AC/DC: With The Poor. 7:30 p.m.
Wed.-Thurs., April 27-28. $25.
Palace of Auburn Hills. (810) 377-
0100.
April 26, $8; Kim Richey, 9 p.m.
Fri., May 3, $9; Guy Clark, 8 p.m.
Sat., May 4, $15. 7 N. Saginaw,
Pontiac. (810)335-3540.
Detroit Jazz All-Stars For Lit-
eracy Celebration: Featuring
Marcus Belgrave, Shahida Nu-
rullah, George Benson and others.
Proceeds go to program services.
5:30 p.m. gala reception $75 (in-
cludes concert), 7 p.m. concert, $25,
Sun., May 5. State Theatre, 2115
Woodward, Detroit. (313) 872-
7720.
St. Andrews Hall: Fred Schnei-
der, 6:30 p.m. Fri., April 26, $10;
Supersuckers, 8 p.m. Sat., April
27, $8; Flaming Lips, 8 p.m. Wed.,
May 1, $10; Auteurs, 6:30 p.m.
Thurs., May 2, $6.50; Lush, Mo-
jave, 3 and Scheer, 7:30 p.m. Sun.,
May 5, $12. 431 E. Congress, De-
troit. (810) 645-6666 for tickets or
(313) 963-7237 for information.
Morphine: With Medeski, Mar-
tin and Wood. 6 p.m. Fri., May 3,
$15. St. Andrew's Hall, (313) 963-
7237.
The Shelter at St. Andrews
Hall: Ammonia, Skunk Anansie,
Lustre, 6:30 p.m. Wed., May 1, $9.
Downstairs from St. Andrew's
Hall, 431 E. Congress, Detroit.
(810) 645-6666 tickets; (313) 963-
7237 information.
Zehnder's of Frankenmuth
Ragtime Festival: Dinner show's,
silent movie festival and perfor-
mances by Mimi Blais, Tony
Caramia, Molly Kaufmann, Bob
Milne, Dick Zimmerman. Fri.-
Sun., April 26-28. (517) 652-9925.
Afternoon at the Pops: Farm-
ington Community Band and
Mike Deja of WJR present its an-
nual Seniors concert. 3 p.m. Sun.,
May 5. Farmington Hills Activi-
ties Center, 11 Mile east of Mid-
dlebelt. (810) 476-5014.
Birmingham Concert Band:
Annual Spring Concert features
guest conductor Dr. Joseph A.
Labuta from WSU. 3 p.m. Sun.,
May 5. Donations go to Interlochen
Scholarship Fund. Groves High
School, 13 Mile at Evergreen, Bev-
erly Hills.
The Ark: Kate Clinton, 7:30 and
9:30 p.m. Fri., April 26, $15; Gar-
net Rogers, 8 p.m. Sat., April 27,
$12; Bill Kirchen & Too Much
Fun, 8 p.m. Sun., April 28, $12.
6371/2 Main St. Ann Arbor. (313)
761-1451.
Blind Pig: Velocity Girl, 9:30 p.m.
Fri., April 26, $7; Figgs, Triple Fast
Action, 9:30 p.m. Wed., May 1, $6.
208 S. First, Ann Arbor. (313) 996-
8555.
Magic Stick: Tortoise, Sea &
Cake, 5ive Style, 9 p.m. Sat., April
27, $7; Archers of Loaf, Tuscadero,
8:30 p.m. Thurs., May 2, $7. 4120
Woodward Ave., Detroit (above
The Majestic). (313) 833-POOL.
Majestic Theatre: Son Volt, 8
p.m. Tues., April 30, $10; Crack-
er, 9 p.m. Fri., May 24, $15. 4130
Woodward Ave., Detroit. (313) 833-
0120.
Blue Nile Restaurant: George
Higgins, jazz and blues vocals, Fri-
days in April. 508 Monroe in
Greektown, Detroit. (313) 964-
6699.
Memphis Smoke: Sun Messen-
gers, April 30. 11 Mile and Main,
Royal Oak. (810) 543-4300.
The Blue Moon: Live music
Thursdays featuring local talent
9 p.m.-2 a.m. Sundays open jam
sessions 8 p.m.-2 a.m. 3965 Wood-
ward (at Alexandrine), Detroit.
(313) 831-8071.
Sunset Grill: Open blues jam,
every Tuesday. Jazz Jam with Tim
Flaherty Trio and Nancy K, every
Sun. 13 Mile and Novi Road, Novi.
(810) 624-8475.
J.J. Peppers:Sal D'Agnillo, Fri.,
April 26; Jan Krist, Sat., April 27.
12 Mile at Halsted, Farmington
Hills. (810) 848-9009.
Fat Willy's: Tom Fredrick,
acoustic rock, Thurs. and Sat.;
Shawn Riley, acoustic rock, Fri.
19170 Farmington, Livonia. (810)
615-1330.
Cafe Mahogany: Live jazz Fri.-
Sat. nights starting at 9:30 p.m.
1465 Centre in Harmonie Park,
Detroit. (313)235-2233.
Zoot's Coffee: Bebop, Bach,
Bagels and Schoenberg Piano Duo,
3-7 p.m. Sundays in April-May.
4470 Second Ave., Detroit. (313)
832-6621.
Envoy Cafe: Michael Zaporsky,
6:30-9 p.m. Wed.-Thurs in April;
with guest vocalists, 8-midnight
Fri.-Sat. in April. 33210 W. 14
Mile, West Bloomfield. (810) 855-
6220.
Joe Muer's Grill: David Syme,
piano. 7-11 p.m. every Wed. 30855
Southfield Road, Southfield. (810)
644-5330.
Golden Mushroom: Mark
Moltrup jazz, 7:30 p.m. Tues., April
30. No charge. 18100 W. 10 Mile
Road, Southfield. (810) 559-4230.
TRADITIONAL/
CLASSICAL MUSIC
Detroit Opera House Opening
Night: The new venue's season
opens with La Boheme, April 27-
May 5, featuring sopranos Helen
Donath and Mary Mills. 1526
Broadway at Grand Circus Park,
Detroit. (313) 874-SING.
City of Gold 3000:Musical salute
to Jerusalem featuring Dov Keren,
Sandra Ben-Dor and Raphael
Frieder. 8 p.m. Wed., May 1. No
charge. Adat Shalom Synagogue,
29901 Middlebelt Rd., Farming-
ton Hills. (810) 851-5100.
R. Kelly, L.L. Cool J., Xs-
cape, Solo: 7:30 p.m. Sat.,
April 27, $27.50. Joe Louis
Arena. (810) 645-6666.
Detroit Symphony Civic Or-
chestra: Lan Shui and Joseph
Striplin., conductors. 7 p.m. Sun.,
May 5. Orchestra Hall. (313) 833-
3700.
Pro Musica: Composer/pianist
Robert Helps performs works by
Sessions, Mendelssohn as well as
his own. Fri., May 3. $20. DIA
Recital Hall. (313) 886-7207.
Metropolitan Symphonic
Band: Annual John Philip Sousa
Holiday Program. 3 p.m. Sun.,
May 5. $11/$9 students, seniors.
Macomb Center for the Perform-
ing Arts, Clinton Township. (810)
286-2046.
Livonia Youth Philharmonic:
Students 8 to 18 from 27 sur-
rounding communities. Noon Sat.,
April 27. $7. Churchill High
School, 8900 Newburgh, Livonia.
(313) 422-6194.
Ann Arbor Symphony Or-
chestra: Violinist Jaime Laredo.
8 p.m. Sat., April 27. $15-$25.
Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor.
(313) 994 4801.
Metropolitan Youth Sympho-
ny: 4:30 p.m. Sun., April 28. $8.
Macomb Center for the Per-
forming Arts. (313) 833-
3700.
Mozart to Moonstruck: A
piano, opera and dance per-
formance presented by Hos-
tia. 3 p.m. Sun., April 28.
$15. Wayne State Universi-
Community Arts Audito-
rium, Detroit. (810)
545-8711.
Madrigal Chorale of
Southfield: Pops concert in
a French bistro setting. 8
p.m. Sat., April 27. $12.
Temple Beth El, 7400 Tele-
graph Road, Bloomfield
Hills.
Detroit Together Men's
Chorus: Medleys, ballads
and other popular music.
7:30 p.m. Sat., May 4. $10
adv./$15 door. Unitarian
Church, 2474 S. Ballenger
Hwy.(behind K-Mart), Flint.
(810) 655-6523.
Brunch with Bach: Barry
MacGregor, narrator; and
Raymond Ferguson, harpsi-
chord, perform words with
music from the Baroque era.
11:30 a.m. Sun., May 5. $5-
$21. DIA Kresge Court.
(313) 833-2323.
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Magic Bag Theatre: Jason
D. Williams, Fri.-Sat., April
26-27; Jimmy "Fast Fingers"
Dawkins, Fri., May 3; Merl
Saunders and the Rainfor-
est Band (played with Jerry
Garcia side projects), Sat.,
May 4. Woodward north of
9 Mile, Ferndale. (810) 544-
3030.
7th House: Steady Rollin'
Bob Margolin, 8 p.m. Fri.,
Detroit Symphony Orchestra:
William Eddins, conductor; Ralf
Gothoni, piano. 10:45 a.m. and 8
p.m. Fri., April 26; 8:30 p.m. Sat.,
April 27. $15-$38, Hans Vonk, con-
ductor, Sarah Chang, violin. 8 p.m.
Thurs.-Fri., May 2-3; 8:30 p.m.
Sat., May 4; 3 p.m. Sun., May 5.
Orchestra Hall. (313) 833-3700.
College
Marygrove
Spring Choral Concert: 4
p.m. Sun., April 28. $10. Sa-
cred Heart Chapel, 8425
West McNichol, Detroit.
(313) 862-8000, Ext. 232.
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Schmier Chapel Cham-
ber Series: Fred Raimi,
cellist; Jane Hawkins, pi-
anist. 7:30 p.m. Sun., April
28. Temple Israel, 5725
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