search articles:     from the issue of March 30, 2006         'Boys of Baraka' and 'Mandalay' open March 31 On Sept. 12, 2002, 20 "at-risk" 12-year-old boys from inner-city Baltimore left home to attend classes in Africa. Their journey to Kenya and back has been captured in the documentary, "The Boys of Baraka," which opens March 31 at the Mary Riepma Ross Media Arts Center. The movie follows four boys - Devon, Montrey, Richard and his brother Romesh - as they attend seventh and eighth grade at Baraka, an experimental boarding school in Kenya that specializes in dealing with troubled American boys from the inner city. Faced with a strict academic and disciplinary program and the freedom to be normal teenage boys, the youth begin a journey toward putting their lives on a fresh path. "The Boys of Baraka" (unrated) and "Manderlay" are showing at the Ross through April 13. For more information, including show times, go online to www.theross.org or call 472-5353. GO TO: ISSUE OF MARCH 30 ARTS HEADLINES FOR MARCH 30 Slatkin, National Symphony Orchestra hold weeklong residency American Life in Poetry Award-winning pianist to perform at the Lied 'Boys of Baraka' and 'Mandalay' open March 31 Chamber music concert is April 1 Chin Reading is April 6 Dragonflies! Drawings from Sheldon collection on display April 7 GEOMETRIC JAR Lied hosts 'Will Rogers Follies' MFA II exhibition opens April 3 Sheldon to host emerging artist Theatrix to close spring semester with 'Reckless' UNL print sale is March 30 to April 1 732400S35711X