Happenings at Rice

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The Academy of American Poets will award $100 for the best poem or collection of poems written by a Rice undergraduate. Submissions should be placed in Susan Wood's mailbox in Rayzor Hall 307 by 12 p.m. April 4.

Beck, the drugged-out folk-rap cooler than half the bands you can name (I can't think of any right now) plays at Goat's Head Soup this Sunday. You must have heard "Loser" by now, and if not, go anyway. "Gettin' crazy with the Cheez Whiz..." A spectacularly cheap $6. 128 Westheimer. (520-7625)

Polish Festival this Sunday. Eat Polish food, see Polish dance (Polka contest featuring Henry Repka and his well-known Polka Band) and experience Polish culture (Polish books, Polish arts and crafts) all at Polish Home-103 Cooper at Airline. Admission is $1 per person or free if you wear a traditional Polish costume. Call 474-7266, ask for info from Witamy Wszystkich.

Safely beat the crap out of your friends at the Houston Children's Festival. Shoot giant sling shots full of water balloons at them from far away, box with them while within a motorized body cage. Spin them around in the weightlessness simulator and then show them the Apache Gunship Helicopter. Admission is $4, all proceeds benefit Child Advocates. Lots of rides, food and entertainment, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Greenway Park Plaza next to the Summit.

Saturday, the Paul Taylor Dance Company, one of the giants of modern dance, plays Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana. Tix are $8,12, 25 and 36. 227-ARTS

The Ramones, despite all naysayers, still have enough brain cells left after the '80s to dress themselves. Come out and mosh to the creators of Cretin Rock. It may be your last chance. Frank Black, former frontman of the Pixies will open. March 21, Bayou CIty Theatre 6400 Richmond. Call Ticketmaster for info 629-3700.

Make sure you sponsor a rubber duckie for The Great Houston Duck Race 1994, to be held on March 27 on Buffalo Bayou. You can register at Foley's around town, or call 521-DUCK for info; it's $5 a duck, or $25-$500 for a fleet of 'em. At least be there to see thousands of these little guys valiantly "race" down the Bayou. Plus, if your duck wins, you could win neat stuff like a car, electronics or tickets to London. Bert would be proud.

Rice Spring Theatre Festival: Another Antigone at Hamman Hall, 8 p.m. March 18-19. $4 student, $8 general. All's Well That Ends Well in Baker Commons, 8 p.m. March 18-20 $2 student, $4 general. Guys and Dolls in Will Rice Commons, 8 p.m. March 18-19, $2 and $4. Secrets in Hamman Hall, 2 p.m. For more info call 527-4040. (For reviews see p.14)

Evelyn Prentice kicks off the Media Center's tribute to actress Myrna Loy. Followed by Love Me Tonight which features a score by Rodgers and Hart. 7:30 and 9:10 p.m., Rice Media Center. $4.25 gets you in for both films.

Beer Bike begins at 12 p.m. and races start at 1:30.

Rondelet runs from 10 p.m. to 2 a.m in the Grand Ballroom of the Hilton in the Med Center.

See The Mask of Fu Manchu, a "blood and thunder thriller of nightmare dimensions" starring Boris Karloff as Ghengis Khan and Myrna Loy as his nymphomaniac daughter, followed by The Thin Man , one of the best detective movies of all time. 7:30 and 9 p.m., Media Center. $4.25 for both films.

The Suitors follows the story of a beautiful Iranian bride stranded in New York when her husband-to-be is killed by a SWAT team. 7:30 p.m., Media Center. $4.25.

South African novelist J.M. Coetzee will read from his novel The Master of Petersburg at 4 p.m. in room 131 of the Anderson Biological Laboratories.

Hear a Latin Jazz concert at the RMC featuring professional musicians and a few students from Rice and U of H. 7 p.m., Farnsworth Pavilion. Free.

Shepherd Symphony plays in Stude Concert Hall at 8 p.m. with a program including Richard Strauss's "Don Juan" (one of the hardest pieces known to struggling violinists everywhere) and featuring trumpet soloist Elbert Pruitt. Free.

The smell of Cajun all-you-can-eat Buffet. At the RMC Grand Hall from 6:30 to 8 p.m. today. Musical accompaniment from Pierre and the Zydeco Two Steps.

Film About A Woman Who... The story of a woman whose sexual dissatisfaction masks an enormous anger. 7:30 p.m., Media Center. $4.25.

"Continental," a traditional Mariachi band, will play the Coffeehouse. Come and let these musicians wander by your table and serenade you-. It sure beats the `Sounds of Silence" at Fondren, and you're more than welcone to eat and drink. 9:30.

This item appeared in the Arts & Entertainment section of the March 18, 1994 issue.

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