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Arts, Beats & Eats
This new four-day festival, with net proceeds benefiting Oakland County chari-
ties, takes over the streets of downtown Pontiac 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday; 10
a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; and 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 4-7. The
festival offers more than 60 national and local musical acts on three stages; a
juried fine arts show; a 30-booth tastefest; and an interactive children's play area
featuring comedy, magic and musical performances. www.artsbeatseats.com .
(248) 334-4600.
Friday-Monday, noon-11 p.m.
All That Jazz
Labor Day weekend brings the Ford Montreux Jazz Festival to Detroit's Hart
Plaza with more than 120 free performances on five stages. A variety of eateries,
student jam sessions and daily meet-the artist sessions round out the fun.
www.montreuxdetroitjazz.com . (313) 963-7622.
Sunday, 10:30 p.m.-Monday, 6:30 p.m.
Clowning For A Cure
Jerry Lewis is back with the 33rd annual Muscular Dystrophy Telethon in a
nonstop, round-the-clock live show Among those scheduled to make appear-
ances are Celine Dion, Michael Feinstein, Broadway's Jerry Herman, Hanson,
"Politically Incorrect's" Bill Maher and Comedy Central's Ben Stein. Locally the
telethon runs on the FOX network, WJBK-Channel 2. Check your local listings.
Monday, 9 a.m.-6
Old-Fashioned Fun In Franklin
What To Do, What To Do ...
Musical
Notes
Country-blues
rockers the Cow-
boy Junkies per-
form with special
guests
Over the
GAIL
Rhine
8
p.m.
ZINil MERMAN
Wednesday,
Sept.
Arts 6-
9,
at
Meadow
Entertainment
Brook Music Fes-
Editor
tival. $22.50
pavilion/$15
lawn. (248) 645-6666.
"These three middle-aged women
look more like fugitives from a Tup-
perware parry than a typical blues
band," says the Chicago Tribune of
Saffire — The Uppity Blues Women.
Sassy and funny, the group plays the
Magic Bag 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11.
22920 Woodward Ave., Ferndale. $13.
(248) 544-1991.
The surf's up as the State Fair wel-
comes the Beach Boys to the State
Fairgrounds 7 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7.
Bleacher seats included with fair
admission. (313) 369-8200. Reserved
seating is $19 and available through
Ticketmaster at (248) 645-6666. And
if you can't make the State Fair con- •
cert, "wouldn't it be nice" to have a
second chance? The boys of the beach
come to the Macomb Center for the
The Franklin Village Labor Day Roundup includes a horse show at 9 a.m.; a
midway of games, prizes and food from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.; a parade at noon; enter-
tainment; a classic car show and more. From 10 a.m.-6 p.m., the Franklin Arts
Council fund-raiser, "Art on the Green," showcases more than 80 artists from
around the country. Most activities take place on or near Franklin's historic Vil-
lage Green, west of Franklin, between 13 and 14 Mile roads.
Monday, 3-4 p.m.
Performing Arts 8 p.m. Friday, Sept.
11, and 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
12. 44575 Garfield Road, Clinton
Twp. $60/$54/$48. (810) 286-2222.
On The Stage
The Farmington Players bid farewell
to their original barn setting with a
rousing revue of memorable songs from
their musical past. Broadway Barned
— A Musical Revue will be presented
8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Sept. 11-
12, 18-19 and 25-26; 7 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 13; and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20.
32332 W. 12 Mile, Farmington Hills.
$20. (248) 553-2955.
Rosedale Community Players pre-
sent Seance at the Upstage, Eileen
Moushey's audience participation
murder mystery with a comedic twist,
8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Sept. 11-
12, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13.
21728 Grand River, Detroit. 810.
(313) 537-7716 or (313) 532-4010.
Dance Fever
The Performance Network hosts its
annual choreographers' showcase of
contemporary dance, Autumn
Dances, 8 p.m. Thursday-Saturday,
Sept. 10-12, and 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept.
13. 408 W. Washington, Ann Arbor.
$9-$15/pay what you can on Thurs-
day. (734) 663-0681.
The University of Michigan Musical
Society kicks off its 120th season with
River 8:15 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 11 and 12. Choreographers Elko
and Koma combine dance, theater,
music and film in a dreamlike produc-
tion which will be performed in the
Huron River. Meet at the Nichols
Arboretum. $25. (800) 221 1229.
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N usical Open House
The Big Screen
Congregation Shir Tikvah celebrates its new permanent community and
home in Troy with a program featuring Guy Louis' Chautauqua Express. Louis,
specializing in stringed instruments, involves the audience in an interactive fami-
ly show. No admission charge. 3900 Northfield Parkway, Troy. (248) 649-4418.
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1998
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Ben Spitzer performs comedy and magic
6-7 p.m. Friday and 1-2 p.m. Saturday-
Monday as part of Pontiac's "Arts, Beats
& Eats" Labor Day weekend festivities.
Four people, all involved in some
way with a single terrible crime, reveal
separate and differing versions of "the
truth" in the 1950 classic Japanese
film Rashomon. Winner of an Acade-
my Award for Best Foreign Film, this
portrait of the human condition
screens 7:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 7, at
the DIA's Detroit Film Theatre. 5200
Woodward Ave., Detroit. $5.50. (313)
833-2323.