Bars and Clubs The Blind Pig-You'd better look fast, because The Look rocks it up Friday and Saturday nights. Joe's Star Lounge-Friday night it's Detroit's hottest, The Urbations. On Saturday the Blue Front Per- suaders do some convincing rock 'n' roll. Mr. Flood's Party-Take off with the Falcons, dance rock, and blues, both Friday and Saturday nights. Rick's American Cafe-I-Tal, one of the hottest and best reggae bands in Thelist the midwest, steps up the beat Friday and Saturday nights. Theater American Buffalo-Friday is the opening of the Performance Net- work's newest production. Written by David Mamet and directed by David Hunsberger, it tells the story of three small timers who try to make it big in one fell swoop. Shows are Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 8 p.m. Tickets are $6 for Friday and Satur- day and $5 on Sunday, with discounts available for students and seniors. For ticket information call 663-0681. Working-Ann Arbor Civic Theater presents Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso's stage adaptation of Studs Terkel's look at America..Directed by Gary Garrison and starring local talent, the show features contem- porary music from the likes of James Taylor. Tickets are $5 and shows begin at 8 p.m. on Friday and Satur- day nights. All performances are at the Civic Theater on 338S. Main. For ticket information call 662-7282. Concerts Vixen-Hot from their motion pic- ture debut in Hardbodies, in which they perform six different songs, this all woman quartet does rock 'n' roll like it's supposed to be done. Spon- sored by the Office of Major Events, the show is Friday night at 9 p.m. Opening act is local favorite, Non Fic- tion. Tickets are $6 and available at the Union Ticket Office, Schoolkids, Wherehouse, Hudson's and all Ticket World outlets. Mark Steinke-As part of the Michigan Voice coffee house at Dominick's, plays and sings his own blend of folk and swing music. The show runs from 8-11 p.m. and ad- mission is $1.50. Auditions Tom Simonds' play - As yet un- named, Simonds' newest play is being produced by Canterbury House. Simonds has already had over a dozen of his plays produced locally. Scheduled for production next Oc- tober in Lydia Mendelssohn Theater, the play features many songs. Auditions are entirely open. The auditions begin at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in the Anderson Room of the Union. For more information call Canterbury House at 665-0606. TheMclikahDaif-'--Friddy; July 27; 1984 Page 15 "Gimme a D Gimme an A Gimme an I. L ...Y Give the MICHIGAN DAILY that old college try. CALL 764-0558 to order your subscription Ark makes (Continued from Page1) and acoustic music on the national touring level. The First Presbyterian Church, original owners of the Hill St. building, continued to allow the Ark to remain rent-free even after the switch in em- phasis. In 1982, however, the Church began charging rent for the premises, and the Siglins and the board of directors were faced with the imminent decision of either buying the property or moving. The decision was originally scheduled to be made earlier this spring, but was put off while a commit- tee of the board of directors searched for a new location. The new Main St. location has apparently been under serious consideration for some time, but the decision to move was not finalized until Dave Siglin actually signed the lease. "The move is being made to solve a lot of problems ... We're moving to in- crease our capital, to function 12 months a year, and to make it more comfor- table for the people who do come," he said. According to Siglin, the Ark is currently able to operate only about six months a year because of the difficulty in heating and cooling the large, poorly insulated building. He said he an- ticipates that with the new place they will be able to operate year round. Siglin stressed that his first priority in moving is to reestablish the same old Ark in a new place. "The most impor- tant thing about the Ark is that it represents the music the way it always has and that the people are comfortable . . . It (the move) is a natural progression," he said. There will, however, be some changes made. Siglin says that he plans to make two different rooms in the new place. One is to be a listening room, similar to the one at the old Ark, where customers " its move can sit near the performers and hear a live show. The other is slated to be a lounge where customers will be able to see the performers through a sound-proof glass wall while at the same time enjoying conversation and refreshments. Siglin estimated crowd capacity in the new listening room at 200, with an additional 50 in the lounge. The old location could hold only about 150. In addition, Siglin announced plans to make the Ark a private club. In effect, the only difference such a change will make is that members will pay a flat rate early in the year, and then receive a discounted rate at every show. Non- members will, of course, continue to be welcome, but will pay a higher ad- mission. Also, Siglin denied reports that he had applied for a liquor license. Dismissing them as a "pile of rumors," he said, "It (the license) doesn't even figure right now." Reactions to the move seem to be quite favorable. Lazslo Slomovits, half of the local folk duo, Gemini, had known that the new Main St. location was under considera- tion, but hadn't heard that it-was finalized. "I don't see anything really lost by the move," he said. "The essence of it hasn't changed at all." Peter "Madcat" Ruth, nationally- known harmonica virtuoso and Ann Ar- bor resident, is another frequent per- former at the Ark. He said, "'From what I've heard (about the new place), it will be very good." "I went there often and I loved the place, but it was a funny, funky place," he said. "The new room will be much better for the music." Because of the move, the schedule for next fall is still somewhat uncertain, but as of now, Michael Cooney is scheduled to open the new place on Sep- tember 7.