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V 5. g g April 4-May 29, 1998 5; - \ is r x. _ \$\ we Opening Reception, __ _ \_ ¢~. " ° one fgei; Saturday April 4 9-1 pm §§= » _ _ _ ig; fa *L if /2 - 1. -» tztsutte Drawn Center Gallery. .. _ _ cfs. 1 _\' _ ,i \ k>Readynmndes-Y :»; _,g,';y. $__ Bucknell University .t ésre wl t os? .fl §f3+ Japanese artist Yul-cinori Yanagi's which are all connected with his reel for Lewisburg. Pennsylvania Position ts a suite of 5 line- line and drawing. RELAY Drawn to Readymades includes llattdermg .lanuary 11-February 19. 1999 made the movements of 9 diverse artists whose works combine pre- etchings by tracing an ant t`or a set time tn :t Stu;-in Horodner is the director existing elements with the periomtative prescribed space. currently These extend the Field Vlbrk of the Center Gallery at Bucknell University Luca Buvoli aspects of contemporary drawing. These prints project an.-\1carra:. where the artist made draw- in PA. and is an independent art process-driven works-in space. on paper. l,ewisburg_ Charles Goldman in red within the dimensions of critic. consultant. and curator. He is a con- on walls, on video. and on the Web/'Net- ings crayon .lohnna MacArt.hur a single prisoners cell. Mark Dean Versa tributing editor of Surface magazine in San act as relays: taking certain "givens." oper- Gerhard creates wall Francisco. and Dazed and Confused maga- Mayer ating on or with them. and passing them on large-scale drawings hy appro- sections of characters from the zine tn London. From 1992 to 1996 he was Morelli to the viewer. These readymades include priating Francois cartoons and them dozens a and director ol Horodner Romley Pensatu the anist himself (Goldman). an ant Popeye repeating partner Joyce of times to create ot in New York. (Yanagi), the chalkboard (MacArthur). tempests exploding Gallery Mark Dean Veca hats. armies of forearm, and Disney characters (Pensato). superheroes Popeye`s Sean Watson of Bluto's bearded A installation shots of (Buvoli). rules and conditions (Mayer). cyclones grtmace. catalogue (including the exhibition at Hallwalls) will be pub- Yukinori Yanugi xerox culture (Monlli), cartoons (Veca). Pensato uses familiar Walt lished to coincide with the Bucknell exhibi- history and the computer (Watson). By Joyce Disney characters as a source for tion in January of 1999. Other galleries Curated Stturt Homdner lc San Kellner engaging mcse elemcms in renennvcv gamg E wildly gestural by 2 black and Whit# interested tn this should related practices. the artists posit completed Palnllngs' d'a"_'"gS fmd project Sllrl works, infusing contact Stuan Horodner at 717-524-3792 .sunt tt.m.~t tom tim,/t ADSIIGCI or Sara Kellner at 716-S35-7362, / _

sett- _ . t _ /¥ _ - ¢ Expresstontsms , __ ' ` V ` J ousness with a dose of = ' _ \ f' 5 ".. ' . culture. _ popular Many ` ¢.;; Q 2 ' .- Sean WaLson`s 1 ..- ~ gk #~"}1f of j' A -\ -\ *SJ - _=z__.l} en rsona _ __ i tma es are 1 _ 1;'A:>' '- ' medgtationspsverlayed tt, t_- -_ __ _ ' ve- 4,-'_ #05107 upon _ve--;e=, -;e=, contemporary _ ` ' " lm -t~= - `\ Black North American _ f _ _ si `?7~f5f ' ,° ~ - 'L 14" a _ =>. . H: useds ago history. V/ A<\_\_ ,Vg j ~ 4 - and mouse to V - _J fe- computer "m nl /n N t r._ . 'Vid render _,cj A.. _N £539 g ui" G diagrammatic » - ~'»f~" Q. 1 ' ' ` , it ac ,ale - which reverse I I *'*.`jf 13, _ g drawings al ak. "x .H line to as white - appear . A "For the four l have hecn ' 15.9 past years. pro- '~ on black. I marks » calling -~: \_ art work on the role of ' ductng by ¥- ,\/p;\_, focusing into issues of - 1 question the in the creative l tim inter- _J 5 ,,.~§ process. dominance and ` ` past f; ;; t`7fP_cz> margin- ' in the of ;g_f_ _ _ ested ' X _ phenomenon translating - 7' ,t` _ ality. Johnna memories into the cre- -5_1 _5_ __.rf-§'~' {_,_;_'E, art-recognizing - _V-Q' 1 Q _ -=. MacArthur's work utt- V as an instrument to ' an artwork ` ation of ' ' ' ' ` lizes a of A process 1 ttegotiate and renegotiate the terms of an l'°m°"°l and "Bea me amslls hand as STAGINGS works that are understood to be in a state of will' tndividual`s past in the context ofthe pre- tool. ln her video Chalk t Cnnmnl »-nnlennal rnnvcmcnlp primary A solo exhibition by sent moment. Staging;-which evolved out a hand with chalk and Confessions. appears Kim Waale ot` a series addressing memories of adoles- Wm" Sholl slalemems g Two landmark gestures frame our effort (°°"f°55l°n5)' cence especially as they pertain to the bed- "'h'°l'_°"C¢ Submttefi 29, 1998 here: Marcel Duchamp`s addition ofa mus- l_° 5°"'""?_3" April 4-May E room-involves the idea of collapsing dif- covered. washed. and ultimately erased. [acne and goalee In a renwdncnon of Opening Reception: 2 ferent points in time and points of view <~ 4 ° 9-11 £2 into one moment. Like a photograph which German artist Gerhard his Sat.. April pm Mayer began registers a moment and then functions as a a 01 rules' erasure ofa completed drawtntz bv Willem dlamngs bfi Semllg sql" "ng artist Kim Waale will monument to that moment. Staging: revis- a fountain and ink. and Syracuse-based pre- dc Chosen nv de Using stencils, pen tts the fears and desires of adolescence in Knoningv Kngnlnn nn.n_ sent work her at 5 has hundreds developed during residency modest and 5'mPlE '"l"5= May" to construct a monument to the ado- self. These minusvacttvi- the International Studio in order plus gealedThis Program (ISP) ties had profound results. timtly establish- °fdf=\\'H1eS~ ?"d 5325 'hal Seemmgll' New York. For the two with the lescent within each adult." UUS¢SSlV¢ S¢lf'f¢5lf3lm PBS( years, the art ol` "the 'Rte This exhibition will be an ing conceptual gesture." bling? fgrlll 3.lVh°l° support of the Elizabeth Foundation forthe accompanied by artists the of new and 'HSI C0Sm0S of illustrated brochure with in RELAY continue process re- possibilities. Arts. Hallwalls_the ISP and the new York essays by Gddman lmwls l"

_ and Grossman. authoring and transfomting established by Charles dlffem" State Council on the Arc.. have collaborated Amy Hufnagel Julie °"'c5~ Sm an easel and Cha" 0" 3 these 20th-Century art up spirited ' operations. all. to award one nine-week studio res- street. and a dollar to draw his annually / pays people -> .T .. '_ idency in New York to an anist from /. ; Tr, lf, _ if portrait. which are then exhibited together. "F ~ ' Western or Central New York. is a the Staging: -_"X, -.l'- Q. M Upsetting , ;_ s,5~ 3l'\lSl/S\1bj€§l tradition. installation which includes a r' photo-based _ a of fx?" <~ ' ~ ,, 12535;-"§§<_ Goldman offers collection ot "ways series of shot of = "/~ -_ himself and the nature of photographs through layers G _ seeing." seeing and the leits of a stereoscope. '90,\ H §'j`3_"; _ magnification . ; Canadian anist A people \ '\~ »h` H63 in dtsttnct_locattons. Other recent projects include A Good Look: f Frangots creates t _ ; Q '¢ , ' 9 'pf' Morellt wall drawings T}tt.'Adolt~scent Bedroom which she I ot Project , __ which built by impressions ' _,pn if Ep ,' are repeated at Munson Williams » the I f f recently presented 7/ t , "eéfp images trom a repertoire of rubber stamps. ¢1 _ Ti,/Ti,» ~; Proctor institute in Utica. N.Y, l 1 ,gg Selected from the worlds of art. :_ _gl - Q E biology. I ~ ' Q , _ '%t, architecture. and culture. these ~ *_ _,_ ,= _ pop images i n _§`;\§';;) f'f'5¢'§}» "New versions ofthe evolve to meet ~ peut tit ftt. Q act as which ` XQM! 1* W ; '=`,` 47 _§§' hand-printed tattoos accumu- the ofthe late to render trtezes. constantly changing requirements _ sau » _ _ 'Qu =.};1 figurative § ' ~ ;v&,3¢ss ltaltan self in each successive (from artist ofa present" . Luca Buvoli follows the _ ""'F),IartistLucaBuvolifollowstheexploitsofa exploits _ :»t_ ' ' , 5_ I ` "_ n w", F), Fictions ttt Studies in the 1 character named "Not a Hero" Aurobtogruplttz' '14/, ; j I g Super ' '\;,"' Arr John _. r-' ofSeMlntbyPaulJohnEakin). byPaul Eakin). -'9 Q Y" I through installation. film. and comic books ._-1 ,

CIDIVIIIQE ll\l IVIQYE -*HALLWALLS NON-PROFIT ORG. PAID CONTEMPORARY ARTS CENTER INTERPRUM lnternational Festival of lmprovised Music BUFFALO, NY 2495 Main Street PERMIT NO, 731 Suite 425 1998 » Curated David May 12-16, by Kennedy Buffalo, NY 14214

VISUAL ART Hallwalls is pleased to be planning a major festival of improvised music -from freejazz to pure noise- FILM on Eve consecutive nights in mid-May at various venues in Buffalo. Featured ensembles are guitarist Bruce Eisenbell & his Trio, drummer Gerry Hemingway & his Quartet, r' A _ tenor saxophonist Billy Harper & his Quintet, AHcHWALCOPYMADE the Ontario-based noise sextet The Nihilist Spasm Band, FFlOl'A OFtlGlNAL - and. direct from Trio Clusone. Festival discount will be available. Amsterdam, passes PERFORMANCE ORlGlNAl_ Watch your May Hallwalls calendar for places, times. & dates, DlSC/i.F;DED as well as complete information about the artists, or call 716»83S-7362. Corporate spac.: rs subverted and the bodies pile up" (Jessica Levin). Ojjice Killer blends Sherman°s unique isual imagination with the sensibility of veteran horror director Dario Argento. whose Sttrprrta. lnjernn she credits as an inspiration. I OHicc1{illcr itself is both horrifying and amusing. and an ironic commentary on L _ _ , _ " the convention at horror nlms.

` ° Wednesday April 15 ' 6 pm Thursday April 9 S pm Visual Art Committee Open Meeting SICK: Hallwalls cinema ' FREE THE LIFE & DEATH OF BOB FLANAGAN, Wednesday April 15 ~ 7:30 pm ' V T 1 .It If .u " l _ can SUPERJVIASOCHIS , Slide Forum _-. l u g Open ' -_

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- Presented in Person V . Visual Art Committee member Felix has invited Sue ~g , jackie Budash. V ' 7:4 V the Director "~ Elizabeth Davis. and Robin Yates to slides and discuss their work. by _ present X .` i _ All are welcome tojoin us in what rs always a lively conversation on the state of Co-sponsored by Squeaky Wheel & 5 ~ 9. the arts in Buffalo and WNY. Artists who are interested in presenting their slides Hallwalls in collaboration with the Q gi ` 5 /1 » in future events should contact Sara Kellner at l~lallwalls. Central NY Prcgrammers` Group rcnvroi A 1 _ 1 ~ =_,.; _ _,g V

' I ISP AWARD ANNOUNCED ' The Prize winner at the ii? __ Special .luty W Hallwalls is to announce that Marion Wilson of NY. has " very pleased Syracuse. 1997 Sundance Film Festival, Sick is the been awarded the 1998 lnternanonal Studio in New York Program grant. internationally .icclarmed film about the This was Hallwalls and the ISP with the of the program developed by support comedian and performance artist New York State Council on the Arts and the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in Bob Flanagan whose experiences with order to artists in Western and Central New York the to spend nine give opportunity Sadomasochisnr helped him manage his weeks in New York. and be with a studio. and a provided ltvrng space. stipend. painful struggle with Cystic Fibrosis. Artists have the to meet with other artists from around the world and to opportunity Flanagan took control of his frail body have studio visits with museum directors, critics. and curators. lf you are interested early on. using bondage to counteract his childhood pain. and ended up playing in for the 1999 an out for the December 1998 applying program. keep eye with himself fo'ever, A provocative, deeply moving. often hilarious, sometimes Hallwalls calendar. where details will be announced. unwatchable-chronicle of the life and work of one of the most unique artists of the century. Kirby Dick's documentary follows Flanagans strikingly original art and MEMBERS SHOW PICK UP life over seveta decades as he explores the limits of pain, sexuality. love, and death. lntimate. candiiL funny, and shocking. Sick manages to make even the most extreme Hallwalls members. don't forget to pick up your work from the members behavior understandable. the most and audacious exhibition. Pickup for Black Ve1vet& Other Tactile Delights will be "Undoubtedly wildly original in this year`s (1997) Sundance Festival. Always brilliant...this Saturday, March 21. 12 noon to 6 p.m.. and Monday. March 23. 12 noon to 6 p.m. documentary landmark documentary. made with the full collaboration of Flanagan's widow. to be seen on the screen" "Sick in a nutshell is one of the VISUAL ART COMMITTEE: Lenore Bethel. Deborah Weeks Carson. deserves big (Variety). best films of the if not the most honest" (Festival Cinema Guide, Toronto), Patricia Carter, Alice Dudko. Jackie Felix. Craig Keller. Becky Koenig, year, Catherine Linder. Mark Lavatelli. Polly Little. Roberto Pacheco. Beth Pedersen. Kathleen Sherin. Diana Slatin. Myles Slatin. Alfonso Volo, Mary Weig, Thea Zastempowski. CEPA presents UNCOMMON TRAITS : RE/LOCATING ASIA April 16-17. 1998 These two film and video programs are part of UNCOMMON TRAITS' R.ErLOC1»lTlNGAS1A CEPA`s season long exploration of work by Asian-American and Asian-Canadian artists. Thursday April 2 ° S pm

Wonder Twins Activate Form ofA. .. Thursday April 16 ° 7:30 pm Films & Videos by Patti Doyen & Anya Lewin TRAITS: RE TING ASIA Presented In Person by the Artists UNCOMWON /LOCA FILMS BY PAUL LEE Patti Doyen hails from Niagara Falls and though she has left the area many times Presented In Person by the Filmmaker because ofthe weather. She is a Teaching Assistant in keeps returning currently UB Center for the Arts, Screening Room 112; FREE Film at UB`s Dept. of Media Study and will be screening several untitled films. the of Media Study & Hallwalls Doyen`s films could be called "constructed films" incorporating home movies and Co-sponsored by Department A of short films by Toronto-based filmmaker Paul Lee. found images with a labor-intensive use of materiality. These are truly handmade program award-winning Lee is active in the Toronto independent film community as a filmmaker, pro- lilms including hand processing and cut-up techniques of both image and sound. very and curator. The includes These Shoes lrlreren'r Made For lflblking Doyen's work includes Condensation (l99S. 3,5 min), Slide (1997. 5.5 min). ducer, program (lomm. 30 mrn.). Thick Lips Thin Lips (16mm. 5 min.), and a special sneak pre- Belly Flop (1997. 5 min.) and more. Anya Lewin is a Califomia transplant who view of Lees newest film fresh from the lab. moved to Buffalo because of the weather. She has been working with video off and on since 1989 and is a 'ITA in Video at UB`s Dept. of Media Study. Her works- comical. quirky. and kitschy-have been screened in different venues but never all 17 ~ 8 together in one spectacular evening. She will be showing Whatever Happened ro Friday April pm Mary.lanc'?. The Way to a Man `s Hear! ts Through His Stomach, Shame, Slap. DESIRES & MEMORIES: RE/LOCATING ASIA and several surprises. A Program ofQueerAsian Film & Wdeo Presented ln Person Paul Lee At Hallwalls BUFFALO PREMIERE, TWO SHOWS ONLY Curated & by & Hallwalls ' the of Media Study Friday April 3 7:45 pm & 9:45 pm cosponsored by Dept. "We all our desires and memories with us, no matter who we are or where we Killer carry OHice are in the world. Some desires define our identities; some memories define our per- A Film by Cindy Sherman ception ofthe world around us. Sometimes unspoken and often fragmented, the in this (35mm, 1997, 81 min.) desires and the memories of the Asian filmmakers and video-anists program reflect some common concerns and some uncommon traits of the Asian Diaspora, University at Buffalo Center for the Arts, Screening Room 112 all told with candid humor and poetic poignancy" (Paul Lee, Curator). Ct Hallwalls & the UB Study C0-sponsored by Department ofMedia | ll.l Season ofthe Boys (Ho Tam, Canada, 1997, 4 min., video) ._.l C1 Killer marks the directorial debut of Sherman, one of the most influ- tI Ojjice Cindy Leftover: (Janine Fung Canada, 1994, 8 min. 16mm, color) 4e ,tE_"T" >

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Thursday April 23 ' 8 pm FOUR CORNERS (16mm.1997, so mm.) A New Film by James Benning "it f /_ /V Presented In Person By The Filmmaker I ' '_ ma. L ' J , / 8: l-lallwalls 2 -_ Sponsored by CERA, Squeaky Wheel. L. = in collaboration with the CNYPG so --ff ~ _ /' 5 .xref ,W> :_ tilmmaker James father of celebrated - ~ w Experimental Benning (the pixelvision `° ~. isa;sr videomaker Sadie Benning who screened her work at Hallwalls March 1) calls Q Four Corners (his 9th feature) one of his strongest works. Over the last 20 years, 4 Benning has established himself as one of the most important practitioners of the 1' ' , neo-narrative school of filmmaking (along with Yvonne Rainer and Chantal \»;k _ Ackerman). A landscape artist who used to teach math tn high school and is preoc- 1, r 7 with combines all three interests in Four Corners through a 1 4" cupied history. Benning ~- pq, T¥;r_T:_`;t ~' V fff _ 0 0 ' 5. singular structure that makes these concerns interdependent. The film`s title refers , > i Qzf\ g)Q/~ 'S to the place where New Mexico. Arizona. Colorado. and Utah meer. "Leave it to a Tet'\'\ i f inf ' former math teacher to show us hovt and human (again) cinematography. landscape. 9 vi are as fields ot' Dome). Ciiioiii history comprehensible integrated meaning" (Pleasure NEW) "Benning`s poetic explorations of the American space bring us to a moment of pure contemplation, in which a iieeting absolute may be glimpsed behind the cool Artwaves now airs on BCTV (TCI Channel 18) Saturdays at 9:00 pm. seduction of appearances" (Berenice Reynaud. Film Comment). Produced at Hallwalls by our media interns. the show highlights l-lallwalls

° Saturday April 25 8 pm music events, presentations by visiting artists, community activities, and the work THE ACCUSED MAZURKA of independent media makers. & OTHER WORKS BY NIM4 FONOROFF

Presented ln Person By The Filmmaker Become a member of Hallwallsl Cosponsored by CEPA Gallery 6; Hallwalls We are pleased to be presenting a program of films hy Buffalo-based experimental Membership to Hallwalls gives you lowest ticket price for all events. opportunities to meet artists. filmmaker Nina Fonoroff who currently teaches filmmaking at the UB Dept. of invitations to gallery openings. and advance notice ol' special events. Media Study. Fonorof'f`s work is often selected by curators to be part of programs iour membership represents an investment in Buit`alo's cultural well being by realizing the work that highlight the best of contemporary experimental film, and has been shown at of many artisu, and is a vote for artistic freedom. numerous showcases. festivals. and museums in the U.S.. Canada. and Europe. _ ij $30 individual ~ Basic membership' discounts to all events. membership card. monthly calendar. Fonoraff will screen The Accused Mazurka (lomm. 199-l, 40 min.). winner of the ' Basic dicounted for limited incomes, Jurors' Choice Award at the Black Maria Film Festival. The film presents a critical $10.-\nist.'Stun:nt/Seniors membership commentary on the mental health system that also challenges recent feminist narra- Zi S40 Household ~ Basic membership tor a couple/members of householdltamily tives on "madness" (in particular. the representation ofthe figure of the female hys- S60 Suppor1ing'S75 Friend.'Sl00 Sustaining ~ Burt: membership plus choice ofa Hallwalls T-shirt teric as victim). "The Accused Mazurka exquisitely interweaves a personal portrait or Travel mug. of life in and out of therapy against a background of Hollywood`s leading crazy ij S150 Underwriter/S250 Sponsor - Basic membership plus Consider The Alternatives: women" (Pleasure Dome).The program also includes Department of lnterior 20 leurs of Carrtempomryfirt nl Hrrllwalls. (16mm, 1987, 9 min.) and two audio collages. The Mind is Like A Very Wonderful ij] S500 Patton ' Basic membership plus choice oi small onginal painting by Hallwalls founder Camera and Is it Any Wonder That Her Eyes Grew Cold, Charles Clough. i;i S1000 ' Basic membership plus free entry to all program events. 1 ° 8 Friday May pm lj You may also make a contribution, with recognition but no benefiu, in any amount which is FILMS BY EVE HELLER fully tax deductible. Amount S . Presented ln Person By The Filmmaker Sponsored by CEPA & Hallwalls LU We are pleased to be presenting a program of shon films by experimental filmmaker Name Cx CJ i.t.l Eve Heller who recently returned to her native Buffalo after living in NYC for 10 years. <1 cu Her films are wide-ranging in their formal strategies, from the densely manipulated _.l ec imagery of her found-footage films to the sparsely edited, near-documentary works Street 'ff if si involving a single camera set-up. The common thread in her work is a concern with the >- f`_ <3 engagement of the viewer inthe making of meaning. "l`m trying to get to a heart of State City __ Zip F5 Q2 human matters" (Eve Heller). She hrst took courses in filmmaking at UB`s Dept. Q Lt I. cn of Media in the '80s with Paul Sharits and Conrad. Study early Tony O _.l . J Fax E-Mail __l__ Phone _l_ <1 Q < AsrorPlace (16mm. 12 min., 1997) ° Last Lost (l6mm, 1996,13 min.) 'S >- 73 iz 22 Orbits (l6mm, work~in~progress. 22 min.) \J Visa / Master Card / Amex Card No. Fi 6 Li Artist /'ee support provided in part by rz grant from the Experimental Television cc CC with the on Center: funds provided by New lbrk Council tIteArts. Expi Signature <2 O Make checks payable to: Hallwalls, 2495 Main Street, Buffalo, New York 14214 MEDIA INTERNS: Emma Brennan. Eric Cosmos, George Deacon, Stacey Farrar Hallwalls gratefully acknowledges your generous support. Your tax deductible VOLUNTEERS: Agnes Ciostek, S. Grey, Kelly Spivy, Sarah Reifsteck. contribution keeps contemporary alternative art visible for everyone. Today. Fries is an award-wnnnnng essayisl, poet. and playwright who stuns audiences with his lyrical. xamaiizing narratives of life on the physical and emotional margms of American SOCICI). Hz: has become an increasingly visible and vocal presence in thc nalional disability and literary communities. employing his talents to challenge cultural nssumpuuns about Khc d|sabied. Besides Remember. hls works include Nolebooksf an " ' Bod), published "Healing ' - sunday April 19 7:30 pm acclaimed earlj' sequence of 19 clcgam, gracctul poems about a lover with AIDS. ASSIF TSAHAR TRI0 collected m Arms!/xesza: Poems (l906)_ and the 1997 anthology __ ` Smring Buck: The Dixubilxly Experience from lhe Inside Our. which he edited. » » Assif Tsahar. tenor _ saxophone _

i f 1 William Parker, bass 4 In addition to his Sunday afremoon readmg ax Hallwalls, Fries will read at UB on a free at UB on & Susie Ibarra_ drums & 'l Thun.. March 26 31 2 p.m.. and conduct writing workshop percussion _ ' ' ' Friday. March 27 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For further information or to $12/$10 students & seniors ~ 5' ` / The and f \ register for :he workshop. call 829-3141. readings workshops-being $8 HW members N I _ ` ' a lisa of local and made :Q co-sponsored by long orgamzalions agencies-are possible by a grant from Poets & Writers, Inc.. which is supported in part by public funds ` AssifTsahar was born in Israel in . 1969, grew up ~._ 1 ff éf1 on \ from the New York State Council the Arts. V ` in Tel-Aviv. and moved IO ?\YC` in 1990, _

` "This tenor makes his f' \ ~ 27-year-old saxophonist .Q ' "' Sunday 5 2 ' April pm §o'|""i debu\ as leader with drummer . . impressive along V QM. buffalo center Susie Ibarra and bassist William Parker _just literary presents up -1 ....Tsahar exhibits potenx. fully formed style ' A Poetry Reading by built on the music of Coltrane Rollins. A - Shepp. Elaine & Ted Pearson and Gayle. Hs fleet energy and varied sonic textures are deployed within fluid Equi improvisational structures. and dellvered with an emotional wallop" (Jazziz). $6/$5 students. seniors. & HW members /$4 jb members The Wllage Voice has called William Parker-30-year veteran and preeminent bassist of the Free Jazz scene-"the mosl consistently brilliant free jazz bassist of Ted Pearson. Iomxer curator ofjust buffalo`s Wnzers ar Wbrk series, currently lives all lime." He has played bass with such older established musicians as Don Cherry, in Detroit. Pearson's work is a continuing engagement with "the evenreceding lost Billy Higgins. and Cecil Taylor. and leads his own orchestral group. Little Huey paradise of poetry. where words don'\ borrow their meaning from the world but Creative Music Orchestra. which features both Tsahar and Ibarra, For her part, bestow !hcm freely out of themselves. like endlessly self-replenishing fountains." Ibarra's work with this culturally diverse trio has been called "a swirling dervish A master of thz postmodern lyric, his work has sustained the respect of his peers with of percussion": "She masterfully drove :he pulse ofthe music circling free over the past ZS years through the publication of 14 books. including rhythms of forceful economy. usingmbclls. shakers. and gangs no extend the Evidence 1975~~1989_ Planeiarv Gear. and Amuslic Masks. Elaine Equi is the melodic range of her spare tuned kin, Her playing infused the trio with the author of many collections of POCll'}' including Surface Tension and Decoy, both controlled free flow of Tai Chi, combining stabbing rol|s_ explosive tattoos, from Coffee House Press. A new book. Voice-Over. will be published in 1998. and sizzling cymbals" (Cadence). The Figures Press has just published a chapbook, Friendship Wil/I Things, featuring drawings by Joe Brainard. Equi`s work has been included in Best abode American PI1EIl}' 1989 and 1995. and The fV'0fl0l1Al1fh010g)`UfPU5lM0d(.'VllP0€lV)'. fghijk Sh: currently hves in New York City with her husband. poet Jerome Sala. and lmnop reaches ar The Yew School and The Wri1er`s Voice. qrstu

vwxyz _ 26 - 2:30 Sunday Apr,1 pm _ A Memorial for Daniel ° Reading Kanyandekwe (1963-1997) Sunday March 29 2 pm S10/$5 students A Reading by Kenny Fries FREE

Daniel Kanyandekwe was a graduate student in the UB English Dept. from 1992 The Fries was born with twisted, ,- » day Kenny until the Spring of 1997. Daniel had come front Rwanda-along with Iwo other undersized and three toes on each foot. his ) legs "'V,¢:= Rwandan sludents-to study literature al UB under the sponsorship of a Fulbright

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ran xhe corridors __ grandmother through hospital _ *»~',»g" Fellowship. During the five years he studied at UB. Daniel managed to write not ' ' A _ "A freak! freak! _ J screaming My daughter gave ` a Ph.D. dissertation on American Writers and but four novels of his E" " 4 only Africa. birth ro a freak!" His farher faimed. Fries. whose V I Seasons Erernal ` own: The Las: Wri1er_ The Buuoclc ofthe Almigluy, ofllie " deformities could not be corrected. is which » ga); Gmomk Death. and The Chronicles o_fMelancI1oly. The EIS! was modeled on

~ its own se\ of as he ,- presented problems grew up. Saul Bel|o\v`s }lerzog_ to which Daniel had been introduced by a Peace Corps As a child. he was abused both his : » seriously by volunteer slalioned in Rwanda while Daniel was an undergraduate student. Also father and brother. and into adulthood emerged during Daniel`s time SI UB. Rwanda itself was devastated by a genocidal war that swacldled in of self and ambiguities memory. lefl the nation in shambles and decimated the very thin intellectual class of which These hx: has in his frank mem- explored brutally Daniel was a pun. The war rendered Daniel and his colleagues exiles: there would oir Remember, back and forth m Io. Bady moving I be no home for them I0 return time to assess his recollections with insight. frustration. and humor. anger. ln late 1997. Daniel died suddenly of a stroke while leaching at a Baptist college in Miami. Florida, just three months after beginning his job there. He left behind a Hallwalls Staff: Chris Borkuwski /Technical Dnccmr. Edmund Cardoni J Executive Dircclor, wife. Agnes. and a very young son. Modeste. This memorial reading from his Sara Kellncr 'Vxsual Am Dueclor. Anne Borden & Jody Lafond `YIR Project Coordinators, novels will feature his many friends and teachers, including fellow UB students, Polly Little 'Adrrunislrauve Director, Gail MCl1l]ik,' Medla Staff Consullam, ` to whom he was close. Margaret M. Smith Director ofDe\'e|opmen1, Publicuy & Performance. his professors, and others particularly Ruger Tnclley ,' ARE:WNY Coordinator. Maggie Bakcr J DcvclupmcmAssoc1aIe Admission I0 this special memorial event is S10 to the general public and SS I0 students, Board nf Directors 1997-1998: Richard Wicks »'Presiden|. Bruce Adams "Vice Prcsidem, all proceeds of which will benefit a fund established for Daniel`s wife and son. John Ryan 'Tveasurcn Kalhlcen Hassan 'Sccielary Dorothy Bergman. Chuck Brunelic, Patricxa Cancr_ Mary J.S. Davis, Alan Fcller, Lucinda Finley, Eric Gansw0r\h_ leffyey M. Goldfalb, William Gracbner. Debbie Hill, Jamie Lembeck. Catherine Linder. James Mullenhu1'i_ Wbndy Pierce. William Sxdel. Donald Warfe APRIL CALENDAR ATA GLANCE Assistants, Interns, & Volunteers: Emma Brennan, Keena Burgess. Agnes Closlek, Sun. March 29 - Kenny Fries 2pm Eric Cosmos. Anthony Croce, George Deacon, $lBCE}' Farrar. Jonathan Grassi, S. Grey. Reading by Wilson Lamar. Sarah Rcifsleck. Leah Schwab, Kelly Spw). Anthony Tnnchera. Thurs. 2 - Wonder Twins Activate Form of A... 8pm GL Melanie Wilcmskl. Fri. 3 ~ Office Klller (Center for the Arts) 7:45 & 9:45pm To be pu! on the Hallwalls mailing lisl call (716) B35-7362 Sat. 4 ' Drawn to Wbuld you like m |¢¢¢w= our monthly calendar by ¢-man" Relay: Fleadymades 9pm We have an e-mail noliécanon Inst xhax you advised about upcoming events, schedule changes. keeps Sat. 4 - Kim Waale 9pm grant uppcnumues. calls for walk. and general announcements. Stagings, E-mai\ us a\ hnl|wall@pce,nel lo lex us know. Sun. 5 - Poetry by Elaine Equi & Ted Pearson 2pm The Main Gallery. The Black 'n' Blue Theatre and The Paul Shanu Cinema are available for rental for private 6; cnmmunily funcuons. For more mfonnaxion and dclails call Margaux Smith an (7l6)S35-7362, Thurs. 9 ' Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan 8pm

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