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i vwyi/v TEXAS EVENTS Austin MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS: The First Annual Record Breaker for Multiple Sclerosis will be held April 28 and 29 in the Austin Municipal Coliseum. Applicants will take pledges for each hour of an activity they will perform (flagpole sitting, bicycling, etc.) and attempt to earn as much as possible to help fight the disease. For more information call 512-458-1361. OPERA SINGER: Famous opera diva Roberta Pet ers will perform with the Austin Symphony Orchestra Sunday at 7 p.m. in the Special Events Center. Pet ers is a star talent of the Metropolitan Opera, and one of the foremost singers in the contemporary opera scene. Tickets are $9, $8 and $6.50, with a $2 dis count for UT students. Those 16 and under will re ceive a $2 discount on $9 and $8 tickets, and a $3.50 discount on $6.50 tickets. For more information call 512-477-6060. RUSSIAN CIRCUS: The 1979 Moscow Circus will give seven performances at the UT Special Events Center, beginning May 9 and running through May 13. The circus features Russian Brown Bears who box, skate and ride horses, plus daredevil horsemen, acrobats, high wire walkers and gymnasts. Ticket prices are $6.50, $5.50 and $4.50. Call 512-471- 7744 for the performance schedule. MARLIN: The city of Marlin’s annual Festival Days celebration, which includes two days of fun and entertainment in the 20-acre city park, will be held Saturday and Sunday. There will be a parade, con tinuous live entertainment, displays of arts and crafts, rides, games and plenty of food. Admission will be $2 for adults and $1 for students. For more information call 817-883-2171. KERRVILLE: Plenty of arts and crafts accompanied by bluegrass music will be the main attraction of the Texas State Arts and Crafts Fair, which will take place in Kerrville May 26-28. Over 200 of Texas’ best artists and craftsmen have been selected from over 600 applicants to display their works at the fair. Ex hibits are planned in woodworking, glass blowing, bronze casting and many other arts. Music will be provided by The Coolwater Bluegrass, the 1978 Southwestern Bluegrass Champions, and two west ern bands. Admission is $2.50 for adults and $1 for children. For more information call 512-896-5711. WACO: A full program of amusements for children has been set up for the Brazos River Festival’s “Happy Place,” which will be held April 28 and 29 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. “Happy Place” is specially designed to amuse children with games, animals, puppet shows and other colorful and enjoyable things, while their parents can browse through arts and crafts displays. There will be plenty of food also, for parent and child alike. Admission is $2.50 for adults and 50 cents for children under 12. For more information call 817-776-3748. GALVESTON: A variety of 19th and early 20th cen tury homes will be opened for display May 12 and 13 during the 5th Annual Homes Tours, which is spon sored by the Galveston Historical Foundation. Eight homes will be shown, including an early Greek Re vival home, a Queen Anne mansion, a “Carpenter” Victorian Gothic merchant house, a Victorian raised cottage, two Late American Victorian homes, a blend of Classical and Gothic Revival architecture and a Classical two-story with the interior under renova tion. All homes will be open Saturday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sunday from noon to dvance tickets are $9 per person, $10 if bought on tour day. Tickets may be purchased from the Galveston Historical Founda tion at 25th and The Strand, at Ashton Villa at 24th and Broadway, or by mail from P.O. Drawer 539, Galveston, Texas, 77553. Dallas POMPEII: The Dallas Museum of Fine Arts staff will be busy in April restoring the eight galleries used to house the Pompeii AD 79 exhibit, and a permanent collection will be installed by the opening date of May 2. Until then, the pre-Columbian and African Gal leries will be open, along with the museum shop. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.; closed Monday. For more information call 214-426-2553. San Antonio INSTITUTE OF TEXAN CULTURES: The institute presents the history of the state through oral and visual methods, and brings some historical events to life through special demonstrations. It is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Sundays for planned or just relaxed tours. Admission is free. The institute is located on the southeast corner of Hemis- fair Plaza downtown, at the intersection of Durango Street and Interstate 37. Elsewhere SAN ANGELO: The Second Annual LAMBLAST World Championship Lamb Cook-off will be held Saturday and Sunday at San Angelo’s Fairgrounds. There will be three cooking divisions, Media, Col legiate and Open, and teams will be judges on both recipe and showmanship. Activities include horse shoe pitching, leg judging, dancing and lots of fun. For more information call 915-653-3162. MAGNOLIA: Auditions for next fall’s Texas Renais sance Festival will be held Saturday and Sunday from 2-5 p.m. at the festival site, halfway between Magnolia and Plantersville on FM 1774. Needed are singers, dancers, musicians, jugglers, actors, ac- treees, wenches, beggars, cutpockets, thieves and royalty from the Renaissance period. For more in formation call 713-529-7924. WASHINGTON-ON-THE-BRAZOS: The Star of the Republic Museum, located in Washington-on-the- Brazos State Park near Navasota, is hosting a multi-media exhibition of crafts and craftmaking through next September. Included are blacksmi- thing, quilting, beekeeping, metal work and pottery. The museum is open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. ALABAMA-COUSHATTA: A rare East Texas tour by the Lamanite Generation, an internationally known performing group from Brigham Young Uni versity, will include performances May 4 and 5 at the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation near Livingston. The performances will be at 8 p.m. in the 1,600-seat Sundown amphitheater. The acts will in clude both contemporary and original songs and acts, and features the colorful native dress of Ameri can Indians, Polynesians and Latin Americans. Ad vance tickets are $4 for adults and $2.50 for children, and gate tickets are $4.50 and $3. For more informa tion call 713-563-4391.