aes look like any bunch of kids you'd see at a shopping mall, nice looking, a little sloppy, youth emanating from every square inch of skin, ready for something to happen. Then their heads snap up, their backs arch, eyes flash and / they move.
This assemblage of fresh facesis the Nonce Dance Passa ble, and thatis why, late ona Wednesday night, they are in the basement of St. Andrew s Hall in Bricktown sweating a lot rather than sipping. beer in a campus bar somewhere. Ace -Continded on age 10 eee
Photo: Charley Hansen
CLASSIC FILM THEATRE sok ihe PUNCH & JUDY
Classic Film Theatre continues to. present a different film each night, featuring classics of the American cinema, the finest in foreign films and festivals highlighting such celluloid greats as Charlie Chaplin and Humphrey Bogart. Midnights on Friday and Saturday will continue to feature Rock & Rollfilmsand cult favorites. Admission $2.50 adults and $1.50 children under 12, unless otherwise noted.
FRI., OCT. 23 7, 9:30 THE LAST METRO ~ (Francois Truffaut, 1980)
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ee {es DECLINE oF (Roman Polanski, 1980)
WESTERN | SUN., OCT. 25 7, 9:15 CIVILIZATION THE GREAT DICTATOR (Penelope Spheeris, 1981) | (Charles Chaplin, 1940) MIDNIGHT SHOWS 7
OCT. 16, 17, 18 John Huston, 1954 Ondo TUES, OCT: 27 7,9
THE DECLINE OF THE WIZARD OF OZ WESTERN | (Victor Fleming, 1939) CIVILIZATION .
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Congratulations on your first anniversary on your first anniversary!
I ve been subscribing to the Metro Times since first saw it (issue 3), and itis hard to believe a year has passed. really dependon your calendar don t know how I'd dewithout it.
Frankly, wasn t sure how long your paper would last, but I m delighted to see you've proven us doubters wrong. Happy Birthday!
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EXPOSE
An exquisite newspaper you have there!
But if you think you ve a monopoly in the casual chicness department, you've got another thing coming, buster! have a story suggestion for you, anyway. How about an expose on the various species of fish? Let me expound on this idea by saying, I ve heard of carp and bass and trout and mackerel and so on, but I'll be damned if can tell em apart! As far as I m concerned, you seen one fish, you seen em all.
John McCormick
RENEWAL
have just read Ron Williams excellent interview with Comer George Crockett.
It is a gem.
The first detailed account of a prominent Detroit leader's trip to South Africa appeared in Detroit Metro Times, not the ae
VOLUME II, NUMBER 1 * OCTOBER 15-29, 1981
NEWS
Adventures in Medialand, by Howard C. Miner .............22..-
People s Congress Slated for Cobo, by Hugh Grady....:..... eee
Abortion Showdown in Lansing, by Ron Williams................
At the same time the Reagan administration provides legitimacy to racist South Africa, the mainstream Detroit press ignored the story DMT ran.
Kudos and congratulations on your firstanniversary. My renewal sub is enclosed. recently read a Free Press story with numerous references to your leftist publication.
You have filled a void in Detroit. And have done so by not avoiding (I couldn t resist that; after all, its 2 a.m.). I m proud to contribute towards the progress of your leftist publication and encourage those who support an alternative press in Detroit to do the same.
Tom Lonergan Chicago
CLOUT
Some clout the Metro Times has. Here you spent the lead article s slot on a piece describing the malevolent ELF system (nee Seafarer, nee Sanguine) only to have Washington continue funding for the project. Next time you re so dead set against something, please, don t write about it!
Horace J. Zanuck
A LOOK AT THE HIGHLIGHTS OF EVENTS
SAT. OCT.
OUT OF THE MOUTHS OF BABES: A female stand-up comic is pretty rare, even in these modern times. For that reason and more importantly because of the strength of her following in other cities, we are looking forward to the arrival of Robin Tyler, a feminist whose humor is both personal and
SUN. ot 18
IF ARTS YOUR BAG: In 1969, John Lennon created a series of lithographs depicting certain events going on imhis life at the political. Tyler is presented by DSOC and Detroit New American Movement tonight at 8 p.m. in WSU's General Lectures Auditorium, along with Pam Sisson. For ticket information ot to arrange an American Sign Language interpreter, call 3278037.
Also today begins the first of a three-weekend series of workshops for people interested in building a solar greenhouse. It will continue for the following two weekends, at the Forrer - House in NW Detroit. Subjects to be covered include the psychology of design, tax credits and winter gardening. The sessions go from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. and include meals. To register or get more details, call 628--
time, such as his marriage to Yoko Ono, their famous bed-in for peace and their honeymoon in Paris.. Fourteen of these lithos comprise a set which Lennon called Bag One. Until recently, they were not available for public viewing, but now the set is on a tour of 100 cities, including Detroit. Bag One will be on display today only from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at the Cafe Fior in Southfield. A portion of the admission price will be donated to the Spirit Foundation, a charity founded by Ono and Lennon. Further information can be had by calling 357- 3280.
MON. OCT.
SUGAR DADDY: Tonight, Detroiters have the rare opportunity to witness the American premiere of an internationally acclaimed dance troupe. In a
Institute of Arts, the National Dance Theatre of Zaire presents Nkenge, a dance-opera which has not yet been seen outside Africa. Nkenge is the story ofa woman who is wooed and won by a wealthy outsider, journeys into his world, then flees it to return to her family. The story is told through a blend of dance, drama and music performed by. the 28-member troupe. There will be only one performance, tonight at 8:30, in the DIA Theatre. Tickets are available only at the DIA ticket office, 8322730.
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SUDS 'N PUBS: Ifyou've not yet been on a pub crawl, nowisa good time to be initiated. Tonight at 6 o'clock a bus full of merrymakers will depart from the Music Hall and make the rounds of 22 (yes, twenty two) downtown bars, all for the benefit of the Michigan Opera Theatre. You are welcome to come, with or without a costume. To reserve your space, call the MOT at 963-3717.
FRI. OCT.
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Lenn on Lithographs at Cafe Fioy
poe Bob James returns to his alma mater today for a free public workshop on record production, song writing and other notable subjects. The workshop will take place in the Michigan Union on the U-M campus. It is being presented in conjunction with a concert tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in Ann Arbor s Hill. Auditorium, which will benefit Eclipse Jazz. Ticket information is available by calling 763-
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BY THE BOOK: Booklovers of all ages will be kept busy for the next week at workshops and fairs being offered at two
puppet shows, eee on the collection, preservation and evaluation of books will be presented at 12:30, 1:30 and 2:30 p.m. in the Explorers Room. Later, the Friends of the DPC will be holding an Antiquarian Book Fair at 5:30 p.m. on the concourse. Beginning today as well is a week-long fair of special programs for children and parents at Hudson's downtown store, featuring numerous book authors and illustrators who will answer the- children s questions. Also on the agenda are a Halloween program and lectures for parents on improving the reading habits of their children. For specific times of the Hudson's programs, call Rosalind Ziegler at 222-6888. More information
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by Howard C. Miner
Poets, Priests and Politicians Have Words to Thank for Their Positions Words That Cry for Our Submission No one s Jamming Their Transmission.
ur survey shows that 11 out Oo of 10 readers recognized the above lyric from the Police song De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da. (As if to prove their own point, music by the Police is now being used as a sound bed under Sunday Afternoon Football play highlights. Who said they. weren't as good as Chuck Mangione?)
As it turns out, the lyric has become even more appropriate because of recent developments in television news. More on that in a moment. But first, this message.
In the final analysis, poets and priests do not have words to thank for their positions. They have armies and police departments, prisons and mental institutions and electric chairs. Get too far in any effort to challenge the establishment and you will be subjected to something more severe than a tongue-lashing.
If you don t believe it, ask Fred Hampton or Medger Evers or George Jackson or the Greensboro Five or the four students who were exercising their right to expensive speech at Kent State on May 4, 1970. Oops, sorry, you can t ask any of those people. They re all dead.
It is true that images and words that cry for our submission are a major weapon in the arsenal of control. No society has ever been subjected to a more relentless and pervasive presentation of the official point of view. Perhaps the most consistent and oft-repeated message is, of course, that there is no official point of view.
Which brings me straight (okay, kay, so its a little crooked) to today s tirade. Question. When does 2x1=4?
Answer: When TV news doubles its time of presentation, it at least quadruples the amount of bullshit.
The reasons for this are complex. In the first place, there is the illusion that more airtime translates into more information a more in depth look at the news, etc. The fact is there is already significantly more time devoted to TV news now than was the case, say, five years ago. Does anyone seriously believe that the American people are better informed as a result?
It is not, after all, the purpose of TV news to inform or educate anyone. Its purpose is to produce a profitable return on the investment of its owners like any other business. And that more clearly than ever is the motivation behind expanded news coverage. Current economic circumstances dictate that the ratio between what it costs to produce and air News and the revenue it generates is a favorable one. Hence more. News.
But the product is more superficial than ever. It is no accident that expanded news is also usually live
news or Live at Five as one local channel is promoting it. That is the most profitable use of the most expensive components of TV news on-air talent along with hardware such as mini-cams, micro-wave transmitters, helicopters and satellite time. Station and network owners are economically compelled to realize the value of that investment.
Of what value is it to the news consumer? Practically none. In the first place, hardly anything of great or visually spectacular (TV does deal first and foremost, after all, in appearances) importance inherently occurs at 5 p.m. or 11:30 p.m. Thus, more than ever before, news has to be invented to happen live at the, pre-scheduled time.
And what kind of news can a live camera show best? As often as not, either wrong news or non-news. Wrong news: President Reagan has not been shot. James Brady is dead. President Sadat s wounds are not serious. On that Global Airways plane which you see before you on the Metropolitan Airport runway, the four reporters which channels 2, 4 and 7 have stationed there can definitely tell you that Anwar Sadat s brother is either on orsnot on that plane.
Was (Not Was). News (NonNews). Non-News mostly consists of elevating any kind of locally severe weather into an event that could actually only be reported by Mathew, _Luke or John. Channel 7, of course, pioneered and excels in this.type of coverage. A standard clause in every reporter s contract is an allowance for boots, slickers, goofy headgear and antibiotics. As a friend of mine put it, their motto must be Let No- One Surpass Us at Telling People What They Already Know.
Or as Bill Bonds himself informed us on Oct. after a day of intense investigative reporting. -
Tt s wet.
No one s jamming their transmission.
UNDERPANTS
The editor said, Don t be so negative, talk about the good things that are. happening in the media, too. Whew, this gets tougher all the time. But, did think of one thing. Saturday Night Live does appear to have been fitted with a new set of improved dentures. (Irresistable negative aside: Lenny Bruce, the Smothers Brothers and Bob Hope teach us that genuinely effective satire doesn t last very long in modern America.)
In case you were worried that some people in the U.S. were living well at the expense of others, Forget it. At least that problem has been solved. In a recent column, Bill Giles, Editor of the Detroit News, informs us, In 35 years of lunching out in New York, Washington and Detroit, among other metropolises, have never seen a three-martini lunch. So there.
It must be some kind of turning point that a news conference and a | TV. commercial have become one and the same. At least that s the case. with Lee lacocca s latest newsvertisement for Chrysler. How efficient.
by Hugh Grady
ou may have seen signs ¥ for it on freeway overpasses and corner lamp posts. The All- People s Congress is coming to Cobo Arena in Detroit Oct. 16-18, and conference organizers are preparing for three to four thousand participants and a weekend of speakouts, workshops and planning on how best to organize grassroots = opposition to the Reagan budget cuts. The conference is being organized by a group called People s Anti-War Mobilization (PAM), an ofganization which was involved in a series of disputes last spring with other anti-war forces over the direction and image of the big anti-war march that eventually brought over 100,000 anti-war, anti-draft protesters to Washington. Many of the groups
-NEWS FEATURE People s Congress Slated for Cobo
Conference
planners say their aim is to map out plans" for national days of resistance to the Reagan administration s massive cutbacks.
involved in those hassles are conspicuous by their absence from the All-People s Congress planning.
But there is an impressive list of
local and national endorsers of the Congyess. According to PAM organizer Shelley Ettinger, among national groups endorsing the Congress are the Welfare Rights Organization, the American Indian Movement and the National Black United Front. Ettinger said local endorsers of the conference.include the Detroit
Council of Ministers, the Metro AFL-CIO Council, Congressmen Conyers and Crockett and City Council President Henderson, as well as Wayne State Student Government and several gay and lesbian groupings, union locals and neighborhood organizations. Singer Gil Scott-Heron will be performing at 8 and 11 p.m. at Grand Circus Theatre, Saturday, Oct. 17, in a benefit for the Congress.
Conference planners say their aim is to map out plans for na-
tional days of resistance to the Reagan administration s massive cutbacks in programs designed to help poor and working people. The idea for such a conference .may sound familiar to political observers over the last decade. Ever since the present series of economic difficulties began around 1970, there have been conferences and congresses called to mobilize grassroots opposition. The Hard Times Convention and the Fight Back Conference of 1975 both attracted
thousands of participants and planned ambitious programs to help push the country leftward. Unfortunately, those earlier efforts fell apart. fairly rapidly, the victims of the inherent difficulties of the task and the destructive behavior of self-appointed vanguards within the conferences whose manipulative tactics and rhetorical posturing turned off the grassroots forces who were temporarily mobilized. Some observers fear a similar dynamic might function in the All-People s Congress.
If you want to see for yourself, you can register at Cobo Arena for $5 for the entire weekend ($2 for unemployed, senior citizens and students). Free transportation in the city of Detroit, free childcare and maybe freefood are promised by conference organizers. Registrants will also get a discount on tickets to see Gil Scott-Heron. a
Abortion Showdown in Lansing
by Ron Williams
overnor Milliken and_prochoice groups are up against the legislature once again on the abortion issue. The, Senate, by a 26-11 vote, has already passed a bill which would prohibit Michigan from paying for elective Medicaid abortions with state funds and the House is expected to follow suit this _week. The legislation will then be sent to Gov. Milliken s desk where it will undoubtedly be vetoed as similar bans have in the past.
Such a series of events will set up the latest in a continuing, almost annual, attempt by anti-choice forces to restrict poor women s access to~ state-financed abortions. If vetoed, the legislation would be sent back to the House, where abortion foes will attempt to muster:the two-third vote needed in that body to successfully override the governors veto. And this time; they claim they have the votes.
In 1979, after vetoing a similar bill, Milliken stated: My position on the issue is clear: to deny poor women of the state the opportunity to exercise the same legal rights of other members of society is wrong. Michigan is one of only nine states which continues to use state funds for abortions. No federal funds are available to the state for that purpose. The bill approved by the Senate is more restrictive than federal abortion guidelines, refusing to provide state funds to terminate pregnancies even in the case of rape or incest. If it were to become law, it would affect nearlyone-third of the abortions performed
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in the state per year. Opponents argue that it is precisely low-income women seeking abortions that find themselves least able to adequately care for a child because of econdmic hardship.
State Senator Doug Ross (D-Oak Park) told Detroit Metro Times that the use of state funds is not the issue at all. By cutting off Medicaid funding for poor women, you have not taken public money out of the picture. Because the woman is already receiving some form of public assistance, she will be forced to siphon off money she is receiving for such things as food, clothing and shelter for her living children to pay for the abortion, he argues. Public funds are still being used for the abortion. Now what moral end. is served by that?
Ross sees the repeated attempts by anti-choice groups to pass the same restrictions in part a result of the relative lack of public outcry when such legislation is introduced. While agreeing that a strong response from pro-choice voters may have an important impact on the looming override battle, he perceives very little. movement on the issue among his colleagues. One side or the other almost has to replace people (during election opportunities) to win this issue, he says.
Mark Bertler, Public Affairs Coordinator of Planned Parenthood Affiliates in Lansing, cites number of considerations which will make the dynamics of any upcoming votes complex. This issue does not break down along party lines, he explains. Such factors as whether a legislator will be running for re-election, his or her ties to the governor and the strength of anti- and pro-choice forces
The bill approved by the Senate is more restrictive than federal abortion guidelines, refusing to provide state funds to terminate pregnancies even in the case of rape or incest.
in their home district are all important, according to Bertler. Some legislators who vote in favor of the bill may not be willing to vote against the governor s veto, he says. There will also be the making of promises and trading of horses.
Planned Parenthood, while main-
- taining that state-funded abortions is a crucial service which should remain available to low-income women, advocates the use of contraception and family planning.
The only family planning procedure the Department of Social Services really deals with is Medicaid
abortions, claims Bertler. In many cases poor women only know they can get Medicaid abortions and are not aware they can receive subsidized family planning information and services through the Department of Public Health. He argues that while both have a commitment to providing services to low-incomé people, there is a lack of coordination between the two state departments.
Helen Howe of the Detroit affiliate of the Religious Coalition for Abortion Rights (RCAR), believes the key to defeating an override effort lies in convincing those pro-choice women_ who would not have to rély on public. funds for an abortion that this legislative battle will greatly affect their own right to choose. Many don t understand that the right can be taken away from women regardless of whether they depend on Medicaid, she says.
RCAR plans to put into motion a mail campaign urging. support of Milliken s veto anddo target certain key legislators. - It doesn t matter (in an override vote) how many prochoice votes there are, just in making sure there are not enough anti-choice votes. If we can get.one or two legislators to take a walk when the vote comes up....
The House came up nine votes short in an effort to override Millken s most recent veto last spring. The Senate did, however, come up with the 26 votes needed to override. The next showdown is expected by observers to reach a vote in the House and Senate in November or possibly early December, certainly before the end of the current session. The margin is expected to be closer this time around. B
imes are tough all over : unemployment, _ inflation, declining productivity. And all the social programs that once helped us get over are now falling under the federal budget ax. Unfortunately, it seems easier to hold an edge by cutting into flesh than into the military s metallic glint. ae
But the rap is everybody s getting cut it s part of our new democracy suburban college "kids can t get loans just like ghetto mothers can t get food stamps. Still, some things are just hard to take. Like when catsup threatens to become a school-lunch vegetable, or when granny loses her social security and goes to work in a munitions factory.
Recently Detroit artists Tom Bloomer and Rose DeSloover have found it hard to take the 50 percent budget slashing of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) at a time when the federal funding for military bands hit an all-time high.
T know there are many social and welfare cutbacks that are more significant, says DeSloover, but we want to question the priorities between the NEA and military bands.
At one point last spring, more bucks were earmarked for the army, navy, air force and marine bands than all the money for the country s 1,800 symphony orchestras, 35,000 community theatres and thousands of museums, botanical gardens, zoos, art centers, opera companies and dance troupes. -
Oomp-pa-pa! protest Bloomer. and DeSloover, it just doesn t seem right. And to prove they really hold nothing against John Philip Sousa, they re organizing the musical Artists March for Equitable Funding.
- Its impossible to say what this Oct. 18 march and rally will be. Marchers are being asked to bring musical instruments which Bloomer translates as anything that makes noise.
Hmm, imagine arag-tag group of artists maybe even a sign or
Still, some things are just hard to take. Like when catsup threatensto become a schoollunch vegetable. . .-
two like conceptual artists think about IT marching to the hum of combs, kazoos and clarinets: Bloomer and DeSloover suspect its not the kind of cacophony to completely stop David Stockman (who s proven deaf to all but the screams of the truly needy a group we just can t seem to locate these days). However, the artists do hope the rally will generate a larger network of all kinds of artists poets, performers, painters.
This network could provide a voice for all of the arts. It would also plan a larger arts festival for next spring.
Protests to the NEA cuts have already raised the budget proposal to $119 million, up from the $88 million Reagan first proposed. That s why DeSloover feels its important to bring your washboards and Bronx-cheer makers to the 2 p.m. march from Gullen Mall at WSU.
After looping through the cultural center, the march will end at the mall with speakers and a band and the band just happens to be called the Cutbacks. |
Graphic: Allison Curd
Nonce: Back on Their Feet
Continued from Cover
That is part of what dancing is all about (sacrifice), but we'll get to that later. For now, Nonce is working feverishly on a new piece called Motor City Sequence which will be sneak previewed the night before American . Ballet Theatre (read Baryshnikov) opens its Detroit engagement. Nonce is not intimidated.
A few words about dance companies. Like any other artistic medium, a dance company usually starts with one person who has a vision an idea of his or her own that demands to be communicated. The artist will experience scorn, praise, indifference, jealousy, help and skepticism as he or- she works to transform the vision into reality that can be shared by others. The masses of people will not care very much. But that s okay. If the vision is clear, if the dance is true, some people will care. _And the dancers will have found a home.
Denise Szykula is the founder and artistic director of Nonce certainly an impressive title for this tiny, 34year-old woman who turns out to be as much a part of Detroit as Dodge Main. Brought into the world by a Polish, blue-collar family on the city s east side, Denise was a troublemaker in school loud, independent, challenging authority.
T hada lot of energy, she says dryly.
It is fortunate one of her teachers channeled that energy into dance.
The east side is probably safer because of it.
1 make dances for people like my Dad, she explains. Art is not something you need to be elite or educated to enjoy. It is not dancing. around about flowers. try to stop things in life that we all know, just for a moment, so we can all see them ina new way.
gosh... we re really glad to be here.
quiet.
STOP! Szykula screams. The dancers freeze. The sudden silence creates tension. On top. of everything else here we've got to be There s a play going on upstairs. Now, you two, do that movement again. hope you've gota hard head, sweetie,in case he drops you.
There is nothing delicate about Denise Szykula except her bone structure. She flings her body around to demonstrate what she wants, throws out some expletives when its not right, then steps back in frustration for her dancers to take. the floor.
Make it better. Give it more hip. Its got to be perfect!
Dancing is pushing, pulling, having people run into you, pick you up, throw you around, constantly discovering what different shapes, balances and changes in the human body are possible and not possible, fighting gravity, weight and the limbs of the dancer next to you.
Nonce has recently taken up residence in St. Andrew's Hall and shares the facility with the Actors Renaissance Theatre, a banquet and
catering organization, and various groups of little old Scottish ladies and gentlemen who have held meetings there for a hundred years. Nonce is regularly hustled from the top floor to the basement to the first floor ballroom depending on who needs what space on what night.
Denise Szykula hates to waste time. Upstairs? You need this room now? Of course, no problem. Come quickly. Thank you, thank you very much. Polish girls from the east side are brought up to be polite.
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Szykula believes so passionately in what she is doing that her rehearsal style evokes shades of Adolph Hitler and Eleanor Roosevelt: a humanitarian at the core with the methods of a true dictator.
I give them my best, she says levelly, and they know it. They trust me because they know I ve done my homework. To be in Nonce is to do exactly as say. And they want it. While still in high school, Denise Szykula s teacher told her parents to send her to Connecticut College for the summer to study at the American Dance Festival. They agreed. That summer and the summer following, Szykula studied with Martha Graham, Jose Limon and Merce Cunningham, immersing herself in the different styles and, as.she puts it, trying like hell to keep up. Later she would go to New York, study some more and ultimately join the Toronto Dance Theatre.
Denise Szykula
IT knew early that wanted to teach and wanted to have my own company, she declares. So came back to Detroit and taught dance seven days a week at four or five different places. lived in my car. But was able to start Nonce and start choreographing. Plus was in a position to spot the dancers wanted, she adds wickedly. Detroit is my home. Everything need is available here. In New York there s a million dancers. We re like pioneers here. love it. You need to be comfortable then you work from there.
Today, Szykula may be as happy as she has ever been. But it was not always so. Building a dance company in the Motor City is no picnic, as Harbinger, Detroit City Dance and Clifford Fears would also be quick to tell. you. There is the problem of space, the problem of time (like most artists, dancers have to make a living at something else) and overwhelmingly the problem of money.
T started Nonce with a $200 loan from one of my dancers back in 1973, she recalls. We'd go to high schools, junior colleges, churches, community centers. We'd perform, give classes, hold workshops, whatever they wanted us to do. We'd use whatever stage, lights or sound Bat
NONCE (Non ts), n. for the moment, used for a single occasion, and present thereafter only as a beautiful memory. ae
This definition will be graphically illustrated on Sunday, Oct. 18, when the Nonce Dance Ensemble -holds a fall fundraising party at its new home Historic St. Andrew s Hall in Bricktown. The housewarming will run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. and features an open bar and hors _d oeuvres. Highlight of the evening will be a sneak-preview performance of Motor City Sequence, a new three-movement dance by Denise Szykula with original jazz score by Detroit composer James Hartway.
Tickets are $13 each or $25 per couple and will be available at the door. St. Andrew s Hall is located at 431 E. Congress, between Brush and Beaubien. For more information, call 776-3593.
Motor City Sequence is made possible, in part, by a grant from the Michigan Council for the Arts. i
to staccato criticism and praise of each of her nine company members.
Jump on the fifth count of four, /she shouts, ~snapping her fingers. We've only got two weeks before the
would they go, asked myself. It was the pits. Dancers spend so much time in the studio they don t learn much about the world outside. couldn t let the company fold, so last May I sat down at the dining room table and started writing letters.
When Nonce left Rackham, it didn t owe anyone a dime. No deficits for this blue-collar, work-ethic company. But it didn t have a dime, either.
Letters went out to Nonce s mailing list previous sponsors, patrons, students, friends, relatives and friends-of-friends. Help, it read. Come to a meeting for Nonce. 1 didn t know how to ask for help. never thought anyone would come. But had to try, Szykula recalls emotionally.
Assuming she would attend the meeting alone, Szykula took her sister along for company. Soon, she was surprised, amazed and finally thrilled when approximately 35 people many of whom she didn t even recognize showed up to offer assistance and support. The letters had generated some monetary contributions, and now she had 70 hands and 35brains to help her put Nonce back together. The Friends of Nonce was formed that night and nothing has been quite the same since.
1 doesn t matter if it sfilm, theatre, dance or anything else. It s going to be up to the people to make sure that whatever they care about survives. If they are quiet, they'll get nothing... . 39 SS A SE SE SA TE GI PATE tem they had. Once we danced outside in the summer and burned our feet on the floor. We'd sew sur own costumes and print our own tickets if need be. It didn t matter. The important thing was to keep dancing. It still is.
In 1977, Nonce became the resident dance company at Rackham Auditorium in Detroit s Cultural Center freeing them from scrounging for rehearsal and performing halls, and better yet, providing a recognition and status previously lacking. Szykula created dances left and right whimsical dances, serious dances, dances about battered wives, dances about friendship, insanity and shopping bag ladies.
T only wanted to go forward, she bursts out. I want my dances to be accessible. You don t like this one? Okay, wait for the next one. Enjoy it on any level you like. don t care.
The newspapers -were paying attention to Nonce, and_performances were scheduled more regularly than ever before. But in January of this year, the bottom began to crack and by February it had fallen out. Because of economics, Rackham could no longer afford them. Grants fell through. Two residencies cancelled. Even a benefit concert was indefinitely postponed. Reluctantly, some of the dancers drifted away. Nonce was homeless, penniless, performance-less-
Denise Szykula was not amused.
The dancer in the gray jogging suit drops the girl in the red harem pants. Her head hits the floor with a frightening thud on the final beat of the third movement of Motor City Sequence. other dancers rush out of position to rally around their fallen comrade. The girl lies there amidst a great deal of murmuring. After a few minutes, they all look to their leader.
preview. know you're tired but want you to do the whole movement again. You want.sympathy? Forget it. LaDonna s the only one who gets sympathy tonight. How s your head, honey?
So up go the purple leg warmers, the blue gym shorts, the black leotards and the green sweat pants to try it again.
Szykula I created monsters, claims. They were trained to do anything. They re courageous. Where
I was so used to doing everything, by myself, it never occurred to. me that other people would care so much and actually volunteer to work. Its incredible. have a committee to write grant applications, have a committee for publicity, I have committees to take care of all the administrative stuff that never handled very well. can t believe it. Its like a miracle.
Miraculous, perhaps, is unquestionably necessary for the survival of any non-profit arts organization. The artist must be free to create. Other people, with different talents, must take care of the rest. Their decisions are so much better than mine, she-bubbles. So many things are off my hands now. We got the largest grant Nonce ever - received to develop and present Motor City Sequence. Things are really happening. Now we can grow artistically. Soon we'll have our own sound system, video camera, we'll tour. . and her eyes shimmer with the infinite possibilities.
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people to decide what they want and. it. It doesn t matter if its film, theatre,
Now that Nonce has a home at St. Andrew s, Szykula is ready to tackle the world. I m a pollyanna, she readily admits. There s no limit to our potential or any group that really wants to make it. Detroit will always be our home. But with less government backing for artistic and -social causes, it will be up to the then get out and do something about dance or anything else. Its going to be up to the people to make sure that whatever they care about survives. If they re quiet, they'll get nothing. They have to take the responsibility.
Watching Szykula erupt with feeling, one gets the impression that if her form suddenly disappeared there would remain a tight, fiery ball of energy.
Artists don t want to be said no to, she explodes, pounding a fistona table. There will be some weeding out. People will dance on street corners if they have to. Art is doing what you must do in order to do what you want to do. Its living. = a
It s not going to be easy.-
Photos:Charley Hanson
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NOTES
Those of you who have spent the majority of your post-adolescent entertainment budget in search of musical thrills will not want to pass by School Kids Records & Tapes. Recently, Out Magazine listed them among the top twenty record shops in the U.S., but U-M students have been raving about them for years. Manager Mike Lang s business philosophy has been to stock his store as though it were.a library reflecting both past and currently popular musical tastes. Lang claims they. offer more jazz than any other store in Michigan as well as
a complete variety of rock, folk, blues and cutouts. No classical, however. In that area they defer to their well-stocked. neighbor, the Liberty Music Shop. Well worth the journey. 523 Liberty, Ann Arbor, 994-8031.
AIR WAVE RAVE
Ten points for WRIF in the creative programming department. Once again they have broken from the Big Three brand of vanilla radio and have taken a chance on something new. The RIF Rock. Cafe debuted recently, the only show in town featuring rockabilly, reggae, modern music and local bands on a regular basis. It airs Monday through Saturday mornings (or Sunday through Friday nights) from 2 a.m. to 4a.m. Hosted by Carl Coffey, appreciated by many.
HONORABLE AND OTHER MENTIONS
To Alan Sklar and Associates, for the non-event of the year. The next time you decide to have a movie premiere, don't forget the main ingredient.
Greg St. James, WABX The next REO.
Wally Palmer, ROMANTICS Fabulous.
Gail Parenteau, Promoter A great live show that everyone should see.
Mike Duffy, Free Press A gem. Gonzo!
Eric Morgeson, Studio A The next KISS, only better.
Ted Nugent, Self-proclaimed guitar champion NO!
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MUSIC JAZZ
ALEXANDER ZONJIC JAZZ BAND: Oct. 22-25, Baker's, 864-1200.
ALJARREAU: Oct. 28, Fox Theatre, 9620046. Nov. 4, U-M Hill Aud., Ann Arbor. Tickets available for both concerts at CIC outlets.
ALLAN BARNES QUARTET: Oct. 15-18, Baker's, 864-1200.
ANDREA CHEOLAS TRIO: Th-Sa, Sir Charles Pub, Royal Oak, 541-9593.
ANGELO PRIMO QUARTET: Oct. 21, 28, Baker's, 864-1200.
BESS BONNIER: Sundays, 1-4 pm, DIA Crystal Gallery, 832-2730.
BETTY CARTER: Nov. 5,8 & 10:30 pm, U-M Union Ballroom, Ann Arbor. Call Eclipse Jazz, 763-6922 for info. Tickets . at CIC outlets.
BOB JAMES: Oct. 24, 8 pm, benefit for Eclipse Jazz, U-M Hill Aud., 763-6922. Oct. 25, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 5467610.
BOB SZAJNER TRIAD: Oct. 23-24, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820.
BUDDY RICH AND HIS ORCHESTRA: Oct. 16-17, Carousel, Mt. Clemens, 7912121:
CATS MEOW: Oct. 18-20, 25-27, J. Ross Browne Whaling Station. Oct. 2324, Delta Lady, Ferndale, 545-5483.
CHUCK MANGIONE: Nov. 18, 8 pm, UM Hill Aud., Ann Arbor. Tickets at CTC outlets.
DR. DICK S GOOD VIBES: Oct. 16-17, Cafe Detroit, 831-8820. Mondays, Crash Landing, Warren, 751-4444. FLORA PURIM with AIRTO& FINGERS: Oct. 24, 7:30 pm, Grand Circus Live, 965-5563.
GIGUE ORCHESTRA: Mondays, Les
RLounge, 592-8714.
GIL SCOTI-HERON and THE MIDNIGHT BAND plus DAVE VALENTIN: Oct. 17, 8 & 11 pm, Grand Circus Theatre, 965-5563.
HALLOWEEN MYSTIC CONCERT featering A. SPENCER BAREFIELD, JARIBU SHAHID and TANI TABBAL: Oct. 31, 8 pm, DIA Recital Hall, 8322730.
HOWARD WHITE TRIO: Oct. 16-17, The Earle, Ann Arbor, 994-0211.
JA BLUZEY: Sundays, Belcrest Hotel, 831-5700. Wednesdays, Cobb s Comer, 832-8022. Oct. 24, Old Detroit, 964-8374.
WILKINS & THE BEE BOP JIMMY JAZZ CATS: Oct. 15-17, Belcrest Hotel, 831-5700.
JOE SUMMERS TRIO: Oct. 23-24, The Earle, Ann Arbor, 994-0211.
KENN COX & THE GUERRILLA JAM BAND: Nov. 7, 8 pm, DIA Recital Hall, 832-2370.
RALPH BUZZ JONES QUINTET: Wednesdays, Rembrandt's, 963-1053.
RAYSE BIGGS: Tuesdays, open jam session, Dummy George's, 341-2700.
RON ENGLISH QUARTET: Th-Sa, Cobb's Corner, 832-8022.
RON JACKSON and MARK MOULTRAP: F-Sa, Money Tree, 961-2445.
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ST. AUBIN STREET RAMBLERS October 16, 17,24: GERRY O'CONNOR &
OPEN SATURDAY FOR
STANLEY CLARK/GEORGE DUKE: Oct. 31, 7:30 pm, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610. SUNBURST: Tuesdays, Cobb s Corner, 832-8022. SUSKIND & WEINBERG: F-Sa, Union Street Too, 831-3965. VIKKI GARDEN: Sundays, Union Street Too, 831-3965. Thursdays, Old Detroit, 964-8374.
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WILLIAM ODELL HUGHES featuring WENDELL HARRISON: Oct. 25, 49 pm, Studio 54. BLUES |
BILL HODGSON: Sundays, Alvin's, 8322355. CHICAGO PETE: Oct. 15, Delta Lady, a 5
JIMMY DAWKINS: Oct. 16-17, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374. JOHN MOONEY: Oct. 23-24, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555.
JUANITA McCRAY & HER MOTOR CITY BEAT: Oct. 16-17, Delta Lady, Femdale, 545-5483. ~ PHIL GUY: Oct. 23-24, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374.
TA) MAHAL: Oct. 21, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747.
R&B
DICK SIEGEL & HIS MINISTERS. OF MELODY: Oct. 16-17, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747. Oct. 23-24, Alvin's, 832-2355. Tuesdays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374.
EARTH, WIND& FIRE: Nov. 12, 8 pm, Joe Louis Arena, 962-2000. URBATIONS: Sundays, Soup Kitchen, 259-1374. Tuesdays, Post Bar, 9621293. Oct. 16-17, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555.
REGGAE
BLACK MARKET: Oct. 27, Rick's American Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747.
HERBAL EXPERIENCE: Oct. 18, New Miami, 833-4897.
Here's another two-weeks worth for all you calendar junkies. Inevitably, lastminute changes are bound to occur, so call first to make sure your event is stilla happenin . And keep sending your info to Linda Solomon, DMT, 2410 Woodward Tower, Detroit, MI
Fri. & Sat., October 16 & 17
TET DE Wednesday, October 21
Bob James at Hill Auditorium, Oct. 24.
L-TAL: Oct. 23-24, RickAmerican Cafe, Ann Arbor, 996-2747.
JIMMY CLIFF: Oct. 23, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610.
BROTHERS OF THE ROAD: Oct 16-17, New Miami, 833-4897.
CHRIS SPEDDING pics MARK Jj.
NORTON: Nov. 1, Traxx, 372-2320. CHUCK BERRY plus THE LOREDOS, THE CRYSTALS, THE FLAMINGOS, THE WOOLIES & BOBBY LEWIS: Oct. 24, & 10 pm, Fox Theatre, 962-0046.
DOUG BROWN & THE ONES: Oct. 1517, 21-24, Nauti Times, Mt. Clemens, 465-9321.
FLIRT: Oct. 22, Spanky's, 538-7960. Oct. 28, New Miami, 833-4897. FOREIGNER plus BILLY SQUIRE: Nov. 6, pm, Joe Louis Arena, 9622000.
HEAD EAST: Oct 23, Harpos, $236400.
LOU. Oct. 15-18 Bentleys, Royal Oak, 583-1292.
IGGY POP plus DIRTY LOOKS: Oct. 27, 8 pm, Royal Oak Music Theatre 5467610. INTERIORS: Oct 1517, Plymouth Hilton's jolly Miller, 459-4500. IRON CITY HOUSE ROCKERS: Oct. 17, Harpo's, 823-6400.
IVORIES: Oct. 17, Traxx, 372-2320. JIMMY & THE EASTSIDERS: Oct 23 Traxx, 372-2320.
KING CRIMSON: Nov. 9, Nitro, 5381645.
RIE: Oct 30, lraxx, 372-2320.
RISE: Oct. 15-17, 22-24, Nealee's Pub, Madison Hts.; 398-7951.
PRODIGY: Oct. 15-17, Center Stage, Canton, 981-4111. Oct. 21, Othello s, Livonia, 474-2880. Oct. 28-31, Cafe For, Southfield, 357-3280.
pre Michael Betzold RATING SYSTEM
The following ratings have been approved for use in the Detroit Metro Times by Reverend Jerry Sinwell and the Immoral Majority:
*x*x* are the conventional film critics measure of quality, from four (masterful) to none (miserable).
WWWWs indicate degree of Weirdness. The more Ws, the more creative strangeness you should expect, to good or bad effect.
Z2ZZZs are for sleeping. The more Z's, the more shut-eye you get for your money. No parenthetical ratings indicate the reviewer has been unable to screen the film before press time. (he reviewer tries to screen as many as possible but is hampered by the fact that this paper has only one private jet, which is of course) communally shared)
ALL THE MARBLES. Peter Falk comedy about women wrestlers.
BODY HEAT. Lawrence Kasdan, author of currently running Raiders and Continental Divide. makes his directorial debut with this lush and steamy romantic mystery. Body Heat does what The Postman Always Rings Twice failed to do, and that is nvet the viewer. Kasdans amera caresses the contours of stars William Hurt and Kathleen Tumer like an avid lover, which only stimulates the extremely powerlul chemistry between the two. The plot and score are more than bit like that of Polanski s unbeatable Chinatown, but the puzzle is wonder fully deep and dark And sois the ending, which
dene teuly neweee of oy. one that only the 80s could foster. Peter Ross LUIS BUNUEL Four of Bunuels most remark able, and more obscure, films: Land Without Bread, 1932 documentary about the amazing people of remote Spanish mountain region: and Los Olvidados, 1950 Mexican feature which takes fictionalized documentary approach to the portrayal of the luckless existence of young juvenile delinquents (Oct. 22), Viridiana, a 1961 tale of group of vagabonds who recreate their own Last Supper. and Simon of the Desert, 1965 satire about an 11th century monk who does his penance by sitting on pillar, until he succumbs to temptation and ends up in discotheque (Oct. 27). All fantastic, vintage Bunuel. (Wayne Cinema Guild RENE CLAIR. Retrospective of films by the early French satirists continues with 1925's The Imaginary Voyage and La Tour (Oct. 15-18), 1927's The Italian Straw Hat (Oct. 20-25), and 1930's Under the Roofs of Paris. (Afiernoon Fim Theatre.)
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. John Belushi and Blair Brown are transnational lovers in an oldfashioned romantic comedy.
THE DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. In Los Angeles, the New Wave scene is as chaotic as the freeways. Detroit premiere of punky movie featuring groups such as Circle Jerks, Black Flas, Catholic Discipline, Alice Bag Band, Germs, Fear, X and others. (Punch & Judy Classic Film Theatre, Oct. 16-18, 23, 24) THE FRENCH LIEUTENANTS WOMAN.
Meryi Streep stars in the film adaptation of the supposedly unfilmable john Fowles novel. FROM THE LIFE OF THE MARIONETTES. Ingmar Bersmans comeback movie was made in Germany and revolves around the
dark motivations for murder. (Detroit Film Theatre, Oct. 23.)
GALLIPOLI (x **xZWW) (Reviewed this issue.)
THE GETTING OF WISDOM. An earlier tri umph from Bruce Beresford, Australian direc tor of Breaker Morant. (Detroit Film Theatre, Oct. 16.)
THE GREEN WALL. One of the most acclaimed films ever to come out of South America, this Peruvian film about an urban family which moves into the Amazon jungle has rarely been seen in Michigan. (Cass City Cinema, Oct. 23, 24)
HITCHCOCK. Retrospective of the master s early films contmues with Rich and Strange (1932, Oct. 18) and The Man Who Knew Too Much with Peter Lorre (1934, Oct. 25). (Detroit Film Theatre)
IN LONELY PLACE. Little-known Bogart flick, directed by Nicholas Ray 1950, has Bogie as Hollywood writer fishtins murder rap. (Cass City Cinema, Oct. 18.)
THE LOOKER. Albert Finney uncovers multinational plot to clone human beings for nefarious purposes. (Opens Oct. 23.)
THE MALTESE FALCON. Bogart is definitely not for the birds. (Cass City Cinema, Oct. 16, 17)
MEETINGS WITH REMARKABLE MEN. ccai premiere of 1979 film by Peter Brook (Marat/ Sade) based on the Gurdjieff story about his wWandennds through Afghanistan in search of the meaning of life. If you dont know who Gurdyeff is, wouldn travel to Ann Arbor to find out: talk to philosophy major first. (Cinema Two, Oct. 23.)
MOMMIE DEAREST. (x WW) The first major studio monster-mother movie may be heavy handed, and probably unfair to dear Joanie, but this ts likely the way the younc Christina saw
HAPPENIN
Typography
MUSTANGS: Oct. 6555.
MUTANTS: Oct. 29, pm, Polish National Alliance on Conant. Call Lis for info, 875-6555. Oct. 30-31, Spanky's. 538-7960. NIKKI & THE CORVETTES: Oct. 24, Traxx, 372-2320. PHOBELEX: Oct. 24, Paycheck s. 8728934.
RICH SUMNER & THE METALLICS: Oct. 22, Bowery, 871-1503. ROOMATES: Oct. 15-17, Red Carpet, 885-3428. SERVICE: Oct. 24 Paycheck s, 8728934. THE SUITS: Oct. 16, Paychecks, 8728934. Oct. 23-24, Bowery, 871-1503. THE TIES: Oct. 16, Paycheck's, 8728934.
WALKIE TALKIES: Oct. 16-17, Bowery, 871-1503.
COUNTRY
GEORGE BEDARD & THE BONNEVILLES: Oct. 19, Blind Pig, Ann Arbor, 996-8555. JOHNNY DEE: Tuesdays, Delta Lady, Femdale, 545-5483. RICK NELSON & THE STONE CANYON BAND: Nov. 20, pm, Royal Oak Music Theatre, 546-7610. 15. 22. Lis, B75
ELEANOR FORD HOUSE: Grosse Pointe Shores, 851-8934 Oct. 23,8 pm, Misha Rachlevsky, violin, and Glenn Basham, violin.
CONCERTS IN THE GARDEN: Prudential Town Center, Oct. 25, 10 am, String Quartet, 354-4717.
DETROIT SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA: Ford Aud, 962-5524 Oct. 15-17, Mahler Symphony No. 2. Oct. 22-24, Eugene Istomin, pianist. Oct. 29-31, Isaac Stern, violinist.
DUO RECITAL: Birmingham Commu-
Jimmy Cliff at Royal Oak Music Theatre, Oct. 23 nity House, 832-2351 or 5264441. Oct 23, pm, Timothy Hamel, tenor, and Christopher Morgan Loy, pianist/ composer.
JAMES TYLER: Oct. 22, pm, lute music, DIA Recital Hall, 832-2730.
WINDSOR SYMPHONY: Cleary Aud. 294-4338. Oct. 24, pm, and Oct. 25, pm, Michael Rudy, piano.
AMITABH BACHCHAN KALYANJi ANAND]: Oct. 15, pm, East Indian Music Concert, Grand Circus live, 965-
DANCE THEATRE OF ZAIRE: DIA Theatre, John R entrance, 832-2730 or 934-5481. Oct. 19, with
Kathleen Tuer and William Hurt in Body Heat. the world: one huge screaming face, one pair of ghastly, throttling hands and life as big publicity stunt. Faye Dunaway is as brilliant as her makeup artists in recreating the mask that was Joan Crawford, but Mara Hobel steals the show with an amazingly deep, sensitive portrayal of young Christina. Its not actress Diana Scar wid's fault, but as Christina gets older, the film unravels, raising more questions than it answers and unearthing huge gaps in the narrative. At the end, we have no explanation for Christina's dogged affection for her tyrannical parent; if the first half of the film had been alittle more balanced, the ambivalence might make more sense.
THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE. (x**«xZZWWW) How very French! a young man and his two mistresses spend three and half hours in and out of bed in various combinations talk ing about their relationships. that Jean Eustache s movie is not at all boring, you can adjust to his real-world pacing, is testimony to how very real, complete and likeable his three characters are. Without any titillation at ail, 2» Cal
Eustache has made one of the most explicit films ever on the subject of sexuality. The focus of the tangle, and its weakest link, is the pouting, pretentious, childish Jean-Pierre Leaud, in his greatest and most characteristic incamation, showing us the decline and collapse of machismo in the modem age. Perhaps this 1974 character study, which was shown during the DFTs very first season, will seem dated the second time around, ifso, will mean we have grown accustomed to the dilemmas of conStructing Our own interpersonal morality in an ace without binding ethical strictures. Redardless, The Mother and the Whore will remain shimmenns look at the confusion and ambi Suity of our seneration, and our noble attempts at solving the problems of love without succumbing to the traditional traps. (Detroit Fim theatre, Oct. 24)
ONLY WHEN LAUGH. Newest Neil Simon fare has Kristy McNichol as the daughter, Marsha Mason (who else?) as the mother who tum from stransers to (sob, laugh) triends.
OUTBACK. Before the Australian New Wave got rolling, this 1971 story about shy school teacher lost in the outback set the tone and chatacteristic scenery for later efforts. Directed by Ted Kotcheff, starring Donald Pleasance. (Detroit Film Theatre, Oct. 17) PATERNITY. («ZW) Ases old male egocentrism masquerades as the latest in trendy liberated Westyle alternatives in this extended Burt Reynolds bit about successful bachelor who rents out the womb of BeverlyAngelo in order to perpetuate his existence through an expected male progeny [hat the tables are tumed on Burt at the end ts as predictable as the rest of the movie, and doesnt diminish the sexism of the film's central conceit. Reynolds, as Madison Square Garden manager Buddy Evans, has completely compartmentalized the servile functions of the women in his life: secretary, domestic, date (the nights vagina) and Surrogate mother (the nine-month live-in incubator). Because Evans smiles at other people babies and longs for toy son of his own, we are supposed to applaud his efforts as form of male liberation. Hogwashl! If he has his baby as planned, who will taise it? Another rented woman a nursemaid. Tellingly, the funniest gagsin the film have nothing to do with the lame plot.
PRINCE OF THE CITY. («***WW) Sidney Lumet's bewilderine house of mirrors is about cops who cop dope and cop pleas, feds who pick off hoods and cops with ruthless glee, and one man, Detective Danny Ciello (reat Wi liams), caught in fantastic labyrinth. Watching Prince, you leam how the cnminal justice system operates on an endless round of bribes, deals, cuts and handouts, and you end up despairing how can such complex interdependence of mobsters, junkies, police, lawyers,
judges and government Officials ever be unraveled? Lumet, with documentary precision, presents a parade of inscrutable characters, just as they came at Ciello after he decided to cooperate with anti-police-corruption investiga tors. (Ciello is really New York City cop Bob Leuci, who came in in 1971.) Like Kafka character, Ireat Wiliams thrashes about, unable to discover who really running things and who can be trusted. Prince is fascinating excursion into another world, at the same time an indictment of an entire way of life and close-up psychological examination of fear, guilt, betrayal and confession.
RAGGEDY MAN. Sissy Spacek, directed by her husband, as woman alone trying to raise children in the 30s. (Opens Oct. 23.)
RICH AND FAMOUS. Candice Bergen and Jacqueline Bisset are old college chums who stay close as their respective careers unfold.
SO FINE. Ryan O'Neal rips his pants. Ha ha. TRUE CONFESSIONS. (*xZZW) Robert DeNiro is (supposedly Irish) priest with more materialistic ambitions than piety, Robert Duvall is his compromised cop brother with foul tongue, grudge to settle and real-world morality that is superior to his brothers, in this somewhat preachy movie about the creeping entanglements of little hypocnsies. Though the film there is neat one, its character studyis fuzzy, compromised by script (by Joan Didion and John Dunne) which tells us what we should find out non-verbally. Ulu Grosbard s direction is sometimes exciting, with documentarylike feel, but it's annoying when major characters mumble throw-away lines with their backs to the screen. Not much happens im the film except slowly growing sense of transcendent evil. Grosbatd dives both Roberts lot of space
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OAKLAND UNIV. STUDIO THEATRE: Varner Hall, Rochester, 377-2000. Opening Oct. 24-Nov. 15, Leonard Bernstein's musical Candide.
U-D THEATRE COMPANY: 4001 W. MeNichols, 927-1130. Opening Oct. 1631, Terra Nova.
W.S.U. THEATRES: HILBERRY THEATRE: Cass at Hancock, 577-2972. Oct. 15-16, 22, 24, 28-29, Cyrano de Bergerac. Oct. 17, 21, 23, Bedroom Farce. BONSTELLE THEATRE: 3424 Woodward, 577-2972. Oct. 16-18, 2325, No Place to Be Somebody. STUDIO THEATRE: 577-2972. Opening Oct. 22, The Boyfriend.
WILL-O-WAY REPERTORY THEATRE: 775 W. Long Lake Rd., Bloomfield Hills, 644-4418. Thru Oct. 24, F & Sa, The Fantasticks.
DINNER THEATRE
ALFRED'S SOMERSET DINNER THEATRE: 2475 Big Beaver, Troy, 6438865. Thru Dec., F & Sa, Tribute.
DOUG'S BODY SHOP: 22061 Woodward, Ferndale, 399-1040. Thru Oct. 24, Le Brel Carousel.
JOANNE S RESTAURANT: 6700 E. 8 Mile Rd., 527-3202. Merrymaker Dinner Theatre presents their Wassail Feast.
KOMEDY PLAYERS DINNER THEATRE: Bambi s Welcome Mat, 5835. Allen Rd., Allen Park, 661-1383. Thru Nov. 21, My Heart Reminds Me.
ROBERTO'S: 2485 Coolidge, Berkley, 546-7800. Thru Oct. 18, I Do! I Do! Opening Oct. 23-Nov. 14, A Gentleman - and a Scoundrel.
STOUFFER'S EASTLAND DINNER
THEATRE: 18000 Vernier, St. Clair Shores, 371-8410. Thru Oct. 31, The Owl and the Pussycat. THE WINE TASTERS RESTAURANT
THEATRE: 17 Mile Rd. and Van Dyke, Sterling Hts. 288-0450. Heaven's Advocate.
EXHIBITIONS
AFRO-AMERICAN MUSEUM: 1553 W. Grand Bivd., 899-2500. Thru October, Needlepoint as a Black Art Form.
ALPHA ART GALLERY: 8166 Macomb, Grosse Ile. romantic landscape oils by Marto Davide and Angelo Antonnicola.
THE ART CENTER: 125 Macomb Place, Mt. Clemens,. 469-8666. Thru Oct. 21, 35th Annual Michigan Watercolor Society show.
THE ART EXCHANGE: 415 S. Washington, Royal Oak, 398-7011. Original works of art in various mediums at _affordable prices. GALLERY: 316 Fisher Bidg., ARTRAIN 871-2910. Michigan art.
CAD.E. GALLERY: 8025 Agnes, 3311758. Thru Nov. 5, paintings by Glenn M. Cory.
MR MAC'S STABLE: #1 Parklane Towers, Dearborn, 961-0533. Thru Oct. 31, Murder at the Howard Johnson's. MUSEUM THEATRE: Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield Village, 271-1976. Thru Nov. 14, F & Sa, The Cat and the. Canary.
CRANBROOK ACADEMY OF ART MUSEUM: 500 Lone Pine Rd., Bloomfield, 645-3312. Opening Oct. 20-Dec.6, Ronald Reagan portraits by Carol Wald. 675-1166.. Oct. 3-24, ,
Drinking Vessels at the Venture Gallery. /
DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET: 1452 Randolph, 962-0337. Thru Oct. 17, Fall opening show, juried by Donald and Horence Morris.
DETROIT ARTISTS MARKET'S OTHER SPACE: 7th Floor, Hudson's Downtown, 962-0337. Thru Oct. 30 portraits by Gary Mayer.
DETROIT GALLERY OF CONTEMPORARY CRAFTS: 301 Fisher Bldg., 8737888. Thru Nov. 14, Clothes for the
MIDAS & VALVOLINEINFLATION FIGHTER
Collector featuring wearables by nationally known fiber artists.
DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS: 5200 Woodward, 833-7900. Thru Nov. 1, Golden Age of Naples: Art and Civilization Under the Bourbons. Thru Oct. 18, paintings by Helen Covensky. Thru Nov. 22, From a Mighty Fortress: Prints, Drawings and Books in the Age of Luther, 1483-1546, from Coburg.
DETROIT PHOTO GALLERY: 151 W. Congress. Thru Oct. 30, recent photos by Gary Drovin.
DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY: Main Branch, 5201 Woodward, 833-4043.Thru Oct. 24, hand-tinted infrared photographs by Rita Dibert.:DONALD MORRIS GALLERY: 105 Townsend, Birmingham, 642-8812. Group show featuring works by Milton Avery, Robert Wilbert, Charles Hinman, Al Held and African Art.
DONNA JACOBS GALLERY: 574 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 642-9810. Specializes in ancient art.
ELOQUENT LIGHT GALLERY: Birmingham Camera, 145 S. Livernois, Rochester, 652-4686. .Thru Oct. 23, photographs by Bruce Beck.
FEIGENSON GALLERY: 310 Fisher Bldg., 873-7322. Thru October, new paintings by James Chatelain.
GALLERIE DE BOICOURT: Fisher Bidg., 875-7991. Hmong Needlework.
GRAFISKAS: 218 Merrill St., Birmingham, 647-5722. Fine art posters.
HABATAT: 28235 Southfield, Lathrup Village, 552-0515. Thru Oct. 22, handblown glass works by Kyohei Fujita.
JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER: 6600 W. Maple, W. Bloomfield. Thru Oct. 18, Our Golden Hands exhibit representing 80 artists.
KLEIN GALLERY: 4250 N. Woodward, Royal Oak, 647-7709. Thru Oct. 31, paintings and drawings by Mike Champion.
MARYGROVE COLLEGE GALLERY: 8425 W. McNichols. Thru Oct. 30, drawings by Barry Kahn.
PARK WEST GALLERY: 29469 Northwestern Hwy., Southfield, 354-2343. Thru Nov. 16, Art of the Berbers, rare 19th and 20th century African tribal textiles.
PIERCE STREET PHOTOGRAPHY GALLERY: 217 Piercé, Birmingham, 646-6950. Thru Oct. 17, Bernice Abbott, Lotte Jacobi, Ruth Bernhard and Carlotta Corpron.
POSTER GALLERY: 304 Fisher Bldg. 875-5211. Thru Oct., Oriental posters. PRINT GALLERY: 29203 Northwestern Hwy., Southfield, 356-5454. Fine art posters, limited-edition prints and reproductions.
ROBERT KIDD GALLERY: 107 Townsend, Birmingham, 642-3909. Thru Oct. 28, recent watercolors by Ray Frost Fleming. -
RUBINER GALLERY: 621 S. Washington, Royal Oak, 544-2828. Thru Nov. 6, Paintings on a Large Scale, introducing steel sculpture, by Peter Reginato and bronze sculptures by John Pappas. SHELDON ROSS GALLERY: 250 Martin, Birmingham, 642-7694. Thru Oct. 24, Brittany watercolors by Richard Jerzy. SCHWEYER GALDO GALLERIES: 630
N. Woodward, Birmingham, 647-0390. Thru Oct. 17, Felix Angel.
SUZANNE HILBERRY GALLERY: 555, S. Woodward, Birmingham, 642-8250. Thru Nov. 10, new paintings by John Egner.
U-M NORTH CAMPUS COMMONS: 2101 Bonisteel, Ann Arbor. Thru Oct. 26 etchings and lithographs by printers of The-Studio.
VENTURE GALLERY: 28235 Southfield, Lathrup Village, 552-1151. Thru Oct. 22, Bottoms Up, drinking vessels by leading glass artists.
WILLIS GALLERY: 422 W. Willis. Hours: W-Sa, 3-7 pm. Thru Oct. 17, Gun Show: For Killers and Collectors, paintings, drawings and mixed media by Sheree Caperton.
XOCHIPILLI GALLERY: 568 N. Woodward, Birmingham, 645-1905. Thru Oct. 24, recent hand-tinted infrared photographs by Rita Dibert.
JAZZ WORKSHOPS: U-M Assembly Hall, Michigan Union, 763-5924 for info. Mondays, Eclipse Jazz teaches jazz.
JOB HUNTING SKILLS WORKSHOP:
O-U Continuum Center, Rochester, 3773033. Oct. 24; 9:30 am-4 pm.
O-U CONTINUUM CENTER: Rochester, 377-3033. Workshops on a variety of subjects: Oct. 27, For Daughters Only; Mondays, 6:30-9:30 pm, Assertiveness Training.
RECORD KEEPING WORKSHOP:* Rackham Memorial Bldg., Woodward and Warren, 577-4710. Oct. 24, 8:30 am-12 noon, workshop for small business owners and managers.
SOLAR GREENHOUSE WORKSHOP:
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Hands on workshops for three consecutive weekends beginning Oct. 1718. For info, 628-3635 or 493-0543. STOP SMOKING/WEIGHT CONTROL CLINICS: Birmingham Community House, 644-5832. Oct. 28, hypnosis workshops led by Jim Hoke.
LECTURES
CENTER FOR NEW THINKING: All lecture/discussions led by Sherwin Wine. For info call 546-8928. Thursday Forum: Oct. 22, 10 am-noon, The Speechwriter His Influence on Public Policy, written by James V. Fletcher. Oct. 29, 10 am-noon, Out of Chaos, written by Louis J. Hale.
DREAMS: Somerset Mall Aud., Troy. Oct. 26, 7-9 pm, Jacqui, the renowned psychic, talks about the importance of dreams.
THE EFFECTS OF REAGAN ON YOUR HEALTH: Detroit Receiving Hospital/ University Health Clinic, 4201 St. Antoine, 862-4309. Oct. 15, 7:30 pm, The Spector of the Beast: The Real Effects of the Reagan Cuts on the People s: Health, lecture given by Dr. James Tate, Senior Staff Surgeon, Henry Ford Hosp. WORLD ADVENTURE SERIES: DIA, 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. Oct. 18, The Ancient World, Athens to Cairo. Oct. 25, Iceland.
BOB JAMES: U-M Hill Aud., Ann Arbor, 763-6922. Oct. 23, 2 pm, benefit for Eclipse Jazz.
COM@@MRFEE IN SOLIDARITY WITH THE PEOPLE OF EL SALVADOR (CISPES): St. Andrew's Hall, 431 E. Congress, 593-1222. Oct. 20, 5-9 pm. Wine and cheese to benefit the Humani-
Clothes for the Collector at the Detroit Gallery of Contemporary Arts tarian Aid Campaign for Salvadoran refugees. Donation $6, $3 unemployed. HUMAN! PRESS BENEFIT: Alvin's, 5756 Cass, 832-2355. Oct. 18, 9 pm, the movie Rock Around the Clock will be shown plus live music by the Rockabilly Cats to benefit cooperative, community press. M.O.T. HALLOWEEN PUB CRAWL: Oct.
22, make. the rounds to 22 great downtown pubs on the Suds Express. Proceeds benefit Michigan Opera Theatre. For tickets and info, 963-3717. NONCE FALL FUNDRAISER: St. An-drew 's Hall, 431 E. Congress, 776-3593. Oct. 18, 6-9 pm, sneak-preview performance, open bar and hors d'oeuvres to benefit Nonce Dance Ensemble.
FAMILIES
BELLE ISLE ZOO: Belle Isle, 398-0903. Open daily 10 am-5 pm.
CHILDREN S BOOK FAIR: Hudson's downtown, 12th floor auditorium. Oct. 24-31. Puppet shows, Halloween program, authors and illustrators, plus hundreds of books: Call 223-2412 for info. Free.
CHILDREN S MUSEUM: 67 E. Kirby, 494-1210. Open: M-Sa, Parent/Child and Discovery Workshops every Saturday.
CRANBROOK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE: Lone Pine, Bloomfield Hills, 6453142.
DETROIT SCIENCE CENTER: 5020 John R, 833-1892. Open Tu-Su, exhibitions and two films, The Eruption of Mt. St. Helens and Ocean, projected on a 180-degree domed screen.
DETROIT YOUTHEATRE: DIA, 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. Oct. 17, 2 pm, Small Small World Adverture to Toronto. Oct. 24, 11 am & 2 pm, live onstage, Paul Revere.
DETROIT ZOO: W. 10 Mile Rd., near Woodward, 393-0903. Open daily, 10 am-5 pm.
FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL: 25643 Forestview, Southfield, 356-1839. Oct. 18, 11 armn-5 pm, lots of family entertainment, information booths and natural food refreshments. Sponsored~ by
Mothering Art. MACOMB THEATRE FOR THE YOUNG: 31 N. Walnut, Mt. Clemens, 468-6285. Oct. 23 31, the musical, 1776.
UPLAND HILLS FARM: Oxford, MI, 628-1611. Sa& Su in Oct., 11 am-5 pm, hayrides, farm animals, a pumpkin patch and more.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED: National Public Radio's award-winning nightly 4 news magazine is broadcast weekdays 5-6:30 pm and weekends 5-6 pm. WDET, 101.9 FM. ALL TOGETHER NOW: Tues., 7 pm, - 10-year-old feminist radio program. Oct. 20: Call-in show on The Hite Report #2." Oct. 27: Halloween Show on Witchcraft. WDET, 101.9 FM.
CARIBBEAN CONNECTION: Tuesdays, 1 pm. Music, interviews and news from the Caribbean hosted by Horatio Bennett. WDET, 101.9 FM. COMMERCIAL-FREE JAZZ: M-F, midnight-1 pm. M: The Revisited Series; TuW: Jazz Album Review; Th-F: assorted musicians. Hosted by Calvin Euseary. WJZZ, 105.9 FM.
ELECTRIFYIN MOJO: M-F, 10 pm-3 am. The show that takes the J off jazz and kicks azz. WGPR, 107.5 FM. GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: Saturdays, 10 pm-midnight. The Golden Era of Rhythm and Blues hosted by Fred Zelanka. WDET, 101.9 FM. JAZZ YESTERDAY: Saturdays, 8-10 pm, vintage recordings with Jim Gallert providing background info on the music and the verformers. WDET, 101.9 FM.
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THE KIRGHIZ OF AFGANISTAN: Oct. 20, pm & 2 am. Also repeatedOct. 24, 2 pm. Story of nomadic mountain people before and after Soviet invasion. WIVS, Channel 56.
MORPHOGENESIS: M-F, 3-5 pm. Unique forms of creative music from all places and periods with Judy Adams. WDET, 101.9 FM.
RADIOS IN MOTION: Thurs., 10 pm. Alternative rock for an alternative society. Hosted by Mike Halloran. WDET, 101.9 FM.
RIFF ROCK CAFE: M-Sa, 2-4 am, 354WRIF. Best of new and old rock, reggae, modem and local music hosted by Carl Coffey. WRIF, 101.9 FM.
THE TAJ EXPRESS: Thru Nov., Fridays, 9 pm, souped-up fantasy folk tales with experimental sound on Band Pass with Jerry Stormer. WDET, 101.9 FM.
LITERARY |
LINES: NEW AMERICAN POETRY: DIA, 5200 Woodward, 832-2730. Oct. 25, Faye Kicknosway, author of Asparagus, Asparagus, Ah Sweet Asparagus. Reading 3 pm, Holley Room.
TALK ABOUT POETRY: Poetry Resource Center, 743 Beaubien, 557-: 8290. Oct. 18, 2 pm, Mitzi Alvin will discuss Anne Sexton.
POLITICAL
ADC CONVENTION: Book Cadillac Hotel, 965-7860 for info. Oct. 16-18, American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee's First National Convention. ALL-PEOPLES CONGRESS: Cobo Hall, Oct. 16-18, workshops and seminars organizing to overturn the Reagan program of cutbacks, racism and war. 9650074 for info. Oct. 17, & 11 pm,Gif Scott-Heron at the Grand Circus Live, 965-5563 for tickets. -
ANTI-DEATH PENALTY CONFERENCE: Marygrove College, Oct. 17, sponsored by the Michigan Coalition Against the Death Penalty. Call 9630843 for info. ARTISTS FOR EQUITABLE FUNDING: WSU Campus Mall, Oct. 18, 2 pm,: protest budget cuts for the National Endowment to the Arts and also the increase in funding for military bands. Protesters are encouraged to bring their instruments.
BUREAUCRACY IN EASTERN EUROPE: WSU Student Center Bldg., Hilberry Aud. A, 345-3489 for info. Oct! 17, 7 pm, lecture sponsored by International Socialist Organization. CP ANNIVERSARY PARTY: Unitarian Church, Cass at Forest, 961-2025. Oct. 25, celebrate 62nd anniversary of U.S. Communist Party. Dinner begins
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3 pm sharp. Helen and Carl Winter will speak on Labor's Stake in the Fight Against Reagan at 4:30 pm.
CREATIVE ALTERNATIVES FOR| DETROIT S ECONOMY: Central United Methodist Church, 23 E. Adams, Grand Circus Park. Nov. 1, 12:30-2 pm, mayoral and council candidates forum to focus attention on non-military jobs to strengthen Detroit's economy.
DISARMAMENT RALLY: First Unitarian Church, Cass at Forest, 833-9107 for info. Oct. 25, 4 pm, walk from church to International Institute where Sen. Carl Levin is speaking on supporting a US/ USSR nuclear weapons freeze.
FAIR HOUSING COMMUNITY MEETING: Bowen Library, 3648 W. Vernor, 496-2044. Oct. 28, 7 pm.
INCEST SURVIVORS CONFERENCE: United Ministries Bidg., 1118 S. Harrison Rd., E. Lansing, 332-0861. Oct. 17, 9 am-5 pm, sponsored by MSU Counseling Center, sessions on male and female survivors.
INTERNATIONAL DISARMAMENT DAY: Eastern Market, 548-4560 for info: Oct. 24, 10 am-noon, gathering sponsored by the Detroit Nuclear Freeze Campaign. Street theatre, leafletting and a vigil.
NEIGHBORHOOD LABOR DEMO-
A special advertising section devoted to the art community. Artery will always run in this area, Contact Jim Coch for advertising info.
Recent Paintings by GLEN COREY OCT. 14-NOV. 5 at the Cade Callery 8025 Agnes Detroit, Michigan (313) 331-1758
Noon-7:00 p.m. WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY
A library of prints, posters, original lithographs organized into 65 categories. Creative framing & mounting.
Catalogs for out of stock items No other place quite like if. 29203 Northwestern Hwy. Franklin Shopping Plaza Southfield, Mich. 48034 313-356-5454
CRATS: Sammy s Pizzeria, 8445 W. Vernor. Oct. 18, 2 pm, speakers include Zolton Ferency, Jane Ford and Joe Madison protesting the doubling of gas and electric rates, social security cuts and plant closings.
NEW APPROACHES IN WORKING WITH OFFENDERS: Marygrove College, 965-3517. Oct. 20, 9:30 am-2:30 pm. Michigan Assoc. for the Advancement of Correctional Alternatives Fall Regional Conference. Detroit City Council president Erma Henderson, keynote speaker.
THE NEW LENNY BRUCE: WSU General Lectures Aud., Warren and Anthony Wayne Drive, 831-7444 for info, Oct. 17, 8 pm, comedienne Robin Tyler. Spon-sored by New American Movement (NAM).
110 WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR CITY: Cobo Hall, 833-3430. Oct. 16, 8 am3:45 pm, conference... WOMEN IN EL SALVADOR: AFSCME Hall, 16861. Wyoming, 593-1222. Oct. 18, 7:30 pm, Dinora Angelica Guevatra Banegas, representative of the Women's Assoc. of El Salvador (AMES). Sponsored by Detroit CISPES.
WOMEN
FEMINIST WRITERS' GUILD POTLUCK: at home of Dr. Nadean Bishop, Ann Arbor, 665-4740 for info. Oct. 30;
potluck supper and workshop critique session.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MEDIA WOMEN: Detroit Plaza Hotel, 222-0400 14-18, National or 961-1111. Oct. Convention.
TIME MANAGEMENT FOR PROFESSIONAL WOMEN: Downtown YWCA, 2230 Witherell, 961-9220. Oct. 22, 6 pm, seminar on effectively managing time for more productivity.
WOMEN S BRUNCH: Call 963-4599 for location and information. Oct. 18, 11 am, Dinora Angelica Guevarra Banegas, representative of the Women s Assoc. of El Salvador (AMES), will speak about oppression of women in El Salvador and the role of women in liberation movements. Women only, please.
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Edsel Ford High School Aug., 464-4119. Oct. 17, 7:30 pm, a glimpse of the real Ireland through traditional musicians, singers and dancers.
NEXT DAY SALE: Roostertail, 100 Marquette, 832-2730 for tickets. Oct. 17, 10 am-3 pm, prints, pottery, paintings,photos and other art for sale.
NOONTIME CONCERTS: Detroit Public Library, 121 Gratiot, 833-9800. Tuesdays, 12:15 pm, brown-bag lunches invited. Free admission.
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TWO FEET @ ABOVE THE §
BLUES
by Chris Tysh
used to be that shoes were, if not an outright I nuisance, a necessity of prosaic order. The last to get on and the first to get off, they played the role of a cumbersome accessory, not unlike a black umbrella on rainy Mondays. Strictly regimented by work and propriety, they displayed that varnish so common in the bureaucracies of the world. But a rebellious spirit would at times step on the manicured toes of good taste. French dramatist Alfred Jarry's appearance at a poet's funeral in a pair ofobviously borrowed, yellow woman's shoes remains to be duplicated, let alone improved upon.
In the hazy blue aftermath of the 60s, which pervaded life at all levels, the body became speech down to its toenails. An obstetrician in alligator spikes, a teacher in track shoes, a librarian in crime-red plastic
flats, a high-level executive sporting a pair of black capezios, these are not only possibilities, but springboards into fantasy, a healthy will to shock, an exercise in poetic license. foe ee
Sometimes I love to give the main part to shoes, leaving my body silent. Instead of being timid extras, brushed with stage fright, they become the whole show, stars and all. In modern dance, an elbow or a hip alone can carry the body s energy. So a pair of flamingo-pink ankle boots, at the bottom of an otherwise inconspicuous silhouette, will set their owner into motion.
Feet gift wrapped in gold kidskin pumps deliver the message. The issue is not one of sexual advertisement, but of
- communication. These boots aren't only made for walking, they talk too. Shoes speak of history, but also point alluringly into the future of desire.
I know nothing more disarming than the sight of a slightly worn-out heel on a well-groomed person. It isa
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testimony to life s wear and tear, an emotional wrinkle, so to speak. On the other end of the spectrum, wellfitting sneakers will forever speak of childhood s wishes, lies and dreams. soe
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Ghost in the Machine is the most commercially viable, experimental album of pop music that I've heard this year. As a friend of mine said upon hearing this album for the first time, These s guys are walking the thin line between self-indulgence and making a living.
The Police have been considered a unique band now for quite a while, with Sting s pungent, near-wail vocals, the fat, popping snare-based rhythms of Stewart Copeland, and the orchestral guitar topping of Andy Summers. Now, though, the Police lineup is changing subtly, not with the addition of more personnel, but with tighter, denser, more layered production. There are synthesizers sizzling and hissing in the background, and, if my record company bio notes are right, the saxophone noises coming from some of these tracks were laid down by Sting, showcasing yet another of his talents.
Ghost in the Machine seems to me a more consistently high quality album than the last one, Zenyatta Mondatta, which | thought was flawed jewel but a gem nonetheless. Zenyatta,
which went platinum, had some: great hits on it ( De Do Do Do,
De Da Da Da, Don't Stand So Close to Me, etc.), but Ghost can also lay claim to some future classics.
The single, Every Little Thing
She Does Is Magic is a stunning little ditty which gets right _ into the vocal/instrumental hook . of the tune within the first 45 seconds and then repeats the hook inside of 20 seconds after the initial hook ends. This is the making a living portion of the album that my friend was talking about. All commercial music. should sound so good.
The rest of the album is the self-indulgence part of my friend s statement. Populist politics combine with populist fantasies in the lead-off tune, Spirits in the Material World, and the first words that one hears on the album are, There is no political solution. The next verse after the chorus is: __,
Our so-called leaders speak. With words they try to jail ya. They subjugate the meek But its the rhetoric of failure.
__This opening cut is actuallywhat sets the mood for the rest of the album, with its lyric content pulsating to syncopated synthesizer underpinnings.
Every Little Thing .. . follows
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Both One World and Too Much Information have the throb of a metallic tango mated to a line dance with their insistant, almost dub-like horn lines and Sting s chanting vocals.
Omegaman is the one cut that brings Summer s guitar linesto the front-and would seem to.me a real strong bid for the second most commercial cut on the album.
There are other songs on the record, but upon reflection, - Ghost in the Machine seems to me to be one of those rare albums where the whole is greater than the parts. kind of doubt that it will end up being my favorite pop album of the year, but it promises to be the -sort of record that I will go back to long after my favorite popper of the year ceases to interest me. There are new insights with practically every listening, and I, for one, welcome a pop album that causes me to think.
Garaud MacTaggart
Charles
Mingus
Great Moments with Charles Mingus MCA
Charles Mingus left us with a large and important body of work, most of which has fortunately remained in print. The material available from the bassist's 1956-64 golden age has even expanded. Recorded in 1963, Great Moments is an aptly titled reissue.
The album includes The Black Saint and the Sinner Lady, probably the best midsized ensemble piece in the jazz
by Invisible Sun which starts that and then is followed inturn
idiom. The 37-minute piece is a showcase of the Mingus style: Charlie Mariano blows hot alto lines over ever-shifting raunchy blues, flamenco and swing tempos, lush Ellington-like and somber gospel-influenced. melodies, meaty brass lines and sections of near chaos. The elusive balance. between structure and improvisation is perfectly realized.
The Mingus novice should start with the seven shorter ensemble pieces on the second record, however, where most of the same qualities noted above are presentin a more accessible form. The four piano pieces involved, all performed in a rough _bluesy style, gives the listener a rare glimpse of another facet of Mingus talent. All this music is passionate as only Mingus can be. Great Moments hits you like a shot of Jack Daniels in a time when many new jazz releases have all the kick of warm milk.
Neil Horenstein
Aretha Franklin Love All the Hurt Away Arista
It has been 14 years since Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul, first ascended to royalty status in the Black and pop music world. The fact thata new album of hers can still be propelled to the top level of the charts says a lot about the Detroit lady's power and the intensity of her following. It also sends out a message of different sort to her challengers. On her last album, Aretha, Franklin sounded vibrant, rejuvenated and emitted the kind of glow that is only present when artist and material are right for each other (and everything else is in place, including that thing called
timing).
Love All the Hurt Away is the title of the new album her second for Arista and it confirms what the last one suggested: -that after a few so-so albums, the Queen is back. Arif Mardin (from the Atlantic days) produced this set, sometimes assisted by Franklin. Highlights abound, such asa sizzling ballad with message called Search On, the Love All the Hurt Away duet with George Benson and believe it or not a gospel-tinged rendition of the tender Michael Masser ballad It's My Turn, first recorded by Diana Ross. Detractors say Aretha -has nearly destroyed the song, while others find ecstacy in the vocal gymnastics and altered melody. Picking up the pace, Living in the Streets and the Stones You Can't Always Get What You Want are as energetic as Truth and Honesty is cute. The revamp of Sam and
Dave's oldie Hold On I'm Comin packs a powerful punch too, but the rap, dealing with Little Jack Horner, the King of Hearts and such, would have been better left out. (Aretha is prone to certain creative urges that have been known to make people cringe.)
Anyway, -a good album, among the Queen s better accomplishments.
Steve Holsey
The Police
NO LONGER A WOMEN'S SECRET
by Toni Swanger.
Just a situation, with four walls and a floor
- She stared at the ceiling she longed for the door
Strange lands. and separations, so far from home
And so far, she s holding her own. .
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help me connect with my life. Immersed for almost three hours in her music in preparation for a tele-
ew words from Cris Williamson to phone interview with her and this article, remembered how much comfort and consolation her music has always brought me as well as inspiration for my life and what do. Her songs are introspective, optimistic, life affirming. They are about dreams and clarity and spirit and liberation of every sort. But what might have started out as white women's soul music is really much more than that. As a reviewer from the Los Angeles Times said recently, Williamson s music is simply too good, and her themes too universal, to remain a women s secret.
We've played Cris music on All Together Now, a women s radio program on WDET (which is probably the only place on the air you could have heard her) since 1975 and The Changer and the Changed, her first album distributed by Olivia, an all-women record company. We've passed her albums on to other sisters and friends. She is well known and appreciated in the women s
Cris has just returned fom a sevenconcert tour in Great Britain sponsored by the Women's Distribution Network in the United Kingdom and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. She had never played outside the U.S. before, and her reception in London, Manchester and Birmingham was wonderful, very warm and positive, said Cris.
Detroit is one stop on a current tour which will take her to Massachusetts, Maine, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kansas and Alaska, finishing up with concerts in Los Angeles and San Diego before returning to her West Coast home. I told her she d have an Orchestra Hall full for her concert on October 30, because she has many friends and fans in the Detroit area. But for people who are not familiar with her work, its a rare opportunity to discover her.
Though she has been recording since. 1964, it was Changer, which sold over 100,000 copies, that brought her to women s attention.
The women (at - Cris Williamson
Olivia) knew what to call my music and they knew what to do with it, she said, which other recording companies had not. But the women s movement did not.set me free, she continued, I was already free. The categories still bother her; she would much rather be invisible so that she could move like the wind. Though I recognize the need for women to have our own culture, it s time for moving out into the world.
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She sees her music as a way of helping people recognize what we have in common rather than the differences between us. Music is a good way to doit, she explained, it vibrates, it enters the body and it strikes chordsin us. Asked if many men attend her concerts, she said that in the pre-women's music days, more men came to see her than now, but that men are getting braver these days and more seem to be coming to
her concerts. You have to be brave to get what you want, to take risks, to put yourself out there.
How has she herself changed since the album The Changer and the Changed? My mind has healed up considerably since those pioneering days of the women's movement. I took a year off afterward. I took time for myself, that s the important thing. read and wrotea lot. think my writing has improved and my relationships have improved. Her latest album, Strange Paradise, is different from The Changer, less lean on me, am your sister, but lyrically and musically rich, complex and interesting.
Cris plans to release a children s album in December entitled Lumiere, a sci-fi fable for children of all ages. It was recorded on Pacific Cascade but will be distributed by Olivia.
She said she would like to develop other facets of herselfin the future, but plans are not firm. Thenext years will be intense ones all around, for women, for the earth, on the political front, she said. The inspiration and comfort of Cris. Williamson s music will be very welcome along the way.
Cris Williamson will appear at Orchestra Hall, Friday, Oct. 30, with Jackie Robbins. °
Toni Swanger is a member of the Detroit Women's Radio Collective which produces All Together Now on WDET-EM. She is also the typesetter for the Detroit Metro Times.
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by Michael Betzold
n these days when the American [ sovemment is trying to pep talk its young men into another war, we are lucky to be able to see Australian movies, first Breaker Morant and now Gallipoli, which reveal war for the folly that it is.
Today's Australian directors have an abiding sense of their country's history; they keep harping, to their credit, on how former generations were duped into fighting against their own interests for the good ofthe Empire. Peter Weir's Gallipoli lacks the sweeping scope of Bruce Beresford's recent epic, but it makes up in intensity and clarity what it lacks in theatricality. Gallipoli was a coastal foothold gained by the Allies in Turkey during World War I, and the first test of the Australian Army's fighting strength, though ultimately it became the site of stupid military sacrifice which advanced the British Army s fortunes at the cost of a few thousand dead colonials.
Weir examines this historical event by constructing a sparse fictional account of the relationship between two young Australian track stars who join the Allied cause in the wave of mindless patriotism which sweeps their continent as news of the Gallipoli occupation unfolds. Archie
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(Mark Lee) is a baby-faced, under-aged sprinter from the outback, coached for athletic glory by his uncle but drawn against his mentor s wishes into the battle out of sheer.naive enthusiasm for the cause. Frank (Mark Gibson) is an old> er, worldly wise city boy who at first is cynically opposed to the war but horrifies his Irish father (whose own father was murdered by the British in Dublin) by signing up for the sake of adventure.This short, unconventionally structured film is tight with irony, though loose with character development and pacing. The slow, somewhat meandering exposition lapses at: times into aimlessness, though it makes the punchy ending all the more surprising. The -moody middle of the film leaves the impression that Weir is marking time, dragging out a simple short story into a would-be epic.
,But at least there is irony here, too, despite Weir's hackneyed use of the outback to convey the spirit of his country s independence. When the pair of young friends, lost in the interior, meet up witha camel driver, the political hermit of the desert asks the boys to explain what the war is all about. Archie responds with the line we heard:so often back in the days of the domino theory: If we don t stop
in Turkey, they may end up here. The man replies, looking around at the endless barren expanse: And they're welcome to it.
Though Gibson and Lee are terrific, I'm not sure their friendship is fully _explored, and there are some fuzzy gaps in their chronology, but no matter. When Weir is finished with his allegory, you appreciate the message even more for its uncluttered presentation.
War has long been compared to sport, -and there are similarities in terms of discipline, team spirit, hierarchical command, the desire to vanquish the enemy and the idea that women love those uniforms though most of this: may have been imported from war to sport. But Weir argues the differences, too. Victory in war is not to the swiftest or the strong-est and has nothing to do with odds and strategy.
Most importantly, the home-town cause you think you are fighting foris a charade; your real employers do not. care a whit for your bodies, your land or your loved ones, but only for their global ambitions. War is folly, meaningless, absurd effort, not the greatest game of all as it is advertised to be. All draft-age young men should see Weir's movie, for it makes these arguments: into deeply felt, personal convictions, with no apologies to form or convention.
Gallipoli insists that the only logic of war is the illogic of utterly meaningless death. For keeping the world straight on this, we can thank the modern Australian filmmakers, who have not gone mad in the nuclear age like much of the rest of humankind.
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DIGGING IN TO SOLID GROUND
by Leonard Kniffel
obody knows who the people are N« write and edit many of America s most popular magazines that is, who they really are, and what they really think. Solid Ground: A New World Journal new magazine published in Detroit, leaves no doubt about who its writers are and what they care about. They are neighbors: artists, poets, musicians from the Detroit area, and, in his introduction to the premiere issue, editor Kofi Natambu expresses his aim with the new journal: Of course we need a revolution, if by that you meana fresh, visionary and independent way of perceiving and creating a new reality. Each article, poem and essay in Solid Ground resists established attitudes. In an essay on television, Kande Ra observes that to acquire control over the communications flow is to establish control over the human spirit. She asks who will control the vast possibilities which _telecommunications is opening up to the world. In her informative article on the African dance form called tano, Schaarazetta Natalege observes that expression in ballet is stiff and rigid, royally befitting those living in stone castles. Leonard Langston refers to the Renaissance Center ( Rin Sin ) as the hideously monumental creation of wealthy industrialists and their political henchmen.
Solid Ground, like so many little magazines and small-press publications, is a labor of _ love on the part of Natambu and the contributors.
The first issue of Solid Ground also features poetry by Bill Harris, Alvin Aubert and other local poets, and a particularly readable book review by Chris Tysh. There is also an interview with Air, a musical ensemble from Chicago, and an article. about Bird-Trane-Sco-Now!, a group of Detroit musicians between the ages of 12 and 16. If that s not enough, there are also record reviews and a variety of other articles in which local writers get a lot off their chests. Solid Ground, like so many little magazines and small-press_ publications, is a labor of love on the part of Natambu and the contributors. This is
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Solid Ground (Vol. 1, No. 1, Fall 1981) may be purchased at the following stores: Marwil s, the Wayne State University Bookstore and Doubleday downtown in Detroit; Paperbacks Unlimited and Sam's Jams in Ferndale; the Little Professor in Birmingham; or from the publisher at Go-For-What-You-Know, Inc., 4929 Scotten, Detroit, MI 48210. ($9/1 year/4 issues or $17/2 years/8
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Part of the purpose of Solid Ground will also be served if you take this article into a bookstore in your favorite shopping mall and request the magazine. The store probably won't carry it, but they need to know that such alternative reading exists.
Leonard Kniffel is the publisher of the Fallen Angel Press in Highland Park.
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MAKING IT IN THE CITY, a two-day conference on educating the gifted, will be held Nov. 4-5 at Oakland Schools in Pontiac. Co-sponsored by the Roeper School and The Academy for the Gifted. For info regarding advanced registration and accommodations, call Richard Watson, .(313) 858-1996.
MANY OF DETROIT S MOST CREATIVE artists can be found in the pages of Solid Ground: ANew World Journal. We feature essays, reviews, poetry, philosophy and interviews. A Quarterly of the Arts, Politics and Culture. Get your copy of the Fall, 1981 issue today. Published by Go-ForWhat-You-Know; Inc. 4929 Scotten, Detroit 48210. 898-0367.
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ENERGETIC DRUMMER NEEDED for original R&B band. Must be goal oriented. Call Craig at 274-1619.
INTERESTED in union songs, women s songs, anti-war songs, songs of struggle and celebration? FINLAND STATION is a Detroit-based vocal quintet (with guitars) now seeking a writer/aranger/ director. We do meetings, rallies, concerts, folk festivals. Expenses, no fees. Call (313) 962-2770 days or write c/o Goldwasser, Box 32363, Detroit, MI 48232.
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BAND WANTED for New Year's Eve Party. Black-tie party for Woodstock generation. Must be able to play oldies and good .dance music. Send tape, DMT Box 92.
KEYBOARD PLAYER WANTED for highenergy fusion band. M/F serious musician(s)-only. LeRoy, 341-7084.
SINGER into Morrison, Lou Reed, Bryan Ferry, Iggy, Jagger, early Elvis, et al, looking for musicians to work with on original material. Call 331-7324.
NOTICES
CALL IN THE WHITE HOUSE to call off the arms race. Monday, Oct. 26, as part of International Disarmament week, people around the country will call the President at (202) 456-7639. Join them!
DRUMMER & PIANO PLAYER needed for contracted
medical and financial benefits. Persons who worked around coal mines and widows of stricken miners may also be eligible. For info about black lung benefits, call the Black Lung Clinic, 8762433, 9-4 weekdays, or Linda Taylor at 876-2882.
FREE BROCHURE available describing and outlining Detroit's fledgling riverside bike path. Call the Detroit Recreation Dept. at 224-1100. Its finally started. LISTEN TO WOMEN: Tuesdays, 7 pm, WDETFM (101.9), All Together Now, Detroit's 10-year old feminist radio program. Collective meets monthly to plan shows. New members welcome. Call 837-2469 for.more info; or leave message at 5774146.
METROPOLITAN STROKE & APHASIA CLUB is giving a Halloween Party on Oct. 23 at the Oak Park Community Center. A professional physic and card reader will be telling fortunes for a small fee: For info, call 541-0900.
NEIGHBORHOOD INFORMATION EXCHANGE for information on activities and issues affecting Detroit's neighborhoods, phone 861-3024.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. offers pamphlets to help small business owners. Call 1-800-433-7212:
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ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION in Dearborn is recruiting speakers and a coordinatorfor their Speakers Bureau. 5-hour weekly commitment. Minimum age of 20. Call Louise Burton, 561-9096, M-F, 8-4.
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LAWYER seeks professionals or students to share 18-room house, fireplace, leaded glass, etc. Boston/Woodward area (close to Medical Center/WSU). $110/month and share utilities. 865-2645 or 961-2239.
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CISPES, the Detroit Committee in Solidarity with the People in El Salvador, meets every Wed. evening, 7 pm, in the Gabriel Richard Campus Ministry Center, 5001 Evergreen, Dearbom. Call 593-1222 for more info.
GOOD NEIGHBOR UNION Members wanted. Liberal Politics, Human Rights, Environmental Ecology. 838-6733.
ON SAT., OCT. 24 International Disarmament Day, the Detroit Nuclear Freeze Campaign is sponsoring a gathering at Eastern Market from 10 am to noon. Event will include street theatre, leafleting and a vigil. For more information call 548-4560 or 366-1846.
SUN., OCT. 25, there will be a rally for disarmament at the First Unitarian Universalist Church, corner of Cass and Forest at 4 pm. Following a few short remarks, people will walk to the International Institute where Sen. Car Levin will be speaking to ask him to support a US/ USSR nuclear weapons freeze. Call 8339107 for more info.
SALVADORAN WOMEN S ASSOCIATION representative will hold a public meeting, Oct. 18, 7:30 pm. 16861 Wyoming. Call CISPES for info. 593-1222.
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