t-THf CMOUNft TIMES SATUROAY, SEPTEMBER II. 19tt Calendar and Announcements " Public service announcements should fetch m NO LATER THAN FRIDAY before the desired publication week. Two to three weeks prior is even better! No charge. Mail to: Calendar The Carolina Times P.O. Box 3825 Durham. NC 27702. Coming Events BLACK NAVY VETERANS CELEBRATION The first reunion of World War II Black Navy . Veterans of Great Lakes, marking the 40th anniver sary, will be held at the Naval Training Center, Great ; I Lakes, Illinois on Friday, September 24. For infor mation contact James T. Howard, P.O. Box 327, . Hyannis, MA 02601. Telephone (617) 775-5741. All Great Lakes veterans are urged to' attend this first reunion. LECTURE James Davidson, "Exploring the Last North American Wilderness Yesterday and Today." Stewart Theatre, NCSU, Raleigh, Sept. 22, 7;30 p.m. Free. 737-2453. MEN IN MID-LIFE The Counseling Service at Duke's Office of Continuing Education will sponsor In eight week workshop, "Men in Mid-Life: Issues and Changes," beginning Wednesday, Sept. 22, 8-9:30 p.m. . In this workshop men will have the chance to licii hj rhanoK rrtmmnn In mml 40-fifl vear old 'males, and to examine how social and cultural, changes are affecting the male self image. Reading materials and a discussion format will be used to help participants' explore ways to deal with the issues and changes facing men in mid-life. ' Workshop sessions will be held at Bivins Building on Duke's East Campus. For registration and further .information, call 684-6259. ' GENEALOGY FOR BEGINNERS WORKSHOP I Durham County Library will offer a free ueneaiogy tor Beginners worKsnop, cunsiMmg ui three class sessions at the library and a trip to the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh. The class sessions will be held in the 3rd floor Conference 'Room at the library on Sept. 30, Oct. 7, and Oct. 14 (Thursdays) from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The trip to the Archives will be Saturday, October 23. As class size is limited to 20, pre-registration is recommended. To register, phone Ms. Anne Berkley, 683-2626. THE NEW NEGRO RENAISSANCE A series of lectures, films and seminars entitled "The 'New Negro' Renaissance: Harlem in the 'Twenties' is be ing offered at the Durham County Library from September through November, This series is co sponsored by the Duke University Office of Continu ing Education and the Durham County Library and is assisted bv the North Carolina Humanities Com mittee. The lectures and films are open free of charge to the public; the seminars are offered for a nominal fee. -'.: -v.,,, Guest speakers will lecture on Marcus Garvey and black nationalism (September 22), Blacks on Broad way (September 29), Jazz musicians (October 6), author Jean Toomer (October 20), and the Harlem Church (November 3). ; Noted writer and actress Maya Angelou will put in a special appearance at N.C, Central University on November II, speaking on female writers of the Harlem Renaissance. Films include an award-winning archival documentary entitled "I Remember Harlem" . ,Ca AnrtViAvr . I Q nf KlAuamruir mncipot crtAH .'features starring Duke Ellington and Bessie Smith. (October 10), "The Emperor Jones," with Paul Robeson (October 10), and the silent melodrama "Scar of Shame" (October 31) - Five-week seminars on various aspects of Harlem Renaissance literature are offered in the daytime and evening and require advance registration. I Details of the entire series are available from the ! Office of Continuing, Education, 107 Bivins, on 1 Duke's East Campus,' and main and branch Durham , County Libraries.'; For more information call 684-6259. , - ; . JAZZ FOR THE FUN OF IT The Carolina Union (Chapel Hill) will sponsor "Jazz For The Fun Of it", an afternoon of jazz performed by some 30 of the area's leading musicians, on Sunday, Sept. 19, 2-6 p.m., in the Pit (on the UNC campus) Per formers scheduled to appear include Brother Yusuf. and Friends, Bus Brown, Frankie Alexander, The ' Moon Brothers and Connie Prince, Goldfinger, Al Doctor, and the Wilmington Three. "Jazz For The Fun Of It" is free and picnicking is welcomed. BEEKEEPING SCHOOL The Durham1 Agricultural Extension Service will conduct a 3-week beekeeping school with Dr. John Ambrose, En tomology Specialist, starting Sept. 28. The school is free of charge, but pre-registration by Sept. 20 is re quired. Call 688-2240. BOOK DONATIONS NEEDED The Annual Book Sale, sponsored by the Friends of the Library, will be held September 25-26 at the Main Library. Be a friend and donate your books. Please box the' books and bring them to your closest branch of Main Library as soon as possible. All proceeds go to the Durham County Library for special projects. Dona tions are tax deductable. The preview sale will be held September 24, 5-8 p.m. for those who wish to become a member of the Friends and for current members. Refreshments will be served at the preview sale. Sale hours on Saturday, Sept. 25, 10a.m.-6p.m.; Sunday, Sept. 26, 2-6 p.m., at the Main Library garage. For more information, call Ms. Kathy Walters, 596-9311, ext. 321. DTI. 1982 STREET ARTS CELEBRATION Plans are now underway for the 1982 Durham Street Arts Celebration, sponsored by the Durham Arts Council. The festival will be held Saturday, Sept. 25 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, Sept. 26 from 1 to 5 p.m. in downtown Durham, stretching the length of Main Street fromTive Points to Mangum St., and also including Morris, Market and Corcoran Sts., the Durham Arts Council building and the grass lot next to the Herald-Sun. There will be arts and crafts displays, dancers and . musicians performing continuously on three stages. A diversity of food and drink will be available at several locations. The DAC also needs volunteers to help out in a variety of jobs during the festival. Anyone interested in volunteering time can get a form at the Arts Coun cil or call 682-5519 and give the information by " phone. FREE MOVIES The Durham County Public Library presents a feature movie each Saturday at 3 , ' p.m., in the auditorium. No admission is charged.' The next scheduled movie, Sept. 18, is "A Hard Day's Night". 24 hours in the life of the Beatles as they were in 1964, inventively directed by Richard Lester. Critic Andrew Sarris called "A Hard Day's Night" ''The 'Citizen Kane' of juke box musicals". Starring John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, with music by Lennon and McCartney. 85 min., b&w. STORYTELLING FESTIVAL The Tarheel Association of Storytellers will have its first outdoor storytelling festival in Salem Square in Old Salem Saturday, Sept. 25, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Open to the public, free. Come and bring your favorite story to share at '01io Times" during the day. Featured storytellers will be: Flonnie Anderson, James Smith, Shirley Holloway and Louise Pulley. The Festival will bring storytellers together for a face to. face in teraction and the swapping of tales and technique. For additional information contact Shirley Holloway: 727-2203 or 788-8948.; FLEA MARKET AND YARD SALE - Greater -Durham Chapter 1675, Women of the Moose, will sponsor a yard sale and flea market at the Moose Lodge, 406 E. Trinity Ave., Sept. 18, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Items will include handcrafts, baked goods, clothes, nick nacks, ceramics, shoes, etc. BENEFIT SUPPER - There will be a benefit sup per on Sept. 25, 1 1-8 for Public Safety Officer Ed ward Clements at the Moose Lodge, 406 E. Trinity Ave. Barbecue, brunswick stew, etc. $5 per plate. Eat in or take out. All proceeds go to the Edward Clements Family. FALL FILM SERIES Chapel Hill Public Library. Wednesday evening only at 7 p.m. September 22: Rudyard Kipling, Marcel Proust, Walt Whitman, Ernest Hemingway Four writers, four different perspectives, each possessing his own, unique character. 1 10 min. FALL CLASSES The W.D. Hill Recreation Center. 1308 Fayetteville St., is conducting registra tion for fall classes and programs. Adult classes will be offered in ceramics, aerobic slimnastics, cake decorating, modern dance, intermediate sewing, cross stitch, African dance, macrame. Kung-Fu; Senior Citizens classes, free to persons 65 and over: ceramics, physical exercise, advanced macrame, sew ing and holiday crafts. ANTI-POVERTY PUBLIC HEARING Opera tion Breakthrough, Inc. will hold a public hearing to review and receive comments about its 1983 com munity Anti-Poverty Plan on Wednesday, Sept. 22, at 7:30 p.m.., in the auditorium of the Whitted School Building, 200 E. Umstead St., in Durham. All in terested parties are invited to attend. A general description of this Anti-Poverty Plan is available to the public for. review in the ad ministrative office of Operation Breakthrough. HOME NURSING AND EXPECTANT PARENTS COURSES The Durham County, Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer a course in Home Nursing beginning Sept. 20, 7-10 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays through Oct. 6. Topics include: recognizing signs and symptoms of il lness, bathing, bed making, taking vital signs, handl ing medications, and special needs of the elderly. The course for expectant parents begins Sept. 22. Classes will meet 7-9 p.m. for six consecutive Wednesdays. Activities focus on development of baby, exercises, labor and delivery, special needs of expectant parents, and caring for baby through the first year. .'"' ' A minimum fee is charged for each course. Cer tificates will be given to all who successfully complete course requirements. For more information, call the Red Cross office, 489-6541. Youth BABYSITTING COURSE The Durham Coun ty Chapter of the American Red Cross will offer an eight-hour Babysitting course for youths between the ages of I I and 17, Sept. 18 and 25, 9 a.m.-l p.m. A minimum fee is charged. Certificates will be given to all who successfully complete requirements. For more information, call 489-6541. THE AFTERNOON ROOM The Durham Parks & Recreation Department and the Durham Ci ty Community Education Program operates an after school recreation program at Y.E. Smith and East End schools, Monday-Friday, 2:30-5:30 p.m., on school days. Small weekly fee. For more informa tion, contact the Recreation Department at 683-4355 or the Community Education office at 682-5786. FALL FILM FESTIVAL The Carrboro Recrea tion and Parks Dept. Fall Film Festival opens Friday, Sept. 24, featuring quality films selected especially for children ages 4 to 12. The coming feature is based on the award-winning novel by Scott O'Dell, "Island of the Blue Dolphin." All films arc shown in the Car rboro Elementary School Auditorium. Admission is 75 per person. For more information, call 942-8541 . TUTORIAL PROGRAM Operation Breakthrough, Inc., sponsors YEP - Youth Enrich ment Program, for low-income high school students who want tutorial assistance to improve their school work. If you are having trouble with your school ' work, come by Operation Breakthrough or call Ms. Donald Daniels at 683-8731. THE N.C, MUSEUM OF LIFE AND SCIENCE 433 Murray Avenue, Durham. 477-0431. PLAYGROUND PHYSICS EXHIBIT - part of a National Science Foundation project' now'.on display in the museum's Science Arcade through October 12.

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