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state A SELECTIVE GUIDE TO AMUSEMENTS AND EVENTS JANUARY 2004 SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 4 5 6 All my friends [ILLUSTRATION Turn that drive a lowrider OMITTED] air conditioning to the Insights-- on! Menopause: El Paso Science The Musical opens Museums for their at the Paramount last chance to Theatre in Austin. see "Chicano Now: American Expression." 11 12 13 The Menil Hail to the [ILLUSTRATION Collection in Chieftains. Celtic OMITTED] Houston closes music fans pack "Kazimir Malevich: Laurie Auditorium Suprematism." in San Antonio. 18 19 20 [ILLUSTRATION [ILLUSTRATION Wild thing Chip OMITTED] OMITTED] Taylor and fiddler Carrie Rodriguez play McGonigel's Mucky Duck in Houston. 25 26 27 Sweet Honey in Dallas Stars [ILLUSTRATION the Rock (above) captain Mike OMITTED] bring their gospel Modano (right) a cappella sound to hopes to clip the the Empire Theatre Detroit Red Wings in San Antonio. at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. WEDNESDAY THURSDAY 1 [ILLUSTRATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OMITTED] 7 8 [ILLUSTRATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OMITTED] 14 15 Bright Ideas, Trumpeter Eric Coble's Roy Hargrove comedy about (right) and his raising the perfect quintet entertain child, opens at at Texarkana's Stages Repertory Perot Theater. Theatre in Houston. Better leave the crybabies at home. 21 22 Houston Rockets' San Antonio's West assistant coach Side story: The Patrick Ewing West Side Horns greets his former play their venerable teammates, the roadhouse blues at New York Knicks, the Southwest at the Toyota School of Art and Center in Houston. Craft. Watch out for those East Side Strings lurking in the alley. 28 29 Brush up on Walter Cunningham, your Bette Midler: the author of The The Divine Miss M All-American Boys, performs tomorrow talks with Texas at Dallas's American Monthly Book Airlines Center. Group moderator Mike Shea at Austin's BookPeople. FRIDAY SATURDAY 2 3 The fabric of [ILLUSTRATION our lives: pigskin. OMITTED] Dalla's Fair Park hosts the Cotton Bowl. 9 10 The Dallas The U.S. Hot Symphony Rod Monster Jam Orchestra presents brings a smashing the Classical Mystery show to Dallas. Tour: A Tribute to the Beatles. Don't hold your breath for a tour of Wings impersonators. 16 17 [ILLUSTRATION Chris Rock OMITTED] (below) rolls into Grand Prairie with his Black Ambition Tour. 23 24 [ILLUSTRATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OMITTED] 30 31 [ILLUSTRATION [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] OMITTED]
Austin
MUSIC/DANCE
One World Theatre 7701 Bee Caves Rd (512-329-6753). Jan 4 at 4:30 & 7:30: Tangokinesis; $40-$70. Jan 16 at 7 & 9:30: Jerry Jeff Walker; $29-$70. Jan 18 at 4:30 & 7: Dee Dee Bridgewater; $31-$72. Jan 25 at 4:30 & 7: R Carlos Nakai; $29-$70. (W+)
Jan 3 & 4: Terry Allen and Lloyd Maines State Theater, 719 Congress Ave (512-469-7469 or 888-597-7827). There must be something in that Lubbock water. And Allen and Maines, two of West Texas's finest musical products, sure must have drunken a lot of it. At 8. $20. (W+)
Jan 9, 11, 15 & 17: Austin Lyric Opera UT campus, Bass Concert Hall, 23rd & Robert Dedman Dr (512-472-5992 or 800-316-7372). Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte. Fri at 8, Sun at 3, Thur at 7, Sat at 8. $15-$104. (W+)
Jan 23: Gaelic Storm Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress Ave (512-469-7469). The Celtic group blows into the Capital City. At 8. $17-$29. (W+)
Jan 23 & 24: Austin Symphony UT campus, Bass Concert Hall, 23rd & Robert Dedman Dr (512-476-6064 or 888-462-3787). Wagner: Overture to Rienzi. Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Dvorak: Symphony No 6 in D Major. Jon Kimura Parker, piano. Peter Bay, conductor. At 8. $19-$35. (W+)
Jan 24: Sweet Honey in the Rock UT campus, Hogg Aud, 24th & Whitis (512-471-1444). This a cappella ensemble of African American women singers, who add shades of blues, early 20th century gospel, community quartet, and jazz choral vocalizations to their harmonies, has built a solid international reputation. Toshi Reagon, the daughter of the groups founder, Bernice Johnson Reagon and her band, Big Lovely, join in the festivities. At 8. $20-$42. (W+)
THEATER
FronteraFest 2004 Hyde Park Theater, 511 W. 43rd and the Blue Theater, 816 Springdale (512-479-7529). This unjuried "fringe festival" celebrates its eleventh anniversary and features more than 800 local and national thespians. Jan 13-Feb 14. Call for schedule $10-$14.
Paramount Theatre 713 Congress Ave (512-769-7469). Dec 26-Jan 4: A Tuna Christmas--cap off the holiday season with the residents of Tuna, Texas in this comedy written by and starring Joe Sears and Jaston Williams. Call for schedule. $17-$42. Jan 6-18: Menopause: The Musical--oh, times they are a changin' in this musical featuring four sophisticated women parodying that special time in a female's life. Tue-Fri at 8, Sat at 3 & 8, Sun at 3 & 7:30. $20-$38. (W+)
Vortex Repertory Theatre 2307 Manor Rd (512-478-5282). 12 Steps to a More Dysfunctional Christmas--Rob Nash's one-man show that proves the holidays are never easy. Dec 25--Jan 3. At 8. Gen adm $17 (Thur pay what you wish; Sun $8.50 with donation of 2 cans of food). (W)
Zachary Scott Theatre 1510 Toomey Rd (512-476-0541). Thru Jan 4: The Flaming Idiots--Austin's own juggling, flame-throwing vaudevillian troupe. Thur-Sat at 8, Sun at 2:30. $28-$40. Thru Jan 4: Santaland Diaries--David Sedaris's NPR hit comedy. Thur-Sat at 8, Sun at 2:30. $28-$35. (W+)
MUSEUMS/GALLERIES
Arthouse at the Jones Center 700 Congress Ave (512-453-5312). This modish downtown gallery is run by the organization formerly known as the Texas Fine Arts Association. Thru Jan 11: Sydney Philen Yeager: Little Mysteries 1992-2003. Open Tue, Wed & Fri 11-7; Thur 11-9; Sat 10-5; Sun 1-5. Free. (W+)
Austin Children's Museum 201 Colorado (512-472-2499). Thru Jan 10: My Family/En Mi Familia--an exploration in Mexican American culture via the work of Carmen Lomas Garza. Open Tue-Sat 10-5, Sun noon-5. Gen adm $4.50 (free Wed 5-8 & Sun 4-5), children 12-23 months $2.50, 11 months & under free. (W+)
Austin Museum of Art-Downtown 823 Congress Ave (512-495-9224). Thru Feb 1: Terry Allen: Dugout--the West Texas native's latest series, which is based on the lives of his parents, a baseball player and a ragtime piano player. Open Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 10-6; Thur 10-8; Sun noon-5. Gen adm $5 ($1 on Tue), senior citizens & students $4 ($1 on Tue), children 12 & under free. (W+)
Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum 1800 N. Congress Ave (512-936-8746). This museum which is named for the former Texas lieutenant governor, houses three floors of exhibits that trace the history of Texas. Thru Jan 4: Play Ball! Texas Baseball--original uniforms and equipment, stadium details and other memorabilia celebrate the excitement of the sport. Also check out the IMAX theater (shows daily; call for times & prices). Open Mon-Sat 9-6, Sun noon-6. Gen adm $5.50, senior citizens $4.50, children 18 & under free. (W+)
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center UT campus, 21st & Guadalupe (512-471-8944). Items in the centers collection range from a Gutenberg Bible to the world's first photograph (taken in 1826). The center also houses some 36 million literary manuscripts including those by James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, and Tennessee Williams. Thru Mar 7: Make It New: The Rise of Modernism--artifacts that represent the modernist movement of the first half of the twentieth century. Open Tue, Wed & Fri 10-5; Thur 10-7; Sat & Sun noon-5. Free. (W+)
Jack S Blanton Museum of Art UT campus, UT Art Bldg, 23rd & San Jacinto (512-471-7324). Masterpieces of European Painting, a permanent exhibit, displays more than 40 works from the museum's Suida Manning Collection, one of the country's largest collections of Italian paintings from the Renaissance and Baroque periods by such masters as Rubens, Veronese and Parmigianino. Thru Jan 4: Prints From the Leo Steinberg Collection: Part II--more selections from the recent acquisition of 3,200 prints by Marcantonio Raimondi, Albrecht Durer, Matisse, Picasso, et al; also, Lo feo de este mundo: Images of the Grotesque--pieces of 20th-century Latin American art that explore the humanism behind abnormal works; also Transgressive Women--works by Yayoi Kusama, Lee Lozano, Ana Mendieta, and Joan Semmel. Open Mon-Wed & Fri 9-5, Thur 9-9, Sat & Sun 1-5. Free. (W+)
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum UT campus, 2313 Red River (512-721-0200). Items from Johnson's personal life and his presidency include photos and videos relating to the Kennedy assassination and the Vietnam War. Thru Feb 16: Seasons Greetings: Christmas From the White House--holiday cards and gifts from James Madison...
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