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The PG&E Eight genuflect again at City Hall
How Amtrak derails its passengers—a Ristow-Murphy travelogue
The landlords’quiet statewide initiative to torpedo rent controls

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INSIDE:

NEWS AND INVESTIGATIONS

The PG&E Eight genuflect again at City Hall. 3

The landlords’ quiet statewide initiative to torpedo rent controls 4
How special interests have quietly dismantled the city’s

campaign contribution law.5

How Amtrak derails its passengers—A Ristow-Murphy

cross-country travelogue.6

Walking the Dist. 9 precincts with Lee Dolson and

Nancy Walker. 9

Blair Jackson previews the Bread and Roses Festival. 12

DAY & NIGHT INDEX a 2

GUARDIAN CLASSIFIED a 27

POLITICAL ALERTS
AND EVENTS

ELECTION EVENTS

The Wadsworth for Supervisor 5 campaign
holds a reception at the headquarters, featuring
champagne, conversation, conviviality and enter¬
tainment. Fri/28, 7:30-10 pm, 4131 18th St., SF,
$5 donation, 621-2650.

A disco/rock dance extravaganza benefits Prop.
O, the highrise height limitation initiative. Sat/29,
8:30 pm. Women's Building, 3543 18th St. (near
Valencia), $3.50, 566-7050.

A benefit for San Franciscans for Affordable
Housing’s rent control initiative. Prop. R, features
dancing, food, a no-host bar and entertainment.
Sat/29, 8 pm (come early), Optic Nerve Studio, 141
10th St., between Mission and Howard, SF, $1.

A reception for author Michael Harrington (see
schedule of his speeches under "Lectures, Forums
and Conferences”) benefits Harry Britt’s campaign
for the District 5 supervisor’s seat. Sat/29, 3:30-
6:30pm, 2504Jackson, SF. $15and up, 864-2748.

“Gay Power and City Hall—Election ’79”
features representatives of gay political clubs
leading a discussion on gay candidates and gay
strength in the various districts and city-wide
election campaigns. Sun/30, 9:45 am, Unitarian-
Universalist Gav Caucus, First Unitarian Church,
1187Franklip, SF, 776-4580.

Latinos for Hennessey host a night of salsa and
disco dancing to benefit Mike Hennessey’s
campaign for sherriff of San Francisco. Sun/30. 7
pm, Cesar’s Palace, 3140 Mission (off Army), SF,
$3, $5 and $10, 661-4200.

USF Alumnae to Elect Hennessey for Sheriff

holds a fundraiser hosted by Mario and Joseph M.
Alioto. Tues/2, 5-7:30 pm, Alioto’s Restaurant
Number 8, 8 Fisherman’s Wharf. SF, $10 (hors
d’oeuvres. no-host bar), for reservations call 661-
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Gala Opening of the Highrise Control Initiative

headquarters takes place with celebrity guests and
a no-host bar. Tues/2, 5-7:30 pm, 1109 Geary (at
Van Ness), SF, 566-7050.

San Franciscans for Affordable Housing get the
benefit of a special performance of Robert Patrick’s
Kennedy's Children , a play about six young people
growing up in the Sixties, produced by Theatre
Rhinoceros. Wed/3. 8:30pm, Goodman Building,
1115Geary, SF. $4, 864-6413.

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7:30-10:30 pm. (7:30, D.A.: 8:15 sheriff; 9.
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N<x*, SF. free, 285-2648. (Next week, candidates
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VOL. 13 NO. 47

SEPTEMBER 28 THROUGH OCTOBER 5.1979
PUBLICATION NUMBER ISSN 0036-4096

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ON GUARD

THE PG&E EIGHT
GENUFLECT AGAIN

Supervisors Renne, Molinari, Hutch, Gonzales, Horanzy, Dolson,
Kopp and Pelosi move to keep PG&E’s private-power monopoly

intact in San Francisco

BY MICHAEL E. MILLER

T he San Francisco Board of
Supervisors has once again gone
the extra mile for PG&E and
kept the utility’s private-power
monopoly intact in the city. On Monday,
Sept. 24, the supervisors voted 7-3 not to
authorize a public-power feasibility
study, in the face of overwhelming evi¬
dence that municipalization of
PG&E’s electrical distribution system in
San Francisco would result in reduced
rates for San Francisco consumers, vastly
increased revenues for the city’s Prop.
13-deleted coffers and, for the first time
in the city’s history, compliance with the
federal Raker Act of 1913 and a U.S.
Supreme Court decision of 1940.

The immediate point, six weeks before
the city election, is that all but three
members of the board dismally flunked
the key political litmus test of the year for
special-interest supervisors. The
question now in eight of the city’s 11
supervisorial districts is: How can you
trust a district supervisor who votes with
PG&E on such a straight-out public-
interest law-and-order issue, in the midst
of an energy crunch, when City Hall is
facing a massive financial crisis with no
end in sight? Obviously, you can’t.

Though PG&E’s monopoly is safe for
the time being, the company isn’t cele¬
brating as gleefully as it could in the past.
For the first time in more than a genera¬
tion, public-power sentiment has
actually penetrated the hallowed
chambers of City Hall, which has been a
PG&E bulwark for as long as anyone can
remember. Sups. Harry Britt, Gordon
Lau and Carol Ruth Silver voted in favor
of the feasibility study. But eight of 11
supervisors is sufficient for PG&E.

In advance of the vote, PG&E had
cranked up its propaganda machine and
was lobbying the board with all its
might. The utility senfout letters to all its
San Francisco employees and stock¬
holders, urging them to contact their
supervisors and decry the “unnecessary”
feasibility study, and to get their friends
and neighbors to do the same. PG&E
urged its stockholders to pack the super¬
visors’ chambers on the day of the vote,
which they obediently did, just as they
did during the two public hearings on the
issue before the Governmental Services
Committee in February and March.

The Chronicle and Examiner,
PG&E’s daily acolytes, dutifully picked
• up the PG&E line last week and both ran

editorials on Friday, Sept. 21, sounding
the chorus for PG&E and blasting the
heretical notion of a feasibility study.
Both papers blacked out the hearings
earlier this year and quashed stories
about the Sept. 17 press conference held
by San Franciscans for Public Power, the
citizens’ group pushing for the study.
(Asked why the Chronicle failed to run
the story written by its reporter, Evelyn
Hsu, who attended the press conference,
Chronicle City Editor Jerry Bums, who
never to our knowledge breathed a word
about the PG&E/Raker Act scandal
during his years as the Chronicle’s City
Hall reporter, told the Guardian the
story contained “nothing new,” that it-
had “no sharp news value.” Instead, the
next day’s Chronicle ran such sharp news
stories as “Nude Models Take Off, ” “Can
a Feminist Rear a Boy to Be a Man?” and
“Non-Alcoholic Powdered Beer for
Moslems. ”)

Encouraged by the PG&E/Ex/Chron
axis, the PG&E Eight on the board did
their utmost to ignore any evidence that
might contradict the PG&E line that a
feasibility study would be a terrible idea.
Thus Winston Peterson, regional
manager.of R.W. Beck and Associates,
the Seattle-based engineering firm that
conducts public-power feasibility studies
around the country, was in Ciiy Hall on
Monday before the board meeting at the
request of Sup. Britt, who distributed a
memo to his fellow supervisors inviting
them to meet with Peterson and pose any
questions they might have about a study.
And how many of the PG&E Eight took

the opportunity to expose themselves to
some outside, non-PG&E information
on what a feasibility study would really
entail, and what sort of facts it might
turn up on rate reductions and revenue
enhancement for the city of San Fran¬
cisco? Just one, Sup. Don Horanzy, who
ended up voting with PG&E anyway,
after delivering a rambling speech to the
board ranging over such topics as BART,
the Muni, the wastewater program and
other “bum business deals” the city has
become involved in. (But he never once
mentioned the city’s direct subsidy to
PG&E, paid for by every resident of the
city, as long as PG&E is allowed to
operate its private-power monopoly in
San Francisco—the city’s biggest “bum
business deal” of them all.)

Even Richard Sklar, general manager
of the city's Public Utilities Commission,
took the politically dangerous step of
publicly declaring his support for "a
feasibility study that looks to the possible
future movement of San Francisco’s
government into the area of additional
power production and distribution,
which would, of course, include acqui¬
sition of the currently PG&E owned
facilities. ” The only visible response from
the board was a barrage of indirect
insults to Sklar in speeches from several
of the PG&E Eight, criticizing the
general inability of the city’s manage¬
ment officials to do anything right (even
though the city has been successfully and
profitably operating its Hetch Hetchy
electrical-generating facility for more
than 50 years).

Clearly, the only alternative at this
point is to intensify the pressure on the
PG&E Eight, starting with the four who
are up for reelection this November:
Sups. John Molinari, Bob Gonzales, Lee
Dolson and Ron Pelosi.

Unfortunately, Molinari is running
unopposed in District 3. He actually
qualifies as PG&E’s sleaziest vote on this
issue, for his vote in favor of PG&E was a
180-degree reversal from his repeated
assurances to the Guardian in the past
that he would support a feasibility study.
In the fall of 1977, when Molinari was
running a tough race against John Keker
and solicited our endorsement, he swore
he would support a study, so long as it
would cost no more than $500,000 and so
long as there would be community input
in the selection of consultants for the
study. We noted at the time that
“Molinari has reversed his previous
opposition to such a feasibility study
despite his receipt of $500 from PG&E’s
Good Government. Fund,” and he. got
our endorsement largely on the basis of
his reversal.

In June of 1978, just after Prop. 13
passed, we polled the supervisors on the
question of a feasibility study and other
possible ways to generate more revenue
for the city. Molinari reiterated his
support, though this time he said he
thought the limit should be about
$ 100 , 000 .

Molinari, let us note, ought never
again to run unopposed for supervisor or
anythingelse.

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THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, SEPTEMBER 27,1979

ON GUARD

continued from previous page

And what about Gonzales? He was
another one who told us during the 1977
campaign that he would support a feasi¬
bility study. He also reiterated his
support in June 1978 (though he said he
wouldn't want to spend more than
$25,000, which wouldn’t provide much
of a study).

Gonzales won by 21 votes in 1977. It's
time to retire him from public office once
andforall.

Lee Dolson, the 400-share supervisor
from PG&E, added his name to the list of
supervisors who said they favored a feasi¬
bility study when we polled the board
last year. That was before Sup. Silver
introduced her resolution, and before
the city attorney ruled Dolson ineligible
to vote on PG&E matters, allowing
Dolson to duck the PG&E issue ever
since.

Interestingly, Dolson attended an
endorsement meeting of Action for
Accountable Government last month
and, according to several people who
were there, told the group he would vote
for a feasibility study if he could. So we
put the obvious question to Dolson's
office: why doesn’t he just sell his PG&E
stock so he can vote the public’s interest
on PG&E matters? Dolson wouldn’t
respond directly, but the word came
back through his aide Cathy Wiles: “His
stocks are in trust, apd therefore he can’t
sell them.” This “answer” only raised
several more questions: When did he put
them in trust? Can’t he take them out of
trust and buy an out-of-town utility
instead? Who’s the trustee? Why doesn’t
his economic interest statement say
anything about the stocks being in trust?
Wiles said she couldn’t answer any of
these questions, but she would have the
supervisor call us and make everything

perfectly clear. But we never heard from
Dolson.

Let's hope the voters of District 9
remove the 400-share PG&E supervisor
from public office this November.

At least Ron Pelosi has never publicly
wavered from his long-standing 100%
support of PG&E. He never told us he
would support a feasibility study, so his
vote didn’t come as a surprise. But that
still isn’t much of a job recommendation
for supervisor, and it’s high time Pelosi
was removed from the board too.

PGirE knows full
well that a feasibility
study would point to
enormous benefits for
San Francisco.

The other four of the PG&E Eight
aren’t up for reelection for another two
years, but it isn’t too early to plan the
strategies to remove them too: Louise
Renne, the Pacific Heights “environ¬
mentalist” who is Dianne Feinstein’s
selection to carry on the job of
representing San Francisco’s wealthiest
citizens; Ella Hill Hutch, who assured us
in the 1977 campaign that she would
favor a feasibility study, but who quickly
became one of the most unpredictable
supervisors on the board (she didn’t even
respond toour 1978poll); DonHoranzy,
who, like Renne, has never faced the
voters; and Quentin Kopp, whose vote
against the feasibility study doesn’t say
much for his late-breaking effort to
become an instant liberal and populist
champion of the neighborhoods in his
campaign for mayor.

Meanwhile, the issue of public power
for San Francisco is here to stay. The
PG&E monopoly has been broken at
City Hall, the neighborhood groups are
beginning to flex on this issue, and
PG&E is moving more and more to the
defensive. As Harry Britt told the
Guardian after the vote, “We lost
because of political pressure. There’s
never been a more dramatic case of a big
corporate interest on one side of an issue,
and the interest of the public on the
other. ”

Mark Zuckerman of San Franciscans
for Public Power said he saw the vote as
“a tremendous victory for the people of
San Francisco,” even though the resolu¬
tion lost, because the issue of public
power has now been “raised strongly and
placed firmly on the political horizon for
the Eighties. Our effort to talk to San
Franciscans about public power and
Hetch Hetchy and the potential for fiscal
well-being in the future will continue.”

PG&E knows full well that an inde¬
pendent, objective public-power feasibi¬
lity study would point to enormous bene¬
fits for San Francisco. The company’s
entire campaign to thwart a study points
to this fact. As soon as the public-interest
supervisors on the board outnumber the
PG&E supervisors, San Francisco will be
on the way to reaping those benefits.

P.S.: Why shouldn’t there be a feasibility
study to settle the municipalization question
once and for all? The main reason advanced
by PG&E, and rolled along by the Exami¬
ner/Chronicle and the PG&E Eight, is that a
study would be enormously expensive and
much too great a burden for City Hall’s
meager coffers. PG&E in its mailings to its
employees and stockholders put the price at
$500,000. The Examiner in its editorial
passed along the $500,000 figure unquestion-
ingly. The Chronicle reached into the blue
and pulled out the range of "between
$100,000 and $500,000.” ”

During the supervisors’ meeting, the
PG&E Eight batted around a variety of
figures for the study, most of them in the
PG&E/Ex/Chron ballpark, even though the
resolution before them set a limit of “no more
than $100,000 from the General Fund." Sup.
Britt said he had assurances from R. W. Beck,
the PUC's utility consultants, that the firm
could do a preliminary study for “consider¬
ably less than $100,000," which would
demonstrate whether it was worthwhile to
pursue the question further. Britt added that
Beck had quoted him a “solid figure of
$300,000 tops” to complete all aspects of the
study— and this, said Britt, would be “spent
only if it’s clear that without doing it we’re
cheating the taxpayers out of millions of
dollars.”

“The issue,” Britt summarized, "is
whether PG&E still has the power to bully
this Board of Supervisors” into spiking any
feasibility study before it starts.

Meanwhile, the same supervisors who are
so parsimonious when it comes to funding a
study that threatens PG&E continue blithely
to pour millions down such dubious ratholes
as the Performing Arts Center and the Yerba
Buena/George Moscone Convention
Center— to say nothing of the $330,000 they
recently found for a feasibility study on
increasing the power-generating capacity at
Hetch Hetchy, even though PG&E prevents
the city from bringing any of this public
power inside city limits. ■

THE LANDLORDS’ QUIET
DRIVE TO SINK RENT
CONTROLS THROUGH A
STATE CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT

Though some of its provisions
might appeal to renters , the
measure would effectively mean
the end of rent control where it
now exists

BY ART GOLDBERG

A highly misleading proposed
California constitutional
amendment, which claims to
enable local governments to
enact rent controls, is now being cir¬
culated around the state with the aim of
gathering enough signatures to place it
onthejune 1980 ballot.

Apparently the brainchild of the Cali¬
fornia Housing Council (CHC), the
landlord/developer organization that
fought rent control efforts all over the
state last year, the so-called Rent Control
Initiative Constitutional Amendment
contains provisions that might appeal to
renters, such as the establishment of rent
control boards, and the prohibition of re¬
taliation by landlords for the exercise of
tenants’ rights.

However, the initiative also allows
landlords annual rent increases based on
the Consumer Price Index, and it decon¬
trols apartments whenever a tenant
moves out. In effect, it would mean the
end of rent control in areas where it now
exists, such as Santa Monica, Los Ange¬
les and to a lesser extent, Berkeley.

Furthermore, if rent control efforts in
San Francisco, Cotati and Burlingame
succeed in elections this fall, they will be
rendered virtually meaningless if the
statewide constitutional amendment
makes it on to the ballot and passes next
June.

According to housing law expert
Dennis Keating, a professor at New Col¬
lege law school in San Francisco, the pro¬
vision that allows landlords annual rent
increases based on the Consumer Price
Index is a “built in windfall profit.” He
pointed out that a landlord’s major ex¬
pense is his mortgage, and that once the
mortgage is taken out, the interest rates
and payments don’t vary with inflation.
Keating also predicted that the “vacancy
decontrol” provision, which allows for
unlimited rent increases oftce an apart¬
ment is vacated, would give landlords an
“incentive to evict tenants. ”

However, Jack S. McDowell, spokes¬
man for Californians for Fair Rents, the
group circulating the petitions, says that
Keating’s charges are overstated. Ac¬
knowledging that mortgage payments are
fairly well fixed, McDowell said that
other expenses are constantly rising, such
as repairs, supplies and salaries for jani¬
tors and gardeners. He also downplayed
the potential effect of the vacancy decon¬
trol provision, saying that as soon as an

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der the provisions of whatever local rent
control law was in effect.

Keating severely criticized provisions
in the proposed constitutional amend¬
ment that would force all local rent con¬
trol ordinances to be enacted by a Vote of
the electorate. While appearing to be
democratic, Keating said, it was really
aimed at preventing cities from enacting
such laws directly through their local
city councils, as Los Angeles did earlier
thisyear.

“The real-estate interests have won 14
of 18 rent control elections in California
in recent years,” he said, “and they have
apparently unlimited financial resources
to wage election campaigns. ”

McDowell responded by saying that
at times in the past, four or five govern¬
ment officials have been subject to pres¬
sure and influence by tenants’ groups

Rent control advocates
are wondering who
would be able to
afford housing
regulated by a rent
control law drawn up
with the support and
encouragement cf
major landlord , real-
estate and banking
associations.

and have voted for rent control ordi¬
nances under duress. “We believe the
people are supreme,” McDowell stated,
“and that there should be a vote. ”

McDowell is a partner in Woodward,
McDowell and Larson, the San Fran-
cisco-based public relations firm that
managed the campaign to defeat Propo¬
sition 5, the anti-smoking initiative, last
year. He said that if the required 553,790
signatures are gathered to place the
amendment on the ballot, his firm will
manage the campaign in favor of it.

Also supporting the constitutional
amendment, according to McDowell,
besides the California Housing Council,
are the California Association of Real¬
tors, the California Apartment Associa¬
tion, the California Mortgage Bankers
Association, the California Building In¬
dustry Association and theStateBuilding
Trades Council.

Keating portrayed the proposed ini¬
tiative as an attempt by realtors to cir¬
cumvent both the state legislature and
Gov. Brown. “They got a bill through
the legislature in 1976 which took away

HOW THE SPECIAL INTERESTS
HAVE QUIETLY DISMANTLED
THE CITY’S CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTION LAW

A case history of how 3 landlords spent $40,671
despite the $500 contribution limit

rent control,” he said, “but Brown
wouldn’t sign it and it died. ”

Later, Assemblymen LouisPapan (D-
Daly City) and Mike Roos (D-Los
Angeles) sponsored a bill that would
have allowed local communities to enact
rent control measures, but with a good
many restrictions. That effort also failed.

“Communities don’t need a state law,
much less a constitutional amendment,
to pass rent control laws,” Keating
pointed out. “They can vote them in
right now, without restrictions.”

The current rent control constitu¬
tional amendment effort, Keating said,
is merely an extension of those previous
failed attempts to ban or restrict local
rent control laws.

The Guardian has obtained a copy of
a memo sent by Jack Flanigan, executive
director of theCalifornia HousingCoun-
cil, to the County Supervisors Associa¬
tion last May. In it, Flanigan notes that a
spate of local rent control elections have
taken place and more are scheduled for
the near future.

“With the threat of rent controls
hanging over the entire State, the con¬
struction of new apartment units has
begun to slow down appreciably,”
Flanigan wrote. “In cities like Los Ange¬
les, new starts are at a virtual standstill.”

He said that after “lengthy discussions
and a good deal of survey research, the
following approach appears to have the
potential for industry support.” He goes
on to outline a statewide rent control ini¬
tiative almost identical in every point to
the constitutional amendment now
being circulated by Californians for Fair
Rents, including vacancy decontrol, the
annual increase tied to the Consumer
Price Index, the exemption for new units
and the requirement that localities enact
rent control only by a vote of the
electorate.

Keating believes the constitutional
amendment, which would not require
landlords to register, and thus would rely
on voluntary compliance by landlords
with local laws, is filled with numerous
pitfalls for tenants. The amendment
would “effectively end any kind of rent
control,” Keating says.

McDowell countered that the lack of
statewide rent control standards has
made investors unwilling to commit
funds to building new rental units or re¬
habilitating existing ones. This, he main¬
tained, has contributed to the present
housing shortage.

But rent control advocates are won¬
dering who would be able to afford
housing regulated by a rent control law
drawn up with the support and en¬
couragement of major landlord, real-
estate and banking associations. “This
amendment would be worse than no rent
control law at all,’’said one.

Keating fears that if the constitutional
amendment does make the ballot, it
could ride the coattails of a new Howard
Jarvis-sponsored initiative — this one to
cut state income taxes— that seems likely
to be voted on during the 1980 J une pri¬
mary election. ■

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BY DAVID JOHNSTON

T his fall, the Chamber of Com¬
merce corporations are planning
a huge public relations and ad¬
vertising blitz to defeat the high-
rise control initiative on the San Francis¬
co ballot (Prop. O). The taxi companies
are pouring in money to allow the trans¬
fer of taxicab permits (Prop. M). The
landlords and real estate interests are
spending big to defeat the rent control
initiative (Prop. O). And the special
interests of all stripes and hues are contri¬
buting heavily to their candidates as
investments in the races for mayor,
district attorney, sheriff and six supervi¬
sors.

In theory, special-interest contribu¬
tors are held in check by the city’s post-
Watergate campaign contribution
control ordinance limiting individual
campaign contributions to $500. In
practice, the special interests have
learned how to circumvent the law and,
in effect, have quietly repealed the ordi¬
nance that was enacted to “place realistic
and enforceable limits on the amount
individuals may contribute to political
campaigns in municipal elections,” as
the statement of purpose and intent in
the law puts it.

A textbook example of precisely how
special-interest contributors get around
the law was pointed out recently when
San Franciseans for Affordable Housing,
the coalition backing the rent-control
initiative, filed a complaint with District
Attorney Joe Freitas’s office. The SFAH
complaint, filed Sept. 19, charged that
three San Francisco real-estate
companies, who together spent more
than $40,000 to help defeat Prop. U, the
rent-rebate measure on the November
1978 ballot, violated state and local
campaign spending and reporting laws.
1. The background: "

The SFAH complaint stems from the
successful campaign against Prop. U last
fall. The committee organized to oppose
the measure was the Coalition for Better
Housing/San Franciscans Against Rent
Control. CFBH/SFARC hired Don
Solem and Associates, the political
consulting and public relations firm, to
help manage the campaign. This fall,
Solem is handling the campaign against
rent control (Prop. R). The committee
worked out of Solem’s offices at 100 Bush
St. in San Francisco.

Solem played a dual role in the No on
Prop. U campaign. Not only did the firm

help manage the $400,000 CFBH/
SFARC budget, but Solem also acted
as a public relations agency for three
San Francisco real estate companies,
Parkmerced Management Corp., Gold¬
en Gateway Center and Paul Sack Prop¬
erties. Together these companies spent
$40,671, through Solem, to help defeat
Prop. U. (Golden Gateway Center spent
$13,251, Parkmerced Management
Corp. spent $ 18,945 and Paul Sack Prop¬
erties spent $8,425, according to state¬
ments filed by the companies with the
San Francisco Registrar of Voters.)

2. How the three firms avoided the
$500 limit:

Under the city’s campaign contribu¬
tion limit ordinance, “no person shall
make, and no campaign treasurer shall
solicit or accept, any contribution which
will cause the total amount contributed
by such person with respect to a single
election in support of or opposition to
any measure .... to exceed $500.” For
purposes of the ordinance, a “person”
includes corporations such as the three
companies.

This provision means that
CFBH/SFARC, as a committee, could
not accept more than a $500 contribu¬
tion from anybody, including the three
firms cited in the SFAH complaint. But
the law only regulates how much com¬
mittees can accept and how much indi¬
viduals can contribute to committees. It
does not limit how much a committee
itself can spend. Thus, to avoid the
spending limits, the three companies had
only to set themselves up as committees
which did not make contributions, but
spent funds independently.

This way, the companies got out from
under the local contribution limits and
were free to spend as much as they
wanted. However, “committees” such as
those established by the companies are
considered “expenditure committees”
under the state Political Reform Act and
as such must file reports showing how
they spent their funds. All three firms
filed these reports with the Registrar.

Peter Necarsulmer, an associate at
Solem and Associates, acknowledged to
the Guardian that the expenditure
committees could be used to dodge the
local spending limit, but he defended the
practice as “100% legal.”

He said, “It’s a freedom of speech
issue. If people with a direct financial
interest in the outcome of a campaign
want to spend their own resources, it’s

continued page 11 5

THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN, SEPTEMBER 27,1979

BY CECI LY MURPHY AND
WILLIAM RISTOW

B ack in January, when we first
decided to take the train
across the country, it all
seemed so innocent and sim¬
ple. Nobody was using Am-
trak, the price was fairly reasonable, and
we figured traveling in the old-fashioned
comfort of a sleeping compartment
would be the ideal way to take our one-
year-old son to visit the grandparents in
Omaha, Nebraska, and Washington,
D.C. This would be the perfect oppor¬
tunity, besides, to compare a long-dis¬
tance American train with its Old World
counterparts. A few years ago we had
taken the Trans-Siberian Express across
Russia and then continued by train
throughout Scandinavia and down to
England, and we had always wondered
how Amtrak would stack up over simil¬
ar distances.

Naive as we were, we even hoped to be
able to write some good words about our
national rail system to set alongside the
reams of bad publicity it seems always to
begetting.

But that was all in January. By May,
when we actually made our reserva¬
tions, the picture couldn’t have been
more different. The gas shortage had
crunched, the DC- 10s had begun falling
apart, and the Department of Transpor¬
tation had proclaimed a 43% cutback in
Amtrak routesforthisfall.

The combined effect was to send pas¬
sengers flocking to the trains in numbers
unheard of in the jet age. Passengers who
didn’t want to worry about odd/even.
Passengers who had been bumped by the
United Airlines strike or frightened by
theDC- lOcrisis. Passengers who wanted
one last (or first) ride on one of the
doomed trains. Our travel agent, David
Butts of San Francisco’s Great Western
Tours (one of the country’s leading
specialists in railroad travel, highly
recommended by E. M. Frimbo, the
New Yorker magazine’s famous rail
buff), said he was beginning to wonder
whether he might be in the wrong pro¬
fession.

Inany case, onjune 11, havingweath-
ered a certain amount of confusion and
delay— not to mention a jolting fare in¬
crease — we found ourselves boarding a
bus at the Transbay Terminal on Mission
Street for the short ride over to South¬
ern Pacific’s Oakland passenger ter¬
minal, where Amtrak Train No. 6, the
San Francisco Zephyr, would be waiting
to whisk us to Omaha, Chicago and our
connecting trains for points east.

PART I:

THE GREAT NAME ROBBERY

Before we climb aboard, though, a
clarification is in order. The train may be
called the Zephyr, but it really isn’t the
Zephyr at all — and that’s one of the un¬
fortunate things about the journey.

The California Zephyr was christened
on March 19, 1949, in a remarkable
scene along San Francisco’s Embarca-
dero near the Ferry Building, and it
quickly became one of America’s rail
classics. David P. Morgan of Trains
magazine, in hisforeword to an excellent
biography of the Zephyr entitled Portrait
of a Silver Lady (Bruce A. MacGregor
and Ted Benson; Pruett Publishing Co.,
Boulder, Colo., 1977), writes that “she
was the train that behaved like a Carib¬
bean cruise ship, inviting you to loaf and
^ look, dine and drink, with ultimate des¬
tination beside the point. ”

Unfortunately, the ultimate
destination of the California Zephyr was
to be railroad heaven. The run, bur¬
dened by lossesdespite continued passen¬
ger loyalty, went out of service in March
1970 at the ripe old age of 21. Just a year
later, while structuring a national rail
service, Amtrak would keep the famous
Zephyr name without sticking to the
train’sspectacular route.

Today’s Zephyr passenger misses out
on two scenic stretches that were high¬
lights of the trip just ten years ago. First,
in one of the most famous sections of its
route, the old California Zephyr passed
through California's beautiful Feather
River Canyon east of Oroville, crossing
the Sierra at Beckwourth Pass instead of
Donner. Second, and even more dra¬
matically, the original route headed
south from Salt Lake City, going
through the Utah mountains, all of Colo¬
rado and directly through the Rocky
Mountains en route to Denver. (Mac¬
Gregor and Benson describe the passage
through the Rockies as “a string of small
canyons, each a dramatic entity in its
own right.”) Today’s San Francisco
Zephyr misses the Rockies altogether and
barely touches Colorado, instead
traversing the exceedingly dull width of
Wyoming before dropping down to
Denver.

If you’re like most people and scenery
is important to you on a long-distance
train, and if you have some time to spare
besides, note that it is still possible to get a
small taste of the old route on the Rio
Grande Zephyr (operated between
Denver and Salt Lake City by one of the
few private railroads still in the interstate
passenger business, the Denver & Rio
Grande Western). While, this train
lasts— its owners have been trying, so far
unsuccessfully, to phase it out—and if
you can arrange for layovers, since the
Amtrak and Rio Grande schedules
naturally don’t mesh, you can use your
through Amtrak ticket to go on the Rio
Grande Zephyr at no extra charge. It’s a
good way to get a taste of the good old
days.

PART II: THE GRISLY DETAILS

tomatoes, peaches, croissants and butter
bouncing down the concrete and onto
the rails. By the time the train pulled out
at 12:45 pm (20 minutes late), we were
ready for some of that relaxed, unharried
I travel that trains used to be famous for.

And everything did go relatively well
for the first 150 miles or so. The ride was
smooth, the room comfortable and the
view fine, if somewhat obscured by the
dirty windows we had from the start.
We were so optimistic about the appar¬
ent improvement in our fortunes that we
j thought it would be pleasant to go visit
the lounge car for a few beers as we rolled
| over the Sierra.

Well. The lounge car turned out to be
Amtrak’s informal experiment with
alternative energy sources. It was an

Washington to New York, the new cars
were in use and there was hardly an old
one to be seen.) The interiors of these old
cars have all been done up well, with
pleasantly designed new upholstery, but
the guts—the mechanical workings—
have decayed almost beyond repair.

So it was still plenty hot when we
finally rolled out of Sparks. The only
solace was that we left a car behind,
which made our sleeper the final car on
the train. Over the initial resistance of
the train’s flagman, who kept closing it,
we managed to get the back door left
open, allowing some little air circula¬
tion— and a good view of the sun setting
over the Reno casinos.

(The rearward view down the tracks
also gave us a glimpse of some of rail-

ALL ABOARI

THE AMTRAK

But back to our journey, as our East-
shore Lines bus pulls in at the Southern
Pacific terminal in Oakland. It’s one of
the grand old stations in architectural
style, with a bold front, dramatic high
interiors, wooden benches, large
platform out back and so on. Just about
the only authentic touch missing from
the station when we got there, in fact,
was the train.

That’s right. Even though this is
where the route actually starts, old No. j
6, the counterfeit Zephyr, was already
late. According to a public-address
announcement, there were a few
“mechanical difficulties.” Not a good
omen at all.

After the train finally chugged up to
the platform, what’s more, we discov- I
ered that the sleeping car on which we
held confirmed reservations for
compartment I only offered com¬
partments A through F. Another
bad omen, causing much awkward shuf- i
fling around in the narrow corridor by us j
and the two couples who held tickets for i
compartmentsG andH.

Amtrak’s local functionaries soon
decided we could take compartment A
and the other two couples could have
compartments in other cars, all of which
was fine except that during the delay a
baggage person had managed to break
our brand-new cooler, sending

Our far-roving
correspondents take the

cross-country

train — and live
to tell about it.

• *

enormous solar oven. The air condition¬
ing was out and the afternoon sun was in,
filtering through a thick blue haze of
cigarette smoke that couldn’t escape
because the windows don’t open. We
were passing through the Sierra foothills,
it was the middle of the afternoon on a
midsummer day, and it was hot. The !
beers were cold, at least, but their effect
only lasted a few minutes. We quickly
decided to beat a retreat to our room.

Only to make the grim discovery that
the air conditioning was out there, as
well. In fact, the air conditioning was
out everywhere we went on the train
with the exception of the dining car,
which was crisply cool. Unfortunately, it
was also off-limits to passengers because
the staff was setting it up for dinner. You
could pass through, enjoying a brief
chilling effect, but then it was out into
the traveling hothouse again.

And so it went throughout the
journey — progressively worse. We
crossed the mountains and arrived in
Sparks, Nevada, just 15 minutes late, but
departed more than IV 2 hours late
because the train had to be examined for
suspected hot wheels. Despite the en¬
treaties of our porter (Toni Allara, a
young woman, recently hired) and some
perfunctory fiddling by maintenance
men, the air conditioning stayed out.
Evidently in an attempt to cheer us up,
Toni remarked that at least they had
been able to fix the heat valve — some
parts of the train had actually had the
heat stuck fn the on position.

It’s frustrating, Toni told us, to work
on a run that starts in the west and
terminates in Chicago, because in
Chicago you see Amtrak’s new equip¬
ment, just being brought into service,
but then you have to get back on vintage,
run-down cars like ours, built anywhere
from the 1930s to the 1950s. (She was
right: everywhere we went east of
Chicago, including on a side trip from

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BY VALERIE MINDEL

S ome of us just weren't
born lucky. Our parents
and guardians didn't
spend hours in the
kitchen whipping up
lavish spreads to whet our youthful
appetites and give us something to
expound on in later years. I, for
one, was raised on hamburgers and
frozen peas, and the biggest culi¬
nary breakthrough of my growing-
up years came when my mother
discovered garlic salt.

Bereft of a hereditary cuisine.
I’ve developed my own cooking
style, pilfering freely from the
cuisines of the more fortunate and
always waging my own anti¬
blandness campaign. While some
could argue that my dishes lacked
sophistication, no one could say
they wanted spice. And after I dis¬
covered jalapeno chili peppers,
none could say they were short on
heat, either. The fiery little morsels
started turning up in everything
from scrambled eggs and toasted
cheese sandwiches to soups and
casseroles.

But my grassroots chili move¬
ment has nothing on the cuisines of
countries that have elevated chili
cookery to an art over the centuries.
For those of you who fancy chilies
and are always looking for ways to
light up your supper table, I’ve
talked to some cooks who are more
expertly versed in hot cuisine than
I — most particularly cooks of the
famously hot cuisines of Mexico,
China and India— and they’ve
offered these recipes to help set your
world on fire. Since chilies have left
their mark on countless dishes in
many other lands that we can’t
cover here (Thailand, Indonesia,
Korea, Kenya and the U.S.A., to
name a few), I’ll be collecting a
further batch of recipes for a future
article.

First, a brief skirmish into chili
pepper lore. Chilies all belong to
the Capsicum family. Capsicums
make brothers of bell peppers and
jalapenos, pimentos and cayenne,
and they’re found all over the
warmer regions of the earth. (Capsi¬
cums do not include the plants that
produce the berries which, when
ground, become black and white
pepper. That’s the family Piper.)

History tells us that Capsicums
are native to the Americas, and
their worldwide spread was started
by Columbus, who brought some
of the peppers back with him to the
Old World on his first voyage.
According to legend, he thought he
was bringing home with him the
highly prized black pepper plant, a
plant which he’d never actually
laid eyes on. But mistake or not,
this new pepper was met with the
enthusiasm that humanity reserves
for such innovations as the wheel
and sliced bread.

Capsicums quickly followed the
trade winds throughout the world.
Through the years they’ve been
chopped, dried, canned, pickled
and powdered. They’ve also gained
a reputation for such feats as
scaring away ghosts, making
grown men cry, supplying vitamin
C and curing hangovers, indiges¬
tion, rheumatism, lumbago, colds
and stuffy noses.

Peppers in their zillions of varie¬
ties (and with their propensity for
cross-pollination; it seems new
kinds are cropping up all the time)
are basically divided into those that
are sweet and those that are hot.

The hot peppers contain an oil or
resin that will sear unsuspecting
mucous membranes. The active
ingredient, called capsaicin,
stimulates gastric secretions in
small doses but causes subacute
gastritis in large doses. When
judging the heat of an unknown
pepper, you take your warning
(from the size; big ones run from
mild to hot, small ones run from hot
to unbearable, and tiny ones range
from agonizing to lethal.

Bay Area supermarkets stock a
variety of chilies—some fresh
(notably the long green mild Cali¬
fornia or Anaheim chili, the shorter
mild green Fresno chili, a medium¬
sized yellow wax chili, which can
be quite hot, and short shiny green
jalapenos, which most chili users
know or soon learn are fiery hot) , a
few dried red chilies which you
should assume are hot, a healthy
sampling of canned or pickled
chilies (the most popular of these,
according to my cooking sources, is
the Ortega brand) and powders in
various forms, including cayenne.
For a much wider selection,
devoted chili users frequent
Mexican or Chinese markets. For
instance, in Mexican markets you
can also find serrano chilies, which
are dark green and smaller than
jalapenos and can heat up the
coldest night. You can also find
poblano chilies (good for chili
rellenos) and their dried version,
the ancho chili.

The biggest problem with chili
shopping is that produce markets
aren’t at all consistent in the names
they give the chilies. What may be
a jalapeno in one place may be
referred to as a “short green” or
chili verde in another. It’s best to
check around and, if possible, get a
picture of what you’re looking for.
Diana Kennedy’s The Cuisines of
Mexico (Harper & Row) includesa
highly informative chapter on
many types of chilies, with color
plates to illustrate them.

One last and excellent source for
chilies is the San Francisco
Farmer’s Market. As Loni Kuhn, a
widely known figure in Bay Area
cooking circles and an authority on
Mexican cooking, says, "Besides
being a wonderful, crazy, mixed-
up place togo, the Farmer's Market
is loaded at this time of year
(September and October) with
chilies of every Size, shape and
color. And the prices are wonder¬
ful.” Red or yellow chilies are
simply fully matured versions of
green chilies, as red bell peppersare
matured green bell peppers.

In using chili peppers, bear in
mind that the seeds are the hottest
part. Many recipes call for taking
the seeds out, for that reason.
Certain styles of cooking (notably
Mexican) also call for the peppers to
be peeled. With all this handling
you’re bound to get the hot resihs on
your hands. Wash your hands well
with soap and water, particularly
under the fingernails, before doing
anything else. Above all, don’t rub
your eyes. The agony that will
ensue can only be described by the
people who have suffered that mis¬
fortune. If you do get the hot chili
into your eyes, rinse them with
water.

CHILIES, MEXICAN STYLE

Rumor has it that most Mexican
food we find in restaurants here in
the United States is tempered to
timid gringo palates. The really hot
food stays south of the border.
Indeed, when I talked to the mana¬

ger of a favorite Mexican restaur¬
ant of mine, she said that if they
made their dishes as hot as they
would in Mexico, the customers
who weren’t used to it would suffer
indigestion and diarrhea and
would talk badly about the
restaurant, maybe even sue. So she
lets the customers decide the heat of
their dishes by providing them with
a dish of hot salsa (a chili sauce) and
pickled jalapenos.

In any case, you can reproduce
some suitably hot Mexican dishes in
your.own kitchen. Ingredients for
the following recipes are available
at Mexican markets in San Fran¬
cisco, such as Casa Lucas Market,
2934 24th St.; Mi Rancho Market,
3365 20th St.; and La Palma
Market, 2884 24th St. All three
markets stock extensive collections
of chilies, dried and fresh (worth
the trip just to see them). They also
carry fresh tortillas and other
products not usually available in'
your local market.

Jana Allen, food writer,
longtime cook and teacher of

take off the papery skins and cut
them into six pieces. You can then
stew or steam them with a half an
onion and a couple of cloves of gar¬
lic, or you can stir them with the
onion and garlic and a tablespoon
of oil in a hot skillet for 10 minutes.
You can use canned tomatillos as
they are. Mash the avocados with
the tomatillos and add the remain¬
ing ingredients. Continue mashing
until you achieve the traditional
somewhat lumpy guacamole tex¬
ture. A Cuisinart will do this in a
jiffy, but Allen cautions against

using a blender as it usually suc¬
ceeds in pureeing whatever is in the
bottom of the container— a state of
affairs you don’t want.

Peeling chilies;

Jana Allen suggest that, to peel
chilies, you first roast them on the
top of a barbecue or in a really hot
(450 degrees) oven until they’re
blistered almost black. Then put
the chilies in a paper bag and fold
or crinkle the top of the bag to make
it airtight. Allow the chilies to
“rest” for about ten minutes. They
will continue steaming and the skin
will separate from the pulp, allow¬
ing for easy peeling.

The following recipe is from
Loni Kuhn's collection. If you’d
like to delve more into the mysteries
of Mexican cuisine, she teaches out
of her home in San Francisco. Call
herat 752-5265 for details.

MANCHA MANTELES DEL
POLLO, OR CHICKEN
TABLECLOTH STRAINER

2 New Mexico chilies
2 3‘/ 2 -4 lb. chickens, cut up

cloves with the soaked chilies until
quite smooth. Reheat the fat from
the chorizo and pour in chilies
sauce. Cook 10 minutes, stirring
constantly. Add chicken stock and
pour over chicken. Simmer for
about 1 hour, or until tender. Just
before serving stir in vinegar and
taste for salt. Sprinkle with toasted
sesame seeds and serve with white
rice.

RED-HOT COOKING
FROM CHINA

According to Henry Chung, pro¬

prietor of the renowned Hunan
Restaurant, the Hunanese people
have quite a reputation jn China.
They use longer chopsticks, sit at
bigger tables and generally eat
more heartily than the folks in the
rest of the country. They're emo¬
tional and outspoken and very
friendly, and they like to entertain.
And they especially love hot
peppers.

“In every house, in the front gar¬
den or in the back garden, there’s a
pepper tree," says Chung. I was
visiting him the other day at the
Hunan (924 Sansome, SF), and he
motioned to the pepper tree on the
counter. “The peppers grow up to
the sky,” he said, contrasting them
to the more common types that
hang downward. "We call them
hsiung-tien, or facing-the-skv pep¬
pers.”

Back in Li-ling county in
HuiTan, where Chung comes from,
people use the red peppers fresh
while they are in season and then,
before the season ends (around
July), the rest of the peppers are

reminiscences. The recipes are
simple to prepare, and pepper
lovers will find much to fan the
flames of their passion. Here is
a.recipe from the book.

HOT AND SOUR CHICKEN

“This dish originated in Li-ling,
a prominent county in Hunan Pro¬
vince, my home country,” says
Henry Chung, “and I introduced it
to San Francisco. The main ingre-
dients are chicken and the Hunan
pickled hot pepper, an item which
offers the diner a hot and sour taste.
That kind of Hunan pickled hot

Some

like it HOT

Mexican cooking, offers the
following guacamole recipe. I
made it and served it to several
Guardian staffers, one of whom
remarked, “It’s the best guacamole

1 ever tasted!"

GUACAMOLE DEL NORTE

8 fresh tomatillos, or canned toma¬
tillos, or canned tomatillos (about
half a 14 or 15oz. can, drained)

2 large ripe avocados (Casa Lucas
Market always has perfectly ripe
avocados on hand, according to
Allen.)

2-3 slices red onion, chopped (use
torpedos if you can get them)

2-3 fresh seeded serranos (you
don’t need to roast and peel them,
but see postscript on peeling chi¬
lies if you want that flavor)
juice of 2 limes, to taste
salt

pepper

cilantro (a handful of leaves, stems
removed)

1 tomato, peeled, seeded and
chopped

Refrigerate until served.

are usine fresh tomatillos

salt and freshly ground pepper
lard or oil

3- 4 chorizos, skinned (Mexican sau¬
sage)

2 ripe plantains or 2 large green
bananas

2 slices fresh pineapple, diced

4- 6 pickled serrano chilies, minced

2 large onions, chopped
4 cloves minced garlic

Vi cup blanched almonds
1/8 teaspoon each cinnamon and
cloves

1 lb. tomatoes, peeled, seeded and
chopped

1 cup chicken broth

3 tablespoons vinega r
juice of 1 lime

Tear up the ancho and New
Mexico chilies (both of these are
dried chilies) and soak in hot water
for 20 minutes. Grind up smoothly.
Salt and pepper chicken and place
in large heavy casserole. Heat the
lard and fry the chorizo until
browned. Drain and add to
chicken. Add the fruits and serrano
chilies. Grind the onion, garlic, al¬
monds. tomatoes, cinnamon and

harvested and dried in the sun.
“We string them, like a necklace”
— Chung gestured a circle around
his neck— “or hang them under the
overhang of the house. Sometimes
we would hang them in the
kitchen.”

You can buy fresh red peppers in
Chinese groceries here, and fresh
peppers can be used interchange¬
ably with the dried in Hunan
cooking. Chung says he uses all
dried peppers in the restaurant.

If you find your excursion into
Hunanese cooking too hot to bear,
drink lots of hot tea. That’s Henry
Chung's suggestion, and it comes
from his grandmother. "My grand¬
mother always said to avoid drink¬
ing cold water with food, as the
water and the grease in the food
won’t mix well in your insides. Hot
tea will wash it through."

Henry Chung has written a
book, Henry Chung's Hunan Style
Chinese Cookbook (Harmony
Books), which includes myriad
recipes in the Hunanese tradition,
as well as legends, customs and

Henry Chung (right) and his son Marty of the Hunan Restaurant.

2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh
ginger

1 green onion

V2 cup cashews, peanuts or
almonds
Seasonings:

2 teaspoons cornstarch

2 teaspoons rice wine or dry sherry
1-2 tablespoonssoy sauce

1 teaspoon vinegar

Vt teaspoon salt (omit if using
salted nuts)

1-2 teaspoons suga r

2 teaspoons sesame oil (optional)

4 tablespoons cooking oil

To prepare:

1. Bone the chicken and cut the
meat into pieces, 1-inch or slightly
smaller.

2. Make the marinade by
mixing the cornstarch with 2 tea¬
spoons soy sauce and 1 tablespoon
vvine, then adding salt and egg
white. Mix marinade with the
chicken and marinate at least 15
minutes.

3. Cut off the ends of the dried
red peppers and shake out the
seeds. Chop the ginger very finely
and cut the green onion into Vt-
inch lengths.

4. In a small bowl, mix the
seasonings, first mixing the corn¬
starch with the soy sauce and wine
and then mixing in the other in¬
gredients.

To cook:

1. Heat about 4 tablespoons
cooking oil in a wok or large frying
pan. Add the red peppers, cooking
over a medium flame until they
start to char. Turn the fire up as

A mouth-watering guide to chilies and the cuisines
that have made them famous

lemon juice on them. The yogurt
and the lemon juice help make the
heat of the fiery dishes bearable. So
keep that in mind as you try these
ehutneys. They, along with yogurt,
make a great accompaniment to
curried vegetables, scrambled eggs
and meat dishes.

PEANUT CHUTNEY
V2 cup peanuts, dry roasted (pre¬
ferably home roasted)

6jalapeno peppers
4 large cloves of garlic
V 4 cup (approximately) chopped
f resh coriander (ci lantro)
salt to taste

1 tablespoon (approximately)

cooking oil
'/< cup water

Heat oil in skillet over low heat.
Add green chilies (seeds and all)
and peeled garlic, and roast over
low heat until they are brown.
When this is done, put all the ingre¬
dients in the blender and blend
them.

PUDINA (MINT LEAVES)
CHUTNEY

2 tablespoons desiccated

unsweetened coconut
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4-6green chilies
Vi cup chopped cilantro
'A cup mint leaves
salt

water (according to whether you
need a thick or a thin chutney)
Blend all the ingredients in the
blender.

SABJI (VEGETABLE
CURRY) FOR FOUR

1 large eggplant

pepper is not currently available in
the United States, so I use hot red
pepper powder and vinegar
instead, and the result is marve¬
lous. ”

Ingredients:

V2 frying chicken, about 1 pound
Marinade:

1 tablespoon powdered cornstarch
V2 teaspoon black pepper
a few drops vegetable oil
l‘/ 2-2 cups plus 1 teaspoon
oil (or sesame oil)

V2 cup green bell pepper (about 1 '
med ium-sized green bel 1 pepper
cut into 1-inch squares)

V2 cup canned sliced bamboo
shoots(or V2 cup celery, sliced
into IV 2 -inch pieces)

Vi cup sliced carrots, peeled and
sliced into l'/i-inch pieces
(optional)

1 tablespoon fermented black
beans(optional)

V2 tablespoon minced garlic
(optional)

1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger

1 teaspoon hot red pepper powder
V2 cup chicken broth

2 tablespoons soy sauce
pinch salt (or to taste)

2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
(or to taste)

2 tablespoons white wine
1 tablespoon liquid cornstarch
(put V2 tablespoon of powdered
cornstarch in your wok spoon,
add just a little water, and stir
vigorously to dissolve the
powder; add immediately to dish.

Preparation

I. Cut up the chicken, bones
and all, into 1-inch-square pieces.

(First cut off wing and leg with
cleaver, then cut carcass in half
through backbone.) Mix thorough¬
ly with marinade ingredients and
let sit for 2-3 minutes.

2. Heat a wok over highest heat
for 2 minutes. Then add l‘/2-2cups
vegetable oil. As soon as the oil is
smoking hot place the chicken
pieces in the wok and stir vigorous¬
ly for 1 minute or till the bloody
color is gone. Remove the chicken
and drain off all but 2 to 3 table¬
spoons of oil.

3. Reheat remaining oil till
smoking hot. Toss in green pepper,
bamboo shoots, carrots, black
beans, garlic, ginger, and hot red
pepper powder. Add chicken broth
and cook for 1 minute.

4. Return chicken to wok and
add soy sauce, salt, vinegar, and
wine. Cook for 4 to 6 more
minutes, stirring constantly. Add
liquid cornstarch to thicken the
gravy, and 1 teaspoon vegetable oil
to glaze the dish for better appear¬
ance. Serve hot.

THIS WILL
SZECHWAN FIRE

Having come across a copy of
The Good Food of Szechwan (Ko-
dansha International Ltd.) and
learning that the author, Robert
Delfs, lives in San Francisco, I was
eager to talk to him about hot
peppers and Szechwanese cooking.
As is made abudantly clear by the
Szechwanese restaurants here in
San Francisco, the people of Szech¬
wan rival their Hunanese neighbors
with their love of hot peppers. Delfs
confirmed my understanding of

Szechwanese food—that it was
plenty hot. Delfs learned the art of
Szechwanese cooking while he was
a graduate student in Taipei, Tai¬
wan, and he's been an ardent fol¬
lower of the cuisine ever since.

Apparently, Delfs told me, hot
red peppers were introduced into
Szechwan during the latter part of
the Ming dynasty (around the 17th
century). It isn’t clear whether the
Portuguese were responsible (they
traded between Mexico and China)
or whether the peppers arrived
overland from India.

Among the recipes which Delfs
includes in The Good Food of
Szechwan are many that promise
to be real eye-wideners. I’ve in¬
cluded one here. If you cook this
dish and it proves too hot for even
your tastes, Delfs says you can sal¬
vage it by carefully draining the oil
and replacing it with an unchilied
oil.

GONG-BA O JI-DING

(Chicken with charred red peppers
and cashews)

V2 chicken breast, about Vi lb.

when boned
Marinade:

2 teaspoons cornstarch
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1 tablespoon rice wine or dry sherry
V 2 -I egg white
V2 teaspoon salt

10 dried red peppers, ora few more

high as possible and as soon as the
peppers are black, add the chicken
pieces. Reduce flame to medium.

2. Stir-fry until the chicken is
white, then add the ginger and
green onion. Cook, stirring for a
few more seconds, then add the
cashews or other nuts and the sea¬
sonings (give it a quick stir first).
When the sauce has thickened
slightly and is glaze-like, remove to
a serving dish and serve hot.

HOT AND HOTTER
FROM INDIA

I consulted Sindhu More to get
some really hot ehutneys for our
chili-loving readers. Sindhu More
has worked with her husband,
Chan, at their small restaurant, the
Sitar (recently moved to new quar¬
ters at 1616 Webster St. in Oak¬
land) for the past eight years. She
comes from Bombay, and the fol¬
lowing recipes are common for
dishes in that region. However,
More has been careful to substitute
all ingredients that are’ available in
California. For instance, she uses
jalapenos (“not the thick ones, the
thin long ones"). "I guess at propor¬
tions,” More explains. “If a sauce
isn't hot enough, I just add some ca¬
yenne.”

When serving hot foods in India,
it’s common to serve on the table a
dish of yogurt, a salad made with
yogurt, and raw vegetables with

2 small potatoes
2 medium tomatoes
V2 cup fresh or frozen peas

2 dry red chilies

3 serrano chilies (or jalapenos

if serranos aren’t available)

V2 -inch ginger root
1 large onion

1 teaspoon turmeric

Vi teaspoon each cinnamon and
ground cloves

2 tablespoons cooking oil

Cut up eggplant into 1-inch
squares (don’t peel this or any of the
vegetables). Cut potatoes into
small cubes. Put eggplant and po¬
tato cubes into cold water to pre¬
vent discoloration. Cube tomatoes.
Chop the onion. Mince the ginger
and the chilies (don't take the seeds
out). Heat the oil in the skillet and
add the red peppers just before the
oil boils. Add green chilies and
onion. When the onion is browned
add the turmeric and tomatoes.

Cover and cook until tomatoes
are soft. Add the potatoes, followed
in a few seconds by the eggplant.
Last to go in the skillet are the peas,
if you're using frozen peas, because
theseonly takesecondstocook. The
secret for a moist thick curry is to
keep the lid on the skillet whenever
possible. If the final result isn’t suf¬
ficiently pungent, add cayenne.
Obvious variations can include
corn, beansand cauliflower. □

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How reasonable is reasonably
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1972. Clearly, despite all the talk of
the very real white-wine explosion,
a lot of wine lovers are drinking
(when they’re not aging) a lot of
Cabernet Sauvignon.

So far this decade, the standout
vintages for California Cabernet
have been 1970 and 1974. The
latter has pretty much disappeared
from retailers’ shelves, with several
exceptions. The 1975 vintage has
proved middling, and so 1976 is
drawing the attention of Cabernet
fans, particularly since dozens of
examples have been commercially
released in the past few months.
Since 1976 and 1977 were the two
drought years (remember the
“Conserve Water, Drink Wine”
signs?), nobody has quite known
what to expect from them, espe¬
cially the red wines.

By now. I've tasted around two
dozen 1976 Cabernets and can
report that they’re damn good, but
not, generally speaking, as good as
1970 or '74, which seem to me to
liave somewhat more depth, com¬
plexity and body. Still, 1976 is the
vintage that is becoming generally
available and you may like to know
what’s good for drinking now
and/or laying away.

To that end, here are the results
of two 1976 Cabernet Sauvignon
tastings in which I participated in
recent months. Three of the wines
were in both tastings, and the
groups’ consensus correlations of
them (as well as my personal
ratings) were extraordinarily simi¬
lar. Points in parentheses represent
the total of the tasters' rankings;
thus the lowest score w ins.

1976 CABERNET SAUVIGNONS

Tasting#l (11 tasters)

1. Rutherford Ranch ($5) (35
points).

2. Villa Mt. Eden( $9.50) (43).

3. Hacienda ($8.50) (47).

4. Cassayre-Forni ($0.50) (48).

5. Burgess (Napa Valley)
($8.25) (53).

6. Montevina($4. 75) (56).

7. Stag'sLeap($ 10) (58).

8. ClosduVal(% 9) (66).

9. Lambert Bridge($0) (89).
Tasting #2 (17 tasters)

1. Villa Mt. Eden ($9.50) (54
points).

.2. Hacienda($S.50) (65).

3. Joseph Phelps($H.7,5) (74).

4. Boeger($4.75) (75).

5. Dehlinger ($0.50) (78).

6. Stag’s Leap ($\0) ( 79).

7. Caymus ( $ 10) ( 86).

8. Mt. Eden ($30) l 100)

The big price/quality winner is
obviously the Rutherford Ranch, a
small, five-year-old winery in the
Napa Valley owned by the "Ernie"
of the Ernie's Liquors and Ernie’s
Wine Warehouse chain. In this
mad inflationary era, I praise Ernie
Van Asperen and his associates for
directly or indirectly being respon¬
sible for supplying the wine¬
drinking public with dozens, even
hundreds, of first-rate bargains (in
addition to the '76 Rutherford
Ranch Cabernet) under several
“negociant-type” labels, such as
Round Hill and Stone Creek. Asfor
the '76 Cabernet, to my know¬
ledge, it is pretty much sold out,
except at the four Ernie’s Wine
Warehouses (San Francisco, South
San Francisco, Redwood City and
St. Helena).

Except for two or three wines, I
pretty much liked all of them in
both tastings. I believe they’ll age
more rapidly than equivalent-
quality-for-the-vintage ’74s, but
most will improve for at least 6-8
years. The $30 Mt. Eden (which
has no connection with the highly
ranked Villa Mount Eden) was
quite controversial. I was one of
those (half the group) who placed it
last, but I’m willing to concede to
its small band (three people) of ad¬
herents, who put it first, that the
wine’s (to me) unappealing musti-
ness, excessive woodiness and "hot"
finish may "age out" and result in a
great wine. But for $301 won’t take
the gamble.

Other values include the Boeger
and the Montevina, the latter of
which I particularly liked, but
which (because the winery releases
its wines very early) is still as far as I
know, available only at Kermit
Lynch (Albany). The Villa Mt.
Eden is an excellent Cabernet,
generally available at better Bay
Area wine shops, as is the superb
Joseph Phelps. So let’s toast the
spirited ’76s!

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I f travel and adventure are
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ings for your meals, and you
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BRUNCH ON THE BAY
First, lets assume that one of the
places where you don’t feel at sea
where food is concerned is on a
boat. Then how about piping your¬
self aboard the Red and White
Fleet’s luxury vessel Royal Star for a
nautical brunch and a l'/i-hour
San Francisco Bay cruise?

The moment you embark you’re
made welcome with a complimen¬
tary glass of champagne, after
which you head for the buffet
brunch and the serious business of
eating. Fruit juice for starters,
some fruit compote, perhaps? How
about scrambled eggs with the
corned beef hash, or hash browns
with the Beef Stroganoff? (Oh,
look! All the sailboats are out
around Sausalito.) The German
potato salad looks good, and what's
in the crepes? Only one way to find
out. Select a table to support your
perilously piled-up plate as Angel
Island glides by, and settle down to

the utter enjoyment of a meal
enhanced by the boat’s somnolent
movements and a view of San
Francisco that isseeond to none.

But perhaps in your mind boats
are linked to a situation more mys¬
terious and romantic.

Then it’s the 2‘/2-hour dinner/
dance "Bar-B-Que on the Bay" for
you.

This is an evening affair on the
same boat, but this time you're
welcomed aboard by Pure Honey,
a lively group who play music of
any and every kind, and are emin¬
ently listenable if you’d rather dine
than dance. As the sun sets behind
the Golden Gate and the fog hangs
just outside it, you select your club
steak, add some bean salad and a
relish or two, decide between
baked beans and corn on the cob
before adding a little rice and a
crunchy crust of French bread.
(Save your ticket stub—there’s a
drawingforabottleofwine.) Settle
back in your seat, watch the
dancers or gaze at the fabulous
San Francisco skyline. Brunch
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October at 10:30 am and 12:30 pm;
the $ 11 tariff includes tax and grat¬
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every Thursday at 7:30 pm June
through October and costs $16.50
including tax and gratuity. No-host
bar available. Both boats leave
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from Pier 43'A at Fisherman’s
Wharf. For reservations (imper¬
ative!) call Harbor Tours, Inc. at
Pier41, 546-2810 .

GET YOUR KICKS
ON ROUTE 66

But once back on dry land, make
sure you don’t miss the bus by
missing the bus. All you have to do
is invite 37 of your nearest and
dearest friends and call Scenic
Hyway Tours. Tell them you have
a party of 38 (their minimum
requirement — they’re a g roup
charter service and don't, under
any circumstances, cater to groups
of fewer than 38), and tell them too
where it is you want to go and
where to pick up the food, and
you’re in business. You, of course,
have cunningly arranged every¬
thing. You and your friends are
going to spend the day in Muir
Woods or Carmel or Napa or San
Simeon or anywhere in California,
and you’ve called your favorite
caterer and ordered the box lunch
of your choice: it could be donuts or
danish or quiche and caviar, but
when the bus arrives, just tell the
driver where the pickup point is
and he’ll be glad to oblige.

Your chariot is the gleaming “Le
Mirage” bus (“it's all glass! With a
touch of class...” proclaims the
brochure) with extra large wrap¬
around European-design tinted
windows and an interior uniquely
planned so that the view from the
aisle seats is every bit as good as the
one from those by the windows.

As you roll along in splendid
style, comestible in one hand,
liquid refreshment in the other, you
can lean back and listen to music,
lazily experience the environment
in motion, or enjoy your eatables at
one of the tables in the back of the
bus, alternating them, perhaps,
with a crafty game of cribbage or a
bit of backgammon.

So whenever your particular
Chowder, Singing and Marching
Society decides to take to the road,
call Scenic Hyway Tours at (415)
647-1400 and “see it all” at a cost of
$6.50-$7 per person.

TAKE A BALLOON TO LUNCH

But what if what you've always
wanted is to rise to new heights
(epicurean and otherwise) and
really be gone with the wind, what
better way to fulfill your lofty
ambitions than by taking a flight in
an air balloon? Up in Santa Rosa
they come in varying colors—the
multi-colored “Stained Glass,” the
diagonally designed purple, pink,
light and dark blue “Cancan” and
the speak-for-itself “Rainbow,”

with concentric stars chasing each
other up the fabric. The 65-foot-
tall, 55-foot-wide balloons hook on
to triangular, suede-lined gondolas
that hold four standing passengers
(the pilot/part-owner, who left a
legislative job in Washington,
D.C., for a different kind of hotair,
likes to sit on the basket’s rim,
particularly at 3000 feet — vertigo,
anyone?), and when you’re all
assembled he’ll shoot a 14-foot
propane flame into the balloon and
you're off and flying. He can hover
at 1000 feet, hang motionless an
inch above the ocean, glide across
tree tops without disturbing a leaf,
literally harnessing the prevailing
winds to his whims until, at the end
of the hour, he brings you back to
earth. Wherever you land,
whether in a farmer’s field or on a
winery lawn, the ground crew
truck is waiting, champagne at the
ready, the landowner joyfully
joining in the very lively libation.
Then it’s off to the nearest little inn
(where the “real" people go) for
lunch and the excited re-telling and
re-living of all the wonders of the
flight. The cost? $65 per person
weekdays, $75 on weekends. Call
Airborn of Sonoma County at (707)
528-8133 or (707) 823-8757, and
remember, half the fun is getting
there, and this trip will really blow
you away.

A REPAST IN THE PAST

Did you know that Oscar W ilde
never traveled without his diary so
that he’d always have something
sensational to read on the train?
But if you're more concerned about
the train itself being sensational,
plan your next dinner on the Sierra
Supper Special. Where else these
days can you enjoy cocktails and
dinner aboard an authentic
huffing-puffing, steam-powered
passenger train whose locomotive
was built at least 50 years ago and
may have appeared in many a
movie of the Old West? And, in
addition, hauls behind it nine cars
of similar vintage, one from the
Union Pacific railroad, one from
Milwaukee’s counterpart, another
from the Shasta Daylight line, plus
a classic combination of observa¬
tion, dining, coach and lounge
cars, all refurbished and air-
conditioned for your dining
comfort and other kinds.

Once a week at 5:30 pm the
Special departs from Jamestown
(west of Sonora, in Tuolomne
county) for the six-hour, 82-mile
Mother Lode round trip through
the gold country to Oakdale and
back. If you don’t want dinner
immediately at the 5:30 sitting you
can enjoy a libation in the piano

bar and toast the piano player, do a
little dancing encouraged by a
three-piece band, or watch the bril¬
liant Sierra sunset as the sound of
the steam whistle recalls the golden
age of railroading. Book in for the
6:45 dinner (there are additional
seatings at 8 and 9:30) as the
Special winds in and out of the foot¬
hills of the Sierra.

If you travel on Oct. 6 you dine
on London broil; on Oct. 13 on
breast of chicken, cordon bleu; on
Oct. 20 on braised sirloin tips of
beef, and Oct. 27 on chef’s surprise.
The all-inclusive price for the
round trip and dinner is $21.95.
For eservations (essential!) call
(800) 592-3444, or Great Western
Toursat(415) 398-3178.

DINE OVER THE
INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE

And finally, for a real flight of
fancy, how about taking the night
plane to Singapore? First class, of
course, for a mere $ 1178 each way
(plus $3 tax, if you care). You leave
at 11:30 pm either Wednesday,
Thursday, Saturday or Sunday
aboard a Singapore Airlines Ltd.
747 super-B jet. The moment you
board the plane everyone from the
eagle-eyed chief steward on down
anticipates your every wish and
whim, and when you want to
ascend the lounge’s spiral staircases
and slide into your upper deck
slumberette, a charming steward¬
ess in a designer-made sarong
kebaya attends to your every need.
(Nine out of the ten beds are reser¬
ved for passengers; the tenth is for a
crew member— could it be the
pilot?) But when it’s time to dine it’s
a matter of course. Choose from
hot savories—why not try the
baked artichoke heart?—follow it
with a stuffed avocado with an
Oriental salad and some vegetable
chowder. That's all merely the pre¬
cursor to the main course, listed as
Kashmiri pillau. Dal Urhal and
cauliflower masala. Cleanse your
palate with a garden vegetable
salad to enable you more delight¬
edly to dig into the vermicelli raisin
pudding dessert and the finishing
touch of fresh fruit and cheese.
(Why not lie in bed and peel a
grape or two?) Quite a way to
cross the International Date Line,
and certainly a way of flying— and
dining— in the air with the greatest
of ease and the best in-flight service
in the industry. For your piece of
pie in the sky call Singapore
Airlines Limited at (415) 781-2770
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Why is the lead singer of the
Dead Kennedys running for
mayor of San Francisco?
Eileen Murray and Jane Hamsher
_ find out.

J elloBiafraishisname, and
until a month ago his main
claim to fame was that he
is the lead singer of a local
new wave band, the Dead
Kennedys. He has used the
band as a platform to expound
upon his political and artistic
views (he’s the founder of the

World Brotherhood of Peace
and Anarchy and favors
“creative crime”, among other
things). Now, Biafra has
decided to go one step further—
he’s running for mayor of San
Francisco.

Biafra made his decision to
run for mayor in the back seat of

a cab on the way to a Pere Ubu
concert at the Old Waldorf, and
the campaign was officially
kicked off at a fundraising
spaghetti dinner/dance at the
Mabuhay Gardens, on Sept. 3.
With the help of his campaign
manager Scoop Nisker (of
KSAN and Videowest fame)

and publicity director Dirk
Dirksen (ever-gracious host of
the Mabuhay), Biafra managed
to raise almost enough money to
get on the November ballot
(Dirksen kicked in the rest). The
500 or so Biafra supporters ate
spaghetti and pogoed to bands
including the Symptoms, Vs.,

the Contractions, the Jars and,
of course, the Dead Kennedys.

Biafra has come a long way
since his days as a suicidal pizza
delivery boy in his native Colo¬
rado. As a mayoral candidate,
he wants to give the flipside of
society a real alternative to
Quentin Kopp and Dianne

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Feinstein. And as long-time
Dead Kennedy fans who have
watched Biafra on and off
stage, we can attest to the fact
that he is one of San Francisco’s
most colorful figures. We inter¬
viewed Biafra at his favorite
Mexican restaurant a couple of
weeks ago, over fistfuls of jala-
peno peppers, chile rellenos and
cheese enchiladas. Between
pleas for water and occasional
verbal lapses due to indigestion,
we managed to record some of
the 21-year-old mayoral candi¬
date’s more controversial ideas.

THE SUICIDAL HIPPIE
FROM BOULDER MOVES TO
SAN FRANCISCO AND
BECOMES A
DEAD KENNEDY
Bay Guardian: Where are
you from, originally?

Biafra: Well, I was born and
raised in Boulder. It was a
sleepy little mountain town,
and then all the hippies moved
in, and that was fun for a while
’cause they were really danger¬

ous. They had long hair, and
you were afraid to say anything.
But then the hippies grew old,
cut their hair off, got rich, and
now they’ve started all these rip-
off businesses just like their
parents did. Beal expensive
health food stores, where you
can buy an organic candle for
$50. The whole state has turned
into a tourist playground.

BG: Is the rumor true that
you're a former rich kid?

B: Nooooo! My parents...
let’s see...are lower middle
class.

BG: Oh, everyone says
that.

B: My father was a social
worker and my mother’s a libra¬
rian.

BG: But well educated.

B: Oh, to a fault. They really
pushed being educated and well
read in my home.

BG: Where did you get your
post-secondary education?

B: Um, let’s see, I went to
college for 2 l A months in Santa
Cruz.

BG: What were you, a
biology major or something?

B: No, no. All I took there
was acting and the history of
Paraguay. I didn’t intend to stay
long. I noticed that a lot of
people down there were trying
to be very open in one way but
were very intolerant in many
others. Like if you weren’t as
free and loose and mellow —
especially mellow—as they
were, then they wanted you off
the map right then and there.

BG: What’s attractive to you
about punk rock?

B: I think it’s a great comb¬
ination of a lot of things. It’s the
kind of music I like most, real
raw, gut-level stuff. Even
experimental stuff hits you right
in the balls, rather than the stuff
that is just too wimpy, some¬
thing you can sit down and
space out to. It’s the first real
outbreak of new talent, young
talent, that we’ve had since the
Beatles first came around.
Slowly, most of those people

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fizzled out or got rich or what¬
ever, and they just aren’t
speaking to the concerns of real
young people today. They’re
saying, “I’m big, old and rich.
Rock’n’roll, rah-rah.”It’sbeen
turned into a Las Vegas act,
which I really object to.

BG: How’d you hit on the
name Dead Kennedys?

B: Some friends of mine in
Colorado were going to name
their band that, but then they
chickened out and called it the
Night Flames. So I decided "Ah
hah! There’s my name!”
Sometimes we use other names.
We played this high school
dance last Christmas, but we
knew the PTA would have ob¬
jections to “Dead Kennedys.”
So we called ourselves the
Creamsicles and told them we
were a power pop band.
Luckily, the people who spon¬
sored the show knew who we
really were. I expected about 40
people to show up and go “Blah,
punk rock, blah, we wanna
hear Foreigner. ” But oh no, 250
people showed up, and they
really enjoyed it. It was weird to
see all those jocks in their letter
jackets pogoing.

“YOU WILL CROAK, YOU
LITTLE CLOWN, WHEN YOU
MESS WITH PRESIDENT
BROWN”

Biafra characterizes Jerry
Brown as a politician with few
scruples, all the answers and an
understanding of the populace’s
tendency to seek cure-alls in
their leaders. Brown stands out
in Biafra's mind as one of the
most dangerous people on the
current scene.

“The thing that really bothers
me about the whole situation,”
he says, “is that people are
looking for someone to tell them
what to do. Kennedy was never
perceived as somebody who was
going to run people’s lives for
them. I think it’s dangerous for
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and relaxed in the Seventies that
they want someone to do that
for them. The same thing hap¬
pened in Germany right before
Hitler took over. The cabaret
fad back then is very much like
disco today. And the one person
who I’ve noticed who has a feel
for this type of thing is Jerry
Brown.”

Biafra’s fear of Jerry Brown
inspired him to pen a song,
entitled “California Uber
Alles,” comparing a Brown
presidency with Hitler’s Third
Reich. “Zen Fascists will control
you/One hundred per cent
natural/You will jog for the
master race/And always wear a
happy face...You will croak,
you little clown/When you mess
with President Brown. ”

BIAFRA WILL SOLVE ALL
OF SAN FRANCISCO’S
PROBLEMS, WHETHER SAN
FRANCISCO LIKES IT
OR NOT.

As we pursued our incisive,
in-depth interview, keeping in
mind that we are writing for the
Bay Guardian, we decided to
question Biafra about his deci¬
sion to run for mayor.

Unlike the traditional polit¬
ical candidate, Biafra finds it
difficult to be the least bit
evasive. He does, however,
have an endearing smile and is
good at kissing babies.

BG: What finally made you
decide to run for mayor?

B: I looked around, and I’m
just really annoyed with the
way Feinstein has run the city.
She’s been so openly repressive
towards anyone who doesn’t fit
into her own little mold of the
model citizen, while at the same
time just playing into the hands
of big business. Her major
opponent seems to be even
farther to the right than she is.
So I figured, if nobody else is
going to stand up and try' to put
an end to this, I will.

Feinstein has said openly that
she intends to “clean up the city”
of undesirable elements. I don’t
think it’s just a coincidence that
right after she took office street
musicians started getting
hassled, two leather bars got
their licenses revoked, the raids
on the Mabuhay began, the
Deaf Club raids ....

The first I ever heard of her
was when I first moved out
here, and Proposition 13 had
just passed. Feinstein owned a
building where a lot of elderly
people lived on fixed incomes.
First she told them that if they
voted for Proposition 13, she
wouldn’t raise their rent. Then
she raises their rent, after Prop¬
osition 13 passed, 75 bucks a
month, for people-, on fixed
incomes. The letter was signed
“Your Friendly Management.”

BG: Have you ever actually
met Mayor Feinstein?

B: No, but when I was getting

my petition and announcing my
candidacy at a press conference
outside City Hall, I saw her. She
emerged out the door and she
had punk-rock hair, dyed jet
black, you know, and she
looked so pale and scrawny. I
was expecting kind of a beefy
woman, kind of tough, but oh
no. She’s this frail woman being
led to her car by a teenage girl,
probably her daughter.

BG: What would you do if
people said to you, “Look at all
this stuff that’s happening,
we’ve got to crack down on
crime in the Tenderloin.”

B: I think it’s time to redirect
priorities. Victimless crimes
should be at the bottom of the
list, as in drug use and cultural
events. Why spend so much
police time and money haras¬
sing people for their own
culture and nonviolent crimes?
Why not put a high priority on
things like organized crime,
white-collar crime, which
virtually goes untouched right
now?

BG: How would you deal
with the police force?

B: The biggest problem with
this country and the way it's
related to its police is that they
never even try any person-to-
person contact. It’s always the
cop riding around in his fancy
car with his gun and just mena¬
cing rather than trying to insti¬
tute some kind of neighborhood
unity and cooperation. I think
the way to help solve this would
be to have the police run for
election every four years, being
voted on by the people they
patrol.

There are a lot of heavily
minority neighborhoods in this
city, and if they want to have
somebody they feel more
comfortable with patrolling
them then they should have a
right to vote them in. I think it
will bring police a lot closer to
the neighborhoods. Obviously,
to get elected they’ve got to meet
people, talk to them, find out
what the people in their neigh¬
borhood want and how they
want it done.

BG: Well, what about your
more controversial platforms,
such as closing off Market Street
to all traffic and making
businessmen wear clown suits?

B: I didn’t say I was going to
close it off, I was just saying that
I agree wholeheartedly with
Dianne Feinstein’s proposal to
clean up Market Street. I just
think that hers is a little mis¬
guided. I think rather than wipe
the interesting people off
Market Street, let’s wipe off the
boring buildings with cold,
boring people to man them.
Therefore, I think, everybody
that maintains an office on
Market Street should be
required to wear a clown suit
between the hours of nine and
five.

BG: Another big issue is the
financing of the educational
system and what the priorities
should be. What do you think
about that?

B: One good way to start is to
cut out the athletic programs.
That’s the one thing you can bet
your sweet life on— that private
enterprise will step in to feed
their jocks. They love to watch

their gladiator sons go kill each
other on a football field. They’d
miss that too much not to step
in. I don’t think that’s a worth¬
while education. How many
people play football when
they’re 45 years old? That’s one
of those grossly misdirected
priorities in this country, this
preoccupation with jock
fetishes.

BG: What happens to the
Dead Kennedys when you’re
elected mayor?

B: Well, you’ll have,to ask
them that. A lot of people have
asked me if I’m just using this as
a big gag to promote the Dead
Kennedys, but oh no, the Dead
Kennedys is a big gag to get me
elected mayor. It should be
obvious to everyone.

BG: Well, did you have that
in mind when you formed the
Dead Kennedys?

B: Not at first, no. But
obviously if you’re going to run
for political office, you have to
parade all your achievements.

BG: What other achieve¬
ments aile you parading in front
of people to make your
campaign look more credible?

B: Well, I’m kind of groovy.

BG: Keeping in mind that the
Bay Guardian readers are your
typical white, liberal—

B: Then obviously, they’ve
never seen anything like me
before, so I’m going to force
them to look.

★ ★ ★

The Biafra for May or campaign
can be reached through his
appointments secretary ,
Barbara Helbert, at 284-9264 or
823-5570. U

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CLUBS

SAN FRANCISCO

Alta Plaza: Faye Carol (jazz), Sun .. Ruth
- Hastings & Co , Mon , Fillmore at Clay. 921 -4646
The Blarneystone: Red Dust (country/
bluegrass). Fri.-Sat; Irish Country (Irish), Sun .
5616 Geary Blvd . 752-3326
The Boarding House: Pearl Harbor &
The Explosions. Fri/28. Michael Been & Airtight,
Sat/29; Jonathon Richmond, Fri/5-Sat/6, 960
Bush St , 441-4333

Brasserie Castle Grand: Ron Towe (pop
piano), Tues -Sat. 12th and Folsom. 621-9491
Cadell Place: Lovey Blue (pop). Fri/28; Lisa
Kindred (blues), Sat/29, 524 Union St . 391-4343
Capurro’s : Pete Zangara Trio (jazz), Weds
and Thurs . Pier 47, 300 Jefferson, 771-0377
■ Chez Jacques: Cafe Theatre Breakfast
in Marin (musical comedy), Fri/28; Eve Wilder's
Showcase '79, Papaya Juice, Sat/29. Hugh Foun¬
tain Quartet, Fear & Loathing in Love and Mar¬
riage, Sun/30 New Faces of Comedy Mon/1,
Coward in a Cardboard Cup, Tues/2, Gracie
Glassman and Dana Atherton Weds/3, Nicholas.
Glover & Wray, Thurs/4; Breakfast in Marin, Fri/5.
Cabaret Frank Kidder Comedy Roast, Fri/28.
Pilar du Rem, Sat/29, Victoria Kirby (jazz/pop)
Sun/30, White, White & Co , Mon/i -Tues/2, Kava
Kava (vocal |azz). Weds/3; Suzy Perisho and Bob
Cheney. Thurs/4, Susan Rabin, Liz Rosner &
Flight, Fn/5, 1390 California. 775-7574
Chi Chi Theatre Club: Theresa Baomi
Butts (jazz). Sat , 440 Broadway. 392-6213
The City: Anita O'Day (jazz), Fri/28-Sun/30.
Montgomery at Broadway, 391-^260
Clift Hotel: Lois Cantor (piano), Fri/28-
Sat/29, Geary & Taylor, 775-4700
The Coffee Gallery: Nick Gravenites.
Fri/28-Sat/29 Rick Kellogg. Thurs/4-Fn/5. 1333
Grant Ave . 397-3751

Crepe Escape: Simon Dray (vocal), Thurs .
150 Kearny St , 434-4449
The Deaf Club: Voice Farm, Alter Boys, 2
Plus 2, Fri/28; Fast Floyd, Sat/29, Fillmore Struts.
Jars, Contractions. Sun/30: Deaf Disco Party
Fri/5. 530 Valencia

Dewey’s: John Stafford and the Bourbon
Street Irregulars (Dixieland iazz). Tues.-Sat ,
Hotel St Francis. Geary & Powell, 391-1200

Earthquake McGoon’s: Turk Murphy's
Jazz Band. Tues.-Sat 128 Embarcadero. 986-
1433

Eight Immortals Lounge: Flipside.

Tues-Sat . Chinatown Holiday Inn, 750 Kearny.
433-6600

Fanny’S! Sharon McNight (cabaret), Fri/28-
Sat/29, Martha Lorm (jazz), Sun/30, Frank D'Orio
(comedy). Mon/i, Pam Brooks (pop/operetta).
Weds/3-Thurs/4. Kerrigan Black (jazz). Fri/5. 4230
18th St .621-5570

Golden Grommet: Night Tram (jazz). Fri
Tues . Chelsea (j Azz). Mon , Thurs , 834 Irving St..
564-6627

Great American Music Hall: Zooi

Sims-AI Cohn All Stars, Fri/28-Sat/29. Eric Ander¬
sen, Sun/30. The Persuasions. Mon/1-Tues/2
Buck White & The Down Home Folks. Weds/3.
Jose Feliciano. Thurs/4 Anthony Braxton
Quartet, Fri/5-Sat/6. 859 O'Farrell. 885-0750.
Gulliver’S Pub: The Ziptones (rock), Fri/ 28 .
Paul & Margie (folk). The Marin Red Show, Sat/29,
Powell St Blues Band, Dana Hubbard Blues Plus
(blues). Sun/30 Lisa & Debbie (blues) Mon/i.
Williams Seven Ways (soul). Tues/2. Blues Sur¬
vivors, Weds/3. Driftwood (country rock). Thurs/4.
Spirit (soul), Fn/5. 348 Columbus, 982-0833
Hotel Utah: The X-M's (jazz), Fri/28 Talent
Showcase (open mike call-backs) Sat/29. Open
Mike, Tues/2. On the Air (swing), Weds/3. Randy
Craig Trio (jazz), Thurs/4, Steve Seskin (folk),
Fn/5, 500 4th St . 421-8308
Hyatt Regency: Dick Saltzman Quartet,
John Coppola/Chuck Travis Big Band. Sat/29.
Atrium Lobby, California at Market. 788-1234
Keystone Korner: Ron Carter Quartet.
Fri/28-Sun/30. The Heath Brothers with Stanley
Cowell, Tues/2-Sun/7, 750 Vallejo. 956-0658
Last Day Saloon: The Water Bios and
guests. Fri/28, Hearts on Fire. Sat/29; Steve
Seskin (folk), Sun/30; talent auditions. Mon/i.
Dakota Sids Badland Serenade. Tues/2. Pat
Hardin Band, Weds/3, Mother Lode Express,
Thurs/4. Ball Taylor Band. Fri/5. 406 Clement St..
387-6343

Mabuhay Gardens: video vaudeville no
S isters, Modello's. Times Five, Fri/28. SVT
Rubber City Rebels. Eye Protection, Sat/29 443
Broadway. 956-3315

Major Pond’s: Bishop Norman- Williams
(jazz). Fri/28. Anna Klinger. Sat/29 San Francisco
Classical Sax Quartet, Weds/3, Omar Hakim
Khayyam, Thurs/4, Anna Klinger, Fri/5, 2801
California, 567*5010

McGowan’s: Bruce Leighton & John
Gregory. Fri/28-Sat/29, Ron Butler Mon/1-Tues/2;
Julie Farbohn, Thurs/4, Bruce Demarest. Michael
Brogan, Fri/5,101 Jefferson, 441-5515
Mooney’S Irish Pub: Blues Survivors,
Fri/28-Sat/29; Merlin. Fri/5, 1525 Grant St . 982-
4330

■ Munchkin’s: Sally Coombs (pop/origi-
nals). Hugh Fountain & Co. (jazz), Fri/28. Susan
Burritt & Co. (jazz), stand-up comics, Sat/29; Joe
Ontiveros (pop/origmals). A Jazz Duo, Sun/30:
open mike. Mon/1; Sally Coombs. Hugh Fountain
& Co.. kTues/2. David Lee Williams (classical
piano). Valerie Arakawa (pop/origmals), Weds/3.
Joe Ontiveros. Valerie Arakawa. Thurs/4, Sally
Coombs. Hugh Fountain & Co.. Fn/5, 242 Church
St .621-4818

Mustard Seed Coffeehouse: John

Gruntfesl Group (jazz). Fri/28; Dawan Abdul Quin¬
tet (jazz), Fn/5. 432 Mason, 524-9347

The Network Coffeehouse: open
mike, Mon/1, Gary Lapow. Fri/5, 1036 Bush St ,
989-6097

New Wave A Go Go: d.is Muiants. x.
Sal/29, 1 839 Geary Si . 924-6032

■ Old Spaghetti Factory ISfbaghetti Jam

Complete

Entertainment

A listing of Bay Area events
from Friday through Friday.

^uide

(improv comedy revue), Fri -Sat Flash Family
(comedy). Thurs.. 478 Green, 421-0221
Old Waldorf: Rubinoos. Fn/28-Sat/29. David
Werner. Tues/2, Michael Nesmith. Thurs/4, Jesse
Colin Young. Fri/5-Sat/6, 444 Battery St . 397-
3884

■ The Other Cafe:Mike Bioomiieia, Fri/28.
comedians, Sat/29; Ms Clawdy. Sun/30 comedy
auditions. Mon/i, Jessie Foster's Amber Band
(jazz), Tues/2, stand-up comedians. Weds/3 Merl
Saunders & Co . Thurs/4. Mark Naftalin, Sonny
Rhodes. Ron Thompson. Fri/5, 100 Carl St 681-
0748

Owl & Monkey Cafe: Lone Star (Texas
swing), Fri/28; Mattine Habib (folk/ongmal).
Sat/29. 1 336 9th Ave . 684-9892
The Palms: Rai Pheno & The Twitchers. Kid
Courage. Fri/28. The Humans, Sat/29 The
Mumbles, Sun/30 1 406 Polk St , 673-7771
Petas’s Jazz Club: Dick Saltzman Trio.
Fran Foston/Henry Irvin Quartet, Fri Nancy Nyle
& Coalescence, Sat , Hugh Fountain Quartet,
Guillermo Cantu and Jazz Trek with Ray Scott.
Sun Brazil Export. Mon . Fran Foston/Henry
Irvin Quartet. Tues , Ed Kelly & The Jazz Express.
Weds . Dick Partee & the North Beach Quartet.
Thurs . 577 Columbus. 982-4999
Plowshares Coffeehouse: Kate woit

with Nina Gerber. Sun/30. Fort Mason Center.
Bldg 312. Laguna and Marina, 441-8920
Precita Park Cafe: Capn casual & His
Dukes of Doubleknit (r and b). Fri/28. Living
Strings with Tom Solmger (jazz). Sat/29,
Nighttrain (latin jazz), Weds/3, Cap'n Casual &
His Dukes of Doubleknit (r and b), Thurq/4.
Automatic Slim (blues/boogie), Fn/5. 300 Precita
Ave , 285-6626

Purple Onion: Terry Dale & Scott Hughes
(pop), nightly except Thurs . 140 Columbus. 781-
0835

Reflections: Terrell Prude and High Life
Tues -Sat. Hyatt on Union Square. 345 Stockton
St , 398-1234

Rick’S Road: Hoo Doo Rhythm Devils.
Fri/28-Sat/29, comedy improvisations. Sun/30,
tba. Mon/1-Weds/3. Frank Bmer n The Night
Shift. Thurs/4-Sat/6. 736 Irving St , 665-6551
Savoy Tivoli: East Bay Mud, Fn/28-Sat/29
The Optet. Larry Kassin & Tom Darter. Thurs/4
Mirasol, Fri/5-Sat/6, 1434 Grant St . 362-7023.
Terrace Room: Abe Battat Trio (easy
listening), nightly, St Francis Hotel. Powell at
Geary. 397-7000

■ Union Depot: On The Air, Fri/28; Gil
Christner & Bob Sarlatte (comedy), Tues/2; T.G
Russell (r&b). Weds/3; Sam Rudin's Piano Mad¬
ness. Thurs/4; Dana Hubbard's Blues Plus. Fri/5;
S.F State Student Union, 1650 Holloway Ave.,
469-2426

Venetian Room: Eiia Fitzgerald, Thurs/ 27 -
Weds/10, Fairmont Hotel, Mason and California
772-5163

Washington Square Bar & Grill:

John Horton Cooper (jazz piano), Fri Sat . Mike
Lipskm (iazz piano), Sun Burt Bales (jazz piano).
Mon. Tues. Norma Teagarden (jazz piano).
Weds, Dick Fregulia & Dorothy Moscowitz.
Thurs , 1 707 Powell St . 982-8123
Whaley’s : Mike Koskmen Quintet (jazz).
Fri/28-Sat/29. Pier 50, 295 China Basin Way
543-3653

EAST BAY

Ace McMurphy’s: Theresa Baomi Butts.
Tues -Weds , 1103 Embarcadero. Oakl,

893-6700.

Ashkenaz: Arkansas Sheiks (live square
dancing). Fri/28. On The Air (dance swing).
Sat/29.1317 San Pablo Ave Berk., 525-5054
Alpen Glow: The Sons. Lucas Michaels, Fn/
28, Yesterday & Today, J. Borg Band, Sat/29.
Back In The Saddle, Thurs/4, Dan Hicks & His
Acoustic Warriors. Michael Bloomfield, Fri/5,
18564 Mission Blvd., Hayward. 276-2310

Barclay’s Jack’s: s.F. Limited, Thurs.-Sat.;
Daybreak L.T.D.. Sun-Mon ; Solstice. Tues-
Wed., 1211 Embarcadero. Oakl. 261-2387.

Come Back Inn: Evergreene. Fri/ 28 ; Frank
Biner & The Nightshift. Sat/29; The Gnus, Fri/5.
2516 Durant, Berk . 548-2452
Freight & Salvage: Barry Olivier &
Howard, Fri/28; Shubb Wilson Trio (jazz/blue-
grass). Sat/29; best of the hoots, Tues/2; Carolina
Special. Weds/3; Tom Hunter. Thurs/4, 1827 San
Pablo Ave , Berk , 548-1761
Frenchy’s: Beverly & The Fine Line. Fri/28-
Sat/29; Pete & Sheila Escovedo, Mon/1-Tues/2;
Trans Bay Central, Weds/3-Sat/6, 29097 Mission
Blvd., Hayward. 582-7440.

International Cafe: violation. Roadstar
Savage, Fn/28; Jars. Leapers, Suspects. Sat/29;
auditions. Mon/1. Stormy Weather, Tues/2; Pan,
Golden Dragon, Suspect's, Weds/3, Glass,
Nlaspen Knighits. Thurs/4, Teaser, Leapers, Fri/

5. 2516 Telegraph Ave .Berk ,841-9070
Keystone Berkeley: Roy loney & The
Phantom Movers, Lloyds, Fri/28, Chubby
Checker, Sat/29; Foxx, Sun/30; auditions. Mon/1;
Mark Naftalin's R&B Revue, Thurs/4, Yesterday
& Today, Fri/5. 2119 University. Berk . 841-9903
La Pena: Corpo Santo, Sat/29. An Evening
With Woody Guthrie with Lenny Anderson, Bruce
Green, Art Peterson & Ed Robbins, Sun/30, 3105
Shattuck Ave , Berk . 849-2568

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DIRECTORY

Clubs.A14

Music. .. A 1 4

Theater.A15

Calendar of Events.A16

Record Reviews..A18

Dance. A20

Mind & Matter.A20

Radio. A20

Offbeat Movies . . .. A21

Movie Houses. A21

Theater Reviews.A22

Movie Reviews.A24

Micro-Films.A26

Opera Reviews.A27

Art Reviews.. . A32

Larry Blake’s: The Rathskeller Band (i & b).
Fri/28; Rescue (rock), Sat/29. The Liz Lewis Band
(jazz), Sun/30; Steve Evans. Bonnie Hayes &
Kevin Hayes (iazz). Mon/1, Andrei Kitaev (jazz
piano). Tues/2; Bel Air (jazz), Weds/3, The Rath¬
skeller Band (r & b). Thurs/4 Mississippi Johnny
Waters and The Blues Survivors (r & b). Fri/5,
2367 Telegraph Ave., Berk.. 848-0886
La Val’s Subterranean: Charlie Nimo-
vitz, Fri/28. Philip Rosheger & Stephen Bell.
Sat/29. The Half Fast Band. Fri/5. 1834 Euclid.
Berk . 843-5360

The Point: Laurie Lewis, Dick Oxtot's Golden
Age Jazz Band. Fri/28-Sat/29. Fri/5-Sat/6. 32
Washington Ave., Point Richmond, 233-4295

Rio Theatre & Dance Co.: Luther
Tucker. Fri/28. Dancer, St Regis. Timothy
Barron, Electric Lime. Sat/29, tba. Fri/5, 140
Parker Ave.. 799-0074

The Townhouse: Texas Chainsaw, Fri/ 28 ;
The Toons, Sat/29; Texas Chainsaw with Suzi
McKee. Sun/30. 5862 Doyle St. Emeryville,
658-5556

SOUTH BAY

Barney Steel’s: Poker Face. Fri/28. Back In
The Saddle. Sat/29; Night Bird, Tues/2. Hearts on
Fire, Weds/3, Mark Ford Band, Thurs/4; Omega,
Fri/5, 590 Veterans, Redwood City, 365-81 45
Bianchini’s: John Coppola/Chuck Travis Big
Band, Mon.; live music nightly, 35 Skyline Plaza,
Daly City. 994-2540

Bodega: John Kay. Fri/28; Mark Ford Band.
Sat/29, Boots, Sun/30, Elvin Bishop's Oakie
Stompers, Mon/1; Houserockers, Tues/2, Daddy-
0, Weds/3. tba. Thurs/4; David La Flamme, Fri/5.
30 S. Central Ave . (408) 374-4000
The Castaway: Pat Gatti (singer/guitarist).
Weds.-Sat , Harry Gibson (cocktail piano). Weds -
Sun., Coyote Point, San Mateo, 347-1027
The Cellar: Pat Dailey, Fri/28-Sat/29; Michael
Silvershear, Sun/30. Gary Soales, Mon/1; Steve
Seskin & Friends, Tues/2; Nicholas, Glover &
Wray. Weds/3; Daddy-O, Thurs/4 Pat Dailey,
Fri/5, 4926 El Camino Real, Los Altos. 964-0220
■ The Country Store: Streamliner, Fri /28
-Sat/29. Laugh Your Ass Off (comedy), Mon/1-
Tues/2; Hoi Cider, Weds/3, Poker Face. Thurs/4;
Cornell Hurd Band, Fri/5. 157 W El Camino.
Sunnyvale. (408) 736-0921.

Fargo’s Pizza: Atlantis. Fri/28-Sat/29; Star-
fire, Sun/30; Friends, Mon/i-Tues/2; Joe Sharino.
Weds/3. Ivory Tower, Thurs/4-Sat/6, Old Mill
Center. 2540 California St., Mountain View. 941-
6373.

The Garret: Passage, Fri/28; Julie Farbolm.
Sat/29, auditions, Mon/1 ;„Mitch Ballard, Tues/2;
Joel Abramson. Weds/3, Joe Ferrara, Thurs/4;
Passage, Fri/5, The Pruneyard, Campbell. (408)
371-6505.

The Hall: Nyle. Fri/28-Sat/29; tba. Tues/2;
Omega, Weds/3; The Innocents, Thurs/4, Jump
Street, Fri/5, 1425 Burlingame Ave . Burlingame.
348-1112.

Iron Works: BallTaylbr Band. Fri/28, Dr, Zar-
con Band. Sat/29, Allan & Marsha, Sun/30; Star-
fire, Mon/1, New Pyramid Jazz, Tues/2. Poker
Face, Weds/3, The Toons, Thurs/4; Mark Ford
Band, Fri/5, 3877 El Camino Real. Palo Alto.
493-3433

Keystone Palo Alto: Chubby Checker.
Fri/28; Snail, Sat/29; Jump Street plus Skycreek,
Sun/30; John Hammond plus Kate Wolf. Thurs/4;
David Grisman. Alex DeGrassi, Fri/5. 260 Cali¬
fornia, Palo Alto. 324-1402
Kuumbwa Jazz Center: idris Ackamoor.
Sat/29, 320-2 Cedar St., Santa Cruz, (408)
427-2227

Miramar Beach Inn: Rick Kellogg with
Grayson Street. Fri/28-Sat/29; Kevin Jarvis En¬
semble, Sun/30; tba, Mon/i. Tom Landry Band,
Tues/2-Weds/3, tba. Thurs/4; Boarding House
Reach, Fri/5, Coast Highway, Half Moon Bay,
726-9053

Odyssey Room: Rejoice Tues.-Sat.,
Fri/28-Sat/6, 799 East El Camino Real, Sunnyvale,
(408) 245-4448

PJ’s: Body Heat. Thurs/27-Sat/29. 261 Cali¬
fornia, Burtin0amB.3J4rS?'*S,- , , ,- , , ,- , , >'

Smokey Mountain: Glide. Fri/ 28 ; Poker
Face. Sat/29; Wild Blue Yonder, Sun/30, Rags,
Mon/i, Hot Cider. Tues/2; Cornell Hurd Band,
Weds/3, Boarding House Reach, Thurs/4. Daddy-
O. Fri/5. 33 S Central Ave , Campbell, (408)
866-8288

Wooden Nickel: Skycreek. Fri/28. Avalon.
Sat/29; Tye, Sun/30, tba. Mon/ 1 , Poker Face.
Tues/2. Avalon. Weds/3, Glide. Thurs/4. Mirage.
Fri/5. 2505 The Alameda. Santa Clara. (408)
247-0552

NORTH BAY

Davood’s: Julie Feves & Mel Graves
(bassoon & bass), Fri/28-Sat/29. William Feasley
(classical guitar), Sun/30; Tony Angelo (classical
piano), Tues/2; Richard Blankenship (solo guitar),
WdtJs/3, Dick Conte (solo piano), Thurs/4; Dick
Conte Trio (jazz), Fri/5, 22 Miller Ave . Mill Valley.
388-2000

Inn of the Beginning: Easy Money with
Sarah Baker, Fri/28. Vicki Randle Band, Sat/29;
Bishop Norman Williams and The One Mind Ex¬
perience. Sun/30; Banana and the Bunch.
Weds/3. Downtown Cotati. (707) 795-9955
Laguna: Steve Seskin & Friends. Great Ameri¬
can Music Hall Regulars. Fri/28. Tony D'Anna &
Trio (jazz), Sat/29. "An Evening with Woody,
Sun/30. 234 S Mam St.. Sebastopol. (707)
823-5240

Marshall Tavern: Dakota Fn/ 28 . Rogers &
Burgm. Sat/29. Highway One. Mann, 663-8141
Rancho Nicasio: The Moonlighters, Fri/28,
The Sons (r & b), Sat/29; The Chris Hawk Band.
Sun/30. John Hammond. Tues/2. The Persua-
sikons. Weds/3; Rob Robinson, Madame George,
Thurs/4; Hoo Doo Rhythm Devils. Fri/5, Hidden
Valley. Nicasio. 662-2012.

Rosebud’s: Kava Kava Jazz Band, Fri/28. J
C. Burris. Doug Strobel (country blues/folk).
Sat/29; open mike, Thurs/4. John Hammond,
Willie Albright (blues). Fri/5. 433 First St , Benicia,
(707) 745-9988

Sleeping Lady Cafe: Macaw. Fri/ 28 ; Fat
Chance, Sat/29. Nicholas, Glover & Wray.
Sun/30. Mark Naftalin's Blue Monday Party, Mon/
1. John Allair and Steve Mitchell, Tues/2. The
Legends. Weds/3 The Ghosts. Thurs/4. Mark
Adler & The Locals, Fn/5, 58 Boimas. Fairfax,
456-2044

Susie’s Restaurant: Steve Gutman, can
Sokol, Fri/28; Joe Nickerson, Sat/29. 8240 Old
Redwood Hwy . Cotati. (707) 795-4575
Sweetwater: Jules Broussard. Fri/28-
Sun/30. 153 Throckmorton, Mill Valley, 388-2820
Uncle Charlie’s: Fat Chance. Fri /28 The
Bandaloons. Sat/29. Jules Broussard. Thurs/4.
5625 Paradise Dr. Corte Madera. 925-9927
■ indicates comedy acts
"tba" stands tor "to be announced"

— Kerrigan Black

MUSIC

ROCK/SOUL/POP

Todd Rundgren: appearing With a special
guest, Fri/28. 8 pm. Oakland Auditorium, 1 Qth &
Fallon Sts . Oakl , $8 50 advance, $9 50 day of
show. 273-2186 or TELETIX
Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes:
upbeat rhythm and blues, Fri/28. 8 pm, Memorial
Auditorium. Stanford University, $7 50 advance,
$8 50 day of show, 497-4331.

Umoja: reggae music in a live videotaping.
Fri/28, 8 pm. O P Folsom Studio, 1681 Folsom.
SF. $3. reservations advised, 346-2384
★ North Peak Band: in a free outdoor
concert. Fri/28, noon, Union Square, Powell &
Geary, SF, 558-4268

The Babys/Nick Glider: nevy wave
Fri/28. 8 pm, San Jose Civic Auditorium. San
Jose. $6.50-$8 50. TELETIX
Sylvester: the Bay Area's own disco star,
appearing with The Two Tons of Fun, Sat/29. 8
pm. Concord Pavilion. 2000 Kirker Pass Road.
Concord, $8 50 reserved. $6 50 lawn seating
798-3311 or TELETIX.

Session: reggae music presented by
Olutunmi in a live videotaping, Sat/29. 9 pm. O P
Folsom Studio. 1681 Folsom St . SF, $3. reser¬
vations advised. 346-2384

Talking Heads/Pearl Harbor & The

Explosions: new wave. Fox Warfield Theatre
982 Market St . SF, $8 50, 928-7278

JAZZ/FUSION/

AVANTGARDE

Helen O’Connell/Wait Tolleson’s

Orchestra: in a benefit concert for the Oakland
Museum, Sat/29, 9 pm. Capwell's. 20th &
Broadway. Oakl , '$25 (advance sale only), 893-
4257

Idris Ackamoor: music on a journey
through lands and lives,' Sat/29. 2 pm. Fort
Mason Center. Laguna & Marina. Marina Music
Hall. SF , $2 50. 441-5705

Rova Saxophone Quartet: non

harmonic, non-rhytmic textural sounds. Sat/29.
8 30 pm. Fort Mason Center, Marina Music Hall
Marina & Laguna, SF. $3 or PAS voucher. 548-
1817

Stanley Turrentine: smooth tenor saxo¬
phone stylings. Sun/30, 8 pm, Paramount
Theatre, 2025 Broadway, Oakl, $6 50-$8 50. 465-
6400

Hawley Adams-Currens: original new
music and progressive jazz, Sun/30. 3 pm.
Women's Building, 3543 18th St . SF, $3.
558-5441

Billy Bang Trio: back from a successful
European tour, Weds/3, 8:30 pm. New College of
California. -777 Valencia, SF. $3.50, 626-1694

FOLK/COUNTRY/BLUES

Roy Brown & Aires Bucaneros: in

concert for a free Chile and reconstruction of
Nicaragua, Fri/28. 7:30 pm. Glide Church. 330
Ellis. SF . $5 in advance, $6 at door, 433-6698 or
433-6055

Gary Lapow and Tom Hunter: two

noted Bay Area singer/songwriters, Sat/29. 8 pm,
Intoto. University Lutheran Church, 1611
Stanford Ave , PalaAlto, $3, 327-0725
Kate Wolf: with Nina Gerber on mandolin,
Sun/30, 9 30 pm, Plowshares Coffeehouse. Fort
Mason Center, Laguna & Marina, Bldg 312, SF.
$2 50 or PAS voucher. 441-8910

ORCHESTRAL/CHORAL

★ San Rafael Concert Band: the third

Old Fashioned Band Concert. Sun/30. i pm.
Falkirk Community Cultural Center, 1408 Mission
Ave , San Rafael, free, 456-1112, x266

San Francisco Symphony: the

Symphony continues its Mostly Mozart series,
Fri/28-Sat/29. 8 pm, Herbst Theatre, SF Weds/3.
8 pm, Zellerbach Hall. U C Berkeley, Thurs/4, 8
pm. Marin Center, San Rafael; Fri/5. 8 pm, Herbst
Theatre. SF. $6 50 al all locations, 431-5400

CHAMBER

Carolyn Caton: soprano. With pianist/
conductor Monroe Kanouse and ensemble,
perform arias of Bach and pieces by Haydn and
Hovhaness. plus the world premiere of Wiiham
Hammers "Five Segments from Comus," Fri/28
8 30 pm, Old First Church. Van Ness & Sacra¬
mento. SF. $3. 776-1535

Musick’s Recreation: trio sonatas by
Vivaldi. Leclair and Quantz. lute suites by Weiss,
and a flute duet by Telemann. Fri/28, 8 pm. Trinity
Chapel. 2320 Dana, Berk.. $3 50 general, $2.50
students and seniors, 285-2215, Sun/30. 2 30 pm,
Annenberg Auditorium. Stanford University. $3
general. $1 students and seniors, 497-4317,
Sun/30. 8 pm. Church of the Advent. 261 Fell. SF.
$3 50 general. $2 50 seniors and students. 285-
2215.

The Kirilan String Quartet: in a iree

outdoor concert. Thurs/4, noon, Band Concourse.
Golden Gate Park. SF, 552-4387

OPERA/OPERETTA

San Francisco Opera: Eiektra opens
with Danica Mastilovic and Christa Ludwig.
Berislav Klobucar conducting, Fri/28. 8 pm and
Tues/2. 8 pm; "La Gioconda with Luciano Pava¬
rotti and Renata Scotto. Bruno Bartoletti conduc¬
ting gives its final performance Sat/29. 8 pm.
"Don Carlo" with Giacomo Aragall. Anna
Tomowa-Sintow and Silvio Varviso conducting
plays Sun/30. 2 pm. and Fri/5. 8 pm. "II Prigi-
onero. La Voix Humaine, and "Gianni
Schicchi play Weds/3, 7 30 pm, War Memorial
Opera House. Van Ness & McAllister, SF. $4-$27.
431-1210

Marin Opera Company: presents
Mozart's "Don Giovanni," Fn/28-Sat/29. 8 pm,
Fri/5. 8 Dm, Marin Civic Center. Showcase
Theatre. San Rafael. $6 50 general, $5 students &
seniors. 472-3500

The Lamplighters: presenting Johann
Strauss's "Die Fledermaus." Sat/29, 8:30 pm,
continuing Fridays* and Saturdays through
November 3, Presentation Theatre. Turk near
Masonic, SF. $7.75 and $6.00 general. $4 50 and
$3 00 students and seniors, 752-7755

RECITALS

Martin Frick and Carolyn Witt: 0 re-
sentmg a faculty song recital of pieces by Purcell.
Schubert. Delius and Ned Rorem, Fri/28. 8 pm.
College of Marin. Recital Hall. Kentfieid. $i 50
general. $1 students. 485-9385
A Quartet: consisting of flute, violin, viola and
cello playing works of Haydn. Mozart, Saint-
Saens. Neilsen and VUla-Lobos. Fri/28, 8:30 pm.
Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society, Off
Highway One. Half Moon Bay. $4 50. 726-4143

★ John Partridges Bay Area composer
will give a concert of original compositions.
Sat/29, 8 pm. Trinity Methodist Church, Dana and
Durant, Berk , free

Piano Marathon: featuring fifteen Bay
Area pianists and dedicated to the memory of
George Wielen, with two world premieres. Sun/30
2 pm. Old First Church. Van Ness & Sacramento
SF, $3, 776-1535.

★ Kenneth Rowland: tenor, will present
an afternoon of British song. Sun/30, 3 pm, Domi¬
nican College, Angelico Hall. San Rafael, free
457-4440

★ Scott Foglesong and Matthaw Irving:

playing piano and cello, respectively, will present
works by Poulenc, Ornstein and Lukas Foss.
Tues/2. 8 pm. SF Conservatory of Music. 1201
Ortega, SF. free, 564-8086.

★ John Hughes: the organist al the Uni¬

versity of Arkansas presents a recital of works by
Ginastera. Buxtehude. Couperin. Bach, Hughes
and .others. Weds/3, 8 pm. Memorial Church.
Stan^d^w^s^y^e|,^7j4Ji fc l ♦

Elwood Thornton: acclaimed bass/
baritone in solo recital, Fri/5, 8:30 pm, Old First
Church, Van Ness & Sacramento. SF. $3. 776-
1535

MIXED BAG

San Francisco Brown Bag Opera:

performs in a commemoration of Ghirardelli
Square's fifteenth anniversary. Sat/29, 1 30 pm,
Ghirardelli Square. 900 North Point. SF, free. 775-
5500

Farewell to Tut: a concert of music and
dance of Egypt and the Middle East. Sat/29. 8 pm,
Fort Mason Center, Building 312, Rm 3H. Laguna
& Marina, SF, $3 50 or PAS, 771-3144

Sound in a Different Light: continues
a series of new music and performance by Bay
Area composers and artists, through November
19th, The Cliff House, SF. 50® general, $2 for
selected performances. 752-9422
Concert & Dance: at the Fairfax Pavilion
featuring Georgia Kelly playing music for harp.
Light Rain, "a light rock gypsy band, ' and the
Dream Dancer Troupe, Fri/5, 8 pm. Fairfax
Pavilion. Fairfax. $5. 332-9100

FESTIVALS

Jazzmo: Jazz month ends with the Hyatt
Regency Jazz Festival, featuring Pony Poin¬
dexter, Coppolo Big Band, and regulars. Dick
Saltzman and his Quartet, Sat/29. 1 pm. Hyatt
Regency Atrium Lobby, Market at California,
free, 788-1234. Jazzmo Day at the Civic Center,
various groups, Sun/30, noon, Civic Center, SF.
free, 474-5601. Idris Ackamoor. Sun/30, 2 pm,
Fort Mason Center, Marina & Laguna. SF. $2.
474-5601. Women's Jazz Concert, with Hawley
Adams-Currens. Kheva n Lennon Onaje and
others, Sun/30. 3 pm. Women's Building, 3543
18th St.. SF. 474-5602

THEATER

PREVIEWS

“Josephine: The Mouse Singer”:

The West Coast premiere of Michael McClure's
1978 OBIE award-winning play about the relation¬
ship between art and society Directed by John
Lion In preview this week Wed/3 through Sat/6 at
8:30 pm $4 50 Opens Fn/ 1 2 and plays Thurs -Sun
at 8 30 pm through Nov 18 The Magic Theatre.
Bldg 314, Fort Mason. Laguna and Marina Blvds
$6, $4 50 students, seniors 441-8001

OPENINGS

“Bite of the Rose”: a new play by the
Blake Street Hawkeyes. a story of "subterfuge and
sex. gardens and barrooms and simple foul play:
one man's journey into possession and two peo¬
ple's hunger for power " Opens_Fri/28, and plays
Fri and Sat through Oct. 27 8 30 pm 2019 Blake.
Berk $3 50 849-3013

“Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”: Tennessee
Williams's play about sexual power and the strug¬
gle for control of a family's empire set in the South
in the mid-Fifties The company. Quantum Leap, is
using the revised version produced by Williams in
1974 that deals with the homosexual theme more
candidly than the original Opens Fn/28 and plays
Fri -Sun at 8 p - through Oct 28 Sat/6's show is a
benefit for the Harvey Milk Fund with music and
dancing after the show. $10. The Unicorn Theater.
220 Golden Gate $5 50. 221-3333 ext 426
“Pygmalion”: G B Shaw's Classic version of
the Cinderella story presented by the Actors
Ensemble of Berkeley, the city's oldest active stage
company Opens Fri/5 and plays Fri. and Sat
through Oct. 27 plus Thurs/25 8 pm Live Oak
Theatre, Shattuck and Berryman, Berk $3.50 526-
5760.

Bayview-Hunter's Point Indian

Summer Festival: a kick-off for the Bayview
Opera House's fall workshop and performance
schedule with singers, dancers, jazz and soul
bands, Sat/29, noon-6 pm. Bayview Opera House.
4705 3rd St.. SF. free. 824-0386

Week of Hispanic Heritage: this

second annual event features music, dance,
theatre, literature readings and more celebrating
Hispanic culture, Weds/3-Sun/4. classical music
from Spam by pianist Miguel Farre. Weds/3. 8
pm. The Century Club, SF, free; lecture on Latin
American literature by Prof. Fernando Alegria,
Thurs/4. 8 pm. SF Main Library, Civic Center, SF.
free. Coro Pro Musica presenting a vespers in
honor of St Francis of Assisi. Thurs/4. 8 30 pm.
Stanford Memorial Chapel. Stanford University,
free. 641-1400 or 526-6383 for all events.

NOTES

Various music organizations will be holding audi¬
tions for new members in the coming weeks
Interested musicians should contact the groups
directly for more information The San Jose Youth
Symphony will audition string instruments Sat/29
at 9 am, other instruments Mon/1, 7 pm. San Jose
City College, Music Dept Room F-15. Moorpark
Ave San Jose. (408) 287-7383; The West Wind
Ensemble will hold auditions for all positions until
Sat/6, 558-4277; The San Francisco Chamber
Music Society is sponsoring a Young Artists
Award Competition for instrumental ensembles of
three or more players, applications due by
December 15. 931-5778. Famed Uruguayan
composer and guitarist Abel Carlevaro will hold a
guitarist's workshop. Thurs/4 and Fri/5, 7-10 pm.
SF Conservatory of Music. 1201 Ortega. SF. 564-
8086 for an audition appointment

— Kerrigan Black

“Oklahoma”: Rodgers and Ham’mersteins
classic musical melodrama famous for the song.
"Surrey with the Fringe on Top " Opens Fri/5 and
plays Fri and Sat through Nov 10(8 pm). Thurs/18
and Nov. 1 and 8 (8 pm), Sun/21 and 28 (2 pm); and
Sun/14. 28 and Nov. 4 (7 pm). Concord Community
Arts at the Willows Theatre, 1975 Diamond Blvd .
Concord $5. $4 under 17 and over 55
798-6525

“The Rules of the Game”: Luigi Piran-
delta's rarely-produced play about three people in a
world in transition presented by Moonrise Produc¬
tions Opens Fn/5 and plays Thurs-Sun at 8 pm
through Oct 28 Fort Mason's Marina Theatre, La¬
guna and Marina Blvds $3.50. A reception with the
cast follows each performance. 626-6945
“South Pacific”: Rodgers and Hammer-
stein's classic musical presented by the Cabaret
Theatre Opens Fri/5 and plays Fri and Sat at 8 30
pm through Nov 10 The Adelphian Club. Central
and Walnut, Alameda $3 50. 521-9554

‘The Zoo Story” and “The Collection”:

two one-acts by Edward Albee and Harold Pinter
presented by Patterson and Co with all-black
casts Opens Fri/5 and plays Thurs -Sat at 8 30
pm and Sun ^t 5:30 pm through Oct 28 Oakland
Ensemble Theatre, 660 13th St., Oakl. $3 50 on
Thurs., $4 on Sun , $5 Fri and Sat 832-8030 ^

ONGOING

“Much Ado About Nothing": shake

speare's romantic comedy with sharp tongued
lovers Beatrice and Benedick, presented by the
Proteus Players Fn and Sal through Oct 6 8
pm at Epic West. 2640 College (near Ashby).
Berk $4 $3 students, seniors. 549-1844

The Moving Men Theater Co.: You

Should've Been There," a play about the search
for work you can love that will earn a living These
performances are the first in a state-wide tour of
this show which won a Critic's Circle Award last
year Fri and Sat through Oct 6 plus a benefit
show for the Unitarian Church on Sun/30 8:30
pm Unitarian Fellowship Hall. 1924 Cedar (at Bo¬
nita). Berk $3 50 Free childcare on Sun/30 and
Fri/5.

“A ChorilS Line”: choreographer/director
Michael Bennett conceived the situation for this
musical as a device to show "what it's really like"
to be a dancer. By the National Shakespeare Fes¬
tival's Touring Company Tues-Sun through Oct.
7 Tues.-Fri. at 8 pm, Sat at 2 and 8 pm and Sun
at 2 and 7 pm The Center for Performing Arts.

255 Almaden Blvd . San Jose $10, $12.50 $15
(408) 246-1160

“Peter Pan: A New Wave Fairy-

tale”: SF's all-woman comedy troupe Les Nick-
lettes presents a new version of J M Barne s
classic—Peter is the top teen idol of the rock
palace Never Never Land, fighting to retain his
top billing over'the up-and-coming punk star V D
the Pirate Queen Fri -Sun through Oct 7 8 pm
at Studio Eremos, 401 Alabama (at 17th St )
$3 50 621-0448

“Dancin’ Bob Fosses's new musical
entertainment Daily through Oct 13 Mon -Sat
at 8 30 pm, Sun at 7 pm, and Wed and Sat at
2 30 pm The San Francisco Civic Light Opera at
the Orpheum Theatre. 1192 Market $8 50-
$20 50 552-4002

“Kennedy’s Children: a newly-revised ver¬
sion of Robert Patrick's play—a series ol mono¬
logues by six characters whose dreams and reali¬
ties were both shaped and betrayed by the Sixties
The second production of Theatre Rhinoceros's
Robert Patrick Festival Thurs.-Sat. through Oct
13. 8.30 pm at the Goodman Building, 1115 Geary
(at Van Ness) $4.50. $3 50 on Thurs. 626-1921.
“Lovers and Loners”: four one-act plays
written by California Cooper and directed by Sati
Jamal: "Strangers," "Unintended." "Everytime It
Rains" and "Loners." Thurs.-Sat at 8 pm with a 3
pm Sat. matinee through Oct. 13. Intersection
Theatre, 756 Union $5 50. $4 under 12 444-6556
★ “Playwrights' Focus”: a series ot new
plays given rehearsed readings by the SF Actors
Ensemble Thurs/27 "Play With Children," John
Ryskamp's play about two children waiting for their
parents to finish a wedding rehearsal. Fri/28 "One
of Our Family," a one-act by Mitchell Eil in which a
Jewish man from NY imports the troubles of his up¬
bringing to SF Sat/28. "The Head of the House,"
also by John Ryskamp The middle-aged woman
returns to her half-brother's house to see her father
die 8 pm A discussion follows 2940 16th St $1
Call the theater for other dates and titles: 861-9015

“A Delicate Balance”: Edward Aibees

Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the fracturing of a
neurotic Connecticut family With actors Michael
Liebert. Mary Rose McMaster and Barbara Oliver;
directed by Don West Tues-Sun. through Oct 21
Tues -Sat. at 8 pm and Sun at 2 and 7 pm Berkeley
Repertory Theatre, 2980 College Ave . Berk $4-$9
845-4700

“Breakfast in Marin”: a musical comedy
that chronicles the adventures of a young woman
from Ohio in Mann County Extended: weekends
through Nov 17 at 8 pm Fri and 7:30 pm Sat, call
for exact dates Plus a Halloween Show at 10 pm
on Oct. 31. Chez Jacques. 1390 California (at
Hyde). $3 50 775-7574

“Ain’t Misbehavin’ ”: a stompm struttm.
high-hattm tribute to Fats Waller, with more than
30 songs composed, collaborated on. or simply
recorded by the great jazzman Tues through
Thurs at 8 pm, Fri. and Sat at 8 30 pm. Wed and
Sat. at 2 30 pm and Sun. at 3 pm Extended through
Nov 24 The Curran Theatre 445 Geary. $ 10-$19.
673-4400

“Grand Illusion”: Donald McClean presents
a revue of music, magic and humor, featuring illu¬
sionist Marshall Magoon, with grand illusions
constructed by John Gaughan. who built all the illu¬
sions for Doug Henning's TV specials and stage
shows Wed and Thurs at 8 pm. Fri and Sat at 8
and 10 pm, and Sun. at 3 and 7 pm Hippodrome
Theater, 412 Broadway $6-$8, $2 off for children
and seniors. 982-2343,

“The Passion of Dracula”: an aii-new

version of the classic vampire tale directed by Bob
Hall Tues -Fn at 8 pm. Sat at 7 and 10 30 pm. and
Sun at 3 and 7:30 pm in an open-ended engage¬
ment. On Broadway Theatre, 435 Broadway $8-
$12 398-0800.

“Asparagus Valley Cultural

Society": a musical comedy revue blending
magic, music, stand-up comedy, pantomime and
side-show Tues -Thurs. at 8:30 pm. Fri and Sat at
7 and 10 pm, and Sun. at 3 and 7:30 pm $6.50-
$8.50 An open-ended engagement Phoenix
Theatre, 430 Broadway 397-3700

“Beach Blanket Babylon Goes to

the Stars”: Steve Silver presents the latest
incarnation of the long-running musical "Beach
Blanket Babylon Goes Bananas" with a Snow
White-in-Tinseltown theme Wed.-Thurs at 8 pm
Fri. and Sat at 8 and 10:30 pm, and Sun. at 3 and

7:30 pm Club Fugazt, 678 Green $8-$8 50 421-
4222

“The Taming of the Shrew”: wild West

Ltd re-interprets the Shakespearean classic and
sets it at the American frontier Directed by James
Dunn Tues -Sat at 8 pm and Sun at 2 and 7 pm in
an open-ended engagement Cannery Theatre.
2801 Leavenworth $8. $9. $5 for Sun matinee
441-6800

CLOSING

“Life’s Tragic Reflections”: a show-

case production by the SF Buriel Clay Black Arts
and Writers Workshop of three original plays "Epi¬
sodes of an Ancient Script" by John Hatch, "Blood¬
line to Oblivia" by John Williams, and "The Hour¬
glass' by Robert Alexander Thurs.-Sat through
Sept 29. 8 pm Western Addition Cultural Center,
762 Fulton $2 50 921-7976.

“Curse of the Starving Class”: Sam

Shepard's wrenching journey through the Ameri¬
can dream with a "peculiarly American" rural
family Thurs.-Sun. through Sept 30 8 pm
Berkeley Stage Company. 111 Addison (ofl San
Pablo), Berk $6, $5 Thurs. and Sun . $1 off for stu¬
dents, seniors and unemployed 548-4728
“Arms and the Man”: Shaws classic
satire on war and the professional fighting man
Thurs.-Sun through Sept 30 8 pm Directed by
Michelle Truffaut al the SF Repertory Company.
4147 19th St (at Collmgwood) $5. $4 Thurs and
Sun 863-4859

“Doppo, Clown of Yesteryear”: world

renowned mime Leonard Pitt's solo performance
piece about an old French circus clown lost in his
memories Fri-Sun through Sept 30 at 8:30 pm
Fort Mason s Marina Theatre. Bldg 310, Laguna
and Marina Blvds $3 50 848-5396

“The America Busted Family

Hour”: a satirical revue that takes a biting look
at political and social situations in San Francisco
Much of the material pertains to the gay scene, but
it's "for and about everyone " Fri and Sat through
Sept 30. 7:30 pm Presented by KatosRota at the
Top Floor Gallery. 330 Grove (behind the Opera
House) $3.50. $3 students, retired 861-8362

SHORT RUNS

* “Eve Wilder’s Showcase ‘79”: up

and coming actors, singers and comedians appear
in this showcase presented by Center Stage
Theatre West Sat/29 and every last Sat at 6 pm at
Chez Jacques, 1390 California (at Hyde) Free 864-
2924

“La Poblacion/Shantytowns”: a

dramatic piece with music, poetry and slides
exposing the mass-produced misery and oppres¬
sion of Latin America s urban fringes. Fri/28 at 8
pm at La Pena Cultural Center. 3105 Shattuck.
Berk $3 849-2568

“Squash”: this weekend marks the last two
performances of the San Francisco Mime Troupe's
latest hardhitting musical comedy about the gas
shortage, community gardens and the abuse of
power This week s show will be signed to accomo¬
date the hearing impaired and deaf. Sat/29 and
Sun/30 at Mission Dolores Park. 2 pm Free 285-
1717.

“The Rocky Hieroglyphic Show”: a

one-act featuring the meeting of King Tut and
energy mogul David Rockefeller presented by the
Plutonium Players The summer's last two shows
are this weekend. Sat/29 at Live Oak PARK.
Shattuck and Berryman. Berk and Sun/30 at
Willard Park. Berk 2 pm. Free. 655-1715

PERFORMANCE ART/
PHYSICAL THEATER

★ “The Blind Beggar Woman and
the Virgin Mary”: a performance piece by
Betsy Damon that explores the two female arche¬
types of the title The "performance procession"
originates at 80 Langton St., and ends up at Taylor
and Ellis Sun/30 from 1 to 4 pm Free. 626-5416
“Modern Times”: a video performance
piece by Max Almy about narcissism, infidelity and
divorce acted by Joanne Schmidman. This piece is
being premiered in SF before a date at the Museum
of Modern Art in NY Fri/5 and Sat/6 at 8 pm $3
648-9040

“Raw Food’ ’: five evenings of exploratory per¬

formance by Joya Cory and Nina Wise employing a
different score each night and addressing formal
concerns of physical theater Opens Thurs/4 and
plays Thurs through Nov 1. Sponsored by ihe
Women s Performance Connexion Circus a la
Mode. 2547 8th (at Dwight). Berk $2 50 527-5693

COMEDY/CABARET

Arnie Passman’s House of Cards:

Berkeley's sole comedy room presents a senes of
weekend engagements through October Fri/28
and Sat/29, Peter Berg of the SF Mime Troupe and
Remhabitory Theatre does an evening of mime and
satire 8 30 and 10 30 pm. $3 Fn. nights except
Oct 12 are open mike/audition nights; 8 30 pm. $2
At the Both-Up Gallery, 2406 Stuart (at Telegraph).
Berk 848-8858 or 848-8288

San Francisco Comedy Showcase:

10 to 12 local comedy acts every Wed . Thurs and
Sun at the Punch Line. 444-A Battery Usually, an
unannounced professional comic closes the show
9 pm $3 Headline comics are featured on Fn and
Sat. nights; two shows at 9 and 11 pm 397-4334
Papaya Juice presents comedic improvisa¬
tion every Wed -Fri at the Holy City Zoo, 408 Cle¬
ment 9 pm. 752-2846 And, every Sat. at Chez
Jacques, 1390 California. 7 to 9 pm 775-7574.
Flash Family: spontaneous theater based on
audience suggestion every Thurs. at the Old Spa¬
ghetti Factory, 478 Green. North Beach $2 441-
4384

Spaghetti Jam: improvisational comedy skits
every Fri -Sat. at 9 pm with a free "midnight show"
at 11 30 pm Jam members conduct a workshop on
improv basics every Mon at 8:30 pm Old Spa¬
ghetti Factory, 478 Green, North Beach $2. 421-
0221

San Francisco Funnies: Tony DePaui
presents stand-up comedy at the Holy City Zoo
Professional comedians on Sun and Mon nights at
9 pm. Open mike on Tues. at 8 30 pm. 752-2846

* Comedy Open Mike at me Owi and the
Monkey Cafe on Wed nights at 8 30 pm 1 336 9th
Ave (between Irving and Judah). 644-9892
“Comedy after Dark”: a midnight comedy
series on Fri at the Chi Chi Theater Club, 440
Broadway. $3. 1 drink minimum 392-6213
“Double Feature”: the Rocky Horror Pic •
lure Show and a theater group duplicating its
entire cast and performing in tandem with the
movie Every Sat at midnight at the Strand Theatre.
1127 Market St 552-5991

“Reginald Figfree and Your Favor¬
ite Ladies’ *! his exquisitely gowned puppets
move, with astonishing realism, to the music of
Gershwin, Cole Porter, Rodgers and Hart, and
others Wed. and Thurs at 8 30 pm and Sun. at
730 pm through Sept The Open Theater, 441
Clement. $2 50. 386-3086

“Change the World: It Needs It”: an

evening with German poet, playwright and lyricist
Bertolt Brecht, as interpreted and performed by Ina
Wittich Twenty songs including "Mack the Knife,"
"Abortion Is Illegal. "Hollywood Elegy" and
"Pirate Jenny Oct 5-Oct 27 on Fri and Sat 8 pm
at Fort Mason's Music Hail. Bldg 314. Laguna and
Manna Blvds $3 441-5705.

“The Outrageious Beauty Revue”:

presented by the Theatre of Human Melting every
Sat night at 9:30 pm at the Mabuhay Gardens. 443
Broadway $3 526-1592.

The Chinese Magic Circus of

Taiwan: 75 acrobats, master magicians,
jugglers, tumblers and kung-fu experts return to
Zellerbach Auditorium. UC Berkeley campus, as
part of their third American tour Sat/29 at 2 and 8
pm and Mon /1 and Tues/2 at 8 pm $5-$8 50. $3-$6
students 642-9988

The Pickle Family Circus: San Francis¬
co's one-ring extravaganza performing at Laney
College, at the playing field, near E 7th St and 5th
Ave , Oakl. in conjunction with "Family Day" and
to benefit CHAIN, a statewide coalition of tenants'
unions and other housing groups Sat/29 and
Sun/30 at 11:30 am and 4 pm $2 50. $1 children,
seniors advance; 50® more day of show Free
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The Mostly Mozart Festival of the San Fran¬
cisco Symphony opens tonight at the Herbst
Theatre. Van Ness at McAllister, The Festival is
an informal one. with low ticket prices, Mostly
Mozart t-shirts ($6), a sweepstakes with a trip to
the Salzburg Music Festival as the grand prize,
and an opening night party after the concert
tonight with beer and pretzels $1; wear your
Mostly Mozart t-shirt and get in for free. Program
tonight: Haydn's "Symphony No, 5, the
Schoolmaster," and "Horn Concerto No 1" and
Mozart's “Piano Concerto No. 20" and Sym¬
phony No. 36, Linz," with BarryTuckweli, conduc¬
tor and french horn, and Lydia Artymiw, piano.
Ticket's are $6.50 and you can buy a book of ten
tickets good for anyone at any of the concerts in
the Bay Area for only $49. Call the box office: 451 -
5400 for more information.

* “Comedians,” an exploration of laughter in
this demoralized and divided society by British
playwright Trevor Griffiths, opens the Eureka
Theater's fall season. Directed by the theater's
artistic director Richard E. T. White, Free
previews tonight and Sat.: one for $5 on Thurs/4
The play opens Fri/5 and plays Thurs.-Sun.
through Nov. 3 at 8 pm. 2299 Market (at 16th). $6,
$5 Thurs, and Sun., discounts for students and
seniors. 863-7133.

The Devils, Ken Russell's film of sexual and reli¬
gious hysteria set in the 1630’s with Oliver Reed
and Vanessa Redgrave, and Performance,
Nicholas Roeg's film about a reclusive rock star
played by Mick dagger, are on a double bill tonight
and Sat. at the Roxie, 3117 16th St. (at Valencia).
863-1087.

Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes bring
their upbeat rhythm and blues seasoned in the
New Jersey bar scene to Memorial Auditorium,
on the Stanford campus, tonight only This Palo
Alto show will be the band's only Bay Area
appearance this time around. 8 pm $7.50
advance, $8.50 day of show 497-4317.

“Don Giovanni,” an opera by W.A. Mozart based
on the romantic adventures of Don Juan, is
presented by the Marin Opera Company at the
Showcase theater, Marin Civic Center, San
Rafael. Tonight and every Fri. through Oct. 12 (8
pm). Sat/29 and Sat. Oct. 13 (8 pm), and Sun Oct

7 (2:15 pm) $6.50, $5 students and seniors. 472-
3500.

★ Michael Harrington, America's noted social¬
ist, author of The Other America, and National
Chair of the Democratic Socialist Organizing
Committee, makes three speeches today on the
topic, "A Left Strategy for 1980 and Beyond."
Noon in the Barbary Coast Room, Student Union
Bldg., SF State, 1600 Holloway. Free. 2:30 pm in
Wheeler Auditorium, UC Berkeley campus. Free.

8 pm at the New College, 777 Valencia (near 18th
St ). $2 if you can give it 648-3888.

•k A free meditation class taught by Susan
Buchner starts tonight at the Potrero Hill Neigh¬
borhood Center, 953 De Haro. Buchner is a
member of the United Nations Meditation Group
and has led groups and lectured throughout Cali¬
fornia Each class will consist of a lecture on such
topics as "Music. Meditation and the Arts."
exercises and an informal question and answer
period. 7:30pm. 664-3552.

S.F.N.L.A.F. is the San Francisco Neighborhood
Legal Assistance Foundation, and they're having
a benefit tonight with Mimesis, a theater/mime
collective, and Women's Words (of Union Wage).
8 pm at the Performance Space, T350 Waller $2-
$4 sliding scale For childcare information, call
Jeff Barber al 433-8741.

★ The Indian Summer Festival, sponsored by
the Bayview Opera House, is an afternoon of
music and dance with jazz saxophonist Hadly
Caliman, the Swahili Dancers and Drummers,
and many others. From 12 noon until 6 pm at the
Opera House, 4705 Third St. Free. 824-0386.

The Rova Saxophone Quartet, four musicians
who improvise on a wide variety of saxophones to
create a non-harmonic, non-rhythmic textural
sound, play at Fort Mason's Marina Music Hall to¬
night at 8:30 pm. Bldg. 314, Laguna and Marina
Blvds. $3. 548-1817

★ Eve Wilder and Center Stage Theatre West

present a showcase of up and coming actors,
musicians and comedians on the last Sat, of
every month at Chez Jacques. 1390 California, at
6 pm. Performers signed up at this point for this
month's show are Susan Burritl, singer, Kitty Mar-
golis, singer, Susie Crom, comedian, and Donna
Earl, who is mistress of ceremonies. This show¬
case gives the performers a chance to be seen by
the critics, publicists and agents Wilder invites,
and gives us a chance to see them for free. Call
864-2924 for more information.

★ The City Arts Month celebration at the Em-
barcadero Center draws to a close today with the
last free Sat. afternoon show. Performers include
the SF Conservatory of Music students, the SF
Young Professionals Orchestra, the San Francis¬
co Ballet School students, the Margaret Jenkins
Dance Company, the San Francisco Dance The¬
atre and selections from the Magic Theatre, 1 to 4
pm at Two Embarcadero Center's Podium Level.

★ The Hyatt Regency closes out JazzMo in
style today with a free seven hour jazz concert in
the Atrium Lobby. The house band. Dick Saltz-
man and the Hyatt Regency Jazz Quartet, is
joined by the John Capola/Chuck Travis Big Band
From 1 to 8 pm; the first hour is open to young mu¬
sicians who wish to sit in with the house quartet. 5
EmbarcaderoCenter. 788-1234.

EASTBAY

★ The First National Teach-In on Building Last¬
ing Relationships is held at Laney College, 10th
and Fallon Sts., Oakl., today from 9 am to 7 pm. An
impressive list of speakers and workshop leaders
including Dr. Benjamin Spock, Betty Friedan, Flo
Kennedy, Dr. Michael Lerner, Herb Kohl, and
Michael Harrington explore the problems faced
by the contemporary family. Some workshop
titles: "Ethnic Minorities and their Families,"
"Gay Families." "Are Our Schools Undermining
Family Life?" and "Family Violence." Mayors
Lionel Wilson and Gus Newport open the festival
at 9:30 am and head a list of many elected
officials. Entertainment is provided by the Coke
Escovedo Band, the Pickle Family Circus, and
others. Admission is $1 for adults, 50® for kids
(childcare provided). For more informtion, call the
Institute tor Labor and Mental Health, the spon¬
sors of the event, at 653-6166.

The Chinese Acrobats and Magicians of Tai¬
wan return to Zellerbach Auditorium on the UC
Berkeley campus with 75 acrobats, master ma¬
gicians, jugglers, tumblers and kung-fu experts.
Today at 2 and 8 pm and Mon. and Tues. at 8 pm
only. $5-$8.50, $3-$6 students. 642-9988.

Roy Brown, one of the best singers/composers/
songwriters of Puerto Rico, and the Aires Bucan-
eros, a group of four musicians formed by Brown
whose concern is reclaiming traditional Puerto
Rican folk music and culture, give a benefit con¬
cert for the Free Chile Center tonight at the Glide
Memorial Church, 330 Ellis, at 7:30 pm. Tickets
are $5 advance, $6 at the door. 433-6055 or 433-
6698.

The Dils, Pink Section and the Punts open
Jamestown Hall, a new performance space for
new wave/punk bands, tonight at 8:30 pm. The
Hall is on 23rd SI. between Guerrero and Dolores:
tickelsare$3 Minors welcome.

EAST BAY

The Talking Heads return to the UC Berkeley
campus: only this lime, you've got topay An intel¬
lectual but catchy new wave group that had an
AM hit with Al Green's "Take Me to .the River,"
one of the best on that dial for a while. 8 pm at Zel-

Idris Ackamoor takes us on a "journey through
other lives and other lands" with his saxophone,
costumes and audio-visual effects this afternoon
Part of the Jazz on a Sunday Afternoon series at
Fort Mason. Marina Music Hall, Bldg. 314,
Laguna and Marina Blvds. 2 pm, $2.441 -5705.

* “The Blind Beggar Woman and the Virgin
Mary” is an outdoor performance piece by New
York artist Betsy Damon that explores the identi¬
ties of the two female archetypes of the title. The
"performance procession" starts at 80 Langton
St.andends upatTaylor and Ellis. 1 to4pm. Free
626-5416

Fifteen pianists play in this year's Piano Mara¬
thon at the Old First Church. Van Ness and Sacra¬
mento, starting at 2 pm The program includes
traditional works and the premieres of Herbert
Bielawa's "Nocturne" and Heidi Strange's "In
Some Other World.” 776-1535.

The Giants really do appreciate their fans (es¬
pecially in a losing year. I suppose) and to show it,
today is Fan Appreciation Day at Candlestick
Park. More than fifty gifts worth more than
$15,000 will be given away by a series of draw¬
ings, including a round-trip ticket to San Juan, a
color tv. full sets of car tires and five pounds of
crabmeal The game is against the San Diego
Padres and starts at 1 05 pm. Box seats are $5,
reserved seats are $4, and general admission is
$1.982-9400.

Hawley Adams-Currens, director of the upcom¬
ing San Francisco Women's Jazz Festival, plays
electric violin today at the Women's Building,
3543 18th St., at 3 pm. A concert of original new
music and progressive jazz, with dancer Theresa
Dickenson, flautist France Fortier, trombonist
Loren Means, and winds, sax, percussion and
bass musicians. $3.558-5441.

EAST BAY

* “Spaces" is an exhibit of the contemporary
work of 37 Bay Area Sculptors, at the Walnut
Creek Civic Arts Gallery through Nov. 3. and the
Civic Arts Department is sponsoring "Open
Studio Day" in conjunction with the show. Three
East Bay sculptors open their work spaces to the
public today—Jacques Schnier of Lafayette
who works in crystal acrylic, Don Rich of the
Berkeley Art Foundry who does metal casting,
and Milton Komisar who uses computer tech¬
nology Maps with directions to each sjudio are
available at the Civic Arts Gallery so you can go in¬
dividually. or, meet at theGallery, 1641 Locust, at
10 am for coffee and donuts to see the exhibition
and then car pool to the studios. Call 935-3300,
ext. 256 for more information.

* The Oakland Museum celebrates its tenth
anniversary this weekend with three special
events—the opening of "10 X 10" on Sat/29, an
exhibition of 100 first-decade acquisitions from
the Museum's collections; a benefit put on by
Capwells also on Sat., at 9 pm, with big-band era
music, a buffet catered by Narsat's and cham¬
pagne ($25); and the Family Day Festival, today at
the Museum, with music by Pete and Sheila
Escovedo. an ensemble from the Oakland Sym¬
phony, the Stanford Band, the Dancing Dill
Pickles, the Oakland Ballet, the East Bay Chil¬
dren's Theater, and more. From noon until 6 pm.
and it's all free. 10OOOak St. 273-3401.

lerbach Auditorium $7.50 advance, $8.50 day of
show. 642-9988

“Bite of the Rose,” the Blake Street Hawkeyes'
new show, opens in Berkeley-tonight at 2019
Blake It's a scripted work, (a new direction for
this acclaimed experimental group), a story of
"subterfuge and sex, gardens and barrooms and
simple foul play; one man's journey into posses¬
sion and two people’s hunger for power.'' Fri. and
Sat. through Oct. 27 at 8:30 pm. $3.50.849-3013.
♦ The Oakland Ballet continues to present ex¬
cerpts from the works of the Fall Season at vari¬
ous locations around the Bay. Parts of Massine's
"La Boutique Fantasque," Marc Wilde’s "Inter¬
mezzi," Ronn Guidi’s “Gymnopedies" and Marc
Wilde's "Afternoon of a Faun" are performed to¬
day at Oakland City Hall at noon, on Sun/30 at the
Oakland Museum at 2 pm, and on Oct. 23 at the
Hyatt Regency at the Embarcadero. SF, at noon.
Informal drawings will be held at some of these
shows; winners will be awarded tickets to Ballet
performances For more information, call 530-
0447.

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The Persuasions, the undisputed masters of
street corner a cappella singing, play for two
nights at the Great American Music Hall, 859
O’Farrell. Two shows; 8:30 and 11 pm tonight and
Tues. Tickets are $6. 885-0750.

★ John Adair, a visual anthropologist who has
worked with the Zuni, Pueblo and Navajo Indians
for 40 years, has an exhibition of his photographs
entitled "Southwest Images" opening at the Cali¬
fornia Academy of Sciences today. These black
and white photos of American Southwest Indians
are predominantly from the 1 930s The Academy
is on the Music Concourse at Golden Gate Park,
and the show can be seen daily from 10 am to 5
pm through the end of the year $1, 50® 12-17,
25® 6-12.221-4214.

★ “Just Passing,” a video performance work by
Barbara Smith, is shown-on Channel 26 at 11 pm
tonight as part of a series with performance art in
a live broadcast situation, "Produced for Televi¬
sion." Sponsored by La Mamelle Inc. 431-7524,

EASTBAY

★ Free B-52’s at Sproul Plaza today. This new
wave group is appearing all over the Bay Area, but
this is their only free concert 1 2 noon on the UC
Berkeley campus. Call Superb at 642-7477 for
more information.

★ The Department of Psychology at Cal. State
Hayward starts a fall series of public lectures
today with a talk by Ronald J. Schusterman en¬
titled, "Deception and Self Deception from the
Standpoint of Darwinian Social Theory." The lec¬
tures will be on every other Mon. from 3 to 5 pm at
the Firehouse Faculty Club. Free. Discussion and
refreshments. Academic credit is available for
those attending the lectures; call 881-3484 for
more information.

★ KPFA FM 94, the Bay Area's station of the Pa¬
cifica Network, presents a retrospective view of
the "fabulous fifties" with special programs on
the music, politics, culture and social mores of
that era, today through Oct. 7. For those of you
who aren't sure that the fifties were "fabulous,”
remember. KPFA was born in 1949. Some sample
shows: "The Beat Poets" on Thurs/4 at 7 pm
featuring Allen Ginsberg reading Howl, "Grow¬
ing Up Female in the '50s" on Tues/2 at 12:30 pm,
and "The Birth of the Tube, Boob" on Fri/5 at
12:30 pm, a personal story about the impact of
television. For more information, call KPFA at
848-6767.

“Josephine: The Mouse Singer,”

see Wed/3.

* CalPIRG, the California Public Interest Re¬
search Group, hosts its fall quarter open house to¬
day with speakers Tom Bates, assemblyman, and
Florence McDonald, city councilwoman
CalPIRG's current projects include doing re¬
search on Berkeley's new rent stabilization law
and other tenant's rights, local energy alterna¬
tives. occupational health issues and the respon¬
sible investment of city and university funds. 3 to
6 pm at 2490 Channing, second floor. Wine and
cheese 642-9952.

Arnie Passman’s House of Cards, Berkeley's
only comedy room, offers an October series of
performances by some well-known funny people
Tonight and Sat.. Peter Berg, one of the creators
of the San Francisco Mime Troupe and co-foun¬
der of the Remhabitory Theatre, does a mime and
satire show, "he ioves todance on the edge of our
minds ' Two shows, 8:30 and 10:30 pm; tickets
are $3 There will also be open mike/auditions
every Sun at 8:30 pm for $2. 2406 Stuart, Berk
848-8858.

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SSU physical education department at (707) 664-
2357 for more information.

The Mostly Mozart Festival continues with the
second program of this informal, low-cost series
of concerts by the San Francisco Symphony,
Alexander Schneider, conductor, and Richard
Stoltzman, clarinet, in a program of Bach's
"Brandenburg Concerto No. 3," Haydn's "Sym¬
phony No. 94, Surprise" and Mozart's "Clarinet
Concerto" and "Symphony No. 14.” See listing
under Fri/28 for more information.

EAST BAY

* The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company

open their Tues night rehearsals in Oct to the
public lor free. The company will be working on
dances from the repertory and a premiere by
Carolyn Brown, former principal with the Merce
CunntnghamJDance Co. Questions from the audi¬
ence and discussion are encouraged. 7:30-8:30
pm at the Jenkins Community Performance
Space, 159015th St. 863-7599.

Intersection and the Swedish Institute pre¬
sent an evening of poetry to benefit the Islands
and Continents Translation Award, won this year
by Eleni Fourtouni. editor and translator of the
book Contemprorary Greek Women Poets. The
poets reading are Tomas Transtromer, consid¬
ered Sweden’s leading poet. Kenneth Rexroth,
father of the San Francisco Renaissance in
poetry, W.S. Merwin, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, Siv
Cedering Fox, author of the prize-winning books
Mother Is, The Juggler, andCupofCold Water,
and Gunnar Harding, Richard Shelton, Joanna
Bankier and Lennart Bruce, all highly regarded
and awarded poets and translators. 7:30 pm to¬
night at the Unitarian Center. Franklin and Geary
$3 advance. $4 at the door. Advance tickets avail¬
able at Small Press Traffic in SF (285-8394) and
Cody's in Berk. (845-7852) There will be a free
translation workshop on Wed/3, for more informa¬
tion call the Swedish Information Service at 775-
6104.

“Vienna—A European Symphony,” a good-will
exhibition that the Austrian capital is presenting
to'the people ot San Francisco, is opened by Leo¬
pold Gratz, the Mayor of Vienna. Displays include
a collection of historic opera costumes, a mock-
up of an Austrian shopping street, videotapes of
concerts, a cafe serving Austrian pastries, and a
sampling from the collections of the fine arts mu¬
seums ot the city. Open every day from 11 am to 7
pm, today through Nov. 4, at the Fort Mason Pier,
Laguna and Marina Blvds. Call 556-4462 for more
information.

“Josephine: The Mouse Singer,” Michael
McClure's 1978 OBIE Award winner about the re¬
lationship between artist and society is in preview
this week at the Magic Theatre. Tonight through
Sat/6 at 8:30 pm for $4.50. The show opens on
Fri/12. Directed by John Lion. Bldg. 314, Fort
Mason, Laguna and Marina Blvds. 441^8001.
“What Was Modern in European Sculpture
1918-1945,” a lecture by Albert E. Elsen, interna¬
tionally recognized scholar of modern sculpture,
is presented by the San Francisco Museum of
Modern Art in conjunction with the exhibition
"Modern European Sculpture 1918-1945: Un¬
known Beings and Other Realities," opening to¬
morrow at the Museum. The lecture begins at
7:30 pm in the Herbst Theatre, Van Ness and
McAllister. $2.863-8800.

Hispanic Heritage Week, a celebration of His¬
panic music, food, flamenco, Chicano poetry,
California history, the Spanish language and
more, starts tonight with a concert by Miguel
Farre, classical pianist from Barcelona. 8 pm at
the Century Club, 1355 Franklin. Another sample
event: an evening of Chicano bilingual poetry and
salsa music with Jose Montoya, Tipica Cienfue-
gos and Roberto Bedoya; 8 pm at the Mission Cul¬
tural Center, 2868 Mission, for $3. For more infor¬
mation call 641-1400 or 526-6383.

* Films from the Academy of Television and
Films in Munich are shown and discussed by
Professor Wolfgang Laengsfeld. director of the
film department at the Academy, tonight and
tomorrow at 8 pm. Tonight: Albert-Warum? (Al¬
bert-Why?) by Josef Rodl who won the 1979
German Film Award for Best Director, a film
about a "village idiot" acted by village amateurs.
Three shorter films will be shown tomorrow night.
San Francisco Art Institute, 800 Chestnut. Free.
771-7020.

* “Genes, Neurons and Behavior in Droso-
philia” is the title of a lecture given by Professor
Seymour Benzer of the Cal. Institute ot
Technology at the Fourth Annual Gordon Temp-
kins Memorial Lecture and Concert. The Kronos
Quartet play Peter Sculthorpe's 1969 "String
Quartet No. 8" and Lukas Foss' “String Quartet
No. 1 “ and the whole strange affair starts at 3 pm
tpdayat Cole Hall, UCSF, 1475 Fourth Ave. Free.
666-2557

The Chiang Ching Dance Company, consid¬
ered one of the foremost interpreters ot Chinese
dance in the West, present both classical
Chinese dances and artistic director Chiang
Ching's original works Tonight's Herbst Theatre
show is the first of a Bay Area tour. 8 pm in the
Opera House, Van Ness and McAllester. $3, $5.
986-1823

“Jazz of the Eighties” is featured on Thurs.
nights this month at the Savoy Tivoli, 1434 Upper
Grant. Tonight, the Optet and Duo with Larry
Kassin and Tom Darter play. The show starts at
9:30 pm: tickets are $2,362-7024.

* City Celebration’s last free Thurs. afternoon
concert of the summer is scheduled for today
with the Kirilian String Quartet, the San Francisco
Moving Company and the San Francisco Girls
Chorus. 1-3 pm at the Band Shell in Golden Gate
Park. 552-4387.

EASTBAY

“Raw Food,” five Thurs. evenings of exploratory
performance by Joya Cory and Nina Wise em¬
ploying a different score each evening and ad¬
dressing formal concerns of physical theater.
Starts tonight at 8 pm at Circus a la Mode, 2547
8thSt.(at Dwight), Berk $2 50.527-5693.

★ “The Solar Promise,” a film by Tom Putnam and Henry Mayer that
teaches the basic principles of solar heating, is featured at a community
forum on solar energy in Palo Alto. Three speakers talk about successful
community projects, how to finance solar heating, how to obtain a free
energy audit of your home and more. Thurs/27, 8 pm at the Spangenburg
Aud., 780 Arastradero, Palo Alto. $1. Sponsored by the Sierra Club. 327-8111.

★ The University Art Museum is having a sale:
a thousand collectible posters and hundreds of
books including works by William Wiley and David
Goines, production posters from the Santa Fe
Opera, San Francisco Ballet and Joseph Papp,
and film, crafts, art history and children's books.
Priced from 50® to $20. All proceeds benefit the
Museum. Today, Sat. and Sun. at 2626 Bancroft,
Berk. 642-1438.

The Bread and Roses Festival starts tonight at
the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley campus, at 7 pm.
David Crosby, Hoyt Axton, Chick Corea, the
Roches, Kris Kristopherson and Norton Buffalo
all play tonight. There will be day-time concerts on
Sat. and Sun. also: Joan Baez, Peter, Paul and
Mary, Flora Purim and Graham Nash are orHy a
few of the performers scheduled. Tickets are
$8.50 and $10.652-9988

The Oakland Ballet opens the fall season tonight
with performances of Copland's “Tender Land"
(Loring), Brahm's “Intermezzi" (Marc Wilde),
Stravinsky's "Rite of Spring" (John Pasqualetti),
plus a work to be announced. 8:30 pm at the Para¬
mount Theater, 2025 Broadway. Oakl. $2-$9.465-
6400.

Oak, Ash & Thorn, a cappella balladeers,
perform songs by and in honor of William Shake¬
speare. Presented by the SF Early Music Society
at 8 pm at Trinity Chapel, 2320 Dana, Berk. $3.50,
$2.50 students, seniors. 285-2215.

★ indicates general admission of $1 or less.

—JenniferTodd Poole

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Jesse Colin Young, Marin County's songbird,
plays two nights at the Old Waldorf this weekend.
Tonight and Sat. at 8 and 11 pm. 444 Battery
(between Clay and Washington). $7.50 advance,
$8.50 day of show. 397-3884.

“Modern Times” is a video performance piece
by Max Almy about infidelity, narcissism and di¬
vorce, acted by Joanne Schmidman. The show is
being given its premiere in San Francisco before
a run at the Museum of Modern Art in New York
later on in Oct. 8 pm tonight and Sat at Video Free
America, 442 Shotwell. $3.648-9040.

★ The San Francisco Conservatory of Music,
under the direction of John Adams, present their
opening concert of the fall season tonight with
works by Belioz, Respighi, Kirchnerand Mozart. 8
pm at Heilman Hall, 1201 Ortega. Free. 564-8086.
The Earthly Company, a recently-formed San
Francisco dance troupe, present three modern
works by Sheri Gaia, the company's choreog-
rapher/directorz: "Starry Night." "Duals" and
"Rage." The show tonight is the grand opening
performance for the new Earthly Studios, 223
Mississippi. The pieces will be performed Fri -
Sun, through Oct. 13. 8:30 pm: tickets are $4 ad¬
vance. $4.50 at the door. 626-4622.

★ The California Slate Frisbee Champion¬
ships, held at Sonoma State University this week¬
end, feature world class players from the entire
West Coast: 1979 Women's World Champion
Teresa Gaman and the 1978 World Chamgjpns
Corey Basso and Evan David. Events include
Maximum Time Aloft, Frisbee Golf. Freestyle, Ul¬
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pm and Sat. and Sun. from 8 am. Entry fee for
competitors is $12, but spectating is free. Call the

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trying to meet others, Gay families and issues in raising
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9 am-9:45 First session, Richard Riemer
9:45-12 and 11:30-1:00 Workshops on Building
Lasting Relationships, Joys & Struggles of Parenting,
Impact of Inflation on Personal Life. Love and Intimacy
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12:30-1:00 Ron Dellums, Wilson Riles Jr., Harry Britt.
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with such issues as abortion and rejec¬
tion of male dominance—topics that
few women in Western pop music have
the courage to tackle. The band's
music unfortunately derives much of
its influence from the bombast of
Cabaret, which makes Hagen come off
as more than a little shrill. Since this
album was recorded, Hagen has
dumped her band. Hopefully, on future
efforts she will team up with individuals
as current as she herself is. This is by
no means a musically innovative
album, as the deceptive new-wave
cover might lead you to believe But
Hagen as a politically motivated
performer is well worth keeping your
eye on.

—Jane Hamsher

BOBBY RUSH: Rush Hour (Philadel¬
phia International). In this age of over¬
production, it's rare to find a soul
record as raw. unpretentious and bare¬
boned as Rush Hour, the first album
by this veteran Chicago singer who's
best remembered for his 1971 Galaxy
single, "Chicken Heads.” Stylistically,
the album is reminiscent of the Sixties'
garage funk of Dyke and the Blazers
("Funky Broadway"), and there's little
concession to current trends—no
horns, no strings, no syndrums. not
even a mention of disco or shake your
booty. While Rush's harmonica work is
undistinctive. his raspy half-talked
vocals are the essence of funk. And his
lyrics are about as down-to-earth as
you can get: “When you lose your keys
you do get upset/You start fussin' and
cussin'/Without your keys, let me tell
you, you can't hardly do nothin'. " On
another cut. he sings, “My daddy
called me Junior, 'cause I'm named
after him,/My mama called me String-
bean, 'cause I'm tall and kinda thin."
Rush even transforms Jerry Butler's
old hit, "Western Union Man," into a
tough medium-tempo blues, Philadel¬
phia's Leon.Huff produced in a manner
entirely different from his usual work
with partner Kenny Gamble.

BOBBY BLAND: I Feel Good, I Feel
Fine (MCA). Putting this album on my
turntable, I listened as a female vocal
group chanted the title and phrases
like "shake it. rock it" over a disco
beat. Then a tenor sax, which sounded
like Oakland's Bobby Forte, took a
solo, followed by more chanting, fol¬
lowed by a trombone solo. It was
already five minutes into the cut, and
Bobby Bland's voice was still nowhere
in evidence. I checked the playing time
—6:40. I checked my stereo to see if
one of the channels was out. As the
tune faded, I began to understand the
title. Bland must have been feeling real
good when they cut this. He was prob¬
ably back at his hotel room watching a
football game. He does sing on the rest
of the album, however, but the mater¬
ial is weak, and he sings without con¬
viction, almost as if he were half
asleep. Only one tune makes it—a
slow blues called "Soon as the
Weather Breaks,” which he had a
hand in writing. It sounds like the
rhythm section from his own band on
that one, and he even lets out a couple
of his trademark blood-curdling lion
roars. The album was co-produced by
Monk Higgins, an arranger best known
in these parts for his inane "It Was in
the Trib" radio jingles of a few years
back, and by Al Bell, the guy respon¬
sible for sweetening the Stax sound,
eventually bringing about the decline
of that great Memphis label.

—Lee Hildebrand

VARIOUS ARTISTS: Bread and
Roses (Fantasy). Commemmorating
the 1977 Bread and Roses Festival of
Acoustic Music at the Greek Theatre in
Berkeley (a benefit for Mimi Farina's
charity group that brings free enter¬
tainment to institutionalized people),
this double-record set features warm¬
hearted performances by some 20
acts. The late Malvina Reynolds
wavers through "Little Boxes." Dave
Van Ronk gruffly invites us to swing on
a star, Hoyt Axton howls through
"Boney Fingers" and “Evangelina"
between gulps of white wine, and the
Persuasions offer their a cappella soul
solidarity with California's prisoners
(some of whom were listening to the
program live). Proceeds from the sale
of this unique treasury help provide
operating funds for Bread and Roses
How can you go wrong?

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German feminist pop and
Raspberry’s bubblegum-
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MAGAZINE: Secondhand

Daylight (Virgin). Eighteen months
ago, Howard Devoto, formerly of the
Buzzcocks, put together this band on a
shoestring. Few of the members had
much experience playing with a band.
Ba'rry Adamson had never even picked
up a bass before. But in this short time,

Magazine has managed to achieve an
amazing level of professionalism and
sophistication. Devoto’s poetic
lyricism, entwined with the multi¬
layered. rich-sounding music of the
band, represents some of the most
adventurous stuff being recorded
today. Unfortunately, Magazine is a

band with a problem: it just can't seem
to find the right producer. On its first
album, Real Life, the production
merely attempted- to transcribe the
band's live sound on tape, which it did
with only minimal success. On this, the
band's second album, the music takes
on a much more ethereal quality. But in
doing so, it has been robbed of its
intensity. Magazine’s rich, orches¬
trated sound-.removes it from the
spectrum of what is currently consi¬
dered 'new wave' (whatever that
means). As such, it would lend itself
well to studio manipulation, perhaps at
the hand of someone like Robert Fripp,
However, even as it is, Secondhand
Daylight contains some dynamite
music. Listen to "Rhythm of Cruelty,"
perhaps the album’s most accessible
cut. For all of Magazine's musical
intellectualism, the band still comes up
with some great hooks, which makes
the album worth exploring even if you

aren't interested in Howard Devoto's
profound lyrical statements.

NINA HAGEN BAND (CBS).
America, get ready for Nina Hagen,
one of the most dynamic female per¬
formers you're likely to encounter for
some time to come. Her debut album
on the German CBS label quickly
inspires the listener with the feeling
that she's not an individual to be toyed
with. Her classically trained voice
emphatically delivers feminist-inspired
lyrics in an almost operatic style. The
music itself isn't terribly interesting,
but by sheer force of personality
Hagen makes this album worth
listening to. You'll never catch her
wistfully cooing such mellow anthems
as "I Honestly Love You" or "You
Light Up My Life." Instead, she blows
her audience away with a version of
"White Punks on Dope" that makes
the Tubes seem limp in comparison.
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ELLEN FOLEY: Nightout (Epic) If the
aggressive vocals on Nightout seem
familiar, it's small wonder. Ellen Foley
is the powerhouse singer who parried
and panted with Meat Loaf through
' Paradise by the Dashboard Light," on
his Bat out of Hell LP Anyone who
heard that classic battle-of-the-sexes-
staged-as-a-baseball-game number
will find those vibrant, gutsy vocals
pushed to the fore on Foley's solo
debut This pale, waiflike girl, with her
lank blonde hair and huge eyes, sings
like a cross between Lesley Gore and
Ethel Merman Unfortunately, Night¬
out goes too far by trying to cast Foley
as a sort of female Meat Loaf (un¬
likely as that may sound). Producers
Ian Flunter and Mick Ronson (who also
perform throughout the album) opted
ti c. lush, intensely dramatic show¬
case—nearly every song is a crashing
Wagnerian opera of teen trauma and
heartbreak and l-will-survive pluck.
Waves of orgiastic strings herald the
arrival of armies of choristers in basic
rock tunes like the Rolling Stones'
"Stupid Girl” and Graham Parker's
“Thunder and Rain." "We Belong to
the Night," a ballad that Foley co¬
wrote, comes off sounding like a Phil
Spector production of the 1812 Over¬
ture. Come on, Ellen I It's only rock 'n'
roll....

LARRY RASPBERRY & THE HIGH-
STEPPERS: No Accident (Mercury).
Who is Larry Raspberry, and why didn't
he take up computer programming in¬
stead of music? The cover of this
album smacks of new wave trendi¬
ness with none-too-subtle hints: L. R
stands in a stagey defiant pose, sport¬

ing a dark, short-but-straggly coif, a
beat-up electric guitar and an ob¬
scenely angry facial expression. Ac¬
tually, No Accident is the world's first
bubblegum-punk record—it's all high-
style rage on the outside and regurgi¬
tated lowbrow licks on the inside. The
music reeks of shopworn, bar band
sludge on the order of "Older
Woman," the LP's opening cut. The
chorus to this tune, like everything else
here, is pure trash: "The boy prefers
the older woman, he likes his meat well
done/The boy prefers the older
woman, he likes the feel' of a rusty
gun." Can you believe that tripe? Sup¬
posed rockers like this are inter¬
spersed with putrid, absolutely for¬
gettable ballads and uptempo filler
with titles like “When It Comes to
Lovin', You're a Real Encyclopedia."
FRANK ZAPPA: Joe’s Garage,
Act One (Zappa). This is the first
record of a trilogy Zappa recorded this
spring in L.A. The story line is fairly
sophomoric: all about an electric
guitarist named Joe and his adven¬
tures with the music-hating Fu'jre
Police, promiscuous Catholic school¬
girls, venereal disease and other
modern pleasures. The music,
however, is some of the most cohesive
and listenable the Sultan of Sleaze has
ever recorded. "Lucille has messed
My Mind Up" is a gentle, Todd Rund-
grenishfove ballad—probably the first
completely innocent bit of romance
Zappa has ever recorded under his
own name. "Crew Slut," beyond the
lewd lines about a girl's sexual
adventures with a rock band's road
crew, is a bone-crunching rocker with

a great interchange between
harmonica and slide guitar. While
Zappa delivers lines like, "Just add
water, makes its own sauce," the band
pumps out a monstrous boogie that
stomps out of your speakers in size-16
boots. "Catholic Girls" is the follow-up
to his "Jewish Princess." which
enraged the B'nai B'rith when it was
released on Sheik Yerbouti earlier
this year. This newest ditty is sure to
ruffle a few fegthers.with its allusions
to fellatio parties in a rectory base¬
ment, but it's all in the best Zappa
tradition. Joe's Garage, Act One is
offensive, cutting, brilliantly produced,
occasionally self-indulgent and very
funny.

DUMI & THE MARAIRE MAR¬
IMBA ENSEMBLE: Chiwoniso

(Dumi). One of the most pleasant sur¬
prises at the recent Monterey Tribal
Stomp was the appearance of this
Seattle-based group. Dumi and his
family, natives of Zimbabwe, have
teamed up with some fine West Coast
musicians to form a marimba band that
hits home with striking clarity and
balanced ensemble playing. This
album was- recorded in a studio, but
bubbles with a happy, spontaneous
feeling nonetheless. All seven cuts will
have you chanting along and dancing
around the house. “Chemtengure,"
especially, is a spritely romp with an
enchanting, hypnotic melody riff
utilized in inspired marimba interplay.
(Available from Dumi Maraire, 1412
North 50th, Seattle. WA, 98103: $5.50
p.pd.: for more info, call 206-633-5213).
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San Francisco Moving Co.: performs
•'Turning by Shela Xoregos, "The Windows,"
(world premiere), "An Unveiling, Pari III" by Emily
Keeler and "Cantes Jondos" and "Country Suite"
by Rhonda Martyn. Fri/28-Sat/29. 8 30 pm, Mar¬
garet Jenkins Dance Stuido. 1590 15th St. (at
Mission). SF. $4 general, $2 50 seniors or PAS plus
$1.863-7580

Berkeley Dance Co.: full concert with new
jazz works, Sat/29, 8 pm, American Legion, Oak¬
land War Memorial Bldg , 200 Grand Ave (near
Lake Merritt). Oakl. for further information call.
548-5962

“Motivity”: Terry Sendgraff performs air
dancing, a merging of dance, gymnastics and
motional-emotional improvisation on various levels
of trapezes, Sun/30, 8 pm, the Motivity Center at
Skylight Studio 2547 8th St.. Berk , $3 50 general
or PAS plus $1,841-6500.

Chiang Ching Dance Co.: performs

both classical and original works in a fusion of
elements from East and West (traditional Chinese
dance blended with contemporary Western forms).
Thurs/4. 8 pm. Herbst Theatre. Civic Center. SF. $3
and $5. tickets available at the SF Opera House,
Ticketron. and Bass outlets, for, further information
call, 986-1823. _

“El Cuadro Flamenco”: presents an
evenmq ot Flamenco dance with quest artist Cruz
Luna. Fri/5. 9 pm. La Pena Cultural Center. 3105
Shattuck Ave , Berk.. $3 general, 849-2568
Reine de Sabah Ensemble: a contemp-
orary Harvest Dance Ritual inspired by the ancient
art of bellydance, Part 1. Fri/5 and Part 2. Sat/6, 9
pm. Berkeley Moving Arts, 2200 Parker (at Fulton).
Berk . $3 general or $5 for both performances. 848-
4878

Oakland Ballet: opens their Fall Season with
performances of Loring's ' Tenderland," Marc
Wilde's "Intermezzi." John Pasqualettfs "Rite of
Spring," and Ronn Guid.'s "Trois Gymnopedies,"
Fn/5-Sat/6, 8 30 pm. Paramount Theatre. 2025
Broadway. Oakl, $2, $6, $8, $9, for further infor¬
mation call 465-6400.

Earthly Co.: grand opening performances for
the new Earthly Studios, the recently formed SF-
based dance troupe will present three modern
works by choreographer-director Sheri Gaia,
“Starry Night," "Duals," and "Rage" (premiere).
Fn/5-Sun/7 and Fri/12-SaI/13. 8 30 pm. Earthly
Studios, 223 Mississippi St. SF, $4 in advance,
$4 50 at the door, for further information call 626-
4622

DANCE PARTIES

“Dance Extravaganza”: San Franciscans
for Reasonable Growth present a disco/rock extra¬
vaganza to benefit Prop "O". Sat/29. 8:30 pm. the
Women's Center. 3543 18fh St (near Valencia). SF.
$3.50. for further information and ticket reserva¬
tions call. 566-7050.

★ Dance Benefit: sponsored by the Potrero
Hill Tenants Alliance for the San Franciscans for
Affordable Housing Rent Control Initiative, live
entertainment featuring Lenny ("Ballad of Dan
White") Anderson, dancing, food, no host bar,
Sat/29, 8 pm. Opic Nerve Studio. 141 10th St. SF.
$1,861-4385

Ashkenaz Folk Dance Cooperative:

International folk dance night, Sat/29; Israeli,
Sun/30; boogie night (salsa), Mon/i, Balkan. Tues/2;
Near East night, Wed/3, Greek, Thurs/4. Square
Dancipg with Karana Drayton calling and music by
the Arkansas Sheiks. Fri/5, lessons (includes party),
8-9 30 pm. $2. party, 930-late. $1 50, 1317 San
Pablo Ave .Berk .525-5054

Fairfax Pavilion Friday Night

Dances: ongoing dances featuring perfor¬
mances by musicians and light-artists. 8 pm-
midnight, the Fairfax Pavilion, behind Town Hall on
Bolinas Rd , Fairfax. $5, 332-9100
Friday Night Dance Jams: at the
Healing Ourselves Center, free-form dancing to
taped music. 9-12:30 pm every Friday. 2547 A 8th
St .Berk .$3. 841-6911

NOTES

★ Margaret Jenkins Dance Co:

presents open rehearsals Tuesday evenings in
October m preparation for the Company's Home
Season, questions from the audience and discus¬
sion will be encouraged. 7 30-8:30 pm, the Mar¬
garet Jenkins Community Performance Space,
1590 15th St.. SF. free to the public. 863-7580

★ indicates general admission of $1 or less.

—Jeannette Doob

MIND&

MATTER

Alexander Technique: a 6-week class on
how to acquire good habits and incorporate them
into daily activities, begins Thurs/27. 6:30-8 00 pm,
Berkeley VMCA, 2001 Allston Way. Berk . $40. 848-
6800. ext 15.

An Elegant Evening with King Tut a slide
lecture by author and ancient historian, Dr Ed¬
ward L Jones. Fri/28, 7 pm, the African-American
Historical and Cultural Sociely, 680 McAllister. SF
$5. 864-1010

★ Meditation Class: a lecture senes, ac¬
companied by the practice of- meditation .exer¬
cises. with Susan Buchner, begins Fri/28, 7 30 pm.

Potrero Hill Neighborhood Center. 953 DeHaro. SF
free. 664-3552

★ Art and Conversation: a program for
senior citizens, includes light refreshments and a
guided tour of "Art for Wearing exhibit. Fri/28,

10 30 am, 4th floor, SF Museum of Modern Art. Van
Ness at McAllister, SF, free, 863-8800

Batik: a class to give you the basic tools to be¬
gin designing fabric pieces using the batik (wax re¬
sist) process, with Shelby Harmon, begins Fn/28.
9:30-12 30 pm, Falkirk Community Cultural Center.
1408 Mission. San Rafael, $36. 456-1112. ext 266.
Hawaii Calls: learn some of the beautiful and
enchanting hulas of Hawaii, a 10-week class with
Irene Weed, begins Fri/28. 10:30-11 30 am. Har¬
vey Milk Recreational Arts Bldg . 50 Scott. SF. $27.
751-5468

Handwriting Analysis: a workshop in
graphoanalysis. taught by Sister Cecilia Cronin,
Sat/29. 10 am-4 pm. Bertrand Hall. Dominican Col¬
lege, San Rafael, for information, call 457-4440.
ext 243

A Woman’s Image Reflected in Her
Speech a course about how women character¬
istically speak and the image they proiect. with
Carol Fleming, Sat/29. 1 pm, Unitarian Center,
Franklin at Geary. SF. $5

The Brain and Consciousness: Karl

Pribram and Julian Jaynes discuss the latest
theories and research on awareness and brain
physiology. Sat/29. 9 30 am-4 pm, UC Extension. 55
Laguna, SF. $30. 861-6833

“More Than Simply Shelter...”: a

workshop designed to explore and model the
healthful house of the near future, Sat/29. 10 am-4
pm. 1245 24th Ave . SF. $25 per person, $45
couples, preregistration required, 681 -6115
Childbirth Practices: what they are
where they came from and where they are going, a
workshop with Suzanne Arms, Sat/29. 10 am-5 pm.
Holistic Childbirth Institute. 1627 Tenth Ave. SF,
$18,665-3200

Back Pain: Frank Wildman, leads a workshop
on prevention methods and exercises to relieve
chronic pain and discomfort, Sat/29. 9 30 am-4 30
pm, UC Extension. 55 Laguna, SF. $25.861-6833.
Money Matters: a workshop sponsored by
Options for Women Over 40. Sat/29, 9 am-5 pm,
Women's Building, 3543 1 8th St.. SF. $40, bring
brown bag lunch. 641-0718

Vegetarian Cooking Demonstration:

sponsored by the Vegetarian Society of SF,
Sun/30. 5 pm. Real Food Company. 2140 Polk,
SF. $3 includes samples. 775-6874
White Elephant Sale: benefit presented
by Professional Photographers of SF. Sun/30, 9-

11 am. Preview, 11 am-5 pm. Sale. Fort Mason
Center, Laguna at Marina. SF. 397-4874
Introduction to Cervical seit-Exam:
drop in and learn to use your own speculum.
Mon/1, 7:30 pm. SF Women's Health Center.
3789 24th St., SF. $3, 282-6999

Home and Street Safety for Gays: a

special program for gay men and lesbians, with
Donald C. Biggs. Mon/1. 7:30 pm. Newcomer's
Service. 85 Carl, SF. $2, free to unemployed per¬
sons. 566-3336 or 648-5948

★ Berkeley Career Forum: a weekly
discussion and support group for people chang¬
ing jobs, exploring new careers, Mon/1. 7 30 pm.
Right Livelihood Associates. Berkeley U-U Fel¬
lowship, Cedar at Bonita, Berk , free, 549-2423
Turf Grasses and Groundcovers for
Drought-Tolerant Gardens: a lecture by Dave
Hanson, Agriculture Extension Agent. Tues/2, 10 *
am. Hall of Flowers, 9th Ave at Lincoln. SF. $3.
661-1316

How to Change Relationships: Dr

John Dusay teaches a new technique called Ego-
grams. Tues/2, 8 pm, SF Jewish Community Cen¬
ter. 3200 California. SF. $3. 346-6040

Family Nature Night on Games:

learn a variety of games using nature's rules and
strategies, and your own senses, Tues/2. 7-8 pm,
Lucie Stern Community Center, 1176 Emerson,
Palo Alto. free. 324-8737.

How to Find the Right Job: a lecture
by Pat McGee, job counselor Irom Right Liveli¬
hood Associates, Tues/2, 8 pm, the Network
Coffeehouse, 1036 Bush, SF. $1 unemployed, $2
employed. 989-6097.

“Games People Play: why do we

Choose Certain Types of Relationships?'’: a

lecture on communications between men and
women, with Carl Levinson. Tues/2, 7 45 pm. SF
Jewish Community Center, 3200 California, SF.
$3. 346-6040

Lifesaving Certification: a^sweek
class for both Red Cross and YMCA certifica¬
tion, begins Tues/2, 7:30-9:30 pm. Central YMCA,
220 Golden Gate. SF. for information, call 885-
0460

Stop Smoking Class: a 5-week class

Mary China, group leader, begins Tues/2, 6 pm,
Health Center #5, 1351 24th Ave . SF. $8. to pre-
register, call 661-4400.

★ Children of Divorce: a lecture by Joan
Berlin Kelly. Wed/3, 9:30 am, Sutter Auditorium.
Mount Zion Hospital. 1600 Divasadero. SF. free.
346-5097

★ An Early Mongol Capitol in Iran: a

lecture by Eleanor Sins on recent work at Sultan-
lyeh. Wed/3, 8 pm. 101 Moffitt Library, UC Berk .
free. 642-3734.

★ Overcoming Negative Childhood
Programming: a lecture, Wed/3, 7 30 pm. Quad-
rinity Center. 1 005 Sansome. SF, free. 397-0466.
Pre-Christian Survivals in the seas-
onal Festivals of Rural Ireland: a lecture on Cel¬
tic society past and present by Jim Duran. Wed/3.
8 pm, Fort Mason Center, Bldg. 312, Laguna at
Marina. SF. $2.50. 465-5996
“Meditiation— Add a Little Magic 10
Your Work Life”: a seminar for working people
sponsored by S.Y.D.A. Foundation. Wed/3. 7:15-
9:30 pm, Hyatt on Union Square. Powell at Post,
SF, $3, for information, call 655-8677

“What Was Modern in European Sculp¬
ture 1918-1945?”: a lecture by Albert E Elsen.
Wed/3, 7 30-8:30 pm, Herbst Theatre. SF,
Museum of Modern Art, Van Ness at McAllister,
SF. $2. 863-8800

★ Hypertension: a community health edu¬
cation lecture. Thurs/4, 12 45-1 45. pm. Si
Francis Lutheran Church. Creative Retirement
Program, 1 52 Church, SF, free. 666-2325

★ Grief and Bereavement: a communi-
ty health education lecture. Thurs/4. 1 1 am-noon.

St Philip's Church Senior Club, 725 Diamond, SF.
free, 666-2325

Morley Baer: presents a slide show and dis¬
cussion of his architectural and environmental
photography. Thurs/4, 7 30 pm, Studio One. 365
45th St . Oakl .$2,655-4767

★ Modern Society and the Treatment of
Animals: a lecture by Cleveland Amory, Thurs/4.
7 pm. Fort Mason Center, Bldg 310. Laguna at
Marina. SF, free. 474-4020.

★ The All-lnclusiveness of Life: a

talk by Vimala Thakar, Tues/2. Thurs/4, 7 30 pm,
Pacific School of Religion. 1798 Scenic Ave .
Berk .$3

Trekking in Nepal: a slide lecture by

Francis Chamberlain. Thurs/4. 8 pm. Room B-
226, College of the Arts and Humanities, Indian
Valley Colleges, Ignacio Blvd., Novato. $2. 883-
2211 .

★ Great Works: a series on great paint¬
ings, sculptures and buildings, led by publisher
Harry Koch, begins Thurs/4. 2 pm. Stonestown
Family YMCA. 333 Eucalyptus Drive. SF, free.
731-1900

★ Preventive Eye Care Seminar:

covers the prevention of nearsightedness, nutri¬
tion as a factor in our vision, biofeedback, visual
hygiene and the exercise techniques. Thurs/4,
7:30 pm, Fort Mason Center. Bldg 312, Laguna
at Marina. SF, free, 441-5^05
You and Your Money: a course to ex¬
plore emotional and practical money concerns,
four 2-hour sessions, begins Thurs/4. 7 30-9 30
pm, Women for Women Educational Center. 421
Locust. SF, $50, 668-7112

NOTES

Ghost Adoption Agency: offers weekly
classes on the spiritual realm. Wednesdays. 7 30-
9 pm, classes are being held throughout the Bay
Area, for information on locations and times, call
795-5266

★ indicates general admission of $1 or less.

— Harriet Salley

RADIO

FRIDAY/28

New Horizons: "Beyond Biofeedback
Elmer and Alyce Green, research team at the
Menninger Foundation, are pioneers in biofeed-
back, a method of monitoring" the body to gain
control of normally unconscious functions They
examine creativity, meditation, states of con¬
sciousness. the role of the mind in cancer
therapy, self-image and the powers of psychic
healers and Indian yogis and warn of the public
misuse of these principles in recent "mind
training" and hypnotic techniques, noon, KPFA
94 FM

Golden Gate Bridge: Harold McClain
reminisces about the Golden Gate, a bridge he
helped to build, and Stephen Cassady talks about
"Spanning the Gate." a book that spans the
history of the famous bridge, ‘2 pm. KCBS 740
AM

Oakland A’s: vs Kansas City, 5:10 pm.
KXRX 1500 AM

In the Spirit of Yom Kippur: Antici-
patmg the highest Holy Day of the Jewish
calender. Karl Haas offers a philosophical look at
its.music and its meaning, 7 pm. KQED 88.5 FM
Giants: vs San Diego Padres in SF, 7 15 pm,
KNBR 680 AM

Opera Overture: preview ol me SF Opera s
live broadcast of "Elektra with recorded ex¬
cerpts. 7:30 pm. followed by the opera at 7 50
pm, KKHI 95 7 FM and 1550 AM

Science Fiction Theatre: me Bureau
of Disillusionments vs The Great Garbonzo, or
Come Back Duke of Earl! " written and produced
by Tom Lopez. 10:30 pm. KPFA 94 FM
Hot Canaries: features Eartha Kitt. Elaine
Stritch and Kaye Ballard. 11 30 pm, KALW 91.7
FM

SATURDAY/29

Oakland A’s l vs Kansas City. 10:30-am.
KXRX 1500 AM

Radio a la Carte: features the best songs
in France this summer, 5 pm. KQED 88 5 FM
San Jose State: vs Arizona. 705 pm.
KXRX 1500 AM

Golden State Warriors: vs Seattle
Supersonics. 9 pm. KNBR 680 AM
Alien Worlds: features "The Himalayan
Parallel," 9 30 pm. KSFO 560 AM
Mystery Theatre: presents Passing of
Black Eagle" by O Henry. 10 pm, KSFO 560 AM

SUNDAY/30 .

Oakland A' S: vs Kansas City, 11:10 am.
KXRX 1500 AM

Live from the Met: verors oteiio

simulcast with Channel 9. noon, KQED 88 5 FM

“Sons and Lovers” Part 4: ciara

leaves her husband and begins a new Job in the
factory where Paul works. Although Paul has now
grown close to both Miriam and Clara, he has no
physical relationship with either ot them, 8 pm
and Thurs/4 at 11 pm. KCSM 91 1 FM

Matthew Manning/Psychic: the

famed English psychic talks about the nature of
his powers. 9-11 pm. KALW 91.7 FM

MONDAY/1

Options in Education: schooling in
China, patt I ot VI. 3:30 pm, KQED 88.5 FM
NFL Football: New England at Green Bay
6 pm, KCBS 740 AM

Jazz Alive!: features the Pat Metheny Quar-

let Dave Friesen and John Stowell Duo, Eber-
hard Weber and Colours. 10 pm. KQED 88 5 FM

TUESDAY/2

The Goon Show: The Jet Propelled
Guided Nalfi." starring Peter Sellers. 12 30 pm,
KALW91 7 FM

Golden State Warriors: vs l a Lakers
at Fresno, 7 30 pm, KNBR 680 AM
Living On Indian Time: the world as
seen by Native Americans, 10 pm, KPFA 94 FM

WEDNESDAY/3

California Driver: Don Moziey has a
unique way to save gas with car windows open,
7.50 pm, KCBS 740 AM

Chicago Symphony Orchestra:

presents Beethovens "Fidelio" (complete
opera), performed by soloists Hiidegard Behrens,
Peter Hoffman, Theo Adams, Hans Sotin. Sona
Ghazarin, David Kuebler and Gwynne Howell with
the Chicago Symphony Chorus, conducted by Sir
George Solt: 8 pm, KKHI 95 7 FM and 1550 AM

THURSDAY/4

Opera Preview: discussion notes and musi¬
cal selections designed to heighten the listener's
enjoyment of the SF Opera s live broadcast of
' Don Carlo. 8 pm. KKHI 95 7 FM and 1550 AM
Sears Radio Theater: Love-and-Hate
night with hostess Cicely Tyson features "A
Matter of Priorities, starring Peggy Webber and
Vic Perrin; a new look at life in her small town
lures a young Hollywood script writer away from
a promising career in the movie business, 8:06
pm, KCBS 740 AM

Not Tonight, I Have a Headache: a

call-in program on the delights and dilemmas of
sexuality, ranging Irom the benign to the bizarre,
hosted by Sue Donati, 10 pm. KPFA 94 FM

— Fiona Mackenzie

OFFBEAT

MOVIES

ASIAN ART MUSEUM: discovering the

ART OF KOREA, 2 pm, Sat/29-Mon/l. Golden Gate
Park, near 9th Ave at Lincoln Way, SF, free
except for price of admission to museum, $1
adults. 50® youths ages 12-i 7. free to seniors and
children under age 12. 558-2993

★ ASHKENAZ ‘Comedy Classics
features THE COMMITTEE. 1968. THE
CREDITORS, plus three by Charlie Chaplin THE
IDLE CLASS, (1922- PAY DAY (1922). and A
NIGHT AT THE SHOW -1915), 9 pm. Sat/29,
1317 Sari Pablo near Gilman. Berk , $2 adults, $1
children. 525-5054

★ CINEMATHIQUE: "Suzanne Simpson
Four American Artists with the Filmmaker in
Person." Suzanne Simpson is a local filmmaker
who specializes in documentaries on artists,
program features KARL WIRSUM (1973), ROY
DE FOREST (1974) HASSEL SMITH (1975),
RAKU (1976), plus ISIS. A SCULPTURE BY
MARK Dl SUVERO (1978), 8 pm, Sun/30; "New
German Filmmakers Presented in Conjunction
with the SF Art Institute and the Goethe Insti¬
tute," 8 pm, Wed/3-Thurs/4. SF Art Institute, 800
Chestnut. SF, $2 includes coffee. 586-8486

★ COLE HALL CINEMA: the buddy

HOLLY STORY, with Gary Busey. 7 and 9 pm.
Fn/5, UCSF. Medical Sciences Bldg . 513

Parnassus, SF, $2 general, $1.50 members and
students, $1 children ages 14 and under, 666-
2019.

INTERSECTION: improvisationai

Comedy," features comics from the Holy City
Zoo m a live performance, plus the films. THE
COMMITTEE. 1968, THE CREDITORS, plus
shorts with Woody Allen and Lenny Bruce. 8 pm,
Sun/30. 756 Union. SF. $2 adults. $1 children,
397-6061

80 LANGTON STREET: presents New
York filmmaker Red Grooms who introduces
three films and talks about his work, program
includes SHOOT THE MOON (1962) FAT FEET
(1966), plus RED RIDING HOOD (1979), 8 pm,
Fri/28. Odd Fellows Hall, 3rd Floor, 26 7th St, SF,
$3 or PAS (plus $1), 626-541 6 Tues -Frir 1 -5 pm

★ LE CONTE SCHOOL: "La Politique de
Subversion" (The Politics of Subversion) features
STATE OF SIEGE (Costa-Gavras). 7:30 pm,
Fri/28. BATTLE OF ALGIERS (Gillo Pontecorvo),

7 30 pm, Fri/5. 2241 Russell at Ellsworth, Berk .
$2 general. $1 students with Merritt College
Activities Card, for information call Merritt
College at 531-4911. ext 324 or 325

★ NOE VALLEY CINEMA Betty Boop
Festival, features MINNIE THE MOOCHER.
THE OLD MAN AND THE MOUNTAIN. SNOW
WHITE, MOTHER GOOSE LAND, plus BETTY
BOOP’S BIRTHDAY PARTY. 8 pm, Fri/28, THE
RULES OF THE GAME (Jean Renoir. French
with English subtitles), plus a short based on
James Thurber's fable. THE UNICORN IN THE
GARDEN (1958), 8 pm. Fri/5. Noe Valley
Ministry, 1021 Sanchez at 23rd St . SF. $2
general, $1 50 members, $1 seniors, 75® children
ages 12 and under, 282-5354

PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE: "In Memoriam
Larissa Shepltko (1939-1979)." features THE
ASCENT (Larissa Shepitko. 1977, USSR English
titles), with Boris Plotnikov. Vladimir Gostjuhin,
Anatoli Solomtzin and Sergei Jakovlev, 7 30 and
9:30 pm. Fri/28.

"Cartoons with Expressionism." feature.s
GYPPED IN EGYPT (John Foster, 1930).
CROON CRAZY (1933), TECHNO CRACKED
(Ub Iwerks, 1933), LET’S RING DOOR BELLS
(Sid Marcus. 1935). BIMBO’S INITIATION (Dave
Fleischer. 1931). UP TO MARS (Dave Fleischer.
1930). plus MECHANICAL MONSTERS:
SUPERMAN (Dave Fleischer. 1941). 2:30 and
6 40 pm, $1 admission; "James Cagney and the
Early Warners' Talkies, features JIMMY THE
GENT (Michael Curtiz. 1934). with James
Cagney, Bette Davis and Allen Jenkins, 3 45 and
7:55 pm, $1 admission, plus FIVE STAR FINAL
(Mervyn LeRoy. 1931). with Edward G Robinson.
Frances Starr. Marian Marsh and Boris Karloff. 5
and 9:10 pm, $1 admission. Sat/29
"Videotapes by Tom Marioni with Tom Marioni in
person." 2 pm. free admission, "Chaplin's
Masterpiece, ' features CITY LIGHTS (Charles
Chaplin. 1931). with Charles Chaplin, Virginia
Cherrill. Harry Myers and Hank Ivfann. 4 30 and

8 20 pm. plus "Two Rare Comedies from the
Twenties, leatures FEEL MY PULSE (Gregory
La Cava. 1928). with Bebe Daniels. Richard Arlen
and William Powell, and LOVE 'EM AND LEAVE
‘EM (Frank Tuttle. 1926). with Evelyn Brent
Lawrence Gray and Louise Brooks. 6 and 9:50
pm. Sun/30, call theater for future titles and
times

2621 Durant. Berk, $2 50 double feature. $2
single feature. $1 matinee, call for special rates
642-1412

★ SF PUBLIC LIBRARY, tumble¬
weeds (1919), plus INTRODUCTION TO
TUMBLEWEEDS (1939), noon. Tues/2, Lurie
Room, Mam Library. Civic Center, free. 558-3191.
CALCUTTA (Louis Malle). 7 pm Tues/2. Sunset
Branch, 1305 18th Ave . tree, 566-4552

THE ELEANOR ROOSEVELT STORY, 7 pm
Wed/3, Anza Branch, 550 37th Ave . free. 752-
1960

UC BERKELEY: "Jean Renoir Tribute,"
features GRAND ILLUSION (Jean Renoir, 1937,
France), with Jean Gabin, Pierre Fresnay. Erich
von Stroheim and Marcel Dalio. plus THE CRIME
OF MONSIEUR LANGE (Jean Renoir, 1935.
France), with Rene Lefevre, Florelle. Jules Berry
and Marcel Levesque. 7:30 pm. Thurs/4, Wheeler
Auditorium. UC Berk . $2.50. 642-0212.

★ UCSF: LAMAZE PREPARED CHILDBIRTH
FILMS, 8 pm, Wed/3. Rm 214 S. Medical
Sciences Bldg.. 513 Parnassus. SF. free

★ VIDEO FREE AMERICA: Ma* Aimy

Video Performance" Almy has created a new
video performance work especially for her Video
Free America showing titled MODERN TIMES. It
deals with narcissism, infidelity and divorce, 8
pm. Fri/5-Sat/6. 442 Shotwell. SF. $2. 648-9040

CHILDREN’S FILMS

★ LAWRENCE HALL OF SCIENCE.

"Young Children's Films, features HANS IN
LUCK. METRIC MEETS THE INCHWORM,
plus LITTLE TIM AND THE BRAVE SEA
CAPTAIN, 10 30 am and 2 pm. Sat/29-Sun/30.
UC Berk . $1 75 adults, 75® students, seniors and
children ages 7-12, free to members and children
under 6, 642-5132

★ indicates general admission of $2 or less.

— Fiona Mackenzie

MOVIE

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SAN FRANCISCO MOVIES

ALEXANDRIA: Geary at 18th Ave , 752-5100
ALHAMBRA: Polk at Green, 775-5656
BALBOA: Balboa at 38th Ave ,221-8184
BRIDGE: Geary near Masonic. 751-3212
CASTRO: 429 Castro at Market. 621-61 20
CENTO CEDAR: Cedar at Larkin 776-8300
CINEMA 21:Chestnut at Steiner. 921-1234
CLAY: Fillmore at Clay, 346-1123
COLISEUM: Clement at 9th Ave , 221-8181
CORONET: Geary and Arguello. 752-4400
EGYPTIAN: Market at 6th St , 673-7373
EMPIRE: West Portal, 661-5110
FOUR STAR: Clement at 23rd Ave , 752-2650
GATEWAY: 215 Jackson at Battery, 421-3353
GHIRARDELLI: Beach at Polk, 441-7088
GRANADA: Mission at Ocean, 584-68C0
KOKUSAI: Post and Buchanan, 563-1400
LUMIERE: 1572 California. 885-3201
METRO I: Union at Webster. 221-8181
METRO II: Union near Fillmore. 931-7666
NEW MISSION: Mission at 22nd St.. 647-1261
NORTH POINT: Powell at Bay, 989-6060
PARKSIDE: Taravalat 19th Ave . 6^-1940
PLAZA: Serramonte Plaza Daly City, 756-3240
REGENCY I: Van Ness at Sutter. 673-7141
REGENCY 2: Sutter at Van Ness 776-5505
RICHELIEU:. 1075 Geary at Van Ness. 771 -5200
ROXIE: 16th St near Valencia. 863-1087
ROYAL: Polk near California. 474-2131
SERRA: 2170 Junipero Serra. Daly City, 755-
1455

SERRAMONTE 6: 4914 Junipero Serra.

Colma, 756-6500

ST. FRANCIS: Market bet 5th and 6th Sts .
362-4822

STAGE DOOR: 420 Mason. 986-4767
STRAND: 1 127 Market bet. 7th and 8th Sts .
552-5990

SURF: Irving at 46th Ave , 664-6300
TANFORAN: 400 Tanforan Shopping Center.

San Bruno, 558-0921
U.A. STONESTOWN: behind Emporium.

Stonestown, 221-8181
VOGUE: Sacramento at Presidio, 221 -8181
WARFIELD: Market at 6th St . 776-6110
YORK: 24th St. near Potrero. 282-0316

ALEXANDRIA: (i) Rust never sleeps,

opens Fri/28. daily at 1. 3:10. 5:20. 7.30 and 9:40,
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Meditations on
Duck’s Breath,
an old French clown
and Peter Pan

KENNEDY’S CHILDREN, by

Robert Patrick, Theatre Rhinoceros,
Goodman Building. 1115 Geary (at Van
Ness). SF. Thurs.-Sat. through Oct. 13,
626-1921

I am peculiarly partial to Robert
Patrick’s Kennedy's Children ,
partly because it is a peculiar play.
It’s a series of intercut monologues
given by the six characters. There is
no dialogue and no plot. At no
point does any character address or
interact with another. Patrick,
establishes vivid and believable
characters, yet the form of the play
results in a flood of words—and
these words have a brilliance and
power of their own, independent of
the actor or the production. The
plav exists for me like a beloved mu¬
sical score that I am delighted to get
a chance to hear in a new interpre¬
tation.

The play is an elegant variation
on the confessional play set in a bar.
As in other bar plays, the characters
dig into themselves deeper and
deeper as they get drunker and
drunker, hut Patrick is dealing
with an issue larger than the indi¬
vidual Ifves portrayed onstage. The
monologues are unified hv a single
theme: the 1960s. It’s as if someone
has asked, just before the beginning
of the play, “Where did the Sixties
leaveyou?”

A secretary tells us about the
dream of an ideal America shat¬
tered by the assassination of John F.
Kennedy. A young Vietnam
veteran reads from his war diary. A
beautiful would-be actress and sex
symbol tells about her defeat in the
sexual jungle of New York City. An
ex-hippie radical activist talks
about her disillusion and her boy¬
friend’s paranoid madness. A gay
actor (partly Robert Patrick him¬
self) describes the brief golden age
of the first Off-Off Broadway thea¬
ter, ending in horrifying tragedy
(the episode is based on the famed
Caffe Cino and Joe Cino’s suicide
after the death of his lover).

Each account of the Sixties is al¬
most totally unlike and unrelated
to any of the others. A tacit theme
of the play, embodied in its form, is
the disunity of America in the Six¬
ties. In the newly revised version of
the play being presented by the
Theatre Rhinoceros, Patrick has
added a child of the Seventies, the
bartender. His involvement in a
wild life of drugs and sexual affairs
(one with a woman and one with a
man) is shown to he a panic-
stricken retreat from a present state
of the world too frightening to face.

Yes, it isa play that shakes you up
and drains you emotionally, hut
don’t avoid it because of this. It is
also, like all of Patrick’s plays, bril¬
liantly funny and rich in the details
of life and of our culture. To avoid
it would be like refusing to listen to
Beethoven.

The Theatre 1 Rhinoceros pro¬
duction, directed by Allan Estes,
works very well for the most pa^t

and manages to sustain the high
emotionality of the climactic se¬
quences. It’s their best work so far,
and it is,a real pleasure to watch a
young group find its way and
grow . Charlie Hut ford as the actor
is the best I’ve seen him. He uses the
intense undercurrent of hysteria in
his voice more wisely and more
sparingly than in his previous per¬
formances, saving it for when it
counts and making it pay off very
well. Kate Flatland as the ex-hippie
activ ist is wonderf ully real for most
of the play, but goes a hit too far at
the climax of her monologue, losing
her lines in unintelligible wailing
and blubbering. Kathleen Murphy
as the secretary starts out too
briskly to he believable, hut her
character grows during the course
of the play and involves us. Terry
Ross as the would-be sex idol
earned applause at the end of one of
her speeches on opening night, and
Martin Xero as the Vietnam
veteran delivers his harrowing tale
convincingly. Randy Bennett,
who took on the role of the bar¬
tender a week before opening, be-
traved some nervousness in the
jerkinessof his movements hut suc¬
ceeded in establishing his character
reasonably well.

I have only two general quarrels
with Estes’s direction. First, he
occasionally has too much extra ac¬
tivity onstage, and this detracts
from some of the monologues.
Second, he has the characters inter¬
act physically from time to time,
when, to me, a major point ol the
play is that the characters do not
relate to one another. In this latter
point I seem to he in disagreement
with the playwright, by the wav,
w ho directed his play last June in
New York: it was an intriguing, ec¬
centric performance (rather like a
Glenn Gould interpretation) and
included a great deal of psychologi¬
cal and physical interaction
between the characters.

DUCK’S BREATH MYSTERY
THEATRE, Great American Music
Hali, SF, Sept. 15, on the eve of a
nationwide tour.

o begin with, I know you’re
not supposed to think about
Duck's Breath. I also admit that 1
did not stay for their second set
Saturday night at the Great
American Music Hall.

It was all my fault and not theirs.
The rest of the audience was gob¬
bling up the nonsense gleefully and
having a great time. But 1 was tired
and in a rare brown study. I could
not get into the show. My thoughts
combined several strands, starting
with I) very mixed feefings about
the new black play I had just come
from at the Western Addition Cul
tural Center (John Hatch’s Episode
From an Ancient Script)—earnest,
primitive and tedious, yet reaching
for and nearly touching something
1 respect enormously: the collective
experience and sensibility of a peo¬
ple; and 2) how I handled the situa¬

tion a half hour before when two
black youths offered to heat me into
a bloody pulp for what they
correctly took to he evidences of my
sexual orientation.

So the show starts. Two jocks
come out wearing dresses, "claiming
to he from the Transvestite
Farmers Association of Iowa. It s
good-natured jock fun. But I don’t
laugh. Am I losing my sense of hu¬
mor? What a delicate thing humor
is!

Flashback: 1972, Damariscotta,
Maine. The old community movie
house. “Laugh!" I nudge my wife

— “Isn’t it funny?” On the screen
Charlie Chaplin rollerskates,
blindfolded, apparently oblivious
to the fact that his backward circles
carry him to the very edge ol a 20-
foot drop-off. “No,” she says, “it's
too much like life." The rest of
Modern Times suddenly becomes a
horror movie.' It’s too much like
life.

A Duck's Breath joke: “Lack ol
brains! He's a typical deficient per¬
sonality. the type you see walking
around laundromats every day.” A
roar of laughter from the hoard of
young people out having a good
time at $5 each. I think of the fat
old woman who comes into the
laundromat and offers to read my
palm. If this is humor, it’s not my
kind.

Kind" [Middle English kynd(e),
kindle). Old English cynd, ge-
cynd(e), birth, nature, race.] What
is mv kind? Flashback one week: a
semi-secret sneak preview of a
work in progress, advertised only
hv a single poster on a lamppost at
9th and Folsom. It's the closest I
have ever come to the roots ol thea¬
ter as community ritual, the most
numinous theater I have ever ex¬
perienced. My kind.

Can differing kinds communi¬
cate with each other?

Yes. I think of some of the skits in
the Asian American Workshop’s re¬
cent review: humor that is subtle
and suggestive of many possibili¬
ties, and with which I feel com¬
fortable because there are no jokes
putting down anybody else.

But Duck’s Breath is not really
putting down any nationality, re¬
ligion, sex or sexual orientation or
anything like that. They know bet¬
ter (and heaven knows not all com¬
edians do). Sure, here they are
jumping around and mugging in a
parody of ethnic dances (Scottish.
Turkish, Iranian and Paraguayan)

— hut it’s not offensive to anybody.

But it’s still not my kind of hu¬
mor. Its basic message is: “I’m nor¬
mal. Anybody differing from me is
a joke." In a mild form, it is the hu¬
mor of the oppressor — or, at least,
the humor of those born to power,
though they might well be uncon-
sciousof this as to them their power
is part of their normality. They are
not publicly scorned or arrested
and beaten for wearing dresses.
They do not suffer deficient per¬
sonalities. They are not “ethnics."

So at halftime, I leave and wan¬
der down O'Farrell Street thinking
about it all. Just thinking about
their title, summing it all up:
Duck’s Breath Mystery Theatre.

Sure, it's theater. No. it has
nothing to do with mystery in any
sense. And the "Duck’s Breath" —
well, that’s typical of one of the
mainstays of their humor: ludi¬
crous incongruity.

But in my overlv serious mood.

. even that turns inside out for me.
Ducks do breathe. So do trails-

DOPPO, CLOWN OF YES¬
TERYEAR. Created and performed
by Leonard Pitt, at the Marina Theatre,
Bldg. 310. Ft. Mason. Bay and Laguna
Streets, SF. Fri-Sun. evenings through
Sept. 30,848-5396.

vestitrs, farmers, Iowans, Scots,
Turks, Iranians and Paraguayans.
So do earnest young black play¬
wrights and so do queer bashers.
And breath is sacred. At the very
least, it’s a sign of life; it’s a symbol
of commonality; some people
called primitives equate the breath
with the soul. What’s funny about
duck’s breath? Yes, it’s odd to think
about at first. But isn't laughing
about that a bit like a child’s laugh¬
ing at the first effeminate man or
masculine woman he or she sees?
Or a white child making “Chinese
eves”?

My kind are .odd people, and we
know that there is no normality.

Home, still wondering about
what has happened to my sense of
humor. I reassure myself that I still
have one by thumbing through
Tristram Shandy— a great book of
odditites, my kind of book.

“I want you to call the new
dance ‘Jenny,’ ” I say to my kind of
lover, who creates dances. And I
reread my favorite passage, ad¬
dressed to “my dear Jenny.” It's
fanciful, sensuous and terribly
poignant, and it ends in a joke:
“Now, for what the world thinks of
that ejaculation— I would not give
a groat.”

— Robert Chesley

A s the aging French clown,
Doppo. mime Leonard
Pitt gives a rich and splendid
performance. Departing from
classical mime, in which the
performer is silent, Pitt uses
language (in this case, French)
in conjunction with his body to
convey character.

Doppo is a proud and
endearing old man whose spirit
dwells in his youth when he was
a strong and agile clown and his
legs were as powerful as those of
of an elephant. His belongings
— an old birdcage inhabited by
an imaginary bird (Napoleon)
and ancient traveling bags— are
the artifacts of memory. The
music that once accompanied
his movement acrossa high wire
pours forth from a battered
valise.

The whimsy and wistfulness
of this piece emerge from the
obvious disparity between
Doppo’s present state of
physical deterioration and his
lingering sense of himself as a
facile clown. In his near-
blindness, he mistakes his toes
for mushrooms and is unable to
step down from a stool without
the aid of an audience member.
One wonders if Napoleon exists
in Doppo’s imagination, the
imagination of the audience, or
both.

Pitt is a masterful performer
able to express a vast spectrum
of character qualities by the
precise and fluid^articulation of
his body and the use of a hand-
carved three-quarter wooden
mask. One hand carries on a
conversation with the other as
Doppo darts from one object of
interest to another. Pitt’s nimble

Wendy (Mary Valentino) Is a groupie, and Peter (Rhonda Zirkle)
is a rock star In Les Nickelettes’ “Peter Pan: A New Wave Fairy Tale.'

transitions provide many
pleasing surprises and his
Doppo is a genuinely loveable
and irascible fellow.

Pitt’s 20/9 Blake —his most
recent performance prior to
Doppo —toured EuFope and
the U.S. in addition to its suc¬
cessful San Francisco engage¬
ment.

You need not understand a
word of French to follow
Doppo. However, Pitt’s usage is
so rudimentary that those with
just a vear of French behind
them will think themselves
geniuses.

PETER PAN: A NEW WAVE
FAIRYTALE. Book and lyrics by
Les Nickelettes. music by Richard
Burnley. Performed by Les Nickelettes
at Studio Eremos, 401 Alabama (at
17th St.) SF, Fri.-Sun. through Oct. 7,
621-0448.

n the most up-to date and
inventive version of Peter
Pan I’ve ever seen, Peter and
V.D. the Pirate Queen—two
well-known rock stars—com¬
pete for groupies, power, and
fame at the Never Never Land
Rock Palace, as Tiger Lily toils
selflessly to raise funds for Indi¬
an Causes.

Will Peter overcome V.D. in
the camp battle of the century?
Will Wendy get her man? Will
Tinkerbell—having openly
admitted “it’s not easy being a

fairy”—receive sufficient
clap(s) to restore her to life?

Created and performed by
Les Nickelettes—a troupe of
eight talented women who've
been strutting their stuff around
the Bay Area for the past several
years— Peter Pan is 'outrageous,
dirty and very funny. Denise
Larson has directed with
vitality and freshness.

The many musical numbers,
composed by Richard Burnley
with lyrics by Les Nickelettes
and fine musical direction by
Liza Kitchell, are clever,
spirited and energetically per¬
formed. Members of the troupe
are Jane Huether, Monica
Gurney, Mary Valentino,
Rhonda Zirkle, Amy Ryder,
Lauren Cloud, Virginia
Lombard and Ellin Stein.

Being somewhat in the
tradition of the let’s-have-fun-
and-put-on-a-play genre of
theatre, Peter Pan is not your
most polished work and, for the
verv same reasons, does not
suffer from the restrict ions often
imposed on more self¬
consciously serious Drama. The
right-on pop humor derives
from the trendv and the timely
and is positively superior.

Like all good fairytales, this
one has a happy and satisfying
ending. As Peter so aptly puts it.
they're,“all off the same wall."

— Barbara Graham

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Northern Lights:

A progressive film with
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BY ROBERT DIMATTEO

NORTHERN LIGHTS. Written,
directed and edited by John Hanson
and Rob Nilsson. At the Surf Theatre, SF.

I t had its world premiere in
Crosby, North Dakota—the
only world premiere ever held in
Crosby. It played in festivals from
Mannheim to Los Angeles. Then,
this past spring, it won the Best
First Feature award at Cannes.
And now. Northern Lights , a pro¬
duction of San Francisco’s own
Cine Manifest, comes home to the
Bay Area to begin a first-run
engagement at the Surf Theatre.
Inspirational stories may be rare
these days, but Northern Lights
offers two: one the story of its
making, the other, the story that is
told on the screen. Both are tales of
bucking th^jystem.

Co - writers - directors - editors
John Hanson and Rob Nilsson
began Northern Lights in 1974.
Beyond sharing roles as film¬
makers, the two men had the
commonality of Scandinavian
ancestry and childhoods spent in
the Midwest—Hanson hailing
from North Dakota, Nilsson from
northern Wisconsin (with a grand¬
father who happened to he North
Dakota's first filmmaker). The sub¬
ject for the film grew out of Han¬
son's interest in the transformation
of his state from a land of small
family farms to a haven for agri¬
business. Digging into the area’s
past, he unearthed a long history of
labor struggles— and one big grass¬
roots victory.

In 1915, the beleagured farmers
banded together to form the
Nonpartisan League—an
organization designed to protect
the farmers against the powerful
interestsof the railroads, banks and
Eastern capitalists. The results was
one of the strongest Populist move¬
ments in this country's history—a
movement that eventually reached
13 states. Then, in the Twenties
and Thirties, divisiveness and
corruption set in. By 1956, the radi¬
cal members of the league forced a
last-ditch merger with the Demo¬
cratic Party. Hanson and Nilsson
decided to fot'us their attention on

the League's inception rather than
on its troubled progression. They
wanted to make a hopeful film.

Funded by the North Dakota
Committee for the Humanities and
Public Issues, Northern Lights was
filmed on location in Divide
County, with many of the local
larmers playing roles, providing
props and costumes or offering ad¬
vice on matters of authenticity.
(There are only four professional
actors in the film.) It was decided
that interior scenes involving the
main family of characterswould be
filmed in San Francisco at David
Schickele’s -pre-earthquake house
in the Upper Fillmore. Two North
Dakota couples (Ray and Helen
Ness and Mable and Thorbjorn
Rue), who make their acting
debuts play ing relatives of the hero¬
ine, were jlown to San Francisco
for a week of filming. The intensity
of involvement of the nonprofes¬
sionals was a continual source of
amazement to professional actors-
like leading man Bob Behling.
“One day I watched Helen Ness do
a scene where- she has to break
down crying. A lot of actors train
for years in sense-memory work to
do such a scene. After Helen was
finished, I asked her what she did to
make the scene work. 'Well, I think
of something sad,’ she said simply. ”

If the film's nonprofessional
actors suggested anew the neorea¬
lists'claim for their supremacy over
posturing movie stars, a feisty old
Socialist named Henry Martinson
really took the cake. In his 96 years,
Martinson has been a homesteader.
Secretary of the Socialist Party,
Nonpartisan League organizer.
Labor Commissioner of NORTH
Dakota, poet, historian and all
around rabble-rouser. Hanson and
Nilsson decided he would be the
perfect narrator for the film, and so
they devised a prologue and epi¬
logue to feature him. (They are
presently editing a documentary
called Survivor about Martinson's
life.)

Because funding for Northern
Lights came in increments, the
filmmakers found themselves
expanding some scenes and adding
others as they went along. Duties
Shared by Hanson and ‘Nilsson

CORONET : SOLDIER of ORANGE, daily al 7
and 9 45, with matinees Wed , Sat Sun at 1:30
and 4 15

EGYPTIAN : call theater for titles and times
EMPIRE: (I) ROCKY II, weekdays at 9. Sat.-Sun
at 4 10 and 8 45, plus THE GREAT TRAIN
ROBBERY , weekdays at 7. Sat.-Sun at 2 and
6:30. (2) MANHATTAN, opens Fri/28, weekdays at
7 15 and 9, Sat -Sun at 2 15, 4. 5 45. 7:30 and 9 20.
(3) YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, weekdays at 9
Sat -Sun at 2. 5 45 and 9:30, plus THE WORLD'S
GREATEST LOVER, weekdays at 7 15, Sat.-Sun
at 4 and 7:45

FOUR STAR: la cage aux folles

(BIRDS OF A FEATHER) (Edouard Molinaro.
1979, France), with Ugo Tognazzi and Michel
Serrault. daily at 6:30, 8 30 and 10:30. with mati¬
nees Wed , Sat.-Sun. at 2:30 and 4 30
GATEWAY: THE DEER HUNTER (Michael Ci-
mino. 1978), wilh Robed DeNiro and Christopher
Walken, plus THE BIG FIX (Jeremy Paul Kagan.
1978), with Richard Dreyfuss, runs through Sat/29;
HIGH SOCIETY (Charles Wallers, 1956). with Bing
Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Louis Arm-
strong, plus IT’S ALWAYS FAIR WEATHER
(Stanley Donen. 1955), Stanley Donen, 1955). with
Gene Kelly and Dan Dailey. Sun/30-Tues/2 THE
WOMEN (George Cukor, 1939)/ with Norma
Shearer. Joan Crawford. Rosalind Russell, Joan
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were divided up according to their
specific strengths. Hanson wrote
the script and directed the actors,
while Nilsson critiqued the
writing, directed the cinematogra¬
phy (of Judy Irola) and, in general,
attended to the more technical
aspects of production. The film
took three years to make and ended
up costing the penny-pinching
figure of $330,000 (plus
deferrments). And then, in keeping
with the Populist spirit of the
project, the Cine Manifest team
took the finished movie back to the
people whose lives it touched. They
gave the film a gala opening in
Crosby and soon had it hooked into
half of North Dakota’s 80 theatres.
As Amanda Spake has reported
(Mother Jones, January 1979), in
some places the film even outdrew
Star Wars.

Northern Lights opens with
Martinson telling us that he “wants
to put down a good yarn about
those old times." He sits down at
the typewriter aided by a diary
belonging to one Ray Sorenson and
startshis story.

We are in North Dakota in 1915.
40 yea rs after L itt le Bighorn. Fields
of wheat dance in the wind, and
the endless sky seems to reach right
down and touch the earth. One
feels an awesome spaciousness and
an expectant quiet. To live here,
one could not easily forget that
nature's beauty is often harsh and
its force humbling. Judy Irola’s
black-and-white cinematography
frames a portrait of the American
landscape akin to what Nestor Al-
mendros brought to Days of
Heaven, except that Irola's is less
grandiloquent, less precious. In
Days of Heaven, people were
dwarfed by the landscape—the
characters' fates seemed almost be¬
yond their control, bound up in
some plague of nature. Northern
Lights expresses the humanistic
opposite: it’s a very people-oriented
film. The characters struggle with
an often inhospitable natural
world, but they also struggle
against social conditions that keep
them down. And the point is that
they do struggle. We come to know
why these people are stoic and
crabbed and tactiturn in a way that
we’ll never understand the poetic-
ciphers that dominate Days of
Heaven. And when the characters
speak in the language of their Nor¬
wegian ancestors, seeming to usher
us into a Bergman film or Jan
Troell’s The New Land, their
temperaments link up with a
specific Northern European
culture.

Just as the political side of this
film is not allowed to dwarf the
aesthetic, so the drama is carefully
balanced between the personal and

LADELPHIA STORY (George Cukor. 1940), with
Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. Wed/3-Sat/6.
call theater for times

GHIRARDELLI: A little romance, daily

at 3.10. 5.15. 7:25 and 9'30, with matinees Sat-
Sun at 1

GRANADA: call theater for titles and times.
KOKUSAI: tora san love song (Yoji va-

mada), w>th Kiyoshi Atsumi and Junko Ikeuchi, plus
KILL THAT SHADOW, with Tetsuro Tamba, runs
through Tues/2. THE PHOENIX (Kon Ichikawa),
with Tomisaburo Wakayama, Masao Kusakan and
Tatsuya Nakadai. plus TRAIL OF BLOOD #3
(Kazuo Ikehiro), with Yoshio Harada and Atsuo
Nakamura, Wed/3-Tues/9, call theater for times.
LUMIERE WHY NOT? (POURQUOI PAS?)
(Colme Serreau, 1978. France), with Sami Frey,
daily at 7:15 and 9:30. with matinees Wed , Sat -
Sun at 1, 3 and 5.

METRO 1: THEWANDERERS, daily at 7:30 and
9:45, with matinees Sat-Sun at 1 10. 3:15 and
5:20.

METRO II: young Frankenstein, daily at

7 and 9 10. with matinees Sat-Sun. at 12:30. 2:40
and 4:50

NEW MISSION: north Dallas forty,

plus BLOODLINE, opens Fri/28, call theater for
times.

NORTH POINT: apocalypse now, daily
al 11.2.5.8 and 11

PARKSIDE: same time next year, with

Ellen Burstyn and Alan Alda, 8 45. plus HOUSE
CALLS, with Walter Matthau and Glenda Jackson,
7 and 10 55, Thurs/27-Fri/28. THE SONG RE¬
MAINS THE SAME, with Led Zeppelin, 3, 6:30 and
10, plus JIMI PLAYS BERKELEY, 2. 5 30. 9 and
12:25, Sat/29 HEAVEN CAN WAIT, with Warren
Beatty and Julie Christie, 1:40. 5:10 and 8:45,
Sun/30, 8 45, Tues/2-Wed/3, plus HAROLD AND
MAUDE, with Bud Cort and Ruth Gordon. 3:30, 7
and 10:35. Sun/30, 7 and 10 35. Tues/2-Wed/3.
GIRLFRIENDS (Claudia Weill), with Melanie May-
ron and Eli Wallach, 9. plus WOMEN IN LOVE
(Ken Russell), with Alan Bates, Oliver Reed and
Glenda Jackson. 6 45 and 10:40, Thurs/4-Fri/5
PLAZA: ( 1 ) THE MUPPET MOVIE, daily at 6.
7:55 and 9:45, with matinees Sat.-Sun. at 2:15 and
4:05, (2) ANIMAL HOUSE, opens Fri/28, daily at
5:40. 7:45 and 9:50, with matinees Sat.-Sun at 1.30
and 3:35.

REGENCY I: time after time, opens
Fri/28. call theater for times.

REGENCY 2: abba, call theater for times.
RICHELIEU DOUBLE INDEMNITY (Billy Wll-
der, 1944), with Barbara Stanwyck. Fred MacMur-
ray and Edward G. Robinson, plus THE GLASS
KEY (Stuart Heisler, 1942), with Alan Ladd. Veroni-

Susan Lynch brings a homespun beauty and tender strength
to her portrayal of the young farmer’s wife, Inga.

the social. The story of the forma¬
tion of the Nonpartisan League is
filtered through the relationship of
the farmer Ray Sorenson (Bob
Behling) and his fiancee Inga
Olsness (Susan Lynch). When the
first dissident farmers come to Ray
to enlist his support, he acts the
rugged individualist who has
chosen to keep his distance. We see
him growing more and more frus¬
trated. We also see that he expects
his pluck to carry him, and his love
for Inga to be a balm to heal all
wounds. And then, the local bank
forecloses on Inga’s father’s farm,
and she is forced to go to a nearby
town to stay with relatives. The
world keeps getting in the way of
Ray’s dreams. Slowly, he comes to
see that there is no way to avoid
entering the fray. There may not be
much you can do about a blizzard
that comes out of nowhere to ruin
vour crop, but there is something to
be done about exploitatively high
mortgage rates and grain prices set
at levels amenable only to a few
Eastern industrialists. Ray
recognizes the Nonpartisan League
as a way to regain some control
over his life. Meanwhile, Inga must
reconcile the moral necessity of
Ray’s turning to politics with her
own needs. Where is her place?
What good is f ighting all her life for
a better life and never getting to
live it?

There is a fine, questioning.intel*
ligenee to this film which only lends
weight to its message of political

affirmation. Of great aid in this
regard are the performances of Bob
Behling as Ray and Susan Lynch as
Inga. Behling captures Ray’s
brooding side, as well as his quiet
charm and flowering integrity.
Lynch gives Inga a homespun
beauty and tender strength. And
there are individual scenes that
haunt the memory: the farmers
threshing wheat while a blizzard
rages; Inga and Ray playing hide-
and-seek in a barn; Ray morosely
drunk and yowling in the dark, a
lamp in his hand, and the moon a
little light in the black sky.

There are flaws. The middle of
the picture sags a bit, and since the
pace is leisurely to begin with, this
is temporarily disconcerting. And
then Joe Spano (as Ray’s brother)
mars an otherwise skillful
performance by speaking his
English with a thick accent that
seems meant to be Norwegian but
that sounds Irish. (He talks like he
just got off the boat.) But, in gen¬
eral, one feels that, with Northern
Lights , the Cine Manifest company
has realized their uncommon goal:
“to make a progressive film for a
mass audience.”

WORTH SEEING

FELLINI’S ORCHESTRA
REHEARSAL. Something of a sur¬
prise—a short, lean fable from a
director given to elephantine three-
ring circuses of depravity. Gone are
fhe orgiastic groupings of

ca Lake. Brian Donlevy and William Bendix, runs
through Sat/29: THE CORN IS GREEN (Irving
Rapper. 1945). with Bette Davis, plus JOHNNY
BELINDA (Jean Negulesco, 1948), with Jane Wy¬
man, Sun/30-Tues/2, THE BLUE ANGEL (Josef
Von Sternberg, 1930), with Marlene Dietrich and
Emil Jannings. plus MAYERLING (Anatole Litvak.
1937), with Charles Boyer and Danielle Darrieux,
Wed/3-Sat/6, call theater for times.

ROXIE: THE DEVILS (Ken Russell, 1971), with
Oliver Reed and Vanessa Redgrave, 6 and 9:55,
plus PERFORMANCE (Nicolas Roeg and Donald
Cammell, 1969), with Mick Jagger, James Fox and
Anita Pallenberg, 8, Fri/28-Sat/29. with Sat matinee
at 4 05; CEDDO (Ousmane Sembene. 1977, in
Wolof with English subtitles). 9:15, Sun/30-Mon/1,
with Sun matinee at 4 45, plus XALA (Ousmane
Sembene. 1974, French with English subtitles),
with Seun Samb, 7. Sun/30-Mon/1. "A May 21st
Defense Fund Benefit for Those Arrested at the
City Hall Riot Following the Dan White Verdict."
features THE LAST SUPPER (Tomas Gutierrez
Alea, 1976, Cuba). 8:30. plus ONE WAY OR
ANOTHER (Sara Gomez Yara, 1974), 7 and 10:30,
Tues/2. $2 50 admission; LULU (Ronald Chase
1977), 8:15, plus SALOME (Alla Nazimova, 1922),
7 and 9:55, Wed/3-Thurs/4; BEAT THE DEVIL
(John Huston, 1954), with Humphrey Bogart, Peter
Lorre and Gina Lolabridgida. 6 45 and 10:15, plus

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hem aphrodites, dwarfs and fat
women in this 72-minute film
made by the maestro for Italian
TV. An orchestra rehearsal breaks
down into the petty bickering of its
members, each of whom needs to
assert the individuality and
uniqueness of his or her instrument
and position in the group, but each
of whom lapses into assertions of his
or her superiority. Meanwhile, the
German conductor tries to remain
in unifying control. Is this a viable
metaphor for the decline of the
West? What does the ending mean?
Is it reactionary or just realistic?
There is definitely food for cocktail
party conversation here.

LIFE OF BRIAN . Hilarious,
essential sacrilege. The greatest
story ever told gets its come¬
uppance at the hands of the Monty
Python team.

BENEATH THE VALLEY OF
THE ULTRAVIXENS. Porno
auteur Russ Meyer’s Tex-Mex
tribute to Our Town, complete
with an all-knowing narrator w ho
takes us on a nonstop tour of bed¬
banging concupiscence. Meyer is
such an up-front, flagrantly
talented dirty old man that he
almost redeems himself. Not that
he’d care. No one should go
through life without seeing at least
one Russ Meyer film.

SOLDIER OF ORANGE. Rc rnsing
old-fashioned World War II
hokum in which the Dutch
resistance triumphs over the Nazis.
The film offers a view of war as
romantic heroism that can only
seem poignantly nostalgic after one
experiences the harrowing moral
ehaosof Apocalypse Now.

WHY NOT. Coline Serreau’s
warm, appropriately messy tale of
a bi-sexual menage a trois— and
then some. San Franciscans should
take particularly kindly to this
film.

TIME AFTER TIME. H.G. Wells
(MalcolmMcDowell) rideshistime
machine to San Francisco in 1979
in pursuit of Jack the Ripper
(David Warner). While there (or
rather here) he falls in hive with the
sort of emancipated modern
woman (Mary Steenburgen) that
the real-life Wells longed for.
Nicholas (The Seven Per-Cent
Solution) Meyer has an entertain¬
ing gift for taking famous people
into the realm of the hypothetical.
His what-if game with Wells is
winningly acted hv McDowell and
by the fresh and funny
Steenburgen, though Meyer’s
direction is less than inspired, and
the special effects make one long for
a rerun of George Pal's The Time
Marhipe.

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THE AFRICAN QUEEN (John Huston, 1952) with
Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn, 8:25,
Fri/5-Sat/6. with Sat, matinee at 4:45; "Late Show,"
teatures ROCK *N‘ ROLL HIGH SCHOOL, mid¬
night, every Sat

ROYAL THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN,

call theater tor times.

ST. FRANCIS: (1) JAGUAR LIVES, daily at
11 40, 3 10, 6 40 and 10 10. plus BRUCE LEE,
THE MAN AND THE MYTH, daily at 1:20 , 4 50
and 8:20. (2) ANIMAL HOUSE, opens Fri/28. daily
at 11 45. 3 40 and 7:30, plus WHICH WAY IS UP?
daily at 1 45.5:40 and 9:30
STAGE DOOR: closed for renovation
STRAND: NORMA RAE (Martin Ritt), with Sally
Field, 115, 5:20 and 9:30, plus JULIA (Fred Zinne-
man), with Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave.
11:10, 3:15 and 7:25. Fri/28. MEATBALLS (Ivan
Reitman), with Bill Murray. 11:10, 4:30 and 9:50,
IT'S A MAD, MAD, MAD. MAD WORLD (Slanley
Kramer), with Spencer Tracy. 1:50 and 7:10, plus
THE 3 STOOGES, 12:50 and 6 10, Sat/29;
BONNIE AND CLYDE (Arthur Penn), with Warren
Beatty and Faye Dunaway, 1 and 9, BADLANDS
(Terrence Malick), with Martin Sheen and Sissy
Spacek, 11 10 and 7:20. IN COLD BLOOD
(Richard Brooks), with Robert Blake and Scott
Wilson, 4:50, plus DEATH WISH (Michael Winner),
with Charles Bronson, 3:05, Sun/30; A VERY
NATURAL THING (C. Larkin). 11:15, 2:50, 6:25
and 10. plus WORD IS OUT (Peter Adair), 12:50,
4 25 and 8. Mon/1 DEATH ON THE NILE (John
Guillerman), with Peter Ustinov and Bette Davis,
1115. 4 10 and 9. plus MURDER ON THE
ORIENT EXPRESS (Sidney Lumet), with Albert
Finney, 1:50 and 6:50, Tues/2; NEWSFRONT
(Phillip Noyce), 1 15, 5:10 and 9:05, plus THE
FRONT (Martin Ritt). with Woody Allen and Zero
Mostel. 11:25, 3:25 and 7:25, Wed/3; WHEN
WOMEN HAD TAILS, with Senta Berger, 11 15,
2:45, 6:15 and 9:45, plus BARBARELLA (Roger
Vadim), with Jane Fonda. 1, 4:30 and 8, Thurs/4;
MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (Alan Parker), with John
Hurt and Brad Davis, 1 15. 5:20 and 9:25, plus
FORTUNE AND MEN’S EYES (Harvey Hart), with
Michael Greer and Wendell Burton, 11 20, 3:25 and
7 30. Fri/5; "Late Show," teatures THE ROCKY
HORROR PICTURE SHOW, midnight, every Fri -
Sat

SURF: NORTHERN LIGHTS, opens Fril28,
daily at 7:15 and 9:15, with matinees Wed . Sat-
Sun. at 1:15, 3;15 and 5:15
VOGUE PEPPERMINT SODA, daily at 7 and 9.
with Sun, matinees at 1,3 and 5
WARFIELD: no movies this week
YORK: THE CHINA SYNDROME (James
Bridges), with Jane Fonda and Jack Lemmon, 8:40,
plus MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (Alan Parker), 6:35 and
10:45, Fri/28, SOLARIS (Andrei Tarkovski), 4 and
830, plus THE MAN WHO FELL TO EARTH
(Nicolas Roeg), with David Bowie, 2. 6:20 and
10:45, Sat/29; THE INLAWS, with Alan Arkm and
Peter Falk, 4:40 and 8:30, plus SILVER STREAK
(Arthur Hiller), with Gene Wilder, Jill Clayburgh and
Richard Pryor, 2:40, 6:30 and 10:20, Sun/30; AN
ACTOR’S REVENGE (Ken Ichikawa). 8 40. plus
ENJO (Kon Ichikawa), 7 and 10:40, Mon/1,
ASSAULT OF PRECINCT 13 (John Carpenter). 7
and 10:20, plus VANISHING POINT (Richard
Sarafian). 8 40, Tues/2; THE MERCHANT OF
FOUR SEASONS (Rainer Werner Fassbinder). 7
and 10:10. plus ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL
(Rainer Werner Fassbinder), 8:30, Wed/3; DAY
FOR NIGHT (Francois Truffaut), with Jean-Pierre
Leaud. plus 8% (Federico Fellini), with Marcello
Mastroianni, Thurs/4, MEATBALLS (Ivan
Reitman), with Bill Murray, plus HAROLD AND
MAUDE (Hal Ashby), with Ruth Gordon and Bud
Cort, Fri/5. call theater for times.

EAST BAY

ACT CINEMAS: (i) la' cage aux

FOLLES, daily at 7 and 9, with matinees Sat-
Sun at 1, 3 and 5 and late shows Fri.-Sat. at
10 50. (2) WHY NOT? (POURQUOI PAS?), daily
at 7:15 and 9:15. with matinees Sat -Sun. at 1 .15,
3:15 and 5:15.

ALBANY: BREAKING AWAY, daily at 7 and
9. with matinees Sat.-Sun. at 1. 3 and 5 and late
show Sat at 10:50.

BERKELEY: young Frankenstein, plus

SHERLOCK HOLMES’ SMARTER YOUNGER
BROTHER, call theater for times.

CAPRI: THE SEDUCTION OF JOE TYNAN,

Time AllerTime

It's London, 1893. Very Victorian
gentleman H.G. Wells (Malcolm
McDowell) has made enough money
from his sensational articles on free
love to build a time machine that gets
two years to the minute. But doctor
friend David Warner (really Jack the
Ripper) rips it off and escapes to Nov.
5, 1979. The machine returns to
McDowell who hotfoots it after
Warner and lands in his own 1979
San Francisco exhibit. He then
experiences in quick order Hare
Krishna, McDonald's, plastic, the
Golden Gate bridge and women’s
liberation in the form of bank execu¬
tive Mary Steenburgen. He also
catches up with Warner, but at about
this time, and to its detriment, the film
takes off in a different direction by
concentrating on the McDowell/
Steenburgen romance and the weird
Warner murders and runs out of
steam. But acting honors to all, and,
cinematically speaking. San
Francisco has never looked so
squeaky clean or the early interiors
so beautifully Sherlockian. (Opens
Sept. 28; Regency 2, SF.)

Beneath the Valley of the
Ultravixens

“X-rated sex in suburban theaters?
Oh, no!'' you ejaculate. But yes. it's
raunchy Russ Meyer (whose view of
women is a bust) and lots of double-
entendred dialog undressed up as
penetrating social satire. The
movie's main thrust is heroine
Lavonia's efforts to cure lover Lamar
of his anal fixations (“butt out, man"),
and those are great Frederico's of
Wisconsin outfits most of the female
cast almost have on. It all takes place
in Small Town, USA, and a lot of the
action is centered, appropriately
enough, in the junkyard run by over¬
flowing Junkyard Sal. There's also a
64-DDDDDDDD cup radio revivalist
(if you thought Silicon Valley was in
Santa Clara County, think again) who
brings solace and succor to her
listeners. But although some of the
cinematography's good and the
core's not too hard, there's one in¬
evitable question: what's a raunchy
softcore movie like "Ultravixens"
doing in a nice neighborhood theater
like this? (Alexandria, SF)

—ZenaJones

EAST BAY MOVIES

ACT CINEMAS: Center off Shattuck. Berk
548-7200

ALBANY: 1115 Solano. Berk . 524-5656
BERKELEY: Shattuck at Haste, Berk ,

848-4300

CALIFORNIA: Cinema Center Kitlredge and
Shattuck Berk 848-0620
CAPRI: 1653 Willow Pass Rd . Concord,
687-4310

CENTURYS: Nimit^Fwy Oakl . 562-9990
CINE 7: 38’ * MacArthur Blvd bet 35th Ave
and High Oakl . 530-3382
ELMWOOD: College at Ashby. Berk . 848-0931
EL REY: 1649 North Main, Walnut Creek,
935-3770.

FESTIVAL: Hesperian and A St . Hayward.
785-8000

GRAND LAKE: Grand Ave Oakl . 452-3556
HAYWARD 5: 24800 Hesperian Blvd .

Hayward. 786-3000
HILLTOP MALL: 1 303 Hilltop Mall.

Richmond, 223-2288

NORTHSIDE: 1828 Euclid. Berk 841-2648
OAKS: 1875 Solano near Berkeley, Berk .
526-1836

PARKWAY: Park Blvd and E 18th, Oakl,
835-3535

PIEDMONT: Piedmont at 41 si, Piedmont,
654-2727

RIALTO: 841 Gilman, Berk . 526-6669
ROXIE: 1 7th and Telegraph, Oakl . 893-3311
SHOWCASE: Broadway at 51st, Oakl,
654-3600

SOUTHLAND CENTER: Hayward. 783-2601
SOUTH SHORE CINEMA: So Shore Shop¬
ping Center. Alameda. 521-4200
TELEGRAPH: 2519 Telegraph Berk 548-
2519

U.A. CINEMAS: 2274 Shattuck. Berk .
843-1487

UC THEATRE: 2036 University, Berk
843-6267

daily at 7 and 9. with matinees Sat.-Sun at 1, 3
and 5

CENTURYS: (21) escape from alca-

TRAZ, opens Fri/28 at 5:50 and 10:20. with a
sneak preview at 8; THE PROPHECY, opens
Sat/29 at 1 55, 6 and 10:05, Sun at 1 25. 5:30 and
9 35. weekdays at 9:35. plus ESCAPE FROM
ALCATRAZ, Sat at 3:55 and 8. Sun at 3 25 and
7:30. weekdays at 7 30. (22) THE INLAWS,
opens Fri/28 at 8 15. Sat. at 4 and 8 15, Sun at

3 30 and 7 45, weekdays at 7 45. plus ROCKY II,
Fri at 6 and 10:15, Sat at 1 45, 6 and 10:15, Sun.
at 1:15, 5:30 and 9:45. weekdays at 9 45
CINE 7: DAWN OF THE OEAD, plus PHAN-
TASM, call theater for times.

ELMWOOD: SOLDIER OF ORANGE, dally
at 7 and 9 45, with Sun. matinees at 1:30 and

4 15.

EL REY: RUST NEVER SLEEPS, opens
Fri/28, daily at 7:30 and 9:30. with matinees Sat -
Sun. at 3:30 and 5:30; "Late Show," features

THE ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW, mid¬
night. every Fri.-Sat.

FESTIVAL: (i) time after time, opens

Fri/28. daily at 12 45, 3, 5:15. 7:30 and 9 45, (2)
ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ, opens Fri/28, daily
at 12:45, 4:50 and 9:20, plus THE PROPHECY,
daily at 2:50 and 7:15, (3) A LITTLE ROMANCE,
daily at 1. 3:05. 4 55. 7 and 9. (4) THE MUPPET
MOVIE, daily at 12:55. 2:55, 4 55. 7 and 9. (5)
YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, daily at 2:50 and
6 45, plus HOOPER, daily at 12 55. 4 45 and
8:40, except Fri/28 at 12:55 and 4 45, with a
sneak preview at 8:40, (6) Monty Python's LIFE
OF BRIAN, daily at 1,3. 5, 7, 8:50 and 10 40

GRAND LAKE: wanda Nevada, plus

HOOPER, opens Fri/28. call theater for times.

HILLTOP MALL: (i ) escape from alca-

TRAZ, opens Fri/28. daily at 1:05, 5 and 9, plus
THE PROPHECY, daily at 3:10 and 7.05, (2)
TIME AFTER TIME, opens Fri/28, daily at 1,
3:05, 5:10, 7:15 and 9:20. (3) ANIMAL HOUSE,
opens Fri/28. daily at 1, 3:10, 5:15, 7:30 and 9:45,
(4) ROCKY II, daily at 1.3:10. 5:20, 7:30 and 9 45

NORTHSIDE: (i) a little romance, new

times begin Fri/28. daily at 6. 8 and 10. with mati¬
nees Sat.-Sun at 2 and 4. runs through Sun/30,
call theater for future schedule. (2) ANNIE
HALL, daily at 6 and 9:25, with matinees Sat.-
Sun. at 2:45, plus MANHATTAN, daily at 7:35
and 10:55, with matinees Sat -Sun at 1 and 4 15.

OAKS. (1) NORTH DALLAS FORTY, plus
HEAVEN CAN WAIT, (2) SAME TIME NEXT
YEAR, plus HOUSE CALLS, call theater for
times.

PARKWAY: (i) rich kids, plus the

MUPPET MOVIE, opens Fri/28. (2) ANIMAL
HOUSE, opens Fri/28. call theater for times

RIALTO: (i) escape from alcatraz

(Don Siegel), with Clint Eastwood, daily at 6 45
and 10:45, with matinees Sat.-Sun at 2 45, plus
BLUE COLLAR (Paul Schrader), with Richard
Pryor, Harvey Keitel and Yaphet Kotto. daily at
8 45. with matinees Sat.-Sun al 4 45. (2)
ROBERT ET ROBERT (Claude Lelouch). with
Charles Denner and Jacques Villeret, daily at

6 30, 8:30 and 10 15, with matinees Sat -Sun at
2:30 and 4 30. (3) THE INLAWS, with Alan Arkm
and Peter Falk, daily at 6:20 and 10 15. with mati¬
nees Sat-Sun at 2 30. plus WHO IS KILLING
THE GREAT CHEFS OF EUROPE? with Jac¬
queline Bisset. George Segal and Robert Morley,
daily at 8:15. with matinees Sat.-Sun at 4 20. (4)
EDVARD MUNCH (Peter Watkins), daily at 6 and
9.15. with matinees Sat -Sun. at 2 45

ROXIE ALIEN, plus TAKE THE HARD RIDE,
call theater for times.

SHOWCASE: ( 1 ) Monty Python's LIFE OF
BRIAN, daily at 1.2 45. 4 30, 6 15. 8 and 9 45. (2)
MANHATTAN, daily at 2:50. 6:25 and 10. plus
ANNIE HALL, daily at 1.4 40 and 8 15.

SOUTHLAND CENTER: (i) rich kids,

daily at 1:45, 3:45. 5 45. 7:45 and 9 45. (2) THE
DEER HUNTER, opens Fri/28. daily at 115, 4 40
and 8 15. (3) NORTH DALLAS FORTY, daily at
1:30,4 10. 7 and 9 30

TELEGRAPH: (I). "The Films of Humphrey
Bogart," features THE PETRIFIED FOREST

(Archie Mayo. 1936), with Humphrey Bogart. Les¬
lie Howard and Bette Davis. THREE ON A
MATCH (Mervyn LeRoy. 1932), with Hum(5hrey
Bogart. Warren William, Joan Blondell and Bette
Davis. DEAD RECKONING (John Cromwell.
1947), with Humphrey Bogart and Lizabeth Scott,
plus IT ALL CAME TRUE (Lewis Seiler. 1940).
with Humphrey Bogart and ZaSu Pitts, (2) ENTER
THE DRAGON (Robert Clouse. 1973), with Bruce
Lee. plus YOJIMBO (Akira Kurosawa, 1961,
Japan), with Toshiro Mifune, call theater for
times

U.A. CINEMAS: (i) young fhanken-

STEIN, opens Fri/28. daily at 1, 5 10 and 9 20,
plus SILVER STREAK, daily at 3 and 7:10. (2)
THE WANDERERS, daily at 1:30. 5 45 and 10.
plus THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT, daily at 3 45 and
8, (3) JAGUAR LIVES, daily at 2:50. 6:25 and 10.
plus A FORCE OF ONE, daily at 1, 4 35 and
8 10. (4) RUST NEVER SLEEPS, opens Fri/28
daily at 1 30. 3:30, 5:30, 7:45 and 9:45

UC THEATRE: the deer hunter

(Michael Cimino. 1978), with Robert DeNiro and
Christopher Walken. 9. plus GO TELL THE
SPARTANS (Ted Post. 1978). with Burt
Lancaster, 7, Fri/28. THE GRATEFUL DEAD
FILM (Jerry Garcia). 1:25. 4 55 and 8 25. plus
JIMI PLAYS BERKELEY (Peter Pilafian. 1970), 4
and 7:30, Sat/29; SUPERMAN (Richard Donner
1978), with Christopher Reeve and Margot Kid¬
der, 4 50 and 9:15. plus BARBARELLA (Roger
Vadim, 1969, France), with Jane Fonda. 3:05 and

7 30. Sun/30. BAHIA (Marcel Camus. 1978.
France), 9:20, plus BLACK ORPHEUS (Marcel
Camus, 1960, Brazil), with Bruno Mello and Mar-
pessa Dawn, 7 30, Mon/1 THE GODFATHER
PART ONE (Francis Ford Coppola, 1972). with
Marlon Brando and Al Pacino. 6:30. plus THE
GODFATHER PART TWO (Francis Ford
Coppola. 1974), with Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino
9:35, Tues/2; MAX HAVELAAR (Fons Rade-
Tnakers, 1976. Holland), with Peter Faber. 8 30.
plus HOW TASTY WAS MY LITTLE FRENCH
MAN (Nelson Pereira dos Santos. 1971, Brazil)
7, Wed/3. THE MALTESE FALCON (John
Huston, 1941), with Humphrey Bogart and Mary
Astor, 8 40, plus BEAT THE DEVIL (John
Huston. 1954), with Humphrey Bogart and Gina
Lollobrigida, 7 and 10 40. Thurs/4, THE EROTIC
ADVENTURES OF PINOCCHIO (Corey Allen
1977), with Alex Roman and Dyanne Thorne.
8:20, plus ALICE IN WONDERLAND (Bill Osco,
1975), with Kristine De Bell, 7 and 9:55. Fri/5.

Late Show, features THE ROCKY HORROR
PICTURE SHOW, midnight, every Fri -Sat

Titles and times subject to change. Call
theater to verify.

— Fiona Mackenzie

Mary Steenburgen as a feminist bank executive who tails In love
with time-transported H.G. Wells, played by Malcolm McDowell.

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various, sometimes tedious tasks, weekdays. You
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CLASSjCAUONCERTS

“LaGioconda”:
Spectacular sets
but dull opera

BY JULIA CHEEVER

LA GIOCONDA. By Amilcare
Ponchielli. At San Francisco Opera,
War Memorial Opera House. Remain¬
ing performance Sept. 29 at 8 p.m. For
ticket information, call 431-1210.
Broadcast (taped from earlier perform¬
ance) on KKHI. 1550 AM/95.7 FM. Oct.
27at7:50p.m.

T he pyrotechnics in the San
Francisco Opera’s La
Gioconda are literal: The most
spectacular moment of the com¬
pany’s lavish production occurs
when the tenor hero, played by
Luciano Pavarotti, sets his ship
af ire to prevent a Venetian inquisi¬
tor from capturing it.

Unfortunately, the ship is the
only part of the opera that catches
on fire. Weaknesses in the cast and
the opera itself result in a dull per¬
formance that was a poor choice
for the company’s first television
broadcast.

Except in three or four arias,
Ponchielli’s music is workaday
fare. Four of the six principal
singers are disappointing in one
way or another. In the Sept. 12 per¬
formance as well as the Sept. 16
telecast, soprano Renata Scot to
showed strain and sang harshly in
the demanding dramatic passages
of the title role. Baritone Norman
Mittelman and bass Ferruccio
Furlanetto Jacked the vocal power
and stage presence needed to carry
off the roles of the evil spy Barnaba
and the inquisitor Alvise. Pavaro¬
tti’s singing was predictably
impressive, but he made little effort

to act his role in the Sept. 12
performance (although his
impersonation improved under the
cameras of the television broad¬
cast).

The production’s sets of 17th
century Venetian palaces and
plazas and its colorful crowd
scenes, however, are sumptuous.
The only conspicuous flaw in the
staging is Margo Sappington’s
campy choreography for the
"Dance of the Hours” at a court
ball, which clashes with the sober
elegance of the sets and costumes of
the rest of the opera.

In the television broadcast, the
scenic production became the
show, seeming even more magical
and otherworldly on the screen
■than in live performance. But it
was a pity that what the company
showed off in this international
telecast was its ability to come up
with a grand production rather
than its ability to present a great
opera performance. The most in¬
teresting part of the broadcast was
the intermission interviews with
Scotto and Pavarotti and the com¬
bination of candour and conscious¬
ness of stardom that both singers
showed in their answers to
interview questions.

PELLEAS ETMELISANDE. By

Claude Debussy. At San Francisco
Opera through Sept. 23.

T he contemporary composer
Ned Rorem once wrote that
Fellcas et Mclisande , his favorite
opera, should never be performed,
because neither the staging nor the
musical performance could live up

to his ideal of Debussy’s impression¬
istic music. The San Francisco
Opera challenged that view this
fall with a memorable, though not
perfect, production.

Julius Rudel, former director of
the New York City Opera and an
internationally praised opera
conductor, appeared in his local
conducting debut to lead a radiant
performance of the opera’s subtle
music. Two relatively young
singers, mezzo-soprano Maria
Ewing and baritone Dale Duesing,
vividly conveyed the tenderness
and innocence of the young lovers
of the title roles. A rapturous scene
between them by a well in the
castle garden, as they first begin to
fall in love, stood as a high point of
the production. Michael Devlin,
John Macurdv and Gwendolyn
Jones lack the ideal vocal strength
for the roles of Golaud, Arkel and
Genevieve, but gave musically
sensi t ive perf orm a nces.

Designer Thomas Munn used
semi-abstract projections and con¬
tinuously changing lighting to
artistic effect to suggest the gloomy
castle, gardens and grotto of the
opera’s symbolist drama, some¬
times, as in a beautiful moonlit
scene at the grotto, with strong Art
Nouveau overtones. His designs
struck a good balance between pro¬
viding a visual complement to the
music and maintaining the drama’s
sense of mystery and lack of speci¬
ficity.

DON CARLO. By Giuseppe Verdi.
At San Francisco Opera. Remaining
performances Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m.,
Sept. 30 at 2 p.m. and Oct. 5 at 8 p.m.
Live broadcast on KKHI, 1550 AM/95.7
FM.Oct. 5at7:50p.m.

I f the San Francisco Opera had
only lavished the same care in
sets and staging on Don Carlo as on
La Gioconda , it would have a mag¬
nificent production on its hands.
The current presentation has a pan¬
oply of good singers, music by Ver¬
di, whose least melodiesjnake Pon¬
chielli’s best pale by comparison.

Giacomo Aragall and Anna Tomowa-Sintow lead
the panoply of good singers in “Don Carlo.”

and a noble drama, but the effect is
undercut by a skimpy and inappro¬
priate seen i c p rc )d u ct i < >n.

The story of Don Carlo , which is
set in the court of Philip II of Spain
during the 16th centtirv Inquisi¬
tion. ranges over themes of quests
for political freedom, conflict
between church and state and
romantic love and jealousy. The
action consists largely of mono¬
logues and dialogues in which the
characters talk about their
situations, however. More than
most operas, Don Carlo needs a
rich stage design — for Philip’s
court, a monastery, a cathedral
and a prison— to show the context
of the drama.

The basic ingredient of the sce¬
nery, designed by Wolfram
Skalicki and on loan from
Canadian Opera Company, is a
three-sided backdrop of tall white
walls. It proves to be bland in most
scenes, and in the way in the cath¬

edral square scene. Plastic flowers
and slide projections of trees make a
pallid cloister garden, and blown-
up projections of religious paint¬
ings are distracting in the monas¬
tery scenes.

The strong singing of the six prin¬
cipal cast members (of whom four
are Eastern Europeans) more than
makes up for the visual defects,
however. The German baritone
Wolfgang Brendel and Russian
bass Evgeny Nesterenko, both in
their local debuts, and Bulgarian
■soprano Anna Tomowa-Sintow
particularly stood out in the Sept.
15 performance in the roles of
Rodrigo, Philip and Elisabeth of
Valois. Tenor Giacomo Aragall, in
hisseventh consecutive season here,
sang the title role well after a slow
start in the first act, but dramati¬
cally he has never recaptured the
dashing effect he made in his debut
here as the duke in Rigoletto in
1972. ■

GUARDIAN CLASSIFIED 824-2506

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Quiet female only $45 weekly, $ 1 70 monthly Liz,
664-8193 _

Share large, pleasant N E Berkeley house with
one $285 Peter. 843-6665, evenings
Man or woman to share seven room flat with
woman, 28, interested in art. antiques, entropy
and social critique $200 386-1780 Linda
Responsible, straight female seeking M/F 27 plus
to share very nice 6 room, sunny, clean, quiet,
upper flat Separate living facilities — two private
rooms each—share kitchen/bath No pets/kids.
Avail 10/15 Dolores Street $143 plus deposit
and Vs utihties. 777-2210
Wanted apartment-mate Well educated, disci¬
plined, male/female Young female teacher/stu¬
dent most welcome to share with respectable el¬
derly artist director. Financial security/reference
essential. Garden view Large kitchen Ashbury
Street Rent $140. Utility Deposit Call morning/
night. 863-7154

$185 for woman. 25 plus, lo share large, fur¬
nished. quiet flat No pets On 55 bus plus #1 line
Good shopping 567-8667

Studio apartment $200/mo including utilities,
backyard w/patio. Glen Park district Call 334-
1687,eves

Male or female, employed, neat to share a beauti¬
ful large sunny flat on Potrero Hill with fireplace,
hard-wood floors, yard and study with
straight male $225 826-1813. evenings and
weekends.

Female wanted to share 2-br home, next to G G
Park and beach Washer and dryer, non-smoker,
no pets, $175, includes util., call Bob 681 -7689.

Sunny Flat

Person wanted to share large flat in the Rich¬
mond $l25/mo plus utilities We don't care what
you smoke, eat, or practice as long as you're
n eat and have a sense of humor 387-9364 _

Room available in beautiful, quiet Berkeley Hills

home for office, writing or other work space
$100/mo 527-7260

Gentleman lawyer (51) will offer to neat lady of
good grooming and taste separate room and bath
m elegant Russian Hill residence in exchange tor
housekeeping or secretarial services

Spacious, Sunny

Woman over 30 to share spacious, sunny 6 room
flat overlooking Dolores Park with warm, sharing,
professional woman over 30 Non-smoker only
—no pets $180 plus util 431-6637

Professional man seeks sane, amiable person to
share his four-bedroom Victorian house with him
and one other House is very sunny, with hard¬
wood floors, fireplaces, a large kitchen beamed
dining room, backyard, deck and parking Near
UC Med Center/Golden Gate Park Good trans¬
portation $250/month including weekly house¬
keeper (willing to discuss reduced rent in ex¬
change for 3-4 hours per week of housekeeping
and light gardening Call 566-7520 evenings and
weekends

Relaxed, creative, pleasure/prosperity minded FI
CpI to share 7BR Victorian Ho. city view near
GGPk. UCMC Goal emotional & financial control
over our lives $200 665-0716

SPACE WANTED

Sublet/housesit wanted for 1-3 months, pet/plant
care okay.—to $300/mo —local references. 386-
7599 Michael

Photographer looking for studio space to live and
work Around $250. Call Alan 621-4420,
864-4636._

Honda Needs Home

Wanted garage to rent near Haight and Masonic.
552-9645 or 841-6500 x 577 _

Tennis pro, 30. seeks free accomodation in ex¬

change for tennis lessons Shawn, 848-5562.
eves

I would like to share an apartment with a similar
minded person(s). I'm a straight male, profes¬
sionally employed, whose interests include:
running, skiing, backpacking, hanggliding, para¬
chuting, economics, and meditation I'm a non¬
smoking vegetarian-and prefer a place on the
quiet side Leave your number at Box 403. San
Bruno, 94066 I'll call you, Bill Cotton.

Male student needs room in household Em¬
ployed. quiet, responsible Pay up to $130/mo.
Home 538-0168, work 652-7464 SF preferred

INSTRUCTION

ARTS & CRAFTS

Introduction To Sculpture

explores principles of making sculpture, in
practice and via studio and gallery visits Cali¬
fornia College of Arts and Crafts. Saturdays. Oot
6-Dec 15 Instructor: Jo Hanson. Phone 864-
7139 for information

Make Leather Chesspieces

Complete patterns and instructions. $3 95 No
special tools needed. Classy! Don Morns. 1096
Fullon #5 SF 94117

DANCE

Come Dance With Me

Dance-exercise, breathing techniques, beautiful
inspired music and ambience combine to build
health and strength thru dance Ongoing classes
in Berkeley hills. Information Ann Quitzow
223-9274___

New Dance Spectrum Classes

Ballet, Modern. Jazz. Children's program—
morning & evening 3221 -22nd St. 824-5044

Betsy Kagan teaches advanced modern tech¬
nique classes beginning October 1st Mon Wed
Sat 10-11 30 am at 2640 College Ave, Berkeley
(formerly Epic West) 524-7798

Modern/Jazz Classes

Now at the San Francisco Conservatory of Ballet
Instructor Virginia Kester Call 731-7755 or
863-2666

EARTHLY STUDIOS

SHERI GAIA, DIRECTOR

Former soloist with the
Nederlands Dans Theater
Classes in Modern and Ballet
Call 626-4622 for brochure
223 Mississippi St. SF,

LANGUAGES

“Learn French”

Fluency of speech, clear pronunciation guaran¬
teed Well trained teacher from France Small
evening study groups Michelle 558-3628

Learn Japanese

Professional native tutor Flexible rates/hours
Done at my home 848-8016

French Studio School

Classes limited to 5 students $6 for hour, native
qualified teachers, 771-8324

Bay Area Language Center

Spanish. French. Portuguese. Mandarin. Arabic
German. Italian, English. Conversation classes
BART location 552-9899. 1-5.

JAPANESE

Beginner class starts every month
Small classes— AM. evening, or Sat
Beginner class fee $1 10 (16 lessons)
Advanced classes, private lessons available
JAPANESE LANGUAGE WORKSHOP
16 California St. San Francisco 956-8325
Near BART, ferry, buses, economy parking

MUSIC & VOICE

Enjoyable Methods

of guitar instruction Most styles Eight years
teaching experience Introductory lesson tree
Rick 931-8933_/_

Piano Instruction

Experienced teacher seeks students interested in
classical music Harmony and theory included
$12/hr Bernal Heights 282-1874

Piano Instruction

All levels Comprehensive approach emphasizing
practical knowledge and personal creativity
Theory, arranging, composition David Fenwick.
776-3740_

Mandolin Lessons

Learn to pick old time styles Beginners welcome
Call Valerie Mmdel (formerly of Any Old Time
String Band), 673-1357 (SF)

MUSIC THEORY CLASS

Learn the fundamentals ot the written and spoken
language of music For musicians and vocalists.
•Ghords/scales ‘

•sightsinging
•music notation

Call Ben Herr 763-2984

Let Your Fingers Do The Picking

Very experienced instructor will teach guitar
mandolin, banjo, autoharp, ukelele. etc What do
you want to play 9 Ask for Tom 826-2136. late
afternoons

Classical Guitar Instruction

Experienced teacher w/BA m music All levels
welcome North Berkeley area Philip Johnson
524-4557

Private Piano Lessons

Children and beginners a specialty Reading, im¬
provising, theory, technique Sunset District Call
Helen at 564-7508

Classical Piano Instruction

for beginning through advanced students of all
I ages, given by a patient, experienced teacher
B A. in music, UCBerkeley Annette Cohen.
848-1509

Vocal Coach—Jazz, Rock, Pop

Breathing, articulation, mike technique, stage
presence, etc Private sessions Beginners &
advanced. Special rates for groups Ann Channm
647-0730, SF _

Banjo Lessons

For 5-string banjo, clawhammer/frailing style
Beginners, intermediate, advanced Instructor is
performer/recording artist Kate Brislin of Any Old
Time String Band Cost is $5 per Vs hr. paid
monthly ($25 per mo ) Phone 387-9648 (SF).

SELF-DEFENSE

Ju-Jitsu Self-Defense
& Zen Meditation

Classes are held Sundays heg Sept 2
• 12-1 pm Zen Meditation
• 1 -2 pm Jujitsu Self-Detense
Tuition $25/month

CALL JOHN PEREIRA
KARATE DO. 1819 Market. SF
863-2455

SPECIALIZED COURSES

Teachers' Use drama as a classroom tool lOwk
wkshp begins Oct. 11. Call Deah Schwartz 332-
9100 Leave message for information.

The AlexanderTechnique

Move with ease and flexibility Private or group
lessons by Michael Chase Member ol the
American Center tor the Alexander Technique.
832-4242

Don’t Stop Learning!

Discover the University ol Utopia Cooperative
education in a communal atmosphere 33 tuition-
free colleges to choose from, including the Rmky
Dink College of Economic Knowledge, the Pass
World Hunger College. Theater Arts College &
College of Music Free 1 Introductory Drop-In
Wednesdays 11am to 5pm & 8-11pm 543
Frederick (near Stanyan). San Francisco
566-6502

THEATRICAL

Puppetry and creative drama wkshp for kids 7-14
begins Oct. 11. Call Deah Schwartz 332-9100
leave message for more info

Children’s Theatre Classes

For various age groups now forming at The Next
Stage, 3844 Mission For info , call Marcia Kim-
mell 584-0729 or 332-9100

THE NEXT STAGE

Theater Games Workshop

•Actors, Teachers, Therapists, Beings*

No previous experience in
improvisational theater necessary
Demonstration class held once a month
For info call Marcia Kimmell
584-0729 or 332-9100
Ms. Kimmell studied with Viola Spolln,
originator of Theater Games, for 3Vi hears.

TUTORING

Mathematics tutor, Ph D , experienced in working
with students at any level Helpful and under¬
standing (415) 845-5721

VOCATIONAL

Rocky Mountain Healing Arts Institute offers
advanced training program in Body Mind Con¬
sultation for practicirvg health professionals.
Contact RMHAI Box 1881. Boulder, Colorado
80306.(303)443-5131

MERCHANDISE

ANTIQUES/COLLECTIBLES

Aniique roll lop desk beveled all sides, golden
oak. waterfall' S' curve. 50' wide, 49" high. 27"
deep Remarkable piece Serious appreciators
only $2,500.__

Nepali Artifacts

Antiques and contemporary thankas, bronzes,
bell bowls, altar pieces Special orders on re¬
quest, 664-7520

CREATURES

Beloved Family Dog needs new home — smart,
playful sheperd/mix 647-2464

BOOKS & PUBLICATIONS

Primal Scream Pillows!!!

Scream anywhere without being heard Copy¬
righted/attractively designed Send $19 95, W H
Mills/Gold Star Productions, 2118 Channing Way
#E, Berkeley, 94704

New York/Los Angeles Times

Sunday SF, Berkeley, southern Marin. Palo Alto
Daily Financial District, Pacific Heights.
332-4790__

The Free & The Unfree

a different American history book By Peter
Carroll and David Noble (Penguin Books)

Train Your Dog to Protect

You can train your dog to bark at intruders and
attack on command using proven methods from
the secrets of schutzhund police work Step-by-
step manual with diagrams and "WARNING"
sticker $5

ATTACK RESEARCH FOUNDATION
2428 WOOLSEY, BERKELEY, CA. 94705

HOME FURNISHINGS

Oriental Rugs

Beautiful handkno'tted rugs from Persia
428-2192 _

Rugs, unclaimed 9' x 12'. $14.95 and up. Su¬
preme Rug Cleaners. 2931 Geary Blvd , SF.

FRIENDLY

FOAM

SHOP

Foam Mattress

"Cot of Many Colors"
Folding Beds

Advice 5C

1500 Ocean Ave . SF 585-3626

San Anselmo-Marm 453-3626

Albany-Berkeley 527-3626

Pleasant Hill-Concord 825-3626

Redwood City-Palo Alto 364-3626

Hour*: 10-8 M-S. 12-5 Sunday*

Large oak desk/swivel chair, $200, king size pme
platform bed and mattress. $150, butcher block
kitchen table, $150—all in fine condition Call Pat
285-8059 Open to offers

Tatami-Tatami-Tatami

High quality Japanese slyle floor mats Have a
touch ol old Japan in your home 3 or more—$50
per tatami; 7 or more—$45 per tatami: 15 or
more—$43 per tatami; phone 567-0742

HOT TUBS/SAUNAS

Hot Tub

5 ft redwood w/cover, near new, reduced $625/
offer 665-1529._

LOST & FOUND

Lost male collie, one blue eye/one brown eye Re¬
ward. 755-1235 or 756-6232

MISCELLANEOUS

Pure Water Distillers

You can make your own purified drinking water
Dial a tape for more details 567-4240

MUSICAL

Gratz Piano Shop

Fine selection of rebuilt pianos. 1 year guarantee
Rentals available. 1910 Bonita Ave , Berkeley,
548-9768._

Piano

Excellent condition Kohler-Chase upright $600
Call 731-4213 to see Leave message _

Tablas. silver and leather Comes with wooden

crates, rings and covers. No hammers $135 Call
668-9269 _

Moog

Micro-Moog with hard case Ribbon and wheel
bending plus all the other classic Moog sounds
771-7065

Piano. 1978 Wurhtzer Console Beautiful lone, ex¬
cellent condition. $2000. 929-1458. after five

OFFICE EQUIPMENT

Punch And Bind Like Crazy!

Like new plastic ring binding set. 21-ring punch
and binder 9/16" centers. $300 for both
863-P7R8

PHOTOGRAPHIC

Minolta SRT200 with 50mm M .2 and 135 mm f2 8
$200/b.o 661-2817

Dry Mount Press

Seal 160 Jumbo. 16 x 20. Excellent condition.
$350 661-3132

SPECIAL SALES

Moving-tor Sale:

2 sofas, bed, super-8 movie camera, mandolin,
call Judy. 752-5818

House Sale v

I am moving back lo New York after living in San
Francisco for 3 years and I am selling almost
everything I own Hfgh quality hardwood furniture
in very good condition, women's clothing, size 7-
9, craft supplies, fabrics, books, handcrafted
jewelry, macrame, stained glass panel, plants,
rugs, other home furnishings. I can t believe I
have lo let go of these things, but I do Call 285-
7395

NOTICES

AUTHORS/RESEARCHERS

Career Changers

I am conducting research on career change and
interviewing individuals who have gone through a
career change between the ages of 35 and 55
For an interview call Mike Drum 415/788-3413.

Giving Up Pot?

Want to? Did 9 I am writing about pot abuse and
creativity If you d like to talk about it please call
Lee Glickstein at 362-0868.

Sexual Problems

Improve sex drive, potency, orgasm potential
Men/women volunteers needed for research
project Nutrition and other holistic therapies
Most sexual problems physical rather than psy¬
chological Write for details. Box 882 Berkeley
94701

Women Struggling With

Overweight'! ! Investigating the heavier woman's
sexual and self attitudes for PH D dissertation
Anonymous questionnaire Call Sharen at
387-9407 after 6 pm.

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

GOLDEN YOUTH

• Oilers unlimited part time income lor serious
I minded people with new national marketing
| company to demonstrate physical fitness and
j nutritional products which are advertised on

Tv AVERAGE BETWEEN S30-55/HR.

For Appointment:

Call Patrick Thompson at 548-2087

BUSINESS PARTNERS WTD.

Investors Needed

Live music club, excellent location, ready for
October 15. Max $200,000 Serious only Please
contact Guardian Box #3-D

Entrepreneurs Wanted

j OK. so you've got a bright idea We've got the
capital and experience to make it work Let's
I hear about it Write B O D . PO Box 9441 Berke-
| ley. CA. 94709.

CAPITAL WANTED

Beautiful, Intelligent Woman

Will do anything legal lor $5000 All serious offers
considered Guardian Box 13-51-G

MESSAGES

Nick Nulte, Come Back!

■ Suze is a fang fetishist so keep your teeth "Who
! knows 9 " quoth the weird one I toast your tricks
and yes, you've still got it coming Here's to rhy¬
thm in iambic pentameter 1

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Tall, handsome, sensitive, sensual W/M. 29, 6'2
190 lbs. seeks eternal adventure with the woman
of my dreams & fantasies: but would be happy
with a very attractive, healthy, intelligent woman
who enjoys humor, frivolity and pleasure 681
Ellis#3137SF 94109

Attractive professional male. 23, seeks woman
(age unimportant) for exciting relationship and
mutual personal growth. Box 22671. SF. 94122.

Attractive, open, humorous, sometimes shy,
honest, hairy, sensitive, ethical, incurably ro¬
mantic ex-UC Prof, age 37. hopelessly in love
with beautiful wife, has so far reserved for his in¬
tensely active fantasy life his numerous attrac¬
tions to other women and ability to establish deep
cross-sex friendships despite his legendanly
powerful personal sexuality and some flirtations
from women students Wonderfully ethereal wife,
who believes her life art is expressed in how she
shares herself, recently has become more
artistic Improved balance, expanded personal
space, and growth are sought thru additional
relationship with complementary woman Enjoy
sharing great food and wine Asian art, slow
dancing, the ocean, people watching, time in the
country, good talk and correspondence as paths
to friendship or as foreplay Guardian Box 2-J
Attractive man 34 musician, seeks select female
for occasional massage exchange No strings
PO Box 27574, S F Ca. 94127 _

Attention older ladies Are you 35-55, attrac-tive,
sensual, bored, unsatisfied, unfulfilled? In¬
terested in a passionate affair with an attractive,
sexy, eager, younger man 9 Well here I am 1 I'm
25 Asian, good physique intelligent, loving,
caring Box 1217, 2000 Center St. Berkeley
94704

Single Male 30-40

If you feel you are kindly & supportive, gentle,
patient, even-tempered & not overly aggressive
and are ready tor committed love to intuitive
woman 30 who Is also sensitive, attractive,
earthy & good-humored. I will be appreciative of
your reaching out lo me Guardian Box #1-F

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well educated (university graduate, professional
school level), single, tall, attractive. 20s to early
30s, no children, but willing, able, desiring to have
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Autumn Rendezvous?

Tall, handsome, affluent, bachelor, 39. corpora¬
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fun. adventure, cultural events and lasting rela¬
tionship Guardian Box #3-E
Unattached blue-chip bachelor. 37, 5'11", 170
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very pretty lady who is ready for a share and care
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Couples 1 Let’s explore alternatives to conven¬
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An Alternative to Singles Bars

ADVENTURES
IN

AWARENESS

A Saturday night affair for single men and
women featuring gently guided awareness pro¬
cesses. communication games, discussion
topics, guided fantasy, refreshments and
socializing Special guest leaders and diverse
topics weekly

Saturdays, 7:30 pm sharp
The Unitarian Center
1187 Franklin at Geary, SF

$4 donation For more information, call Judy
F reeman at 776-4580

Gay women write/meet with supportiveness and
confidentiality through The Wishing Well maga¬
zine Introductory copy $3 ppd Also offering Ha¬
waiian holiday, February, 1980 Brochures PO
Box 664, Novato. California 94947_

Activities club gourmet nights, rafting, tennis,
sailing, horses, skiing, beach picnics and parties
Membership requirements single, college grad¬
uate 388-3503

Singles!

For our free dating brochure, call 431-2500 any
time (Peninsula. 295-8600) Datique. Inc "Since
1970—largest membership

Plato’s Retreat

Financial district professional, W/M, 37. 6 ft.. 165,
trim & tit. Ivy-league appearance, better educ .
sensual, excell, sense of humor, interested in and
knowledgable about good dining, desires respon¬
sive W/F. or couple, 25-45. for occasional liaison
or parties Perhaps we could coordinate a lun¬
cheon meeting Cavalier. 55 Sutter St.. Suite 198.
SF 94104

Asian man wanted — non-smoker. 30's,
w/imteresl in Gung-Fu movies and Chinese res¬
taurants. W/F Guardian Box 1-S

Eastbay woman (26) seeks sensitive bi-female for
new experience and enjoyment. Photo and per¬
sonal note appreciated Box 435. 408 13th Street.
Oakland 94612

Adventurous S.F. Couple

Seek intimate social-sensual friendship with
couples and ladies We re playful, versatile,
mellow slender, 32/24. very attractive Will travel
Bay Area F and D 625 Post #1121 S.F 94109.

Bay Area Bi-Ladies

Private club seeks addt'l members for upcoming
annual social initiation dinner and holiday parties
No $. SASE (pr info "Club" 625 Post #668 S F
94109._

Tall, attractive W/F. 30. dynamic, positive, sales
personality, seeks same in a well built single or
professional man to 45 who is not threatened by a
happy, successful woman I prefer quiet evenings
at home, an occasional movie, and am ready for
a lusty affair Guardian Box 2-L
White female. 26. Oakland, interested in meeting
large framed healthy outdoorsy woman who is in¬
telligent, versatile, funny, playful, likes folk music,
gossip, listening. Guardian Box 1-P
W/F. 30. no Mrs Robinson, seeks tall, attractive
young man 18-25 who still believes in romance. I
am attractive, tender, nurturing, erotic, and
serious about this ad Guardian Box 2-K
Couple 31 and 29 good looking seek similar
couple. Write Guardian Box 1 -R

Ebony Lady

Dentist, age 36, interested in a young, intelligent
black lady who enjoys travel (Vegas, Tahoe. La
Baja, etc.) As well as life's other finer things. If
you have the above qualities plus a curvy, ath¬
letic, voluptous figure please write for discreet
mutually rewarding good times Write KW PO Box
3673 Napa Ca 94558_

Somewhere There’s Got To Be

a bright, talented man with a social conscience
worried about the world, but able to make small-
moments count, into films, firesides, friendship,
laughter. 30's W/F. attractive, accomplished,
witty, sensual, seeks comrade/lover Letter
(photo appreciated) to Guardian Box 2-1.

W/F, attractive, hip intelligent. 44, would like to
meet male with compatible qualities Guardian
Box 4-D.

Non-descript male couple wants friends for
sharing, conversation, art, music, food, caring.
Non-sexist, supportive, etc . etc No trips—just
alive, creative beings. Send two boxtops.
Become the first in our neighborhood Allan and
Sam. Guardian Box 4-E

Young man seeks young woman to share the
miracles of creative lovm and livin. Strong,
honest, gentle. Into music, high times, the great
out-of-doors and all forms of creative expression.
John 239-4329 SF_

Rags To Riches

W/M, 34. seeks active female partner for
women's clothing business. Capital not neces¬
sary. but excellent taste and sense of humor are.
Box 601 5 Albany, Ca 94706

Margaret McCarthy???

You answered an ad about three weeks ago I
moved and somehow lost your phone number.
Could you reply again Write Guardian Box 1 -N
Friendly. Eastbay W/M, 36. good sense of humor,
seeks mellow, mature Eastbay older women for
conversation, friendship and possible romance.
Guardian Box 4-F

Wealthy European seeks white/Oriental slender
wife. 21-45 Allenstein, General Delivery, Bel¬
vedere. 94920.

Curious Yellow?

Slim, W/M, 5'9 ", 34. serious/playful, caring, rea¬
sonably intelligent, non-smoking, longhair,
professional-type (whatever that means), seeks
uninhibited, curious lady (who knows when to
laugh at the world) for friendship and discreet,
tentative explorations into the world of peacock
feathers and other erotic diversions as we may
find them Beyond that, who can say? Let's meet
and see what evolves Guardian Box 2-H

Attractive professional 36 6-2 seeks slim attrac¬
tive female. Lets have dinner, go dancing or to
the theater and finish up the evening in my hot tub
enjoying each other. Box 282, 55 Sutter. San
Francisco 94104

Mad About Architects

Blond 37 W/F artist looking for aesthetic, visually
orientated, laughing man Guardian Box 1-L
Exceptional W/F seeking special man We re both
beautiful, young 30s. physically fit. intelligent,
articulate, humorous, communicative, warm,
affectionate, sensual Cosmopolitan with suffi¬
cient flexibility to enjoy the'diversity ol San Fran¬
cisco Relationship to include much excitement,
romance, laughter, as well as companionship,
warmth, sharing, and possibly love Guardian Box
1-0 _

Peninsula scientist, 40. bearded, huggable. would
like to meet compatible woman for adventure, re¬
laxation. intimacy, growth Seek woman 25-40
under 5'6" who enjoys running, cooking, hot-
tubbing, walking, talking, loving PO Box 9491,
Stanford 94305

Tall, attractive black man, 42, seeks lady, 25-40,
to share interest in jazz, attending concerts, etc
Gene. Box 193, 1409 Addison Si, Berkeley, Ca
94702_

Unique Experience

Attractive, together, male seeks adventurous
female for explorations in Tantra Photo appre¬
ciated All sincere inquiries answered PO 642
Sausalito

Asian American Male, 29

Seeks Asian American female, 21-30 for friend¬
ship and companionship who is fnteresled in film,
arts, rock music, is warm and caring, can empa¬
thize with loneliness Occidentals need not apply
Guardian Box 1-M

Tall white male athletic outdoorsy. 34, seeks
woman, 25 +, photo and phone number appre¬
ciated. Guardian Box #1 -G. Feminist preferred
Are you a career woman interested in people,
politics and poetic prose—with maybe a little tai
chi and vegetarian cooking thrown in too? I'm a
tall gentleman (38), publisher and teacher, who'd
like to meet you Guardian Box #2-F_

Let’s Dance

There's lots of good live music around — Rock,
salsa, reggae, jazz, country, swing Greek, etc If
you're a woman who would rather dance than sit.
let s. Also interested m being part ol a group who
enjoys dancing together Dave. 2000 Center St..
Box 1142. Berkeley. Ca.

Are You A Woman Alive With

enthusiasm, warmth, feelings 9 Honesty 9 Candor 9
Openness 9 Upfrontedness 9 Softness? Unafraid¬
ness 9 Write Box 31612. S F., 94131 Watch me
pretend I'm a chipmunk

Affectionate, spiritual, sensual, successful W/F,
39. seeks gentle man of wit and means Guardian
Box 1-J. _

Exec., 32, W/M seeks attractive woman 18-31 for
affection, sex Beautiful Diamond Hts. Apt. (SF)
with fireplace. Bayview, bar, TV, stereo and spare
bedroom. I am intelligent, easygoing Would be
nice if you are. too Open to lasting relationship if
desired by both. Picture and phone number
appreciated Guardian Box 4-B
Cheerful personable Berkeley woman fifties
desires solvent man to share joys of life—music,
plays, folk-square dancing, ethnic cooking,
conversation, hiking, humor Guardian Box 1-1

Black Male

Is there such thing as left/politicized boy scout 9
I'm really goody-goody, re commitment,
manners, making friendship prior to physical inti¬
macy Also, pretty, intellectual black woman and
don't eat apple pie Want to meet black men with
like charaoteristics. P O Box 6273, SF. CA.
94101

Romantics

Ladies of heart, humor and longings, cello &/or
wind players, pathologic encouragers: I am about
to undertake the grand and only recording of my
songs while loft-sifting in SF. 10/1-11 I'm a mad
class guy (thin Jonny Cash w/some Rod McKuen
style), a toker. straight (tho I don't exclude gays
from friendship), looking to fill a jacuzzi with good
company. Guardian Box 1-K

Someone To Share

Lonllr^ess is the only disease where you hurt all
over.but for which there is no medical cure W/M
wishes to meet slim, attractive, non-smoking
women. 25-35. who likes classical music,
jogging, children, camping, creative arts,
reading, a person to share walks in the rain, one
to one talks, wine by the fireside and Sunday
breakfast. Photo and phone number appreciated
Write Guardian Box 4-C

Sensitive 36 year old male 6 ft . 165 lb , beard,
long hair I 'd like to meet a tall, long-haired, gentle
woman To share nature Travel Intimacy
Psychospiritual growlh Good conversation I'm
gentle, easygoing, shy at times, non-smoking,
healthy and self-employed Box 258, 625 Post St.,
SF.Ca ,94109_

We’re Two Attractive

successful professional people, male & female,
interested in art, film, literature, Jungian psycho¬
logy. & the body-mind, & wanting some new &
interesting relationships We'd like to invite 16
like-minded people to a pot-luck Please write us
a letter describing yourself, including your work,
age & interests, send a picture if possible. & a
phone number where you can be reached
Guardian Box 3-F

Stubbornly Persistent & Optimistic

in the belief that there must be at least one phy-
sically/emotionally alive, intellectually coura¬
geous, independent, very attractive, sexy, viva¬
cious and truly-liberated feminine woman. 30's
through mid-40's, who has survived and thrived
on life's adventure, is unattached and now ready
to meet me I'm a dynamic, vital, intelligent, cre¬
ative. attractive man in the prime of life (40's,
excellent health, vast energy and stamina), un¬
attached (divorced), widely-travelled, involved
scientist and want a good, "together woman to
share my fascination with life, sex, love of travel,
high mountain sunrises, fine food, sailing, good
books, theatre, films, graphic arts and truly crea¬
tive work We share a respect for honesty,
candor, real people and have little patience for
racists. 3-piece suits, fearful conformists, role
playing, status games and other life-polluting
bovine merde If you feel that we may be
compatible, mutually stimulating and possibly
much more, a letter, photo and phone number
would be greatly appreciated Guardian Box 2-G.

Two handsome, single W/M, educated, success¬
ful. 35. wish to meet attractive W/W for stylish
entertaining We enjoy sports, art. fast cars and
fine food Steven G . PO 372. Lafayette. CA
94549_

Nicelooking, sensitive W/M, 29. seeks an exciting
affair with a warm, sensual, attractive young
woman I am a professional man, 5'9" tall, adven¬
turous and married. Greg, Box 1209. 2000 Center
St.. Berkeley Ca. 94704

Bright, attractive man wishes to meet strong,
loving, independant woman Write MFS, P O. Box
26068, SF 94126 _

Amiable attractive blonde seeks scholarly male in
forties Some brawn, sense of humor helpful c/o
Simms, Box 10003, Oakland

Intellectual, sensitive, hansome B/M. 32. w
Master's, seeks female companionship (24-30)
for personal growth and cultural dating (theater,
symphony etc ) Openness, honesty, and sincerity
a must Photo exchange? I will respond to sincere
inquiries in like fashion P O Box 34, Berkeley. Ca
94701

Handsome, WM, 27. 5'8", intense, driven, intro¬
verted, alienated sense of humor Interests:
languages and literature—education here still
thin-music-classical-Boris Godunov is favorite-
jazz. some rock; writing (novel); Socialist politics-
(not socially or organizationally connected-don t
care to be)-films. mostly highbrow-but also
Bogart, seeks woman much the same Guardian
Box #1-E._

Are you an independent-minded active woman
(40-55) already leading an interesting life but
missing that something that comes from sharing
intimacy, but fearing losing your own space and
identity? This 50 year-old liberated male would
like to work on this dilemma with you while
sharing exciting cultural events. Write Guardian
Box #2-E.

Mature Ladys

W/M 45 seeks friendship ladys 55-75 intressed
theather, books pets Guardian Box #3-A
Easygoing 30 year old W/M professional with
masters degree. Love outdoors, camping, hiking,
history, horses, and young ladies. Seek attrac¬
tive. pleasant lady for friendship and possible re-
lationshiD. Guardian Box #3-B.

Renaissance man, 40, seeks tall, attractive, kind,
feminist-amazon. P O Box 11390, San Francisco
Calif. 94101.

Warm autumn days and a weekend at a country
inn near Mendocino or Big Sur, or perhaps cool
nights and fall colors in the gold country; a cozy
fire, a special friend appealing? Then if you
are a bright, trim, affectionate, woman, 25-45. un¬
encumbered and a joyful spirit, a fun-loving at¬
tractive W/M awaits your reply Box 5393. Berke¬
ley 94705

Sincere, playful, warm, nice-looking (jeans/T-
shirt) W/F, 36, seeks similar, supportive, feminist,
nonsmoking W/M, 30-50, for occasional lunch¬
time companionship downtown (his treat) and
possible friendship/intimacy Write Nancy (in¬
cluding address). Guardian Box 14-01 -C.

TV or me? Friendly? Available? 35+ ? Joy. Box
31332, SF. CA 94131 ( + Stamp)

I'll enjoy becoming friends with a woman who re¬
quires absolute honesty I'm W/M. 36, 5'11",
#1 50. attractive, high self-esteem PO Box 31612,
SF 94131, _

Feminist Companion

Jewish man, 30. left-feminist, childcare worker,
seeks feminist woman companion to share sup¬
port. ideas, feelings and play Guardian Box
14-01-B

Uncharacteristic Daring

I am a shy. ectomorphic 6'. W/M age 30 l want to
be enslaved by a women's inspiration in a love re¬
lationship of liberating intensity I need her dis¬
belief to dissipate my self-doubt I need her rarely
to compliment me and never to come to my res¬
cue I want her to give me the pleasures of
touching, feeling, seeing the*beauty I know in her
POB 2221 Stanford, CA 94305

Kind, giving, contemplative, active, creative WJM
50 seeks companionship and coring with warm
woman Appreciate sensitivity, work involvement,
and the courage to discover Fond of brunettes,
full figures, sensual awareness, and quiet to¬
getherness Enjoy children and elderly Yes,
sometimes I ski. fish, backpack, and enjoy the
mountains But always I love having my back
rubbed Guardian Box 1-D

Energetic senior woman artist seeks Bach loving

gentleman companion for sketching, dancing
badminton and pleasantries Guardian Box 2-B

Woman wants other "nifty woman sensitive,
aware, attractive and professional Guardian Box
14-04-A

Secure single man. 35. seeks discreet correspon¬
dence with articulate, sensitive, intelligent
woman Guardian Box 2-C

Kind Man

Berkeley professional W/M 42 attractive and sen¬
sitive. with romantic and fun sides, into the arts,
the wilderness and staying fit. wants to share with
bright active trim non-smoking together indepen¬
dent woman. Guardian Box 14-02-A

Are you married? Frustrated emotionally, sexual¬
ly? How about a lusty affair with a great lover! I'm
tall att. slim, 38. white, single meet day or eve 1
Bill. Guardian Box 14-01-A

Woman seeking meanings beyond materialistic
answers, interested in self-discovery and devel¬
oping more caring for others, would like to know
more people of both sexes who are attuned to
inner essences of people rather than outer pack¬
ages and how they perform Special concern
Problems surrounding miscommunication and
stereotyping experienced by all physically or cul¬
turally different people (am without sight) Like-
minded friends, may we talk? Guardian Box 2-D.
Printed or typewritten letter preferred

SOCIAL

SF communal grapevine Non-competitive pot-
luck volleyball (Golden Gate Park) 929-0671
Interested in experiencing the alien? Send phone
number to "There Is No Name". Box 1160.
Berkeley. Ca 94704

Datagay

Computerized introduction service for men Dis¬
creet. confidential. For information call 391-9628
or 673-6464

Contact High

A newsletter for conscious singles who enjoy cor¬
respondence. Free details Write Dept BG4. Box
504, Mendocino 95460.

Private Single Parent Society

now forming. Interested? Call 334-3520 after 11
am.

Looking For The Right Person?

We offer personal, confidential introductions for
serious-minded people The Matchmaker, 929-
0866, SF

Computer Introductions

for hobbies, dates, roommates, travqlmates—
by phone Only $5/month Seven days, 9 am-10
pm. 956-4357

PERSONAL

GROWTH

COUNSELING & THERAPY

Integral Counseling Center

OF THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF ASIAN STUDIES
A holistic approach—harmonizing and integra¬
ting the spiritual, mental, emotional and physical
aspects of one s being Individuals, couples, and
groups

CRISIS AND GROWTH COUNSELING

Sliding fee scale
Initial interview free

1780 Church St. 648-2644

Free-Lance Rabbi

You don't have to remain stuck where vou are'
Reichian holistic focus with a caring person Alee
681-4055_

Emotional-Opening Therapy

My approach focuses on working through emo¬
tional blocks, getting more deeply in touch with
feelings, and expanding relationships Individuals
and couples. Call Jan DiSanto, RN, MS at 285-
4364 Sliding scale

Holistic Counseling

An approach which includes working with an in¬
dividual on the intellectual, physical, emotional
and spiritual levels Barbara. Ph D candidate
641-9123.__

Lonely, Depressed, Suicidal?

Work on understanding why in a caring, suppor¬
tive group setting Call Chris, 332-9100 Fees rea¬
sonable

Rebirthing

Free your breath, free your mind Trained, experi¬
enced rebirthers who can assist you in freeing
your own 415/549-3167.

Surrogate Partners

for sexual dysfunction. Berkeley Sexual Develop¬
ment Group Established 10 years Bay Area. 843-
2167 evenings Box 9439, Berkeley 94709

Human Behavior Center

Learn to stop smoking, lose weight, control al¬
cohol or drug habit, and/or overcome other self-
defeating behaviors Don Schubert, Ph D . Clini¬
cal Psychologist 566-0617

Primal Therapy

Intensive and follow-up The Center Within at The
Berkeley Center. 2820 Adeline, Berkeley 94703
(415) 548-3543 _

Dream Interpretation

Based on Senoi dream culture. Groups and indi¬
viduals. Trained with Kilton Stewart, originator of
method. Directed dreaming gives power to re¬
structure personality, to be one's own authority,
release energy for greater creativity, personal re¬
lationships. Quick, lasting results Rose Shaw.
468-3484

GESTALT INSTITUTE
OF SAN FRANCISCO

Awareness Program
Every Monday, 6-8 pm

Focuses on awareness and personal growth.
Drop in when you can. stay as long as you want
Groups led by advanced trainees under the
supervision of Institute members Fee $5 per
visit at the door

320 Judah, San Francisco
564-6804

Reichian/Gestalt

I combine slow & easy bodywork with verbal
interaction For a "give it a try" session call:
681-4055.

Growth Group

A supportive environment to make the journey
back from loneliness and isolation to warm and
intimate relationships that enhance rather than
stifle growth Led by a licensed counselor with
eight years of experience Tuesdays or Wednes¬
days. 8-10 pm Berkeley hills, sliding fee scale
Private counseling also available Michael
Walley, M A. (Lie #M64dO). 526-0611

Under Stress?

Trained, concerned people will listen to your
problems Personal Confidential Anonymous if
you wish. Call Stress Line. 922-7583 or 282-6419
6 pm-10 pm. Mon through Fri (To leave
messages 8 am-5 pm. call 282-64 1 9 )

Drop-In Group

Work on personal issues, interact with others
openly Thursdays. 7:00. Berkeley. $5 Ernest
Isaacs. 524-1074

Surrogate Sex Therapist

for single men with premature ejaculation, erec¬
tion dysfunction, little experience Literature
available Box 9404. Berkeley 94709, 415-548-
5477 or 707-869-3808

HEALTH & FITNESS

TRY A

SUPER-NATURAL

THE SAMADHI TANK

A Weightless Experience
in the serenity of
a flotation chamber

$15 for one hour session

THE STRESS REDUCTION CENTER
of Morin

3020 Dridgewoy
Sousolito. CA 94965
(415)332-7380

MASSAGE & BODYWORK

Guardian Classified does not want and will
not accept sexual massage advertising.
Readers are encouraged to report non-
compliance with this policy.

Pamela's health massage. Quiet SF home Whirl¬

pool jacuzzi. Shampoo/facial Monday through
Friday. 12-8. Men/women. 641-1414

Masseur;85% Repeat!!!

European rubdown by expert honest reliable
discreet—athletic professional. Mon-Fri. Barry
552-9025._

Seitai—A Japanese Healing Art

Learn to surrender your body to an unconscious
movement which stimulates self-healing and the
ability to heal intuitively with the hands. For infor¬
mation call Philip, 283-1014.

Ganesha And Tapasya

Healing massage, $20/hr. Husband and wife
massage partners Eastern and Western tech¬
niques 654-2540 OM

Release Stored Tension

Revitalizing non-sexual massage in safe sen¬
suous environment 1 Vi hours $15 John
563-3013 alter 11 am Certified practitioner

Swedish Massage

Professional, relaxing. Absolutely non-sexual,
men, women, children M-W-F. 10-6 pm East
Bay Dianna. 536-7284

Healing Massage In Berkeley

I use Esalen and Shiatsu to restore proper ba¬
lance and vitality to the body “My work is based
on intuition, combined with several years of ex¬
perience in bodywork Non-sexual only. Call An¬
drea, 843-0386, 8 am-8 pm daily

Healing Massage

Color, sound, visualization with breathing tech¬
niques used with integration of Swedish. Esalen,
shiatsu and polarity arts to revitalize your energy
flow Bach Flowers also available. Helena 564-
0961

ROLFING
665-5588
Alan Freebury
San Francisco

Psychoastrologer

M A psychologist offers unique, sensitive con¬
sultations! Individual, couples, group 841-0993
or 843-4440 x32

SPIRITUAL GROWTH

Gurdjieff-Ouspensky Centers

Accepting students. 661-3689

Gurdjielf-Oriented

workgroup based on ideas of Gurdjieff. Ouspen-
sky, Idries Shah and modern psychology. Current
openings. 841-6500 x153

SUPPORT/STUDY GROUPS

Communal and cooperative lifestyles
discussions 2nd & 4th Fri. eves each month
Emphasis on group relationships, open communi¬
cation 929-0671

PROFESSIONAL &
HOME SERVICES

ACCOUNTING

Accounting Services

for small businesses and self-employed indi-
, viduals Nick Rodin. 548-6932, M-F, 8-6

CARPENTRY

Victorian Specialists

Renovation, additions, decks, remodeling, dry rot
and repairs For free estimates call Moore Build¬
ing, 626-3131 or 285-1901

CARPETS/FLOORS

Floor Refinisher

Strong worker has experience working with
wood Call Joel 824-9376

We’ll Floor You!

WITH OUR EXPERT CRAFTSMANSHIP
ANO REASONABLE RATES
HARDWOOD, PARQUET, SOFTWOOD
FLOORS BEAUTIFULLY SANDED & FINISHED

SPECTRUM FLOOR REFINISHING
824-8579

CLEANING/MAINTENANCE

Building maintenance and general repairs.

Cleaning, plumbing, painting, electrical, roofing
Call Mac or Mary 567-4732

Dirty Windows?

Let me do a magnificent cleaning job at low rates.
Ace Window Washing, 346-0462

Housecleaning

Young man/student Thorough—fast—reliable
References Steve 431-9975.

Abacus Cleaning Co-op

Housecleaning, rental units, one-time job
665-2988

CLERICAL

Need a typist? Secretary? Temporary office help?
Reasonable rates, guaranteed work Call Marilyn.
525-0721

FINANCIAL

Business Loans

For start-up, expansion, or debt consolidation
$2000 and up Call J M Robinson. 824-3933

GARDENING

Home-Grown

Landscaping services Pruning, planting, design,
maintenance Back yard restoration Experi¬
enced, references. Free estimates Call Michael.
752-3340

GENERAL HOME SERVICES

Interior Design-Decorating

I will help you make your house look beautiful
without spending a fortune. Call Howard Interior
Designs—863-2009

METAPHYSICAL

Ghost Adoption Agency

A lifetime of exciting experiences can be
yours, when you adopt a homeless ghost

Send S A S E. for application and information to

GHOST ADOPTION AGENCY,

345 Lincoln Ave.

Cotati, CA 94928

Informative classes weekly in the Bay Area.
707/795-5266

Household Repairs & Decorating

General repairs, remodeling, shelving, painting,
appliance installation, electrical fixtures, tiling
and formica counter tops. Call John Marsh.
467-6867 eves

HAULING

Strong Man—Good Truck

Friendly, efficient Hauling, cleaning Basements, .
garages, yards. Fair negotiable rates Call Shad.
441-3998 24-hour answering

Professional Astrologer-Consultant

Private counseling, individualized tutoring, charts
computed, and monthly classes entitled "Astro-
Psychology.'' Gail Knowles. 285-1901

Palm and Card Reading
Tells your past, present
and the future. Also,
counseling on personal
problems.

For appointment call Lena: 566-5912

HOT TUB

Hot Tub Maintenance & Repair

Complete service specialists for SF and the Bay
Area Call Augean. 626-3131 ext. 159

LITERARY

College students! Improve your grades Send $1
for your 365-page term paper catalog 10,250
available Research Assistance. 11322 Idaho.
#206BG, Los Angeles. California, 90025. (213)
477-8226 __

Have a letter to write but not the time or words?

Let me do it for you Doug 567-0305.

Research Specialist

Theses, dissertations, economic reports Call
Jim, 285-0673 _

MISCELLANEOUS

Art Flelds/Skilled Trades

Signs, slide shows, films, photography, graphics,
painting, carpentry, office work, maintenance
Hire capable SF Art Institute graduates, students
Call Placement 771 -7020 x79

MOVERS

Large Van

Efficient, dependable, experienced, reasonable
rates, pads and dollies, free estimates Short
notice OK 648-4257

Curley’s Transfer

Moving, packing, storage since 1972 $AVE with
recycled cartons. Call us anytime. 665-3678

Coming or going 1 Call Tommy Trucker. 821-3312
Reasonable service. Courteous rates, firm hand¬
shakes. Short notice OK

Enclosed Breadtruck

Fast and reliable with pads and dollies 1 man-
$15/hour, 2 men—$22/hour 826-7928

Country Trucking

Light/heavy moving. Free estimates, lo rates AM/
PM shift ok Call Rob, 731-7715.

Enclosed Transport Service

Moving, hauling, dependable, well-equipped, 5
years experience Free estimate Reasonable
Call Tom, 239-2?n? or Joe, 664-6966

San Francisco Trucking Co.

Moving — near or far. 1-10 men Large enclosed
trucks. Delivery Experienced 621-6772.

Neighborhood Movers

Safe-efficient service Large 2-ton truck Experi¬
enced. assured friendly We do hauling too 1
661-1315

Granny’s Truckers

Five years experience Reasonable, reliable No
move too large Billy 431-4257_

Sagittarian Movers

Eight years experience, 12', 24' trucks. Long
distance/local. Fully insured. Dependable, ref¬
erences, low $. 453-8853

NEW AGE TRANSPORT CO.

MOVING-STORAGE
COMPLETE QUALITY SERVICE
AT REASONABLE RATES
STATEWIDE—NATIONWIDE
LICENSED—INSURED
MODERN CONTAINER STORAGE
CAL PUC-T-123218

CALL 885-5555

A truck for all seasons Call 826-8863 for timely
transport or hasty deport. We drink port

PAINTING/PAPERING

Paul The Painter

Interior-exterior house painting Insured. Guaran¬
teed. Older homes a specialty. 1 1 years experi¬
ence. Free estimates. 584-9257

House Painting

Licensed contractor (#356140) fully insured
Residential/commercial Interior & exterior Color
schemes/free estimates Noel. 261-7474

PHONE/MAIL

Use our telephones & mailboxes Barbary Coast
Answering Service. 1820 Union Street Fast &
accurate. 922-7775.

PHOTO/FILM

Super 8 Wheatgrass Films 16mm

Specializing in promotionals for alternative or¬
ganizations. Run a TV spot for fund-raising!
848-3138

PRINTING

U. RA2A SILKSCREEN CENTER

TYPESETTING • SMALL & LARGE
OFFSET PRINTING • SCREEN
PRINTING • GRAPHIC DESIGN •
POSTERS • BUS PLACARDS

Special rates for community organizations

3174 16th St., SF 863-5820

REMODELING

Invest Against Inflation

Consider renovation Lou Bednar and Associates
Gen'l Contr. #362761 346-3880, 992-3588

ROOFING

Roofing

All types, complete or patch, also gutters and ce¬
ment work Free estimate Great prices
648-1662 or 334-8730

SHARPENING

Expert, precise sharpening and repairs Knives,
shears, tools Speedy service, quantity dfscount.
Blades, 1692 Haight, 431-4653

SIGNS

Sign Painting • Murals • Graphics

Any kind of sign. Agency experience Call for free
estimate, references. Tom Cross. 552-7304

_TYPING_

Typing/Transcribing/Copy Editing

Transcribe cassettes, reel tapes. Type all texts
—manuscripts, cables, theses, etc. Experienced
in legal, scientific/techmcal. language, whatever.
Guaranteed letter perfect. IBM Corr Sel II
Cynthia, 832-1278.

S.O.S. Typing

We have typed Briefs for law students, theses
and plays, term papers for Arabs and long
resumes. We've done letters for WASPs and
papers for Jews, even typed lor Punk rockers,
and we can type for you! Yes we edit and tran¬
scribe, typeset and more Call 981-6744

Typing/Transcribing

Letters, resumes, manuscripts. Fast, literate,
friendly Mickey, 285-9473.

Midnight Express Typing Svc.

Meets deadlines. Competitive prices. IBM Se-
lectric. References available Large jobs, a spe¬
cialty Experienced, professional, dependable
647-4519. _

Scholastic Typing/Editing

Neat, dependable, accurate IBM Correcting Se-
lectric. Theses, manuscripts, legal, statistical
typing Work guaranteed Reasonable 821-7612.

Typing & Dictation

Executive Secretary IBM Selectric II (self-
correctmg/dual pitch) Edit, correct, proof Mary
M ,626-3131.

Typing/Transcribing/Phone Diet.

Experienced, highly professional. Resumes, cor¬
respondence, manuscripts; tape transcribing.
IBM latest equipment. 346-7380

RECREATION

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SELL COUPONS U.A., $45; AA„ $50
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often complex, but rationally
ordered compositions, usually
capped by a poetically hazy
horizon line.

Watkins's photographs of Yose-
niite can now be seen at the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art
and as part of a group show.
Yasemife. at the Fine Arts Mus¬
eum's Downtown (Embareadero)
Center start ing Oct. 1

★ ★ ★

Some regard William Blake
(1757-1827) as both the premier
poet and graphic artist ol the
Romantic era. His reputation as a
visual artist will continue to rise as
we place more value on works on
paper I vs. canvas) and as our
interest in the relationship of word
and image, text and illustration,
grows.

Thaekrey and Robertson's
exhibition of 22 black-and-white
full-page engravings of the Book of
Job provides an opportunity to
scrutinize the work of Blake, the
draughtsman. No lyrical colored
washes embellish these engravings
as they do the prints Blake made to
aecompam his own epic verses.
There's nothing here Jmt black
lines. Sublimely sensual black lines
indsed with an ease and vitality
unmatched in the 19th century
until Aubrey Beardsley.

Blake's work has much in
common with Beardsley's, despite
the fact that Beardsley tended to
work in the more fluid medium of
pen and ink. With Blake, we pore
over each detail, each nuance of
line, each foliate border or wonder¬
fully expressive cherub's head just
as we do with Beardsley's sinuous
art nouveau creations. I marvel at
Blake's extraordinary tonal range,
the varieties of gray that incremen¬
tally bridge the cavernous gap from
black to white.

Blake's eccentricity Ins special
gift, derived from a dual interest in
the muscular corporeality of
Michelangelo's I iguros and the
linear, dematerialized grace of
English Gothic tomb sculpture.
Forms are alternately flattened out
or rendered with illusionistic,
three-dimensional force. The arm
of the Lord merges with clouds that
metamorphose into borders tor the
images in a manner ty pical of med¬
ieval illuminated manuscripts. The
entire history of Christian art¬
making, in fact, seems encapsu¬
lated in these 22 engravings: from
t he layered silhouettes < if horses up¬
dated from the Greco-Roman/
Early Christian sculptural relief
tradition to the abbreviated repre¬
sentation of landscape and starry
nights borrowed from medieval
manuscripts to the theatrical flam¬
boyance of Renaissance/ Baroque
gestures, including God's famous
arm's-length reach from Michel-
angelo'sLosf Judgment.

1 must confess that at first 1 felt
little interest in the Old Testament
narrative these engravings show
and tell. How can one relate to this
harsh tale of blind faith and an
intransigent God who needed, at
all costs, to be served? As 1 see it, the
artist’s problem was to make the
Lord a compassionate presence in
the lacs' ol the cruel and irrational
injustice Job must endure. Blake
succeeded brilliantly. The face of
the Lord radiates wisdom, strength
and love. Blake’s profound spirit¬
uality informed these engravings,
enablinghim torestageand rev ital-
ize a 5,000-year-old morality plav.

—

ROBERT ATK

N S

CARLETON WATKINS:
PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE
PACIFIC COAST at the Fraenkel
Gallery. 55 Grant Ave.. SF. through
Oct. 20

The Columbia River, photographed by Carleton Watkins in 1867.

CARLETON WATKINS:
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE
COLUMBIA RIVER AND
OREGON at the Simon Lowinsky
Gallery. 228 Grant Ave., SF, through
Nov. 4

WILLIAM BLAKE: ILLUS¬
TRATIONS OF THE BOOK

OF JOB at Thaekrey and Robertson.
2266 Union St., SF. through Oct 31

S ummer's over and they're off
and running. San Francisco
galleries have trotted out the favor¬
ites. banking on splashy September
shows to draw attention from tan
lines to more artistic compositions.
As far as I’m concerned, the first
heat's been won not by local front
runners Joan Brown or Nathan
Oliveira, or Canadian long shot
Yousuf Karsh or even national
treasure Ansel Adams, but by 19th
century photographer Carleton
Watkins and 19th century poet/
printmaker William Blake.

Carleton Watkins’s name may
ring a bell from the widely reported
spring photography/’book auctions
in New York. Two rare Watkins
albums— consisting of 100 prints—
were auctioned for $198,000, the
highest price ever paid for photo¬
graphic properties. As a group, the
photographs will be seen just once
before being individually sold—
and only in San Francisco.

No later than 1867, Watkins
opened his own Yosemite Art
Gallery on Montgomery Street, a
Few blocks away from the Grant
Ave. galleries currently exhibiting
his work. There, in the days prior to
the momentous invention of the
picture post card, he sold photo¬
graphs of Yosemite to middle- and
upper-class tourists.

Watkins made his photographic-
mark in Yosemite, and after two
visits to the future national park he
turned his attention, in the late
1860s, to lesser-known scenery.
The Oregon album documents
both the majestically unpeopled
expanses of the Columbia River
Valley and the tiny county seats
and agricultural hamlets of the
newly settled Oregon territory.
The Pacific Coast album takes us
on a journey from boomtovvn San
Francisco, up the coast past the
Farallons to Mendocino, then
inland through mining and resort
townstoMount Shasta.

Watkins's photographs wore
taken on 16x21 inch glass negatives
known as “mammoth plates." The
cumbersome negatives required
immediate development after
exposure to light. Watkins had to
travel with his own mule-carried
portable da rk r<#>m.

Apart from the considerable
technical expertise' involved, the
golden, sepia-tone albumen
prints are brcathtakinglv
beautiful. They are majestic,
straightforward, poetic— in short,
classicistic rather than Victorian.
To me, the best photographs seem
to have been shot from a low-flying
helicopter. Movement and stasis
are perfectly harmonized. Trun¬
cated compositional elements in
the foreground—a railroad bridge,
the shadow of a cliff, a redwood
tree, the mast of a ship—both
frame and pull the eye into the

ART BEVIEW

WATKINS &
BLAKE

The new season’s front-runners

Watkins’s 1869 shot of the Magenta Flume, Nevada County, California.

roading’s technology. The flagman, who
kept coming back to the rear of the train
and shouting into a squawking two-way
radio, explained that he was watching
for more trouble with hot wheels. As the
train rushes along, it periodically crosses
sensors in the track. The sensors are
wired to electronic digital-display
screens mounted on poles. If any of the
wheels record as being too hot, a number
flashes up on the screen and the flagman
radios a warning up to the engine crew.
If the wheels seem to be cool enough, he
signals an all-clear. All night long as we
raced across Nevada we were serenaded
by the man’s shouting and the radio’s
furious crackling.)

We actually didn’t have much com¬
plaint about our nights on the train.

ZEPHYR

aside from problems with trying to
convince a restless baby to sleep (not
Amtrak’s fault). The temperature
dropped, the beds were comfortable, the
old-fashioned clackety-clack of the rails
is still there and still a proper lullaby, and
it was clear why this form of travel is so
habit-forming. The ride is rougher than
it should be, but not enough to keep you
awake, by any means.

Day 2 presented more of the same. By
the time we had crossed the top of Utah
and into Wyoming, we were nearly
three hours behind, and now we had a
full day of the heat and discomfort to
look forward to, with no repairs in sight.
And there was an additional problem: a
shortage of supplies, especially ice. (That
may not be a critical commodity for most
people, but for parents of a teething baby
for whom it is the only solace for painful
gums, it is more valuable than gold.)

Finally, two hours before Denver, the
last cubes melted away. We were now
without ice, air conditioning and even
our rear-door ventilation, since another
car had been attached in Ogden, Utah.
The emotional atmosphere in our and
other compartments was becoming
intermittently very testy. A man two
compartments up, co-owner of a small
Reno casino, started circulating a peti¬
tion of protest for Amtrak. He had no

trouble getting signatures; even some of
the staff helped pass it around.

Approaching Cheyenne, desperate for
a respite from the tropical zone, we
decided to brave the enormous lines and
eat dinner in the dining car. And finally
we had some luck.

The dining car is the exclusive domain
of a steward, who has dictatorial power
over the highly sensitive subject of
seating. And to our great and pleasant
surprise, the steward on this particular
train chose to take pity on the sweltering
masses, giving those of us from the
hottest cars — the sleepers — first crack at
dinner. An excellent decision.

As we enjoyed a simple (but good)
meal with a half-carafe of wine—total
bill just $ 10.20 — in the blessedly cool air,
Cora Hawthorne, our steward/benefac¬
tress, tossed remarks our way about
Amtrak and the trains as she juggled the
hungry passengers. She has only been on
the job for five years, she said (prior to
establishment of Amtrak, there had been
virtually no women train workers), but
added that there were still plenty of old-
timers on board who had been working
the rails for 30 years or more.

Like most other train workers we
talked with, Cora was contemptuous of
then Secretary of Transportation Brock
Adams and other Washington admini¬

Authors Ristow and
Murphy, with son Liam,
board the nouveau
Zephyr at its Oakland
terminus.

California Governor Goodwin Knight and a cast of hundreds
christen Western Pacific’s new California Zephyr on San Francisco’s
Embarcadero, March 19,1949.

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strators who, they felt, were strangling
the railroads with insufficient equip¬
ment, maintenance and staffing. And in
fact, wherever you look while crossing
the country with Amtrak, just about the
only thing that is still working properly,
despite its shortages, is the staff.

We probably came into contact with a
score or more Amtrak employees en
route, sometimes under very trying
circumstances, and almost without
exception we found them to be friendly,
helpful, dedicated to the trains and
solicitous of the passengers. These aren't
the good old days, but there are plenty of
train workers who remember those days,
and they are evidently passing along
some of the traditions to the new staff.

And work on the train certainly isn’t
easy, especially now that every run is so
solidly booked. Just the sight of a porter

preparing the beds at night is enough to
make you tired: After shooing you out
into the corridor, they would attack your
tiny (about 5' x 8') compartment in a
frenzy of activity, clambering around on
a ladder, wrenching bunk beds out of the
walls, straightening sheets, fluffing
pillows, all the while tripping over your
luggage, books, picnic basket and other
belongings. This process gets repeated
for as many as nine double compart¬
ments and as many as a dozen or more
single roomettes in a single sleeping car—
or a sleeping-car oven, in our case. No
wonder that late each evening you find
the dining car, emptied of diners, filling
up with the exhausted, sprawled-out
bodies of the staff.

But on to Denver— and another fringe
highlight, a chance to walk around a bit
of the old downtown (the warehouse
district, undergoing a distinct trendif ica-
tion, with architects’ offices, art galler¬
ies, continental cafes and the like sprout¬
ing up in buildings whose sidewalks are
still largely the domain of the down-and-
out) and another old-style railroad
station.

The Zephyr finally left Denver 2 Vt
hours behind schedule, but the growing
delay was actually to our advantage. If
we had been on time, we would have
arrived in Omaha at 4:05 am. Instead we
got there at a considerably more civilized
6:45 in the morning. It was even light
enough to enjoy the pathetic sight of
what passes as Amtrak’s “station” in
Omaha — a rickety shed, topped with a
j corrugated roof and stuck off in a side lot
in the shadow of the two (count ’em)
grand passenger depots that once served
this bustling railroad city.

Two days later, refreshed and rested
by our stay in an air-conditioned apart¬
ment, we were even optimistic again
about our journey. With a new train, we
figured, our fortunes on the Zephyr
would have to improve. And anyway,
Omaha is only about nine hours from
Chicago, where we would change once
again. Still, just to be sure, we phoned
Denver the night before to check on the
progress of our new Train No. 6. It was a
fortunate call, since this version of the
train was even later than the other. We
had the chance to sleep in the next
morning before finally boarding at 9:55
instead of the scheduled 4:15 am. The
Zephyr was already nearly six hours
behind.

The problem, we learned from our
new carmates, was that there had been a
freight derailment back in Wyoming,
and this train had actually been forced to
back up for several hours to bypass it.
This business of derailments makes vou a
little nervous. This was just one of three
freights that went off the tracks along our
route within a day of our journey, and
the assurances of our flagman that
passenger trains never derail weren’t
altogether comforting, especially since
on some stretches when the, engineer is
trying to make up time the ride is very
rough, bouncing you around wildly in
your compartment.

Late though it was, our new train did
have the air conditioning intact, and we
smiled weak smiles of relief at that. But
our smiles were short-lived. By noon it
was clear the system was expiring. And
then, at 2:40 pm, the water in our car
dried up as well. Our neighbors, with a
good jab of black humor, recounted
how, on their earlier trip from Manhat¬
tan to Denver, they had been without
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electricity (lights, fan) as well as every¬
thing else part of the way. And this was
the second time this particular car had
run out of water, they said. Once pre¬
viously, somebody had just forgotten to
attach the hose at a tanking-up station.
(This time we had to wait nearly three
parched hours for a refill.)

A word on the delays. When you’re
traveling for three days, a few hours
difference doesn’t usually matter. It does
matter, however, when the extra hours
are spent in discomfort—or without
adequate supplies. For example, the
Zephyr is scheduled to arrive in Chicago
daily at 1:25 pm, and, logically enough,
Amtrak uses that schedule to determine
how much food should be put on
board. But what
happens when, as
with our train, it
doesn’t arrive in
Chicago until 8:25
pm?

Nothing hap¬
pens. Nobody sits in
one of those old
train stations tele¬
graphing ahead for
more food, like they
used to do to warn
John Wayne the
Indians were
coming. Nobody
stocks up the trains
in advance with
extra food, knowing
that the odds are
that any given train will be late enough
to require at least one additional meal
service. Instead, the overflowing crowd
of hot, tired, thirsty passengers has to
make do with what’s there.

And at 1 pm that day, when we went
forward for a couple of sandwiches and
Cokes, we found ourselves standing in
the snack bar buying the last bag of
potato chips available, alongwith aTab,
the only available soft drink. The chips
were the most substantial food on hand,
and they didn’t carry us very far. Later in
the day, the dining car served up a
limited number of sandwiches—but
even this tiny offering disappeared
quickly, and there was nothing at all
resembling dinner. It was a hungry
crowd that disembarked at Chicago at
8:25 that night.

The other thing about the delay, of
course, is that you miss connections. This
is a serious matter indeed for trains going
into Chicago, the busiest transfer point
in the country. One result of Amtrak’s
problems with keeping its schedules, in
fact, is that there is an entire large
passenger lounge in Chicago given over
to receiving trainloads of delayed passen¬
gers as they come in, with a battery of
Amtrak agents dealing with all the
missed connections.

This is apparently the thing Amtrak
does best, actually, perhaps because it
has so much practice at it. But it still
takes time. We were toward the front of
the train load of passengers, getting to the
lounge in time to grab a relatively low
number in the first-come, first-served
system. Even so, it was close to 45
minutes before our turn came, and when
we finally left the lounge, it was still
crowded.

Since there were no more trains to
Washington until the next day, and even
those were booked solid, we were rapidly
issued vouchers for hotel, meals and
limousine and pointed to the Amtrak

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phone we could use to call our relatives in
Washington about the delay.

The cost of all this to Amtrak must be
spectacular. We figured that just for the
two of us our overnight stay in a Holiday
Inn plus our meals, phone calls and
transportation must have run to $75 or
more. Considering that there were
several hundred people in the lounge,
the direct costs—just from this one train,
in this one city—must have run into the
thousands of dollars. If you add adminis¬
trative expenses, agent salaries, bus
fares for passengers who were transfer¬
red, plus the lost revenue incurred by
having to place passengers in open seats
on later trains, the total is surely enor¬
mous.

Since we weren’t facing any deadline,
however, we didn’t
mind the layover. In
fact, we were just
getting comfortable
in the Holiday Inn
the next morning
and eyeing the
swimming pool
with glee when an
Amtrak agent
phoned to say they
could get us on a
train in half an
hour. This was one
time we wished Am¬
trak hadn’t been so
efficient, but we fig¬
ured we should take
the opportunity, so
we jammed our
clothes into our bags, grabbed our baby
and the limousine, and made it to Union
Station with a few minutes to spare.

An additional benefit to us—and
financial loss to Amtrak—was that
although we had reserved just the
modest slumbercoach accomodations to
Washington, the train we were now
being sent on was a different route, and it
had only the complete sleeping compart¬
ments. No extra charge, naturally, since
we had been delayed the day before.

This ride,- on the Chicago-
Washington train called the Cardinal,
was by far the smoothest of the three
portions of our journey. The air condi¬
tioning worked, most of the equipment
was the brand-new Amfleet stock, and
we had only a few modest objections.
Our bathroom sink kept falling off, for
example (the porter seemed unpertur¬
bed, fastening it back on with lightning
speed and a bit of sleight-of-hand). The
only other thing that disappointed us
was that the train carried no dining car,
only a snack bar, although this was a full
24-hourjoumey.

That one small snack bar, in fact, had
to handle all meals for nearly 300
travelers, including one entire coachful
of hungry teenagers on a field trip to
Washington from Chicago. And haute
cuisine in these Amcafes (as the snack
bars are called) features such specialites
de la maison as spaghetti and meatballs a
la microwave oven. A far cry, indeed,
from the fresh beamaise sauce and giant
strawberries of old.

Well, the high-school kids loved it,
anyway. They were holed up in a coach
way at the very end of the train, with a
hand-lettered cardboard sign at the door
warning trespassers against setting foot
inside, and it was good to see a new gener¬
ation choosing to travel by rail.

All in all, the Cardinal gave us a far
more satisfactory run than did the

Zephyr, and we were pleased to see it
(w.i )rLBvt tit,/. -)in <ji fnwiifuoqqc

was one of the trains removed from
Amtrak’s autumn execution list under
public pressure later in the summer. If
our entire journey had been like these
final 24 hours, we might not have can¬
celled our return tickets in favor of a
United flight back to San Francisco.

PART III: THE VERDICT—
WOULD WE DO IT AGAIN?

As we progressed along our rather
rocky trans-continental jaunt, we found
ourselves comparing it with our trip on
the Trans-Siberian Express four years
ago. (The latter train covers 5,301 miles
from Khabarovsk, in the USSR’s Pacific
Far East, to Moscow, compared to the
more compact Zephyr run of 2,404 miles
f rom Oakland to Chicago.)

Accommodations are fairly even. On

the U.S. trains, the sleeping car is the
traditional Pullman, with bunks that
fold up into the wall during the day. In
Russia the compartments have beds
along both walls, doubling as coaches
during the day. The American
Pullmans, some of which date back to
the 1930s (and none of which were built
later than the 1950s), have been recently
redecorated, with attractive new uphol¬
stery throughout, and they are better¬
looking than the very utilitarian East
German-designed Russian sleepers. On
Amtrak, meanwhile, you have the
added convenience of a private bath¬
room, but the fact that it is tiny,
subtracts space from the compartment
and probably isn’t completely function¬
ing (note our problems with water fail¬
ures and falling sinks) makes this a
dubious advantage.

No huge disparity on service, either—
except that it was smashing, on the
Trans-Siberian, to have two regular
attendants living on the car, offering
such services as tea delivered to your
room every morning for a few kopeks per
glass (it was constantly brewing in a
samovar at the end of each car).

The American train food was a little
more consistent than the Russian, partic¬
ularly since the menu on the Trans-
Siberian featured many more items that
turned out not to be available than those
that were. We ended up having a far
better culinary experience in Russia,
though, because you could join the
natives in avoiding the dining car alto¬
gether by jumping off at larger stations to
purchase fresh delicacies from the old
women who set up miniature farmers’
markets along the platforms, offering
boiled potatoes, yogurt and kefir, fresh
berries, bread, various drinks (including
beer) and so forth. We ate cheaply and
well this way for the nearly six days of
the trip.

Schedules are another matter
altogether. The Russians keep them, the
Americans don’t. Rarely, in our 5,000-
mile journey across Siberia, were we
more than a few minutes off. A sign of
the Russians’ confidence in their time¬
keeping is that they actually post full
schedules in the corridors for passengers
to consult. Amtrak would be risking a
revolution if it did such a thing.

The disparity in on-time performance
points to a key underlying difference
between the two trains: the physical
state of the Russian system is far superior.
This is a heavily used route, a vital
connection for the flow of military and
freight trains between west and east,,and
it is excellently maintained. Despite the
fact that portions of the route traverse

permafrost, with its unique problems,
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the trip is everywhere incredibly smooth
and comfortable (aided, in part, by the
wider gauge of the Russian tracks).

While we were there, what’s more, we
saw an important sign of the Russian
commitment to their railroad, in the
form of a large-scale track-replacement
project, with crews of soot-covered men
and women installing concrete ties and
welded sections of rails in place of the
older equipment. The continual freight
derailments and passenger-train delays
in the U.S. attest to how badly this sort of
attention is needed here, but Amtrak has
only recently begun track-upgrading
work in fairly limited stretches.

In the end, it was the greater comfort
and efficiency of the Russian train (like
most of the European trains we rode on)
that win it more points than Amtrak.
Some of the American scenery may be
more spectacular, but on the other hand
the Siberian sights are/or from dull, and
at least the windows are clean so you can
see those sights. And even allowing for
inflation, the Russian journey was a
tremendous bargain. It cost the two of us
roughly $475 for a journey of 5,801 miles
from Nakhodka to Moscow (including a
connecting line from Nakhodka to
Khabarovsk), a total of eight days and
seven nights with a private compart¬
ment, all meals included. (Since we
didn’t eat the meals, we were able to turn
in our food vouchers for cash in
Moscow.)

On Amtrak, the current fare for two
for the 3,363 miles from San Francisco to
Washington with a sleeping com¬
partment, is $556— and that is the
family plan, which is full fare for one
spouse, half for the other. Put another
way, the Russian train at full fare costs
about 8. 2c per mile including meals; the
American one at a discount costs almost
twice as much, 16. 2c per mile, excluding
meals. That expense is the sort of thing
that can make you angry when the
higher-priced train doesn’t even work
properly.

But back to the original question:
Would we take Amtrak across the
country again? We would, despite all the
drawbacks. But we would choose our
time more carefully, and we would
probably try not to make the trip with
such a young child.

All our difficulties aside, there was
much that we enjoyed. This is undeni¬
ably the most pleasant way to travel
across the country. You suffer no jet lag,
the room and the beds are comfortable,
the view is often gorgeous and always
interesting, the personnel on board are
nearly all friendly and helpful, the food
is satisfactory (and not, in our exper¬
ience, overpriced). When Amtrak
introduces America’s first new sleepers
since the 1950s later this year and early
next, that may even solve some of the
critical mechanical difficulties that
plagued our trip and made us resent the
high cost.

So by all means take the train— but for

now, take it in a more seasonable time of

the year, not in the summer, with the air-

conditioning disasters, and not in the

winter, when the reverse problems occur

and you can find yourself being delayed

for hours in a snowstorm while your

blankets freeze to the windows of your

sleeping compartment. Instead, go in

late September or October, or else in late

March or April, and you may yet bump

into us in the next compartment. ■

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PHOTO BY JANET FRIES

ON GUARD

THE CLASSIC ELECTION
BATTLE IN DISTRICT 9

A grassroots neighborhood activist takes on a
consummate ward politician

B Y DAVID ISRAELS

t a Saturday afternoon block
party on the slopes of Bernal
Heights, Sup. Lee Dolson (Dis¬
trict 9) arrives early in his gas-
guzzling Ford Granada. Only a few
Moultrie Street residents are lounging on
the stoops of their single family homes.
But Dolson gets right to work, glad¬
handing the mostly middle-aged and
elderly voters, drawing them easily into
conversation with a heart-tugging story
about hisailing 87-year-old mother.

Campaigning among these constitu¬
ents he calls “salt-of-the-earth people,”
Dolson is the picture of affability, the
Father Knows Best of supervisorial poli¬
tics. It’s a well-crafted performance.
And as he winds up the mother story, a
tale he tells throughout the day, he draws
a campaign leaflet from his back pocket,
offering it almost as an afterthought.

Most of his listeners take it eagerly, un¬
aware that Dolson is a conservative Re¬
publican. There’s certainly nothing in
the literature to clue them in. All they
know is that he’s government in the flesh,

taking time to munch a hotdog and sip a
beer at their neighborhood picnic.

It’s a part of his supervisorial job Dol¬
son has perfected, working his precincts,
playing the consummate ' ward
politician. “There’s never been a time
when I failed to go or be represented at a
community meeting, ” he says.

And for many of the moderately
liberal voters in District 9, that’s enough
to muffle their disagreements with Dol¬
son’s conservative views. For example,
Alan Perdue, Moultrie Street block club
president, favors the anti-highrise ini¬
tiative, but he is undisturbed by Dolson’s
opposition to the measure.

“He’s been here,” says Perdue, “and
that’s what I look for in a supe. ”

But behind Dolson’s benign image is a
politico who seems to have a penchant
for indulging in a mean-spirited brand of
politics.

LEE DOLSON’S
TIT-FOR-TAT POLITICS

“He approaches politics the way a pro¬
fessional soldier approaches battle,”
John Kidder, a one-time Dolson adver¬

sary on the San Francisco school board,
told a reporter shortly after Dolson was
elected to the Board of Supervisors.

And it wasn’t long after Dolson was
sworn in that his District 9 detractors
learned what Kidder meant. In early
1978, Dolson set up a short-lived district¬
wide advisory council. But his Glen Park
opponents were frozen out, says Ruth
Gravanis, a Glen Park activist and now a
supporter of Nancy Walker, Dolson’s
major opponent in this year’s election.
Dolson was blunt about the freeze-out,
according to Gravanis: “You can’t cash
losing chips at the winning window, ” the
newly elected supervisor told her.

Though in subsequent months he
modified his winner-take-all stance and
met with Gravanis and other nonsup¬
porters, she remains suspicious of Dol¬
son’s tactics.

“He’s not receptive to people who
haven’t supported him,” Gravanis says.
“He believes in tit for tat. ”

Nancy W alker says she too has been on
the receiving end of Dolson’s tit-for-tat
politics. In April 1978 he opposed her
appointment to the San Francisco Advi¬

sory Council of the West Bay Health
Systems Agency, which is involved in
health planning for San Francisco,
Marin and San Mateo counties. Dolson
now says he had a “more qualified ap¬
pointee” than Walker, but by press time
his office was unable to come up with the
person’s name.

According to Walker, Dolson wanted
to do more than sabotage her appoint¬
ment. She says he warned her that her
political activity in the district was en¬
dangering her job with San Francisco’s
pre-trial diversion program, a non-civil-
.service CETA position.

“It was a veiled threat,” Walker says.
“He told me I had powerful enemies and
if I wasn’t careful I was going to lose my
job.”

Dolson denies he threatened Walker.
“I never talked to her about that at all,”
he says.

Yet others too have felt the sting of
Dolson’s opposition. Gay activist Cleve
Jones says Dolson held up his appoint¬
ment to the Juvenile Delinquency Pre¬
vention Commission, claiming to have
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information that Jones was a convicted
child molester. Jones, 24, says the accu¬
sation is a “lie.”

According to Jones, Dolson brought
his information to Sup. Carol Ruth Sil¬
ver, who was sponsoring Jones’s appoint¬
ment, an hour before the board was to
vote on it, requesting that the vote be put
off while he investigated the accusation.

During the next week, Jones says, Dol¬
son never spoke with him or gave him the
chance to confront his accuser. Jones’s
appointment was eventually approved
unanimously.

“Supervisor Dolson engaged in the
worst kind of McCarthyism and witch-
hunting mentality,” Jones says. “Gay
people are, unfortunately, accustomed
to that kind of behavior. We’ve seen it
before from Anita Bryant and John
Briggs.”

Dolson refuses to confirm or deny that
he went to Silver with the child molesta¬
tion information. Silver also declined to
comment.

But a close associate of the late Harvey
Milk, who asked that his name not be
used, wasn’t surprised by the Jones
affair, saying, “Lee Dolson’s a regular
Joe Schmuck who never passes up an
opportunity to take a cheap shot at gay
people and minorities. ”

While Dolson’s tactics may have
earned him the enmity of many of the
city’s progressives, he remains a favorite
of the downtown set.

MONEY AND VOTES

If money really is the mother’s milk of
politics, then the Dolson campaign is
sucking contentedly at the corporate
breast. In three months, from March 24
to June 30, 1979, Dolson raised $9,330,
all of it coming in large chunks ($100 or
more) from special-interest corporate
and real-estate contributors.

The list of Dolson’s largest donors
reads like a who’s who of downtown
power centers: Bechtel Power Corpora¬
tion,. $500; Wells Fargo Bank, $500;
Cost Plus, Inc., $500; Mo Bernstein,
$350; PG&E, $300; Macy’s, $250; Bank
of America, $200.

And it appears the money deluge has
only begun, with Dolson boasting that
his campaign snared most of the early
special-interest contributions “without
even trying. ”

Downtown’s faith in Dolson is re¬
flected in his two-year supervisorial
record. Though he prides himself on his
fiscal conservatism— opposing post-
Prop. 13 business tax increases and
restoration of funds for city services—
Dolson’s penny-pinching doesn’t extend
to most downtown boondoggles. He has
supported the $115 million Moscone
Convention Center as well as the $37
million Performing Arts Center. He has,
however, been a staunch critic of the
city’s increasingly unpopular $2 billion
sewer program.

On neighborhood development
Dolson has consistently supported the
real-estate industry. He opposed the
city’s 1978 downzoning revisions, which

POLITICAL ALERTS
AND EVENTS

BY SUSAN FERRELL

FORUMS, LECTURES
AND CONFERENCES

Michael Harrington. Socialist author of “The
Other America” (which was at least partly respon-
siblefor launchingLBJ’s"Waron Poverty") makes
three public speeches on "A Left Strategy for 1980
and Beyond. "Fri/28, noon, SFSU, Student Union.
Barbary Coast Room; 2:30 pm, UC Berk..
Wheeler Auditorium; 8 pm, the New College, 777
Valencia, SF, 543-8555 or 387-7971.

San Francisco’s Neighborhood Platform
Convention convenes to develop a nonpartisan
neighborhood platform and to elect delegates to
the National Neighborhood Platform Convention
(which takes place Nov. 9-11). Issues to be dis¬
cussed include housing, government services, jobs,

have curtailed neighborhood overde¬
velopment. And in June 1979, Dolson
voted against the Nob Hill height limita¬
tions passed by the Board of Supervisors.

Nor has Dolson forgotten his real-
estate friends in their battles against
housing activists. Until his recent vote for
the city’s watered down rent-stabiliza¬
tion law, he has consistently voted
against rent control, rent rollbacks and
rent-increase moratoriums.

His solution to the city’s housing
crunch is to “build more and build up. ”

Walker's campaign
against the conservative
incumbent is an
attempt to fulfill the
promise of district
elections.

Says Dolson, “The law of supply and
demand hasn’t been repealed”—a view
enhanced perhaps by his own wealth:
His financial portfolio includes a four-
unit apartment building valued at
$119,000; blue-chip utility and oil
company stocks valued somewhere
between $40,000 and $430,000; his
salaries as a teacher at City College and
on the board; and his Navy retirement
pension.

WALKER’S RUN

Nancy Walker’s campaign to unseat
Dolson is, to many observers, a quixotic
venture, as she faces a combative incum¬
bent who has spent the last two years
squirreling away his political IOU’s. But
for W alker the race is a matter of keeping
thefaith.

On election night in August 1977,
when Props. A and B went down to de-

education, health, parks and open spaces, crime
and air and water quality. All San Francisco
residents are invited. Speakers include Mayor
Dianne Feinstein and Sup. Quentin Kopp, and the
convention abounds with resource people, who
have special knowledge of the issues. Hosted by the
Coalition for San Francisco Neighborhoods, and
sponsored by a coalition of community and neigh¬
borhood groups too numerous to mention. Sat/29,
8:30 am-4:30 pm. First Unitarian. Center,
Franklin at Geary, SF, $2, 647-3052 or 285-2648.

Northern California Alliance for Survival ( AFS)
holds a major peace organizing conference to plan
upcoming actions. Sat/29, 10am-4:30pm, Trinity
Methodist Church, Dana and Durant, Berk.,
bringa lunch, 752-7766, 626-6976or524-5619.

Berkeley Mayor Gus Newport talks about his
first few months in office and takes listeners’ calls
and questions on the KPFA (94 FM) studio line
(848-4425). Sat/29, 9-9:30am.

election victory bash in the City Hall
rotunda, an appropriate bit of symbol¬
ism. San Francisco politics had been
transformed, seemingly, and the com¬
munity activists and neighborhood
agitators thought that City Hall power
was now theirs for the asking.

But the district election activists
turned out to be better campaign tech¬
nocrats than candidates. In District 9
their electoral hopeful. Bob Covington,
lost to Dolson, a recently defeated school
board member, who won with 29% of
the vote in a ten-way race.

Today, Walker’s campaign against
the conservative incumbent is an
attempt to fulfill the promise of district
elections: bringing a neighborhood-
oriented supervisor with a liberal voice
to the board.

“Dolson is a reactionary. The district
is liberal. I believe I can better represent
it,” she tells the voters in District 9’s Ber¬
nal Heights, Glen Park, Miraloma/Mt.
Davidson and Ingleside neighborhoods.
A supporter of the grassroots anti-high-
rise and rent-control campaigns, she
says, “1 want to make district elections
work in District 9.”

But if Walker’s hopes are to become
reality, she must overcome the damage
done to her campaign by her own initial
reluctance to run, her inexperience as a
candidate and her awkwardness on the
campaign trail.

During early spring W alker and other
District 9 progressives wasted valuable
months trying to find a suitable black
progressive to run in the 59% Third
World district. By the summer they had
given up.

“Nobody else was going to do it,”
W alker says of her decision f inally to take
Dolson on.

But the delay cost her campaign
precious organizing time, necessary to
develop a precinct-based effort. “A
grassroots campaign is no good without
grass, ” saysGene Colman, a W alker sup¬
porter and director of the Canon Kip
community center. t4

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

Roy Brown and Aires Bucaneros, one of New.
York's most exciting Puerto Rican new song
ensembles, performs a benefit concert for a Free
Chile and Reconstruction of Nicaragua. The
evening also features speakers Michael Moffitt
(whose wife. Ronni Karpen, was murdered with
Orlando Letelier, Chile’s former ambassador to
the U.S., on Sept. 21. 1976) and Aura Beteta, Free
Nicaragua's first Consul General in SF. Fri/28.
7:30pm, GlideChurch. 330Ellis, SF, $5advance.
$6 at the door, childcare, wheelchair accessible,
tickets available at Cody’s, Modem Times, BASS,
Old Wives' Tales, 433-6698.

”La Poblacion — The Shantytown." a multi-
media program using song, slides, narration and
drama to tell the story of Latin America's
poblaciones, the oppression of the people and how
resistance movements find their bases there.
Fri/28, 8:30 pm. La Pena Cultural Center. 3015
Shattuck, Berk., $3, 849-2568.

1979 GREENPEACE SKATEATHON

Skate vour way around the Polo Field at Golden
Gate Park on Sat/6 and help Greenpeace save the
w'hales and baby harp seals. Bring a picnic and
friends, and plan to spend the day with entertain¬
ment and music. To get a registration packet, call
the Greenpeace Foundation at 474-6767 or pick
them up at all Record Factory stores and Viking
SubShops. Startsigningupsponsorsnow. ■

And though Walker has almost a
decade of political experience as a com¬
munity activist, district elections trea¬
surer and co-chair of the Covington cam¬
paign, this is her first time out as a candi¬
date. Even her supporters admit she’s not
the stuff a campaign manager’s dreams
are made of.

“Nancy’s a sharp organizer and strate¬
gist,” says Ruth Gravanis, “but she’s not
a fleshpresser or door-knocker. ’’
CAMPAIGN SCOREBOARD

During this month’s citywide en¬
dorsement game, Walker fought hard
but came out on the short end of the
scale. The San Francisco Labor Coun¬
cil’s COPE, the Police Officers Associa¬
tion and the Firefighters and the
Transport Workers unions all gave their
nods to Dolson.

He has endeared himself to big labor
with his opposition to the anti-highrise
initiative and the contracting-out of city
services, as well as his sponsorship of a
ballot measure to give police and fire¬
fighters collective bargaining rights. The
conservative Black Leadership Forum
has also voted him their support.

Walker has gotten the stamp of
approval mainly within the Democratic
party, including both major gay Demo¬
cratic clubs, whose endorsements were
endangered for a while by her failure to
support Sup. Harry Britt at the Demo¬
cratic County Central Committee’s
Sept. 9 endorsement session (see
Guardian 9/13/79).

Walker’s only union support has come
from ILWU Local 6, though her camp
succeeded in blocking an expected
Dolson endorsement by SEIU Local 400.

Though Walker admits Dolson’s
support is a “mile wide,” she insists it’s
only an “inch deep. ”

Dolson remains confident of victory,
though, predicting a win with 60% of
the vote. But true to form, he’s playing
for keeps. Says Dolson, “I intend to run
as though the devil is on my tail. ”

Also running in District 9 are Dennis J.
Mulvihill and Earl Gilman. ■

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continued from page 5

their right. I don’t see anything wrong
with it.”

But the spending ordinance was
enacted to reduce the influence of big
money in political campaigns and the use
of expenditure committees effectively
thwarts the law and allows major contri¬
butors to spend any amount in behalf of
any candidate or ballot measure. And
the Prop. U campaign was not the first
instance in which special interests have
gotten around the spending limits. In
1977, local billboard companies spent a
quarter of a million dollars against Prop.
W, a measure that would have elimi¬
nated billboards in San Francisco.

3. TheSFAHcomplaint:

The SFAH complaint does not attack
expenditure committees directly.
Instead, the complaint alleges that the
funds spent by Parkmerced, Golden
Gateway and Paul Sack Properties,
through Solem, were in effect, contribu¬
tions to CFBH/SFARC. As such, SFAH
contends, the payments should have
been limited to the $500 maximum and

reported as contributions by
CFBH/SFARC.

Were the corporate payments actually
contributions? In defining a contribu¬
tion, the Political Reform Act states that
“an expenditure made at the behest of” a
committee is a contribution to that
committee. Thus, the question: were the
payments made by the three firms made
at "made at the behest of”
CFBH/SFARC?

Robert DeVrejs of SFAH told the
Guardian that he believed the payments,
were made at the behest of
CFBH/SFARC because Solem was
representing both CFBH/SFARC and
the three real estate companies simulta¬
neously. DeVreis said, “Solem was
representing the committee and at the
same time was directing the companies
as to how they should spend their funds.
So the money had to be spent at the
behest of the committee. ”

Don Solem disputed SFAH's conten¬
tion in a phone interview with the Guar¬
dian. He said, “the money was not spent
at the behest of the committee,” and

maintained that his firm carefully kept
the funds from the three companies sep¬
arate from the funds of CFBH/SFARC
and used the funds to purchase
advertising that was substantially differ¬
ent from the promotions Solem put
together for CFBH/SFARC. However,
Solem acknowledged that his firm
coordinated the spending between the
two groups “in the sense that we had a
general knowledge of what both were
doing. ”

P.S. 1: The Guardian sought to interview
individuals from the three corporations who
signed each firm’s expediture statement:
Claude Scovill of Parkmerced Management
Corp. and Paul Sack of Paul Sack Properties
were both out of the city. David Towne,
general manager of Golden Gateway
Center, has been replaced by Joseph Finch,
who did not return our calls by presstime.

P.S. 2: The SFAH complaint notes that in
February a trade association called the
Coalition for Better Housing (separate from
CFBH/SFARC) had registered with the state
Department of Corporations giving 100 Bush
St., Solem's offices, as its address. This trade
association has not registered as a committee.

but the SFAH complaint asks the District
Attorney to notify the Coalition for Better
Housing that it cannot spend funds it may
have already raised for campaign purposes
until it registers as a committee. Peter Necar-
sulmer at Solem said the Coalition was not a
political committee, would not contribute
funds to campaign against rent control and
had no money to contribute anyway.

P.S. 3: Chief Assistant District Attorney
Charles Breyer said after the SFAH
complaint was filed that the DA’s office
would investigate the charges made by
SFAH. But DA Joe Freitas may run into
potential conflict of interest problems since
he has accepted a recent campaign contribu¬
tion from Golden Gateway Center, one of
the three real estate companies cited in the
SFAH complaint. Freitas accepted a $250
contribution from Golden Gateway Center
in May of this year, according to his cam¬
paign spending reports on file with the
Registrar. Incidentally, Golden Gateway
Center is 54% owned by Perini Land and
Development Co., which is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Perini Corp., which among
other things is building the George Moscone
Convention Center and the Seabrook
nuclear power plant in New Hampshire.

LEGAL NOTICES

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO 40649

The following person is doing business as QUALITY CAR¬
PENTRY COMPANY, 1222A 22nd Avenue, San Francisco, CA
94122 David Merrihue. 1222A 22nd Avenue, San Francisco,
CA 94122 This business is conducted by an individual Signed
David Merrihue

This statement was filed with Carl M Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco, California by clerk Tat-
suo Maruyama on September 21,1979

Pub Dates September 26, October 3.10.17,1979

BG-13471

SUMMONS

CASE NO. 742937

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO In re the marriage of the
Petitioner; EDWARDO GALLETTI. and the Respondent: LINDA
DIANE HILDEBRAND GALLETTI

NOTICE! You have been sued The court may decide against
you without your being heard unless you respond within 30
days Read the information below.

iAVISO! Usted ha.gido demandado. El tribunal puede decidir
contra Ud. sin audiencia a menos que Ud responda dentro de
30 dias. Lea la informacion que sigue
1. To the Respondent

a. The petitioner has filed a petition concerning your marriage
You may file a written response within 30 days of the date that
this summons is served on you

b If you fail to file a written response within such time, your de¬
fault may be entered and the court may enter a judgment con¬
taining injunctive or other orders concerning division of proper¬
ty. spousal support, child custody, child support, attorney's
fees, costs, and such other relief as may be granted by the
court, which could result in the garnishment of wages, taking of
money or property, or other relief

c. If you wish to seek the advice of an attorney in this matter,
you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any,
may be filed on time.

Dated September 6. 1978. Carl M. Olsen. Clerk. By P W
Murphy. Deputy

MICHAEL R.SHER
3386 25th Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
821-1600

Pub. Dates: September 5.12.19.26.1979.

BG-13445

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 40511

The following person is doing business as LEDRONE. 1390
Market #908. San Francisco. CA 94102: Lon Klingaman, 1725
Fox Plaza. San Francisco, CA 94102. This business is con¬
ducted by an individual. Signed Lon Klingaman.

This statement was filed with Carl M Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco. California by clerk Tat-
suo Maruyama on September 13.1979

Pub Dates: September 19, 26. October 3,10.1979

BG-13467

V .tlljf'ttito * UKI i.I .i ).) * • ) 1 V |

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO 40314

The following person is doing business as SAN FRANCISCO
EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. 4096 18th Street #37, San Fran¬
cisco. CA 94114: Thomas P. Standish, 4096 18th Street #37.
San Francisco. CA 94114 This business is conducted by an in¬
dividual. Signed Thomas Standish

This statement was filed with Carl M. Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco, California by clerk
Valaida S. Mason on August 31,1979.

Pub. Dates: September 5.12,19. 26, 1 979

_ BG- 13442

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 40313

The following persons are doing business as KILBY & PATTER¬
SON ASSOCIATES. 1733 Scott #4, San Francisco, CA 94115
Albert B. Kilby, 66 Cleary #808. San Francisco, CA 94109;
Terence E. Patterson. 1830 Eddy. San Francisco, CA 94115.
This business is conducted by an unincorporated association
other than a partnership. Signed Terence E Patterson
This statement was filed with Carl M Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco. California by clerk Valai¬
da S Mason on August 31, 1979

Pub. Dates: September 5,12,19. 26, 1979.

BG-13447

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO 40315

The following person is doing business as SERVICES BY
SUSIE, 214 Clara. San Francisco. CA 94107 Susanne S.
Jarvis, 2535 35th Avenue. San Francisco. CA 94116 This
business is conducted by an individual. Signed Susie Jarvis.
This statement was filed with Carl M. Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco. California by clerk
Valaida S Mason on August 31,1979.

Pub. Dates: September 5,12,19, 26,1979.

_ BG 13441

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO 40431

The following person is doing business as HIGH T & CO., 116
Belvedere. San Francisco. CA 94117: Aaron H Mazria. 116
Belvedere, San Francisco. CA 94117. This business is con¬
ducted by an individual Signed Aaron Mazria
This statement was filed with Carl M Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco. California by clerk Tat-
suo Maruyama on September 7.1979

Pub. Dates: September 12.19, 26. October 3.1979

BG-13454

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO 40432
The following persons are doing business as BOOKKEEPING
COOPERATIVE. 234 Pierce. San Francisco, CA 94117: Patricia
Henderson. 234 Pierce, San Francisco. CA 94117; Sandra
Stein, 22120 Broadway St.. Sonoma, CA 95476. This business
Is conducted by a general partnership. Signed Sandra Stein.
Patricia Henderson

This statement was filed with Carl M Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco. California by clerk Tat-
suo Maruyama on September 7.1979

Pub Dates: September 12.19. 26, October 3.1979

BG-13455

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO 39612

The following persons are doing business as OPTIONS. 1458
Page #8, San Francisco. CA 94117: Diane L. Webb. 1458 Page
#8, San Francisco, CA 94117, Robert M Calderaro. 1458 Page
#8, San Francisco, CA 94117. This business is conducted by a
general partnership. Signed Diane L Webb
This statement was filed with Carl M. Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco. California by clerk D
Flanagan on July 26.1979

Pub. Dates: September 5.12.19. 26.1979.

BG-13443*

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 40435

The following person is doing business as CLIFTON LEMON
.DESIGN & PRODUCTION. 1451 Shotwell. San Francisco. CA
94110 Clifton Stanley Lemon, 1451 Shotwell. San Francisco.
CA 94110 This business is conducted by an individual Signed
Clifton Stanley Lemon

This statement was filed with Carl M Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco. California by clerk
Tatsuo Maruyama on September 7.1979

Pub. Dates September 12.19. 26, October 3.1979

_ BG-134S1

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 40434

The following persons are doing business as REBA & VANCE.

143 Fillmore, San Francisco. CA 941 1 7 Richard Vance Martin.
143 Fillmore, San Francisco. CA 94117. Rebecca Kmiec. 535
Haight, San Francisco, CA 94117 This business is conducted
by a limited partnership Signed Richard Vance Martin.

This statement was filed with Carl M Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco. California by clerk Tat¬
suo Maruyama on September 7.1979

Pub Dates September 12,19, 26. October 3.1979

__ BG 13452

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS^AME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 40433

The following persons are doing business as HOTEL VICKS¬
BURG, 1476 California, Box 40, San Francisco. CA 94114
Christopher Beaver, 161 Vicksburg, San Francisco, CA 94114;
Judy Irving. 161 Vicksburg, San Francisco. CA 94114. This
business is conducted by a limited partnership Signed Chris¬
topher Beaver

This statement was filed with Carl M. Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco. California by clerk Tat¬
suo Maruyama on September 7.1979

Pub. Dates September 12,19, 26. October 3.1979

BG-13453

SUMMONS

CASE NO. 751653

SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA IN AND FOR THE CITY
AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO In re the marriage of the
Petitioner LUIZ GALLETTI. and the Respondent HELEN RENE
GOUAX

NOTICE! You have been sued. The court may decide against
you without your being heard unless you respond within 30
days Read the information below

iAVISO * 1 Usted ha sido demandado El tribunal puede decidir
contra Ud. sin audiencia a menos que Ud. responda dentro de
30 dias Lea la informacion que sique.

1. To the Respondent:

a The petitioner has filed a petition concerning your marriage
You may file a written response within 30 days of the date that
this summons is served on you.

b. If you fail to file a written response within such time, your de¬
fault may be entered and the court may enter a judgment con¬
taining Injunctive or other orders concerning division of proper¬
ty, spousal support, child custody, child support, attorney's
fees, costs, and such other relief as may be granted by the
court, which could result in the garnishment of wages, taking of
money or property, or other relief.

c. If you wish to sefek the advice of an attorney in this matter,
you should do so promptly so that your written response, if any,
may be filed on time

Dated May 18. 1979 Carl M. Olsen. Cjerk. By Joseph Rasch-
Chabot, Deputy

MICHAEL R.SHER
2822 Van Ness
San Francisco, CA 94109
441-0121

Pub Dates September 5.12.19. 26.1979

BG-13446

** * ' * * Gl. 1(4 '/ u L 410 a . | .

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 40498

The following persons are doing business as JAZZLAND, 852
Stanyan. San Francisco. CA 94117: Annette Jarvie. 144 Carl,

San Francisco. CA 94117; Phillip Philbin III, 144 Carl #6, San
Francisco. CA 94117. This business is conducted by co¬
partners. Signed Annette Jarvie

This statement was filed with Carl M. Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco, California by clerk Tat¬
suo Maruyama on September 12.1979

Pub Dates September 19. 26, October 3,10.1979

BG-13466

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 40533

The following persons are doing business as AD RESPONSE
LINE, 754 Columbus, San Francisco. Ca 94133: Duane Byron
Busby. 2434 Bonar Street, Berkeley, CA 94702; James Jude
Wallrabenstein. 2434 Bonar Street. Berkeley. CA 94702. This
business is conducted by a general partnership. Signed D
Byron Busby.

This statement was filed with Carl M Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco. California by clerk D
Flanagan on September 14,1979

Pub. Dates: September 19, 26, October 3.10.1979.

_BG-13465

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT

FILE NO. 40534

The following corporation is doing business as BRAND X. 570
Castro. San Francisco, CA 94114 Keneka corporation (Cali¬
fornia). 917 Grove. San Francisco. CA 94117. This business is
conducted by a corporation Signed K N Kapleau, President,
Keneka Corporation.

This statement was filed with Carl M Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco. California by clerk D
Flanagan on September 1 4,1979.

Pub. Dates: September 19.26, October 3.10.1979

BG-13464

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO. 40535

The following person is doing business as ART DECOR ENTER¬
PRISES. 2832 Gough. San Francisco. CA 94123: Faye A De
Spain. 2832 Gough. San Francisco. CA 94123. This business is
conducted by an individual. Signed Faye A. De Spain.

This statement was filed with Carl M. Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco, California by clerk D
Flanagan on September 14,1979.

Pub. Dates September 19. 26. October 3.10.1979.

BG-13463

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAME STATEMENT

FILE NO 40536

The following person is doing business as HOWARD ENTER¬
PRISES. 625 Post #1237. San Francisco. CA 94103 Howard L
Sparks, 1440 South Mayfair. Daly City. CA 94015. This busi¬
ness is conducted by an individual. Signed Howard L. Sparks.

This statement was filed with Carl M Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco. California by clerk D
Flanagan on September 14,1979.

Pub Dates September 19. 26. October 3.10.1979

_ BG 13461

FICTITIOUS BUSINESS NAMESTATEMENT

FILE NO. 40552 ~

The following person is doing business as TIGHT MUSIC. 1560
Eighth Avenue Penthouse. San Francisco. CA 94122: Ana
Perez. 901 Cedar, Berkeley. CA 94710 This business is con¬
ducted by an individual. Signed Ana Perez
This statement was filed with Carl M Olsen, the County Clerk of
the City and County of San Francisco, California by clerk D
Flanagan on September 14.1979.

Pub. Dates September 19.26. October 3.10.1979

BG-1346B

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THE SAN FRANCISCO BAYGUARDIAN, SEPTEMBER 27,1979

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was founded by singer Mimi
Farina several years ago, it has put
on hundreds of shows in institutions
in Marin County, San Francisco
and in state prisons. The Bread and
Roses Festival was established in
1977 to help raise money for the
day-to-day operation of the organ¬
ization, to ensure that the schedule
of 35-40 small shows a month can
be maintained. Ideally, the festival
will raise about 80% of Bread and
Roses’ annual budget, with the
remaining funds coming from
foundation grants, government
grants and private contributions.
Last year’s Labor Day weekend
fest, however, was not as successful
(financially, at least) as the first
year’s shows, and Bread and Roses
needed a large concert (held at the
San Francisco Civic) a few months
after the festival to meet its budget.
Ticket sales for this year’s three
shows—Oct. 5th through 7th—
have been brisk, indicating that
Bread and Roses stands a good
chance of meeting its financial
goal.

"What we learned last year,”
says Bread and Roses Festival co¬
producer Tom Lapinski. “is that
more people go out of town during
a holiday weekend than come in to
town. The other thing we learned is
that although a show might be
beautifully put together in terms of
the artists represented on a
program, you still need a headliner
tosell tickets.”

Certainly , there is no paucity of
big names scheduled for this year’s
festival. Friday night’s show alone
features three or four top-drawing
acts. The show kicks off with har¬
monica whiz Norton Buffalo,
playing a set with Steve Burton,
guitarist for Kris Kristofferson and
Rita Coolidge. Norton and Kris¬
tofferson have spent the last few
months in Montana working on
Michael Cimino’s new film.
Heaven s Gate , and both are taking
time out from their acting chores
just to appear at the festival. If you
have never seen Norton Buffalo,
you have never seen what can be
done with a harmonica.

Buffalo will be followed by Hoyt
Axton, whose appearances at the
first two Bread and Roses Festivals
are still talked about fondly. Axton
is a performer who enjoys playing
"loose” (read “bombed”), and his
set is always a delightful blend of
raucous humor and fine country¬
folk tunes.

The first half of Friday night’s
show will close with a rare solo
appearance by David Crosby. A
songwriter of great depth and a
singer of considerable emotion and
color, Crosby is certain to be one of
the bright spots of the festival. And,
of course, with his longtime
partner Graham Nash scheduled
to appear solo at Sunday's show,
don’t be surprised if the two appear
together during each other’s set.

Opening the second half of the
show.willbe the witty, highly idio¬
syncratic Roche * 1 sisters, who hash-

TIME AGAIN

In decades of concerts,
Pete Seeger (above) has
never failed to get a crowd
singing along. Jerry
Lawson (below) and the
Persuasions are never
anything less than
awesome.

BY BLAIR JACKSON

I n just two years, the Bread and
Roses Festival of Acoustic
Music, held at Berkeley’s 9,000-seat
Greek Theater, has become
perhaps the most important and
consistently entertaining annual
musical event on the West Coast.
Though the Monterey and Berkeley
jazz festivals continue to be well
attended and offer a number of
exceptional acts, they fall short of
matching the joyous spirit that
seems to permeate virtually every
minute of the Bread and Roses fete.
Each Bread and Roses Festival has
skillfully blended seemingly ageless
folkies with current stars, rock and
roll with jazz, gospel with light
folk. The performers, all of whom
donate their services, always
appear to enjoy the shows
thoroughly, and the camaraderie
that is evident between performers
never fails to make an audience feel
good. The hackneyed term “good
vibes” must have been invented to
describe even ts 1 ike th is.

Bread and Roses, of course, is a
Marin County-based nonprofit
operation dedicated to bringing
entertainment to people in prisons,
hospitals, nursing homes and the
like—to people who are, literally,
“shut-ins” for one reason or
another. Since the organization

irs

BREAD AND ROSES

Bread and Roses founder and director Mimi Farina
and sister Joan Baez at the first Bread and Roses festival.

become favorites in the Bay Area
through their performances at the
Boarding House and opening for
Boz Scaggs at the Greek. While
their album is a little cutesy for my
tastes, 1 understand they are
brilliant live. We’ll see.

Following the Roches will be
Chick Corea, playing a rare solo
gig (the last few times he was in
town he played duets with Herbie
Hancock), and Kris Kristofferson,
who I fervently hope will have the
good sense to leave wife Rita
Coolidge at home that night.

Saturday afternoon's show
appears to be devoted primarily to
folk and acoustic blues. The
“names” that day are Joan Baez,
who rises to these sorts of occasions
with a brilliance that is both heart¬
warming and inspiring, and folk
immortal Pete Seeger, who in
decades of concerts has never failed
to get a crowd singing along with
him. The Bay Area turned out in
force to see Seeger just this past
July, when he performed for free in
front of 16,000 people at Stern
Grove in San Francisco. Bring your
pitch pipe and get ready to sing!

Also on the bill Saturday are
Paul Siebel, who is perhaps best
known for writing the lovely tune-
“Louise” (which has been recorded
by Bonnie Raitt, among others);
Leah Kunkel, sister of the late
Mama Cass and now a recording
artist herself (she has one excellent
album on CBS); blues singer/
guitarist John Hammond; and the
Chambers Brothers, who will offer
what is sure to be an exciting set of
blues and gospel tunes.

Sunday’s show begins with
perennial Bread and Roses
favorites the Persuasions, who, like
Hoyt Axton, have performed at the
previous year’s festivals. I’ve seen
these a capella giants several times
over the past th ree or fou r yea rs (in-
cluding twice at last year’s festival,
and most recently opening for Joni
Mitchell) and can say without hesi¬
tation that they are never anything
less than awesome. They always
succeed in bringing down the
house.

Next up on the bill is Flora
Purim, sans husband Airto, in a set
of Brazilian jazz. Purim is one of
the most distinctive vocalists in
music, and to hear her in an exclu¬
sively acoustic setting should be
a real treat. Her latest album on

Warner Brothers Records, Carry
On, was just released last week.

The first half of Sunday’s show
concludes with a set by Graham
Nash, one of the true “nice guys” of
the music industry. Always politi¬
cally minded, Nash writes decep¬
tively simple and beautiful tunes
that suit his appealing tenor quite
well. Again, I would not be sur¬
prised to see David Crosby join
Nash onstage for a song or two.

The second half of the Sunday
show is sure to be uplifting. Follow¬
ing a set by Maria Muldaur will be
the New Generation Singers, a 50-
voice gospel choir from Oakland,
and Peter, Paul and Mary, whose
classic folk hits still sound great
more than a decade after they were
recorded. It seems fitting that the
most popular folk group of the past
two decades be on hand to usher in
the Eighties. The universal mes¬
sages in their songs will probably
still be relevant at the turn of the
century. As has always been the
case, the performers at the Bread
and Roses Festival are offering
their talents for free. So are the
companies offering sound and
lights, the fellow whose responsi¬
bility it is to keep the dozens of
acoustic guitars in tune and even
artist Stanley Mouse, whose stun¬
ning rose logo is the sy mbol of this
year’s festival. It is not every day
that you get to help a worthy cause
and have a whale of a good time in
the process. The Bread and Roses
Festival comes but once a year—
the good feelings it generates help
others enjoy good music year
’round.

PARTICULARS: When-Oct. 5
at 7p.m., Oct. bat 1 p.m., Oct. 7at

1 p.m. Where — the Greek Theatre
on the U.C. Berkeley campus. Tic¬
kets—available-in advance at all
BASS outlets (as well as the Univer¬
sity Box Office) for $10 per show
(theater seats) or $8.50(general ad¬
mission); $1 more per show for
tickets purchased at the door. I
strongly advise buying advance
tickets, as all three shows will
probably sell out. The doors will
open two hours before each show.
I’d recommend bringing some sort
of warm clothing to each show, as
the Greek is often chilly in the late
afternoon and evening. If you plan
to sit on the large concrete area of
the theater, a pillow w ill certainly
-help. ■

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