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What To Do, What To Do ...
LYNNE KONSTANTIN OUT & ABOUT COLUMNIST
FOR YOUR EARS
spired by the jewelry on display
at Cranbrook, at Adornment
Sun Records Studio and Mem-
phis in the '50s: If this sounds
good to you, check out a real leg-
end as roots-rock and rockabilly
pioneer Sonny Burgess per-
forms 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8; $7.
Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward,
Ferndale. Call (810) 544-3030 ...
The local sounds of His Name
is Alive open up for Red House
Painters, 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 6;
$10. Magic Stick, 4120 Wood-
ward, Detroit (above the Majes-
tic). Call (313) 833-POOL
Also at the Magic Bag, Mojo
Nixon appears 8 p.m. Tuesday,
Dec. 10; $7. Call (810) 544-3030 ...
A CD release party for Chica-
go's Earwig Records with John-
ny "Yard Dog" Jones will be
held Saturday, Dec. 7. Moby
Dick's, 5452 Schaefer, Dearborn.
Call (313) 581-3650 ...
For over 30 years, The Let-
termen have captured hearts.
Open yours to them, 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Dec. 10; $23/adults;
$21/seniors/students. Macomb
Center for the Performing Arts,
one mile east of Lakeside Mall.
Call (810) 286-2222 ...
Day: Family Jewelry-Making
Day. 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 7; $4; $2/students/children.
Cranbrook Art Museum, 1221 N.
Woodward, Bloomfield Hills. Call
(810) 645-3312 ...
Storyteller Corinne Stavish
weaves Jewish folk and
Chanukah tales, 1 p.m. Sun-
day, Dec. 9. Borders Book Shop,
Birmingham. Call (810) 644-1515
AUDITIONS
The Ridgedale Players will hold
auditions for Irving Berlin's An-
nie, Get Your Gun, 7 p.m./chil-
dren; 7:30 p.m/adults, Monday,
Dec. 16. 205 W. Long Lake, Troy.
For details, call (810) 398-2725 ...
AND MORE
FOR YOUR EARS
Moliere's tale of hilarious
hypocrisy, Tartuffe, runs at
WSU's Hilberry Theatre through
Feb. 1; $9.50-$16.50. Call for
showtimes, (313) 577-2972 ...
Helene Dworkin directs
Berkley High School's production
of The Sound of Music, 7:30
p.m. Friday-Saturday, Dec. 13-
14; $6 advance/$7 door. 2325
Catalpa. Call (810) 548-2798 ...
THE ART SCENE
Works by Northern Michigan
artist Margaret Tvedten will
be available at a benefit show 5-
9 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, to par-
tially benefit the Community
House, 380 South Bates, Birm-
ingham, where the show will be
held. Call (810) 644-5832 ...
The last days of the Birming-
ham Bloomfield Art Asso-
ciation's 1996 Holiday
Sales Show, featuring
pottery, glass, wood, toys
and more, will be 10 a.m.-
5 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
Dec. 6-7. 1516 Cranbrook
Road, Birmingham. Call
(810) 644-0866 ...
Also at the BBAA, a
Pottery Sale will be held
10 a.m.-9 p.m. Thursday-
Friday; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Sat-
urday; noon-5 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 12-15. Call
644-0866 ...
The work of Hebrew
calligrapher Mordechai
Rosenstein is on display
at the JPM JCC through
December. Call for exhi-
bition hours, (810) 967-
4030 ...
FUNNY BOY
From Brooklyn to
the Borsht Belt
of New York's
Catskill resorts to
Broadway to Hol-
lywood, Danny
Kaye (born David
Daniel Kaminsky)
was the consum-
mate entertainer.
His career in stage,
film and television
— plus home
movies and family .
photos — are docu-
mented in the PBS
American Masters
, special, "Danny
Kaye: A Legacy of
Laughter," airing 8
p.m. Tuesday, Dec.
10 on Channel 56.
CINDERELLY, CINDERELLY
Award-winning pianist Awada-
gin Pratt will perform for the
Chamber Music Society of De- F)
trait, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 11; 2
$5-$35. Orchestra Hall, Detroit. E
Call (313) 833-3700 ...
The Pittsfield Pipers, fea-
turing Mary Ellen Hagel, will g
play their recorders for a Holiday E
Program 10:15 a.m. Thursday,
Dec. 12, at the Jewish Commu- Rockabilly pioneer Sonny Burgess appears at the
Magic Bag,Sunday.
nity Center of Washtenaw Coun-
Hundreds of used books
ty, 2935 Birch Hollow Drive, Ann
will be on sale -- including a
Arbor. Call (313) 971-0990 ...
1917 Jello recipe booklet — at the
FOR YOUR
FUNNY BONE
Comedian and Cantor Kenny
Ellis will perform his one-man
variety show — "The Man Be-
hind the Matzoh Ball" — 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 14. Maple-Drake
JCC. Call (810) 661-7649 ...
FUN FOR THE FAMILY
Children of all ages can make
brooches, necklaces and rings in-
ON THE STAGE
Preview week for JET% Family
Secrets is 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-
Thursday, Dec. 11-12, and
Sunday, Dec. 15; regular perfor-
mances run through Jan. 12; $13-
$23. Aaron DeRoy Theatre, 6600
W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield.
Call (810) 788-2900 ...
Jeff Daniels' Apartment 3A
has extended its run through
Dec. 21. Purple Rose Theatre
Company, 137 Park Street,
Chelsea. Call for showtimes of
these last performances, (313)
475-7902 ...
Friends of the Ann Arbor Dis-
trict Library Holiday Book
Shop, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 7. 343 S. Fifth. Call (313)
994-2333 ...
ON THE HORIZON
Kathleen Battle and Friends,
Friday, Dec. 13, at Hill Auditori-
um ... "A Mensch and his Musical"
with Avi Hoffman, Sunday, Dec.
15, at Congregation B'nai Moshe
... Secular Family Chanukah
Celebration, Sunday, Dec. 15, at
the Maple-Drake JCC
New York's Prince Street Players' production of the rags-to-rich-
es fairy tale Cinderella is adapted with an original musical score.
Presented by Youtheatre. 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 14-15; $7/advance; $8/door. Music Hall Center, 350
Madison Ave. at Brush, Detroit. (313) 963-2366.