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Saturdays, Nov. 13-23, when the Ann
Arbor Civic Theatre takes the stage.
2275 Platt Road, Ann Arbor.
$18/adults; $16 students and seniors.
(313) 971-AACT.

Laugh Lines

On The Stage

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It's the 50th anniversary season for
the Grosse Pointe Theatre, where the
opening play is the Andrew Lloyd
Webber-Tim Rice musical Jesus Christ
Superstar. The show runs Nov. 12-16
and 18-22 in the Fries Auditorium of
the Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32
Lakeshore Road, Grosse Pointe Farms.
Performances are 8 p.m. except for
Nov. 16, when there's a 2 p.m. mati-
nee, $16. (313) 881-4004.
Supernatural powers interfere with
romance in Dark of the Moon, the
next production of the West
Bloomfield High School Drama
Department. The fantasy folk tale will
be performed 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 13, and 8 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, Nov. 14 and 15, at the
school, 4925 Orchard Lake Rd. $5.
(248) 539-2555.
When running a candy store seems
to be the only opportunity, the main
character of Look Back in Anger
becomes the embodiment of rebellion.
The incisive drama runs at 8 p.m.
Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays, Nov. 13-16 and 20-23, at
the Hilberry Theatre, on the Wayne
State University campus. $5-$7.
(313) 577-2972.
Medical ethics and sexual stereo-
types are called into question in The
Waiting Room, which will be per-
formed 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays
and 2 and 7 p.m. Sundays, Nov. 13-
16, 20-23 and 27-30, by the
Performance Network, 408 W.
Washington, Ann Arbor. $15/$12 stu-
dents and seniors. (313) 663-0681.
Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night
Music fills the air 2 p.m. Saturdays
and Sundays and 8 p.m. Thursdays-

The Amazing Jonathan, a comic
magician, performs tonight-Sunday at
Mark Ridley's Comedy Castle, 269 E.
Fourth, Royal Oak. The laughs start at
8:15 and 10:45 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, $12, and 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
$6. (248) 542-9900.
The Second City continues with its
11th revue, Generation X-Files. The
show features veteran comics Larry
Campbell, Margaret Exner, Brandon
Johnson and Catherine Worth.
Performances are at 8 p.m.
Wednesdays-Sundays with additional
shows at 10:30 p.m. Fridays and
Saturdays. $12-$19.50.
(313) 965-2222.

Dance, Dance,
Dance

Hubbard Street
Dance Chicago-brings its
20-member ensemble to
Music Hall Center for the
Performing Arts. Four per-
formances, with choreog-
raphy to classic and
modern music, are at
8 p.m. Thursday and
Friday, Nov. 13 and
14, and 3 and 8 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 15. $25-
$35. (313) 963-2366.

Family Fun

The kids will have some
happy time as the Meadow
Brook Theatre kicks off its
Saturday Fun for Kids Series this
weekend. Children's recording star
Linda Arnold, called the Mary
Poppins of children's music, performs
11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 8. $7.50.
(248). 377-3300.

The Art Scene

Meet the artists and enjoy Matt
Michaels at the piano at the gala
opening of the Birmingham Temple
25th Juried Art Show. The opening

party is 7-10:30 p.m. tonight with a
$15 donation. Admission to the
More than 100 crafters will show
show, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday
their works 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday,
and Sunday, is free. More than 100
when West Bloomfield Community
artists will be represented.
Education holds its annual Art and
Birmingham Temple, 28611 W.
Craft Sale at West Bloomfield High
12 Mile, Farmington Hills.
School, 4925 Orchard Lake Road.
(248) 477-1410.
Admission is $1, with no charge for
Barbara Kovacs makes the ordi-
nary extraordinary by
applying gold leaf to
objects such,as hats, socks
and bread. Her works will
be featured Nov. 13-Dec.
11 at Artspace II, 303 E.
Maple, Birmingham.
Meet Kovacs 6-9 p.m.
Thursday, Nov. 13, at the
gallery reception.
(248) 258-1540.
Biblical Characters is
the theme of the one-man
show of sculpture and
drawings created by
Richard Koslow's work will be featured at the
David
Birmingham Temple 25th Juried Art Show.
Mandiberg,
Nov.14-Dec. 28 at
seniors. (248) 738-3390.
Swann Gallery, 1250 Library,
The Creative Arts Center will hold
Detroit. The opening reception
its fifth annual Las Vegas Night Fund
A, is 6-9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 14.
Raiser 7-11 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 8.
Call (313) 965-4826.
Gaming tables, a silent auction and
Sasha Reibstein, a second-
hors d'oeuvres will be featured at the
year student at the
center, 47 Williams St., Pontiac. Items
University of
donated by Bertha Cohen, Fernando
Michigan, looks
Calderon and other artists will be
into the human
sold. (248) 333-7849.
character and
Polish journalist Ryszard
heart with pen
Kapuscinski discusses The Russian
and ink,
Puzzle: Why I Wrote Imperium 8
paints and
p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at the
ceramics. Her
Rackham Amphitheater, Rackham
show, "Rousing the
Building, 815 E. Washington St., Ann
Muse," will be at the
Arbor.
The free lecture explores why
university's Student Union Art
the Soviet Union broke apart.
Lounge Nov. 9-29. The opening
(313) 647-2237.
reception runs 6-8 p.m. Friday,
Cranbrook Art Museum will pre-
Nov. 14.
sent Shooting Buildings:
Philip Pearlstein, Joseph
Photography, Perception and the
Wesner and Wolf Kahn
Built Environment, a day-long sym-
will be represented in a
posium
on Saturday, Nov. 15, in con-
group exhibition of
junction with the exhibitions
paintings, sculpture
"Evidence: Photography and Site" and
and photogra-
"Fragments Toward a City: An
phy by 20th-
Jennita
century con- Architecture and Photography
Russo of
Departmental Collaboration," both
temporary
Hubbard
exploring the possible relationship
masters
Street Dance
between architecture and photography.
run-
Chicago
, ning The symposium brings together
artists, scholars and curators and offers
tours of exhibitions and a gallery
through Nov. 29 at the
crawl. Prices depend on the dates of
David Klein Gallery, 163
registration and the elected activities.
Townsend, Birmingham.
(248) 645-3361.
(248) 433-3700.

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