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The venue will show vintage cartoons and movie trailers, and popcorn will be for sale in the lob by to help complete the drive-in experience. “It’s just a matter of being able to sit where you want, eat popcorn in the lobby,” Fennessv said. This Saturday’s showing is the second installment in the Mon sterama series. Shurtz will contin ue the exhibitions as long as they remain successful. He plans to »how “Santa Glaus Conquers the Vlartians” in December. The doors open at 7 p.m. Satur day and the double feature begins at 8 p.m. Admission is S3. Contact the pulse reporter at ielenschumacher@dailyemerald.com. Hungary continued from page 7 “especially more traditional, older layers of music.” Sunday’s performance is spon sored by the Hungarian Cultural Center in New York. It will include music from the group known as Band from Szaszcsavas (pro nounced “SAS-chavash”), as well as two dancers from a professional Hungarian ensemble. The group has toured in Europe for the past 10 years; this is their third tour of the United States. The six musicians are all related to each other. The lead violin, bass and viola players are brothers. The group’s American manager, Kalman Magyar, said the other members are in-laws or other relatives. “They have been together since they’ve been alive,” Magyar said. The music (violins, violas, bass vio lin and kontra) and dance are lively and traditionally performed for “life cycle” celebrations and weddings. “The texts of their songs really do say a lot about life in their village,” anthro pology and folklore Associate Profes sor Carol Silverman said. “You have to understand that Eastern rural life was based around lifestyle celebrations and all of these required music.” The musicians are Roma, or “Gyp sies.” They hail from a region where the majority of inhabitants are Hun garian. Only 20 percent are Roma. “Roma are really the most perse cuted people in Europe — what you might call a persecuted minority. Historically, the ways they could make their living is very limited,” Levy said. “One occupation they chose is music, because that’s sort of appreciated — an occupational niche they could get into.” Levy said the musicians have a wide repertoire because they need to appeal to a wide variety of ethnic groups. “Obviously, you can make a bet ter living if you can play for as many different ethnic groups as possible,” he said. The story behind the artists’ culture is vast and intricate — a sit uation Levy calls “complex.” Tran sylvania has technically been part of Romania, not Hungary, since the end of World War I. The result of such shifts left the region populated with many different cultural groups — Ro manian, Saxon, Jewish and Romani. “It’s a multiethnic part of the world. This part has been, histori cally, many things,” Silverman said. Silverman specializes in Romani culture and has worked with the band before, when she organized a New York panel on Romani poetry and music in 2001. Levy, Silverman and Magyar agree music and dance are excellent ways to learn about other cultures. “Some people don’t think music is related to political issues, but it is,” Levy said. “Music is a great door into understanding a culture. Music isn’t just notes and rhythms.” Magyar says music and dance are good channels of communica tion because they lack the language barriers that traditional education often poses. “I think this group is amazing,” Silverman said. “It shows how East ern European music is indebted to the Roma. Behind every musical thing, there’s always a history7 — this group especially.” Levy said people should also at tend the performance simply for its aesthetic value. “This (history) may all be very interesting,” he said, “but people should come be cause the music and dance is so ex citing.” Magyar said the group has re ceived a positive response in the United States. He is optimistic not only about Sunday’s performance, but about the impact of sharing dif ferent cultures in general. “It’s wonderful to share any cul ture with other people,” Magyar said. “If every natipn would play music together, as opposed to going into war together, it would be a much better world.” Contact the pulse editor at jacquelynlewis@dailyemerald.com. Selling out continued from page 7 So now I’m plugged in every Tues day at 9 p.m., for good or had. Last week’s season premiere (which I had to shamelessly ask to watch at an un derstanding friend’s house) was sore ly disappointing, but this week’s episode improved greatly when a sexy new biology teacher seduced the town using her kryptonite-altered pheromones. As a result of all the, ahem, excitement, Clark’s as-yet undiseovered laser eyes kicked in and started a fire in class. The cliched in nuendo was glorious. Following on the heels of “Small ville,” The WB will launch a new comic-related show on October 9 called “Birds of Prey.” Get this: Bat man and Catwoman had a daughter who has teamed up with the former Batgirl (now a paraplegic computer wiz) to fight the Joker’s former side kick Harley Quinn, who doubles as the protagonist’s psychiatrist. It sounds eye-gougingly dumb. But unlike “Smallville,” “Birds of Prey” has credibility rooted in a DC comic of the same name. With Sarah Michelle Geller’s contract as Buffy expiring at the end of the sea son, the world could he ready for an other super-powered heroine. And Mia Sara of “Legend” fame playing the villainous Quinn cer tainly makes the show worth one skeptical viewing. Of course, it’ll have to wait until I get my cable. No friend is that caring. Contact the at masonwest@dailyemerald .com His opinions do not necessarily represent those of the Emerald. OCTOBER 9 • 8PM “HOORAY FOR *t( AMERICAN!” ;A _WWW.BOBANDOAVID.COM THE McDONALD THEATRE Tickets available online at www fastixx com and at all Fastixx outlets, including select Safeway locations, The Hult Center Box Office and the UO EMU Box Office. 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