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University Daily Kansan / Friday, March 20, 1992
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT
HAPPENINGS
BARS
Benchwarmers, 1601 W.23rd St.
Friday: big-screen viewing of the KU game accompanied by the KU Pep Band. Live Acoustics with Chip and Jeff immediately afterward. 8.p.m.-1:30 a.m.; cover charge:$2
Sunday: big-screen viewing of KU game accompanied by the KU Pep Band.
Bogarts of Lawrence, 611 Vermont St.
Saturday: Lonesome Hobos
9:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m.
cover charge: $3
The Bottleneck, 737 New Hampshire St.
Friday: LA Ramblers, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; cover charge: $3
Saturday: The Bonedaddies with
Now See Hear, 8 p.m.-2 a.m.;
advanced tickets: $6
Wednesday: Meat Puppets with
Groove Head, 8.p.m.-2.a.m.;
advanced tickets: $8
18 and over admitted.
Thursday: Titanic Love Affair with the Wilmas, 10 p.m.-2 a.m.; cover charge: $3
The Brass Apple, 3300 W. 15th St.
Tuesday: Karaoke Night
9 p.m.-1:30 a.m., no cover charge
The Flamingo Club, 501 N. 9th St.
Friday/Saturday: topple dance
ing, noon-1 a.m., cover charge:$2
or a two-drink minimum
Henry T's, 3520 W. 6th St.
Thursday: Karaoke Night
9p.m.-2a.m.; no cover charge
International Club 21, 106 N. Park St.
Friday: Reggae band, AZ One
cover charge: $3
Saturday: Egyptian Night with
bellydancers, 10 p.m., cover
charge: $3
The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St.
Friday/Saturday: Baghdad Jones 10.p.m.-1:30.a.m., cover charge: $3
Thursday: KU Jazz Combos,
10 p.m.-1:30 a.m., cover charge: $3
Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. 2nd St
Friday/Saturday: Smoking Section 9:30 p.m.-2 a.m.;
cover charge $1
The Power Plant, 901 Mississippi St. Ages 18 and over admitted.
Friday/Sunday: Alternative Music Night
Riverside Bar and Grill, 520 N.3rd St.
Friday: Southland Express
9p.m.-1a.m.; cover charge: $2
Shiloh: 1003 E.23rd St.
Friday: Rio
9p.m.-1a.m., cover charge: $3
Saturday: dance lessons, 7:45-8:45
p.m. Band:Arnie Johnson with
Midnight Special, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.
cover charge: $3
The Yacht Club. 530 Wisconsin
Tuesday: Karaokenight, 9p.m.-1a.m. no cover charge
THEATER
Sunday-Thursday: Inge Theater Series: Pot-PourriProductions;
p.m.bight, IngeTheater;
tickets: $6-KU students
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Lawrence Arts Center, 200 W.9th St.
Saturday: Sterly Jones will be per forming both songs and stories, portions of an original play, "Caliban Alone on Ninth Avenue" 8 p.m.; tickets: $2
Sunday: Christopher Boulton,
Violinist, Benefit Concert,
8 p.m.; tickets: $-students
On deck, card trading
Baseball cards no longer are collected just as a hobby-they are becoming big business
Collecting baseball cards has been a hobby and a business for Mark Dominik, Lawrence junior, for the last six years. His card collection has cost him about $2,000 and is now worth close to $10,000.
By Chris Jenson
Kansan staff writer
Summer, 1984. Jeff Dolezal was going to Kansas City's Municipal Stadium to see Mickey Mantle and the New York Yankees.
It was a dream come true.
But Mickey Mantle does not play baseball any more. He has been replaced by George Brett, Ricky Henderson, Nolan Ryan and other superstars of today. But Dolezal can keep his memory of Mantle and other players of yesterday and today alive with sports cards.
Yes, sports cards. No longer are those small pieces of cardboard used in the spokes of children's bicycles and no longer are they sold with the skinny stick of pink chewing gum. Sports cards are big business and of these former practices could damage the valuable merchandise.
Dolezle began collecting in 1854, when he was eight years old. At the time, sports card collecting was primarily a children's activity.
"Back then, you were weird if you collected beyond childhood," Dolezal said.
But it's not just a children's hobby anymore. Today, people of all ages collect cards, Dolezal said.
"A lot of people collect for the fun of it," he said. "But more and more people doit for the investment, too."
Ten years ago, Dolezel decided to turn his hobby into a business. He opened JD'S Baseball Card and Sports Nostalgia Shop, a sports cards and memorabilia store, 711 W. 23rd St. Dolezal said he used parts of his personal collection to start the store.
Mark Dominik, Lawrence junior,
began collecting cards six years ago
when a friend showed him his collection.
In the years since, Dominik has compiled a collection valuing close to $10,000.
"My collection could pay for my wedding ring or for my kid's college," we said.
Two of Dominik's most valued cards are a 1984 Kirby Puckett rookie card valued at $240 and a 1956 Mickey Mantle, now valued at $900. Dominik said he paid $50 for the Mickey Mantle card.
Dominik said that he collected cards as a hobby for five years but that in the last year he decided to turn his hobby into a business.
"I found out it could be more than a hobby," he said. "I believe it is like a mini stock market. You have to know what to buy and when to buy it."
Dominik said he spent close to $2,000 on cards for his business, which he conducts with a friend in Lawrence. The two travel to card shows in the area to sell their cards.
"I've made $300 dollars in two weeks for doing what I like to do," he said. "You can't beat that."
about the players and teams to give him a better idea of what player's cards would be good investments. He said the most valuable cards were usually players' rookie cards.
Dominik said he did a lot of reading
"It is the first time they are put on cardboard," he said. "It is the first look at a future star."
He said some rookie cards increase in value by as much as 200 percent.
"You have to take chances," Dolezal said. "For every (Atlanta Braves pitcher) Steve Avery you get you also going to get some duds."
Not all rookie cards turn into valuable possessions, however
Both collectors agreed that the value of a card or card set was dependent on its availability.
"It has to do with scarcity," Dominik said. "The more desired the card, the higher its value will be."
Dominik said that people interested in beginning a card collection should start by picking a favorite team or player to follow and collect.
"People should buy a box of cards first to see what collecting is all about. Domink said "They should buy a box of cards, good player that has a lot of potential."
He said that Atlanta Braves outfielder Ron Gant, Chicago White Sox first baseman Frank Thomas and Texas Rangers pitcher Nolan Ryan were players with a lot of investment potential.
"People will buy attitude," Dominik said. "They like someone who is a good role model off the field as well on the field."
Recent improvements in the quality of the cards and the photography on the cards has helped to increase the value and the price of the cards, Dominik said.
White cardboard, and more action photography are some of the improvements used to upgrade the overall appearance of the cards.
"The card improvements were made because the collectors wanted a
better looking card." he said.
The improvements also added to the competitiveness of the card companies and increased the overall quality of all the cards, Dominik said.
But baseball cards are not the only kind of cards that people collect.
There are cards for professional football, basketball and hockey. Even card sets depicting the Gulf War, the Walt Disney movie "The Little Mermaid," musical groups and television shows such as "90210" have become popular card sets.
"Baseball cards are the most popular," Dolezal said. "But people collect every kind of card."
Although Dominik enjoys the money he has made through the sale of his cards, money is not his main incentive for collecting
"It's just a lot of fun," he said. "There is nothing like buying a pack of cards and the thrill when you find that your favorite player or a valuable card is in the pack."
English Alternative Theatre adds twist to 'Julius Caesar'
By Cameron Meier Special to the Kansan
Those planning to see William Shakespeare's 'Julius Caesar' at the University of Kansas this weekend better change their plans.
David Marowitz's adaptation of the classic tragedy, performed by the English Alternative Theatre (EAT) would be suitable with Vikram Valayani.
The production is based on Marowitz's loose adaptation and the original ideas of director Masoud Delkah, a graduate teaching assis-
*Caesar represents communism and the abstract, "Lim said. Actualism"*
*in the context of the modern world.*
opened last night at Murphy Hall, and
it is more a collage of Shakespearean dialogue and commentary on the fall of communism than a presentation of the original 16th century play
Stacey MacFarlane, whoplays Brutus' wife, Portia, said. "We really
Paul Lim, the founder of EAT and the play's producer, also said that he had seen the relevance to the fall of communism.
revere Shakespeare in this production.
The audience finds a way to appreciate the play by using communism to relate this ancient story to contemporary life, Dekhla said.
"He would get a big kick out of it," he said.
Scott Pinkston, who plays Brutus, agreed.
Pinkston also said the themes of 'Julius Caesar' were relevant today.
"This play serves as a notice to all
guards, including ours," he said.
In his production, Delkah uses primarily red colors and modern clothing, and the hammer and sickle clothe draped over Caesar's shirt.
"Shakespeare lends itself beautifully to this."
"We have to find different ways to let the audience relate to classic plays." Dekhlah said. "The fall of communism gave me something we could grasp and use."
tant in theater and film. It has expressive and free-flowing choreography, choral speaking of lines, reassignment of speeches and music meant to capture the emotions and issues of the play.
Gayle Greene Member of New York's Actor Studio
However, the fall of communism is only one way in which Dekhah deviates from Shakespeare and the Marowitz adaptation.
Delkah said that the costumes, stage directions and imagery, as well as the comparison with communism, all differed from Marwitz's version.
Gayle Greene, member of New York's actor studio, said women play a greater role in this version.
She said that Mark Antony's bleed-
ing-piece-of-earth speech had been an
invention.
"Shakespeare lends itself beautifully to this," she said. "Whenever you have great and universal themes, it works."
Delkhah also incorporates dialogue from other Shakespearean plays, including "Macbeth" and "Hamlet," into this production. About 75 percent of the text is Marowitz's, Delkhah said. Delkhah added the rest but said every line originally was written by Shakespeare.
Many lines of Marowitz's adaptation paraphrase or change Shakespeare's original dialogue. "Friends, Romans, countrymen" becomes "friends, countrymen, lovers," reflecting Marowitz's suggestion of a homosexual relationship between Brutus and Cassius.
"I tried hard to keep the main theme of the play," he said.
Kristen Petty/KANSAN
In a dress rehearsal, Mark Antony(left), played by Kevin McKinney, Lenexa senior, bows in reverence to his leader, Julius Caesar, played by English lecturer Kenneth Irby. The modern twist on Shakespeare's classic play "Julius Caesar" will be performed today and Saturday at 8 p.m. in Swarthout Recital Hall. Tickets are $5.