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University Daily Kansan / Friday, January 31, 1992
ENTERTAINMENT
HAPPENINGS
BARS
Benchwarmers Sports Bar & Grill, 1601 W.23rd St
Friday: New Ridwall, 10.p.m.-
1:30 a.m. cover charge $2
Saturday: Boorays, 10.m.-
1:30 a.m. cover charge $2
The Bottleneck
Bogart's of Lawrence
611 Vermont St.
Saturday: Let's Buzz, 9:30 p.m.-
1:30 a.m., cover charge: $3
The Bottleknife
757 New Hampshire St.
Friday: Lonesome Hounddogs,
10.p.m.-2.a., cover charge: $3
Saturday: Blue Dixie, 10.p.m-
2.a., cover charge: $3
Monday: Open mike; 9:30 p.m-
2.a., no cover charge
The Brass Apple, 3300 W. 15th St.
Tuesday: Karaoke night, 9 p.m.-1
30 a.m., no cover charge
Flamingo Club, 501 N. Ninth St.
Friday, Saturday:
topless dancers, noon-1 a.m.
cover charge: $2 or a two-drink
minimum
Henry T's Bar & Grill, 3520 W. Sixth
Thursday: Karaoken night,
9 p.m.-2 a.m., no cover charge
The Jazzhats of Lawrence, 926 1/2
Massachusetts St.
Friday, Saturday: Baghdad Jones
10 p.m.-1.30 a.m., cover charge: $3
Thursday: Women in Blues
10 p.m.-1.30 a.m.
cover charge: $3
Johnny's Tavern, 401 N. Second St
Friday, Saturday:
The Barn Burners
The Power Plant, 901 Mississippi St
9:30 p.m-2 a.m., cover charge: $1
Friday, Sunday: alternative musicnight
Riverside Bar and Grill
520 N. Third St.
Friday: Southwind Express
p.m. 1:30, cover charge $2
Silhul, 1003 E. 23rd St.
Friday: Regulators, 9 p.m.-1 a.m. cover charge: $3
Saturday: Dance lessons,
7:45 - 8:45 p.m.
Cliff Downing/Badgins
9 p.m.-1 a.m. cover charge: $3
The Yacht Club, 530 Wisconsin St.
Tuesday: Karaoke night, 9.p.m.
1 a.m. no cover charge
ARTEXHIBITIONS
Spencer Museum of Art
Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday, noon-5 p.m.
Beyond the Floating World:
Japanese Prints in the
Twentieth Century
runs through March 15
Mexico Retablo Painting:
The Art of Private Devotion
runs through March 8
Art Frames, 912 Illinois St.
Saturday, 7-p.m.
Opening: Lost Inmates
THEATER
Lawrence Community Theater
1501 New Hampshire St.
Friday, Saturday, & Sunday:
"Tales of the Lost Formicans"
8:30 p.m. showings: $-students
2:30 p.m. mainee: $-students
Lawrence Arts Center
Ninth and Vermont streets
Saturday, 10:30 a.m. & 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, 1:30 p.m. & 3:30 p.m.
"American Tall Tales"
admission: $4
TOP 15 VIDEORENTALS
1. "Terminator2: Judgment Day"
1. "Terminator 2: Judgment Day"
2. "City Slickers"
3. "Thelma and Louise"
4. "The Naked Gun 21/2: The Smell of Fear"
5. "Doc Hollywood"
6. "Backdraft"
7. "The Silence of the Lambs"
8. "Dying Young"
9. "What About Bob?"
10. "Jungle Fever"
11. "Point Break"
12. "Bill and Ted's Bogus Jour
12. "Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey"
15. "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves"
13. "Soapdish"
14. "FX2: The Deadly Art of Illusion"
Used goods used well
Trash, treasures & trinkets
By Michelle Betts Kansan staff writer
The afternoon crowd at the Arizona Trading Co. shows that there is still truth in the adage that one person's trash is another person's treasure.
KU students can be brugal as well as fashionable at the store, where name-brand clothes bearing used-clothes prices lure thrift-store shoppers as well as people who look at designer labels before looking at prices.
With today's economy causing many people to spend their dollars as wisely as possible, the Arizona Trading Co. and other thrift stores in Lawrence have found a way to help people save money.
Peegy Woods/KANSAN
Jennifer McKnight said she realized that people wanted to buy popular styles at equally popular prices when she became a co-owner of the Arizona Trading Co. .734 Massachusetts St.
Jennifer Nelson, Lawrence freshman, shops at the Arizona Trading Co. She said prices there were much more reasonable than at other stores that sold popular brand names such as Express, Banana Republic and Gap.
"Stuff you might find at the Limited for $30 to $40 they have for here under $10." N-Ison said.
The niche the store has found in the used clothing market is shared by another Lawrence Laundry Co. of gift shop Store, 1818 Massachusetts St.
Reed Peterson, manager of the thrift store, said that sales at the store had increased, but that he had more stock to increase to the failing economy.
"Lawrence is kind of sheltered from the economy," Peterson said. "The University, its main industry, doesn't fluctuate."
Peterson said people from all income levels shopping at Salvation Army thrift stores, which offered appliances, furniture and kitchenware in addition to clothing.
Sandra Papeh, Lawrence resident, said she donated items to the Salvation Army and often shipped there.
"If you come back enough,you can find something," she said.
Above, Jack Daniels (left) and Mike DeMichele, St. Louis, seniors, look at the army surplus clothing and supplies at the Yellow House Variety Store at 1826 Massachusetts St. At right, Carrie Neighbors, co-owner of Yellow House, waits for customers. Local thrift stores help shoppers save money.
Clyde Chapman, owner of the Chapman, 731 New Hampshire St., buys items from auc- und sales to or-sell at his store.
He said his store was customer-oriented because he sold merchandise he knew shoppers need and of selling donated goods.
"you learn what customers want, what people desire," Chapman said.
The slipping economy might have had a negative effect on his business, he said.
Sales were good before Christmas, but after the holidays and for the past two weeks, sales have been slower. he said.
However, the Chapman offers enough merchandise to please almost anyone. Chapman said he did not consider certain items bestsellers, but that books and jewellery were popular.
"Over time, you tend to sell all of it." he said.
The Yellow House Variety Store, 1826 Massachusetts St., sells jewelry, wigs, new and used leather jackets, a full line of mili-clothing and used large appliances with a 30-day guarantee.
Donna Brown, assistant manager of the store, said poor economic times encouraged shoppers to come to the Yellow House.
Used items are cleaned and made to look like new.
"People really appreciate getting things that look new for a used uprice." she said.
"People say they can't buy new like they used to."
Brown said variety stores were becoming more popular because they sold many different kinds of merchandise, which attracted a large number of people.
At the Arizona Trading Co., Jennifer McKnight said she bought used clothing from people.
Carrie Neighbors, owner of the Yellow House, buys new and used items from other places to buy. The store does not take donations.
who brought in items, sometimes in garbage-bag sized loads.
McKnight purchases the clothes from the seller and adds up the total monetary value.
Kathy Maxwell, a salesperson at the Arizona Trading Co., said that McKnight and other buyers must accept items with holes or tears.
"We look at the brand, condition, color, size and fiber content, and we compare the item to what has sold in the past." she said.
"Wetry and take perfect items, but sometimes we catch missing buttons and replace them, things like that." Maxwell well said.
But McKnight said the Arizona Trading Co. would not buy
clothes made of animal fur or ivory because of her concern about animal rights.
The person selling clothes has the option of taking 40 percent of that total value in cash, or applying 60 percent of the total value toward buying clothes from the store.
The store sells merchandise quickly, and the constantly changing selection of clothes can be difficult to time to check out new items.
McKnight said the store appealed to people whether they usually shoped at thrift stores or not.
"They don't have to dig around to find stuff. We do the digging for them," she said.
Kansan staff reviewer
'Juice' squeezes out simple themes of loyalty, escapism
By Kris Belden
Who has "the juice," and what is "juice?"
"Juice" is a movie that illustrates the lives of four African-American high school boys, Aheem, Bishop, Steel and Quincy. The four are a group of friends who try not to resort to violence. Usually
The group hangs on the streets of Hariem, picking up women, playing video games, getting in trouble and occasionally going to school. In fact, when one of the boys goes to school, he has to blow dust off his bookbooks because it had been so long since his laš visit.
The boys have been best friends since the second grade and their friendship runs deep. They are like brothers, but their loyalty to each other is tested throughout the movie.
At the start of the movie, Aheem is the leader and peacemaker of the group. He keeps the group together by breaking up inter-group fights and gathering the group for meetings. The other boys respect him, but Aheem does not. When he meets when he lets Bishop convince him that the group should resort to violence.
Aheem is a teen-age father who can not handle the responsibility of parenting. He and his girlfriend fight more often than they get along. His girlfriend, the voice of reality in the film, tells Aheem that he and his friends are messed up and that he needs to grow up.
Of the four group members, Bishop is the one who preaches violence. He looks out for himself and tries to persuade the rest of the group to become a street gang. Bishop shuns group loyalty and brotherhood, but his friends try to stay true to each other.
★★ Wait and rent the video
Ratings:
- Buy a few beers instead
* Wait and rent the video
*** Decent entertainment
**** Don't miss it
Steel is the sensitive one of the four. His name is ironic because he is always the first to get upset and cry when faced with danger. The other three members pick on Steel because he is not a street-smart as they are.
The one member of the group who wants to escape life on the streets is Quincy.
Quincy, a disc jockey, has dreams of improving his life. The group is the only obstacle that keeps Quincy from achieving success. He is a talented DJ and makes it to the finals in a DJ competition called the Mixmaster Massacre. But he does not get to compete in the finals because his group gets into trouble with the law.
The movie has a simple plot and is easy to follow. Its themes of loyalty, stereotyping and escapism are obvious, and it has little hidden symbolism. The movie is predictable and very basic at times, but it is a good traditional "street kid" movie.
In one scene, the group (except for Steel, who does not know any better) run when a pool hall where they are hanging out is raided by police. Although the boys did not commit a crime, Steel is arrested. This scene portrays the social stereotype of African-American teens being thought of as criminals without the benefit of the doubt.
Stereotyping also is obvious in a scene when Quincy meets a middle-
ageman who asks him, "Shouldn't you be stealing hubcaps or something?" The boys are again assumed to be criminals.
Another theme addressed in the movie is escapism. Aheem uses life on the streets as a way to escape fatherhood.
It is not until the end of the movie that the most important theme of the movie - the meaning of "juice" - is addressed.
"Juice" is street status, respect and being feared by others. It is something you have or you earn.
At the start of the movie, Aheem had the "juice" and was the leader of the group. Bishop later gets "the juice." Quincy has the chance to have "the juice." But declares that street respect, or "juice," is no respect at all.
Paramount regrets violence associated with 'Juice' premier
The Associated Press
Violence broke out at the theaters in at least eight states last weekend after the premier of the urban film drama "Juice." One teen-ager was killed and four other people were wounded.
Chicago police Detective Roland Paulnitsky said the death of a 16-year-old girl outside a theater showing "Juice" resulted from a fight in the street with a rival gang.
Although fights involved the theatergoers, police said much of the fighting was random violence that could have occurred anywhere.
"This was not a result of the movie," Paulnitskv said.
Many theater owners added extra security to forestall the kind of violence that plagued "Boyz N'The Hood" and "New Jack City." two other films were killed in disturbances two people were killed in disturbances when those films opened last year.
Paramount Pictures, which distributed "Juice," has offered to pay for extra security for any theater that wanted it.
Paramount representative Harry Anderson said Saturday in Los Angele
"It's especially regrettable that it happened... when we are celebrating Martin Luther King's birthday."
Harry Anderson Paramount Pictures representative
les that the company regretted the violence but regarded the fights as isolated incidents.
"For the most part it (Jan. 24) was a peaceful evening," Anderson said. "It's especially regrettable that it happened on a weekend when we are celebrating Martin Luther King's birthday...and because 'Juice' as a movie
is a strong statement against violence."
Managers of an Anchorage, Alaska, theater stopped the film and called the police after about a dozen fights broke out. There were no serious injuries.
In Chicago, Paunitsky said Tydia Cherry, 16, either had just seen the movieier was waiting in line for it when she was hit by a stray bullet from a fight between two boys waiting for tickets to the last show.
Off-duty officers moonlighting as security guards quickly arrested a 14-year-old boy, Paulinisky said. The teen-ager, whose name was withheld because of his age, was charged with murder.
17-year-old Lansing boy was hospitalized with leg wounds, Sheriff's
Elsewhere, an 18-year-old Philadelphia man was paralyzed from the chest down after he was shot coming out of a movie theater in suburban Cheltenham, a hospital representative said.
In Lansing, Mich., a theater canceled Saturday's showing of the film after two groups of youths had a gun race, as the movie let out the night before.
Sgt. Mike Clark said. It was not immediately known whether the youth was a bystander or involved in the fight.
In New York City, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed during a quarrel with another teen-ager in a theater, said a representative Sgt. Tina Mohmann.
Gunfire erupted in Boston after a theatergoer was robbed and police arrested a suspect. Police said a group thought to be friends of the arrested man entered the theater and fired five to seven shots into the ceiling.
An assistant theater manager in North Little Rock, Ark., received a broken eye socket in fights that began in the cinema and spilled into the parking lot, authorities said. Police Sgt. Steve Canady said two people were arrested in the fighting that involved 50 to 100 people. He said several shots were fired but no one was hit.
About 300 people fled in panic, police and witnesses said. There were no injuries and no additional arrests.
In Omaha, Neb., witnesses said a man pulled out a gun during a dispute in a theater lobby after the movie. No shots were fired. Police cited the man for disorderly conduct.
Spike Lee expects controversy to plague 'Malcolm X'
The Associated Press
CAIRO, Egypt — Spike Lee expects controversy to plague his latest film, "Malcolm X," a biography of the slain Black leader starring Denzel Washington.
"There are going to be detractors of the film. We've been expecting it," said Lee, in Cairo to film a segment of a 1964 visit by Malcolm. "Malcolm X was that type of person, and he will cause that type of reaction."
Lee and his crew spent six days recreating Malcolm X's stop in Egypt after his pilgrimage to the place that changed Malcolm's thinking.
Malcolm X was prominent in the Black Muslim movement in the United States in the 1950s. He was suspended in 1963 after a speech in which he suggested that President John Kennedy's actions led to his assassination. He was killed by gunmen in 1965.