0 Page 12-The Michigan Daily - Monday, September 25, 1989 Bach for a buck Experience BY AMI MEHTA So, you're finally tired of your so- cial calendar being a blur of wall-to- wall frat parties and aimless bar- hopping. Has the party animal roar in you worn down to a dull whim- per? There is an alternative (besides studying) to the stereotypical Animal House ballyhoo on this campus. You've proven that you can party with the best of 'em; now it's time to add a little class to your col- lege life. Inexpensively, of course. The first step to discovering the culturally-hip you is picking up a free Current Entertainment Guide available in dorm lobbies, the Campus Information Center in the Union and various drugstores. This is your ticket to the monthly hap- penings in Ann Arbor - your cul- tural bible. Current contains a de- tailed list of theater events, a cinema guide, club and concert information, and for the choosier crowd there is a section describing alternatives rang- ing from poetry readings to transcen- dental meditation to rugby tourna- ments. Each section lists events for every day of the month, along with time and cost. It's perfect for those days and nights when you want to do cultural Ann Arbor cheaply something a little unique. these performances may be purchased For those who dare to climb for half-off the lowest price if they higher on the cultural ladder, the are bought in person at the Burton University Musical Society provides Memorial Tower ticket office on the a rush policy for tickets to major day of the show, or on Saturday for performing arts events which keeps weekend shows. Seating is at the in mind the low budgets of college discretion of box office personnel. students. Events include American But if you're not ready to be la- and visiting symphonies, string belled a connoisseur of the arts just yet, you can still find a variety of inexpensive artsy alternatives. Several museums on campus offer free admission, including the University Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology. And to break in those dancing shoes, free passes are available for the Nectarine Ballroom at campus record stores. Also, the Office of Major Events is always in need of students to usher upcoming concerts. See per- formers such as the Pogues and Jethro Tull - for free. Although the mass meeting has already been held, call the office for further details at 763-5117. With the stress of classes begin- The Hands-On Museum is a ning again and everyone's busy work hotspot for kids and thrifty parents, and play schedules, it's nice to sink but students can have a good time, into a seat in a dark movie theater too. with a bucket of popcorn and be en- quartets, choirs, operas and ballets veloped into an exciting movie or go - all impressive prospects for a date dancing to get your aggressions out or a night on the town. Tickets for until the soles of your shoes have 6 I 4 Hill Auditorium here hosts UB40, but classical music is its usual fare. Enjoy symphonies or soloists with the t University Musical Society's rush ticket policy, where tickets can fall as low as $5 for major events. worn through. Now there's no rea- son not to have an enriched social life that consists of more than par- know. Do the right thing. Do tbe ties with people you don't even cultural thing. That's the ticket. 6 REVIEWS Continued from Page 10 the underground comic in the late sixties. The artists interviewed form a cross section of the comic book industry: William M. Gaines, the founder of both Mad and Tales from the Crypt (which was central to the '50s controversy); Robert Crumb, who escaped the greeting card indus- try in the late sixties for San Francisco, LSD, and Fritz the Cat; Stan Lee - the creator of Spiderman - who almost left the industry, but was convinced to try again and form Marvel comics, where superheroes aren't so super; Lynda Barry, creator of Ernie Pook's Comeek, one of the new wave of comic artists who tackle real-life issues; Harvey Pekar, who doesn't even draw his own comics, but writes hyper-realistic stories of everyday life in Cleveland; Will Eisner, Art Spiegelman, and many more. Especially fascinating are the moments when many of these artists and writers read directly from their comics, as Mann's camera shows the action. Though shot on a shoestring budget while Mann was working on a documentary on the making of Legal Eagles, this film has a professional look and covers its topic fully as it presents yet an- other criticism of the anal retentive America of the 1950s. It played at the Detroit Institute of Arts theater on Friday and Saturday and should be in Ann Arbor before the end of the century -Mike Kuniavsky Rap-ping on a bench The Ann Arbor Civic Theatre cel- ebrates its sixtieth anniversary this year, with two series of plays dedi- cated to the dramatic well-being of our community. MainStage kicked off its "Gem of a Season" this week- end with a serio-comic romp through Herb Gardner's Tony Award-winning play, I'm Not Rappaport. The play ran Wednesday through Sunday at the Lydia Mendelssohn Theater. Essentially a two-person show, Rappaport celebrates the dignity of the human spirit - particularly those older human spirits out there - in a series of modest, ingenious encounters on a New York City park bench. Steve Dixon's Midge was the perfect half-blind Sancho to Peter Bellanca's irrepressible elderly Quixote, Nat. "Lies? I don't tell lies," explained Nat half-way through. "I make alterations. Sometimes the truth doesn't fit." At times, Dixon's Black dialect and Bellanca's Jewish accent were a little too strong to be understood by the predominantly older audience - sev- eral key lines had to be hushedly re- peated throughout the performance. But the production still succeeded to communicate its important message as well as entertain. The "Gem of a Season" series fea- tures five more plays: -The Mystery of Edwin Drood, by Rupert Holmes. (October 25-28) -The Lion in Winter, by James Goldman. (December 13-16) -To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. (March 7-10) -Brigadoon, by Fredrick Loewe and Alan Jay Lerner. (April 18-21) -The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940, by John Bishop. (June 20-23) All shows are at Mendelssohn, except Brigadoon at the Michigan Theater. Ann Arbor Civic Theatre on MainStreet calls its season "Risky Business," staging five more plays at the location on 1035 South Main Street: -A Lie of the Mind, by Sam Shepard. (September 28-October 14) -Lysistrata by Aristophanes. (November 2-18) -A Lesson from Aloes, by Athol Fugard. (February 1-17) -Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris, by Eric Bleu. (April 26-May 12) -Twelfth Night, by William Shakespeare. (July 5-21) S-1 For ticket information, call AACT at 662-7282. "t 0 -Mark Sw Undergraduate TROTTER HOUSE PICNIC Saturday, September 23, 1-7 pm ALL ARE WELCOME! Festivities include: v r d$ t FREE FOOD! Indoor Games Volleyball & Tug of War 3 on 3 Basketball Tournament! come at 1pm for sign-up student I.D. card mandatory for more info, call: Kevin Ramon 998-7037 Undergraduate Psychological Society MASS MEETING For current & prospective members 7:00 pm Monday, Sept 25 Pendelton Room, Michigan Union Happy Hour at Dominicks, 4:30 pm Thursday, Sept 28th MICHIGANENSIAN. Is it communicable? artz If you like pina coladas, you'll love Rupert Holmes' musical The Mystery o Edwin Drood, to be staged in October at the Ann Arbor Civic Theater K 4 ALL YOU CAN EAT PIZZA $4.00 (Every Tuesday & Wednesday) 6:00 - 9:00pm ALL YOU CAN EAT SPAGHETTI! L $4.50 University of Michigan Housing Special Programs'" A Unit of Student Services , U (Every Sunday) 5:00 - 9:00pm WE DELIVER!! CORNER OF STATE AND HILL 994-4040 0 z 2 COMEDY COMPANY To audition you must attend Tuesday I SEPT 26 More than an adventure. 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