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City Music Awards began

on a high note. Bob Seger
was in the house. So was
Smokey Robinson. And
Alice Cooper. And Ted
Nugent. And then-Piston
John Salley. Was (Not
Was) played one of their
final U.S. shows.
The awards — sponsored by the inde-
pendent Motor City Music Awards Foun-
dation — celebrates its fifth anniversary
tonight. Some 167 local bands and mu-
sicians have been nominated for awards
in categories that include rock, R&B,

Schmier
Chamber Series

Cellist Fred Raimi and
pianist Jane Hawkins

Sun., 7:30 p.m.

will perform a recital in
this Schmier Chapel
Chamber Series Con
cent at Temple Israel.
(810) 661-5700.

gospel, hip-hop, techno,

jazz, country and classical.

Local comedians Ken
Brown and Jim McClean
will emcee the event, with
performances by Charm
Farm, the Chisel Brothers
& Thornetta Davis, the Forbes Brothers,
INO/UNO, Mimi Harris & the Snakes,
Mary Stuart, WCSX's Bruiser Band,
Dale, Charlene Bell, Thompson Dawson,
Oo Papa Da and In Drama.
This year's lifetime-achievement
award winners represent some of the
finest chapters in Motor City music his-
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Argentine cast of
musicians and exotic
dancers brings their
sensual sizzle to the
Fisher Theatre for a
three-week run.
872-1000.

Opens Tues., 8 p.m.

hard-rocking Grand Funk
Railroad — Mark Farrier,
Don Brewer and Mel
Schacher — will appear on-
stage together for the first
time in 20 years. Shock rock
pioneer Alice Cooper will
also be honored, though nobody knows
whether he'll be bringing along his snake.
The Funk Brothers — the studio mu-
sicians who were among the architects
of the Motown sound — will be getting
their propers. And David Handleman, a
Jewish philanthropist, will be lauded for
his contributions as a music merchan-
diser and distributor.

The Montreux Detroit Jazz Festival

Charm Farm, Detroit's
homegrown pop funk mavens,
will perform tonight. Left to right:
Eric Meyer, Steve Zuccaro,
Dennis White, Dino Zoyes and
Ken Roberts.

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JET Festival of Plays

JET presents the second in a four-
part series of staged readings and
discussions with the playwrights.

Wed., 7:30 p.m.,
Maple_ Drake JCC;
Thurs., 7:30 p.m., JPM JCC

Janet Neipris' 703 Walk Hill features
an extended Jewish family in Boston
living in a three-family home.
(810) 788-2900.

will also receive a special citation for its

annual Labor Day celebration.
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She's not bangin' the drum
slowly. The pop songstress
and percussionist performs

Thurs., 8 p.m.

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(810) 737-0110.

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