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PKSSsPfIXAnother Good Reason To Join The MuseumAs if all the benefits of membership at theBrooklyn Museum weren%u2019t enough %u2014 thingsl i l r a f r o o o ^ m i p o i n n i m r i t n t i r t n p p n n n i n !lift W V OSMOAOMJfeSASS**} U i * WW U f / w m ipreviews of exhibitions and film and lectureseries, discounts to art and film magazines,and a monthly newsletter %u2014 the BrooklynMuseum is offering something more that issure to be a holiday hit.It%u2019s the annual members-only sale in theMuseum Shops: A single day, Monday Dec.15, when members will receive a whopping25 percent discount on all goods at thefascinating stores, an extra 10 percent morethan the normal 15 percent members discount. And the prices and selection make itworth the price of the membership.The Children%u2019s shop has a wide selectionof masks, books, kites, t-shirts, calligraphyand painting kits, musical instruments, andother educational toys in a wide range ofprices.This year, in addition to its regular selection of merchandise, which includesjewelry, posters, art objects, stationery,and a wide supply of other gift items, theMagic Marxer And Fink OpenPacker Collegiate Institute%u2019s Family Concert folk music series opens Dec. 20 with a2pm performance by Cathy Fink and MaryMarxer. Their family sing-along will featuretraditional tunes, storytelling, songs fromFink%u2019s award-winning children%u2019s record andMarxer%u2019s newly-released album. The duoplays guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin and avariety of home-made instruments.The series continues Jan. 25 with folksinger Tom Chapin, whose credits includethe %u201cCabbage Patch Dreams%u201d album. OnMuseum is also featuring one-of-a-kinditems for sale in conjunction with its %u201cTheM o n V l in n A r t r \\ T n A m n w i/t n ^ JLAA XUU^l 1WU tmUUiViA glass shaker has traditional cocktailrecipes printed around the sides, includingthe martini, daquiri, Manhattan andwhiskey sour. The shaker and four matching tumblings are from the 40%u2019s, and are$85.Two charm bracelets made of the plasticsubstance marketed as Bakelite in the1930%u2019s, one with green cubes, one withburgundy leaves, are $70. These and otherunique items, including a 1930%u2019s Emersontable radio in working condition, will alsobe marked down 25 percent for membersonly December 15, from 4-8pm.Individual memberships are $35 and family or dual memberships are $50. Either callthe membership office at the museum at638-5000 and pay with a credit card, or payby check or credit card before visiting theshops on December 15 and you qualify totake advantage of the sale. %u2014 E.F.Folk Series At Packer InstituteFeb. 8, 2pm, Kevin Roth, virtuoso mountaindulcimer player, presents songs for childrenfrom his 11 albums, including his latest hit,%u201cUnbearable Bears.%u201d Ken Whiteley, dubbed%u201cthe Godfather of Canadian children%u2019smusic,%u201d will be joined by Chris Whiteleyand the Junior Jug Band March 15, 2pm.Tickets for Family Concert shows are $8 each, and are available at Cousin Arthur%u2019sBooks, 82 Montague St. Packer is at 160Joralemon Street.Art TakesHISTORICAL MADAME: Playwrightactress Verna Safran will present a stagedreading of her one-woman show, %u201cThe Salonof Madame DeStael,%u201d Dec. 17, at 7:30pm. Awriter, political thinker and salon matron inNapoleonic France, DeStael was %u201ca rolemodel for courageous women,%u201d saysSafran. The event is at the Brooklyn Societyfor Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West.Admission is $4, including refreshments anda discussion following the show. For reservations, call 638-7572.MANHATTAN CONCERT: The BrooklynHeights Orchestra will perform its AnnualChristmas Concert not in Brooklyn thisyear, but in Manhattan on December 16, at2pm, at the Trinity School Auditorium, 101W. 91st St. The program includes Schubert%u2019soverture %u201cIn the Italian Style,%u201d Beethoven%u2019sSymphony No. 2 and the Tchaikovsky Concerto for Violin and Orchestra. A specialbus will leave from St. Ann%u2019s Church, atClinton and Montague Streets, at 6:45pm,and return after the concert. Concert admission is free; the bus trip is $5. For reservations, call 875-7520.PHOTOS PRAISING CHILDREN: TheFirst Print Gallery will present %u201cIn Praiseof Children,%u201d an exhibit of 65 photographsby acclaimed photographer Roy DeCarava,Dec. 14-18. The photos were taken over aperiod of 35 years in New York City. TheGallery, at 81 Halsey Street, in BedfordStuyvesant, is open daily from 12noon-5pm.For more information, call 638-0347.BLUEGRASS COFFEE HOUSE: Undercroft Coffee House in Brooklyn Heightspresents a bluegrass concert by The Sykeson Dec. 19, at 8pm, at Assumption Church,61 Cranberry St. The Sykes are a five-pieceband playing traditional country andbluegrass music. Tickets are $4, seniors $3,children $2. For information, call 834-0176.LION TRY-OUTS: The Heights Playerswill be holding auditions for their production of %u201cAndrocles and the Lion,%u201d on Dec. 15and 16, 7:30pm. %u201cAndrocles%u201d will bedirected by Drew Fitzpatrick. Auditions areopen to adults only, and are at 26 WillowPlace. For information, call 237-2752.OUTBACK DANCE: Spoke the Hub Dancing presents %u201cThe Outback Series Number8%u201d on Dec. 12 and 13, at 8pm. The seriesfeatures new dance/performance works byDavid Finkelstein, Karen Heifetz, BetsyHoward, Carol Mezzacappa, CharlesRagland and Louise Sunshine. Shows are atthe Gowanus Arts Exchange, 295 DouglassSt. Admission is $6 or TDF voucher. Forreservations, call 596-5250.BACA PERFORMERS: The fifth annualBACA Performers Showcase Forum continues at BACA Downtown with performances Dec. 19 and 20, at 8pm. Each night,a group of nine artists and ensembles willpresent new movement, music, theater andperformance works in a vaudeville format,competing for a spot in BACA%u2019s %u201cNew Territory Series%u201d in May, 1987. BACADowntown is at 111 Willoughby Street.Tickets are $6 or TDF voucher. For information, call 596-2222.Christ Church and Holy Family326 Clinton Street(at Kane Street)Brooklyn, N.Y. 11231DECEMBER 14 at 4:00 PM%u201c The Wahnfried Cham ber O rchestra%u201d of Philadelphia%u2019s Curtis Institute of MusicDirector: Ford LallerstedtM usic by:Haydn %u2022 Mozart %u2022 Tchaikovsky %u2022 WagnerDonation $10 %u2022 Students/Sr. Cit. $5Information: 624-0083Coming UpSpecial InThe PhoenixIn TheW eeks AheadN ew s of H o lid a y M usicand R eligious Services:C om in g every w eek inD ecem ber, The Phoenixw ill give the D ow ntow nB row n stone A re a %u2019s m ostc o m p le te list of holidayevents and activities.L /u ii t i m iSo a n a S iiT y icissue!For AdvertisingInform ation, Call643-1400Hiiggy Bean and the Origin ofof the Magical Rente Cloth(A Musical)V t __ALONZO PLAYERS THEATER317 CLERMONT AVENUEBROOKLYN, N.Y. - 2nd FI.(Comer of Lafayette A Clermont)D E C E M B E R 14, 20. 21, 27 & 28, 1986At 4:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.mFor Ticket Information & Reservations. Please Call (212) 302-7210PRICE: $8 Adults$6 Children tinder 12U C U k . u c u c u c u c u c u c u c u c u c u c u c l i cNew York T heatre B allet in a sso cia tio n w ith Theatrew orks/U SA presen tThe %u2018NutcrackerSat. Dec. 13 at 2 pm Sun. Dec. 21 at 2 pmA holiday favorite comesto BCBC's Family Time.See this delightful onehour narrated version ofthe magical Nutcracker'sjourney to the Land ofthe Sugar Plum Fairg.Production based on19th century lithographs.Tickets: $3.50Call(718) 434-BCBCThis young company is excellent.\DaiiccMagaxincYou'll see me atB rook ly n Center fo r the P erform in g Arts at B rook ly n C ollege|ilU k U < i b W C U W U t I U I U C u v U v U O i Ccontemporary gemsAmy Roper Cathleen Bunt Philip Crooks Dudley Giberson Gabriel Ofiesh Louise Perkinson Gerald Stopper Roz Balkin Karen Topol Pat GarretMary Beth RozkewiczSterling silver and aluminumearrings by M B Rozkewiczl e w e l r y e x h i b i t i o n November 29 - January 12THE C LA Y POTPAPK SLOPE %u2022 BROOKLYN162 7th AVI [718] 788-6564Decem ber 11, 1986, TH E P H O E N IX , Page 27