|
|
|
|
[ Friday, Feb. 12, 1999 ]
Weekend Spotlight
Valentine's Day dance The HUB Ballroom is the place, ballroom dancing is the event It's tomorrow night from 9 'til 1, let your friends know you went Though this dance offers little for people who are single Don't give up hope, there's still one more day to mingle
-- by Jon Fassnacht
Jazz saxophonist to play at HUB Every Friday in the Weekend Spotlight, we're subjected to Melissa Dugan's ramblings about "Student No. 2." Well, I don't know what the heck that's all about, but rest assured, you'll never read such nonsense here. First of all, if Dugan were writing this, you wouldn't find out until the end the Talib Kibwe Quartet is playing at 10 tonight at the HUB. No, first we'd hear about some dufus singing arias in the shower. Talib Kibwe is a critically acclaimed veteran of the jazz scene. It's my duty as a serious journalist to tell you this in a straightforward manner. What's she talking about this week? Moby Dick? Kibwe has played with such jazz greats as Dizzy Gillespie. A talented saxophonist, he has released a solo album, Introducing Talib Kibwe, along with other projects with fellow jazz artists. This could be a night of great jazz. Kibwe's quartet plays a mix of jazz standards and originals. But Dugan would tell you about some irrelevant conversation she had with a friend before she told you about Kibwe's talents and accomplishments. And I will never write a tag in verse either, like that goofy Jon Fassnacht. Yeah, let's see him find a sensible rhyme for "Gillespie." I guess I'm the only one who takes weekend entertainment seriously. This combo of piano, bass, drums and sax is something I think you should know about without the distraction of cheesy poetry or fictional characters. You might even call me a slave to my craft. Talib Kibwe Quartet is playing on the ground floor of the HUB. "Student No. 2" won't be there because he exists only in Dugan's mind. But if jazz is your thing, and you're a real person, you might want to check these guys out.
-- by Geoff Rushton
Unfriendly Dorm Guy returns. Run! Call him Ishmael. Unfriendly Dorm Guy is actually more of an Ahab, but that's just a great first line. Still consumed with vengeance after the ugly dorm shower fight a couple of weeks ago, UDG vows to thwart Student No. 2's pursuit of artistic enlightenment. UDG rubs the bruise on his (peg) leg from the conditioner bottle No. 2 chucked at him and bitterly limps around campus. UDG decides the only way to harpoon his archenemy's plans lies within the arts. He decides to get revenge while No. 2 is at one of his stupid artsy things. But UDG doesn't know No. 2 has other plans this weekend -- for something on the lighter side of enlightenment. Meanwhile, Student No. 2 macks on Prospective Girlfriend . . . "We should go to 'Amazing Fantasy Fotos' from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. tomorrow on the HUB Ground Floor," No. 2 suggests on the phone to Prospective Girlfriend. "What? That sounds like a long movie. I don't like long movies," Prospective Girlfriend reminds him. "But 'Fantasy Fotos' isn't a movie -- it gives you the opportunity to have your picture taken and combined with photos of famous people." That weekend . . . It takes UDG days to find No. 2. He goes to as many artsy events as possible in search of his great white tormentor. At 3 p.m. Friday, he sits through a lecture sponsored by the Palmer Museum of Art titled "Alfred Stieglitz, Modernism and the Demise of Pictorialism," in Palmer Lipcon Auditorium. Afterward, he actually contemplates the effect Stieglitz had on modernist photography in America during the first half of the 20th century. On Saturday, he listens to Emily Hoppe McKay play the flute in the afternoon and fights back the tears that night while watching the Penn State Chamber Singers present "Celebration of Love." Inundated with artistic enrichment, and, thanks to the Chamber Singers, considering giving his ex-girlfriend a call to apologize for that whole "you've got fat ankles" thing, UDG isn't feeling quite as vengeful. In fact, when he finally realizes the HUB is where he'll find No. 2, UDG isn't sure he really wants revenge. No. 2 looks so innocent waiting in line for photos with Prospective Girlfriend. He wears all white: a white shirt, white pants, white shoes. UDG can't do it. Besides, his leg doesn't really hurt all that much anymore.
-- by Melissa Dugan
Send an Opinion Letter to the Editor about this article.
Requested: Saturday, October 11, 2008 1:10:42 AM -4
Created: Wednesday, May 07, 2008 6:25:59 PM -4