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The Historic Redford Theatre
offers showings of the Henry Fonda,
Jane Darwell, John Carradine film
The Grapes of Wrath — voted one of
America's top 100 films by the Ameri-
can Film Institute — 8 p.m. Friday,
July 24, and 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Satur-
day, July 25. Guest organist Wilma
Taylor Steslick presents an organ over-
ture one half hour before each show.
$2.50. 17360 Lahser Road, Detroit.
(313) 531-4407.

with Six Painters of the 1980s: A
New Spirit in Painting 7:30 p:m.
Tuesday, July 28. Critic Donald Kus-
pit discusses the revitalization of the
powerful, expressive painting of inter-
national artists Sandro Chia,
Francesco Clemente, David Salle,
Julian Schnabel, Georg Baselitz and
Mark Lupertz. 1516 S. Cranbrook,
Birmingham. (248) 644-0866.

Whatnot

Ann Arbor/Detroit author Xavier
Joseph Carbajal
discusses and signs
his novel Lady Presi-
dent 2 p.m. Satur-
The longest-running cast
day, July 25, at
member in the history of
Barnes & Noble.
"Saturday Night Live," actor,
Carbajal continues to
writer, comedian Kevin
donate proceeds
Nealon performs with fellow
from book sales dur-
SNL alumna Victoria Jack-
ing his nationwide
son 8 p.m. Saturday, July 25,
book tour to the St.
at Meadow Brook. $22.50
Joseph Mercy Hospi-
pavilion/$12.50. (248) 645-
tal's Breast Care Edu-
6666.
cation Fund. 6800
Jeff Foxworthy — with
Orchard Lake Road,
his own TV show and album
sales making him one of the Jeff Foxworthy performs at West Bloomfield.
(248) 626-6804.
top comedy recording artists
Pine Knob on July 31.
The Michigan
in history — provides the
Renaissance
Festival
laughs 7:30 p.m. Friday, July
needs
magicians
for
festival
perfor-
31, at Pine Knob. $29.50 pavil-
mances for the weekend of August 15-
ion/$20 lawn. (248) 645-6666.
16. Auditions will be held 7-9 p.m.
Tuesday, July 28, at Illusions, 326 W.
Fourth St., Royal Oak. (800) 601-4848.

Laugh Lines

Family Fun

Borders Book Shop once
again offers the Phil Kaput
Drum Clinic for Kids, teach-
ing how sound is made
through hands-on instruc-
tion. Children may try their
hand at making sounds with
many percussion instruments.
11 a.m. Saturday, July 25.
31550 Southfield Road,
Southfield. (810) 644-1515.

The Art Scene

In a Dream Cruise special
celebration, Christie's Gallery
exhibits Classic Cars, an
inside and out display of
prints, posters and paintings.
34649 S. Woodward Ave.,
Birmingham. (248) 594-
5803.
The Birmingham Bloom-
field Art-Center's Avant-
Garde Video Series continues

Kevin Nealon and Victoria Jackson go live on Sat-
urday night at Meadow Brook.

Boston Orchestra
Pops Into Detroit

term Boston Pops Orchestra was first
n all-American pops con-
used in 1935 for the ensemble's
cert, performed by the
debut
recording sessions under
symphony celebrated for
Arthur
Fiedler, the legendary con-
introducing lighter fare,
ductor
who
showcased the work of
comes to the Fox Theatre Saturday,
young American composers and
Aug. 1.
enlarged audiences through broad-
The 100 musicians from the
casts.
Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
will play numbers as light
as "Take Me Out to the
Ballgame," as heavy as
Gershwin's "Rhapsody in
Blue" and as pure Detroit as
a Motown medley.
Keith Lockhart, pops
conductor since 1993, will
lead the musicians from
Boston, who make up one
ensemble of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra
(BSO).
These instrumentalists,
many freelance, play in
Symphony Hall from mid-
June to mid-July, offer free
outdoor concerts at the
Hatch Shell on the Charles
River Esplanade during July
and perform Christmas
pops concerts and a New
Year's Eve gala.
"I think it's a great con-
cert and will be fun with
the baseball theme," said
Michael Rosenbloom, vio-
linist and assistant concert-
master for the American
The Boston Pops will perform under the baton of
Visions Tour. "We've been
conductor Keith Lockhart.
doing a lot of Gershwin
because it's the Gershwin
centennial.
"While we're on tour, the Boston
"When we play in Detroit, it will
Symphony is going to be at its sum-
be part of a small tour that we're tak-
mer home at Tanglewood," said
ing for a week. We start on July 28
Rosenbloom, who also joins with the
and end Aug. 3."
orchestra for its summer TV series,
Rosenbloom, who has performed
"Evening at Pops." Locally, the show
with the Boston Symphony for 15
is aired at 7 p.m. Saturdays on
years, also plays in the orchestra's
WTVS-Channel 56.
periodic concerts of mostly Jewish
— Suzanne Chessler
music, traditional and new. The Jew-
ish program is part of a series that
salutes ethnic music.
The American Visions Tour of the
Members of the BSO first performed
Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra
a summer program of light music in a
performs at 8 p.m. Saturday, Aug.
cafe-style setting in 1885, under the
1, at the Fox Theatre.
direction of Adolf Neuendorff
$751$50/$37.50. (248) .645-6666
The term "pops" was first used
or (248) 433-1515.
during the 1900 season, and the

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