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T Arts & Entertainment Famous potter spends week at UNL The University of Nebraska Lincoln art department is host to Jeffrey Ocstrcich, an internationally known American potter, through Thursday. During his visit to UNL, Oc streich will demonstrate the pro duction of functional pottery and _L. _ , ■ - - . . —— talk about the ideas that sustain and inspire him while he creates. A public lecture and slide pres entation will be at 5:30 p.m. Wed nesday in the Sheldon Art Gallery auditorium. On Thursday, Ocstrcich will sell his work in Woods Art Building 104 from 1 to 4 p.m. After receiving a bachelor of arts degree at Bemidji State University of Minnesota in 1969, Oestrcich traveled to St. Ives, Cornwall, England, where he spent a two-year apprenticeship ^ with Bernard Leach. Leach studied and worked with Shodji Hamada, a Japanese potter. Leach is credited as a major influ ence on the late 20th century Occi dental ceramic art movement. The Hamada-Lcacty tradition, as it has come to be known, extols the uncomplicated, unfussy and under stated functional pot; it is a move ment with historical roots in the Orient and western Europe. A handful of Leach’s appren tices have gone on to develop voices of their own within the Hamada-Leach tradition. Ocstrcich’s pottery is in numer ous museum collections, including the Everson Museum of Art in New York, the Taipei r'ine Arts Museum in Taiwan, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. He has received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Award, and his work has been re viewed in the New York Times and 7 Ceramics Monthly. His pottery is in the Garth Clark Gallery of London, New York and Los Angeles. Oestrcich currently lives and works near Taylor Falls, Minn., on a farm where he redesigned and remodeled buildings to serve as studio space for himself and the apprentices who come to work with him each year. A full range of his work will be represented at Thursday’s sale. Some of the proceeds will benefit the UNL ceramics program. Oestrcich is one of several artists invited to UNL as part of the department’s visiting artist pro gram. The program is financed in part through grants from the Ne braska Art Association, the UNL Research Council and the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery. Courtesy ot Mid Coast Artists, international After being out of the country for more than 31/2 years, Luther Allison finally will be back at Lincoln’s zoo Bar. Blues player returns to U.S. with fans’ help By Ken Havlat Staff Reporter The Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St., continues its winning streak tonight as Luther Allison makes his first appearance in the United States in 3 1/2 years. Because of troubles with the In ternal Revenue Service, Allison was forced to flee the country to get his financial affairs back in order. With the help of supportive I fans, he has been able to do just that. While in Europe he was able to cement his position there as a blues visionary. During the 1970s, Allison was one of the most popular blucsmen to appear, amassing a great popu larity base. In recent years, his home base has been Paris. While most of his recordings have been appearing on European labels, he liad an album, “Serious,” come out on the American label Blind Pig Records about a year ago. Allison’s sound is that of the classic bluesman. The occasional wailing guitar is a sign that he has the blues. His voice is silky, yet not as smooth as, say, Robert Cray. Allison first came to promi During the 1970’s, Allison was one of the most popular bluesmen to ap pear, amassing a great popularity ase. nence at the Ann Arbor Blues Festivals of the late 1960s and early ’70s. His guitar playing has few rivals. With all his youthful energy on stage, you would think he was 20 years younger than he actually is. Perhaps this is why he is touring with a young French band. They could be the only ones able to keep up with him. ‘ft *> ‘Shoot to Kill’ typical, but thrilling By William Rudolph Staff Reviewer Every once in a while, a movie comes along that keeps you on the edge of your seat and riveted to the screen because it’s just loo suspense - ful to endure. Two years ago, it was “The Hitcher.” Last year, “Aliens” did the trick. Now after an 11-year absence from the screen, Sidney Poitier’s back, and his new film, “Shoot to Kill,” takes aim at your pulse rale with deadly force. In the end, it doesn’t matter that the movie’s plot recks of formula. A big-city FBI agent (Poitier) must team up with fierce, ornery and inde pendent wilderness guide Tom Bcr enger to stop a psycho killer who has taken hostage Bercngcr’s beautiful fellow-guide girlfriend, played by Kirstie Alley. After hating each other at first, Poitier and Berenger form a grudging friendship based on re spect. Happily, “Shoot to Kill” succeeds in spite of its familiar premise and predictable resolution. Powerful per formances by the two leads and a spirited Alley, nail-biting action sequences and liberal doses of wry humor make this picture a winner. If this is formula, it’s more satisfying than nine out of 10 “original” films playing today. Poiticr could recite the nutritional information on the side of a cereal box and make it sound interesting. No one else has that deep, rich voice or intense stance that dares you to try his patience. Berengcr is just as good. He is a fierce, cantankerous man who is almost wilder than the Northern wil derness he knows better than his own name. The movie doesn’t rely merely on the actors’ magnetism. Visually, “Shoot to Kill” never lets up, sweep ing over treacherous mountain ranges, through blinding snow storms, over land and sea, and through the urban jungles of Vancou ver and San Francisco. I guarantee you’ll catch your breath during one particularly nerve-wracking stunt sequence over a sheer river gorge. Besides this, we get a script that knows when to smile at itself and when to tighten the screws on the audience. “Shoot to Kill” may seem like a rehash of every cop-pursuing psy cho-killer movie ever to grace the screen. It may not have lofty artistic principles or an important socio-po litical message, but that’s not the point. If you want to sit on the edge of your scat for more than 90 minutes, be glued to the screen and leave the theater disappointed that it’s over so quickly, then sec “Shoot to Kill.” A movie this suspenseful and funny deserves to be seen. “Shoot to Kill,” rated R, plays at the Cooper Theater. Students, faculty perform University of Nebraska-Lincoln School of Music’s schedule ofevents, February: 23 — Jay Pralle, trombone. Senior Recital, 4:30 p.m., Westbrook Re cital Hall. 24 — Scott Herr, voice, Freshman Recital, 3:30 p.m., Westbrook Re cital Hall. 24 — Steve Doyle, bass, Senior Re cital, 4:30 p.m., Westbrook Recital Hall. ‘Go Blackshirts’ to be theme for orchestra kickoff Season tickets to the Lincoln Symphony Orchestra 1988- 89 season will go on sale Sunday at 1 p.m. As a “festive kickoff' to the new season, the Lincoln Symphony Or chestra Association is starting the ticket campaign in the Stadium Lounge at Memorial Stadium. Tocreateawarcnessol the Lincoln Symphony’s ticket campaign and to educate the public about its success and tradition, as well as the musi cians’ spiffy black tuxes, the Associa tion has selected “Go Blackshirts” as this season’s theme. Some of the symphony’s own “blackshirts” will be in attendance at the event,and brochure materials will be distributed in the form of a Lincoln Symphony Orchestra “Playbook.” The event will “kick off’ at 1 p.m. with introductions by Nanci Burch ess-Smith, chairperson of the 1988 89 season ticket sales campaign, fol lowed by a welcome from Richard J. Vierk, president of the Lincoln Sym phony Association Board of Direc tors. Other speakers w i 11 fol low, i nc 1 ud ing Robert Emile, music director for the association. Afterwards, there will be a drawing for a Mercedes Benz 190E. . tsr Acrobats perform tonight rrom Malt Reports Lincoln is the latest stop on a 100 city tour by the Peking Acrobats. The acrobats from China will perform daring acts and amazing displaysofcontortion, flexibility and control during Tuesday’s 8 p.m. appearance at Lincoln’s Pershing Auditorium. The 25-mcmbcr troupe is used to performing before capacity audi ences and has a repertoire of tricks, including a man who balances “atop a precarious manor 01 cnairs, wire - walking, trick cycling, precision tumbling, “astonishing lect jug gling” and hcadstands on rocking platforms. A playful and colorful L.ion Dance lends a festive atmosphere of Chi nese carnival pageantry. Doors will open at 7 p.m. General admission tickets will be on sale today at the Pershing box office and are $6 for individuals or S15 for families. Tryouts set for video play From Staff Reports Open auditions will be Wednes day and Thursday for “House at Halfmast,” a video production to be directed by UNL graduate teaching assistant Bruce Tinker, produced by Doug Engh of the cable access channel’s “Intramural Game of the Week” and underwritten by Thcatrix, the UNL experimental theater association. The play is described as a “lyric comedy” involving eight characters and their relationships in a boarding house. Parts are being cast for five men and three women. The auditions will begin from 4 to 6:30 p.m. both days in the Temple Building. The rooms will be posted on the building’s outside doors. Rehearsals will be in late March and early April. Shooting is sched uled at the Nebraska ETV studios during the last week of April. I he show will be broadcast in the fall. Although independently pro duced, the entire production will involve UNL. students and faculty. The original script was written by Doug Dowd, a graduate student ol fine arts who teaches printmaking at UNL. Tinker is artistic director lor Thcatrix. Except for a few camera operators, the crew will be composed of UNL students. The UNL theater department has tentatively agreed to build the sets.
