Centennial by Wallace White. Talk story about the celebration of the hundredth birthday of Jerome Kern, and the production in concert version of four of his Broadway musicals, reassembled by John McGlinn. Kern had a 43-year composing career, wrote some of the greatest American popular music, and collaborated with almost all the top...

The Talk of the Town Nuance by William McKibben. Talk story about a cocktail party from six to eight last Monday night honoring"The Jewel in the Crown," (a popular television series based on Paul Scott novels.) Writer spoke to Geraldine James, who played Sarah Layton on the series. She felt that it was an American thing. "In England...

A Reporter at Large WAITING II-FLASH POINTS by Vincent Crapanzano. REPORTER AT LARGE about South Africa& the views of the white residentsof Wyndal. Writer found signs of anxiety, helplessness, vulnerability & rage. Life was imbued with uncertainty or at times a compensatory overcertainty. This is the effect of their failure to give conceptual & emotional as well as political...

The Theatre by Edith Oliver.

Comment by Lawrence Weschler. Several commentators in recent years have been struck by the extraordinary convergence of talent, grace, genius & wisdom in the current generation contesting for legitimacy in Poland... The commentators occasionally have recourse to analogy & one that frequently recurs is to the remarkable generation that arose in the British colonies...

Around City Hall AROUND CITY HALL SHOWTIME by Andy Logan. The musical satire on current events put on by members of the Inner Circle, the fraternity of present&former City Hall reporters, took place at the N.Y. Hilton, March 9th. Tells of the show, which Mayor Koch attended. In honor of his 1985 campaign for a 3rd term, the...

Portrait A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Californian by Frank Gannon. Parody of James Joyce, using language and attitudes tupical of Californians. In the story, the writer scares his sister with a spider and gets a spanking...

Books by John Updike.

Fiction A Family Record by James McConkey. Looking through some of his late mother's papers, the writer came across a little book called "By Our Fireside: A Family Record." He read the book, remembering his childhood and family. His father, Clayton, did well at his various jobs, but was driven by restlessness and a dream for the...

Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

The Current Cinema CHARMER by Pauline Kael.

The Talk of the Town Long Walk by William McKibben. Talk story about Englishman George Meegan, the only man to walk the length of the Western Hemisphere. He gave a talk& slide presentation at the Prospect Park Environmental Center the other weekend. Meegan, who is writing a book, has 2 children named Aymi&Susumi-Japanese for Walk&...

The Talk of the Town Snow by Ian Frazier. Talk story. Letter from a friend in Montana whose car is stuck in the snow in his driveway. The trees by my house are shedding what I hope is the last snow of this over-white winter. The temperature is 7 deg., and the snow, which fell for two days...

Poetry Where Inside is Dark or Light by Elizabeth Macklin. I am left alone in the city-tree dark outside...