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1 SECTION 2|Fence Art Show SetAt the Botanic GardenBrooklyn Botanic Garden%u2019s Seventh Annual Fence Art Show and Sale is coming Sunday, June 8 and will feature over 100 artists%u2014twice as many as last year%u2014presenting artworks on a botanical or environmental theme. Artists hang their work on the Garden%u2019s fence beginning in the Osborne Section and continuing along the Overlook between 10am and 5pm.Artworks will cover a wide range of media. Watercolors, oils, gouaches, pastels, pen-and-ink drawings, and photography, both color and black and white, are among those represented, says Betsy Kissam of the garden, who points out that the exhibit is being held in conjunction with the June 8th borough-wide Welcome Back to Brooklyn festivities which will stretch from Grand Army Plaza along Eastern Parkway to Washington Avenue.Visitors to Brooklyn Botanic Garden are invited to stroll along Celebrity Walk, where Brooklyn%u2019s famous sons and daughters are honored with bronze plaques. Celebrity Walk, leading to the Alfred T. White Memorial area, overlooks the pond in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden. A 20-minute documentary, %u201cThe Cinderella Story,%u201d will be shown in the Garden%u2019s Auditorium at 1, 2 and again at 3pm. The film was produced by Brooklyn Union Gas Company and narrated by actor Eli Wallach. *Brooklyn Botanic Garden, located at 1000 Washington Avenue, is open from 8am to 6pm, Tuesday through Friday, and from 10am to 6pm, weekends and holidays. For more information, call 6224433.Outback Dance SeriesSpoke the Hub Dancing will hold its %u201cOutback Series #6%u201d on June 6 and 7 at the Gowanus Arts Exchange, which sponsors the monthly event. New dance works will be performed by Joanna Brotman, Kurt Koegel, Britta Lieberknecht, Elise Long, and Barbara Mahler.Brotman will perform her %u201cAcross the River,%u201d accompanied by music on the Mandika Kora, or harplute, and set design and costumes by E. Anna Garwood. Lieberknecht and Cole will present a duet, %u201cWill Time Be On Cow.%u201d The piece is a blend of dance, voice, theater and contact improvisation.Elise Long, leader of Spoke the Hub Dancing, will present excerpts of a new work in progress entitled %u201cThe Grand Army Maneuvers,%u201d a peaceful dancing demonstration for 25 men, women and children in honor of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The work will be premiered in its entirety on July 5 near Grand Army Plaza. Barbara Mahler, with Stacey Temple, will perform solos from %u201cStudies in Time,%u201d to original music bv Ted Allen.%u201cThe Outback Series #6%u201d will start at 8pm at the Exchange, 295 Douglass Street. Admission is |6 or TDF voucher. For filrther information, call 596-5250.Benefit for the LibraryThe Friends and Associates of the Brooklyn Heights Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library are sponsoring a benefit theater party as its second fund-raising event of the year. The play is %u201cThe Four Poster%u201d by Jan de Hartog, at the River Stage, 46 Cadman Plaza West.Benefit patrons have their choice of Thursday, June 12, at 8pm and Sunday,June 15 at 3pm. A social period with wine, cheese, and soft drinks will follow each performance. Tickets are priced at $7 and can be reserved by calling 625-5254, evenings.Proceeds from the benefit will go toward refurbishing the Children%u2019s Room. A brunch last fall, sponsored by the Friends and Associates, raised enough money to purchase a much needed new movie projector for the library.Open Western ExhibitThe %u201cThird Western States Exhibition,%u201d a collection of 127 works by 45 artists currently active in the western United States, opens June 6 at the Brooklyn Museum on Eastern Parkway. A project of the Santa Fe based Western States Arts Foundation, the exhibition will remain on view through August 5.The Western States exhibition was created to bring national and international attention to artists who might not normally be recognized outside their home area. There are a number of western-related events at the museum in June in connection with this show. There will be a panel discussion with several of the artists on June 7, a gallery talk on June 22, a continuous screening of short films and videos on western themes on June 14, and a poetry performance of %u201cThe Western Spirit, Poetry Alive,%u201d on June 29, 3pm. All events are free with admission to the Museum.The exhibition includes the work of 19 painters, 12 sculptors, 7 photographers, and seven multi-media artists. Fourteen states are represented in the show. After leaving Brooklyn, the show will go on to tour the southern and western United States through May, 1988.Art TakesFREE ARTS: This summer youngsters can still attend free arts instruction classes at Red Hook Arts. The classes in the many different arts are taught by professional performers and artists who wish to provide a positive alternative to delinquency and boredom. Registration will be open at the P.S. 15, 71 Sullivan St., on June 10,11 and 12 from 3-5pm.CLAY POT EXHIBIT: The Clay Pot, at 162 Seventh Avenue, presents its second exhibition of the year, June 7-July 17, displaying the cloisonne and watercolors of enamelist Kathryn Regier Gough of Huntingdon, N.Y. Gough has exhibited works both in this country and overseas, including the Smithsonian%u2019s Cooper-Hewitt Museum and the Herbert F. JohnsonAn artist%u2019s reception will be held at the gallery, 14pm on opening day. For information, call 788-6564.FESTIVAL AUDITIONS: The New Muse Community Museum will host auditions on June 7, for the African Street Festival talent competition. The festival will be July 2-5, at 1700 Fulton Street. Competition will be for singers, rappers, musicians, poets, comedians, magicians, dramaiisis, and oihers. $600 in cash prizes will be awarded to the winners. There is a $5 entry fee payable at audition, which will be at 3:30pm at the Muse, 1530 Bedford Avenue. This is the second annual talent search run by the African Street Festival organization. For information, call 453-2820.WONDERLAND ART: The Chameleon Gallery presents its first juried exhibition %u201cCuriouser and Curiouser!%u201d , a show of works concerned with the surrealist or absurdist aspects of Lewis Carroll%u2019s %u201cAlice%u201d books. The exhibit, from June 8-July 13, will show the first selections of the jurors, which will later be narrowed down further. The Opening Reception is June 7, 6-9pm, at the gallery, 428 Seventh Ave. Regular hours are Wed.-Fri., l-7pm, Sat., ll-7pm, Sun., ll-5pm. For more information call 9654583.MEMORIAL CONCERT: On June 8 at 4pm, the St. Ann%u2019s School Singers and Chamber Players will give a concert at Christ Church and Holy Family, Clinton and Kane Sts., in celebration of the life of the late Robert C. Miller, the church%u2019s parish organist and a teacher at St. Ann%u2019s School. Music by Bach, Brahms, Mozart, Handel, Purcell, and selections from Faure%u2019s %u201cRequiem%u201d will be performed, as well as a premier piece by Audrey Moore, %u201cHyperactivity for String Quartet.%u201d Proceeds from tbe concert will go towards a Music Endowment Fund. Admission is $5, $3 for senior citizens and children. For information, call 624-0083.MMtmusic/Fullon Ferry Landing Brooklyn. N Y 11201 (718) 624 4061Chamber Music WithA Different ViewFulton Ferry LandingBrooklyn, NY 11201(718) 624-4061June 5.8Haydn: Variations in Fminor for pianoBrahms: Sonata in D minorfor violin and piano opusJ.S. Bach: Goldberg Variations for S. 988 for pianoWilliam Doppmann: pianoJulie Rosenfeld: violinJune 19,22Mozart %u2022 BrahmsMartiniFor Reservationscall 624-4061OPENSATURDAYSFor YourConveniencePlace YourClassifiedsIn Person11:30 - 4:30395 Atlantic Ave.(near Bond St.)WRITEYOUR OWNBEST SELLERPhoenix Neighborhood Services 643-1400141 SEVENTH AVE. PARK SLOPEWaldenbooks invites you to awith Norman Rostenappearing here to autograph copies o f his book:D e sp ite the proximity of its more glamorous neighbor to (he west Brooklyn has long boasted an exuberant character uniquely its own. 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