Straight No Chaser, as part of its free
movie night series, 6-8 p.m. Sunday,
June 7. This documentary-style film,
shot in the late 1960s, portrays the life
of the great black jazz pianist and
composer. 315 East Warren Avenue,
Detroit. (313) 494-5800.
Ayn Rand fans will have three
chances to view the Academy Award-
nominated Ayn Rand: A Sense of Life
at the Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor
this week. Showings are at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 7; 7 p.m. Monday, June
8; and 9 p.m. Tuesday, June 9. 603 E.
Liberty. $6.50/$5 students and
seniors. (313) 668-8480.
The Art Scene
and art education at Wayne State Uni-
versity, creates furniture and film sets.
He exhibits 50 pieces of his work in a
show tided Perceived Function at the
Ariana Gallery. Meet the artist at an
opening reception 6-9 p.m. Friday,
June 12. The show runs through July
12. 119 S. Main St., Royal Oak. (248)
546-8810.
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Var0000m! The 17th annual ITT
Automotive Grand Prix takes over the
raceway on Belle Isle for three fun-
filled days this weekend, June 5-7.
The public is invited to watch qualify-
ing and practice rounds free of charge
on Friday, June 5. Tickets to the
CART series races may be purchased
by calling (248) 645-6666.
The landscapes of northern Michi-
gan in lush, impressionistic style
grace the Craig Gallery
in a show by painter
Raenette Franklin.
Opening reception 6-9
p.m. Friday, June 5.
Through June 27. 801
W. Nine Mile Road,
Ferndale. (248) 548-
5367.
Space-Form-Motion,
a show of mobile sculp-
tures by Detroit artist
Mark Lindquist in steel
wire, myTar ribbon and
aluminum, will be
exhibited at the
Lawrence Street Gallery
through June 27.
Larry Fox shows his work in a show titled "Perceived
Opening reception 7-
10 p.m. Friday, June 5. Function" at Ariana Gallery.
6 N. Saginaw, in down-
It's the annual Huntington Woods
town Pontiac. (248) 334-6716.
House Tour, 1-5 p.m. Sunday, June 7.
Shaw Guido Gallery hosts New
Six houses and the newly renovated
Generation: The Sixth Annual Grad-
Huntington Woods Library are on the
uate Student Exhibition through June
agenda. Presale tickets, $7/day-of-tour
27. The opening reception for this
tickets, $8, available at the library.
juried show highlighting the work of
26415 ScotiarHuntington Woods.
talented graduate students from across
(248) 541-3030.
the country takes place 7-10 p.m. Fri-
Susan Whitall will sign copies of
day, June 12. 7 North Saginaw St.,
Women
of Motown — and be accom-
Pontiac. (248) 333-1070.
panied
by
an artist singing the songs
A summer group exhibition, titled
that
helped
shape popular music as
Hot, opens June 10 and runs through
we
know
it
—
8 p.m. Tuesday, June
July 25 at Revolution Gallery. Fifteen
9, at Baines and Noble, 6575 Tele-.
artists, including Dave Brody, Elena
graph Road, Bloomfield Hills. ((248)
Berriolo, David Shaw, Brenda Good-
540-4209.
man, Jim Chatelain and Gina Ferrari,
Michigan mystery writer Loren
feature paintings, sculpture, works on
Estelman signs copies of his new novel,
paper and ceramics. 23257 Woodward
The Witchfinder, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,
Ave., Ferndale. (248) 541-3444.
June
9, at Borders, 34300 Woodward,
Larry Fox, who_ studied architecture
Birmingham.
(248) 203-0005.
at Lawrence Technological University
—Suzanne Chessler
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"Hearing inyamusiculalreci is the
most beautiful thing about making
music because it means [It has] gone
from the notated score to the players ?
musical souls," said Tower, who was
a concert pianist before venturing
into composing and conducting. She
regularly participates in residencies at
schools throughout the United
States.
"I like to get to know the players
The concerts listed below have
been scheduled for the Great
I akes Chamber Music Festival.
All begin at 8 p.m., except the
June 7 program, which starts at 4
p.m., and the June 14 programs,
Brunch with Bach at 11 a.m. and
the Tower musicale at 7 p.m. $7-
$26. (248) 362-6171.
June 6: St. Hugo's — Debussy
and Rachmaninoff
June 7: Family Concert at the
Cranbrook Institute of Science
June 9, 10: Temple Beth El —
Mozart, Schumann, Faure
June 11, 12: St. Hugo's —
Beethoven, Shostakovich, Tower,
Strauss
June 13: Kirk in the Hills —
Tower, Ravel, Tchaikovsky
June 14: Detroit Institute of
Arts (Brunch with Bach) and
Temple Beth El (Joan Tower Con-
cert)
June 15: Grosse Pointe Memo-
rial Church — Mozart
June 16,17: Temple Beth El —
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Tower,
Dvorak
June 18, 19: Kirk in the Hills
Reicha, Prokofiev, Schubert
June 20: Temple Beth El —
Beethoven, Stravinsky, Gershwin