THE BEHREND BEACON
Studio Theatre to unleash its Demons
Teihele, the deserted wife, played by freshman Amy McGaughey, responds
to the lure of her demon. V ho is actually Alehonon. the unemployed
scholar. Alchonon is played by I reshman Thad Esak.
Calling all live music fans
by Katie Przepyszny
staff writer
So, you like live music, right? 'I he
city of Erie is covered with a plethora
of places that host live shows. and
they all seem to he centered around
the bar scene. Well, this doesn't help
us "underagers - much. Realiting this,
the area's Own Mr. and Mrs. David
and Diane Nieratko decided to make
a change. In their innovative
they have presented us with For \\ and
The Nieratkos arc also the o \+.ners
of Grasshoppers, located at 2518
Peach Street in do‘\ ntown Erie.
chose the same Hock to he the home
of Forward Hall, located just a few
doors down at 2502 Peach.
Grasshoppers has been an up and
running business for the past 7 years,
selling a variety of items including
clothing, jewelry, purses, blankets,
oils, incense, beads, stickers, and post
Forward Hall, at 2502 Peach Street, provides live music for Erie
Three to Tango...
by Kristin Grudowski
staff writer
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40MOdy that contains all the regular
aqrsincluded in romantic comedies:
Flyi a girl, and a problem. It stars
Campbell as the beautiful,
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'atthew Perry as
:piring architect
;harles. With this
certainly make
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ers. Forward Hall opened its doors
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. year ago. The idea to open
the Hall came from Erie's need to
give kids under 21 a place to go to
enjoy live music. an experience the
Nieratkos could sympathiie with.
For\\ and Hall topically hosts one
shoos a \\,eekend. Besides the shows
the Nieratkos choose to hook. they of
ten rent out the Hall to people inter
ested in other music scenes. This ex
plains the \al let, Of es CMS. such as
hard core shows. that also take place
at the cluh.
New to the club is a studio that can
he rented out. This is an opportunity
for local bands, or anyone who
wishes, to record their music. Per-
hale es en more exciting than this. is
the advantage the studio now has to
record hands that perform there. Now,
not only can Grasshopper sell the
records of hands that play at the. Hall,
hut also live CD releases of actual
shows.
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FEATURES
by Rehab Elzeney
staff writer
Teibele and Her Demon is a pas
sionate, mystical story which takes
place in the 1880 s. The play is set in
Frampol, a small and detached Pol
ish/Jewish village.
The story revolves around Teibele
(played by Wendy McGaughey), a
very beautiful woman in her early
thirties. She is an aguna, a Jewish
term for a woman whose husband has
deserted her. Because of this, Teibele
is left hanging, unable to divorce or
remarry. She spends time obsessing
over religion, mysticism, and the Jew
ish folklore about demons and spir
its. Alehonon (played by Thad Eseky,
an unemployed, unfavorable scholar
deeply loves Teibele from a distance.
Because of the many harriers that
keep Teibele from him, he comes to
her in darkness, disguised as a demon,
and captures her heart and soul. The
demon (Alchonon) at the right mo
ment tells her that he must leave her
The atmosphere of the Hall is dimly
lit and comfortable. You can grab a
seat at a table, make yourself at home
on a couch, or sip some refreshments
at the coffee bar. But for those of you
who may he less reserved and ready
for some action, there is always space
on the dance floor.
Forward Hall has an all-star line up
ready to play this season. But to start
off, the next schedule of shows is one
that you won't want to miss. Forward
Hall's one-year anniversary concert
takes place this Saturday, November
6. Come and celehrate the event with
Recipe and Jiggle the Handle, a four
piece jam hand. And he sure to check
out the Handle's bass player. It's none
other than Chris Q of the hand Clam
bake.
Other upcoming shows at Forward
Hall include: November 13: South
Catherine's Street Jug Band and The
Frog Tree Gorge Band: November 20:
Intergalactic Peyote Connection and
NOVEMBER 5, 1999
and orders her to marry Alchonon.
Teibele, who is in love with the de
mon, and not Alchonon, is torn be
tween a deep passion and a realistic
guilt.
This is a very superstitious and
mysterious play. It tries to capture a
completely different world--a dark,
alluring, mystical place. Tony Elliot,
the Director of the Studio Theatre, de
scribes the play as "very sexy." It has
a "more mature subject matter" that
he believes students will enjoy. He
says he saw a production of this play
several years ago and was excited by
the mysterious atmosphere in the play.
He says, "the world of this play. a
world where demons and angels are
a part of everyday life. is very far re
moved from our own, making that
world an entirely interesting place to
visit for a couple of hours."
Teibele and Her Demon Will he
performed on November 12, 13, 16.
17, 18, 19 and 20 at 8:00 p.m., and on
November 14 and 21 at 2:30 p.m. Call
the box office at x 6016 for tickets.
Secret Agent Band (both local to
Erie); November 26: Hypnotic Clam
bake; December 4: Sehleigho; De
cember 10: Donna the Buffalo; De
cember 18: Conehead Buddha (a vet
eran ska hand) and Fulign and Pro
fessor Small (local hands). And don't
miss this year's New Year's Eve hash
on December 31, hosted by local
bands The Frog Tree Gorge Band and
Intergalactic Peyote Connection.
The standard show price is $5 and
tickets can be purchased at the door.
For show times and information on
other events that will take place at the
Hall, call the Grasshopper Hotline at
(814) 454-9545 or the Hall's Informa
tion line at (814) 455-8231.
So, next time you are in the mood
for the live music you love so much
(and don't feel like paying concert
ticket prices and traveling out of town
just to see the show) come check out
Erie's own Forward Hall.
PHOTO BY JEFF MILLER
Almy Hall gets jiggy wit' it
On Saturday, October 23rd, Almy
Hall Council hosted a semiformal
dance for its residents in the Reed
Commons
Students arrived at 9:00 p.m., and
festivities lasted until 2:00 a.m. while
students were entertained with an ar
ray of refreshments and great music.
Sparkling confetti, twinkling lights,
candles, and ivy gave the Reed Com
mons a magical look, but these deco
rations didn't magically appear. Af
ter talking to the Almy Hall Council,
I found that a lot of hard work and
cooperation were required to make
such a successful event.
This dance was the sequel to Almy's
semiformal last year, and with ticket
by Erin Henninger
staff writer
Menasha, played by second-year student Ed Gabrys. counsels Alchonon
played by Thad Esak during rehearsal of Teibele and Her Demon.
The Story of Us
life after happily
ever after
by Deanna Symoski
features editor
I feel sorry for Rob Reiner's kids.
While most of us were told stories
about how Prince Charming slid that
glass slipper on Cinderella's foot and
together they lived happily ever after,
Rob Reiner's kids got his extended ver
sion. Sec, when he tucked them it at
night he added his own finishing
touches to the fairytale how Prince
(haring refused to take responsibil
ity in the marriage and how Cinderella,
too tired from working all day, then
taking the kids to and from soccer prac
tice. was never in the mood anymore.
It made for a pretty questionable bed
time story. And now it makes for a
pretty questionable film.
The Story of Us reveals firsthand the
pain and savagery that accompanies a
marriage that's outlasted its novelty.
Fifteen years and two kids later. Ben
and Katie Jordan (Bruce Willis and
Michelle Pfeiffer) are jaded spouses in
a loveless marriage. They keep up the
charade for the sake of their children,
but once the kids are off to summer
camp. Katie and Ben retreat to sepa
rate locations and spend the rest of the
summer deciding whether or not theirs
is a love worth saving.
Through a series of flashbacks and
out-of-place-scenes where Katie and
Ben simply tell their story to the cam
era (is there even such a thing as con
tinuity anymore? You Commu 383 stu
dents would get slaughtered for this!),
we learn the history of the war-torn
lovers. Here, the audience is granted
a few fleeting glimpses of the sweet
nostalgia of young love. But when the
story turns back to the present, we're
given a (rout row seat to all the bitter
ness money can buy.
Storyline aside, Willis and Pfeiffer
are both excellent, hut then I guess they
sales up, the tradition seems to be
catching on.
So why does Almy Hall get to have
a semiformal? "Because we decided
to," said Almy Hall Council President
Theresa Crawford, 03 810. Accord
ing to Crawford, last year's council
had some money to spend, and came
up with the idea all on their own.
"We wanted to do something spe
cial for Almy," says Kristen Gordon,
09 BLAS, Almy Hall Council Secre
tary, "Our mission is to create unity
in the building."
As the residents and their guests got
down with their had selves on the
dance floor, it was clear that this dance
really did help the students to get to
know each other better. Dan
Schiesser, the coordinator for Almy
and Ohio Hall, said, "it's nice to see
probably should he after all they've
been through in real life. Willis' mar
riage to wife Demi Moore collapsed
over a year ago and Pfeiffer has been
the silent victim of rumors that husband
David E. Kelly, creator of Ally Mcßeal.
was having an affair with Calista "1-
had-a-skittle-for-lunch - Flockhart. Re
alizing the turmoil of hoth actors' per
sonal lives makes this biting account
even more disturbing. We tend to won
der if their tears aren't just a little too
real.
And in my humble opinion. a late-
October release date for this film was
a shaky maneuver, what with the holi
days coming up. Alter all, if you
wanted to hear snide comments and
endless bickering, you could Nave your
money and go home for Thanksgiving
break, at least you get a free meal out
of it. Instead. Reiner expects you to
sit through ninety minutes of reliving
what all those years in therapy helped
you to forget.
Though the film, at times, looks and
sounds like When Harry Met Sally
(also a Rob Reiner film and the best
movie ever!), it certainly is not. It
doesn't even come close. Instead, The
Story of Us is a depressing look at an
institution most of us (at least at this
age) still regard with bright-eyed opti
mism. We drop our six bucks on sappy
romance flicks because, at least for
now, that's still what we aspire to have
I don't want to know if Prince Charm
ing is an eternal five-year-old or it
Cinderella became an ice princess. I
don't even want to know if they man
age to somehow get past that and live
happily ever after anyway because I
don't want to know about the hard
times. Maybe I'm in denial, but I'm
still idyllic, so quit messin' with my
fairytales, Reiner! Disney did 'em
right the first time.
residents get involved outside the
classroom, and break it down for the
evemnu
Crawford said "the music was
good, and I had a really fun date."
Chris Britt, the D.J. at the dance,
seemed to he popular with all of the
Almy residents. Jill Forsman, 05
GAS, an RA for Almy,commented
with a laugh, "my feet hurt had."
Almy Hall Council members sug
gest thatother halls who might like to
start their own semiformal tradition,
talk to Student Activities. Police and
Safety, Residence Life, and Housing
and Food, all of whom aided the stu
dents in creating such a successful
evening. Also suggested by Gordon,
"was to have fun with it."
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