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Friday-Sunday, 11 a.m-8 p.m.
Musical
Notes
Accent On The Arts
The 12th annual Detroit Festival of the Arts takes over the University Cultur-
al Center with a panoply of more than 100 free performances of world music in
every genre, including an appearance by the Klezmatics 5-7 p.m. Saturday on
the Center for Creative Studies stage; street performance groups; an artists mar-
ketplace; activities for children; an international food festival and more. The fes-
tival site is an area bounded by Ferry on the north, Warren on the south, Brush
on the east and Anthony Wayne Drive on the west. (313) 577-5088.
Saturday, 8 p.m.
Remembering Anne
Cable's popular A&E "Biography" series premieres "Anne Frank: The Life of a
Young Girl," which traces Anne's happy early years in Germany and Holland,
her time in hiding, her horrifying last months in the Nazi death camps and the
legacy her diary has left the world. Check your local listings.
Thursday, 8 p.m.
Monte-Carlo Magic
Kicking off the Dance Series at the Detroit Opera House, Les Ballets de
Monte-Carlo presents a command performance of Romeo et Juliette for H.S.H.
Princess Caroline of Monaco. With music by Prokofiev and choreography by
Jean-Christophe Maillot, the contemporary ballet will be performed 8 p.m. Fri-
day, Sept. 25; and 2 and 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Sept 26-27. $17-$95.
Call (313) 874-SING or (248) 645-6666. A gala reception with Princess Caro-
line at the Detroit Athletic Club may be attended with a $1,500 donation to
benefit dance programming at the Detroit Opera House. Call (313) 874-7850.
Friday, 10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m.
Just Ax-ing
In his first appearance since 1995, pianist Emanuel Ax returns to Orchestra
Hall to perform with Conductor Neeme Jarvi and the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra in performances of Richard Strauss' Burleske for Piano and Orchestra
and Mozart's Piano Concert No. 9. Ax captured public attention in 1974, when,
at age 25, he won the first Artur Rubenstein International Piano Competition in
Tel Aviv. There is an additional performance at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26. $17-
$48/$55-$63 box seats. ((313) 576-5111.
Bluestocking '98,
an outdoor con-
cert featuring
Thornetta Davis
and other female
GAIL
ZIMMERMAN blues singers,
begins 4 p.m.
Arts &
Saturday,
Sept.
Entertainment
19, outside Hen-
Editor
nessey's Pub,
49110 Grand
River, in Wixom. (The concert will be
held indoors in case of rain.) (313)
582-5837.
Richie Havens has used his elo-
quent voice to convey messages of
brotherhood and personal freedom
since he first emerged from the Green-
wich Village folk scene in the early
1960s. Hear him perform 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 19, at the Ark, 316 S.
Main, in Ann Arbor. $17.50. (248)
645-6666.
A CD release party for Stewart
Francke, with special guest Jill Jack,
will be held at Ferndale's Magic Bag
Saturday, Sept. 19. Doors at 8. 22929
Woodward Ave. $6. (248) 544-3030.
The Ann Arbor Symphony Orches-
tra opens its season with Beethoven
Festival Part I, featuring Overture to
the Creatures of Prometheus, Piano
Concerto No. 4 and Symphony No. 4
performed under the baton of Con-
ductor Samuel T Wong. 8 p.m. Satur-
day, Sept. 19, at the Michigan The-
ater, 603 E. Liberty. $16-$29. (734)
994-4801.
Hawaiian singer-songwriter
Friday, 8 p.m.
Steve & Eydie
The "First Couple" of American pop standards take the stage at the Macomb
Center for the Performing Arts in a stylish weekend of music-making. Addition-
al performances at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, and 7 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 27. $36
adults/$32 students and seniors/$45 golden circle. (810)286-2222.
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1998
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The Klezmatics
• •
Howard Shapiro, founder and direc-
tor of Performing and Fine Artists for
World Peace and a 1987 recipient of a
United Nations Peace Messenger
Award, joins Josh White Jr. in a bene-
fit concert for Swords into Plowshares
Peace Center and Gallery 4 p.m. Sun-
day, Sept. 20, at Central Methodist
Church, 23 E. Adams (at Woodward),
Detroit. Tickets at the door: $20
adults/$10 students/under 12 free.
(313) 963-7575.
The Verdi Opera Theatre of Michi-
gan, with the Plymouth Symphony
Orchestra, celebrates the passion and
power of opera in a 10th-anniversary
celebration concert featuring
renowned mezzo soprano Irina
Mishura 4 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, at
the Italian American Club of Livonia,
39200 Five Mile Road. $15. (734)
451-2112.
Hailed as the next Bruce Spring-
steen (a female version), rocker Mary
Cutrefello takes the stage at 7th
House Tuesday, Sept. 22. Doors at 7.
7 N. Saginaw, Pontiac. $8. (248) 335-
3540.
"Her Heart Will Go On" ... and so
will the rest of her. Pop superstar
Celine Dion plays the Palace of
Auburn Hills 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22
(sold out), and Wednesday, Sept. 23,
with special guest French-Canadian
singing impersonator Andre-Phillipe
Gagnon. $65/$49.50/$29.50. (248)
645-6666.
Orchestra Hall's Ameritech Jazz
Series opens 8 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
24, with a performance by Mingus
Big Band — an 13-piece ensemble
devoted to the repertoire of the late,
great bassist and composer Charles
Mingus. $15-$46. (313)
576-5111.
It's the next best
thing to hopping a
flight to the City of
Lights. Kerrytown Con-
cert House hosts A
Parisian Soiree 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday,
Sept. 25-26, featuring
instrumental solo and
chamber music works of
Poulenc, Francaix, Ravel
and Debussy; intermis-
sion with champagne;
and a cabaret concert
with songs evoking