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AUGUST EVENTS OPENERS

By ALAN PEPPARD |

DANCE



Baryshnikov: The Legend Comes To Dallas

He’s a celebrity, a motion-picture star, and a pinup idol. But more than that, Mikhail Baryshnikov is one of the great dancers of the century. And he’s coming back to Dallas this month for a pair of special gala performances for the benefit of the International Theatrical Arts Society, an organization specializing in presenting dance as well as musical and theatrical events.

Dallas balletomanes, who usually resign themselves to the absence of live ballet in these parts during the long, hot summer, will have the chance to see Baryshnikov and nine ballerinas from the American Ballet Theatre perform a varied repertory program, including a new work, to music of Gershwin, Balanchine’s Apollo and Who Cares?, and the pas de deux from Don Quixote.

The program will be performed on two consecutive evenings, Aug 12 & 13, at 8:15 pm at McFarlin Auditorium, Southern Methodist University. Tickets $115-$10, with discounts for TIT AS subscribers. 528-5576. -Wayne Lee Gay



SPORTS



Bob Weiss’s Basketball School Of Hard Knocks



For those who never quite grew up-say, past six feet-August 17-23 is your chance to prove that you should have. Bob Weiss, who for six years was Dick Motta’s assistant with the Mavericks and just finished his first year as head coach of the San Antonio Spurs, will be holding his second annual basketball camp. The camp is designed to imitate an NBA preseason, preparing the willing hoopsters just as he would for a first exhibition game. That sets it apart from the current fad of camps where aging jocks buy a new and larger strap and go belly-to-muscle with proven stars for an exorbitant fee. What Weiss is doing, while having a good time, is teaching some basketball.

Why put yourself through seven nights of drilling and driving to the net? Tom Ferguson, thirty-three, who works in real estate finance, went for two reasons. “First, I guess, because Bob is a friend of mine. And second, to learn more about the game. I use a lot of the moves Bob taught us. and when I’m at Mavericks games, I see plays developing I wouldn’t have seen before.”

The first couple of days are spent with instruction on shooting, defense, and concentrating on one-on-one moves. Then the players learn some plays and scrimmage. It’s constant work, work, work. Players appreciate the conscientiousness Weiss brings to the sessions, and they were pleased when Maverick point guard Derek Harper made an appearance and scrimmaged with the teams. At the conclusion of last year’s camp, Weiss presented each player with an MVP award.

The cost is $500. The camp will be held at Royal Haven Baptist Church, formerly the Mavericks practice facility, from 6 pm-8 pm nightly. If demand warrants, there will be a second session, 8 pm-10 pm. Write Bob Weiss, c/o San Antonio Spurs. P.O. Box 530, San Antonio. Texas, 78292, or call Keith Grant at (214) 416-9109. -Dan Baldwin



RECREATION



Barnum & Bailey Bigger Than Ever



In August, Ringling Bros, and Barnum & Bailey Circus, the self-proclaimed “Greatest Show on Earth,” will give a total of twenty-five



performances in the Tarrant County Convention Center and Reunion Arena.

The 116th edition of the circus features an international lineup of new attractions like The Hassani Acrobatic Troupe from Morocco, acrobats from the People’s Republic of China, French animal trainer Daniel Suskow, Spain’s Polo Aerial Quartet, The Flying Vazquez family from Mexico. Sweden’s Axel Gautier and Family with their elephant show, and American tiger trainer Wade Burck.

The circus opens in Fort Worth at the Tar-rant County Convention Center August 11 & 12 and plays at Reunion Arena August 13-23. Tickets available at Reunion Arena Box Office. Tarrant County Convention Center Box Office, all Ticketron outlets (including Dillard’s), Fantasia Records in Arlington. Majestic Theatre Box Office in Dallas, and the Central Ticket Office in Fort Worth.



ART



Jacob Lawrence: Revenge Of The Realist



’I paint the things I know about and the things I have experienced.” Jacob Lawrence once said. The remark sounds modest, but it covers considerable territory. Since the days of the Great Depression, when he was an an student in Harlem. Lawrence has been painting the social and political life of black Americans, recording ordinary and extraordinary events alike in a vivid narrative style that combines the simplicity of folk art with the sophistication of such Renaissance masters as Giotto and Fra Angelico.

Whether the subject is a rainy Harlem street scene or the harrowing and heroic life of a Harriet Tubman; the drama of the civil rights movements of the Sixties or a bit of black vaudeville, Lawrence’s paintings focus on the human figure. During the years when most American artists were enthralled by abstract styles, this sometimes made him seem hopelesly out of date.

But times have changed. “Jacob Lawrence, American Painter,” currently visitingthe Dallas Museum of Art during a nationaltour, is the most comprehensive survey yetof this important artist’s work. The nearly150 paintings on display not only establishLawrence’s place among the major American artists of our time, but they suggest that,at a moment when younger American artistsare beginning to rediscover the power of pictures to tell stories, he may well have beenahead of his times. “Jacob Lawrence, American Painter,” through Sept 6 at the DallasMuseum of Art, 1717 N Harwood. Tue,Wed, Fri, Sat 10-5; Thur 10-9; Sun noon-5.922-0220. -Ken Barrow

ART



Elena Presser. Works in paper, pastel, pencil, and diverse other media take as their theme J.S. Bach’s magnificent Goldberg Variations. Through Aug 9 at the Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University. Daily 1-5. 692-3680.

Realism, Three Viewpoints. Craig Langager, Margaretta Gilboy, and Jim Cogswell-a sculptor and two painters-explore some variations of contemporary realism. Through Sept 5 at Edith Baker Gallery. 2404 Cedar Springs. Tue-Fri 10 am-6 pm. Sat 10 am-5 pm. 855-5101.

Nick Abdalla. The glowing pastels of this Albuquerque artist explore the nude sensuously, but always tastefully. Through Aug 15 at Beverly Gordon Gallery. 2702 McKin-ney. Mon-Fri 9:30 am-6 pm, Sat 11 am-3 pm. 741-9600.

Masterpieces of Impressionism. One of the world’s greatest collections of impressionist and post-impressionist paintings, London’s famed Courtauld Collection, goes traveling. Tickets. S3 at the door. Through Sept 27 at the Kimbell An Museum, 3333 Camp Bowie. Fort Worth. Tue-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 11 am-5 pm. (817) 332-8451.



Kirk Pedersen. The watercolors of this Nebraska artist, recently named “Young Artist of the Year.” reveal the effects of time and weather upon such urban commonplaces as streets, walls, signs, and even curb ings. Through Aug 6 at Moss/Chumley Gallery. The Crescent, Suite 390. 2200 Cedar Springs. Mon-Sat 10 am-6 pm, Thur 10 am-7 pm. 742-1348.



Flo Perklns. This Santa Fe artist creates fantasy cacti thai bristle and bloom in glass. Through Aug 21 at Adelle M Gallery, 3317 McKinney, Mon-Fri 9 am-5:30 pm. 526-0800.



The Paper Chase. Artists from around the country cast, weave, assemble, bend, fold, staple, and mutilate paper. Through Aug 18 at the Sheraton Gallery, second floor. 400 N Olive. Daily 10 am-10:30 pm. 922-8000.

An American Indian Gallery. Who else but the Amon Carter could mount this show-an exhibit of some seventy images gathered from its own collections and documenting the image of the American Indian from the earliest contacts with white men to today. Through Aug 30 at the Amon Carter Museum, 3501 Camp Bowie, Fort Worth. Tue-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun I pm-5:30 pm. (817) 738-1933.



Master Printmaker Jasper Johns



There has been, in the past twenty-five years or so, a writable rebirth of American printmaking. But of all the artists who have taken up lithograoguc crayon or etching stylus, the greatest master may well be Jasper Johns. Johns’s beautifully luminous prints-of targets, flags, numerals, maps, and other deceptively simple subjects-are, quite simply, about as good as it gets. “Jasper Johns: A Print Retrospective,” organized by New fork’s Museum of Modem Art, pays homage to this singular body of work. Through Aug 30 at the Fort Worth Art Museum, 1309 Montgomery, Fort Worth. Tue 10-9, Wed-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5. (817) 738-9215.



William Clift. A student of the great Paul Caponigro anda resident of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Gift is a photographer of the Southwestern landscape in the dramatic, light-drenched tradition of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. Through Sept 6 at the Amon Carter Museum, 3501 Camp Bowie. Fort Worth. Tue-Sat 10 am-5 pm, Sun 1 pm-5:30 pm. (817) 738-1933.

Bybee Collection. The museum shows off its latest, and niftiest, coup: the priceless collection of early American furniture assembled by Houston’s Faith P. and Charles L. Bybee. Permanent display in the Dallas Museum of Art. 1717 N Harwood. Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 10-5; Thur 10-9; Sun noon-5. 922-0220.

Spanish Masterpieces. From Houston’s extraordinary museum without walls, the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation, come these two works on long-term loan: “St. Michael the Archangel” by the 17th-century master Claudio Coello and “Portrait of Four Children” by the early 19th-century artist Augustin Esteve. Through summer 1987. at the Meadows Museum. Owen Arts Center, SMU. Mon-Sat 10-5, Sun 1-5. 692-2740.



DANCE



International Theatrical Arts Society. Ballet superstar Mikhail Baryshnikov appears with members of the American Ballet Theatre in a special performance featuring Balanchine’s Apollo and Who Cares, the Don Quixote pasde deux, and a new work to the music of Gershwin. Aug 12 & 13 at 8:15 pm at McFarlin Auditorium, SMU. Tickets $115-$10, with discounts for TITAS subscribers. 528-5576.

VIDEO RELEASES



Blockbuster, Sound Warehouse, Video Works. Movies scheduled for release this month in these video stores: Bedroom Window, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Critical Condition, Crocodile Dundee, The Fringe Dwellers, Nightmare on Elm Street HI, Over the Top. Three Amigos.



MUSIC



Lyric Opera of Dallas. Kurt Shilling and Gillian Knight star in Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Pirates of Penance, with Kurt Daw conducting and John Burrows directing, July 30 & 31 and Aug 1,2,5-9, & 12-15 at 8:15 pm and Aug 2,9, & 16 at 2:30 pm at the Plaza Theatre. 6719 Snider Plaza. Tickets S28.50-$10.

Summer Madness Chamber Choir. Christine Leonard Cox conducts works of Brahms. William Schuman, and others. Aug 14 at 8:15 pm at First Unitarian Church, 4015 Normandy. Tickets $5. 696-8956.



THEATER



Cats. This Broadway smash hit is based on T.S. Eliot’s volume of light verse. “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats,” and features all of its performers costumed as cats. Featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Cats set a Fair Park Box Office record in 1986. Aug 18-30 in the Music Hall at Fair Park. Tickets $35-$5 and are available at Rainbow-Tick-etmaster outlets and at the State Fair Box Office. 691-7200.



Huck Finn on the Big River



Based upon Mart Twain’s tales of Huckleberry Finn, Big River won seven Tony Awards in 1985. The play recounts the adventures of Huck and his friend Jim as they journey up and down the Mississippi River. Featuring music fay Roger Miller, Big River won seven Tony Awards in 1985. July 21-Aug 2 in the Music Hall at Fair Park. Tickets $35-$5 and are available at all Rainbow-Tick-etmaster outlets and at the State Fair Box Office, 6031 Berkshire Lane. 691-7200.



A Luv Musical. This play is adapted from the early Sixties Murray Schisgal play. LUV, which assaulted the pessimists of the world with a comic view of man’s despair. For two years on Broadway, LUV turned self-pity, self-absorption, alienation, and sexual confusion into delightful comedy. This musical version is expected to be equally delightful. July 15-Aug 22 at Theatre Three in the Quadrangle, 2800 Routh. 871-3300.

The Real Queen of Hearts Ain’t Even Pretty. Brad Bailey’s comedy/drama, set backstage at a beauty pageant in a Southern high school in 1976. follows four girls as they take some painful first steps toward maturity and selfawareness. July 7-Aug 22 at Stage 01, 2215 Cedar Sprint (across from the Crescent). 871-2277.



La Cage aux folles



Winner of six Tony Awards, including best musical, La Cage aux folles is based on a French comedy about the family-styled relationship between the owner of a St. Tropez nightclub, called “La Cage aux folles,” and the club’s star female impersonator. Aug 4-16 in the Music Hall at Fair Part. Tickets $35*5 and are available at all Rainbow-Ticketmaster outlets and at the State Fair Box Office, 6031 Berkshire Lane. 691-7200.



DALLAS LANDMARKS



Dallas ZOO. More than 1,600 mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, including many rare and endangered species, reside at the Dallas Zoo. Daily programs include scheduled animal feedings and “The Other Side,” a new hands-on exhibit in the reptile building where visitors can watch snakes being fed, handle shed skins, hatched eggs, and other artifacts, and talk with keepers. Train rides along the outskirts of the zoo cost 85 cents. A new gift shop offers fun, animal-oriented merchandise. Food concessions and picnic area available. Open daily 9 am-6 pm. Take I-35 south past downtown (follow signs to Waco), take the Ewing exit and follow the signs. Adults $2, children SI.25, parking S2. 946-5154.

The Dallas Cowboys Headquarters and Practice Facility. The new Cowboys headquarters in Valley Ranch is available for public tours. Cowboys Center is located in Valley Ranch, 1.7 miles north off of LEJ Freeway at MacAr-thur Boulevard. Tours are available by appointment only Monday through Saturday. Contact the tour director at 556-9900.

Heritage Farmstead. Since 1891, this Piano farmstead has withstood the test of time and today offers a rare visit into the past. Closed for the last six years for restoration. Heritage Farmstead is now open for daily tours. This four-acre museum tells a story of a way of life during the height of (arm prosperity in our country. Only a few years ago, the museum’s Victorian home and twelve outbuildings were the hub of a 360-acre farm. Take Central Expressway north to exit 29. just past Collin Creek Mall. Head west 1/2 mile on 15th Street. 1900 W 15th Street. Piano. Tue-Fri 1 pm-4 pm, Sat 10 am-2 pm, Sun 1 pm-4 pm. 424-7874.

International Wildlife Park. Nearly 2.000 exotic animals from all over the world roam free in this 360-acre, drive-through safari in Grand Prairie. The entertainment village offers camel rides, bumper boats, paddle boats, Wildlife Express train, baby animal nursery, wild animal shows, and the Turtle Taxi-very slow rides on giant Alabra tortoises. Located just off Interstate 30 at the Belt Line exit in Grand Prairie. Open daily at 9:30 am and the last car is admitted at 5 pm on weekdays, 6 pm on weekends. Admission is S9.95 per person on weekends and $6.95 per person on weekdays, 263-2201.

Magnolia Lounge. The Magnolia Lounge was constructed in 1936 as the Pavilion of Magnolia Petroleum Co. for the Texas Centennial at Fair Park. In the Fifties, the building became the Margo Jones Theater, the first regional theater in Texas. Recently restored by the Friends of Fair Park, the Magnolia Lounge now serves as the park’s year-round information center. 426-3400.

Shotgun House at Old City Park. As part of its con-tinuing effort to represent the cultural diversity of the history of North Central Texas, Old City Park has recently restored. and opened for tour, a shotgun house, originally built in 1906 on Guillot Street in the State-Thomas neighborhood of Dallas. The shotgun house is generally considered to be an African-American architectural form that was introduced into New Orleans in the early 19th century by freed Haitian blacks. Old City Park, 1717 Gano. 421-5141.



Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden

Located on the grounds of the DeGolyer and Camp estates on the southeast shore of White Rock Lake, the sixty-six-acre Dallas Botanical Garden is an excellent spot to view gardens of perennials ami annuals indigenous to Texas. This month marks the one-year anniversary of the reopening of the DeGolyer Gardens, originally built in 1940. The gardens were completely restored last year through a $750,000 grant from the Meadows Foundation. The DeGolyer house was built in 1938 and 1939 by Texas oilman Everette DeGolyer and his wife Nell Goodrich. Tours are available of the DeGolyer House, designated as a Texas Historical Landmark. It’s a great place to picnic Tie-Sun 10 am-5 pm. $3 adults, $1 children. 8525 Garland Road. Call 327-8263 for directions.



Southfork. You’ve lived in Dallas all your life but you’ve never been there. It’s easy to find. Take Central Expressway north to the Parker Road exit in Piano. Head six miles east to FM 2551 and veer right, and you’re there. Self-guided tours daily 9 am-5:30 pm. Adults $6, children $4.

Thanka-Givlng Square. Located at Pacific and Ervay in the middle of downtown, Thanks-Giving Square is the perfect place for a quiet moment in the middle of the hustle and bustle of downtown. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the watergardens or a quiet moment in the chapel. Mon-Fri 10 am-5 pm, Sat & Sun 1 pm-5 pm. 969-1977.

West End MarketPlace. You waited long enough and Texas’s first festival marketplace is finally open. Five floors of shops with every type of food, drink, and fun gift imaginable. There are also five nightclubs in the Dallas Alley entertainment complex. In downtown’s West End.



The Incredible Acrobats of China

This month, performers from the Shanghai Acrobatic Troupe will finish up their summer-long ran at the Southern Palace Music Hal at Six Flags Over Texas. The acrobats share the stage with the Broadway-style musical production Stars & Stripes salute! The acrobats perform each evening following an afternoon performance of the musical. The 205-acre theme park entertains nearly three million visitors each season. Six Flags features more than one hundred rides, shows, and attractions in a lavishly landscaped setting. The park’s newest attraction is the exciting waterfall ride, Splashwater Falls. Six Flags’ one-price ticket permits visitors to enjoy all rides and shows as many times as they like at no extra charge. Open daily. Tickets are $15.95 for adults, $9.95 for children under forty-eight inches and senior citizens fifty-live and over, children wider two free. Metro 640-8900.



ENLIGHTENMENT



The Boys of ’61. An Old City Park exhibit of the life of the Confederate and Union Soldier of the Civil War features artifacts, uniforms, and photographs from the Civil War. Medicine in the field is represented through items such as a wooden surgical kit, a crutch, and photos-including an 1863 photo of a soldier undergoing an operation while his comrade holds a chloroform-soaked rag over his face. Through Sept 13 at Old City Park. 17I7 Gano. 421-5141.

Looking at the Light. Developed by the world-famous Exploratorium in San Francisco. “Looking at the Light” is an interactive exhibit about light and shadows, mirrors and images, and how light waves give shape and color to the visible world. Everything you see is actually light reflected off of something else before it enters your eyes. At this exhibit. you can create your own optical patterns at an optics table, or touch a spring that appears to float in space, or duck into a kaleidoscope and see a crowd of yourself. On permanent display at The Science Place in Fair Park. Tue-Sun 9:30 am- 5pm. $3 adults. $2 for children. Children under seven free. 428-5555.



New Wing at the Museum of Natural History



The Dallas Museum of Natural History’s new Earth Science Hall will be divided into three eras of geologic time: the Paleozoic the Mesozoic, and the Cenozoic. One of the main attractions of the new exhibit will be a thirty-two-foot Mosasaur skeleton, which was discovered partially unearthed on the shore of Lake Ray Hubbard in 1979. There is also a Trinity Mammoth, so named because it was discovered in South Dallas during the fall of 1967 in sand and gravel by the Trinity River. This mammoth prehistoric elephant measures thirteen feet high and twenty-two feet long, with tusks measuring ten feet. The museum is located in Fair Park and hours are Mon-Sat 9 am-5 pm, Sun noon-5 pm. Admission is free.



Robot Dinosaurs. According to the Science Place in Fair Park. Robot Dinosaurs are the biggest thing to hit Dallas in more than one hundred million years. Nine life-size robot dinosaurs, created by Dinamation. will be on display in their prehistoric habitats in the Science Place in Fair Park beginning August 29. The dinosaurs not only look and sound like the ancient creatures, but they can move as well. Computer-operated pneumatic systems will have the creatures roaring, growling, kicking, and moving their heads, tails, and eyes, This exclusive North Texas showing is the largest collection of creatures to invade any science museum. The creatures include: Tyrannosaurus Rex, the fiercest meat-eater ever to roam the earth; Apatosaurus (also called Brontosaurus), the colossal herbivore; Pteranodon, the flying fish-eater with a twenty-six-foot wingspread; Triceratops, the three-horned dinosaur that felled tall trees; Ankylosaurus, the armored lizard that resembled a living tank; Pacbycephalosaurus, the spike-skulled “bone-head”; Dimetrodon, the sail-back carnivore common in Texas and Oklahoma; Stegosaurus, the plated lizard with the room-high hips; and the Mystery Dinosaur. An interactive cutaway with push buttons will enable viewers to see just how the creatures work. Museum-goers will be able to pet their realistic skins or discover remains in the Paleo Pit. Beginning August 29. Dinosaur hours will be Tue-Sun 9:30 am-5:30 pm. Closed Mon. Admission $5 for adults, S2 for children seven to sixteen and seniors sixty-five and over. Children under seven free. 421-DINO.



SPORTS



Texas Rangers. Arlington Stadium, Arlington. Tickets:$9 field and mezzanine, $8 reserved, $7 plaza. $5 reservedgrandstand, $3.75 general admission. $2.25 children underthirteen general admission, available at all Rainbow-Ticketmaster outlets. Sears stores, Joske’s stores, and Arlington Stadium ticket office. Home games start at 7:35 pmunless otherwise noted. Metro 273-5100.

Aug 1-2 Baltimore Orioles

3-5 Boston Red Sox

17-19 Kansas City Royals

20-23 Chicago White Sox

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