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FILM OPENINGS  THE CRY OF THE OWL Based on the 1962 Patricia Highsmith novel, this mood-heavy film contemplates what happens to a stalker when the object of his obsession returns the favor. DIARY OF A WIMPY KID A wisecracking preteen keeps a diary about the torments of middle school in this film based on Jeff Kinney's bestselling illustrated novel. HUBBLE 3D This breathtaking documentary follows NASA's May 2009 mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope. A PROPHET This riveting French film is the best prison/crime saga to come along in quite a while. RED RIDING: 1974 This is the first of three absorbing adaptations (filmed concurrently by different directors) of David Peace’s linked novels about crime and corruption in Yorkshire, England. REPO MEN Jude Law and Forest Whitaker play repo men in this future world where body parts can be bought and sold but also repossessed. THE RUNAWAYS A grittily femme perspective governs this otherwise conventional music saga about the Runaways, America's first all-girl rock band. THAT EVENING SUN Hal Holbrook has the lead role as a crotchety but wily old-timer in this Southern-fried melodrama. MUSIC recommended events See all of today's Music listings ARTS recommended events 
ESTHER'S FOLLIES
Esther's popular jesters present a crowd-pleasing cornucopia of musical satire and lively vaudeville, Texas-style! The magic of Ray Anderson, topical satires on the news of the day, and musical production numbers (including the Esther's Follies' Healthcare Revue, the Toyota Recall Blues, and Rick Perry's Anti-Washington Rag) unleash a spectacle of hilarity right there on Sixth Street. Reservations highly recommended. Thu., 8pm; Fri.-Sat., 8 & 10pm. $20 (discounts available Thursdays & Fridays for seniors, students, military). Additional $5 for special reserved seats.
Esther's Pool, 525 E. Sixth, 320-0553.
THE FLAMING IDIOTS
The three brainy acrobats (Pyro, Gyro, and Walter, by stage name) who conjure shows of pure entertainment are reunited and returned to Zach Theatre with their manic antics. Juggling, balancing, wacky shenanigans, and impressive skills: Recommended for the whole family! Held over through March 28. Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 2pm.
Zach Theatre, 1421 W. Riverside, 476-0594; 1510 Toomey; 1510 Toomey, 476-0541.
$20-45.
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ANTI-DEATH-PENALTY ALTERNATIVE SPRING BREAK
Open to students and nonstudents alike, this weeklong program shows you what it takes to be an activist. You'll attend workshops, write press releases, speak in public, and more, as well as meet former prisoners who spent time on death row, family members of murder victims, and many others. Register online.
Mon.-Fri., March 15-19.
UT campus, 210/601-7231.
Free.
www.springbreakalternative.org
GAME NIGHT AT Q
Some Fridays, they stay in and play games; some nights they play volleyball at Pease. Sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don't.
Fridays, 6pm.
Q Center, 3408 West Ave, 420-8557.
mp_austin@sbcglobal.net
www.qboyz.org
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Women's Tennis Vs. Kansas State: Fri., March 19, 1pm. Vs. Kansas: Sun., March 21, noon. Penick-Allison Tennis Center, 1701 Trinity. Baseball Vs. Nebraska: Fri., March 19, 6:05pm; Sat., March 20, 2pm; Sun., March 21, 1pm. Vs. Rice: Tue., March 23, 6:05pm. Disch-Falk Field, 1300 E. MLK. $5-12. Women's Rowing Longhorn Invitational: Fri-Sun., March 19-21, time TBA. Lady Bird Lake. Men's Tennis Vs. Pepperdine: Sun., March 21, noon. Penick-Allison Tennis Center, 1701 Trinity. Softball Vs. Texas A&M-Corpus Christi: Thu., March 25, 5pm and 7pm (doubleheader). McCombs Field, 2001 Comal. $5-8.
www.texassports.com
WILL JOHNSON'S BASEBALL PAINTINGS
Known primarily as the driving force behind Centro-Matic and South San Gabriel and for having played alongside Jim James, Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and M. Ward in last year’s highly touted supergroup Monsters of Folk, Will Johnson’s also a well-regarded visual artist. In his folkie Howard Finster-esque paintings, Johnson pays homage to baseball greats both known and not-so-known, focusing on Negro League players. Show runs through April 30. IF+D, 208 Colorado, 469-0870. Free.
www.centro-matic.com
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