Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • 23

'iMm a C-2 What JeartClaude Van Damme -t does better than almost any other action v- star is play to his strengths: nigged physical stunts and an innate sense of empathy back on video in "Maximum Risk? SEcngrt -'Vi A CUIeAter jnrjrn SATUflDAY March 15 1531: casts WES :) ci' 'Av KQED film examines life in Castro district coHTswrcrwr Rldund Warier meet Mark Morris Hf Amwiran rhnrwyran)if' iwswH week reatdoice atSitverstty of CaU-fornla Berirefeja Zeflertrach Hall produced an evening of what the 19th- century German composer called Ge-samtiamstWerk a "total workof j( The four eces on die Mark Morris Dance Group program which opened Thursday Involved lustrumentu -music stogbtt-dandqg'wonderfrd costumes anallgbtlng and even a- small drama "A Spell" (J993)1he ontywc This toothsome little haqds she Morris' 1993 Iworfc "Mosaic and UMftfed: Ts Castro district or a neighbor- i created by the luced documentary of both a spot where gays were able to burst out of the closet and into a mainstream life Arid did so with rare abandon "Castro" third In KQEO's series Hidden Cities of airs at 7:30 and 9d0 tonight on Channel The well-crafted film boasts Oscar-wlnners Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman Threads" Celluloid as creative consultants and a vibrant Scots by composer Miriam Cutler formerly of Olngo Bolngo The film offers perspectives from past residents and community activists to illuminate viewers on this unique neighborhood Robert Van Etten and his partner Thomas Van Etten residents since the late 1970s are two of the semes of people who talk about life in the Castro "I wanted to announce to the world Two gay men live in this says Robert we did that when we palnted ft purple" responds a bemused Thomas Although this thoughtful docu-mentary is primarily a valentine to the community it does provide a few shots Please see YounftC-5 slfekty "Castro" Isa MAKING THE HOST Of YOUR SATURDAY Tlw Mark Morris Danes Group performs v- Ctar which opens today The now rids costs Pfrfoiwri PHHh ivwnpnr Tniin wilffon npwiWigirii thefamoua "Where the bccsucka" a charmingly smutty trio about a gangly overaged ciqrid (Morris) who brings a pair (tf reluctant lovers Ruth Davidson and Guillermo Resto) to- getber for fim and games She keqx pushing his bead and Xtrame Skyflyor is the tatsst retraction r-'s I r-i t' Xtrame SkyAywy glims participants the fing as ttisy plummet to the ground Review Mark Morris Danes Group wkh Pfrifostmonia Baroqus (hchsstra I tonight and 3 pm Sunday Tiiirtisrh Hai flsnrmftWsy shl $24 $36 and $48 (510)1 away from her bosom and baitwhen always stbps to let hlm catch up When they actually do flic dirty deL MoitIs makes their coupling on the floor X-rated but hllartoualy grajriricalty suggestive Morrlshlmself wearing silly striped wings and a burgundy tunic that shows off his powerful legs capers and Please see MonfeCS at Psramounl'f Grant Amsrica in Santa '-i HfS- 'TvWS sensation of sky dhring snd hang and then swing through the air 8 See it The Tistum of the Jsd Special 'TlaiiptlUM ends Luka Skywaker Princess Lais and Han Solo batde a Deathstar resolve their love triangle and team up with mischievous but bertha-tampered Ewoks Thera are pteQtyfi(fBiyodaso hew fomaga in this restored version of the 1 983 sd-fi adventure film Dance it: Aerating to The New York Daly News MAI of the musicals of Broadway put together could not offer the joyous rest the dancing ski and the wondrous costumes of Maaowm" This weekend Bay Area auefi-ences can see the 9fimember national PoTah dance troupe at Memorial Auditorium OH the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto Performances are at 8 tonight and 2:30 pm Sundayickets are priced from $20 to $26 and can be purchased through Stanford Lively Arts (415) 725-ARTS and BASS outlets BEOROEWOtf-swriihciai an addMoral $1995 psr psmon 4 mwM --CW 4 Great newest attraction 1 i i i Xtreme Sltyflyec Hailed In park promos as a flight experience" the Skyflyer was designed with one mfiid: to blend the airborne rush hang dldlng with the unbridled tyrrof oflerlng fitxn a plane Noguero a sales rep said again She was i feet above 1 down at a crowd of reporters (and other guinea (dm) who gathered this week for a sneak-preview of the Santa Oars amusement park's PteasaseaRkhCfi irepkiwiiutti- vas dangling from a cable above the pavement staring a crowd of reporters (and I t'V -v 'i- rs STMfFwarer HERE'S not much to i say when you're falling face-first from 17storlesheart 11 thumping eyeballs popping your morning coffee rushing up in your throat Alicia Noguero opted simply for rAaaaaaaagihhr It was a popular sentiment Thursday at Paramount's Great America where ferk officials un-velled thett newest attraetkm a stomach-roiling ride called the Ill ill ln rf TV 153 Celebrate it: Dubin hosts ta 14th annual St Patrick's Pay celebration and parade today Things kick off early with a pancake breakfast from 730 to 9:30 km at Rre Station No 1 7494 Donohue Drive Cost is $3 Cal (510) 803- 8641 The parads starts at $30 urvat Am- ador Plaza and Dubin Boulevard It tfwn continues along Dubin Boulevard making a left on Viage Parkway a left onto Amador Valey Boulevard and a Mon Regional Street I finishes at the Shamrock VBage Shopping Center Musicians dancers downs and storytellers are performing there from 10 am to 4 pjn Admission to the parade and party free Cal (510) 828- 6636 fr (510) 8294832 llfattit: Santo Gars University's Department of Theatre arto Dane wi present "Images a dance concert featuring several new works by feculty members guest artistaand students The program includes fee modem pieoe "Refresh YourseT and the Gene Kaiytobuto "Thai's Dancin'" Perfomnces re at 8 tonight and 7 pm Sunday at the Louis Mayor Theatre on the SCU campus Tickets are priced from $8 to $11 Cal (408) 854015 Stags fcfv- The theater dance and musie departmento of Lae Rastas Colege in Livermore have joined forces to present "Phantom of the Country Opara" a musical satire of the V-kxigunningnxnicaL 'The Phantom of the Opera" and the county western music 1 acsnai set for 8 tonight at the edegafe Utia ijhaptor 3033 Color Canyon Road Uw armorsrTicfceto cost $19 for students aridssniorxKlbHfCMdentsend staff Cal (510) 373-5812 or £10 3736866L 'V 'r niiii'i t'--': l- 'i ''it '5 V-: '1 -V VyJohmlliyiii swfwaim A fierce funnel cloud bores Into a Maldu In- dlan roundhouse pulling hunters anl-V mala baskets and wheat IntQ Its whirl of destruction and death The vibrant surrealistic painting The Holocaust 1967" Is one of 200 produced by Maldu artist frank Day 1902-1976)ypne of the first American Indians looalntnlctnreacHi porary Maldu arttsts canvas i -eachofwhomwas to-' Day who adopted rrena Deys Tan Dencsr qjired by Day's art this Western Inode of: -a work artistic expression In order tp preserve For Rebecca Dobktns an snthro- and to share his native Konkow Maldu pologtstandprofessor atWlllamette culture has been honored with a com- University Salem Ore the exhibi-prehenslyeretrospectlve "Memmy and tlon la the culmination of a four-year Imagination: The Legacy of Maldu In- reseanJi project She completed her rfian Artist frank on display dlsserhrtton on Day at the University of through Oct 12 if the Oakland Mis-: 1 CsWbrnla Berkeley in 1995 eum of California Alter It doses here It win travel to New York New Mexico Please see Day 05 American fodtanartfet frank Day who painted "Wormwood w3 Its mail hiMi I lalinani tlua nf lili iialirfliiiia it Ihi ISimm rf fr i omd with a retroapactlva of his palnfings at dia Oakland Muasumof Ctiran v-: Vt A wA' iVt sm i ssnsiBU si ii ft.