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kGet GreenGoods ForGreen MoneyIf you can%u2019t bring Brooklyn to the country as they say, you may as well bring the countryto Brooklyn, and that%u2019s the direction in which the organizers of Greenmarkets are going.%u201c Greenmarket is New York City%u2019s opportunity to taste the country,%u201d says Barry Benepe,director of the Greenmarkets program. %u201c You will find home-made bread, cheese andjellies, farm-grown and milled flour, fresh eggs and honey, smoked pork and, as the seasonprogresses, every variety of fruit and vegetable grown within 150 miles of New York City %u2014and you will be buying them from the people that grow them.%u201dTwo local greenmarkets will be breaking out their stands this summer with home-bredand additive-free fruits; on Wednesdays and Thursdays area shoppers will be treated to anopen air and delightful alternative to supermarkets and ordinary vegetable stands. Onemarket at Flatbush and Atlantic Aves. has already opened, and the other on Columbia St.near West 9th in Red Hook will start up on July 19.The Flatbush and Atlantic Ave. Greenmarket is open Wednesdays through November 21. TheRed Hook market, located on Columbia St. near West 9th St., will open on July 19 and sell onThursdays through November 15. Greenmarkets are open from 8 am to 6 pm. although individualvendors pack up and leave when they sell out.Prince Gives UpRags For RichesTalk about identity crises! Just imaginewhat would happen if a prince and a pauperlooking exactly alike were born in medievalLondon. Better yet, go see the Penny BridgePlayers performance of %u201c Pudding Lane,%u201d abrand new musical by Lewis Hardee basedon Mark Twain%u2019s famous story, %u201c The Princeand the Pauper.%u201d Find out what happens whenthe two boys meet, trade clothes, and end uptrading lifestyles as well. The musical isprimarily geared toward children but shouldbe enjoyable for people of all ages, it evencontains some not so subtle socialcommentary by way of the contrast betweenprincely and pauperly life.\version of Mark Twain's \Pauper%u201d is being performed by the PennyBridge Players. July 16-20 and 23-27. Call 596-2677 for exact time and reservations. Ticketsare $2 for adults and kids, lower prices forgroups.Library GivesKids PartyBeyond its basic crammed children%u2019sschedule for this summer %u2014 one that includeskids%u2019 films, tots%u2019 groups, Childs%u2019 crafts andyoungsters' seminars %u2014 the Brooklyn PublicLibrary has planned for this weekend a galasalute to the International Year of the Child.The four-hour festival in Prospect Park willbring families to languish in the sun on widegreen lawns and under cool trees to aphalanx of events, entertainments andgames.All the bases are covered: the chic and fitcan join in with a family Jog-A-Thon, and thechic and trim can dance the afternoon away.There are singalongs for the leisurely, magicshows for the mystics and storytellings andpuppet shows to titillate the imaginative. Theday is designed to cater to all.The Family Festival in Prospect Park will beheld on Saturday. July 14 from 1-5 pm in thePark%u2019s Long Meadow, near the 3rd Streetentrance. Everyone %u2022? invited and admission isfree; in case of rain, the fair will be postponedto July 21.Brooklyn GetsOwn GrenhoundIf you have to get to Boston or WashingtonD.C. and maybe you just happen to enjoy abus ride more than a hop on the shuttle youcan now pick up a Greyhound bus on thecorner of Livingston and Bond Streets indowntown Brooklyn.Bus riders ispeculatethat they might besaving time without having to go toManhattan%u2019s Port Authority Terminal orwithout having to beat the traffic getting tothe airport.One thing is for sure %u2014 bus riders will savemoney. Roundtrips by plane to Washingtonor Boston will cost three times as much,while the fares for buses are the same as theones leaving from Manhattan.Greyhound buses leaving Livingston and BondStreet at 8:40 am for Washington D.C. Roundtripticket $34,35; for Boston at 5:05 pm. roundtripticket $26.25. 594-2000.WM g,July 12.1979, The PHOENIX. Page 15