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HIWDdHK Edited by David Laskin. Compiled by Jared Cloud and Elizabeth Foster.A r TEV'ENTSPOETRY WORKSHOPS: Ona Gritz leadspoetry workshops for students of all agesand experience. Thru Nov. 29, Sat.,5:15-7:15pm. Living Arts Space, 475 FifthAve. $90/10 sessions. For info, 788-8588.POETRY W ITH MUSIC: Matthew Paris,assistant supervisor of Parks with NYCParks Dept., leads Prospect Park Poets in%u201cAn Afternoon of Poetry and Music.%u201d Nov.2 9 ,12:30pm. Brooklyn Heights Library, 280Cadman Plaza West. Free. For info,780-7789.READINGS AND SPIRITUALS: Friends ofSylvester Leaks presents dramatic readingsfrom Leaks%u2019 works and works by LangstonHughes and Paul Laurence Dunbar, and performance of spiritual and gospel music.Nov. 30, 4-7pm. Mahalia Jackson Junior HighSchool, 790 East New York Ave. $20. For info, 604-1700.BACA CELEBRATION: BACA/TheBrooklyn Arts Council holds party to openChristmas/Chanukah/Kwanza, wrap upBACA's 20th anniversary celebration andcelebrate opening of restaurant One Main.Dec. 1, 5:30-8pm. One Main, 1 Main St., nearFulton Ferry Landing. Pre-registration required. Tickets $25. For info, 783-3077.MUSEUM ART TALKS: Brooklyn Museumholds two December talks. In luncheon lecture series, Alastair Duncan, consultant toChristie%u2019s, gives talk on %u201cAmerican Art DecoFurniture.%u201d Dec. 4, 11am. $3, seniors $2,members free. Pre-registration required.Caroline Mortimer, of Museum's Dept, ofDecorative Arts speaks on %u201cArt Deco Traditions of the Twenties and Thirties.%u201d Dec. 6,3pm. Robert E. Blum Gallery, 1st floor. Free.200 Eastern Pkwy. For info, 638-5000.LIU ART TALK: Environmental sculptressMary Ann Unger gives slide show anddiscussion of her work in Long IslandUniversity%u2019s %u201cArtists Speak Art%u201d monthlyguest lecture series. Dec. 4, 4pm. Arts andHumanities Bldg., Flatbush Ave. Extensionand DeKalb Ave. Free. For info, 403-1051.BACA BENEFIT CABARET: BACADowntown holds \travaganza,\Movement Theatre, Donald Ashwander,David Caie and Alison Rooney, DanitraVance, and Pablo Vera as M.C. Dec. 5, 9am.111 Willoughby St. $25. For info, 596-2222.HEIGHTS CABARET: Heights Players present cabaret %u201cIt%u2019s High Time,\songs by Jules Styne. Dec. 6, 8pm. 26Willow PI. $5. For info, 2^-2752.WRITER CLUB: Brook%u00b0n Writers Clubholds monthly meeting fg writers in ailgenres. Dec. 11, 6:30-8pro Bay RidgeLibrary, Ridge Blvd. and rd St. Bring penand notebook. For info, ( 7-3484.TODAY CABARET: Hei its Players present cabaret %u201cWe Start T lay,%u201d with KerryWolf and Bob Marten. Dec. 13,8pm. 26Willow PI. $5. For info, 237-2752.AMERICAN BEAUTY: Brooklyn HeightsLibrary presents %u201cIn Pursuit of Beauty.Americans and the Aesthetic Movement,\talk by Marvin P. Schwartz of MetropolitanMuseum of Art, in conjunction withMuseum%u2019s exhibit of same title. Dec. 15,6:30pm. 280 Cadman Plaza West. Free. Forinfo, 780-7789.D a n c eWHY MODERN DANCE? Brooklyn College Division of Dance presents %u201cWhyDance. . . Modern?\dance teachers Patricia Grant, Denise DyerMacHolmes and Judith Samson. Dec. 1,12:30pm. 307 Roosevelt Hall Extension,Campus Rd. and Bedford Ave. Free. For info, 434-1900.NEXT ANIMAL WAVE Brooklyn Academyof Music Next Wave Festival continues with\Zane & Co. Dec. 3, 7pm and Dec. 4 ,8pm,$22, $18, $14, $10; Dec. 5 and 6, 8pm, $25,$20, $16, $12. Opera House.ST. A N N%u2019S SOLO: Arts at St. Ann%u2019s holdsSolo to Solo dance Festival, with collaborations between dancers and artists fromother media. Dec. 3-7,8pm. $8.MAXWELL%u2019S BALLROOM DANCE: PeterMaxwell%u2019s Ballroom Dance Theatre performstangos, waltzes, foxtrots, \\7, 2pm. Brooklyn Center for Performing Artsat Brooklyn College, Whitman Hall. $16, $12,$10, $8.NUTCRACKER AT BCBC: Brooklyn Centerfor Performing Arts at Brooklyn Collegepresents performances of %u201cThe Nutcracker%u201dby New York Theatre Ballet. Dec. 13 and 21,2pm. Whitman Hall, Campus Rd. and HillelPI. $3.50. For info, 434-2222.T h e a t e rBILLIE HOLIDAY THEATER: Production of%u201cBlues for a Gospel Queen,%u201d gospel musicalabout life of Mahalia Jackson, by DonEvans; music by John Lewis. Thru Nov. 30,Wed.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 3pm and 8pm; Sun.,4pm. 1368 Fulton St. Wed., $6; Thurs., $8;Fri.-Sun., $15; Sat., 3pm, $6 for seniors andchildren under 12. For info, 857-6363.HOLIDAYS IN RED: Sideshows by theSeashore present Dick D. Zigun%u2019s %u201cRed Letter Days.%u201d Thru Nov. 30, Fri., 8pm; Sat. andSun., 4pm and 8pm. Coney Island Boardwalkand W. 12th St. $6; Champagne gala Nov. 15,$25. For info, 372-5159.RIVER FIDDLER: The River Stagepresents Arnold Peri%u2019s %u201cTevye and HisDaughters,%u201d based on the stories of SholomAleichem. Shows Thurs.-Sun. Thru Dec. 14.Tickets $7 or TDF. 46 Old Fulton St. For info,852-7360.PUPPETS OF OZ: Puppetworks performschildren%u2019s marionette theatre production of%u201cThe Wizard of Oz,%u201d by Frank L. Baum. ThruDec. 7, Sun., 2pm. Old First Church, CarrollSt. and Seventh Ave. $3.75. For info,834-1828.OH-BESITY COMEDY: Science SkillsCenter holds performances of musical comedy \followed by disco, to benefit Center. Nov. 29,8:30pm. Paul Robeson Theatre, 40 GreeneAve. $20. For info, 789-7513.CORPORATE READING: Brooklyn Playworks holds staged reading %u201cCorp. Story,%u201dby Philip Heim. Dec. 1, 8pm. Brooklyn Playworks Performance Loft, 674 Fourth Ave.Free, reservations required. For info,499-2293.THEATER ON IC E %u201cThe Ice Co.\theatrical ice skating show in costume. Dec.5, 7:30pm. Wollman Rink, Prospect Park atOcean Ave. Free. Skating clinic after show is$2; seniors and kids under 14, $1. For info,965-6561.NEXT WAVE THEATER: BrooklynAcademy of Music presents theater work.\Brothers. Dec. 2, 7pm; Dec. 3-6,8pm; Dec. 7,2pm and 7pm. Carey Playhouse. $15-$25.NEW THEATRE COMEDY: Actor/comedian Murray Horowitz stars in one-manshow, %u201cAn Evening of Sholom Aleichem\The New Theatre of Brooklyn. Dec. 4-14,Thurs., 11am and 8pm; Fri. and Sat., 8pm;Sun., 3pm. 465 Dean St. $8 or TDF, $10 onSat. For info, 230-3366.NEW BROOKLYN PLAYS: Gallery Playersof Park Slope presents Playwright FocusTHEATER:Return O fThe Fiddler7nough this year marks the 70thanniversary o f the death o f thegreat Yiddish writer/humorist SholomAleichem, his work is alive and well inBrooklyn theaters. The River Stage ispresenting %u201cTevye and His Daughters.%u201d%u201cTevye%u201d is an adaptation by ArnoldPerl o f the classic stories of the milkman o f Anatevka, his wife Golda andhis seven daughters who defy traditionto marry out o f love, the same characters who insoired %u201c Fiddler on theR oof.%u201d Through December 14.Sholm Aleichem himself will cometo life at the New Theater of Brooklynin %u201c A n Evening of Sholom Aleichem.%u201dMurray Horwitz as Sholom Aleichem.This one-man show stars Murray Horwitz. who recreates the Yiddish writeras he appeared during his Americanlecture tours, evoking the bittersweethumor and warmth o f Aleichem%u2019sdeeply human vision. December 4-14.\\ m t r c r p .lrjLXJMM. C / . t r ' T J f T JV / i f JLJLtCTm .**T i n W7-*%3s* }r v u t k j u p c / u j a j j j i v; on what circles you^travel in, R ob ot Wilson andhilip Glass are other awesome^otitises o f new opera or passe newwave icons. Seeing their work,however, often transcends the trends,offering a more deqply personal experience. To enter their epic work %u201c theCIVIL warS: a tree is best measuredwhen it is down,%u201d is to circle andspiral through history through the portals o f Wilson%u2019s monumentaltheatricality and Glass%u2019 both captivating and liberating music. Theopera reconstructs the human ebb andflow by drawing on the AmericanCivil War and parallel events aroundthe world. The evening-length %u201c RomeSection%u201d will receive its Americanpremiere at the Brooklyn Academy o fMusic%u2019s Next Wave Festival.A scene from %u201cthe CIVIL warS: a tree is best measured when It Is down.\Four, annual series of new plays and theaterpieces by Brooklyn playwrights. Dec. 5,6,13,8pm; Dec. 7 and 14,3pm. Berkeley Carroll Street School, 181 Lincoln PI. $5 or TDF,students and seniors. For info, 638-5725.KAFKA%u2019S JOSEPHINE: Bread at PuppetTheater performs \parable by Franz Kafka. Dec. 10-13,17-20,8pm; Dec. 13 and 20, 2pm; Dec. 14 and 21,4pm. $8.COLLEGE GIRLS: Brooklyn CollegeDepartment of Theater presents productionof %u201cTop Girls%u201d by Caryl Churchill. Dec. 11-21,Thurs. and Fri., 8pm, Sat., 2pm, $4; Sat., 8pmand Sun., 2pm, $5. Gershwin Theater. For info, 434-1900.BACA DOWNTOWN: Fifth Annual Performers Showcase Forum opens with experimental theater and performance worksby selected artists and ensembles. Dec. 12,13,19 and 2 0 ,8pm. $6 or TDF.HISTORIC MADAME: Brooklyn Society forEthical Culture presents %u201cThe Salon ofMadame DeStael,%u201d one woman show anddiscussion about historic personality. Dec.17, 7:30pm. 53 Prospect Park West. $4, includes refreshment. For info, 638-7572.M u s i cTORADZE COMMANDING: Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra opens its 1986-87 Command Performances Series with concert ofThompson, Liszt and Dvorak, with pianistAlexander Toradze. Nov. 28 and 2 9 ,8pm;Nov. 3 0 ,2pm. Brooklyn Academy of MusicOpera House, 30 Lafayette Ave. $7. For info,636-4120.FIGARO THE BARBER: Regina OperaTheatre opens its 16th season with production of Rossini%u2019s %u201cBarber of Seville.%u201d Nov. 29and Dec. 6 ,8pm, Nov. 30 and Dec. 7 ,4pm.Regina Hall, 65th St. and Twelfth Ave. $7,seniors $6, children free. For info, 232-3555.m n _____ ___ u n n u k in w w a w i u u i^ v in u v iuchamber music concerts Thurs., at 7:30pm;Sun., 4pm. Nov. 27 and 30, works by Mozartand Brahms. Dec. 4 and 7, works byBeethoven and Tchaikovsky. Dec. 11 and 14,works by Beethoven and Schubert. Dec. 21and 24, Brandenberg Concertos Nos. 1,2and 4. Dec. 8 and 31, Brandenberg Concertos Nos. 6 ,5 and 3. Fulton Ferry Landing,under Brooklyn Bridge. $12 or TDF, $10students and seniors. Dec. 28 and 31.Special benefit Dec. 28, 4pm and 7:30pmand Dec. 31, 7:30pm, reservation required.Dec. 28, $25; Dec. 31, $100. For info,624-4061.BROOKLYN LOVE SONGS: Matthew Parisand Lennart Vretholm perform %u201cAn Eveningof Brooklyn Love Songs.%u201d Nov. 2 9 ,8pm.YWCA, 30 Third Ave. Free. For info,258-5367.PIANO RECITAL: Brooklyn Conservatoryof Music presents piano recital by EileenHutchins, works by Beethoven, Schumann,Debussy. Nov. 2 9 ,8pm. 58 Seventh Ave.Free. For info, 622-3300.MUSEUM CONCERTS: BACA SundayConcert Series at Brooklyn Museum conPT A C FWhere to FindBROOKLYN CENTER FOR THE PER- 1FORMING ARTS AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE: Gershwin Theater, Campus Rd. and SHillel PI. Open Tues.-Fri., 12-8pm; Sat., f t10am-6pm. For Info, 434-1900. nBROOKLYN CHILDREN%u2019S MUSEUM:Open Mon., Wed., Fri., 2-5pm; Thurs.,2-8pm; Sat., Sun., holidays, 10am-5pm;closed Tues. 145 Brooklyn Ave. Suggestedcontribution: $2 adults, $1 children. For info 735-4400.BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Open Mon.,Wed.-Fri., 10am-5pm; Sat., 11am-6pm; Sun.,1-6pm; holidays, 1-5pm; closed Tues. 200Eastern Parkway. Suggested donation: $3for adults, children free. For info, 638-5000.If you %u2019ve got an event happening in Jamcan include it in the January Preview Setappearing January 1, 1987. Deadline for22. No calls please.Page 18, THE PHOENIX, November 27,1986