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— s —— WHAT’S UP Friday 5 8 p.m. AGGIE CINEMA: “China Syndrome” will be shown in Rudder Auditorium. Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon and Michael Douglas star in this film about an accident at a nuclear power plant. (PG) 8 p.m. BASEMENT COF FEEHOUSE: presents the Bees Knees, from the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Tickets are $3. midnight “EYES OF LAURA MARS“: Will be shown in Rudder Theater. Faye Dunaway and Tommy Lee Jones star in this murder mystery centered in the high fashion world. (R) Saturday 6 7:30 p.m. FOOTBALL: Texas Aggies at Texas Tech. Tickets are on sale now, $3 students, $5 general public for a closed-circuit showing in G. Rollie White Coliseum. 8 p.m. today “CHINA SYNDROME 11 : Will be shown in Rudder Auditorium. Jane Fonda, Jack Lemmon and Michael Douglas star in this film about an accident at a nu clear power plant. (PG) DEADLINE: Today is the last day to pay the second installment board payment. The amount is $170.30 for the 7-day plan and $152.45 for the 5-day plan. Pay at the Fiscal Office, Coke Building or Rudder Cashier’s Office. Sunday 7 9 a.m. jMBT M1»? SPORTS CAR CLUB: Gymkana (Autocross). This test of driving ability pitted against the clock will be in the Zachry Parking Lot. 8 p.m. AGGIE CINEMA: “Murder by Decree” will be shown in Rudder Theater. Donald Sutherland, James Mason head an all-star cast in the Sherlock Holmes Mystery. (PG) TEXAS EVENTS Austin TEXAS MEMORIAL MUSEUM: The Cloisonne and Champleve Enamels Exhibit. Cloisonne and Enamels of the Far East, 19th and 20th centuries are featured. An assemblage of rare pieces illustrat ing steps in the manufacture of cloisonne is included. Hours 9-5 Monday-Friday, I-5 Saturday and Sunday. Free. Will run through Oct. 15. Dallas-Fort Worth STATE FAIR OF TEXAS: Fair Park, 1st and Parry, Dallas. This year the country’s largest state fair focuses on Canada and Mexico. College football, livestock exposition, rodeo, 1980 automobiles and more. Oct. 5-21, 7 a.m. - midnight. Gate fee $2.50, children 5-12, $1. OKTOBERFEST: Convention Center, Ft. Worth. Biggest annual beer bust in town. Oct. 6-7. Saturday 10 a.m. - midnight; Sunday, noon - 8p.m. Houston MOONLIGHT BICYCLE RAMBLE: Zoo Entrance, Herman Park. Tour begins at the Zoo entrance and continues through Memorial Park, downtown and back to Herman Park, a distance of 15 miles. Local musicians will play before the ride and trucks will patrol the route to assist those with problems. Oct. 7 at 2 a.m. Registration fee $1. OKTOBERFEST: Bavarian Gardens, 3926 Feagan St., one block north of Memorial Drive off Heights Blvd. Houston. The Tenth Annual festival will continue through the four weekends of October. Authentic German music, a polka band, food and, of course, beer. Festivities begin Friday at 7 p.m., Saturday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at noon. Elsewhere TEXAS RENAISSANCE FESTIVAL: Six miles north of Mag nolia, Hwy 1774. A recreation of 15th century merchant villages at fair time. Period foods, contests and entertainment. $7 for adults, $3 children. Hours 10 a.m. - 7p.m. Every weekend through Nov. 3-4. A SURVEY OF NATIVE TEXAS ARTISTS: Lufkin Historical and Creative Arts Center, Lufkin. Organized by the San Antonio Museum Association in 1978, this exhibition includes creations of little-known artists who worked in Texas. Includes blacksmiths, quilt-makers, whittlers, potters, cabinet makers and wood carvers. Through Nov. 11. Museum hours are 10 a.m. -2 p.m. Tuesday- Friday, and 1-5 p.m. Sunday. Free. ROCKPORT SEAFAIR: Rockport, Bayfront. A gumbo cook-off that will delight any Cajun or Texan, and crab races are the high lights at this annual affair. Fresh seafood from the bay concession. Oct. 6-7, 10 a.m.-dusk. SOCORRO ART FESTIVAL: 1011 block of Socorro Road, El Paso. Mexican food, booths, music, art, antiques. Parade on Saturday, marathon race on Sunday. Oct. 6-7, 10 a.m. till every body goes home. STRAND STREET FESTIVAL: Strand, Galveston. Arts and crafts festival, ethnic foods, continuous entertainment on the Flood and Calvert outdoor stage, C&W music and a disco concert. Oct. 6-7. Saturday 9 a.m. - 10 p.m. Sunday, noon - 6 p.m. Free. TEXAS PRISON RODEO: Huntsville Prison Grounds, Huntsville. Billed at the “Wildest Rodeo Behind Bars” this rodeo features the usual in rodeo entertainment plus a midway with wanted posters and a convict band album. Tickets are $4, $5, and $6. Rodeo begins at 2 p.m. every Sunday in October. Midway opens at 8:30 a.m. ZONITA ANTIQUE AND SHOW SALE: Villita Assembly Hall, 401 Villita, San Antonio. Oct. 5-7, noon - 6 p.m. Admission is $2. OCTOBERFEST: Washington-on-the-Brazos. Oom-pah band, the Village Vagabonds, a Saturday evening street dance, German accordian music and old-time and C&W. Also pioneer craft demon strations sponsored by the Star of the Republic Museum. Bingo games. Oct. 6-7. Saturday, 10 a.m. - midnight; Sunday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m. Free admission. FIRST ANNUAL BRANDED BASH: Pasta’s Pizza Parking Lot, College Station. This concert, featuring Faron Evans and Branded is a benefit for the Brazos County Unit of the American Cancer Society. It is sponsored by KTAM, KORA, Budweiser, Pasta’s and T.J.’s. The concert will be from 3 p.m. - dark. Admission is free, beer is 50c. j Is® | FREE LARGE COKE ■ WITH ANY FOOD PURCHASE! I CULPEPPER PLAZA Hours Open 11:30 Mon.-Sat. Noon Sunday 693-6948 Closed 10:30 Mon.-Th. 11 p.m. Fri.-Saturday VALID THRU 10-15-79 WITH THIS COUPON