Oregon Daily Emerald
Features Editor:
John Liebhardt
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Thursday, May 23,2002
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■ 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