UpDate - Vol. 13, No. 2, Page 4
September 9, 1993
Up and coming
Nealon on stage in Carpenter tonight
Good seats are still available for tonight's performance by comedian
Kevin Nealon, a Saturday Night Live cast member since 1986, who will take
the Carpenter stage at 8 p.m.
Nealon, who anchors "The Weekend Update" segment on NBC's Saturday
Night Live, is well-known for such comedic characters on the show as Franz
of Hans and Franz and the Subliminal Man, as well as his lively
impersonation of Sam Donaldson. He has appeared frequently on both Late
Night with David Letterman and The Tonight Show and performed in the films
Roxanne and All I Want for Christmas.
Also scheduled this month is Lenny Kravitz. The rock star and his
Universal Love Tour will stop here on Tuesday, Sept. 28 for an 8 p.m. show.
Tickets for the Nealon show are $10 for U.D. students, faculty and
staff and $15 for the general public. Tickets for the Kravitz concert are
$15 for U.D. students, $17.50 for University faculty and staff and $20 for
the general public. A service charge may apply.
Tickets are available at the Carpenter Center box office and through
Ticketmaster, by calling 984-2000 or (215)336-2000. As a special
convenience, tickets also are on sale at the Mitchell Hall box office from
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
For more information on either concert, call UD1-HENS.
Black culture center Icebreaker Weekend
John Witherspoon, who appeared in the movies Boomerang and Meteor Man,
and A.J. Jamal, cast member of In Living Color, will present a comedy night
at the University on Saturday, Sept. 11.
Their show begins at 8 p.m. in the auditorium of Newark Hall. Cost is
$5 for students and $9 for the general public, and tickets will be sold at
the door.
Their appearance is part of the University's third annual Icebreaker
Weekend, sponsored by the Center for Black Culture, the Cultural
Programming Advisory Board and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.
The weekend kicks off on Friday, Sept. 10, with a block party,
featuring game booths and food, from 3-8 p.m. on Harrington Beach.
For more information on the weekend or the concert, contact Vernese E.
Edghill, assistant dean of students, at the Center for Black Culture,
831-2991.
Niel Howe to talk on 13th generation
The 13ers-those born from 1961-1981, the 13th American generation
since the days of Benjamin Franklin-will be the topic of a talk this month
at the University by economist and historian Neil Howe.
Howe, who coined the expression the 13th generation, or 13ers, with
co-author William Strauss in the book Generations: The History of America's
Future, 1584-2069, will contrast today's generation of young people with
the Baby Boomers, born from 1943-1960.
His free public talk is scheduled at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 23, in
the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center.
Describing the 13th generation as the true "children of the '60s" in
an article in The New York Times, the authors characterize them as the
"first babies people took pills not to have. They were the tots of the
divorce epidemic and latchkey homes, the guinea pigs of failed educational
experiments.... Unlike their parents, most have had to prospect for jobs in
a McJobs economy with low starting pay, trimmed-back benefits and high-risk
career ladders."
But, the authors conclude, 13ers have become "excellent survivalists,"
saying "Take note, America: The 13th generation can show the rest of us how
to 'get real.' It knows how to win when the chips are down."
A graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, with graduate
degrees in history and economics at Yale University, Howe was the managing
editor of the American Spectator and currently serves as chief economist
for the National Taxpayers Union Foundation.
Presented by the Perkins Student Center, the talk is made possible by
the Comprehensive Student Fee at the University.
Pregame brunch in Kingston Sept. 18
The Office of Alumni and University Relations will host a brunch for
local alumni prior to the Delaware vs. Rhode Island football game on
Saturday, Sept. 18, in Kingston, R.I.
At the brunch, recent campus development and future plans for the
institution will be explored. Special guest will be Edgar Johnson, Delaware
athletic director, who will provide insight into the 1993 Fightin' Blue
Hens squad.
Scheduled from 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m., the brunch will be held at the
University Club on Upper College Road at the University of Rhode Island.
Cost for the brunch is $10. This does not include tickets to the game,
which may be purchased separately at the U.D. ticket office, telephone
831-4367 or at the Rhode Island athletic ticket office at (401) 792-2236.
To register for the brunch, contact Peggy Sullivan, alumni associate,
at 831-2341.
New England artist's show in Clayton Hall
"Energy and Context," an exhibit of recent oil paintings, object boxes
and prints by Vermont artist Lisa P. McCoy, will be on view from Sept.
19-Oct. 15 at Clayton Hall.
The public is invited to a meet-the-artist reception, scheduled from
2-4 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 19. McCoy's work is singular in style and
incorporates both non-objective and representational imagery. Combining
expressive passages of color with detailed realism, her work conveys the
"eternal dialogue" between energy and matter.
She is represented by galleries in Vermont and Rhode Island and has
had work featured in many group shows, including "Crossings," this year's
national exhibit of the Women's Caucus of Art. In New York City, where she
studied at the School of Visual Arts and the Art Students League.
The exhibit is on free public display from 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m., Mondays
through Thursdays; and from 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Fridays. For variable weekend
hours or more information, call 831-8839.
Library display is on African Americans
"The African-American Experience: Source Materials in Alternative
Formats" is the title of an exhibit now on display in the first floor
exhibition cases of the Hugh M. Morris Library.
The exhibit, on view now through Nov. 5, includes materials from the
University of Delaware Library collections. Microforms, reproductions from
microforms, videocassettes, films and sound recordings are featured in the
exhibit.
Curated by John R. Brunswick, assistant librarian in media services,
the exhibition demonstrates the breadth of information available on
African-American studies in non-book format.
An extensive bibliography is available to the public at the Morris
Library information desk.
Ice skating classes begin in October
Ice skating classes will be offered this fall in the Blue Ice Arena on
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays beginning in October. Classes will be
offered for all ages from 3 years through adult. All skill levels will be
taught.
Cost of each seven-week class is $60 per person and does not include
the $2 fee for skate rentals.
Tuesday classes are offered from 8-9 p.m. and run from Oct. 5 through
Nov. 23. Wednesday classes, scheduled from 6:15-7:15 p.m. and from
7:15-8:15 p.m., are offered from Oct. 6 through Dec. 1. The Saturday
classes meet from 10:45-11:45 a.m. and from 11:45 a.m. -12:45 p.m. and run
from Oct. 2 through Dec. 4. Each lesson includes 30 minutes of small group
lesson and 30 minutes of practice.
Beginners will learn proper sizing and lacing of skates, proper
methods of falling and getting up, forward and backward skating and stops.
As students advance, skills include turns, edges and some dance and
freestyle moves.
Registrations must be received at least one week before the first
class. Registrations will be accepted by mail or in person at the Ice
Skating Science Development Center office from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Mondays
through Fridays.
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. If two
or more members of the same family register, only the first member pays
full price. There is a $5 discount for each additional family member.
Students enrolled in the community classes may practice from 3:15-4:15
p.m. on Saturdays. There is a $2 admission fee.
For information or registration materials, call 831-2868 or 831-2788.