Music
Friday, November 6
Ths Renegade Samis (Bohemian Boogie Grind)
at the E ijju Beer Garden
Homecoming Concert *i« teature 4 ol the
School of Music s top ensembles UO Bealt
Concert Hall, 8pm
The Arn&ld Brothers (Moloern Vocal Duo) al
Good Times 9 3(pm
Monti Amundson (Blislering Blues) al Taylor's
9 30pm
Drunk al Abis/Flophouse (Hock) al .John
Henry's JOpm
Skankin Pickle/ The Hairy Mamas (Ska Funk.
Heggae. flap) al the WOW Hal 9 30pm
Saturday, November 7
Bourne and MacLeod (Celle F oik Hock) at Good
Times 8pm
Monti Amundson (BKslertng Blues) al T aykws
9 30pm
Jolly MorVTao Jones/Rotor (Al Hock) al John
Henry's 10pm
Peter MlmmeltnarVShona Lang (Hock) al the
WOW Hall 8 30pm
Sunday, November 8
Con Brio Inaugural Concert A new faculty
chamber ensemble (Ml gkre its inaugural concert
In DO Beal Concert Hall 4pm
Monday, November 9
The Jesus L Hard!John Spencer Blues
Explosion (Al Rock) al the WOW Hal 8 30pm
Rooster's Blues Jam at Good T Unas 9 30pm
John Fohl (Acoustic) al John Henry's 10pm
Tuesday, November 10
Jait Combo* Concert*. 4 |tai contios w* per
form Iradllonal and new arrangements by
UrSversfy students UO Beal Concert Hal 8pm
The Dreamer*/ The Loel Creek Gang
(Hock) at John Henry* 10pm
The Poet** (Acoustic.) at Good Times 9 30pm
Local Hero (Acoustic) at Taylors 9 30pm
Wednesday, November 11
Oregon Composer's Forum Concert. New
music by Ursversty composition students UO
Beal Concert Hal. 8pm
Hene Corbin (Folk) el Defcert * 8 30pm
Mo'Oreena (Blues) at Good Turns 9 30pm
T rase ban SchooVTh* Undertaker* (A* Hock) at
John Henry* 10pm
Mark AiarVJIm Landry (Acoustic) at Taytors
930pm
Thursday, November 12
The St range r»/T he Renegade Saint*
(FolcRock) at Good Times 9 30pm
MuHIple Sarcasm (A* Rock) at Taylors 9 30pm
Hon Lappert S Roots H*n»g«de* a) John
Henry's 10pm
Visual Arts
The Museum ol Natural History e»r*Ms -Death
and Fiesta Day at lh* Dead m Oaxaca. Mealco'
trwu Dec 23 Noon • 5 pm. Wed • Sun 1680 E
ISth A v*
The LaVem* Krause RatroepecUv* shows Oct
2S • Jan 3 al the UO Museum ot Art 1430
Johnson Lana
LaVem* Kraus* Oakery has a group eihM fea
turing overslrs photographic prints and compos!*
Images ot amaler prints by 10 students Nov 9 •
13 wlh recaption 7-9 p m Nov 9 at lh* gallery
located in Lawrence Hal. 1190 Franfckn Btvd
Miscellaneous
Stuart Shut men performs dramatic poWcal sallr*
at Club WOW. m the basemen ot lh* WON Han.
8th and Lincoln. Tuesday. Nov 10. 7 30 ■ 10 pm.
Si arkmaslon
A Sene* ot Wonder, a play baaed on the He and
works ol Hachael Carson , lh* patron saint ot lh*
envronmenlal move men.' n presented by
OSF»«G m the Cat* Audaortum (Agate Hall at
18lh and Agate) on Sunday. Nov 8. at 7 30 pm
DanceJaml I* a drug and alcohol-ire* place lo gal
a workout lor lh* body, mind and aplrtl
Wednesdays. 7 30-10pm m Cal* Audlorkim
Equus dramatizes logic, passion
By Ming Rodrigues
Emerald Contributor
There are plays lhat |ust tell a story
and then there are plays that have more
than just a slurs to tell Eqims. Peter
Shaffer's powerful drama that explores
the human condition, fits the latter hill
Winner of the.l'KS Tuny '.ward fur
Best Play, Equus is a searing examina
tion of the nature of existence But more
than that, it taps into the concepts of rit
ual a pathway to knowledge that is
inaccessible through "normal'' process
es, said director lack Watson, associate
professor of theater arts
"This play is not a detective store nor
a study of deviant behavior, it is a ritual
in which the constraints which we have
built into our existence are made
painfully evident." he said "It is a ritual
that hopefully opens a pathway to
growth."
For most societies, rituals are a way of
establishing order, and they provide a
sense of community in which transfor
mation can occur. Watson said. "Yet 1
Find myself in a society in which rituals
are approached with a sense of forebod
ing and mistrust.
“This loss of ritual concerns me
deeply because I believe that without rit
ual we lose track of essential questions
and become focused on an apparently
rational world." he said.
This focus sees the world as ai. imper
sonal thing. Watson added, or something
defined by numbers and measurements
and governed by formulas and written
law. "In such a society, something essen
tial is stripped away from human behav
ior; ! believe that ritual and theater are
both means of restoring what is lost." he
said.
The plot pits the intellect of a psychia
trist against the passions of a young man.
who. for unknown reasons, blinded six
horses. Equus dramatizes the human
struggle to walk the fine line between
logic and passion and to find a position
between what’s normal and crazy.”
Watson said
The play's "theatricality" in tackling
uourtMy
Rhatt Luadka (Nuggatt) mnd Mlchaal Rymn McClutkay (Alan Strang) In tha Thaatra
Dapt ‘a production of Equua, opanlng tonight.
complex issues proved exciting not only
to him, but to the rest of the cast and
crew as well. Watson said.
The production involved heavy stu
dent participation. The set. lighting, cos
tumes and even the music score were
handled hy students
Equus premiered at London's Old Vic
Theatre in 1**73 where it enjoyed a long
run. The following year, the play
debuted on Broadway and ran for over a
thousand performances, winning the
Outer Critics' Award, the New York
Drama Critics' Award and the Los
Angeles Drama Critics Award
Author Peter Shaffer has other plays to
his credit including Mack Comedy.
Amadeus, and Lettuce and Lovagp.
Equus opens the University Theatre
Muinstage Season tonight in Robinson
Theatre in Villard Hall. 1100 Old
Campus Lane Additional performances
are scheduled for Nov 7, 12-14 ami 10
21 All performances begin at fl p m.
Tickets, at $4.50 for students and
senior citizens and $H general admission,
are available at the University Theatre
Uix office in Villard Hall.
Taking in the Latest
Sett
Warner Book*
$40 9V 126 pogM
T«xt by Madonna
Fholograph* by
Steven Mattel
Trust mo on this ono: Sex ain't that
groat. Or maybo’wt; just did it wrong.
We are mere week* into the hype,
hoopla and hormonal rush surrounding
Madonna's firsf publishing venture and
I've just heard that you’re supposed to
thumb through the book, studying the
photos and text, while the CD plays (a
special remix of the single "Erotica" is
included.) Atmosphere, see? We went
through the book. CD-less, a group of
friends gathered around a Guido’s tabli^
ripping off the mylar, pawing pages,
ooing and aahing. cooing and cringing,
mysteriously pulling waiters from their
lunch-rush sections. Now. weeks later.
I'm sure that we did it wrong
Unfortunately, now, weeks later, after
several slower, closer examinations
Review by
D. Lee Williams
(even with the CD on) Sex just doesn't
seem any better.
What's left of Sex. after sifting through
all the mega-hype? Not much. Anything
but afterglow.
The problem is that Sex is really two
projects: a book of grainy, wannabe art
photographs, and a book of cheesy,
wannabe erotic letters Both the photos
and the text go in different directions,
and. as is often the case when mixing
disciplines, coherency is forfeited The
first letter, for example, penned by
"Dita"— the author's fantasy-sex alter
ego — although explicit and fairly eroti
cally-charged. really has nothing to do
with the pierced and tattooed women
Madonna poses with in Sex's first 10
photos And further in. more interesting
shots go unexplained Madonna paired
with a (grand)father figure; Madonna
paired with a mirror. Madonna paired
with a cocker spaniel (written elabora
tion would really be helpful here);
Madonna menage-a-triojs'd with model
Naomi Campbell and rapper Big Daddy
Kano. Dita doesn't dictate these diver
sions. The shots, then, seem meant more
for shock value than erotic appeal.
Too bad for the mixed-up. hodge
podge style because the text alone could
have been hot. Together. Dita's letters to
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