The Times

Weekend of July 17/18, 1976 TIMES/GUIDE 15

Fusion dance company, inc.

CORAL GABLES SUMMER SCHOOL SESSION July 19-August 21 (Monday thru Saturday) 244 Valencia Ave., Coral Gables | 1. Creative Movement for Children (ages 6-12) 10-11:00 am | 2. Choreography (teenage/adult) 11-12:30 pm | 3. Beginning Modern 1- 2:30 pm | 4. Intermediate Ballet 3- 4:30 pm | 5. Intermediate/Advanced Modern 6- 7:30 pm | ENROLL NOW-30 classes only $90.-15 classes $55. For Further information, call 442-1363

Chez Vendome / David William Hotel

Chez Vendome One of the world's great restaurants "A MUST." Now in our 10th Year. David William Hotel 700 Biltmore Way, Coral Gables For Reservations 445-7846

entertainment / Invitation to dinner... and murder / movie review

movie review... erica meyer | The more familiar you are with the great stars of detective fiction, the more you will enjoy Neil Simon's Murder by Death. The plot is inconsequential, but the character development is a delight. Truman Capote, as rich eccentric Lionel Twain, has invited five of the world's great detectives to his spooky mansion for "dinner and a murder." They arrive through a fog-choked woods, over a rickety bridge, to a doorway where concrete gargoyles fall frequently and where the doorbell sounds like a piercing, terrorized scream. Twain has staffed the mansion with a blind butler, Bensonmum (impeccably played by Alec Guiness) and a deaf-mute maid (Nancy Walker) so he is in complete control. The unfolding of that control is simply a souffle, an hour-and-a-half shaggy dog story with campfire ghost overtones. The real pleasure of Murder by Death comes in with the guests in Twain's creepy mansion. Only Sherlock Holmes escapes being wittily, prettily and thoroughly spoofed. Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), Hercule Poirot (from Agatha Christie - in Murder on the Orient Express), Miss Marple (also Christie - Murder at the Vicarage), Charlie Chan and Sam Spade (you know, Humphrey Bogart) are all present and accounted for. David Niven and Maggie Smith are the Charlestowns, complete with terrier and West Palm Beach manners. James Coco is Milo Perrier, as Belgium as Poirot and as portly as Cannon. Elsa Lanchester is as I always imagined Miss Marple to be, though her character is named Miss Marbles and is accompanied by a wheelchair-bound nurse. Peter Sellers is Sidney Wang and is given to comments like "There is a deadly snake in the room. Wake me when he comes near the bed." And Peter Falk out-Bogies Bogie and gets annoyed when his girlfriend, Eileen Brennan, steps on his Casablanca lines.

Young artists prepare for day at the zoo

Young Artists' Day at the Crandon Zoo, a much anticipated annual event, will be held Thursday, July 22 on the zoo grounds. A competition for artists 16-years-old and younger, Young Artists' Day offers ribbons and art supplies as prizes to outstanding artists in various age groups. There will be a special division for physical and mentally handicapped children and admission to the zoo will be free until noon. Painting time is 9:30 a.m. until noon and work may be in any material except oils. All the work will be done on zoo grounds of the animals in residence and artists must furnish their own materials.

Grove Playhouse

Oh! Calcutta continues on stage at the Coconut Grove Playhouse. Call 442-400 for tickets and showtimes for the adults-only, sex fantasy production.

MIAMI MAGIC

MAGICIAN HEADQUARTERS PROFESSIONAL AMATEUR MAGIC TRICKS FUN GIFTS 5734 Bird Road 223-0927

SORRENTO

AFTER YOU HAVE DINED ON OUR AUTHENTIC ITALIAN CUISINE YOU'LL WANT TO COME BACK TO SORRENTO A TRULY FINE ITALIAN RESTAURANT NOW OPEN 7 DAYS YOUR HOST FOR OVER 29 YEARS VINCENT AMANZIO 3059 S.W. 8th ST., MIAMI, FLORIDA 643-3111

K. C. CAGNEY AND COMPANY / ENJOY INFORMAL DINING

K. C. CAGNEY AND COMPANY | ENJOY INFORMAL DINING IN OUR TURN-OF-THE-CENTURY ATMOSPHERE AND THE WIDE VARIETY OF ITEMS ON OUR TALK-OF-THE-TOWN MENU! • Gourmet Burgers & Burger Plates • Famous Baked Onion Soup • Salads • Hoagies • Home-made Cheesecake with Fresh Fruit Toppings 11 A.M. to 12 P.M. MON. THRU SAT. | 5813 PONCE DeLEON BLVD. CALL 661-7091 FOR TAKE-OUT SERVICE. NOW SERVING BEER & WINE

SATEH HOUSE

WHERE THE "IN" FOOD IS INDONESIAN OPEN MONDAY THRU SUNDAY 11:30 A.M.-11 P.M. • LUNCHEON FEATURES: INDONESIAN CHEF SALAD $1.45 | INDONESIAN STYLE BAR-B-QUE CHICKEN $2.95 | INDONESIAN STYLE BARBECUED RIBS $3.95 | DINNERS FROM $4.95 TAKE-OUT SERVICE CATERING | 9050 SOUTH DIXIE HIGHWAY............. 665-2243

in a pickle about where to eat? / Bertram's RESTAURANT & DELICATESSEN

in a pickle about where to eat? WE LOVE CHILDREN... THE KIDS LOVE US. BRING THE WHOLE FAMILY TO BERTRAM'S. Children's menu... $1.85, includes dessert and beverage. Reasonable prices, good food, large selection from sandwiches to complete dinners which includes "all you can eat" oversized dessert table. Cocktails, domestic and imported beer. 7 a.m.-10 p.m. Every day. 261-1351 Bertram's RESTAURANT & DELICATESSEN MIDWAY MALL Flagler at Palmetto Expressway