This Week's Best Bets

What To Do, What To Do .

Tuesday, 10 p.m.

Ave., Ann Arbor. $10-$25.
For Your Fourth
(734) 769-2999.
Ears
On The Stage
Dee Carstensen

Taking A Stand

Channel 56, Detroit Public Television, airs the extraordinary story of the role
that Jehovah's Witnesses played on behalf of Jews during the Holocaust. "Stand
Firm" is the name of the documentary that explores this little-known slice of his-
tory.

Thursday, 7:30 p.m. & 9:30 p.m.

Hoppin' John

New Orleans blues guitar legend Dr. John mixes traditional blues, Dixieland
jazz, swamp rock and pop into a soulful modern gumbo. Hear cuts from his lat-
est release, Trippin' Live, during this intimate club date at The Ark, 316 S. Main
St., Ann Arbor. $20/advance, $23/at the door. (734) 761-1451.

Thursday, 1-3 p.m.

Book Pitch

Meet legendary baseball manager Sparky Anderson at Birmingham's Borders
Books, Music & Cafe where he will be discussing and signing copies of his
book, They Call Me Sparky (Sleeping Bear Press, $24.95). From April 17-19,
Borders stores will participate in Benefit Days for Sparky's favorite charity
CATCH (Caring Athletes Team for Children's and Henry Ford Hospital).
CATCH will receive 1,5 percent of your purchases during this period. 34300
Woodward. (248) 203-0005.

Thursday, 8 p.m.

Tonight, Tonight

The University of Michigan's Musical Theatre Department presents Leonard
Bernstein's classic tale of forbidden love, West Side Story, at the Power Center.
Relive the romance of the beautiful score that includes "Maria," "Tonight," and
"Somewhere." The production continues 8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, April 17-18,
and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 19. $14, $18/adults, $7/students. (313) 764-0450.

Friday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Arts And Crafts

More than 300 nationally renowned artists exhibit their works at the Sugar-
loaf Art Fair 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Sunday, April 17-19, at the Novi Expo Cen-
ter, 1-96 and Novi Road. Among the featured artists is Toby Rosenberg, who cre-
ates stoneware Judaica, including seder sets, kiddush cups and tzedakah boxes.
$6, children under 12 free. (800) 210-9900.

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and her acoustic
trio create intima-
cy and passion in
their live perfor-
GAIL
mances.
Join the
ZIMMERMAN
harpist/singer/s
Arts
ongwriter at The
Entertainment
Ark
7:30 p.m. Fri-
Editor
day, April 17, for
an ethereal folk
fest. $11. 316 South Main St., Ann
Arbor. (734)
761-1451.
Kerrytown Concert House pre-
sents the U.S. premiere of composer
Braxton Blake's Alice in Wonderland
a musical theater piece for mezzo
soprano and two
pianos. The work
is based on the
reminiscences of
Alice Liddell,
Lewis Carroll's
inspiration for the
literary "Alice." 8
p.m. Friday, April
17. 415 North

Three Sisters, Anton Chekhov's
heartwrenching tale, runs through May
16 at Wayne State's Hilberry Theatre in
repertory with Oscar Wilde's A Woman
of No Importance and William Shake-
speare's Two Gentlemen of Verona. The
emotional drama stars Mary Vinette,
. Peggy Johns and Antoinette Doherty as
the sisters. Call for times. $10-$17.
Corner of Cass and Hancock, Detroit.
(313) 577-2972.
Ann Arbor Civic Theatre updates a
classic in its boisterous production of
Shakespeare's The Merchant of
Venice, April 16-26, at the Civic The-
atre Playhouse. Performances are 8
p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2 p.m.
Sundays. $16. $14/students and

Right: Dr. John
performs at The Ark.

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Above: Stephen Magsigs "Street
Scenes" are on display at the
Lemberg Gallery.

Left: "Three Sisters" takes the stage
at the Hilberry.

seniors. 2275 Plan Road, Ann
Arbor. (313) 971-2228.
Stagecrafters 2nd Stage presents
the emotionally charged, award-
winning drama Extremities, April
17-26, at the historic Baldwin
Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette, Royal
Oak. Extremities explores the
impact of an attempted rape. Per-
formances are.at 8 p.m. Fridays-
Saturdays; 7 p.m. Sunday, April
19; and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 26.
$7. (248) 541-6430.