Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.life From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Sat, 14 Nov 92 16:22:11 EST Message-ID: \SE B;LIFE;TODAY'S BEST BETS \BY Laura Outerbridge \CR THE WASHINGTON TIMES INDIAN ICONOCLAST James Luna, a Luiseno Indian from the La Jolla Reservation in San Diego, Calif., plans to shake loose a few misconceptions about Indians this evening in a series of performance art pieces at the Smithsonian's Baird Auditorium. Mr. Luna, who speaks - often humorously - from his own experience, seeks to portray the realities of Indian life. His program, "Indian Tails; Stories of Native People from the Rez and Cities," is free, and it begins at 7 p.m. Baird Auditorium is in the National Museum of Natural History, at 10th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Call 202/357-2627. DR. RUTH'S TRUTH Dr. Ruth Westheimer, that grandmotherly sex therapist, will answer questions and discuss her new books, "Dr. Ruth's Guide to Safer Sex" and "Surviving Salvation: The Ethiopian Jewish Family in Transition," at 7 tonight in the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington. Admission is $9. No one under 18 will be admitted. The center is at 6125 Montrose Road, Rockville. Call 301/881-0100. BAZAAR BLIZZARD Christmas is only 40 shopping days away, and the holiday craft bazaar blitz is upon us with a vengeance. Here are several worth visiting: * Gather woolens while ye may at the Annual Icelandic Bazaar from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. today at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 228 S. Pitt St., Alexandria. As well as the usual crop of mittens and sweaters, there will be Icelandic crepes, sandwiches, sausages and a doughnut called "kleina." Call 703/620-9067. * The Czechoslovak Christmas Bazaar features tempting Czech and Slovak cookies and pastries as well as fine examples of traditional ceramics, crystal and jewelry. The sale is from noon to 4 p.m. today at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 5417 W. Cedar Lane, Bethesda. Call 703/281-2570. * Handmade crafts, including baskets, clothing, ceramics and dolls will go on sale at the Bauer Drive Recreation Center Arts and Crafts Fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at 14625 Bauer Drive, Rockville. Call 301/217-6880. * The exceptionally crafty folks at the Takoma Park Recreation Department hold their 10th annual Holiday Arts & Crafts Show from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today at Piney Branch Elementary School, 7510 Maple Ave., Takoma Park. The inventory includes crafts, pottery, quilts and jewelry. Call 301/270-4048. HONKY-TONK HOOTENANNY Wolf Trap stacks up the seats for an old-fashioned barn dance tonight, featuring the three-band "Heroines of the Honky Tonk." It's the Marge Calhoun Band, Virginia and the Blue Dots and Ruthie and the Wranglers beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10.50. The Barns at Wolf Trap are at 1624 Trap Road in Vienna. Call 703/218-6500 for tickets or 703/938-2404 for information. MANDOLIN MANIA It's a "Gala Mandolin Concert" at 8 tonight with a mostly mandolin string orchestra. Filling the chairs is easy because the Classical Mandolin Society of America convenes today at the Holiday Inn at 4610 N. Fairfax Drive in Arlington. Mandolinists from France, Puerto Rico, Czechoslovakia, the West Coast and Rhode Island are expected to take part. Mandolin orchestras have been performing classical pieces since the turn of the century. The phenomenon began with Ivy League glee clubs. The instrumentation is loosely based on chamber music arrangements. Tickets to tonight's concert are $10. Call 703/528-2962 for more information. REASONS TO REMEMBER Celebrate the whale: Today in 1851, Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was published. The first streetcar, a horse-drawn vehicle called the John Mason, hit the rails in 1832 in New York City. Also on this date in 1881, Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for assassinating President Garfield (Guiteau was convicted and hanged the following year). On this date in 1889, the first prime minister of independent India, Jawarharlal Nehru, was born. Other prominent birthdays: Britain's Prince Charles is 44, Jordan's King Hussein is 57, actor McLean Stevenson is 63, U.N. Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali is 70, and actor Brian Keith is 71. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM