The Michigan Daily -Wednesday, July 24, 1985 - Page 7
Entertainment galore storms art fair
By Hobey Echlin _.a
ELL, IT'S Art Fair time again,
and from the endless lists of
events and stacks of schedules, the
confused and misled fair-goer looks to
words of the reporter to sort out the
myriads of musical entertainment in-
Oto a logical and comprehensive an- <
swer to the confusion.
No such luck. But what I will give t < t
you is a pretty good idea of what's
worth your time and what's not worth
a whole lot of your money.
Providing the classy but relaxed
beginning to the Fair Wednesday is
boogie-woogie pianist Mark "Mr. B"
Braun as he rolls his piano to the cor-
ner of South and East Universities.
From 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. all four days,
Phe'll be mixing up his own eclectic
style of swing piano and jazz for your
passing enjoyment.
AT NOON, Mustard's Retreat, >
featuring Michael Hough and Dave
Tamulevich, will offer diverse folk - r
integrating everything from dulcimer
to electric bass into their set.
"Retreat" will perform twice, at noon
under the Graceful Arch on East U.,
and at 4 p.m. in front of the Union.
O.K., so you want a little more
class. Trot on over to Liberty Plaza
(E. Liberty and S. Division) at noon
for the 7th Annual Haydn Festival Daily Photo by CAROL L. FRANCAVILLA
with the Intrada Woodwind Quintet.
Mom would be proud. You'll be hap- A crowd gathers around this band at last year's fair. The art fair is not only paintings and pots -it's music as well.
py. ds. Wednesday, George Bedard and Back to the jazzy scene, Wednesday that night, at the Earle. will still be trying to finance another
For a more artistic pace, the Herb the Kingpins give the afternoon a jaz- offers a night for the individual A bit too stuffy? The Blue Front trip to Europe by passing the hat at
David Guitar Studio offers exhibitions zy start at 2 p.m. master. Peter "Madcat" Ruth per- Persuaders at the Blind Pig Wed- the corner of East and South "U" with
of just about any guitar style They're followed by the incom- forms at 7 p.m. in front of the Union. nesday night should loosen things up. his free-for-all boogie-woogie piano.
imaginable in an ongoing jam on its parable First Light, easing the day His revamped versions of blues stan- Their swinging/jazz approach will get But the real culture is under the
front porch at E. Liberty and Fifth. out with their original reggae tunes, dards and his quintessinal harmonica you off your feet and keep you there. Graceful Arch. There the Afro
From rock to mandonlin, you'll see following the success of their work on a score of originals have ear- And if all this nightlife seems a bit Musicology Ensemble performs at
the diverse methods of guitar playing "Musical Uprising" EP. At 6 p.m., ned him the title of "Greatest jazz much, there's always the phenomenal noon under the direction of founder
that make it an art form in itself. Surreal Estate provides a healthy soloist." Find out why. movie "Koyannisqatsi," featuring the Morris Lawrence in a dazzling display
OUTSIDE OF Rick's American sample of first new wave covers - FOR THE slightly more music of minimalist composer Philip of dance and music that defies the
Cafe on Church Street, Lee Barry and from the Talking Heads to Echo and sophisticated, Larry Manderville Glass in his first flick. MTV world with its timelessness.
Prism Productions present after- the Bunnymen - in an energetic style works his keyboard magic at 5 p.m. THURSDAY OFFERS a bit more An unusual juxtaposition follows at
noon of the area's most popular ban- that makes the songs seem their own. under the Graceful Arch and latter culture to the music lover. "Mr. B" 1 p.m. as Baroque and Dixieland mix
it up in the Talents of the Junior
COUNTERPOINT Chamber Players.
Thursday night offers a bit of weir-
Art fair atmosphere is heavy in the lun wit WCBN's Arwulf broadcasting
SBy Byron L. Bull Summer Arts Festival - the most outside Lovin' Spoonful, waitresses that for the same $20, I could get my ARWULF DOES a one-ane-a-half,
ByByrnL._B__ recently initiated of the fairs. scurry madly about the outside of the kid a Masters of the Universe Dragon in pike position, right off the prover-
Forget the claim about this being Parthenon's curbside dining area to Walker. I don't think any kid today bial deep end with his broadcast of
A LOT OF PEOPLE love the art three separate events. They're all the bizarre strains of Greek muzak. would know what to do with a wood "Modernistic high energy music," in
fair and return year after year. virtually indistinguishable. Most of the people don't seem to be toy anyway, except think that maybe which he shows his passionate loyalty
Many do so because it's a chance to AS SOON AS you step into the terribly interested in the booths of ar- it's a joke. to avant garde sax man Albert Ayler
get out of the Detroit suburbs and crowded street, you become part of a twork. Many don't even seem to But a few parents of the granola - via a jam box. As well, Arwulf
spend some money somewhere else great squirming mass of bodies that notice them. generation find them appealing, and a conducts a safari into the surreal with
than the local mall. Others are friends seems to take on a life of its own, You work your way to the edge of few are sold. his "Hunt for Art." For those in the
of the people who hawk the fruits of twisting and flexing. You don't walk the crowd and look into one of the You begin to think Main Street is not mood (chemically enhanced or not),
their hobbies on the city streets. through the crowd, you're swept along booths. CERAMICS. Lots of bowls and where it's at, and veer off on East or just curious, the antics start at 6:30
The local merchants, faced with a at its pace, a pace that varies like that plates; kind of like what you made in Liberty and head into town. p.m.
next-to-dead sales season between of a river - at some points, raging your high school art class and got a B For a few blocks the crowd thins. Following Arwulf is Los Chickens,
S May and September, dream of like the rapids, at others, lying still on. O.K., a little more professionally The shops are more scattered, and the the brand new Ann Arbor
100,000 people packed into the few like a dead, stagnant pool. glazed, and maybe a little more few sidewalk tables full of old junk conglomeration of young local jazz,
square blocks around their store with The diversity of people is the gracefully rendered than what you brought out to "commemorate" the rock, blues, and everything-in-
dollar signs in their eyes and cold highlight of the fair; a demented came up with. Still, the stuff isn't all art fair are easier to ignore. between greats in front of the Union at
hard beating in their hearts like a Noah's ark sampling of every that much different from the one A tall geeky fellow with a lousy 7p.m.
vulture's at a carnage. stereotype you can imagine. The gathering dust in the back of your complexion approaches you. He's Area clubs also offer entertainment
I KNOW WHAT I'm talking about. bikers walk next to the yuppies. The closet back home. Certainly not $30 selling these puppets with bright blue later on in the evening, with personal
I've worked in enough shops around kiddie punks walk beside the aging different. and red synthetic hair, and with the favorites everywhere: the Motown
Ann Arbor during the summer. I've hippies. And if you start laughing at You let the crowd carry you down- long, dangling arms and legs with Domino (the only band that can pull off
seen the gross price increases and the someone - like the 300-pound woman stream, then step out to scrape off velcro tips that you can strap around Van Halen's "I Can't Wait" so I like
old merchandise hauled out of storage in a pink tube top with a platinum wig the melted candy bar you stepped on. your body. He sticks the puppet's face it) at the Blind Pig; Reggae First
&and thrown onto sidewalk tables at the - it's worth keeping in mind that Suddenly, you are looking at a booth in front of you, making the mouth Light at Rick's, and even a Reggae
slightest sound of jangling change. someone else around you is looking full of wooden trays. Simple block open and close as he tries to get you to dance party with Tom Simoman at the
But if you've never had the pleasure and laughing at you. cars, and a puzzle piece little wood stop and listen to his routine. You ask U-Club in the Union. Fun, fun, fun, til
of an art fair, let me give you a Everyone is eating. Everyone has a lion that goes for $20. him how much the puppets are - daddy takes the rhythm away.
preview of what awaits you. On Main Coke or a hotdog or a stick of cotton Wood toys have their charms, but if because they are cute in a really FRIDAY AFTFRNOON offers a
Street and also on State Street is the candy in hand: Crowds are piled up I were a parent, I'd seriously consider See FAIR, Page 0 , See MUSIC, Page 8s