Ill Thursday 8th 6 p.m. TAMU ROADRUNNERS: Will meet on the steps of G. Rollie White Coliseum for a Fun Run. All runners, whether members or not, are invited. 7:30 p.m. MSC OUTDOOR RE CREATION: presents Backpacking Seminar II in Room 401, Rudder. Learn the do’s and dont’s from the pros. You’ll have a safer trip that way. 8 &10 p.m. MSC CEPHEID VARI ABLE: presents “The Time Machine,†a turn of the cen tury scientist builds a time machine. Based on the H.G. Wells story. Rudder 601. 75 cents with ID. (G). Friday 9th 5 p.m. TAMU SPORTS CAR CLUB: Shelby American Automobile enthusiasts will meet in Zachry Parking Lot and caravan to Waco for the 3rd Annual Fall Meet. 7:30 p.m. MSC RECREATION: Risk Tournament. First round beings in the MSC Main Lounge. Second and final rounds Saturday. Entry fee $1. Prizes. Bring your own game if you have one. Re gister in MSC Room 216. 8 p.m. MSC AGGIE CINEMA: “Every Which Way But Loose,†with Clint East- wood. Also Saturday, same time. Rudder Auditorium. (PG).Fri-Sat Midnight movie is “Boys in Company C.†Rudder Theater. Tick ets $1.25 with ID. (R). Saturday 10th 8 a.m. TAMU SURF CLUB: Surf ing Contest, Freeport Pier, Freeport. TAMU is hosting a NSSAVsGulf Contest with other universities and high schools. For information, 823-7822. 9 a.m. SADDLE & SIRLOIN: Be nefit Horseshow. English and Western saddle. Entry fee is $3 per class. Equis- trian Center on FM 2818. Contact S&S Club for more information. 9 a.m. MSC CAMERA COMMIT TEE: Fall Photo Contest Entries Display. Third floor, Rudder Tower. Open to the public until 3 p.m. Closed from noon-1 p.m. TEXAS EVENTS Houston CAROLINE THOMPSON HOUSTON FALL ANTIQUES SHOW AND SALE: Astrodome. Deal ers from all over the country, including a display from the Ecumenical Monks of St. Benedict from Christ of the Green Hills Monastery of San Antonio, who will show their own furniture, stained glass and ceramic work. One-time admission charge, $2.50. Nov. 8-11. Thursday-Saturday, noon-10 p.m. Sun day, noon-6 p.m. HOUSTON AMATEUR SOCCER LEAGUE: 3725 Fulton. Games every Sunday at Memorial, Moody, Wild Heather and Mason Parks. Free. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS: offers a series of signed tours for the deaf in conjunction with its exhibit “The Armand Hammer Collection: Four Centuries of Masterpieces.†Through Jan. 20. Up per Brown Gallery. Signed guided tours are offered free to members of the deaf community and their families and guests. Tours begin at noon Nov. 3, 10, 17, and 24. No reservations necessary. Austin SPECIAL EVENTS CENTER: 1701 Red River. Broadway touring production of “Eubie“. A fast- paced revue presenting the best from the lifework of Eubie Blake, who is 96-years-old and still an active pianist and composer. Nov. 11 at 2 and 7 p.m. General admission $7-$12. AUSTIN SYMPHONY: Municipal Auditorium. 20th-Century Celebration. Kabalevsky: Colas Breugnon Overture. Barber: Adagio for Strings. Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story. Janacek: Sinfonietta. Straus: Rosenkavalier Waltzes. Akira Endo, conductor. Nov. 9 at 8 p.m. Tickets $3.50-$8.50. CHAMBER SINGERS: Recital Hall, UT Music Building. Representative samples from four centur ies of choral music. Morris Beachy, conductor. Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. Free. MANOR DOWNS: Quarter Horse Racing. US Hwy 290E. Nov. 10-11, trials for Fall Sprint (two- year-olds, 330 yards) and Fall Allowance (three- year-olds, 350 yards.) Nov. 18, finals. Post time 2 p.m. Adults $2.50, children 6-12 $1.50. Dallas-Fort Worth HORSE RACING: Ross Downs, Texas Hwy 121, four miles SW of Grapevine. Each Sunday at 1 p.m. General admission is $2. DALLAS BALLET: SMU McFarlin Auditorium, Dallas. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana — a work for orchestra, chorus and dance, translates medieval Latin poems into motion. Also Souvenir De Flor ence — a ballet choreographed to Tchaikovsky’s chanber compositions. James Clouser, choreog rapher. Nov. 9-11. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets $3-$15. COWTOWN PRCA RODEO: Cowtown Col iseum, Fort Worth. Competiton open only to Pro fessional Rodeo Cowboys Association. Through Nov. 18. Saturday at 8 p.m. Sunday at 2 p.m. General admission, $4. Children under 12, $2. Elsewhere TEXAS 250: The last race of the USAC stock car season, decides the National Championship. Texas World Speedway, six miles south of College Station, on Hwy 6. Activities include practice, qual ifying and a Chili-Cook-Off. Nov. 10-11. A COUNTRY CHRISTMAS FAIR: El Paso Country Club, 400 Camino Real, El Paso. Junior League-sponsored Christams gift fair. General admission, $2. Children 2-12, $1. Nov. 9-11. Hours: 11-6 p.m. ROUND-UP RODEO: Round-Up Rodeo Col iseum, RM 1093, Simonton. Western dancing, barbecue and rodeo events. Nov. 10, 16, 23 and 30. Opens at 5 p.m., rodeo begins at 8 p.m. Adults $5, children $2. SQUARE DANCING: Brady Lake Pavillion, Brady Lake, Brady. Held the first and third Satur day each month through December, everyone is welcome to square dancing with professional cal lers. Brady is about 76 miles southeast of San Angelo on U.S. Hwy 87, 377. WURSTFEST: Wurtshalle, New Braunfels. 19th Annual. The biggest Wurstfest in the West has spawned many imitations, but none can compare. What more can we say? Through Nov. 9.