weekend EDITOR'S NOTE: The "Weekend" page is a service to inform Collegian readers as thoroughly as possible about artistic events on campus and in town. Event listings are published by the Collegian Arts staff. Those interested in listing an upcoming event in Weekend should submit ap propriate information to the Colle gian no later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday. Such information should include the time, date and location of the event. The Arts editor reserves the right to edit material submitted, and publication of any given event is, not guaranteed. This week's Weekend listings are the wor P iz of Robert Wal ton (R.N.W.), Lynn Wagner (L.M.W.). Ann Skomra (A.L.S.) and Pat Grandjean (P.A.G.). films On Campus About Last Night This 125- minute movie is about two hours too long. What should have been a one-night stand is an empty feature-length film. Based on the award-winning play Sexual Perversity in Chicago, the movie wimps out on the relevant issues of the story and comes across as a disappointing soft-core porn film. Tonight at 7 and 9 in 112 Kern, 11 in 112 Chambers; tomorrow night at 7, 9 and 11 in 112 Chambers; Sunday night at 7 and 9 in 112 Kern. Presented by the Graduate Student Association. Casablanca Play it, Sam. University graduate Julius Epstein co-wrote this American classic, starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Filmed in 1942, this romantic drama is set in Nazi-occupied Morocco and reflects the anti fascist sentiment of the time. Tonight and tomorrow night at 8:30 and 10:15, Sunday night at 8:30 in 101 Chambers. Presented by GSA. Crossroads Kind of like The Karate Kid only this time Ralph Macchio must learn the blues instead of karate and his mentor is an aged, black blues musician rather than an aged, oriental martial artist. Directed by Walter Hill with music by Ry Cooder. Tonight at 7 and 9, Sunday night at 7, HUB Assembly Room. Presented by the Student Union Board. High Plains Drifter Clint Eastwood directed and stars as "The Stranger" in this pre- Stallone, macho ego trip. It is chock full of rape, violence and revenge. The saving grace is that the film never seems to take itself too seriously. Tonight and tomorrow, night at 7, 9 and 11, Sunday night at 7 and 9 in 102 Forum. Presented by the International Cultures Interest House. The Journey of Natty Gann John Cusack (The Sure Thing and Stand by Me) and Meredith Salenger star in this Disney "road film," set in the 19305, about a 14-year-old girl traveling across country to join her widowed father. Tonight and tomorrow night at 7, 9 and 11, Sunday night at 7 and 9 in 111 Forum. Presented by. Penn State Cinemas. Monty Python and the Holy Grail The Pythons tell the real story of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Rates a 10 on the humor scale A cult favorite and the feel- good hit of the 70's. Tonight and tomorrow night at 7, 8:45 and 10:30, Sunday night at 7 and 8:45 in 119 Osmond. Presented by SUB. • My Science Project This low budget fantasylcomedy stars John Stockwell as a high school student who must come up with a pretty impressive science project if he intends to pass his science class. It's a lucky thing he happens to stumble upon an extra- terrestrial time warp generator Tonight and tomorrow night at 7,9, and 11, Sunday night at 7 and 9 in 105 Forum. Presented by PSC. The Rocky Horror Picture Show Give yourself over to absolute pleasure with this decadent rock'n'roll spoof of science fiction B-movies. The longest running movie (12 years) in motion picture history. Tonight and tomorrow night at 8, 10 and 12 in 108 Forum. Presented by GSA. This is Spinal Tap Rob Reiner directed this hilarious "rockumentary" on a fictional heavy metal band called Spinal Tap. Features the musical favorites "Big Bottom" and "Sex Farm," found on renowned albums such as Intravenous De Milo and Shark Sandwich. Tonight at 8 and 9:30 in 112 Chambers, midnight in 101 Chambers; tomorrow night at 7 in 112 Chambers, midnight in 101 Chambers; Sunday night at 8 and 9:30 in 112 Chambers. Presented by GSA. Tosca's Kiss An inside look at the residents of Casa Verdi, the Milanese palace built by composer Giuseppe Verdi to house retired divas and composers of the Italian opera world. Won a Red Ribbon at the 1985 American Film Festival. Tomorrow and Monday nights at 7 and 9 in Kern Building. Presented by France Cinema. Downtown Big Trouble in Little China John Carpenter's noble attempt at making an avant garde action/adventure film, set in the fictional bowels of San Francisco's Chinatown, is, alas, boring and difficult to follow. Stars Kurt Russell. Shows nightly at 9:15. The Rowland. Children of a Lesser God Academy Award winner William Hurt (Kiss of the Spider Woman) stars as a teacher in a school for the hearing impaired who falls in love with a woman (Marlee Martin) who has been deaf nearly all .her life. Adapted from the 1980 Broadway play. Sneak preview Saturday night at 8. The Cinemas. Crocodile Dundee Paul Hogan Is the hero of this comedy about a "down under" crocodile wrestler trying to survive in the wilds of New York City. Shows nightly at 8 and 10 with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. The State. Deadly Friend The latest offering from horror genius Wes Craven (.4 Nightmare on Elm Street). Shows nightly at 7:45 and 9:45 with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:45, 3:45 and 5:45 p.m. The State. Flight of the Navigator An enjoyable Disney film about a boy who is "borrowed" from earth by a group of extraterrestrials in order to navigate their space ship. Rated PG for some mild language. Shows nightly at 7:15 with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. The Rowland. Jumping Jack Flash Penny Marshal (TV's Laverne) makes her film directorial debut in this espionage comedy/thriller set in Manhattan. Whoopi Goldberg plays a bored computer operator, who breaks the monotony of her job by sending personal messages along with her transactions and ends up caught in an international spy ring. Also features Carol Kane and Annie Potts. Shows nightly at 7:50 and 9:50 with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:50, 3:50 and 5:50 p.m. The Cinemas. Peggy Sue Got Married Kathleen Turner plays a woman who is dissatisfied with her • philandering husband and who mysteriously blacks out at her 25th reunion only to wake up back in high school in this Back to the Futuresque drama. She spends the greater part of the movie trying to beat fate and avoid imminent marriage. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Shows nightly at 8 and 10 with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. The Movies. Playing for Keeps A predictable, cliched little comedy about three boys who try to turn a rural, run down hotel into a swinging teen resort. This one couldn't even hold its own on late night TV Features an original soundtrack including Phil Collins, Peter Frampton and Sister Sledge. Shows nightly at 7:45 and 9:45 with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:45, 3:45 and 5:45 p.m. The Cinemas. Stand By Me Four 12-year olds, hoping to earn respect and recognition, embark on a journey to find the body of a missing child in this adaptation of a Stephen King novella. Boasts a superb cast including Wil Wheaton and River Phoenix. Directed by Rob Reiner (Spinal Tap and The Sure Thing). Shows nightly at 8 and 10 with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. The Cinemas. Top Gun Tom Cruise is still going strong as the cocky pilot determined to be number one in the Navy's exclusive flying academy. Now in its seventh (yawn) week in town. Shows nightly at 8 and 10 with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2, 4 and 6 p.m. (No 8 p.m. show on Saturday). The Cinemas. Tough Guys Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas star as two over-the-hill crooks just released from a 30-year jail sentence and trying to adapt to a much changed society. A comedy/drama from Disney's Touchstone films. Shows nightly at 7:40 and 9:40 with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 1:40, 3:40 and 5:40. The Cinemas. sounds Autoport Jolly old Jim Langton ho-ho-ho's tonight and tomorrow. Hippity hop hop, winter's on its way. Brewery Axis cranks out the sounds tonight. Tomorrow, the Screaming Ducks quack, waddle and roll. Brickhouse The Surgeon gat itWi;4 - Pt :",- o p, -...-, !: lUry% . ' r - ?,roo . 1 i. 'A , , ''" i ‘ '''' -• \ Among the vast supply of movie choices this weekend, you might want to check out one of these three (top to bottom): Whoop' Goldberg plays a hapless computer operator in Jumpin' Jack Flash; Kathleen Turner's high school reunion proves to be an indelible affair in Peggy Sue Got Married; and Dr. Frank N. Furter (Tim Curry) serenades sidekicks Columbia, Magenta and Riff Ralf with a rousing chorus of "Sweet Transvestite" in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. General has determined that smoking bananas can be hazardous to your health. Smoking Bananas is sandwiched between sets of John Cunningham, who is playing tonight from 5 to 7 and again from 10 p.m to 2 a.m. Who's afraid of the big bad wolf? 8.8. Wolf appears tomorrow and scares them off. - R.N.W Cafe 210 Tonight Queen Bee and the Blue Hornet Band buzz their way into your life. On Saturday, never say nay to Neighbors. Pass an affirmative vote and see this band. Coffee Grinder No matter what you like, you'll be sure to prefer Ryan and Tykes tonight and tomorrow. The Daily Collegian arts • Frid Oct. 10, 1986 Half Shell It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood. Won't you be my neighbor and go see Neighbors this weekend? Jawbone Cast your ears on John Lancaster, playing guitar and singing at 9 tomorrow night. Between sets, open mike rules: No cover, no minimum, no I.D. required. Le Papillon Barbwa Wawa recently asked this question at a hot shot interview: is it twue that Tommy Wareham is playing tonight and tomorrow? You better bewieve it. Muckee Duck Hail Bob Dylan's battle cry: Everybody must get Jones. See Rick Jones this weekend. Phyrst Tonight, come in to hear Randy Hughes play from 6 to 8, and then idle the time away when Stolyn Hours plays later. Tomorrow, don't leave it to Beaver. All proper people in this town go to see Phyrst Phamly. PUB (Holiday Inn) It's one bill I'll gladly pay when Bill Filer comes to play this weekend. Rathskeller P.S.: See S.P. Steve Palmer tonight. And tomorrow, give me an "R." Give me an "E."' Give me an "M." R.E.M. couldn't make it, but E.M. —Ed McDade stops in. Are you ready? Saloon Tonight, don't be a bore. Go see Larry Moore. Tomorrow, the Witch Doctor leaves General Hospital and operates right here. • Scorpion Tonight, cross over to new entertainment with Crossover. Tomorrow, the Little Rascals couldn't make it, but Little Buddy and Queen Bee stop in. Shandygaff It's hard to take good times for granted when Gran Stan spins the tunes this weekend. Sly Fox (Sheraton) You'll never forget your first taste of Charles St. Paul. Try him out when Charles St. Paul is served straight out of the tap this weekend. galleries Art Alliance Merry—Go— Round Magic, a collection by Ann Tait, is a variety of art work that features carrousels from around the United States. The display is done in mediums ranging from oils to acrylics. Chambers The paintings of Bud Gibbons, a branch campus professor of art, hang in the second floor atrium of Chambers. Douglas Albert Gallery Three-diMensional holographs and antique maps are only a couple of the exhibits in this downtown gallery. Lithographs by New York artist Robert • . Kipniss are also being presented. HUB Galleries Continuing this week in the HUB Gallery is Mary McGuire's display of "sgraffito" (meaning "scratched" in Italian). New Pottery is a technique reminiscent of Italy in the 1600 s and 1700 s. Black Women: Achievements Against the Odds, a traveling photo exhibition from the Smithsonian Institute, depicts the achievements of black women in various fields. In the Art Alley is Solitude and Serenity, seleCted photographs from the travels of photographer Margaret Duda. Alsatian Landscapes, by Freddy Kempf, appears in the Art Alley cases. Fine arts student Tom Mickle has his paintings, Fresh Essence, in the Browsing Gallery, while part of grad student Nancy Messinger's research project can be seen in the Achievements in Research And Scholarship Exhibit Area. Evaluation of Dianthus Cultivars for Pot Culture evolved from Messinger's evaluation of perrenial • carnations, a study completed for her Masters' degree. Also being shown in this area is a poster exhibition by Fred Deneke titled Improved Flowering of Regal Pelargoniums with Gibberellic Acid and High Intensity Light. Kern Gallery Featured this month are Hand• Made Feather Masks and (In Memoria) Les Rishel Wood Sculpture. Museum of Art This will be the last weekend for Photography in Great Britain, the Formative Decades 1839- 1920. This collection of daguerreotypes, calotypes, and woodburytypes comes from the University of Texas at Austin. The 138 pictures are being shown in Gallery A. Sculpture and Drawings by Gaston Lachaise can currently be seen in Gallery B of the museum. Gallery C contains Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown: A Generation of Architecture, a collection of 150 original drawings, collages and furniture. Zoller.The current display, Works on Paper: A Group Exhibition, is a group effort by five painters: Gabrielle Yablonsky, Olga Seem, Roxanne Hills, Marietta Patricia Lewis and Nancy Friese. etc. Centre Dimension Revisit the golden big-band era with this 19-member student-composed jazz ensemble, which will perform at 8 tomorrow nibht in Eisenhower Auditorium. Admission is free. Penn State Philharmonic The first concert of the 1986-87 Philharmonic season takes place at 3 p.m. on Sunday in the Music Building Recital Hall. Works by Copland, Schubert and Bartok will be featured. P.A.G. - L.M.W. - A.L.S Regency's blend captivates nothing but praise for them. "This is actually one of those groups that began singing on a street corner," The dilemma arises once again. Young said.. The game is over, the lines are The street corners in Baltimore incredible at every restaurant in were the original performing ve town, and you have to amuse your nues of Regency. The group parents for the evening. This Par- formed around 1982, and its in ents' Weekend, the University triguing blend of jazz, swing, clas- Concert Committee and the Paul sic Motown, country & western Robeson Cultural Center are offer- and current Top 40 music has been ing a solution. These groups will enjoyed at many nightclubs and co-present the five-man a cappella festivals nationwide, as well as by group, Regency, at 8 p.m. tomor- more than 150 colleges. The Na row in Schwab Auditorium. tional Association of Campus Ac- The group is scheduled to ap- tivities voted them Contemporary pear at 16 Commonwealth cam- Music Performers of the Year in puses this year, and has already 1985 and Jazz Artists of the Year in performed at the Allentown, Mont 1986. Alto, and York campuses, said Beyond using their own unique Macrina Martin, assistant direc- choreography, the singers don't tor of .student organizations and rely on gimmicks such as props or program development and Uni- costumes. versity Concert Committee advi- Regency does incorporate audi sor. ence participation into its act by Rave reviews were received asking for requests and having from the three campuses that people sing along. They will even have already heard Regency. At dance with some of the front-row the York Campus, where the audience members. group performed to a full house, Even though Regency is gaining members of the audience actually enthusiastic fans wherever it per went backstage after the show to forms, te h group is still relatively speak with the group, Martin said, unknown. The UCC and the Paul because they were so enthusiastic Robeson Cultural Center hope that about the performance. this will not deter audiences from Andrew Christopher, student ac- seeing the singers tomorrow, Mar tivities director at the York cam- tin said. Even though it isn't a big pus, said that Regency was name like the Hooters, Regency is "wildly enthusiastic" and had a still an exciting, impressive act. "winning personality." Tickets are still available at the Lawrence Young, director of the Eisenhower box office for $5 and Paul Robeson Cultural Center, $6, and will be sold until 90 minutes recently saw the singers, and had before tomorrow's concert. By AMY RASKOVSKY Collegian Arts Writer Donations will feed hungry By JEFF WILSON Associated Press Writer WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. included need and money raised to Drganizers of Hands Across determine each state's share of America announced plans to dis- the revenue. tribute the first $l2 million in States will begin getting money donations, and said profits from around Thanksgiving, Kragen the hunger anthem "We Are The said. Before the event was staged, World" have exceeded the $5O organizers had said they hoped to million goal. raise $5O million.' About 6 million people joined "Dollars are not the issue here," hands May 25 in an attempt to Kragen said. "Far more impor create a coast-to-coast human tant is whether we're making a chain. Despite gaps in the line, difference in the long run." Hands Across America raised The $5O million goal for "We Are about $24.5 million, with another The World" was topped this week $7 million in pledges to be col- when CBS Records submitted a lected for America's hungry, said check for $2.5 million, said Kra- USA for Africa Foundation Presi- gen. Revenues were generated by dent Ken Kragen. the single, album, video rated b two-thirds of the $51.2 chandise. million generated by "We Are The USA for Africa also gave report- World" has been spent on aid for ers a 10-minute glimpse of an African famine victims, Marty hour-long "Hands Across Ameri- Rogol, the organization's exec- ca" television special that Kragen utive director, said at a news hopes to have shown on a network conference Wednesday. or cable station on Thanksgiving. The foundation sponsored both From Sea to Shining Sea, nar rated by actor Daniel J. Travanti events. California will receive the larg- of Hill Street Blues, shows celeb est amount of Hands Across Amer- rities and common folk participat ica money, $1.2 million, followed ing in the the event, and focuses on by Texas with $1 million and New street people searching for scraps York with $839,068, said Kragen. of food or waiting in lines at rescue At the bottom of the list are Ver- missions. mont with $19,314 and Alaska with $20,245. Organizers used a formula that - -r_4l Canadian Brass combines music with belly laughs United States alone. During its many tours the group has been featured with the Pittsburgh and National A group of five musicians, in con- Symphonies, as well as the New cent at 8 tonight in Eisenhower Audi- York, Philadelphia and Boston torium, has not only gained a "pops" ensembles. reputation a superior brass ensemble The Brass has released 15 albums but also as comical entertainment. including a recent disc, Canadian The Canadian Brass was formed in Brass Live. Highlights of the 1985-86 1970 and has since traveled the world season included a television special, sharing its talent. The group has been four concerts at Carnegie Hall and a heard in Canada, Europe, Japan, cruise engagement in Australia and Saudi Arabia, the Soviet Union and Singapore. China. When Canadian Brass crossed The Washington Post has found the Chinese border on a cultural performances of this amazing group exchange program in 1977, it was the particularly unique, observing that first Western musical ensemble to do its style "could most aptly be charac so. Audiences have included Prince terized by observing how the players Charles and Princess Diana and seem to thrive on creating more and viewers of television fare such as the more daring challenges to their musi- Tonight Show,Sesame Street and the cal and entertaining abilities." Today Show. Their program is not just musical Members of The Canadian Brass the players also strike a humorous are: Frederic Mills (trumpet), Ron- note with the audience. For instance, ald Romm (trumpet), Martin Hackle- while performing at Temple Beth El man (French horn), Eugene Watts in Boca Raton, Fla., Watts turned the (trombone) and Charles Daellenbach concert into a ballet recital by show (tuba). Each player was a profession- ing up on stage in atu tu. al musician in other ensembles ( in- "It's important to us that people get eluding the American Symphony involved in the music. We feel a Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmon- responsibility to see to it that the is and the Toronto Symphony) before audience has fun. A good perfor they brought their talents together. mance isn't enough people have to The group's literature was limited go out feeling happy," Daellenbach at first, including only a few great has said, in describing the musicians' . works, but the members have since attitude toward their work. transcribed music from all eras. Tonight's concert will feature Their repertoire now includes classi- pieces by Vivaldi, Gabrieli and Bach cal works by Bach, Handel and Vival- and music from Swan Lake, the Nut di and ragtime by Jelly Roll Morton, craher and Romeo and Juliet. The Scott Joplin and Fats Waller. audience will also be able to enjoy a Kept on the road continuously by its taste of Dixieland jazz. This spectacle concert schedule, the ensemble is sponsored by Artists Series, Center makes 100 appearances a year in the for the Performing Arts. By ADRIENNE LINDH Collegian Staff Writer Buildings/Interiors 1. What building has the most confusing floor plan? 2. What is the ugliest building •• J on the inside? 3. What is the best-looking building on the inside? Buildings/Exteriors 1. What building is the ugliest on the outside? 2. What building is the best looking on the outside? Landscape Architecture (These questions all deal with man-made structures that are not buildings. For example, the HUB lawn wouldn't be in this category, but the fountain out side the Arts Building would.) 1. Where is the best outdoor place to meet a friend and eat lunch? 2. What place is ugly and doesn't seem to fit in its location? Fill out and return to 126 Carnegie Before Nov. 1 New deadline If you haven't already, fill out our architecture survey and return it to the Collegian, care of the Arts editor. The new deadline is Nov. 1. The Daily Collegian Friday, Oct. 10, 1986 CAMPUS ARCHITECTURE WHAT DO YOU THINK? MIMI zs. FEENIMI Collegian Photos I Kim Greweli, Ralph Oswald
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