Museums And Art Centers Maple, Birmingham. (810) 540- 8505. Wild Thing '96. 13th annual Michigan Wildlife Art Festival. 4-9 p.m. Friday, March 22; 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, March 23; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, March 24. $6. Southfield Pavilion. (517) 882-3630. Janice Charach Epstein Mu- seum/Gallery. Emerging Artists exhibition and sale. Through April 25. Gallery hours: 11 a.m.- 6 p.m. Monday-Wednesday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday; 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday. Maple-Drake Jew- ish Community Center. (810) 661-7641. Gallery Birmingham, Colors of Hope, an art event and silent auction to benefit FRIENDS Alliance and other HIV/AIDS service organizations. 7 p.m. Friday, March 29. $5. 390 E. Steven E. Gross, the Chicago photographer, speaks about his work, which he calls "fine art wed- ding photography." His pho- tographs were recently on display at the Book Beat Gallery in Oak Park. 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 27. Oakland Community Col- lege, Royal Oak Campus. (810) 544-5582. Detroit Institute of Arts. Pic- torialism Into Modernism: The Clarence H. White School of Pho- tography . Opening March 23. Through May 26. Related Sym- posium: 10-11:30 a.m. and 1:30- Veronese, Giorgione, Titian, Tin- toretto and others. Through May 12. Suggested donation $4 adults/$1 children. 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends. 5200 Woodward Ave. (313) 833-7900. Cranbrook Art Muse- um. Viewpoint: Gilda Snowden Selects Work by Detroit-area Artist. Through March 24. An Autobiography: Paintings by Thomas Nozkowski with Photographs by Judy Linn. Through March 24. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday. $4 adults/$2 students, chil- dren, seniors. 1221 N. Woodward. (810) 645-3312. Meadow Brook Art Gallery presents Joseph Wesner at Mid-Career. Wes- ner, who's served as a visit- ing artist-in-residence in Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, the United States Photographer Steven E. Gross speaks at 7:30 p.m. and China, chairs the sculp- Wednesday, March 27, at O.C.C., Royal Oak campus. ture department at the Cen- ter for Creative Studies. Through 4 p.m. March 23. $20 University of Michigan Mu- March 31. 1-5 p.m. Wednesday; 2- (313-833-4249). Treasures of seum of Art. Folk and Outsider 6:30 p.m. Saturday-Sunday. Wil- Venice: Paintings From the Mu- Art: An Ann Arbor Collection. son Hall, Oakland University, seum of Fine Arts, Budapest, 55 Opening celebration 8 p.m. Fri- day, March 29, $8. Official open- Rochester. (810) 370-3005. Venetian masterpieces by ing March 30. Through June 16. Tuesday-Saturday; 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday; 12-5 p.m. Sunday. Uni- versity of Michigan Museum of Art, 525 S. State St., Ann Arbor. (313) 764-0395. Galleries The Anderson Gallery. The Cranbrook Art Academy's fiber department, headed by Gerhardt Knodel, will install an exhibit titled "Take Courage," March 28 through April 6. Gallery Hours: 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday; 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday. 7 N. Saginaw, Pontiac, (810) 335-4611. Art Leaders Gallery. Featur- ing today's most popular artists from around the world: Roy Fairchild, Kerry Hallam, David Schluss, Hessam, Barbara Wood and others. 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Mon- day through Thursday; 10 a.m.- 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday; 12-5 RAW PUS TTERY Nand Made in 5@uth Africa 29203 Northwestern Hwy. • (810) 356-5454 • Southfield "The Simone Vitale Band is an assurance of a great evening... One of the hottest bands in town." Danny Raskin, Jewish News "Royal Oak band leader extraordinaire Simone Vitale..." Bob Talbert, Detroit Free Press • Weddings • Anniversaries • Private/Corporate Parties • Bar/Bat Mitzvahs 2445 Monroe Street, one block off 1-75. Tickets: (419) 243-7000 Get Results... Advertise in our new Entertainment Section! Tr-TF(7 E JEWISH NEWS (810) 354-6060 Call Simone for the best personal service in town. \vial an exciting night of dancing and fun at your party. BA (810) 544-7373