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Looking for a fairy godm other? She'll be at BAM this Sunday, presiding over the Penny Bridge Players' musical production of Cinderella, where happily-ever-after will be the message of the day. Greedy stepsisters (th eir nam es are Drue i I la and P uroline. by the way) and the vaunted nasty stepm other will fail once again to keep Cinderella and her prince apart, and a com ic character, Lord Muck-a-Muck. has been added to the story for this light-hearted m usic-and-dance-filledproduction sponsored by the Friends of BAMas a part of the Not For C hildren O nly series.The feast of children's entertainm entthis holiday season will also include aPlay It Again, BAMco m ic alternative: the sam e day, Theatrew orks will present %u201c Crooks, Quacks andC lo w n s,%u201d tw o short plays for the kids and o ld %u00adsters alike, at the New York C ity C om m unityC ollege, w hich should round out your th e a trical diet for tradition and trial.%u201c Cinderella%u201d will be played by the PennyBridge Players at BAM. 30 Lafayette Ave., onDec. 8 at 2 pm, tickets $4 each. Call 636-4100for more details.%u201c Crooks, Quacks and Clowns%u201d will be performed by Theatreworks in the Klitgord Auditorium of the NYC Community College, 285Jay Street, admission free, on Dec. 8 at 2 pm.StarsAndHeightsThe stars, say the poets,are som ething to singabout and, overall, the scien tists feel pretty goodabout them , too. W hatm akes sense? A m eldingof the m ethodic and them uses in a celebration forthe stars, at the fuzzy borders of the cityglow wherethe heavens and celestials are in only partiallyobscured view. The N ational Park Service andA m ateu r Astronom ers A ssociation will be holdingsuch an event this Saturday, w ith slides, talks andtelescope dem onstrations,to spread the good wordabout w h a t%u2019s above us all.Star Party will be heldat Floyd Bennett Field,Dec. 8 from 7:30-10pm,admission free. For moreinformation on the event,call 630-0120.TellTalesAh, to tell a tale to bring a w h isper tothe throat and a quaver to the eye. Tospellbind and draw, and enchant w ith aflair of grandiloquent splendor. To talktall and speak easy in a round ofrarration.W here else but the Brooklyn PublicLibrary, hom e already to tales by thetom es? This Saturday, the w inners ofthe New York City Board of EducationSecond Annual Storytelling C on test willbe com ing down to the library to spinspecial stories for assem bled childrenand their parents, with professionalstory tellers from the Library's staff onhand in addition to bring further m agicksto the aural world, with yarns both inEnglish and Spanish. And, of course,not to forget the tidings of the season,each parent there will be given a freeguide to recom m ended gift books forchildren ranging in age fromkindergarten up through grade six.Library staff and prize winningstorytellers will be at the BrooklynHeights Branch of the Brooklyn PublicLibrary, 280 Cadman Plaza West atClinton St., on Dec. 8 from 1-3 pm.Admission is free: for more informationcall 636-3289.V.All That JazzW hat with a riff, scat and rattle of drums, jazz player Lionel H am pton w ill light off into an afternoon perform ance of the same in the C om m unity Crossroads C enter of the Lafayette Ave. Presbyterian Church this weekend, for the third and final s h o w of a m o n th -lo n g G olden Harvest Jazz Series at the Church. W orking in as the grand finale of the line-up, Ham pton will be taking along a bulky but polished elevenm usician com bo to fill, furl and finalize the program , as a back-up team and band.Lionel Hampton will perform atthe Lafayette Avenue PresbyterianChurch, 85 South Oxford Street, onDec. 9 at 3 pm. Tickets for thespecial performance go for SI5each; for more information callc o r .7 i; ii ;Flute AfootLook at it from a sim ple vantage ofeconom ics: the tickets to Carnegie Hallwould run you up around $7.50, but entrance to the Grace United M ethodist Church is only th re e d o lla rs a head. And, e x c e p tin g a sm idge of atm osphere and perhaps a fancy dinner out, you'll be getting the same perform er for quite a difference in funds.Flutist Tyra Gilb w ill be com ing into Park Slope this weekend blowing her flute, playing w ith a c o m b o of piano, harp and vio la in pieces by Hummel. Martin, Debussy, Gluck, Kent and Gaubert for one final perform ance before she hits Carnegie Hall two days later. It%u2019s c e rtain ly one of the best values: catch herwhile she's still rising, and you can say you saw her w h e n .|Tyra Gilb will perform at the Grace UnitedMethodist Church, Seventh Ave. and St.Johns Place, on Dec. 9 at 4 pm. Tickets areS3 (SI .50 for students and seniors}, for moreinformation call 757-8344.HolidayHappeningsS to cking-stuffers and chazzeraiw ill be out and about at the Christmas Bazaar of the Park Slope SeniorC itize n %u2019s Center, co m p lete withhandm ade goods, raffles and refreshm ents all day Dec. 7 and 8 at7th Ave. and 7th St., call 499-9814for more inform ation.M a sca g n i%u2019s comic opera,%u201c L%u2019A m ico Fritz%u201d , will be perform edby the Brooklyn O pera Society inthe halls and walks of Pratt Institu te on Dec. 8 at 8pm . Tickets tothe show , at the Pratt M em orialHall (W illoughby and Hall Sts.) runfrom $4 to $15; call 789-6759, 925-4848 for m ore info.The Annual Christmas Fair at theSt. C harles Borromeo school willdrag out the traditional dickens onDec. 9, 10am onward, w ith gifts,buffet and a raffle at 23 SidneyPlace.To spark seasonal cheer, Dec. 12w ill spot tw o Christmas tree lightings, one of the traditional BrooklynH eig h ts tree at 5:30pm at the footof M ontague St. on the Prom enade(carols by the Grace Choral Society)call UL8-9193; the other w ill be atthe Grand Army Plaza Library,sponsored by the ParksDepartm ent at 5pm.On the other side of the coin, aChanukah Songfest w ith Dreidelgam es and a ch ildren%u2019s grab-bagw ill grace the C ongregation BethElohim %u2019s services on Dec. 13 at8:15pm , 8th Ave. and G arfield PlacePage 28, The PHOENIX, December 6,1979