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                       HAPPENINGS AT DUKE

     Events beginning Monday, Oct. 3 through Sunday, Oct. 16

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

Monday, Oct. 3

     4 p.m.  "Cuba, Haiti and the Caribbean," Global Forum with
David Welna, correspondent for PBS, currently assigned to Haiti. 
Center for International Studies, 2122 Campus Drive, West Campus. 
For general information, call 684-2765. 

Tuesday, Oct. 4

     7 p.m.- 9 p.m. Biblical Personalities: The Story of Moses,
adult class led by Rabbi Steven G. Sager explores the most complex
and longest narrative in the Hebrew Scriptures.  Continues Tuesdays
through Oct. 25; cost is $30.  022 New Divinity, West Campus. For
more information, contact the Duke Divinity School Center for
Continuing Education, 660-3448.

     8 p.m. "Shaping Duke's Image: Spin, Substance or What?"  Duke
Association of Scholars Panel Discussion.  Panelists include John
F. Burness, senior vice president for public affairs; Christoph
Guttentag, director of admissions; David Paletz, professor of
political science; Alison Steube, editor of The Chronicle; Craig
Whitlock of The News and Observer; and Robert Wilson of the
Herald-Sun. 104 School of Law.
                                
Wednesday, Oct. 5

     9 a.m.- 11 a.m. The Gospel of Mark, adult class, led by James
M. Efird, will thoroughly study the earliest, as well as the
shortest, of all four canonical gospels.  Continues Wednesdays
through Oct. 26; cost is $30.  Epworth UMC (corner of University
Drive & Hope Valley Rd.) For more information, call Duke Divinity
School Center for Continuing Education, 660-3448. 

     7 p.m.  Mel White, dean of the Cathedral of Hope, Metropolitan
Community Church, Dallas, Texas, will give a free public talk
titled "To Be Gay and Christian in America." Griffith Film Theater,
Bryan Center, West Campus. For information, 684-2909.

Thursday, Oct. 6

     4 p.m. "Technological Change and Health Care Costs: Is the
Forecast Sunny or Cloudy?" lecture sponsored by the Center for
Health Policy Research and Education. Presented by Burton Weisbrod,
director of the Center for Urban Affairs and Policy Research, and
John Evans, professor of economics at Northwestern University.
University Room, R. David Thomas Center, Fuqua School of Business,
West Campus.

     4:15 p.m.  "Technology and Propaganda: DDT and the
Disappearance of Malaria in the American South, 1945-1950," 
Triangle Workshop in the History of Science, Medicine and
Technology led by Margaret Humphreys, assistant professor, Duke
history department. Medical History Reading Room, Seeley G. Mudd
Library, Medical Center.
     
     7 p.m.  "The Meaning and Mystery of Suffering,"  Religious
Life Seminar by Reynolds Price, James B. Duke professor of English.
Von Canon A, Bryan Center, West Campus.

Friday, Oct. 7

     10 a.m.  - 5 p.m.  Oktoberfest. Annual crafts show features
handmade goods sold by local vendors and student organizations.
Chapel Quad, West Campus. In case of rain, Oktoberfest will be held
in the Bryan Center, West Campus.  Contact: Eric Friedman, Special
Events Chair, 684-2911.

Saturday, Oct. 8

     9 a.m. - Noon  Duke Gardens Annual Fall Chrysanthemum, Bulb
and Perennial Sale.  Anderson Street entrance to Duke Gardens.

Monday, Oct. 10

     4 p.m.  "Sino-American Relations in the 1990s," lecture by
Professor Xue Mouhong, research scholar at the Center for East
Asian Research, Harvard University.  Contact: Asian/Pacific Studies
Institute, 684-2604.

Tuesday, Oct. 11

     7:30 p.m. "Menopause: Myths and Realities," presented by Dr.
Charles Hammond, chairman and professor, department of
obstetrics/gynecology. Part of the Health Night Out Women's Series. 
To register, call 419-3277.  Center for Living, West Campus.
                                
Ongoing events

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

ART

Wednesday, Oct. 5

     5 p.m. to 7 p.m.  Reception for artist Jane Harrison.  Louise
Brown Gallery, Bryan Center, West Campus.  Parking is available and
the artist will be present. Harrison's exhibit "New Works in Water
Media" runs Oct. 3 through Nov. 27. Contact: Sanyin Siang at 684-
2911.

                     Opening and Ongoing Exhibits

Duke University Museum of Art, East Campus

     "Italian and Dutch Paintings from the Collection of the Sarah
Campbell Blaffer Foundation," a loaned 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

     Prints by Karen Yasinsky.  Opens Oct. 2 and runs through Nov.
10. 

     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 

      "New Works in Water Media," exhibit by Jane Harrison, runs
Oct. 3 through Nov. 27. For
information, call 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
660-3324.

Monday, Oct. 3
     
     8 p.m. Duke Artists Series: Vladimir Feltsman, piano.
Individual tickets go on sale Sept. 26 and are $28, $25, $22 for
the public; $24, $21, $18 for students. Tickets can be purchased at
Page Box Office or by calling 684-4444.  Page Auditorium, West
Campus.

Wednesday, Oct. 5

     Noon  Chapel Lunchtime Concert Series: "London's Foreign
Masters and Their Contribution to English Baroque Music."  The
first of this year's Chapel Lunchtime Concerts will feature Katia
Sherman, recorder, Oleg Timofeyev, lute and viola da gamba, and
Akira Ishii, harpsichford.  Please note new time.  Admission is
free. For more information, call 660-3300.  Memorial Chapel, Duke
Chapel.

Friday, Oct. 7

     4 p.m. Wendy Heller of Brandeis University will speak on
"Tacito Transvestito: Messalina and Operatic Eroticism in
Seventeenth-Century Venice."  She will explore the way
representation of women like Messalina, heroine of Carlo
Pallavincino's like-named opera (Venice, 1679), reflects
contemporary views about female sexuality. 104 Biddle Music
Building, East Campus.  

Saturday, Oct. 8

     8 p.m. Ciompi Quartet, with guest artists Yoko Nozaki,
pianist; and Ellen Jewett, first violinist.  The first concert of
Ciompi Quartet's 30th Anniversary Season, 1994-95, will include
Shostakovich's piano quintet and music by Mendelssohn and Steven
Mackey.  Nelson Music Room, East Duke Building, East Campus.
Tickets are $12 for the public, free for students; season tickets
also available. For tickets, call Page Box Office, 684-4444. Media
contact: Susan Ashley Wilson, 660-3300.

     10 p.m. Smog, Blonde Redhead, and Guv'ner; three-band show
presented by Duke University Union, WXDU, and the Duke Coffeehouse.
Tickets are $5 at the door. For more information, call 684-8870 or
684-8871.  The Coffeehouse, East Campus.

Sunday, Oct. 9

     5 p.m.  Organist John Brock will perform music by Marchand,
Distler, and Bruhns. Brock, professor of music at the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville, is widely known as an organ teacher and
performer. He has presented concerts and workshops for regional
conventions of the American Guild of Organists and has performed on
historic and modern organs in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany and
France. Duke Chapel, West Campus.  For general information, call
681-ARTS or 660-3300.

Tuesday, Oct. 11

     8 p.m.  John Zorn's "Masada."  A concert of Jewish folk
melodies with a free-jazz sound by John Zorn, one of the premier
avant-garde composers of the last 20 years.  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.  For
general information, call 684-6654.  Baldwin Auditorium, East
Campus.  

Thursday, Oct. 13

     8 p.m.  Paillard Chamber Orchestra, part of Duke Artists
Series.  Tickets are $25, $22 and $18 for the public, $21, $18 and
$14 for students and may be purchased at Page Box Office, 684-4444.
Page Auditorium, West Campus.

Saturday, Oct. 15

     7 p.m.  Duke University (Pre-collegiate) String School.  A
program of double concertos and show pieces.  Baldwin Auditorium. 
Free.

THEATER

Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 6 through Oct. 8
and Sunday, Oct. 9

     8 p.m. nightly, 2 p.m. only on Sunday. "King Ubu," Alfred
Jarry's satirical play about power, politics and the rise of Pere
Ubu to the throne in Poland; directed by Rafael Lopez-Barrantes and
starring drama student Enoch Scott as Ubu. Presented by Duke Drama
Program.  Sheafer Lab Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus. Tickets
are $5 for students and are available by calling Page Box Office,
684-4444.  For more information, call the Drama Program Office at
684-2306.

Saturday, Oct. 8

     7:30 p.m. "An Adventure in Chinese Dances, Songs, Kung Fu and
Folk Arts" by the Chinese Youth Goodwill Mission of Taipei.  For
information, contact the Asian-Pacific Studies Institute, 684-2604.
Admission is free. Page Auditorium, West Campus.

Tuesday, Oct. 11 
and Wednesday, Oct. 12

     8 p.m.  "The Secret Garden," a musical inspired by Frances
Hodgson Burnett's classic children's novel opens the 1994-95
Broadway at Duke season. Tickets are $32, $28, or $23, and are
available by calling Page Box Office at 684-4444 or the Duke
University Union office at 684-2911. Media contact: Jean Ezring,
Duke Union, 684-2911.
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