What To Do, What To Do ...
FOR YOUR EARS
THE BIG SCREEN
The sweet vocals of Jewel can
The Birmingham Theatre pre-
be heard, with guests the Rug- sents Best of the Academy,
burns, 7:30 p.m. Sunday, March featuring the 1996 Oscar-nomi-
16; $20. State Theatre, Wood- nated films, including The Eng-
ward, Detroit. Call (810)
lish Patient, Fargo,
645-6666
Shine
and more.
Joe Sample and Jeff
$125/Black Tie Gala in-
Lorber open for David
cludes screening, gifts,
Sanborn 8 p.m. Satur-
afterglow and live auc-
day, March 15; $26.50.
tion; $45/includes
Fox Theatre, Woodward,
screening, gifts and en-
Detroit. Call (810) 433-
try to win one year of
1515 ...
free movies. March 14-
I YNNE
Former Jimi Hendrix
24. 211 S. Woodward.
KONS TANTIN
drummer Buddy Miles
Call for showtimes,
OUT & ABOUT
performs 8 p.m. Sunday,
(810)
644-FILM
COL UMNIST
March 16; $12. Magic
Joan Fontaine and
Bag, 22920 Woodward, Fern- Laurence Olivier star in Alfred
dale. Call (810) 544-3030 ..
Hitchcock's 1940 classic, Re-
Cake, the voices behind becca, based on Daphne du
"I Will Survive," perform Maurier's novel. 7 p.m. Friday,
9 p.m. Saturday, March 22; March 21. $3/includes refresh-
$12. The Majestic, 4140 Wood- ments. Southfield Centre for the
ward, Detroit. Call (313) 99-MU- Arts, 24350 Southfield Road.
SIC ...
Call (810) 424-9022 ...
Acoustic guitar great Michael
Hedges returns to Ann Arbor 8
p.m. Wednesday, March 19. $20.
The Ark, 316 S. Main. Call (313)
Journey of an Epic Musi-
761-1800.
cal,
a television special of the
Detroit native Thornetta
Davis performs 9 p.m. Friday, making of the musical Show
March 21; $5. Magic Bag, 22920 Boat, will be aired 1 p.m. Sunday,
Woodward, Ferndale. Call (810) March 16 (the date of the show's
Detroit opening) on WXYZ-TV
5443030 ...
The long-awaited return of Channel 7.
Erasure takes place 8 p.m. Fri-
day, March 21; $20.50. Clutch
Cargo's, 65 E. Huron, Pontiac.
Call (810) 333-2362 ...
Tennessee Williams' Cat on a
Hot Tin Roof, starring David
Chernow, will be performed by
Cranbrook's St. Dunstan's The-
Pianist Hann Maazel per- atre, 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday,
forms 4 p.m. Sunday, March 16. March 14-22. $12; $10/stu-
$5-$12. Kerrytown Concert dents/seniors. 400 Lone Pine
House, 415 N. Fourth, Ann Ar- Road, Bloomfield Hills. Call (820)
644-0527 ...
bor. Call (313) 769-2999 ...
Anton Chekhov's Three Sis-
Flutist Jeffrey Zook appears
4 p.m. Sunday, March 16. ters is performed through March
$15/nonmembers; $10/members. 23. Oakland University's Varn-
Maple-Drake JCC. Call (810). er Studio Theatre. $10; $5/stu-
dents/seniors. Call for showtimes,
661-7649 ...
Russia's supreme accordion (810) 370-3013 ...
The Miracle of Theophile,
virtuoso Alexander Dimitriev
will perform an accordion con- the 13th-century French fore-
cert 4 p.m. Sunday, March 16. runner of the Faust legend, will
$15; $8/students. Birmingham be performed 1:30 and 3 p.m.
Unitarian Church, 651 Wood- Sunday, March 16; noon and 2
ward, Bloomfield Hills. Call p.m. Saturday, March 29 and
April 5. $4; $1/children;
(810) 853-1500 ...
free/members. Detroit Institute
of Arts Lecture Hall, 5200 Wood-
ward. Call (313) 833-7900 ...
THE SMALL SCREEN
ON THE STAGE
MORE FOR YOUR EARS
FUN FOR THE FAMILY
Songstress/puppeteer Mau-
reen Schiffman and her pup-
pet pal Coco perform Coco Goes
to the Circus. 11 a.m. Saturday,
March 22. Oak Park Communi-
ty Center, 14300 Oak Park Blvd.
Call (810) 691-7555 ...
FEED YOUR BRAIN
Rabbi Aaron Bergman will dis-
cuss the Role of Satan in Clas-
sical Jewish Literature, 7-8:30
p.m. Monday, March 17, at
Barnes and Noble, West Bloom-
field. Call Midrasha, (810) 354-
1050...
WHATNOT
The Motor City Comic Con
features gaming, sci-fi, movies,
television, horror, animation and
toys; over 200 comic-book artists,
writers and creators, including
Harlan Ellison and Glenn Barr;
tournaments of X-Files, Dragon
Storm and more. 1-8 p.m. Friday;
10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-
5 p.m. Sunday, March 21-23.
$12/day; $25/all three days. Novi
Expo Center, 43700 Expo Enter
Drive. Call (810) 426-8059 ...
The Southfield _Americana
Antiques Show and Sale will
host over 100 dealers from across
the country. 2-9 p.m. Friday, noon-
8 p.m. Saturday; noon-5 p.m. Sun-
day, March 21-23. $5; $4/with ad
or listing. Southfield Civic Center,
26000 Evergreen. Call (810) 354-
1000 ...
WJBK-TV's Sherry Margolis
and WWJ-AM's Laura Teicher
both will participate in Project
Words and Music, a three-day
fund-raiser to provide books, mu-
sic and instruments to young Jew-
ish immigrants in Detroit. The
weekend of Friday-Sunday,
March 14-16, Bothers Books and
Music in Farmington Hills and
Birmingham. Fifteen percent of
book sales will be donated to the
cause. Call (810) 642-5393 ...
Don your boxing gloves and
head over to Ken Levy's Execu-
tive Boxing Club, the site of
Fighters for Hope, a box-a-thon
to benefit City of Hope. 4:30-8:30
p.m. Thursday, March 20. Dona-
tions begin at $10. 33022 North-
western, West Bloomfield. Call
(810) 932-5810 ...
en
They're Back!
Captain Circus, the Dancing Gauchos (pictured), Justin the Jug-
gling Genius, clowns, animals, human-shooting cannons, cotton can-
dy, peanuts and so much more ... It's the Shrine Circus! The
excitement takes place at the Michigan State Fair Coliseum. 12 and
7 p.m. Monday-Friday; 10:30 a.m., 2:30 and 7 p.m. Saturday; 1:30
and 5:30 p.m. Sunday. Through March 23. $6-$14. (313) 366-6200.
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Get Out Of This House
PURIM FUN
Join B'nai Moshe's Haman-
tashen Hop, for adults who love
to dance, with Joe Cornell, food
and costumes. 8 p.m. Saturday,
March 15. $18. Bodzin Social
Hall, West Bloomfield. Call (810)
788-0600 ...
Maple-Drake JCC hosts an Is-
raeli-Style Cabaret masked ball
for young adults, with light food,
cash bar and RH Factor. 9:30 p.m.
Saturday, March 22. $18. Call
(810) 577-3459 ...
Congregation Shaarey Zedek's
Purim Extravaganza Plus is
not just for kids. Ron Coden and
Josh White Jr., megillah reading,
games, food, fun. 7:30 p.m. Sat-
urday, March 22. Southfield. Call
(810) 357-5544 ...
Shawn Colvin taught herself to play guitar when she was 10;
she's been recording since the late '80s. She's worked with - and
sang songs by - Richard Thompson, Suzanne Vega, Lyle Lovett
and her hero, Joni Mitchell. Now, with A Few Small Repairs,
she's written 12 new, original songs, including the hit "Get Out
of This House." See this unique and innovative songstress with
Freedy Johnston and Patti Griffin 8 p.m. Thursday, March 20;
$22.50. Royal Oak Music Theatre, Fourth St. (810) 645-6666.