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20 Spotlight Santa Cruz Sentinel Friday, April 9, 1993 2 Continued from Page 19 Road. San Carlos. (415) 366-71C charge varies. Cover Mabury Streets, San Jose. (415) 392-4400.

$15. LOS LUPENOS DE SAN JOSE "Twenty-Fourth Anniversary Show: Celebration of Mexican Culture in Dance" features an evening of traditional Mexican folkdance from the regions of Veracruz, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Oaxaca, San Luis Potosi and Jalisco. Saturday at 8 p.m. San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, San Carlos Street and Almaden Avenue, San Jose. 292-0443.

$5-12. CLAUSTROPHILIA THE GHOUL OF AMHERST Through April 21. The first of these two plays by Amy Freed is a satirical look at Edgar Allan Poe. The second is a solo piece about the obsessive nature of Emily Dickinson. Thursday through Sunday at 8 p.m.

Climate Theatre, 252 Ninth San Francisco. (415) 626-9196. $12-14. COUNTRY COPS Set in a small town police station in Australia, this production follows the story of a compulsive detective. The farce is directed by John Rousseau.

Runs Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 7 p.m. through April 25. Grove-mont's Monterey Playhouse, 425 Washington, Monterey. 649-0340.

$10-20. BILOXI BLUES San JOse Stage Company presents the second installment in Neil Simon's autobiographical trilogy which follows Eugene's development from adolescent dreamer to World War II recruit. Through April 18. Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. The Stage, 490 S.

First San Jose. 283-7142. $13-17, $23 Champagne Gala on Saturday at 8 p.m. THE ZADA QUENN GANG TRAIN ROBBERIES OF 1864 OR, I'VE BEEN WORKING ON A TRAIN GANG Big Lil's Cabaret presents an old time "side-splittin' melodrama and funny but slightly naughty vaudeville through May 29. Must be 21 or over.

Thursdays at 7 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. 157 W. San Fernando San Jose. 295-7469.

$12.50 (includes complimentary pizza on Thursdays). AMERICAN INDIAN TRADERS GUILD EXPOSITION AND SALE April 16 through April 18. A contemporary American Indian arts and craft show restricted to authentic Native American goods and featuring over 75 Native American artists, craftsmen and traders from across the country. Includes American Indian dancing by the Spotted Pony Dancers. $4.75 general, $2 children 12 and under, admission valid for free return all weekend.

Friday from 2-7 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Sunday' from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, 344 Tully Road, San Jose.

295-3050. PETER O'TOOLE The star of stage and screen signs copies of his autobiography, "Loitering With Intent," at noon Thursday at A Clean Well-Lighted Place for Books, Opera Plaza, 601 Van Ness San Francisco. (415) 441-6670. Free. CALIFORNIA COMPUTER SHOW AND SALE April 17 from 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Featuring computers, hardware, software, supplies and other related items. Oakland Coliseum, 7000 Coliseum Way, Oakland. (510) 639-7700. $6.

SANTA CLARA COUNTY SENIOR EXPO April 17 and April 18 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. An exposition featuring senior products and services, information, entertainment, health testing, activity center, job fair, food and senior clubs. Santa Clara County Fairgrounds, 344 Tully Road, San Jose. 295-3050.

Free. DINOSAUR PARK Through June 6. This exhibition of giant robot dinosaurs features creatures that reflect the latest scientific research on dinosaurs. Included arc a 15-foot Tyrannosaurus rex, a duck-billed Corythosaurus, a full-size Deinonychus, a 20-foot long Stegosaurus, examples of both adult and young Chasmosaurus, and an Apatosaurus. Dinosaur Cames help children relate to the size of the creatures through a series of activities.

Dinosaur facts and tracks, Monday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Live demonstrations, fossils to touch and answers to dinosaur questions. Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Lawrence Hall of Science, Centennial Drive, University of California, Berkeley. (510) 642-5132. $5 general, $4 seniors, students and youths ages 7 to 18, $2 children ages three to six.

Yanni will mellow out June 22 at the San Jose Center for the Performing Arts. ART BY HOMELESS AND LOW INCOME ARTISTS Through May 29. An exhibition featuring paintings and drawings by the artists of Hospitality House, a nonprofit art studio in the Tenderloin district. Marathon Plaza, Plaza Gallery, 303 Second San Francisco. (415) 749-2121.

Free. PRISCILLA ABIGAIL MITCHELL: CIL LA'S CIRCLES AND MAGICAL MANDA- LAS Through May 28. A collection of circular paintings of the goddess executed in pen and ink, gouache and watercolor on bristol board. Presented in part by the University of California at Berkeley Professional Development Program. Monday through Friday from 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m. Stephens Hall Gallery, University of California, Berkeley. (510) 642-5881. Free. WOMEN'S CAUCUS FOR ART Through April 28.

An exhibition of 100 paintings, sculptures and other works in various media by 79 members of the South Bay Area Chapter of the Women's Caucus For Art in celebration of National Women's Month. Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. Syntex Gallery, Syntex Conference Center, 3401 Hillview Palo Alto. (415) 855-6111.

Free. HENRI MATISSE: NEW ACQUISITIONS An overview exhibition of Mag tisse's works on paper from 1900-1952 including pen and ink, pencil and charcoal drawings, lithographs, etchings, aquatints and linoleum cuts runs through April 17. Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Eri-ka Meyerovich Gallerv. 231 Grant San 42L-9997. Free. from documents and writing drawn from the King Papers Project to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the civil rights leader's assassination. Tonight and Saturday at 8 p.m.

Dinkelspiel Auditorium, Stanford University. (415) 725-ARTS. $12 general, $5 students. IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ANNA FREUD The world premiere of this work by Richard Katz centers on the personal life of Sigmund's daughter. Child custody proceedings owe the concept of "best interest" of the child to Anna who formulated many of the tenets of child psychology.

Through April 16. Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m., Sunday at 2 p.m. Berkeley City Club, 2315 Du-rant Berkeley. (510) 486-ANNA. $12.

LITTLE HAM Black Repertory Group presents Langston Hughes' play set in the roaring '2()s and depicting life in the Negro Community during the Harlem Renaissance Era. Through May 9. Thursday and Friday at 8 p.m., Saturday at 2 and 8 p.m. 3201 Adeline Berkeley. (510) 652-2120.

$5-10. charge varies. ASIAN PACIFIC PERFORMANCE ARTS FESTIVAL Ohana Cultural Center and Asian Heritage Council present "Tradition, Transitions," a concert featuring Lily Cai Chinese Dance, Chinese Performing Artists, Shasta Taiko, Unbound Spirit Dance Company, Asako Takami and Mythili Kumar and Thai Classical Music and Dance Troupe. Saturday at 3 p.m. Luiz Valdez Performing Arts Center, Independence High School, North Jackson between McKee and through Saturday at 8 p.m.

and Sunday at 3 p.m. through April 25. Asian American Theater Center, 403 Arguello San Francisco. (415) 751-2600. $13-15.

DON JUAN IN HELL Ed Asner and Rene Auberjonois star in George Bernard Shaw's philisophic comedy based on the legendary tale in which a statue of the commander of Seville, killed in a duel by Don Juan, comes to life and drags Don Juan to hell. Saturday at 8 p.m. Chabot College Performing Arts Center, 25555 Hesperian Hayward. (510) 786-6801. $13-20.

YANKEE DAWG YOU DIE City Lights Theater Company presents Philip Kan Gotanda's story of two Asian-American actors trying to earn a living and keep their dignity at the same time. Saturday through May 8. Thursday through Friday at 8 p.m., April 25 at 2 p.m. 529 S. Second San Jose.

295-4200. $8-12 and $18 for Saturday's opening and reception. ANNIE Golden Gate Theatre presents Martin Charnin's and Charles Strouse's Tony award-winning musical based on the classic comic strip by Harold Gray. Includes favorites such as "Little Girls," "Maybe" and "Tomorrow." Wednesday through April 25. Wednesday and Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m., Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m.

and Sunday at 1 and 5:30 p.m. One Taylor San Francisco. 998-BASS. $25-45 general, $20-40 children. PASSAGES OF MARTIN LUTHER KING A multi-media dramatic production by Clayborne Carson using dialogue SPALDING GRAY "INTERVIEWING THE AUDIENCE" April 17 at 8 p.m.

After a brief monologue, Spalding Gray literally interviews members of the audience, inviting them up on stage to talk with him in this show, his first South Bay appearance. A benefit reception takes place after the show. Proceeds from the reception will benefit the George Coates Performance Works' NEA Challenge Grant. Flint Center for the Performing Arts, 21250 Stevens Creek Cupertino. 998-BASS.

Reception cost of $50 includes reserved seats. $12-22 general. $8-18 seniors and students. FISH HEAD SOUP A re-written version of the 1991 play about an Asian Ameri can who returns home, having faked his death five years previously. Wednesday.