Wednesday. February 16.1994
Feature
The Obamas Print Pg. 3
AIDS play portrays real-life cautions, concerns
by Christopher Haberman
The Print Staff
“Aids
Information
Hotline. How may I help you?”
the young man said, boldly stand
ing on the stage informing a col
lege audience about something
secret, something deadly.
Secrets, aplay for “teen
agers” developed by Kaiser
Permanente, waspresentedFeb. 9
at Clackamas. Information is the
key to solving the epidemic of
AIDS/HIV infection, and thisplay
focused on that role, informing
people about the virus, instead of
shutting down options of reality.
People have sex, and
people use drugs. Every time you
tell people not to do something,
generally they do it. The cam
paign for abstinence, with its few
followers, are just not dealing with
the realities of life. This problem
is here, and some people try to deal
with it, without preaching a plague
Women dance in Forum
by Cori Kargel
The Print Staff
The San Francisco, the
Tahoe Kick, the Boot-Scootin’
Boogie. About 70 women rang
ing from young girls to senior
citizens gathered in the Gregory
Forum to learn the steps in Coun
try Line Dancing for Women,
Feb. 9.
“It was great seeing that
many people here, and that much
interest,” said Cindy Zrinyi, the
dance instructor. Zrinyi, who
also belly dances, was hired
through Focus on Women.
Instead of running the
traditional dance studio, Zrinyi
teaches at “parties, dances,
women’s weekends, wherever
people ask me to.”
Lori Cleverley and
daughter Tristy heard about the
event through a newsletter at the
elder Cleverley’s workplace.
“We like country- west
ern,” said the younger Cleverley.
“It was a good deal for
two bucks, so we decided to
come,” her mother added.
Zrinyi, a recreation
therapistatatreatmentcenterfor
teenage girls, got into line danc
ing and teaching as a fluke.
‘T went to a women’s
music festival in California prob
ably six years ago. Ileamedfour
dances there. I was so excited
about it, I wanted to do it in
Portland.
"So, when I came back
here, I started teaching all my
friends. I started teaching in
someone’s living room,” Zrinyi
said.
Even for people with
two left feet, the class is an excit
ing opportunity to enjoy good
music and a fun learning experi
ence.
Country Line Dancing
for Women runs tonight, Feb. 23
and March 2, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
It costs $2 at the door.
upon a worthless heathen society.
The situations in Secrets
are all real stories of people in
fected with HIV, which eventu
ally becomes AIDS. Secrets is an
informative attempt at solving
phobias involved with the AIDS
virus.
Be smart, they say, set
your own limits, and be informed.
With information as your weapon,
the judgment falls upon you, the
accused. AIDS is an incurable
disease, a virus that affects every
one, and kills 30 people a day in
the United States.
In Secrets, a line of in
fection is portrayed. A jock shar
ing a needle, just one time with a
young kid at school, after sharing
with an HIV-infected soccer
player. A lawyer and her drug
habitsupplied by that teenage boy,
sharing needles. Her husband
having sex with a young girl. The
young girl having sex with her
future husband. A lineage of in
fection, from just one infected
person. No one is safe, and no one
issure. Trustisafinelinebetween
people, especially whenitinvolves
sex and drags.
Kaiser Permanente did a
good job with this play, and I
would recommend it to anyone.
Without programming a paranoid
society, people should think be
fore they act, and abstinence and
the war on drags are not clear
thinking. Don’t eat the cookies in
the cookie jar, unless the punish
ment is clear,
The Oregon Aids
Hotline number is 1-800-777-
AEDS. HIV tests are free in
Oregon and Washington.
You should be tested if
you have engaged in “high-risk”
behavior, such as sex without a
condom or the sharing of any types
of needles. ■
Film festival visits Portland
■ Writer reviews International Tournee of Animation
by Christopher Haberman
The Print Staff
Once again the Intefna-
tionalToumeeof Animation roots
itself in Portland, weaker and
watereddown.butinteresting. The
Tournee features several Oregon
animators including Will Vinton,
John Callahan and Webster
Colcord.'
The Tournee is not as
exciting and ghastly as the “Sick
and Twisted” film festival, but it
has its special moments, too.
Midnight Madness, the adult ver
sion of the show plays Friday and
Saturday at midnight. The adult
version is much better than the
entire “clean” version, and as al
ways, sickness is better.
“The Sandman,” anima
tion from the UK, is a disturbing
tale of nightmares and little chil
dren, and the magical evil of
slumber’s favorite villain, the
Sandman. Tim Burton meets the
Brother’s Grimm.
At times the show was
fascinating with visual images I
,loved like “Mad Doctors of
Borneo,” and at other times the
California Raisins, and “Cool
Tools,” bouncing to MC Hammer
put me to sleep, always keeping
one eye open for the Sandman.
Callahan’s work on “I
Think I Was An Alcoholic,” was
very humorous, as is most of his
work. “NanaandLittlePussPuss,”
stole the show during the adult
section. A simple piece between
an old woman, her cat anda Hindu.
' Because of the interna
tional nature of the films, many
did not have any English at all, but
messages were still relayed welt
“Words, Words, Words,” an Acad
emy nominee, is a diverse piece
about a restaurant of people com
municating.
“Square of Light,” the
Raging Bull of animation, is about
a shadow boxer and his fight and
triumph over his worst enemy,
himself.
The entire event was fun,
but I can’t wait for “Sick and
Twisted,” tobrash my mind again.
The Tournee is in town at
Cinema 21 until Feb. 24. For
more information call 223-4515.
Arrive early because they usually
sellout
You re Invited To An Unforgettable Experience
Greenland...An Expedition
Join Cecelia Nunn
and Wayne Haack as they
present their dramatic
story of the longest
sea kayaking expedition
in Greenlandic history.
A Shields/Shula Production
"A Bun Chilling Experience”
Noon on Wednesday, February 23,1994 in the Gregory Forum.
Admission is Free. For more information contact Don Shula, ext 2324.
sponsored by: ASG Activities
Adult High School Diploma Program
Outdoor Club