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Luna
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atmosphere that offers a comfort
able, casual and social environment
with “a hint of elegance.”
Bernstein, Luna’s co-executive
head chef, said the nightclub spe
cializes in a Spanish tapas menu
and fine wines. Tapas — savory
hors d’oeuvres believed to have
originated in Seville — are pre
pared either hot or cold at Luna,
and can be filled with anything
from sausage or duck to anchovies
or potatoes. They are typically
served with wine or sherry.
The bar at Adam’s Place is 28 feet
from the entrance to Luna, Bernstein
said, and the venue features live mu
sic three to five nights a week, en
hanced with new sound and light
ing systems. Bernstein said the staff
of about 20 employees has been
busy, especially on evenings when
the place is packed. Luna doesn’t
take reservations, so those looking
for a table have to arrive a couple
hours before showtime.
“It’s a really happening place,”
Mike Olson said on Saturday as he
watched the lead singer of the West
Coast Rhythm Kings, dressed in a
red zoot suit, bust out a tap dance.
“It’s a good place to dance and have
a good time.”
With a wide variety of musicians
and talent, Luna offers the over-21
crowd offshoots of jazz music in the
form of Latin/world, big
band/swing, R&B/soul/blues,
funk/groove and acoustic tunes.
High-ceilings, modern artwork on
the walls and dim lighting give Luna
a classic yet eclectic, jazzy feel.
“It’s one of the few places to
dance anymore,” Barbara Aten
said. “Dancing is the best therapy
there is.”
Stepping off the dance floor to
catch her breath, the six-year swing
dance veteran said she was with a
group of “dance buddies” enjoying
what she termed “chump blues.”
“I wish there was more music
like this in town,” she said.
Luna features longtime local and
regional talent as well as nationally
touring acts, including its “house
band,” Jazz Collective, at 9:30 p.m.
Thursdays. The quintet, which has
been together for about two
months, is composed of pianist and
junior jazz studies major Greg
Goebel; University graduate Tim
Clarke on trumpet; University grad
uate teaching fellow Todd DelGiu
dice on tenor saxophone; Universi
ty graduate Randy Rollofson
playing drums; and junior music
major Andrea Niemiec on bass.
Goebel said in addition to the
benefits of the new, nonsmoking fa
cility at Luna, Jazz Collective also
performs for “a fairly good crowd of
people who are actually listening to
the music.” Goebel said while he
would play once a month at Jo Fed
erigo’s Cafe and Bar, having a week
ly gig at Luna has been a good
change of pace — and the grand pi
ano is another plus.
Patty McCulla, a local musician
who books Luna shows, predicted
that business will continue to grow,
especially after the downtown mall
is opened to motor vehicle traffic.
“We feel we are filling a niche
that was ready to filled,” she said.
For more information about Luna,
call 344-6948, or if interested in per
forming, contact McCulla at 465
1386. Luna’s talent lineup is listed in
the Emerald’s weekly Pulse calendar.
E-mail Pulse/features editor Lisa Toth
at lisatoth@dailyemerald.com.
The Chamber’
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That movie was made by an ex
perienced reality-TV producer,
Daniel Minahan, and it shows; all
of the TV production values are
there, and every 20 minutes or so
there are cutaways and upcoming
scenes, as though a commercial
break were taking place.
The problem that plagued “Se
ries 7,” and that will, I think, ulti
mately kill “The Chamber,” is that
they both seem really tame. Per
haps it isn’t a sign of psychological
health that I think a movie about
players slaughtering each other is
tame, but it came off that way. It just
doesn’t seem that farfetched, nor
that gruesome.
Why is this? My guess is that re
ality shows and the incredibly vio
lent fiction that dominate Ameri
can entertainment have inured
viewers to the shock value of
killing, or of torture. During “The
Chamber,” for instance, one con
testant yelled, “Ow!” twice and
then, “Son of a bitch!” I ooh-ed and
giggled. Maybe it was because I had
just watched “The Simpsons.”
“Series 7” might have seemed a
frightening, biting portrayal of the
future if it was made 10 years ago,
when viewers were first getting
used to “The Real World.” “The
Chamber,” by comparison, might
have seemed on-the-edge a few
years ago, before viewers were as
saulted with reality shows of in
creasingly upped stakes.
The truly sickening part of this is
that both productions seem a bit
blase at this point in history. Maybe
I’m just a sicko. I hope so, for every
one’s sake.
E-mail copy chief Michael J. Kleckner
at mikekleckner@dailyemerald.com.
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