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same ethnic descent or religious belief as the people who perpe trated this act. Realize that when columnist Ann Coulter writes,
Jesus about turning the other
"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders, and convert
cheek or about loving your enemies, then you have no business quoting
them to Christianity"; when US Sen. Zen Miller recommends the
the Bible at all. So shut up."
bombing of Afghanistan with no consideration of "collateral dam
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age" (a military term that translates into plain English as "slaugh tered innocents"); when Pat Robertson and Jeny Fallwell describe
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defense spending and lay blame on their political enemies; when
2001 are likely to live viscerally in
radio ''personalities" use their forums to rage against the "rag
every American old enough to
heads"; realize that they bring profound shame upon themselves,
retain a memory of the day. Thousands
the memory of those who died Tuesday and the values of this country. Realize that we have a responsibility to ourselves and our
massacred suddenly, seemingly senseless ly, in a way that caused each and every
country not to let the terror and anger in our hearts lead us to tol
one of us to doubt, perhaps for the first
erate beliefs and actions contrary to what we know to be right
time, the safety of ourselves and friends and families. I felt it too, as I rode the bus
and fair.
out of downtown, evacuated from my office at the foot of the tallest building in
evil. Any adult human being regardless of nationality should be
able to tell you that the world is more complicated than that, that
a city 1,000 miles away. from the hideous
such distinctions are the simplistic stuff of childrens' stories, George
Our leaders have told us that this is a struggle between good and
carnage I would see repeated over and
Lucas films and George W. Bush speeches. A wise few might also.
over again that day through the miracle of
clue you in to the fact that belief in just such a good-and-evil story.
videotape. T hree days later, we are still
albeit with the roles reversed from the one the president is cur
saddened, still frightened, and as the
rently telling us, was precisely why 18 men willingly committed sui
shock wears off, increasingly angry that
cide on Sept. 11. What we are being asked to believe is every bit
we have been made to feel that way.
as dangerous in the long run , both to ourselves and the world at large, and lowers us to the level of our enemies.
Stop. Focus. Take a deep breath. Realize that the weapon of the terrorist is terror;
If we are to emerge from this moment in our history with our lib
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erties and our national identity intact, we would do well to temper
Dictionary definition of terror is "violence
the "quiet anger" the president has attributed to us, to temper it
that the applicable
committed or threatened by a group to
with a sense of quiet consideration. Decisions will be made in the
intimidate or coerce a population, as for
next few weeks that will have profound and unforeseen impacts on
military or political purposes"; that the
our national way of life. Already, the trade-off between civil lIber
feelings we are dealing with represent that
ties and public safety and the constitutional question of war pow
intimidation, that coercion; that we must
ers have become the topics of heated debate. As justified as our
not let those feelings serve the purposes of
national sense of outrage may be at this moment, it is important
those that inspired them.
that these decisions be made on fact rather than feeling, consistent
Realize that we do our dead no honor
with decency, truth and our national values. Any decision we make
attacking or even shunning those of the
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as American
officialdom, and its media cheerleaders, absorbed and processed the awful events of Sept. 11. Much of the rhetoric, analyses and caIls for actions that emanated from televi sion sets and op-ed pages was untethered from reality. And
this
phenomenon-which
recogllized no party lines-flowed from the •
top down. The president was extreme in simplicity. In his Oval Office address to the country,
George W. Bush explained the horrendous assault
this
way: "America was targeted for
attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world." Let us hope he does not actually believe
this superficial, fairy-tale-ish view. It would
It would be delusional to think that the evil doers who orchestrat ed and conducted this nightmare operation looked around the globe and decided that the United States must be destroyed because of its devo tion to freedom and opportunity. this
who orchestrated and conducted
such a tragedy, it is incumbent upon
mare operation looked around the globe
observed, "Does anybody think that we
can
send
lob
the
USS
New
Jersey
to
Volkswagon-sized shells into Lebanese vil lages-Reagan,
1983-or
loose
'smart
bombs' on civilians seeking shelter in a Baghdad
bunker-Bush,
1991-or
fire
cr'llise missiles on a Sudanese phannaceuti cal factory-Clinton, 1999-and not receive, someday, our share in kind?" History did not begin on Sept. 11. Israel's invasion of Lebanon in 1982 resulted in the deaths of 17,000 or so civilians. In recent years, the sanctions against Iraq may have destroyed the lives of perhaps half a million children. To establish context is not to excuse the murderers or to suggest such destruction was deserved.
(Only Jerry
Falwell and Pat Robertson believe the lat ter; see below.) And reaching an under
be delusional to think that the evildoers
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foulest of deeds. But in the wake of
responsible leaders and citizens to grapple
standing does not guarantee the appropri ate response and actions will follow. But
failing to seek that understanding does increase the odds mistakes will be made
and decided that the United States must be
for a full understanding of the event and
destroyed because of its devotion to free
what led to it.
dom and opportunity. The attack is a con
Hiaasen wrote, "Kids, don't waste your time
and the tragedy compounded. Consider a post-attack article in
sequence of history and policy. The perpet
trying to understand such lunacy." He could
Daily lang that reported,
Miami Herald columnist Carl
Pakistan's "Islamic militant
not be more wrong. Understand we must.
and ideological concerns forged over years.
In an email, author Micah Sifry, a long
groups say they are having trouble coping with a rush of young Palestinians volunteer
To state that, of course, is not to justify
time fcllower of the Middle East conflicts,
ing for suicide bombing> against Israel"' One
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course to say let's go to war. It takes some
finger at the Church Committee, the Senate
righteous anger and conviction to say that.
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panel that investigated CIA improbity in the
decades of occupation." And a member of
Nor is it easy, he added, to call for attacks
1970s: "We went on a real witch hunt with
the Muslim fundamentalist movement Hamas
on "states that have been supporting, if not
Osama bin Laden, people like him. Those
our CIA.... We unilaterally disa!med in
states need to feel pain. If we flatten part of
raised no dramatic criticisms of
Damascus or Tehran or whatever it takes,
al disa!lIIament when he was chief of staff
that is part of the solution."
for President Ronald Reagan or Secretary of
operations
have
become
a
means
for
Palestinians to vent their disgust at several told the paper, Our movement cannot cope "
with all the candidates for martyrdom." These extremists are not acting because they despise freedom and opportunity in
reporter, that "It's not necessarily
an
Israel or the United States. The suicide
Not easy to call for war? W hen thousands
attacks in Israel-and now in the United
of Americans lie dead? When flags are fly
States-are reactions to specific actions and
ing
policies. Unjustifiable reactions indeed-but
Americans
everywhere?
W hen
have
threatened
impulse or jealousy. Bush claims this tellor ism arises from resentment rather than the
conflictS to which the United States has often been a party. He does a disservice
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nation by peddling such a willfidly naive line.
there's collateral damage, so be it." "If
The more obvious-and predictable-form of extremism was best represented by Sen. Zell Miller. The day after the assault conservative
Democrat
from
this
Georgia
declared, "I say bomb the hell out of them." On the Senate floor, he added, "If there's collateral damage, so be it. They certainly found our
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may have even occurred by the time you read
this).
But the ugly reality of so-called
collateral damage should not be dimin
ished, let alone celebrated. A counterstrike should be a sad and somber event, not one of glee and blood-lust. One of the few rea
sonable voices on this point belonged to
fonner Defense Secretary William Cohen,
who told CBS News, "We will be descend ing into the lower depths of humanity" if the country decides to "engage in a whole sale slaughter of innocent people.':
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and hawks were demanding war. And talk
of war is not nonnally an exercise of sub tlety and reflection. Fonner Secretary of State Lawrence Eagleburger said, "There is only one way to begin to deal with people
like this, and that is you have to kill some of them, even if they are not immediately,
directly involved in this thing. Was that his H
version of the old slogan, "Kill them all, and let God sort them out"?
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repeatedly charged that the CIA has been the mid-1990s that curtailed-but did not eliminate-the agency's ability to recruit human-rights violators and tenorists. These limits came about after it was discovered that a Guatemalan military official, who had killed the husband of American citizen Jennifer Harbury, had been on the CIA pay roll. But placing thugs of this sort (and ter rorists) on the agency dole can embolden them and cause them to feel as if they pos sess made-in-Langley protection. Remember Manuel Noriega, that prized asset of the CIA? By the way, Osama bin Laden once
of State
Lawrence Eagleburger
willing to kill innocents and head in the
may entail the loss of civilian life (and this
State for President George Bush the first. Did Former CIA director James Woolsey
IIThere is only one way to begin to deal with people like this, and that is you have to kill some of them, even if they are not immediate ly, directly involved in this thing."
Meaning that the United States should be
ribution against the authors of the attack
this unilater
unduly hampered by regulations imposed in
civilians to be expendable."
moral direction of its enemies. Indeed, ret
terms of intelligence." Baker, however,
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Americans? Does Lowry expect congratula tions for assuming this difficult burden?
from gathering information on tenorists. Woolsey acknowledged in one interview
This is a period of black-and-white pro-
that such recruitments can still occur. And
noun cements.
in June 2000, CIA spokesman Bill Harlow
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said, "The notion that our human rights
NOIman Mineta expected to be believed
guidelines are an impediment to fighting
when he professed that aviation "safety is
terrorism is simply wrong." He noted that
always of paramount importance." Always?
the CIA has "never, ever turned down a
Anyone who flies through London or
request to use someone, even someone with
Amsterdam-let alone Tel Aviv-knows that
a record of human rights abuses, if we
the US government has taken a much less
thought that person could be valuable in
vigilant
our overall counterterrorism
view
toward
safety
than
its
program."
European counterparts. In many European
Moreover, in the years before these restric
nations, airline and airport safety is the duty
tions, the CIA had a pathetic record in infil
of the government. In the United States, it is
trating closed governments and tightly knit
often relegated to private contractors who
targets, such as the Soviet Union, China,
pay their employees low wages. Efforts to
Cuba, North Vietnam and the Viet Congo
raise these wages have been opposed by the
Other hawks have used the occasion to urge
companies. And when there was a move to
the undoing of the rules that prevent CIA
submit these employees to FBI background
spies from posing as journalists or clergy.
checks-which would take time and entail
The point of this regulation was to not put
some cost-the aviation industry successful
American reporters and clergy who travel
ly lobbied against it.
overseas in the crosshairs. Again, when the
Laying blame
CIA was free to deploy such methods, it
Extremism also took hold in the statements of national security experts who claimed that critics of the US intelligence communi ty and restrictions placed on the spies were partially responsible for the death and may hem in New York and Washington. Fonner
failed miserably in penetrating Castro's Cuba or the Viet Congo Will pelrnitting a CIA man to pretend to be a journalist help the agency learn of the intentions of, say, bin Laden, who already does
occasionally
speak to
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"{The LC.l0] is not just a band on tour, but a religious congregation, the word ofjazz. " Down Beat
ernment-sponsored assassination of foreign leaders-as if that could provide a magic bullet. Once more, history shows that CIA assassination efforts have never succeeded or contributed to US security. The day after the attack, the Secrecy
News
newslet ter quoted an administration official events
"Tragic
remarked,
who
almost
inevitably result in the promulgation of legis lation/executive action that reacts to the moment. Most often, these 'solutions' turn out
to be short-sighted." Expect a slew of such ini
tiatives to be sold to the public as necessary steps in the war against tellorism. And that
will include a tremendous boost-more than 10 percent-in the Pentagon budget
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Robertson agreed. "God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve," Falwell remarked. (Talk
about blaming
America first.) Furthermore, Falwell noted that "the abortionists have got to bear some burden
for this because God will not be mocked. And when we destroy 40 million little inno
cent babies, we make God mad." Sept. 11 apparently was God's revenge. If so, the United States should forget about beefing up the CIA, increasing the Pentagon budg et, building Star Wars or even improving airline security. Surely,
a nation cannot
defend against an act of God. But Falwell failed to explain why God has not similarly punished other nations where abortion
occurs. Or why God, if he/she/it were truly
angry, didn't merely smite those who piss him/her/it off? But the Reverend was on a tear: "I really
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actively trying to make that an alter
native lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way-all of them who have tried to secularize America-I point the finger in their face and say, 'You helped this happen.'"
Robertson chimed in: "I totally concur." Here was one set of fundamentalists crassly taking political advantage of the murderous acts of
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n the wake of the attacks on the United States, art muse ums in New York City opened their doors to the public, free of charge, offering New Yorkers "sanctuaries of respite and consolation." That sense of consolation is available in Cedar Rapids, as well, thanks to a fortuitously timed exhibit that offers visitors a trip through the country's history, reintroduc ing us to our national character.
An American Anthem: 300 Years of Painting from The Butler
features 55 paintings from the first art museum solely dedicated to American art. Joseph Green Butler Jr. opened his museum in 1919 in Youngstown, Ohio, and the institute has built an impressive collection of works by Americans over the years, due in no small part to Butler's keen eye for developments in art. The first painting on display in An American Anthem is a por trait of George Washington by Rembrandt Peale (1778-1869). In this time of enhanced patriotic feelings, Peale's painting, depicting a regal Washington in uniform gazing off as though imagining his country's future or reflecting upon its short past, is especially moving. Peale no doubt idealized the first presi dent's image to some extent, but a very human Washington shines through. Two paintings from the mid to late 1800s reflect the American spirit of individualism. William Tylee Ranney (18131857) painted "On the Wing" in 1850. The hunting scene fea tures a child, a rugged hunter and a dog all looking intensely, out-of-frame at what is presumably a fowl. The hunter has his gun aimed so that he might add to the pile of birds at his feet. The hunter's steely gaze of determination suggests a hearty self-reliance. Eastman Johnson's (1824-1906) " Feather Duster Boy" is the urban version of Ranney's hunter. The boy, rendered in dark color against a similarly dark background, offers his feather dusters for sale. Though the image is heavily shadowed, hint ing at the difficulties of the young man's life, it is his efforts to pull himself up by his bootstraps that come to the fore.
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Steve Horowitz owa City's alternative-country band The Mayflies makes music that evokes a mysteri ous and desolate American past. Think of early Byrds with a more simple and honest production. "When we say we play country, we mean the old classic stuff," lead songwriter and bassist Patrick Brickel explained. "There's no Nashville in us at all. We do what was called folk music before the '60s." The Iowa City band features pur posely ragged guitar strumming, slightly off-the-beat drumming, rough and throaty vocals, and a choppy, waili ng fiddle that togeth er frequently create the sound of loneliness and a sense that every thing's not quite right with the world. Simultaneously, The Mayflies' music has a sonic center that holds every thing together and offers a nod and a wink to the notion of beauty. . Brickel said the band originally took its name from a line of an old ballad the group no longer performs if it ever did. This kind of hazy history seems appropriate for a group that performs origi nal tunes that resemble old, familiar classics you can't quite put a finger on. The Mayflies had to change their name to The Mayflies of Johnson County after this spring's performance at the pres tigious South by Southwest music conference when a lawyer for a band from North Carolina (now known as Mayflies USA) contacted them about the redun dancy of the bands' names. Most locals still refer to the Iowa City band as The Mayflies. The original "Mayflies," of course, are the fragile, winged insects that develop from aquatic nymphs and usually live for no more than a day as adults. •
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Some nights in late May and early June, the Iowa streets are filled with their phosphorescent-like, pale lime-green bodies, tens of thousands of the small, beautiful cadav ers making slippery the highways and sidewalks. Talking with the four Mayflies at dusk in the Iowa City backyard of the band's two married members, it seemed that everyone had comments to make about the group's name. Band members (Stacy Webster, lead guitar and vocals; Annie Savage, fiddle and harmony vocals; James Robinson, drums and the previously mentioned Brickel) frequently spoke as one during our conversation. One member would begin a sentence that would be inter rupted by another member who in turn would continue the thought, etc. Listening back to the audiotape of that night, I hear the different parts of the following sen tence spoken by four distinct voices: "One thing we like about the name Mayflies is the combination of some thing kind of pretty and delicate and then gothic and silent and crazy and gloomy, like us." Notice The Mayflies •
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Ahhhh ... the furious noise of The MC5. Culled from various, unnamed live shows in 1969/1970, the Motor City Five's performances on this recently reissued (for the second time) compilation are consistently electrifying, though the recordings themselves are occasionally spotty. But such sonic infractions are insignificant when contrasted with the tight peak power of the band throughout: the bombastic blues noise of "Revolutionary Blues" alone makes a case for considering MC5 the primary influence on the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. Of course, "Kick Out The Jams," "Shakin' Street" and "Ramblin' Rose" make relentlessly raw, requisite appearances, but the band's sludge-covered version of "Born Under a Bad Sign" a song whose very structure buckles and groans under the weight of the Five's reading stands as "new" testament to their sheer, raw power. Consider yourself privileged to own this. A good companion for your worn-out copy of Kick Out the Joms .
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This re-released reissue of live, post1974 Dolls is loose and lubricated. Live Dolls origi nals tend to sound as if they're mere moments from top pling: The pounding, overdriven "Mystery Girls" (and its addictive chorus of "Whoooooooo're the myst ry girls?") effortlessly infiltrates your psyche, and "Personality Crisis" is a slop-rocker that (surely) the Stones forgot to write for the Sex Pistols. The covers are equally revealing and the tightest songs on the album: Archie Bell's Gamble/Huff-penned "Showdown," Otis Redding's . Cropper/Floyd -penned "Don't Mess With Cupid" and Willie Dixon's classic "Hoochie Coochie Man." The uniron ic remember, this is the early '70s -delivery of these songs divulges a lively reverence for the band's prede cessors and a sincerity that belies the Dolls' cantankerous reputation. A cursory glance at New York Dolls' history reveals a band that lived fast and died young. With I'm A Human Being (Live) , the Dolls have left us a good-looking corpse. Joe Derderian
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Red Avocado 521 East Washington St., Iowa City, 35 1-6088 Weathered, Loca LLy wood-fired ceramics. RSVP 1 1 4 E. Washington St.
Work by Sabzi, paintings resonating from Eastern and Western philosophies, opening reception, Oct. 5, 5-8pm.
Senior Center 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 356-5220 quiltz and dollz by patti z, opening reception , Oct. 5, 5-8pm.
Studiolo 4 1 5 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 34 1-8344 Lori Roderick: Body Language, whimsicaL ceramic story-teLLing figures; Constructed Paintings, intri
cateLy patterned abstractions by Mary Hark; through Nov. 10; opening reception, Oct. 5, 5-8pm.
T. Spoons Old Capitol Town Center, Iowa City
Drawings by Mary Moye-RowLey and Steve Ford, Lithographs by SuZanne Bowen Auna n , and dig itaL art by Vaug h n Meadows, opening reception, Oct. 5 , 5-8pm.
UI Hospitals and Clinics Project Art of UlHC, Iowa City, 353-6417
Jeni Reeves, paintings and children's book i llustrations, through Oct. 1 , PVAC • JoeL Peck, intagLio prints, through Nov. 1 , Boyd Tower West Lobby • Dennis Swanson, photocoLLage, through October, Boyd Tower East Lobby.
UI Museum of Art 150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 335-1727 Frederick Brown: Jazz Paintings, 1 2 paintings of
renowned jazz artists, Oct. 5- Dec. 16; Brown wiLL present a Lecture, "The Effects of Jazz on the Arts," Oct. 5, 3:30pm • Permanent coLLection exhibitions, ongoing • Temporary permanent coLLection exhibits: Drunk: A Video Instollation by Gillian Weoring, featurin g "I Love You," a 60minute singLe-channeL video, shown Thursdays, 4pm, and Sundays, Ipm, through Nov. 4; Jules Kirschenbaum: The Last Paintings, through Oct. 28; Invention in Lithography, through Nov. 1 1 . • "Johns and Childhood," Lecture on Jasper Johns by Richard S. FieLd, Sept. 30, 3 pm. • "The Thorn of Love and the Death of the Virgi n: An Unexpected Late MedievaL Pairing of Text and Image," Lecture b y Richard S. FieLd, Oct. 1 , 7 : 30pm • "Cocktails for Two: The Addictions of Cinema," Lecture by Corey Cree kmur, director of the UI Institute for Cinema and CuLture, Oct. 4, 7:30pm • "Mark Rothko, a Ha Lf-Century Later," Lecture by Robert RosenbLum, New York University, Oct. 7, 2pm • "They are Us, And Our C h i ldren," Lecture by Peter Nath a n , UI Department of PsychoLogy, Oct. 11, 7:30pm • Gallery Tour: Graphic arts, KathLeen Edwards, Oct. 1 1 , 4pm.
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Gabe's 330 E. Washington St., Iowa City, 354-4788
Shea Seger, Sept. 29 • Firewater, Big Lazy, Sept. 30 1 • The Hangdogs with Mark • Oneida, Oct. MuLcahy, Oct. 3 • Black RebeL Motorcycle Club, Oct. 5 • AngL, Oct. 12 • Red Meat, Oct. 13 • Agnostic Front, Oct. 14 • Freedy Johnston, Oct. 17.
Womanifesta 2001, Oct. 13.
The Marketplac;e , 5 1 1 P St., South Amana, 62 2-37 50, all 7:30- 1 1 :30pm Bill HeLLer, Oct. 5 • Scott and Michelle DalzieL, Oct. 6 • Steve Price, Oct. 12 • Jean BLum, Oct. 13. •
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WyLde Nept, Sept. 29 • Sam Knutson Band, Oct. 4 • Bohemian SouL Tri be, Oct. 5 • Catfi sh Keith, Oct. 6 • Ross for City Council Fund-raiser fea turing David ZoLLo, Oct. 7 • Terry Farmer, Oct. 10 • The TroLLies, Oct. 1 1 • The BLue Band, Oct 1 2 • Kelly Pardekooper Band, Oct. 13.
Northside Books 203 N. Linn St., Iowa City, 466-9330, Sunday Live!, aU 2-3pm PauL LaFauce, Pam Neudorff & Deb Singer, clas sicaL guitar duets & trios, Sept. 30 • John Lake Band, acoustic rock & swing, Oct. 7 • David HuckfeLt, fLoppyhat bLues, Oct. 14.
Paramount Theatre 123 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 363-1888
Keb' Mo', Sept. 29, 7:30pm • Sing for the Cure, Sept. 30, 7 p m • Cedar Rapids Symphony Pops; "Sousa Returns"; Saturd<lY, Oct. 6, 8pm; Sunday, Oct. 7, 2:30pm • Wi llie NeLson, Oct. 8, 7:30pm • The London Piano Duo, Cedar Rapids Community Concert, Oct. 9, 7:30pm . Dennis James, organist, CRATOS concert, Oct. 14, 2pm.
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The Q 2 1 1 Iowa Ave., Iowa City, 3 3 7-9107
The Green Room 509 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 3 54-4350 Blues Jam Mondays, Latin Night Tuesdays
American AnaLo g Set, little Joe GouLd, Sept. 2 9 • NickeL-Bag-O-Funk with RivaL, Oct. 3 • Leven with Gravity Crush and CriticaL Gop her, Oct. 4 • Kevin Gordon with Pieta and Ben�on, Oct. 5 • Dirty M F and the Smoking Lounge with Psyco Somatic, Oct. 6 • Eggnogs with Fear of FaLLing, Making Hey and FauLtLines, Oct. 1 1 • Dave Olson Band with Sam Knutson and Shame Train and Ben Schmidt, Oct. 1 2 • The Greyhounds with Dr. Z's Experiment, Oct. 13 • Amor BeLhom Duo, Oct. 1 7 .
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ReaLity Trio, jazz, Wednesdays • Acoustic Jazz, Thursdays • Annie Savage, harpist, Fridays • Mad River Duo, clarinet and guitar, Saturdays.
Rock's Roadhouse 1 701 Hwy. 1 S, Iowa City, 3 58- 1 5 14 Patrick HazeLL, Oct. 20, 8pm.
Sal's Music Emporium 624 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, 338-7462
Hancher Auditorium UI campus, Iowa City, 3 3 5 - 1 1 60
PhiladeLphia Orchestra, Oct. 5, 8pm; reLated event: the UI's Maia Quartet presents "From My Life: An ExpLoratio n of the Life and CuLturaL Identity of Czech composer Bedrich Smetana," Oct. 2, 4 p m , in the Lounge of the UI InternationaL Center • Wynton MarsaLis and the lincoLn Center Jazz Orchestra, Oct. 6, 8pm. •
Shoe Less Joe and the ALL-Stars, Oct. 6, 6pm Dave Olson and the One-Timers, Oct 13, 6 p m .
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Mark HeLias Quartet, Oct. 4 • Dave Moore, Oct. 5-6 • Ma rk G rata ma Qua rter, Oct. 13.
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. 31st AnnuaL Fidd Ler's Picnic featuri ng many of Eastern Iowa's oLd-time, bLuegrass, CeLtk and foLk musicians on a continuous stage show, also parking-Lot jam sessions, Oct. 7 , 12-6pm.
Literary Walk/Tower Place Dedication Downtown Iowa City, Oct. 1 3, I-6:30pm
Live music, including UI Pan American SteeL Drum Ban , 2:30-4pm • Live musi ct Lazy Boys & the Reclmers & Greg Brown, 4:30-6 :30pm.
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Oct. 5 • Rick Webber, classic bLues, Oct. 11 • Dustin Busch, acoustic guitar & vocals, Oct. 1 2
Senate Chamber Old capitol, UI campus, Iowa City, 335-1667 Bonnie Choi, harpsichord, Oct. 7, 1:30pm.
Third Street Live! 1204 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, 365-6141
Furious Jebediah and NuetraL Red, Oct. 4, 8pm . • St. Somewh ere, Oct. 6 • Gavity Crush, CD reLease show with Leven and Joe Bonamasso, Oct. 12.
UI Museum of Art 150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 3 3 51727
Baritone J o h n M u rieLLo and pianist Shari Rhoads, UI SchooL of Music facuLty members perform songs by GeraLd Finzi, Francis PouLenc and Gustav MahLer, Oct. 5, 7:30pm . Preview of OctO BOEfest, Oct. 12, 7:30pm.
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The Union Bar Iowa City, 3 1 9-339- 7 7 1 3 The Big Wu, Oct. 10 Williams, Oct. 17.
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The Bellamy Brothers with Lacy J. Da lto n, CR Area Firefighters Association Fund-raiser, Sept. 29, 7: 30pm • Slipknot, System of a Down, Rammstei n, Mudvayne, No One, American Head Ch arge, Oct. 14.
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"The Thorn of Love and the Death of the Virgin: An Unexpected Late Medieval Pairing of Text and Image," Richard Field, speaker, Oct. 1 , 7 : 30pm, Room El09.
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Poet and novelist Fanny Howe reads from her new novel, Indivisible, Oct. 4, 8pm • Francine Prose, fiction readi ng, Oct. 11, 8pm.
Cedar Rapids Museum of Art 410 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 366-7 503
"Mark Twain and America," Art Sandwiched In lecture by Laura Skandera-Trombley, Coe College professor, Oct. 3, 1 2 p m .
Harper HaU Voxman Music Bldg., UI campus, 335-1436
"100 Years of Verdi," Julian Budden, speaker, Oct. 9 , 7:30pm.
IC Public Library 1 2 3 Linn St., Iowa City, 3 56-5200 Oct. 2 : Peter Nazareth discusses Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih, brown
bag lunch with dessert provided, 2001 Carol Spaziani Intellectual Freedom Festival event, live on The Library Channel (local access chan nel 10), 1 2 p m , Meeting Room A • Oct. 3: The U niversity of Iowa International W riti ng Program presents a panel discussion, "Writing for a Life," 3 : 30pm, Meeting Room A ; "Pity the Nati o n : Lebanon at War," Robert Fisk, world renowned journalist who covers the Middle East for London's Independent, reads from his book, live on The Library Channel (local access chan nel 10), 7pm, Meeting Room A • Oct. 9 : Ch ristopher Merrill discusses Waiting for the Barbarians by Constantine Cavafy and other poems, 2001 Carol Spaziani Intellectual Freedom Festival event, live on The Library Channel (local access channel 10), 1 2 p m , Meeting Room A • Oct. 10: ICPL and the UI International Writing Program present a transla Writer As tion panel discussion: "The Translator," live on The Library Chan nel, 3-5pm,
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Silliman, UI assistant professor of Womens Studies reads from her family memoir, Jewish Portraits, Indian Frames, Oct. 1 5 .
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Ha Ji n, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Waiting, reads from his latest collection of short stories, The Bridegroom, Oct. 5 , 8pm • Annual Paul Engle Reading: W.S. Merwi n, poet ry readi ng, Oct. 12, 8pm.
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"Peaceful Poet in the Middle of the South and North Korea Conflict," Man-sik Lee, Oct. 1 5 , 12pm.
The Mill 1 2 0 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, 3 5 1 9529 Talk/Art/Cabaret, readings, etc., Oct. 3.
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Marc Linder reads from his new translation of Danish author Mogens Klitgaard's novel, There's a Man Sitting on a Trolley, Oct. 5 , 7 : 1 5 p m .
Prairie Lights 1 5 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City (unless oth erwise noted), 3 3 7 - 2 6 8 1 , aU 8pm (unless otherwise noted)
Shashi Warrier from India and David Turashvili from the Republic of Georgia, UI International Writing Program participants read from their fiction, also UI Writers' Workshop poet Jerome Marti n , Sept. 30, 5pm • Oji bway writer Peter Razor reads from his memoir While the Locust Slept, Oct. 1 • Actress, fiction writer and poet Carol Hebald, who received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Iowa Writers' Workshop in 1 9 7 1 , reads frpm The Heart Too Long Suppressed: A Chronicle of Mental Illness, Oct. 2 • Former IC resident Dan Coleman reads from his novel The Anarchist, Oct. 3 • Labor organiz er Suzan Erem reads from her new book, Labor Pains, Oct. 4 • Ha Ji n, author of the Pulitzer Prize-wi nning novel Waiting, reads from his lat est collection of short stories, The Bridegroom, Oct. 5 , Shambaugh Auditorium • International Writing ProgramfWriters' Workshop readi ng, Oct. 7 , 5pm • Iowa City's Serena Stier reads from her detective novel, Deadly Illumination, Oct. 8 • UI Writers' Workshop grad uate Steve Langan reads from his new collectio n of poems, Freezing, Oct. 9 • Christine Lincoln reads from her new book of stories, Sap Rising, Oct. 10 • Progra m/Writers' International Writi ng Workshop reading, Oct. 14, 5pm • Jael
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"Jo hns and Childhood," lecture on Jasper Johns by Richard S. Field, Sept. 30, 3pm . • "The Thorn of Love and the Death of the Virgin: A n Unexpected Late Medieval Pairing of Text and Image," lecture by Richard S. Field, Oct. 1 , 7:30pm • "Cocktails for Two: The Addictions of Cinema," lecture by Corey Creekmur, director of the UI Institute for Cinema and Cu lture, Oct. 4, 7:30pm • "The Effects of Jazz o n the Arts," lec ture by Frederick Brown, Oct. 5, 3:30pm • "Mark Rothko, a Half-Century Later," lecture by Robert Rosenblum, New York University, Oct. 7 , 2pm • "They are Us, And Our Children," lecture by Peter Nathan, UI Department of Psychology, Oct. 1 1 , 7:30pm.
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Grand opening a n d dedication, Paul Engle Center, 1600 Fourth Avenue SE, CR, Oct. 14.
Fiddler's Picnic Johnson County Fairgrounds One Mile South of Iowa City on Old US 218
31 st Annual Fiddler's Picnic featuring many of Eastern Iowa's old-time, bluegrass, Celtic and folk musicians on a continuous stage show, also parking-lot jam sessions, Oct. 7 , 12-6pm.
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fra n k talk at work. Yo ur ego will come in for a little jostling. These discussions will lead to understanding and positive change. Financial progress will require personal restraint. Actively resist expansion plans that threaten job securi ty. Events need to unfold further before you can move safely on expansion initiatives. You might have a sudden urge to travel, but travel would be more expensive and troublesome than you expect. Bureaucratic changes and added paper work could cause mild a nnoyance.
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its head. The financial situation isn't working. Existing financial limitations are con flicti ng crazily with your dreams. A pitched bat tle over shared financial resources com plicates the picture. You don't have much control over the battle or its outcome. There will be gratifyi ng progress in spiritual, romantic and creative affairs. Matters at a distance will also attract and i nspi[e. Translation: You'd much rather be doing something else somewhere else. An attitude of confident expectation is the proper one to take.
UBRA (Sept 23-0ct 22) Creative and "-----" self-improvement efforts go wonderfully, especially when they are connected to travel and far-off places. You should find yourself sporting a special inner glow too. You're starti ng a whole new cycle of growth soon. However, the financial situ ation still looks dicey. Changes at home and work are problematic. Discussions over finances and job matters promise to be heated, not to mention con fused. Expansion plans at work go in a direction you don't need to go. Tread cautiously.
SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 2 1 ) Positive
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panied by troubling consequences and worri some loose ends. You can expect sudden and positive changes in troubled, com plicated fami ly affairs. Realizations and personal growth will provide healing insight and the ability to handle delicate situations. But some of the solutions suggested could prove too costly. You could find neighborhood issues quite vexing. They could be the source of potentially expensive disputes. Overall, avoid making commitments. You need to see how thi ngs wi II play out.
SAGmARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 2 1 ) The real
'-'" ly toug h pressure has eased. Troubles with partners and associates are resolvi ng them selves. A new, solid basis for cooperation is emerging. You are also i nspired to join a crusade or two. Economic realities are still annoying you thoug h. The financing for proposed projects really isn't there. Maybe plans for that new proj ect need modification. Mull over the implica tions of recent developments before the pressure to make decisions returns next month. Flexibility and inventiveness are the order of the day.
CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19) The deter
luck and restraint to get through these two weeks. Luckily, Lady Luck remains solidly in your corner. The restraint is up to you. Sharply conflicti ng demands and temptations of all kinds will proliferate, threatening your hard-won financial stabi lity. Partners will be testy. Discussions, of which there will be many, will be spirited. Family members will be impatient at the very least. Luckily, when the dust settles, a satisfactory (if contested) solution will almost certai nly appear.
mination and the energy to make a new beginning are here. Related changes in long-term financial arrangements will proceed smoothly. These changes might reduce the size of the over all pie. Partners and hig her-ups might find these changes annoying or scary. However, no one will stop you and they will eventually come around. Confusion and delays are likely. There will be loose ends too. Patience will be required. But you will make a solid start in the right direction.
fought, but successful compromises on important fi nancial and partnership issues are in the offing. Just about everyone could have some thing to say on the issues at hand. Your old friends, Confusion, Delay and Obstacle will also . contribute to the proceedings. If you draw on your new reserves of personal strength, restrain impa tience and ignore barbs, you'll do just fine. The outcome might not put an end to the matter, but it will provide a satisfactory basis for progress.
. ters at a distance, creative projects, spiri tual and religious concerns are all being powerfully stimulated and strongly supported by the planets. The next two weeks will see many flurries of activ ity in these areas. But there is a counter trend. Finances require constant attention. Work relations could be easily upset by impulsiveness or temper. These projects will have to be idealistic as well as financially realistic, unfortunately. Also, having an ego could be quite inconvenient right now.
LEO (July 23-Aug 22) Serious, hard
(Aug 23-Sept 22) It will be nice to have the heavy artillery aimed at someone else for awhile. You can now do much needed damage control, consolidate your new position and prepare for the next big step for ward. Potentially contentious exchanges will lead, i n the end, to financial benefits and job im provements. The battles aren't over, but you will soon be in a much better position to solve remaining difficulties. Renewed creative efforts could lead to deeper involvement with philan thropic and humanitarian groups.
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PISCES (Feb 19-March 20) The inner
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home and at work will take place amidst bother some economic limitations. More changes will take place magically, allowing you to make peace with the new financial realities, but they will take place a midst impatience and testy discus sions. Huma nitarian activities could upset arrangements with friends. An emotionally mixed couple of weeks with a strong positive outcome overall. The changes will stand you i n good stead when the pressure picks up, as it will.
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Curses, Foiled Again Two women and a man who burg larized a house i n Ross County, Ohio, started to make their get away but backed their Buick into a pond. They decided to lighten the car by dumping the stolen items-including a microwave oven, television set, braided rug, satellite dish and lock box i nto the water. Homeowner Dorral Cunningham returned from work and spotted the suspects try i n g to push their car out of the pond. He was about to help them when he recognized some of the items in the muddy water, so he called the sheriff. When deputies Ta mmy Brunette and Jason Gannon arrived, the three mud-covered suspects asked them for help. "I thin k they thought they could prete nd like the car had been stuck or they had been i n an accident," Brunette said after arresting the trio, "but it did n't work."
Cheese Whiz New York artist Cosimo Cavallaro a n nounced plans to cover a house i n Powell, Wyoming, inside and out with melted cheese. A Wisconsin company agreed to provide five tons of cheese for the project. Canada retaliated against a US decision reclassify ing breaded cheese sticks as cheese instead of Mother food" by effectively closing the border to US breaded-cheese stick imports. Oussamah Tamim, a spokesperson with the Department of Foreign Affairs i n Ottawa, said Washington's move subject ed southbound shipments of the snack food a $3million-a-year business-to tariffs and quotas, thereby impeding the "long-standing free ft.ow of cheese sticks" betwee n the two countries.
Silver Lining City officials i n Nottingham, England, spent $ 1 . 5 million to i n stall 2 1 5 solar-powered parking meters after studies showed countries i n south ern Europe that used them had saved a fortune i n maintenance costs. Those countries enjoy however, of sunshine, whereas ple nty Notti ngham's weather is much gloomier. As a result, more than a quarter of the machines have stopped working, providing motorists with free parkin g . "This is an ill-thought scheme," city councilor Sally McNamara told the Da ily Telegraph , adding the council has asked the meters' suppliers to adjust the machi nes ' for the dark winter ahead.
Failing Grade Five hooded gunmen held up a post office in Athens expecting to make off with 220 million drachmas ( $546,400) stashed i n two bags. Instead, the bags they took contained hundreds of fi nal exams i n algebra, Latin and chemistry from three schools o n the Ionian island of Zakynthos. The Educ3tion Ministry asked the schools to repeat the tests.
A group of Portuguese-Americans i n California's Central Valley engages i n bullfighting from May to October, but instead of fi nishing off the ani mal with a sword, matadors use paper-frilled lances tipped with Velcro to signify the kill. Rather than pierce the bull, the lances, or "ban derillas," stick to a Velcro patch on the bull's shoulder. The New York Times reported the varia tion is aimed at appeasing animal protectionists and accommodating a state law that prohibits killing the bull.
Second-Amendment Follies Douglas Provost, 34, told police i n Belvidere, Vt. , that he was trying to swap a . 2 2 pistol for some marijuana when the g u n accidentally fired while four people were passing it around, killing one man. Provost said he then shot the three others in self-defense because he thought they were coming after h i m . Police said Provost admitted he had been drinking Uquite a bit." Fifty persons i n Balti more accidentally shot themselves in the first eight months of this year, mostly with illegal handguns. Police said the incidents often occur as the victi ms attempt to pull loaded handguns from their waistbands or pants pockets. Their fingers become stuck on the trigger, and they end up firing a bullet i nto their leg or groi n. "Pulling it out to use it is obvious ly a problem," police Col. Robert M. Stanton said.
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