The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1982 Page: 9 of 12
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This Week/ by Deborah Knaff
Museums
In China: Photographs by Eve Arnold. Opening at the
Museum of Fine Arts on September 3 and running through
the 24th of October, this show includes 104 color
photographs of the life, work, and people of modern
China. Eve Arnold was one of the first Americans allowed
free rein in the interior of the People's Republic of China.
During her two trips there in 1979, she captured the essence
of the Chinese people in her, an aspect previously unseen
and unrealized by the West.
Eve Arnold's photographs of China come to the MFA.
Edward Paschke: Selected Works 1967-1981. In the
Perspectives Gallery of the Contemporary Arts Museum,
through September 26. Paschke's art is an expression of
our contemporary society, transformed by his vision of
reality.
♦ * *
David Hockney—Sources and Experiments. The Sewall
Art Gallery opens its first show of the year on September 7
with a reception from 7 to 9 p.m. After this, thegalleiy will
be open from noon through five, Monday through
Saturday. David Hockney—Sources and Experiments,
curated by Esther de Vecy, is centered around the recent
gift to Rice of the Blue Guitar Suite and Pools, Palm Trees,
Portraits and Flowers. This show includes sixty prints by
the artist and is especially concerned with his adaptation
from the works of Picasso.
Ben Howatt. Open-
ing September 2 and
running through the
17th of September,
Ben Howatt will be
showing at the
O'Kane Gallery, on
the University of
Houston Downtown
campus, at One
Main Street.
Films
Reds and Ten Days that Shook the World. Reds is Warren
Beatty's poli-historical epic on the life of American
journalist John Reed, an American Socialist who
chronicled the Russian Revolution. Ten Days that Shook
the World is John Reed's story of the Revolution, directed
by Sergei Eisenstein and starring Diane Keaton and
Beatty. Both are at the River Oaks Theater, Reds at 2 and 8
p.m. and Ten Days at6 p.m.
Theatre
Bacchae. The Rice University Classics Department, both
students and faculty, will present Bacchae tonight and
tomorrow night at 8 p.m. in Hamman Hall. This Euripides
play, 2,500 years old, is under the direction of Reese
Warner, a Rice classics and computer science major.
Tickets are available at the Rice Memorial Center Box
Office (527-4040), at $3 for non-students and $1 for all
students. Tickets will be more expensive at the door.
* * *
Negro Ensemble Company. The Alley Theatre will
sponsor this touring company beginning August 31. The
Company will be performing Sam-Art Williams' 1980
Tony Award nomination winner HOME. The play is an
exploration of the life of Cephus Miles, a black farmer in
North Carolina who tells tales as he pursues his dream of
the good life. The universal truth of the folk tale runs
through it. Performances are Tuesdays and Wednesdays at
8 p.m., Thursday and Friday at 8:30 p.m., Saturday at 4
and 9 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 and & 8:30 p.m. through
September 12. Call the box office at 228-8421 for more
information.
Music
Houston Symphony Orchestra and ltzhak Perlman. The
Symphony opens its festivities for the 1982-83 season on
September 9 with an all-Tchaikowsky concert and the
world-famous violinist ltzhak Perlman. Segiu
Commissiona, HSO's Artisitic Advisor, will conduct the
program, which opens with the Sleeping Beauty suite and
also includes Romeo and Juliet and the Violin Concerto in
D Major. This concert will beat 7:30 in Jones Hall, with
tickets ranging from $5 to $50. In the past, Perlman has
sold out the house, so if you want to go, get your tickets
early. HSO's number is 224-4240.
* * *
Kerrville Bluegrass and Country Music Festival. For those
of you who really want to get far, far away from Rice, the
ninth annual Kerrville Bluegrass and Country Music
Festival will take place Septmeber 2-5 at the Quiet Valley
Ranch. Four-day passes for all events are $20, and that
includes the right to camp on the grounds. Performances
start at 6 p.m. on Thursday the 2nd and run through
Sunday afternoon. For more information, call (512)896-
3800 after 10 a.m. on weekdays.
/
Bluegrass and Country Music Festival
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Morgan, Tom. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 3, Ed. 1 Friday, August 27, 1982, newspaper, August 27, 1982; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245505/m1/9/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.