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EDITOR’S NOTE BRAD THORP

Having been at this whole college thing for about four years now, I think its safe to say that I almost have it down. I know which classes I can miss, and which classes I should really be at. I know how to go out, have a good time and manage to be in working order the next day. I’ve passed classes, done reports and about everything else a college experience should be, all of which I am pretty good at. But there is one thing that I just can’t seem to get better at: pulling an all-nighter. I don’t understand. I gear up for it, sleep some of the day, wake up and start the constant stream of coffee into my system and can be charged for most of the night. I’ll be super productive, accomplish most of what I need to get done — and then 4:30 a.m. hits. For some unknown reason, this is when my body starts to shake its head angrily at me and decides that it is going to do everything in its power to make staying up damn near impossible. But I was doing so well! This mysterious hour is the thing standing in the way of me getting through projects and homework on a pretty regular basis. I’ve tried everything from taking a walk, to going for a bike ride, to getting yet another cup of coffee and eating a small snack. Nothing seems to get me back on track though. My roommate, on the other hand, has this down to a science. I don’t know what he does, but this kid will stay up for days and be completely fine! Even when I manage to make it through the night, or at least a good amount into the night, the next day is awful and I am even less productive than I was before. I’ll get confused or really unaware of what is going on, making going to class a pretty useless charade. But I have seen my roommate stay up for close to three days without a significant amount of sleep and he seems to be quite normal. I’m not quite sure how he’s alive sometimes. I need to figure this out, though! Days tend to be too short, and there are, literally, hours at night that I could be working and finishing up work that has piled up. It’s like a second day. I have about a semester and a half to learn the ways of my roommate and most other college students who are well-versed in the art of staying awake all night. I’m going to give this the good ol’ college try one more time.

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This weekend comes a rare opportunity to boogie in ways you would have never thought possible. The Illinois Skydiving Center is having their first ever PAC Boogie for R.A.C.E.S. (Rape Advocacy, Counseling and Education Services). A “boogie” is a word “coined by the skydiving community over the years, for a gathering of jumpers to a specific location for special events, special aircraft, or simply to see old friends from across the nation or even the world,” explains owner and instructor Jef LeRette. All profits from the events will be donated the Champaign-Urbana R.A.C.E.S. R.A.C.E.S provides advocacy, both legal and medical, and counseling for survivors of child and adult sexual assault and abuse, as well as professional training, prevention education, information and referral services to school and community groups . The PAC 750XL, LeRette said, is an aircraft designed for skydiving activities,” and is a guest for the weekend. Other activities at the boogie include helicopter jumps and rides, an obstacle course, bake sale, pig roast, bonfire, live music and electronic music by the Milwaukee Noize Collective on Saturday. For those who want to go up in the air, tandem skydives are $199, and plane rides to watch everyone else jump out are only $35. The Boogie will be going on Friday, Oct. 15 through Sunday, Oct. 17 at the Illinois Skydiving Center in Flatville, only 20 miles from campus!

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» Upstairs: I have been so exhausted lately that the idea of walking up to a third floor class is enough to make me not want to go. Even thinking things like this to myself makes me feel like a Cathy cartoon. » Downstairs: My bedroom is on the first floor of my house, which is also the same floor as the kitchen. Therefore, my bed has become my kitchen table. I know, right? Gross. » Inside: My classrooms are the wrong temperature. No matter what, they are just all wrong. I feel like everywhere I go there are a bunch of smelly college kids working very hard in very confined spaces. Not so good. Inside sucks. » Outside: The past few weeks, any time I have been outside I have been dressed completely inappropriate for the weather. Also, I have usually kept my outdoors time reserved for when I am running late for something in a fit of panic. There are a bunch of smelly college kids in my way all the time. And yesterday I stepped in gum. Outside blows.

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by Amy Harwath Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s that time again for apple- and cinnamon-inspired treats. When the leaves are changing and the air becomes fresh and crisp, who can resist an apple doughnut? Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s sugary. It tastes like apples, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fried, which makes it a perfect indulgence to get into the autumn mood. Curtis Orchard, located at 3902 S. Duncan Road in Champaign, is the most well-known stop for these holey cakes. Curtis Orchard has apple picking, a pumpkin patch and an on-site bakery, where their cinnamon-sugar and glazed apple doughnuts are made daily. Joyce Curtis, one of the founders of Curtis Orchard, said the apple doughnuts are made with a special recipe that includes bits of dried apple in the batter. Alia Khan, sophomore in chemical engineering, said she looks forward to apple doughnuts each fall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Apple doughnuts are kind of a tradition in our family,â&#x20AC;? said Khan. Khan and her family usually go to Michigan to pick apples, and the doughnuts have become a seasonal treat to look forward to. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the only fruit picking we ever do,â&#x20AC;? she said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And they taste like fall!â&#x20AC;? If you canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make it to Curtis, or just want more as soon as you get home, try your own homemade version. The moist and cakey consistency of these autumn confections makes them perfect for freezing, to be reheated in the microwave and enjoyed on a cold day.

Apple Cider Doughnut Recipe (adapted from pumpkinpatchesandmore.org) Yields 18 doughnuts and doughnut holes For the doughnuts: Âť 1 cup apple cider Âť 1 cup granulated sugar Âť 3 1/2 cups flour, plus additional for the work surface Âť 2 teaspoons baking powder Âť 1 teaspoon baking soda Âť 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon Âť 1/2 teaspoon salt Âť 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg Âť 4 tablespoons butter (at room temperature) Âť 2 eggs Âť 1/2 cup buttermilk (low-fat or nonfat works ďŹ ne) Âť Vegetable oil for frying Granulated sugar coating: Âť 1 cup granulated sugar Âť 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon First, boil the apple cider in a saucepan and allow it to reduce to 1/4 cup (20 to 30 minutes). Allow to cool. Beat the butter and sugar together. Then add the eggs one by one. Add buttermilk and reduced cider. Stir together the ďŹ&#x201A;our, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt and nutmeg

Trays of fresh apple doughnuts at the Curtis Orchard in Champaign on Sept. 9, 2010. Photo by Jaci Wandell

in another bowl. Add dry ingredients to liquid ingredients; mix just to combine. Transfer the dough to lightly ďŹ&#x201A;oured parchment or wax paper and sprinkle with ďŹ&#x201A;our on each side. Roll the dough out to a thickness of 1/2 inch. If dough is still sticky, sprinkle with more ďŹ&#x201A;our. Put the dough into the freezer until it is slightly hardened, for about 20 minutes. Remove from freezer. Cut the dough into doughnut shapes, or use a 3-inch doughnut cutter. Refrigerate doughnuts and doughnut

holes for 20 to 30 minutes. Fill a frying pan with oil or shortening and heat to 350 F. Fry several doughnuts at a time, turning once or twice, until golden brown and cooked through, about 1 minute per side. Watch them constantly, or they might burn. Remove doughnuts and place on paper towels to drain excess oil. While still warm, place doughnuts in a paper bag containing the cinnamon sugar mixture and shake to coat them. Cool on a rack, and enjoy!

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fall beer is here buzz food and drink writers samples different fall beers by Elizabeth Carroll, Barb Davidson and Jeanine Russell

ctober means the real beginning of my favorite season: fall. It would take more space than buzz has given us to talk about all of the reasons fall is great, despite the appearance of school. When else can you watch Julius Peppers work his magic on the football field (though not always with the greatest support)? Every year I look forward to picking out and carving pumpkins and spending weeks considering different Halloween costumes (at the moment the front runner is a lawn gnome, but I’m open to other ideas). My favorite part of fall, though, is my favorite part of every season: the seasonal beer. This season is all about apple, nutmeg, cinnamon and pumpkin flavors. While to me they don’t generally sound like a good combination with beer, I was willing to give it a try and found that at least in some cases, the combination really works. I, along with a couple other buzz writers/ beer lovers, found some beer everyone has seen around as well as some types that probably most people haven’t heard of, and put them to our test. As a result, I have some new favorite — and least favorite — beers to get me through all of this season. Blue Moon’s Harvest Moon:

We had high hopes for this beer since Blue Moon is so exceptional but were a little disappointed that there wasn’t much of that “fall” flavor to be found. It had the smell of a fall beer, and it tasted like a delicious amber beer. It just was not the marriage of pumpkin and Blue Moon we had anticipated. Still, it’s a solid choice for those looking for a sweeter amber style beer.

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Arcadia Ales Jaw Jacker:

This beer smelled like a pumpkin candle. It was incredibly loaded with nutmeg. It was sweet and flavorful, as if apple crisp and beer had merged. It was not a beer we particularly minded or wanted to drink more of — it fell somewhere in the middle. The nutmeg at the beginning leads you to believe it will be sweet, but it has a bitter finish. Buffalo Bill’s Pumpkin Ale:

Beth and Jeanine were especially excited about this one because of Buffalo Bill’s Orange Blossom, which is an exceptionally good summer beer. This pumpkin ale lived up to the Orange Blossom’s standard. It was the favorite of all three of us and had the best and most smooth pumpkin flavor with great beer taste as well. It leaves a nice spice flavor in your mouth but is not overdone like the Arcadia.

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exactly what you would expect out of a cinnamon roll beer except awesome. It left a cinnamon taste in our mouths for a long time, but it was still great.

In addition to the beers, we sampled a few ciders to round out our evening:

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Woodchuck Pumpkin:

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Leinenkugel’s Oktoberfest:

Southern Tier Harvest Ale:

Just an amber beer without much pumpkin or spice. There wasn’t much to say about this pretty boring beer.

This ale was crisp tasting, although very bitter. It remained light, though, and reminded Barb of Rogue Dead Guy. It did not have much of a fall or harvest flavor until the end, and it was drowned out by the bitterness. Shipyard Pumpkin Head Ale:

This beer was by far the most surprising because it was incredibly cinnamony. What the Arcadia was to nutmeg, this beer was to cinnamon. The Shipyard was a light beer with tons of flavor and quite good. It was

The pumpkin flavor was prominent at the end. This was super light, and we likened it to Andre Champagne with a pumpkin finish. The cider had a light, soda-like texture. It has a crisp flavor and was overall pretty enjoyable.

Boring! Sam Adam’s Octoberfest:

We were curious to try this one because it is everywhere. We were used to seeing it and wanted to try it and were very disappointed. It was very bitter and unremarkable. We realize this might be a bias towards Sam Adams beers overall, but we definitely weren’t impressed by it. Least favorite!

Hornsby’s Hard Cider Crisp Apple:

This cider was just like drinking very delicious bubbly apple juice. It had a lot of apple flavor, not spiced or really “fall”-esque outside the apple flavor. Dangerously good though, and easy to drink. The texture was a little nicer than the Woodchuck, and the apple flavor was more rich and developed.

Common Ground Food Co-op holds free vegetarian food fair

by Jordan Ramos Vegetarianism is a way of life, and a healthy one at that. To help spread the word in CU about the benefits of eating a vegetarian diet, attend the free International Vegetarian Food Fair held at the Lincoln Square Mall from 1 to 4 p.m. on Oct. 17. The Vegetarian Food Fair has been hosted by the Seventh–day Adventist Church for many years now, but this is the first year that Common Ground Food Co-op, located in the Lincoln Square Village, is a sponsor. “The church approached us this year and said since they were moving this long-running, successful event to Lincoln Square for the first time in 2010 from their previous campus location, they felt Common Ground would be a great fit for co-sponsoring the event. We agreed!” said Jacqueline Hannah, the general manager of Common Ground. The International Vegetarian Food Fair is a nonprofit event run by volunteers; it is essentially for the community, by the community. The main goal

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of the church and Common Ground is to support those who choose to eat a vegetarian diet, and to let people know that a vegetarian diet is good for their bodies and for the Earth. “Every year there is an increase in the number of people diagnosed with type II diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and associated diseases. It is the purpose and vision of the Food Fair to promote

wellness within our community through health education, diet awareness and positive lifestyle choices,” said Ursula Carmona, the coordinator of the International Vegetarian Food Fair. Lately, more and more medical experts have expressed that it would be wise for people to have more meatless meals to promote their own health. The Food Fair will show how delicious non-meat

meals can actually be, and by sharing a broad range of new foods and recipes, the church and Common Ground hope that people will be aware of what they are eating and try to incorporate more vegetarian meals into their diet. At the Food Fair, a free event, there will be activities for the whole family to enjoy: cooking demonstrations that take place every hour, a kid’s corner which offers arts and crafts and healthy snacks, blood pressure monitoring from 2 to 3 p.m., free massages, a free recipe book just for showing up — not to mention all the vegetarian samples. “I love this event because it’s not preachy; it’s just an opportunity to celebrate and enjoy meat-free food that is welcoming to everyone, vegetarian or not,” said Hannah. There will be plenty of materials and resources available on health. Even if it is just for the free food, check out the International Vegetarian Food Fair. buzz

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SOUL AT ASSEMBLY Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears at Assembly Hall by Adam Barnett

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If Passion Pit isn’t enough of a reason to drop by Assembly Hall on Oct. 20, then maybe the soulful stylings of Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybears will tickle those microscopic ear hairs of yours just the right way to get you to purchase some tickets. Straight out of Austin, Texas, the “Live Music Capital of the World,” Black Joe Lewis draws a heavy inﬂuence from James Brown and spins it to produce an intriguingly refreshing blues-rock combination that anyone can boogie down to. Black Joe ﬁrst picked up a guitar while working at a pawnshop and quickly began writing and performing his own music at coffee houses and open mics. Over the past couple of years, he and his “Honeybears” built up an incredible repertoire culminating into major tours with some heavy hitters of the indie-rock world such as Okkervil River, Spoon and now Passion Pit. They have also performed at Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, SXSW and CMJ Music Festival. The band performed such a solid set that it attracted the attention of Spoon drummer and producer, Jim Eno, who produced the Black Joe Lewis and the Honeybear’s full-length album, Tell

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‘Em What Your Name Is!, in 2009. Live, The Honeybears successfully avoid merely recreating their recordings. Lewis’s dirty, gritty vocals — fueled by a gold-quality brass section, dirty guitars, funkadelic bass, a rockin’ keyboard and high-energy drumming — move their audience to dance and scream like they never have before. This band is beginning to recreate the jams and vitality The Funk Brothers brought to the table in the mid 20th century blues and soul explosion. Purchase tickets at the Assembly Hall box ofﬁce, or online at Ticketmaster.com to be a part of this madness and to have the best Oct. 20 of your life.

MONEY TALKS ScoreMore ILL brings rapper Curren$y to The Highdive by Krithika Rajaraman Rapper Curren$y will be taking the stage of the Highdive Oct. 14, in downtown Champaign, with a loaded line-up to precede him. The studentbased company ScoreMore ILL presenting him also brought in Big Sean last week for a cozy audience of devout fans. Growing artists Big K.R.I.T. and Smoke DZA will join Curren$y, along with a handful of local and aspiring artists. Curren$y’s name remains somewhat hidden despite his long history in the rap game. Emerging as an artist in his teenage years, Curren$y has ﬂown through record labels and projects ever since. While working with Amalgam Digital, he released two albums, This Ain’t No Mixtape and Jet Files, which earned him notoriety. Curren$y has been extremely successful, not only as a solo artist, but in his collaborations as well. Curren$y fans can attest to the sheer genius created in his collaboration with Wiz Khalifa in their How Fly mixtape, released in 2009. Tracks like “Car Service” and “Planes” quickly became fan favorites. Curren$y’s repertoire is stacked with his arguably less mainstream sound that rap and hip-hop connoisseurs really value. His last album “Pilot Talk,” which was released in July, featured appearances by Mos Def, Snoop Dog, Mickey Rocks and Jay Electronica. The tracks “Roasted” and “King Kong”

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received much praise upon their early digital download release prior to the release of the album. “Pilot Talk 2” is slated to be released in November with featured artists Erykah Badu, Raekwon of the WuTang Clan, Ski Beatz and Camp Lo. ScoreMore ILL has extended their efforts to make sure the night will be adorned with key players to the coming days of hip-hop. Regular and VIP tickets can be purchased at www.ScoreMoreILL.com. For more information on the event, search for the Smoker’s Club Tour event on Facebook.

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INDIE STARS HIT ASSEMBLY HALL An interview with Passion Pit’s Ian Hultquist by Matt Golden

n Oct. 20, Assembly Hall will be visited by electronic-pop stars Passion Pit. The band brings a plethora of electronic feel-good musicianship accompanied by melodic vocals and an exhilarating stage presence. Assembly Hall will have its hands full trying to contain the band’s pit of passion as they continue to improve with each show. In an interview with Chicago native Ian Hultquist, the keyboardist and guitarist, expressed his anticipation for the show. “Chicago has always been really good to us ... Playing at Lollapalooza [in 2009] was deﬁnitely one of our deﬁning points,” he said. “Even though we played on one of the side stages, there was a massive turnout and the crowd was really into it.” (I can tell you it was nothing less than spectacular as I crowd surfed along to one of my favorite songs, “Little Secrets.”) Currently Passion Pit is touring off of their latest album Manners, as well as their Chunk of Change EP, both of which have gained incredible recognition and popularity with a large variety of fans. It’s hard to deny the positive message and uplifting feel of their songs many have grown to love. Passion Pit encompasses all sorts of emotions into their music: from the highest of highs to powerful songs of love and pain. “The best feeling you get is when you see the crowd smiling and high-fiving each other,” Hultquist said. “The reason the band started is to bring joy to people.” Passion Pit has been doing just that as they wrap up their most recent world tour and jump right into their North American tour, spreading the

general theme of eco-awareness. Current plans for Passion Pit include more touring and working on their newest album, beginning sometime next year. The band members want to pace themselves in order to continue producing music of the same high-caliber with an evolved style that many will be eager to hear. However, this does not mean they haven’t kept busy, tweaking and improving their current songs. Passion Pit has come out with a new version of one of their most popular songs, “Live to Tell the Tale” that Hultquist describes as “stripped down and bare bones. It’s one of our best live songs and everyone plays it really well.” It’s hard to tell what the future holds for Passion Pit, but at the rate they’re going there’s no end in sight. With booked tours nationwide and an ever-growing fan base, Passion Pit’s quest to inspire and rejoice through the art of music will continue to bring

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joy for years to come. The show at the University of Illinois will be much anticipated and is sure to be one of the most memorable performances of the year.

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fter watching the movie trailer, I could already predict the entire plot of Greg Berlantiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Life as We Know It point by point. By the end of if it, not once was I proven wrong. Life as We Know It follows Holly Berenson (Katherine Heigl), a thirty-something working girl who runs her own successful bakery but "5:: alas, as with every romantic comedy, is unsuc4(523$!9 cessful in /#4/"%2 her personal life. After being set up on a disastrous blind date with Messer (Josh CORP NOTE KEEP THIS SAME SIZE ALWAYS Duhamel), a womanizing jerk complete with a six-pack and a motorcycle, they swear to never 8 see each other again. But of course, they are TH PAGE brought back together by the death of their mutual friends, and are forced to take care of the orphaned child. Anyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s seen a romantic comedy has been conditioned for these types of movies: wade through the bad writing and the slow pacing so we can finally get to that happy ending. Thankfully, Heigl makes that ride more enjoyable. Sure, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s made some questionable career choices in the past, like that sad failure of a movie with Ashton Kutcher, but her charm and likability are always consistent, and this film is no exception. Heigl is as warm and witty as ever and has great comedic timing, especially next

to Duhamelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s flat performance. The rest of the movie, however, is problematic. The writing relies too much on stereotypes â&#x20AC;&#x201D; look thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a gay couple! A fat athlete! A Paula Dean look-alike, how hilarious! No. Every frame tries to squeeze Duhamel in as little clothing as possible to distract the audience from his one-note facial expressions, while the writers and stylists insist that Heigl is the least attractive woman in Atlanta with the least flattering haircuts and oversized sweaters. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s chemistry between the two leads, but the writing never gives them enough opportunity for a believable romance. Not until the last third of the movie do the writers stop Holly and Messer from trying to kill one another and give us that romantic possibility, but itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all too little and too late by then. Life as We Know It is trying to say something about the concept of a modern family, but its execution keeps it from saying much at all. The premise is too dark while the rest of the plot is too light for any of this to be engaging or compelling. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the usual rom-com produced by the Hollywood machine and should only be recommended for the die hards who want to ride the Heigl star-vehicle, or Duhamelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s abs.

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Darren Aronofsky directing Wolverine 2

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re like me, you read The A.V. Club religiously. But if you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t, let me bring you up to speed: Darren Aronofsky (Requiem for a Dream, The Wrestler) is in talks to direct the second Wolverine movie. After he was passed over for the next Superman movie in favor of Zach

â&#x20AC;&#x153;slow motion, bad dialogue and awkward sex scenesâ&#x20AC;? Snyder, he moved on to another comic property. Supposedly, this is a move that will grant Aronofsky some clout to pick the projects he wants after this Wolverine movie is a box office smash.

As far as the Coen Brothersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; comedies go, this one is not exactly the cream of the crop. That said, it is still a lot better then most Hollywood comedies. Nicolas Cage stars as H.I. McDunnough, a small time thief who ends up marrying a cop. When they realize that they are unable to conceive, the duo decides to steal a baby from a family that has four children already. After that, hijinks ensue with bounty hunters hot on their trail. John Goodman once again saves one of his best performances for a Coen Brothers movie.

Three Men and a Baby (1987):

You know whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s weird? I bet after this movie came out, people thought that Ted Danson, Tom Selleck and Steve Guttenberg were the next big things in Hollywood. To give them credit, this is a pretty funny movie and their rapport seems authentic. The movie is about three swinging bachelors, whose life is suddenly shattered when a baby shows up at their doorstep. It belongs to Ted Danson, but heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s in Turkey, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s up to Selleck and Guttenberg to save the day. Strangest fact about this movie? It was directed by Leonard Nimoy.

Babies (2010):

I am terrified of babies. Th e m e re thought of having a child frightens the dickens out of me. I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t take care of an infant. I barely take care of myself, and some would argue that I canâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even do that. So Babies was more of a horror movie for me. But itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s actually a fairly fascinating piece of work. It shows babies being raised all over the world, and the different child rearing techniques on display gives the movie a somewhat educational stature. It gets repetitive after a while, but Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m sure raising a baby does too.

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Doug West and Jaclyn Holtzman perform at the Studio Theater in Urbana, on October 6th, 2010. Photo by Justin Maatubang

Holtzman explained that this creates “a balance that must be reached between acknowledging the absurdity and not getting tangled up in it to the point where it controls you.” In the midst of all this absurdity, it seems natural to think that something might be lost. Lowry warns against this mind set. “The circumstances of the play will be very familiar to most of our audience members ... and despite their absurd situations, everyone is likely to relate to the characters in some way,” he said. Holtzman too warns against adopting a viewpoint that would marginalize meaning of the plays. She hopes that viewers will go into the theater without expecting to understand everything or have all of their questions answered. Just like in life, Holtzman said, “It is important to live with the characters instead of searching for an answer or a moral.”

The Bald Soprano and The Lesson will run at the Krannert Center until Oct. 17. See the Krannert Center website at www.krannertcenter.com or call the ticket office at 333-6280 for more information.

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magine one day you wake up in a world where not only is everyone changing into rhinoceroses, but it is also fashionable to do so. Or, maybe instead, you find yourself witnessing an old couple reminiscing to a group of chairs, filled with imaginary people they believe are waiting for a late arriving Orator who is set to reveal the secrets of life. As absurd as these situations sound, in the plays of Eugene Ionesco, they constitute everyday situations. Tom Mitchell, a professor in the theater department and director of the department’s productions of Ionesco’s The Bald Soprano and The Lesson, understands this mind set perfectly. Ionesco’s unique brand of absurdism stems at least partially from, according to Mitchell, “being bored with the conventional theater of the 1940s and ‘50s.” Mitchell also attributes Ionesco’s mind set to his time spent in World War II, noting that “regular, middle-class conversations and preoccupations must have seemed pretty banal and silly” after such an ordeal. These factors combine to create an aesthetic that capitalizes on a playful, ironic awareness of language in the outlandish situations Ionesco examines. Both The Lesson and The Bald Soprano adapt this aesthetic to unique situations. In the case of The Bald Soprano, a number of ridiculous consequences emerge from a dinner party thrown by the prim and proper Smith family. Jeremiah Lowry, a senior acting major who plays Mr. Smith in the production, said his favorite scene is when his character talks with Mrs. Smith about their friend Bobby Watson and all of his family members, who are also named Bobby Watson. According to Lowry, this leads to Mrs. and Mr. Smith attempting to one-up each other, creating a incredibly funny dialogue. Ionesco’s style comes with its difficulties. Specifically, the disconnected dialogue in the work can make it hard to comprehend; a character’s response may be completely unrelated to what the other character said. Although this type of dialogue can be daunting for a first-time viewer of Ionesco’s work, Lowry said it “brings a feel of structured improvisation” to the production. While The Bald Soprano examines a dinner party gone insane, The Lesson provides an insightful look into the relationship between teacher and pupil. Jaclyn Holtzman, a senior acting major performing in The Lesson, explained the contingent nature of the plot, saying “no one part of this play can really stand alone and create its own moment without the support of the other moments.” For Holtzman, acting in an Ionesco play also provides some difficulties. “The main difficulty stems from [making] this absurd world a reality for the characters,” she said.

Krannert Center, Studio Theatre 500 S. goodwin Ave, u. TICKETS: $15, $14 for Students, $14 for Senior Citizens, $9 UI Students and Kids (Get two tickets for the price of one Thursday)

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by Joseph Lewis Black figures resembling humans or birds move from scenic backdrops to surreal patterns. Black textured swirls resembling thoughts or ideas fill a circle while incomplete ideas remain outside, waiting to be developed. These images, all on top of warm pastels, are what make up the artwork of Kim Kissinger Marino. In Marino’s first art exhibit since the 1980s, she showcases her newest paintings at the Wind Water & Light art gallery in the Lincoln Square Mall. With artwork that has been in her sketchbooks for over 20 years and has been cultivated to be a minimalistic and spiritual expression, Marino sat down with buzz to talk about her latest exhibition. » buzz: How long did it take you to make all the artwork for the show? Kim Kissinger Marino: I’ve been a little painting machine. I did all the work in about nine weeks. I’ve been painting pretty much full time. » buzz: When did you decide you want to be an artist? KKM: I had a previous career in my younger days. I guess it was 1981 when I decided to go back to school and study art. I was trained in watercolor. » buzz: How often do you paint? KKM: I have been an artist all along. It’s just a matter of how much time I could devote to it. » buzz: What is your favorite medium? KKM: I like the oil. I like the — for the lack of a better word — buttery consistency to the oil. It’s an essential medium. It’s different than watercolor, which is what I worked with before. ... I was a fiber artist; that’s actually what I studied in graduate school. I did fiber art with air brush

and various other mediums, but now oil is what I prefer. » buzz: What’s the normal process for making a painting? KKM: This particular work, I sometimes will do a sketch, but not on all of them. Very spontaneous. I begin with a raised texture on the canvas first using craft glue. I just draw with that. It’s really an intuitive type of drawing and on some of them I do a preliminary drawing, parArtist Kim Kissinger Marino describes artwork at Wind Water & Light Gallery. Photo by Imani Brooks ticularly if it’s straight lines or if I do a maneuver. But, mostly it’s a very spontaneous drawing with language aspect of it. The thing is, I want to communicate in craft glue. I let that dry, then I come in and start lying in the oil. the most minimal way, visually. » buzz: How many projects do you have going at once? » buzz: Do you have any tips for aspiring artists? KKM: I have two, maybe three, going at one time in different stages, KKM: I guess my best tip would be keep working, regardless of so I can keep working. schedule or any other barriers that come up. I think also, for me, » buzz: What inspires your art? when I originally did this work, it didn’t really communicate at the KKM: I’m most interested in minimalism, really focusing on time, so I was discouraged by it back in the ‘80s, and I abandoned minimalism and the line. There is a communication that comes it. But I always knew it was my real, true work in my heart. This is across that would be a lot different if you have a lot of bells and what made the most sense to me. So, I guess the tip would be to do whistles and the things that go with it. But I’m interested in a sort what really makes this you and not be influenced by others likes and of spiritual communication in some of the works. I’m interested dislikes. I think that is hard to do, particularly if you are a student or in the pattern making. Someone said my work is somewhat something like that. You go to a critique and get a lot of input, but hieroglyphic in nature, and I guess that goes along with the I think deep down you know what’s right.

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CU AT THE CARNIVALE

OCTOBER 14 - 20, 2010

Vaudeville troupe takes the stage at Canopy

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or Carnivale Debauche co-founders Nicole Powers and Matthew Fear, the question wasn’t whether CU needed a show like this — it was why were they the first to think of it. “There’s a revival of the entire [burlesque] scene, and it’s become huge,” said Powers. “People love to come see this stuff. It’s an entirely different kind of performance; there’s a sex appeal about it, and there’s a fun energy that you just can’t take at all seriously, but it’s such an amazing, elaborate performance that you have to.” A burlesque/vaudeville troupe that aims to fill a void in an otherwise thriving CU theater scene, Carnivale Debauche’s goal will progress a step further when Fear and company take the Canopy Club stage Saturday, Oct. 16, for their biggest and most intricate performance to date. However, this is not the first time the Canopy Club has been a part of Carnivale Debauche’s history. In addition to hosting the group’s first show in June, Canopy showcased the company that in November 2008 inspired Powers and Fear to birth Carnivale in March of this year. “We went to the Canopy Club and saw the Yard Dog Road Show for my birthday, and it was just perfect. It was seamless; it was original music; it was burlesque meets vaudeville meets rock band,” said Fear. “We both looked at each other, and I could tell we were thinking the same thing: this is what we want to be when we grow up. They were the fire truck to our five-year-old kid.” More than any before it, this show is the realization of the dream of that night, since it also features a collaborative number with opening act Davina and the Vagabonds, who played in the area the night of the performance that spawned Carnivale Debauche. Even

though booking the band required Powers and Fear to postpone the show by two weeks, Fear said the opportunity to perform with an internationally renowned and touring blues outﬁt will prove worth the wait. At the same time, the solo portion of Carnivale’s act will be, in addition to its most ambitious, its most focused yet. According to Powers and Fear, experience has taught them that brevity is best, and they’ve tapered their focus accordingly. “We’ve narrowed down this area where we all like this gypsy, carnivale, tramps and thieves vibe. That’s slowly where we’re moving, and this show is certainly a showcase of that if any of our shows have been,” said Powers. Powers and Fear said they hope to see Carnivale continue to grow exponentially in the coming months, including performing in a variety of locations outside CU as early as the beginning of next year, and that their meteoric rise in popularity should enable them to do even more impressive shows in the near future.

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“Each show allows us to not only pay our performers that are involved but also to put money toward the troupe for costumes, for props, for materials for the girls and for promotional stuff, so each show brings us a little closer to where we envision this will be,” said Powers.

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• New puppies • South Park T-shirts for your new puppies • Knives with swastikas on them (also, knives with Confederate ﬂags on them) • Old locks that don’t have keys • Old keys that don’t have locks • Racially insensitive Asian statues • Racially insensitive Native American statues • ONE picture of Ronald Regan • Four-ﬁngered “GANGSTA” ring • Austin Powers bobbleheads

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brought 20 puppies to Gordyville this month. “A lot of people say, ‘Oh, what a cute puppy!’ They don’t realize it’s a lot of work,” she said. By 2 p.m. on Saturday, Clark had sold seven puppies.

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exhibits hundreds of knives and swords for potential customers. Vaught thinks that personal safety and security motivate most of his knife sales.

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• Fur coats • Porch geese • Aspirin • Shampoo • VHS tapes • Star Wars action ﬁgures • Pizza and ice cream • Brass knuckles • Nunchucks • Pipes AND harmonicas • Hamsters and gerbils • Obama comic books • Razor scooters

makes wood plaques with a CNC (computer numerical controlled) machine. Some of his more intricate carvings take over 24 hours to complete, such as the plaque engraved with “The Last Supper.”

barn . Patti Frerichs, the ﬂea market coordinator, organizes up to 400 vendors from across the country to participate in Gordyville’s monthly bazaar. “We’ve had people come as far as Florida and as close as half a mile,” said Frerichs. Some vendors sell goods as a hobby; some, as their main source of income. It’s hard to generalize about the diverse group of salespeople at Gordyville. Perhaps it would be best for you, buzz reader, to enjoy our pictures, visit the website (gordyvilleusa.com) and check out Gordyville’s Flea Market for yourself the second weekend of every month.

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hen I first walked into the Gordyville Flea Market in Gifford, Ill., with seven other buzz editors, we almost succumbed to feelings of sensory overload. There were so many things to look at, so many people to talk to and so many barnyard smells to try to ignore, we almost didn’t know what to do. After a deep breath, we plunged into the culturally, socially and economically incongruous, kind-of-weird, ultra-capitalist, quaintly rural abyss. The Gordyville Flea Market is held the second weekend of every month in a 160,000 square foot

makes birdhouses in his spare time. “Didn’t have nothing else to do so I decided to get a hobby,” he explains. His intricate designs feature working doors, garages and back doors for any bird lucky enough to call one of Withers’ houses a home.

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Cancer connection: Documentary Living Downstream premiers at the Art Theater by Nick Martin

he critically-acclaimed documentary Liv- fully reading them and consulting with Sandra and ing Downstream will be shown as a special another toxicologist in Toronto to make sure my screening at the Art Theater in Champaign this interpretation of the literature was accurate,” CheSaturday, Oct. 16. vannes said. While the film deals with some pretty Living Downstream follows environmental bi- dense scientific issues, Chevannes is a filmmaker, ologist Sandra Steingraber as she travels across not a scientist. It remains accessible to audiences America to call attention to the hazardous without backgrounds in technical sciences. chemicals in our environment and documents “I’ve always found biology to be incredibly logiSteingraber’s own personal experience as a can- cal,” Chevannes said. cer survivor. Steingraber is trying to raise awareBoth Steingraber and Chevannes want their film ness of two chemicals, Atrazine and PCBs, and to be a resource cancer patients can use to better the risks they pose to our environment. The film understand their environment. debuted this April, and it is receiving positive “There’s a disconnect between what cancer responses from critics and audiences alike. patients know, and what the scientific commubuzz had a chance to talk to the film’s director, Chan- nity knows,” Chevannes said. Living Downstream tries to rectify that gap in da Chevannes, to ask some practical knowledge. questions about documentary making and environmental acWhile the film is about a tivism in America. serious subject, it is never The documentary is based bleak or discouraging. Livon the book of the same title. ing Downstream explains “I bought a copy of Living the man-made hazards in Downstream [in 1998] and our environment, but it I read it and loved it,” Chealso shows the epic beauvannes said. “Even in those ty of the natural world. “My first impression of very first pages I thought that the book was written very the book was how [Sancinematically and I thought dra] sees the world as such a beautiful place. someone would make a film about it one day.” She notices landscapes. After attending film school, She writes about them so Chevannes reread the book evocatively that you can many years later. She was sursee them and fall in love prised to find that a film still with them too. I wanted did not exist. After getting in to make sure the film capcontact with Steingraber, she tured that,” Chevannes explained. “If we took decided to adapt the book Living Downstream author Sandra Steingraber. better care of nature and into a documentary. Used with permission from Sandra Steingraber “I knew I wanted our film to our bodies to show how be set in present day. ... I was really interested they really are beautiful systems that deserve in exploring [Steingraber’s] family life and what care and respect” After viewing the film, audiences may be curiit’s like to be a cancer survivor 30 years later,” Chevannes said. Though the book came out in ous about how they can help change their health 1997, Chevannes decided to set it in present day habits, ecological laws and the environment. to avoid recreating scenes. She wanted to follow Chevannes explained the ways one citizen can Steingraber around the country to get a better make a difference. ”You’re voting with your dollars when you buy understanding of her life and work. “I was trying to figure out was what the story food that doesn’t use chemicals in its producwould be that we told. We wanted something tion, ” Chevannes said. “Moving outside of your current and I wasn’t sure what that would look house, don’t just think about what you’re buying like,” Chevannes said. but also about your community. If you’re a parent After receiving funding in 2006, Chevannes and and you’re on the PTA, think about the art supply Steingraber filmed for four days to shoot a trailer, in your child’s school. If you’re a football player, ask if pesticides are being used on your field.” which allowed the film to receive more funding. While the book focuses on Steingraber’s past “Sandra is hesitant to give people a list about experience and the environmental hazards in her different things that they can do,” Chevannes said. home state, Illinois, the film follows Steingraber “I think it’s more about thinking through what across America at various speaking engagements you’re passionate about and then doing that. If to raise awareness about our environment. The everyone’s doing what they care about the most, science in the film is meticulously researched in then larger change will happen.” order to make the most convincing argument. Both Chevannes and Steingraber will be present “We had binders and binders full of different at the screening this Saturday in Champaign to studies, and we went through them fairly care- lead discussion and answer questions. buzz

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THURSDAY 14 live music Jazz in the Courtyard Illini Union, U, 12pm Cody Sokolski Aroma Cafe, C, 7pm Billy Galt and Jeff Kerr AnSun, C, 7pm TwoYou Duo The Clark Bar, C, 7pm U of I Jazz Combos (McNeill/guitar) Iron Post, U, 7pm Darren Hackey: CD Release Show Canopy Club, U, 7pm, $5 Doors open at 6pm Candy Foster and the Shades of Blue Emerald City Lounge, C, 8pm The Smokers Club Highdive, C, 8:30pm, $20$30 Withershins, Oh My God and Music for Five Year Olds Cowboy Monkey, C, 9pm, $7

dj Milk and Cookies at Klub Kam’s

Kam’s, C, 8pm Here Come the Regulars Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm Stitches at The Clark Bar The Clark Bar, C, 10pm REMIXXX Thursdays with DJ Bob Bass Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm Ritmo Thursdays V. Picasso, U, 10pm Open Deck Night Radio Maria, C, 10pm DJ Luniks Firehaus, C, 10pm, $5

CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Fireside Bar and Grill, C, 9pm Liquid Courage Karaoke Memphis on Main, C, 9pm, $5 CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm

Lesson Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $9-$15 Macbeth Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $9-$15 Steve Marino Illini Union, U, 8pm, $2-$4 Circle Mirror Transformation The Station Theatre, U, 8pm, $8-$15

dance music

open mic

art

Tango at KAM Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 7pm Swing Dance Illini Union, U, 9pm

S.P.E.A.K. Cafe Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 7pm

Japanese Tea Ceremony Japan House, U, 2pm, $6 Call 244-9934 to reserve Gallery Conversation on the Work of Allan deSouza Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 5:30pm

concert The Seasons Project Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $10-$38

karaoke DJ Bange Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 8:30pm

movies Global Lens: Gods University YMCA, C, 5:30pm

stage Creating Room Between a Rock and a Hard Place Student Dining & Residential Programs Auditorium, C, 7pm The Bald Soprano and the

lectures Everyday Architecture: Monuments and Meditation Huts: Humanizing Architecture for Central Illinois

List of Specials M: 1/2 price burgers, sandwiches. $2.75 domestic drafts, $3.50 premium/ specialty drafts. T: $0.50 boneless wings. $2.75 domestic drafts, $3.50 premium/specialty drafts. W: $2.50 Classic Burgers. All liquor (including top shelf) only $3.50 per drink. (Karaoke at 9 p.m.)

Let’s Talk About Sex — Who’s On Top: Power, Control and Safety in LGBTQ Relationships Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resources, U, 12pm Sin Limits: The Art of Hector Silva La Casa Cultural Latina, U, 5pm

F: $0.99 BBQ ribs. $3.00 Capitol Island Wheat drafts and Corona bottles. (Karaoke at 9 p.m.)

community

Sat: $0.75 jumbo wings. $3.00 Capitol Island Wheat drafts and Landshark bottles.

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Huber’s West End Store, C, 8:30pm The Show — Live Taping campus activities mind/body/spirit V. Picasso, U, 9pm Advertising Study Diabetes Awareness Fair Blackened: Tribute to Abroad Open House Campus Recreation Center Metallica Gregory Hall, U, 1pm East — CRCE, U, 4pm Canopy Club, U, 9pm, $5 Grove Avenue literary miscellaneous Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, Cover-to-Cover Book Tour of Japan House 9pm Discussion Group Japan House, U, 2pm, 4pm Take Care Band Champaign Public Library, Speed Dating Highdive, C, 9pm C, 1:30pm Po’ Boys, U, 6:30pm, $15 Outbound Drive Call 417-1762 to register Memphis on Main, C, volunteer Yarn ‘n Yak 9:30pm, $5 UC Books to Prisoners Rantoul Public Library, Corn Desert Ramblers Work Session Rantoul, 7pm Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm Urbana-Champaign Indepen- Rantoul Haunted JoBu dent Media Center, U, 2pm Dungeon: David Cloyd’s Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, Demented Dreams $5 kids & families Downtown Rantoul, Randj Preschool Story Time toul, 7pm, $8 Rantoul Public Library, DJ Mella D classes & workshops Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm Rantoul, 10am Baby Time Upward Bound Program DJ Tim Williams Douglass Branch Library, C, McKinley Presbyterian Soma Ultralounge, C, 10:30am Church and Foundation, 10pm Lunch on the Lawn C, 12pm Grown KidZ Funk Rantoul Public Library, Kosher Cooking Club Radio Maria, C, 10pm Rantoul, 12:15pm Chabad Center for Jewish DJ Delayney ArtsFusion Level I Life, C, 3pm Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 Class Act, C, 2pm, $72 Write Right dance music ARTfusion Douglass Branch Library, Douglass Branch Library, C, 5pm Urbana Country Dancers C, 4pm Call 403-2090 to register Contra Dance Restorative Circles Phillips Recreation Center, seniors Presentation and Practice U, 8pm, $4-$5 Continuing Asana for Group New dancer orientation at Seniors Champaign Public Library, 7:30pm BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute C, 6:30pm Salsa Night of C-U, U, 8:30am, $14, Beginning Swing Dancing V. Picasso, U, 9pm Prerequisite: Asana for University Place Christian Salsa Night Seniors Church, C, 6:30pm, $25 The Clark Bar, C, 9pm

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Sun: All entrees 15% off regular menu price. $4.00 glasses of wine (any wine).

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IMC Shows Group Meeting: Community Booking Collective Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 7pm

fundraisers RE-Fresh and Breakthrough

Indi Go Artist Co-op, C, 5:30pm

FRIDAY 15 live music Andy Moreillon Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 5pm Jeff Helgesen Quintet Iron Post, U, 5pm Happy Hour at Main Street Memphis on Main, C, 6pm Live Jazz Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 7pm Rustbelt Road with Matt Stewart The Clark Bar, C, 7pm Hosannas with Millimeter Mountain Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 8pm Jay Mathes: The Guitar Bleeds Passion Illini Union, U, 8pm, $2-$3 Keith Harden Solo Acoustic

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $9-$15 Circle Mirror Transformation The Station Theatre, U, 8pm, $8-$15

sporting event Illini Women’s Volleyball vs. Purdue Huff Hall, C, 7pm

museum exhibit Fall Prairie Skies William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 7pm Violent Universe William M. Staerkel Planetarium, C, 8pm

lectures Friday Forum: Playing for the Dream? Baseball, Latinos, Immigration and the American Dream University YMCA, C, 12pm Chat n’ Chew: The Beginning of a Legacy Native American House, U, 12pm

volunteer Urbana High School Interview Seminar Urbana High School, U, 8am Call 384-3505 if interested in volunteering

kids & families

ArtsFusion Level I Class Act, C, 10am, $72 UI Symphony Orchestra Music and Motion Krannert Center for the Class Act, C, 9:30am, Performing Arts, U, $48 7:30pm, $4-$10 Seed Safari Homeschool Program karaoke Lake of the Woods ForCG Productions Presents: est Preserve, Mahomet, RockStar Karaoke 10am, $3 Senator’s Bar & Grill, SaCall 586-2612 to regvoy, 9pm ister Karaoke with DJ HolTales for Twos lywood Douglass Branch Library, C, Po’ Boys, U, 9pm 10:30am SuperStar Karaoke Yoga for Teens AnSun, C, 9pm BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of C-U, U, 4:30pm, $6

concert

stage

The Bald Soprano and the Lesson Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $9-$15 Macbeth

lgbt LGBT Friday Films: Come Out, Come Out Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resources, U, 2pm

fundraisers We Can Fly: PAC Boogie for RACES Illinois Skydiving Center, Flatville, 8am

miscellaneous Rantoul Haunted Dungeon: David Cloyd’s Demented Dreams Downtown Rantoul, Rantoul, 7pm, $8

classes & workshops Dance for Parkinson’s Disease Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 10am

Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $4-$10

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karaoke

environmental issues

CG Productions Presents: RockStar Karaoke Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 9pm Karaoke with DJ Hollywood It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm

Environmental Education Center Open House Homer Lake Forest Preserve, Homer, 10am

volunteer

Event Popular presents: Saturday Nite Mic The Clark Bar, C, 9pm, $5

UC Books to Prisoners Work Session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm

movies

kids & families

open mic

Living Downstream Kids at Krannert Saturday 16 The Art Theater, C, 7pm, $8 Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, C, 10am live music stage MTD Model Railroad Live Jazz The Bald Soprano and the Club Open House Jim Gould Restaurant, C, 7pm Lesson University Ave, U, 10am Banjar Krannert Center for the Kids Yoga Champaign Public Library, Performing Arts, U, Amara Yoga & Arts, U, C, 10:30am 7:30pm, $9-$15 10:30am, $14 Jason Bentley Macbeth Kids Arts and Crafts Bentley’s Pub, C, 6pm Krannert Center for the Playshop Lara Driscoll and Olivia Performing Arts, U, 2pm, Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Flanigan 7:30pm, $9-$15 11:15am, $96 V. Picasso, U, 6:30pm Circle Mirror Transformation ArtsFusion/Music and Shark Bandit The Station Theatre, U, Motion Iron Post, U, 8pm 8pm, $8-$15 Amara Yoga & Arts, U, John Rush, The Human Carnivale Debauche 11:30am, $53 iPod Canopy Club, U, 9:30pm, $15 Fairytale Ballet Illini Union, U, 8pm, $2-$4 Doors open at 9pm Amara Yoga & Arts, U, Keith Harden Acoustic 12:15pm, $72 auditions Bentley’s Pub, C, 8:30pm DIY Weekend Wizard Surreal Deal Nuncrackers! The NunOrpheum Children’s SciMemphis on Main, C, sense Christmas Musical ence Museum, C, 1pm 9pm, $5 Parkland College Theatre, Home Movie Day Bone Rollers C, 1pm Urbana Free Library, U, 1pm Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, holidays community 9pm Haunted Garden Five Year Anniversary dj Savoy Recreational Center, of the Asian American Request Night DJ Savoy, 2:30pm, $13-$17 Cultural Center Boomerang, U, 8pm Asian American Cultural markets Mainstream on Main Center, U, 1pm Street Market at the Square V. Picasso, U, 9pm Downtown Urbana, U, 7am fundraisers In the Mix We Can Fly: PAC Boogie Chester Street, C, 9pm, $3 museum exhibit for RACES Brazilian Forro Violent Universe Illinois Skydiving Center, Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm, $5 William M. Staerkel Plan- Flatville, 8am DJ and Dancing etarium, C, 8pm Wounded Warriors Cash Soma Ultralounge, C, 10pm In My Backyard Bash Firehaus Saturdays William M. Staerkel Plan- Veterans of Foreign Wars, Firehaus, C, 10pm etarium, C, 7pm C, 6pm, $100 Synergy Saturdays Sharad Savaan recreation Highdive, C, 10pm, $5 Wesley-United Methodist DJ Mertz Free Self Defense Class Church & Wesley FoundaBoltini Lounge, C, 10pm Hwa Rang Do Champaign tion, U, 6pm Academy, U, 1pm Belly Boo 2010 dance music Highdive, C, 7pm, $7-$10 Salsa Night with DJ Dr. J campus activities Radio Maria, C, 10pm 3rd Annual Illinois Micro- mind/body/spirit finance Forum Healthy Living and What concert Activities and Recreation is Nutrition Response William Moersch and Center (ARC), C, 10am Testing Seminar Ricardo Flores Dress code is business Energy Healing Systems, Krannert Center for the casual. Email to illinoismi- Inc., C, 10am

miscellaneous Tour of Japan House Japan House, U, 1pm The Bike Project: Open Hours Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 2pm Rantoul Haunted Dungeon: David Cloyd’s Demented Dreams Downtown Rantoul, Rantoul, 7pm, $8 Aviation Saturday Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, 10am, $5-$10 Sundowners’ Car Club Show Po’ Boys, U, 1pm, $5 FriendShop Used Book Store Open Champaign Public Library, C, 1:30pm Analog Outfitters Open House Analog Outfitters, C, 3pm

classes & workshops Reiki I Beads N Botanicals, U, 10am, $175 Cards and Paper Crafts Shared Space: An Artist Co-op , U, 1pm, $25 South African Choral Workshop with Mollie Stone Allen Hall, U, 1:30pm Art of Tarot Workshop with Debbie Stewart Amara Yoga & Arts, U, 3pm, $80-$99

Performing Arts, U, 3pm, $9-$15 Spring Awakening Assembly Hall, C, 12pm, $38-$48 Open Stage at Red Herring Red Herring Coffeehouse, U, 7:30pm Drag Show Chester Street, C, 10pm, $4

recreation

Freestyle Ice Arena, C, 4:20pm, $3

fundraisers

miscellaneous

U, 3pm, $20 Salsa Dance Lessons: Beginners Capoeira Academy, C, 6pm, $5 Salsa Dance Lessons: Intermediate/Advanced Capoeira Academy, C, 7:30pm, $5

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live music Jesse Johnson Illini Union, U, 12pm One Dollar Wild Mondays Canopy Club, U, 9pm

dj ‘80s Night with DJ Mingram Highdive, C, 10pm

Monday Night Comedy Illini Union, U, 7pm Abe Froman Project Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 9pm

campus activities Multicultural Career Fair Illini Union, U, 11am

Madden Night Football It’ll Do 2, C, 6pm Trivia with Evan and Monte Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm Duplicate Bridge Game Ginger Creek Shops, C, 7pm Bingo Night Memphis on Main, C, 8pm

literary

classes & workshops

Book Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 2pm karaoke 2010 Creative Genius CG Productions Presents: Writing Group RockStar Karaoke Rantoul Public Library, Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, Rantoul, 6pm, $10 10pm Call (417)849-1787 to register

Book Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 2pm

Upward Bound Program McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation, C, 6:20pm JoJo Girl No-Sew Tutu Making Class University Place Building,

Yitzhak Rabin: A Biography The Hillel Foundation — The Margie K. and Louis N. Cohen Center for Jewish Life, C, 7:30pm

social issues AWARE Meeting McKinley Presbyterian

movies

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

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Mean Lids Urbana Free Library, U, 2pm Live Irish Music with Emerald Rum The Blind Pig Co., C, 5:30pm The Music of Django Reinhardt Iron Post, U, 7pm Keith and Kathy Harden Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 8:30pm, $3

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Reading to Dogs Orpheum Children’s Science Museum, C, 2pm

FriendShop Used Book Store Open game-playing Champaign Public Library, Trivia Night at The Blind C, 1:30pm Pig Brewery Rantoul Historical SociThe Blind Pig Brewery, C, 7pm ety Open House Trivia Night Chanute Air Museum, RanCowboy Monkey, C, 7pm toul, 1pm

live music

stage

kids & families

We Can Fly: PAC Boogie for RACES lectures Illinois Skydiving Center, The Zionist Thought Flatville, 8am The Hillel Foundation — Alternative Spring Break The Margie K. and Louis 3rd Annual 5k Run/ N. Cohen Center for Jewish Walk Life, C, 11:30am University of Illinois Arboretum, U, 1pm

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UI Philharmonia Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 3pm, $4-$10 UI Wind Symphony Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $4-$10

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live music

Andy Moreillon Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 7pm Alec Stern classes & workshops Illini Union, U, 12pm Asian American and Central Jazz Band LGBT Ally Training Iron Post, U, 6pm Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Lisa Cerezo and Steve Transgender Resources, Meadows U, 7pm Memphis on Main, C, 9pm Poetry Workshop Corn Desert Ramblers Red Herring Coffeehouse, Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, U, 7:30pm 9pm Bring 10 copies of your poem The Piano Man

dance music

Liquid Courage Karaoke Boltini Lounge, C, 9:30pm

8th Grade Dance Joe’s Brewery, C, 11pm

open mic

Canopy Club, U, 9pm

This Iz US Tuesday karaoke The Stop, U, 9pm, $5 CG Productions Presents: Open Mic Night hosted RockStar Karaoke by Mike Ingram Bentley’s Pub, C, 10pm Cowboy Monkey, C, 11pm CG Productions Presents: movies RockStar Karaoke The Corner Tavern, Monti- Global Lens: Ocean of an cello, 8pm Old Man Dragon Karaoke Parkland College, C, The Clark Bar, C, 9pm 6:30pm

art Craft Club Chabad Center for Jewish Life, C, 6pm

lectures Know Your University: Building a Native-Centered Learning Community University YMCA, C, 12pm Food for Thought Asian American Cultural Center, U, 12pm Recent Developments in Library and Information Services and Resources in South Asia International Studies Building, C, 1pm Victim Impact Panel American Red Cross Central Illinois Chapter, C, 6pm, $10 Registration begins at 5pm. Participants must bring a photo ID.

kids & families Tuesday Twos Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am, 10:15am, 10:45am 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

seniors Continuing Asana for Seniors BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of C-U, U, 8:30am, $14

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Cafe Ivrit Espresso Royale, U, 8pm

mind/body/spirit Stress Less Party Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), C, 6pm

IUB African American Homecoming Pageant Illini Union, U, 7pm, $2-$5

UC Books to Prisoners Work Session Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 7pm

community

T-N-T Tuesday Night Trivia with Cara and Tanino Boltini Lounge, C, 7pm

volunteer

Tickets at the Assembly Hall Box Office, all Ticketmaster outlets including Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 217/333-5000.

Quench! Asians and the 4 Letter Word: LGBT Asian American Cultural Center, U, 12pm Rainbow Coffeehouse Etc. Coffee House, U, 6pm eQuality Champaign-Urbana meeting Wesley-United Methodist Church & Wesley Foundation, U, 7pm

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Sci-Fi/Fantasy Book Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 4pm BYOB: Bring Your Own Book Champaign Public Library, C, 8:30pm

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Prerequisite: Asana for Seniors Asana for Seniors BKS Iyengar Yoga Institute of C-U, U, 10:30am, $14

classes & workshops Adult Pottery Class Boneyard Pottery, C, 9am, 6:30pm, $25 Call 355-5610 to register Art for Daily Sacred Ritual Shared Space: An Artist Co-op , U, 2pm, $30 Exploring the Joys and Toys of Mixed Media Fiber Collage Shared Space: An Artist Co-op , U, 6pm Show Your Felting for the Fall Shared Space: An Artist Co-op , U, 6pm, $25 The Big Bad Blah: Ways to Deal with Feeling Down Turner Student Services Building, C, 7pm

Wednesday 20 live music Donnie Heitler: Solo Piano Great Impasta, U, 6pm Live Irish Music Bentley’s Pub, C, 7pm Dave Cooper, Joni Dreyer, and Brad Hendricks Senator’s Bar & Grill, Savoy, 7:30pm

The Sugar Prophets Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 8pm Bate Calado V. Picasso, U, 8:30pm Kilborn Alley Blues Band D.R. Diggers, Champaign,, 9pm Caleb Cook Rosebowl Tavern, Ltd., U, 10pm

Through Agriculture Development ACES Library, U, 4pm

recreation Refinery Fitness Institute (R.F.I) The Refinery, C, 6:45pm

game-playing

Old School Night Red Star Liquors, U, 9pm Wild West Wednesday It’ll Do 2, C, 9pm Rockstar DJ Fat City Bar & Grill, C, 10pm

Pokemon Fan Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 5:30pm CU64 Chess Club McKinley Presbyterian Church and Foundation, C, 7pm Bingo Mike ‘n Molly’s, C, 9:30pm

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volunteer

Retro ‘80s for the Ladies Emerald City Lounge, C, 4pm Salsa and Tango Cowboy Monkey, C, 10pm Discotech: Dance Night Canopy Club, U, 10pm Doors open at 9pm

Community Connections and Outreach Group Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 6pm

concert Passion Pit Assembly Hall, C, 12pm, $25-$32 Scary Stories on Main Das Cafe, U, 6pm, $5 Rudolf Haken Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $4-$10

karaoke SuperStar Karaoke AnSun, C, 9pm

open mic Writ ‘n Rhymed Poetry Open Mic Nights Women’s Resources Center, C, 8pm

stage Macbeth Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, U, 7:30pm, $9-$15

markets Mahomet Farmers Market Market Street, Mahomet, 3pm

lectures Food for the Soul Bruce D. Nesbitt African American Cultural Center, U, 12pm Why Not Hunger? Raising Clamor on Hunger

kids & families Around the World Wednesdays Spurlock Museum, U, 9:30am, $2 Storyshop Champaign Public Library, C, 9:45am, 10:30am The Karaoke Kid Douglass Branch Library, C, 4pm Wrestling Fan Club Rantoul Public Library, Rantoul, 4pm

lgbt It Gets Better: Vigil to Remember LGBT Youth Lost to Suicide Alma Mater, U, 7pm

community No Limits Education Fair Margaret Neil Resource Center, C, 1pm Girls’ Night Chabad Center for Jewish Life, C, 8pm

mind/body/spirit Wellness Wednesday Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), C, 5:15pm

classes & workshops Makerspace Urbana Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center, U, 7pm Five-Ingredient Meals Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), C, 7pm, $15-$18

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Just cup ‘em a lil’.

DOIN’ IT WELL

by Jo SangEr and Ross Wantland

Low Hanging Fruit Might be better than the rest

his week “Doin’ It Well” wants to talk about ball play. In the past, we’ve given information about the health aspects of the testicles but we didn’t discuss the pleasure a man’s balls can give him with a little effort from himself or his partner. The most common knowledge we have about men’s jewels is that hitting them hurts! Not everyone knows that the scrotum and testes are sensitive to erotic touch and many men enjoy having their balls tugged, rubbed, licked or sucked. This leaves many partners not quite sure what to do with the balls, so Doin’ It Well is here to help you next time the balls are in your court! Introducing Ball Play

You can stimulate the testicles during any part of the sexual scene. For example, when rubbing your partner’s body over his clothes, you can reach down and cup his basket, not just rubbing the penis but gently massaging the balls, too. This might be more difficult if your man is wearing baggy jeans! If you can feel them, you might notice they become firmer as they, too, engorge with blood during sexual excitement. In fact, once clothes come off, you could tease your partner for hours simply by focusing on various ways of stimulating the balls. For most men, stimulation of the balls feels similar to having one’s nipples licked, kissed or sucked. Depending on the mood of your man, what he is sensitive to and what he likes, there are many different ways to go balls to the wall!

body, plant a few on the testicles, too. In addition to gentle kisses, licking the scrotum can also provide pleasure. You might experiment with licking in between the two testes, feeling the very bottom and underside of the penis, which is actually behind the balls and doesn’t always receive much stimulation. Another technique is to lick or flick your tongue not just on the skin of the sac but on balls inside. Because they move around, it may be easier if you hold the ball with one hand while you lick it. Next, you may choose to gently take one or both balls into your mouth, gently sucking and twirling your tongue. Orally stimulating the balls might feel more comfortable to some who do not prefer oral sex to the penis. Or, it can be a nice break from stimulating the penis with your mouth if your jaw gets tired. It can also turn a man on when you switch the stimulation from the penis to the balls and back again. During Penetration

Many positions, like reverse cowgirl, allow you to incorporate scrotal stimulation. Check with your partner about when he’d like his balls touched and when he’s had enough. Allow him to guide you on what kind of stimulation he’d like. You might notice new things about the balls, like how become firm and closer to the body right before a guy ejaculates. After ejaculation, as relaxation sets in, the balls drop back down away from the body.

Hands On!

Touch Back

When giving your man a hand job, use one hand to gently touch, caress or cup the balls. You might try massaging the testicle, the hard ball object inside the scrotal sac, using your fingers. You can also gently pull the scrotum down, pushing the testicles to the bottom of the sac. As always, pay attention to your partner’s reaction and feedback. You might want to start off gently, especially if you’re never touched the balls before. As you move to more firm touches, check in with your partner by asking, “Is this too hard?” Take one ball in each hand and gently massage or switch from one to the other. For added sensation, try using some lube. You might pay attention only to the balls or go between the penis and the scrotum during manual stimulation. Or, your partner could stroke his penis while you caress, lick or otherwise stimulate the testicles. Tea Party!

As always, do what you are comfortable with. If a partner request you put his balls in your mouth but you don’t want to, don’t. Talk to him about any reservations you have. Sometimes the balls may taste or feel sweaty, which can be a turn off. Taking a shower together beforehand can help. Because pornography and other media outlets often presents teabagging in a way that is derogatory to the partner performing it, engaging in this act can take on different meanings and feelings. As with many sexual acts, people sometimes genuinely want to the try them but often feel it is not a respectful, caring or loving act due to the way society portrays sex. Men, respect your partners’ wishes and together you might be able to find ways to pleasure each other that feels respectful, loving (whether you’re in love or not) and balls out. Check us out next week as we look at haters, homophobes, and the rest of us.

Tea bagging refers to taking a man’s testicles into your mouth for stimulation. So during sex when you are kissing you partner all over his

Jo and Ross love your questions and comments. The can be reached at buzzdoinitwell@yahoo.com

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FREE WILL ASTROLOGY ARIES

(March 21-April 19)

Until recently, no cricket had ever been observed pollinating a flower. All the evidence showed, in fact, that crickets don’t help flowers -- they devour them. Then one night last January on the island of Reunion in the Indian Ocean, researchers discovered that the species known as the raspy cricket was responsible for pollinating wild orchids. They even caught the magic act on film. I regard this turn of events as akin to an upcoming development in your life: Someone or something that you’ve never thought of as a fertilizing force for you will become one.

TAURUS

(April 20-May 20)

My date and I decided to go see the film *You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.* As we entered the theater, we passed a short, elderly Chinese woman in a brown uniform. She was bent over sweeping the floor. Suddenly she stood up straight, looked me in the eye, and extended her left hand toward me. Confused, I reached out toward her. She quickly pressed something in my hand, then returned to her sweeping. As I walked on, I unrolled the small paper scroll she had given me. It read, “Tell your Taurus readers they should be alert for helpful messages coming from sources they would usually ignore or neglect.” I’m doing what she suggested.

GEMINI

(May 21-June 20)

Of all the signs in the zodiac, you are currently the best at carrying out the following activities: gliding, flowing, leaping, skipping, twirling, undulating, reverberating, galloping, and rub-a-dub-dubbing. I suspect that you will also excel at rumbling, romping, rollicking, cavorting, and zip-a-dap-doodling. If all goes well, Gemini -- which is to say you show how much you love your body and throw off any inhibitions you might have about celebrating your instinctual nature -- then you will be at the low end of the scale in performing these activities: shuffling, drooping, mumbling, wallowing, pigeonholing, and pussyfooting.

CANCER

(June 21-July 22)

A reader wrote to me bemoaning the fact that her new Cancerian boyfriend is addicted to safety. She speculated that since he is a member of an astrological sign renowned for its timidity, she should probably either get used to the suffocating lack of action or else bolt from the relationship now. In reply, I sent her a quote from one of the most heroic Cancerians of the 20th century, Helen Keller: “Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Security does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than exposure.” Moral of the story: It’s a ripe time for you to rise up and refute the people in your life who think you’re a brooding wallflower.

LEO

(July 23-Aug. 22)

: Helping your fellow humans can literally enhance your strength. A Harvard study (tinyurl.com/BeExtraNice) proved that people who did good deeds or even visualized themselves doing good deeds had increased physical endurance and willpower. Unfortunately, the study showed that those who harbor nefarious intentions are also able to draw on extra fortitude. In other words, you can boost your energy by either being compassionate or evil. I highly recommend the latter over the former, Leo, especially now that you’re entering a phase when it makes a lot of spiritual sense to build your courage, vigor, and tonicity.

VIRGO

(Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

“The art of medicine consists of amusing the patient while nature cures the disease,” said French philosopher Voltaire. With this in mind, let’s evaluate your current discomfort. From what I can tell, healing forces beyond your control and outside of your awareness are going to be working their mojo to chip away at your problem. But it will still be wise for you to occupy yourself in activities that you think will expedite the fix. Doing so will minimize your anxieties, allowing nature to do what it does best.

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october 14 – 20 (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

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Usually you specialize in having a light touch. You’d rather nudge than push. Nimble harmony is more interesting to you than brute force. You prefer your influence on people to be appreciated, not begrudgingly respected. And I certainly don’t want you to forsake any of those inclinations. But I would love to see you add a dash of aggressiveness and a pinch of vehemence to your repertoire in the coming week. I’d be thrilled if you raised your voice a bit and gesticulated more vigorously and projected your confidence with an elevated intensity. According to my reading of the astrological omens, your refined approach will benefit from a dose of subliminal thunder.

SCORPIO

(Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

SAGITTARIUS

(Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

CAPRICORN

(Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

*Time* magazine created a list of the 50 worst inventions. Included among the most terrible creations that human ingenuity has ever come up with are plastic grocery bags, sub-prime mortgages, hydrogenated oils, and pop-up ads. Now let’s switch our attention to your personal equivalents of these monstrosities. To climax the atonement phase of your own astrological cycle, I recommend that you do the following: 1. Identify the three worst ideas you have taken seriously during the past decade. 2. Carry out one formal action to correct or make amends for the consequences of each bad idea. 3. Really, truly, forgive yourself as best as you can.

For your assignment this week, I have borrowed from a list of suggestions offered by Sagittarius poet Kenneth Patchen in his book *The Journal of Albion Moonlight.* Feel free to improvise as you carry out at least three. 1. Discourage all traces of shame. 2. Bear no cross. 3. Extend all boundaries. 4. Blush perpetually in gaping innocence. 5. Burrow beneath the subconscious. 6. Pass from one world to another in carefree devotion. 7. Exhaust the primitive. 8. Generate the free brain. 9. Forego no succulent filth. 10. Verify the irrational. 11. Acquire a sublime reputation. 12. Make one monster at least. 13. Multiply all opinions. 14. Inhabit everyone.

Among Google searches starting with the phrase “who is,” the top-rated is “God,” while “Satan” is a distant tenth. Running ahead of Satan but behind God are Lady Gaga and Justin Beiber. If I were you, Capricorn, I wouldn’t be Google-searching any bigger-than-life entities like those four in the coming week. The characters you need to research are non-divine, non-celebrity types who might bring interesting influences into your life -- people who would have a direct influence on your access to resources and on your ability to call forth the best from yourself.

AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Explorers found a 30,000-year-old carved stone artifact in a German cave and brought it to the University of Tubingen for study. Experts there determined that it had a dual purpose for the ancient humans who made it. Phallic-shaped with rings around one end, it was obviously a sex toy. But other markings indicated it was also used to start fires by striking it against flints. I’d like to make this power object your symbol of the week, Aquarius. You’re in a phase when you should be alert for ways to mix business with pleasure and practicality with adventure.

PISCES

(Feb. 19-March 20)

You’re not exceptionally scared of the dark, Pisces, but sometimes you seem to be intimidated by the light. You can summon the spunky courage to go crawling on your hands and knees through dank tunnels and spooky caves in quest of treasure that’s covered in primordial goo, but you may play hard to get when you’re offered the chance to unburden yourself of your cares in wide-open spaces. What’s up with that? Don’t get me wrong: I’m proud of your capacity to wrestle with the shadows in the land of the lost; I’m gratified by your willingness to work your karma to the bone. But I would also love you to get a share of rejuvenating rest and ease now and then. Do you think you could manage to have it both ways? I do.

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by MICHAEL COULTER

it’s 5 o’clock somewhere The standards and subtleties of “Happy Hour” So, if anyone’s paying attention, last week I wrote about the trapped Chilean miners who were supposedly going to be trapped underground for the next month or two. Well, it turns out the rescue attempts went far better than expected and they all made it out. That’s fantastic for them, but I would have probably picked another topic if I’d known the story was almost over. See, I try to write about something different and important and it all turns to crap. Well, that’s the end of that experiment. This week I’m back to writing about what I know, so settle in for yet another column about drinking minutiae. It’s more fun anyway. This time, I’d like to talk about happy hour. It’s a phrase that used to make me think of old men try-

worry about any kind of work for a few hours. Now is as good a time as any to point out the inherent problem with “happy hour.” It’s sometimes difficult to admit it’s over. When I was younger, I seldom went out early because I was saving up for something later that night. Who wants to miss a perfectly good after hours party just because they started the festivities far too early? Once it got harder to get up each morning, the happy hour seemed like a logical way to get my dumb ass home earlier. Thus, here’s the warning: Never let happy hour guy decide he’s going to become after hour guy on the same evening. The happy hour people think you’re a glutton for punishment and the after hours people think you’re unable to form an understandable sentence. Early and late drinking is just fine, so long as the two never cross paths. Historically, I read somewhere that happy hour came I read somewhere that happy hour came first in the Navy in the about first in the Navy in the 1920s as the about 1920s as the scheduled enscheduled entertainment period for sailors tertainment period for sailors on ships. This would be the on ships. This would be the time the men time the men would box and wrestle during long times at would box and wrestle during long times sea. Apparently, “don’t ask, at sea. Apparently “don’t ask, don’t tell” don’t tell” was alive and well even back then. The general was alive and well even back then. idea of drinking before dinner ing to party their aging asses off after a hard day started during the prohibition era, or as I prefer of questionable work. Now that I’m getting closer to call it, “the worst time to be alive ever in the to being an old man, it only reminds me of awe- world.” Since everyone ignored an idiotic law, some. Technically, happy hour is from five to six, they would often have happy hours at a speakyou know, the hour after most folks get off work. easy before eating at restaurants. Wow, I still That’s a fairly loose definition in my book. It’s real- like doing that these days, even though no one istically from four to seven each evening and as far speaks all that easy anymore. as I’m concerned, those hours are also stunningly I remember when happy hour used to mean negotiable, especially towards the end. that you got drinks for half price or two drinks for The general idea is that happy hour is a time the price of one, sort of the same thing yet also after work where people get together, have a kind of different. This fantastic idea went down few drinks, and let off a little steam. That’s also the crapper many years ago in an effort to suck stunningly negotiable. My folks have happy hour a lot more joy and a little more cash from every almost every evening with their neighbors, Burt decent drinking person. Somewhere around this and Judy. Sure, they drink and let off a little steam, time, places started offering free food to patrons but it’s very seldom that any of them have done in an effort to keep the happy hour spirit alive. a damned bit of work all day, unless you consider This is like giving someone a Tic Tac for dinner taking several naps a form of work. Either way, when they’re used to having t-bone and a potato. they still get to have happy hour even without It was usually not the best food in the world to the work that’s supposed to come beforehand. begin with and I don’t much like to drink when I’m I suppose that when you’re retired every hour is eating. I’m an idiot and can therefore only focus happy and you can start up whenever you like. on one or the other. I don’t have much interest in combining them. Retirement sounds sort of awesome. I still have to work though, and it’s nice to feel as That’s about all the depth I could manage on if you’ve earned a happy hour every once it awhile. the happy hour topic. Not surprisingly, I think it’s I don’t go out with people from work all that often a fine idea to drink right after work. Hell, even if because I already pretty much know what I did I didn’t drink I’d be advocating some sort of fun that day and have little desire to recap the events. little thing for after work, maybe a game of horseInstead I’ll meet other people and hear about their shoes or possibly a coffee. I’m joking, of course, day. Honestly, I don’t care much about that either, that sounds terrible. Happy hour is for drinking which is why it’s nice that they have TVs in most and it’s best to stick to that. In fact, I think it’s bars and we can all just watch a game and not almost five o’clock now. Cheers, bitches. buzz

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