This Week's Best Bets What To Do, What To Do ... 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. " 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. 151111dari, 1 pan. 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.