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By Carla Engstrom If you're in the mood to listen to single artists, duos
Believe it or not, folks, Lincoln bars offer diverse or trios featuring folk or easy listening, you're in luck,
entertainment. If you're tired of dancing to records, you There's even a bar in town that sometimes features a
can hear live music from the 50s to blue grass to jazz. harpist.
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By Miciisdl Zsnpri
It's cot often cae read, sijaeh sboct tdrvsn in this
column. It's not because of any elitist fanaticism against
the medium, or any condescension in regards to it's pro
gramming. ,
Nine times eat of ten, I'd just 'rather crank up the
stereo.
This weekend however, there is a movie of tremendous
importance on the immortal tube. A movie that speaks for
an entire generation. A movie that envelopes a tender love
story. A movie that was bora in a manger, wrapped in
swaddling clothes. Lock up in the sky, it's a bird. . a.
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Gone with the Wind is also on this weekend, but
passing up "Woody ASen's Play-it Agzn Sam at 8 pjn.
tonight on NEC would be tantamount to treason.
Maybe because it draws so much of its life from the
movie Gzzblzncz. Flsy it Agsm Sem couldn't help but
touch on so many vital nerves.
It is Allen's most approachable and coherent movie,
and in many ways his best Woody Allen is a genius of
insane proporiioris. " . .. ..
While not everyone will agree on his genius, his insane
techniques speak for themselves. . " - . ' "
The movie is first and foremost funny.
It is a humor that hurts. Woody Allen's character in
the movie is centered on a neurotic core. He tries to
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project an bmze of steel in his attempts to score with die
women he desperately needs, and ends up like a bowl of
three-day-old JeHo in everyone's eyes.
To make matters worse, he is haunted by Humphrey
Bcgrt's ghost (Jerry Lacey's incredible performance),
who conianlly tries to moralize with Allen and teach him
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Diane Kcsf on rounds out the cast in the role of Allen's
best friend's wife, and soon, Allen's closest friend.
One gets the feeling Allen, with his considerable
intellect and sensitivity, wants people to identify with
varices portions of the movie.
. He succeeds on all ievds.
When he strips away the surface of his main character,
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Lincoln also offers two bars that have amateur jam
nights, when anyone can demonstrate his or her talent.
And if you'd rather watch someone dance, there's a
bar that offers go-go dancing.
For further reference, the bars have been broken
down into three categories: disco, live bands, and easy
listening bars.
The Clayton House, iOth and 0 streets, offers three-to
five-piece bands that play mostly jazz. There's no cover
charge and bands play Monday through Saturday from
8:30 pan. to 12:30 ajn.
The Royal Grove Nite Club, 340 W. Comhusker
Hwy., has rock V roll bands playing six nights a week.
They start at 8:30 pun. There's no cover charge, but the
Grove does have a one drink minimum .
The Esquire, 960 W. Comhusker Hwy., features
'50s style bands starting at 8:30 pjn. There is a cover
charge of $1 Wednesday through Saturday. -
Little Bohemia, 2630 Comhusker Hwy., offers show
groups to rock i' roll bands in Bo's West and Bo's Cen
ter. Sometimes there is a cover charge, but it depends on
the group. The charge is usually $1 , and show times vary .
The Zoo, 1 36 N. 1 4th St., appeals to a variety of musi
cal tastes. The live bands at the Zoo range from blues to
jazz and include bluegrass, country and rhythm and blues
bands. The management said it offers noncommercial
music. The cover charge depends on the band and ranges
from$l to $3.
Also, every three weeks, the Zoo brings in a nationally
known blues band, and the cover charge ranges from
S2-S9 to $330.
Oscar's, 245 N. 13th St., features live bluegrass, jazz -and
folk groups. There is no cover charge and bluegrass
bands play Monday through Thursday. Jazz is the musical
format on Friday and Saturday. They start playing be-twr-
8:30 and 9:30 pjn.
The Haymarket, in the Lincoln Hilton Hotel, 141 N.
9th St., offers softer, easy listening music. It features a
harpist who.rjiys in the restaurant atmosphere on Friday
and Saturday. The music usually begins at 530 pjn.
The Open Lxtch, 13th and L streets, offers two guitar
ists playing easy listening and folk music bgmniog about
8-30 pjn.
The Boar's Head, 200 N. 70th St., has a combination
restaurant4Qusge atmosphere and features singles, with
guitars and voc-Is. They usually play popular, easy lis
tening music. There is no cover charge. Musk is played
Tuesday through Thursday from 8 pjn. to 12 aja. and on
Friday and Saturday from 9 p jxu to.S ajn.
Rueben's Gateway Shoppizg Center, also offers a com
bination restaurant4ounge atmosphere. It has duos and
trios who play easy IMening and semi-rock. There is no
cover charge and music is played Tuesday through Sat
urday from 830 p jn. to 1230 a jn. -'
Disco in Lincoln covers a wide range from the top
40 to softer songs.
Fanny's, in the Lincoln Hilton Hotel, offers a softer
disco, according to the management. There's &o cover
charge..
LfecSe Sam's, 2440 O St, plays msirJy Top 40 musk
but does offer sonr-s disco-type groups. There is a $1
cover charge every nijht of the week except Thursday.
Little Bo's East offers Top 40 disco music complew
with a disc jockey and flailing dance floor. There's no
cover charge.
Sweep Left, 815 O St-, is a new bar in town. The
management dassfks it as mainly a sitting bar with a
mellow almcsphre. it isn't disco, but it does hav? a
sound system. It occasion-lly gets bands and puts up a
dance fbor when bands come. .
The Gas light, 322 S. 9th St, features an open jam
night every Monday night. Instruments played rraged
from mandolins, to fiddles to guitars. Sometimes a piano
" is played, but it's mostly strings.
The Night Before, 1035 M St, offers both daytime and
nighttime go-go dancing.
iEnegsr says sduit movies - -tasteful
By Jcny DcLcrcnzo
Downtown Lincoln has its share of diversions.
- There are off-sale liquor stores and bars, pisbaH places,
movies and, in a class all by itself, Lincoln's most success
ful movie house, the Ecbassy Theatre, 1730 O St.
Dzzzy Eib, Esrbrsry rnanj-ar, said he believes the
titztzt is a tiriix
Yca rt?y get a jrc-cd ed here, he said. You get
two storks for $3. i hit's $1 .59 a show. Ho one in
Lfcccla cs3 test thit.
Debits tci" 3 exc! vdy X-csicd theatre, Erb does
not taink tie fiss Cjs Lbzzr shows deal cc!y wiJi sex.
There are a '-It mcrvirs, he szxi. They have a f lot
frca stst to LzLli. Tly dca't just go from ens bed
scene to the ccr."
IL-b nid xzczt cf C:s thtstre's pilrons pzt frsst to
igoc4xnor2s. .
For csrrpls, Liuil Lips was hxIy p&lktzsi tzi
got a favonlle rcrpocse from the pullic, fee sd l '
Us Ez&szy's custcsners rsrs fxca ccHfs stui eatf
to si il-ytzi til r?;!2r who rarely rsisas a &cw, Erb
Erb ssid he checks all customer's identification, unless
the patron is a regular customer. -
The Embassy is mveSlssled replay by the Lincoln
Police Dept. vice squad, Erb ssid. Two pkia clothes
detectives watch one showing cf the ccvie every week.
The cetertives make sure the fins fellow the city's "soft
core" penscgupby laws, he tzii.
Soft-cere porsoyaphy a drfr.td by the city as net
cvL;g pciiritica cr fjiIirr..
Arrant rsssr Tea SiLh t:Id soft-core pomo
grsphy is C-sed from Ccrtzt trcs during bedroca
scenes "so there is ilwys tDnir'Ju-j ti fee wzy.
"VouU cctke thst many wcr.rn ki icft-ccre fZrts
hsve Icrg hzir, SrJ'Jj ssid, tidti t:!pi cevzt t'isn:.
The Embassy is located in a b;ine$i district, and the
thettre does sot breed Cfcit tctiviry, .rJ i said.
According to Ert she tshmy hu never hzi problsmi
wrJi women sdkife catside tis thsiut. Erb said the
area for the theatre was picked b:c:;:s there v,is tiz:
availit'Ie when the Embassy was built fivg ytzn 22?.
'e like the holiness the student! five us," Erb s;li -"Some
of the students don't an lri- ?-'-:,tt t
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