Arts & Entertainment
KUCV auction proceeds to cover expenses
By Bryan Peterson
Staff Reporter
Money raised by the first annual
KUCV art auction Sunday, featuring
works by Chagell, Miro, Picasso and
many others, will be used for the radio
station’s existing expenses rather
than to expand the current budget.
The auction’s proceeds will sup
plement the station’s other sources of
income, which include two annual
membershipdrives, underwriting and
national grants.
KUCV station manager Lisa Wick
said the station has an annual operat
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ing budget of about $250,000. About
$14,000 of this total is provided by
local grants which arc not guaranteed,
so the station needs a source of back
up revenue.
Because the sources of KUCV
funds are not always reliable, ad
vance estimates of incoming money
may not match the money that actu
ally comes in. Money raised by the
auction is supposed to cover any
shortfalls.
However, all auction proceeds
will cover station operating expenses
immediately, KUCV membership
director Michele Smith said. Ex
penscs include buying new albums
and paying affiliation dues to two
national public radio networks.
The auction will begin at 7 p.m.
and will be preceded by a wine and
cheese reception at 6 p.m. Works of
fine art from internationally famous
artists and emerging new talents will
be available for viewing and bidding.
More than 100 works will bcavail
ablc in the $30 to $500 range, Smith
said,
Smith added that there would be
about 50 works of “collector art” in a
special corner where people could
“expect to spend a lot of money.”
KUCV had planned on receiving
some works by Dali, but these works
are unavailable because of a recent
influx of Dali counterfeits.
The works of art will be supplied
by Art Auctions, Inc., of Los Angeles.
KUCV will receive cither a percent
age of the proceeds or a guaranteed
$1,000, whichever amount is more.
Wick said there was no monetary
goal for the auction, and she hoped
“many people would come out and
have a good time.”
The Wick Alumni Center was
chosen to host the event because
KUCV staff members had attended
previous functions at the center and
enjoyed the atmosphere, Smith said.
Wick said the center provides an
ideal setting which is available to all.
KUCV is an auxiliary organization of
the university, so it paid no rental fee
for the use of the Wick Alumni Cen
ter.
Tickets to the reception and auc
tion are $8.00 and can be purchased in
advance by phone. Contact Smith at
KUCV (486-2520) for more informa
tion.
‘The Modems’ links today
with yesterday’s war woes
By Micki Haller
Senior Editor
Paris in 1926 must have been an
extremely romantic, yet sad, time.
The world was attending a party to
forget the horrible tragedy of World
War I, and was unaware that a second
war was on its heals.
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-- **1REVIEW I—
“The Modems,” showing at the
Sheldon Film Theater, paints a pic
ture of Paris in the mid 1920s. Filled
with art luminaries like Hemingway,
Gertrude Stein and Matisse, Paris was
the place to be trendy and modem.
Nick Hart, a struggling American
painter played by Keith Carradine,
makes his living by cartooning for
Oiscau, a gossip columnist. While in
a cafe, he sees a bcauti ful woman with
Bertram Stonc(John Lone),a wealthy
man who has made his fortune in the
prophylactic business.
Hart convinces Oiscau, played by
Wallace Shawn, to introduce him to
the woman, but then is mysteriously
turned off by her.
Later, it’s discovered that Rachel,
the beautiful woman played by Linda
Fiorcntino, left Hart years ago.
For the rest of the movie, Haft tries
to convince Rachel to leave Stone,
and return to America with him.
Of course, there are plot complica
tions: Hart is asked to forge three
Cezannes by a woman planning to
leave her husband, Oiscau wants to
leave Paris to cover the Hollywood
gossip scene, Stone wants to present
to Paris society the finest col lection of
modem art ever and Rachel doesn’t
know what she really wants.
The cast turns in a fine perform
ance, with John Lone being particu
larly noteworthy. Lone portrays the
passion of a madman; a wealthy Phil
istine who would be cultured. In one
scene, Lone has been rejected by the
Parisians because his Cezannes were
declared forgeries. He bums one and
slashes ferociously at the two others
with a knife.
The art critics arc stunned; but one.
points out that the paintings arc, after
all, just forgeries. It brings up a ques
tion about what art really is.
Cameos by characters from liter
ary history arc scattered throughout
the film. Hemingway, played by
Kevin J. O’Connor, makes the most
appearances, often for comic relief.
O’Connor plays the drunk and often
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Courtesy ot Sheldon Film Theater
Keith Carradine, Linda Fiorentino and Geneviere Bujold in “The Moderns.”
Kronos String Quartet to play Kimball tor third year
Ily rvlicki Haller
Senior ftditor
The Kronos String Quartet is
coming to the stage of Kimball Re
cital Hall for the third year.
Part of the 1988-89 University of
Ncbraska-Lincoln Performance Sc
ries, Kronos has become a “non-tradi
tional tradition.”
The group consists of David Har
rington, founder and first violinist;
second violinist John Sherba; violist
Hank Dull and Joan Jcanrcnaud on
cello.
Rebels of the classical world, even
their dress on stage is different. In
stead of tuxedos and evening gowns,
they wear black spandex and near
matching lops. Stage dress flouts the
tradition of chamber ensembles.
Their hair is even spiked.
Kronos was founded in iv/.s. i tic
name is based on a Titan in Greek
mythology. In 1977, two performers
left the group. It was a low point, but
by 1984, Kronos recorded four al
bums in a 12-monlh period, and audi
ences have grown steadily.
At home on the concert stage, the
group has also recorded sound tracks
for Paul Schrader’s “Mishima” and
David Byrne’s “True Stories.”
In addition, they performed a soul
version of “The Star-Spangled Ban
ner” at home plate before a San Fran
cisco Giants game and interpreted
James Brown’s “Sex Machine” w hile
accompanied by an eight- foot singing
robot.
The quartet plays 2.0lh century and
contemporary music exclusively. For
many, listening to Kronos is the only
way to hear the very newest music
composed by artists who arc still
breathing.
The group docs play some classics
of the 20th century, by composers like
Shostakovich, Bartok, Shocnbcrg
(father of atonality), Webern and
Ives.
Kronos continually commissions,
receives and performs new works by
composers all over the world. They
play the work of people like Phillip
Glass, Terry Riley, Peter Sculthorpc,
Avo Part, Gc Gan-ru, Morion
Feldman, Kevin Volans and Lu
toslawski.
Kronos also ventures into the
world of jazz and popular music. Its
playlist includes works by Bill Evans,
Miles Davis, Ornette Coleman, The
lonius Monk, Jimi Hendricks and
Frank Zappa. The first time Kronos
came to Kimball, the group played a
memorable encore of Hendrick’s
“Purple Haze.”
The group also commissioned an
arrangement of television theme
songs by Steve Riffkin, including “I
Love Lucy” and “The Flintstoncs.”
Kronos plays a paradoxical role in
the world of the music: They are a
classical string quartet in rebellion
and they make available works that
arc not ordinarily heard, understood
or enjoyed.
The Kronos Quartet is a Jclincck
Memorial Concert with the support of
the National Endowment for the Arts
and the Nebraska Arts Council.
A pre-performance talk on Kronos
and contemporary music will be
given in Room 119, Westbrook Mu
sic Building at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.
Kronos will perform at 8 p.m.
Sunday,Tickets are $8 and $ 10. UNL
students get a 50 percent d.isp.QWtt.,,.
Courtesy of Kimball Hall Box Office
. KRONOS