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                       HAPPENINGS AT DUKE

   Events beginning Monday, Sept. 12 through Sunday, Sept. 25

Please note:  When applicable, contacts are listed for news
reporters who would like to obtain media passes and photographs or
to arrange interviews.

Call the 24-hour Duke Arts Hotline at 1-800-681-ARTS for arts
events.

GENERAL INTEREST

Friday, Sept. 16

     5:30 p.m.  "Cuba and the United States: Roots of the Current
Crisis," lecture by Andres Gomez of the Alliance of Cuban Workers
and the Antonio Maceo Brigade. Gomez opposes embargo and advocates
more open relations between Cuba and the United States. Von Canon
C, Bryan Center, West Campus. Sponsored by Duke-UNC Working Group
on Cuba and the Southern International Education Committee.
Contact: Josie, (919) 962-2418.

Monday, Sept. 19

     12:30 p.m.  Leon Forrest, award-winning novelist and professor
of African American studies at Northwestern University, will
discuss creative writing at a brown-bag luncheon. Seminar Room 103,
Lilly Library, East Campus. Free to the public; sponsored by Duke's
African and Afro-American Studies Program. Contact: Edwina S. Daye,
(919) 684-2830.

     4 - 5 p.m. "The Relationship of Protest to Literature and the
Role of Character and Voice in Fiction," lecture by novelist Leon
Forrest. Room 139, Social Sciences Building, West Campus. Contact:
Edwina S. Daye, (919) 684-2830.

     4 p.m.  "World Headlines: The Mexican Elections: What happened
and Why?" Panel discussion with Professor Blanca Torres, El Colegio
de Mexico and Duke Latin American Visiting Scholar, and Chris
Welna, department of political science. 2122 Campus Drive, West
Campus. Sponsored by the Center for International Studies.

                         Ongoing events

     2 p.m. Duke Gardens free tours, Thursdays and Sundays from
September through November, weather permitting. Tours begin at the
gardens' main gate located off Anderson Street. Free parking is
available at this location.

ART

Tuesday, Sept. 13

     Eugene J. Martin Paintings, Lilly Library Gallery, East
Campus. Sponsored by the Duke University Union Visual Arts
Committee.

Friday, Sept. 16

     5-7 p.m. Eugene J. Martin Paintings, reception for the artist.
Lilly Library Gallery, East Campus.

Sunday, Sept. 18

     3 p.m.  "Huichol Yarn Painting:  Tradition and Change," a talk
by anthropologist Peter Furst of The University Museum, University
of Pennsylvania.  Furst spent more than a decade working among the
Huichol of northern Mexico and was responsible in part for the
development of the yarn painting genre. For this Duke University
Museum of Art talk, he will discuss this triptych within the
tradition of Hichol yarn painting and the significance of its image
to Huichol culture.

                  Opening and Ongoing Exhibits

Duke University Museum of Art, East Campus

Friday, Sept. 22

     5 p.m.  Duke University Museum of Art: "After Hours," a
monthly gathering to allow people to visit the museum after
business hours.  At 6 p.m. museum director Michael Mezzatesta will
lead a tour of the Blaffer exhibition.

     "Italian and Dutch Paintings from the Collection of the Sarah
Campbell Blaffer Foundation," an exhibition of 34 Old Master
paintings dating from the 14th to 18th centuries. 

     "American Ground Zero: The Secret Nuclear War," documentary
photographs by Carole Gallagher.  The exhibition comprises
approximately 50 black-and-white photos with accompanying text that
have resulted from Gallagher's decade-long collection of portraits
and interviews of people whose lives were affected by nuclear bomb
testing in the U.S.  Exhibit runs through Oct. 30.  

     "The Matter of History: Selected Works by Annette Lemieux." 
Lemieux's multi-media works include images, texts and objects
associated with World War II and the Holocaust.  Exhibit includes
recent paintings and sculpture by the Boston-area artist. Through
Oct. 30.  

     Museum hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 11
a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.  For general
information, contact (919) 684-5135.

Institute of the Arts Gallery, Bivins Building, East Campus

     "Four Decades at Duke: Duke Photographers' Candid Views,"
Photographs by Jim Wallace, Les Todd, Bruce Feeley and Chris
Hildreth, Duke University photographers.  Continues through Sept.
29. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Center for Documentary Studies

     "The Eye of Childhood," children's drawings collected by
Robert Coles.  Lyndhurst House, 1317 W. Pettigrew St.

Brown Gallery, Bryan Center 

     "Pretty, Primal, Pissed," paintings in mixed media by Duke
graduate Tom Buhrman, runs through Sept. 30. For more information,
call (919) 684-2911.

Touchable Art Gallery, Eye Center
     Arts and crafts by people with visual impairments.

     "Works from Around the World" and other selections by Bynum
artist Clyde Jones are on display in the Cornea Waiting Room, which
is open Monday through Thursday. Gallery hours vary; call Peggy
Young at (919) 286-3361 for more information.

Hanks Lobby Gallery of the Reynolds Industries Theater, Bryan
Center

     "Big Paintings of Color" by Jim Kellough. The exhibit can be
viewed when the theater is open for public events, 45 minutes
before showtime.

MUSIC

     Auditions: The Duke Symphony Orchestra invites community
musicians to audition for the 1994-95 season. Rehearsals are held
on Mondays (in 019 of the Mary Duke Biddle Music Building) and
Wednesdays (in Baldwin Auditorium), both on East Campus, from 7
p.m. to 9 p.m. For more information, call conductor Lorenzo Muti at
(919) 660-3324.

Friday, Sept. 16

     8 p.m.  "Reflections: Early Music at Duke," Beethoven piano
sonatas (in three programs) performed on period fortepianos.
Malcolm Bilson and Friends will perform Opus 13 (Pathetique), Opus
54, 10/1; 10/2; 10/3. Reynolds Industries Theater, Bryan Center,
West Campus.  Tickest are $12 for the public, $5 for students and
seniors.  Sponsored by the Department of Music, (919) 660-3333. 

Saturday, Sept. 17

     4 p.m.  "Reflections:  Early Music at Duke," Department of
Music lectures by David Breitman, "The Use of the Damper Pedal in
Beethoven's Piano Works," and Malcolm Bilson, "Do We Know How to
Read Beethoven's Scores?"  Rehearsal Hall, Biddle Music Building,
East Campus.  Media Contact: Susan Wilson, (919) 660-3333.

     8 p.m.  "Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio," Chamber Arts Society
concert. Reynolds Industries Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus.
SOLD OUT.  Media contact:  Pauline Myers, (919) 684-4687.

Sunday, Sept. 18
 
     3 p.m. and 8 p.m.  "Reflections: Early Music at Duke," The
Beethoven Piano sonatas, directed by Zvi Meniker, featuring Malcolm
Bilson and four other fortepianists. "Moonlight Sonata," others, at
3 p.m. "Les Adieux," others, 8 p.m. Reynolds Industries Theater,
Bryan Center, West Campus.  Tickets are $12 for the public, $5 for
students and seniors.  Sponsored by the Dept. of Music, (919) 660-
3333. 

Monday, Sept. 19

     8 p.m.  Institute of the Arts: "Black Umfolosi." Close vocal
harmonies, traditional war dances and songs of love and modern
society from Zimbabwe. Reynolds Industries Theater, Bryan Center,
West Campus.  Tickets are $6 for students, $12 general admission,
available at (919) 684-4444 or at the door.

Tuesday, Sept. 20

     8 p.m.  Zap Mama.  A five-woman a capella group from Zaire and
Belgium, who render bird calls and car engines, Renaissance
madrigals, African counterpoint, American spirituals and more. 
Page Auditorium.  Tickets now on sale at Page Box Office, (919)
684-4444. $8.00 for Duke students with I.D. and $12.00 for the
general public, reserved seats.  Group discounts are available.
Sponsored by the Duke University Union On Stage Committee. Contact:
Dana Kling, (919) 684-2911.

Friday, Sept. 23

     8 p.m.  Opening concert, Duke Jazz Series, Fall 1994. Tenor
saxophonist and composer Sam Newsome launches this fall's series
honoring saxophone legend Sonny Rollins. Newsome studied at Berklee
College of Music, jammed with Donald Byrd and Roy Haynes and played
with Mickey Bass' big band and the Terence Blanchard Quintet.
Baldwin Auditorium. Tickets prices: students, $7.00 and general
public, $10. Tickets at the door on the evening of the performance
or from Page Box Office, (919) 684-4444, or Ticket Master, (919)
834-4000. Contact: Susan Ashley Wilson, (919) 660-3333. 

Saturday, Sept. 24

     8 p.m. "Encounters with the Music of our Time: The Voice of
the Walls." Guest composer-conductor Sidney Corbett will direct his
composition, "The Voice of the Walls," and soprano Joan Heller,
versatile and acclaimed vocalist, will be featured in Luciano
Berio's theatrical tour-de-force for female singer, "Sequenza III." 
Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building, East Campus. Admission is
free. Contact: Susan Ashley Wilson, (919) 660-3333. 

THEATER

Friday, Sept. 23

     8 p.m.  Institute of the Arts: The Mabour Mines Theater
Company in "Reel to Real."  Written and directed by Frederick
Neumann. An interplay of film noir, video and live performance.
Reynolds Industries Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus. Tickets are
$12 general admission, $6 for students and available from (919)
684-4444 or at the door.           
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