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Zoo To Do

Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival presents a family concert at the Wildlife
Interpretive Gallery (WIG) in the Detroit Zoo. Detroit native and acclaimed
pianist Ruth Laredo, Temple Beth El's Cantor Stephen Dubov and the Detroit
Chamber Winds perform Plog's Animal Ditties and Prokofiev's Peter and the
Wolf. Performances also at 4:30 p.m. and 6 p.m. $7. (248) 362-6171.

One of the origi-
nal Four Bitchin'
Babes, Sally Fin-
gerett returns to
The Ark 8 p.m.
GAIL
ZIMMERMAN Friday, May 29,
for a poetic
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evening of con-
Entertainment
temporary folk
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music. $11,
$10/students and
seniors. 316 S. Main Street, Ann
Arbor. (734) 761-1451.
Kick up your heels with Clint
Black, Trace Adkins and The Kinleys,
when the country recording artists
visit Pine Knob Music Theatre 7:30
p.m. Saturday, May 30. $27.50,
$22.50/pavilion, $15.50/lawn. (248)
645-6666.
Al Martino and Anna Maria
Alberghetti bring their repertoire of
love songs to the
Macomb Center for
the Performing Arts 4
p.m.. and 8 p.m. Satur-
day, May 30.
$29/adults, $26/stu-
dents and seniors.
44575 Garfield Road,
Clinton Twp. (810)
286-2222.
Rude boys and cap-
puccino kids unite for
New York Ska Ensem-
ble, the preeminent

Beck On Deck

Grammy Award-winning alternative rocker Beck and special guests Ben Folds
Five and Sean Lennon visit Pine Knob this week. $20/pavilion, $15/lawn. Pine
Knob Music Theatre, Clarkston. Tickets at The Palace Box Office or charge by
phone, (248) 645-6666.

Thursday, noon

Peak Interest

Businessman and mountain climbing enthusiast Louis Kasischke is the Feder-
ation Forum's guest speaker at the Townsend Hotel in Birmingham. Kasischke
survived the tragic 1996 Mt. Everest climbing expedition that claimed the lives
of eight climbers. His topic is "Judgment Day on Everest." $25. (248) 642-
4260. And don't forget to experience the chills and thrills of extreme climbing as
the Detroit Science Center presents Everest in its IMAX theater. Advance tickets
through Ticketmaster, (248) 645-6666. $7/adults, $6/children and seniors. Call
for times, (313) 577-8400.

Color Works

The Oak Park Arts & Cultural Commission holds a reception at the Oak
Park Library for West Bloomfield painter Prudence Bernstein. Her show, titled
"Color Works," features watercolors and mixed media on paper and acrylic.
Bernstein's paintings are brightly colored abstracts. The exhibit opens June 1 and
continues through July 1. (248) 691-7480.

Flick Picks

Catch the award-winning films from the Ann Arbor Film Festival at its fund-
raising event, "Winners on the Patio," an evening of food, drink, live music and
movie-watching at Zingerman's Deli in Ann Arbor on June 5. Rain date: Satur-
day, June 6. $25/adults, $10/kids. (734) 663-3400.

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Right: Candy Dulfer:
Sax appeal.

Photo by Peter Schaaf

Friday, 8 p.m.

ska-jazz band. Swing with them at the
Magic Bag 8 p.m. Thursday, June 4.
$8. 22920 Woodward Ave., Ferndale.
(248) 544-3030.
Dead Reckoning's Kieran Kane
celebrates his new release, Six Months,
No Sun, with a performance at The
Ark in Ann Arbor 8 p.m. Thursday,
June 4. $11. 316 S. Main Street.
(734) 761-1451.
Jazz saxophonist Candy Dulfer takes
listeners on a jazzy joyride 8 p.m.
Thursday, June 4, at the Royal Oak
Music Theatre, 318 W. Fourth Street,
Royal Oak. $25. (248) 546-7610.
Pop-jazz artist Michael Franks visits
Pine Knob 7:30 p.m. Friday, June 5.
For more than 20 years, Franks has
been recording with such notable
artists as Melissa Manchester, The
Carpenters, Art Garfunkel and Luther
Vandross. $28.50/pavilion,
$15.50/lawn. (248) 645-6666.
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
presents violinist Leila Josefowicz
performing Glazunov's Violin Concer-
to 10:45 a.m. and 8
p.m. Friday, June 5,
and 8:30 p.m. Satur-
day June 6, at Orches-
tra Hall. The concert
(3 will include works by
Brahms, Strauss and
Stravinsky. $17-$42.
3711 Woodward Ave.
(313) 833-3700.

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On
The Stage

Odd Jobs by Canadian
playwright Frank
Moher, premieres at
Detroit Repertory The-
atre 8:30 p.m. Thurs-
day, June 4 and contin-
ues Thursday-Sunday
until June 28. The
funny and thoughtful
play is about the bonds
of love and friendship.
$15. 13103 Woodrow
Wilson, Detroit. (313)
868-1347.

Family Fun

Ruth Laredo performs in family concerts on Sunday.

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