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Bob Talbert, Detroit Free Press • Weddings • Anniversaries • Private/Corporate Parties • Bar/Bat Mitzvahs Call Simone for the best personal service in town. with an exciting night of dancing and fun at your party, 6111 1999 86 Detroit Jewish News (248) 544-7373 Art ful Noise The last time Art Garfunkel's name was in the news, he was busy walking across America, and before that he was one half of a little singing duo called Simon & Garfunkel. Between his rock 'n' roll heyday and his latest exercise regime, Garfunkel, 58, who grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, has also found the time to start a family, pursue an acting career, read 792 books and record 12 solo CDs. On 8 p.m. Friday, June 25, as part of the Ann Arbor Summer Festival, Garfunkel will appear at the Power Center to do what he loves best — singing and connecting with his audiences. Recently, the Detroit Jewish News spoke by phone with Garfunkel in an inter- view from his New York apartment. JN: So, what happened? AG: A lot of other thingscompeted for my attention as I got older. Fifties rock 'n' roll. We latched on ro that and it became more interesting. JN: You're also very interested in lit- erature. Any recommendations? AG: I just finished Russell Banks' Cloudsplitter. I highly recommend this book. It's an amazing American novel. I'm wild about Russell Banks. I'm a plodding reader. I take my time. The eyes clump along. It's not meant to be that smooth between the eyes and the brain. JN: Have you con- sidered writing a book? AG: I entertained the idea of an auto- biography, but I'm too young. That's pretentious. I think it's for later. I have things to say and I believe I could be articulate, so I could warm to the job, but it's tricky. JN: Where are you walking these days? AG: I'm walking Art Gaifitnkel: "I want to keep across Europe. I do singing and reaching people_ It 18-20 miles a day for shouldn't be that hard to repeat the Bridge Over Troubled Water' a week's outing. Then JN: Another job experience.'' I come home feeling you've seemed to so healthy. In 1997, I warm to is acting, including roles in did the Ellis Island show. The video Catch-22, Boxing Helena, and Carnal of the show (Art Garfunkel — Across Knowledge. Do you have any roles America) incorporated my walking, coming up? cutting back and forth between the AG: I'm actively looking, but a lot of show and my walk. acting work is found by hanging out. If I were in L.A. for awhile, it might help. JN: Did being at Ellis Island change your outlook as an American Jew? JN: Your 12th solo CD will be out AG: My grandparents sailed into New later this year. What genre will it fall York Harbor at the turn of the centu- under? ry. They were from Romania and they AG: I really want to break out of who found a new life in America. They I'm supposed to be. I want people to started at the Lower East Side and did say, "Wow, that's Art Garfunkel?" the classic migration from there to Brooklyn to Queens. — Amanda Krotki JN: What was your religious upbringing like? AG: Middle of the road. There was religion and certain traditions. JN: Didn't you, at one point, want to be a cantor? AG: I sang in the synagogue as a kid and I had my eye on the cantor's job. Synagogues are great rooms to sing in. Art Garfunkel performs 8 p.m. Friday, June 25, at the Power Center in Ann Arbor; $21-$30. There will be a special afterglow following the performance at the Michigan League Garden, across the street from the Power Center; $25. (734) 764-2538.