STN Entertainment What To Do What To Do • • • Plummer , LYNNE KONSTANTIN OUT & ABOUT COLUMNIST FOR YOUR EARS Kenny G will perform with Toni Braxton 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17; $27.50-$40. The Palace of Auburn Hills. Call (810) 645- 6666 ... A Jazz Explosion featuring Will Downing, Dianne Reeves, Alex Bugnon, Gerald Albright and Doc Powell will take place 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18; $27.50. Fox Theatre, Woodward, Detroit. Call (810) 433-1515 ... Johnny Winter performs with Rick Derringer 8 p.m. Fri- day, Jan. 17; $20. Majestic, Wood- ward, Detroit. Call (810) 645-6666 ... Storyville performs 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 9; $9. Magic Bag, Ferndale. Call (810) 544-3030 ... Epitomizing the energy of Las Vegas, Wayne Newton performs 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday; 8 p.m. Mon- day, Jan. 19-20; $32-$42. Macomb Center for the Performing Arts, Macomb Community College, Clin- ton Twp. Call (810) 286- 2222 ... Tricky performs with Jeru Tha Damaja 6:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17; $12. St. Andrew's Hall, E. Con- gress, Detroit. Call (810) 645-6666 ... Mall, Livonia. Call (313) 522- 4100 ... The Origami Guy will demon- strate the Japanese art of paper folding 7-8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14. Ann Arbof District Library, 343 S. Fifth. Call (313) 994-2345 ... Harry Blackstone, the "In- ternational Ambassador of Mag- ic," brings a razzler-dazzler magic show 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11; $26; $24/seniors/students. Ma- comb Center for the Performing Arts, Clinton Twp. Call (810) 286- 2222 ... THE ART SCENE Maureen Schiffman brings her puppet pal Coco to AND MORE Wonderland Mall Saturday. FOR YOUR EARS Nexus, a percussion ensemble TICKLE YOUR with Richard Stoltzman on clar- inet, performs 8 p.m. Thursday, FUNNY BONE Jan. 16; $12-$26. Hill Auditori- J EWISH NEWS um, Ann Arbor. Call (800) 221- 1229 ... The Ameritech Jazz Series pre- sents pianist McCoy Tyner and saxophonist Michael Brecker for an electric performance of "straight ahead" jazz. 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17; $12-$58. Orchestra Hall, Detroit. Call (313) 833-3700 ... CC LLJ LL1 1— 76 FUN FOR THE FAMILY Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul & Mary, will be joined by 81 members of the temple youth choirs for this season's Loren B. Fischer Cultural Arts Series for Children and their Families, Sunday, Jan. 12, Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Hills. Call (810) 851- 1100 ... Songstress/puppeteer Mau- reen Schiffman and her puppet pal Coco perform "Reach for the Stars," 12 and 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 11; no charge. Wonderland to a northern Michigan resort who are visited by a mysterious guest. Previews begin 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 16. Through March 9; $10- $25. Purple Rose Theatre Com- pany, 137 Park, Chelsea. Call (313) 475-7902 ... Jeffrey Bruce will star in Neil Simon's Plaza Suite, Friday- Sunday, Jan. 10-12 and Jan. 17- 19; $13; $11/seniors/students. Croswell Opera House, 129 E. Maumee St., Adrian. Call (517) 264-7469 ... The Woman in Black, a ghost story adapted from Susan Hill's novel, will run through Feb. 2; $18-$26.50. Meadow Brook Theatre, Oakland University, Rochester Hills. Call for showtimes, (810) 377-3300 ... Sharing the stage and screen with Frank Sinatra, Mary Tyler Moore, Letterman and Leno, John Byner is a timeless come- dian. He appears 8:30 p.m. Thurs- day ($10; $20.96/dinner package); 8:15 and 10:45 p.m. Friday-Sat- urday ($12; $23.95/dinner pack- age), Jan. 16-18. Joey's Comedy Club, 5070 Schaeffer, Dearborn. Call (313) 684-8885. THE BIG SCREEN Marilyn Monroe, Jack Lem- mon and Tony Curtis star in Some Like it Hot, screening at 8 p.m. Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Sat- urday, Jan. 10-11; $2.50. Redford Theatre, 17360 Lahser at Grand River, Detroit. Call (313) 531- 4407 ... ON Kim THE STAGE Carney's Labor Day tells the tale of two couples traveling The University of Michi- gan's Museum of Art's Friday Teas at Three presents Conversations with Collectors, hearing from collectors whose works are on display in the museum's Michigan Col- lects exhibition, plus teas and pastries from Zinger- man's. 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17; $5. 525 S. State. Call (313) 764-0395 ... The Birmingham Bloom- field Art Association features Extending Boundaries: Contemporary Relief Prints, an exhibition of three Michigan artists' prints. 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday, through Jan. 27. 1516 S. Cran- brook Road, Birmingham. Call (810) 644-0866 ... Call for Artists: Applications are now available for the 1997 Greektown Art Fair, to be held May 16-18. Entry deadline is Feb. 21. Call (313) 662-3382 ... John Barrymore's real ambition was to become a painter. Broth- er of Ethel and Lionel — and grandfather of Drew Barrymore — John was to become the most gifted of the Barrymore actors. Now, Christopher Plummer (The Sound of Music) plays the ti- tle role in Barrymore, William Luce's one-man-show recreating the final year of the actor's life (1942). 8 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday- Friday; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 14-19; $26.50- $41.50. Music Hall, 350 Madison, Detroit. (313) 963-2366. Public Insomniac #1 FEED YOUR HEAD Local psychotherapist and writer Susan Wolf Sternberg will discuss her book, A Year of Miracles: A Healing Journey from Cancer to Wholeness, at Ann Ar- bor's Booked for Lunch 12:10-1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 14. Ann Ar- bor District Library, 343 S. Fifth. Call (313) 994-2352 ... Borders Writers' Powwow c j. kicks off with David Sosnowski, Detroit-based author ofRapture. Discuss character sketches, choos- ing an agent and more. 6:30 p.m. g; Sunday, Jan. 12. Borders Book g Shop, Birmingham. Call (810) 644-1515 ... cL Henry Rollins quit a career of scooping ice cream to become lead singer for Black Flag in 1981. He has since formed his own band — the Rollins Band — published books of poetry by a publishing company he started himself, given spoken word performances and publicly promotes the hazards of drug use. 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 17; $13.50. Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor. (810) 645-6666.