First Friday ArtWalk tour leads
to Eugene’s finest exhibitions
The tour starts with the
Eugene Public Library's
'Art Totes' display
BY MATTTIFFANY
PULSE COPY EDITOR
Lane Arts Council's First Friday
ArtWalk kicks off its November edi
tion Friday at 5:30 p.m. at the Eu
gene Public Library. The monthly
event offers a free tour of various
art venues throughout Lane County,
giving participants a peek at gallery
exhibits, featured artists and other
special presentations, according to
Heidi Durden, arts program assis
tant with the council.
Pete Sorenson, Lane County
Commissioner, will host this
month's event.
"Every month we get somebody
to do the guided tour. Most will go
to the galleries prior to the art walk
to check it out, and the council pro
vides them with extra information,"
Durden said.
Commissioner Sorenson will lead
the tour and provide guests with in
sight into the various galleries and
artists. Previous hosts include local
artists, gallery owners and public
figures including Eugene Mayor
Kitty Piercy.
Ml
Katie Gleason I Photographer
Artist Barbara Bond Anderson came from Corvallis to see her ceramic
piece, "Farmhand," from 1983 at the Jacobs Gallery.
This month's walk features five
stops, according to Durden. First is
the Eugene Public Library's second
annual community arts presenta
tion, "Art Totes." It answers the
question: "What happens when
you give more than 50 local artists
the same black tote bag and have
them personalize it?" The answer
is an array of richly-wrought medi
ums, from paint to photography
to calligraphy.
After the library, the tour leads to
the New Zone Gallery for its
"Showcase Exhibit" for 2005. More
than 40 New Zone members will
display work that they feel best
represents their style and reflects
New Zone's experimental philoso
phy. Several of the artists will be
on-hand to discuss their work with
interested tour participants.
Next up is Goldworks, which
showcases the elegant jewelry de
sign of Gary Dawson and the inno
vative sculpturing of Mike Leckie.
Dawson, who works primarily in
gold, has more than 30 years of ex
perience, while Leckie is known for
his classical sculpture work and his
contemporary work with glass.
ARTWALK, page 12
■ Movie review
Cocky bachelor meets
his karmic match in
‘El Crimen Verfecto
The Spanish film puts a womanizing department store
manager at the beck and call of a female employee
BYTREVOR DAVIS
PULSE REPORTER
Rafael is a guy who likes his job a lit
tle too much—but he should. His job,
ruling over the ladies' section at a huge
department store in Madrid, Spain, lets
him do things like yell, "We'll increase
sales by 50 percent!" while having sex.
The movie "El Crimen Perfecto" re
volves around Rafael's life, mostly
spent at Yeyo's department store. He
even claims to have been born in the
accessories department.
The self-assured bachelor seeks the
elegant life and strives to get what he
wants. He’ll grab a beautiful stranger
on the crosswalk for a quick make-out
session ortake a newspaper from the
stand without paying. He translates his
confidence onto his sales floor domain,
persuading anyone to buy anything.
"I bought a basketball jersey, and
I hate basketball. I have it framed in
my room," one colleague says of
Rafael's abilities.
His talent and suave demeanor
also get him admiration from female
co-workers. Every girl wants to have
a good time in the dressing room with
Rafael after closing hours as he
dresses them up in fancy clothes tak
en off the rack, serves wine and tests
out the beds.
Although Rafael has everything a
male could want his ultimate dream is
to become the floor manager of Yeyo's,
apparently the mark of the elegant life.
To achieve his dream, he must battle
his rival, men's department head Don
Antonio, for the coveted position.
But when Rafael is overlooked, he
and Don Antonio clash in the dress
ing room, leading to the not-so-per
fect crime in which Rafael acciden
tally hangs Don Antonio on a coat
rack. The cocky salesman would
probably delight in the accident if it
weren't for the fact that someone
else saw the whole thing.
The witness is like the high school
nerd nobody noticed — she's an
PERFECTO, page 12
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