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Arts ©Entertainment
Friday, January 12, 1996 Page 9
Concerts
highlight
weekend
The first week of classes for the
spring semester has come and gone.
You’vejust heard that Charles Perez
had his talk show canceled. The
people next door are blasting Hootie
and the Blowfish all night and all
day.
Let’s face it—you won’t enjoy
this weekend ifyou stay home. And
here arc a few other reasons to get
out of the house.
The Have-Nots, an improvisa
tional comedy group that features
several UNL students and gradu
ates, will give a free performance
Saturday night at the Temple
Building’s Studio Theater. The
snow, a tneatrix production, De
gins at 8.
The Commmonplace, 333 N.
14th St., has a full schedule of mu
sical offerings this weekend.
Tonight’s show features 21 Days,
Overman, Suckface, The GC3 and
We’d Rather Be Flying. Saturday
night, another five-band extrava
ganza will take place featuring
Mercy Rule, Polecat, Cursive,
Jughead and, once again, 21 Days.
The shows start both nights at 7,
and admission is $3 or S2 with a
UNL student identification.
Chicago’s own Jimmy Rogers, a
former bandmate of Muddy Wa
ters, will bring the blues to the Zoo
Bar, 136 N. 14th St., tonight and
Saturday. Both shows start at 9 p.m.,
and the cover charge is $6.
Friday also brings a cornucopia
of new movies to Lincoln theaters,
and a couple of films come around
for a second time as well.
“Lawnmowcr Man 2: Beyond
Cyberspace” puts Matt Frcwer (re
member “Max Headroom”?) as the
computer super-genius Jobe, and
Patrick Bergin (“Sleeping With The
Enemy ) as the doctor who mus
stop him.
Suspense and intrigue abound ii
“An Eye For An Eye,” where ;
murderer (Kiefer Sutherland) is le
off on a technicality and begin
stalking the victim’s mother (Salh
Field).
Pauly Shore fans unite! Shore’
latest flick, “Bio-Dome,” puts hin
and his buddy (Stephen Baldwin
into a sealed dome where these t w<
slobs must take care of the environ
ment inside for one full year.
In the romantic-comedy “Two I
By Sea,” a part-time burglar (Deni:
Leary) is suffering relationshij
problems with his girlfriend (Sandn
Bullock), and matters aren ’ t helpee
any by the snobby people they an
forced to mingle with before he
pulls his last job.
For the kids, “Dunston Check*
In” features an ape let loose in <
high-class hotel. Jason Alexandei
(“Seinfeld”) also stars. (Alexandei
is the less-hairy one.)
Returning movies consist of the
intense thriller “Seven” and the
light-hearted “Golddiggers: The
Secret of Bear Mountain.”
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New Joslyn film series a team effort
By Gerry Beltz
Senior Reporter
Some artists prefer canvas and
some prefer clay. But in the last
century, celluloid has become an
increasingly popular medium for
artistic expression.
And, at the Joslyn Art Museum in
Omaha, that medium will receive
some long-due recognition with the
“Second Sunday Screenings,” a new
film series created in cooperation
with Lincoln’s Mary Riepma Ross
Film Theater.
Tlie series will begin Sunday with
and the earth did not swallow
him,” a 1994 film written and di
rected by Severn Perez. Future of
ferings will include “Theremin: An
Electronic Odyssey” (Feb. 11),
“Love and Human Remains” (March
10) and “Nadja” (April 21). Admis
sion for all shows is $3 for Joslyn
members and $5 for the general pub
lic.
Graham Beal, director of the
Joslyn Art Museum, said the “Sec
ond Sunday Screenings” series was
the result of a year’s worth of plan
ning.
“We’ve always done different
film series over the years,” Beal
said, “but the notion of somehow
working with the Ross came up just
over a year ago.”
The Joslyn’s film series will share
films that have been shown — or
will be shown—in the Mary Riepma
Ross Theater, said Dan Ladely, di
rector of the Ross Theater.
“Basically, they will piggyback
on our already existing film pro
gram,” Ladely said.
Ladely said he gladly took ad
vantage of the opportunity to help
develop this program for the Joslyn.
“I jumped at the chance because
Comical musician makes return
From Staff Reports
If you’ve ever had a bad haircut,
been in love with a geek or met up
with an alternateen, Wally Pleasant
just might be the folk singer for you.
And ifyou want
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# ages show tonight
at Mudslide Slims,
1418 O St.
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** music community.
Andy Fairbairn, who books bands
for Mudslide Slims and Duffy’s Tav
ern, said Pleasant had performed in
Lincoln “five or six times” in the last
few years.
“Wally got started in Lincoln
when he sent a CD to KRNU, where
I was working at the time,” Fairbairn
said. “I started playing ‘She’s In
Love With A Geek’ from it and it
became a hit, or as much of a hit as
it can be on college radio.”
Local record stores began to get
demands for some of Pleasant’s re
cordings. Soon after, his records be
gan surfacing for purchase in Lin
coln.
“Houses of the Holy Moly,”
Pleasant’s latest release, is his best
selling recording ever.
“His music is comical and satiric
as well as goofy, but it takes a little
intelligence to get,” Fairbairn said.
Tonight’s show will start at 7:30,
and the cover charge will be $3.
Courtesy of Miranda Records
Wally Pleasant will perform tonight at Mudslide Slims, 1418 0
St., in an all-ages show.
i AIDS in the 90s
Play celebrates fullness of life
1 By Brian Priesman
theater Critic
The Futz Theatre’s “Jeffrey” pr
vides a compelling, humorous at
often enlightening view of sex, lo1
and death in the 90’s.
r——- Mark Giesl
TflCBter leads the cast
Reuiaw fc®** agayse
auuict trying
live his life in tl
face of AIDS ai
bachelorhood.
Giesler
handsome, funr
and caring as Je
s cuivuijna
-'deal with falling
1 love while trying to remain celiba
- in the ever-complicated world <
physical relationships.
Jeffrey’s main complication c
_ the road to abstinence is Steve, play<
by Tim Mittan. Mittan is very got
as the attractive man of Jeffrey
o- desire. Mittan brings a fine sense i
id humor to the role of HIV posith
te Steve.
But “Jeffrey” isn’t a “gay” play <
^r an “AIDS” play,
is “Jeffrey” is a comic romance wi
a serious message about love ar
o living your life to the fullest.
ie Also worth mentioning are Danr
id Johnson and Casey Christo as Ste
ling and Darius, a more stereotypic
is gay couple.
iy Johnson’s portrayal of Sterlin
f- the flamboyant interior designer wi
o wonderful, as was Christo’s portray
in of Darius, Sterling’s spouse ar
[e “Cats” chorus boy.
Laura Nettland was also mem<
rablein fillingall of the female rol<
,n needed.
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id
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3f Play: “Jeffrey”
'c Director: Paul Pearson
)r Company: The Futz, Inc.
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id Five Words: Mature themes
drive compelling comedy
y
r
al The intimate Futz Theatre pr<
vided a wonderful opportunity fi
g, the audience to become a part of tl
ts production—even the leather bar i
il act one.
d “Jeffrey” continues itsruntonigh
Saturday, January 18-20 and 25-2
). Tickets are $10. Due to the play
is mature themes, no one under 17 wi
be admitted without an adult.
I’ve wanted to do this for a longtime
but just haven’t had the resources.
“I’m looking at this as a kind of
pilot project. If it is successful, we
could expand it to other cities in the
state in the future.”
But Ladely isn’t the only one
looking at this year’s series as a test
run. He said decision makers at the
Joslyn would assess this year’s re
sults before deciding whether to
continue the series.
Beal said the desire for a new
film series at the Joslyn came about
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Lincoln
next stop
for band
By Patrick Hambrecht
Staff Reporter
Naked Love is a band with
a loyal following in Omaha
-and a repu
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mance.
_If I_|Lincolnites
® will get the
chance to see if Naked Love
deserves these labels when
the band sings and strums
tonight at Knickerbockers,
901 O St.
Besides its ability to grab
and hold an audience, the
band also has built roots in
the community by playing
on radio shows and at a num
ber of charity events, includ
ing two recent Earth Day cel
ebrations, American Rights ’
Fcst 1994 and Greenpeace
’95.
The band also partic
pated at an Omaha “Need ft
Peace” benefit for murdere
Eagle Scout, Henry “Hank
Thompson.
Naked Love’s newest n
lease, “Sound for the Mer
tally Nude,” exhibits a be
band with energy and a goo
understanding of how to kee
an audience interested. Th
band’s front woman, Kel I
Greeno, croons with th
sound of battle-wom experi
ence.
The guitar work on “Men
tally Nude” betrays a foun
dation in heavy metal. Ther
is nothing more embarrass
ing in this age of “alterna
tive” culture than a degree i:
’ 80s big-hair musicology, be
Naked Love draws all th
right lessons from the for
merly dominant style of AC
DC and Ratt.
Instead of trying to tur:
Van Halen skills into sec
ond-rate punk noise, Nake
Love rounds off the slick
sounds of former “hard
rock” to create a better-than
average bar atmosphere.
Tonight’s show, which
also features Grimace, will
begin at 10:30. The covei
charge is $3.