Arts
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Arch during last year's art fair.
Saturday Events
11a.m.-
At the Graceful Arch on East
University some square dancing by
the not so square A-Squares.
11:30 a.m.-
The melodious harmonies of the
Ann Arbor Chapter of Sweet
Adelines, in other words a barber
shop chorus, sing out at the Graceful
Arch.
Noon-
A feast of classical dances from
India at the Graceful Arch.
At the Michigan Union stage on
State Street, Gold Rush performs a
humorous skits at the Graceful Ar-
ch.
Harmonica virtuoso Peter (Mad-
cat) Ruth is once again to provide a
musical highlight for the Art Fair.
Last year his trio peformance with
Jason Boeckeloo and Danny
Brubeck, broadcast live over WC-
BN, electrified a sizeable mob at
Eclipse's Michigan Union stage.
This year Ruth will go that one
better by working his usual magic
in a solo performance, 2 to 4 p.m.
Saturday at the Union stage. The
show will once again be broadcast
live on WCBN.
Ruth has long enjoyed a loyal local
following for his unique blend of
blues, funk, jazz and good times. In
recent solo performances at the
Blind Pig, his material covered the
usual range, with a heavy emphasis
on blues songs, usually concerning
brains and catfish.
What makes the show visually ex-
citing is Ruth's total command as a
performer. On several tunes, he ac-
companies his singing on guitar, ad-
ding occasional'harmonica riffs for
punctuation. Other tunes feature a
smoothly modulated bass line
obediently cranked out by a small
computerized synthesizer.
Ruth blends these elements
through a mixing board or alters the
sound with echo as he performs.
This striking combination of
seasoned blues and high technology
is just one aspect of the unique talent
of Madcat Ruth.
3 pm.-
Rock, jazz, and blues by the Stark
Raving Revue at the Graceful Arch.
3:30 p.m.-
Big money tries to break into the
big time at the Michigan Union
stage.
Please don't
squeeze the
sculpture
Hines says she wis
By Jill Beiswenger track of all the pseu
created. "I'd love to
t L OU KNOW what I am? I'm a them around and s
junker," says J. Judy Hines, been living. I think
explaining where she finds the over the United Sta
materials for her bizarre soft sculp- that's in Alaska.
tures on display at the State Street Art recycling at its best.
Fair on Liberty Street. "I love garage It took Hines ab
sales and the Salvation Army. I have prepare for the Artl
this room filled with paper bags and I crash binge doing th
sort the satins, yarns and sequins all saying to myself
out. It's so much fun to go in there." moderation,' but Iv
Hines' sculptures attract a lot of at- floor for a few hour
tention, mostly delighted chuckles. She and start to work aga
starts out with pantyhose and polyester and they were all le
fiberfill. "My daughter helps me with walls staring at me."
the stuffing. You can't imagine how Hines says she wa
much time it takes." Then Hines hand as a child. From theI
stitches the facial features and probably good that si
machine sews clothing to suit the per- to genetic research e
sonalityif she hasn't already found the
perfect outfit second-hand. -
Hines worked in the theatre depar- a
tment at Michigan State University as a
secretary, which is perhaps where her 52tINAIVIDUAL
present creative work originated from.
"I had access to all of the scraps from
the costumes there. But I have always
liked gaudiness, and being a little bit SAT "
strange." only ab
It shows. Hines pays meticulous at- s5 30
tention to detail. The sculptures have
fingernails, eyelashes, and project HURRY EN
scintillating personalities. For exam-
ple, there's Belle, The Big Bad Mama.
Belle lies sprawled out in her see-
through hot pink and black mini-dress,
smoking a cigarette in a holder. Her SYLVE
blood-red nails, her flashy purple rings,
and her black garters all proclaim her
to be a creature of tawdry habits. O
Hagatha the Witch is definitely on the
traditional side though, with her silver
metallic granny boots, spiders dangling
from her hat and hairs sprouting out of FRI-6:00,'
numerous warts. SAT, SUN-12, 2, 4
Occasionally the personality is a bit
too strong. Take Clara in her dainty
plaid dress. She had a lantern jaw and "DINER D1
impossibly big, blue eyes. "We took
Clara to every show for a year, but
nobody would buy her. I finally chopped
her head off and put a new one on. She "EX Ii
looked so happy. We sold her a few
weeks later."
at the fair The happie!
hes she could keep
ado-humans she has
o be able to follow
ee where they've
they must be all
tes. I know of one
" This is truly
out two weeks to
Fair. "I went on a
hese things. I kept
, All things in
would sleep on the
's and then get up
ain. Once I woke up
eaning against the
as never doll-crazy
looks of things, it's
he wasn't attracted
ither.
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12:15 p.m.-
A little bit of everything -
comedy, music, singing, and ven-
triloquism-from Him and Me and
Dummy Makes Three at the
Graceful Arch.
12:30 p.m.-
The Ann Arbor Recorder Scoiety
plays early baroque music at the
Graceful Arch.
1 p.m.-
Folk music and dance lovers, trot
down to the Graceful Arch to watch
Ann Arbor Council of Traditional
Music and Dance hit the stage.
Gerry (Dzuiblinski) the Fool
mimes popular fables at the
Michigan Union stage.
2 p.m.-
Local mime artist O.J. Anderson
tickles your funnybone with
Barrier-free theater
By Blake Ratcliffe
SHORT HISTORY of theater: Arena theaters were built
by the Greeks; Shakespeare refined the thrust stage;
and Piscator developed the "Total-theater." Now Common
Ground Theatre Ensemble is working to create "Theater for
a Barrier-Free Society."
In their twelve-year history, Common Ground has always
performed socially aware theater, and "Barrier-Free" is the
most recent descendent in a long line of causes that stretch
from women's rights to.union support. But while issues may
change, goals remain the same. "Our main concern is to pull
the audience together. The '70s was the 'I' generation. We'd
like to get back to more of a '60s 'we' and 'us' society," says
Christopher Wakefield, an ensemble member.
And what happens at Common Ground when theory meets
practice? Judging from their performance at the Graceful
Arch, this theater group is no pack of hypocrites. They
opened with the "Enerjugglers," whose mixture of juggling
and narration on energy problems quickly caught audience
attention. They moved into some choreo-poems (poems set to
dance), one of which was from their Barrier-Free repertoire,
and ended with a selection from their upcoming production
Worksong, a collection of blue-collar workers' stories.
Though sometime simplistic in their message (inspiring
the same tedious optimism as the "Have a good day" Smiley
Faces), The Ensemble manages, in varying degrees, to "get
people to take what we do into their lives," as Elise Bryant,
another Ensemble member, puts it. Their informal style,
stressing audience participation, keeps you thinking abeut
the skits long after the juggling balls are put away and the
danskins are folded.
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SAT; SUN-12:15, 2:15, 4:15, 6:15
8:15, 10:15