DATE: Friday, November 28, 1997             TAG: 9711270836

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PREVIEW: A WEEKLY PULL-OUT CALENDAR

TONIGHT

THE ROYAL LIPIZZANER STALLIONS high step it into the Hampton Coliseum this evening for a show of dancing, prancing and leaping. The bloodline of these silver-white stallions can be traced back to 1562 and there are only about 2,000 of these legendary Lipizzaners in existence. Showtime: 8 p.m. Tickets: $14.50, $12.50 for seniors and children 12 and under. 838-4203. To order, call 671-8100.

- Roy Bahls

SATURDAY

THE HOLIDAY SEASON arrives by water as 80 decorated and lighted vessels parade down the Elizabeth River during Saturday's Lighted Boat Parade, Fireworks Display & Dockside Party. Best viewing for the 6 p.m. parade will be along the downtown Norfolk and Portsmouth waterfronts. Fireworks choreographed to holiday music, shot from both sides of the river, light up the sky at 7:15 p.m., followed by a Dockside Party at 9 p.m. outside Norfolk's Waterside. 623-1757.

- Roy Bahls

TONIGHT

THE COOL, ramshackle, rap-meets-blues sound of G. Love and Special Sauce's 1994 debut moved more than a quarter million copies in the United States alone. Expect the same from the new release ``Yeah, It's That Easy.'' And catch the band at 96X Electric Xmas, with KMFDM, G. Love & Special Sauce, Limp Bizkit, Dandy Warhols, Space Monkeys, Longpigs and Blink 182. 7:30 tonight, The Boathouse, Norfolk. $9.96. 671-8100.

- Sue VanHecke

THE DUTCH MASTERS are going home - to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. This weekend is your LAST CHANCE to see the loan show of 17th century Dutch art, including two Rembrandts, at The Chrysler Museum of Art through Sunday.

The museum is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and Saturday, 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $4 adults, $2 students and seniors. Free to 5 and younger. At 245 W. Olney Rd., Norfolk. Call 664-6200.

Teresa Annas

MOVIES

Into the holiday mix come a couple flicks that opened Wednesday, and two new entries:

ALIEN RESURRECTION - It only looked like Ripley, the buffed-female warrior supreme, died a fiery death in ``Alien 3.'' Nothing that DNA, cloning and a script doctor can't cure. Sigourney Weaver returns, but is she still human or has she gone over to the alien side? Tiny little Winona Ryder is a visitor from a smuggler ship who adds vulnerability, and perhaps more, to the mix. French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet goes for dark visual styling in the latest in this messy franchise. The chest buster is still there. Opened Wednesday. R

FLUBBER - Can even Robin Williams compete with the green stuff that defies gravity? Fred MacMurray played the role, an absent-minded professor, in the 1961 version. And, yes, a repeat of the famous basketball game (when the home team has gravity-defying jumps thanks to flubber, is still there. Marcia Gay Harden, a veteran of Virginia Stage Company, has the thankless role of Williams' fiancee - the one he often forgets to marry. Are technical improvements in special effects enough to warrant the remake of a family classic? Opened Wednesday. PG

YEAR OF THE HORSE - Jim Jarmusch directs a documentary about rock star Neil Young, the so-called king of grunge. There is concert footage of Young with his band, Crazy Horse. R

ALIVE AND KICKING - Jason Fleming, British matinee idol, stars as a modern dancer who is pursued by an older man and they emerge as an odd couple. The dialogue has been praised for bitter, sharp style, including a memorable scene with the two argue over who doesn't love whom more. Starting Thursday at the Naro. R ILLUSTRATION: Color photos

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