The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1988 Page: 10 of 16
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10 FRIDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1988 THE RICE THRESHER
s
KAHN'S CORNER:
Dickensian revelry on the Strand and
other assorted merrymaking events
TONIGHT
•There's only one week of
classes left, three weeks until
the end of finals, but there's
only one night left until THE
PARTY.
•Once again, the Thresher
office has the good fortune of
being on the Playboy mailing
list. This month is Playboy's
35th Anniversary Issue, full of
fascinating articles, highly
educational cartoons and
delightfully witty pictorials. I
guess only in America could we
be celebrating the anniversary of
a girlie magazine the same
month we elected a man named
"Poppy" president.
•German Conductor Christof
Perick leads the Houston
Symphony tonight, at 7 p.m. in
Jones Hall.
TOMORROW
•Finally, an event that doesn't
require you to be a geek, or a
jock, or even independently
wealthy: The Annual Porter/
Colonna/Montag Christmas
Party (I assume that even we
heathens who don't celebrate
Christmas are welcome), tonight
at about 8 p.m. or so. Males
and females (especially
females) are invited.
•The 15th annual Dickens on
the Strand begins today and
continues tomorrow in
Galveston's historic district. The
advantage of going is that you
might meet a babe who looks
like Pip's; of course, you also
might run into that old hag, Miss
Haversham, so beware. Call
(409J-765-7834 for ticket
information.
•Robert Colescott's
retrospective of his 1975-86
work begins its exhibit today at
the Contempoary Arts Museum.
The show runs through January
15.
•Stages Repertory Theatre's
presentation of The Man of La
Mancha closes today. Call 52-
STAGE for ticket information.
UPCOMING
•December A—Dickens on
the Strand continues today in
Galveston.
Graham Sncwn plays at the Palladium this week.
Galveston Island's historic Strands/Mechanic District is transformed into the world of Charles Dickens this weekend.
•December 4—The
Nutcracker Ballet will be
performed todby at 2 p.m. and 6
p.m. in the Katy High School
Auditorium; tickets are $9.
•December 6—WRICES
meets at the Pub at 9:30 p.m.
New members welcome,
especially those bringing dues.
•December 6—More Dickens
information (he gets more space
in my column than any other
dead 19th century British
novelist, though Joseph Conrad
comes close): Oliver, a retelling
of Oliver Twist, begins its two
week run at the Music Hali
downtown. Call 961-9396 for
ticket prices and performance
times.
•December 7—I normally
don't recommend television
shows to my readers, but
tonight be sure and catch the
season premiere of The Wonder
Years. You have to see this
show to believe it; suffice it to
say that it would be worth
putting up with 364 hours of
Morton Downey, Jr. and Geraldo
just to see a couple episodes of
this hilarious, moving, flipping
brilliant series. Check it out
tonight on ABC.
•December 8—T. Graham
Brown makes his second
appearance in Houston in a little
over a month tonight at the
Palladium at 8 p.m. I generally
am not too fond of country
music (Hank Williams was a
dude, but someone like Hank
Williams, Jr. makes me want to
puke), but I had the opportunity
to hear Brown recently, and he
sounds more like B. B. King
than Waylon Jennings.
ONGOING
• West Memphis Mojo plays
Thursdays through Saturdays
until December 18th at The
Ensemble's Large Stage; call
520-0055.
• The Merry Wives of Windsor,
Texas, an adaptation of the
Bard's classic work, runs
through January 1 at the Alley
Theatre. Call 228-8421 for more
ticket infromation.
•Andy Warhol's Death and
Disasters, an exhibit at the
Menil Collection, will be on
display until January 8.
•Winslow Homer's Images of
Blacks: The Civil War and
Reconstruction Years is on
display at the Menil Collection
until January 8.
•Richard Jackson's
Installations is at the Menil
Collection until December 31.
•Frederic Remington: The
Masterworks continues at the
Museum of Fine Arts. The
exhibit runs through January 8.
Syzygy closes music season
BY P. KELLACH WADDLE
The
he Shepherd Symphony
Orchestra and Syzygy: New
Music at Rice are preparing to
finish their concert series for the
fall semester with two special
performances next week.
The Syzygy ensemble's next
performance will be December 6
at 8 p.m. in Hamman Hall. The
theme of this concert is
"Reflections on Contemporary
Landscapes" and the show will
be presented in conjuction with
college
of Music
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the Sewall Art Gallery exhibit
Drawn From Life: Contemporary
Interpretive Landscapes. The
program will include The Tree by
Hervig, Variations for Violin,
Clarinet, and Piano by Harbison,
Soli 2 by faculty composer
Ellsworth Milburn and A Mirror
on Which to Dwell by Carter,
featuring Shepherd School
faculty member and soprano
Lynn Griebling.
The Orchestra's last official
performance of this semester is
December 9 at 8 p.m. in
Hamman Hall and will feature
Benjamin Zander as Guest
Conductor. Zander has been at
the New England Conservatory
in Boston since 1964 and has
travelled widely as a conductor,
cellist, teacher and lecturer,
including a number of past
performances at the Shepherd
School. He will conduct the
orchestra in a performance of
two of the repertory's warhorse
symphonies by Hayden and
Tchiakovsky.
„ Also, for a dose of holiday
spirit, no piece in the repertory
is more associated with
Christmas than Handel's
masterpiece, The Messiah.
Luke Sellers will conduct
members of the symphony and
soloists from the Sheperd
School in a performance of
Handel's holiday favorite at St.
Paul's United Methodist Church
at 8 p.m. on December 13. As
usual, all events are free and
open to the public.
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McGarrity, Patrick & Sendek, Joel. The Rice Thresher (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 12, Ed. 1 Friday, December 2, 1988, newspaper, December 2, 1988; Houston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth245708/m1/10/?rotate=270: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Rice University Woodson Research Center.