DETROIT JEWISH NEWS FOR YOUR EARS temple's war against youth sui- The hard-core funk of Enemy cide.,7:30 p.m. Friday, no charge; Squad, with Fathers of the Id 8 and 10 p.m. Saturday, $15; celebrates with a CD preview $10/students. May 2-3. Temple party 9 p.m. Saturday, April 26 Beth El, Bloomfield Hills. Call $5. Magic Bag, 22920 (810) 851-1100 ... Woodward, Ferndale. Temple Emanu-El Call (810) 544-3030 ... presents With a Song in Also at the Magic Our Hearts, a tribute Bag, Eric "Shoutin" honoring Cantor Nor- Sheridan and the man Rose, featuring Uptown Rhythm members of the Michigan Kings are the new Opera Theatre, Ursula Kings of Swing. 8 p.m. Walker and Buddy Bud- LY NNE Sunday, April 27. $5. son, champagne, dancing KONS TANTIN Call (810) 544-3030 ... and afterglow. 7:30 p.m. OUT & ABOUT On the heels of her Saturday, May 3. Tem- COLU MNIST well-received new CD, ple Emanu-El, Oak Park Erykah Badu performs with Call for ticket info, (810) 967- Eric Benet 8 p.m. Sunday, May 4020 ... 4. $20. St. Andrew's Hall, 431 E. Con- gress, Detroit. Call (810) 645-6666 ... riage of Figaro, starring Richard Bernstein as Figaro, opens 8 p.m. Saturday, May 3. Performances continue 2 p.m. Sunday; 8 p.m. Wednesday, Fri- day-Saturday, through May 11. Detroit Opera House, 1526 Broadway. Call (313) 874-SING Charity Of Cockburn PHOTO BY DANA TYNAN What To Do, What To Do ... • • • ON HE STAGE Meadow Brook Theatre pre- sents Appalachian Strings, the tale . of a family as it leaves Ire- land during the 1840s and set- tles in America's eastern mountains. Through May 18. $18-$32. Rochester Hills. Call (810) 377-3300 ... Stagecrafters presents Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd, a musical thriller set in Victorian London. Through May 11. $12- MORE FOR YOUR $14. Baldwin The- EARS atre, 415 S. Lafayette, Student winners of Royal Oak. Call (810) the American String 541-6430 ... Teachers Association JET presents an will perform, followed evening of three one- by a coaching session act plays, based on by members of De- the stories of Sholem troit Chamber Aleichem and I.L. Winds, 2-4 p.m. Sun- Peretz, in The World day, April 27. Temple of Sholom Ale- Beth El, Bloomfield ichem by Arnold Hills. Call (810) 851- Perl. 7:30 p.m. 1100 ... Wednesday-Thurs- Southfield's Con- day; 8 p.m. Saturday; certs in the Garden 2 and 7:30 p.m. Sun- presents Premier day. April 30-June 1. Brass, a collection of 6600 W. Maple Road, virtuosos 3 p.m. Sun- West Bloomfield. Call day, April 27. $5. Pru- (810)588-2900 ... dential Town Center, West Bloomfield Southfield. Call (810) High School presents 424-9022 ... Bye, Bye Birdie 7:30 Mike Burstyn, p.m. Thursday; 8 p.m. star of Broadway mu- Friday-Saturday, sicals and winner of May 1-3. $5. High the Israeli "Oscar," school auditorium, presents a musical re- 4925 Orchard Lake vue 7:30 p.m. Thurs- Road. Call (810) 539- day, May 1. No Mike Burstyn performs a musical revue at Adat Shalom Synagogue 2555 ... Thursday, May 1. charge/general ad- mission; $18/Chai THE ART SCENE Concertgoers reserved seating Quilt show curator Merry Sil- Birmingham-Bloomfield and afterglow. Adat Shalom, Symphony Orchestra's final ber will discuss quilts and the Farmington Hills. Call (810) 851- concert of the season will be per- stories behind them. 2-4 p.m. 5100 ... formed Sunday, May 4. $16; Saturday, May 3. $5. Southfield Neill Eisenstein, CCS piano $12/students. Temple Beth El, Public Library, 26000 Evergreen. faculty member, performs clas- Bloomfield Hills. Call (810) 645- Call (810) 948-0470 ... sical music and. Broadway show BBSO Julia Bearse and Arlene tunes 8 p.m. Friday, May 2. Ed Benyas and the Oak Street Brown will share exhibition Boughton Auditorium, Center Winds will be featured in the space throughout May at the for Creative Studies, 200 E. Kir- Schmier Chapel Chamber Se- Pontiac Oakland Society of by, Detroit. Call (313) 872-3118 ries 7:30 p.m. Sunday, May 4. Artists Gallery at Summit Place. No charge. Temple Israel, West The artists will host the opening Temple Beth El's congrega- Bloomfield. Call (810) 661-5700 reception 2-6 p.m. Saturday, May tional educator Joyce Seglin 3. Near Hudson's, in the Summit shares the stage with the Per- Michigan Opera Theatre's pre- Place Mall. Call (810) 683-8142 suasions for Reach for Hope, the sentation of Mozart's The Mar- Imagery of night and darkness, shadow and storm pervades 13ruce Cockburn's 23rd album, The Charity of Night . He's come a long way since his folk singing beginning, broadening into world music, reggae, jazz and African pop. Cockburn brings his eclectic talents to the Royal Oak Music Theatre, 4th Street, Royal Oak. 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 30. $22.50. (810) 645-6666. Walt Disney Studios newest animated mega-hit-to-be, Her- cules, starring Danny DeVito, Charlton Heston and Tate Dono- van with music by Alan Menken, has gone on tour. With fun-filled interactive games, a live stage show, demonstrations and an emphasis on the art of animation, Disney's Hercules Mega Mall Tour also features a new Chevy Venture Minivan, to be awarded to one lucky guest. Movie opens June 27. Fri- day-Sunday, April 25-27, at Oakland Mall. (810) 585-6000.