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O \\ M * L C lr v < J IA #On PromenadeThe semi-annual Brooklyn Heights PromenadeArt Show opened to mixed weather this pastweekend, wkh a fine Saturday, but rainy and coldweather Sunday, which kept many of theexhibitors home.Right and below are a couple of Saturdayscenes from the popular event, which will run twomore weekends in May along the Promenade fromRemsen to Orange Streets.As in past years, the Show was a fair mixture ofall the arts and crafts, including sculpture andphotography. We were disappointed, aspreviously, that the serious artists still shun theshow for the most part, and that crafts byout-of-area artisans predominate.-Mike AllenPhotos by Ann MandelbaumBill P e r l m a n S i n g i n g a tPark Slope Coffee HouseThe %u201c Good Coffee House,\every Sunday from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Meeting House of the Brooklyn Ethical Culture Society, 53 Prospect Park W., will feature Bill Perlman with songs and guitar on May 19.Perlman started his professional career in 1965 with the SNCC Freedom Singers, and as a soloist has toured the U.S. and Canada, and even singing at the Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen. In the last several years he has concentrated on the theater, serving as Musical Director of three offBroadway shows including one in the ANTA matinee series, and others at the Public Theater and Skidmore College.The present crisis in the U.S. forHaitian refugees will be noted in a public issues spot that is a regular, and unusual feature of the Ethical group%u2019s venture into the world of the coffee house. A speaker from the Ad-Hoc Committee for the Defense of the Haitian will outline the problems created by Immigration Department officers who ignore the danger many Haitians face if they are forced to return to their country under the present dictatorship.The %u201c Good Coffee House\launched last month with an unknown singing group that came in from the park and it has run informally since, depending on its participants and those who have requested to play for most of its talent. Perlman is the first %u201cprofessional%u201d to appear.Day CampAt PackerPacker Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn Heights has announced a two-session Summer Day Camp Program for boys and girls 5-12, starting in June.The camping program consists of a variety of activity periods chosen by the campers: weaving, macrame, painting, film-making, dancing, dram atics, basketball, gymnastics, soccer, and many special activities, trips, and outings. Daily swimming in Olympicsized swimming pool with Red Cross Swimming Instruction Program is also provided.Applications are being accepted for Session I, June 10-28, and Session II, July 1-26. Camp hours are 9:15-3:30, limousine service is available. Call or write Packer, 170 Joralemon St., 875-6644 for brochure.lQ [d