Press Picks

tuesday
january 31
Saks fashion Saks Fifth Avenue presents its '95 spring couture selections and raises a glass to honor Houston Ballet Artistic Director Ben Stevenson at a tres fab luncheon. The horrible possibility is that actual doll-like ballerinas will also attend and sit there looking even more perfect than the models so that you, the well-heeled fashion maven, feel like an ox in comparison. Try not to feel like an ox (even though, in this country, women who are 5 feet, 6 inches and 130 pounds have no trouble feeling like oxen). Try to remember that you're out looking at lovely clothes and honoring a man who has done much to make life in our swamp beautiful. 11 a.m. Doubletree Hotel, 2001 Post Oak Boulevard. RSVP to 523-6300, ext. 271. $75, $100 and $150.

wednesday
february 1
The American Experience Hello, good evening and welcome to Black History Month. Tonight, The American Experience presents "Malcolm X: Make It Plain." The title comes from Malcolm's ideas about how to relate to an audience. Alfre Woodard narrates this two-and-a-half hour documentary. Included is footage of the man himself, interviews with his biographer Alex Haley and words from some of his Nation of Islam associates. The elements are brought together by producer, director and co-writer, Orlando Bagwell. Bagwell was also a key player in the Public Television productions "Frederick Douglass -- When the Lion Wrote History," Eyes on the Prize, The Great Depression and another episode of The American Experience, "Roots of Resistance." 9 p.m. KUHT/Channel 8.