Peter
Frampton
appears at
Pine Knob
on June 28.

The Big Screen

It's Star,Wars under the stars when
West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation
presents the 1977 classic in a wide-
screen, surround-sound showing 9
p.m. Saturday, June 27, at Marshbank
Park, Hiller Road, north of Com-
merce. Ticket sales begin at 7 p.m.; $5
per car/$1 per person for walk-ins.
Bring blankets or lawn chairs. (248)
738-2500.
The Museum of African American
History's Urban Musical Cinema
Series presents Jimi Hendrix, a docu-
mentary on the life of the great gui-
tarist who died at age 27. 6-8. p.m.
Sunday, June 28, at the museum, 315
East Warren Ave., Detroit. There is no
charge. (313) 494-5800.

Laugh Lines

og,

JEM Temple Israel's new singles
group, presents an evening of comedy
featuring comedian Gilda Hauser,
with special guest Ben Konstantin,
followed by an afterglow, on Sunday,
June 28. Doors at 7 p.m. $18
advance/$25 at the door. Must be 21
to attend. 5725 Walnut Lake Road,
West Bloomfield. (248) 661-5700.
Actor, comedian and Sinatra imper-
sonator extraordinaire Joe Piscopo
performs 8 p.m. Friday, July 3, at
Meadow Brook. $20 pavilion/$10
lawn. (248) 645-6666.

Family Fun

Greenfierd Village gets ready to cel-

ebrate Independence Day with the
Colonial Life Festival 9 a.m.-5
p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June
27-28. The festival features Revolu-
tionary War re-enactments by cos-
tumed presenters and the chance to
try on clothes like those worn in
the 1700s. Tickets, including
admission to Greenfield Village, are
$12.50 adults/$11.50 age 62 and
over/$7.50 ages 5-12/under 5 free.
20900 Oakwood Boulevard, Dear-
born. (313) 271-1620.
Nickelodeon's Nick Jr.'s Gullah
Gullah Island Live Tour engages
the audience with popular music,
stories and gameplay from the tele-
vision show 12 p.m. Saturday, June
27, at Meadow Brook Music Festi-
val. $15 pavilion/$10 lawn. (248)
645-6666.

The Art Scene

The Woods Gallery and Hunting-
ton Woods Library present Art in the
Woods 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday and
Sunday, June 27-28, at Burton Field,
on Nadine, west of Scotia. This juried
event features 80 artists, food booths,
music and a children's activity tent.
(248) 543-9720.
Rainbow on the River's 26th annu-
al juried St. Clair Art Fair exhibits
more than 100 artists 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Saturday, June 27, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Sunday, June 28. Riverview Plaza, St.
Clair; take 1-94 east to exit 257.
Admission and parking are free.
Pewabic Pottery showcases ceramic
work by John Goodheart and Charles
Timm-Ballard and the whimsical
functional objects of Rebecca C. Har-
vey through July 25. 10125 East Jef-
ferson, at Cadillac, Detroit. (313)
822-0954.

Whatnot

The Coulier Foundation presents
three star-studded charity events —
with partial proceeds going to the
Mnatsakanov and Konstantinov Fami-
ly Trust Funds and children's charities
of Michigan — Saturday-Monday,
June 27-29. The festivities begin with
a 21-and-over outdoor concert with
bands including Grinder (featuring
Detroit Red Wing Darren McCarty)
and Howling Diablos 7 p.m. Saturday
in the Second City-Detroit parking
lot. $12. (313) 965-2222.
At 4 p.m. Sunday, a team includ-
ing Stanley Cup Champions Steve

Yzerman, Brendan Shanahan and
Darren McCarty go on the ice
against a celebrity team including
LeAnn Rimes and Dave Coulier in
the third annual Coulier Founda-
tion's NHL & Celebrity All-Star
Hockey Game at Joe Louis Arena.
$18.50 lower-bowl reserved/$10

general admission. (248) 645-6666
or (313) 983-6606.
At 1 p.m. Monday, Dave Coulier's
sixth annual Celebrity Golf Classic
will be played at the Red Run Golf
Club. Limited ticket packages are
available. (248) 822-0114.

Dueling Divas

as Park the Karma, Walk the Dogma
merger between major cor-
and Waka Jawaka, takes a more laid-
porations and rock 'n' roll
back view of things, enjoying playing
is nothing new. But Vir-
in the competition as just another
ginia Slims' "Dueling
gig.
Divas" competition puts a charitable
His only concern was pressure
spin on the concept of "corporock."
from Virginia Slims. "I asked them if
Part battle of the bands, part
I had to smoke to play the gig, and
fund-raiser, the competition show-
they said no," joked Gluckman, a
cases four of the best female-led
building designer by day.
bands in Detroit.
Equally at ease is Brandt, 44, who
Those representing Detroit are the
runs Drum Dancer Records (the
groove-fueled jazz-hop octet Jazzodi-
label which last fall released Jill Jack's
ty; neo-folk/rock favorite Jill Jack;
atmospheric mood merchanrs
Caelum Bliss and Ann Arbor's mav-
ericks of the avant-garde, Morsel.
Since May 30, each band has
taken a turn showing its stuff at vari-
ous Detroit area venues. Local music
fans 21 and over have voted for their
favorite band in participating clubs,
with Virginia Slims donating $5 - for
each vote cast (up to a maximum of
$10,000) to AIDS Partnership
Michigan.
All four bands will duke it out for
a $5,000 prize at Motor Detroit 10
p.m. Saturday, June 27.
Representing the Jewish commu-
nity from these four acts are Jazzodi-
Jill Jack of Jill Jack.- A dueling diva.
ty trumpeter Cary Heller, and Kerry
Gluckman (drums) and Billy Brandt
Watch Over Me) in addition to own-
(guitarist/manager) of Jill Jack.
ing the Brandt-Foreman Company (a
Heller, 23, whose band can be
trucking and scrap business inherited
seen every Tuesday at the Music
from his grandfather).
Menu in Greektown, feels good
"We have as much of a chance as
about Jazzodity's shot at winning the
anyone to win. We played really well
Dueling Divas competition.
that night," said Brandt of Jill Jack's
"We feel confident because our
ng set at Memphis Smoke on
competing
3 tir2
pe.
music is fresh, new and all original,
June
and something that is new to
Detroit," Heller says of the band's
The Virginia Slims Dueling Divas
jazz/hip-hop hybrid. The band's
Finals/AIDS Partnership Michi-
debut CD, In The Mix (produced by
gan Benefit featurinc, Caelum
New York hip-hop artist Carlo Scott
Bliss, Jazzodity, Jill Jack and
a.k.a. DJ Soul Supremacy), will be in
Morsel will be held 10 p.m. Sat-
stores next month, and lead vocalist
urday, June 27, at Motor Detroit,
Jessica Cauffiel is scheduled to
3515 Caniff, Hamtramck. (313)
appear on the CBS soap opera
369-0080.
"Guiding Light" soon.
- Jill Jack's Gluckman, 41, a veteran
— Scott Greenberg
of such legendary Detroit area bands

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