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Saturday, 8 pan.
Judith Viorst
An evening with author and playwright Judith Viorst, who will introduce her
new book for adults, For Peace of Mind Resign as General Manager of the
Universe. Sponsored by the Eugene and Marcia Applebaum Jewish Parenting
Center. Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375 Bell Road, Southfield. $10. (248)
681-5353.
Sunday, 3 p.m.
Risa Jaroslow 8c Dancers
The Jonathan Miller Concert at Temple Israel presents the unique troupe of
dancers and musicians, who, utilizing elements of ballet, ballroom, gymnastics
and mime, depict Jewish heritage. Actor Sol Frieder narrates the production.
Temple Israel, 5725 Walnut Lake Road, West Bloomfield. For complimentary
tickets, call (248) 661-5700.
Monday, 12:45 p.m.
Cafe Europa
Sponsored by Sinai Hospital's Program for Holocaust Survivors, Families and
Friends and the Jewish Community Center, the European-style coffeehouse fea-
tures coffee, pastries and the music of Sam Barnett. No charge. Jimmy Prentis
Morris Jewish Community Center, 15110 W 10 Mile, Oak Park. (248) 356-
6668.
Tuesday, 12:15 p.m.
Euphonia Quartet
To open its fall season, the Music Study Club of Metropolitan Detroit pre-
sents the string quartet playing the music of Brahms and Faure. Coffee hour,
meeting and program are open to nonmembers. $7. Birmingham Temple, 28611
W 12 Mile Road, Farmington Hills.
(248) 585-0146.
Thursday, 8:30 p.m.
Craig Shoemaker
"The Lovemaster" is back. The multi-
media entertainer — comic, actor, singer
— brings his show to the Comedy
Castle Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 25-27.
Showtimes are 8:30 p.m. Thursday; 8:15
and 10:45 p.m. Friday and Saturday.
$15 Thursday/$17.50 Friday and
Saturday. 269 E. Fourth, Royal Oak.
(248) 542-9900.
Comedian Craig Shoemaker.
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including a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices
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354-6069. Notice must be received at least three weeks before the scheduled
event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be returned. All events and dates listed
in the Out & About column are subject to change.
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What To Do, What To Do • • •
For
Your
Ears
The Attic Bar
holds a fund-rais-
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ZIMMERNAN er for a documen-
tary film about
Arts and
Detroit blues leg-
Entertainment
end Uncle Jessie
Editor
White with a
lineup featuring
the Sidewinders, Motor City Josh,
Uncle Jessie White and the 29th Street
Band, and special guests Willie D.
Warren, Jeff Grand, Sweet Claudette,
Yard Dog Jones, Detroit Dobro and
the Butler Twins Blues Band.
Saturday, Sept. 20. Doors open at 2
p.m. Show runs 4 p.m.-2 a.m. $10.
11667 Jos. Campau, Hamtramck. Call
(313) 365-4194.
Dick Siegel brings his eclectic
hybrid of folk, country and jazz to the
Ark, 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 20. $10.
316 S. Main, Ann Arbor. (313) 761-
1451.
The Royal Oak Music Theatre pre-
sents Diamond Rio 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 21. $22.50. 318 W. Fourth,
Royal Oak. (248) 546-7610.
Classically
Speaking
The Charles and Frances Driker
Yiddish Culture Fund presents singer
Anna Ginzberg, accompanied by Igor
Foltushansky, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Sept. 24, at the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Jewish Community Center, 15510 10
Mile Road, Oak Park. Nominal fee
for members and nonmembers. Call
(248)967-4030.
The Pro Mozart Society of Greater
Detroit presents this year's annual
concert, including a piano trio, duets
for soprano and mezzo, and selections
by a Russian children's choir, at 3 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 28. Grosse Pointe War
Memorial (Crystal Ballroom), 32
Lakeshore Road, Grosse Pointe Farms.
$10/$6 students and seniors. Call
(313) 885-0744.
On The Stage
Thank heaven for Gigz. Lerner and
Loewe's musical set in turn-of-the-cen-
tury Paris is performed by the
Stagecrafters, now through Oct. 12.
Baldwin Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette,
Royal Oak. Call for days and times.
(248) 541-6430.
The Theatre Company at the
University of Detroit Mercy mounts
the Michigan premiere of Joan
Ackermann's comedy Lara Spook and
Other Lures, starring Mary Bremer
and Arthur Beer. Directed by David
Regal, the play runs Sept. 25-Oct. 12
at the McAuley Theatre on the Outer
Drive Campus, located at the
Southfield Freeway and Outer Drive.
$10/$8 seniors and students. For
details, call (313) 993-1130.
The 50th anniversary of the Grosse
Pointe Theatre's musical theater tradi-
tion is celebrated in A Musical
Jubilee, an overview of the theater's
most memorable moments. 7:30 p.m.
reception/8 p.m. performance Friday
and Saturday, Sept. 26-27. $25. 315
Fisher Road, Grosse Pointe. (313)
881-4004.
The Big Screen
The Mame-Loshen video Yiddish
in America, the Paul Sauvage film
study of Yiddish language and culture,
will be shown 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
25, at the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Jewish Community Center. Free for
members/nominal charge for non-
members. Call (810) 967-4030.
The fifth annual Michigan Lesbian
& Gay Film Festival features 12 films
from around the world. Opening
night features special guest Director
Kelli Herd and the premiere of her
film Its in the Water. The festival runs
Friday-Sunday, Sept. 26-28, at the
AMC Abbey Theatres at the corner of
14 Mile Road and 1-75 in Troy. Call
(248) 443-5029 for screening and
ticket information.
The Great Lakes Cinephile Society
presents Fall Cinesation '97, a festival
of vintage motion pictures, Friday-
Sunday, Sept. 26-28, at the Temple
Theatre in Saginaw, Mich. Call (517)
652-8881 (days) or (810) 471-1809
(evenings) for details.
The Art Scene
Galleries in Birmingham, Ferndale,
Royal Oak and Pontiac will be the
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