What To Do, What To Do FOR YOUR EARS In celebration of the grand re- opening of the West Bloomfield Kroger Supermarket, Ben Moore and the Blues Express will perform 1-4 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6. 4396 Orchard Lake Road, West Bloomfield. Alvin Youngblood Hart ON THE STAGE All adults and children inter- ested in theater are invited to the Ridgedale Players' Open House, with refreshments, prizes, demonstrations and tours. No charge. 205 W. Long Lake, Troy. Call (248) 988-7049 ... comes to the Ark in Ann Arbor THE BIG SCREEN 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 8. $10. The Magic Bag's Wednesday 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. Call Night Brew and View presents (313) 761-1451... Days of the New perform 6 Batman and Robin. 9:30 p.m. p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10. $5. 7th Wednesday, Sept. 10. $2. Magic House, 7 N. Saginaw, Pontiac. Bag, 22920 Woodward, Ferndale. Call (248) 544-3030 ... Call (248) 335-8100 ... Also at the Magic Bag, Brew Also at 7th House, Faithless performs 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept. and View II Thursdays presents Chasing Amy. 9:30 p.m. 11. $7. 7 N. Saginaw, Thursday, Sept. 11. $2. Pontiac. Call (248) 335- Call (248) 544-3030 ... 8100 ... The urban folk soul of Terry Callier can be THE ART SCENE heard 8 and 10:30 p.m. The Anderson Gallery Friday, Sept. 12. $12. presents fiber artists Magic Bag, 22920 Wood- Julie Wroblewski Tour- ward, Ferndale. Call tillotte and Rita Grendze LY NNE (248) 544-3030 ... in a dual show of their KONS TANTIN Steel Pulse appears latest works, Remnants. OUT & ABOUT 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. Artist reception: 7-10 COL UMNIST 13. $17.50. Majestic The- p.m. Friday, Sept. 5. atre, Woodward. Call (313) 833- Through Oct. 31. 7 N. Saginaw, 9700 ... Pontiac. Call (248) 335-4611 ... A collection of work by Carole Robert Bradley's Blackwa- ter Surprise performs with Big Master will be displayed through Block 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13. $8. Blind Pig, 208 S. First, Ann Arbor. Call (313) 996-8555 ... MORE FOR YOUR EARS Opening night of the 1997- 98 season of the Chamber Mu- sic Society of Detroit will be the Vermeer Quartet, perform- ing works by Beethoven, Bar- tok and Mendelssohn. 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6. $5-$39. De- troit Opera House, Woodward, Detroit. Call (313) 961-3500 ... The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra's 69th season pre- miere concert will be Love Songs From the Opera, in- cluding works by Mozart, Puc- cini and Wagner. 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6. $16-$29. Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor. Call (313) 994-4801... Singer/songwriter Paul Wil- liams is special guest at the Mental Illness Research Associ- ation's 5th annual Gold Key Event. Also entertaining will be Rich Fisher, Devin Scillian, Larry Santos, Dick Purtan, L Brooks Patterson and more. 6:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 12. $225 (tax deductible). Northfield Hilton, Troy. Call (800) 896- MIRA ... Joey Lauren Adams and Ben Affleck star in Kevin Smith's Chasing Amyat the Magic Bag's Brew and View II. Sept. 12. Southfield Centre for the Arts, 24350 Southfield. Call (248) 424-9022 ... John Paul Slusser Gallery pre- sents Patterns of Revelation: Kamrowski's Visual Impera- tive, featuring more that 40 of Gerome Kamrowski's most recent two- and three-dimensional tile, • • • glass and beaded mosaics. Re- ception with the artist 7-9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 11. Through Sept. 28. School of Art and De- sign, UM, Ann Arbor. Call (313) 936-2082 ... The Pontiac-Oakland Soci- ety of Artists: Celebrating 50 Years will feature works in all media. Through Sept. 30. Oak- land County Galleria, 1200 N. Telegraph, Pontiac. Call (248) 858-0415 ... Them Damned Pictures: American Political Cartoons from the 19th Century will fea- ture original Thomas Nast car- toons, originally printed in the late 19th century in Harper's Weekly. Through Oct. 11. South- field Public Library, 26000 Ever- green, Southfield. Call (248) 948-0460 ... WHATNOT The Ridgedale Players will hold a Beanie Baby Sale and Trade, with additional items in- cluding books, purses and more. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6. 205 W. Long Lake, Troy. Call (248) 853-3990 ... Cross-Cultural Deja Vu The son of a Chilean mother and a Pak- istani father, Fareed Hague, pictured, is the ultimate '90s mu- sician. He teaches jazz, improvisation and classical guitar at Northern Illinois University; his Blue Note Covers Series recordings reflect his cross-cultural inter- ests through his re- interpretations of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's Deja Vu to Bob Marley's Nat- ty Dread. An expert at mixing the unex- pected with the fa- miliar, Hague says, "A lot of people are finding that, unlike musicians 40 years ago, we haven't grown up isolated in a community where everyone speaks the same musical language." Hear him perform 8 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7. $7. Magic Bag, 22920 Woodward, Ferndale. (248) 544-3030. Art In The Park CALL FOR ARTISTS/ AUDITIONS The Eisenhower Dance En- semble announces scholarship auditions for its school, to be held 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 7, for dancers 16 years and older. Call (248) 852-5850 ... Stagecrafters 2nd Stage will hold auditions for Beyond Therapy on Monday, Sept. 8. Call (248) 541-4832 ... Auditions for Rosedale Com- munity Players season opener Lend Me a Tenor will be held 7:30 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, Sept. 8-9, at the Upstage Theater in Detroit. Call (313) 532-4010 ... Stagecrafters in Royal Oak an- nounces auditions for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Sun- day-Monday, Sept. 21-22. Call (248) 541-4832 ... Any adult who plays a band instrument is invited to join the Novi Concert Band, directed by Jack Kopnick. For details, call (248) 932-9244 ... Crafters are wanted to partic- ipate in the 5th annual Crary Middle School Craft Show to be held Oct. 11. For details or to participate, call Mike Dorcey, (248) 363-9849 ... ON THE HORIZON Lucinda Williams, Sept. 19, 7th House ... Judy Tenuta, Sept. 19-20, Chaplin's Comedy Club ... Birmingham's 23rd annual Common Ground Art in the Park features 158 artists from 28 states and England, including the pottery of Annette Siffin, pictured. Recognized in Sunshine Artists Magazine as one of the top 200 art fairs in the nation, in addi- tion to food, music and activities for children, special highlights include a Children's Art Area with hands-on painting; sculpting, button making and face painting. To benefit Common Ground, offering 24-hour emergency psychiatric services in cooperation with Sinai Health System. 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 6-7. Shain Park, Bates and Merrill, Birm- ingham. (248) 456-8150.