The DIA presents a film about architecture,
design and human nature in the 20th century...

For some
children, visions
of growing up
may be simply
that. Visions.

Catholics, they ran to me because
I was almost 6 feet tall at age 11."
Gross still ponders this ques-
tion: "Who is more (Jewish), the
guy who stood and faced east, or
the guy who got his glasses
smashed defending those people
because we were all Jews? There
is no stronger defender or
staunch Zionist than I in the
world."
Gross studied political science
and speech and theater at Brook-
lyn College between Sha Na Na
gigs. But he credits yeshiva not
only with strengthening his Jew-
ish identity but with teaching
him a love of language that fil-
tered into his music. His love of
rock music comes from seeing
Elvis on the silver screen in. Love

Me Tender.

"Every time Elvis appeared on
screen the girls would scream. I
thought that would be a good job
even though my dad was sug-
gesting medical school," Gross
says. It was Mama Zelda, how-
ever, who instilled the gift of
melody and a talent for singing.
"My mother tells me she used
to sing to me as an infant and I
always used to sing back in tune,"
Gross says.
Gross was playing guitar by
age 12 and at 14 was in his first
band, the Auroras. ("We played
funerals and tax audits in a mi-
nor key," he jokes.) His next band,
the Hyrd (its slogan was "the
stampede of sound") was a bar
mitzvah band that regularly
played the Catskills.
Just four years later, the
Yeshiva grad would be onstage
at Woodstock — you can see him
in the documentary film if you
don't blink — singing and play-
ing lead guitar.
Between 1972 and 1981 he
recorded seven solo albums, and
spent part of '81 starring with
Jonathan Edwards and Nicolette
Larson in a road company pro-
duction of Pump Boys and

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Sunday, January 28, 1996 • 2 p.m. Lecture Hall

From its founding in 1919 until
its forcible closure by the Nazis
in 1933, Germany's Bauhaus
school of design attracted an
amazing roster of faculty and
students including Walter
Gropius, Ludwig Mies van der
Rohe and Wassily Kandinsky.
Many of these luminaries moved
from Berlin and resettled in
America, where they established
generations
of students. This enticing
new design schools and trained
documentary by producer/director Judith Pearlman celebrates the Bauhaus
and its influence on the American architecture scene.

Judith Pearlman will be on hand to discuss the film.

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This program is part of the Weekends at Two series and is free with museum
admission. For more information, please call (313) 833-4249.

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Throughout his career he has
opened shows for everyone from
the Beach Boys (for whom he had
originally written "Shannon") to
Nashville-based Lorrie Morgan.
Gross' first visit to Israel in
September was an emotional one.
"When I got off the plane tears
filled my eyes for all those fights
in Brooklyn; for all those times
being told I killed Christ; for my
grandfather's family members
killed by the Nazis."
As Gross toured Israel, he felt
an overwhelming sense of be-
longing. So don't be surprised if
Gross packs up his family one day
and moves to the Promised Land.
"You're in a place that's your
place," he says. "When you go to
Jerusalem and the Western Wall,
there is magic there. All the
pieces come together." ❑

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The 1996 Cuisine
card is already a
huge success! In
last week's issue
some of the cards were inadvertently
left out of the cuisine section. If you did not get
your card, please call and we'll be happy to put one
in the mail to you.

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