COMEDY
Tommy Davidson, Teddy Car-
penter, Simply Marvalous,
Don "D.C." Curry, 8 p.m. Sat.,
March 30. $25. Fox Theatre. (810)
433-1515.
Second City: Computer Chips
and Salsa, the comedy team's
newest revue. 8 p.m. Wed.-Sun.;
10:30 p.m. Fri. and Sat. Improv
sessions after each final perfor-
mance. $12-$19. Next to the Fox
Theatre, Detroit. (313) 965-2222.
Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle:
Rocky LaPorte, Wed.-Sun., March
27-31. 8:30 p.m. Wed.-Thurs., 8:15
and 10:45 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 7:30 p.m.
Sun. Reservations required. Open
Mike Night 8:30 p.m. every Tues.
$6/weeknights, $12/weekends. 269
E. Fourth Royal Oak. (810)
542-9900.
graders to the principles of
physics, aerodynamics, engi-
neering and mathematics as
they build models of hot air bal-
loons. 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Sat.,
March 30. $15/$50 team of four.
Oakland Community College,
Highland Lakes Campus, 7350
Cooley Lake, Waterford. (810)
360-3186.
Tim Rowlands, comedic per-
former who makes juggling fun-
ny and entertaining. 1:30 p.m.
Sat., March 23. $3.25. Southfield
Center for the Arts, 24350 South-
field Rd.
Shrine Circus, featuring animal
trainer Tarzan Zerbini, the Chep-
iakova & Kim horse and bear act,
elephants, space wheel and more.
Paisano's/Joey's Comedy Club,
5070 Schaefer, Dearborn. (313)
584-8885.
The Great Fire of 1805, an in-
teractive trip through time that
uses improvisational theater and
group activities to re-create his-
torical events. 2:30-4:30 p.m. Sun.,
March 24. $6 adults/$4 children.
Detroit Historical Museum, Wood-
ward at Kirby. (313) 833-1198.
Where's Waldo?, a new musical
presented by TheatreWorks. 11
a.m. and 2 p.m. Sat., March 23; 2
p.m. Sun., March 24. $8. Music
Hall's Youtheatre, 350 Madison,
Detroit. (313) 963-2366.
Peter and the Wolf, a perfor-
mance by the DSO CutTime Play-
Borders Books and Music
hosts a kids gardening day. 11
a.m. Sat., March 23. 1-96 and
Novi Road, Novi. (810) 347-0780.
American Russian Theatre
PuppetArt, a performance
of "Purimshpiel," benefiting
CHAIM, an organization for chil-
dren of Holocaust survivors. 2
p.m. Sun., March 24. $3 chil-
dren/$5 adults. Schiffman Hall,
JCC West Bloomfield. (810) 661-
1000 or (810) 855-0876. A per-
formance of "Cinderella," 7 p.m.
Tues., March 26, free. (810) 642-
5800. A performance of "Fire-
bird," 1:30 p.m. Sat., March 23.
$3.25. Southfield Lathrup High
School, 19301 W. 12 Mile. (810)
494-9022.
Waginogan: The
Gathering Place.
Re-creation of an
Indian "gathering
place." 1-4 p.m. Sat.-
Sun. through May 5.
Cranbrook Institute
of Science, 1221 N.
Woodward Ave. (810)
645-3224.
Just For Laughs . Open Mic Nite
8:30 p.m. every Wed. at Sanctum,
65 E. Huron, Pontiac. (810) 334-
6512.
Joey's Comedy Club: T.C. Hat-
ter & Marcianne, 8 and 10:30 p.m.
Fri.-Sat., March 22-23; 8 p.m. Sun.,
March 24. $8/$18.95 with dinner.
5070 Schaefer, Dearborn. (313)
584-8885.
Cranbrook Insti-
tute of Science:
What Makes Music?,
the science behind
sound and the tech-
nology of making mu-
sic. Through May 12.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-
Thurs.; 10 a.m.-10
p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m.
Sun. $5 adults/$4 chil-
dren 3-17 and seniors.
1221 N. Woodward,
Bloomfield Hills. (810)
645-3200.
Gino's Comedy Room: Bob
Posch, 9 p.m. every Fri. 1999 Cass
Lake Road, Keego Harbor. (810)
682-6540.
DANCE
Festival Dancers: The troupe
premieres a new work titled `The
Story of Exodus," dances to the
music of Sephardic Jews. 2 p.m.
Sun., March 31. $2.50. JCC JPM,
Oak Park. (810) 967-4030.
Center for Creative Studies: A
performance of the Repertory En-
sembles featuring students from
the school of dance in tap, ballet,
East Indian and Dunham. 12-1
p.m. Sat., March 30. Free. Detroit
Institute of Arts Auditorium, 5200
Woodward. (313) 972-3118, Ext.
610.
Eisenhower Dance Ensemble:
An open master class in interme-
diate/advanced ballet with Joanne
Danto, the former principal dancer
for the Pennsylvania Ballet. 1-2:30
p.m. Sat.-Sun., March 23-24.
$15/$28 for both classes. 29 W.
Lawrence, Pontiac. (810) 370-3024.
Stars of the Bolshoi Ballet: 1
and 5 p.m. Sun., March 31. $10-
$35. Fox Theatre. (810) 433-1515.
FAMILY
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Hot Air Balloon Workshop, to
introduce third- to seventh-
Where's Waldo? You'll find him at Music Hall's Youtheatre
Saturday and Sunday.
The Great Dinosaur Mystery has added a second show at
2 p.m. Saturday at Meadow Brook.
Through March 31. $6-$14. Dis-
count tickets can be ordered by
phone ($3 surcharge). State Fair
Coliseum. (313) 366-6200 or (313)
353-9777.
Tom Sawyer, a production by
Paper Bag Productions with orig-
inal music and lyrics. Through
May 19. Lunch and show 12 p.m.
Sat.; 1 p.m. Sun. $7. Historic Play-
ers Club, 3321 E. Jefferson be-
tween McDougal and Mt. Elliott
in Detroit. (810) 662-8118.
Coco Reaches for the Stars,
with puppeteer/songstress Mau-
reen Schiffman. 7 p.m. Thurs.,
March 28. Free. Baldwin Public
Library, Birmingham. (810) 647-
1700.
T.C. Hatter and Marcianne,
clown and clarinetist perform. 2
p.m. Sun., March 24. $10, in-
cluding pizza buffet/$6 show only.
ers, narrated by Valerie Yova. 1
p.m. Sat., March 23. Free. Ponti-
ac Northern High School, 1051
Arlene St. (810) 357-1111.
Cinderella, performance by chil-
dren 7-13 presented by Sara
Smith Productions. 11 a.m. Sat.,
March 23; 2 and 5 p.m. Sun.,
March 24. $5. Birmingham Com-
munity House, 380 Bates. (810)
644-5832.
The Great Dinosaur Mystery,
puppet musical that explores the
Mesozoic ear through original
songs and theater. 2 p.m. Sat.,
March 23. $6. Meadow Brook
Theatre, Rochester. (810) 377-
3300.
Ardith Laskowski reads at
morning story time. 11 a.m. Sat.,
March 23. Borders Book Shop,
31150 Southfield Road, Birming-
ham. (810) 644-1515.
Detroit Zoo, in-
cludes the Wildlife In-
terpretive Gallery, an
indoor gallery, aquar-
ium, butterfly and
hummingbird garden and ongo-
ing films. The zoo is open every
day from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. $6 ages
13-61/$4 ages 62 and over/$3 kids
2-12. 1-696 and Woodward Ave.,
Royal Oak. (810) 398-0903.
FILM
Tutto Fellini, a festival cele-
brating the Italian filmmaker.
8:45 p.m. Fri., March 22 (opening
night, $10): Amarcord. 2:15 p.m.
Sat., March 23: Variety Lights.
10:45 p.m. Sun., March 24: The
White Sheik. 8:45 p.m. Mon.,
March 25: I Vitelloni. 7 p.m. Wed.,
March 27: La Strada. 5 p.m.
Thurs., March 28: Il Bidone. 5
p.m. Fri., March 29: The Nights
of Cabiria. Films through April
14. $6/$45 series pass. Michigan
Theater, Ann Arbor. (313) 668-
8397.
Redford Theatre Winter Film
Series presents It Happens Every
Spring, with guest organist Shar-
ron Patterson (evenings) and Eve-
lyn Markey (matinee). 8 p.m. Fri.,
March 22; 2 and 8 p.m. Sat.,
March 23. Organ overture begins
half hour before the film. 17360
Lahser at Grand River, Detroit.
(313) 537-2560.
Detroit Film Theatre presents
The Kingdom, Part One (Den-
mark, 1994), 7 and 9:30 p.m. Fri.,
March 22/2 p.m. Sun., March 24;
The Kingdom, Part Two, 7 and
9:30 p.m. Sat., March 23/5 p.m.
Sun., March 24. $5.50/$4.50 se-
niors and students. DFT Monday
Series features Chunking Express
(Hong Kong, 1994) 7 p.m. Mon.,
March 25. DIA, 5200 Woodward
Ave., Detroit. (313) 833-2323.
Polish Film Series presents a
mini-course of lectures and dis-
cussions. 4-5:30 p.m. Tuesdays
and Thursdays through March
28. 2001 Modern Languages
Building on the University of
Michigan Campus, Ann Arbor.
Lecture by Polish director
Krysztof Zanussi at 7:30 p.m. Fri.,
March 29, Rackham Amphithe-
ater. (313) 764-0351.
Classic Cinema Series presents
Judgment at Nuremberg, with
Spencer Tracy and Burt Lan-
caster, includes light refresh-
ments. 7:30 p.m. Fri., March 22.
$3. Marcotte Room, Southfield
Parks and Recreation Building,
26000 Evergreen. (810) 424-9022.
Sound of Silents Film Series
presents Ben-Hur with accompa-
niment by conductor Gillian An-
derson and the Michigan Theater
Sinfionetta. 7 p.m. Sat., March
23. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Lib-
erty, Ann Arbor. (313) 668-TIME.
POP/CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC
Lou Reed: 7:30 p.m. Mon.,
March 25. $23.50. State Theatre,
next to the Fox Theatre. (313)
961-5450.
John Scofield: 7:30 p.m. Tues.,
March 26, $15, at 7th House, 7 N.
Saginaw, Pontiac. (810) 335-3540.
7:30 and 10 p.m. Wed., March 27,
$20 ; at the Bird of Paradise, 207
S. Ashley, Ann Arbor. (313) 662-
8310.
Michael McDermott: With
Stewart Francke. 9:30 p.m. Wed.,
March 27. $6. Blind Pig, 208 S.
First, Ann Arbor. (313) 996-8555.
Angelique Kidjo: 8 p.m. Wed.,
March 27. $12.50. Majestic The-
atre, 4130 Woodward Ave. (313)
833-0120.