Paga 10
Friday, September 3, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Aits Eeteiiaiimmeinit
Artist's work on exhibit
By C. Scott Thompson
Continuing a tradition of regional
art showings at the Haymarket Art Gallery,
119 S. Ninth St., are the watercolors
of Connie Strohmyer. Her exhibit, which
will continue through Sept. 19, displays
a wide span of stylistic development
that has occurred over a short span of
time.
The exhibit is a rarity among art shows,
because the viewer can see the distinct
breaks in her recent progress.
Her earlier work is immediately
identifiable. "And One Yellow Petunia"
is representative of it. The work is mostly
flora, rather pastel and heavily uses
secondary accent colors: cobalt blue,,
burnt sienna, yellow ocher.
Technically, her paintings are still
life, yet they possess a dynamic quality
that leads the eye from off-center points
to the matted edges. Her style is
characterized by dominant bare space,
and though it is beautifully subtle, the
viewer easily senses implied detail in her
work.
"Eucalyptus," another representative
piece from her earlier period, uses umber
and magnese blue in her vague, tacitly
detailed fashion. "Lilac Morning," with
its cool violets and thayomine greens,
shows her success at suggested form.
The later pieces are marked by bolder
color and a move away from floral design
toward landscape. There is less definition
and a seeming effort to let the water
color itself do more of the work.
Strohmyer discussed her later paintings
and the changes seen in them.
"Watercolot is difficult to control,"
she said, "and part of the beauty of water
color is what it can do fotyou."
She said she has been "heavily"
influenced by artist Barbara Nechis.
Strohmyer recently attended a workshop
conducted by Nechis at the Parsons School
of Design in New York City, she said,
and came back more aggressive than
before. It shows.
"Bottles and Bouquets," which features
intense red rather than muted umber
accents, has an abstract quality
reminescent of Matisse. Other later
paintings like "Rural December" and
"Crimson Country" are characterized by
thicker washes and strokes. Both works
seem a little unfinished and probably
indicate a transition to a more consistent
technique.
The most striking piece in the show,
"In Bloom," also expresses the direction
Strohmyer is working toward, yet it
retains some of the beautiful subtlety
of her earlier works. The painting reflects
her bold new techniques while preserving
much of her style, making it all the more,
interesting.
"In Bloom" has a fabulously rich
floral design whose mood suggest a
primeval woods. The colors are rich and
earthy and evoke the Renaissance: forest
greens, rose madder, lavender, umber.
The depth and sense of motion through
the work's translucent layers is unusual.
But sometimes, though the watercolors
are both consistent and pleasing to look
at, her matting detracts. On several
paintings, the comers of the mat are too
ornate and tend to overpower the work.
Strohmyer has painted seriously for
about 10 years. Although she has worked
with oil and acrylic, she now paints almost
exclusively with watercolor. She painted
more abstracts during her training at UNL
than she has recently, she said, but a
sense of abstraction remains in her work.
"It's all a matter of practicality," she
said. "I want to sell my work."
She isn't looking to expand the subject
matter of her paintings, she said, but is
instead looking for new ways to present
those subjects.
"I'm very comfortable with still lifes
and landscapes," she said. "I think people
in the Midwest relate to the outdoors."
When asked where she would like to
be in five years, she said, "I think I'd
like to leave Lincoln eventually. After
you sell your paintings in one area, it's
easy to get oversatuated."
Elegy for the Starlite Ballroom
Where once was a garden full of beer-drinking Czechoslovakians, there is
now nothing but drying grass. What was once a thriving ballroom west of
Wahoo, Neb., is now a mere obstacle to pastureland in the midst of grazing
horses. It has died, again. And this time, the Starlite Ballroom may not be
coming back. -
When it closed the first time, about seven years ago, the villagers of the
neighboring towns were in a state of shock. "Why would it dose up?" people
said to each other. ul was there only a-year ago, and the place was packed. It
couldn't have been the money. . " However, the recession had hit even these
rough and ready residents of America's heartland, and attendance at the Star
lite's weekly dances dwindled to nothing. An advertising blitz ensued, leading
even to commercials on the Sunday polka station, but to no avail. Starlite
Shut Down' headlined the Wahoo weekly.
, It was at this time that the gossip started flowing, spontaneously, as if
emerging out of the ground. Some locals said the ballroom was completely
torn apart inside and that the new owners of the Starlite (it changed hands
several times after the initial closing, it was said) had renovated its spacious,
interior to facilitate a pickup camper factory Others related more believable
tales: The latest purchaser was supposedly a young,tnnovative farmer of the
area who had calculated that, if the proper alterations were made, the Starlite
Ballroom could contain at least three times the amount of silage as one of his
Harvestore silos. The Starlite seemed doomed.
For a while then, the Saunders County residents just seemed to forget about
the Starlite. Oh, they still had to pass it on Highway 92 when they went to the
doctor or hauled their, grain to market. But it was now little more than a place
that had been, a historical landmark to a simple people, 'art anachronism.
And, as some still believed, a fodder pit
Then, as if an explosion had racked the community, the news came out:
The Starlite would reopent Young children smiled at the thought of finally
becoming a part of the legend and attending a dance there. Older folk, always
somewhat nostalgicmerely hoped it would be like it used to be, ' .
And it was People reserved it for their wedding receptions. The Friday
night polka dances came back into popularity; Several rock'n'roll bands were
even booked there, and the youth swarmed through its doors. The Starlite
Ballroom had the Midas touch, and every event held there turned a profit
- for its beaming owner, That is, until of late.
The blue- and white- striped ballroom has again fallen on hard times, and
. this time there may be no resurrection. Farmers, who pretty much comprise
the clientele, have again hit true economic distress and have been in no spirits
to attend the Sunday afternoon beer gardens. The Friday night celebrators
have also found their numbers lessened, and the ballroom books once again
uuiea losses on almost ail functions. It s died again. . .
, Fenced stallions roam in the parking lot as a "For Sale' sign fades in the
summer sun. The storm doors are locked and the famous Starlite rotating glass
ball is stilled in the darkness. It'd take a miracle to bring the good times back,
again, A miracle. -
; Don Vesa
"Elergy for the Starlite Ballroom is part of a weekly feature caUed Original
Work. UNL students interested in submitting prose, poetry, art or photo
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AUCTION
GARAGE SALE
1844 WASHINGTON
Friday, Saturday A Sunday
FURNITURE
Stove, refrigerator, dinette
let, couch, chain, student
desk, end tablet, lamps,
buffets, bed, night stand,
occasional tables, dressers,
chest of drawers, storage
cabinets, bookshelves.
TOOLS
Drill press, bench grinder,
sender, large vise, radial arm
taw, band saw, air hammer,
assorted air tools, end
wrenches, screw drivers,
socket sets, miscellaneous
power, electric, sir and hand
tools.
ANTIQUES
Oak parlor table, three-piece
oak bedroom set, fancy
serpentine oak dresser, II
drswer osk spool cabinet,
five-leg oak dining room
table, eight-piece walnut din
ing room set with seven
leaves, old trunk with leather
handles, I porcelain-based
bar stools, four bird-design
retted back chairs, coUee
on of framed pictures
dating to early It 00s, early
keroclne .lamps, red wing
western crocks, curved bevel
edged cut mirror, waterfall
bedroom set, tlo-bhie. De
pression, Occupied Japan
glassware.
JEWELRY
Silver, gold, turqulse, bronse
and semKpreeious stones set
in bracelets, necklaces, pen
dants, rings and earrings,
MISCELLANEOUS
Typewriter, vacuum cleaner,
lawn mower, ll-epeed bi
cycle, household Items,
other Items too numerous to
mention.
ALL ITEMS PRICED
TO SELL FAST
Monday, Sept. 1 p.m.
at 4 th 4 St. Paul in AUey
Furniture, sofa, end tablet,
kitchen tables, beds, desk,
Jewelry and much more.
GARAGE SALE
, 1141 SO. 17
Furniture, sofa, end tables,
chairs, records. Jewelry, desk,
kitchen Items, more. Thur. 1
p.m. until dark on Saturday.
1112 Motron Moped. Great
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101 or411-llt?V
WAVTFn . If Ami f.
one-year-old male tabby-cat.
171-slll after!. y
IBM electric typewriter, II"
model, extra large type,
standard carbon ribbon, excel
lent condition. 1171. 41 141 10
after t:l 0 weekdays.
A 1 Silk Flowers
Weddings and Arrangements.
Big Red Carnations it 0 each
711-1141
. Refrigerator 110. bed f 10,
J w,o' HO. lid, kitchen
table 111. 1 oi 4 New Hampa-
Qne each Yamaha Harmon- ehire. 4H4HI.
siaeaiiae s sail ill VII"
Kardpn receivers: DuaL Ken-
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and weekends.
71 Suzuki l7b, Immaculate,
all black, fairing, bags, trunk,
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making it one of a kind. 411
1711. 10 IlondsCM400 Automatic
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Call 411.1111 days. '
11 Hi" Trek Bicycle, will
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Electric typewrlUr-Olympla
portable and Olivetti Under,
wood, Boyt litpecd bike. 4 71
I
. Person - Wollnsky CPA Re
view course. Complete Set -Csawtte
tapes and Instruction
4004004 evenings.
Unfvega Or an Turlamo Bi
cycle, ll-epeed, I months old,
ferfect condition. CaU 4 71
f i 9 e
Bicycles fr sale, almolt
new 11" Motebeetne ft 11"
Windsor Pro, Call 400-7 00 4.
.71 Honda CXI 00 custom
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411-1111 eves.
AUCTION
Monday. Sept. I 1 p.m. at
41th St. .Paul In Alley.
Furniture, sofa, end tables,
kitchen table, beds, desk,
lewelry and much more.
Small knee hole desk.
Adjustable walnut shelves
eoffee table, lamps, chairs,
steel file cabinet, etc. I -II
noon. Sat. Sept, 4 017
Stuart Bldg.
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Three bedroom townhouse.
inree minutes norm oi city
Campus. 1110 square feet, I Hi
oi-.nt, carport, j
1 1 1 1 7 4 7 1 4 1 44 .
onthly lease.
HAVING A PARTY?
Rent a Hot Tub
171 per night
1110 per weekend
CSH4I04I04
EFFICIENCY
APARTMENTS
ft North llth 1107 endup
14th J lift -nest paid
CENTURY REALTY
4114000 -411-4110 evenings
for rent. I II 0 month phis utilit
ies. If Interested call 4144110
or4H41t.
One Bedroom, Two Bedroom
Apartments. Houses and
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COLDWELL BANKER
TOWN COUNTRY REALTY
Ron Hlnkley
411-7111
Attn. Grsd Students: Need a
quiet place to live for a couple
of months? Nice room with
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of elec. typewriter, TRS40
computer available. Sept. and
Oct. 1110 month. 411-1701.
Nice furnished I bedroom,
sir, laundry, puking. Hi)
Washington.
L. SIMMONS
471-1141
Very nice l. bedroom apta,
Close to both campuses. Heat
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Sept. II and Oct. 1. 47-44t.
Bingo-Rama now taking
applications for part-time eve
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work weekends. Apply In per
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Monday4)unday Puk
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please.
-B" I, Shift - Monday.
Friday, Apply In person, llth
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.Jf..TOU 7 lookini 'or
part-time offfsmmis Job.
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BOARD. Ill A DMlNi
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Office of SchoJanhips t
Financial Aid
nance major interested in
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Xlus . evenings and weekends,
pproxlmstely 10 hours per
w,ikApPiy ,2.5r,on' Water
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Part-time
bartending
positions available. Contact
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411-1141. "
Pretty, outgoing young lady
to model in a hot tub during
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CRT's Must type II wpm
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II JT per hour.
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.001 "P" Street
Lincoln, NE III 01
football tickets or married
tickets. Call collect 1 4 1 1 4 1 II .
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4 7141 14 Um9' Cta
Wanted: Two football
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" general. Call collect Oil
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. Need: S tickets together
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Call 4 74-1171 after 1:00 p.m.
Need I football tickets to
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, Wanted: I male tickets to
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Buying class rings, diamonds,
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ai 1 male, 1 female football
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