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Opening reception: Friday, 5-8 p.m.

Seeing the World Throu
Women% Eye

Hot Jorma

The son of a Finnish father and Jew-
ish mother, Jorma Kaukonen is a for-
mer member of Jefferson Airplane
and a member of Hot Tuna, which
still occasionally tours. Hot Tuna, a
vehicle for Kaukonen's skills as a
country/blues guitarist, was formed
in hotel rooms after Airplane concerts
when Kaukonen and bassist Jack
Casady couldn't stop playing. Jorma
Kaukonen Electric Band performs 8
p.m. Thursday, May 15. $15. 7th
House, 7 N. Saginaw, Pontiac. (810)
335-8100.

ex-
Organized by the National Museum of Women in the
hibition features 300 works by women from 27 countries. Swords
into Plowshares, 33 E. Adams, Detroit. (313) 965-5422.

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turday, 8 p.m.

NRBQ

Always a sell-out show, NRBQ has been hailed as "the greatest
live band on earth." $12.50. Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward, Fern-
dale. (810) 544-1991.

Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Birmingham Art Fair

Sports Albom

For the first time, the art fair expands beyond Shain Park to Wood-
ward. Features 250 exhibiting artists of pottery, jewelry, painting,
printmaking, wearable art and more. (810)644-0866.

Southfield Centre for the Arts' Authors Lecture
Series presents. Mitch Albom to close its season.
The award-winning sports columnist and au-
thor of six books, including Fab Five, was also
an amateur boxer and nightclub singer, nomi-
nated for a Cable Ace Award for his song
"Cookin' for Two," which appeared in the Arnold
Schwarzenegger-directed movie Christmas in
Connecticut. The lecture will be 12:15 p.m. Sun-
, day, May 18. $5/lecture only; $15/with luncheon,
beginning at 11:30 a.m. DoubleTree Guest
Suites, 28100 Franklin, Southfield. (810) 424-
9022.

Wednesday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Step Into Spring

Cranbrook Gardens 25th Annual Spring Plant Sale features wild-
flowers, ferns, trillium, perennials, sculpture, orchids, greenhouse
plants, a boutique, earth-friendly products and so much more. Cran-
brook Gardens _ , 380 Lone Pine Road, Bloomfield Hills. (810) 645-
3149.

Thursday, 7-9 p.

Daddy Daughter Dance

Shaarey Zedek's Men's Club presents its first Daddy Daughter
Dance, featuring entertainment by Joe Cornell and refreshments.
$10/family. Shaarey Zedek B'nai Israel Center, 4200 Walnut Lake .
Road, West Bloomfield. (810) 646-6460.

Images In Ivory

Thursdayaturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 and 7 p.m.

The DIA's first-of-its-
kind exhibition, Images
in Ivo7y: Precious Objects
of the Gothic Age has re-
ceived so many rave re-
views that it has been
extended to May 25. The
exhibition features 100
examples of medieval
ivory carvings, including
the pictured casket lid,
circa 1340-1350. 11 a.m.-
4 p.m. Wednesday-Fri-
day; 11 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday-Sunday. $5;
$2/children/students.
(313) 833-7900.

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Fresh from its world premiere in Lubbock, Texas, Performance,
Network presents a new comedy by Tejano playwright and Ann
Arbor resident Rudolfo Valier Alvarado. It takes a lighthearted
look at '90s Chicano politics in the Southwest. $12; $9/students/se-
niors; pay-what-you-can Thursdays. 408 W. Washington, Ann Ar-
bor. Through June 1. (313) 663-0681.

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