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Friday, November 12,1999 i Page 13 - — ..———— — — ■ ■ -■ — - ■ - - - - - - ■ — - - ___ —-—— — --——--——— --- Weekend h Preview Thefollowing is a brief list ofweekend events. Please call the venue for more information. CONCERTS Johnny Carson Theater, 301N. 12™ St. Friday: The Watts Prophets in “Talk Up/Not Down” Duffy s,J 4120 St. Sunday: Black Dahlias, Her - Flyaway Manner, Sound of Rails First Plymouth, 20th and D streets Friday: Big Sing Nebraska Kimball Hall, IP* and R streets Friday and Sunday: “O Pioneers!” Knickerbockers, 901 O St. Friday: Spelling Tuesday, Miss Ogyny Saturday: Blacklight Sunshine, Red Lied Center, 301N. 12th St. Sunday: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra O ’DonellAuditorium, Vance D. Rogers Center for Fine Arts, 50th and Huntington streets Friday: Judy Welch and Tina Harvey Sunday: A Gilbert and Sullivan Sing-Along Royal Grove, 340 W. Comhusker Hwy. Friday and Saturday: Rockin’ Fossils THEATER: Howell Theatre, Temple Building, 12* and R streets Friday and Sunday: “Three Sisters” Mary Riepma Ross Film Theater, 12* and R streets All weekend: “Trick” Mueller Planetarium, Morrill Hall, 14* and U streets Friday and Saturday: Pink Floyd Sunday: Tim McGraw Lincoln Community Playhouse, 2500 S. 56* St. All weekend: “Arsenic and Old Lace” Star City Dinner Theater, 8th and Q streets All weekend: “Pump Boys and Dinettes” GALLERIES: Gallery 9,124 S. Ninth St. All weekend: Allen Busch, Judy Greff and Barbara Sullivan Haydon Gallery, 335 N. Eighth St. All weekend: works by Marcia Goldenstein and Tom Riesing Lentz Center, Morrill Hall, 14* and U streets All weekend: paintings by Shi Hu Noyes Art Gallery, 119 S. Ninth St. All weekend: Lois Meysenburg, Tom Palmerton, Kevin Baker, Gina Downey, Jerene Kruse, Gretchen Meyers and Julia Noyes * The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, 12* and R streets All weekend: “Black Image and Identity,” “Modem Masters,” Charles Rain’s “Magic Realism,” “Robert Colescott: Recent Paintings” Exl honor women By Josh Krauter and Dane Stickney Staff writers Women have always played an important role in history, whether it be about the world, the United States or Nebraska. But getting their share of the credit in history books, classrooms and public per ception hasn’t happened much until recently. In fact, an in-depth, book-length study of women in Nebraska history has yet to be written. Driven by this lack of recognition, the Nebraska Commission on the Status of Women is sponsoring a photo installation art piece by David Helm that documents the women, both famous and unknown, who helped shape the history of the Cornhusker State. In addition to the art installation, a series of 13 lectures will take place discussing the roles of women in areas as diverse as college sports, litera ture and the legal system. The event is called “Out of the Shadows and Into the Light.” It runs in the Nebraska Union Ballroom Nov. 15 to 17. Evelvn Jacobson, associate vice chancellor for academic affairs and member of the Faculty Liaison Task Force for Diversity at UNL, said the installa tion and lecture event is a one-of-a-kind opportuni ty “I don’t think we’ve ever had anything at the university like this,” she said. “There have been lec tures on specific periods in women’s history but never anything that brought it all together like this ” Jacobson serves on the organizing committee for the Women’s Commission, which gave the OK to the installation and lectures. Charlene Bourn, acting director of the Women’s Commission, said the exhibit and lecture were ways to give credit to the women who helped shape Nebraska. “Oftentimes, women are a forgotten aspect of this state and country,” she said. “We want to show that they have done exceptional things over the years.” Helm’s photo installation is made of large screen projections of Nebraska women with text on the wall providing information on the photos. Helm, an associate professor of sculpture at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, is a sculptor, his torian and writer. He has created multimedia art work for 14 years. Steve Willborn, a professor of law at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, heard about Helm’s installation and brought it to the attention of the Women’s Commission, of which he is a mem ber, Jacobson said. Helm was contacted, and he showed slides to the commission’s members. “We felt it was something we should take advantage of,’’^^ Jacobson said. jjr The installation has j been shown in Omaha, M North Platte and g Columbus, but this is the first time it has j been coupled with a J lecture series. The w Women’s! commission is ceie- «vgpgw? brating its 35th anniversary this \j||||u year, and the mem bers thought the pair ing would distinguish the occasion. “We thought it was a ' great idea to marry the A photo exhibit with the f lecture series,” Bourn said. “It’s a great way Jr to celebrate our x anniversary J and the I accomplish- # ments of | some great women.” 1 Linda I Crump, assis- I tant to the f chancellor I for equity, / access and l diversity i programs at m UNL, is master of 1 ^ ceremonies for the exhibit’s ^ introduction on Monday at 3:30 p.m. > Crump said the introduction would be an % appetizer for the lecture series. Several speak- o Please see WOMEN on 14 Watts Prophets defeat negative stigma By Jason Hardy Senior staff writer In 1965, the word Watts became forever linked to the explosive confrontation between the inhabi tants of Los Angeles’ Watts community and its police force. Over the past 34 years, three men have been working to change the violent stigma surrounding Watts into something more positive. They are the Watts Prophets. Tonight, they’re bringing their jazz-fused amalgamation of spo ken/sung/chanted verse to the Johnny Carson Theater for a performance of their program, “Talk Up/Not Down.” The show itself is a finale for what has been a busy week for Amde Anthony Hamilton, Otis O’Solomon and Richard Anthony Dedeaux, the men behind the Watts Proohets. The group has been in Lincoln since Monday and visited some University of Nebraska-Lincoln classes, as well as other groups in Lincoln, includ ing the Malone Center’s enrichment program, the Lincoln Youth Detention Center, Doane College’s world music class and the Nebraska State Penitentiary. The Prophets visit Lincoln High School today at 1 p.m. , " When the Watts Prophets formed in the late 1960s, their punchy words and verse illustrated the group’s anger and feelings of powerlessness, derived from the racism, poverty and violence that were an everyday reality in the Watts community. Since then, the group’s subject matter hasn’t changed, but after 30 years of living and working in Watts, they now come at audiences with a deeper wisdom and an energetic emphasis on hope, not anger. Over the years, they’ve focused on fostering a more thorough understanding of what being black in today’s white-dominated society is like, while CNCMtPlWiM The Facts What: “Talk Up/Not Down," The Watts .. Prophets Where: The Johnny Carson Theater, 11th and Q streets When: 8 tonight Cost: $28, half-price for students and youths 18 and under The Skinny: Three poets/performers/ambassadors examine the African-American experience through their verse. offering a black perspective on issues that affect everyone. They also attempt to show audiences the power of creative expression, something the group is very familiar with, as its style is regarded by many as the roots of rap. The roots of the Watts Prophets themselves can be traced back to the aftermath of the Watts riots in 1965. Many citizens of Watts and concerned people of Los Angeles began the propess of rebuilding their community after the riots. One such person was Budd Schulberg, Academy Award-winning screenwriter of “On the Waterfront.” Schulberg started the Watts Writer’s Workshop, which he intended to be an outlet for citizens of the community to express themselves and their culture in a creative way. Dedeaux, Hamilton and O’Solomon took him up on this offer and by 1967 were the pride of the Watts Writer’s Workshop. f The group, then nameless, entered and won its Courtesy Photo RICHARD DEDEAUX, one of the founding members of the Watts Prophets, uses his verse to explore the racism, poverty and violence that are part of Hie African-American experience. first amateur talent contest that same year. The crowd, so moved by the group’s performance* dubbed the group’s members the Watts Prophets. Tonight, the prophets preach on.