Reality behind Myth 
Claireve Grandjouan, professor of clas- 
sics and a popular Museum lecturer, will 
give an illustrated talk, Land and Gods , on 
Wednesday, December 2, at 7:00 p.m. in 
the Auditorium. The lecture will explore 
the relationship between nature and the 
personalities of many ancient Greek and 
other Mediterranean gods, including Baal, 
Zeus, Vulcan, and Bacchus. Tickets for 
the evening are $5 for members and $6 for 
nonmembers and may be purchased in 
advance from the Museum’s Education 
Department. 
Vanishing Jungle 
The tropical rain forest, popularly 
known as the jungle, is the focus of a 
symposium at the Museum on Wednes- 
day, December 9, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. in 
the Auditorium. Three speakers will dis- 
cuss the future of the earth’s great rain 
forests, where about half of all animal and 
plant species live. Moderator Russell E. 
Train, president of the World Wildlife 
Fund-U.S., will be joined by Thomas 
Lovejoy, Ghillean Prance, and George 
Woodwell in a program of slides and dis- 
cussions about the threatened ecologies of 
the rain forest. Tickets are $6 for members 
and students and $8 for nonmembers. 
Swamp, Ocean, and Fig 
New Natural History Films is the title 
of a free weekend program on December 5 
and 6. Three new films will be shown in 
the Auditorium on both Saturday and 
Sunday at 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 p.m. At 
1:00 p.m., Pantanal , a film about the 
100,000-square-kilometer marsh south of 
Brazil’s Matto Grosso, will be shown. At 
2:00 p.m.. Dive to the Edge of Creation 
takes the viewer down to the mid-oceanic 
ridges where hot water vents and a sul- 
phur-rich solution support a variety of 
unusal, nonphotosynthetic life forms. 
Amate , a film about an ancient fig tree, its 
life cycle and microhabitat, will be shown 
at 3:00 p.m. 
Carved Birds 
An exhibition of exquisitely carved 
birds is currently on display in the Roose- 
velt Rotunda. Created by Mary and Por- 
ter Brown, the life-sized birds are hand- 
carved of basswood and are accurate 
down to the fine details of individual 
feathers. The exhibition also includes 
carving tools and information on how the 
birds were carved. The Browns’ work was 
recently featured in an article in Sports 
Illustrated. 
Haitian Highlights 
On the weekend of December 5 and 6, a 
program of Haitian arts, crafts, folk 
dances, and music, including a lecture by 
Henry Frank on voodoo, will be presented 
in the People Center. Entitled Panorama 
of Haiti , the free program, presented by 
the Education Department, runs from 
1:30 to 4:00 p.m. on both days. 
Caribbean Christmas 
The celebration of Christmas in the 
Caribbean is the focus of a free program 
in the People Center on December 1 2 and 
1 3. This Education Department program, 
which includes folk music and dance, and 
arts and crafts in different areas of the 
Caribbean, runs continuously from 1 :30 to 
4:00 p.m. on both days. 
Dance Potpourri 
The Allnations Dance Company, a 
multiethnic troupe, will give a free perfor- 
mance on Sunday, December 1 3, at 2:00 
p.m. in the Auditorium. In a program enti- 
tled Joy in Every Land , the troupe will 
perform dances from Appalachia, Mex- 
ico, China, Tahiti, Barbados, the Philip- 
pines, and Kenya, among other places. 
For more information about programs or 
events, contact the appropriate Museum 
department: Education Department (212) 
873-7507; Membership Department (212) 
873-1327; Hayden Planetarium (212) 
873-1300, ext. 389; or write to the depart- 
ment at the American Museum of Natu- 
ral History, Central Park West at 79th 
Street, New York, N.Y. 10024 
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