SIN Entertainment

ROADHOUSE BLUES

Celebrating the release of his newest CD,
Roadhouse Rules, master bluesman Lonny
Brooks brings his mix of Loilisiana swamp
blues, Texas stringbending and Chicago-
style hard blues to the Magic Bag. With Bob-
by Murray. 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7; $13.
22920 Woodward, Ferndale. (810) 544-3030.

'ibis Week's Best Bets

Friday, 7 and 9:30 p.m.; Saturday, 4, 7 and 9:30 p.m.;
Sunday, 4 and 7 p.m.

Taxi Driver

If you've never seen it — or even if you have — here's
your chance to see it on the big screen. Martin Scorsese's
1976 film, starring Jodie Foster and Robert De Niro, is
showing at the DIA's Detroit Film Theatre; $5.50. (313)
833-2323.

Friday, 7-10 p.m.

PHOTO BY SANO RO

Holiday Gift Exhibit

An Opening Reception featuring 3D painted objects,
handmade-paper books and other items will be held at
the Lawrence Street Gallery, 6 N. Saginaw, Pontiac. Ex-
hibition runs through Dec. 28. (810) 334-6716.

Saturday, 4 p.m.

89X Cool Holiday Concert

Mazzy Star, Sebadoh, G-oldfinger, Pluto and more come
together at the State Theatre, 2115 Woodward, Detroit;
$8.90. (810) 645-6666.

Sunday, 11 a.m.

Chanukah Family Fun

Comedian O.J. Anderson, Crazy Dreidel Spinning Con-
test, storytelling and more; just bring a can of food for a
local food bank. Maple-Drake JCC. (810) 661-7649.

Tuesday, 7 p.m.

Chanukah Concert

BEAUTY RECONFIGURED

American artist Thomas Wilmer Dewing is best known for his paintings of elegant women in dream-
The Art of Thomas Wilmer Dewing: Beau-
like settings, as in the 1915 detail ofAn. Interior (above).
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are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday-Friday; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday; $4; $tu
5200 Woodward, Detroit. (313) 833-7900.

REMEMBER:
THE SPIRIT OF CHANUKAH

Narrated by Kenneth Branagh, with excerpts read by Glenn
won the 1995 Academy
Close, Anne Frank Remembered
Award for Best Documentary. Combining personal testi-
mony by friends and family members, photos, family let-
ters and rare archive footage, the film gives special focus to
the spirited girl, rather than the icon. In time for the holiday
has recently debuted on
season, Anne Frank Remembered
videocassette, distributed by Columbia Tristar Home Video.

The Variations, Kol Achai and Mendy Walk perform an
. "Evening of Music," presented by Machon L'Torah. West
Bloomfield High School Auditorium, 4925 Orchard Lake
Road; $12-$25. (810) 967-0888.

Tuesday, 12:10-1 p.m.

Loren Estleman

Detroit's own best-selling author ofMotown and the Amos
Walker series, will lecture on "The Writer's Craft." Ann
Arbor District Library, 343 S. Fifth; no charge. (313) 994-
2352.

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