Weekly Scenes and Screens, Apr. 13
CYPHER
Join BASYK, Rice’s non-competitive K-pop/hip-hop dance club, for their spring showcase on Friday, April 15 at 7 p.m. or Saturday, April 16 at 2 or 7 p.m. Tickets will be available one hour before each show for $2 each.
RODT SHOWCASE
Celebrate the dance team’s 30th anniversary on April 15 and 16 at 7 p.m. in Tudor Fieldhouse. Pre-sale tickets are available on the team’s Instagram account for $5 for Rice students and $7 for other guests. Tickets will also be sold at the door for $10.
“DON GIOVANNI”
Watch Shepherd School students perform Mozart’s “Don Giovanni,” the first opera to be held in the brand new Brockman Hall for Opera, on April 14 and 16 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for Rice students and free for Shepherd students.
RAVEN CHACON
Join the Moody on Thursday, April 14 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. for an evening of live performances from Rice and Houston-based artists, dancers and musicians. Admission is free.
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