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at Chene Park during
his performances of North
New Detroit Inc.'s seventh
African and Andalusian
annual "Concert of
music. He will be joined
Colors." Doors open at 2
by guitarist Baldi Olier.
p.m. and concert perfor-
Other headliners
mances run 3 - 9 p.m.
include South African jazz
Counter-tenor Emil
artist Hugh Masekela;
Zrihan, cantor of a syna-
Canadian Native American
gogue in Ashelon, Israel,
star Laura Vinson and Free
brings his traditional
Spirit; Afro-Cuban soukos
GAIL ZIMMERMAN
Spanish-Jewish-Moroccan
and
salsa artist Ricardo
Arts Entertainment
musical roots to the
Lemvo
and Makina Loca;
Editor
diversity festival. He has
and Chinese virtuoso
been dubbed the
George Gao and the Silk
"Moroccan Pavarotti" by critics for
Ensemble. A children's activity area
the emotional intensity he brings to
devoted to hands-on demonstrations

Adam Schlesinger and his band
Fountains of Wayne received tons of
national press when Schlesinger was
nominated for a Best Song Oscar for
"That Thing You Do!," the title song
of the Tom Hanks film about the
meteoric rise of a fictional pop-band
sensation.
Born in Manhattan, Schlesinger
was raised in a secular Jewish home in
Monclair, N.J. He comes from a long
line of musicians — both his grandfa-
thers were concert violinists; his father,
a professor at Syracuse University,
plays saxophone and is a con-
ductor; and his mother, a publi-
cist, plays piano and cello.
SILVERSTEIN SALUTE
Schlesinger studied jazz piano,
On the morning following the death of
and performs on drums, guitar
poet Shel Silverstein this past spring, Rabbi
and keyboards, while contribut-
Aaron Bergman of Congregation Beth
ing vocals as well.
Abraham
Hillel Moses delivered a Shabbat
Fountains of Wayne's short,
sermon
filled
with Silverstein poetry.
hook-filled pop songs and inven-
The
rabbi
will
celebrate the life, wit,
tive and witty lyrics are the result
humor
and
wisdom
of Shel Silverstein 7:30
of a collaboration between
p.m.
Thursday,
July
15, at Borders Books and
Schlesinger and co-writer and
Music in Farmington Hills, where he leads a
band member Chris
weekly Jewish study group. Geared toward
Collingwood. The two met while
adults, the program, titled "A Fond Farewell
students at Williams College in
to Shel Silverstein: Where the Sidewalk
Massachusetts, where Schlesinger
Ended,"
will include selections from
double-majored in English and
Silverstein
poems and lyrics as well as a dis-
philosophy Their songwriting
cussion
of
his
philosophy of life.
style has been compared to that
Rabbi Bergman first became a fan of Shel
of Lennon and McCartney and
Silverstein as a child. According to the rabbi,
Lieber and Stoller.
Silverstein was unusual among adults today
Fountains of Wayne takes
in that he respected children and took them
the stage Wednesday, July 14,
seriously.
(Silverstein also thought that adults
at the Shelter at St. Andrew's
took
themselves
far too seriously.)
Hall. Doors at 8; all ages wel-
The
evening
program
for adults is free and
come. $10. For concert infor-
open to the public. Borders is located at
mation, call (313) 961-MELT.
30995 Orchard Lake Road. (248) 737-0110.
Tickets are available at all
Ticketmaster locations or by
LisTe.n To 11.‘e Mviret"rs
phone at (248) 645-6666.

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berate with the resonant beat of
music from world-renowned
artists representing African,
African-American, Latino,
Asian, Native American and
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and events also is planned.
To request free passes for the
"Concert of Colors," call the event's hot-
line, (313) 664-2015; or access the Web
site at www.newdetroit.org . The concert
will be broadcast on Comcast Cable.

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FOR SENIORS

Don Allan Croll is equally at home
on the bima and on the stage. Cantor
at Temple Shalom in Dallas, Texas, the
graduate of Hebrew Union College- 2
Jewish Institute of Religion School of
Sacred Music has performed in
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cabarets and concerts national-
ly and in Israel.
A veteran of the Broadway
stage, he appeared in the 1971
revival of On the Town, toured
in Man of La Mancha and
starred in the Off-Broadway
Yiddish musical The Golden
Land.
Croll also is the star of his
one-man show about Danny
Kaye, Songs of the Redhead,
which has been presented for
three consecutive years at the
Performing Arts program of
the University of Judaism in
Los Angeles.
Jewish seniors, 65 and
over, are invited to be the
guests of Temple Beth El 3
p.m. Sunday, July 18, when
Croll presents a program
titled "Jewish Cabaret and a
Little Danny Kaye." To
obtain tickets for the free per-
formance, sponsored by a
grant from the Sally and
Harry Nosanchuk Family
Caring Community Fund of
the temple, mail a request to
Temple Beth El, 7400
Telegraph, Bloomfield Hills,
MI 48302, Attn: Senior
Concert. The concert is open
to the general community as
well at a suggested donation
of $5 per person. Checks
should be made payable and
mailed to Temple Beth El. For
more information, call
(248) 851-3123.

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1999

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