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Oregon Daily Emerald Features Editor: John Liebhardt johnliebhardt@dailyemerald.com Thursday, May 23,2002 I Cheap date Reporter Alix Kerl ventures west to find mastication-friendly bargain eats. Pages ..Iff MI IN 1H MAINSTREAM ■ Lesbopalooza presents female folk and rock artists as part of a celebration of ‘marginalized’ culture By Jen West Oregon Daily Emerald eople from all walks of life will come together to celebrate and support women’s music at the third annual Lesbopalooza. The UO Cultural Forum, the Women’s Center and the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Alliance host Lesbopalooza, which begins 8 p.m. Fri day at WOW Hall, with performances continuing on Saturday. Lesbopalooza will also host a free barbecue at Alton Baker Park, where there will be games, food and prizes. Festivities begin at noon. This is the first feminist/queer mu sic festival of its kind in the country, said LGBTQA Issues Coordinator Kristina Armenakis. “This is an important event for music in the queer community,” Armenakis said. She said many independent fe male artists who identify as being “queer” are marginalized in the main stream media, and Lesbopalooza gives them a safe space to promote their mu sic. The festival will feature women’s folk music by Cris Williamson and riot girl/punk rock artists Jordan Blumberg Enge, Aisha Ayers, Tami Hart, New Shenanigans, Celestina Pearl, Tracy + the Plastics, and Infinite X’s. “We are in the mainstream; you just Turn to Lesbopalooza, page 8 ourtesy photo Above: Tracy + the Plastics will kick some life into the audience at Lesbopalooza with their edgy, electronic rock music style. Left: Punk rockers Infinite X’s join the line-up of bands celebrating women’s music at Lesbopalooza. Robinson Theatre invokes, reinterprets curse of ‘Macbeth’ Director and fight choreographer Jonathan Cole has incorporated martial arts into the play’s fight scenes By Jen West Oregon Daily Emerald A well-known thespian superstition warns against uttering the name “Mac beth” in a theater or it could spell bad luck during a performance. People in the theater have told stories for genera tions about the accidents that have be fallen unlucky individuals who tempt ed the evil spirits by uttering the cursed play’s name. But director and fight choreographer Jonathan Cole defiantly stares in the face of superstition with William Shakespeare’s “Scottish Play,” which only has 13 actors and is the 13th play Cole has directed. “1 don’t buy into (the superstition) at all,” said Cole, who is completing his doctorate degree. He said he even began rehearsals on April Fool’s Day. “Macbeth” is the bloodiest of the Bard’s plays and tells the story of a war rior consumed by desire and avarice. Macbeth murders the king and betrays his best friend’s son to protect his new found sovereignty. Once he has seized the throne, Macbeth suffers through guilt, betrayal and sleepless nights, which leads to the destruction of him self and the kingdom. Cole, who is certified by the Society of American Fight Directors, said he has used his 10 years of experience with ju jitsu, Judo and Aikido to choreograph the fight scenes. “It’s a very fight-intensive show,” he said. Although the play originally pitted Scottish warriors against each other, this production has fused Japanese style costumes movement with British broadsword fighting, Cole said. “It’s a displaced world in a mythical time,” said senior Quinn Mattfeld, who plays Macbeth. Mattfeld said the play is “very tech heavy” with lots of special effects. “There will be some moments of gore and no lack of blood,” he said. The physical ability of the actors has Turn to Macbeth, page 7
