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Show Page THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, C8 Monday, February 22, 1993 Following hiatus, children's singer Raffi is had At museum for the blind, the rule isn't 'Don't touch' By JOHN ENDERS The Associated Press He's shaken out his sillies. He's wiggled his waggles away. Raffi is back. Three years ago, the world's n children's entertainer turned away from kids to focus on what he calls the "global ecocris-is.- " Now, after a tlood of letters from frustrated parents around the world and a period when no one seemed to listen to his songs, Raffi has come full circle. With rekindled hope and new friends, including Vice President Al Gore, Raffi has chucked his isolation and this month began a y tour back to and all the America's children way to Broadway. But he's not back with just more r' I f t ' best-know- r - - : x 1 . - MADRID, Spain Miguel Moreno is an art lover, yet he's never been to the Prado, the Thys-se- n Museum or the Reina Sofia art center. What would be the point? In those museums that make up Madrid's Golden Triangle, the rule is "Don't Touch," and for Moreno, who's blind, you can't enjoy art you can't feel. "The problem is that the blind can't capture vhat those museums have to offer," said Moreno. But no longer. Now he and others can enjoy what is being billed as the world's a largest museum for the blind hands-o- n of architecart, display ture, manuscripts and historical instruments. "A blind person could never grasp this if it weren't done this way," said Moreno, assistant director of the National Organization of the Blind's cultural center that 16,200-squar- e houses the foot Museum for the Study , . ' ' t i 4 - ft , X f i ' " V r self-impos- ? y t ' , , 50-cit- of the same. Raffi has a new sage for children and their parents: Save Mother Earth. "I feel that I'm connecting again, that I'm useful again," he said in a recent interview. "So much has happened. ' ' An Armenian born in Cairo whose family migrated to Canada in 1958, Raffi Cavoukjan, 44, is widely known for his original and heartwarming songs such as "Baby Beluga," "Everything Grows," "One Light, One Sun" and others designed for the young and young at heart. Millions of kids, moms and dads have spent more hours than they can count singing along with Raffi at the top of their lungs. "You gotta shake, shake, shake your sillies out . . . You gotta wiggle your waggles away . ' ' His ode to the little donkey "Tingalayo," and his loving, laughing treatment of serious subjects such as bathtime and littering are known to millions. Since he began performing for OSCARS: (Continued from Page C7) The good news: Shirley and for that matter 20th Fox's frantically oversold Century didn't make the "Used People" cut. More good news: Oscar had three Miranda Richardson performances from which to select ("Enchanted April," "Damage," "The Crying Game"), and singled Richardson's out the worthiest deceived wife in Louis Malle's otherwise overlooked "Damage." The best news of all: Gene Hackman's ominously agreeable lawman in "Unforgiven" was nomi good for a supporting-acto- r Mac-Lai- Villa Theatre 254 So. Main, Springvill t mes- 489-308- 8 ? - 4' Since abruptly dropping off the concert stage in 1989, Raffi has continued to be tremendously popular through his recordings. But his move toward ecoactivism had a commercial cost, and his latest al- nation. Hackman virtually sauntered off with the Eastwood western with a performance that can stand beside his early work in "Bonnie and Clyde" and "The French Connection. ' ' Yes, overall, it was a sort of list, with an amazing 32 titles divvying up 18 categories. Oscar has seldom been this bighearted and egalitarian. The same roll call that included Ivory's "Howards End" also inh cluded Steven Seagal's "Under number, exploitation high-tec- Siege." Why, there was even room for such year-en- d embarrassments as "Hoffa," "Toys" and "The Bodyguard." Like "Under Siege," these lesser achievements in cinematic art drew two lesser nominations apiece. bum, "Evergreen Everblue," did not have the audience his earlier works did. "We got no radio air play. We got no video air play to speak of," Raffi said with disappointment. His activities in recent years, especially his ties to a Vancouver often find eloquent ways to communicate those concerns. For Raffi, children are the key to a better future, and for many, Raffi 's songs have opened eyes as well as filled ears. "He's been an important force," said Jeremy Cohen, an as- sociate professor at Stanford Unigroup called the Environmental Children's Organization, led him versity who specializes in mass to participate in the United Nations communication and children. conference on the environment last "Children can learn from him, and we know that they do. He's not just year in Rio de Janeiro. "There, I was reminded that singing nursery rhymes; he's not perhaps what I really need to do is just an entertainer. Raffi takes chilcome back to working with kids dren as individuals with a capacity and giving them a platform, giving to learn and treats them with retheir voices a hearing," he said. spect." Raffi also has become devoted Invited last year by Gore to apto another organization, Kids for pear at a family conference in Saving Earth, founded by Clinton Nashville, Tenn., Raffi and the leukemia vic- new vice president struck up a Hill, an 11 year-old tim from New Hope, Minn. Clin- friendship. A fan of both Gore and ton died soon after the club was President Clinton, Raffi was invitformed, but his parents continue to ed to take part in the inaugural organize. Chapters have formed Salute to Children at the Kennedy around the nation, and the group Center in Washington. And he and seeks to involve children and older Kids for Saving Earth had a float in the inaugural parade. youths in working toward improving the environment. Children of all races and religions see clearly the problems facROCKY MOUNTAIN RESTORATION ing the planet, Raffi said. And they -- SK INTERIOR 10H 1 j Nightly 7:00 9:30 Sat. Mat. 1:15 4:00 Fri. I Sal, I Nightly CLOSED American Fork K Adults 3 ALL SEATS Nightly 7:00 9:15 Sat Mat 3 & 5 O SUNDAY 120W.tMain H m PURE COUNTRY Nightly 7:00 Sst Mat 3 4 5 SNEAKERS 9:15 Children 2 pwiw MIIBft Z. ST"" AND 0"" CLEANING (j? ( I CLEANING UCKMOUNT N0 l AUTO d. glass-covere- Also enclosed is a collection of lottery tickets issued by the National Organization of the Blind, which was founded for blind veterans in territory held by Nationalist forces during Spain's 1936-3- 9 civil then-Ge- state-licens- n. ed ALJL ALL SHOWSBEFORE 6 P.M. $1.00 SHOWS AFTER 6 P.M. $1.50 CAPTAIN RON (PG-13- ) 2:10 4:30 i 224-026- 9 OF MICE AND MEN 6:55 9:40 TOYS (PG-13- SCHOOL TIES ) ultra stereo ) a ) I J'VH r'v ULTRA STEREO ULTRA 3:50 6:45 9:35 G: "General Audience." A film most parents would find suitable for the entire family. PG: "Parental Guidance Suggested." Parents are cautioned they would probably consider some material unsuitable for children. Parents are urged to inquire about the film before deciding on a child's attendance. PG-1"Parental Guidance Suggested for Those Under 13." Parents are warned that some material is likely to be unsuitable for These films are often too intense or suggestive for youngsters to view. R: "Restricted." Film contains adult-typ- e material and those under 18 are not admitted unless they are in the company of a parent or adult guardian. Motion Picture Assoc. of America ik 2424 N. University Pkwy., RATING GUIDE FOR FAMILIES 9:00 Adults S3 Children $2 TrUF J after 6 p.m. $1.50 Nightly 7:00 Star Spangled Girl" (TC0V ALADDIN HOME ALONE 2 thowt $1 wept IIDUm OFF CARPET CALL: ALHAMBRA THKATKR All tSOUT UPHOLSTERY CLEANING FOREVER YOUNG That 50-cit- self-impos- sic. who heads the cultural center's division of blindness studies. "We've thought of that." those Only a few paintings are with little texture war. After the victory of Francisco Franco over the Republican government, the organization areas spread from Nationalist-hel- d to the rest of the country. The blind organization's own daily lottery has been the font of the group's resources and made the of Blindness. museum possible. "ONCE (the group's acronym Grasping is what this museum is in Spanish) has a lot of money, and all about. when they do things they do them Two large rooms are filled with in a big way," said Terry Allen, a scale models of famous monu- spokesman for the American ments and cities. Here the blind Foundation for the Blind. and sighted alike can feel the onion The museum features an ample domes of the Kremlin, reliefs of display of writing and reading inthe Altamira cave drawings, the struments used by the blind, inflame atop the Statue of Liberty cluding a Braille astrological deand the tilt of Pisa's tower. vice for blind fortunetellers and a For background, visitors can 1940s-er- a Talking Book Machine. Relief maps of the museum are push buttons to hear descriptions of the sites or read Braille or print- available at the reception desk. Eved pamphlets. erywhere, electronic eyes set off In other rooms, the museum feataped recordings that advise visitures works by blind artists, in- tors of their location, and tiled cluding sculptures, tapestries and pathways guide the blind through textured paintings. Artists whose the carpeted display areas. work is displayed in the temporary But since the museum opened Dec. 14, only about 20 percent of gallery often contribute to the museum's permanent collection. the 40 or so daily visitors have Among the works are sensuous- been blind. Museum officials hope ly sculpted forms in tropical wood those figures will increase. Jose Antonio The sighted visitors are easily by Spanish-bor- n identified. Apparently accustomed Grana, now a Netherlands resident, and a stunning metal image to the Prado's rules, they're the Andres ones keeping their hands a respectof a sunrise by Clarian, a blind and deaf artist ful distance from the art and warnfrom Barcelona. ing their children, "Don'ttouch." tour back to America's children. children in 1974, Raffi, who lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, has recorded nine albums that have sold more than 6 million copies. He has two concert-lengt- h videos and has published four song books and eight picture books on his mu- the only museum in Spain where you can touch," said staffer Begonia Consuegra. The museum has a restoration specialist who repairs damage to the works, many of which are fragile. "We have a person who comes right away and puts them back together," said Jose Luis Santana, two-floo- r, AP Photo 23 W. 430 No. Uv Stag Wy mn. $3.00 ' poses in his Vancouver office amid his various awards earlier this month. 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