schools through the St. Joseph
Mercy School Health Program.
Enjoy this one-"funny"-man show
8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15.
Macomb Center for the
Performing Arts, M-59 and
Garfield roads, Clinton Township.
$60/$50. (810) 286-2222.
It's multitalented Pauly Shore
at Chaplin's Comedy Club &
Restaurant in Clinton Township,
one night only at 7:30 and 9:30
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16.
$22.50/$17.50. (810) 792-1902.
Come to Mark Ridley's
Comedy Castle in Royal Oak for
comic relief, camaraderie, cool
cuisine and a quiet auction when
the Visiting Nurse Association
presents its 7th Annual Theatre
Event 6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 17,
to benefit the VNA Homeless
Shelter Health Care Program.
$125. (248) 967-9600.

Rosa (Mary Dinette) starts her Sunday ragu,
while her husband Peppino (Bret Tuomi) looks
on in Saturday, Sunday, Monday.

University. Call for dates and times.
$10-$17. (313) 577-2972.
Stagecrafters brings Billy Bibbitt,
Nurse Ratched and the grinning anti-
hero McMurphy to the Baldwin
Theatre in a heart-rending production
of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Opening tonight with performances at
8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 2 p.m.
Sundays, through Nov. 30. Baldwin
Theatre, 415 South Lafayette, Royal
Oak. $10-$12. (248) 541-6430.
A Closer Walk With Patsy Cline
follows the life of country's music
queen from 1947 until her death in
1963. Featuring 20 of her most mem-
orable songs, the musical comes to 7th
House 7:30 p.m. Thursdays, Fridays
and Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays
Nov. 18-Dec. 14. 7 N. Saginaw,
Pontiac. $22-$27. (248) 335-8101.
Experience the best of Broadway in
a cabaret setting when Ridgedale
Players of Troy present Showstoppers
of the Musical Stage 8 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays, Nov. 14-15 and 21-22,
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16. 205
West Long Lake Road, Troy. $15
includes dessert afterglow. (248) 988-
7049.

Laugh Lines

A Night To Remember With Bill
Cosby benefits Macomb County

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Family Fun

Want to visit a world where the
impossible is possible - and fun?
Visit the magical world of Chris Linn,
a master of illusion. Seeing is believing
at this Kids Koncert event 1:30-2:15
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15. Southfield
Centre for the Arts, 24350 Southfield
Road. $3.25. (248) 424-9022.
Southfield's Concert-in-the-Garden
November presentation features Ron
Coden and Josh White Jr. in a hand-
clapping, foot-tapping family show 3
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16. Southfield
Centre for the Arts, 24350 Southfield
Road. $8. (248) 424-9022.
Performer and New York radio host
David Gonzalez presents "Spellbound,"
an interactive music and folk tale pro-
gram, 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15, in the
Lecture Hall, Detroit Institute of Arts.
Free admission. (313) 833-7900.

painting with the shape of a relief
sculpture. Opening reception 7-10
p.m. Saturday, Nov. 15. ThrOugh Dec.
13. 568 North Old Woodward Ave.,
Birmingham. (248) 594-0472.
The Arnold Klein Gallery presents
botanical watercolorist Karin Klue
Nov. 15- Dec. 20. 32782 Woodward,
Royal Oak. (248) 647-7709.
Noted photographer Elaine
Redmond has collected over a thou-
sand images of antique wax busts and
sculptural modern figures from Mario's
Mannequin Studio in downtown
Detroit. See her captivating work 7-9
p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 19, at the open-
ing reception of "8 years/3 floors."
Through Jan. 3. Clique Gallery, 200
W Fifth Ave., Royal Oak. (248) 545-
2200.
Caricaturist Hy Vogel, now in his
late 90s, exhibits his clown paintings
through Nov. 29 at the Lawrence Street
Gallery, 6 N. Saginaw, Pontiac. There
will be a reception 6-8 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 18. (248) 334-6716.
Robert Schefman will discuss his
exhibition "Rated X" and his recent
mural commission for Dearborn's 19th
District Court in a lecture titled
"Robert Schefman: Uncensored,
Uncut, Live at the BBAA," 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 18, at Birmingham
Bloomfield Art Association. "Rated X,"
Schefman's controversial body of paint-
ings that explores censorship, runs at
the Lemberg Gallery Nov. 18-Dec. 13.
Artist's reception 6-8 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 20. 538 North Old Woodward
Ave., Birmingham. (248) 642-6623.
Creative Resource Gallery in

The Art Scene

The Community Arts Gallery at
Wayne State University presents
Graduate Works in Progress, an exhi-
bition featuring the work of master of
arts and master of fine arts candidates.
Opening reception 5-8 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 14. Through Dec. 12. (313)
577-2423.
Galerie Blu welcomes back Toronto
artist Jeff Pykerman, whose three-
dimensional wood and canvas reliefs
combine the composition of a great

Karin Klue: "Peace in the Garden," at
the Arnold Klein Gallery.

Birmingham presents an exhibition of
new oil paintings by Richard Jerzy,
past chairman of the drawing and
painting sections at the Center for
Creative Studies, Nov. 19 Jan 5.
Opening reception 6:30-9 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 21. 162 North Woodward Ave.,
Birmingham. (248) 647-3688.
Geoffrey Beene, an exhibition cele-
brating the fashion designer's provoca-
tive style, continues at the Toledo
Museum of Art through Jan. 4. Elsa
Klensch, host of the weekly CNN tele-
vision show "Style with Elsa Klensch,"
interviews Beene 2:30 p.m. Saturday,
Nov. 15, in the Peristyle. $10 mem-
bers/$15 nonmembers, which includes
a free ticket to the exhibition. (419)
255-8000. Toledo Museum of Art,
2445 Monroe St. at Scottwood Ave.,
just west of the downtown business dis-
trict and one block off I-75. (419) 255-
8000.

Whatnot

The Cohn-Haddow Center for
Judaic Studies presents Dr. Eli Yassif of
Tel Aviv University speaking on "The
`Born Again' Jews: Rhetoric, Folklore
and Cultural Debate in Contemporary
Israel." 3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 16,
Borders Books & Music, 30995
Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills.
Yassif also speaks 3 p.m. Monday, Nov.
17, at McGregor Memorial Conference
Center, Wayne State University. (313)
577-2679 .
Doug Ross, Democratic candidate
for governor, and the Citizens to Elect
Doug Ross Governor welcome Robert
Reich, former U.S. secretary of labor
and author of Locked in the Cabinet, for
a Citizens Round Table on the Future
of Michigan. 6:30-8:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 18, at Southfield Centre for the
Arts, 24350 Southfield Road.
$10/adults; $5/seniors and students.
(248) 449-1997.
Jill Ker Conway, author, chair of
the Kresge Foundation and former
president of Smith College, speaks on
"Writing Women's Lives" 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 18, at The Community
House, 380 S. Bates, Birmingham.
(248) 644-5832.
Author Ben Snyder signs copies of
his new book, Once More With Joy
(Cranbrook Press) 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 19, at Border's Books
& Music, 30995 Orchard Lake Road,
Farmington Hills. The book is the for-
mer assistant headmaster's account of
Cranbrook School from 1964 to 1985.

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