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Hawaii's version of running with the bulls.
The fund-raiser for Patrick Ching's Naturally Hawaiian Art School, will feature barrel (horse) racing and cowboy poker, as well as country music, raku pottery making, kids games and pony rides.
Tickets for the first event are available at Naturally Hawaiian Gallery and Gifts, at 41-1025 Kalanianaole Hwy., military outlets and western stores such as Paniolo Trading Co. in Ala Moana Center, Sunbird Roundup in Aiea and Out of the West at Aloha Tower Market Place. The presale price is $10 for adults and $5 for children ages 3 to 11. Prices at the door will be $13 and $7 respectively.
Also scheduled to take place at New Town is the Hawaii Professional Rodeo presents the T&C Rodeo Aug. 13 to 15. Tickets are expected to go on sale July 23, at $10 presale. The cost will be $12 at the gate. There will also be a family rate.
New Town is at 41-1800 Kalanianaole Hwy. For more information, call Katy or Sandy at New Town, 259-9941, or Ching at 259-5354.
MUPPETS FROM SPACE
Rated G
Gonzo has always been a Muppet of Mystery. No one has been able to figure out just what kind of a creature he is. Not even Gonzo. Now Gonzo and his pal, Rizzo the Rat, complete their investigation and make a startling discovery: Gonzo is an E.T. from a planet far, far away. When he appears on Miss Piggy's talk show, "UFOMania," and reveals his secret, Gonzo quickly finds himself in big trouble. A paranoid government agent, K. Edgar Singer (Jeffrey Tambor) is determined to reveal the truth about this "alien invasion," and soon makes Gonzo a prisoner at a secret compound. Can the Muppets rescue their missing friend? Kermit, Piggy and all of your favorite Muppets join in the battle to save Gonzo. And the usual flock of stars make cameo appearances, including Andie MacDowell, Rob Schneider and David Arquette.
Three films open on Friday:
EYES WIDE SHUT
Rated R
Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman team up to "play house" in this tale of jealousy, sexual obsession and guilt. Cruise and Kidman play a married couple (Bill and Alice Harford) living in New York with their only child.
THE WOOD
Rated R
"The Wood" is a nickname for the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, Calif., where Roland, Mike and Slim find love, lust and the true meaning of friendship. Stars Taye Diggs, Omar Epps, and Richard T. Jones.
LAKE PLACID
Rated R
A horror-comedy about a 30-foot man-eating crocodile and the team of misfits sent to deal with it. The crack team of crocodile wranglers includes a big-city, nature-phobic paleontologist (Bridget Fonda); a no-nonsense Fish and Game Warden (Bill Pullman); the short-fused country bumpkin sheriff (Brendan Gleeson); and the wealthy mythology professor (Oliver Platt). While searching for the underwater "phenomenon," they meet the only full-time resident on the lake: a scatter-brained old woman (Betty White) whose husband and livestock have mysteriously disappeared.
