ART
Blaffer Gallery
University of Houston
743-9530
The Blaffer Gallery presents the 1997 Student Exhibition, which features work selected by faculty from the Department of Art in a variety of media by graduate and undergraduate students in painting, sculpture, photography, graphic design and interior design. The exhibit runs through April 27.
DiverseWorks
1117 E. Freeway
223-8346
The third of four shows in a unique series entitled The no tsu oH, Eric Niebuhr presents Hey Eric, What's Cookin? Each artist was asked to create a specific art piece involving donuts and cupcakes. The show will include conventional types of art, such as photography, painting and sculpture, along with non-traditional subjects. An opening reception will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday in the subspace.
Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, and admission is free.
FILM
Movie Openings Around Town:
Eight Heads in a Duffle Bag: Black comedy starring Joe Pesci, opens Friday at local theaters.
Free Stuff!
Come by the offices of The Daily Cougar, Rm. 151 Communication Building, and pick up a pass for a free screening of a film that is truly to die for.
Kissed is director Lynne Stopkewwich's haunting tale of a young girl whose yearning for love is only quenched by the dead. It's not a horror story, but a compelling and strangely erotic examination of necrophilia. The screening takes place at midnight Saturday at the Landmark River Oaks Theater, where you'll be able to catch up with loyal fans of eternal midnight screenings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
MUSIC
Moores School of Music
Cullen Performance Hall (Entrance 1 off Calhoun)
Friday and Saturday - The Edythe Bates Old Opera Center presents Francis Poulenc's Dialgoues of the Carmelites in a fully staged production at 7:30 p.m. Both performances are sung in French with English surtitles.
Carmelites tells the story of a young woman's struggle during the French Revolution. Admission is $7 ($5 for students), and tickets are available at the box office.
Monday - The Moores School Wind Ensemble will perform works by Morton Gould, Samuel Barber, Manuel de Falla and Leroy Osmon at 7:30 p.m. Monday. Admission is $5 ($3 for students).
Fabulous Satellite Lounge
3616 Washington Ave.
869-COOL
(All Friday and Saturday shows start at 9:30 p.m; weekday and Sunday shows start at 9 p.m.)
Today - Derailers. Tickets are $5.
Friday - Old 97's. Tickets are $5.
Saturday - Vallejo and Sheridans. Tickets are $5.
Wednesday - Jolene and Peabody. Tickets are $4.
The Blue Iguana
903 Richmond
523-2583
Friday - El Flaco, Middlefinger and Cactus Smack.
Saturday - The Flamin' Hellcats.
Wednesday - Ozium.
Rockefeller's
3620 Washington Ave.
869-8427
Today - Robert Earl Keen and Todd Snyder at 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tickets are $17.50 and $27.50.
Saturday - David Allan Coe and Horseshoe at 8 p.m. and 11 p.m. Tickets are $17.50 to $32.50.
Wednesday - Lisa Germano and Melissa Ferrick at 8 p.m. Tickets are $15.
McGonigel's Mucky Duck
2425 Norfolk
528-5999
Today - Philip Rodriguez at 8:30 p.m.
Friday - Ceili's Muse at 9 p.m.
Saturday - Sisters Morales at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Monday - Festival Interceltique at 8:30 p.m.
Tuesday - The Speakeasies at 8:30 p.m.
The Abyss
5913 Washington
863-7173
(All shows doors open at 8 p.m.)
Friday - Terminally Ill and Delusional. Tickets are $6.
Saturday - Cantrip, Given, Victim Of Circumstance and Just Add Dirt. Tickets are $6.
Sunday - Schlongdaddy, American Antiheroes and The Frantics. Tickets are $5.
THEATER
UH School of Theatre
Wortham Theatre
743-3003
The Mu chapter of Alpha Psi Omega, the UH School of Theatre's chapter of the national theatre fraternity, will present The Business of Acting at 1 p.m. Saturday, a workshop featuring Jenny Bosby of the Pastorini-Bosby Talent Agency, one of Houston's hottest theater/film agents; and Alissa Alban, local representative of the Actor's Equity Association.
Participants are encouraged to bring questions regarding the actor-agent relationship, preparing a résumé/headshot and membership in Actor's Equity. Admission is $5 to benefit the Alpha Psi Omega Scholarship Fund and free for members and pledges of the fraternity.
A.D. Players
2710 W. Alabama
526-2721
A.D. Players' production of The Diary of Anne Frank, a coming-of-age saga about a young Jewish girl whose family is forced into hiding to escape the wrath of Hitler, runs through May 18. Performances of Anne Frank are at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays and 2:30 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $15 to $19, and student rates are available.
Actors Theatre of Houston
2506 South Blvd.
529-6606
Return Engagements, Bernard Slade's comedy which takes place in a guest house near Stratford and involves three couples, runs at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays through May 4. Tickets are $12 to $17, with a $3 discount for students with an ID.
Alley Theatre
615 Texas Ave.
228-8421
Currently in rotating repertory through May 4, The Greeks Parts I and II are grand, epic productions with worthy performances and intricate stage design. Student matinees are at 10 a.m. April 30 and May 1, and student rates of $10 are offered any time, for any performance. Call for details.
Backstage Ensemble
417F Gentry
281-353-2656
The Backstage Ensemble will offer a young people's summer workshop in June and July, which includes an eight-week session of classes, rehearsals, performances and technical production.
Applicants should be ages 11 through their teens and be able to carry a tune and move well to music. The fee for the class is $225. Call 281-540-1667 (days) or 281-353-2656 (evenings) to reserve a spot.
Bellaire Area Players
Family Life Center of Bellaire United Methodist Church
4417 Bellaire Blvd.
666-7369
Larry Shue's The Foreigner opens at 7:30 p.m. today and runs at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and April 25 - 26. Matinees are at 2:30 p.m. Sunday and April 27. Tickets are $7 for adults, $6 in groups of 10 or more and $5 for students.
Country Playhouse
12802 Queensbury
784-1750
Top Dogs, which traces the journey of a man trying to protect his school system from harm, plays at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through May 3. Tickets are $7, with a $2 discount for students.
Express Theatre
Wortham Center, Cullen Theater
500 Texas Ave.
227-ARTS
Express Theatre, Houston's leading theater for children, presents its lavish production of Arabian Nights, directed by UH instructor Claire Hart-Palumbo, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, followed by the Arabian Nights Feast catered by local restaurants
Additional performances are at 2:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Tickets are $7 to $30, and tickets for the Feast are $15.
Main Street Theatre
Chelsea Market
4617 Montrose 524-6706
First produced in 1950, The Member of the Wedding is now playing through April 27. It is a story about an extraordinary summer in the life of a young girl, her black cook and the little boy next door.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 4 p.m. Sundays. Tickets are $10 to $15, with student discounts available.
Rice University
Hamman Hall
527-8101
Playwright Vanessa Curto's mixed media production, Write on Water, is a dramatic composition of Gaby and Marie, whose tragedies, fears and reconciliations incorporate dance, text and visual effects.
Scheduled performances are at 8 p.m. today and Friday at Hamman Hall on the Rice campus. Tickets are $10 at the door, $7 for reservations and $5 for students and groups of 20 or more.
A full performance will be held Saturday at Zocalo Theater and short excerpts will be offered April 25 and 26. Call 529-4123 for more information.
Stages Repertory Theatre
3201 Allen Parkway
527-0220
The sixth play in Stages' season is the poignant and funny Dog Opera, which takes an affectionate look at the relationship between Peter, a proud gay man, and Madeline, an overweight librarian, as they both search for Mr. Right and deal with their lovable yet exasperating parents.
Dog Opera plays at 8 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturday and 5 p.m. Sundays through April 27. Tickets are $25 opening night and $15 to $18 for regular performances. Student discounts are available.
Texas Mime Theatre
Houston Community College
3517 Austin
520-6463
Texas Mime Theatre, an artist-in-residence company with HCC, will hold appointment-only, non-Equity auditions for productions of Carnival of the Animals and Aesop's Fables beginning at 7 p.m. April 28 and 29 in Rm. 112 of the HCC Fine Arts Bldg.