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Presto! Get a plate ofpasta in less than file minutes at Cucina!Presto! Emerald PAGE 10 University Symphony Winners of the music department's annual concerto competition will highlight University symphony program PAGE 9 Volume 99, Issue 147 » Pavel Kohout's Fire in the Base ment’ continues in the Arena The atre this weekend at 8 p.m. For more information, call the University Theatre Box Office at 346-4191. a The‘80s classic ‘Ferris Bueller's Day Off has returned to the Bijou big screen. Nightly shows are at 11:15, and there is a 4 p.m. Satur day matinee. • WOW Hall of fers a night of reg gae music as Clinton Fearon & the Boogie Brown Band performs. Tickets are $10, and doors open at 8 p.m. a PLC’s Spring film series contin ues with Fritz Lang's silent masterpiece Metropolis.’ The dark and futuristic tale paved the way for many modern films, most re cently influencing ‘Dark City.’ This screening will also feature a live score written by a University Music School student. Tickets are $6 for students, $7 for the general public. The film will begin at 8 p.m. « American Girls will perform tonight at 9:30 at the Nexus Club. Opening acts will include Drive and 007 Admission is $3. For more information, call 686-5800. Shakespearean Celebration EVAN A DENBAUM/Emerald John Sanders (right) bears oranges and roses to give away. Micah Klatt (left), marches ivith the troupe down ljth Avenue en mute to the amphitheater. A Midspring Revelry Mi LAURA GOSS/Emerald Actors performedfestive dances between Shakespearean skits. By Michael Hines Student Activities Reporter William Shakespeare wrote his plays to be performed outside and in front of an active audi ence. Entirely 400 years after his time, the kids still love him, and they can’t help but have fun with his plays. The student-run Pocket Playhouse produced “Shakespeare's Celebration” on Monday, adding twists to scenes, per forming soliloquies and monologues and even acting out Shakespearean improv. “It’s just a lot of good kids working on it,” freshman theater major Joe von Ap pen said. The show allows students to put vibrance into something many peo ple feel is flat and ancient, he said. Sprawled across the EMU Amphithe ater steps, about 200 people became en veloped in Monday’s sunny afternoon show. The crowd clapped along with the silly songs and dances and freely accept ed flower gifts from the actors. "For me, it’s probably my favorite thing we do all year,” theater major John Sanders said. “It’s just a reason logo out and celebrate and do onr thing." “Shakespeare’s Birthday” allows the actors to dress up in Elizabethan clothes and cut loose, Sanders said. The annual two-hour event is usually called “Shakespeare’s Birthday” because it happens on April 23, the legendary Turn to SHAKESPEARE, Page 8 Choirgirl Amos’ latest CD release ‘sparks’ interest CO REVIEW From the Choirgirl Hotel Tori Amos N STYLE: Folk rock Mi RATING: ★★★★★ By Rcb Moseley Oregon Daily Emerald During the '90s alternative explosion, few artists have managed to remain a true alternative to mainstream pop music. Bands like Bush and, well, Bush, that gained fame on the coattails of Kurt Cobain and his revolution are suddenly the norm, while those artists who still choose to es chew the mainstream have been slow to gain great notoriety. One artist who has managed to maintain her alternative status is Tori Amos, and her latest effort, “From the Choirgirl Hotel,” is a strong musical statement. Amos has ma tured noticeably on the album, but not at the expense of her sound or her audience. While she does appear to finally be over the angst and pain that materialized on her pre vious albums, she displays an enthralling mix of cutting-edge production and beauti ful melodies on “Choirgirl Hotel.” Possibly the album’s only fault then is the pattern she follows in the song presen tation, The album begins with “Spark,” which is reminiscent of the Amos of old, with her on piano and vocals and a more present-than-usual backing band. The heavily produced “Cruel” follows with tones that are darker both vocally and mu sically. And thus the pattern begins: a solid vocal and musical track, then one that is heavy on the bass and drums and then back to another ballad. Other than that, however, this is an ex cellent album. Amos’ vocals, usually more breathy and ethereal, are almost operatic at Turn to CD, Page 8 COURTESY PHOTO An twist's rendition of Amos taken from the inlay booklet of the CD Little Earthquakes.
