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1KW entertainment In case you haven? complex like Toronto’s yet, ‘Kitchenerno t iced Cinepl-ex was planned at one Waterloo is not exactly u time for downtown KitchenculturoI copitoIof the world; ” er, but city council vetoed it it’s .more like a wasteland. on the grounds that they The University is the main feared porno films would be ten tre for entertainment, shown there. That’s outside of hockey, OktoberKitchener-Waterloo for you.) fest, and similar disasters. There used to be an alternate-film theatre in The much-discussed Waterloo, but that Building is Centre in the Square, an arts now the home of the Majestic centre slated ‘for completion famed for its in 1980, may someday be able theatre, to draw more high-quality pathetic miniscule-budget porno flicks (with all the little dance, music and theatre euents to the community. In men sitting huddled with their hands in the pockets of their the meantime, though, short of heading off to Toronto or oversized raincoats.. .) _ The Gorge Cinema in Montreal, there. are some Elora (20 possibilities, euen here, for lovely commercial miles northeast of here) enthusiasts of the performing features older and specialarts... interest films, along with Theatre From May to October, the some newer films to help pay the rent. Among the Stratford Festival Theatre company offers the finest September shows: A Streetcar Named Desire drama productions in the September 5,1984September area, mainly from Shakes6, Julia September 21-2, and peare and other “classic” Rocky Horror September 28 authors-Chekhov, Ibsen, 30. Garcia Lorca. Technical On campus, there is the standards are high, as are weekly Cinema Gratis (free ticket prices (be& seats $12.50 and $14.50, $5 for films in the CC great hall, sometimes very good ones) some general-admission and the Fed Flicks in AL 116 shows in the small experimenevery weekend. September tal Third Stage). Closer to home, there’s not features Lord of the Rings (Sept. 7-9), Invasion of the much. There is no permanent theatre in the area (except at Body Snatchers (Sept. 14-16) Coming Home (Sept. 21-23) the University) with the result that plays are always being and Heaven Can Wait (Sept. 28-30). Go early if you want a performed in ridiculous seat. places like Victoria Park The Arts Centre also Pavillion, which has horrendous, acoustics and a sponsors an international film series, now in its third year. tawdry abandoned-building Among the films to be shown feeling to it. K-W Little are The Maltese Falcon, Theatre puts on its Bergman’s Smiles of a productions here-mostly Night, Throne of sex comedies,farces and Summer Blood (a Japanese Macbeth), musicals, with the occasional attempt at a “serious” play It Came from Outer Space in Was my like Hedda Gabler thrown in. 3-D, How Tasty a Brazillian The Arts Centre offers a Little Frenchman, film about cannibalism, and four-play theatre series this of the Revolution, year. The works are: Noel Bonaparte one of the world’s great silent Coward’s Blithe Spirit, a films. Also shown with each spoof of spiritualism, from the feature-length film is a short Shaw Festival, Billy Bishop subject, some of which are Goes to War, about the really dreadful. Canadian World War II’flying Prices are reasonable: a $2 ace, from Toronto’s Tarragon initial membership fee plus Theatre, Phoenix Theatre’s $1.50 per night, or the whole sex-filled restoration comedy, eleven-film series for $12 ($10 The Relapse, and William for students). Windom in a one-man show based on the works of James Classical Musii: Thurber. Fans of ‘classical music are Series tickets for these lucky: they have a fair range plays can be purchased for and number of events to $28 (students $22) but the choose from; series is expected to sell out The K-W Chamber Music very soon. A fifth production, Society offers a major series, Paper Wheat, from the 25th including the Stratford Street House Theatre in Ensemble (the resident Saskatoon, is also scheduled. chamber group), the Alban There are a few other plays Berg String Quartet from produced by high schools Austria, the Dalart trio (you know what those are (pianists) and Anton Kuerti, like), the Drama Group at the whose Beethoven concerts _University and other groups. were -a big success last year. Usually, though, the best bet Tickets for all ten of the is Toronto, if you’re looking events offered cost $39 ($28 for high-quality, year-round for students). Tickets can theatre. also be bought in a variety of Film combinations (5 piano All the movie theatres in concerts’ for $25, students Kitchener-Waterloo, except $19, for example) and there are also four music/dinner for the Odeon and OdeonHyland, are owned by events and three baroque Premier Theatres, with the concerts planned. result that when one film The K-W Symphony changes, they all change at, features pianist Ronald once. Also, the same shows Turini, violinist Gerard tend to hang around forever, Kantarjian, cellists Ifan while certain types-foreign Williams and Vladimir Orloff, and art films particularlyviolist Tom Wermuth, oboist run for three days -or never Richard Dorsey, clarinetist come at all. J. A. Martin Victor Sawa, Narciso Yepes has not yet played here. _ playing the lo-string guitar he (Incidentally, - a cinema invented, the National Arts
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Centre Orchestra,‘ and a number of guest conductors. Canadian Brass will also appear, and an evening with Monica Gaylord, a. pianist, will “evoke the supernatural,” whatever that means. The Symphony is also responsible’ for three Oktoberfest pops concerts, a Viennese ball, and appearances by the K-W Youth Orchestra directed by Jacqueline Richard. Prices vary but are quite reasonable, The Arts Centre offers a music series including Andre Gagnon, 18 Wheels, a musical about truckers, guitarist Liona Boyd and a Canadian folk band,Stringband, all for $24 (students $18). An odd mixture... There’s also a jazz ,series for $17.50 (students $13) and an English version of Rossini’s opera Cinderella for $10.50 (students $9). Last year, the Univer~ popular music program under Alfred Kunz was swept away amid much publicity, petitioning, and criticism from fans and participants. That’s cutbacks for you.. .Conrad Grebel, *one of the church colleges, has taken over the program and feels it will be able to offer just as much this year. We’ll see. Conrad Grebel is to organize- three choirs, all with members accepted by audition. The first meeting is tentatively scheduled for September 6. Call Conrad Grebel for more details. The University choir, with 60 or more voices, will perform Vivaldi’s Gloria under the direction of Leonard Enns. Wilbur Maust will be organizing a chamber choir of about 20 voices to do early music-madrigals, cantatas, etc. A chapel choir made up of people associated with Conrad Grebel sings in the chapel and in other churches’ at Sunday services. The music directors hope students will join to form small special-interest groups through the music department. There will be a concert band under the direction of George Holmes. As in the past, there will be a free noonhour recital series every second Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., in the Theatre of the Arts or at Conrad Grebel. The music department also plans at least two- major concerts, as-well as choir performances in co-operation with the K-W Symphony. Rock Music/Concerts Kitchener-Waterloo is notorious as the place where bands say they will come but never do, as Queen didn’t a few years back and Bob Seger more recently. The Memorial Auditorium (a blot in the landscape) is only one of the reasons why; it’s pretty lowclass, even as hockey arenas go. Kiss comes here, as does Supertramp; Genesis and Emerson, Lake and Palmer showed their faces a couple of years ago, but that’s about it. Fortunately, Toronto is not too far away... * Sometimes there are fairly decent bands like Chilliwack or Hott Roxx at some of the local hotels. Not often, though-mostly it’s pure
schlock. The Feds offer pubs at the overly-formal, hard-to-reach Waterloo Motor Inn: Downchild Sept. 12, Crawford Sept. 13, Segarini Sept. 14, David Wilcox Sept. 20, Teenage Head Sept. 27. Attendance varies widely at these pubs and’. you never know what to expect. Entrance prices are often much too high. During Orientation, there will be a number of free concerts at noon in the Orientation tent, beginning Sept. 10. Two major Fed-sponsored concerts are scheduled for the PAC-Max Webster and FM September 13 and Burton Cummings Sept. 20. Seating and acoustics in the PAC If you want high class entertainment you might have to go to Toronto. leave something to be desired Here Steve Martin plays a full house at Maple Leave Gardens late and you never know when July. “Come on, let’s get out of here..:iet’s go to K-Mart!” you’ll be kept waiting outside for an hour (as when The Arts Centre’s dance. September to May. AdmissHarmonium’ appeared last series is not as outstanding as ion is free. year) but the concerts There is an art gallery on last year’s, but about halfthe sometimes go over well, have already been Benton Street near King in tickets though they seldom make downtown Kitchener, but it’s sold. Toronto dance theatre, money. offshoot of the not always up to much. Fall a touring Bolshoi ballet, the ContemArt exhibits include Inuit art, porary. Dancers from There are quite a few shops Germanic art, and eastern Winnipeg, and Montreal’s Les in this area where you can buy / Canadian folk art, as well as Ballets Jazz will be featured. shows by individual artists. art, but very few galleries Series tickets are $26 ($20,for where you can simply look at ;+ Dance , students). IL. The community has its own The Dance department is The ubiquitous Arts Plus sponsoring a 12-week series Centre has a tiny gallery in the dance gr,oup, Dance which performs of hour-long discussions and foyer of the Theatre of fhe Four, dance performances, Arts with exhibits changing ‘sporadically but often quite including Indian dance, every month. A highlight of well. There’s also a repertory within the Renaissance dance, child: this year is an exhibit of 140 dance company dance department (which ren’s dance, and a showing of paintings and prints by Polish the film of the ballet of Romeo children, now on display in does an annual showcase) and JZet. Theseries-costs Toronto. the Renaissance dancers, and $12 in advance or $1.50 for Gallery hours ’ are’ 9-4 a delightful group called individual performances. Carousel, which performs for Monday to Friday all year, I---
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