THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pac Fiv Pne' IA FLG V. McRae speaks at 'reel world' TONIGHT ! Univerity Players present BRECHT'S the secon& By ELIZABETH PYPA Meredith McRae, most famous for her role in "Petticoat Junc- tion," yesterday attacked the Hollywood industry in its discrim- ination against women behind the camera instead of in front of it. The actress's informal discus- sion was part of the five-day film festival, "Women in the Reel World," held in the Physics- Astronomy Building. Speaking of her years at Betty Jo, she said, "In order to get where you want to go, you have to take certain jobs for money. In "Petticoat Junction" we were just three pretty girls who were window dresing, hav- ing no -minds, just having to smile. Thank God I've progressed from there." Ms. McRae is currently invol- ved in the California organiza- tion, Women in Film, which striv- es to place women in jobs that ordinarilyare filled by men, namely, producing and directing. A recent success involved plac- ing one of their members as productions assistant in Motown Productions. Women are more and m o r e turning to independent filmmak- ing, she said, but getting some- one to budget a film nrodiced by a woman "is just awful." Meredith McRae speaks from the experience of being consid- ered second banana to her hus- band, an equal partner in the production of their film, "Echo of the Massacre." "People would call," she said, "And ask to speak to Greg. I'd tell them, 'Look, I know as much about this thing as Greg. If there's anything I can do . ." Their insistence killed the hell out of me." With the money from her film, an anti-war story of a psychotic ex-POW, Ms. McRae hopes to build "our own little film em- pire" giving jobs to many unem- ployed actor friends. "What I've done," she declar- ed, "and all I really want to do is be a filmmaker." 8 P.M. POWE R CENTER Tickets available at Power Center box office Hours: 1 p.m.-5 p.m.; 6 p.m.-Curtain For information call: 763-3333 Daily Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI Meredith McRae Daily Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI Medie al music John Mardinly performs in a lute recital held yesterday in Cook Room, Law Quad, as part of the Medieval, Renaissance Colleguim. Mardinly is a graduate student in engineering and has performed professionally in New York. Ensemble features. upcoming composers y Guild features ranage and beauty of weaving By SARA RIMER If you connect weaving with the pot holders you used to make in first grade or the macrame samples hawked on the Diag in warm months, you are in for a magnificient awakening at the Ann Arbor Handweavers Guild's North Campus Commons Exhibition. Thirty-two women are displaying 73 works until Feb . 28 that demonstrate the enormous range and beauty of weaving. From vibrantly colored rugs to startling tapestries, the collection easily transcends the ordinary samples one usually finds in shops and galleries. The Ann Arbor Guild was begun in 1956 with 17 members meeting in each other's homes. The group expanded to 53 and now meets in the Ann Arbor Art Association for special pro- grams and workshops with prominent weavers. Membership is limited to "working weavers" of Washtenaw County who must submit two specimens to join the guild. Ages vary as widely as the works on display. The young- est members are of high school age while the oldest active member, Blanche Griffitts, is in her 80's. The Leno and Spanish lace techniques that she employs in her delicate, all-white Leno lace sampler display sensitivity and skill that only age can have refined. Hawkins, who learned her craft at the age of 50, believes that the person's character is more important than their age in disposing them towards weaving. "It does take time and pa- tience," she admits. "Many young people who are initially en- thusiastic discover they'd rather be potters than weavers. Pottery takes a lot less time." Hawkins describes Ann Arbor as "an outstanding town for weaving." She cites the Street Fair, which brings in people from all over the country, as important in sparking interest. With 14 guilds making up the state league, Michigan is, in her words, "an enormous state for weaving." Laymen love to ask weavers, "How long does it take you to d6 that?" Hawkins rebuffs the question impatiently, "It's im- possible to say how long." Smiling, she adds, "A weaver would By JEFF SELBST There are all kinds of great musical events on campus, and some of the best of them are free. The Contemporary Direc- tions Ensemble presents a free concert this evening at 8 p.m. in Rackham Auditorium. The Contemporary Directions (CD) series, devoted to perform- ances of works by both estab- lished and upcoming composers, is an outgrowth of the Com- poser's Forum series, which was begun in 1948 and features works ,by composition majors at the University. In 1968, two years after the creation of the CD series, the Rockefeller Fondation awarded the largest single grant ever given a music school expressly for the purpose of subsidizing the concerts. Performers were taken from among the perfirmance majors on a vol"ntary basis, a id a stipend was given them for each time thev appeared. When the gr-nt r)n out in 1972, the ' . semhk' was born. Now performance majors can elect Cl) E isemble for credit as they would any other ensemble, and play for any of the concerts as they are needed. DIAL 668-6416 1214 S. UNIVERSITY Sat., Sun., & Wed. Promptly at 1, 3, 5, 7, & 9 p.m. Thur. & Fri. at 7 & 9 only Prof. George Wilson, acting head of the composition depart- ment, sees a lot of good coming out of the concerts. For one thing, the students' works receive exposure. Also, since each work is recorded as it is performed, the graduating composer will have a portfolio to take with him and aid in his employment later. Another e q u a I1 y important thing, he said, is that "it gives them a sense of the give-and- take involved in writing music to be performed. When a com- poser works with the performers who will be playing his piece, an awareness of the problems of performance enter into the writ- ing." In his cubicle office David Robbins, conductor of the CD Ensemble, described tonight's program. The concert contains works by the University compo- sition and theory department staffs. It also has a piece by Wilson, one by himself, and a piece by Prof. William Bolcom, entitled "Dream Music No. 2," a piece with a definite jazz sound. "There's something for every- one there." "CH1LOE IN THE AFTERNOON' IS DAZZLING! A mature, immensely entertaining movie!" -WILLIAM WOLF, Cue "Rohmer's 'Chloe' is bea'utiful! "Rohmer's 'Chloe' is a comedy Extraordinarily alive! A con- of very funny, complex con- start pleasure to watch!" tradictions between action and -ARCHER W INSTEN, word, image and sound. Im- N.Y, Post mensely erotic." -VINCENT CANBY, "Aglow with atmosphere and New York Times ambience. Beautiful cinema- " 'Chloe' is among the greatest tography-all of it by the bril- liant mind of the filmmaker." cinema." -JUDITH CRIST, -BERNARD DREW, New York Magazine Gannett News Service "A warm, witty, sophisticated "Undoubtedly one of the films comedy about love and com- most w o r t h seeing in New mitment." York!" --JOSEPH GLEMIS, -MOLLY HASKELL, Newsday Village Voice Chloie i. the Selected to open the 10th New York A Film Festival (ENGLISH SUBTITLES) TONIGHT-FEB. 9 Aiiditoiiiin A-Angell Hall MICHIGANCe PREMIERECne a1 Daily Photo by KAREN KASMAUSKI Reflections of weaving tell you many happy hours." The exhibit's works range from serviceable rugs and blankets to hangings and tapestries that border on the surreal. The com- pletely outfitted chair named appropriately "A Victorian Win- ter, A Chair to Wear," appeals to anyone suffering energy cut- backs in a cold climate. It requires only a blazing fire to rock near. An attached photo shows the weaver, Lois Kane, warmly wrapped in the accompanying shawl, comfortably esconced in the chair's thick, handwoven cushions. Its upholstery construct- ed mostly of wool with small quantities of mohair, polyester, syn- thetic and metallic fibers, the chair comes complete with wash- ing instructions. As Hawkins explains, "Sometimes just need itself will bring forth something." Her son's waterbed led her to weave a beau- tiful cover with an undulating pattern of blue and green ripples and waves. Practicality also inspired her three hanging chess sets. They can be easily packed up and taken anywhere. Other works abandon practicality for an art approach. Le- nore Lamsa's "Cross-Section," is a bold wall rug that represents a tomato in the peak of ripeness. She employs the painstaking technique of rya knots to create the tomato's rich core. Hawkins laughingly reveals the woman's future plans for the "inside of a lamprey's mouth." Mary Lou Waller's woven sculpture with fur hangs in an in- teresting combination of voids and solids. Equally provocative is Margaret Thompson's "White Cloud." Dangling airily from the ceiling in a puffy arrangement of metallic, white, and blue fibers, it is a snow cloud designed from a chld's fantasy. One is tempted to reach out a tentative hand to fully explore the exhibit's works. Hawkins smiles when asked if the works can be touched. She admits, "When we go to exhibits at the Detroit Institute, one of us distracts the guard, while the rest of us go up and touch the work. Of course, I don't know about kids with ice-cream cones, but you have to touch." Touching is essential in distin- gushing between the different textures which range from soft mohairs to stiff woven rugs. The exhibit's works suit strikingly different environments. Of Danielson's "Ad-Infi Knot- Im" a dark brown rope macrame.a room divider incorporating burnished pieces of wood, Natalie Mc- Minn, the North Campus Commons supervisor, remarks, "I imagined that in a beach house. It's all sailors' knots, water, and sand." Doris Loftis' "Douglas' Square," a natural handspun wool throw would add a handsome touch to a rustic mountain home. 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