Page Ten THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, January 1, 1969 PBeTeiHEMCHGNlAL fill 4 a UNION-LEAGUE January 25-February 8 ARETHA FRANKLIN 1/25 Special Events Building, 8:30 "Aretha Franklin is Lady Soul" -TIME CLIVE BARNES 1/26 Union Ballroom, 2:00 Drama-Dance critic N.Y. TIMES "I prefer that people think I'm an idiot rather than use me as a sponge, squeezing me into their brain. Don't treat critics seriously. Treat them as amiable springboards." LES LEVINE'S ENVIRONMENT (on display entire festival) 3C Union "The greatest advantage of environ- mental art is that it can be free from visual attitudes and related much more to something that is devoid of content per se; but completely charged with experimental vitality." -Les Levine DIONYSUS IN '69 1/26, 1727 8:30 Union Ballroom "Dionysus in '69 is a striking example of environmental thebtre." -VILLAGE VOICE CHRYSSA Union Assembly Room, 7:00 Forerunner of a new breed of artists and creator of the poster for CAP of '69 THE ONCE GROUP 2 7,2/8 League Ballroom, 8:30 ". .my own idea is that this is one of the most interesting and provocative theatre groups in the country." -Jill Johnston MARISOL 2/6 Trueblood Aud., 8:00 "She combines painting, drawing, sculpture, found objects, etc. into monuments of witty presence." -Lawrence Campbell MARTA MINUJIN 2/'7 Aud. B, 7:00 "If it isa function of art to telus something about our lives-to reveal truth, if necessary by exaggerating, -l had 40 minutes worth of art from the 'Minucode.'" -William K. Zinsser STANLEY KAUFFMAN 2/5 Arch. Aud., 7:00 Film critic of the NEW REPUBLIC will review "How I Won The War," starring John Lennon, following its showing. JOHN PERREAULT 2/4 Aud. A, 7:30, 9:00 The audience is given the opportunity to immerse themselves in both the aural and visual environment of the poet. 4 b "Anyone who wants to know where modern theatre is is going to have to see it." NEW YORK TIMES THE EAST BOUND MOUND 1 '28 Union Ballroom Combining guitars, drums, organ, and drama, The East Bound Mound creates a living theater. BLACK POETS FESTIVAL 1 /28 League Snack Bar 8:00 P.M. "... poetry gives a beat to my breathing- to the rhythm of my life as a black man in America." -Xavier Nicholas ROBIN KENYATTA AND THE AFRICAN PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE 30 Union Ballroom, 7:30 "...he is both in step with the present jazz avant-garde and sufficiently out of step to have an identity of his own." -John S. Wilson NEW YORK TIMES MORLEY MARKSON 1 30 7:00-12:00, Union Ballroom "A new multi-screen, multi-sound controlled and random projection piece called 'America Simultaneous.'" SECOND CITY 2 3 Trueblood Aud., 7:00;9:30 this show is a return to faith in the infinite laughter, sadness, and terror contained in human beings; the revue becomes at once, more universal and more topical than any other in recent history." --Christiansen CHICAGO DAILY NEWS DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK 2 2 Hill Aud., 8:00 "His failing, if it is one, has always been that he has understood the young and empathized with them." -NEW YORK TIMES $ 4; THE BELIEVERS 2 1 Hill Aud., 8:30 I ernCir ir C!TC EAD rNF F~gTIVAI 11