This coffeehouse
serves musical,
literary talent
By GRIER HARRIS
Staff Writer
Columbia Street Coffeehouse
and Bakery is unique among
downtown establishments.
Beside the front door is a small sign:
Thank you for not smoking inside."
Inside, each table is lit by a single
candle. Track lighting illuminates a
series of watercolors around the
main dining room. There's no
Muzak, no radio, only the only
sound of the customers' voices punc
tuated by the steam jet of the cappu
cino machine.
Special events are scheduled at
the coffehouse most evenings, and
many are designed for audience par
ticipation. From discussion groups
on current topics such as local poli
tics, understanding the male-female
relationship and parenting after
divorce to readings from original
dramatic works, performances by
comedians, classical guitarists and
folk musicians, the entertainment
caters to a wide variety of tastes.
Tuesday night's fare at the coffee
house featured a picking session,
and anyone who wanted to play was
welcome.
Without fanfare or introduction,
a man pulled a battered mandolin
from under his table, leaned back in
his chair and began to tune up.
Soon another joined him with a gui
tar, and someone started in with a
fiddle. Introductions were made all
around, and following a quick tune
up, the three broke into an Appa
lachian medley.
Joe Sparling, chairman of the
board of the coffeehouse and an
associate professor at the Frank
Porter Graham Center, said he felt
the coffeehouse filled a previously
unoccupied niche in Chapel Hill.
"We're doing something that's dif
ferent here," he said. We have no
smoking, no drinking, lots of good,
healthy food those are things we
thought were somewhat absent in
the environments that were available
downtown. The thrust here is to
provide a setting for
communication."
Sparling, who schedules entertain
ment for the coffeehouse, said that
he saw the establishment as a forum
for new writers and performers and
a place to exhibit works in progress.
Columbia Street Coffeehouse and
Bakery is the product of a coopera
tive effort between the group that
created the Exchange Coffeehouse,
which later became the Columbia
Street Coffeehouse, and Durham's
Ninth Street Bakery, which operates
the restaurant portion of the
establishment.
Today, posted on the wall in the
coffeehouse is the original statement
of intent designed for the Exchange
Coffeehouse when it opened in 1981.
Their goal was to create "a place in
the center of town dedicated to com
munity listening and dialogue, shar
ing concerns, promoting interaction
and connectedness between people
and ideas, stimulating involvement
in the life of our community, encou
raging participation in state and
national issues and enabling presen
tation of a variety of people's acts."
The coffeehouse is planning to
establish a film discussion group,
which will meet there following
designated showtimes at nearby
theatres.
Some of the musicians scheduled
to perform this month are Allin
Cottrell & Dave Gude; Art Hol
lander; Tracy Drach & David
Bennet; Cleaver, Smith, Swenson &
Co.; Humours of Whiskey; Pome
granate Rose; Stonecoat; and Billy
Stewart. Roxanne Seagraves and
Billy Odum will stage readings from
original material, including the first
public reading of Odum's "Moving
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an elderly woman from her home.
Sparling encourages individuals
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Campus Calendar
Friday
1:30 p.m. UNC Health and Safety
Office will sponsor a
free public lecture on
"Radiation Safety and
Public Policy." The lec
ture, to be followed by
a panel dicussion, will
be in the Main Audit
orium in Rosenau Hall.
4 p.m. Carolina Union Per
forming Arts Commit
tee will hold auditions
for "A Poetics for Bul
lies" until 7 p.m. in 203
Bingham.
7 p.m. The Bahat Club will
sponsor a discussion on
the nature of prejudice
in the Frank Porter
Graham Lounge until
8:30 p.m.
7 JO p.m. The Clef Hangers will
have their second
annual Harmony on the
Hill, an a cappella jam
in Hill Hall. Tickets are
available from the Lore
leis and the Clef
Hangers, as well as at
the door, for $3.
Saturday
1 0 a.m. Chapel of the Cross will
have its morning break
fast in the Student Com
mons. Breakfast is $1.
2 p.m. RESULTS will hold a
presentation discussion
on the present famine
situation in Ethiopia in
208 Union.
Sunday
11 a.m. UNC Gaming Club will
meet until 5 p.m. for
open gaming in 210
Union.
1 p.m. UNC Soccer Club will
play Fort Bragg on the
Astroturf.
5 p.m. Black Women United
will have a general body
meeting in the Upendo
Lounge. The topic will
be Afro-American
women in the profes
sional world. i
6 p.m. Student Government
presents its All-Campus
Candidate Forum in
Great Hall, Union.
Senior class, RHA, and
DTH candidates will
begin at 6 p.m., in that
order, with SBP candi
dates to begin at 8 p.m.
Items of Interest
Student Government All Campus
Candidates Forum will be Feb. 7.
If you have a question you'd like
to ask the candidates for student
body president, please deposit your
question in the marked folder at the
Union desk.
Graduation Applications from all
seniors graduating in May are due
Feb. 10.
Student Government Tutoring
Program applications are available
in Suite C of the Union or at the
Union desk. Deadline is Feb. 19.
The Phoenix is accepting appli
cations for editor and business
manager through Feb. 8. Come by
the Phoenix office for info.
Health Professions Advising
Office is now offering workshops to
help you prepare for professional
school interviews. Sign-up and
information on 2nd floor Steele
Bldg.
with original literary or musical
works to contact him to discuss
opportunities for performing at the
coffehouse. All those interested
should call 962-7377 on weekdays or
929-1017 on evenings and weekends.
Operating hours are between 7
a.m. and 11:30 p.m. Sunday through
Thursday and between 7 a.m. and
midnight on Friday and Saturday.
For those who missed Tuesday
evening's picking session at the
Columbia Street Coffeehouse and
Bakery, another is scheduled for
Feb. 16 at 8 p.m.
The Daily Tar HeelFriday, February 5, 19885
Julian plans
to start chain
of stores
By MYRNA MILLER
Staff Writer
Chapel Hill native and former
UNC student Alexander Julian said
he plans to open a chain of stores
to sell his designer clothing.
Julian, known for his "Colours"
line of clothing, is chairman of
Alexander Julian Enterprises, based
in New York.
The stores, to be called Alexander
Julian, will carry a complete line of
men's and women's Julian merchan
dise, from suits to shoes, said Barry
Miguel, creative director for Alex
ander Julian Enterprises.
"Alexander Julian decided to start
this chain because he wanted to be
able to represent his collection in a
complete way," Miguel said.
"Over the next five years, we hope
to open 30 to 40 new stores, but right
now we are concentrating on the first
three."
Two of the shops, which are
tentatively scheduled to open in July
and August, will be located in
Charlotte and Atlanta, Miguel said.
The third store will open either in
Boston or New York as soon as leases
are negotiated, he added.
The stores will not be affiliated with
Julians College Shop, the Franklin
Street store operated by Julian's
father, Maurice, Miguel said.
Miguel said men's clothing will
include suits from $600 to $850, shirts
from $45 and up, and other items.
Women can buy clothes for the
professional working woman, such as
jackets priced at $250 and up, and
skirts for $100 and higher, he added.
Several venture capital firms will
hold part ownership in the chain.
Those firms include Harvard Man
agement Co., which serves Harvard
University's endowment, and NEA of
San Francisco, which usually invests
in high-tech companies, Miguel said.
Julian, 39, started in the clothing
business by helping his father with
the Chapel Hill Julians, which has
been open for 46 years, Miguel said.
Julian said he opened his own
business, selling designer men's
clothing, at the age of 19. The
business, Alexander's Ambition, was
open for about three years and was
"a whole lot of fun but ahead of its
time," he said.
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