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What’s going on Friday through
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| The Shorthorn:Courtesy photo |
| Hi-Fi Drowning will perform Friday at
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MOVIES
Better Luck Tomorrow
Starring: Parry Shen, Jason J. Tobin, Sung Kang, Roger Fan, John
Cho
Ben Manibag (Shen) is a high-school junior determined to ramp up
his grades, extracurricular stats and test scores so that every
prestigious college will want him. He and his best friend Virgil
(Tobin) are hanging out in the backyard, catching some rays, when
a cell phone goes off: not Ben’s, not Virgil’s. The sound
emanates loudly from under the grass. They dig frantically until
they find it, beeping in the dirt, clutched in the hand of a corpse.
Release Date: Opens Friday at the Angelika Film Center in Dallas
Rating: R
Malibu’s Most Wanted
Starring: Jamie Kennedy, Anthony Anderson, Taye Diggs, Regina Hall,
Ryan O’Neal Jamie Kennedy stars as a rich white kid from Malibu
who acts like he’s a hardened rapper from the streets, but
his world is turned upside-down when he’s kidnapped by real-life
gang members.
Release Date: Friday
Rating: PG-13
Holes
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Patricia Arquette, Rick
Fox, Khleo Thomas
A teenager sent to a Texas youth detention camp is forced to dig
hundreds of holes with the other boys in the desert for the corrupt
warden (Weaver).
Release Date: Friday
Rating: PG
LIVE MUSIC
The Vocal and Combo Jazz Concert begins at 7:30 tonight in Irons
Recital Hall. For more information, call 817-272-3471.
Hotwire performs 7 tonight at the Canyon Club on 2600 Fort Worth
Ave. in Dallas. $15 cover charge. For more information, call 214-943-1777.
Hagfish, Swingin’ Utters, Youth Brigade and the Adventures
of Jet perform Friday at the Gypsy Tea Room on 2548 Elm St. in Dallas.
Doors open at 8 p.m. $15 cover charge. Service charges may apply.
Tickets available at the Gypsy Tea Room and Star Tickets.
Hi-Fi Drowning, Afterglow, Audiophiles and the Snow Donnas perform
Friday at the Wreck Room on 3208 West Seventh St. in Fort Worth.
$6 cover charge for 21 and up, $8 for under 21. For more information,
call 817-348-8303.
Udoka, Waja, Jasper Stone and The Joe Miller Band performs Saturday
for Project 232 event at the Ridglea Theater on 6025 Camp Bowie
Blvd. in Fort Worth. For more information, call 817-738-9500.
Eleven Hundred Springs, Thrift Store Cowboys and Woodeye perform
Saturday at the Wreck Room on 3208 West Seventh St. in Fort Worth.
$6 cover charge for 21 and up, $8 for under 21. For more information,
call 817-348-8303.
PLAYS
The Plano Repertory Theatre performs Cyrano de Bergerac through
May 4 in the Courtyard Theater on 1509 H Ave. in Plano.
Evening performance times are 7:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays;
8:00 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays; Matinee shows at 2:00 p.m. Saturdays
and Sundays. For tickets, call 972-422-7460.
RECREATION
Dallas Blooms ends Sunday at the Dallas Arboretum located on 8617
Garland Road. The 19th annual event features 250,000 spring blooming
bulbs. This year’s festival, “Windmills of Color,”
celebrates the Netherlands with a myriad of Ductch traditions. For
more information, call 214-327-8263.
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