AUDITIONS
ico. Last qualifying round, Fri., The Ugly Duckling: Chris Guy- ium, butterfly and hummingbird
July 5; Finalists' round, Fri., July otte's adaptation of the fable. garden and ongoing films The zoo
12. Doors open 8 p.m. Industry, 10:30 am. Mon.-Fri. and one Sat. is open every day from 10 a.m.-4
Little Shop of Horrors, pre- 15 S. Saginaw, Pontiac. (810) 334- performance, July 13. Through p.m. $6 ages 13-61/$4 ages 62 and
sented by the Grosse Pointe The- 1999.
July 13. $3; $2/per person for over/$3 kids 2-12. 1-696 and
atre, will be auditioning singers
groups of 10 or more. Hilberry Woodward Avenue, Royal Oak.
and actors. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sat.; 1- 100 Years of Detroit Dance, Theatre, Detroit. (313) 577-2972. (810) 398-0903.
4 p.m. Sun., July 13-14. 315 Fish- 1896-1996: An exhibition of arti-
er Road, Grosse Pointe (west of facts, costumes, memorabilia and EarthQuest: Cranbrook's inter-
Jefferson, north of Cadieux). For photographs. Exhibit through active exhibit emphasizes the "3
scripts, music and information, Sept. 22. Reuther Library, 5401 Rs": reduce, reuse and recyle.
Kids take a quest through the
call Kathy Morris at (313) 884- Cass, Detroit. (313) 577-4024.
Yiddish Film Series presents
0513.
FILM
The Dreamcoat Choral Chal-
lenge is open to children's choirs
with members aged 9-15 in the
southeastern Michigan area. Two
choirs composed of 23 singers
each will be selected to perform
in Joseph and the Amazing Tech-
nicolor Dreamcoat at the Fox The-
atre, Sept. 6-29. Deadline for
submission is July 19. For infor-
mation and application package,
call (800) 522-5450.
Michigan Theatre and Dance
Troupe is welcoming applica-
tions from singers, actors,
dancers, writers and stage tech-
nicians through Aug. 31. By ap-
pointment only. (810) 552-5001.
COMEDY
Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle:
Todd Wooster with Symba, Fri.-
Sun., July 5-7; Stunt Johnson
Theater, Wed.-Sun., July 10-14.
Open Mike Night 8:30 p.m. every
Tues. $6/weeknights, $12/week-
ends. 269 E. Fourth St., Royal
Oak. (810) 542-9900.
Joey's Comedy Club: Totally
Unrehearsed Theatre: The improv
comedy troupe will appear at 9
p.m. Fri.-Sat., July 5-6. 5070
Schaefer, Dearborn. (313) 584-
8885.
Second City: Slipped a Discus.
8 p.m. Wed., Thurs. and Sun.; 8
and 10:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat. Improv
sessions follow the 10:30 p.m.
shows. $12-$19; $8/Hump Day
Special at 8 p.m. Wednesdays.
Best of Second City, 5:30 p.m.
Saturdays. $7. Next to the Fox
Theatre, Detroit. (313) 965-
2222.
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Just For Laughs: Open Mike
Nite 8:15 p.m. every Wed. At
Sanctum, 65 E. Huron, Pontiac.
(810) 334-6512.
Chaplin's East: Brent Cushman,
8:30 and 10:30 p.m. Fri.-Sat., July
5-6. $10.34244 Groesbeck, Clin-
ton Township. (810) 792-1902.
DANCE
1--
78
Macarena Dance Contest: Do
the "Mexican Hustle" and com-
pete for $1,000 and a trip to Mex-
Patricia Arquette and Dennis
Hopper. Doors open at 8:30 p.m.,
movies at 9:30 p.m. 18 and over.
$1 parking. State Theatre, 2111
Woodward, Detroit. (313) 961-
5450.
89X Movie Series presents Barb
Wire, Pamela Anderson Lee's big
screen debut. 9 p.m. Wed., July
10. $2. Magic Bag Theatre, 22920
Woodward, Ferndale. (810) 544-
1991.
FAMILY
Michigan TasteFest
KidShows presents Fri.,
July 5: Imagine That, by
Children's Theatre of
Michigan, 1 p.m.; The
Ugly Duckling, by the
WSU Theatre Dept., 2
p.m.; Imagine That, 3
p.m.; Sabsabu Dance
Theatre, 4 p.m.; Sat.
July 6: Dinner Dogs, 1
p.m.; Animals Have
Class, 2 p.m.; Dinner
Dogs, 3 p.m.; Tuxedo
Magic, 4 p.m.; Sun., July
7: Animals Have Class,
1 p.m.; Sabsabu Dance
Theatre, 2 p.m.; The
Magic of Stuart and Lori,
3 p.m.; Midnight Tales of
Enchantment, 4 p.m.
The KidZone runs from
noon-6 p.m. Fri.-Sun.,
July 5-7, and will feature
live animals, crafts area
and more. No charge.
KidShows in the Fisher
Theatre lobby. KidZone
at the corner of Second
Avenue and West Grand
Boulevard. Detroit. (313)
927-1000.
Southfield Public
Library's Tuesday
at the Movies pre-
sents Woman of the
Year, the 1942
Katharine Hep-
burn/Spencer Tracy
classic. 1 and 7 p.m.
July 9. $1. Marcotte
Room. 26000 Ever-
green. (810) 948-
0470.
Ann Arbor Sum-
mer Festival on
Top of the Park
presents E.T. the Ex-
tra-Terrestrial, shown
on a giant outdoor
screen and beginning
at 10 p.m., Sunday,
July 7. Live rockabil-
ly music by George
Bedard & the King-
pins preceding movie
from 7-9:30 p.m. Free.
Top level of the Pow-
er Center parking
structure. (313) 747-
2278.
The legendary trumpeter and the Big Bop Nouveau Band headline the closing weekend
of the Ann Arbor Summer Festival. See him at the Power Center tonight.
Detroit Science
Center Omnimax
Theatre presents Ti-
tanica, documenting
the expeditions to explore the
sunken shipwreck. 10 a.m., 11
a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Mon., Wed.,
Fri.; 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Sat.-Sun. Des-
tiny in Space continues at 10 a.m.,
11 a.m., noon and 1 p.m. Tues.,
Thurs.; 4 p.m. Sat.-Sun.
$6.50/$4.50 students, seniors, in-
cludes admission to museum.
5020 John R, Detroit. (313) 577-
8400.
Neighborhood, Home, Shopping, Overture to Glory, a 1940 musi-
Transportation and Recycling cal/drama starring Moishe Oysh-
Zones in a mission to defeat the er. English subtitles. A discussion
evil Toxicus, "monster of waste." will follow the film. Presented by
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon.-Thurs.; 10 Sinai Hospital's Program for
Origami Guy: Don Shall will a.m.-10 p.m. Fri.-Sat.; 1-5 p.m. Holocaust Survivors, Families
demonstrate the art of paper fold- Sun. $7/adults ($5 after 6 p.m. and Friends. 7:30 p.m. Sun., July
ing and projects for the entire Fri.-Sat.); $4/children 3-17 and 7, at the Maple-Drake JCC; 12:45
family. 7-8 p.m. Tues., July 9. No seniors; free/under 3. Cranbrook p.m. Mon., July 8, at the JPM
charge, but registration is re- Institute of Science, 1221 N. JCC. No charge. (810) 356-6668.
quired. Ann Arbor District Li- Woodward, Bloomfield Hills. (810) Center for Japanese Studies
brary, 343 S. Fifth Ave. (313) 645-3200.
and U of M's Cinema Guild pre- Summer Screenwriting Sem-
994-2345.
inar• Award-winning writer/pro-
Family Train Ride: Take an sents "Japan: Views from the ducer/director Harvey Ovshinsky
20th
Century"
for
five
consecutive
Red Rug Puppet Theater: hour-long train trip through
conducts a weekend seminar. 9:30
Beth Katz's walking puppet stage marshlands and the Wooded Bird Fridays. Snow Country (1957, dir. a.m.-4:30 p.m. Sat.-Sun., July 13-
by
Shiro
Toyoda)
is
the
first
film
performs Frilly Frog's Library Sanctuary. Magic show and yo-
14. $150. Birmingham Commu-
Show. 3 performances: 2 p.m., 4 yo tricks on board. Puppet show shown in the annual summer se- nity House, 308 S. Bates. (810)
ries,
based
on
the
Nobel
Prize-
p.m., and 7 p.m. Wed., July 10. with Michael Brody and his
644-5832.
No charge, but registration re- Grandpa Cratchet. 1 and 2:30 winning novel by Yasunari
Kawabata.
The
images
of
this
quired. Ann Arbor District Li- p.m. Sundays through October.
brary, 343 S. Fifth Ave. (313) $7/1dds aged 2-10; $8/adults. ($2 film capture the beauty of the
additional for puppet show.) Coe snow country in pre-war Japan.
994-2345.
Railroad, 840 N. Pontiac Trail, 7 p.m. Fri., July 5. No charge.
Natural Sciences Auditorium,
Coco Travels Around the Walled Lake. (810) 960-9440.
Ann Arbor. (313) 764-6307.
World: Puppeteer/songstress
Reggae Sunsplash '96: Featur-
Maureen Schiffman and her pup- Detroit Zoo: Visit gorillas "Sun-
pet pal Coco will perform at 2:30 shine," "Toni" and "Cora" at the $1 Monday Night at the ing Big Mountain, Dennis Brown,
p.m. Thurs., July 11. No charge. Great Apes of Harambee complex. Movies. WRIF presents Quentin Sugar Minott, Capleton, Judy
Harper Woods Public Library. The Wildlife Interpretive Gallery Tarantino Month, featuring True Mowatt and Skool Band. 3 p.m.
features an indoor gallery, aquar- Romance with Christian Slater, Sat., July 13. $17.50. Phoenix
(313) 343-2575.
Sharon, Lois and Brain: 2 p.m.
Sun., July 14. $13.50/pavilion;
$8.50/lawn. Meadow Brook,
Rochester. (810) 645-6666.
POP/CONTEMPORARY
MUSIC