)oo k by Larry Gelbart, music by Cy
,,oleman and lyrics by David Zippel
L) 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays and 2
.m. Sundays, May 6-22, in the Fries
l uditorium of the Grosse Pointe War
Memorial, 32 Lakeshore Road, Grosse
ointe Farms. $16. (313) 881-4004.
Berkley High School stages George
. Kaufman and Moss Hart's You Can't
Cake It With You 8 p.m. Thursday and
7 riday, May 6-7, in the BHS
cm, 2325 Catalpa. $4. (248) 837-8080.

L ,

[he Big Screen

The Sisterhood of Temple Beth El
iosts Hester Street, a charming por-
rait of immigrant life on New York's
_.ower East Side, 7 p.m. Sunday, May
!, at the temple. The screening will be
,:-!lowed by a discussion led by
)oonam Arora, a lecturer in film stud-
es at the University of Michigan.
)pen to the community at no charge.
248) 851-1100.
The Detroit Film Theatre presents
he 37th Ann Arbor Film Festival
Four 7:30 p.m. Monday, May 3, fea-
uring a wide-ranging compilation of
lighlights and prize-winners from
fiis year's week-long event. Short
'1ms of varying length will total
approximately 220 minutes. At the
)IA. $5.50. (313) 833-2323.

Family Fun

The Detroit Symphony Orchestra
performs music inspired by On The
Day You Were Born, the best-selling
children's book by Debra Frasier, 11
a.m. Saturday, May, 1, at Orchestra
Hall. Frasier will act as narrator, using
a colorful slide presentation from the
story's illustrations. The Young
People's Concert, led by Assistant
Conductor Ya-Hui Wang, is geared
toward 5-12-year-olds and also fea-
tures works by Shostakovich,
Mussorgsky, Johann Strauss and
Copland. $8-$30. (313) 576-1111.
A special program for mothers and
children featuring the new book The
Legend of Sleeping Bear, followed by
High Tea and a special crafts project,
will be held 1-3 p.m. Saturday, May 8,
at the Detroit Historical Museum.
$3/per person; pre-registration
required. (313) 833-9720.

The Small Screen

Premiering 9 p.m. Sunday, May
and airing in the 9-10 p.m.
fUnday timeslot through July 4 on
- NN, Celebrate the Century
:hronicles the trials and triumphs
hat collectively formed the
snerican experience. Oscar and
E.mmy Award-winning producer
David Wolper created the series;
krthur Schlesinger Jr. served as
:onsultant. Episodes replay Fridays
8 p.m. and Saturdays at 10 p.m.
the show will be complemented by
in online companion, at
Arvv-w.CNN.co m/100.

Laugh Lines

"I always made my family laugh by
muttering something under my breath
;7, the dinner table," says comedian
'Wendy Liebman, whose stock-in-
trade is the one-liner with the sublimi-
nal afterthought. Catch the Long
[sland native 8:15 and 10:45 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, May 7-8; $12,
and 7 p.m. Sunday, May 9; $10, at

Sunday from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. through
December. (734) 453-2606.
The Birmingham Society of
Women Painters holds its spring exhi-
bition, titled "55th Anniversary
Show," May 3-28 at the Southfield
Centre for the Arts. No admission
charge. (248) 424-9022.
ArtWalk 1999, a stroll through the
member galleries of the Royal Oak
Gallery Association and Royal Oak
Arts Council, featuring entertainment,
demonstrations and refreshments, takes
place 5-9 p.m. Wednesday, May 5, in
downtown Royal Oak. $3. For more
information, call the Jeffrey Clay
Gallery, (248) 584-2223.

Joey's Comedy Club, 5070 Schaefer
Road, Dearborn. Dinner show pack-
ages also available. (313) 581-8885.

Artist Charles Fazzino, renowned for his
three-dimensional cityscape serigraphs,
makes a personal appearance at the Danielle
Peleg Gallery on Sunday.

The Art Scene

The Janice Charach Epstein
Museum/Gallery presents Seven
Hands On, an exhibit and sale of the
art of seven Jewish artists who either
live in the community or have roots
here. They include Susan Beiner,
ceramics; Bertha Cohen, works on
paper; Susan Heideman, monoprints;
Elizabeth Lurie, hand-crafted porce-
lain; Stan Megdall, glass; Vickie Lee
Sedman, jewelry; and Elaine Sedman,
painting and sculpture. An opening-
night reception for the artists will be
held 6:30-8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 6,

Susan Heideman: "Hold-In/Hold-Out,"
monotype, 1995. Heideman is one of seven
artists exhibiting their work in "Seven
Hands On," opening Thursday at the
Janice Charach Epstein Museum/Gallery.

at the D. Dan and Betty Kahn
Building of the Jewish Community
Center in West Bloomfield. Through
June 17. (248) 661-7641.
The Arnold Klein Gallery presents
a group exhibition, In Honor of
Water, featuring fabric artist Diane
Chatterson, book artist Karen Klein
and pastel artist Bob Jacobsen, May 1-
June 19. An opening reception will be
held 12-5 p.m. Saturday, May 1, at
the gallery, 32782 Woodward, Royal
Oak. (248) 647-7709.
The Danielle Peleg Gallery presents
the work of pop artist Charles
Fazzino, renowned for his brightly
colored, three-dimensional cityscape
serigraphs, May 2-23. Meet the artist
at a champagne reception 2-5 p.m.
Sunday, May 2, at the gallery, 4301
Orchard Lake Road, in the
Crosswinds Mall. (248) 626-5810.
Audree Levy's 21st annual Ann
Arbor Spring Art Fair will be held 10
a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday and 11 a.m.-5
p.m. Sunday, May 1-2, in an indoor
facility on the Washtenaw Farm
Council Grounds, 5055 Ann Arbor-
Saline Road. Artists include fabric
artist Rebecca Levenson, jewelry artist
Marcy Feldman, painter Manfred
Heine-Baux and clay artist Lisa
Goldberg. $5/under 10 free.
The Ann Arbor Artisans Market
opens for its ninth season Sunday,
May 2, in the Farmers Market at
Kerrytown, 315 Detroit St., Ann
Arbor. More than 50 Michigan artists
in all media feature their work every

Whatnot

The Birmingham Ice Sports Arena
presents its 25th annual ice show,
Celebrations, 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday,
May 1; and 1 and 5:30 p.m. Sunday,
May 2. $9 ice seating/$7 bleacher
seating. (248) 645-0731.
The Community House in
Birmingham and The Bridge, a
Michigan-based literary journal, host
An Afternoon of Short Story and
Poetry Reading 3-5 p.m. Sunday, May
2. Five distinguished authors, includ-
ing Mitzi Alvin and Peter Marcus, will
share published and unpublished
works. Refreshments included. $5.
(248) 644-5832.
Historian and author Todd
Endelman, the U-M William Haber
Professor of Modern Jewish History,
speaks 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 6, on
"The Changing Agendas of American
Jewry: From Making Jews American
to Making Jews Jewish." The lecture
will be held at the Jimmy Prentis
Morris Building of the Jewish
Community Center in Oak Park. No
admission charge. (248) 967-4030.
Historian William Anderson and
singer Rosemarie von Trapp visit
Barnes & Noble, 6800 Orchard Lake
Road in West Bloomfield, 7 p.m.
Friday, May 7. Von Trapp will talk
about her family and their experi-
ences, and following a singing perfor-
mance, Anderson will sign copies of
his book, The World of the Trapp
Family. No charge. (248) 626-6804.
Cranbrook House, designed by
Albert Kahn and the oldest English
manor home in the Detroit area, offers
special Mother's Day guided tours of the
home, and a stroll through 40 acres of
the Cranbrook Gardens, 1:30 or 3 p.m.
Sunday, May 9. $10. (248) 645-3147.

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