9:30. $6. Call (313) 996-8555.
Classically
Speakingg
aki
The Ann Arbor Symphony per-
,. forms Anton Bruckner's Eighth
ยง Symphony, 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4. A
preconcert lecture explains the unusu-
al instruments and specialized musi-
cians required for this program. 7
p.m. lecture/8 p.m. concert. Michigan
Theater, 603 E. Liberty, Ann Arbor.
$16-$29. Call (313) 994-4801.
Featuring artists from the Russian
Federation's most prestigious training
institution for musical performance
and composition, the Moscow
Conservatory Chamber Ensemble
performs a program of classical mas-
terworks from
Rachmaninoff,
Prokofiev, Tchaikovsky,
Schedrin and Arensky.
Presented by the
University Musical
Society. 8 p.m.
Wednesday, Oct. 8, at
the University, of
Michigan Museum of
Art. Call (313) 764-
2538.
On The
Stage
Nineteenth century Transylvania
comes to life when the Chrysler
Dance Series opens its season with
Dracula, featuring the Pittsburgh
Ballet Theatre. Set to the music of
Franz Liszt and choreographed by Ben
Stevenson. Thursday, Oct. 9-Sunday,
Oct. 12. Detroit Opera House, 1526
Broadway, Detroit. Call (313) 874-
SING.
than 50 works by the-master lithogra-
pher, draftsman and painter George
Bellows, realist, satirist and profound
chronicler of American life. At 3 p.m.
on Oct. 4, E. Bruce Robertson, associ-
ate. professor and chair of the depart-
ment of art and architecture at the
University of California at Santa
Barbara, presents the annual Doris
Sloan Memorial Lecture, "George
Bellows: From Back Alley to Front
Yard," in Angell Hall, Auditorium A.
A reception follows at the University
Peter Greenaway's The Pillow Book of Michigan Museum of Art. 525 S.
State, Ann Arbor. (313) 764-0395.
(England, 1996) tells the story of a
The Detroit Artists Market presents
young Japanese girl whose calligrapher
Un
Defining Craft, an exhibit which
father celebrates her birthdays by lov-
challenges
the conventional defini-
ingly painting a ritualized message on
tions,
historical
interpretations and
her face. She grows into a woman
audience
preconceptions
of the disci-
who's driven inexorably into an obses-
pline of craft. Through Oct. 24. 300
sive, all-encompassing quest for erotic
River Place, Detroit, Suite 1650,
perfection. Under 18
-
Detroit. Call (313) 393-1770.
not admitted. 7 and
Meet artist Tim Walker and see his
9:30 p.m. Friday,
Famous
Artists Portraits 7 -10 p.m.
Oct. 3; 4, 7 and
Saturday,
Oct. 3, at the Uzelac
9:30 p.m. Saturday,
Gallery.
The
exhibit runs through
Oct. 4; 4 and 7 p.m.
Nov.
1.
7
N.
Saginaw.
Pontiac. (248)
Sunday, Oct. 5. The
Detroit Film Theatre 332-5257.
The Wearly Gallery presents
at the Detroit
Functional
Things: Objects by Lisa
Institute of Arts,
Norton
through
Dec. 19. Norton,
5200 Woodward
who
received
her
master's of fine art
Avenue, Detroit.
$5.50. Call (313)
833-2323.
The Big Screen
-
Laugh
Lines
The romantic fairy
tale The Lady's Not For
Burning, by
The Second
Christopher Fry, opens Judith Annozine and John
City-Detroit pre-
Franklin in Hilberry's THe
the 1997-98 Hilberry
mieres Generation
Lady's Not for Burning.
season Friday, Oct. 3,
X-Files, its eleventh
and runs in repertory
revue, and celebrates
with William
its fourth anniver-
Shakespeare's Othello and Eduardo
sary in Detroit on Thursday, Oct. 2.
Filippo's Saturday, Sunday, Monday
Performances run 8 p.m. Wednesdays
through Dec. 4. For information and
through Sundays, with additional
tickets, call (313) 577-2972.
shows Fridays and Saturdays at 10:30
The Performing Arts Program of
p.m. 2301 Woodward Ave., Detroit..
the University of Michigan presents
$12, Sundays and Wednesdays/ $14,
The Marriage of Bette and Boo, a
Thursdays/$17.50, Fridays/$19.50,
comic send-up of marriage, divorce,
Saturdays. Call (313) 965-2222.
family and the Catholic Church, by
Christopher Durang, Oct. 9-19 in the
Trueblood Theatre, Frieze Building at
the corner of State and Washington,
The University of Michigan
Ann Arbor. $14/$7 students. Call
Museum of Art opens a new exhibit,
(313) 764-0450.
Spectator of Life: Works by George
Bellows from the Sloan Collection,
Saturday, Oct 4. Running through
Dec. 7, the exhibit comprises more
Whatnot
The Friends of the Bloomfield
Township Public Library host 1997
Paperback Plus!, a sale of used books,
none over $1. 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 4, and 12-4 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 5. 1099 Lone Pine Road
at Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills. (248)
642-4174.
The Great Lakes Beadworkers
Guild presents Bead Bonanza, featur-
ing all kinds of beads - vintage,
imported and ethnic - as well as
findings and demonstrations. 10 a.m.-
5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, at the Van
Dyke Park Hotel, 31800 Van Dyke
Ave, Warren. $2 admission. Call (810)
977-5935.
The Detroit Historical Museum's
Pubs and Clubs program features a
dinner and tour of the Scarab Club
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 9.
$35/members; $45/nonmembers. 217
Farnsworth (at John R) in the
Detroit's cultural center. Call
(313) 833-1405.
'
Volunteers
Needed
The Birmingham Bloomfield
Art Association's Gifts of Art
1997 Holiday Sales Show, sched-
uled Dec. 1-13, is seeking volun-
teers. A special breakfast for those
interested in volunteering will be
held 8-9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8,
at the BBAA, 1516 Cranbrook.
Call (248) 644-0866.
On The
Horizon
The Art Scene
Dance
degree from Cranbrook, is associate
professor of metals at the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago. Opening
reception 7-9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4.
1719 W. Fourteen Mile (at Crooks
Road), Royal Oak. Call (248) 549-
3016.
Lisa Norton: Oblong Transition Boot, mir-
rored steel.
Tickets are available for the
1997 BalfourConcert, featuring
Broadway performer Bruce Adler
and the "First Lady of Israeli
Song," Chava Alberstein. 7:30
p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, at the
Detroit Opera House. Call (248)
569-1515.
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