thursday 17

The Handjive ... The Twist ... The Lambada ... The Macarena ... Who knows what the Virginia Dance Company has in store for us? 5 p.m. in the amphitheater. Deer Park, that's good dancing!

The Salmagundi Film and Video Festival, a showcase of student works, will be held at the Newcomb Theater at 8 p.m. It's free, so you have no excuse not to go.

In town tonight: at Trax, Slackjaw and Uncle Mingo; at Miller's, John D'earth Group; at Macado's, Plutonium; at Outback Lodge, Frog Legs and Animal Farm.

friday 18

Lunchbox recital in Old Cabell at noon, followed by a massive game of cops and robbers, booger-eating and whining competitions, and a choir performing the song "On Top of Old Smokey" five different ways. Five!

"Hey baby, you're looking kinda cute today. Oops, one of your gold chains just fell off. I'll just watch you bend over and pick it up. Damn, looks like I just happened to fall on top of you as you were getting your necklace ..." Rumble in the Bronx, Cinematheque, midnight.

If you see some chump hangin' out in front of Pavilion XI with a gee-tar, take heed. He ain't no circus freak; he ain't a moneyless bum trying to empty your pockets either. He's Edgar Cruz, who put the "u" back in cruzin'. 7:30 p.m.

In town tonight: at Trax, Edwin McCain Band and Jimmie's Chicken Shack; at Tokyo Rose, Elliott Smith and Rick Alverson; at Miller's, Billy and the Backbeats.

saturday 19

In Love and War will be shown at Cinematheque tonight at 7 and 9:30 p.m. You can save your $2.50 and get the same experience by playing Capture the Flag in the woods while watching squirrels copulate.

In town tonight: at Trax, Son Volt with Richard Buckner; at Tokyo Rose, the Vitamen and Vegan Death; at Miller's, Soko; at Outback Lodge, Baaba Seth.

sunday 20

Mother Night will be playing at Cinematheque at 6 and 8:30 p.m. Early bird special -- first fifty to arrive will be sent to the bathroom to wash up before the movie.

The New Music Ensemble will present "An Exotic Journey" in Old Cabell at 8:15 p.m. Gratis. Bring your own body oils and creams, edible undergarments, and ... oh, exotic! Erotic is still better ...

The Charlottesville and University Symphony will be performing works by Wagner and Stravinsky in Old Cabell, 3 p.m. A slide show presenting images of world domination and mass genocide will follow the event.

In town tonight: at Michael's Bistro, The East Coast Bluegrass Band.

monday 21

"So I says to da broad, 'You want I should share the duties of the domestic sphere or something?' And she says, 'Don't get smart with me, Mr. Sensitive 90s asshole. Just empty the dishwasher for once.' Sheesh." Panel and video presentation on gender issues, Newcomb Theater, 6:30 p.m., a part of Wake Up week.

There are some things still sacred in this world, and jazz is one of them. You just don't make fun of it. The University Swing Jazz Orchestra is holding a concert in Old Cabell Hall at 8:15 p.m. Be there.

In town tonight: at Miller's, Tim Reynolds; at Macado's, Hook.

tuesday 22

"Ya hear that suckin' sound? That's yer Texas tea flowing into this here sack." A large- eared Texan will be on hand for the Va. Blood Services blood drive in Peabody 105-106, 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. WARNING: Los trabajadores no hablan inglés!

Listen to Dubravka Tomsic bring to ivory special arrangements of Mozart, Ravel, and Chopin. Little known to her musical colleagues, Tomsic's music career began in the Bronx, where she honed her talents under the auspices of Flava-Flav and Darryl McDaniels. Notorious D.U.B.R.A.V.K.A., we hardly knew ye. Old Cabell, 8:15 p.m. Students $9.

In town tonight: at Miller's, Faster Than Walking.

wednesday 23

graphic by Scott Herman

Hearkening back to high school and those great health class films you used to sleep through? The pathos? The diagrams? The drool on your desk? Today, from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., the ISC will sponsor "Blood Drive," a tragic tale about a lonely young Austrian count, his dad's Dodge Dart, and one too many bottles of Wild Irish Rose. To be shown in a double feature with "Dad, I Found a Lump on My Nut."

Be sure to check out Brett Widness's ombudsman column every Wednesday in The Cavalier Daily. It's gonna be g-r-r-r-eat!

Carter G. Woodson pre-doctoral fellow Cornelia Sears will speak on "Africa is the American Mind, 1870-1955: A Study of Mythology, Ideology, and the Reconstruction of Race." Reconstruction. That business don't play in NASCAR country, son.

In town tonight: at Trax, The Jonas Hellborg Trio; at Tokyo Rose, Olivia Tremor Control, Neutral Milk Hotel, and Alva; at Millers, The Mike Rosensky and Jeff Decker Quartet.