d. ._ , 2B - The Michigan Daily - Weekend, etc Magazine - Thursday, October 7, 1999 WEBSITE OF THE WEEK www.h otmail .com No one talks of Web-based e-mail without thinking of Hotmail. The service allows the user to check all of their different emails accounts, as well as their hotmail.com address. The Website packs advanced e-mail client features - filtering and storage of messages -and even views html pages in messages. Now part of the Microsoft Network (MSN), Hotmail is integrated with the MSN Messenger program, allowing users to communicate in real-time with online friends. The biggest boon of the service is accesibility - an Internet connection and a browser guarantees the users e-mail access. T prof, Mler play buldoperaticf'rde 0 The Michigan iy - Weekend, e Her Fvorit Thins Fuk, rok,-ja-, a-ittl Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty St. 4:30 & 9:30 p.m. $5.50. The Killing (1956) Stanley Kubrick's classic crime film about a race track heist. Nat. Sci. 7 & 10 p.m. $4, $5 dbl. Early International Avant Garde A new film series about different types of filmmaking. Shorts "Ballet Mechanique" and "Ghost Before Breakfast" will screen. MLB 4. 8 p.m. Free. Rope (1948) One of Hitchcock's best films about gay lovers staging a dinner party with their murder victim's parents and fiance in the same room as the hidden body. Nat. Sci. 8:30 p.m. $4, $5 dbl. MUSIC Zrazy A mix of folk, jazz, and blues from this engaging group from Dublin, Ireland. Detroit Women's Coffeehouse. First Unitarian Universalist Church, Detroit. 8 p.m.. $10-15. 313-832-5888 Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers Geniuses of Americana-rock roll through on their "Echo Tour." Palace of Auburn Hills. 8 p.m., $39.50, $49.40. 248-377-0100 Solid Frog Original modern rock from Saline. Blind Pig. 10 p.m., $5 Dev Singh Songwriter and multi-instrumental- ist jams out blues and folk music. Espresso Royale Caffe, Main Street. 8 p.m., free. THEA TER Escape from Happiness See Thursday. 8 p.m. Polly Puts Her Foot Down 7 p.m. Wide Open Floor Basement Arts hosts one of their periodic open mic nights. You never know you might run into. Even you. Um... Arena Theater, Frieze Building. 11 p.m. Free. As Bees in Honey Drown See Thursday. 8 p.m. Three Tall Women See Thursday. 8 p.m. ALTERNATIVES Alumni Art Shov# See Thursday. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. 4. 1;: p Her Favorite Thigs Funk, rock, jazz, a little something for everybody. This performance will be recorded for an upcoming live release. The Ark. 7:30 p.m. $11. 734-761-1451. Roots One of the most original hip-hop outfits around. A must-see. Pease Auditorium, Ypsilanti. 734-487-2282. Tangerine Trousers How come you got to be so nervous, man? Chill out and listen to smooth acoustic pop from this Ferndale-based group. Arbor Brewing Co. 9 p.m. Free. THEATER Escape from Happiness See Thursday. 2 p.m. Evening of Scenes 8 p.m. As Bees in Honey Drown See Thursday. 2 p.m. Three Tali Women See Thursday. 2 p.m. ALTERNATIVES An Irish Evening: Poetry, Music and Song Caitlin Lynchj1erfssms a1G11gWitWEvan Chambers and Friends. Poets Thomas Lynch, Richard Tillinghast and Jessie Lendennie will read at this benefit for Ireland's Salmon Publishing. 8 p.m. Kerrytown Concert House, 415 N. Fourth Ave. 769-2999. $15, $5 for stu- dents. Docent Tour See Thursday. 2 p.m. Alumni Art Show See Thursday. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Seamus Deane The author of "Reading in the Dark" reads from his book. Borders. 7:00 p.m. Robert Creeley and Edward Sanders As part of the Alternative Press Symposium, the authors read from their works of poetry. Rackham Ampitheatre. 7:30 p.m. By Christopher Tkaczyk Daily Arts Writer All eyes of the opera world will turn towards Chicago this weekend as "A View from the Bridge," a new opera composed by Music Prof. William Bolcom, will have its world premiere Saturday, Oct, 9 on the stage of the Civic Opera House. The opera is based upon the 1955 play from Arthur Miller, the 1938 University alum who wrote the classic "Death of a Salesman." Bolcom is the University's Ross Lee F i n n e y Distinguished University Professor of A View from Music, and heads thie the Bridge School of Lyric Opera of Music's Chicago department of Oct. 9 - Nov. 5 composition. 'He earned a Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for solo piano composition, and most recently composed the musical back- drop for "illuminata," the new film by John Turturro. With Miller's assistance, Bolcom and New York librettist Arnold Weinstein began work on the opera in 1995 after being commissioned by the Lyric Opera of Chicago. The commis- sion was the second for Bolcom, whose "McTeague," which premiered in 1994, was the first in the Lyric's decade-long commitment to produc- ing three brand new American works. Anthony Davis' "Amistad" appeared in 1997, and "View" will serve as the final commission in the series. Bolcom was first commissioned to write "McTeague" after Lyric's then- general director Ardis Krainik heard his musical adaptation of William Blake's "Song of Innocence and Experience." Turning "A View from the Bridge" into an opera was first suggested to Bolcom by Bruno Bartoletti, the for- mer music director of the Lyric. "The play comes from an actual incident that Arthur heard about," Bolcom said. "A family member was betrayed to immigration. At the time there were immigrants known as sub- marines who were smuggled into the country." "A View from the Bridge" tells the story of Eddie Carbone, an Italian- American immigrant living in Brooklyn's Redhook longshoreman's district who harbors submarines in his house and whose lust for his niece leads to vicious betrayal. Turning a play into an opera is a daunting task, Bolcom agreed, but because of the solid structure of Miller's play, the transference worked well. "The whole thing was a c ha lle ng e," i Bolcom said.a "Wahen people P uc c in i's - operas, they forget that they were made 1 from successful plays - hit plays from his Prof. William Bolcom time." "A View from the Bridge" is still a hit play, after Roundabout Theater Company wowed audiences in 1997 with a highly successful revival in Manhattan. The production was awarded a Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play, and Anthony LaPaglia received Tony honors as Best Actor in a Play for his performance as Eddie Carbone. Miller's "Death of a Salesman" recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with a successful Broadway revival that was honored with four 1999 Tony Awards. "Arthur's plays are going to be played a long time into the future," Bolcom said. "The only way I could write the opera is with Arthur and Arnold to remake (the play) into an operatic text," Bolcom said. "We went back to a pared down version of the play that Arthur had written in 1955, so the details could be suppressed." For the opera, some of the smaller characters were added to the chorus, including Alfieri, the lawyer character who serves as Ike play's narrator. In the opera, however, Alfieri is the leader of the chorus. See BOLCOM, Page 118 courtesy of valerie Trucchia Pianist Myra Melford is the leader of the band. Granted, there's only two other guys in it, but it'll be at Edgefest. Sunday CAMPUS CINEMA Babe: Pig In The City See Sat. 10 & 11 a.m. Quest For Camelot See Sat. 10 & 11 a.m. The Cameraman (1928) Buster Keaton's film about trying to be a newsreel cameraman. Michigan Theater Screening Room, 603 E. Liberty St. 3 p.m. $4. My Life So Far See Sat. 4:30, 7, 9:30 p.m. Lovers On The Bridge See Fri. 6:30 & 9 p.m. MUSIC Tricky Behold the smoky, moody sounds of the trip-hop master. Clutch Cargo's, Pontiac. 8 p.m. $16.50. 24&-333-2362. Monday CAMPUS CINEMA Lovers On The Bridge See Fri. 6:30 & 9 p.m. My Life So Far See Sat. 7 & 9:30 p.m. Master thespians Molly S second installment of the Dare to Dream." The mov MUSIC "Acoustic Open Mic" Probabl should be able to figure withot expert analysis. Hosted by Ch Room. 9:30 p.m. Free. The Sachal Vassadani Group when serious jazz runs smack Campus? Tune in tomorrow. L 764-7544. Jammin' Dis Turntables, beat other sorts of illness. Rick's. 734-996-2747. ALTERNATIVES Alumni Art Show See Thursda Ann Waldman and Ron Padge Alternative Press Symposium, from their works of poel Ampitheatre. 7:30 p.m. Tuesda CAMPUS CINEMA Lovers On The Bridge See. Fri. My Life So Far See Sat. 7 & 9 MUSIC "Blind Pig Showcase Night" FE Arbor's favorite party-ska band Punch, along with Lost Cause, Centrifuge-1108 Thugz 4-Life. p.m. Free. Echo & The Bunnymen Vetera Clutch Cargo's, Pontiac. 8 p.r 333-2362. Los Fabulosos Cadillacs High Espaniol, with awesome specia Groove. Do you like to rock? Hall, Detroit. 7:30 p.m. 313-9( ALTERNATIVES Alumni Art Show See Thursda Nicholas Sparks The author Remember" reads from his boo p.m. Courtesy of MCA Records Yes, this is one guy who knows it's good to be king, because he's Tom Petty and he's coming to town. Playing Saturday with the Heartbreakers, Petty is not only a hot ticket at the Palace, but he's one guy you can be sure didn't sleep his way to the top.