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Anyone who loves modern dance wouldn%u2019t want to miss Dan Wagoner and Dancers opening on November 8 at The Brooklyn Academy of Music.After tours throughout the United States and Europe they are back in New York City with two new works: %u201c A Play with Images and Walls,%u201d set to poems by George Montgomery and music by Natalie Gilbert and %u2018%u2018Seven Tears%u201d with music by John Dowland.Dan Wagoner and his ten dancers consistently entertain their audiences with their energetic dance forms that use the stage space with interesting and beautiful structures.Dan Wagoner and Dancers opening Nov. 8 at 7pm, Nov. 9and 10 at 8pm, Nov. 11 at 2pm at The Brooklyn Academy ofMusic, 30 Lafayette Ave. 636-4100 for tickets and information.%u25a0 i I # | | _ u assic w a i KThe American Renaissance exhibit is stirring people who are interested in artforms and architecture of that period to visit examples in our Borough.The Classical America Society is a national organization devoted to %u2018%u2018Encouraging the Classical Tradition in American Art%u201d and in cooperation with The Brooklyn Museum they are sponsoring walking tours of Eastern Parkway and Grand Army Plaza where some less well known but beautiful examples are available. They will be pointing out the original architecture plans for The Brooklyn Museum, then called the institute of Arts and Sciences by McKim, Mead and White, the fashionable 19th century firm or the Soldiers and Sailors Monument to the Civil War at Grand Army Plaza by John Duncan also of McKim, Mead and White and sculptures by Frederick MacMonnies and much more. Don%u2019t miss it.Walking tour by the Classical AmericaSociety; meet at noon at the front entrance of TheBrooklyn Museum, Saturdays. Nov. 3 and 10. at 200Eastern Parkway.Circus TrainYou don%u2019t have to be Dr. Doolittle to have animals talk to you at %u2018%u2018Circus Maxi-Us%u201d a new production by the Alonzo Players. These are very sensitive animal actors and they will not begin their show until they have silence and attention in the theatre. They are not pleased with the way some children disrespect their parents, are cruel to animals and don%u2019t listen to their teachers. The animals use different examples of the way people can behave with one another, one animal may be spotted, one striped, one black and one brown, yet they all work together in harmony at the circus and once they have gotten their message across they perform a variety show for the kids.The Alonzo Players are presenting a free sneak preview of %u201c Circus Maxi-Us%u201d on November 7, 7:30pm at 33 Flatbush Ave. (between Livingston and Fulton), 3rd floor, the circus will run until Nov. 18 and kids should not miss this delightful combination of guidance and entertainment.%u2018%u2018Circus Maxi-Us%u201d - by the Alonzo Players, 33Flatbush Ave., 3rd fl. (between Livingston andFulto), Nov. 8 thru 11, 15 thru 18. Thurs, Fri at7:30pm, Sat & Sun at 3:30pm. Free sneak previewon Nov. 7, 7:30pm. Kids, $2, adults, $3. Group ratesavailable. Call 522-3636.Porno StarHere%u2019s a new angle on the theatrical poor-girlmarries-rich-and-makes-good theme. Appearing this weekend and next in Park Slope will be the tale of Mary Baldwin, a typical woman from the flats of the Midwest, who finds herself one day married not to an heir to the throne or millionaire in hiding, but rather to America%u2019s most prominent porno star.From there, it%u2019s only a few steps to a harried home life besieged by fame-hungry reporters, am bitious actresses and other odd types, and the harrangues and hardships that hover over Baldwin make for an amusing tale. Written by Park Slope resident Barbara Perkins Andrews, the world premiere of this play, %u201c A Sleigh Ride In July,%u201d is being performed by the resident Gallery Players under the direction of Bud Andrews.%u201c A Sleigh Ride In July,%u201d will be performed bythe Gallery Players at the Old First ReformedChurch in Park Slope, 126 Seventh Ave., on Nov.2, 3, 9, 20 at 8pm. Nov. 4 & 11 at 3pm. Admission is$3 ($2 for students ana seniors), rur imumidtiun uireservations, call 499-8239.November 1,1979, The PHOENIX, Page 13Don%u2019t Miss These...Join the %u201c early birds%u201d as they stroll through Prospect Park trying to calculate the route of the autumn migrants early in the morning on Saturday, November 3. A group, equipped with binoculars, bird books and a sense of alertness, will leave the Grand Army Plaza entrance to the Park at 8:30. %u201c Birds and Beasties of ProspectPark%u201d costs $1.00, 50$ for children. For information, contact the Prospect Park Environmental Center at 622-7686.Vote first on election day and then visit The Brooklyn Botanic Garden for their %u201c Election Day Plant Sale.%u201d that includes African violets, begonias, ivies, and the like at very low prices. Also on sale will be Plant Watchers, or green houses for the city dwellers. The sale will be held in the Administration Building of The Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000 Washington Avenue, and will go from 9am%u2014 4:30pm. A 2-day Veterans Day sale of Succulents and Cacti will also be held at The Brooklyn Botanic Garden on Sat and Sun, Nov. 10 and 11,10am%u2014 4:30pm.For those of you who want to see a play on Fri, Nov. 2 or on Sat, Nov. 3 treat yourselves to an entertaining evening with %u201c The House of Bernardo Alba,%u201d bySpanish playwright and poet Frederico Garcia Lorca. It is being presented by the Packer Collegiate !nstlt,|tp at 170 Joralemon St. Admission is $3.00 at the door. For further information, call 875- 6644.Did you ever wonder what made your grandmother%u2019s sachet give off those pleasant fragrances? TheBrooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000Washington Avenue, will be offering a %u201c Potpourri Workshop,%u201d on Wednesday, November 7 from 6:30%u2014 8:00 p.m. that will teach you to mix and match stems, leaves and flowers for sachets. Fee for the course is $6.00 for Botanic Garden Members and $8,00 for non-members. For further information, call, 622-4433.The increasing interest in the heritage of different cultures that make up America has prompted AnheuserBusch Inc., to commission an exhibition of paintings and portraits of six of Africa%u2019s greatest leaders created by some of America%u2019s most accomplished artists. The exhibit, %u201c Great Kings ofAfrica,%u201d which will run through Nov. 6, may be seen at the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Center for Art and Culture at 1368 Fuiton Street from 9am%u2014 5pm.Photographs that depict the ethnic diversity and architectural significance of Central Brooklyn will be on display at the Medgar Evers College Library until Nov. 5. Not only will the exhibit be about Brooklyn, but the photographs were taken by people who reside in Brooklyn%u2019s neighborhoods. Prints will be in color and some shots of West Indian Day Parade are included. The Library at 402 tastern HarKway, wiii be open Mon%u2014 Thurs, 8:30am%u2014 8pm, Fri, 8:30am %u2014 5pm, and Sat, 11am%u2014 4pm.