Pullman railway car. It comes to life at
the Hilberry Theatre, opening 8 p.m.
Friday, April 16, and running in rotating
repertory through May 15. 4743 Cass,
Detroit. $10-$17. (313) 577-2972.
Heartlande Theatre Company pre-
sents its third annual marathon of orig-
inal short plays as its annual spring
fund-raiser noon-midnight Saturday,

and discussion. Tickets are $5 for one
hour/$20 for a 12-hour pass. To receive
a brochure, call (248) 433-1233.

It's Magic

Master magician and Houdini-like
illusionist Michael Jacobson thrills
the crowd 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 4,
at Congregation Beth Shalom, in
the annual "Magic of Alyn" fund-
raising event to benefit Alyn
Hospital, Israel's only orthopaedic
hospital and rehabilitation center
for physically handicapped chil-
dren. The evening, which honors
Phil and the late Irene Elkus,
begins with a Sorcerer's Supper at
6 p.m. For additional information
and reservations, call Doris
Blechman, (248) 737-6954.

Dance Fever

Ballet Internationale, the dance
company that charmed Detroit
audiences with its Nutcracker per-
formances last December, returns
with A Thousand and One
Nights, a full-length ballet based
on The Tales of the Arabian Nights.
Stories of Aladdin, Sinbad and Ali
Baba are woven into the tale of the
gifted storyteller Scheherazade and
the powerful sultan Shakhiar. The
company, under the direction of
former Kirov Ballet star Eldar
Aliev, performs at the Music Hall
Center for the Performing Arts
April 16-18. Call for show times.
$21-50-$41.50. (313) 963-2366.

Laugh Lines

Top: "The Appeah" ca. 1530s,
attributed to Sebastiano del Piombo
and influenced by Giorgione, whose work
will be discussed at the Coleman Mopper
Memorial Lecture at the DIA.

Above: Judith Peck: "Fragment,"
at Swords into Plowshares
Peace Center and Gallery.

April 17, at the Millenium Center,
15600 J.L. Hudson Drive, Southfield.
Among the local writers whose theatri-
cal works will be included are David
MacGregor, Kitty Dubin, Kevin
Knaus, Kim Carney, Maggie Patton,
Janet Torreano Pound, Matt Talbot
and Elaine Kaiser. The schedule
encompasses three-four plays an hour
with 10-minute breaks for refreshments

Born in Benton Harbor, Mich.,
and a recipient of Harvard
University's 1997 "Artist of the
Year" Award, Sinbad will discuss
everything from love to layaway,
parenting to primping, weight loss
to the World Wide Web, in a one-
man show 8 p.m. Friday, April - 16,
at the Fox Theatre. $35/$27.50.
(248) 433-1515.

Family Fun

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
performs a Tiny Tots concert titled
Music Around the Clock 10:15 and
11:45 a.m. Saturday, April 10, in the
auditorium of Mercy High School in
Farmington Hills. Geared toward chil-
dren 3-6, the program features the

symphony under the baton of conduc-
tor Ya-Hui Wang, with soprano Emily
Benner, mezzo-soprano Barbara
Wiltsie, story-telling mime Nina
Kircher and narrator Rheda Becker.
The high school is located at the cor-
ner of 11 Mile and Middlebelt. For
tickets, which are $10, call the DSO
box office at (313) 576-5111; tickets
also are available at the door, 45 min-
utes preceding the start of the concert.
A musical version of The Velveteen
Rabbit is hopping its way across the
stage of the Marquis Theatre 2:30
p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, through
April 25. The cast includes Hillel Day
School students Tara and Rana
Zdrojewski and Congregation B'nai
Moshe member Eddie Rubin. 135 E.
Main St., Northville. (248) 349-8110.
Youtheatre presents New York's
Theatreworks/USA's adaptation of The
Secret Garden, based on Frances
Hodgson's beloved classic, 11 a.m. and 2
p.m. Saturday, April 10, and 2 p.m.
Sunday, April 11, at Music Hall. The
musical is perfect for children ages 7 and
above (no one under age 5 will be admit-
ted to the theater). $7 advance/$8 door.
Scholastic's The Magic School Bus
— Live! roars into the Masonic Temple
Theatre 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Saturday,
April 17, with a live theatrical produc-
tion of "A Bright Idea," an original musi-
cal production based on the award-win-
ning "Magic Bus" television series and
best-selling books. Geared toward chil-
dren between the ages of 3 and 10, this
for-the-whole-family production benefits
the Michigan Chapter of the Crohn's
and Colitis Foundation of Michigan.
$21.50/$17.50/$13.50. (248) 645-6666.

The Art Scene

Judith Peck's work will be featured
in a one-woman show titled Survivors
at the Swords into Plowshares Peace
Center and Gallery, 33 E. Adams, in
Detroit. Using a glaze technique with
a chiaroscuro underpainting to attain
a luminous result, Peck's paintings
honor those people who, in times of
great repression, are witnesses to their
ability to survive. "I try to show that
the people who lived through these
monstrous actions were both average
and extraordinary people, in hopes
that the present-day viewer discovers a
bond," she says. Peck appears at an
opening reception 5:30-9 p.m. Friday,
April 9, at the gallery. The exhibit
runs through June 4. (313) 963-7575.
The Detroit Institute of Arts pre-

sents its second annual Coleman
Mopper Memorial Lecture, "Giorgione:
True or False," 2 p.m. Saturday, April
10, in the DIA Lecture Hall. Dr.
Nicholas Penny, Clore Curator of
Renaissance Paintings at the National
Gallery, London, will discuss the haunt-
ingly beautiful and enigmatic works of
the highly influential early-16th century
Venetian painter Giorgione. The annual
lecture was established in 1997 in
honor of Dr. Mopper, a longstanding
patron of the DIA and founding
member of the Visiting Committee
for European and Decorative Arts, a
DIA auxiliary. The lecture is free with
admission. (313) 833-7900.
The fifth annual Spring Sugarloaf
Art Fair visits the Novi Expo Center 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Friday-Sunday, April 16-
18. The 325 artisans from 35 states and
Canada include returning Judaica artist
Toby Rosenberg. $6. (800) 210-9900.
The Friends of PCCA (Paint Creek
Center for the Arts) present a guided
tour of the Pewabic Pottery factory
and downtown Detroit buildings 9
a.m.-4 p.m. Friday, April 16, led by
University of Windsor Professor
Michael Farrell. The tour is in con-
junction with the exhibit The Tile
Show, which opens with a 6-8 p.m.
reception at PCCA Friday, April 16.
The tour, including bus fare and
lunch, is $48 members/$54 nonmem-
bers. PCCA is located at 607 Pine St.,
in Rochester. (248) 651-4110.
The Temple Israel Sisterhood pre-
sents Art Fair '99 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Sunday and Monday, April 18-19, at
the temple. Temple Avenue Cafe will
be open during fair hours. Admission
is $3 at the door. A patron preview will
be held 8-11:30 p.m. Saturday, April
17. Patron tickets are $25; patron
guests are $10 each. (248) 661-5700.

NIK/ hatnot

The Cohn-Haddow Center for
Judaic Studies presents Vassar Professor
Deborah Dash Cohen speaking 7:30
p.m. Sunday, April 11, at Congregation
Beth Shalom, on "Beyond the Golden
Door: Jewish Women in America," and
3 p.m. Monday, April 12, in 4336
Faculty Administration Building,
Wayne State University, on "When
Jews Were GIs." (313) 577-2679.
Judith Laikin Elkin speaks 12:10-1
p.m. Tuesday, April 13, on her recent-
ly published book, The Jews of Latin
America, at the Ann Arbor District
Library. (734) 327-4200.

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1999

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