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, LYNN E 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 ... UJ sented as part of the Centennial This one's more for your head: of Arab Cinema Tour, which will Z The Motor City reunion of John be held through July 20. $5.50. De- Cl) 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 UJ 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- 70 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 - 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.