Musical Events by Andrew Porter.

The Talk of the Town Worldwide Recognition in His Own Lifetime by Ian Frazier. Talk story about LeRoy Neiman, the artist, who has recently had an exhibition opening at the Hammer Gallery for a show of his serigraphs, etchings and drawings. Half the story is a list of the landmarks he has visited and the events he attended which include the Minnesota State Fair...

Comment by Joan Bennet. A friend who lives on the upper West Side writes: I spent a week before the Super Bowl trying to unravel the mystery of Super Bowl Monday. Nearly every day during the pre-big-game week, I heard radio and television commercials for the "News'" Super Bowl coverage. I knew...

Jazz by Whitney Balliett.

U. S. Journal TODO SE PAGA by Calvin Trillin. U.S. JOURNAL: RIVERSIDE, CALIF. about the family feud between the Lozanos and Ahumadas in Casa Blanca, a Mexican section of Riverside. Tells about the separatism of Casa Blanca, whose younger members have fought against the young of other barrios and against the police. Tells how the familie's feud began in...

The Theatre THE GIFT OF SPEECH by Brendan Gill.

Journals Fabrizio's: Criticism and Response by Woody Allen. An exchange in one of the more thought-provoking journals, in which Fabian Plotnick, our most high-minded critic, reviews Fabrizio's Villa Nova Restaurant, on Second Avenue, and, as usual, stimulates some profound responses.) Parody of a restaurant review in which Italian dishes have political and philosophical overtones. Pasta is...

Fiction Jury Duty by Robert Henderson. Owen, a sixty year-old c.p.a., serves on a jury for the first time. The case, child-custody, introduces testimony regarding adultery and divorce. Owen is divorced and lives alone. The evening of the first day of the trial Owen is restless and thinks of the mother in the case...

Dancing by Arlene Croce.

The Talk of the Town No. 19 by Brendan Gill. Talk story about No. 19 Gramercy Park South, on 20th Street and Irving Place. For nearly 50 years it was the home of Benjamin Sonnenberg and his family. Sonnenberg died last Sept. and now the house is up for sale. Writer tells about Gramercy Park, which was laid out in...

A Reporter at Large THE SEARCH FOR LIFE ON MARS I-IMPORTANT, UNIQUE, AND EXCITING THINGS by Henry S. F. Cooper. REPORTER AT LARGE about Viking 1, the first of two spacecraft, equipped with instruments for detecting life, which landed on Mars in the summer of 1976. The implications of the mission, which was controlled by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., are still being discussed. A sampler arm dug...

The Talk of the Town Friends of French Opera by Jane Boutwell. Talk story about the Friends of French Opera and a rehearsal toward their Carnegie Hall performance of Massenet's "Sapho." The title role is sung by Swedish soprano, Elisabeth Soderstrom who discusses the role in this production. Robert Lawrence, the conductor of "Sapho" tells about the Friends of French Opera...

Poetry Flat Light by William McPherson. The sound the clock makes...

Poetry For February's Dark Simple by Pamela Stewart. And then there was to think upon courting death and...