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6 Art^^ntertainment _______ Wednesday, March 8,2006__________________ __________________________ Clackamas Prir; Visit ‘Naomi in the Living Room’ Jadon Trlpiett A&E Editor “Naomi in the Living Room,” is one of two student-directed one-act plays written by Christopher Durang that will be playing at noon and 7 pm. tonight in Niemeyer Center. ‘“Naomi in the Living Room’ is about a very [eccentric] old lady,” says Director Meagan Kowaleski, continuing to say that Naomi herself is a lady who “doesn't conform to anything. She has so many personali ties, it’s almost like she’s six charac- tersin one.” The effects of Naomi’s (Kelly Miller) multiple personalities on those close to her are manifested in her son John (Jake Dannen), who comes to Naomi’s house with his wife Johrma (Lora Grant). “It’s really kind of showing how her son has been so mixed up that he doesn’t really know who he is,” Kowaleski said. ‘Naomi in the Living Room” por trays the changes John goes through during his and Johnna’s visit with Naomi. According to Kowaleski, John goes from ‘kind of like his mother, to really transforming into his wife towards the end of the play.” John even comes out in women’s clothing later in the play in a more fla grant example of that transformation. “He doesn’t want to not be noticed in this world,” Kowaleski .said of John. “He wants some kind of affir mation that I believe he finds through his wife.’ John’s wife is. very honest, open and secure, and despite her quiet ways, Kowaleski said “she can go above those soft-spoken ways and really reprimand where she needs to.” When asked how she got involved in theater, Kowaleski described play ing the witch in “Wizard of OZ’ in grade six, going on to tell what she got Adam J.Manley Clackamas [ Kelly Miller plays the title character in “Naomi in the Living Room,” one of two student directed one-act plays that are showing today at noon and 7 p.m. in the Niemeyer Center. from the experience. “I just loved the idea of being able to portray some- tiling to an audience, and have them take that away and ... think about a different life.” Kowaleski has acted inmany plays, including recent college plays “All My Sons” and “Hot L Baltimore,” in addition to others. “Naomi in the Living Room” is Kowaleski’s direc torial debut “I wasn’t sure ifl was going to like it, because I love being on stage,”! Kowaleski about directing, “I J being able to portray something,! it’s just a work of art that you’re to really show, where as the direct kind of behind the scenes.” Bottom-of-the-barrel dinins at Portland's Rock Bottom Brewer Mike Kimberling Clackamas Print The Rock Bottom Brewery, located on 3rd and Morrison in downtown Portland, is lacking in authenticity^ arid distinctiveness, making dining indistinguishable from dining at most other restaraunt chains. Mike Kimberllng The Clackamas Print Rock Bottom Brewery is an incompetent counterfeit of an authentic Northwest brewery. The atmosphere inside Rock Bottom Brewery is a mixture of a Shari’s-style seating minus being overcrowded with the elderly, and a pretentious décor tirât the brewery does not properly pull off. It has been said that one can tell a lot about a restaurant by the caliber of person that eats there, and this is true even if the caliber of people seated within is not consistent with the genie of the establishment The point is this: if you go to a “biker bar” and don’t find any bik ers, you’re not in an authentic biker bar. This lack of authenticity is the problem with most restaurants and pubs now. Rock Bottom Brewery is a great example of this. The customers I found seated around me as I ate appeared no dif ferent than if I had been eating at any other major food chain. For all I could tell I was sitting at the Olive Garden, or Red Robin. Restaurant chains are a tine opi ate to the cuisine-ignorant masses. Some of them even have good - if not predictable- food. Rock Bottom Brewery cannot even claim to stay up to par with the culinary expertise of a hot dog street vendor. My dinner party ordered a vari ety of food including the standard hamburger and fries,barbequéribS, and a chicken salad. The hamburger received an unenthusiastic shrug, the ribs turned out dry and overcooked, and the chicken salad was bland. As for me, I pushed the limit by ordering their alder-smoked salmon. This proved to be the first time I have ever not finished a piece of salmon. Two words: cold and taste less, even with the topping of mango What kind of “Northwest res rant” can’t cook salmon? Answer: the kind of resl rant that is not indigenous to Northwest. This brought me to a puzz dilemma, because the brewe beers were named after places Oregon. There is the Morrison Str Stout, the Sunny Day IPA and Multnomah Porter. How could) produce authentic Northwest h but not edible Northwest food? Rock Bottom Brewery is a hyt chain that brings tasteless culrn techniques and the predictable 1 taurant chain style atmosphere regions around the country, w relying on the regions strength! stay afloat. Their strategy may be to talented local brewmasters to i desirable brews and give tl catchy local names, but like the who always tries too hard to fit Rock Bottom Brewery won’t in many friends in this neighbor!» Welcome Amigos Mi Casa Es Su Casa T acho ’ s Thursday Nights Margaritas and beers for the LADIES ONLY only $1.50 from 9 p.m. to midnight! 515 Mollala Avenue Oregon City, Oregon 97045 503-655-5562 Fax: 503-557-3121 KITCHEN HOURS: Sunday to Thursday 11:00 a.m. to Midnight Friday & Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. We also have carry out more Complete your Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Management, International Business, Business Information Systems, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Arts 8 Humanities, or RN to BSN, through Linfield College’s Adult Degree Program. 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