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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 6, 1981)
Friday at 5 New magazine kind of uptown By DAWN GARCIA Of ttw EimnU Granola-ville, a timber town or a liberal college community — they re all stereotypical sketches of Eugene But many descripttons of the city don't include an important, growing aspect of Eugene, say the editors of Friday At 5, a new monthly magazine “There's a lot of people interested in the arts here and we re giving them credit for it," says Steve Hanson, one of the editors, explaining that the free magazine is designed to be a "gallery" for some innovative commercial art that wouldn't fit in other, more conservative mediums "It's kind of uptown,' " Hanson says of the new magazine "We want to give Eugene and Springfield something to show that they're not out-back, they're not in the boonies, they’re not slinging mud." Hanson and the other editors say the philosophy behind the title of the magazine — Friday At 5 — is that people shouldn't be serious all the time The title depicts the start of the wee-end. a playtime for visitors to the workaday world "We re not trying to be flippant," says Bill Poppie another of the editors “ It's just that you don't have to run around crazy tearing your hair out all the time, you can take it easy The four editor-artists admit the magazine is a showcase for some of their own artwork When they aren't being editors, the team works, as well as owns Graphics To Go. a graphics company in Eugene We re artists and doing this stuff keeps us happy and sane," says Poppie The publication's advertisements display much of their work The local merchants' patronage helps support printing and production costs Still, the fledgling tabloid includes a few straight commercial art pieces and some stones on "the art scene" in Eugene This month's publication — their second — includes three stories plus a calendar of visual and performing art events "We’re trying to show what's really happening in Eugene," says Donna Hanson, another contributor "There's so many new little places here and lots of people don't know about them "We want the magazine to jump out and grab people " Other considerations for the magazine's content are amusing stories and fashion articles, Hanson says We want to show people there's more ways to dress than college or hippie," she says The magazine's purpose has changed radically since the project began last May, the editors say with smiles on their faces "We were going to be Slam,' a heavy punk and new wave mag," says Poppie We wanted to trash, bash, make a lot of noise and shock a lot of people " Hanson and Poppie say they realized then that such concepts as new wave could be a part of the magazine, but the publication could include a much wider range of art possibilities Graphic courtesy ot Friday At 5 Eugene's developing conservatism encouraged its creators to develop an arts forum for the Eugene bohemians who crave and appreciate the '80s artistic style "We thought, Do we need a magazine or do we need a bathroom wall?’ ” Poppie says wryly. Obviously, they decided that bathroom tile wouldn't do, and Friday At 5 evolved into the present publication — a 32-page magazine distributed on the University campus and at other Eugene spots. Now that the magazine has lived through two press runs, Hanson feels more confident about future issues Possibly the following issues will include more stories highlighting Eugene’s artsy side, which Hanson says has been neglected "We re going to show people we aren’t just a mill town," Hanson says “A marvelous love slory between an extraordinary man and a very extra ordinary woman.” IIDIII.I < KM Salut&i' Korn* (Ml. 1*1 ION* A*A»l> ****** KJ» AMACHUS STANLEY | Sbt< jEJt (■RESENTS A CHRISTOPHER MILES EILM W(r~~ AVA GARDNER I’ENELOPE KEITH JORGE RIVERO MAURIZIO MERLI JOHN GIELGUD Mush by IOSEPH JAMES Stre«tipby by AIAN PLATER lU-Uim Il» ri»* .a U.vr bvHAKK< I MOORE Jitdthr (MM* hhi.iw.S I’ H IAWRENIE rvudutrd by l HRISTOPHER MILLS AND ANDREW DONAI.LY LhrttTcd by CHRISTOPHER MILES R COLOR BY TEC HNICOLOR ««»TI»CTfi> • ■Ml II RRMI SE“' mill BS Mm1 RELEASED BY Mayflower Tonight at 7:15 & 9:30 BEGINNING THIS SUNDAY! ROUND TRIP BUS SERVICE Sunday mornings to morning services at FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Schedule: Pick-up: Broadway & High 345-0341 8:25 am - The Way Inn (1332 Kincaid) 8:30 am - Philadelphia House (1883 University) 8:35 am - Carson Hall 8:40 am - 14th & Agate Crosswalk 8:45 am - Covered Courts . Return: 15 minutes after morning worship service Ed Mach College Sunday School: 9:00 am Director of College Ministries Worship Service: 10:30 am 345-0341 (Church) Evening Service: 6:00 pm 484-6938 (Home) Wednesday: 7:00 pm___ 345-6777 (Way Inn)
