What To Do, What To Do • • •

LYNNE KONSTANTIN OUT & ABOUT COLUMNIST

FOR
YOUR EARS
The unique blend of Texas gui-

tar rock, soul and gospel makes up
the sound of Stoyville. Hear them
8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19; $9. The
Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward, Fer-
ndale. Call (810) 544-3030 ...
Sloan Wainwright —
younger sister of Loudon — has
been compared to an early Joan
Armatrading. She performs a
free concert 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.
21. The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann
Arbor. Call (313) 761-1800 ...
Windsor for the Derby opens
for Swans 8 p.m. Wednesday,
Jan. 22; $13. St. Andrew's Hall,
E. Congress, Detroit. Call (810)
645-6666 ...

MORE FOR
YOUR
EARS
Ex-Wynton Marsalis Group

FUN
FOR THE FAMILY
Iwao Takamoto, designer of

Scooby-Doo, Astro, Mutley and
hundreds of others, will be on
hand at An Afternoon of Han-
na-Barbera, 12:30-2 p.m. and

PHOTO BY SYLV

pianist Marcus Roberts will

perform 8 p.m. Friday; Jan. 24;
$12. Oakland University's Varn-
er Recital Hall. Call (810) 370-
4407 ...
Ann Arbor Symphony Or-
chestra's Mozart Birthday
Bash featuring 12-year-old con-
cert pianist Joshua Cullen with
Maestro Samuel Wong. 7 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 25; $15-$25.
Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor.
Call (313) 994-4801 ...
The Guse Family and their
four-piece band will perform nos-
talgic music of the '20s-'50s
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 19; $8; $5/stu-
dents. Southfield Lathrup High
School, W. Twelve Mile Road.
Call (810) 424-9041 ...

3:30-5 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18.
Gallery Animato, 574 N. Wood-
ward, Birmingham. Call (810)
644-8312 ...

TICKLE YOUR
FUNNY
BONE
The anti-establishment humor

of George Carlin will be served
up when he appears 8 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 30; $10-$18.50.
The Palace of Auburn Hills. Call
(810) 645-6666 ...

ON JET's
THE presentation
STAGE of The Di-

ary of Anne Frank is bringing

as many middle-school aged chil-
dren as possible to the theater
during the week. The play is
open to the public 2 and 7 p.m.
Sundays, beginning Jan. 19,
through Feb. 7; $15; $13/seniors;
$10/students. Millennium The-
atre Center, J.L. Hudson Drive,
Southfield. Call (810) 788-2900.
Tennessee Williams' Summer
and Smoke will be performed 8
p.m. Thursday-Saturday; 7 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 23-26; $12. Perfor-
mance Network, 408 W. Wash-
ington, Ann Arbor. Call (313)
663-0681 ...
Ossie Davis' Purlie Victori-
ous explores the comic side
of race relations. Playing 8
p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 17-26; $7.50-$9.50.
Bonstelle Theatre at Wayne
State University. Call (313) 577-
2972 ...
The British farce Run
for Your Life is playing 8
p.m. Friday-Saturday; 2:30
p.m. Sunday, through Jan. 25;
$10. Players Guild of Dearborn,
21730 Madison. Call (313) 561-
TKTS

Tu B'Shevat
Magical Sunday

Guy Louis and his Chautauqua Express, a one-man musical show,
will perform his interactive show utilizing an assortment of in-
struments, includ-
ing a Native
American drum,
mandolin and
three different gui-
tars. This Tu
B'Shevat show —
celebrating the
new year of trees
— emphasizes the
idea that a clean
environment for
the entire world
family is the best
type of world to
live in. Catch the
show, appropriate
for ages 4 and up,
at the Family Arts
Magical Sunday. 2
p.m. Sunday, Jan.
19; $6; $5/children.
JPM JCC. (810)
967-4030.

A Slippery Slope

FEED
YOUR HEAD
Michigan author Michael

Ranville will discuss and
sign copies of his book To
Strike at a King: The Turning
Point in the McCarthy Witch
Hunts. 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan.
23. Borders Book Shop,
Birmingham. Call (810) 644-
1515 ...

ON Ron THE
HORIZON
Coden & Josh White

80

Storyville performs 8 p.m. Sunday at the Magic Bag.

Jr., Jan. 24, Royal Oak OCC
Ann Arbor Folk Festival,
Jan. 25, Hill Auditorium ...
Nancy Gurwin's "Best of
Broadway Forever," Jan. 25,
Beth Shalom ...

A desk, a mike, a glass of water and a chair are all the props on
stage. They're all that's needed for monologuist, actor, author and
icon Spalding Gray's newest act, It's a Slippery Slope. The man be-
hind Swimming to Cambodia has had some recent developments
in his personal life that should make this new act very interesting.
If you're not familiar with his act, now's the time to become so. 8
p.m. Friday, Jan. 24; $20-$35. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty,

Ann Arbor. (313) 763-TKTS.