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neither was very easy to pay attention to. Under these circumstances, the question that I've had to ask myself is this-just how responsible is it to exhort people to vote when there might be, in all honesty, no one to vote for? The short answer is "not very," though the general idea of involvement in

and vote" column is a hardy perennial.

the system should be channeled into work

In the course of a career that has

ing to nominate candidates one could in

encompass ed three presidential elections,

good conscience support-a sort of ''better

five congressional cycles and five off-year

luck next time" approach.

state and local elections, I have written at

Nor should the politically ignorant be

least half a dozen, all of which have trumpet

to get out from in front of the television long enough to exen.:ise the franchise. With yet another election-themed issue of yet another paper to contribute a col umn

to, I figured no sweat-after the first

couple cracks at it, writing another "get out and vote" column is like falling off a log. Having actually sat down to churn the bas tard out, however, I find that, for a lot of reasons, the editorial content of the old "get out and vote" column just doesn't seem adequate somehow. Part of this, of course, has to do with the aftelmath of the events of Sept. 11, in that

encouraged to use the franchise. Those way that part of just about everything we do anymore has something to do with the aftermath of the events of Sept. 11. With a war on and a series of domestic crises causing havoc on the home front, ques tions of both democracy and leadership have become more important than ever, particularly questions about the relation ship between the two. Times of war and crisis tend to produce a great deal of patri otic sentiment and a perceived need to

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be almost completely uninformed. While part of this has to do with the media manip ulation practiced by the campaigns them

approaching the president and congres

Americans rely on to inform them, are the

sional leadership with the utmost defer

network anchors, and pandering ninnies

a time when

and not the other way around? With some

leadership is more pressing, and our role as citizens in the selection of that leader More of it, however, has to do with the events that took place starting at this time last year.

difficult as it is to remember,

Distribution Manager: Ben Ramsey

Breazeale, Kembrew McLeod, Dr. Star, Dan

stream media's election coverage and still

journalism, the people the majority of

us,

ritory-and in shock from the process of

Contributors: Rob Cline, Joe Derderian, Mike

that a person could closely follow the main

are

remind

this coun.try was in new and uncharted ter

Handy Man: Joel Cochran

of a campaign; it was perhaps the first time

face it, the "big names" in contemporary

Contribuling Edilor: Steve Horowitz

IT Direclor: Phil Maul

tions were also a nadir for media coverage

six weeks. What better than an election to

ship more important, than ever before.

Kimm

about not knowing enough-last year's elec

squarely the fault of the manipulated-let's

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vote, shouldn't vote, and shouldn't feel bad

that has certainly been the case in the last

decisions and deeds, the need for strong, iI

politics or the candidates or the issues to

selves, the success of that manipulation is

of us literally staking our lives on their

who feel they don't know enough about

stand behind national leaders, something

ence and respect, that we are their bosses •

Bush

president, and shouldn't feel bad about it

or a political commentator, the "get out

of the last election, and exhorted the reader

the

to Gore's campaign or his record as vice

The new revised standard get-out and-vote column

demoClacy, bewailed the low voter turnout

from

administration simply didn't pay attention •

ed the virtues of citizenship in a participatory

different

getting there-many months before the attacks in New York and DC. With as much respect as is being afforded George W. Bush right now, it ought to be remem bered that he was elected president by a minority of American voters under cir cumstances

that are best called question

able. More than this, the election itself, with the two parties seemingly racing for

like Brokaw, Rather and Jennings should be enough to make Walter Cronkite roll over in his, um, sleep. The upshot is this-vote if you

am.

If you

feel strongly enough to cast your ballot for a certain candidate, and have backed that feel ing up with a complete and infonned review of the facts, go for it If you don't, or haven't, please do something else on election day, and before next time rolls around, do anything you can to educate yourself and nominate candi dates that you can in good conscience vote for. Once again, it's important to remember who's in charge. For too long we've relied on the parties and the media to help us discharge the respollSlbilities of citizenship and been shocked to find that they've done so in a man ner that better serves themselves than it serves the greater good. It's time we relied on ourselves that crucial bit more it is, in the final analysis, completely our responsibility in the first place.

the uncontroversial center under the lead ership of two presidential candidates seem ingly chosen for the way they combined blandness and vagueness, represented a sort of nadir for democracy regardless of its outcome. Anyone who thinks that a Gore administration would have been

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Forget about long walks on the beach and quiet evenings at home, these six candidates are vying for three of the highest-profile mini mum-wage jobs around. Which three will win your heart?

many local activists and boosters would like us to. All six can didates are good people who care about their town. Still, even the evenhanded Lehman acknowledges that there's a lot at stake this year: "Definitely, there is a choice in candidates this year. And I think the people, when they select those candidates, are going to say a lot more than which individual they want to see on council; they are going to be voting on a philosophy of gov

owa City heads to the polls Tuesday. Nov. 6. The object:

ernment. . . . I believe if the incumbents are reelected by a sig

to elect three city councilors from a field of six candi

nificant margin, there will be some sort of indication to the

dates. Up for grabs: two "at-large" seats and o.ne "District B" seat. Challengers Leah Cohen and John

council that our actions reflect more of what the people feel."

Robertson have set their

Robertson

sights on incumbents Ernie

Lehman and Mike O'Donnell for the at-large seats, while

You Like Intelligent, Progressive

Brandon Ross is fighting incumbent Connie Champion for

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the District B seat. Who should you vote for? Well, maybe you're a partisan voter: Even though all city council elections are non-partisan, meaning that the candidates don't affiliate themselves with political parties, one might hazard to list the candidates-from the political left to right-as Ross, Robertson,

Cohen,

O'Donnell and a tie between Lehman and Champion.

(This

is only my opinion, of course, but one based on research and the impressions I gathered at candidate forums and over the course of my interviews with the candidates.) While there's no guarantee on which side of an issue any individual will come down, councilor Irvin Pfab has made no secret of his endorsements of Robertson and Ross, thus indicating that the majority vote, if all incumbents were defeated, could swing from Champion, Lehman, O'Donnell and Dee Vanderhoef to Steve Kanner, Pfab, Robertson and Ross (Cohen and Ross Wilburn being wildcards). Maybe you're a single-issue voter: If you think the city charter amendment initiative (granted, really not a single issue) got a raw deal, then you'll probably vote for Robertson, Ross and maybe Cohen.

(As

city councilors,

Champion, Lehman and O'Donnell opted not to attend a special meeting to force a debate on the amendments.) If, on the other hand, economic development is your silver bullet, you'll probably vote for the incumbents. For many, though, voting is a more complicated prospect. In other words, maybe it will depend on a combination of factors: that Champion dresses well and donates her salary

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to a good cause or that Lehman looks at the big picture and is a good grandpa. The fact is, even in an Iowa City City Council race, you can't paint candidates and issues with as broad a brush as

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. . . and I like the sound of your voice. Staff attorney seeks voters who want their voic es heard. I like motorcycles, cheap fiction and spending time with my wife Julia and three-year old son David. fier Robertson and his wife Julie cleaned their

condominium

home

for

our

impending interview, their son David sensed things were a lit tle too organized and blockaded the front door with stuffed animals he dragged downstairs from his bedroom-"one at a time," John groaned. Robertson has enough political savvy to know that presenting an organized house to a reporter is a good thing, yet he gave into the inevitably of parenthood. Three-year-old David was curious about me, this stranger come into his home, but cautious too. "Leave me alone," he demanded at my hello and hid between his father's legs. Eventually, he became emboldened enough to cannonball animals at us from the stairwell. John, too, seemed cautious at first, maybe because he didn't know my agenda. At first his answers were short and careful. After awhile, though, he was apologizing for a long-winded response, saying "Now you've got me thinking." John's intelligence becomes apparent once he lets down his guard. The catalyst for Robertson's entry into local politics was his concern over the city's seeming lack of concern over prob lems with local law-enforcement practices, particularly the high number of arrests for public intoxication and the killing of Eric Shaw. "They have never even been able to consider the possibility that we will never be able to arrest our way into being the kind of town that is all peaceful and calm and cool and wl:ere there are not a lot of bars and drunk people,"

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Robertson explained. The council, in his

Lehman's unique brand of sagacity must, in

downtown. I think the community supports

opinion, should help the police deprutment

part, come from his years of experience

preservation-neighborhoods,

find better ways of interacting with resi

serving the community on various boards

quality of life. I would like to see the coun

dents. Robertson supports the right of citi

and commissions. His words are compelling

cil and city staff supporting it."

zens to vote on the proposed Home Rule

because he speaks with fresh, plain-old

Those who vote for him, Lehman said,

Charter amendments, which include putting

common sense. He is not afraid to state the

will be voting for a philosophy of govern

obvious when others are being polite; his

ment that is healthy and good for Iowa

statements are a welcomed alternative to

City, a philosophy that he fears is in danger

political shiftiness and manipulation. On the

of being lost. "I believe that the people in

Citizens .Review Board and require a cita

other hand, if you disagree with his view

this community respect you for doing what

tion in lieu of arrest for a majority of mis

points, his words can feel sharp and arro

you believe is right," he said. "And I also

demeanor offenses, respectively.)

gant. Still, he is able to take a few steps back

believe, for the most part, our voters are

Robertson perceives an arrogant attitude

from his reflections and see the larger pic

not single-issue people. Even though I have

toward the people of Iowa City by a major

ture. "In the total scheme of things," he

irritated, perhaps, about every segment of

ity of city councilors, and he fears this frame

began our interview, "being a world-class

the population at one time or another, I

of mind negatively impacts the community's

grandfather is probably more important

believe they respect me for doing what I

conception of itself. As a result, he said, we are slowly losing our vision of diversity, cul

than being mayor." It was then that I

believe is in the best interest of the whole

no ced the photo frames displayed for sale

community. The homebuilders. . .I didn't

ture, openness and tolerance. When local

at Enzler's-the type of frames most stores

seek

government stops listening to the people, he

fill with anonymous models-contained pic

endorsing me this election, even though I

said, "you have a community responding by

tures of his six grandchildren.

supported the

the chief of police and city manager up for retention vote. (The other two amendments would increase the powers of the Police

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either being lulled into complacency or get

Lehman has no problem with public input

ting irate and angry, and then retaliatory

on council issues and does not accept the

which I think we saw with the Eric Shaw

criticism that the current council is turning

killing. We've seen it on some police issues.

a deaf ear to the public. He doesn't think

You end up with a thing where a lot of folks

that the council should poll the public for its

aren't paying attention because they don't

opinion on each new issue that arises. "I

feel empowered. And on the other side of

believe that is shirking the duties of a pub

the coin, you have a shriller and shriller

lic official," he said. Lehman's opinion is

voice trying to be heard-which makes any

that citizens aren't interested in things they

body not want to listen." Robertson said

don't view as affecting them directly. "But I

more discussion between community mem

also believe, very finnly," he added, "that

bers and local government would help solve

the strongest public input is the ballot box."

such problems. Running city buses at night

Lehman is wrapping up his second four

and installing public toilets on the ped mall

year term as a city councilor, during which

are

some of Robertson's other ideas.

Emie Lehman I

Don't (orne With

Any Baggage... ,

. . . except for the suit cases I sell at my store. Cuddly grand pa-type. Owner of Enzler's downtown. Must love chil dren: I have six grandkids. No headgames, please. hereas John Robertson is still young, building insight and understanding through education and dedicated attention to what is happening around him, Ernie

he served as mayor (councilors appoint a mayor from among themselves every two years; he was appointed twice in a row). Lehman is proud of the actions the council has taken to improve the city's water and sewer facilities, improvements, he said, that will last the community for as long as 50 years. The rezoning of residential areas near Governor and Market streets, which, he said, indicates the council's philosophy of preserving and protecting neighborhoods, is another accomplishment of which he is proud. "We are preventing the destruction of single-family homes [by] duplexes, four plexes, eight-plexes," he explained. ''And we are

seeing more interest on the part of fam

ilies to locate to the neighborhoods near

their endorsement, but project

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families,

they are

are most

opposed to: the Peninsula Project."

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'�Owner of BoJames restaurant. .� Mother figure. Kids . are OK; my two are , in college. Want leadersh i p that serves, not directs, the people? Then your wish is my heart's desire. f you're planning a three-day group fish ing expedition, by all means invite Ernie

Lehman. He'd be great to shoot the shit with, to gnunble with Ilbout

initating

coworkers and in-laws. He'd catch enough fish to keep it interesting and keep the group clowns in line. If, on the other hand, you need solace because your

mother

passed away or you had a fight with your lover, Leah Cohen would be a better choice. She possesses enough motherly love for her two daughters (both college students), the Iowa City police force, small business owners and you. She works hard in the face of CIisis-surviving two fires at her downtown restaurant over the years is Little Village

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just one example. She isn't as forthcoming

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though. If elected, she will need to take some time to check the neighborly gossip she's heard against the facts. The dim, stem interior of Bo-James belies Cohen's bright, compassionate personality.

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with

We met there before the restaw-ant opened

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and talked over coffee in a booth. We weren't alone. The telephone, a delivery man, two women applying for a waitress position, and someone looking for change

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there with pen and paper in hand, they claimed, to write a letter to the editor on

off

her behalf. I think he was protecting her from a potentially hostile reporter. The curre nt council's handling of citizen

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"One of the reasons I am running for coun cil: she explained, "is because I feel that our council has a very minor, small group of people on it who make the decisions and then they announce them to this popula tion-then

have

chance

say

whether we like it or dislike it, after the fact." She said that having such a small group controlling what goes on means that the city won't be able to solve problems, "because you don't have the new ideas and the new energies to do that." She is certain that citizens are willin g and able to dedi cate more time in helping direct the actions of local government. Cohen said involving more of Iowa City's diverse

population

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mittees and boards the council appoints as one way of accomplishing this. Cohen has a heart for young people. She has shared her business savvy with high school classes and mentored young women. One of her prior

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tle stage and old chairs sitting there they could have for Friday nights: she suggest ed. They could act and play music. "To do that, we need to have the private sector involved, to pay for it I think we are will ing to do that. If bars downtown were

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finishing

a term

the Police

Citizens Review Board, Cohen said she chose to serve because she thought she could bring balance to a body that could

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have been dominated by people who felt hostility toward the police. "I have always had an interest in law," she said. "It was one time that I felt I could be valuable." On the subject of development, Cohen doesn't believe in growth for growth's sake, yet

she

growth

worries is

Coralville's

leaving

Iowa

City

booming behind.

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remarked at one forum. "Businesses tend to not want to come to our community," she told me during our interview. "One reason

is because we have so many laws and so

thtpits

many people involved in the process of try ing to put together a business, that people get frustrated, and we've become known

the

for that." She pointed out that Iowa City has very few chains, but then acknowl edged that she prefers community-owned businesses.

political

far as the charter amendments go,

Cohen is not certain if the proposals them selves are appropriate, but she has a real problem with the way the city has handled the process.

Mike O'Donnell

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A Big Teddy Bear

I enjoy leavi ng my cell phone at home, .'/ fishing and walks ..• ! through City Park with my wife. Big and strong, but sensitive too. Owner of Brandy's Vacuum and Sewing in Coralville. If I could ask you one question, it would be, "How can we get you more involved?" .

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eah Cohen might look easier to hug than Mike O'Donnell, but don't let appearances fool you. Seemingly in an effort to compensate for his body's impos ing presence, O'Donnell discusses issues quietly and uses his sense of humor subtly. If you were in a movie theater and couldn't

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home." Just what is the "right type of

on the council, was the only candidate who

growth"? Like Cohen, O'Donnell doesn't

didn't agree to a face-to-face interview, and

believe

not all of his responses to my questions

Generally speaking, he said, prospective

were direct. I wasn't certain if he wanted to

companies "shouldn't deteriorate our quali

avoid giving blunt, honest opinions; if he

ty of life," and that includes not harming the

wasn't taking the interview very seriously;

environment. "You don't see

if he couldn't communicate his ideas clear

smoke stacks in Iowa City," he said.

growth

ly; if he wasn't clear himself on some ideas;

for

growth's

any dark

Connie

or if it had something to do with the fact that he was suffering from bronchitis at the

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time. He did want to make it clear that he has as much of a stake in Iowa City as any one, perhaps to show that even though his

from that of the other candidates because

Co-owner of Catheri ne's women's clothing . 'store. Number,-" \ . - } cruncher, mother of eight. I enjoy crime nov els and knitting. I am very pro-development but not in the hands of the developers.

he feels the public doesn't take advantage

arlier this year, the council voted on a

business is located in Coralville, he is a qualified city-council candidate. He grew up in I{)wa City in a house across the street from the police station, at a time when his family could get to know the whole police force. His take on public input is quite different

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of the most important votes we make through the year is the budget. Either peo ple are confident in what we are doing or there is a feeling of complacency." Oh, by the way, readers, budget decisions

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made in February-March if you care to check out the process next year. Like Cohen, O'Donnell is concerned about the young people of Iowa City. "One thing that really troubles me is that our young, bright people are leaving this com munity because they cannot find a job," he explained. "The jobs for people coming out of college-good-paying jobs with benefits is what I always push. I would. like to bring the right type of growth to Iowa City to afford them the opportunity to find a job at

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2001/02 of

approximately $149 million. As co-owner of and buyer for Catherine's women's clothing store downtown, Connie Champion is prob ably not as intimidated by such a large number in the "total" column of a budget as most people would be. Champion travels to markets in larger cities like Chicago to pur chase clothing for her store. "Purchasing at market is intense," Champion said, adding that market purchasing involves making rapid decisions and spending a lot of money. The clothes in her modem and airy store reflect the current trends, and are expensive. Some of the fabrics are beautiful, but you probably won't see any members of the Students Against Sweatshops campus group sho{lping there. For the interview, we . sat in two living room-style chairs at the back of the store. Champion has self-confidence, a sense of style and alert eyes. Even though her outfit probably came from the upscale stock of her own store, she did not look like a bill board-forcing herself into uncomfortable clothes in order to "look right" for the job.

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the Old Brick candidates forum?" Brandon Ross asked me when I told him that some

She doesn't whimper or bend over back

ceive what is happening. "We have a strate

wards or apologize. She just gets things

gic plan; we have all these documents that

done. "People like my bluntness," she

plan everything out; maybe there is a

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demic plan instead of a practical plan. ...

wanted to run for city council (she is run

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a zoning plan. Zoning is pretty black and

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wh ite. " Champion knows the people of Iowa City

council and help build a consensus. "But

want councilors to listen to them. A time

there is even more hostility now than

comes, however, when the councilors must

before," she sighed. This time, she is run

vote. "You don't ever please everybody,"

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she said, "and if you do, you probably

and the council set into motion during the

aren't making any decisions." She believes

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the public is active in local politics. "I think

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government level. That

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a blessing," she said with a laugh. "But I

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would rather have that than none at all."

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bri ngs together tracks from sev eral early vinyl releases by Stewart Walker, so most of the work here predates last year's Stabiles. Walker explores the obsessive loopiness of minimal techno, but with a sense of intention and architec tural strategy that's missing from most music that targets the dance floor. These tracks are an expression of Walker's strategy of subtraction: He peels away the busy fore ground sounds of electronic music vocals, melodies, squawking synthesizers to reveal its essential schematic. These tracks sound paradoxically quiet, almost to the point of becoming purely ambient. But when played loud the sound becomes warmly sensual and enveloping. While the primary structural idea here is rep etition, continuous subtle variations build up and morph the mood. For listeners not accus tomed to the reductionist nature of techno, it may take several listens to appreciate the motion lurking in the static structure. But the best music always must, in some sense, teach a different way of hearing music. Walker seems to write his music as an intense act of listening he sets up perpetual motion machines and listens for the human ity and soul hidden in the endless repetition. The result is music that is subliminal and intuitive, and worth repeated listening. Reclamation

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is inevitable, as the means of patience. musical production are literally changing beneath a musician's hands. In this environ ment, intelligent, appealing compositions that aren't a new variation of a sharp stick in the ear can be ignored by an audience addict ed to the shock of the new. Mike Dykehouse (it's really his name, give him a break) thus archly titles this collection DynamicObsolescence. Stylistica lly, he's a stepchild of musicians li ke Aphex Twi n, Black Dog and Muziq. But that doesn't mean Dykehouse's music is purely derivative; there's way too much idiosyncratic pop sen sibility going on. While you'll hear familiar sounds here Aphex Twin's squig gly analog melodies, Muziq's muted trumpets, Squarepusher's shattered breakbeats they're recombined with wit and musicality in service of Dykehouse's sense of instant nostalgia for what in slower eras would pass for current events: The seminal period for this sort of music roughly '92 to '97 already seems as remote as Borgia's Venice. There's a sense of melancholy here, like that of a computer ren dered obsolete before its fifth bi rthday, or an action figure forgotten before it's lost that new-plastic smell. Above all, though, this is the work of a composer creating something new from the sounds he reacts to emotionally in the work of others. It's a sort of Fan's Note in that sense, but as appealing and substantive as any of its precursor chemicals. Netheads, be sure to check out the Planet Mu Web site, which contains a load of downloadable music by Dykehouse and the rest of the label's cheerful eccentrics. . ,

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Colors of Conscience: Iowa Artists in the Spirit of Corita, work by Iowa-born artist/activist Sister

Akar Architecture and Design 4 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 3 5 1 - 1 2 2 7 Dynamic Duo; works by husband and wife Chuck Hi ndes and Nancy Fink; Hindes, a U I ceramics pro fessor, shows wood-fired ceramics; Fink shows botanical watercolors; through November.

Art at the Chamber IC Area Chamber of Commerce Bldg., 3 2 5 E. Washington St., Iowa City Work by True Deegan and Nancy Fink.

The Art Mission 1 1 4 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 466-1006 Burning Bush, mixed-media works by Robinette Moss.

Barbara

1 2 9 E. Was hington St., 337-7447

Occupying the Layers of the Italian Landscape, pho tographs of Rome by Robert Fox; Map Series, large by

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Burling Library Print Study Room, Grinnell College campus The Prairie Suite: A Study of Place, 1 2 artists with Midwest connections reflect o n the tall-grass prairie, through Dec. 9.

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art 4 1 0 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 366-7503 •

An American Anthem: 300 Years of Painting from The Butler Institute of American Art, through Nov. 18 • Recent Acquisitions 2000-2001, featuring

wrought-iron gates designed by Grant Wood, through Dec. 9, Iowa Ga llery. (See Music and Words for more events)

Coe College Marvin Cone and Eaton-Buchan Galleries, 1 2 2 0 First Ave. HE, Cedar Rapids, 3 99-8647 Doug Young, painting; Marguerite Perret, mixed media; through Nov. 18.

CSPS 1 1 03 Thin! Sf. SE. Cedar Rapids, 364-4384

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Hittle Village

Design Ranch Store 3 3 5 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, 3 54-2623

Mountains & Diamonds: Paintings & Sculptures by Hu Hung-shu, Hu Hung-shu is professor of design at the UI; Lighting by Flos & Modern Italian Furniture by Zanotta, Studio 168, through Nov. 15. Faulconer Gallery

Arts Iowa City

fig u rative paintings Katherine Hannigan.

Corita Kent (1918-86) and seven contemporary artists, most all Iowa residents concerned with similar social and political issues: David Dunlap, Jane Gilmor, Doug Hanson, Louise Kames, Will Mentor, Mark Todd and Tilly Woodward, Nov. 9Dec. 28, opening reception Nov. 9, 5-7pm.

Grinnell College, 1 108 Park St., Grinnell, 641269-4660 Estonian Art Since 1990, includes recent work by avant-garde artists of the dissident groups ANK 64, SOU P 69 and Tonis Vint's Studio 22, through Dec. 9.

The Frame Station Gallery 1 100 Fifth Street, City Center Square, Iowa City, 3 5 1-6898 Paintings by Australian Aboriginal artists, through Nov. 13.

Hudson River Gallery & Frame Co. 538 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 3 58-8488 Catherine Jones- Davies, figu rative and landscape oil paintings; James Casper, wood-fired ceramic tiles; through Nov. 9 • Photographs by William Luse and William Voxman, Nov. 1 6 - Decem ber.

Iowa Artisans Gallery 1 1 7 E. College St., Iowa City, 3 51-8686

Iowa State Bank and Trust 102 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, 356-5800 Contemporary Quilts, work by 1 1 quitters with local connections: Kathyl Jogerst, Kathy Mueller, Jo Betts, Berta Kallaus, Mary Ann Kelly, Joan Maxwell, Sugar Mark, Priscilla Wright, Connie Fund, Sue Evans and Trish Koza, through December.

Kirkwood Community College Iowa Hall Gallery, 6301 Kirkwood Blvd. SW, Cedar Rapids, 398-4956 Indian Hills Art Faculty, featuri ng oils, acrylics, pastels and ceramics by Mark McWh orter, Lisa Fritz and Dr. David Johnson, through Nov. 5 • Old Dog; New Tricks?, recent works by Robert Kocher, also featuring ceramics by Chad Wolf, Nov. 9-Dec. 19, opening reception Nov. 15, 5-6:30, gallery talk at 6pm.

Lorenz Boot Shop 1 3 2 S. Clinton St., Iowa City, 3 3 9-1053 Safe as Houses, new works on paper by Phili p Kirk; Mystery of the Lost Chorus, archival digital pri nts by Michael Kehoe; through February.

M.C. Ginsberg Objects of Art 1 1 0 E. Washington St., Iowa City, 35 1-1700

Life a5 a Collaboration: A Marriage of the Arts for 28 Years, joint exhibition by SCUlptor Nancy Lovendahl and jewelry designer and goldsmith Scott Keati ng.

Mendala Community Art Gallery Downtown Oxford

Imoges of War. Celebrations of Life: The Photographs and Collage Art of Dan Eldon, photographs and col lages by Dan Eldon, photojournalist who was killed on the job in Somalia, through Jan. 1 2 .

Mt. Mercy College

through Nov. 9 • Handmade for the Holidays, fes tival of orname nts, Judaica and unusual gifts, Nov. 15-Jan. 5 .

Janalyn Hanson White Gallery, 1330 Elmhurst Dr. NE, Cedar Rapids, 363-8 2 1 3 Interference, a video installation by S heila Ross, through Nov. 8.

Iowa Memorial Union

Mythos

Main Lounge, UI campus Holiday Thieve's Market, Nov. 1 7 , 12-6pm; Nov. 18, 10am-Spm, 335-3393.

9 S. Linn St., Iowa City. 3 3 7-3760 Ethnographic art, antiquities and museum copies; specializing in Africa n, Mayan Indian from Guatemala and Asian, ongoing.

William Nowysz: Travel Journal in Watercolor,

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UI Dance Gala Hancher Auditorium

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The UI Dance Company celebrates the 20th anniversary of its annual dance gala with a performarice featuring a classic work by UI alumnus Lar Lubovitch. The 1976 Marimba is set to Steve Reich's "Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ." Lubovitch was a UI fine arts student from Chicago in 1960 when he was introduced to dance by the late Marcia Thayer, a pioneer in building the UI dance program into the nationally recognized department it is now. A gymnast, Lubovitch was recruited to dance in a Thayer work and soon devoted alL of his creative energy to exploring the world of dance. At Thayer's recommendation, Lubovitch transferred from Iowa to the Juilliafd School i n New York the beginning of a 32-year

career as a dancer and choreograp her. Lubovitch returned to the UI in 1999 after an absence of nearly 40 years for the American Ballet Theatre performances of his Hancher-commissioned Meadow part of the auditorium's Millennium Festival. The UI Symphony Orchestra, the Kantorei, UI School of Music faculty pianist Ksenia Nosi kova and Dance Department staff pianist Jyle Juracek will be featured musical per formers. A benefit reception, featuring Lubovitch and other Dance Gala 2001 choreogra phers, will celebrate the 20th anniversary and provide much needed, tax-deductible financial support for the UI Dance Department before the Friday night performance 6-7:30pm in the Hancher Cafe. UI campus, Iowa City 335�1160. ,

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Red Avocado 5 2 1 East Washington St., Iowa City, 3 5 1-6088 Weathered, locally wood-fired ceramics.

RSVP 1 1 4 E. Washington St. Work by Sabzi, paintings resonatin g from Eastern and Western philosophies.

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28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 356-5220 quiltz and dollz by patti z, Patti Zwick, through Dec. 2.

Studiolo 4 1 5 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 341-8344 Lori Roderick: Body Language, whimsical ceramic story-telling figures; Constructed Paintings, i ntri cately patterned abstractions by Mary Hark; through Nov. 10 • Socks, sock-inspired work by Yoruba artist and performer Olyabayo OLan1n1, Nov. 12-December; reception/performance, Nov. 16, 57pm.

T. Spoons Old Capitol Town Center, Iowa City Drawings by Mary Moye-Rowley and Steve Ford, lithographs by Suzanne Bowen Aunan, and digital art by Vaughn Meadows.

UI Hospitals and Clinics Project Art of UIHC, Iowa City, 353-6417 The UI Health Care Fall Staff Arts and Crafts S how, Nov. 2 , 10am-4pm, Boyd Tower East • Ceramic and metalwork by Chui Yee Tang, through Novem ber, Main Lobby Gallery . Digital images on canvas by Rachel Snir, through Dec. 2, Patient and Visitor Activity Center Gallery • Wate rcolor paintings by Sarah Sorensen, Nov. 2-Dec. 28, Boyd Tower East Gallery • Acrylic paintings by Barbara Jones Pratt, Nov. 3-Jan. 3 , Boyd Tower West Gallery.

UI Museum of Art 150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 335-17 2 7 Frederick Brown: Jazz Paintings, 1 2 paintings of renowned jazz artists, through Dec. 1 6 • Permanent collection exhibitions, ongoing • Temporary permanent coUection exhibits: Drunk: A Video Installation by Gillian Wearing, featuring "I

Love You," a 60-minute single-channel video, shown Thursdays, 4pm, and Su ndays, l p m , through Nov. 4; Invention in Lithography, through Nov. 1 1 • African Inspirations: Sculpted Headwear by Sonya Clark, Nov. 16-Jan. 13 • African in America: Olabaya Olaniyi, Nov. 16-Jan. 13. (See Words for lectures and guided tours)

Uptown Bill's small Mall 401 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 3 39-0401 Ph otography by David Young, a self-taught ento mologist who takes photographs utilizing micro scope technology; digital photographic images by architect Benjamin Chait.

Ie The Blue Shop 3 2 0 N. 4th St., Burlington, 758-9553 Malachi Thom pson and the Freebob Band, Nov 2-3.

Bo-James 1 1 8 E. Washington, Iowa City, 3 3 7-4703 Nick Stika, acoustic folk and rock, Nov. 2 & 9, 4pm.

Clapp Recital Hall U niversity of Iowa campus, Iowa City, 3 3 51 1 60 Camerata Sing ers, Nov. 2, 8pm • Johnson County Landmark Jazz Band, Nov. 3, 8pm • Women's Choir, Nov. 4, 3pm • Stephen Swanson, baritone, and Linda Hakken, organ, Nov. 4, 8pm • Moscow Tour Concert, Center for New Music, Nov. 5, 8pm • Students of the St. Petersburg Conservatory, Nov. 7, 8pm • Concert of 18th Century Music, La Fosse Baroque Ensem ble, Nov. 9, 8pm • New Horizons Band, Nov. 10, 2pm • Iowa Brass Quintet, Nov. 14, 8pm • William Kuhlman, organ recital, Oct. 16. •

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Coe College Sinclair Auditorium, 1 220 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, 399-8600 "Coming Home: A Coe College Sesquicentennial Celebration Concert," Nov. 10, 8pm.

CSPS 1 103 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, 364-4384 Mexican singer Lila Downs, Nov. 1 , 8pm • Singer songwriter Erin McKeown, Nov. 4, 7pm • Cheryl Wheeler, Nov 14, 8pm.

Gabe's 330 E. Washington St., Iowa City, 3 54-4788 Drums & Tuba, Nov. 1 • Sweep the Leg Johnny, Nov. 2 • Disco D, Nov. 3 • Primer 55, Nov. 4 • Zao, Nov. 5 • Schleigho, Nov. 9 • Drovers, Nov. 10 . Cry Baby Cry, Nov. 1 3 • Dave Zollo and the Body Electric, Nov. 17 .• Teddy Morgan, Nov. 22 • Karl Denson, Nov. 25 • Dan Bern Band, Nov. 27.

The Green Room 509 S. Gi lbert St., Iowa City, 3 5 4-4350

Blues Jam Mondays, Latin Night Tuesdays Phunk Junkeez with Sucka MCs and EF Seventy, Nov. 1 • Still Gravy with Rival, Nov. 2 • Del Amor, Nov. 3 • Electronicult Productions spins jazz, soul, r-n-b, reggae and trip- hop, Nov. 7 • Shleigho, Nov. 8 • Jet Set Cutie with Phogisten Jam, Nov. 9 • Dirty M F (from Liquid Soul) and the Smoking Section with Nickel Bag 0 Funk, Nov. 10 • Clean Living, Nov. 14 • Luca Brasi with Critical Gopher and Shoeless Joe, Nov. 1 5 • Brother Trucker with Dave Olson, Nov. 16 • Hop on Johnny with Earthling, Nov. 17.

Hancher Auditorium UI campus, Iowa City, 335- 1 160 Band Extravaganza, with Symphony Band, Johnson County Landmark and Hawkeye Marching Band, Nov. 13-14, 7:30pm.

Kirkwood Community College Ballantyne Auditori um, 6301 Kirkwood Blvd. SW, Cedar Rapids, 398-4956 Jazz singer Karrin Allyson, Nov. 10, 7:30pm • Vocal jazz concert with Jazz Transit and RSVP, Nov. 17, 7:30pm. Little Village •

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Lou Henri's

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630 Iowa Ave., Iowa City, 3 5 1 -3637 Anton Hatwich Trio, Nov. 1 • Odd Bar Trio, Nov. 2 Dave Olson, Nov. 3 • Sam Knutson & Nate • Basinger, Nov. 8 • Frodoe, Nov. 9 • Robert Mo(ey, Nov. 1 0 • Randy Davis & Randy Henderson, Nov. 15 Hatwich, • Grismore Trio, Nov. 1 6 • Thompson, Cun liffe (jazz trio), Nov. 1 7 .

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The Marketplace 5 1 1 P St., South Amana, 6 2 2-3750, all 7:301 1:30pm Nick Stika, acoustic folk and rock, Nov. 3, 7:30pm.

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Iowa City, 1 2 7 E. College, 35 1-5536 Ashanti, Nov. 2 , 9:30pm.

The Olde By The

The 1 20 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, 3 5 1-9529

Friends of Old Time Music ocoustic jom session Tuesdays, 9pm; all shows 9pm unless otherwise noted Kathryn Musilek, Nov. 1 • Eddie Adcock band, Nov. 2 • C D-release party for Ron Clark's, of Riverside Theatre, Christmas CD, Small Miracles, Nov. 3 , 68pm • The Mayflies, Nov. 3, 9pm • Stuart Davis, Nov. 4, 7 p m • Allette Brooks, Pieta Brown opens, Nov. 8 • Teddy Morgan and Kelly Pardekooper, Nov. 9 • Shade of Blue, Nov. 10 • Pieta Brown, Nov. 14 • Dana Robinson, Nov. 15 • Larry Myer, Nov. 16.

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Northside Books 203 N. Linn St., Iowa City, 466-9330, Sunday live!, all 2-3pm Liz Hickey- McCoy, Nov. 4 • The Flutepuets, Nov. 11 • Mike & Amy Finders, Nov. 18.

Paramount Theatre 1 2 3 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 363-1888 (unless noted otherwise) Trumpet virtuoso Joe Burgstaller, Nov. 6, 7:30pm, 363-6 2 54 for tickets • C R Sym ph ony, 80th Anniversary Celebration, American Extravaganza, Timothy Shafer, piano, Nov. 10, 8pm; Nov. 1 2 , 7pm, 366-8203 for tickets • B. B. King, Nov. 1 3 , 7:30pm.

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2 1 1 Iowa Ave., Iowa City, 33 7-9107 Lo Faber Band, Nov. 9, 10:30pm • Hello Dave, Nov. 1 5 • 7th Heaven, Nov. 18, 9 p m .

Red Avocado 521 East Washington St., Iowa City, 3 5 1 -6088, all 6:30-9:30pm Reality Trio, jazz, Wednesdays • Acoustic Jazz, Thursdays • Annie Savage, harpist, Fridays • Mad River Duo, clarinet and guitar, Saturdays.

Sal's Music Emporium

624 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City, 338-7462 Nightjar CD release, Nov. 3, 6 p m • Jack Norton and Ben Weaver, Nov. 10, 6pm.

Sam's Pizza 3 2 1 S. Gllbert St., Iowa City, Nick Stika, acoustic folk and rock, Nov. 8, 10pm • Dogs O n Skis, classic and current rock, Nov. 10, 9:30pm.

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405 S. Gllbert St., Iowa City, 3 5 1-5692 Jazz from Chicao: Tim AuBuchon Qua rtet with Pat Williams, Nov. 1 • Anton Hatwich Trio, Nov. 2 • Sam Knutson, Nov. 3 • Dave Moore, Nov. 910.

Senate Chamber Old Capitol, UI campus, Iowa City Early Music Iowa co ncert, Larry Palmer, harpsi chord, Nov. 1 1 , 1:30pm.

Senior Center 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 3 5 6-5 2 20 New Horizon Band's Salute to Veterans, Nov. 1, 2: 30-4pm • Voices of Experience's Salute to Veterans, Nov. 8, 2 :30-4pm .

Third Street Live!

Fairgrounds, Iowa City, 3 38-0443

David Kiehl. speaker, Nov. 12, 7pm, E109.

12 04 Third St. SE, Cedar Rapids, 365-6141 Nihil Seraph and Griskin, Nov. 1, doors at 7pm • Shane Joh nson's B Lues Train, with Rude Mood, Nov. 3 • Grynchpit, Nov. 8, doors at 7pm • Truth and Janey, with speciaL guests SouL Co, Nov. 9 • Latin Dance Night, Nov. 10 • The Large Midgets, Nov. 16 • The Starch Martins, Nov. 17 • Lonnie Brooks with The Craig Erickson Group, Nov. 23.

Performances Fridays and Saturdays 8pm; Thursday, 7:30pm and Sunday, 2:30pm Moon Over Buffalo, comedy by Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Crazy for You) that centers on George

1 0 1 Becker Communication Studies Bldg.

UI Hospitals and Clinics Project Art of UIHC, Iowa City, 353-6417 The Swing Timers, Nov. 2, 1 2 : 1 5-1pm, J o h n Colloton Pavilion Atrium, by elevator F • The Cha meleons, Nov. 14, 1 2 : 15-1pm, John Colloton Pavi lion Atrium, by elevator F. •

Iowa Memorial Union UI campus, 363-1888 North Mississippi Allstars, Nov. 5 Nov. 1 3 , Wheelroom.

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and Ch arlotte Hay, fading stars of repertory theater i n 1950s Buffalo, Nov. 1-3, 9-1 1 .

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Kirkwood Community College Ballantyne Auditori um, 6301 Kirkwood Blvd. SW, Cedar Rapids, 398-5578 Company, a musical by Stephen Sondheim and George Furth, Nov. 2-3, 7:30pm; Nov. 4, 2:30pm.

Old Creamery Theatre 39 38th Ave., Amana, 800-3 52-6262

Performances Wednesdays, Friday & Saturdays 8pm; Thursdays & Sundays 3pm Sanders Family Christmas, down-home Christmas musical, Nov. 2-Dec. 2 2 .

Riverside Theatre

UI Museum of Art 150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 335-17 2 7 Maia Quartet, Nov. 2, 7 : 30pm • African

Inspirations: Sculpted Headwear by Sonya Clark, gallery tour led by Clark; performance by Olabayo Olaniyi, Nov. 16, 7 p m .

Uptown Bill's small Mall 401 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 33 9-0401 Pieta Brown and Ben Ramsey, folk & blues, Nov. 1, 8-11 p m • Marci and Ricardo Valdivieso, Latin music, Nov. 2 , 6-9pm • UI Jazz Night, Nov. 5, 8, 1 2 , 10pm-lam • Tony Sparacino, acoustic covers, Nov. 9, 9-10pm • Jack Norton and Ben Weaver, neo-folk, Nov. 10, 8-1 1pm • Dino Balocchi, acoustic aka " Prairie Fire Fighter," Nov. 14, 8pm-12am • Sam Knutson, folk & blues, Nov. 15, 8-11pm.

Hancher Auditorium UI campus, Iowa City, 335-1 160 Dance Gala 2001, UI Dance Company, Nov. 9-10, 8pm.

Paramount Theatre 1 2 3 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 363-1888 Tap Dogs, November 1, 7:30pm.

2 1 3 N. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 338-7672

Performances Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays (except Sept. 28, no performance) and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm Gunplay, rea ding & discussion, UI shooting an niversary, Nov. 1, 5:30pm • Spinning Into Butter, by UI alum Rebecca Gilman, explores what happens when a series of racist notes appear on a student's door at a small liberal arts college, Nov. 15-Dec. 9.

UI Theatre Theatre Bldg., UI campus, Iowa City, 3351 1 60

Agamemnon by Aeschylus and Electra by Euripides, Nov. 1-3, 7:30 & 9pm; Nov. 4, 3 & 4:30pm, David Thayer Theatre • Machina/, by Sophie TreadwelL, Nov. 8-10, 7:30pm; Nov. 11, 3pm, Theatre B • Woyzeck, by Georg Buch ner, Nov. 8-10, 9pm; Nov. 1 1 , 4:30pm, Theatre B • Dionysus, Suzuki Com pany, Nov. 17, 8pm; Nov. 18, 3pm, E.e. Mabie Theatre.

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City Circle Acting Company Coralville Rec Center, Coralville, 3 54-3006

Shows 8pm, Sunday matinee 2:30pm Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Nov. 2-11

Eulenspiegel Puppet Theater

UI campus, 335-0416 Claudia Rankin, poetry reading, Nov. 2 , 8pm • Writers' Workshop facu lty poets, Nov. 14, 8:15pm.

Cedar Rapids Museum of Art 410 Third Ave. SE, Cedar Rapids, 366-7503 "Composing an American Voice through Painting and Music," presented i n collaboration with the Cedar Rapids Sym phony Orchestra, with pianist Timothy Shafer and composer-in-residence Linda Robbins Coleman, Nov. 7, 12-1pm • "What was Regionalism? The View from Chicago, 19301947," lecture by DanieL Schulman, associate curator of modern and contemporary art at The Art Institute of Chicago, Nov. 15, 5:30-6:30pm.

Coe College Cherry Auditori um, 1 2 2 0 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, 3 99-8600 "The Ten Commandments of Writi ng," by author Kate DiCami llo, Nov. 6, l l am.

IC Public Library 1 2 3 Linn St., Iowa City, 3 5 6-5200 Nov 3: "Depression and Women, Dispelling the Myth," Business and Professional Women of Iowa City, 2pm, Meeting Room A • Nov. 4: " Distilling the Discourse - History of the Tavern in Johnson County Johnson County Historical Society," 2pm, live on ChanneL 10, Meeti ng Room A.

The Mill 1 2 0 E. Burlington St., Iowa City, 3 5 1-9529 Talk/Art/Cabaret, performance art, readings, etc., Nov. 7. 1 5 S. Dubuque St., Iowa City (unless other wise noted), 337-2681

ETC.

All 8pm (unless otherwise noted)

Art wanted for "Art i n the Lobby" Theatre exhibitions, call 338-7672.

Wolff, poet and editor of Fence Magazine, reads from her new collection, Manderley, Nov. 1 • V.S. Naipau� reads from his fi rst novel in eight years, Half a Life, Nov. 4, 5pm, Macbride Auditorium, Macbride Hall • Lily James, author of High Drama in Fabulous Toledo, reads, Nov. 5 • Honor Moore reads from Darling, her latest volume of poetry, Nov. 6 • Bill Ayers reads from his memoir, Fugitive Days, Nov. 7 • Poets Bin Ramke and Cole Swenson read fro m their latest colLections Airs, Waters, Places and Such Rich Hours, respectively, Nov. 8 • Peter Jenkins reads from Looking for Alaska, Nov. 9 • Nature writer G retel Ehrlich reads from her new Rebecca

Riverside

Coe College Dows Theatre, 1 2 20 First Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, 3 9 9-8600 Phaedra, by Jean Racine, Nov. 9-10, 8pm.

East

Prairie Lights

Auditions for Iowa City Community Theatre pro duction of After Magritte/The Real Inspector Hound, Nov. 1 , 7pm; Nov. 4, 4pm, Meeting Room A, Iowa City Public Library.

UI campus Jamaican/American poet Claudia Rankine, Nov. 2, 8pm.

Art Building UI campus, Iowa City, 3 3 5 - 1 7 7 2

319 N. Calhoun St., West Liberty, 627-2487 Hansel and Goosel, by Rebecca Gilman, Nov. 10- 1 1 , 2 & 4:30pm, New Strand Theatre, 1 1 1 E. Third, West Liberty.

Drums & Tuba

Graffiti Theatre

Standing Divided, a n interactive theater 'presenta tion that explores the question, What does it mean to be an American?, Nov. 6, 7pm, IC Public Library, Meeting Room A • Workshop on Real Theatre, designed for students, educators, activists, artists, community leaders, senior citizens and citizens interested i n exploring the current social politic, Nov. 10, 1-4pm, IC Public Library, Meeting Room A, limited space, reserve a spot by Nov. 7 , call Mara McCann at 6 2 1-3234, o r email, workshop@graffi ti-theatre. com .

Iowa City Community Exhibition Johnson Hall,

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TransGender Awareness Education F slival

Various locations in Iowa City

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An education festival may sound like a recipe for boredom, but this is one big exception. Sponsored by Ruby's Pearl, University of Iowa GLBTU, Flierman Resources, Sexuality Studies Department, Gender Puzzle, Graffiti Theater and the Emma Goldman Clinic, the ev.ent promises to be provocative as well as informational. Festivities kick off Thursday, Nov. 8 with a 6pm panel at Uptown Bill's small Mall. There's a Trans Youth Workshop Friday, Nov. 9 at 4pm (this and several other events wiLL be held at Graffiti Theatre's performance space, V-Zone, located above the Vine . . Tayern on the corner of S. Gilbert and Prentiss streets). Other events include something called a : frans-Orag Science Fair, (for the not-so-faint-of-heart) a Strap-on Sex Workshop, and the screen " Victor/Victoria and You Don't Know Dick. Other venues include of C a lC . details calendar listin g under Events for full "

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Nov. 2, 7:30pm, 3 54-5707 Samhain, also known as HaLLoween, was ceLebrat ed as the ancient CeLtic New Year and Feast of th e Ancestors; includes drumming, chanting, a guided meditation and a remembrance; costumes or rituaL garb encouraged but not necessary; bring drums, jack-o-Lanterns or mementos of those who you wouLd Like to remember.

book, This Cold Heaven , Nov. 12 • DanieL Scott reads from his first coLLection of short stories, Some of Us Have to Get Up in the Morning, Nov 1 3 • Philosopher Chris Phi llips reads from his book, Socrates Cafe, Nov. 14 • UI Chair of African American and WorLd Studies, Horace Porter, reads from and discusses his new book fro m the U of I Press, Jazz Country: Ralph Ellison in America, Nov. 1 5 • Husband-and-wife mystery writers Pete Hautman, author of Rag Man, and Mary Logue, author of Glare Ice, Nov. 16.

TransGender Awareness Education Festival

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28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 356-5220 GeneaLogy Conversation, Nov. 2 , 12: 30-2pm • "Iowa: Land Between the Rivers, Part II: The Missouri River," presenter Loren N . Horton, Nov. 6, 2-3:30pm • Current Events Discussion Group, Nov. 1 3 & 27, 12:30-1:30pm • Video Discussion Group FinaL Session, Nov. 14, 10am-12pm • Grandparent Gifting and Ch aritabLe Giving, Nov. 14, 101 1 : 30am, registration required.

UI Museum of Art 150 North Riverside Dr., Iowa City, 3 3 5- 1 7 2 7 "African Art," gaLLery tour with Victoria Rovine, Nov. 8, 4pm • Africon Inspirations: Sculpted Headwear by Sonya Clark, gaLLery tour Led by Clark; performance by OLabayo OLaniyi, Nov. 16, 7pm.

Voxman Music Bldg UI camp us, 335-1436 MusicoLogy and Theory CoLLoquium, Stefan Eckert, speaker, Nov. 2, 1:30pm, Rm. 1027 • MusicoLogy and Theory CoLLoquium, Mary Hunter, speaker, Nov. 9, 1:30pm, Rm. 1027.

A Samhain Ritual

Various locations, Nov. 8-10, 248-0032 for tick et and registration info Nov. 8: Trans Identity PaneL: An identity- based dis cussion hig hLighting the Lives and experiences of individuals, 6pm, U ptown Bills; GLBTU movie series: Victor/Victoria, 8:30pm, Iowa City PubLic Library • Nov. 9: Trans Youth Workshop: A work shop and discussion deaLing with the specific chaL Lenges that trans youth face today, 4pm, The V Zone (above the Vine Tavern on the corner of S. Gilbert and Prentiss); Strap-on Sex Workshop with Carrie Gray of AsLan Leather in Toronto, Ontario, 7pm, The V-Zone; Gender Queer Reading, bring an originaL work &/or your favorite piece of poetry, prose or erotica, 9pm, Ruby's PearL • Nov. 10: SM workshop on commun ication and pLay techniques with Carrie Gray, 12pm, Location TBA; How to be an ALLy: workshop/discussion to enabLe peopLe i n becoming better educated supporters, 2pm, The V Zone; Trans-Drag-Science Fair: a how-to in sub verting the dominant paradigm, 4pm, The V-Zone; Movie: You Don't Know Dick, 6pm, The V-Zone; Movie: All About My Mother, 8pm, The V-Zone. •

Senior Center 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 3 56-5220 Veteran's Day CeLebration, taps by Nancy Wombacher, speeches by Bud Louis (Air Force), Waun etta Stubbs (Army) and another veteran to be named Later, patriotic songs, reception hosted by

SheLter 8, City Park, Park Rd., Iowa City

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IC Public Library 1 2 3 Linn St., Iowa City, 356-5200 HIV Consortia Meeti ng, Nov. 2 , lOam, ICN Meeti ng Room D.

Uptown BiU's small Mall 401 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 339-0401 AA Meeting, all weLcome, Nov. 5 & 12, 6-7pm.

IC Public Library 1 2 3 Linn St., Iowa City, 356-5200 WorLd Wide Web Class; a one-hour hands-on intro duction to the WorLd Wide Web, caLL ext. 125 to register, Nov. 7, 7pm

New Pioneer Co-op & Bakehouse City Center Square, Hwy. 6 West, Coralville, 358-5513 "How to Throw a Great Party," with party enthusi ast and chef ELizabeth Weinberg of the CoraLviLLe DeLi, Nov. 1 5 , 6pm, CoraLviLLe New Pioneer Co-op store, caLL Theresa at 887-1147 to register.

Robert A. . Lee Community Recreation Center 220 S. Gilbert St., Iowa City, 3 56-5100 Line Dance classes, through Dec. 18, Tuesdays, 7 : 1 5-9:15pm, fee is $3 at the door, pre-registra tion not required, fo r more information contact the IC Recreation Division, 356-5100 • AduLt Art CLasses, everything from magazine writing and guitar to printmaking and coLLage, caLL for more info.

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Senior Center 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 356-5220 Beadwork Seminar, Nov. 13, 2-4pm • Creating Mailing Lists & Pri nti ng Labels, Section 1 : Nov. 14, 12-lpm; Section 2: Nov. 16, 12-lpm, registra tion required.

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Nov. 6: Cultural Entrepreneurship Work Group, 5pm, ICN Meetipg Room D • Nov. 8: Small Business Development Center, workshop for new busi nesses, open to the public, 8pm, Meeting Room A • The Iowa Department of Cultural Affairs is undertaking an oral histol)' project related to the events of Sept. 1 1 . Iowans are asked to create a permanent public record of their experiences and reacti ons that day by recording their stories on audio tape or on a written form. Through Nov. 10, citizens may come to the First Floor Page Station at the libral)' to pick up forms, an audiotape, tape recorder, and sign-up to use a quiet study room to record their comments. Residents that do not wish to record their co m ments on tape are invited to fill out a written form. For more information, contact Uz Nichols at the Iowa City Public libraI)' or Riki Saltzman, Folklife Coordinator, Iowa Arts Council, 600 E. Locust, Des Moines, IA 50319.

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Old Brick Church 26 East Market St., Iowa City An Evening at the Agape Cafe IX: Our Bountiful Harvest Celebration, the ninth annual dinner to support Iowa City's breakfast cafe for the poor, Nov. 1 0 , 6pm, call 351-2211 for reservations or more information.

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Senior Center 28 S. Linn St., Iowa City, 356-5 2 20 Orientation to Computers, Nov. 1-2, registration required • Senior Strength Training, through Dec. 10, M, W, F, 1 1 :30am-12:30pm, registration required.

Service of Remembrance Newman Catholic Student Center, corner of Jefferson and Clinton, Iowa City, Nov. 1 , 7:30pm Held on the 10th anniversal)' of the shootings of seven members of the UI community, music by the Maia Quartet, questions may be directed to the Rev. Marsha Acord at the Wesley Center, 338- 1 1 79 . •

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FORE CAST FOR N OV E M B E R 1 - 1 5, 2 0 0 1 ARIES (March 21 -ApriL 19) Your busi

:......� ness and personal interests are far flung

and wide ranging. The strain of managing them aLL is peaking again. However, there is enough affectionate support and inspiration from part ners at home and at work to get you through swim mingLy. Above aLL, and despite everything, the financiaL gears are finally beginning to mesh, bringing a sense of confidence and weLL being. Your concern for sociaL issues is power fulLy stim uLated, but it isn't clear what you can do to heLp, yet.

'f,C I� TAURUS (ApriL 20-May 20) The ongoing L.

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LIBRA (Sept 23-0ct 22) Things are still

-..::/ far from perfect LocaLLy and your escape

route to distant Locales is still strewn with siz able obstacles. More annoying uncertainties will also emerge. However, you will soon see a wave of changes that help clear pathways that now seem so thoroughLy bLocked. These deveLopments wiLL bring wider appreciation and new outlets for your creative efforts. They wiLL heLp your Love Life too. The ongoing budget squeeze wilL also be eased by a sizabLe piece of financiaL Luck.

SCORPIO (Oct 23-Nov 21) Concern over

�SJ family and fi nanciaL questions will come

to the fore, again. CompLete, Lasti ng soLutions are not yet possibLe. However, expect a surge of reaL and Lasti ng progress on some of these issues and abrupt but weLcome closure on others. You wiLL have to cope with more worrisome twists and turns down the road, but these will not erase the progress you are making now. Lady Luck will make a weLcome appearance, bringing recogni tion and reward for Long-standing effo rts.

GEMINI (May 2 1 -June 20) The intensi

"-" fLict between your need to express your seLf and the pressure from associates to conform is, if anything, i ntensifyi ng. TaLks are producing some reaL and weLcome progress, though, and the tone of negotiations i s much friendLier. ALso, the clock is running out on other issues, bringing closure of a sort there. StilL, as Lasti ng progress is achieved in some areas, confusion and dis agreement spring up eLsewhere. It is far from over. A run of financial Luck is easing concerns generaLLy.

CANCER (June 21-J uly 22) The haLls still

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19)

echo with the sounds of power being exercised and influence being exerted, and you are still aLmost comp LeteLy out of the loop. IrresistibLe forces are hammering the immovabLe objects in your Life while you have to stand idLy by. After the main event, as rippLe effects spread, you will probabLy feeL even more at sea. But, pLanetariLy, you are under powerfuL protec tive influences. You will soon have very clear evidence that others are successfuLLy defending your interests.

LEO (JuLy 23-Aug 22) The pressure to

bring creative and Love interests into Line with sociaL responsibilities is getti ng intense again. However, new, promising group activities are taking shape among your neigh bors and friends. These can, and most LikeLy wiLL, be turned to Larger, seLfless aims. You are also due fo r a sizable bit of good Luck. It wiLL LikeLy be of a personaL kind that wiLL heLp you smooth over ro ugh spots that are deveLoping at home because of your changing roLe.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sept 22) The pressure

from authority figures on both the work and the home fronts is peaking again right about now. However, new possibilities in both relation ship and professional areas are num erous, excit ing and very real. Also, your growing reputation for philanthropic work wiLL soon transLate into an impressive piece of good Luck on the LocaL scene. There· are still a· fair number of worrisome unknowns with more to come, but present obsta cles to your pLans are LikeLy to be short term. Hittle Village

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financiaL crisis is peaking right about now. Distress and disarray are generaL. You shouLd expect even more uncertainty to creep into the situation by mid-month. Events wiLL not undermine your position. Yo ur Luck wiLL hoLd. PLans enacted now wiLL work out weLL, Long term. The choices made by those in power will safe guard your financiaL and personaL interests. If you saw someone else havi ng as much Luck as you are having right now, you wouLdn't beLieve it. ty of current associates is not contribut ing to peace of mind or economic stabi lity right now. Disruptive changes in many areas of your Life account for the rest of the probLem. The key to survival rests in opening yourseLf to inspira tion, play, flirtation and travel or the study of things foreign. Very good things are happening with these things now. Indeed, initiatives in these areas are destined to succeed. You are also due for some reassuri ngLy good financiaL news.

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SAGmARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21) The con

For a while, it was hard to teLL which wouLd do you in first: the pressures of work or the burden of personaL concerns. Don't worry. ReLief is on the way in both areas. There are negotiations going on over which you have littLe Leverage, but the outcome wiLL favor you finan ciaLLy. ALso, your new associates will soon present you with gener ous evidence of their regard and admiration. These things won't soLve aLL your probLems, but they sure will heLp.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18) Your desire

to heLp others is intensifying. So is your quest for more effective ways to communicate with others. Indeed, a whoLe new, hig hLy ener getic cycle of growth and deveLopment is about to begin in these areas. You are presentLy in a position to bring great benefit to those you work with and those you work for. This wiLL heLp aLL concerned cope with recent, abrupt changes. For now your reward must come from having heLped make it aLL happen.

PISCES (Feb 19-March 20) With a Little

=---"/ effort, you couLd deveLop a reaL case of

nerves. Let me see. There are two crises brewing, again, one at home, one at work. PeopLe with a Lot of Leverage over your situation are busily pLotting and scheming without much regard for your peace of mind. Big changes are defi niteLy in the wind. But you can find within yourseLf exact Ly what it wiLL take to put everyone at ease, including yourseLf, at Least for the time being.

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Washington Post reported the IRS, which first

missed the documents i n May and a lerted branch offi ces, concluded that the case involved as many as 40,000 returns and $810 million in missing deposits.

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When G.uns Are Outlawed Thomas Rokosky, 26, was charged with tryi ng to rob a store in Harrison Township, Pa., by using a can of ravioli to intimidate a clerk. Township police Chief Mi ke Klei n said Rokosky showed the clerk he had something wrapped in his shirt, then demanded money but walked out em pty handed because the clerk saw the can .

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Two women and one man were killed just outside Tbilisi, Georgia, while trying to cut up tank and arti llery shells i n order to sell the pieces as scrap metal, accordi ng to a Security M i nistry offi cial, who explained that the heat from the cutti ng caused one of the shells to explode. Georgian tel evision showed pictures of the burned-out apart ment the victi ms were using, with more than a dozen sh ells still lined up against the wall.

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Cutting Back ,

Turkey's economic crisis has caused many families to delay having their sons circumcised, resulting in the lowest total at Istanbul's Circumcision Palace i n its 25-year histo ry. Kemal Ozkan, whom Turkish media have dubbed the "King of Circumcisions" for the 106,222 procedures he has performed-including some on horseback, on camels and during flights-charges $450 for the procedure and party. The celebrations start with a clown dancing and joking with the boys about their favorite soccer clubs. The surgery, which takes place on a velvet chair in the middle of the baLlroom , is filmed and broadcast on a movie screen by the dais. After the operations, the boys dance with their mothers before being rushed off to a side room to be stitched. This year, Ozkan said he anticipates performing only half of the 3,000 circumcisions he did last year, explai ning, "Rich people are afraid of showing off during the . . economIc cnSIS." .

Eduardo Velez Alejos, 36, of Peru chopped off his penis a little more than a year ago to protest not having a job. His penis was successfully reat tached, and he eventually found work as a labor er. This summer he appeared outside parliament and sliced off his left testicle because the pay was too low. ''I'm doing all this to protest my lousy situation," he told doctors at Lima's Dos de Mayo hospital. Hospital spokesperson Carlos Viera said that even though doctors fai led to reattach the testicle, Velez could still enjoy "a . normal sex life."

You've Come a Long Way, Baby Kansas state Sen. Kay O'Connor told the Johnson County League of Women Voters that she does not see any reason to celebrate the enactment of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, because it is a sign that American society does not value the family enough. "The 19th Amendment is around because men weren't doing their jobs, and that's sad," she said. "I believe the man should be the head of the fam i ly. The woman should be the heart of the fami ly." After hearing of O'Connor's remarks, state Rep. Bill Reardon said, "I admire her for the courage of her convictions. I just can't imagine anyone i n 2001 having those convictions." Malaysian Sen . Janiilah Ibrahim proposed that women be permitted to work only during the day so they can perform their conjugal duties at night. He insisted that men would commit incest with daug hters if wives were not at home at night to attend to their husbands' sexual urges.

Cliche Comes to Life Australian attorney John Keogh has reinvented the wheel. He explained he took out the patent on the device to expose flaws in the govern ment's new patent system , which no longer requires patent attorneys because of complai nts that they were too expensive. As a result, he said, it is possible to patent anything because all the patent office is doing "is putti ng a rub ber stamp on it."

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Follow the Paper Trail Jesse Reynolds was sentenced to 13 months in federal prison for failing to deliver all the mail on his Mississippi route for about 18 months. Prosecutors said Reynolds kept nea rly 4,300 pieces of mail at his home because he wanted to speed up his delivery time and im press his super visors. Reynolds admitted he also dropped mail i nto collection boxes so other postal workers would deliver it . . Security workers at Pittsburgh's Mellon Bank dis covered boxes in the basement fi lled with tax returns and paym.ent checks, which contract workers processing the documents for the Internal Revenue Service apparently dum ped when they fell behind schedule." "Whatever forms the guilty parties could remove from the staging areas with ease were taken, hidden, and some destroyed," the IRS said i n a report to the Senate Finance Septe mber. The Com mittee in

Rescue Me Firefighters rescued a 34-year-old man who spent the night trapped in an 18-inch-wide grease duct over a restaurant i n Washington, D.C. The man, who was hospitalized in critical condition and charged with burglary, apparently climbed into the duct on the roof intending to lower himself into the restaurant, according to fire department spokesperson Alan Etter, who noted, "He likely was stuck in there for hours, upside down." Shirley Stocksdale, 7 5 , died after being trapped i n her home i n Cape Coral, Fla., for up to three cjays after her arm became stuck in a sleeper sofa. Investigators believe Stocksdale was trying to lift the bed portion out of the couch, possibly to retrieve the televi sion remote control.

Compiled from the nation's press by Roland Sweet. Send original clippings, citing source and date, to P.O. Box 8 1 3 0, Alexa ndria VA 2 23 0 6. Little Village "

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