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L -- "D i I- CD' O O 5 ? S c t S © ° § i. n}9j = c -p 5§ 3 g-^ CD tQ back page 1 Calendar If you're in the mood for tappin' your toes, snappin' your fingers, clappin' your hands and hummin' along to some great tunes, road trips to Houston or Austin may be what you need. Houston is this month's hot spot for concerts. On Tuesday Men At Work will be perform ing at the Summit at 8 p.m. Friday Kansas arrives in Astroworld for a 9 p.m. con cert. Back to the Summit, on September 17 at 8 p.m. Super tramp hits the stage, on Sep tember 20 Robert Plant will appear in an 8 p.m. show, and, also at the Summit, on September 24 at 8 p.m. will be the Lovin' Feelings in concert. After all these hot concerts you may want to cool off a bit and be entertained by the Ice Capades, to be performing at the Summit at 8 p.m. through Monday. This month in Austin the Frank Erwin Center will be caught in a flurry of activity. Attractions include: Saturday, Diana Ross; Monday, Men At Work; September 18, Super tramp; September 21, Robert Plant; and September 23, Sheena Easton. Show time for all of the above attractions is 8 p.m. Locally, College Station offers different strokes for dif ferent folks. September 22 Rudder Theater presents The Chicago Symphony. Ric Tangle and the Squares, a new wave dance band from Houston, will perform at Rumours in the Memorial Stu dent Center tonight at eight. The show is the first one of the year from MSC Basement and the admission is $2.50. Basement is a student com mittee that specializes in alter native entertainment for the campus audience. Other fu ture shows are Michael Gule- zian, a folk guitarist, next Fri day night and the Second City Touring Company, the Chica go comedy . group that spawned such talents as John Belushi and Robert Mein, September 25. Stars at Six Flags A special weekend of country music is scheduled by Six Flags Over Texas with Louise Mandrell appearing in concert Saturday and the Oak Ridge Boys performing Sunday. Mandrell, whose current hit "Too Hot to Sleep" is mak ing its way toward the Top Ten, established herself in the music business with such suc cesses as "Romance" and "Save Me." Mandrell will appear in a single show at 8 p.m. in the Six Flags Festival Concert Pavilion. The Oak Ridge Boys will appear the next evening with one show at 5 p.m. The Oak Ridge Boys current single, "Love Song," hit the number one spot on the coun try music charts in mid- August. Also featured during the show will be "Elvira" and "Bobbie Sue." The Bright Side of Nuclear War Do you know offhand what species (besides cockroaches and five-star generals) wouls survive a nuclear war? Do you know how many times over OUR nukes can kill THEM or how many times over THEIR nukes can kill US? Want to hear about nuclear survival for fun and profit, the safest place in America or why offi cial shelter plans call for three coffee breaks a day? Marc Ian Barasch answers these and many other ques tions in "The Little Black Book of Atomic War." Learn atomic war termonology, discover lit tle known nuclear warfare facts, gasp at the actual quotes and excerpts taken from offi cial U.S. Government docu ments and propaganda. "The Little Black Book of Atomic War" is the last word, and the last laugh, on the war to end them all! "The Little Black Book of Atomic War," by Marc Ian Barasch, illustrated by Henrik Drescher. A Dell Trade Paper back, $3.95. THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK OF ATOMIC WAR Marc Ian Barasch Master Art Exhibit A selection of European mas ter paintings from the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation in Houston went on display September 2 and will continue through September 25 in the Texas A&M Medical Sciences Building. The exhibition features 12 paintings by Italian, Dutch and French painters of the 17th and 18th centuries. The works were selected from the collection put together by the Blaffer Foundation for exhibit throughout Texas. This exhibition coincides with the opening of the Medical Sciences Building. Exhibition hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, including Satur days and Sundays. Festival Tribute to Elvis KIKK radio and the Dufey's Hotel, 7000 Southwest Free way, Houston, Texas, will stage the world's largest Elvis Festival on September 17. The 16 hour tribute to "The King" will feature showings of Pre sley's films, many booths offering Elvis memorabilia for show, trade or sale, contests to find the best Elvis look and sound alikes and an entire night of Elvis Presley music in Dufney's lounge. The "Elvis Festival" will als) feature a celebrity horseshoe pitch, a Karate ex hibition and a selection of au thentic Memphis foods along with specialty drinks named after Elvis songs. The Elvis Festival is open to the public. There is no cover charge. For more information call 713-772-4433.