Thursday, May 2
The Museum of Man in San Diego is dedicated to the study of people of the Western hemisphere. Their exhibit on human evolution, entitled Footsteps Through Time, is notable in that it doesn't stop at the present. It predicts possible future developments in the human race through cloning, gene selection, and the like. Museum of Man director Doug Sharon comes to Fort Worth to discuss this exhibit as part of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas' Distinguished Lecturer Series. His lecture is at 7pm at Omni Theatre, Fort Worth Museum of Science and History, 1501 Montgomery St, FW. Admission is free. Call 817-332-4441 or 817-429-3200.
Friday, May 3
At 4'11", the white-haired, bespectacled Alicia de Larrocha looks very much like a grandmother from Spain, which in fact she is. However, she's also one of the finest pianists in the world. Her interpretations of Bach, Mozart, and Chopin are impeccable, but she's particularly known for her affinity for piano music by Spanish composers. She joins Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra to play Manuel de Falla's Noches en los jardines de España. The concerts are Fri-Sun at Bass Performance Hall, 555 Commerce St, FW. Tickets are $12-70. Call 817-665-6000.
Saturday, May 4
Trinity Park is home to Mayfest, the annual heralding of summer. This year's festival is a blow-out celebration for lovers of music and dance. The live music ranges from rock, country, and salsa to choral and symphonic (Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra is paying the festival a visit). The dance groups here are just as diverse, and demonstrations of everything from martial arts to Frisbee-tossing fill out the weekend. The festival runs Thu-Sun at Trinity Park, University & Trinity Park Drs, FW. Admission is $4-6. Call 817-332-1055.
Sunday, May 5
It's Mayfest and Cinco de Mayo in the same weekend this year (and for the next two years), so outdoor festival seekers can go nuts. The fourth annual Cowtown Cinco de Mayo includes live music, family entertainment, exhibits, demonstrations, employee recruitment, and activities for all ages. The celebration is 1-9pm on Main St between 6th and 9th Sts, FW. Admission is free-$5. Call 214-800-5220.
Monday, May 6
TCU's second B.F.A. show this semester features works by five artists. Chia-Hsing Wu photographs American homes, while Ashley Oldham tries in her prints to capture movement. Brain Coughlin's abstract paintings are based on maps, while Leigh Ann Haag and Marcel Maitland take various approaches to figurative painting. The show's opening reception is 5-7pm today. The show runs May 6-11 at J.M. Moudy Bldg, 2800 S University Dr, FW. Admission is free. Call 817-257-7643.
Tuesday, May 7
It probably didn't deserve to win the Oscar for Best Picture in 1960, the same year that Hitchcock's Psycho came out. Nevertheless, The Apartment has been steadily gaining in stature through the years, with its portrait of a company man (Jack Lemmon) who's ambitious enough to allow his firm's executives to use his room for sex. The movie's cynicism tempered by sentimentality is a trademark of its director, the late Billy Wilder. The film screens at 7:30pm at AMC Sundance 11, 304 Houston St, FW. Tickets are $6. Call 817-820-0066.
Wednesday, May 8
Victor Hugo's magnificent adventure yarn, Les Miserábles, got reduced to a series of prettified show tunes known collectively to Broadway fans as "Lay Miz." The 1987 musical is a creature from another age, when lavish, empty spectacles ruled the New York stage (as opposed to the vehicles for bored movie stars that now predominate). For anyone with a nostalgic bent, the Cameron Mackintosh production of the musical comes to Casa Manaña. It plays May 7-12 at Bass Performance Hall, 555 Commerce St, FW. Tickets are $35-78. Call 817-332-2272.
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