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Cool music and cheap beer: Bub's Pub is expanding soon By FRANK BRAGG Staff Writer Why do you fill me up, fill me up buttercup baby, just to let me down . . At Bub O'Malley's Pub, the lyrics to this song are extremely familiar. The jukebox at this East Rosemary Street bar cranks out party music from the 1960s and 70s to create its unique atmosphere. This music has been cranking at Bub's since April 1987. Although a relatively new bar, it seems to be a marked success. An easygoing style and cheaper beer prices have enabled Bub's to join the ranks of traditional bars such as He's Not Here, Hender son Street Bar and Four Corners. Bub's owners, Cynthia Shaffer and Mike Stout, thought it was time for a new beer bar in Chapel Hill. "Chapel Hill went three years or so with only three good beer bars," Stout said. "We thought it was time for something different." The bar has been successful due to its atmosphere, cleanliness, good Soviet Union looks toward West, invites 'Amerika'in From Associated Press reports MOSCOW Images of Michael Jackson dancing to rock music in a Pepsi commercial flicker across the Soviet television screen, and Levi's jeans hug the hips of young Russians in a crowded subway car. Amerika, as the Soviets call it, has arrived. "Far behind the Iron Curtain, we were able to develop a pro-Western mentality, and what, tell me, could be more Western than America?" emigre author Vasily Aksyonov wrote about his youth in the Soviet National Endowment of the Arts rewards folk artists with grants From Associated Press reports WASHINGTON A dozen American folk artists, ranging from a Czech-American egg painter to a Hawaiian cowboy singer and ukulele player, have been awarded grants from the National Endowment of the Arts for their efforts to "preserve and pass on the artistic legacy of their forebears." "Among this nation's greatest treasures is our rich and varied traditional heritage," Arts Endow ment Chairman Frank Hodsoll said in announcing the award recipients on Tuesday. "It is a heritage forged from the ways and customs of the many different peoples who settled our land." The 12 were selected from among ff) American Hoart U Association WERE FIGHTING FOR VOURUFE employees and food service through out the day, the owners said. Envi sioning a casual atmosphere where people could be themselves, Shaffer said she wanted a place where students could come between classes to eat and share a pitcher of beer. Recent graduate Krista Matthews agreed. "When you go to Bub's you can wear shorts and a T-shirt and not feel underdressed or feel that you are on parade," she said. "Going to Four Corners or Ham's, you feel as though you have to dress up." After a year of serving thousands of pitchers of beer, Bub's is expand ing. Initially, Shaffer and Stout were hesitant to expand when they con sidered the high turnover rate of new bars in Chapel Hill. "We didn't want to invest a lot of money ... we wanted to make sure the bar would warrant more space," Stout said. But a growing clientele, evidenced by long lines and busy weekends, created a demand for more space. As a result, the kitchen was con Union of the 1950s. Even the Cyrillic alphabet hasn't prevented what the Russians call Amerikanizarsia. "Jeansi," "stop," "breakdance," "OK" and one of the latest signs of the times "stress" are now part of the Russian lexicon. Soviet Communist Party General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev has encouraged his people to learn more about America. To demonstrate his sincerity, he has allowed more travel 155 traditional artists nominated by their peers to receive the $5,000 National Heritage Fellowships, said Hodsoll. "In a way, it's a celebration of ourselves in all of our glorious diversity," said Dan Sheeny, assistant director of the endowment's Folk Arts Program, which initiated the awards in 1982 to honor the master practitioners of the traditional arts. "The art forms that we try to recognize through the individual are the art of a people," explained Sheeny. "Some people call them ll? II A complete repertoire of seafood, pasta and vegetarian specialties W. FRANKLIN ST. THE COl'RTYARI) solidated. Bub's now sports 400 more square feet while retaining its food service. With the onset of summer, the extra space will allow for more ventilation, the owners said. Soon the new area will house a third 8-foot-wide TV screen and a new beer bar carrying four more draft beers. Shaffer said it will reduce crowding at the main bar and provide faster service for customers. Senior Robin Daniel was glad to see the expansion, "It gives people a lot more room," she said. "The majority of the people that go to Bub's go in groups to be with their friends. It also gives people who want to play foosball or video games more room to move around." ' The expansion should be com pleted when students return from the Memorial Day break, Shaffer said. Shaffer said she hopes that students will enjoy the changes and that the sounds of "Buttercup Baby" will play for many years. to the United States, ended the jamming of Voice of America broad casts and removed barriers to joint business deals. In April, a record 1,200 Soviets, most of them Jews, were allowed to visit relatives in the United States. An additional 1,000 Soviets traveled there on official business. Before Gorbachev, only a handful of Soviets visited the United States monthly. The 1985 Geneva summit gave an offical stamp of approval to cultural agreements - and "people-to-people" tribal arts. Some people don't even call them arts. Some people call them folk arts." The awards will be formally pre sented to the recipients at a ceremony on Sept. 29 in the nation's capital. "Through these awards, we seek to honor America's great traditional artists those who successfully preserve and pass on the artistic legacy of their forebears and enrich their culture," Hodsoll said. He pointed out that many of the award ees have full-time jobs and pursue their artistic goals in their spare time. WAC K IE T RESTAURANT 929 - 029" CHAPEL HILL The '4 1 I -4 """"" rt"i " " "-tunini. nitu. "HWiL'.'i'. ''lt""SM'S . i d 111 ' : rr u '4 i SjSj'" ""V f uunni & tJk Tar Heel Nancy Fister The newly-expanded interior of Bub's Pub exchanges. Under the agreements, Soviet and American lawyers, doc tors, students, musicians, scientists and teachers have visited each other. In some instances, the exchanges reflect a Soviet desire for American help in tackling social problems such as alcoholism and drug addiction, problems the government previously denied existed. At the grass-roots level, Soviets need little encouragement to talk about things American. When introduced to an American, many Soviets immediately start with the questions, on everything from war and peace to the availibility of hamburgers. 05 Come cCr Work With Us This Positions Available as: Lifeguards Swim Instructors Child Care Attendents Flexible Hours! Good Benefits! Chapel Hill-Carrboro YMCA 980 Airport Road 942-5156 mm ffi$sm ftp flan? dta. Tar Heel Thursday, May 26, 198817 A taxi driver's reaction when a passenger introduced himself as an American was to run down the American authors she loved Ernest Hemingway, Mark Twain, Ray Brad bury. Collections of these authors in translation occupy prominent places on the bookshelves in some Soviet apartments. More contemporary American authors are lesser known because their works still aren't available in the Soviet Union. Levi's jeans are required attire in certain circles. And some of those who manage to get an American candy bar, soft drink or pack of cigarettes proudly display the empty packaging in their living rooms. Summer! WERE FIGHTING FOR American Heart ff mdurufe AssodattonVJ
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