Arts & Entertainment
Wednesday, August 24, 1994
Page 9
Haymarket provides potpourri of pleasures
By Paula Lavigne
Senior Reporter
When Ann Burkholder moved
into her space at 7th and P streets in
downtown Lincoln in 1977, she was
one of the few people down there.
She made a wise decision.
In 1986, when she opened her
own art gallery and studio called the
Burkholder Project, her neighbor
hood had grown into what is known
now as Lincoln’s Historic Haymarkct
District.
The expaasion hasn’t stopped in
the Haymarkct. Eight new business
es moved in carl icr this year, and one
more is on the way.
With 76 retail stores and rcstau
i rants, the Haymarkct is rapidly be
coming Lincoln’s main attraction
and a formidable rival to Omaha’s
Old Market.
“I think (the Haymarkct) is the
most interesting part of Lincoln,”
Burkholder said.
The Old Market and the
Haymarket are similar in that they
arc older areas that have been rede
veloped and rediscovered, she said,
but more work was put into the cre
ation of the Haymarkct.
“Thcbuildingcodcsand fire codes
arc much stricter in Lincoln,” she
said. “And that’s a two-edged sword,
because it makes it difficult and ex
pensive for people to develop.”
Burkholder said she paid 30 per
cent more to develop her building in
•Lincoln than she would have in
Omaha.
Jerre Brammeicr, owner of
Victoria’s Cousin, a curiosity shop
with antiques, gifts, ribbons, lace and
other knickknacks, said that 2 1/2
years ago, a space in the Haymarkct
looked like a good deal.
“All businesses down here have
picked up a lot from the start,” she
said. “People jast love it.”
Brammeier said the stores in the
Old Market were “tourist stores.”
“People from Omaha think (the
Haymarket) is better than the Old
Market, because we have nicer, more
unique stores. They’re not your run
of-the-mill.”
Although retail stores have grown
incredibly in the past few years,
Burkholder said the main attraction
Jeff Haller/DN
Phil Herring, left, and Layton Brooks, both of Lincoln, work on a flat tire in the Haymarket in front of Ted and Wally’s. The
two were biking and made a stop for ice cream.
was Ihc restaurants.
Mary Lynn Harms, manager of
Inn Harms Way, a specially seafood
restaurant, said the people who came
to the Haymarkcl were fortunate to
have such a variety of stores, art
galleries and restaurants waiting for
them.
She said she had hoped the
Haymarket would take o(T like the
Old Market, and it did.
“Our business in summer is al
ways good, but this summer was
better than last year,” she said. “In
the last four years the Haymarket has
expanded tremendously and contin
ues to expand.”
In fact, expansion is so wide
spread that few spaces arc left.
Pat Lofgrcn, a business recruit
ment member of the Lincoln
Haymarket Development Corpora
tion, said the Haymarket’s summer
additions made it “just a selling bus
tle.”
‘‘It’s been a very good summer,
andevery year we do better,” Lofgrcn
said.
“I think people really enjoy being
here,” she said. “There is a real
diversity of businesses that attract
people.”
Antique stores, flower shops,
clothing stores and specialty shops
arc just a sampl ing of the retail stores
in the Haymarket. The area also
olTcrs seafood, Mexican, Italian and
contemporary restaurants and coffee
and dessert shops.
The Haymarket has the monopo
ly on art galleries and commcrc ial art
stores with 10 in all.
“I think once the arts gel estab
lished inonc area, it benefits anybody
who is in art in that area,” Burkholder
said. “Lincoln is blessed with very
talented people, especially all the
university and college people.”
Although art is a competitive field,
Burkholder said the galleries were
supportive ofonc another, often spon
soring cooperative “gallery walks”
and coordinating opening exhibits.
Ann Pagcl,director of the Haydon
Art Gallery, said art galleries tended
to cluster.
“When galleries cluster, it’s good'
for business, because people lend to
go from one gallery to another.”
‘Stone and Light’ lacks depth
in both its music and lyrics
“In the House of Stone and Light”
Martin Page
Polygram Records
Grade: O
‘in the House of Stone and Light" is a
musically effective work by Martin Page.
Traccsofboth Sting and PcterGabriel perme
ate the work. While this is indeed compl imen
tary. Page docs not quite seem to hit with the
same power of either of those artists.
Page is a master of the mixing board,
performing with a variety of iastruments on
most of the tracks. Phil Coll ins sits in on three
of the cuts as an accessory drummer, which
lends more credibility to the musical aspect of
the album.
Where Page falls short is in the depth of his
lyrics. He reaches for the depth and power of
Sting, backed by Gabriel-like arrangements,
but conies up short on both counts. In the song
“Monkey in my Dreams," one can hear faint
echoes of Gabriel’s “Shock the Monkey” in
the music. The lyrics are somewhat weak as
he likens the other partner of an ended rela
tionship to a monkey on his back. Page main
tains an addiction theme throughout; at one
point, he tells the other person that “Nodoctor
would prescribe you. Nodoctor is that mean."
While the lyrics are generally weak, on
most of the tracks they are essentially positive
in nature. In“Shapcthe Invisible,” he calls for
an end to violence, but in a lighthearted,
almost idyllic manner. The lyrics arc not as
thought-provoking as ‘‘Invisible Sun” by the
Police or Sting’s ‘‘1 Hope the Russians Love
their Children Too.” Page’s words seem lobe
watered down in their content, and the lighter
music makes one want to take the message
less seriously.
The title track is another song with poten
tially strong lyrical content and a positive
outlook. On this cut. Page also succeeds mu
sically, and the result is probably the best cut
on the album. Page has a strong, clear voice
that makes forcasy interpretation of the lyrics.
Page docs not quite fit into cither the realm
of alternative music or that of pop. The cate
gory that best describes this album is adult
oriented rock or easy listening.
“In the House of Stone and Light” is well
produced. Its artist is to be commended for
both his technical and musical ability. Unfor
tunately, the music and the lyrics lack an edge,
and as a result, don’t stand out.
— Chad Johnson
New videos appeal to all
By Gerry Bettz
Staff RaportaT'
The new releases arc quite the potpourri
this week. There’s drama, sports, comedy—
something for virtually every appetite. The
first release came out Tuesday. The rest arc in
stores today.
“Mighty Ducks 2” (PG)—The sequel to
the monster hit ‘The Mighty Ducks,” this
second trip around offers nothing different
except for a few new faces.
Again, Emilio Estevez and his posse of
prc-pubcscent puck-slappcrs mast find a way
to come together as a team—this time, to win
in an international hockey competition.
It’s more corny humor, extremely predict
able and half the quality and fun of the
original.
“Like Water For Chocolate” (R)—An
incredible journey through love, lust and ...
pastries?
Tita (Lumi Cavazos) has been forbidden
by her mother to marry her longtime boy
friend Pedro (Marco Lconardi), so he marries
Tita’s older sister just so he can be around his
true love.
As Tita expresses her emotions through
her cooking, one of the bonuses of this film
can be gained through the use of the “pause"
button, just to look at the amazing delicacies
she conjures up.
“Like Water For Chocolate” works well
with even the most finicky cinematic diet.
“Four Weddings and a Funeral” (R)—
The surprise hit or this summer comes to
video. Anyone who has ever been in a wed
ding, or even attended one, will find humor in
this film.
Starring Hugh Grant and Andie
MacDowell, the movie features lots of love
and laughs. The romance is just a bit on the
sappy side, but Rowan Atkinson’s perfor
mance as a befuddled priest is an absolute
scream.
“Blue Chips” (PG-13) — Shaquillc
O’Neal hits the cinematic hoops along with
Nick Nolle, who plays a coach with a hot
temper (gasp!), and some other real-life bas
ketball stars, including Larry Bird and
Anfcmcc Hardaway.
Nolle’s Bobby Knight-csquc character
caves in to pressure and uses not-so-accept
ablc resources to recruit players for his team.
The film is full of Nolle wrestling with his
consc iencc and breathtaking athletic sequenc
es.
A film that has stuff for both the young and
old, “Blue Chips” may be worth betting on.