Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The daily Nebraskan. ([Lincoln, Neb.) 1901-current | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1999)
The following is a brief guide to weekend events. Please call venues for more information. CONCERTS: Duffy's, 14120 St Sunday: Exit 159 with Meelee Duggan V Pub, 440S. 11th St Friday: Hood Fuigarwa Saturday: Blues Mechanics Johnny Carson Theatre, 12th and R streets Friday: Stefan Milenkovich, 8 p.m. Knickerbockers, 9010 St Friday: The Mediums, Assbackwards Saturday: Luck of Aleia, The Faint, Her Flyaway Manner Mo Java Cafe, 2649 N. 48th St, Suite D Friday: Pheremon Folk The Royal Grove, 340 W. Comhusker Highway Friday: Self-Righteous Brothers Zoo Bar, 136 N. 14th St Friday and Saturday: Lil’ Ed & the Blues Imperials Sunday: Benefit concert for Wilderness Park THEATER: Lincoln Community Playhouse, 2500 S 56th St All weekend: “City of Angels” Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater, 12P1 andR streets All weekend: “Happiness” Museum of Nebraska History, 15th and P streets Sunday: “Silk Stockings” star ring Fred Astaire and Cyd Charisse University of Nebraska Lincoln, Studio Theatre, Temple Building, 12th and R streets Friday and Saturday: “Midsummer Night’s Dream” Wagon Train Project, 504 S. Seventh St Friday and Saturday: “6 X12” GALLERIES: Burkholder Project, 719 P St Friday and Saturday: “Sandhills Invitational” Gallery 9,124 SNinthSt All weekend: Recent works by M.L. Moseman, Christopher Payne, Pat Schemmer and Mary Springer Haydon Gallery, 335 N. Eighth St, Suite A Friday and Saturday: “Beauty at my Feet,” featuring the art of Carol Rustad Noyes Art Gallery, 119 & Ninth St Friday and Saturday: Oil paint ings by Faridun Negmet Zoda, twig pottery by Tony Guido Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 12th and R streets All weekend: “UNL Studio Faculty Biennial Exhibition” ‘ C.. ; j . % i } • 1 | f f : 1 • f t .Vvrc'rroi v* ':V< Meanin Competition 'sounds like’ fun for aficionados * of charades By Jeff Randall Senior staff writer When Ann Peters isn’t taking phone calls in her office, she can be found jot ting down the names of obscure songs and books. When Mike Peters picks up a copy of “TV Guide,” the first thing he notices is the long film titles. And when Sen. David Landis is behind closed doors, one can only sus pect what goes on. These people are linked by a com mon love in the form of a common game. And during this time of the year that love takes on a larger weight. They are charades players, and the Nebraska State Winter Charades Competition is knocking on their doors. This annual event pits some of Nebraska’s most talented players against each other in a heated competi tion to determine who can communi cate the most without uttering a single word. “I practice every chance I get,” said Mike Peters, a five-time participant in the competition. “But for the past few shouted answers. Sen. David Landis, who speaks from the lofty perspective of past state championships, broke down the attributes of | a great charades player. </ “You have to have wasted > your life watching a lot of ° movies. And if you’ve read a book, it helps.” But charades is not only an exciting and engaging waste of time. For many actors, it is a basic training tech nique. Ann Peters, who spent sev eral years of her life on stage throughout high school and college, said cha rades can be edu cational. “A lot of people have come to rely on ver bal communication,” she said. “But weeKs, 1 ve oeen making time to practice.” A traditional parlor game, charades is a favorite of pop culture junkies who have filled their heads with a virtual ency clopedia of titles to films, songs, books and plays. w iien accompanied oy an eninusiasuc crowd and—on occasion—a few drinks, though, the game can become a fren zied flurry of hands, arms, legs and when you play charades, you can’t use words, and you learn how to get things across to people in another way. “It’s almost educational.” Almost edu cational, though. There is a code known only to the most avid players or the game, lhe obvious ges tures to tell whether your clue is a book, song, film, television show or play are one set. The syllable gestures and Culture Tbo Facts What: Nebraska State Winter Charades Competition Where: Lincoln Community Playhouse, 2500 S. 56th SI When: Saturday (practice at 12:30 pm, competition starts at 1 p.m.) Cost: Registration is $20 per team, 4 or 5 players per team The Skinny: Parlor game gets serious, but stays fun “sounds _’ signals are equally common. But for advanced players, the use of invisible alphabets - signaled with any array of body parts - is a valuable tool. Small words such as “and,” “the,” “it” and “of” have their own signals, as well. It is almost an underground society, in which titles such as “Bird Dream of the Olympus Mons” (a song) and “Mystery Science Theater 3000” (a TV show) demand a certain air of rever ence. They are the hard-ball clues, the ones that only a select few charades players can manage to pull from their teammates. Anyone can do “Moon River.” Or “War and Peace.” Not anyone can work with “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues,” partic ularly in the allotted three minutes. “One time I had to get somebody to say ‘orange,’ and no matter what I did I couldn’t get them to say it,” Ann Peters said. But frustration and practice and research aside, charades is mostly just plain fun. And the Winter Charades Competition is no exception. “It’s a fast-paced, fim afternoon to be involved in,” Landis said. “If you’re an expert, or even if you’ve a beginner, it’sjustalotoffiin.” OK, now say that with hand signals. Poundstone brings fun act ByLizaHoltmeier Senior staff writer “I often wonder if my perpetual sense of impending doom was caused by those Dick and Jane books we were forced to read as kids,” Paula Poundstone wrote in a 1997 column for “Mother Jones” magazine. “What was Dick always running from? And why did he have to be told twice?” she asked. The comedian, whose columns have appeared in “Mother Jones” since 1993, has become famous for • her off-kilter view of the world. On Monday, Poundstone will pre sent her plucky but down-to-earth brand of comedy at O’Donnell Auditorium, 50th Street and Huntington Avenue. Poundstone rose to fame in the comedy-wild 1980s. Sporting a page boy bob and a colorful suit, Poundstone forsook the usual female comic diatribe about relationships, diet, sex and men. Instead, she took on the perplexing intricacies of Pop Tarts and party politics. ' * Some ofher columns for “Mother Culture ita Facts What: Paula Poundstone Where: O’Donnell Auditorium, 50th St. and Huntington Ave. When: Monday at 9 p.m. Cost: $6 The Skinny: Observational humorist brings comments to Lincoln Jones” cover topics such as: “Spam I Am: The story behind America’s favorite mystery meat,” “Be Like Ghandi: I realize my efforts are much smaller. He liberated India. I let peo ple in in traffic” and “Poli-sci with Paula: Senator Simon is too much of a gentleman to J>e president. When I offered him five bucks to shove a kid off a ride, he didn’t even consider it.” Poundstone has done two specials for HBO, “Cats, Cops and Stuff” and “Paula Poundstone Goes to Harvard.” The first won her a Cable Ace Award for Best Stand-up Comedy Special in 1992. , Between gigs, Poundstone is — working on a new animated series titled “Home Movies,” which draws on her experience as a single mother and foster parent. The comedian also signed a deal for her first book, a collection of •humorous essays. i ..- - Emo-hardcore to rock Knickerbocker’s -Luck of Aleia will bring its roller coaster combination of pretty rock ’n’ roll and emo-hardcore roots to Knickerbocker’s, 901 O St., Saturday night in honor of its new self-titled compact disc. LOA is led by Lincoln punk rock pioneer Bemie McGinn, known for his work in old local favorites Baby Hotline, Peer Puppet and Sideshow, and his sole proprietorship of Caulfield Records. McGinn’s most notable musical accomplishment, Sideshow, has been lauded by the underground press for its strong rhythms and machine of spirituality sound. The singer’s new band has spent a portion of the past year touring Midwest cities, such as Madison, Wis., Chicago, Minneapolis and Kansas City, Mo. LOA will be the last of a three band bill Saturday night, playing after Omaha’s The Faint. Young Lincoln upstarts Her Flyaway Manner will open up the 10 p.m. show. , -x Tickets are $3. i