Curtis Salgado and tha Stilettos
at Good Times 9 p m $7
Sprinkler/ Adidtdid/ Heatmiser/
Roger Nuslc at John Henry's 10
p.m $5
Zulu Spear at the WOW Hall 9 30 p.m
$8/10
Whit Draper and Walker T. Ryan at
Taylor's 10 p m. $2
Deb Seymour at Delbert's 8 30 p m S2
Curtis Saigado and tha Stilettos at
Good Times 9 p m $7
2 Minutes Hale/ Gashdig/
Sideshow Bob at John Henry s 10
pm S4
Boogie Patrol Express/ King Trout at the
WOW Hall 9 30 p m $5/6
Sunrunner/ Lost Creek at Taylor s 9 30
p m $4
The Mad Farmers at Delbert's 8 30 p m
Eusted Brothers at Good Times
9 30pm $1
Improvisation Music Night
w/ Luxor/ Patapa 82/ Holy Rodent
at John Henry's 9 p m $2
Rooster's Blues Jam at Good
Times 9 30 p m SI
Oregon Vocal Jazz Ensemble at
Beall Concert Hall 8pm $2/4
High Street (acoustic rock,
formerly Local Hero) at Good
Times 9 30pm $2
K pants/ the Zu Zu’s Petals/
Buchhom at John Henry s 10 pm
The legendary Country Jee
MacDonald at Good Times 9
pm $10
FunnelheaW Truman's Water/
Sunrunner at John Henry’s
10 pm S3
The Flirtations at the WOW HAII 8 30 p m
$10/12
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Ported Alibi at Good Times
9:30 p m $3
CompoeV Flowers/ Conrter Bog
at John Henry's. 10 p.m $3
Col. Bruce Hampton and The Agaartom
Rescue UnlV Pater Wilde at the WOW Hall
8 30pm $7/9
First Eugene Jazz Fast March 1M3 at the
Hult Center 8pm
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By Katy Moeller
Emerald Contributor
Three years ago Bridgutle
Jackson-Fahnbullen had a
dream. She wanted to see
ploys in Eugene that present
ed multicultural themes and
allowed non-white uctors to
play a wider variety of roles.
"I remember I couldn't do a
play because I was the wrong
color." Jack son-Fahnhu lien
said. "I would huve to be a
maid or a butler I wanted to
give a diverse group of people
the chance to express them
selves artistically."
Ja c k so n - Fa n n b u 11 e n' s
dream has been realized in
the The Martin l.uther King Jr.
Theater Group, which is cur
rently performing Lorraine
Hanberry's A Raisin in the
Sun at the Downtown Gabaret
Annex.
The fourth production by
the Martin Luther King Jr
Theater Group in three years.
A Raisin in the Sun is a
thought-provoking view of the
the private struggles of an
African-American family that
is coping with the harsh reali
ties of living in Chicago in the
era following World War II.
It was not a time of racial
harmony in Chicago or in
Eugene.
Jackson-i-ah n
bullen collected
articles and pic
tures that ware
run in the Ore
ganian and Hrg
ister Guard
during the early
1950's and made
an exhibit for
people to view
before and after
the play.
While race
relations and
prejudice are tho
most obvious
focuses of Han
berry's play,
issues such as
the changing role
of women in
society, relation
ships between
men and women,
the identity crisis
of young African
Americans,
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Lena Younger, played by Ernestine Berkey (above left), comforts daughter-in
law, Ruth, played by C. C. Jackson In Martin Luther King Jr. Theater's produc
tion of A Raisin In tha Sun. playing at the Oowtown Cabaret Annex thru March 8.
SOCIUI lll|USUCO.
abortion and man's relation
ship with (iod alst) simultane
ously iNirrage viewers
The main character of the
play, Lena Younger, is played
by Ernestine Burkey, who is
powerful and believable in
the role of Lena. She domi
nates the show from the
moment she steps on the
stage.
A former actress in the
American Conservatory The
ater in Sen Francisco, Berkey
has been an actress for 20
years. She now lives in
Albany with her family and
studies communications and
conflict resolution at Mnryl
hurst College.
lama is a strong, proud and
matriarchal grandmother. She
is the glut! thill holds together
tlio family, which hu es one
disappointment after another
l,ona is i hallenged hy living
with her two grown children,
both of whom are confronted
with the problems of another
generation.
Her eldest child, Walter
Lae, is married and has a son.
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Legends
from
Camp
-by
Lawson Fusao Inada
Coffee House Press
1993
Nationally esteemed Japanese
American author Lawson Fusao
Inada has now released his first
collection of poetry since 1971
with Legends from Camp.
Legends from Camp coincides
with the 50th anniversary of
WW11 internment of Japanese
Americans. Inada describes his
unique, first-hand experience in
these American concentration
camps as only a poet could, as
"aspects of humanity, the human
condition."
Review by Freya Horn
Inada gives voice to this less
than-nohle period of American
history. Acting as Poet States
man. he gives the reader access
to his personal concentration
camp experiences. Yet the col
lection does not end behind
barbed wires. Instead it opens
into several sections including
an exholtation of American jazz,
a general love of life in its day-to
dayness and even experiments!
performance poetry. In every
engaging section. Inada's voice
is honest, awed, insightful and
expressive. He looks closely at
the world and sites the essence,
the legend, of everything hap
pening.
Filled with both love and
humor. Legends from Camp is
eminently readable. Listen close
ly while you read. You may hear
a ghost playing jazz piano, your
own life's legends whispering or
even Walt Whitman clapping.
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