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About What's happening. (Eugene, OR) 1982-1993 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 29, 1987)
POPULAR MECHANICS. west side FOREIGN AUTO Maintenance & Repair 1069 W. 3rd 484-4930 •10060e6e T South Hills Crystal Shop Featuring crystals and rocks from the Northwest: Amethyst—Canada Smoky Quartz—Nevada Quartz & Pyrite—Washington Quartz—Oregon The mining season is now over. Regular Hours Wed.-Fri. & Sun. 11-4 Stop by or call for directions 342-6544 31334 Fox Hollow Road See us at Saturday Market, Booth 59 Authorized Diamond Pacific dealers. See us for discounts. EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY SALE I _ 10% - OFF 1ST PAIR 20% OFF 2ND PAIR - 30% OFF 3RD PAIR Eugene’s best selection of sports shoes (over 200 styles) is now BETTER because it’s ON SALE Through November 8th Feets pLus 5th & Pearl 344-5288 DANCE CLASSES Sign Up Now! Classical Ballet • Jazz Modern • Pregnancy in Motion Soft Aerobics • Body Tone & Exercise Call for info. DANCE CITY SWEATS 877 E. 13th 342-6375 Discover a gem ofa NOW .Locations! I bookstore. Hooks for body, mind and spirit New Ape music. tapes for relaxation (treat service in a relaxing atmosphere 6 ( eealandta— BOOKS AND RECORDS Mon Sat 10-6 485-4848 Campus 790 E 11th Ave Downtown 1016 Willamette St Eugene OR 97401 join EWEBS “home team.” Hurry! Time is Running Out! Sign up now for a free Home Energy Analysis. Join the winning team with more than 15,000 Eugene Water & Electric Board customers who have already participated in EWEB's Residential Weatherization Program. If you heat your home with electricity, EWEB will help you increase the comfort and value of your home while reducing your electric bill. A Home Energy Analysis is the first step. EWEB will send an energy expert to your home — whether you own or rent — to determine your weatherization needs. If you decide to insulate and weatherize, EWEB may pay for most or all of the weatherization measures installed. Don’t strike out. Stay comfortable for less and help EWEB keep costs down. Phone the EWEB Energy Conservation Center today for a free Home Energy Analysis at: 484-1125 EUGENE WATER & ELECTRIC BOARD ENERGY CONSERVATION CENTER 399 E. 10TH AVE., EUGENE, OR 97401 Sponsored by EWEB and Bonneville Power Administration ■DANCE Troupe carries on in Wallflower’s tradition Review by Val Rogers Quantiform Dancetourage Not since the Wallflower Order called the WOW Hall home ten years ago has Eugene given rise to a dance company with the diverse talents of Quantiform. Like the Wallflowers, Quantiform mixes poetry, chants, sign language, and political messages into its material. These elements, along with imaginative costumes and inspired live accompaniment, created rich textures throughout last weekend’s show. In some of the pieces, developed from the myths and legends of dif ferent cultures, the four company members become participants in a ritual, subtly sensing each other’s presence, and revealing the pre sence of a spiritual energy unify ing the dance. In other pieces, individual dancers make a distinct impact. Penny Salus’ short solo, “Cere bellar Discomfort” was a gem; her body and voice reinforce each other to make that abstract phrase very tangible to the audience. In “Song for Elizabeth, Pain and Progress,” Corinne Hammet danced to a Greek melody. A backdrop of soft blue light en hanced her flowing liquid form and lamenting shapes. Gail Bullet set and Rebecca Trock teamed up for a teasing duet called “Fire and Ice,” set to Joni Mitchell’s tongue in-cheek tune “Be Cool.” And in one piece, a revision of the tale of Jack and Jill (who went up the hill to fetch a pail of water . . .), Hammet tells the story vocally with Salus inter preting in sign language, while Trock and Bulletset act the parts of Jane and Jill. As the story simul taneously is told and exaggerated in three ways, the group creates an enormous imaginary hill which Jane and Jill struggle up and tum ble down in a free-wheeling comic improvisation. Trying to blend all the elements of its first show into a seamless whole was an ambitious under taking by this young troupe. Yet things worked well despite some problems with technical cues. Three musicians: Kathy Wilson, Jane Machamer, and Micki Bessler also deserve special mention. Their work contributed substan tially to the production’s overall ef fect. With a little more refinement and support, this collaboration of artists has much to offer Eugene in the way of live dance-theater. I Ashes and Diamonds Continued from page 2 system; urged the right to put forward representatives to councils of people’s deputies at any level of government without any limit on candidates’ free access to the mass media; denounced all pre-censorship and censorship; called for persecution of officials for illegal activity, independently of com plaints made at the administrative level; urged democratization of the planning system and concluded with expressions of support for ecological activism and for “revolutionary lib eration and democratic movements in the capitalist world and developing countries.” One of the organizers of this con ference was a 29-year old sociologist called Boris Kagarlitsky, once impri soned under Breshnev for propagat ing “Euro-communist views.” In the July/August issue of New Left Review (of whose editorial committee I am a member), Kagarlitsky wrote, “The events which have taken place in our country are important not only to us. The wave of conservatism which swept over the world in the early eighties is beginning to subside. The need for radical reform is beginning to be realised by ever wider circles in countries of every type. Socialist ideas may once again become attractive to public opinion in the West. How well the progressive forces in the USSR cope with their new role will deter mine more than their future.” This kind of stuff is a welcome nutritional supplement to “space bridge” glasnost which, after a while, is like being force-fed marshmallows or listening to Dr. Ruth. Ollie’s Footprints At the 2 pm afternoon session of the joint Iran-contra hearings Oliver North was questioned by Rep. Cheney concerning CIA Station Chief Wil liam Buckley. North stated: “He was beaten severely. He was probably tor tured considerably. ... Mr. Buckley probably died of the complications of pulmonary edemia—and that is that he’d been kicked so brutally in his kidneys that his lungs filled up with fluid, and he basically suffocated. . . . One of the most difficult things I experienced in this rather difficult ordeal. . . was to see the pictures that we were able to obtain, the video tapes, particularly, of Bill Buckley as he dies, over time.” Ace Hayes, a reader, asks, “Real ly? What pictures? What video tapes? Were they submitted in evidence? Did anyone even ask?” Hayes provides a transcript of an interview on Common Ground (program 8727) aired in Portland on July 13, with Reverend Lawrence Jenco. Jenco was a prisoner with Buckley. Father Jenco: We all got very sick. We had colds. And William Buckley’s cold developed into pneumonia. . ■ ■ Host: The Islamic Jihad claimed it killed Buckley who was revealed to be CIA station chief in Beirut, but Father Jenco is certain that Buckley died a natural death. Father Jenco: I also had the sense the young captors drived(?) that he died. Because of his death they brought in a doctor. [Alexander Cockbum’s column is par tially underwritten by the Committee in Solidarity with the Central Ameri can People (CISCAP). For more infor mation about CISCAP’s work to bring peace with justice to the Central American region, call 485-1755 or visit the office at 372 W 10th. ]
