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A CAGED JAILBIRD Js enacted by George Arthur in fanciful modern German ppera called The Wise Maiden, put on in Karamu?╟╓s arena theater with audience Karamu House NEGRO ART CENTER IN CLEVELAND IS A MILESTONE OF RACIAL AMITY m on all sides. Karamu produces all kinds of works, from Shakespeare to Broadway hits to plays by local dramatists, .usually has two going nightly in its two theaters. The word Karamu in the Swahili language of east Africa means "center of the community?╟Ñ or "place of enjoyment.?╟Ñ Today in Cleveland, Ohio everybody knows that Karamu means the big Negro culture center out on Quincy Street, where a community of 150,000 Negroes can attend and take part in plays, operas (above), concerts and dance recitals; go to classes for creative writing, photography and art; exhibit and sell their works in Karamu?╟╓s own gallery, and in general find a high order of self-expression and self-respect. The only place of its kind in the world, Cleveland?╟╓s Kar- amu House stands as a milestone in the progress of U.S. race relations. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 67