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THE WRITE STUFF
Frank Lloyd Wright: An
American Architecture
(Pomegranate Communi-
cations, $39.95)
Never has something so
old been so welcome back
into our library. This cel-
ebrated volume, focusing
on the master builder 's
vision of construction to
complement the landscape
and first published in 1955,
is a compilation of his for-
mal and informal writings,
lectures and talks, alongside case studies of his most important
works. What sounds academic is absorbing, readable , even poetic
- as much a look into a creative mind as a bible of guiding prin-
ciples and philosophy done Wright.
DVD QUICK PICKS
Liza with a Z (Showtime Entertainment)
Bob Fosse and John Kander produced this groundbreaking
1972 television concert; nearly 35 years after it was first broad-
cast, it remains a musical treasure. That was a very good year
for Fosse, who achieved the prestigious '"Hat Trick" -winning
an Oscar for the film Cabaret (also starring the lady with the Z),
a Tony for directing and choreographing Pippin and an Emmy
for this one-night special. The small-screen concert was aired on
network TV three times, and has not been seen since its debut;
Liza, who owns the
rights to the show,
finally had the brains
to resurrect (and re-
master) it for mass
consumption. Be-
fore pills and liquor
turned her into some-
thing worse then her
girlfriend known as
Elsie, here is Judy 's
older daughter at
her best , dancing,
singing, clowning
and proving that she
once was Mama 's
worthy successor.
Filmed '"live"' (on
16mm film!) on May
31, 1972 at Broad-
way's Lyceum The-
atre , and with the
entire audience at
one with her from
the very first notes, Liza with a Z is an electric and electrifying
performance. She and Fosse are at the top of their form, with
his sinuous and athletic choreography fitting her perfectly; the
goofs and the '"ad-libs'" are charming and the entire experience
proves that with real talent there 's no need for reality shows.
Remember when American idols, like Liza, were really idols?
From "Mammy"to "Son of a Preacher Man,"from "God Bless the
Child" to "Ring Them Bells,"before she became the drag queen's
dream and the gay man's constant wife, she was our Liza. As
sad as her current state is, this DVD returns us to those thrilling
daysof yesteryear,when Liza, and her audience , was young. And
eager. And everything - and anything - was possible.
The Mel Brooks Collection (Fox Home Entertainment )
The list of comic geniuses is short, and Mel Brooks may very well
be at the head of the list. Fox's eight-DVD collection covers just
about all the great flickshe has given us throughout the years (save
The Producers) : Blazing Saddles , the acknowledged masterpiece ,
leads the pack with Young Frankenstein coming in a close second.
High Anxiety (the Hitchcock spoof in which Harvey Korman and
Cloris Leachman imprison Brooks in the looniest of loony bins) and
the star-studded Silent Movie (with Marcel Marceau in the only
speaking role) , are well-known,well-respected comedies that have
stood the test of time. But Fox has added to the package some of
the less-popular favorites that are, nonetheless, screamingly wet-
your-pants funny. Watch, and listen, to Madeline Kahn choose her
slaves in History of the World: Part 1, or Cary Elwes disguising his
merry men in drag for a trip to Nottingham ("Fix your boobs, you
look like a bleedin' Picasso!") in Robin Hood: Men in Tights. The
Twelve Chairs is ahard-to-find rarity from 1970,with a marvelously
befuddled Ron Moody, a fabulously funny Dom De Luise and an
incredibly young and dishy Frank Langella. And To Be or Not To Be,
a remake of the Lubitsch gem, has Brooks playing the Jack Benny
Dart and his beloved, late wife Anne Bancroft in the Carole Lom-
bard role. Brooks im-
proves on Lubitsch
in every way - the
remake is at once
more romantic, fun-
nier and rougher on
the Nazis than the
admittedly exquisite
original. Hollywood
legend claimsthat at
the film's premiere ,
Brooks quipped: "I
may not be a Lu-
bitsch, but I try not
to be a son of a Lu-
bitsch. " Brooks is
a liberating writer
and director, and his
movies are consis-
tently wonderful and
thought-provoking.
Genius has never
been so eifted.
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John Hay's The Run will
speak for itself
By David Still II
dstill@barnstablepatnot com
John Hay's The Run, first pub-
lished in 1959, is a book I always
said I should read , but never did.
In February, the long-neglected
copy made its way off that long-
neglected shelf behind my desk and
into my soft-leather briefcase.
The first edition of The Run made
it to that shelf five years ago as
part of a collection from the home
of the Patriot' s,former owner, Bar-
bara Williams. It had been opened
several times since then , in search
of a quick and appropriate passage
to spice up a story, but always put
back without success.
It was likely the coming run,
closed statewide to the taking of
any fish for the first of three sea-
sons, that prompted the cover-to-
cover read. Whatever the reason,
it's now a part of me.
Much asHay provided afull-cycle
glimpse of the alewife, from inlet to
outlet, the book is something that
needs to be read in its entirety to
be appreciated and felt.
Those who'd like that done for
them have the opportunity this
weekend at the Cape Cod Museum
of Natural History in Brewster,
an organization that counts Hay
among its eight founders.
Saturday the museum start s a
new tradition with the first read-
ing of The Run at the building
that replaced the tent that was its
first home. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.,
Hay's family and friends will read
the book , in what'shoped to be an
annual event. Among those sched-
uled to read are Kitty Hay (the
author 's wife), Richard Wheeler
(known for his epic kayak trips),
Seth Rolbein (editor and publisher
of The Cape Cod Voice), Michael
Gradone (Nauset superintendent
of schools), Beth Finch (president
of Brewster Conservation Trust),
Dr. Fred Dunford (author and
researcher at CCMNH), Charlie
Sumner (Brewster town adminis-
trator), novelist Ann LeClaire and
many others.
Hay makes a point to refer to
his subject as alewives, not her-
ring, through the 184 pages of the
original easily-read pages (the 40th
anniversaryhardcover published in
1999 has 164). It's an effort to be
precise , not superior. Sea herring
live and breed in salt water, growing
larger and remaining tastier (a key
economic point) than their cousins.
Alewives, sometimes called river
herring, are among several anad-
romous fish that spawn in fresh
water, but live in salt.
It is the annual passage from
open sea to near-closed ponds
and back that is chronicled in The
Run.
The benefit of writing about a
species in its environment is that
the observations and nature of
the subj ect remain relevant and
important years after the work
is completed. Hay's observations
about the alewives could have been
recorded hundreds , if not thou-
sands of years before and, depend-
ing on our treatment of the species
and itshabitat , hundreds,hopefully
thousands , of years hence.
While the nature of the fish is
obviously key to this book , Hay
did not start out with an intimate
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'Uninhibited' artists ready
to show works in Cotuit
Life, Inc's painters
share scenes from
subconscious
By Britt Beedenbender
arts@barnstablepa!not com
BRITT BEEDENBENDER PHOTO
EXPRESS YOURSELF- Kevin Nickerson
creates an artistic vision for inclusion
in a new exhibit at Cotuit Center for
the Arts.
With afew quick and simple brush
strokes executed with a freedom of
expression that suggests years of
training, Ei Mori breathes life into
her watercolors. "I like birds," she
said, "I like how they sound in
spring...they are free."
In a matter of 20 minutes, Mori
has created more than a half dozen
pencil and watercolor birds. The
enthusiasm and focus she-brings
to her art is shared by nearly 30
of her fellow Life, Inc. artists who
have participated in classes at the
Cotuit Center for the Arts for nearly
a year. Life, Inc., founded in 1993.
is a residential program for adults
with learning disabilities.
This Saturday, the Cotuit Center
on Route 28 will hold an opening
reception for "Mindflow: Subcon-
scious Art of the Soul." an exhibit
that will highlight a multitude of
diverse works created by Life, Inc.
artists over the past year. Funded
by the Arts Foundation of Cape
Cod. the show is one of discovery
and is the lead-in exhibition to this
summer's groundbreaking exhibit
"Outsiders in Paradise ." the first
show of Outsider art ever to be
seen on Cape Cod.
Conceptually and stylistically,
the "Mindflow" exhibition oper-
ates within the larger context of
the Outsider/Folk art movement,
which Howard Finster.the Georgia
preacher who began creating at
the age of 60. brought to national
prominence in the 1970s and 1980s.
Outsider artists have become
known for their work, which is
untutored and unencumbered by
pictorial influences. Their works
are seen as more "child-like and
primitive " and therefore , more
connected to their original sources
of inspiration , and have been
lauded for their originality and
freedom from artistic and cultural
restraint.
As an extension of this inspira-
tion , the "Mindflow " exhibition
strives to move beyond the dis-
abilities of the artists and focus
instead on the humanity and the
uniqueness of each person's ex-
perience.
"What I love about these people
is that they are totally uninhib-
ited...to the point where you
can get some pretty crazy things
happening , " said the Center 's
impassioned executive director,
James Wolf "Just getting them to
communicate with me was such
a breakthrou gh. It took weeks,
sometimes months. "
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