News Scrapbook 1986

San Diego, CA (San Diego co.) San Diego Union (Cir. O. 217 ,089) {Cir. S . 341,840)

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ig leads dissolve in both of their games. They had a 52-37 advantage against Boise State with a little less than eight minutes to play and then didn't score again until a jump shot by forward Nils Madden at the buzz- er. 'For the ast seven minutes" said USD coach Hank Egan of the' Boise Slate game, "I didn't bke anything that was going on out there." ,

Boris King, a 6-foot-2 guard is Ne- vada-Reno's top scorer, av~raging 17.7 points. He's also second on the team in rebounds, averaging five. Also expected to tart for the Wolf Pack are 6-0 ~ard Daryl Owens, 6-8 forward David Wood, 6-6 forward Mario Martin (12.3 poin and 6-6 center Quenten Stephens USD will be seelung lo find the killer instinct. The Toreros have let

victory over Ca1 and then lost two straight to WCAC teams. The Wolf Pack lost to the University of San Fran isco 117-93, and then lost to San Clara 82-71 Tonight, they'll play the team cor 1dered the best in theWCA y're real good " said Boise ard ChriS Childs af er USD bis team on Thursday, M-52. be in the NCAA playoffs."

B Th" University of San Die o bas• ketball team wt ry opreservltwo tr alts wh n ll plays at Nevada• Hcno tonight at 7: 0. The Toreros will be attempting to make their record 3-0 and l)ecOme the third W t Coa Athletic Confer- ence team to defeat the Wolf Pack

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outu~ru ugpts' · 1 urns Un La Jolla ~kies Nightly "SootbJ?(J.t" Ste•= V. w='>· •vi,toai• Johnson •t th• ,ry p,.,idoni in it, o,igin'.i Cone!•' kinotie 1 ;.,., ~,iptuN , , , Pl,yho=• It wiil ho h~d in tM Bmodw•Y p,oduei>on ond piay,d rt - ""'"""' to ho th< nmt o£ito kiml. Tho fimt ;, , ~ri" or SeminM• lobby of th• Mandeil W•>• C.ot,< """ ro, 5½ ,,=. in the country - lights up La and Dialogues at the Old Globe for the Performing Arts where the • • • Pl h I Food ill be d Ever since Old Globe's associate Joli •• eky perman ntly now. The takes place Monday for Stephen ay ouse Pays. w 0 • •ed b A C • d Aff · A ' director David Hay saw what he final installation of the futuristic Sondheim's "lnto the Woods." The na, Y a,ere air, esop s T bl G taf A d Ge • t considered the definitive Christ- art piece took place this week, and seminar will be held from 7 to 9:30 a es, us n ers, orge s a th C T P f the C d 0 th mas play in London two years ago, G ts d to br . he has wanted to stage it. "To do now can be seen every night Mon- p.ro. at the theater. e ove, o o ove, an · day through Friday from 6:30 to Informal seminars are intended ere. ues are encourage mg a,,o. to int,od- '""'"'"' to tho b,ek- MO·""''''' o,~=•" to •= fui, ploy pm,-dy, I bod to h•" • 011 M M ill d l f ground of each play, the play- rate a Christmas tree which will be place where there is some sense of ver C an, eve oper o fn;th." the California First Bank building wright, themes and plots of the donated to the children of the - in Goidefi rn;rnglowh,,. tho 1- ploy. n,oy u• ,t,ted .,dy in tho Hiilm•t R,eoi•i•g HomeiN•• H• foond ib,t pt,re ,t USP, ••• Alternatives. will stage Tony Harrison's "The

Mysteries, From Creation Christmas," Dec. 11, 12 and 13 at to

In other LJP news: Artistic Director Des McAnuff is in Moscow this week as one of 10 U.S.

USD's [9J,IDJiers Chapel. It's free delegates of Theatre Exchange In- ~n to the public, and fea• ternational to the USSR. They are tures 14 Bible stories "made meeting with Russian theater ar· tremendously entertaining." tists to exchange work and ideas. Sister Betsy Walsh, a USD

ArtFacts by Priscilla Lister Schupp

English and medieval drama pro-- fessor, is dramaturge for the pro- duction. She's also cast as God. Hay asked her to read for the part "simply because no one else was available ... I am not trying to make a statement of God being a feminist statement," said Sister Walsh. "But it may lead to an awareness that God is something other than we sometime imagine The play is musical, both funny and heavy, and is described as a "workshop production," meaning "it won't be as finished as I'd like it," said Hay. It's mostly a volun- teer effort; 12 of the 16 performers are USD drama students. Hay and others hope "The Mysteries" will become an annual production at USD. nun or a woman." "My playing God is not a Him to be."

In April 1987, 10 delegates from Russia will visit theaters in the "The future and security of the planet depends on a greater under- standing between our two na• tions," said McAnuff before he left. "There are few better way of de- veloping this understanding than through the arts. I look forward to discussin craft. and content in our theaters with our Sov'et counterparts." Other delegates represent theaters from through- San Diego Rep stages its 11th annual production of yharles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" - the first in its new home at Horton tomorrow through Dec. 28. Artistic Director Doug Jacobs presents his adapta· tion of Dickens' classic story of the renewal of the hwnan spirit. New York veteran Sabin Epstein directs, assisted by John Daines. "One -hundred and forty-three years after Dickens first published 'A Christmas Carol,' we still find ourselves captivated by this 'ghost story of Christmas.' We return to it again and again, children once more, held spellbound by a beloved Plaza's Lyceum - U.S. vario out the U.S. • • •

run of each production before roost ,patrons will have seen it. Creative personnel participate and em· phasis is placed on artistic concepts of the directors and designers. Dialogues are scheduled late in the run of each production and are intended for patrons to interact with principal cast members and production crews. Other seminars are scheduled Feb. 2 for "The Incredibly Famous y iv ·r ," and Mar 3 for "Intimate Exchanges." Dialogues are slated Jan. 5 for "Into the Woods," Feb. 23 for "Willy Rivers" and April 27 for "Intimate Ex- changes." Tickets to the three-play Semi- nar/Dialogue series are $27 for Old Globe subscribers, $32.40 for non· subscribers. Individual tickets to seminars or dialogues are $10 each for subscribers, $12 for non·

sculpture lives, spent some 250,000 to develop the unprece• dented public art work. Dene Oliver and Jim McMillan, firm principals, told the media earlier this week that the laser sculpture ,s a special attempt to enliven the building at night. "The building, with its curves and reflective glass, is in itself almoet a sculptural form. This laser sculpture just con· tinues that into the night," said Oliver. The sculpture beams four sepa- rate, bright green lasers in com- puter-programmed configurations from and onto the building. No configuration lasts longer than three minutes. Correia said to ap- prec1ate the full range of its dimensions and movements, a viewer should watch for at least 35 minutes, and from different van- tage points throughout the area.

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subscribers. In yet some more Old Globe news, The Players, its 40-merober volunteer subscription sales team, has surpassed the 1,500 subscrip- tion goal during its recent three- month campaign. The four competing teams of 10 Players each brought in nearly $70,000 in subscription income for Season '87, representing 1,545 subscriptions, besting the 1,200 subscriptions sold last year. The Players, formed 2¼ years ago, are young local business peo- ple. They have to date sold 6,300 subscripti

"It's a lot of illusions," said the artist. "The beams appear to be go- ing down in the distance, hitting something on the ground. But be- cause the earth is round, that's just an illusion. The beams actually are beamed straight out from the top of the building, parallel to the sur· face." FAA regulations required that the laser beams stay below 2,000 feet. And to avoid any interference with Miramar, they beam only in directions away from that air space. It's a sculpture that has an unusually broad range. One of the best vantage points to view it is by the beach at the Carmel Valley lagoon area just north of Torrey Pines. The reflections off the water add to its allure. Another good spot is the intersllction at Torrey Pines Road and Girard in downtown La Jolla. "Some people still have an idea m their heads -that it's a rock ' n' roll laser show. But it's an art piece, The different configurations are like a slow dance end a fast dance.

It's Christmas on the Prado

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Park. That means more than 20 museums and cultural organiza• tions there will open their doors, Home Federal is sponsor for the thir~ consecutive year. Last year more than 150,000 people attend- It all starts at 5 p.m. today, con· tinuing to 9 p.m. and from 5 to 9 Participants include the Aerospace Museum, San Diego Junior Theatre presenting free of charge. ed. p.m. tomorrow.

fairy tale,' " said Epstein. Polly Pen composed the original music for this year's production; she's composer of the Off-Broadway hit of last season, "Goblin Market," for which she received the Drama Desk nomination for

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"Christmas Fantasy,"

Outstanding Music.

Tickets are $16 to $20; children seum of Photographic Arts, the will be admitted to any peifor' ' • ·Natu.ral -History ·Museum, San mance for $5 less than adult ticket Diego Museum of Art, Timken prices. · Art Gallery, the Reuben H: Fleet

Space Theater, Museum of Man,

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"Carol" will also herald some holi· day cheer and celebration. Dress• ing the lower lobby will be the twinkling lights and heart-shaped ornaments that has been created by hundreds of local Brownies and Rep's 17-foot-tall tree with its

featuring tarot card reading and handwriting analysis, and SpanishVillageArtCenter. A major exhibition of works by Colleen Ross opens tomorrow at La Jolla's Hanson Art Galleries. Her paintings have the nostalgic * * *

The winning the Dramatic Directors, captained by Terry Kaltenbach of Manufac- turers Financial. Ron Reina of KSDO captained the Globe Trot- ters, Robert Hildt of Pelican Yacht Sales captained the Per· suasive Performers, and Susan Hoffman of .The Jelley Co. cap· tained the Thundering Thespians. For Season '87, the Old Globe has sold more than 32,000 subscriptions for the six-play sea- son in t~e two theaters - the Old Globe and Cassius Carter. • * * The Producers are a volunteer group of business people that work for the La Jolla Playhouse. They will sponsor a Christmas party for business associates and Playhouse business subscribers Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is free to the first 150 guests (that's capacity); RSVP to team was

Girl Scouts.

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"The first beam (at 6:30) projects north, then it jumps to the other side of the building south, then west. That notifies people that it's on.u When you see those green beams from the Golden Triangle now, you'll know it's a history-making •• * MIA-Com Government Sys- tems has been named a Corporate Founder Member of the Old Globe Theatre, having contributed $5,000 this season to the theater. It was one of the original Corporate Members when that category was established in 1984. M/A-Com has a generous mat- ching program for the arts with its employees as, well. For example, when an employee becomes an Old Globe m mber at the basic $35 an· nual level, M/A-Com will match that contribution It matches em· ployee contributions similarly with some 25 performing and visual arts "organizations throughout the . __ ... look at the future .

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"Annie," starring 9-year-old Chula Vistan Errolyn Yavorsky in the title role, opens Thursday by Starlight in the Spreckels Theatre downtown. It plays nightly through Dec. 25 at 8 p.m., with matinees at 2 p.m. and a special Christroas Day presentation at 7 p.m. Tickets are $5 to $21. It's directed by Don and Bonnie Ward, co-artistic directors at Starlight. It also stars Starlight favorite Pat White as the cruel or- phanage director, Miss Hannigan; David Wasson as Daddy War· bucks, who was Peron in Starlight's "Evita" .last season; and Raymond Thorne as F.D.R., who created the role of tlie legend-

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Laurel Burch, a phenomenally jewelry artist who became a catalyst some dozen years ago for a return to cloissone- style enamel pieces, will present her new collection of jewelry and clothing, "The Cat and Laurel Burch," today through Sunday at The Gallery in Bazaar deI Mun• Listen to 18th century ·music, examined variously through 19th century eyes, with 20th century ears tonight at 8 at UCSD's (Continued on Pag 14A) · successful do. • • • •

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