Arts & Entertainment
The Coffee House will
hold open house for art
By Charles Lieurance
Senior Editor
The Coffee House, 1324 P St., will
have an open house tonight for its new
est exhibit by local artists.
Jim McCabe, Coffee House owner,
said he originally hung art in Lincoln’s
month-old casual gathering place "to
cover wall space.”
The exhibit that has been up until
now was comprised of University of
Nebraska-Lincoln student art and pho
tography chosen fairly arbitrarily when
the Coffee House opened, McCabe said.
Rob Benton, a UNL art m^jor, coordi
nates the exhibits and handles ail art
sales.
"!t’s important that people know the
art on the walls is for sale,” McCabe
said. “The Coffee House is not dealing
directly with the selling of the art, but
we can give information on how to get
in touch with the artists."
McCabe said most of the artists will
be at the open house.
The Coffee House also sponsored a
fashion show last Friday and is plan
ning a poetry reading in the future.
"We don’t want to have something
here every Friday and Saturday, but
events will be occasional," McCabe
said. "We’re not recreating a ’50s or
'60s coffee house here; it’s more Euro
pean, geared toward conversation, read
ing, playing games."
McCabe said more artists will be
represented in the new exhibit, open
ing it to the entire community. About
28 pieces by local artists will be dis
played. Exhibits will change every two
months or so, McCabe said.
The open house will be from 5:30 to 7
p.m. Free coffee will be served.
Watermelon and blues
scheduled for Wednesday
By Kevin Cowan
Senior Reporter
Mark Hummel and the Blues Survi
vors will kick out some harp-houndin’
rhythm and blues from 3:30 to 6 p.m.
Wednesday, at the University Progiam
Council’s “Music and Melons.”
Hummel and his clan of bluesmen
have blown the blues since late 1976.
Coming together in the San Francisco
Bay area, Hummel and his original
cohort, Mississippi Johnny Waters, have
tramped the road of the blues to mod
erate national popularity.
The Blues Survivors first made their
etching for wailin’ sensational Chicago
blues. But like any progressive band,
they needed to further their musical
diversity. Thus they expanded their
format to include “Jump Blues” and
rock-a-billy. Er\joyable, danceable ver
satility is the result.
UPC organizer Dan Simon said the
concert was a chance for everyone to
see each other again and get re
acquainted.
“No one’s concerned about classes
yet,” he said, "so they’ll be able to
come down, have some watermelon and
enjoy some good music for free.”
“Music and Melons” was originated
by Farmhouse about five years ago,
Simon said.
Every year, Farmhouse asks a differ
ent sorority to aid them in serving
watermelon. Alpha Phi sorority will
help this year.
Street corner singer strums
while radiating positive energy
By Bill Allen
Senior Editor
Jon Davis says he only wants to do
two things: play music and radiate
positive energy.
He does both on downtown street
comers each weekend.
“Do you know anything by the
Eagles?" 1 said, passing by with a
group of friends.
He immediately broke into “Take
It Easy” and we stood there and
sang along.
As we left, one of my friends
dropped a dollar into his hat. Davis
said he was cited once for panhan
dling. The policeperson said he
couldn’t put his hat down like that.
However, Davis said, the county
attorney dropped the case and since
then he said many of the downtown
police have become his friends.
"I play them Beatles songs,” he
said, “from their generation.”
Davis said he once made $40
playing for pay, but some nights he
only makes $5 or $6.
"I need the money to buy guitar
strings," he said, because he breaks
a lot of them strumming loud enough
to be heard above the traffic drone.
Davis, of 1202 S. 21st St., is 21 and
a Lincoln native. He taught himself
to play the guitar, harmonica and
piano. He said he has never played
in a band, but he has several friends
who do.
“I can go down to the corner and
have infinitely more fun,” he said.
On the street, he said, he plays
mostly the Beatles, Simon and Gar
funkel and requests if he knows
them. But he has written a few orig
inal songs.
Other than his weekend sere
nades, Davis said, he works “occa
sionally at construction, off and
on.”
He said his goal in life is to be
happy.
"1 think everyone should at least
portray this happiness — put on a
smile, even if you don’t feel like it,”
he said. ‘‘You get out of life what you
put into it.”
Eric Gregory/Daily Nebraskan
Jon Davis (right) entertains a passer-by in front of the Douglas 3
Theater.
Brian Barber/Dally Nebraskan
Can YOU color
the pretty new
Burger King, kids?
The rainy weather we’ve had lately
reminded us of similar days as child
ren, lying on Grandma’s shag carpet,
coloring the cartoon characters in our
deluxe coloring book.
With our new “Midwestern art deco"
Burger King providing the inspiration,
we present just such a coloring page for
you.
Daily Nebraskan Art Director Brian
Barber highlighted those neon pastel
lights radiating over diners like a light
show at a Bee Gees concert. Appetiz
ing, huh?
Just what colors would a person use
for such a creative task? Let’s face it,
the eight-pack of Crayolas just won’t
cut it.
We suggest fuchsia (a reddish pur
ple) and mauve, perhaps using some of
those fancy glow-in-the-dark crayons.
But suggestions are only suggestions.
It’s your coloring page and your aes
thetic eye.
Although this is not a coloring con
test (that's against the paper’s policy),
the management of Burger King will
hang the five best pictures up in the
restaurant, giving the colorees full
credit, of course.
So color away and bring those pic
tures to Entertainment Editor Bill Allen
in the DN office by Friday. Please
include your name, year in school and
mtyor.
Or send your entry in along with a
self addressed stamped envelope. There
are no prizes, but we sure could use
those stamped envelopes.