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Multicultural show strives to build bridges By Bryan Peterson Staff Reporter “Building Bridges and Strength ening Alliances,” a multi-cultural performance of music and poetry, will be presented Thursday night in the main lounge of the Nebraska Union. The performance will feature two musicians and two poets from the San Francisco Bay area, all dealing with themes of “unlearning” oppression. The four performers are part of a San Francisco-area group called New Bridges which presents workshops in several cities, covering issues like racism, sexism, heterosexism and anti Semitism. The four will join three other people to act as facilitators at this weekend’s Diversity Retreat, the third such re treat at UNL. The retreat is full and will be at tended by 70-75 people, according to Peg Johnson, executive assistant to the vice-chancellor for student af fairs. Gina Matkin, coordinator of the Womens’ Resource Center, helped set up the performance after being I *2°° Off Haircut & Blowdry Reg. from '13.00 * With this coupon only ■ Not valid with other oilers or promotions * I 8 Offer Expires 10/26/90 ! $100# Off i I Perm, Haircut j & Style Reg. from '43.00 s With this coupon only i Not valid with other offer* *»r promotions I l.onj: hair by consultation ■ Offer Expires 10/26/90 contacted by Lakota Harden, who will be reading poetry at the performance. The Womens’ Resource Center joined Lincoln Women Against Ra cism to sponsor the performance. Malkin hopes at least 100 people cor^rprr^ will view the concert and “hear their message. They are doing things im portant to them, talking about how we should all be working together.” Harden said the group is present ing the concert because they are al ready at UNL doing the retreat. “We’ll be looking at issues like racism and sexism,” she said. “It’s hard work emotionally, so we also try to do light work, laugh and sing to gether.” ‘ ‘This is a way to reach more people than those who will go to the retreat,” Matkin said. “It is an attempt to talk about building bridges between dif ferent communities.” The performers use various terms to describe their backgrounds, such as hyphenated, multi-heritage and multi-cultural. These differences are brought into their performances and into their personal lives. ‘‘We take this work into our eve ryday lives,” said Harden. ‘‘We try to model these things, working to gether and overcoming differences.” The performance will feature Donna Keiko Ozawa, a 26-year-old Japa nese-American who has practiced and played guitar in the Bay area for 15 years. Ozawa sings about her life and heritage. One of her songs, ‘‘Train Ride For America,” describes the journey her grandparents took when they were forced into internment camps during World War II, Harden said. ‘‘She begins the song by holding the original poster which told her grandparents they had 24 hours to pack,” she said. Like Ozawa, fellow musician Gil Guillermo performs all original mu sic. Guillermo, of Chicano-Filipino descent, is a teacher in Chinatown who will perform songs about the homeless and the possibility of re turning to one’s heritage. Brenda Marie Blasingamc is an African-American Jewish convert who will read her own poetry, which Harden describes as ‘ ‘a more intimate look at the relations between people. The other poet, Lakota Harden, is from the Minnecoujou/ Yankton Lakota and Winnebago tribes. Harden attended UNL while living in Lincoln and graduated in May from UC Berkeley. “That is part of why 1 wanted to bring this back, to show UNL stu dents what the rest of the world is like,” she said. “My poetry is about looking, trying to show people what I see and notice as an original inhabitant of this conti nent,’’ Harden said. The performance is free and be gins at 8 p.m. Despite memorable moments, ‘Hardware’ is too predictable By William Rudolph Staff Reporter It’s the 21st Century. Nuclear holo caust has reduced the world to a war tom nightmare. Countries seem in tent on killing each other with more and more sophisticated machines. Iggy Pop is the voice of doomsday blaring the bad news over radios everywhere as DJ Angry Bob. Sound like “Blade Runner,” “Aliens,” or “Mad Max?” True, “Hardware” may have a lot in com mon with these popular films, but writer/director Richard Stanley man ages to add new touches to this famil iar scenario in this low-key thriller. As “Hardware” opens, we meet Moses (Dylan McDcrmou), cx-Ma rine Corps member and drifter who scratches out a living selling scrap technology on the black market with his friend. Shades (John Lynch). It’s Christmas Eve, and Moses is bringing home a present for his girl friend Jill (Stacey Travis), an artist who lives alone, barricaded in a secu rity apartment. Since Jill likes to work with metal, Moses is surprising her by bringing her the bits and pieces of the M.A.R.K. 13, a defunct robot he’s found abandoned out in the Zone, a post-nuclear desert wasteland. Delighted with her new present, Jill incorporates the robot’s parts into a collage to represent the babies she’ 11 never make, because the government is planning on enforcing sterilisation of all couples. Then she and Moses do the dirty deed accompanied by a throb bing soundtrack from Public Image, Limited. Kiss Continued from Page 9 though they play the Top 40 game. Guitarist Re Beach, who attended the Only alt is not well with Jill. Not only does she have her problems in her relationship with Moses to con sider, she also worries about the sLate of the world today. And she’s got a creepy Peeping Tom neighbor, the disgustingly obese and sweaty Lin coln Weinberg, Jr. (William Hootkins), spying on her through a telescope and moyjV-n * -TREVIEW I whispering obscene suggestions over the videophone. Little docs Jill know that watching the couple’s shenanigans will acti vate the M.A.R.K. 13, and that once awakened, the robot will rebuild himself and decide to kill everything that he can get his metallic hands upon. And little docs anyone know that the M.A.R.K. 13 has been programmed to be a virtually indestructible killing machine that ruthlessly will go after its prey. In fact, its name comes from the Mark 13 in the Bible: “...and no flesh shall be spared.” That about sums up the robot’s mission. After this, “Hardware’s” plot becomes very reminiscent of “Ali ens,” with the lone woman trapped in a complex, stalked by a creature with all sorts of lovely ways to injure her. But “Hardware” isn’t really a clone. Writer/dircctor Richard Stanley has worked at developing his charac ters. We actually learn about Jill’s relationship with Moses - they argue about her art and her fears for the future. And Tom Lincoln Weinberg Berklee College of Music, became a hotshot studio wizard, lending his licks to the Bee Gees, Fiona, Howard Jones and Chaka Khan. Paul Taylor plays guitar, keyboards and sings for Win ger. And last but not least, Rod Mor IF YOU'VE GOT MONEY TO BURN, PONT, BOTTLER TO READ THIS But If You Need Extra Money! Donate For Dollars! I his coupon is worth $20.00 tor new donors on your first and second donation within six days or if you have not returned within two months. Present this coupon and earn extra cash. For more information call the friendliest staff in town. Call 474-2335 today for more details! Lincoln Donor Center 126 N. 14th Jr., the Peeping Tom, adds a pathetic note as he remembers the first time he saw Jill when he installed the security system in her apartment: she made him a cup of coffee, doesn’t she remember? Without spoiling anything, it’s safe to say that “Hardware” r. ay end as one might expect -- but there arc still a few twists on the damsel-in-distress situation. Everything docs not end rosily, with the happy couple riding off into that blood red nuclear sunset. The special effects arc impressive in a mailcr-of-fact way. The audience is treated to viewing particularly in genious ways of being murdered by robots. And watching the robot reassemble itself from the bits and pieces of Jill’s metallic sculpture actually seems obscene. “Hardware” is not a great film. Even with good performances by its unknown cast, atmospheric sets, an excellent, driving soundtrack and one of the best love scenes in a shower in recent memory, the film still has a few too many stock elements of the sci-fi, post-nuclear human vs. tech nology genre to make it entirely memorable. rsevcnncicss, narawarc (iocs have a distinctive charm. Movie goers who only expect the routine number of naked babes, gore, spills and chills might be disappointed by the intelligent script and credible performances. But they can rent “Aliens” instead. The restofusmay, in fact, be pleasantly surprised. “Hardware” is showing at the State Theatre, 1415 0 St. genstein drummed for Dixie Dregs for years, and was named “Best Pro gressive Rock Drummer’ ’ by Modem Drummer for four years running. Vixen is an all-female metal band that has supported acts like the Scor pions, O/./y Osbourne and Bad Company. Their latest album is “Rev ItUp,” the follow-up to their self-titled de but. The first single off the album is titled “How' Much Love?”, a power ful rock tunc with that good old radio attraction. On “Rev It Up,” the band attempts to spit out a tough, no-non sense attitude, competing with tough guys like Winger in the world of metal. Critics have spewed mixed responses to the release. Tickets for tonight’s show arc S20. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Show starts at 7 p.m. WE'RE FIGHTING FOR \OUR LIFE American Heart £ % Association ^Jr Nebraska Affiliate