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Friday, January 26, 1996 Page 9
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Welcome to the short course of
TGIF. We’ve got a whole bunch of
movies, a little bit of a big bird and a
few other items worth mentioning.
At Knickerbockers Bar and Grill,
901 O St., the rock will keep rolling
with Overman and Red Max tonight.
On Saturday, checkout the alternative
country stylings of Wood, followed
by Lincoln’s own Evel Paisley. Both
shows start at 10:30 p.m. and have a
$3 cover charge.
Join Grover, Big Bird, Elmo, Bert,
Ernie, Zoe and all of your “Sesame
Street” favorites as they sing and dance
in the newest “Sesame Street Live” at
the Pershing Auditorium tonight at 7,
Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m.
and Sunday at 1:00 p.m. Tickets are
on sale at the Pershing Box Office and
at all TicketMaster locations for $12,
$9 and $7.
For movie fans, thi s weekend prom
ises to be a rewarding one. Comedy?
Got it. Science fiction? Got it. Ro
mance? Got it cornin’ out our ears,
baby.
“Leaving Las Vegas” — This
movie has filled the much-envied,
long-awaited flick pick of the week.
Starring Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth
Shue, this dark tale of an alcoholic and
the prostitute who loves him has won
more than its share of awards already,
and the Oscars have yet to arrive.
“Screamers” — If you’re a sci-fi
fan, a Peter Weller fan of movie fans,
this one sounds like a sure thing. If
not, you take your chances like every
one else. In this thriller, Weller must
face a horde of evil robots that scav
enge each other for parts. To quote
Justin Wilson, “Hoo-boy.”
tsea oi Koses — wno would
have thought that the same guy who
played a psychotic teen-ager in
“Heathers” eventually would become
one of Hollywood’s hottest romantic
leads? Well, Christian Slater hasdone
it, and “Bed of Roses” is his latest
effort. This flick has Slater as a wid
ower who runs a flower shop, and it
also features Mary Stuart Masterson.
“Big Bully” — Yes, there is life
after Roseanne. Tom Arnold stars with
Rick Moranis in this comedy about a
high school principal and a shop
teacher who share a somewhat check
ered past. It looks like this one might
fade into the mists of time pretty
quickly.
“Kids”—This stark and hotly de
bated portrayal of teen-age life in the
Big Apple will continue its run at the
Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater.
Tonight’s show times are 7 and 9 and
Saturday’s are 1 p.m., 3 p.m., 7 p.m.
and 9 p.m.
“Once Were Warriors” — This
New Zealand film, which tells the
story of a self-sufficient Maori woman
and her abusive husband, will make its
Lincoln debut Sunday. An unflinch
ing potrayal of domestic abuse and
violence, this film is part of the Uni
versity Program Council’s Interna
tional Film Series. It will show at the
Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater Sun
day at 3 p.m., 5 p.m., 7 p.m. and 9p.m.
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Phototherapy
Artist inspired by his daughter’s death
By Patrick Hambrecht
Senior Reporter
There’s a secret history behind
some of the photographs in the hall
way at Gallery 9.
The scenes depicted in the show
—a man si tt ing at a table of chopped
up pills in “A.M. - P.M.;” a detec
tive shocked by the phone he just
answered in “Fear of Phone;” a chi Id
walking out of a door holding a
funeral fan with the title “Watch
Over Me” — all tell the tragedy of
photographer Michael Devall,
whose daughter Leena died four
years ago.
“I get so tired of taking pills,”
Devall pointed to the antidepres
sants in “A.M. - P.M.”
“Being so tired, and not wanting
to get off the couch. Feeling like a
zombie, and not wanting to leave the
house.”
After his daughter died because
of a rare virus, Devall took a photog
raphy class at UNL.
Inspired by the work of Jean
Cocteau and Bruce Webber, hi s pho
tos tell a highly theatrical account
about the deluge of depression,
therapy and fear he faced with his
wife, artist Carol Devall.
Michael Devall is also the presi
dent and ongoing actor at Futz The
ater, and his dramatic flair clearly
influences work. He uses old-fash
ioned photo paints to create a ro
mantic World War II-styled feel.
Devall’s colors pulse between
electric and pastel shades, some
where between drag queens and
wartime propaganda. Strangely
though, there is no sense that Devall
is being coy as Andy Warhol was
when he made his own photos garish
with harsh paints.
Devall means it, deliberately
Concert
will display
sacred look
By Emily Wray
Staff Reporter
Margaret Kennedy, an associate
professor of voice, will put the em
phasis on sacred music in her up
coming concert.
The recital will be held Sunday at
Kimball Recital Hall, which is lo
cated west of the Lied Center for
Performing Arts.
-- The first half
Concert of Kennedy’s
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17th and 18th
century melodies
in English and
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cred music in the
second nan.
“I wanted to feature ornate music
for the solo voice with sacred texts
to let people hear this type of mu
sic,” Kennedy said. “It’s a dramatic
display of unique musical instru
ments that features the School of
Music’s keyboard collection.
“The literature in this program is
not heard very often.”
She will be accompanied by
Quentin Faulkner on a portative or
See KENNEDY on 10
Travis Heying/DN
Micheal Devall, president of Futz Inc. puts on make up prior to his performance in the play
“Jeffrey” Thursday night.
making his photos as soft and livid
as possible — and then either hud
dling or trying to appear dead in the
middle of them.
It’s as though in his daughter’s
absence, the world became too
bright, or perhaps too falsely col
ored, for Devall.
Some of his photos are merely
odd and flatly off-kilter, including
several ofhimposingnaked.goofily,
with a watermelon and pumpkin.
But most are wonderfully engross
ing, mixinghis unique sense of color
with witty, piercing statements about
the drudging annoyance he feels
about living with death.
The photographer purposely
made the photos small and then
crammed them with detail, so the
only way to properly view them is
from four inches away, leaning for
ward.
. Devali’s show will run through
Sunday at Gallery 9, which is lo
cated in the Mission Arts Building
at 124 S. Ninth St. The gallery is
open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday and
Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. on
Sunday.
“Watch Over Me” also will be
available for viewing at the Elder
Gallery’s Fred Wells Show on Ne
braska Wesleyan’s campus. That
show will open March 29.
Native folk singer Tom May
i hopes for interactive show
By Emily Wray
Staff Reporter
Tom May will bring his inter
nationally blown folk singing to
the St. Paul United Church of
Christ, 13th and F streets, tonight
at 7:30.
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Concert coin Associa
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sponsor May s
appearance.
“If you’re
familiar with
folk music,
he’s one of the
better guys on
the traveling
circuit, we re lucky to have him
in Nebraska,” said Bill Behmer,
concert coordinator for LAFTA.
May is originally from Ne
braska, but he spends about half
the year touring nationally and
internationally.
Tonight, he’ll sing and play
acoustic guitar. Bass guitarist
Cliff Jones will provide backing
for May.
Even though he is the one who
will be on stage, May said he
believed that spectators should
be involved with the perfor
mance.
“It’s important to enjoy your
self. I’ll play some fun songs and
invite people to sing along,” May
said.
Behmer agreed with this phi
losophy. He said that because the
concert is in a church basement,
with a comfortable, friendly at
mosphere of 100 to 150 people,
audience members should talk to
May during breaks or after the
show.
Major themes in the program
include songs about geography
and the people who inhabit it.
May said one focus dealt with the
way these people survived and
thrived, especially in the West.
May said he found folk music
fascinating and described it as
the “true mirror of society.”
“It’s created from emotion,
rather than to make a million
bucks and get on the cover of
Rolling Stone,” he said.
Folk musicians are also very
talented, May said.
“Many folk musicians are part
of the few virtuosic musicians
outside of classical music,” he
said.
May credited organizations
like LAFTA for the “renaissance”
of folk music. His last Lincoln
appearance was three years ago,
and May is excited to return to
perform.
“I would 1 ike people to go away
from this concert with a sense of
the continent being different,
whether it’s reflecting on a place
they haven’t seen, or relating to a
person or profession as it pertains
to their own life.
“Good music is like a good
novel. It makes you analyze your
own belief about what you have
in life and examine yourself
again.”
In addition to singing and tour
ing as a folk artist with five al
bums, May also has a radio show
called “River City Folk,” which is
heard weekly in more than 200
cities nationwide. The radio show
also has inspired a television show
that ran for 32 episodes on vari
ous stations across the country.
Tickets for tonight’s 7:30 per
formance are $7 or $6 for LAFTA
members and are available at the
door. Refreshments will be avail
able, and May’s albums also will
be on sale.
For more information about
becoming a LAFTA member, at
tend tonight's concert or call 474
2275.