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. PHOTO BY CYNTHIA LEVINE ntertain 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.