ARTS r+g-P n 5 he Michigan Daily. Thursday, November12, 1981 rage a ,w promising magazine Hot Coffee; various theater By RJ Smith productions hobble along on a crumbled financial base. It's economic worries most of all,of course, but HERE'S A STEELY ambience surfacing pomehow the term seems inadequate. Fiscal in the art community right now, a hardness that problems add more kinks than can be counted to one's feels new. For many local artists it means finding security and psyche, almost more than "economic things just a little more difficult than they were, say, worries" is able to suggest. a year ago. Or maybe a lot more difficult. The problem attacked most directly by the artists Ann Arbor Artists '81, an exhibition of art by local who produce Ann Arbor Artists '81 is the lack of artists, might have happened any time at all, for ar- adequate exhibition space in the area. tists organize shows for all kinds of reasons. That it is "The force most of all behind it was the closing of happening right now, however, points out some of the the University Gallery, a place where young artists problems our sculptors, painters, printmakers, video could get some exposure," says Larry Cressman, a artists, etc., etc., are facing as they wade deeper into local printmaker and one of eight organizers of the the 'N0s. exhibition. The University Gallery was located on the There are oodles of illustrations of how the artist's main floor of the Michigan Union. "Somebody said lot is becoming less secure all the time. Eclipse Jazz, they wanted a lounge there, and they won." With the scrambles for funds that flowed more freely just a further loss in the closing of the Dreyfuss Gallery, the S e n s ib il year or two earlier and cancels its jazz festival; the only place than now regularly exhibits localartists is Alchemist goes belly-up and, apparently, so does the See ARTISTS, Page 7 X X. . . . . . . . .., Trumpeter Curson to perform at Union 1 in MAPLE VILLAGE SHOPPING CENTER - THE EXORC. MA DD p TVlfnnmbn t( 375 N. MAPLE 769-4300 FRIDAY 2 EACH SATURDAY AT MIDNITE 'ST2 mORE Doily Photo by KIM HILL The 'Sunday Funnies' comedy troupe relaxes after a rehearsal for tonight's opening show at the Schorling Auditorium. a~ C * un day unnies. Not just comic strips By Jerry Brabenec E CLIPSE JAZZ' bi-weekly jam sessions at the University Club in the Michigan Union have become a regular haunt for local jazz fans and players, but this week's session is going to be a very special event. This after- noon, trumpeter Ted Curson will rehearse an ensemble of local volun- teers in an open workshop at 4 p.m. in the Pendleton Room. Later, at 9 and 12:30, Curson will con- duct a set with this one-time-only en- semble, and perform as featured soloist with the rhythm section of Ann Arbor's Correction An article appearing in the Nov.'5 issue of the Michigan Daily (" 'Wings' fails miserably") erroneously reported that the Michigan Ensemble Theatre receives funds from the University's Department of Theatre and Drama. Met operates on its box office retur- ns, a fund created by the Best of Broadway Series, and a three-year grant from the University. The ar- ticle also incompletely described MET's ticket discount policy, which is: one complimentary ticket for a Thursday night or a Sunday perfor- mance to theatre majors, $3 tickets to students enrolled in a theatre department class, and a 15 percent discount to University students for series tickets. favorite bunch of jazz veterans, Dave Swain's " II-V-I Orchestra. Curson is a native of Philadelphia, where he attended the same high school as two of the greatest jazz in- strumentalists of the '50s and '60s, John Coltrane and Lee Morgan. After gigging around Philadelphia while still in his teens, Curson caught the ear of Miles Davis. Davis provided impetus and contacts for Curson's move to New York, where he was quickly hired by pianist Cecil Taylor. A couple of years with Taylor's avant-garde band led to a gig with bassist Charles Mingus. Curson played in one of Mingus' most important ban- ds, sharing the horn parts with saxophonist Eric Dolphy. By the mid '60s Curson had become a leader in his own right with the release of the first of his many albums, Plenty of Horn. Over the next decade and a half Curson has continued to record a style of jazz that follows in the Mingus tradition of wedding tradition and blues to the departures of avant garde on albums like The Urge, with saxophonist Booker Ervin, and the tribute album Tears for Dolphy. His newest album, Snake Johnson, is described as closer to the mainstream than some of his earlier efforts. By Pam Fickinger , T ALL BEGAN two years ago, on a cold December night. The budding writers huddled together in a small room, potential scripts in hand. Their goal: to make people laugh. The result: the Sunday Funnies, a successful comedy troupe with a new show every term. This term's show will begin tonight at, Schorling Auditorium and will continue' through Sunday. Using alt original material and songs, the troupe aims for comedly skits that are -appealing to everyone, explains Steve Kurtz. "Some people think we're 0stand-up comics. We're not," says Dave Saling, associate director. "We do vaudeville-type material, music, human comedy;, the absurd, the bizarre-poignant, pungent, thought- provoking material." Bill Winters, an actor in the troupe, describes it as unique -- there's nothing else quite like it on campusi he says. Winters, in his second term with the Funnies, says it's "wonderful. They allow you to be creative with the roles." According to Saling, "theater f people" don't often audition for the Funnies. They look for people with a good sense of comedic timing, and an ability to deliver lines, and perform in skits. And, he'says, you don't have to be in theater for that. "One former actor," he explains, "is now back in the Law School." Other members have been in the Inteflex program, and there have even been some engineers. Saling him- self is a sophomore majoring in Film and Video Studies. Kurtz, a senior majoring in Biology, sees the troupe as a good springboard. And there are now Sunday Funnies alumni doing comedy in other forms on gampus. k.The skits are mainly set productions and there is generally no im- provisation, according to Kurtz. But, he says, there's the danger that after three weeks of rehearsal the material will cease to be funny to the people involved and that is one of the reasons why they encourage the actors to be creative. From that first meeting two years ago, the Sunday Funnies has evolved into a well-prepared, impressive student comedy troupe. "Expect to laugh a lot," Kurtz warns. Because their main purpose and all their energies are for "the show." Noon Luncheon Homemade Soup and Sandwich $1.00 Friday, Nov. 13 JON FEIGER President MSA: "MILITARISM ON CAMPUS" p Guild House 662-51,9 802 Monroe DAR KROO0M 'SPEIL 0Y the regular. price oc this * Well built and sturdy. 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