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identities. It was inspired by Haas'
personal experience growing up in
Detroit, a city where the Jewish and
African-American communities have
had a significant impact on the city's
history and development. S10
adults/$5 students 17 and under.
(313) 494-5800, Ext. 0.
The Michigan Accordion Society
hosts a concert featuring Boris Veksler,

Born in Tokyo,
Japan, sisters Yuki
and Tomoko Mack
came to the United
States in 1977.
After winning
strong recognition
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artists, they melded
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Piano duo Ynki and Tomoko
Entertainment
their artistry into a
Mack peform Saturday at
Editor
prize-winning duo,
Birmingham Temple.
starting their career
together with a First Prize at the Fourth
International Piano Duo Competition
in Tokyo in 1988. Residents of West
Bloomfield and Walled Lake, they per-
form in concerts across the United States
and Canada. The duo recently released
their first CD, Rhapsody. The Macks will
perform 8 p.m. Saturday, May 22, in a
Vivace Series program at Birmingham
Temple. The concert will feature selec-
tions from Rodeo by Aaron Copland,
"Symphonic Dances" from West Side
Story by Leonard Bernstein and Theme
for Paganini by Witold Lutoslawski.
$18. To purchase tickets, call Joyce
Cheresh, (248) 788-9338; tickets
also available at the door.
Sandor Slomovits, one-half of
the award-winning folk music duo
Gemini, performs a musical con-
cert of Jewish songs along with two
accompanists, in a Cafe Europa
program at 2 p.m. Sunday, May
23, at the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Sandor Slomovits per forms in
Building of the Jewish Community
a Café Europa concert Sunday
Center in Oak Park. The program
at
the Oak Park ICC.
is geared toward Holocaust sur-
vivors, children of survivors, grand-
children and friends. Many of the
known in his native Russia as the
melodies Slomovits will perform are
"Supreme Russian Accordion
taken from his new CD. There is no
Virtuoso," 4 p.m. Sunday, May 23, at
charge. (248) 967-4030.
the Best Western Inn, 7076 Highland
The Jeff Haas Trio and Friends,
Road, Waterford. Veksler has won
with legendary trumpeter Marcus
numerous honors in Israel; one Israeli
Belgrave, presents a musical celebra-
music publication asserted that "one
tion of diversity with a performance of
cannot think about contemporary
HaGesher Chai — The Bridge Lives, 4
Israeli musical life without Boris
p.m. Sunday, May 23, at the Charles
Veksler's wonderfully innovative con-
H. Wright Museum of African
tributions." $15, includes light refresh-
American History. Ha Gesher Chai, an
ments. For ticket information, call
original jazz suite by composer/pianist
(248) 853-1500 or (313) 822-4722.
Haas, is all about building bridges
Internationally known pianist
between cultures, generations and
Emily White is the featured soloist 7

p.m. Sunday, May 23, at a Southfield
Symphony Orchestra performance
that includes works by Prokofiev,
Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and
Borodin. The Ferndale and
Southfield-Lathrup high school cho-
ruses also perform. Southfield Civic
Center Pavilion, 26000 Evergreen,
between 10 Mile Road and 1-696. $12
adults/$9 seniors and students/free
under age 13. (248) 851-7408.
U-M alumni Jennifer Rhyne and
Emily Perryman perform the flute
music of J.S. Bach, Ingolf Dahl, Franz
Dopplerr, Jennifer Higdon, David
Schober and others, 8 p.m. Monday,
May 24, at Kerrytown Concert
House, 415 N. Fourth Ave., in Ann

Blondie plays the
Fox Theatre on Sunday.

p.m. Saturday, May 29, at Orchestra
Hall. $13-$60. (313) 576-5111.

Pop/Rock

One of the preeminent voices on
the adult and college alternative
scene, Jonatha Brooke performs
Friday, May 21, at 7th House, 7 N.
Saginaw, Pontiac. Doors at 8. $18.50.
(248) 335-3540.
From the heyday of American
Bandstand and playing their hits from
the '50s and '60s, Frankie Avalon,
Fabian and Bobby Rydell take the
stage 3 and 7 p.m. Sunday, May 23, at
Macomb Center for the Performing
Arts. $40 golden circle/$35 adults/$32
students and seniors. (810) 286-2222.
Tribute act Strutter — billed as
"America's No. 1 Kiss Show" — plays
Ferndale's Magic Bag Sunday, May 23.
Doors at 8. $10. (248) 544-3030.
One of the greatest bands of the
New Wave/Punk era, Blondie is back,
and lands at the Fox Theatre on its
"No Exit" tour 8 p.m. Sunday, May
23. $37.50/$30. (248) 433-1515.
Detroit rapper Eminem, with spe-
cial guests Beatnuts, comes home to
the State Theatre 7:30 p.m. Sunday,
May 23, $20; and Courtney Love and
Hole follow at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday,
May 26, $25. (248) 645-6666.
Volunteer Jam Tour '99, featuring
Hank Williams Jr., the Charlie
Daniels Band, the Marshall Tucker
Band and Molly Hatchet, visits Pine
Kno!' 6 p.m. Friday, May 28. $28.50
pavilion/$15 lawn. (248) 645-6666.

On The Stage

Pianist Emily Smith is the
featured soloist in a Southfield
Symphony Orchestra concert
Sunday at the Southfield
Civic Center Pavilion. •

Arbor. $8/$5 students. For reserva-
tions, call (734) 769-2999.
Finnish pianist 011i Mustonen
joins the Detroit Symphony
Orchestra in a program featuring
Schoenberg's Transfigured Night,
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 1 and
Sibelius' Symphony No. 7 at 10:45 a.m.
and 8 p.m. Friday, May 28; and 8:30

The Purple Rose Theatre Company
has extended Bill Corbett's comedy
The Big Slam for two additional
weeks of performances, through
Saturday, June 12. Performances are 8
p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays with
matinees at 3 p.m. Saturdays and 2
p.m. Sundays. The Big Slam pokes fun
at a foursome of young entrepreneurs
and their get-rich-quick marketing
adventure. Spiced with sexual situa-
tions and occasional nudity, The Big
Slam is recommended for adult audi-
ences only. $20-$25. (734) 475-7902.
Zeitgeist Theatre and Gallery pre-
sents Eugene Ionesco's Victims of
Duty: A Pseudo-Drama 8 p.m. Fridays
and Saturdays, May 21-June 12, at the

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