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or more than a year now, I have been personally involved in an investigation with one goal: discovering Deep Throat’s identity. I have searched through documents at the National Archives in College Park, Md. and interviewed some of Watergate’s biggest players, including Carl Bernstein.

Later, Buzz reporter Jason Minard talked to my professor, Bill Gaines, about the investigation into Bob Woodward and Bernstein’s secret source, a man that helped them investigate the Watergate scandal.

His identity—Fred Fielding—is important.

But not topic of this column.

Gaines and I agree Fielding is an American hero, a man who did what was right when so many were doing what was wrong. He should come forward and receive his award after all these years.

That being said, I want to talk about the question that everyone seems to be asking me: where are your ethics?

Being that I have been the student who has worked on this project the longest, I have a problem when people question my ethics.

On the surface, people may say Deep Throat is a secret source, a whistleblower that did not want to be revealed. Some say that future whistleblowers may feel threatened by our revelation.

I think not. Whistleblowers are motivated

by something inside, something that just won’t let bad actions settle--a conscience. Any whistleblower knows there is always a chance that they maybe revealed. It’s a chance they take.

But this chance can be significantly reduced if the reporter gives no clues about the source’s identity.

As most good journalists will tell you, protecting your source is integral to being a good beat reporter. When a good journalist writes, they will only put the smallest reference to their source like a source in the Justice Department and leave it at that.

They will not write that their source, who drinks Scotch, smokes and has become fast friends if they want to protect their source.

When Woodward and Bernstein gave these details about Deep Throat’s identity in “All the President’s Men”, they were creating a mystery, a mystery that they asked to be solved.

The mystery was furthered by Deep Throat’s presence in the movie. Hal Holbrook’s memorable performance tattooed Deep Throat’s image on popular culture, creating even more thirst to find out the man who said: “everybody’s life is in danger.”

I am not sure but it seems fairly evident the reporter’s played Fielding’s secrecy up to sell more books and movies.

So, now when you read about how upset Bernstein is about us revealing his secret source and he questions my ethics, my professor’s ethics and the class’s ethics, ask yourself: Where are your ethics, Mr. Bernstein?

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A weekend immersed in film: Roger Ebert's 5th Annual Overlooked Film Festival

BY KELLY KIEKOW | COMMUNITY EDITOR

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he Virginia holds about 1500 people, and we're at capacity this year," described Mary Britt, the Assistant Director of Roger Ebert's Fifth Annual Overlooked Film Festival. The festival began at the historic Virginia Theater with the showing of The Right Stuff last Wednesday evening and closed with Singing in the Rain on Sunday afternoon. Over the past 5 years, the festival developed into a huge community event, generating money for local businesses, creating an outpouring of both local and nonlocal attendees, and drawing experts in the film industry to Champaign, people whom those living in the Champaign-Urbana and neighboring areas might otherwise never get a chance to meet.

In all this activity, from the invited film directors and producers to the ticket-holders, many seem to agree one of the most unique and attractive things about the festival is the comfortable atmosphere. While other festivals may exhibit films in competition with one another and filmic guests often attempt to push the buying and selling of their product with distributors, Roger Ebert's festival is far

After Sunday’s showing of Singing in the Rain, Danville native Donald O’Connor was asked what film he would like to see shown at next year’s festival. O’Connor thought for a second andjokingly responded, “Well, something with me in it.”

from being competitive or pushy. Chaz Ebert admits that although she loves "being in Cannes, this festival is so warm." She further elaborates upon the "nice, intimate, homey feeling" Roger Ebert's festival exuberates.

The street in front of the theater, the honorary Roger Ebert Boulevard, closes to traffic during the festival, and became filled with people anticipating the next film or grabbing a bite to eat at Charity's Catering tent. The festival generated record business for Charity's. Like many others, owner and operator Bertha Mitchell readily credited Roger as "the reason all of us are here." Hundreds visited her tent this year for the ever-popular Cajun-style red beans and rice, a recipe she toned down on spicyness, instead offering Louisiana Hot Sauce. On Saturday afternoon, as she was readying

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"to make some more," Mitchell said she "went through 2 batches already" that morning. "A banner day," Mitchell said. "We had lines all the way to the curb and around the corner."

Meanwhile, inside, Robyn Niesman of the Café Kopi booth agreed. While she said there was a lot of downtime during the film showings, "between movies, everybody goes in to get seats and comes back out….It gets really crowded. These people are hardcore." She explained several filmgoers, particularly passholders, chose to go to nearly all of the showings, morning through night, not wanting to miss any of the films that were shown.

Many came out to get a cappuccino and, according to Niesman said, "You gotta keep me going so I can make it to the next one." On Friday, the "line was out the door."

The festival is incredibly popular, and many of the attendees find a chance to chat with Roger. According to Britt, "I don't see the festival getting much bigger because Roger wants to keep it small and easily accessible to everyone." Although she adds, in the future

A banner day...we had lines all the way to the curb and around the corner.

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showings and all of the festival passes were the festival might expand to "do auxiliary sold out. things at the Art" theater, which Roger said is Some individuals came to the festival to see scheduled to open in June. films they had never seen before. Lisa Bolliger Every year, Roger tries his best to make of Mohamet is "tired of being forcefed by himself readily available throughout the festiHollywood." This was her 4th year attending val, even though his itinerary is unbelievably the festival. "You know they're gonna be good full. While in Champaign, Roger's day can films because you know they're the ones that begin as early as an 8 a.m. interview before a Roger picked out."

9 a.m. panel discussion, and not finish until Many parents brought their children for the everyone is done with a 3 a.m. late-night free family matinee of Buster Keaton and snack at Steak 'N Shake. Chaz says "I live in Charlie Chaplain shorts. Instead of a question the same house with him, and I still don't and answer session afterward, Chaz organunderstand," his ability to keep up with the ized an activity in which many children had a rigorous tight schedule and continual rungood time onstage ning. Chaz adds she performing their own can "see the adrenaversions of silent line…Roger loves it. comedy. All who parI try to get him to ticipated, received rest." free gift certificates The festival was and hats. also a success due to Some audience the large number of members had other local residents who Dena Mora and Charlie Lustman help Chaz Ebert reasons for attending gladly donate their judge that all children tied in winning in the silent the festival. Many time to drive film film improvisations.

Danville residents guests to wherever filled the theater for they need to be durthe Sunday showing ing their stay in Alex Nowak, of the Illini Film & Video crew, records of Singing in the Champaign-Urbana Friday night’s question & answer session after L.627 Rain, including a and who voluntarily staff the theater during the festival. There was couple of Donald O'Connor's cousins.

O'Connor himself was raised in Danville. never a dull moment for the Front House After going onstage and receiving a few Coordinator Jameel Jones, or for the volunstanding ovations from the audience, teers whom ran the consession stands, O'Connor tried to recall how many children cleaned up the theater between films, and – Lisa Bolliger, Mohamet resident his aunt had. From the audience, his cousin staffed the ticketbooth. During the course of Lois answered "11." With his sharp-witted the festival, tickets for many of the film sense of humor, O'Connor quickly explained this high number. "Well, in those days, you didn't have television."

Referring to a list of 59 films in which O'Connor has played a part, Roger remembered a time when he was young, and his father took him to see There's No Business Like Show Business at the Virginia Theater.

O'Connor said of himself that he "was born onstage," as part of a family performing vaudeville circuslike acts. "I think I might have met the Marx brothers here in the '30s, downstairs in the dressing room" said O'Connor of the Virginia, a theater where Roger's father also saw the Marx brothers perform.

Roger Ebert hosted the Alloy Orchestra’s question and answer session following Friday’s showing of the 1926 film The Black Pirate. The Chaz said she and Orchestra members described that the print they had was “all scratched up...all magenta, no yellow to it.” Even though they could not Roger are "talking own the film rights, the Orchestra members decided to spend their own money to restore the print.

You know they’re gonna be good films because you know they’re the ones that Roger picked out.

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Roger Ebert applauds the help of James Bond and Steve Krauss in the projection booth on Saturday.

about next year already" in terms of thinking about films, festival guests or what they might want to change about the festival.

Sometimes they begin forming ideas on the car-ride home.

Chaz indicated that the festival originally began when Roger was asked to help raise money for the Virginia Theater. Chaz said Roger recognized that contacting distributors for films might be in conflict of interest with his profession, but realized what he could do instead is hold a festival of films that have been overlooked somehow, whether it be that they were "70mm, silent, or perhaps didn't have distribution."

In determining possible films, surveys and recommendations from others play a role.

Noticing unwidely distributed or otherwise overlooked quality films can also be a part of this process. Roger then contacts Nate Kohn, the Director of the festival with the list of film possibilities and probable guests to invite. Chaz says Roger considers whether it would "be better to have an actor, director, producer…who would be better to present on the stage here for this audience." Kohn and Nancy Casey, the Executive Producer of the festival, then email back and forth and contact the potential guests.

The guests this year seemed to enjoy the talented films and restful easy atmosphere as much as the audience. On Saturday evening, in speaking of her the 6 year journey in film since the start of Charlotte Sometimes, actress Jacqueline Kim strongly stated her belief that it was an honor to be included in the festival.

"I think that the films that I've seen here are astounding."

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GoodWorks

Center for women in transition

BY LINDSEY REU | CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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tour of the Dwight Correctional Center motivated Donna Mason to volunteer at the Center for Women in Transition. At the Correctional Center, Mason saw women receive financial, educational and emotional counseling within the confines of the prison.

Women at the Center for Women in Transition receive the same services, but in the comfort of a brightly decorated living room.

“We are working on the same things here (at the center) that they are working on in prison,” Mason said. “We need to work on them here in the community. It’s a safe place for women to work on putting their lives together before they possibly end up in prison.”

The Center for Women in Transition, 508 E. Church St., Champaign, provides transitional housing and support services for homeless women and their children. The goal of the organization is to give the women the skills they need to support themselves and their family once they leave the center.

The center opened in 1985 under the name Women’s Emergency Shelter of Champaign County. For the first six months of operation, it was staffed entirely by volunteers. A grant

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from the Illinois Department of Public Aid supported a number of paid positions at the shelter. There are now five full-time positions and two AmeriCorps workers. Volunteers, however, still play an integral role in the daily operations of the center.

“Volunteers give us the ability to move in different directions,” said Kathy Sims, director and volunteer coordinator of the center. “We couldn’t do what we do without volunteers.”

The center relies on volunteers for almost everything. The wide range of activities includes office and administrative work, cleaning and sorting donations and childcare.

Volunteers work an average of two hours a week, but some will work more than six hours a week. Whether to fulfill class requirements or for personal reasons, most volunteers come from the University of Illinois, causing the center to actively recruit volunteers for the summer from the community.

Mason first volunteered at the center six years ago with her church group. She believed in the purpose of the organization and volunteered several times with different groups.

Last December, Mason began doing clerical work for the center.

Mason’s duties usually revolve around organizing donations and office work.

What’s your favorite place in ChampaignUrbana?

The Mexican restaurant way out on West Springfield, El Torero.

What’s in your CD player?

Something country.

What are you reading right now?

The Dr. Atkins diet book.

What’s the best movie you’ve ever seen?

Oh my goodness ... probably Gone with the Wind.

Who are your favorite historical figures?

Probably (George) Patton (WWII general) and Abraham Lincoln.

Who were your heroes growing up?

My dad and Mickey Mantle.

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ob Pettyjohn is the Champaign fire inspector.

What did you do last night?

I watched that goofy TV show with Arsenio Hall (Star Search). That’s about all I did because I’ve been sick.

What are you most passionate about?

My job.

What’s your biggest regret?

Probably that I didn’t save more money when I was younger.

What are you most proud of?

My family.

Although she does not have much interaction with the women and children who live at the center, her work with the full-time staff has given her deep respect for the people who work closely with the residents.

“I appreciate the staff,” Mason said. “They are doing well with the homeless and their needs. It takes a lot to sustain people in that situation.”

Mason’s daughter has helped with evening programs for the residents and their children.

According to Mason, volunteers host a program of games and crafts at least once a week for the children. The volunteers at those times are usually University students and always regulars.

“It’s good for the children to see the same face week after week,” Mason said.

While many volunteers are regularly scheduled, the center does accommodate one-time volunteers, usually in groups, for special projects like painting or cleaning. Sims has encouraged groups to cook dinner for the residents.

Since a part-time cook was cut, the residents have been responsible for preparing all their meals.

“It’s nice for groups to come in and give the residents a break by cooking,” Sims said.

According to Sims, the requirements for being a volunteer are not extensive. A volunteer must be able to commit to two hours a week, be at least 16 years old and provide three references. The qualities the center looks for in its volunteers are flexibility, initiative, compassion, reliability and the ability to have

What is the meaning of life?

Just doing and being the best you can in the time you’ve got.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

To lose 50 pounds. That’s why I’m reading the Atkins book.

What’s the best piece of advice you’ve ever heard?

Do unto others as you wish they would do unto you.

What do you do to relax?

I read and I like to fish.

When are you happiest?

When I’m around family.

Do you believe in God? Yes. What’s your favorite childhood memory?

Annual summer vacations to places where I could fish.

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Donna Mason volunteers weekly at the Center for Women in Transition.

fun. Volunteers must also be comfortable working with the homeless.

Before volunteers start, they attend an orientation and a placement interview, receive training and ongoing evaluation. As volunteers are essential to the operation of the center, organizing a quality volunteer program is a high priority. Mason is always looking for more ways to be involved in the center.

Because she has seen the impact that volunteers have had on the women and children, she has brought her church group for projects and taken other community members to see the CWT. “For the residents to feel supported by their community is truly a gift,” Mason said.

For more information about volunteering at the Center for Women in Transition, call 352-7151.

CORRECTION~~~The BUZZ apologizes to Jacob, quoted in last week’s “Sex Out Loud” article. Rather than being opposed to the “ideology of sex,” the article should have read opposed to the “ideology of pornography,” not sex.

VOLUNTEER LISTINGS • Reassurance Calling Call people 60 years or over who have asked that someone contact them by telephone once a day. Our calls are made 6 mornings a week, Monday through Saturday usually between 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. To help, contact Luedella Patterson of Family Service at 352-5100.

• Carnival Day Have some fun and spend some quality time with the residents of the Champaign County Nursing Home during Carnival Day on May 13 from 2-3:30 p.m.

Volunteers are needed for everything from face painting, clowning, making balloon animals, juggling or sharing your own special carnival talent. Contact Kalah McGraw at 3843784.

• Habitat for Humanity As we move toward the opening of Habitat's new home improvement store, we seek your help to complete several projects - painting, sorting, staining doors, hanging doors, etc. We welcome your help during the week and also this Saturday, April 26 as well as Saturday, May 3. If you can share an hour or two on either day, please contact Judy Bryan at 355-6460.

For the most comprehensive list of volunteer opportunities in Champaign County check out www.cuvolunteer.org Did I C-U volunteer?

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Gaines closes the book on Deep Throat

BY JASON MINARD | STAFF WRITER

knew each other before the investigation.

Many people have theorized that Deep Throat might be a composite of several sources, n April 22, William Gaines, a University of Illinois journalism professor, and his inves- put together to hide several ideas and sensationalize the Deep Throat phenomenon. tigative journalism class unmasked Deep With all of the research and evidence, there Throat, identifying Fred Fielding, an assistant are still plenty of people that refuse to believe to White House Special Counsel John Dean.

Fielding is Deep Throat.

“Fielding is Deep Throat, and our research “People are disappointed that it isn’t their shows that,” said Gaines. favorite,” Gaines said. “Lots of people want it Most people enjoy a good mystery, and the mystery of the identity of Deep Throat is about to be Bob Dole or Alexander Haig. It’s just not the case.” as big as they get.

Gaines has received several e-mails saying Unlike other unresolved mysteries, such as he is just wrong. the disappearance of Amelia Aerhart, there are “I received a voice mail from some fellow people who know who Deep Throat is. For the who just said that I was wrong; it was uninitiated, Deep Throat was the inside source Butterfield, and he had proof,” Gaines said. that supplied both information and council to journalist Bob Woodward during the Watergate “Of course, he didn’t leave his name.”

Even John Dean does not believe that scandal of the Nixon Administration.

Fielding is Deep Throat. Dean worked with the Woodward has said he will reveal Deep group for several Throat’s identity years and has given upon his death. summations on his In fall 1999, Gaines view on Deep Throat. set up a search into “Dean has a blind the identity of Deep spot for Fielding,” Throat as a classroom Gaines said. Dean exercise, but the has said in the past research continued that Fielding could beyond the end of the – Tom Rybarczyk, a student not be Deep Throat class. There was no because he is too budget for the projhonest and was unaware of some of the inforect, and the students used library resources, mation to which Deep Throat had access. requested official documents under the Dean is so sure that Fielding is not Deep Freedom of Information Act, used the Internet Throat that he offered Gaines a bet via e-mail and conducted telephone the day after the announcement. interviews.

“The e-mail was concise and nice enough, The whole project was to be a training but he doesn’t believe that Fred did it, and he process in research; therefore, Gaines had to bet me $100 to that,” Gaines said. “I’ll take the have some defining parameters. The group began under the assumption that facts given in bet, because Fielding is Deep Throat. It’s better than going to the track.” the book All The President’s Men, and the artiOther people, such as Bernstein, get upset cles and interviews by both Woodward and over the search for Deep Throat. During the Carl Bernstein were truthful. Through this course of the initial investigation, student Tom information, some criteria of the search was Rybarczyk was able to contact Bernstein via determined: Deep Throat was a male working phone. Rybarczyk is the editor in chief of buzz. in the executive branch of the government, a “He started off nice enough, but it eventualsmoker and drank scotch. He and Woodward

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ly dissolved into yelling and swearing as the topic moved to Deep Throat,” Rybarczyk said.

Two days after Tuesday’s announcement, Gaines received a phone call from Sabrina Eaton, a reporter from the Cleveland Plain Dealer newspaper, stating that Bernstein

thought that Gaines "should be spanked," for spending time attempting to discover another reporter’s source.

“I think that I’m a little old for that,” was all Gaines said.

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40 North/ 88 West

Arts council makes plans to bring C-U’s art scene back to life

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ot so long ago, the hottest jazz and blues scene between Chicago and St. Louis was available to Champaign residents on Goodwin Avenue in Urbana. The venue, Nature’s Table, regularly featured jazz greats who now play top venues in New York and Chicago.

“The place was packed seven nights a week,” said Terry Masar, the former owner of Nature’s Table who now owns Sweet Betsy’s restaurant in Urbana. “It was a great success, but those were the old days.”

Today, the University of Illinois’ Medical Sciences building stands in Nature Table’s place, and on a typical Thursday night, only a handful of people frequent jazz performances at Iron Post in Urbana.

Places like Nature’s Table had the community following they needed to stay in business but lacked the representation they needed to approach organizations like the University or the local city councils for financial support.

Other venues, like the White Street Arts Center in Urbana, eventually lost their patrons’ support when the owners could no longer afford to advertise. The center, which Masar also owned, closed two years ago and the facility was converted into an apartment building.

“This is a community that will say it reveres the arts but then will let great venues like that die,” said Jenny Southlynn, a local artist and former arts editor of the now-collapsed independent monthly, CU Cityview.

Still, in the past 10 years, Champaign County has experienced a cultural revolution of sorts. Dozens of venues, like Canopy Club in Urbana, and arts education organizations, like the Champaign County Cultural Consortium, are popping up and fighting to make the arts a permanent presence in the community. Although many of these new endeavors have been successful, local artists have in recent years pointed to the lack of a local arts council as a key factor in the struggles that artists and art venues face.

To respond to the need, artists in the community now benefit from the recent creation of a Champaign County arts, culture and entertainment council. The council, 40 North/88 West, is a nonprofit organization and a subsidiary of the Champaign County Convention Center and Visitors Bureau. Champaign County’s global coordinates, 40 north latitude, 88 west longitude, are reflected in the council’s name to suggest that the arts help put the county “on the map,” said Megan Wolf, interim director of the council.

The council, which officially formed last fall, advocates cooperation among different

artistic disciplines and to engage the community in the local arts scene by marketing existing opportunities for the community, Wolf said.

“There’s already so much going on,” she said.

“We’re here to support and promote what’s already here.”

Wolf circulates a bi-monthly e-mail newsletter with information on local arts events to people who request it.

The opportunities an arts council can provide are exciting for both artists and community members, said Southlynn, who was part of the initial efforts to start 40 North/88 West.

“Artists within the community are powered through the council to make things happen,” Southlynn said. “Instead of having artists in different pockets of the community, the arts council will provide a learing house. It creates an energy and makes more happen as a result.”

An arts council also creates economic possibilities for Champaign County.

“The arts can bring financial and cultural growth to the community,” said Cheryl Yuen, former director of the Illinois Art Council’s Office of Local Partnerships and former Champaign resident. Yuen was hired through the Illinois Arts Alliance as an arts management consultant in Champaign County in June 2001. Her report, “Champaign County Arts and Entertainment Advisory Council: Cultural Assessment Information Report on Focus Group Meetings and Interviews,” reflects the interest in and need for an art council in Champaign County.

“A council can bring assistance to the arts community through advertising, grants and programming,” Yuen said in a phone interview. “That will help them be strong so that they are viable as entertainment venues and places of employment, and in turn, that will attract other people to live in the community.”

Previous attempts to form an art council have been unsuccessful.

“Twenty years ago, there was no brain firing going on,” Southlynn said. “The council was a lot of older people, stiffer, stodgier. They weren’t making things happen.”

40 North/88 West, however, may be more successful because of the diverse people involved, Yuen said. The council’s board includes representatives from the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, marketing specialists from The News-Gazette, City of Champaign Mayor Jerry Schweighart and independent artists.

“What this effort has that others didn’t is wide interest and enthusiasm from various sectors of the community,” Yuen said.

40 North/88 West also has the support of the convention center, which has provided office space and support staff for the council. continued on page 9

Jazz trumpet player Gregg Helgesen is on the Arts Council.

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community artist. Guyot’s show will feature several pieces that emphasize the process of her art as opposed to the finished product. ucked away under masses of posted fliers Many of her pieces highlight the natural is the Urbana-Champaign Independent imperfections of a specific medium, such as Media Center. Hidden further inside is the the grooves and bumps remaining in fabrics Middle Room Gallery, created last September after they are treated and left to dry. as an alternative to regular art shows.

Guyot has employed unconventional mate“We are giving a voice to artists that might rials, such as parchment paper, used to bake not have one,” said Jason Pitzl-Waters, curabarbequed tofu. Her pieces for this show are tor and coordinator of the Middle Room less about aesthetic beauty and alternatively Gallery. “In this town, we see a lot of art challenge the viewer to think about the jourshows in April and May when students are ney of raw material to required to have final product. Her artthem.” work reflects the pasThe idea is to sage of time. have monthly “Some people have shows year-round political themes. I use featuring artists art to focus on selfwho might not have expression,” Guyot other outlets or are – Julie Guyot, local artist said. “There is a difnot well estabference between fine lished. art and fine craft.

“I think the more Sometimes I like to make things that look nice places that allow artists to show work, the and have fun making it. Sometimes it’s about more educated they become. You don’t have to like all the art you see. It’s more a reflection the content. These two schools of thought are starting to blend together.” of our culture,” said Robin Douglas, associate Guyot said her biggest challenge has been director for the School of Art and Design at attracting people who don’t normally go to the University of Illinois. “Many times, to get UC-IMC. art shown, the burden falls on the artist. They “Hopefully I’m up to that challenge,” she have to think about insurance and moving said. “I think, as artists, we have an obligation costs. They need more community support.” to educate people by bringing art to people in Molly Dolkart, whose photography show a way they will understand.”

“Landscape/Architecture” was featured last UC-IMC is a global network of media outmonth at the Middle Room Gallery, said the lets aimed at keeping a check on government center is an important part of the community. and mainstream news sources. In addition to “Until you make it to the top, it’s hard to the Middle Room Gallery, UC-IMC also has a get feedback,” Dolkart said. “It’s important to radio news program on WEFT 90.1 that airs support emerging artists.”

Mondays from 5:30-6:30 p.m. and the publicaThe center offers support not only for tion of a monthly newspaper called “The emerging artists, but also for established Public I.” artists. Starting Friday, the Middle Room UC-IMC was created as a response to the Gallery will be featuring the art of Julie seeming lack of alternative media covering Guyot, Champaign resident and established protests of the World Trade Organization in Seattle in late 1999. The center is a grassroots organization funded by donations from members as well as from the community and focuses on giving the community various outlets for free and uncensored thinking.

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Graduate students masters of fine arts Anything but Ordinary

BY JANELLE GREENWOOD | STAFF WRITER

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raduate students from the University of Illinois’ School of Art and Design have fused a combination of mediums to offer a look at contemporary art and a glimpse into the art of the future.

The Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, which began with a reception last Saturday and will run through May 18, suggests new modes of access to art.

Ten students display their sculpture, painting, metal work, photography, industrial design and ceramics, with some mediums merging with one another.

“It’s a crossing over between different disciplines,” said Lisa Costello, the exhibition’s designer. “The show’s a hybrid,” Photography graduate student Martin Novak used a mix of mediums in his display.

The project features projected video image of the sky next to several abstract black leather cushions with vibrating speakers inside, lining the walls and floor of the room. Visitors can touch the cushions in the display.

“I want people to experience the physical aspect of art and to interact with it,” Novak said.

Another featured artist, Alberto Gonzalez, has produced a massive hanging sculpture.

“The whole thing is about people interacting with this piece,” Gonzalez said. The piece, which is titled after the entire Humpty

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“Just having a bigger organization with countywide interest will really be helpful,” Yuen said.

Local artists are already forming high expectations for the council.

“I’d like them to assemble

Dumpty nursery rhyme is a political statement that is “all about military” and the “vulnerability” of society, he said.

While several of the pieces in the exhibition are very hands on, other pieces are more conceptual, providing a fresh prospective by reconstructing everyday items and ideas.

Anna Callahan worked on a piece involving the community where she interviewed people riding the MTD buses in ChampaignUrbana as “an art project to spark interest in those around you,” according to the project’s tagline. The piece, entitled “On the Bus,” shows several excerpts from citizens posted inside different buses around town. A woman named Kathy on the Green Line said, “Right now, I thought I would be in vet school, so my future is kind of up for grabs now as to what I’m going to do...”

Another project Callahan worked on was a Danville Community Encyclopedia, where citizens were interviewed and asked to define words, including “Respect,” “Filmmakers,” and “Knowledge.” One Danville citizen, Major Chism, commented on “Knowledge,” and said, “So the time that you are here you get it, obtain it and share it. Pass it on.”

Artist Kyomi Chiba made a series of porcelain boots with bar codes, titled “Gone,” to use “culturally high materials to make mass products,” Costello said. By combining these contradictory items, Chiba reveals the contra-

information resources for artists—lists of grants, lists of opportunities, organizing shows,” said Michael Schwegmann, owner of Boneyard Pottery in Champaign.

Schwegmann also hopes the council will serve as a central clearing house for art events in the community and the chief source of information about available arts programs.

ALBERTO GONZALEZ’S | FABRIC AND FISH WIRE diction of valuing quality in materialism, at the same time wanting it quickly mass produced.

Because of the exhibition’s variety of art, as well as the use of familiar materials and ideas to reconstruct those materials into new concepts that people can interact with and relate to, everyone will be able to come away with something from the Master of Fine Arts

Exhibition.

The Artists’ Presentations and Exhibition Walk will take place Saturday at 2 p.m. in the Krannert Art Museum auditorium and in the East Gallery.

“If there’s an arts council, then a person can just call or go to their Web site and find out what’s going on,” Schwegmann said.

Others, like Gregg Helgesen, who plays jazz trumpet in the band ParaDocs, which appears at Iron Post, expect more from the council than just advertising.

“The Iron Post already puts out a list of the performances here,” Helgesen said.

“Everyone that wants to see jazz can already pretty easily find out where to go.

“My thought is that the council would do well to sponsor other kinds of new performances, like chamber music in local bars,” Helgesen said. “Bach and Handel’s orchestras played in bars— they were beer drinkers. I’d rather go to something like that than to a performance at Krannert.”

Since the council is still in its early stages, artists will not see programming through the council for several years.

“We won’t have the resources to do fundraising for five to seven years, and there’s enough programming already going on in the community,” Wolf said.

According to Susan Smith, executive director of the Decatur Area Arts Council, this is a reasonable expectation for 40 North/88 West.

“We do our own programming, and we have the support of 800 families in the community, but we’ve also been around for 35 years,” she said in a phone interview. “What’s really important for Champaign to do now is to promote what is going on and get the support from community leaders. Bigger things will come later on.”

In the meantime, artists and council supporters urge the community to be patient with the new arts council.

“We have to give it a chance,” Schwegmann said. “I’m not quite sure exactly what it is, but there seems to be this way of people just wanting things sort of delivered to them.

“This isn’t going to be Wal-Mart, and thank God. Wal-Mart gets their tax break, plops down, sets up and it’s an overnight success.

That’s not how this is going to work because it requires people to get behind it—not just artists, but everyone.”

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The multiple personalities of the Penny Dreadful Players

BY LINDSEY DONNELL | STAFF WRITER

she has separated from her husband and is seeing another woman.

“It’s about how people interact with each or an hour and a half this Friday and other,” Discala said, “how they viewed the Saturday, six actors will play 57 characters customs of their times.” in 18 vignettes—in one dining room. The The diversity in characters mirrors the Penny Dreadful Players’ adaptation of A.G. diversity in the cast, which Discala said was Gurney’s The Dining Room promises to be intentional. something other than the standard theater “It’s amazing how well (the cast) gets experience. along, because they are all very different peoEach cast member plays between eight and ple,” he said.

10 characters, ranging from a maid to a 30The Penny year- old archiDreadful tect to a 55Players celeyear-old father brated their to a middle10-year aged divorcee. anniversary Cast member last weekend.

Martin – Jeff Discala, director The group is McFarlane, a a University former registered student organization, and was creexchange student at the University of Illinois, ated to promote student-written works. plays nine characters in The Dining Room.

However, the group makes exceptions, such “When (people) go to see a play, they have as this one, to draw a wider audience. The an expectation of what they’re going to see,” Dining Room is their final performance for the McFarlane said. He said that for him, the school year. biggest challenge is sticking to the script.

“It will take the audience a long time to get used to it,” McFarlane said, “but when they The Dining Room do, they’re going to love it.”

Director Jeff Discala came across The Dining The Penny Dreadful Players May 2 and 3, 8 p.m.

Room while browsing through a book and was attracted to the six-actor performance rec- 112 Gregory Hall Tickets are $5 at the door ommendation. This is Discala’s first time directing, although he has been involved in theater since grade school.

“It’s a challenge, but it’s a whole lot of fun,” Discala said.

Sam Raue, another member of the cast and a senior at the University, plays 10 different characters in the show. She said her biggest challenge is changing characters quickly and giving each one a different physical presence on stage.

“The form of the show is just so unique,” Raue said.

“It’s impossible to get bored.”

The Dining Room moves chronologically through one day, but the scenes take place across many decades from the 1940s to the 1980s.

For Discala, the highlight of the play is the diverse range of characters.

“You see snippets of 57 different people, but none of them are conclusive,” he said.

In one scene, a father goes over his funeral plans with his son. In another, a woman comes home to tell her father Director Jeff DiScala watches the final moments of the Penny

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The Irreverent Sleeping Beauty

The Greater Community AIDS Project wishes to thank the entire community for it’s unwavering support for the past eleven years of Artists Against AIDS Exhibition and Sale. Special thanks go to our sponsors, donors, and supporters for this year’s event. GCAP is a volunteer community-based organization that has taken on the goals of educating the public about HIV/AIDS and addressing the needs of those affected by HIV/AIDS. A special thanks to our volunteers and contributing artists, without whom this event would never have come to fruition.

BY JOHN LOOS | STAFF WRITER

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ow in its fifth season, the Rantoul Theater Group hopes to capitalize on the success of its past children’s plays with its newest venture: a fractured, irreverent version of a classic fairy tale re-titled Aurora: The Sleeping Beauty.

With a cast of two adults and 30 children, ranging from ages 3 to 16, director Todd Isaacs has put together an eclectic cast of actors that complement the modern script he penned.

The fairy tale’s deviations are obvious from the start.

The King and Queen are announced as if they were professional basketball players, while the evil Meridia is accompanied into scenes by music from Star Wars.

“I got the idea of using modern music from the movie A Knight’s Tale,” Isaacs said during a break in one of the group’s rehearsals. “I like Aurora lies in her nurse’s arms as the good fairy (eft) alleviates a curse the idea of using it to break by the evil Meridia (not pictured) as the queen looks on. into the traditional storyline.

For older people in the audi“We’d like to be just another venue you can ence, they’ll be able to catch the connection go to,” Smith said. “Because we’re only 15 between the scenes.” minutes away from C-U, and I am always Other sampled music includes songs from going down there to see plays at Parkland the Dave Matthews Band, The Beatles and and The Station, we’d like to get folks from ‘80s flash-in-the-pan Wham! Each complethere to come up here and see us.” ments the action in their scenes.

Based on the wide variety of plays they’ve Denise Schlueter, who plays produced—The Odd Couple, Spoon River Grandmother—the narrative figure who tells Anthology, The Best Little Christmas Pageant the story of Sleeping Beauty to her grandEver and Lend me a Tenor—and the creative daughter—enjoys the modern twists as much fancifulness of Aurora: The Sleeping Beauty, the as she likes working with her young co-stars.

15 miles seems worth the trip.

“It’s a great opportunity to go back to your “It’s a great script, and the kids have own childhood,” she said. “And the kids are worked so hard,” said Assistant Director Jay easy to work with as long as you treat them Potter, who also has a daughter in the cast. with respect.”

From the dastardly Meridia and her clueSchlueter got involved with the Rantoul less sidekick Agatha to the three good, quirky Theater Group after taking her children to fairies to Prince Phillip and his assistant audition for a production of The Wizard of Oz John—who both engage in an intense sword and discovering they needed an adult to fill a fight with a giant in the second act—the kids role. Larry Smith, a retired volunteer, also got are irresistible to watch. Schlueter provides a involved unexpectedly when he was invited welcome, cheery narration enhanced by her to be a juror in the group’s adult production obvious comfort on the stage. Watch out for a of 12 Angry Jurors. tiny scene-stealing tot who dashes across the “Our adult plays have been medium in stage in the middle of the second act—she their success,” Smith said. “We fill about half alone is worth the drive. the house. The children’s plays have been very successful, of course, and they always fill the house.”

With 188 seats in its self-made theater, Aurora: The Sleeping Beauty which once served as a briefing room in the May 2, 3, 4, 9, 10, and 11 at 7:30 p.m. old Rantoul army base, the group is looking Grissom Hall Theatre, Rantoul. to attract theatergoers from ChampaignTickets: $10 adults, $7 for children and seniors.

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The Riot Act Tour keeps an evenflow at Assembly Hall

BY COREY WILSON | STAFF WRITER

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henomenal—In a single word, that’s how I would describe the Pearl Jam show at Assembly Hall last Wednesday night. Eddie Vedder is the epitome of a rock star, and Jeff Ament is amazing.

In a show that lasted nearly two hours, including two encores, and ending with a cover of The Who’s “Baba O’Riley”, they played a set that could be made into a greatest hits album.

They played four tracks off their new Album, Riot Act, but stuck to the old stuff, playing a lot of tunes from Ten and Vitalogy.

Walking into Assembly Hall, just at the end

of Sparta’s set, the atmosphere was awesome.

It was like going to see Kiss in Detroit or something, in 1976...everybody was drunk and rowdy, and I was like, “Man, now this is a fucking rock concert!” As we got to our seats, the lights went off, and the crowd went nuts as they opened with “Do the Evolution”—they couldn’t have picked a better song to open with.

Vedder and the boys kept the tempo going with “Corduroy” next, before they broke into “Save You”, off of Riot Act. I knew that there was going to be more to the show than just jamming tunes though, when during the second song, Vedder substituted the word free and replaced it with “Peace”, yelling it to the crowd.

The politically charged show continued, as Vedder spoke out to his impressionable audience, telling them what a pleasure it is to be in Champaign. After bidding them good evening, and reciting the population, “63, 352”, he said, “I don’t think we ever played this building…I feel like a lion in a cage. Any Christians wanna be eaten tonight?” and then went into “Dissident”. What he said could’ve been offensive to some, but the way he said it,

PEARL JAM | Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Jeff Ament, Eddie Vedder, Matt Cameron

little history…this is a public service made him seem ruthless and radical. announcement with guitars,” and then did his Next, they played some stuff off the first best Joe Strummer impersonation. Before album, getting it out of the way early, and they left for the second time, they also covmaking sure that everyone was still into the ered Creedence show. “Evenflow” and Clearwater Revival’s “Jeremy” sounded remarkanti-Vietnam anthem, able, and it made every“Fortunate Son”. body realize how long They thanked everythese guys have been – Eddie Vedder body and said good around, and how good night, and most of us they really are. assumed that they Before they walked off were done. for the first time, they A few minutes later though, Vedder walked played “Given to Fly” and then ended with back out on the stage with a single spotlight “Porch”, another song from Ten. After everyfollowing him around. Holding his guitar, he one got good and loud again, some people told the crowd that he was going to play a busted out their lighters like they had song that was basically stolen from Pete done every time the band played a slow Townsend and The Who, and he started song, and Pearl Jam made its way back strumming a little ditty that sounded like an onto the stage. old Hawaiian surf song, called “Blue Red N’ The first encore included “Better Man”, as Gray”. The song was very simple, but that well as the song that Pearl Jam did for Sweet was the best part about it, as he kept reciting Relief – A Tribute to Victoria Williams, called the lines, “I dig every second of every day”.

“Crazy Mary”. They played an eight minute It was by far the highlight of the evening. and 50 second version of that, and then went After he played his solo, the rest of the into “Know Your Rights” by The Clash. band joined him for what everyone assumed Vedder told the audience, “All right class…a would be “Yellow Ledbetter”; everyone, including some jackass in the front row. The kid yelled at Vedder to play the song, and Vedder replied, “Just hold your horses...and shut the fuck up. We were gonna play it and now we’re not….that’s just how we are.”

The band then went into “Black”, and then played “Alive”, which also could’ve been the highlight of the night, depending on who you ask. Finally, the lights came on, and although the workers at Assembly Hall thought the show was over, Pearl Jam wasn’t finished.

By this time, it was well passed 11:00, and as the crowd went crazy, Ament started playing that wonderful riff at the beginning of The Who’s “Baba O’Riley,” while Vedder banged and broke tambourines. The final song of the night was capped off with an amazing guitar solo, and people jumped around like the show had just started.

Leaving Assembly Hall, I could overhear everyone, both first time concertgoers and fans who had seen Pearl Jam several times, saying that it was the best show they’d ever seen. They are definitely professionals, who play to their audiences, and give 150 percent every time they set foot on the stage. If you didn’t get a chance to see them in Champaign, they are playing the United Center June 18th.

The concert in Champaign is available to download for a reasonable price at www.pearljam.com.

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The Postal Service delivers its goods in Chicago

BY BRIAN MERTZ | MUSIC EDITOR

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ost great myths revolve around a hero going through horrible ordeals in order to reach a heavenly reward at the end of the story.

That must have been the same storyline that the folks at the Abbey Pub, 3420 W. Grace St., Chicago, had in mind when they booked the god awful band The Countdown to open for the heavenly Postal Service on April 23.

In between heaven and hell there were a few laughs from Cex, the foremost indie-hip hop emcee in the land.

The Countdown easily notched the worst performance that this reviewer had seen in a long time. Standing on stage with two guitars and a drum machine which they annoyingly referred to as “the Brain,” the two members of The Countdown mashed their way through annoying electro-clash rock.

The lead singer’s vocal style was a cross between the Rocky Horror Picture Show and the B52’s—a combination doomed to fail.

Boring lyrics, uninspiring songs and an overdone stage performance by the lead singer all led to a show that left the crowd standing around looking for something else to do than pay attention.

Much like trying to use mere words to describe the eternal pain experienced in hell, words fall short of describing how incredibly horrible The Countdown was.

Next up was a psuedo-comedic performance from the plain white rapper Cex (pronounced like the act of mating). Wearing a blue thrift store dress, Cex leaped instantly into the crowd and remained up close and personal throughout his set. He dragged his microphone all over the Abbey Pub, frightening some in the audience and getting cheers from others as he showed off his unique form of indie-rap.

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from an Apple iBook, Cex fired up the crowd by dropping silly rhymes and cracking jokes between songs. The biggest and best crowd reaction came from a freestyle session at the end of Cex’s set that extolled the greatness of Hacksaw Jim Dougan.

Finally, after what seemed like an eternity after needlessly long set changes, The Postal Service hit the stage.

The Postal Service is made up of Ben Gibbard from indie rock legends Death Cab for Cutie on vocals, guitar and drums, and Jimmy Tamborello from Dntel on electronic effects and programming. While on tour, Jenny Lewis from the band Riko Kiley provides backup vocals and guitar.

While their debut album, Give Up, flawlessly fuses dance beats, indie rock riffs, electronic sound effects and stellar lyrics, it was unclear how transferring the quality of the album to the stage would go. But from the first beats of “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight,” all doubts vanished.

With a giant screen behind them that displayed beautiful video images to accompany each song, The Postal Service filled the Abbey Pub with not only the complexity, but the energy and beauty of their songs. Live guitars and live drumming added an organic element that escapes many performers who rely too heavily on drum machines for backup.

The interplay between Lewis and Gibbard on “Nothing Better” demonstrated their stage sensibilities as they sang back and forth, draped in the visuals of a bright rainbow.

Even the relatively low-key Gibbard cracked a smile and a few jokes when someone in the audience bought shots for the entire band.

Other highlights included an upbeat performance of “Clark Gable,” the singalong on their first single “Such Great Heights” and the energy on “We Will Become Silhouettes,” which caused such a commotion in the crowd that the floor was literally shaking from the bouncing mop-haired indie kids.

Tamborello remained mostly out of the way of the action on stage. While it would be hard to make twiddling knobs on a mixer and pressing buttons on a computer exciting, it would have added a different element to the show.

As the band closed out their set with “Natural Anthem” and returned for an encore, one couldn’t help but want more. But a short performance was almost a foregone conclusion because the Postal Service only has one album worth of material.

Hopefully The Postal Service will continue making more songs. With a live show as good as the Postal Service’s, any music fan would want this slice of musical nirvana to continue for eternity.

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This headache-inducing act is then soothed by the ninth and final track, "Veritas Aequitas". Pure melody and relaxed but heavy drumming give everything one could have wanted in the rest of the album, including proof of the potential this band has hinted at. Rich in guitar solos and marked by the addition of piano, this final track is reflective mood music that take all of the frustration of the preceding 8 tracks and put it to rest. What is initially perceived as a grand introduction to the final back-breaking song turns out to be the beginning of an epic instrumental lasting approximately 12 minutes. We couldn't ask for a more pleasant surprise ending.

Darkest Hour did what they wanted to do, then showed us what they could do. While the first part of the disc showcases a talented rhythm section playing somewhat mediocre songs, the final track tells us that it is a success nonetheless. Those most likely to enjoy this album are hardcore and death-metal fans that are in it for the pounding.

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On Local H’s No Fun EP, their first release on Thick Records (and their second release in a row on a new label) they fight to keep themselves from drifting out of the public eye again. After a four year absence between releasing 1998’s Pack up the Cats on Island and 2002’s Here Comes the Zoo on Palm, Local H realized they needed to do something to stay in the light. After regaining public recognition with the release of Here Comes the Zoo , the band quickly released No Fun. The covers, while entertaining, are fairly straightforward when taking on The Godfathers (“Birth,School, Work, Death”) and The Ramones (“I Just Want Something to Do”), giving any seasoned Local H fan exactly what they would expect. “Birth, School, Work, Death,” while a cover, showcases exactly why Local H is interesting; the band manages to give this song, as with many of theirs, a very full sound, that when presented live is amazing because of the level of power coming from two people.

The originals are stereotypical Local H tracks. While they are great material for the established fan, they don’t do anything new or interesting to win over skeptics. “No Fun” and “President Forever” are filled with attitude and stereotypical distortion and howling vocals.

“Fuck Yeah, That Wide” is the half and half song, as the lyrics are attributed to Primal Scream and the music is uncredited. It is the most interesting song on the EP because it takes a different path and style than most Local H tracks. The borderline psychedelic sound fused with the muted vocals provide a very different sound that is gripping in how it stands apart from the rest of the EP. While No Fun isn’t anything groundbreaking, or even very long, it is the perfect antidote for a fan looking for something to tide himself over until the next album. The EP is perfect for a existing fan or someone who only knows a few songs and wants a bigger taste of Local H.

DARKEST HOUR Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation Victory Records

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BY LANCE BIRCH Darkest Hour is a hardcore band made up of early Metallica guitar thrashings over the intense drums of Swedish death metal. The vocals are sloppy roars that never stray from sounding like "wraeaw wraeaw wraeaw".

The concept of blending hardcore punk and death metal is fine, but Hidden Hands of a Sadist Nation is not likely to be held up as the very best of its subgenre. While the rhythm's precision is perfect, the final product emphasizes too much rawness over too little melody. This is characteristic of the genre, but there is room for more flashy guitar parts. The guitar that is already there is wild and technical enough, but it is drowned in drums and vocals. The much-needed guitar solo in "The Misinformation Age" shows that this would be a good route to take. This collection of songs is a stream of undifferentiated blasts with the focus on hitting hard. Giving each song the personality found in the clean guitar and lead parts of "Accessible Losses" could be a future goal.

While their best years may be ahead of them, this album could prove influential to other bands that idolize death-

WAKEFIELD American Made

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recordings were made. Flower With No Color begs the listener to take a vacation somewhere exotic and lay in the sun.

Though beautiful nature sounds and sparse instrumentation will encourage the listener’s thoughts to drift, it is advised that he or she remain awake until after the album’s centerpiece,“SPY Said ONE,” finishes. Half way through this nine-minute track sees a number of loud dog barks cutting in that would surely awake the listener from a tranquil slumber. The track is almost an experiment in free jazz at its most basic and loose form, bass and horns being the most prominent instruments, but slinky synthesizers play no less important of a role.

The following track,“La Donna Ni Demo Des Kinna,” is the most electronic seven minutes of the album’s full sixty.

That’s not to say that it has any rigid structure or identifiable pulse. Rather, it plays like the soundtrack to an early ‘90s fantasy-adventure computer game. Simple, electronic beeps, warm synthesizers, hand drums and chirping birds. I can almost see the forest environment on the interface.

Flower With No Color is surprisingly listenable improvised music. Of course, there will always be those bored to tears by the contents of this album, which is a shame. It is not often that musicians can get away with a 27-minute track (“Mow Deck in Eye”). Yuka and Yoshimi pull it off without a second thought. Both wondrous and goofy, this album is impossible to grow tired of with all the new surprises that are revealed on each new listen. Here’s to side projects!

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BY IRIS LEE Wakefield is a pop-punk quartet from Mechanicsville, Md. American Made opens with "Sold Out," where lead singer Ryan Escolopia happily sings, "We're in it for the money, all the groupie honeys/We want your life so we sold out/We wanted to be famous with what God gave us.”The song is extremely irritating, with all the cheesy, ditzy-voiced additives of girls saying, "That's wicked!" and a Cartman-sounding voice saying, "Sell out" and "You guys suck" throughout the entirety of the song. At least we can say the group is honest about its motivation.

Wakefield is very reminiscent of most mainstream poppunk such as Good Charlotte and New Found Glory. If you like those bands, you'll love Wakefield. The group is about as cliche as a pop-punk band can get. But their music is wellplayed and creative. Each song has a different feel to it and makes the album a little more interesting.

Luckily, the album gets much better after the first song.

Wakefield sounds a lot like a less experienced Sugarcult, especially in their song "Positive Reinforcement," as they sing "Today sucked, you knew it would/Yes it did, and tomorrow's not looking good." This might be because Tim Pagnotta (Sugarcult) makes a guest appearance and sings backup vocals.

Overall, this is a decent album. The music is fun and upbeat, the lyrics are somewhat humorous at times and the vocals are well harmonized. One suggestion would be skipping the entire first song.

YOSHIMI & YUKA Flower With No Color Ipecac Recordings

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BY PATRICK SOUTH Yoshimi P-we and Yuka Honda decided to take a break from making noiserock in their bands Boredoms and Cibo Matto and take a trip to a temple at the foggy peak of Mt. Ikoma. They packed their modest pickup truck with instruments and a bottle of plum wine. Amidst chirping birds and the occasional barking dog, Yuka and Yoshimi struck wood with mallets, whistled, blew into wind instruments, chanted, rang bells and fingered guitars. They then took these recordings to Yoshimi’s house and made overdubs, adding piano, bass, synthesizers and horns.

The finished product is a wonder. Because of the nature of field recordings, the seven tracks on Flower With No Color are beautifully organic and loose. The sound, though unmistakably Eastern, is a far cry from either Cibo Matto or Boredoms. The two women, instead of barraging the listener with walls of guitars and synths, give his or her ears a much-needed massage.

Close listening is required if the listener wishes to reap the many gems buried here. The best listening environment is someplace most similar to where the

THE PARTY OF HELICOPTERS Please Believe It Velocette Records

★★★

BY COREY WILSON My initial reaction to The Party of Helicopters’ 10th release, Please Believe It, was,“This kinda really sucks.” I noticed a hint of Queens of the Stone Age when a chorus would come around, but other than that, I was hardly impressed.

Then, I waited a few days and played their album again.

This time, I didn’t just casually listen to it while doing homework — I popped it in my stereo and cranked the volume, turning up the sub-woofer and the treble as far as they could go. As I lay back on my couch, I thought to myself, “This sounds like a totally different band,” and that just goes to show you that rock and roll was meant to be listened to very, very loud.

Before I knew it, the last track had finished, and my CD player switched from disc three to disc four. What I heard next was awful … Barenaked Ladies’ Rock Spectacle. Please Believe It made a record that I would normally enjoy sound just awful. After listening to the slamming guitar riffs of Jamie Stillman and the eerie vocals of Joe Dennis, I couldn’t possibly listen to “Brian Wilson.”

Although they do have a sound which from time to time could arguably sound like Queens of the Stone Age, The Party of Helicopters definitely have their own art punkglam rock style. At a time when rock and roll is supposedly being saved by a divorced couple and a bunch of bands from countries that don’t even speak English, these four guys from Kent, Ohio, are putting out albums and playing shows as if the future of rock and roll was never in question.

The first track on the album is the fittingly-titled “The Good Punk.” Dennis begins,“This ain’t punk rock enough for my ears/I’m outta here,” and then continues to suggest that he feed a record cover to some “cowboy” that thinks he’s weird. Although there are only about three sentences worth of lyrics on the first track, Dennis continues to repeat them while Stillman’s guitar spirals out of control for just under six minutes.

Without a doubt, this is a good rock record, but there are a few criticisms. The album isn’t that versatile, the songs tend to blend together, and overall the lyrics are pretty weak. POH have their own sound, but they don’t really stray far from it in any direction. The same rhythms and riffs can be heard in several of the songs. In terms of lyrics, they just don’t write that many. Dennis cries out three sentences and then repeats them over and over. I realize this is a loud “musical” rock-and-roll band, but more lyrics couldn’t hurt. If this were the band’s first album, I would say that Please Believe It could be the record to get them out of Kent. But seeing as it is their 10th, they’ve obviously been heard, so something isn’t right.

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I AM TRYING TO BREAK YOUR HEART A Film by Sam Jones

BY COREY WILSON First-time director Sam Jones takes an in-depth look at alt-country rockers, Wilco, in this documentary about the recording of the band’s make it or break it fourth album. Titled I am Trying to Break Your Heart, after the first track on the album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, this documentary follows the band for a year and illustrates the blood, sweat and tears that go into writing, recording, touring and just trying to keep it all together.

Wilco is a band that has always received critical acclaim, but hasn’t yet achieved commercial success in terms of airplay and videos on MTV. Their records usually sell but never go triple platinum. In the documentary we learn that they have been given complete and total artistic freedom to record their fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but there is a lot of pressure placed on the band from their label for the record to be a hit.

Reprise Records, a branch of Warner Bros., gives the band $85,000, a loft in Chicago and tells them to go to work, and they do. What they produce is a brilliant CD, but Reprise fails to realize this, suggesting that the band “fix it.”

When singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy refuses to compromise, Wilco is dropped from the label.

Wilco puts their album out for free on the Internet. After several months in limbo the album is picked up by Nonesuch Records, another Warner Bros. affiliate (selling the record to for three times its original cost).

What started off as a documentary about a band turned into a movie. Not only did the band have a falling out with their record company, but one of the original band members, pianist and guitarist Jay Bennett, is kicked out of the band as well. The plot of the film is interwoven cleverly with lead singer Tweedy’s anxiety problems, as it follows him on a solo tour, which he takes as a vacation from the rigorous recording process. And all of this is just backdrop to the music that is perfectly placed throughout the movie.

Wilco fans will enjoy the live cuts of all of the Yankee Hotel Foxtrot songs, as well as tracks from A.M., Being There, and Summerteeth. There are great versions of “I’m Always in Love,”“I’ve Got You (at the end of the century),” and “Outta Mind (Outta Sight)”—live from Chicago, on the first disc.

Along with the actual film is a trailer and optional commentary by director Sam Jones.

The second disc contains 70 minutes of additional footage, which is comprised mostly of live music. Fans of the band will enjoy an amazing acoustic version of “How to Fight Loneliness,” with ex-band member Jay Bennett on guitar. On disc two, there is a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the film, narrated by the director, as well as two Jeff Tweedy uncut solo performances from The Great American Music Hall in San Francisco.

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certs, you're sure to hear a wide range of jazz styles and the results of the efforts to improve and expand the U of I jazz program. Tickets range from $2-5 and are available at 333-6280 or at the door. (Paul Malina)

All the best that music has to offer this week

INDEPENDENT ROCK / PUNK / EMO Murder By Death / Volta Do Mar / The Geese / The Noiseboy Saturday, May 3, Cowboy Monkey, 9:00 p.m. ($5) This Saturday there is an Aborvitae/ Team AV showcase at the Cowboy Monkey in downtown Champaign. Featured acts are Murder by Death and Volta Do Mar, who recently released a split album that will be available for the first time to Champaign customers at the show. Murder by Death (formally Little Joe Gould) provides a unique, cryptic brand of rock that uses keyboards and cello to construct haunting songs that explore the dark side of rock.

Their set is usually full of long instrumentals and even has a classical feeling at times. If you haven’t seen Murder by Death, you’re missing out on a very talented band that sounds like no one else. Volta Do Mar is a math rock band that only uses vocals sparingly. These bands have already played together this year at an amazing show at the Independent Media Center, so this show is almost guaranteed to be equally as good. The Geese and Noiseboy are opening. Admission is $5, and you must be 19 to get in.

Honorable mention: The Used, Thrice, My Chemical Romance and Story of the Year are playing at the Canopy next Wednesday. The Used have been all over MTV and mainstream radio, so it’s worth going to see what all the fuss is about.

(Adam Henrichs)

COUNTRY / BLUEGRASS / AMERICANA Robert Earl Keen, Matt King Sunday, May 4, The Highdive, 8 p.m. ($15) Country legend Robert Earl Keen is playing The Highdive this Sunday. What more can I say? Texas singer-songwriter REK, boyhood neighbor of Lyle Lovett, is one of the greatest. Always too alternative for mainstream country, he has existed in that wonderful space between pop-country and folk where so many of his fellow Texans have been writing and playing music for decades. His unparalleled songwriting talents have made him a favorite among his peers. Being recorded by Lovett, Joe Ely, Nanci Griffith and Kelly Willis ensured him a future as a songwriter. Now, nine albums later, C-U is getting a chance to catch Texas’ greatest at The Highdive this Sunday. (Adam Cook)

CLASSICAL Beethoven in Focus A wide number of Beethoven-related events are going on the next week.

UI music professor William Kinderman has published a three-volume work with the UI Press analyzing some of the late period masterpieces of the classical master. One of those works, the Missa Solemnis, is part of an ongoing exhibit at the Spurlock Museum and will be performed next Tuesday by the UI Oratorio Society, UI Chamber Singers and UI Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Fred Stoltzfus. There are also several other Beethoven performances to be seen. Tonight, Beethoven's 4th Piano Concerto can be heard along other works at the School of Music's "Piano Concerto Winners Concert." Saturday Sinfonia de Camera will perform Beethoven's 7th and 8th Symphonies on their program. All concerts are at 8 pm in the Krannert Center's Foellinger Great Hall.

Call 333-6280 for tickets. (Paul Malina)

INDUSTRIAL The Clay People reunited The Clay People have officially reunited. Joining them on this incarnation will be Walter Flakus formerly of Stabbing Westward. A message posted to StabbingWestward.com quoting Walter describes how this new union was built.

"Last week it was decided to resurrect The Clay People with myself in tow to help elevate the band to the next level. I've heard the demos and the work has begun. It sounds like we're on course to make a record that has a lot more to do with Ungod than anything else. I find it all very exciting. These guys are good players and write some phat riffs. Has anyone heard the unreleased Headhunter demos with "My X-Plodding Head" and "Broken Kisses"? Talk about riffs!"

We shall see what becomes of this. Last year, two Clay People songs (including 'My X-Ploding Head') were included on a Cracknation Records Sampler; hopefully this will see progress soon as the official Clay People site is still dormant. (Brian Tracy)

ROCK The Samples/ Fiction Plane Wednesday, May 7, The Highdive, 9:30 p.m.($12)

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U of I Jazz Bands at Krannert Center

A screen shot from I am Trying to Break Your Heart.

Tony Margherita and Jeff Tweedy in the studio

The end of a school year means that the last chances to hear the University of Illinois' solid jazz ensembles are coming up soon. Three of the ensembles will be playing Krannert's Colwell Playhouse, an interesting but comfortable choice of venue. Tonight the UI Jazz Band II performs with leader Jay Miglia. Tomorrow night four combos coached by Chip McNeill, Ron Bridgewater, Juan Turro and Jay Miglia will take the stage. In the last concert on Saturday night, the UI Jazz Band III will play, led by Juan Turros. If you go to any of the con-

One of the premiere college rock bands of the last decade is coming to the Highdive on Wednesday night, and it looks to be one hell of show. The Samples, hailing from Boulder, CO, have been playing college campuses for the last 14 years, and in doing so have gained quite a following. Bands such as Dave Matthews and artists like Lisa Loeb have opened for them, and they have sold out venues to tens of thousands of people in the past. This sixpiece band is comparable to groups like The Why Store, Big Head Todd and the Monsters, etc. So, if that is your thing, and you want to see a great act, in a small place, for a little bit of money, make sure to come and check them out.

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CHARTS PARASOL RECORDS TOP 10 SELLERS 1. Club 8 - Strangely Beautiful (A Hidden Agenda Record) 2. Wayne Everett - Kingsqueens (Northern Records) 3. Sigur Ros - Rimur Rimur (PIASAmerica Records) 4. The Flaming Lips - Fight Test (Warner Bros.

Records) 5. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (Matador Records) 6. Folksongs For The Afterlife - Put Danger Back In Your Life (A Hidden Agenda Record) 7. The Postal Service - Give Up (Sub Pop Records) 8. Ova Looven - 58:34 (Artikal Records) 9. The Like Young - Art Contest (Parasol Records) 10. Monade - Socialisme ou Barbarie: The Bedroom Recordings (Drag City Records)

RECORD SERVICE TOP 10 SELLERS 1. The Flaming Lips - Fight Test EP (Warner Brothers) 2. Pete Yorn - Day I Forgot (Sony Records) 3. The White Stripes - Elephant (V2 Records) 4. Madonna - American Life (Warner Brothers) 5. Yo La Tengo - Summer Sun (Matador Records) 6. Kings of Leon - Holy Roller Novocaine (RCA Records) 7. Ben Harper - Diamonds On The Inside (Virgin) 8. Pearl Jam - Riot Act (Epic Records) 9. A.F.I. - Sing the Sorrow (Dreamworks Records) 10. Postal Service - Give Up (Sub Pop Records)

them is headed by Sting’s kid, so that should be fairly interesting. How bad could they be with the son of rock-icon as their lead singer (ie. The Wallflowers) (Corey Wilson)

HOUSE / TECHNO / ELECTRONIC DJ Tim Williams Friday & Saturday,May 3 & 4,The Highdive,10 p.m.($5) So the weather has finally decided to stay warm for more than two days in a row. That means its time to pack a bunch of people into a big dance club and get sweaty with some house music.

DJ Tim Williams has been the man behind the decks for some of Champaign’s most packed nights at the Highdive. Mixing mainstream dance tracks from acts like the Basement Jaxx and Dirty Vegas along with a few underground gems here and there, Williams has plenty of musical firepower to keep even the most demanding crowds dancing.

If you can make it on Friday night, get to the Highdive early for some rock from Chicago band Kill Hannah, and then stick around for Tim’s big beats.

(Brian Mertz)

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Family fun this weekend

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Assembly Hall First & Florida, Champaign 333.5000 American Legion Post 24 705 W. Bloomington Rd., C. 356.5144 American Legion Post 71 107 N. Broadway, Urbana 367.3121 Barfly 120 N. Neil, Champaign 352.9756 Barnes and Noble 51 E. Marketview, Champaign 355.2045 Boltini Lounge 211 N. Neil, Champaign 378.8001 Borders Books & Music 802 W.Town Ctr., Champaign 351.9011 The Brass Rail 15 E. University, Champaign 352.7512 Canopy Club (The Garden Grill) 708 S. Goodwin, Urbana 367.3140 C.O. Daniels 608 E. Daniel, Champaign 337.7411 Cosmopolitan Club 307 E. John, Champaign 367.3079 Courtyard Cafe Illini Union, 1401 W. Green, U. 333.4666

Mulligan’s 604 N. Cunningham, Urbana 367.5888 Murphy’s 604 E. Green, Champaign 352.7275 Neil Street Pub 1505 N. Neil, Champaign 359.1601 New Art Theater 126 W. Church, Champaign 351.7368 No Name Saloon 55 E. Main, Champaign 398.6912 The Office 214 W. Main, Urbana 344.7608 Parkland College 2400 W. Bradley, Champaign 351.2528 Phoenix 215 S, Neil, Champaign 355.7866 Pia’s of Rantoul Rt. 136 E., Rantoul 893.8244 Pink House Rts. 49 & 150, Ogden 582.9997 The Rainbow Coffeehouse 1203 W. Green, Urbana 766.9500 Red Herring/ Channing-Murray Foundation 1209 W. Oregon, Urbana 344.1176 Rose Bowl Tavern 106 N. Race, Urbana 367.7031 Springer Cultural Center 301 N. Randolph, Champaign 355.1406 Spurlock Museum 600 S. Gregory, Urbana 333.2360 Strawberry Fields Café 306 W. Springfield, Urbana 328.1655 Ten Thousand Villages 105 N. Walnut, Champaign 352.8938 TK Wendl’s 1901 S. Highcross Rd., Urbana 255.5328 Tonic 619 S. Wright, Champaign 356.6768 Two Main 2 Main, Champaign 359.3148 University YMCA 1001 S. Wright, Champaign 344.0721 Verde/Verdant 17 E. Taylor St., Champaign 366.3204 Virginia Theatre 203 W. Park Ave., Champaign 356.9053 White Horse Inn 112 1/2 E. Green, Champaign 352.5945 Zorba’s 627 E. Green, Champaign 344.0710

Walk to a different beat; go see the Community Drum Circle

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ake the kids to Japan this weekend, Japan House that is! From 1-3 p.m. this Saturday, Japan House will be holding its 4th annual Children’s Day festivities. Free calligraphy and origami lessons will be offered, as well as a performance from internationally acclaimed storyteller Dan Kedding. In the evening, head to Foellinger Auditorium for “Japan Night,” to watch a traditional Japanese Drum performance, fashion show, and various dance performances. Tickets for “Japan Night” can be purchased at Illini Union Ticket Central.

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he family fun doesn’t stop there! Check out the Krannert Art Museum Family Festival on Sunday from 3-5 p.m. There will be live Afro-Cuban music by SANDUNGA in the galleries and art activities for kids of all ages.

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ock greats, The Flaming Lips are making an unlikely stop at our Canopy Club this Sunday at 10pm.

Be there or be defeated by the robots. You don’t believe me? Ask Yoshimi.

ring an instrument, or just your dancing shoes.

The Circle welcomes all, and all should attend because this local ChampaignUrbana fixture is free, friendly and full of fun beats. The Community Drum Circle meets in front of TenThousand Villages, a storefront at 105 N. Walnut St. Downtown Champaign on Mondays from 7pm-9pm.

Visit The Orpheum N

ew exhibits are featured at The Orpheum Children’s Science Museum this month. Focus on Physical Fitness and an opportunity to paint a tile that will be permanently installed in the museam. Tiles and Smiles will be sure to bring a smile to your child’s face.

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Cowboy Monkey 6 Taylor St., Champaign 398.2688 Clybourne 706 S. Sixth, Champaign 383.1008 Curtis Orchard 3902 S. Duncan Road, Champaign 359.5565 D.R. Diggers 604 S. Country Fair Dr., C. 356.0888 Embassy Tavern & Grill 114 S. Race, Urbana 384.9526 Esquire Lounge 106 N. Walnut, Champaign 398.5858 Fallon’s Ice House 703 N. Prospect, Champaign 398.5760 Fat City Saloon 505 S. Chestnut, Champaign 356.7100 The Great Impasta 114 W. Church, Champaign 359.7377 G.T.’s Western Bowl Francis Dr., Champaign 359.1678 Hideaway 701 Devonshire Dr., Champaign 356.3081 The Highdive 51 Main, Champaign 359.4444 Huber’s 1312 W. Church, Champaign 352.0606 Illinois Disciples Foundation 610 E. Springfield, Champaign 352.8721 Independent Media Center 218 W Main St, Urbana 344.8820 The Iron Post 120 S. Race, Urbana 337.7678 Joe’s Brewery 706 S. Fifth, Champaign 384.1790 Kam’s 618 E. Daniel, Champaign 328.1605 Krannert Art Museum 500 E. Peabody, Champaign 333.1861 Krannert Center for Performing Arts 500 S. Goodwin, Urbana Tickets: 333.6280, 800/KCPATIX La Casa Cultural Latina 1203 W. Nevada, Urbana 333.4950 Lava 1906 W. Bradley, Champaign 352.8714 Legends Bar & Grill 522 E. Green, Champaign 355.7674 Les’s Lounge 403 N. Coler, Urbana 328.4000 Lincoln Castle 209 S. Broadway, Urbana 344.7720 Malibu Bay Lounge North Rt. 45, Urbana 328.7415 Mike & Molly’s 105 N. Market, Champaign 355.1236

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ONSTAGE Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Champaign Central High School performs a play based on Stephen Benets short story “Sobbin Women”; there will be one intermission, and an old-fashioned pie social – Decker Theater, Champaign Central High School, 7:30pm; tickets are $7 adults, $5 for children and students under 18 years.

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Canopy Club - Monday, April 7th @ 10PM WINNER: LORENZO GOETZ!

Canopy Club - Monday April 14th @ 10PM WINNER: DRAWING A BLANK!

Mike n’ Molly’s - Friday, April 18th @ 10PM WINNER: PHISTINE VERONA!

Canopy Club - Monday April 21st @ 10PM WINNER: GREEN JENKINS!

Mike n’ Molly’s - Saturday, April 26th @ 10PM WINNER: VON FRICKLE!

Canopy Club - Monday, April 28th @ 10PM

The Idle Hours, Judah Johnson, Emotional Rec Club – The Brass Rail, 10pm, $3 Hairbangers Ball – hair metal tribute band – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $5 Tossers, Saltwater Vampires – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $7 Adam Wolf and the Party Hounds – Tommy G’s, no cover Will Rogers Band – Neil St. Pub, no cover Jazz Night – Zorba’s. 9pm, $3

DJ DJ Resonate – Barfly, 9pm, no cover DJ Who Joe's Brewery, 10:30, $3 Disco Dynamite w/ Paul West – Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no cover DJ Ryan Spinboi – C-Street, 9pm, no cover Dancing Rubys, 9pm, no cover Tyme presents: DJs and Dancing – The Highdive, 10pm, $5

KARAOKE Karaoke – No Name Saloon, 9pm, no cover G Force Karaoke – Pia's, 9-1am,no cove Karaoke – Jillian’s, 9pm, no cover

DANCING Dance Workshop – Ritmo y Sabor Latino is offering free mambo lesson with Johny (member of Descarga Caribe Dance Company), Chicago – La Casa Cultural Latina, 9pm10pm Salsa and Merengue lessons – Workshops are conducted

by Eliana Manero – La Casa Cultural Latina, 7pm-9pm, no charge

COMEDY Comedy Night with Abraham Johnson – Open mic for everyone to perform – Library, Lincolns Castle, 9pm10pm

MUSIC PERFORMANCES UIClarinet Choir – Lisa Reams, conductor – Room 25, Smith Memorial Hall, 7pm, no charge Concerto Concert – Student winners of the 2003 School of Music Piano Concerto. Competition as soloists with Sinfonia da Camera – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 8pm, $7/ SC $6/ Stu $4 UI Jazz Band II – Jay Miglia, leader; an exciting program of music for jazz ensemble, emphasizing repretoire from modern masters such as Thad Jones, Mike Abene, Chuck Israels, and UI alumnus Jim McNeely – Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, 8pm, $5/ SC $4/ Stu $2 Traditional Irish Music ‘Slow Session’ – Final session of the spring semester. All are welcome to attend; sponsored by University of Illinois Society of Celtic Cultures – Room 1201, University of Illinois Music Building, 8pm-9:30pm, no charge

WINNER: TERMINUS VICTOR! The winners from each week will be placed in the Bud True Music Live Finals at The Canopy Club and compete for a paid regional tour and a chance for a major-label contract from EMI! For more information, check out www.openingbands.com and listen to 107.1 “The Planet!”

LECTURES Faith and Reconciliation – Community Interfaith dialogue – Room D244, Parkland College, 2400 W. Bradley Ave., Reception: 7pm, Panel Discussion: 7:30pm, Small Group Discussions: 8:15pm, Summary: 9pm Should there be a US Department of Peace? – Speaker Marjorie Zamora, Director of the Coalition for the Department of Peace – University YMCA, 12pm, no charge Champaign County Audubon Society speaker – Courtney Blood, who will talk about her study of the behavior of natural history of reheaded woodpeckers in Iroquois and Kankakee counties – 144 Bevier Hall, corner of Goodwin and Gregory, U, 7:30pm

WORDS Meet the Authors – Dr. Thomas J. Bassett and Dr. Donald Crummey authors of “African Savannas-Global Narratives and Local Knowledge of Environment Change” – Room 101, International Studies Building, 4pm-5pm

OTHER Treasure Your Health – a community health fair with opportunites for cholesterol screening, healthy skin and make-up demonstrations, spinal checks,free massages, bone density checks and much more. Sponsored by McKinley Health Center – Illini Union, Rooms A, B, C; 10am-3pm Fight Night – Cash prizes, contests, arm wrestling and more! – Lava, 9pm

FridayMay2 LIVE MUSIC The Prairie Dogs – Iron Post, 5pm, cover Friday Jazz: Jeff Helgesen Quartet – The Highdive, 5:30pm, $3 NIL8, Solo Mono, Calico System, The Timmys – Independent Media Center, 6pm, $6 Irish Illini Happy Hour: 30 Stones – Joes Brewery, 7:15pm, no cover Dave Branning Trio – Embassy Tavern, 8:30pm, no cover Arborvitae/TEAM AV showcase: Everybody UH-OH, Mt. St Helens, Re:Rec, American Draft – Mike n Mollys, 9pm, cover The Invisible, Wax Cannon, The Dynamo Theorem – Brass Rail, 10pm, $3 Mike and Joe – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $4 Will Rogers Band – Tommy G’s Brat Pack Fat City Saloon, 8pm, $5 Gizzae – CowboyMonkey, 10pm, $6

DJ Realness with Blends by Otter – Barfly, 9pm, no cover DJ – No Name Saloon, 9pm, no cover DJ Sped – Joe's Brewery, 10:30pm, $5 DJ Stifler – dance/house/techno Lava, 9pm, no cover DJ Bozak – Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no cover

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Breakfast Mon–Sun 7am–10pm Mon–Sun 11am–2pm Lunch Tue–Thur 5pm–8pm Dinner Fri & Sat 5pm–10pm Early Dinner Special Tues–Sat 5pm–6:30pm

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Alumni Tap Tues.–Sat. 4pm–1am Full Service Bar 3 LARGE SCREEN TVs

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DJ Bob Bass – Pia's, 9-1am, no cover DJ Ryan Spinboi CStreet, 9pm, $3 DJ Drake – Rubys, 9pm, no cover DJ Tim Williams The Highdive, 10pm, $5 DJ Tim Williams – Highdive, 9pm-1am, $5 First Fridays at the High Twelve Club – Lone Star Lodge #18, 208 N. First St., C., 8pm-2am, $5

KARAOKE Karaoke – D.R. Diggers, 9-1pm, no cover G Force Productions – Hideaway, 9-1am, no cover Karaoke with Paul Faber – Lincoln Castle, 9:30-1am, no cover Karaoke hosted by Cool Papa Joe – The Landing Strip, 8pm, no cover

issues; UI Professor, William Kinderman, conference organizer – Spurlock Museam, 9am, no charge The Liberation of Southern Africa – Reflections by President Kenneth Kaunda – 3rd floor, Levis Faculty Center, 4pm

interested in auditioning for ARTCo’s summer musical, “Anything Goes” If you have tap shoes, bring them, if not, you can borrow them – Fine Arts Center located at 211 East Overton in Tuscola; Beginners: 10am-noon, Experienced tappers: 1pm-3pm Omnimov Dance Workshop – Interested in Omnimov?

Come and join us this Saturday and every Saturday, men and women welcome – Freer Gym, 11am-2pm. More info? contact: Tanisha Pleasant tpleasan@uiuc.edu or Mariam Thiam thiam@uiuc.edu

WORDS Blue Room For anyone interested in poetry La Casa Cultural Latina, 9pm Peppas Spoken Word – Come share your lyrics, poetry, or just participate in the positive vibe that is Peppas.

African American Cultural House, 9pm-11pm

MUSIC PERFORMANCE The Impresario and The Unicorn in the Garden – School of Music Opera Program presents a double-bill, one-act play of two short operas taking a comic look at human nature (In English) – Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center, 8pm Amasong’s Spring Concert – Champaign-Urbanas premier lesbian, feminist choir; including music of China, Medieval England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland and USA, and the works of historical women composers such as Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel and Barbara Strozzi – McKinley Presbyterian Church, 809 S. Fifth St., 8pm, suggested donation $5-$20 Guest Artist Recital – Christopher Costanza, cello – Recital Hall, Smith Memorial Hall, no charge Sinfonia Da Camera Ian Hobson, music director; Alicia Cordoba Tait, oboe – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 8pm, $28/ SC $27/ Stu $11/ Yth $7 Student Performance Project: Champaign Centennial High School Ensembles Rodney Mueller, director – Lobby, Krannert, 7:20pm, no charge Cutting Edge Show Choir: True Hollywood Story – Lincoln Hall Theatre, 8pm, $5 at door

DANCING Ballroom Dancing – Non-smoking, cash bar – Regent Ballroom, 1406 Regency Drive, Savoy, 7:30pm, 10:30pm, $7 Salsa Dancing – Non-smoking, cash bar. Dress code: no blue jeans, tennis shoes, or hats – Regent Ballroom, 1406 Regency Drive, Savoy, 11pm-1am, $4 Contra Dance! – Dance to live music by The Prairie Mountaineers with Dave Grove calling. Beginners welcome. No partner or experience needed – Phillips Recreation Center, 8pm-11pm, $5 donation requested.

MUSICPERFORMANCES UI Jazz Combos – Featuring talented students of the Division of Jazz, coached by Chip McNeill, Ron Bridgewater, Juan Turros, and Jay Miglia, in an adventurous evening of creative improvisation – Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, 8pm, $5/ SC $4/ Stu $2 Beethoven Lecture/Recital – Steven Lubin, paino; Erik Hult, commentator; Dione Bennett, soprano; Jerold Siena, tenor; Jeffrey Peterson, piano – Recital Hall, Smith Memorial Hall, 6:30pm, no charge

ONSTAGE The Dining Room – Six actors, 57 characters, 18 vignettes: all in one dining room – Greg Hall Theatre, 8pm Aurora: The Sleeping Beauty – Childrens Production, a fractured fairy tale – Rantoul Theatre Group, Grissom Hall, 914 Adens Blvd., Rantoul, 7:30pm, $7 Children/Seniors and $10 Adults Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Champaign Central High School performs a play based on Stephen Benets short story Sobbin Women; there will be one intermission, and an old-fashioned pie social – Decker Theater, Champaign Central High School, 7:30pm, tickets are $7 fpr adults, $5 for children and students under 18 years The Original Broadway Musical: Swing – Assembly Hall Star Theatre, 7:30pm, Tickets can be purchased at Illini Union, Assembly Hall and Ticketmaster Elysium on the Prairie – Live action roleplaying Vampires stock the city streets and struggle for dominance in a world of gothic horror. Create your own unique character and mingle with dozens of other players Each session is another chapter in an ongoing story of triumph, tragedy and betrayal. For more information visit: http://ww2.uiuc.edu/ro/elysium/intro.html

FILM Reel World International Film Festival – Viewer’s choice; Social hour with free food begins at 7pm – University YMCA, 7:47pm, no charge Triad Premiere – Armory 101 Theatre, 8pm & 9pm

LECTURES Beethoven and The Creative Process – An international conference of leading scholars to address Beethovens creative process by considering aesthetic and psychological

SaturdayMay3 LIVE MUSIC Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, El Guapo, Sweet Heat – Courtyard Cafe, 8pm, $5 IMC Folk Music Series: Joni Laurence, Eleni Moraites – Independent Media Center, 8pm, cover Judah Johnson, Cameron McGill – Iron Post, 8pm, cover Arborvitae/TEAM AV showacase: Volta Do Mar, Murder

By Death, The Geese, The Noiseboy – Cowboy Monkey, 9pm, $5 Bruiser and the Virtues – Embassy Tavern, 9:30pm, no cover Virginia Coalition, Alice Peacock, TBA – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $10 Desafinado – Pages for All Ages, 7pm, free Blues Deacons – Tommy G?s Albert Flasher – Neil St. Pub, $2 Dunn Brothers – The Landing Strip, 8pm, no cover Cameron McGill – Borders, 1-3pm, free Prairie Dogs – Hubers, 8pm, no cover

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DJ Cinco de Mayo Party: DJ Trendsetter – Pia’s, 8pm, no cover DJ Tim Williams – The Highdive, 10pm, $5 DJ Hipster Sophisto – Barfly, 9pm, no cover Spincity – Hideaway, 9-1am, no cover DJ No Name Saloon, 9pm, no cover DJ Naughty Boy – Joe's Brewery, 10pm, $5 DJ Bundy – dance/house/techno – Lava, 9pm, no cover until 11pm DJ Resonate – Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no cover G Force DJ – The White Horse Inn, 9-1, no cover DJ Michela Limacher – C-Street, 9pm, $3 DJ Murphy Rubys, 9pm, no cover Promoter’s Choice Party – Club 303’s last event ever is a dance party and professional networking event for all Champaign-Urbana Promoters, Producers, and DJ’s; 5 DJ’s upstairs and downstairs on 8 turntables – Tonic, 10pm1am, $5

KARAOKE Karaoke with Paul Faber – Lincoln Castle, 9:30-1am, no cover

DANCING Intro to Milonguero style tango – Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W. Stoughton, U., 7:30pm, $7, includes dance Social Dance – Tango Society of Central Illinois – Phillips Recreation Center, 9pm-12am, $5 Tap Dancing Workshop – Actors Rural Theater Company offers a free tap dancing clinic for anyone who might be

The Dining Room – Six actors, 57 characters, 18 vignettes: all in one dining room – Greg Hall Theatre, 8pm Aurora: The Sleeping Beauty – Childrens Production, a fractured fairy tale – Rantoul Theatre Group, Grissom Hall, 914 Adens Blvd., Rantoul, 7:30pm, $7 Children/Seniors and $10 Adults Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Champaign Central High School performs a play based on Stephen Benets short story Sobbin Women; there will be one intermission, and an old-fashioned pie social – Decker Theater, Champaign Central High School, 7:30pm, tickets are $7 fpr adults, $5 for children and students under 18 years.

LECTURES Beethoven and The Creative Process – An international conference of leading scholars to address Beethovens creative process by considering aesthetic and psychological issues; UI Professor, William Kinderman, conference organizer – Spurlock Museam, 9am, no charge

WORDS IMC Zine Reading – Lineup includes: Ariel Clemenzi, Women’s Self Defense zine; Larry Roth, 1544 zine; Brent Ritzel, Zine Guide & Tail Spins Magazine; Jessica Disobedience, Safety Pin Girl; Kelly Carr & Kate Jones, Ya Da Do zine; AJ MIchel, Low Hug – Independent Media Center, 4pm

OTHER Japan Night – traditional Japanese drum performance and much more – Foellinger Auditorium, 6:30pm, doors open at 6[m, $5 UIUC, $7 public Fifth Annual Parkland Motorsports Car Show – The car show includes food, music, and fun activities for the whole family. – Parking lot M of Parkland College, car show, 9am-11am, judging at 11:30am

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Japan House 4th Annual Children’s Day Event –Introduction to Japanese culture and highten exposure to Japanese arts and crafts – Japan House, 2000 S. Lincoln Ave., U., May 3, 1pm-3pm

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MondayMay5 LIVE MUSIC The Blackouts, Hit Gone Bad – Mike ‘n Molly’s, 10pm, cover NORML Benefit: Ace Organic, Makeshift, Nadafinga, THC Squared, Legs for Days – The Highdive, $5, 7:30

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LIVE MUSIC Robert Earl Keen, Matt King – The Highdive, 8pm, $15 Otis Gibbs, Brandon T. Washington – Iron Post, 9pm, cover Flaming Lips – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $23 Andy Baylor – Neil St. Pub, $2 Billy Galt and Ed O'Hara – blues – D.R. Diggers, 8-11pm, no cover

DJ Cinco de Mayo Party: DJ Trendsetter – Pia’s, 8pm, no cover Fresh Face Guest DJ – Barfly, 9pm, no cover DJ LA Wells – Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no cove

Looking for the BEST Female Exotic Dancer’s in the area to participate in the MONTHLY MALIBU SHOWCASE Semi Finals Held the first 3 weeks of the month. Top 3 winners advance to Grand Showcase will be held the 4th Wednesday of every month Contestants must register by 6:30pm

Customer Appreciation Night Door Prizes • $1.00 Draft Beer • $1.00 Well Drinks Rt. 45 North of Urbana (1 mi. N. Of I-74) 217-328-7415

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KARAOKE G Force Karaoke – Tommy G’s, 8pm

MUSIC PERFORMANCES Amasong’s Spring Concert – Champaign-Urbanas premier lesbian, feminist choir; including music of China, Medieval England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland and USA, and the works of historical women composers such as Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel and Barbara Strozzi – McKinley Presbyterian Church, 809 S. Fifth St., 8pm, suggested donation $5-$20 The Impresario and The Unicorn in the Garden – School of Music Opera Program presents a double-bill, one-act play of two short operas taking a comic look at human nature (In English) – Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center, 3pm Faculty Recital – Christos Tsitsaros, piano; part of a series of concerts featuring the entire Well-Tempered Clavier of J.S. Bach and original works of Tsitsaros – Recital Hall, Smith Memorial Hall, 2pm, no charge Illini Jazz Lab Band – David Diamond, leader; a jazz band made up of students from local and regional school music programs – Auditorium, Music Building, 2pm, no charge Illini Symphony – Jack Ranney, conductor; UI Percussion Ensemble, William Moersch, director – Foellinger Gret Hall, Krannert Center, 3pm, $5/ SC $4/ Stu $2 UI Concert Bands IIA and IIB – Chris Ford, conductor; Matt Hovey, conductor; George Bozak, conductor; an enjoyable evening of band music will include some of the popular favorites from the concert band repretoire – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Hall, 7pm, $5/ SC $4/ Stu $2 The Impresario and The Unicorn in the Garden – School of Music Opera Program presents a double-bill, one-act play of two short operas taking a comic look at human nature (In English) – Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center, 3pm

ON STAGE Aurora: The Sleeping Beauty – Childrens Production, a fractured fairy tale – Rantoul Theatre Group, Grissom Hall, 914 Adens Blvd., Rantoul, 2pm, $7 Children/Seniors and $10 Adults

LECTURES Conversations on The Impresario and The Unicorn in the Garden – with Thomas Schleis – Krannert Room, 2pm, $5.50

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Jeff Helgesen Quintet w/Chip McNeil $3 COVER

TONIGHT 627 E. Green 344-0710

Krannert Art Museum Family Festival – Live Afro-Cuban music by SANDUNGA in the galleries, and art activities for kids of all ages there's something at Krannert Art Museum for everyone in your family – Krannert Art Museum, 3pm5pm, suggested donation $3.

Cinco de Mayo Salsa Party: DJ Bris Mueller – Cowboy Monkey, 9pm, $3 Cinco de Mayo Party: DJ Trendsetter – Pia’s, 8pm, no cover Spectrum – drum & bass, house; U-C Hip Hop - dub/down tempo - Barfly, 9pm, no cover DJ Spinnerty – Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no cover DJ Ryan Spinboi – C-Street, 9pm, no cover

TuesdayMay6 LIVE MUSIC Open Jam/Open Mic: Featuring Lidlifter – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $2 Open Mic Night – Espresso Royale, 7:30-10:30pm, free Open Bluegrass Jam Session – Verdant News & Coffee, 7:30-9pm, Free American Heritage – Neil St. Pub, no cover

DJ DJ D-LO & DJ Spinnerty – Barfly, 9pm, no cover DJ Bozak – Boltini Lounge, 10pm, no cover DJ Michela Limacher – C-Street, 9pm, no cover dubFrequency – The Highdive, 9pm, $3 DJ Andy Farthing – Rock-n-Roll – Cowboy Monkey, 10pm, $1

MUSIC PERFORMANCES UI Oratorio Society, UI Chamber Singers, UI Symphony Orchestra – Beethoven: Missa Solemnis; Fred Stoltzfus, conductor – Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, 8pm, $5/ SC $4/ Stu $2

WednesdayMay7 LIVE MUSIC Parkland Jazz Combo – Iron Post, 5pm, cover Green Mountain Grass – Iron Post, 9pm, cover The Samples, Fiction Plane – The Highdive, 9:30pm, $12 The Used, Thrice, My Chemical Romance, Story of the Year – The Canopy Club, 10pm, $12 Kilborn Alley – Tommy G?s, no cover Don Heitler – jazz piano – The Great Impasta, 6-9pm, no cover Open Mic Night hosted by Mike Ingram – 10pm, $2 Briggs & Houchin – jazz – 8pm, no cover

DJ Big Sexy Funk with DJ Phlip, DJ Bozak – Barfly, 9pm, no cover DJ Forrest – Lava, 9pm DJ Michela Limacher – C-Street, 9pm, no cover Spicerack – 16mm educational film parade and rock music – Boltini,10pm, no cover

KARAOKE Karaoke - White Horse Inn, 9pm, no cover Karaoke with Cool Papa Joe – The Landing Strip, 8pm, no cover

LECTURES Field Lecture in Reproductive Biology – John H. Nilson, professor of pharmacology at Case Western Reserve University, will present a lecture in the Reproductive Biology Series of the Bill A. Field Memorial Lectureship. – 100 Large Animal Clinic Auditorium, 2001 S. Lincoln Ave., U, noon, no charge

ON STAGE Encore! – 7 Theatre Chamber Theatre Company – Virginia Theatre, Call 356-9063 for more information

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ART NOTICES Spring Luncheon and Lecture:“Antiques and Collectibles” – Speakers: Barbara Peckham and Matthew Peckham. Sponsored by the Krannert Art Museum Council at the Champaign Country Club. May 2, 12:00 p.m. Call (217) 333-1861 for reservations.

School of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition – May 3, 2:00 pm. Artists’ Presentations and Exhibition Walk-through, KAM Auditorium and East Gallery, 2:00 p.m.

500 E Peabody, Urbana. 333-1860.

Krannert Art Museum Family Festival – Live music and art activities for the whole family in the galleries, May 4, 3:00 p.m. Krannert Art Museum. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. 3331860.

“Coming Attractions: Hollywood, Women, and the Art of Movie Advertising” – Talk by guest curator Christine Catanzarite, Associate Director, Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, KAM Auditorium, May 7, 5:30 p.m. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. 333-1860.

Creative Drawing Art Class – Explore one element of design each week: color, line, shape / space, texture, and value. This project-oriented class will challenge you to think about the word “drawing” in creative ways. Great for the beginner as an introduction to the “elements of art” or for the stagnant artist as a quick jump start. No drawing skills or previous experience required. Mondays, 7 - 9 pm.

1408 S. Vine, Urbana. Cost $95. Contact Sandra at 3676345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com for details.

Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain – For adults who have always wanted to learn to draw, but felt like they lacked talent or confidence. This class teaches “realistic” or “naturalistic” drawing. Students learn that drawing well is really a matter of learning a new way of seeing. (Youth accepted with permission.). Mondays 7 - 9 pm. May 5, 12, 19 (no class Memorial Day), June 2, 9. Cost $95. Contact Sandra at 367-6345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com Art with Intention for Adults – Participants may have weekly readings, sketchbook, and journal assignments that help them uncover and discover an intention in their own artwork. This class will be an exploration of voice.

Individualized projects will be based on the student’s desire to learn new media, explore a theme, illustrate an idea, etc. Some previous art instruction or permission required. Fee is for 5 classes in 6 weeks. Call for start date.

Thurs. 7 - 9 pm or Fri. 3-5 pm. Cost $95. Contact Sandra at 367-6345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com Children's Art Classes – Verdant News and Coffee & Verde Gallery. Sat. 10-11:30am $120/session (8 classes). 17 E. Taylor St., Champaign. 366-3204 Join Artists and Workshops at Gallery Virtu – Gallery Virtu, an artist-owned cooperative, now invite applications from area artists. Located at 220 Washington Street in Monticello, Gallery Virtu offers original works by the members including: jewelry, pottery, collages, sculptures, journals, hats, handbags and other textiles. The Gallery also offers workshops for adults, teens, and children in knitting, jewelry making, print-making, and book-binding.

762-7790. www.galleryvirtu.org. workshops@galleryvirtu.org or visit the gallery. Regular hours: Thurs:12-4 pm, Fri: 12-8, Sat. 10-6pm Art Classes for Children – Creation Art Studios. Children meet Mon, Tues, Wed, and Fri, 3:30 to 5:00. Experiment and express with paint, clay, mixed-media, drawing and collage through technical instruction, independent study, and the spontaneous art process.

Contact Jeannine Bestoso, 328-3869. 1102 E. Washington, Urbana. www.creationartstudios.com Art Classes for Adults – Creation Art Studios. Adult art classes offer independent studies for beginning and advanced students, in the instruction of studio and expressive art. Students pursue personal interests through drawing, watercolor, oil and acrylic painting, and ceramics. Studio times are Thursday mornings 11:00-2:00, Saturday from 10:00 to 12:00 noon and 2:00 to 4:00 pm.

CPDU and CEUs offered - provider#102753. Contact Jeannine Bestoso, 328-3869. 1102 E. Washington, Urbana. www.creationartstudios.com Expressive Arts Workshop for Adults – Regular ongoing studio sessions offer experiential workshops in drawing, painting and mixed media that take an individual beyond the ordinary and beyond limitations. Experience empowerment and feel comfort creating expressive art through experimentation and intention. Tues.7-9pm and Thurs. 46pm. CPDU and CEUs offered -provider#102753. Contact Jeannine Bestoso, 328-3869. 1102 E. Washington, Urbana. www.creationartstudios.com Studio Space – Are you an interested in making art but need space (and maybe encouragement and feedback)?

You can have your own workspace, with twenty four hour access, that includes a common sink, telephone, and kitchen. Optionally, you can attend a weekly session of instruction, feedback and guest critiques. One-year commitment required. $200 monthly. Studio in east Urbana.

Contact Sandra at 367-6345 or spiritofsandra@hotmail.com for more details

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ART EXHIBITS & GALLERIES Boneyard Pottery – Ceramic Art by Michael Schwegmann and more. 403 Water St, C. Hours: Tues-Sat 11am-5pm.

355-5610.

Broken Oak Gallery – Original art including photography, water-colors, pottery, oil paintings, colored-pencil, turned wood, and more. Hours: Thurs.-Sat. 10am-4pm. 1865 N 1225 E Rd, White Heath. 762-4907.

Cinema Galley – Urbana Art Gallery. Hours: Tues-Sat 10-4.

Sun 1-5pm. 120 W Main, Urbana. 367-2711.

Cafe Kopi – Oil on canvas works by Anntonio Rolly on display through May. 109 N. Walnut, C. Mon-Thurs. 7 am-11 pm; Fri-Sat 7am-12 pm; Sun 11am-8 pm. 359-4266 Creation Art Studios & Gallery – Hours vary but are generally: Tues-Fri: 1:00-5:30 Sat: 10:00-4:00. 1102 E Washington, Urbana. 344-6955 / 328-3896 The Framery – Local and National Artists. 407 E. Main, Mahomet. Tues-Fri 10-5, Sat 10-2. 586-4610 Framer's Market – Frame Designers Since 1981. Current featured artists: Charlotte Brady - Botanical Watercolors, Barry Brehm - Landscape Photography, Larry Hamlin Aquatint Etchings, Patrick Harness - Vibrant Oils and Pastels, Hua Nian - Abstract Watercolors & Pastels, David Smith - Original Acrylic Landscapes, Cindy Smith - Stone & Wood Sculpture, Bill Stevens - Humorous Recycled Metal Sculptures, Steve Stoerger - Steel & Glass Sculpture, Bonnie Switzer - Abstract Acrylic Paintings. 807 W. Springfield Ave., Champaign. 351-7020. Hours: Tues.-Fri. 9:30-5:30, Sat. 10:00-4:00. www.framersmarket.net The Furniture Lounge – Specializing in mid-century modern furniture from the 1920s-1980s, retro-Danish-modernlighting-pottery-art-bar wear-vintage stereo equipmentrecords. 9 E. University. Wed-Sat 11am-5:30pm, Sun 12:004:30pm. 352-5150 Gallery Virtu Cooperative – Original works by the nine artist-owners: jewelry, pottery, paintings, collages, hats, handbags and other textiles, sculptures and journals. The Gallery also offers workshops. Regular hours: Thurs. 12-4 pm, Fri: 12-8pm, Sat: 10am-6 pm. 762-7790. 220 W. Washington St., Monticello. www.galleryvirtu.org.

Griggs Street Potters – Handmade functional and decorative pottery. Usual hours are Mon-Fri: 11-4, or call 3283863 for an appointment. 305 West Grigg St, Urbana. 3448546 Hill Street Gallery – Irish Landscapes, the pines of Lake Tahoe, Italian Sculptures, Monet in the Gardens of Giverny, the prairies of Illinois and The Field of Dreams. 703 W. Hill, Champaign. Hours Wed. & Thurs. 9am - 2pm or by appointment. 359-0675 International Galleries – Works from local artists. Lincoln Square Mall. Mon-Fri 10am-8pm, Sa 10am-6pm, Sun 125pm. 328-2254 Larry Kanfer Gallery – Original photographic artwork by Central Illinois award-winning photographic artist, Larry

Kanfer. Display features new images from the Prairiescapes, Upper Midwest, and European Collections.

2503 S. Neil, Champaign. Free and Open to the Public.

Regular Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-5:30pm. 398-2000. www.kanfer.com LaPayne Photography – Specializes in panoramic photography of different subjects, including “Paint the Hall Orange” photographs of Assembly Hall and other University of Illinois scenes.. 816 Dennison Dr., C. Open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Saturdays by appointment. 3568994.

Old Vic Art Gallery – Fine and Original Art. 11 E. University, C. Mon-Thurs 11am-5:30pm, Fri-Sat 11am-4:30pm. 3558338 Steeple Gallery – Specializing in Americana scenes by Linda Nelson Stocks and Peter Sculthorpe. Vintage botanical and bird prints, Antiques, Framed limited edition prints M-F 9-5 Sat. 10-4 Sunday 12-4. 102 E. Lafayette St. Monticello, IL. 762-2924. www.steeplegallery.com Verdant News and Coffee & Verde Gallery – Magazines, newspapers, coffee, beverages and fine pastries along with the Verde Fine Art Gallery. 17 E. Taylor St., Champaign. Cafe hours: Mon-Sat 7am-10 pm; Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10am-10pm. 366-3204 UIUC Japan House -- Public Tours: Every Thursday, 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Third Saturday of each month, 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. Or by appointment call (217)244-9934 or email japanhouse@uiuc.edu. 2000 South Lincoln Ave., Urbana Ziemer Gallery – Hours: Tues. 10am-8pm, Wed.-Fri. 10am5pm. Sat. 10am-4pm. 210 W Washington, Monticello. 7629786

ART OPENINGS & RECEPTIONS Recent Works by Julie Guyot May 3-30. Opening Reception – Saturday May 3rd 7-9pm at The Middle Room Gallery. Artists statement: I am interested in the tedium of our days. Most of us are required to perform the same tasks day after day. This can become boring and monotonous and sometimes even lead to feelings of depression and hopelessness. We feel so stuck in what we think we have to do that we are unable to see the beauty in our work or our surroundings. Sometimes we become so focused on one small repetitive element that we fail to take a step back and witness the beauty of the collection of those components. These are my days. This is my collection. I work spontaneously and intuitively, usually without sketches or detailed plans. I experiment. I play. I stitch, stain, dye, rip, wrap and cast materials. Although this work contains a sense of history, it is important to realize that these works are not found objects. Although a few components have been acquired, these pieces have been distressed, used, weathered and discarded, leaving the memory or what they once protected. The Middle Room

Gallery @ The Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center. 218 W. Main St., Urbana. 217-344-8820. http://www.gallery.ucimc.org/.

Parkland Student Fine Art Juried Exhibit – Parkland College art faculty members have selected 221 art pieces from more than 500 submissions of the best student work from the current school year. 2400 W Bradley Ave, Champaign. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10:00am-3:00pm, Mon.-Thur.

6:00-8:00pm, Sat. 12:00 - 2:00 PM. 351-2485.

Parkland Student Graphic Design Exhibition – an annual event showcasing the best work of students in the Graphic Design, Web Design, and Computer Graphics programs – Reception in the gallery lounge, May 19, 6-8pm,.

The work will be on display through June 19 in the Parkland Art Gallery Works of Simon Fischer – Artworks done in space – Staerkel Planetarium at Parkland College, May 6, 4pm

ART-ON VIEW NOW Pilsen and Little Village – refreshments served on tour – tour departs May 3 at 10am and returns at 2:30pm, Chicago Culutral Center, 77 E. Randolph St., at Michigan Ave., $25 for adults, $20 for seniors, students and children School of Art and Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition — Through May 18. Presentation of three years of intense professional artistic development by art and design graduate students at the University of Illinois. This yearly exhibition offers a lively, fresh, and vital look into the world of contemporary art. Artists’ presentations and an exhibition walk-through will take place on Saturday, May 3 at 2:00 p.m. in the Museum’s Auditorium and East Gallery.

Krannert Art Museum. Tues, Thu.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Wed. 9 am - 8 pm, Sun. 2-5 pm. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. 333-1860.

Suggested Donation: $3 Barn Sculptures – Barn Sculptures by Cecilia Allen and Roger Barkley. Until May 9. 403 Water St, C. Hours: TuesSat 11am-5pm 355-5610 "In Print" – Through May 12. Prints by former and current students UIUC printmaking students. Illini Union Art Gallery. 1401 W. Green St., Urbana. Hours: M-S: 7am - 10pm American Folk Art from the Herbert Fried Collection — through September 21. A recent donation of 19th and early 20th century American folk art has strengthened the museum’s holdings. The vivid forms and vernacular appeal of folk art are highlighted through selections from this important collection. Krannert Art Museum. Tues, Thu.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Wed. 9 am - 8 pm, Sun. 2-5 pm. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. 333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3 “Ceramics inspired by and from the Arts and Crafts Movement” – Through May 10. Verde Gallery . 17 E. Taylor St., Champaign. Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10am-10pm. 3663204

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“Art and Conflict: The Image of War in 20th Century Art” – through May 18. Art and Conflict examines abstract, symbolic, and representational views of war and combat by artists such as Henri Rousseau, Otto Dix, Philip Guston, Andy Warhol, and Peter Saul. Krannert Art Museum. Tues, Thu.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Wed. 9 am - 8 pm, Sun. 2-5 pm. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. 333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3 “Nature Loves to Hide: Watercolors from Herbert Marder” – Through May 10. Verde Gallery. 17 E. Taylor St., Champaign. Gallery Hours: Tues.-Sat. 10am-10pm. 3663204 Larger than Life: Mythic Women in American Cinema – Through May 25. Larger than Life illustrates the breadth and variety of images of women in cinema, from the early days of silent film through the studio era and contemporary films. Krannert Art Museum. Tues, Thu.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Wed. 9 am - 8 pm, Sun. 2-5 pm. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. 333-1860. Suggested Donation: $3 Featured Works XII Picturing the Familial: Impressionist Works on Paper –Through August 3. Picturing the Familial explores the varied ways in which works on paper relate to each other and to the paintings produced by a small, close group of 19th century Impressionist artists.

Krannert Art Museum. Tues, Thu.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Wed. 9 am - 8 pm, Sun. 2-5 pm. 500 E Peabody, Urbana. 333-1860.

Suggested Donation: $3 Parkland Student Fine Art Juried Exhibit – Parkland College Art Gallery, Champaign 2400 W Bradley Ave, Champaign. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10:00am-3:00pm, Mon.-Thur.

6:00-8:00pm, Sat. 12:00 - 2:00 PM. 351-2485.

THEATER LISTINGS The Dining Room – Six actors, 57 characters, 18 vignettes; all in one dining room – Gregory Hall Theatre, May 2 & 3, 8pm The Original Broadway Musical: Swing – Assembly Hall Star Theatre, May 2, 7:30pm, Tickets can be purchased at Illini Union, Assembly Hall and Ticketmaster Aurora: The Sleeping Beauty – Children’s production, a fractured fairy tale – Rantoul Theater Group, Grissom Hall, 914 Adens Blvd., Rantoul, May 2, 3, 9, 10 at 7:30pm and May 4 and 11 at 2pm, $7 children/Seniors, $10 Adults Seven Brides for Seven Brothers – Champaign Central High School performs a play based on Stephen Benets short story “Sobbin Women”; there will be one intermission, and an old-fashioned pie social – Decker Theater, Champaign Central High School, May 1, 2, 3 at7:30pm; tickets are $7 adults, $5 for children and students under 18 years.

The Phantom of the Opera: As Told By The Prompting Theater – This haunting tale follows the plot from Gaston Leroux’s classic novel, while adding the comic stylings of the Prompting Theater; a one time performance – Parkland College’s Theater, May 22, 7pm, a $5-$10 donation is accepted at the door Elysium on the Prairie – Live action roleplaying Vampires stock the city streets and struggle for dominance in a world of gothic horror. Create your own unique character and mingle with dozens of other players Each session is another chapter in an ongoing story of triumph, tragedy and betrayal. For more information visit: http://ww2.uiuc.edu/ro/elysium/intro.html Free Tap Dancing Lessons – Actors Rural Theater Company offers a free tap dancing clinic for anyone who might be interested in auditioning for ARTCo’s summer musical, “Anything Goes” If you have tap shoes, bring them, if not, you can borrow them – Beginners: 10am-noon, Experienced tappers: 1pm-3pm Questions? call 253-6699

MOVIE LISTINGS 5/2-5/8 Beverly Cinemas 910 Meyer Dr. X-Men 2 – (PG-13) 12:15pm, 12:45pm, 1:15pm, 2pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, 4pm, 5pm, 5:45pm, 7pm, 7:15pm, 7:45pm, 9pm, 9:45pm, 10:30pm, *11pm, *11:45pm The Lizzie McGuire Movie – (PG) 1:15pm, 1:45pm, 3:15pm, 3:45pm, 5:15pm, 5:45pm, 7:15pm, 7:45pm, 9:15pm, 9:45pm, *11:15pm, *11:45pm Anger Management – (PG-13) 12:30pm, 1pm, 3pm, 3:30pm, 5:30pm, 7pm, 8pm, 9:30pm, *12am It Runs in the Family – (PG-13) 2:15pm, 4:40pm, 7pm, 9:20pm, *11:40pm Bend It Like Beckman – (PG-13) 2:35pm, 5pm, 7:25pm, 9:40pm, *12am Bulletproof Monk – (PG-13) 3pm, 7:10pm, *11:15pm Holes – (PG) 2pm, 4:30pm, 7pm, 9:25pm, *11:50pm Malibu’s Most Wanted – (PG-13) 1:30pm, 3:30pm, 5:30pm, 7:30pm, 9:30pm, *11:30pm Chicago – (PG-13) 12:30pm, 2:50pm, 5:10pm, 7:30pm, 9:50pm, *12:05am Identity – (R) 1:15pm, 3:20pm, 5:25pm, 7:30pm, 9:45pm,

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*11:45pm Confidence – (R) 12:45pm, 3pm, 5:40pm, 7:45pm, 9:50pm, *12am Phone Booth – (R) 1pm, 5:15pm, 9:20pm What A Girl Wants – (PG) 12:45pm, 5pm, 9:15pm The Real Cancun – (R) 3pm, 7:15pm, *11:30pm Better Luck Tomorrow – (R) 2:15pm, 4:40pm, 7pm, 9:20pm, *11:35pm Gremlins – *11pm *Fridays and Saturdays Only

KIDS | FAMILIES Thursday Funfares – For preschool groups - 9:45 - 10:15 AM Registration of group required. Family Funfare For children of all ages with an adult. 10:30 - 11:00 AM Registration not required – May 1, Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W. Stoughton, Urbana Babies’ Lap Time – For children ages 6 to 24 months with an adult. Registration not required. Join us for rhymes, music, and games s – At Phillips Recreation Center 505 W. Stoughton, Urbana, May 6, 10am-10:30am Baby Time – 10:30am to 11am May 1, Douglass Branch Library. Lap bouncing, nursery rhymes, music activities, and play time for infants with a caregiver. No registration.

Baby Time – 10:30am-11am, May 8, Douglass Branch Library. Lap bouncing, nursery rhymes, music activites, and play time for infants with a caregiver. No registration.

Thursday Arts and Crafts for Kids (TACK) – 4pm to 5 pm May 1,8, Douglass Branch Library – Craft-making for elementary school-age children. No registration.

Teen Mac – 4pm to 6 pm May 1, Douglass Branch Library, 504 E. Grove St., Champaign. After-school activities for teens. No registration. Information: 403-2090.

Girls, Girls, Girls! – 4 to 5 pm May 2, Douglass Branch Library. Games, crafts, and reading time for girls in grades 1 to 4. No registration.

Cuentos Lindos Para Niños – 4pm to 4:30 pm May 5, Champaign Public Library, 505 S. Randolph St. Children*s stories presented in Spanish. No registration.

Club Fred – 4pm to 5 pm May 5, Douglass Branch Library, 504 E. Grove St., Champaign. Games, stories and crafts for elementary school students. No registration. Information: 403-2090.

Rookie Cooks – 4 to 5 p.m. May 5, Douglass Branch Library.

Hands-on cooking class for elementary school students presented by Myrtle Ali of U of I Extension. Registration: 403-2090.

Know Zone – 4pm to 6 p.m. May 6, Douglass Branch Library.

Homework time followed by an hour of crafts and activities for school-aged children. No registration.

Physics Van – 4pm to 5:30pm May 8, Douglass Branch Library. Fun educational demonstrations by U of I physics students. No registration.

YMCA Fun Bus – a traveling Y, minus the pool; Fun Bus reaches children regardless of transportation and geographical barriers – Jones Park in Savoy, May2, 3pm-5pm Storyshop – Stories, songs and animal rhymes for preschoolers – 10:30am to 11am, May 7, Douglass Branch Library Astronomy Merit Badge Seminar for Boy Scouts – public merit badge seminars for all area Boy Scout troops.

Advance registration is required – Parkland Staerkel Planetarium, May 15, 7pm-9pm, Scout leaders, free, scouts $5 Japan House 4th Annual Children’s Day Event –Introduction to Japanese culture and highten exposure to Japanese arts and crafts – Japan House, 2000 S. Lincoln Ave., U., May 3, 1pm-3pm

SENIORS Yoga for Seniors – Participants in the class will receive a gentle introduction to the benifits of yoga, beginning with assisted postures. The instructor will work with each participant to increase strength and flexibility – Living Yoga Center, 202 W. Hill St., C, Mondays from noon-1pm, Registration deadline is May 12. Call 217/403-1429

WORKSHOPS The How's and Why's of a Homebirth in Illinois – Several midwives will be attending and hopefully a local doula; this will begin a midwife support group – The agenda will be: 1pm-2pm Meeting topic, 2pm-2:30pm Break, 2:30pm4:30pm Individual Consultations, Meeting in Mahomet, for directions to hosts home contact: Jennifer McCoy at 5865218 Cover-to-Cover Book Discussion Club – Discussing Main Street by Sinclair Lewis. New member registration: 4032070 – May 8, 2pm-3pm, Champaign Public Library, 505 S. Randolph St.

Adult Degree Completion Center Informational Meeting – Learn how to finish a degree through partnerships with area universities and the wide range of support services offered by the center – Room X150, Parkland College, May 14, 5:30pm-6:30pm, free, but registration is required.

217/353-2663 Fiddle Workshop – Phillips Recreation Center, May 2, 5:45pm, Pre-registration required.

SPORTS AND RECREATION Campus Recreation to Hold Canoe Clinic – Instruction will cover components of the canoe, terminology, rescues, carries, launching and loading, basic stroke techniques.

Advanced registration required. For more info call 333-TRIP. – May 2, 1pm-3pm, Trip fee is $12 for UIUC and campus rec members, $17 for non-members/general public Kayak Clinic – Campus Recreation will hold a kayak clinic.

Advanced registration is required. – For more information call 333-TRIP – May 3, 9am-noon, $12 UIUC and Campus Rec members. $17 for non-members and general public Kickapoo Paddle Festival, A Celebration of the Middle For River – An outdoor family-oriented festival that will promote paddling sports and the area’s recreational resoures – Kickapoo State Park, May 17, 18, 9am-6pm

ENVIRONMENT Public invited to Lunar Eclipse Viewing – west side of Parkland College, across from the planetarium, May 15, 9pm, free

MIND | BODY | SPIRIT Prairie Sangha for Mindfullness Meditation – Monday evenings form 7:30pm-9pm and monthly retreats on Sunday. Theravadan (Vipassana) and Tibetan (Vajrayana & Dzogchen) meditation practice. Meets in Urbana. More information call or email Tom at 356-7413 or shayir@soltec.net. Visit the website at www.prairiesanha.org for more information

Clear Sky Zen Group – Meets on Thursday evenings in the Geneva Room of the McKinley Foundation. Newcomers to meditation and people of all traditions and faiths are welcome. – McKinley Foundation, 809 S. Fifth St., 6:25pm-9pm

HEALTH Communtiy Meeting on Hospital Staffing & Safety – Citizen’s group to address changes and concerns regarding Provena Covenant Medical Center – Illinois Disciples Foundation, May 5, 6pm Treasure Your Health – a community health fair with opportunites for cholesterol screening, healthy skin and make-up demonstrations, spinal checks,free massages, bone density checks and much more. Sponsored by McKinley Health Center – Illini Union, Rooms A, B, C; May 1, 10am-3pm

PUBLIC MEETINGS CHAMPAIGN Historic Preservation Commission Meeting –Regular Meeting – Champaign City Council Chambers, 102 N. Neil St., C., May 1, 4pm-6pm Human Relations Commission Meeting – Regular Meeting – Champaign City Council Chambers, May 5, 5:30pm-7pm City Council Regular Meeting – Champaign City Council Chambers, 7pm-10pm

URBANA City Council Meeting – Discussion of Agenda Items – City Council Chambers, May 5, 7:30pm-finish Town Board Meeting – Discussion of Agenda Items – City Council Chambers, May 5, 7pm-7:30pm Wednesday, May 07, 2003 Historic Preservation Meeting – Discussion of Agenda Items – City Council Chambers, May 7, 7pm

OTHER Pride Meeting – an LGBT organization – 406 Illini Union, May 7, 8pm Debtor’s Anonymous meeting – Call 344-5860 for information – Baha’i Center, Tuesday nights 5:45pm-6:45pm

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OUT OF TOWN SHOWS MAY 5/1 Pete Yorn, Grandaddy @ Riviera Theatre, 6:30 5/1 Starstruck @ Metro 5/1 Gov’t Mule @ The Blue Note, 8pm 5/2 Matchbox Twenty @ United Center, 7:00 5/2 The Wallflowers, Ron Sexsmith @ Vic Theatre, 7:30pm 5/3 Flaming Lips @ Riviera Theatre, 7:30 5/3 Music As A Weapon II w/ Disturbed, Taproot, Chevelle @ UIC Pavilion, 7pm 5/3 Oskar Saville @ Schubas, 10pm 5/4 Kill Hannah @ Metro 5/5 Elton John & Billy Joel @ Savvis Center, 7:30pm 5/6 Ween @ The Blue Note, 8pm 5/6 Zwan @ Aragon, 7:30pm 5/7 Red Hot Chilli Peppers @ Savvis Center, 7pm 5/7 Ween @ The Pageant, 8pm, $24 5/7 The Constitution @ Double Door 5/8 Johnny Marr & The Healers @ House of Blues Chicago 5/8 Concrete Blonde @ The Pageant, 8pm 5/8 Bright Eyes @ Metro 5/8 Bottles and Skulls @ Double Door 5/8 OKGO @ The Galaxy, $10, $12 for minors 5/9 Luka Bloom @ Park West, 7:30pm 5/9 Year of the Rabbit @ Double Door, 9pm 5/9 Kottonmouth Kings, Zebrahead @ Riviera Theatre, 7pm 5/9 Avril Lavigne @ Savvis Center, 7:30pm, $24.50, $28 5/10 Concrete Blonde @ Park West, 7:30 5/10 The Levellers @ Martyrs, 10pm 5/11 OURS @ Martyrs, 8pm 5/12 Dick Dale @ Double Door 5/13 Meshuggah @ Metro 5/13 Tomahawk, The Melvins @ Vic Theatre, 7:30pm 5/13 All-American Rejects @ The Blue Note, 7pm, $10 advance, $12 door 5/14 Lagwagon @ Metro 5/14 The Coral @ Double Door, 8pm 5/14 Three Mo’ Tenors @ Civic Opera House, 5/15 Chris Whitley & Band @ Martyrs, 9:00 5/15 Alkaline Trio, Pretty Girls Make Graves @ Riviera Theatre, 6:45pm 5/15 Liars @ Metro 5/15 Chocolate Covered Karma @ Double Door 5/15 My Morning Jacket @ Metro, 8pm 5/16 Dwight Yoakam @ Park West, 7:30pm 5/16 Three Mo’ Tenors @ Civic Opera House 5/16 Bumpus @ Double Door 5/17 Three Mo’ Tenors @ Civic Opera House 5/17 Zuvuya @ Elbo Room, 10:30pm 5/17 Oh My God w/ The Sharks @ Park West 5/20 The All-American Rejects @ Metro, 7pm 5/21 Damien Rice @ Schubas, 9pm 5/21 Jet @ Martyrs, 9pm 5/25 Poison w/ Vince Neil and Skid Row @ Tweeter Center 5/25 Foo Fighters @ UIC Pavillion, 7:30pm 5/25 Ian McCulloch @ Park West 5/27 The Raveonettes, Vue @ The Double Door 5/29 Dixie Chicks, Joan Osborne @ United Center 5/29 DJ Justin Long @ Smart Bar 5/30 Dixie Chicks, Joan Osborne @ United Center 5/31 ZZ-Top @ UMB Bank Pavilion, 7pm, $20 to $47 5/31 Ziggy Marley @ Park West, 8pm

JUNE 6/1 Yanni @ Savvis Center, 7:30pm, $39.50 to $67.50 6/3 Blue Rodeo @ Martyrs, 9pm 6/3 Goldfinger @ The Blue Note, 6:30pm, $15 6/6 Ben Harper, Jack Johnson @ UIC Pavilion, 6:30pm 6/7 Yo La Tengo w/ The Clean @ Riviera Theatre, 7pm 6/7 Jonathon Richman @ Metro, 9pm 6/8 Garage A Trois @ Park West, 7:30pm 6/9 Coldplay @ UIC Pavilion, 7:30pm 6/11 Beck @ UIC Pavilion 6/14 Bela Fleck & The Flecktones @ The Pageant, 8pm, $24 and $29 6/15 Bela Fleck @ The Blue Note, 7pm, $22 6/17 Sonic Youth @ The Pageant, 8pm, $19 and $24 6/18 Pearl Jam, Idlewild @ United Center, 7:30 6/18 Dan Fogelberg w/ this band @ Skyline Stage at Navy Pier, 7:30pm 6/20 Journey, REO Speedwagon, and Styx – Savvis Center, 7:30pm, $37.50 to $65 6/21 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds @ Chicago Theatre, 8pm 6/25 Vans Warped Tour @ UMB Bank Pavilion, 12pm, $25.75 6/25 Erin McKeown, Stephen Kellog – Martyrs, 8pm 6/27 Dark Star Orchestra @ Skyline Stage at Navy Pier, 7pm 6/28 Dark Star Orchestra @ Skyline Stage at Navy Pier, 7pm

CHICAGOVENUES House of Blues 329 N. Dearborn, Chicago 312-923-2000 The Bottom Lounge 3206 N Wilton, Chicago Vic Theatre 3145 N. Sheffield, Chicago 773-472-0449 Metro 3730 N. Clark St., Chicago 773-549-0203 Elbo Room 2871 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago Park West 322 W. Armitage, Chicago 773-929-1322 Riviera Theatre 4746 N. Racine at Lawerence, Chicago Allstate Arena 6920 N. Mannheim Road, Rosemont 847-635-6601 Arie Crown Theatre 2300 S. Lake Shore Drive, Chicago 312-791-6000 UIC Pavilion 1150 W. Harrison, Chicago, 312-413-5700 Schubas 3159 N. Southport, Chicago 773-525-2508 Martyrs 3855 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago 773-288-4545 Aragon 1106 W. Lawerence, Chicago, 773-561-9500 Abbey Pub 3420 W. Grace, Chicago 773-478-4408 Fireside Bowl 2646 W. Fullerton Ave., Chicago 773-486-2700 Schubert Theatre 22 W. Monroe, Chicago, 312-977-1700

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ST LOUISVENUES The Blue Note 17 N. Ninth St. Downtown Columbia, MO The Pageant 6161 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO The Savvis Center

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JULY 7/6 Santana @ UMB Bank Pavilion, 7:30pm, $16.50-$52 7/10 Dave Matthews Band @ UMB Bank Pavilion, 7:30pm, $35-$52.50 7/11 B2K, Marques Houston @UIC Pavillion, 7pm 7/29 John Mayer & Counting Crows @ UMB Bank Pavilion, 7pm, $31 & $43

Learn to draw with the King of Cartoons! – Dave King is giving cartoonlessons every Sunday afternoon at Espresso Royale in Urbana, 1 pm. ($8 suggested donation)

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CONFIDENCE ★★★

BY JASON MINARD | STAFF WRITER

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onfidence is not a great film, but it is certainly a film worth seeing. It keeps the audience’s attention well with quick-witted dialogue and by not allowing the film to dawdle. Dialogue rolls across the tongues of likable characters and creates a pounding pace that never lulls. The rhythm of the script, banter between actors and a creatively assembled timeline keep the crime caper moving along at a good pace.

The films two biggest assets are the mastermind and his target. Edward Burns, an actor who makes his living playing himself, plays a perfectly beguiling grifter, Jake Vig. Vig has the smarts to spot big money and go after it. Early on in the film, he sets his sights on a big target — the King (Dustin Hoffman), a pint-sized crime boss with an eye for strippers and a bad case of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Hoffman makes the King character fun and interesting by not overdoing the tricks or dialogue. Burns and Hoffman occupy the film’s top tier and all the other players fall into place below them.

Confidence touches on all of the genre stereotypes without ever rising above them.

Vig's scheme contains the usual array of double and triple crosses, along with a hardboiled voice-over (from a dead man, no less) and a corrupt vision of Los Angeles that viewers have seen countless times. Within that framework, the twists become difficult to hide, and attentive moviegoers can gauge exactly where Confidence plans to throw them for a loop. Not a true surprise, the payoff loses a fair amount of punch.

Confidence is fairly concise at 98 minutes, right what the film’s length should be. The script flows with terrific dialogue, which the cast runs with, and excellent performances come across naturally.

The film successfully shows there are no victims in this scheme and no innocents led astray. There are just a lot of greedy people whose morals take a nosedive whenever a lot of money shows up.

he Real Cancun is about as real as it gets.

Sixteen college-aged spring breakers descend on Cancun, Mexico for one week to indulge and forget their regular lives. With a premise that crossbreeds MTV’s The Real World with the big screen, cameras follow these free spirits everywhere they go.

Unfortunately, there are some glaring flaws with The Real Cancun. With The Real World, there is a full season for the audience to meet seven people. The entire movie is co-eds at bars or hotels, almost always drinking. They also stop briefly to fornicate every now and again. Nauseating camera work that shows a plethora of body shots and one-night stands gets old after the first 15 minutes. It seems producers couldn’t establish if they were making a movie with characters, or an advertisement for Cancun with pretty faces in the background.

If there is one redeeming value to The Real Cancun, it is the wild assortment of characters, or cast members, as they should be called.

They all jumped on the opportunity to take an expenses paid spring break on the condition that they would have a camera in their face every waking moment.

Interesting stories come from this colorful

cast. First, there’s Jeremy, a hard-bodied obnoxious type, with one thing on his mind: girls. Alongside surfer boy Alan and smoothtalking Paul, they become a seven-day wrecking crew that the exhibitionist-minded ladies of spring break couldn’t get enough of.

Then there’s sober-for-life Heidi and tagalong David, straight out of a Star Trek convention. These socially inept dweebs won’t work up the courage to make a move. Jorell, a jovial guy with a beer gut capable of making Homer Simpson blush and a penchant for wearing Speedos.

Sky is an exotic beauty with multiple personality disorder, who insists no one is capable of wooing her in one week. That is until Snoop Dogg walks into the scene, prompting her to jump on stage and dance like her paycheck depended on it. Last, but certainly not least, is David. A hayseed from Lubbock, Texas, David never touched a drop of alcohol before Cancun. His favorite line coming in was, “I just want to see some boobies.” That was quickly replaced with, “I’m not drunk!”

By the end of the week, he realizes his week was one giant hangover fueled by his insecurities and peer pressure.

The Real Cancun wasn’t made to win any Oscars. Patrons going to this movie know it’s going to be bad but are in it for the entertainment. There is some creativity here, and it

THE REAL CANCUN | ALAN AND LAURA should be noted that the producers tried something new by expending on the reality show phenomenon and taking it to the big screen. Unfortunately, the audience never really seemed to get into the movie.

Packaged to be Girls Gone Wild for the theater, The Real Cancun boasted that its R rating was earned. The promises of extreme nudity and shameless behavior were unimpressive, and the raunchy behavior wasn’t anything you can’t get by watching infomercials at four in the morning. To put it bluntly, watching this movie is like being the sober person at a bad party. For $7, forget about going to the movie and pay cover to get into Kam’s. You can live this movie, complete with bad beer, scantily clad girls, and 50 cent blaring from the DJ booth.

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IDENTITY ★★ 1/2

BY MATT PAIS | STAFF WRITER

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n movies, there are two kinds of seedy, middle-of-nowhere motels: the kind where people get killed and the kind where people get killed. In Identity, the nameless motel — which provides temporary respite from an endless downpour for an assortment of weary travelers — has all the markings of a murderer’s paradise, and none of the guests seem confident in their safeties from the moments they walk through the creaking door.

That may be because one of the motel patrons is a sneering, snarling convict played

by Jake Busey. Of course, bodies start turning up, and the guests can’t find the convict.

There’s something spooky going on similar to a Scooby Doo cartoon.

Marketed as a thriller but executed as a psychological slasher film, Identity gathers a group of likable actors (John Cusack, John C. McGinley, Ray Liotta) and some not so likable

ones (Busey, Amanda Peet, Clea DuVall). It then drenches them in one impossible plot twist after another.

Director James Mangold generates enough of a sinister atmosphere to make at least a few hairs stand on end. His tight, watersoaked shots of shadowy paranoia accentuate the sense of fear that comes with being alone in a dark, empty laundry room with only the dryers running. Michael Cooney’s script has a dually engrossing and ingratiating broken chronology, jumping back and forth in time and location and making it obvious that Identity is more than it seems. He cleverly withholds just exactly what that is.

Identity gets a little lost in its own selfimportance by trying to develop broader ideas that extend beyond the throwaway death scenes and super-dramatic dialogue (“Did you feel that?” “What?” “Cold.”).

It’s a schizophrenic film that drains all it can from its ominous, off-kilter moodiness, and there’s a pleasurable chill that comes

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HOT AND BOTHERED ★★ 1/2

BY ARTHUR MITCHELL | STAFF WRITER

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ot and Bothered: Feminist Pornography, a documentary by Becky Goldberg, reveals some surprising things. First, it shows that feminists are not angry, man-hating women. Second, it shows that there are feminists that like and create porn. The documentary also shows that the porn women create promotes sexual liberation and works to quell the degrading pornography that dominates the industry.

Goldberg highlights the select few women who are rising through the rankings of the pornography industry and making their impacts by creating porn that does not employ biases or stereotypes of women and men. The film also addresses a movement to create porn that is more inviting to women and that encourages women to explore their sexualities.

Hot and Bothered shows clips of successful women in the industry like Nina Hartley and Jane Hamilton, former porn stars turned directors. Goldberg should have taken better advantage of these interviews to make a stronger point about how different feminist porn is from traditional skin flicks. They filmed pornography with the intentions of facilitating sexual liberation and to fight for women’s rights to have voices in the industry.

When watching the video, it becomes apparent that coupling the words “feminist” and “pornography” can break preconceived notions of what feminism is and who is “supposed” to watch pornography. These women’s ideals are being channeled through an unlikely vehicle. The idea of women receiving equal treatment in a male dominated field is a wider goal for this group.

The film also shows a different side of feminists and porn stars. Porn actresses are not necessarily sex freaks; feminists don’t hate men; actresses have brain in their heads; and feminists are not all radicals.

and, in searchamount of women who ing for material, are involved in it, the old immersed herself in white men have all the control over the the seediest areas of New York City, where women,” she said. she “received culture shock.” She said she Goldberg showed her film at Allen Hall on had to search for the genre of feminist porn the University of Illinois campus on April 16, and for women who held the same principles where it was wellthat she did. received. But when she But feminist porn has not screened it for HBO, a been widely supported studio head told her by consumers. Goldberg they would never show said that there were it. many stereotypes about Even mainstream conthe roles of men and duits of “underground women that are also media” such as HBO portrayed in pornograhas not yet warmed up phy. to the principles that “Men always play the – Becky Goldberg Goldberg and her col‘I’m here to do you’ leagues have set out to card,” Goldberg said. spread.

Society also makes it Goldberg is not seem unacceptable for deterred. women to enjoy pornography , Goldberg “I am proud about the explicitness of my said. film, and I would prefer to run the college “It’s all about enjoying yourself,” she said. tour, because the people who voluntarily Although some people might not admit to come to see it are the people who would watching pornography, it is a profitable affect the most change,” she said. industry. And whether life imitates art or Further informatiom about the documenvice versa, parallels have been drawn tary Hot and Bothered: Feminist Pornography between the porn industry and the values of and a schedule of Becky Goldberg’s upcomAmerican society. ing college vists is available at http://www.fem“Old white men run (the pornography inistpornography.com industry), and even though there are a large

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irls watch porn too. Becky Goldberg was probably one of the first women to openly admit that.

However, when it comes to the kind of porn she watches, Goldberg has specific tastes.

“If you wanna see the truth about women, look into what women make for women,” Goldberg said., who wrote and directed the documentary Hot and Bothered: Feminist Pornography.

Though the film has been well-received at film festivals around the world, she said she still finds "skeptical people" when she visits colleges across the country.

“There are a lot of people who believe that feminism is anti-sex, when that is totally incorrect,” Goldberg said.

When sitting with Goldberg, it is apparent that she does not fit into the stereotypes that many attribute to feminists.

Originally from Omaha, Neb., Goldberg attempted to hold a screening of her film in her hometown. Because her documentary contained gratuitous sex scenes and broke city ordinances and state laws, it could not be shown.

“America actually taboos sex, and it is pushed down to the underground ,” she said.

“Some people are scared of the word pornography.”

Goldberg is unconventional compared to the traditional modern feminist. She advocates feminist ideals through pornography.

She made the film as part of her film thesis

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IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY ★★ 1/2

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ilms about family affairs always seem to lack a certain amount of entertainment and intrigue that most viewers appreciate. The plots are based on tragedies, harsh realities and usually involve some sort of life lesson for the audience.

Produced and inspired by Michael Douglas, It Runs in the Family raises conventional issues of morality in family life and also offers audiences an intimate look at the Douglas family’s most unknown members. Michael Douglas, who has always publicly expressed his wish to star in a film with his own father, chose this project to showcase the eclectic mix of characters in his family. He succeeded.

Mitchell Gromberg, Kirk Douglas, is the head of a privileged family that experiences its share of instability. Mitchell’s brother, Stephen, suffers from a terrible illness and is confined to lonely room in a retirement home.

His son, Alex, played by Michael Douglas, is a successful attorney at a prestigious law firm.

With the daily interruptions of work, Alex and his wife, Rebecca, never seem to find time for themselves or their sons. Asher (Cameron Douglas), a troublesome college student.

Always remembered as a charismatic and captivating actor, Kirk Douglas sheds his serious demeanor to entertain viewers with timely wise cracks and witty remarks. Despite his slurred speech because of a stroke, Kirk’s dialogue is a refreshing alternative to the somber tone the film undertakes.

In his first major acting role, Cameron Douglas displays little talent for someone born into a family of outstanding performers.

Scenes in which Cameron shares his knowledge of women with his brother evoke both laughter and disgust. In general, though, Cameron would do well to learn from his grandfather and father.

As a family drama filled with humorous commentary, It Runs in the Family reminds audiences of the difficulties families face while amusing viewers with hilarious outbursts from the Douglas trio. The first cinematic collaboration between Michael and Kirk Douglas is also a delight in itself as the two do not lose their professionalism on screen and remain true to their roles.

Certainly, the subject of family does not pose a very appealing theme for a film but watching the diverse behavior of three generations of Douglases is worth the cost.

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BETTER LUCK TOMORROW ★★★ 1/2

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sian Americans are the clean-cut, studious “model” minority, and the characters and script of Better Luck Tomorrow take advantage of this stereotype. Directed by Justin Lin and co-written by Lin, Ernesto M. Foronda and Fabian Marquez, the film tells the story of suburban delinquents and is smart enough to observe the absurdity of those stereotypes.

The characters are bored, upper-middle class Asian-American youths in California.

They are perceived to be “good kids” with good grades and docile manners, so no one controls them. One side of the characters lives up to this expectation. The kids often volunteer and pick up trash at the beach. However, selling cheat sheets and drugs, pulling guns on strangers and, eventually, homicide are also on the list of after-school activities.

The narrator, Ben Manibag, played intelligently by Perry Shen, sees this debauchery just as something to do – something that he doesn’t necessarily have to put on his college applications. He becomes as possessed by

these shady endeavors as he is with getting into an Ivy League university (which is almost certain), improving his verbal SAT score, playing basketball and pursuing his study partner, Stephanie (Karin Anna Cheung).

Virgil (Jason Tobin), Ben’s long-time friend, is thrilled at the prospect of having even a semblance of power attached to his name.

Once he acquires this power, however, he doesn’t know how to handle it. He’s a smart kid, but he screws up and always finds new ways to annoy his cousin, Han (Sung Kang).

Han is the opposite of Virgil but hangs around with him and Ben anyway.

The film does not provide much explanation for the character’s actions; they simply do things. It breaks stereotypes as much as it enforces them. Each of the main characters maintains a high GPA while staying out until 4 a.m. selling drugs. In the end, though, this movie comes close to creating the most believable ensemble of teenagers on screen in recent years.

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CONFIDENCE

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EDWARD BURNS AND DUSTIN HOFFMAN Confidence is not a great film, but it is certainly a film worth seeing. It keeps the audience’s attention well with quickwitted dialogue and by not allowing the film to dawdle.

Dialogue rolls across the tongues of deep, likable characters and creates a pounding pace that never lulls. The rhythm of the script, banter between actors and a creatively assembled timeline keep the crime caper moving along at a good pace. (Jason Minard) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

JAMIE KENNEDY AND TAYE DIGGS While Bringing Down the House exults in the most obvious ethnic degradations, Malibu’s Most Wanted manages, for the most part, to embrace both white and black culture and emerge with a largely unblemished message of selfempowerment and identity. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

CHRIS ROCK AND BERNIE MAC These kinds of fantasies are especially fun if they’re executed confidently and recognize their own absurdities. In his directorial debut, Rock surprisingly accomplishes both.

(John Loos)

PHONE BOOTH

VIN DIESEL There’s not a whole lot to like about A Man Apart, directed with swift imprecision by F. Gary Gray. A Man Apart is anything but authentic, as many of the choppy action sequences exist well outside the narrative. (Matt Pais)

Drive-thru Reviews

★★★

ANGER MANAGEMENT ★★★

JACK NICHOLSON AND ADAM SANDLER Nicholson and Sandler don’t disappoint in delighting fans with their unique brand of comedy and interaction.

Nicholson provides the film with depth and talent and Sandler plays his usual eccentric self. Anger Management is an entertaining and highly successful production. (Daniel Nosek) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy on Friday

BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM ★★★1/2

PARMINDER K. NAGRA Bend It Like Beckham isn’t a big comedy, and its plot won’t keep you guessing. But this film is warm and inviting and will make you feel like you can bend a soccer ball like Beckham, whether you knew who he was before venturing to the multiplex or not. (Jason Cantone) Now showing at Beverly

BETTER LUCK TOMORROW ★★★1/2

PARRY SHEN AND JASON TOBIN Asian Americans are the clean-cut, studious “model” minority, and the characters and script of Better Luck Tomorrow take advantage of this stereotype. Directed by Justin Lin and co-written by Lin, Ernesto M. Foronda and Fabian Marquez, the film tells the story of suburban delinquents and is smart enough to observe the absurdity of those stereotypes. (Constanza Leon) Now shwoing at Beverly

BULLETPROOF MONK ZERO STARS

CHOW YUN-FAT AND SEANN WILLIAM SCOTT As for the acting, critiquing the performances in this movie would be like pointing out the flaws in an elementary school play. But it’s not the actors’ fault this movie is bad.

Like the Nazis, this movie fails on all fronts. (John Loos) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

CHICAGO

★★1/2

DREAMCATCHER ★★

MORGAN FREEMAN AND THOMAS JANE There are a million and one reasons this movie just doesn’t work, the biggest of those being that the writers seem to have forgotten that burping, farting and anal bleeding (yes, you read that right) are never scary, no matter what causes them.(Paul Eberhart) Now showing at Beverly

HOLES

★★★1/2 SIGOURNEY WEAVER AND JON VOIGHT Holes never holds back just because it’s based on a young adult novel. Because the story arc of the film follows the book so closely, it becomes a complicated and refreshingly original movie. (Paul Booth) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES ★

KAREN BLACK AND CHRIS HARDWICK Rob Zombie’s House of 1000 Corpses succeeds at what it sets out to do. Those who love horror will see this as the Citizen Kane of their genre. For those who don’t, the film won’t sit well at all. This is a really well-made, terrible movie, and it doesn’t take prisoners. It’s either a four-star piece of crap, or a no-star classic. You make the call if you can bear to watch.

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THE HUNTED ★★

TOMMY LEE JONES AND BENICIO DEL TORO Not a whole lot happens in The Hunted, a relatively by-thebook chase film from The Exorcist director William Friedkin.

Aaron Hallam (Benicio del Toro), an ex-soldier and expert killer, was traumatized so deeply after fighting in Kosovo that he now kills American hunters at will. (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

CATHERINE ZETA-JONES AND RICHARD GERE This movie adaptation of the Kander and Ebbs and Bob Foose musical lights up audiences with thrill-packed dance numbers, brilliant singing an Oscar-nominated cast and screenplay. Winner of six Academy Awards, including best picture and best supporting actress for Catherine Zeta Jones. (Jason Cantone) Now showing at Beverly

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COLIN FARRELL AND KATIE HOLMES The rule here limits the film’s action to a few square feet in and around the last remaining phone booth in New York City, as the narrator fills in the audience on the rest of the story. This limit is the best part of Phone Booth. It captures the excitement and thrill of the movie but also sacrifices good dialogue for flashy camera techniques. (Paul Booth) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

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LUKE WILSON, VINCE VAUGHN AND WILL FERREL College buddies reunite and jump start a new fraternity while they battle their own problems in hilarious ways.

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JOHN CUSACK AND AMANDA PEET Identity gets a little lost in its own self-importance by trying to develop broader ideas that extend beyond the throwaway death scenes and super-dramatic dialogue (“Did you feel that?”“What?”“Cold.”). (Matt Pais) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY MICHAEL DOUGLAS AND KIRK DOUGLAS Certainly, the subject of family does not pose a very appealing theme for a film but watching the diverse behavior of three generations of Douglases is worth the cost. (Daniel Nosek) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

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A MAN APART ★

THE PIANIST

ADRIEN BRODY A brilliant pianist, and Polish Jew, witnesses the restrictions Nazis place on Jews in the Polish capital, from restricted access to the building of the Warsaw ghetto. As his family is shipped off to the Nazi labor camps, he escapes deportation and eludes capture by living in the ruins of Warsaw.

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DRUNK COLLEGE KIDS Packaged to be Girls Gone Wild for the theater, The Real Cancun boasted that its R rating was earned. The promises of extreme nudity and shameless behavior were unimpressive, and the raunchy behavior wasn’t anything you can’t get by watching infomercials at four in the morning.

(Andrew Crewell) Now showing at Beverly and Savoy

WHAT A GIRL WANTS ★★

AMANDA BYNES AND COLIN FIRTH Random moments give What a Girl Wants an edge over similar films, as when Daphne’s grandmother tells her,“No hugs dear. I’m British. We only show affection to dogs and horses.” What a Girl Wants is worth seeing for an afternoon of smiles and good-hearted entertainment. But don’t expect more than a predictable fairytale. (Marci Kolber) Now showing at Beverly

HILARY DUFF AND ADAM LAMBERG The DIsney channel character is graduating from middle school and celebrating in Rome, Italy along with a bunch of wholesome adventures.

Opening at Beverly and Savoy

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HALLE BERRY AND PATRICK STEWART The X-Men band together to find a mutant asassin who has made an attempt on the President's life, while the Mutant Academy is attacked by military forces. Already living in a society that mistrusts them, the mutants are faced with even more discrimination after an unforeseen enemy - who may be a mutant with extraordinary powers - launches a devastating attack.

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ENDING THIS WEEK ★★

★★1/2

JOHN TRAVOLTA AND SAMUEL L. JACKSON Basic brings Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta together for the first time since their Oscar-nominated performances in Pulp Fiction. But Basic lacks what made Pulp Fiction the hit it was: originality and good writing. Imagine a giant Cuisinart. Now throw in A Few Good Men, The Usual Suspects and Full Metal Jacket and leave the top off so everything can spin together into a muddled mess and all of the quality can spew out the top. That’s Basic’s plot.

(Jason Cantone)

THE CORE ★★

AARON ECKHART AND STANLEY TUCCI The actors, especially Eckhart, Tucci and Lindo, are infinitely enjoyable to watch, and the script is lightened by humor.

The Core is certainly not a great movie, but it has all the elements of a pretty good movie. but check any education at the door. (Paul Booth)

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MAY 1-7, 2003 | I KNOW THE ANSWERS TO THE CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Triad Premieres Friday C

hris Folkens leans his tall figure back in a chair at the Urbana Espresso Royal and talks excitedly about his new film, Triad. He directed and produced the movie on the University of Illinois campus. The 40-minute film follows three friends and their encounters with the supernatural. However, Folkens said the film couldn’t be placed into any specific genre.

“The film is action, thriller, romance, horror,” Folkens said. “It is an experiment of a blend of genres.”

Jason Pankoke, a Champaign resident who started the film magazine Microfilm about four years ago, was excited about the movie.

“People should come see Triad to have a good time and find out something about the University that isn’t in textbooks,” Pankoke said.

In a copy of the yearbook last year, Folkens, a sophomore at the University of Illinois, read that the Psychology Building, the English Building and the library on campus were haunted. Scenes were shot at these three campus buildings, and one scene was filmed at the Champaign bar The Highdive.

The “whole summer was spent writing.

Last semester was spent shooting, and we’ve been in postproduction since mid-December,” Folkens said. Folkens said he worked on the project every day, for the past year.

“Making movies is a dedication,” Pankoke said. “You’ve got to buckle down. It’s a struggle. It takes immense talent to get those elements together and make a movie from beginning to end. Being realistic is also a challenge.”

Folkens said the biggest challenge in making the film was approval.

“We wanted to be careful about getting approval from the University to use its name and image in the film,” Folkens said. “We ran into problems with permission to shoot in the actual buildings. Scheduling was also hard with many of the actors being in other productions on campus.”

Students involved in the movie were proud of the way it came out.

“The movie gets thousands of times better with every step,” said Josh Morton, assistant producer in charge of promotions.

Some feel there is not enough opportunity to become involved in films in ChampaignUrbana.

“From a student perspective, there’s not a lot of opportunity,” said Kris Koller, a junior at the University. “A lot of students come to school hoping to do production work and end up going into (speech communications) or broadcast journalism to get experience that way.”

However, no one was interested in the film, Koller hopes to start a production company and he came home. But he was not deterred. through the Illini Media Company for next He went on to produce other films and is now year. Illini Media Company is the parent coma screenwriting professor at the University of pany of buzz magazine. This year, he worked Georgia. He is currently in the process of prowith the Illio in creating a documentary video ducing two different films, including one staryearbook. ring Shirley MacLaine. Others involved in “Even if students can’t rely on the Shot! went on to become leaders in the film University, Chicago is not that far away, ” industry, including Chuck Russell, who directsaid Pankoke. ed The Mask.

Leskosky said the University used to have “I want to show other student filmmakers cinematography courses, which taught film here what they can do. It’s been a lot of hours, production, as opposed to just film analysis, a lot of stress. It’s been a year of very hard but the courses ended about four years ago. work for a lot of people on this campus,” He said it was highly unlikely the University Folkens said. would get its own film school any time soon, The film premieres this Friday at 8, 9 and 10 especially with the current state budget crisis. p.m. in 101 Armory. Triad will also be shown “Roger Ebert contributed some money to at the Illini Film and Video’s spring show, May the college of communications last year, but to 3 at 2:00 in 100 Noyes Lab. The event is free of get a film school started, you need a considercharge. able amount of money. We are talking $15-20 million. I don’t think anyone is talking about The film’s Web site is www.triadthemovie.com donating that much to U of I to set up a school for filmmaking,” Leskosky said.

Pankoke said he thought a film school at the University was a possibility.

“If there’s an interest and have a figurehead with clout like Ebert, we need Ebert and students to push for it,” Pankoke said.

Folkens said the best part about making the film was seeing the vision he had one year ago come to life.

“The amount of dedication towards putting a movie together is incredible,” said Suraj Prashad, score consultant for the film.

“Triad will hopefully be a catalyst to show people this can be done here,” Pankoke said.

Triad is the first major production to be filmed at University in 30 years, Folkens said.

In 1973, graduate students Mitch Brown and Nate Kohn directed and produced a fulllength motion picture called Shot!, which was filmed entirely in Champaign-Urbana.

Shot! chronicles one renegade cop, Ross, and his sidekick, Wilson, in their attempt to foil the evil doings of a demonic drug pusher, Blasi. The film has car chases, shoot-outs, drugs, death and views of Champaign-Urbana from a helicopter.

Kohn made the film for $15,000.

According to Richard Leskosky, the assistant director for cinema studies at the University, Brown and Kohn financed Shot! through a student organization called Cinemaguild.

The organization showed films on a weekly basis at two to three campus venues.

Kohn said he tried to sell Shot! at the Cannes film festival in France. “I figured I’d sell it to someChris Folkens, sophomore in LAS, stands in the third-floor body,” he said.

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English Building hallway that served as one of the three main settings for his movie "Triad."

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Words on the wall: Is nationalism racism?

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To my Vixen- Thanks for the letter, I feel the “chemistry” between us too!- LC DRZ (my night shift man)-You make 3 am worth seeing--You make my life bright, even when there is no sun outside...I love you and I will always stay up with you no matter what hours we work...Love-Your Night Shift Girl MWIL- I love hearing your sleepy dreamy voice before I fall asleep. Sweet Dreams Mark- You better mark me off on the people, I mean, things to do list Chris- You can didjeridoo me any time Mary- That shirt looks great on you. But it would look better on my bedroom floor.

Car Roll Mudra- you can rock my car whenever you wanna go for a ride ;-) Tom- It’s hot. what more can you say?

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Lee- It makes sense that your fine ass is going to be majoring in finance.

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re you the person I’m looking for? Did you make a brief notation on the wall of a local bathroom recently? I would presume that I am looking for a male; although, in a lot of places, you really cannot assume that the bathrooms are exclusive . If you used a black magic marker to write, “nationalism = racism,” then I’m looking for you.

I cannot say I completely agree or disagree with the analogy, but it got me thinking.

Although we could probably have an interesting discussion, I do not really expect to find them. He may never read this, or he may not be willing to admit to his petty crime.

Since I am resigned to the fact we will not have a face-to-face conversation, I will provide a response to the two-word statement.

Or, is it really a three-word statement? I do appreciate the analogy. In a sense, nationalism really is racism. I can think of more than a few times in the past when I have given thought to issues of immigration or trade.

“Wait, people are people.” What difference does mere geography make in the value of a human? And, are not the border-lines written in an arbitrary manner anyway? Why should the mere country of one’s birth determine one’s rights to education, welfare, and trade?

I suppose I also believe that nation-building

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is an inherent aspect of human behavior.

Nation-building is not very different than the building of the family unit. Humans must form bonds, first for survival, but also to improve their quality of life and to achieve happiness. Groups of some sort must be created, and those who are included and excluded must be determined somehow. In one sense, groups are built by finding people to divide labor and to specialize in certain tasks. Every group or family unit, every community or country, and even every athletic team needs an accountant, a planner, a leader, a comedian, a laborer, and someone with a shoulder to cry on. That’s why we form these complex relationships. Let me say this, I don’t think anyone would ever write “family=racism” on a bathroom wall. I suppose I don’t see a big difference between a nation and a family.

Think about athletic teams and competition. We root for the home team because of proximity and familiarity or we know someone on th eteam. There is nothing wrong with fair competition. In fact, our entire successful economic system is based upon competition.

Competition exists in spelling bees, in the Olympics, and even in international trade. In these contexts, there is nothing wrong with competing. Nor is there anything wrong with nationalism and even patriotism. At their core, these ideas are human nature and

essentials for success.

I wonder what they think about international trade. I can only surmise, which is another reason I would like to meet him, but I suspect he has deep reservations about it. The only thing I remember from the International Economics course I took in college is the “Law of Comparative Advantage.” In very basic terms, this law states both parties always benefit from internationatrade.

The real argument, however, concerns what exactly constitutes “fair” trade. Trade should benefit the parties socially and morally as well as economically,. There are many valid concerns regarding prices, labor, wages, human rights, and the environment.

However, blind opposition to international trade actually seems contrary to the writer’s intended point. Lack of trade actually maintains nationalistic boundaries. What better way is there to break down boundaries, than to trade goods and services and to share information and ideas? The more we trade and share, the more we break down the arbitrary barriers and border-lines, the more we actually get away from “nationalism” and move toward “internationalism” or “humanity.” Do we both not agree that is what we are after anyway?

Ken Pirok is a Champaign City Council member

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ARIES (March 21-April 19): Are you the kind of Aries who pushes on doors that have “pull” signs? Do you think it's a thrill to open cartons from the end that reads “open other end”? Do you love to drive in the carpool lane when you're alone in your car? If so, I hope I can convince you to use your rebellious energy more constructively. You're now in possession of the finest insurrectionary energy I've seen in many moons. Your brilliant disobedience could overthrow a status quo that's sorely in need of being replaced.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): A fresh fad has broken out among university students in China: drinking milk from baby bottles.

Psychologists decry this as regressive behavior, claiming it represents a subliminal yearning to return to childhood and avoid adult responsibilities. I suppose that may be true if it becomes habitual. But I'm going to recommend that you take up the practice for just one week, Taurus. Make it a ritual that helps you reclaim your innocence and see the world with the eyes of an unspoiled kid.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20): “I'm too frustrated to do what it would take to get myself unfrustrated.” Has a thought like that crossed your mind recently? I bet it has. Or how about this:“I'm too confused to figure out what questions I'd need to ask to clarify the issues.” Again, I'd be surprised if you haven't felt that way in the last few days. What to do about it? Here's my solution: Stop the world. Drop out of your trance. Run away to a sanctuary where you can make time stand still for a few days. Empty your mind, relax your ambitions, and steep yourself in primal silence.

CANCER (June 21-July 22): From a psychological and spiritual perspective, Cancerian, it's harvest time. The moment has come to reap the fruits you've sown since last July. Judging from my astrological analysis, I believe your yield will include an abundance of ripe beauties and just a few ripe uglies. And even those uglies could serve you well if used as fertilizer for your next round of planting, which is scheduled for the weeks after your birthday. (P.S. Here's my guarantee: If you don't rake in emotional riches very soon, I'll eat your shoe. In the unlikely event your harvest is paltry, send your shoe to me at P.O. Box 150628, San Rafael, CA 94915.)

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): “Sometimes the mountain is hidden from me in veils of cloud,” Denise Levertov wrote in her poem called “Witness.”“Sometimes I am hidden from the mountain in veils of inattention, apathy, fatigue, when I forget or refuse to go down to the shore or a few yards up the road, on a clear day, to reconfirm that witnessing presence.”This week, Leo, you're more likely to be hidden from the mountain than vice versa. If it happens, though, it won't be due to inattention, apathy, or fatigue, but because of your intense attunement to your own magnificence. This is not a bad thing in itself, of course, but it

will be if it keeps you from communing with the mountain.

Therefore, see if you can do both: Be an alert witness full of self-love.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): In New York last January, a talking carp began shouting religious advice in Hebrew to an Hispanic food preparer who was about to turn it into a meal. The restaurant owner came in to investigate the commotion and became a second witness to the event. The New York Times reported the story, and soon a local Hasidic sect was proclaiming the fish's message to be a direct communication from God. Though many people laugh with derision when they hear this tale, I retain an open mind. The Divine Trickster has appeared to me in equally unusual forms. No doubt you will share my perspective by the end of this week, Virgo. You're about to have a visitation that's maybe a little less mysterious than a talking fish, but not by much.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): I never dreamed that one day I'd have a pet wasp. But here she is, buzzing tenderly around my head as I compose this horoscope. I call her Scheherazade. She has been here three weeks. I lost all fear she would sting me after the first day, when she landed on me several times without incident.

She seems content with the food and drink I leave out for her, and I swear that now and then she performs aerial tricks for my entertainment. I love having this whirring ally around. Her presence leads me to imagine that I really have learned to get along with wild forces of nature without having to control or hurt them. I encourage you, Libra, to seek your own version of a wasp companion.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): Some people refer to me as an astrologer, novelist, or musician. Others call me a shaman, magician, or teacher. I don't mind their attempts to sum me up, but I never refer to myself by those terms. My business card says I'm an “Aspiring Master of Curiosity, Apprentice to Crazy Wisdom, and Macho Feminist.”Why? First, I don't want to get trapped in the elitist egotism that can arise from identifying with a label like “shaman.” Second, careerism is anathema to me.

I want the freedom to keep mutating and not be enslaved to my past accomplishments. Third, I never want my life to be defined by my job. Fourth, I claim the exclusive right to name and title myself. No one else can have that power. I recommend that you Scorpios experiment with a similar approach in the coming weeks.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): A British veterinarian nurse saved the life of a five-foot king snake a few weeks ago. While giving birth, Nipper stopped breathing, whereupon Claire Farina administered mouth-to-mouth resuscitation until the creature's respiration resumed. I'm not predicting that you will literally give the kiss of life to a serpent in the coming week,

Sagittarius, but I imagine you'll pull off the metaphorical equivalent. How, exactly, I can't say. Will you rescue a hissing slitherer? Will you expand your capacity to to express wild kindness?

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “If the wrong man uses the right means, the right means work in the wrong way,” says the ancient Chinese book, The Secret of the Golden Flower.

Conversely,“When the right man uses the wrong means, the wrong means work in the right way.”These thoughts, Capricorn, are all you need to succeed this week. You're free to come up with your own interpretation of their implications, but here's mine: High integrity and a noble purpose sometimes count for more than cleverness or skill.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Literary critic Harold Bloom believes Finnegans Wake was James Joyce's masterpiece -the closest thing our age has come to the genius of Shakespeare and Dante. Novelist Anthony Burgess called it “a great comic vision that makes us laugh aloud on nearly every page.” Yet when Joyce was writing the book, his wife Nora hated it, calling it “chop suey.” She asked him why he didn't make “sensible books that people can understand.” Joyce's patron, Harriet Weaver, also derided Finnegans Wake, saying it was a waste of his genius. Luckily, like many Aquarians, Joyce was mainly loyal to the little voices in his head, not the little voices outside of his head. Draw inspiration from his example in the coming week.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): To compensate for the fact that the amount of available time is steadily shrinking, I've intensified my multitasking. I now meditate while washing dishes. I pay bills and write poems and practice singing while stuck in traffic jams. I read the newspaper, surf the Web, make business calls, eat lunch, and organize my schedule while peddling my exercise bike. As a happy and unexpected result, my brain is definitely working better; I've gotten smarter. This regimen isn't for everyone, of course. But if you do have an interest in increasing your intelligence, Pisces, now is a perfect astrological moment to make it happen.

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Smoke Screens: My life’s choices

BY MICHAEL COULTER | CONTRIBUTING WRITER

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few years ago, 60 Minutes ran a story about cigarette smoking, but it wasn't your usual lung cancer/heart attack risk or the big tobacco companies are evil kind of thing.

Mike Wallace instead opted to give me some very disheartening news, that the extended smoking of cigarettes can lead to sexual dysfunction. Thanks CBS. Thanks for that big philosophical curveball. I love the sex, but damnit, I also love the cigarettes.

After looking deep in my heart, I could really only come to one conclusion, I'm doing both for as long as I can, but after that, I pick smoking.

Let's face it, I've smoked for several years in a row now without quitting for over 3 or 4 days, but sex, that I've sadly gone without for considerably longer than 3 to 4 days...um, painfully longer than 3 or 4 days. That's the thing, significant others will leave you, liquor will embarrass you, drugs can make you a moron, but the cigarette will always be there for you, asking nothing more than a mild cough in return.

Cigarettes will be there for a hungover morning, after a fine meal, as a time killer, or simply a tobacco-filled gold star at the end of the day that says “job well done.”

It's hard to say such things today.

First of all, you're now expected to be ashamed of your smoking habit even if you enjoy it (I'm trying very hard not to mention the Catholic church's stand on self gratification here).

Second of all, any time you speak of smoking you're instantly compared to some wrinkled, backward hillbilly from West Virginia, chain-smoking Camel non-filters during their breakfast of black coffee, 6 eggs, grits, and a pound of bacon. The rest of us fairly normal folks who smoke try to keep our mouths shut and go on with our lives.

It's a pain in the ass because of other people who won't go along with us.

The City of Chicago is now jumping on the liberty infringement bandwagon as they are trying to pass a law that will prohibit smoking not only in restaurants but also in bars.

If anything, I advocate getting rid of a lot of the laws we already have, not adding more.

In fact, if it were up to me, the United States would be nicknamed “The Big Amsterdam” and people would still be allowed to make decisions concerning themselves by them-

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That won't be the case this time.

Don't get me wrong, I'm an idiot, but not a complete one. I know smoking is bad for you and I sometimes wish I didn't smoke.

I even once tried to switch to a “healthier” natural cigarette, American Spirits, after learning of the addictive things big tobacco companies load their smokes up with. I had a few packs but then went back to my regular brand, realizing it was apparently the additives that I enjoyed most about the whole smoking process.

I know I'm addicted. I've gotten out of bed at four in the morning to go buy a pack of nicotine morsels. I've taped up a broken cigarette. I've even smoked a cigarette in Mexico that I believe was made of dung.

All of those actions were my decisions and I stand by them, with the exception of the manure cigarette one. Sure, I'm killing myself with smoke, but some would argue I'm also killing others with it.

That may be, but where do we stop?

Are we going to outlaw guns? We haven't yet. Hell, Robert Blake even carries one to restaurants with him.

What about big oil companies? It seems like they're responsible for killing quite a few people lately since we have decided to fight wars on their behalf. I bet they'll still be around.

The smokers are easy to abuse though because they've be training us to be ashamed of ourselves for years now. They say it smells and that it is dirty, all the while trying not to make us think of how cool James Dean, Robert Mitchum, and Bette Davis looked with one hanging from their mouths. They've kicked us out of our office buildings, hotel rooms, and aerobics classes. Bars are already the last place of refuge for the a lot of us and now they want that, too.

I can certainly understand that nonsmokers (or as my mother calls them, pussies) don't want to breathe my discarded smoke, particularly when they're eating, but that to me isn't the really big question. I wonder how much longer we are going to allow governments to take away your personal freedoms. The Supreme Court is currently considering honing down the Miranda warning, freedom of

Sex, that I've sadly gone without for considerably longer than 3 to 4 days...um, painfully longer than 3 or 4 days.

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religion now only counts if it's a particular religion, and journalists aren't allowed to cover a war unless they're on the “right” side. All I'm saying is give them an inch and they'll take a mile.

What if the same people who find smoking offensive decide they also find alcohol offensive? Well, you may not drink or smoke, so that might be okay with you, but it won't stop there. They may find bowling offensive and force people to build underground lanes. Football could be deemed too violent and we'd be forced to have midnight games on backlots outside of town.

What if these people came along and said they were against adultery, blasphemy, and homosexuality (I know, they already have and they're called Christians, but play along).

We can no longer allow some of the people to inflict their values of right and wrong on the rest of the people.

Don't just take my word for it though.

Fran Lebowitz once said, “Smoking is, as far as I'm concerned, the entire point of being an adult. Many people find smoking objectionable. I myself find many-even more-

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Football could be deemed too violent and we'd be forced to have midnight games on backlots outside of town.

things objectionable. I do not like aftershave lotion, adults who roller-skate, children who speak French, or anyone who is unduly tan. I do not, however, go around enacting legislation and putting up signs.”

I couldn't agree more.

Michael Coulter is a videographer at Parkland College and a bartender at Two Main. He writes a weekly email column, “This Sporting Life” and has hosted several local comedy shows.

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