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music of Jimmy Dillon at a benefit for
the Ann Arbor Blues and Jazz Festival.
New
The $50 charge includes a three-course
at 8 p.m.; show at 10; and
Year's Eve dinner
champagne toast at midnight, at
break. They include "Magic School
Bus Bingo," 11 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Dec.
26-31 and Jan. 2-3; "Nature Place,"
with live animals, 1-5 p.m. Saturdays
and Sundays; "Beyond Numbers,"
with puzzles and games, through Jan.
3; and "Our Dynamic Earth," a new
permanent exhibit featuring a tower-
ing Tyrannosaurus rex. Open 10 a.m.-5
p.m. daily, except Dec. 25 and Jan. 1.
1221 N. Woodward, Bloomfield Hills.
(248) 645-3313.
At 2 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 30, the
DIA hosts PuppetArt American-Russ-
ian Theater in a presentation of Close
the Window, a puppet show inspired
by the Isaac Bashevis Singer folktale
"The First Shlemiel," in the DIA Lec-
ture Hall. A puppet-making workshop,
will be held noon-3 p.m. Dec. 30 in
the DIA Studio. Free with museum
admission. (313) 833-4249.
For many of us,
Amer's First Street Grill in Ann Arbor.
New Year's Eve is
(734) 213-6000.
the night to go out
The Howling Diablos usher in the
on the town. Here's
new
year at the Magic Bag, 22920
a sampling of fun
Woodward,
in Ferndale. Doors at 8
GAIL
ways to usher in
p.m. $25. (248) 544-3030.
ZIMMERMAN 1999:
Arts 6-
Kiss — with original band mem-
Resident Alien, an
Entertainment
bers
Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Ace
The late Shari Lewis is among the
"intergalactic come-
Editor
Frehley
and
Peter
Criss
—
brings
its
celebrities
who will be remembered
dy," will enliven the
Psycho Circus 3D Tour to the Palace
Wednesday
on a CBS special.
Jewish Ensemble Theatre stage with
at 9 p.m. $75-$100. (248) 377-0100.
two performances at the Helen DeRoy
Guest violinist Alexander` Markov,
Theatre in the Kahn Jewish Communi-
who emigrated to the U.S. from Russia
ty Center in West Bloomfield. The
Anthony Edwards of "ER" hosts
as a teenager, will appear with Music
6:30 p.m. show
Life Remembers, a retrospec-
($35) includes
tive that bids a fond farewell
champagne, hors
to lives lost over the past year.
d'oeuvres and
The show airs 8 p.m. Wednes-
party gizmos,
day, Dec. 30, on CBS.
and the 10 p.m.
Among those who will be
show ($50)
remembered are CBS news-
includes all of
man Fred Friendly (a distant
these, plus break-
relative of Jewish News News
fast. (248) 788-
Editor Jonathan Friendly),
2900.
puppeteer Shari Lewis, chore-
Families will
ographer/director Jerome
be glad to know
Robbins, child care specialist
that First Night
Dr. Benjamin Spock and
is back after a
comedian Henny Youngman.
one-year absence.
Check your local listings.
Organized by the Gene Simmons, Ace Frehley, Paul Stanley and Peter Criss
of
Kiss
take
the
stage
at
the
Palace
on
New
Year's
Eve.
Cultural Council
of Birmingham-
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Bloomfield, the
Detroit
Director Neeme Jarvi and the
Institute
of
Cranbrook
Roy Lichtenstein's "Interior with Mirrored Closet"
event features an array of entertainment
Symphony Orchestra in a musical feast Science offers special events
(1991) is on display in the DIA's newly reopened
at locations throughout Birmingham,
for the senses 9 p.m. at Orchestra Hall.
the
school
for
children
during
20th-century
galleries.
including the Baldwin Library, Com-
In addition to a program of Viennese
munity House and the heated tent in
waltzes and tango dances, concert-goers
Shain Park. The fun runs 3 p.m.
The play Cinderella will
will enjoy a Matt Prentice-catered feast,
through midnight, and includes per-
be performed by the
including hors d'oeuvres and carving
formers Steve King and the Dittilies,
Birmingham Village Play-
stations, following the performance.
David Syme and many more. $7/ages 5
ers 2 p.m. Wednesday,
$50-$100. (313) 576-5100.
and under free. (248) 258-9075 or
Dec. 30; and 11 a.m. and
Jazz artists David Sanborn and Mar-
2 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 2,
w ww.technomasters.com/firstnight
ilyn Scott will perform at the State
If you're in a parry mood, ring in
in the Players Theater,
Theatre, 2115 Woodward, Detroit.
1999 from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. at
752
Chestnut, Birming-
Cabaret-style seating for shows at 7 and
Fourth Street, inside the Royal Oak
ham.
$8. Free perfor-
11:30 p.m.; doors open one hour earli-
Music Theatre. Features include a
mances
during First
er. $25-50. (313) 961-5450.
buffet dinner, champagne toast, party
Night,
Thursday,
Dec.
Music of the '80s is the ticket at a
hats and favors, a balloon drop at
31, at 3, 5 and 7 p.m.
bash co-sponsored by radio station The
midnight and continental breakfast.
(248) 644-2075.
Planet 96.3, WPLT-FM, at Clutch
21 and over. $55/$45 in advance.
Meet Black Beauty, Michigan's only cast of a Tyran-
Cargo's on Mill Street, in Pontiac.
(248) 546-6410.
nosaurus rex, at Cranbrook Institute of Science.
$20/$15 in advance. (248) 333-2362
Fans of the blues will enjoy the
or (313) 871-3030.
The Small Screen
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