What To Do, What To Do

FOR Y011i EARS

"Madcat" Ruth, who brings his
jazz, blues and folk music to the
Born in New Jersey, Nil Lara kids. 1:30 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25;
spent most of his childhood in $3.25. Southfield Parks and Recre-
Venezuela, where he learned that ation, Room 115, 24350 Southfield
country's folkloric musical tradi- Road. Call (810) 424-9022 ...
tions. He combines these
The DSO presents Carnival of
traditions with rock, ex-
the Animals, a zoologi-
pressing a "melting pot
cal fantasy performed to
for a new American
the music of Camille
sound." Check it out 8
Saint-Saens, and starring
p.m. Saturday, Jan. 25;
the Bob Brown Pup-
$8. 7th House, 7 S. Sagi-
pets. 11:30 a.m. and 2
naw, Pontiac. Call (810)
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1; $7-
335-3540 ...
$18. Orchestra Hall, De-
The Groove Collec-
LY NNE
troit. Call (313) 833-3700
KONS
TANTIN
tive plays 9 p.m. Satur-
OUT & ABOUT
day, Feb. 1; $10. The
COLU MNIST
Majestic Theatre, 4130.
Woodward, Detroit. Call
(313) 833-0120 ...
Detroit's own Mitch Ryder Rodgers and Hammerstein's A
plays Ann Arbor, 9:30 p.m. Sat- Grand Night for Singing is pre-
urday, Jan. 25; $12.50. Blind Pig. sented by Stagecrafters through
-Feb. 9; call for showtimes. $12-$14.
Call (313) 996-8555 ...
Guitarist, songwriter and soul Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette,
man Terry Callier performs 8 Royal Oak. Call (810) 541-6430 ...
The comedy The Nerd is per-
p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1; $12. The
formed by the Avon Players The-
Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward,
Ferndale. Call (810) 5443030

Robert Martin, Keith Vree-
land. Through Feb. 18. 4901 Ever-
green, Dearborn. Call for gallery
hours, (313) 593-5087 ...

FEED YOUR BRAIN

Associate curator of the Whitney
Museum, Thelma Golden is a

specialist in African American art.
She will lecture 7 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 30; $5. Detroit Institute of the

Arts Lecture Hall. Call (313) 833-
2323 ...

Geraldine Markel and Ju-
dith Greenbaum, authors ofPer-
formance Breakthroughs for
Students with Learning Disabili-
ties or A.D.D. , will discuss their
book 7 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28. Bor-
ders Book Shop, Birmingham. Call
(810) 644 1515 ...

"Handyman" Glenn Haege, "Mon-
ey Talk's" Rick Bloom and over
300 exhibitors are featured at the
' Spring Home and Garden
Show. 2-10 p.m. Thursday-Fri-

PHOTO BY MI CHAEL ANDREO

Also at the Magic Bag, C. J.
Chenier and the Red Hot
Louisiana band perform 8
p.m. Sunday, Feb. 2; $12. Call
(810) 544-3030 ...
St. Andrew's Hall, E. Con-
gress, Detroit. Call (810) 645-
6666 ...

MORE FOR YOUR EARS

Hebrew Union College School
of Sacred Music cantonal. stu-
dents Jessica Levitt, sopra-
no, and David Katz, tenor,
will be featured in Temple Is-
rael's "Songs of the Spirit." 3
p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26. No
charge. 5725 Walnut Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. Call (810) 661-
5700 ..
A Festival of Jazz and
African-American Musical
Traditions featuring James
Carter, the Christian McBride
Quartet, the Cyrus Chestnut Trio,
(,) Twinkle Clark and the Clark Sis-
ters and more. 1 and 8 p.m. Sat-
z urday, Feb. 1. Hill Auditorium,
Ann Arbor. Call (800) 221-1229 ...
ci) Celebrating Mitch Miller's
85th birthday, the personality be-
hind "Sing-Along with Mitch"
I-. comes to Orchestra Hall 8 p.m.
C Thursday; 8:30 p.m. Friday-Sat-
urday, 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30-Feb.
2. $16-$58. Call (313) 833-3700 ...

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,FUN FOR THE FAMILY

Southfield Centre for the Arts'
Kids Koncert presents Peter

Folks Like Us

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atre through Feb. 8. Rochester.
Call (810) 651-9831
Grosse Pointe Theatre pre-
sents Joseph Kesselring's Arsenic
and Old Lace 8 p.m. Wednesday-
Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday, through
Feb. 1; $12. Frids Auditorium, 32
Lakeshore Road. Call (313) 881-
4004 ...

THE ART SCENE

Nanci Griffith — "the Queen of Folkabilly" — and David Bromberg
— guitar wizard — are just two among the many acts scheduled to
appear at this year's 20th annual Ann Arbor Folk Festival. Leon Red-
bone, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, Aly Bain and Phil Cunningham,
The Drop Caps with Mike Gordon of Phish, Susan Werner, Martin
Sexton, Dan Bern and Les Barker will also be featured. Whew! 6 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 25; $25. Hill Auditorium, 825 N. University, Ann Ar-
bor. (313) 763-TKTS.

Cantorial students Jessica Levitt and

David Katz perform a free concert at
Temple Israel Sunday.

day; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday; 10
a.m.-7 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 30-Feb.
2. $6; $4/seniors; $3/children 6-
12. Novi Expo Center. Call (810)
737-4478

one HORIZON

Images 8 features the work of
eight metro Detroit photographers
including Elayne Gross and Mark Riverdance, Jan.30-Feb. 9, at
Glenn. 5-8 p.m. Tuesday-Satur- the Fisher Theatre ... Roger
day. Through January. Metropol- Ebert, Jan. 31, at Borders ... De-
itan Center for Creative Arts, 6911 troit Women's Shakespeare
E. Lafayette, Detroit. Call (313) Project, Jan. 31-Feb. 9., at
259-2400 ...
Roeper School ... Harlem Glo-
U-M-Dearborn's Alfred Berk- betrotters, Feb. 2, at the Palace
owitz Gallery presents Electron- ... Swan Lake, Feb. 4-9, at De-
ic Images: Norita Frcka, troit Opera House ...

Puppet Magic

Puppeteer Jim West brings to life Aesop's Fables — including `The
Tortoise and the Hare," "The Fox and the Grapes" and "The Lion
and the Mouse" — with his puppet magic. West's puppets are cre-
ated from paper bags, newspapers and cardboard boxes, and have
been seen regularly on "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood." West and his
friends appear 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 25; $7.50. Meadow Brook The-
atre, Rochester. (810) 377-3300