What To Do, What To Do ...
FOR YOUR EARS
New Zealand's pop sensation
OMC appears 8 p.m. Saturday,
July 12. $10. 7th House, 7 N.
Saginaw, Pontiac. Call (248) 335-
3540 ...
Sweet Baby James, a.k.a.
James Taylor, performs 7:30
p.m. Saturday, July 12. $15-$30.
Pine Knob. Call (248) 645-6666
Andrew's Hall, E. Congress, De-
troit. Call (248) 645-6666 ...
MORE FOR YOUR EARS
The DSO pays tribute to a I Iol-
lywood musical score legend. The
Music of John Williams will fea-
ture excerpts from Jaws, E.T.,
Schindler's List and more. 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 12. $13-$42. Mead-
ow Brook, Rochester. Call (313)
833-3700 ...
The Schugars perform with
Grin and Sliver Goodman and the
Rocket Pops. 8 p.m. Saturday, July TICKLE YOUR
12. $4. Rivertown Saloon, 1977
Woodbridge, Detroit. Call (248) FUNNY BONE
The Emmy Award-winning co-
581-1879 ...
Country/Western fans: The creator of HBO's "Not Necessari-
1997 Corvette or Cash Fanta- ly the News" and other of the
Sniglets books, comedian
sy Raffle Country
Rich Hall performs 8:30
Hoedown will feature
and 10:30 p.m. Friday-
a DJ, line dancing, Tex-
Saturday, July 11-12. $12.
Mex fare, cash bar and
Mainstreet Comedy
more. $10; free/with pur-
Showcase, 314 E. Liber-
chase of raffle ticket. 6-
ty, Arm Arbor. Call (313)
9 p.m. Sunday, July 13.
996-9080 ...
William Costack Activ-
ity Center, 11 Mile,
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Farmington Hills. Call
KONSTA NTIN
DANCE, DANCE,
(248) 474-3440 ...
OUT & AB OUT
DANCE
Cancelled: The Nev-
COLUMN 1ST
The DIA presents The
ille Brothers show Sun-
Yousry Sharif Egyptian
day, July 13, at Clutch Cargo's.
Refunds at point of purchase. Call Dance Ensemble, Egyptian folk-
loric and modern dance. 7:30 p.m.
(248) 333-2362 ...
The funky Tower of Power Sunday, July 13. $20. Auditorium,
performs 7 p.m. Sunday, July 13. 5200 Woodward, Detroit. Call
$22; $20/students/seniors. Ma- (313) 833-2323 ...
comb Center for the Performing
Arts, Macomb Community Col- ON THE STAGE
lege, Clinton Township. Call (248)
The Ann Arbor Summer Fes-
286-2141...
tival presents Vanities, Jack
With material described as Heifner's off-Broadway hit com-
"Southern fried Metallica meets edy starring Emmy Award-win-
Guns N' Roses," Hair of the Dog ning Heather Tom. 8 p.m.
- including Farmington Hills na- Friday, July 11. Power Center
tives John Sepetys and Brian Sa- Stage, Anti Arbor. For details,
puto - performs with Ratt and call (313) 764-2538 ...
LA Guns 7:30 p.m. Sunday, July
Stagecrafters Youth Theatre
13.State Theatre. Doors open at presents Aladdin - not the Dis-
6 p.m. $17.50 advance; $20 at the ney version. Thursday-Sunday,
door. Call (313) 961-5450 ...
July 17-20. $5. Baldwin Theatre,
The Fixx returns! 8 p.m. 415 Lafayette, Royal Oak. Call
Wednesday, July 16. $20. 7th (248) 541-6430 ...
House, 7 N. Saginaw, Pontiac. Call
(248) 335-3540 ...
THE BIG SCREEN
Queensryche appears 7:30
In conjunction with the DIA's
p.m. Thursday, July 17. $17.50- "Splendors of Ancient Egypt," a
$27.50. Pine Knob. Call (248) 645- week of Egyptian films will be pre-
6666 ...
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sented as part of the Centennial
This one's more for your head: of Arab Cinema Tour, which will
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The Motor City reunion of John be held through July 20. $5.50. De-
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Sinclair and Wayne Kramer. 8 troit Film Theatre, John R., De-
p.m. Friday, July 18. $7. Magic troit. Call (313) 833-2323 for
Bag, 22920 Woodward, Ferndale. details ...
r s Call (248) 544-3030 ...
The historic Redford Theatre
cc Also at Magic Bag, The Road- presents Driving Miss Daisy,
In-
featuring
The
U l house Review
starring Jessica Tandy and Mor-
toxicants, 2 Star Tabernacle, Gino, gan Freeman. 8 p.m. Friday, 2 and
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Velvis. 22920 Woodward, Fern- 8 p.m. Saturday, July 11-12. $2.50.
' dale. Call (248) 5443030 ...
17360 Lahser, Detroit. Call (313)
Dogstar (featuring Keanu 383-0133 ...
Reeves) comes to town 8 p.m.
The Southfield Public Library's
Saturday, July 19. $12.50. St. Tuesday at the Movies series pre-
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sents Hotel du Lac, the film
adaptation of Anita Brookner's
novel, starring Anna Massey and
Denholm Elliott. 7 p.m. Tuesday,
July 15. $1. Marcotte Room,
Southfield Library, 26000 Ever-
green. Call (248) 948-0470 ...
THE ART SCENE
Exotics: Botanicals by
Michigan Artists, an all-state,
all-media competition featuring
works of botanical subject matter,
will be displayed through Aug. 1.
Galleria of the Oakland Executive
Office building, Pontiac. Call (248)
858-4081...
The Paint Creek Center for the
Arts presents 8 Inches x 8 Inch-
es, an exhibition of all media
works not exceeding 8 inches in
any direction. Also, Chance Im-
ages, a solo exhibition of the pho-
tography of Patricia Bernard.
Opening reception for both 7-9
p.m. Friday, July 11. Through
Aug. 8. 407 Pine Street, Rochester.
Call (248) 651-4110 ...
Henri Bendel, David Klein
Gallery, Stoney Creek Brewing Co.
and the Merchant of Vino present
Serious Moonlight 1997, an out-
door celebration to benefit Cran-
brook Art Museum. Garden party
attire, fine food, libations, dancing
to the Imperial Swing Orchestra
and more. 8 p.m. Saturday, July
19. $75. Under the Peristyle at
Cranbrook. 1221 N. Woodward,
Bloomfield Hills. Call (248) 645-
3323 ...
The world's second-largest
garage sale returns to Royal Oak.
The 22nd annual Garage Sale
and Antique Show, featuring
over 300 vendors, comes to town
10 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-
5 p.m. Sunday, July 19-20. Center
Street parking structure. Call
(248) 547-4000 ...
PHOTO BY FRANK OCKEN FELS III
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lilith
Fare
Explains Sarah McLachlan of her brainchild, "[The Lilith Fair]
doesn't exclude men, it simply celebrates women." The two-
stage, multi-artist concert caravan will feature McLachlan,
Fiona Apple, pictured, Paula Cole, the Cardigans, Tracy Bon-
ham and countless others for a full day of celebration and song.
4:30 p.m. Saturday, July 19. $18.50-$36. Pine Knob. (248) 645-
6666. Also, catch Sarah McLachlan signing copies of her new •
CD, along with Tara McLean who will sign her new CD and
perform, 11 a.m. Saturday, July 19, at Borders Books and Mu-
sic, Farmington Hills, (248) 737-2225.
He's Not Heavy
FEED YOUR HEAD
Cranbrook presents the first-
ever Cranbrook Retreat for Writ-
ers, featuring readings from
nationally published writers, each
beginning at 7 p.m. at no charge:
Wednesday, July 16, Joseph Cald-
well, Lucy Rosenthal and Joshua
Henkin; Thursday, July 17, Susan
Mitchell, Richard McCann, Elaine
Greenstein; Wednesday, July 23,
Thomas Lux; Thursday, July 24,
John Skoyles. Cranbrook Schools,
Kingswood Campus Common
Room, 1221 N. Woodward, Bloom-
field Hills. Call (248) 645-3142 ...
Award-winning writer/produc-
er/director Harvey Ovshinsky will
conduct a Summer Screen-
writing Seminar 9:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m. Saturday-Sunday, July 19-
20. $150. Birmingham Commu-
nity House. Call (248) 644-5832 ...
Yes, he's my brother! Ben Konstantin, comedian extraordi -
naire, will appear with Dan Greeter at Mark Ridley's Comedy
Castle, 269 E. Fourth, Royal Oak. Konstantin's witty and charis-
matic style is good, clean fun. 8:30 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday ,
$6; 8:15 and 10:45 p.m. Friday-Saturday, $12; 7:30 p.m. Sun-
day, $6, July 16-20. For details, call (248) 542-9900.