GOINGS-ON SANTA BARBARA : All That Jazz : A modern dance troupe show, a romantic comedy about a nun and a drama about AIDS are in store.

Interested in modern dance? Then you may want to check out a group called Jazzdance appearing at UC Santa Barbara’s Campbell Hall next Wednesday.

Jazzdance choreographer Danny Buraczeski puts modern, jazz and ballet movements to contemporary jazz music. He also throws in a bit of humor and drama. Jazzdance is actually two groups in one--the Jazzdance folks from New York and Zenon Dance Company from Minneapolis.

Show time is 8 p.m. General admission tickets are $15, $13 and $11. Call 893-3535. Jazzdance will also be giving a free lecture and demonstration Monday at 6 p.m. at the Center Stage Theater in the Paseo Nuevo shopping center.

Friday is the first night for the Center Stage Theater production of the romantic comedy “First Night.” It’s the story of a nun who decides she would rather not be a nun anymore and makes advances on her childhood boyfriend. The boyfriend is played by Michael McNab, who has appeared in several television series including, “The Young and the Restless,” and in several Ensemble Theatre productions. Nancy Nufer, a veteran Santa Barbara actress, plays the nun. The show will run through April 28. For tickets and show times, call 963-0408.

Here’s one for those who don’t mind the drive up to Solvang. PCPA Theaterfest will be closing its winter season with a production of “The Normal Heart,” beginning tonight and running through April 27 at the Backstage Theatre. It’s a hard-hitting drama about the struggle of two people to fight public and private apathy toward the AIDS epidemic. The play is recommended for mature audiences. Tickets are $11 for tonight’s preview and $15 for the other regular showings. The show on April 27 is a $50-per-person benefit for the AIDS Counseling and Assistance Program of Santa Barbara County. Backstage Theatre is at 420 2nd St. For tickets to any of the performances, call (800) 221-9469. The production will be at Santa Maria’s Allan Hancock College May 8-19.

Last month, McDuff Everton of Santa Barbara introduced his photo exhibit of a Mayan culture in transition, at the UC Santa Barbara Art Museum. The work is still on display and in conjunction with it, the museum has scheduled a symposium on the Mayas Saturday from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. The topics to be covered include Mayan religion, contemporary Mayan agricultural rituals and environmental issues of Central America. The museum is in Room 1426 of the Arts Building. For information, call 893-2951.

Santa Barbara’s Museum of Natural History is shooting for the stars this month with a series of astronomical events. On Monday is the presentation of “The Astronomers,” the first of a six-part series on KCET running through May 20. It features the scientists and technology responsible for investigating the universe. Fred Marschak, the museum’s astronomy educator, will give a brief introduction at 7:30 p.m., with the program following at 8 p.m. Admission is free. The museum is at 2559 Puesta del Sol Road. For more information, call 682-4711.

Lectures by writers Susan Sontag and Amiri Baraka, and the addition of its 2 millionth book, will highlight the UC Santa Barbara Library’s celebration of National Library Week Monday through April 19.

A political activist, Baraka will kick off the festivities Monday at 4 p.m. with a readings of some recent and favorite works (with jazz accompaniment).

Wednesday’s activities revolve around a freedom of information symposium featuring former Associated Press President Wes Gallagher and Larry Baron, a lawyer and research scholar at UCLA’s Center for the Study of Women.

Sontag will be the focal point April 18, when she discusses “Writer’s Freedom: Literature and Literacy.” And finally, on April 19, the 2 millionth book will be officially added to the library’s collection. Valued at $35,000, it is a 15th-Century Book of Hours, or prayer book, from France. For more information on any of the events call 893-2074.

Betty Klausner, the director of the Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum since 1983, has resigned from the position effective as soon as a replacement is found.

The national search for a successor is not expected to be completed until August or September.

Klausner will be ending a 13-year association with the visual arts organization, which saw it move from its first location at the Balboa Building to its new location on the second floor of the Paseo Nuevo shopping center. She became involved with CAF when she joined the board of directors in 1978 and then served as the president of the board from 1980-82.

“I really need a sabbatical, some time to get away from the organizational work, from the office,” she said. “Certainly my heart will always be with the Contemporary Forum, but it’s time for new leadership.”

Klausner said she’s pleased with the progress of the art forum and anticipates continued progress after her departure.

“I think we are in a wonderful crossroads of development,” she said. “It’s a very unique program, a very important program. It’s the only thing like it on the south coast.”