FOR YOUR EARS
Cancelled: UB40, for Saturday,
July 25, at Meadow Brook. Re-
funds available at point of pur-
chase ...
Wild Colonials perform with
Richard Buckner 8 p.m. Friday,
July 25. $6. 7th House, 7 N.
Saginaw, Pontiac. Call (248)
335-8100 ...
Detroit's own Thornetta
Davis performs 8 p.m. Sat-
urday, July 26. $6. Magic
Bag, 22920 Woodward, Fer-
ndale. Call (248) 544-3030
what-you-can Thursday. 408 W.
Washington, Ann Arbor. Call (313)
663-0681...
SRO Productions presents
Greater Tuna 8 p.m. Friday-Sat-
urday; 2 p.m. Sunday, through
Aug. 10. The Burgh, Civic Center
Drive and Berg Road, Southfield.
Call (248) 827-0700 ...
...
and sweets. In the University of
Michigan's Museum of Art au-
thentic Japanese tea house. 2
and 3:30 p.m. Sunday, July 27.
525 S. State, Ann Arbor. $5.
(313) 764-0395.
Lawrence Street Gallery pre-
sents Summer Dreams, a new
collection of works by area artists,
through Aug. 23. 6 N. Sag-
inaw, Pontiac. Call (248)
334-6716 ...
Book Beat Bookstore
and Gallery presents The
End is Here! Visionary
Artists at the End of
Time, featuring works by
Marcel Duchamp, George
Brecht, Hans Bellmer,
Howard Finster, Ray John-
ston, Stanley Mouse and
many more. Through Sept.
13. 10 a.m.-9 p.m. Tuesday-
Saturday. Call (248) 968-
1190 ...
The members of Fez have
been called "the only true
masters of rural carnival
music," mastering such in-
struments as the pump or-
gan, theremin, bass and
drums. Check out the CD re-
lease party 8 p.m. Saturday,
July 26. The Gold Dollar,
3129 Cass, Detroit. Call
(313) 833-6873 ...
Described as "a bluesman
Greenfield Village presents
who stepped out of an R.
Old Fashioned Summer
Crumb comic; Leon Red- Bugs Bunny on Broadway is fun for the family. Tonight, at Evenings with turn of the
bone performs 8 p.m. Sun- Meadow Brook.
century games on the green,
day, July 27. $15. The Ark,
horse-drawn carriage rides,
316 S. MairOtrin Arbor. Call (313)
carousel and train rides, costumed
761-180G
actors and more. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Fri-
Former Throvc4ng Muse Kris-
day-Sunday, July 25-26. $12.50;
ten Hersh perfoiaris 8 p.m. Sun- The Southfield Public Library's $11.50/seniors; $6.25/children;
day, July 27. $8. 7th House, 7 N. Tuesday at the Movies series pre- free/under 5. Henry Ford Muse-
Saginaw, Pontiac. Call (248) 335- sents I'll See You in My um and Greenfield Village, Dear-
8100 ...
Dreams, the musical biography bomall (313) 271-1620 ...
Manbreak appears 7:30 p.m. of songwriter Gus Kahn, who got
Tuesday, July 29. $6. The
his start in the Ziegfeld
Shelter at St. Andrew's
shows. Starring Danny
Hall, 431 E. Congress,
Thomas and Doris Day.
Detroit. Call (313) 961-
7 p.m. Tuesday, July 29.
8137 ...
$1. Marcotte Room,
The Beach Boys
Southfield Library,
come to town 7:30 p.m.
26000 Evergreen. Call
Help celebrate Detroit's 296th
Wednesday, July 30.
(248) 948-0470 ...
Birthday
Saturday, July 26, at
$17.50-$22.50. Pine
LYNNE
The Magic Bag's
Knob. Call (248) 645-6666
KONSTANTIN
Wednesday Night Brew the Detroit Historical Museum.
OUT & ABOUT
and View presents Volunteers needed for children's
Reef brings its blues
COLUMNIST
Austin Powers, star- activities, face painting, chalk
from England to the 7th
ring Mike Myers. 9:30 drawing contest, decorating a 5-
House with Rule 62. 8 p.m. p.m. Wednesday, July 30. $2. foot birthday cake. Call Bonnie
Thursday, July 31. $7. 7 N. Sagi- Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward, Fer- Cohn, (313) 833-0481...
The Ridgedale Players seeks
naw, Pontiac. Call (248) 335-8100 ndale. Call (248) 544-3030 ...
performers
for Neil Simon's Ru-
Also at the Magic Bag, Brew
Los Lobos performs 8 p.m. Fri- and View II Thursdays presents mors. Auditions will be held 7:30
day, Aug. 1. $15. Clutch Cargo's, King Pin with Woody Harrelson, p.m. Monday, July 28. Call for de-
Pontiac. Call (248) 333-2362 ...
Randy Quaid and Bill Murray. tails, (248) 879-7402 ...
Auditions will be held for SRO
Ekoostic Hookah appears 8 9:30 p.m. Thursday, July 31. $2.
Productions' Steel Magnolias 7
p.m. Friday, Aug. 1. $7. Magic Call (248) 544-3030 ...
p.m. Monday, Aug. 4. Call for de-
Bag, 22920 Woodward, Ferndale.
tails, (248) 827-0700 ...
Call (248) 544-3030 ...
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ON 'THE STAGE
William Shakespeare's 400-year-
old A Midsummer Night's
Dream is presented by the Per-
formance Network Through Aug.
3. $12; $9/students/seniors; pay-
THE ART SCElit
U-M's Japanese Tea Party is
a tea ceremony in the style of the
Sekishu schpol, introducing you
to the mystiious ways of tea,
creating a world of harmony, pu-
rity and tranquility. Followed by
a post-tea discussion with tea
ON THE HORIZON
DSO performs music from
Shine, Aug. 1, Meadow Brook ...
Harry Belafonte, Aug. 2, Pine
Knob ... Spyro Gyra, Aug. 2, 7th
House ...
Hot Toady
A helpful hint about Toad the Wet Sprocket: It helps to think
of "Toad" as a verb, rather than a noun; the band's name was
taken from an obscure Monty Python skit. Toad is joined by
Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Primus, Morphine, Ben Folds
Five, Leftover Salmon and more at the 1997 H.O.R.D.E. Fes-
tival. 3 p.m. Sunday, July 27. $33. Pine Knob. (248) 645-6666.
King Of The Accordion
He may have lost on "Jeopardy," baby, but hey, he's gracing
the pages of The Jewish News. The incomparable "Weird Al"
Yankovic (Polish, not Jewish), brings the extensive comedic
and musical talents of his band The Bad Hair Tour to Detroit.
8 p.m. Wednesday, July 30. $10-$20. Meadow Brook. (248) 645-
6666.
PHOTO BY CARL STUDNA
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