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Saturday, 1 pan.
Oldie But Goodie
The Detroit Historical Museum screens the pop culture classic American
Graffiti in the Louise C. Booth Auditorium. Directed by a then-unknown 28-
year-old named George Lucas, this look at America in the 1950s helped launch
the careers of Ron Howard, Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford and Suzanne
Somers. 5401 Woodward Ave., Detroit. Free with regular museum admission.
$3 adults/$1.50 seniors and children 12-18/free 11 and under. (313) 833-1805.
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Sunday, 12 pm.
Tons Of Toons
The Cartoon Network celebrates the addition of "Steven Spielberg Presents
Animaniacs" to its daily prime-time line-up at 8:30 p.m. weekdays with an
eight-hour marathon of "Animaniac" cartoon shorts, musical numbers and com-
edy blackouts. Dubbed "the coolest cartoon on television" in a TV Guide readers
poll, "Animaniacs" - created in- the 1930s but deemed "too zany" to screen -
has garnered a prestigious Peabody Award and six Emmy Awards, two for Out-.
standing Animated Children's Program. Check your local listings.
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Family Bonding
Cafe Europa Detroit, a program for Holocaust survivors, families and friends,
hosts the music and storytelling of Sander Slomovits in a special afternoon of
Jewish entertainment for adults, children and grandchildren. Slomovits, a
recording artist and half of the award-winning folk music duo Gemini, will pre-
sent music especially suited for adults and high-school age children and also
relate stories - from the poignant to the comic - about his parents' and
grandparents' lives in Hungary through the period of the Holocaust. Refresh-
ments will be served. JPM/JCC, 15110 W. 10 Mile Road, Oak Park. No charge;
donations are accepted. (248) 967-4030.
Sunday, 1 pan.
Notes
Splinter Group
featuring Peter
Green takes the
stage at the Magic
Bag tonight, Fri-
GAIL
day,
Aug. 28.
ZIMMERMAN
Green,
born Peter
Arts er
Allen
Greenbaum
Entertainment
to a Jewish work-
Editor
ing-class family in
London, Eng-
land, and one of the founding mem-
bers of Fleetwood Mac, makes his first
Detroit appearance in 20 years. Doors
at 8. 22920 Woodward, Ferndale.
$25. (248) 544-3030.
Detroit's own outspoken Motor
City Madman, Ted Nugent rocks Pine
Knob 7:30 p.m. Saturday, August 29.
$27.50 pavilion/$1850 lawn. (248)
645-6666.
Eighties gothic rockers bauhaus
bring their "resurrection tour" to the
State Theatre 7:30 p.m. Monday,
August 31. 2115 Woodward Ave.,
Detroit. $30. (248) 645-6666.
The Blues Music Festival opens 6
p.m. Wednesday, Sept..2, at Pine
Knob with the legendary B.B. King,
The Neville Brothers, Dr. John and
Storyville. $28.50 pavilion/$15.50
lawn. (248) 645-6666.
Help Save The Planet
Radio station Planet 96.3 (WPLT-FM) hosts Planetfest 1998, a summer festi-
val concert at Pine Knob with The Wallflowers, Duncan Sheik, Grant Lee Buffa-
lo, The Why Store, Patty Griffin and Agents of Good Roots. Net proceeds bene-
fit charities in metro Detroit helping to - what else? - save the planet. $29.96
pavilion/$19.96 lawn. (248) 645-6666.
Sunday, 4 p.m.
Golfing By The Book
Pro golf instructor Rick Smith discusses and signs copies of his new book,
How to Find Your Perfect Golf Swing, at Borders Books, 34300 Woodward, Birm-
ingham. (248) 203-0005.
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.
8/28
1998
84 Detroit Jewish News
Van Halen, featuring
Eddie and Alex Van Halen,
Michael Anthony and the
group's newest lead singer,
Gary Cherone, takes the stage
7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3,
at Pine Knob, where they'll
be joined by blues performers
the Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Band. $40 pavilion/$20
lawn. (248) 645-6666.
The Ark hosts popular Detroit
musician Stewart Francke Thursday,
Sept. 3, joined by Boston songwriter
Merrie Amsterburg. Doors at 8. 316
S. Main St., Ann Arbor. $8/free with
student I.D. (734) 761-1800.
Vegas headliner Wayne Newton
brings his rescheduled January Palace
show to Pine Knob 7:30 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 4. $22.50 pavilion/$12.50 lawn.
Call (248) 377-8601 to exchange tick-
ets or (248) 645-6666 to order tickets.
The Creative Arts Collective spon-
sors an intimate concert-reception
event that includes food, wine and
jazz and features Spencer Barefield
and the Creative Arts Collective
Ensemble 9 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 5, at the home of Spencer and
Barbara Barefield. Violinist Jannina
Barefield and Spencer Barefield IV
will perform with their father. Call for
tickets and directions to the Barefield
home in Palmer Woods; tickets must
be purchased in advance. $35. (313)
891-2514.
Entertainer Bill Cosby brings his
deadpan humor and sensitivity - and
maybe even one of his trademark fab-
ulous sweaters - to the 1998 Michi-
gan State Fair 7 p.m. Monday, Aug.
31. Corner of Eight Mile Road and
Woodward Avenue, Detroit.
$19 includes admission to the
fair. (248) 645-6666.
Russell Simmons' Def Com-
edy Jam, featuring Mark Curry,
Kid Capri, J. Anthony Brown,
Monique, Red Grant, Craig
Robinson and Earthquake,
comes to the Fox Theatre 8 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 4. 2211 Woodward
Ave., Detroit.
$35/$27.50.
(248) 433-1515.
In a rare club
appearance,
comic and best-
selling author
Louie Anderson
The Wallflowers
and Duncan
Sheik headline
Plane t fest 1998
on Sunday.