Shakespeare
The EMU Cultural Forum »s
organising a group tnpto
Ashtand's Oregon
Shakespearean Festival
for May 29 and 30 For
$26, participants will see
Julius Caesar ",
Sookesona' and
"Wings . For more
information, contact the
Cultural Forum
Comedy
Comedians Johnny Dark and Batty Marder will be in
town Friday and Saturday for shows at the Hacienda
Steak House in Springfield Tickets are $4 SO
Elecronic Mural
“Electronic Mural," a 55-minute musical/video
presentation displayed on a set of mounted color
television monitors, will be shown in 167 EMU from 10
a m to 3 p.m. today only The event is free, and open
to the public
Dance
llnlveralty Department of Dance students will
present a concert of their works at 8 p.m May 7
and 8 at the Dougherty Dance Theatre in 354
Gerimger Admission is $2 for University students,
$3 for the general public
Shrovetide
I comes to the
Doughe% Dance Theatre April 30 through May 2.
with wotkshops, dance concerts and
demonstrations of Slavic, Balkan Hungarian
Cretan and East European ads and customs For
more information contact Ken Aldrich at 686-3386
Grupo Raiz
Grupo Raiz. a Chilean folk music ensemble, will perform
Friday at 8 p m at the W O W Halt as part of the
‘Cetebration of International Solidarity ". Admission is
$4-$6. on a sliding scale
Silly Wizard
Paul Winter
Laurie Anderson
Silty Wizard brings its brand of Scottish
progressive music to the EMU Ballroom
Thursday night for a dance/concert at 8 p m
Tickets are S3 50 for University students, or
S4 50 for the general public
The Paul Winter Consort comes to the EMU
Ballroom for a concert May 5 at 8 p m. Tickets are
$5.50 for University students. $6.50 for the general
public
Musician, sculptor, poet, filmmaker, photographer
and. most recently, pop star Laud* Anderson will
appear tonight at 8 p m at the Neighbors of
Woodcraft Hall in Portland Tickets are $9, and are
available at the Portland Center tor the Visual Arts
at 117 N W Fifth Ave in Portland
matt meyer
Let me say this about that
There I was. sitting through an
other endless roll of credits in a
darkened section of a sextuple
theater The lights slowly came
up. I kicked my mostly empty car
ton of popcorn under the seat,
and stood up to leave I took one
step, and found mysett falling for
ward My foot was cemented
solidly to the floor by an inch of
dned Cokes and Good N Plen
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VNrtien I d finally freed myself. I
went to talk with my friend Quig
ley who works for that particular
theater 'Tell me. Quigley." I
asked, ‘‘why are most of the
theaters m Eugene so lousy7
* Wiaddya mean?" he asked
"Well." I replied trying not to
offend him. "it seems to me that a
lot of the movie theaters I go to
are. well gong downhill fast «
seems hke halt of the sound sys
tems were bought second-hand
from Fast Eddie s Car Stereo
Shop half ot the screens have
Cokes splattered across them
and all of the theater floors are
carpeted in wall to wall goo What
gives7"
Quigley looked at me secre
tively. then motioned for me to
accompany around the comer of
a row of broken video games,
away from the other movie-goers
When he was sure no one could
hear, he whispered "It's all part
of the plan "
"Wiat do you mean7"
' Well.'' Quigley said, "the
owners of these theaters are well
aware of the economic hardships
the folks m Eugene suffer Times
are realty tough and it s hard for
an unemployed logger to justify
going to a plush theater for an
evening of entertainment"
"The owners recognize that
and are doing their brt to help
Rather than make then theaters
plush and make that poor logger
feel aK guilty, and oownnght un
comfortable m such a luxurious
environment, they try to keep their
theaters feeling "lived-m, and
comfortable tor everybody "
• Gosh."' I said what a great
bunch of guys'"’
' But there s more " said Quig
ley "Say you happen to be
doing OK. making a few bucks
You feel a little guilty, because
you know there are hundreds of
people out of work What do you
do7 Go to the movies1 You'll rub
shoulders with those poor out-of
work people and have a genuine
bond with them You can really
feel tuned in to the economic
times, because you re suffering
through the same poverty they
are Of course you get to drive
your BMW back to your house on
the hdl but you ve shared an im
portant experience with the non
wortong class
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who just tost his quarter m the
Battle Zone machine gave me a
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"Ssssh' There s more than one
movie chain in town, you know "
“Are they doing the same thing
for the community7' I asked
‘Oh. no," said Quigley
They re tied in to the cable TV
system in town See they figure if
they slowly make their movies
look and sound absolutely horri
ble people will get tired of slodg
ing through the stale popcorn to
sit in uncomfortable seats to
watch a lousy movie They'll stay
at home, and watch lousy movies
m their own homes which means
lots of cable subscriptions If they
keep it up long enough, there’ll be
no theaters left m town at all "
“The knaves’ I cried “What
are you going to do to fight
them7 ’
“Ssssh" Well. I guess it s sate
to tell you We re going to try to
put some romance back into go
ing to the movies We ve started
purposely breaking films two or
three times each showing, just to
give couptes a moment or two in
the darkness So far it's worked
out just great Except for a couple
of muggings ”
"Wow, that's wonderful," I
said, pulling some chewing gum
off my shoe "What'll you guys
think of next7”
The lobby was empty now He
just emptied a garbage bag full
of pre-popped popcorn into a
huge warming bin and grinned