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Happenings at Duke
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Author: Robert Brady Jr.
Date: Thu, 05 Jan 1995 16:14
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                        684-5760/681-7334.

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                       HAPPENINGS AT DUKE

     Events beginning Monday, Jan. 9 through Sunday, Jan. 22

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, Jan. 10

     5 p.m. "Past Is Prologue: Social and Behavioral Research in
Aging," lecture by George Maddox, professor of sociology and
medical sociology.  For more information, call the Center for the
Study on Aging and Human Development, 660-7500.  15103 Rauch
Conference Room, white zone, Duke South, Duke Medical Center.

     7:30 p.m.  "Disciplining Your Child: Bedtime, Classroom and
Other Tantrums," lecture by Dr. Barbara Howard, assistant clinical
professor of pediatrics; part of the Duke Health Night Out
Parenting Series.  Free.  To register, call 419-3277.  Duke Center
for Living, 1300 Morreene Road, Durham.

Friday, Jan. 13

     11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.  "Living the Dream,"  film presented as
part of commemoration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  2002
Duke North, Duke Medical Center.

     Noon  "Holistic Therapy of Middle Ear Infection Without
Antibiotics," lecture by Dr. Mark Eisen, family practitioner.  A
session of the Mind-Body Medicine Study Group.  1034 Duke South
Amphitheater, yellow zone, Duke Medical Center.

     5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Candlelight vigil for Duke and Durham in
commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.  The program includes a
welcome by Duke President Nannerl O. Keohane; other speakers
include Twanna McGill, president of the NAACP-Duke Collegiate
Chapter; John Tolsma, president of Duke Student Government; and
Toby Kahr, associate vice president for human resources.  Music by
Paul Jeffrey.  Duke Chapel, West Campus.  For more information,
call Michael Hunt at 684-4736.  

Sunday, Jan. 15

     11 a.m.  Worship service, led by Samuel D. Proctor, professor
of the practice at the divinity school, in commemoration of Martin
Luther King Jr.  For more information, call Michael Hunt at 684-
4736.  Duke Chapel, West Campus.

     6 p.m.  The Rev. Bernice A. King, daughter of the Rev. Martin
Luther King Jr., will deliver the keynote address for the Service
of Commemoration and Celebration.  Other speakers include Sylvia S.
Kerckhoff, mayor of Durham, and Dr. Dan Blazer, dean of medical
education at Duke medical center.  For more information, call
Michael Hunt at 684-4736.  Duke Chapel, West Campus.

Monday, Jan. 16

     11:30 a.m. - 1: 30 p.m.  "Living the Dream,"  film presented
as one of activities scheduled to commemorate the life of the Rev.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  2002 Duke North, Duke medical center.

     5 p.m.  Reception for visiting journalists at the DeWitt
Wallace Center for Communications and Journalism.  223 Sanford
Institute of Public Policy, West Campus.  

     5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.  Martin Luther King Jr. symposium,
featuring panelists from Duke and Durham.  For more information,
call Michael Hunt at 684-4736.  Von Canon Halls B&C, Bryan Center,
West Campus.

Thursday, Jan. 19

     5:15 p.m.  Choral vespers by candlelight.  Early a cappella
music sung by the Choral Vespers Ensemble.  Memorial Chapel, Duke
Chapel, West Campus.

Saturday, Jan. 21

     9 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Workshop on Pottery by David Shaner, a studio
potter from Bigfork, Montana.  There also will be a slide show
Friday, Jan. 20, at 7 p.m.  Fee for the two-day workshop is $85. 
Sponsored by Duke University Union Craft Center.  Von Canon Hall,
Bryan Center.  For more information, call Lenora Coleman at
683-3183.

Sunday, Jan. 22

     9 a.m. - 5 p.m.  Part II of the Workshop on Pottery by David
Shaner, a studio potter from Bigfork, Montana.  Fee for the two-day
workshop is $85.  Sponsored by the Duke University Union Craft
Center.  Von Canon Hall, Bryan Center.  For more information, call
Lenora Coleman at 683-3183.

ART

     Opening and Ongoing Exhibits

Duke University Museum of Art, East Campus

     "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 Mar. 30.  Main Gallery.

     "A Generation of Antiquities: The Duke Classical Collection:
1964-1994."  More than 120 pieces ranging in time from the Bronze
Age to the late Roman Empire will be displayed.  The exhibition
will feature sculpture, terracotta and vase painting of the ancient
Greeks and Romans.  Runs from Jan. 20 through March 26.

     "Designing Women: Textiles from Ancient Peru,"  featuring
selections from DUMA's collection of ancient South American
textiles.  Runs from Jan. 20 through March 26.  Upper Foyer
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 Bill Fick.  Opens Jan. 15 and runs through Feb. 24.
     
     Gallery hours are Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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.

North-South Corridor, Duke hospital

     "Breast Cancer Journal," an exhibit of facsimile paintings by
Hollis Sigler.  Runs through Feb. 28.

MUSIC

Friday, Jan. 20

     8 p.m. "Lady Kate," presented by Triangle Opera Theater and
the Office of University Life.  Tickets are $20, $15 and $8.  For
more information, call 560-2741.  Page Auditorium, West Campus. 
Also presented on Sun., Jan. 22 at 3 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 21

     8 p.m.  Department of Music Faculty Recital with Randall Love,
piano.  Works include "Preludes" and "Images" by Debussy;
"Syntagms" by David Lipten; and "Two Romanian Dances" by Bartok. 
Love is a recent recipient of an Emerging Artist Grant from the
Durham Arts Council.  Admission is free.  For more information,
call 660-3300 or 681-ARTS.  Baldwin Auditorium, East Campus.

     8 p.m.  Joe Chvala and the Flying Foot Forum perform
traditional forms of percussive foot dance with music from the
"found objects" drumming group Savage Aural Hotbed.  Part of the
Institute of the Arts New Directions Series.  Tickets are $12 for
the public, $6 for students and are available by calling 684-4444. 
Reynolds Industries Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus.

Sunday, Jan. 22

     5 p.m.  Organ recital, Zvi Meniker of the Duke University
music department faculty.  Works by De Grigny, Bach and Buxtehude. 
Admission is free.  For more information, call 660-3300.  Duke
Chapel, West Campus.

     8 p.m.  Carolina Chamber Symphony, directed by Robert Franz,
with Elizabeth Holler, flute soloist.  A concert of works by
Tchaikovsky, Haydn and North Carolina composer Lawrence Dillon. 
Proceeds from this concert will benefit the Adaptables, a group of
physically disabled people in the Triangle.  Tickets are $8 for
adults, $6 for students and are available by calling Page Box
Office, 684-4444.  Reynolds Industries Theater, Bryan Center.

Theater

Thurs, Jan. 19 through Sun., Jan. 29

     8 p.m. Jan. 19-21, 25-28 and at 2 p.m. Jan. 22-29 "Little Shop
of Horrors," the Broadway musical presented by Hoof 'N' Horn. 
Directed by Mickey Conlon and musical directors Janet Menaker. 
Call 684-4444 for ticket information.  Sheafer Laboratory Theater,
Bryan Center.
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