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SCHNEIDER DANCES: Lynn Schneider and Dancers will perform at the Prospect Park Picnic House on Nove*n!>pr ^ Thp program consists of %u201cLeg Oh,%u201d an abstract work set to music by Mozart; and %u201cA Key to the House,%u201d a drama set to 1940%u2019s pop music. The performance will start at 8pm, at the Picnic House, inside the Park at Prospect Park West and 5th Street. Tickets are $8. For information, call 6384008.ST. ANN%u2019S CHAMBER: Student and Faculty musicians will perform a concert of chamber music on November 19, at the preview of %u201cModernism: A Century of Style and Design, 1860-1960,%u201d an exhibit of antiques and art work at the 7th Regiment Armory in Manhattan. Proceeds will go to the Brooklyn Museum%u2019s Department of Decorative Arts. The show will run November 20-22,12-10pm; November 23, llam-6pm, at 67th Street and Park Avenue. Tickets are $75, $150 and $250. For information and reservations, call 638-5000, ext. 326.LOCAL ROCKER: Dan Haft, Adams Street resident, will take his soft rock and pop band Channels over the airwaves on November 14 at 12midnight, on WFMU, 91.1 FM. The band performs, mostly originals by Haft and other membes, as well as covers of such artists as the Beatles, Moody Blues, Creedence and the Grateful Dead. Channels will also perform November 18 at Speakeasy, 107 Macdougal Street, in Manhattan. Shows are 8:30 and 10:30pm. Admission is $5. For more information on the band%u2019s activity, call 8554518.LITERATE JAZZ: Acclaimed jazz violinist Noel Pointer, blues singer Ebony Jo-Ann and jazz vocalist Leon Thomas will perform in a benefit for the Carter G. Woodson Renaissance Campaign to Combat Cultural Illiteracy. According to project founder Stanley Kinard, %u201ccultural literacy is a consciousness of one%u2019s personal history and of the black community's values and history. The Woodson Project offers a philosophy and a strategy to transform the process of education in our community.%u201d The performance takes place at Boys and Girls High School, 1700 Fulton St. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, and available at Better Nutrition Food Co-op, at 1107 Fulton St. For more information, call 774-0381.bACA NEWSLETTER: BACA/The Brooklyn Arts Council has started a new newsletter, Inside on the Arts. It will be published four times a year, and will contain information on artist rental space, inA r t T a k e ssurance, tax deductible contributions, and general information and listings. For information on the Inside on the Arts, call 783-3077.INFUSION ON BARGE: Infusion will perform in concert at Bargemusic on November 23, at 8pm. The program includes the premiere of Peter Zummo%u2019s %u201cModular Quintet,%u201d and Esther Sugai%u2019s %u201cThree Movements%u201d and %u201cUnder the Moon.%u201d Both composers will take part in the performances of their works. Bargemusic is at Fulton Ferry Landing, under the Brooklyn Bridge. Tickets are $8, $5 for students and seniors. For information, call 6244061.BACA BIRTHDAY CALENDAR: BACA/The Brooklyn Arts Council, in celebration of its 20th anniversary, is now selling the %u201cHappy Birthday BACA!: Landmarks of Brooklyn School Calendar 1987.%u201d The calendar includes artwork by Brooklyn students, notations for all school holidays, and monthly listings of BACA events. The calendar sells for $5. Make checks payable to BACA, and send to BACA, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn 11238. For information, call 783-3077.ETHICAL LITHOGRAPHS: The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture is currently showing %u201cPark Slope Architecture: Victorian Era,%u201d a collection of lithographs by Shunji Sakuyama. Sakuyama has previously exhibited at the Society, and some of his works are on permanent display in the Solarium. The show will run through December 28, and is open to viewing from 12:30-2pm on Sundays, and by appointment. The Society is at 53 Prospect Park West.For information, call 768-2972.BROOKLYN WRITERS%u2019 NETWORK: Ruth Schwartz is starting a Brooklyn Writers%u2019 Network, with a Dial-A-Writer Service, to match writers to specific market needs. For information, call Schwartz and leave a message with name, telephone number, and time of day or night to be called, (212) 714-2880.GERSHWINS SING: The Chapel Players of Saint Joseph%u2019s College will perform George and Ira Gershwin%u2019s musical satire of American politics, %u201cOf Thee I Sing,%u201d on November 21 and 22, at 8pm; and November 23, 2pm. %u201cOf Thee I Sing%u201d was the first musical ever awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The performance will be at 425 Clinton Avenue, in the college auditorium. Tickets are $5. For information, call 636-6800.FALL AT GARDEN: Leaves are turning brilliant colors on the trees at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Birches, ginkos and pawpaws have turned yellow, and sweetgum, black tupelo and dogwoods have turned red. An explanation of the color change is found in the %u201cPlants & Gardens%u201d handbook, %u201c Plants and the Home Gardener: A Handbook of Garden Botany.%u201d This book, and all others in the Plants & Gardens series, are available in the Garden Shop, 1000 Washington Avenue. For information, call 6224433.PAJAMA MELTDOWN: Bronwyn Rucker, who calls Brooklyn hometown, is playing a featured role, Poopsie, in a revival of the 1954 musical %u201cThe Pajama Game.%u201d The show runs at the off-Broadway Equity Library Theatre on Manhattan%u2019s 103rd Street and Riverside Drive, through November 23. Ms. Rucker is recognized in Brooklyn for her experimental music/theatre work with avant-garde composer Rick Russo, as an artistic director, actor, playwright and director for Meltdown Performing Arts.MUSIC SCHOOL SERIES: The Brooklyn Music School will start its new faculty concert series on November 21, with %u201cEtudes and Diversions,%u201d with pianist and faculty member Lalan Parrott. The concert will be at 6:30pm, at 126 St. Felix St. Admission is free. For information, call 638-5660.OPERA AT BCBC: Metropolitan Opera singers Roberta Alexander and Simon Estes will give a joint recital at the Brooklyn Center for Hie Performing Arts at Brooklyn College on November 23, at 2pm. Featured on the program will be arias and duets from Mozart%u2019s %u201cCosi fan tutte%u201d and %u201cDon Giovanni;%u201d spirituals; songs by Charles Ives; songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals; and excerpts from Gershwin%u2019s %u201cPorgy and Bess.%u201d The concert will be held in Whitman Hall, Campus Road and Hillel Place. Tickets are $17, $14, $12 and $8. For information, call 434-2222.ETHICAL CHORUS: The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture Chorus, directed by Douglas O%u2019Brien, meets every Thursday from 7-8:30pm, and is looking for new members. The group, which started lastspring, performs non-liturgical music, focusing on folk and folk-rock, such as music by John Lennon. It meets at the Society, 53 Prospect Park West. For information, call 6224457.BROOKLYN THEATRE: The N.Y.C. Department of Parks and Recreation will present a performance of Brooklyn Theatre at the Brooklyn Heights library on November 22. Produced by Assistant Supervisor of Recreation Matthew Paris, there will be performances of %u201cWhere O Where Has Lady Celia Gone?%u201d by Sol Offsey, and %u201cBreakfast at Midnight%u201d and %u201cNixon in Love%u201d by Mr. Paris. The show will start at 12:30pm at the Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West. Admission is free. For information, call 258-5367.OUTBACK DANCING: Spoke the Hub Dancing will hold the first Outback Series production of the fall season on November 21 and 22, with new dance solos by Carlo Adinolfi, Frances Becker, Chris Ferris, Brina Gehry, Kurt Koegel, Osnat Livni, Rob McWilliams and Charles Ragland. The performances will start at 8pm at the Gowanus Arts Exchange, 295 Douglass Street. Admission is $6; TDF vouchers are accepted. For information, call 596-5250.CELEBRATE PUERTO RICO: Celebrate Brooklyn%u2019s music series at the Prospect Park Picnic House will continue on November 23, with %u201cMusic and Dance from Puerto Rico,%u201d performed by Los Pleneros de la 21. The concert will start at 3pm at the Picnic House, inside the Park at Prospect Park West and 5th Street. Tickets are $5, $2.50 for children under 12. For information, call 788-0055.COLLEGE CONSERVATORY CONVOCATION: Composer Robert Starer will be the keynote speaker at the Sixth Annual Convocation of the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music on November 17. Starer will be awarded the Presidential Medal by Robert L. Hess, president of Brooklyn College. Charlene Victor of the Brooklyn Arts and Culture Association will be awarded the Conservatory Certificate of Recognition for her leadership in supporting the arts in Brooklyn; Denise Dyer MacHolmes, dance teacher at Erasmus Hall High School will also be given the Certificate, for her teaching. 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