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in a program featuring Dvorak's Four
Slavonic Dances and Rodrigo's Concier-
Saturday, 8:30 p.m.
to de Aranjuez. Orchestra Hall. $17-
$48. (313) 576-5130.
The Music Hall presents a Frank
The Magic Bag
Sinatra Tribute, with the orchestra-
Mix together some rock, some jazz and some klezmer, and what do you get?
hosts Doors trib-
tions of Nelson Riddle Jr. and the
Some Jewish fun. The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars jam at Seventh House in
ute band The
vocals
of Harry Connick Sr., 8 p.m.
Pontiac on Oct. 17 in celebration of the organized Jewish community's centen-
Back Doors 8
Friday,
Oct. 23. 350 Madison,
nial. Also included are kosher finger foods and a cash bar. Be there or be square.
p.m. Saturday,
GAIL
Detroit.
$26.50-$36.50. (313) 963-
7 . N. Saginaw. $18. (248) 203-1458.
ZIMMERMAN Oct. 17, $10; and . 2366.
jazz saxophonist
Arts
Pro Musica of Detroit opens its sea-
Monday, 8 p.m.
Eric Marienthal 8
Entertainment
son
8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, with
p.m. Tuesday,
Editor
the
first
local solo appearance of dis-
Oct. 20, $13.
tinguished
Viennese violinist Julian
22920 Woodward
Born Frances Rose Shore in 1917 to a Jewish family in Winchester, Tenn.,
performing works by
Rachlin,
Ave., Ferndale. ((248) 544-3030.
Dinah Shore began her career as a singing star on radio in the late '30s, and fol-
Beethoven, Brahms, Prokofiev and
Janet Jackson brings her Velvet
lowed up an unsuccessful bid to become a movie star in the '40s with a successful
Saint-Saens in the Recital Hall of the
Rope tour to the Palace with special
run of TV variety shows sponsored by Chevy. "See the U.S.A. in your Chevrolet"
Detroit Institute of Arts. An afterglow
guests 'N Sync 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct.
entered the popular vocabulary; and Shore went on to host a talk show and enjoy
follows. $25. To reserve tickets, call
18. $47.25-$67.25. (248) 645-6666.
a May-December romance with actor Burt Reynolds. For the rest of the story,
(313) 886-7207.
takes
The Guarneni String Quartet
tune in to A&E's "Biography" series. Check your local cable listings.
the stage for the 27th time at Ann
Arbor's Rackham Auditorium 4 p.m.
Monday, 8 p.m.; Tuesday, 4 & 8 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 18. 915 E. Washington,
Get a kick out of Cole Porter's
Ann Arbor. $22-$36. (734) 764-2538.
The Ameritech Jazz Series at
Anything Goes, a U-M Musical The-
Orchestra Hall continues with the Jazz atre Department production playing 8„„..
The eight-member percussion ensemble performers of\Stomp "make a rhythm
p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 16-17,
out of anything we can get our hands on," says co-founder/director Luke Cress-
Messengers 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct.
and 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, at the
well. Synchronized stiff-bristle brooms become a sweeping orchestra, poles
21, in a special tribute to their
founder, drummer and bandleader Art
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre in Ann
thump and clack in a rhythmic explosion. Stomp returns to Ann Arbor's Power
Center for three performances Oct. 19-20. 121 Fletcher St. on the University of
Blakely. $15-$46. ((313) 576-5111.
Arbor. $14-$18. (734) 764-0450.
Christopher Parkening, one of the
Jeff Daniels is both playwright
Michigan campus. $35-$40. (734) 763-TKTS or (248) 645-6666.
world's preeminent classical guitarists,
and director for the Purple Rose
Theatre Company's Friday, Oct, 16,
joins British conductor Christopher
Tuesday, 7-8 p.m.
world premiere of Boomtown, a look
Seaman and the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 22;
into the lives of three citizens who
become entangled amidst their pas- 111
10:45 a.m. and 8 p.m. Friday, Oct.
Sean Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, discusses and signs
sion, power and small-town politics.
23; and 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24,
his new book, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens, at Barnes & Noble in Bloom-
8 p.m. Wednesdays-Satur-
field Hills. Stressing the importance of starting with private victories and shattering
days, with matinees at 3
self-limiting perceptions, Covey shows young people how to achieve positive, lasting
p.m. Saturdays and 2 p.m.
change "from the inside out." 6575 Telegraph Road. (248) 540-4209.
Sundays, through Nov. 29.
137 Park St., Chelsea. $15-
Tuesday, 7:30 p.m.
$20. (734) 475-7902
A timeless tale of murder,
madness and melancholy, • it
William Shakespeare's Ham-
Poised and sophisticated, but with a biting wit, Jewish comedienne
let, in a contemporary, highly
Rita Rudner appears at Orchestra Hall in a fund-raiser for Kadi-
stylized version, opens at the
ma, a nonprofit mental health agency offering Jewish residential
Hilberry Theatre 8 p.m. Fri-
and
support
services
for
adults
with
men-
Rita Rudner appears
day, Oct. 16, and runs in
tal
illness.
$75;
other
donor
opportunities
in a benefit for
repertory until Jan. 22. Call
available.
(248)
559-8235.
Kadima on Tuesday.
for additional showtimes.
If
you
have
an
entertainment
related
event
that
you
4743
Cass Ave., Detroit. $10-
OUT & ABOUT NOTES:
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William Gibson's The Mira-
Jewish News, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034; or fax us at (248)
cle Worker, the story of
354-6069. Notice must be received at least three weeks before the scheduled
The New Orleans Klezmer All-Stars will play at
event. Photos are appreciated but cannot be returned. All events and dates listed
Annie Sullivan and Helen
Seventh House on Saturday.
in the Out & About column are subject to change.

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