Second, even though the accent is heavy, her English is just fine Third, don't ever call her a woman conductor. The college organized the exhibition" For "Reaching the Summit" Saddleback brought back independent Western art researcher Phil Kovinick as guest curator to organize the 1900-1940 section of the exhibition, the same period for which he served as curator for the desert landscapes show. Matters stayed improved for Hindemith's Sonata, which also skittered along fleetly, its phrases taking complex shape and its lyric modernisms being served with refinement. "That sounds very harsh, but I mean it in the most objective way-as if Apollo would look down on our artistic world, and choose the best" The marketplace is one good way to separate the good from the less-good, the 51-year old concert singer believes. And there's a lot of excitement being generated by Stephen Sondheim's planned Playhouse residence while it readies a new version of his "Merrily We Roll Along" for its June 11 opening. Three leading scientists will join with the artist Friday to discuss the winking eye along with other developments in space technology, its roots in art and its influence on humankind's evolution.

Bogen is talking about the politics of Los Angeles poetry-the activity of getting what often begins as very private writing into the public awareness That means readings, publication and recognition as a poet. When you're the head of production for a major studio, with the power to say yes or no to a movie project, it sometimes pays to have a good memory. The 5,233 customers in the 6,225-seat cavern seemed to love everything. Drew Pinsky, 26, a resident in internal medicine at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena. The most memorable moment, however, occurred after Paul's climactic hallucination in which his home is invaded by a misty hoard of self-flaggelating penitents, nuns, saints, martyrs, choir boys and, yes, the Virgin Mary herself. The action came after 90 minutes of oral argument over "class certification" a question that must be resolved before such a suit can go to trial.

Also, a couple of people have recently asked me if I'd recommend a VCP for specific purposes. What does that suggest to our bodies, to sound" Seton, 34 (whose last work, "Wazo, Wazo" paid musical homage to tropical birds, was originally alerted to the idea of underwater sensations by a marine biologist friend working in Alaska "He told me about whales and their migratory patterns. At least this is doing something for people, which I think life should be all about" The cast of "Our Town" credits Valletta's skill and patience with drawing out their abilities. The other spends most of her time modeling skimpy outfits and squealing with erotic anticipation, as befits her motto, which she boasts is "flirting, foreplay and fun" When Melinda's boss escalates his sexual harassment, demanding that she play "Prisoner of War" with him, even she realizes it's time for desperate measures. The London-born Denman, formerly a professor at Trinity College of Music, is now a principal clarinetist with the Tucson Symphony, but on these sides he emerges, surprisingly, as a first-rate jazz musician.

Herbst now curates the space, bringing in artists she meets through school or through local galleries. All three technical awards went to Tunisia, whose film makers now have their own European-level processing and sound facilities. Desserts prepared by Chef Chart Chamcharas include creme caramel and fresh strawberries with creme Grand Marnier. In the downstairs dining rooms it does, or at least aims at, quite a bit more than that NEWPORT LANDING 503 E. May 3, Auditorium, 8 p. m: Innovative and idiosyncratic work with technology in video synthesis and computer music, by John Chowning, Nam June Paik, Joaquin Orellana, Ed Emshwiller and Roger Reynolds. "We're not going to make this a rock 'n' roll Disneyland" insists Ahmet Ertegun, chairman of the Hall of Fame foundation. If "The Tap Dance Kid" were a kid instead of a show, you'd accuse it of playing dumb all semester long in order to look that much brighter on the final exam.

"I like discovering a whole new, exciting, self-sufficient art scene. At the same time, KABC cut the shows from three hours to two, filling the 1 p. m slot with a medical advice program hosted by Dr Dean Edell. . "I never thought that the theatrical life of a country could be limited to 12 blocks in New York City" Fichandler once said. Both gifts were given in memory of the late Lorser Feitelson, an artist, collector, scholar and teacher who was very active in the art community of Southern California. The artist is responsible for reception invitations and for handling any sales that result from the show. And I still have trouble with my feet"SAN DIEGO — Ask Tony Caligagan how he got started in professional dance and he'll smile and say: "I just dove in-head first" Nine months ago, with no job, no place to live, and only $900 to his name, Caligagan left San Diego for the Big Apple to compete in the fast lane of big-league dance.

The Motion Picture-Students at Busterburger University learn the fine art (hold the pickle) of owning and operating a Busterburger franchise Produced by Ed Feldman and Charles Meeker. "They are one step ahead of us (in making the announcement" Turner said. "We need you to exert pressure on the city to be reasonable" the festival's financial consultant, Paul Griem, told 75 cultural representatives Thursday evening at the Forum Theatre. A recently issued collection of his New York City Ballet pictures, "Balanchine: Photo Album and Memoir" (Rizzoli International: $14. 95, paperback, includes color performance photographs of current and recent company members as well as black-and-white shots of the late choreographer working with his dancers in rehearsal. The accompanying catalogue is the first comprehensive monograph on the artist. New are Maxine Hong Kingston's "The Woman Warrior" (the Tom Cole/Joyce Chopra adaptation postponed from last year; Lanford Wilson's "Burn This" and Jean Claude Van Itallie's "The Traveler" inspired by actor/director Joseph Chaikin's recovery from a stroke. Life after death exists only in theory-except when there's a potential for big box-office.

In a career spanning three decades, Seth McCoy has been sustained by a combination of versatility, musicianship and what appears to be an easygoing temperament. It would be stretching the truth to say it inspires nonstop laughter, but the jokes and gags pay off often enough to make it warmly welcome at a time when screen humor with any pretense to sophistication is scarce indeed. I cannot play the Queen of England" Certainly not with her current hair style, which features a blond streak down the center of her head. The Crusaders were formed in 1958 by Sample, bassist and saxophonist Wilton Felder, drummer Nesbert (Stix) Hooper, and trombonist Wayne Henderson, all Houston college mates. It sounds a little less muddy at high volume but for this kind of music, that's not necessarily a good thing.

Short on ectoplasm, her spirit decides to invade Jan's body at will No wonder Glenn Close took on this dual role. Travis is very sweet, Sharif is Sharif, Malik (coming off a triumphant performance in "The Jewel in the Crown) can now boast of being perhaps the only Pakistani to play a Turk, and Ava Gardner is, well, don't ask. Concertmaster Andres Cardenes will conduct an all-Mozart program"An Evening With 'Amadeus' -on July 9-12, in which he will play the solo in Mozart's Third Violin Concerto. More rounds followed, and the result, titled "Vis-a-Vis" will be performed for the first time at 8 p. m Tuesday.

It's a long shot, but the baseball season could be over by Christmas. The logic here is that you are being kind, and kindness counts for a lot Maybe too much. I screen-tested a brilliant young Czech actress, whom I would have been equally happy with But there was no money for her On 'President's Men' I was stumped at first. But encountering it is like being in a stuck elevator, wondering if the cables will hold.

WVJV-TV, better known as V-66, has been broadcasting a 24-hour blend of music videos, local news, weather and music features-a formula being followed by nearly a dozen other stations around the nation. Initial questions from the audience reflected the current problematic nature of making news judgments. Videotheque's Meir Hed explained how the mail-order business works: "You write the company for a catalogue, and then you order from the catalogue. John's piano and Stevie Ray Vaughan's and John Scofield's guitars in the same album with Jack De Johnette and Eddie Gomez? It's as if they were all booked in the same studio by mistake and decided to make the best of it. The widely respected New York-based Circle Rep holds a special niche in Macnaughton's career. "We hope we're part of the solution, not part of the problem" he said. Later that morning, Dan Rather also interviewed Berri and the hostages by phone on CBS, which declined to air the interview live. For all the sculptures' straightforward admission of process and artifice (seen in their hollowness as well as in exposed bolts and overlapping sheets, a sense of grandeur and morality seeps in through the cracks.

But it cannot be of much continuing concern to Costa-Greenspon who, incidentally, is well-remembered in San Diego as a wily Mistress Quickly and in Los Angeles as the half-buttocked old woman in "Candide" The canny Costa-Greenspon, you see, recently won $1. 7 million-repeat, $1. 7 million- in the New York State Lotto game. When it is suggested that he can write beautiful music about something as mundane as a pig, his eyebrows rise and he warns that "you're treading on thin ice, there" It is evident that the man has strong feelings for the departed sow. Be careful not to get injured for the important league or conference games often seems to be the attitude. In conjunction with "Dinosaurs Past and Present" Hallet will conduct a teachers workshop at the museum today on principles of scientific illustration of dinosaurs. Despite vehement denials, Tri-Star Chairman Victor Kaufman was said by numerous sources to have decided on a previously unheralded NBC programming executive, Jeff Sagansky, as Tri-Star's new production chief. His manner, hardly self-important, hardly that of the demigod he represents to dancers of American Ballet Theatre, seems less severe than reputation ever allowed. To open the program, Sanderling presided over a spacious, thoughtful, moody and somewhat cumbersome performance of Mozart's G-minor Symphony, K 550. .

Dennis Bailey all but strangled on the daunting Heldentenor hectoring of Midas. If you haven't heard an obscure Buck favorite-like Johnny Cash's "The Chicken in Black" novelty-he'll flip it on the turntable and watch your reaction. After more than 10 years of training in France, he came to Los Angeles to work at L&Ermitage; he spent three years there, surprised to find that he was considered an expert in Los Angeles. "But in border towns like San Diego, an FCC agreement with the Mexican government also calls for Mexican radio stations broadcasting into the United States to use those very same lower frequencies" Butler said.