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weekend
essentials
Sept.10 to Sept.13
LECTURE
You might not have
heard of Robert
Mankoff, but you're
probably familiar with
his work. The cur-
rent cartoon editor
IN TH 129DAYSfor The New Yorker
IN THE 129 DAYS has created hundreds
of cartoons in what
BETWEEN FINALS is one of the most
recognizable styles
SAND THE FALLin America. He'll be
speaking about humor
THE ART WORLD a Penny Stamps lec-
TH ~ RT W KLLIture at the Michigan
Theater today at S
CONTNUEDp.m. Admission is free.
TO TURN
ON DISPLAY
If you've gone to class
this week chances
are you've passed
- UMMA's glass-en-
closed Project Gallery
The summer of 2009 wasn't supposed to be therenare uho
/ The Summer of Celebrity Deaths, but by there are a bun ch of
June 25 - which marked the dual passings sweaters floating in
HS of Hollywood bombshell Farrah Fawcett mid-air. Lisa Anne
and the indisputable King Of Pop MichaelAerbchwlbeaa-
Jackson - it became clear the morbid Auerbach will be avail-
This summer, anew era for moniker would stick. Losing two legends able to answer all your
late-ighttelevsionwas enthu- on one day set the precedent for a summer questions tomorrow in
siasticallyushered in by Conan that would see the loss of some of the enter- the museum's Helmut
O'Brien when he took over as tainment world's most visible figures.S t
host of NBC's "The Tonight From the early demise of "Breakfast Stern Auditorium. The
Show." Many were skepti- Club" director John Hughes to creator of the unique
cal of O'Brien's ability the high-profile death of spastic threads will give a talk
on "Late Night" were TV salesman Billy Mays to DJ at 5:30 followed by a
always geared toward AM s tragic overdose folow- reception and conver-
a young demographic inglast years near fatapinly be sation at 6:30 p.m.
and his intelligence-
(han hs aeHargenderemembered for the number _
(the man has a Harvardof notab le we lost
degree) is such a starkp-
contrast to Jay Leno's
"average Joe" personality.
But "The Tonight Show
with Conan O'Brien"
was a success and prom-
ises to continue as a
force on late-night TV.
F LM

The annual midnight
screening of "The Big
Lebowski" at the State
Theater is as much
of a back-to-school
Pixar's "Up" -essential as overpriced
continues to delivertextbooks. So don't
M1 ~~~~~all the whimsy and beauti-misottothssSu ur
ful animationthecompanymiss out this Satur-
is known for. However, the day night. Grab your
plot line is much heavier bowling ball, warm
thanmost ofits other filmsup your best "Dude"
and its makers are takingupy rbet" d"
quite a few risks, especially impression, mix your
n the silent opening sequencewhite Russian and
As aresult, "Up"provideshead on down. Just
both old and young audi-rme r:oThis.st
ence members with humor remember: This isnt
imagination and depth 'Nam. There are rules.
v - What's so special about Dirty Projectors'
Bitte Ora? Is it Dave Longstreth's pretty-
boy-goes-to-Jupiter hyper-bleating? Is it the.
; way the stutter-step electronics seamlessly
blend with the clean-plucked acoustics for ast o w u dNC ERT
larger-than-life? Is it the way lead single
"Stillness is the Move" sounds like Janet Like bluegrass? What
Jackson going hipster? Is it the way it's vir- a bout free bluegrass?
tually impossible to explain this album at all Then mosey over to
within a single blurb? Prob- ThenAkoneFriday to
ably. And it's probably. The Ark on Friday to
(_J_ the best album of the see Hoots and Hell-
summer. So listen to it. mouth, a rootsy duo
from Philadelphia
In a summer with far too many predictable romantic com- whose rollicking live
edies, it turns out the film to save the rom-com genre is one performances -
that doesn't even end with the two main characters together. featuring a floating
Despite the somewhat unhappy ending, "500 Days"
injects something long missing in romantic comedies rotation of eclectic
everywhere: charm and originality. musicians - are a
It doesn't hurt that it also features twangy tumbleweed
an amazing dance number to of a good time. Open-
Hall & Oates's "You Make MyDras"ngilkem dd
Dreams "ing is like-minded
group Annie and the
Beekeepers. Entry is
free with a student ID
and the show starts at
PHOTOS COURTESY OF NBC, EPIC, DISNEY,
FoX SEARCHLIGHT AND DOMINO. DESIGN BY MO STYCH. See SUMMER STORIES, Page 3B 8 p.m. (doors at 7:30).