FRIDAY, SEPT. 29 THROUGH THURSDAY, OCT. 5

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* Hanszen TG.

* Baker Blues Party. 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. Grady Gaines and the Texas Upsetters play the blues while you enjoy bourbon mixed drinks, beer, cigars and food. Baker quad.

* See the Rice Players' production of Marvin's Room , a comedy about a woman dying of leukemia. This is a comedy that Rice Players director Sandy Havens calls a "wonderfully humorous, warm, wise story. Too good to be missed." 8 p.m. Hamman Hall. Students and senior citizens $4. Faculty and staff $6.

* Wiess One-Acts presents: "Words, Words, Words"; "Variation on the Death of Trotsky"; "A Dopey Fairy Tale"; "The Tangled Snarl." 8 p.m. Wiess College Commons. $3 for guests and $2 for students.

* IRIE TIME performs "Rockin` Reggae and Soca" at the Calypso Restaurant in Rice Village (5555 Morningside). 8-11 p.m. No cover.

* Fifteenth annual Southwest Jazz Ballet at the Miller Outdoor Theatre. 8 p.m. See Saturday entry.

* The Media Center runs A Nous La Liberté and Playtime back to back. A Nous La Liberté shows at 7:30 p.m. and pokes fun at the technological revolution and its effects on the modern world. A tramp becomes the head of an industrial empire and then wishes to return to his former life as a tramp. At 9:15 p.m., the Media Center presents Playtime , a comedy about Jacques Tati's famous character "Mr. Hulot" and a group of American tourists trying to be on time for an appointment in a modern Paris that is unrecognizable because of all the glass and steel skyscrapers.

* Casey N. Blake, director of American Studies at Indiana University, lectures on the relationship between art and politics at 3 p.m. Sewall Hall, room 305. Free. Sponsored by Rice's Center for the Study of Cultures. Call x2770 for more info.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30

* Families Weekend. Hide the Thresher . You wouldn't want anyone to see the Backpage. Get your Families Weekend calendar of events at registration in Fransworth Pavilion. 8 a.m. - 6 p.m.

* Brown Prohibition Party. 10 p.m. - 2 a.m. At Vito's Speakeasy. DJ, music, beer and mixed drinks.

* Women's soccer takes on Texas A&M University. 2 p.m. Club fields.

* Women's Volleyball goes for a conference win against top-20 University of Texas. 7:30 p.m. Autry Court.

* Marvin's Room . 8 p.m. Hamman Hall. See Friday entry.

* Wiess One-Acts. 8 p.m. Wiess. See Friday entry.

* Stephen Stein leads the Houston Symphony in a performance of Copland's Appalachian Spring . 8 p.m. Jones Hall. Call 227-ARTS for ticket info.

* Are you ready for some jazz ballet? Meet at 7:40 p.m. at the Sallyport to go with GetAway to a performance of the Southwest Jazz Ballet at the Miller Outdoor Theatre. They will perform "Stars & Stripes II" with special military guests.

* IRIE TIME at the Calypso again.

* Like Water for Chocolate , winner of the Ariel, the Mexican version of the Oscar, shows at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. at the Rice Media Center. Director Alfonso Arau uses magic realism to portray the simple love story of Tita, a woman who expresses herself through her cooking, and her suitor.

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1

* Rice Student Environmental Conference organizational meeting. 9 p.m. Miner Lounge. jody@rice.

* Houston Symphony. 2:30 p.m. Jones Hall. See Saturday entry.

* Like Water for Chocolate shows at the Media Center again at 7:30 p.m. See Saturday entry.

* Pulitzer prize-winning journalist David Halberstam talks about "America Then and Now: Post-War to the Next Century" at 5 p.m. in Alice Pratt Brown Hall's Stude Concert Hall. Friends of Fondren Library sponsors the six-book author. Call 285-5157 for more info.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 2

* Is it time to get away from Rice? Visit the Study Abroad Fair in the Student Center's Kelley Lounge. 1-3:30 p.m.

* Financial Services and Consulting Career Day in the Student Center's Grand Hall. 2-5 p.m. Sponsored by Career Services.

* "Redefining Success: Self-Awareness." 7 p.m. in the Student Center's Miner Lounge.

* Come to the Campanile 's organizational meeting for photography in the Student Center's Meyer Conference Room. Experienced photographers and beginners welcome. 8-9:30 p.m. Call 527-6097 or 716-1650 for info.

* Student Association meeting, 10 p.m. in the Kelley Lounge. There's a 99 percent chance Maryana will be sassy.

* Houston Symphony. 8 p.m. Jones Hall. See Saturday entry.

* Pride presents the Italian movie "The Conformist" (with subtitles) at 10 p.m. Then stick around for "The Muppet Show" at midnight. Kyle Morrow Room in Fondren Library.

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 3

* "Entrepreneurship Workshop." 7 p.m. in Willy's Pub.

* RPC meeting. 9 p.m. Miner Lounge. Student Center.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4

* Join Pride at the CoffeeHouse for a Social Night of games and conversation. 9 p.m.

* Marvin's Room. 8 p.m. Hamman Hall. See Friday entry.

* Bring your lunch and come hear some great music in the foyer of the Grand Hall as the Student Center presents another Brown Bag Concert. 12 p.m.

* Andres Serrano talks about his works (1983-93) in Herring Hall, room 124. 7-9 p.m. Co-sponsored by Contemporary Arts Museum, the Houston Center for Photography and the Rice University Art Gallery.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5

* "WCIDWAMI Psychology." 4 p.m. in the Career Center.

* Marvin's Room. 8 p.m. Hamman Hall. See Friday entry.

* Stalker shows at the Rice Media Center at 7:30 p.m. The story centers around "the Stalker," who leads a Writer and Professor on a journey through the Zone, a combination industrial wasteland/primeval forest to the Room. The Room is supposed to have transportative powers, but the trek leaves the men at a nihilistic impasse where faith is the only answer to life outside of the Zone.

This item appeared in the Calendar section of the September 29, 1995 issue.

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