0-a-Mlit "Itult ,v ;wT %ft Fabulous 50! The University's Museum of Art is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. In honor of a h1f-century of bringing fine arts and culture to Ann Arbor, the USO m wil be throwing a party for members of the whole farnily. Th bg , ent begins at I p.m. on Sunday and it will feature musern tours. cake. music and kids' games. Call 764-0935 for more informat ion. 0 'Home' soars into our hearts Daniels, Paquin, lots of geese star in moving new film Friday September 20, 1996 8 By Jen Petfinski Daily Film Editor We've seen the commercials on tele- vision. Starring Jeff Daniels, Anna Paquin, and about 18 geese. "Fly Away Home." It's just the kind of story that can make our hearts soar. With ease, director Carroll Ballard ("The Black Stallion") captures the exquisite beau- ty of the Ontario countryside - its rolling valleys, tall, wispy grass and its animals - weaving it through RE' tBFly A At Briar a heartwarming tale of a family in need of healing. Thirteen-year-old Amy Alden (Anna Paquin) wakes up in a hospital bed, groggy, with her father Thomas (Jeff Daniels) at her side. Within minutes, she knows that her mother did not sur- vive the car accident - one that we, seconds earlier, had witnessed in surreal slow motion. All of a sudden, it's one month later, and Amy must leave Australia, her native coun- try, to join h e r father in Ontario, Canada, where he spends his time with his eccentric inventions and his red-headed girl- friend, Susan (Dana Delaney). Right from the start, we know Amy is not happy with the new life she is forced to accept. Her relationship with her father is awkward and at a standstill. In one exchange, she tells him: "I'm VIEW not a baby. You don't have to hold way Home my hand." Amy ** wants desperately to be left alone to wood and Showcase stumble upon her new life by herself. One day, the young girl discovers a nest of orphaned goose eggs in the grass around her father's farm. In an attempt to care for them, she cre- ates a makeshift incubator, and (because geese imprint on whoever they see first) Amy becomes the Mother Goose. A problem arises, howev- er. Amy's geese have not learned to fly and have no mother to show them where to migrate south. In a brainstorm, Thomas suggests that they use his dinky planes (one of his many wonderful inventions) to conduct an experiment: He'll teach Amy to fly, and they will both lead the way to North Carolina, which will become a winter home for the geese. During the film, father and daughter battle bad weather, an anal-retentive wildlife officer and government has- sles. But their mutual goal helps them piece together their broken family and build on the father / daughter relation- ship that they had never before known. With its uplifting yet tidy storyline, "Fly Away Home" proves to be more than slow-moving at times. But just as we cross the boundary from minor boredom to get-me-outa- this-theater, some combi- nation of Mark Isham's music, the scenery and a heart-fluttering, goose- bumpy moment draws us back in. Amy, with a child's wide, inno- cent eyes, peers into her sock draw- er, watching her eggs hatch. The camera sweeps through the drawer, and we absorb every detail --the del- icate scarf cradling each egg, the geese fighting their way into the world. We have the pleasure of see- ing all this through the eyes of a child. We watch Amy learn to fly for the first time. She takes off in a hang glider ... only to crash in the grass moments later. We see a loving father race after her, tearing and praying that she's OK. It's moments like these that compensate for the dull ones. Unbeknownst to many audience members, "Fly Away Home" is based on the experiment of Bill Lishman, a Canadian artist who actually did teach geese to fly. Jeff Daniels, in town for a private screening of his film at the Michigan Theater last week, said it best: "This is a true story ... or, at least the geese part is. Hollywood made up the rest." And if we take the movie for what it's worth, we can say that Hollywood did a good job. Jeff Daniels is perfect as the eccentric father who really doesn t have much of a clue as to how to raise a daughter. We sympathize with him, easily see his love for Amy and watch as their newly- found relationship unfolds and evolves. Anna Paquin ("The Piano") also does a beautiful job with her portrayal of young Amy. We fall in love with her from the start - just as much as the geese themselves do. As an audience, we feel for her as well, as she struggles to find her happiness in a strange new world. Even in all its breathtaking beauty, "Fly Away Home" does have its rough spots -mainly, in its plot. For instance, some of the obstacles that Amy and her father must overcome seem contrived. Thomas goes crazy when the anal wildlife officer tries to clip his gee. ' wings. We're thinking: Okay, ca down buddy. How old are you? Still, after absorbing some of.'the film's finer aspects, we are left satisfied with "Fly Away Home"'s light-as-a- feather tale. A tidy Hollywood happy ending succeeds in keeping our spirits soaring even much higher than the geese that inspired the story. 'U' graduate to speak at Borders Dance encompasses Cuban musical tradition By Dean Bakopoulos Daily Books Editor There is one question you are not to pose to an LSA senior: "So what are you doing after graduation?" You do not, repeat, do not say such a thing. It is wrong. It is mean-spirited. It is wholly unnecessary. Pray tell, just what kind of answer do you expect? "I'm taking my stinking liberal arts degree straight to the waitstaff of my neighborhood bar and grill," is what you are likely to get. Of course, LSA seniors, there is help. Help comes in the form of Jessica Jessica Fein Today at 7:30 p.m. At Borders. Admission is free. Fein's "Moving On: How to Make the Transition from College to the Real World" (Plume, 1996), a handy little book written by one of our very own. Fein is a 1990 LSA graduate, and she's here to help; she'll be at Borders tonight at 7:30. Of course, as any book editor at any college newspaper will tell you, there are hundreds of these books on the mar- ket. Books with titles like "How to Have Angst;' "I Hate the World, Let's Move to Seattle!," and "Scammin' Money from the Man"; books aimed at getting money from indebted college graduates. But "Moving On" is one of the best of the lot, and it's actually quite useful. It's full of tips on i everything to the physical act of Colle moving to room- mates and redeco- giant s0 rating to resumes and job hunts. expenen Plus it's compact and terse - no superfluous ram- autho blings here. And best of all, it's full of real-life anecdotes that instruct as well as reassure. If you feel like you are about to be uprooted into a world where you don't belong, "Moving On" may help you feel a bit more at ease. If nothing else, you won't feel abnormal in your anxiety. Fein said that she had a simple motive in writing this book: "Basically, I wrote the book that I wished I had had when I graduated from college." Oh yes, Fein's graduation, the day after which she and two friends packed up all their belongings into a U-haul and headed out of Ann Arbor. They arrived in Washington, D.C., where, in the most simplified terms, they were homeless for a month. Fein says her rather uncertain condi- tion mirrored what was happening with her recently graduated friends around the country. "There were so many new situations for us," Fein said. "All of my friends were just scrambling around try- ing to adjust to a new lifestyle with a limited amount of funds." She said her book is as complete as it can possibly be; that is, she tries to cover all the things that can happen in a recent graduate's life. "This book cov- ers all of the phases, from packing boxes to renting trucks to the emotional aspects of mov- , ing." London 215 Pa ris 299 Rome 349 Cancun 149 Mexico Citx 159 FARES ARE EACH WAY FROM DETRO; BASED ON A ROUNOTRIP PURCHASE. FARES 00 NOT INCUDE FEDERAL TAXES OR PFCS TOTALING BETWEEN $3-$45, DEPENDING ON DESTINATION OR DEPARTURE CHARGES PAID DIRECTLY TO FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS. Study Spanish in Honduras among Maran Ruins from $2 9per day Including Accommodations 1Tra vel 1220 S. UNIVERSITY., STE. 208 (ABOVE MCDONALDS) 9989-0200 http://www.ciee.org/travel.htm 1/d ' 1 t* J ge is one IciaI lce5" - , ' And there certainly are some emotion- al aspects to the post-college move, Fein Jessica Fein will be at Borders tonight. now doing very different things." College provides a common ground for all students, one in which school and social lives usually are the two top concerns. Fein said that adjusting to a post-college social scene is difficult: Your friends are scattered around and you spend a lot of your waking hours at work. "College is one gigantic social experience," Fein said. "Your social life is handed to you on a silver platter." In "Moving On," Fein spends a sig- nificant amount of time dealing with the establishment of a post-college social, highlighting the fact that friends are necessary for sanity and security. From roommates to romance, Fein deals with the often-ignored question of making friends away from school. In short, "Moving On" details all the aspects of the major, life-changing event - Graduation Day. Fein takes the reader through a large number of post- graduation possibilities, in a cool, engaging tone, which doesn't add to the already mounting pressure. After Graduation Day, Fein said,"For the first time there are not set expectations. You have to make your own choices' "Moving On" can help. By Stephanie Glickman For the Daily "How many Cubans does it take to make a cup of coffee?" asks dance Prof. Robin Wilson in her new piece, "Negre Con Leche," which begins to touch on the complex questions and issues that surround skin color and social stratifi- cation within Cuban society. With live musical accompaniment, composed by Detroit-based musician Pamela Wise, and steeped in the sounds of traditional son and rumbaR rhythms, the PR] work exists on P many levels. Embracing Cu-B ban popular Betty music and dance as well as con- temporary dance forms and spoken word, "Negre con Leche" developed out of Wilson's recent trip to Santiago, Cuba, where she immersed herself in Afro-Cuban song, folklore, and dance through the Eleggua project. Dancer Leyya Tawil described "Negre con Leche" as "a happy party setting, but underlying issues of class exist." Full-skirted and colorful, the seven-member female ensemble, including Wilson, groove to the rhythms, drawing each other close for moments of playful duets of rumba and salsa in between staged coffee breaks. The dancers indulgently sip from mugs and describe just how they like their perfect cup of coffee. Much of the movement in "Negre Con Leche" evolved out of the dancers' improvisations. Wilson, who wanted E Stu the input of her dancers, explained her choreographic role as shaping and structuring this improvised movement. The idea of mixing forms of dau propels the theme of Wilson's pe mance, "Pieces at the Intersection." Not only does she touch on what happens when Africanisms intersect witt Westernisms and the effect this has or the Diaspora, Wilson plays with ipter- sections of music, movement and breath While "Negre Con Leche" takes a more traditional approach in com- V I E W bining music. aces at the dance, and c ntersection centrates on issues ease Theater, tonight deeper and more s tomorrowat 8 p.m. serious than jusi udent tickets are $6. sound and music Wilson's othei piece of the evening, "Soundsketches,' is purely about jazz music and how the four dancers interact with it. Dancers play off instruments Instruments create sounds from dancers breaths and noises. Like the liveijg musicians, the dancers get the opportu- nity to improvise as soloists. Reveling ir spontaneous, uninhibited movement. Wilson's solo may dialogue with theibass one night and the piano the next. Everything is uncertain and :only becomes clear in the actual moment of performance. Some sections are mapped out, but the majority of the piece exists as a sketch, different every time. Living up to its name, "Pieces at Intersection" combines a range of musical and choreographic styles and creates a thought-provoking and hip- shaking evening. or - ,ie jr 5i said. Among rof Moving On them, Fein said, is the natural tendency to measure success against the success of your peers. "Lots of people start to compare themselvs to their friends. But people are moving at rapidly different paces during that time of life. You and your friends, who just a few months ago were all doing the same sort of stuff, are TMi - - Tune into His Name is Alive's new style 91 4 ,1 Their lyrics have dealt with subjects like insanity and spirituality, and their sound usually hovers inbetween dreamy and menacing. But on their latest album, "Stars on E.S.P," Livonia-based group His Name is Alive makes the bouncy but decidedly different pop album Brian Wilson only dreamt of in his wildest drug trips. "Stars on E.S.P." mixes dub, surf, country, blues-rock and a '60s wall-of-sound production with. Karin Oliver's honeyed voice and Warren Defever's noisy guitars and fractured song structures. Each tune is beautiful but approachable; they're new-fashioned love songs that sound both timeless and innovative. You don't need a sixth sense to appreciate the album's beauty and creativity. His Name is Alive « Best Prices * Largest Men's & Women Selection on Campus . . a r.'s 'lir s11C7 :'y. a^.-" , ~. 5~r. I 'TU.4'~I 'a~ws~ri I