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… Page Iwo THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, February 9~ 1972 'Museum Without Walls' By GLORIA JANE SMITH Do you ever feel cheated after visiting an art museum? The exhibits were good, but sparce-. Why couldn't they include more of Picasso (my usual complaint) or more of the Impressionists of the Pre-Renaissance period? A valuable museum supplement -- happening right on this cam- pus - finds itself in a series of eleven films on artists and re...…

…Pdgt Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, February 10, 1972 Page. Two THE MICHIGAN DAILYltR'53% U poetry series Galway Kinnell's voice, with a controlled emotional softness, spit out the words. of his poetry last Thursday to a crowd of en- thusiastic, appreciative people. His poetry, imbedded with forecful i n a g e s, recalled mo- ments in the poet's past which included his two children, his wife, and the human body in the darkness and in re...…

…Page T'wta THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, February 1 , 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Fridoy, February 11, 1972 C QQ Q d . s_ 1_. . , Box Offices Open at 6:30 Show Starts at 7:00 YUL I BRYNNER WAL I ELI. LLACHI JANE BIRKIN Editors note: these reviews were Compiled by thenDaily's reviewing Staff Kyle Counts, ,Neal Gaber, Richard Glatzer, and Peter Munsing. The French Connection FOX VILLAGE The French Connection, like * The Last Pict...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 12,197Z Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 12, 1972 TV Mvovie Agenda TONIGHT ABC-The Hound of the Bask- ervilles TOMORROW OBS-Ben-Hur, Part 1 ABC-Cleopatra, Part 1 MONDAY ABC-Cleopatra, Part 2 NBC-Operation Kid Brother CBS-A Patch of Blue TUESDAY ABC-Call Her Mom CBS-The Anniversary WEDNESDAY CBS-Twilight of Honor THURSDAY CBS-My Blood Runs Cold CBS-The Glass Bottom Boat Vsions o...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, February 13, 197E Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, February 13, 1 97L Socially conscious comics! Zap! Pow! Barn. II II - U By MARTIN STERN Suffering Suns of Krypton! The comics - they are 'a changing. Yes, it appears that comic books have progressed greatly from the days when super her- oes fought against an odd as- sortment of wierdly dressed vil- lians with bizarre weapons. Comic heroes were on...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, February 15, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tribute to Schubert The first vocal recital for the Power Center will be held this Thursday featuring the baritone of the Metropolitan Opera Com- pany, Hermann Prey. Prey will sing a collection of 18 Schcbert songs, among those Schwanengesang, in recognition of the 175th anniversary of the composer's birth. Born in Berlin Prey began his career by winning the...…

…T Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, February 16, 1972 Whispers and wails ... Theatre of the Absurd By HERB BOWIE Before I go any farther, I'm afraid I have to make an apology. Incensed by their butch- er job on Lou Reed's "Rock. and Roll," I recently wrote a scath- ing review of Detroit's album. Well, I listened to it again and it's not that bad. I still hate the group for reducing "Rock and Roll" to a simplistic, high- energy, num...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, February 17, 1972 lI' Mountain 's new record bombs; a surprise fro-m King Biscuit DIAL 665-6290 SHOWS AT: .1 :15-3 :45-6 :15-8 :50 FEATURE AT: :30-4:00-6:30-9:00 theatre UPlayers present two excellent 'absurd' plays By HERB BOWIE As I see it, Mountain has two things going against them and one factor in their favor. The first trouble they have is a lack of talent. Now I'll admit that talent isn't a...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, February 18, 1972 EDITOR'S NOTE: Cinema Weekend Was comtple~d by The Daily's review- ing staff, Kyle Counts, Neal Gabler, Richard Glatzer, Peter Munsing, and Bruce Shlain. TRASH Cinema II As one of the apparent few who has been able to totally re- sist Andy Warhol's cinematic explorations, I must immediate- ly say that I believe Trash to be one of the most overpraised films ever made. It's one of his be...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 19, 1972 Page Two. THE MICHIGAN DAILY I TV. Movie, Calendar SATURDAY 9:00 (62) I WAS A TEENAGE WEREWOLF 11:20 (9) FOR LOVE OR MONEY-comedy 11:30 (7) OUR MAN FLINT-James Coburn WINTER A-GO-GO (musical) 11:30 (11) BACK TO GOD'S COUNTRY-Rock Hudson 12:00 (13) FAME IS THE NAME OF THE GAME-Tony Franciosa, Jill St. John 1:30 (2) NICK CARTER, MASTER DETECTIVE SUNDAY 7:30 (2, 11) BEN-HUR pt. 2 9:0...…

…Page T°wb THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, February 20, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday1 February 20, 1972 cinematography, feminist Qes thetic s By GLORIA JANE SMITH , These films poignantly illus- 'trate the societal conditioning that most women have unider- gone. These films make t h e oftentimes. rhetorical statements of the women's liberation move- ment become animate. These films carry a strong message: that a woman is a person ...…

…P o ^ e Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, February 22, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, February 22, 1972 'U Seeger shines with fine fiddle and banjo $1-3 PREVIEWS TUES. & WED. By PAULA THOMAS Mike Seeger strolled into the Ark Friday night and proceeded to amaze and astound his audi- ence with his versatility and per- fection in performing. Although perhaps best known for his ap- pearances with the New Lost City Ramblers, Mike Se...…

…Page Two T THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, February 23, 1972 Uncovering the strippers in Detroit By MARTY PORTER The Burlies are all closing down. Yes, you heard me. Those same theatres that kept our fathers busy on free afterndons, that produced some of this centuries greatest comics, and that were once labeled as "Amer- ica's only true art form are be- ing run out of town by those sleezy-modern-day topless wait- resses and stag films. Of ...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Respects By ANITA CRONE Last Res While most 21-year-olds are TheatreI struggling to complete academic Play Proj requirements at theaUniversity, at Mende Danny Lipman has already had scheduled two plays professionally pro- day. duced - including the current When It Professional Theatre Program had just production of Last Respects- rehearsal+ and is writing a third. - vey Medli Lipman is this year's Shubert Nichol...…

…Doge Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, February 25, 1972 Page wo TE MICIGANDAIL I Editor's note: Tf were compiled by th viewing staff: Kyle Gabler, Richard GI Munsing, and Bruce THE STRA U Michigan Th By trimming a few a rape (there's on from his Straw Dog inpah got its sente .from "X" to "R". I'm told, needn't f the surgery apparer noticed: Dogs is stil still bloodcurdling, A highly regarded rect or, Peckinpa course this time a story in mod...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, February 26, 1972 , . From boxes to bathtub -.a- - - - - ll%.O w mv -%-- -%.w - LISA GOODMAN and Randall Forte in a scene from Last Respects. CO NTINUE Cinma eekend By MARCIA ABRAMSON Last Respects has its moments, sometimes of laughter, n o w and then of meaning. But, in so heralded a production, the stu-. dent play of the season, by the "prestigious" Professional Thea- tre Program, those good mo...…

…Page Two Three by Foon featured at RC Forest fires berm more than trees By M. L9 DlUC J. LAINE Bad reviews are so much more fun to write than good ones. It is therefore, much to my cha- grn, I am forced to admit that Foon Fair is fantastic. Consid- erifig the muck that passes it- self off as theatre in this town, FOn Fair is a pleasant (if unexpected) surprise. Opening night. V'arious A n n Arbor nobility assume t h e i r bokes and loges i...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, February 29, 197 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, February 29, 1972 Irish gather at the Ark . . images The Golden Ring; a gathering of friends By DIANE LEVICK Sunday night's Irish benefit concert at the Ark spanned an amazing array of moods and subjects, and attracted an un- usually ,unified crowd. One minute a ,merry tune about brewing and drinking po- teen. The next minute a bitter bong- curs...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday,, March 1; 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, March 1, 1972 'Harvest': Neil Young 's newest release Country fkavor By KENNY ALTSHULER By virtue of three great al- bums, Neil ,Young has estab- lished himself as one of the great songwriter - composer- performers of the music world. His newest release, Harvest, a two-year effort combining crea- tivity, artistry, and natural tal- ent is basical...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, March 2, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY sign of the times ... Man of many mantles" From the Briti s By HARRY HAMMITT England has been the starting p 1-a c e for a disportionate amount of fine music. While bands of the stature of the Bea- ties and the Stones are not com- mon, other English bands, such as Cream, Traffic, Jethro Tull, Mayall, The Who, and the irre- placeable Bonzo Dog Band, has be...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, March 3, 1912 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, March 3, 1972 on Harris is finding out about himself and Him. First a flash- back to his mother's death, so we realize that this is no mere tail of revenge but, that's right, an allegory. Then flashbacks. of his wife saying "The kingdom of heaven is within you as with all living things." Flashbacks to a harsh preacher. Flashbacks to his mother in law tel...…

…Page I wo THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, March 14, 1012 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday. March 14. 1972 Your arts page. -- -- -1 I . ... i' By PAUL TRAVIS Arts Editor Greetings. You are now read- inq The Daily's Arts Page. You may have noticed that page two is where we attempt to bring you the latest in reviews of movies, plays, ' recordings and anything else that we feel may be of interest. We have a slight problem. We are not rea...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY I Pag T w o T H E M IC HIG A N D AIL Y W ednesday, M arch 15, 1 197211 11 " - - - Wednesday, March 15, 1972 .. .images A gamut of emotional tensions III ii -Daily-David Margolick Boston Players By DONALD SOSIN The Boston Symphony Cham- ber Players gave an altogether wonderful concert in Rackham last night, sponsored by the University Musical Society. Two string trios formed the central portion. The firs...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN GAILY Thursday, March 16, 1972 P a e w oT E I C I A N D A L Thursday, March 16, 1972 Cinema: Straw By RICHARD GLATZER Thanks to the recent contro- versy over violence in movies, Straw Dogs has been tagged as an action movie about the de- structive nature of mankind and in one respect it is just that. David Sumner, an American mathematician (D u s t I n Hoff- man), 'and his Cornish wife Amy (Susan George) move to r...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, March 17, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, March 17, 1972 Straw Dogs Michigan Theatre Most people I've spoken with seem to be generally disgusted with Straw Dogs for reasons I don't really understand. All the complaints I've heard criticize the film's violence, yet Straw Dogs is not' needlessly graphic. In fact, the film is much less nauseating than I had expected -little blood, no guts, and I n...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, March 18, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, March 18, 1972 A sear By GAIL VROON While endowed with consis- tently excellent d i c t i o n, the University Players have, in the past, lacked a certain spontane- ity. More often than not, one finds two characters-say Cala- ban and Juliet-played gesture for gesture, nuance for nuance alike. Last evening's production of Bruce Jay Friedman's Steam- b...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, March 19, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, March 19, 1972 Rock and Roll bash a smash By TONY SCHWARTZ Dancing to down-to-it, old- time, rhythm-heavy rock-and- roll is back, resplendent with a big new following. A hard-core contingent will tell you it's here to stay. A sock-hop drew a huge crowd Friday night - perhaps 300 people at its height - in an equally huge West Quad din- ing room. Sparked ...…

… Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday. March 21. 1972 Three views from the A A Film Festival ......-,.......... .......'.-....-.-'...~.,....,.... ~-......... ..*.* . . ..*.*.~.*.*. ~ ~ ~.* ....... By BRUCE SHLAIN The Ann Arbor film festival has come and gone, leaving in its wake, I would suppose, a sizable number of grieving mourners. For this year's fes- tival, at least as represented by the three winner's programs Sunday night, wa...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, Mdreh 22, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, March 22, 1972 Creative Arts Festival and other events t r nc n narti c .n n .n ric :.srin.c: r While studying at the UGrI or even walking through the Diag on a pleasant spring afternoon, you may not realize the abun- dance of talented artists-writ- ers, poets, painters, musicians, dramatists-in your midst. During this month's annual Ann Arbor C...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, March 23' 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, March 23. 1972 Antigone, only voices, motions By GLORIA JANE SMITH Associate Arts Editor The Program for the Ann Ar- bor Civic Theatre production of Antigone which opened last night in Trueblood Auditorium describes the play as being about "strong, exciting, intense- ly human characters in a con- flict, of wills." While this may accurately describe...…

…Pages Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, March 24, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY 00 QQ Q l Rock Around the Clock Cinema Guild When this film was released in 1956, audiences in England and Norway rioted because, as one bopper put it, "The music sends us up the wall." It was banned in Belgium and in a couple of cities here, not that surprising when 'you combine the jungle rhythms of Bill Haley and the Comets with the Plat- ters, Freddie Bel...…

…THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, March 25, 1972 TV movies Tonight: Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate, 8:30 (7) That Man From Rio, 9:00 (4) The Girl Who Knew Too Much, 11:30 (2) The Rainmaker, 11:30, (7) Sunday: Jigsaw, 9:00 (7) Outlaw of Red River, 11:30, (2) Monday: Tell Them Willie Boy is Here, 9:00 (4) China Doll, 11:30, (2) Tuesday: The Forgotten Man, 8:30 (7) Mission to Death, 11:30, (2) Side Street, 11:30, (50) Wednesday: I Was a Teen-a...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, Mor6 26; 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sun~Ioy, March 26, 1972 records images-- It the ann arbor film cooperative This celebr birthd time album have Pinc condu4 lish t solos Violin and E burg Major lease. Ing y seems tic wo to Bat works tra is the mi less t All thi the er tually as pra Concei instru. sembl sound achror The young virtuo has w nation terpre someti terical mendo has fi and th The ...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday~ March 28, 19'72' f Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, March 28, 1972 Has the music died on your FM radio? By MARTIN STERN "And I knew I was out of luck, the day the music died ... So, bye, bye, Miss American Pie . .." (copyright in litigation) Don McLean, in singing of the day the music died brings to mind the current situation with progressive rock stations, a small but energetic group whose vo...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, March 25, 1972 Pope Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Weeda, ach29 17 A Romantic renaissance in America By JOHN HARVITH The burgeoning "Romantic Revival" in all aspects of our daily life is rapidly assuming revolutionary proportions. Sprouting mustaches and beards and "unconventional" combina- tions of colors and patterns in clothes, which would have pro- voked incredulous stares on Ann Arbor thoroughfares a...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, March 34, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, March 30, 1972 U A spectacular MODAL JAZZ Wallowing in electronics By MARCIA ABRAMSON Indians begins before you en- ter the theatre, and stays with you long after you leave. There is carnival music play- ing as you open the doors of the Power Center, and there are shooting galleries and carnival posters inside. And there are Indians, grim, quiet, ...…

…PQge Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, March 31, 1972. PaeT--H IHIAALYFiay ac_3,17 The Godfather Michigan Organized crime is not usually thought of in terms of a tight- knit family affair. But this is the perspective with which The God- father approaches the ruthless underworld struggles for power. The story, adapted frpm the popular Mario Puzo novel, is about the fall of the Cosa Nostra Don, Vito Corleone, and the rise to power of his son M...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, April 1, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, April 1, 1972 Growingup -with television Dear Mr. Surgeon General: I read your report last night: Report to the Surgeon General from the Surgeon General's Ad- visory Committee on Televis- ion and Social Behavior. It wasn't so long ago that I couldn't fit it in between All in the Family and Moby Dick. I'm surprised that you're still trying to prove t...…

…Page TW6 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, April 2, 1972 Page Twe, THE MICHIGAN DAILY letters About the -Arts Page U To the Arts Editor: Although I am one of those who are excluded from enjoyment of the Spanish plays because of not knowing Spanish, I strongly dis- agree with the sentiment expres- sad by your reviewer In the March 23 issue, who wonders "why the Spanish department doesn't give one performance of these annual productions in Engli...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Tuesday, April 4, 1972 PaQe Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Mixing youth. culture, electoral politics Subscribe To BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR! -National Soard of Review By PAUL TRAVIS Arts Editor Ann Arbor has always had a reputation for mixing politics and culture. In the past it has combined street and youth cul- ture with radical politics - po- litical rallies and guerrilla the- ater, rock and roll music and polit...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesdav. Anri ( S. 1972 THE MICHGANIDAILIWIIIIIIIIIIIIIr I -Q7 r Gur ic.'JUU Y/ rN, 11 .!, I z If- records Some fine new Feedback on the Winter road Classical pieces By DONALD SOSIN Three delightful cantatas by Telemann make up a new re- lease on the Philips label (839 600 LY) with Hermann Prey, the Salzburg Boys' Choir, and the German Bach Soloists under the direction of Helmut Win- schermann. The ...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Pae woTH-MCHGA-DIL .rr Thursday, April 6, 1972 Patience: A milkmaid's virtue By JEFFREY LAINE If you don't know about the Gilbert and Sullivan Society, they are a group of sometimes talented. often energetic and us- ually entertaining amateurs. If you're looking for a break from The Godfather complex-some- thing light, farsical, witty, and in the guise of a musical comedy- look no further. The greatest demand...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY i . Friday, Apri17, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, April 7, 1972 'U 5 To Die in Madrid Cinema II A complete and detailed ac- count of one of the more horrible events of this century-the Span- ish Civil War. Director Frederic Rossif presents only the facts; newsreel footage from Moscow, London, Paris, Berlin and New York unsparingly show both the poverty of the liberal yet inef- ficient reign of Alfons...…

…Saturday, April 8, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY a Union Studen By SHERRY COTTIER A short woman approximately 22 years old with wire rim glass- es and long hair loosely pulled back walked into the UAC Art Gallery asking for information on batiking. She was doing a group project with a class of sixth graders and needed to know how to mix the waxes, stretch the cloth and stop the penciled design from disappear- ing after the first dying....…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, April 9, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Sunday, April 9, 1972 I records Hendrix disc: A flawed gem A 'musical party' at the Ark By MIKE HARPER Warner/Reprise has released athird Hendrix album post- humously; a flawed gem en- titled Hendrix in the West (Re- prise MS 2049). Unlike the mas- terful studio works of The Cry of Love and Rainbow Bridge, this entire album was recorded live and therein may...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY . Tuesday, April 11, 1 97Z 4 o It was a good nigt fr.,Gustav By ANTHONY CECERE THE MINNESOTA ORCHES- TRA - Stanislaw Skrowaczew- ski, Conductor, with the UNI- VERSITY CHORAL UNION, Donald Bryant, Director, and soloists Phyllis C u r t i n, So- prano, Maureen Forrester, Contralto, John Stewart, Ten- or and Brent Ellis, Baritone. Hill Auditorium, April 9, 1972. Last Sunday night's Minnesota concert was a mixture...…

…Wage Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Wednesday, April 12, 1972 Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY 5 A new coffeehouse in a familiar place By JOHN MARSTON Since January Ann Arbor has had a new co-operative coffee house and theater, called The Conspiracy, in the space that was the Alley Cinema, and be- fore that Canterbury House. The original impulse to form The Conspiracy came from the members of American Revolu- tionary Media (ARM), a group that had spo...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, April 13, 1972 THE MICHIGAN DAILY Thursday, April 13, 1972 images ..* Mark-Alimond ... y v.}4rBy HARRY HAMMITT The British group is one called Mark-Almond. The band came about as a result of the union of guitarist Jon Mark and reed-player Johnny Almond who both played together in Mayall's Turning Point band. '<s. When Mayall's band broke up, Mark and Almond stayed to- t gether and Mark-Almond was b...…

…Page Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Friday, April 14, 1972 THE MICHiGAN DAILY Friday, April 14, 1972 I Macbeth Campus Without outlandishly chang- ing the setting, costuming, or lush Shakespearean language, Roman Polanski has created a "modern version" of Macbeth. While injecting a generous dose of spilt blood, overt sexuality, and the muddy squalor of Me- dieval times, Polanski has still endeavored to avoid relegating that fellow Shakespeare to ...…

…7 Paae Two THE MICHIGAN DAILY Saturday, April 15, 1972 A Doll's House is another cage A dreary trek down Tobacco Road' Black Film Society presents SHADOWS-7:30 MURDER ON LENOX AVENUE-9:00 By MARCIA ABRAMSON "You have never understood me. I have been wronged . . . I have lived here like a pauper by performing tricks. I must educate myself ... I must know myself ." Ibsen, so many years ago, un- derstood so much. A Doll's House seems to ...…