Metro Times 03/05/1981

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VOLUME I, NUMBER 10. * PUBLISHED BI-WEEKLY * MARCH 5-19,

Crazy Bout Those Tigers!

by David Finkel

Fifth place??

My intensely civicminded, Tiger-loyalist friend was outraged. How in the world can you pick the Tigers for fifth place???

It s obvious, I coolly rejoined. They re clearly better than both Cleveland and Toronto.

I had him there. The argument was over. Let me hasten to -add, all this happened during spring training in 1980 last year. Sparky s Gang didn t let me down, either. They did finish ahead of both Cleveland and Toronto.

What s more, I m going outonalimb _we ve been waiting for in this town a Interview: Part 2 and telling you they ll do it again this long time; this year the Tigers could year, too. In 1981, though, something _ finish fourth. bigger could be in store, sometniag

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VOLUME I, NUMBER 10 * MARCH 5-19, 1981 NEWS

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THE ARTS

We'll Never Turn Back at Historical Museum, by Jerry De Muth. 2 POEs Record Reviews: U2, Bobby Hutcherson, by Garaud MacTaggart ....... p. 18 Brecht s Puntila and "Matti, by Joseph Fondell. <<<. See eee 6 es so. pag Performance: Steel Pulse, by Aaron Ibn Pori-Pitts ........ Wes Mitesor p. 20 Echo & the Bunnymen, by Bill Rowe ................ fae oe Se peel Fort Apache, by Liz Ehrlich and Neil Chacker «...........-.-. feed es es pee

LETTERS

SOMETHING DIFFERENT

A few comments on your paper. First of all, the Metro Times is the best-looking publication of its type. There is evidence of a strong effort. Rumor has it you are trying something different.

In a recent issue your film column listed about 26 releases; of the films reviewed,only eight had been seen by your reviewer. If your intent is a movie guide, list times and locations. If not, you waste no small amount of space on clever blurbs and press releases that anyone can read in the News or Free Press. It is to Mr. Betzold s credit that he is familiar with Shakespeare, but perhaps he could pry himself away from King Lear and catch more than the occasional movie.

Which brings us to another point. There are those in town (snobs no doubt) who might take exception to finding pop album reviews under the heading Artspace. Socio/economic/political _ interpolations can be found here as well. A dance bandis a dance band. Political thought would be a rude syncopation to all those happy, dancing feet. Are books and art to be found only in the classified ad section? When rock artists have something to say, they had best sort out their experience with a few books and a pen.

Your editorial policy can be bewildering, a frustration. The return of the hostages (the hostage crisis that a crisis can endure for 14 months is proof there are no crises) was a vigorous lossof opportunity. Entangled in yellow ribbon, you hesitated to express an unpopular opinion, an obvious opinion that would seem to follow

from previous Times articles. The hostages return paraded America s failure in foreign policy. We can sympathize with their personal safety, but it is not business ., for the public agenda. The Times silently endorsed America s rapture, the euphoria of arelieved bankrupt. The masses are falible. Perhaps you feared disaffecting your advertisers. In the trade off, you only patronized your readers.

Dennis Combs

STRONG UNDERCURRENT

Thanks for your feature on the Detroit folk scene. There is a'strong undercurrent in the city, and despite the fact that most bars seem to want a cross between Steve Martin and John Denver, some of us are still gigging with relatively pure acts. Thanks for the exposure.

Ralph Welton Westland

MAKE ITA POINT

ey live in Ann Arbor, and don t get much chance to hit Detroit. But when do, I always make a point of finding a copy of your paper. You are providing a very important service to the people of this area, and I hope you can keep up the good work.

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LEARNING ABOUT NUKES:

Today starts a three-day learn-in in Ann Arbor against nuclear _power which should attract anti-nukites from the entire Midwest, especially with speakers like Dr. Helen Caldicott. Charlie King, folksinger, will

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Ron Delluirnd of Boker California, deliver the keynote address at the 16th Annual Anniversary Banquet of the Afro-American Museum. Dellums is one of the fewlonely voices left in Congress speaking out against military spending and the seemingly inevitable draft. His perspective should be worth the price of the banquet alone. The Afro-American Museum has ticket information, 899-2500.

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binger Dance Company will present. two premieres and three old favorites in its annual winter concert at Orchestra Hall. Motor Tango and Circular Songs (the latter by Harbinger artistic director Lisa Nowak) will be performed for the first time. In Praise and Seven Deadly Sins will round out the show. The concert runs March 13 as well, but we know you'll have better things to do. Call 833-3700 for ticket info.

FOLKFEST LIVE: Today through this evening, a long, live concert at Eagle Theatre Live! in Pontiac featuring (remember we promised you the lineup?) Lost World String Band, Bosom Buddies, New Moon Swing Band, Roy McGinnis and the Sunnysiders, Homegrown Grass and the infamous Alien Meatballs. Can't wait for spring. These folks will put a spring in your step, etc. Griff's has details, 334-7651. 15

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HAPPY ST. PADDY S: What can _Wwe say that hasn't been said? You may want to spend tonight listening to Pat McDunn and the Gaels at Four Green Fields or Charlie Taylor at the Emerald Isle. Or make your own Irish Coffee at home and Erin Go Braugh (does anyone know what that means?).

Today is the last day to catch Grover Gatewood s weird photos or photo-constructions or whatever at the Detroit Library Photogallery. The Bugle Sounds,but Faintly. Individuals Disguised as History may describe the oeuvre adequately, but you'll have to see for yourself. Don't wait, however.

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DIALOGUE

Dialogue is a regular feature of Detroit Metro Times and is intended to offer a forum for opinions on a diverse range of subjects of importance to Detroit-area readers. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the paper or staff.

by Russ Bellant

One thing was clear.on Sunday night, Feb. 15, as the National Antidraft Conference drew to a close. The antidraft/antiwar movement is going to be a powerful voice for people on questions of war and peace.

The conference of about 1,200 persons was sponsored by the Committee Against Registration and the Draft (CARD). People came from the west coast and east, as far south as Puerto Rico, and as far as England. They talked about Reagan, the possibilities of a revived draft, the ongoing registration of 18-year-olds, military spending increases, and a lot about El Salvador. Most were aware that Reagan said he was considering sending U.S. military personnel to that country, where the U.S. is supporting a military junta backed only by the rich and which perpetuates itself through terror. Many saw parallels to the early Vietnam war. Reagan. has since begun sending military personnel to El Salvador.

The conference debated many ideas and explanations as to what this represented and what to do about it. We also reflected on the weaknesses of the movement against the Vietnam war. It was clear to us that the new antiwar movement cannot be solely a campus phenomenon, as it was perceived to be inthe 60s, especially since many at this first national CARD conference were not students.

Instead, we decided to continue to organize CARD as we organized the conference: by including people from all walks of life, from the labor movement, the Black community, veterans, high school students, women s organizations, as well as continuing to work on campuses. The antidraft/antiwar movement is everyone s movement.

The conference called for a Mobilization Task Force to organize nationwide demon-_ strations in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco for May 9. We will oppose registration, the draft, military interventions and call for money for jobs, not for war.

In the next several months, CARD will speak on these issues, in all possible ways. We will set up new CARD chapters in high schools following Cass Tech CARD s ex- ample, as well as on campuses, in neighborhood and cities in and around Detroit.

CARD sees the importance of May 9 amplified,by the fact that this will be the first major demonstration against the Reagan administration cutbacks in spending, the increasing unemployment rate especially for youth and the increasing belligerence that is characterizing American foreign policy.

We are determined to see that the fight for jobs and against war is a successful fight. Those interested in joining CARD, working for the May 9 demonstration, being involved in draft counseling or any of CARD s other activities, are invited to attend our weekly meeting, Monday s, 7 pm in the Student Center Building at Wayne State. Call our office, 577-3451, 577-3416 or 833-8573 for information or for a bus ticket to Washington, D.C. on May 9.

Russ Bellant is a coordinator of Greater Detroit CARD.

LETTERS

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REST OF THE NEWS

am increasingly coming to rely on your paper for the rest of the news that the Detroit dailies are not printing. Your Conyers interview was a good example of what things would never be covered otherwise.

In reading a copy of The Globe and Mail from Canada recently, was amazed to see what information Detroiters and Americans are not getting.

The March 2 issue,of The Globe and. Mail reported ona wave of demonstrations which occurred in Ottawa; Montreal and Toronto, opposing U.S. intervention and aid to the repressive Salvadorian junta. There were over 1,500 people at the Montreal protest alone. These protests have gone unmentioned in the American press. <

The same story discussed a bill introduced in the U.S. House by Rep. Gerry Studds (D-Mass.) which calls for an end to aid to El Salvador. Although the bill was introduced Jan. 29 and has gained 52 cosponsors, have yet to read about it in the News or Free Press.

Detroit Metro Times has an obligation to cover the rest of the El Salvador story. Readers in this city won't get it from anywhere else.

Debra Harper Southfield

HUMAN PROBLEMS

Your interview with John Conyers pub-lished in the Feb. 19 issue of the Detroit Metro Times was indeed a timely one. In view of the growing retrogression of American politics, it is-refreshing to hear there are still some concerned politicians in Washington. particularly. enjoyed his comment on the question you put forth regarding the Black Congressional Caucus. He made the statement that the problem of why the Black Congressmen are not being supported across the country was related to the reluctance of people to lay down the question of color (race)! Also the completely distorted lens through which all our politics are analyzed by the media. Precisely!

Americans must-realize that the problems we face are human problems affecting us all. Then we may begin to cast aside the glamour of racial superiority and separatism that is preventing us as a collective society from moving forward.

We may then begin to tackle the problems of poverty, hunger, health care, education, ecology, disarmament and the building of human relations between all peoples. look forward to your continuing interview with this thoughtful and enlightening Congressman..

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NEWS FEATURE

say this because the Boston Red Sox are a vast unknown quantity in the American League East this year, Having traded practically everything but the Green Monster to California, facing the loss of Carlton Fisk and under new manager Ralph Houk, Boston could be anything from awesome to awful in 1981 and depending on which itis, the Tigers may be better.

Higher than that,.you, can forget. No matter how early the Tigers start spring training, there s no rational way to see them finishing ahead of the Yankees, Baltimore or Milwaukee. Of course, you didn t need me or the Detroit Metro Times to tell you that. Did you?

If you ve read this far, though, I m certain you'll be with me among the 1.5 to 1.8 million or so paying customers to watch Detroit s most successful professional team this year. Figuring as a rough intuitive guess that the average fan probably goes to three or four games (I m averaging in the casual fans who go once or twice with the die-hards who never miss a game), that probably means something like half a million individuals paying their way into Tiger Stadium at least once this year.

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That, also suspect, is more than the combined total of those who will go to at least one pro football, basketball, hockey or soccer game this year. Measured by actual broad fan support, not TV ratings or season ticket holders, baseball is the _national spectator sport. And in Detroit, say what you will about the Tigers, they are the only quality (i.e., clearly aboveaverage) team in town.

I m leaving aside, of course, the Kronk gym boxing stars, Detroit s only true claim to collective athletic excellence who seem poised to dominate boxing the way GM once ruled the world car industry.

Getting back to the Tigers, their fifthplace AL East finish in 1980 actually made them the sixth best team in the 14team American League, better than every team in the Western Division except the Kansas City Royals. Since the AL plays an essentially balanced schedule, team records of the strong AL East and weak AL West teams are directly comparable. So the Tigers-can be considered part of the American League s First Division.

The Tigers are a good team. Their starting eight are equal to any in the league. They lack, unfortunately, the team speed,

pitching consistency and depth to be a great one, and management lacks the incentive to spend the money necessary to acquire those ingredients. There is no point getting outraged over this; rather than trying to force John Fetzer and Jim Campbell into the free agent market, save your energy for something more ene like preventing nuclear war.

Be happy that the Tigers are the best team we have. The Lions barely over.500 record was padded by Rete Rozelle s idiotic unbalanced schedule. The Wings and Pistons are. .well, they are what they are. In fact, the Detroit team that has come closest to the Tigers in being genuinely competitive has been the soccer team, Detroit Express, who were more than willing to spend money but ran out of it about the same time the southeastern Michigan economy went down the tubes. (And the Express are also headed down the tubes to Washington. Ed.)

In addition to Rick Peters, Allan Trammel, Lou Whitaker and Co., the fresh air, and that crazy old guy in the bleachers with his bag of homemade semi-obscene buttons, what are a few of the other features of baseball in 1981?

Ron Leflore is back in the league, which is good.

Bill Veeck is gone, which is too bad.

Charles O. Finley is also gone, which is good.

Bowie Kuhn is still around, which is too bad.

Fortunately, baseball seems indestructible either by the men who run it or by depression. This summer when auto workers TRA runs out, food stamps are slashed and we don t know where the money s coming from to re-open the schools or run the buses we may or may not have a city, but we'll still have the ball team, right?

(The author is an avid fan of practically all professional team sports and a knowledgeable authority on absolutely none of them. He did, however, accurately predict Mike Schmidt home run offa high 2: 1 fastball during the 1980 World Series and can produce eyewitnesses to confirm this amazing feat.)

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A couple of Fridays ago, I noticed that Free Press sportswriter Jim Hawkins had gotten religion. Hawkins pronounced-himself converted by the -baseball owners chief negotiator, Ray Grebey, to the owners position on compensation for so-called premier free agents.

Hawkins; and presume quite a few rank and file baseball fans, are now convinced that player salaries really are on the verge of bankrupting baseball, and that the only way to restore order is to muffle the rise of free-agent salaries by forcing clubs signing a top-flight free agent to give up a major league roster player in return.

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he convincingly argues that:

1. The looming financial crisis facing the sport is real, despite recordshattering revenues.

2. Free agency in itself is not the cause of the crisis, and furthermore, the owners current free-agent compensation proposal (which the players will not accept and have threatened to strike May 29) would not solve it in any case.

3. The crisis arises from the wildly disparate financial resources of the clubs: George Steinbrenner s Yankees, for example, have an annual revenue base of some $27 million, while some clubs have only a third of that.

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themselves, not for the players.

Still, some will ask: Isn t there something wrong with an outfielder getting $600,000 in a town with a hundred thousand auto workers laid off? can t see anything wrong at all, unless there s something wrong with capitalism.

space nor the mandate to debate the question in depth. May I suggest, howthose interested.

The current Inside Sports, the one featuring the takeoff on Sports. Illus.trated s bathing suit issue, has an

The editor has given me neither the ever, two pieces of essential reading for extremely interesting article by baseball:

writer Thomas Boswell on the current financial structure of baseball, in-which

4. The only way of restoring competitive balance is the adoption of revenue-sharing, meaning at least equal distribution of new television revenues (the cable-TV gold mine) and a more equitable share of gate receipts for visiting teams. Otherwise, disaster becomes a real possibility.

The difficulty, as Boswell shows, is that the owners in baseball like to think of themselves as the last bastions of unrestrained free enterprise, that is, for

A very fine historical perspective on all this is provided by a book published only last year, The Imperfect Diamond: The Story of Baseball s Reserve System and the Men Who Fought to Change It,by Lee Lowenfish and Tony Lupien, Stein and Day Publishers, New York. The authors (Lowenfish is a writer, Lupien a former ballplayer) trace the history of player revolts from the early days of John Montgomery Ward through Curt Flood and Andy Messersmith.

The book makes fine reading for anyone interested in baseball history, labor relations or both. Even if you don t think you'll have time to read it, you should get a copy to include in your Emergency Survival Kit which all baseball fans will need in the event of a players strike.

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City Appeals Human Rights Ruling

by Reggie Thomas

A group of some 90 individuals and organizations will join the City of Detroit in appealing a Wayne County Circuit Court ruling outlawing the city s Omnibus Human Rights Ordinance.

The Coalition to Save the Detroit Human Rights Ordinance says Judge Harry Dingeman s Dec. 22 ruling that the city s ordinance is preempted by the state s civil rights law is part of a parcel of attacks going on against Black America.

The contractors are thoroughly anti-affirmative action, says Michael Flug, spokesperson for the organization. The state does not have the power to (oversee local civil rights cases), he said. They don t have the staff to do it. They don t want to do it.

Passed in January, 1979, the Human Rights Ordinance allows the city to refuse contracts to companies that do not meet af-

firmative action goals. The ordinance also makes it illegal to discriminate because. of race, creed, color, sex, origin, sexual preference and physical or mental handicaps.

This (contractual compliance) is really something they have fought against for many years, says Agnes Bryant, director of the Detroit Human Rights Department. The construction trade has been slow and that s putting it mildly in bringing minorities and women into the trade, she said.

But a member of the Builders Exchange, one of the organizations to file suit, says the contractors only wanted clarification on which law they had to follow.

It s like having your mother and father tell you something different. Who do you listen to?

said Joe Neussendorfer, spokesperson for the Builders Exchange

of Michigan. He maintains that the construction: business has made great efforts to comply with the law of the land.

The problem, according to Bryant, is that the city s ordinance includes the contractual compliance section along with other civil rights rulings. She says the Michigan Civil Rights Com-

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mission has declared it does not want to become involved with the city s contractual compliance laws.

She added that Michigan Attorney General Frank Kelley ruled earlier that only the state has the right to develop civil rights laws. The attorney general said local civil and human rights a departments should act to educate citizens and work as a conciliatory organization.

The Builders Exchange of Michigan, J. F. Cavanaugh & Co. and the Greater Detroit Construction Council filed suit in 1979 challenging the ordinance.

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Metro Times Interview with Con ressman John Conyers, Part 2

Shaping a Progressive

Response

by Ron Williams

DMT: want to get back to reordering priorities a bit. I m wondering whether you think that if, in fact, a revitalization of the Democratic Party does not or structurally cannot occur, what your position would be on a third party?

CONYERS: Well, first of all, the Democratic Party could be revitalized if enough of its major constituent groups demanded that. And labor is the single pre-eminently, most powerful constituency in the Democratic Party, and until it demands it, it is not going to happen.

So then you say why don t they leave it and form an alternative vehicle well, it takes courage, nerve, commitment and some vision; and for whatever other reasons you might want to imagine, they figure that it is too hard.

Now here comes the Citizens Party, with Barry Commoner, who speaks beautifully to the issues and who raises a very serious challenge. What does Barry Commoner do contrary to swearing 100 times on the Bible? He essentially omits a Black constituency and keeps it anacademic, bourgeois, basically, suburban kind of movement, totallyignoring the tactical impossibility of forming an alternate movement on that basis. It is such an obvious error that you wouldn t imagine that a person of his brilliance who has committed himself and took so much time into this effort could make that mistake. But we have that elitism, even in the progressive ranks, that refuses to broaden its base to pick up what is necessary for a progressive party. It has got to pick up a labor and working constituency, and unless it really can do that it has to fail. This is as elemental as you can get in American politics.

can bring you a list of 400 programs. They are all going to be cut. We're all going to suffer, so you can keep asking that and Ill keep telling you its bad news and it'll hurt. .so what? The question is what will we do?

A new political movement would not be able to do that, so you have to do it incrementally, and you have to be prepared to stay in on the long haul. You have to understand that. If one studies American political history, it is not hard to see what our alternatives are. Within this system, with all its defects and warts, there is still.a basic residual of power within the people if they could get their hands on the levers.

DMT: What do you see as the most important factors that are rumbling right now on the national scene that might very well coalesce, or even separately but in a coordinated manner, be able to shape a response to the whole rightwing thrust that is going on?

CONYERS: All the constituencies that are being gored are now mobilizing in a wondrous way. There is nothing like getting your program cut off, mean itis like sticking a pin through the seat. Education is going to be wiped out, maybe even the whole department. That was a Reagan campaign, promise. Everybody in the education business wants to meet with me. Now this is very serious. They weren't working this hard to keep Reagan out. Senior citizens are pissed. Working people now are mobilizing. Now what we need, besides fighting to protect your pork chop, is to have a political system in which we can pour into to make a change. The question is will Reagan be re-elected? The answer could be a resounding HELL NO, if we organize for: that and not just to restore cuts.

DMT: What if we get Ted Kennedy, who you said before ran on no basic issues during his candidacy? Is that the best Progressives can hope for?

a T can bring you a list of 400 programs. They are all going to be cut. We re all going to suffer. So you can keep asking that and I'll keep telling you it s bad news and it'll hurt. .so what?.. The question is, what will we do? SSE SO STS SSS TE SE ST TST

CONYERS: Well, it will be if.we all sit around and watch him and Mondale begin to fight over who is going to be the leader. Politics, you know, is like physics: it follows the line of least resistance. Politicians, being human, don t go out and do more than they have to do. Kennedy was the greatest example of that. He only started fighting when he had to fight. Mondale is another example of that; his loyalty to Carter was far more important to him that speaking up on our behalf inside the administration. That s the way it goes. If you don t have to be heroic and take dangerous political positions, you don t.

DMT: What we are looking for then is some leaders and some organizational expressions that mirror and can project the anger that you are talking about?

CONYERS: There has tobe viable political mechanism for all of the populace and constituencies that are in the process of developing. The majority of people all want the right things; they want full employment, they want wage and price control, they want to re-institute controls on energy, they support affirmative action, they. support women s rights, they are for women controlling their bodies, they are for a sincere peace initiative and mutual disarmament. That s what people want. But you can t get it out of a system that s being run by conservatives, and so people say the system doesn t work. You have the majority of people who do not even bother to vote, not realizing that they have grievously underestimated their potential in this system. That is where come in. see that as a major function, to make them understand that there is a struggle in which they can participate and count.

My first letter to the President was with Ron Dellums, Mickey Leland and John Burton of California in which we pointed out to him that the people in our districts want jobs with peace and are tired of so much militarism. We recited the proposition that was so overwhelmingly supported in November here in Detroit and in Oakland, California, and Massachusetts and many places around the country. We said we want you to react to this, and we need to meet

and sit and discuss this matter with you so that you fully comprehend its implications.

DMT: What kind of organizational structure, to your mind, would be the most effective and/ or the most likely to emerge out of the anger that you are feeling from your constituents and other people?

CONYERS: It s either going to go in one of those directions (a new Democratic Party or third party). The question is what do you do -getting there. There is nothing magic about this. You have to energize people to recognize that their political responsibilities are far larger than merely voting when the election booths are open. I m doing it at a personal level in a number of ways.

For example around the Martin Luther King holiday bill. Here is an incredible document which, besides honoring King, acknowledges Black people in the annual celebrations of their country. When you honor King you are honoring the Black. struggle, the civil rights movement and you're acknowledging that Black people deserve a holiday, too. There is a great deal more than symbolism involved in that.

Stevie Wonder was absolutely brilliant to be sitting around, as it were, in Hollywood and saying, Let s have a march in Washington in January in the snow and the cold. If he had cleared this with politicians they would have said, No Stevie, we can t march in the winter time, and you won't get anybodyout and you know marching is tactically passe, so we'll do something else. But no, he said let s do that.

And it was an incredible thing, drawing 100,000 people, especially occurring one week before the inauguration. So now we're forming a new Martin Luther King Bill Committee in every city and state in the nation and, indeed, internationally. Now out of that one incident comes the organizations and the people that are going to be required to support many kinds of other issues politicizing goes on.

Its very hard not to be for Martin Luther King s birthday. That s the lowest common denominator on the political spectrum. But it gets me to a lot of people who would not understand my three energy bills. mean,I have to spend a lot of time on those energy bills, but

when say Martin Luther King, man, hands shoot up. So that s a tremendous organizing vehicle. don t mean in Detroit, where we re already in support by 99.6 percent of the Martin Luther King Bill, but around the country itis an incredible organizing method. use that as an example.

Another example is the National Anti-Draft Conference at Wayne State University which is an outstanding organizing vehicle. It is bringing young people to see that there is something a lot more sinister about just merely registering... .it means you're moving substantially forward to end the volunteer military system that we have now and to move toward a universal draft system. And with the energy ripoff in which we now have an amazing number of indigenous energy consumer organizations outraged at what s happening to the cost of gasoline and home heating oil. And they re becoming politicized. Now all of these things come together.

DMT: How does it express itself?

CONYERS: Once people become politicized in one area, they begin considering everything else. People are not one dimensional. Once you start thinking about the incredible ripoff in energy, then you start thinking about the antidraft conference and the possibility of war. You start thinking about what the King Bill means beyond the symbolism, and you begin thinking now what is my Congressman and two Senators doing up there about that and why aren t they there, and if they are there why aren t they leading? This is the work, as amorphous as it may seem to you, that is incredibly important, because until you substantially raise these levels of understandings among the millions of people in this country, you are not going to leap to the political result of stiffening the spine of the Democratic Party or forming a progressive alternative. That can t happen until this has gone on for a long time and a lot more effectively.

DMT: Coming from the national anti-draft conference this weekend, there is much talk about the resurgence of the cold war and of El Salvador being America s next Viet Nam. While cutting off aid to Nicaragua for allegedly supplying arms to one sidein the El Salvador civil war, we are sending arms and military advisors to aid the other side. What are your thoughts on the Reagan/Haig foreign policy?

CONYERS: Of course, we are the greatest gun runners of all time. That s one of the dangers of this escalated military enterprise that we are in. We are still gasping from Carter s raising of the budget. We had a military budget of under $100 billion annually, as outrageous as that was, when Carter came into office. This military build up follows and complements a very conservative and hostile foreign policy. This is why | said that the Caucus has to internationalize its views. If we aren t able to prevent "a war scenario in these next four years, whether we cut a billion dollars out of the food stamp budget may not be as important as the fact that we may change the shape and future of this planet earth for all time by entering into a war. That s the thing that people in government refuse to talk about, and it is a horrible thing. because it sounds like you are being melodramatic. Here is a nation that has never experienced bombs falling in it like we have dropped all around the world whenever we've determined that it was appropriate. It is hard to get into the mood that if there is a nuclear war in this world, we are going to be destroyed and we are going to be the victims of radiation. That we are going to be on the receiving end as well as the giving end. There really are no winners in a nuclear confrontation, especially if it continues to escalate.

One Mall Too Many?

Hard Times at Lakeside

by Sam Mills

One of my first memories of shopping is riding my bicycle down to the corner store, a half mile away, to buy a soda and Bazooka bubble gum. But that was back in 61, right at the beginning of the flight from Detroit to the suburbs, and Shelby Township was still sparsely populated. Most people in the area did their shopping either in downtown Utica or over in Rochester.

Now, 20 years later, a gas station stands on the site of the old corner store, with a 7-11 across the street. Downtown Utica is no more than a wide spot at Van Dyke and Hall Road after two decades of strip development along Van Dyke. The shape of shopping has changed much since 61, but perhaps the biggest change came with the shopping mall..

The new downtown became the shopping mall, which followed on the heels of the rapidly expanding suburbs, bringing retail diversity and convenience to areas that were nothing. but the sticks beforehand. Malls grew larger as the suburbs expanded, and people became accustomed to the ease of one-stop shopping. Yet, within this decade, we very well might be witness to the next major change iin shopping and retail patterns, culminating in the demise of the retail behemoth and a return to decentralized shopping.

Already the first signs of change to come can be seen at Lakeside Center, a huge, two-story mall situated on Hall Road between Utica and Mt. Clemens. The Taubman Corporation s Lakeside Center, which has just celebrated its fifth anniversary with a variety of Spectacular Events, is an example of state-of-the-art mall design. Two stories containing over 150 stores, including four retail anchor stores, a see-through elevator, three sets of escalators, a computerized fountain, rest areas with plush benches, a stage for performances and demonstrations, several restaurants, four theatres, and even five huge pieces of public sculpture by nationally and internationally known artists.

Recently drove down to Lakeside on a fact-finding: mission, along with checking out some sales and picking up some French pastry at my favorite bakery. Weekday mornings are the best; the pastry is fresh and the mall is quiet as a tomb, with muzak in the distance. But this was Saturday afternoon, replete with dads and moms, kids in strollers to teens in Seger T-shirts, shoppers and customers.

Many walk around with a sort of befuddled look on their faces; Lakeside is very easy to get lostin. At the Information Desk there were no more maps to give to the lost, who this afternoon were coming to the Information Desk at a rate of eight a minute. Upon asking, found out that 12 stores have closed within the last two years, the majority smaller, specialized retailers. Four of these were clothing stores, where competition is stiffest; almost one third of the smaller specialty stores deal with clothing. counted at least two dozen empty retail spaces, each covered in a light tan plastic facade, minimizing the appearance of empty space.

The shopper, too, is beginning to feel the pressure to change their own shopping patterns. Those shoppers who drive 15-20 miles to a mall for a better selection of stores now will probably think twice before using that much gasoline to get there and back. And theflight to the suburbs has turned into a trickle now; a recent survey in Macomb County by the Intermediate School District showed that only: 3% of those interviewed had moved into the county within the last two years.

Malls like Lakeside, built in the belief of inexpensive

gasoline, expanding suburban communities and low

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interest rates, could very well be the first of a dying breed. Those shopping centers located in the midst of well-established communities stand a good chance of survival merely through location; those that were built on the promise of continued urban sprawl might very well find harder times ahead.

TOGOVERNMENT STAND TRIAL.

After more than 15 years since the murder of civil rights worker Viola Liuzzo, a U.S. District Judge ruled on Feb. 25 that the government must stand trial for its negligence in implementing FBI policies régarding the Ku Klux Klan in 1965.

Liuzzo, a Michigan resident, was murdered by Klansmen while participating in the Selma-Montgomery (Alabama) voting; rights campaign. The Liuzzo case was solved because an FBI informant, Gary Thomas Rowe, was among the Klansmen who committed the murder and testified in court against them.

Lawyers representing the family of the slain civil rights worker claim that because Rowe was in constant contact with FBI supervisors, they knew beforehand of the potential violence of the activities that they authorized Rowe to participate in. Therefore, they contend, the FBI could have prevented the murder.

Howard Simon, Director of the Michigan Civil Liberties Union and one of the lawyers representing the Liuzzo family, said at a Detroit press conference that the government must be held responsible for the actions

- of the people it employs.

If they are going to hire someone who commits crimes, then they owe something to the people who are the victims of their crimes, Simon told Detroit Metro Times. They (the FBI) hired an individual (Rowe) who they clearly knew was unstable and who they knew had a history of violent crime. é

The trial is set to begin July 13 in U.S. District Court in Detroit. : ' Florence Walton

U.L.U. CHARGES VIOLATIONS

A delegation of minimum wage workers and supporters demanding immediate action on investigations to uncover minimum wage and uniform maintenance violations in low-wage industries met on Feb. 26 in 22 cities throughout the country at the U.S. Department of Labor s Wage and Hour Division.

The delegation s major concerns are alleged: viola-_ tions by many fast-food restaurants of uniform maintenance regulations and alleged widespread misuse of the student sub-minimum wage law.

Under the present minimum wage law, companies paying the minimum wage must either provide laundry service for their employees or reimburse them for the expense of washing their uniforms. The law also states that those companies who employ students working less than 20 hours a week can legally pay them the subminimum wage ($2.85 an hour).

A recent investigation by the United Labor Unions (ULU) found that many minimum wage paying companies are not paying for thé laundry service of their employees uniforms and that they are also paying $2.85 an hour to students who work beyond the 20hour limit.

Fast-food chains claimed by ULU to be in violation of the minimum wage law in the Detroit area include McDonald s, Burger King, Kentucky Fried Chicken, Arthur Treacher s Fish and Chips, Popeye s Chicken, Dunkin Donuts, White Castle and Burger Chef.

After the demonstration at the old federal building, the Detroit delegation went to Senator Donald Riegel s office to express their concern over Riegel s indecision about the sub- minimum wage issue. Florence Walton

Photo: Andrew Ma Carthur

BOUNTIFUL BISTRO

The latest culinary addition to the Parkstone Hotel in Indian Village has such potential we couldn't wait for a full-blown review to let you know about it. The Village Cafe is the most recent incarnation of an elegant storefront that was once Mr. Hillis pharmacy. Entrepreneur Willie Wiatt (pictured above) has transformed the room by planting a

vase of silk flowers atop each blueclothed table, adding a black para~ chute to the ceiling to mute the oldharsh light fixtures and showcasing lovely old brass, copper and china pieces in and atop the wooden display cases that line the room. A free-standing showcase as you enter holds a strong contender for best cheesecake in Detroit from Kathy's Kakes. The rest of the menu, ambitious but promising, covers all three squares plus Sunday brunch. Dinner entrees, we noticed, included some Louisiana fare, and chef Burnell Streeter, a veteran of many New Orleans kitchens, is apparently anxious to live up to his hometown rep. Music will be featured every weekend, including Sunday brunch Professor Hiroshima Cox is the current attraction. Alas, no liquor license yet, but check out that gumbo! (8047 Agnes, Detroit, 331-3382. Tu-Th, 10 am-10 pm; F-Su, 10 am-1 am; closed Mondays.)

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Frank Joyce, for getting out of WABX while the getting was good. The March 28 March on Harrisburg commemorating TMI. Local infor-mation at 577-3451.

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Large selection of magazines and out-state newspapers. We'll order any text book in print. 189 S. Woodward 642-1977

Though in some people s minds kites have been reduced to atoy, says Pat Gilgallon, kites are to be taken seriously both as sports equipment and high technology.

- Gilgallon's Unique Place in Royal Oak is the area's oldest kite emporium and was the first in the midwest when it opened in 1975. The store sells everything from dragons for beginners to a 12-foot delta that looks like a hang glider. The Unique Place will sponsor its annual kite show at the Fisher Bldg. starting March 20 and will have a booth there with both goods and free literature and information on kite flying. A parafoil rescue kite will also_be on display. Gilgallon s staff is trained to help the novice. We know we're in an area that s new, she explains. Also soon to be seen in the air the kite group 5/20's annual opening fly at Belle Isle, March 22. (525 S. Washington, Royal Oak, 398-5900.)

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NOTES

Local wax forthcoming: first, on Automotive Records an anthology of local new wave entitled Detroit On a Platter and featuring the Sillies, the Mutants, the Torpedoes, the Reruns, Master Cylinder, the Ivories, Destroy All Monsters, Zooks, Cinecyde, Sterling and the Sneaky Haircuts. It's due out April 1, Other new music with local talent is forthcoming on Nessa Records, the premier avant-garde jazz label. By the Roscoe Mitchell Sound Ensemble (including A. Spencer Barefield, Tani Tabbal and Jaribu Shahid all Detroiters), Sing Some Songs, is due out this spring. The three just returned-from a highly successful European tour, and also expect a second release with Mitchell on Black Saint Records, 3X4 Eye any time now. Detroit Metro Times will co-sponsor the first Detroit appearance of political singer/songwriter Holly Near at Rackham Auditorium May 1.Alittle sooner, rockers XIC and Hazel O'Connor plan a visit to the Madison Theatre April 8. Immediately, the Sweetwater Tavern in - Bricktown has added music on Thursday with Caray J, playing creole jazz.

Jack s Lafayette Park Hair Styling Salon GOODIES

Even the most hardened vetetans of the local sweets circuit weren't quite aware of the Continental Home Style Baking Company which is perhaps as it should be. Tucked away on Charles Street just northeast of Hamtramck in Detroit (we spent hours searching industrial ruins, alas), the unobtrusive bakery makes some of the most delectable confections for a start, babkas in three flavors and cakes in four. But their crowning glory is their tort guaranteed to do violence to even the most steadfast of calorie pinchers in five flavors and priced at $8.50 and $9.95. Nothing artificial included either. Our staff sampled three: rum-coffee, poppy seed and chocolate during the production of this issue. Its wonder we made it to press. (6046 Charles, Detroit, 891-6510; M-F, 9 am-6 pm; Sa, 8 am-6 pm; Su, 10 am-1 pm. Call for directions.)

In the world of lollipops, See s square suckers from San Francisco are sincerely sublime. For a mere quarter you can have chocolate, caramel or peanut butter only available locally at Cheers,*in the Franklin Plaza in Southfield,who - told us they recently sold one hundred in one day. (29169 Northwestern Highway, Southfield, 357-2343.)

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The following listings have been compiled by Linda Solomon and are subject to last-minute changes and unintentional errors. A fine suggestion would be to call first. Now, if your event hasn't been included, that s because you have not sent any info my way. Deadline for the next issue is March 11.

AKOBEN: March 13-14, Aknartoon s, 867-3102.

ALEX KALLAO TRIO: T-Sa, Top of the Pontch, 965-0200.

ALEXANDER ZONJIC QUARTET: Sundays, Crash Lansing, Warren, 751-4444, Mondays, Jimmy's, Farmington, 4774000. Tu-Sa, J. Ross Browne's, Bloomfield, 334-4694.

ANDREA CHEOLAS TRIO: Th-Sa, Sir Charles Pub, RO, 541-9593.

BESS BONNIER: Sundays, 1-4 pm, DIA Crystal Gallery, 832-2730.

BILL MURPHY: Th-Sa, Crash oe Warren, 751-4444.

BILLY KALLAO QUINTET: Tu-Su, Excalibur, Southfield, 358-3355.

BOB SZAJNER TRIAD with ROY

BROOKS & RAY McKINNEY: March 20: 21, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820.

BORK EM RIFF QUARTET: March 15, brunch, The-Gnome, 833-0120.

CEDAR WALTON TRIO: Opening March 2, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, 864-1200.

CHARLES BOLES: Sundays, Union Street II, 831-3965.

CHRIS RUTKOWSRI: Thursdays, Union Street II, 831-3965.

CREATIVE MUSIC PHASE II: DIA Recital Hall,.5200 Woodward, 8322730. March 14, 8 pm, solos for reeds by Antony Holland and Faruq Z. Bey.

CUT GLASS with ORTHEA BARNES: Th-Sa, Piper's Alley, Edison Plaza, 2370022.

DEE MERRICK: Through March 19, The Radio, 872-0924.

DUANE PARHAM' & GREG MATHIS: Thursdays, Cobb's Comer, 832-7223. FOSTER & RITCHIE: F-Su, Gregory's, 832-5732.

FREE PLAY: Tuesdays, Cobb s Corner, 832-7223.

GARY KARP: Wednesdays, Union Street I, GP, 331-0018. F-Sa, The Gnome, 831-0120.

JEFF LORBER FUSION: April 17, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610.

JIM & MIKE: Th-Sa, Sparky Herbert's, 822-0266.

LADY with the RON BROOKS TRIO: March 13-14, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820.

MAYNARD FERGUSON: April 10, Royal - Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610.

MICHE BRADEN: Thru March, Down Under Restaurant.

PROFESSOR HIROSHIMA COX: SaSu, Village Cafe, 331-3382.

RAYSE BIGGS QUINTET JAM SESSION featuring VINCENT BOWENS & MARION HAYDEN: Tuesdays, Dummy George, 341-2700.

SPANKY WILSON with ROD HICKS TRIO: March 4-8, Dummy George, 3412700.

SUSKIND & WEINBERG: F-Sa, Union Street II, 831-3965.

TERRY COLLIER: March 11-22, Dummy George's, 341-2700.

VICKI GARDEN: Wednesdays, Union Street II, 831-3965.

WENDALL HARRISON & PAMELA

WISE: March 13-14, 431 East, 836- 6218.

BLUES

ALBERT COLLINS & THE ICEBREAKERS: March 13-14, Soup Kitchen, 2591374.

B. B. KING: March 5-7, db s, Pear 593-1234.

BOB MARGOLIN: March 6-7, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374.

_CHICAGO PETE & THE DETROITERS: March 6-7, Union Street I, GP, 3310018. March 8 & 15, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483. DETROIT BLUES BAND: Thursdays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374. March 13-14, Lili's, 875-6555. 2

EDDIE BURNS BLUES BAND: March 6 & 7, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.

FLAMING EMBERS: March 6-8, 13-14, Ethel s Cocktail Lounge, 922-9443. LITTLE JUNIOR CANNADAY: March 4, 11, 18, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483. LITTLE SONNY & HIS BLUES REVIEW: March 13-14, Alvin's Bar, 832-2355. PROGRESSIVE BLUES BAND: Wednesdays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374. March 13-14 & Thursdays, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483. March 6-7 & Sundays, Blue Parrott, Southfield. STARK RAVING REVIEW, BLUE FRONT PERSUADERS & SEMBLANCE:

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A benefit for SEVA, March 8, Blind Pig,Ann Arbor, 996-8555. SUNDAY BLUES BAND: W & F, Rudy's Rochester, 652-7333.

URBATIONS: Sundays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374. March 5, 19, Alvin's Bar, 832-2355.

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R&B

BOBBY BLUE BLAN: March 13-15, Henry's Place, 341-9444.

DON TAPPERT & THE 2nd AVENUE BLUES BAND: March 4 7, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820.

JAMES BROWN: March 6-8, Henry s Palace, 341-9444.

O.G.D. with CLARENCE JACKSON: MSa,Gallery Lounge, 963-8076.

RH FACTOR: March 6-7, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555.

ROD LUMPKIN TRIO featuring GRETA HENDRICK: M-Tu, Blue Chip Lounge, 538-4850.

SALUTE TO THE FAMILY: Featuring Hubert Laws, Debra Laws, the Jones Girls, Lenny White and 29. March 7, 7:30 pm, Masonic Aud., 832-7100.

T.F.0.: Th-Su, Blue Chip Lounge, 538-

4850.

NS DISCO

CARSON II: Tu, 832-5910.

CENTER STAGE: Canton, Sundays, 455-3010.

CLUB POLE SKI: Five nights weekly, 891-9520.

CLUB UBQ: Th-Su, 923-2357. DILLON S: W-Sa, 546-4466.

FACES: Nightly, 852-6450. 431 EAST: F-Sa; 836-8218. JAY BEE'S: Th, 961-1121.

L'ESPRIT: Nightly, 963-6902.

OSCAR'S: Nightly, 353-6806. *@ STUDIO 54: In the Leland House, 963-0045.

ROCK

ADRENALIN: March 5-7, Harpo s, 8236400.

BAROOGA: March 17-21, Jagger's, Pontiac, 681-1701.

BITTER SWEEI ALLEY: March 8, Harpo's, 823-6400: March 11-14, September's, Warren, 756-6140. March 1. 17-18, Side Street, Lincoln Park, 388-

1186. March 19-22, Bentley's, Royal Oak, 583-1292.

BOSTON MASSACRE: March 5, Uncle Sam's, 538-8200.

BULL STAR: March 17, 24 Karat, 531-2332. oe

COHORT: March 12, Star Bar, Ann Arbor, 769-0109.

DITTILIES: March 11-14, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5350.

DONNIE IRIS: March 8, Harpo s, 823-6400.

FALCONS: March 19, Star Bar, Ann Arbor, 769-0109.

FASS: March 5-14, 300 Bowl, Waterford, 682-6300.

FOOTLOOSE: March 13-14; Star Bar, Ann Arbor, 769-0109.

GAIL PALMER & FOURPLAY: March 11 & 18, Uncle Sam s, 538-8200. March 17 Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5350.

HUMBLE PIE: March 14, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610.

1.0.U.: W-Su, Way Station, Lake Orion, 628-9721.

IVORY TOWER: March 5-7, Harpo s, 823-6400.

KNUCKLES: March. 5, Uncle Sam's, 538-8200.

LOOKOUT: March 5-7, Jagger's, Pontiac, 681-1701. March, 15-16, Token Lounge, Westland, 261-9640.

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MARIAH: March 4-8, Bentley's, RO, 583-1292. March 11, 13, 15, Papillon Ballroom, Dearborn, 278-0079. March 12, Uncle Sam's, 53-8200. MARINER: March 5-8, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5350. March 10-14, Token Lounge, Westland, 261-9640.

MARTHA & THE MUFFINS: March 16, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5360. MARY ROBERTS & THE INSIDE/OUTSIDE BAND: Sundays, The Gnome, 831-0120. March 11, Bookie s, 8620877.

MIMI HARRIS POWER HOUSE BAND: Sundays, Union Street I, GP, 331-0018.

MUGSY: March 5-7, Token Lounge, Westland, 261-9640. March 10-15, 24 Karat, 531-2332.

NAZARETH: March 6, 8 pm, Cobo Arena, 962-5921.

NON STOP BAND: March 13-14, Union Street-I, GP, 331-0018.

PRODIGY: March 4-8, Wagon Wheel, Rochester, 528-1313. THE PUPPETS: March 15, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5350.

QUEST: March 8-9, Token Lounge, Westland, 261-9640.

RADIO CITY: March 16-17, Bentley's, RO, 583-1292. -

RE.O. SPEEDWAGON: March 27, 8 pm, Joe Louis Arena, 962-2000.

ROUGH CUT: March 13, The Bowery, 871-1503. March 15, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5350.

RUSH: March 13-15, 8pm, CoboArena, 962-5921.

SCOTCH: March 10-14, Jagger's, Pontiac, 681-1701. March 18-22, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 995-5360.

SCRATCH: W-Su, Slinky's, Redford, March 9-10, Bentley's, RO, 583-1292.

SKIDS: March 11-15, Bentley's, RO, 583-1292. March 17-21, Token Lounge, Westland, 261-9640.

SPRINGWELL: March 4-8, Exit Lounge, Madison Hgts., 588-3121.

STEVE NARDELLA: March 5, 19, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555. March 6-7, Star Bar, Ann Arbor, 769-0109.

STEVE NEWHOUSE: March 12, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555.

STINGRAYS: March 18, paint RO, 583-1292. ee STORY: March 6-7 & 12-14, Kegabrew, 343-9558. -

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STRUT: March 4-5, Papillon Ballroom, Dearborn, 278-0079: March 10-11, Sidestreet, Lincoln Park, 388-1186.

STYX: March 24, 8 pm, Joe Louis Arena, 962-2000.

SWEET CRYSTAL: March.10, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5350.

TEEN ANGELS: March 4-7, September's, Warren, 756-6140.

TEEZER: March 6-8, Papillon Ballroom, 278-0079. March 19-21, Uncle Sam s, 538-8200.

TILT: March 3-8, Sidestreet, Lincoln Park, 388-1186.

TOBY REDD: March 5-8, 24 Karat, 5312332. March 9-10, 16-18, September's, Warren, 7566140. March 12-14, Harpo's, 823-6400.

TODD RUNDGREN & UTOPIA: April 3, Royal'Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610.

NEW WAVE

AMERICANS: March 11, Nunzio s, 3833121:

ATTITUDES: March 5, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

BOSCH: March 6-7, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881. -

BRAUHAUS: March 6, Bookie s, 8620877.

CADILLAC KIDZ: March 14, Nunzio's, 383-3121.

THE CHEATERS: March 6-7, Lili's, 8756555. ae

CINECYDE: March 14, The Bowery, 871-1503.

COLDCOCK: March 7, Bookie s, 8620877.

CUBES: March 7, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881. March 13, Todd s, 366-8633. CULT HEROES: March 6, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

DN.A: March 6, Todd's, 366-8633. DENIZENS: March ,7, Bookie s, 8620877.

FANGS: March 8, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

THE FAST: March 19, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

FLEXIBLES: March 5, Star Bar, Ann Arbor, 769-0109.

GAIL PALMER: March 8, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

GARY PYKA & THE SCALES: March 13, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

GLASSINGS-DAVID BAND: March 19, Lilis, 875-6555.

INCREDIBLE MOHAWK_BROTHERS: March 7, The Bowery, 871-1503.

JOE KING CARRASCO: March 5, Bookie's, 862-0877.

KICKS: March 14, Red Carpet iouaae 885-9881.

« L-SEVEN: March6, Bookie's, 862- 0877.

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LUKE WARM: March 19, Nunzio's, 383-3121.

MISSING PERSONS: March 7, Paychecks, 872-8934. March 13, Nunzio s, 383-3121.

MODERN RAGE: March 13, Nunzio's, 383-3121. MOTOR CITY ROCKERS: March 15, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

NATASHA: March 7, Nunzio s, 383Bigk

NELSONS: March 13, 19, Bookie s, 862-0877.

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SHOES: March 13, Bookie s, 862-0877. SILLIES: March 13, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

STATE: March 10, Star Bar, Ann Arbor,, 769-0109.

STATIC: March 6, 14; Les Lounge, 5928714. March 12, Nunzio's, 383-3121.

STINGRAYS: March 12, Bookie s, 8620877.

STRANGERS: March 5, Nunzio s, 3833i21: TRAINABLE: March 6, The Bowery, 871-1503.

MICHAEL G: Th-Sa, Tom's Taverm, 7213860. ROSS SOUTHERN BAND: W-Sa, Carter's Bar, 521-9216.

SOUTHERN BREEZE: 7 days a week, All Around Bar, 292-6838.

STRINGS & THINGS: Th-Sa, Greg's Emergency Room, Westland, 7282629.

FOLK

CALICO: March 13, Southfield Civic Center, 855-9848.

CHARLIE TAYLOR: Sundays, 3-7 pm, Alden s Alley, RO, 545-5000.

DOUG GARCEAU: March 6, Marcelles, RO, 541-8855.

GRIFF S LIVE CONCERT: Featuring Lost World String Band, Bosom Buddies, All Girl Swing Band, New Moon Swing .Band, Sunnysiders, Homegrown Grass Band and Alien Meatballs. March 14, noon-2 am, Griff's, Pontiac, 334-7651.

JIM PERKINS & JOE VERMILION: March 8, 15, Four Green Fields, RO, 280-2902.

JOE VERMILION: March 6, Southfield Civic Center, 855-9848.

JOHN JACQUES: Thursdays, Union StreetI, GP, 331-0018.

KAREN BOUCHARD: Tu-Sa, Brew & Faraq Z. Bey and Anthony Holland, DIA, March 14

NEW TOYS: March 6, Nunzio s, 3833121.

NIKKI & THE CORVETTES: March 7, Nunzio's, 383-3121. March 17, Star Bar, Ann Arbor, 769-0109. PACK 9 (formerly 27's): March 14, Bookie s, 862-0877.

PERONA: March 15, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

PHILLIP MELVILLE & THE BOWERY: March 8, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

POSTER CHILDREN: March 13, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

RAGNAR KVARAN GROUP: March 15, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5350. March 20, The Bowery, 871-1503.

ROCKABILLY CATS: March 6-7, Alvin's Bar, 832-2355. March 13, Paychecks, 872-8934.

THE RUNNERS: March 6-7, Lili's, 8756555.

RUSSELL GOOD & THE OUTLINES: March 12, Nunzio s, 383-3121.

SEATBELTS: March 13, Nunzio's, 3833121. March 14, Red Carpet Lounge, 885-9881.

SECRETS: March 14, Paychecks, 8728934. i

SERVICE: March 14, The Bowery, OF -1o0S.

SHAKTI & THE SODA JERKS: March 12, Lili s, 875-6555.

TULSA CITY TRUCKERS: March 7, The Bowery, 871-1503.

VIA SATELLITE: March 5, Paychecks, 872-8934.

VICTIM EYES: March 6, The Bowery, 871-1503.

VIRGIN PIGS: March 5, Lil's, 8756555. THE VISITORS: March 18, Nunzio s, 383-3121.

WALKIE TALKIE: March 7, Paycheck s, 872-8934.

X.T.C. & HAZEL O'CONNOR: April 8, 7:30 pm, reserved seating at the Madison Theatre, 961-0687.

X-CITABLES: March = Bookie s, 8620877.

YOUNG & DIRTY: March 9-10, Richard s Lounge, Livonia, 474-2880. March 18, Bookie s, 862-0877. March 19, Brickyard, Mt. Clemens. ZELLOTS: March 6, Nunzio's, 3833121. March 7, Bookie's, 862-0877.

COUNTRY

CHANGING TIMES: M-Sa, City, Berkley, 542-9797...

Phoenix

DON'S COUNTRY ROSE: F-Sa, Doug's Body Shop, Ferndale, 399-1040.

LARRY LEE ATKINS & THE HANGING TREE: Th-Sa, Urban Cowboy, Westland, 326-3500.

Kangaroo, Dearborn, 565-0660.

MARTY BURKE: March 13-17, Four Green Fields, RO, 280-2902.

MUSTARD' S RETREAT: Su-M, Alden s Alley, RO, 545-5000.

NEW MOON SWING BAND: March 13, Griffs, Pontiac, 334-7651.

NORTHERN COMFORT: March 5, 12, Four Green Fields, RO, 280-2902.

PAT McDUNN & THE GAELS: March 7, 10, #4, 17, Four Green Fields, RO, 2802902.

PATS PEOPLE: W-Th, Alden s Alley, RO, 545-5000. March 19, Four Green Fields, RO, 280-2902.

PETE SEEGER: March 21, 1 pm, Michigan Theatre, Ann Arbor. Detroit ticket info: 838-6733.

RICHARD MANDERFIELD: March 11, 18, Four Green Fields, RO, 280-2902.

SUE STOLTZ & JAN BOONSTRA: March 8, Cripple Creek Coffeehouse, Birmingham, 645-1173.

SUNNY SIDERS: March 6-7, Griffs, Pontiac, 334-7651.

TERRY ROSS: March 15, Cripple Creek Coffeehouse, Birmingham, 645-1173. ..

THREE PENNY OPRY: Tu-F-Sa, Alden s Alley, RO, 545-5000.

TREES: March 13-14, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555. WOLF PAUL: Mondays, Union Street I, GP, 331-0018.

CLASSICAL

AMERICAN ARTIST SERIES: Kingswood Aud., 885 Cranbrook, Bloomfield, 647-230. March 8, 7 pm, Ancient Voices of Children. Coffee and wine meet the. artist reception follows. BAROQUE BISTRO: DIA Crystal Gallery, 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. Th, 7:30 & 9:30 pm,call for schedule. BRUNCH WITH BACH: DIA, 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. Sundays, 10 & 11:30 am, call for current schedule. BRUNCH WITH THE CLASSICS: The Gnome, 4124 Woodward, 833-0120. March 8, Paul Burns. March 15, St. Pattick's Brunch with Bork Em Riff Quartet CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY OF DETROIT: Orchestra Hall, 863-5085 for info. March 15, 8 pm, Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Karl Munchinger, conductor. CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: DIA, 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. March 12, 8:30 pm, Ars Musica performs Brandenburg Concertos.

DETROIT FLUTE ASSOCIATION: Old Christ Church, Jefferson at I-75, 4248370. March 15, 4:30 pm, Shaul BenMeir, flute, and Thomas M. Kuras, organ.

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Ford Aud., Woodward at Jefferson. March 5-7, 8:30 pm, Antol Dorati, conductor. Bartok Festival: March 12, 13, 19, 21, 8:30 pm, Antol Dorati, conductor. March 8, 3 pm, DSO Benefit, Masonic Auditorium.

GROSSE POINTE SYMPHONY: Parcells School Aud:, Mack at Vernier, 824-6186. March 15, 3:30 pm, Concerto No. in E Minor for Piano and Orchestra.

GUILD HALL SERIES: Christ Church, Cranbrook at Lone Pine, Bloomfield, 645-3142. March 15, 4 pm, The Cranbrook Wind Quartet.

KEYBOARD SERIES: DIA, 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. March 7, 8:30 pm, Recital Hall, Paul Jacobs, piano.

MACOMB SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Macomb County Comm. College, South Campus, 14500 12 Mile Rd., Warren, 445-7196. March 6, 8 pm, coffee concert, work by J. Strauss, Offenbach & Gershwin will be performed.

NIGHTCAP WITH MOZART: Birmingham Unitarian Church, 651 Woodward, 851-8934. Call for current schedule. Classical music Friday nights with wine and cheese.

PLYMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Plymouth Salem H 'S., 453-3888 or 455-4023. March 8, 4 pm, Johan van der Merwe, conductor.

PRAELUDIUM SERIES: Orchestra Hail, 3711 Woodward. March 17, 8 pm, Gyorgy Sandor, pianist.

Entertainment Wednesday through Saturday Always a GOOD TIME! Under New Management

4145 Woodward 831-3965 Detroit

ENTERTAINMENT

Wednesday-Sunday

SUNDAY BRUNCH with classical guitar music

March 5, 6, 7 Story & White Wolf

March 7 WABX Party

March 12, 13, 44 Story

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SATURDAYS AT FOUR: Marygrove College, Madame Cadillac Hall, 8425 W. McNichols, 885-0744. March 14;4 pm, Chamber Music performed by the Detroit String Quartet.

SUNDAY BRUNCH: Classical music at Union Street II, 831-3965, MichaelJeup, guitar. -

YOUNG ARTISTS CONCERT: Cranbrook House Library, 380 Lone Pine, Bloomfield, 646-3359. March 10, 8:30 pm, saprano Janet Cessna, pianist Clayton Hecocks.

ETC.

SUNDAYS: Alvin's Bar, 832-2355.

CASS AVENUE BRIDGE: W-Sa, Blarby s, Warren, 939-6902.

DOLLARS: Tu-Sa, Club Players, Drayton Plains, 674-4837.

MACA RHYTHM: March 11, reggae, Star Bar, Ann Arbor, 769-0109.

NEIL WOODWARD: March 8-10, Back Seat Saloon, Keego Harbor, 682-5777. March 18, Griff's, Pontiac, 334-7651.

ONXYZ: March 12, reggae at Alvin's Bar, 832-2355.

RICK NELSON: March 9-14, crooning at db's, Dearborn, 593-1234.

STEEL PULSE: March 9, reggae, Second Chance, Ann Arbor, 994-5350.

ONSTAGE

ACTOR'S RENAISSANCE THEATRE: Ren Cen btw. Towers 200 & 300, 5682525. March 5 thru April 4, Th-Su, 8 pm, Lion In Winter.

ATTIC THEATRE: 525 E. Lafayette, 963-7789. March 6 thru April 25, Bent. Showtimes: Th, F & Su, 8 pm; Sa, 6 & 9 pm.

BIRMINGHAM THEATRE: 211 S. Woodward, 644-3533. Every day except Mon. Opening March 13 thru > May 10, Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up.

DETROIT REPERTORY THEATRE: 13103 Woodrow Wilson, 868-1347. March 12 thru May3, Th-Su, Puntila and Mattie.

EAGLE THEATRE LIVE: 135, Saginaw, Pontiac, 335-5470. March 6-7, Heaven Can Wait.

FISHER THEATRE: Fisher Bidg., 8721000. Thru April 4, Annie.

FORD AUDITORIUM: Jefferson at Woodward. March 15, 8 pm, Hillel Day School presents Bill Cosby and Geula Gill. For more info call 851-2394.

FOURTH STREET PLAYHOUSE: 301 W. Fourth St., RO, 543-3666. March 6April 4, Relatively Speaking. There are also midnight plays following weekend performances.

MEADOW BROOK THEATRE: Oakland Univ., Rochester, 377-3300. Thru March

22, Another Part of the Forest. For ticket and show time info call 377-3300.

MUSIC HALL: 350 Madison, 963-7622.

March 10 & 13, 8:30 pm; March 14,2& 8:30 pm, Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein Gertrude Stein.

NEW PLAYWRIGHTS THEATRE OF DETROIT: 18100 Meyers, 861-4842. March 6-8, The Dutchman. ONE-ACT PLAY FESTIVAL & COMPETITION: Grosse Pointe War Memorial on Lakeshore Dr. in Grosse Pointe. March 6-8, each day three one-act plays will be presented by local groups representing Livonia, Redford, Farmington, W. Bloomfield, Royal Oak, Richmond, Flint, Saginaw, Mt. Pleasant, Escanaba, Iron Mountain, Battle Jackson.

STUDIO THEATRE: Oakland Univ., Rochester, 377-3015. March 13-15, 2021, 27-29, The Importance of Being Earnest.

THE THEATRE: U of D Theatre Group performance at Marygrove Campus, 8425 W. 6 Mile, 927-1130. March 20 thru April 21, F & Sa, 8 pm, The Apple Tree.

W.S.U. THEATRES: Hilberry Theatre: Cass at Hancock, 577-2972. March 5, Love for Love. March 6-7, Caesar& Cleo. March 13, Prem Preview. March 14, Bloody Jack. Bonstelle Theatre: 3424 Woodward, 577-2960. March 6-8, 1315, Miracle Worker.

WARREN HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE: 5460 Arden & Mound Rd., 264-0540. March 6-7, 8 pm, Curious Savage. Group rates available.

WILL-O-WAY REPERTORY THEATRE: 775 W. Long Lake, Bloomfield Hills, 644-4418. F-Sa, 8:30 pm, thru March 28, Zorba. Call in advance.

DINNER THEATRE

ALFRED S SOMERSET DINNER

THEATRE: 2475 W. Big Beaver, Troy, 643-8865. Thru May 16, F & Sa, dinner at 7:30 pm, California Suite.

BOOK CADILLAC IN DETROIT: 1114

Washington Bivd. Thru March 28, F & Sa, Hay Fever. Dinner at 7 pm.

COOPERS ARMS: 306 Main St., Rochester. Every F & Sa thru March 14, Black Coffee White Coffee. Show begins at 10 pm. Call 651-2266 for more info.

GEORGIAN INN: 31327-Gratiot, Roseville, 288-0450. March 14 thru April 11, Jacques Brel. F & Sa, dinner at 7 pm, showtime 8:30. Call for reservations.

LANGSTON HUGHES THEATRE: 13325 Livernois, 935-9425. Call for current schedule.

MR. MAC S STABLE: 1 Parkland Tower, Dearborn, 288-0450. F & Sa, March 13April 25, Tattoo. Dinner at 7 pm, show time 9 pm. Call for reservations.

MUSEUM THEATRE: Greenfield Village & Henry Ford Museum. March 6-7, 1314, Dear Ruth. Dinner at 7 pm, cocktails, both optional. Reservations required.

ROBERTO'S: 2485 Coolidge, Berkley, 288-0450. Thru March 29, Oscar. Dinner 6 pm, show time 7:30 pm. Call for reservations.

Friday March 6 and Every Saturday in March

GERRY O'CONNOR & YOLANDA JONES

March 13 St. Patrick s Day Party

Harbinger Dance Company, Orchestra Hall, March 13-14.

STOUFFER S EASTLAND DINNER

THEATRE: 18000 Vernier, St. Clair Shores, 371-8410.: March 6 thru April 18, F & Sa, Same Time, Next Year. Cocktails at 7 pm, dinner at 7:30 pm, show at 8:45 pm. Call 371-8410 for reservations.

STOUFFER S DINNER SHOWCASE: Northland Inn, Southfield, 569-4700. Every F & Sa, 7:30 pm, The Gonzo Theatre. Show time 9 pm. THE WINE TASTERS RESTAURANT

THEATRE: 17 Mile and Van Dyke, Sterling Heights, 288-0450. Through March 28, F & Sa, dinner at 7 pm, show time 9 pm, Same Time Next Year. Call for reservations.

DANCE

THE FELD BALLET: Music Hall, 350 Madison, 963-6943. March 4-8. Call for - performance times.

FESTIVAL DANCERS OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: 6600 W. Maple; W. Bloomfield, 661-1000. March 15, 3:30 pm, Aaron DeRoy Theatre, A Celebration of Jewish Music and Dance.

HARBINGER DANCE COMPANY: Orchestra Hall, 833-3700 or 883-1998. March 13-14, 8:30 pm, Winter Concert. MIDWEST DANCE CENTER: 8556 W. 9

Mile Rd., Oak Park, 545-8055. Ongoing classes in Ballet, Modern and Creativedance. Registration for Summer Camp of the Arts is now taking place.

BENEFITS

CULTURAL RENAISSANCE CENTER

BENEFIT: Orchestra Hall, 833-3700. March 28, 8 pm, the James Tatum Trio Plus will perform Contemporary Jazz Mass. Proceeds will be used to send students to Music Camp.

DETROIT METRO TIMES BENEFIT: Detroit Repertory Theatre, 13103 Woodrow Wilson, 961-4060 for info. March 13, 8 pm, Puntila and Matti. Proceeds benefit the best alternative newspaper in Detroit. There will be a compli-

DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

GALA BENEFIT CONCERT: Masonic Auditorium, 962-5524 or 833-6105 for tickets or info. In conjunction with WQRS.

AUDITIONS

DETROIT FOCUS GALLERY: March 14

is the entry deadline for slides of original work to be reviewed for an upcoming exhibit. Call 962-9025 for info.

FOURTH STREET PLAYHOUSE: Auditions will be held March 8-9 by appointment only for two productions, The Wall and Beyond Mozambique. Call 5433666 for information and appointment.

MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE: MICHIGAN OPERA THEATRE: Auditions will be held March 17-19 for ~ talented singers and instrumental musicians interested in MOT's orchestra and chorus. Appointments can be made by calling. 963-3717, M-F, 11 am-4 pm.

* AIRWAVES

COMMERCIAL-FREE JAZZ: M-F, 12 midnight-1 am. M: the Revisited Series. Tu-W: Jazz Album Review. Th-F: assorted musicians. Hosted by Calvin Euseary. WJZZ, 105.9 FM.

COOLING OUT: M-F, 6-7 pm. Call 2592303 for an opportunity to air your views. Hosted by Larry Bird. WGPR, 107.5 FM.

DANGEROUS EXPOSURE: Sundays, 9 pm, stuff that isn t normally heard in the market. WABX, 99 FM.

DETROIT BLACK JOURNAL: Airs every Friday at 9:30 pm & Sunday, 2:30 pm. WIVS, Channel 56.

FREE FOR ALL: Fridays, 9 pm, Mort Crim hosts a talk show featuring a panel of 5 Detroiters .addressing current issues. WDIV, Channel 4.

KING BISCUIT FLOWER HOUR: Su, 9-10 pm. BBC-produced show presents music from rock's finest. WRIF, 101 FM.

MORPHOGENESIS: Unique forms of creative music from all places and periods with Judy Adams. M-F, 3-5 pm. WDET, 101.9 FM.

MUSIC FROM THE ART INSTITUTE: Su, 1-2 pm. Classical concerts recorded at DIA music events, including Brunch With Bach. WQRS, 105.1 FM. NOT FOR MUSICIANS ONLY: Su, 11:30 pm. Host Carl Coffee talks with people involved in all facets of the music biz. Charlie Martin, former Seger drummer, co-hosts. WRIF, 101 FM. OLD 'N GOLD: Sunday evenings, 6:308:30 pm. Featuring R&B and Rockabilly. WDTR, 91 FM.

PRISONER CELL BLOCK H: MF, 11 pm. This intellectual soap from Australia has attracted a cult following for its realistic portrayals of women in prison. WKBD, Channel 50. RADIOS IN MOTION: Fridays, 1 pm. Alternative rock for an alternative society. Hosted by Mike Halloran. WDET, 101.9 FM.

STAR WARS: Pretiueres March 5, 8pm. The box office hit is now a stereo radio experience in 13 episodes. WDET, 101.9 FM.

WDET BLUES AFTER HOURS: Saturday evenings, 12-2 am. Blues with the Coachman on WDET, 101.9 FM. WHISKEY BEFORE BREAKFAST: Saturday, 11 am. Hosts Judy Donlin and local singer/songwriter Joe Vermilion bring you the finest in folk both recorded and live. WDET, 101.9 FM. YOU & YOUR PROBLEM: Tues., 9 pm, Wilson Brown helps listeners with problems. Phone yours in. 259-5226. = WGPR, 107.5 FM.

LITERARY

HOLLYWOOD BAR: 6221 Lincoln, 8751650. Local artist poetry readings every once in a while. Call for schedule.

MACOMB FANTASY FACTORY: Meets altemate Mondays. Call Dell Courey, 286-2256 for more info. METRO DETROIT WRITERS SOCIETY: 516 Howard, 897-6699. March 18, 79:30 pm. Call for details. POETRY RESOURCE CENTER OF - MICHIGAN: PO Box 1322, Southfield, 48075. Publishes monthly newsletter by subscription and guide to Michigan small presses. Contact above address for more info.

BIRMINGHAM-BLOOMFIELD ART ASSOCIATION: 1516 S. Cranbrook, Birmingham, 644-0866. March 13, 8 pm, Making Magic: Portrait of the Artist. Michael Farrell, speaker.

OPEN SATURDAY FOR LUNCH

589 ST. AUBIN 259-0578

1BLOCK S. OF JEFFERSON. CORNER OF WOODBRIDGE 4 MINUTES EAST OF THE Relais aC CENTER

KITCHEN HOURS

Mon.-Thurs. 10-6 Friday 10-9

Bar until 2 am 267 Jos. Campau 259-0966

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FOOD & SPIRITS

Entertainment Nightly

March 6-7. Chicago Pete

March 13-14 NON-STOP BAND

March 20-21 Mary Roberts & the Inside/Outside

March 17 St. Patrick s Party

WHOLE WHEAT /, PIZZERIA

We specialize in whole-wheat pizzas. chapatis, & submarines. We use all natural ingredients in our homemade -sauces and dough. Our cheese is color & chemical free, & our salad dressings are all pure. So. come in and try an allnatural pizza and see the difference.. For Carty Out $43-2372

HOURS: Fri, 1! am-11:30 pm Sat. 5 pm-11:30 pm M-Th 12 pm-10 pm Sun. 5 pm-10 pm 409 N. Main ®@ Royal Oak (between I! and 12 Mile)

Joe King Carrasco, Bookie s, March 5.

LAWRENCE INSIITUITE OF TECHNOLOGY: 21000 W. 10 Mile Rd., Southfield, 356-0200. March 10, 12 noon, Comfort and Energy Conservation: Are They Compatible? Prof. Joseph Oliveri, speaker. March 17, 12 noon, Problems in Recreational Planning. Harriet Saperstein, principle planner, Rec. Dept., City of Detroit.

U.S.CHINA PEOPLE'S FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION: Sacred Heart Semi nary, Chicago at Linwood, 869-2660. March 10, 7:30 pm, Prof. Michel Oksenberg, former presidential advisor, will speak on China.

WOMEN S ECONOMIC CLUB: Detroit Plaza Hotel, Columbus Ballroom, 4th Level, 963-5088. March 17, 11:45 am, W. Michael Blumenthal, speaker. WORLD ADVENTURE SERIES: DIA, 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. March 8, 2:30 pm, Labrador Whales and Quebec Tales, with Tom Sterling. March 15, 2:30 pm, An Insider's View of Hawaii, with Willis Moore.

LEARNING

ARETE SEMINARS: Sheraton Inn, Southfield, 547-9080. March 14 28, 9-

by Michael Betzold

BETZOLDIAN PATENTED RATING SYSTEM

Guaranteed to tell you at a glance the nutritional value of this week s movie diet. Contains three ingredients in quantities from zero to three. Stars («**) measure the movie's overallquality.

ZZZ's tell you how much sleep you'll get watchingit. WWW s stand for Weirdness. Unrated films are to be sampled at your own risk. Warning: Your psychic health may be affected. If drowsiness, eyestrain, blood pressure, schizophrenia or other signs of movie addiction persist, dial M.

ALTERED STATES. (AWWWWWWWWWWww)

This movie broke my weirdness-measuring instruments and left me feeling like somebody'd put some nasty stuff in my brownies. Too bad it so silly that you roar in laughter at what are supposed to be the heaviest scenes. Ken Russell shoots his specialeffects wad in this film about crazy scientist named Eddie Jessup, who mixes Mexican magic mushrooms with Harvard isolation tanks to visit earlier cosmic realities, and brings chunks of the collective unconscious back home with him. When Jessup (literally) goes ape, the movie becomes hilarious gorilla gas in spite of its pretentions; otherwise, it just an excuse for Russell to hold garage sale of cheap Western imitation Eastem mystical consciousness, you thought tripping out was lost art, see Altered States. Ihe movie is

pm, Psycho-Metaphysics Seminar. CHILDBIRTH WITHOUT PAIN EDUCATION ASSOCIATION: 2 films on childbirth, Lynn & Smitty and American Naissance: Journey With Friend, will be shown March 5, pm, Grace Northwest Hospital, 18700 Meyers; and again March 10, pm, Berkley High School cafeteria, Catalpa at Coolidge. For more info: Judy, 588-4032 or Pat, 885-8532. CITIZENS FOR BEITER CARE: 163 Madison, 962-5571. March 11-12, 9:304:30, 2-day free workshop to train individuals interested in becoming nursing home volunteers. Register before March 9.

DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: 5401 Woodward, 833-1805. March 7, 10 am-1 pm, Introduction to Ceramics. 3-week course continues on March 14 and March 28.

DETROIT RECREATION DEPARTMENT: Week of March 16, registration for 1981 Lifeguard School. Classes are free. Call 224-1184 for registration locations.

FAIR HOUSING CENTER: 303 Tobin Bids, 1308 Broadway, 963-1274. March 14, am-12:30 pm, training session for volunteer testers.

HOW TO WIN BLUE RIBBONS AT THE STATE FAIR: Community Arts Aud., Michigan State Fairgrounds. March 7, 10 am-4 pm. Helpful hints for baking, canning, quilting. Call 368-1000 for info about this free seminar.

MOTOR CITY MIDWIVES BIRTH CENTER: Learn to do aftercare visits for women birthing at home. Call Marta, 255-6899, or Betty, 532-5206, for more infomation.

salvaged only bya stand-out performance from Blair Brown as the desperately-in-love-with-afool Emily Jessup.

AMERICAN POP. Animated animated rock and roll. (Opens March 6.)

ANN ARBOR FILM FESTIVAL. 19th annual tribute to independent filmmakers. The Ann Arbor Film Fest is one of the world oldest and most respected 16 mm festivals, one of our area's few cinematic events. Three different shows each night for five nights, then repeat of the best on Winner's Night, the final Sunday. All at the Michigan Theatre, sponsored by Ann Arber Cinema Guild. (March 10-15.)

BACK ROADS. Martin Ritt and Sally Field, who struck gold with Norma Rae, try to mine our sentiments again with this heartwarming tale of two traveling misfits. (Opens March 13.)

BYE BYE BRAZIL. On many critics top ten lists for 1980 was this offbeat comedy from South America about the adventures of traveling carnival. According to reviewers, beneath the slapstick veneer is an unsparing satire on repressive Brazilian politics. message movie that is entertaining. (Detroit Film Theatre, March 6-7.)

THE COMPETITION. Richard Dreyfuss, Lee Remick and Amy Irving star in this film about two concert pianists who are in love and each striving to win success. For change, Hollywood details courtship between peers.

THE DEVIL AND MAX DEVLIN. Bill Cosby, Elliott Gould and Walt Disney. Two of which are alive.

THE DOGS OF WAR. Arf! Arf! Ka-boom!

NEW SOURCES: 29961 North Brook, Farmington Hills, 851-3150. March 7, 9:30 am-3:30 pm, Overcoming Obstacles Workshop.

PROBLEM SOLVING FOR WORKING WOMEN: Henry Ford Community College, 271-2750 Ext. 331 for info. March 14, 8:30 am-5 pm, workshops and speakers including Sonya Friedman. Topics will address alternative employment patterns, hidden salaries and more. A similar program will be repeated March 21 at OCC.

W.S.U. LABOR STUDIES CENTER: Call for brochure, 577-2198 for more info. 22 courses ate being offered in the Workers Basic Studies Program on topics ranging from collective bargaining to effective speaking.

Y.W.C_A. DOWNRIVER BRANCH: 3211 Fort St., Wyandotte, 281-2626. Beginning March for weeks, 7-10 pm, Living and Loving Workshop. Leam skills useful in forming and maintaining relationships.

VOLUNTEERING

CATHOLIC SOCIAL SERVICES OF WAYNE COUNTY: Needs Casework Assistants to work with older persons. Call Don Baker, 883-2100 Ext. 236, weekdays 8:30 am-5 pm.

CITY OF SOUTHFIELD HUMAN RESOURCES: Needs friendly volunteers to visit senior citizens. Call Margaretta Hazlett, 354-4864, M-Tu, F, am-5 pm. CONTACT LIFE LINE DETROIT: Needs sympathetic phone listeners to answer calls from lonely and distressed clients. Call 894-5555 anytime.

EYEWITNESS. Sigourney Weaver (Alien) is TV reporter and William Hurt (Altered States) is in love with her. At the scene of murder, he says he an eyewitness in order to get on the air and profess his love to interviewer Sigourney. Doesn't sould like much to base movie on, but Eyewitness has some good advance reaction. From the folks (Peter Yates and Steve Tesish) who brought you Breaking Away. (Opens March 6.)

THE FLOWER THIEF. A beat classic by American independent filmmaker Ron Rice, about San Francisco and movie stunt men in 1961.

(Afternoon Film Theatre, March 11-15.)

FORT APACHE, THE BRONX. Residents of the South Bronx picketed and protested long and hard because they thought this film about cops in the ghetto was racist. Stars Paul Newman and TV s Ed Asner.

HEALTH. Despite the presence of Carol Burnett, James Garner, Lauren Bacall and Dick Cavett, distributors nixed this 1980 Robert Altman comedy about a convention of health food addicts. Now, Health can't be shown in regular commercial theatres, being victim of the monopolistic movie distribution system in America. Luckily for Altman fans, the DFT gives Detroiters chance to judge the film on its own merits. (Detroit Film Theatre, March 13.)

THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN.

(**xxWWW) Shrinking is only the excuse, the real subject for this crazy-quilt comedy is American consumerism. Lily Tomlin is Pat Kramer, the Total Woman/Consumer who overdoses on the chemicals in her household cleansers, deodorants, wrinkle removers, anticling sprays, food additives, mouthwashes, hair

born March 14, 1940

FAMILIES

CHILDREN S MUSEUM: 67 E. Kirby, 494-1210. Parent/Child Workshops (4year olds): March 7, 10 am, contribute to the museum exhibit with collage made in the Springtime Collage Workshop. March 14, 10 am, St. Patrick's Storytelling Workshop. Discovery Workshops (8-12 year olds): March 7, pm, Scratch Pictures for Spring. March 14, pm, Jewelry from Nature. THE COMMUNITY HOUSE: 380 S. Bates, Birmingham, 644-5832. March 7, & 3 pm, the Children's Show Series presents The Emperor's New Clothes.

Mort Crim hosts Free For All Fridays at pm Channel

DES ACTION/DETROIT: Needs DES exposed and others interested to help promote general information about diethyistilbestrol. Call Jan at 371-8696 for more information.

DETROIT SCIENCE CENTER: Needs people 18 older for Volunteer Guides. Call Joan Knapp, 833-1892, weekdays, 5.

LOW INCOME ENERGY ASSISTANC= PROGRAM: Ne«-ds volunteers to screen clients for elicit ility. Contact Kay Ikola, 282-7171 weekdays am-5 pm. oe

OAKLAND COUNTY JUVENILE COURT: Needs individuals to work with teenage boys in group homes. Volunteers should be 21 or older and have craft, cooking or weight-lifting skills. Call Zella Benson, 858-0040.

RAPE COUNSELING CENTER OF THE DETROIT POLICE DEPT.: Needs volunteers to assist rape victims dealing with medical and legal systems. Call 8322530 between am-7:30 pm. VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES GUIDE: Call 833-0622 for free catalog to 242 locations in need of volunteers.

CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: 500 Lone Pine, Bloomfield, 645-3200. Beginning March 7, 1-5 pm, the Maple Syrup Festival. Sundays in March will focus on simple chemistry experiments such as chemical reactions to common household items.

DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM: 5401 Woodward, 833-1805. March 14, 10-11:30 am & 1-2:30 pm, for8-10 year olds, St. Patrick's Day Project. DETROIT YOUTHEATRE: DIA, 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. March 7, 11 am & pm, African Stories. March 14, 11 am pm, Puppets Round the World.

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METRO DETROIT: 111 E. Kirby, 8718600. March 15, Japanese Ethnic Sunday, including music, dance and food.

NOVA THE MAGICIAN: Staffords Restaurant, Orchard Lake Mall, W. Bloomfield, 851-8952. Sa-Su, 3pm, magic, ventriloquism. Admission includes lunch.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

ALL TOGETHER NOW: Metro Detroit's longest-running radio show produced for and by women will broadcast an International Women's Day Show in parts. Beginning March 3, pm & concluding March 10, pm, the show will address events and issues of major impact to women around the world. WDET, 101.9 FM. AM SOMEBODY: Highland Park YWCA, 13130 Woodward. March 8, 3 pm, the movie will be shown; child care will be provided. Sponsored by the Revolutionary Socialist League.

INTERNATIONAL TRAFFIC IN WOMEN: WSU State Hall, Room 134, 3813550. March 12, pm, Kathy Barry will speak on forced prostitution. Sponsored by the Women s Liberation Coalition of Michigan.

METRO DETROIT GRASSROOTS

WOMEN S CONFERENCE: First Unitarian Church, 4605 Cass, 833-9107. March 6-7, beginning with potluck Fri. at 6:30 pm. The conference will include the film Women of the World, workshops and keynote speaker, Rev. Dorothy Boroush. Open to all men and women aged 14-144. WITH THE CUBAN WOMEN: 6404 Woodward, 875-5322. March 8, pm, film that depicts the women's movement in Cuba and throughout the world. Discussion will follow.

WOMEN S LIBERATION MARXISM: 2832 E. Grand Blvd., Room 304, 8738969. March 8, pm, News Letters Committee presents From Rosa Luxemburg to Today.

POLITICAL

AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM'S BANQUET: Detroit Plaza Hotel, Columbus Room. March 8, the Museum will celebrate its 16th anniversary. U.S. Congressman Ron Dellums of California will deliver the keynote address. Tickets are $35. Call 899-2500 for more info. CITIZEN'S REVIEW COMMITTEE: Is taking applications from Detroiters to fill vacancies on the CRC of the City Planning Commission. Deadline is March 20. For info, 224-7888. LEARN-IN IN ANN ARBOR: March 6-8, coalition of antinuke, peace and

human fights groups. There will be speakers and the music of Charlie

sprays, foot powders, toothpastes, etc., and begins her descent to doll-like size, an appropriate stature for someone so mesmerized by useless products that she has lost her capacity to control her own life. So much for the message; Incredible Shrinking Woman is fun because it spoofs everything, including its own message. Like watching an out-oftune color TV, the colors in this movie are annoyingly bright and gaudy. Everyone in Tasty Meadows (where Kramer lives) wears garish pastels and does whatever the TV commercials tell them to do. Though always silly, this film, proceeding by delightful overstatement, comes dangerously close to the truth about the vapidity of suburban America, where children are superheroes in household of toys, where Kramer feels sate only when she s in her own shopping mall, where the supermarket is home and homeisa supermarket. Tomlin is outrageous, charming, cynical and sweet all at once; Charles Grodin, as her pastel adman husband, is frighteningly hypnotized. The world is one bigger, better, cleaner, faster product and we're living in it.

LOVERS AND LIARS. Goldie Hawn and Giancarlo Giannini in recycled farce that hopes to capitalize on Hawn 's current successes.

LUCIFER RISING. Newest film by Kenneth Anger, part of the DIA s American Independent Filmmakers series. (Afternoon Film Theatre, March 4-8.)

THE MAD MAGICIAN. Vincent Price in trashy 3-D, with 3-D Three Stooges short, Spooks. (Detroit Film Theatre, March 8.)

MARTIN. George Romero's modem-day teer! age vampire lacks fangs and hypnotic poweis, but surpasses Dracula in intimidation. Double

feature with the cult success, Halloween. (Ann Arbor Film Co-op, March 13.)

MANHATIAN. (xWZ) Woody Allen underStands the neuroses of the frustrated romantic, to be sure, and he paints rather dreary picture of what it like to live in New York. But Manhattan is full of the kind of mock-seriousness which annoys the kind of Woody Allen fan who prefers his earlier; funny films. lot depends on whether you think New York is great place to be aging, neurotic and infatuated. (Cass City Cinema, March 13-14.)

MELVIN AND HOWARD. (x* xWW)A deft and shrewd movie about the futility of American dreams as dreamt by slightly crazy and not so-bright would-be consumer cowboy, Melvin Dummar (Paul LeMat), who stumbles: upon Howard Hughes Jason Robards) dying in the desert after motorcycle accident, saves his life; and later gets will that would make Dummar multi-millionaire only the courts would believe his preposterous story. Dummar and his on-again, off-again wife (Mary Steenburgen) watch game shows on IV, eat Pop Tarts for breakfast, and can't handle their money at all. Dummar s big achievement in life is that he got Howard Hughes to sing dumb song he wrote about Santa s souped-up sleigh. Melvin and Howard is funny, strange and totally unique.

MISS SADIE THOMPSON. Rita Hayworth sizzles in 3-D. (Detroit Film Theatre, March 15.)

POPEVE. (x x*W) A wonderfully wacky comeback movie for Robert Altman, who proves he can make great comedy when he wants to with this de-animated cartoon that is quite unlike any other movie ever made, from the Oscar-

worthy cantilevered set to the bodies flying through the air like they do on Saturday morning cartoons. Popeye looks and sounds like it was made by Walt Disney on speed, and that due to Altman s talent for making many amaz-ing things happen simultaneously on screen. This isn t the punch-drunk cartoon Popeye either, but the original conception of Elzie Segar s comic strip an orphan in search ofhis father; fiercely independent, sarcastic and loveable sailor who fights only when he s endlessly provoked; rebel against the corporate henchmen who run the town of Sweethaven in short, superhero most of us can heartily endorse in an age of television superheroes with cosmic pretensions. Popeye is simple morality play, cleverly done, endlessly amusing.

RICHARD MYERS. Deiroit Film Project presents screening of three films by Kent State instructor Myers: Deathstyles (1971), 37-73 (1974), Floorshow (1978) three hours plus of independent 16 mm work. At Focus Gallery, March (872-3903).

ROAD GAMES. Stacy Keach and Jamie Lee Curtis. guess which one is the hitchhiker, which one the truck driver, which one the killer. and which studio will make money off this movie, (Opens March 6.)

SCANDAL. The DFI supplements its recent Kurosawa retrospective with this newly available 1950 film about the responsibilities of the press. Toshiro Mifune, of course, stars. (Detroit Film Theatre, March 14)

SHOWBOAT. 1936 musical paired with 100 Men and Girl, another Hollywood success story from the same era. (Detroit Film Society, March 13-14.)

STRAW DOGS. (x«**WW) Arsuing about whether Sam Peckinpah endorses the kind of male violence he depicts in Staw Dogs is not the point. No one ever asks whether Dustin Hoffman, who plays its perpetrator, subscribes to his character's values. You may justly condemn the behavior portrayed, but there is no doubt that Hoffman s performance exposes the contorted, anguished insanity of little man who feels he must prove heis big man. powerful, frightening movie. (Cass City Cinema, March 6-7.)

TESS. (**xx) Polanski masterpiece is more than Victorian soap opeta about the rape and subsequent troubles of Thomas Hardy's heroine Tess of the D'Urbervilles (Nastassia Kinski) it is powerful depiction of systematic sexual victimization that, like all good fiction, bursts the bounds of time and place and unmasks attitudes that are nearly universal. Tess rips aside the fabric of chivalry and romance to reveal the dirty, mean truth of seduction, rape and marriage. Kinskis clear-eyed, dignified debut is no less stunning than Peter Firth s portrayal of Angel Clare, a man trapped between revolutionary ideas and conventional emotions, or than the dozen or more minor portraits of characters more authentic than ever seen in the romantic genre. As filled with precise and vivid detail as Hardy's wniting, Tess is the best picture of the year.

TRIBUTE. (xx) Everybody loves clown, except abandoned sons. Everybody loves dying clown, especially screenwriters. And everybody loves movies about dying entertainment figures these days. But despite these three strikes against it, Tribute is damned

effective melodrama, principally because of good supporting efforts by Lee Remick, Robbie Benson and Colleen Dewhurst, which make Jack Lemmon s transition from stage (where Tribute was Broadway smash) to screen memorable. For anyone who's had parent die before being able to reach mature, adult understanding and reconciliation, Tribute is like the fulfillment of wish: the saving of a relationship we all wanted to be better. tearjerker that works almost in spite of its own maudlin excesses.

WITH THE CUBAN WOMEN. tribute to the international women s movement focuses on the role of women in Cuba. Discussion following. Militant Labor Forum, March 8, 875-5322.

THE WICKER MAN. Bizarre 1973 cult favorite from England, with Christopher Lee in charge of pagan rituals on small Scottish island, and Britt Eklund, dancing up storm. (Ann Arbor Film Co-op, March 4.)

WHAT'S.

Jerry Jeff Walker

CHANNEL 56 AUCTION ROUND UP:

To insure quality programs like Sesame Street and the MacNeil/Lehrer Report, merchandise donations are needs for the 13th Annual Auction. To donate call 873-7200.

COALITION OF BLACK MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN. LUTHERAN CHURCH: Windsor Raceway, Windsor, 893-6453 or 493-4746 for info. March 13, 3rd annual Buffet Dinner. COMEDY CASTLE: at Staffords, W. Bloomfield, 545-2576. March 6-7, comedian Gary Shandling. March 1314, comedian Glenn Hirsch. Shows at 8:30 & 11 pm for both entertainers.

FLEA MARKET: YWCA Downriver Branch, 3211 Fort St., Wyandotte. March 8, 10 am-5 pm. If you are interested in renting space, contact the YWCA as soon as possible.

FRIDAY' S COMEDY KINGDOM: 4305 Orchard Lake, W. Bloomfield, 8513252. Comedy F & Sa nights, 8:30 & 11 pm.

ICE CAPADES: 78 Louis Sports Arena, thru March 8, matinees & evening performances. Call 962-2000 for info.

EXHIBITIONS

AAA. GALLERY: 2805 W. Grand River, 961-8347. Thru March 8, new works by Karin Linder.

AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM: 1553 W. Grand Blvd.,. 899-2500. Thru March, ancient, historical and contemporary African Art.

ART GALLERY OF WINDSOR: 445 Riverside Dr. West, (519) 258-7111. Thru April 26, watercolors and underwater life photos by T. R. MacDonald.ARTRAIN. GALLERY: 316 Fisher Bldg, 871-2910. Thru March 27, sculptures and paintings by the artist, BzzzZzzz Zz. BIRMINGHAM-BLOOMFIELD ART ASSOCIATION: 1516 S. Cranbrook, Birmingham, 644-0866. Thru March 14, Student Show II, 1981.

CANTER/LEMBERG GALLERY: 538 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 642-6623. Gallery showing of recent acquisitions, including Claes Oldenburg, Sol Lewitt and Ralph Humphrey.

CAROL HOOBERMAN GALLERY: 155 S. Bates, Birmingham, 647-3666. Contemporary crafts, wall hangings and decorative pieces.

CENTER FOR CREATIVE STUDIES: 245 E. Kirby, 872-3118. Sarkis Gallery: thru March 25, paintings by Bradley

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Jones; prints and drawings by Theo Wujcik. Yamasaki Gallery: March 11April 3, Student Photography Show.

CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART MUSEUM: 500 Lone Pine, Bloomfield. Opening March 10 thru April 12, Michigan Artists, 80/81," an exhibition of sculpture and fiber works.

CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: 500 Lone Pine, Bloomfield, 6543210. Thru April 15, hand crafted objects from Africa.

DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET: 1452 Randolph, 962-0337. Thru March 14, Michigan Ceramics '81.

DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET OTHER SPACE: 7th Floor, Hudson s Downtown, 962-0337. Photography exhibit, Juxtaposition.

DETROIT GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS: 301 Fisher Bidg., 8737888. Thru April 6, extensive collection of ovenware and tableware.

DETROIT ' HISTORICAL MUSEUM:5401 Woodward, 833-1805. Thru April 5, We'll Never Turn Back, an exhibition of 13 photographers associated with the Civil Rights movement.

DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: 5200 Woodward, 833-7900. Thru April 19, Gods, Saints and Heroes: Dutch Painting in the Age of Rembrandt. Thru

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General gallery selections.

GALLERY CASONOVA: Bemhardt Bidg., 2479 Grand River, 961-7782.

Opening March 13 (reception 5-9 pm) thru March 28, A Duck of a Different Color," works by Blaise Siwula.

GALLERY RENAISSANCE: 400 Ren Cen, 259-2577. Thru March 10, paintings by Daniel Rosbury.

GRAFISKAS, INC: 218 Merrill, Birmingham, 647-5722. Contour sculpture by R. H. Carol, art posters and limited edition prints.

HABITAT: 28235 Southfield, Lathrup Village, 552-0515. March 7-28, works by Henry Halem and Steve Weinberg.

HALSTED GALLERY: 560 Woodward, Birmingham, 644-8284. Thru March 28, landscapes by photographer John Ward.

HAMPTON-IVEDEN GALLERY: 330 Hamilton Row, Birmingham, 646-2030.

General gallery selections.

HENRY FORD COMMUNITY COLLEGE: 5101 Evergreen, Dearborn, 2712750 Ext. 303. Thru March 22, The Art Department Collects, a selection from the teaching collection.

April 12, David Smith: The Drawings and Ritzi & Peter Jacobi.

DETROIT LIGHT GUARD ARMORY: 886-5952. Photo\show, Cameracade, featuring work by Guy Gibby.

DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY: Main Branch, 5201 Woodward, 833-4043. Thru March 18, Individuals Disguised as History, photographs by Grover Gatewood.

DETROIT REPERTORY THEATRE

GALLERY: 13103 Woodrow Wilson, 868-1347. Opening March 12, art by CETA workers.

DOSSIN GREAT LAKES MUSEUM: Strand Drive, Belle Isle, 824-3157. Thru March 31, Great Lakes America, 62 photographs detailing the Great Lakes. DU MOUCHELLE GALLERIES: 409 E. Jefferson, 963-0248. Ongoing exhibit and auctions.

FARWELL BUILDING: 1249 Griswold. Thru March 14, mixed media works by Cranbrook Academy of Art Students in an exhibit titled, Ivory Towers: Festering in the Corner of Our Towers are Tiny Images of Every City.

FEIGENSON-ROSENSTEIN GALLERY: 310 Fisher Bldg., 873-7322. Thru March 21, paintings by Detroiter Bradley Jones.

FOCUS GALLERY: 743 Beaubien, 9629025. Thru March 14, works on paper in all mediums.

G.M.B. GALLERIE INTERNATIONALE: 2610 Woodward, RO, 549-5970.

HENRY FORD MUSEUM: Greenfield Village, Dearborn, 271-1260. Thru May, exhibits on Railroading in Miniature, and clocks.

HILBERRY GALLERY: 555 S. Woodward, Birmingham, 642-8250. Thru March 17, paintings by Alice Neel.

KIDD GALLERY: 107 Townsend, Birmingham, 642-3909. Thru March 21, sculpture by Gary Kulak.

KINGSWOOD SCHOOL LOWER GALLERY: 885 Cranbrook, 645-3134. Thru March 13, 10 sculpture ge by Hanna Steibel.

KLEIN GALLERY: 4250 N. Woodward, RO, 647-7709. Thru March, general gallery selection.

LAWRENCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: 2100 W. 10 Mile Rd., 3560200. Opening March 12-April 3, drawings and watercolors by Morris Jackson."

LONDON ARTS GALLERY: 321 Fisher Bldg, 871-3606. General gallery selections.

MEADOW BROOK ART GALLERY: Oakland University, Rochester. Opening March 15, Big Prints from Rome.

MORRIS GALLERY: 105 Townsend, Birmingham, 642-8812. Thru March 14, recent monotypes by Matt Phillips.

MUCCIOLI STUDIO GALLERY: 511 Beaubien, 962-4700. March 14-26, drawings and watercolors by Alfred R. Maxwell.

MULLALY GALLERY: 1025 Hayes, Birmingham, 645-2741. Opening March 8-

31, drawings, constructions and installations by Joe DeLuca. Opening reception March 8, 1-5 pm. NORTHWEST ACTIVITIES CENTER: Portraits of famous people by Clarissa Johnson.

PEWABIC POTTERY: 10125 E. Jefferson, 822-0954. Thru March 14, Joan Rosenberg and Joe Zeller.

PIERCE STREET GALLERY OF PHOTOGRAPHY: 217 Pierce, Birminghar, 646-6950. Opening March 4, reception March 5, 6-9 pm, Picture Windows, by photographer John Pfahl. - PITTMAN GALLERY: 300 Ren Cen, 259-2235. General gallery selections. PONTIAC ART CENTER: 47 Williams St., Pontiac, 333-7849. Opening March 7-28, artwork by members of the Center. Opening reception March 7, 7-10 pm.

POSTER GALLERY: 304 Fisher Bldg., 875-5211. Fine Art posters.

PYRAMID GALLERY: 240 Grand River E., 963-9140. General gallery selections.

RUBINER GALLERY: 621 S. Washington, RO, 544-2828. March 7-31, litho-_ graphs, acrylics, 1981 Revival of the Still Life.

SCARAB CLUB OF DETROIT: 217 Farnsworth, 831-1250. Thru March 7, Advertising Art.

SHELDON ROSS GALLERY: 250 Martin, Birmingham, 642-7694. General gallery selections, including works by Beckman Bearden & Grosz. TRIKA GALLERIES: 1140 N. Telegraph, Dearborn, 562-2300. Classic and special interest automobiles.

TROY ART GALLERY: 755 W. Big Beaver, Troy, 362-0112. Opening by Eileen Helman, O. Aboulafia. VENTURE GALLERY: 28235 Southfield, 552-1551. Jewelry by Patrick Irla, plus a variety of clay, glass and fiber pieces.

WILLIS GALLERY: 422 W. Willis. Hours: W-Sa, 11-5 pm. Opening March 13 thru March 28, one-person show of paintings by Gilda Snowden. Reception March 13, 6-9 pm.

WOODLING GALLERY: 42030 Michigan Ave., 397-2677: A craft gallery representing over 150 artists and craftspeople.

YAW GALLERY: 550 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 647-5470. Thru March 11, Indonesian Ceremonial Cloths. YOUR HERITAGE HOUSE: 110 E. Ferry, 871-1667. Thru March 15, paintings, sculpture of 6 young Detroit emerging artists.

XOCHIPILLI GALLERY: 568 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 645-1905. Thru March 14, Notation Series, paintings by Doug Warner.

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WE'LL NEVER TURN BACK AT DETROIT HISTORICAL MUSEUM

by Jerry De Math

T he civil rights battle scenes involvay ing police dogs, fire hoses, billy clubs, cattle prods, fists, guns and bombs are well known, but there was more to the stuggles and the milieu of the South of the sixties.

There also was the hope and despair, the smiles and anger of people found in settings ranging from the dark interiors of sharecroppers shacks to the sunlit Steps of county courthouses. There were sad children, bright youngsters, determined teenagers, hope-filled adults and weary elderly cotton choppers.

All of this, including a tired yet brighteyed Rosa Parks, is movingly captured in We'll Never Turn Back, a collection of 130 photographs at the Detroit Historical Museum through April 5.

What I tried to do, explains Julius Lester, one of the exhibit s 13 photographers, is go beneath the dramatic

aspects of the movement and document the land and the activities of the people. Capturing that day--to-day reality is what interested me.

Lester is a black Southerner who was part of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's photo team, as were many of the other photographers, including Dee Gorton, one of two whiteSoutherners in the show, which was assembled by the Smithsonian Institution.

Gorton captures the dejection, the empty desperation of lower-class whites cheerleading at a football game, clutching flags and signs at an. antiintegration rally and just blankly sitting or standing actions which helped define their lives. As long as segregation existed, explains Gorton, their skin color bonded them to wealthier whites, giving them some importance. But that thin

bond no longer exists, he says. Their dispirited appearances contrast sharply with the determined looks of many of the blacks.

While the photos from the early '60s include scenes of blacks lined up outside a whites-only swimming pool, seated at a whites-only lunch counter and marching for voting rights, the decade ends with scenes of the Poor People s Campaign and of a hospital strike in Charleston, South Carolina, including a police beating.

Those photos show the continuation of the violence and the continuity of the struggle as it evolved from voting rights to economic issues, comments photographer Elaine Tomlin who has been the Southern Christian Leadership Conference s official photographer since April, 1968. We'll Never Turn Back is more than a physical record of the 1960s. More importantly, it is a witness to the lives, moods and spirits of that turbulent decade.

Photo: Doug Harris

Headquarters of Lowndes County, Ala., Freedom Organization, 1966.

U2:

A QUALITY PERK

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Trying to describe a new band_to. someone who's never heard them can be an exercise in frustration. Comparing new bands to old ones is often the most feasible way to explain what a band may be about; and since want to talk about an excellent new band, U2, let's drag in some good older bands.

U2 is a relatively new band from Ireland that plays music with an abundance of wit and fire. Cowboys International is a critically well-received band from Britain that got little in the way of over-the-counter or overthe-airwaves recognition here in the States. Then there s the Cars, a band that s sold tons of records as well as garnering substantial critical acclaim along the way. Each of the three bands are similar in essence at

times, but they all have different production values, and U2 also differs from the othersin its lack of a keyboard player.

When the Cars went into the studio with Roy Thomas Baker, the resulting sound for their Candy-O album was hard edged and clean, admirable but lacking some of the intensityand rough edges that Steve Lilywhite manages to leave intact on the U2 album. Still, some songs sound close in essence. It s AllI Can Do and Got ALot On My Head from Candy-O have some of the push and guitar lines of I Will Follow and Another Time, Another Place - from Boy, the album by U2. Cowboys International had songs like Pointy Shoes and Wish that. possessed an ethereal quality to both the sing-ing and vocalizing that compares favorably to Twilight and A Day Without Me from U2.

What U2 does have to commend itself is a drummer with both power and subtlety, a guitar player with an imaginative attack and an iriteresting set of tones, a bass player with solid rhythms and melodylines at hisdisposal, and a singer with a voice both plaintive and demanding. Let s not forget the production job of Lilywhite which shows off the band and their material in the most advantageous of manners. The blending of the last three songs on side one ( An Cat Dubh, Into the Heart and Out Of Control ) is extremely smooth. Songs that should definitely be heard on the air include I Will Follow, complete with bottles and bells for percussion, and Out Of Control, which I keep going back to on the album and playing over and over. Starting out with a pulsing rhythm line from bass and bass drum, blending with urging, pulsing

guitar and leading into a monster vocal and instrumental hook. It gets me out of the house in the morning, perks me up to commit mayhem when | come home from a frustrating day at work, and should get the adrenalin flowing in the veins of every true rock and roll addict in the city. An anthem for our times.

There are some rough spots on the album, but onthe whole, I haven't been as excited about the future of a band like this since the first albums by the Police or the Pretenders. Ifthese guys come to town like they're rumored to, you can expect to find me in the audience.

Garaud MacTaggart

ITS GOT THAT SWING

with the exception of one tune, cover the period of March, 1968 through August of 1969 when Hutch had one of the most consistently inventive bands around. Providing a fluid, percussive platform for the music to be built upon was Joe Chambers, who besides being a master drummer, was and still is a talented writer.

Bobby Hutcherson Patterns Medina Spiral

Blue Note Classic

When it comes to giving a definition of jazz to someone, you. don t necessarily have to look in a dictionary. Duke Ellington said it best when he said, Tt don't mean a thing, ifit ain't got that swing. That strikes me asa

much saner and less wordy definition.

Now to the Bsns at hand, music that swings.

The Blue Note Classic series is responsible-for bringing into the light of day some of the best - Jazz of the sixties: Performances that had been languishing in the vaults unheard by the general public for years can now be heard and enjoyed. In this series, three albums by Bobby Hutcherson are special cause for thanks.

Spiral, Patterns and Medina,

Chambers, to give you an idea of his importance to the group, also supplied half of the tunes for these three albums. Stanley Cowell, who spent ~ some of his learning time in Detroit, played piano and also contributed his share of tunes to the albums. These tunes include the beautiful Effi, one of the high points of the Patterns album.

Hutcherson s long time coleader, Harold Land, handles the tenor sax and flute parts on Spiral and Medina, while the flute and alto chores on Patterns are played superbly by James Spaulding. The probing bass work ofjazz giant, Reggie Workman, is a fine complement to

Spaulding s playing on Patterns while the other Reggie, Mr. Johnson, fills the bass slot on the other two albums.

Hutcherson is, and I don't think that I'm the only one to believe this, one of the true in-novators on his instrument in jazz. Prior to the coming of Lionel Hampton, the vibraphone or vibes were mainly thought of as a musical novelty. What Hampton did for the vibes and marimbas in the late 30s and early '40s helped to free up Milt Jackson from Detroit to prove that the vibes could continue to play a strong role in the boppish 50s. When Hutcherson started to make his impact in the mid- 60s and on, he made the vibes an interesting part of post-bop and free jazz, as his playing on Eric Dolphy s classic Out To Lunch album bares witness.

An extremely versatile player, Hutcherson, whether improvising melodically, harmonically or rhythmically, has never lost that sense of swing that was such a key part of the Ellington

definition of jazz. When saw Hutcherson play here in Detroit last year, he still amazed me with his fluid technique and interesting ideas.

Bobby Hutcherson sities himself well and proves to be a masterful ensemble | player when not out front in a solo situation. Some of the most interesting flute playing this side of Eric Dolphy is heard from James Spaulding on? Em, Ankara and Irina are both tunes that prove that rhythm and melody can work well together in the skilled hands of performers such as these.

The Hutcherson-penned, Satie-influenced Comes Spring and the title tune give Medina its share of strong moments, while Ruth and Visions help to give Spiral character. All three albums have in common interesting covers, informative, well-written liner notes, and strong, heartfelt playing to go along with strong, heartfelt material. They swing, too.

Garaud MacTaggart

Detroit Repertory Theatre Performance BRECHT'S PUNTILA BND MATII-

by Joseph Zendell

A theatre, claimed early 20th century Spanish playwright/poet Federico Garcia Lorca, which in every branch, from tragedy to vaudeville, is sensitive and well oriented, can in a few years change the sensibility of a people, anda broken-down theatre, whose wings have given way to cloven hoofs, can coarsen and benumb a whole nation.

In Detroit, brawny working class city in the throes of ethnic and economic turmoil, its difficult to imagine any theatre havinga real impact on the sensibilities of people. And yet, for more than a decade, the Detroit Repertory Theatre has been doing just that, providing Detroiters with a unique vision, slightly. contradictory, vaguely hopeful and tremendously energetic.

Bruce Millan is the cigar smoking, shoot-from-the-hip Artistic Director of Detroit's seminal theatre, often seeming more a labor organizer than a man of theatre. It is apparently an image he is

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proud of, an image he fiercely defends as one closely wed to what he calls the philosophy of this threatre.

His next production which he is directing, Bertolt Brecht s nearly forgotten Puntila and Matti, is a perfect example of that philosophy.

Opening March 12 and running through May 3, Puntilla and Matti is a Finnish folk play with original music composed by DRT Music Director Kelly Smith. A tale ofa land owner, his daughter and their chauffeur, the play was first produced in Zurich in 1948 and a year later opened Brecht s now-famous Berliner Ensemble.

The lead characters, Puntila and Matti, will be played by Dennis Dunne and Robert Williams, respectively. Mary Lynn Kacir will portray Eva. Le

There is a deceptive simplicity about Brecht s work, Millan explains. He is not a psychological writer, more sociological. His plays are about what people

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do rather than what they think. And.this Everyone he collaborated with evenis a really funny play. Its robust. It tually left him, found him impossible to speaks to the worker. In fact, much of. work with. Brecht s work speaks to the labor movement.

Certainly he has had a profound influence on theatre, says Millan. But don't think identify with him whatever that means. He was actually a terrible person. If he weren't such a great poet, there would be no excuse for him to live.

Being sensitive to the needs of Detroit audiences is Millan's and the DRTs major goal now. And despite rumors to _ the contrary, Millan claims this is not my theatre. Our board is very strong.We work together and make decisions together.

Heavy Vibrations from Steel Pulse

by Aaron Ibn Pori-Pitts

Whatever the music, be it ska, calypso, thumba or reggae, breaking through America s myriad, multi-culture is never an easy proposition. And when these breakthroughs do occur, it can often be traced to some genius who has properly synthesized a native sound and made it universally appealing. Bob Marley has given reggae just such an appeal. This appeal in the hands of Steel Pulse is reaffirmed and extended.

Recently at a concert at Wayne State University during Afrikan History Month presented by the Center for Black Studies, Chama Cha Kiswahili Club and the Association of Black Students, reggae fever came to a pitch. Steel Pulse was presented to the Detroit community, and they showed why in just a few years they produced three LPs, became known throughout England and Europe and are now in the process of completing a month-long tour of America. By the time they're finished they should be well known...

With Basil Gabbidon, lead guitar; Selwyn Brown, keyboard and vocals;

Ronald Stepper McQueen, bass guitar; Alphonso Martin, congas and other percussion. instruments; Steve Grizzly Nesbitt, drums, and David Hinds, lead guitar, almonizer and vocals, their singing and playing is the antithesis of European sound. Their reggae rhythm is imbued with earthy blues and African ritual chants. Their LPs Handsworth Revolution, Tribute to Martyrs and Reggae Fever (Caught You in England and Canada), demonstrate how they've grasped the social-political events of history and the present historical climate of oppressed and exploited people. This group has committed itselfto the continuation of the reggae sound in the tradition of their ancestors; their vibrant songs of life and love invoke such heroes as Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X/El Hajj Malik Shabazz. They present large placards with social-political overtones and stage theatrical segments that weld the audience into one, into almost being on stage with them, helping them ad form the ritual.

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The heavy earthy rhythm of the drums and the percussionist reveal the many influences of this group as a perpetuator of the African tradition of drumming and down-to-earth vibes that give reggae its uniqueness.

Open up your minds to this music that is also Black, original and is serious without a bunch of super-star egos messing with that creativity. Steel Pulse has a vision, and if you want to see for yourseff, world, Hinds said, then they'll realize catch them again on March 9 in Ann

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David Hinds of Steel Pulse

Audience at Steel Pulse concert.

we are all in this thing together,and what Arbor at The

Echo & the Bunnymen: Insidious Bunch :

ECHO AND THE BUNNYMEN Crocodiles

by Bill Rowe

Sire

Funny name, huh? Peculiar cover, too, all gorgeous splashes of pastel highlighting a forest/night scene, with these four obviously angst-junked Limey jerks strewn about in various states of cool disarray. Charming for a second, but predictably the same ol modern same ol , correct? Well, hold your snickers, fashion fetishists, tain t the case at all. There's a real pertinent point here to be picked concerning this modern stuff. Echo and the Bunnymen (heretofore referred to as the E&B s, a convenient nomer for us cheap beer drinkers), throttle right along with all the critics faves, rapid-firing ideas with syncho/ synapse speed, raping the verse/chorus - routine for a little fresh blood. There's the Apache Nation-chases-Pocohantas drumming, the correct proto-funk implications in the bass, guitars on a muchneeded tonal odyssey and, inevitably, the youth-as-clock-watching-noblesavage lyrics. But, there s enough loaded, gilded references here to make us pre-Geritols right proud of our heritage.

(As far as those references go, here s a tip. Anybody who reads the music press has heard/will hear about the E&B s, U2, the Psychedelic Furs, God knows who else, as part of a psychedelic revival. Bullshit. First off, drugs aren't involved. Secondly, the psycho/social pain in operation is by no means limited to psychedelia; or any other generic mousetrap. Gomer Pyle probably has a case of the same blues. So forget thisbullpen psychedelic drivel.)

As for the significant references, when you slice in you get a real juicy mouthful.

The first taste is ofthe timelessly vaunted Television. Will Sargeant and Ian McCullouch's crafty guitar intercourse resembles Tom Verlaine and Richard Lloyd's in terms of textural celebration, reminding me of great jazz guitar duets, but the feeling not coming so much from shared. introspection as from the use/ abuse of technology and from the loins.

McCulloch s vocal emoting is of the masculine-controlled fever of Jim Morrison and Lou Reed, tremulous, yet firm and unforced, with a welcome direction.

As an ensemble, the E&B s sound more like Robin Lane and the Chartbusters than anybody else around these days, whichis no insult; but these youngsters understand a lot more about discipline. Hell, if you're twisted enough, you think about Bo Diddley and the Bobby Fuller Four!

Songwise, the E&B's are quality democrats, spreading ideas evenly over the ten tunes here. But there s a befuddler awry: while all songs-are of conventional length or more, they punch like a late-15th-round guitar attack, leaving us short-attention-spanners cognizant of a rare vinyl treat. And most of the songs pack meatrack hooks that you sing in the car, then wonder why you're mouthing these pre-psychotic jingles. Insidious bunch, these E&B s. Ditto the production. Dub-like echo, hyper-info fades, warped guitars, warped keyboards, loads of unfashionable cymbal lightning, mallet percussion, feedback, ad imaginatum. Insidious bunch, these E&B s.

FORT APACHE INFURIATES THE BRONX

by Liz Ehrlich

NEW YORK

For Lala Torres, one of the South Bronx activists working with the Committee Against Fort Apache, Hollywood's new $20 million cop story with the inflammatory title comes down to racist propaganda, plain and simple.

What will people in Illinois or Utah think of our community after they see this film? she asks, making her point: People will have the impression that we are a jungle, we are animals, we are savages and that the police are the only hope for civilizing us.

More than 60 South Bronx organizations, representing parents, students, teachers, artists, political groups and even the Catholic archdiocese, have joined the ad hoc Committee and raised the call for a nation-wide boycott of Fort Apache: the Bronx. They are upset about the distorted portrayal of community Torres calls very tight, warm and loving, church going, proud of its children and

its old people, and where fantastic

things are going on to rebuild.

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In a community where police brutality is classed as a problem right along with poverty, drugs and street crime, Committee members are outraged by the film's portrayal of policemen as besieged victims of crazy Blacks and Puerto alternatively, as crusty humanists whose reassuring presence provides old people and children their only carefree moments in life. The whole atmosphere of Fort Apache supports the administration of street justice by the police, Torres believes. Richie Perez, another Committee spokesperson, is blunt. Films like this make it easier fora policeman to pull that trigger when he sees a black or brown face.

Since last March; when South Bronx activists first had a look at the script, the Committee tried to present objections, to meet with film star Newman and executive producer David Susskind both media liberals. Susskind produced the film version of A Raisin in the

Sun some 20 years ago.

But the producers and their employer, Time-Life Films, took steps to protect their $20 million investment. Secret shooting schedules and a constant police presence kept protest at a distance, although, says Torres, there was protest whenever we knew where they were going to be. One of the producers, Tom Fiorello, has been charged with offering to pay 75 high school students $15 an hour to carry signs with prepared slogans supporting the movie, a charge he has denied. (A number of the students, who never were paid, have signed sworn depositions that they were bribed and asked to skip school that day as well.)

The fact that unemployed neighborhood people turned out to earn $50 a day as extras, for example, was used as - evidence of local support.

With Asian and Latino groups throughout the country backing the Committee s boycott call, Fort Apache: the Bronx opened to picket lines and demonstrations in New York, Boston,

Miami, Albuquerque, Los Angeles and in Philadelphia and Jersey City where scheduled film runs were cancelled outright as a result. Philadelphia's City Council passed a resolution condemning the movie and endorsing the boycott. A similar New York proposal was defeated.

Variety, the show business paper, reports that box office receipts fell off by several thousand dollars in the second _week of Fort Apache's run.

We're trying to make people understand that every dollar spent on this film encourages the film establishment to put on more films depicting our community in a racist light. We are telling people they shouldn't buy Hollywood racism. We are telling them to boycott this film and tell their friends to boycott this film, says Torres.

The Committee Against Fort Apache is not yet in touch with Detroit support groups. To contact the Committee, write to: Committee Against Fort Apache, P.O. Box 517, Hub Station, Bronx, NY 10455. 1840 872-0924Clay Mon.-Thurs. 141 am-42 midnight Fri. 11 am-2 am : Sat. 5 pm-2 am

FORT APACHE: B

Review

by Neil Chacker

Fort Apache means more to me than it would to most Detroiters because grew up in the Bronx. _

It means that some of the rubble piles on the screen are all that s left of the happy memories of my childhood. It also means that I have some understanding of how they got that way. You won't get this from the movie: which is why the film has aroused so much controversy from Latino, Black and Bronx community groups. The movie doesn t say anything about the. decline of the Manhattan garment industry that provided jobs for thousands of Bronx staphangers. It makes no men-

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profits for stock market speculation instead of maintenance. It doesn t give you the feeling of rage and frustration you get from seeing block after block of repairable abandoned buildings in the middle of an overcrowded, high-rent city. What we get is a sense of hopeless despair, as if the whole community were slowly sinking into:a swamp, with nobody to blame and no way to change things for the better.

I don t think any movie could give you the whole picture. Fort Apache shows us a small slice of it, with all the inevitable distortion that entails.

story of how the police ofa South

precinct try to cope with the deteriorating situation around them. Some of them join with the pushers, pimps and muggers to pick the bones of the dying neighborhood. Some scrape along, going through the motions, just putting in time towards their pensions.A _few, exemplified by Murphy (Paul New~man), stay honest and try to salvage a few local victories out of a lost-war.

The situation is destabilized when two rookie cops are blown away by a murderous hooker (Pam Grier) spaced out on angel dust. The new precinct captain (Ed Asner) decides to make a clean

sweep of the Bronx to find the killer. Asner is honest, energetic and dumb; which is much more dangerous to everyone around him than ifhe were crooked, lazy and smart.

In short order, Asner blunders into a full-scale riot, during which an innocent teenager is killed by the police. Newman witnesses the killing. He has to decide whether to report it and have the whole police force turn against him, or let it slide. Everybody who saw Serpico knows what that kind of choice means. Within its limitations its a good film. The characters are believable, and Pam Grier makes the scariest killer since Richard Widmark in Kiss of Death. Some people will like it for the wrong reasons; others will get the wrong ideas about the Bronx from it. But the Bronx could be rebuilt, just like Hamburg and Hiroshima were rebuilt. Ifthis movie helps raise the questions that lead to that rebuilding, it was worth making. Otherwise I'd have been better off skipping it and keeping my. Tremont Avenue memories.

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DETROIT S USED BOOK RENAISSANCE

by Bob Gordon

As a young yard-ape, reading was just another manifestation of the most wretched experience on -Earth school and was thus to be avoided at all costs. During the acne era, it first proved useful as a means to facilitate the glorious comprehension of the dirty books in the back of my friend s father s underwear drawer. As a dorm rat, reading became a means with which to fight back at pusillanimous pedantic pedagogues.

Eight years and an unmarketable degree in social studies later, my financial situation chronically bleak has one bright side: discovered used book stores.

It took no time for any lingering middle-class feelings of vainglory toward secondhand merchandise to disappear. There is little that feels better than walking out of a used book store with a like new $3 book that lists for $15.95.

During the depression, Detroit like most large cities, had a booming used book business. Linda Noreen of Bygone Books in Dearborn, says that during the depression people naturally wanted to get money for their books, and people who bought books couldn't afford new ones. The same thing is happening now.

In fact, most current book store owners report that as the economy has worsened, their business has improved. One adds that worsening television may have something to do with it as well.

Used book stores are likely to become increasingly important to the serious bibliophile. Recent IRS rulings limit a publisher's write-offs of slow-selling items. Traditionally mothballed in ware-

houses, these dark horses are often of high quality and low commercial potential classic literature, for example, or more modern esoteric fare. And as these kinds of volumes gradually disappear from Books In Print, even the casual, reader will be forced to search for their favorite obscurity in used book stores. But then, the average used book store already has a selection far superior to the average new book store.

As far as pricing is concerned, available space does not allow an in-depth comparison of stores, but there are enough similarities between them that the generalities and a few notable exceptions are provided.

Dealers overall will not buy ragged or worthless books. Paperbacks generally sell at three for a dollar, although more recent expensive releases can go for as much as half the new price. The rule in some stores regarding many topics is that the dealer will pay you 25% of the new value and sell it for a bit less than half the new value. Recent hard cover fiction is priced between $1-$3. Cloth bound classics are usually between $2-$6.

The wholesaler (that s you and me in this biz) can get more for sci-fi than most other categories because fewer people are willing to sell it. A store with a large sci-fi section is usually one that will pay more for other topics as well, and willhave a better overall selection as a result. Just about every store offers some sort of trade-in program instead of cash.

The following are some of the many places around town where you can get the used book habit.

BOOKS LIMITED Marianne McG,

4708 Cass, Detroit 832-1420

Books Limited on Cass, decorated in corridor drab, proves that all that glitters isn t dust free. Owner Charles Samarjian, a cantankerous bibliophile, is usually buried in a - bunker of books surrounding his desk. He is considered by another member of the used book community to know more about books than anyone in Detroit. Books Limited has been open since the '40s. Although the orga- nization may not be apparent, Samarjian has a guidance system the Pentagon would. envy.

BOOKTIQUE

15243 Mack Ave., Detroit 885-2265

Booktique specializes in everything according to head bookmonger Jim Monnig, and thus has sections ofalmost anything you can name. Upstairs and down the place looks like home. There. are chairs, couches, foot stools and a few, plants scattered about. Although the vast majority. of books are well organized, there are enough loose books hanging near the seating to give that lived-in lookto the original Mack Ave. book store.

BYGONE BOOKS

\ _12922 Michigan Ave., Dearborn 581-1588

Owner Linda Noreen's specialty is children's books, and she has many rare and not-so-rare illustrated volumes. She has a literary day care center in the back with less valuable books that kids can chew on to protect the good books. The shop is organized well, with everything alphabetized by author. She has a few shelves of leather bound books at low prices.

CLAES BOOK STORE 1670 Leverette, Detroit 963-4267

Claes was closed due to illness, so wasn t allowed to visit (they expect to re-open soon). By phone, Ethel Claes told me that the store has filled her home in Corktown since 1928. Being the oldest used book store in Detroit it is somewhat of an institution. Claes is a must

for the serious book buyer, and

trivial fiction is of no interest here.

JOHN K. KING BOOKS 214 Bagley, Detroit 961-0622 :

Wryly considered by its owner to be Detroit's best-kept secret, John King s place is probably the classiest used book store around. King also handles collector items, rare books and runs a search service for hardto-find material.

LIBRARY BOOK COMPANY 16129 Mack Ave., Detroit 881-5800

Shop keep Marianne McGuire is looking for larger quarters for her crowded store, now stuffed to the gills. She also specializes in posters and kites. McGuire has been getting multiple copies of a few new titles sold at used prices, such as The Origin Of Species by Charles Darwin, for $2. Get it before its banned.

LIBRARY BOOKS 4126 Woodward, Royal Oak 576-4559

Library Books is deceptively big thanks to the good use of space by owner Bill Lipson. A lot of literary classics are now out of print. Lipson says many teachers send students here for books, for example 1984, which they can't find in new book stores. He has many leather bound volumes, such as a Dickens collection that looks new.

LITTLE READ BOOKS 12501 Woodward, Highland Park 867-1220

It matters little to Little Read Books owner B. Franklin that his store is not hygenic. The initial tour consisted of maneuvering through cow paths between the shelves. The expansive fiction section alone snakes around two rooms threatening to take over the store. Things could be marked better, but the folks there can help you find what you want.

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MUSICIANS

BAND PLAYING original rock, cabaret, pop music with social/political content needs baritone horn, violin, bassist with ability to play another instrument. Call Tom 891-5096 or Jim (evenings) 8814877.

SEEKING a mature rhythm and lead guitarist to dedicate sincere time to work: on original material with me. Phone Denise, M-F, 9-5, 255-4667.

VANITY BALLROOM is open for live entertainment and is seeking groups for original rock, country, jazz and blues performances etc. Send resumes: Attention G. Kent, 1024 Newport, Detroit 48215. No phone calls please.

ROCK BAND SEEKING bass player. Noego tripper. Deanna 871-7464, Dave 8973509, Bob 368-4553. Call after 5 pm.

LEARNING

ENGLISH LESSONS (private and class) taught by, certified -instructor. Call 6430284, eae

ACTING WORKSHOP film, theatre, TV, begins Saturday, March 14 (4 weeks). Center for Creative Studies, 245 E. Kirby in Detroit's . University Cultural 872-3118.

WORKSHOP March 11-12 for volunteers to help nursing home residents understand their rights. For more information call Citizens for Better Care, 962-5571.

PROBLEM-SOLVING FOR WORKING WOMEN= All-day workshops March 14 at Henry Ford Community College, or March 21 at Oakland Community College. For more information call OCC 476-9400 Ext. 509, HECC 271-2750 Ext. 331, or Schoolcraft College 591-6400 Ext. 430.

HOUSING/REAL ESTATE

INDIAN VILLAGE 6 bedrooms, 5 baths, garage apartment also. For sale on land contract or will rent main house $800/month. Call evenings 821-6988.

STUDENT SHARING WéElLlL-decorated 7 rooms, new car with Business Administration Majorettes. African or Arabic cookers preferred. References. Evenings (313) 867-7929.

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ATTENTION MUSICIANS a new and original rock group is forming in the Detroit area. For informationcall Dave Collins at 822-4571. All instruments inquire. consider sharing childcare in exchange for cheap/free room. Contact Robert, evenings, 871-9884.

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FOR SALE

JVC RC-M80 Electronic AM/FM cassette portable; Hitachi 40s turntable; Omega speakers. All new 1981 equipment. Call evenings 549-5632.

YOU KNOW what day this is? You don t? Well, buy WDET POSTER CALENDAR! Call.577-4204. WDET needs the bucks.

eiviPLOYMENT

NURSES AIDE would like work caring for invalid or semi-invalid. Excellent references. Call 393-1520 in pm.

$80 FREE FOOD send SASE Market Research Volunteers, National Research Serv., PO Box 5134, Dearborn, MI 48128.

CONSULTANTS WANTED University of Wisconsin Madison Center for Cooperatives seeks recent business grads or seasoned pros for consulting with grassroots cooperatives. Rare opportunity for marketing, financial planning, and/or business management people. One year's Vista volunteer service required. Cost of living allowance, end of service stipend provided. For immediate consideration call collect (313) 226-7928.

EXPERIENCED BOOKKEEPER to join Detroit Metro Times staff. Part time. Send resume to Laura Markham, DMT, 2410 Woodward Tower, Detroit, Ml 48226. No phone calls please.

WANTED: BUSINESS .MANAGER fund raiser, experienced, for professional dance: company-school. Clifford Fears Dance Theatre of Detroit, (313) 224-0984.

Travel Bureau

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SERVICES

RID YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS of all pests, rats, mice and squirrels electronically. Call 393-1341, 345-7929.

GEMOLOGICAL detailed written appraisals, Insurance coverage, estate legal cases or: curiosity. 721-1666.

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IF YOU ARE INVOLVED in the revitalization of Detroiter's neighborhoods, you need The Exchange, newsletter of the Neighborhood Information Exchange, 742 W. McNichols, Detroit 48203. For details, phone 861-3024.

SINGLES CLUBS & CONVENTION: Southfield, May 22-25, 1981, workshops, seminars, dances, free exhibits, free info. Singlehood, 6540 Franklin, Bimingham, Mt 48010.

WANTED _

FOREIGN COINS wanted by private - collector. Will pay cash. Call 543-1425.

SAD SACK COMIC BOOKS top price paid, account on condition. Funny cards wanted too, Call 245-1941.

40 in. CAST IRON table saw and joiner. 731-3892.

BEAGLE DOG registered. 693- 8492.

HIGHEST $CASHS paid for used LPs and tapes (dj ok), Detroit's best record store is located in Toledo. Check out the Record & Tape Exchange. Most new $7.98 list LPs only $4.99. We buy and sell all types of music: rock, jazz, R&B, blues, soul, wave, imports, classical, movies, bluegrass, folk, C&W. Any record or tape in store priced $1.50 up is guaranteed! Also over 1,000 bargain LPs priced $1 or less. The Record & Tape Exchange, 2629 W. Central Ave., Toledo, OH. 3 blocks S. of |-480 and Douglas Ave. (419) 474-6491.

NOTICES -

JOIN THE BLACK THEATRE and Film-Production Guild. Students. and nonstudents. Box 91, Student Center Bidg., WSU, Detroit, 48202.

MUSLIM MINISTER wants all past editions of Muhammad Speaks, Lessons on Supreme Wisdom (especially Ministers advanced lessons). FOI/MGT Uniforms, Islamic books, jewelry, pictures, donations and members for Muhammad's Mosque and EEA University. (313) 963-7777.

THE SPROUT HOUSE new natural food store and more. Tofu, health foods, macrobiotics, vitamins, cooking classes. 15309 Mack, 885-1048.

THE BLACK THEATRE AND FILM PRODUCTION GUILD of Wayne State University will present Salt Water Reflections, a dance-play, March 26-28. 577-4585.

CITY PLANNING COMMISSION has applications for Detroiters interested in being

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ATTORNEY

considered for appointment to fill fhe vacancies on the Citizens Review Committee of the City Planning Commission. Deadline is March 20, 1981. Members serve without pay. 1428 City-County Bidg., 224-7888.

PERSONALS

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LENI! Lots of love. CSMS. SHANTAN Happy belated _ birthday, nephew! Enjoy that California sunshine for me, too it s COLD here! Maybe we'll see each other this summer? Love, Aunt Waiden.

DEAR ROCHELLE, March 6. You're so cute and squeaky clean/Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen. Your bizare sister, Teri Jo. STATIS: John, hope to hear you jamagain soon. You're still the only hope for us all! Suzy Q.

TONY Happy early birthday. to you, brother! Keep playing that beautiful music. You'll be getting a father. & son birthday package SOON much love to all of you, Walden.

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COMMUNITY SERVICES

ACCOUNTING AID SOCIETY: Conducts a free tax-assistance program for lowincome Detroit residents. Phone Mary Pitts, 922-2700.

IMMUNIZATION CENTER: Detroit Receiving Hospital, 4201 St. Antoine, 494-4411. Call for Gppdintment or the latest-immunizations required for intemational travelers.

INSURANCE REFORM ACT HOTLINE: Learn about your rights in buying insurance, new policies available under the law and variations in premiums by calling toll free 1-800-482-1789, M-F, am-1 pm.

LAID OFF DOWNRIVER? For help with problems .associated with unemployment, referrals for job placement or training programs, call 283-9700, M-F, 8:30-5.

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To Bebop the best damn cat in the world. Sony to see you gone. Garaud. ELAINE You give good city chicken to my ribs. It keeps a-stickin , making my > Timex keep a-tickin .

To the elder Simpers: All is well on the home front ! Miss You, Too! Love and hugs -from your daughter, the skating fool. (| can do a Salchow now!)

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MOTHERING ART SUPPORT NETWORK: 24hour support number for women who need help dealing with thefrustrations of mothering. Lynn (Royal Oak area) 5460925 or Cheryl (Detroit area) 593-4210.

NEW SOURCES: A network of women helping each other. Get togethers, seminars and resources to enable women to take effective control of personal and career life. Call 851-3150 for. more info.

PROBLEM WITH SUBSTANCE ABUSE? Call Share House for help with drugs or alcohol abuse, 894-8444,

U of D DENTAL CLINIC: 2985 E. Jefferson. The School of Dentistry offers complete range of dental services at low prices. VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE: Find help and shelter by calling toll-free 1-800-2923925, 24 hours a day.

VIETNAM VETS who have been exposedto the lethal defoliant Agent Orange can get legal and treatment info from the MecNichols, 272-7070.

LANDLORD TENANT CENTER: 149 W. Lafayette Blvd., Room 218, 961-4095. Free Service for both landlords and tenants with problems or questions. Veteran s Multi-Service Center,-14630 W.

WLBS FASHIONSHOW

featuring CIAO City Slicker Albert's Alcove Hair Fashions by Michelle Stoika at the Home Builders Snow Cobo Arena

March 14 & March 21

5 pm in the garden area and visit our booth in the stereo section

102.7 FM