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 titled 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 nontraditional subjects. Gallery hours are noon to 6 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. Admission is free.
FILM
Movie Openings Around Town:
Paradise Road: True account of a group of women who form a choir in a Japanese POW camp starring Glenn Close and Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand. Opens Friday exclusively at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre.
Kissed: Lynne Stopkewich's haunting and erotic tale of a young girl obsessed with the act of necrophilia, opening Friday exclusively at the Landmark River Oaks Theatre.
Love and Other Catastrophes: Australian romantic comedy about a group of college-aged friends, opening Friday at the Landmark Greenway and Westchase Tinseltown.
Midnight Movies
Along with the eternally ongoing Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Landmark River Oaks is offering up two more movies for the witching hour Saturday night:
Lost Highway: David Lynch's bizarre tale of crossed lives, starring Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette and Balthazar Getty.
Scream: Miramax says you asked for it, and the chiller with a wink in its eye is back, now at the perfect time for true horror fans. Neve Campbell, Drew Barrymore, Courteney Cox and Skeet Ulrich all add to the gore factor.
MUSIC
Moores School of Music
Friday - A concert by the University Chorus and San Jacinto-North Chorale at 7:30 p.m. in Lambert Hall, Heights Boulevard and 17th Street. Admission is $5 ($3 for students).
Saturday - The Moores School Percussion Ensemble at 7:30 p.m. in Dudley Recital Hall in the UH Fine Arts Building. Admission is free.
Monday - Moores School Concert Chorale and Chamber Singers at 7:30 p.m. in the UH Organ Hall (Fine Arts Building). 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 - Papa Mali and The Instagators. Tickets are $5.
Friday - Miss Molly. Tickets are $10.
Saturday - Johnny Reno. Tickets are $10.
Wednesday - V-Roys. Tickets are $5.
The Blue Iguana
903 Richmond
523-2583
Friday - Southern Backtones, Horseshoe, Miss Xanna Don't and The Wanted.
Saturday - The Jinkies.
Rockefeller's
3620 Washington Ave.
869-8427
Today - Horseshoe and Moses Guest at 9 p.m. Tickets are $8.
Friday - Asleep at the Wheel and Rosie Flores at 7:30 and 10 p.m. Tickets are $12 to $27.
Sunday - Pop Goes the Beatles at 8 p.m. Tickets are $8.
Wednesday - Herbie Hancock at 7 and 9:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 to $50.
McGonigel's Mucky Duck
2425 Norfolk
528-5999
Today - Kimberly M'Carver at 8:30.
Friday - Jack Saunders at 9 p.m.
Saturday - Austin Lounge Lizards at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Tuesday - Battlefield Band at 8 and 10 p.m.
The Abyss
5913 Washington
863-7173
(All shows doors open at 8 p.m.)
Today - Frisbee, 76, Mojo Bob Foot and Jack Ruby Trio. Tickets are $5.
Friday - Lower, The Ballistics, Peyote and The Feds. Tickets are $6.
Saturday - Blind Epitome, Seed and Opus. Tickets are $6.
THEATER
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
Presently 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
Native Houstonian Robert Faber's first production, Invitation to the Madhouse, a look at the irritating topic of writer's block, will open at 8 p.m. Saturday in the Barn-Red Playhouse. Performances are at 8 p.m. Saturdays and 3 p.m. Sundays through May 31. Tickets are $5 to $10.
The Backstage Ensemble will offer a young people's summer workshop in June and July, which includes a 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 and Saturday and at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $7 for adults, $6 per person in groups of 10 or more and $5 for students.
Country Playhouse
12802 Queensbury
784-1750
Top Dogs, which traces the lifelong journey of a man trying to protect his school system from harm, plays at 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through May 3. The play was written by local playwright Diana Howie. Tickets are $7, with a $2 discount for students.
Houston Grand Opera
Wortham Center, Brown Theater
500 Texas Ave.
227-ARTS
British illustrator Gerald Scarfe has designed surreal sets and costumes for HGO's production of The Magic Flute, opening at 7:30 p.m. Friday. Additional performances are on Sunday, Wednesday, May 3, 6, 9, 11 and 17. Tickets are $15 to $175.
HGO is now staging Mussorgsky's original, seven-scene, 1869 version of Boris Godunov on Saturday, Tuesday, May 2 and 4. Tickets are $15 to $175.
Main Street Theatre
Chelsea Market
4617 Montrose
524-6706
First produced in 1950, The Member of the Wedding is now playing through Sunday. 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. today, 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $10 to $15, with student discounts available.
Texas Mime Theatre
Houston Community College
520-6463
Texas Mime Theatre, an artist-in-residence company with HCC, will hold appointment-only, non-Equity auditions for movement-oriented actors for productions of Carnival of the Animals and Aesop's Fables beginning at 7 p.m. Monday and Tuesday in Room 112 of the HCC Fine Arts Building, 3517 Austin. These are paid, part-time positions, and shows will be at elementary schools during the 1997-98 school year.
Theater LaB Houston
1706 Alamo
868-7516
Theater LaB announces the first Houston Fringe Theater Festival, a showcase for experimental theater, playing now through May 31. The first work, Liza Vann's The Top of the Bottom Half, plays at 8 p.m. today and Friday and at 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. Saturday. Packages are available by calling 868-7516.
As part of its continuing Fascinating Women series, Theater LaB is presenting First Lady Suite, an evening of four chamber musical suites focusing on celebrated First Ladies from Mamie Eisenhower to Bess Truman at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday. Tickets are $18.
Theatre Suburbia
1410 West 43rd at Oak Forest
682-3525
The Farndale Avenue Housing Estate Townswomen's Guild Dramatic Society Murder Mystery plays 8:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through May 17 and at 3 p.m. May 4 and 11. Tickets are $6 to $8.