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EDITORâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S NOTE BRAD THORP

I am sad to say that this is my last note as Editor in Chief of buzz. It is one of those days that I always knew existed in reality but seemed so distant that I didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think it would ever really come. But alas, I am sitting down to write my final note. To say that I am feeling a little emotional about the whole thing would be a bit of an understatement, but I think that just speaks to what an incredible ride this has been. This really has been one of the best years that I can remember. I have been able to work for a great company, one that is staffed with some of the most amazing people I have ever met. To name them would take entirely too much space, but they know who they are (shout out to all my WPGU kids, and those who keep the 3rd floor buzzinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;!). The events and memories I have been a part of, both in and out of the workplace, are some of the best that I have. I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think I can thank you all enough. If you have read my notes before, you know that I absolutely love Champaign-Urbana. CU always keeps things exciting. You really couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t ask for a better area to cover when it comes to all forms of entertainment. With that said, I am very honored to have been able to serve the community that has made my time here so enjoyable. CU, thanks for the endless good times. buzz will be going forward under none other than the Speed Racer himself, Dylan Sutcliff. The former music editor, current Pickleman, promises to make you proud. He loves CU almost as much as I do, which I am sure will only increase the longer he works at buzz. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t wait to see what he does with his term! This job has allowed me to meet a ton of great people, be a part of some great events here in the community and, overall, do things I had really only dreamed of doing. This has truly been a journey I will never forget. Thank you all for being a part of my collective memory and inviting me to be a part of yours.

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DEMAND THAT JAMES FRANCO AND DANNY MCBRIDE COME TO U OF I

by Nick Martin I love James Franco. Franco is an actor, a comedian, and an intellectual. My favorite Franco film is Howl (2010), an exploration of Allen Ginsberg life and poetry as well as an artistic representation that affirms the beauty of subjectivity and “art criticism”. Franco is not just an actor: he’s really smart too. He got a degree in creative writing from UCLA by taking 62 credit hours a semester and graduating with a 3.5 — while acting! Now, he’s getting an MFA at NYU and teaching a film course where all his students need to make a documentary about James Franco. It’s called “James Franco on James Franco” — this is not a joke. Franco is attempting crazy screenplay adaptations: Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying (which will be hard; it’s written in stream-ofconsciousness) and Cormac McCarthy’s Blood Meridian (honestly, this might be impossible; the whole point is to imagine the violence). Perhaps most important: he’s unbelievably good-looking. I’d go so far as to say, he’s a better-looking James Dean. I’m straight, but not when it comes to Franco, I’m not. In sum: James Franco is balls-to-the-wall-mother-fucking-awesome. Why am I telling you all of this? Because right now, on the Internet, a war is being waged. Movies.eventful.com is putting on a contest. Whatever college has the most “demands,” gets a world premiere of Your Highness, Franco’s new stoner comedy starring Danny McBride (also awesome), Natalie Portman (super hot/awesome) and Zooey Deschanel (super hot/not awesome in my opinion). That college also gets a visit from McBride and Franco and an “after party.” Read between the lines: You’d have the chance to meet James Franco! So stop reading, go online and demand it. Here’s how: go to www.movies.eventful.com. It will likely be the first thing you see on the page. Give them your email and follow the link in the email they send you. It’s free; it’s easy; go do it. This is not a suggestion: this is a demand. I DEMAND you bring my personal hero to campus. At the time of writing, U of I is in sevent place — and voting ends March 21st. We’re being beat by schools that have a smaller student body than ours. We cannot let this happen! Go online! Right now! Bring James Franco to our school! Will James Franco take his shirt off when he comes? I can’t say. I can, however, hope. buzz

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Fire Station makes name for itself with drinks and pizza

by Barb Davidson During my four years at U of I, I have seen many restaurants come and go. With a revolving door of eateries and bars, what separates the goners from the go-to’s? Simply put, allure. The new pizzeria and bar Fire Station has just that. Located on the corner on John Street between Fifth and Sixth, Fire Station opened its doors to campus in February. It offers a variety of tasty dishes and delectable drinks. The business is a small chain based out of Pekin, Ill., known as Firehouse. The name was changed due to the confusion that would inevitably ensue with Firehaus located right around the corner. As of now, the chain has only just infiltrated the collegiate market, starting at U of I and Illinois State University. “We’re hoping to eventually hit all the Big Ten schools,” said David Fries, general manager. With all these locations popping up, one has to wonder what the draw is to what seems like your ordinary bar and restaurant. Fire Station prides itself on its pizza. When asked what sets them apart, Fries explained that it was all due to its signature pizza sauce. “It’s a special recipe — I don’t even know what is in it!” said Fries.

So far, the most popular item has been the chicken bacon ranch pizza. Fries was kind enough to let me sample some, and, let me tell you, it is certainly worth the hype it receives. Using ranch instead of marinara, the fluffy dough is coated in cheese, chicken and bacon — a simple combination but dynamite on the taste buds. Another popular item is the fire extinguisher: cookies grilled to warm, smothered in vanilla ice cream and whipped cream. “Not a pre-spring break recommendation but so tasty!” said Fries. Some future plans include the opening of its beer garden some time next month when the weather starts to warm and a projection screen for big Illinois games and Mixed Martial Arts fights. “We want to create an atmosphere where we would get a nice clean table, relaxed atmosphere. We want the students to know that this is their bar,” said Fries.

not a light show, oh no, but a grand invention all its own. The most unique feature of Fire Station is its state-of-the-art liquor system. You may be wondering why certain bottles are mounted on the wall behind the bar top. Each bottle is rigged to a dispenser that a bartender uses to pour your drink. Regardless of how long they hold the button, each drink will get exactly 1.5 ounces of liquor. “No watered down drinks here — you get what you pay for,” said Fries. Not only are you getting a quality drink for your cash — it also isn’t that much cash at all. Fries identifies with his college student clientele; he admits to living on Bartender serves a costumer at Fire Station. Photo by Katie Rau the “ramen diet” while in school. However, come evening, the lights are turned “I was so broke in college, so I know what it is down and the real magic happens. Music — like. I would never want to overcharge,” said Fries. danceable but not loud enough to have to yell — Whether you are looking for a laid-back atplays at night in the now open bar, as most tables mosphere or a drink worth your dollar, look no get removed for the later evenings. Sporadic LED further than Fire Station: your pizzeria, bar and lights puncture the dim light of the bar. This is drunk food favorite all rolled into one.

jerk’s here to stay Caribbean Grill, a Taste of Champaign favorite, looks to the future by Monique Lassere

f there’s any business to watch in the CU area, it’s Caribbean Grill. Executive chef and owner Mike Harden entered the Taste of Champaign in June of last year just to try out the idea of running a restaurant. The response to his food over the three days at the festival was so overwhelming that he knew he couldn’t stop there. “From that point forward, it was like, OK, there’s not a Caribbean or jerk chicken-type restaurant here in Champaign, so there’s obviously a gap to be filled. And Caribbean Grill is here to do that,” Harden said. From that came Caribbean Grill catering. Fast forward to October: After some convincing from a friend, Harden entered the MillerCoors Urban Entrepreneurs Series business plan competition and was one of 15 finalists, winning up to $50,000 in grant money. The progress of Harden’s catering company has been swift and the business looks tremendously successful, but this owner insists that he’s all about the food he loves and providing it to those who can love it right back. 4

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A Chicago native and current Champaign resident, Harden comes from a family of “very, very good cooks” and a background of Southern-style comfort food. Caribbean food, as Harden said, is something he was introduced to, but it’s not far off from the food he grew up on. He describes the food he cooks as “Caribbean comfort food.” A few trips to the Caribbean and Toronto (where there’s a strong Caribbean influence) opened his mind to a whole other world and fueled his passion for the cuisine. “Just from being around that environment and seeing how the people just embrace the food, embrace the culture — it was something that just really pulled me in,” he said. “When I had the food, I said, ‘I have to go back and make this. I have to be able to do this.’” And Harden did his research, tasting all the Caribbean food, especially all the jerk chicken, he could get his hands on in Jamaica. You could say that jerk chicken is Caribbean Grill’s specialty, and after tasting it, you’ll probably insist that it is. Jerk is a type of cooking native to Jamaica, in which the meat is either marinated or dry-rubbed with spicy jerk sauce. “You gotta have spice, you gotta have a component of sweet depending on how much you like that, [and] there’s gotta be a little bit of smokiness to it,” said Harden. Caribbean Grill’s jerk chicken recipe is topsecret, but he insists it’s made with a ton of love. Whatever it’s made with, it tastes amazing — the

sweet and smoky chicken is topped off with the very hot and spicy jerk sauce and goes perfectly with island fruit punch, made with fresh fruit juices. The catering menu also offers curry chicken, jerk red snapper, baked macaroni and cheese, rice ‘n’ peas and pineapple rum cake, among others. Harden now focuses on Jamaican food for his catering company, but he claims it’s just a starting point. “What I’m starting with is food that, in the sense of Caribbean food, people are familiar with ... it’s just an introduction,” he said. Caribbean Grill is a Taste of Champaign favorite. buzz file photo What this U of I graduate As his experience at the Taste of Champaign foresees is beyond just a restaurant. He sees it at as CU area fixture, where graduates can come shows, this owner is committed to responding back and revisit old tastes and old times. But to his audience and patrons. That’s why he’s so he also sees it as a cultural filling in of the gap, passionate about the food he cooks. “a place where you can go regardless of where “I just want to share my food. That’s the bottom you’re from in the Caribbean — if you’re Puerto line,” Harden said. Rican, Cuban, Haitian, Jamaican — there’s someAnd if you’re willing to accept it, he is more than thing there that you can relate to and that can willing to share it. For now, contact Caribbean Grill remind you of home and take you back to that at 960-5375 for catering services, but keep your place,” Harden said. eye out — this journey is one to look forward to.

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Co-op story time

Common Ground hosts story time for children and parents

by Keirstin Westfallen

n the third Wednesday of each month, Urbana’s Common Ground Food Co-op hosts a story time for children and their parents. The purpose of the event is to educate children about healthy eating, nutrition and local foods, said Common Ground education coordinator Sarah Hoyle-Katz. “We do a lot of education for adults about nutrition,” she said. “But we had found that we weren’t really educating children as much, and story time was one of the first ways that we tried to do that.” When she selects the stories for each month, Hoyle-Katz said she is looking for a story relating to nutrition topics. She wants to find stories that teach something to those in attendance and keep their attention. “There are so many good books out there [that] it’s always hard to choose which one we’re going to cover each month,” she said. “Content is very important, but we want to make sure [the story] is engaging as well.” For example, last month the kids at story time heard the folktale Stone Soup. Hoyle-Katz said this story features lessons on food preparation and building communities, both of which Common Ground emphasizes in its educational outreach.

The children also eat an organic or locally produced snack during the story time. This gives them a chance to try something new and get a feel for what they might like to eat. “I think I did radish once and the kids were so excited because they’d never had radish,” she said. “That was something I did not expect because, when I was little, radish was really disgusting, but they were excited to try something new.” After the story and snack, the Common Ground staff has a hands-on activity prepared. The activity sometimes involves a coloring sheet and drawing, although Hoyle-Katz said she enjoys creating more interactive ways for the kids to process the story time material. One month, the kids made bean collages. HoyleKatz said one of the more challenging aspects of the story time is preparing the activity to go along with the day’s story, since there is such a diversity of topics covered. “I really try and get the activities to engage the children, make them look back on the story and think about it,” she said. Overall, the program is geared towards creating an exciting place kids can come and learn about nutrition. Hosting story times is one way Common Ground tries to get kids more involved in the co-op.

Storyteller Ellen Wilcox poses with the book What Do Roots Do? by Kathleen V. Kudinski in Common Ground Food Co-op. Photo by Imani Brooks

“Expanding boundaries, learning new things, engaging in curiosity — those are the kinds of things I try to encourage with story time,” she said. “It’s a good resource. The kids have a lot of

fun, and the parents always say that they enjoy it.” This month’s story time will take place on March 16 at the Common Ground Food Co-op, next to Lincoln Square Mall in Urbana.

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hey opened for Cold War Kids in Milwaukee. You can find their music everywhere, from iTunes to Amazon and even Verizon’s website for ringtones. With their first tour starting this month, things are looking good for the members of CU’s The Leadership. While they’ve only been officially together for less than a year, their alternative country/rock sound is hard to tune out, since they’ve opened for bands like Cymbals Eat Guitars and Plants and Animals. buzz talked to singer/guitarist Jon Childers and lead guitarist Jared Michael Park before they left town for their spring tour. » buzz: You leave for tour soon. What are all the plans? Jonathon Childers and Jared Michael Park: On Friday, we’re going out and starting in Michigan at Kalamazoo, through Ohio, down through Tennessee. I’m excited for Tennessee as a whole. One show in Birmingham, and we’re closing the tour up with the Margot [and the Nuclear So and So’s] show at The Canopy Club. » buzz: What new songs are you working on? JC: Right now, we’re working on and have about six ideas, two that we’ve been rehearsing as a band, just jamming around with, but only one of them is done for the tour. We’re going to work in a couple different covers — should be a surprise, some oldies but goodies. » buzz: What are you most looking forward to on tour? JC: I’ve never been on tour in my life. I’d like to see the Country Music Hall of Fame in Tennes-

see. It’s going to be fun as hell. Four of us and then Josh and Sean and Josh’s mini van, a Dodge Caravan — I think it’s going to be awesome. We’re gonna have some cold cuts in the van, gonna be makin’ some sammies on the road. JMP: Oh, and like five seasons of The Simpsons. I’m really excited about Nashville because of Jack White’s record label. » buzz: What will you be doing after the tour? JMP: Take a break. We have a month off, gonna play WoodThe Leadership performs at Penny Road Pub in Barrington, IL in preparation for their upcoming tour on Friday, March 11, 2011. Photo by Sean O’Connor chuck in Charleston in April. I want to finish school on a good note and hit it like hell when I’m done and we can stuff and showing a lot of support. ... They’ve been JMP: I would like to play with New Ruins and again do whatever. super fun, and we’re meeting a lot of new people. with Cymbals Eat Guitars. JC: Takin’ a little break to regroup. We’ll be writing It’s been really cool to meet the other bands we » buzz: How have you guys changed over the last songs, some musical experimentation. play with and sometimes getting to hang out with year? JMP: Staying up really late and makin’ a lot of them. JC: We’ve had six different members ... we’ve noise and making our neighbors crazy. Practicing JC: It was cool to play in Chicago and see people probably had seven or nine, including us. We’re you usually don’t see. getting better organized. at Fox Den Studios in the basement. » buzz: Anyone you’ve played with that has buzz: Anything exciting this summer? JC/JMP: The best thing for this band was making JMP: We’re looking to tour, we’re recording, gon- stuck out? our first record. We figured out our musical relana do some tracking for the next album at Josh’s JMP: Cymbals Eat Guitars were great to play with. tionship, which is really important ‘cause that’s cabin up in Michigan. They’re a lot of fun, played a good set and gave us how things get written. And the newest bassist JC: We’re going to look for some inspiration. and drummer are really fun to play with and are support and continue to give support. » buzz: How are the shows going? JC: We always play with Grandkids, which is al- incredible musicians. ... They’re fun dudes to be around. JMP: Pretty good. People have been liking our ways fun ‘cause they’re cool dudes.

strike like lightning by Jeremy Lin Dave Coresh wants to hang out with you. He wants to get to meet you and see what you think. Dave Coresh wants you to have an opinion. “I want to hang out with everybody, basically,” Coresh said, “I want to talk eye to eye with people, like, ‘what’s up?’” One thing that sets this personable rapper apart is that he also wants a degree. While maintaining an up-and-coming career in music, Coresh is currently a junior here at U of I, studying English with a focus on rhetoric and planning on graduating a semester early. Balancing schoolwork and music has its price, leaving Coresh with little time for anything other than school or music. “I’m up all the time. I don’t sleep,” he said. “If it’s not one thing, it’s the other. Three weekends out of every month, I go back to Chicago ... It’s hard, but it’s what I want to do. And school is something I 6

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Local rapper Dave Coresh talks about his life as a musician and student

feel like I want to do also, so I make the sacrifices necessary for me to do both.” Coresh has just released a new single, “Fire,” which samples the Kings of Leon’s “Sex On Fire.” His emotions shine through with every line that he raps, while the chorus mirrors his intensity. “I really like the response people give me when they hear the music. You set out to make a song a certain way, to sound a certain way, to feel a certain way. And when you actually make that person who’s hearing it feel that way, whichever way that is, it’s a dope feeling. It’s something you keep coming back for,” said Coresh. Coresh’s passion comes through on stage. “When I perform, I rap eye to eye. I never wear shades. I don’t do that,” he said. “I want to be right there. I want you to see me. I want you to see my teeth — they’re messed up. I backflipped off a U-Haul truck.”

On and off stage, Dave Coresh is a down-toearth person — what you see is what you get. He puts this mentality to good use in his upcoming album, The Reach. “We’re still doing last-minute post-production, but most of it is finished,” said Coresh. From moving to the Chicagoland area when he was in seventh grade to starting to rap as a hobby in high school and coming to UIUC to further his education, Coresh’s experiences have helped him learn a lot; his lyrics often reference his history. “I’m not trying to be something I’m not,” Coresh said, “tell you something I don’t know, tell you about something I haven’t experienced. I won’t try to do that, but I’m going to try to show you what I know to the fullest, and that’s what I’ve been doing.” To hear Dave Coresh, check out his website at davecoresh.com

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ERIC MCSPADDEN: HARMONICA GREAT RETURNS Eric McSpadden and Kilborn Alley prep homecoming show by Dylan Sutcliff

I had a friend who had a big collection of blues harmonicas. So I started messing around with it, and I really liked it because it was a lot easier than the trumpet. Then, I went to Kickapoo Creek Rock Festival. Canned Heat was playing, and it was about over after I saw that.” The harmonica adapts well to many different styles of music. In McSpadden’s words, it’s a “very mobile instrument,” and because of this, it is easy for him to sit in on many different kinds of music, such as blues, jazz, rock, folk and country. Kilborn Alley and McSpadden are not strangers to the same stage. McSpadden has played with the award-winning blues band on more than one occasion. “I really like their band,” McSpadden said. “We’re always really happy when they come down to BB’s Blues, Jazz and Soups [a venue in St. Louis] to play. They’re just a great bunch of guys, and they’re all really great musicians. I’m always happy to sit in with them and play.”

Although McSpadden has not visited central Illinois in quite some time, he says that the gig will be unlike any other. “Guys like us, we just get out there and do what we do,” he said. “It doesn’t always come out the same, you know? It’s always a crapshoot for any level of musician to go out and play a gig. We do this for the love of performing and most of all just making other people happy, to bring their spirits up.” Eric McSpadden and Kilborn Alley will be playing at the Celebrity Nites Lounge in Decatur on March 19 and at Memphis on Main here in downtown Champaign on March 20. McSpadden is sure to impress with his warm presence and legendary ability, making this a show that should not be missed.

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For the first time in over 30 years, Decatur native Eric McSpadden is returning to central Illinois to play a show with blues favorite Kilborn Alley on March 19 and 20. For decades, Eric McSpadden has been a major part of the St. Louis blues and jazz scene, performing with his group, Mojo Syndrome, and playing with legends such as Rock and Roll Hall of Fame pianist Johnnie Clyde Johnson. However, in all of this time, McSpadden never returned to his home of Decatur. “Originally, I was born in St. Louis,” McSpadden told buzz. “Then I moved out to Decatur when I was about four, then I moved back [to St. Louis] in 1979. St. Louis just has more of a music scene, and that what’s I like about it.” Although McSpadden started on the trumpet, he eventually made the jump to harmonica in high school in 1959. “I picked up the harmonica when I was 17,” McSpadden said. “I always liked the sound of it, and

MEMPHIS ON MAIN 55 E. Main St., C. WHAT: Eric McSpadden & Kilborn Alley WHEN: Sunday, March 20

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Step into the Birdcage Music, dance and a whole lot of glitter move into Canopy by Brittany Smith

Voulez-vous Brûlée? Thursday, March 17, from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m.

oulez-vous Brûlée? Yes, I want Brûlée! Kick off your spring break at one of the most extravagant and glamorous dance parties of the year on Thursday, March 17, at The Canopy Club from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. While tickets are $7 at the door, you can pre-order them for $5 on The Canopy Club website. However, you must be 18 or older to enter. “Voulez-vous Brûlée?” is a burlesque performance presented by Sonia Warfel or Ginger Brûlée, as part of her master thesis work at the University of Illinois. Another part of her thesis work, and a preview of what’s to come on March 17, was performed Saturday, March 6, at the Krannert Center for Performance Arts. The dimly lit room was covered in the sparkle from a disco ball while audience members took their seats around cocktail tables. At the entrance of the room was a 12-foot white Victorian birdcage, and inside, swinging on a seat, was a tall red-haired woman wearing a white, flowing dress. She turned out to be none other than Ginger Brûlée herself, who was quickly joined by dancers* Bebe, Coco, Fifi, Gigi, Kiki, Lulu, Mimi and Jordan Shevell. “They’re fragile! If you stare too hard, they’ll break,” said Césare Cornichon aka Robert Ramirez, the emcee or master of ceremonies, promising the audience “adventure, excitement, pretty girls ... and boys” and welcoming us to the “pit of perversion.” “To burlesque something is to make a mockery or satire or, literally, to send up. What I’m sending up is the societal expectations of the mother and of the performer,” said Warfel, who is a mother, performer and choreographer. “Having moved here from New York City, I found myself in the rather unusual predicament of being a Midwestern housewife.” Going back to school was an opportunity for her to reconstruct a more authentic identity. In turn, “Voulez-vous Brûlée?” is a chance for everyone to create a new identity for themselves. “It’s an opportunity to create an alternate society where rules are reconfigured and re-imagined and you can really let go,” said Warfel. Part of what makes this event so special is that it begins as a performance and transforms into an experience the audience can take part in. “Actors will come out and get people from the crowd,” said Kim Curtis, the costume designer. Attendees are encouraged to wear costumes to the event. “Drag queens are more than welcome. Use it as an excuse to pile on a bunch of glitter and rhinestones and sparkles and sequins,” said Curtis. “The bigger, the better.” Other words that come to mind in terms of dress, according to Warfel, are “pin up, drag, glamour, fetish, disco, nightclub and dapper,” though she said “anything goes!”

To keep people moving, the performance will feature bump-andgrind beats from DJ Belly and J Phlip. “People will be hearing music they’ve perhaps never heard before,” said Warfel. DJ Belly, also known as Kevin Miller, is a Champaign mainstay and has been in the business since 2006. He is known for his futuristic, rave inducing dubstep and dynamic sets. Over the years, he has worked his way up from small performances in Urbana to nightclubs across the nation, sharing the stage with Skream, EOTO, Wu-Tang Clan and the Roots. International DJ J Phlip will be flying in from Berlin and joining DJ Belly on the beats. J Phlip ,or Jessica Phillipe, discovered house music at the age of 19 when she was studying Systems Engineering at UIUC. According to her website, “Her sets possess a fun, ‘letsnot-forget-this-is-dance-music’ feeling and simultaneously keep you guessing about what might come next. Her collection spans house, tech house, deep house, techno, booty bass and pretty much anything that makes you shake your ass.” “I’m especially interested in having her as a part of it because she’s a woman working in a field dominated by men,” said Warfel. Another woman featured in the performance is a junior in the UIUC Dance department, Kiki. “We’ve been rehearsing since September,” said Kiki. “The show has really taken on a life of its own in those numbers of months. It’s absolutely incredible the way a work manifests from this image to a real, tangible thing. The creative process was a blast!” If creating a new identity, getting outlandishly dressed and dancing into the wee hours of the morning is what you fancy, don’t miss “Voulezvous Brûlée?” As Kiki said, “The most important thing ... be prepared to have some fun!” *Because of privacy restrictions established by the Department of Dance, we are unable to print the actual names of any of the student participants in this event.

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God of Carnage lands at Goodman Theater by Syd Slobodnik throwing things at each other in disgust. Chicago stage veterans Mary Beth Fisher and Keith Kupferer especially are a riot as Veronica and Miichael In addition, David Pasquesi’s (Alan) skilled timing provides just the right accent to every cell phone interruption. Finally, Beth Lacke’s Annette does some graceful clowning while eventually takes no abuse from anyone. On further interest, Roman Polanski is currently directing the film adaptation that is due to be released next year. Jodie Foster and John C. Reilly will be playing Veronica and Michael. Christoph Waltz and Kate Winslet will be Alan and Annette. For ticket information contact the Goodman box office at 312-443-3800 or order online at GoodmanTheatre.org.

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Yasmina Reza’s God of Carnage is the genuinely funny, surprisingly short, Broadway production that won the 2009 Tony Award for best play. This terrific version of God of Carnage, directed by Rick Snyder, is running at the Goodman Theatre, located at 170 N. Dearborn in Chicago Loop Theater District. The show’s run has been recently extended until April 17, 2011. As ads for the present Goodman Theatre production proclaim, it’s certainly a “comedy of manners, without manners.” In fact, it’s a 70-minute, one-act play that is refreshingly contemporary. The play, which is translated by Christopher Hampton, concerns two couples from the wealthy Cobble Hill, a section of Brooklyn, settling a dispute and playground fight between their sons. Veronica and Michael’s son Ben has his face bruised and two teeth knocked out by Alan and Annette’s son, Henry. However, what begins as a civilized discussion between parents in a posh living room turns into angry chaos, almost like Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? lite. While everyone pretends to be cordial and somewhat forgiving at first, the more everyone talks and begins revealing themselves, things go from bad to worse. All hell breaks loose, and deeper racist, class-biased and misogynistic views are spewed across the room in drunken outbursts. Reza’s characters are rich with modern idiosyncrasies: Veronica’s writing books about African cultural disasters, Michael is a domestic hardware salesman and Alan, who is a lawyer for a medical pharmaceutical company, is constantly being interrupted by his cell phone calls. Director Rick Snyder’s ensemble cast is top notch, and the actors are in nearly perfect unison in creating the dialogue-driven chaos that eventually evolves into husband and wives hitting and

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The complex world of Betrayal takes over Station by Clara Bush

ine scenes, covering 10 years, show a seven-year affair. All in one play. This plot is the basis of Betrayal by British playwright Harold Pinter. The show features three actors: Robert, played by Gary Ambler; Emma, played by Carolyn Kodes-Atkinson; and Jerry, played by Lincoln Machula. Robert is Emma’s husband and Jerry’s best friend. However, Jerry and Emma betray Robert by having an affair. “She’s a powerful woman but insecure,” said Kodes-Atkinson of her character. In the play, Emma wants attention from both her husband and her lover and even keeps Jerry as her lover after she tells her husband about her affair. “[Robert] is the most betrayed of the three characters,” said Ambler. “He is a little odd in a kind of menacing way.” In addition to their personal connections, all three characters are involved in the literary field: Robert is a publisher, Jerry is an agent and Emma loves to read. They are educated and articulate people. Despite being educated, Jerry is also “a bit thick,” Machula said. “He’s a bit stupid in some ways or perhaps simply delusional,” he said, describing Jerry as “wanting it all” with his family, lover and best friend.

One of the biggest challenges of Betrayal is that the show is almost entirely told backwards. The opening scene takes place two years after Jerry and Emma’s affair, which is the main focus of the play. “Much of the struggle of the actors is remembering how much you know at that time,” said Ambler. Because the play does not follow a typical story line from beginning to end, the audience will not see a change in the characters by the end of the play. Instead, they will see why events happened and the results of certain actions. “Because it’s scenic, there are huge chunks of time not represented,” said Ambler. Station uses its small, black box theater space for all the scenes so that no changing scenery is necessary. Each scene, such as a pub or a flat, is small, taking place on only parts of the stage. “It’s kind of all over,” said Ambler. “It works very well in there [Station Theatre].” Another challenge to the show is keeping true to the script. Author Harold Pinter is known for his pauses, which have to be filled, said Kodes-Atkinson. “It punches up the language itself,” said Ambler. Many direct phrases repeat themselves with lots of pauses that are supposed to be filled with emotion. “The language is so sparse,” said Kodes-Atkinson. “You have to read into what he’s given you.” Not your typical play, Betrayal will be playing through March 26 at the Station Theatre.

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Even the biggest Saturday Night Live defendant of the 2006-2011 cast has to admit that this season has been particularly bad. Kristen Wiig, once one of the highlights of the cast, shows up in every sketch and plays the same awkward character. Seth Meyers’ “Weekend Update” lacks any personality whatsoever. And the less said about Fred Armisen’s abysmal Obama impression, the better. The one consistent shining light of this cast is Bill Hader, whom you probably know from his supporting roles in Superbad and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. This week, it was announced that Hader has two film projects in the works. And unlike the current Saturday Night Live, these could actually be funny.

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How to spend spring break constructively

by Jessica Bourque

of I sophomore Kimmy Steelman isn’t going to have a “typical” spring break this year. While all of her friends will be binge drinking on the beaches of South Padre and Panama City, Steelman will be panhandling on the streets of Washington D.C. Steelman is one of the students involved in U of I’ s Alternative Spring Break organization (ASB), an entirely student run organization that sends students on community service trips around the country. During an ASB trip, students are sent to small, local organizations where they spend their time volunteering. Depending on the organization, volunteer work can range from cleaning up beaches to working with AIDS patients or, in Steelman’s case, living like a homeless person. While spending the week volunteering may not fit everyone’s idea of a dream vacation, ASB promises to give students something they can’t get from a weeklong trip full of drunken partying: a new perspective. For Steelman, gaining a new perspective is the most exciting prospect of her trip to the National Homelessness Coalition. “We see homeless people on Green Street all the time, but it’s hard to put it into perspective when we all go to college and are getting a fouryear education. I’m going to go to grad school, and these people don’t have anything,” said Steelman. ASB has been a spring break option for Illini since 1989 when a group of passionate students and YMCA program director Maria Somma organized the first trip. “Back then, they only sent like one trip a year as they were getting started, but now we’ve really built the program up, and we send over 30 trips

each year,” said Becky Long, senior in LAS and co-director of ASB. Despite the somewhat misleading title, ASB organizes trips during fall, winter and summer in addition to the spring. Some of the trips are what Long calls “staples,” or trips that are reused every few years, but about half of each year’s trips work with new organizations in new places. “We have board members called site member chairs who are officially in charge of finding new organizations to work with," said Martha Webber, graduate student and ASB co-director. "Say they are planning for winter; in the spring beforehand, the board will meet and ask, ‘What are some issues that we haven’t addressed in trips?’ or, ‘What are some current events we want to go on the ground and learn about?’” While every trip addresses a different issue, each trip is required to have a service and educational aspect. The ASB board designs each trip this way in the hopes that students can be fully educated on the issue and develop a passion for it through hands-on work. "We ask that all of our participants attend weekly meetings before the trip and that they do a pre-break activity in Champaign or Urbana, like volunteering or an educational opportunity related to the issue they’re working on," said Long. "We do that because as much as it is about service around the United States, our ultimate goal is to get people educated and passionate about these issues so that they can bring that back to the Champaign-Urbana community." For those interested in going on an ASB trip, there is an application process and program fee. Students must write a few short essays, around

Students get an exclusive tour of the 800-mile long Arizona Trail on a previous Alternative Spring Break trip in Arizona. Photo by James Kyung

400 words each, showing their interest in the program and their passion for a particular issue. Applicants must also rank their top three trip destinations. There are usually 15 to 16 trip options in the spring with about 15 people on each trip. Because of the high demand for spring trips, there is always a waiting list. However, there were only six people on the waiting list this year. Those that are accepted into the ASB program are guaranteed one of their three ranked trips. The program fee usually falls in the range of $300-$350, which is around the same price you would pay for a standard vacation. If students are

unable to pay the program fee, there is plenty of scholarship money granted through the Maria Somma Scholarship. Long, who will be going on her sixth trip, and Weber, who will be going on her third, don’t want anyone to be intimidated by ASB’s application process or fees. Both say that participating in ASB is one of the best decisions they have ever made. Weber commented, “You really see these social issues come to life, you know why they’re important, and you know that you can make a difference even if it’s in a small way.”

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THURSDAY 17 live music Jazz in the Courtyard Illini Union, U, 12pm Billy Galt and Jeff Kerr AnSun, C, 7pm Andy Moreillon Emerald City Lounge, C, 8pm Village with Withershins and Take Care Mike ‘N Molly’s, C, 10pm

dj Milk and Cookies at Klub Kam’s Kam’s, C, 8pm DJ BJ Dance Night Po’ Boys, U, 8pm Here Come the Regulars Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm Open Deck Night Radio Maria, C, 10pm DJ Luniks Firehaus, C, 10pm, $5 Stitches at The Clark Bar The Clark Bar, C, 10pm DJ Mingram Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm

dance music Swing Dance Illini Union, U, 9pm Voulez-Vous Brûlée? Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $10

karaoke DJ Bange Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 8:30pm RockStarz Karaoke — Presented by Seize A Moment Productions Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm Liquid Courage Karaoke Memphis on Main, C, 9pm Sing with Live Karaoke Band at Boomerang’s Bar and Grill Boomerang’s Bar and Grill, U, 9pm RockStarz Karaoke — Presented by Seize A Moment Productions Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm

movies Global Lens 2011: Belvedere University YMCA, C, 5:30pm

stage RTHS Presents: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee 12

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Rantoul Township High School, Rantoul, 7:30pm, $7-$9 Open Stage at Red Herring Red Herring Coffeehouse, U, 9pm

holidays St. Patrick’s Day Party Bentley’s Pub, C, 5pm

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food & drink Krannert Uncorked Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 5pm Coffee Hour with Cosmopolitan Club University YMCA, C, 7:30pm

FRIDAY 18 live music

Bach’s Lunch: Andrew Weisheit Springer Cultural Center, C, 12pm Lukas Clide Illini Union, U, 12pm ‘Appy Hour Silvercreek, U, 5:30pm, $2-$10 lectures David Howie’s Live JukeScholarship of Sustainbox Show ability Series: A Human Silvercreek, U, 5:30pm Place in Nature Keith Harden Solo Mumford Hall, U, 4pm Acoustic African American The Clark Bar, C, 6pm Women and Feminist The Britles and Happy Activism Hour Show with Ronny University YMCA, C, Lee 7:30pm Memphis on Main, C, 6pm kids & families The Dusty Wallets and Preschool Story Time Sonny Stubble Rantoul Public Library, Red Herring Coffeehouse, Rantoul, 10am U, 7pm Baby Time Samba Soul Douglass Branch Library, C, Cowboy Monkey, C, 10:30am 7:30pm, $5 Creative Movement for Groove Avenue Young People Huber’s West End Store, Amara Yoga & Arts, U, C, 8pm 3:30pm, $72 The Sugar Prophets ARTfusion Bentley’s Pub, C, 9pm, $4 Douglass Branch Library, Leproso C, 4pm Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $6 Stress Busters Champaign Public Library, dj C, 11:30pm DJ Mella D Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm classes & workshops DJ Tommy Williams Personal Finances Course Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 Land of Lincoln Legal AsDJ Delayney sistance Foundation, C, Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 6pm DJ Cal Emmerich Creating a Personal Alter Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Cloth ‘80s Night/DJ Stifler Shared Space: An Artist Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm Co-op , U, 6pm, $25 dance music Latin Dance Parkland College, C, Marchfest Dance Week6:30pm, $55 end Belly Dance 101 Illini Union, U, 7:30pm, $5 Parkland College, C, karaoke 7:30pm, $35 Foundations of Tango RockStarz Karaoke — Phillips Recreation Center, Presented by Seize A U, 8:30pm, $35 Moment Productions Nora Chipaumire: Film Screening, Artist Performance and Gallery Conversation Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 6pm

Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm Karaoke at Po’ Boys Po’ Boys, U, 9pm DJ Bange Karaoke Phoenix, C, 9pm

movies Ladies Night Out Movie Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 7pm

stage RTHS Presents: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Rantoul Township High School, Rantoul, 7:30pm, $7-$9 The Trouble with Cats The Rantoul Theater Group, Rantoul, 8pm, $7-$10

art opening Where You Went: Collection and Memory Art Opening Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 7:30pm

museum exhibit Spring Prairie Skies William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 7pm Secrets of the Sun William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 8pm

Road Song Buvons Wine Bar, U, 8pm Keith Harden Acoustic Huber’s West End Store, C, 8pm Billy Galt and Jeff Kerr Bentley’s Pub, C, 9pm Leroy White Band Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm Altria Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $5 Renegade Memphis on Main, C, 9pm

dj DJ Belly Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm DJ Randall Ellison Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 Goth Night The Clark Bar, C, 10pm DJ Luniks Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 DJ Space Police Boltini Lounge, C, 10pm Let the Bass Kick Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, $5

dance music Marchfest Dance Weekend Illini Union, U, 7:30pm, $5 Salsa Night with DJ Dr. J Radio Maria, C, 10pm

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RockStarz Karaoke — social issues Presented by Seize A Chat n’ Chew: YouthMoment Productions Driven Suicide Prevention Senator’s Bar & Grill, Saand Community Success voy, 9pm Stories among Inuit in RockStarz Karaoke — Nunavut, Canada Presented by Seize A Native American House, Moment Productions U, 12pm Boomerang’s Bar and Grill, U, 9pm

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Tales for Twos Douglass Branch Library, C, 10:30am Woodcock Walk Homer Lake Interpretive Center, Homer, 6:30pm, $2

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SATURDAY 19

RTHS Presents: 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Rantoul Township High School, Rantoul, 7:30pm, $7-$9 The Trouble with Cats The Rantoul Theater Group, Rantoul, 8pm, $7-$10 Don Quixote The Art Theater, C, 12pm, $13.50-$15

live music

museum exhibit

Live Jazz with Panache Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 7pm

Secrets of the Sun William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 8pm

miscellaneous International Coffeehouse Etc. Coffee House, U, 4pm

Solar System Safari William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 7pm

Community Technology in C-U Champaign Public Library, C, 9am

Kilborn Alley Blues Band with Eric McSpadden Memphis on Main, C, 5pm Kathy and Keith Harden Silvercreek, U, 5:30pm Live Irish Music with Emerald Rum Blind Pig Co., The, C, 5:30pm

Sandy’s Bagel Brunch and Games The Hillel Foundation — The Margie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life, C, 11am Spring Menu Tasting Silvercreek, U, 5:30pm, $39.95

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MONDAY 21

Reaching Out To Homeless Women First United Methodist Church of Champaign, C Call 356-9078 for more information

Marchfest Dance Weekend Illini Union, U, 7:30pm, $5

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lectures

kids & families Common Ground Story Time Common Ground Food Coop, U, 10:30am Kids Arts and Crafts Playshop Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 11:15am, $96 ArtsFusion/Music and Motion Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 11:30am, $48 March With the Penguins Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, C, 1pm

mind/body/spirit Healthy Living and What is Nutrition Response Testing Seminar Energy Healing Systems, Inc., C, 10am Call 531-2711 to register

Open Mic Night Phoenix, C, 9pm

One Dollar Wild Mondays Canopy Club, U, 10am Jesse Johnson Illini Union, U, 12pm

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The Trouble with Cats The Rantoul Theater Group, Rantoul, 2pm, $7$10 Don Quixote The Art Theater, C, 12pm, $13.50-$15 Drag Show Chester Street, C, 10pm, $4

DJ Randall Ellison Chester Street, C, 9pm, $2 ‘80s Night with DJ Mingram Highdive, C, 10pm

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game-playing Big Dave’s Trivia Night Cowboy Monkey, C, 7pm Trivia Night The Blind Pig Brewery, C, 7pm Bentley’s Bitchin Bingo Bentley’s Pub, C, 7:30pm

karaoke RockStarz Karaoke — Presented by Seize A Moment Productions Mike ‘N Molly’s, C, 10pm

stage Monday Night Comedy Illini Union, U, 7pm

campus activities

Book Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 2pm

Nutrition Walk In La Casa Cultural Latina, U, 5pm Limited to the first 6 participants

miscellaneous

fundraisers

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Japan House Saturday Afternoon Tour Japan House, U, 1pm

Birthright Spring Fling Fundraiser Jupiter’s, C, 5:30pm

food & drink

Yiddish Dancing and Klezmer Music Illini Union, U, 10:30am, $5 Salsa Dance Lessons: Beginners Capoeira Academy, C, 6pm, $5 Salsa Dance Lessons: Intermediate/Advanced Capoeira Academy, C, 7:30pm, $5

Duplicate Bridge Game Ginger Creek Shops, C, 7pm Bingo Night Memphis on Main, C, 8pm

Sensational Saturday Tasting Sun Singer Wine & Spirits, C, 12pm Greens Sampling Common Ground Food Coop, U, 12pm

SUNDAY 20 live music Live Jazz with Panache Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 7pm Bossa Nuevo Urbana Free Library, U, 2pm

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literary Writers’ Group Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 9:30am

kids & families O Baby! Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am Knittin’ Special Douglass Branch Library, C, 4pm

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March 17 - 23, 2011

DOIN’ IT WELL

by Jo SangEr and Ross Wantland

Why fight the fever? R

ecently, Ross overheard a conversation about a man (not black) who had dated several black women. Someone remarked that his behavior was “weird.” Why is interracial dating “weird”? Why do we often assume that dating people within our own racial group is normal but dating someone outside of our own race is strange? This week, Doin’ It Well takes a look at dating, sex and race. Race is an interesting identity. First off, it’s 100 percent socially constructed. Genetics don’t account for racial variation. Instead, it’s an interesting process of assigning identity based on people’s appearances and characteristics; it’s not even all about skin color! Ethnicity, on the other hand, is more about where our people are from. Some of the issues we discuss for interracial sex can apply for interethnic sex. For folks in interracial sexual relationships, there are three basic issues: a) the couple, b) their communities and c) larger society. Our selves, our subgroups and the world around us each propose to have something to say about who we should date/have sex with and why. Post-race talk

There has been a shift away from talking frankly about race. The assumption is that, because we live in a society where people are treated equally based upon race, then race shouldn’t matter. But in our minds, society — and those of us in it — is just too racist to

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open mic Open Mic Tuesdays Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm

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Looking at interracial sex

pretend we’re not! This isn’t saying we’re all bad people, but the outcomes are clear: folks of color on all kinds of measures (e.g., wealth, health, environment, social discrimination) have it worse than white folks. We need more — not fewer — honest and open conversations about race and racial injustices. Interracial relationships can be lightning rods for prejudiced beliefs. Grandparents will worry about “mixed-up” children. Friends will wonder if that person is “right” for you. In TV shows and movies, interracial relationships are either taboo (a la Jungle Fever) or they aren’t really acknowledged (a la NBC’s Parenthood). For being a “post-race” society, we sure do have a lot of anxieties related to race.

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What’s culture got to do with it?

Fact or fetish?

Everyone — even those who identify as white Americans — has a culture. This includes our norms, values, shared traditions or rituals — really the ways we organize the world around us. Culture isn’t just about race or ethnicity but can also be about other identities, like religious or sexual identity. We bring our own culture into every relationship, including sexual ones. So the ways we carry ourselves, communicate our desires and make the decision to engage in sex comes in part from our culture. Sex across cultures means navigating these different experiences and ways of making meaning. That’s the easy part.

Boltini Lounge, C, 7pm Trivia Tuesdays Memphis on Main, C, 7pm

literary Between the Lines Book Discussion Group Champaign Public Library, C, 7pm

kids & families Spring Break and Intersession Program for Kids Imagine Nation Learning Center, C, 7:30am, $70$150 Tuesday Twos Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am, 10:15am, 10:45am Creative Movement for Young People Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 10am, $72 Fairytale Ballet Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 12:15pm, $72

Walk-in Storytime and Creative Play Class Act, C, 2pm, $2 Wave Club Readers Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 4pm Goodnight Storyshop Champaign Public Library, C, 6:30pm

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community Locals’ Night Po’ Boys, U, 4pm

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For many marginalized communities, however, the message is that quality men/women are a scarce quantity, due to either social issues or people from other races “stealing” them. It even becomes an element of the “down-low” panic, where the fear of a “secretly gay” black man is constantly connected to the lack of “good” black men. So interracial couples might face challenges from even their marginalized communities (who we might assume understand prejudice), perhaps labeling people as “traitors.” It’s easy to look at the community itself as silly for being scared of this dynamic, but it’s a really normal response to other ways of being targeted and stereotyped.

Ross had a white friend in college who dated several Asian-American women. Although he hadn’t actively sought out these women as Asian women, he began to wonder about this phenomenon. He wondered: Was this a fetish? For this man, he began to recognize how — as a shorter, dark-haired man — he attracted and was approached by Asian women more often, perhaps based more on other characteristics than race. Of course, we get information about folks of different races from the media and other sources. This means we pick up on the racist sexual stereotypes. (Porn is quite blunt about what these are.) So it is likely some of the attraction we find

Real Computing Help Douglass Branch Library, C, 6pm

Wednesday 23 live music Kirby Kaiser Illini Union, U, 12pm Happy Hour Jazz Emerald City Lounge, C, 6pm Donnie Heitler — Solo Piano Great Impasta, U, 6pm Live Irish Music Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm Jammin’ Jimmy Bean Live! Boomerang’s Bar and Grill, U, 8pm Caleb Cook Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 9pm

dj DJ Tommy Williams Chester Street, C, 9pm, $2

Country Night Highdive, C, 8pm DJ Randall Ellison Boltini Lounge, C, 9pm Old School Night Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm Wompdown Wednesdays: Chalice Mug Night! Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $1 I Love The ‘90s with DJ Mingram Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm

dance music Salsa and Tango Dancing Cowboy Monkey, C, 8pm

karaoke RockStarz Karaoke — Presented by Seize A Moment Productions Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm RockStarz Karaoke — Presented by Seize A Moment Productions Route 45 Wayside, Pesotum, 8pm

is in the taboo (i.e., we’re told not to) or the stereotypes about sex with someone of that race. If we’re treating someone just like a caricature, then we’re in trouble. This not only promotes racism and racist sexual stereotypes, but it also ultimately limits our relationships with that individual and our community at large. A crucial challenge comes from separating our attraction to an individual and the stereotypes we’ve learned about people like them. Love the one you’re with

We can and should be curious about our attractions; they can tell us a lot about ourselves. Sometimes when we are told that our attractions to folks of a different race are “weird,” it suggests that being attracted to someone of the same race is “normal.” Because race is both a social construction and based on our experiences and feelings, we have to question suggestions that some behaviors are more “normal” than others. “Doin’ It Well” believes the focus should always be on treating our sexual partners as human beings with their own unique qualities, but ultimately deserving the same respect and humanity we’d give ourselves or our loved ones. We owe it to ourselves; we owe it to our lovers. Next week we’ll be back here talking about some exciting topic in the area of sex and relationships. Stay tuned!

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Open Mic Comedy Night Memphis on Main, C, 9pm

Imagine Nation Learning Center, C, 7:30am, $70$150 Let’s Get Ready for Kindergarten! Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am Storyshop at the Branch Douglass Branch Library, C, 10:30am Wrestling Fan Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 4pm

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Senior Free Wii Days Phillips Recreation Center, U, 9am

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES

March 21-April 19

Like Bob Dylan in his 1962 song “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” you’ve done a lot of rough and tumble living lately. You’ve “stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains.” You’ve “stepped in the middle of seven sad forests.” You’ve “been out in front of a dozen dead oceans.” Maybe most wrenching of all, you’ve “seen a highway of diamonds with nobody on it.” The good news is that the hard rain will end soon. In these last days of the downpour, I suggest you trigger a catharsis for yourself. Consider doing something like what Dylan did: “I’ll think it and speak it and breathe it / And reflect it from the mountain so all souls can see it.”

TAURUS

April 20-May 20

Mythologist Michael Meade says that the essential nature of every human soul is gifted, noble, and wounded. I agree. Cynics who exaggerate how messed-up we all are, ignoring our beauty, are just as unrealistic as naive optimists. But because the cynics have a disproportionately potent influence on the zeitgeist, they make it harder for us to evaluate our problems with a wise and balanced perspective. Many of us feel cursed by the apparent incurability of our wounds, while others, rebelling against the curse, underestimate how wounded they are. Mead says: “Those who think they are not wounded in ways that need conscious attention and careful healing are usually the most wounded of all.” Your task in the next few weeks, Taurus, is to make a realistic appraisal of your wounds.

March 17 – 23

SAGITTARIUS

Nov. 22-Dec. 21

CAPRICORN

Dec. 22-Jan. 19

AQUARIUS

Jan. 20-Feb. 18

CANCER

PISCES

June 21-July 22

“In the absence of clearly-defined goals,” said Cancerian writer Robert Heinlein, “we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.” If this description is even a partial match for the life you’re living, now is an excellent time to address the problem. You have far more power than usual to identify and define worthy goals -- both the short-term and long-term variety. If you take advantage of this opportunity, you will find a better use for the energy that’s currently locked up in your enslavement to daily trivia.

VIRGO

Aug. 23-Sept. 22

As I see it, you have one potential enemy in the coming weeks: a manic longing for perfection. It’s OK to feel that longing as a mild ache. But if you allow it to grow into a burning obsession, you will probably undo yourself at every turn. You may even sabotage some of the good work you’ve done. My recommendation, then, is to give yourself the luxury of welcoming partial success, limited results, and useful mistakes. Paradoxically, cultivating that approach will give you the best chance at getting lots of things done. Here’s your motto for the week, courtesy of Theodore Roosevelt: “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”

SCORPIO

Oct. 23-Nov. 21

Normally we think of a garbage dump as a spot where we go to get rid of trash and outworn stuff we no longer need. It emits a stench that wafts a great distance, and it’s a not a place where you wear your finery. But there is a dump in northern Idaho that diverges slightly from that description. It has the usual acres of rubbish, but also features a bonus area that the locals call “The Mall.” This is where people dispose of junk that might not actually be junk. It has no use for them any more, but they recognize that others might find value in it. It was at The Mall where my friend Peter found a perfectly good chainsaw that had a minor glitch he easily fixed.

Feb. 19-March 20

If I had to come up with a title for the next phase of your astrological cycle, it might be “Gathering Up.” The way I see it, you should focus on collecting any resources that are missing from your reserves. You should hone skills that are still too weak to get you where you want to go, and you should attract the committed support of allies who can help you carry out your dreams and schemes. Don’t be shy about assembling the necessities, Pisces. Experiment with being slightly voracious.

LEO

July 23-Aug. 22

As I was mulling over your astrological omens, I came across a short poem that aptly embodies the meaning of this moment for you. It’s by Richard Wright, and goes like this: “Coming from the woods / A bull has a lilac sprig / Dangling from a horn.” Here’s one way to interpret this symbolic scene: Primal power is emerging into a clearing from out of the deep darkness. It is bringing with it a touch of lithe and blithe beauty -- a happy accident.

LIBRA

Sept. 23-Oct. 22

When I was nine years old, one of my favorite jokes went like this: “What’s worse than biting into an apple and finding a worm? Give up? Biting into an apple and finding half a worm.” According to my reading of the astrological omens, Libra, that’s a good piece of information for you to keep in mind right now. If and when a serpent offers you an apple, I hope you will sink your teeth into it with cautious nibbles. I’m not saying you shouldn’t bite, just that you should proceed warily.

I suspect that life may be like that dump for you in the coming week: a wasteland with perks.

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San Francisco band Smash-Up Derby approaches their music-making with a spirit that might be useful for you to emulate in the coming week, Capricorn. Each of their songs is a blend of two famous tunes. Typically, the instrumentalists play a rock song while the singers do a pop hit with a similar chord progression. Imagine hearing the guitars, bass, and drums play Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” while the lead vocalist croons Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance.” The crucial part of their ongoing experiment is that it works. The sound coming from the stage isn’t a confusing assault. You could pull off a challenge like that: combining disparate elements with raucous grace.

Metallica’s frontman James Hetfield brashly bragged to *Revolver* magazine that he was proud his music was used to torture prisoners at the U.S. military’s detention camp in Guantanamo Bay. I urge you to make a more careful and measured assessment of the influences that you personally put out into the world. It’s time to find out how closely your intentions match your actual impact -- and to correct any discrepancies. How are people affected by the vibes you exude and the products you offer and the words you utter and the actions you undertake?

May 21-June 20

by Matt Jones

According to Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, time “is a tiger that devours me, but I am the tiger; it is a fire that consumes me, but I am the fire.” I believe he meant for that statement to be true for all of us. Luckily for you, though, you’ll soon be getting a temporary exemption. For a while, you’ll be more like the tiger than the one the tiger devours; you will have more in common with the fire than with the one consumed by the fire. In other words, Sagittarius, you will have more power than usual to outwit the tyrannies of time. Are you ready to take advantage? You’re primed to claim more slack, more wiggle room, more permission.

Last August I said you’d be tested in ways that would push you to get more ingenious and tenacious about collaborating with people you cared about. Hoping to inspire you, I cited two people I know who have successfully re-imagined and reinvented their marriage for many years. In response, one reader complained. “Yuck!” his email began. “I thought I was getting a horoscope but instead I got a sentimental self-help blurb in the style of Reader’s Digest.” I took his words to heart. As you Aquarians enter a new phase when you could do a lot to build your intimacy skills, I’ll try something more poetic: *Succulent discipline and luminous persistence equals incandescent kismet.*

GEMINI

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AND ANOTHER THING ...

by MICHAEL COULTER

dog days aren’t over Coulter gets mushy over his super cute dog So, I’m happy to announce there’s a new puppy at the Coulter house. Our last dog, Will, died about a year ago and it just seemed like it was time to put an end to all the doglessness in our house. Sure, I still miss the old guy, but a ton of dogs need a home, and since we have one of those, it seemed like a match made in heaven. The new boy’s name is Rocco DiSpirito MacGruber Coulter. We obviously decided to pick one of those ridiculously long names that make no sense whatsoever. No matter what you call him though, I have to say, it’s really nice to have a dog around again.

I initially found him on petfinder.com. Now, I should point out that you shouldn’t go to this site unless you plan on getting a dog as quickly as possible. I now understand how people become animal hoarders — the pets all seemed awesome. I found Rocco’s picture pretty quickly and I had a feeling he was the one for me. He was a boxer mix and appeared to be extremely good at panting. Just to be safe, I picked five other dogs I also thought were pretty great and created a puppy line up, just like they do on Law & Order. I came back to the computer about an hour later and picked him out right away. At that point, I wanted him three days ago. He was living at the Animal Welfare League in Crawfordsville, Indiana. It was a little bit of a drive, but we got the paperwork done and we were cleared for adoption when we went to visit him two days later. But on the way, we had some apprehension that it might not work out. He could be completely insane, we thought, or he could attack us on sight. I’m not sure either of those would have really been a deal breaker, but we pretended they would be at the time. When we walked in and saw him, he didn’t attack, and he was just that awesome puppy kind of insane. We hung out with him for about four minutes and were ready to take him home. It was honestly about three and a half minutes longer than needed.

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We signed a few papers and were on our way home. He was shaking quite a bit, so we assumed he was cold. As any overeager pet owners would do we stopped at a store to buy him a shirt. He didn’t care for it all that much, but I was quite impressed that our dog now had a doggy shirt that said Ozzy Ozbourne on it. It turned out he was just shaking because he was nervous and he outgrew the shirt in about thirty minutes. Other than that, he slept and made the car smell like a flatulence factory. It was 20 degrees outside, and we drove back from Indiana with the windows down. When we got home, he seemed like a polite little stranger for awhile. He sat down on the steps so we could carry him in. He apparently didn’t want to be one of those rude dogs that just rumbles right in. Once inside, though, he immediately began trying to lick non-existent things off the floor. (We could only assume he believed he was hired as some sort of butler.) He eventually bounced and played for our amusement. When he was finished, he shook and quietly excused himself to take a five-hour nap. Most of my people friends don’t behave that well when they come over. Now that he’s settled in, he enjoys many things around the house. He likes playing fetch, going for walks and trying to drag the coffee table into the bathroom. He’s able to fall asleep in almost any position and he’s a very big fan of his stuffed monkey toy. He snores louder than I do and is completely captivated when watching someone brush their teeth. It’s also nice to have two animals in the house that pee when they get excited. “Ooh, someone came to visit.” Cue the dog dribble. “Ooh, baseball season starts in two weeks.” Cue the human pee. Still, it’s nice to have someone to pee in the yard with again. The wife just never took to it. I really have to say, he’s adjusting to the whole lifestyle pretty well so far. He can watch television with a spellbound look on his face for hours at a time. He even brought me a can of beer the other day. Fine, it was an empty can of beer, I didn’t really ask for it, and he actually chewed a hole through the aluminum, but I think after a couple of tweaks he’ll be delivering full cans in no time at all. We’re all pretty used to each other now. Sure, it’s strange to bring something into your house that can magically turn a cup of dog food into four pounds of feces. It’s oddly captivating to have every shoe scattered about the house brought to you and made into a pile while you attempt to do dishes. It’s hilarious to hear his hesitant and unpracticed bark. It’s heartbreaking to have a little guy fall asleep with his head on your arm. Yeah, it’s a lot of work, but it doesn’t seem like it. Having a puppy is without a doubt the wonderful pain in the ass a person can ever experience.