwell Theatre, Augusta State University, 2500 Walton Way; contributions go toward a new Augusta State Jazz Scholarship; (706) 667-4100; www.aug.edu/music
AUGUSTA COLLEGIUM MUSICUM: 4 p.m., Sacred Heart Cultural Center, 1301 Greene St.; $10; (706) 733-5619; www.augustacollegium.org
EVENING OF PRAISE WITH FRED WILLIAMS-SAXOPHONIST: 6-7 p.m.; Union Baptist Church, 1104 Greene St.; (706) 855-6330; www.prayerclosetproductions.com
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