UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 23, Page 4
March 12, 1992
Up and coming

Rap musicians to highlight Black Arts Festival March 22
     The University of Delaware's Black Arts Festival 20th
anniversary celebration, "A Native Tongue Explosion," will feature
A Tribe Called Quest and Black Sheep.
     Their concert will be presented at 7 p.m. on Sunday, March 22,
in Newark Hall auditorium.
     Cost is $10 with a U.D. I.D., $13 for the public in advance
and $15 for the public at the door. Tickets are on sale now at the
Perkins Student Center and at B&B Tickettown.
     After two albums, A Tribe Called Quest is said to be "leaving
a trail of funky foot-prints in the minds of their listeners.
     The group's first album, People's Instinctive Travels and the
Paths of Rhythm, included the hit single Bonita Applebum.
     The second album, The Low End Theory, refers both to the way
society tends to down-grade the aspirations of young blacks and to
the group's utilization of the low end of the bass and drums.
     Black Sheep, a Bronx duo described as "more GQ chic than
Afrocentric," got its name because it doesn't fit in conceptually
with the rest of rap music.
     "We can't help but be aware of how we are affected by our skin
color but we don't wear our blackness like a badge," 22-year-old
Dres explained.
     Joined by his 20-year-old partner Mista Lawnge, the two
produce a post modern funky sound that is said to "scream good-bye
to conformity."
     For information, call 831-2991.

Avant-garde films, videos to be shown
     Serious expose, disarming cultural critique, fractured
fiction, whimsical inclinations and provocative works by
avant-garde artists are all included in the 1992 traveling Black
Maria Film and Video Festival, which makes a stop at the University
on Wednesday, March 25.
     The Department of Art will co-host the festival, a showcase
for contemporary film and video ranging from animation to
documentary, from 4:30-6 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m.. Screenings will be
held in 204 Kirkbride Lecture Hall and are free and open to the
public.
     The festival is made possible in part by the New Jersey State
Council on the Arts, the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Jersey City
State College, AT&T Foundation, Suburban Cable, Spira Corporation
and the Essex-Hudson Film Center in collaboration with Thomas
Edison National Historic Site.

Lunchtime shows set for Bacchus Theatre
     A variety of lunchtime entertainments will be offered on
selected Wednesdays this spring from 12:10-12:50 p.m., in the
Bacchus Theatre at the Perkins Student Center. The programs are
free and open to the public, and those attending are encouraged to
bring a bag lunch.
     On March 25, the Harrington Theatre Arts Company will present
a preview of musical selections from its production of Cole
Porter's Anything Goes.
     The Elderly Brothers, also known as University English
professors Jerry Beasley and Tom Calhoun, will perform on April 15
with a selection of '50s favorite rock 'n' roll and some songs with
their own re-written lyrics.
     On April 29, the University Gospel Choir will present a
selection of spiritual melodies from the numerous tours it has
scheduled this spring.
     On May 6 will be a preview of musical numbers from the
upcoming E-52 Theatre production of Stephen Sondheim's Into the
Woods.
     This is the first local production of the Broadway musical.
     The series will conclude May 13 with a performance by the
Princeton Mime Company from Princeton University.

Play shows family dealing with AIDS
     Montage Repertory Theatre will present William A. Hoffman's As
Is, the story of a man with AIDS and the reactions of his family
and friends to the disease.
     The play will be staged at 8 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays,
March 13, 14, 20 and 21 in Newark Hall auditorium.
     Admission is $3 for all performances. For more information,
all 456-9043.

Faculty member in Balkan folk group
     The East European Folk Ensemble, including Dan Yanich,
associate policy scientist and assistant professor of urban affairs
and public policy, will present a free public concert from noon to
1 p.m., Friday, March 20, in Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins Student
Center.
     Members of the audience are encouraged to bring a lunch to the
one-hour concert, which will feature ethnic musicians performing
the music of their homeland.
     The group has performed for the Smithsonian Institution,
Longwood Gardens, the Baltimore Folk Music Society and the
Pennsylvania State Museum.