SIN Entertainment New Year's Best Bets Ora aoria utho Celebrate New Year's with Old- World style. A Night in Old Vi- enna will feature orchestral and vocal performances followed by waltzing on the stage, and a per- formance by the Keith Saxton Sextet. 9 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31; $25-$85. Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward, Detroit. (313) 833- 3700. esdat, 9 p.m. Whiplash Bash Join Ted Nugent and Alice Cooper for the New Year's Eve Whiplash Bash. Joe Louis Arena, Detroit; $27.50. (810) 645-6666. . Tuesday, 8 p.m.-4 a.m. 4th Street's New Year's Eve nner, champagne, breakfast, party favors. Royal Oak Music i Theatre; $35. (810) 546-7610. Brave New Jimmie Tuesday, 5:30 and 8:15 p.m. Vertigo A pre-New Year's celebration with Jimmie Dale Gilmore. A former Flatlander along with Joe Ely, Gilmore's newest release, Braver, Newer World, is produced by T-Bone Burnett, and Gilmore himself describes it as 'West Texas psychedelic blues- roc- ka-billy." 8 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29; $17.50. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. (313) 761-1800. For a New Year's on the mellower side, take in this Jimmy Stew- art/Alfred Hitchcock classic. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor $6.50; $5/students/seniors. (313) 668-8397. Tuesday, 7:30/$45 per couple; 10:30 p.mJ$60 per couple with hats, horns, champagne Laugh the New Year in with this 1995 Star Search Grand Cham- pion. Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, 269 E. Fourth, Royal Oak. (810) 542-9900. Tuesday, 6 p.m. $10; 8 p.m. $50/includes dinner Or, yuk it up with this blue collar-themed jokester. Joey's Come- dy Club, 5070 Schaefer, Dearborn. (313) 584-8885. Tuesday, 8 p.m. New Year's Eve Bash at Industry Puppet Folk Igor Guzman and PuppetArt American-Russ- ian Theatre perform The Firebird, based on the generations-old Russian folktale. In conjunc- tion with the Marionettes and Puppets by Paul and Marjorie McPharlin exhibition through Feb. 9. Drop-In Workshop: Make a rod puppet of your own/11 a.m. Puppet Show/2 p.m. Sat- urday, Dec. 28; $4/adults; $1/children/students. Detroit Institute of Arts Auditorium, 5200 Woodward. (313) 833-4249. Disco, funk, breakfast and fireworks; what more do you need to start the new year? 15 S. Saginaw, Pontiac; $17.50. (810) 334-1999 ... e OUT & ABOUT NOTES: If you have an entertainment re- lated event that you would like to have considered for listing in Out & About, please send the item, including a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices and publishable phone number, to: Lynne Konstantin, JN Out & About, The Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034; or fax us at (810) 354-6069. Notice must be received at least three weeks before the scheduled event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be returned. All events and dates list- ed in the Out & About column are subject to change.