monday, december 8, 1975
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Union sponsoring
Brel performance
There is really a Jacques Brel alive and well and
living in Paris.
Of Belgian birth and now in his mid-forties,
Jacques Brel has been compared to the troubadours
and singing poets of medieval Europe. He surely be
longs to the tradition of rich, French popular music
makers who American audiences know through Edith
Piaf and now the musical revue Jacques Brel is Alive
and Well and Living in Paris.
The Union Program Council is sponsoring three
performances of the revue as produced by an Omaha
based touring company under the direction of David
James, at 8:30 pjn. Dec. 11, 12 and 13 in the
Nebraska Union Centennial Ballroom.
Tickets are available for $3 at Westbrook Music
Bldg. 1 13 , Union South Desk and at the door.
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Photo courtesy of CoiumMe Reeorda
Jacques Brel in a more passive moment
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On Campus
Art
Sheldon Memorial Art GaBery
12th and R- Christmas Fair,
until Dec. 25; graduate stu
dents' exhibit
FMm
SfcAion Film Theater- 12th and
Ft- (Contemporary Arts and
Artists) Sam Francs- Tues
day, 3 p.m.; (Documentary)
AtesW Land plus Finally Got
fn Nam- Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday, 7 p.m.;
7t Sporting Lifer- Wednes
day. 10 a.m., Thursday, 11
ajn. and 1 pjn.; (Classic Si
lent Films) Tfi Tampert
Friday and Saturday, 3, 7
and 9 pjm.
Mask
Kimbafl Recital HaN- 11th and
R- Student ComposersIm
provisation recital- Monday,
8 p.rn.; Madrigal Singers and
Oarinet Choir concert- Tues
day, 8 p.m.; Jazz Lab Band
concert- Wednesday, 8 p.m.;
Varsity Men's Glee Club
Women's Chorale- Thursday,
8 pjn.
Theater
MoweU Memorial Theater- 12th
and R- Tha Cntclhh- Friday
and Saturday, 8 p.m.
Off Campus
Music
First Plymouth Church- 20th
and D- Tha Nativity Accord
ing to St Luka- Friday and
Saturday, 8 pjn.
Theater
Lincoln Community Ptayhousa
2500 S. 56th- Thar Cham
pionship Sanson- Friday and
Saturday, 8 p.m.
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two 'famed' documentaries Deor Abby fixes colloquial
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Sheldon Film Theater presents two
famed documentaries this week: Native
Land and Finally Got the Newt
Native Land is a dramatic documentary
about Americans' struggle to maintain civil
liberties guaranteed them by the Bill of
Rights. -
Finally Got the News, a 1970 docu
mentary, focuses on activities of the
League of Revolutionary Black Workers.
The film also discusses working conditions
inside Detroit's auto factories.
Native Land and Finally Got the News
will be screened at 7 pjn. Tuesday, Wednes
day and Thursday.
The Silent Classic Film Series also has
scheduled The Tempest, a 1928 film set
during the Russian Revolution.
The Tempest features John Barrymore,
Camilla Horn, Louis Wolheim, Boris de
Fas and Urlich Haupt.
The film will be shown at 7 and 9 pjn.
Friday and Saturday.
Sheldon Film Theater also presents This
Sporting Life Wednesday at 10 ajn. and
Thursday at 11 ajn. and 1 pjn. Sam
Francis (Contemporary Arts and Artist
Series), will run Tuesday at 3 pjn.
Bv Theodore M. Bernstein
So. . .as. A few columns back we point
ed out the distinction that used to be made
between as... as (employed in positive
statements) and so. . .as, (employed in neg
ative statements), noting that in present
day usage the distinction had been largely
lost and as. . .as was by far the more
common regardless of whether the state
ment was positive or negative.
Then we went on to say, "One context
in which so is used in negative statements is
in a disparaging colloquialism: "She's not
so hot," "He ain't pitching so good as he
was last vear
Now Friend Dear Abby, who among
other pretty features has a pretty good ear,
writes in that pitching sentence "ain't so
hot" and that "He ain't pitching as good as
he was last year" sounds better. She adds
that "'He's not pitching as well as he was'
is better yet, but that's a wholely different
ball game."
No argument here. We should point out,
however, that we didn't intend to approve
either of those colloquial sentences, though
perhaps we didn't make that clear. Thanks,
Dear Abby, dear.
(e) 1975 Theodore M. Bernstein
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