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PHSECTION 2 IXCBA's Smart RomanceThe CBA Theater Workshop begins its first full season as the resident company of Long Island University%u2019s Triangle Theater with the premiere of Kenneth Farris%u2019 %u201cBlue Heron Don%u2019t Do That,%u201d running Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 3pm, through November 23. %u201cBlue Heron%u201d is the story of the love between a black woman and a white man, and their ultimately tragic struggle to break the shackles of society%u2019s prejudice.%u201cOne of the things I was trying to put on the page,%u201d explains Farris, %u201cis an intellectual romance. Both characters are welleducated, which helps them rise above their own cultural obstacles and also the rage that society lays on them. The journey is an interesting thing. It%u2019s a lyric play, hopefully poetic, and it%u2019s not intended as naturalistic or realistic.%u201dCBA%u2019s season runs through June 1987, with performances of Shakespeare%u2019s %u201cOthello,%u201d Ellen Bittberg%u2019s %u201cSci-Fi,%u201d Eve Merrian%u2019s %u201cThe Club%u201d and Clifford Mason%u2019s %u201cRoyal Oak.%u201d Company member Cynthia Belgrave, who directed the hit %u201cTwit%u201d last June, says, %u201cwe%u2019re looking forward to our first season at the Triangle Theater; it%u2019s the start of something very exciting.%u201dThe Triangle Theater is at Flatbush and DeKalb Avenues. Tickets for %u201cBlue Heron%u201d are $8, $4 students. For reservations and information, call 783-3902.Opera Program GrowsThe Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Opera Department announces the expansion of its Opera Workshop, under the direction of John Russell. With its new Faculty and format it will rival the top programs around New York City. The vision and expertise represented in the faculty will offer a quality of instruction and performance experience in a local Brooklyn setting which will make the program valuable to young students and professional singers in the borough, as well as the whole Metropolitan area, beginning with a presentation of opera scenes, on November 14 and 15 at 8pm.The Conservatory%u2019s Opera Program started in September of 1985 with an invitation to the Brooklyn Opera Theater, under the direction of Nathaniel Green, to be a resident Opera Company. In January of 1986, the Opera Workshop, under John Russell%u2019s direction, was added, which will both co-operate with the Brooklyn Opera Theater productions, and present productions of its own. The Workshop%u2019s originalJazz violinist Noel Pointer will head a jazz triple-bill, including singer Ebony JoAnn and vocalist/percussionist Leon Thom as, November 14, at 8pm . The concertis a benefit for the Carter G. W oodson Renaissance Campaign to CombatC ultural Illiteracy. The show will be held at Boys and Girls High School, 1700Fulton Street. Tickets are $10 in advance (available at the Better Nutrition FoodCo-op at 1107 Fulton); $12 at the door; $5 for students. For inform ation, call789-5722.aim, to offer opera scenes, will be expanded into a fully-staged set of performances in January 1987 of Mozart%u2019s %u201cMarriage of Figaro,%u201d in the well-known English translation by faculty member Mrs. Ruth Martin. Further ahead, a major production of Mozart%u2019s %u201cMagic Flute,\finest young voices in the city, will climaxthe Spring 1987 semester.There is also an impressive list of opera authorities giving Master Classes for members of the Workshop. They include Thomas Schilling (Joy in Singing Competition Board), Atarah Hazan (Metropolitan Opera), Delia Rigal (former leading soprano of the Metropolitan Opera, and preBlack Writers And Artists To Conference HereCross-Section African American and Caribbean Fine Arts, Inc. announces an International Congress of Black Writers and Artists to be held in cooperation with the College of New Rochelle and the Center of Art and Culture of Bedford Stuyvesant at the Restoration Center, November 14-16.The theme of the Congress is %u201cSharing the Legacy Toward the 21st Century,%u201d and brings together a wide range of leading Caribbean and Black American writers and artists who will offer critical assessments, forecasts, trends, and personal insights on: The Contributions of Blacks to Culture, Economics and Communications. In conjunction with the Congress, an exhibition by Caribbean and Black American artists will be held in the Restoration Art and Culture Center.Noted panelists will include Dr. Wilfred Carty, Dr. Edward Scobie, Henry Franck, Andrew Salkey, Dr. Carlos Russell, LyonelPaquin, Elombe Braith, Gil Noble, Drs. Rosalyn and Leonard Jeffries, Amiri Baraka, Geoffrey Holder, Tony Brown, Les Payne, Safiya Bendele, Jitu Weusi, Professor Archie Singham, Professors Paul and Frank Laraque, Jan Carew, and Mugib Manaan.The Congress will present a special reading and discussion by a group of South American women poets travelling from their respective countries. Mima Martinez (El Salvador), Daisy Zamora, Yolanda Blanco (Nicaragua), Semiramis Guillen Barientos (Honduras), Diana Avila (Costa Rica), Bessy Reyna (Panama), coordinated by Zoe Anglesey. Other events will include films, folkdance performances, architectural displays and linguistic workshops. Local writers and crafts persons are invited to display their works. For registration and information, call 638-2500.sent talent scout for the Met), and Ruth Martin, lecturer/translator, and several other noted opera personalities.The performance will take nlace at the Conservatory, 58 7th Avenue. Suggested donation is $6, $4 for students and seniors. For more information on the concert or the Opera Workshop program, call 622-3300.Sing-A-Long SetSharon, Lois & Bram are stars among the stars of the children%u2019s recording industry. They are considered to be among the best musicians now recording for children in North America. The group will bring its unique brand of happiness to Packer Collegiate, 160 Joralemon St., on November 16 at 2pm.The concert will feature songs from the group%u2019s six hit albums, all of which have won awards, including The American Library Association Award, The Parents%u2019 Choice Award and The New York Public Library%u2019s yearly %u201cBest Of%u201d list. Their repertoire includes such classics as %u201cCandy man, Salty Dog,%u201d %u201cIt%u2019s A Small World,%u201d and %u201cThe Eensy, Weensy Spider;%u201d songs that have endured because they are lovable, catchy and fun to sing. Those of us who don%u2019t know the songs, quickly learn and join in the fun of singing along.Tickets for Sharon, Lois and Bram are $8. For more information, call 522-5349.Eat Dinner For ArtThe opening night preview for the new international antiques and fine arts exposition %u201c Modernism: A Century of Style and Design, 1860 to 1960,%u201d organized by Sanford L. Smith at the 7th Regiment Armory, on Park Avenue at 67th Street, will be held on November 19, from 6 to 10pm. Proceeds from the gala evening will benefit The Brooklyn Museum%u2019s Department of Decorative Arts.The evening wiii include cocktails, hot and cold hors d%u2019oeuvres, an oyster bar and a preview of the exhibit.Tickets to the preview are $75 each; patron tickets are $150 each, and include a listing in the evening%u2019s program and a complimentary copy of The Brooklyn Museum%u2019s book %u201cThe Machine Age in America 1918-1941.%u201d Benefactor tickets are $250 each, and include the patron benefits plus unlimited admission to the antiques show, as well as a champagne brunch and private tour of The Machine Age exhibition at The Brooklyn Museum on November 23. 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Held Over Paul Hogan%u2018C RO CO D ILE%u2019 DUNDEE2. 3:50, 5:40, 7 35. 9 30| There's a little of him inall of us.Rated PG 13BROOKLYN%u2019S MOST FABULOUSRESTAURANTFlatbush Ave. Ext. at DeKalb Ave.Major Credit Cards AcceptedFind Out About The Best of Brooklyn%u2019sArts Every Week in The Pages OfThe Phoenix Newspaper%u2019s Section TwoBRUBECK at The BasilicaDAVE BRUBECKwith The Haydn-Mozart Chamber Orchestraand The St, James Cathedral ChoirperformingTO HOPE: A CELEBRATION a n dFttNGE LINGUA(Make checks payable to St. James Cathedral)NOVEMBER 22 - SATURDAY 8 pmGAIA BENEFIT/CHAMPAGNE RECEPTIONfollowing the PerformanceTICKETS FOP SATURDAY $100 $75 $50 $25NOVEMBER 23 %u2022 SUNDAY 4 pmTICKETS FOP SUNDAY $ 2 0 S15 $1QCall: 1-718-852-4002 to reserve tickets or write toBRUBECK a t THE BASILICASt James Cathedral 250 Cathedral PI, Brooklyn, N Y. 11201The BasMca is located on Jay St, noar TMary.N ovem ber 13, 1986, TH E P H O E N IX , Page 21