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                       HAPPENINGS AT DUKE

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

Please note:  When applicable, contacts are listed for news
reporters who would like to obtain media passes and photographs or
to arrange interviews.  Changes and additions to previously listed
calendar events are in bold italics.

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

GENERAL INTEREST


Tuesday, Dec. 13

     7:30 p.m.  "Overcoming Infertility," lecture by David Walmer,
assistant professor of endocrinology and infertility.  Part of the
Duke Health Night Out Women's Series.  To register call 419-3277. 
Duke Center for Living, 1300 Morreene Road, Medical Center.

Friday, Dec. 16
     
     Noon  "Religious Coping and Depression Among Elderly,
Hospitalized, Medically Ill Men," talk by Harold Koenig, assistant
clinical professor, department of psychiatry at Duke.  Part of the
Mind-Body Medicine Study Group.  M422, green zone, Duke South,
Medical Center.
     
Saturday, Dec. 24

     Christmas Eve events at Duke Chapel, West Campus:

     3 p.m.  Christmas Eve Service for Children.

     5:30 p.m.  Service of Carols and Holy Communion with the Rev.
William H. Willimon, dean of the chapel.  

     11 p.m.  Service of Lessons and Carols.  A maximum of 1,700
persons will be admitted to this service on a first-come, first-
served basis.

Sunday, Dec. 25

     Christmas Day

     11 a.m.  Worship Service, sermon by the Rev. William H.
Willimon, dean of the chapel.  Duke Chapel, West Campus.    

ART

Friday, Dec. 15
     
     5 p.m. "After Hours," a monthly gathering to allow people to
visit the museum after hours, with light refreshments and a cash
bar.  Special event to be scheduled.  Duke University Museum of
Art, East Campus.

     Opening and Ongoing Exhibits

Duke University Museum of Art, East Campus

     "Ralph Eugene Meatyard: Photographs from the Collection of
Vernon Pratt."  The work of Meatyard, who was born in 1925, has
been described as haunting, enigmatic, grotesque, and surreal; this
group of photographs is one of two authorized by Meatyard's estate.
Runs through Dec. 30.  North Gallery.

     "The Great English Vortex: Selected Drawings from the
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Wilsey."  The exhibit
presents work of English Vorticist artists, a movement of pre-World
War I Europe noted for its simplified flat color and functional
geometric forms.  Runs through Dec. 30.  Upper foyer.

     "Art of the '60s and '70s: Selections from DUMA Collections." 
Prints by contemporary artists including Josef Albers, Romare
Beerden, Philip Guston, Richard Linder, Malcolm Morley, Alice Neel
and Frank Stella.  Runs through Dec. 30.  Southeast Gallery.

     "The Brummer Collection: 25 Years of Medieval and Renaissance
Art at the Duke University Museum of Art."  This exhibit, which
prompted the establishment of the Duke University Art Museum,
contains over 250 pieces including sculptures of stone, bronze,
wood, and ivory, as well as stained glass, leather and textiles. 
The pieces represent regions throughout Europe, spanning the 9th
through 16th centuries.  Runs through Dec. 30.  Main Gallery.

     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
     
     Prints by Beth Grabowski.  Through Dec. 22
     
     Gallery hours are Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

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 

     "Homeless: Portraits of Americans in Hard Times," photographs
by Howard Schatz. Project director/editor: Beverly J. Ornstein. 
Born in Chicago, Schatz is an award-winning photographer and has
published three books of photography.  The exhibit presents black
and white photographs and first-person interviews.  Runs through
Feb. 3, 1995.

Touchable Art Gallery, Eye Center

     Arts and crafts by people with visual impairments.

     "Works from Around the World" and other selections by Clyde
Jones, an artist from Bynum, North Carolina, 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
     
Sunday, Dec. 18

     7:30 p.m.  Open rehearsal for the Christmas Eve Community
Choir.  This choir, open to all singers, will provide music for the
11 p.m. service on Christmas Eve in Duke Chapel.  Duke Chapel, West
Campus.        
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