This Week's Best Bets

Saturday, 2 & 8 p.m.; Sunday, 2 p.m.

Gershwin On Ice

Combine a cast of world-class skating champions, an Olympic legend and the
music of America's quintessential songwriting team and what do you get? "The
Memory of All That ... Gershwin On Ice," starring Dorothy Hamill, which cele-
brates the ongoing centennial celebration of the births of George and Ira
Gershwin in a close-up ice concert experience. Detroit Opera House, 1526
Broadway, Detroit. $15-$50. (248) 645-6666.

Sunday, 11 a.m.

Film Lovers Club

Ruth Daniels, public relations manager of the Star Southfield Entertainment
Centre, brings back the Film Lovers Club with a talk featuring Elliot Wilhelm,
founder and director of the Detroit Film Theatre at the DIA. Free admission.
Star Southfield, 25333 W. Twelve Mile Road, Southfield. (248) 368-1802.

Sunday, 7 p.m.

Shadows

Sponsored by the Flint Jewish Federation'slewish Council for Public Affairs,
Shadows expresses through dance the story of European Jewry in the years fol-
lowing Hitler's rise to power. Told through the experiences of a mid-European
Jewish family — from the joys of a family wedding and new life to the night-
mare of the death camps — Shadows reminds us of the importance of our own
vigilance in the fight against ignorance and hate. Donations accepted.
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Southwestern Academy, 1420 W. 12th St., Flint. Call (810) 767-5922.

Monday, 7:30 p.m.

Cookie Lady

Author of The Jewish Holiday Kitchen and Jewish Cooking in America, Joan
Nathan now turns her attention to the traditional baked goods associated with
major Jewish holidays. She'll sign copies of her new book, The Jewish Holiday
Baker, and Detroit-area baker Ben Moscowitz of Star Bakery provides tasty sam-
ples, at Borders Books and Music, 30995 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills.
(248) 737-3980.

Thursday, 8 p.m.

C'mon A 1V y House

She's the aunt of Gorgeous George and a recent newlywed, and she's got a
great set of pipes. Rosemary Clooney performs with the DSO in a Pops concert.
Other performances are 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Nov. 14 and 15, and 3
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16. Orchestra Hall, 3711 Woodward Ave., Detroit. $17-$60.
(313) 833-3362.

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What To Do, What To Do

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the Royal Oak Music Theatre,
318 W Fourth, Royal Oak. $30.
(248) 546-7610.

For Your Ears

Rock 'n' roll legends Chicago and
the Beach Boys join forces for a con-
cert 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8,
at the Palace of Auburn
Hills. Twenty-five cents from
each ticket will be donated to
the Ara Parseghian Medical
The University Musical
Research Foundation.
Society
presents baritone
$25.25/$15.25.
Hakan
Hagegard,
joined by
(248) 645-6666.
pianist
Warren
Jones,
at 8
The Michigan Theater
p.m.
Saturday,
Nov.
8,
at
presents a musical evening
GAIL
Hill
Auditorium,
825
N.
with Ray Davies of the
ZIMMERMAN University, Ann Arbor. $15- s
Kinks 7:30 p.m. Saturday,
Arts 6.
$40. (313) 764-2538.
Nov. 8. 603 E. Liberty, Ann
The first annual Daniel
Entertainment
Arbor. $27.50/$23.50.
and Ann Katzman
Editor
(313) 668-8397.
Memorial Concert features
Hip hop's latest rising
the Windsor Symphony
stars, Puff Daddy & The Family, fea-
and
Pinjan
Klezmer Band, conducted
turing Mase, Lil' Kim, 112, Lil' Cease
by
Susan
Haig,
followed by a recep-
and the Lox, with special guests Busta
tion
and
dancing.
2:30 p.m. Sunday,
Rhymes, Foxy Brown, Jay-Z and
Nov.
9,
at
the
Pentastar
Playhouse-
Usher, perform 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
Capitol
Theatre
and
Arts
Centre,
9, at the Palace of Auburn Hills.
121
University
Avenue
West,
$45/$35. (248) 645-6666.
Windsor. $16 adults/$9 seniors and
Toad the Wet Sprocket (the band's
students. (519) 252-6579 or (519)
name comes from an obscure Monty
973-1772.
Python skit) plays 8 p.m. Wednesday,
The Ferndale Music Series presents
Nov. 12, at the Royal Oak Music
Christa Grix, accompanied by
harpist
Theatre, 318 W. Fourth, Royal Oak.
Bruce
Dondero
on bass, in a concert
$20. (248) 546-7610.
titled
"Hip-Harp,"
3 p.m. Sunday,
Contemporary jazz performers the
Nov.
9.
Drayton
Avenue
Presbyterian
Rippingtons featuring Russ Freeman
Church,
2441
Pinecrest
at
Drayton,
perform 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 11, at
Ferndale. $8/$4 senior cit-
izens and students/free
under 12. (248) 546-
2503.
The Lyric Chamber
Ensemble presents An
Afternoon with the
Ariana String Quartet
3:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9,
at the Birmingham
Unitarian Church
(Woodward at Lone Pine).
$18 adults/$15 students
and seniors/$8 children
12 and under.
(248) 357-1111.
The Plymouth
Symphony Orchestra per-
forms with "The Three
Baritones," Pablo Elvira,
Quinto Militi and Dino
Valle, 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
9. Orchestra Hall, 3711
Woodward Ave., Detroit.
$15. (313) 451-2112.

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Notes

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