This Week's Best Bets
Saturday, 11 a.m.
Sisters Of Song
Book browsers will enjoy a special treat when the Chenille Sisters sing for
young book buyers in a mini-concert at Borders Books and Music Cafe. The
songs will include selections from their new album, The Adventures of Na Uh
The group
Na Huh, and from their earlier album, Teaching Hippopotami to Fly.
also will be signing CD covers. 34300 Woodward, Birmingham. (248) 203-0005.
Saturday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m.
Baby, You Can Drive Their- Cars
The 1998 North American International Auto Show opens to the public
tomorrow and continues through Jan. 19. Over the past decade, 411 new-con-
cept and production vehicles have been introduced at the show. This year, the
Volkswagen Beetle Bug and the Lexus RX 300 sport-utility vehicle will make
their worldwide debuts among the 700 cars and trucks displayed by more than
40 manufacturers. Hours are 10 a.m.-10 p.m. through Jan. 18 and 10 a.m.-7
p.m. Jan. 19 at Cobo Hall in Detroit. $8 for adults. (248) 643-0250.
Sunday, 2 p.m.
Classical Concert At The JCC
Glick's Hebraic Suite as well as selections from Mendelssohn and Beethoven
will be performed by a quartet of musicians from the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra — Marcy Chanteaux, assistant principal cellist; Theodore Oien, prin-
cipal clarinetist; Robert Williams, bassoonist; and Michelle Cooker, pianist. The
group comes to the JCC's Jimmy Prentis Morris Building. Tickets at $10 for
members and $15 for non-members can be purchased at both the JPM and
Maple/Drake locations. (248) 661-7649 or (248) 967-4030.
Sunday, 2 p.m.
Picture! Picture!
A photographic celebration of the 50th anniversary of the founding of Israel
has been scheduled by the Janice Charach Epstein Museum/Gallery. Marlin
Levin's color photos were taken half a century ago to capture images of Israelis
struggling to survive while creating a Jewish state. The exhibit, which runs
through Jan. 29, starts off with a cake and punch reception on Sunday. Gallery
hours are 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Sundays, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Mondays-Wednesdays and 11
a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays. (248) 661-7641.
Thursday, 7:30 p.m.
What To Do, What To Do
For Your On The Stage
Broadway show tunes come to
Southfield with a musical revue, The
Ears
Broadway Beat, 8 p.m. Fridays and
Martin Katz
plays the piano
and David
Daniels sings in a
University Musi-
GAIL
ZIMMERMAN cal Society con-
cert at 8 p.m.
Arts and
tonight. Daniels
Entertainment
—
a U-M gradu-
Editor
ate with debuts
this past year at
Covent Garden, New York City Opera
and the Munich Staatsoper — returns
home for a program that features the
works of Beethoven, Gluck, Handel
and Brahms. Lydia Mendelssohn The-
atre, Ann Arbor. $25/$15. (800) 221-
1229.
Pianist Terrence Wilson joins the
Detroit Symphony Orchestra for a
program of Schubert, Liszt and Dvo-
rak at 8 p.m. tonight and 8:30 p.m.
tomorrow at Orchestra Hall. $17-$42.
(313) 962-1000.
Blues harmonica player Peter Mad-
cat Ruth and blues guitarist Shari
Kane appear 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11,
at The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor.
$10. (313) 761-1800.
Canada's Star-Scape Singers, an a
cappella vocal ensemble, will offer new
tonal forms at 4 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 11,
at St. Mary's College, 3535 Indian
Trail, Orchard Lake. $12 and $20.
(248) 683-1750.
The new Volkswagen
Beetle debuts at the
1998 North
American Auto
Show.
Mitch's Musings
Writer-broadcaster Mitch Albom will discuss political and economic trends as
seen through the eyes of a media personality and sign copies of his new book,
Tuesdays with Morrie, at the Community House, 380 Bates Street, Birmingham.
(248) 644-5832.
OUT & ABOUT NOTES: If you have an entertainment related event that you
would like to have considered for listing in Out & About, please send the item,
including a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices
and publishable phone number, to: Gail Zimmerman, JN Out & About, The
Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034; or fax us at (248)
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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Saturdays and 2 p.m. Sundays, tonight
through Jan. 25. Linda Brandow and -
Jay Kaplan join a group stepping on
stage at The Burgh, Civic Center Drive
and Berg Rd. $10. (248) 827-0701.
Ann Arbor performers have 10
minutes each — that's all — to Raise
the Roof in benefits tonight and
tomorrow, Jan. 9 and 10, for Perfor-
mance Network. The Walk & Squawk
Performance Project brings an 11-per-
son South African cast from the
versity of Natal. The Mosaic Youth
Theatre of Detroit acts out adapta-
tions from the classics. And a slew of
other hometown singers, dancers and
comics are part of the showcase of tal-
ent, which begins with a 6:30 p.m.
reception followed by 8 p.m. perfor-
mances at 408 W Washington, Ann
Arbor. $25 general admission/$45
patrons. (313) 663-0681.
The suspense thriller Wait Until
Dark is being performed by the
Ridgedale Players Jan. 9-11 and 15-
18. In the play, a blind woman is ter-
rorized by intruders looking for drugs.
Show times are 7:30 p.m. Thursday, 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 3 p.m.
Sundays at the Ridgedale Playhouse,
205 W Long Lake, Troy. $11.
(248) 988-7049.