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Story-Singer

Singer/songwriter Jonatha Brooke be-
gan her career studying ballet on schol-
arship at the Joffi-ey. Now, she and her
band, the Story, have released their third
album, Plumb, which is due out Aug. 29.
Citing influences from Joni Mitchell,
Chaka Khan and John Berger, Brooke
says of Plumb: "[It's] about ambiguities
and hard choices — plumbing the
depths, re-emerging to the vertical."
Jonatha Brooke and the Story perform
with Barb Payton 8 p.m. Friday, June
6; $12. Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward,
erndale. (248) 544-3030.

Friday-Saturday, 5 p.m.-2 a.m.

Jammin' at the Dec

I'h e open rooftop of Second City is the site for live reggae music
and tropical outdoor surroundings. Every weekend through sum-
mer; this week's performers are Black Market, Friday, and Jo Nab,
Saturday. 2301 Woodward, next to the Fox, Detroit. (313) 965-
500.

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Mojo Nixon and the Toadliquors

The tamest song we can mention here would have to be "Don't
Want No Foo-Foo Haircut on My Head": The king of all things
tasteless and politically incorrect performs at the Magic Bag, 22920
Woodward, Ferndale. $7. (248) 544-3030.

Saturday, 7:30 and 10 p.m.

Stories From The Shtetl

The last of this year's Family Arts
Magical Sundays with the Kids at
JPM presents PuppetArt, along
with storyteller Corinne Stavish.
Performing "Scenes and Stories
from the Shtetl," the master pup-
peteers from the former Soviet
Union will provide enchanting en-
tertainment for all ages. 2 p.m.
Sunday, June 8. $6/member;
$7/non-member; $5/child member;
$6/child non-member. JPM JCC.
(248) 9674030.

Patty Griffin

"A reason to pause and think and feel," says the Village Voice. The
folky songstress performs at the Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. $15.
(313) 761-1800.

Sunday, 7 p.m.

Uncle Moses

The Yiddish film portraying the lives of East European Shtetl Jews
transplanted to turn-of-the-century New York's Lower East Side
will be shown at the Agency for Jewish Education's Auditorium,
21550 W. 12 Mile, Southfield. $5; $3/children. (248) 354-1050.

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Sunday, 8 p.m.

The trio performs "The Spirit of Jewish Music From Around the
World," songs in Hebrew, English, Yiddish, Ladino and Russian.
No charge. Congregation Beth Shalom, Oak Park. (248) 547-7970.

Have You Herd?

Did you know that an elephant must eat up to 330 pounds
of food daily? That its trunk can pick up objects weighing al-
most 600 pounds? That an elephants can be right- or left-
"tusked"? It's all waiting at "Elephants! Forty Million Years
of Evolution." Using hands-on displays, multimedia and prob-
lem-solving stations and full-scale models, "Elephants!" pro-
vides a highly entertaining experience for visitors. Cranbrook
Institute of Science, 1221 N. Woodward, Bloomfield Hills. 10
a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Sat-
urday; 12-5 p.m. Sunday, through Sept. 1. $7; $4/children/se-
niors. (248) 645-3200.

Wednesday, 9:15 p.m.;
Thursday, 7 and 9:15 p.m.;
Friday-Saturday, 7 p.m.

Ponette

If you missed its run at the DFT, here's your opportunity to see
the film that features Victorie Thivisolothe 4-year-old winner of
the Venice Film Festival's Best Actress award. $6.50; $5/stu-
dents/seniors. Michigan Theater, 603 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor. (313)
668-8397.

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