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ON THE217.COM MOVIES AND TV A review of From Paris With Love up on Saturday. This action movie starring John Travolta focuses on an American spy attempting to stop a massive terrorist attack. There will be explosions.

MUSIC Looking forward to the Duke of Uke album release show? Check out buzz’s entire interview with DOU’s David King where you’ll ďŹ nd out about their music, show, and experiences in drag.

FOOD & DRINK The creamy combo of chocolate and hazelnuts explains the cult following Nutella has engendered. If you’re looking to celebrate your obsession with it, look online for more info about World Nutella Day, Feb. 5. www.bodyworkassociates.com

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Graphic Design Students of Illinois kicked off the spring semester with a fabulous road trip to tour The Bird Machine, a screen print poster shop in Skokie, run by University of Illinois Fine Arts alum, Jay Ryan. buzz gives you an insight into their journey and all the fun that came along with it on the217.com today!

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EDITOR’S NOTE TOMMY TRAFTON

Let’s further wear out a terribly worn out question: “Is print dead?â€? It’s something I ďŹ nd myself feeling an obligation to answer all the time whether I’m in class, at work or checking out those new Kindles and iPad gadgets. It does feel good, though, to pose the question in print, in one way making the answer optimistically obvious as you, the reader, physically holds it in front of your face with its ink rubbing off on your ďŹ ngers. How can print be dead when publications like buzz are still printing?

Our assistant movies editor, Nick Martin, came up to me the other day expressing interest in picking up some of the slack on buzz and the217.com’s reviews on books. He’s been getting a hold of publishers for press copies of new releases and the hunt has got me thinking about the last time I’ve even held a novel in my hand without the obligations of class assignments.

I did get a chance to do some “readingâ€? over break. I had the time to ďŹ nally check out some of David Sedaris’ short stories and revisited one of my favorite novels, Jonathan Safran Foer’s “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.â€? But, this time, I bought the books online as audiobooks. Before then, I’ve never really considered to try out audiobooks ‌ listening to a stranger’s voice for hours on end just creeps me out. Despite my hesitance, I was planning on doing a lot of driving between here and home and some gigs in the city so I ďŹ gured it could be a convenient way to ďŹ ll the time.

And it was convenient. It made the car rides feel shorter and, excluding the 20 minutes it took to burn ďŹ ve CDs worth of Sedaris stories, it was well worth it. With all these virtual readers and iPods and whatnot, it seems like books can go digital just as easily as music did.

So, let’s beat this question to death: Is print dead? With web sites, blogs and e-books,it’s undeniable that less newspapers will circulate and less books will be printed. But I also don’t think we’ll ever be able to fully reject publishing on paper, either. There will just be more and more new ways of accessing the media. Who said print has to ever die? Why can’t we just accept that it will be less prevalent? Either way, this is just one answer to a question asked too often.

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Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?

And how do you know? azwin aksan

“I would say Japan because it’s my home country. It’s a nice place and a great country.” analise spacucello

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Hopi-Tewa storyteller Eldrena Douma will be hosting a show at the Spurlock Museum Feb. 6.

Originally from Laguna Pueblo, N.M., Douma travels around the United States sharing stories from her childhood, life experiences and folklore from her Native American heritage.

Dan Keding, an author, musician and storyteller who has shared a show with Douma previously, said that Douma’s stories mix both the traditional tales of her people with the experience of growing up in a traditional culture. Douma described her grandmother as one who holds to the old ways and was a source of both strength and wisdom for Douma as she grew up on the reservation. “[Douma]’s performance will allow the students to glimpse the universal human experience of family, story and ritual through the eyes and thoughts of a [Native American] ,” Keding said.

Kim Sheahan, Assistant Director of Education, agrees that Douma is a great fit for the Spurlock Museum. Spurlock Museum is a showcase of world cultures, she said, and while the museum celebrates commonalities, it also values uniqueness.

“Storytelling is found everywhere in the world and has gone back as far as we began to communicate,” Sheahan said.

The show on Feb. 6 is $5 from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Cover Design Huang Li Editor in Chief Tommy Trafton Managing Editor & Copy Chief Mark Grabowski Art Director Claire Keating Photography Editor Wallo Villacorta Image Editor BekahNelson Photographers James Kyung, Lu Huang, Brad Thorp, Paul Habeeb Designers Kamil Kecki, Huang Li, Nicole Hammonds Music Editor Emily Carlson Food Editor Maggie Carrigan Movies Editor Matt Carey Arts Editor Abby Wilson Community Editor Em-J Staples CU Calendar Bonnie Stiernberg Copy Editors Michell Eloy, Danielle Perlin, Emily Siner Sales Manager Sarah Gleason Marketing/Distribution Brandi Willis Publisher Mary Cory

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Cover images of the Art Theatre and the Champaign County Courthouse used with permisson from Amy Arch. Image of the Alma Mater used under the Creative Commons License; photo by Ragib Hasan.

“My pants ... oh yikes.” bryan payne

“I think Carmen Sandiego is in the Bahamas, because that is where I should be right now.” max long

“In a giant water cyclone, because I remember the TV show and she was saving some kids.”

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» More sunshine in my life: Yeah, the clearer the colder, but gimme some o’ those yella rays of delight, and my heart just smiles. » Strong textbook-reading will power: I’ve still got that zest for knowledge with every page I read.

Get back to me in about a month. » The MTD bus service: There’s nothing like a blast of hot air when those gates of vehicular heaven open before me.

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Gripes

» DI crosswords: Before, you could just fold the paper in half and be able to see the grid and the clues all at once. But no, not now. Now I have to fold the page all sorts of way to see the whole puzzle.

Who thought this was a good idea? They obviously don’t do crosswords. I demand a change. » Robberies: I’m scared to walk anywhere now, even when it’s still early since they frequently occur between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Nearly all of these robberies have happened within about a half mile of each other. Is there a reason we can’t get a handle on them? » People on the bus: I appreciate our bus service, but I hate the rest of you assholes who ride them.

We all have to be smooshed in there, at least until it warms up again, so get that dumb, angry look off your face and suck it up. And move back, for Christ’s sake! buzz

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Go big or stay home

Local bars host superbowl fun for all fair-weather fans

by Laurie Shinbaum The New Orleans Saints have a different background. The Cinderalla-story team, representing the National Football Conference, will be making its first-ever appearaznce in the championship game. The Saints’ running back Reggie Bush helped take the team to the top. The University of Southern California alum has helped carry the team’s running game.

This Sunday, both franchises will focus all of their efforts and energy to claim the 44th Super Bowl trophy. For football lovers and fair-

weather fans alike, this is the one game of the year to watch.

And if the action isn’t there, there’s always the commercials.

Places in the CU area are capitalizing on all the hype and planning big for the entire day. This week, to help you prepare for the big day, buzz suggests some places around town to watch the game.

Illini Rec Room

If you want to make the entire Sunday about the game, sign up at the Illini Rec Room in the Union for a day of Super Bowl bowling. The event begins at 10:30 a.m. and will go to 5 p.m. to make sure bowlers are settled and ready for the game at 5:30 p.m.

The event offers up to 18 games of bowling, shoe rentals, a T-shirt, lunch and up to $350 in prizes.

If 30 or more people attend, supervisor Justin Brinkmeyer promises to double the amount of prizes. The cost is $55 for the day.

“It’s a lot of bowling and a lot of fun,” said Brinkmeyer. “A lot of people just love it.”

For more info, call the Rec Room at 333-2415.

Legends Bar

Firehaus is one of the bars near campus that is hoping to attract viewers by offering food and drink specials throughout the game. Photo by Brad Thorp

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If venturing out to feel the spirit of football with friends is what you want, Legends is the place for you.

“We have a ton of TVs and HD screens, and there’s also our specials,” management at Legends said. “We’ve got some all-new flat screens too.”

The bar is serving up fun with its specials. It will be raffling off prizes including promotionals from the bar as well as Miller Light. The specials include a buffet at halftime and $2 dollar, 20oz Miller Light drafts.

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Firehaus Bar

Another local joint with food and fun is Firehaus Bar. For the entire night, the bar will be serving up alcohol specials. Everything will be $2. Special food sides include 10 chicken wings for $2.99.

“We’re also giving away a free trip to Las Vegas during halftime,” management said. “We will be doing some type of game, and that will be the big prize.”

For more information, call Firehaus at 344-4171.

Party at Home

With cold weather and ice and snow on the ground, it’s hard to motivate yourself to go out and explore Super Bowl excitement. So why not stay inside and get intimate with your couch?

Just turn on the television and tune into the game. With a lot of different places to order in food, almost all types of eateries are ready to deliver at your door.

To add some entertainment to the game, look up old Super Bowl trivia and stump your party guests with old stats and facts.

If your party is divided between Colts and Saints fans, have a banter war. Keep a tally of which teams’ fans have the best trash talk and add it up at the end with the final game score.

For more fun for non-football lovers, take votes on everyone’s favorite commercials during each break. At the end of the game, if the team you were rooting for lost, then at least there’s something else to talk about.

with jennifer heinhorst-busby tutu seamstress

by Kelsey Rankin Jennifer Heinhorst-Busby and her eight-yearold daughter Joelle have brought a unique and fun opportunity to the Champaign-Urbana community with their tutu-making class. Held at the University Place Building on the corner of Wright St. and Springfield Ave. in Champaign. The class offers moms and daughters, friends and anyone who is interested the opportunity to bond through the craft of tutu-making for women, girls and even dogs. Upcoming classes are scheduled from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays — Feb. 7, March 7 and April 4 — and by appointment. Cost for the class is $18 for eight to 10 yards of fabric or $8 to make a tutu for a puppy. The buzz sat down with Heinhorst-Busby to learn more about how the business started. » buzz: How did the idea for the tutu-making class come about?

Jennifer Heinhorst-Busby: This past August, I had driven by the farmers’ market and saw the kinds of things they had and thought to myself, “I can make stuff.” I’m not necessarily a seamstress,

Legends Bar starts the festivities just before kick off time. For more information, call Legends at 355-7674.

but I do a lot of home improvement, and being a single mom and in grad school, I thought it could be a good way to make a little extra money. » buzz: How is Joelle involved in the business?

JHB: I asked Joelle if she’d want to start it with me, and she actually came up with the name JoJo Girl.

She comes to shows with me and talks to people; she’s really a good little salesperson. I asked her how she liked some of the things on the Web site when we were working on that, and I try to keep her involved. My son also knows how to make them and helps out. It’s sort of a family event. » buzz: So why tutus?

JHB: When you give a little girl a tutu and a wand, she goes into this whole other world. You see them a lot in advertisements, and Old Navy sells skirts that look like tutus. They’re in a lot of kids’ shops right now, but I don’t want to charge $40 for one.

Really, they’re fun for make believe, but I’ve also had adults come and make them for themselves.

It’s easy to teach people how to do them ­— they’re

hand-made by tying and knotting, there’s no sewing involved, and they’re easy to size. They’re also somewhat adjustable, and pieces can be easily added and removed. I’m also willing to do birthday parties. And we make them for dogs too. We were at the farmers’ market, and I noticed people selling things for dogs. People put clothes on their dogs, and my daughter and I thought it would be fun to do. » buzz: What does the class offer the community?

JHB: It really offers a family experience for mothers, daughters and girls in general while teaching them a craft. It’s a fun, do-it-yourself project, and you come out with a unique, hand made gift. By doing it yourself in the class, you save about $10 from what I usually sell them for at shows. Everyone says, “I can’t sew,” but I assure them that when they’re done, the tutus will be beautiful, and they always are.

To register or learn more about the class, visit http://www.jojogirl.net.

JoJo Girl creator Jennifer Heinhorst-Busby with her daughter and business partner, Joelle, stand by an assortment of tutus that have been made through their craft lessons and parties. Photo by James Kyung

Super Bowl XLIV is just days away, and local places around CU are preparing for crowds of Colts, Saints and commercials fans to flood their facilities.

The American Football Conference will send the Indianapolis Colts, who have an almost undefeated season. The team suffered one of its two losses to the New York Jets after the coach took quarterback Peyton Manning out of the game. However, the team has deserved its spot in the race for the National Championship on Sunday and the chance to reclaim its title from Super Bowl XL.

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Music And mercy

Haiti Relief Event at Café Paradiso

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by Lauren Hise Chicago to do the event,” Reed said. Local bands contributing to the event include Strawberry Vile, OrganicFlow and Audiacarrest. Student musicians like junior Ben Leddy are also participating. Leddy will be performing in a violin-banjo duet with sophomore Claire Johnson from 10:15 to 11 a.m.

“I think it’s a really positive way to aid the people of Haiti as best as possible,” Leddy said.

Through planning this event, Reed has noticed the helpful attitude of the community in response to the tragedy in Haiti.

“People have been really excited for this event,” Reed said.

Despite tragedy, people can still send a message of hope while enjoying great music and fine art.

“It can really bring the community together, particularly through music,” Leddy said.

Caffe Paradiso will be hosting a Haiti relief event this Saturday, which will feature live music and a donation table. Photo by James Kyung

After the devastating earthquake in Haiti, residents of CU and students have been anxious to contribute to the relief efforts. Café Paradiso is no different. This Saturday it is hosting a live music benefit event from 9 a.m. until 11 p.m. All money raised will be donated to Save the Children, an organization supplying water, household supplies, hygiene kits and medicine to Haitian families.

After hearing about the earthquake, Art and Music Director Liam Reed decided that something should be done.

“We’ll be doing a number of things at the event; for example, [we are] selling chocolates at the register and accepting item donations,” Reed said.

The “garage-sale style” event will also include artwork sales with the proceeds from each of these items going to Save the Children. Café Paradiso is now accepting item donations and will be doing so up until the end of the event. But music is the main attraction.

“Music is effective because people like music and the bands are willing to play for free, hence more cash is raised than expended,” Reed said.

“Also, music is fun. People from all walks of life are able to relate to it,” he said.

“We have 10 bands scheduled throughout the day, with bands coming from

How should the United States respond to the continuing Al Qaeda threat? ann reisner

“I think we should stop airplane restrictions. I had to go through about seven checkpoints for some guy who couldn’t even set himself on fire.” eric johnson

“I don’t think we should respond. The real question is why are they continuing to do this? It’s because we are over there in their land, taking their oil. Violence for violence isn’t the answer.” elenore lecorvaisier

“I think airport security is a big show. Terrorists are going to outsmart them. They clearly aren’t doing their jobs. I know Arabs from all over the world who won’t travel here anymore because it’s so offensive. Intensifying our actions will only make it worse. Extremists are going to be extremists.

There needs to be a change in policy.”

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4. (Then) THe PeLViC THRUsT (if repeated FIVE times, it nearly drives you insa-a-ane) 5. HiPsWiVeL (if not driven insa-a-ane by step four) 6. LeT’s DO THe TiMe WaRP aGain! * Those with Limb DISABILITIES may find it necessary to ALTER or DELETE this action, but NO EXCUSES for alterations to steps four and five.

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Buttitta’s falls slighlty short of expectations

by Maggie Carrigan You’ve heard the name, you’ve read the myriad of articles about it, you’ve possibly seen the billboard­ — Buttitta’s Famiglia Ristorante is finally open. I’ve been eager to try it, and apparently so has everybody else in Champaign because I was unable to make reservations for last weekend. The crowds are not surprising given the extensive coverage the restaurant has been getting since summer and the already

Located on S. Neil St., Buttitta’s offers a great selection of Italian cuisine and provides a relaxed dining atmosphere.

Photos by Brad T horp

impressive reputation of the owners, John and minutes ago, but at this point in the game, it was Vicky Buttitta, who once owned and operated all about hydration.

We were ready to order and got right to busithe legendary Dom’s Patio Villa.

I walked in Monday night — the first night I ness. “I’ll have the spinach salad to start,” I said, was able to secure a reservation — with a hun- but was interrupted by the waiter, who regretgry stomach and a cute date. We were led to an tably said that the kitchen was out of stock of a un-bussed table where the hostess teetered un- few things, spinach being one of them. “OK,” I certainly before making the executive decision continued, “then I’ll get the house salad, and the to move us to a table about five feet away that gnocchi for my entree.” Sadly, gnocchi were out had already been reset. This placed us next to a of stock, too. I settled on the Frutti di Mare pasta faux-marble banister that overlooked a panoramic while my handsome guest ordered the Romaine mural of rolling hills dotted with poplars and vil- salad and Chicken Galena (luckily, both of his las. It was kind of quaint until every other diner dinner choices were available). decided to come take a closer look at it throughout our meal, ...The salads arrived and both were tasty; hovering uncomfortably around us as we nibbled our bread. the house salad was lightly dressed with However, the decorating a slightly sweet Italian dressing and the scheme overall was cozy with dark hard wood floors, dimmed Romaine was drizzled artfully with a wrought metal chandeliers and ceramic platters hung on the Balsamic Lemon vinaigrette... far wall. My one complaint was the garish light of the fluorescent kitchen that Bread was finally brought to the table, but it bathed the tables in its direct path with a hos- was cold and hard. We ate it anyway. The salpital-like ambience. After nearly 15 minutes of ads arrived and both were tasty; the house contemplation on the disruptive kitchen glare, salad was lightly dressed with a slightly sweet among other things, our waiter appeared — and Italian dressing and the Romaine was drizzled lucky too since both of us were now parched artfully with a Balsamic Lemon vinaigrette. When and starving. Writing his name and our table the entrees appeared, I was excited to see the number on the paper table covering, our waiter gleaming mussels and plump scallop awaiting introduced himself and asked what we’d like to me atop a bed of tomato sauce-tossed noodles. drink. I balked just a little bit at the fact that he I enjoyed the texture contrast of the combined just wrote on our table, and ordered a glass of spaghetti and fettuccine noodles. However, as I water. I might have ordered a glass of wine ten kept chewing, the pasta got a little too mushy in

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my mouth — it was a little too far past al dente, I’m sad to say. Likewise, my scallop was a little overcooked, which is just a tragedy because scallops are so delicious. The slightly spicy tomato sauce was delicious, though.

My date’s chicken came stuffed with beef and pork, and smothered with Provolone and white wine cream sauce. However, he said it tasted like a chicken mushroom casserole his mom had made with Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup.

I tried it. It tasted just like that casserole, which was curious since there were no mushrooms in this dish. Furthermore, it could have used a little salt and pepper, but there was none to be found on our table ... or any other table, as far as I could see. A testament to the chef’s opinion of himself?

I know not.

We scooted quite quickly out of there once the bill was paid, myself being late for a meeting and my escort anxious to get in on a poker game. In our rush, I forgot my to-go box. I wasn’t overly upset.

Easy and cheap Super Bowl Snacks

by Maggie Carrigan If you’re like me, you participate in Super Bowl activities more for the commercials, finger foods and beer. Even if you actually watch it because you are emotionally invested in football, you can’t deny that it’s the aforementioned three things that make the day the national holiday it has become. Not that you can’t enjoy yourself with store-bought chips and dip, but mix it up a little with these recipes that are fast, easy, cheap and crowd-pleasingly delicious. » Chili con queso dip Serves 8 1 can Hormel no-bean chili 16 oz Velveeta cheese, cut into 1 inch cubes 1 cup milk 4 teaspoons chili powder 2 teaspoons paprika 1 tablespoon lime juice 1/2 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin Combine all ingredients in a large sauce pot or

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crock pot. Let cheese melt over medium heat.

Stir frequently. Once the cheese has melted entirely, reduce heat to low and let simmer for 10 minutes, stirring every couple of minutes. Serve with tortilla chips. » Quick Spinach & Artichoke Dip Serves 6 1 package (8 oz.) cream cheese, softened 1 package (10 oz.) frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained 1 jar marinated artichoke hearts, drained and chopped 1 cup shredded mozzarella 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic (or 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder) 1/4 cup Parmesan Cheese Salt and pepper Mix all ingredients except parmesan in a microwave-safe casserole dish. Spread into an even layer and sprinkle parmesan cheese evenly over top. Microwave on high for three

minutes or until heated through. Serve with Ritz crackers, pita chips, chunks of Italian bread or tortilla chips. » Southwest Cheese Fries Serves 4 to 5 3 cups frozen French fries 2 cups shredded Monteray Jack cheese 1/2 cup canned and sliced jalapenos, drained 4 slices bacon, cooked and chopped 3 green onions, chopped Ranch dressing Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Fry or bake fries according to directions on package. Salt while still hot. Once fries are cooked through, spread them evenly on a foil-lined cookie sheet sprayed with cooking spray. Add jalapenos, chopped bacon and green onion in evenly on top of fries. Sprinkle cheese evenly over the top. Let bake in oven for five to seven minutes or until cheese is melted and gooey. Serve with ranch on the side for dipping.

Illustration by Matt Harlan

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BIG THINGS at cakes on walnut Cupcake shop now offers full-size cakes

by Travis Clayton

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Cakes on Walnut, located at 114 North Walnut St. in Champaign, recently added full-size cakes to its delectable repertoire.

“We get a lot of calls for full cakes,” said Trisha Bates, who co-owns the shop with her sister.

“We have a cupcake in our logo, but people still associate us with big cakes.”

Full-size cakes, however, were not always part of the business plan. “We really wanted to focus on cupcakes when we opened and get the hang of that,” said Bates. “We were equipped to do it, but we just needed some extra pans.” Although the shop has not started advertising in earnest, demand has been steady. “There are not a lot of other places to get cakes in Champaign,” Bates said.

As with its cupcakes, Cakes on Walnut offers a wide variety of full-size cakes. Many of the flavors, fillings and toppings customers can select are recreations of the mini varieties that have been offered previously. Flavors range from favorites like carrot cake and red velvet to more exotic varieties such as the mocha cake with mocha ganache, or Kahlúa butter cream and

Cakes on walnut 114 N. Walnut st., c.

Price: $20+ for full cakes Phone: 335-5400 Online: http://www.cakesonwalnut.com

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chocolate sprinkles. Unlike cupcakes, which rotate flavors weekly and seasonally, all cake flavors will be available year-round.

“We do cakes like we do our cupcakes,” Bates said. “They’re very simple. They are all made with butter and real buttercream.”

Although Bates said the bakery is willing to include personalized writing on its cakes, she admitted that she faces a challenge combatting people’s perceptions of cakes in a post-Ace of Cakes society. Rather than craft elaborate designs, Cakes on Walnut prefers to offer their selected cakes in different sizes ranging from six to 12 inches so customers can choose.

“People call and they have certain expectations about cakes.” she said. “We do something totally different.”

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The owner Trisha Bates was cutting the new-made Chacolate Hazelnut whole cake. Photos by Lu Huang

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Questions that lost’s final season needs to answer buzz looks into the biggest questions Lost has yet to answer

by Nick Martin Since Lost’s final season starts airing this week, the buzz writers want to re-articulate some questions that need to be answered. Before this season even starts, Lost boasts more than 100 episodes, a cast with almost 30 main characters and a universe with a dense mythology. It’s unlikely the writers won’t answer every question, but they better try their hardest. Before you keep reading, be forewarned: this article will be dealing with some massive spoilers. So, if you still need to finish watching your $120 copy of Lost: The Complete Fifth Season Dharma Initiative Orientation Kit, come back to this later.

What happened at the end of season 5? Blowing up a hydrogen bomb always has big consequences.

When Juliet smashed one with a rock in the final seconds of last season’s finale, the screen went atypically white. Was that just an artistic choice, or does that signify something huge? Does time get rewritten? Does the plane land safely at LAX? Does everybody die? Was everything that already happened erased? I expect this question to be answered in the season premier, and I also expect the explanation to be confusing and deal with complicated metaphysics.

Who are Jacob and the Man in Black? Jacob might be dead before we ever got to know him.

Is Jacob ruler of the island, and the Man in Black his nemesis? Everything surrounding these characters has been a mystery, but they may be responsible for the events that set the whole series in motion. Obvious color symbolism aside, who’s good and who’s evil?

What’s the deal with the Smoke Monster? We’ve seen it eat a pilot; we’ve seen it kill Mr. Eko. It’s been around since the first episode, but nobody knows what it is. Even Ben claims ignorance to the origins of the murderous dark cloud. Some fans speculate that it may be self-replicating nanobots like the ones in Michael Crichton’s novel, Prey.

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Whatever the smoke monster is, hopefully it eats more people.

How are people rising from the dead? Jack saw his dad’s body in an Australian morgue, yet Christian Shephard walks the island (and the real world) unscathed. We watched Ben strangle John Locke last season, but he seemed fine when he came back to the island (unless it wasn’t Locke at all). Does the island grant eternal life? Is that why everyone wants it so much? Does this also mean other characters who’ve died (like Daniel Faraday and Rousseau) might come back too?

What happened to Walt? Walt played a big role in the show’s first two seasons. What did Dharma do to him after he got kidnapped? Does he have special powers? What has he been doing while everyone else stayed on the island? For that

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matter, where the heck has Claire been? Are the characters who haven’t been around much going to come back with new urgency and relevance?

Overall resolution: Does anyone have free will, or is fate predetermined? How much does the past matter and can you change your life in the present?

Do negligent father figures (of which there are many) signify an apathetic God? How does a serial narrative hold up in today’s post-modern infosphere? Most importantly, will Kate pick Jack or Sawyer?!

We demand a satisfying conclusion. After giving us hours and hours of free entertainment and pioneering a cross-genre drama on network television, the creators are obligated to finish Lost right. Otherwise, nerds everywhere will refuse to buy DVDs and comic books (well, they’ll still buy them, but they won’t be happy about it).

The Descent (2005)

by Sarah Gorr

Often, horror films are served best with a healthy dose of rational phobia, meaning that it seems to be scarier when fear of a psychotic monster is combined with something like a fear of heights, or, as in Neil Marshall’s The Descent, claustrophobia.

The Descent largely takes place underground in a network of caves. A group of girlfriends, led by the adventure-seeking Juno (Natalie Mendoza), decide to spend the weekend spelunking in the caves near Juno’s home in North Carolina. Unfortunately, for the lot of them, Juno’s desire for adventure and exploration is what brings about

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What sets The Descent apart from a lot of generic horror films is its wonderful and deliberate sense of pacing. Instead of following the typical wave-like pattern of horror movie scares, The Descent waits. It is here, though, that Marshall plays with our fear of tight, enclosed spaces, using tense close-ups of impossibly small crawlspaces

to make us anxious and uncomfortable. At the end of that hour, however, it is then that the audience begins to realize that the final 40 minutes of the film won’t have those comforting lulls to which we’re so accustomed. This is the real genius of the film, denying us time to catch our breath.

Ultimately, The Descent is a bleak and surprisingly atypical horror film that surpasses almost all others for its time. It should be noted, however, that there are two versions of The Descent, and while you’ll get your money’s worth either way, I encourage you to seek out the original British ending.

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Born in rural Alabama in 1916, Finster was a self-taught artist who ventured into the art world after becoming a preacher and supposedly receiving visions from God telling him to paint sacred art. Many of these visions, which he had throughout his life, are directly manifested in his work.

As a Baptist preacher, Finster was very visual.

The exhibition features work of another “chalktalk� Baptist preacher for reference. “He was certainly influenced by the Baptist preaching diagrams that used to be common in tent revivals, which usually illustrated biblical parables or stories,� said Davies.

According to Davies, Finster was working as a bicycle repairman in 1976 and painting the frame of a bicycle when, “he looked down and on his index finger he saw that a perfectlyformed human face had appeared on his finger, and a strange feeling came over him that said ‘paint sacred art.’�

Davies said that Finster began numbering every piece of artwork he did and was told in a vision to paint 5,000 pieces of sacred art.

Finster surpassed this number and ended up painting 46,991. The exhibition features both the 5,000th piece and Finster’s last piece.

Finster’s work eventually had extensive reach beyond the sacred world. “He crossed over and became a very popular artist on a grand scale,� said Davies. “I always lump him in there in certain ways with Andy Warhol because he was very interested in making multiples of things and creating repetitive cutouts of things.�

During the course of his life, Finster became a pop-culture icon of sorts, branching out from his southern roots and going on to design album covers for bands like R.E.M. Finster’s work with David Byrne of the Talking Heads went on to win Album Cover of the Year for Rolling Stone Magazine. The exhibition even features a TV with clips of Finster’s 1983 appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, where viewers can “see Howard in action,� Davies said.

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themes in Finster’s work: Visions of Other Worlds, Sermons in Paint, Historical Heros and Cultural Heroes. There is also a room containing footage taken by Davies in 1983 and 2008 from Finster’s 2.5 acre Plant Farm Museum, Paradise Garden, which contained religious paintings and sculptures.

Davies said that Visions of Other Worlds was chosen to describe select works because Finster had a vision telling him he was not of this world. “God took him in a spaceship to visit the planets of heaven and the planets of hell. And he [Finster] said, ‘They’re not like you think,’� Davies said. Finster’s conception of these other worlds is very evident in “Matthew Arient’s Angel,� a painting showing a large angel in a red dress surrounded by

multicolored, personified clouds and many smaller angels.

Sermons in Paint, according to Davies, stems from Finster’s idea of telling stories and using images to preach. Many of these images contain religious phrases and figures from the bible.

Historical and Cultural Heroes contains images of many famous figures like George Washington, Henry Ford and Elvis Presley.

According to Davies, Finster thought inventors “were not given enough respect and that some were even prophesized in the Bible.� Finster believed that Henry Ford was one such figure, as the Bible mentions a “horseless chariot.�

The Howard Finster exhibition will be at KAM through March 28 and will then go on tour, eventually ending up in Nashville, Tenn.

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Indi-Go Artist Co-op to host artistic exhibition “Civil Rights Project” benefits Boys and Girls Club

by Daryl McCurdy rom Feb. 5 through Feb. 21, Indi-Go Artist Co-Op will host an exhibition by prolific local painter Jason Patterson. Patterson’s “Civil Rights Project” is an impressive collection of paintings and drawings that aims to show glimpses of an era so codified in our American identity. Patterson’s paintings, deriving mostly from still video, are both iconic and ordinary.

A significant portion of the money collected from this exhibition will go to the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club.

Almost every painting in Patterson’s “Civil Rights Project” is derived from a video clip. Patterson is interested in the quality of the visual image.

Not only was television a significant source of information in the 1960s, but it has also grown immensely. The advent of the internet and the ubiquity of YouTube has changed our standards for video. We look at grainy and pixilated video and accept it.

“It seemed that every artist I knew that was black did work about being black, but then, the more I learned about the Civil Rights movement, I realized that not only was there so much there to do work about, but I get to because it’s a part of me and I’m a result of it,” Patterson said.

The Civil Rights movement is not Patterson’s only source for material: The German painter Gerhard Richter also hugely influences Patterson.

Richter developed the blurred photograph style by which Patterson is so greatly influenced. “He makes art like he’s a machine, and I like that,” he said. “I really take influence from people who make a lot of work.”

Indeed, Patterson and his “Civil Rights Project” are dependent on historical precedent. Multiple histories intertwine to tell Patterson’s story.

Events and effects of Western history are just as much a medium for Patterson as paint and charcoal. Three histories Patterson engages are media/technology, American black history and art history.

The meshing of histories causes viewers to look for commonalities and discrepancies from a contemporary vantage point. During his research, Patterson looked at important Civil Rights figures like Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. from a new perspective. Reaching beyond the mythicized versions of these men that we now hold, Patterson’s research has led him to see Malcolm X and MLK in a more human way.

The paintings in “Civil Rights Project” tend to read as snapshots filled with the nostalgia of an archived history, instead of the charged and direct agenda of other works dealing with the same subject. Patterson is not trying to evoke sympathy

or emotions in order to inspire viewers to change their political and racial ideas. Rather, he wants to make beautiful paintings that offer material viewers can recognize and think about again in a new time, a new space and a new context.

Jason Patterson and one of his pieces. Photo by James Kyung

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February Dance Breaks Boundaries UIUC Dance features innovative work from Tricia Brown and faculty

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year’s February Dance concert at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. The evening features UIUC faculty members Rebecca Nettl-Fiol and Renée Wadleigh in addition to a reconstruction of Tricia Brown’s Astral Convertible.

The premiere of Astral Convertible (Re-imagined) has been awaited by Krannert audiences since spring 2009, when Dance at Illinois announced that it had received an American Masterpiece Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts and Dance USA to reconstruct the piece last semester. Astral Convertible combines Brown’s trademark lack of predictability in choreography with interactive sets, costumes, sound and lighting. Though much of the movement in Astral Convertible (Re-imagined) came from the original piece, the order of the movements differs.

Radomyski is also performing in Wadleigh’s work “In Praise of Verisimilitude.” The piece features UIUC alumnae and Wadleigh herself dancing alongside six current Dance at Illinois students. Two separate casts function independently in the piece and can be distinguished by the color palette of their costumes.

Themes of repetition, frustration and disjunction permeate the choreographic score, though they are embodied differently by different performers. At one point in the piece, the dancers hold uncomfortable floor poses for extended stretches of time.

“Learning and rehearsing the floor poses was the hardest [part of the dance], and they probably still don’t even look as hard as they are ... especially because we have to hold them for a

while,” Radomyski said. “The earthquake music doesn’t help either.”

Wadleigh’s dance is not the only piece in February Dance that draws inspiration from natural phenomena. Nettl-Fiol’s “In the Storm of Roses” uses falling rose petals as an atmospheric element. The dance features the music of Italian mezzo-soprano opera singer Cecilia Bartoli.

Nettl-Fiol was inspired by Bartoli’s music after hearing her perform at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in 2005.

The dance includes movement vocabulary from American square and folk dance and twists traditional ballet vocabulary to make it less recognizable.

February Dance performs Feb. 4 through Feb. 6 at Krannert.

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Where would you be if you drove your Astral convertible in a storm of roses? February Dance 2010, that’s where.

Dance at Illinois is proud to present the works of three established female choreographers at this

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QUESTIONS WITH NICOLE PION

Outreach and development adviser

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Where did the idea for the film fest come from?

The idea for the IMC Film Fest came from conversations between myself and another AmeriCorps member who was serving at the IMC at the time, Stephen Fonzo. We were working on increasing community awareness of IMC resources and we thought this would be a fun way to connect with new artists and community members.

We were also working in the IMC’s Production Room, which offers community access to audio and video recording and editing equipment, so it just made sense! And, the idea of an independent Film Fest really meshes well with the IMC’s mission — which is to using media production and distribution as tools for promoting social and economic justice. More simply, we believe that everyone has a story to tell — rather than simply acting as passive consumers of media — and the IMC has the tools to help anyone do this. .What sponsors are there for the fest?

The sponsors of the Film Fest this year are Sleepy Creek Vineyards, That’s Renterainment,

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n the weekend of Feb. 5, The Independent Media Center of Urbana will be hosting its second annual film festival. Situated next to Lincoln Square Mall and housed in the same building as the old Urbana Post Office, the Independent Media Center stands tall in a rustic building adorned with the letters “I-M-C” on the side. The letters were designed and painted by a local artist, Chris Hampson, who also designed the logo for the festival.

IMC is all about getting connected with local talent. The inside houses many paintings, pictures and sculptures that are on display by local artists. In addition, the IMC also has video and audio equipment that is made openly available to aspiring filmmakers and recording artists alike. This includes one digital camera, two digital camcorders and a PC workstation with Adobe programs. These items are available for rent and use for a two-day period.“The idea of an independent Film Fest really meshes well with the IMC’s mission — which is to using media production and distribution as tools for promoting social and economic justice,” Nicole Pion, the outreach and development adviser for the IMC, said.

The funding for all of this is locally based, with support from volunteers and local businesses. Brian Dolinar has been involved with the facility since 2004, and contributes to IMC’s other media outlets such as its newspaper, The Public Eye. “We do it because we like to service the larger community and put a spotlight on local media,” Brian said. IMC also has a number of Americorp interns involved, including Nicole Pion and Katy Vizdal, who in addition to Jason Pankoke are heading the effort for this year’s film festival. As part of their involvement with the center, they hope to leave the community with a better venue to express themselves.

Last year’s line-up included the local film The Transient, which featured a vagrant, battling vampire Abraham Lincoln and his cohort of local punks for

“four score and seven virgins.” The film was made by the Illini Film and Video RSO with help from local students. A more controversial documentary titled Citizen’s Watch, by Patrick Thompson and Martel Williams, was shown as well, showcasing the conflict between police enforcement and the black community in the Champaign-Urbana area.

Laura Zinger, a former U of I student and director, gave a talk also. Laura Zinger produced and directed Proceed and Be Bold!, which was screened at several film festivals both domestic and international. She currently teaches at the College of Dupage and runs her own production company, 20K films. 20K films specializes in producing films that cost under $20 thousand to make and is based out of Chicago.

This year’s festival will be bigger and better than ever. With more than 30 submissions from 20 di-

“The idea is that the films we show reflect our community, but conversation with other people is what builds a community,” Pion said. “There’s a lot of thought and attention that goes into each film, and these discussions are a good chance to observe them.”

Afterwards, the vibe will shift towards dramatic movies with the pieces Celeste Above by local filmmaker Johnny Robinson, and On Seeking Levity by David Witzling. Towards the end of the evening there will be a documentary about Brazilian Street graffiti by a UIUC student, Justin Jach. A Series of Exchanges was filmed while the student was visiting São Paulo in the summer of 2008 and focuses on how graffiti is an expression of social reflection. The evening will end with a live simulcast of The Show with Ray Morales and special guest emcees Blink tha Boss, Rob Killa and Jay Moses, who are some of Urbana’s premiere hip hop performers. This will be done in collaboration with IMC’s radio station, WRFU 104.5 FM. Saturday will have more variety with feature films and live performances. Heading off the evening will be a full-length feature submitted by Robin Christian Peters from Dreamscape Cinema entitled Act Your Age. The dramedy follows a young, aspiring actor who goes to great lengths to make it in theater. Then, the evening takes a more serious turn when The Prodigal by Thomas Nicol examines the relationship between a prodigal son and his family. This will be the first of several short films shown this evening, including 8 Vignettes, by Vin

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rectors, there will be plenty to see.

“We got a record 50 submissions this year, so we had to make some tough choices on what to show,” Pion said.

The festival will kick its first day off by focusing on issues of healthcare. Two documentaries will be shown: Clowning in Kabul and Salud. Clowning in Kabul is about the Gesundheit! Institute, which was founded by Patch Adams, and what they’re doing to improve healthcare in Afghanistan. Salud takes a look at the Cuban Healthcare system, which is considered one of the best in the world and what we can learn from it. After these documentaries, there will be a discussion held about healthcare and what the Gesundheit!

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Caliano, which will be preceded with a live performance by the composer/cinematographer. In addition, Vin Caliano will perform an original score to the classic film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. The evening will end with a few short films and a live performance by DJ Matt Hash.

Sunday night is sponsored by the People’s Potluck, a local organization that meets to discuss and address social issues like homelessness and poverty in the community. The evening will begin with a welcome meeting, and the films will focus on documentaries about social issues. The first film comes from the Independent Media Center located in Chicago and covers the 40th anniversary of the assassination of Fred Hampton and Mark Clark, who were affiliated with the black panthers. The following film takes us to Southern Mexico. Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad, or as it translates, A Little Bit of So Much Truth, chronicles how the people of Oaxaca sent a message to their government by taking 14 radio stations and one television station into their own hands.

The last film, Pontiac’s Rebellion, showcases how the people of Pontiac, Ill. fought to keep the prison, their main source of employment, open.

The festival will begin at 6 p.m. on both Friday and Sunday, and at 7 p.m. on Saturday. Admission is free, but donations to the center are always welcomed. Further information about films, directors and the IMC itself can be found on the website, http://imcfilmfest.org.

and the City of Urbana’s Public Arts Program, whose grant support has allowed us to bring new attention to the festival this year. We’ve also had invaluable support from Jason Pankoke, who runs CU Blogfidential and Microfilm Magazine.

What is the goal (or goals) of the fest?

There are several goals of the festival: To highlight independent and emerging artists and filmmakers, with a specific spotlight on local and regional artists. To serve as a space for emerging and established artists to connect with their peers, local arts-supporting organizations, and community members. And to highlight IMC resources available to both artists and community members — we have a production group/studio, a beautiful performance space, a radio station WRFU 104.5, a news media website (http:// www.ucimc.org), a free monthly news paper, the Books to Prisoners Project, the Bike Project, and many, many more volunteer-run projects and programs (see http://www.ucimc.org).

How long have you all at the IMC been planning the fest?

Well, we have done a lot of work in a short period of time. After the success of last year, this was definitely something we wanted to do again. So, we started in November ‘09 with a call for submissions and have been working consistently ever since. As the festival grows, I think we’ll be starting earler and earlier — but this is a volunteer-run event, so anyone who is interested in helping to plan the fest should feel free to contact us in preparation for next year — the best way is probably through IMC@ucimc.org.

Are there any plans to expand the festival?

Before the 2009 IMC Film Fest there had been no independent, small-scale film festival in the area since at least 2004. So, the creation of this event has laid the groundwork for a mutually beneficial relationship between the IMC and the many energetic, motivated, and talented local cinematographers. In that respect, I think that we’ve definitely established that there is interest in the event.

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SCHEDULE FRIDAY, Feb. 5 Healthcare on Film: Local and Global Perspectives 6:00 p.m. - 6:55 p.m. Clownin’ in Kabul (Directors Enzo Balestrieri & Stefano Moser, 2002) 7:00 p.m. - 8:33 p.m.: Salud, (Connie Field, 2006) 8:33 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. join our discussion on healthcare and learn more about what the Gesundheit! Institute is doing in our community.

CU on Film & Behind the Lens: Locally produced Films 9:15 p.m. - 9:33 p.m.

Celeste Above (Johnny Robinson, 2009) 9:35 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.

On Seeking Levity (David Witzling, 2009) 9:45 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Exclusive footage from Burma from IMC member Danielle Chynoweth 10:00 p.m. - 10:22 p.m.

A Series of Exchanges (Justin Jach, 2009) 10:23 p.m. - 10:25 p.m. Te Verde (Greg Spero, performed by Guia Rivera, 2009) 10:30 p.m. - Midnight THE SHOW live simulcast from the IMC Film Fest

SATURDAY, Feb. 6 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Act Your Age 8:31 p.m. - 8:38 p.m. Prodigal 8:41 p.m. - 8:54 p.m. As Ever, Stan 8:55 p.m. - 9:04 p.m. ABQ 9:05 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. 8 Vignettes 9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Vin Calianno Live Performance: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari 10:45 p.m. - 10:49 p.m. The Bay Swimmers 10:50 p.m. - 11:10 p.m. Bill Brown’s Roswell 11:10 p.m. - 11:14 p.m. Music Video for a Pop song 11:20 p.m. Matt Harsh Live Performance

SUNDAY, Feb. 7 6 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Welcome to People’s Potluck, mingle and eat 6:35 p.m. - 6:45 p.m. Chicago Indy Media documents on Fred Hampton Jr. 6:45 p.m.- 8:30 p.m.

Un Poquito de Tanta Verdad 8:35 p.m. - 10 p.m.

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Good ole rock and rolL JET W. LEE’s new album is “honest, fire-breathing, rock and roll”

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The rocking, energetic trio of JET W. LEE will take the Mike ‘n Molly’s stage Friday, where they will promote the launch of their new album.

“Our release show is a party, a get together with friends and future friends who want to rock,” said guitar and vocalist Jess W. Johnson. “We’re going into the show with the goal of having lots of fun and want those who come to the show to have similar expectations.”

JET W. LEE’s debut album, Who Shall Remain Shameless, will be available on both vinyl and digital download at the show.

“We’re releasing our album as a vinyl so people

jet w. lee record release Mike ‘n Molly’s address: 105 N. Market St., C. when: Feb. 5, 10 p.m. phone: 355-1236 cost: $11

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listen to every song, and also it’s our way of keeping music as an art alive,” Johnson said.

The band, that loves performing live, thinks it’s important to fill their live set with “passion and positive energy.” In order to do that, they needed to create a record that could easily translate to the stage.

“We recorded our album in a way that will be as easy as possible to play in a live setting, without losing spontaneity,” Johnson said.

A good live show isn’t enough though. While many bands can play a good live show, JET W. LEE wants to do something more than that.

“We want to create something positive with our music,” Johnson said. “Sometimes the sound can be dark, but we hope that also comes off as inspirational.”

The band, which consists of Johnson, Patrick Mangan on drums and vocals, and Pierre Achille on bass, has been playing together since May of last year.

Used with permission from the band

by Amy Armstrong

Priding themselves on being “honest, firebreathing, rock and roll,” the album is representative of both their love of the genre as well as a passion for what they’re doing that they hope to convey to the crowd at each performance.

“We want people to enjoy the show,” Johnson said. “It falls upon us to entertain the audience. If the crowd isn’t rocking out along with us and having a great time, we’re not doing our duty.”

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Elsinore at The Highdive

by Todd Hunter

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Jazz in the Courtyard

Big Dog Eat Child

Sketch Comedy Show

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Rhombus Music Chicago & Arkansas Dogjaw

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8:30pm $2 Students/$4 Public

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Accommodation for hearing impaired patrons is available by calling 244-8938 at least 7 days in advance of the event.

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performed title track “Chemicals” live before a public presentation of the new “Chemicals” video. Songs not on the record included an angry cover of “The District Sleeps Alone Tonight”

by The Postal Service and twooriginally by Groff alone: “Fatal Flaw” and “Landlocked.”

In closing, I must mention Baton Rouge quintet We Landed on the Moon! I saw them at Cowboy Monkey in October and found out after their set the sound system was unkind to them. I now know how unkind, because they sounded great at The Highdive. If you saw them at Cowboy Monkey, you owe it to yourself to check them out again either online or in person.

1. Wooden Houses 2. Evens 3. Body of Water 4. Breathing Light 5. The District Sleeps Alone Tonight

[The Postal Service] Photo by Brittany Pyle

Not many can shriek the “west” in “Midwest” and stay on key, but Ryan Groff is a champ.

For the first true Elsinore record release in four years, Elsinore sold enough tickets that the show was moved from Cowboy Monkey to The Highdive, or else two hundred fans would have been left outside to freeze. Elsinore personalized at least two songs on the record; Krukid came onstage and added a freestyle vocal after the first verse of “Yes Yes Yes,” and Elsinore

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You are slowly inching your way up Mt. Pretty.

Farewell Frederica

Opera legend stops in CU on farewell tour

Guitars reign supreme

by Jeff Nelson

Fredrica vonStade. Photo courtesy of Krannert Art Museum

On Feb. 11, Urbana’s Krannert Center for the Performing Arts will host a concert from one of the legendary mezzo-sopranos of the last four decades, Frederica von Stade. Krannert is a stop on her farewell tour and a final opportunity to experience one of our native-born operatic legends.

Von Stade, a singer with the ultimate Teutonic-

sounding name, is actually a native of Somerville, New Jersey. She attended Catholic schools and grew up loving music. She sang in choral groups but had no ambitions to become a professional singer. She attributes her love of French music to a high school teacher who told her to listen to the music of the language to help her understand it better.

No college, some isolated dance lessons and a secretarial job in New York City could make for a dull life, so she took singing lessons after work as a filler. ”I began taking voice lessons, but, like my dance classes, these were more along the lines of a hobby than born of any ambition to become a professional musician,” said von Stade.

Her voice teacher Horation Alger recognized her extraordinary talent and convinced her to enter the Metropolitan Opera tryouts.

In 1970, at age 25, she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera and the following year with the Santa Fe Opera Company. She dazzled audiences with one of her signatures roles as Cherubino in Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.

There were the obvious classical song cycles, like Mahler’s “Songs of a Wayfarer” and Canteloube’s “Chants d’Auvergne,” which demonstrated her mastery of classical song, but her journeys into cross-over repertoire included recordings of The Sound of Music, Show Boat, A Carnegie Hall Christmas Concert and Songs of the Cat with Garrison Keillor.

Years of acclaim and recognition have not been the whole story. Despite her reputation as an unassuming and public-friendly star, her life has had its share of tragedy and drama.

Her father died fighting the German army in Europe before she was born. Her divorce from Peter Elkus in 1991 was a messy drawn-out bout of legalisms over what contributes materially to a career and earning power. The court case, Elkus vs. Elkus, is studied by many law school property classes as a classic case. Now, in her 60s, as her great voice slowly fades, she is making her farewell tour.

She made more than 60 recordings that appear on close to 100 CDs. Her career also has been beautifully preserved on just over a dozen DVDs. Now CU has the opportunity to hear one of the last live performances of an American-born legend from the world of classical music.

For further information contact: http://www. krannertcenter .com or call the Krannert box office at 333-6280.

A Toast to the duke Duke of Uke pulls from the past to celebrate the birth of new album

by Megan Creighton “It’s kind of neat to draw on those things because I feel like a lot of people have forgotten them,” King said.

The band has grown immensely since its birth as a trio five years ago. Now a septet, the Duke of Uke exercises a dynamic collaboration process as the band represents so many different musical backgrounds and interests. The group’s coherent yet elaborate sound compiles ukelele and bass composition as well as rhythmic percussion, and it is beautifully embellished by the violin, tuba and saxophone.

The Duke of Uke’s first studio album, This Way Up, is to be released on Saturday, Feb. 6, at Cowboy Monkey in downtown Champaign.

The accompanying show will feature mostly new songs from the album and some that have never been heard live before.

“Some of the new songs are just really pretty; haunting,” King said.

“From the band’s point of view, [the release show] is a big celebration.

It’s like we gave birth to this sort of

a baby, and it’s a baby shower for this thing.”

When asked about plans for the future, King replied with an astute look of confidence.

“World domination,” he said.

Though his response may have been a sarcastic nudge, the fact that the Duke of Uke & HNO has taken the CU music scene by storm cannot be denied, and it doesn’t look like the band will slow down anytime soon.

Photo used with permission from the band

A truly great band withstands the test of mediocrity by creating a sound that has never been heard before. However, Champaign locals The Duke of Uke & His Novelty Orchestra do just that by melding together music that has been heard for years. Defying the restraints of one tightly-bound genre, they have acquired a musical style that is remarkably unique and simultaneously nostalgic.

“Our violinist Claire came up with a definition of we do, which is ‘popssical,’ classical and pop,” David King, Duke of Uke’s founder, said. “There’s no definite category. We’re actually kind of a hodgepodge of genres, so every song has its own taste to it. Some of it’s funky, some are ballads; it kind of depends on the song.”

While King and his band struggle to neatly categorize their music, they excel in playing intricate and versatile tunes constructed from remnants from the past. Influences range from classical composers such as Bach and Reinhardt to Tin Pan Alley ragtime tunes from the ‘20s to rock and roll artists of the ‘60s and ‘70s.

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by Evan Metz I think we can all agree that the guitar is an iconic symbol of popular music. Over the past 50 years, as new styles of music emerged, the guitar always led the way. I once heard that a record label refused to sign The Beatles because “guitar music” was on its way out. And yet, here we are today, and the guitar is going just as strong now as it was then. This begs the question: why the guitar instead of any other instrument?

I believe the most important aspect of a guitar is its versatility. It is one of the only instruments that can act as both an accompaniment and lead. Its ability to form chords easy as a backup for vocals must have been an instant draw for the songwriters of modern music. From folk singers like Bob Dylan to the virtuosic violinist Andrew Bird, musicians continue to feature the guitar for the chord backing of their music. However, I could never pass over the guitar’s important role as a lead instrument. It is the lead guitar work of such people as B.B. King, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and Jack White that has continued to define music since the latter half of the last century. When you think about all the songs to which you have listened, no one can deny that some of the most memorable moments were amazing guitar solos.

Now, some of you may be thinking, “Hey! Other instruments can be both a lead and an accompaniment like the piano!” That is true.

There are many instruments that can also perform both of these tasks, but what truly sets the guitar apart, I believe, is the plethora of sounds it offers to a musician. Between the choice of the actual instrument, the option of acoustic or electric, the choice of amp and the variety of effects pedals available, guitarists create a variety of sounds that can be found in almost no other instrument.

Because of this, the guitar is an incredibly expressive instrument. When a guitarist is at his or her best, I believe what they play comes straight from that person’s soul; they are playing with the same emotion as a human voice. This is what has drawn so many musicians to the guitar.

As popular music continues to change, the guitar will be able to adapt and survive.

It is this aspect of the instrument that has allowed for guitarists of all genres to flourish, from the likes of Jimmy Page to Ezra Koenig (Vampire Weekend) all the way to the glitchy experimental style of Dave Longstreth (Dirty Projectors). I don’t think it is too much of a stretch to imagine the guitar involved in whatever style of music the world thinks of next. buzz

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DJ Hollywood Karaoke live music It’ll Do 2, C, 8pm Sam Gingher DJ Bange V. Picasso, U, 6pm Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, Pacifica Quartet 8:30pm Krannert Center for CG Productions presents the Performing Arts, U, RockStar Karaoke featur7:30pm, $20, $27 seniors, ing Crazy Craig $12 students Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaBlues Jam with The Sugar voy, 9pm Prophets Liquid Courage Karaoke Cowboy Monkey, C, 9pm Memphis on Main, C, Gov’t Mule 9pm Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $25 CG Productions presents RockStar Karaoke featurdj ing Karaoke Opie Country Night with DJ Bentley’s Pub, C, 9:30pm Halfdead and Free Line CG Productions presents Dance Lessons from RockStar Karaoke featurScotty Van Zant ing DJ Switch Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Fireside Bar and Grill, C, Tavern, Tolono, 8pm 10pm No cover before 8pm. movies DJ CZO Red Star Liquors, U, A Single Man 10pm The Art Theater, C, 8pm Stitches Goth Night with Based on the novel by DJ Rickbats, DJ Kannibal Christopher Isherwood, The Clark Bar, C, 10pm this film focuses on a REMIXXX Thursdays single day in the life of with DJ Bob Bass George Falconer (Colin Soma Ultralounge, C, Firth) who’s trying to find 10pm meaning in his life after DJ Cool Miles Holt the sudden death of his Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm longtime partner, Jim. Swing Dance stage Illini Union, U, 9:30pm Zoo Improv concert Cowboy Monkey, C, 7pm, James Otto with Josh $4 Thompson Nunsense II: The Second 88 Broadway, U, 9pm, $15 Coming!

Parkland College Theatre, C, 7:30pm, $3-$6 February Dance Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $17, $16 seniors, $15 students

recreation Mixed Volleyball League Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 6pm, $100$130 Players of all ability levels can participate in this coed league.

Daddy Daughter Dance Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 6:30pm, $10$20

DJs Ian Procell and Reflex Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm DJ Stifler Red Star Liquors, U, 10pm DJ LEGTWO and DJ Belly Radio Maria, C, 10pm Latin Fever at Clark Bar The Clark Bar, C, 9pm No cover before 11pm.

Starbucks at the iCafé with To-Go parking & Spa at the I Hotel.

Call 217.819.5484 to book a room, reunion, or banquet. iHotel 1/4 landscape

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February Dance Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, live music 7:30pm, $15-$17 auditions The Wandering EndorNunsense II: The Second Open Auditions: Rantoul volunteer phin Coming! karaoke Theatre Group UC Books to Prisoners Silvercreek, U, 5:30pm Parkland College Theatre, Grissom Hall, Rantoul, 7pm work session Fifth Annual A Cappella CG Productions presents C, 7:30pm, $6-$12 No preparations are nec- Urbana-Champaign InConcert RockStar Karaoke featur- Dogs Gone Wild with essary. Readings from the dependent Media Center, Unity High School, Tolono, ing Crazy Craig Todd Oliver script will be used.

U, 2pm 7pm, $7-$11 Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaVirginia Theatre, C, Webb Wilder voy, 9pm 7:30pm holidays kids & families Cowboy Monkey, C, CG Productions presents auditions Build Your Own Basket Tag Along Gym 7:30pm, $12 RockStar Karaoke Savoy Recreational CenSavoy Recreational CenTrailer Park Moses Geo’s, U, 9pm Open Auditions: Rantoul ter, Savoy, $12 residents, ter, Savoy, $20-$30/NR It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm Karaoke at Po’ Boys Theatre Group $16 non-residents Discovery Room Feudin’ Hillbillys Po’ Boys, U, 9pm Grissom Hall, Rantoul, Savoy Recreational CenRosebowl Tavern, Ltd., 7pm art open mic ter, Savoy, $2-$3 U, 9pm art exhibit Film Screening, William Preschool Story Time Mike Posner MCs at the IMC Kentridge: Art from the Urbana Free Library, U, Highdive, C, 7pm, $20 Urbana-Champaign InCivil Rights Project — ArtAshes 9:45am JET W. LEE CD Release dependent Media Center, work by Jason Patterson Krannert Art Museum Pre-Ballet Show U, 10pm to benefit the Don Moyer and Kinkead Pavilion, C, Savoy Recreational CenMike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 10pm, This event will feature a Boys and Girls Club 5:30pm ter, Savoy, 10am, $45-$59 $5 Round Robbin, Whose Line Indi Go artist co-op, C, Project 1, 2, 3 Is It Anyway-style MC ses- 7pm lectures dj Savoy Recreational Cension with an accompanySenior Moment — Forter, Savoy, 10:15am, $30- Ladies Night ing DJ and live drummer. lectures est & Prairie: The Early $39 Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Each artist will take a Friday Forum: “Designing Settlement of Champaign Ballet 1 Tavern, Tolono, 9pm turn ensuring to stay on a Solution for E-Waste” County Savoy Recreational CenTop 40 Dance with DJ topic while using the last University YMCA, C, Windsor of Savoy, Savoy, ter, Savoy, 11am, $60-$78 Substitute artist’s words as his first 12pm 10am Lego Challenge Chester Street, C, 9pm, words. We will continue The Large Hadron ColSenior Moment — ForSavoy Recreational Cen$3 for two to three rounds on lider and the Very Early est & Prairie: The Early ter, Savoy, 2:30pm, $38DJ Tim Williams each topic.

Universe Settlement of Champaign $50 Soma Ultralounge, C, William M. Staerkel Planmovies County Baby Expressions 10pm etarium, C, 7pm, $1 Clark-Lindsey Village, U, Savoy Recreational CenDJ Delayney IMC Film Festival University of Illinois phys7pm ter, Savoy, 3pm, $23-$30 Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 Urbana-Champaign Inicists Tony Liss and Mark Neubauer will discuss their work with the LHC in Switzerland.

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kids & families Discovery Room Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, $2-$3 Lego Challenge Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 2:30pm, $38$50 Baby Expressions Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 3pm, $23-$30 Daddy Daughter Dance Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 6:30pm, $10$20 Mom’s Morning Off Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 9am, $34-$44 Youth Wii Sport Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 2pm, $18-$23

community Evening at the Savoy/ Kickoff/Open House Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 3pm, $5-$9

mind/body/spirit Yoga at Krannert Art Museum Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 12pm

support groups Narcotics Anonymous St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, C, 8pm

SATURDAY 6 live music Sinfonia da Camera: Spring Enchantment Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $34, $33 seniors, $12 students Heartache & Teares Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm Chew Toy with Mayhew the Traitor and Milk at Midnight Mike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 9pm Trash City Rockers, Redneck Remedy, Atheory, Draxis Radmaker’s Rock & Roll Tavern, Tolono, 9pm Zmick returns to Canopy Club with special guests Mathien Canopy Club, U, 9:30pm, $7 Vincent Calianno: The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 9:30pm Local artist and composer Vin Calianno has composed a new score for The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, a German expressionist film from 1921.

Hear a live performance of Calianno’s score as the original footage is projected.

Corn Desert Ramblers Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm, $4 The Duke Of Uke Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, $5 Scathe/Jonesful Memphis on Main, C, 10pm

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Hip Hop at Bradley’s II Bradley’s II, C, 9pm, $5 DJ Hollywood It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm Saturday Night Throwdown featuring DJ Mertz Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Saturday Night weekly DJs Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm Dance Pop Chester Street, C, 10pm, $3 Disco Phil Red Star Liquors, U, 10pm

Build Your Own Basket Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, $12-$16 Create your own unique basket for the Egg-travaganza hunt. Each participant will learn the proper way to make your own personal basket.

Egg-travaganza Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 10am

3:15pm Chess Club for Kids Urbana Free Library, U, 4pm

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Past, Present, Write for the Future workshop Spurlock Museum, U, 9am, $30, $20 students In this workshop, HopiTewa teller and author Eldrena Douma helps participants pinpoint game-playing personal life stories that Adult Wii Sport are appropriate for story Savoy Recreational Cendevelopment. ter, Savoy, 4pm, $18-$23 Beginning Dance Savoy Recreational Cenconcert social issues ter, Savoy, 9:15am, $45Winter Tales: AmeriDNA LifePrint Child $59 can Indian Storytelling Safety Event Kids Knitting Playshop Concert Sullivan-Parkhill, C, Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Spurlock Museum, U, 9:30am 10am, $70-$75 2pm, $5 The program provides Intro to Waldorf Dollparents with the four making for Adults karaoke most critical items need- Amara Yoga & Arts, U, CG Productions presents ed in quickly and safely 12pm, $135-$150 RockStar Karaoke featur- recovering a missing child. Learn the basics of natural ing Matt Fear doll making. Participants volunteer Senator’s Bar & Grill, Sawill use all natural materivoy, 9pm UC Books to Prisoners als to create their one-ofwork session a-kind heirloom doll. Kids stage Urbana-Champaign Incan take yoga in the stuFebruary Dance dependent Media Center, dio at the same time.

Krannert Center for U, 2pm February TechJunket the Performing Arts, U, Workshop 7:30pm, $17, $16 seniors, kids & families Siebel Center, C, 12pm $15 students Discovery Room fundraisers Nunsense II: The Second Savoy Recreational CenComing! ter, Savoy, $2-$3 Help for Haiti Parkland College Theatre, Pre-Ballet Café Paradiso, U, 9am C, 3pm, $6-$12 Savoy Recreational CenBands will be playing all The Blind Dates of ter, Savoy, 10am, $45-$59 day to raise money for Comedy — An AntiBallet 1 Save the Children, and Valentine’s Day Comedy Savoy Recreational Cendonated items will be Show ter, Savoy, 11am, $60-$78 sold to raise money as Memphis on Main, C, Lego Challenge well.

8pm, $3 Savoy Recreational Center, Savoy, 2:30pm, $38sunday 7 auditions $50 live music Open Auditions: Rantoul Baby Expressions Theatre Group Savoy Recreational CenBrunch with Panache Grissam Hall, Rantoul, ter, Savoy, 3pm, $23-$30 Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 7pm Youth Wii Sport 11am Savoy Recreational CenIllinois Folk Songs and festivals ter, Savoy, 2pm, $18-$23 History Chinese New Year CelWee Love Music Champaign Public Library, ebration Savoy Recreational CenC, 2pm Urbana Free Library, U, ter, Savoy, 9am Emerald Rum 2pm Countdown to the SuBlind Pig Co., The, C, 5pm Presenters include Chiperbowl Live music at Carmon’s nese Heritage School Urbana Free Library, U, Carmon’s Restaurant, C, students and teachers, 11am 6:30pm Five Animals Kungfu Princess Social Mean Lids Show members, Huang Lin Bao Savoy Recreational CenIron Post, U, 7pm, $3 Jian Shaolin Wu Gong ter, Savoy, 2pm, $15-$20 Kayla Brown with Remembers, University of Rocket Club becca Williams Illinois students, and local Savoy Recreational CenMike ‘n’ Molly’s, C, 7pm artists. No registration is ter, Savoy, 3pm, $24-$31 Sugar Prophets required for this free fam- Art Lesson for Children Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., ily program.

Urbana Free Library, U, U, 9pm

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts Feb. 4-6 7:30 p.m.

The UIUC Department of Dance will perform its February Dance show at the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts on Feb 4-6 at 7:30 p.m. The show is full of cutting edge, creative choreography by faculty and special guest artist Tricia Brown. Brown is one of the most influential modern dance choreographers of our time, and her piece Astral Convertible (Re imagined) can’t be missed! — Abby Wilson, Arts Editor

The Stargazer William M. Staerkel Planetarium Friday, Feb. 5 8 p.m. $3 for students I without a doubt enjoy a lot of dorky things (watching the History Channel, coloring in my princess coloring book and filling out multiple planners, just to name a few). However, I don’t care how dorky a planetarium trip sounds, I think it’s fascinating. I think it’s so freaking cool. I’ve made my way to Parkland for multiple planetarium showings before and can’t wait to add the new show, The Stargazer, to my list.

— Emily Carlson, Music Editor

“Dogs Gone Wild” with Todd Oliver Virginia Theater Saturday, Feb. 6 7:30 p.m. $25 An old man will talk to dogs and puppets at the Virginia Theater this Saturday. The commercials for Todd’s show have been very low-fi and kind of creepy. Maybe this will be a family night of comedy fun, but hopefully it will be a haunting portrait of a very disturbed man and his pets. Fans of Tim and Eric are encouraged to attend! — Nick Martin, Assistant Movies & TV Editor

Beer and Chocolate Pairing Crane Alley Monday, Feb. 8 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. $10 I’ve heard of wine and chocolate, but beer and chocolate? I’m really curious to find out how you pair these two and what the resulting flavor combo is. I’m pretty sure that I’m not going to hate it because, well, it’s beer and chocolate. I like both of these substances independently, so their fusion can only be something delicious. — Margaret Carrigan, Food & Drink Editor

All-you-can-eat veggie food sponsored by the Krishna Center Red Herring Restaurant Monday, Feb. 8 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. $5 I’ve got my belly empty and my mind full of meditation. On Monday, I’m headed to the Red Herring Restaurant on Oregon St. and Matthews St. for a fulfilling, all-you-can-eat, vegetarian Krishna dinner. And bonus! Whatever I can’t finish is sent home in a satisfyingly sweet Tupperware. Mmm ... I’m radiating tasty vibes already. — Em.J Staples, Community Editor

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ONGOING EVENTS CURIOSER AND CURIOSER: THE GAMES AND MINDGAMES OF LEWIS CARROLL Main Library

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To coincide with the soon-to-be-released Tim Burton film, Alice in Wonderland, collection items on exhibit in The Rare Book & Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign relating to Lewis Carroll include autographed letters, photographs, rare editions, and such curiosities as games and puzzles. A Mad-Hatter Tea party will be held on March 5.

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DJ TB Trivia Night at The Blind Red Star Liquors, U, 10pm Pig Brewery The Blind Pig Brewery, karaoke C, 7pm Kid-Friendly Karaoke kids & families with DJ Bange Po’ Boys, U, 5pm Discovery Room Rock Band Sundays Savoy Recreational CenHosted by MC Remy ter, Savoy, $2-$3 Bentley’s Pub, C, 8pm Baby Expressions Savoy Recreational Cenopen mic ter, Savoy, 3pm, $23-$30 Anything Goes Open Mic Rocket Club Night with Jeremy Harper Savoy Recreational CenMemphis on Main, C, ter, Savoy, 3pm, $24-$31 8:30pm

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A Tangled Web Hi guys, I’m an older mwm (married white male) who would enjoy cybersex, but I’m concerned about leaving a trail on my computer for my family (especially computer-savvy kids) to find. What can I do to ensure my privacy? Are some chat rooms more private than others? Thanks for your help.

Chat Room Privacy and Secrets porated into Skype or other video communicating, so the partners are able to see each other — or others may be able to see them. The increased technology behind role-playing sites, such as The Second Life, also allows for cybersex to become a component of the avatar’s activities.

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privacy, but someone with enough computer “savvy” can find your Web activities. It is always best to assume that your cyber activities are never entirely secret.

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Most Internet browsers have functions that clear recent browsing history and ways to browse “privately” (called InPrivate for Explorer and Private Browsing for Firefox). These privacy functions keep the Web sites out of the browsing history and eliminate or minimize the downloaded files from the Web sites. Additionally, these browsers have created functions (such as Firefox’s BetterPrivacy) that delete other sorts of files that might not be recognized as cookies.

Many chat rooms collect personal information, and it may be useful to read the privacy policy of a chat room before joining. It is also important to be careful of the information you may give to individuals with whom you are talking. Many people who cybersex use a nickname, create a private e-mail address and avoid giving identifying information such as phone numbers or specific locations. Some people may create e-mail addresses specifically for their cybersex activities.

tion was the concern about privacy from family.

You note that you are married, so we are also wondering if you are concerned about your partner finding out about your sexual activity, especially in a committed sexual relationship. Certainly, some couples may allow and encourage one another to engage in cybersex as a part of their sex lives, and other individuals in relationships engage in cybersex without their partner’s knowledge. We believe that all of us are working to achieve a balance between independent sexual lives and an intimate, sexual connection shared with others.

This balance is an essential part of our development as sexual beings.

There are many reasons why it might be difficult to talk to your partner about the sexual needs and desires you might hope to get from a cybersexual encounter. In talking with your partner about the reasons for seeking cybersex, it may open up a conversation about some of the other reasons we have sex — the need for connection, to be desired or loved, for attention — all of which can be just as important as the sexual release itself.

Dear reader, thanks for writing us with this great question. Given that computers — and the internet specifically — are used so frequently for sex and sex-related information sharing, the question of privacy is a big one. Of course, there’s a huge technological aspect to your question, and there’s also a question about what and how we hide our sexual lives from those around us, both for propriety as well as our own privacy. These are both excellent things to consider as the internet is a big part of many people’s sex lives.

“Doin’ It Well” defines cybersex as any kind of sexual activity between two or more persons via the internet. However, people may also use the term “cybersex” to refer to any sexual activity, including viewing sexual images or videos, for arousal purposes. Traditional cybersex has historically been text-based through chat rooms, role playing games (such as MUDs) and instant messaging.

However, the availability of web cams has added a visual component to cybersex, which can be incor-

In some ways, your computer, your browser (such as Firefox or Explorer) and the websites themselves are at a tension with “privacy.” In order to respond efficiently to the request when you log into a particular website, your Internet browser may help by remembering your password, the Internet address history and the Web site. Web sites rely upon “cookies” and “cached files” — files that are downloaded to your computer from the Web site — to help the Web site operate smoother. Some of these files contain information from the Web site to help it download faster, while other cookies help remember your information so that you don’t get asked the same questions each time.

Additionally, the internet provider, Web site you visit, and — potentially — your employer (if you’re surfing at work) can know the Web sites you visit and files you download. We don’t believe that Internet activities are ever completely private.

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CANCER

(June 21-July 22)

“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time,” wrote French author Andre Gide. I’m guessing that 2009 was a time when you embarked on such a search, Gemini -- a halfblind, groping exploration that asked you to leave the past behind without knowing where the future lay. By now, though, I suspect you have sighted the shore of your new frontier. If you haven’t yet, it’ll happen soon.

I wonder if you can you handle this much healing intensity, Cancerian. The possibilities for transforming difficult parts of your life are substantial. I’ll name a few ways this could play out: 1. A confusing riddle may be partially solved through a semi-divine intervention. 2. A sore spot could be soothed thanks to the power of your curiosity.

3. An ignorance that has caused you pain may be illuminated, allowing you to suffer less. 4. If you can summon the capacity to generously tolerate uncertainty, you may find and rehabilitate an orphaned part of your life. I’m not saying for sure that any of this stuff will happen, but the odds are favorable that at least one will.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)

What will it be, Leo? A time of rampaging ids and slamming doors and lost opportunities? Of strange smells and sweeping views of other people’s hells? Or will this be the week you finally slip into the magic sanctuary and track down the secret formula? Will this be the breakthrough moment when you outmaneuver the “dragon” with that non-violent “weapon” you’ve been saving for when it was absolutely necessary? It really is up to you. Either scenario could unfold. You have to decide which one you prefer, and then set your intention.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

I don’t mean to alarm you, but I think you may be in a light hypnotic trance right now. It’s possible that the thrumming hum of your routine has shut down some of your normal alertness, lowering your awareness of certain situations that you really need to tune in to. Let’s do something about this! When I count to three, you will hereby snap out of your daze and become fully awake. 1 . . . 2 . . . 3. Now look around you and get yourself more closely in touch with your immediate environment. Make an effort to vividly see and hear and smell everything that’s going on. This will have the effect of mobilizing your subconscious mind.

Then, for a period of at least five days, you’ll have a kind of X-ray vision.

LIBRA

(Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

You would stir up some good fortune for yourself if you brought meals to shut-ins or gave a little presentation at an old folks’ home or donated your old laptop to a low-income family. Oddly enough, it’s also an excellent time for you to scratch and claw for a bigger market share, or to get the upper hand on a competitor, or to bring your creative

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ideas to people in a position to help you. That’s the odd thing about this week. Capitalist-style self-promotion and actualized compassion will not only coexist -- they’ll have a symbiotic relationship.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Last week was the anniversary of my very first weekly horoscope column, which appeared years ago in the Good Times, a newspaper in Santa Cruz, California. My initial effort was crude and a bit reckless compared to what I eventually learned to create. And yet it was imbued with a primal fervor and heartfelt adventurousness that had a certain charm, and many people seemed to find it useful.

Today I bow down to that early effort, honoring it for the seed it sprouted and thanking it for the blessings it led to.

I encourage you to do something similar to what I just described, Scorpio: Pay homage to the origins that made it possible for you to be who you have become.

In the Choctaw language, there are two kinds of past tenses. In one, you speak about an event or experience that you personally know to be a fact. In the other, you deliver information that you have acquired second-hand and therefore can’t definitely vouch for. In my perfect world, you Sagittarians would find a way to incorporate this perspective into all your communications during the coming week. In other words, you would consistently distinguish between the unimpeachable truth and the alleged truth. According to my analysis of the astrological omens, this would give you great power to influence the rhythms of life to flow in your favor.

“The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired,” wrote music critic Ernest Newman, “but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn’t waste time waiting for inspiration.”

I think what Newman said applies to those working in any field where creativity is needed -- which is really just about every field. Given your current astrological omens, Capricorn, it’s especially apropos for you now. This is an excellent time to increase your mastery of the kind of discipline that spurs inventive thought and surprising breakthroughs.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

I got an email from an Aquarian reader complaining that the astrologers she consulted in early 2009, including me, were wrong about the year ahead. All of us said it would be a time of expansion and opening for your tribe, a phase of rapid growth and fresh energy. But according to this reader, 2009 turned out to be very different. Every Aquarius she knew had a tough ride. Here’s my response: Expansion and opening did indeed occur, but their initial effects weren’t what you expected. They shattered the old containers of your life in order to make it possible for you to create new, bigger containers that would be more suitable for the person you’re becoming. And this year, 2010, is when you will work in earnest to create those new containers. Now’s a good time to dig in.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)

I wish you could aim tachyon particles through an inverted positronic array while simultaneously modulating synaptical relays through an anti-matter torque-buffer.

This would bend the space-time continuum back to a point before your recent detour began. Then, armed with knowledge of the future, you’d be able to navigate your way more elegantly through the crazy mash of illusions and misunderstandings. But since the high-tech solution I described may not be possible, I suggest that instead you clear your head of theories about why people are doing what they’re doing. Slow yourself down so completely that you can see the majestic flicker of eternity hidden in every moment. Be a flame of love, not a swamp of selfjustification. And send humble notes and witty gifts to anyone whose links with you got tweaked.

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5 ___ Wonderful (juice brand) 8 Low point on a director’s resume 14 “Julie & Julia” director Ephron 15 Bus. alternative to a partnership 16 Klutzy 17 Healthy bread ingredient that produces oil 19 You may want to get in them if they’re good 20 One may check you out with a hammer 22 Singers Anita and Molly 23 Paper that reports on the DJIA 24 Genetic messenger material: abbr.

27 Bon ___ (witticism) 28 Auntie on Broadway 31 WWII craft 33 Composer with a brass instrument named after him 35 Soprano henchman ___ Walnuts 36 Mail-in movie, perhaps 39 Really broad toast 40 Tiny amounts 41 Father of the casa 42 High-end German cars 43 Mil. subordinate 46 “Dexter” channel, for short 47 Abbr. for people lacking parts of names 49 “If You Stub Your ___ the Moon” (Bing Crosby song) 51 He led a band of Merry Men 56 Entreaty to get some cojones 58 Futuristic MTV cartoon turned into a live-action Charlize Theron movie 59 Accuse of a crime in court 60 It’s game 61 Frigid ending?

62 Like some grins 63 Shaker ___, OH 64 Total disaster

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3 1994 Nobel Peace Prize co-winner 4 In a careless way 5 “Yo Gabba Gabba!” character who’s a “magic robot” 6 Spread on the table 7 1450, in Rome 8 Baseball Hall-of-Famer Wade 9 High demand?

10 Thought ___ (considered) 11 Old phonograph brand 12 Real ending for a Brit?

13 Sounds of indifference 18 His, to Henri 21 Come up short 25 Complete, with “down” 26 Took in a snack 28 Stubborn beast 29 “___ Lay Dying” 30 Magazine that debuted with Christa Miller on the cover 32 “No ifs, ands or ___” 33 Slammer 34 “Orpheus in the Underworld” composer Jacques 35 Loyal companions 36 Lexicographer Webster 37 Legendary Cadillac?

38 Sudoku component 39 Does some minor vandalism, briefly 42 Recycling receptacle 43 Singer-songwriter McKay 44 Hearts of Paris 45 Banded gems 48 Like many toothpastes 49 Boatload 50 UK-based confederation that deals with human rights 52 Leave off 53 Inaugural reading 54 Achievement 55 Captains’ books 56 Took the worm 57 Ambient musician Brian

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Lets talk about sex ... ting Literate and loving it I’m always surprised how picture of himself to a girl who was quite obvipeople can take one tech- ously as classy as he was. She shared it with nology and make something all of her friends and then eventually the world. completely new, or strange, Geez Louise, I went out of my way not to see it, or creepy, or oddly useless and I, nevertheless, viewed it three or four times. out of it. I’m sure back in the Wow, standing in front of a full-length mirror day some guy came running with your phone taking a picture of yourself. over the hill to explain that he’d made a wheel. Classy and sexy!

Everyone is slapping him on the back and callIt’s even gotten so bad that middle schoolers ing him a genius, and he feels pretty good about in Canada will now have to take a class on sexhimself. At virtually the same time, some of ting. It’s not a class on how to take a picture of those back-slapping people are already thinking yourself naked in front of a full-length mirror about how else this new discovery can be used, either. It’s a class that talks to the kids about the things like putting it on vehicles or even some- dangers of sending sexy stuff over telephones. thing as simple as making a wheel barrow. You Yeah, that’s a fine idea. Take a room full of kids know, things that could help. At the same time, and tell them something is dangerous and that there’s one guy off to the side thinking, “Oh, you they shouldn’t do it. I get the feeling Canada is know I could tie a string on a really little wheel about to make sexting more popular than ever. and make it go up and down in my hand. Holy crap, I’ll call it a yo-yo.” Yeah, that’s a fine idea. Take a room While these side discoveries can full of kids and tell them something is be sort of fun, they just aren’t especially helpful. dangerous and that they shouldn’t do A pretty good example of this is “sexting.” Sexting refers to sending it. I get the feeling Canada is about to sexual messages and photos on make sexting more popular than ever. cell phones via text message. I was never a big fan of cell phones to begin with, but I suppose that it can’t hurt to start warning kids I have to admit, now that I have one it’s pretty as early as possible, but I’m sure it’s still a long freaking handy. I’m not a huge fan of texting, road to a sext-free society. It’s gotta be tough but I still do it. I suppose that’s an OK invention to teach kids things that a crapload of adults also. You can even check your email on some of still don’t seem to understand. Hell, ask Tiger those cell phones, which is pretty cool. So, great Woods. I’m not sure whether he was sexting invention. I must say though, I have a feeling that or simply communicating with all those other having intercourse is where the idea really went women on his cell phone. I’m sure the specifoff the rails. ics of the situation don’t really matter all that First off, I’d like to say I’ve never actually partic- much when your wife is trying to wrap a golf club ipated in this. I can’t imagine I’d be any good at it, around your face. Either way, it’s just not a good but on the other hand, I could possibly be epic at idea. I can’t think of a single incident when somesuch a thing. My fat little fingers aren’t very quick one said, “Oh yeah, that sexting thing worked out on the cell phone keypad, so it would take quite great for me. In fact, I’m telling everyone what me awhile to even get a rudimentary thought to an awesome idea it is. Seriously, the best thing another person. I could be like Sting and get all I’ve ever done in my life.”

So, like Canada, I think sexting is becoming a tantric on that shit. “Oh yeah, I heard that dude sexted some chick for like ten hours once.” I’m problem. Sure, it’s a problem because it can be sure folks would be less than impressed when embarrassing and dangerous and make kids vulthey discovered I only managed three feeble sen- nerable. From my perspective though, it’s a probtences in those ten hours, and that they weren’t lem, because it doesn’t seem like any damned especially sexy sentences at that. I suppose I fun. I’m sure it’s just a matter of time until there’s should take any sort of publicity I can get. some sort of orifice that can be attached to a The thing about sexting is, like regular sex, it’s cell phone, but until then, it just seems sort of awkward enough with just one other person, but boring. If you want naked pictures of yourself it can get really complicated when you throw all over the Internet, I think it’s better to go the in a few other people or a few other thousand old-fashioned route and just become a porn star. people, or a few other million people. Ask NBA Sure, it’s probably a crappy way to make a living, player Greg Oden about that, as his genitals were but at least you spend your time with an actual all over the Internet last week after he sexted a person instead of a piece of technology.

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