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Chuck E. Cheese senior manager Chuck Johnson poses with the mouse himself at
the Pittsfield Township restaurant.
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ch'eesy experience

Seeing is Healing? The Visual Arts of
Medicine See Thursday. Museum of
Art; Box Gallery and Apse Gallery.
Free. 764-0395.
William Kentridge, Weighing and
Wanting See Thursday. Museum of Arta
Twentieth Century Gallery. Free. 764-
0395.
Plant Life: Works on Paper from the
Permanent Collection See Thursday.
Museum of Art, Works on Paper
Gallery. Free. 763-0395.
Saturday
CAMPUS CINEMA
Billy Elliot See Thursday. Michigan
Theater. 4:45, 7:15 & 9:30 p.m. $5.50.
It's a Wonderful Life See Friday.
Michigan Theater. 3 p.m. Free.
Psycho Beach Party (2000) Tony
Perkins and Janet Leigh get biiiiiiiizay
on the beach. BYOB. Michigan Theater.
9:45 p.m. $5.50.
Voices (2000) The Ann Arbor premiere
is sure to bring out all of the local
celebs. Read about it in tomorrow's
gossip columns. Michigan Theater. 7
p.m. $10.
MUSIC
Handel's Messiah It is that time of the
year again. High notes and big sounds,
brace yourself. 8 p.m. Hill Auditorium.
$12-$20.764-8350.
Women's Glee Club 20th Century
Compositions conducted by Theodore
Morrison and Alissa Mercurio. 6 & 9
p.m. Apse, U-M Museum of Art, free.
12 Angry Steps Deep seeded Detroit
rock. Sights and Electricity open. 10:30
p.m., Elbow Room, 6 S. Washington St.
Ypsilanti. $5 483-6374.
THEA TER
The Sorcerer See Thursday.
Mendelssohn Theatre. 2 & 8 p.m. $7-
16. 764-0450.

Border Books & Music. 1 p.m. Free.
668-7652.
Peter Sparling Dance Co. Open
Rehearsal Watch Ann Arbor's premier
professional modern dance company
rehearse "Traffic," choreographed by
Peter Sparling. Dance Gallery. 111
-Third St. 1 p.m. Free. 747-8885.
Seeing is Healing? The Visual Arts of
Medicine See Thursday. Museum of
Art, Box Gallery and Apse Gallery.
Free. 764-0395.
William Kentridge, Weighing and
Wanting See Thursday. Museum of Art,
Twentieth Century Gallery. Free. 764-
0395.
Plant Life: Works on Paper from the
Permanent Collection See Thursday.
Museum of Art, Works on Paper
Gallery. Free. 763-0395.
Sunday
CAMPUS CINEMA
Bamboozled (2000) Spike Lee's latest
plays one last time in theaters. Sorry
Spikey but you don't talk to us, we
don't see your movies. Go whine about
the Knicks to someone else. Michigan
Theater. 8:30 p.m. $5.50.
Billy Elliot See Thursday. Michigan
Theater. 4:45, 7:15 & 9:30 p.m. $5.50.
Psycho Beach Party See Saturday.
Michigan Theater. 6 p.m. $5.50.
MUSIC
Man or Astroman Sci-fi collides with
surf and explodes in your face. Bring a
tissue or something to clean up with. 10
p.m. Blind Pig, 208 S. 1st St. $6. 996-
8555.
Willy Porter Intelligent songwriter steps
off tours with Tori Amos and into The
Ark. 7:30 p.m. The Ark, 316 S. Main St.
$15. 761-1451.

Medicine See Thursday. Museum of
Art, Box Gallery and Apse Gallery.
Free. 764-0395.
William Kentridge, Weighing and
Wanting See Thursday. Museum of Art.
Twentieth Century Gallery. Free. 764-
0395.
Plant Life: Works on Paper from the
Permanent Collection See Thursday.
Museum of Art, Works on Paper
Gallery. Free. 763-0395.
Monday
CAMPUS CINEMA
Billy Elliot See Thursday. Michigan
Theater. 7:15 & 9:30 p.m. $5.50.
Boesman & Lena (2000) Danny Glover
stars alongside Angela Bassett. Watch
them join forces as they fight against
the forces of evil. You'll watch it and
you'll like it. Michigan Theater. 7:30
p.m. $5.50.
Psycho Beach Party See Saturday.
Michigan Theater. 9:45 p.m. $5.50.
MUSIC
Composer's Forum University students
present their original works. 8 p.m.
Britton Recital Hall, Moore Bldg..
North Campus. Free.
ALTERNA TIVES
Kenn Kaufman Author of the field guide
"Birds of North America" reads and
signs. Borders Books & Music. 7 p.m.
Free. 668-7652.
William Kentridge, Weighing and
Wanting See Thursday. Museum of Art,
Twentieth Century Gallery. Free. 764-
0395.
Plant Life: Works on Paper from the
Permanent Collection See Thursday.
Museum of Art. Works on Paper
Gallery. Free. 763-0395.

By Lindsey Alpert
Wily Arts riter

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From rollerskating to bowling to
Whirly Ball, who can forget the birth-
day parties at Chuck E. Cheese's? The
place "where a kid can be a kid." But
what about us big kids who, although
we try to act our age, can't help but
wish for our childhood to return. The
Daily got a chance to talk to Ann Arbor
Chuck E. Cheese's manager Amanda
Moreno about this link to our child-
hood.
The Michigan Daily: What kind of
activities are there to do in the restau-
rant?
Amanda Moreno: Well, we have
Skytubes. Kids and parents can crawl
through the tubes that are suspended
from the ceiling. We also have games
and rides for toddlers and then games
for older kids and parents and the
Chuck E. Cheese Show.
TMD: Do college kids ever come in
and play games?
AM: We get mainly kids 13 or
younger, but occasionally we do get the
older kids, usually on weekends.
TMD: Is there any kind of weight
limit on the rides?
AM: Usually the rides are made
more for toddlers, but there's a couple
that adults can go on. They can crawl
through the tubes, slide down the slide
and then into the balls.
TMD: And do adults go on the
tubes?
AM: Um, I would say not really.
TMD: So are there any kind of
rules?
AM: You have to be at least 18 years
old to get in, or with your parents or
legal guardian.
TMD: Has anyone ever got kicked
out for misbehaving?
AM: We haven't had that happen yet,
thank goodness. We pretty much keep
the kids under control, like if they're
running, we tell them to walk.

TMD: And do a lot of kids come in
for birthday parties?
AM: We have probably 80 a ,,eek.
TMD: Wow, that's a lot. What about
for adults? Get any of those?
AM: I'd say about once or twice a
week we get a group of adults that
come in during the day for a party.
TMD: How much do these parties
cost?
AM: 58.99 per kid. or adult.
TMD: What do you Oet for 58.99''
AM: For every six kids you get a
medium pizza with one topping. I6
tokens for each person, unlimited pop.
a table in the studio C room, which is
decorated, for an hour and a half. a cake
and then Chucky sings Happy Birthday.
Then for another two dollars. you gTet
100 tickets of a collectible cup.
TMD: What do the "tickets get you?
AM: We have all sorts of prizes.
Stickers, a video of Chuckv, cotton
candy, remote control cars. a bunch of
Barbie stuff.
TMD: What kind of prizes do the
college kids take'?
AM: I'd say they usually get the cot-
ton candy or suckers. Sometimes they
get some of the smaller prizes as a joke
to be funny.
TMD: How do you win the tickets'
AM: All of our games gI'e out tick-
ets.
TMD: What kind of (Tames do the
adults play?
AM: They usually play Skee-ball. we
have a jet ski game, and then Star Wars.
Yeah, those are usually the ones. but
(they're) real big into Skee-ball.
TMD: So is it fun workin8 there or
does the rat get annoying'?
AM: I've worked here for almost
five years. I just had so much fun that
I stayed here and became a manager.
Sometimes people who work here have
friends come in and everyone's always
playing and dancing and stuff.
TMD: Anything I'm leaving out?
AM: Yeah, we have coupons. they'll
help out a lot.

The Sorcerer See Thursday.
Mendelssohn Theatre. 2 p.m. $7-16.
764-0450.

CAMPUS CINEMA

A LTERNA TIVES

A LTERNA TIVES

Mary Kethan Photographer signs her
book "Michigan's Heritage Barns."

Bad Lieutenant (1992) 1992 the num-
ber another summer. Actually 1992
was anything but another summerfor
our own Mr. Bojangles as he spent

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Theater. 4:10 p.m. $5.50.
Billy Elliot See Thursday. N
Theater. 7:15 & 9:30 p.m.
Harold and Maude (1971)
best romantic comedies ev
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Michigan Theater. 7 p.m, $
Psycho Beach Party See S
Michigan Theater. 9 p.m. $
MUSIC
"Blind Pig Showcase Night
booked open mic featuring
Green, Serious Johnson, R
The Prime Ministers. 10 p.
208 S. First St. Free.,996-
A LTERNA TIVES
Anne Hermann University F
reads from her book on crc
and cross-racial relationsh
~Queering the Moderns:
Poses/Portraits/ Performa
Shaman Drum Bookshop. 4
662-7407.
William Kentridge, Weighir
Wanting See Thursday. Mu
Twentieth Century Gallery.
0395.
Plant Life: Works on Paper
Permanent Collection See


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