March 12, 2003 -- Jones Hall for the Performing Arts (www.joneshall.org) remains open for business as usual despite the ongoing dispute between Houston Symphony musicians and Houston Symphony Society.

Tonight, famed flutist Sir James Galway will perform at Jones Hall beginning at 8 p.m. Galway is presented by Society for the Performing Arts, which has been one of the principal tenants at Jones Hall since the building was opened in 1966. SPA has no affiliation with Houston Symphony.

On Friday, SPA presents Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance, the international phenomenon that has broken box office records in more than 30 countries. Performances Friday and Saturday are at 8 p.m., Sunday at 7 p.m., with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 2 p.m. Although Flatley will not appear in this show, his dancers are all trained with his work ethic and precision-like style.

Ticket information to SPA presentations can be obtained by logging on to www.spahouston.org, by phone at 713.227.4SPA or at the street level box office at Jones Hall, 615 Louisiana.

Houston Symphony will provide updates through its web site (www.houstonsymphony.org), through the press, and through a special telephone number - 1.866.783.0303. Symphony patrons holding tickets are asked to call 713.224.7575.

April's calendar for Jones Hall includes, in addition to scheduled SPA and Symphony presentations, two installments in the Unique Lives Lecture Series. Karen Hughes, former adviser to President George W. Bush, and Coretta Scott King, widow of the civil rights champion Martin Luther King Jr., will appear on April 8 and 29, respectively. Pop star Annie Lennox appears in concert at Jones Hall on April 20.

More Theater District events can be found at www.houstontx.gov/events.