Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 22

rN. I C-2 Tuesday, March 7, 1989 TBE TRIBUNE, Oakland, CaUtoreia STl murnr -C7un-raisingi WH June II at Caesars Palace for the WHC super-middleweight championship. Thank you for calling. After months of speculation, the plum role of stripper Blase -Starr has been cast. Starring opposite Paul Newman, who wUl play Louisiana Gev.

Earl Lang, in Blaze, will be Toronto-based actress Lolita Davidovich, a virtual unknown. Hay most significant film part to date: Tbe third lead in a Canadian thriller called Blindside," starring Harvey Keitel. Htye, chronicles the real-life tempestuous relationship between Starr and the Louisiana politician that began in 1959 and ended when he died the following year. lic group there threatened to' bring a legal action for blasphemy. Clips of the like a Prayer video shown to the press portray the pop star of Italian-American Catholic origin praying, scantily dressed, in a church and later caressing a priest In a prepared statement the record company said it had decided not to promote the video to safeguard the reputation of the artist ti If you had phoned the Washington, D.C., Weather Line on Saturday you would have been surprised to hear a familiar voice say, this is Sugar Ray Leeeard giving the report for the district wad vicinity.

The champion signed off with: For 30 years, Greta Garfce lived, when she came. West, in the guest house of an estate that is now listed at (2J million. The one-story, Beverly Hills residence on nearly three acm was owned by nutritionist Gay lord Hauser, who died la 1984: Garbo hasnt been back in the past three or four years, says real estate agent Bobble BICalL She stays mainly in her penthouse in New York, McCall said, but Mr. Palermo (Hausers nephew, Tony Palermol talks with her frequently. Hauser left the house to Palermo and his wife, who live in Charges of blasphemy i to be growing since tbe uproar over The Satanic Verses.

WEA Records has dropped plans to promote a new music video by Madonna in Italy after a Catho "This is Sugar Rayj Leonard reminding you that fU be fighting Sagar Ray Leonard Promoting the weather Artist. Taking His Show on the Road Coatiaeed tram Page C-I Not many people would have the stamina and determination to ride a bicycle 3457 miles in 47 days. But thats what Bob Margolia, director of Oaklands Allendale Recreation Center, plans to do beginning June S. Hell be one' of nearly 400 riders, 30 from the Bay Area, riding from Seattle to Atlantic City to aid the American Lung TbereYOrily one thing that has Margolin really worried aU those other riders. -rwr Itll be like a small city moving across the country.

It I was afraid to look at her Then one day, the model diffirt up and the teacher said. Youll have to pose Mortified because there were three women in the clam, Siegriest left the room, took bis clothes off and wouldnt return to the class untiliie was practically dragged back. As a scholarship student, he was forced to suffer such indignities. might be difficult finding your own private time. And you've got to get used to waking up with 400 sleeping bags unripping But I got used to it! he said.

After two days posing, it seemed OK to me at the same time." -4' Margolins been in training since July, hnd in the last three months, Ive been doing about 50 miles a day. It'S really been a two-year commitment, preparing to leave my family (a wife and two children) to leavdwork, to pay the bills. Hes already raised about half his. goal of (5,000 In pledges; He welcomes additional donations, either by pWdghig so much per mile, or giving one lump sum. To make a pledge or for more information, call 803-5474.

Today, say family friends, Siegriest lives from exhibition to exhibition. Celebrations, appearances and visits from old friends his spirits up. hr Oij new Siegriest with Nancy Bfca author of the "Society of Six' book. Blest called It Miner Going to Church. That was where I got as on ej uipnipf alumni.

Some day my prince will when all else fails, says ever-feisty Siegriest, I go to War he was a camouflage artist for the UA Army Corps of Engineers, determining bow to cover critical installations with chicken wire, feathers and paint Seeing the Western coast from the sky, he began to paint in a more abstract manner. During the 60s, he rediscovered Goya onfca trip to Spain and Jbegan -transforming his palette from "high-key colors to the darkened that what some describe as his finest won. Oie of his most famous works, however, comes from an earlier period, when Slegriest was working in Virginia City, Nev. In 1953, Miner Going to Church made headlines when it was summarily pulled from an bltlon at the do Young and Slegriest and Lundy summarily pulled out of the museum. Siegriest has tbe painting in his home, an Inoffensive abstract painted in a muted palette.

He chuckles when he tells his own Much Ado About Nothing version of the story. But he still takes the issue of censorship seriously. Tbe whole thing started when he began experimenting with stylized nudes, doing huger ver- sioos of some of his experimen- tal doodles. The de Young selected one of the abstract nudes for an exhibit announcement and asked Siegriest to give it a title. Because the work showed a stylised nude miner and a church in the background, Sie- Siegriest is often cited of the most famous California College of Artslend Crafts.

Attending at night hnd Ken0 working as a commercial artist during the day, he never graduated. But be did lose his innocence. And the Lamia Triaagia in trouble. A prominent socialite, Vere de Vere Adams Hutchins, was offended by the suggestion that a mag would attend church naked. Calling tbe work pornographic and sacrilegious, she wrote to 8legrleat'0 "90th Birthday Ex -hibitioa" tuna through Saturday at tha GaUary, 448 Buah St, 8aa Auckm fioun ana it ml to 8 pua.

There was a nude model and "cUfe San Franciscos Board of Super-i display. visors, objecting to the Whats your idea of an ideal date? A day at the races, maybe? Or a traditional firehouse dinner at the Piedmont fire house? How about two days in San Diego? These and other outings can be yours for the right bid at Childrens Hospital Bachelor Auction March 17 (St Patricks Day) at the Oakland Airport Hilton. And who iriight your escorts be? Guys like KGO-TV reporter Steve Davis, Frank Terry of KSAN, and Richard Whla-ney. a San Francisco attorney who was a Cosmopolitan Bachelor of the Month. Sacramento fireman Chris Ricketts will be there, too, his way of repaying the hospital for housing him near his two-year-old daughter, under treatment for meningitis.

The evening kicks off with cocktails at 6:30, then dinner and music by an all-doctor jazz band. If youre not in the market for a date, there will be a separate auction of vacation packages, a prize drawing and post-auction dancing. Tickets are (15 in advance, (20 at the door. Call 652-8202. OUR CLAIM TO FAME SINCE 1921 RE-UPHOLSTER NG UPHOLSTERY REMNANTS ft MV KM; WMl BtBj lllMbll mwM NOW SMS MBS TP.

Supervisor George Christopher agreed, saying, Art shouldnt be controversial. When museum director Walter Hell ordered the offending painting withdrawn, the Sie-griests canceled the the incident pro? voked a major shift in Siegriests style. He returned to Virginia City and began to create tex-tured, 'abstract desertpaintings, mixing raw gypsum with Elmers glue and dry color. 50 Parents can make a difference 6363 CoBseum Way of 66th Avenue, Oakland Drummer. Continued hem Page C-I We're not a hill school I guess you could call us a slope school.

Were a'small public school. Just above MacArthur on Lincoln Avenue, and were proud of our parent involvement Thats how Helen Bonne Richards describes the joint efforts of the PTA and Dads Club of Oaklands Sequoia Elementary School. Saturday theyre putting on their first fund-raising social a party and auction 7-1 i p.m. at Park Place Restaurant overlooking Lake Merritt. It begins with drinks and hors d'oeuvras, then an auction and raffle at 9, with some 300 prizes including memberships in Golds Gym, a weekend in Las Vegas and a nigfjt at the Claremont Dessert will follow.

The school is also excited about the pledge of a major donation by an anonymous donor. We worked for five or six years to get a hew playground structure for the school, said Richards, and this man eanra to the dedicatlonAHe was so impressed, he said hed match the cost of another structure, about (14,000. He wants to remain anonymous, butl hope hell come to the party Saturday. Admission is (5. Call Richards at 530-1162.

ethnic music an Afro-American drummer in a combo led by a Japanese pianist playing in Latin r-. Marshall and Levine perform together seven or eight times a year? Both give private -lessons (Levine also teaches music at Sonoma State University) and both devote ihelr summers to Jazz Camp (formerly in Casadero, now in Santa Cruz). Both also came from New England, humping Into each other in various locales as they headed west on Individual routes. I first met you in East L.A," Marshall told Levine In Berkeley recently, when I was firing in Echo Park. Levine added, Our paths followed each other until we found the truth, and the truth was the Bay Area.

Marshall arrived after leaving Dionne. Warwicks band in 1968 1 t- 4 Reading, writing and (Sacramento) Red On March 13, Eli's Mile High ftub will present some of the biggest names in blues including Lady Blanca, Beverly Stovall, -Sacraments Red and Clarence Guitar Sims in a benefit for the Blues in the Schools educational program. -Sponsored by The Oakland Festival of the Arts, the program brings local blues artists to Oakland's junior high and middle schools, as well as mentor-lyricists to the high schools. A Night of Blues runs 7 p.m.-2 a.m., with tickets (20 at the door. Elis is' at 3629 Martin Luther King Jr.

Way. For more information, call 655-6661. and became a member of the pioneering local fusion band Mike More music this month of March If youre a real ipusic maven, follow up the night of blues with an evening of rock roll. The party 7-10 p.m. March 14 at One Market Tisza, San Francisco, will celebrate the opening of two exhibits The Art of Rock Roll and The Classic American Jukebox.

Some 700 people are expected. The rock roll exhibit features billboards and Bill Grahams collection of album covers and posters. Tbe Jukeboxes are mint-condition 1930s and 1940s models from the collection of San Francisco record producer David Rubinsoa. Tickets are (35, with proceeds to benefit the Family Survival Project, for families of brain impaired adults. For reservations or information, call 434-3388.

Nodi's Fourth Way. Levine worked in vlblst Cal TJaders band and has recorded with a number of other jaxx greats, including Poncho Sanches, Richie Ode, Carmen McRae and Houston Person, as well as his own albums for Concord Jass Records. Levine and Marshalrdlscussed the Bay Area as a great place for jaza talent I dont have problems with working, Marshall explained, but getting recognition, that's another matter. Jam people here dont get any credit Which is what tonights show and the entire Jazz in Flight series every Tuesday at Kimballs is about: focusing on the great wealth of local jam talent On March 14 Jon Jang and his Pan Asian Arkestra perform. Biarch 21 is devoted to jazz singers, featuring Molly Holm and Rax Just thaw and serve With our Money Market Account youre free to deposit or withdraw money as often as you like from any of our branches and you have access to your funds at over ATM ttrroughout the state.

lb mate it more convenient you can aim write up to3checta per month. Phi you have the con- fldenre of knowing Citicorp Savings is part of Citicorp, the nation's lamest financial service organization. Fordetailsand the location of the (ranch nearestyou'cafl ourSWwCUstxxnerServfce Center at 1-800-248-9696. This ones not open to the public, but we had to share it with you. You know whats on the menu at the March 14 benefit for the California Academy of Science, now featuring a Great White Shark display? Among other delicacies, shark meat Proceeds from the party at the Canterbury Hotel will help defray tbe coat of the freezer containing the lpSOOpound shark.

Wonder if theyre going to have another party after tbe big guy melts? Fun-raising is written by Jan Silverman with reporting assist- ancetrom Leo Smith. Send column information to: Fun-rals-teg. Feature Dept, PO Box 24414, Oakiand.CA 94922. AU CITICORP SAVINGS HsMamBair vapoadooa by martial! with BddiaMarahi pi "Loth Hear It for a jua eooeart aaturiogeouj Ska Franciaeo dnuaam the Mark Larina Quintal, baglaa at am. tonight at Kimball'i, SXQnrra St, i announcement! must be received two week prior to the event -dbiutiihe-IorVicket tales.

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