Wisconsin State Journal from Madison, Wisconsin • 58

4 ThuMday March 28, 1996 The Capital Times Wisconsin State Journal Seger will be in Milwaukee "OT oik1 Winnetou' unique play about Indians By Natasha Kassulke Bob Seger's songs have echoed the life of a generation (not mine, but maybe yours) "Night Moves," "Against the Wind" and "Rock and Roll Never Forgets." After a four-year break, Seger is back with the Silver Bullet Band at 8 p.m. April 27 at Milwaukee's Bradley Center. Tickets are reserved, $25 and $30. 255-4646. Seger is supporting his "It's a Mystery" album, the 18th album in his career.

If you like driving 70 miles to see a show but you can't wait until Seger, Milwaukee boasts two big concerts this week. The Foo Fighters play with That Dog at 7:30 tonight at the Riverside Theatre. Tickets are $12.50. 255-4646. The Foo Fighters are lead by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl and include former Germs bassist Pat Smear and a guitarist and drummer from Sunny Day Real Estate.

Then Rod Stewart plays an April Fool's show no fooling at 8 p.m. Monday at the Bradley Center. Tickets are $33. 255-4646. The 51-year-old, gritty-voiced rocker runs the gamut from gentle folksy songs and ballads (along with videos of his son and wife, supermodel Rachel Hunter) to some raw rockers.

15 -Sunday- nigm- vxaix- Side-by-Side This Sunday Pro Hanrp IfSSOIlS With Admission ov Em( Side BwineM Club S735 Monona Madison. Wl "Winnetou's Snake Oil Show" was written at the request of the Circle of Elders, a convocation of elders from many North, Central and South American tribes, as well as from indigenous peoples such as the Maori and the Ainu of Japan, says Muriel Miguel. Spiderwoman Theater was founded in 1975. Its actors are three sisters. Their father was a Kuna, a Central American tribe that lives on the Caribbean islands off the coast of Panama.

Their mother was a Rappahannock, a tribe from the Virginia area. Born and raised in Brooklyn, N.Y., the sisters have extensive backgrounds in studying and working in theater. "We're theater artists, actors," says Mayo. "We're not performance artists." Mayo says the company writes its own plays. "Our performance is scripted.

We do the same play every night," she says, "but we have a lot of craft. Many people think our performances are im- "Winnetou's Snake Oil Snow from Wig-Wain City," Spiderwoman Theater, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Wisconsin Union Theater, 800 Langdon free. ByNadineGoff Spiderwoman Theater plans to "blow apart stereotypes of Indians and New Age mysticism" when it performs "Winnetou's Snake Oil Show from Wig-Warn City" Sunday night at the Wisconsin Union Theater. The play is about "plastic shamans" who sell indigenous spirituality by charging fees for such activities as pipe ceremonies and sweat lodges, says Spiderwoman member Gloria Miguel.

For a real medicine person, "it's a life work and they don't get paid for it," adds Spiderwoman member Lisa Mayo. Many of the customers of these plastic shamans are "really sad people," says Spiderwoman member Muriel Miguel. "We're expected to feel sorry for these sad people. Native Americans took some of them in 500 years ago, and look what happened!" 990 run wuiui isuJis3 color copies photo T-shirts volume copies photo calendars Expires 3-30-96 I Bob's Copy Shop; EAST WEST 1715 ThiererRd. 6636 Mineral R.

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