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THE BOSTON GLOBE

# Go! Thursday

HAYLEY KAUFMAN

## Fame and
loathing

You read it here first: Jimmy Fallon is officially hot. Not hot like Russell Crowe; a "Saturday Night Live" star could never be sizzling in that matinee-idol sort of way. No, we mean hot in the can't-pick up-a-gossip-sheet-or-glossy-magazine-without-seeing-Fallon's-adorable-mug-and-spiky-haircut kind

of way. First, the tabloids rehearses quenching Rhea Durham new face of Revlon, around Big Apple. Next, he's hanging backstage at U2's Madison Garden show with Winona 'And' the guy is hilarious. Meanwhile, you're still slaving over screenplay that will make it as the circular file at Miramar just not *fair*. Ponder fame's finger at the Harpoon Beer ner tonight at the Museum Fine Arts. There'll be mouthwatering food, prepared by Benjamin Cevelo, not to mention gallons of suds to assuage your feelings of inadequacy. If you really hummed, consider your dark glasses to the shindig you'll be mistaken for some famous. Cost: $50 per person, including tax and tip. At 6:

Fraser Garden Court
465 Huntington Ave. Call 617-369-3474 for reservations.

## Latin rhythms

First, Latin musicians start burning up the charts. Now the Latin film wave. Tonight Boston Public Library, its continuation of the Iberian can Film Festival (OK, it's sixth annual, but play along Se Lo Digas A Nadie (Anyone)) is the story of a young Peruvian who rejects parents' values so he can sell his own. The film, based on selling novel by gay talk show host Jaime Bayly, screens at 6:ish with English subtitles.

Rabb Lecture Hall, 700 ston St., Copley Square, 617-5400.

Events can always be cancelled, or sold out; call firm. Go! can be reached by at go@globe.com or by calling 617-929-8257.

## Into that good night

It snuck up on us. The longest day of the year. June 21. Yes, from now till about Christmas, the days will be getting shorter. It's heart-breaking to consider but, sadly, true. So please, please, please — we beg you: Make it count. Get outside. Enjoy yourself. Revel in

the temperate evening air while there's still time! Grab a drink at the Rattlesnake Bar & Grill and swig it on the roof deck. Or join the cocktail crush at Tremont 647. Or enjoy a waterside brew at Tia's. Then, after the infusion of fresh air, duck into T.T. the Bear's Place, where Emm Gryner, Rachel Gaudry, and Kelly Riley will

rock the house. Sounds like summer to us. At 9:30-ish.

The Rattlesnake, 384 Boylston St., 617-859-8555. Tremont 647, 647 Tremont St., South End, 617-266-4600. Tia's, 200 Atlantic Ave., 617-227-0828. T.T. the Bear's Place, 10 Brookline St., Cambridge, 617-492-2327.

## Blues moon

The bookish know Oxford, Miss., as William Faulkner's hometown. Blues devotees think of it as the area that gave birth to the record label Fat Possum. Tonight at the House of Blues, hear three of the label's gems, on the Fat Possum Juke Joint Caravan tour. The beautifully gnarled James "T-Model" Ford, Paul Jones, and CeDeLL Davis (above) hit the house at 10. Tickets are $15.

96 Winthrop St., Cambridge, 617-491-2583.

## Striped types

Quit asking them about their relationship, shut up, and listen. Detroit-based drum-and-guitar duo the White Stripes (below) are putting out some of the most interesting, stripped-down, straight-ahead rock 'n' roll we've heard in a long while. If you haven't, check out Jack and Meg White tonight at the Middle East Downstairs. Von Bondis and Mr. Airplane Man fill out the bill. At 9. Cover $10.

472 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, 617-492-9181.

## ANN LANDERS

### For romance to blossom, nip dishonesty in the bud

Dear Ann Landers:

I am a 24-year-old single woman. I recently met a man through a chat room on the Internet. I was trying to play it safe, so when he asked for my name, I gave him a fake one. When he asked for a photograph, I foolishly sent him a picture of a very good-looking friend of mine.

We have grown closer, and now I am very attached to him. We want to meet someday soon, but I still haven't fessed up about the lies. I'm afraid if I admit what I did, he will decide I'm not trustworthy and dump me.

How can I tell him the truth without destroying a budding relationship?

### INTERNET BABE

The problem with Internet relationships is they require safety measures, and your friend should understand this. Come clean now. Tell him the truth immediately, and vow to play it straight from now on. Then do it.

Dear Ann Landers:

Our 25-year-old daughter, "Angela," has moved six times in the last seven years. It's always some

excuse — she can't get along with her roommate, the apartment is too hot, too cold, too close, too far, too loud, and so on. Of course, when it comes time to move, she expects Mom and Dad to pick up the TV, the stereo, and the furniture, and take them to her new place.

I have told Angela repeatedly that she should be more careful when she selects a place to live, and frankly I am getting too old to be lugging furniture up and down steps. Yesterday, Angela called my wife and said she had to move out immediately. She had an argument with her roommate, and

fend for herself so she can learn responsibility. My wife disagrees and says she is going to Angela's apartment tomorrow morning to help her move again. Is there anything I can do about this?

### MY ACHING BACK IN OHIO

A good therapist might be able to figure out why Angela is so eager to throw in the towel at the first sign of trouble. Meanwhile, you are doing her no favor by jumping to her rescue every time she has a problem with a roommate. This girl needs to grow up, and the sooner the better. If your wife insists on helping with her

## Herpes and to sexual activity

Dear Beth:

Your advice to the young who inquired about the possibility of getting a sexually transmitted disease fromanstimulation but lacking in one fact. It is possible to transmit herpes from yourself to your sexual partner through contact with his or her

Please advise young men that good washing before and after is

["THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2001", "THE BOSTON GLOBE", "Living|Arts D5", "# Hispanic Theater Festival returns to N.Y.", "By Robert Dominguez\n(ONLY) DAILY NEWS", "NEW YORK — Mario Ernesto Sanchez is a patient man.", "When Sanchez brought the International Hispanic Theater Festival to New York six years ago, he planned to showcase the best of Latin American theater on a yearly basis.", "The Cuban-born artistic director of Miami-based Teatro Avante had been producing the festival there for more than a decade. With New York's diverse Hispanic population — and the city's theater tradition — IHTF should have been an immediate cross-cultural hit, right?", "Not quite, says Sanchez, who played five troupes for a two-week run in 1995.", "\"It was well attended, and there were no major crises, but if I say it was a total success, I'd be lying,\" says Sanchez. \"I learned that I needed to find the perfect setting and the most appropriate partners for this work.\"", "This year, Sanchez worked", "with Arts International, a non-profit cultural exchange group, and The New 42nd Street to bring back IHTF.", "The festival, running through June 30 at the Duke Theater on 42nd Street, features companies from Mexico, Bolivia, Ecuador, Spain, and Brazil. The productions will be in Spanish (or Portuguese, in the case of the Brazilian troupe), with English supertitles. The shows include:", "* \"De Monstruos y Prodigios: La Historia de los Castrati (Monsters and Prodigios: The History of the Castrati).\" From Compania Nacional de Mexico, this is a provocative look at the male sopras of the baroque period that mixes physical comedy with music.", "* \"Las Abarcas Del Tiempo (The Sandals of Time),\" by Bolivia's Teatro de los Andes, a poetic journey about the connection between life and death.", "* \"Nuestra Senora de los Nubes (Our Lady of the Clouds),\" performed by Ecuadorian Grupo de Teatro Malayerba, is a fantasy", "about the emotional conflicts of an elapid story through poetry and song.", "* \"La Puerta Estrecha (The Narrow Door),\" from Spain's La Zaranda, takes a lost woman on a symbolic and surrealistic trek through her tortured past.", "Finding the right audience for the blend of theatrical styles remains a challenge, Sanchez says, especially when it comes to English-speaking theatergoers.", "\"This is a type of theater seldom seen in America, and it is far from being realistic theater,\" he says. \"But language is not a barrier. I know it's very difficult to attract the Anglo community when a piece is not in English, but it is very accessible to non-Spanish speakers.\"", "It's a challenge the city's established Latino companies have learned to overcome.", "Manhattan's Puerto Rican Traveling Theater, for example, opens \"La Lupe: My Life, My Des-", "tiny,\" a play with music based on the tragic life of the Cuban singer, next Wednesday with performances in Spanish and English on alternate nights.", "Thalia Theater, in Sunnyside, Queens, has recently begun presenting shows in both languages also, while Repertorio Espanol in Manhattan offers simultaneous English translation, via headphones, for its repertory.", "Sanchez, though, is banking on the sophistication of New York audiences to help make IHTF a year-round affair here.", "\"I think this is a wonderful city, but it is difficult when it comes to the arts,\" says Sanchez. \"In order to do this festival right, it has to be big, not small. If not, it will be lost like it was in 1995.\"", "\"But I am a patient man, and I waited for the right moment,\" he adds.", "\"I always thought it was a crime for these companies to work this hard just to come to Miami and not the theater capital of the world.\"", "## Kuti rocks jazz fest with Afro-beat", "### ► FEMI KUTI\nContinued from Page D1", "storm or raging to spite it, Kuti whipped into a brisk set of tracks from his 1999 disc, \"Shoki Shoki,\" and a few promising ones from his upcoming disc. His sound is an evolution of the Afro-beat pioneered by his father, Fela Kuti, a musical firebrand whose run-ins with the Nigerian government ended only after his death in 1997 of AIDS.", "Like his father's sound, Kuti's music is firmly grounded in vintage soul, with horns bleating in tight formation, and occasional flashes of organ fills that might have made the late Richard \"Groove\" Holmes smile. Despite the usual free-flowing nature of Afro-beat, this was a structured set of short, discrete solos and minimal rambling — a restraint that extended to Kuti's sax work.", "A slow start was partially self-inflicted. The set rattled and chugged to a start, gaining momentum only when it seemed the skies glared down upon the stage. Eventually, Kuti incited hundreds to pogo in place, spurred by his cries of \"jump! jump!\"", "As expected, Kuti devoted part of his set to railing against the political turbulence in Nigeria — \"military government in civilian clothes,\" Kuti said — that has not affected the poverty-stricken lives of many Nigerians. It's likely few people in the crowd were familiar with the condition of the Nigerian state, so it was fortunate these messages were delivered over an insinuating bass-and-drum groove.", "# Not much was sacred about Randolph's performance", "By Bob Blumenthal\nGLOBE CORRESPONDENT", "Robert Randolph gained fame playing a style of gospel music on pedal steel guitar that has come to be known as Sacred Steel. As presented at the Globe Globe Jazz & Blues Festival yesterday, Randolph's four-piece Family Band sounded deeply secular.", "## Music Review", "", "The most obvious link to gospel music was the band's occasional tempo accelerations, from initial sprints to even more ecstatic", "Robert Randolph\nAt: Copley Square Park, yesterday", "paces. Randolph also had moments of worrying over notes like a preacher, although he generally kept the music moving forward with more mobile lead lines.", "With its high and sweet tone, Randolph's instrument brought a unique flavor to the festival — a little bit country, a little bit Allman Brothers in conjunction with John", "Ginty's organ. Electric bassist Gantley Morgan and drummer Marcus Randolph kept the beat simple and in focus.", "In addition to his obvious instrumental prowess, Robert Randolph is a canny entertainer. He knew when to leave his seated position and dance, when to urge the crowd on, and when to break the flow of instruments with a morvant organ. The bassist's pleading falsofted added edge tension, particularly on \"Tmi Gonna Stomp My Feet,\" where Randolph added his", "own vocal response in the closest facsimile to gospel of the afternoon.", "Randolph chose (like all of the previous Copley Square performers save Johnny A.) to play to the center of audience tastes, in this instance with a Sly Stone cover and an emphasis on nonscared blues riffs. 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