UpDate - Vol. 15, No. 24, Page 4
March 14, 1996
Up and coming

Los Jibaritos to play on March 20
     Los Jibaritos, Hector Santiago and his children, will perform
several traditional styles of music from Puerto Rico's rural highlands
at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 20, in Room 118 of the Amy E. du Pont
Music Building.
     This string and lyric music, which is played at weddings and
other festive occasions, is said to evoke an image of easy country
life for the listener. Los Jibaritos also will play "Aguinaldo" music,
a highly melodic style with interweaving chord progressions that is
often associated with Christmas celebrations.
     The free public program is sponsored by CITE at the University
and by the Folk Life Program of the Delaware Department of Parks and
Recreation.
     For more information, call 831-3457.


Ghost author in UD Bookstore
     Professional storyteller and author Ed Okonowicz, public
relations, will sign copies of his latest book, Possessed Possessions:
Haunted Antiques, Furniture and Collectibles, from noon-2 p.m.,
Friday, March 15, on the main floor of the University Bookstore.
     The book includes stories from California to Florida, from Maine
to Wisconsin, of such haunted objects as a mysterious lamp, haunted
cupboards, possessed rings, an evil doll, a diabolical mirror and a
Victrola with a mind of its own.
     At the March 15 program, Okonowicz also will answer questions
about his "Spirits Between the Bays" folklore and ghost book series,
which focuses on paranormal events across the Delmarva Peninsula.


Prof. to give poetry reading in Philly
     Jeanne Murray Walker, English, will give a poetry reading at 7:30
p.m., Friday, March 22, at the Art Alliance, 251 South 18th St.,
Philadelphia.
     Walker's books of poetry include Nailing Up The Home Sweet Home,
Fugitive Angels, Coming Into History and Stranger than Fiction.
     She also is a successful playwright. Her recent play, Rowing into
Light on Lake Adley, won the Virginia Duvall Mann Award at the
Charlotte Repertory Festival and the Brigham Young Arlene P. Lewis
Award at Brigham Young University.
     Another play, Stories from the National Enquirer, won the 1990
National Theatre Playwrighting Competition.
     Her plays have been produced in London, Iowa, North Carolina,
Utah and Philadelphia.
     Recent recipient of a grant from the National Endowment of the
Arts, Walker joined the University in 1975 as an assistant professor.
She earned her undergraduate degree from Wheaton College in Illinois,
her master's degree from Loyola University in Chicago and her
doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.
     For more information on the March 22 reading, call (215) 545-
4302.


Russian concert set for March 23
     A spell of Siberia-like weather in January may have delayed their
arrival by a couple of months, but the Russians are coming, the
Russians are coming!
     Make that the Yale Russian Chorus, actually, performing at 7
p.m., Saturday, March 23, at the St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 276
South College Ave., presented by the Yale Club of Delaware and the
Episcopal Ministry at UD.
     The program will include sacred and secular music from Russia and
its neighboring republics.
     The 18-member ensemble performs throughout the world and has been
praised by Presidents Clinton and Reagan, as well as by Russian
leaders Gorbachav and Yeltsin for its talent and work as musical
ambassadors.
     A $5 donation will be requested at the door.
     Reservations are not required. For information, call 368-4644.