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ENTERTAINMENT
September
27
"The Man Who Came to Dinner." 8 p.m. Lawrence Arts and Performing Arts firm streets performances there, three more. 30 for reservations call 943-9444.
Brave Combo, rock n'roil-polk a band. 9:30 p.m., The Jazzhaus, 926 1/2 Massachusetts St.
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Brave Mackender-Hunt Band. soul band. 9:30 p.m. Jazzhaus. 92% 82% Massachusetts St.
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"The Little Humpback Horse." 2:30 p.m., Crafton-Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
Black Flag. 9 p.m., Lawrence Opera House, 7th and Massachusetts streets.
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Arden Trio. 3:30 p.m., Crafton Preyer Theatre in Murphy Hall.
OCTOBER
Faculty Recital: Susan Hicks
oboe. 8 p.m., Swarthout Recital
Hall in Murphy Hall
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Price Waddill/KANSAN
"Collective Creations," 8 p.m.
William Inge Theatre in Murphy
Hall. Performances through Oct
7.
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Student Recital: Michele Pinet, harp 8 p.m., Swarthout Recital Hall in Murphy Hall.
The Replacements. 9 p.m.
Lawrence Opera House, 7th and
Massachusetts streets.
University Daily Kansan, September 27, 1984
At left, Charlie Oldfather, professor emeritus of law, left, portrays Sheridan Whiteside in "The Man Who Came to Dinner," which is the opening production of the Lawrence Community Theatre. Amby Saricks, professor emeritus of history, portrays Dr. Bradley.
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For profs, the play's the thing
By RICK ZAPOROWSKI Staff Reporter
University professors lead a scholarly life - KU professors are no different. They like musty libraries and yellowed books, essay questions and philosophical conversations.
Staff Reporter
Nine KU faculty members and retired professors have escaped that University routine. They have stepped away from the podium and into the spotlight at the Lawrence Community Theatre.
"The Man Who Came to Dinner" opens the theatre's season this week with eight of the professors in the band, and will also be on stage one night.
BORBY PATTON, chairman of the speech and drama department, is directing the show, which was written by Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman. For the past five weeks, Patton has been working with his colleagues in New York to produce what he calls "a fast-paced, wild comedy."
It is not unusual for professors to audition for Lawrence Community Theatre productions.
ratton said that the professors who want to act almost have to perform in the community theatre because KU production auditions are open to students only.
"The show does provide a creative, artistic outlet for the professors," he said.
THE CAST BLENDS people from different professions in the community, including teachers, a playwrite, high school students and a fireman. The professors help round out that mix. In fact, eleven of the 25 cast members are associated with the KU. Two administrators are also in the cast.
Patton said that directing other professors was not difficult because the people in the cast helped and encouraged each other.
And each show is filled with surprises, Patton said, such as guest appearances by several prominent Lawrence residents. In each performance, luncheon guests are played by different people, including Mayor Ernest Angino and City Commissioner Howard Hill.
Commissioner Profession.
Other KU faculty members in the
cast are Charley Oldfather, law
professor emeritus; Bob Welch.
professor of psychology; Gerhard Zuther, professor of English; Charley Neuringer, professor of psychology; and Larry Feth, professor of speech. Bill Kelly, retired professor of law, and Ambrose Saricks, retired professor of history, also have roles in the play as do Janeet Hiley, assistant accountant of the office affairs, and Charlotte Mason, assistant accounting manager in the University of Kansas Endowment Association.
"The Man Who Came to Dinner"
will be performed 8 p.m. today
through Saturday and at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday at the Lawrence Arts Center.
Black Flag brings its hardcore to Lawrence
6y DAVID LASSITER
Staff Reporter
Gina said.
In fact, he said, hardcore bands are
shaking some of the prejudices that
they had been slammed with earlier.
"People are starting to see that we are intelligent people," Ginn said. "The total effect comes from the music we play. We try to be intelligent and innovative."
The disciples of hardcore define their music the same way. It is fast, hard, angry and politically aware.
"We don't take the easy way out," Ginn said. The band's music is usually well accepted "where there are a lot of different ideas - young, old, rich, poor, different political ideas and different backgrounds." Ginn said.
BLACK FLAG is on tour promoting its latest album "Slip it in." which Dinham recently featured on his three-hour radio show, Monday Night Thrash.
"There really isn't any way to describe us," said Greg Ginn, guitarist and leader of the band. "You could say that we are progressive in the literal sense of the word like I do the unknown. We like to explore.
"Our music is really just Black Flag," he said. "We do so many things. We're a rock band, but what we do goes beyond that."
"Black Flag is a symbol of anarchy and also a bug spray," he said. "We like the name, and it is what we do and what we put out there when we play. Really, Black Flag is the whole. That says it all."
Dinham said the band played in Lawrence a little over two years ago, and he expects a diverse crowd at the Opera House Saturday. He said that since they are leaders in hardcore hip-hop, "hip" significance attached to them.
He said that "hip" significance will pull in people who aren't really hardcore fans.
Black Flag, one of the more popular hardcore bands in the U.S., will perform Saturday night at the Lawrence Opera House, 642 Massachusetts St. Saccharine Trust and the Dog Men are opening the concert for Black Flag.
"They are one of the most popular hardcore bands," said Dinham. "It's along the same level as Elvis Presley was in his music area."
GREEK WEEK IS HERE! Sept. 30-Oct. 5
Black Flag
Originally from Los Angeles, Black Flag was one of the forerunners of hardcore music, said Duane Dinham, disc jockey at KJHK FM-91 radio station.
THE BAND IS billed as hardcore. But the band members have a hard time accepting that label.
10 a.m.-12 p.m.
6:30-8 p.m.
12-2 p.m.
SATURDAY
DAVE WESTOL (national speaker on Greeks) KICK-OFF PICNIC Potter's Pavilion
Black Flag produces its records under its own label, SST. The recording label also handles several other hardcore bands.
5:30 p.m.
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Ginn couldn't really describe the group's musical style. He said it didn't fall under any of the popular music categories.
MONDAY
TUESDAY
SST came into existence because no other record company would produce its albums. But that has changed, Ginn said. Even though other companies would produce Black Flag albums now, the band has stayed with SST because it needs recording freedom that it thinks other companies would not give them.
SUNDAY
GREEK SING Kansas Ballroom
Tickets are $5 in advance and $6 at the door. The doors will open at 8 p.m., and the bands will start around. 9 p.m.
"A LOT OF MUSICIANS use that for an excuse. People don't like to be played down to. Instead, we play music from the heart."
"For us to have that type of freedom," Ginn said, "a label of that sort would have to accept our attitudes. We like to play music we like. A lot of popular bands play music that people want to hear. We don't play music to satisfy people."
7-10 p.m.
DINNER EXCHANGE
GREEK OLYMPICS
19th & Iowa St.
West Campus
2-5:30 p.m.
THURSDAY
FRIDAY
WEDNESDAY
Weather permitting for outside events
BAR NIGHT SPECIALS
BLACK PANHELLENIC
RECEPTION
Alumni Center
TOGA PARTY
Pladium
(Greek god/goddess contest)
Free beer-Gammons
specials after
DAVE WESTOL:
National speaker on Greeks focusing on the legal aspects and others of fraternity life. He will be speaking in Woodruff Auditorium at 10 a.m. He's a Vice President of a national fraternity as well as a district attorney in Kalamazoo, Mich.
KICK-OFF PICNIC:
GREEK SING
Come on! Come all To the 1984 Greek Sing. This year participating groups will perform only one song and the evening will be topped off with awards and a special presentation from a selected few from each house.
Will be celebrated with concession stands and free beer! Everyone come wearing Greek letters.
GREEK OLYMPICS:
Fun competitive events will take place at 19th & Iowa when houses compete in amusing "Greek-style" Olympics. Bring plenty from your house for a team!
Black Panhellenic will be hosting a reception along with a seminar concerning their system. They would appreciate everyone's attendance. It will be presented at the KU Alumni Center.
BAR-NITE SPECIALS
TOGA PARTY
BLACK PANHELLENIC
Get ready to party at the Plaidium! Only Greeks from 2-5:30, free beer but bring ID! They will be carding! There will also be Greek god and goddess contest so be sure your selected candidate is there by 3:30! Afterwards wear your togas for beer specials at Gammons!
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