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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Apr 11, 2003

Page

7

Rock and Blues Acts Featured At Local Venues This Weekend

Multiple music listings across Vallejo Midland Alpine and surrounding areas show Rock and Blues acts performing at venues including Dos Amigos Riley's Bar & Grill Incredibles The Roadhouse and Railroad Blues. Notable acts include Rock & Roll Vallejo Liz Pigz The Spiders Livid Wayne Hancock The Shades and Flashback with Gene with performance times from 5 p.m. to 2 a.m. today and tomorrow.

Rock & Blues Midland Liz Pigz Riley's Bar & Grill W. Wall St

Tuesday and Tuesday Blues at The Highway and More

Music listings include Tuesday Blues and Rock Blue River Blues with Brother Dewy at The Highway from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Phone 550-8866. Odessa College Concert Band performs Band Music 101 at 8 p.m. in Deaderick Auditorium on OC campus. Lon Clark directs and explains pieces. Call 335-6628. Hybrid Child appears at The Country Roadhouse 6115 Andrews Highway from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. 550-8866. Blazers perform at Railroad Blues 504 Wo Holland Ave. 916-837-3103.

Andrews Highway Wayne Hancock Railroad Blues W. Holland Ave The Shades Brother Dewy Deaderick Lon Clark Call Down Home Holland Ave

Submissions Due for Whats Going On Column

Readers may submit items to Whats Going On by 5 p.m. Mondays. Space limits determine publication. For more information call 333 7770.

UTPB hosts Battle of the Bands and campus events

UTPB in Midland hosts a Battle of the Bands at the campus gym with Kissinger headlining and eight local bands. Tickets 7 advance 10 at door. Info 552 2650. Easter egg hunt 10 am to noon Saturday at Park Pavilions and Baptist Student Ministries. Housing Club semi formal 9 pm to 1 am in Student Union. admission 8 per couple 5 single. MOSC Bud Thomas concert 8 pm April 26 Chaparral Center Midland College 5600 Garfield St. Thomas known for hits from the 70s. 568 0921.

University of Texas of the Permian Basin Kissinger of Austin University of Texas UTPB Midland MOSC Bud Thomas Chaparral Center Midland College Garfield St Thomas The

Odessa College Vocal Ensemble Sings Listen to the Music

The Odessa College Vocal Ensemble presents a variety show titled Listen to the Music at Globe Theater at 8 p.m. tonight. The program includes songs by Sinatra the Righteous Brothers Carole King Chicago the Doobie Brothers and the Fifth Dimension. Admission costs 5 for adults while students enter free. all seats require reservations at 335-6629.

Odessa College Vocal Ensemble Globe Theater Frank Sinatra The Righteous Brothers Carol King Chicago Doobie Brothers Fifth Dimension

Ricky Boon and Texas Mud at Ector Theater Saturday

Ricky Boon and Texas Mud perform authentic cowboy songs western swing fiddling and contemporary country music at 7 30 p m Saturday at the Ector Theater. General seating 7 50 balcony 5 call 332 9835 for details.

Ricky Boon Texas Mud Ector Theater

Steel Magnolias at Permian Playhouse in Odessa

The Southern-fried comedy drama Steel Magnolias runs at Permian Playhouse 310 W 42nd St today and Saturday with 2:30 pm Sunday shows. M Lynn Shelby Clairee Anelle Truvy and Olser form a beauty shop circle in a town where life and death mingle with laughter.

M'Lynn Clairce Shelby Truvy Annetle Osser P.m Permian Playhouse 42Nd St Cherrie Barker Clairee Rhonda Romine

Steel Magnolias at Permian Playhouse this weekend

The community stages Steel Magnolias with Shelby actor Jena Tisdale noting its diverse female cast. Performances run 8 p.m. today and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at 310 W. 42nd St. for more information call 550-5456. The play, based on a true story by Robert Harling, centers on women supporting each other through crises with no male roles.

Misty Bell Cherrie Barker Frances Heltzel Ananda Romine Patrice Compton Jena Tisdale Permian Playhouse Steel Magnolias W. 42Nd St Shelby Tisdale Allstar

PBS Film Traces Roots of Strange Fruit and Its Creators

A PBS Independent Lens documentary examines Abel Meeropol’s lyric poem and Billie Holiday’s pivotal performance of Strange Fruit, their shared history with Jewish and Black communities, and the song’s enduring civil rights impact, with archival footage and testimonies.

PBS Los Angeles Billie Holiday New York Abel Meeropol Holiday Independent Lens Joel Katz Metropol Anne Ithe Julius Rosenhbers Rosenberg Michael Meeropol Tuskegee Institute National Association For the Advancement of Colored People James Byrd Jr Texas Katz New Jersey City University Pete Seeger Cassandra Wilson Teachers Union Lewis Allan Honey Kassey Meeropol Frank Sinatra Cafe Society Sonny White Abel Meeropal

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Dos Amigos 47Th St Golder Ave Rock the Spiders N. Grandview Ave Gene Odessa College Concert Loca Hunt B.J. Thomas Vocal Ensemble Women of ‘Steel M Lynn Shelby M'Lynn Barker Annelle Romine Olser Frances Eheltzel Gary Payne Odessa Test
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