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Help On WheelsIf you need a helping hand, call Handivan.Handivan is a new program designed toteach New Yorkers the basics of carpentry,plumbing, masonry and other building skills.Handivan is equipped with a group of university-guided experts, financed by Citibank,and it is expected to help thousands oftenants and homeowners in efforts to helppreserve and revitalize neighborhoods.Janet Brown, coordinator of the project forCornell, said that the Handivan will traveldaily to a selected site and meet withcommunity groups. The Handivan will not bet ' ' %u25a0 niiimiiiiiiiia fix-it service, but a traveling school which =will make people masters of their homes and lmake them save money. \\The program's curriculum will include ;classroom instruction, on-site presentations, ]blackboard sessions and work demonstra- =tions. Participants will be encouraged to \\teach their new skills to neighbors.%u201c Handivan\the Cornell/Citibank traveling school of home maintenance and repair is staffed by three professionals in light construction. For an appointment call 559-3896 or 587-97704.iijiiiiimiiniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimimiiiiiiimiiiiiiiniiiifiiiiiiiiiimimimiiiMiiiiHwiiiifLocal ShowingsIf you can't bring the museum to the neighborhood, then bring the neighborhood to themuseum, like Clinton Hill has done with anexhibit of art by artists from its area. EighteenClinton Hill creators nave set tneir w o t k s ondisplay at the Community Gallery ot theBrooklyn Museum, filling not only theavailable space there but also several usuallybarren nooks and corners surrounding theGallery.The show, made up of sculptures,paintings and photographs, was originallycompiled with the aid of the Brooklyn Educational and Cultural Alliance, and then chosento head off this season at the Museum. %u201c Itlooks wonderful,%u201d gushed one staff member- ~ I ~ A _ %u201e X ^ii o ju o i iu io cm v c iy m o cart %u2014it really looks good.%u201dArt by Clinton Hill Artists will be on display at theCommunity Gallery of the Brooklyn Museum through October 21. The Museum is located at 188 Eastern Parkway; for more information, call 638-5000.page ZB. ine rriutriiX, September ku, 1575Boro Churches In PhotographsAssuming that a picture is still worth athousand words even though the dollar is|down in Germany, then there%u2019s a fortune intheological foolscap showing at St. Joseph%u2019sCollege. %u201c Brooklyn: City of Synagoguesand Churches%u2019 is a huge exhibit of the stylesand spires of the borough's houses of worship, shown in myriad picture panels and aten-minute slide show.Funded by a grant from St. Joseph%u2019s and amatching fund fromthe New York StateCouncil on the Arts, the show and its accompanying historical materials were created byOscar Israelowitz, who worked on itsconstruction for more than a year. Followingits stay at St. Joseph%u2019s, the exhibits willmake off for shows at the Brooklyn PublicLibrary, the Long Island Historical Societyand finally the Whitney Museum in Manhattan.Brooklyn: City of Synagogues andChurches\College. 245 Clinton AVe., weekdays from 1-5 pm through OctGber 19. For more information on the exhibit, call MA2-4696.Take A Talk In DowntownThe rebirth of neighborhoods in cities allover the country is being accompanied bythe renaissance of Downtowns, whether inMinneapolis, or Philadelphia, or...Brooklyn.Brooklyn%u2019s Downtown, and what's plannedfor it, is the topic of a public meetingsponsored by the League of Women Voters,on Wednesday, September 26 at St. John%u2019sChurch in Park Slope. Hardy Adasko, SeniorProject Director for the Mayor%u2019s Office ofEconomic Development, will be the speakerand questions and discussion will be a majorpart of the meeting. How can downtownserve Brooklyn best? In this first meeting in aseries of League sponsored meetings aboutBrooklyn issues, participation by its citizens,the League believes, will make the Borough abetter place to live.%u201c What's Happening in Downtown Brooklyn?\Sponsored by the League of Women Voters.Brooklyn Evening Branch. Wed., Sept. 26, 8pm St. John%u2019s Episcopal Church, 139 St.Johns Place at 7th Ave. For info, call 338-3267Taxing Talks in Boerum HillQuite a few homeowners are worried abouttaxes and it seems they are getting moreworried since a 1975 court decision requiringassessment at 100 percent of full marketvalue. The State legislators have beengrappling with the issue for a while andhave not yet decided what to do about somany homes that are under assessed. And sothe Boerum Hill Association at its nextmeeting will bring out the experts on thefacts. Roland Del Fausse, Vice President ofthe Economic Development Council ofN.Y.C., Larry Farbstein, staff director of theTemporary State Commission on Propertyi a x and Frank rviaririo oi Li it; Ciiywiue Homeowners Coalition will speak on what is nowbeing proposed in Albany, and some of thehistory on assessment practices.Boerum Hilt Association meeting on Tax ft Assessment. Sept. 25 at 7:30 pm at the Bethlehem Lutheran Church (Pacific & 3rd AVe.)