| Summary: | 12 (^ncordian Arts & Entertainment October 2, 1998 a&e Curing social ills through art: 10/2/98 I Weekend events Friday f p.m. "City Of Angels" < Olin 124 *f YJ ira Sherman now on exhibit 17 p.m. "City of Arigel^f 124 . • * N v , ' V . ' - ' ' - - • v1* • . • y - : * - . v r * s : •-•-•••• n. Homecoming Show !£>•>.- Memorial Auditorium ^Sunday ^2 p.m. Homecoming ^ >'^ ^••-,.';;,,:• C o n c e r t ':;"'"'•• :-:^:-'-"" .t^;''V^|;^Memorial Auditorium ;:3 p.m. "City Of Angels" ;;;:^ . . " : • * • • • : • • • : . . :;{; Olin 124;r%^ ' • • • : % . : ' • - : • > • . , • • • • ! • • • • ' " • • ' - ' \ • • ' ' • •'••i^:': :•'•• r ^ y y - : events .;•> jimmy Thackery and the Drivers • appear at Playmakers in Fargo Qctober 9 at 8 p.m. The fconcert is open to 21+, and ID is required. His most recent album, Switching dears, is out ori the Blip^ Pig Records labej; • >:. ^ I :#* 1| Timothy Murphy will be reading from his new book of poetry, "The Deed of Gift/ 2 p.m., October 4 at the Rourke Art Museum in; Moorhead. ;<^ o f t e n referring to them as Social Survival," with an artist large scale jewelry, lecture and demonstration in ^My machines intimately Memorial Auditorium and a involvc a human" said Sherman reception following in the gallery. dunnS t h e lecture Monday. For Sherman, a sculptor from Denver, Colo., > began as a stu-dent studying biology and chemistry in Chicago. It was his art minor, however, that lead him to find :, • S;i • <s ^ his talent in L ' metalsmithing. He later opened a jewelry business in Denver. Fascinated by the industrial machines of the turn of the ccntu-use by CIA agents caught behind enemy lines. Sherman stated that this was the first lecture he had ever given to a group that was not entirely Gallery until October 30. made up of artists and sculptors. "Panaceas to Persistent Problems: Sculptural Devices for Social Survival" will be on exhib-it in the Cyrus M. Running Ira Sherman machiries£% intimately invblv£ S a two Concordia student volunteers from the audi-ence, that quote became reality. Jeff Anshus and Rich Sommcr were invited to demonstrate " T h e : Arbitrator," a kinetic sculpture operated by pressurized air. The intention of the piece is to force two arguing subjects into agreement. It causes ry and the era of the mechanical an ever-increasing amount of pain toys, he has incorporated the for b o t h until an agreement is reached. For added help, it also includes a lie detector to facilitate the debate. For the safety of the two volunteers, Sherman did not mechanics into his jewelry, and the result is what has been referred to as "appliance technol-ogy" Influences on Sherman's sculptures include Da Vinci's pressurize the sculpture. Also presented were sculptures machine models and drawings, entitled "The Seed," "Pavlovian human anatomy, and the science Training Helmet," "Small Animal Fiction of his youth. Gas Chamber" and "CIA Survival In his lecture, Sherman dis- K i r T n e I a t e r is a d e v i c e w o r n on a necklace that can contain and sustain a sample of anthrax for cussed the social concepts behind each piece displayed on the stage. photo by Sam Haroldson "Explosion Injection Former" is Ira Sherman's wearable solution to the problem that people often do not understand the pain and stress an artist goes through when creating a piece of artwork. Band alumni dust off their instruments to commemorate a century of music Ailsa Staub tion. The Concordian This minimal rehearsal time Almost 100 alumni are retun- makes senior Dana Williams, ing to play with the Concordia the Concordia Band President, College Band as part of nervous about the event, but excited. "It § should be a 3 great show," said Williams, 1 "since we've Dana Williams " Homecoming festivities this weekend. In a mini-con-cert, held immediately before the Homecoming Show this Saturday at 7 p.m, the two bands will combine to form a mass band of almost 200 members. Together they will perform two selections for the mini-concert. Only one rehearsal is being held on Saturday morning as prcpara- along with singers and dancers, are performing two Gershwin 'IJUSt think it IS SQ worked really £?$••: i i , i '$?•§*$&$ hard to get this !|f COOl that [the^fgg together." alumni] still have I In addition to two com- SUCh a bond With bined pieces, the band that t h e v . <he H Con^orfia -;,,-.^. .::,. \., •-,.-.:,. 4Jr Band will also be performing four other works for the Homecoming Show. In cele-bration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of George Gershwin, the band, medleys for the opening and closing acts of the show. The medleys feature some of Gershwin's best known pieces like "I Got Rhythm" "S'Wonderfur and "Strike Up The Band " Russell M. Peterson, conduc-tor of the Concordia Jazz Ensemble, will be featured as a guest saxophone soloist for the show. In continuing with Concordia tradition, former director J. Robert Hanson will return as guest conductor of the alumni band. Together Hanson and Pesola represent the leadership of the Concordia College Band for the last 33 years. Alumni returning to the cam-pus should expect to be met with a warm welcome from cur-rent band members. "I just think it is so cool that they still have such a bond to the band that they would want to come back and play with us," added Williams. This year marks a milestone in the history of the Concordia College Band. For 100 years they have been established as a formal organization of the col-lege. Special events for the Concordia College Band this year will include a combined concert with the Concordia Cobber Concert Band directed by Dr. Leigh Wakefield and with guest performers The Hard-Bop Saxophone Quartet; a Midwest tour with home con-cert; and Band Day with guest trumpet soloist Juoko Harjanne from the Helsinki Radio Orchestra as part of the evening Concordia Artist Series. The Concordia College Band will finish off the 1998-99 year by touring Europe in May. They are scheduled to perform in Iceland, Russia, Estonia, Finland, Sweden and Norway.
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