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Friday-Sunday
Go Blues
The annual Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival hosts live music Sept 11-13,
with daylong activities on Saturday and Sunday in Gallup Park, where gates
open at 11 a.m. Performers in the park include Groove Collective at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday; and the New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars at 5 p.m., followed by Bo
Diddley at 6:30 p.m., on Sunday. One-day park pass $18/two-day pass $30/kids
under 12 free. For a complete schedule, call (734) 747-9955 or check the Web
site at a2.blues.jazzfest.org .
Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Two Fairs, Two Cities
Two of summer's favorite art'fairs return for a weekend of great browsing and
buying. At Birmingham's Shain Park, Common Ground Sanctuary's "Art in the
Park" offers a newly expanded fair showcasing 170 artists from 30 states and
Canada, hands-on children's art activities, a Pewabic Pottery tile making area and
continuous live entertainment. (248) 456-8150. Across town, in. Rochester's
Municipal Park, the 'Art and Apples Festival" hosts 300 visual artists, live per-
formances and - homemade 'apple pies. (248) 651-4110.
Sunday, 7:30 p.m.; Monday, 12:45 p.m.
Art Imitates Life
The Yiddish Film Series presents the film The Cantor's Son, based on the life
of its star, New York Cantor Moishe Oysher, who as a new immigrant gained
musical fame for his vocal talent. JPM/JCC, 15110 West 10 Mile Road, Oak
Park. There is no charge. (248) 967-4030.
Thursday, 8 p.m.
Bell Ringer
The Detroit Symphony Orchestra opens its 1998-99 classical season with
guest artist Joshua Bell. The 30-year-old violinist, a former child prodigy who is
one of the first classical musicians to be the focus of a music video, plays a 1732
Stradivari known as the "Tom Taylor."Neeme Jarvi will conduct works by Buck,
Mendelssohn and Mahler. Additional performance times are 8 p.m. Friday, Sept.
18; 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19; and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at Orchestra
Hall. $17-$48/box seats $55-$63. (313) 576-5111.
Friday, 8 p.m.
They Got Rhythm
The Ridgedale Players present Fascinatin' Gershwin, a musical celebration of
George Gershwin's 100th birthday in song and dance. A fund-raiser for
Ridgedale's building fund, the evening includes refreshments. Showtimes are 8
p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Sept. 18-19, 25-26; and 3 p.m. Sundays, Sept. 20
and 27. $20. A prospective members open house takes -place 1-5 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 13. Troy Playhouse, 205 W. Long Lake Road, Troy. (248) 988-7049.
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1998
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Musical
Notes
to The Palace 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18
(sold out), and Saturday, Sept. 19.
$49.50/$39.50. (248) 645-6666.
Operatic soprano Kathleen Battle
performs with the Greater Lansing
Symphony Orchestra 8 p.m. Friday
and Saturday, Sept. 18-19, at MSU's
Wharton Center for the Performing
Arts. $27-$40. (517) 432-2000.
Third World
brings a reggae
beat to the Majes-
tic Theatre 9 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 11.
GAIL
4140
Woodward,
ZIMMERMAN
Detroit.
$20.
Arts
(313)
833-9700.
Entertainment
Former Doo-
"What do the simple folk do?"
Editor
bie Brother
Head over to the Fox Theatre, where
Michael McDon-
Robert Goulet stars as King Arthur in
ald performs 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
Lerner and Loewe's Camelot. The
12, at Pine Knob. $22.50 pavil-
Canadian-born Goulet became an
ion/$12.50 lawn. (248) 645-6666.
international star in his Broadway
The Ark hosts Nils Lofgren, former
debut as Sir Lancelot in the 1960 pro-
lead guitarist with Neil Young and
duction. 8 p.m. Tuesday-Friday, Sept.
Bruce Springstein, 8 p.m. Saturday,
15-18; 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept.
Sept. 12, $17.50; and country record-
19; and 1 and 6 p.m.
ing artist Iris Dement 8
Sunday, Sept. 20.
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13,
$17.50-$42.50. (248)
$15. 316 S. Main Street,
433-1515.
Ann Arbor. (248) 645-
Meadowbrook Music
6666.
Festival opens its season
Jazz pianist Ramsey_
with Shakespeare's bawdy
Lewis joins jazz flutist
farce The Merry Wives
Alexander Zonjic for "Jazz
of Windsor, in a produc-
on the Lake" 4 p.m. Sun-
tion set in the 1 9 th cen-
day, Sept. 13, at St. Mary's
tury, 8 p.m. Wednesday,
College, 3535 Indian
Sept. 16. Through Oct.
Trail, Orchard Lake. $50.
11. Call for additional
(248) 683-0521.
performance dates and
Veteran rock 'n' rollers
times. $19.50-$35. (248)
Aerosmith perform 7:30
370-3300.
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13
Carol Burnett won a
(sold out), and 7:30 p.m.
Tony for Best Actress in a
Guest artis t Joshua Bell
Tuesday, Sept. 15, at Pine
Musical for her Broad-
opens
the D SO's classical way debut in 1960's
Knob. $45 pavil-
season on Thursday.
ion/$27.50 lawn. (248)
Once Upon A Mattress.
645-6666.
A retelling of "The
The Music Study Club of Metro
Princess and the Pea" set to music, the
Detroit presents pianist Ralph
show opens the Stagecrafters season 8
Votapek in a recital of Moussorgsky
p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at the Baldwin
and Gershwin 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.
Theatre, 415 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak.
15, at the Birmingham Temple.
Through Oct. 11. Call for additional
Dessert at 12:15 p.m. 28611 West 12
performance dates and times. $12-
Mile Road, Farmington Hills. $7/non-
$14. (248) 541-6430.
members. (248) 585-0146.
The Birmingham Village Players
The Millennium Theatre Center
kick off their 76th season with a pro-
hosts the 50th Anniversary of Israel
duction of Noel Coward's comedy Pri-
Festival, a concert of Israeli dancers,
vate Lives 8 p.m. Friday, Sept. 18, at
musicians and singers, with songs in
their playhouse, 752 Chestnut, Birm-
Yiddish, Hebrew and Russian, 8 p.m.
ingham. Through Oct. 3. Call for
Tuesday, Sept. 15. 15600 J.L. Hudson
additional performances. $12/$10.
Drive, Southfield. Call for ticket infor-
(248) 644-2075.
mation, (248) 552-1225.
"Rocket Man" Elton John returns
On The Stage