Tuesday, September 17, 1985
Daily Nebraskan
Page 9
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New beer garden
opens at P.O. Pears
By Use Olsen
Staff Reporter
In an effort to increase attendance
and make P.O. Pears more than just a
place to drink, the bar, located at 322 S.
Ninth St., has introduced a new kind of
beer garden.
Five hundred tons of sand packed 18
inches deep farm an outdoor volleyball
court, and eventually, a horseshoe pit.
' Board walkways and courtside bleachers
will be added, said Pears' General
Manager Kirk Welsh.
A few bricks are the only remnants of
the old bowling alley that once occu
pied the site.
Addition of the beer garden increases
Pear's space by 7,600 square feet,
making its total space 22,600 square
feet an increase of 72 percent,
Welsh said.
Plans for Pear's beer garden and vol
leyball games loosely follow standards
set by other affiliated bars on the West
Coast and in Arizona and Colorado,
Welsh said.
Variety of entertainers
to perform in Omaha
Folk, jazz, heavy metal, country and
contemporary Christian rock music are
all part of the fall concerts scheduled
at the Omaha Civic Auditorium.
Headlining the season will be Kenny
Rogers, joined by The Oak Ridge Boys
and Sawyer Brown for an Oct. 30 con
cert at 8 p.m. in the Arena.
"We are very pleased to have such a
dynamic show to share with concert
goers this fall," Terry Forsberg, public
events manager for Omaha, said.
Omaha also will be included in the
1985 Reunion of one of folk music's
most enduring acts, Peter, Paul and
Mary. The group will perform Oct. 6, at
7 p.m. at the Orpheum Theater. Tickets
are on sale now at $15.75 and $13.25.
Ricky Skaggs, nominated for five
Country Music Association Awards for
1985, including Single of the Year for
"Country Boy," will perform Oct. 5 at 8
p.m. in the Arena. Special guest is
Gene Watson. Tickets are $10.75 and
$9 75
The ACDC "Fly on the Wall" tour
Around Town
0 Tex Horsehead, explosive coun
trypop from Los Angeles, play at the
Drumstick, 547 N. 48th St, starting at
9:30 p.m. Admission is $4.
O For those aspiring entertainers,
Chesterfields, Bottomsley & Potts offers
an open stage tonight starting at 9 p.m.
Bar managers urge participants to arrive
by 8:30 p.m. to sign up for a time slot.
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So far, the volleyball court has been
well-received, Welsh said. On opening
night, more than 2,000 people visited
the bar, and average attendance is
much higher than last summer's and
last year's totals, he said.
The only problems Welsh said he's
experienced with the addition is some
tracked-in sand from the beer garden
and a couple of volleyball casualties.
"One (volleyball) went bouncing
down Ninth Street. The other was
'killed' by a car, Welsh said.
Now Welsh has traded the all-leather
regulation volleyballs for some less
expensive models.
"We're going to go through a lot of
them," he said.
Other long-term plans for the out
side court include organized tourna
ments on Mondays and Tuesdays,
accompanied by "beach music."
Beach parties, possibly under" a
heated tent, are planned for the winter
months, he said.
"(We don't want to be) just a place
to drink, but a place to have fun,"
Welsh said.
arrives Oct. 4, at 8 p.m. in the arena.
The hit album is now gold, the 10th
gold album the group has earned.
Tickets are general admission and
$13.75 advance, $14.75 the day of the
show.
David Copperfield, the magician who
made the Statue of Liberty "disap
pear," will reappear Oct 13, for two
shows, 3 and 7 p.m. at the Orpheum
Theater. Copperfield currently is in
China planning to "walk through the
Great Wall." Tickets are $15.25, $12.25
and $8.25.
The contemporary Christian rock
group, Petra, will perform Oct. 18, at
7:30 p.m. in the Music Hall. Tickets for
their "Beat The System" Tickets are
$11.25 in advance.
Victor Borge will perform Nov. 2, at 8
p.m. in the Orpheum. Reserved seat
tickets are $15.25 and $12.25.
Forsberg also said Steppenwolf will
appear Nov. 2 in the Music Hall and
Ratt, Nov. 15th in the arena. Ticket
sales will be announced sooa
There is no admission charge.
Television
At 8 p.m., NETV, channel 12 airs
"I Had A Dream: The Terry Fox Story," a
documentary focusing on a young
Canadian amputee and his attempt to
run across Canada to raise funds for
cancer research. He was forced to
abandon his effort because of a relapse
of bone cancer.
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But is it art?
Michael Lewis' "Hanging Mummy" is one of the many pieces that are part of the Cryptozoic
Collection on display now at The Eleventh Street Art Gallery, 906 'O' St. The collection
simulates an archaelogical excavation site. Simulated artifacts and paintings are shown in a
field museum atmosphere. Admission to the gallery is free.
Award-winning jazz opens Kimball set
The Art Ensemble of Chicago, a uni
que and critically-acclaimed group in
jazz, will perform in Kimball Hall at 8
p.m. Sunday.
The award-winning group appears as
the first attraction in the 1985-86 UNL
Kimball Performance Series.
Playing "Great Black Music: Ancient
to the Future," the group carries two
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around the world. Employing humor,
mime, magical special effects, dance
and poetry, the Art Ensemble embodies ,
the collective artistic spirit.
Lester Bowie, who plays trumpet,
fluegelhorn and percussion, said "We
have five different people with five dif
ferent lives and sets of experiences
which are brought in to make one
music.
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Other members of the ensemble
include Joseph Jarman (reeds and per
cussion), a poet and musician; Roscoe
Mitchell (sax and percussion), known
for his compositions, and Famoudou
Don Moye (percussionist), a student of
both traditional jazz and African styles.
For ticket information, call the Kim
ball box office at 472-3375 between
11:30 a.m. and 5 p.m.
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