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(fhica0 (Tribune Friday, January 21, 1983 Section 3 Weekend's best 11 OPERA: The New York City Opera's production of Bizet's "Carmen," Saturday and Sunday at the Auditorium Theatre. 1 JAZZ: Vocal duo Jackie Cain and Roy Krai, Friday and Saturday at Rick's Cafe Americain. THEATER: "Division Street," the long-running comedy about a '60s radical adrift in the '80s, all weekend at the New Broadway Theater. i lb i 1 1 i i i i IT. iff: rw if "''icrn If )T MM fj I i 1 i jf-' THEATER: "Brigadoon," a loving revival of the Lerner and Loewe musical, in its last weekend at Marriott's Lincolnshire Theater.

Irtlrt'hl 4V For details see the Weekend Guide, page .8. 1 I 1 1 -1 k' I -Sv 1 1 i -J -f ir i I 3 IMteWt Restaurants Illinois Center is a tasty port in a winter storm By Dolores A. Long DF WINTER'S HOWLING winds make you think Chicago is really the city of the frozen shoulders, start your weekend with a visit to the city within a city where it's summertime all year long. Illinois Center, at Michigan Avenue and Wacker Drive, is the nation's largest urban mixed-use development, housing a hotel, apartments, offices, shops and more than 20 restaurants, bars and fast-food places. The buildings are all interconnected by a series of concourses, making for a virtual winter-proof food-lover's city.

"We've got just about everything for everybody in any price range under one roof," says Lee Dickson, director of retail leasing. "We offer a range of executive luncheon spots to snacks on the run for the 35,000 people who work in the- offices here, not including visitors, commuters from the I.C. station and convention business from the Hyatt." If you want to run, not walk through Illinois Center this weekend, the Hyatt Regency Chicago will speed you on your way. For $99 a person fitness buffs get two nights' lodging, two breakfasts and one dinner, plus a battery of running and fitness clinics. Phone 861-0611 for details.

If you're traveling at a slower pace, information kiosks within the center offer a free map to help you find your way through the complex. Here is a building-by-building guide to eating your way through Illinois Center. Hotel restaurants and several others are open every day, but some on the list are open weekdays only. One Illinois Center Stevens on Wacker 1329-9300: One of the few restaurantlounges in the complex with a city view, looking across the river toward Tribune Tower and the Wrigley Building. Weekday lunch features soups, salads and steam table entrees $4.50 and up; after 5 p.m.

cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Stevens Coffee Shop: Counter service, booths or take-out. Minimal atmosphere but moderately priced and a good selection of menu items ranging from sandwiches to hot entrees. 1P''''y- H' v.wM,,..,,i,rn.,rt(i tw ii. 11 mi nniijUmi i 'n Skating at the Abbey in Fontana: A summer standby, Lake Geneva has become a year-round getaway favorite.

A Lake Geneva weekend: It's snowing family fun By Timothy J. Tuomey and Magdalene Wise Tuomey HICAGO PIONEER John Kinzie discovered Lake Geneva in 1831, and Chicagoans have been flocking there ever since. Although best known for summer fun, Lake Geneva and nearby Lake Delavan offer families a surprising array of things to do indoors American haute cuisine. Below, the Boat House lounge jumps with live entertainment. Video game players nave an alcove just off the lobby.

An indoor pool, sauna and whirlpool are located just across the high-tech scene. "We offer a weekend ski package with nearby Majestic Hills," says general manager Joe Wilson. "We can arrange ice skating, snowmobiling and cross-country skiing for our guests, too." A walk through town turns up an interesting variety of shops, restaurants and other attractions. For historians and oenophiles, the Wisconsin Winery, 529 Main is a dual purpose find. Owners Arelene and Bud Brenton offer tours of the 95-year-old building, plus a review of their own winemaking.

The tour culminates in the tasting room. For shoppers, Flemings 771 Main features Irish tweeds and linens, plus woolens from Scotland, New Zealand and Iceland. Across the square to the west is the sumptuous Fancy Fair Mall, a treasure trove of shops touting leather goods, resort wear, jewelry, art and artifacts. "Drop into the Lake Geneva Public Library on Main Street," says longtime resident Ethvle Ferguson. "You can't miss its striking architecture.

The glass walls look out on the lake. If you catch a winter sunset, it's worth the whole trip." Popular downtown restaurants include Nelson's and Annie's Ice Cream Parlor on Main Street, and beyond them toward the motel strip fast-food groupies will find Arby's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and McDonald's eyeball to eyeball. Back on the waterfront is Popeyc's Galley Grog, which promises "warmer-upper" drinks and food. Next door is Popeye's girl, Olive Oyl's. There's dancing there every night.

Both are popular with hometowners and tourists. For historic value and American food despite the pseudo old English name, there's Ye Olde Hotel in Lyons, a short drive from town on Wis. Hwy. 36. Founded in 1860, the hotel was a regular railstop for travelers.

Now the same structure contains a store and restaurant. The Lake Geneva area boasts many internationally famous family resorts. Northeast of town, at the junction of U.S. Hwy. 12 and Wis.

Hwy. 50, is the Americana Lake Geneva Resort. American bison welcome guests where once Playboy bunnies were greeters. AMERICANA'S 1,400 ACRES provide a family-style environment with a variety of activities right on its property. The resort has its own ski mountain, its 13 slopes guaranteed to be covered with snow all season for day and night skiing.

The runs are geared to beginners, intermediates and experts. One is a 211-foot vertical. The longest slope is a quarter of a mile. An Americana Standard Race for individual skiers is held at 1 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday.

The cross-country skier will find 14 kilometers of trails criss-crossing some of the most beautiful scenery in southern Wisconsin. Adult skis, boots and poles and children's equipment, including boots under size 5, can bo rented. Ice skating, snowmobiling and horseback riding are there, too. A ski chalet with an inviting fireplace takes care of apres outdoor sports. Back in the main lodge, jump into the large indoor pool, or visit the game room.

There's Continued on following page ana oui on a winter weeKena. It has been that way for 112 years. "Summer of 1871, the Sturges-Buckingham clan of Buckingham Fountain fame built a mansion on the banks of the lake," relates Tim Kielty, a Lake Geneva history buff. "It set a trend for Chicago's big industrial families. July 26, the first direct railway ran between Chicago and Lake Geneva.

Hundreds of Chicagoans rode north to escape the city heat and gave the tiny village of Lake Geneva its first resort season." Though no train now connects the city to the town, Lake Geneva still prospers as a resort for all seasons. Lodging of all descriptions abound around the lake. In winter, if the snow doesn't fall, the ingenious residents make snow to create a wonderland. THERE ARE basically two ways to enjoy Lake Geneva: Making one of the many motels in the town itself your base or staying at a resort with an all-inclusive package. The first course is considerably cheaper, and the second is considerably more convenient.

Popular among confirmed urbanites is the Hilton Inn at 300 Wrigley Lake Geneva, an in-town hotel with a big city flair. The hotel's restaurant, Schooner's, provides a panoramic view of Lake Geneva while serving Movies Impressive 'Gandhi' a well-crafted epic Hyatt Regency Chicago All restaurants, 565-1000. Stetson's, lobby level, east tower: You almost expect to see ol' J.R. come strolling into this -masculine restaurant. Lots of polished wood, gleaming brass and a he-man menu that reinforces Chicago's image as a steak and potatoes kind of town.

Barbecue chicken and ribs, hearty soups, burgers, prime steaks or fresh lobster I $6.25 to $24.50. The blunderness torte is the equivalent of-striking oil for any dessert lover. Daily for lunch and dinner 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and 5:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Scampi, lobby level, east tower: You don't have to satisfy your hunger according to somebody else's time schedule; they serve 'round the clock here, with separate breakfast, lunch, late afternoon, dinner ana all-night menus. The choice here really is soup to nuts with the emphasis on pasta and regional Italian specialties. Situated on an island overlooking the lobby's lagoon and waterfall, it's a pleasant dining and people-watching experience. I $2.95 to $16,501. Mrs.

O'Leary's, 2d floor, west tower: Named after the notorious lady whose twitchy cow made Chicago a hot spot, this restaurant is old-fashioned and cozy. A good selection of all-American dishes ranging from New England clam chowder to T-bone steak and deep-dish apple pie a la mode. If you iust want to sip the brew, sit in the adjoining pub and listen to bartender Pepper Wright spin some tall tales. Daily lunch 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.; dinner 5:30 to 11 p.m.

I $2.95 to $18.50. Truffles, 2d floor, west tower: For an expense-account lunch or a romantic tete a tete, this gourmet dining room fills the bill. The menu is so chi chi, it's in French with English subtitles. If you're feeling VIPish, reserve Booth 41, Truffles' answer to the Pump Room's Booth 1. Lunch Monday through Friday 11:30 a.m.

to 2:30 p.m.; dinner nightly 6 to 10 p.m. $6.75 to $23,751. The Skyway, where east meets west: Nestled In the enclosed glass walkway spanning the hotel's two Continued on page 4 "Gandhi" Mini-review: Traditional and Impressive Produced and directed by Richard Attanborough from I aorlpt by John Britoy; photographed by Billy William and Ronnie Taylor, deelgned by Stuart Crelg, edited by John Bloom; muele by Ravi 8hankar; orcheatral ecore end additional mualo, Oeorge Fenton. A Columbia Plcturea releaae at the Eaqulre and area theatere. Running time, 3:06.

Rated PO. THE CAST Mohandaa K. Gandhi Ben Klngaley Kaalurba Gandhi Rohlnl Hattangady Mlrabehn Oeraldlne Jamea Pandit Nehru Roehan 8eth Mohammed All Jlnnah Alyque Pedemeee Charlie Andrewa Ian Charleaon Herman Kallenbach Ountar Maria Maimer Walker Merlin 8heen By Richard Christiansen Critic at large THIRTY-FIVE years after his death from an assassin's bullet. Mohandas K. Gandhi, "the great soul" of India, has been enshrined in an epic movie biography.

Produced for about $22 million I only $1 million more than the cost of and running a little more than three hours, "Gandhi" is a solid, traditional work that makes impressive use of the ability of movies both to lake in the sweep of huge crowds and to focus on the personality of an individual. The movie's makers begin their mammoth work with a simple statement of purpose: "to be faithful in spirit to the record and try to find one's way to the heart of the man." Realizing the complexities of Gandhi's life, they have tried to tell it as closely as possible to the public record and to stress those primary qualities they believe Gandhi possessed. life. It begins with Gandhi's assassination and Delhi funeral in 1948, then flashes back to 1893, with the arrival in South Africa of Gandhi, a dapper, English-educated young lawyer, and the start of his policy of nonviolent resistance. FROM THE start, the movie makes clear, Gandhi was a master of the symbolic gesture.

Beginning with the burning of the despised identity cards his people were forced to carry in South Africa, Gandhi was always capable of creating an event to capture the public eye through the press. He would no doubt be impressed by Columbia Pictures' marketing of this film as "a world Such ceremonies as the huge bonfire of English-manufactured cloth, the famous 1930 march to the sea to make salt and the "fasts to the death" to force nonviolence on a country in tur- Contlnued on following page vi Making use of hundreds of thousands of extras, filming wherever possible on the actual sites of the historical incidents and employing a gifted actor I Ben Kingsley who looks amazingly like Its hero, the movie has an authentic look in its recounting of Gandhi's Bon Kingsley as Gandhi. Smile Overheard at art Saturday in Tempo One of the hardest-working tools in the woodworker's kit is the plane. Used for centuries to smooth wood, this flat-bottomed tool has evolved into many variations to handle a variety of jobs when properly used. gallery: "We've I ff fAll already done VjAi this room' 1 re 'i JLi 1 member that fire fire I THINK I'VE L0 4 extinguisher." Ur Reader' Diueat.