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ENTERTAINMENT Pag» 8 Guitarist Robert Nathanson performs at CCC by Michelle Walch Staff Writer “I basically taught myself,” says guitarist, Robert Nathanson. “I went to college as an engineer ing major, quit school, and then I went back and started music and haven’t quit.” Nathanson performed classical, folk, and Spanish guitar pieces on Thursday, Oct. 29 in the CC Mall. For most of his set, Nathanson used an acoustic guitar, and for three songs, he us ed a “Baroque” guitar. The Baroque guitar, according to Nathanson, is “basically a box” designed elaborately. He uses an exact copy of one built for the daughter of King Louis XIV in 1687. Nathanson’s intense hour and a half set was well received by the audience. Presently, Nathanson teaches guitar at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He started playing at nine years of age and has been “studying play ing guitar for the past 20 years,” and it was evident in his perfor mance. “I tour around the country about 20 times a year,” perform ing in varied settings from formal recitals to children’s school pro grams. He also conducts workshops. “My first album was released in 1983. (It’s) contemporary folk music, like Dan Folgelburg. I wrote one song.” It was a collaborate effort with other artists. “Exposure” was his critically acclaimed solo album in 1985. Thanks to Brian Wagner and the music department for ar ranging Nathanson’s ap pearance. Robert Nathanson, instructor at University of Nor th Carolina, performed in concert at CCC. Movie Review Jon Cryer leads ‘Hiding Out’ by Sherri Michaels News Editor “Hiding Out,” which is due out Nov. 6, is one of the few little violent and little sex movies out for the fall/winter entourage of films. Jon Cryer, who has the leading role, plays his first “adult” part. He is a stock broker that has got ten involved with the mob and becomes a reluctant witness in a federal investigation. Through the course of the first 15 minutes Cryer manages to stay alive and ends up on the road to his Aunt Lucy’s, played by his mother Gretchen Cryer. Cryer for his other roles in “No Small Affair” and “Pretty in Pink” has never had the chance to do adult roles. Here in “Hiding Out” he does hold his own. The change from teen to adult is scary but how about from adult to teen? Cryer plays a character that has to reverse to his teen years to hide, but can now do and say all of the things he wanted to when he first was in school. Along with Cryer, Keith Coogan and Annabeth Gish por tray, respectively, his cousin and girlfriend at the high school. Both Coogan and Gish do a good job in their roles. Coogan portrays Cryer’s nerdy cousin that is just learning to drive and deal with girls when Cryer shows up. From then on things start to spice up both Coogan’s and Cryer’s life. If you enjoy comedy and seriousness then go, but remember “Hiding Out” was made for teens. REO Entertains Portland Speedwagon hit the stage short ly after Marx departed. Speed wagon, a G-rated band, played Soft rocking REO Speed mostly love songs and anthems, wagon made a rare appearance but got no complaints from the in Portland Monday, Oct. 2, crowd of about 7000 jammed only their second concert in into the Arlene Schnitzer Con Portland in five years. cert Hall. Lead singer Kevin Opening for Speedwagon was Cronin got things started with Richard Marx, who has en “That Ain’t Love,” a song off of countered much success with his their new album “Life As We hit single “Don’t Mean know it.” They followed that Nothin’.” Marx, a 24-year-old with a song off of their first California native, was greeted album, “I Don’t Want To with screams by the majority Know.” It’s almost impossible teenage girl crowd. Marx seem not to like some of REO Speed ed at home in Portland; as well wagon’s call-to-arms. Pieces he should, having played twice that, regard less of a songs here within five months - last lyrics, always sound as though time opening for Night Ranger. there’s a crisis that must be Already a very successful dealt with by collective faith. group (billed as the main act), Some of the songs included Los Angeles-based band REO were “Take It On The Run,” by Mark Borrelli Staff Writer 4 I and “I Can’t Fight This Feeling Any Longer.” After the show I had the pleasure of meeting with both bands, at a party thrown by radiostation Q105. First to arrive was Richard Marx and he had some comments for the people at the party: “You guys were great, you were the best we have had, and that’s no B.S.” A little bit later, REO Speedwagon arrived and also was grateful to the Portland fans. “Hey we’re go ing to come here more often. You guys are some of the best rock and roll fans anywhere,” Cronin told the partiers before leaving, but not for good, as both acts promised to come back for another display of good old rock and roll. ‘Hiding Out’ star remembers when by Sherri Michaels News Editor “I have always wanted to be an actor,” said Jon Cryer in an in terview at Metro on Broadway last week. “My parents didn’t want to get into the business,” according to Cryer. Cryer, who has two new movies due out in November and the early part of 1988, has been in “Pretty in Pink,” “No Small Af fair,” and “Superman IV” to name a few. Cryer, now 22, grew up in a family of performers. His mother, Gretchen Cryer, played Aunt Lucy in his new film “Hiding Out.” His mother and sisters sing whereas Cryer “can’t sing a lick.” According to Cryer, the parties that the crew from “Hiding Out” had “never were firn until my mother got there.” Also Cryer worked with his mother as the producer for a play that she wrote called “Eleanor Roosevelt.” It ran at the Williams Town Festival in New York. Cryer grew up in Manhattan and attended public schools. He can remember wanting to slit his wrist and die when he was a teenager. That rememberance helped Cryer in “Hiding Out” where he goes from adult to teenager in the movie. Most of Cryer’s close friends are not in the business (acting) because they don’t really know him like his friends from growing up. Cryer when asked about girlfriends said, “it is tough to have girlfriends because you aren’t in anyplace for any length of time.” Cryer recalls his worst high school performance, “West Side Story.” Not only did he act in the production he also built the set. “I told them to take it down (the set) but they didn’t and it later fell down during a play,” said Cryer. “You have to really love it,” said Cryer about acting. “A lot of awful things will happen to you before you make it.”