weekend preview
Pen- the most part the entertainment available
this weekend is strictly in keeping with the epithet
appended to this last week of classes, i.e.
“Dead”—with a few exceptions.
Tonight at eight p.m. the music school has
another free concert for you, featuring two faculty
members: Lawrence Maves on violin and William
Woods on piano. They will be doing duets from
among the works of Beethovan, Hindemith and
Schubert. Here’s a chance for you to get a healthy
dose of culture in an easy to digest form.
Also tonight NUC is handing a podium to Eoin
0 Murchu, a member of the Irish Republic’s
political organization, SINN Fein. O Murchu will
speak on nationalism and social change, subjects
on which he has written extensively. His talk is for
free, but NUC will gladly accept donations.
For novel means of dissipating any pre-finals
tension building up inside, try this: run ova- to the
Villard Arena Theatre today at 5:30 p.m. or
tomorrow at 3:30 p.m. and tryout for a part in
“Each in His Own Way.” Should be fun; even if
you don’t get a part you’ll get loose.
Friday s local quickies will get your mind off
studying for a break. They include two plays, a
mini-concert and recital, and a film.
Opening at 8:30 p.m. Friday and again
Saturday is an Elizabethan play, “The Honorable
History of Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay.” The
play pre-dates Shakespeare and concerns the first
true romantic heroine of the period. It’s crammed
full of outrageous visual effects to which you can
treat your eyeballs for $2.50 or $3.50 However, if
you wait till 8:15 p.m. you can grab a student
ticket for a dollar less.
The play is being given in conjunction with the
Pacific Northwest Rennaissance Conference.
Another interesting event connected with the
conference is a concert of Renaissance in
struments that will take place at 1:15 p.m. Friday
in the Gerlinger Lounge, along with a display of
rare manuscripts. It’s all free.
Sheldon High is doing the Greek tragedy,
“Medea”. For those of you not familiar with
Classics, the play concerns a witch exiled from ter
homeland, homicide and sundried intrigues. For
$1.25 you can see the play tonight or Friday or
Saturday at 8 p.m.
The film in question is “Viva Zapata” with
Anthony Quinn and Marlon Brando. NUC,
naturally enough, is sponsoring it at the regular
place, times and fee. (180 PLC, 7 & 9:15 p.m., $1.)
The last Friday night quickie is a student
chamber-music group that will perform in the
Recital Hall at the usual time (8 p.m., for the usual
price (nothing).
If you’ve got time for a large-scale adventure
in amusing yourself, try the dance at West
moreland Community Center (22nd and
Fillmore). Musti Brothers, a boogie and brass
hippie-band are fair to dance to, so get your slidin’
shoes out and go. Thar asking a $1.25 donation for
SCORE youth project. Hie dancing starts early, at
8 p.m.
And if you’re up for an excursion, check out
the concert in the Salem Armory at 8 p.m. Uriah
Heep and Silverhead are playing. Save yourself a
dollar and buy tickets in advance at Chrystalship.
Saturday’s a little slow, particularly if you
don’t have one of the sold-out tickets to the Oregon
Oregon State basketball game.
About the only thing I can suggest is the finals
at 1:15 p.m. in CMM hall of the Forensics tour
nament. Or find yourself a last-ditch beer-bust.
There are of course the aforementioned plays
(“The Friars” on campus, “Medea” at Sheldon),
and the textile and terranium exhibit is still worth
taking in at Maude Kerns.
Things get progressively worse. Sunday there
are only two events that may help rid you of red
eyed readers finals blues.
Sunday at Scarborough Faire the Homegrown
Show will be broadcasting music by a Corvallis
group, “Willow” who play Allman Bros.-type
music from 9 to 10 p.m. You can see them live at
8:30 p.m. for a dollar.
Screen Gems in the WOW Hall are having a
musicals extravaganza with three flicks starring
Astaire and Rodgers, Crosby, and the “bouncing
ball” to help you sing along. Admission to the 6:30
and 9 p.m. Sunday showings is $1.
Things are ‘hot’ in the City (Portland). So
much is happening that you may want to spend
your whole weekend there, provided you don’t
have any finals (and you’re loaded).
Top-drawer entertainment requires top rates,
right? So, you’ll have to be a dedicated opera freak
to start your Portland tour tonight. All the inex
pensive spots are sold-out to the Portland Opera
Association’s third production of the season, “Cosi
Fan Tuttee”. The scenery for their presentation of
Mozart’s comedy are extremly elaborate, enough
for eight scenes, and all considered the $7 to $15
dollar tickets left are worth it. The show starts at 8
p.m. in the Civic Auditorium.
The Paramount has two events going this
weekend, so you might like to pay them a visit
Friday night at eight p.m. for a couple of laughs
when George Carlin takes the stage. In case you
don’t know the dude, he’s a counter-culture
comedian complete with pcny-tail and pot.
(Remember the hippie-dippy weatherman? That’s
George.) His friend Kenny Rankin will also be
putting in an appearance on the guitar. Tickets are
$4 in advance, $5 if you wait.
Then Saturday the Paramount is doing a
Stevie Wonder concert. The seconds are a new
group, Azteca. Their specialty is Latin rock. You
should be hearing more of them ‘cause they’re a
big band—17 musicians, two formerly of Santana.
Saturday’s show is the same time and price as
Friday’s.
You can finish out your tour at the Civic
Auditorium on Sunday where Rod McKuen is
appearing. Rod’s still pumping out his thick
sneakers-and-sweatshirt stuff; he’ll be reading
and “singing” to the accompaniment of his own
combo. Admission is $4, $5 and |6, at 8:15 p.m.
If you’re going to be around Spring Break,
there are some things I’d like to fill you in on.
Foremost, Neal Young is playing the Coliseum
in Portland next Thursday. The concert is in
danger of being sold-out by this weekend, so if you
want to be there you’d better hustle. Tickets are
$5. His only other northwest appearance will be
Saturday March 17th in Seattle, so you’ve only got
two chances. Linda Rondstadt is the other half of
the concert.
Also of interest, America s oldest ballet
company, The American Ballet Theatre, will
appear in a week’s residency in Portland, per
forming at the Civic Auditorium from Wednesday
March 14 through March 18. Each performance
will include different selections. They will give
evening performances at 8:15 p.m. and weekend
matinees at 2:30 p.m. Tickets range from $7.50 to
$4.50 for evenings, and are from a dollar and a half
to a dollar less at matinees.
Saturday March 17 Kreskin, the “mentalist”
will be at the Paramount at 8:30 p.m. Price of the
show ranges from $3 to $5.
Sunday March 18 Cold Blood will be at the
Salem Armory and Robert Flack will be at the
Paramount in Portland.
Wednesday March 21, Fred Waring and his
Pennsylvanians will sing scores of oldies at 8 p.m.
to the tune of $3 to $5 in the Armory.
Saturday March 24th, and much closer to
home, Beautiful Day will play at the Salem
fairgrounds. Also on Saturday, Concerts West will
present the Everly Brothers at 8:30 p.m. in the
Paramount. Tickets are from $3 to $5 dollars.
Sunday March 25 the Maharishnu Orchestra
with Taj Mahal will be at the Paramount at 8 p.m.
Admission is $4.
There being much to do over vacation, I wish
you a good time be it at Jackson skiing, at March
Gras, or right here.
Terry Sotta
An arena of talented, creative people
It costs a quarter to get in this
Saturday ... at the entrance of the
round building on the Lane County
Fairgrounds, it costs a quarter. Inside,
the Saturday afternoon market from
downtown houses itself under a new
name . . . Saturday Crafts Fair. The
new monthly crafts fair is an arena of
talented creative people. Tliey are all
local artisans and craftsmen who find
their livelihood in a working of hands
and materials.
The first booth we stumbled upon at
an earlier fair was “Belts by Barfield,”
craftswoman of belts, purses and other
leather goods. This earthy young
woman was an occupational therapist
in San Francisco. But like most oc
cupations, there were no jobs to be had.
So, Barfield began to work in leather
crafts, self taught of course. When she
found herself in Eugene, still no
openings for a job, she continued to
advance in the art of leather work. Her
products are on sale at the fair for
reasonable prices. Belts are sold with a
choice of buckle and fitting is also an
important part of hand tooled goods.
The leather designs range from natural
stains to bright blue and yellow flowers.
Barfield also offers barrets and key
rings as well as evidence of long hours
of work and creative thinking.
Batik is an Indonesian method of
hand printing textiles. One erf the best
executed displays of this kind erf
printing was presented by Alex Rice.
She waxed designs in everything from
animals and flowers to “Be My
Valentine” cloths. Some of her larger
works are compositions of color and
imagery dyed into clothwall hangings.
Rice teaches batik at the YMCA. The
classes or information about them can
be obtained by calling Alex Rice (688
2085) or the YMCA.
On display were many different kinds
of ink prints. ITie prints were done by
making a design with pen and ink. The
design is photographed, then
lithographed to get the final prints.
Designs ranged from animals, plants
and flowers to birds, but there was only
one booth of surprising difference. It
featured scenes of the Oregon coast and
mountain ranges. These prints were
exceptional in design, and many were
matted or framed.
Potted plants drew a large crowd of
beginning horticulturists. Plants in
large, greenish bottles were the
favorites.Che plants were placed in the
bottles by long slender tools made
especially fen* the bottle gardens. The
prices were average, but bottle plants
can be obtained anywhere in Eugene.
One plant arrangement was of
unusual interest. Huckleberry plants
were set into small white tree trunks.
The care — water once a week and clip
the leaves — seemed simple enough
and would leave the plants small and
healthy.
Many hand crafted items of interest
were present. Necklaces, earrings and
rings were abundant. Most of the ware
was of high quality and hand crafted.
Laurie Keebler used to work in a
fabric warehouse, her craft now is
hand-made jewelry. She developed the
skills herself. The jewelry was solid
good work, designs were original and
contemporary, with appropriate prices,
item. Also, wood specialties (ecology
boxes, whatknots etc.) by Dick Bacon
sparked curiosity and amazement.
An ecological 1964 view of furniture
was presented by Furniture Forms,
Ltd. The modern wood furniture was
oddly enough a bright spot in the
Saturday fair.
One of the tables displayed hand
crafted bags. Many students have seen
these bags sold on campus. The young
woman behind the counter told me the
creator of the bags was an an
thropology student fra- two years. After
that, he worked for the phone company
while she baked bread and fashioned
hand-made toys. They got together,
finally, on the toy making. He became
interested in leather goods soon after
and developed the skills immediately.
The bags andpurses (wallets, too) were
the most original, exceptional hand
crafted leather at the fair. The prices
are reasonable.
Well, before you take your leave,
don’t forget to make a stop at any one of
the many home-grown food and
refreshment stands. Oh, by the way, the
man dressed like Uncle Sam — well,
he’s not there to enlist you into anything
— he’s just an income tax consultant.
Take his card and smile.
Deb Perumean