Musical Events Ta Ta Ta Ta Ta. . .Dear Maelzel by Andrew Porter.

Comment by Naomi Bliven. Thirty years ago this month, in October, 1953, Earl Warren entered on his duties as Chief Justice of the United States. Under his leadership, the Supreme Court made life in our country less oppressive. Many of the Warren Court's decisions evoked criticism and controversy when they were handed down. He...

Fiction To The Heavens, And Beyond by Ian Frazier. Writer sees an announcement that the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is looking for top members in forty different professions to live for five years in a creative community housed in an orbiting space station 20,000 miles above the earth. He rushes down to the Pentagon and puts his...

The Talk of the Town Stickers by William McKibben. Talk story about Ann Hershberg, a 12-year-old student at Port Jefferson Junior High, in Port Jefferson, Long Island, who has a collection of more than 2000 stickers. Stickers are small adhesive-backed decals bearing a picture or a message. At first, stickers were designed to be unstuck from...

Off Broadway Bloodless n Academe by Edith Oliver.

Books To Be or Not to Be by Naomi Bliven.

The Sporting Scene ORDER ON THE COURT by Herbert Warren Wind. THE SPORTING SCENE about the U.S. Open played at Flushing Meadow and also about misbehavior by players at some matches. At the Open, the men's final was a contest between Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl, with Connors, now 31 years old, winning the championship for the fifth time. The women's...

Profiles SUPERS by Mark Singer. PROFILE of the five Brennan brothers (Pete, Tony, Paddy, Mickey, and George), who are all superintendents of luxury apartment houses on the east side of Manhattan. Each brother is a generalist and a specialist. Each has the all-around mechanical and administrative ability that an effective super must have, as...

The Talk of the Town Tapas by Alastair Reid. Talk story about New York's recently declared sisterhood with Madrid, and the week of celebration it inspired. Mayor Koch held a reception at Gracie Mansion for Don Enrique Tierno Galvan, the mayor of Madrid. Dona Clara Maria Amezua de Llamas, one of the directors of a Madrid cooking school, and...

Portrait Wildlife by Emily Hahn. Talk story about the opening of an art show featuring the "Animal Portraits" of Helene Whitwell, sponsored by the World Wildlife Fund. The affair took place at the Gallery of Portraits, Incorporated, on Park Ave. The crowd contained many members of royal families. Mrs. Whitwell described her painting methods. A...

Fiction Servant Problems by Andrea Lee. In the mid-sixties, Sarah Ashley was the first black to enter Prescott School for girls. For 60 years, Prescott had all white teachers and students and an all black domestic staff. The small black cook waved to Sarah and she felt a mixture of confusion and embarrassment and averted...

Poetry Marble by Robert Penn Warren. Paradox coils in time like...

Poetry Night Song by Louise Gluck. Look up into the light of the lantern...