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Warner Bros. Wonders

Casablanca, Blazing Saddles, Al Jolson's The Jazz Singer and Driving Miss
Daisy are among the 31 films that will be shown on the big screen during a
Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary Film Festival at Lafidmark's Main Art Theatre
Aug. 21-27. Screenings begin 2 p.m. on weekdays, 11 a.m. on Saturday and
11:30 a.m. on Sunday. Call the theater for a complete listing of films and times.
118 N. Main, Royal Oak. $7 per film/$16 for an all-day pass/$60 for a festival
pass. (248) 542-5198.

Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.

Th...Th...That's Not All, Folks

West Bloomfield High School graduate Kevin Sandler, currently a film studies
lecturer at U-M and doctoral candidate at England's Sheffield Hallam University,
delivers a lecture and signs copies of Reading the Rabbit: Explorations in Warner
Bros. Animation, at Borders Books & Music. Edited by Sandler, this collection of
essays explores Warner Bros. animation from Looney Tunes characters to the
present. 30995 Orchard Lake Road, Farmington Hills. (248) 737-0110.

Tuesday, 8 p.m.

Blah, Blah> B1 ah• • •

It's your last chance to catch Second City-Detroit's all-female revue, Blah,
Blah, Sista' Hood!, in which an ensemble cast plays multiple roles in exploring
the interwoven lives of six women. The show features six local actors, including
West Bloomfield's Lisa Maxine Melinn, who, when she's not performing, keeps
busy teaching drama to elementary school students in Farmington Hills and
Birmingham. 2301 Woodward Ave., Detroit. $7. (313) 965-2222.

Tuesday, 10 p.m.

A Life Apart

.Detroit Public Television-Channel 56 premieres "A Life Apart: Hasidim in
America," a 90-minute documentary exploring the immigration and survival of
the American Chasidic communities in the United States, their customs, culture
and the challenges they have had to overcome to maintain their separate way of
life in late 20th-century America.

Thursday, 8 p.m.

You Are Getting Sleepy ...

The Magic Bag presents award-winning hypnotist and comedian Tony Lee's
"Exploration of Your Mind Tour," a live audience participation performance of
uncensored "anything goes" entertainment and stage antics, accompanied by a
variety of music. 22920 Woodward Ave., Ferndale. $6. (248) 544-1991.

What To Do, What To Do ...

Musical
Notes

Ekoostik Hookah
brings its high
energy psychedel-
ic rock 'n' roll
sound to the
GAIL
ZIMMERMAN Magic Bag Friday
and Saturday,
Arts &
Aug. 21 and 22.
Entertainment
Doors at 8.
Editor
22920 Woodward
Ave., Ferndale.
$10. (248) 544-1991.
At Pine Knob this week: Country-
western singer and actor Kenny
Rogers performs 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
Aug. 23; pop-rocker Richard Marx
appears 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25;
Southern rockers .38 Special and
The Marshall Tucker Band take the
stage 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26;
Joe Cocker brings us "Up Where We
Belong" 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug.
27; classic rock's Paul Rodgers per-
forms 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 28. For
ticket information, call (248) 645-
6666.
Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, better
known as the Indigo Girls, harmo-
nize 7:30 p.m. Monday, Aug. 24, at
the State Theatre. 2115 Woodward
Ave., Detroit. $23.50. (248) 645-
6666.
The Magic Bag welcomes the '50s
style classic blues sound of Rod Piaz-
za and the Mighty Flyers with spe-
cial guests The Alligators 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 25. 22920 Woodward
Ave., Ferndale. $15. (248) 544-1991.
Capping off their U.S. tour,
Detroit's Suicide Machines return
home for two shows at St. Andrews
Hall Thursday, Aug. 27 (doors at 7),
and Friday, Aug. 28 (doors at 6). 431
E. Congress, Detroit. $9. (248) 645-
6666. .

On The Stage

OUT & ABOUT NOTES: If you have an entertainment related event that you
would like to have considered for listing in Out & About, please send the item,
including a detailed description of the event, times, dates, place, ticket prices
and publishable phone number, to: Gail Zimmerman, JN Out & About, The
Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034; or fax us at (248)
354-6069. Notice must be received at least three weeks before the scheduled
event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be returned. All events and dates listed
in the Out & About column are subject to change.

8/21
1998

86 Detroit Jewish News

Take a rainbow ride through
Canaan and ancient Egypt when a
new national tour of Joseph and The
Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat -
starring David Osmond, son of the
Osmond Brothers' Alan Osmond -
comes to Flint's Whiting Auditorium.
Shows at 8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, and

3 and 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday,
Aug. 22-23. 1241 E. Kearsley. $13-
$40. (888) 823-6837.
The Purple Rose Theatre Compar
is extending its performance dates of
Joan Ackermann's new play, Marcus is
Walking: Scenes from the Road,
through Saturday, Sept. 12. The show
takes a look at the great American pas- 1
time of automobile travel. Call for
show dates and times. 137 Park St.,
Chelsea. $25/$20. (734) 475-7902.
Closet Land, the story of a chil-
dren's book writer abducted by the 1.00
government for subversive work,
opens at the Performance Network
with shows at 8 p.m. Thursdays-Satur-
days, Aug. 27-30 and Sept. 3-6, and at I
2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Sundays, Aug. 30
and Sept. 6. 408 W. Washington, Ann
Arbor, MI. $9-$15. (734) 663-0681.

Lisa Miaine Melinn performs in Second
City-Detroit's "Blah, Blah, Sista' Hood!"

The Big Screen

do

Public Housing, Frederick Wise-
man's landmark documentary on the
Ida B. Wells housing project on
Chicago's South Side, will be screened
at the DIA's Detroit Film Theatre 7:301
p.m. Monday, Aug. 24. 5200 Wood-
ward Ave., Detroit. $5.50. (313) 833-
2323.
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The Small Screen

HBO's The Rat Pack premieres 9
p.m. Saturday, Aug. 22, and the Jew-
ish member of the group had some-
thing to say about his old pals. "What