| Summary: | 6 A&E October 31, 2003 'Monster Hunter' JJ« fhees.e Monkeys is preys on Cobbers irreverent, Elizabeth Capouch A&E Editor Submitted Photo Peter von Puttkamer, "Monster Hunter," uses his camera to capture images of some of the most exotic and intriguing crea-tures on Earth. Concordia can get a taste of his work tonight in the Centrum at 8 p.m. Peter von Puttkamer usually spends his time searching for the most unusual creatures on Earth, but tonight he's looking for some-thing more common: an audience. Puttkamer, writer and director of the Discovery Channel/TLC's "Monster Hunter" series, will speak to students tonight about his experience with hunting down the world's most elusive legends and beings, including blood-suck-ing vampires and Bigfoot. "He's going to be talking about his exploits and travels," said Campus Entertainment Commission (CEC) member senior Cami Weber. Puttkamer has traveled to nearly every continent and his jour-neys have taken him on adventures such as chasing caribou on the Arctic Circle and sharing a meal of giant tarantula legs with blow-gun hunters in Venezuela. His Halloween talk at Concordia will Fit right in with the theme of the holiday, said CEC Commissioner junior Kris Steffan. "Since it's Halloween, we wanted something on the spookier side, so we thought [Puttkamer] would be good," she said. Outside of his monster-hunting pursuits, Puttkamer has con-tributed to the international media community in many capacities including writer, director, cinematographer and editor. He has won more than 65 international film and television awards. Puttkammer's self-declared specialty is the documentary; he recently wrote and directed "Spidcrmania" for Animal Planet. The CEC is excited to have a man of such diverse talents come to speak. "It's a way for people to experience new and different things and for people to learn about something they don't know about in a fun way," Weber said. In addition to the speaker, the CEC is encouraging everyone to come in costume. A costume contest will be held, complete with prizes. Steffan is excited about Puttkamer's visit. "It's something different for the campus.to stray away from the ordinary for once," she said. Peter von Puttkamer will speak at 8 p.m. tonight in the Centrum. BOREDOM BUSTERS The Concordia Orchestra will present a Home Concert Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. in Memorial Auditorium. Free and open to the public. The art exhibit "School Stories'* by Thomas Rose runs through Nov. 26 in the Cyrus M. Running Gallery in the Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre. Free and open to the public. Eva van Dok will present her one-woman play on eating disorders, "Eaten Alive," on Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Centrum. "A Few Good Men" plays Nov. 1 at the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre. Call 701-235-6778 for tickets. Nuts" runs Oct. 31 and Nov. 2 at the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre. Call 701-235-6778 for tickets. The art exhibit by painter Carl Oltvedt "A Visual Response" runs through Nov. 16 at the Rourke Art Museum in Moorhead. Oltvedt, a local artist, will also hold work-ing demonstrations on the craft of painting. Call the museum at (218) 236-8861 for hours and details. Local artist Trygve Olson will be giving and artist talk at the opening of his exhibit "The Farm Show" Nov. 2 at 2 p.m. at the Rourke Art Gallery. The exhibit, which features relief prints, sculpture and editorial car-toons, runs through January 25, 2004. Folk singer and Fargo native Brenda Weiler will be performing with Josh Hurty in Beckwiih Hall at NDSU lonight and tomor-row at 8 p.m. Weiler will also be releasing her latest CD, "Cold Weather," to the public before it is available in stores. The art exhibit "Lynn Newman: Points of Departure" runs through Nov. 12 in the NDSU Memorial Union Gallery. "Art on the Plains 6," the Plains Art Museum's annual regional juried exhibi-tion, is at the museum through January 2004. The work of 54 artisls was selected from 512 submissions. Slaind will be performing with Sevendusi and Lo-Pro on Nov. 17 at the Fargo Civic Auditorium. Tickets are available at all Ticketmaster Outlets. The art exhibit "The Verge: Paul Wong" runs through January 18, 2004 in the William Schlossman Gallery at the Plains Art Museum. The MUSM Jazz Guitar Ensemble will be performing on the Gaede Stage at MSUM on Nov. 6 at 8 p.m. The art exhibit "Mantras of Life: Woodcuts by Cecilia Lieder" runs through Dec. 14 at the Plains Art Museum's Serkland and Xcel Energy hallway galleries and the Cafe* Muse. Are you or any of your Cobber friends excep-tional in the creative arts? Tell us! concord ian_ae <f>yahoo.com 'mlt P a r n n T h o a f r r o 314BROAOWAY* oowrtoAnFargo ^ P fCIl IJU I l l C d U d Pna» 701 239 8385 • wwwfaroothaalroOT) Marooned in Iraq Kurdish filmnukrr B*hm.in Chotodi bring* us • stirring portrait of hH pvoplr—an odywey of mutk and foy, Iradrgy and survival. Fri. at 5 p.m., Sat at 4:30 p.m. Tues. Wed. Thurs. at 5 & 9 p.m. The Fargo Theatre Halloween Event! s&F-Dracula™ Oct. 31st at 9 p.m. & Midnight (Costume Contest at 11:30 p.m.) Nov. 1st at Midnight American Splendor™ Starring Paul Giomatti, I lope Davis and I larvuy I'ckar The most a mating, COIOMJI and fantastic comic'lntpired movie in yean." - Minneapolis Star Tribune Friday at 7 p.m. Saturday at 2 & 7 p.m. Tues. Wed. Thurs. at 7 p.m. Solid Brass Monday, Nov. 3rd at 7:30 p.m. Call 219-8385 for Ikkrts and information endearing Mitch Marr The Concordian "Is Nothing Sacred?" The question is inscribed on a plac-ard under a piece of student art displayed at the book's ambigu-ous State U. This semi-autobio-graphical novel finds the narra-tor knee-deep in design philoso-phy when he enrolls in a class taught by the infamously unorthodox Winter Sorbcck. He's the type of teacher that every kid is afraid of, but that every college student should be so lucky to have—innovative, passionate, and well.a bit of a bastard. Winter, along with the other students, teaches the nar-rator a bit about art and a lot about life and growing up along the way. ".the eccentric Dottie Spang, who is a living study in elementary abstract , >i ft art. In his irreverent debut novel, Chip Kidd, who gained some notoriety as an award-winning graphic designer, paints a vivid picture of college adolescence in the I950's. The insightful treatment of his characters lends a good amount of authenticity to Kidd's story and his writing gives a distinct impression that he knows his subjects personal-ly, as people rather than mere characters. Himillsy is the epit-ome of pretentious but brilliant college students, doling out her personal philosophy on art and life to anyone who will listen. However, Kidd doesn't sell her short by focusing on her super-ficial qualities. Instead, we get to see her as both a strong, intel-ligent woman and as a vulnera-ble, confused girl. Kidd's most endearing cre-ation, though, is the narrator who, at the beginning of the book informs us why he decid-ed to study Art: "Majoring in Art at the state university appealed to me because I always hated Art, and I had a hunch if any school would treat the subject with proper disdain, it would be the one run by the government" By the end of the book, his sarcasm is replaced by respect and thoughtful reflec-tion toward his friends, his teachers, and the craft of graph-ic design. The dialogue, espe-cially the narrator's, seems to come right off the page as if Kidd himself is reading it to us. If there's one weakness to be found in "The Cheese Monkeys" it's that a few of the characters come close being to caricatures of themselves. Most memorable is the students' first Art teacher, the eccentric Dottie Spang, who is a living study in elementary abstract art glori-ously costumed in every color of a 64-count crayon box (among her first assignments are still-life renditions of her dead parakeet, and Mr. Peppie the janitor who is the class's first nude study). However, if we place our fondest memories of elementary school teachers in a college context even Dottie is imbued with a bizarre realistic quality. "Is Nothing Sacred?" As much as Kidd might try to con-vince us so, even his sharp sar-casm can't hide the fact that some things are sacred— integrity and friendship among them. His characters embody these ideas time and again, and "The Cheese Monkeys" will have many readers remember-ing just how sacred those col-lege years were. mfMfflimmw Celebrating 50 Years Clinic Hours • j*1 to 7 Monday a 4:30 Tues - Fri eCHCEL OF H » GESOt PC ^ H If 235-001 Ik Oltvfari IGI ne by students under n of licensed Instructors
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