BI-MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE ARTS Volume 1, Issue 4 March 15,1987/May 15,1987 Art Muscle

Editor-in-Chief

Debra Brehmer

From the Editor Senior Editor

I had all kinds of things I wanted to mention lately, so much in fact, it's frustrating not being here in this issue, but it's another one of those able to fit everything in that deserves attention. Kathy Keller 3 a.m. last minute, pressurized bouts with the The Ballet has taken a major step in merging computer typesetting system and I find myself with the Pennsylvania Ballet , and it will be at a loss for words. Well, almost. opening a new alternative Dance Factory in the Third Ward sometime next year. On a Associate Editor Art Muscle really is coming along. We get new sadder note, one of the state's main advocates Calendar Editor subscriptions in the mail every day and in this of Wisconsin Art, Jane Brite, resigned from Business Manager issue we welcome many new advertisers, from her position as assistant curator of Wisconsin the Public Museum to Alternative Concerts to a Art at the Milwaukee Art Museum, where she pet sitter. We're finding that the magazine's ran the Cudahy Gallery of Wisconsin Art. I audience is quite diverse and that the Art worked with Jane for several years and Therese Gantz Muscle word is spreading beyond Milwaukee to witnessed her incredible energy and devotion upstate regions. to promoting artists' work and developing audiences , as well as her warmth and candour Associate Editor-Music In this issue, we present a new book column in dealing with people (a real rarity in the art and the first artist's page . We have an article establishment). She will really be missed . about a man who no one seems to have ever We hope you enjoy the issue. Please call or heard of ~ Arley Curtz (Director of the write with ideas or suggestions. And Bobby DuPah Wisconsin Arts Board) and an article about a remember, subscriptions are awfully nice to group that everyone has heard of — the get in the mail. Now, if Art Muscle could only Violent Femmes. find a permanent office space , complete with a new Macintosh or two Photo Editor There has been a lot of art action in the city Debra Brehmer

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top of a building downtown sometime Arts sponsoring a traveling women's art Roof Caves In in May. A fleet of 14 figures will be exhibit which will begin Feb. 3, 1988. suspended from a building and three New theater group Deadline for applications is April 15. As one of the founders of the Inner additional figures will be installed on Milwaukee playwright Alan The show will travel to 12 midwestern City Arts Council, I wish to thank you sites nearby. Each figure will be from Zuberbuehler introduced his new galleries and museums. For for the recent article, "The Roof Caves 12 to 17-feet long (that's a lot of theater company March 1 - 8 at the prospectus, send SASE to West Bend In." (Nov. 15 issue). Enclave Theater. The "Possibility chicken wire). Agnew's inspired vision Gallery of Fine Arts, 300 S. 6th Ave., of public art has grown by significant Players" presented two plays written West Bend, WI 53095. Kathy Keller, the reporter, did a by Zuberbuehler, "Fieldstones" and leaps and bounds since she first attached masks to the lion sculptures commendable job of indepth "Indian Summer." "Fieldstones" research and accurate reporting on recently won second prize in a in Lake Park several winters ago. What Kenosha exhibit next? the Council. Please express my thanks national writing competition to her. sponsored by the Little Theater of April 15 is the deadline for a juried exhibition, Alexandria, Va. Zuberbuehler has Grants v Best wishes to you and your staff. been writing for many years, but has "Impressions/Expressions 87," at Gallery 124, Kenosha. Send slides or Continue what you are doing. never really gone public before. "I Artists Foundation Milwaukee needs you type of formed the group so I would have an photographs with $10 to Kemper The Milwaukee Artists Foundation publication. outlet for my own work," he said. " My Center, 6501 3rd Ave., Kenosha, WI (MAF) application deadline for 1987 53140. Call 551-9288 for more work attempts to speak to the hopes Virginia W. Williams and possibilities in life for the arts project funding through the information. individual and for humanity as whole. Country Arts Grant Program is April I believe there's a realm of 15 at 5 p.m. Program guidelines, Gossip undiscovered possibilities which lie application forms and information Likes Muscle can be obtained from the MAF office somewhere beyond our proven and Best anecdote heard this month: in Room 132 of Lincoln Center for the After viewing an exhibition at the unproven beliefs about reality. Often When Theatre X was performing at the Arts, 820 E. Knapp St., or by calling Wright Street Gallery, I discoverd an the key to a happier life is as simple as Goodman Theater in Chicago recently 276-9276 or 276-9273. MAF will issue of "Art Muscle" on my walk out. making the conscious decision to with "My Werewolf," company This publication was much talked create it for ourselves and change our distribute about $50,000 in project member John Kishline did a weekly about between recent personal reality. That has been a quest grants. solo performance at a small local conversationalists. I looked forward to of mine for the last 10 years." For discovering this "thing." Let me offer more information, call 374-3687. NEA Regional Inter-Arts bar/theater. His act required a live snake which he kept in the apartment my congratulations for having the guts to get this going. I won't say it's Loewen forms troupe This grant is for creation and building where the Goodman had housed the theater members. One surprising to see this occur in Dancer Debra Loewen has formed a production of collaborative works evening when Kishline's roommate Milwaukee. After leaving Milwaukee new dance company called Wild between video artists and artists in Debra Clifton walked into the hall she for a period of a year, I've realized that Space, which will debut at 8 p.m. other disciplines. Proposals must saw a tenant stomping on the snake there is a hell-of-a-lot of ability April 10, 11 and 2 p.m. April 12 at incorporate more than one arts which had escaped its tank. Kishline happening in this city. In addition, I Mitchell Hall Chamber Theatre discipline. Write: UCVideo, 425 had to buy a new snake for the act, and have trained and taught at two (corner of Downer and Kenwood) at Ontario St. SE, Minneapolis, MN somehow, this one also escaped and institutions, UWM and MIAD, so I am UWM. Tickets are $6/$5 for students 55414, 612-627-4444. Deadline is was likewise murdered by another a witness to the Art and Ideas which and seniors. The performance will April 30. (Woodland Pattern Book tenant in the hall. (At least this is the exist within these art spaces. We need feature five works ranging from a Center will be conducting a grant- story I heard). Meanwhile, they had to to share our experiences. Perhaps it is dance inspired by children's writing workshop for this Inter-arts evacuate the building one night due to through "Art Muscle" that this may be drawings, an autobiographical piece grant on March 26. Call 263-5001.) a fire and while waiting in a nearby bar possible. about a woman attached to a they heard a tenant complaining not computer with the dancer's Grant applications galore only about the fire, but about how he Linda Huber movements wired for sound and a had just killed a snake in the hall, and piece performed around sculpture by The Wisconsin Arts Board received a threatening to move Nancy Metz-White.'Tve been wanting record-breaking 341 grant WBGK away out Yes, there's a new gallery to form a company for a long time," applications for the February Thank you for the excellent article Loewen said. "Last year I did a lot of deadline. Funding requests exceeded moving into Walker's Point. Steve Chicorel and family bought the Gull about WBGK-FM by Therese Gantz, in solo work and I like it, but I was always $1.4 million. The Arts Board can fund the Jan. 15 Art Muscle. The article was in the pieces as I was making them. I about 44 percent of that total. Drug Building on 4th and National and plan to convert it into a non­ factual and gave your readers an in- thought it would be nice to work with a Organizational and individual project depth report of our programming larger group of people." The profit gallery by this summer. applications totaled 210; salary philosophy. I especially was pleased company of nine dancers, includes Look for Tom Bamberger's article assistance, 40; artist-in-residency, 67 that the article encouraged listener Cate Deicher and Lynn Gilliam, who about "Bad Art" in the May?? issue of and PAN-Wisconsin, 24. comments. We welcome those. Loewen has worked with for a number Milwaukee Magazine. He polled Art Muscle is a slick, bright, of years. various individuals about their art Opportunities petpeeves and has probably put informative art publication. The together an article that will offend photography is excellent. Keep up the Ballet factory Woodland Pattern murals masses of people including great work! Speaking of dance, the Milwaukee Some of the panels on the outside of minorities, children, fiber artists, Charles P. Harper Ballet Company has leased, and Woodland Pattern Bookstore, 720 E. students, etc Just married: Jim hopes to buy, a huge warehouse on Executive Vice President Locust St., are still open for artists' Matson/Deb Fabian WBGK Virginia (across the street from proposals. The bookstore plans to Virginia's Bar). Now that the ballet has initially mount 11 panels which will" be merged its operation with the in place during the first half of 1987 Pennsylvania Ballet, they will be able and then install 11 new panels on a to produce major ballets more rotating basis. Two are currently in economically and dancers will be place. Proposals may be submitted at employed for a longer season. The Woodland Pattern during regular warehouse space will be transformed business hours. The project is funded into a 500-seat alternative through the Milwaukee Foundation performance site for more and the Milwaukee Artists Foundation. experimental works, original Call Anne Kingsbury at 263-5001 for choreography and for the more information. development of major works. They hope to open the theater in May of See Magazine 1988. The space will also be available for use by other local dance troupes. March 31 is the deadline for See This could be the best thing that has Magazine's "Color by Number" issue. ever happened for modern dance in Send any 81/2 by 11 Xeroxable art Milwaukee. with $2 to Polomar, 207 E. Michigan, Suite 600, or call Dave Bolyard at 765- Museum of Sexuality 9229 for more information. In conjunction with Theatre X's upcoming production, "The History Build a dulcimer of Sexuality," by Foucault, the third floor of the theater on Broadway will be If it's something you've always wanted transformed into a "Museum of to do, "Build Your Own Dulcimer" Sexuality," at the end of May. The third workshops will be March 2 and May 9, floor, formerly a bath house, has 42 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Alverno small rooms or cubicles which will College's Community Arts each contain an installation by a Department, 3401 S. 39th St. different artist. Dulcimer kits are $61, and registration is $25. Call 382-6153. rtv Superheroes take flight Women in the Arts The project we've all been waiting for, Therese Agnew's flock of Superheroes, The West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts will be taking their positions on the and Wisconsin Women in the Arts are

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Arley Curtz Photo by Francis Ford ARLEY CURTZ By Elizabeth Birkelund Oberbeck

It was the perfect scenario. Photographer Frank artistic chaos, cooly, calmly is Arley Curtz, Salt Lake agency had only three people on its Ford's huge loft with tall windows covered with executive director of the Wisconsin Arts staff. During Curtz's 11 years at the agency, the black shades; slits of light biting the dark Board. state spent more money on the arts than any interior. A pink television set, other state including New York. The dollar- anthropomorphized with fake fur glued to its Curtz is a tall man with a slightly dry voice, a per-capita spending for the arts in Utah is sides. Paintings of gyrating figures on one wall refined face with a trace of a red mustache, a currently $1.14. and three large black and white photographs of graceful pose. He has been with the Arts Board individuals lined up on the other wall. White for two years. Before that Curtz was the director But even with all those administrative years backdrop, camera ready. A meowing cat in the of the State Arts Agency in Salt Lake City, his behind him, Curtz isn't only an administrator. wings. And sitting in the couch beside the home town. At the time of his arrival there, the If you took off the conservative tie — Frank did,

6 Art Muscle incidentally, for the photography session ~ he "We have said to the legislature time after time, that before the change in admistration, his could be a western cowboy, even a stalking Folks, Wisconsin is down in the bottom. We school had filed a protest because they thought western cowboy with lasso in hand. Born into a really deserve to be higher. There's a lot going the award system was so unfair. "It was so family of artists, Curtz graduated from the on in the state. Wisconsin is a progressive political. Each project wasn't judged on its own University of Michigan having majored in state. And we're down at 49th!' Then the merit. They looked at us as a Gold Coast painting and music for many years. It's a legislature gets very angry with us and says, community and based their decisions on that," curious mix. The conservatively dressed public "Hey, we don't want to be compared with Cobb said. Cobb decided the paperwork and administrator — and the artist. In this setting, Minnesota, Arizona or Illinois. What we do in the politics weren't worth the benefits, so the the public administrator fades in and out, one Wisconsin is what we do in Wisconsin.' They school currently conducts its own artists-in- minute composed, the other full of resolve. get real mad," Curtz said shaking his head. residence program. But the person sitting on the couch, with one arm over the side and leg crossed, is definitely The ironic part of it for the executive director is Vying for power didn't exist only outside the the artist, frustrated and at times angry, that one of the selling points of the tourism bill board's reach. Inside,, the tension involved in seemingly restless under a bureaucratic anvil. just passed in Wisconsin, which grants more directing funds was a constant threat to the money to tourism promotion, was the fact that board's unity. It came to a head in the summer Wisconsin Arts Board. The three words alone in comparison to other states, Wisconsin of 1984, when the Wisconsin Arts Board defy definition. "The word "board' is wasn't receiving enough. "I get miffed because became the site of a dramatic power struggle — confusing," Curtz admits, "we could be called there's a dual standard," Curtz said. "It's fine to between Curtz's predecessor, Marvin Weaver Wisconsin Arts Council or Commission be compared with other states when it's tourism and a few members of the board. The board instead." However, as our conversation you're talking about. But when it comes to the members won, sending Weaver packing and developed, it became evident that "board' is arts funding - it's a different matter. his staffers weeping. One staffer announced really the more appropriate appellation. The that she had been seeing a psychiatrist for 12 member governor-appointed board has the "And you wouldn't have to be a total fool to problems she blamed on the arts board. last word on every move the agency and Curtz realize that both in education and tourism, the makes. Board members are the final judges on arts play a vital role," Curtz added. The board's credibility was weakened as a result all grants to individual artists and arts of the power play. The next contestant would organizations. Members remain on the board Wisconsin is low in its state arts funding for have to build up the shaky grounds. Enter for three years at which point they resign or are some very practical reasons according to Arley, lasso in hand. If the board through reappointed by the governor. Curtz. Few people realize that Wisconsin was Weaver was sly and underhanded, then Curtz is the last state to institute a state arts agency. the opposite. Curtz's sincere eyes are Being appointed to the board sounds easy, the Even 10 years after the whole state arts unflinching. His voice is gentle and cautious. way Curtz described the process. You can movement got rolling in the early '60s, either nominate yourself or have someone else Wisconsin continued to deliberate and debate. When asked what accomplishments he claims nominate you. "If so and so is a fundraiser and Only in 1973, did Wisconsin initiate its own. credit for since he began two years ago, Curtz has put a lot of money in here, his wife or her "So New York," Curtz explained, "has had 22 said he was most proud of the staff he hired. husband might be a good choice," Curtz said. years of learning the ropes, of promoting His board members seem to agree. advocacy on all levels. We've only had 13 Most Wisconsin artists are aware of the Board years. Secondly, Wisconsin isn't as rich a state Jes Brownell, a Milwaukee member of the Arts and its functions, however to many of us, Arley as other states," Curtz added. "We don't have as Board for four years, said it is frustrating that Curtz and that "board" are a mystery — hanging many people, as many foundations, as say, the state continues to lag behind. "The battle over Madison like some kind of dreamy Minnesota has." has been going on for so long." Brownell abstraction. Curtz tried to demystify the place Monies funding the Wisconsin Arts Board commended the work Curtz has done. "Arley where he works. "We are here, as a government come from two sources — the state, from its came into a difficult situation. He hired an agency, to put together progams when there's General Purpose Revenue (GPR) and the excellent staff. He's doing everything he can money available, to work with communitites to Federal government, through the National with the resources he has." develop, energize, maintain and support the Endowment for the Arts, on a biennial basis. In artistic nest, climate and output of the state of 1985-"86, the Board received approximately One of the aspects^ of Wisconsin's state arts Wisconsin," Curtz said. $2.2 million from the state and $1 million board that pleases Curtz the most is the fact that from the Endowment. Curtz feels the it is allowed to support individual artists. Many Specifically, the Wisconsin Arts Board offers Endowment's funding has stabilized recently state agencies only allow non-profit various technical assistance programs as well as because of the overall feeling during the organizations to profit from the state's monies. extensive grants programs to the artist and the Reagan administration that the arts should be arts organizations in the state. The board cut. The Endowment's budget is currently about "Being a kind of old broken down artist myself compiles arts information as a resource for $162 million a year, "slightly more than it and wanting to be one, I realize that the artists. It maintains an artists' registry to stay on would cost to build one nuclear submarine" individual artist is where it's at. It's extremely top of who is doing what in the arts. It works Curtz added. Only $24 million of the $162 crucial. If we ever get to a point when we're not with the Wisconsin Division of Tourism to million is given to the State programs. Now paying attention, in a number of ways, to promote art. Day by day, through all the divide that $24 million between 56 territories, individual artists, and collectively, the artists administrative channels, Arley and his staff and you can appreciate the problem. stop working and think it's not worth it, there design programs, new ways of getting are going to be a lot of unlit theaters out there, information to more people, funding new Considering the recent unhealthy arts climate, a lot of empty exhibit halls..." Curtz looks artists, promoting new projects. Curtz said his Board has looked at a around the loft with admiration. considerable amount of growth since 1985. If only being the executive director of the "Last year after we submitted the arts board The Arts Board gives the major responsibility Wisconsin Arts Board meant just this! budget request for $1 million more, we got of sifting qualified from unqualified Unfortunately, amidst the grand catalogue of $660,000, which was a fairly good increase applications to a Peer Panel, chosen from a promotions, grants, services the Board under Governor Earl." pool of about 100 volunteer educators, provides, Curtz spoke four works that speak for painters, artists of all kinds. "Each person in most of his time at the arts agency: "when This year Arley and his board are requesting an the peer panel must record his or her there's money available." additional $3.7 million increase to the $3.2 assessment of the application on tape, which million they already receive from the state and will then be given to the applicant," said a Wisconsin is 49th out of 56 territories in the federal government. "It's not as if we've just photographer familiar with the process. "At United States in per capita arts spending. done totally out of our minds down in one point, the panel was having so much fun Unfortunately more people know this fact than Madison," Curtz laughed. "This is for a very with these oral criticisms that Arley had to know about the Wisconsin Arts Board. O.K. exciting project." The project, called Arts come in and break it up." The numbers fluctuate from 47th in the country Challenge Initiative, would broker state money to 50th, but everyone gets the idea — we're at with private funds to help arts organizations Once the peer panel delivers its choices of two the bottom of the heap in state spending for the survive. Incidentally, the increase in funding artists from each art genre, it is up to the board arts. would bring Wisconsin arts funding per capita to give the final judgment, based on the up to about the 25th in the country. amount of money they have set aside in the Curtz tries to justify the numbers. "We're down various categories. The fellowship grants are in the cellar because the number is based on Some say Curtz is prejudice to the visual arts in $5,000 each. Carri Skoczek, a Milwaukee population counts," he said. "There are 4.7 recommending grants. But when asked which painter who recently received a grant for her million people in Wisconsin, and we get $1.1 artistic genre needs more funding, Curtz paintings, said it was a "pat on the back," a million from the state. If we were getting the replied, "Across the board. There's not enough financial validation of her work. "The best same amount and had a smaller number of money in any of the categories. We could use thing about the grants is you can do anything people, we'd be higher up." money everywhere." with them. You could go to New Zealand and paint!" Skoczek said. But Curtz is dissatisfied all the same. The arts A scarcity of funds and the competitive nature funding by the state amounts to 24 cents a of the funding process is the source of constant Spreading the word about the Wisconsin Arts person. "The next time you fumble around in tension between the board and the arts Board is one of the most important items on your purse or pocket, and you find a quarter, community. It comes as no surprise that the Curtz's agenda this year. "If people know about you can say, "Well, that's what the state of history of the Wisconsin Arts Board is riddled you, a lot of things begin to happen," Curtz Wisconsin feels the arts are worth.' This makes with controversies. Richard Cobb, principal of me unhappy," Curtz added. Atwater Elementary School in Shorewood said (Continued on page 8) said. "The more people know what we do, the be more and more recognized as a strong "burn out," Curtz is hanging in there, with a lot more they will apply for grants. The more this acting and theater arts city." of praise from the people he works with and happens, the more we will be able to go to the for. Curtz summed up his job: "It's an arena legislature and say "Hey, we need more Dismissing my question about losing talent to that I enjoy. Public sector work is terribly money!' It's the grass roots supply and demand other cities with a toss if his hand and a sneer, frustrating. There's never enough money. factor that is really important." Curtz and his Curtz said, "As long as we continue that kind of board are currently sending out flyers, insanity — the New York - West Coastism — You're never pleasing everyone all the time. brochures and publish a quarterly newsletter. people will want to go. I think now, however, But it's interesting work. You're working with more than ever, Wisconsin offers a lot of some very, very good people. You're working Curtz gets that excited look when he begins to opportunities for the individual artist." Frank with people with common interests, that are talk about the arts in Wisconsin. "Even when I Ford, waiting patiently for the photography energized, that know what the arts can be, can lived in Utah, 1,400 miles away from session to begin, perked up to agree. He said do to a community, for an individual. It's not Wisconsin, I heard about the arts in Milwaukee that a couple of years ago, he had felt the urge only knowing what it's like to be an artist, but and Madison. The Milwaukee Repertory to leave Milwaukee to get out where it's about knowing what it's like to be touched by Theater flyers and the Milwaukee Art Museum happening. Recently, however, he feels there's what it is an artist does." press releases crowded my mail box. I find enough going on right here. there's an awful lot happen ing in Wisconsin. I'm amazed, excited and pleased by it. With Given that the average life of an executive the new theater groups here in Milwaukee, it will director of a state arts board is 2.6 years before

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Numeral Lumen: movements and nair-nair-chicka-nair Every actor in the show, with the functional icons of modernist On, Wisconsin: Part Two guitar sounds blended well with the exception of the killer and his agent, corporate headquarters that dominate Leo Feldman Gallery mantra-like "precious Lee" eminating plays at least five or six roles and every our urban views. What's different here from the speakers. member of the ensemble manages to is the facade covering. The tower has On February 15, the illustrious Leo turn at least one of the portrayals into an eight story base, housing the Feldman sponsored a live-and-in- Finally, Matthew Wytch's world pieces, comic perfection. The show digresses parking facilities, covered with a person and/or otherwise pre-recorded backed by various sound montages, to Hollywood style production num­ polished light granite skin and event as the second installation of his riveted the crowd's attention. The three bers, stand-up comedy from an Arab articulated with large false triumphal ON, WISCONSIN show. Held in the pieces, based on Wisconsin terrorist turned comedian to existential archways. Above this base the facade is bowels of Hotel Wisconsin's C Club, a individuals coming to terms with social saxophone played by David Cecsarini covered with a skin of a darker granite fitting milieu, PART TWO featured a rules of conduct, were amazingly while still in character as character of hybrid material. Fenestration runs in diverse group of visual and literary stunning. His Nancy Laffe Story, Manny Alter. These sorts of things dramatic vertical lines which terminate artists expounding on the Wisconsin concerning a Milwaukee broadcast naturally distract the audience from a in arches on the 28th floor. Horizontal experience. The Non-static incident, journalist, and Arthur Bremer, dealing rock hard concentration on the story of fenestration of the next two floors with the man who shot George Wallace, the protagonist himself. Although forms a visual cornice base for a steeply as well as the gallery exhibit, were were performed with a controlled rage disconcerting initially, by the show's pitched roof. This roof, terminated in welcome alternatives to the familiar, and an immediate urgency. resolution, one has the feeling of a turret, is decorated with two story often uninspired and sometimes even having witnessed not a straightforward, corner turrets at its base, which nauseating, Door County-type The most unfortunate performance of blunt thrust at the social ills described, establish frames for three story Wisconsin expression. A throng of the evening occurred when a large but a series of dancing jabs, playfully baroque gables. The crown of the tower about 75 people gathered in the number of people departed toward the pointed, yet all reaching their marks is a visual duplication of elements from cabaret, grooving to an onslaught of end of the show. This was distressful with equal success. the roof line of City Hall, which is Dairyland music, ranging from and inexcusably rude since so many of already being cloned in the steeply percussive oompah to the Chordettes the departees were fellow artists. A pitched copper roof of Trammell and Tommy Bartlett. The means of this accomplishment group show needs each participant's became clear in a brief talk with the Crow's 28 story tower for the Milwaukee patience and support. In order to director after the show. Ms. Center. Moments before the show was about to continue this happening venue in a Dynerman's strong beliefs in the com - begin, a microphone stand was created historical period of increasing munication of a positive, hopeful Both of these projects represent the by an unidentified conceptual artist, censorship, it is of dire importance to message in drama, reflect the cultural developing focus of postmodern using various farm implements. The stick together. On, Wisconsin: heritage of a Polish artist. There, but as architecture in historicism. While makeshift Louise Nevelson-esque stand Forward. equally true anywhere, she believes much of contemporary architecture was itself worth the trip to the event. that words alone can only go so far, has been Learning from Las Vegas and However, the happening officially Gary Stella especailly in communicating human the ecstacy of controlled consumer began when Jimmy von Milwaukee, understanding. pleasure it signifies, historicism has emcee for the evening, introduced the been taking its correspondence course first badgerette. Karen Linholm- in taxidermy from a different social Rynkiewicz timidly took the stage with She uses music and compelling images institution—the undertaker and the "Hildegarde Hosting," a spoken word to entertain and fascinate the audience, piece backed by the lilting sound of Coming Attractions thus creating an open and responsive cemetery. Fetish spheres totalizing one of those moo-cow-in-a-can Theatre Tesseract attitude to plant lightly the feelings of history through disciplines where devices. Directly following was an the play. Given these attitudes, it is no death simulates life with embalmed anthology of animated films, pro­ Going to see live theatre, for many wonder that she can tackle a play bodies reduced to cosmetic surface and duced under the guidance of UW-M's people, is still unfortunately viewed as Coming Attractionss. With a coherent grave markers transmit filtered images Cathy Cook. The films examined such an intellectual pastime. This is espe­ conception of the whole, a director of culture and time in its most noble topics as Ed Gein, Ed Gein, Ed Gein, cially true of plays first produced off- can rely on the talent and knowledge of signification. Liberace, and a group of cows thrown Broadway They seem as dangerous as the individual members of the company (well versed, in this case, in in for that pastoral aire. taking a pop-quiz on Picasso or Joyce Like the Getty Museum in Malibu the absurdity of American media), to and are totally incapable of being (Hadrian's villa) or St. Josephat's rendered safe by the gristmill of movie fulfill the duties of each part. Mark Anderson's discourse on Basilica (St. Peter's dome), production and TV adaptation. Wisconsin locales and colloquialisms Milwaukee's new office towers represent Though this view is sometimes justified was entertaining in content as well as in Coming Attractions run has ended, but necromantic hymns of instant replay by lifeless, cerebral, pretentious works his. live intonation. Milwaukee's Theatre Tesseract and Helena and sitcom rerun of yesterday's glory of "art", it is repudiated by many highly performance art king illustrated his Dynerman still exist. If Milwaukee is and power. Located at the busiest inter­ communicative, entertaining yet amazing skill at Wisconsin semantics lucky, -we will get another collab­ section of downtown, labelled the serious plays. Theatre Tesseract's by vocally cogitating a systematic oration between the two in the future "symbolic heart" by Mayor Maier, 100 recent production of Ted Tally's listing of imperatives or geographic and, hopefully, more of the same E. Wisconsin has been conceived as a parody Coming Attractions most defi - situations, such as, "Milwaukaholic." communicative, entertaining art that grave marker for its site. The corner lot nitely falls into the latter category and Even if one was not a native, the people here can enjoy without is the spot, where the Milwaukee is just the kind of effort needed in Anderson's idiosyncratic Dairyland having to first achieve a merit badge in Sentinel was first published in 1837. In Milwaukee to establish a wider audience dialect was highly accessible. drama interpretation. 1892 it became the site of Wisconsin's and broader support in the community first skyscraper, the Pabst building, a 14 John Pintar One of the most compelling pieces in story structure designed by the Chicago the show, Eric Lunde's Ed Gien Cat The show is about the rise and fall of an architect, Solon Spencer Beman. The Scan presented the viewer with a deluge alienated, lonely, modern day Pabst, torn down in 1980 by the Carley of audio and visual stimulation. As an individual, Lonnie Wayne Burke Capital Group, like 100 E. Wisconsin aural blanket of processed sound (played by Eric J. Hughes), driven in was a visual rival for City Hall sharing enveloped the audience, Lunde sat in a desperation to a feeble attempt at a 100 E. Wisconsin similar materials, colors, and Gerald Li, Arcitect chair on stage, framed by a clip of Janet laundromat robbery, only to be halted decorative motifs. 100 E. Wisconsin Faison Associates NML, Developers Leigh frantically driving in the rain. in the middle of his act by a slick figuratively and actually wrapped in a Nonchalantly smoking cigarettes, theatrical agent, Manny Alter (played prophylactic of white man's adjusting audio equipment, and softly by David Cescarini). Manny proposes From Madonna, Velveta, Reagan, projections, repeats yesterday with a speaking into a hand held audio an agenda of psychopathic-type turkey baloney, to "Putting on the fundamental beat replaying history like recorder, Lunde described the medical murders in order to eventually Hits," the '80s has developed into a a Sonny and Cher hit. A recreation in procedure of CAT scanning, capitalize on the media exploitation of decade of masquerade. "If I have only the bondage of historic designs, 100 E. juxtaposing it with reflections on the the actions. This subject is one to one life to live, let me live it as a Wisconsin faces the future looking human being known as Ed Gein. which no one who watches TV or reads blonde," has become the credo for a looking back. Moments after recording his voice, a newspaper is immune, but most culture captured in the ecstasy of the definitely has the potential to become duplicated simulation of mass Lunde played back a fully amplified Milwaukee's new towers will overbearing and preachy when produced consumer society. 100 E. version. The temporal compres­ dramatically change the skyline and interpreted as drama. The reason this Wisconsin, a 35 story office tower, is sion/expansion of the words, as well as alter the cognizance of our perception. is not so in the Tesseract production is the latest addition to Milwaukee's Lunde's avoidance of obvious The cloning of and proximity to City not only due to the author's choice of emerging skyline. Designed by Gerald sensationalism, lent itself to an Hall will create a visual epicenter of parody as medium, but more Li and financed in a joint venture by understated, foreboding mood. markers for the focus and dispersal of importantly to the combination of the Faison Associates and Northwestern power. The voodoo of Disney's ensemble's insightful interpretations of Mutual Life the $75 million project will sanitized fantasy mission has left the The audience thrilled to a video clip Tally's broad American archetypes, break ground this April and open for living room screen of suburbia for the from 1965 in which Liberace speaks, along with Polish director Helena occupancy in the fall of 1988. If you're service as tableaux urban backdrop. sings, plays the piano, and pals around Dynerman's creative staging and marking your calendar, don't forget to Just imagine how aesthetic the with a couple of guys with various South apparent intent to not permit the change the century. The design of 100 homeless will appear huddled at the American percussive apparatus. seriousness of the subject matter E. Wisconsin, an academic study in tower entrance. From Ash Can to trash Adeling their interpretations of that guy overwhelm the show's enjoyability. histrionics, will take you back 100 years from West Allis was Gargantua, a to the Gilded Age of American laissez- can the beat goes on. Ladies and germs dynamic duo from Madison. They faire capitalism, that romantic era of step back! The circus is coming to The show's major flaw, a narrative performed several sound pieces, using American imperialism, the 60 hour town. comprised of vignettes (which though pre-recorded loops and big, live guitar work week, child labor, immigration clever and delightful in themselves, sounds. After challenging the hysteia, temperance, and the plague of Jerome Schultz sometimes remove the aggression of audience to identify those Liberace tuberculosis. the killer/celebrity lead character), claimed to be his children (answer: his seems to be the thing which Tesseract dogs), Gargantua segued into Precious The office tower, a simple erect uses to make the show work overall. Life . The band's introspective body rectangular box, is similar to the Previews

of Maya society, from peasants to elite the ballcourt of Chichen Itza might get The Wedding Living American rulers." a feeling for the seriousness of this Manifestations of the Ritual Composers sport from a carving depicting the Feb. 5 - Feb. 25 Milwaukee Music Ensemble The Maya treasures include: jade, captain of a losing team being UWM Union Art Gallery March 20 pottery, rubber, textile, wood, copper .decapitated. Experts have not yet deci­ Vogel Hall-PAC and gold objects. Carved pieces of phered "good sport" from Maya "The Wedding: Manifestations of the jade depict seated Maya lords. Small hieroglyphic writings! Ritual," an exhibition curated by On March 20th, Milwaukee will have an pottery vessels hold the copal and Michal Carley and Michelle Grabner, opportunity to hear the Milwaukee rubber resins of an incense offering to The Friends of the Museum, Inc., is seemed to be the culmination of Music Ensemble in concert. The the sun god. Rare textile fragments bringing the Cenote of Sacrifice, poorly thought out concepts and the Ensemble, under the direction of (preserved under water for hundreds of exhibit to Milwaukee. Because of the sophomoric execution of them. Kevin Stalheim, its founder and music years), are remnants of ancient great expense of this feat, an additional Theme shows can be a problem in director, offers the public an Mexico. Cast figurines and copper dollar will be added to the regular themselves. Often the anticipation of opportunity to hear a representative bells were brought to Chichen Itza from admission fee. numerous and varied perceptions is assemblage of contemporary music. Costard Rice and Oxaca, Mexico. greater than the delivered results. The The concert features the works of living Wooden scepters and sacrificial knives For more information, call 414-278- implications of "Wedding and Ritual" American composers. cast eerie reminders of the authority of 2702. are enormous with tremendous Maya kings and priests. Jeri Hicks potential for the delivery of exciting The Ensemble will be performing the ideas. I left depressed, not due to the premier of Occasional Notes Jor In addition to the objects, Cenote of impact of the subject matter but Eleven Players written by Daron Sacrifice offers an interpretive view of because so much potential had not Hagen, a native of Milwaukee who now the Maya of Chichen of Itza. The Maya been realized. lives in New York City. A grant from were master mathematicians, astrono­ The cursor Composers Midwest awarded the mers and artists. Graphics, giant Cathy Cook and Claudia Looze's ensemble has enabled Hagen to travel photo-murals, a multi-screen slide video stills and photographs were an back to Milwaukee to conduct the presentation and computer terminals you'll swear by exception. Although they were just premier of his work. Also on the assist viewers in understanding the that, they were exciting, leaving me program that evening is Quiet City Maya mathematical and calendrical Not at. anxiously awaiting their film "June systems. The museum's lobby will (Aaron Copland), Eleven Studies for It can easily guide you through Brides." Lynn Brown's beautifully Eleven Players (Ned Rorem), Radio house full-scale reproductions of simple and eloquent color Music (John Cage) Clapping Music major architectural features of Chichen your data management tasks. photographs were another exception. (Steve Reich), Modem Love Waltz Itza. The chac-mool, (sculpture of a Without a Dara Larson's symbolic paintings of half reclining figure holding an ASHTON TWE (Philip Glass), and Party Music (a programming dBASE III PLUS chairs and rooms weren't bad either. collaboration of John Cage, Lou offering bowl on his stomach), and serpent columns from the Temple of language. Or Harrison and Virgil Thompson). any harsh Unfortunately, these exceptions Performing with the fifteen member the Warriors will highlight the display. didn't overide the poor crafts­ ensemble will be dancers from the language. Let manship and sloppy techniques that Independent Performing Artist The Milwaukee Public Museum will us show you. dominated the remaining work. Alliance of Wisconsin (IPAAW). complement the exhibit with its Paintings on glass of a reindeer with permanent collection of Pre- Stalheim does not limit the Ensemble's INNOVATIVE DATA wings, a baby, a fish and an angel with repertoire strictly to contemporary Columbian artifacts. It will also a bird eating a fish by Michelle work. He also presents the works of sponsor a series of lectures, films and SYSTEMS, INC. Grabner. (Manifestations of what earlier composers which have not yet demonstrations on various aspects of 5600 W.BROWN DEER ritual?) "Some Kind of Goddess" by been performed in our locale. Another Maya life. One lecture focuses on the 355-8822 Michal Carley, complete with special element of the Ensemble's ancient Maya ball game. A visitor to lingerie netting for a "frame," was Trademarks/owner: Ashton-Tate, dBASE III/Ashton Tate. repertoire is the work of Wisconsin some kind of bad painting. "The composers. Recently they Wedding Installation" by Carley and collaborated with Milwaukee folk singer Grabner of four dressmaker forms and composer Claudia Schmidt. A adorned with wedding dresses, lace, doilies, delicately cast translucent concert in May will feature, In the facial masks, a couple beautiful head­ Throat of River Morning , a dresses and a floorful of rice appears collaboration between work of Jerome Al Haas as though they tired of a potentially Kitzke, (another native Milwaukee exciting idea before they completed it composer living in New York City), and then tried to redeem it with and poet James Hazard, Milwaukee. Joe Hausch The Great Lakes Poem Band will painted explanations of ritual by RT Barbara G. Myerhoff, enclosed in a perform with the Ensemble at the May framework of painted haloed nuns concert. (May 8, Vogel Hall-PAC). and pinup girls with an overlay of randomly scattered males in Without doubt this musical ensemble is John Blum underwear. making an earnest effort to offer Milwaukee audiences live performances of New Music. Most important is the drink at.... Leslie Fedorchuk's Art Prom Video opportunity they provide for residents offered a small segment of comic of the state to hear and support the relief (unintentional, I'm sure) — a work of Wisconsin composers. Both group of young college women setting concerts promise to be an unusually around a dinner table, eating lively evening for audiences hungry for something meatlike, drinking diet A the sounds of music new and & W rootbeer and rating their prom tantalizing. experiences on a scale of one to ten, with the utmost seriousness. The David Bednar installation of "Art Prom" memorabilia and possible (Both concerts at 8 pm. Tickets inspirational references was not availabe at PAC box office 273-7206. amusing. It looked thrown together For more information call 964- and flimsy with the hope that the 1617). graffitti (the names of famous women artists) on the walls would verify their intentions and legitimize their concept. Maya Exhibit Milwaukee Public Museum shouldn't you? The Hogarth etchings entitled March 21-May 17 "Marriage A La Mode" seemed to be an anomaly in this show. But maybe Milwaukee Public Museum visitors will it was a final form of redemption, soon be able to view three hundred of including a master and everyone the sacrificial offerings, recovered knows there's nothing finer than an from the Sacred Well of Sacrifice. An etched line. exhibit, Cenote of Sacrifice: Maya Treasures from the Sacred Well at Carri Skoczek Chichen Itza, will be displayed at the museum March 21 through May 17. It is a collaborative project of the Peabody Museum at Harvard and the Science Museum of Minnesota, with support from the National Endowment of the 422 South 2nd Street Humanities. Walkers Point The exhibit's coordinator, Charles 272-4222 Gallenkamp included artifacts that would "convey important points about Maya culture, that relate to every level

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Julian Schnabel photographed at Bridgehampton, NY, 1984. Photo provided by The Pace Gallery, New York. Julian Schnabel The making of a myth

By John Blum and John Sobczak Or, if you can wait, you can go to your local of which the work consisted. Performance art bookseller in 1988 and there—top shelf, really left no tangible object except the As many of you know, as Julian Schnabel perhaps—will be Julian Schnabel's documentation of the performance. And himself must know, it's terribly redundant to autobiography, published by Random House. conceptual art aimed at making the art object have yet another account of Julian Schnabel. This according to Esquire. totally obsolete— the idea was more important than the thing itself. And these ideas were But if you don't know this, then look on your So why is Julian Schnabel so important? Why being presented for other artists only, or at local magazine rack. There, top shelf—the do we want to know about him? Why do we least for those who made their livings by March 1987 Esquire. Here you'll find an article already know so much about him? And why thinking about art. Without a commodity, about Julian Schnabel. And Robert Longo and does all this add up to so little? there's no much to market; and the public at David Salle and Eric Fischl. The article is large felt left out. entitled "The Four Brushmen of the The History Apocalypse: America, meet your modern Artists, of course, did survive the decade, but masters." The article is delivered under the As art history has been duly recorded in art through a much different machinery than that rubric "Profile." magazines for the last seven years, art in the which we're now familiar. It was a time of 1970s was distant, cold and intellectual. The institutions. Artists gained recognition and Or, no doubt, you'll be seeing more here at decade's primary movements—minimalism, funding through the institutions-the home, as you are seeing now. You also might conceptualism, and performance art—had museums, the academy, state and federal grant remember the Milwaukee Sentinel, February attempted, to one degree or another, to boards, foundations, bypassing the need for 25, 1987: Dean Jensen's page 1 headline reads, destroy the art object as object, or any mass public appeal. "Museum buys major painting made with "commodity." Minimal painting stripped broken dinnerware." away virtually everything except the materials

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In contrast to this decade of diminution, of the This stance is antithetical to the bulk of new art also excited, since having the Castelli constant urge to strip it all away, Schnabel which uses images to construct a new language imprimatur almost guarantees success for an layed it on and layed it on thick. He slathered which articulates a distrust of the future, the artist. layers of encaustic and paint on his surfaces. delusions of a linear evolution toward a He slapped on antlers and anchor chains. He Utopian art, and a hopelessness of artists' This show, too, was completely sold to painted on tarpulins, on velvet, on broken abilities to provide a moral alternative to the collectors before it was opened to the public. plates jutting from the surface. He status quo. In general, given the framework of So what Mary Boone did was to identify the painted big, powerful, bold, and cluttered. He postmodern thought, Schnabel's work can be names of the new owners immediately beside painted figures—warped, suffering, anguished termed "retrograde" and his goals in the words the paintings. (The names, as you can images of people. He appropriated his images of Sherrie Levine are "wishful thinking." imagine, included some of the richest from anywhere and everywhere, from collectors in the country). This was psychology to religious art to pop culture. It The Money considered a quite unorthodox move in a was Hot Emotion facing the Cool Rationalism generally staid and somber art-collecting of the 70s. One naturally wonders how an artist's work world, but it was the Mary Boone style. valued at $2,000 in 1979 can jump to $40,000 in Scandal is publicity and the media exploited Schnabel's paintings are loaded with 1981 and to over $100,000 in 1987. it. And it was successful. "information," and his two signature styles—his paintings on velvet and broken plates—are For those escalating values, Schnabel can Schnabel stayed with Boone and Castelli until prime examples. In fact, those surfaces are thank, in part, New York gallery owner Mary 1984 when he move to Arnold Glimcher's Pace loaded with information even before he begins Boone. His plate paintings were shown there Gallery. There were numerous rumors as to painting on them. What are those vast fields of for the first time in 1979. (His initial show at why he changed galleries: he didn't like the crockery but reminiscent of what we see on Mary Boone's, in February of 1979, did not paintings of Eric Fischl (who had just recently television commercials, broken plates as have any of the plate paintings, although he signed with Mary Boone), or he didn't like the domestic trauma? Or we might think of had already started making them). The German painters that she was also showing. archeological discoveries, remnants of a lost paintings were priced around $2,000, and, like There was also the big rumor that Pace offered civilization. They are commonplace, his first show, sold out to collectors before the Schnabel $1 million to make the switch, with intimate, and shattered. Velvet is the zenith of doors were opened. that million guaranteed and not dependent on high and low taste, all at once. It's our the sale of his paintings. middleclass dream of wealth, sensuality, Schnabel's major show, however, was in the power. It's royal and the bottom rung. We can spring of 1981. It was a co-sponsored event of But Schnabel claims he was just trying to imagine that TV Lenny, besides selling velvet Mary Boone and Leo Castelli. And it raised a distance himself from certain things: from couches, has one in his living room. lot of eyebrows. First of all, there was much always being spoken of in the same breath with more art this time around— 13 paintings Mary Boone and Leo Castelli, from being There are numerous other artists, along with instead of the four each at his previous two accused of being a party in the production of Schnabel, who also use images, or figures, in shows. And there were a lot of paintings with a his own hype. At any rate, the move was their work—Messrs. Robert Longo, Eric Fischl lot of stuff crammed into the paintings: wood, made, and it was all unsettling to the art world. and Salle, Cindy Sherman, Jedd Garet, Susan broken plates, (pink and black) velvet, gold Boone and Castelli were on record as being Rothenberg, et. al. They all happened to get leaf; images of skulls, crucifixes, severed upset, or at least disappointed, about the lumped together, at least initially, under the heads; suggestions of Caravaggio, Kiefer, move. To Schnabel's fellow artists, Pace is same banner of Neo-Figuration or Neo- Rauschenberg, Beuys. regarded as a "gallery full of safe collectibles" Expressionism. But with some hindsight the which usually takes only one artist per differences among them all are becoming But there were sideshow activities that also generation, writes Esquire. He had "sold out," much more noticeable. Many of these aroused much interest. This joint exhibition had traded the new and the vibrant for the old differences center around notions of provided more than just extra wall space for and the somber. "postmodernism," or the "appropriation of Schnabel. Leo Castelli is the dean emeritus images." On these terms, Schnabel is the odd when it comes to dealing American art to the The Media man out. world. He made his name in the '50s and '60s, Schnabel has stated that the images clogging bringing into his space what turned out to be Where there's big money, there's the media, his canvases are chosen for their "emotional the major artists of the decades: because there's public interest. It doesn't weight." Their cross referencing works toward Rauschenberg, Stella, Johns, Lichtenstein, matter if it's Jackie Onassis, or Howard Hughes, (unlike his American contemporaries) a Warhol and Serra. But since the early 70s, he or David Winfield. Money excites and now art traditionally heroic and grand end. Schnabel had not taken in any new artists. Nothing, it meant money. makes a vital gesture as he shakes his fist at his seems, had excited him. But Schnabel did, own mortal existence. and did it big. And, no doubt, Schnabel was The media was foremostly interested in the

Julian Schnabel, "Claudio al Mandriona (zona rossa), oil and plates with bondo on wood, (114 x 228 in.). Photo: The Pace Gallery. New low.

13 Julian Schnabel, "Bob and Joe," oil and modeling paste on velvet (10 x 9 Jt.) Photo: The Pace Gallery, New York.

"Schnabel phenomenon," rather than Schnabel, of course, has had critics from day What is clear is that he has reintroduced art as a Schnabel's art. Much of its energies, as this one. Robert Hughes of Time is perhaps the commodity, as a saleable object. Art as an article bears witness, went into recording the most vociferous: "Schnabel's work is tailor- object that people want to own. And even tangential events. The rise of Schnabel also made to look important. It's all about capital through the mechanics of that reintroduction - marks the re-emergence of the galleries, and letters—Life, Death, the Zeitgeist, and above the media hype, the big money, the focus on the collectors, in deciding what is art. all the tragic though profitable condition of the players, not the paintings — may be Schnabel's art was new, and it did excite being a Great Artist. It is big and stuffed with suspect, or may be an irritant, it has delivered people, and people were buying. And the an awareness about art to a larger audience. media took due note of it all. references to other Great Art". . . . And, of course, he has his admirers. But most often, critics seem to vascillate: "I like some of his Collectors, who were silent and absent during work, but I don't know if I should." Or they can the 1970s, were coming out of their vaults. only wait until "history" dictates the final word. There are now mega-collectors, like Charles Saatchi, the English ad man for Margaret Schnabel to speak at MAM Thatcher. And giant corporations, like Citibank, that probably spend more for art What can be safely assessed is that the artists of Through April 26, 18 paintings and one than MOMA. And then there are the Japanese, Schnabel's generation do have a unique sculpture of Julian Schnabel's are on exhibit at as Adam Smith reports on PBS, who are now relationship to art history. David Salle's and the Milwaukee Art Museum. Schnabel will the second largest group of art collectors in the Sherrie Levine's scouraging and pillaging of art present a lecture about his work at 6:15 p.m. world. historical images speak of longings and losses March 19 at the Art Museum. Standard unique to our time and situation. And although museum admission will be charged. And the media focused on the personalities, Schnabel, doubtlessly, can make a beautiful on the profiles. A whole Julian Schnabel myth painting it is uncertain that his work functions Included in the exhibition are works from 1978 was developing—the stories were becoming as a contribution that will inspire or influence to 1986 that survey his career. Most of the work larger than life. Like the great worm other significant developments and thoughts. is being shown in the Journal/Lubar Galleries, Ouroborous, forever devouring its tail, the Critics once stated that Julian's art world but his recent "Mexican Paintings" (done on media was as infatuated with itself, what they political posture clouded his achievements as 25-foot wide tarpulins), and his sculpture, will were making out of Schnabel, as they were with an artist. Now that the hoopla has subsided be hung in the East Wing. Schnabel himself Schnabel: Horizon would- quote Art News everyone seems at a loss for words. Schnabel determined the placement of art in the show. would quote Art in America would quote the at the present hangs in limbo. Also on exhibit is the plate painting "Claudio al Village Voice would quote SoHo News would Mandrione (zona rosa)", recently purchased quote the Times would quote Time. Writers by the Art Museum for more than $100,000. would try.to outdo themselves to deliver the It's clear that Schnabel has some place in same stories in novel ways. The stories "history," but what that place is is not quite proliferated. There is no Schnabel without clear. documentation.

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16 Linear B

Kelli Peduzzi with the spirit of this space as a with his hand). vtzzzt, tzzzt, tzzzt'. She forcefully the roots of the distinctly community, the editors wish to was laughing so everyone could hear, American character in the period extend their invitation to the readers enjoying herself." when America was transforming from to offer opinions, announcements, a frontier backwater to an emergent Linear what? Linear B was an early their input and anecdotes. (Address A look into HEART PIECES; world power." form of written Greek that emerged in all Linear B material to Kelli Peduzzi). WISCONSIN POETS FOR AIDS Bud Darmek, Media Producer, the 15th century B.C. and only now is Consider "Linear B" a forum, an open ($4.95, Namron Press, P.O. Box Marquette University: DE MOJO just beginning to be comprehended. book, if you will. 93822, Milwaukee 53202) is a brief but BLUES by A.R. Flowers. "It's about the Linear B is not based on a standard potent anthology of poems by gay Black Experience' in Viet Nam. I was "alphabet," and conveys its meaning and lesbian poets, the proceeds, of in Viet Nam. J love good war fiction. by picture symbolism. It is language Dinner conversation At the home which will benefit the Milwaukee AIDS Good war fiction is better than war. in its infancy - relying on the senses of Dino and Lise Fernandez-Gimenez Project. Most of the poems are about War fiction has nothing to do with the to communicate, and having no one evening, we were regaled with a love, and various other emotional reality of war. As time passes, we narrative form. The glyphs relate tale from Dino's youth in Paris in the tragedies (only two mention Aids), romanticize what the war was. Siskell mainly to commerce and trade in 1950s. Compact and sinewy, Dino is and very many of them are sexually and Ebert talk about how powerful oxen, horses and food. Thus, it is a the picture of honorable old Basque explicit. Of the 32 contributors, seven "Platoon" is, but it appeals to the language rooted in everyday objects aristocracy in baggy white cotton rise to the level of poetry, while for emotions; it can't say what the war necessary for survival. The pictorial trousers and brass buttoned blazer. many of the others the poem is really was. History has a way of nature of the language serves to define His accent, a wild blend of Spanish merely a vehicle for confession or becoming fiction." itself as an object. These orphan and French, dances back and forth self-appraisal. The best poems symbols from a distant time ask us to between the two tongues. (This is Tina Daniell, Reporter, Business capture the essence of the emotional examine the nature of language and because he had Spanish parents, he Section, The Milwaukee Journal: and societal dilemma homosexuals the act of writing itself. To paraphrase explains, but leanred to speak English COMMON GROUND by Anthony find themselves in with a sensitive, W.H. Auden, the use of language in France). Lukas. "It's about the busing crisis in objective, ironic eye, among them means survival; writing is a life- Boston, and how the seeds were "Sand and Sea" and "Looking Glass" affirming act. Between sips of wine, Dino recalls sown. It's fascinating. He profiles finding adventure in the City of by Amy Draeger, "Pretending to be three families: a Black family, an Old Dead" by Antler, "Respect in the Yankee family and an Irish family, "Linear B," the column, is another Lights: • Morning" by Pat Stewart, "Inside" by plus many other groups. There are so kind of message in a bottle, a literary Richard Whaley Sims, "Saint Jack" by many sides to the story it's impossible SOS. "Linear B" will serve as a "We were in a cafe in Paris. I was very Ronald A. Story and "Never Wearing to be partial. The book takes a look at gathering place for writers — the young, very young. There was a huge White" by David Carroll. how racism grew in a place like , quietest of local artists — their work, woman — she looked like a man — Boston — Boston was supposed to be endeavors and activities. Through sitting at the next table eating like a this great seat of tolerance, right? It's reviews, analysis, profiles, and events pig. She was putting food in her GEOGRAPHICS by Steven Lewis and something everybody should learn coverage, the column will explore the mouth and talking for all to hear. I Martin J. Rosenblum,.BURNING OAK about and reflect on." modern dynamics of narrative, and could not see what she was eating. It by Martin J. Rosenblum and Judith try to examine the many facets of was mostly gravy and she was pushing Marks (1986, Lionhead Publishing) literary life here. 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(Maria Luebbert, is a graduate of I always have some tune in my head. At least I don't consciously steal. To chances that they will each have their UW-M's Theater Dept., who lives in St. Walking in rhythm is what I (try to) do. me that's not only morally disgusting own identity. The Beatle's "Baby Louis. She is a writer and co-art People sometimes ask, "where do you but it's also just lazy and self- You're a Rich Man" was originally two director at the St. Louis offices of come up with the ideas for your degrading. If you can't find a riff separate songs. TBWA, an international advertising songs?" There's really no answer inside you, you haven't really tried. agency that incorporates the work of since I've never sat down and tried to Now for the lyrics. Same basic The fun of knowing that it's yours contemporary artists in their come up with a chord change with the procedure, keep a real notebook of transforms it into something holy (do campaigns—Andy Warhol, David idea of using it in a song. The songs observations and comments. If I find I hear a harp?) The only positive Hockney and Keith Haring. She is just happen, well maybe there's a something amusing or odd or thing that can be said for ripping off a currently working on the new better way of saying it than that, I'll wonderful or dumb (preferably all of riff is that some people may walk away Monsanto campaign which will begin try. the above) it gets written on the from the bar after the show a little to air in September.) nearest flat surface. That's the fun of happier having danced or tapped Occasionaly I've woken up with a riff rock lyrics- they're only meant to their feet a bit. But that doesn't make Several years ago I lived in Milwaukee. (simple melody) running around my capture a feeling or throw a color. In up for the injustice of not having It was a brief passage—two years—but head. I go to the cassette deck and fact they only become bad when credited the originator (the fact that I one of the most significant periods of sing the tune into it. The cassette they're too well thought out (just look don't like to dance has nothing to do my life. Most of my time was spent as a slowly becomes an audio sketchbook at this column to see how well I've with it...). The only thing stupid student, in what was probably my last which I refer back to in times of need. mastered this anti-technique). about giving credit to the original stage of incubation before being hurled Coming back to these little ditties is Driving down Oakland one morning I artist is that there's a good chance out into the real world. always a trip. Most times I don't noticed the girl in the car next to me they consciously stole the thing remember putting the things on tape at a light had the most themselves, but that's their problem. Back then, and it seems to be true now, at all. It's like they've been given to amazed/perplexed look (no she the arts in Milwaukee had a rawness, an me by my past, and justly so, they wasn't looking at me). I decided she edge in their emotion and espression. were given to me in the first place. Anyway, these old "notes" (no pun had just been transported from Venus Theatre X and Century Hall bared their Given to me by my unconscious intended) don't seem like mine and in the instant before and was checking teeth frequently. The UWM Fine Arts memory which got them from radio some cases I wish they weren't, but out this earth for the first time as I in building was its own little Bauhaus. The which in turn got them from the some really have a nice ring and turn checked her out. Instant lyric: arts intertangled, traded and original southern blues musicians who others while weak standing alone, she was on a reasonable twirl/ of an work well with another which might transferred ideas. I was astounded at in turn got them from the gospel unreasonable world. have been recorded 10 months the calibre of some of the student songs which were just adaptations of earlier. One could be a verse and the painting and sculpture. There was the African tribal melodies- and that's There is the tune and there are the other a chorus or bridge, their symposium on postmodern about as far back as anyone has dared lyrics. If you can play an instrument independent origins increasing the performance. Independent studies on go- real well (if you can play an Samuel Beckett and Brecht affected me instrument real well you should be profoundly. Israel Horovitz visited for telling me how to write songs) you a semester. Arthur Miller passed should be able to play your riff while through. trying to inject your lyrics into it. Even if you're just o.k. on your The city had something, though, that I \S...toMTA /VUV-V/T... 2'M ON\ instrument, try this technique. was more pervasive than events. £M€ fi/C STOP ID &W>&£! OAKLMOPl Maybe Buddy Holly's been hiding in Milwaukee was a mood, a disposition. ISTHMASUBuRtfj you all this time. O.K. so he wasn't Looking at the expanse of the lake gave wMr hiding in you or at least if he is in me the infinity to send myself out into r fov/jd A P& there he's long ago given up and gone my thoughts. On overcast days the sea if WAitieZ fishing- tack #2: assuming you own seamlessly blended into sky and was oft y*tf, *<»«# ?/*€>* ml your own cassette recorder, borrow a the grey .minimal world that Beckett \M A A «v«-A^i friend's walkman cassette recorder described. It was the world Larry cowLO ST4ND w MA ciscoj/ A/so.~A glke (make sure it's a good friend, cauz Rathsak painted and personified in once Buddy wakes up, it may be hard- dress and action. The foghorn was the Al S^flAfiX. f HW w/7H A HOALHML to get him to settle down- and even city's mantra, its soul. ofiJ TO A6Aiiy NAtfY ...lteta... AfLAft, Aftm MofiJtH of Buddy Holly's songs will take time to 'H/1£0-5Jf/P, 1 UCAMI A te get into the top 10 at which point The city fit my mood, my thinking. Or sPurAQucm-zt//// yAx'.L you'll have the 30 extra bucks to buy a maybe I fit my mood to the city's. Or fo£ A LAU AJI&HT (>AV r/«^W>. walkman of your own.) we each fed each other and I could no longer tell which was which. Everything fit together nicely. Life had a Play the riff into one recorder and cohesiveness that has since gone lUpoA/ WHICH Tilt ftu then while it's being played back, unmatched. It was—simple. record it and your own crooning with fflllOlO' the other recorder. Give yourself enough slack by recording way too I'm a writer now, for an advertising ^%^i much of the instrumental riff- you'll agency. I've channelled my theater ElAl* _ be amazed by how quickly the music knowledge into making 30-second goes by when you're singing on top of micro-dramass. It's not a perfect mar­ M?Ut6f it. Let the lyrics cajole a melody out riage. Even though I attempt to create a of you, don't force one into them. type of advertising that is more CABUCAZtHl You are now a composer of rock provocative than most, I still ask myself music. the usual "artist enters business world" questions: Am I bringing as much fine Af|H.., MILWAUKEE m ftiy€*, art into commercial art as I can? Does DAM? *ifcfl6A*r« S/*eU*, &*£€>£ fare. /4yfr\ There are several more steps you will 5 a yrK medium? What's the proper balance leti-tr-yi^r >*0<*TH. enjoy this little experiment and I must between the profit motives of the client J? warn you that (don't take a check from and my desire to bring artistry into the »r\$X*t,\ me) the price is steep. Drum Trig ObLoEti 0# \ «.< machines and synthesizers, 4-track product sell? Von/G£ V portable studios and digital delays will 0 ***?* replace the tunes floating through Advertising is certainly not as rich, not your dreams, and I don't mean that as replenishing as theater. It is fun, and '*«<*• «Larm. figuratively. Electronics can actually unlike theater, lucrative. The challenge interfere with good song writing either to create something utterly new is through lost time or through belief in always there. And I work with many ft their ablility to make a song other artists who have channelled their To bJ«fUe

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Jeffrey R. Hayes JACQUELINE When the artist represented the world around him, he was called the ape of nature; when he paints abstractly, he is likened to the monkey who smears and splatters. It seems that the painter cannot escape his animal nature. It is RICHARDS present in all styles. In truth of course, abstraction never really remained before her Lincoln Center easel, -Meyer Schapiro, i960 disappeared. More in exile than in absence pushing paint against the weave of fashion. lately, it has loitered on the walls of our homes and museums, hidden out with academia, Showing this month at the Jocose-Wright held out in performance and conceptual art, Street Gallery, Richards admits some One simply does not believe repeated informed most contemporary design, apprehension over the historical rehabil­ warnings that the end (of painting) is nigh, subtended strong representational styles, and itation of abstract painting. She welcomes the particularly when those issuing the warnings infiltrated virtually every other aspect of our chance to be relevant, involved, "above- are comfortably settling down as institutions material culture. Least apparently, though, it ground" for a change, but she suspects that the in their own right. Much activity that was has endured behind innumerable studio forces behind these conditions are fickle, once considered potentially subversive, doors, awaiting the critical and commercial governed more by short-term economics than mostly because it held out the promise of an recuperation that some would now bill a earnest thinking. She is mindful, besides, of art that could not be made into commodity, renaissance. guilt-by-association ("God, it would be so easy is now as thoroughly academic as to join in now! ")~referring to NeoGeo and painting...not only academic, but marketable. Abstraction has the best chance of any related trends that parody "serious" -Thomas Lawson, 1981 pictorial attitude to be inclusive about the abstraction so as to expose its convention/s (a expanding sum of our culture's knowledge. Sherrie Levine simulacrum here), or -Frank Stella, 1984 deconstruct its features in the interest of By proclamation, abstract painting is back cultural theory (a Peter Halley autopsy there). with a vengeance. Skeptics of this bulletin du jour need only consult recent issues of Art in Richards is indeed serious about abstraction, America, coast between old MOMA and the Jacqueline Richards has been painting abstract despite the cognoscenti who have decreed it a "new" LA County Art Museum, or scout New pictures in Milwaukee for about a decade, the fossil, an empty language so thoroughly York's East Village, Chicago's SuHu district, same decade that took figuration and narrative exploited by consumer institutions that it has and Milwaukee's Michael Lord Gallery to to its bosom. For a while she worked on an lost all critical and aesthetic vitality. With regain both their faith and appetites. Gesso, assembly line at Allen-Bradley until her Frank Stella, Brice Marden, Sam Gilliam-or gesture, and geometry-born again, no graduate study in fine arts at UW-M brought such younger artists as Joan Thorne and Jake doubt!-and most remarkably, retrieved just notice enough for fellowships and a degree in Berthot-she still believes that abstract as the ambrosia of so much imagism had 1983. Since then, she has taught occasionally painting can speak, not just to itself or the begun to dull. and exhibited periodically, but mostly she has past, but to present as well as future human concerns. To do this, however, she concedes

22 that abstract painters must take greater risks, plane of the picture. Ultimately, Richards Blind Spot, Richards' only diptych to date, regain momentum, and above all, distance says, illustration (abstract or representation) affirms her effort to paint spaces plastic themselves from recent decorative (self- is too limited, and what she calls simple enough to possess drama, robust enough to enclosed, technical) and literary (neat, easily cliches—in this case, "the abstract cliche of bear music. Fully undertinted in middle readable) tendencies. Richards does not red and black"~must be overcome. "green-earth,"with a build-up of sharp blues equate modern painting with flatness , nor and reds confined to the smaller left "vertical" panel and thinly scrubbed transparent whites does she feel that it can be reduced to a Rothko's soulful color, Motherwell's elemental spreading across the other, the unbalanced dogmatic search for its own material essence; shape, Twombly's enigmatic line—all revivify composition coheres through a network of quite to the contrary, she believes that genuine to some degree in Richards' work, but beyond marks and lines that culminate in a subtle painting must acknowledge (as it always has) such obvious formal affinities, she shares refrain of color along the lOwer-right border. the yielding character and illusionistic power something more significant with these earlier Like the jazz songs (especially Ella!) that often of its surfaces. She shares Stella's opinion that "painting today is trying to be deliberately abstractionists. Like them, Richards is fill Richards' studio, the impact of Blind Spot is contrapuntal and multilayered, mixing messy in order to deny the fragility and limits convinced that subject matter is essential to any meaningful art. She insists that canvas sadness and joy beneath a single syntax. Her of the surfaces available to art...(for art) wants figures impart a fragile, plaintive rhythm real, durable, extensive surfaces to work on; it answers to a world we both see and must interpret for ourselves as well as one another: against so deep and wide a stage, their does not want to be limited by the refined surface of recent abstraction, inertly pliant "It's been said before, I know, but all actual impermanence echoed by pentimenti-her and neatly cropped cotton duck." painting begins and ends with a painter who own creative "ruins"—trapped within the has a life, holds opinions, and makes surface of the painting. Nevertheless, a judgements. So basically, it comes down to distinct note of hope does arise from the Prelude, among Richards' most recent oils, self-portraiture, seen either from the inside brilliant early light just breaking high along the demonstrates her commitment to an out or (more like me) the outside in." Sure of horizon. Those rays warm a few hills and energetic, contradictory, "dirty is nice" that, she dismisses pure objectivity/- shrubs, but their greater promise of surface; one that, in effect, denies both purity nonobjectivity as twin delusion, as so much continuance—like most promises—is heard and prediction. Simple-seeming at first—a vacant theory. The subjects of Richards' own, from faraway and behind things barely seen. large rectangle subframed by a bold red human-scaled paintings are clear enough, and square beside a paler column of gray—Prelude her spare, unlabored preparatory drawings / do not believe that there was ever a "grows" (as Richards says a painting should) make them even more apparent: ego and question of being abstract or under scrutiny. Dark, apparently strong environment, figures and terrain—nature, in a representational. It is really a matter of boundary lines refuse in the end to wholly word-transmuted through the passionate ending this silence...of breathing and contain their assigned shapes, splintering and agency of hand or brush. stretching one's arms again. sometimes fading out altogether, streaking -Mark Rothko, 1947 across the center, or occasionally veering away to broach the very limits of the canvas. A sense of timeless confrontation pervades Likewise, the once dominant block of red Prelude. Remnants of landscape high in the Will Richards continue to paint defies expectation by gradually manifesting painting spill down and across a dense plain of abstractions...will she continue to paint at all? numerous modulations and random daubs color where small, scarcely discernible petals That too is a "blind spot", given the emotional that lessen its initial bulk and fixity. At the and stems lie buried...broken dreams isolation and material hardship that have same time, the juxtaposed gray takes on fresh perhaps? At right-center, the long steep canal marked her practice thus far. For now, at least, magnitude by slowly divulging its rich that mediates between red and gray leaves the "painting feels right", especially on those rare understore of thinly inscribed color-figures. added impression of contour and cylinder, occasions when, after struggling through a Other "surprises"—a fragile twig of white each poised on a different side of the canvas. picture and carrying it around "inside and transversing the central mass, the cradle of Bodily openness and closure, psychic outside" for weeks, she stops knowing that it is dense ebony rocking out of the lower-left expansion and retreat, social pressure and finished and that she is its first and, for a time, corner—amplify a dynamic that is more concession, male and female encounter— sole audience. Only after her amazement emotional than literal, and felt rather than these and other eternal poles of experience subsides—only after asking herself again: read by its audience in the elastic space come to mind, thereby making Richards' title "...did I honestly do that?"-does she face the before, around, and beyond the physical patently ironic. (She does that sometimes.) question of what is next.

Blind Spot, oil on canvas (50 x 110 in.) by Jacqueline Richards.

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25 LAZY j GREEDY AND NO LAUGHING MATTER An interview with Violent Femmes

John Kruth

Violent Femmes, Milwaukee's internationally Brian Ritchie, the Femmes' flamboyant Doctor, Victor is currently practicing guitar, celebrated trio who have recorded three bassist has recently recorded his first solo writing songs and planning his first solo albums for the Slash/Warner Brothers label album entitled The Blend. Brian, a pio­ album, to be recorded sometime this fall. He and sold out Carnegie hall on their last U.S. neering multi-instrumentalist, plays guitar, has produced two cassettes for Milwaukee's tour, are clearly three uniquely different banjo, flute, accordian, jaw harp, conch and quirky instrumental combo The Ghostly Trio, individuals. Perhaps what is most surprising elephant tusk on the record. For the most an unreleased album by keyboard wizard about them is that they got together in the first part, he has left the bass chores to Cindy Sigmund Snopek III, as well as the new Tetes place. Bartell (of Minneapolis based women's group Noire album for Rounder Records (with Brian Tetes Noires). The album (no record Ritchie). DeLorenzo, a native of Racine Gordon Gano, the introverted son of a Baptist company named yet) showcases Ritchie's (Wisconsin) was a member of Milwaukee's minister from West Allis (Wisconsin) has talents as a singer, songwriter and arranger, Theatre X from the summer of 76 until the written perhaps the most angst-ridden but the shock that most people are in for is fall of '80, when he travelled to Amsterdam to anthems of teenage trauma the world has Brian's wild guitar playing. He fuses elements appear in the Mickery Theatre production of known. After the success of the Femmes' first of delta blues with Moroccan Sufi music and Dreambelly. Upon his return to Milwaukee, self-titled LP (Which sold nearly 500,000 '60s psychedelia into a unique synthesis of the inventive percussionist began playing with copies) the Midwestern whining boy turned to sound. Included on the tape are renditions of Brian Ritchie and was later joined by Gordon writing stark folk fables like the nightmarish delta bluesman Eddie "Son" House's "John Gano, creating the Violent Femmes. "Country Death Song" as well as gospel The Revelator" and inter galactic jazz rockers like "Faith" and "It's Gonna Rain". bandleader Sun Ra's "Nuclear War". Ritchie Gordon has continued to follow the gospel also wrote music to French Surrealist poet These interviews took place in Milwaukee, in calling, joining the New York based Mercy Arthur Rimbaud's "Song of the Highest Order" February. Seat. The Mercy Seat (fronted by vocalist for the album's closing cut. Zena von Heppinstall, who "makes Tina Ritchie: We're not artsy-fartsy artistes! What Turner look like Martha Washington") has Drummer/actor Victor DeLorenzo has been do they want us in their magazine for? recorded their first album. On stage they rather busy himself these days. Having just deliver The Word with a jackhammer beat, finished a six week run as "The Wedding Guest" DeLorenzo: Yeah, why have you summoned clad in sequins and tuxedos. in Theatre X's production of A Country us for this occasion?

26 Art Muscle You're popular guys. Maybe we'll sell more DeLorenzo: So that's the Violent Femmes. Where does he live? copies. That's what we represent to the world. Take that guy and multiply him by three and you Ritchie: (with a southern drawl) Greensboro, DeLorenzo: Sell more copies? That's boring! have the Violent Femmes. North Carolina, which is where the Klan holds (To Ritchie) What about that "I am boring" big rallys. It's a horrible place. I don't know story? That would be a good one to start with. Ritchie: Right, except one foams out of the why he would want to live there. So Eugene This sums up the Femmes totally. right side of the mouth, one foams out of the came up here. We rehearsed, recorded and left and one foams out the middle. mixed the album in four days, which was the Ritchie: Peter Balestrieri (saxophonist in the longest amount of time he's ever spent making Femmes' back-up band, The Horns of Charming. Well, now, a little more a record. Dilemma) and I are walking in an airport in seriously... Would you like to talk about some Bergen, Sweden, getting ready to get on the of the projects you've been doing? Let's start DeLorenzo: It's hardly available anywhere. plane and this yuppie businessman comes with Eugene Chadbourne's album (Corpses walking toward us. We notice that there's some of Foreign War-Fundamental Records Box It's basically an album of political protest froth coming out of the side of his mouth like a 2309 Covinton GA 30209). songs by people like Dylan and Phil Ochs dog. (laughs) He comes staggering toward us isn't it. with his mouth half open, kind of like the way Ritchie: Chadbourne had opened up some Peter looks at the end of a Noisemaker gig. He shows for the Femmes with his (now defunct) Ritchie: Yeah, there's twenty one songs, says, (affecting a Swedish accent) "Excuse me, band. Shockabilly. Then I did a gig with Peter, thirteen of 'em are Eugene's. do you have a cigarette?" We said, "No, we opening up for him in Madison, after don't have a cigarette. We don't smoke." So Shockabilly split up. It became apparent that Delorenzo: There's one Mingus, "Fables of the guy says, "Excuse me, I am boring." what Eugene was doing and what Peter and I Faubus" with new and improved lyrics. A Fug's (hysterical laughter) were doing was identical. We were even doing tune by Ed Sanders and "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' some of the same cover tunes. We were really To Die" by Country Joe. DeLorenzo: They kept him off the plane 'cause into his song "Ten Most Wanted List." So one he was bombed. day Victor and I were discussing who we'd like Ritchie: There's one song that proves that to record with and we thought Eugene, so we Eugene may be a genius but not a prophet. It's Or had rabies. called him up. about David Crosby, called "They'll Never

Brian Richie Photo by Francis Ford

Lock Him Up", (insane laughter) He had Footed God (soon to be released on Rounder Victor, you produced Sigmund Snopek's already been released from prison when the Records). Wiconsinsane album... album came out! Ritchie: Yeah, it was really fun 'cause of all the DeLorenzo: It's Sigmund's best unreleased What other musical projects have you been projects that we've done, the Femmes, album, (maniacal laughter, knee slapping, involved with? Eugene, the Trance and Dance Band, with a floor stomping and an atmosphere of "blem- pleasant tone of voice, (laughs) blem") I produced that one with Sig. Ritchie: We produced an album by these Didn't you sing a lead vocal on one song? women from Minneapolis called Tetes Did you play on the record too? Noires. I played guitar on Swamp Things' new DeLorenzo: Yeah, "Movie Songs." Peter re­ album. (Madison band) Ritchie: They are such good musicians wrote the lyrics to that one 'cause Sigmund anyway. There was no reason to bring in forgot them. It's a nice song. DeLorenzo: It was a fun album. It's called Clay outside musicians. That album is two years old already isn't it?

27 Gordon Gano photo by John Kruth

DeLorenzo: It's timeless. I kind of think of it as DeLorenzo: I love going back to acting Brian, tell us about your solo project. You've on old yellow doily sitting on grandma's 'cause... been concentrating mostly on guitar these bureau. It'll come out some day. days. Ritchie: He doesn't want to haul his drums. Ritchie: That was the first album we made that Ritchie: I only played bass on one song we had fun on. ("Nuclear War"). I saved the best one for myself. DeLorenzo: We could experiment in the DeLorenzo: Yeah, I don't want to haul my studio. drums and also it makes more of an impact on Who played bass? me in an emotional way than music does. I Ritchie: It was an enjoyable thing to do rather used to think of both acting and music as Ritchie: Cindy Bartell from Tetes Noire. It than being Chinese torture. interrelated, but now they've become two was hard to find a bass player that I liked separate things to me. And I didn't know if I working with. It's always like fingernails on a DeLorenzo: (imitating Peter Lorre) Water could act in a play again. blackboard to me, playing with a shitty bass drops on the forehead. player. In one version of my band Elephant Well it was very good. Lip there was no bass at all. But Cindy is such a Is that what it's like making a Femmes fantastic bass player! She's so quick. In most album? DeLorenzo: Thank you. cases she'll play something as good if not better than I would. I decided to give a little DeLorenzo: Water drops on the forehead? What about singing and songwriting? You break on this album on the bass. People Yeah! In fact that's the title of our next album. had a song ("World Without Mercy" which haven't heard me play guitar that much 'cause appeared on the cassette, CD and back of the it's hard to play tow instruments at once live Victor, let's talk about your acting career. single "Children of the Revolution") on the and Gordon has been playing guitar on the Femmes' last album The Blind Leading The records for the most part. I played guitar on DeLorenzo: My acting career that's been Naked. Are You planning to do a solo the last one. This is the first time I've been reactivated? Brian saw'the play. (Theatre X's A album? able to show people about that. I play a lot of Country Doctor) other instruments on there too (jaw harp, DeLorenzo: Yeah, of course! accordian, banjo, conch, and elephant tusk). Ritchie: The play was good. Victor was good. There's also a lot of percussion on the album. Theatre X was so pleased with the soaring What instruments do you write on? Everything from Arabic drumming to Michael attendance when Victor was in the play that Blair from Tom Waits' band, djum machine, they're thinking of changing the name of the DeLorenzo: Guitar. Sometimes I just write Kenny Baldwin on anti-rhythms, Victor's on company to Theatre Vic. I've been watching words or do some things on the piano.I like to there playing kalimba drums and Terry Smirl Theatre X's plays for ten years and this was sing a lot. I've sung back-up on almost every from a jazz band called Kinetic Shower plays one of the best. song the Femmes have recorded. drums.

28 Art Muscle Are the Femmes planning to release another Gordon, What's going on in New York these Gano: The band has been loosely together album in the near future? days? for...this summer it'll be three years. But it's only been the last six or seven months that Ritchie and DeLorenzo in unison: We're just Gano: Well, The Mercy Seat has recorded an we've been really able to work together 'cause going to package it in an appealing soup can album to be. It's fourteen songs, jam-packed I've had the time to make this my priority. I type package. It's been recorded all around with hits. think it deserves it and should be heard. We the world, on three different continents. It's used to go out and do a show here or there, sort of a retrospective. Did you write any of the material? whenever I was free. But since this has become my priority, we've toured the States a couple of times, played the east and west coasts and DeLorenzo: There will probably be one live Gano: No. That's why it'll be a hit, 'cause I didn't write any of it! (laughs) toured Europe. It was a hard tour but very cut. satisfying . We played Italy and did an Did Zena write anything? outdoor festival in Sicily. They got into it very Victor, you produced two great tapes by The much. We played what was billed as an anti- Ghostly Trio (Christmas with The Ghostly Trio apartheid festival put on by the communists. and Songs of the Islands-Box 08255 Gano: Zena wrote...I believe three. The rest of the songs feel like originals 'cause we work There were hundred of flags and the whole Milwaukee, WI 53208). Those guys are trip. We were the last ones on and we just sang really warped in a rare and unusual way. them over with our arrangements. So it feels like they're our songs, though other people about Jesus, (laughs) I didn't notice but wrote them or they're traditional. Fernando (Mendez, the drummer) and Zena DeLorenzo: We're gonna start the next record said that the police did not seem to like what soon. Producing The Ghostly Trio is fun Are there any traditional songs that people we were doing. The word Jesus cuts through because all you do is put up some the language barrier. microphones and put up with some shit. No! I might know? mean... (laughs) Sorry you guys. It's fun. We Let's talk about the Femmes. cut Songs of the Islands in a basement. The Gano: Not really. It depends upon the Ghostly Trio is amazing! person's background. If they've been heavily into '50s or '60s black gospel, then they're Gano: One more thing about The Mercy Seat. The album was basically recorded live in the Ritchie: They played at my wedding and that going to know quite a few of them. Some of the studio. Hopefully it'll be out in the spring. really helped the longevity of the marriage! songs come from the Caravans, who were a (laughs) People were breakin' their legs tryin' top gospel group that toured a lot. I believe O.K. Let's talk about your other band. to dance to them, (wild uncontrollable they hit their peak sometime in the '60s. I'm laughter). not a historian, so I don't really know. Gano: (looking at the clock on the wall) Oh! I gotta go. (laughs) DeLorenzo: Didn't this magazine already Are you singing any leads with the band or print that we've broken up and Gordon's do you just primarily sing back-up? Is discussing the Femmes a moot point? playing with The Mercy Seat? Gano: Gospel music has a lot of group and Gano: I don't really have much to say right his name wrong/ back-up singing. There's a couple of songs, We even spelled now. It's no laughing matter. There is a plan to GA YNO. one in particular in which the back-up vocal becomes a second lead vocal. But if someone put out "Ugly" and "gimme The Car" in the States. Then we thought about what else we Ritchie: Let the little birds make pee-pee! were to go see The Mercy Seat expecting me to be lead singing, expecting me to have written could put along with that to fill it out. I just don't think there's hardly anything else ready DeLorenzo: Marcel Duchamp said that. the songs, expecting me to be the front to be put out. That's how he dismissed critics. person with a back-up band... What about "Dance Motherfucker" Ritchie: People are so used to the Femmes They're in the wrong place. catering to their every whim for weird music Gano: That one too. Slash wants to get and concerts every couple weeks that once we something out before the school year's out but decided to take a break, they thought we split Gano: No, They're in the right place! They'll I think it would be a mistake to just grab some up. We're just lazy and greedy, (thunderous see the band and find out that it is, a band. As a live tapes and throw them together with some laughter) musician it's very exciting to be part of a group old studio tapes and make a hodge-podge. If where my role is different. I'm not the lead we took our time, we could build a really neat DeLorenzo: Actually, that's what we've singer. I'm not the songwriter. I'm just working package. Other than that I don't see anything on arrangements and working with a band. It's changed the name of the band to: Lazy and else. But who knows what's gonna happen. I wonderful. I really enjoy it. Greedy! gotta run. (laughs) Do you have anything else to add? How long has the band been together?

Victor DeLorenzo Photo by Francis Ford.

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March 22-May 3 April 15-May 15 The Modem Basket: A Redefinition Two Windows 40 baskets created by 11 artists, plus Jeff Worman & TBA. Drive & stop. 422 W The Artist-made Book:An Introduction, National plus Racine Art Guild Annual Spring OAKLAND Exhibition; Charles A Wustum Museum of April 19-May 24 Fine Arts, 2519 Northwestern, Racine; 1- Masters Thesis Exhibition 636-9117 Work by MFA & MA candidates. UWM:Fine Arts Galleries; 963-4177 CAFE March 22-May 24 Artists of Books for Children: A Primer for April 24-May 16 Peace Chernobyl Anniversary Show Original works of artists being published Including architectural drawings for the currently, focusing on the concept of Wisconsin nuclear waste dump. Opening peace. Opening reception 3/22 2-5pm; reception 4/24 8-11pm; Leo Feldman MAM:South Entrance Gallery; 271-9508 Galleries, Inc, 773A N Jefferson; alley entrance March 28-August 31 Works from the Permanent Collection April 24=May31 UWM:Vogel Hall Galleries; 963-4177 Young at Art An exhibition of art works by area school March 29-April 23 children. Madison Art Center, 211 E State; JoAnna Poehlmann 608/257-0158 Drawings/constructions. Opening reception 3/29 1-5pm; Bradley Gallery, April 25-May 21 2639 N Downer; 332-9500 Erv Nowicki Come in and see our Paintings. Opening reception 4/25 1-5pm; NEW MENU March 29-April 27 Bradley Gallery, 2639 N Downer; 332- Dual Show: 9500 featuring expanded Skills & Illusions: Dan Slick at St Michael's Waiting Room Cafe, 901 E April 25-June 14 dinner entrees and Clarke; 372-6880 Gordon Dorn: Paintings Jacqueline Richards: Paintings abstract design/detailed color & surface; new wine and at The Wright Gallery, 922 E Wright St; plus 265-7213 (thru 4/26) About Clay beer selections. Opening reception 3/29 2-5pm at both Contemporary art ceramics ranging from locations function to installation. Rockford Art Museum, 711 Main, Rockford; 815/965- BAKERY SPECIAL April 1-26 3131 Buy any 6 of our Wisconsin Watercolor Society West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts, 300 S 6th, April 26 & May 3 HOMEMADE MUFFINS West Bend; 334-9638 Misconceptions and have one on us! Group show; 2-dimensional works. Gallery April 1-30 124,124 E 66th, Kenosha; 1-652-3993 Elaina Jamieson , Connie Long, & D.A. Brown (opening 4/19) April 27-May 17 Pump House Regional Arts Center, 119 MIAD Class of 1987: Graduating Seniors King St, LaCrosse; 608/785-1434 Exhibition Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, 342 N April 2-May 10 Water; 276-7889 Li 7*? Alice Klein: Colored Stones, Gold & Acrylic Project April 29-May 31 12 sculptural necklaces & brooches. Vietnam: Reflexes & Reflections Patrick & Beatrice Haggerty Museum of National traveling exhibition represents 3549 N. OAKLAND AVE. Art, 13th & Clybourn; 224-1669 works of 60 artists who served in Vietnam. SHOREWOOD, WI 53211 West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts, 300 S 6th, April 2-June 21 West Bend; 334-9638 332-5440 The Art of Caring: Frank Kleinholz April 30-May 10 Paintings & works on paper; social realism Juried Student Exhibition MON-THURS 7:30-10:00 P.M. expressed in sensitivity & gentle means; Opening reception 4/30 4:30-6:30pm; FRI AND SAT 7:30-11:00P.M. opening reception 4/2 5-7pm; Patrick & Alverno College:Fine Arts Gallery, 3401 S SUNDAY 9:30-9:30 P.M. Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, 13th & 39th; 647-3906 Clybourn; 224-1669

32 May 2-June 28 March 27,28 April 11 May 2 Artworks on Paper: 16th Century to Nothing In Common Chilkultic Civilization in Chiapas Present Tom Hanks, Jackie Gleason, & Eva Marie Guatemala Maya culture series; 2pm; Milwaukee From the Permanent Collection of the Milw Saint in comedy/drama; 7 & 9:30pm; Maya culture series. 2pm; Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W Wells; 278-2791 Art Museum; Present Day Drawings by $2/$1.75; UWM Union Cinema; 963-7703 Public Museum:Lecture Hall, 800 W Wells; Coulee Region Artists; & 278-2791 May 3 Jean Pintz March 27,28,29 The Secret of NIMH Pump House Regional Arts Center, 119 The Karate Kid II April 11,12 12:30 & 2:30pm; $1; UWM Union Cinema; King St, LaCrosse; 608/785-1434 8 & 10pm; $2/$1.75; UWM:Sandburg Eric Fischl 963-7703 Flicks, 3400 N Maryland; 963-6106 Susan Rothenberg May 3-31 Reel Art Series; Two videos on May 8,9 Patrick Farrell March 28 contemporary painters; 2pm; MAM:Multi- Blue Velvet Song of the Road media Theater; 271-9508 Still life studies & recent small paintings. 7 & 9:30pm; $2/$1.75; UWM Union Opening reception 5/3 1-5pm; Charles Satyajit Ray Cinema; 963-7703 April 12 Allis Art Museum, 1630 E Royall; 278- Home & the World Series; 7:30pm; free; 8295 Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W Wells The Great Muppet Caper May 8,9,10 St 12:30 & 2:30pm; $1; UWM Union Cinema; Creature From the Black Lagoon - In 3D May 3-31 963-7703 7:30, 9:45 & Midnight; $2/$1.50; John Balsley will curate; artist to be March 29 UWM:Sandburg Flicks, 3400 N Maryland; announced. The Wright Gallery, 922 E Walt Disney's The Lady & the Tramp April 13 963-6106 Wright; 265-7213 12:30 & 2:30pm; $1; UWM Union Cinema The Two Worlds ofAngelita Jane Morrison May 9 May8-June13 March 29 Latin American Film Series; Story of a Lost World of the Maya H Huntley Baldwin Fingered, You Killed Me First, Right Side young Puerto Rican family who moves Maya culture series; 2pm; Milwaukee Urban paintings. Opening reception 5/8 5- of My Brain, & Submit to Me from the island to New York City, told Public Museum, 800 W Wells; 278-2791 8pm; Katie Gingrass Fine Art Gallery, 714 Richard Kern through the eyes of 9yr old Angelita; 7:30 N Mil-waukee; 289-0855 Low budget super 8 films by this 6 9:30pm; free; UWM Union Cinema May 10 Manhattan filmmaker. Also, Performance Pufnstuf May8-Sept13 Art by Chicago's Kevin Henry, Brendan April 14,15 12:30 & 2:30pm; $1; free popcorn; UWM The Expressionist Impulse: The Ritz DeVallance & a special guest. Music by Marijuana: Weed With Roots in Hell Union Cinema; 963-7703 Collection Dummy Club; 8pm; Cafe Voltaire, 2010 S 8 & 10pm; $2/$1.50; UWM:Sandburg Local collection most noted for German Kinnickinnic; for info 273-0961 Flicks, 3400 N Maryland; 963-6106 May 16 Expressionist works with modern figure Maya Lords of the Jungle studies & portraiture. Opening reception March 30 April 16 Maya culture series; Milwaukee Public 5/7 6-8pm; MAM: Print & Drawing Gallery; Films by Richard Kern (see above) Birdy Museum, 800 W Wells; 278-2791 271-9508 Followed by discussion; 5:30pm; Alan Parker UWM:Mitchell Hall, B91; 963-5656 Contemporary Cinema Series; Story of the May 16 May 10-31 friendship of 2 men, one of whom is a UWM Student Film Festival The Racine Unified Schools Student Art March 30 mechanical genius obsessed with dreams 8pm; $3; UWM:Mitchell Hall, B91; for info Exhibition All Nudity Shall Be Punished of flying; 7pm; MAM:Multi-media Theater; 963-6015 Works of public school students, grades Arnaldo Jabor 271-9508 K-12. Charles A Wustum Museum of Fine Latin American Film Series; wild parody, Arts, 2519 Northwestern, Racine; 1-636- slapstick, & melodrama as an April 18 9177 inconsolably hung-up widower decides to Ananse's Farm, The Little Prince, The marry a prostitute with catastrophic Band Concert, Hansel & Gretel, An LECTURES May 12-16 results; 7:30 & 9:30pm; free; UWM Union Appalachian Version Aura-Mora: Photographs Cinema Films Kids Like Series; 10:30am & Opening reception 5/12 4:30-6:30pm; 12:30pm; MAM:Multi-media Theater; 271- Alverno College:Fine Arts Gallery, 3401 S March 31, April 1 9508 39th; 647-3906 A Midsummer Night Sex Comedy March 19 8 & 10pm; $2/$1.50; UWM:Sandburg April 20,21 Plan 9 From Outer Space Julian Scnabel May 15-August 23 Flicks; 963-6106 The artist will speak; in conjuction with Recent Acquisitions 8 & 10pm; $2/$1.50; UWM:Sandburg Flicks, 3400 N Maryland; 963-6106 opening recption for Currents 10 Exhibit; Annual exhibition of mixed media works April 3,4 6:15pm; MAM:Vogel/Helfaer Galleries; acquired during the past year. Opening Stand By Me April 22 271-9508 reception 5/14 6-8pm; MAM: Rob Reiner directs Stephen King's comic The Human Face of China Journal/Lubar Galleries; 271-9508 look at growing up in 1959; 7 & 9pm; March 21,28, April 11, May 2 $2/$1.75; UWM Union Cinema; 963-7703 Chinese acrobats; 1980:30min; China:The Year of the Counting Lecture/Demonstrations related to Cenote of Sacrifice Exhibit; 3/21 & 28 - Maya April 4 Documents the 10 days in July 1982 of the Peoples Republic of China's census; Papermaking, 1pm; 4/11 - Pottery Making, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh 12:30pm; 5/2 - Lost-Wax Casting, 1pm; FILM Films Kids Like Series; Disney film of the 1894:54min; beloved A A Milne classic; 10:30am & Chinese Shadow Play Tortilla Making, 12:30pm; Milwaukee Note: All Milwaukee 12:30pm; MAM:Multi-media Theater; 271- An abbreviated version of China's best Public Museum, 800 W Wells; 278-2791 9508 loved fairy tale; 9min; 7pm; free with Art Museum (MAM) reservations; Charles Allis Art Museum, 1630 E Royall; 278-8295 March 21 & 28, April 4,18 & 25 films are free with Art April 4,5,18,19 Lectures related to Cenote of Sacrifice A New Spirit in Painting: Six Painters of Exhibit Museum admission. the 1980s April 22,23 D.O.A. 3/21 - Virgins and Buried Treasure: Reel Art Series; Georg Baselitz, Markus Archaeological Investigations at Chichen Lupertz, Sandro Chia, Francesco Documentary on the on and offstage worlds of punk music featuring the Sex Itza & the Sacred Cenote Clemente, David Salle, & Julian Schnabel; Dr. Brian Fagan, University of California- 2pm; MAM:Multi-media Theater; 271-9508 Pistols and other early punk bands of the March 19 1976-78 hardcore era; 7:30, 9:45 & Santa Barbara; Witness to War: An American Doctor in El 3/28 - The Ancient Maya Ballgame April 5 Midnight; $2/$1.50; UWM:Sandburg Salvador Flicks, 3400 N Maryland; 963-4796 Dr Nicholas Hellmuth, Foundation for Latin Vietnam: An American Journey Walt Disney's The Sword in the Stone American Anthropology Research; 12:30 & 2:30pm; $1; UWM Union Cinema Contemporary Cinema Series; 7pm; April 24,25 4/4 - Exploring Yucatan by Land & Air: MAM:Multi-media Theater; 271-9508 Settlement Pattern Studies in Maya April 6 Manhunter 7:30, 9:45 & Midnight; $2/$1.50; Archaeology March 21,22 Bitter Cane Dr Edward B Kurjack, Western Illinois produced by Haiti Films UWMrSandburg Flicks, 3400 N Maryland; Red Ball Express, Balablock, Tops, 963-6106 University; Calder's Circus Latin American Film Series; Clandestinely 4/18 - Recent Advances in the Films Kids Like Series; 12:30pm; filmed in-depth look at Haitian society; Deciperment of Maya Hieroglyphic Writing featuring an original score by some of April 24,25 MAM:Multi-media Theater; 271-9508 Crocodile Dundee Dr George E Stuart, National Geographic Haiti's foremost artists; 7:30 & 9:30pm; Society; free; UWM Union Cinema 7 & 9:15pm; $2/$1.75; UWM Union March 21,22 Cinema; 963-7703 4/25 - Isla Cerritos: The Main Trading Port Portrait of Frans Hals of Chichen Itza George Hendrik Breitner April 6,7 Dr Anthony P Andrews, New College of the Batman April 25 Reel Art Series; Films on 17th & 18th Last Grave at Dimbaza University of South Florida; all lectures century Dutch painters; 2pm; MAM:Multi- 8 & 10pm; $2/$1.50; UWM:Sandburg 2pm; Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W Flicks, 3400 N Maryland; 963-6106 Nana Mahomo media Theater; 271 -9508 Woza Albert! Wells; 278-2791 April 8 Percy Ntwa & Mbongeni Ngena March 23 Home & the World Series; films from South March 22 Amada Public Art/Private Thoughts Africa; 7:30pm; free; Milwaukee Public The Wildflower Garden Throughout the Humberto Solas Milwaukee filmmaker Carl Peterson Museum, 800 W Wells St Year Latin American Film Series; Set in turn of explores a variety of controversial public Slide lecture by David A Kopitzke; 2pm; sculptures, with special focus on free with reservation; Charles Allis Art the century Havana, story of a young April 26 Milwaukee's own di Suvero; 1985:30min; bourgeois woman whose passionate, Walt Disney Cartoon Parade Museum, 1630 E Royall; 278-8295 Never Give Up: Imogene Cunningham alduterous affair with her free-spirited 12:30 & 2:30pm; $1; UWM Union Cinema; cousin is destroyed by the rules and Interview with the portrait photographer; 963-7703 March 24 values of the world she inhabits & her 1975:28min; Wisconsin Metaphors inability to rebel; 7:30 & 9:30pm; free; Closed Mondays Gallery Talk by Jane Brite; 1:30pm; MAM: UWM Union Cinema Academy Award winning claymation April 26 271-9508 parody on reactions to modern art; 8min; Pink Floyd's The Wall March 24,25 7pm; free with reservations; Charles Allis 7:30, 9:45 & Midnight; $2/$1.50; March 25 Heavy Metal Art Museum, 1630 E Royall; 278-8295 UWM:Sandburg Flicks, 3400 N Maryland; The Quest for Common Commitments in a 8 & 10pm; $2/$1.50; UWM:Sandburg 963-6106 Pluralistic Society Flicks, 3400 N Maryland; 963-6106 April 10,11 Robert N Bellah Something Wild May 1,2 Edward J O'Donnell, SJ Distinguished March 25 Eccentric Comedy/drama; 7 & 9:15pm; Peggy Sue Got Married Lecture Series; 8pm; free; Varsity Lights, Action, Africa! $2/$1.75; UWM Union Cinema; 963-7703 1 & 9:45pm; $2/$1.75; UWM Union Theater, 1326 W Wisconsin; 224-7448 Joan & Alan Root show the high Cinema; 963-7703 excitement and danger involved in filming April 10,11,12 wild animals; 1983:55min True Stories May 1,2,3 Images of the Wild David Byrne's typical day in an American And Now For Something Completely Rober Bateman gathers visual images in town; 7:30, 9:45 & Midnight; $2/$1.50; Different the wilds of Canada & East Africa; UWM:Sandburg Flicks, 3400 N Maryland; 7:30, 9:45 & Midnight; $2/$1.50; 1981:22min; 7pm; free with reservation; 963-6106 UWM:Sandburg Flicks, 3400 N Maryland; Note: MAM events are free with Charles Allis Art Museum, 1630 E Royall; 963-6106 museum admission unless 271-8295 otherwise noted

33 March 25-May 14 April 10 March 29 April 8 Art ala Carte Lecture Series Crystal Visions: A Way of Personal & Marquette University Chorus Peter Paul & Mary 3/25,26 - Photographers Frame the Planetary Peace 3pm; free; Grand Avenue Congregational 8pm; $24.50/$19.50/$14.50; Riverside American Dream, Joan Barnett; Teweles Diane Mariechild Church, 2133 W Wisconsin Theatre, 116 W Wisconsin; 271-2000 Gallery Sponsored by Webster's Books; 8pm; $5; 4/1,2 - Julian Schnabel's Tableaux of Shorewood Womens Club, 3565 N Morris; March 29 April 10 Personal Images, Bari Turner; info 332-9560 Peter Case Marty Hodapp's Classic Jazz Ensemble Journal/Lubar Galleries Alternative Concert Group; 8pm; $5; New Orleans jazz reminiscent of the 4/8,9 - A Primer for Peace: Illustrating April 21 Century Hall, 2340 N Farwell; 332-1772 Dukes of Dixieland. 8pm; $7/$5; Prairie Children's Books, Nancy Jaekels; South Bentwood & Metal Furniture: 1850-1946 Performing Arts Center, 4050 Lighthouse Entrance Gallery Gallery Talk with James Mundy; 1:30pm; March 30 Dr, Racine; 639-3845 4/15,16 - Homeric Greeks Telling Tall MAMJournal/Lubar Galleries; 271-9508 Elmar Oliveira, Violinist Tales, Marilyn Spero; 19th Century Artist Series at the Pabst April 10,11 Academic Art Gallery April 23 8pm; $6-$16; 144 E Wells; 271-3773 Bel Canto Chorus 4/22,23 - A Psychologist Looks at the Knowledge & Visions in Social Desicions Faure: Requiem Creative Process, Douglas Dean; Thomas Sowell March 31 Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, 4 Songs for throughout the Galleries Edward J O'Donnell, SJ Distinguished American Vocal Premieres Womens Voices, Horn & Harp, 5/6,7 - The Cudahy Gallery's Wisconsin Lecture Series; 8pm; free; Varsity UWM Vocal Arts Series; Daniel Nelson Polovetzian Dances Metaphors, Janet Treacy & Susan Theater, 1326 W Wisconsin; 224-7448 performs 20th century American and 8pm; $4-$14; Pabst Theater, 144 E Wells; McDonald; Cudahy Gallery British works accompanied by pianist 271-3773 5/13,14 - A Potpourri of Docent Choices, May 4 Jeffrey Peterson; 8pm; $5/$3; UWM:Fine TBA; all lectures W 11:30am & Th Master Class with Pianist Tbor Szaz Arts Recital Hall; 963-4308 April 10,11 12:15pm; free with museum admission; 9:30am; $5; Wisconsin Conservatory of Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra MAM; 271-9508 Music, 1584 N Prospect; 962-2589 March 31 & April 5 Lukas Foss, Conductor Civic Orchestra of Milwaukee Anne-Sophie Mutter, Violinist March 26 & April 23 May 6 Edward Mumm, Conductor Lalo: Symphonie Espagnol Docent Aperitifs The Contemporary Art Glass Market Wolfgang Laufer & Daniel Laufer, Cellists Shostakovich Symphony #5 30-min informal talk accompanied by Panel discussion; 7:30pm; $1.50; Works of VonWeber, Handel, Prokofiev, & 8pm; $9-$30; PAC:Uihlein Hall; 273-7206 appetizers: Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W Wells; Brahms; free; 8pm 3/31 at Mount Mary 278-2734 April 11 3/26 - A Primer for PeaceJIIustrating College, 2900 N Menomonee River Pkwy; Free Hot Lunch Children's Books 2pm 4/5 at Cardinal Stritch College, 6801 Alternative Concert Group; 9pm; $5; Nancy Jaekels; N Yates Rd 4/23 - Julian Schnabel's Tableaux of Century Hall, 2340 N Farwell; 332-1772 Personal Images April 1 April 12 Bari Turner; MUSIC Early Music Now 5:30pm; free with museum admission; Music From the Shakespeare Plays, 1600- Marquette University Symphonic & Jazz Bands MAM:South Entrance Gallery; 271-9508 1680 Songs & incidental music from the plays 2pm; free; Varsity Theater, 1326 W Wisconsin March 30 of William Shakespeare set to music by March 19 Dr Richard Pena, Director, Film Center, Johnson, Wilson, Lanier, & others. 8pm; Early Music Now April 12 School of the Art Institute of Chicago wil $8/$7; Milwaukee Public Library Les Filles de St Colombe lecture on Brazilian Cinema and the film All Centennial HalLLoos Room, 733 N 8th; Palm Sunday College Concert Nudity Shall Be Punished; 6pm; 16th & 17th century English music for vi­ 264-8796 3pm; free; Mount Mary College, 2900 N UWM:Curtin Hall, Simultaneous olas da gamba. 8pm; $8/$7; Milwaukee Menomonee River Pkwy; 258-4810 Interpretation Facility, 3243 N Downer Public Library Centennial Hall:Loos Room; April 1 264-8796 Music at the Mount Series April 12 Prokofiev: Peter & the Wolf March 31 12:30pm; free; Mount Mary College:Multi- March 19,21,22 Artists of Books for Children: A Primer for Purpose Room, 2900 N Menomonee River Kinderkonzert, Milwaukee Symphony Peace Don Giovanni Pkwy; 258-4810 Orchestra Panel discussion; 7:30pm; MAM; 271- Mozart Margery Deutsch, Conductor 9508 Florentine Opera April 2 Featuring Cartoonist Sid Stone; 1 & 3pm; Th 7:30pm, Sa 8pm, Su 2:30pm; $12-$38; Larry Long PAC; 291 -6000 or 273-7206 April 1 PAC:Uihlein Hall; 273-7206, 273-1474 Nature & the Arts Concert Series Milwaukee Glass Collectors & Their 7:30pm; $6; Schlitz Audubon Center, April 12 Collections March 20 1111 Brown Deer Rd; 352-2880 Racine Symphony Orchestra Jane Elconin, Senior Member, American Milwaukee Music Ensemble Carol Honigberg, Pianist Society of Appraisers Music of Living American Composers April 2 Beethoven .Piano Concerto #7 7:30pm; $1.50; Milwaukee Public Milwaukee native Daron Hagen, plus Aramis Quartet Dvorak.Symphony #6 Museum, 800 W Wells; 278-2734 Copland, Rorem, Cage, Reich, Glass, UWM Institute of Chamber Music Ives: Variations on America Harrison, & Thompson. 8pm; $6/$4; 8pm; $4/$2; UWM:Fine Arts Recital Hall; 2pm; Memorial Hall, Racine; 1-636-9ART April 2 PAC:Vogel Hall; 964-1617, 273-7206 963-4308 Frank Kleinholz: An American Social April 14 Realist March 20 April4 Woodwind Arts Quintet Curtis L Carter, Director, Patrick & Preservation Hall Jazz Band UWM Jazz Ensemble 8pm;$5/$3; UWM:Fine Arts Recital Hall; Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art; 8pm; $6.50-$7; Alverno College, 3401 S 8pm; $4/$2; UWM:Union Wisconsin Room; 963-4308 6:15pm; free; David Straz Hall (adjacent to 39th; 671-5482 963-4308 museum), 13th & Clybourn; 224-1669 April 14 March 21 April 4 Alex DeGrassi Claudia Schmidt Marquette University Chorus Alternative Concert Group; 8pm; $13; April 2 & 30 Dan Dance Pabst Theater, 144 E Wells; 271-3773 UWM:Union Wisconsin Room; 332-1772 Artists' Forum Series 5th Annual Benefit for Women's Crisis MAM Cudahy Gallery of Wisconsin Art & Line. 8pm; $12; Pabst Theater, 144 E April 4-6 April 18,19 Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Wells; 271-3773 Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra 4/2 - Artist Colonies Zdenek Macal, Conductor Lukas Foss, Conductor Evadene Judge, Projects Coordinator, March 22 Jose Feghali, Pianist Milwaukee Symphony Chorus Ragdale Foundation; "Even you can Lake Band & Lake Band Cadets Rossini Semiramide, Overture Bach :Sf Matthew Passion qualify for an artists' colony. Find out 35th annual concert. 2pm; Pabst Theater, Tchaikovsky:P/ano Concerto #1 Sa 8pm, Su 7:30pm; $9-$30; PAC:Uihlein how." 144 E Wells; ticket info 483-3112 Schuman, W.Symphony#3 Hall; 273-7206 4/30 - Art Press: How do TV, Radio, & Sa 8pm, Su,M 7:30pm; $9-$30; Newspapers Choose What They Cover in March 22 PAC:Uihlein Hall; 273-7206 April 19 the Arts? Mary Ackerman Civic Music Association Mary Alice Tierney, Community Services Classical guitar. 8pm; $5; Wisconsin April5 Sylvan Winds Woodwind Quintet & Public Affairs Director, Channel 12, & Conservatory of Music, 1584 N Prospect; Milwaukee Opera Company 2:30pm; free; Villa Terrace, 2220 N Dominique Paul Noth, Feature Editor, 276-5760 A Retrospective-20 Years Terrace; 276-0615 Milwaukee Journal; Operatic Highlights with a full orchestra 7:30pm; $3; MAM; 271-9508 March 23 3pm; free with reservations; Pabst April 20 Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra Theater, 144 E Wells; send SASE to Milw Miller Organ Concert Series April4 Stephen Colburn, Conductor Opera Co at 820 E Knapp, Milw, 53202; Gillian Weir, Guest Artist Ukranian Egg Decorating Workshop William Helmes, Clarinet info 276-2244 Music of Vivaldi, Bach, Sweelinck, and Petty Pisio Christenson Mozart.Sympnony #7 9a in F others. $17; advance registraion required; John Copland .Clarinet Concerto April5 8pm; $7.50-$12.50; PAC:Uihlein Hall; 273- Michael Kohler Arts Center, 608 New York Vaughn William&3 Preludes on Welsch Tahlia Series 7206 Ave, Sheboygan; 1-458-6144 Hymn Tunes Chamber music with Marjorie Fowler, Haydn:Sympnony #43 in E flat Soprano, & Dean Fowler, Tenor. 3pm; $5; April 21 April 6 7:30pm; $9,$11/$6; PAC:Vogel Hall; 273- Mount Mary College, 2900 N Menomonee Great Music of Broadway & Operetta A Baroque & Classical Ornamentation 7206 River Pkwy; 258-4810 UWM Vocal Arts Series; 8pm; $5/$3; Clink: UWM:Fine Arts Recital Hall; 963-4308 Sister Theophane Hytrek March 26-29, April 2-5 April 5 Sponsored by Milw Music Teachers Assn; Die Fledermaus Orchestra Festival April 22 10am; $3; Alverno College:Alphonsa Hall, Johan Strauss Marquette University Orchestra & Emo Phillips 3401 S 39th; 962-2589 UWM Opera; Th-Sa 8pm, Su 2:30pm; Hamilton, West Milwaukee & Wauwatosa ACG/Jam Productions/Zanies co- $7/$5; UWM:Mitchell Chamber Theater; West High School Orchestras; 4pm; free; producers; 8pm; $10 advance; April 8 963-4308 Varsity Theater, 1326 W Wisconsin UWM:Union Wisconsin Room; 332-1772 or Graham Nash Ticketron Rock 'n Roll, the environment, & nuclear March 27-29 April 7 disarmament; 8pm $5; Varsity Theater, Chieftains - Traditional Irish Music Joseph Koykkar April 23 1326 W Wisconsin; 224-7448 SuperPops Series, Milwaukee Symphony Electronic Music Music From Almost Yesterday Orchestra 1:10pm; free; Alverno College:Alphonsa Yehuda Yannay, Directorr; new April 9 JoAnn Falletta, Conductor Hall, 3401 S 39th; 647-3906 instrumental & computer music; 8pm; Avant-garde Architects & Design F,Sa 8pm, Su 7:30pm; $10-$28; $5/$3; UWM:Fine Arts Recital Hall; 963- Christopher Wilk, Assistant Curator of PAC:Uihlein Hall; 273-7206 April 7 4308 Decorative Arts, Brooklyn Museum; Keyboard Conversations 6:15pm; MAM:Memorial Hall; 271-9508 March 29 Jeffrey Siegel, Pianist Great Alverno Folk Series The Virtuoso Schubert Gordon Bok, Ed Trickett, & Ann Mayo Muir 7:30pm; $8.50/$5.50; PAC:Vogel Hall; Sea songs, mountain songs, river songs, 273-7206 stories, & a wide array of instrumental UWM - University of Wisconsin, MAM - Milwaukee Art Museum combinations. 7:30pm; $7.50; Alverno Milwaukee Kenwood Blvd at College:Pitman Theatre, 3401 S 39th; 750 N Lincoln Memorial Dr 382-6153 Downer Ave

34 May 8-24 April 23 May 8 March 25-April 19 The Foreigner Ricky Skaggs Jeffrey Hollander Orphans Larry Shue 8pm; $20.50/$15.50/$10.50; Riverside Lecture/demonstration featuring the Lyle Kessler Sunset Playhouse Theatre, 116 W Wisconsin; 271-2000 music of Offenbach. 1pm; $3; Women's Clavis Theatre Club of Wisconsin, 813 E Kilbourn Set in North Philadelphia in the 80's, 2 Th,F 8pm, Sa 6 & 9pm, Su 7pm; $7; 800 Elm Grove Rd; 782-4430 April 24 young men, orphans since birth & petty Gallus Slovenian Vocal Ensemble May 8 thieves, encounter a parental figure in a May 13-31 Leo Muscatevec, Director; $6.50/$5; Institute of Chamber Music man they've kidnapped for ransom; W-F . 2nd Annual Festival of One Acts UWM:Fine Arts Recital Hall; 963-4308 Penderecki String Quartet, Aramis 8pm, Sa 5 & 9pm, Su alt 7/2/7/2pm; $5.50- Quartet & Winds Capriccioso; 8pm; $4/$2; $11; Enclave Theatre, 900 S 5th; 272- Clavis Theater Back by popular demand. Plays under April 24,25 UWM:Fine Arts Recital Hall; 963-4308 3043 consideration include Sexual Perversity in Eddy Arnold & the Mills Brothers Chicago by David Mamet, One For the 8pm; $23.50/$18.50/$13.50; Riverside May 8 March 26-29 Road by Harold Pinter, & Birth of a Theatre, 116 W Wisconsin; 271-2000 Milwaukee Music Ensemble & Great Music Hall Lakes Poem Band Dale Gutzman Salesman; W-F 8pm, Sa 5 & 9pm, Su alt 2/7/2pm; $5.50-$ 11; Enclave Theater, 900 April 24-26 Performance will include the world premier The Milwaukee Players S 5th; 272-3043 Tommy Tune & The Manhattan Rhythm of Jerome Kitzke's In the Throat of River Th-Sa 8pm, Su 2 & 7pm; $8-$10; Pabst Kings Mornings; 8pm; $6/$4; PAC:Vogel Hall; Theater, 144 E Wells; 271-3773 SuperPops Series, Milwaukee Symphony 273-7206 Orchestra March 27-29, April 2-12 JoAnn Falletta, Conductor; Recreating the May 9 The Odd Couple, Female Version nightclub scene of the 20's & 30's; F,Sa A Musical Feast Neil Simon TV 8pm, Su 7:30pm; $10-$28; PAC:Uihlein 1 UWM Symphony Orchestra Florence Unger & Olive Madison share an Hall; 273-7206 Margery Deutsch, Conductor apartment. Th,F 8pm, Sa 6 & 9pm, Su J Denny Fischer, Pianist; Buffet included 7pm; $7; 800 Elm Grove Rd; 782-4430 April 25 in ticket price; cash bar; 8pm; $12.50 Monday & Wednesday Recital for the Winners of the UWM (res)/$7.50/$4; UWM:Union Wisconsin March 27-April 12 Concerto Competition Room; 963-4308 On the Razzle Avance 14 UWM Symphony Orchestra Tom Stoppard Bilingual news program for and about 8pm; $6/$3; Pabst Theater, 144 E Wells; May 10 UWM Professional Theatre Training Milwaukee's Hispanic Community. M 271-3773 Tahlia Series Program 6:30pm, W 10pm, Warner Cable Channel Chamber music with David Sanders, Mile a minute farce that became Hello 14 April 26 Cellist. 3pm; $5; Mount Mary Dolly! Th-Sa 8pm, Su 2:30pm; $9/$7; Great Alverno Folk Series College:Stiemke Hall, 2900 N Menomonee UWM:Fine Arts Theatre; 963-4308 Thursday Garnet Rogers: Canadian Troubador River Pkwy; 258-4810 Cable Town Hall 7:30pm; $7.50; Alverno College:Pitman April 1-12 A program of opinion, editorial, viewpoint, Theatre, 3401 S 39th; 647-3906 May 11 The Roar of the Greasepaint, the Smell of & speakout. "Milwaukee's soapbox in the Piano Portraits with Jeffrey Hollander the Crowd electronic marketplace of ideas." 6:30pm; April 27 Music of George Gershwin Anthony Newly Access Alive! Artist Series at the Pabst 7:30pm; $5; UWM:Fine Arts Recital Hall; Marquette University Theatre "A simmering stew of local notables, The Juillard Quartet 963-4308 W-Sa 8pm, Su 7:30pm; $6; Evan P & happenings, performances, opinions, 8pm; $6-$16; Pabst Theater, 144 E Wells; Marion Helfaer Theater, 13th & Clybour; weekend tips, movie reviews, pet 271-3773 May 13 224-7504 parades, culture vultures & other The Roches nonsequiteurs." 7pm; Warner Cable April 29 Alternative Concert Group; 8pm; $12.50; April 10-May 17 Channel 14 Soundscaping UWM:Union Wisconsin Room; 332-1772 or Twelfth Night A program of experimental music Ticketron William Shakespeare Friday & Saturday compositions directed by Gregoria Milwaukee Repertory Theater The Pete Christensen Show Karides Suchy; 8pm; free; UWM:Fine Arts May 15 Tu 8pm, W 2pm, Th,F 8pm, Sa 5 & 9:15pm, Local talent presenting comedy & variety. Recital Hall; 963-4308 Bookfield East High School Concert Su 2 & 7:30pm; $5-$15; PACTodd Wehr F 10:55pm, Sa 6pm; Warner Cable 8pm; Pabst Theater, 144 E Wells; ticket Theatre; 273-7206 Channel 14 May 2 info 781-3500 Doug Wood April 15-May 2 Nature & the Arts Series May 17 Strange Snow 7:30pm; $6; Schlitz Audubon Center, Fiori di Primavera Steve Metcalfe 1111 E Brown Deer Rd; 352-2880 Les Jongleurs Theatre Tesseract 4pm; $4; North Shore Presbyterian Milwaukee premier. Bittersweet drama of May 2 Church, 4048 N Bartlett; info 264-8796 Martha, her brother Dave and his Vietnam Alverno College Community Orchestra War buddy; W-Sa 8pm; $7; Lincoln Center Concert for the Arts, 820 E Knapp; 273-PLAY 8pm; $2.50; Pitman Theatre, 3401 S 39th; 647-3906 April 24-26, May 1-3 THEATER Virginia May 3 Edna O'Brien Tbor Szasz, Pianist Boulevard Theater Ensemble Presented by Milwaukee Music Teachers Based on the lives & writings of Leonard & GEMS AND DESIGNS Association. 3pm; $8/$5; PAC:Vogel Hall; Now-April 5 Virginia Woolf; 8pm; St Michael's Waiting info 962-2589 Hedda Gabler Room Cafe, 901 E Clarke; for info 272- 2595 North Downer Henrik Ibsen 7294 Milwaukee, WI 53211 May3 Milwaukee Repertory Theater Phone: 963-9914 A Jazz Sundae Powerful story of a woman of enormous April 28-May 16 Jazz Ensemble, directed by Tim Bell & spirit hemmed in by the petty The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Jazz Vocal Ensemble, directed by Robert circumstances of her life. W & Su 2pm, Washington Irving Cabochon cut Porter; dessert will be served; 7:30pm; Th,F 8pm, Sa 5 & 9:15pm; Su 7:30pm; $5- Great American Theater Company $2.50/$2; UWM:Union Wisconsin Room; $15; PACTodd Wehr Theater; 273-7206 10am & 12:15pm except May 1,3 & 16 gems and 963-4308 1pm; $2-$6.50; Pabst Theater, 144 E faceted stones March 15 Wells; for tickets 276-4230 or write GATC May 3,4 5th Anniversary Celebration/Benefit at P.O.Box 92123, Milw 53202 in precious UWM Fine Arts Quartet Clavis Theatre Yefim Bronfman, Guest Pianist Features scenes from March of the April 30-May 16 metals featuring Works by Tchaikovsky & Dvorak; Su 3pm, Falsettos, Side by Side by Sondheim, Svoboda! M 8pm; $9; UWM:Fine Arts Recital Hall; Cloud 9, & The Normal Heart plus wine & Acacia Theatre Company exciting 963-4308 hors d'oeuvres; 7pm; $50 donation; Tales of prisoners of conscience in the Enclave Theatre, 900 S 5th; 272-3043 Soviet Union. Th,Sa 8pm, Su 2pm; $6.50- designs ill every May 4 $8; Eastbrook Center Theatre, 2844 N Los Lobos March19-April5 Oakland; 962-2380 price range. Alternative Concert Group; 8pm; $13.50; Niedecker UWM:Union Ballroom; 332-1772 or Kristine Thatcher April 30-May 16 Ticketron Court Street Theater The Wolf's Bride Dramatization of the last years of Aino Kallas May 4 Wisconsin poet Lorine Niedecker; Th,F,Su UWM Professional Theatre Training Vladimir Ashkenazy 8pm, Sa 5 & 9:15pm; $8; 315 W Court St; Program 8pm; $25.50/$22.50/$15.50; Riverside 273-7206 A magical Finnish folk tale; 4/30,F,Sa Theatre, 116 W Wisconsin; 271-2000 8pm, Su 2:30pm; $5; UWM:Studio RUDY ^ March 21,22 Theater; 963-4308 May 6 Really Rosie Lux Brahn, Clarinet Maurice Sendak May 1-16 Guest artist from Switzerland; 8pm; Next Generation Theater The Imaginary Invalid $5/$3; UWM:Fine Arts Recital Hall; 963- Children entertain themselves on a Moliere MEXICAN 4308 summer afternoon by inventing stories & UWM Professional Theatre Training movies; 1 & 3:30pm; $7; Milwaukee Public Program May 7 Library Centennial Hall, 733 N 8th; tickets A wealthy hypochondriac becomes a A Night at the Pabst IV 271-8815 target for medical charlatans; F,Sa & 5/14 South Milwaukee Senior High School 8pm, Su 2:30pm; $9/$7; UWM:Fine Arts Music Department March 25-April 12 Theater; 963-4308- RESTAURANT 8pm; Pabst Theatre, 144 E Wells; ticket Sweeney Todd info 768-6345 Stephen Sondheim May 6-24 Skylight Music Theatre Cosi Fan Tutte May 7,9,10 The Demon Barber of Fleet Street- Mozart Tales of Hoffmann Victorian musical comedy/melodrama; W Skylight Music Theatre 291-0296 Jacques Offenbach 7:30pm, F,Sa 8pm, Su 2 & 7:30pm; $12- Carrying out a wager, 2 Neopolitan officers Florentine Opera Tues-Sat 11 am-1:30am $14; 813 N Jefferson; 271-8815 test the fidelity of their fiancees; W 3 tales of romance; reality & illusion blend Sun-Mon 11 am-12am in the beauty of the music. Th 7:30pm, Sa 7:30pm, F,Sa 8pm, Su 2 & 7:30pm; 813 N Jefferson; 271-8815 1 block North of National 8pm, Su 2:30pm; $12-$38; PAC:Uihlein Avenue on South 5th Hall; 273-7206 625 South 5th St.

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