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February 7,1974 PHOENIX Page 7Rosten, Jackson toRead at Poet SeriesNorman Rosten, novelist and poet and Heights resident, and Mae Jackson, of Clinton Hill, who has read her poems several times on Channel 13, will be the featured readers Feb. 10 in the next event of The Walt Whitman-Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Series at The Long Island Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont St., the free event begins at 3 p.m.The Whitman-Crane Series, which features Brooklyn%u2019s and Long Island%u2019s finest contemporary poets, is named for the two internationally known writers whoonce lived and worked in the Heights, and is founded and administrated by poet and multimedia artist Daniela Gioseffi. Ms. Gioseffi sponsors the series with grants from POETS and Writers of the New York State Council on the Arts and the City%u2019s Cultural Affairs Dept.Mae Jackson, featured reader, has published a book of poetry titled, %u201cCan I Poet with You%u201d from Black Dialogue Press. She will soon appear on a recording, %u201cTo Be a Woman%u201d from Black Forum label. She is the winner of Black World%u2019s %u201c Third Conrade KentMemorial Award.%u201dNorman Rosten%u2019s novels include %u201cUnder the Boardwalk%u201d and the more recent %u201cOver and Out.%u201d Rosten has written plays that have been produced both on and off Broadway and completed a libretto for an opera under a Ford Foundation Grant as well. He is a former Guggenheim Fellow and a recipient of an award from the Academy of Arts and Letters. His latest work is the newly published %u201cMarilyn: An Untold Story\Signet. The most recent of his six volumes of poetry is %u201cThrive Upon the Rock.%u201dNorman Rosten, Brooklyn Heights, and Mae Jackson, Clinton Hill, are the featured poets who will read their works at the Feb. 10 event of the Walt Whitman-Hart Crane Poetry Series at the Long Island Historical Society, Pierrepont and Clinton Sts. at 3:30 p.m.A&S SponsorsCherry Pie BakeIn honor of George Washington (he, of the famous cherry tree chopping incident) Abraham & Straus on Fulton St. in downtown Brooklyn, will host a cherry pie baking contest, to be held in the Gourmet Kitchen on the 5th floor. Registration will continue through Fri., Feb. 15. Entry forms will be available in the Gourmet Kitchen.There will be two categories for the contest: 1. Best Pie Crust (any type permitted); and 2. Best Cherry Pie Filling (fillings may vary widely in texture and ingredients as long as the primary flavor is cherry). Grand prize in the first category will be a Farberware Turbo-Oven (valued at $150.) and in the secondPolyTech Gets GrantPolytechnic Institute of N.Y. (PINY), the nation%u2019s newest science and engineering college located in downtown Brooklyn has been awarded $300,000 by the Carnegie Corporation of New York to reshape its academic programs around the needs of an urban society in the year 2000.Created last September by themerger of Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn and New York University School of Engineering and Science, the school will use its Carnegie grant to take stock of the combined resources that make it the metropolitan area%u2019s chief center for technological study, then set out to become %u201ca new kind of college blending excellence with relevance in the urban setting.98 Court St.M A 4-9621QueenRestaurantfinestItalian food in our areacategory, a Kitchen Aid Mixer with Bread Attachment (valued at $120.). Runners-up in both categories will receive A&S Gift Certificates for $25.00.On Feb. 16. all registered contestants will present their pies and written recipes to the judges in the kitchen. The judges are William Curtis, A&S Director of Food Services; Robert Wiener. Bakery Production Manager; Lynne Kasper, A&S Gourmet Consultant. At the preliminary judging which will commence at noon on Feb. 16, the field will be narrowed down to three finalists in each category. Mon., Feb. 18, the lucky six will appear in the Gourmet Kitchen to take part in a %u201cbake-off%u201d which will culminate in the selection of one winner in each category.The public is welcome to watch, cheer, sample and receive complimentary copies of the prizewinning recipes.Free Music Recital SetA Program of \Renaissance and Baroque Music\will be presented by the Hammarskjold Players Sun. Feb. 10. 7 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church, 124 Henry St. The Recital is free.Heights resident Virginia Bitar Lindle, soprano, will perform selected Airs and Songs by Purcell, following her appearance as a soloist with the Brooklyn Philharmonia in %u201c Music for Shakespeare%u201d at BAM in January Trumpet soloist for Purcell s %u201cSonata for Trumpet and Organ%u201d will be Brian Coegan, former m em ber of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Australia, now teaching at Adelphi College.Harpsichord suite by William Bird will be performed byConstance Cooper, on the music stall at Long Island University: and the brass ensemble will support Joseph Duchac, bass soloist, in the vibrant Schutz %u201cAttendite, l%u2019opule Mens\varied Program w ill be completed by two motets by Thomas Tallis for wind ensemble.A L4DY GHOSTIS NOM WfllCHBook & Lyrics byK f e r h K B 4 H U yDasigtred 6 Directed byToryMCONEMusic byD a v id L B / N EFEBRUARY %u2022 9 %u2022 %u2014 Qu n9-10-16-17-23-24 ___________2:30 RM.*Donation $1.*Res. 237-2752*26Willow PlaceP L A Y E R STHEATRE FBREHILIDRENU l i c h e l #a Park Slope la n d m a rksince 1910,o ff G ran d A rm y P la za .LUNCHEONDINNERCOCKTAIL LO UNGEBANQ UET FACILITIESfre e p a rk in gow ned and o p e ra te dby the M ichel fa m ily346 Flatbush A v e n u eNE 8 -4 5 5 25 TO JO P. 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