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Photo by Suzi Gorman

Two Gentlemen of Verona, Shake-
speare's tale of passion, deception, lust
and betrayal, opens at Wayne State's
Hilberry Theatre 8 p.m. Friday, March
6. Set in the late 1960s, this funky
take on the bard's classic is a "groovy,"
lighthearted comedy. Performances
continue through May 9. $10-$17.
Corner of Cass and Hancock, Detroit.
(313) 577-2972.
The National Theatre of the Deaf
and Pilobolus Dance Theatre present
an iginal production of Ibsen's Peer

"Stuff" comes to the Music Hall.

Gynt. Sign language will be combined
with spoken words. 4 p.m. Sunday,
March 8, at Mercy High School,
29300 11 Mile Road, Farmington
Hills. $20. Tickets may be purchased
at the door. (248) 473-1888.
Harper Lee's stirring drama To Kill
a Mockingbird comes to the Grosse
Pointe Theatre stage 8 p.m. Wednes-
day, March 11, with performances
through March 15 and March 18-21.
All performances are at 8 p.m. with
the exception of a 2 p.m. Sunday,
March 15, show. $13. Fries Auditori-
um, Grosse Pointe War Memorial, 32
Lakeshore Road, Grosse Pointe Farms.
(313) 881-4004.

The Big Screen

The Friends of the Southfield Pub-
lic Library welcome Elliot Wilhelm,
film curator for the Detroit Institute
of Arts, 6:30 p.m. Monday, March 9,
in the Marcotte Room of the library.
Wilhelm will present an insider's view
of foreign films. $5. Southfield Civic
Center, 26000 Evergreen Road. (248)
948-0470.
The celebrated lyrical and surreal
prose of Bruno Schultz is adapted to
film in The Sanitarium Under the

Hourglass, with an evocative look at
the culture of Jews living in a small
town in southern Poland in the early
part of this century. 7 p.m. Thursday,
March 12, at 140 Lorch Hall, U-M,
The Center for Russian and East
European Studies. The Polish film has
English subtitles. Admission is free.
(313) 764-0351.

Family Fun

The Detroit Shrine Circus
celebrates its 90th anniver-
sary when it hits the Michi-
gan State Fair Coliseum
noon Friday, March 6.
Appearing for this momen-
tous occasion, among others,
is Dolly Jacobs, the death-
defying trapeze artist and
daughter of the famous
clown Lou Jacobs. The circus
continues through March 22
with performances at noon
and 7 p.m. Mondays-Fridays;
10:30 a.m., 2:30 and 7 p.m.
Saturdays; 1:30 and 5:30
p.m. Sundays. $6-$14. Eight
Mile Road and Woodward
Avenue, Detroit. (313) 831-1620.
Take a heap of ordinary junk and
five imaginative actors and what do you
get? If the actors are from St. Louis'
Metro Theatre Company, you get a
Kinder-STOMP! for the tricycle set.
The company uses ladders, fabric,
boxes, buckets, brooms and a lot of
imagination in their fun-filled show
titled Stuff. Youtheatre presents
the magical theatrical experience
for ages 3 and up at 11 a.m. and
2 p.m. Saturday, March 7; and 2
p.m. Sunday, March 8, Music
Hall Center, 350 Madison Ave.,
Detroit. $7/in advance, $10/at
the door. (313) 963-2366.

Gallery: 480 W. Hancock, WSU cam-
pus. (313) 993-7813.

Auditions

The Womencenter at Oakland
Community College, Orchard Ridge
Campus, announces a call for entries
for the 12th annual art exhibition,
Our Visions: Women in Art. Cate-
gories are visual art and poetry. The
exhibition runs May 11-29 and the
deadline for entries is April 1. For an
entry form or more information, call
(248) 471-7602.

Bus Stop

"The Magic School Bus," a popular
PBS television series based on best-
selling books by Joanne Cole and
Bruce Degen, will drive its live ver-
sion to the stage of the Fisher The-
atre Sunday, March 15, for two per-
formances.
Underwritten by General Motors,
the performances are a benefit for
the local chapter of the Crohn's and
Colitis Foundation of America
(CCFA).
The TV series features the adven-
tures of a group of elementary school
students who take far-out field trips
with their teacher, Miss Frizzle. In
the 80-minute stage performance,
the class will struggle to escape from

Art Scene

The Elaine L. Jacob Gallery
presents an exhibit titled Land
of Golgotha, Place-Specific
Installations by artist Shawn
Skabelund. The large-scale installa-
tions explore both contemporary eco-
logical concerns and historical/cultural
issues specific to the Detroit commu-
nity. Opening reception 5-8 p.m. Fri-
day, March 6. Public lecture 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 12, in the David
Adamany Undergraduate Library
Auditorium, Wayne State University.

Auditions will be held for Crossing
Delancey, an SRO Production, 7 p.m.
Monday, March 9, and Tuesday,
March 10, at 24350 Civic Center Dr.,
Southfield. Show dates are weekends
May 15-31. The ensemble piece
requires three women and two men,
including one character of Russian-
Jewish heritage with an ethnic dialect.
The IVRI-NASAWI Jewish Multi-
cultural Association presents the
National Sephardi Literary Contest.
Entry deadline is April 10. For com-
plete rules and details, call 1-888-833-
IVRI.

one student's locked pantry by using
its knowledge about bridge building.
"Arnold's Favorite Field Trip" is
not an existing episode of the award-
winning show but a piece originally
crafted for the stage. Performed by a
touring company, the production has
already performed to sellout crowds

in Philadelphia and Baltimore and is
scheduled to run in other cities that
have chapters of the national organi-
zation for people with inflammatory
bowel disease.
"We have high hopes for this
fund-raiser," said Carol Roberts,
committee chair of the organizers
planning the event. "We have never
done anything like this in the past.
We are very excited about it."
With its wide-ranging appeal, The
Magic School Bus LIVE will not only
help to raise funds but also create
greater awareness of a disease that is
diagnosed primarily in people under
30, many of whom are children.
Although it's been thought that
Jews have higher rates of the
disease than the general popula-
tion, advances in medical care
and research have aided in the
diagnosis of the disease in other
groups, Roberts said.
"We are very excited about
the participation of General
Motors," said Margo Salyer,
executive director of the local
CCFA chapter. "Because of
their underwriting, we will be
able to keep costs down and
raise more money for education
and research."

Tickets for the performance of
The Magic School Bus LIVE!
are $12, $16 and $20 and can
be obtained by calling Ticket-
master at (248) 645-6666.

— Jill Davidson Sklar

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