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Arts & Entertainment Go for the juggler; Karamazov Bros, visit Lincoln Monday By Micki Haller Senior Kditor Editor’s Note: The Daily Ne braskan ran a story on The Flying Karamazov Brothers on Wednes day, but there was so much good stuff left over, we brought them back for a curtain call. The Flying Karamazov Brothers aren’t brothers. They don’t soar through the air on a trapeze. They aren’t even Russian. “We thought it was a joke,’’ said Howard Jay Patterson, one of the jugglers with the group. “The Broth ers Karamazov’’ was a novel by Dostoevsky, and the flying brothers brought to mind images of obscure, eastem-European circuses, he said. The troupe does use physical skill; it juggles, plays music, dances and does almost everything else. And like a Doestoevsky novel, it has a mes sage. “The major implicit message is that people who like each other can do the impossible,” he said. Patterson said the group maintains a constant balance between entertain ment and communication. The mem bers try to entertain and slip in an idea now and then, he said. For instance, the new finale uses a rock and roll song played by elec tronic juggling instruments, Patter son said.The message of the finale is that people enjoy the conveniences of modem life, but they are only begin ning to be aware the problems caused by the conveniences, such as pollu tion and the green house effect, he said. “It’s necessary for the whole world to learn to juggle,” he said. Such sentiments may seem odd for a troupe of jugglers, but this isn’t an ordinary troupe. Patterson graduated from the University of California in Santa Cruz with double honors in biology. His partners have equally impres sive accomplishments. Paul David Magid comes from an English litera ture background, Timothy Furst stud ied science and music, and Sam Wil liams majored in philosophy, he said. Patterson said that in 1968, people knew what pollution was doing to the environment. He said he thought the problem would be taken care of by this time. “It never occurred to me that we could go another 20 years without anyone blinking an eye.” Patterson said if he hadn’t taken up juggling as a career, it mighi well be an environmental activist now. “I thought I had more opportunity to affect world opinion this way, not as just another scientist,” he said. Yet Patterson said the messages should not be overbearing. “No one really wants to be preached at,” he said. The group does fulfill entertain ment requirements; for example, there’s the act where members play a Beethoven piece by bashing their heads with the juggling clubs. The helmets they wear have elec tronic drum pickups and a radio trans mitter that transfers the impulse to a synthesizer. Patterson said the group never really practiced on the piece for ex tended periods of time. “We’d all get punchy,” he said. The group performs at Kimball Recital Hall Monday at 6 and 9 p.m. Tickets are $11 and $15 for the gen eral public. University of Ncbraska Lincoln students pay half-price, and groups of 10 or more pay $4.50 and $3. The Flying Karamazov Brothers Co-'’.*’* •<•"*<« Bo, o*«c. Artistically-done architecture to be shown in Sheldon film By Joel Schettler Staff Reporter “Frank Gehry,” a Michael Black wood film, is the last in a three-pan series on architecture which helps architecture students develop a better understanding of the artistic ap proach, said Dan Ladely, curator of the Sheldon Film Theater. Blackwood’s films have covered art in areas of sculpture and painting and recently have included architec ture and dance, he said. The film is for those who are inter ested in the arts as well, he said. Frank Gehry is one of America’s most creative architects today - his works have created an image of the architect as an artist. Many other Southern Californian architects have modeled their styles after Gehry because he has changed the role of the architect to that of a creative thinker rather than the work a-day professional. Gehry’s career started with blend ing practicality with new creative designs in family homes. Later, this style progressed as he started design ing buildings for large universities and museums. One such building is the Loyola Law School in Los Ange les. Blackwood captures Gehry’s con tribution to the world of art in his documentary. The film looks at the critical jump in an architect’s life from designing for private homes to designing for large projects funded by corporations. The documentary is showing at the Sheldon Film Theater at noon today and 11 a.m. Saturday. Admis sion is $2 for the general public and $1 for architecture students and fac ulty. Balls to shake Grandpa’s grand opening By Lisa Donovan Senior Reporter Tired of the whole campus/down town scene? Then maybe head out to the grand opening of Grandpa’s Bar, 8805 Comhusker Hwy., and listen to Lincoln’s latest rockers - Balls. Balls, which formed in August 1988, is comprised of local musicians ConnU {HtMhMvDN Photo W Laurie McClain tinge at a summer rally. Dave Conrapt, percussionist, Mar quius Toney on bass guitar and Little Weepin’ Johnny Mac, lead vocalist. Priding itself on straight original rock *n’ roll, Balls claims the band has no musical influences. “We do play some covers,’’ Conrapt said. “But there are some covers people wouldn’t expect us to play - like the Batman theme and the Muensters.’’ “It’s gutsy, partying, straightfor ward music,” he said. Although the group’s name is considered rude, Conrapt said the name is based on Lincoln’s love for sports. “The whole town is into balls of varying kinds,” Conrapt said. Conrapt listed football, basketball and baseball as some of the sports Lincolnites enjoy. Balls will be playing Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m. Admission is free. This weekend, Bobby Curious will be bringing their cover music and excerptsTrom the Shawn Cassidy and Leif Garrett scrapbooks to Bash Riprocks, 240 N. 12th SL The trio likes to add a little diver sity to their music by reading aloud the teen magazines about teen idols during their performances. Bobby Curious will be playing Friday and Saturday at 9:30 p.m. The cover is $2. Lie Awake will be pounding out the sounds of INXS, The Cure and other cover music at Chesterfield’s, 245. N. 13th St. The shows are Friday and Saturday at 9 p.m. Admission is $3. The Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St., has quite a lineup this week. Starting out the weekend, the reggae band Caribe will bring its mellow and hypnotizing sound to the stage Friday and Satur day nights. Show times are at 9 p.m. and the cover is $4. Next week The Tablerockers will perform their exciting and fast-beat rock V roll Monday night. Show time is 9 p.m. Admission is $2. ‘It's gutsy, party ing, straightfor ward music. .. The whole town Is into balls of varying kinds.’ —Conrapt Also scheduled at the Zoo next week are Laurie McClain and Sean Benjamin Tuesday night and the Jazz Underground Wednesday night. Show times are at 9 p.m. The Confidentials will wind up See LIVE on 13
