HAPPENINGS. SUNDAY HIGHLIGHT The Russian and East European Studies department presents a festival of Yiddish culturg today with free films, lectures, dramatic readings, folk music and a reception. Herbert Paper will speak on "The Yiddish Language: Mirror of a People," at 1 p.m., Rackham Amphitheater. At 2:30 p.m., there will be dramatic readings and Yiddish music in the Rackham's fourth floor Assembly Hall. There will be a reception at 4 p.m. in Rackham's West Conference Room and two films Mamele, and Yidl Mitn Fidl will be shown at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium 4, MLB. FILMS Mediatrics-Song of the South, Wackiki Wabbit (short), MLB 3, 3:15, 5, 7 p.m. Cinema I-Don Giovanni, Aud. A, Angell, 8 p.m. Cinema Guild-Exterminating Angel, 7:30 p.m:, Viridiana, 9:05 p.m., Lorch Ball. PERFORMANCES Office of Major Events-Concert, Kenny Rogers, Crisler Arena, 7 p.m. For info call 763-2071. Office of Major Events-Concert, Bob Dylan, Hill Auditorium, 8 p.m. For info, call 763-2071. School of Music-Faculty Piano Recital, Lynne Bartholomew, Recital Hall, 4 p.m. School of Music-Violin Recital-Robert Gillespie, Recital Hall, 8 p.m. PTP-Wings, Lydia Mendelssohn, 2 p.m. For info, call 764-0450. UAC Musket-Fiddler on the Roof, Power Center, 2 p.m. Ark-Concert, Bernardo Palombo, 1421 Hill, 7:30 p.m. Canterbury Loft-"Ladies at the Alamo," 3, 8p.m., 332S. State MISCELLANEOUS iichifish Synchronized Swim Clinic, Margaret Bell Pool, CCRB, 6-8 p.m. Armenian Church Service-"Badarak," St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, 414 N. Main, 3 p.m. For info, call 994-5611. , Guild House-potluck Brunch and Graduate Women's Network meeting, 802 Monroe, noon. Gay Discussion Group-A discussion on gay relationships, Guild House, 802 Monroe, 6 p.m. Museum of Art-Sunday tour, Frankie Simonds, "A Docent's choice: Selected Works in the'Museum Collection," 2 p.m. Jewish Grad Students Veggie Potluck Dinner, 801 E. Huron #5, 5:30 p.m. Jewish Cultural Assoc. of East Quad, -Deli Dinner with Sylvia Hacker, "Getting in touch with your own sexuality before messing around with somebody else's," East Quad, 6 p.m. Israeli Folk Dancing, Hillel, 7-10 p.m. Family Sunday Funday-Kayak Club Demonstration and participation, NCRB, 2-5 p.m. Women's Community Center Benefit, continual bunch and live music with Karen Bottomley, Kathy Lindsey and Alice Tite, Guild House, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Amnesty International-general meeting, Michigan Union Conference Room 5,7 p.m. For info call761-3639 or 994-6552. Kelsey Museum of Archaeology-Gallery Talk, Laurie McCoy, "Vaults of Memory: Jewish and Christian Imagery in the Catacombs of Rome," 2p.m. MONDAY HIGHLIGHT The Center for Continuing education of Women is sonsoring a panel disc nrn, New ifrectiois in Communications," Monday from 1:30 th 3:30 p.m. in Rackham's East conference room. Participants include: Hazen Schumacher, director of Broadcasting and Media Services; Barbara Bryant, group vice president, market opinion research; Marion Marzolf, associate communications professor; and Tavi Fulkerson, area media talent. The School of Public Health is holding a presentation and discussion on "The Infant Formula Controversy" Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at the School of Public Health auditorium. The key, speaker will be Dr. Stephen Joseph, who recently resigned from his position with the Agency for International Development in response to the United States' refusal to adopt guidelines for the marketing of infant formula products in the Third World. FILMS Union of Concerned Scientists-War Without Winners, 7:30 p.m., The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb, 8 p.m., MLB 3. Cinema Guild-The Land, Lorch Hall, 8 p.m. CFT- Pather Panchali, Michigan Theater, 4, 7, 9p.m. SPEAKERS' Medical Care Organization - Bernard Bloom, "Historic Attempts to Measure Quality of Care: 1000 AD to the Present," Rm. 3001, SPH I, 3 p.m. LSA-Prof. Starr, "Xenophon," Rackham Amphitheater, 8 p.m. Near Eastern and North African Studies-Brown Bag Lec., Belinda Khalayly, "Akkadian Verbal Stems: A Phonological Analysis," Commons Rm., Lane Hall, noon. Chem.-Colloquium, Arno Spatola, "Approaches Toward the Synthesis of Orally Active Polypeptide Hormones-Analogs of Luteinizing Hormone Releasing Hormone, Leucine Enkephalin and Related Brain Peptides," Rm. 3005, Chen,, 4 p.m., Sem., P. Douglas Williams, "Bonding Approaches to the Rationalization of Metal Carbonyl Cluster Shapes," Rm., 1200, Chem., 4 p.m. CRLT-Joseph Lipson, "Personal Computers and Shared-Info Systems in Teaching and Scholarly Worl-Impact of New Technology in College Teaching-and Learning," 3:10-5 p.m. ME&AM/ Mathematics-Joseph Whitesell, "Power Series and Continued Fractions in Design, 329 W. Eng., 4:10 p.m. Computer Center-Tom Valerio, "Symbolic Debugging System," B120 MLB, 3:30 -5 p.m. Women's Network-Regent Nellie Varner will discuss women's issues. Michigan League, Rooms 4 and 5, noon to 1:30 p.m. MEETINGS { Christian Science Organ.-Rm 3909 Union, 7:15 p.m. United Students for Christ-Union, 7 p.m. United Jewish Appeal, Hatikvah campaign kickoff meeting, East Quad Anderson Room, 10 p.m. For info, call 761-8045. SACUA-4025 Fleming Ad. Bldg., 2 p.m. Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living-monthly meeting, Ann Arbor Moose Lodge, 390 South Maple, 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. For Info, call 971-0227. College Democrats-Mass meeting, Welker Rm., Michigan union, 7:30 p.m.For info call 662-9336. PERFORMANCES- Eclipse Jazz-Weekly workshop on Jazz Improvision by David Swain, Union Assembly Hall, 8:30 -10 p.m. School of Music-Bartok Centennial Series-Fifty (last) program of the complete solo piano music: Recital Hall, 8 p.m. MISCELLANEOUS ARTS The Michigan Daily Sunday, November 8, 1981 Page 3 Dylan's slow train comes in By James Clinton OET, TROUBADOR, vocalist, political activist, born again Christian-Bob Dylan is all of the above, and in rare appearances last night and tonight he is bringing his con- siderable talent to Hill Auditorium.- The mercurial Dylan, who in the past 20 years has demonstrated an almost uncanny knack for continually reinven- ting himself, in the process has created a mystique that defies categorization. Not since the poet Rimbaud said "I is another" has an artist of stature been able to divorce his personna from his art. Dylan's experiments with musical forms have run the gamut from early folk ballads to the protest anthems that so effectively mirrored the turbulent 60s, to the hard rock of his halcyon days with The Band, to the current gospel sound that espouses his recent conver- sion to Christianity. In the mid-60s Dylan followers bor- dered on the fanatical. At the time, he was at the height of his own romantic notion of himself artistically and was producing masterpieces with startling regularity. Along with John Lennon, he was among the first significant artists to make a dent in the new con- sciousness. Dylan incorporated irony, surrealistic metaphors, and a poetic in- terplay that signalled at once his own despondency and the disillusionment of the country itself regarding the war, racism, and the dismal failure of John- son's "Great Society." Unfortunately, his energy, mystique, and imagistic ability quickly elevated him from the cult status to that of the "new Messiah." He was never comfor- table with this role, and was quick to repudiate it by moving away from the mainstream and into a tranquil domesticity. The early Dylan had exhibited a disdain that explained his retreat, "Don't follow leaders ... " Now at 40, Dylan speaks for himself and-despite the lack of political pronouncements-he remains an artist of diversity and complexity, still true to his voice. Forget the scathing criticism of the 'born again' Dylan. To be sure, Saved was didactic and compared to his earlier work, a fact Dylan himself agrees with; he virtually ignored it in last summer's concert at Pine Knob. If that show is indicative of the material he'll play tonight, one can expect to hear the bulk of Slow Train Coming (a very underrated album that is better served on stage than on vinyl). Since Dylan is a complex artist of many moods with a large repertoire, capable of anything on any given night, it becomes difficult to speculate about the content. But it's safe to assume that he'll juxtapose the old classics with Slow Train. Some surprises will no doubt surface; at Pine Knob this summer he did a great cover of Dave Mason's "We Just Disagree." The new album, Shot of Love will in all likelihood be represen- ted by "Every Grain of Sand"-an ex- traordinary piece providing evidence that Dylan has retained the lyrical facility that is his hallmark. He will also probably draw from the new album an intriguing ballad for Lenny Bruce. Lenny was bad/he was the brother you never had, says this song, reminiscent of the Joey Gallo and Ruben Carter ballads on the Desire album. It continues the genre, and Dylan's fascination with outlaws and martyrs. Cast aside any preconceived notions you might have about the new "Born Again" Dylan. The criticism he's received of late has been dispropor- tionate to the entire context of his work, and Dylan himself has realigned his priorities and discarded much of the proselytizing that marred Saved. Dylan brings with him to Hill a great band, including Ronnie Hawkins and Jim Keltner, the legendary drummer who dominates the rhythm section. Look for a very professional show with a heightened emphasis on the old standards. Dylan at 40 is totally com- fortable on stage; his voice remains idiosyncratic, but it's bereft of the snarl that characterized his earlier perfor- mances. While Dylan no longer writes lines like 'the ghost of electricity howls in the bones of her face', he still sings them with passion and clarity, and Y 6 S -pa -p '. S M l CHP- d'D Sa King Crimson holds court once again By Bill Brown NOW I DON'T know about you, but the ido ,morrow night's K ig Crimson cofje at Detroit's Nitro sAids shivers .dowp s iy spine. Their afums aes'o frighteningly intense.. Starless and Bible Black always used to remind me of this edition of Franken- stein I owned when I was a kid. The book had this drawing of the monster on the cover which scared the living hell out of me. But I couldn't bring myself to just throw the book away; I hid it under the sofa and always knew it was there. In the five years during which the band was together (1969 to 1974), King Crimson let fly some of the most driving, nasty sounds ever made by human beings. The basic Crimson sound was like a tortured nerve of Heavy Metal, made to twitch in odd meters and intricate snycopation. Starting with the knowledge that we live in what is actually a very dangerous world, King Crimson songs used to tell stories about parlor games; they were full of suspense, excitement, logic, cruelty and madness. These stories, like Frankehstein, are children's fairy tales told for adults. It has indeed been a long seven years since guitarist/composer/leader Robert Fripp officially disbanded the, group "forever.' Crimson itself was largely ignored during its existence and now, in oh-so-post-punk 1981, the band is memorable only in its absence. (More than just memorable, King Crimson is missed and needed by the few die-hard fans who remain loyal.) Fripp, nothing if nobody's fool, realizes that a reunited King Crimson could now be a profitable commercial venture. So he has quickly assembled a superstar band comprised of himself, former Crimson percussionist Bill Bruford, guitarist Andrew Belen, and+ bassist Tony Levin. He booked a Stateside tour, helped throw Discipline together, and went into print explaining it all with The Diary of the Return of King Crimson. But oh, never mind, you rocky horror fans; if the new King Crimson deigns to play "Larks' Tongues, Pt. II," that alone will be worth the price of ad- mission. 1 ~..\- - 51-4 4't -4-- Daily Classifieds Bring Results Bill of Rights At this time I know of no other musical ensemble that combines, as these superlative musicians do, the deep concern, musical perception, and faultless realization of all they play." -- The Washington Post ArtiCle 1: The Right to Throttle a Bottle. Longnecks Cheap! / . K.9 (I 9 Every Monday Night( Article IT You are Required to Register for the Draft Good Time Charley Wants You! Draft Board Refills 500 Every Tuesday Night / N Richard Stoltzman, clarinet Fred Sherry, cello Theodore Arm, violin and viola Ik-Hwan Bae, violin and viola Ida Kavafian, violin and viola Program Mozart: Divertimento for String Trio in E-flat major, K. 563 Husa: Evocation de Slovaquie Weber: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 34 Sunday, Novcnber.15, at 4:00 ackI Auditorium Tickets at $8.50, $7.00, $5.50 Article III: The Wild Life Preservation Act of 1981. 'Save the Gators' Your Gator Drinks for Free! Gator Night When Wearing an Aligator on a Piece of Clothing You Get Two Drinks For the Price of One! Every Wednesday Night Article IV An Act Soon to be World Famous! Pitcher Night L' in y iri 1*4 I