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WEEKEND SCENE Movies Rudder Theater — Thursday 7:30 and 9:45 p.m., The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T, 601 Rudder Friday 7:30 and 9:45 p.m., Escape From Alcatraz, Friday and Saturday Midnight: FM Sunday 7:30 p.m., We’ve Never Been Licked Cinema I & il — Joni Coal Miner’s Daughter Call 846-6714 for times Campus Theater — Chapter Two Friday and Saturday Midnight: Rocky Horror Picture Show Call 846-6512 for times Manor East HI — Tom Horn Little Darlings Ending Thursday: Chapter Two Starting Friday: Cruisin’ Friday and Saturday Midnight: The Fog Call 823-8300 for times Live Music Backstage Restaurant — Thursday 9 p.m.-midnight, Triple Play, cover charge $1. Friday 9 p.m.-midnight, Jazz, cover charge $1.50. Saturday 9 p.m.-midnight, Steve Mahar, cover charge 750. Basement Coffeehouse — Saturday 8 p.m.-midnight, Amateur Night, performances by students, admission 500. Cell Block Five — Thursday and Friday 8 p.m.-midnight and Satur day 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Madison Express, country-western, cover charge $3 for guys and $2 for girls all three nights. Chelsea Street — Thursday 8:30 p.m.-midnight, no cover charge, Friday 8:30 p.m.-midnight and Saturday 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Southern Brothers, cover charge $1. Grins Beer Garden — Friday 8:30 p.m.-midnight and Saturday 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Eaglebone Whistle, cover charge $2.50. Lakeview Club — Thursday 8 p.m.-midnight, Dennis Ivey and the Waymen, cover charge $2. Friday 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Music Masters, cover charge $2. Saturday 9 p.m.-1 a.m., Ronnie Sessions and Band, cover charge $4. Rosewood Junction — Thursday 8 p.m.-midnight, Friday and Saturday 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m., Elmo & Patsy, cover charge $1. Texas Hall of Fame — Thursday 8 p.m.-midnight, the Debonaires, cover charge $2. TJ’s Whiskey Bar—Thursday 8:30 p.m.-midnight, Johnny Dee and the Rocket 88s, cover charge $6 or $5 with TAMU i.d. Friday and Saturday 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m., Faron Evans, cover charge $2 or $1 with TAMU i.d. TEXAS EVENTS- Austin Special Events Center: 1701 Red River. Thurs day, April 24, the Ice Capades will open at the Center. They will give six performances, through Sunday, April 27. Tickets are $5, $6 and $7. Wednesday, April 30, Linda Ronstadt will per form. Accompanying her on vocals will be Wen dy Waldman, with Billy Payne, formerly of Little Feat, on keyboards. Danny Kortchmar, a guitar player from the West Coast, will open the show. Tickets, available at the SEC’s North Terrace Box Office, will be $7.50, $9 and $10. Tickets went on sale March 30. (512) 477-6060. April 18 at dusk, leaving from Barn 8 at the Will Rogers complex, 3300 Crestline in Fort Worth. The ride ends at Trinity Park and will be followed by a chuckwagon cookout/barbecue. Call (214) 336-2491 for details. Houston Festival: The Festival Chicano will be held April 19 at the Miller Outdoor Theater, Hermann Park. Little Joe y La Familia, famous accordionist, and his band from Temple will perform. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free. ing, horseshoe pitching, blindman wheelbarrow race and wool sack tossing. Dave Brubeck: Friday, April 18, Dave Brubeck will give a conert at the Armadillo World Headquar ters, 525Vs> Barton Springs Rd. The jazz per formance will begin at 9 p.m. Tickets are $7. (512) 477-3548. SportsFest: The 1980 Austin SportsFest, the annual spring sports festival, will feature as second weekend attractions Southwest Senior Swimming Championships, WalkFest, South ern National Flying Disc Championships, Celeb rity Allstar Canoe Race, the first annual Sport sFest Hall of Honor and many other events. For a free SportsFest brochure with a schedule of events, write: SportsFest, P.O. Box 1967D, Au stin Chamber of Commerce, Austin, Texas. (512) 478-9893. Dallas—Fort Worth Antique Show: An antique show benefit spon sored by North Dallas-Park Cities Kiwanis Club will be held April 17 through April 19, noon to 9 p.m., and April 20, noon to 6 p.m. It will be at the Women’s Building, Fair Park, 1st and Parry. Tickets are $2 per day, or $3 for four days. Roundup: A trail ride and other activities centered around the Copenhagen/Skoal Rodeo will begin Museum: A documentary film by Elliot Erwitt, enti tled “Beauty Knows No Pain,” is showing at the Museum of Fine Arts, 1809 S. Shephard, through May 18. Showing at 12:15 p.m., the film lasts 25 minutes and is followed at 1 p.m. by a guided tour of the “American Images” exhibi tion. The film tells the behind-the-scenes story of how Kilgore College creates the nationally known drill team that performs between the halves of football games. Elsewhere Amarillo: The Texas CowBelles are sponsoring the third annual Texas Beef Cook-off which will be held in Amarillo on April 17, during the Texas Beef Conference. The winner of the Cookoff will go on to participate in the National Beef Cook-off to be held in Scottsdale, Ariz. The site of the CowBelle cook-off will be the Texas A&M Re search and Extension Center, 6500 Amarillo Boulevard West. For information call (806) 353- 0681. San Angelo: The Third Annual Original Lamblast will be held April 19 at the San Angelo Fair grounds. Events will include the traditional Working Sheep Dog Trials, Leg of Lamb (men’s legs), Lamb Chop (women’s legs), washer pitch- Marlin: Marlin Festival Days will be April 19 and 20 in the Marlin City Park. An arts and crafts Big Tent with artisans, both local and out-of-state, will be open to the public. Dancing to live bands, a variety of food, and rides and games will be available. Admission $2 for adults, $1 for chil dren. Magnolia: The Texas Renaissance Festival for the 1980 sixth season is holding auditions for Royal Countenances: Kings, Queens, and other assorted royalty; and other nonroyalty such as grave robbers, beggars, witches, dwarfs, belly dancers, giants and many others. On April 12 and 13, 26 and 27 open auditions will be held at the Festival site, 45 miles north of Houston, near Magnolia. For more information, call E.W. Forbes, (713) 524-0409. Round Top: The 13th Annual Winedale Spring Festival and 5th Annual Texas Crafts Exhibition will be held outdoors at the University of Texas at Austin Winedale Historical Center, Friday- Sunday, April 11-13. Located on FM. Road 2714, four miles east of Round Top, Winedale is midway between Houston and Austin. Acitivities include craft exhibits, plays, singing, dancing and barbecue.